Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Jan 1932, p. 32

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LIBRART Pre. anventey SALE of Current Books ln Our Llbrary *('New copies $2.OO0fini more) il for $2.N0 .3 for $1.00 1724 -Omngton. Avenue Evanston Orrington Ilotel DIdu. RED TAG.' SALE 33 1/3 to. 40% Savings on Leather Goods. Diseontinued numbers and goods used for -dis-, play purposes. Mw~ ~ST *OUO CHIÇAGe r j 'j er. vvarricn &ruutuî. Here is a story true to lu e and filled with a brave and blithe spirit. The vi- sions of comfortable existence to he: wrijng f rom a peach orchard irn the sand hilîs of North Carolina failed, but iwe are al tbe richer for the experience which led M4rs. Ripley te write this book.* ' very page of these Swift, plain annals bears conviction. When a true report of if eclose to the soil and simple ePle %vho belong there, is wvritten., how easy and pleasant it is to recognize it. K(athariiieBalRipley-the.daughter, of an editor. and the. wi fe of, a writer- lived this book and bas ti)ld the story well. When! the Ri pleys "eft the aiv nýi .1921 thev had an' intense' disinicliiîa- tion to settling down to. routinie ex- istenice. in a small town. The tales of- comparativeI wealt h to bclk ad f rom. planting, peaches, and the attractions of lhaving about them congenial friends ini the saine adventure lured thern. For seven years they livedl on their ec orchard 'at Sainarcand. If it had been a stoty of an elîerîy couple -Sand in My Slîoes" would have heen a mioving tragedy. Becatise the Ripleys wscre voung and. courageoaîs and took gallantl - Nvliat fate broughit thern. the- little and intensely htiin incidents which ýfilled the dvsand nighits, on the farm 'ii. the sand hbills are a record of people undefeated. Mrs. Ripley writes with a sure tou cli. She is an observer whose peeualinake people and events Corne to life. LITERARY PRIZES Students throughiout the country will be interest'ed to, hear that an- nual awards of. $12.000 arc offcred at the University of Mîehigan for crea- tive work in Play, fiction. poctrv, andi essay. writing. These prîzes are to. bc gîven yearly f roi ithe *,,inCôfie.of. thé, estate 'of the late Avcr vFHop- *wood, Michigan alumnus, the aâuthor of "Severi Days," "The PBcst Peo- pIe," "The Alarm Cik"adol]er plays. Four major awards of $2.500 each arc annou.nced for 19.31, wlile eighît minor awvards of $250 ceadi are also to bc Elven. When it is recalled tîiat in m ags,- And "To live in niankind is far more than to live in a name"- You are deep ini the ages now, deep ini the ages, You whom the world could nût'lbreak, inor the years tame. Fly out, fly on, eagle that is nut f orý- gotten, FlIv straight to dee imiermost light, you *who loved. sun iin your eyes- Free of 'the fret, f ree of. the weight of living, Bravest, among the brave and gayest among the wise. From the "Saturday Re%,iev." LESBY. By Elizabeth WilIis. Scrib- lier's. With jacket and f rontispiece ini full colori) y N. C. WVyetli. Aînong the hundreds wh vh rote iii praise of this vivid lo>vé story of the Canadian farm-lanids when it appearted in Scribntcr's Maga.zii', %vas N..',C. MWveth. He declared it %%vrtliy to stand(l alongside of *'Iithàui Fom'and ex-. pressed the wislî that lie mnight sonie day ilîhstrate "this monuimental storv." His paintinîg hrings out the vigorous. héauty of the hieroine and the rieh color of theý Canadian countryside.