NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
New Books 
Recently Added to Manchester Public Library. 
For many years ‘‘Hoyle’’ has been 
considered the best authority on in- 
door games. Among the new books 
will be found a copy of ‘‘Hoyle, An 
Encyclopedia of Indoor Games’’ by 
R, F. Foster, author of ‘‘Foster’s 
Whist Manual’’ and other books on in- 
door games, 
Edmund Hoyle was the inventor of 
whist. He was an Englishman and 
lived in London. He was born in 1672. 
In 1742 he published ‘‘A Short Treatise 
on Whist’’ for which he is said to have 
received one thousand pounds. The 
work was very popular and reached its 
thirteenth edition in a few years. 
_A number of enquiries have been 
made at the library for -a cook-book. 
To supply this demand for a source of 
information on the culinary art, there 
has been added to the library ‘‘A New 
Book of Cooking’’ by Fannie Merritt 
Farmer of Mrs. Farmer’s School of 
Cooking and author of ‘‘The Boston 
Cooking School Book.’’ The book con- 
tains 860 receipts and 225 illustrations. 
We trust that the interest in good 
cooking among the patrons of the libra- 
ry may increase for good food, well 
cooked, is a great aid to good health 
and adds much to the enjoyment of life. 
If you want to get a rational and 
concise statement of the American 
Civil War you should read ‘‘ Lectures on 
the American Civil War Delivered at 
Oxford’’ by James Ford Rhodes the 
great American historian. 
Woods Hutchinson, M. D., — prob- 
ab y the best writer on popular medi- 
cine today—has just brought out a 
book, ‘‘Common Diseases.’’ There s 
much in this volume that is helpful and 
the humorous style of the author makes 
its reading a delight. Dyspepsia, 
eatarrh, baldness, worry, sea-sickness, 
d afness and old age are some of the 
subjects treated. 
‘(Moths of the Limberlost’’—by 
Gene Stratton Porter, author of ‘‘A 
Girl of the Limberlost,’’ ‘‘Freckles’’ 
and ‘‘The Harvester’’—is a beautifully 
illustrated treatise on moths. A num- 
ber of people have asked for this book 
at the library with the idea that it was 
a sequel to one of her popular novels. 
She gives us—in her entertaining 
way— her experiences with moths. 
This is a book that will appeal to both 
old and young alike. 
‘¢The Diary of a Free Kindergarten’’ 
by Lileen Hardy, is the story of a 
kindergarten in Edinboro, Scotland. 
It has an introduction by Kate Doug- 
lass Wiggin. All teachers of children 
will enjoy reading it. The author gives 
a very attractive picture of the little 
Scotch lads and lassies who were under 
her care. ‘‘Sunshine Sketches of a 
Small Town’’ is a collection of short 
stories with an unusual preface which 
by the way, is one of the best things 
in the book. These stories were writ- 
ten by Stephen Leacock, Professor of 
Eeonomies and Political Science at 
McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 
The stories are well told, and give a 
good, through, exaggerated idea of 
some small towns across the border. 
“<The Seven Keys of Baldpate’’ is a 
novel by Earl Deer Biggers. It is a 
description of the experiences of a 
company of men and women at an inn 
on Baldpate mountain. This story is 
light and airy but will help you to for- 
get dull care for an hour or so. 
The younger children will be pleased 
with ‘‘Folk Tales of East and West.’’ 
Of the twelve stories in the book with 
the exception of the two tales from 
Chaucer, none have ever before been 
put into a form that would interest 
children. The collection is an unusual- 
ly good one. ‘‘Motor Boating for 
Boys’’ is a very practical hand-book 
on motor-boating by Charles G. Davis 
of the editorial staff of ‘‘ Motor Boat.’’ 
‘““The Gasoline—Engine,’’ ‘‘How the 
Engine Works,’’ ‘‘Installing the En- 
gine,’’ ‘‘Running the Engine’’ and 
‘*Sign-boards and Lamp-posts of the 
Water,’’ are the headings of some 
chapters. ‘‘More Little Beasts of the 
Field’’ by William Everett Cram gives 
much information about the wood 
chuck, chipmunk, rats and mice and 
many others of the well known small 
animals. The children will enjoy 
reading it. 
‘“Two and Four Footed Friends’’ are 
stories about the horse, dog, cat and 
other animals, written for children. 
They should inculcate the spirit of 
kindness in the treatment of the crea- 
tures that cannot speak for themselves. 
