The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-18
VARIED

A Ertll util Oh uStI vi lllpE illtNlNI
will he found in The Year Book OF
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony"
(The Marconi Publishing Corporation,
New York)). A summary of h his
tory OF wireless invention Is followed
by a very full account OF tho regula-
tons and of the legislation OF all
countries on the subject. of which
there seems TO be a great deal. There
are lists also OF and stations and
of ships equipped with the apparatus,
besides explanations Of the working
of wireless. many brief essays on
various matters relating to II and
useful tables OF codes, signals. biog-
raphtes. lists OF corporations and a
photography.
The merits OF Ernest Wilson Glenn
eut's "A Short History of Japan" The
University OF Chicago Press, Chicago)
are that the author Is familiar
with the modern literature on the
subject and that he sticks TO the facts.
He has paid no regard TO ornament
ing his narrative, which has some Of
the dryness of an encyclopedia article.
There Is timeliness IN the appear
ance just now of Janet NJ. HIS
Canning, Preserving and Jelly Max
ing" (Iittle. Brown and Company,
an aid to the h~ousekeeper that en-
bodies the most recent wrinkles In
the art, while avoiding the ~presenta-
ton OF recipes in the form of sclen-
tifc formulas. The instructions seem
to be full, clear and practical.
r. .Aa ,a,, T1..tt-~ ~
asm over painless childbirth the IN
telliGent reader may prefer TO sub
stitute the medical examination of
Twilight Sleep made by DIR. AL
fred NJ. Hellman paul Il. Hoeber,
New York;. The author seems TO be
favorably disposed to the new meth
DDS. but he reviews the history OF
the discovery. gives the evidence of
the physicians who have employed It
on "a large scale, and states the dlsad-
vantages as well as the advantages
they have found in The treatment.
So far as instruction may be OBJ
ta!ned from books the student should
profit from l.. @. Lutz's practical
Drawing Charles Scribner's sons.
The author tells the reader the simple
things that are most likely to puzzle
him AT the start, and has plenty OF
hints besides that will help those more
advanced. The chief merit OF the book,
however, lies in the excellent and help
full pictures, which explain graphically
at once what n page of text might fail
to make clear.
1t is a memorial volume to himself
that DR.. S. Shechter, president of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer
lea, has prepared in Seminary Ad-
dresses and Other Papers" (Ark Pub
fishing Company, Cincinnatl). The
greater number OF the addresses,
though theological In character, are
of n nature to interest the general
public: a few commemorate friends
who have died.
Pleasant essays on books and read
ing and the use of libraries Will be
found in 1.-THE Making OF an Ameri-
cans Library little, Brown and Com
pany). by Arthur II. Bostwick, a libra
rian of wide experience. There IL no
attempt to be dogmatic or to force
a particular book list on any one, but
much sensible general talk on the
aspects of reading which have come
within the authors experience as q
reader and as a dispenser of books.
Interesting as is the subject OF Path
illogical Lying, Accusation and Swim
ding" by William Healy, NJ. D.,
and Mary Tenney Healy Uitt1e, Brown
and Company, 1t Is treated I'm a purely
scientific manner and is. In the main,
a study OF specific cases. These are
t!cketed and labelled and described
IN n highly technical vocabulary, com
bining the terms invented by neurolo-
gists with those employed by social re-
formers. They seem to conceal u great
deal Of kindly effort to help on the
part OF the authors and others, but
Will be understood chiefly by experts.
This sort OF book is one OF the ele-
ments in the inclination OF many peo-
pie 70 disbelisvs the evidence Of In,