New Britain herald., 1923-05-21
New Books at Me Institute

Me MStikute ALOHA AROUND THE WORLD, hl
 Karl Nagel,
 "Pari diary, part ships leg, faith fully recording not ahig the adNen' tures Of the party of six, but each days run and the ships position Karl Voeel has written a book which will please many a wauli-he round the world yaehismsn "-iAieraFY Re view,
 BRITISH BIRDS, by William Henry
 Hudson,
 CHINESE NIGHTS ENTERTAIN
 MENTs by Brian Brown, ed
 Having duly gaFshipned the foxes Of the place and slipped the magic iasmine-seented tea, the members Of the company assembled at the home of the renowned scholar kuo Tzu chien, exchange these mysterious tales Of Chinese folklore, Thes< fables, which have appeared else' where individually. are here collected and rAwFitten,"-A, l.. \. Booklist,
 
 CIVIC BIOLOGY. by Dawson &
 HODGE
 COLLECTED POEMS, by W, H, Da.
 Yies,
 DECAY OF CAPITALIST cINIII-
 PATTON. by Sidney and Beatrice
 Webb.
 "Mr. and Mrs Webbs statement Of the economic case against capitalism could not easily he bettered. The hook does not offer . ent-and-dried solution of the problem-indeed no cut-and-dried solution. we believe is yet possible-but it states the prob lem more effectively than it has ever been stated before. The waste and Immortality and failure of modern capitalism are set forth Tn what seems to us quite unanswerable indict- ment."-New Statesman. DRAMA IN RELIGIOUS SERVICE,
 by Martha candler.
 "A practical and suggestive discus sion of the possibilities of the drama as a form Of religious worship. con- taining full directions for play pro- ducing in the church basement, par tsh house or body Of the church."- A. l.. A. Booklist.
 ESSAYS, by Percy Stickpey Grant. Essays on literary themes by the rector of the Church of the Ascen- sion, New York City ARLINGTON DIARY, by Joseph Far
 ington.
 Joseph Farington, the artist G747- 1s21). in this substantial volume, which is to be followed by others. was a man who knew everybody; and he comes before us In this newly discov cred diary as one of the first order of | social diarists. ."-Times (London) i Lit. Sup.
 A FIFTH AVENUE PARADE AND
 OTHER POEMS by Percy Stick
 ney Grant
 FLOWER IN DRAMA, by Stark
 Young.
 "A miscellany of critical studies, making interesting use Of current | plays as illustrative material. Mir. { Young has fresh. sensitive percep- tions and fine intellectual grasp."- Survey.
 FOLK DANCES OF CzECHO sLO-
 vAKIA. by Marjorie Crane Geary.
  MOTOR INSURANCE, by ". F. Todd. GREEK BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE,
 by H. Q. Taylor
 "A brief survey of the achievements of the Greeks in biology and medi- cine. especially of the work of Hip operates, Aristotle and Galen and the influence of their methods and theories upon our intellectual life of today"--A. T., A. Booklist. HANDBOOK OF COOKERY. by J,
 Conrad
 A HISTORY OF ROME, by Penney
 Frank
 HISTORY OF THE AD1RoNDAcKs,
 by Alfred Lee Donaldson, HUMAN AUSTRALAsIA, by Charles
 Franklin Thwing The book is a study of the human element in these two island conti nents Among the subjects treated are the Australasan policy of maintain ing a white civilization, their indus | tral experiments. education, religion, literature, standards of life and the which may be expected | from these two countries to the worlds civilization" MEADE's HEADQUARTERS, by l
 Theodore Lyman. The chief value of Colonel Ly- | mans letters, 10 a biographer or a historian, will be found in the light they throw upon Meade's character This book is wise and kindly, serious and playful, if gives us anecdotes and sra pshots it is always aware of the great issues that are deciding it is scutely observant Of the different tex lures of the days. So skilfuly has Mir. A Rassiz done his editing that these wide -glancng and extremely readable letters have the additional interest of II