The Finding of Jasper HoltBy GRACE L. H. LUTZ. Three illustrations in color by E. F. Bayha. $1.25 net.Another great Lutz novel,—wholesome, uplifting, interesting and amusing. "This tale ... is one of the kind one reads with interest refusing to be quenched when the hall light goes out."—Detroit Free Press.Adam's GardenBy NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. Frontispiece in color by H. Weston Taylor. New Second Edition. $1.25 net.TheNew York Sunaptly termed this "An Idyl of Manhattan." "It is full of warmth and sunlight, and its inner urge is that come what may—the world is a good place to live in if we only make the best of that which lies nearest to hand."—Review of Reviews.A Man's ReachBy SALLY NELSON ROBINS. Three illustrations in color by Edmund Frederick. $1.25 net.A Virginia story by a Virginian. Randolph Turberville is the scion of an aristocratic Virginia house; his struggle against evil forces begins at the University of Virginia. Fascinating, he is adored by all, especially by Lettice Corbin, for whom he saves himself.The Curved BladesBy CAROLYN WELLS. Frontispiece by Gayle Hoskins. $1.35 net."As bizarre a mystery as any which she has hitherto provided ... The stage is there set for a thrilling and puzzling story ... One worthy of the talents of Stone."—The Boston Transcript.The ConquestBy SIDNEY L. NYBURG. $1.25 net."Originality and dramatic strength are marked on many pages of this production of a promising writer."—Springfield Republican. "Sidney L. Nyburg is a man who writes a man's book."—San Francisco Call and Post.The Strange Cases of Mason BrantBy NEVIL MONROE HOPKINS. Illustrated in color by Gayle Hoskins. $1.25 net."The stories are very entertaining and are more human than the usual detective stories."—New York Sun. "Out of the beaten track of detective stories."—Philadelphia North American.Ten Beautiful YearsBy MARY KNIGHT POTTER. Net, $1.25.Those who desire knowledge of the most brilliant work in American fiction should read this series of short stories on psychological subjects. They are clean but intensely emotional; most of them appeared in theAtlantic Monthly,Harper's, etc.The Practical Book of Early American Arts and CraftsBy HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. Profusely illustrated. Colored frontispiece. In a box. $6.00 net.There is an eminently proper revival of interest in the arts and crafts of early American workmanship. In glass, wood, metal and textile stuffs our forefathers obtained results of a delightful nature. Amateur collectors still have a rich field of investigation, owing to the present opportunity for obtaining desirable specimens. This book is a thorough and practical guide for the collector and general reader.The Practical Book of ArchitectureBy C. MATLACK PRICE. Profusely illustrated. In a box. $6.00 net.Not only a book for the man or woman who wishes to build a home (and for whom it is more helpful than any work previously published), but a book which tells the general reader what he needs to know about architecture—about the buildings he sees in America or Europe, public as well as private. A valued addition to the Home Life Enrichment Series.The Practical Book of Period FurnitureBy HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. 225 illustrations in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.This book places at the disposal of the general reader all the information he may need in order to identify and classify any piece of period furniture, whether it be an original or a reproduction. The authors have greatly increased the value of the work by including an illustrative chronological key.The Practical Book of Oriental RugsBy G. GRIFFIN LEWIS. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Twenty full page illustrations in color, 93 illustrations in double-tone, and 70 designs in line. In a box. $6.00 net."From cover to cover it is packed with detailed information compactly and conveniently arranged for ready reference. Many people who are interested in the beautiful fabrics of which the author treats have long wished for such a book as this and will be grateful to G. Griffin Lewis for writing it."—The Dial.The Practical Book of Garden ArchitectureBy PHEBE WESTCOTT HUMPHREYS. Frontispiece in color and 125 illustrations. In a box. $6.00 net.This beautiful volume has been prepared from the standpoints of eminent practicability, the best taste, and general usefulness for the owner developing his own property,—large or small,—for the owner employing a professional garden architect, for the artist, amateur, student, and garden lover.The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose GrowingBy GEORGE C. THOMAS, JR. New Edition, revised and enlarged. 