New Britain herald., 1922-12-26
THE NExr.To- NOTHING HOUSE

THE NExr-To-NoTHfNG HOUSE
 by Alice Van Leer carrick "The author, mistress of the next to-nothing house. inspires you with her own enthusiasm as she guides you through her cottage ana points cut her treasures of colonial furni- 'ure. old pewter and China, agther. ed few at time and each having a personality of its owne A, l.. A. Booltlist AN OLD CASTLE AND OTHER Es- SAYS by Caleb T. Winchester. "Fourteen essays on English an- thors from Shakespeare to. Rnskin md Arthur Hugh Clough--by the late Professor of English literature in Wesleyan university"
 ON A CHINESE SCREEN by W. s, Vaughan,
 "Vignettcs so dAftly drawn that each peculiar character and pictur- esque incident stands out with the def,niteness and delicacy of q finely cut cameo against the rich and var jed background of Chinese life"
 A. l.. A. Booklist.
 
 our OF THE WORLD NORTH OF NIGERIA by Angus Buchanan
 '"rhe author tells of journey Of back through q practically unknown region of the western Sudan. He dis covered many new species md sub. species of birds and small animals, and proves himself a good story-tell- or ns we'll as ai1 experienced natural ist." Outlook PROBLEMS IN FURNITURE MAX. ING by Fred D. Crawrhaw PROBLEMS IN MECHANICAL DRAWING by Charles A. Bennett. LITE AND LETTERS OF SUPER IOR GENERAL OF SOCIETY OF THE SACRED HEART 1S57-1914 by Janet Erslsine stuart REVOLT OF THE OYSTER by Don
 Marquis.
 "A group Of short stories in the au- thor's usual grotesaue genial vein. satire on the foibles and pet idioeyn, cracies of mankind"
 ROBIN HOODS BARN by NJ. E
 Bailey. SA
 This is a collection of intorfnAl es- says that Miss Bailey has writer about her house and garden, with oe- casiona! excursions into neighborine field. They are lovingly written with q dainty coloring like q hand tinted card. and bits of gentle smiling philosophy frequently interpo'ated."
 Literary Review. THE' ROMANTIC WORLD OF MUSIC by William Armstrong.
 Story, anecdote and personal rec elections of the leading operatic sing CTS known to America in recent years from Adeline Patti to Florence East on"
 SHEETNIETAL PATTERN DRAFT ING AND SHOP PROBLEMS by L. Daugherty.
 
 THE SHEPHERD by Edmund Blun den.
 "The Shepherd is second volume of Mir Edmund Blundens pastoral verse and worthy. succe cessor to The Waggoner.' Here is poetry unaffect- eily simple and natural, saturated with beauty of the English country side, sensitive in it's observation of realty, distinguished in its craftsman ship. The art of Mir. Blunden, grows out of the familiar sights and sounds and incidents of countryside life into magiv and mystery and loveliness"
 Literary Digest Int. Book Review. THE STORY OF 4 VARIED LIFE by w. s. Rainsford
 There is not likely to be a more interesting autobiography this yea, than Dr. W. s, Rainsford's The story of varied fife His frank discussion If relations faith, his New York ex ,eriences, and his chapters on tw,. nen with whom he was associated John Pierpont Morgan and Theo6o-- Roosevelt are among tho conspicu pusly quotable sections Of a hook ir which it is Impossible to find q dul ,r stupid paragraph Independent.
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 UNDER FOUR ADMINISTRATIONS by o. S. Straus.
 'Recollections of distinguishes American citizen who served as min. ister to Turkey under Cleveland and under Mckinley who w&s appointed member of the permanent court Q :rbitration at the Hague by Roose ct, served as anIa ssador to Turke. under Taft and was appointed chair man of the Paris commission of the eague to enforce peace" ROMANCE OF A MILLION DOL LARS by Elizabeth Deicans.
 "Out of the hackneyd1. away iron the commonplace, is Miss Dejean', mystery story" Boston Transcript THE NEGRO PR Ess IN THE U. S. by Frederick C., Detweiler. NEITHER HERE NOR THERE by Oliver Hcrford.