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ARMCARMIG" +. 2: i... « ARCANE AEE ER ati 32 WINNETKA TALK September 18, 1926 NEW BOOKS Here is a fascinating group of new books which should have your attention. Madame Récamier Edouard Harriot Translated by Alys Hallard Boni © Liveright 2 vois. $7.50 The classic biography of one of France's most brilliant women. East Wind Amy Lowell « Houghton Mifflin $2.25 At the time of her death Amy Lowell left for publication three volumes of poems, this being the second, and containing a group of thirteen poems of New England life and character. Tampico Joseph Hergesheimer Knopf $2.00 Although it is laid In tropical Mexico the story is not of the effect of the tropics on a man, but of the power of an individ- ual over even the jungle. Hot Saturday Harry Fergusson Knopf $2.50 A girl in a southwestern town devoid of eligible young men-- the appearance on the scene of a wealthy young Easterner. You can imagine the situation for yourself. The Red Haired Girl Carolyn Wells Lippincott $2.00 + A new "Fleming Stone" detec- tive story. White Water Robert E. Pinkerton Reilly © Lee $2.00 Riding a sixteen foot log through the white water of Bad River, Larry Vail shoots in- to the story. From that time on his career is never free from white waters--hidden rocks, treacherous rapids, white water in business plots--white water in love. The Left Lady Margaret Turnbull Reilly % Lee $2.00 Emmietta Weston realizes she is a "left lady." A suddenly in- herited fortune spells freedom! No longer is Emmietta the ugly duckling. Cinderella shall be- come a princess. How she works out her belated happiness is told by Margaret Turnbull with hu- mor, suspense and the sure skill of a gifted story-teller. NEWEST BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS | _ DID YOU KNOW-- A That "Fraternity Row," a book of short stories, tells of life on the campus of Illinois? That the owners of a boat with the name, "Cotton Blossom," have brought suit for $25,000 damages against the "Woman's Home Com- panion" because Edna Ferber call- ed the show boat by that name in her book which was published serially in this magazine? That Edgar Lee Masters will bring out his new dramatic poem, "Lee," in October? That 'the ex-Kaiser of Germany will publish in November an auto- biography of his life 'up to the year that he ascended: to the throne? Out This Week. "Trail Makers of the Middle Border" --Hamlin Garland Here is a book: of "which every American may well be proud. hn "Tampico"--Joseph Hergesheimer. «Am "Pin Wedding"--Margaret Leech. An absorbing tale of personal perti- nence. wm "Ann Lee's and Other Stories" --Elisabeth Bowen. Excellent Short Stories by an Eng- lishwoman. LUT "Kindling and Ashes" --George Barr McCutcheon. nn "Crewe Train"--Rose Macaulay. Publishers consider it an outstanding book. mn "The Chinese Parrot" : --Farl Derr Biggers. By the author of "Seven Keys to Baldpate." nnn "Sea Fog"--). S. Fletcher. A mystery story. LL "The Bad Samaritan"--] ustin Smith. WEST WIND By Crosbie Garstin A stirring tale of love and adventure. Reviews of New Books "LABELS"--A. Hamilton Gibbs. (Author of "Soundings.") In Major Gibbs' latest story, "Labels," published this month, he has contributed a plot, strong, interesting, illuminating. It is strong because it has a logical sequence of events, deal- ing with the most fundamental prob- lems of post-war psychology. It is interesting because it is told in the usual clear cut, straightforward style of its author. Why it is illuminating can only be learned by careful reading of the book. --its aims, its purpose, its deductions. The scenes of the story are laid in both England and America; its inter- est centering mostly about two bro- thers, one a Conscientious Objector, the other a' captain in the English Army and winner of a "D. S. O." Woven into the. story are many of the deepest passions of life--hatred, despair, misunderstandings, love, and ultimate happiness. "Labels" has a charm and interest for all ages; but for the thoughtful reader, who concentrates on and pon- ders over what he reads, it has a value, a fascination, seldom found in books of fiction. Bessie W. BALLARD "MASTER OF THE MICROBE"--Robert Service. A mystery "thriller" in line for far greater mention. It has to do primarily with the