The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-03-13

cost of Mining has been kind enough to hermit this scribe to read through portions of 1t and note its notable et- forts.
 The book is an exhibit of the re- suits of important mines throughout the world by MT. Finlay secretary Mining and Metallurgical Society or America, member institute Of mining engineers. lecturer at Harvard univer- sity on the economies of mining.
 The book is based on the fact that mining costs and the factors govern ing their determination are of prime importance to every mining engineer' stockh older and superintendent.
 This book is said to be the first important attempt to investigate them and to give broad view of the eco monies of mining. It is based in part upon mining reports and In part on special investigations and information on costs which have not heretofore been made public.
 careful analysis of these data has hitherto been lacking and out Of the recent worldwide discussions on this subject has grown the inspiration for this work. Mr. F'inlay has had 2e years practical experience and aims to give in his book rational per spective of the business of coal, iron, lead, zinc, copper, gold and silver min
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 The book is supposed to only lightly touch on methods and technical pro cesses which are covered fully else where and deals rather with results and practical conclusions, thus round~ ing out the entire held or mining m yestigation It shows the inevitable in- fuence on methods and costs of devel- op,nent of natural conditions. such as climate and degree of altitude, with their powerful effect on human life and effort; transportation, facilities for mark eting the product, etc. Means of detailed cost analysis based on mining company's statistics and the chapter on coal mining sketch the essential features of this. the simplest form of the industry. In iron much attention Is given to the results and statistical history of the United States Steel corporation.
 A very valuable book. eTrees Every Child Should Know" bv Julia Ellen Rogers. Doubleday. Page & Co.)
 If there are trees that every child should know or get into trouble about lit. 1t appears to this discriminating | viewer of green things that Julia Ell len Rogers book is what should be | gently placed in its hands and the way
  | they don't teach in sch ools that way | these days, which is great consola- l ton to us 20, no 15 years afterward, l eh?
 Miss Rogers book is written for chill | dren-you no doubt caught that from the title-by one who knows children, | we are told, as she knows trees.
 Very simply and interestingly the | distinctive traits of each tree are stt | forth SO that child can recognize a | tree and what is more-if he or she | is mindful-can tell how he knows the | tree.
 Romantic tree lore is interwoven with l-practfcal infoI nl.-..~.- ..s>s of trees and of woods and other forest 1 products.
 The book will be found interesting | bv certain kind of children. This re- 1 viewer can remember back so sho ort a l time ago when fl tree or what 1t did l or how come was nothing to him. For children who love trees or for chill dren .:who ought to love 'em anyhow this is your book
 "A Group of English Essayists," by | c. T. winchester. (Macmillan Co.)
 The author of this charming, bright unassuming but very pleasing little l voIume in a modest little foreword dis | claims for his book any discovery | of new biographical fact or any re- l yersal of established critical verdict l With all that this volume pleases very much Hazlet. Lamb, DeQuincy, lJnrs Wilson and Leigh Hurt are of
 men of whom Mir. Winches- ter writes.
 ...nester uses the biographical method of interpretation and his arti- cles are therefore almost as much au
 account of the lifetime joys and sor | rows of his subjects as of their writ ings.
 1 Jurtjfying hi siself in this blosraph- .fcal method Mr. Winchester says: ..Thc bfographical method of ap- l proach always useful is here the onls