Chapter LXXXV: Part 6: Literature, book reviews, drama, etc. Part 7—Two short stories (4)

Game laws for 1920; a summary of the provisions of federal, state and
provincial statutes. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1138) 83p
pa ’20

Game protection

Directory of officials and organizations concerned with the protection
of birds and game, 1920. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Department circular
131) 19p pa ’20

Games

Non-equipment group games for outdoor picnics and miscellaneous social
gatherings. O. F. Hall. (Indiana. Purdue university. Agricultural
extension div. Extension bul. 94) 12p pa ’20 Lafayette, Ind.

Gas

Standards for gas service. (U. S. Standards bur. Circular no. 32, 4th
ed.) 140p pa ’20

Germany

Constitution

Constitutions of the German empire and German states, ed. by Edwin H.
Zeydel. (U.S. State dept.) 542p pa ’19

Gipsy moth

Gipsy moth tree-banding material: how to make, use, and apply it. C.
W. Collins and Clifford E. Hood. (U. S. Agriculture dept. Department
bul. 899) 18p pa ’20

Government ownership of railroads

Government ownership of railroads. South Carolina high school debating
league. (South Carolina. University bul. no. 81) 176p pa ’19

Grain

Growing irrigated grain in southern Idaho. L. C. Archer. (U. S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1103) 28p pa ’20

Grape Industry

Currant grape growing: a promising new industry. George C. Husmann.
(U.S. Agriculture dept. Department bul. 856) 16p pa ’20

Grapes

Products and utilization of muscadine grapes. W. J. Young. (South
Carolina. Agricultural experiment station. Bul. 206) 37p pa ’20
Clemson college, S.C.

Grasses

The genera of grasses of the United States, with special reference to
the economic species. A. S. Hitchcock. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Bul.
772) 307p pa ’20

Hail Insurance

Hail insurance on farm crops in the United States. V. N. Valgren. (U.
S. Agriculture dept. Department bul. 912) 32p pa ’20

Health

Health almanac 1920. R. C. Williams. (U.S. Public health service.
Public health bul. 98) 56p pa ’20

Health education

Child health program for parent-teacher associations and women’s
clubs. Lucy Wood Collier. (U.S. Education bureau. Health education
no. 5) 16p pa ’20

Hessian fly

The Hessian fly and how to prevent losses from it. W. R. Walton. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1083) 16p pa ’20

History

Syllabus in history. (New York. University of the State of New York.
Bul. 710) 229p pa ’20 New York state library, Albany, N.Y.

Hogs

Hogs in Kansas. Report of the Kansas State board of agriculture for
the quarter ending Sept. 1918. 429p pa ’19 Manhattan, Kansas

Home economics

Home economics courses of study for junior high schools. (U. S.
Education bur. Home economics circular no. 9) 14p pa ’20

Hygiene

Rural hygiene. L. L. Lumsden. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint
570) 23p pa ’20

Ice

Harvesting and storing ice on the farm. John T. Bowen, (U.S. Agric.
dept. Farmers’ bul. 1078) 31p pa ’20

Illegitimacy

Illegitimacy as a child welfare problem. Pt. 1, Emma O. Lundberg, and
Katharine F. Lenroot. (U.S. Children’s bureau. Bureau publication
no. 66) 105p pa ’20

A brief treatment of the prevalence and significance of birth out of
wedlock, the child’s status, and the state’s responsibility for care
and protection: bibliographical material

Indiana

One hundred years of Indiana’s resources. Richard Lieber (Indiana.
Conservation dept. Publ. no. 11) 45p pa ’20 Department of
conservation, Indianapolis, Ind.

Industrial education

Trade and industrial education for girls and women. Anna Lalor
Burdick. (U.S. Federal board for vocational education. Bul. 58) 106p
pa ’20

Pt. 1. Economic and social aspects of vocational education for girls
and women.

Pt. 2. Ways and means of establishing and operating a program.

Training of workers in trades and industries. (Texas university. Bul.
2002) 16p pa ’20 Austin, Texas

Industrial fatigue

Studies in industrial physiology: fatigue in relation to working
capacity. 1. Comparison of an eight-hour plant and a ten-hour plant.
Josephine Goldmark and Mary D. Hopkins. (U.S. Public health service.
Public health bul. 106) 213p pa ’20

Industries

Industrial survey in selected industries in the United States, 1919;
preliminary report. Allan H. Willett. (U.S. Labor statistics bureau.
Bul. 265) 509p pa ’20

Infectious diseases

The common infectious diseases and their prevention. A. G. Young.
(Maine. Health department. Bul. v 2, n.s. no. 11) 20p pa ’19
Portland, Maine.

Insect powder

Insect powder. C. C. McDonnell and others. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Department bul. 824) 100p pa ’20

Insurance

A system of records for local farmers’ mutual fire insurance
companies. V. N. Valgren. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Bul. 840) 22p pa
’20

Irrigation

The western farmer’s water right. R. P. Teele. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Department bul. 913) 14p pa ’20

Irrigation plants

The small irrigation pumping plant. W. L. Powers, and W. J. Gilmore.
(Oregon. Agricultural college experiment station. Station bul. 160)
16p pa ’19 Corvallis, Oregon.

Jack pine

Jack pine. William Dean Sterrett. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Bul. 820)
47p pa ’20

Japanese in the U. S.

California and the Oriental; Japanese, Chinese and Hindus.
(California. State board of control) 236p pa ’20 The Governor,
Sacramento, California

Kindergarten

The kindergarten as an Americanizer. S. E. Weber. (U.S. Education
bureau. Kindergarten circular 5) 5p pa ’19

Knots

Practical knots, hitches and splices. C. A. Norman. (Indiana. Purdue
university. Agricultural extension div. Extension bul. 88) 16p pa
’20 Lafayette, Ind.

