The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-20

'Imported Americans by Broughton Brandenbufg, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
 The volume entitled Imported Ameri- cans" is . work upon that very inn portant and at present seriously discussed subject, immigration. In the opening pages the author explains how he hap pened to travel one cold January day in the same gar with company of Ital- ians but newly arrived in America. He writes:
 When I was seated and had unfolded my paper the first thing that caught my eye was an article in which a noted sociologist was liberally quoted recom- mending the total suspension of immi- grafton for three years and then new laws admitting only those who would come with their families and were train- in some work demanding skill. It occur red to me that the natural remedies and the only real understanding of the im- migrant situation lay in seeing from the undersde, m getting the immigrants point of view to compare with the pub lie spirited American one. That was the leaven and 1t grew. The idea ramihed into A plau and this plan was laid be- fore MT. Ellery Sedgwick the editor Of Ieslie's Monthly, and very soon 1t was decided that was to go seeking the i'm migrants point of view. l was to take my wife with me-"
 The author prepared himself for his task by living for while in the tene- ment district of New York, primarily to increase his knowledge of Italian. Then he and his wife took passage in the steerage of an ocean liner bound for Ita- ly This was fruitful field for his 1n- vestigations and MT. Brandenburg made vahable use of it. In conversation with a Gerek who was returning to Europe for his "women folks" the author learned many inside points. He says:
 "In nearly every village the candy makers shops were educating twice the usual number of apprentices. because the first emmigrants had been candy makers and they had established foothold in the confectionery business and had sent for their candy making relatives, which lad caused shortage in confectioners in Greece and in turn had created the inn pression that to get on the best In Amer lea a. Greek should be a candy maker"
 The volume gives in a very careful yet altogether readable and interesting way the details which make up his investiga- tion of the subject in Italy and S1clly. lie treats the subject from every point or view from the foreign standpoint, secures a small company of Italian immigrants and takes steerage passage with them. to America. His arrival at Ellis Island con- tains some of his most valuable observa- tions. The reader of the volume will most assuredly be impressed that immi- cration is a far more serious matter than believed to be heretofore. The text is splendidly illustrated with a large numb CT of illustrations from photos by the author.
 Saints and Festivals of the Chris tjan Church by H. Pomeroy Bremster. Published ny Frederick A. Stokes Com rany.
 Saints and Festivals as its name im- rlies. Is practically a church Year Book in which is told the origin. history and nresent status of each of the chief festi- Ials of the entire Christian church, as well as A number of local feasts and fes- tivals which obtain in certain parts of Furope. The author takes November 27 as a starting point. for reasons which he gives in his preface and day by day throughout the entire year gives terse succinct account of the Saints or Festi- yals which the day celebrates.
 Much of the contents of the present work first appeared in the form of arti- rles in "Tie Union and Advertiser" of Rochester, N Y. They were found to be so readable and valuable. both from an archaeological and historic point of view that they we're rewritten and improved