96 perfect photographic reproductions in full color. Slip case. $4.00 net.There are a number of pages in which the complete list of the best roses for our climate with their characteristics are presented. One prominent rose grower said that these pages were worth their weight in gold to him. The official bulletin of the Garden Club of America said:—"It is a book one must have." It is in fact in every sense practical, stimulating, and suggestive.Parks: Their Design, Equipment and UseBy GEORGE BURNAP. Official Landscape Architect, Public Buildings and Grounds, Washington, D.C. Profusely illustrated. Frontispiece in color. $6.00 net.This, the only exhaustive book on the subject and by the foremost authority on the subject, is an amazing addition to the literature of civic planning. It is a thorough résumé of the finest European and American examples of Park work. To the owner of a country estate and to all who are interested in park and playground establishment and up-keep, it will be a stimulating and trustworthy guide.The Book of the PeonyBy MRS. EDWARD HARDING. Twenty full page color illustrations, 25 in black and white. $5.00 net.The glory of the illustrative work and the authoritative treatment by the author mark this book as one which will stand alone amidst the literature upon this popular flower. It is a thorough and complete guide to the culture of the peony and proves a fitting companion volume to the famous "Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing."The Civilization of Babylonia and AssyriaBy MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D., LL.D. 140 illustrations. In a box. $7.00 net.This work covers the whole civilization of Babylonia and Assyria and by its treatment of the various aspects of that civilization furnishes a comprehensive and complete survey of the subject. The language, history, religion, commerce, law, art and literature are thoroughly presented in a manner of deep interest to the general reader and indispensable to the historian, clergyman, anthropologist, and sociologist.Winter Journeys in the SouthBy JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Profusely illustrated. $3.50 net.The kingdoms of wonder for the golfer, the automobilist and almost every other type of pleasure-seeker are revealed in this book. Mr. Hammond is an enthusiastic traveller and a skilful photographer. He believes in the pleasures that may be found in America. He has wandered about the South from White Sulphur to Palm Beach; Aiken, Asheville, Charleston, New Orleans, and many other places of fascinating interest have been stopping points upon his journeyings.English Ancestral Homes of Noted AmericansBy ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON. Twenty-eight illustrations. $2.00 net.Miss Wharton so enlivens the past that she makes the distinguished characters of whom she treats live and talk with us. She has recently visited the homelands of a number of our great American leaders and we seem to see upon their native heath the English ancestors of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, the Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers, the Maryland and Virginia Cavaliers and others who have done their part in the making of the United States.Quaint and Historic Forts of North AmericaBy JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Photogravure frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations. In a box. $5.00 net.Mr. Hammond, in his excellent literary style, with the aid of a splendid camera, brings us on a journey through the existing old forts of North America and there describes their appearances and confides to us their romantic and historic interest. We follow the trail of the early English, French and Spanish adventurers, and the soldiers of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the later Civil and Indian Wars.Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Wonder of WorkProfusely illustrated. $2.00 net.Mr. Pennell is notably a modern, and has found art in one of the greatest phases of modern achievement—the Wonder of Work—the building of giant ships, railway stations, and the modern skyscraper; giant manufacturing, marble-quarrying; oil-wells and wharves—all the great work which man sets his hand to do. The crisp and wonderful and inspiring touches of introduction to each picture are as illuminating as the pictures themselves.Nights: Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; Paris, London, in the Fighting Nineties.By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Sixteen illustrations from photographs and etchings. $3.00 net.The pleasure of association with equally famous literary and artistic friends has been the good fortune of the Pennells. The illustrations, photographs, and some etchings by Joseph Pennell are unusual.Our PhiladelphiaBy ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, with 105 reproductions of lithographs. In a box. $7.50 net.Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama CanalTwenty-eight reproductions of lithographs made on the Isthmus of Panama, with Mr. Pennell's Introduction giving his experiences and impressions. $1.25 net.Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of TemplesForty plates in photogravure from lithographs. $1.25 net.Life of James McNeill WhistlerBy ELIZABETH ROBINS and JOSEPH PENNELL. Thoroughly revised Fifth Edition of the authorized Life. Ninety-seven plates reproduced from Whistler's works. Whistler binding. $4.00 net. Three-quarter grain levant. $8.50 net.RingsBy GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color and doubletone. In a box. $6.00 net.The origin, purposes and methods of wearing, the forms and materials, the historic interest and talismanic powers of rings as they have played a part in the life and associations of man. It is an authoritative volume, magnificently illustrated.Shakespeare and Precious StonesBy GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Four illustrations. $1.25 net.Treating of all the known references to precious stones in Shakespeare's works, with comments as to the origin of his material, the knowledge of the poet concerning precious stones, and references as to where precious stones of his time came from.The Curious Lore of Precious StonesBy GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in protection, prevention, religion and divination, crystal gazing, birth stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal and planetary.The Magic of Jewels and CharmsBy GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.Magic jewels and electric gems; meteorites or celestial stones; stones of healing; fabulous stones; concretions and fossils; snake stones and bezoars; charms of ancient and modern times, etc.Open that Door!By R. STURGIS INGERSOLL. $1.00 net.A stimulating volume with a "kick" upon the relation of books to life; the part great books play in our goings and comings, in the office, in the street, and in the market place. The relation of poetry to the suburbanite, etc. A book for the man who never reads and for the one who does.From Nature ForwardBy HARRIET DOAN PRENTISS. Limp leather binding. $2.00 net.The public mind is unsettled; the individual lives a day-to-day existence, wrestling with disease, mental troubles and unsatisfactory issues. This book outlines a system of psychological reforms that can be followed by every man and woman, as the author says, to "buoyant physical health, release of mental tension, and enlarged and happy outlook on life."Peg AlongBy DR. GEORGE L. WALTON. $1.00 net.Dr. Walton's slogan, "Why Worry," swept the country. His little book of that title did an infinite amount of good. "Peg Along" is the present slogan. Hundreds of thousands of fussers, fretters, semi- and would-be invalids, and all other halters by the wayside should be reached by Dr. Walton's stirring encouragement to "peg along."A Short History of the NavyBy Captain GEORGE R. CLARK, U.S.N., Professor W. O. STEVENS, Ph.D., Instructor CARROL S. ALDEN, Ph.D., Instructor HERMAN F. KRAFFT, LL.B., of the United States Naval Academy. New Edition. Illustrated. $3.00 net.This standard volume is used as a text at the United States Naval Academy. This edition brings the material to date and is an especially timely book.* * * * *LIPPINCOTT'S TRAINING SERIESFor Those Who Wish To Find ThemselvesA series of handbooks by authorities for young men and women engaged or anticipating becoming engaged in any one of the various professions. The aim is to present the best methods of education and training, channels of advancement, etc.Training for the Newspaper TradeBy DON C. SEITZ, Business Manager of the New York World. Illustrated. $1.25 net.Training for the Street Railway BusinessBy C. B. FAIRCHILD, JR., Executive Assistant of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Illustrated. $1.25 net.Training for the StageBy ARTHUR HORNBLOW, Editor of The Theatre Magazine. Preface by DAVID BELASCO. Illustrated. $1.25 net.Training of a ForesterBy GIFFORD PINCHOT, New Edition, illustrated. $1.25 net.IN PREPARATIONThe Training and Rewards of a DoctorBy DR. RICHARD C. CABOT.The Training and Rewards of a LawyerBy HARLAN STONE, Dean of the Columbia Law School.Fundamentals of Military ServiceBy CAPTAIN LINCOLN C. ANDREWS, U.S. Cavalry. Prepared under the supervision of Major-General Leonard Wood, U.S.A. Bound in limp leather. $1.50 net.This book is especially prepared for citizens who wish in the militia, in training camps or in military courses to equip themselves thoroughly for the responsibility that may come upon them. "A really capital handbook."—Theodore Roosevelt. "This little handbook is one which each and everyone should read."—General Leonard Wood.Fight For FoodBy LEON A. CONGDON, Advising member of Kansas State Board Health. $1.25 net.The high cost of living is everybody's problem. This book presents the reason and stimulating thoughts upon the solution. It treats the problem from the producer's, the middleman's and the consumer's viewpoints.The Rise of Rail Power in War and ConquestBy E. A. PRATT. $2.50 net.The basis upon which military railway transport has been organized alike in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, with a presentation of the vast importance of railway facilities in modern warfare and a thorough discussion of the subject from the standpoint of the American looking to his country's needs.First Aid in EmergenciesBy ELDRIDGE L. ELIASON, M.D. 106 illustrations. $1.50 net.Nowhere will be found a better First Aid guide for the soldier, the camper, the sportsman, the teacher, scout master, and the father and mother of the family.* * * * *LIPPINCOTT'S READER'SREFERENCE LIBRARYEach volume: crown octavo, half morocco, gilt top.HEROES AND HEROINES OF FICTION. Modern Prose and Poetry. By William S. Walsh. $3.00 net.HEROES AND HEROINES OF FICTION. Classical, Mediæval and Legendary. By William S. Walsh. $3.00 net.HANDY-BOOK OF LITERARY CURIOSITIES. By William S. Walsh. $3.50 net.HANDY-BOOK OF CURIOUS INFORMATION. By William S. 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The Finding of Jasper Holt
By GRACE L. H. LUTZ. Three illustrations in color by E. F. Bayha. $1.25 net.