Kudzu

Kudzu. C. V. Piper. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Department circular 89) 7p
pa ’20

Labor

Conferences

Proceedings of the first Industrial conference (called by the
President) October 6 to 23, 1919. (U. S. Industrial conference,
1st.) 285p pa ’20 U. S. Labor dept.

Labor laws

New York labor laws enacted in 1920. (N.Y. [State] Labor dept. Special
bul. 99) 93p pa ’20 Albany, N.Y.

Labor turnover

The turnover of labor. Boris Emmet. (U.S. Federal board for vocational
education. Bul. 46) 60p pa ’19

Latin America

Guide books

Commercial travelers’ guide to Latin America. Ernst B. Filsinger. (U.
S. Foreign and domestic commerce bureau. Miscellaneous ser. 89) 592p
portfolio of maps ’20 Supt. of doc. $1.25

Laundering

Home laundering. Lydia Ray Balderston. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Farmers’ bul. 1099) 32p pa ’20

Lawns

Spraying lawns with iron sulfate to eradicate dandelions. M. T. Munn.
(N.Y. Agricultural experiment station, Geneva. Bul. 466) 8p pa ’19

Leasing of public lands

Regulations concerning coal mining leases, permits and licenses, under
act of February 25, 1920. (U.S. General land office. Circular 679)
28p pa ’20

Leather

The care of leather. F. P. Veitch, H. P. Holman and R. W. Frey. (U. S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1183)

Leather industry

Hides and leather in France. Norman Hertz. (U.S. Bur. of foreign and
domestic commerce. Special agents ser. 200) 159p pa ’20

Legumes

The story of legumes. W. C. Frazier. (Wisconsin university. College of
agriculture. Extension service. Circular 125) 19p pa ’20 Madison,
Wisconsin

Lumber

Production of lumber, lath and shingles in 1918. Franklin H. Smith.
(U.S. Agriculture dept. Bul. 845) 47p pa ’20

Machinery

Industrial machinery in France and Belgium. Charles P. Wood. (U.S.
Bur. of foreign and domestic commerce. Special agents ser. 204) 61p
pa ’20

Malaria

What can a community afford to pay to rid itself of malaria? L. M.
Fisher. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint 595) 7p pa ’20

Manganese

Manganese: uses, preparation, mining costs and the production of
ferro-alloys. C. M. Weld and others. (U.S. Mines bureau. Bul. 173)
209p pa ’20

Manure

Handling farm manure. F. L. Duley. (Missouri. Agricultural experiment
station. Bul. 166) 29p pa ’19 Columbia, Missouri

Marketing

Cooperative marketing. O. B. Jesness. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’
bul. 1144) 27p pa ’20

Marketing by federations. Theodore Macklin. (Wisconsin. Agricultural
experiment sta. Bul. 322) 24p pa ’20 University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wis.

Marketing eastern grapes. Dudley Alleman. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Department bul. 861) 61p pa ’20

Marketing of farm produce

Methods for marketing vegetables in California. Stanley S. Rogers.
(California. Agric. experiment station. Circular 217) 19p pa
Berkeley, Cal. University of California

Markets

The New Haven market. I. G. Davis and G M. Stack. (Connecticut.
Agricultural college. Extension service. Bul. 18) 32p pa ’20 Storrs,
Conn.

Markets and marketing

Cooperative marketing in Mississippi through county agents.
(Mississippi. Agricultural & mechanical college. Extension bulletin
15.) 20p pa ’20. Agricultural college, Miss.

Cooperative marketing of woodland products. A. F. Hawes. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1100) 15p pa ’20

Meat

Farm slaughtering and use of lamb and mutton. C. G. Potts. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1172) 32p pa ’20

Milk

City milk plants: construction and arrangement. Ernest Kelly and C. E.
Clement. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Department bul. 849) 35p pa ’20

Milk for the family. (U.S. Agriculture dept Department circular 129)
4p pa ’20

The food value of milk. Edna L. Ferry. (Connecticut. Agric. experiment
station. Bul. 215) 30p pa ’19 New Haven, Conn.

Milk powder

Dried milk powder in infant feeding; safety, usefulness, and
comparative value: a preliminary report. W. H. Price. (U.S. Public
health service. Reprint 588) 22p pa ’20

Millinery trade

Conditions affecting health in the millinery industry. S. Dana Hubbard
and Christine R. Kefauver. (New York city. Health dept. Monograph
ser. 22) 39p pa ’20

Mineral industry

Industrial readjustments of certain mineral industries affected by the
war. (U.S. Tariff commission. Tariff information series 21) 320p pa
’20

Minerals

Our mineral supplies. H. D. McCaskey, and E. F. Burchard. (U.S.
Geological survey. Bul. 666) 278p pa ’19

Mines and mining

A glossary of the mining and mineral industry. Albert H. Fay. (U.S.
Mines bureau. Bul. 95) 754p pa ’20

Mining laws

State mining laws on the use of electricity in and about coal mines.
L. C. Ilsley. (U.S. Mines bureau. Technical paper 271) 53p pa ’20

Mortality

Mortality statistics, 1918. 19th annual report. (U.S. Census bur.)
603p pa ’20

Motion pictures

Motion pictures and motion picture equipment; a handbook of general
information. F. W. Reynolds and Carl Anderson. (U.S. Education
bureau. Bul. 1919, no. 82) 16p pa ’20

