The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-11-16
Notable New Books at the PubIic LII
brury.

| brury.
Sarah Bernhardts Memoirs of My
Life" 4s5 pages Appleton. 81. Gives her
personal, professional and social recollec-
tions as woman and as artist.
"On the Trail of the Immigrant" By
Edward A. Steiner. 375 pages. Revell.
! $40. The Annals of the American Acad :
envy of Political and Social Science says:
This volume is easily one of the most in
| teresting, accurate and important discus
sions of the Immigrant yet produced in this
country" Partly republished from the
| outlook.
| "on the Civic Relations" BY Henry
Holt. esS pages Houghton. $1.75. Treats
of liberty, the pursuit OF happiness con-
tracts. money defective classes. education,
| taxation, etc The book Is a new edition
| of the authors Talks on Civics,' which
has been widely used as text book in col
leges and universities.
South America" BY z. ]. Cattel and
others, forms one of the foreign CONNER
cial guide series. A large book; 284 pages.
Gives maps and statistical information of
all sorts interesting to business men. $3.50.
THE Cause and Extent of the Recent
Industrial Progress of Germany." By Earl
Dean Howard 1f pages 81. Houghton,
Miffln. This book was awarded the first
prize by Hart, Schaffer & Marx for work
| on an economic or commercial sdbject.
| The decision was rendered by a committee
| Of college professors.
Modern Business Corporations BY
William Allen Wood 1853 pages Bobbs
! Merrill S2.25. Includes the organization
and management of private corporations
with financial principles and practises.
Gives summaries of court decisions forms
| of prNcedure. etc.
"a Political History of the State of New
York. By DeAlva Stanwood Alexander.
2 volumes. Holt, $500. The personal side
| has been emphasized. The authors style
is clear and interesting, and-the work will
| serve the general reader as a reliable
guide through the ntricacies of the politics
| Of New York State
Gregg Speed Practise" By John Robert
Gregg. 253 pages $100 Gives many
business letters In short hand for dicta-
tion and speed practise.
1.-THE Psychology of Alcoholism" BY
Professor George b. Culten, of Yale Uni
versity 357 pages. Scott. $1.00. Traces
the causes and effects of the use of alcohol
! and suggests remedies. The suggestions
looking toward the relief of the sufferer
from alcoholism are almost entirely
psychological
Health Through Self-control In Think
! ing, Breathing, Eating" By William An
thony Spinney. 301 pages. Lothrop, $l20.
| The purpose of the book is to show that
health of body and mind is a science and
| an art. and not in any respect a haphazard
matter; that all can live more successfully
here and now If they will.
Morals in Evolution" BY L. 7. Hob
| house. volumes. Holt Sc. study
in comparative ethics On encyclopedia
work. The first volume deals with the
standards of morality and the second with
its basis. This means that in the first
volume the author considers the lines of
conduct that have been approved at diff
ferent times among different people; in
the second, the reasons that have been or
may be, assigned for this approval"
Friends on the Shelf" By Bradford
Torrey. 345 pages. Houghton, Mihlin.
s125. Partial contents are: William Haz-
litt Edward Fitzgerald. Thoreau, Steven
son. Keats. and concerning the lack of am
American literature.
Mars and Its Mystery" BY Edward s.
Morse. member National Academy of
Sciences. 1872 pages. Little. Brown $500
net. The book Is written for the general
reader. The author says in his pre-
face, "A student with general knowledge
of the heavens, a fair acquaintance with
the surface features of the earth, and
with an appreciation of the doctrine of
probabilities in quite as well equipped to
discuss the nature of the markings of
Mars as is the astronomer"
"The Violin" by John Broadhouse. and
violin Notes." by Ole Bull 125 pages.
S1.OO. Tells how to make violin; gives
many Illustrations.
"The Horse" BY isaac Phillips Roberts
400 pages. Macmillan. s1.20 One of the
Rural Science Series. For the farmer,
horse owner and veterinary.