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Julia Cloud, at her mother’s death, is free to choose between living the life of a drudge in her selfish sister’s household, or struggling along alone on insufficient finances. She is trying to make her decision when her niece and nephew from California put in an unexpected appearance, and they have a delightful suggestion for her future. They are coming east to college and propose taking her along to make a home for them and be a real mother to them, for though well-to-do, they are orphans. This plan they carry out and she plays her part wholly to their satisfaction. She feels a keen responsibility for their welfare and at first their lack of any religious ideals grieves her deeply. But they become interested in the Christian Endeavor society in a little church and gradually come to be leaders in it as well as in college life. There they make friendships which finally grow into deeper relations, and the story ends in two romances.
“It may be safely prophesied that Mrs Lutz, if she continues to spin more novels of the type of ‘Cloudy Jewel’ will doubtless lure into her fold a large proportion of the followers of Harold Bell Wright. Within the pages of ‘Cloudy Jewel’ one may find the telling and sure-fire ingredients of an American best seller.”
“Mrs Lutz will beguile many hours for those who do not wish to be aroused or excited by what they read, and her books will have a wholesome influence wherever they are read.” K. O.
LUTZ, GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL (MRS FLAVIUS J. LUTZ).Exit Betty. il *$1.75 (2c) Lippincott
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When Betty Stanhope met her bridegroom in the crowded church where the ceremony was to take place, to her horror she found he was not the man she had promised to marry. A timely fainting spell permitted her to escape from the church, and it was fortunate for her that she ran across Jane Carson just outside. Jane took the excited girl to her room where Betty told enough of the story to convince Jane that she was the victim of the cupidity of her scheming stepmother. Jane sent her to her mother in the country where Betty successfully eluded pursuit, until by Jane’s keenness, aided by her friend Jimmie and Jimmie’s employer, Warren Reyburn, Betty slipped forever from the clutches of those who had tried to rob her of her inheritance. Incidentally a double romance developed for her and Jane.
“Melodrama of the crudest kind and religious sentiment equally crude are blended in a whole which, curiously enough, pleases rather than repels.”
“Of course it is a very old plot, this of the cruel step mother, but Mrs Lutz manages to centre our interest entirely in Betty and to arouse our sympathies to the point where we do not greatly care that some of her plot elements are distinctly hackneyed.”
LYNCH, FREDERICK HENRY.[2]Personal recollections of Andrew Carnegie. il $1.50 Revell
“‘Personal recollections of Andrew Carnegie’ furnishes an intimate picture of the late ironmaster and philanthropist, in which many phases of his character are depicted. In the course of much close association, Dr Lynch, as a member of the executive committee of the New York Peace society, enjoyed opportunities of learning what the canny Scotsman thought concerning many other things than iron and libraries.”—Springf’d Republican
LYND, ROBERT.Ireland a nation. *$2 (3c) Dodd 941.5
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In this thorough sifting of the Irish problem, the author, an Englishman, does not spare England. Of her habit of not taking Ireland seriously he says that if it is persisted in “it will bring ruin not only on Ireland but upon England and on our European civilization generally. If Ireland is not ... given her freedom equally with every other nation in Europe, another great world-war is as certain as the rising of tomorrow’s sun.... Every nation on the earth that desires to do wrong to another takes fresh heart when it thinks of the example of England in Ireland.” Contents: Why it is important to realize that Ireland is a nation; The historical thread; Sinn Fein; The insurrection of 1916; Ulster: the facts of the case; The hesitating sort of Liberal and Irish self-determination; One man’s views on Dominion home rule; The Irish soldier; Ireland’s record in the war; The soldiers’ sacrifice; The English in Ireland: a scene; Another scene: the drums of Ulster; The witness of the poets; A note on Irish literature; Voices of the new Ireland (from various writers); Common-sense about the little nations; Epilogue.
“Interestingly written though somewhat lacking in unity.”
“It is devoid of all appearances of sentimentality, yet the very calmness with which the argument is followed gives a force to the book which passion itself could hardly sustain.”
