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WILMETTE LIFE May 3,. 1929 Comment on Current Bpoks HAND BOOK OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY. By H. J. Rose. E. P. Dutton and Co. Mr. Rose avoids giving merely a disjointed mass of detail by the rational grouping of his subject matter, and the brief summary of current interpre· · 1 d' h' · h' d' tat10ns, mc u mg JS own, m 1s 1scussions of the dieties and myths. The myths are taken up in what they may be called their chronological order: creation myths; the older gods, Heaven and Earth, Kronos and Rhea, and all the Titians and Giants. These are followed by the majestic figures of Zeus and his brothers, and the goddesses, referred to as the "Queen of Heaven," There follows ·a discussion of the younger gods, of the Saga, and the Marchen. The book is not only a useful survey of the gods and myths, but a guide .post to accepted methods of interpretation in a field which is still awaiting the psychologist. JOHNNY APPLESEED AND OTHER POEMS. By Vachel Lindsay. The MacMillan Company. 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New light is shed, ~rst ?n has a tale for every occasion, and \Veils' conception of art, parttculanly always with a hidden motive. Either the art of fiction; on his doubts conthrough circumstances or natural abili- cerning democracy; on his understan~t ty the Southern negro is one of the ing of civilization in England an m cleverest wranglers in the world, adept America · with special reference to the at all the arts of flattery, cajolery, and relations' between the two countries. entertainment that will help him to at- There are further developments of tain his own ends. This fact is admir- familiar and more general themes. ably brought out in all the tales that That man both ·soul and body, is !;till go to make up "The Conjure Woman," "in the n;aking." That our period is which justifies its title by the part an age of swift transition and life will playe,9 in plantation affairs by a mis- soon be verv different, if we allow any tress of all the tricks of witchcraft. more .insenate wars or preparations for The stories are told in excellent dia- them. We must seek peace and purlect, with all the natural flavor of the sue it. Wells' faith is now in the unspoiled speech of the negro. · younger generation, in those who up~ hold the Kuomintang, Fasdsm, or even OYNASTY. By Clarence Budington. the Soviets. Their causes may be wrong, their zeal is profoundly right, Kelland. Harpers. and it makes little difference if they This is a novel of stature, well-con- choose the wrong cause. There is no ceived, and strongly told. The hero doubt concerning Wells' sincerity. The of "Dynasty" is on Hyram Bond, a question is concerning its reception and giant leader in the world of com11.1erce. our will to take the long road. "We He cares nothing for profits to him- too live and pa! .;s," concludes \Veils, self, and only rarely d~s ..he yield to "reflecting for a mom~nt, and in the the lure of fame. His only desire is measure of our capacity, the light and to build higher, wider, ever more im- wonder of the eternal." · posing structures-and they are desires of the creative worker. The character of Hyram Bond is admirablv set forth. THE SNAKE PIT. By Sigrid Undset. He is a real man. He is th.e glorificaAlfred A. Knopf. tion of the g-reatest strategists in the The novel is essentially a saga in form: war of big business. We see the· prog-ress of commercial development ;n and treatment and is a narrative of the United States from the early eigh- events that in their vividness might teen eighties to the present day. have happened yesterday, told in a "Dynasty" is clear, persuasive econo- clear and fluent prose. 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