Motion pictures of the U.S. department of agriculture; a list of films
and their uses. Fred W. Perkins and George R. Goergens. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Department circular 114) 22p pa ’20

Mount Hood

Forest trails and highways of the Mount Hood region. (U.S. Agriculture
dept. Department circular 105) 32p pa ’20

Natural gas

Waste and correct use of natural gas in the home. Samuel S. Wyer.
(U.S. Mines bureau. Technical paper 257) 23p pa ’20

Netherlands

Economic aspects of the commerce and industry of the Netherlands,
1912–1918. Blaine F. Moore. (U.S. Foreign and domestic commerce
bureau. Miscellaneous ser. 91) 109p pa ’19

Norway

Norway: a commercial and industrial handbook. Nels A. Bengtison. (U.S.
Foreign and domestic commerce bur. Special agents ser. 196) 58p pa
’20

Nutrition

Feeding the child. J. E. Darrah. (Texas. College of industrial arts.
Bul. no. 77) 30p pa ’20 Denton, Texas.

Oats

Fall-sown oats. C. W. Warburton and T. R. Stanton. (U.S. Agriculture
dept. Farmers’ bul. 1119) 21p pa ’20

Onions

Onion diseases and their control. J. C. Walker. (U.S. Agric. dept.
Farmers’ bul. 1060) 23p pa ’19

Orchards

Orchard rejuvenation in south-eastern Ohio. F. H. Ballow and I. P.
Lewis. (Ohio. Agricultural experiment station. Bul. 339) 42p pa ’20
Experiment station, Wooster, Ohio

Paraguay

Paraguay: a commercial handbook. W. L. Schurz. (U. S. Foreign &
domestic commerce bur. Special agents ser. 199) 195p map pa ’20

Peaches

Peaches: production estimates and important commercial districts and
varieties. H. P. Gould, and Frank Andrews. (U.S. Agric. dept. Bul.
806) 35p pa ’19

Peanut butter

Manufacture and use of peanut butter. H. C. Thompson. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Department circular 128) 16p pa ’20

Peanuts

Peanut growing for profit. W. R. Beattie. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Farmers’ bul. 1127) 33p pa ’20

Pears

Pears: production estimates and important commercial districts and
varieties. H. P. Gould, and Frank Andrews. (U.S. Agric. dept. Bul.
822) 16p pa ’20

Peat

Agricultural value and reclamation of Minnesota peat soils. F. J.
Alway. (Minn. Agricultural experiment station. Bul. 188) 136p pa ’20
University farm, St. Paul, Minn.

Personal hygiene

Keeping fit. (U.S. Public health service) 13p pa ’20

Pickles

Fermented pickles. Edwin Le Fevre. (U. S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’
bul. 1159) 23p pa ’20

Pine

The western pine bark-beetle, a serious pest of western yellow pine in
Oregon. Willard J. Chamberlin. (Oregon. Experiment station. Station
bul. 172) 30p pa ’20 Corvallis, Ore.

Poison ivy

Ivy and sumac poisoning. E. A. Sweet and C. V. Grant. (U.S. Public
health service. Reprint 584) 18p pa ’20

Poison ivy and poison sumac and their eradication. C. V. Grant and A.
A. Hansen. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmer’s bul. 1166) 16p pa ’20

Pork

Selecting, dressing and curing pork on the farm. M. D. Helser. (Iowa.
Agric. experiment station. Circular 61) 24p pa ’19 Ames, Iowa.

Potash

Potash deposits in Spain. Hoyt S. Gale. (U.S. Geological survey. Bul.
715—A) 16p pa ’20

Potash deposits of Alsace. Hoyt S. Gale. (U.S. Geological survey. Bul.
715—B) 39p pa ’20

Poultry

Care of baby chicks: boys and girls poultry club work. (U.S. Agric.
dept. Department circular 14) 7p pa ’19

Common poultry diseases. D. M. Green. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’
bul. 114) 8p pa ’20

Housing farm poultry. A. G. Philips. (Purdue university. Agricultural
experiment station. Circular 98) 22p pa ’20 Lafayette, Indiana

How to select good layers. Frank E. Mussehl. (Nebraska, Agricultural
experiment station. Circular 12) 8p pa ’20 Lincoln, Nebraska

Improving mongrel farm flocks through selected standard-bred
cockerels. William A. Lippincott. (Kansas. Agricultural experiment
station. Bul. 223) 48p pa ’20 Kansas State agricultural college,
Manhattan, Kansas

Incubation of hens’ eggs. Harry M. Lamon. (U.S. Agriculture dept.
Farmers’ bul. 1106) 8p pa ’20

Mites and lice on poultry. F. C. Bishopp and H. P. Wood. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 801) 32p pa ’20

Poultry houses. Alfred R. Lee. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul.
1113) 8p pa ’20

Selection and care of poultry breeding stock. Rob. R. Slocum. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1116) 10p pa ’20

Selection and preparation of fowls for exhibition. J. W. Kinghorne.
(U. S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1115) 12p pa ’20

Poultry houses

Poultry houses, boys and girls poultry club work. (U.S. Agric. dept.
Department circular 19) 8p pa ’19

Privies

How to build and maintain approved types of improved privies for rural
districts and towns without sewer systems. (Texas. Bureau of county
health work. Special bulletin) 12p pa ’20 State board of health,
Austin, Texas

Sanitary privies: plans and working directions for inexpensive
sanitary privies, with notes on the protection of surface wells.
(Illinois. Public health dept.) 31p pa ’20 Springfield, Ill.

