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RECENT PUBLICATIONS 



field, and because of its authority, its freedom 

 from technicalities, and its concise and read- 

 able style, it is sure to be most welcome to the 

 general reader. 



We are particularly concerned with the 

 chapter devoted to "Cuba and its relations to 

 the United States." This is fully but con- 

 cisely discussed from a political and also from 

 a commercial point of view. The political 

 portion is a fair statement of the case and is 

 free from the dogmatic assertions in which 

 writers frequently indulge when writing on 

 Cuban politics. 



The commercial portion gives a careful re- 

 sume of Cuba's resources and industries. 

 The importance of the United States trade 

 with Cuba is duly emphasized. 



Spanish, Commercial and Professional, by 

 T. S. Romero, published by David McKay, 

 Philadelphia, 12 mo., cloth, 75 cents. Thisvol- 

 ume teaches in a manner easily grasped, the 

 Spanish technical and business terms em- 

 ployed in commerce, banking, medicine, 

 agriculture, stockraising, engineering, irriga- 

 tion, mining, law and commercial correspon- 

 dence. The portion treating with commercial 

 correspondence has received special attention, 

 and formulas and model letters in this book 

 teach every detail of conducting correspon- 

 dence. 



A Century of Sugar Refining in the United- 

 States, 1816-1916. This is a very interesting 

 pamphlet, issued by the American Sugar 

 Refining Company. It is handsomely illus- 

 trated and gives in a very concise but in- 

 teresting way the history of sugar refining 

 in the United States in the last 100 years. 

 One hundred years ago sugar was more of a 

 luxury than it is now and at that time granu- 

 lated sugar was unknown. In colonial days 

 sugar was sold in the loaf or lump and the 

 purchaser had to break it up for use in the 

 household: now granulated sugar is used ar 

 a matter of course. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED 



Booklet No. 286 of the Link-Belt Company. — 

 This booklet has to do with the lubrication 

 and casings for silent chain drives. This 

 gives full instructions in regard to the lubri- 

 cation of these drives, and is illustrated with 

 explanatory half-tones and diagrams. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS 



In the Fall announcement of the new Mac- 

 millan books^ 1918, of the Macmillan Com- 

 pany, New York, we notice several publica- 

 tions in regard to Cuba and Spanish America, 

 and we make mention of the following books : 



The Literary History of Spanish Ainerica, 

 by Alfred Coester. — It is claimed that this 

 book is unique in that it sets forth the his- 

 torical and social history of the several coun- 

 tries, with special reference to the poems, 

 essays, dramas and novels written by Spanish- 

 Americans. In the chapter devoted to Cuba 

 it is shown how the long fight for political 

 freedom waged by the Cuban, as well as the 

 climate in which he lives, has differentiated 

 the Cuban from the Chilean or from the Peru- 

 vian. 



The Macmillan Spanish Series. — This com- 

 prises a practical Spanish grammar, an ele- 

 mentary Spanish-American reader, a South 

 American historical reader and a Spanish- 

 American commercial reader. 



The Early History of Cuba, 1482-1586, by 

 I. A. Wright. — This book is announced to be 

 published in November. Miss Wright has 

 been for many years a resident of Cuba and 

 Spain, and has had unusual facilities for dis- 

 covering and employing in her narrative 

 hitherto unused and almost imknown docu- 

 ments and manuscripts. This book is one of 

 the first from a historical point of view to deal 

 with this period. 



Sulphitation in White Sugar Manufacture, 

 by Francis Maxwell, published by Norman 

 Rodger, London. This publication will re- 

 ceive a more extended notice in our November 

 number. 



Guia Comercial Pan-Americaria, compiled 

 by Fernando Vizcarrondo Rojas. This is 

 written in Spaiush and English and contains 

 a great amount of information in regard to 

 all Latin-American countries. 



Bulletin No. 28, Las Fierras de Cuba, by 

 J. T. Crawley, Director Experiment Station, 

 Santiago de Las Vegas. 



Bulletin No 29, Fertihzation of Soils, by 

 R. S. Cunliff, pubhshed by the Experiment 

 Station, Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba. 