Reviewed by Preserved Smith
“‘Ireland a nation’ stands above and apart from the vast majority of books on the subject. It owes this distinction not only to its author’s brilliant handling of a complicated theme, to his sense of selection, and to his gift of distilling the essence of long-drawn-out controversies into a witty phrase, but primarily to the fact that he lifts the issue to a new and higher plane. Where other writers take it for granted that the dispute is one between two nations. Mr Lynd confronts the rulers of Great Britain with their pledges not to Ireland but to the civilized world, and insists that an Irish settlement is to England’s allies, no less than her enemies, the ‘acid test’ of whether these pledges are more than mere empty words.”
“He is well informed and presents his views with clearness and force, as befits an editor of the London Daily News. But his book will fail through over-statement to carry conviction to his opponents.”
“If his pages have at times the intractable vehemence which belong to his nationality, they are no less lit up with the wit and sparkle that seldom desert a man of his race.” H. L. Stewart
LYNDE, FRANCIS.Girl, a horse and a dog. il *$2 (2½c) Scribner
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When Jaspar Dudley’s will was read, instead of the fortune which his grandson Stanford Broughton expected, he received only a vague legacy which at first he chose to disregard entirely. For it read something as follows: “Your portion ... was worth, at its latest valuation, something like $440,000.... When you find it, you will be able to identify it by the presence of a girl with brown hair and blue eyes and small mole on her left shoulder, a piebald horse ... and a dog with a split face—half black and half white.” With just this information and certain indefinite geographical data, “Stannie” finally starts on the trail of his inheritance. He has less trouble in locating it than might be expected. But then his troubles begin, for he finds it to be a flooded mine, which is nevertheless highly desirable to a certain mining engineer. He determines to pump it out, and ascertain its value. His attempts to do this, and the efforts of his rival to thwart him, and gain possession himself, make the story, with, of course, some rivalry for the blue-eyed girl as well.
“Rather well told and interesting to readers of western stories.”
“Plenty of dash in this story, and genuinely interesting from beginning to end.”
“‘The girl, a horse and a dog’ is a book built frankly for amusement purposes, but it is more substantial than the usual run of adventure stories. Mr Lynde possesses the power to develop character in a consistent manner, to afford the reader glimpses of types which live, and to do this without halting the steady flow of a narrative that steadily rises in its interest.”
“A lively tale.”
LYNDE, FRANCIS.Wreckers. il *$1.75 Scribner
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“Graham Norcross, whose private stenographer and confidential clerk, Jimmie Dodds, tells the tale of their adventures, was anything but anxious to become general manager of the much-abused Pioneer short line. That unfortunate railroad had for some time been nothing but an instrument for a little group of Wall street speculators to make money with; they juggled its stock about, stinted it in equipment and everything else, and abused it generally. Now, squeezed dry, it was on the verge of bankruptcy. And to make bad matters worse, at its headquarters in Portal City every wellpaid post was filled by some cousin or nephew or brother-in-law of the stock speculators who controlled the road. This was a part of the proposition which faced Graham Norcross when he started out to make the Pioneer short line an honest and a paying concern. By the scheme finally carried out, it was arranged that one section of ‘the country—and the employes—had a railroad of their own,’ a railroad whose stock was controlled by the people most interested in its welfare.”—N Y Times
“A railroad story which will interest men and boys.”
“The story maintains the author’s reputation as a teller of entertaining tales.”
LYNN, MARGARET.Free soil. *$2.50 (2c) Macmillan
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A story of the fight for free soil in Kansas in the fifties. Among the New England recruits to the free soil population are John and Ellen Truman, who give up ease and security and take their two young children into the new and strange land. With them goes Ellen’s cousin Harvey Sayre, young and high-spirited and ripe for adventure. Later another cousin, Phoebe Murray, comes for a visit, and refusing to be sent back to safety, remains to play her part with the other women. Even before reaching Kansas the Trumans have a taste of the tense relations between North and South and they are in the heart of the struggle from the moment of their arrival. Another struggle no less interesting is revealed within the ranks of the free-soilers, between the advocates of violence and those who stand for peaceful methods. The figure of John Brown as he moves through these pages differs somewhat from popular legend. The love story of Phoebe and Lewis Hardie, the high courage of the women, and the author’s very evident love for the prairies lighten the somberness of the story.
“Miss Lynn has not only made her story interesting and her characters alive; she has pictured the country itself as few writers have pictured it. ‘Free soil’ is a noble book, a living book, a book to read and to remember. In its blending of fiction and history it is a notable achievement.”
