The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910 Part 2

_Present-Day Topics_

PERSONAL POWER By William Jewett Tucker

Crown 8vo, $1.50 _net_. Postage extra.

As president of Dartmouth during the period when it was growing from a small New England college to one of the largest inst.i.tutions of its kind in the United States, Dr. Tucker came to feel very keenly the need of quickening in young men the sense of personal power.

This may be accomplished through various agencies, notably through the compet.i.tion of business; but no business exists for this purpose. By common consent, however, the college stands for just this influence.

From time to time, therefore, Dr. Tucker gave the Dartmouth students addresses, or less formal talks, on themes like the Estimation of Power, the Distribution of Personal Power, the Morally Well-bred Man, Moral Maturity, and the Recovery of Personal Power. Several of the most suggestive and stimulating of these talks are now gathered for publication. The volume contains also a group of four addresses made at the opening of successive college years, on the general subject of the Moral Training of the College Man, taking up successively the training of the Gentleman, the Scholar, the Citizen, and the Altruist.

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The immense popularity of ex-President Tucker at Dartmouth will of course commend this book to all men who have been connected with that college during the last sixteen years, but the interest will not stop there. He is almost equally well and favorably known to the public at large, as a wise educator and an eloquent preacher, for he has been heard in many prominent pulpits and was for several years a professor in Andover Theological Seminary.

THE HEALTH OF THE CITY By Hollis G.o.dfrey

12mo.

Few contemporary topics are so pressing, or attracting so much attention, as city sanitation to help the health of cities. Mr. G.o.dfrey, well known for his work in popular science, has been making a study of these questions for many years, and by his papers in the _Atlantic Monthly_ and elsewhere, has come to be an authority in the field. This book brings together the results of his studies, in a volume that will be of interest to every intelligent citizen, and of the highest usefulness to all engaged in welfare work. The topics treated are: city air, water, milk, food, ice, noise, waste, plumbing, and housing. Mr.

G.o.dfrey's writings are entertaining as well as instructive, and the book is the best handbook of this important subject obtainable--(_Ready in April._)

THE CONQUEST OF CONSUMPTION By Woods Hutchinson, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Medicine. New York Polyclinic; author of "Preventable Diseases," etc. Ill.u.s.trated. 12mo, $1.00 _net_. Postage extra.

Dr. Hutchinson has won a unique place for himself as a brilliant writer upon medical topics. In this book upon one of the most pressing themes of the time, he is at his best. The list of chapters of the book indicates its helpful and timely character: A Message of Hope, The Enemy Himself, What Happens to the Bacillus in the Body, The Weapons of War, Fresh Air and How to Get It, Sunlight: the Real Golden Touch, Food the Greatest Foe of Consumption, Work and Rest, Intelligent Idleness, The Camp and the Country, Cash and Consumption, Climate and Health, Specifications for the Open-Air Treatment at Home. In addition to this there are some practical appendices dealing with the construction of open-air sleeping porches, camp building, etc. It is a book which should be in the hands of every tubercular patient, as well as of all those who are interested in stamping out the great white plague.

The ill.u.s.trations consist of five full-page plates showing various styles of sleeping porches for home use, and a diagram of a tent.

EVERY-DAY BUSINESS FOR WOMEN By Mary A. Wilbur

12mo, $1.25 _net_. Postage extra.

The aim of this book is to furnish simple and accurate instructions for the conduct of "Every-Day Business,"--such business as inevitably falls to the lot of thousands of American women, both married and single. The methods of banking, the management of a check-book, foreign exchange, getting money in emergencies, how to send money, bills and receipts, the relations of employer and employee, relations with railroads and hotels, simple bookkeeping, on sending things, taxes and customs, the use and transference of property, stocks and bonds, wills and estates--all these are clearly and even entertainingly explained, and the woman who has read the book will find herself saved many daily moments of doubt and many annoying errors. It is a book which should be in every home, on every woman's writing-table.

Miss Wilbur has been for many years a teacher of banking and political economy in Miss Dana's celebrated school at Morristown, New Jersey, and the present work is the result of practical experience in teaching the elements of correct business procedure.

WOOL-GROWING AND THE TARIFF By Chester W. Wright

Instructor in Political Economy in the University of Chicago. Harvard Economic Studies, Vol. V. 8vo, $1.50 _net_. Postpaid.

The continued discussion following the pa.s.sage of the recent tariff bill indicates that we are now at the beginning rather than the end of a period when public attention will more than ever centre upon this subject. In the history of our tariff no other schedule has attracted so much attention or been the cause of more controversy than that relating to wool and woolens. It was the failure of Congress to make any substantial change in duties on them which led President Taft to single them out in particular as his chief cause for any dissatisfaction with the present tariff. The one point made clearest of all in the recent tariff discussion was the need for a thorough knowledge of the facts and genuine scientific study. In this volume, based upon years of research, the author has studied the wool-growing industry of the country in connection with the tariff duties on wool and woolens. He shows an unexpected variety and complexity of forces, and proves the superficiality and fallacious character of much of current discussion. The duties on wool are shown to be of little real importance in the growth of the industry. Incidentally the book also presents a history of the woolen manufacture, touches on many points in the history of American agriculture, and throws light upon a number of the broader problems in the economic history of the United States. It should appeal to those interested in our country's industrial history as well as to those interested in the tariff question.

