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CH LEARN ABOUT COMMUISM lm' AMENICA Read "dTâe Red Ntwoôrk", and c"Who's Who" of radicalisa by Mrs. Abert W. D3ling and you'lI knom~ wht ailti l usa leabot. Price s i deflvered, B. B Udei loi3 Park Avenue, ýWllmette. Phons: Wllmettt 498-499S Wnetka 500. __________ A Wolf ..but even thougli our symbol is the head of a vicious wolf,, we,. are 1nost friendly. Our.bookehop is planéd liMe a. personal library. We cordially invite you t0 cote -in and niake yourself at home among- the current boolzs and our select love story of çontepiporary France 15 on the Appleton-Century list of new books. Princess Marthe Bibesco, autbor of Catherine -Paris, has written a new novel, Worlds Apart, which brings to- gether a princess of the "ancient regime" and an ambitious French politician of illegitimate and.bourgeois birth. Tbe clasbing 'traditions of the old and -the new. France are -brougbt to the attention of the reader by one who is well fitted for the task, and the result is a powerful novel. -A niotor accident resuits in the mneeting of the widowed' Princess de Lambesc and PierreCaniot, and tbe struggle of these two ill-fated levers to shake off -the sbackles of titie and mne on one ha nd and the maglicious tongues of' rival politicians on the other makes an absorbing. story. Written, agaiist the background of French poli - tics, tbe novel proceeds te an inevitable clîmax-a climax, for which the. reader hias been amply prepared by the. masterly art cf tb.e.noveçlist,. Worlds A part bas been enthusiastic- alIy received by. French reýviewers. Mvichel Corday says in "Là Griffe": "The author of 'Catherine- Paris' has treated of a magnificent subject, bas painted two representative figures, with .a concentrated f ervor, a generous in- partiality. A great bock." The "Revue de Auteurs" praises the novel: "Here is a bock of quality, for mature readers. The firinness of this style. sober in col- ering, but full of vigor, is a rare thing among women writers." Completes Hislory Book *Professor William L. Langer, of the history departuient of Harvard univer- sity, has compIeted ,a large two-volunîe work entitled Thse Diplomacy of Imt- Perialiskii, a complete, analytical. survey of European diplomacy at the end cf the l9th century and tbe beginning cf the 2tb. It carnies: on the work doue in Professor' Langer's ealier volume, E-u1ropeafl Alliasices and AIýgnrtnes, which deaIt with the same subject dur- ing the yeaàrs 1871 te 1890. Alfred:,A. Knopf will publish the new wôork 'in October. Ope cf, the features,,of the book that is of great present interest Weekly newspapems cf the .colony, .was tried in the city cf New York for print- ing protests agaînst tbe oppressive rule cf the colonial governor, William Cosby. :The court bad appointed a young, in- experienced lawyer te conduct Zenger's defense. But,,as the case was called,. an odmani, wbom ne euee had notice&, an- nounced bimfself as consel for tbe -de- fense. Ih. was Andrew -Hamilton, ail octegenarian, but themost brilliaut coun- sel in the colonies. Tlhe j udges and the p rosecutor were dismayed.. Hamiltonsf, stirring, logical argument brougbt a speedy acquittaI from. the jury. It is impossible te -estimatethe im- portance cf this decision in the bistery cf our country and now,ý after two bun- dred years, tbe subject of press, freedoni is stilI seetbing. A new bock entitled Fre'cdoin of the Press was -publisbed-t' r ecently by Bobbs-Merrill. George Sel- des, the author, bas. been a newspaper- man for years. As a war correspondent ini 1918 and 1919 he achieved several en- viable wonld scoops.,. In Nassau Alanl Lomax, tw',enty-year-old son of Jobn A. Lemax, and co-editor with bis father of Ansericant Ballads and Polk ,Songs, is in Nassau on a ballad hunting trip with Mary Elizabeth Barnicle, wbosç ballad courses at New York University are widely popular. Mr. Lomax and Miss Barnicle have a recording machine with them, and bave made seme twc, hundred records ofnegre foclk sosigs and stories. They traveled in a Ford te Georgia, where tbey stayed on one of tbe ccast islands for a fortnight. From there they went te Miami and then on te Nassau. From Nassau tbey teck-a sail-boat witb a negro captain and negrol crew te the island cf Andros. And now, back in Nassau, tbey are holding daiiy gatberings cf singers and stery telters, and making records cf the bes t stories and scngs they hear., Theirttip bas taken approximately ten weeks. fluring .part cf the time tbey *were accompanied by Zera Hurston, the author cf Jonah's Gourd Vine. Mr. Lomax will return te and romiantic appeal cf the French Renaissance Francis Watson has given us. the biography cf one of the niest remiarkable wcmen cf ail tume, Tite Lifr, and Timnes of Cat herine dé Medici. Tbe. nanie.of Catherine dé Medici bas been the object. cf continuai siander and, abuse by most historians, but Mr. Watson. bas re-evaluatè this woman in. the li ght cf the period,.in whicb she live d. As a result, the book ranks as oeeof the most perceptive -and fair-minded volume.s ever. written about the mother cf three French kings. Catherine is first shown as. a cbild in> Florence.. The decadence'cf the pcwer- fui Medici family led. te a continual struggle .between the contending .fac- tions in Italy for her possession. At an early age Catherine was sent to France te l)ecome. the wife cf Henry Il, son cf Francis J.1 For many years Cath- erine remained in comparative obscurity, as her husband *as ccOmpletely domin- ated by bis- mistress, tbe glamorous Diane de Poitiers. With tbe accession to th4e throne ocf her elest son, Francis II, Catherine found herself stili over- shadowed-tbis tinte by the powerful Guise family. With 'the accession cf Charles IX, and after bum with Henry 111, Catherine finally realized berami- bitions-and was able te give full scope, te hier abilities. Duning the pericd when France was tori by the wars between tbe Catholics and Huguenots, sbe played the sbrewd- est cf games at home and abroad te consolidate ber power ini France. Lying. deceit and trickery cf any sort were the appro vedniethods of diplomacy in those days, and Catherine did ipot besitate te enmploy these means te establish herseif as tbe veritable dictator cf the Frenchi people. Although there is much talk, about Catherine dé, Medici, there are surpris-7 ingly. few bocks wnitten about bier. Writ-. ten witb a, firm grasp cf the relatiouship cf bis subjecitôt the period in which she lived, Mr. Watson bas provided a bock about oe e f the mcst amazingcharac - ters in history. --e xtfd jaor iay bU s~ucc s Us in in(onen m1U Worz Guaranteed theatres, is planning te visit New York Warwickc Deeping's new novel, Thé- PbOnethis September te oversee tbe produc- Golden Cord, will be publisfied by AI- ~*~tien cf bis latest dramatic work Edeii fred A. Knopf on September 9. It is C0 ,00 PEnd. A book cf bis plays is announced the stemy cf a inother and -son in their Orrtuitton IItel i Dh4., 'avaito fr early issue, and Mr. Saxton reports struggle for successý gis otl ___________________________that a new and long nevel is under way. wcnld.aansahotl