“As fiction pure and simple the novel has no great art, but it has historical reality and wide human sympathy. As a sketch of western living conditions in early days the book is also satisfying.” E. C. Willcox
LYTLE, JOHN HORACE.[2]Story of Jack. il $1.50 Pettibone-McLean co., Dayton, O.
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“The scene of the title story is laid in the Klondike land in the Klondike days. Jack is a real dog, and a great one, who will win straight to the heart of every reader.” (Cath World) “The tragic adventure of Jack is followed by other stories, each directed to a particular foible of the dog-lover—the pioneer dog who spends his life by racing with a message of an Indian uprising, the unwelcome mongrel who rescues a child from drowning and is welcome ever after, the spaniel who is taught to point golf balls and so saves his master in a desperate match, and so on.” (Review)
“These are stories of live people and live dogs told in a live way.”
“They are capital tales, all of them; and if the limits of canine intelligence are overstepped, what harm is done?”
MCAFEE, CLELAND BOYD.Christian faith and the new day. *90c (4c) Macmillan 230
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The author’s subject is theology—theology as adapted to the needs of the day. He says in his preface, “Visitors to theological seminaries often tell young men they are not to preach their theology, whereas in any sound way of speaking it is the only thing they are to preach.” The book is addressed “not to technical theologians but to working ministers and thoughtful laymen.” Contents: The call to reconstruction; The Christian theology of God; The Christian theology of salvation; The church; A concluding word. The author is a professor in McCormick theological seminary, Chicago.
MCARTHUR, PETER.[2]Affable stranger. *$1.50 (4c) Houghton
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The author is a Canadian farmer and journalist who visited the United States in the capacity of friendly observer. He was interested particularly in the state of public opinion as it concerns Canada and Great Britain and his method was to keep as quiet as possible and let the other person do the talking. Some of his chapters, which were contributed first to the Toronto Globe, are: Back to the primitive; Registering reform; A burden of farmers; Organized for profit; Old home week; The ward leader; The soul of Canada; A land of upper berths.
MACAULAY, ROSE.Potterism. *$2 Boni & Liveright 20–19045
“‘Potterism’ is a newspaper novel. The idea is Potterism. It is a more inclusive idea than the one which was once covered by the word ‘bromide.’ Potterism also takes in the bromide, but generally speaking it means ‘muddle and cant—second-rate sentimentalism and cheap short-cuts and mediocrity.’ It is personified in Mr Potter (afterward Lord Pinkerton) owner of the Pinkerton Press, and in his wife, ‘Leila Yorke,’ the novelist. But the Potters are such perfect symbols that even their own children, Jane and Johnny, help to form the Anti-Potter league. There are three or four other members of the league, and the book follows their fortunes, which take a slightly melodramatic turn. In the end the president of the league is killed in Russia and the Potter-Pinkerton Press goes on forever.”—New Repub
“In this new novel by Miss Macaulay it is not only her cleverness and wit which are disarming. It is her coolness, her confidence, her determination to say just exactly what she intends to say whether the reader will or no.” K. M.
“Shrewd, vigorous and interesting to many readers. Most amusing to those who can appreciate subtle humor.”
“Even to a confirmed Potterite the keen thrust of Miss Macaulay’s wit must afford a fearful delight. Here is a good antidote for the oversexed novel.”
“There is no doubt but what Miss Macaulay looks at her day and its state of mind much as Cervantes looked at his, and her result in fiction is in kind if not in degree the same. In degree it is far ahead of its kind beyond anything done by her contemporaries. For all its clever caricature and exhilarating interest the story is downright English.” W. S. B.
“As a sophisticated picture of modern life the book is exceedingly well done; as a solution of the problem it sets before us it fails, chiefly because in the author’s philosophy there is no solution—at least no workable solution.”
“It is cleverly conceived and cleverly written, but it is a little too hasty to be complete.” E. P.
“In ‘Potterism’ Miss Macaulay has sketched for us a clever, amusing, and, on the whole, convincing picture of the state of the British mind during and immediately after the war. Her book pushes as close to the current hour as it can without lapsing into mere journalism.” Edwin Björkman
“Miss Macaulay’s narrative technique shares the keenness and distinction of her intellectual outlook. Each section of the book is told by one of its characters and thus the characterization is of a rare completeness and inwardness. The section written by Lelia Yorke is masterly.” L. L.
