Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-19


full. Not all is here printed but the
omitted chapters are local in their APP
pllcation and do not affect the interest.
Two addresses at Dickinson college,
Pennsylvania, are added; both are his
torical in method and brilliant In style.
One Is on Public Service" and one on
"William Penn and His Frame of Gov
ernment for Pennsylvania" There are
other shorter papers added in sequence
of time, and portrait reproduced from
his last photograph, taken only few
weeks before his death.
Addresses and Reprints, Moncure y.
Conway, prepared by his family. Cam
bridge, Mass; Houghton- Miffiin COM
pany.
History of an Industry
Manufacturers and practical scent-
lists will find data of value in a slender
volume entitled "The Portland Cement
Industry from a Financial Standpoint"
by Edwin C. Eckel, which announces
its purpose as the aim to protect the
potential investor who will seek in the
near future, to place his ready cash in
some form of cement securities. THE
manufacture of cement" says the
preface, "is a legitimate industry, and
the methods of mining promoters have
no place in it," The history and growth
of the industry from the early English
days of its development to the present
time is given, together with an intelli
gent prospectus of the outlook for the
future. capitalization and bond issues
OF cement companies are treated In
carefully written chapters, and much
discreet and conservative counsel Is
offered alike for bankers and possible
investors.
The Portland Cement Industry from
Financial Standpoint. By Edwin c.
Eckel. New York: Moody's Magazine.
"Are the Dead Alive"
Fremont Rider, author of Are the
Dead Alive?" has done his work with
remarkable ability. He has propounded
no theories of his own, but has wisely
contented himself with a careful, in
terestlng review of the rapidly growing
literature of psychical research bearing
on the subject he has chosen. He ad-
mits that people have been hoodwinked
by fraud in mediums. but says that II
we Immediately dismiss in disgust the
whole subject we are gravely in danger
of the opposite error.
Quotations are given from such ac-
cepted authorities as Thomas Jay Hud-
son and Alfred Russell Wallace. There
are now" says our author, 'in all the
world but one or two scientists of the
first rank who deny the actual proba-
bility of the future life; while a large
proportion claim that this life has been
actually proved by the occurring phe-
nomena OF spiritualism."
Much of the material in Mr.. Riders
book has already appeared In the De-
llneator magazine.
Are the Dead Alive? By Fremont
Rider. New York: B. w. Dodge & Co.
"WayIald by Wireless"
81 ha bfu
book Mr. Balmer, as magazine readers
well know, Is no novice in the art or
fiction. So filled Is it with charming
touches of travel through the English
cathedral towns and homeward bound
which even by itself would make 1t
an Indispensable gift to the summer
voyager-with humor and delicious
IDENTIFY "Waylaid by Wireless" will es-
tablish his reputation as a writer of
books on a most agreeable basis.
The three chief characters-Dunnes-
ton, the delightfully."- foreboding Eng
lishman; Preston, the young American
civil engineer, and Ethel Varris, the
clever American girl-all are distinctly
worth knowing. For the first time in
fiction wireless in ordinary operation
plays an essential and fascinating part
in the unfolding of the plot.
Waylaid by Wireless. By Edwin
Balmer. Boston: Small Maynard & Co.
The Book of an IdealIst
Under the title, "Idealism as Prac-
tical Creed" the Macmillan company
has published a very forceful state
ment of idealism, regarded as the
working philosophy of modern life, by
Henry Jones, professor of moral phi
losophy in the University of Glasgow.
Perhaps the keynote Of the book is
best expressed in the statement that
the unity and the spiritual purpose of
the world Is 1.-The sanest hypothesis
that the mind of man has discovered
as yet" In an age in which one hears
much of dwindling faith, an age freely
accused Of bare-faced materialism, 1t
is worth while to listen to such voice
as Professor Jones.
"The Kingdom Of Earth"
This is another of those romantic
tales surrounding a mythical kingdom
of Europe. 1t takes an unusual course,
the hero being a crown prince with
republican beliefs He gives himself
the task of teaching the people in the
principles of republicanism, while
maintaining an incognito. His efforts
are so successful that he becomes the
most hated man of his own kingdom,
the hatred being so deep that he bare
ly escapes assassination at two diff
ferent times Woven in the story is
a love tale of more than ordinary in
terest.
The Kingdom of Earth. By An
thony Partridge, Boston: Little, Brown
& Co.
A valuable book of reference for busi- |
ness men and students of economic
problems is Trust Companies of the
United States, 1908 edition." a compila-
tion of the statements of condition or
such corporations made June 80 of that
year; also of officers, directors, corre- |
spondents, dividend rates and stock
quotations. The care with which the
book is put together presupposes an
equal accuracy of information dis
closed.
Trust Companies of the United States,
1908 edition. Compiled by the Audit |
company of New York. New York:
The United States Mortgage and Trust |
company, publishers.
"American Classics"
A collection of complete masterpieces
of prose and poetry suitable for read
ing in the seventh and eighth grades.
There are biographical sketches, with
portraits of the authors, explanatory
notes and suggestions for the study OF
each selection.
American classics. Cambridge, Mass.
Mifflin.
Max Pemberton has written some ex-
ceedingly entertaining novels, but, like
many other clever authors, he has met
the fate of the pitcher which went to
the we'll too often. Somehow in "The
chou, Girl" he has oot ont of his ele-