New Britain herald., 1914-04-23

Hunting at high alt1tudeS, Dy I. D.
 Grinnell.
 Papers by members of the Boone and Crockett club, many on bear hunting. Also chapters on hunting in the Thian Shan mountains, north western Rhodesia, Cuba and Guada- 1upe Island, followed by a brief his- tory of the club itself and record of its services to the cause of con- servation of game.''
 Hunting the elephant in Africa, and other recollections of thirteen
 years wanderings, by C. H.
 Stigand.
 "A modestly written story of hunt ing not only the elephant, but the lion, rhino, buffalo, and bongo, con- cluding with a chapter on African insects and discussion of protec- tive coloration. From his long wan derings in the wilds, the author knows the native life we'll and pre- sents his knowledge of it and his find ings as a field naturalist in direct and readable manner Ice-boating, by H. L. Stone.
 
 
 E.. Dalton.
 These instructions in swimming, floating, diving, etc, are those which MT. Dalton gives in his swimming school in New York. His method varies from that of other teachers in giving the back stroke first, as being the easiest for beginners Tennis Tactics, by R. D. Little.
 "The first chapter is for the be- ginner; the rest of the books is an analysis of the game, with a demon stration of the value of tactical sug- gestions.''
 All men are ghosts, by L. P. Jacks,
 editor of Hilbert Journal.
 '*Mr. Jacks writes with an original and practical hand. He never hesi- tates to view life and to portray humanity as som mething new and strange. The world to him is peo- pied with ideas as we'll as organisms. Opens our understanding to a new world of thought, reveals a new purpose in the fiction writer's art, gives us new idea of the human sou1.'-Boston Transcript.
 Those who like to find in novels something more than a mere story will revel in its humor and imagina- tive quality. ."---Saturd Review Barnabeta, by H. R. Martin.
 "A story of the Pennsylvania Dutch, by the author of Tillie." Ezekiel expends, by Lucy Pratt.
 Ezekiel is a little colored boy in a negro school in the south and the stories about his doings are delicious ly funny and told with much skill"-- N. Y. Times.
 Lord London, by Rebel Howard "Few will say that he has given a really accurate portrait of Lord Northcliffe, but he has done some- thing better-he tells a good story" IN. Y. Times.
 Masks of love, by M. S. Gerry.
 ''The story of a young girls stage experiences, written with a refined in- stinct of selection."-N. Y. Times.
 "A bright, controversial novel writ ten with careless vividness. .''-Boston Transcript.
 Overland red, anonymous.
 "A very pleasant anonymous vest ern story. The author seems to have been influenced by Bret Harte and Kipling, but he has an original way of managing a plot. living Age.
 
 Possessed, by Fedor Dostoievski.
 "Dostoevsky's method of prasen- tation gives such vivid results that his characters take up, as it were, a per- manent abode in his readers memo ries. Mrs. Garnett's translation has all the excellence We have learned to expect during her twenty years work among the great Russian novelists." -Athaneum.
 "Dostoevsky disdained all graces and refinements, but he had stupen- douS power in carving hunks from life, and to this he added a faculty for minute observation. .'-Saturday Review.
 Silent Sam, and other stories of our
 day, by H. J. O'IIiggins.
 His comradeship is as perfect as his observation is keen, and, because of that comradeship, his book can hardly fail to widen the sympathies of all who are fortunate enough to be among it's readers."-N. Y. Times.