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To blaze a trail for the reader through the rich forest of books educational, philosophical, scientific, and withal “popular” is no easy task. I have not attempted to do more than put down the titles of some new and recent “general” books, with the authors, and sometimes a note upon the volume. But should these not be classified? Dear reader, if you will give me the classification of the things you are interested in, I will classify the books....

_Christ or Mars?_ by WILL IRWIN. A passionate but documented indictment. Mr. Irwin says we do not want peace hard enough; the mood of man must be changed before peace can come about. He believes it can be done. “We are trying to hide in squirrel-holes from God. And the church, which purports to interpret to our world His intentions, is hiding too.”

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER’S _Building the American Nation_ is a series of lectures on Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, John Marshall, Webster, Jackson and Lincoln.

_The Ideals of Theodore Roosevelt_, by EDWARD H. COTTON. The book deals especially with Roosevelt’s religious beliefs and his creed as expressed in a life of action. Theodore Roosevelt’s sister, Corinne Roosevelt, writes the preface.

_The Spirit of Islam_, by SYED AMEER ALI. Recognised as the one authoritative work in English for use in Moslem centres of instruction. Of especial interest in connection with Lothrop Stoddard’s _The New World of Islam_.

_Man and the Attainment of Immortality_, by JAMES Y. SIMPSON. After a careful outline of biological evolution, the author interprets Christianity as the most important stage in the evolution which, from being physical, is tending more and more to become a mental and spiritual process.

G. STANLEY HALL’S _Jesus, the Christ, in the Light of Psychology_, an interpretation of what we know of Christ in the light of present-day psychological knowledge, is now procurable in one volume.

A new and useful introduction to the study of philosophy is JOSEPH A. LEIGHTON’S _The Field of Philosophy_.

JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON’S _The Humanizing of Knowledge_, discussed above, is one of the volumes of the Workers’ Bookshelf series, books primarily planned for use in American trades union colleges but of varying general interest. Other books in the series are _Joining in Public Discussion_, _The Control of Wages_, _Women in the Labour Movement_, etc. (by various authors).

_The Greek View of Life_, by G. LOWES DICKINSON, a book of charm and permanence, should possibly rather be assigned to Chapter 15 of this book.

_The Making of the Western Mind_, by F. MELIAN STAWELL and F. S. MARVIN. A short survey of the leading elements of the European cultural inheritance from the days of classical Greece to our own day.

_Suggestion and Mental Analysis_, by WILLIAM BROWN. Takes into account Coué and Badouin and psychoanalysis, and culminates in an exposition of Bergson’s philosophy.

_The Dominant Sex_, by MATHILDE and MATHIAS VAERTING, translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Argues that there are no distinctively “masculine” traits but that the traits so-called have been characteristic of either sex when dominant in a particular society; with evidence to support the theory.

_The Mechanism and Physiology of Sex Determination_, by RICHARD GOLDSCHMIDT, translated by W. J. Dakin. Remarkable breeding experiments carried out with insects; intersexuality; a subsection deals with man. A book of importance to biologists.

_How to Sing_, by LUISA TETRAZZINI. Practical advice by the great coloratura singer.

_The Art of the Prima Donna_, by FREDERICK H. MARTENS. Discussions by Bori, Calve, Easton, Farrar, Galli-Curci, Hempel, Homer, Jeritza, Schumann-Heink and others are the feature of the book.

_Public Speaking_, by FRANK H. KIRKPATRICK. Those interested in this subject will probably want also ALFRED DWIGHT SHEFFIELD’S _Joining in Public Discussion_.

_The Process and Practice of Photo-Engraving_, by H. O. GROESBECK, JR. There has hitherto been no handbook and manual.

_Construction of the Small House_, by H. VANDERVOORT WALSH. For the architect and the layman alike.

As an example of the finest type of book in one of many special fields, there may be mentioned ARTHUR T. BOLTON’S _The Architecture of Robert and James Adam_, in two volumes with about 700 illustrations, folio size, $60.00.

_The Book of Building and Interior Decorating_, edited by REGINALD T. TOWNSEND. Practical advice from experts.

_Interior Decoration_, by FRANK ALVAH PARSONS. A standard work.

_The Psychology of Dress: Life Expressed in Clothes_, by FRANK ALVAH PARSONS, is a history of costume made still more interesting by illustrations.

