Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 May 1933, p. 42

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RENTAI LIRRARY ground for the present day revival non-fiction, travel in ships ail over represented in the section devoted to. the globe. When a ship is loading contemporary, work. The revival of for a long voyage these libraries are etching in France wilI be represented cagerly watched for; the seamen cal. by a selection of prints beginning them "life savérs," as they mean wit jaqueandth me of 180,on so much on long voyages where ther through Meryon, -Lalanne, Bracque- is ne, other diversion. mond, the lmpressionists, Lepere,, to. The successful operation of ships B3esnard, who stili carnies on. Eng- is due'in large measure.to a happ land's contributions in 'thé l9th Cen- and contended'.crew- and in this the '.ury Will be. shown in the work of traveling library plays an important Palme'r, Cal1veÉt, Turner and Hadeni; part. It serves flot only. the crews German's by Menzel, Liebermann and of Amierican merchant ships but the Slevogt; Belgium by Rops and -men in lighthouses, lightships, and Ste inlen; Sweden by Zorn, and the isolated Coast Guard stations. United States by Duveneck, Cassatt, ewok fthsasitons Whistler, Bellows and Penneil, brîng- barely. eleven years old, and yet just ing ,the survey, down to the presentv before the depressioni it> kept ini cir- day. A very brief representation of culation1 one year.alone nearl 1.y 400,000 contemporary work in al mediums books and. distributed. approximately will serve to show modern trends in 200,000 magazines.y printmaking. The 18th Century achievemnent in àemnae norgetomk the graphic arts, which does notcome their wishes for books flot included in within the scope: of thé two special the "libraries.," and th asociation exhibitions mentioned, will be rep- fils large numbers.of such special re- resented by the work o-f its outstaid- quests, especially for technical books ing masters: Piranesi, Canaletto ' concerning the business of the ship,f Goya and Blake, in thé corridors ad- such as navigation, seamnanship, and < joining the galleries in which the spç engineering.r cial exhibitions are arranged. Thus Mrs. H-enry Howard, president- of. the highest attainments in original this, library association, served duri.nga creative work in the graphic arts, war 'days as chief of the Socialt from about 1450 to 1933, will be sur- Service bureau of the U. S. Shippingt veyed. board recruiting. serv ice, and when1 The exhibition will furnish an op-' she saw thousands of men going to u portunity for the study and under- sea for the first time -in ignorance of i standing of. the graphic méediums. the difficulties 'they miglht encounter, t] Cases contaïning. tools with explana-. especially in foreign ports, she con- tory labels will be arranged to show ceived the idea of a "Seamen's Hand- r( the principal processes: wood en- book for Shore Le ave" which wotild i graving, iithography and the variants: suPply. nwch needed information. mezzôtint engraving and aq uatint. This bas proved; to be a vrntable Opportunity for 'the application of the Baedeker for Jack Tan, It gives in- c principles as shown in the cases will formation about 366 ports or 401 be afforded by examples hanging in the cities' in 95 different countries. ItS exhibitions. The earliest mezzotints, tells se'amen about American con- b "Amelia Elizabeth, Landgravine of sulates, amusements, dental clinics, Hesse" of, 1642, by Ludwig von 'excursions, inexpensive hotels, legal ti. Siegen, the inventor of the process, aid, laundries, libraries, physicians,. CI will be on view.. Lithography, will seamen's. homes, banks, agenc.san91 figure importantly throughout the unions, etc. hi "iCentury of Progress in Printmak-. As a special guide for médical ing" section. Aquatint, as a means service at sea, there is given a coln- E of original creative expression, can plete list of ail ships carrying physi- be seen in i the -work o ts-uaiRtcan harr eî1i.rotes +and rdiA i I I.VVayne rarrisl Iflation" by Dot fMarc A. Rose 1 1- -- ublshingcompanY has just issued lection or go over bok catalog'ues. n'" by Eanl Spar- uslg_________________ )"Men *Without 'pinoza: The Man, and -Hie Thought," ne *Weishamr and written by E. L. Schaub, professor philosophy, which is included in Putnam), and "In- philosophy at Northwestern. Prof. "Goethe Centenany Papers,"'edited by B. Woodward and Schaub has also contribl2ted a valu- Martin Schutze and recentlypublish- hittlesey House). able treatise, on Goethe and bis ed by Open Court company. * vas ULnu D tie I scadali wrncn iun- justly. surrounded the case, his hope and sej!-fconfidence were gone, and he was seeking refuge f rom his ragged nerves in drink. That is the situation at the teginning of Mr. Cronin's third suc- cessful novel. It bas aIl the indica- tions of being as morbid as HA T- TERý'S CASTLIE and as introspective as, THREEI LOVE~S, but it is neither. Here the author achieves a lighter touch yet* the* interest' of the readèr- is held. as' firmilly as it wvas by the tragic HA TT4ER'S CASTLE. A friend of Dr. Leith's urges him f0 take a trip f0 the 'Canary Islands in the hope. that he will. regain a grip on himself. He. book§ a passage on a smaàll steamer and finds himself one, of a. strange group of passengers . As us- ual, Mr. Cronins characterizations are brilliant., On board among others are two -Aierican missionaries - brother, and sister - ail Irish ex-pugilist, an elderly cockney woman with a shady repufation and a warn heart, and-Lady MNary Fieidîng, who sought a change from hem shelfered if e and hier, over- solicitous young husband. As the ship rnoves on f0. its destination, Harvey Lettlh slow.ly begins to flnd hinisel -f and, as -they near >Santa Cruz the -fenuous :hreads of inferest which have spun :hemselves between ,hini and1 Mary, Fielding are strengthenied infto botnds upon wich his complefe regeneration is built. At Santa Cruz, which is in he grip of a seveme epidemic of yel- lov fever, the intensify of the sfory reaches* one climax affer another unt il it arrives af a conclusion that is superb- [y fitting. In writing this book wherein he changes from the stern background of Scotland which he' used in his first two ooks, to the colorful scene of the Canary Islandis. A. J; Cronin bas shown 1at his vemsatility is, nof conflned to -hrciain GRAND CANVARY ýa convincing sfory, f ull of dryý iumor, real beauty, and rich emnotioni. Evanston Players Guild Vins First KYW Hnars CIIANDILEU'S. Founain ..Squaré. Evansfon SOCIAL FORMS- ~wifh hand-illuminated initiais are tbe n.ewest idea in informai notes, party invitations, impromptus, dlin- ner cards, dinner talles, score pads. May be ordered in ensemble in deliqhtful color combinatons. 1724 ORRINGTON AVENUE Orrington Hofel1 Bldg., Evansten 1 j *1

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