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i the Spanish Royal Fa ton: Stratford company. L uLJA Bos A simplv straightforward history of Spaiintended' for lnglish rýeaders ,wbo, in the opinion of the writer of the introduction, G. . Chesterton, have beéen mhisled by prejuldiced'Prot- estant histories current in English. ULISTENIN» Ott the World B.ook Man WENU Monday*, Wednesday, Fjriday at b: &S P. M. Nortk ,Shor-e Represeîttative 1. 0. Hughe1, WImetkn 03u THE EVANSTON STORE CHtJRCH -AND- SHERMAN, MARSHALL FIE LD &'COMPANY -Revive the charming custom of sendinge.e Va lentines, <Il Corne to Field's for Valen- tixies of old-time charm, 'rouple of years ago, lias awakened widespread interest and there bas been a constant and increasing de- mand for i.1i the bookstores where it lbas receiitly been unobtainable. t !.$ the most modern and successful treatmenit of the subject, and is, likely tp be the standard work foi: many years to corne. 'The book is divided into two sec- tions, the first of >which is devoted to the Aerodynamics, of Sailis and, the second to Racing -Tactics.. Dr. Curry is without doubt 'the greatest living, expert on the theoretical side of sailing, and bis many experiments with various types of rig and design ')oth i the. wind-tunnhel and ini actual sailing, -whicb are watcbed with ex- treme interest. by. yachtsmen, fit hlm. ideally to write on the important sut)- ject of aerodynamics. He is aiso a, noted. racing skipper, witb the resuit that bis words on racig tactics can he taken as entireiy authoritative. THE PAINTEP 'PIG. By Elizabeth Morrow. Illustrations by René. D'Harnoncourt. New York: Al- fred A. Knopf. .Everybody who knows Mexico, recognizes it at once as a child's Wonderland, an Anierican fairy world; ail new and credible and ainusig, fulil of mysterious dark peoi- ple, -who actually are, to take the place o.f the Once-upon-a-Timers; a- world crowded with animnais busy Eyes that have study bis' subjects at irst nanti.> The Story of Pita, Pedro, and the * Pig, and the toy maker, who is as truc to bis type as any character out of Hans Christian Andersen, borrows nothing whatever from Europeafl folk-lore, .and is utter'ly 'unrelated.to that made up fairy ýworld ,which, i tbe United States, bas been inivent'ed' to take the place of both tradition and reality.. Mrs. Morrow's story is reality, wit-h the. sort of 'realism rhich'in Mexîco .cannot but bave for the American, chiid a touch of mfagic a fairy. 'implication, thé deiight of stràngeness, and the. consoling. cer- tainty of fact. If muh of Ithisý fact seems alsoto the American child the most enga ging nonsense-such as the medicine tea which. was. made of mint and rose leaves, charcoal and butter,, and. varions .othier ingredients -it - is stili the -sort of nonsense th at only natural folk, like Indianz Mexi- cans and very great geniuses, can, in- vent for themselves. Tt is to'be-hoped that the return of the Morrows tW their own countrv wîll not ertirelv separate Mrs. Morrow f rom the chil dren's Mexico. .The illustrations of "The Painted, Pig," by René .D'Harno»court, are deserving of special- mention,* and that not entirely because they are. in no respect reminiscent of the fairy land of the old world, but, because at the saine time they are genuinely interpretive of the new. Only a very sincere artist would have .been con- tent to ýpresent Pita anid Pedro danc- ing with the concentrated solemn joy of Indian chîldren, over the .advent of ,the second pig; oniy one very close to the peoplé themselves would have caught the ramping pride of the straw horses and the ungrimacing seriousness of Pancho and the toy man. That René D'Harnoncourt bas let himself be instructed by the nia- tive- genius of Mexican f olk art 'is' as evident. as it is gratifying. His work wili come as a- welcome relief to parents wh *o'do not want their cbildren to miss the f airy touch f roni literature and art, and are as bored as their children are witb the overý- worked materiai of the European .*phàv r. (if at ail) by the uniteci exerrions of the populace. lEveryone rsiied out with buckets, lles were formed uncler the supervisionl of fire-wardens. and amid, a terrific uproar part of theý water was tossed' on the flamnes ani most of it on the. spectators. Mr. Asbury bas written a'rambling, gossippy,'and extremely entertaining account of' ail this, and of the e.x. ploits. of the New York firemen down to, the Civil war, with emphasis laid strongiy on-the humanl and humorcus: element5. Early 'in the nineteenth century the vounuteer ire companies became important political and social units. The members received no pay.. But they had à richï reward in, public prestige, in the joys of special sup- pers, balis, and like entertainments.' in the. friendships of ward bosses amid other politicians, an.d in. adventuré. Their rivairy led to batties. which sometimes quite haited the minlor business of stopping a conflagration. They indulged themselves ini awe- inspiring fire-hats, sonietimes so richiy embeiiished with gold and- silver that th.ey cost hundreds 0 f dollars ea chi and in, costly decora- tions ýand oil-pajntings for the ir, en- gýines. They -prided. themfseivés on .,,heir fists, -their. oaths, their nick- names, and their enibiems;, the en-, gine - of the. Americus company,. of %vhich William M. Tweed was fore- tnan, bore ernblazoned 0o1 its side tle, tiger that was later made syniboiic of Tammany hall. Mr. Asbury's loose-jointed narra- tive, which iilpludes everything f romn 'an account of the tea-water puripsto a history of the" burning of. two neresat the stake in 1741, isý an amusi ng i f not- atal important, con-' triliution 1ô the social. history.,of th .e metropolis'. SPANISH4 LOVER. By ;Frank H. Spearman. Scribner's. On 'October 7,1571, the' combined flee ts of Spain and Venice, wi th Don John of Austria as commander-im- chief, met ýand defeated the TurkishI fleet at Lepanto: this wasthe end of tooth. At *1.25. FIRST FLOOR Eumnton's Bok Store flow bas a RENTAL LIBRARY Teend papers are attractive maps of Don John's wanderings and of the naval details at Lepanto. An unf or- tunate slip on one of thei.e maps, hoiÎever, allows Don John's dates to be given as 1747-1778i rather.,thani twol-unidred years earlier.