New Britain herald., 1923-04-02
Mew Books af fife Institute
AMERICA; A FAMILY MATTER by
 Charles w. Gould

' AMERICA; A FAMILY MATTER b, z Charles W, Gould.
 f "ro prove his belief concerning the . direct Influence of race purity upon ' race life. and in particular the mem ace to American civilization of the , influx of alien races the author ex- |, amines the race stories of the Egyp-
 lians, Greeks and Romans and the decline of these peoples through race amalgamat!on. Either he maintains, , We must guard the purity of our stock
 or we shall repeat history and invite
 calamity In the interest of our na-
 tiye-born of the old stock which he
 reveres we must alter our immigra- ton and naturalization policies"
 AUTOMATIC MANUAL FOR LAB
 oRATORY AND REPAIR SHOP
 by Albert Leroy Taylor and A. H.
 Blake.
 "A combination of theory and
 practice in such way that the lay
 man may do his own automobile re-
 pairing and get real enjoyment out
 of it."
 THE BRUSHMAKER AND THE
 SECRETS OF HIS CRAFT by Will
 liam Kiddier.
 CONSTRUCTION OF THE SMALL
 HOUSE by II. Vandewoort Walsh.
 This is book of practical instruc- tion for any one who intends to build or alter an old house. It deals with methods of construction, pointing out i the right and wrong, and with such essentials as heating, lighting, plumb | ing, etc. It is a book for architects and above all, for the layman who needs to know how to avoid mistakes and costly rebuilding"
 ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF DE-
 MOCRACY by Arthur Twining
 Hadley.
 We have in pr. Hadley, the dis tinguished president emeritus of Yale university, the example of a man who ] had previously proved his powers of administration as the director of a bank and of two important railways. l In these lectures. which were deliv- l cred last spring at Oxford, Cam bridge, London and other English l universities, as the first course under the Sir George Watson Chair Foun- dation, his direct acquaintance with industrial administration on a big scale furnishes him with sound ma {, terial for his subject-the reaction of | de !ic governments" - Times (EondoJ Lit Sup.
 EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY by Da-
 vd Snedden.
 Valuable and suggestive for ma ture students on account of the wide variety of problems for discussion. The first two parts cover general so- biological questions. The third and fourth parts cover the sociological as- poets of education"
 ELECTRICITY IN AGRICULTURE
 by Arthur H. Allen.
 DUCTION by Bradford and Hooper
 Gardner. A HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN by !
 Ella NJ. Freeman.
 "A practical garden book for folks who love the out-of-doors, by a writ ( CT who has had wide experience in r garden making. Each topic is taken } up in detail--kinds of soil, their inn i provement in drainage, texture, fer | tiity, the right autumn and spring i correct choice for each t vegetable, special preparation at ' time and proper care V the season. The entire S subject is considered from the choice c of seed and soil to the harvest and t the storing and canning of the sur s plus even to the preparation of the T for the home table. l
 
 DAY IN COURT by 4
 Kate Holladay Claghorn.
 Miss Claghorn is instructor in so- ,ial research at the New York school i. 1f Social Work. For the data used h n this volume she went to cities and Il owns in the eastern and middle west I ern states, where there is large for c .ign population. Selecting cases that $ seemed typical, Miss Claghorn follow s ,d the immigrant from the port of o entry through troubles that required n he intervention of the law. to see II tow the law helped him, what was f lone to adjust him to our laws and l, what were his reactions in the way of il riendliness or distrust Miss Claghorn b wishes to stimulate her readers in e crest in helping the immigrant to V understand and then to obey the laws If his adopted country. of Reviews. [. KEIR HARDIE, A BIOGRAPHY
 by William Stewart. s' OF ACCOUNTING Y AND FINANCE by Seymour Walton J. "A good business manual, compre- n ensive, with an interesting applica pl ion of logarithms and actuarial methods in the solution of business SC roblems. "A. L. A. Booklist is is RENTAL CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS
 by Boyd Fisher. Cl Begun as a study for the instruc- ion of men having charge of the su- ervision of safety problems in work ac hops and public places, the subject liI ealing way of approach to the whole s1 roblem of psychology in industry. nc .ccidents happen as the result of sf ome interruption Of routine show up uman nature off guard and the men, H