Prohibition laws

Laws relating to national prohibition enforcement, with questions and
answers based on titles I and II of the prohibition act of October
28, 1919. (U.S. Bur. of internal revenue) 199p ’20

Pruning

Pruning the apple. V. R. Gardner. (Missouri. Agricultural experiment
station. Circular 90) 20p pa ’20 Columbia, Missouri

Rabbits

Rabbit raising. Ned Dearborn. (U.S. Agricultural dept. Farmers’ bul.
1090) 35p pa ’20

Rainier national forest

Mountain outings on the Rainier national forest. (U. S. Agriculture
dept. Department circular 103) 28p map pa ’20

Recreation

Recreation and rural health. E. C. Lindeman. (U.S. Education bur.
Teachers’ leaflet no. 7) 14p pa ’20

Rhodes scholarships

The Rhodes scholarships: announcement for the United States of
America, 1920. (U.S. Education bureau. Higher education circular 19)
4p pa ’20

Roses

About roses. Alfred C. Hottes. (Ohio university. Agricultural
extension service. Bulletin, v. 15, no. 5) 16p pa ’20 Columbus, O.

Salaries

Salaries in universities and colleges. (U.S. Education bureau. Bul.
1920, no. 20) 43p pa ’20

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, its past and its present condition. (Dominican
Republic. Military government) 67p pa ’20 Military government, Santo
Domingo City, D. R.

Saskatchewan

The province of Saskatchewan, Canada: its development and
opportunities. F. H. Kitto. (Canada. Natural resources intelligence
branch) 153p pa ’19 Department of the Interior. Ottawa, Canada.

Schools

Administration and supervision of village schools. W. S. Deffenbaugh
and J. C. Muerman. (U.S. Education bureau. Bul. 1919, no. 86) 63p pa
’20

Rural school playgrounds and equipment. K. Cecil Richmond. (U.S.
Education bur. Teacher’s leaflet 11) 12p pa ’20

Schools in the bituminous coal regions of the Appalachian mountains.
W. S. Deffenbaugh. (U.S. Education bur. Bul. 1920, no. 21) 31p pa
’20

Statistics of public high schools. 1917–18. H. R. Bonner. (U.S.
Education bur. Bul. 1920, no. 19) 192p pa ’20

Advance sheets from the Biennial survey of Education in the United
States, 1916–18

Seeds

New Missouri seed law. Jewell Mayes. (Missouri. State board of
agriculture. Monthly bulletin, v 17, no. 11) 35p pa ’19 Jefferson
City, Mo.

The New York seed law and seed testing. M. T. Munn. (New York.
Agricultural experiment station. Bul. 476) 15p pa ’20 Geneva, N.Y.

Sewage disposal

Municipal wastes: their character—collection—disposal. H. R. Crohurst.
(U. S. Public health service. Public health bul. 107) 98p pa ’20

Sewage disposal: residences and small institutions. R. B. Wiley.
(Purdue university. Engineering experiment station. Bul. 6) 36p pa
’20 Purdue university, Lafayette, Ind.

Shipping

Shipping act and merchant marine act, 1920, suits in admiralty act,
emergency shipping legislation and other laws, proclamations and
executive orders relating to the shipping board and emergency fleet
corporation, revised to July 1, 1910. (U.S. Shipping bd.) 151p pa
’20

Training for the steamship business. R. S. MacElwee. (U.S. Foreign &
domestic commerce bur. Miscellaneous ser. 98) 49p pa ’20

Sickness

Keeping tab on sickness in the plant. Dean K. Brundage and Bernard J.
Newman. (U.S. Public health service. Reprint 589) 12p pa ’20

Slugs

Gray garden slug. A. L. Lovett and A. B. Black (Oregon. Experiment
station. Station bul. 170) 43p pa ’20 Corvallis, Ore.

Smuts

Rusts and smuts of grain crops. V. W. Jackson. (Manitoba. Manitoba
farmers’ library. Extension bul. 44) 35p pa ’19 Manitoba department
of agriculture and immigration, Winnipeg, Canada

Soldiers

Burial

The care of the fallen; a report to the Secretary of war on American
military dead overseas. (U.S. War dept.) 44p pa ’20

South America

Seeing South America: principal routes, larger cities, natural
wonders, time required, approximate cost and other condensed
information for prospective travelers. William A. Reid. (Pan
American Union) 80p pa ’20 Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.

Spain

Economic conditions

Spanish finance and trade. Arthur N. Young. (U. S. Bur. of foreign and
domestic commerce. Miscellaneous ser. 202) 199p pa ’20

Squabs

Squab raising. Alfred R. Lee. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul.
684) 23p pa ’20

Starling

Economic value of the starling in the United States. E. R. Kalmbach
and I. N. Galbrielson. (U. S. Agriculture dept. Department bul. 868)
66p pa ’20

State government

Movement for the reorganization of state administration. Charles Grove
Haines. (Texas university. Bul. no. 1848: August 25, 1918) 80p pa
’18 University of Texas, Austin, Tex.

