A WORD ABOUTTHE AMERICAN BOOKS
A WORD ABOUTTHE AMERICAN BOOKS
The American BooksA Library of Good Citizenship
The American Books
A Library of Good Citizenship
TO vote regularly and conscientiously and never to have been arrested for disorder is not the be-all and end-all of good citizenship. The good citizen is he or she who bears an active hand in cleansing and making merry the black spots of the neighborhood; who cherishes a home however small; who takes an increasingly intelligent interest in all that contributes to the country’s welfare, and feels a keenly patriotic hope for the future of the nation.
For such citizensTHE AMERICAN BOOKSare designed—a series of small volumes on current American problems. The keynote of the series will be the discussion of distinctively American movements and questions connected with the future prosperity of the United States.
The series was planned long before the great war, but it has derived added importance from the position which that great struggle has given America on the face of the globe. The United States, standing aloof from the suicidal bloodshed of the Old World, has necessarily become the peaceful arbiter of the earth’s destinies and the flywheel to keep the world’s industry revolving.
An inquiry into the meaning and tendency of American civilization to-day is thus not only a matter of interest but of patriotic duty. The publishers wishTHE AMERICAN BOOKSto be a series of brief, authoritative manuals which will attempt to lay bare some of the problems that confront us to-day; written in popular terms that will inspire rather than discourage the casual reader. The series should prove not only of great interest to all American citizens who wish to aid in solving their country’s pressing problems, but to every foreigner visiting this country who seeks an interpretation of the American point of view.
The publishers wishTHE AMERICAN BOOKSto be written by the best men, and to this end they seek the widest publicity for the plan. They will be glad to receive suggestions as to appropriate titles for inclusion in the series and will welcome authoritative MSS submitted from any quarter. In particular they submit the plan to the consideration of the American colleges where the problems of the country are being studied. In science, literature, business, politics, in the arts of war and the arts of peace, the publishers will seek writers who have stood for fearless achievement or equally fearless failure, who will build upA Library of Good Citizenship.
(For complete list of volumes in this series see opposite title page.)
(For complete list of volumes in this series see opposite title page.)