50 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and. Reminder 
NEW BOOKS 
Recently Added to Manchester Public Library 
Woman occupies a large place in cur- 
rent literature. She is being studied 
and discussed from every standpoint— 
mentally, morally, politically, socially 
and from the standpoint of sex. The 
white-slave traffic and the divorce ques- 
tion have taken up so much space in the 
magazines and daily papers during the 
past year that it led one magazine 
writer to ask ‘‘if it had not struck sex 
o’clock in the United States?’’ — 
A large number of works on differ- 
ent phases of the ‘‘woman question ” 
have been published this year. We 
hear much about the ‘‘new woman”’ 
and her rights, but sometimes it does 
us good to look backward. In ‘eT he 
Old-Fashioned Woman Primitive Fano- 
ies About the Sex’’ you will find a 
store-house of information about the 
curious beliefs and superstitions held 
in regard to woman. Much knowledge 
is conveyed in a very attractive form. 
‘¢Her Creation,’’? ‘‘Engagements and 
honeymoons,’’ ‘‘Old Maids and Wed- 
ding Rings,’’ ‘‘Widows,’’ ‘‘Sex and 
Dress,’’ ‘‘The Jeopardized Male,’’ 
‘‘The Exclusive Sex’’ and ‘‘Sex After 
Death’’ are chapters you should not 
fail to read. 
Another very informing volume is 
‘‘Woman’s Share in Social Culture’’ 
by Annie Garlin Spencer. The subject 
matter of this book first appeared as 
a series of articles in the Forum. She 
has very sane views on the questions 
discussed. ‘‘The Primitive Woman,’’ 
‘“‘The Day of the Spinster’’ and ‘‘The 
Problems of Marriage and _ Divorce’’ 
are the headings of interesting chap- 
ters. 
‘The What-Shall-I-Do Girl’? is a 
book that contains many suggestions 
that should be helpful to young girls 
ST eS ee ee ae re Se Fe a ae 
AS TO; POLTHCS 
Politics are brewing now all over 
the state and in Essex county many 
interesting contests are promised. 
Sizing up the sentorial contests the 
Transcript says: 
“The third district will see a sharp 
battle for the Republican nomination 
between Senator C. Augustus Nor- 
trying to decide what to do to make 
a living. A young girl just out of 
high school writes to a number of her 
girl friends who are earning their liv- 
ing for information as to the best way 
to maintain herself. She gets plenty 
of good advice. 
‘¢Vocations for Girls’? by M. A. 
Laselle and K. E. Wiley gives much 
information about the numerous voca- 
tions open’ to girls. 
‘¢Finding the Worth-While in Enu- 
rope’’ by Albert E. Osborne is a very 
attractive travelogue. The author takes 
you through Europe by ways that are 
not mentioned in the guide-books. The 
book is worth reading for its vivid de- 
scriptions. 
Plays have a large place in the newer 
“literature. Most of the plays at the 
present time deal largely with sociolo- 
gical subjects. Among the new books 
will be found three volumes of plays. 
One by John Gallsworthy. avthor of 
‘¢Vila Rubein,’’ ‘The Country Honse’’ 
and other novels contains three plays. 
Shove Silver = (D0x. eet ON ate 
‘<Strife.’? Hach play shows un some 
defect in our social structure, but un- 
fortunately does not alwavs sunnly a 
remedy. The prose nlavs of Gerhart 
Hauptmann, the most distineuished of 
German dramatists, mav now be 9ob- 
tained in a very good English transla- 
tion. The first volume consists of an 
introduction and four plays—‘‘ Before 
Dawn,’’ ‘The. -Weavers,’*” *“The 
Beaver Coat’? and ‘‘The Conflagra- 
tion.’’ The author was the winner 
of the Nobel] prize in literature for 
1912. His plays deal with the life of 
the common people. He portrays the 
longings of the lower classes, but most 
wood of Hamilton, who is a candidate 
for a second term, and former Repre- 
sentative Clarence J. Fogg of New- 
buryport. Norwood’s vote last year 
was 4844 to 2978 for Frank C. Rich- 
ardson of Essex, Democrat; 1818 for 
Alexander W. Andrews of Gloucester, 
Progressive, and 261 for Charles F. 
Norwood of Gloucester, Socialist. 
mistic view of life. 
A little over a year ago a prominent 
writer of plays, August Strudberg, died 
in Stockholm. A number of his plays 
have been translated into English. We 
now have ‘‘The Father,’’ ‘‘ Countess 
Julie,’?? ‘‘The - Outlaw’’ and ‘‘The 
Stranger.’’ The last named, ‘‘An 
Episode in I Scene,’’ is a fine study of 
the mental make-up of woman, They 
all make very: interesting reading. 
Another noyel—‘‘The Old Adam?’— 
by Arnold Bennett, has been added to 
the library. It reminds one of ‘‘Dend- 
rey the Audacious’? by the same au- 
thor and is very entertaining. The 
two concluding volumes of the Life of 
John Bigelow have been received by 
the library. The sequel to ‘‘Red Pep- 
per Burns’’—the well-meaning but im- 
pulsive young doctor—is among the new 
books. It is called ‘‘ Mrs. Red Pepper.’’ 
A good edition of Keats’ Poems may 
now be obtained at the library. 
A list of new books is given below. 
—R.T.G. 
New Books 
American Syndicalism—The TIT. W. W. 
Brooks, 335-B. 
Dramatic Works, Hauptmann, 832-H. 
Finding the Worth While in Europe, 
Osborne, 914-O1. 
Guide to the Montessori Method, 
Stevens, 371-S1. 
Old Fashioned Woman, Parsons, 
396-P1. 
Plays, Strindberg, 839-S, 
Plays, Galsworthy, 822-G. 
Poetical Works, Keats, 821-K8, 
Retrospections of an Active Life, 
Bigelow, B-B592. 
Vocations for Girls, JLaselle and 
Wiley, 376-L. 
Woman’s Share in Social Culture, 
Spencer, 396-S2. 
Fiction 
Mrs. Red Pepper, Richmond, R532.4, 
Old Adam, Bennett, B471.9. 
What Shall I Do Girl, Waitt, W145.1. 
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