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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Sep 1929, p. 30

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30 · I w I L M·E T T E LIFE Se pt ember 6. 1929 · Commeni on Current Books \'o~·es . THE ~~::\,. York. Co~mopolitan ' Bnok SUN CURE. Bv Alfred Corporat io n. fUVNIAIN .SQVARL · [VANSfON Wilm e tte J 7,00 Books George W ash ingto n Shelby Lit tle Minton. Balch ~ Co ... .. $:;. oo Red Si lence Kathleen Norris T he story of a wom.ln who kf:pt h er secrets. Double<by. Doran . . . . . . $z . oo L ittle Novels Arthur Schnitzler Simon and Schuster T he Om.nibus of C rime The book of the month for Septembcr. 1 Edited by Dorothy L. Sayers Papon and Clarke Ltd . . . $3.00 Modes ta R. B. S tern Al fred A. Knapp . . . . . . . . $2.?0 :\!fred ~oYes the F.ngli:-;h poet, ha:-; tumed his ta lents to the field of prnse fiction and r)roclttcefl. a 110\'C} " ·it)l a lilt ?-S light-hearterl. and capti,.a t 111 .~ as l11s ballad of the harrl'!- nrgat.l. "Tit c Sun Cure" is frankly \\Ttt ten tn entertain. It is a lig·ht, an almnst nonsensical tale, touched \\'ith satire and inclined tn poke fun at earnest!~· intt-llectual mo,·ements and the :->t·l<hEy pl'npk \\'ho espnsc them . Bitt it i's nr.' · gtHld fun and HT\' kindly :--atirc. and the stm,· it se li k;s Ctllt1r and adi1 ltt. · I Till' l~n-. Ba:-il ~tro(k. tht· cm;1~e at St. \ 1argarct's. \\·as a handstlt11C and atiiidl' rlntrl'hman an cxpnt1r :1t o i \\'hat i.., k.11 n \\' n i 11 . \ mn i r a ct s llltt ~· ular Chri-,tianit,·. 1\ut IlL· had. Pr I appcan·d ttl ha\T. a lanlcntahh· . . \\' :trldkd and "L·Ii -:->ati . . lil·d 111inrl . . 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Ba:->il':> pri~gi:->htll'S:-> i:-; steamed out She-Shanties A. P. He rbert D eligh tfu l ve rse wit h a catch y lil t-- most of t h em first wricten for P un ch . Dou b leday . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.00 Devils. Drugs and Doctors The sto ry of t h e Scie nce of Heal in g from M edic in e M an to Doctor. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. By Erich Maria Remarque. Little, Brown. This amazing war novel by a German who served in the World War is 0f him by the inv0luntary sun cure, perhaps the best argument for peace ~n Barbara Lanc.'s entire satisfaction. that has ever been written. Couched :\!fred :\'oyes's little comedy i · as in simple, forceful language, and vi,·icl pleas~nt a dcYicc as any you can in its descriptions, it brings to the mcntt o n for pas ing- the hours of a reader a clear knowledge of war as it seemed to a private in the ranks l"lf \\·ann August afterpoon. the Hun army. No details are left to the imagination, and the horrors · of T H E STOR Y OF EUGENE DEBS. ,,·ar are truly depicted. Although By H enry T. Schnittkind (l'ncle Hcn - it reeks with blood and flame, one n ·). Introduction 1)\· l~nmain R< ' l- co nquers the feeling of repulsion and l~ncl . Illustrated. Ifcr c;L.~ ~1f Pcarc and rea ds on. a,·iclly, for it is a S\\'ift!y Liberty; Hook One. Bnston: r\ational mm·ing- novel. Fditcation Cnmmi·ttc c Independent Hemarque characterizes his J1al s, \ \ 'n rkmcn's Circle. the companion s of his sufferings, and This . lender red ,·olume is the f1 . . st describes them \\'ith a cleft touch . ..;o in ,,·hat its author intends :-hall l1 e that one c_ an see them in their gr;m "a series of biographies oi the hcrol' s I :->tru(u?"le. Y~1tlt1g boy s they \\'ere, l>r of peacl·," wl)()se purp11:->e is. he sa.·.· s. lie,·in.!..!· itl the efficacy of \'Var l.tntil it "ttl bring-:-; hdnrc the children of the crushed them in its great jaws. 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