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BOOKS ABOUT THE NEGRO

The second volume of Prof. Jerome
Dowd's THE Negro Races" (The Neale
Publishing Company. New York;, like
the first. is a compendium of ethno-
graphic and anthropological data con-
corning the black races in Africa. The
chief races dealt with here are the
Nubians, the Gallas, the Mann Man,
the Monbuttu and the many divisions
or the Bantus. In the third volume.
which will treat of the negro In America,
there will be more scope for practical
observations and deductions. So far the
book has been a careful survey of what
scientific men have inferred from the
reports Of travellers.
one OF the shrewdest politicians that
the black race has evolved, the Hon.
John r. Lynch Of Mississippi. gives an
extremely interesting and well written
account of his career In THE Facts
Of Reconstruction" (The Neale Publish
ing Company. He wisely confines him
self to the facts within his knowledge.
namely 10 what happened in Mississippi
during the years OF his own activity.
From this the historian may generalize
on conditions in others parts of the
South. After his election TO Congress
Mr.. Lynch's story has to do with the
inner workings of the Republican party.
He Is frankly partisan throughout and
is outspoken in his criticisms.
A philosophic meditation on the negro
question will be found In Democracy
and Race Friction" by Prof. John
Moffatt Mecklin, Phi. d. (Macmillans. }
The author considers the racial traits
of the negro, mis- social evolution in the
United States, his legal status, the facts
that race prejudice exists and that
assimilation Of the black race is i'm
probable. After all these matters have
been pondered on and various points OF
view examined we might reasonably
expect the suggestion of some solution
Of the problem as an excuse for the
book. So far as we can make out the
authors conclusion Is ito accept the
situation as it is," which is sensible and
obvious. but hardly Illuminating.
A collection Of articles on various
phases of the negro question has been
made by Prof. Thomas Pearce Bailey.
Phi. D.. In Race Orthodoxy in the
South" (The Neale Publishing Com
pany). The author believes thar there
can be no equality without the right
OF intermarriage. That seems out OF
the question. so he regards cheerfully
the alternative OF removing or segre-
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ABOUT FOREIGN PARTS.

The project for another expedition TO
the Antarctic which sir Ernest Shackle-
ton has been agltating in England was
the probable incentive for the publication
of a popular edition of the book in
which he told of the expedition he led,
THE Heart of the Antarctic" civilian
Heinemann; j. 3. Llppincott Company.
Whatever comes OF his new scheme. 1t
is a good thing that the tale OF his pre-
Vous exploits il brought within the
reach OF the general public. for Sir
Ernest has gift of expression which
many explorers lack. and the account of
his experiences in his daring attempt to
reach the south pole makes a capital
book Of adventure.
Though Frederick Upham Adams's
Conquest Of the Tropics" doubleday.
Page and Company Is glorlfied pros
pectus for the United Fruit Company.
and his account of commercial activity
in the West Indies and adjacent lands Is
therefore limited to the operations Of
that corporation, the kind OF business
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OTHER BOOKS

The essays by Thomas Bodley Scott
on "The Road to a Healthy Old Age"
paul b. Hoeber. New York; are enter
taining and contain much sensible adj
vice. but will be appreciated more. we
imagine. by the medical profession than
by laymen. The two things the author
wishes to contend against in these
papers are arterio- sclerosis and bron-
chial catarrh, and only doctors can de-
eide on the remedies he suggests.
The same general subject liz treated
far more voluminously I'm the fam
boyant. exhortative style that the
magazines affect In Adding Years to
Your Life" by Henry Smith Williams,
NJ. D.. LII. u. (Hearst's International
Library Company, New York;. The au-
thor includes eugenics. the teaching OF
sex relations and other popular fads
with his appeals to the aged.
Those who have been unable to hear
with their own ears the ethical ora
tons OF the Hon. William Jennings
Bryan may at least read them in the
attractive booklets published by the
Fleming II. Revell Company. The
Prince OF Peace" "The Royal Art" and
THE Making OF a Man"
Notwithstanding the somewhat sem
sational title Better Babies and Their
Care" Frederick A. Stokes Company.
the directions given by Anna Steele Rich
ardson seem to be unusually sensible,
direct and practical. She tells young
mothers the things they want to know
before the baby comes, and especially
after. and limits the medical informa-
ton TO emergencies and simple symp-
toms.
