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The book is the outcome of 25 years of life and experience in the mountain country of the South, first as a teacher and then as secretary of the Southern highland division of the Russell Sage foundation. Condensed from Preface.

Dunnack, Henry Ernest.

Maine book.

1920.

"Author bibliography," p.322-323. "Books on Maine," p.324-326.

qr 917.41 D92

A reference book compiled by the librarian of the Maine State Library to furnish information on the political, literary, social, and industrial history of the state. Goemaere, Pierre.

917.3 G55

Across America with the king of the Belgians; authorized translation from the French by Beatrice Sorchan. 1921. Dutton.

The author, a Belgian journalist in King Albert's suite, gives his impressions of America, of our towns and cities, our trains and hotels, our manners, morals, and ways of life.

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Handbook of Cyprus; ed. by H. C. Luke and D. J. Jardine. 8th issue. 1920. Macmillan.

"Books of reference," p.93-95.

The same; ed. by Sir J. T. Hutchinson and C. D. Cobham. 5th issue. 1907.

Stanford...

New York, Evening post.

Cuba. 1920.

.r 915.64 H97

qr 917.291 N26

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Gives single line entries of historical and literary events for each day in the year, with quotations more or less appropriate.

Greenwood, Josephine Heermans.

Our heritage from the Old World. 1921. Appleton.

The same...

The same...

909 G85

j 909 G85 .rj 909 G85

Interestingly written history showing the development of civilization from the time of the ancient Egyptians to the colonization of the New World. Gives a good idea of the life of the people at different periods and points out the causes leading to the great historical events described. The text is supplemented by many pictures and by suggestive questions at the end of each chapter. Suitable for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

Europe

Hine, Reginald L.

942 H56 Cream of curiosity; an account of certain historical and literary manuscripts of the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries. 1920. Routledge.

Contents: Introduction.-The life and death of Sir Thomas More, knight, sometyme lord high chancellor of England, written in the tyme of Queen Marie.-The commonplace book of John Moore.-A sidelight on the civil war (Sir Robert Heath). -A 17th-century pacifist (Sir Justinian Pagitt).-A prince's pocket-book (the duke of Monmouth).-Rabies theologorum (being a study of two 17th-century divines).— The English tourist in 1731.-A he-precise hypocrite.-The journal of Isaaco.—The professor in war-time.-In God's 'acre.-The genius of one Gobbo, a poet.-The rise and fall of the umbrella.-A child's diary at Gibraltar.-Fly-leaves and marginal notes.

Davidson, Helen Mehard.

United States

Founders and builders of our nation. 1920. Scott. "Suggested supplementary reading" at end of each chapter. The same.

Montgomery, David Henry.

Beginner's American history. 1920. Ginn.

"Short list of books of reference," app. p.1-2.

973 D29

.j 973 D29

973 M86b2

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The Egyptian problem. 1920. Macmillan.

Discussion of the British policy in Egypt and of the unrest and desire for independence expressed there since the great war. There are preliminary chapters dealing with the history of modern Egypt since it was rescued from obscurity by Napoleon I.

Morel, Edmund Deville.

Ten years of secret diplomacy; an unheeded warning. Huebsch.

Contains maps.

A reprint of "Morocco in diplomacy," published in 1912.

964 M88

[1918.]

A consideration of the Anglo-French-German relations in regard to Morocco in 1905 and 1911. It is the author's opinion that Germany's actions have been misrepresented.

European War

Bodley, John Edward Courtenay.

940.91 B58

Romance of the battle-line in France, with an additional chapter on the results of the late war as affecting our national life and imperial interests. [1919.] Constable.

Taking the names of the towns and villages of northern France, Arras, Cambrai, Compiègne, Château-Thierry, etc., made famous during the great war, the author has searched the history of France for other interesting historical and literary incidents connected with them.

Duncalf, Frederic.

r 940.911 D89

(Texas

Brief history of the war. [1918.] University of Texas.

University. Bulletin, no.1835.)

"Bibliography," p.86-87.

Contains maps.

