New Britain herald., 1921-07-01
New Books Qf
 New BriifQin Institute

A1G0G G ~6C BACK TO METUSELAH, a metabio logical Pentateuch, by George Bernard Shaw. A play in five acts, each complete play. The first act is in the Garden of Eden, the fifth takes place in the year 31,920 A. D.
 BLACK MANS BURDEN, by E. D. Morel
 A study of the white mans rule in Africa.
 CASE OF KOREA, by Henry Chung.
 A collection of evidence on the | Japanese domination of Korea, and l on the development of the Korean in dependence movement. DEMOCRATIC INDUSTRY, a prac- tical study in social history, by Joseph Husselein. The author is a Jesuit priest EMPEROR JONES: DIFF'RNT: The straw, by B. G. O'Neill. His dramatic importance is fre quently exaggerated, but he is the only living American playwright who has successfully put on the stage the dra matic conflict in humble lives" Sur vey.
 l IMMIGRANT HEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY Characterization studies), by M. M Davis, Jr.
 
 IN THE ALASKA-YUKON CAME l LANDS, by J. A. Mcclure.
 The expedition was for the purpose of collecting groups for the Denver Museum. Hornaday writes the in- troduction.
 l L1LION, legend in seven scenes, | prologue, by Franz Molnar.
 'The theme is slight, but redeemed with such sharpness and wit that the result is drama of considerable dig nity."-New Republic.
 LITERARY CULTURE IN EARLY
 NEW ENGLAND, 162O-173O, by
 Thomas Goddard Wright
 Published by Yale University Press: MODERN DRAMA IN EUROPE, by 1 Storm Jameson. l "One of the best books that have l been written recently on the drama" t-London Mercury.
 < 'It is a book to enjojy. It says many good things and passes many fine judgments" ."-London Times. | "A challenging, provocative book produced out of fullness of knowledge and written with dignity and sheer 1ty. Her book is filled with individual criticisms and philosophical judgments that are penetrating."- Phelphs in N. Y. Times.
 MUSIC OF THE PILGRIMS: a de-
 scription of the psalm-book brought
 to Plymouth in 1920, by Waldo
 s. Pratt.
 THE OLD SOAK, AND HAIL, AND FAREWELL, by Don Marquis
 ''The most delightful bit of philo- sophical fooling and satire since the lamented MT. Dooley laid down his 1 golden pen."-Literary Review. l AVA AYS-by Edith Somerville 1 and Violet Martin.
 Little runaway trips into queer l country spots i'll Ireland and France and longer visit to Denmark, and other flights of fancy or reality end ! ing at last in the ocult''
 '"They seem incapable of the slip shod ffuency associated with literary pot-boiling. Even the slightest frag ments show the mastery of phrase, the unerring choice of the right of an immense capacity for taking pains.' l FICTION.
 GREAT FRENCH STORIES, con- 1 piled by w. H. Wright. l HOUSE WITH GOLDEN WINDOWS, by J. E. Buckrose The scene is a. quiet English coun- 1 tryside.
 A LITHUANIAN VILLAGE: tr. from the Yiddish. "A series of realistic scenes depict- ing life throughout the year in a Jew :sh village. The folorn little town, whose youth have been lured to America, portrayed with a sympathy that gives it an appeal beyond that of mere sectional interests."-E L. A. Booklist.
 TALES FROM A ROILTOP DESK,
 by Christopher Morley. StorieS of Grub Street from it's grubbiest garret to it's tortuous end in publishers sanctums' PAULOWNIA: seven stories from contemporary Japanese writers, by Mori OgWai anl others.
 Gives interesting glimpses into the daily life and thnught of lana n ,,-A