New Britain herald., 1922-06-09

study of what he has written anC what he has done. His position, hi philosophy ,and his attainments ar, appraised in a manner sure to inter est those who have read Wells anc have read of Wells"
 THE NEW GENTLEMAN OF THE
 Road, by Herbert Welsh.
 A PHILOSOPHER WITH NATURE
 by Benjamin Kidd.
 Benjamin Kidd was always keer observer of nature and throughout his life carried out systematic observa. tions and experiments on the habits and intelligenc& of animals From !, time to time he wrote articles of gen. eral interest on subjects of natural history. A selection of these articles has for the firat time been brought to- gether in the present volume"
 
 | PRINCIPLES OF INTERIOR DEC-
 GRAFTON, by Bernard Jakway. PROBLEMS IN PAN-AMERICAN-
 ISM, by Samuel Guy Inman
 "A well-informed sympathetic and independent statement of the tra- ditional and actual relations of United States statecraft to the progress of ether American nations. Mir Inma1's contacts in South American are not only with diplomats but with persons of al lclasses: thus he is able to throw light on a public opinion which is fre- quently misunderstood herewith most dangerous results for the fu- ture. .'-Survey.
 QUANTITY COOKERY: Menu Plan
 ming and Cookery for large num-
 bers, by L. Richards and N
 Treat
 RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLEC-
 TIONS by woman of no inn
 portance
 REVOLT AGAINST CIVILIZATION,
 by Lothrop 'Stoddard.
  THE ROMANCE OF A GREAT
 STORE, by Edward Hungerford. 'The store in question is R. H. Macy and company. Beginning with sketch of it's founder, Rowland H. Macy, and a description of the city of New York at the time of the founding of the store. the book traces it's hiss tory from 1858, as small fancy goods store, on Sixth Ave, to it's pres ent status including a vision of it's fu- ture. It shows how it's gradual ex- pansion and continuous growth have come about and describes it's internal organization and business methods"
 
 THE SHIP, by St. John c Ervine.
 "A poignant and powerful drama of the tragic conflict between father who wants to pass on his lifes knowledge, love and dreams of ship building, and son who has plans of | his own"
 so-CALLED HUMAN RACE, by B.
 L. Taylor.
 ''The book consists of the brief paragraphs from the authors column A. Line o'Type or Two in the Chi cago Tribune. The wit and humor of R. L. IT. far out stepped those of his contributors, his followers, and his mltators. His wit was raper against cant and shams: his humor now gentle. now uproarious end broad, cheered life, which. as Jules Laforgue put it, is so daily. For writing light and graceful verse his gift was more than pretty knock"
  sONNETS TO A RED-HAIRED II
 LADY AND FAMOUS LOVE
 AFFAIRS by Don Marquis. II Both sections of this, Don Mar i luis' latest book of verse, begin with 1urlesque and end with rockets of cal poetry.-'Petrarch and Laura is perhaps the best--The author is a l trange blend of poet, philosopher. | nd vaudeville artist There remains richer literary treasure in his mind ve believe, than in that of any other american humorist "-Literary Re jew.
 TORY OF THE IRISH NATION, by
 F. Hackett. Il "A gifted Irishman's readable and II ntertaining version of the dramatic Ii acord of his own people. It goes VI -ithout saying that MT. Hackett's his II ory is sympathetic, but at the same me it is based upon authentic ,urces, rather than tradition, and 1t ms at something more permanent nd worth while than mere dramatic feet. No student has ever found 'ish history wanting in romantic fea- lres. These naturally predominate MT Hackett's narrative and at the me time the serious phases of Ire nd's development into a self-gov-