Evening journal., 1913-10-09
BOOK NOTICES
The eIrrs Fight For a Living.

The Girls Fight For a Living.
In almost every State Of the Union
at the present time. the subject Of the
minimum wage for women workers is
under consideration by legislators and
the people. Hence a book upon the
subject which presents both sides of
the question in a fair and impartial
manner is both timely and interesting.
"Tho Girls Fight for a Living" just
received from the publishers, may
fairly claim 10 be such book. II con-
tains the information on which the
public can base an enlightened opin-
ion Of the conditions under which wo-
men labor and Of the necessity for
minimum wage legislation.
The author. Dr. Thomas II. Russell,
q member OF the American Academy
of Political and Social Science, has
treated the subject in a popular vein.
He has preferred to give the facts as
brought out by recent investigations,
especially in Illinois, rather than TO
theorize upon the subject from
purely economic standpoint
Fick's Hin Und Her.-Ein Bueh fur
die Kinder. BY H. H. Flick, super
visor Of German, Cincinnati Public
Schools. Cloth, u mo. 80 pages
with illustrations. Price, 80 cents
American Book Company, New YORK
Cincinnati. and Chicago
This simple German reader, prepared
for classes of young pupils, contains
hundred selections, comprising
short stories. anecdotes, veres, etc.
These are all worded in comparatively
elementary language. and are OF sucn
nature as to hold the interest ana
attention of the pupils, at the same
lime giving them some idea OF the
rudiments of German. The author s
tWo previous books Of the same ma
mre. Dies und Das, and Neu und AIT
nave nroven very successful for be-
ginners' classes, and the present
Solume is a worthy companion to the
preceding ones.
Bexell and Nichols's Principles Of
bookkeeping and Farm Accounts. BY
/ A Bexell. Dean, School Of Com
merce. Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis. Oregon; and F. G. Mich
OILS. Director Of Business Education
Department of Business Instruction
Rochester. n. Y. Cloth, large Svo, Isl
pages. Price 65' cents. Blanks fol-
same. per set. As cents. American
Book Company, New York, Cincinnati
and Chicago.
This is the first book in its field. i
teaches a simple system of keeping
such accounts as are OF value TO far
ming. IL is suited for use in the las
year Of grammar schools and IN th'
first year OF high schools. II offer
an effective and easily understoo'
series of lessons, accompanied b.
helpful exercises and review cues
tions. All the material used has beer
tested both in the classroom and oI
the farm. Throughout, every eftor
has been made to present the sub1ee
In the most interesting and teachabl
way. To accompany the textbook
set of blanks is also published, Il
which the pupil is to work out the op
erations specified in the textbook
Though only Just published, this boo
has already been adopted for exclu
sive use in the State Of Oregon for
term Of six years.
Coulter's Plant Life and Plant Uses
BY John Gaylord Coulter. Phi. I
Cloth. 12mo. 4S0 pages, illustrated
Price. s12O. American Book Com
pany. New York; Cincinnati, an
A high school book about the fun
damentals of plant life and about tn
relation between plants and man.
aims to present only those large fact
about plants which form the preser
basis of the science Of botany, an
which are essential to every hig
school botanist. In so far as is pos
sible, plant life is presented in term
of its largest relation 10 life. but III
treatment has in view preparation fo
life in general, and not preparing 70
any particular kind of calling. Tn
subject matter has been presented
an interesting manner and in as sin
pie a way as possible; scienCfl
words where first used.are interprete
oy simple English equivalents. III
Illustrations are abundant and exec
lent