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NEW BOOKS 
Recently Added to Manchester Public Library 
‘‘Men Around the Kaiser’’ by F. 
Wile contains short biographical sket- 
ehes of some thirty men prominent in 
the public life of Germany. A num- 
ber of these men were fellow-students 
with the Emperor at the University of 
Bonn. It throws much light on the 
character of the Kaiser. 
The author of ‘‘Anne of Green Ga- 
bles’? has given us another story of 
boy and girl life on Prince Edward Is- 
land. In ‘‘The Golden Road’’ we 
meet ‘‘The Story Girl’? and other 
characters made familiar by her other 
works of fiction. 
If you want a good hearty laugh 
read ‘‘The Golden Rule Dollivers’’ by 
Margaret Cameron, author of ‘‘The In- 
voluntary Chaperon’’ and many short 
stories. A young couple own a motor- 
ear and are very generous about let- 
ting others enjoy it with them. Many 
amusing episodes result from their 
generosity. 
Westways’’ by 8S. Weir Mitchell 
is one of the new books. This author 
is a nerve specialist living in Philadel- 
phia, famous the world over for his 
‘rest treatment’’ for hysteria. When 
over fifty years of age he began writ- 
ing fiction. ‘‘Hugh Wynne’’ his first 
novel gave him high rank as a novel- 
ist. He has written several novels and 
some good poetry since that time. His 
last story is undoubtedly his best work 
since ‘‘Hugh Wynne.’’ In it you will 
find portrayed the ‘‘tactful friendship’’ 
of an ideal married life. The scene 1s 
laid in Philadelphia and the South st 
the time of the Civil War. | 
‘<The Life of John Bright’’ by G. M. 
Trevelyan is a book that should be read 
by many Americans. He was one of 
the few great English statesmen who 
stood by the North at the time of the 
Civil War. He was very democratic 
in his ideas and was a true friend of 
the common people. The following 
quotation from one of his speeches 18 
a good expression of his political faith, 
‘<The nation in every country dwells 
in the cottage, and unless the light of 
your constitution can shine there, un- 
less the beauty of your legislation and 
the excellency of your statesmanship 
are impressed there, on the feelings and 
conditions of the people, rely upon it, 
you have yet to learn the duties of 
government.’’ 
The ‘‘Autobiography of George 
Dewey, Admiral of the Navy’’ tells us 
much about the life of the man who 
was in command at the battle of Ma- 
nila Bay some fitteen years ago. He 
has been in the United States Navy 
some fifty nine years, what changes he 
has seen! When he became a student 
at the Naval Academy in 1854 Com- 
modore Perry had just opened up Ja- 
pan to civilization. He took part in 
many engagements during the Civil 
War. This work is decidedly worth 
reading. 
_A very attractive and well illustrat- 
ed little volume is ‘‘One Hundred 
Years of Peace’’ by Senator Henry 
Cabot Lodge. This review of one hun- 
dred years appeared first as a series of 
articles in the Outlook. 
“*Gentlemen Rovers’’ by E. Alex- 
ander Powell reads like romance. The 
author says in his foreword ‘‘ This 
book is written as a tribute to some 
men who have been overlooked by 
History and forgotten by Fame.’’ 
A collection of essays and addresses 
by Oscar 8. Straus has been published 
in book form under the title ‘‘The 
American Spirit.’’ This man who has 
given the most of his life to the pub- 
lic service of this country at home and 
abroad is well fitted to interpret the 
spirit of the American nation. The 
papers comprising this volume—aside 
from their value as critcism—are writ- 
ten in excellent English and are very 
readable. 
African Camp Fires—by Steward 
Edward White, author of ‘‘The Rules 
of the Game,’’ ‘‘The Conjuror’s 
House’’ and other stories—is an inter- 
esting description of hunting big game 
in the ‘‘Dark Continent,’’ but it is 
more than that for he gives a vivid 
picture of the people and the customs 
of that country. 
