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Rural children in selected counties of North Carolina, F. S. Braui.k.y and 

 M. A. Williamson (U. S. Dept. Labor, Children's Bur. Pub. SS (1918), pp. 118, 

 pis. 16). — The plan of the survey includes children's health conferences con- 

 ducted at the county seat and in rural communities, together with investiga- 

 tions into the economic status of families, home conditions, maternity care, in- 

 fant care, physical condition of children from 1 to 15 years of age, education, 

 children's farm and other work, and recreation and social life. This study 

 was carried on in a certain typical lowland county of the State, while in three 

 smaller rural townships of a typical mountain county a similar investigtion 

 \. ; s carried on from house to house. 



In the appendix are included a report of the activities of the North Carolina 

 State Board of Health in relation to child welfare, the work of various organi- 

 zations stimulating an interest in farming and farm life. <\. state laws relat- 

 ing to child labor and school attendance, the child-caring institutions and agen- 

 cies of the State, and copies of schedules used in visiting families during this 

 survey. 



The little town, especially in its rural relationships. II. P. I - tXcw 



York: The Macmillan Co., 1919, pp. XIII+25S. pi*. 1 .'. %§8. 8).— The author dis- 

 cusses the socio-economic aspects of little towns in the United States, their 

 distribution and economic classification, the country and the Industry upon 

 which they may be dependent, their evolution, their people, structural funda- 

 mentals, institutions, ideals, and a program for organized service and progress. 



The value of land in France, P. Caziot (Iai Valour de la Terre en France. 

 Paris: J. B. Bailliire d Sons, 191$, pp. VII I +',:>'>. flffS. V>J\— This is one of a 

 series constituting the agricultural encyclopedia published under the direction 

 of G. Wery. It Includes a history of farm land values in France, a review 

 of factors Influencing fluctuations in price, and detailed descriptions of condi- 

 tions in all sections of the country. 



The results and the progress of the redivision of lands [in Japan] admit- 

 ting of cultivation (Intermit. Intt. Apr. [Rome], Internal. Rev. Agr, /.Von., 9 

 (1918), No. 5, pp. }09-481). — The laws relating to. and the cost, advantages, 

 and progress of, redivision of the lands of Japan which can be cultivated are 

 reviewed here. Statistical Information relating to progress under this process 

 is included. 



Land credit, J. Gastlaver (CrS'lito Territorial. Ferille [Spain]: La " Gvia 

 Oflcial," 1916, pp. 1S5). — The author dis the fundamental principles of 



rural credit, means of acquiring it, the mortgage as the Instrument of rural 

 credit, a historical survey, the mortgage as security, new forms of land mort- 

 gage, and the valuation of land. He describes the Federal land bank system 

 Of the United States and the adaptations which would make it practicable In 

 Spain. 



Rural land credit in Switzerland. II. BnXBTEB (he Credit Fonder Rural en 

 Suisse. Nevchatal: Attinocr Bros.. 1917, pp. 190).— This Is the third part of a 

 collection of commercial and economic studies published under the direction of 

 1'. E3. Bonjour and G. Palllard. It describes in detail the rural credit institu- 

 9 of Germany and France, and particularly Swi<s institutions offering 

 mortgage credit, conditions of the business In each canton, and method- of 

 Swiss mortgage banks. 



The author questions the efficiency of the many cantonal banks, from the 

 i oint of view of interest rate, eligibility of loans, credit for Improvements, 

 etc., but advocates, instead of a national land bank, n central clearing house 

 for affiliated land banks. 



Farm tenancy: An analysis of the occupancy of 500 farms. C. .T. Cviimn 

 and B. F. Hoao (Wisconsin Sta. Research Kul. M (.1919), />;<. 18, 1Uf*. t).— This 



