"Valuation of Shanghai Rubber Com by Mr. Hugo Reiss, has just been issued from the press of Messrs Walsh, Td. Tu a handy form and prepared in a most comprehensive manner, this usefal little volume is sure to find its place on the every one who has invested, or will invest, in the shares of local rubber com panies,—which means that it is sure to have a large sale. The price of the book $5, and the net proceeds from its sale will be devoted to Tocal chant for the investing public has been compiled @rom the various reports issued by each respective company, and 3
705 its appearance is particularly timely in view of the present interest in rubber shares. Mr. Reiss bases his figures on the actual results of each company, and he has taken special care to avoid fore-costa as to the price of rubber, or to predict the capacity or possibilities of any company. The author devotes several pages to a carefully prepared explanation of his methods of calculation, and details for all companies are worked out in the same nanner.
Tu the tabulated section statistics are given in respect of the number and par value of shares, the planted acreage in tapping, market value of shares, the market capitalization per planted acre, and a summary of the past year's returns. The maximum value per share is also given, the author basing his estimates on a probable profit of 1s, 94. per pound. Ample blank pages are provided in the back for memoranda of invest ments, and as the book is intended for permanent use it is strongly bound be tween thick boards.
"These Twain," Arnold Bennett, Methuen's Colonial Library.
A history of mean people. The story of '"Clayhanger" is carried a step farther, Hilda Bessways and Edwin Clayhanger are mated, and, with meticulous detail, the author dwells on the sordid "incident of everyday life in the Five Towns in the early nineties. The frail Tink of physical attraction holds these twain together, and the recurring note, "each for himself in marriage," vibrates throughout the five hundred odd pages of the book. Arnold Bennett depicts the hypocrite and the prig with a most skilful pen, and, like those of Dickens, we feel we know personally the players upon his stage. His analysis of character in Staffordshire Methodist circles is a masterly one, but one soon tires of such a humour less caste, never shedding their drab robes of mock sanctity. Unlovely and dull we are glad to bid them farewell.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.