One of the most readable of! modern biographies is the life of Willard Straight by Herbert Croly, a book of special interest for all who have lived in China. The many-sided personality of its subject is clearly presented and with a completeness which would not have been possible if Mr. Straight had not kept careful diaries and made full notes. There are eight illustrations in full colour from his own drawings many other pictures and maps.
Bolshevik Persecution of Christianity" by Capt. Francis Me-Cullagh is a volume which has attracted much attention. It is, dedicated by the author to Frank Munsey, owner and editor of the New York Herald "soho by sonding his representative to Russia enabled me to obtain the facts set forth in this book." The "Irish Independent" says of it: "Deserves place in the library of every man concerned for the fate of religion and of democratic institutions."
"Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual," by F. Matthias Alexander with an introduction by Professor John Dewey is a scholarly and scientific treatise yet one brist-Ting with applications which can be grasped by the lay reader. Por sleepless nights the author not only gives the remedy, "conscious—control of all activities," but shows the insomniac how to get that control, An appreciative reviewer says that the theory should revolutionize education and put humanity on a new basis. Sensory appreciation and its relation to happiness valuable section of the work.
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