New Britain herald., 1923-06-04
New Books at he Institute

Me mSttsute
 THE A. B, c, ABOUT COLLECTING
 by Sir James Y0Nall,
 'sir James feEsll, an English col lsei0r Of things old, rare and curious some time age gathered inta volume occasional papers contributed 10 Eng lish magazines, lN f0nTih edition RI this hook he has added considerable nsE matsFisl and sems more useful hints Ehieh he gives those who aFf taking un The collecting game "=r Boston Transcript,
 
 ADVANCED LESSONS IN LIP
 READING by Elizabeth H.
 Nitehie,
 AMRLING THRoTGH ACADIA by
 Charles Hanson fagHe,
 ITO say that this journey is as eRr chanting as the enc many of ns made sith MF, TaWns across Long Island. about it at lsas, t0 those who had the earlier pleasure, RuI this through Ne.a Scotia seems even more color ful Perhaps because it is the later read perhaps because nf its pictur, esaue historic phases caught from the memories nf Port Royal, or because Of the immemhriai glamour of ra. manee. making the lovely country of Fvhngeiins even loVelier. Many de- hE ff srA msrshiands. where the dikss and still vigorous willows reared by the Aca. dians witness one of the hest known stories. Roston Transcript, AMERICANS IN EASTERN ASIA by
 Tyler Denneti
 "An historical and critical survey of the diplomatic relations of the rniied states with China. Japan and Korea. from the beginnings of the 'East-fndian' commerce in i7s4I through McKinley's administration. Comprehensive and based on original documents."-A. L, \. Rooklist. THE REGGAR's OPERA AND POL.
 LY by John Gay.
  BRoMoIL PRINTING AND BRoM.
 OIL TRANSFER by Emil Mayer. "A process which produces prints on the paper itself without gelatine or other coating and in which the artist can display as much individual | ity as the etcher."
 CHILDE HAssAM by Nathaniel Pom
 sette-Dart.
 HENRI by Nathaniel Pom
 sette-Dart.
 "Chflde Hassam' and Robert Henri are two books of pictures. the first of a series which the compiler Nathaniel PVonsette Dart has named 'distin- guished American artists. There is a foreword to both of the books and even the casual reader may sense that sympathy for and understanding of the men whom they describe. ."- America.
 AS A PAsTIME by
 Charles Rowed.
 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF.
 GOVERNMENT IN INDIA by
 Cecil Merne Putnam Cross. DOCTOR JOHNSON by Alfred Ed
 ward Newton. !. Imagine 9 play. a real play, if you will, in which Dr. Johnson appears Is the chief actor. told almost ex- :. .lusively in his own and his friend 3oswells words Does not that raise ! nigh expectations? Does not that vhet your appetite and titillate your I confess that when lrst heard. that Mir Newton was at , york upon such a book. exper- ence all those sensations-and more. stood ready to approve, knowing hat there was one man who might | nake a success Of the venture, and !. hat man was Mir. Newton of Phia- ! elphia- And now that the book is s vritten and has been read three times, = cad in as many days, approval is not ecessary The book Is all and more han the highest anticipations led one , expect" K. Rede-Christian cience Mon. UBy.IN DAYS by L. A. C. Strong o "I can conceive of only one possible kason for refusing to be captivated T y Dublin Days and that is a dread 4 [ liking what every one else is sure , liks The book Is slim one, but ,mpact of charm and gaiety those ho love poetry will love it-and ,me who think they don't might earn different if they would give it " try"--M. l.. Franklin, Independent. D
 rt ALsE PREMISES by Laurence T
 Housman. le YEARS A SAILOR by
 John Kenlon. The youthful deep sea adventures New Yorks veteran fire chief how , was shipurecked on the desolate T. ,rzet Islands, from which rescue emed impossible, yet how his re- urcefulness effected the escape of ig c crew" gs ' THE NEIGHBORHooD OF MUIR th RY HILL by Robrt Cortes Holli- ls day
 Informal esays on moods of 1 fth avenue. manufacture and stor- e of hurdy-gur Greenwich vil- DC ye in evolution. inscribed books and es mplimentary volumes. the literature in confession and other equally in- -- guins subjects"
 TT 1AGtE OF WAR? by Irving Fisher