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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Feb 1927, p. 34

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WILMETTE LIFE February 25, 192i 1 J NEWEST IB3COXC»OC§ AN[J) IB3COXQ)K ~lEVllEW§ DID YOU KNOWThat Bernard Shaw tried to accept the honor attached to the Nobel prize without the accompanying gift of money? \Wnllmm®tttt® ILn@Ir ~Iry New Books Frauct·- Crim e of Sylve str e Bonnard Calc- Birth O' Brien- Be st Sho rt Storie s of 1926 \\"alpole-Goldcn Scar e crow \\'die- Orphan Angel A. L. A.-Library Extension l'ttnliffe - \\' riting- o f T oday Die bon --:- ~1 ent a l t c:.h ior the C la s~ r onm Cahot - Ad\'l·ntur es in the Bord c rJa ncl ,,f Ethi cs l'rnn :-Condu ct of Lif e FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON Telephones University 1024 Wilmette 3 700 · Rogers Park 1122 BOOKS Nelson the Man By A. Corbett-Smith Littlt, Brown ~ Co. $2.50 Eight Years with Wilson's Cabinet David F. Houston : z. Volumes Doubleday Page ~ Co. S 1 o.oo Selected Literary and Political Papers and Addresses of Woodrow Wilson 3 Volumes Grosset ~ Dunlap $2..00 I The Passing Show Henry Russell Little, Brown 8 Co. 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