New Britain herald., 1924-02-19

ing editor, part owner, liDel 1nvesti- gator, fiction reader. day and night l editor. and assistant Sunday editor.
 His book is a record of standard
 newspaper practices and methods. It
 will appeal to newspaper men and to
 everyone who reads the newspapers.
 Every step is wildly described. and it is illustrated by ingenious devices
 which make the account absorbingly interesting"
 GOETHE. by Benedetto Croce.
 Tn this book ItaIy's greatest phil osopher applies to Goethe, as he has to Shakespeare and Dante, the prin- ciples of his aestlu tics. emitting all biological details and directing our attention solely to Goethe's poetical personality and the development of his art. Goethe's masterpieces, and his less successful works, are dis cussed with masteriy touches in the light of croce's theory of the 'essen- tially lyrical quality of his art'''
 THE HIGHLANDS WITH ROPE
 AND RUcKSAcK. by Ernest A.
 Baker.
 INGHE FOOTSTEPS OF THE LIN
 COINS, by Ida NJ. Tarbell.
 Miss Tarbell has investigated the earliest members of the Lincoln fam fly in America, following them from Hingham, Mass, through New Jer- sey. Pennsylvania. Virginia. Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. She finds new and entertaining anecdotes. but her most important contribution is to- ward the destruction of legend of the 'shiftless' Lincolns. She finds them to have been sturdy men of ability, usually well-respected by their neigh bors and townsfolk. The book is notable for it's illustrations, which are especially interesting and valu- le."--Outlook.
 THE LADY OF BELMONT, by St.
 John Eryine.
 This play carries on the fortunes of the principals of Shakespearc's Merchant of Venice 10 years after the famous trial, and by a series of l amusing twists Mir. Ervine has turned | the tables and piled the sympathy of | the readers upon Shylock. The theme l is the innate nobility of Shylock and | the innate smallness of those char | acters who secured their moments | triumph over the Jew at the trial. | It is a daring experiment, but quite | justifies the liberties the author has taken"
 
 LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM CRooKES,
 by E. E. r. D'Albe.
 "A vivid picture of very great | man of science and of an unusual and not wholly attractive personality. Crookcs' unwcariod patience in cx- pertinent, his meticulous accuracy In observation, his marvellous ingenuity l in deyising methods and gift for seeing the unusual in what had passed for obvious. Tod him far into discovery. His imagination directed I by logical reasoning made him true prophet of tho future. He will live In the history of physical science as almost the greatest of the victorians; and those who take pleasure in the bepildering complexities of human nature will have a peren- nial subject of interest in his person. Times Literary Sup ploment.
 MODERN IDEAS IN CHESS. by
 Richard Reti
 ern chess masters, and anything which he might have to say about he game would be of groat interest 0 players. He traces the develop nent of the games science and tac- ics from the time of the great An- lcrssen by describing the contribU- ion of each of the great masters and his statements through a { .ritical examination of some of their ,ames."
 fY UNIVERSITY DAYS, by Maxim
 Gorky. [
 An account of the authors youth a md early manhood. his intellectual. [ ocial and philosophical develop C nent. s sEGRo POETS AND THEIR t
 POEMS, by Robert T. keriin. r
 An anthology of contemporary 1. egro poetry which makes two con- n ributions of real significance to the Il rogress Of inter-raciai understand 1g. Tn dealing with the higher I hings of the spirit it reveals to the egroes themselves q whole uneY- lored region Of spiritual treasure of c mich We know altogether too little; nd lt reveals 10 white. America that he negro thinks and feels. aspires T nd achieves even as his white neigh or"
 HE OLD AND THE NEW GER tt MANY, by John Firman Coar. ir The author, lifelong student of cI has here produced q keen ci nd reliable account of German con- itions and affairs before. during and Il fter the war. The book outlines the Of Gcrmany's ruling asses clearly and forcibiy. setting l, ,rth the realities of political. eco- omic and social evolution are be- lg retarded. if not made absolutely \ title and hopeless. by forces and tr onditions over which the German tl eople have no control" ii
 E UPWARD BOUND, d play by Sut- ca ton Vane. m "A unique play with a philosophy b' lat will provoke violent controversy. is he story is that Of a strange com th any of shipmates. mystifed by a iguely oppressive feeling of unreal Q 7 and uncertainty. who suddenly