A new edition of Frank A. Bates's
helpful little book on Camping and
camp Cooking" is issued by the Ball
Publishing Company, Boston. II should
hold It's own against the swarm of new
Corners.
The theory of fitting the right man
to the right kind of work Is admirable.
and there may be something In the
method employed by DR.. Katherine NJ
II. Blatchford and Arthur Newcomb in
THE Job. the Man and the Boss"
Doubleday. Page and Company after
II is Invested OF philosophical verbiage.
There Is much statement of the obvious,
as is the fashion with modern academic
business theory. and much filling in OF
lists OF questions after the red tape
methods of efficiency experts. The au-
thors apparently supplement this by
sizing up applicants, regardless OF their
own machinery. which may account for
the success which they assert their
business has had
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QUESTIONS OF THE DAY

a study which may prove of much
use In the discussion of problems aris-
ing from the new iRcome tax is The
United States Federal Internal Tax His
tory: 1s61-1S7l," by Harry Edwin Smith,
Phi. ID. (Houghton Mifiin Company. 1t
Is a fair account OF the one previous
experiment made in the United States.
giving with some fulness the reasons
which had influence in the Imposition
OF the particular taxes and also some
idea of how the system worked
The comparison between The Fed
eral Systems OF the United States and
the British Empire" CLftle, Brown and
Company. by Arthur b. Policy. will be
made more effectively by the reader
though the author does indicate many
differences between British and Ameri-
can ideas. The chief value of the book
TO American students consists in the ac-
count of the growth OF the British En-
pire and in the summaries Of the Con-
stitutions Of the Dominion of Canada.
the Commonwealth Of Australia and the
Union OF South Africa.
Education is the least feature in The
Primitive Family as an Educational
Agency" by Arthur James Todd. PHI. ID.
&c. +. Putnam's Sons), which is in sub
stance an essay on primitive man and
his marital relations, with theories as to
the formation of the family and of the
idea OF kinship and ultimately of a So
cial organization. 1t is d purely an
thropological treatise and what educa-
ton appears In IL Is the indication of
anything resembling training among
savage races.
In THE American Doctrine of Ju-
dicial Supremacy" lMacmiilans) Charles
Groves Haines, Phi. D.. amplifies an ear
lier doctor dissertation. In the first half
of the book he traces the DEVELOPMENT
OF the authority of the courts in Eng
land and In the colonies and describes
the formation OF the judicial sections in
the Constitution Of the United States
In the last half he gives the history OF
the Supreme Court under the Constitu-
ton. in so far as relates to it's assertion
Of authority 1t Is a we'll done and re-
specialize piece OF work.
In so far as II is an exposition of the
relation in which the Federal Govern
ment stands with regard TO the States
through the treaty making power con-
ferred on II by the Constitution Edward
$. Corwin's National Supremacy"
Henry Holt and Company serves a
useful purpose. In so far as IL Is an
argument against State rights II is an
academic performance that will be
judged according TO each readers politi-
| cal views; another contribution to a dis
cussion that has gone on since the
Constitution was framed and which can
only be decided by the development our
history takes.
The history Of the modern application
of the boycott in Harry w. Ladders
"Boycotts and the Labor Struggle"
John Lane Company and the state
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n Is the minute painting Of small de-
tails. material and psychological, tina,
Arnold Bennett INDUCES in to the fullest
extent in THE Price Of Love" (Har-
pers). The reader has fair warning, as
It takes three pages for the heroine to
perform as simple an operation as light
ing the gas when the story opens. The
scene is laid in Mr.. Benefits Five
Towns" naturally, and he takes the
trouble to supply local color now and
then with splashes Of topography but
as II treats of a single household and
the neighbours are not allowed to APP
pear, 1t might just as well be In any
provincial town or poor suburb of
London.
What story there is is sordid The
authors aim is to show the inner work.
ings of the mind OF a shftless. dishonest
young man. These are sometimes de-
scribed directly and sometimes by their
reflection on the heroine. The youth
has good manners and dresses well; he
Is vain and snobbish. but does not drink
and Is not rough to women. He there
fore inspires love In the heroine. which
persists after she has discovered his dis
honesty and coward!ce. II may be said
in extenuatlon that all the other men
who figure in the tale are also dishonest
in some way or other and are besides
extremely boorish. The women are diff
ferent, the heroine. to be sure. in spite
Of her determination. leaves little i'm
preston on the reader beyond that OF
being obliged to suffer; but the kind old
lady, who is the innocent cause Of the
trouble. and the self-sacrificing char
woman are delightful.
