NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The February Magazines 
Some Features of a Few of Them, by ‘‘R. T. G.”’ 
The ‘‘World’s Work’? is full of good 
reading. In the ‘‘march of events’’ 
part of the magazine a number of 
interesting things may be found. ‘‘So- 
cializing Country Life,’’ ‘‘A House- 
keepers League,’’ ‘‘Rich Men as Am- 
bassadors’’ and ‘‘Getting Books to the 
People’’ may be mentioned. The last 
article in the above list tells of the 
good work done by a woman in Hagars- 
town, Maryland. She _ started some 
years ago to carry books to the peo- 
ple living up in the mountains near that 
town. At first they did not care for 
the books, but now they are in swreat 
demand. Last year the horse and wa- 
gon she had used for sometime was de- 
stroyed by a train and now she uses 
an automobile. ‘‘The New Freedom’’ 
by Woodrow Wilson is well worth read- 
ing. ‘‘The Bacteria of Bad Business’’ 
by Dr. John R. Williams is a study of 
Rochester’s milk supply. Much infor- 
mation is given about the handling of 
milk. 
Those wishing to know more about 
our English language will learn 
something by reading ‘‘Scotticisms and 
Americanisms’’ by Thomas R. Lonns- 
bury in ‘‘Harper’s Magazine.’’ In ‘‘A 
Cure for Civic Myopia’’ by Robert W. 
Bruere a great deal is told about our 
Federal government that everyone in- 
terested in the welfare of our country 
should know. A number of good stor- 
ies also may be found in ths maga- 
zine. 
‘*Seribners’’ for February is good 
from cover to cover. ‘‘ Discovering 
America by Motor’’ is a well illustra- 
ted paper giving a good discription of 
a rather unusual automobile eperience. 
‘‘The Automobile and its Missions’’ 
tells of the various kinds of work the 
motor car is made to do at the present 
time. All Americans are proud of the 
work the government has done in build- 
ing the Panama Canal. ‘‘Sanitation of 
the Isthmus’’ by Joseph Bucklin 
Bishop goes far to explain our success 
at Panama. It tells what splendid re- 
sults were accomplished in the pro- 
tection of the health of thos? work- 
ing on the ‘‘big ditch.’’ The failure 
of all other attempts to cut a canal 
across the Isthumus was due to a large 
extent to its unsanitary condition. 
A series of papers are now running 
in ‘‘Scribners’’—‘‘Germany and_ the 
Germans from an American Point of 
View.’’ They are written by Price 
Collier, author of ‘‘Hngland and the 
English from an American Point of 
View’’. Berlin is the subject for this 
month. 
‘¢A Flier in Longevity’’ by Wallace 
Irwin is the opening story in ‘‘Me- 
Clures.’’ It is a good story. 
Gilbert K. Chesterton the brilliant 
writer in the Illustrated London News 
and author of many books has another 
of his ‘‘Father Brown’’ detective 
stories in this magazine for February. 
‘‘The Strange Crime of John Bou- 
luois’’ is the title of the story. This 
author is considered the best detective 
story writer in England and one of 
the ‘‘Father Brown’’ series will ap- 
pear each month for sometime to come. 
Those believing that the world is 
getting better should read ‘‘ Advertis- 
ing Goodness’’ by Gerald Stanley Lee 
in Everybody’s. This is followed by 
rather a pessimistic article on the val- 
ue of mineral springs in the treatment 
of disease by Woods Hutchinson, entit- 
led ‘‘Taking the Waiters, The Hum- 
bug of Hot Springs.’’ 
‘¢Current Opinion’’ formerly ‘‘Cur- 
rent Literature’’ gives one of the 
best monthly reviews of the poli- 
tics and news of the world that 
we get in any of the magazines. 
If a person did not read anything else 
but its ‘‘Review of the World’’ each 
month he would be kept well posted 
on what is being done on this little 
planet of ours. ‘‘A Last Look at 
Helen Gould, Spinster’’ gives many 
facts about this noble American wo- 
man. ‘‘Years of Discretion — a play 
of Cupid at Fifty’’ is a very amusing 
little play with a good moral ‘lesson. 
