November, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



143 



THE- TALK- OF - THE - OFFICE 



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"To buiinesa that we lore we rise betime 

 And £0 to 't with delight." — Antony and Clffalra. 



REBUILDING 



UP TO the present time the rage of de- 

 struction goes on unchecked, and there 

 are few or no signs of anything else. 

 Everywhere outside of the terrible war zone 

 people are wondering how and when is to begin 

 the process of rebuilding what has been so 

 recklessly destroyed. After three numbers of 

 the World's Work devoted to blood and 

 carnage, it should be an inspiration to turn 

 to a subject fundamentally constructive, and 

 we again announce for December a number 

 taking for its text"U. S. the Rebuilders," 

 which is coming as near to a Christmas senti- 

 ment as is possible in this degenerate year. 

 If there is to be no "Peace on Earth" perhaps 

 from our neutral viewpoint there may be at 

 least some "Goodwill to Men." 



Here are the subjects which we hope to 

 cover in this issue — subjects which we may well 

 study at this time if we are to be the larger 

 spirited country we hope to become: 



Where the Trade Waits. South America, the Near 

 East, Africa, and the Far East. 



Our Treaty Ties. Our foreign relations, the Monroe 

 Doctrine, the Wilson Doctrine, the Open Door. 



Where Foreign Tariffs Affect Us. How we are 

 affected by the tariffs all over the world. 



The Open Door, the Open Sea, and Free Trade. 

 A broad gauge policy for a big nation. 



An American Merchant Marine. 



American Popularity in Foreign Lands. Interviews 

 obtained. 



Why I Am an American. By a German, a French- 

 man, a Swede, an Italian, etc. 



The Ties of Blood. 



American Travel Abroad. See the Americas first. 



An American Merchant Marine and What It 

 Can Do. 



How Best Can the U. S. Serve Civilization in 

 This Crisis? 



Foreign Banking Outposts. American banks abroad 

 and what they can do. 



American Loans. 



American Diplomacy. 



The Concession Business. 



What We Are Doing to Meet Our New Responsi- 

 bilities. 



The Effect of Capital on Trade. 



A SPANISH EDITION 



It is a pleasure to learn of the demand in 

 South America and other Spanish speaking 

 countries for a Spanish edition of the World's 



Work. Some of the larger American firms 

 and corporations have planned to join with 

 us to get a wide circulation for the December 

 magazine in these countries, and the Rebuild- 

 ers Number will be issued, if our plan works 

 out, in both languages about December i, 

 1914. If you are interested in getting into 

 these new fields, write us. 



BOOKS AND YET MORE BOOKS 



We hope we are not obsessed by the war. 

 The making of Fewer and Better Books goes 

 on, we are thankful to say, successfully. The 

 publishers report that the book publishing 

 and selling business is good. Here, in brief, 

 is the fall list, details of which appear in other 

 advertising pages in this issue: 



The Twenty-Fourth of June. By Grace S. Rich- 

 mond, $1.25 net. 

 Almayer's Folly. By Joseph Conrad, cloth, $1.25 



net; limp leather $1.50 net. 

 The Place Beyond the Winds. By Harriet T. 



Comstock, $1.25 net. 

 Change (Vol. VII of the Drama League Series). By 



J. O. Francis, 75 cents net. 

 Joseph Conrad. By Richard Curie, $1.25 net. 

 The Teeth of the Tiger. By Maurice Leblanc, 



$1.25 net. 

 Astronomy (Threshold of Science series). By Camille 



Flammarion, 50 cents net. 

 Bambi. By Marjorie Benton Cooke, $1.25 net. 

 By aisid Large. By Franklin P. Adams, $1.00 net. 

 The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting. By Edward 



A. Mcllhenny, $2.50 net. 

 Scouting With Daniel Boone. By Everett T. 



Tomlinson, $1.20 net. 

 Myths Every Child Should Know. Edited by 



Hamilton W. Mabie. Holiday Edition, illustrated 



by Mary Hamilton Frye, $2.00 net. 

 Marta of the Lowlands (Vol VIII of the Drama 



League Series). By Angel Guimera, 75 cents net. 

 The Sealed Valley. By Hulbert Footner, $1.25 net. 

 The Best Stories in the World. Selected by 



Thomas L. Masson, of Life. New limp leather 



edition (boxed), $1.25 net. 

 Bob, Son of Battle. By Alfred Ollivant. New 



pocket edition in flexible leather binding, Si. 50 net. 

 Songs of Nature. Edited by John Burroughs. 



New limp leather edition (boxed), $1.50 net. 

 A Journey to Nature. By J. P. Mowbray. New 



limp leather edition (boxed), $1.50 net. 

 A Soldier of the Legion. By C. N. & A. M. Wil- 

 liamson, $1.35 net. 

 Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen. 



Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker, $1.50 net. 

 A Midsummer Night's Dream. Illustrated by Arthur 



Rackham. New popular edition, $1.50 net. 



The Art of the Low Countries. By Dr. Wilhelm R. 

 Valentiner. Translated by Mrs. Schuyler Van 

 Rensselaer, $2.50 net. 



Appearances. By G. Lowes Dickinson, $1.00 net. 



Early American Churches. By Aymar Embury II, 

 $2.80 net. 



Country Houses. By Aymar Embury, II, $3.00 net. 



The Blossoming Rod. By Mary Stewart Cutting, 

 50 cents net. 



A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling. 

 By Ralph Durand, $2.00 net. 



The History of Architecture, Vol. III. By Pro- 

 fessor A. L. Frothingham, cloth, $5.00 net; leather, 

 $7.50 net. 



Freckles. By Gene Stratton-Porter. New Holiday 

 Edition, illustrated by Thomas Fogarty, $1.50 net. 



The Pastor's Wife. By the Author of "Elizabeth 

 and Her German Garden," $1.35 net. 



The Grand Assize. By Hugh Carton, $1.35 net. 



The American Whitaker Almanac and Encyclo- 

 pedia. $1.00 net. 



The Seven Seas Edition of the Works of Rudyard 

 Kipling. New volumes as ready. 



going well 



Penrod. By Booth Tarkington, $1.25 net. 



Chance. By Joseph Conrad, cloth, $1.35 net; pocket 



leather, $1.50 net. 

 Laddie. By Gene Stratton-Porter, $1.35 net. 



TO OLD FRIENDS 



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 send a short time subscription to the World's 

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 by many thousands. May we still suggest 

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 would be an interesting and pleasant attention 

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 Use this coupon if you will be so kind: they 

 are coming down like a white shower in the 

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