The Amateur’s Book of the Garden Series, edited by LEONARD BARRON, offers:

_The Vegetable Garden_, by ADOLPH KRUHM _Planning Your Garden_, by W. S. ROGERS _Lawns_, by LEONARD BARRON _House Plants_, by PARKER T. BARNES _The Flower Garden_, by IDA D. BENNETT

For the owner of the greenhouse there is _Gardening Under Glass_, by F. F. ROCKWELL; SYDNEY MITCHELL’S _Gardening in California_ is a guide for the amateur on the Pacific slope; and _Adventures in My Garden and Rock Garden_, by LOUISE BEEBE WILDER (author of _My Garden_ and _Colour in My Garden_) is the descriptive history of a piece of land hardly more than an acre in size.

_The Plain Sailing Cook Book_, by SUSANNA SHANKLIN BROWNE. Simple recipes for beginners.

_A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House_, by JESSIE CONRAD. With a preface by her husband, Joseph Conrad. This was the meat on which our Cæsar fed and grew so great.

_A Pocket Bridge Book_, by WALTER CAMP. For those who must have their daily dummy.

_Modern Auction, 1923_, by GRACE G. MONTGOMERY. The new edition of a standard work.

_Singles and Doubles_, by W. T. TILDEN, 2D., world’s tennis champion, 1920, 1921.

_The Gist of Golf_, by HARRY VARDON. Vardon writes most readably and gives a chapter to each club. Pictures.

_Field Soccer and Hockey for Women_, by HELEN FROST and HAZEL J. CUBBERLEY. Pictures and diagrams.

_Ski-ing Turns_, by VIVIAN CAULFIELD. With card diagrams that can be removed from the book.

_How to Box_, by NORMAN CLARK. With 61 photographs.

_Training for Power and Leadership_, by GRENVILLE KLEISER.

_The Making of an Executive_, by A. HAMILTON CHURCH. Personal qualifications and the special knowledge required.

_Creative Selling_, by CHARLES HENRY MACKINTOSH. Making and keeping customers.

_The Law of Sales_, by JAMES BURTON READ. The law relating to the transfer of personal property for considerations.

_Advertising for the Retailer_, by LLOYD DALLAS HERROLD. Complete information on every type of advertising used by the retailer. Illustrations of layouts, window decorations, show cards, letters, etc.

_The Leadership of Advertised Brands_, by GEORGE BURTON HOTCHKISS and RICHARD B. FRANKEN. Successful advertising and marketing methods.

EDWARD H. SCHULZE’S _Making Letters Pay_ covers business letters from the viewpoint of “better results, in less time, at lower cost”; while CARL A. NAETHER’S _The Business Letter_ offers thoroughgoing practice in making good business letters a habit. SALLIE B. TANNAHILL’S _Ps and Qs: A Book on the Art of Letter Arrangement_ is concerned with personal letters.

_Funds and Their Uses_, by FREDERICK A. CLEVELAND. Now available in a revised edition. Methods, instruments and institutions of modern financial transactions. The revision adds chapters on the United States Treasury, commercial banks, the Federal Reserve system, trust companies, investment bankers and agricultural credit institutions.

_Cotton and the Cotton Market_, by W. HUSTACE HUBBARD. Production, marketing, the future contract system, the speculative factor; a pretty complete survey.

_Reminiscences of a Stock Operator_, by EDWIN LEFEVRE. The chief appeal of this book is the appeal of fiction, although it is obviously founded on the facts of one or more Wall Street careers. Much market wisdom.

_Co-operative Marketing_, by HERMAN STEEN.

_Historic Textile Fabrics_, by RICHARD GLAZIER. More than 200 varieties are illustrated.

_The Business of Writing_, by ROBERT CORTES HOLLIDAY and ALEXANDER VAN RENSSELAER. A trustworthy book on marketing the writer’s product.

_Writing to Sell_, by EDWIN WILDMAN. What will be marketable and why, from short pieces for household periodicals to special feature articles for monthly magazines.

_The Community Newspaper_, by EMERSON P. HARRIS and FLORENCE HARRIS HOOKE. Developing the newspaper to the community’s benefit and the owners’ profit.

Readers interested in the subject of JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON’S _The Humanizing of Knowledge_ will be interested in ABRAHAM FLEXNER’S new book, _A Modern College and a Modern School_.

_Modern Industrialism_, by FRANK L. MCVEY, presents in very full outline and from the examples of many countries present-day industrial organisation.

_Trade Unionism in the United States_, by ROBERT F. HOXIE. A revised edition is ready.

_Everybody’s Business_, by FLOYD PARSONS. A readable survey of America’s natural resources and the story of the development of our major industries.

_The Great Game of Politics_, by FRANK R. KENT.

