The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-07
OTHER BOOKS.

Few people would think Of working
up their %elocution from In encyclop1-
dia, and not many would require n
book OF reference on that subject, yet
1t is the form OF the encyclopedia
with the alphabetical arrangement and
short articles under many headings
that Grenville Kleiser, who has writ
ten several books on speaking. has
chosen for his "kleiser's Complete
Guide to Public Speaking" OFunk and
Wagnalls Company. His material Is
also peculiar; he has collected extracts
from many manuals and other books
and employs these for his definitions.
The introduction and the biographical
articles seem to be specially prepared
for this book. This arrangement will
probably he OF value TO instructors in
tho art; the student. unless he be well
advanced, will have some trouble, we
fear. in discovering what to look for.
1t will require the test Of actual use
to determine whether the ingenuity
and labor expended in the preparation
Of the portly volume was well spent
or not.
\ symposium OF opinions about
newspapers, chiefly criticising the
past and giving much weight TO the
commercial side, has been edited by
Merle Thorpe, a Kansas professor OF
journalism. under the title The Com
ing Newspaper" (Henry Polt and
Company. Among the contributors
are DIR. GLADDEN.. DR.. Abbott, Mr.. N. II.
Stone. Mr.. Willard, Mr.. ". Hapgood,
Mr.. II. Holt and Mr.. l.. d. White.
Their articles. as a rule, testify to the
loftiness of their ideals and their
pleasant recollections OF things that
have changed, but We fear hat the
reader will find in them little light on
what the newspaper Of the future Is
likely to be or even ought to b..
Outlines for the academic study of
plays have been prepared by Barrett
II. Clark in British and American
Drama Of To-day" Henry Holt and
Company. The author gives concise
biographies of sixteen English, five
Irish and nine American playwrights
and his opinion Of them, with full bib
biographies Of their plays. and refer
ences to articles about them. He alsc
analyses particular plays, four 81
Pinero's. four Of @. r. Shaw's. fewer
OF those by lesser lights. asking subtle
questions. among them such az only
the constructors of college examina
ton papers can evolve. At the end HI
: passes judgment on fifteen other mod
ern playwrights. The photographic
are useful: the p%edagog!c part is GU
rious as an exhibition of academic
. methods in the study of English litera
ture.
The 6esirability and advantages o
? properly economical habits are DIVE
! Upon by r. d.. MacGregor in "Th'
{ Book of Thrift" Funk and Wacnall
Company. With al that the autho
says about saving and properly in
: vesting the proceeds nearly every on
: will agree. as Is demonstrated by tn,
o vast army of quotations from all sort
iof writer's to haCk up the author
I opinions. Beyond general advice. how
2 ever, We have found little practice
r help in the directions, and the storie
. given as example have usually littl
h point or meaning. Why need we b
$ told. for instance, that two bellboy
: in one of the most e~Xtravagant Ne'
: York hotels saved enough in two year
: from wages and tips TO buy taxicab
: and go into business for themselves
= The more provident course would hav
been 10 keep on within range OF tn
4 tips.
o "reminiscences Of the late r. II. Der
n son by three friends who were IN
terested in the religious side OF h
e life. Blanche Ware Cornish. Shan
Leslie and Richard Horsden, make II
, a slim little vo.ume of Memorials
Robert Hugh Benson" r.. j. kened
and Sons. New York;. The little boo
It is illustrated ny many photographs an
n a portrait in colors. 1t Is essentially a
t obituary, kindly and uncritical in ton
d which will please those who seek infol
=, nation about Benson's conversion.
The large number of persons WI
have 10 tinker with motor boats W
derive help from Frank w. Sterling
o THE Marine Motor" ,Outing Publish
ing Company. The author starts wit
the explanation OF how gasoline an
q kerosene are made. and has much
! say about fuel. He goes into all Il
II troubles the machinery will make an
shows how the several types Of engin,
d are handled.