The Detroit times., 1915-07-19

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Henry Beach Needham is one OF
the sacrifices to modern science.
There will always be those who
are willing to risk life and limb
for the advancement Of the race.
He was killed a few days ago while
flying over France.
He left q book. THE Double
Squeeze" for which Connie Mack
wrote the introduction. Says Con.
ME: "He was on the bench with US
In that memorable Thinning game
when the Athletics lost the pennant
to Detroit in 1909" We all re-
member. for we were the proudest.
most puffed-up. insufferable egotists
just then the world can produce"
This Is a baseball book and 10
said by Connie TO be fan proof"
| and diamond wise"
Doubleday. Page. Publishers. Chi
| cago.
In the preface to the History Of
the Savings Bank Association Of the
| State Of New York." there Is an
interesting account Of the growth
Of the idea which originated with
Daniel Defoe. beloved by every
Robinson Crusoe" reader. Others
in England and Scotland took II
up and IL blossomed finally into the
| Mutual or Trustees Savings Bank
as we know 1t today. Thus the ideal
of Defoe. which In his day was
considered utopian, Is accepted at
present as the safeguard Of the
poor. free from the taint Of selfish.
ness which permeates so many Of
our institutions.
BY Frederic B. Stevens. Double
day. Page CO., Publishers, Chicago.
The Butterfly Guide" by the d.
rector of the Carnegie Museum,
Pittsburgh. contains pictures OF ESQ
OF these beautiful insects In their
natural colors.
The butterfly has stood for all
sorts OF spiritual ideas since his.
tory began. It's change from the
| life OF a grub TO one of wondrous
beauty has given poets and others
theme which seems perennially
new This book is purely scientific
and is designed for the student and
| collector.
Or. w. j. Holland. Doubleday,
Page. Chicago. Publishers.
Now that psychology. psychic. oc-
cult. spirit. are the passwords which
open the doors 10 so many mysteries
in our world, Oliver Wendell Holmes.
after having lain dormant on the IL
trary shelves these many years. II
coming into his own again. We all
remember Elsie Venner and the
snake.
DR.. Leon Kaller in American Lit.
erature' even goes so far as TO say
that Holmes Is. perhaps. the teacher
Of the Germans In very essential
chapter OF psychology
American Book Series. Doubleday.
Page & Co. Chicago.
Before the Panama canal could be
constructed. life had to be made pos
sible for the workers. No such fiasco
as the French attempt. with its mil
lions OF wasted dollars in discarded
machinery. was tc be repeated by
the United States.
To Maj.-Gen. William Crawford
Gorgas, chief sanitary engineer Ut
the canal zone, we are indebted Cor
this stupendous work. In his new
book, Sanitation In Panama" he
tells us how II was done
Appleton. New York, publisher.
The human side Of the Bible. which
is its appealing side. has been made
the subject for course Of lectures
given by Bishop Hughes, CT De Pauw
university. (For sale by the Metho-
dist Book Concern)
This Is the first series in the Men
denhall lectures and will be follow
ed by others. "The Bible and Edu.
cation" "The Bible and Work." and
THE Bible and the Home" are some
of the topics.
"The Place OF Prayer in the Chris
tian Religion" by James M. Camp
bell, In said to be q new outlook upon
the subject and one which will make
It live with the beauty Of the spirit
ual values OF life.
The Abingdon Press, New York.
It Is about time we had some re-
actionaries in the literary field, hav-
ing run the gamut. wherever II might
lead us. for a good while now. Ar.
thur Jones' "The Theater of Ideas"
is this very thing. In 1t he refuses
to Join most Of the movements Of the
day and pokes unbounded fun at
them.
George H. Doran. New York. pub.
Usher.
Ministers sons Tin England, at
least) have been looked upon as
problem. There is a legend to the
effect that "the fool Of the family is
made a parson." the up-and-doing
masculine members entering the
army.