Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The lists of the Public Library in
The Sunday Star during November,
and reprinted at the end of the
month in the library's monthly bull
letin. will recommend some hooks for
purchase. or review some of the moro
important books Of the year.
Fiction.
Conrad. Joseph The Rescue Dou.
bleday. 1929 s.
CHARACTERISTIC story considered
one of the authors best.
Er*ine. 81. J. q. Foolish Lovers.
Macmillan. 1920. So
"A most conceited young lister
man in London quite sure that he
can write. A nice. sensible girl and
surrounding of good Characters
make An entertaining tale"-Rook-
list.
Gale. IONA. Miss Lulu Bett. Apple
ton. 1920 sI7a.
story Of marked literary dis
tinction
Ga lsv orthv, John In rhancery. Serb
ner 1920. s.
4 continuation of The Man -
Property" and The Indian Summer
of a Forsvte"
F"w"lIs, W. g. Vacation Of the kcl-
wyns Harper Ia2o A.
About trivia theme play all tho
- = 9
which mark IN" later Hovelle '-N.-
,ion
Merrick. Leonard when Love Fu.s
out Of the Window. button. 1870.
) good story told with literarv
Montague NJ y England 10 Aneric,
Doubleday. la2n ~
appeared IN tho Atlantic MONTH";
in September, 1912. and WAS awarded
! hest American short story of the veal
1920 $3.50
! "A story illustrating tho confused
! struggle Of our time. it's blindness
and IFS constant cropping after false
( values"
| Scdc wick A. u Third Windou-
IIomghton. 1921. $50
Perfection of workmanship makes
! this somber story noteworthy.
| hrlsfmas Roses. COLLECTION ~
| Short Stories, is announced by Bougn-
| ton. s2o5.
Wharton oo Mrs F; W. The Ace. of
! The Age of Innocence New York
| n the eighi con seventies) is INA -
a superhly critical disposition to ar
| range her knowledge in Significant
! forms. Nation.
1 biography.
Bishop. ]. b Theodore Roosevelt and
His Time Shown in His Letters
| 2v. Scribner 1920. E-RS13hi
Author has rounded out the story
| told by the Coloners letters until We
have what is in effect at once bi"g-
raphy and autobiography. a MARIA
| tive more personal than the former
alone could be, and more critical and
complete than the latter. "-BooA man.
Box. Edward. The Americanization Of
Edward Box. Scribner. 1890 s..
E-B6345.
The autobiography of the Dutch lad
! who fought his way upward step by
, step, until as editor of the Ladies'
, Home Journal he Influenced the larg-
est body of readers ever reached by
any magazine"
| Fleury. Comte. ed. Memoirs of the
| Empress Eugene. ". Appleton.
1920. $50. E-Eu436f
Relates the story OF Napoleon HIS
intimate ambitions. the tragic story OF
the prince imperial. the politics and
diplomacy of the Second Empire. and
describes with amazing frankness the
notables of the period"
Monthly.
Ford. H. S. Alexander Hamilton.
Scribner 1920. 81 E-Hlsf.
The author. professor of politics at
Princeton University. aims to present
the life of Hamilton as completely as
possible from the evidence obtained.
, James. Henry. Letters by Percy Lub-
book. V Scribner. 1920. $40. F.
! J236a2
/ For half a century Henry James
poured himself out TO his friends in
: letters that are matchless for their
prodisal and eager flow of ample and
| exquisite tenderness. their beautiful
! generosity
! Paine. A. r. A Short Life OF Mark
! Twain Harper. 1920. $3.50. E.
J TS14pb.
| A single volume life.