Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-22
VERY practical little book has just
been published sounding the cry

A VERY practical little book has just
II been published sounding the CRY
"A of Back to the Land" It ellis
of the new boom, the farm land boom;
of the new development beginning. In
tensive agriculture; of the new dis
covery OF the riches of the soil and OF
the intelligent use of little lands.
Dun q Co., the commercial agents
calculate that the cost of food has in
creased more than one-half in the last
ten years. Wages have advanced less
than 20 per cent, and now they seem
likely to recede. The cities have be-
come oyercrowded with people who live
in continuous fear Of the loss Of their
jobs. And these people are yearly
augmenting the destitute and criminal
classes.
The delights of country life, the inde-
pendence OF the small farmer and the
certainty of a living are attractive to
thousands who lead pack horse lives in
cities, and SO the movement is on, back
to the farm. The little book Is practi-
cal, because 1t tells how to commence
where to go, what to grow and how to
grow It.
It cannot fail to lead many to take
up agriculture as business and to
desert the crowded, unhealthful life OF
the city tenement for the free, health.
certainly affords ray Of hope to the
discouraged toiler. And this. the author
says, is the object of the book.
1t should be circulated and reaC
largely In the cities and among the
toilers.
A Little Land and Living. By Boil
ton Hall. New York: The Arcadia
Press.
Practical Bridge" is the fourth of a
series of books written by J. b. Elwell
a leading authority in the United States
on the game of bridge. All of these
books give practical instruction In how
to play the game and play 1t well. But
this book presents what it's title page
announces. "A complete and thorough
course of instruction in the game"
The book is not one to be taken UP,
read and thrown aside as one would
read novel. 1t must be studied till
the reader knows the rules and methods
of play sufficiently to recognize the
proper play when the hands are dealt.
It will be. of great value to the beginner
Of the game, explains the technical
bridge terms and treats of the general
rules governing the declaration OF
trump, the opening and secondary leads
and the proper methods OF playing the
dealers and first, second and third
hands. But 1t will be Of far greater
benefit to many bridge players who
think they now understand the game,
but in fact miss all its finer points.
Bridge Is growing in popularity. It Is
played for pleasure and certainly there
is far more pleasure In playing the
game we'll than only passably we'll.
|, If most of the present bridge players
would make a study of this book and
then perhaps follow 1t up by taking a
few lessons from a competent bridge
teacher they would add much to the
pleasure of the game, both for them
selves and their friends.
The instruction Is not given as In a
textbook, but much of 1t is in the form
OF questions and answers. The ques-
lions are those that the ordinary player
would naturally ask. The answers arc
clear and the reasons for the play
plainly stated.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
James A. Henshall, M. D., has de-
| lighted wide circle of admirers by
writing another book on angling.
Since DIR. Henshall wrote his beloved
book, 1.-THE Black Bass" nothing in the
| line of lpiscatorial literature has COM
pared with the new work entitled
"Favorite Fish and Fishing" It Is a
book that should prove attractive to
the Fishing public" for whose special
benefit it undoubtedly has been pre-
pared. The successive chapters. based
on previously published magazine arti-
| cles, pleasantly discuss "The Black
Bass: The Game Fish of the People,
His Majesty: The Silver King" the
trout, the grayling and Florida fish
and fishing. Fact, fancy, reminis.
cences and good piscatory anecdotes
enhance the appeal of an enticing
well-bound, well-illustrated volume OF
fishing lore.
Fayrite Fish and Fishing. BY
James A. Henshall. M. D. New York
Outing Publishing Co.
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