“Miss Macaulay is so competent in reaching her aim that one is forced to wonder why she didn’t make her book a little smoother and more varied in style, and a little less awkward in form.” S. T.
“The story is taken up at different stages by the principal figures, and Miss Macaulay shows real skill in her power of representing the facts as they appear to each, colored by the style and the preoccupations of the individual.” E. A. Boyd
“Add to this penetrating observation and trenchancy of expression a finished style and good powers of characterization and it is not difficult to understand why Miss Macaulay’s fictional commentary on present day foibles was praisefully acclaimed in London, where it has already run into several editions.”
Reviewed by Caroline Singer
“What gives it distinction is the range and flexibility of its idea.” H. W. Boynton
“In these days of Potterism, trade-union tyranny, and fiscal oppression, we are not often, as they used to say in the eighteenth century, ‘merry.’ Yet Miss Macaulay’s novel amused and refreshed us. The satire is playful, delicate, and mordant.”
“The book is rightly named ‘tragi-farcical,’ and therein lies its weakness, for the abruptness of the alternations are extreme. The greatest tragedies have not excluded comedy, but the introduction of farce produces a confusion of tones.”
“The effect of abstraction is unfortunately heightened by the author’s device of telling part of the story in her own person, part in the persons of the different characters, a proceeding for which we can see no good reason. It would have been better if she had written all in the person of the unworldly Laurence Juke. In his instalment we have the Miss Macaulay whom we knew before, afraid neither of pity nor enthusiasm.”
MCAULEY, MARY ETHEL, ed. Wanderer; or, Many minds on many subjects; with an introd. by Charles Alexander Rook. *$2.50 Boni & Liveright 040
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“In the Pittsburgh Dispatch, Miss Mary Ethel McAuley, calling herself the ‘Wanderer,’ showed an extraordinary ingenuity in putting nice questions in casuistry and in eliciting a wide variety of answers to them, many of which now appear in this volume.” (Review) “‘Can a radical be a Christian?’ ‘Is our present marriage system perfect?’ ‘Is it possible for the dead to materialize?’ ‘Should we have birth control?’ ‘Is the mystic a human need?’ ‘Are the ministers more muzzled than the editors?’ ‘Would George Sand be received in genteel society today?’ ‘Was Tolstoi a prophet?’—these are a very few of the many vital or bizarre questions asked by Miss McAuley and tackled by Sir Tom, Doctor Dick, and Plain Harry and Lizzie.” (N Y Call)
“Nobody could possibly accept half the opinions in this book, but some of them are enlightening, many are interesting, and the “‘Wanderer’ idea is excellent.” A. W. Welch
MCBRIDE, ISAAC.Barbarous soviet Russia. il *$2.50 Seltzer 914.7
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“Favorable pictures of present-day life in Russia under the Bolshevist régime, as sketched by an American traveler. Mr McBride gave special attention to labor conditions, education, the status of women, and the character of the soviet leadership. Interesting documents, including a report on the financial situation of Russia, are included in an appendix.”—R of Rs
“What we have not yet seen is a book which combines a frank confrontation of the point of view of the Soviets with a clear-eyed estimate of its principles and a fair description of the successes or failures resulting in the operation. Mr Isaac McBride has failed to write such a book, but he has at least shown that the materials for it are not lacking.” Jacob Zeitlin
“Not the least attractive feature of the book is a number of excellent illustrations. A great deal of valuable and interesting information about the labor laws and the industrial condition of soviet Russia is contained in a long appendix.” A. C. Freeman
MCCABE, JOSEPH.Taint in politics. *$2 Dodd 172.2
“This anonymous attack on the political world of the day deserves attention as a searching and forcible exposure of many undoubted abuses. Lack of principle, lightly disguised corruption, privileged incompetence, a pampered and leisurely civil service, slavish adherence to party, the substitution of oligarchy for any true democracy—these and such like features of public life are trenchantly and often convincingly attacked; and some historical chapters at the beginning trace the evolution of political corruption back to the middle ages. Though the writer has some suggestions at the end as to shorter parliaments, saving of parliamentary time, and, more broadly, the fundamental need of popular education, he is almost solely destructive; he is ‘not so much concerned with the method of purification as the establishment of the disease,’ and it is a real merit that he is absolutely impartial in his onslaught on the two—or three—parties and on the coalition.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“The value of this anonymous criticism of present-day political affairs would be greatly enhanced were the writer able to confirm the hope held out at the commencement, that in spite of his summary dismissal of politics as everywhere and always more or less tainted, his attitude might eventually be something more than negative.”
