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Wilmefte 3700 Christmas Has Corne- ToOur' Book section. and buyiîng books. is as, for. Fiction,Loyers Pilippa By Anne Douglas Seçgwick .......-..wj The. De.p.nin Stream By Dorothy Canfield . $2.0ý Psychology Sfrategy in HandIing Peope. By Ewing T. Webb & John J. B. Morgan,. . $3.00 The. Education Of Children By Alfred Adler ... . $3.50 Philosopliy Man And Him Univers. ByJohn Langdon. Daves......50 By Bertrand' ofHapns Rsei. $3.00 Modern Poetry' te Testament of D.aufy SvRni,-r Rr;4né - Utcourse, one 'cannot picic out anv old bookç for just any person. That' might be as bad as sending a red necktie to a. carrot-top, the only sav- ing grace being that one doesn't have to wear a booki.. For one *ho gets a big, laugb out of ý little thinigs, we recormnend "J9ot -for, Children" ,'witten and drawn' by Roland Young* and published by Doubledaly Doran., It really'is a happy, bit, of nonsense,,l arge por- traits, of fleas and monkeys and cats appearing on one p age with the verse fadng. Muçh white space, gives, tht book tlie appearance of nursery rimes. 'The .same bouse .puLblishecd the Oscari Wilde gift set illustrated by John Vassos, which should make a present .for some one who likes modern illustrations for an old text. "Mn. Currien and Mr. Ives"' by Russel Crouse has a spankling, sophisticated touch bringn to ife the,'bloomer girl, thetochlght> parade and othen episodes in our liistory. Yens of Crac. From Houghton Mifflin we recom- mend two novels and a biography from among the wealth of material for gifts offered by that. publisher: "Years of Grace" by Margaret Ayer Barnes and "Pililippa" by Anne Douglas eedgwick, nôvels which wvill be liked especially by women, and "Letters of Henry Adams, 1858-1891" I3yes that have of the fnrst volumes to appreciale this one. This book will be reviewed later. A like book is "On Porsyte 'Change by John Galsworthy. Hene are ninetcen stories of -the famous, Pôrsyte famîly which will -delightf Galsworthy fans and* otbers. ly.somne critics théy are said to be' as ex- cellent as any stories. ever witten for the, saga.. Scribners publishes- both of these volumes. An1d -if you know a ýboy or mian who likes the out-of-doors and the west and bas not. read "Lone. Cowboyi" by Will Jms, be will, thank. you enthusi- astically for the volume. SLips auJ Porus. Henry Hoît and company, offers "By Way of Cape Horn"' by A., J. Villiers, a tale, of a sb.pý five months at seà and, wbat happened to i t bc- tween Australia and Ireland. Col- lected poems' by' Robent Frost > the ever-popular .Michigan, prof essor,. ýwill tickle the palate of rnany Voetry1 readers, and Rosamiond 'Lehmann's "A Note in Msic" is said by Hugli Walpole to be better than "ut A number of excellent books may be found at Macmillan's. "The Sec- ond Twenty Years at Hull House by Chicago's great bumanitanian Jane Addams, will ententain many folk who have followed ber life and work witli interest. «'Orpbeus: Mytbs of !he World," told by Padriac Columr is a masterly book of tales related n a syrnpathetic nianner. "ýHomes of the Cavaliers," stories of old Maryland houses by Katherine Scar- borough will appeal to the traveller. For the. person *who admires good biography we recommend "<North- liffe" by Ha ' ilton Fyfe; "Kaiser and Chiancellor" by Kani Friedrich Nowak, "The Life Story of Bniglian Young" y Susa Young Gates and Leah D.. Vidstoe; anid "Roadside Meetings" ýy Harnlin Garland (for those, litera- ily inclined). A book which lias -eceived fine comment from neview- .rs is "The Axuerican Leviathan," a ;ory of the republic in the machine. i CI gel b3 ri] re 51 cuuu versy LJeLween 8graflafisUi and industrialism in the South was argued by Stringfellow Barr, editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review, and John Crowe Ransom of Vanderbilt uni-, versity. Mr. Ransom is one of the twelve contributors to "Ill1 Take My Stand," a'symposium edited by ,Don- ald Davidson. These, twelveý writers declare that the South should reject industrialism ac destructive to 'the best of the Southern traditions. also a revival by the', saine author. For the lover of fine literature this book- will be a wclcorne gift. To, return to* the lighter side of things, "Ex-Baby,"i by one Who bhas been. throug-h it ail, > published, by Covici-Friede wi11 ti ckle many a par- ent of a youthful prodigy. A volume in the kindred spirit is, the second series of ."The* Cheerful Cherub" by fRebecca. McCann.. If one 'wants. a rare -book, .beautifully printed, and one of the outstanding achievements, typographioal1y .peaking, o-f'the yeaT,", choose "The Canterbury Tales" of. G~eoffrey Chaucer with a parallel. text on tach page in English by William Van, Wyck and with ýmore than fifty illustrations and decora- tions by 'RockwellKent.. Warning mnust be given that each illustration rnust be matched by a dollar' before one possesses the book. Detective Sté à.e "The Secret of the Bungalow" by, Robert J. Casey, published by .Bobbs- Merrill and "'Charlie Chan Carnies On" by Earl Derr Biggers are two good niurder mysteries. "Ancient .ife in the Southwest" by Edgar 1_ -Iewett, professor of anthropology in lhe University of New Mexico and head of thé American. School of Archeology is Wril:ten by amnan Who :nows more about 'his Subject thaîi nfy other in this country. Another uthentic book is "Collecting Amer- kan, First Editions" by Richard Curie. Promi William Morrow and 1 coni )any we recommend "The Last Full f easure" by Honore. W. Morrow, the ast of lier fine trijogy of novels n Loi'.--.orèa-PiaatFIooe lOU U nid# Iko Wou tDW9 17 it ~nd OmPany iollOws "Ultimna Ti.i eIl -w vP" rybooki, "The Pointed People" hy Rachel Field "acmillan) and "Gay Go Up", by CIIANDLER'S Rose Fyleman (Doubieday) may be Ei'anaton'a Book Store Jrecommnended for cude."The R o a Pointed People" is a> wistful litte REN TAI LIBRARY f linslightly, sa&. "Gay Go Up" is eE.: S arolliclking,1 humiorous bit.