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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1925 13 Are You Interested in books of Fiction, Biography, Travel, or History? For lists write to ESTHER. GOULD local paper. care your MR. LEWIS SCORES AN- OTHER SUCCESS R------ "ARROWSMITH" By Sinclair Lewis Harcourt Brace & Co. Now that the smoke of the first guns has cleared away let us look at "Arrowsmith." Mr. Sinclair Lewis, prophet of what we call "realism" has turned from Main Street and the busi- ness man to the medical world. And whether or not you like this realism you must admit that Mr. Lewis does it well. As with the other two you recognize and involuntarily admire the thoroughness, the tireless pursuit of the actual which some people call tedium and some people call art. The very fact that many will throw the book aside without finishing it, with the petulant exclamation, "But I can't read all that" is a proof of its perfect relentlessness, its trueness to life. We know that Mr. Lewis won't stack the cards just as we know that Fate won't. And besides with Fate we can at least hope she will. Because Mr. Lewis has brought his method to a higher state of excellence, Martin Arrowsmith lives a little more vividly even than Carol Kennicott or Babbitt. A young man studying to be a doctor who yet never wants to be a doctor at all, he has within him that in- explainable combination of qualities which make him at heart a scientist. And his life becomes a struggle for the place where he can follow that divine urge for science. For we are made to see it truly as a divine urge--a search for truth as necessary, as inspiring as that of any philosopher, or any artist. Max Gottlieb, the true scientist, is a figure to be re- membered. Martin tries being a country doctor but his desire for truth through research defeats him. The people mistrust a doc- tor who is looking for the cause beyond the effect. He believes that public health work is what he wants. He finds that it is tacking up placards. Passionately he turns to the great New York "Insti- tute," the refuge of scientists. He finds it is overridden with Coordination and Standardization. At last in a shack in the woods with a friend who also is mad enough to give up the world, Martin can say "I feel as if I were really beginning to work now. This new quinine stuff may prove pretty good. We'll plug along on it for two or three years, and maybe we'll get something permanent--and probably we'll fail." Mr. Lewis much as he believes "in failure has created a character who won't fail--who takes his success into his own hands. If you like "realism" you will certainly like "Arrowsmith," if you don't--read Robert Nathan's "Jonah." PROSE POETRY "JONAH" By Robert Nathan Robert M. McBride & Co. How soon we raise our hopes about a "new author" and how satisfying when these are not dashed to the ground. A year or more ago Robert Nathan wrote "The Puppet Master," a delight- ful little fantasy and satire, his first-- for us--although he has one other on the publisher's list. Now "Jonah" comes along. No hope could ever be dashed by "Jonah." Robert Nathan is a poet. First of all one must feel the freshness, the origina- lity, the beauty of his words. "Night came gently down over Israel. The darkness of earth slid like a shadow across the rocks stained by the sunset. Calm and deep the sea of Cinnereth re- flected the stars whose lights gleamed upon the trans-Jordanic hills. There the desert slept; which in the north the lights of Tyre shone upon the sea." Or "Prince Ahab came to meet them in his hall in which a single fountain sang. There a peacock led his tail across E.P.DUTTON & COMPANY the floor set in triangles of marble and Bublishers NEW YORK ebony. Rich silks adorned the walls which exhaled an odor of musk and cedar." Then from the beauty of these de- scriptions we turn to the delicate satire which makes you laugh--or weep per- haps, but never cringe. Jonah, the young prophet has just in- stigated a successful war against Hamath. He is becoming very much in demand to provide more wars. But at a feast which his mother and brother give to celebrate his greatness he feels the light touch of love. And the desert with its austere life of holiness seems but lonely. Alas, Ju- dith is the niece of a Prince and she, un- true to the vision of the moonlight night, marries a rich merchant of Tyre. Jonah's heart is broken. He feels that God is just to all in the world but him. And God says wearily, "You Jews, you do not understand beauty. With you it is either glory or despair." BOOK CORNER CONDUCTOR IN DEMAND AS SPEAKER Miss Esther Gould, conductor of the Book Corner department of Wilmette Life, is much in demand as a speaker By Rose Wilder Lane HE WAS A MAN A distinguished and we believe great American novel $2.00 Harper and Brothers New York Publishers Since 1817 N.Y. SOUNDINGS BY A. HAMILTON GIBBS John Farrar, editor of The Book- man says: --" 'Soundings' is a love story so deeply conceived, so ably executed that it leaves the reader breathless. It is as striking from an emotional standpoint as any- thing I have read in years." $2.00 at all Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN & CO. Publishers Boston Youth Calls to Youth LAST YEAR'S NEST By Dorothy A. Beckett Terrell A striking novel--of the older wom- an who marries a young man, who is just the age of her own charming daughter. There follows the in- evitable call of youth to youth. $2.00 For sale at all booksellers D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 35 West 32d St, New York THE STORY OF WILBUR THE HAT By Hendrik Van Loon In 56 wonderful pictures, full col- ored pictures with terse and witty captions, Van Loon, author of The Story of Mankind, writes a story for children and a satire for men that amuses both and sets the imagination of both on fruitful journeys. Large square octave. $3.50 BONI & LIVERIGHT Publishers N. Y. When We Were Very Young Verses by A. A. MILNE With over 130 drawings by E. H. SHEPARD As charming as the verses of Eugene Field. 7 vo) oC Lovely For An Easter Gift Faster Gift Books? EASTER CARDS You will find in the Book Store many books that you will enjoy read- ing. We call your attention to a number of Nature and Gardening books that we have just received. STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING New Tom Swift Books. Milne. "Arrowsmith," by Sinclair Lewis. "Jonah," by Robert Nathan. The Book Store "When We Were Young," by A. A. "The Scarlet Cockerel," by Sublette. Have you seen our attractive Alice McAlister Skinner 724 ELM STREET Tel. Winnetka 1101 And |G before Woman's clubs and literary so- She is to be one of the speak- ers at a national convention of book pub- lishers to be held this summer at the Drake hotel, Chicago. Her book re- views have attracted nation-wide atten- tion because of their interest and liter- ary merit. Last week Miss Gould spoke to the literary chairmen of 40 of the largest of Chicago's south side woman's clubs, tell- ing them of the interesting features of her work. At the conclusion of her talk she was engaged to speak before one of the most exclusive of these clubs, an organization which never has on its program speakers who are not nationally known. Last Monday night Miss Gould was the speaker at the regular meeting of the LaGrange Literary society. WiL- METTE LIFE is pleased to be able to offer its readers so excellent a book review department as that conducted by Miss ould. c.eties. 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