The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-23
BUTTE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Books on Political and Sociology
cal Topics.
WOMAN'S MOVEMENT
A Century of Fashion in Paris Higher
Education-Reed's Temple Talks
The Essays of DIR. Cunning
ham Geilsie.

zig Wei-peluS u society,". SuCn DOCKS are
| particularly numerous to-day and are an
| interesting indication of the practical
characteristics of the age. An important
| division of the sociological literature is
that which concerns the always puzzling,
| though always fascinating, subject Of
| woman. This is the theme of Alexander
Blacks elegant and attractive volume
called Miss America; Pen and Camera
| Sketches of the American Girl" While
Mr.. Black has only written two other
| books, and those small ones, we have
| come to associate with his name the
most successful combination of story and
Photographic illustration, and in Miss
| America" we are almost surprised not to
find repetition of the characteristics
now familiar to us in Miss jerry and
"A Capital courtship'' But Miss
| America does not yield in interest to
either of the authors stories. 1t photo
graphs and describes the American girl
| In her manifold charming manifestations
and occupations, and is distinct addition
to what is most pleasing in modern liter
allure.
| While Mrs. J. C. Croly is of English
| birth, 'her literary activity has been
wholly American. She began her jour-
nalistic career in Washington in 1850,
and was probably the pioneer in the now
extensively occupied avocation of woman
| journalism. AS the founder, and for de-
| cade president. of the famous Sorosis
club, she has been well known to the
world. Probably no other woman equall-
| ed her in the facilities enjoyed for the
compilation of the History of the Wo-
| mans Club Movement in America" This
L Ir--
haustive. 1t is well printed and gener-
ously illustrated, so that it can not fail
| to be a welcome source of information,
| not only to club women, but also to all
| who are interested in recent sociological
| progress.
THE Business Girl in Every Phase of
Her Life by the late Ruth AShmore, is
one of the dainty volumes that go to
| make up the Ladies' Home Journal Lii
| brary. In the clear and graceful way in
which it outlines details of a practical
| nature it is a good example of the style
| of the author.
| Octave Uzanne has compiled useful
and compact history of the style of cen
| fury, with the title Fashion in Paris;
| the Various Phases of Feminine Taste
| and Aesthetics, 1897 to 1887" 1t is illus
trated with about one hundred colored
| plates.
| Extra volume IS of the Johns Hopkins
University studies is devoted to the con-
| sideration of Estate Aid to Higher Educa-
| tion,'' and comprises the following arti-
Giles: Estate Aid to Higher Education"
by Charles K. Adams; Statistics of
State Aid to Higher Education"
by St. George L. sioussat; 1.-THE
State Universities of the West by
James B. Angel; "A City University" by
Seth Low, and 1.-THE Encouragement of
| Higher Education" by Herbert B. Ad-
| ans.
Two COMPANION volumes to the book
| just mentioned are Educational Re-
| form" by President Charles w. Eliot.
and University Problems In the United
States" by President Daniel G. Gilman.
President Gilmans book is devoted en-
| tirely to higher education and is illus
trated from the experiences of leading
American universities. Higher education
| is mainly discussed in the volume by
President Eliot, but there are also chap
| ters on secondary education, and the point
| of view is more local than Is that of Pres
| ident Gilman's.
Contributions to the history of higher
education are the Reports of the Uni
versity of the State of New York from
| 1892 to 1897 in nine volumes, and Indiana
| University; Its History, 1920 to $780, by
| Theophilus A. Child
| Other books on educational subjects. re-
| Gently obtained by the library. are "Ap-
| plication of Psychology to the Science of
Education, by J. F. Herbart translated
and edited by Beatrice G. Mulliner;
| Study of a Child" by Louise A. Hogan,
and "Our Conversational Circle by Ag-
mes H. Morton. The last mentioned book
aims to assist in the important art of
conversation.
Public interest in the opinions of Rev
Lyman Abbott has of late been caused
by his retirement from the pulpit of Ply
mouth church The most authoritative
presentation of his present views is prob
ably to be found in his Life and Letters
of Paul the APOSTLE
"Autobiographcal "reminiscences, by
Henry Ward Beecher. is late compila-
tion of extracts of personal nature from
the talks and sermons of Abbott's great
predecessor.
Among our clergymen there is no 9th
er who possesses more fully the conf
dence of the general public than does Rev.
Myron Reed of Denver. His Temple
Talks" will prove a welcome repast to
many who have not the privilege Of lis
! tening to him.
| There are many subjects on which it Is
sometimes great convenience if one can
| take home a book which is primarily a
| reference book. One of these subjects is
| ancient mythology, and we have secured
| for home issue volume of F. Ware
CornlSnS concise dictionary OF Greek
! and Roman Antiquities than which there
| Is no other dictionary more fully up to
date.
The assays of DR.. Cunningham Gekie
| are highly esteemed by many of our
readers His "New Testament Hours is
in four volumes and is companion work
| to Hours With the Bible" which has
heretofore been his most popular produce
| ton
| When to his charm of style is added
| Lafcadio Hearns remarkable gife of APP
| pretending a people as remote from our
| modes of thought as are the japanese,
| we have combination that results in
| particularly acceptable literature. His
latest book is called ''Exotics and Retro
| spectives," and is collection of essays
mainly devoted to the traditions and con-
| cepts of the Yankees of the East.
| Very little is ordinarily heard of the
| important organization known as the
| Federation of the Students of the World.
| re history and work are outlined in