The mystery sinks to the level Of
petty domestic annoyance. a large
sum OF money in bank notes Is mslaid
and no one can find out what has be-
come Of 1t; the fact being that each of
two bundles was discovered by differ
ent young man. who yielded to tempta-
ton and stole II. They are cousins and
ultimately inherit the property. but one
IL essentially honest and has no peace
till he has confessed. while the other, the
hero OF the tale. only con.esses when in
terror OF death. and. as the notes had
been accidentally destroyed. insists that
he had intended to restore them. 1t is
with his mental gymnastics that Mr..
Bennett entertains Us.
We derive. as the tale crawis on. an
intimate knowledge Of the house fur
nishings and Of the mental processes OF
the heroine and the hero. With that
gentleman. we feel we'll acquainted,
though we could have easily dispensed
with the pleasure. II hardly seems a
sufficient reward for reading Mr.. Ben
uett's book.
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Memories OF Two wars" Frederick
Funston. tCharles scribners sons)
Tho United states and Peace" will
lam II. TAFT Charles scribner's sonsJ
The Amazing Argentine" John Foster
Fraser. Drunk and wagnsils Company
Ancient Rom. and Modern America"
Guglemo Ferrero. GO. !. Putnams sons'D
Dialogues Concerning Two New Sci
ences" Calico Gailiei. translated by Henry
Crew and Alfonso de savlo. tMacmilians.)
where No Fear Was" Arthur Christie
pher Benson. &c. y. Putnam's Sons)
The Renaissance OF Motherhood" Ellen
KEY. GO. y. Putnam's SoncD
The Story OF the Panama Canal" Logan
Marshall (The John c. winston Company
Philadelphia
Reginald H Blunt. cMiS and Boon, J. 3. Lip.
pincott Company
Business: a Profession" Louis y. Bran
deis. (Small. Maynard and Company, Bos-
"L'Annee Mondiale nlustree. 1914" $50.
ciete du Receuil Sirey Paris)
lie Probeme des oriRines ct des Migra-
BrusseisG
berlin. Dresden" John C. Van Dyke
(Charles scribners Sons
Munich Frankfort. Csssel." John c. Van
Dyke. Charles scribner's sonsl
Judicial Interpretation Of Political The
Dry" william Bennett Bitzell. &C. r. Put.
MANS sons)
Ralph Albert Blakeloek" Elliott Dam
gerneid privately printed by Frederic
Fairchild Sherman. Now York;
Social Entertalnments," Lillian Pascal
Day. tMofrat, Yard and Company
Animals In Social Captivity" Richard
cloush Anderson, Stewart and Kidd Com
pany, Cincinnati)
Freedom Talks. Number Two" Julia
intermediate Types Among Primitive
Folk" Edward Carpenter mitchell Ken
nerley, New York;
The True Adventures of a Play" Louis
Shipmap TMltchAli Kennerleyl
Business Administration" Edward d.
Jones. tThe Engineering Magazine Com
pany, New York;
Bills School and. Mine" William sud
dards franklin. tFrsnkin, NacNutt and
Charles, south Bethlehem, Pa
"a study Of Francis Thompson's Hound
OF Heaven J; +. y, oconor. S. ]. John
Lane Company
Chance in Chains" Guy Thorne tstursis
and Walton Company
Great Days" Frank Harris. tMitehell
KennerleyD
THE Titan" Theodore Dresser (John
Lane Company
New Men Tor, Old" Howard Vincent
oBrien. CMitcholl Ksnneriey)
"Stores of Russian Life" Anton rche.
kon tcharles scribners sons)
The Sorcerer's Stone" Beatrice Grim
shaw. tThe John C. Winston Company
Forum Stories" mitchell Kenneriey)
Freeman. (The John c. Winston Company
The Merchant OF Venice" Crhe John c,
winston Company
"Everysoul." j. p X O'conor a r
(The Author, New York;
Poems OF Human Progress" James Har.
court West. tThe TUFTS College Press Bos-
tom
Poems and TRANSACTIONS" Frederic Row
land Martin. sherman, French and Com
pany, Boston.)
