Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-03-20
Many Nev Library Books
Dealing With Children

The library has recently received
number Of books of interest to par
cnts and all those who have the in
terest of the children under their
care sincerely at heart.
"The Wholesome Personality. 2
Contribution to Mental Hygiene, by
William II. Burnham, is written from
the psychological point of view. Pro-
lessor Burnham in readable fashion
writes OF the things of everyday life
that are indispensable in the devol-
Opment OF Well-rounded personal
ity, and his book is of special in
tereSt to parents.
Family Behavior, by Dr. Bess v.
cunningham is study of human re-
lationS.
Parents, Children and Money!
discusses such topics as fines, earn
ing money, saving, spending, borrow
ing in their relationship to the child's
guidance.
Everyday Problems of the Every
day Child, by Douglas A. Thorn.
won the annual Parents Magazine
Medal Award. 1t has been called the
best book on its subject and one
critic says it covers nearly every
phase Of juvenile woe and parentaol
perpleXity."
Adolescence; a study of the teen
years, is by DR.. Lawrence A. Averill.
a psychologist of long experience.
Feeding Our Children, by DR..
Frank Howard Richardson is use
ful book because it is a brief sum-
ming up Of the beliefs of the ma
jority Of the medical profession as to
what are the important facts that
should be known by those who plan
and prepare the food eaten by one
hundred and twenty million Amer
leans, both children and adults.
Your Child and His Parents" by
Alice c. Bull and May Pardee
Yontz is new and constructive text
in child guidance based upon care
full research.
Child Care and Training, is pub
lished by the University of Min
neSota Press.
DR.. Ernest Rutherford Groves, the
Well-knoWn sOciologist is the author
of "The American Family.
Each Of the books listed above is
by well-known authority and re-
presents the best of modern thought
in this interesting field.
On the new fiction shelves two
prize are represented Pearl
Buck, this years winner of the Nobel
prize, has new novel, called "The
Patriot. 1t is the story of love be-
tween man and woman of different
races, in this instance Chinese boy
and a Japanese girl, separated by a
sea Of hatred.
"Wickford Point, is by John P
Marquand, who won the 1888 Pulit-
Zer Prize in fiction with "The Late
George Apley'.
This Nettle Danger, by Sir Phil
lip Gibbs takes its title from the
quotation of Neville Chamberlain on
lain quoted Hotspur's speech from
Shakespeare's Henry w, "Out of this
nettle, danger, we pluck this flower,
safety o
Other new novels received on our
shelves are "The Land is Bright, by
Archie Binnis; Seasoned Timber"
by Dorothy Canfield waterway"
by Eleanor Dark; Fleet Hall Inherit
ance", by Richard Keverene; "Three
Harbors'', by F. van Wick Mason;
1.-THE Tree of Liberty, by Elizabeth
Page; "The Younger Venus, by
Naomi Boyde Smith and american
Marquis, by George Weston.
Readers who enjoyed Nora Waln's
"The House of Exile, will be inter-
ested in her new book Reaching for
the Stars" After her English hus-
bands retirement from the Chinese
Customs Service, the author went to
Germany to study music, and she
now tells the truth about what she
saw and experienced in that country
from 1884 to 1888, a country she
wanted to be kindly disposed toward
and among people whom she liked.
"India Reveals HERSELF, by Basil
Matthews, well-known English au-
thority, throws Illuminating light on
modern India, and will be of special