New Britain herald., 1923-04-02

style. easily understood. The material has been arranged to outline q years work for the poultry keeper from the choice of a breed and continuing with the layout of the chicken farm, the housing of the birds, feeding and care of birds to obtain maximum egg pro- duction. marketing of eggs, selection Of breeders, incubation and breeding of chicks, sanitation of the flock, and a summary of the financial side of the business"
 TOUCHING IT SMOOTHLY; HOW
 TO AVOID VACATION PITFALLS
 by Elon H. Jessup.
 SECOND EMPIRE by Philip Gued-
 alla.
 We had no deep, abiding interest in Napoleon III until Guedalla took him in hand but now the period seems to us among the most absorbing in history. Indeed, Guedalla touches no happening without making it as spir- ited and engaging as high comedy. To us he has all the elegance of Strachey and rather more fire" ."--Heywood Broun.
 THE STORY OF UTOPIAS by Lewis
 Mumford.
 "A simple and clearly written study of the various rtopias from Plato's republic to the idol commonwealth of Morris. Hudson and Wells. Follow ing this is an examination of the ideals of the modern age as embodied in present day institutions, i., which the reader is led step by step from what begins as simple exposition which children would delight in. to sociological analysis of a searching character. The transition is so na- tually made, the lucidity of style so sustained, that even untrained readers will persist to the end. "A l.. A. Booklist.
 A WOMAN TENDERTOoT IN
 EGYPT by Grace Thompson Seton.
 "A Woman Tenderfoot in Egypt is happy combination of intimate, human stories and accurate facts. The lure of ancient Egypt, land of the Pharao chs, is contrasted with mod arn Egypt struggling to throw off the shackles of the past. The story Mrs. seton tells is an enticing, alluring land of romance where, because they can not trust the ever changing sands, mems keen eyes have been trained to ,ollow the path of the stars. Especial 1 y appealing is the vivid portrayal of he efforts of the women, hedged in 1y custom and ancient laws, to se- ,ure the freedom of the European | 
 Fiction. by V. Sackville-Wes
 Challenge by V. Sackville-Wes eems to me the most carefully | the most completely satis- actory novel l have read since The Iudge.' It is curiously like Joseph Iergesheimers The Bright Shawl in ,lot and theme. In my opinion, it is ar more successful. As romantic in ome ways as fairy tale, this novel 5 yet handled with an artistry that 5 amazing. ."-Bookman 'UCKoo's NEST by Christine Jope-
 Slade.
 There are many interesting char cters in the book but none more de- ghtfu than Polly Whistler, who be- ongs quite frankly to the much-de- pised shopkeeping class, and makes o pretense Of being other than what he really is"
 ITS CHILDREN'S CHILDREN by
 Arthur Train.
 ACoB'S ROOM by Virginia Woolf. HACKED BY WIRELESS by Will
 liam Le Queux.
 HE TREE OF THE GARDEN by
 Edward c. Booth. by Ernest Oidmeadow. OLILOQUY by Stephen Mckenna.
 'Soliloquy' is an intensely inter- ting psychological study of youth nd middle age"
 JEANNE AND THE PACIFIC by
 Jean Girandoux.
 "The author last year received one
 the French Balzar Prizes for fic- on.. This story is described as that
 a girl Robinson Crusoe, and it does