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The Advance of the English Novel, |
William Lyon Phelps.
A collection of essays (many Of
which appeared in the Bookman), re
viewing the progress of the English
novel for two centuries, beginning
with Defoe and ending with the writers
Of our own time. The stress is laid on
recent and contemporaneous writers.
and no approach to completeness OF
treatment is attempted, the book be
ing simply d record of Prof Phelps
impressions and opinions. Readers who
are interested in the best fiction will
enjoy this book and will find it a slim
illus to further reading.
Booker T. Washington, Builder of a
Civilization, +. J. Scott and /. B.
Stowe
Mr.. Scott and Mr. Stowe were select
ed by Booker Washington to write his
biography, taking up the story of his
life where he leaves it in Cup from
Slavery and Ny Larger Educa-
ton The authors have sought to pre-
sent and interpret the chief phases III
the life of this great American who
did so much not only for his own race
but also for the .'Whitc Man.
Furniture of the Oldea Time, Frances
Clary Morse
a fascinating book with chapter
devoted to each of the following sub
ieets:-Chests, bureaus and wash
stands, bedsteads, cupboards and side
boards, desks, chairs, settles, >ettces
and sofas, tables, musical instruments,
fire and lights, clocks and looking
glasses, Its only fault IS the VIA T.
sire it creates in the souls of It's read
crs to go out in quest of the furni-
ture Of our forcfathers
Leaders of Girls, Clara +, Espey.
Since the rapid increase in cubs
classes and associations for girls, thcr
has been call everywhere for trained
leaders. This book shows how thu
qualities required in leader and teach
er of girls may be acquired. The an
thor points out the characteristics OF
girls during the adolescent period ant
gives definite help gained from heI
own wide experience with gi-ls. Al
though intended, primarily, for groul
leaders and directors Of girls clubs
it Is equally interesting and helpful +,
mothers, and to teachers Of girls
classes in the Sunday school
Hawaii, Katherine Fullerton Gerauld.
The experiences of ! single montl
spent in Hawaii and in the lcper set
Element on Molokai The author seek
by these disconnected and imprc sion
! iStic sketches to convey to the reade
some idea of the marvellous beauty, tn,
color the richness and variety Of If
in that 'ioyeliest feet of islands.
On the Battle Front Of Engineering
A. R. Bond
, The author follows the same plan d
in his Pick, Shovel and Pluck H
tells the story of the great engineer
, ing feats of to-day such as the build
ing of the Quebec bridge, the tunnel
under the East River, great grain ele
vators, acqueduets, piers, etc. An il
teresting book for boys as well as 70
adults.
. Reyerics Over Childhood and You'll
: William Butler Yeats.
Readers of William B. Yeats wi
, welcome this book of detached memo
!. ries III which he records the influence,
, the thoughts and emotions of hi
imaginative childhood and you'll
Charming and whimsical are the wor
!. pictures of relatives and friends
Texas, the State Of the Six Flag
: Nevin Q. Winter.
\ An exhaustive study of Texas i
E which the romantic history Of til
: state is given from the Spanish cor
quest to the present time; its resource
, enumerated and its wonderful futur
forecast. Mr.. Winter holds that no on
can thoroughly comprehend the Uni
ed States, and especially the 9rca
South West until he knows and unde
. stands Texas, the greatest state in til
!. greatest republic in the whole world.