New Britain herald., 1917-01-25
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

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 All Minds in the Worlds History f1nd Their Focus in a Library. This IS the pinnacle of the temple from "nlch we. may see all the kingdoms or the world and the glory of them Ages have wrought, generations grown, and all their blossoms are cast down here. It is the garden of im- mortal fruits without dog or dragon, Gilbert de la Porree
 Appreciatps of Poetry, by Lavcadio
 Hcarh.
 Lectures to his Japanese pupils collected and edited by Professor Erskine of Columbia university. They throw new light on the English classics, showing them from the point ot view of stranger making his first acquaintance with English life" Publishers note
 Bird Friends. by G. H. Traitor.
 Under the headings, Value of Birds, Enemies of Birds, Bird Pro- tecuon and Bird Study in Schools, the Writer covers comprehensively, facts or interest not only to bird-lovers but to teachers and others concerned with community welfare "A. l.. A. Book list.
 German Republic, by Walter We'll
 man.
 "A forecast of the future, in which the writer foresees the German people awaking to the enormities of their rulers and founding German repub- lie. Whatever the reader may think of the authors knowledge of Germany, or of his gifts as a prophet, there can be no doubt that MT. We'll man expresses the earnest wish of many who consider themselves loyal friends of the German ople."-Na. ton.
 Intelligence of Woman. by W. L.
 George.
 'These essays have created much discussion. as was evidently intended when they were published in the At lantic. Although some of the criti- ctsrn may seem unfair and made merely to startle if not annoy, many of the ideas are shrewd and show keen observation. "A. L. A. Book list.
 Modern Germany in Relation to the
 Great War. by Various German
 Writers.
 Translation of Deutschland und der Weltkrieg. Essays written by seventeen university professors and two state officials. published in Ger many in the spring of 5."-A l.. A. Booklist
 Nemesis of Docility, by F. G. A.
 Holmes.
 The author uses the term docility to denote lack of initiative and ser vile obedience which is capable of becoming a destructive force of ex- treme violence Thought provoking and interesting" "A. l.. A. Booklist. o. Henry Biography, by c. A. Smith.
 The reader lives O. Henry's life With him, so sympathetic is the study. dy."-Springfield Republican. Our Hispanic Southwest by F. c. Pe-
 ixotto.
 He writes sympathetically and and transports his 'eaders to strange America, with ts pueblos, its Indians with their primitive customs, and it's traditions of the ancient world"-A. l.. A. Booklist
 "A volume not to be overlooked when critics report upon the cream of 1916 literature '-Springfield Repub- lican.
 Parks and Park Engineering by w.
 T. Lyle.
 contains chapters on the desira- l n'l'y and acquisition of parks, de- s'eh, labor and construction Use- lul TOT park commissions and associa- t1ons.'-A. L. A. Booklist. Poems of the Great War, edited by 1
 J. w. Cunliffe.
 ne poems come from Australia, Canada, India, the United Kinkdom ana the United States A notable col ect1on both from the point of liter 'ry merit and spirit "A. L. A. Book : ist.
 Com piled in the interests of the i Belgian scholarship committed Spiritual Pilgrimage, by Rev. R. J.
 Campbell
 'Relglous autobiography of the {, 'uthor,s years as Congregationalist i, minister in England. his work at the { City Temple London, and the steps hat led to his ordination as a priest 1 'f the Church of England" Tales of the Labrador, by W. T. 1
 Grenfell.
 We Discover the Old Dominion, by
 Mrs. Louise Hale
 "Vivaclous account of motor trip 1 trough Pennsylvania and th his oric places of Maryland and the "Old Dominion, told in the writer's accus- omed gosslpy and delightful style" A. l.. A. Booklist.
 There are few books of travel as delightful as this.''-Boston Tran l cript.