The Washington herald., 1913-03-09

man mot a historian) with a sense Of
humor. big heart, and an inquiring
eye. He casts a drag-net into the ocean
of important events makes a steady
draw" and thus lands the most anx-
ious spcciments Of real life'' and takes
! them inland for the detection Of the few
choice cannibal spirits who can rejoice
with him over the find"
As a sample of the books many favors
take this. "A Parting Shot at Washing
! ton" When Washington retired to pri-
vate life at the close OF his Presidency.
the Aurora. an opposition paper, print
ed an article which opened thus: The
| man who is the cause of all the misfor-
| tunes Of our country is this day reduced
,, to a level with his fellow citizens, and
is no longer possessed of power to null
tiply evils upon the United States. II
ever there was a period of rejoicing. this
is the moment-every heart ought to
beat high with exultation that the name
of Washington from this day ceases to
give currency to political iniquity and
to legalized corruption"
This curious Bit" might have been Sc
lected from the campaign Of 1872. Or
take this Of another sort: king Charles
III, having lost a favorite dog tries his
hand at an advertisement as follows:
We must call upon you again for a
spaniel. no white about him, only a
streak on his brest and his tayie a little
bobbed-1t is his majesty's own dog.
But no number Of examples will
chacaterize this collection Of delicious
| oddities. There are $50 Of these little
| acts in this historical vaudeville" all
interesting. all authentic, and all more
or less unusual People who have little
time to read will find this book an ad-
l,,,gr la In fNly In, rAA mt
DYES AND DYETNG. by Charles T. Pollus.
McBride. Mast Co. New Yort. Frr. s.
Prof. Pellue. late OF Columbia Univer-
sity. has given US this book on a sub
ject the interest and scope of which are
appreciated among the craftsmen. The
author dispels, at the outset, the fall
lacious idea that has prevailed to the
effect that none of the modern dye stuffs
are comparable in value with the time
honored vegetable dye.
Stenciling, batik. and tied and dyed work
are thoroughly covered. as well as tho
dyeing OF feathers. basketry. leather
silks, cottons, woolens: in fact. practi-
cally all materials that can be dyed. The
illustrations include many that show Just
how the operations are carried out. The
book is an invaluable one for the home
craftsman In a large variety OF lines.
THE GOVERNMENT OF AMERICAN CITIES
by D. William Bennett Munro Harvard Pro-
fessnr The Macmillan Company. New York.
Prior C25
The aim of this volume Is TO describe
In a summary way, the machinery Of
city government in the United States.
An endesvor has been made to outline
the growth of American cities. to explain
the present-day powers and duties OF
the city as a municipal corporation. to
describe the different organs of municipal
government and to make clear the rela-
tons which these bear to one another.
The book deals with government rather
than with administration. with the frame
work rather than with the functioning
mechanism of the municipal organiza-
tons
Even as respects to governmental or
ganiZation, no attempt has been made
to cover every point In full. Both for
the college student OF municipal govern
ment and for the general reader, an in
PRODUCTION is being furnished to the study