The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
NEW BOOKS
THE BOOK OF THE HONEY BEE. BY Charles
Harrison Illustrated. New York: John Lane,

THE BOOK OF THE HONEY BEE. BY Charles
Harrison. Illustrated. New York: John Lane,
, The Bodley Head
This volume relates chiefly to beekeep-
ing in England, but it is so eminently
practical and suggestive, and the illus
trations .accentuate the text so well that
in this country, where beekeeping is be-
coming a great industry, its suggestions
will be found useful.
. The poets sing Of the bees and bee
keeping has a certain aesthetic element
and Maeterlinck has shown in his Life
of the Bee" the stimulus the hower-suck
ing insect may impart to. the magma
ton. Full instructions are given in this
book as to apiaries and bee pasturage, bee
appliances and their uses and practical
Bookkeeping work, and the latter portion
is devoted to bee diseases and enemies,
and suggestions as to- general manage
ment.
THE MOTOR BOOK. By R. J. Mecrsdy, editor
of the Motor News. New York: John Lane,
The Bodley Head. Illustrated
The use of autom obiles has increased SO
rapidly thruout the civilized world that
people who know little about their mech
anism and management frequently un-
dertake to operate them, and sometimes
with disastrous results. No one, indeed,
should be permitted to handle one of
formed about their mechanical peculiari-
ties. The author Of this book is an ar
dent advocate of the automobile as a
vehicle for pleasure, convenience and util-
ity, and he looks for it's substitution for
the horse for every form Of traction ex-
cept farm work. He denies that the au-
tomobile is a complicated piece Of ma
chinery and declares that it is SO simple
that any man of ordinary common sense
can run it satisfactorily; but he does not
advise, anywhere in the book, that young
girls who do not know a hawk from a
handsaw, mechanically speaking, should
attempt to run them, as they frequent
ly do.
LIFE IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE. BY
Charles Protheroe. New York: John Lane.
:: The Bodley Head.
The author gives a personal narrative
of his experiences as a sailor in the mer-
camille marine, in many voyages and ir
many lands. His nautical career begar
when he was IA years old in voyage or
a sailing vessel from a New Zealand port
to London, which gave him a fairly good
sea education. In the narrative Of other
voyages the author portrays Interestingly
some of the conditions Of a sailors life
its hardships and pleasures, his vices anc
virtues.
MONARCH BILLIoNA1RE. By Morrison I
Swift, author Of imperialism and Liberty. .
etc. New, York: J. S. Ogilvie Publishing
company, 81 Rose street.
The first part Of this book embodles the
commencement of a very taking romance
The daughter Of Giles Wyndol, Margare
Wyndon, brought up by him after thu
strictest sect Of the 'plutocratic" manu-
facturers, aids her father in extending thu
area Of his big ey-making operation:
and she is very attractively presented
She, however, falls in love with Philil
Burson, who has already been smitter b!
her charms. Burson's father and Mar
garet's father were deadly enemies. but
after a turn Of the wheel Of fortune which
put Margaret's father under storm ant
stress, young Burson helps him out ant
secures the hand Of Margaret. Thereaf
ter Margaret joins Philip in reform
scheme for the adjustment of the labor
| capital problem on the basis Of labor
participation in the profits, and the mer
its Of the scheme 1nonopolize discussion
which is not altogether Improbable