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na vane Sh WINNETKA TALK January 22, 1927 FOUNTAIN SQUARE EVANSTON Telephones University 1024 Wilmette 3700 Rogers Park 1122 BOOK SUGGESTIONS The Delectable Mountains Struthers Burt Scribner's $2.00 Daniel Quayne J. 8. Fletcher Doran $2.00 The Flying Death Edwin Balmer Dodd, Mead % Co. $1.75 The Missing Chancellor J. 8. Fletcher Alfred A. Knopf $2.00 The Golden Butterfly A. M. Williamson Doran $2.00 Anthology of Magazine Verse--1926 W. 8. Braithwaite Brimmer $4.00 The Younger Married Set George S. Chappell , Illustrated by Gluyas Williams Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.75 The Orphan Angel Elinor Wylie Alfred A. Knopf $2.50 Tides Ada and Julian Street Doubleday Page $2.00 The Comedians Louis Couperus Doran $2.50 The Emerald Hilaire Belloc 21 Drawings by G. K. Chesterton Harper's $2.50 Lord's Book Shop-- First Floor Just Inside the West Davis Street Door. NEWEST BOOKS AND BOOK REVIEWS DID YOU KNOW-- That the Book of the Month club is taking legal action against a book seller who invited his customers to be- long to a local club by that name? That Von Tripitz' new book is an apologia for his war policy for which he has been criticized in official docu- ments? That Larry Barretto confesses in a small magazine called 'The Book Chat" that he always wanted to write a cook book? That Hamlin Garland's latest book, "Trail Makers of the Middle Border," was illustrated by his daughter? Books on Education Almost overnight, as it were, the pendulum swung from the old type of teaching in which the teacher was the outstanding figure to the new when attention was directed to the child and the child's preparation for life came to be of primary consideration. New methods were necessary which has re- sulted in a vast number of books being written not only for the professional but for the layman as well, because education is claiming the attention of the thinking man and woman today as much as any subject of general inter- est. "Utopia in Chains" "UTOPIA IN CHAINS"--Morris Gordin. When we stop at all to think about Russia we must--or I have, at least, thought about it so vaguely. Reports which have come to us have been so contradictory, so many of them pa- tently trumped up, that we have had to regard it as a place infinitely re- mote, surrounded by a sort of mystic circle of flame. But here in "Utopia in Chains" is word from one who penetrated through the flames and who has returned. Morris Gordin, an ardent Socialist, was in Chicago at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. Thrilled to the core at the thought of seeing the work- ing out of his dreams his one idea was to get to Russia. Tt took him four years to affect his plan, but then he arrived full of a fanatical enthusiasm. He plunged into the work presented to him, first in Moscow, then in the provinces, later in Moscow again. For three vears he worked within that great disciplined organization of the Communist Party, fighting down at first, finally trying to analyze his growing disillusionment. It is a sad tale of graft and terrorism, petty and despicable intrigue and favoritism. A tale to make you sorry for human nature, to make you realize that man is not ready for any Utopia yet. At last when Mr. Gordin's disillusionment was complete, he fled the country on a faked passport. And now he is telling his gained knowledge to the world. It takes courage to stand up, even if vou think it, and say "I was wrong." Mr. Cordin has courage, and more +hon that he has ability and brains. He has made of this narrative a vital, convincing, breath-taking and impor- tant thing, A novel innovation in book publish- ing is the book plate on the inside of the cover and a bookmark pasted in the new books published by Henry Holt and company. Reviews of New Books "Less Than Kin""--Charles Caldwell Dobie. "Less Than Kin" is a good novel Charles Caldwell Dobie shows in this book that he can create an atmosphere, that he has power over words and is an able portrayer of character. He has taken as a setting for his novel the romantic days of San Fran- cisco, the days of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The time when fortunes newly made, were used to bring the splendour of the world to this raw colorful city. Up in the hills above the city at Laguna Vista lives a child with amber eyes, whose name is Adrienne. Her only companion is an old negro nurse. The child does not know the story of her parentage, and although the negro woman knows, she will not tell her until she is eighteen and is old enough to make