_Too Much Government--Too Much Taxation_, by CHARLES NORMAN FAY.

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NOTE: The list of every publishing house has its special characteristics and the reader of books will naturally associate certain types of books with certain imprints; it is desirable that he should, aiding the bookseller, when possible, in the quest for publications of a special sort. I have tried to name below, as a general guide supplementing the fragmentary list above, the chief types of publications of the four houses associated in the production of this book:

D. Appleton & Company, whose long history has given them the honour of publishing important works by Charles Darwin, Haeckel, Froebel, Thomas Huxley, John Stuart Mill, Max Nordau, G. Stanley Hall, Muensterberg, Flammarion, Florence Nightingale and L. Emmett Holt, publish many scientific, business, educational, technical and industrial books, military and naval textbooks; books on the Spanish language and many translations into Spanish from English, including fiction; medical books; fiction by Zona Gale, Joseph C. Lincoln, Harold Bell Wright, Edith Wharton, Brand Whitlock, etc., and general literature.

George H. Doran Company publish many books of historical importance, memoirs, biographies, etc.; contemporary politics; travel; sport; belles lettres; a very large list of religious books; spiritualistic books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and others; poetry; plays; and a remarkable fiction list including Walpole, Mary Roberts Rinehart, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Bennett, etc.

Doubleday, Page & Company are noted as the publishers of many garden and nature books; of important biographies and historical works; travel; poetry; belles lettres; general literature and fiction by Joseph Conrad, Booth Tarkington, Gene Stratton-Porter, Edna Ferber, Kathleen Norris, etc. They publish the works of Rudyard Kipling (except the Outward Bound Edition: Scribner).

Charles Scribner’s Sons publish works on architecture; historical and biographical books and memoirs; letters; belles lettres; books dealing with problems of race and society; sociological works; poetry; plays; books on sports; works on art and decoration, philosophy and religion; many books illustrated in colour; and fiction. In a long career the house has had the distinction of publishing the works of J. M. Barrie, Thomas Carlyle, Edmund Gosse, W. E. Henley, Maurice Hewlett, James Huneker, Henrik Ibsen, Henry James, George Meredith, Theodore Roosevelt, George Santayana, Robert Louis Stevenson, etc.

All four houses publish books for boys and girls.

Fiction.

In addition to the fiction already discussed attention may be invited to the following new and recent books (for new fiction by Galsworthy, Conrad, V. Sackville West, Arthur Train, Harold Bell Wright, Ralph Connor, Booth Tarkington, Zona Gale, Gene Stratton-Porter, Joseph C. Lincoln, Edith Wharton, Christopher Morley see respective chapters on these authors; also see Chapters 3, 15, and 18):

_Cross-Sections_, by JULIAN STREET. Short stories.

_Butterfly_, by KATHLEEN NORRIS.

_Rufus_, by GRACE S. RICHMOND.

_Miss Bracegirdle and Others_, by STACY AUMONIER. Short stories.

_The Motherless_, by BENGT BERG, translated by Charles Wharton Stork. The story of a motherless boy and a motherless bear cub.

_The Shadowy Third_, by ELLEN GLASGOW. Short stories.

_The Middle Father_, by ANTHONY M. RUD. Norwegian settlers in the Middle West.

_Conquistador_, by KATHARINE FULLERTON Gerould.

_The Orissers_, by L. H. MYERS.

_Four of a Kind_, by J. P. MARQUAND. Four little novels.

_The Love Legend_, by WOODWARD BOYD.

_The Marriage Verdict_, by FRANK H. SPEARMAN.

_The Really Romantic Age_, by L. ALLEN HARKER.

_Broken Barriers_, by MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

_Timber Wolf_, by JACKSON GREGORY.

_Colin_, by E. F. BENSON.

_Eris_, by ROBERT W. CHAMBERS.

_Pandora Lifts the Lid_, by CHRISTOPHER MORLEY and DON MARQUIS.

_The House of Helen_, by CORRA HARRIS.

_The Gay Year_, by DOROTHY SPEARE.

_The Middle of the Road_, by SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

_La Parcelle 32_, by ERNEST PEROCHON.

_North of 36_, by EMERSON HOUGH.

_Fires of Ambition_, by GEORGE GIBBS.

_Madame Claire_, by SUSAN ERTZ.

_Corduroy_, by RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL.

_The Public Square_, by WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT.

_The Ground Swell_, by ALFRED B. STANFORD.

_The Song of the Dragon_, by JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE. Short stories.

_12. Totalling Mr. Tarkington_