The Detroit times., 1911-02-13
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ticularly interesting to the generai
reader. affording a basis for discus
sion OF what the best books OF the
mast twelve months really were. The
list in not over long, for az the COM
mittee which made II up says In its
exclamation. Il has been the aim TO
make It COMPREHENSIVE ana AZ tno
same time to keep It within the means
of the average library. In view Oh lnis
fact It Is safe to assume that Only
those books which are OF strikihs
merit have been included.
At, the start In the fiction secuon
one finds Winston Churchilrs latest
novel A Modern Chronicle as
strong, well-written, suggestive piece
of work." by Mary Watts Nathan
Burke. "a leisurely story OF Southern
Ohio during the sos and '40s.
In the Juvenile section, Joseph A.
Altsheler's Horsemen Of the Plains,
e v. Lucas The Slowcoach, and
Jacob Riis' Hero Tales Of the North
are found.
In the social science section Is Jane
Addams' Twenty Years at Hull
House-'the story Of remarkable
work by a wonderful woman-and
farther down, President G. X Van
Hise's compact, readable account Oh
the conservation movement In all its
relations" entitled The Conservation
of Natural Resources In the United
States.
Inu the history and biography sec
tions. Goodwin Smiths "reminiscences
and the two new publications In The
Stories from American History series,
f. l.. Parsons The Last american
Frontier and H. A. b. Bruce.s Daniei
Boone and the Wilderness Road are
mentioned. :,
In the fine arts classification is
Ernest A. Batchelder's Design In The.
DRY and Practice. Among the travel
books is Clifton Johnson's Highways
and Byways of the Rocky Mountains.
Besides these, books which md
prominent mention in the list are
President Henry Churchill Kings The
Ethics of Jesus, ID. e. Lyons How ia
Keep Bees for Profit. c. 8. Valen'
tines How to Keep Hens for Profit,
l.. II. Bailey's Manual Of Gardening,
Miss ]. III. Bancroft's, Games for the
Playground, Home, School and Gym
nasium, Professor William Lyon
Phelps Essays on Modern Novelists,
and Israel Zangwill's drama, The
Melting Pot.
Forty publishing houses are repre-
sented. Out OF the 125 books men
toned, 10 have been published by The
Mac Millan Co.. New York.
New Books I'm Public Library.
The following new books have been
/ = A.. a. 49,
ref Sm,sS j. a sss awhile StsS
during nineteen centuries: Hiram NJ
Chittenden, Forests and reservoirs In
their relation to stream flow; Alexan-
der w. Duff. Mechanics and the prop
critics OF matter: Charles w. Eliot:
"The conflict between individualism and
coiIectivism In democracy; George
w Eisks boy life a and seli sdc,ssIsm
and success: Frank p. Graves, "A his
tory OF education during the middle
ages and the transition to modern
tim man Ks sSs ,ate.man fmosen b
oakley. "A sketch of the history OF civil
service reform In England. India and
the United States: Elizabeth rennelh
Rees, "The American In SPAIN; Peter
Sandiford. "The training OF teachers In
England and Wales: Frederic j., stim-
SON, Popular law-making'; Arthur i.
Townshend. "A. military consul In Tur-
and Ethics OF science; c. Won Culin.
How to run and install gasoline en-
sins; Kenneth IL Wayne. Building
your boy; William c. Whittle, Cruises
OF the Confederate states steamers
sShenandoah' and Nashville Donald
wilhelm. Theodore Roosevelt as an
undergraduate"; Robert II. Benson
aRichard Raynal solitary: william
carleton, zone way out, study OF the
problem of the cost of high living
Henry G. Cottreli. 'The magnet; David
Grayson. Adventures in friendship
IJxz,e A. Halker Master and maid"
Jack London. when God laughs. and
other stories: Anthony Partridge. The
golden web
The motor of new motorcycle II