New Britain herald., 1914-04-30
Mechanic Arts.

tain industries, mining, quarrying, metal working, pottery, clothmaklng, leather working and brewing. Takes up each industry separately and shows it's chief center, it's chronolog- ical development during the Middle Ages, and the conditions and meth Ods of work
 Forgecraft. By c. F. Grove.
 .For the student, the apprentice and the artisan who works at the forge. Gives clear, simple directions and information about tools and ma- terials and their use, about welding wrought iron and steel about the treatment of steel and the making of common types of tools, emphasizing always the need of actual work and experience
 and-forging and Wrought Iron Or
 namental Work. By T. F. Goo-
 gerty.
 Though dealing largely with in- terior work, it points out the princi- pies and methods underlying all forge work"
 Lightships and Lighthouses. By F. A.
 Talbot
 "A readable, popular description of how notable lighthouses have been built, how both vessels and houses are equipped, and what meth ods are used for the protection of navigation r.r Manual of Shoemaking By w. H.
 Dooley.
 "A practical survey of the shoe making industry, from the treatment of hides to the finished product, and history of footwear written hy the principal of the Lowell (Mass) Industrial school. Manufacture and Properties of Iron
 and Steel. By H. H. Campbell. Motor Car Principles; the Gasoline
 Autom obile By R. B. Whitman. My Three Big Flights. By Audre
 Beaumont.
 Practical Bricklaying Self taught. By
 F. T. Hodgson. Story of Textiles By Perry Walton.
 "A very interesting book. The best part of the book, however, is the story of the struggle to make the southern states take up the cultiva- tion of cotton and of the hard fight the first manufacturers in the United States had to establish their industries and to make them pay, with the subsequent inventions, inn provements and developments. That c,,y1 of battle or politics which ought to be told in much greater detail.''- New York Sun. Sturtevant Heating and Ventilation. Textbook of Horseshoeing. By Anton Lungwitz.
 Professor Adams, the translator, had added many new illustrations and some new material, and has revised l considerable of the text of the last 1 edition to take account of the pro- gress of farriery during the past ten 1 years"
 Literature. | Ballads and Lyrics of Love. Edited by 1 Frank lSidgwick.
 
 Chitra A play in one act. By Rabin- l dranath Tagore. Its stateliness of diction and move l ment commands admiration through l out although the prevalence of more l or less conventional imagery become es to the western mind at times distinct ly cloying. Here, as in the 'Gitan- jai,' MT. Tagore stands forth as a poet in the full sense of the word" " -Athenaeum. We did not look for an oriental, even though a seer, to write a book that might serve as evangel to the most advanced among modern occidental women-yet this is just what Rabindranath Tagore has done. It is at once as clear and as profound as a mountain pool."- 1 New York Times.
 i
 Crescent Moon. Child poems by
 Rabindranath Tagore.
  Euripides and His Age. By Gilbert
 Murray. (Home University Li- brary of Modern Knowledge.)
 "A charming little study which worthily sustains the claim that the books of this library are written by ! recognized authorities. Prof. Murray ! is that rara avis, a scholar who can write to be understanded of the peo- pie. He wears his vast learning lightly in this brilliant and seminal little .'--Boston Transcript Fugitive By John Galsworthy. A
 four act play. l
 Idol-breaker. A play of the present
 day in, five. acts. By C. R. Ken
 nedy.
 ..It is marked by uncommon liter ary ability, vivid characterization,