In ‘‘Best Stories to Tell Children’’ 
by Sarah Cone Bryant there is brought 
together a number of unusually good 
tales. They are put in such a form that 
the little ones may read them or some 
older person may entertain the chil- 
dren by reading them. I feel safe in 
stating that the reader will always 
have an attentive audience. Lovers of 
nature always welcome a new. book 
from the pen of Charles G. D. Roberts. 
‘‘The Feet of the Furtive’’ consists of 
some sixteen animal stories written in 
this author’s inimitable manner. 
‘‘The Keepers of the Nest’’ is a 
beautiful story of how two swan pro- 
tected their young from the lynx and 
other predatory creatures. ‘‘A Digger 
of Tubes’’ is the record of the adven- 
tires of sprightly little chipmunk. A 
number of others might be mentioned 
but this is not necessary for if you 
get the book you will read them all. 
Everett TT. Tomlinson, author of 
‘‘\iad Anthony Scout,’’ ‘Marching 
against the ‘‘Troquois’’ has another 
book for boys, ‘‘The Young Minute- 
Man of 1812.’? He tells much about 
the war of that date and narrates it 
in such a way that he appeals to bet- 
ter nature of his young readers. ‘‘ Miss 
Billy’? and ‘‘Miss Billy’s Decision’’ 
have been much in demand at the li- 
brary. No doubt ‘‘Pollyanna’’ by the 
same author, Miss Eleanor Porter will 
be enthusiastically received by the 
girls. ‘‘Pollyanna’’ was an orphan 
girl eleven years of age when she was 
adopted by an elderly maiden lady. 
Her experiences after her adoption is 
the story of ‘‘Pollyanna.’’ 
All girls will welcome another 
‘‘Patty’’ story by Carolyn Wells. 
‘‘Patty’s Butterfly Days’’ is an attract- 
ive novel for girls and will enhance 
her reputation as a writer of fiction 
for yo: thful maidens. 
‘‘The Children in the Shadow’? — 
by Ernest K. Coulter, formerly Clerk 
of the Children’s Court, New York— 
should be widely read. The author tells 
much about the poor children of 
a great city. The book has an intro- 
duction by Jacob A. Riis. 
Jeffery Farnol — author of ‘‘The 
Broad Highway’’— has brought out 
another novel, ‘‘The Amateur Gentle- 
man.’? The period of the story is the 
early nineteenth century. . The scene 
is wngland. The hero, Barnabas Barty, 
was born and brought up in the country. 
He fell heir to a fortune and goes to 
London to ‘‘become a_ gentleman.’? 
The critics consider it a better work of 
fiction than ‘‘The Broad Highway.’’ 
‘‘Onee Upon a Time Tales’’ by 
Mary Stewart, are real fairy tales and 
will give much pleasure to any child 
who may read them. Henry Van 
Dyke has contributed an introduction 
to this volume called ‘‘The Way to 
Once Upon a Time.’’ A fine edition of 
Charles Kingsley’s ‘‘ Water Babies’’— 
the reading of which has given so much 
pleasure to so many children — has just 
been added to the library. It has six 
colored plates and seventy half-tone 
illustrations. 
‘“*Nogi, A Man Against the Back- 
ground of a Great War’’ by Stanley 
Washburn, is a small volume that will 
be read with a great deal of interest. 
It is a short biography of General 
Baron Nogi, the great Japanese sol- 
dier who took his own life last Septem- 
ber shortly after the death of his Im- 
perial Master, the Emperor of Japan. 
The author met Nogi both at Port 
Arthur and on the field in Mongolia. 
His character was rather an unusual 
combination of the old and the new. 
‘*A Downland Corner’’ is a volume of 
short stories by Victor L. Whitechurch, 
author of ‘‘The Canon in Residence,’’ 
““Corcerning Himself’’ and other nov- 
els. These stories are studies of the 
people in a small village on the border 
of the English downs ‘‘where simple 
nature reigns.’’ Admirers of President 
Wilson will no doubt enjoy ‘‘The New 
Freedom’’ which is a concise state- 
ment of his political faith. The ideals 
set forth in this work are high and 
noble but should be capable of realiza- 
tion, 
Lovers of the heroic will welcome 
‘‘True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the 
New World’’ by A. W. Greely, Major- 
General U. S. A. The author in his 
preface says, ‘‘The ‘True Tales’ are 
neither figments of the fancy nor 
embellished exaggerations of ordinary 
occurrences. They are exact accounts 
of unusual episodes of Arctic service, 
drawn from official relations and other 
absolutely accurate sources.’’ 
‘Washington and Lincoln, Leaders 
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