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54 WILMETTE LIFE nctober 25. 1929 II fUVNIAJN SQVARI. · t:VANSTON Wilmette 3_ 700 Comment on Books and Authors THE THIRD WEAVER. By Emily Calvin Blake. \ Vill ett Clark and Colb y. Emily Calvin Blake .. r \ Vilmette. i,n her JlC\': unv<" l "The Third \Vea \·cr," Ita-. written a stor\' with strong characters. a go0d theme: and containing a \\··:;tlt h of romnwn Sl'llSe. I f 1 H1 h· \\'l' ;1~ Thaisa had as IIHH:h ide'alism . and 1(1\ l' fn r heatity ·cnupkcl \\'it h prart ica 1>ility . ~I r ~ . Hb kc has rho~e11 f, 1r hn t ht·nH· tlw icka oi tlH· tapestr.' · \\·ith ih -ttll'\' of \\·on·n lig-urt: s as reprl' Sl'llt ing a p:1 t tern in the lin·:-- oi inc\i,·iduals. Thaisa. the \\'l'<l\'l'l'. th e set'kl.'l' t)f hcaut\·, ~~~ love. and \\'h11 thlHtght that n1arri :q.(l' S <<re made iP hL'il n·n. \\'nn· hn P\\·n pat tern, and i:-- almn:--t rrusht·d ln· tht· fart~ ·11f realit\' . She marries the ;11a11 \\'hllll : she I hnt;ght was her dest incd lut:iha nd. hut d isrn\'l'fs 1a t L' r t Ita t she 111 igh t l1 an · . lo\'cd ;uwt her. The author has built 11p quitr a strong JH)\'l'l, which gn1\\'s :-.trongcr a:-the stnr~· progn·s:o;es and the climax i:-. reached. The characters an: ddth· drawn. and art' forccfulh· clisc!P:-.ccl thr0ugh th eir actions and con ,·cr:-. ·1tiom. Th:tisa's grandmothn. graiHI i ather. her 111 n tIt<.: r. ] c n; 1y. an cl 1at h ·: r. Richard; and lin~tlh· hn 1()\'(:r, lan. and hu-..hancl. Peter. alt' are \\oren into tlw pattl'rn ni 'I'hai:--a\ lill·- tape :-.try. Thai :--a, \\'ht·n a :--mall g-irl. li\'L':-- with l.n 1-!ranclparcnh and her latlln in 1·:,1~ lanrl. J ln iatltcr i:-. a dreanH:r \\·hilt- ll ·· r llt<1thn. a rorkncr. is a ckcickd n ·ali . . t . Th<' little girl atH-1 her parent:- ron1v tc· :\m t'rica and set tle first in Xnr Ynrk ihcn in Chiragn, and latn in l'(lrtlan ct. Tll v th~ 111<' hc·gin-. t·· lll1\\ inc! ihvli c1n Tltai-.:l· s \n·ddinl!; drt,. \\'hen a child\ icleab and dreams l'lll;lt. in rontact " ·itlt the realiti l's .,j liil'. and fn11n lt nc \I r:--. Blak<' rlnerh· unf<1ld" thl' tlH·tm· . and tht.· r<qcl ni Tlt :t i-.a \ dr -.. t i11 ,. i. . n·,·,·;tlt-cl i 11 t II(' I ib t 1 i Ill'. ( l j t h l' 1)I II I k . ' BOOKS The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcen dental Gastronomy Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin The Black and Gold Libra ry. Boni 8 Livnight ............ $~ .~0 PettiC"oat King A romance abour Elizabeth of Eng land Miriam Michelson McBride .............. $ ·1. :;o ENGLISH MEDIEVAL PAINTING. H\· Tan cred Bt·reniu:-- and E. \\ '. Tristram. Harcourt. Hrarc awl Clllllpany (T he Pegas us Press). The publication of thi s b11nk is l·!k of 111 a ny signs that lfa vc re.ce11 t ly poi 11 t l' d to the 1> l' g in11 i11 g- of an l' ll lightl'n td int('rcst in Eng·li sll a rt 1)f t1·e ~I i(ld1c Ag<"s a nd tn ~111 appreriati( :n nf ib vital signi lic<mn: tht' pannran1a of E11ropean medieval are in g·cneral. Th e ~axon, ~orman, and Cnt hiL· arch ~ itt"rtttn· of England has rerhap. :tttrartccl the notice of tru e :-;rht)lars for a longer period: hut it is on ly within tlH· last twenty- li ve years that the stitd y of English nH_: dicntl sc ulptmc ancl painting-' has pa sse d front thr hand s of mere antiquarians into the hn )a dcr and ntore in tell igcnt grasp nf trained arc ha eologists an d scientific critics. :-~nd that th rse t\\'0 major English arts h:t,·e l'IIHTgcd from ·consideration as a pun·h' insular phenomenon intP l't'CI·gni tion as a. n integrcll part 11f the \\'h (·k European cvnlu t ion. Esther Gould Reviews \11~~ \VEST'S LOr\DOr FA\"TASY " !!trrri,·t lfullt t'" By Rebecca West Dlmhleda\· Doran I~ebccca \Vl·s t's next novel has been the source, in London at least, of more speculation and tltnre interest than :tny other s ingle lit erary event of past . . t \'Cars. "\fo\\' it ' has n)tn(' . "H arrte Hume" is nnt " ·hat people expect~d after "The J uclgr." \l't they wi~l .not he disappointed .. It is ~ike the hrtlltat.tt rchnttncl of a hall "lm·h struck s0ltd rock in "The Judge" and has now flowtt up and up until it dazzles yn.u a l~ttlc as ,·ou attrmpt tn fnllo\r tt s Atght aga(n _t the sun . "Harriet Httii1C" i~ a ~in .l!lc effort of the imag-inat it~n, a :--ingle flight; it has 110 break, 110 he:-.itation. frnm its starting tt))\\·ard until it rcarhc:, the .grout:d. Tt i:-; brilliant \\'ith that ~ tartlmg clta mnnd -like quality ui brilliance \rhich mark:-- e\Tr,· intellectual effort of Mis~ \\ -est. It l;a:-- that :--nphi:--ticatinn \\·ith out l,itt<.'l'lll':-.:-. ~urh ib .~in·s tb pleastttT in J·:llcn Clasgn\\'\ \\'11rk . It has the fanta~tir tourh \\' hich break ~ clcl\\'11 thl' c<ke het\\·el'n tIt(' i:-. and the i. . 11·t ven m;trh as l·:Iinc·r \\;ylit· did. ft . has a lnt11tnr " ·lt icl1 i:-. deep, deep a:-. a sprin~ '"hich bul,hk.;; incxhau stil>h· frnm ttll drr"rnt111cl. \\·hich i. . the cl;aracteri.;;tir ni t~o one :-.o much as \fi~:-- \\'e:-;t. Harriet Hun1 e is a iair\' -like rrcaturr " ·ho has. up t() the m-o lllL'llt r1i th t· opening llf the ho(lk, except perhap ~ fnr t hr stnallJI(' :-.<.; (If her fnot and tlw brightness oi her eye, giHJt c,·iclenc<· ()f no extra -human JHl\\·crs. l~ut sh<' dn·clops 110\\ quite sud dcn h· t l1e power tr 1 rracl · her ltl\Tr's thought:-. . 1t come:-: t (} her naturalh-. e\·en \\'r-sn cleverlv is it handle<l~are not '-tlrpri..;cd: it ->ccms to Its rather that the to,·er j.., -> uhnormar than that she i:-- hizarr r. 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T~ irhards. ltin·inv been clecidedh· sketch,-, there \ras a real place of · this hook: ~frs. Bohhe's book shows rPscarch. a.nd in spite of it" rathrt· breathless st \'l e is well d.otH'. " IT" ... that subtle something The subtitle is, perhaps. · n0 t well which attracts others .. _. usually chosen; for. after all. Abigail Adams' lies in the eyes. Don't be dis- i111p0rtance was not as thr wife of couraged if your own eyes are President Adams- hut as a lrttl' r. dull, lifeless and unattractive . . A writer A woman of both str0ng character few drops of harmless Murine witt and trong- mind. ~f rs. Adams lind an will brighten them up and cause even tful life and li\·cd. it strenuoush· . She Gore four children; when the them to radiate "IT." British and American forces hat+-krl Thousands upon thousands of about Boston, she and her family were· to man\' ·datu!·crs; she man clever women use Murine daily exposed aged her husband's affairs with abilih· and thus keep their eyes alway~ during -part of his absence in Europe . clear, bright and alluring. A and was later \\·ith him in France anrl month's supply of this long- Endand: she took an important rolf' in the soriet:'>· of the Amer-ican capital trusted lotion costs but 60c. till ill-health forced her to leave it: and Try it! she felt the keenest interest in politics. Her letters, which she refused to have published., but which her gramlon brottght out in two different volumes, are among the best ever written in this country, and shoulrl be far better known than they are. If Mrs. Bobbf!'s f.OR highly interesting volume leads manv readers on to make their acquaintanr.e . . it will haYc filled in that alone a uscf11l purpose. Eves that have "IT" LJRINL youR EYEs