NEW BOOKS 
NORE) S HO RB Ri beZ 
Recently Added to Manchester Public Library 
‘“‘That is a good book which is opened 
with expectation and closed with 
profit.’’ 
The summer is past and the long 
autumn evenings are with us. How 
shall we spend them? For some no 
doubt the reading of books will occupy 
many a pleasant hour. 
I think we would get much more out 
of our reading if we went about it in 
a more systematic manner. For some 
it is much better to have a novel and 
some non-fictional work out of the h- 
brary at the same time, for the change 
from one to the other is restful to the 
reader. 
It is a good idea to keep a list of 
the books you read during the year. 
You may improve your memory by re- 
ferring to that list and trying to recall 
the principal events and characters in 
some hook you may have read a month 
before. 
Notwithstanding the war, this year 
has been a good one for authors and 
publishers. A great many works on 
the European War or the countries tak- 
ing part have been published. 
Last November the New York Times 
Book Review started a Bibliography of 
the European War, issuing the first 
section at that time, another list was 
given in April of this year and a third 
section was published this month. 
The last section contains over 225 
books. War fiction has been increas- 
ing by leaps and bounds. 
In the April list there were thirteen 
novels, treating of the war, while in 
the list just published, twenty-one 
works of fiction have to do with the. 
struggle in Hurope. 
In April nine works were mentioned 
as having been written by eye wit- 
nesses, while in the third section we 
have twenty-five works by those who 
had seen some phase of the war. 
Quite a large number of books on the 
Kuropean War and the countries at 
war, have been added to the library 
this year,—‘‘The German Emperor’’ 
by Gaus, ‘‘Evolution of Modern Ger- 
many’’ by Dawson, ‘‘Belgium, Her 
Kings, Kingdom and People’’ by Mac- 
Donnell, ‘‘America and the World 
War’’ by Theodore Roosevelt, ‘‘ Four 
Weeks in the Trenches’? by Fritz 
Kreisler, ‘‘Germany, France, Russia 
and Islam’’ by Treitschke, ‘‘Ger- 
many’s Madness’’ by Reich, ‘‘How 
Belgium Saved Hurope’’ by Sorolea, 
‘“The Road Toward Peace’’ by Charles 
Eliot, ‘‘Why we are at War, Great 
Britain’s Case,’’ ‘‘Six Weeks at the 
War’’ by Sutherland, ‘‘The Soul of 
Germany’’ by Smith, ‘‘War Book of 
the German General Staff’’ by Morgan 
and ‘‘The World in Crucible’’ by Sir 
Gilbert Parker. 
Many other works not treating of 
the war but of great interest to the 
thoughtful reader have been purchased 
recently, ‘‘George the Third and 
Charles Fox’’ by Trevelyan the Eng- 
lish historian completes his history of 
the American Revolution, the best his- 
tory on that subject. ‘‘Christianizing 
the Social Order’’ and ‘‘Making Reli- 
gion Efficient,’’ should appeal to any 
one interested in practical Christianity. 
Those seeking knowledge about our 
own country may peruse with profit the 
following—‘‘ Democracy of the Consti- 
tution’’ by Henry Cabot Lodge, ‘‘ The 
French in the Heart of America’’ by 
Findlay, ““Pan-Americanism ’”’ by 
Usher, ‘‘Through the Grand Canyon 
from Wyoming to Mexico’’ by Klob, 
““America and Her Problems’’ by 
Estournelles de Constant, ‘‘Government 
N 
of the Canal Zone’’ by Goethals, ‘‘ Life 
in America One Hundred Years Ago’’ 
by Hunt and ‘‘Abroad at Home’’ b 
Street. 
The subject of woman suffrage is be- 
ing prominently brought before the 
people and many books have been 
written both for and against. The best 
book in favor of suffrage is ‘‘Common . 
Sense as Applied to Woman Suffrage’’ 
by Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi. Dr. 