some choice that will be ex- pected of her. It is really a charming idyll, the story of the child's early life in this secluded spot. Her hours of dreaming, her quaint child's notions about the world. Then when she s about thir- teen there comes to Laguna Vista, Karl Stralendorf, a German baron, who is also a musician and an artist. He has been sent by the owners to make the gardens. This brings a new ele- ment of poetry into the child's life. Karl tells her endless tales of life in the brilliant world and teaches her music. There are three years of idyl- lic living and then the world breaks through the unreality which like a pricked bubble leaves not a vestige of itself behind. There are exciting days, a visit to the wealthy Sinclair family in the city, a houseparty, which they, the owners of Laguna Vista plan there, and at the height of the party of course the mys- tery of Adrienne's birth is explained. She is the daughter of the long since dead Elizabeth Sinclair, the heir to the Sinclair millions. This part begins to sound like an Oppenheim. Yet Mr. Dobie does not make it so. Although his art is most congenial with the simpler scenes, vet he holds a steady hand through these more dramatic ones and does not allow them to slip into melodrama. However, although this is a good novel and holds your interest firmly, we should like best to have Mr. Dobie write one with fewer characters, more atmosphere and less plot. That may of course be merely the expression of a personal preference of our own. --Esraer GouLp. Sessue Hayakawa, favorite Oriental thriller of the movies has turned his attention to literature and produced a thriller there. It is the story of "The Bandit Prince" a Chinese Robin Hood. The New York Times describes it as a "second class novel" but as showing promise. Evidently there is hope for Sessue as a literary man yet. Anne Parrish's new novel, "Tomor- row Morning" follows in the tradition of her first novel, "The Perennial Bachelor." It is a story of a man, spoiled hopelessly by his mother, un- able to make the transition into the real world and being left behind hope- lessly by the things that change. Educational Books Following are listed a few of the books on education which have been published during the past year: General Interest "New Schools in the Old World" --~Carleton Washburne Mr. Washburne of Winnetka des- cribes the outstanding progressive schools of Europe. "Influence of Nurture Upon Native Differences"--Truman Lee Kelley The author presents, as he says, "a technique for the investigation of the relative influence of heredity and en- vironment," and also points out the tremenduous possibilities of measure- ment. "Education for Responsibility" The members of the faculty of the South Philadelphia High School for Girls give the results of their experi- ences the past three years during which time they have been using the Dalton plan. "Human Conduct and the Law" : --Mary C. Love In the words of the author she be- lieves that "education in the sources and color of conduct, instincts, emo- tions, sentiments, character and rea- soning should rank with the three R's as a fundamental," and she gives her reasons for desiring to see chil- dren given this kind of education. Professional "The Fine Art of Writing for Those Who Teach It" --H. Robinson Shipherd The section on methods has practical suggestions for teaching which are the result of years of experience and invaluable to the teacher of English. "Curriculum Problems" --Thomas H. Briggs Twenty-seven problems of the curri- culum are discussed. "Teaching Dull and Retarded Children" --Annie Dolman Inskeep The retarded child is discussed in general and in relation to the differ- ent subjects of the curriculum. "Modern Methods in High School Teaching"--Harl R. Douglass Chapters which are especially worthy of note are those on project teaching in which there is a short description of the Winnetka system. "The Problems of Childhood" --Angelo Patri A collection of short articles written primarily for the young teacher by one who needs no introduction. "Finding the Right Teaching Position" --Harlan C. Hine The author is director of personnel of the Cincinatti public schools and is qualified to write on this subject. He gives information for teachers of the grade schools, high school, nor- mal school and university. Rebecca West said as she left our shores recently that she would like to take up her residence in the United States and declares that she has a po- sitive dislike for English life in general and life in London in particular. >" Ta ra Nik + ait cic x