American Public Problems Series
Edited byRalph Curtis Ringwalt
Chinese Immigration
ByMary Roberts Coolidge, Formerly Associate Professor of Sociology in Stanford University. 531 pp., $1.75 net; by mail, $1.90. (Just issued.)
Presents the most comprehensive record of the Chinaman in the United States that has yet been attempted.
“Scholarly. Covers every important phase, economic, social, and political, of the Chinese question in America down to the San Francisco fire in 1906.”—New York Sun.“Statesmanlike. Of intense interest.”—Hartford Courant.“A remarkably thorough historical study. Timely and useful. Enhanced by the abundant array of documentary facts and evidence.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
“Scholarly. Covers every important phase, economic, social, and political, of the Chinese question in America down to the San Francisco fire in 1906.”—New York Sun.
“Statesmanlike. Of intense interest.”—Hartford Courant.
“A remarkably thorough historical study. Timely and useful. Enhanced by the abundant array of documentary facts and evidence.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Immigration: And Its Effects Upon the United States
ByPrescott F. Hall, A.B., LL.B, Secretary of the Immigration Restriction League. 393 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.65.
“Should prove interesting to everyone. Very readable, forceful and convincing. Mr. Hall considers every possible phase of this great question and does it in a masterly way that shows not only that he thoroughly understands it, but that he is deeply interested in it and has studied everything bearing upon it.”—Boston Transcript.“A readable work containing a vast amount of valuable information. Especially to be commended is the discussion of the racial effects. As a trustworthy general guide it should prove a god-send.”—New York Evening Post.
“Should prove interesting to everyone. Very readable, forceful and convincing. Mr. Hall considers every possible phase of this great question and does it in a masterly way that shows not only that he thoroughly understands it, but that he is deeply interested in it and has studied everything bearing upon it.”—Boston Transcript.
“A readable work containing a vast amount of valuable information. Especially to be commended is the discussion of the racial effects. As a trustworthy general guide it should prove a god-send.”—New York Evening Post.
The Election of Senators
By ProfessorGeorge H. Haynes, Author of “Representation in State Legislatures.” 300 pp. $1.50 net; by mail, $1.65.
Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the Senate and Senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election.
“A timely book.... Prof. Haynes is qualified for a historical and analytical treatise on the subject of the Senate.”—New York Evening Sun.
“A timely book.... Prof. Haynes is qualified for a historical and analytical treatise on the subject of the Senate.”—New York Evening Sun.
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Studies in American Trade-Unionism
J. H. HOLLANDER and G. E. BARNETT (Editors)
380 pp., 8vo, $2.75 net. By mail, $2.98.
Twelve papers by graduate students and officers of Johns Hopkins University, the results of original investigations of representative trade-unions. There are also chapters on Employers’ Associations, the Knights of Labor, and the American Federation of Labor.
“Though confined to particular features of particular trade-unions, the data dealt with are comprehensive and typical; so that the result is a substantial contribution to our knowledge of trade-union structure and functions.... Excellent studies.”—New York Evening Post.
“Though confined to particular features of particular trade-unions, the data dealt with are comprehensive and typical; so that the result is a substantial contribution to our knowledge of trade-union structure and functions.... Excellent studies.”—New York Evening Post.
The Labor Movement in Australasia
By Dr. VICTOR S. CLARK of the Carnegie Institute, Washington. 327 pp. $1.50 net. By mail, $1.63
A book written in a simple, untechnical, and very impartial fashion, and one that is full of very valuable suggestions affecting our own labor troubles.
“ ... Useful and timely.... Mr. Clark will perhaps disappoint alike the extreme radicals who regard Australasia as a workmen’s paradise and grow enthusiastic over the progress made there by socialism, and those other extremists who like to be told that Australasia is doomed to bankruptcy and famine and demoralization as the result of socialism and the violation of ‘natural law’. He writes judiciously and fairly, and indulges in no extravagant prophecies of either sort.... The book is very valuable for its facts and the impartiality with which they, and the conditions to which they are due, are presented.”—Chicago Evening Post.“Not being a doctrinaire, he has much of value to say.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
“ ... Useful and timely.... Mr. Clark will perhaps disappoint alike the extreme radicals who regard Australasia as a workmen’s paradise and grow enthusiastic over the progress made there by socialism, and those other extremists who like to be told that Australasia is doomed to bankruptcy and famine and demoralization as the result of socialism and the violation of ‘natural law’. He writes judiciously and fairly, and indulges in no extravagant prophecies of either sort.... The book is very valuable for its facts and the impartiality with which they, and the conditions to which they are due, are presented.”—Chicago Evening Post.
