The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04

and. The glimpses OF the diplomatic
circles in ondon are obviously not
written by an outsider.
Starving America. by Alfred " 81.
Cam George II. Doran Co contains
some amazing revelations as 10 the
state Of food products and food SIP
plies generally in the United Stat.s
which have been the incentive FOR ii
widespread journalistic campaig
against a~dulterated foodS The author
proves that many prevalent disease
are due 20 improper nutrition and that
the history Of life on the earth IS prac-
ically the history of foods. The pun
pose OF the book is two-fold-to ex-
pose abuses which are sappins tho
strength of the race, and 10 point csl
their remedies.
h new publications by HoUShtur
Miffin company on February 26th II
cluded Pan-GermaniSm, by Roland &
Usher; W. A. G.'s Tale. by Margaret
Turnbull: The RcasOnablencss of the
Religion of Jesus. by w. $. EainNord,
u. d; Goethe's Key TO Faust by Viii
liam p. Andrews: Sappho and the
Island OF Lesbos, by Mary Mills Pat
rick; Mahommed the Great Arabian.
by Meredith Townsend: and Australia
Sia, a new volume in the English Pcn-
pie Over Seats, by A. Wyatt Ttlby
With the Victorious Bulgarian-. BY
Lieutenant Hermengild Wagner.
The Price OF Inehiciency. by Frank
Rooster. is announced for Spring pub
lication by Sturgis and Walton Com
pany. The book Is said to lay bare in
searching analysis and startling DC
auctions national ills and weaknesses
due to ~inefficiency. Governmental. or
non-Governmental, and largely re-
spOnsible for the high cost OF living
and other harsh conditions. It stands
! also for specific remedies for the stag
gering cost. admittedly amounting u
millions annually. of a~voidable waste.
The author, an engineer of lnterna-
tional reputation. and now an Ameri-
can citizen, writes. not as All outsider,
but as one who has cast his lot here
His treatment shows the Lta,i
mind of the scientist and the philoSo-
phical breadth OF h thinker Com :
PARSONS with the methods II results
OF other countries give force and
point to both his constructive n de-
s%tructive criticism.
Two notable poets at the recent
gathering i'll New York Of the Poetry
Society Of America were Anna Hemp
stead Branch Ia Josephine Peabody
AAdA hS, WIiOSC WI hS, pdOiISAAcu ny
Houghton Mi7lin Company. are wide
ly and f~avorably known among hose
who care for real poetry. A re-
porter who wrote up the affair for the
New York Sun seems to have been
rather disappointed by the good
grooming Of the assembly. Mrs
Marks he describes as plump and req
checked. with dark curly hair. and
two eyes sparkling like black dia-
monds. Miss Branch somewhat re
warded his expectations by suggesting
Dante, and by being distinguished by
a special message from the beloved
Hoosier, James Whitcomb Riley.
Charles Scribner's IONS have pre-
pared n issued In pamphlet form
a brief sketch Of the life and the writ
ings Of Sir Gilbert Parker, the dis.
tinguished Canadian novelist whose
works they have just now begun t,
publish in the uniform Imperial edi
! ion. They have been able to quot.
in this pamphlet many enlightenina
words of Sir Gilbert Parker himself
about his life, object. and methods
. II thereby to give a more conlplet,
. idea OF the man and the writer thar
mas ever been given to the publ,
hitherto. For, in the past, Sir Gil
pert has been particularly reticent
out here he speaks with great candol
1 or how he conceived and produce,
: many OF his greatest stories. Thi
s the Scribners have prepared
| Tor public distribution. They viii
: gladly send II to any one. free o
4 charge. who asks them to do so. The,
D also have similar pamphlets o,
Maurice Hewlett and John Gals
c worthy.
j. II. Buckrose, author Of tn,
/ Crowns, q writer, whose warm. tende
< IMPLICIT Of style and outlook hay
brought her books SO m,1ch succes
: and lasting affection. tells OF herself
y / was born in Holderness. a triangl
OIL surrounded by Humble
"oios ana sea, and retaining
d STURDY individuality even in these days
0 nav nIed most of my life there an,
still reside in a seaside VILLAGE IN ~
: same w~lnd-swept district. COMM
n rareiy into contact with any othe
writer But ! like to live in famiia