Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 May 1931, p. 44

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And tend their beau!toUcfeefd Until very recently our fiction, t fields, which i ays any claim to being litera- 1 steed.not proud philosophyi that deals turc, ha's concernied itself with the ýWith leariled theoril's of -latter day Affierican or Etiropean locale. WTe To povc tay me the reasoit' for Ille have. left the iÎntricate' complicated May, hackgrëun of. the Far E ast with the And ail thevrernal beau! y she reveals. excptoun oSni h en -ov he.', thriller. Orilv very recently, indeed, 1 on1yi ko-t'Il. h iera»lagzc ZiU's > have wee interested ourselves in the, The .illin.g. n»îsic of her awinds £0 lozc' fictional possibiliti es of fihe Eastern The glory, of ' er eayýer streanis and sceîîc, we are only beginning -to ask. of s~nzlesstories of Korea, Japan:anid Chiath 0of Myriad, blo.ç.ooms tike the afteiqlon'i same. art- and realismf that, we deà- 0Of loiteëri;,ig siosct. over tra pic isies: mndof stoisof our own country. .Çhe has, proved 1al:lu-tec is n mor el "Thus, there, camre a school of - writ- to keiozw. ers.," says Lady Hosie in: a rçcent re- Laura Ràthbon- 1view,. "trying bonestlyto, irterpret a -But the Oriental. background so in- i tricately beautiful, so coimplicaie.dly. Rain omance. different needs the eastcrnl as well THE CALENDAR. By Edgar Wa!.- as the western interpretation if- we lace. New YoKrk: Doublledlav are ta understand it in, any 2fiull I)oran &Ca.i measure .,For this reason we are M.. allace's la test is- a 'racing i indebted .ta the, authors .of -"The miiance wit]0 just a touchi of flhc au- Tragýyedy., ofAhQi for this anthol- thi's.stock ingredierit of .lytr:ogv of short storie.s of modern China the story of a British gentlemian whio is written bv, a group of voung Chi- alnicostgocIs wrang. At one point iii nese writers. The book cornes ta uis the narrative Garrv Anison 'is abolit by wav of France. , I was bien- trans- ta lie "warnc(l off" -Newmarket Heatk lte into English. an(l ail ther.courses under the juris- Practical1lValtestre ith diction of the Jockevr Club because ai book coincerni themsel;ves withi reva-. an, inicriminat.ing' note he bas. writtcîî iluti on. . In1 "The. Tragedv 1..of Ah ta a, lady. warning bier not ýta hac.k-Qui," the story froni whichi the book is horse*in the Ascot Stakes. To, he 1takes its iame, we hav-e depicted the "'warne(l off,",'.Mr. Wallace. permils psyýchiology of- revoltition of theý Chi-ý lis t6 gathcr;.is forlan Euglish racing nese1villagýe. vlgepesgnpatical exinlhctin bs The stories are ail told Nwîth great volingresgnaionfren alhs clbs econoniv of phrase. Maniv of the de- adthe cut direct from is a scriptions have the terse beautiv of "red d Chinese poems.' The atithors 'have Mr. Wallace birilds ii. a. comnpli- written Nvithi restraint and with a cated situation with no loss of timet sense of balance such as miight be or space at the *beginning of his. book , expeèted, of, the descendants of, a indeed, bis workmatîilikeeccnorny îin race which',for centuries lias trained. his opening 'chap ter s forced thi.1s iisel1f in, the highest ljterary fo ris.' reader repeatedly ta turniback ta find These. staries indicate that the,,Chin- out, which character the author \vas ese.-literary* flair is beginninig to ex- talking abouit., But once the founida-. press itself ini modern fiction. If so,. tions are in.,, the, story. marches along. this book is a promise of maîîi' riches snooth-V. and intelligibly crn'ough. in store for uls, besides bei.ng a rich, witb plenty of excitemfent.- Mr. Val- gift in itself., lace knows the racing businesspretty . î thoroughly. as . he bas been1 a 'tipstem SILVER SES AND GOLDEN' for a Lon don papier for years, but so.mnetimesû, lie imakes this stomr' a lit- ýCITIES. By Frances Parkinson tde bard for a reader :whio does i't uri Keyes. New York: Ho-race Live- derstand odds and s'uch. The "cale 1 - rgt dar" of ýthe title, byv the: way, is an The narrative of what the author English turf paper, "h Racinig Cal- cails "a joyous journey througb ILatin important a part in aur literature as have the G3reek. 'Miss Pyleelbas dfoue us good service in brÏnging these stories once more tôoaur attention., and we tbilik she bas done it delight- fully. 'Ihose -Who hv adapted Norse mytholégy to, children's use vary, con- siderably in their selection of ma- uîu oruer. BrieHy she adcis a cheer- fui suggestion of nèw worlds and new gods. Simplicity and clarity of style ini keepping with tbe tale -of oral origin have long been recognized in Miss Pyle's work. .Lt is this, ta our mind, which makes her.Tales f rom Norse1 ýMythology 'a book'suitable for ai- most.any age. Engraving of suverlor quality 1 724 Orrington Avenue Evanston Orrington Rotel Bldg.ý

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