New Britain herald., 1926-11-27
LIBRARY Showing
OF HOLIDAY BOOKS
Interesting List Of Publications
to Be Exhibited

On Wednesday the annual exhi-
bition of new and old holiday books
will open in the large reading room
of the Institute library and con-
tinue for one week. This display is
arranged to give New Britain peo-
| pie chance to see some of the
attractive books which the publish
ers are producing this year and to
aid in the selection OF Christmas
gifts.
Travel has foremost place
among the seasons attractions, to
mention just a few titles: ION the
Stream of Travel" by James Nor
man Hall, who has been SO long in
the South Seas that admirers of
! his writings feared he was never
going to give account of his adven-
lures since the war; 1.-TWO Vaga-
bonds in Sweden and Lapland." by
the Gordons, who have produced
such entertaining books about Hol-
land and the Balkans; East Of
| SIAM" another contribution from
Harry Franck: THE Fight Of the
'Firecrest,'" in which Alain Ger
bault, a young Frenchman. tells
how he navigated alone a sailboat
from Gibraltar to New York; "A
Mirror to France" by Ford MADDOX
I Ford; THE Gentle Art of Tramp
ing" which Stephen Graham has
made so tempting that one is eager
to set off at once.
Biography always has strong at
! traction for those who are interest
ed in people and there are so many
volumes this year that one scarcely
| knows what to choose, but fair be-
| ginning is the recent one volume
edition of the letters of William
1 James. that rare American who has
| introduced so many to the study of
psychology: THE Magnificent Idler."
! the story of Walt Whitman, by Cam
eron Rogers: Memoirs of Halide
Edib." highly born, educated Turk
ish lady who left the seclusion of the
Moslem world: Fifty Years of Brit
ish Parliament" by the Earl of Ok
ford and Asquith: Memories Of a
Happy Life" by Bishop Lawrence;
two modern views of the first presi-
dent: George Washington, the
Image and the Man" by Woodward,
and George Washington. the HUI,
man Being and the Hero" by Ru-
pert Hughes; Benjamin Franklin
the First Civilized American" by
Phillips Russell; my Life ant
Times" by ]. K. Jerome, the Eng.
lish humorist These are Il mere
handful among a notable array.
Will Durants "Story of Philoso
ply" is a best roller. THE Arctu
rus Adventure" by William Beebe
Is a particular treasure for all those
who have delighted In his earlier
books. Gifts Opportune," by H. N
Tomlinson, has literary charm as
well as high adventure.
For the person with a hobby
there are a number Of useful book:
on special subjects. as early Amer.
lean Pottery and China" by Johr
\ Spargo; collectors Luck In Eng.
land" by Alice Carrick; "Aristocrat;
Of the Air." an out the ordinary
bird book, by Capt. knight; "ShiT
models and how to build them" by
c. G.. Davis.
A group of. miscellaneous titles
| that are already receiving comment
arc: "a Victorian American Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow," by Herber,
! German; Testing PLATE, an Intellec.
tual Holiday" by Aldous Huxley
"Translations and Tomfooleries, by
| Bernard Shaw, who was so recently
awarded the Nobel prize; "Mississip,
pi Steamboating, by Herbert ant
Edward Quick; "The Cowboy anG
His Interpreters by Dougla:
Branch: Archery" by r. P. Elmer
AS for poetry, plays and novels
they are as the sands Of the sea ir
number and may be found to sui,
Il every VARYING taste and mood