New Britain herald., 1923-08-06
Ne.J Books 0t tie Institute

A recent gift which merits atten ton is the 18th Annual Report o the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People.
 This report, in addition to variou statistics and other material to b. expected, has historical value owinl to the inclusion Of a complete recort of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in tn, United States senate and of lega action in extradition and other case: involving the rights of colored Amer ican citizens.
 ART OF THE PRIMA DONNA ANL
 THE CONCERT SINGER. by
 Frederck H. Martens.
 ITO this work number of oper- Etic and concert singers contribute the results of their experiences. The articles. of which one or two have already appeared in the American musical press, explain the methods of Mines. Bor, Braslau, Calve, Case, Easton, Farrar, Galli-Curci, Garrison, Greville, Hempel, Homer, Jeritza, Onegtn, Ponselle. Raisa, Schumann- Heink and Verlet.-Times Literary Supplement
 BOOK OF NOBLE DOGS by Estele
 Ross.
 Stories of dogs famous in myth, legend, art and literature as com panions of famous men or as faith ful everyday friends. BURDEN OF EMPLOYMENT, by
 Philip Klein.
 GREAT AND SMALL THINGS, by
 Ray Lankester.
 Essays on the wonders of biology and natural science in which scien- tific accuracy has not been sacrificed to popular form. The author is an English scientist who writes from wide knowledge and has a gift for clear, easy exposition. Covers a va riety of subjects-from the phago- cyte to the gorilla, and the pond sraH to the Russian giant. t."-Literary Digest. .. HEALTH BUILDING AND LIFE
 EXTENSION, by Lyman Fisk,
 M. D.
 Means of extending the Life Span, the Health Span, and the Work Span of man with special studies of ill., health as cause of waste in indus try. Statistics and much of the data coutained in the book have been gathered by the Life Extension h. etitute and the Committee for the Elimination of Waste in Industry of the Federated American Engineering Societies, at the suggestion of Her. bert Hoover.
 HOME FRUIT GROWER, by M. G.
 Rains
 LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF A
 PSYCHOLOGIST, by G. Stanley
 Hall.
 We think the sorrows of the rich have been never more thoughtfully and generously considered than in Dr. Halls pages, And we are quite prepared for the conclusion that I am better healthier and happier as am, with just enough to give me an assured sense of freedom, leisure, comfort and safety from want to the end, along with deep feeling that have earned these by life of hard | work for the improvement of at least 2 small section of the human race It appears that. feeling like this, it would be impossible for Dr. Hall to die poor. His memoreis of 31 years at the head of Clark University are of themselves a richness."-E. W. c. in the World. OF A SHIPwRECKEDI
 WORLD, by Countess Klein
 michel.
 Tt is relief to meet with a volume that is frankly personal, genuinely amusing and in which the writer Is not casual acquaintance of those of whom she writes but is describing the life and interests of | her own circle. The writer relates what happened to her and to her Ertends with the smallest bias and llttle self -pity."-London Times.
 
 MOTHER NATURE, by W. J. Long.
 To the lover of nature this volume Is primarily addressed but it's inter- est and purpose go deeper than that. Its appeal is even more insistent Inc scientist and the philosopher, for t challenges some of the basic the ortes concerning the laws, methods md purposes of nature that have