Stowage

Stowage of ship cargoes. Thomas Rothwell Taylor. (U.S. Bur. of foreign
and domestic commerce. Miscellaneous ser. 92) 350p pa ’20

Sugar

Refined sugar; costs, prices, and profits. (U.S. Tariff commission.
Tariff information series no. 16) 43p pa ’20

Sugar supply

Report of the Federal trade commission on sugar supply and prices. (U.
S. Federal trade commission) 205p pa ’20

Swine

Feeding garbage to hogs. F. G. Ashbrook and A. Wilson. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1133) 26p pa ’20

Switzerland

Economic position of Switzerland during the war. Louis A. Rufener.
(U.S. Foreign and domestic commerce bureau. Miscellaneous ser. 90)
88p pa ’19

Tariff

Import and export schedule of France. (U.S. Foreign and domestic
commerce bureau) 56p pa ’20

Import and export schedules of Italy. (U.S. Foreign and domestic
commerce bur. Miscellaneous ser. 100) 93p pa ’20

Reciprocity with Canada; a study of the arrangement of 1911. (U.S.
Tariff commission) 114p pa ’20

Subject index to tariff information surveys and reports. (U.S. Tariff
comm. Tariff information ser. 17) 25p pa ’20

Teachers

Salaries, pensions, etc.

Last of references on teachers’ salaries. (U.S. Education bureau.
Library leaflet no. 8) 16p pa ’19

Telephone industry

The telephone industry; a report submitted to Alfred E. Smith,
Governor of the State of New York. (New York (State) Labor dept.
Special bul. 100) 95p pa ’20 Albany, N.Y.

Textile Industry

Textile markets of Brazil. L. S. Garry. (U.S. Foreign and domestic
commerce bur. Special agents ser. 203) 48p pa ’20

Timber

Timber depletion and the answer; a summary of report on timber
depletion and related subjects prepared in response to Senate
resolution 311. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Department circular 112) 16p
pa ’20

Tobacco

Supply and distribution of Connecticut valley cigar leaf tobacco.
Samuel H. De Vault. (Massachusetts, Agricultural experiment station.
Bul. 193) 94p pa ’19 Amherst, Mass.

Tractors

Influence of the tractor on use of horses. L. A. Reynoldson. (U.S.
Agriculture dept. Farmers’ bul. 1093) 26p pa ’20

Tractors in Connecticut. Walter T. Ackermann. (Connecticut.
Agricultural college. Extension service. Bul. 25) 16p pa ’20 Storrs,
Conn.

Treaty-making power

The treaty-making power in various countries: a collection of
memoranda concerning the negotiation, conclusion and ratification of
treaties and conventions, with excerpts from the fundamental laws of
various countries. (U.S. State dept.) 89p pa ’19

Trees

Street trees. F. L. Mulford. (U.S. Agric. dept. Bul. 816) 58p pa ’20

Tree surgery. J. Franklin Collins. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Farmers’
bul. 1178) 32p pa ’20

Tree planting in Texas towns and cities. Lenthall Wyman. (Texas. State
forester. Bul. 11) 40p pa ’20 Office of state forester. College
Station, Texas

Tuberculosis

Questions and answers on tuberculosis. Benjamin K. Hays. (U.S. Public
health service. Miscellaneous publ. 26) 10p pa ’20

Tuberculosis background for advisers and teachers. John W. Turner. (U.
S. Federal board for vocational education. Bul. 59) 42p pa ’20

Turpentine

Turpentine; its sources, properties, uses, transportation, and
marketing with recommended specifications. F. P. Veitch and V. E.
Grottisch. (U.S. Agriculture dept. Department bul. 898) 51p pa ’20

United States

Statistical record of the progress of the United States, 1800–1920,
and monetary, commercial, and financial statistics of principal
countries. Edward Whitney. (U.S. Bur. of foreign and domestic
commerce) 104p pa ’20

From the Statistical abstract of the United States, 1919, with
fiscal-year figures for 1919 and 1920, which are subject to
revision.

Navy department

Navy ordnance activities, World war, 1917–1918. (U.S. Ordnance bur.)
323p ’20

Statistics

Statistical abstract of the United States, 1919. (U.S. Foreign and
domestic commerce bur.) 864p ’20 50c U.S. Supt. of doc.

University extension

Class extension work in the universities and colleges of the United
States. Arthur J. Klein. (U.S. Education bureau. Bul. 1919: 62) 48p
pa ’20

Public discussion and information service of university extension.
Walton S. Bittner. (U.S. Education bureau. Bul. 1919, no. 61) 54p pa
’20

Utah

Wonders of Utah geology. (Utah. University. Bul. v 10, no. 13) 24p pa
’19 Salt Lake City, Utah

Vegetable gardens

Planning the home vegetable garden; growing early plants. Robert Bier.
(New York state. College of agriculture. Cornell reading course for
the farm) 22p pa ’19 Ithaca, N.Y.

Venereal diseases

Fighting venereal diseases. (U.S. Public health service) 37p pa ’20

Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands: report of Joint commission appointed under authority
of the concurrent resolution passed by the Congress of the United
States, January, 1920. (U.S. Congress, 66:2. House document no. 734)
38p pa ’20 Apply to Congressman

Vocational education

Third annual report of the Federal board for vocational education,
1919. 2v pa ’19

v 1—Vocational education
v 2—Vocational rehabilitation

Vocational education: compulsory part-time education; information for the use of teachers, school authorities, employers of youth, and the general public. (California state board of education. Bul. 23 P. T. E.) 61p pa ’20 Sacramento, Cal.

Vocational guidance

Industrial opportunities and training for women and girls. Bertha
M. Nienburg. (U.S. Women’s bur. Bul. 13) 48p pa ’20

Survey of junior commercial occupations. F. G. Nichols. (U.S.
Federal board for vocational education through State boards for
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Information concerning the United States warehouse act. (U.S.
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Advantages and opportunities of the state of Washington for
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Wisconsin weed law with interpretations and illustrations.
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The farm woman’s problems. Florence E. Ward. (U. S. Agriculture
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The new position of women in American industry. (U. S. Women’s
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Making woodlands profitable in the southern states. Wilbur R.
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A survey of the British wool manufacturing industry. (U.S. Tariff
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Geological history of the Yellowstone national park. Arnold Hague.
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Quarterly List of New Technical and Industrial Books

Chosen and annotated for general libraries by the Applied Science
Reference Department Pratt Institute Free Library, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Nos. 14–17 FEBRUARY, 1921

=Fuel oil in industry.= S. O. Andros. Shaw pub. co. 244p. $3.75.

