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state in a separate chapter with an ad- |
ditional chapter each for the cities of
New York and Washington
The Turnpikes of New England. and Evo- |
luton Of the Same Through England. |
Virginia and Maryland, by Frederic |
James Wood
Evidently labor of love The author,
IN engineer, has included everything
yineering problems, history, finance, man
,gement, vehicles, description Most val
liable to engineers and to those interested
II the history of transportation, but the
delightful illustrations, the anecdotes and
he maps make it interesting to the gen
rial reader and the traveller" ALA Book
ist
\ Loiterer in New England, by Helen
Weston Henderson
a happy guide to the tourist in irag
nation or reality of old Massachusetts,,
narred in part by the new and conner
ial. but full of historic and literary
hrines. There are pleasant rambles and
tossipings of points between Province
own and Boston"
Ia Kiel in the Hercules by Lewis r.
Freeman
AN account of the Naval expedition
If inquiry and investigation which went
% Germany after the signing of the arm-
'stice, and its reception by &c German
people The author who was the only
correspondent with the expedition gives
| interesting accounts of conditions in North
| 'rn Germany, and of the Germans view
If the battle of Jutland" Mr. Freeman
was official writer up OF he British
| navy.
| South. by Sir Ernest Henry Shacklcton
| The author tells Of his expedition into
the Antarctic region. how his shin, tn,
Endurance picked her way through the
&c of the Weddell sea, how she was be
ct by a storm when about to make
| anding on the Cairo coast. and driftct
rorthward for nine months to be crushc,
ike an egg shell by the surrounding ice
There are many adventures related in
very readable style tho even the mos
'xciting episodes are told with a quie
estraint. There are appendices telling Q
10 scientific work done by the expedition
The full page Illustrations are reproduc
lions Of remarkable photographs"
| pboh tl NATURAL IdEhS, bN hOUeEi
Yard
The writer endeavors. as he says in I'll
preface, "to describe and differentiate tn
National Parks in manner which wi
enable the reader to appreciate their in
Jortance. scope, meaning. beauty, man
fold uses and enormous value to indivit
nal and nation" The book contains maps
diagrams and many illustrations.
French WAYS and Their Meaning, by Mr.
Edith. Wharton.
''Au interesting study of the Frene
neope based on what the author believes {
be their four salient qualities: reverence
taste, intellectual honesty and continuity.
) History of France from the Earliest Time
Y to the Treaty of Versailles, by Wi
liam Stearns Davis.
Written originally for the instructio
# the American army by the professC
| # history in the University of Minnesot
\ great deal of material is condenso
within it. the larger part dealing wit
\ french history since 1889 Short dscu
sion of world war Annotated bbliogr
t ply and outline of chronology"
e Far East Unveiled; An Inner History
b Events in Japan and China in the We;
/ 1916, by Frederic Abernethy Coema
e AN accurate and impartial account
t the writer's experiences. observations, al
! interviews with prominent officials in j
e pam China. Manchuria and Corea
Irish Impressions, by G. K Chest erto
E. Cheerful but not attempting profour
f Interpretation. He believes in Irish Hon
II Rule: he considers the Easter rebellion ;
IS insane blunder: he thinks that EnglaI
is and ireland have misunderstood each 9th
d in the war recruiting but is hopeful
a, the effect of compromise and deliberate
II Discusses church politics and nationali
lie in picturesque phrases
Ireland and England in tue Past and
Present, by Edward RAYMOND Turnc
IS: Mainly a record. up to the prese
|: time of Ireland's efforts to gain indepen
cnce. A popular exposition 70" tie ave
age fact seeking reader. Written by
|: conscientious scholar who has endeevor
|: mpartiallv to make clear the fundament
~ difficulties that ebstruct the settlement
the Irish question: The author is D,
fesor OF history in the University os Mic
u igan.
It's -AmeIicanism VS. Bolshevisn. Ey Ole Tla
on son.
lc- Beginning with an account of lab
al troubles in the West and the Seat