, 1924-06-11

essays. many of them reprints of
addresses delivered by the author,
active in working out a plan for
permanent peace; later in support
ing the league of nations. Pre-
sents his own plan and discusses
the principles, aims, machinery and
future of the league.
Also the Macmillan was
kind enough to present to the Ii
brary a copy of Taxation, the Peo-
pies Business" by Andrew w. Mel
lon. Secretary of the Treasury. When
this question is so vital it comes
at an %opportune time for our CON
sideration. AS Marshal Foche wrote
recently, I'll oublia qu'un homme
ne pent etre Dieu; qu'audessus de
Pindividu, lily a la nation. 1--WE for
got that man cannot be God; that
over and above the individual there
is the nation.) Mr.. Mellon gives
simply and concisely not only the
facts of the treasury's program, but
an Interpretation of the ideas I'M
DERIVING its policy and the bearing
of the whole controversy on the
w~ell-being n prosperity of the
community. He discusses funda-
mental principles of taxation, trea-
sury. politics, revising the taxes,
surfaces, benefits of tax reduction,
tax exempt securities, etc.
THE Banner of the Bull" Rafael
Sabatini. Rafael Sabatini three
years ago was all but unknown in
America. Since then, with the pub
LEGATION of 'Scaramouche,' half a
million copies of his books have
been sold. Houghton Mifflin are
to publish a uniform edition of his
works including his wonderfully
brilliant historical novels, short
stories and two important works of
history. The Banner of the Bull
is considered one of his very best.
For those who love the lure of
the open sea we suggest Joseph
Conrad's THE Niger of the Mar
c~issus' and THE Rover both new
to our shelves to add to our col
lection. AS a reviewer in Bren-
tano's Book Chat amusingly puts
it, of Naked Isles and Coral Ladies.
"The Dance of Life" Havelock
Ellis. 1.-THE Dance of Life" cuts
through the complex veneer of mo-
dern thought and theories. H. L..
Mencken says of Ellis. He is I'M
doubtedly the most civilized Eng
lishman living today. His books
take the reader into the company OF
one whose mind is a rich library.
His style is as transparent as a
crystal and yet is full of fine col
Tors and cadence. The extent of
his knowledge is appalling, yet has
not dulled his constituencies to beau
ty nor his capacity to evolve it.
We have also a small set of the
Masterpieces of the Worlds Best
Literature" edited by jeanette Gil
der, and an excellent set of the
Calvert School Method of teaching
small children the elementary stu
dies.
OF western stories bought recent
ly for he rent shelf and very pop
ular are the following:
Mother of Gold,' Emerson
Hough: wild Horses" Henry
Knibbs; The Last Frontier Court
heS "COPPER" Never Fire FIRST
Jas. F. Dorrance; 1.-THE Eagles
Wing" B. NJ. Bower; "Old Misery"
Hugh P%endexter; The White Flag
Gene S. Porter.
New Gift Books-"John O'May,"
M. Struthers Burt; "Harilek," Can
pat; "A Son at the Front" Whar-
ton; "TaXation," Mellon.
For those who do not understand
about these rent shelf blocks 1
would like to explain tina with an
original start of a gift of ten dollars
we bought six books at two dollars
each (the usual cost of good fic-
ton with ten per cent off to librar-
ies). We put these on a separate
shelf and charge ten cents a week
for their circulation. when they
have been in circulation long enough
to repay the original output they
are put on the free shelves, thus
giving the public the benefit of new
fiction and the library at least a
dozen new books a year.