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SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS OF
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~AEdue DniOn1sm and LabOF Problems"
 edited by John R. COmmOns-"Ani- nal Snapshots and How Made,' by sIIas A LottrIdge-"Greek View of
 LIfe," by G. Loves DickinsOn-sIaga-
 zines. Trade Unionism and Labor Prob lens. Edited by John R. Commons, professor of political economy. Univer- sity of Wisconsin. Boston: Ginn & Go.
 The editor, professor of political econ- omy in Wisconsin university has here collected critical accounts of a series . of actual cases and accounts of gener- al experience. Many branches of la bor, building, printing, apprenticeship, women's wages, hours of labor, insur- ance and public employment offices are but few of the subjects.
 Each selection is intended to illus trate a single, concrete, typical phase of the general subject, and the data i. thus furnished is to form basis for analysis and discussion in accordance with the case, a method of study now prevalent in the law schools. AS each article does not conf1ne itself to sim gle phase, the editors introduction and the index provide a set of cross refer ences by which the student may bring together the several illustrations of each problem.
 The selected articles deal in the most thorough and impartial fashion with practically every aspect of trade un- ions and the problems of labor As says the New York American of this work: "The editors work has been splendidly done; there is no sign of bias, either for or against labor or cap ital The tone of the articles is uni formly calm, dispassionate and unpre- judioed. X The book is altogether too good to be wasted on students in eco monies alone; it ought to be studied by every labor leader; by every man in politics who aspires to be more than a politician, and it can be unhesitatingly recommended to every one of those who take more than an academic, su- perfcial interest in the great labor problems of the day.
 This work is the second volume in a series of Selections and Documents in Economies" under the general editor ship of Professor Ripley of Harvard. It is a work of interest to all classes, and essential to a thorough, unbiased comprehension of vital problems. $2.50; for sale at leading bookstores.
 Animal Snapshots and How Made" published by Henry Holt & O.. New York. The possum, the muskrat the skunk, and the fox are but a few of the animals whose pictures are here presented in striking photographs, to- gether with pleasant descriptive papers and a careful, detailed account of the taking of the pictures, by way of guide to the amateur photographer. The work is free from technicalities and is a charming volume, which all lovers of nature will delight in. Mir. Lottridge writes in & lucid instructive and enter taining way and avoids sentimentality and glsh. He tells of the characteris- tics of various animals and birds from X personal observation and many new discoveries which he has made are of great interest. The second part of the book is devoted to birds; MT. Lottridge talks of the migration of birds and then dev0tes considerable space to robins and blHebirds, crows, bobolinks and others, including the screech owl and the hen hawk" The book should not be omitted in making out the holi day list of gifts. $1.75; for sale by the B. F. Judd Go.
 The capital little book of Letters from a Chinese Official" published by Mcclure, Phillips & Co., two years ago, came out anonymously, and more than year passed before G. Loves Dickin- son acknowledged that he was the au- thor. Mir. Dickinson's name is likely to become well known to American read CTS at the rate his books are appearing; for three have been issued since the Chinese letters, viz, r'Religion: A Criti- cism and Forecast" "A Modern Sym posium,n and "The Greek View of Life" The last named is one of his earlier books. He is also the author of From King to King" a study of the CromWellian period; Development of Parliament" Revolution and Reaction in France" and '"The Meaning of Good" Mir. Dickinson lectured at our leading colleges few years ago on the British constitution. He is at present lecturer at Kings college, Cam bridge, and editor of the Independent Review The Greek View of Life" recently republished by Mcclure, Phil lips 6 Co.,, is for sale by The Pease, Lewis Go.
 A reader of "Trine's 'In Tune With the Infinite" is at present distributing upwards of 2,000 copies of this book to his friends and business associates. The Life Books, of which this is one, have reached a combined circulation of over 300000 copies. There is always an es- pecially great demand for them during the holiday season. A Japanese and a Russian edition of the aforementioned book, in addition to the eight editions and translations already published, are now being negotiated for. Of the for eign editions so far published the larg est demand has been for the German.
 The American Magazine has become, from the photographic standpoint, per- Tlaps the best of the magazines of na- tional circulation. In the current num-