>, "sunshine and Roses" Edwin p
sas City, MOI
When Mother Let's Us Make Paper BcS
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SOME RECENT FICTION

What the lesson of Helen e. Roberts's
"a Free Hand" (E. r. Dutton and Com
pany) may be We fail 10 see. The hero
Is an amiable youth who is repeatedly
disconnected with his surroundings and
when he gives way to his infrequen,
impulses does the right thing. He
has his chances, but does not make the
most of them through lack of applica-
don, and has no particular inclination
for any career. He ends as fairly
successful dentist, which for him Is d
rise in the social scale. Contsasted with
him are the girl he marr!es, who has a
definite ambition to be an actress, and
the man with whom she goes off, who
also makes use of such talent as he has.
After a divorce the hero settles down
comfortably with a girl who under
stands him. The story reads o little
like a chronicle; though the hero is con-
stantly before us we learn singulary
little of his character; the first wife is
clearer, but lacks humanity. while there
is much more life in many minor char
acters.
In The Lost Parchment" &c. W. Dill
hngham Company Fergus Hume con-
structs an ingenious crime; a man IS
struck down murderoualy at the mo-
ment that he has completed forgery.
The forgery is accepted us genuine
DOCUMENT aud there Is "A lively chase
after it, while suspicion Of being the
supposed assassin shifts from one per-
son to another. The action Is rather
wooden and the solution Of the mystery
somewhat absurd, but the tale Is excit-
ing enough and the author has taken
palms with one character a supremacy
selfish egotist.
With one Of the girls in THE Two
Sisters" tHearst's International Library
Company, New York; Mrs. Virginia
Terhune Van de Water comes closer 10
nature than owen Johnson does in his
"Salamander." The selfish, ignorant
child. mad for pleasure and eNtrava-
gance, who throws herself In the way of
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ment Of the facts in the several no.
torious instances In recent times will be
found useful In many ways. The facts
In many instances. however. arc colored
by the authors sociological views. which
must be borne In mind. His arguments
will appeal to the reader or not. accord
ing to his views about labor questions.
The political and economic views Of
Frederic Mathews are explained at great
length In Taxation and Distribution OF
Wealth" doubleday. Page and Com
pany), together with his plan for i'm
proving the condition of the world.
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MANY FIELDS AND
VIEWPOINTS SHOWN
IN WEEKS OUTPUT
Arnold Benefits Latest Five Towns" Story-Crime
A Selfish Young Woman.
Five Books on the Negro Question Timely Discussion
on Various Topics.
How to Live to Ripe Old Age-Camping Out-Busi-
ness Theory.

men reckless OF the consequences is I'M
fortunately common enough type. The
author has felt bound 10 work out the
good apprentice contrast in the case of
the virtuous sister, though her conduct
seems fully as needless. That spolls the
story and brings II pretty close to the
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl" class
OF hction. The ingenious perversity OF
the bad girl gave hopes of better things
FOR twentieth century adventure
tale there Is superabundance of blood
shed in THE Pirate of Panama" by
william Macleod Raine &C. w Dilling-
ham Company. without the chart lead
Ing to buried treasure no tale of this
kind would be complete; the author
uses 1t chiefly to keep his people busy
in concealing II, for when the time to,
use 1t comes all parties to the transac-
ton are on hand. The excitement Is
Nept up by much indiscriminate man.
slaughter on shipboard, though the ex-
perenced reader will be sure from the
start that the principals will be pre-
served for the end. The author seems
much impressed by Slavic turbulence.
The woodland portions Of "Jehane of
the Forest" by l.. A. Talbot (Andrew
Melrose: J. b.. Lippincott Company,
are very pretty. 1t is an ingenious
romance, with little of the Middle Ages
about II save some perfunctory descrip-
tons, but with a wilful rather hoydenish
young heroine, who acts on impulse
like pretty modern girl and roams
about at her own sweet will. The I,
Reader will find her satisfactory with all
aer absurdities. Her lover plays up to
her nicely. The author seems to have
a E..Ns .f,,a@ = a
Distinctions OF rank also seem to have
counted for little. There is a freshness
and a swing to the story, however,
which will excuse many faults.
An attractive and sensible heroine
redeems Anna VI. Dollng's "Brllla" THE
Neale Publishing Company. notwith-
standing the excess of melodramat.c
complications. The scene is in a pas
toral district OF Missouri. several of the |
men are lifelike and the girl manage.
to make the lover from civilization
understand that II she were taken out
of her setting she would not do for
him.
