New Britain herald., 1914-04-23
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED @.
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK
Social and Political Questions.

Social and Political Questions. Acknowledgements relations, and in
 side view of Japan's policies and
 purposes by K. K. Kawakami. Armaments and arbitration: or
 Places of force in the internation-
 al relations of states, by A. T.
 Mahan.
 Courts. constitution and parties, by
 A. c. Mclaughlin.
 ''The style of these essays is easy and delightful and their argument sane, thoughtful and persuasive.''- Journal of Political Economy. Experiments in industrial organiza-
 ton, by Edward Cadbury.
 "A complete exposition of what has been done by the owners of a great ranufa featuring establishment in Eng land to promote the welfare of their employees. The story of their indus trial experim entation is good reading for anybody who is interested in labor problems. .''-N. Y. Times.
 
 Almost handbook on the subject. A direct, succinct statement of the history, theories, actual accomplish ments, immed and ultimate ideals of socialism, with emphasis on the movement in America. The defini- tions are specially clear.'' Financing the wage earner's family:
 a survey of the facts bearing on
 income and expenditures in the
 families of American wage
 earners, by Scott Nearing. Government ownership of railways,
 by $. o. Dunn.
 "A survey of the comparative re- suits of private and public ownership and management in various countries, leads to the conclusion that to per- feet and develop the system of con-, trolling privately owned railways IS a better policy in America than to own them. Fair and judicial in spirit.''
 Introduction to political parties and
 practical politics, by P. o. Ray. '"This work covers the field logic ally, fully, with directness and clarity, and without burdensome detail On such subjects as the spells system, tbe recall, direct primaries, political ma- chimes and bosses it is a thoughtful study and not a mere statement of facts.''
 Invincible alliance and other essays
 political, social and literary, by
 Francis Grierson. Old age dependency in the United
 States, by l.. W. Squier. Organized democracy, by F. A. Cleve-
 land.
 "A valuable book. It sums up the development of the rights of citizen ship, the analysis of the incumbency of the power of the state throughout the ages, the statement of the quaH- fications for voting, the accumula- tion of regulations by which the citi- zen must be guided'-N. Y. Sun.
 "A masterly book comprehensive, never wearisome and always informa- tive. San Francisco Chronicle.
 "A valuable addition. The discus sions of suffrage and of the relation of public officers to the electorate are especially complete. te.'-Chicago Post.
 
 Out of the dark, by H. A. Keller.
 ''On present-day topics such as so- cialism, capital and labor, higher education of women, woman suffrage and on the problem of the blind. All are we'll written, but the most sug- gestive are those on preventable blind- ness and the training of the blind which occupy more than half of the book.''
 Romantic trials of three centuries, by
 Hugh Childers.
 Taxation, by c. B. Fillebrown.
 "It is a simple, understandable book on a subject vital to every citizen" Truth about the railroads, by How
 ard Elliott. Flight public addresses delivered by the chief executive officer of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Go. The author contends that the railroads can not give the public the high service it demands, can not live up to the re- strafnts placed upon them, and still exist. He believes that the friction between railroad and public can be decreased by the elimination of some of the useless and unnecessary re- strictive laws. '' Women as world builders, by Floyd
 Dell.
 ''The authors method is to study the feminist movement, then the ideals of typical leaders. He chooses Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane Ad- dams, Mrs. Pankhurst, Olive Schrein- CT, Isadora Duncan, Ellen Key, Beatrice Webb, Emma Goldman, Mar garet Dreier Robins and Dora Mars den MT Dell lets theories rule him