“Not being a doctrinaire, he has much of value to say.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Negro and the Nation
By GEORGE S. MERRIAM
Probably the first complete history of the negro in his relation to our politics. 436 pp. $1.75 net. By mail, $1.92.
The Rev.Edward Everett Halein “Lend a Hand”: “Sensible people who wish to know, who wish to form good sound opinions, and especially those who wish to take their honest part in the great duties of the hour, will read the book, will study it, and will find nothing else better worth reading and study.”“A deeply interesting story.... An exceedingly readable volume.—Boston Transcript.
The Rev.Edward Everett Halein “Lend a Hand”: “Sensible people who wish to know, who wish to form good sound opinions, and especially those who wish to take their honest part in the great duties of the hour, will read the book, will study it, and will find nothing else better worth reading and study.”
“A deeply interesting story.... An exceedingly readable volume.—Boston Transcript.
Henry Holt and Company34 W. 33DStreetNew York
R. M. JOHNSTON’S LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Biographies of Washington, Greene, Taylor, Scott, Andrew Jackson, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, McClellan, Meade, Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, Joseph E. Johnson. With portraits, 1 vol. $1.75 net; by mail $1.88.
The first of a new series of biographies of leading Americans.
“Performs a real service in preserving the essentials.”—Review of Reviews.“Very interesting.... Much sound originality of treatment, and the style is clear.”—Springfield Republican.
“Performs a real service in preserving the essentials.”—Review of Reviews.
“Very interesting.... Much sound originality of treatment, and the style is clear.”—Springfield Republican.
AS THE HAGUE ORDAINS
Journal of a Russian Prisoner’s Wife in Japan. Illustrated from photographs. $1.50 net, by mail $1.62.
“Holds a tremendous human interest.... Author writes with wit and a delightfully feminine abandon.”—Outlook.“This surprisingly outspoken volume ... could have been written only by an extraordinarily able woman who knew the inside of Russian politics and also had actual experience in Japanese war hospitals.”—Chicago Record Herald.
“Holds a tremendous human interest.... Author writes with wit and a delightfully feminine abandon.”—Outlook.
“This surprisingly outspoken volume ... could have been written only by an extraordinarily able woman who knew the inside of Russian politics and also had actual experience in Japanese war hospitals.”—Chicago Record Herald.
W. F. JOHNSON’S FOUR CENTURIES OF THE PANAMACANAL
With 16 illustrations and 6 colored maps. $3.00 net; by mail, $3.27.
“The most thorough and comprehensive book on the Panama Canal.”—Nation.
“The most thorough and comprehensive book on the Panama Canal.”—Nation.
JOHN L. GIVENS’ MAKING A NEWSPAPER
The author was recently with theNew York Evening Sun. $1.50 net; by mail $1.62.
Some seventy-five leading newspapers praise this book as the best detailed account of the business, editorial, reportorial and manufacturing organization of a metropolitan journal. It should be invaluable to those entering upon newspaper work and a revelation to the general reader.
THE OPEN ROAD THE FRIENDLY TOWN
Compiled by E. V. Lucas. Full gilt, illustrated cover linings, each (cloth) $1.50; (leather) $2.50.
Pretty anthologies of prose and verse from British and American authors, respectively for wayfarers and the urbane.
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McPherson’s Railroad Freight Rates
In Their Relation to the Industry and Commerce of the United States.
ByLogan G. McPherson, author of “The Working of the Railroads.” 8vo. With maps, tables, and a full index. $2.25 net, by mail. $2.42.
This study of the freight rate structure is so comprehensive and thorough as not only to be exceedingly valuable to anyone having to do with railroad freight traffic either as a railroad official or as a shipper, but it is also a most fascinating exposition for the general reader of a subject which has not hitherto received a popularly intelligible presentation. It offers to younger men the only means of knowing how the present freight rate system has been evolved.
“An exceedingly important book.... Not only the best existing account, but it is easily the best book on American railway traffic.... We have little hesitation in expressing the opinion that it will stand as the standard reference work for a good many years, and from the standpoint of public policy we are exceedingly glad that the book has been written. The country would be better governed if the legislator, state and national, had to pass an examination upon it before taking his oath of office.”—Railroad Age Gazette.“A book the nation has needed.”—New York Sun.
“An exceedingly important book.... Not only the best existing account, but it is easily the best book on American railway traffic.... We have little hesitation in expressing the opinion that it will stand as the standard reference work for a good many years, and from the standpoint of public policy we are exceedingly glad that the book has been written. The country would be better governed if the legislator, state and national, had to pass an examination upon it before taking his oath of office.”—Railroad Age Gazette.
