The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-02-11
GIFT TO LIBRARY
Seventeen Volumes Presented to the
Carnegie Library by The Round
Table.

of the library. but in their recent
splendid gift they have quite exceed
ed their previous records of gener-
osity.
The library management wishes to
thank the Round Table Club in this
public way for the seventeen we'll
selected. we'll bound books bearing
the card of the Club and placed in
its alcove.
Perhaps the book most people will
like best is VanDyke's "Out-of-doors
in the Holy Land" A review says:
Much has been written about the
Holy Land, but no book has given
so clear a conception of it's atmos-
phere as this one" 1t is a true ac-
count of a recent trip made by an
ardent lover Of out-of-doors, a mas
ter of descriptive writing and a rev.
erent student of the bible.
OF Mr.. Upton and his book "Musi-
cal Memories" a reviewer says: Gin
addition to his authoritative musical
knowledge. Mr.. Upton has had the
advantage of a long newspaper ex-
p%erience. His ability to avoid tech
meal detail on the one hand and le-
mentary generalities on the other
is the secret of his success. He has
known more or less intimately ear
ly every great musical artist of the
past half century and his reccolec-
tions are as kindly and entertaing
as his criticisms are incisive and
just"
In the introduction to Historic
Churches of America" Edward Ever
EFT Hale says: "Mrs. Wallington's
books will trace in some detail the
first steps which were taken in
different parts of the nation by per-
sons of distinct religious motive who
had exiled themselves from Europe
and who meant to maintain their
allegiance to the living God" From
Old South Church, Boston, to the
Spanish missions of California, from
the Morvian church, Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania to Trinity church in
New York City, over seventy churches
n described in the simplest and
c%learest style, while a study of the
numerous plates affords a history of
church architecture in America.
One of the best popular works on
English Literature is D. G.. Mitchell's
English Lands, Letters and Kings"
He takes up the development Of
England's literature "From Celt to
Tudor" in volume L; From Eliza
beth to Anne" in volume 2; From
Queen Ann to the Georges" in vol
ume 3 and "The Later Georges to
Victoria" in volume 4. He gives the
personal side of each man of letters
so that the books will be enjoyed
by the average reader as we'll as by
the student. OF the book on Rugs"
by Miss Holt a reviewer has said:
Rugs r at present so powerfully
attracting the admiration of the Gull
tured and refined that the history
and manufacture of them has be-
come a fascinating study. Being dis
tinctly a rug lover, she determined
to know all that was known about
rugs and this volume is the result"
1t is a large quarto volume with
plates colored in exact copy of the
rugs photographed.
Gustave stickley, who is the editor
of the magazine "The Craftsman" is
the author of Some Chapters in the
History of 4.rts and Crafts" a book
will surely be appreciated by those
who have come to believe in work
ing with the hands. The author is
the head Of a shop where handicraft
of all kinds from Mission furniture
to beaten metal jewelry is made by
hand. i
Stewart Dick in his book ARTS
and Crafts Of Old Japan" tells Of
Japanese painting. color printing,
sculpture and carving, metal work,
keramics, lacquer and landscape
gardening with the distinctly Japa-
nese art of the arrangement of flow
ers. sit is by far the best short in
PRODUCTION to the study Of which it
treats which has appeared" Speaking
of the book on "Arts and Crafts of
Older Spain" by Leonard Williams,
a review says: "This work, by the
most prominent authority on Span
ish art, is the basis Of much of the
most interesting modern develop
ment in art and decorative designs,
and is of immense value to every
student, art library, and school of
design. Following is a list of the
subjects: Furniture, Leather-work,
W~ood-carving, Iron-work, Bronze
work, Arms, Pottery and Porcelain,
Textile Fabrics, Architecture, Glass
Gold, Silver and Ivory-work."