Another great Lutz novel,—wholesome, uplifting, interesting and amusing. "This tale ... is one of the kind one reads with interest refusing to be quenched when the hall light goes out."—Detroit Free Press.
Adam's Garden
By NINA WILCOX PUTNAM. Frontispiece in color by H. Weston Taylor. New Second Edition. $1.25 net.
TheNew York Sunaptly termed this "An Idyl of Manhattan." "It is full of warmth and sunlight, and its inner urge is that come what may—the world is a good place to live in if we only make the best of that which lies nearest to hand."—Review of Reviews.
A Man's Reach
By SALLY NELSON ROBINS. Three illustrations in color by Edmund Frederick. $1.25 net.
A Virginia story by a Virginian. Randolph Turberville is the scion of an aristocratic Virginia house; his struggle against evil forces begins at the University of Virginia. Fascinating, he is adored by all, especially by Lettice Corbin, for whom he saves himself.
The Curved Blades
By CAROLYN WELLS. Frontispiece by Gayle Hoskins. $1.35 net.
"As bizarre a mystery as any which she has hitherto provided ... The stage is there set for a thrilling and puzzling story ... One worthy of the talents of Stone."—The Boston Transcript.
The Conquest
By SIDNEY L. NYBURG. $1.25 net.
"Originality and dramatic strength are marked on many pages of this production of a promising writer."—Springfield Republican. "Sidney L. Nyburg is a man who writes a man's book."—San Francisco Call and Post.
The Strange Cases of Mason Brant
By NEVIL MONROE HOPKINS. Illustrated in color by Gayle Hoskins. $1.25 net.
"The stories are very entertaining and are more human than the usual detective stories."—New York Sun. "Out of the beaten track of detective stories."—Philadelphia North American.
Ten Beautiful Years
By MARY KNIGHT POTTER. Net, $1.25.
Those who desire knowledge of the most brilliant work in American fiction should read this series of short stories on psychological subjects. They are clean but intensely emotional; most of them appeared in theAtlantic Monthly,Harper's, etc.
The Practical Book of Early American Arts and Crafts
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. Profusely illustrated. Colored frontispiece. In a box. $6.00 net.
There is an eminently proper revival of interest in the arts and crafts of early American workmanship. In glass, wood, metal and textile stuffs our forefathers obtained results of a delightful nature. Amateur collectors still have a rich field of investigation, owing to the present opportunity for obtaining desirable specimens. This book is a thorough and practical guide for the collector and general reader.
The Practical Book of Architecture
By C. MATLACK PRICE. Profusely illustrated. In a box. $6.00 net.
Not only a book for the man or woman who wishes to build a home (and for whom it is more helpful than any work previously published), but a book which tells the general reader what he needs to know about architecture—about the buildings he sees in America or Europe, public as well as private. A valued addition to the Home Life Enrichment Series.
The Practical Book of Period Furniture
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. 225 illustrations in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
This book places at the disposal of the general reader all the information he may need in order to identify and classify any piece of period furniture, whether it be an original or a reproduction. The authors have greatly increased the value of the work by including an illustrative chronological key.
The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
By G. GRIFFIN LEWIS. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Twenty full page illustrations in color, 93 illustrations in double-tone, and 70 designs in line. In a box. $6.00 net.
"From cover to cover it is packed with detailed information compactly and conveniently arranged for ready reference. Many people who are interested in the beautiful fabrics of which the author treats have long wished for such a book as this and will be grateful to G. Griffin Lewis for writing it."—The Dial.
The Practical Book of Garden Architecture
By PHEBE WESTCOTT HUMPHREYS. Frontispiece in color and 125 illustrations. In a box. $6.00 net.
This beautiful volume has been prepared from the standpoints of eminent practicability, the best taste, and general usefulness for the owner developing his own property,—large or small,—for the owner employing a professional garden architect, for the artist, amateur, student, and garden lover.
The Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing
By GEORGE C. THOMAS, JR. New Edition, revised and enlarged. 96 perfect photographic reproductions in full color. Slip case. $4.00 net.
There are a number of pages in which the complete list of the best roses for our climate with their characteristics are presented. One prominent rose grower said that these pages were worth their weight in gold to him. The official bulletin of the Garden Club of America said:—"It is a book one must have." It is in fact in every sense practical, stimulating, and suggestive.