Guernsey, Irwin Scofield.

qr 940.911 G95

Reference history of the war, with a preface by F. M. Colby. 1920.

Dodd.

"Bibliography," p.386-388.

Hardie, Martin, & Sabin, A. K. ed.

qr 940.91 H25

War posters issued by belligerent and neutral nations, 1914–19. 1920. Black.

The first half of the book consists of a discussion of poster art and artists in various countries. The remainder is devoted to reproductions, some in color, of about 75 posters, arranged according to countries.

Lauzanne, Stéphane Joseph Vincent.

940.91 L37g

Great men and great days; introduction by N. M. Butler; tr. by J. L. B. Williams. 1921. Appleton.

Contents: Théophile Delcassé, the man who prepared victory.-Marshal Joffre, the father of victory.-Raymond Poincaré, the president of victory.-Woodrow Wilson, college professor and president.-Theodore Roosevelt, a man.-Colonel House, a wise counselor. Ambassador Jusserand and America. The world passes in review. America in the eyes of the world.-David Lloyd George, a political eel.-Georges Clémenceau, the Tiger.-Alexandre Millerand, president of France.

[Piesbergen, Clarence F.]

qr 940.914 P57

Overseas with an aero squadron. [1919.] Privately printed.

A record of the 86th aero squadron, United States air service, with a history of achievements, and contributions from its members of cartoons, photographs, short sketches, jokes, and verse.

Speer, Robert Elliott.

940.922 S74

The war and the religious outlook. 1919. Pilgrim Press. religious outlook.)

(The

Issued under the direction of the Committee on the War and the Religious Outlook. A brief statement of some of the effects of the war, both good and bad, on the moral and spiritual life of to-day, and of the tasks thereby set for Christianity and the church.

Tardieu, André Pierre Gabriel Amédée.

940.916 T19t

The truth about the treaty; foreword by E. M. House, introduction by Georges Clemenceau. 1921. Bobbs.

A defense of the Treaty of Versailles, and especially of those clauses made necessary by France's demands for safety and reparation. The author was French plenipotentiary at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919-20.

United States-Council of national defense.

r 940.928 U25

Woman's committee, United States council of national defense; an interpretative report, April 21, 1917 to Feb. 27, 1919, by E. N. Blair.

1920.

Issued by the United States council of national defense, Woman's committee. United States-State department. r 940.912 U256 Declarations of war: Severances of diplomatic relations, 1914-18.

1919.

Gives alphabetical and chronological lists of the countries which declared war, and of those which severed diplomatic connections, with the texts of the documents.

Young People's Books

Davidson, Helen Mehard.

j 973 D29

Founders and builders of our nation. 1920. Scott. "Suggested supplementary reading," at end of each chapter.

Greenwood, Josephine Heermans.

j 909 G85

Our heritage from the Old World. 1921. Appleton.
The same....

.rj 909 G85

Interestingly written history showing the development of civilization from the time of the ancient Egyptians to the colonization of the New World. Gives a good idea of the life of the people at different periods and points out the causes leading to the great historical events described. The text is supplemented by many pictures and by sugges tive questions at the end of each chapter. Suitable for sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

Hurll, Estelle May, ed.

j 759.4 M69 Jean François Millet; 15 pictures and a portrait of the painter, with introduction and interpretation. 1900. Houghton.

series.)

"Books of reference," pref. p.11-12. Pictures of French peasant life.

Mirza, Youel Benjamin.

(Riverside art

j 915.5 M73

When I was a boy in Persia. 1920. Lothrop. (Children of other lands books.)

Describes the games and amusements of boys in Persia, the homes and daily occupa tions of the people, their festivals and holiday customs.

Also contains a chapter on rugs and rug-makers.

Yates, Raymond Francis.

Boys' book of model boats. 1920. Century.

j 699.1 Y18

Shows how to build toy boats-sailing yachts, submarines, electric and steam launches. Includes a model for a floating dry dock, chapters on boat fittings and motive power, and a dictionary of marine terms. Illustrations from drawings and photographs.

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