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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Dec 1939, p. 18

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efo. Mme4.ao q139 Dehaxe leatureâa t a moderct. pricel This fine projector for black sud white or color le mm. film iB f u 11y gear -driven throughout with 750-watt lamp. 2-inch L1.S 1eanu. aud allother f.atunu s uraug the cleur, bril-' IMen, Steain, andl the Driven Wheel War rnakes pertinent and the sub- du Edward Yeomans-The Rouse of M jeot of discussion much knowledge Yos, nrtn, mkeblcigcnditin, w mor e oali puli n o some, a rallroad locomotive is apee so a coupleosteel rangis, -wbzc, uner mor ha e ral nw contraption that runs at varlous Ia new and widespread demand for speeis top cople f seel ail, àinformation relating to war, there hau] Mng a string. of passenger or Z has just been ýissued as. compalon freight. cars.ý It is to them aà usefulT volume to Compton's "Pictured 'En- m.Iachine in an age' of machinery;W cyclopedia"' a "War Supplemient". of onlythis andnothng mre.approximately 100 illustrated pages. But there are those, like Mr. Yeo- Tol clarify battie fronts and to man ad Mr. Beebe ("Highi Iron"), more thoroughly ground, o ld and to3 whom the iron horse is a great. young,,in the dark fources.unde]riy- deal more. ,It is -a dramatic 'Per- ing th.e causes of war, as weII as sonality, "dso enormously alive,, so its more technical aspects, this sup- giatein- its proportions and I Plemeïnt>hàs-,beeft prepared (with. the strengt, so charged: with hisn,:~~Encyclopedia itself as a foundain f'iery energy, and yet so quiet and ' in record time by a force. of.,trained *orderly, so instantly. responsive and.kEwies h ulsesbleei competent. *"Vis of great importance for the young Thsbook traces the history of the to be made' aware of the factors at steam, engine-and especially i--he LosBomil flow hs work in. a warring world, one in Most recent success, "«The Rains locomotive as contrasted withte.wih theyms ertlian stationary engine - fromn theè time Camne," with az new fiction pan- wichby hp the s et i!1esand *James Watt's observation of the ac- orama of life t0dai, entitled "It oesl hp hedsiis tio ofthestem o th li 0fthe Takes Ail Kznds." The new book, ohes ktie ledof the nn tion.i of the published by, Harpers, contains 'Geographical, economnic, and poli- ketle ed o he nvetin. f te lrnost ~700 pa.ges. itical angles of war are explainedý first (or almost the lirst ,tlerrt ______en_____ Reading rapidly through the index gifle; the first locomotive of Rich- lwe come upon such headings as Air ard Trevithick, the first railway lino Kenneth Horan,. Raid, Alps aýnd Alpine Passes-. by George Stephenson. Armies of the, Nations, Balkan But Men, Steam, and the Driven Recommends States, Carol II-Kýingý of Rum anla. Whleel is far more than a recitation Land flelow the Wind Censorship, Chamberlain, Chemical of the development of the steam By Agnes Newton Keith, (Little Browni) Industries, China, Ciphers1 and* locomotive; it is likewise a philoso- With apologies to the author for so,'Codes,' Conscrip>tion, Copper. and so phy of railroading; it is a layman's long neglecting her enchanting book, on through the alphabet., manual of the construction and oper- and with. apologies to myseif for the The material is condensed, ini ation of the engines. pleasure 1 have missed, I register my easily readable form with numnerousý To those for whom, the mechanies complete enijoyment of this story of subheads, and the're isa infl - Va- - -1-.-, l*,,*, e**,** ,,l - cl a ucnea sTner ~n isegrate 1Although 'prepared especially as a Aim1er Coe &CouunanY I an-seemning controls by whi.ch the before her eyes, writes about life in service for- Compton subscribers, IM . Wbas1 àAveue trains safely thread their ways her strange new world wîth vivaci.ty single copies of the supplemnent., are W LWabslAv...through the, intricacies and mazes of and charm. She likes her husband, available. 78SIL Jatàsomm 11v 18 S. La Salle St. tracks and switches and crossingsj she likes her new home, she likes the_________ fuSES rraIgls Av-.-Evasen i te ards of the junctions and the people she's met, and she likes to ____________________in___ te na .write, 50 bers is an optimistic docu- Tre o Mr eomfans takes his readers ment about how to begin life afresh, T e formore than.one train ride in the so asi to get- the, most from every T e pies L.îrary. cab of a locomotive. Once on one experience. Mcilnad three new illus- of the pineer Uines in England; once Mrs. Keith is a radiant person, and trated volumes to t he Peoples Li- on one of the first uines in this cciun- she laughs at mishaps, and then they brary: try, when a buffer coach, laden with become adventures. She moved from' Hou, Crirninals Arep Caunht. h1.Ar- a m. acttrrn .iaa , ,uiLjnl,.1,irn tn -,. .. -. - L - ll -- '. n ldA5A 1 despite some of the rid sorne.of the mnost r ices.

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