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----·--- WILMETTE LIFE September 20, 1929 I Comment on Books and Authors EDISON- His Life and InYentions. THE PATHWAY. Bv Henry \VilBy Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas liamson. E. P. Dutton a;1d Co., I ;1c. Commerford Martin. :New York: HarThis remarkable hook is by the g-reat per & Brothers. Eng-lish novelist who ranks according Measuring success In· the amount of to \Villiam R~sc Benet, with ] ohn Galsworthwhile and valuable accomplish-\"·ortlw and Arlwld Bennett, and, nmv ment which accrues to an individual that Thomas Hardv is dead, is the best during his life time, this biograph,· of Edison forces one to the conclu ··ion Ei1glish writer on nature. that he, without doubt, reprc se nb one Henry Wi lliamson's style, in "The of the most successful men of mod ct;n Pathwav," is clear, beautiful and times. ParticularlY '"hen one ,-ie,,-5 highly poetical. I-lis scnsitiven~ss of the influence of his accomnlishments spirit expresses it self thrc,ughout the on our present-daY civilizatfon is one hook by hi _ rare st,v le. \\alter de La convinced that these accomplishments :\fare savs : "His usc of the English I represent far more than an individual lan~uage alone is. a thing to delight tt~ iumt!h; his developments have h_ad am one who loves tt or who endeavors a prolound effect on the mode 0 f h\'tn· he one of it s craftsmen." ing of million s of pcnplc !->prcacl oyer Th e main character, \\' illiam l\faddi- the whole earth. son, kll()\\'11 as "mad\\ illi c," is a ChristThe \York n:tHkrs· a i<lscinating .tc·likr man, kind in deed and thought. cnttnt of~ liic dl'\'ll ted to high, ~,·st emA t.O\'C.:r, whom the public would mi s- atir endeavor in scie ntifi c cxpl'rimc nt<lrail a !->Ocia li~t. odiou-;h· nwuthing the tion. J'rohahh· it hold s a mainr intertn as the\· pigeon-holed him in their tl'n.:st and stimubtillll ior an,· ,,·ho are little minds. Y.fad \\'ill had the andari- cng;wed in technical ftelds 11i l'lldl'a,·pr I\' (the \\'nrd the public would usc) to h~tt tTH easr narratirc s\ le i11 \rhich the compa re Lenin tn Christ. hlli!.!T<l!>hcr:-; han~ pre~entl'd the :-;tnn-. 'l'he hook ~·arries us thromrh ' his gi\'l'~ the hook a unin.' r:'al appeal. :-.to rtll\·, ~llt·lk\· - c:-;quc life. and hi:-; lm·c alTair \\·ith the .L:t·ntle Y.fan·, to hi:-. A NEW MASEFIELD NOVEL t'ct llalh· Slwllt·\·- e~quc death. a premonitilln pf \\'hiclt has been troubling th '2 A new 11P\'tl !.> ,. John \la ~d1cld . rcreader some time· hdore the t raged\· CL'i,·cd too late for in rlu..;illtl in :.I arncrurs. The character of 11addi sPtl m_i llan's cm:r<.:nt An_nounrL·lll,t'Il1 Li:-.!. i ~ hcautifulh· dr;l\rn. and he trulY ~eem~ \nil l~e puh.lt~.h~·d clurttlg the ~.all und ·;r a Sl'ron d Shl'IIe,·. " ·ith hi-; fanciiul im- the tttlc nt 1 he lfa,,·hurb. It tell:;tginings, the purih· t·f his idtals, and a ·n ost ente:tait_lill)..!' sto_n· of r~tral l·:nghi s uutimch·. tra)..!'ir death. land _ and Englt:-;h :-;c!utrL':->, nt_ steepleIt is a hn(lk abounding in cle,·cr char- r]las t_n~ and fox lnttltt tl)..!' and lil a dozL'Il l·.nglt!->hmcn. mPrL· l'r lt:-.s, in pur~uit p t artl'r sh·trhes and richh·-cnlorcd na- nne charming girl. turl' clescriptinns. Dog::;, horses . bird~. Am,·er~. and people ar<' all ddth· dc sCOMING SOON ~·r ihl'd. :\nd. finalh·. it is a l)(lok teemIll!.! \Yitlt idea s. This month ).f acmillan "ill puhlis11 -E. C. D. thl' iollo\\'ing Ill'\\' hooks: "The Cnlckn Hall," a pla\· J.,· :\lic e Tiro\\-11. "Criti cism in the ~laking," IJ\· Louis Cazamian. "Kcw \ 'ic\\'S ui p,-~)luti\111, .. Jt,- C. P. Con. Qer. "~ri~:ncc ancl the L'll:-.L'l'Il \\'nrlcl ," 1)\· .-\. ~- 1-:ddin.L:"ton. I Esther Gould ·· Reviews "THE LEFT HAND OF GOD". Jercm _ , : Lane. 