“The reader is likely to find, in this volume, additional reasons for congratulation that America has not become a partner in the international gaminghouse. The chapter on American conditions is disappointingly superficial.” C. N.
Reviewed by E. L. Pearson
“The thoughtful reader will not, of course, forget that there is another side to the question.”
MCCALEB, WALTER FLAVIUS.Present and past banking in Mexico. *$2 (3c) Harper 332.15
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On the ground that the degree of banking development of a country measures the degree of civilization, comfort, and economic development, the book attempts “to trace the history of the credit institutions of the country from their initial stages down to the present time. Effort has been made to stress the salient facts in the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of banking in our neighboring republic.” (Preface) The book is published under the auspices of the Doheny foundation and a partial list of the contents is: Early stages of banking and finance; Through the crisis of 1884; Origin of the Banco nacional; High tide of bank concessions; General law for institutions of credit; The transition period; Adoption of the gold standard; Eve of the Madero revolution; Huerta and the banks; Regime of the Constitucionalistas. There is a bibliography and an index.
“Dr McCaleb has succeeded in furnishing the only comprehensive account of banking developments in Mexico. It is not easy for American readers to understand the statements of Mexican banks because of the differences in the terminology used, which grow largely out of differences in banking practice. Dr McCaleb has done much to make understandable the statements which he cites.” A. N. Young
MCCARTHY, JUSTIN HUNTLY.Henry Elizabeth. *$2 (1½c) Lane
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Henry Elizabeth’s mother had wanted a girl and her name was to have been Elizabeth. When he was born a boy the Elizabeth stood with the addition of Henry, Young Braginton, for he was the master of the manor-house, grew up a country bumpkin much given to drinking, eating and women. He was a young giant. One day, after a drunken bout, he encounters a most beautiful woman, such as he had never seen. It changes his career. He resolves to give up his old life, go up to London, become one of Queen Elizabeth’s courtiers, and make himself worthy of his beauty. He falls in with a former court jester who takes his education in hand, and little by little makes himself master of all the gallant practices, including swordsmanship. He has many adventures, serves Elizabeth and is granted favors, and has the opportunity, most coveted, to champion the cause of his lady love and rid her of her enemies. Although he had not won her at the end of the story the reader hopes that he will yet succeed. The picture of London in Elizabeth’s time is one of the quaint features of the story.
“It is characteristic of Mr McCarthy that it has all the excitement and rapidity of a good swashbuckling tale with a most polished workmanship and better style than is the case of most books of the kind.”
“The story is written in that leisurely way that enables the author to reproduce in fine detail much of the social background of the time with which it deals and also to accentuate the feeling of its unhurrying pace. But this is all done without apparent effort and as an integral part of the story, which moves swiftly enough when the time for action comes.”
“A capital tale of the days of Queen Bess. It is just historical enough and not too much so. A tale which has incident, action, humor, and character depiction.”
“Mr McCarthy is one of our most acceptable historical novelists. His people are real; and neither they nor he drop into the mannerisms of style or the pat dialogue too common among his rivals.”
MACCLINTOCK, LANDER.Contemporary drama of Italy. *$1.50 (2c) Little 852
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The book is one of the Contemporary drama series edited by Richard Burton. Comparatively little is known to the English-speaking public of modern Italian dramatists. The object of the book is to fill the gap. The author holds that the Italian is realistic rather than romantic and his modern literature is characterized by fidelity to life and the intellectualization of its themes rather than by emotionalism. Even romanticism contained the germs of the modern movement and an increasingly intelligent public demands more and more discussion and solution of vital questions and urgent problems. The contents are: The foundations; Giuseppe Giacosa; The early realists; Gabriele D’Annunzio; The later realists; Roberto Bracco; Actors and acting, the popular theatre, the dialect theatre; The younger generation; Futurism and other isms; Bibliographical appendix; Index.
