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we LIBtARY VALENTINUS 174Oringion AMe.. Gre. 0227 The New DollarEdition Just. Released By Pm~JL BUCK Available in Modern Librairy.t - 95e Chaudler's Fountain Square, Evanston tury), a littie study of "Ludwig Lew- isohn" by Adolph Gillis (Duffield), 'and a compact, convenient, and well written brief history of "American Literature,", by Stan'ley T. Williams w*hose ,standing as a scholar gives bis summa ryan, authority whiich, -otber -tétmpts to condense the history, of American literature have not always possessed (Lippincott). A very useful, book in, afield which. bas hlot hiterto, been represented. 1iniEnglisb is 1'Tb1e Turkisb Theatre," b y Nicbolas N. Martitnovitch., This littie book deals ontyly itb tbe popular drama* of the Turks, wbicb happens to be their only real contribution to dramatic liter- ature. The book contains not merely a bistorcial sketch but also, tran- scripts of cbaracteristir plays with. pictures 'of thé performers, in cos- tumes (New York, Theatre Arts Inc). From the Princeton University Press corne an "Introduction to the Read- ing of the Old Testament," by Dun- can Black MacDonald. This is not a systematic treatise but rather an at- tempt to indicate a new way of re- garding the mass of Biblical reading 6.whicb may be found fresb and full of meaning." THE ITALIAN RIVIERA Warwick Deeping's Twvo Black Sheept is a departure from his usual locale int though idealistic, jndividuals find love anîd peace together after undergoing similar vicissitudes, namely unliappi- ness, miserv, misunderstanding, and prison. ,As is usual, Deeping's de- scriptioýns of scenery and, events are 4nexcell.edf and his -characters are so marvellously drawn, ,includiig. naughty Iiitle Angela Pym and ber dreadful mother, that each actually lives. Thougli stili the cynic, the author "soft-pedals" this characteristic to sQme degree-and a pleasing one-in The Two Black Sheep. -Vargarct Aycr Barnies of Chii- cago isf$ wifiy b*'oW;tg onelâ the most prolîfic zwriters of our limes1 411l of her books have been best sellers, and now her latest one, "W-ithin This Present," is be- ing read and cnjoyed bi' thousands throughout the count ry. SHORT STORIES W. Somemet Maugbarm neyer fails us. Iii bis latest book, Ah King, con- taining six remarkable short stories. against the magic background of' the East. And tliough some criticsof Ah King have accused its author of bit- ternes,, and cvnicism. 1 must agree with Maugham himself wvhen he, says that lie lias slirnply tried to set dôwn. bis impressions of. strange and ruthiless f orces_ that are. beyond our control. in fact sne migni't aireasuy Deuv (i onie of America's most popular fic- tion ivriters. Ail four of hier novels- Previaifing Winds, Years of, Grace, [Vest-zî'ard Passage, and now Withipi This Prese'it -. bave been .best sellers, and that is a splendid record ini these days wbeni authors. often fali dow 1n in one book or another. In spite of its six hundred pages, Withit Titis Present keeps your, interest to1 the very last word.. Tbe story niever drags for the,.style and action are too Swift moving.. Tbe, novel opens i n tbe year 1914.and carn es tbe reader to the inauguration' of President Roosevelt in -Mardi,1933. Alt hough. there. are mnany cbharac- ters in the story, the main. one-the beroine is Sally Sewall wbo resides with ber family in one of. the north shore suburbs of Chicago. Sally is 1at the opening ofthe story wben a 'family -reunion. is, being held on the occasion. of -grandmothler Sew- all's seventieth birtbday. Mien 'Granny1' isasl<ed to m4ake a speech, she reviews bier life, and tells about early Cbicago, the Civil war, and theý great fire. However, she Stresses the fact that. the family bas changed, 'we've lost a good deal more than we've gained," she states. Geanny: is a little digappointed ini the way lier family bas turned out, in spite of the fact that Sally's father (Horace Seiv- ail) is president of a large Ch icago bank, on the Board of the Art In- stitute, a trustee of the orchestra, etc., and that another' son, Lanibert, is the rector of Saint George's church and the -Bishiop's chaplain. But Granny thinks that ber fami.ly is flot serious enough, that hier children haven't any sense of responsibility, tbat they have, lost somiething of the. character and force of lier own gien- eration., America enters the World %var whien Sally is. at -a fashioniable board- ing school, in, theý East. Sle. is only 19 when she marries Alan Mac-Leod,* witli whom sbe lias grown up, and wliose father is in tbe sanie bank as ber father. Alan goes to France, and .Lljt>u a u q i u aveinni un i person is iK ro read ,rea £.eveî, bY D measure the vivid concreteness of Anne Parrisli. The author lias evi- 9 F imagery, the sincerity, tbe warm per- dently taken a cruise. She bas seen 8O O P sonal mnotion, which we demand of much-and has also found bier fellow- 00 lyric poetry. They range the whole cruisers not, always as absolutely gamut of féeling-and the wide world charming a group as the Steamsbip, sAv. Gi..2m round, and back again., The author is comrnysdetie ns would Iead ANSONCelindâ. Bisboprick Abbott.. us to believe.. Tac lmZ Ovvh.