Life — March 23, 1922 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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Third Large Edition Now on Sale MARIA CHAPDELAINE: By Louis Hémon “Surely the most beautiful piece of literature produced in, or about this continent for at least a genera- tion.”—New York Evening Post. “Among the few great books of our day, MARIA CHAPDELAINE has the supreme simplicity of a master- work.”—Heywood Broun in N. Y. World. “A masterpiece of language and literature.”—The Independent. “It is beautiful. It is sublime. A pastoral as exquisite as any poet ever penned.”—Rochester Demo- crat and Chronicle. MARIA CHAPDELAINE By Louis Hémon “A thing of rare beauty. A great little book—real literature.”—Bos- ton Herald. “A tale of great delicacy and great simplicity.”—Literary Digest. “A book of splendid and conquer- ing simplicity.”—N. Y. World. “The book is like music, saying, as music does, things that do often lie too deep for tears.”—Dorothy Canfield Fisher in N. Y. Evening Post. Order your copy todoy. MARIA CHAPDELAINE By Louis Hémon $2.00 at all bookstores The Macmillan Company 64-66 Fifth Avenue, New York + EF EB. The Latest Books (Continued from page 24) out to accomplish. If the genius of America is advertising, then here is the spirit of America translated into vivid words without the slightest attempt at ef- fect; direct, sincere, off-hand, right to the point. What more does anyone want? HAT NEXT IN EUROPE? by Frank <A. Vanderlip (Harcourt, Brace & Company). Says Mr. Vanderlip (please brace yourself for a masterpiece of expression): “Civilization cannot go forward without educated youth.” How know?" Where did he get such al idea? What has civilization ever done to him that he should get back at it like that? And why is it that there are so many “self-made” men like Mr. Vanderlip who go about posing as authori- ties and who have never learned how to write? The last line in the book is: “Our first duty, as Mazarin said, is to understand.” The great trouble is that we understood all that Mr. Vanderlip wrote long before he wrote it. Rhymed Reviews Cytherea By Joseph Hergesheimer. Alfred A. Knopf | | Ge RANDON’S friends were rotten rich; They lived on hothouse fruit and cocktails ; | They hunted, flirted, played with pitch And told each other drummers’ stock tales. Lee Randon bought his little self A doll and called her “Cytherea.” Enthroned upon his mantel-shelf, She almost lived—like Galatea. Her scarlet mouth, her narrowed eyes Awoke emotions vague, uncanny, And helped to make him cease to prize His wife, the far-too-perfect Fanny. Lee Randon let his fancy rove, And after that the end was fated. He found in pale Savina Grove His Cytherea incarnated. Savina took his heart by storm; He set her pulses patting juba; Without regard to proper form, The pair eloped to sunny Cuba. And there Savina shortly died Through having lived with abandon; And what the matter signified Immensely puzzled Mr. Randon, great “It’s queer,” he said to Brother Dan, “T hardly miss her now. Between us, I'm just a trifling, pagan man Who worshiped Cytherean Venus.” With all its characters who act In anything but decent fashion, The book's a naughty kind of tract Against idealizing Passion. Arthur Guiterman. THE POCKET EDITION OF THE NOVELS OF A. S. M. HUTCHINSON William L Phelps i, a Hutchinson ha; published four nov. els and 1 heartily recommend them all: ‘Once Aboard the Lugger—’; ‘The Hap. py Warrior’; ‘The Clean Heart’; ff Winter Comes’.” IF WINTER COMES The novel that every one is reading Over three hundred thousand copies have been sold. “Read it today so that you can talk about it with the rest of the world.”—The Boston Herald. ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGER- Heywood Broun says: “‘Once Abo: the Lugger—’ is one of the merriest books ever written.” THE HAPPY WARRIOR E. F. Edgett in The Boston Transcript says: “A great story which must surely win for its author a high place among the novelists whose work endures. THE CLEAN HEART The New York Sun says: “Power and strength and humor and human nature are here.” Regular Edition. Cloth. _ Each, $2.00 Pocket Edition. ‘Limp Leather. Each, $25) For Sale At All Booksellers An interesting booklet about A. S. M. HUTCHINSON will be sent free on request LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY Publishers THE EPICURE Hardened Party Man: Not a bad lot of cakes, but be careful how you choose ‘em; they show finger marks rather. —Reproduced from Punch (London) by arrangement with the proprietors. & (The | Pent Neilan’ with \ It is g Fool seducti hearts of des sub-titl The old-fas Arbuel asa re a vage One aloriot ing \\ named Star popula depart Orp —A re Revol Mr. G and Jc Richa: ture story New flappe congr Mo imove dram Ha none- some temp trage more temp relie comicbooks.com