New Britain herald., 1925-06-17
Hm THE BOOK SHELF H K
NEW BOOKS
 AT THE INSTITUTE

II INSTITUTE BANK CREDIT by Glenn q. Mum.
 A statement of scientific methods used by banks to determine a good from bad credit risk. and to de- eide the amount of credit which it is safe to grant on a given risk. The methods are also applicable to other types of business.
 BIRD ISLANDS OF PERU by Rob- ert C. Murphy,
 A vivid account of a scientific in- vestigation of oceanic conditions and the abundant life along the coast and islands of Peru swept by the Humboldt current
 CALLlNICUS, A DEFENSE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE by John B. S. Haldane.
 Mir. Haldane claims that "chemi- cal' warfare-that is, warfare with poisonous gases and smokes as wea. :. pons-is not only inevitable. but Is much more humane than warfare with explosives as weapons. On the other hand he clearly analyses the objections of pacifcists and profess sional soldiers to the new weapons. l CIRCUIT TROUBLES AND TEST
 ING, by Terrell W. Croft.
 Practical discussions concerning power and lighting circuit troubles. their causes, localization and cor rection. Curial pole line circuits. underground cable circuits and in terior wiring circuits are included. COFFEE MERCHANDISING by
 William H. Ukers.
 Designed primarily for beginners In the coffee business" Claims 10 contain "all the elementary and es- sential facts pertaining to the his- tory, cultivation, preparation and marketing of coffee"
 COLLEGE by J. P. Grant.
 A thorough study of the faults and virtues of our standardized sys- tenn of college education
 DIRECT CURRENT MACHINERY
 by David P Moreton and others.
 "A practical treatise on the prin- ciples of operation, methods ofiBind ing, constructing, operating and maintaining dircct-current genera tors and tors"
 FAMILY WELFARE WORK IN A
 METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY,
 by s. P. Breckenridge.
 Selected series of forty-four rec ords designed for the use of social service workers and demonstrating those generally accepted principles upon which treatment is now based. HOW TO TELL THE FASHIONS
 FROM THE FOLLIES by Caro-
 line King Duer.
 These essays are full Of practica suggestions: they never Hay dowr the law" but show the reason for fitness. Humorous, ironic, sophisti- cated and sure in taste; suggesting the subtle combination of clothes and manners, which. while perhaps they do not make the personality, at least give it charm.
 THE NORTHERN MUSE, An An
 thology of Scots Nernacular
 Poetry by John Buchan.
 NO better anthology than this could he made, The book will be a delight to all lovers of poetry as ii is glory to Scotland" d."-Londor Bookman.
 PARTIES FOR OCCASIONS by
 Claire Wallis and Nellie Ryder
 Gates.
 Tells how to get up all sorts oi jolly parties for young people of' fers clever ideas for entertainment new games 10 play.
 SECOND HELPING, or, More
 Dishes For Americap Homes b!
 x. Marcel Boulestin!
 soups from the Netherlands Cornish fries, fritters and currie' from Malta. sauces from Martinique "hot stuff" from Jamaica-in fact Second Helping is more than cook cry book: it is an anthology of de Iight-ab bove all. delights which arr nractiCahle for people who have good cook. for those who only hal' a nIain one. and for those who nave not got one at all.'
 Fiction
 |AN AFFAIR OF HONOR D!
 stephen McKenna
 sparkling entertaining comed! of mystery duel staged by grouI of voung oxford undergraduates 1T order 10 furnish a newspaper scool which would prolong the life ot th' Oxford Post,
 FILL THE CONQUEROR by Pel
 ham C Wodehouse. ,.
 A gay romance of carefree youtf and love. with AnglosAmericar complications and amusing situ : ations,
 pR1-Ms hv James Boyd,
 "If vou like an adventurous novel one that moves with fine ever pare and pictures remarkabl' background then NIT. Boyd has beer watching out for you" Best move written on the period of the Ameri' can revolution.
 SEA HORSES hy Francis Brett
 Young
 4 thrilling story Of the sea and of Africa. by one of the most gifted of the younger English writer's