New Britain herald., 1921-04-15

l hamlet among ola people who gauge weather and measles by the moon and who fear deadly night air. Into this ! quaint environment comes the chron- icler. more modern. humorous, inter- ! ested both in the new and the old, who travels paints and tells anec- dotes. "A. L. A. Booklist.
 
 For Poetry Lovers. ANTHOLOGY OF REGENT Po- ETRY, compiled by L. DO. Walters.
 The poems are few but we'll chos- 1 en from the standpoint of the seeker l after clear language and well-defined l images. Republican. | COLLECTED POEMS OF CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON. DoMEsDAY BOOK. by Edgar Lee Masters.
 "A series of verse fragments. |. In showing the wide, and all but intraceable, influence of a single character, MT. Masters, with his ob- servation and his reflection, gives his readers a remarkable impression of life."-Pub1isher's Note. LYNcHING BEE, AND OTHER POEMS, by w. E. Leonard.
 
 PHYSICIANS ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
 POETRY, selected and arranged
 by c. A. Wood and F. H. Garri- son.
 ''This volume was intended as a tribute to Sir William Osler on his seventieth birthday by one of his old Montreal students and by another American pupil It was in prepara- tion when he died, but the verses col- lected had already passed through his hands and met with his approval.''- Publishers Note. POEMS OF GLADYS CROMWELL,
 with an introduction by Padraic Colum- swINBURNE: AN ESTIMATE. by
 John Drinkwater.
 
 Fiction. ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN
 SEAS, by George Forbes. ''These adventures of a Dutch navi- gator of the 16th century-are found ed on the narratives Of the early ex- plorers in the South seas. from rec ords in the library of Sidney. N. S. w. Strange and thrilling experiences are
 
 and boys."-A. L. A. Booklist. BLACK GOLD, by J. E. Elliott "An opera company. organized in England. is taken far up the Anna zon . and encounters a ser ies of adventures full of excitement. The story ends with 8 jour- 1 ney of hundreds of miles down the | Amazon in a small boat.'' GROWTH OF THE SOIL. trans.
 from the Norwegian of Knut
 Hamsun. "Fellfng trees, dislodging boulders and tilling the soil, a primitive man and woman win from the mountain wilds of Norway a holding which prospers. Their lives arc keyed to the serenity of the hills and in spite of emotional crises they live on, pen- etrated by the spirit of the soil in calmness and triumphant productive ity. A story told without plot tensity but with a quiet sympathy that wins" A. l.. A. Booklis. ''The work for which the Nobel prize for literature was probably awarded" HOUSE IN QUEEN ANNE SQUARE.
 by W. D. Lyell.
 "An astonishing tangle of mystery, personation, and crime. ... The chapters relating to the trial are ex- ceptionally strong. and. adds the Glasgow Herald, The perfectly saw age portrait of the presiding judge will be relished by all members of the l bar r.'"-Publisheer's Note. SISTER SUE. by E. H. Porter. The last story from the pen of i Pollyanna's creator. STAR-DUST, THE STORY OF AN
 AMERICAN GIRL, by Fannie
 Hurst.
 The first novel of the popular short ! story writer. TALES OUT OF COURT, by F. T. ]!
 Hill. l Lawyers stories of legal cases'' '"The plots are so cleverly manipu- lated that the reader is sure to get number of rises."--Springf1eld Republican. l TAwI. TAWI. by Louis Dodge.
 This Is purely an adventure story, ! taking the reader from Texas where : the story opens, to San Francisco, to Spain, to the Philippines. and back |. again."
 FELL. by H. c. AIKMAN.