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It makes \'(hl feel the characters are. suft1cicntl_ ,. real people so that ~·ou care what happen s to th em . \\'hich makes all the diffci·ence between sitting st onY-<.:ycd am](l di saster or getting al l excited ahnut it. \\'hen Dacl Caslnn, about to tuttr out in hi s new Daimler to Yisit his mother in .J1ichigan, is intercepted i)\· the P O\\'lT S that he in \\'a shingtun and sent nn a \·cilcd mi~ s i on ,,-hich has ~o do, \re gather, 'rith the "Yellow Pnii" " ·e fed t~Iat it is go~ng a ~>it iast. I:ut 1)\- the t1111e ~hat . laslon::, ach·entur~: t_akeu hnn_ lrnm a ~tr;_tllgc c~H: 1 !w'· ~ 111 1 ans to _ 1 lJ alt .\1()0~ 1 lltll 111 Pektng 11 \\'t'. ~t.rl' __ P~':.ttt~· \:h· l'Xl'ttcd ~~~!~n~t }h_e 1_ · 11<.: 1~ tt,Hk_lllg dP\~11 a_JH)\\t:ttu, (hll_l,tm_ail \\'ho _Is plotting t~!r the d()\\'lltall ot til· entire "co, 1rk:-~ rare. a.., he "" patrun izin _ gh· ralb thl'm. There is a thrillitlg c:-capc in J>d;illl.!. atHl then :t illlll'IIL'\- itltn thl' Clt!ti ck..,nt . til a hidden .;acrl'd cit,. ,,·hne all i.., h \ hL· derided. Then· i:-. a bizarre tlll'l't I inL: at ,,·hirh all thl' rare:- (li the \\urld ;trL· rL·proented and at \\ l11dl the .-\m niran acquits hiin:-cli IH· t ( !ICJ l;adh-. Tlw :-tl)J'\' i..; rl'alh· a fir:--t -rall' :-tlln i(lr adn·nture's sakl'. "I THOUGHT OF DAISY ". llltllld \\' il:-(111. Chari<:" ~OilS. Against the Wall Kathleen Millay Macaula y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.50 The Young May Moon Martha Osten so Dodd . Mead ~ Company .. $2 .50 Ladies and Gents V tra Caspary The Century Co . . . . . . . . . $2.00 The Meriv.,Jes Geurge Barr McCutcheon Dodd . Mead ~ NOW IS THE TIME TO INSTALL Co . . . . . . . $ 2.oo Eves that have GARDNER RADIATOR SHIELDS AND The Roman tics Mary Roberts Rinehart Farrar ;tnd Rinehart . . . . . . $2.00 "IT" "IT" . . . that subtle something which attracts others . . . usually lies · in the eyes. 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It i::. a ~la, l'\Tning, it had been raining and thl' pan·mcnts g li ~ tvn a~ the honking tax i<·s r·un a)()JlL!' them. \\'c arc delighted \\'it h t h c I> il't tl r e. n11 t t h c ll \\' e fi 11 cl that the people are drinking too much, that hali of them are mnntebanks, the other hali arc di~illusinned. there is a domestic tragc<h· g(1ing on het\\'ecn ~he h11.' t and hostc s~. and altogether it IS not a place \\'<.: \rould particularh· rare to he. Y.f 1:. \\' il soll is a "nmng intellectual". I !c ts searching for the meaning in :\mniran ci,:ilization and not comin~ to n.~n- dcfimte conclusions. The liv e~ oi his characters are chaotic. restless. tll~ sa ti:-.fied._ Daisv is a sho,,·-gi rl who tncs to lud~ her disillusion und er a I.!CJ\' cxtcriPr ancl then one night at tempts tu rut her \\'rist \\'ith a razor. Hita is a talented poetess hut her li fe is hectic. Ulhatisficd. The hero him Sl'li finds n·n· Iitl e meaning in liic a ncl !!OL's restlessh· about irnm place to place trYing to find some. 'I'h_is _is ~ rather stimu lating hook, hut tt IS ltk c the st imulation of the hours hc_f or_e a storm, disq uicti ng, f u!I of questtontng. · In Usc CAU OR WRITE Old Glee Club M~mbers to Fete New Ones at Party :~H- thr_ new, memhe~s at the home ~f ;,athennc 1-.llis in \Vilmettc thi s Friday a_fte:noon. The new members of L he smgtng organization will provide th e proo-ram as a part of their initiation. \ ,~\\' l ncr Htgh school will giyc a partv . LORD'S- BOOKS Just Inside the West Davis Street Door IJRINL f.OR '(OUR Ole! ,n:emh~r s of the girls' glee club at nistributor J. T. PARSONS 1;18 North Wt>lls Street Chicago, Illinois Telephone Dlv~>rsey o?SS EYEs