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| a, WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, OCI'OBER 13, 1923 17 5 Reading Lamp ABOUT A BOOKS AND. THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THEM THE MAN FROM PAINTED POST By Joseph B. Ames Publisher: The Century Company As far as making a contribution to literature is concerned the Man {rom Painted Post might as well have stayed there. The narrative of his rugged car- eer, however, will hold the attention of those who do not ask too much of their books, and for those who like this sort of thing it will be engrossing. They will dash through its pages with as much relish as Dirk Drummond repeatedly dashed through fifty miles of cow and hill country. It is a question whether the movies extravagant exploitation of the Rocky Mountains has made stories of this kind more attractive or less. The movie fan certainly has no need to read this one for he has seen it many times. But if he wants to read it he can without any great intellectual outlay ; as the lone rider sulks through dangerous mountain passes in dimming twilight memory instantly mob- ilzes a dozen glorious settings from 'the screen. The imagination can go on va- cation. There is scarcely need to won- der how it will all end. But the end comes, stumbling right and left over dead bodies--and there they are, Dirk and Anne, lips pursed for the fade- out. Martin Dadge Fiction in a New Field THE CONQUERED By Naomi Mitchison Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Co. Tales of ancient glory and culture during the carly periods B. C. have been handed down to tame by song and story, epic and drama, history and folk-lore-- by Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Caesar and their worthy forbears, contemporaries and followers. Much of historical fact has been novelized and thereby the world has been given intimate, imaginative know- ledge of the human well-springs for wars, social revolutions and art development. It was a rather precarious task that Naomi Mitchison of 1923 A. D., took upon herself when she became an his- torical novel-writer of the days of 58-46 B. C.--the years foreboding the triumph of Caesar throughout Gaul, already told in the exact and perfect historical style of M. Tullius Cicero and Julius Caesar. Fiction writers have kept hands off for fear of treading on ground made too sacred by literary historians for them to touch. Mrs. Mitchison has not feared to dip deep back into 58-46 B. C. and draw forth ancient data, quaint mysticisms, Gaulic and Roman qualities and sets of values, and pattern them into a novel, firm in its network, intensely alive in its story, simply and ruggedly told even scenting of the style of "Gallia est om- nis divisa in partis tres." Except for certain Yankee anachronisms of dialogue and occasional shifts to a modern writ- er's viewpoint, she has exhibited a style and sympathetic understanding of a Roman scriptor of 50 B. C. The story concentrates about a young chief of the Veneti, his capture by a Roman officer, their ensuing noble Roman-Gaulic friendship, a {friendship made painfully difficult by the Gaul's personal love for his friend and for his tribe. Mrs. Mitchison places Meromic, the Pride of the Veneti, first, with his own people along the northern shores of France, then as a slave in a Roman establishment, a slave in a Roman camp, a freedman again among the Gauls, and finally with Titus Barrus, his Roman friend, at the time of Caesar's triumphal march into Rome. In presenting her story she most indirectly and artistically displays Roman abstract justice and Gaulic personal valuation, Gaulic bar- baric cruelty and Roman barbaric cruelty, Roman organized freedom and Gaulic untethered freedom. The conquered Gauls and conquering Romans make wonderfully dramatic ma- terial for the author to use for a novel. FOR SALE FILLING SAND 1824 Ridge Ave., Evanston $4 per cubic yd. Apply Premises or | Tel. Evanston 9594 i She may say, "Veni, vidi, vici," for she has made a work picturesque in its de- tail and thoroughly virile in its entirety. It is a book to be read with delight hy lovers of historical novels and a work of fiction to be welcomed by teachers as an interesting add tion to their list for sup- plementary reading. Ann Hallock Harassing Heroics of a Hero CAT-OMOUNTAIN By Arthur O. Friel "High on the crags a panther scream- ed." This is he opening sentence of Arthur O. Friel's novel "Cat-O'Moun- tain." So now you know what to ex- pect, and you'll get it all through the brightly written 333 pages. It is given to few of us to hear a real live panther scream, this particular one did it, not only dangerously near New York but also dangerously near the wounded heroine, who happened, (somewhat carelessly) to be lying out on the rocks that dark and lonely night. How she is rescued from her perilous position by a young news- paper man and how he stays in this "Lorna Doone" valley to unravel its many and exciting mysteries makes a very readable story which carries the reader by it's own impetus through a clash of primitive lusts and hates to the conventionally happy ending. Jane Cornell Copyright 1923, Howard H. Seward NEW ELECTRIC ROUTE BOOMS WEST PROPERTY FE. R. Nourse, well known realtor and north shore property holder, has purchased, for a syndicate, the Dor- band farm on Lake avenue adjoining the Chicago and Northwestern rail- way right-of-way opposite the Play- more Golf course, it was announced this week. The right-of-way of the proposed new Chicago, North Shore and Mil- waukee Electric line is immediately cast of the Chicago and Northwestern right-of-way, 85 feet wide and extend- ing from Waukegan south to Niles Center where it will connect with the new Elevated extension from Howard cvenue. The construction of these two lines of transportation will open up many miles of beautiful territory lying west of the north shore com- munities, Mr. Nourse predicts. Large Forest Preserve tracts and many golf clubs will also be served by these lines and many hundred acres have been purchased between Evanston and Niles Center and north along the new line to Lake avenue and beyond, it is said. The Chicago and Northwestern line owns a station site at Lake avenue and it is expected the North Shore line will also establish a station at that important point. Another buyer has purchased 30 acres just east of the Chicago and Northwestern tracks at l.ake avenue, which is being offered in two and three acre lots for high class resi- dences costing not less than $15,000. Mr. Nourse and associates intend {to subdivide their purchase into resi- dence and business lots, putting it on the market probably next year. Sears Gridders Drop Game to Evanstonians The middleweight football team of the Joseph Sears school were defeated by the North Side Tigers of Evanston at Evanston Tuesday, October 2. George Dyche, left end, starred {for the Evanston nine while Tom Hicks was the main spoke for the losing team. The Kenilworth "gridders" are cut for revenge and will meet the Evanston ag- gregation for a return game on the Sheri- dan field at Kenilworth on Tuesday, October 9. This will be the second of a three-game series which has been scheduled between the two schools. Rm | To better serve the North Shore, we have Opened a Sales and Service Branch at 1735 Benson Avenue EVANSTON The new branch organization is made up of trained men in everydepartment under the personal direction of Mr. John S. Moffat, who has long been an executive in this organization. Peerless owners will find here every serv- ice facility and a willingness to meet every possible demand. New Prices $2690 to $4090, f. o. b. Cleveland, dependent on the style of body you select. The Peerless line of bodies includes tour- ing ~ars, coupes, sedans and limousines. PEERLESS MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF ILLINOIS C. A. ENGELBECK, General Manager 2323 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago CALUMET 5540 Ir |