The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-06
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colored by the authors consciousness Of
something lacking In modern methods
both as regards the efficiency Of nurses
and the general practice of medicine.
This he believes TO be the absence OF
the personal interest. the losing sight of
the patient as a human being In the
interest OF case" or O disease. The
author believes In properly directed So
cial service. but not does let that fact
draw him away from his plea for more
! personal regard for the individual in
doctors and nurses.
I Full directions for the Italianized form
OF kindergarten teaching which Is now
| fashionable are given by the person most
competent TO supply them In DIR. Mon
tessoris own Handbook" by Maria
Montessori. NJ d. (Frederick A. Stokes
Company. 1t describes the apparatus
used and gives a summary of the
method. The reader Is referred for
fuller particulars to "The Montessori
Method"
Two sessonable little volumes Of the
Outing Handbooks'' series have APP
peared (Outing Publishing Company,
, New York;. In The Canoe" Robert E.
Plnkerton not only tells how canoes
7ilOulu VIC tnt water unu on
land but gives full and useful informa-
ton regarding the equipment Of those
who take them into the wilds, and direc-
tons for camping a more limited class
OF sportsmen is addressed In Charles
Frederick Holders salt Water Game
Fishing" that which pursues big fish
wherever they may be found Though
New York Is touched, the author has
~ mo ~ nh n.
sim more about the Pacific coast.
Two little chemical monographs from
the ID. Van Nostrand Company can be
judged only by the specialists for whom
they are ntended-"advanced students
and Research workers" THE Chemistry
of Rubber" by p. d. Porritt. Is Of British
origin. II seems to be rather limited
In scope. perhaps somewhat behind
American research. and to have little
regard to the practical ends which the
searchers for synthetlcal rubber have
in view. The "Organometallic Com
pounds OF Zinc and Magnesium" by
Henry Wren. may be understood by
those who can read the polysyllablc lam
guage devised by the chemistry OF car
hon compounds. with its attendant pic.
turesque formulas. 1t IL also British.
- 'NN' llttUutu 10 dlu
rians who have to deal with Italians has
been prepared by John Foster Carr
In Immigrant and Library: Italian
Helps" Immigrant Education Society.
New York;. The pamphlet fulfils It's
object very we'll. It seems to presup-
pose. however. the possession OF more
books in foreign languages than most
public Libraries are likely to boast OF
and no mention Is made OF the books
that, we imagine. the immigrant and
the society would require most. those.
namely, that will help the newcomer to
acquire the language of the country he
has chosen.
The reports Of the Cuban department
Of Sandal Beneficencia" (Havana)
are usually distinguished by articles by
Or. Juan Guiteras and other noted ply
sicians. In that for November and De-
cember. 1918. DR.. Guiteras writes on
yellow Fever in jamaica" "Infantle
Mortality in Cuba" and "Chinese Immi.
grafton" while other specialists deal
with the typhoid epidemic In Pinar del
Rio. the fear of leprosy, the fight against
flies, and CHAMBERS.
A handy book OF etiquette. with direc-
lions for many social functions, has
been written by Florence Howe Hall, in
Good Form for All Occasions" (Har-
pers). The author gives much atten-
ton to dress. To the established func-
lions OF society--dinners, balls, we'd
d!Rgs and 50 on-she adds more modern
forms. such as automobile trips, bridge
parties and behavior In hotels and roof
gardens She just touches on dancing
in public.
For those who wish to combine infor-
nation with the pleasure of tramping
and wandering In the woods Julia Ellen
Rogers has contr!ved convenient
pocket book. Tree Guide" Doubleday.
Page and Company, describing the
trees east Of the Rockies. Each tree is
on page by itself. with a helpful illus
tration, sometimes in color. There are
simple lists Of classircations and an
index. so that the reader Is enabled to
identify any tree readily.