Evening star., 1936-01-05

dization of American ships
L brings the subject OF the
merchant marine into review. The
Public Library presents list OF BOOKS
on the general subject this week, 10
be followed at some date in the near
future by a list more specifically on
ship subsidies and mail contracts.
The Merchant Ship.
The Mercantile Marine, by E. K.
Chatterton. 1923. HJS.C39.
"Although this volume is careful
and well written commentary on the
growth and progress of commercial
seafaring it is far from being tech
nical book. 1t has the tang of the
sea about it."
One Hundred Thirty Years of Steam
Navigation; History OF the Mer-
chant Ship, by Robert Dollar. 1881.
SOF.D69
"The merchant vessel, trading across
our oceans and bringing into closer
relationship the peoples of the world,
has done more for the advance OF
civilization than any other CONNER
cial factor"
The Romance of the Merchant Ship,
by Ellison Hawks. 1881. SO.H3l.
"About half of the book is devoted
to the ships of today with chapters
on marine engines: special types OF
ships such as oil tankers, Refrigerator
ships. ETC.; shipbuilding and naWga-
ton"
International Trade. Principles and
Practices. by P. v. Horn. 1885.
HK H787.
Ship Management and Operation, by
H. S. Perry. 1881. HJS.P43.
"An outgrowth of course in ship
management and operation given by
the author to students majoring in
transportation and foreign trade at
the Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce, University of Pennsyl-
vania'
Tramps and Liners. by T. w. VAN
Metre. 1881. SO.V33.
Here is the story of carrier ships
told by man who knows the sea and
Is an authority on transportation"
Ocean Tramps, by Themselves, ed.
by Edgar Williams. 1926. G12.W67.
Merchant Ships in U. S. History.
The Tale of Our Merchant Ships. by
C. E. Cartwright. 1924. HJS.C .C248t.
"a brisk attempt to survey the his
tory Of navigation at sea {. in which
his excellent drawings refresh the
interest"
Gold of Ophir, or, The Lure That
Made America. by Sydney Green
bic and Marjorie Greenbie. 1925.
HK83, ,G822g.
at includes a reinterpretation of
many familiar facts in our history
that have, seemingly. nothing to do
with the Orient and will, we trust,
furnish a reliable basis for forming
an opinion about the many problems
now disturbing us in the Pacific"
Sea Power in American History; the
Influence OF the Navy and the
Merchant Marine Upon American
Development, by H. F. Kraft and
w. B. Norris. 1920. UN83 .K854s.
"It traces out and connects into
one continuous story the rise, develop
ment and present condition of both
military and commercial aspects Of
sea power, showing their mutual de-
pendenece upon each other"
Americas Maritime Progress, by
George Weiss. 1920. HJS.W437.
Trade Under the Stars and Stripes
The American Merchant Marine.
American Bureau of Shipping.
1888. HJSAm38.
Americas Merchant Marine Bankers
Trust Co. 1920. HIS B224.
Merchant Marine; "a Necessity In
Time of War; Source of Inde-
pendence and Strength in Time Of
Peace" by w. s. Benson. 1923.
HJS.B44Sm.
admiral Benson's book emphasizes
throughout the need for q merchant
marine under Our own flag"
Discriminating Duties and the Ameri-
can Merchant Marine, by l.. w.
Maxwell. 1926. HIS. .M458d.
Proceedings of the Second National
Conference on the Merchant Ma
rine. held under the auspices Of
the United States Shipping Board.
January % and "a, 1929. United
States Shipping Board. 1929.
HIS. Mo.
Contains papers of exceptional in
terest by authorities on the subject Of
our merchant marine.
Trade Routes and Shipping Services.
United States Shipping Board Mer-
chant Fleet Corp. 1927. HIS. Un35.
zimmerman on Ocean Shipping,
by 4. w. Zimmerman. 1921.
HIS Z64.
"A whole people must become ship
minded"