‘‘Humanly Speaking’’ is the title of 
a volume of essays by Samuel Me- 
Chord Crothers a Boston man. ‘‘The 
Obviousness of Dickens,’’ ‘‘The Ameri- 
can Temperament,’’ ‘‘The Spoiled 
Children of Civilization’? and ‘‘On 
Realism as an Investment’’ are among 
the best in the book. 
There are ‘‘Laddies’’ and ‘‘ULad- 
dies.’’ This ‘‘Laddie’’ is the beauti- 
ful story of a collie dog and was writ- 
ten by Lily F. Wesselhoeft for boys 
and girls eight to twelve years of age 
but I am sure many of the older chil- 
dren and grown-ups will enjoy it. 
‘copig Sixty Years Since’’ was the 
text of an address by Charles Francis 
Adams delivered before the University 
of South Carolina last January. It is 
attractively printed in a small volume. 
It contains much food for thought and 
will well repay the time spent in read- 
ing it. 
‘(Work and Frograms of Women’s 
Clubs’? by Caroline French Benton 
should be a very helpful volume for 
women’s clubs and for anyone wishing 
to study along certain lines. There is 
a varied choice of subjects. 
‘<The Governments of Europe’’— by 
Frederick Austin Ogg, Fh. D., Assis- 
tant Professor of History at Simmons 
College—is a comparative study of the 
political institutions of Europe. It 
will be found very convenient to the 
student as a book of reference and 
should interest the general reader who 
wishes to know something about the 
governments of other countries than his 
own. 
‘‘The Way Back’’ by Basil King, 
author of ‘‘The Inner Shrine’’ is a 
novel well worth reading. Charlie 
Grace the hero of the story wants to 
do right but he loses faith in goodness 
through some of his early experiences 
and it looked at one time as if he 
would make a wreck of his life but he 
is saved—as many a man in real life 
has been saved—by his faithful wife. 
‘<The Taste of Apples’’ by Jeanette 
Lee, Professor of English Literature at 
Smith College, is a work of fiction that 
all’ who read it will enjoy. 
‘“*A Prisoner in Hairyland’’ is the 
story of a man who fell heir to a large 
property and how he brought happiness 
to many with it. 
Those who enjoyed the quiet humor 
of ‘‘Sunshine Sketches’’ will weleome 
Literary Lapses by the same author. 
It certainly is a mirth-provoking book. 
The Trustees of the Library wish to 
thank Mr. J. A. Bebee for his gift of 
books to the Library. A full list of 
recent additions to the Library is given 
below. a eis 
New Books 
African Camp Fires, White 916-W. 
American Spirit, Strauss 815-S. 
Autobiography, Dewey B-D519 
Elegy Written in a Country Church 
Yard, Gray 821-G. 
Gentlemen Rovers, Powell 909-P 
Governments of Hurope, Ogg 354-0. 
Humanly Speaking, Crothers 814-C10. 
Life of John Bright, Trevelyan 
B-B855. 
Men Around the Kaiser, Wile 920- 
One Hundred Years of Peace, 
sodge 342-L. 
W135. 
Plain Man and His Wife, Ben- 
nett 170-B5. 
‘‘oTis Sixty Years Since,’’ Adams, 
815-A. 
Fiction 
Boy Sailors of 1812, Tomlinson 
1659.10. 
Daddy Long Legs, Webster W381.3 
Golden Road, Montgomery M78’7.6. 
Golden Rule Dollivers, Cameron 
C182.2. 
Honor of the Clintons, Marshall 
M3671.4. 
Laddie, Porter P845.4. 
Laddie, Wesselhoeft W515.3. 
Literary Lapses, Leacock 1434.2, 
Patty ’s Social Season, Wells W453.11. 
Prisoner in Fairyland, Blackwood 
B632.1. 
Taste of Apples, Lee 1478.5. 
Way Home, King K5212.5, 
Westways, Mitchell M682.15. 
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