Parks: Their Design, Equipment and Use
By GEORGE BURNAP. Official Landscape Architect, Public Buildings and Grounds, Washington, D.C. Profusely illustrated. Frontispiece in color. $6.00 net.
This, the only exhaustive book on the subject and by the foremost authority on the subject, is an amazing addition to the literature of civic planning. It is a thorough résumé of the finest European and American examples of Park work. To the owner of a country estate and to all who are interested in park and playground establishment and up-keep, it will be a stimulating and trustworthy guide.
The Book of the Peony
By MRS. EDWARD HARDING. Twenty full page color illustrations, 25 in black and white. $5.00 net.
The glory of the illustrative work and the authoritative treatment by the author mark this book as one which will stand alone amidst the literature upon this popular flower. It is a thorough and complete guide to the culture of the peony and proves a fitting companion volume to the famous "Practical Book of Outdoor Rose Growing."
The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria
By MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D., LL.D. 140 illustrations. In a box. $7.00 net.
This work covers the whole civilization of Babylonia and Assyria and by its treatment of the various aspects of that civilization furnishes a comprehensive and complete survey of the subject. The language, history, religion, commerce, law, art and literature are thoroughly presented in a manner of deep interest to the general reader and indispensable to the historian, clergyman, anthropologist, and sociologist.
Winter Journeys in the South
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Profusely illustrated. $3.50 net.
The kingdoms of wonder for the golfer, the automobilist and almost every other type of pleasure-seeker are revealed in this book. Mr. Hammond is an enthusiastic traveller and a skilful photographer. He believes in the pleasures that may be found in America. He has wandered about the South from White Sulphur to Palm Beach; Aiken, Asheville, Charleston, New Orleans, and many other places of fascinating interest have been stopping points upon his journeyings.
English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans
By ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH WHARTON. Twenty-eight illustrations. $2.00 net.
Miss Wharton so enlivens the past that she makes the distinguished characters of whom she treats live and talk with us. She has recently visited the homelands of a number of our great American leaders and we seem to see upon their native heath the English ancestors of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, the Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers, the Maryland and Virginia Cavaliers and others who have done their part in the making of the United States.
Quaint and Historic Forts of North America
By JOHN MARTIN HAMMOND. Photogravure frontispiece and sixty-five illustrations. In a box. $5.00 net.
Mr. Hammond, in his excellent literary style, with the aid of a splendid camera, brings us on a journey through the existing old forts of North America and there describes their appearances and confides to us their romantic and historic interest. We follow the trail of the early English, French and Spanish adventurers, and the soldiers of the Revolution, the War of 1812, and the later Civil and Indian Wars.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Wonder of Work
Profusely illustrated. $2.00 net.
Mr. Pennell is notably a modern, and has found art in one of the greatest phases of modern achievement—the Wonder of Work—the building of giant ships, railway stations, and the modern skyscraper; giant manufacturing, marble-quarrying; oil-wells and wharves—all the great work which man sets his hand to do. The crisp and wonderful and inspiring touches of introduction to each picture are as illuminating as the pictures themselves.
Nights: Rome, Venice, in the Aesthetic Eighties; Paris, London, in the Fighting Nineties.
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Sixteen illustrations from photographs and etchings. $3.00 net.
The pleasure of association with equally famous literary and artistic friends has been the good fortune of the Pennells. The illustrations, photographs, and some etchings by Joseph Pennell are unusual.
Our Philadelphia
By ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELL. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell, with 105 reproductions of lithographs. In a box. $7.50 net.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama Canal
Twenty-eight reproductions of lithographs made on the Isthmus of Panama, with Mr. Pennell's Introduction giving his experiences and impressions. $1.25 net.
Joseph Pennell's Pictures in the Land of Temples
Forty plates in photogravure from lithographs. $1.25 net.
Life of James McNeill Whistler
By ELIZABETH ROBINS and JOSEPH PENNELL. Thoroughly revised Fifth Edition of the authorized Life. Ninety-seven plates reproduced from Whistler's works. Whistler binding. $4.00 net. Three-quarter grain levant. $8.50 net.
Rings
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color and doubletone. In a box. $6.00 net.
The origin, purposes and methods of wearing, the forms and materials, the historic interest and talismanic powers of rings as they have played a part in the life and associations of man. It is an authoritative volume, magnificently illustrated.
Shakespeare and Precious Stones
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Four illustrations. $1.25 net.
