New Britain herald., 1925-10-27

MEN SEEN by Paul Rosenfeld
The twenty-four authors briefly
sketched and discussed include
Marcel Proust, Alfred Kreymborg,
Gabrielle D'Annunzio and James
Oppenheim.
HOW TO KNOW TEXTILES by
Cassie Paine Small
For all those who buy, sell, or
use textiles this gives a practical
working knowledge Of the many
fabrics In such concrete simple
way that 1t will be found useful.
educational and interesting. The
many illustrations show the pro-
cesses and materials used.
ROMANCE OF THE HOLES IN
BREAD by Isaac Russell
A popular and lucid account Of
what we all should know about the
one-celled organisms. plant and
animal. which play so large a part
in human affairs. Also gives an In
PRODUCTION to the life Of Louis
Pasteur one OF the noblest he.
roes OF the past century.
MODERN RUSSIAN IITERA.
TURE by Prince Mirsky
The whole field OF Russian litera-
ture Is effectively sketched from
Askakov and Turgenev to Chekhov
and writer's Of the present day.
TRAILING THE SUN AROUND
THE EARTH by H. X. Hitch
cock.
Intimate letters written during
cruise around the world by way Of
the Panama canal, Japan, China,
Egypt and Europe.
ON NEW SHORES BY Konrad
Bercovici
This volume Is parallel one to
Around the World In New York"
and sketches the life Of the many
races which are slowly merging in
the melting pot Of America. He
writes OF the groups and settle
ments in various parts OF the
United States with their unique
racial characteristics and persistent
personalities.
ppINrETnN nrv
A collection OF the poems pub
lished in the Nassau Literary Maya
zine from 1921-1e25.
CHILDREN's FUNNY SAYINGS by
d. p. Knox
Sayings OF children which you
will .chuckle over and enjoy-some
Of them perhaps you may even
recognize as being similar to your
own juvenile remarks and oues-
tons.
MODELLING MY LIFE by Janet
Scudder
Lovely. friendly account of the
way In which her own life. was
modelled by her Unborn and IRE
sistible desire to express in some
form her artistic cravings. The
many plates OF her own work along
with her own winning personality
Itself make the reader feel as If
the author herself were talking to
one and telling the story OF her
life az a famous sculptress.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WORDS
AND PHRASES - Ed ward
Fraser and John Gibbons (for
reference use only.
A dictionary Of the slang OF the
trenches, the navy and the air
forces written with pungent, racy
phraseology. obriQuets, nick
names and titles of regiments are
also given.
ILLUSTRATION IN ADVERTIs-
ING by w. Livingston Larned
Intended as helpfully con-
OIL 'iISVi u plI Tue use vi dII
to increase the effectiveness OF ad-
vertising. Written for business ex-
ccutivcs who direct their own cam
paigns, advertising managers and
others who are connected with the
art Of display. Includes delightful
posters from Cream of-Wheat to
Three -in-One.
RAILROADS: CASES AND Sc
'. IECTTONs by Eliot Jones and
.. Homer Nanderblue
The purpose OF the editors in
this book has been to provide a
collection of carefully selected
rases which will give concreteness
to the more general works on rail-
road transportation and which will
stimulate the student.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN AND
> HEARD by J. G. Swift Mac
Ncill
A bundle Of anecdotes and stories d.,
to tell Of more famous men than
one can readily think of, Includes
sketches OF Dublin in the last CEN
fury, Oxford university where the |
author was contemporary OF Mr.
Asquith, as well as stories OF Lewis |
Carroll, JOHN Ruskin and Mr.. |
Gladstone.
WRITING THE ONE-ACT PLAY |
by Harold Hillebrand
Simplifed directions which even |
the veriest amateur may use In |
building his first and even his Sec
ond play. .......-....... g..
BOOK or EARTH by Alfred |
Moves -.s--.
In 4the second volume of the |
irilogy OF. the 'Torchbearers," Mr.. |
Eoyes sings the hymn Of evolution
In narrative verse. thereby COM
bining the scientific and the poetl-