ý >LeSIby is one of-the fie characters of nmodern fiction. She practically runls thle big farni on whichi she liveý- with lier aged fatlier and bler> fragile, young- er sister. She îs ,.lu sty. passion.ate, Onie (À the Wvomcni that Rubens loved to paitît. XVhen. she fel lu love Witîî Stephen McLaren, a man of lier own ty pe, nothing but happiness seen-;ed in store. But fate steps in-mn the form of thie lovely youniger sister, wlîo lias al the feminine delicacv that 1;esby scorns. The situations that follow <andà the authîor*s treatuient of them inake a fnovel of tinsurpassed ,ititerest and power. SPRIGS 0F' HEMLOCK. A Tale of the Shays Rebellion. By Walter A. ýDver. Illustrated by Hienry C. Pitz. Newv York : The Cent ury comnpaiîy. Mr. Dyer bias here thrown inito tlic- tional forîî-f or boyýs between the ages of ten anîd fourteen, as the inside flap of the iacket infarms us-he strv o.f By L. W. Ramsey and4 Charles H. Lawrence. Macmillan company. After the busy holiday season gar- den loyers will begin to turn their thoughts garden-ward and when they (10 they wIl find a lot of valuable in- formation. in the "Outdoor Living Room."y Smnall plots of 'ground ire some- times much harder toý plan for gar- denls than large ones-. This book. is particularly valuable to the modest home cwner. It tells you how 'te. make' an outdoor living ýroom ýartist-. ically correct, wbat. trees and wbat flowers to plant, andý suggestions for desigris. A survey mnap nîust first be made of the plot te be designed and then a, location must be' chosen. The garden should be an integral .part of the home grounds, not "super-IM- posed as an afterthought."' An -inter- esting list of rules for the selection of shrubs and. evergreens is given. Shrubs should be planted in masses. In the chapter on trees the authors describe the various types of trees that may be used for decoration, shade, etc., and finally there is an. informative ç.hapter ýon the care of the lawn. Both M1r. Ramsey anid, Mr. -Lawr- en ce -are landscape architects with broad experience. The former has recently directed the efforts of the National Home Planning Bureau, a, public service organization spons.ored by the American Association of Nurserymen. He is the author of inativ books on gardening and is a riLgular contributor to garden mnag- azines. '.\r. Lawrence's articles ap- pear regulariv in various magazines, and lie is the author of "Garden Pools." lie is also an authority on water gardens and aquatics. LAKE FRONT. By Rutit Russell. Chicago: Rockwell. Ruth Russell's novel, attenipts to, en- cornpass- two ends : the- fi rst, andt appar- ently the f oremiost iin the author's mind, if we take at its face value her prefa-, tory remark: "Since this is the story of a city, truth to the lives of individu- aIs has beeni subordinated to truth te Ap.ologv 1(rthe 111V 1 1 >A-1/4', witha..u a ..ai! ag intro~duction,. -ilotes, and appendices', The tale i, sufficieiltly well done, CarcN (id in u1759 after a nuinber of however, to make good readiîîg.for a vears of more regular an(l repuitable parent with somte curiostv about lii' lif c. Both books wcre put together 'uîr' history. The Pe'biam tollni f roni bis accoutits of lus ',adveritures. meeting. the scenes in Conkey's ta"Cr"'. rhe ",Apoçlogy" abounds in mnoralizing the 'characterization of Shays, and that are probably not ,Carew's,, but lhe pathetie suffering of Shays' f.ollow- it contains bis travels iii America. ýrs wilLiiot easily be forgotteuu. is which have interest.. The "Uife and -Aeasanit to rernemfber that in the end. Advetiîtures" stop)s short with lis, go- the commonlwealth of Massachusetts ing. aboard t he ship took no lives in retaliation. I it LdnVI i-jynNvteoer 20. iThe pur- ,)Ose of the book is to aid parents and teachers in conveying to children a sense of the wonder, the beauty andthe essential unity and harinony of the universe. The book contains 48 fulI Page illustrations, made. from, photographs, whichI rival the' best of. the German publications ilun the field of nature study,. ï-. mol2a at drui stores. 'j, ;~ <"'1

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