“A book the nation has needed.”—New York Sun.
McPherson’s The Working of the Railroads
ByLogan G. McPherson, Lecturer on Transportation at Johns Hopkins. 12mo. $1.50 net; By mail $1.63.
“Simply and lucidly tells what a railroad company is, what it does, and how it does it. Cannot fail to be of use to the voter. Of exceeding value to the young and ambitious in railroad service.”—The Travelers’ Official Railway Guide.“The most important contribution to its branch of the subject that has yet been made.”—The Dial.“The author’s connection with practical service gives this a value which no other book quite equals. Up-to-date, informing, ... an excellent piece of work.”—Wall street Journal.
“Simply and lucidly tells what a railroad company is, what it does, and how it does it. Cannot fail to be of use to the voter. Of exceeding value to the young and ambitious in railroad service.”—The Travelers’ Official Railway Guide.
“The most important contribution to its branch of the subject that has yet been made.”—The Dial.
“The author’s connection with practical service gives this a value which no other book quite equals. Up-to-date, informing, ... an excellent piece of work.”—Wall street Journal.
Carter’s When Railroads Were New
ByCharles Frederick Carter, with an Introductory Note by Logan G. McPherson. 16 full-page illustrations, 8vo, 312 pp. $2.00 net, by mail $2.16.
A history of the every-day difficulties, discouragements and triumphs of the pioneers who built and ran the early railroads. With many anecdotes that add to the abundant human interest.
“Full of interest. Besides the general chapter on the beginnings, it gives the early history of the Erie, the Pennsylvania, and the Baltimore and Ohio, of the Vanderbuilt lines, the first Pacific railroad, and of the Canadian Pacific. Very readable.”—N. Y. Sun.“Invaluable. It gathers the floating fragments of railroad history, weaving a human interest into a coherent record of every day trials and triumphs. A human and personal document, not a dry historical treatise or a batch of anecdotes.”—Baltimore Sun.“No book of adventure contains more exciting episodes or more varied interest. Every page is of live interest. So replete with curious information, thoroughly entertaining and instructive.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
“Full of interest. Besides the general chapter on the beginnings, it gives the early history of the Erie, the Pennsylvania, and the Baltimore and Ohio, of the Vanderbuilt lines, the first Pacific railroad, and of the Canadian Pacific. Very readable.”—N. Y. Sun.
“Invaluable. It gathers the floating fragments of railroad history, weaving a human interest into a coherent record of every day trials and triumphs. A human and personal document, not a dry historical treatise or a batch of anecdotes.”—Baltimore Sun.
“No book of adventure contains more exciting episodes or more varied interest. Every page is of live interest. So replete with curious information, thoroughly entertaining and instructive.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
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By the Professor of Biology in Northwestern University. 123 illustrations. 8vo. $2.75 net, by mail $2.88.
“Entertainingly written, and, better than any other existing single work in any language, gives the layman a clear idea of the scope and development of the broad science of biology.”—The Dial.
“Entertainingly written, and, better than any other existing single work in any language, gives the layman a clear idea of the scope and development of the broad science of biology.”—The Dial.
By the Professor of History in McGill University. 18 illustrations. 8vo. $2.75 net, by mail $2.90.
“A light and graceful style. Not only interesting reading, but gives as clear a notion of what the old régime was at its best as may be found anywhere in a single volume.”—Literary Digest.
“A light and graceful style. Not only interesting reading, but gives as clear a notion of what the old régime was at its best as may be found anywhere in a single volume.”—Literary Digest.
With 8 portraits. Large 12mo. $2.00 net, by mail $2.13. Historical biographies of Alfieri, Manzoni, Gioberti, Manin, Mazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi, and Victor Emmanuel.
“Popular but not flimsy.”—The Nation.
“Popular but not flimsy.”—The Nation.
By the author of “The Nun,” etc. Translated by Wm. Marchant. $1.25 net, by mail $1.35.
“A most readable book. He touches upon everything.”—Boston Transcript.
“A most readable book. He touches upon everything.”—Boston Transcript.
By the author of “American Insects,” etc. 8vo. $2.00 net, by mail $2.12.
“Can write in English as brightly and as clearly as the oldtime Frenchmen.... In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires.... A brilliant book that deserves general attention.”—New York Sun.
“Can write in English as brightly and as clearly as the oldtime Frenchmen.... In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires.... A brilliant book that deserves general attention.”—New York Sun.
⁂ If the reader will send his name and address, the publishers will send, from time to time, information regarding their new books.
⁂ If the reader will send his name and address, the publishers will send, from time to time, information regarding their new books.
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY34 WEST33DSTREET NEW YORK