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HIS WORLD Nowthwesterà University Eays in Contempormry Tlsoaght Edidby BAIKER; DROWNELL 12 Volumies fi8Contrfbutors A couceplien of modern li. and Culture ix preeued by 58 con frm>erary authorithes. A Pefac. fo the unive rie The. Wordmechanlsm Mmaind eavior Making Ménkind Soiety Todiay Soiey Tomorrow Préblemfs of Civilizafion Civiization &aid Enjoyments:- Art ami the Worth While Fine Arts Religions Ufe World Man Liv.,i Set, (Boxed) CERANDLER'9S Founan Squae Evmnsfon It isl Ir cc the simplicity necessary for a cbild's boo k, but besides this it has a. really amazing dramatic quality.* It. is my guess that 'parents, buying this in' the bope that àt will aznswer aIl of those questions about eartb and sky witb whicb cbildren astound parents., Will find themselves reading, it to the last page witb ýkeen enjoyment.. Known, facts whicb greet us, in-àa new form are refresbing* and stimulating. Many people in tbe past few years bave tried to tell cbildren where the eartb came from, wbat, kind of crea- tures have lived on it f rom time to time,- about tbe planets, the, sun and tbe moon, but in this book tbe stor.y unfolds as do the various scenes of a drama. 'We see tbe formation of the earth,' the beginninig of lifê upon' it, bow 'and wby *tbis life> went tbrough its various 'changes, we live with a cave boy and sbare his joys and dangers, and then, flot satisfied witb that, we take amazing trips to tbe sun and the planets and we get ail the information' whicb scientists bave gathered tbrougb tbe years, flot as information, but as a series -of experiences. An 'astronomer himself tells us about tbe stars, how be uses his observatory, and bow we can learn to see wbat h e sees. He tells us. the mytbs ancient peoples used to explain what tbey saw in the .sky, and tben we. learn bow we' learned wbat we know. . One of the niost remarkable parts of tbe book is Part Four-How We F'ound Out These Things. It gives a tbrilling picture of tbe work of great men -Ptolemy studying the Greek pbilosopbers and cboosing tbe wrong thing to believe; then Copern- icus studying tbe Greeks and Ptol- emy 'and witb the belp of what be1 saw in the sky tbrough>the slits he bad cut in the walls of bis home cboosing tbe trùtb to believe., but dying before be could prove it;. Bruno following and burning at the stake because he tried. tn tell' people Bachrach Photo Mr$., Lult Jones Dowvning Of l4zvasitoil, as President of the Northern Illinois braîuch of the National Leagite of Americapi Pen Wollleà, is assisting with pfflnsfor the leagule': convention tobe held it C~hicago froin.Jl/y 12 ta 1S.. witb Mrs. Lewis Carleton of 'the Cbicago brancb and les 'Packard of the Spring- ich, she is serving as a vice of the convention committeé. ik Granger Logan of Chicago Among nortb shore niembers wbo wi 'Il attend are: Mrs. J. Leon Willen, .Mrs. William H. Knapp, Mrs. Lorin Col- lins. Mrs. William R. T. Ewen, Mrs. James Lukey, Mrs. Earl H. Reed, Jr., Mrs. Eugene' Garnett, Mrs. Effie Ma- rine Har ey and Mrs. Byrd Arniold Smith, FICTION NOT'ENOUGH, the Lhinese iaxnuy ofin. The ne - trancihg words rosewood, heanp, gin- ger in earthen pots, musk and pagoda were neyer forgottent and her lové of China grew as she grew, While she was at Swarthmore two of the L'n family. traveling . in Amer- ica and -wishing to meet one of the Walnis,*,called upon her. Sbun-Ko's parting Words were, "Yeu Must corne to me." After a'time she went to 'China and became *a beloved guest in the Lisborne, the "House of Exýile,"l wbere she was rea-lly "4a daughter by affection." The- House of Exile had been founded so long ago tbat 35 genera- tions of Lins had. been born theré. It hadbeent named by a ,Lin wbo had let is home in Canton and had corne north to help with the extension of the Imperial Grand canal. He had spent bis life in exile f rom bis own dearly beloved home. Njora Waln loved ber Cbinese friends and lived among tbem as a Chinese girl would bave done. She sbowed us the ceremonies of marri- age and birtb and deatb, of spring time and planting and harvest, witb bits of charming detai about the' members of tbe family. Sbe married an Englishman who held a bigh position in the Chinese government service.' Sbe lived in Canton, Nanking, and Tientsin tbrougb years 'of turmoil whicb. saw the rise of the Natîonalists, the in- terference from Russia and the be- ginning of the trouble witb japan. Through the interesting chapters one feels the permanence of the real Chinese life is centered in tbe family., Individuals there mean little and time notbing at ail. Througb every change the family is intact and will1 triumph. In spite of strife, and cbanges in tbe outside world,,the author goes calmly back to the House of Exile each, year to make ber jams and preserves> when tbe women of the Lin family are doing tbeir canning. Anna K. Whitcburch 1' IEYES ai4thor in ber own right, anc erick Reed, supervisor of èier 'science inthe Winnetka scho "Letters ,to Channy,.- by tayIago. Au amazing té bc conferred ua [eluiz in any one year 1 ibrofhonors R any one family M r de la Ma selected. ranaom, as Sassooai, Rupert ]Brooke, and, re,: and essays no les ' a % 0 t a . a 4 4; *1 75 The