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WINNETKA TALK August 18, 1928 Telephones: Greenleaf 7000 Wilmette 3700 Rogers Park 1122 BOOKS A New Group of $1 Books from Grosset and Dunlap The White Monkey John Galsworthy ...... $1.00 The Green Mirror Hugh Walpole ........ $1.00 The Professor's House Willa Cather . ........ $1.00 Growth of the Soil Knut Hamsun ........ $1.00 The Man Nobody Knows Bruce Barton The Time of Man Elizabeth Madox Roberts $1.00 Men Like Gods H. G. Wells The Mother's Recompense Edith Wharton ....... $1.00 Dark Laughter Sherwood Anderson ....$1.00 Mary Glen Sarah G. Millin ...... $1.00 Fernande W. B. Maxwell ........ $1.00 Three Black Pennies Joseph Hergesheimer ...S$1.00 The Rector of Wyck May Sinclair ......... $1.00 Anne Severn and the Fieldings May Sinclair. .2..-... . $1.00 Miss Tiverton Goes Out Anonymous Three Pilgrims and a Tinker Mary Borden .-........ $1.00 Porgy Du Bose Heyward ..... $1.00 The Young Enchanted Hugh Walpole ........ $1.00 BOOKS Just Inside the West Davis Street Entrance Esther Gould's Book Corner SLEEP-CHASING "THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN" By Agatha Christie Summer is the time for mystery stories. A hot night, a buzzing mos- quito, and sleep which eludes one's grasp and might therefore as well be driven definitely hence by a hair- raiser. "The Mystery of the Blue Train" by the famous Agatha Christie, whose royalties must make an en- viable little sum each year, is such a hair-raiser. Or perhaps not exact- ly that for the initiate; a single mur- [ All The New BOOKS Sold and Loaned LULU KING 728 Elm St. Winnetka Ph. Winn. 1101 der may scarcely stir the hair of those who live in a perpetual atmos- phere of fictitious crime. And the mystery of the "Blue Train," the millionaries' special run between Calais and the Riviera, hangs on a single murder. Poor deluded Ruth Kettering traveling with her famous rubies to meet her lover is murdered en route. No one is particularly sorry, except her still more deluded father, certainly not her unforgiven husband. A wonderful detective is on the train and takes up the case with the hind- rance, as usual, of the infallibly wrong police. All we have to do from then on is to disagree with the police, suspect the most impeccable of the characters and the mystery is solved. Yet the fun comes from the fact that we never do suspect that noble straightforward creature, and so are as much in the dark as anyone except perhaps the corpse. This outline is not meant to convey that the story is un- interesting, it is exceedingly so, as the statement that it banished heat, the mosquito and sleep will prove. The most interesting thing about a mystery story to me, is the atmosphere of doubt, of treachery, of crime, which it builds up--so that the ring of your bell means a robbery if not an at- tempted murder, and you don't dare leave your room to get a drink of water. Then as you follow on to the end, and the mystery is solved, you regain your composure, order returns to the world, the law takes its course, mankind is protected against itself and you go to bed. You have moved in those moments through the history of civilization from lawlessness to order-- or so-called order--and you emerge a grateful if not a more law-abiding man. "It Happened Like That," Latest by Eden Phillpotts As refreshing as the winds of his own Dartmoor moors are Mr. Phill- pott's homely pictures of Devonshire-- whether of town or country. With his unfailing gift for graphic and intensely realistic character delineation, Mr. Phillpotts has written a series of short stories that will delight the most fasti- dious and exacting reader. Each story is rich in philosophy formed by experiencing the sharp real- ities of life, each story is handled tenderly--like a priceless old heirloom --for Mr. Phillpotts loves his Devon- shire folk, and what is more, he knows them and how to write stories about them that will live on in the memory of the reader--New York Times Book Review. "It Happened Like That" by Eden Phillpotts is a recent Macmillan publi- cation. $2.25). The Humanity of Lenin, Book by Valeriu Marcu "I wrote my book on Lenin because as a boy in Switzerland he talked to me as if I had been his equal. I saw him at the summit of power, and what most impressed me was his absolute humanity." So says Valeriu Marcu, the author of "Lenin: Thirty Years of Russia." Mr. Marcu tells the story of Lenin's years as a fugitive, always working fr the revolution, then of the revolu- tion itself, and his rise to power with the stupendous problems that it brought. He demanded nothing for himself. He was devoid of cupidity as of vanity. It was for the people that he made his demands. "Lenin: Thirty Years of Russia" is the strange story of a strangely sin- gle-minded leader. 1301 EDINGER & SONS Wilmette, IIL Phone Wilmette 642 This Service is Free ORDER TODAY Be Sure of Your Supply Lake St. You are assured of Heat Satisfaction and Fuel Economy, No Smoke -- No Soot -- Very Little Ash No Waste from Slate that Will Not Burn Our Service Man will inspect your heating plant, advise you the correct size coke to use and offer helpful suggestions. KUTTEN BROTHERS 711 Main St. Wilmette, IIL Phone Wilmette 1