The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

will not be so soon forgotten. It
breathes life and is boundt TO be cher
ished as a treasure by all who read it.
JOE, THE BOOK FARMER, MAKING
GOOD IN THE LAND"
BY Garrard Harris. illustrated. Harper
Brothers, publishers. New York.
Mr.. Garrard Harris, the associate edi-
tor of the Mobile Register, has written
a very valuable book In Joe. the Book
Farmer, Making Good in the Land
which has recently been published.
It is we'll written, containing valuable
information and touching upon a subject
that is of vital interest throughout the
entire country.
II is a book with a mission and deserves
the consideration of every thinking per-
son in the country.
II is the first recognition of the power
of the regenerative work being done by
the Boys Corn clubs In the SOUTH it is
the first attempt to show the possfbiii-
ties of Intelligent effort by the rural boys
of the south The book was first a short
serial In THE American Boy of Detroit,
but the publishers became much inn
pressed with 1t and got In communion
ton with the author and proposed that
If 1t could be made into a book it would
make a fine one.
Technically the book is correct; 1t has
been passed OIL DN tApCilS
in Mississippi where Mr.. Harris was
bureau representative of the Register
wien it was written.
seTHE YEAR BOOK OF WIRELESS
TEL ,EGRAPHY AND TELEPHONE"
.eThe Year Book of wireless Telegraphy
and Telephone" has recently been issued
by the Marconi Publishing company, they
being the sole American distributors, has
iat ~
from the reviewers and worthily so, for
1t is full of valuable information, concise
ly arranged and well told, and would
make a notable addition to any library.
MARRIAGE AND GENETIcs'
By Charles A. l.. Reed. M. D., F. c, s.;
the Galton Press, publishers Cinein-
natl.
Marriage and Genetics." by Charles A.
L. Reed. NJ. D., F. G. s., former president
of the American Medical association, is
a very valuable contribution to literature
This strictly popular volume on the
natural laws of human breeding and ap-
piled eugenics contains some especially
important features. The chapter on the
"Eugenic Medical Examination for Mar
riage" is the first authoritative utter
ance on the subject from the medical
profession. "TIeredity," Race Poisons"
and .Social Diseases" are chapters that
we commend to your consideration. II
the people can be made to understand
what Is meant by character units the
subject will be advanced greatly.
I'm THE VANGUARD"
By Katrina Trask; the Macmillan COM
pany, publishers, New York.
sparkling play in book form which
makes excellent reading is Katherine
Trask's I'm the Vanguard" The theme
unusual and full Of fine sentiment ana
feeling, begins apparently as a glorifica-
ton of war BY an unexpected dramatic
turn It develops into an eloquent plea for
peace.
'In the Vanguard" will do more than
carloads of tracts and numberless con-
ferences to bring home to ardent Nation
alsts the paganism of war.
There is little emphasis on the physical
horrors of war: there are no heart-broken
widows and fatherless children. no un-
savory battlefields. The appeal Is to rea-
soning power: a plea to solve the diff
Guilty of Sandalphon, who must carry to
the Lord the same prayers from opposite
camps.
The argument is clean cut and alive 1t
has a distinct message of a broader span
for the leader and thinker of today and
tomorrow, for the statesman, the scholar,
the man in the street 1t has the advan-
tage of position, for 1t is in very truth in
the vanguard.