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July .t l, 192S I . News of·the .Book World '-.. -T-H_E __ F_R_I_E_N_D_L_Y_A_R_C_T_I_C_"_"""":""'m_a_k_e_s_a_w-is_e_h_e_a_d_i_n_t_h_e-se-ca-s-es-,-a-n-d I IOZA ROCI . GARDEN rn·· . wumE SHOW PLACE )T tltphont 11nd mail otdn· filltd: Telephones: Gne..._,7111 Wilaaetta J711 R~ Park llZZ BOOKS 11Ua ia a liat of books for Hgbt sQIDIDel' reacliag Mystery of tbe Blue Train Agcth« Chriatie Another mystuy by the author of The Murdtr of Roger Ackroyd. Dodd, Mead a Co. · ..·· S:t.oo Divided Allegiance Stepbtn McKenn11 A vivid and human novel based on a significant and farnacbing change in English social lift. The struggle bttwttn tbt older conurvative and the newu, mort libtral generations. Dodd, Mead a Co........ S:t.so T flnlln For fourteen years Edwin Arlington Robinson, the poet, has been spending his summers and doing his best work at the MacDowell Colony at Peterborough, New Hampshire, where in his cabin in the quiet woods the only sounds to be. heard are those of the birds and the wind and the showers. His poem "Tristram," which ·won the "IT HAPPENED LIKE THAT" Pulitzer Prize, was written there in By Eden Phillpotta 1926. Mr. Robinson will bring out this fall a volume containing all his sonMacmillua Company u 'Tis playing with the truth to tell nets from 1889 to 1927. me that everything happens for the bes.t, because I've got ears and eyes and St. John Ervine, British critic, nova measure of sense, and I know right elist, and playwright, has accepted an well a lot falls out that didn't ought. invitation to become dramatic critic . . . But what I is a still tongue of the New York World, and will take up his work here in the early fall. By Vilhjalmar Stefuaaaoa Macmillaa Compaay The honors that are being paid to Sir George Hubert Wilkins, aviator and explorer, in recognition of his ftight in April across the Arctic Circle from Alaska to Spitzbergen, are of double interest to those .who have been watching his career since 1913. . In that year he accompanied Vilhjalmur Stefansson on the famous ·expedition which he has described in his book "The Friendly Arctic." Wilkins worked with Stefansson's party for three years as official photographer of .the expedition, and Stefansson said of him : "I have never known any one who worked harder than Wilkins. He would be cleaning the scraps of meat off the leg bones of a wolf before breakfast and scraping the fat from a bearskin up to bedtime at night. His d.i aries were filled with information about the specimens he gathered, his fingers stained with the photographic chemicals used in the development of his innumerable plates and films, his mind was always alert and his response al~ays cheerful when a new task was proposed. A half dozen such men would make an invincible polar expedition." the only dignified way is to keep shut about Providence when some things happen. The wicked flourish like the green bay tree, and they always will; and the fool we shall continue to mourn only so long as ' he lives, in Bible words." All of which simply proves that Eden Phillpotts is still creating most amusing rustic characters whose humor is one of the chief charms of his Devonshire tales. His new volume, 41 It Happened Like That," contains stories of Kitty Dean and the strange happenings on the night of her elopement, of the mysterious theft of the famous old Sheffield plate from the Woodstock farm, of two men who loved the same girl and how a crock of gold found in an · ancient stoneheap brought their rivalry to a happy ending, and many other curious and amusing matters. LITERARY NOTES Minia~e Moun_t_a_in Scene Createel in Baekyard at 6Z7 Maple · Avenue in Leu 'Than Z Years TJ:lt Respectable Lady Kcthttint Bernie's Special Tbt quiet charm of England's countryside pervades this pleasant novel. Appleton ·.........·.·. S:t.oo Hay Wire B. M. Bower Litdt, Brown Soothes and Refreshes a Co. · ... S:t.OO The Island of Captain Sparrow S. Fowltt Wright Amold Bennett says of the author of this book, 14He bu aenuine originality of outlook and invention and, like Damu, his pen is mrabtd by new in8piration. Motorists' Eyes Six 1\o:ap~ $5 · Eyes strained by hours at the wheel and irritated by exposure to sun, wind and dust are instantly relieved by Murine. It soothes AU Children Smile for Bernie away the tired, burning feeling; Cosmopolitan ·····.