The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Hn WINNETKA TALK July 17, 1926 C Fountain Square Evanston Phone University 1024 Deliveries twice daily to the North Shore. Phone in your book orders. Suggestions for Summer Reading THE ARCTURUS ADVEN- TURE William Beebe Putnam: ....... ieee ss ees $6.00 THE LOG OF THE SUN, A CHRONICLE OF NATURE'S YEAR William Beebe Henry Holt & Co. ......... $5.00 DIGGING FOR LOST AFRI- CAN GODS Count Byron de Prorok Putman TO-MORROW'S TANGLE Margaret Pedler THE ROMANTIC NINETIES Richard Le Gallienne Doubleday Page ........... $2.00 SILVER SPOON John Galsworthy Scribners =. 5000 ..$2.00 THE DUFFER"S HANDBOOK OF GOLF Grantland Rice Clare Briggs Macmillan Portfolios That Are Compact Ideal for your vacation cor- respondence are these conveni- ent portfolios of 24 sheets and 24 envelopes. They may be had in the pastel colors with harmo- nizing envelope linings in plain colors or figures, at prices rang- ing from 55¢ to 90c. You'll Need a Fountain Pen A serviceable Waterman which so many have found satisfactory will prove to be almost indis- pensable on your vacation. This may be had with a ring in the top to be worn on a ribbon around the neck, or with a clip for convenience in attaching to a book or keeping it secure in the pocket. Either style, $2.75. NEWEST BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS Library Letters Letters from a Librarian to a Girl in Montana "Dear Marion: The Fourth rather interrupted my plans, I had too pleasant a time to read, but I played with a number of things. "You remember the 'Pepy's' that sat on our shelves? I have never read it because of the fine print, neverthe- less it has always been on the list of things I simply must do, and last night I started in the middle of the book, in 1666 to be exact. "Pepy's was still talking about the plague and had begun to talk about the family plate. I became so inter- ested in wondering what he might have in the way of silverware that 1 looked it up. Judging from what the encylopedia said his dresser must have resembled a jeweler's shop for it in- cluded platters, porringers, mugs, tankards, sugar bowls, creamers, and spoons. No forks or knives you ob- serve. "Then I dipped into a book on edu- cation (we are buying quite a bit on that subject) and reread Rose Macau- lay's "Told by an Idiot." That rapid survey of Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian manners entertains me more than any book avowededly comic. "You remember when the Yale Uni- versity press brought out the 'Chronicles of America, and how those little volumes were practically best-sellers for months? They are now bringing out something similar called the 'Pageant of America.' This is a history of America told in pictures with a very brief text. Those who be- lieve in visual education will have their innings with this set. "They are simply enchanting, and are veritable mines of source material from ships to literature, and from plows to styles. "The first volume is 'Adventures in the Wilderness," the second '"T'oilers of Land and Sea.' This book has a num- ber of Montana pictures in it, and I of course think it all the more valu- able. The next two are 'The Epic of Industry' and 'The American Spirit in Letters," all the authors' pictures from John Smith to Sinclair Lewis. "But it is the last volume that I am wildly enthusiastic about, "The Ameri- can Spirit in Architecture." You know my fad of period homes and here they are from Maine to Florida, and from Puritan to present-day. It is the best view possible of the subject, and I went into raptures on almost every page. "I am extremely anxious to see what the remaining volumes will be like. The whole series has my unbounded praise. "More later. Always, Annewillis." Canadian Pacific Cruises Empress of Scotland World Cruise Leaving New York Dovomaer 2,1926 132 glorious days... 55 ashoreforsight-seeing + « « timed with climate at its best in every country visited. cruise--from New York Dec. 2, on the palatial Empress Empress of France Mediterranean Cruise Leaving New York February 12, 1927 15 countries--17 ports --with varied, fascinating shore programs at each-- Madeira, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Algiers, Malta, the Riv- ieras--French, Italianand Dalmatian. 19 days in Palestine, Egypt. You miss nothing worthwhile on this ship-and-shore of Scotland, 25. wg PR 000 gross tons, famed for exper editezrrane el guides, who attend cruising comfort. fray i ee eee Spend Christmas in the transportation, etc. Moke Holy Land; New Year' reservations now--on the Eve In Cairo; 4 on in steamship twice chosen India; Malaysia; China, fos voyagesby the Prince n es. or the 4% in Peling/} apap complete itinerary, in- =20 countries in all. cluding schedule of inter- Rates, including all nec- esting shore excursions. essary expenses, shore ex- You're going to see the cursions, hotel accommo- Mediterranean--whynot dons, ic. uring} E this winter--when it's Eh like spring there? See This World Before the Next otha information from local steamship agents, or Flworthy, Steamship General Agent, 71 E. Jackson Blvd, Telephone Wabash 1904, Chicago, Ill Canadian Pacilic World's Greatest Travel System IT IS STILL CONRAD "LAST ESSAYS" By Joseph Conrad. Doubleday Page & Co. It would indeed be inexcusable to mar the memory of Joseph Conrad by the sort of waste basket emptying which sometimes follows the death of an author. That has not been done here. These "Last Essays" are a collec- tion of works almost all of which have been published before in magazines or newspapers, in some cases as the preface to a book. In all of them, to a slightly varying degree of course, depending on the type of the article, we have the Conrad of thoughful, measured prose, with the restrained exquisite choice of words revealing a mind which worked with the delicacy of a scientific instrument. The articles fall under the head of reminiscent essays, which Conrad sometimes wrote as a sort of diversion between more taxing things, some short articles on England at war, some critical essays or appreciations, two or three letters on foreign affairs, his only recently published "Congo Diary," and prefaces to several books. Of these last, perhaps the most in- teresting, is the Preface to the Bi- ography of Stephen Crane, for it tells so much not only of its subject but its author, and the gentle affectionate yet passionate admiration he could bestow on those whom he thought worthy of it. In the tribute to the "Dover Patrol" he shows the graciousness with which his mind responded to a job well done. It is fitting that on one of the two or three last pages that Conrad wrote there should be a last word spoken, a last flag of admiration flown--for- his life-long care, the common seaman. New Manager Placed in Charge of McLain Office David R. Thompson, who recently returned from Florida where he has been during the past year, is now in charge of the office of McLain Real Estate company at 525 Fourth street, Wilmette. This office has been closed for some time, Mr. McLain being as- sociated with a large real estate com- pany in the sub-dividing business as expert and buyer of acreage tracts. This business occupies most of his time and the Wilmette office has been closed a great deal as a result. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kudner, 16 Warwick road, have had as their house guest, Mrs. Lucian King of Ak- ron, Ohio. Several theater and dinner parties have been given in Mrs. King's honor during her visit here. Ny THE GOLDEN BEAST By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM "It is one of the very best of his long stories." --The Boston Transcript. $2.00 at all Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN & CO Publishers, Boston AR edi 7 fo