Treating of all the known references to precious stones in Shakespeare's works, with comments as to the origin of his material, the knowledge of the poet concerning precious stones, and references as to where precious stones of his time came from.
The Curious Lore of Precious Stones
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
Being a description of their sentiments and folk lore, superstitions, symbolism, mysticism, use in protection, prevention, religion and divination, crystal gazing, birth stones, lucky stones and talismans, astral, zodiacal and planetary.
The Magic of Jewels and Charms
By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ, PH.D. Profusely illustrated in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
Magic jewels and electric gems; meteorites or celestial stones; stones of healing; fabulous stones; concretions and fossils; snake stones and bezoars; charms of ancient and modern times, etc.
Open that Door!
By R. STURGIS INGERSOLL. $1.00 net.
A stimulating volume with a "kick" upon the relation of books to life; the part great books play in our goings and comings, in the office, in the street, and in the market place. The relation of poetry to the suburbanite, etc. A book for the man who never reads and for the one who does.
From Nature Forward
By HARRIET DOAN PRENTISS. Limp leather binding. $2.00 net.
The public mind is unsettled; the individual lives a day-to-day existence, wrestling with disease, mental troubles and unsatisfactory issues. This book outlines a system of psychological reforms that can be followed by every man and woman, as the author says, to "buoyant physical health, release of mental tension, and enlarged and happy outlook on life."
Peg Along
By DR. GEORGE L. WALTON. $1.00 net.
Dr. Walton's slogan, "Why Worry," swept the country. His little book of that title did an infinite amount of good. "Peg Along" is the present slogan. Hundreds of thousands of fussers, fretters, semi- and would-be invalids, and all other halters by the wayside should be reached by Dr. Walton's stirring encouragement to "peg along."
A Short History of the Navy
By Captain GEORGE R. CLARK, U.S.N., Professor W. O. STEVENS, Ph.D., Instructor CARROL S. ALDEN, Ph.D., Instructor HERMAN F. KRAFFT, LL.B., of the United States Naval Academy. New Edition. Illustrated. $3.00 net.
This standard volume is used as a text at the United States Naval Academy. This edition brings the material to date and is an especially timely book.
* * * * *
LIPPINCOTT'S TRAINING SERIES
For Those Who Wish To Find Themselves
A series of handbooks by authorities for young men and women engaged or anticipating becoming engaged in any one of the various professions. The aim is to present the best methods of education and training, channels of advancement, etc.
Training for the Newspaper Trade
By DON C. SEITZ, Business Manager of the New York World. Illustrated. $1.25 net.
Training for the Street Railway Business
By C. B. FAIRCHILD, JR., Executive Assistant of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. Illustrated. $1.25 net.
Training for the Stage
By ARTHUR HORNBLOW, Editor of The Theatre Magazine. Preface by DAVID BELASCO. Illustrated. $1.25 net.
Training of a Forester
By GIFFORD PINCHOT, New Edition, illustrated. $1.25 net.
IN PREPARATION
The Training and Rewards of a Doctor
By DR. RICHARD C. CABOT.
The Training and Rewards of a Lawyer
By HARLAN STONE, Dean of the Columbia Law School.
Fundamentals of Military Service
By CAPTAIN LINCOLN C. ANDREWS, U.S. Cavalry. Prepared under the supervision of Major-General Leonard Wood, U.S.A. Bound in limp leather. $1.50 net.
This book is especially prepared for citizens who wish in the militia, in training camps or in military courses to equip themselves thoroughly for the responsibility that may come upon them. "A really capital handbook."—Theodore Roosevelt. "This little handbook is one which each and everyone should read."—General Leonard Wood.
Fight For Food
By LEON A. CONGDON, Advising member of Kansas State Board Health. $1.25 net.
The high cost of living is everybody's problem. This book presents the reason and stimulating thoughts upon the solution. It treats the problem from the producer's, the middleman's and the consumer's viewpoints.
The Rise of Rail Power in War and Conquest
By E. A. PRATT. $2.50 net.
The basis upon which military railway transport has been organized alike in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, with a presentation of the vast importance of railway facilities in modern warfare and a thorough discussion of the subject from the standpoint of the American looking to his country's needs.
First Aid in Emergencies
By ELDRIDGE L. ELIASON, M.D. 106 illustrations. $1.50 net.
Nowhere will be found a better First Aid guide for the soldier, the camper, the sportsman, the teacher, scout master, and the father and mother of the family.
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