The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-01
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son.
An enthusiastic description of Alas
ka, dealing with the natural beauty, the
early history, the native customs, and
the irresistible call of the country for
those who have once yielded to its spell.
Up-to-date information along the lines
of commercial, mining, agricultural and
governmental development, with the
building of the two railroads is given
in the closing chapter. The book has
numerous illustrations, map, and list
of books and magazine articles on Alas
ka if the reader is inclined to continue
reading on the subject.
Adding Years to your Life, Henry
Smith Williams.
The author aims to give in simple
non technical language an intelligent
conception of present day scientific
thought on these subjects:-The mean
ing and prevention of old age, microbes
mental hygiene, nerves insanity
Iheredity and eugenics, and the care OF
children. The suggestions given fol-
improving one s health are sensible ant
easily followed.
Cost accounting and Burden Applica
ton, c. H. Scovell.
In the first half of the book the au
thor discusses the elements of cost
methods of applying burden, fixe'
charges, rent and equipment charges, re
pairs, power and steam, general and to
tai burden, unearned burden, month";
statements, budget system, etc. The
the author discusses foundry costs, tex
tile costs, paper manufacturing cost:
candy costs applying the principles civ
, en- in the first half of the book to thes
t concrete examples. The last chapte
traces the relation of the cost depart
ment to the factory organization.
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ba
: lads, J. A. Lomax.
A remarkable collection of nativ
American ballads from the Southwest
! vivid, robust, human, a real contrib
, ton to American literature. The con
: piler tells us that they were collecte
6 in hap-hazard way, from oral recit
ton, jotted down on a table in the re;
of a saloon, scrubbed ON an envelol
II while squatting about a campfire, caugl
II behind the scenes Of Il bronco-bustil
II outfit They are characterized as 'ra
II collops slashed from the rump Of Natul
II and never mind the gristle.
II The Life of the Grasshopper, ].
II Fabre.
Y Under this title the Translator,
Teixeiro de Mattos, has gathered t
charming essays on insect life, SC;
!. tered through Fabre s Souvenirs I
NJ tomologiques, They treat of graz
" hoppers, crickets, locusts, the cica(
P and the cuckoo-spit. Some Of The
- have already appeared in Mall s tran
lation "Social Life in the InsC
~ World =
re Manual of Fruit Diseases, L. r. Hes
- and H. II. Whetzel.
in \ new comprehensive and authorir
ok tive manual on fruit diseases by I
on heads of the Department of Plant Pa
~ ology in Cornell University The fru
no are arranged alphabetically from ap
to strawberry; under each fruit the {
"a eases are given, with symptoms IN
NJ Gated and the remedy prescribed. Br
photographers are given after each
Ter ease. The last chapter is devoted to
nd preparation and application of fun
" cides. The technical terms are explain
in the Glossary.
no Secret Memoirs, Count Havashi.
IN Count Hayashi was japanese mil
~ ter to Great Britain from 1900 to /!
and in these Memoirs he gives a
: tailed account of the Anglo-Japan
at Alliance. They originally appeared
japanese newspaper and were 5
pressed by the order of the Japan
government; but later were edited
A. \. Pooley and published in London
: 1915. Interesting as giving a glim
of ''secret diplomacy.