There Is more fact than fiction IN
William Chalmers Comforts GLORY of
the Pines" tThe Westminster Press
Philadelpha), which is In substance the
story OF "a young minister's experiences !.
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eating the negro. He compares Ameri-
can to Roman institutions. Several of
the papers are reports of actual con-
ditions in negro schools and are valu-
able; others are book reviews or replies
to criticisms of the South.
An interesting survey Of what the
American negro has done in many lines
in the last half century will be found
in out Of the House OF Bondage" by
Prof Kelly Miller Of the Howard Uni
versity CThe Neale Publishing Com
pany). 1t is an intelligent and scientific
statement of actual advance and of
reasonable hopes for further progress
in the same direction. There is nothing
of the day dreamer in these papers;
the author looks the facts In the face.
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cost OF tanttpr service and miHCCllHn-
cous expenditures for Hight. heating.
etc, tt00 Fan safely he added. This
total might he reduced by shortening
the term to three months. or better
still, In my opinion. by charging a
nominal Zee OF 81 or all students who
enrolled. This would insure u desire
Tor work on The part OF pupils and
I think would exclude no one who
really desires the work.
! earnestly recommend that this
board make some provision for a
night school for the oming year
Report ON summer school.
superintendent Mines report on
the summer school 10 he conducted
during the summer OF 1914 rs as fol-
lows.
The purpose OF a summer school Is
usually two-fold
/. To enable pupils who have fal-
len behind the grade to which their
age entities them To- regain their POI
sition by making up the work In n
or two branches.
2. To keep children engaged In
some useful work who would other
Wise be on the streets.
For those who need to be hclped Ia
school work regular CLASSES should be
conducted by the strongest teachers
available. For those who should DE
kept on the street but who need no
special hclp Ia their studies the man
nal training and domestic science de-
partmcnts should be kept open.
To conduct such "A summer school
In Albuquerque the services Of az
least two class teachers will be need
ed, and this number may ave To be
Increased by one II the enrolment
makes Il necessary.
IL has been decided by the board
Of education To use the manual. train
Ing instructor and the boys under his
charge TO repair buildings and furni-
ture. This. ~ addition to work which
could be offered In the manual rain
ing shop. viii no doubt keep all the
boys busy who would care to do this
sort OF work during the summer.
The total cost OF the summer class
cs thus outlined would be 1896 unless
a nextra grade tecaher is needed to
handle the regular school work. $50
of II. however. could be charged M
10 repairs or furniture and buildings.
This plan does not provide FOR ans
work above M eighth grade. Judg-
ing from past experience there viii be
some cali from high school pupils.
and " Il II deemed wise by this board
a high school teacher might Oc m
ployed to do this work. which viii be
largely m the nature % tutoring. az
there will be few students who viii
want 10 take the sans kind OF work.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN MILNE,
Su~perlutondcut.
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and he takes this occasion to advise
the council OF his acts.
The action taken by me in notify
ing the city attorney Of his removal
was in accordance with what I un-
derstood to be my right and duty un-
der the section and the ordinance
above quoted, Since hat time.
however. | nave been advised that
there II a question as TO the validity
Of that ordinance. and my conse-
quent right TO act summarily In re-
moving an officer under It's terms. 7
have neither wish nor intention t.
act In "a manne contrary To the
provisions OF the law OF to assmue
belong to the city council and 4
therefore, report to YOU my action
for such further proceedings. if any.
as the Law may authorize or require.
II Is my earnest desire to carry
the viii Of the people Of the city
OF Albuquerque as expressed at the
polls when | VAS elected. n there
Is no doubt as to the issues tina were
before the people In that election. I
can not carry out my pledges IL / am
hampered by officers entirely out OF
sympathy with and who vigorously
fought these principles during and
since the election. and At an early
date | viii cndeavor TO secure and
nominate a city attorney Of standing
and ability, in whom both YOU and Z
can have confidence, and who will
assist and advise me in redeemlng
the pledges made to the people of an
honest, businesslike, efficient and
clean city.
Respectfully submitted.
tsigncd) ID. n. Boatright."
Councilman Hust made the only
comment on the statement. The ont,
excuse advanced for removing Mr..
Lewis he said, seemed 10 be his trip
to Santa Fc. There were no charges
against Mr.. Lewis and he could SEQ
no reason for disqualifying the pros
cnt city attorney.
Councilmen Hammond n Gibson.
who supported the mayor IN his at