···· S:t.oo · clears up the bloodshot condition .. Carry it with you on motor trips The Lion Tamer to refresh and protect your eyes. E. Jl. Hull Also keep a bottle of Murine in Dodd, Mead a Co. · .····· S z.oo your locker at . the countr·y dub for use after golf, tennis, swim .. · Regular Value ming and other sports. A month's Baron ·Muncbausen Major Dugmore, who hunts with a supply of this beneficial lotion camera in the African jungle and on Better Pictures Better Values A aew trantbtion of an old the veldt, says that he has seen many costs but 6oc. Try it! Gtrman Claaic. Albert W Charla Boai ··· S4.00 LORD'8-IJOOIC8 A rock garden, forming a miniature replica of a .,nountain scene; a pool, floating lily pads, water hyacm~hs ~nd water poppies and goldfish swtm~ung serenely around; a restful spot m a bower of blooms! Where? Right here in Wilmette-a backyard -the home of F. J. Koza at 627 Maple avenue. · Mr. Koza, at business, is an engineer for the Chicago Surface Lines; Mr. Koza at home is an amateur gardener. When the duties of his office have been · taken care of, he find time to shoot a little goll, but his rock garden is his main interest. It is his hobby. Ask him and he'll tell you it is fine fun to plant annuals, perennials, bulbs and shrubs and watch them spring into bloom. There are many beautiful gardens on the north shore, but Mr. and Mrs. Koza wanted something different. Mr. Koza devised the way and today the Kozas have made their backyard a real show place. Leaa Than Two Years Old The KozC! rock garden is less than two years old, which is evidence of how rapidly things can be accomplished. An exhibit at a Chicago flower show gave them the rock garden in . which porous rocks were used was shown. They liked the rocks and Mr. Koza bought them-ten tons of 'em-which later were delivered to his Wilmette home. Then began the work, which Mr. Koza calls fun. In the corner of his backyard he started building what wae to be a most effective example of the landscaping art. In the garden will be found many annuals, but the Kozas are slowly collecting alpines. Everything is set in this garden for the growing of mountain plants which Mr. Koza is selecting and which will give it a natural mountain setting. Tufa, which is an odd colored porous rock that comes from a surface deposit near Sandusky, - 0., is used in this miniature mountain scene. The rocks are piled several feet high back of the pool, which is seven feet across, . trailing off in each direction from the corner of the yard apd gradually becoming lower until they reach the ground level fifteen or twenty feet away. The rocks are set to catch water that trickles into the crevices, which are filled with rich soil. Five Kinds of Ferns in Garden Mr. Koza has five different kinds of ferns, all native of this section including the maiden hair and Wisconsin ferns. There are a few small pine trees which form a fine background for the rockery. A great assortment of plants grow out of the crevices of the rocks, including butterfly weed, nepeta, dianthus, phlox, several varietie$ of sedum, arabis, forget-me-nots, violas, campanules, veronicas, triltium, lobelias and primulas. Odd concrete walks and garden furniture, a pergola and an old stump which has been converted into a bowl from which flowers bloom are other features of this attractive garden at the Koza home. . too·· Write Jlcuine Co .· ChitofO. for FREB OtJ Evr BrGUtfl tm4 Evr Cllt'r Finl Floot-D.1il St. lJRIIV£ (.OR youR EYEs BERRIE STUDIO 1623 Sherman Avenue (Opposite Postoflice) Phone University 8998 hundred giraffes but has never heard one make the slightest sound. The mother giraffe, however, though she cannot scold, can adr ·inister, thanks to t~e. lever~ge of her ong legs, a most VICious ktck to any intruding enemy. Two new Dugmore books "African ] ungle Life" and "The Wonderland ~f Big Game" have just been pubhshed.