theme of pursuer and pursued with its fair allotment of wholesale murders. Harley Quin, novel idea that, while inclined to be fickle and not ex- actly an impressionable character, leaves nothing to be desired in adven- turous spirit, even to the point of fool- hardiness. A mystery that is indeed a mystery and not to be read in solitude after the sun has gone down. LUT "ArLmosT Pacan"--J. D. Berisford. A distinctly English novel dealing with the typical family setting and the age-old matrimonial proverb of "mar- ry in haste; repent at leisure." It reads with as comparative ease as an English novel may, and all in all, while anything but a work of exceptional comment, is worth one's reading. LLG DH "My New York"--Mable Wright. Not for a long time have we enjoyed a book of reminiscences as much as we have Mable Osgood Wright's picture Osgood of New York in the last half of the STOKES Sein nineteenth century as she knew it. One of Farnol's James Oliver Best Novels | THE HIGH ADVENTURE By JEFFERY FARNOL A romantic tale of lusty adventure by the famous author of "The Broad Highway." $2.00 at all Booksellers LITTLE, BROWN & CO. Publishers, Boston CURWOOD 8 Best Sellers in 8 years THIS YEAR IT IS Ihe BLACK HUNTER His First Historical Novel Price $2.00 Cosmopolitan Book Corporation New York Just Paragraphs THT Venice is proving so congenial a spot to Orrick Johns, the poet, that he may not return to this country before Christmas. He writes, "I am finishing a romance here and find it a heaven for work!" mm Hamlin Garland, whose story of his boyhood on the frontier ("A Son of the Middle Border") has become an American classic, lately received the degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Wisconsin. mm Anzia Yesierska in the "National Book Review" writes an enthusiastic review of "Ghetto Gutters" by a young Jew. She says "David Plotkin, your poetry is the thing." Hunn In order that. he may work undis- turbed on his next novel, Sinclair Lewis has established himself in a. small bun- galow on the shores of a fresh water lake in Minnesota. He expects to be busy for the next six months on the first version of his new work, and will then take a brief holiday abroad. His publishers, Harcourt, Brace and Com- pany, have arranged for the publica- tion of "Mantrap" in Germany. --INT. Book REVIEW mm Two prizes are being offered at this time: $10,000 by "College Humor" in conjunction with First National Pic- tures, Inc, for the short story or novel best adapted for magazine and motion picture production, and the John Day Company and the "Woman's Home Companion" are offering $25,000 each to a man and woman for the best novels. The Silver Stallion Here endeth Jurgen! at least so has spoken his creator, Mrs. James Branch Cabell, though it may be as much a legend as an artist's fare-well tour. In "The Silver Stallion," Mr. Cabell has told the final stage of the story of Poictesme, that country created to amuse his own and Jurgen's fancy be- cause life was like walking down a long grey corridor. This final stage is the growth of a "faith and bene- ficent legend," which leaves little to be hoped for in the future but de- cline. Jurgen, as is quite fitting, is the author of the legend. He it was who in his youth saw Dom Manuel, the ruler of Poictesme, snatched to Heaven--but as Jurgen said "The im- agination of a child--" However it makes many people happy to think of their leader Dom Manuel having been snatched to Heaven and Jurgen was ever a benefactor of mankind. So the legend grew to embrace not only Dom Manuel but also his nine companions in the order of "The Silver Stallion." We hear in this book, then, the stories of what really happened to the nine companions or "apostles," as they are later termed, and as an accompani- ment of soft music, as it were, we hear the legends that are created concern- ing them. Hamlin Garland Mr. Garland was born at West Salem, Wisconsin, and educated at Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Iowa. He taught school in Illinois, took up a claim in Dakota, and then mortgaged it for two hundred 'dollars, went to Boston, and began to write stories. After winning recognition there, he returned to the West and made his home in Chicago, where he married a daughter of Lorado Taft, the sculptor. He now lives in New York City.