East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-29
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DOCKS away for time during the
summer. The vacation time limit
viii be six weeks for those requesting
1t and who leave forwarding address
at the library Seven day books and
any others that are in special demand
Will not come under this privilege.
The library has recently received
very substantial addition to its coll
lection in the books listed below.
They are bought with the income
from the Samuel p. sturgis fund and
are placed on the new book shelves
today
Sturgis Fund Books.
Bulow-Imperial Germany. "Prince
Won Bulow, Bismarck's successor.
writes in this volume of the making
of modern Germany. About one.
third of the book is taken up with
a discussion of foreign policy, in
which the relations between Ger.
many and the United States, Ger
many and Japan, etc., are considered.
In the second part, devoted to home
policy the author frankly states that
the history of German home policy,
with a few bright spots, is history
of political mistakes" Naturally the
problems presented by the advance
of socialism occupy an important
place in this volume"
Griffis- Belgium, the land of art.
The author considers the history Of
Belgium in the light of a seed bed
for its achievements in art, and 80
has placed emphasis upon those pha-
ses whose results are of more inter-
est to the modern tourist. The book
is hardly more than a sketch Of a
long past whose every year was stren-
uous, but from its 300 pages the read
er will get good general UNDER
standing of the story of Belgium in
its political struggles, in legend, in
industry and art, and in modern ex-
pansion."
Holme-Art Of the book. "The art
Of book-making, typography. decor
alton and binding, as practiced in
Europe and America, have hardly
been better or more interestingly pre-
sented than in this profusely Illus
trated volume. To those who are
professionally interested in the max
ing Of books this work is almost in
aispensable; to lovers Of the art side
of the printed volume 1t will be at
once educative and delightful
Koester-Modern city planning and
maintenance. ITO the citizen whose
civic conscience has been thoroughly
aroused this imposing volume makes
big appeal. 1t embraces all mat
ters pertaining to the city sanitary,
the city useful, and the city beautiful,
and presents, in a concise and COM
prehensive form, the principles undef-
lying the science and art of civic de-
velopment in the preset day. In ad-
dition to the statement of principles
and practices, numerous factors in city
planning and maintenance are con-
sidered which have not yet been in
troduced in America but which have
/ stood the test of time and practice
abroad; how successfully, the illus
trations show. A handsomely print
ed and beautifully illustrated volume,
rich in detailed information"
McClure-My autobiography. "Mr
Mcclure tells the story of his boy
hood and It's struggles, Of his ambi-
tion to obtain an education and his
successful efforts toward that end
Later he writes of the founding OF
the Mcclure syndicate and Of the
magazine that also bears his name.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Kipllng,
George Meredith, Anthony Hope and
other famous people have been am
ong his contributors, and his book Is
filled with anecdotes and interesting
personal "reminiscences. II you do
not read it you are going to miss a
/ big experience and an enjoyable one.
( The book is as tonic as a mountain
1 climb, as wholesome as optimistic and
as genuine"
gg-Governments Of Europe, "A
/ thorough and we'll proportioned work
which contains a wealth Of informa-
tion and will facilitate the historical
and comparative study of government.
Covering so wide a field and dealing
with so great a body Of facts. the
treatise achieves effectiveness only
through unusual clearness of aim
and an admirable sense of propor-
tion. Yet few works are more genu-
inely informing than such a one as
this, when 1t Is really, as in the pres
ent case, what 1t processes to be-"
oosevelt-Through the Brazilian
wilderness. 'Mr. Roosevelt's two
works on Africa are followed by this
account Of his more recent expert
enoes in South America. He left the
United States with the intention OF
combining a lecture tour to some Of
the cities Of Brazil and Argentine
with an expedition Of exploration in
the interests Of the American museum
Of natural history. His plans were
some what changed and the scope Of
the expedition enlarged at the request
Of the Brazilian government. The
result was the exploration into the
unknown regions Of western Brazil