COPYRIGHT: ITS HISTORY AND LAW By Richard Rogers Bowker

Author of "The Arts of Life," etc.

This work, the outgrowth from an earlier book on copyright published by Mr. Bowker in 1886, with bibliography by Mr. Thorvald Solberg, covers the development of copyright from the earliest time (and in England as well as in the United States), to the pa.s.sage of the new American code of 1909, inclusive of such interpretation as this has already received in the courts. It treats in full all the several features of the code of 1909 and is intended for the use of authors.--artistic, dramatic, and musical as well as literary.--publishers, lawyers, and the public. Mr.

Bowker, as editor of the _Publishers' Weekly_, has followed copyright development for many years; and as Vice-President of the American (Authors') Copyright League, partic.i.p.ated actively in the preparation of the new code. Appendixes give the text of the code, the Royal Copyright Commission digest of British copyright law with summary of later legislation, the International Copyright Union conventions, etc. This work will take a position at once as the standard handbook on the subject of copyright. (_Ready in May_)

_Essays and Literature_

ESSAYS ON THE SPOT By Charles D. Stewart

Author of "Partners of Providence," "The Fugitive Blacksmith,"

etc. 12mo.

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Mr. Stewart is seen here in a new rle. The six papers that are brought together in the book fall into three groups. The first group, consisting of "Chicago Spiders," "The Story of Bully" (an extraordinary ox), and "On a Moraine," has to do with certain curious observations and reflections connected with the three subjects in question. For insight, imagination, and intellectual vigor, they are very notable, and strike a new note in American essay-writing. The second group, consisting of Kubla Khan and The Study of Grammar, shows Mr. Stewart as a literary critic and a.n.a.lyst of the first rank. His interpretation of the meaning of Kubla Khan will create a sensation among scholars and lovers of poetry, while his shrewd and entertaining remarks on the present method of studying grammar will provoke animated educational discussion and cause a reminiscent chuckle in many an old school-boy and girl. Finally, by itself, comes "We," a vivacious, penetrating parody of Kipling's famous story, "They,"--which indirectly suggests some far-reaching thoughts on literary art.

AT THE SIGN OF THE HOBBY-HORSE By Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore

Author of "The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn," etc.

In this group of essays upon some of her intellectual hobbies, Mrs.

Wetmore's penetrating mind and vivacious style are seen to exceptional advantage. She writes upon topics that are very much alive--subjects of debate and discussion among cultivated people everywhere. A few of the topics treated are The Morals of the Modern Heroine, The Child in Literature, The Contemporary Poets, Strong Meat for the Ma.s.ses (_i.e._, literary meat), The Books of the Bourgeoisie, The Little Member (_i.e._, the tongue), Upon Making the Most of Life, etc. In tone and flavor, the essays are somewhat between the bookish character of such collections as Sedgwick's "Great Writers" and the personal, whimsical note of those of Miss Repplier and Mr. Crothers. They are always vigorous in thought and expression, and uncommonly readable. They will be read and talked of.

(_Ready in April_)

AN APPROACH TO WALT WHITMAN By Carleton Noyes

Author of "The Enjoyment of Art" and "The Gate of Appreciation." Ill.u.s.trated. Large crown 8vo, $1.50 _net_. Postage extra.

For any one desiring to get at the true spirit and meaning of Walt Whitman's poetry, there could be no better introduction than this compact and illuminating volume. Mr. Noyes, who has made a life-long study of Whitman, writes of him with peculiar insight and clarity. The chapters deal with Whitman the Man, with his Art, his Human Appeal, his Att.i.tude toward G.o.d and Religion, and, finally, with his unique message to the individual reader. The book is in no sense a compet.i.tor with any of the biographies of Whitman,--but, rather, complementary to them. No lover of the Good Gray Poet can afford to overlook it, while many who have been perhaps but indifferently interested in Whitman will find this book a stimulus to further study. It is ill.u.s.trated with a rare photograph reproduced in photogravure, together with a facsimile of an interesting piece of unpublished ma.n.u.script.

Mr. Noyes was for several years an instructor in the English Department of Harvard University, but is now devoting himself entirely to letters.

(_Ready in April_)

LETTERS TO MY SON

This is a unique book of intense human interest, written by a well-known English author whose name is, by her own desire, withheld.

These Letters, or confessions, tell the story of a woman's early wedded life with remarkable poignancy, and with a humor, tenderness, picturesqueness, and lack of self-consciousness, that cannot fail to win thousands of readers, especially women. The volume is unlike all other books of fiction. It cannot be described; it must be read. It is, in short, the book of a woman's heart written with a mingling of frankness and reserve, of strong feeling and literary skill that will make a permanent impression. (_Ready in May_)