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“The preceding volume dealt with the causes of the war. This one concerns the manner in which the conflict was begun, the last conversations of diplomats and statesmen, etc. ... There is something finely dramatic in his account of the memorable sessions of the Reichstag and th...
considerable number of maps and plans scattered throughout the book. At the end of each chapter one finds a long list of questions. Following the last chapter is a list of impor...
8. Volume 1 dealing with Construction was published in 1912. The subjectmatter of the present volume is based on the author’s lectures to students in the Polytechnic, London, and it is intended “for the use of engineers, designers, draughtsmen, stud...
28. chapter 1. There are numerous pictures and plans. The by-laws of theassociation and various tables are given in an appendix, with the index following. “The story of the Octavia Hill association of Philadelphia is almost a history of the housing...
18. mill. In the years following her act of rebellion the girl had gonethru a bitter experience, but she had found healing at the hands of a Catholic sisterhood and with new courage had come out into the world with the hope of helping other girls....
26. Part 4 is given up to appendices devoted to the more advanced“The wealth of references given to the technical literature in discussing the principles and modes of operation of telephone apparatus would justify the publication of this book...
31. Part 3. Detailed methods of calculating interior wiring for light andAn attempt to convey to the average electrical worker a knowledge of the principles, construction, characteristics, management, and operation of electric generators and motors....
4. Part 2 the author discusses method in teaching, applied specificallyto reading, spelling, language, arithmetic, geography, history, civics, physiology and hygiene, agriculture, and home economics. In each case he makes use of his four cardinal e...
12. Part 1 is a compilation, the object of which is “to trace themetamorphosis of the land question into the rent question; of the equal right to land into the joint right to the rent of land, etc.” The authors represented in this progression...
23. book one of the most interesting products of the season.The author says: “This essay traverses some of the ground covered by Edwards’s ‘Lives of the founders of the British museum,’ and the Reading-room manuals of Sims and Nichols al...
2. Part 2 deals with ‘Government and the citizen’ and is made up of achapter on each of the following topics: suffrage and elections, other means of popular control, civil liberty and public welfare, public finance, city government, state and cou...
27. chapter 9, reprinted from an earlier essay on Goethe, are Professor“It is possible now for an American scholar to put aside the trivial and ephemeral and concentrate attention on those aspects of Goethe’s life and work that ‘belong to the ages....
13. part 1, the author considers The forces that failed, examining some ofthe agencies that broke down in 1914. Part 2 is devoted to an exposition of the principles and platform of the League to enforce peace. Part 3 is an examination of The creed of...
17. Volume 1 is entitled ‘Hydraulic development and equipment,’ and volume2 is entitled ‘Electrical equipment and transmission.’ However, it should not be concluded that the two volumes are entirely independent of each other. As the author puts it in...
5. Volume 14 completes the trilogy of the nineteenth century and bringsthe work as a whole to a close. It has chapters on: Philosophers; Historians, biographers and political orators; The growth of journalism; The literature of science; Anglo-Irish...
16. Part 3 treats of the present utility of the beliefs in personal“The author presents a somewhat detailed study of the belief in God and a future life as it appears in primitive religions and in the modern world of educated men and women. The...
25. Part 3 “Seed time,” are made up of seventeen stories and sketchestelling us how the men in the trenches live, fight and die; in Part 4, “Harvest,” the author tells how British militarism has taught men the valuable lessons “of playing for the...
21. Volume three of the University debaters’ annual contains theconstructive and rebuttal speeches delivered in the intercollegiate debates of the following colleges and universities: Iowa, Ohio state, Coe, Oberlin, Western Reserve, Columbia...
20. Part 2, “The king’s high way,” is made up of poems in which religioussentiment predominates. Here too the influence of the war is evident. In the poems as in the foreword to the volume the author pleads for a future that shall repair the past.
10. Part 4, contributed by Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver, deals with the human“Prof. Carver has produced a clean and vigorous chapter, as has Prof. Leith. Their hard facts are balanced by the progressive theorizing of Prof. Ely and Prof. Hess. One cannot...
1. Volume 1 was run in the Digest in 1915.“The preceding volume dealt with the causes of the war. This one concerns the manner in which the conflict was begun, the last conversations of diplomats and statesmen, etc. ......
9. Part 1 of the book gives Preliminary notes; Part 2, Notes on trainingThe purpose of this book is “to explain the methods adopted at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to give the midshipmen of our navy a thorough theoretical...
24. Chapter 5 groups the general plant problems—handling materials,keeping cleaned up, fire protection, proper steam and water lines, keeping a good boiler house, etc. The final chapter discusses calorimetry and photometry, and an appendix give...
22. Part 1 of this volume is a reprint of the open letter by M. ÉmilePrüm, leader of the Catholic party of Luxembourg, to Herr Mathias Erzberger, member of the Reichstag and leader of the Catholic centre party of Germany. It was a protest against...
3. Part 5 explains and illustrates the balance sheet, income statement,and various other special reports and statements; Part 6 is devoted to consolidation, including merger, lease and holding company; Part 7 takes up receiverships, reorganizations...
11. Volume 5 is devoted to Christian cooperation and world redemption and“As a record of proceedings the volumes are cumbered with much matter which is of little interest to the ordinary reader, or even to the student of social and ecclesiastical mov...
19. volume 1 are given to his early life and his service in the Civil war.“To the student of American history during this vital and highly dramatic period, Mr Orcutt’s work will be of distinct value; for his endeavor to explain the conditions leading...
7. part 3. The four chapters making up this part are revised from a“Some question may be raised as to the wisdom of attempting to teach or explain the theory of double entry bookkeeping in the small amount of space allotted to this subject by t...
14. Volume 1 consists of chapters on: Jesus’ physical personality; Jesusin literature; Jesus’ character, negative views; The nativity; Beginnings of the supreme pedagogy. Volume 2 has chapters on: Messianity, sonship, and the kingdom; Jesus’ eschato...
6. Part 2 opens with a general diagram that, with proper study, makesclear the relationship of the cost records to the main books of account and explains means for unifying the general accounts and the cost system into a consistent whole. The sep...
29. Part 1. Electric light systems; the various kinds of lamps, and their30. Part 2. Electric power systems; types of motors and their performance;