A timely book giving information about the properties of fuel
oil, its value as compared with coal, and details of methods
of using it in industrial plants, locomotives, steamships,
heating of buildings, etc. Contains a chapter on colloidal
fuel, which consists of pulverized coal held in suspension in
oil.

Author is editor of _Oil News_.

=Inventions=; their development, purchase and sale. W. F. Baff.
Van Nostrand. 230p. $2.00.

Written by a patent attorney, the book discusses how an
inventor, having secured his patent, may sell or otherwise
realize on it, the many points being considered in detail.

=Boy bird house architecture.= L. H. Baxter. Bruce. 61p. $1.00.

Designed to encourage a liking for birds, to teach something of
their habits, how to construct and put up houses to attract
the various kinds of birds, and how to conduct bird house
contests. Illustrated with half-tones and twenty plates of
drawings showing details of design and construction of bird
houses, and feeding devices.

Author is director of Manual Training, Public Schools, St.
Johnsbury, Vermont.

=Armature winding and motor repair=; practical information and
data covering winding and reconnecting procedure for direct and
alternating current machines, compiled for electrical men
responsible for the operation and repair of motors and
generators in industrial plants and for repairmen and armature
winders in electrical shops. D. H. Braymer. McGraw. 515p. $3.00.

A practical book for repairmen who have to do with the locating
of troubles and the repair of electric motors in repair shop
work, power station work, and industrial plants. The matter is
for the most part a compilation from various sources.

Author is managing editor of _Electrical World_.

=Forest products: their manufacture and use.= N. C. Brown. Wiley.
471p. $3.75.

Treats of the production, manufacture and use of many important
forest products, but not of lumber. Chapters are devoted to
wood pulp and paper; tanning materials; veneers; cooperage;
turpentine, tar, pitch; wood distillation; charcoal; railroad
ties; piles and piling; posts; mine timbers; fuelwood;
shingles; maple syrups and sugar; rubber; dyewoods and
materials; excelsior; cork. A bibliography accompanies each of
the 22 chapters.

Author is professor of forest utilization, New York College of
Forestry, Syracuse University.

=The wireless experimenter’s manual, incorporating “How to conduct
a radio club.”= Describes parliamentary procedure in the
formation of a radio club; the design of wireless transmitting
and receiving apparatus, long distance receiving sets, vacuum
tube amplifiers, radio telegraph and telephone sets, the tuning
and calibration of transmitters and receivers, general radio
measurements and many other features. Completely revised and
rewritten. E. E. Bucher. Wireless press. 350p. $2.25.

One of the best books for the amateur wireless experimenter.

Author is instructing engineer, Marconi Wireless Telegraph
Company of America.

=The essentials of business law.= rev. ed. F. M. Burdick.
Appleton. 361p.

A high school text-book, plainly written, designed to teach
“those legal principles and ideas involved in ordinary
business affairs,” and some of their applications.

The last previous ed. was published in 1908; the present ed. has
been revised and the necessary changes made to bring it into
conformity with present day practice.

Author is Dwight professor of law in Columbia University Law
School.

=How to use cement for concrete construction for town and farm.=
H. C. Campbell. Stanton. $2.00.

Contains plain directions for using concrete for the usual
purposes in town and country, and in addition tells how to
construct tennis courts, flower boxes, lawn seats, etc. Fully
illustrated.

=What bird is that?= A pocket museum of the land birds of the
Eastern United States arranged according to season. F. M.
Chapman. Appleton. $1.25.

Eight colored plates, supposed to represent as many cases in a
natural history museum and showing pictures of three hundred
birds arranged according to season, in their proper colors and
drawn to scale. The text of this book gives an entry for each
one of the birds, describing its appearance, its length in
inches, its range, the dates of its arrival in various places,
its habits, and refers by number to its picture in the colored
plates.

Author is curator of birds in the American Museum of Natural
History.

=Language for men of affairs.= 2 v. Ronald. 1136p. $8.00.

V. 1. Talking business. J. M. Clapp. Considers voice production,
enunciation, vocabulary, construction of sentences, and
business conversation. Has sections on the preparation and
delivery of business addresses.

Author is lecturer on the language of business, New York
University.

V. 2. Business writing. J. M. Lee. ed. Considers business
English in written form for correspondence, advertising,
journalism, report-writing, preparing copy for the printer,
proof-reading, etc.

Editor is director, department of journalism, College of the
City of New York.

The work is an important contribution to the literature of the
subject and valuable to executives, salesmen and others
engaged in business.

=The hen at work=: a brief manual of home poultry culture. Ernest
Cobb. Putnam. 233p. $1.50.

A book on keeping hens for egg production. Considers breeds,
housing, hatching, raising chickens, diseases, etc. Contains a
chapter on ducks.

=American machinists’ handbook and dictionary of shop terms=: a
reference book of machine shop and drawing room data, methods
and definitions. 3d. ed. thoroughly rev. and enl. F. H. Colvin
and F. A. Stanley. McGraw. 758p. $4.00.

Revision of a standard machine shop and drafting room reference
book, enlarged by 160 pages above the last previous ed.,
published in 1914, and the original text revised where
necessary.

