The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-16

| buI IL tnSS are S0Ou tney Will De nelptui
and if they are not good they will suggest
| to the live business man some conceptions
that will be of value.
1t is a long while since we have seen
two small books on zoology at once Sc
attractive and SO useful as Bird Neigh
| bors: an Introductory Acquaintance With
One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly
| Found in the Gardens. Meadows and
| Woods About Our Home and Birds
That Hunt and Are Hunted Life Hsto-
ries of One Hundred and Seventy Birds of
Prey. Game Birds and Water Birds. "
| Bird Neighbours contains an introduce
| ton by John Burroughs. and Birds That
| Hunt and Are Hunted" one by G. O..
| Shields. The former contains 20 excellent
full page colored plates, and the latter As
similar illustrations.
| Specialists among our readers will be
interested in "Glass Blowing and Work
ing for Amateurs. Experimentalists and
Technicians," by Thomas Bolas; "Ameri-
can Clements" by Urah Cummings;
Lighting by Acetyline, Generators
| Burners and Electric Furnaces by Will
| lam f. Gibbs: "Wireless Telegraphy Pop
ularly explained by Richard Kerr;
Electricity and Magnetism by Francis
| f. Nipher: Handbook of Medical Climat-
ology, Embodyng Its Principles and
| Therapeutic Application. with Scientific
| World by S. Edwin Solly; practical
Dietetics, with Special Reference to Diet
in Disease" by w. Gilman Thompson;
discharge of Electricity Through Gases"
by ]. ]. Thomson. and Explosive Mater
ials.' by John P. Wiser
The Johns Hopkins university studies are
mainly concerned with subjects in social
or in historical science, but the latest one
by Charles Hillman Brough is on "Irriga-
ton in Utah"
Too many books of suggestions of me-
chanical devices can not be published, and
we are glad to welcome to our collection
"Workshop Makeshifts; a Collection of
Practical Hints and Suggestions for the
Use of Amateur Workers in Wood and
Metal" by Hans J. s. Cassal.
A very handy series of books for the
busy people is the Library of Useful
Stories" The latest volume of this series,
STORY of the Stars Simply Told for Cen
eral Readers" by George F. Chambers,
should be much in demand during our
long starlight evenings.
We have all heard of the great Darwin.
but few of us are aware that his son,
Prof. George Howard Darwin, is himself
a scientist of no little note. Professor
Darwin occupies the chair of astronomy
and experimental philosophy in the En-
glish University of Cambridge. and his
nomena in the Solar System" is revis-
ion of a series of lectures delivered al the
Lowell institute in Boston.
Prof William Elders ideas From Ma
ture: Talks with Students is a chatty
suggestive volume, devoted to the relig-
ious teachings of science.
DR.. John Ellis thinks that 1.-The New
Christianity is or ought to be devoted to
the bodies of men as we'll as their souls
q nd hook of in1a
may be advanced in the direction of pro-
per hygiene.
Our housekeepers. to say nothing of the
Household Economic club will find much
of interest and profit in two little books
by Mary Hooper, Cookery for Invalids
Persons of Delicate Digestion and for
Children and Little Dinners; How to
Serve Them with Elegance and Econ
omy.'
No scientist on the Pacific coast is bet
ter or more favorably known than Presi-
dent David Starr Jordan of Leland Stan
ford Junior university. His "Foot-notes
to Evolution" will be found the latest
and a thoroughly authoritative book on
the subject.
Good Cooking" by Mrs. Sarah Tyson
Rorer. is a small and convenient volume.
belonging to the Ladies Home Journal
Library
Israel Cook Russell, who for many years
was assistant geologist of the United
States geological survey and now occupies
the chair of geology in the University of
Michigan should be highly appreciated.
not only by scientists but by general
readers as well. Two of them are in the
list of books under consideration this
week, These are THE Rivers of North
America: a Reading Lesson for Students
Of NV
noes of North America another reading
lesson.
One of the most timely and permanent
ly desirable of the many series of stand
ard books that American publishers are
issuing to-day is the STORY of the West"
series. The idea is to secure in perma-
nent form many of those phases of West
ern development which have not passed
away. or whose continue ton is for a
short period only. To-day the data con-
corning them is obtainable. In very
few years much will be lost, and what
could be obtained would not be satisfac-
tory. The volumes are of convenient size
and attractive appearance. The authors
selected are each admirably adapted to
his special subject. The stories of the
mine, the cowboy and the Indian have al
ready received mention in our weekly ar
ticles. The latest volume of the series to
Cy Warman, and it is a fascinating story,
eXcellently told.
The library has received from proper
officials volumes of state and United
States documents. making the collection
in the library as indicated below:
United States agricultural department.
Bureau of animal industry. Reports
1856, and from 1889 to 1897. 6 vols
United States agricultural department.
division of forestry. Timber Pines of the
Southern United States, by c. Mohr, with
a discussion of the structure of their
woods, by F. Roth
United States, interior department, geo
logical survey. Reports End to 18th, and
vols l to of the 18th. 26 vols.
United States, interior department, geo.
logical survey. Fossil Medusae, by C. D.
Walcott.
United States. Smithsonian institution.
A Catalogue of Scientific and Technical
Periodicals, 1865 to 1895. by Henry Car
ringtOn Bolton.
United States, Smithsonian Institution,
national museum. Proceedings, vol 10.
United States state department. con-