Significant Books of the SeasonWHAT MEN LIVE BYByDr. Richard C. Cabot“If anyone wants good advice or good stimulus to fair thinking on vital subjects, he will find it here.... It is as a contribution to the values of life that this readable volume deserves a popular career. It is sound doctrine for the body, good wholesome sense for the mind, a balanced and not a specious optimism for the soul.”—The Dial, Chicago.$1.50 net. Postage extra.RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AND CONFESSANTSByAnna Robeson BurrReaders of Mrs. Burr’s able literary and psychological study of “The Autobiography” will be in a measure prepared for the wealth of material that she has brought together in her account of the religious confession throughout the ages. $2.50 net. Postage extra.THE MINISTRY OF ARTByRalph Adams CramThese papers all embody and eloquently exploit that view of the relation of mediæval ideals to modern life which has made the author the most brilliant exponent of Gothic architecture in America. $1.50 net. Postage extra.WHAT IS IT TO BE EDUCATED?ByC. Hanford HendersonA substantial contribution both to the art of education and to the art of reasonable living. While addressed primarily to parents and teachers, its rich content and admirable style recommend it warmly to all mature readers. $1.50 net. Postage extra.MEMOIRS OF YOUTHByGiovanni Visconti VenostaTranslated by Rev. William Prall, D.D. With an Introduction by William Roscoe ThayerThese memoirs, now translated into English, represent the aristocratic attitude among the patriotic Italians, and give a personal and vivid account of the abuses of Austrian clerical rule; of the outbreaks of 1848-50, their failure and cruel repression. Illustrated. $4.00 net. Postage extra.THE NEW POLITICSByWilliam Garrott Brown“These papers, sound and logical, written with the literary distinction not often possessed by students of political affairs, present not only in Lord Bryce’s words, ‘a memorial to a young writer of great promise,’ but as well a valuable addition to the literature of contemporary political and social affairs that touch the future.”—Boston Transcript.With portrait. $1.75 net. Postage extra.THE PLACE OF THE CHURCH IN EVOLUTIONByJohn Mason TylerThis very vigorous and readable book, written from the point of view of a biologist, emphasizes the naturalness of moral and religious development and of such an organization as the church, also gives a manly and wholesome view of what the church ought to be now and in the future. $1.10 net. Postage extra.THE ART OF SPIRITUAL HARMONYByWassili KandinskyTranslated from the German. With an Introduction by M. T. H. SadlerKandinsky gives a critical sketch of the growth of the abstract ideal in art, forecasts the future of the movement, and says in what way he considers Cubism to have failed in its object. Illustrated. $1.75 net. Postage extra.THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND MOMMSEN’S LAWByCharles Francis AdamsA vigorous assertion of the obsolete nature of the Monroe Doctrine and the obstacles to the hegemony of the United States over the Americas. 50 cents net. Postage extra.NURSES FOR OUR NEIGHBORSByDr. Alfred WorcesterThis book gives a history of nursing both here and abroad and makes a strong plea for the infusion of a more personal human interest into the nurse’s work. It will be of interest not only to nurses and doctors, but to all who have had or are likely to have experience in caring for the sick. $1.25 net. Postage extra.4 Park St.Boston16 E. 40th St.New YorkHoughton Mifflin Company
Significant Books of the Season
WHAT MEN LIVE BY
ByDr. Richard C. Cabot
“If anyone wants good advice or good stimulus to fair thinking on vital subjects, he will find it here.... It is as a contribution to the values of life that this readable volume deserves a popular career. It is sound doctrine for the body, good wholesome sense for the mind, a balanced and not a specious optimism for the soul.”—The Dial, Chicago.$1.50 net. Postage extra.
RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AND CONFESSANTS
ByAnna Robeson Burr
Readers of Mrs. Burr’s able literary and psychological study of “The Autobiography” will be in a measure prepared for the wealth of material that she has brought together in her account of the religious confession throughout the ages. $2.50 net. Postage extra.
THE MINISTRY OF ART
ByRalph Adams Cram
These papers all embody and eloquently exploit that view of the relation of mediæval ideals to modern life which has made the author the most brilliant exponent of Gothic architecture in America. $1.50 net. Postage extra.
WHAT IS IT TO BE EDUCATED?
ByC. Hanford Henderson
A substantial contribution both to the art of education and to the art of reasonable living. While addressed primarily to parents and teachers, its rich content and admirable style recommend it warmly to all mature readers. $1.50 net. Postage extra.
MEMOIRS OF YOUTH
ByGiovanni Visconti Venosta
Translated by Rev. William Prall, D.D. With an Introduction by William Roscoe Thayer
These memoirs, now translated into English, represent the aristocratic attitude among the patriotic Italians, and give a personal and vivid account of the abuses of Austrian clerical rule; of the outbreaks of 1848-50, their failure and cruel repression. Illustrated. $4.00 net. Postage extra.
THE NEW POLITICS
ByWilliam Garrott Brown
“These papers, sound and logical, written with the literary distinction not often possessed by students of political affairs, present not only in Lord Bryce’s words, ‘a memorial to a young writer of great promise,’ but as well a valuable addition to the literature of contemporary political and social affairs that touch the future.”—Boston Transcript.With portrait. $1.75 net. Postage extra.
THE PLACE OF THE CHURCH IN EVOLUTION
ByJohn Mason Tyler
This very vigorous and readable book, written from the point of view of a biologist, emphasizes the naturalness of moral and religious development and of such an organization as the church, also gives a manly and wholesome view of what the church ought to be now and in the future. $1.10 net. Postage extra.
THE ART OF SPIRITUAL HARMONY
ByWassili Kandinsky
Translated from the German. With an Introduction by M. T. H. Sadler
Kandinsky gives a critical sketch of the growth of the abstract ideal in art, forecasts the future of the movement, and says in what way he considers Cubism to have failed in its object. Illustrated. $1.75 net. Postage extra.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE AND MOMMSEN’S LAW
ByCharles Francis Adams
A vigorous assertion of the obsolete nature of the Monroe Doctrine and the obstacles to the hegemony of the United States over the Americas. 50 cents net. Postage extra.
NURSES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS
ByDr. Alfred Worcester
This book gives a history of nursing both here and abroad and makes a strong plea for the infusion of a more personal human interest into the nurse’s work. It will be of interest not only to nurses and doctors, but to all who have had or are likely to have experience in caring for the sick. $1.25 net. Postage extra.
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