Authors are respectively editor and associate editor of
_American Machinist_.

=Automotive ignition systems=; prepared in the extension division
of the University of Wisconsin. E. L. Consoliver, and G. I.
Mitchell. McGraw. 269p. $2.50 (Engineering education series)

Correspondence school text book dealing plainly with the various
gasoline engine ignition systems used on automobiles, trucks,
tractors and airplanes. Addressed to workers who have to
install, adjust, and repair ignition systems in factories and
shops, and to automobile owners.

Authors are connected with the mechanical engineering
department, University of Wisconsin.

=Submarine warfare of today=; how the submarine menace was met and
vanquished, with descriptions of the inventions and devices
used, fast boats, mystery ships, nets, aircraft, etc., also
describing the selection and training of the enormous personnel
used in this new navy. C. W. Domville-Fife. Lippincott. 304p.
$2.25. (Science of today series)

An interesting, popularly written book. Describes conditions as
they were at the beginning of the war, and tells of the
measures adopted and the devices employed to meet the
submarine menace by convoying ships, laying mines, and
destroying enemy submarines. Fully illustrated.

Author was of the staff of the British school of submarine
mining, and has written other books on submarines.

=Traveling salesmanship.= A. W. Douglas. Macmillan. 153p. $1.75.

“This little book is not merely the usual study of the
psychology of Salesmanship, but rather the result of forty
years’ close contact with the traveling salesmen of one of the
largest distributing mercantile organizations of this
country.” _Preface._

Contains chapters on the nature and function of salesmanship,
preparations for the road, work on the road, contact with
customers, competition and prices, some phases of selling,
claims, the human equation.

The author is chairman, committee on statistics of the United
States Chamber of Commerce.

=Experimental wireless stations; their theory, design,
construction and operation; including wireless telephony, vacuum
tube and quenched spark systems=; a complete elementary course
of instruction in and on account of sharply tuned modern
wireless installations. New 1920 ed. P. E. Edelman. Henley.
392p. $3.00.

A revised and enlarged edition of a successful amateur’s book on
wireless communication. Some knowledge of the fundamentals of
electricity and mathematics on the part of the reader is
presupposed.

=Direct-current motor and generator troubles.= T. S. Gandy and E.
C. Schacht. McGraw. 270p. $2.50.

A book for the man concerned with the selection, operation, care
and repair of direct-current electrical machinery. Discusses
types of motors and generators, and their uses; their
installation, starting and operation; switchboards; troubles
and their remedies; tests and repairs, etc.

Senior author is designing electrical engineer of direct-current
machinery, General Electric Company.

=Advanced shop drawing=; prepared in the extension division of the
University of Wisconsin. V. C. George. McGraw. 147p. $1.60.

Correspondence school text book. A book for the student who,
having had training in elementary mechanical drawing requires
practice in its applications to special phases of the subject.
The book has chapters on working drawings; gearing; isometric,
cabinet and shaded drawings; patent office, structural and
electrical drawings; piping layouts, and sheet metal work.
Well illustrated with line drawings.

Author is instructor in mechanical engineering, University of
Wisconsin.

=Every step in canning=: the cold-pack process. G. V. Gray.
Forbes. 253p. $1.25.

Plain directions for canning in glass and tin by the one period,
cold-pack process. Tells how to can fruits and vegetables; to
make and can soups, jellies, jams and preserves; to dry fruits
and vegetables; to cure, smoke and preserve meats; to preserve
eggs, etc.

Addressed to those who are concerned with canning and preserving
at home.

Author was formerly associate professor of home economics, Iowa
State College.

=Food facts for the home-maker.= L. S. Harvey. Houghton. 314p.
$2.50.

“This book is intended to be a help to the young housekeeper who
is starting out in the new home without either a knowledge of
science or the technical training which could help her. The
book is also intended to help those women who have kept house
for years and who are excellent cooks and careful planners. It
should give a scientific foundation to their technical
skill ... perhaps showing them ways in which they may shorten
processes and thus save time and energy.” _Preface._

Considers the various articles of diet and their food values,
kitchen arrangement and equipment, buying food for infants and
young children, school children, invalids. Contains recipes,
and could supplement cook books.

Partly based on lectures to classes. Author is town dietitian,
Brookline, Mass.

=Concrete work=; a book to aid the self-development of workers in
concrete and for students in engineering. W. K. Hatt and W. C.
Voss. v. 1. Wiley. 451p. $4.00. (Wiley technical series:
Industrial texts).

The first book in a series of industrial texts written by
teachers who trained men in military schools during the War,
the methods and materials worked out in that practice being
utilized in the preparation of these texts. The object of the
authors is to present scientific principles with their
practical applications in a manner intelligible to the worker
or novice in concrete work, in order to enable him to fit
himself for a foreman’s position or enter into business as a
local contractor. The present work is in 2 vols., the second
of which is now in press, and the matter is so arranged that
the two should be used together.

Authors are respectively professor of civil engineering, Purdue
University, and head, department of architectural
construction, Wentworth Institute.

=Motor car upholstering=; a plainly written book on the
fundamentals of motor car trimming and upholstering. Phila.,
Hirst-Roger Co. 180p. $2.50.

Designed as an instruction book in vehicle trimming for men
taking up that kind of work. Describes the materials, tools
and methods employed, and contains many illustrations.

The matter is well prepared and reliable.

Trade publication of a firm which manufactures automobile
carpets.

=The new stone age.= H. E. Howe. Century. 289p. $3.00.

