New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-04-23

among the Phoenieians following thu
subject through the heyday whei
hueeaneering held sway over thu
Caribbean and rayished the Spanish
Main. down to the present day. The
lives of famous pirates and hue
cancers are narrated"
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE ANA
TEuR, by George w, French.
THE ROSE IN AMERICA, by j
Horace Mcfarland,
1.-THE plain intent Of this book II
10 make II easy for the amateur ia
grow good roses anywhere in Amer
lea by telling In untechnieal language
how to do It, The author has had
unique contact with thousands OF
amateur rose lovers through his
work for years as editor OF the
American Rose Annual"
SILENT AND ORAL READING, by
Clarence r. Stone.
Tho author has set for the essen
tials OF sound reading methods, both
for beginning and uppcr-grade work.
has explained and illustrated how 70
train pupils for good work In silent
reading: has shown how teachers and
principals may test and measure
reading progress, by means OF the
new scientific tests which have re-
Gently been evolved"
STUDIES IN EMPIRE AND TRADE.
by J, W. Jeudwine.
TACKLING TECH: SUGGESTIONS
FOR THE UNDERGRADUATES
IN TECHNICAL SCHOOL OR
COLLEGE, by l.. w. Conant.
"A guide book showing how to get
the most out of every phase of I'M
dergraduate activity"
THE TEACHERS TECHNIQUE, by
c. +. Holley.
THINGS NEAR AND FAR, by Ar
thur Machen.
Things near and far is COM
panion volume to Far Off Things
issued subsequently it covers the au-
thor's life from the early eighties to
the present day. -....
1t is the story of man who longed
to write. who was born to write. and
who, in the teeth of the cold winds
and cruel miseries of London exile,
in dire poverty and an unthinkable
loneliness, succeeded in writing mas
terpieces which were dismissed by
critical umpires of the moment as
ridiculous and disgusting which
were derided or ignored. Years
passed, and he had produced some
of the most admirable fantasies in
our language and one novel, Hill of
Dreams. which is nothing less than
an incompatible jewel of written
speech. ''-Freeman
IN AMERICAN EDUCA-
TON, by J. f. Russell
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MECHANICAL EN- |
GINEER'S POCKET BOOK, by |
w. A. Dommetted
f1CtlOn.
OF HAUNTED LIVES, by ].
Aubrey Tyson.
barge of Haunted Lives is quite
rs interesting as the authors Scar
ct Tanager.' Each spell-binding tale |
IS thread in the web of life of the
Fair Aeronaut' until at last we have |
a perfect whole made up from many
/ part. America.
CHANGE PARTNERS, by Horace
Annesley Vachell.
THE CLINTON TWINS by Archibald
Marshall
Here is collection of nine short
tories, written by one of the most
accomplished and popular OF con-
temporary English novelists; seven
IF these tales follow serenely and
oacidly, the serene and placid ira
ltion which Mr. Marshall has made
his own; they are well told, agree
,ble, please nt-toned pictures of Eng
ish life and character.
cole OF sPYGLAss MOUNTAIN.
by Arthur Preston Hankins.
IATES OF LIFE, by Edwin Biork-
man.
"a continuation of the Soul of a
Child, the story of Keith Wellander
rom his fifteenth to his twenty-flfth
,ear."
HOUSE OF SOULS, by Arthur
Machen.
OF the House of Souls" John
Iasef1eld has written, remarkable
tories. two of them the most re-
narkable that have been written In |