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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
24
A catalog mentions Wild Goslings by William Rose Benet and Rogues and Vagabonds by Compton Mackenzie with prices around $2.50 and $2.00. Other titles include Poems by Edgar Lee Masters and works from Boni & Liveright and Druid Press, plus The Diary of a Young Lady of Fashion attributed to Cleone Knox and Magdalen King-Hall.
Roger Burlingame book Susan Shane reportedly published in England. Two Lindbergh life books have appeared with a third promised. William Dana Orcutt travels Europe gathering material for The Kingdom of Books companion volume. Chicago professors plan centennial history for 1933 celebration.
Sherwood Anderson offers guidance on discussing authors' works in Vanity Fair. He cautions against lengthy talks about a book without reading it and notes readers will likely be called out for doing so. He suggests memorizing one sentence to gain favor and access to a book.
Hand-tooled Moroccan leather wallets and notebooks priced from six fifty to seventeen fifty draw buyers at the market. Artisans display seasoned craftsmanship and offer a range of sizes and styles for collectors and daily use.
Ester Goutn assesses John Livingstone Lowes and his study of Coleridge’s poetry in The shaping of Coleridge’s poetry. The review praises Lowes for tracing how Coleridge fused external reading into creative act rather than listing sources. It portrays the work as an adventurous romance accessible to general readers.
Captain John W. Thomason, author of Red Pants and Fix Bavyonets, has returned from Nicaragua where he commanded the American Marines. He will illustrate a new edition of Thomas Boyd’s Through the Wheat to be published in the fall.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat teases readers with a promise of suspense as the narrative unfolds to a final page, suggesting a gripping serial or feature story. The review-orwarding line hints at ongoing tensions and a concluding reveal awaited by readers.
The piece surveys James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones and several other books including Let My People Go France on Ten Words a Day and Lost Ecstasy. It notes the shift from dialect to English in Johnson and critiques the characters and themes across the works, including Wright and Sprigge, with playful commentary on taste and summer reading trends.
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