Arizona republican., 1919-05-18


 FlVE-CENT BOOKS. An innova-
 tion in the libraries of a great many
 cities Of the country has been adopted by the Phoenix Public Library-the loaning of books of the very latest pub
 lication for a period of one week at the
 nominal rental fee of five cents. The
 library has had this plan in contem-
 plation for some time, and delay in
 starting it has been due solely to lack
 of funds to begin it. Once inaugurated,
 however, the fund becomes automatic
 and keeps 8 constant stream of new
 literature in circulation all the time
 The theory followed is that when
 book has been rented out a sufficient
 number of times to equal in rental the
 cost of the volume, it will be placed on
 the circulation shelves for free use
 of the library patrons. The "five-cent''
 list announced indicates how strictly
 up to the minute the new books are
 The list follows:
 Atherton, Gertrude - Avalanche, a
 Mystery Story.
 *Blasco, Ibanez Vicente - Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Bottome, Phyllis-Helen of Troy and Rose.
 Burroughs, Edgar Rice Jungle Tales Of TarZan. Castle, Agnes and Edgerton-Wolf Lure.
 Chamberlain, G. A.-White Man, Cooke, Marjorie Benton-Threshold Dejeans EliZabeth-Nobody Child. +Grey, Zane-Desert of Wheat \ @Hough, Sagebrusher. Isham, Frederic S.-Three Live Ghosts
 JOhuson-House of Whtspers Kelland, Clarence B.-Sourcr. FKnibbs, Henry Herbert-Tang of Life
 Locke, William J-Rough Road < Mackenzie, Compton-Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett *POrter, Eleanor H-Dawn. Reynolds, Mrs. B.-Castle to Let. Harrington, Booth-Magnifice Am I persons.
 Thompson. c. N-Calico Cat. Books marked @ have recently been s reviewed in The Republican. THE SWEET DRY AND DRY,r by Christopher Morley and Bart Haley, is announced for early July publication \ by Boni & Liveright-an appropriate ' publication date for humorous book \ on the prohibition question. Mr. Nor E ley, author of "Shandygaff," 'Parnas- E sus on Wheels" etc. writes from \ Philadelphia: FHaley's scheme and < mine is to do it somewhat In the Ches- s tertonlau manner, an elaborate bur lesque on the Antis. The idea is of a simple-hearted drinker who wants to ! save his country from drouth by propagating various recipes for making I wines from gooseberries, entrants dandelions, etc. At each turn he is checzmated by the Antis, who organize K one league after another to eradicate these harmless vegetables from tho \ earth. In the end the Antis have tc abolish the printing press and the man s ufacture of ink-in fact everything or I earth-but I won't give the plot away E SORRY OR SAFE" Cornelia, tn, heroine of Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins E new book. who would rather be sorry than safe" always does the unexpected f Freedom from restraint seems to b, her idea of Utopia all through the booI \ but when she is set free by her fathe ! to do just as she pleases, answerabi , for her behavior to no one in the worlt ! but herself she is woefully unhappy He \ last words are these: "Oh, dear father k won't you please boss me again7 just detest doing as I please! !"-(-Cor E nelia-the Story of Benevolent Des | pot"-Houghton- -Mifflin Company) \ PHOENIX PUBLIC LIe2ARY-Th H books here listed will be placed for cir culation at the Phoenix Public Librar, \ Monday, May 19. There are also ju b yenile books to be put into cgirculatio k at the same time. These books are be \ ing held for inspection this week: E Anthology of Magazine Verse fo \ 1915-Braithwaite, Wm. S.
 Port of Boston-Clapp, Edwin Jone! How Was Your War Garden?- < Cleveland Mayor.
 Brazilians and Their Country : \ Cooper, c. s.
 Insects and Disease Renni W.
 Greece Under the Romans-Finla, | George.
 s History of the Byzantine Empire : \ Finlay, George.
 \ Book of Grasses-Francis, Mary E.