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WILMETTE LIFE" J at1uciry 11, 1929 Esther Gould,s Book Corner over a long period of time, Mrs. Hardy, JUST PARAGRAPHS It is cxtraorrlinarily gratifying to hi s second wife, has written the story learn that sometimes one guesses right. Some weeks ago we reviewed the hook "Long Lance" hy an I n<lian chief, in enthusiastic terms, beginning the review b y an account of an evening in the Chateau Lake Louise two years ago, when an Indian, tall, correct in evening· attire, entered the dining room. \\' e told of the stir it occasioned and ended with praise-worthy hone sty h.v saying- tl1a1 much as we would like to he ahk to say that this was LongLance, we could not clo so, cou ld only say that it would he entertain ing if it were trut:. Then came in the mail a letter from an odd sounding pbcc "Rabbit Chutes, .:\orthern Canada," h-ading up after a fe\\' preliminary words to the followin!~ clim ax. "These remarks of yours ,,.,.ere so generous i· some respects that I fee l a little backwar.d in ad··1itting that your guess wa : right: the lnclian wl :om you sa\\· was Long Lance. thl.' un(krs.ignccl." The moral tn this tale might hl' "Guess again." of the years in which she di<i not know her husband, of ·his boyhood, his first trials in architecture, then in literature his marriage and his youthful friendships. · Possibly because of the fact that this is the Hardy the author did not know, possibly hecause of the reticence Mr. Hardy always displayed with regard to his own life and affairs, Mrs. Hardy has written with great restraint. Her own personality is entirely obliterated from the boo\:, she is dealing- restrain edly ·w ith facts not emotion s. Although this in vo lv es a certain loss of pictorial and emotional effect. yet it has a merit of its nwn. It gives a clear and un rl ouded account of the earlv and middle ~-- ears and of the chanc ( -hap pen in gs which turned one of the great writers of a ll time to lit erature. (Entertainment) Telephones: Greenleaf 7100 WDmette 3700 Winnetka 528 Rowers Park 1122 a make-believe man, Jo~l1Ua, wealthy boot-ma~<er, who retires from the m~k ing of boots and goes to makmg st~tues. In other words he opens his eyes to the th_ings of bea~t.Y. in the world and to hts own capabthttes. He becomes an amateur sculptor and falls, in love with not only beauty in the abstract but beauty as exemplified by his model. But Fate, · controlled by Mr. Locke, does not smile on Joshua's passion. His model discovers an art of her own. a miraculous voice, and goes to the Continent and Joshua return f to hoot-making. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or David Copperfield" By Robert Bench ley Henry Holt and Comp;.~ny Everv so often Mr. Robert Bench ley becomes conscious of a littl e more than usual disg-ust and fury at the stupidities of the world, at which time he gathers together some of his past \·oic ings on the subject and -publishes a hook. Such times arc occasions of rejoicing on the part of that same .y orJd that he has treated so badly, the rejoicings being due to the fact t}1at no one is conscious that he is among tho. e ridiculed. If you t·tJ ;oy whippet racing and are one vvho nightly noses his car into a crowde d place a nd fights to approac h the entrance to an ill-lig-hted. nwsquito-ey enclosure. you immediately forget that fact when you read Mr. 1\enchlcy's discourse on whippet racing. ~fr. Benchley's hum o r, lik e great art, raises you to another plane, a plane from which you view humanity as from a height. Only his rai ·ing is more in the nature oi a flight; vou arc afraid to remain among those ~that arc being ridiculed! This book of ~l r. Bl:nchley's, ".20,000 Leagues Cndcr the Sea or Davirl Copperfie ld," ts as funny as, if 110t iunnier than, hi s others. On the subjects of ice-hockey, football reporting, meeting the boats, folk plays and folk :>ongs of :\mcrica he is equally hilarious. Little short snatches ,... hich he usually ends with 'Tm sick of the sub ject anyl1mv" or some such statement which rings with a solemn truth so that we realize that his ennui is ever· there ready to spring o n him. Truly the lif e of the humorist is martyrdom inr hunor, the humor of the car.icatur~ ist. is born of disgust. \\' t: would 'l ik e to quote Mr. Bench·lc.\·'s words of wisdom at length but since that is impossible let us give at kast a verse of one of hi s American fo lk-ballads: · "\Vhen up stepped Theodore M unson Ancl unto me did sav '() you can't go back 0;1 'your promised worcl,' · :\nd unto m e did say." Tl~is \VC consider a gem worth prcser\'lng. Gluyas \Villiam s and Mr Bench Icy himself are responsible fo~ the delightful illustrations. The Magic Island W. B. Seabrook's beautifully illustrated volume - about Haiti: it is the choice f)f the month of the Literary Guild. Harcourt, .Brace 8 Company. $) .50 "Joshua's Vision" by William J. Locke Podd l\Tt·:Hl :tnd t '(J!llp:tny SOME THRILLING MYSTERIES The Spectacles of Mr. Cagliostro The Dutton J_ a nuary Mystery for $2.00 "The Early Life of Thomas Hardy" by Florence Emily Hardy (his wife) Tlw :\la('~lillan ('nnlJ>any Harry S. 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