The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-05-19
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Bird Friends, Gilbert H. Trafton.
! The author has gathered and siftcd
| Il the information scattered through |
numerous books. bulletins and period
Gals; and published the result of his
abo.s IN this one comprehensive vol
tine. He discusses first the aesthetic
value of birds as "A subject Of study. |
and then shows their economic value |
TO the country. In writing Of the enc
mics Of birds, he speaks first Of their |
natural enemies, then Of the enemies |
introduced by man, and then of mah |
himself as an enemy. lie calls atten-
zion to the rapid progress Of bird pro
tectlon; and shows what has been ac-
comphshed by the Audubon Societies,
by bird clubs and by the national and
state governments The section on at
tracing birds is very complete; and
the teachers in the public schools, and
the heads of bird clubs have not been
forgotten as the closing chapter is dc
voted to bird study in school.
The Fight for the Republic. Rossiter
johnson.
: "A narrative of the more note
: worthy events of the great War of
Secession, presenting the great contest
l III its dramatic aspects. Subtitle.
If We limit the causes that brought
, lafont +bic bloo5,. l,ar,a 90 IL. =:
;, Of individuals, three men must bc
= named - the Captain of the Dutch
|, man-of-war who sailed mp the James
River with his cargo of slaves in 1919,
$ Eli Whitney the inventor Of the cotton
gin in 1893; and John G. Calhoun, the
first to voice publicly the doctrine of
> qualification in 1920
Lee, the American, Gamalicl Bradford.
y sympathetic, appreciative study Of
n he great Southerner as a man and an
IS American, rather than rs the supreme
IL military leader Of the Southern Con.
q federacy.
IL IL In Diekcns's London, F. Hopkinsor
" Smith.
Drawing in charcoal of some Of the
few remaining places in London, mad,
~ famous by the pen Of Dickens, to
e sethcr with some explanatory extract,
y from Dickens text ana recital a
Mr.. Smith ; experiences Will, maxim.
the sketches.
Indian Blankets ani Their Makers
re George Wharton James
- An exhaustive study of the art o
weaving blankets "a macticed BIZ til
= Navahoe Indians Full details al
II given of their method of dyei12 an
weaving and chapter is devoted t
Il the origin and symbolism Of the AZ
signs used. There are many ilIustr;
tions, and in the appendix the rcado
Il will find an interesting account Of TIA
II daily life Of the Navahoes. The authC
u seeks not only to give information; bt
also to give to his readers an mtimar
,n+ knowledge and a full understanding
the Indian who weaves his blanket
Ve. Pictures of the Wonder Of WorI
' a.; Joseph Pencil
inn " Reproductions Of a series Of diay
'Ws ings. etchings, and Autographs, MAJ
~ by him about the world, from 1881
an 1915, with impressions and notes /
ike the artist. (Subtitle) The book 90
tains % plates ranging in sahice
llmnee from the Edgar Thomson Steel VOL
the of Pittsburgh to the Victor Emmann
the Monument, Rome; and from tha al
DC ago Stock yards to tho rebuilding
to the Campanile at Venice
Wy The Practical Book Of Early Anne
lean Arts and Crafts. IT, Ebcrlcin
mis- \. Mcclure.
but A great deal Of useful and intcrc>
ron. Iing information is supplied BY IL
book for the use of the collector ii
You also for the "cdifcation Of the g
, ;,, eral reader. The authors have cover
he history Of the entire colonial i
is iod and every American craft Of a
on Importance is represented The chapt
and