Ip seociven Mini tulleen ee Current: 
Opinion’’ for this month. Many other 
topics are treated in a manner to ap- 
peal to the reader. 
There are three good articles in the 
Canadian Magazine, — ‘‘The Shell 
Mines of Prince Edward Islands,’’ 
‘“Merchandising on the Frontier,’’ and 
‘The Montreal Opera Company.’’ 
Those interested in recent literature 
should peruse the ‘‘Bookman.’’ It 
gives much information about the new 
books and present day writers. It al- 
so reviews some eight or ten books each 
month. 
‘«Vicarious‘‘ in the ‘‘Atlantic’’ is 
a bright little story. ‘‘The Machine 
Trainers’’ and ‘‘The Social Order in an 
american Town’’ are two thought-pro- 
viding papers in this month’s ‘‘ Atlan- 
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In the-above notes but very few of 
the numerous good things to be found 
in the magazines have been mentioned. 
—R. T. G. 
NEW BOOKS RECENTLY ADDED TO 
MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. 
Children’s Reading, Olcott, 028-0. 
Collected Verse, Kipling, 811-K7. 
Complete Poetical Works of Geof- 
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821-C10. 
Heroes and Heroines of English His- 
tory, Hoffman, 920-H17. 
Just So Song Books, Kipling, 780-K. 
Life of Charlotte Bronte, Mrs. Gas- 
kell, B-B&86. 
Poems and Plays, 2 vols. Moody, 
811-M4. 
Through the School, Priddy B-P9471. 
Ways of the Planets, Martin 520-M]1. 
Fiction 
Change Signals, Barbour, B2391.26. 
Day’s Work, Kipling, K571.11. 
Glenloch Girls at Camp West, Rem- 
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Just So Stories, Kipling j. K571.21. 
Mrs. Leicester’s School, Lamb, j. 
L218.1. 
Princess Pourquoi, Sherwood, 8554.2. 
Priscilla’s Spies, Birmingham, B619.1. 
Soldier’s Stories, Kipling, K571.19. 
Stories and Poems Every Child Should 
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Under the Deodars, Kipling, K571.20. 
New Sets of Standard Works. 
Lytton, Edward Bulwer: 
Alice, or the Mysteries 
Caxtons; Zicci; Haunted and the 
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Devereux. 
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Ernest Maltravers. 
Godolphin; Leila; 
Eugene Aram. 
Harold; Falkland; 
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Last Days of Pompeii. 
Last of the Barons. 
Lucretia. 
Night and Morning. 
My Novel (3 vols). 
Parisians. 
Paul Clifford. 
Pelham. 
Pilgrims of the Rhine 
Rienzi. 
What Will He Do With It? 2 vols. 
Strange Story. 
Clemens, 8S. H. (Mark Twain). 
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 
Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 
American Claimant and Other 
Stories and Sketches. 
Christian Science. 
Connecticut Yankee in King Ar- 
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Following the Equator. 
Gilded Aage. 
Innocents Abroad. 
Life On the Mississippi. 
Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 
and Other Stories and Essays. 
Mark Twain’s Speeches. 
Personal Recollections of Joan of 
Are. 
Prince and the Pauper. 
Puddin’head Wilson. 
Roughing It. j 
Sketches New and Old. 
$30,000 Bequests. 
Tom Sawyer Abroad; Tom Sawyer 
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Tramp Abroad. 
Collins, Wilkie: 
After Dark. 
Dead Secret. 
Moonstone, 2 vols. 
Woman in White, 2 vols. 
Cooper, James Fennimore: 
Afloat and Ashore. 
Bravo. 
Chainbearer. 
Crater; A Tale of the Pacific. 
Headsman. 
Heidenmauer. 
Home as Found. 
Homeward Bound. 
Jack Tier. 
Leather Stocking Tales: 
Pausanias. 
Calderon. 