By the “new stone age” is meant the age of concrete
construction. The present book, written for the layman, tells
of the materials employed and of many uses to which they are
applied. The treatment is general, no details being given. A
timely book in view of the wide field of applications of
concrete in building and engineering work.

=The new merchant marine.= E. N. Hurley. Century. 296p. $3.00.

The former chairman of the United States Shipping Board tells in
this book of how the problem of supplying ships for war
demands was met, and discusses the future of the American
merchant marine, foreign fields of commerce and related
topics.

=Elements of retail salesmanship.= P. W. Ivey. Macmillan. 247p.

A text-book for store classes in salesmanship, or for individual
reading. Author writes from personal experience and bases his
book on lectures to store classes. Considers knowing the
goods, knowing the customer, personality, the selling process,
and store system and method. Problems are provided for each of
the nine chapters, and a bibliography of business books is
appended.

Author is associate professor of economics and commerce,
University of Nebraska.

=The engines of the human body=, being the substance of Christmas
lectures given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain,
Christmas 1916–1917. Arthur Keith. Lond. Williams. 204p. 12s.
6d.

At the Christmas holiday season the Royal Institution of Great
Britain invites some eminent scientist to deliver popular
lectures to young people. In the lectures which make up this
book the author considers the human body from an engineering
standpoint: the bones as levers, the muscles as internal
combustion engines, the heart as a pump, the nerves as a
telephone system, etc. It is an interesting boys’ book on
physiology, and would interest some more mature readers.

=Splendors of the sky.= I. E. Lewis. Duffield 343p. $1.50.

Interesting chapters on astronomy written for the general
reader. Valuable as a popular account of recent progress in
astronomy. Illustrated. Appeared originally in a daily
newspaper.

=Artificial light, its influence upon civilization.= M. Luckiesch.
Century. 366p. $2.50. (The century books of useful science.)

The author traces the methods of producing and uses of
artificial lighting from its earliest forms of which we have
knowledge to the present day, and considers how human progress
has been advanced by the overcoming of darkness. The book is
interestingly written and well illustrated.

Author is director of applied science, Nela research laboratory,
National Lamp Works of the General Electric Company.

=The motor cycle handbook=: the construction, operation, care and
repair of modern types of motor cycles, their accessories and
equipment. H. P. Manly. Drake. 320p. $1.50.

A practical book describing and illustrating in considerable
detail various types of motor cycles, their engines, fuel
systems, electrical equipment, transmissions, running gear,
etc. Contains chapters on power attachments and side cars, and
on motor cycle repairs.

The author has written several practical books on the
automobile.

=Automobile electric systems=; an analysis of all the systems now
used on motor cars with 200 wiring diagrams and giving special
attention to trouble shooting and repairs. D. P. Moreton and D.
S. Hatch. 591p. $3.50.

Describes and illustrates in detail the various electrical
installations employed in igniting the gas, starting the motor
and supplying light for the lamps of automobiles of all types.
Particular attention is given to systems used on Ford cars.

The book is addressed to car owners and repairmen, and some
knowledge of the fundamental principles of the electric
circuit is presupposed.

The same authors’, “Electrical equipment of the motor car”, (U.
P. C. book co., 1920, $3.50) considers the more elementary
phases of the subject, without describing the special
installations which form the subject of the more recent book.

Senior author is associate professor of electrical engineering,
Armour Institute of Technology.

=Practical trade mathematics for electricians, machinists,
carpenters, plumbers and others.= J. A. Moyer and C. H. Sampson.
Wiley. 172p. $1.50.

A practical elementary mathematics for adult students. All the
problems relate to operations familiar to the men in their
various occupations, and unusual mathematical terms are
avoided. Numerous problems and worked-out examples are
provided, the electrical problems being grouped separately.

Senior author was formerly in charge of division of electrical
calculations in the General Electric Company; the junior
author is head of technical and mathematical departments,
Huntington School, Boston, Mass.

=Interior electric wiring.= A. L. Nelson. American Technical
Society. 265p. $2.50.

A practical book, of the correspondence school type, on the
installation of electric wiring in buildings, with directions
for wiring for special purposes.

=Shop mathematics=; a treatise on applied mathematics dealing with
various machine-shop and tool-room problems, and containing
numerous examples illustrating their solution and the practical
application of useful rules and formulas. Erik Oberg and F. D.
Jones. Industrial press. 280p. $3.00.

A practical mathematics designed to teach the machinist or
apprentice learning machine shop practice how to perform the
calculating necessary in his work.

Authors are respectively editor and associate editor of
_Machinery_.

=The English of commerce.= J. B. Opdycke. Scribner. 435p. $2.00.

A high school text-book teaching the choice of words, spelling,
construction of sentences, paragraphs and letters for business
purposes. Contains also sections on newspapers and magazines,
advertising, business talk, sales and advertising literature,
abbreviations and special terms, proofreading, business forms,
etc. Examples of good and bad usage are given in the various
sections. The book could be studied with profit by young
business people who have gone through school without
instruction in the writing of business English.

=Motor boats and boat motors=; design, construction, operation and
repair; a complete handbook for all interested in motor boats,
considering all details of modern hulls and marine motors. Deals
with boat construction, design and types of power plants,
installation of engines, and all phases of motor boat and engine
care, operation and repair. Written by a corps of experts;
compiled and edited by V. W. Page. Includes complete working
drawings and full instructions for building five boats, ranging
in size from a sixteen-foot general utility model to a
twenty-five foot raised cabin cruiser, by A. C. Leitch. A
special chapter on seaplanes and flying boats is included. Fully
illustrated with 374 illustrations. Henley. 524p. $4.00.