Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Feb 1936, p. 30

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a.nd Baturday afternoons. $1 monffly. You wilI enjoy It. ILORPS-4Fou.*I@ Square ~~Wo~Rk Oated De",.,"e .Phne, Ore. 2M-246 onlagu.. motel EIgIEvmton A& BOOK! AGift pu age 4 Orrington,1 *Orrsnqt9oný fo sead 1*1 Evansfon Gre. 0227 'motel Suuidinq MARSHALL FUELD &COMPANY Evansie. store mystety whose personality has pene- trated the four corners of the earth, This book, bis avtborized biography, is calied William' Randolph Hearsi, Americaw, and i s written by Mrs. Fremont Older, tbée wife of the late editor of the San Franciscoý Caîl- Bulletin. Forty-one newspapers and mnag- azines- cinema companies -- radio stations-such is ýthe realm of Hearst and sucb the mnedia whereby he in- fluences' the opinions' of millions of Americans., But.wbio is the man wh< wields this gigantic power? What is.he like? Wbat.is the. inside story o f b is career? Who are bis friends? Wbat are. his rnethods? It is the fanswering of these questions,, the dispellingý of the mystery. which sur- rounds the man, which MNrs. Older does so succssfly -Begiirning wlth an interesting ac- count. of the publisher's youth, Mrs. Older unfolds for the first ti me the whole story of bis meteoric risé in, journalismn. Here we gain the inside story of bis many crusades against crime and corruption, . is unique methods of running a newspaper, and the many "scoops', witb whicb he bas personally been connected. Ernpha- sizing Hearsts journalistic career, Mrs. Older provides many sidelights. *We gain an intimate glirnpse of tbe man at bis work and as the con- genial host on bis palatial estates, of bis passion for collecting, and his efforts to better tbe condition of the man in the street. We see him in bis various activities-as publisber and editor, as crusader, art con- noisseur, political' candidate, and pbilanthropise- Out of this work emferges a fülly rounded picture of HJearst, as be is and as so few see. him. t f ) t 'r Tire drawing ýofIE. Al. De/a fieldý is by Bcrtran.d Zadig. AMiss De/a- /h /d's nezv novel, '*Faster!.Fastr' was published, by Harper & Broth- ers, Febritary' 7. r 1 Book Club Announces a Bow4fi Nov.I for Marcth Elizabetb BoNven's new novel, Thte Hantse ini Paris, will be the March se- lection of the Book-of-the-MNonth club. The book will be publishied by Alfredl A. Knopf on Marcb 2, and is tbe'seconid novel by Miss Boven to be tbus honored. In 1925 her novel T/he Motel.was a se- lection of tbe club. Together with Elizabetb Bowen's The Hotise i;i Paris, tbe Book-of-the-Month club will send to its members This Sii,»- oan theld,. by Clarence Day, a satire ontefollies and foibles of mnankind which was first published by Mr. Knopf in 1920. Since that time it bas gone througb ten small printings and has corne. to be regarded by many critics as one of America's classic satires. IncidentallY, the 'selection of tbis book together witb Thef House ij» Paris, is remarkable nc'n only because two books by the -saine bouse are chosen in the same montb, but also because it lis tbe third book by one autbor to be sent to tbe members of the Book-of-the-Montb club in less than aà year. In August 1935 tbe Book club distributed Mr. Day's Liue With Fat/ter and God mnd -13,Father. in 1935. Its reception on the part of the critics was not entirely favorable. Sonie few praised; many more con- dem .ned, and wbether or not the nQveI is going to catch the fancy of tbe read- ,ing public, stili remnains for timne to disclose.. Meanwbile, for tbose in a quandary-to read or fot to read Thte Sounjd Wagoei P-be following mnayý be Stribling's book is a political novel about tbe corruption existing inoGur own tue between big business,- the ggsters 'and te POliiin.fearing, no doubt, a: pineapple might.be tbrown on his own doorstep, after the appear- ance of the novel, Stribling is at pains to point out in a note. on a fly, leaf that no character bas been drawn, frorn lii e, thiat aill-are' generalizations.. The story, because of its political'sub- ject matter and its satirical treatùment, ca'n be said. to resemble It Can,'t Happes *Here by Sin .clair 'Lewis., Lewis,. bow- ever, satirizes,%a projected social order: towards wvbich he intimates we are drift- ing; Stribling wiites of the country as,. it is--or~ as it seems to bim-today. Statements to tbe effect that the. noveI is poorly written and. witbout valuie, .as 1somne criticscdaim, bardly seem j.ustifierl. The author is no novice. Hie bas pro- duced at least a dozen books, is a mnaster of bis trade, and a writer of precision. Plenty of tbougbt, some researrh, and a quantity of preparation rniust. have gone into the study of the. American scene as presented. Large numbers of readers are bored by any book whicb bas to do witil so- called "d1iy" or political stibject matter. For these péople Thne Sauind Wagon con- tains little or nothing at aIl. For those wbo feel a concern about social condi-, tions, and who enjoy satire, niisplaced. and crude .nhougb it be at times,.Strib- ling is worth the time required to skiin' his 400 pages. .Tbe plot structure is unusually good.. It contains, surprise, suspense and a very deiiecliimax.--J. FR Studies Beliefs of Mani 1Harvey Pergussn. wel I-knnurn Amr The Book Section Firsi Fleor The Fvanston Store J F.tMin Sqluare. E!oost.. 1il Publish Morgan Sfory phy pitaý St'arkentbroke, a new novel by Charles to n Morgan, author of The F'ountain, wiIl be the publisbed by.Macinillan on April 7. the' ,st meent sc dI e; child tin this book modem mother âc advances in ig 1 US W obra

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