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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Jun 1933, p. 32

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Reziiewed by Louise Lockner The appearance of a new book by Christopher Morley is always cause for rejoicing, and when TWO are published in one month the excitement --at least among Mor1eyites - rus high. But breathes theïe a man with soul à0 dead wbo, having read no more than "Parna ssus on Wbeels" or, "P 1ipe- fuis," is stili flot a Morleyite? If there besuch; a one, let him'* be, placed in a conifortable chair in. the coolest r oom of, the house,. supplied- with .a. cold drink and his favorite form of tobacco andJust W'ithin -reach, a Coépy of "Pif th Avenue Bus, a -Whole Library o Christopher Morley.', If, after an hour,. he Welcomes the 'suggestion of,. a game of bridge, then the experiment has been a failure. But if, and tbis 18 the case nine times out of ten, any intrusiÏon is greeted with an' air of d4reamy preoccupation or an eagerness to bring the book to the bridge tableý in order to read aloud certain passages,. then the treatn.ent bas been successful. Moreover, once the patient has been "infected" no ainount of injections wilI develop an immunity to the canny wit and jovial wisdom of the "sage of ~.KfttElU .UFAJK kD. One, glance at the tablecf cnet I Funfin quae Eansan of "Fifth Avenue Bus" i an .earnest. ionti Square_________________ of real enjoynient.. Here are sucb old ___________________________ friençis as "Thunder on .tbe Left," b ' ' arnas1saîlonM Wbeels," "Inward __________________________Evening"' and "'Wagon-Lits" - tbree plays, and many more, including some ___________________________of bis bes't poems and essays. 'NuIT As usual they are exercised over the choice of Pulitzer committee; They are agreed that Stribling's "The Store"-is a contribution to the under- standing of the' post-Civil war South, ,but its actual choice as prize novel was a surprise when there were so many other excellent novels. of ýthe year. The. prizein biogab a given to "Gro-ver Cleveland" by Allan Nevins « as teacbing patr.iotic, and un- selfish service to the people by ex- ample. There are op dissentm voices here.. Maxwell Anderson's "tBoth Your Houses" won, the drama prize, and Arcbiba:ld MacLeish won the Poetry prize with "Conquistador!" For twenty-six years, A. E. Hous-ý man was. khown as 'the, man wbo wrote "A Shropshire Lad," and then fepublisbed "Last Poems" another very thin but very excellent volume. Hhas again broken his silence witb "The Name and Nature of- Poetry" He bas captivated both. those wbo care for nothing s0 littie as poetry and those who care for nothing so much,' . William Lyon Phelps bas publisbed a 'list of the' 100 best books since, july, 1932, in the June number ofc Scribner's magazine. The books that Professor Pbelps grows enthusiastic over are one of the joys of Scrib-c ner's, either one agrees or one won-r ýders wbat in the world be saw i n it t to talk about. This list has been noc exception and offers a fine argument, "Our Movie-Made Cbildren" by Hfenry James Forman is to be pub- !ished ini June. It is, the result of ta twoUwu oe ulscoverea .by hel' descendants in 1933 and published. The book rescues Julia fromn the oblivion that she dreaded. She writes: "'Be somebody, July,' Papa always usedto Say,, and 'besom ebody' Il WILL." Ail Chicagoans know the grea t New'- berry library in the city, which was founded through the' ultimate disposi- tion of the fainily fortune. Julia was one of :those Newberrys. Fifteen-ýyear-ol1d Jul ,ia recorded her 'impressionsý of people and events inm the same manner. that, any of our young girls of today would do. We gather that Julia was, of high spirits,, full of. fun,ý and very decided in' ber opinions about subjects and people. The diary covrers a period of tbreeyears and takes the reader from Chicago to tbe old Brevoort hotel in New York, later te Plorida, then Èurôpei wbere' Julia received the news that the Chicago fire destroyed, ber borne and ail its con- tents. Before she was *fifteen, Julia had always been a robust girl, but one day she writes from New York State: "Mr. Henry Pierrepont, witb Jay, and. Wittie, drove over to see us f rom Sharon. We played, croquet. The Pierrepont boys play very 'wel and I beat tbem completely,; that was one comfort, but that we miust needs go owing, and though I was not well Sis- ter made me go, and I caught *a terrible cold, and was sick in bed f or thre days." A year later' Julia, wrote: "Today I'n up, tom' orrow l'Il be down. one ularn in Mvanattan," more poems by ~n Motion k'icture Researcl Co-un- ihtwt the pi .erreponts 'on Schuy;- heodMndarin who is one of Mor- o cil. The effects of promiscuous movie- 1e Lke, and caught that terrible te' ost beloved creatiorîs. going is -a mucb discussed subject, cold! ! 1!i" !'My l1 ittie poerns," said the Old Mandla- and bere-to-fore' there bas 'been it- For several years Julia. was takeà ri,"tie scientific data on wbicb to base from one place to anôtherý in hoêpes Aelike those, modern stocking,- ;you a conclusion. OQne wonders whetber' that ber health would be reandbt say you Wear: eand u They, do flot wrinkle on the md anytbing wîll be done, about 'it. in- April 1876, in Rome, she pàssed They,,fit every' length of thought." The officiai biogiaphyof ob away, ai the age of twventy-three. Her. Galswortby will be written by Hi. V. diary, along witb other tbings belong- 0WË CHICAGO.-: By Mary Hastings M arott .,He knew Galsworthy'for ten ing to the family came intoýthe pos- Bradley.. I. The Fort; Il. The'Duel; years and bas already publisbed a session of cousi ns ini Baltimore. ý1 III. Debt of Honor; IV. Metropolis. bibliography. ' The .book is of course very girlishly Appleton. 1933. 4 vols.'SncarLwsxetsthven- written with misspelled words and The- first~ volume is ah aniniated . - et aul timos anywher. 1724 Orringfon Ave. Gre,. 0227 Orrington !Hofel Bld9j., Evansfon JI vprinti 1 --- ,.VijLC; ycc rs i uL I VIIL UUUL, ut the present issue is neatly andi i1ich publisbed its first issue in i a type face approximating April, has been warned by publishers e of the Doves Press. It is an not to make sucbh excerpts witbout .t essay for ail students of full permission.*the, magazine bas. ,ta know. Fifty copies only 'announiced disco ntinuance, until Sep-, en struck' off. 'eber. A:PLAY "BOOK bY Ruth fN. H ompon Was priaf.d end. band cclorid in the, spning. of :ni nefeen thirfy-hro ai the Chicago School of Prin ing endi th. School of the Art Insifue in'o ýlimifesi edifion of only 1fw. hsnjg.d fiffy copies. $3 'I 77- j M 1 1

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