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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 May 1929, p. 46

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WILMETTE LIFE May 10, 1929 work will take ten years. In this exhaustive hisjory not only the political and economic sides will be discussed, but also att phases of life of the people. The' complete work will be entitled, "The Princeton History of New Jersey, Published under the Lloyd W. Smith Fund." While its chief value, of course will be for the scholar, yet since it is to be written with the layman as well in mind, it should prove attractiv.e to the general reader. INTO THE WIND. By Richard Hatch. Macmillan. Young John Bradford, when he ran away from the farm and shipped as a sailor in a . whaling with "one eye" Banks as Captain, found the sea quite different from what it had seemed \Yhen he watched the launchings of ~orth River ships and listened to the storie'.;; of the old sea captains along the shore. He soon · forsook the sea for the shipyards. where he learned that the way to get ahead was to he a little stronger than the next man, and to be ready to prove hi prowess \Yith his fists. Richard Hatch in a new noYel shows how this young Ke'" England boy developed. became a builder and owner of ships, worsted his · old CtlCtlly. the Yillage magnate. and carried off the girl of his choice. It is a character study with no little color and fire. IN THE I~IPERIAL .Comment on Current Books '!____________ _. THE CHIEF MODERN ~OETS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA. By G. D. Sanders, Professor of English at Michigan State Normal Co11ege and ]. H. Nelson, Associate Professor of English in the University of Kansas. Macmillan. . Thi~ new anthology of contemporary poetry is significant in that it aims to present the work, not of the many poets of recent years, but of the distinguished few. These major poets are treated as individuals worthy of study in themselves and with distinctive ideas, manners, and methods, instead of as mere parts in the general movement. The aim is also to give a wide selection of poems of each of the poets included in the anthology, thereby enabling the student to become fairlv familiar with the manner, mood, and technique of the various writers. The book inclucles selections from E. A . Robinson. Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Carl Sandburg. Vachel Lindsav. Edna St. Vincent ·~d illay, Thomas- Hardy, Robert Bridges. A. E. Houseman, \V. B. Yeats, John ~f ascfield. Alfred ~oyes, \V: \V. Gibson, \Valter Del La Mare. and numerous others. The Yolumc abo contains biographical sketches and a bibliography of each poet':-; " ·ork. . together with a lis't of critical sources. The Yolume should fill a distinct need in courses in modern poetry " ·here there is desired a more thorough and adequate study of our out:-;tanding poets than has herefore been possible with the u sc of a single anthology. Front," by Erich Remarque; which has proved a sensation in Germany, will be published soon in America with a splendid translation by A. W. Wheen. Christ9pher Morley says of it: "It is to me the greatest book about the War that I have yet seen: greatest by virtue of its blasting simplicity. I regard any mature reader who has a chance 1o read this book and does not, and who. having read it, does not pass it on among a dozen others, as a traitor to humanity." "AH Quiet on the Western Front" was published in Germany last January and was an immediate sensatior). It was published in England in March, and it will be printed here earl~· this summer hy Little Brown, and Company. T,ltphont . for. Your. Boolu Wilmette 3700 The Modern Library 9~c a Copy The Cabala Thornton W ildtr I Salam mho Gustave Flaubert Old Calabria Norman Dougla A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry Conrad Aiken Swann's Way Marcel Proust Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy Moby Dick Herman Melville An Unsocial Socialist George Bernard Shaw The Way of All Flesh Samuel Butler Mrs. DaiJoway Virginia W oo/1 Autobio~raphy of Benven- ·uto Cellini Translated by John Addington Symonds Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert A Dreamer's Tales Lord Dunsany The Art of Aubrey Beardsley Essay and Preface by lNSTJr\CT AND INTELLIGENCE. Macmillan. In tbis interesting boo k Major Hingston cites fascinating examples of what would seem to be forethought . and judgment on the part of insects. He savs: "The wav in which ants make br1dge~ and ladders strikes me as an excell~nt display of· intelligence . .. A stream of ants '"as climbing through the foliage. A~ one place ... there were wide gaps between the leaves and the ants were unable to get across. They oYercame the difficulty hy making a bridge. One ant had undertaken this duty. \\-ith its jaws it had gripped the edge flf one leaf: \Yith its hind legs the opposite leaf. Tt managed to pull the leaYes close together, and thbugh clear!~· put to a strain. it ,,·as keepin~ tlwm fron1 flying apart. E\·ery minute The ne\\' German · hook about the hundreds of ants crossed O\'er this \Yar. "All Quiet on the . \\'estern simple, solitary bridge. I watched for half an hour. Durin~:!' this time one ant ne,·er mo,·ed. \\.hile thousands crossed it from leaf to Ira f." 40 ln . tinct and Tntrlligecr" had been chosen hY the Book League of America a s 1t" April book. B.v Major R. ·\V. G. Hingston. By ~lirza ~Iahmoud SHADO\V. Khan Saghaphi. Arthur Symons Love's Coming of Age Edward Carpenter Spirit of American Literature John Macy I Baudelaire, His Prose and Poetry Edited by T. R. Smith Poems and Prose of Ernest Dow son Introduction by wrbeneye8 Does exposure to sun, wind and dust make your eyes bloodshot and cause a burning sensation? Then you should use Murine! A few drops of this harmless lotion speedily ends the burning feeling and soon clears up the bloodshot condition. Always apply Murine after motoring or outdoor sports to soothe and beautify your eyes. And also after sewing, reading or office work to relieve eye strain. Write the Murine Co., 9 E. Ohio St., Chicago, for free books on eye beauty and eye care. Arthur Symons The Golden Ass Lucius Apuleius burn The fir:-.t comprehensi,·c and CO·llpkte history oi ~C\\. ] ersey \\·ill shortly he undertaken by ·the Princeton CniYcrsity History - Department. A fund of $100,000 to cleiray the expense oi research and publication has been donated to the uni \ ·rsit\· hv Llonl \\' . Smith. The history will con~posed of some twent,·-five or more monographs. each consisting of 100.000 to 125.000 words and dealing with some important phase of the subject. It is expected that the completion of the - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - GIVE ~'TAG" DoubledaY, Doran. This book tells the ·3torv of a Per sian ·bO\·hood. tells it brilliat{th·. and in a st):le retaining the nati,·e· flavor. yet cleverly enough occidental for the understanding of the western reader. This child Mirza was the son of a well known and learned nobleman of ancient and honorable lineage, born to spacious living and fine culture, in the capital city of Persia, " ·hich has been Teheran, since the Kajars made it so. Also when still a si11all hm· he became page at the brilliant court. of :\assred Din Shah. great grandfather to the last Kajar soyereign. There are oubtanding ccnes describing the young Khan's early life. in school and in the imperial palace. There are ·: ;toric · of hunting, of riding with the Shah. and that dramatic and fateful assassination of the Shah. This is a book for the 10\·er s of drama altd col0 .. in an Oriental etting. he PEPMIT A permit to hold a tag day in Kenil\\"Orth on 1fonday, September 9, " ·as issued to the Chicago Federated ~hari ties by the Kenih\·orth Village board in session last ~Ionday night. Men. Women and Boats Stephen Crane A Night in the Luxembourg Remy de Gourmont and these Sun Dial and Borzoi Books in $1.00 Editions. The Trembling of a Leaf W. Somerset M aug ham The Three Sisters May Sinclair Hunger Knut Hamsun The Sailor's Return David Garnett A Room with a View E. M. Forster Youth and the Bright Medusa WiUa Cathtr LORD'S-BOOKS Fir~t Floor

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