The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-02-23

people on horseback Will VIDE
mesa as q background, a contrast of
brilliant sun and purple shadows
among the sage brush.
THE Autobiography Of Countess
Leo Tolstoy" Huebsch. $1.50) is the
key chapter In the tale OF the suffer-
ings Of Leo Tolstoy and his Wife,"
If you read Grant ,Overton's When
Winter Comes to Main Street" (Do-
RAM you. will learn for more than
can tell you In this column about the
autumn books and their authors. Mr..
Overton's extremely facile pen and his
intimate acquaintance with many
folks we long to know ourselves, gives
the book a special facination. I'm half
way through, and can hardly lay 1t
down when there are other things !
must do.
Nellie L. McClung, noted for her
portrayal Of the ordinary everyday
life Of the west. and the struggle and
heroism that go to the development
of pioneer people," has new book,
Purple Springs" (Hougaton. $1.90)
with Pearl Watson, in the cattle
country about the Tiger Hills, as her
heroine. a brave, loyal, true-hearted
little girl.
"A pirate without a ship; savage
without q jungle; a caveman without
cave. THAT is what Joseph Greer is
supposed to be; and his daughter Be
atrice Is more, even than he, ere.
ature of the Jungle. Those SOUND
like strong figures around which to
| weave a novel Of American business
and social life. and Henry Kitchell
Webster can be trusted to have q
good thing Of 1t In Joseph Greer and
His Daughter" (Bobbs-Merrill. ~.
Prof. Maurice H. Weseen OF the
University Of Nebraska considers
English as IAN every day tool" IN his
book on EVERYDAY uses OF English
(Crowell.) 1t begins with "the import
afice OF the good business letter., and
goes straight through general prin-
ciples and practice, Including the
sales letter. business reports. word
study, learning to spell and punctuate
sentence structure. paragraphing, and
even the preparation Of manuscript
can see am going to have some
fun when get around to George
(Appleton, 49, There are lovely
girls and good looking men in even
ing clothes in an expensive clubhouse
/
is plenty of conversation all through
the book. It purports to be the rise
and fall OF an American family OF to-
day"
Another social life novel, this time
across the water in London, is Frank
Swinnerton's 1.-THE Three Lovers
(Doran, $2). / dipped into the middle
"a thing l almost never do; like to
read in orderly fashion, from the first
word to the end) and could scarcely
tear my eyes from the page. l tell
lyou, 1t takes character to close that
book and 60 on. writing about othel
things instead Of finding out II Edgar
or Harry. or Monty gets Patricia In
the end.
Here's a new Lincoln book by 1rv'
ing Bachelor, "A Man for the Ages
(Grosset & Dunlap. l wonder If hi
wrote It at his den" at South Beaci
"a little house Of gray, rough stones
built right into the old weatherbeater
rocks Of the shoreline. The book Il
story Of the builders Of our democ'
racy. I think,oby the look OF 1t. tina
liz Is a story that my mother woulC
like, and l intend sending 1t to he
when / have read It and told you more
about 1t.
Hugh Walpole-did you ever see
picture Of him? he is a broad-browet
clean shaven. very nice looking youni
Englishman. son Of the Bishop o
, Edinburgh. / know that shall lik
his story of The Cathedral, which
Grant Overton says Is a novel o
, l"ricn and delicious detail Of man,
Lives from the all-powerful church
, man who is the central portrait to tn
, Iyergers smallest child"
Country Lullaby
when the round red sun is sinkin
in. the wealth. the west,
Then the baby robins snuggle !
8 their nest-in their nest,
:. And the father robin sings
i And the mother spreads her wings
Saying. "Cuddle. little brides. to m
}. breast-to my breast"
This is the first verse OF one OF
collection Of poems by Mildred Viii
/, ney Stillman, called WOOD Notes
: (Duffield) which includes man
graceful and pleasant things.
Grant Minor Hyde Is a tall, yer
Il thin, rather sad looking young ma
as smart as a steel trap, as my CRANE
mother used to say. knew hi
!, when he first began his work as
>, instructor In journalism at the I'm
: versity of Wisconsin. where he is no
@ associate professor and acting head
II the school of Journalism while D
r Bleyer is on years leave writing
history of the American newspape
g. Mr. Hyde has just sent me his four
q Journalism text, "A Course in Journa
,s listic Writing, developed from a
rs own teaching experience. 1t Is.
IS says. a new departure, in that 1t do
In not purport To train newspaper wor
ne ers, hut 1t aims to be text book al
ia course outline for teachers who a