Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-08-11

Books are the legacies that a great
,onius leaves TO mankind, which are
aeliyered down from generation TO
generation, as presents to the pos
toritv of those who are yet unborn
From Joseph Addison's Spectator
Papers,
have new dictionary on my
desk at the office, and it is such
convenience, such real comfort al
ter having gotten along with one
that was unsatisfactory, that / want
70 tell YOU about it. 1t is the Prac-
teal standard Dictionary just pub
rshed by Funk & Wagnalls 1854 4th
Ave. New York City So. In size
II is a convenient halfway between
the huge tome of an unabridged and
the usual small desk dictionary. 1900
nages. indeXed for thumb reference
and absolutely new from cover to
cover. | started to boast about it
IN the college presidents secretary,
and she replied oh, yes; | have had
a Standard on my desk for a long
time-an earlier edition--and l like
it better than any other" College
presidents. you know. have very
wide vocabularies, and sometimes
use large and unusual words. Their
secretaries must be absolutely sure
of their notes and prescriptions.
This new dictionary has many words
in it that | can find in no other
have seen, such as Dali EiTean,
coagulen, Binet age, radio-broadcast-
ing. vitamin, and telantogram. The
Twentieth Century, that I have been
using. has some good special fea-
lures in the back, such as a copy of
the Constitution Of the United States,
of the Declaration of Independence,
and the language of flowers. But it
does not have the word derivations,
illustrations, and scope of the new
one The Standard has the addi-
tional advantage of putting every
thing under one alphabet, so you
know just where to look without
consulting extra lists at the bottoms
of pages and in the front and back.
Under F, for example, is a page of
Fowls showing illustrations of all the
representative types-bantams, Sill
ver-spangled Hamburgs, games, white
leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, etc.
Schools that need dictionaries but
feel they can not afford the big un-
abridged ones. would find this Stand
ard Practical Dictionary the next
best thing, l am sure.
Charles NJ. Fassett used to be
mayor of Spokane, and did his work
so well as a city executive that the
University of Kansas sent for him
and made him their specialist in mu-
nicipal government new kind of
professor with an enormously useful
field of work.
The Thomas Y. Crowell Co. of
New York has just published a new
book by Professor Fassett which he
dedicated to his wife because of her
vision, insight and kindly coun-
sci" It is called Assets of the
Ideal City and if taken together
with his previous book, Handbook
OF Municipal Government" also pub
lished by Crowell, will make a good
working library for any mayor. city
councilman, or other town or city
executive. l wish every voter who
has complaint to make against this
OF that or the other civic unrighte-
BUSINESS and nuisance could read this
book, and then get out and run for
Office If he took the book to heart
ne could not help being useful ad-
mnistrator, and his previous
crouch would give him a starting
point for reform.
Besides all the help that is given
lot solving problems in different de-
partments of city administration, the
oook carries at the back list of 120 |
useful reference books, grouped un-
der the different headings such as
rarks' Recreation and Social Wei
Iare, Municipal Finance, Housing, !
highways, Health, etc.
discussing the matter of charters,
Professor Fassett says. 1.-The old no
'lon that all we need to produce good |
government is good men in office,
Is proven fallacy; we know now
mere are three principal factors in
5000 government, viz, good laws,
5000 men, and a continuing interest |
0n the part of the citizens" If you
ore man in city politics you need |
" read this book to get "ammuni-
''on Tor the next campaign. If you
ore able to talk intelligently about |
vi the things discussed in Fassett's |
InnFn &c