New Britain herald., 1923-08-20

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friend Maikov, and a series to his wifi
on the occasion of the Pushkin cele
bration; also letters to Pobiedonoszev
the famous Procurator of the Hol,
Synod and long letter written b.
Dostoevsky to his brother on tht
morning he was sentenced to death
Published with the sanction of tht
Russian government."-L Digest.
ENGLISH INTERIORS IN SMALLER
HOUSES by M. Jourdain.
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FLOWERS FOR CUTTING AMI
DECORATION by Richardson
Wright. .....
Friendly hints on the growing and
cutting of flowers for decoration OF
the home, with special word for the
authors fayorites-the rose, dahlia
gladiolus, lily, tulip and daffodil."--
Lit. Digest.
GIRTH CONTROL: For Womanly
Beauty, Manly Strength, Health
| and Long Life for Everybody
by Henry T. Finck.
"a new method of reducing weight
which calls for no self denial, but al
lows you to eat anything and as much
as you please while enjoying your
meals far more than before"
HUNTING A HAIR SHIRT AND
|. OTHER SPIRITUAL ADVEN-
TURES by Aline kilmer.
ELEVEN essays full of grave nom
sense and light hearted philosophy"
Lit. Digest.
MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASEBALL
by John ]. McGraw ...
Everyone-that is, every fam
knows John j. to be wise, subtle, and
learned in baseball strategy and in
managing men, Here he talks about
dozens of things he has seen in his
thirty years on the batters' bench
or in the managers dugout-early
days with "Matty," picking good play
ers, signals, salaries, famous plays,
bone heads pulled, trades in play
ers, players wires in baseball, sand-lot
players, college graduate players, and
lots more. If there is better book
about the great game we don't know
it."-Outlook.
ON THE MARGIN by Aldons Huxley.
Essays on literary and artistic sub
jects, written in a gay, ironic style,
familiar to readers of Chrome yell
low" and Mortal Cois.''-Lit. Digest.
PEAKS OF sHALA by Rose Wilder
Lane.
Mrs. Lane gives in this volume the
feeling and atmosphere of Albania
the sturdy simple directness of the
people, their feuds and superstitions,
and thoughts as she gathered them
in conversations day by day. She con-
veys her, thought wildly, she gives
you pictures. The volume is not with
out dramatic episode or two."-
Literary Rev. Even. Post
THE PILGRIMAGE OF FESTUS by
Conrad Aiken.
Festus is an Odyssey of the soul of
modern man; it is the waste land set
to magical music, but sharing none
of its bitter barrenness. Through the
medium of the most felicitous and
verse forms, Conrad
Aiken takes his hero. Festus on long
thrilling journey through the dark
chasms and jungles of his own mind
in search of the answer to the riddle of
life.
PRINCIPLES Or ECONOMICS by
Arthur l.. Faubel.
THE ROMANCE OF TRISTRAM |
AND ISOLDE by Thomas of Brit
ain.
Translated from the Old French
and Old Morse by Roger Sherman
Lewis.
A new and complete version of the
Tristram and Isolde romance transla-
ed from the twelfth century text.
A SHEAF FROM LERMONTOv by
j. j. Robbins.
The beauty. the loneliness, the |
charm and warmth of the Russian
spirit are found in the poetry of Ler- |
montov, the sublime Shelley of the
steppcs.
THINGS REMEMBERED by Arthur
Sherburne Hardy.
These "reminiscences, mainly of !
service in the diplomatic field, are
distinctly entertaining, though discur-
sive. as "reminiscences have right to |
De. They take a kindly view even of
he authors Disappointment
hose are few in comparison with the
Igreeable incidents recorded. The
tyle is conversational, the anecdotes
ire often amusing, and numerous
further enlivcn the
age. Outlook.
Fiction
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BARRIE MAXWELL by Charles
Vince.
Barrie MARVEL is a book of true
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