Jacobi delivered this address twenty 
years ago before the New York Con- 
stitutional Convention, and uothing 
that has been written since is any more 
convincing, Others are ‘‘Survey of the 
Women Problem’? by Rosa Mayreder, 
‘‘The Business of Being a Woman’’ by 
Ida Tarbell, ‘‘The Unrest of Wom- 
en’’ by Martin. Any one interested 
in the subject—and having a sense of 
humor should read a little farce 
‘‘Women for Votes’’ and ‘‘Are Wom- 
en People, A Collection of Suffrage 
Rhymes.’’ Even the novelists have 
rushed in and tried to solve the ‘‘wom- 
an problem,’’ but with very indifferent 
results. We have ‘‘Delia Blanchflow- 
er’’? by Mrs. Humphry Ward, ‘‘ Angela’s 
Business’? by Henry Sydnor Harrison 
and ‘‘The High Priestess’’ by Robert 
Grant. The above mentioned novels 
are all worth reading and are thought 
provoking books but they do not do 
much towards solving the problem. 
The names of many of the best known 
writers of fiction: are on this year’s 
lists. Winston Churchill has given us 
‘‘The Far Country,’’ Anthony Hope 
‘*A Young Man’s Year,’’ Joseph Lin- 
coln, ‘‘Thankful’s Inheritance,’’?’ Mary 
Roberts Rinehart, ‘‘The Streetof Seven 
Stars’? and Owen Johnson, author of 
‘‘Stover at Yale,’’ has just brought 
out ‘‘Making Money.’’ Many others 
might be mentioned did space per- 
mit. A type-written list of this 
year’s books may be found on the 
table in the reading-room of the l- 
brary. It is the wish and aim of the 
trustees to make the library as useful 
as possible to those who patronize it 
and any criticism or suggestions will 
be welcomed. ~—-R. T. G. 
Crossing, Francis L. Higginson, Jr., who has Mrs, L. M. 
Sargent’s cottage and M. Graeme Haughton at Pride’s 
Crossiag are among those who will stay late at their sum- 
mer homes and keep them in readiness for occupancy 
practically all winter. 
In addition to these, there are several who will re- 
niain at their summer homes during the winter, includ- 
ing the Samuel Vaughns, the Augustus P. Loring, Jrs., 
the E. Laurence Whites, and the Oliver Turners. 
Many of the cottage residents in the vicinity of 
Gloucester are prolonging their stay this year beyond the 
usual time, and there are half a dozen families who will 
not leave before the latter part of this month. Mr. and 
Mrs. William J. Little will remain at their Eastern Point 
home until January, when they plan to return to Boston. 
Henry David Sleeper will remain during the winter, as is 
his custom, and others will not close their homes until 
next month. 
A few cottagers still linger at Annisquam, but most 
of them will leave in the next two weeks, 
And, we might add, there will be a number of fam- 
ilies at Manchester all winter, or practically all winter,— 
including the Amory Eliots, the Francis M. Whitehouses, 
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Mitchell, Dr. J. H. Lancashire 
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Yates and Mrs. John 
C. Howe, Philip Stockton and family, Mr. and Mrs, E. 
C. Fitch, Jr., Reginald Boardman and family, the W. B. 
Walkers, Mrs. C. S. Hanks, and others. Mr, and Mrs. 
Lester Leland, W. D. Denégre and family, George R. 
White and Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Bradbury, the Wm. H. 
-oolidges, always remain until Thanksgiving. 
Harry Lecore and four other members of the Yale 
football squad have been dropped by the Yale Athletic 
committee for breaking the rules laid down for amateurs. 
There is a definite line beyond which no amateur may 
pass. In strictly enforcing the letter of the law Yale is 
playing the game clean and fair. It is unfortunate for 
Legore and his companions, but amateur sportsmanship 
must be kept free of professional interests. 
Wealth may not bring happiness, but there isn’t a 
great deal of happiness without it in some form, 
Oct. 22,1915. 
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