New Britain herald., 1915-04-15
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

-"'A' VI iN 'i' " o'iiSi III CIV IC "OIh, Dy IL.
 C. Bennett.
 hind one of the greatest social phe- nomcna of our time--women in civic and social work. ."-Publishcr's note. California the wonderful, by Edwin
 Markham.
 Except that more space is given to history, covers about the same topics as James with equal enthusi- asm and with the same purpose. to attract travellers and settlers and to boom the exposition "A. l.. A. Book list.
 Children of earth, by Alice Brown.
 "A play of New England in which the main characters a niddle-aged woman who has been thwarted and hemmed in all her life, and an ideal 1stic farmer who lacks the supreme virtue of thrift" live the crowning day of their lives through the realiza- ton and renunciation of their love for each other. The setting and minor characters show the same understand ing found in the authors New Eng land stories. Received the $1O,000 prize offered by Winthrop Ames for the best play by an American author" A. L. -N. Booklist.
 Commentary on the science of organ
 ization and business development,
 by R. J. Frank
 Diplomatic history of the war, by M.
 P. Price.
 Far the most searching analysis of the prcliminarics of the war |. It includes, besides the relevant treaties, all the published diplomatic correspondence, except the French, the chief parliamentary addresses, a chronological study of the mobiliza- tion of the various nations, and an historical introduction. The most valuable feature is tho diary of nego- tiations. For it's lucidity, order liness, and objectivity deserves all praise. ."-Nation.
 Education through play, by H. S..
 Curtis
 "Believes that the play problem of the school children is the chief play problem of our cities, that it is a school problem, and that no other city department can deal with 1t sat- isfactorily. A very full and excel lent exposition based on conditions here and abroad studies of other phases are to follow. A suggestive book for all teachers and taxpayers" A. L. A. Booklist.
 
 Essentials in music history, by Thom-
 as Tapper and Percy Goetschius ; "A lucid treatment, which attempts to present tho growth of the art of music as one distinct manifestation of the development of human and which some will criti- '. cize for giving undue proportion to the earlier period. special chapter is devoted to music in America. An admirable chapter characterizes the hest books on music. "A. l.. A. Book list.
 Foundations of science, Henri a ! Ppincare.
 R Tt would be difficult to name an other work on science that is of such comprehensive treatment as is pre- sented e."-Boston Transcript. Harvard American college and uni
 versity scries), by J. H. Gar
 diner.
 "An admira bio addition to this series of popular monograph "A. l.. A. Boollist
 Lure of the camera, by C. s. Olcott.
 "Reminiscences of various rambles taken by the author, camera in hand, through the country of George Eliot, Carlyle, Scott and Burns the Lake district, literary New England, and the country of Mrs. Humphrey Ward; with chapters on the Italian lakes, the Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and a day spent with Burroughs Forty eight attractive illustrations. A. l..