New Britain herald., 1922-12-04

CHINA AT THE sSoNf LA ENNL "
 W. w. Willoughby.
 Professor Willoughby's book is of' fered merely as a report of affairs Chinese at the recent Washington conference. II deals exclusively with the matters in which China was d. rectly concerned. The volume Is a digest and a handbook in which the reader will And topically classified n large amount of information which otherwise can. hc obtained only by much search and study"
 American Historical Review. COLOR SCHEMES FOR THE HOME
 AND MODEL INTERIORS by H. w F'rohne.
 "The homes which cannot afford the luxury of an interior decorators advice will find suggestions less costly hut very practical, in this hand book. A brief theory of color harmonies and materials for rugs. curtains and even minute details pictured in color. Sug- gestions are not of the ultra-expensive sort" A, l.. A. Booklst' CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE sO-
 CIETIES by Charles Glide.
 Devoted to the meaning and his tory of discriminative cooperation eco- homie relations to the state, the indus trial system. socialism together with the practical problems of organization, administration and development of consumers societies"
 A COURSE IN ELECTRICAL EN- GINEERING by Chester l.. Dawes. These two volumes begin with the most elementary conceptions of mag netism and current flow and gradually advance to a more or less thorough discussion of the many types of direct and alternating current machinery, transmission devices, etc, which are met in practice"
 EDUCATIONAL TOYS by L. c. Pet ersen.
 Patterns pictures and directories for scroll saw tops which small chill lren can make and color at home or with simple workshop equipment at school '' A. l.. A. Rooklist. ESTIMATING BUILDING COSTS by William Arthur, HANDBOOK OF COMMERCIAL
 GEOGRAPHY by George G. Chis-
 holm,
 HANDBOOK OF HYDRAULICS by
 Horace W. King.
 HEALTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL
 WORKER by Collis & Greenwood HEATING AND VENTILATION by J.
 R. Allen and J. H. Walker.
 JEFFERSON DAVIS by Morri: Schaff.
 This book is not a catalogued statement of hard, dry facts, but every page carries the evidence of having been written con amore, though pains taking research is also shown in the presentation. That General Schaff one of the oldest living alumni oi West Point, should have undertaken this task of setting right before the world the character of a man who represented cause against which the author had borne arms is no less 2 tribute to Jefferson Davis than to the author himself" Christian Science Monitor HUNTERS OF THE GREAT NORTH by Vilhjalmur Stefansson,
 This book gives details of north crn life such as have doubtless come within the experience of all Arctic explorers, but which are new to the average American reader. Tn short it is an elementary textbook of the Arctic /" Review Of Revlews MAKING YOUR CAMERA PAY by
 Frederick c. Davis.
 How to make your camera pay dividends by taking the right photo graphs and marketeing them proper ly for the amateur photographer" MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTA- TION by Henry c. Spur. "A book dealing with some of the laws, ordinances and regulations gov erning the operation of passengers motor vehicles used as common car, riers in various states. This isn't wha' the title suggests, but the subtitle as' sures us that it covers, the supervis' ing policies and practices adopted 1T the U. S." Literary Review MY LIFE by Emma Calve.
 Madame Calve has written g charming autobiography giving | abundant proof that she is an artis' in every fiber of her being. With nc mean literary skill she presents the story of her exceptionally brilliant ca reer as an operatic and concert sing CT, frankly but modestly accounting her struggle and triumphs, her sue cesses and failures. ."-America, NIGHTS AND DAYS ON THE GYP'
 SY TRAIL by, Irving Brown.
 This chronicle by one who has liv' ed much with the gypsies has mainl, to do with those members of the ract who were encountered, in Spain which, after all, is really, as Pro lessor woodbury remarks, an intro duction to the book, the gypsies' owr ] country. of Reviews,
 PLUMBERS HANDBOOK by samue i E. ..Dibble.
 | "A work for the practical plumber