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le Bee EJ - November 28, 1925 WINNETKA TALK 25 touts ook [armor Are You Interested in books of Fiction, Biography, Travel, oo» His- tory? For lists write to ESTHER GOULD c/o your local paper. SOMEWHAT OF SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT "THUNDER ON THE LEFT" By Christopher Morley. Doubleday Page & Co. It was part of the knowleuge of ancient Rome that "When men heard thunder on the left the gods had some- what of special advertisement to im- part." And no one will doubt today that this is true. No one, that is, who reads Christopher Morley' Ss book, the title of which is taken from this say- ing. It is the sort of book that is as difficult to put a label on as it is to get the long struggled with salt on the bird's tail. It may be a fantasy or abject realism, a tragedy or a dream. Ne suspect it is one of those fairy tles more real than reality, which people who think that reality ends where unreality begins and do not know that they overlap as a stream overflowing and receding from its banks, will have a very puzzling time understanding. In any case it is surely the best book that Morley has written. It is full of those sparkling drops that fall from his pen as naturaily as water trom a raised oar. "In a vague way she recognized a spirit not more happy but more finely unhappy; a spirit con- cerned with those impassioned curios- ities of life which Ruth knew existed and yet knew not how to approach." Or, "The world shimmered like a pale jewel with a flame of uneasiness at its core." It begins with the children's birth- day party, Martin cutting the cake along the little white lines cook made with the icing. But suddenly Joyce slips over to the window to look out at the grownups drinking tea on the porch. The other children, as if drawn by a single impulse follow her. "I wonder what it's like to be grown up." "I wonder if they're happy." "I don't believe they are. "Uf course they are it's wonderful to be grown up." And then in the pages that follow they have a chance to know. A LOVE STORY OF CHINA "THE RED CORD" By Thomas Grart Springer Brentano s "The Red Cord" is a tale of the flaming east where a maiden tries to When We Were Very Young Delicious verses of Childhood by A. A. MILNE With fascinating drawings by E. H. SHEPARD Price $2.00, Gift edition $3.00 E. P. Dutton & Co. New York hang herself for love of a man whom she has seen about twenty minutes. Which is all right in the east but fortunate that it doesn't work that way in the west since western maidens see so many men for at least twenty min- utes. Perhaps seeing them longer is the solution of the difficulty. In any case Wo Loie is a girl of China and not of Chicago. In a time of terrible famine when the Rain God is asleep, Wo Loie's father sells her to the highest bidder so that his son, the flower of his house, may have food. One of those bidding is a young mariner from a far country, the other the rich merchant of the town who holds her father deeply in his debt. So it is the merchant who wins the prize for his sickly son, but the mariner has already won the true prize of the maiden's heart. Years later the mariner returns. The son of the merchant died on his wed- ding day. Wo Loie wishes to go with the mariner. But again he is overbid. Then comes the part of the "red cord," when Wo Loie claims her right to go to her husband rather than to another man. But as the noose is around her neck it is found that it will not tighten because of a knot mysteriously tied. The gods have intervened. Wo Loie is saved. The book is attractively gotten out with a place mark, of the red cord and a Chinese charm. HELP FROM AN EXPERT "HOW TO PRODUCE AMATEUR PLAYS" By Barrett H. Clark. Little Brown & Co. Barrett H. Clark has rewritten his excellent book, "How to Produce Ama- teur Plays," adding much new mate- rial and rewriting the old, and bring- ing the list of suggested plays up to date. It is a splendid book for club and school libraries, or for young peo- ple interested in the fascinating science of producing plays. Most of us have taken part in ama- CITIES OF MANY MEN H. C. Chatfield-Taylor A wanderer"s memory of London, Paris, New York, and Chicago, dur- ing half a century. Lavishly Illustrated $5.00 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. teur productions in which some rocks have been struck, either in the choice of cast or play, in setting the scene or planning the costumes. In all such dilemmas a book by an authority would have helped. Mr. Clark knows how to make innumerable practical suggestions while keeping strictly in mind the fact that he is speaking of amateur work, which is not meant to be professional, in fact the worst crime of which, in his opinion, is to ape the professional. The illustrations, alone, offer valuable suggestions in play pro- ducing. Methodist Women Prepare Bazaar for December 3 The women of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church will hold their bazaar Thursday, December 3. The bazaar opens at 2 o'clock, and will continue through the evening. A turkey dinner, "from soup to nuts," will be served. Besides many other things to be sold, there will be on sale some Indian baskets made by a full-blooded Indian woman living in Wilmette. The Story of the World's Literature By John Macy with more than 200 illustrations in color tone and line. "If there is in English another compact general history of litera- ture as good as this, I do not know what it is."--Carl Van Doren, N. Y. World. N.Y. Boni & Liveright NUMBER THREE JOY STREET The beautiful book for children. Stories and verses by Walter de la Mare, G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, A. A. Milne, and others equally famed. Pictures in color and black and white. $2.50. For sale at all booksellers D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 35 West 32nd St, New York City. SINCLAIR LEWIS $2.00 ARROWSMITH "One of the best novels ever written in America." --H. L. Mencken. Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York We Must March By Honore Willsie Morrow A story of the great struggle for the winning of Oregon. "When | say the portrayal is mag- nificent and holds pure story in- terest to the last page, I can say no more."--Saturday Review. Frederick A. Stokes Co., N. Y. Sats Does the world belong to the man who can't see a joke? Ammiel couldn't take life seriously. 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