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Thursday, December 11, 1930 Why Not Books? ; Perhaps the library can be of asâ€" sistance in suggesting books for you to give as Christmas presents. A book carefully chosen and thoughtâ€" fully bestowed is a compliment both to the giver and the recipient, and has a length of life dependent only upon ‘the judgment of the giver. Gift of Garden Books One of the happiest bits of news which this column has had to anâ€" nounce for some time, is that of a gift of approximately $50, given by the Community Garden class of the Highland Park Woman‘s club, for the purchase of garden :books. It is a rare library which can claim to have an exhaustive collection of books on ~any one subject, but in view of the great use of garden books in Highland Park, the library has long wished for greater resources to supply this demand. We can with some occasional aid of this kind build up one of the best collections on the north shore. Dr. Alfred Nobel Today will witness the warding of the coveted Nobel Prize for Literaâ€" ture for 1930, to Sinclair Lewis, the first American to receive that honor, The ceremony will take place in Stockholm, on the anniversary of the death of the donor, Dr. Alfred Nobel. Mr. Lewis is the author of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowâ€"Smith, and others of less controversial fame. Upsetting Records ‘ It has been a smashing summer. Illusions, police departments, and therometers have cracked under the strain. brary? In spite of bursting thermometers, in spite of heads wagging dolefully over the business prospects of 1931, the library has experienced a season of amazing activity. With only about a dozen chairs and ‘not a place to hang your hat, the patrons of the Highland Park public library have for three months now had the admiration of the liâ€" brary staff because of their ready willingness to accept for the time beâ€" ing many inconveniences. The high point of 1930 was reached on Saturday when 574 books were borrowed on that day for home use. About 40 children listened to the stories told by Miss Agruss at 10:30 in the storyâ€"hour room, and later marched away with their favorite book under their arm. Every day new patrons ask for library cards. 141 new borrowers were registered in November, and 85| reregistered whose cards had expired. | Fanny Farmer Fanny Farmer‘s Boston Cooking school cook book has recently been issued in a new edition. The fact that this is but the fourth edition in its career of 34 years shows the care and thoroughness with which each edition was prepared. In recent years new vegetables and new salad greens have come into use as well as new ways of preparing those formerâ€" ly known. A chapter on cold desâ€" serts now tells how to prepare frozen What about the public liâ€" LIBRARY desserts in mechanical refrigerators. Our Times: Vol: 8 Preâ€"War America, by Mark Sulliâ€" van. "The virture of the book lies in the relation between trivial things and the main currents of American life. Of these currents Mr. Sullivan discusses four at some length in the present volume." Letters of a Famous Adams A more human Henry Adams emerâ€" ges from these letters than one found in the Education. (His charming personality. Keen humor, and lively comments capture the reader‘s interâ€" est from the beginning. A Gentleman at War Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, by: Siegfried Sassoon. "A country gentleâ€" man takes time between bomb throwâ€" ing to note the changes in the seaâ€" sons, to identify the birds and flowâ€" ers, to watch the sky for portents about the weather, to read, to think a great deal about Kent and Sussex, even to hunt when occasion arose." Add New Books in Celebration of National Book Week In celebration of National Book Week many new books were added to the West Deerfield Township Pubâ€" lic Library. The list is as follows: Adult nonâ€"fiction: Gandhi of Indiaâ€"Autobiography. Conquest of Happinessâ€"Russell. Training for Power and Leaderâ€" shipâ€"Kleiser. The Education 0f Henry Adams â€" Biography. English Prose and Poetryâ€"Manly. Careers of Womanâ€"Fleishman. _ The Adolescent Girlâ€"Blanchard. A Room of One‘s Ownâ€"Woolf. Through Magic Casementâ€"Carhart. Best Plays of 1930â€"Mantle. From Double Eagle to Red Flag â€" Krassnoff. Personality of a Houseâ€"Post. Creative Knowledgeâ€"Bragg. East of the Sun and West of the Moonâ€"Roosevelt. Story of Philosophyâ€"Durant. In the Lincoln Countryâ€"Newcomb. bers. Angel Pavementâ€"Priestly. The Red Lakesâ€"Young. Wild Windâ€"Bailey. Margaret "Yorkeâ€"Norris. By Reason of Strengthâ€" Clouded Hillsâ€"Moorhead. Lights of Fameâ€"Gilkyson. Certain Peopleâ€"Wharton. On Forsythe Changeâ€"Galsworthy. Adult Fiction Ambitionâ€"Gultman. Great Oaksâ€"Williams. Bridal Pondâ€"Gale. The Green Jade Handâ€"Keeler. Green Isleâ€"Miller, Imperial Palaceâ€"Bennett. > Sloane‘s Long Shotsâ€"Oppenheim. Down the Skyâ€"Lucas. King Minionâ€"Sabatini. Jock the Scotâ€"Rosman. Hound of Florenceâ€"Salten. Exitâ€"Wright. Blowing: Clearâ€"Lincoln. The Rake and the Hussyâ€"Chamâ€" THE PRESS A Woman with White Eyesâ€"Borâ€" den. las. Over the Hillsâ€"Farnal. Short Storiesâ€"Deeping. Rock and Sandâ€"Oliver. The Day of Small Thingsâ€"Dougâ€" Laughing Boyâ€"La Farge. Miss Welby at Steenâ€"Marshall, The Paved Pathâ€"Hambeldon. The Edwardianâ€"Sackville West. Duel of the Queensâ€"Barrington. Juvenile Fiction Older boys and girls: A short History of Juliaâ€"Glenn. Mistress Madcapâ€"Sherman. Christineâ€"Lawrence. Red Horse Hillâ€"Meader. Lost in the Airâ€"Snell. In Lawrences Bodyguardâ€"Slade. Hickoryâ€"Goodyâ€"Daiby. On Secret Air Serviceâ€"Driggs. Hoofbeat in the Wildernessâ€"Baker. Rusty of the Mountainsâ€"Sterrett. Haunted Airwaysâ€"Burtis. Flying Reporterâ€"Theiss. Mariseâ€"Hauck. Pamaâ€"Mujeri. Out of the Stormâ€"MacDonald. CHRISTMAS CARDS The UDELL PRINTING CoO. Have you placed your order yet? If not stop in and let us show you our attractive line. A If you have a name plate you wish engraved on your card, bring it in and match the type on a card. We also make new plates, or if you wish, we will print your name on the card. Cards may be purchased withâ€" out your name also. Engraving orders must be placed immediately to insure delivery before Christmas. The Highland Park Press The Deerfield Press The Lake Forester PUBLISHERS OF For Little Folks Grandmother‘s Cooky Jarâ€"Orton. A Roundabout Turnâ€"Charles. Patchwork Playsâ€"Justus, Peter Pocket‘s Luckâ€"Field. Under the Pigâ€"Nut Treeâ€"Hader. Gresha and His Clay Pigâ€"Grishna. Fingerfinsâ€"Bronson. Through the Farm Yard Gate â€" Pawlsson. To Market! To Market!â€"Brock. Hanse! the Ganderâ€"Kuebler. _ Goops and How to Be Themâ€"Burâ€" gess Cadet Daysâ€"King. Candidate for the Lineâ€"Barbour, Spice of the Devil‘s Caveâ€"Hewes On the Bottomâ€"Elisberg. Thirty Fathoms Deepâ€"Elisberg. Judith Lanketerâ€"Allee. Story of the Amuletâ€"Nesbit. Blacksmith of Vilnoâ€"Kelly. Spinach Boy Lenski Litte Black Samboâ€"Happy Four