The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06

edition of the. authors authoritative
handbook, wireless Telegraphy.
bringing this important and rapidly
developing subject quite up to date.
with the entire subject of wireless tel
ephony added. Since the publication Of
the original volume in 1906 rwiTeless"
has made gigantic strides and has es-
tablished itself securely as one of the
really great factors in modern civiii-
zation: and during this period wireless
telephony has made It's appearance and
secured fairly firm footh0Id. So 1t
is q record of scientific wonders that
this book in. its siInplified form and
with it's enlarged scope and title has
to offer 1t Is addressed to the general
reader as well as to the scientist and
student and is illustrated with s4 dia-
grams and photographs. published by
Moffat, Yard & Co.. New York. Price
81
In Social Organization study of
the larger mind is made by Charles
Horton Cooley, who is professor of So
GEOLOGY in the University of Michigan.
Professor Cooley may be said to have
devoted himself to the construction OF
a scientific expansion or Burke's famous
phrase about mans nature as modified
by his habits" His first book. Human
Nature and the Social Order" exhibited
society, as 1T exists in the social nature
of man. The present study compile
ments. its predecessor in considering
the enlargement and diversification of
intercourse. !. e. of social organiza-
tion the individual remaining reIa-
lively In the background 1t is re-
markably elaborate and systematic ex-
position of the relations as distin-
guished from the individual cohsti-
tuition OF man and of their effect on, his
conduct and activities. moral and ma
teria1. The author declares that he ap-
prehends the subject on the mental
rather than the material side, and this,
In fact. is definitely characteristic Of
his work. But the latter is not neg
1ected. He has for many years been
first hand investigator of social phe
nomena of a very wide range. and his
observations have been as acute as his
use of them has been scientific and
suggestive. The present book is one of
marked interest. even fascination, for
the lay reader as well as the economic
student. (Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York. Price $3.50.
Mr.. James H Collins has written an
entertaining little book entitled HUI
man Nature In Selling Goods" The
authors main contention is that the
man with the best practical knowledge
of human nature will make the most
successful salesman. He realizes that
several varied types of man attain high
success; but he sees underlying sim
ilarity in their methods. Mr.. Collins
is no mere theorist. On the contrary,
he illustrates every point he makes by
anecdotes based on actual happenings.
The scope of his little book is unusually
broad and discusses the selling OF every
thing imaginable from life insurance to
fireproof safes. (Henry Altemus COM
pany, Philadelphia. Price so cents.)
George Burman Foster, professor OF
the philosophy of religion in the Uni
versity of Chicago, wrote a book few
years ago entitled The Finality of the
Christian Religion" The University OF
California used this book last year as
the basis of its study and discussion
and later honored its author by re-
questing him to give the annual ad-
dress before the Philosophic union. This
he did on August %. 1908. The ad-
dress was delivered extemporaneously.
but was subsequently dictated in a
somewhat enlarged form to a stenog-
rapher, for publication in the Uniyer-
sity Journal. The author says that
owing to some misleading agitation he
decided to publish 1t in book form. and
this he has now done under the title
of The Function of Religion in Mans
Struggle for Existence The author
has somewhat popularized his style and
has also kept the form of public ad-
dress throughout The book is ad-
dressed to the young men and women
of America who are stfll in the form
alive period of life. 1t is an earnest
and sincere and clear statement and
will interest all readers (The Uni
versity of Chicago press Price s1.10.)
The Neale company has two books to
offer this week. one. Virginia County
Names" by Charles Massie Long, Phi.
d.. and the other. Some Reminis
cenccs- by William L. Royal. The
first book is 270 years of Virginia his
tory and is very interesting. The au-
thor SAYS The naming OF Virginia
counties. combined with the circum-
stances that attended the naming,
serves TO recall many historical facts.
and so numerous and important are
these facts that the county names
form. as it were, a framework on
which hangs much of English history
and more of the history of Virginia.
The book makes excellent reading and
brings many new facts to light
The second book. Some Reminis-
cences." is also Virginia history. The
author was a confederate soldier and
some, of the incidents have never be-
fore appeared in print The most en-
tertaining part of the book is the ac-
count he gives of the famous McCarty-
Mordecai duel, in which John B. Nor
decai was killed and Page McCarty des-
perateiy wounded. The author was a
second In this duel and 1t is said this