New Britain herald., 1923-09-05


 DAME cuRTsEY's BOOK OF
 BEAUTY TALKS by F. H. Glover
 Dame curtsey." author af the famous books bearing her name for many years studied all the habits. ap' piieations and treatments that have any bearing upon the health and ans pearance Of the modern woman, Her book of eight comprehensive chapters exhausts all the means by which the good looking woman may make her self beautiful and the homely woman make herself good.lookins. GETTING INTO YOUR LIFE-woRKi A Guide to the Choice and Pur-
 suit of a Vacation by Harold M'
 Doxsee.
 Includes "A World of opportuni- ties" life Investment" Laying the Foundation" "The Quest of the Best" |" "The Winning Game" Guiding prin- ciples," etc.
 GUIDE TO EDUCATIONAL MEAS uREMENTs by II, c. Hine. 
 HOLIDAYS AND IN-BETwEEN
 TIMES; New Ideas in Entertain.
 ment by Lettie Cook Van Derveer.
 More than 200 entertainments for special days throughout the year. LIFE AND TEACHING OF JESUS
 THE CHRIST by A. c. Headlain. THE MECHANICS or ADvERTIs-
 ING by Ferdinand o. Aumueller. ts
 PARTIES AND PARTY LEADERS
 by Anson D. Morse.
 It is the high function of philoso- pher to speak to men beyond his own time in counsels of enduring wisdom. Such a philosopher was Anson D. Morse, Professor of History for many years in Amherst College. who died in 1916. A collection of his writings now published under the above title reads as If its primary theme had been addressed to Americans of the present year, even the present month. This theme is that historically politi- cal parties are substitute for revolu- ton, in that they provide the needed fexibility in the government of a state.- N. Y. Times. PLAYS OF ST. JOHN RANKIN. Vol.
 and 2.
 RELIGIOUS PBRPLExIT1Es by l..
 P. Jacks, Intimate discussions of some of | the basic problems of the Christian | religion. Lit. Digest
 REORGANIZATION OF MATHEMA-
 TICS IN SECONDARY EDUcA-
 TON. REPR MERICAN SHORT STORIES by Alexander
 Jessup, editor.
 Nearly hundred of the best Amer ican short stories by leading writers from the day of Charles B. Brown and Washington Irving to those of O'Henry and Theodore Dreiser; with abundant references for the study of the short story-also bibliography of representative American short stories, given both by authors and hronologically"-Lit Digest. The Designing, Con-
 struction and Maintaining of
 Sewerage Systems and Sewage
 Treatment Plants by Prescott A.
 Folwell
 More space devoted to sewer methods, such as activated sludge and lcid treatment, and less to the older methods which are being replaced. List of sewage treatment plants brought up to date."--A. L. A. \ SUMMER IN GREENLAND by A.
 c. Seward.
 Greenland is a little known country which is seldom visited except by a ew Danish officials. The authors aim s to describe its physical features, the fife and characteristics of the Eski- nos, the beauty of the icebergs, and he grandeur of the scenery. He also ,ndeavors to convey to the layman ome idea of the charm of Arctic vegetation in the summer and of the nore interesting facts revealed by a judy of the record of the Rocks.
 
 EMILY OF. NEW MOON by L. M.
 Montgomery
 Miss Montgomery has created a harmingly winsome character in little Emily Starr, who after the death of Ter parents, goes to live with two outbound old maid x aunts. Emily rings the proper amount of sweetness nd light into the household and grad ally the aunts are won over and be- ome mellowed as old maid aunts hould."-N Y. Times Book Rev.
 
 NTO THE DARK by Barbara Ring. Having resolved to put herself out f the life which held nothing for her, ,arin Sandel tells the story of her experiences and how she tipped out of the conventional path f men and women. She was forced rhen very young into marriage of without knowledge either f herself or of men. Her painful ini- ation made her a rebel against so- iety and it's laws. Her story is a rank confession of a revolt which