“Without that special charm which transforms such a book into one of popular appeal, but still interesting and useful in its suggestiveness to the drama student and general reader.”
“Mr MacClintock is very agile, very well-informed, his touch is light and his taste is catholic.”
“His book is excellent in every way, a model for the other contributors to the Contemporary drama series. It is founded upon indefatigable investigation, at once broad and deep. It is informed with a fine critical spirit. It is logically planned and proportioned. It is written in clear English. And it is as unfailingly interesting as it is unhesitatingly instructive.” Brander Matthews
“In spite of occasional infelicities of expression and errors of fact or of judgment, it is a distinctly valuable contribution to the study of modern Italian literature. Dr MacClintock’s first chapter, and his last, ‘Futurism and other isms,’ are the least satisfactory part of his book, since they involve broad generalizations based on a profound knowledge of the background. This knowledge he does not yet sufficiently possess, if one may judge from his tendency to accept and incorporate the views of previous writers.” K. McKenzie
MCCONN, MAX.Mollie’s substitute husband, il *$1.75 (2c) Dodd
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“Professor” John Merriam, principal of the Riceville high school, on account of his startling likeness to the “Boy senator,” George Norman, was induced to represent that gentleman under rather amazing circumstances. The Reform league of Chicago was trying to secure better traction conditions in that city and upon Senator Norman rested the decision, and it was his intention to veto the measure. Then what was simpler than for the enterprising Reform league to kidnap the senator and substitute his double—John Merriam, who would put the thing thru for them in short order. He agreed to play the part, which involved playing husband to Mollie June, with whom he had been in love since she was a school girl. The situation naturally led to complications both public and private, and all the people concerned were led a merry chase escaping detection. A happy outcome at times seemed impossible—but at length it is achieved for all except the unfortunate Senator Norman himself—and perhaps he deserved his fate.
“The story is brisk and brilliant, if complicated in plot.”
“A certain levity of style with which he writes disarms criticism and adds to the entertainment he has provided.”
MCCORD, JAMES NEWTON.Textbook of filing. il *$2 Appleton 651
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“Based on our experience in training thousands of girls and women for filing positions no matter what methods were involved, or what particular manufacturer’s system was employed, this book has been compiled.... Its purpose is to instruct in the different methods of filing, which are limited, while the different systems are numerous and must be reduced to a possible four methods.... Office routine, short cuts, cross reference and different refinements and ramifications all come in for proper consideration and the volume is equally as valuable as a reference book as a textbook.” (Preface) Contents: Filing equipment; Routing; Alphabetic methods; Numeric filing; Geographic methods; Subject and decimal methods; Automatic system; Card indexing; Transferring; Legal filing; Insurance; Real estate; Follow-up methods; Banking; Sales; Manufacturing; Stocks and bonds; Card ledgers; Appendix; Index. The author is director of the New York school of filing.
“A clear, simple presentation.”
MCCORMICK, ROBERT RUTHERFORD.Army of 1918. *$2 Harcourt 940.373
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A work by a member of General Pershing’s staff, with chapters on: The background of the army; The inspired ambassador; Early days of the A.E.F.; The great division; Germany’s last offensive; A few technical points; The pursuit from the Marne; The American offensives; Some elements of national defense; New weapons and their use; The general staff; The crime of silence; The only solution. The solution offered in the concluding chapter is a strong military establishment with a trained army based on European, preferably French, models.
“It should be read by everyone who is interested in our future military policy.”
MACCRACKEN, JOHN HENRY.College and commonwealth, and other educational papers and addresses. *$3 Century 378
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The collection consists largely of college addresses delivered at opening or commencement exercises, including, as the title essay of the book, the author’s inaugural address as president of Lafayette college. One of the leading ideas in this collection is the superiority of individualism to conformity, communism or state control. Even the desirability of cooperation is set forth with certain reservations. The war with its problems furnishes some of the topics. Among the titles are: The college and the individual; Liberty and cooperation; War and education; The college and the shadow of war; Federal leadership in education; Why the trust idea is not applicable to education; The college man and freedom; The education of women; Broader education of engineers; Scientific method and therapeutic impulse; Religion and education.
MCCUTCHEON, GEORGE BARR.Anderson Crow, detective. il *$2 (3½c) Dodd