Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Jan 1930, p. 39

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January 24, 1930 WILMETTE LIFE List More Novels r Translated From New Books Foreign Langu(!.ge ....._ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.~ In a recent issue of WILMETtt LIFE there appeared a list of a few of the many translated novels from foreign lands which the Wilmette Public li.brary has in its collection. The following is a continuation of that list: Mann-Buddenbrooks. A realistic novel of nineteenth century Germany in which the fortunes of three generations of an upper class merchant family are woven into an involved pattern, the dominating motif oi which - the strength of the family unit-clearly and boldly occupies the foreground. Manzoni-The Betrothed. One of the greatest novels in Italian literature, a story of Milan in the s.eventeenth century. Nexo-Pelle, the Conqueror. Describes the life of a poor laborer from his apprenticeship to his establishment in life. Proust-Remembrance of Things Past. The . author is probably the greatest psychological novelist of his generation. · Reymont--'fhe Peasants. A panorama of the life of Polish peasants planned on a gigantic scale. Rolland-J can Christophe. A novel centering around a young German musical genius in · Paris. Roland-Soul Enchanted. The career of an unusual woman. Timmermans-Pallieter. A gay pastoral life in a little Flemish community. Undset-Kristin Lavransdatter. A strikil)g picture of Norway in the 14th century. Wasserman-World's Illusion. An unforgettable picture of two extremes of society in pre-war Europe. Among the new rental books in the !\'ilmette Public library are the followmg: Merchant Prince- Bailey. Gallery of Women- Dreiser. Bald Face-Evarts. Subtle Trail.-Gollomb. Romance of the Martin ConnorRendall. Falcons of France- Nordhoff. Good Companions- Priestley. God. Have Mercy on Us !- Scanlon. Mannes and Others-Thomason. · The following new and interesting cooks of bioeraphy are among the recent additions to the Wilmette Public library's collection, Miss Anne L. Whitmaclc, librarian, announces: Bysantine Portraits-Diehl, Bushrangers-Finger. America, Give Me a Chance-Bok. ~lad Anthony Wayne-Boyd. Grandmother Brown's Hundred YearsBrown. Byron-Nichol. Daniel Boone-White. Incredible Marquis-Gorman. Letters-Meredith. . Alice Meynell-Meynell. Peter the Great-Graham. Richelieu-Belloc. Shelley-Peck. Thacker ·ty-:\felville. Woodfill of the Regulars-Thomas. 1\Iy First Years as a Frenchwoman\Vaddington. , Letters of a Diplomat's Wife-Waddington. YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE SUN! ~ GIVES SURPRISE PARTY ~Irs. Hugo H. Kuhl, 630 1laple ave- It is January. Snow is piled high in garden and street. The sky is overcast and the wind is biting. But all this is merely a passing incident to you. Soon you will be aboard a great steamer, its nose pointed eastward to the Burmudas or to the Mediterranean, southward to the West Indies or South America -possibly through the canal to California or even to Honolulu! Then farewell to Illinois blizzards. Instead, days of sailing on sapphire seas to ports where dazzling white villages, coral-roofed, slumber along green coast lines. You' i:e on your way to meet the sun! There are a thousand trails-·-a thousand ways to go. Bewildering, if you attempt to make your plans alone. But why try? The ~lorth Shore Travel Service, with the infinite accuracy of detail engendered by personal experience, will plan your journey-step by step-to assure its carefree delightfulness! nue, ·gave a surprise party for her daughter, Jeanne, at Shawnee last Saturday on her twelfth birthday. There were sixteen guests for lunrheon and bunco. ~~ r. and ~Irs Joseph F Comee, 1612 Forest avenue, will return the first part of next week from a ten days' Miss Nora Christman of Shelbyville, trip in the south. Among the places Ill., is visiting her sister and her fam- they visited are Savannah, Ga, :md ily, the Clem Bolings, 929 Main street. X orfolk, Va. In Photographs Only Can Yesterdays Live All Children Smile for Bernie This wealth of travel lore is at your command here without obligation or charge. Telephone us-or, better still, come tn. $5 Three bufle~;h~ngs beautiful Regular price $10 ·January Special Summer travel in 1930 will be unprecedented. Farsighted vacatio~ists will make plans and reservations now. 20% OFF on all frames NORTH SHORE TRAVEL SERVICE AHiliattd with BERNIE STUDIO Better Pictures-Better Values" 1623 Sherman Ave., Evanston Univ. 8998 11 State Bank and Trust Company EVANSTON Greenleaf 5 ooo Wilmette 3 1 oo

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