New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-05-28
Mew Books at
the Institute

ANALYZING LIFE SITUATIONS
ron INSURANCE NEEDS b.
Grimm n, I.oyelsee,
AUCTION Bridge by Fila @, Pimm
BATH hy Constance speHdeT and
Edith Marie Thompson,
This is the most interesting issue
that has as yet appeared IN this eNr
eelleRt series at historical and de,
seFiRtlve monographs, under the aus
Riees Of the Society for Promoting
Christian knowledge partly because IN
spite Of the large body Of literature
that touches bath incidentally, there
is nothing comparable 10 this sketch,
and partly because Bath is iRtrinsieal-
~ Of wider general interest than most
English towns Literary Review.
BOOKS IN BLACK AND RED by Ed
mund Lester Pearson,
/ " Books In black and red by Ed
mund l., Pearson is as pleasant a coll
lection Of book talk as one can lind in
years reviewing, Mr.. Pearson has
written a group OF informal sketches
on subjects that interest him, and be-
for you have read much OF each, you
will find that they interest you too.
There 10 one chapter. The Lost First
Folio which Is worthy 20 take lis
stand somewhere between Mark Twain
and Stephen Leaeoek."-Bookman
A BURMESE Already by Major c.
NJ. Enriquez.
IAN account OF the hill people OF
upper Burma. In particular the Kach-
i'm, who occupy the northeast frontier
bordering on China, Major Enriquez's
knowledge OF tho people comes from
his experiences as a recruiting officer
In the world war, where he assembled
n battalion OF Katchins for service on
the Mespotamian front. He tells OF
this recruiting work, of the charac-
terist!cs of the people. their qualities
as soldiers, their manners and Gus
toms"
DOWN THE MACKENZIE by Fuller
ton Waldo.
Down the Mackenzie is n lively ac-
count of the authors journey from
Edmonton to Fort Mcpherson on the
Peel River near its mouth in the
Mackenzie delta. we'll inside the Arc
tic circle.-It contains interesting and
beautiful descriptions OF the settle
ments scattered along that great wat
erway that leads to the Arctic ocean,
the Mackenzie and its tributaries, and
Is full of stories told by the police,
fur traders, miners, oil locaters. mis-
sionaries, Indians and Eskimos that ,
the author met during his trip
Literary Review.
ELECTRICAL RECREATIoNs by v.
E. johnson.
Interesting and instructive expert
ments in electricity and magnetism,
with directions for making all the
necessary apparatus"
FABRICS AND HOW TO KNOW
THEM by Grace Goldena Denny.
'IHE fIRSl YEAR Of III II bIDI-
EFT OF THE L. S. by Charles
Gates Dawes.
THE public wishes to know and has
a right to know something of the
and the problems as well
rs the work of those who served in
important offices. General Dawes
method of reporting to the people is
Iop llofo t,, or
fects, SO obviously proper, that it is
superiority in many ways to other
such as formal speech maxi
ing as well as all forms of indirect
publicity Is manifest. 1t strikes one
that the mere publication of a book
Of this sort Is step toward good
North American Re-
view.
GOLDEN BOOK OF MODERN ENG
LIsH POETRY 1s7o-192o by
Thomas Caldwell.
jREEk ART AND Architectural
by Percy Gardner and Sir Regi-
nald Bloomfield.
IN TENTS by w. NJ.
Chids.
"On all practical points. from the
choice of tents and how to transport
hem and where to pitch them to the
letails of camp cookery, Mr.. Childs is
cry helpful and clear, while descrip-
ons, from old camp diaries of noun
ain nights and mornings and the
friendly hooks that sheltered him
nave often a fascinating freshness" -
Times OLondon) Lit. Sup.
HOW TO BOX by Norman Clark.
r BRITAIN IS TO LIVE by Norman G
Angel.
"Mr. Angeles new book was written |
or the British public without thought c
# American publication. American
NJ ders will find in it however, an =
Impressive statement of the argument
,gainst national isolation; While the
uthor does not appeal directly to
merica, he offers facts which sooner
r later must be taken into account
" America in reaching her own de-
isions as to national action. RE
lew of Reviews.
LITERATURE by Isaac /.
Goldberg. /
"Apropos of the centennial of Bra
lis independence DIR. Goldberg sum-