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Customs. Costume

Dean, Bashford.

qr 399 D34h

Helmets and body armor in modern warfare. 1920. Yale University Press. (New York (city) Metropolitan Museum of Art. Publication of the Committee on education.)

Parsons, Frank Alvah.

Psychology of dress. 1920. Doubleday.

391 P26

Contents: Mediæval Europe.-The renaissance in Italy (1400 to 1600).—The renaissance in France and England: the 16th century.-The 17th century in France, Italy and England.-The 18th century in France and Italy.-The 18th century in England and America.-Characteristic 19th century styles.-Early 20th century characteristics. Contains many illustrations in black and white.

Women

Dickson, Mrs Marguerite Stockman.

Vocational guidance for girls. 1919. Rand.

"Suggested readings," p.241-242.

396.5 D55

Chiefly concerned with methods of developing home-making instincts, but briefly discusses various vocations.

Filene, Catherine, ed.

Careers for women. 1920. Houghton.

The same... . . . .

Suggestions for reading at the end of each article.

396.5 F47

.r 396.5 F47

A compilation of articles, each giving a description of the work, the necessary training, the approximate financial return, and the advantages and disadvantages of many occupations for women.

Gide, Paul.

396.2 G37

Étude sur la condition privée de la femme dans le droit ancien et moderne et en particulier sur le sénatus-consulte Velléien. 1867. Bibliographical foot-notes.

Language

Allen, James Turney.

First year of Greek. 1920. Macmillan.

488 A42

Joyce, Patrick Weston.

427 J48

English as we speak it in Ireland. 1910. Longmans.

Preface contains a bibliography of authorities consulted.

Analyzes and classifies the grammar and pronunciation, and the idioms, phrases, and proverbs of Anglo-Irish dialect and explains their origin and development.

Kuhns, Levi Oscar.

448 K43

French reading for beginners, with notes and vocabulary. 1899. Holt.

Whitney, William Dwight.

445 W65b

Brief French grammar. 1891. Holt.

Wilkins, Ernest Hatch.

458 W72

First Italian book. 1920. University of Chicago Press. (University

of Chicago Italian series.)

Williams, Sir Monier Monier-.

491.2 W74

Practical grammar of the Sanskrit language, arranged with reference to the classical languages of Europe for the use of English students. 1877. Clarendon Press.

Yersin, Marie, & Yersin, Jeanne.

448 Y25

How to speak French like the French; idioms and current expressions of the French language, with a list of French proverbs. 1920. Lippincott.

Science

Einstein, Albert.

531.18 E41

Relativity; the special and general theory; tr. by R. W. Lawson. 1920. Holt.

"Bibliography: works in English on Einstein's theory," p.161-162.

Written for those who, "from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics." Preface.

Fewkes, Jesse Walter.

571.8 F44

Prehistoric villages, castles and towers of southwestern Colorado. 1919. (United States-Ethnology bureau. Bulletin no.70.) The same. (In United States-Ethnology bureau. Bulletin no.70.).... .r 572.05 U25b no.70

qr 503 H23

Handwörterbuch der naturwissenschaften; hrsg. von E. Korschelt [und anderen]. IOV. 1912-15.

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A comprehensive, scholarly cyclopedia, representing the work of some 300 contribu tors, with special editors in the fields of zoölogy, mineralogy, geology, botany, chemistry, physics, and physiology. Contains some 10,000 illustrations, has subject index and numerous bibliographies which, though brief, are judiciously selected.

Osler, Sir William.

r 504 O29

Old humanities and the new science; an address before the Classical Association, Oxford, May 16th, 1919. 1919. Murray.

Soddy, Frederick.

504 $679

Science and life; Aberdeen addresses. 1920. Murray. Contents: Science and life.-Physical force, man's servant or his master?-Chemis try and national prosperity.-Science and the state.-Future of science, and what bars the way. Evolution of matter.-Conception of the chemical element as enlarged by the study of radioactive change.-Matter, energy, consciousness and spirit.-To the new launch-Ideals of a science school.-Appendix: Criticism of the financial operations of

Soddy, Frederick-continued.

504 $679

the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland; Report of a committee of the British Science Guild upon the Carnegie Trust and scientific research; Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

"An impassioned indictment of the old classical and literary education, a repudiation of the traditional religions and philosophies, a determined bid to enlist the British public's support on behalf of chemistry, now that it has realised how useful and indispensable it is for war, and an eloquent appeal to society in general and the universities in particular to give the creative researches a chance." Eugenics review, 1920.

Tower, Willis Eugene, and others.

Principles of physics. [1917.] Blakiston.

Yerkes, Robert Mearns, ed.

New world of science; its development during the war.

tury. (Century new world series.)

530 T65

509 Y25

1920. Cen

A series of papers setting forth war-time achievement in America and recording the contributions to victory, by those in various fields of scientific work.

Astronomy

Elgie, Joseph H.

son.

r 523.8 E46

Stars night by night; being the journal of a star gazer. 1919. Pear

First published under title "Night skies of a year.”

Arranged by months, discussing the celestial objects best adapted for observation in England at each season.

Johannsen, N.

Birth of a planet; a study. 1917. Privately printed.
Reprinted from "Popular astronomy."

r 521.5 J35

Aerial Navigation

Hawker, Harry G. & Grieve, K. M. M.

533.609 H36

Our Atlantic attempt, with a preface by Major-General J. E. B. Seely. [1919.] Methuen.

An account, by the two participants, of the first attempt to cross the Atlantic in an aeroplane. Contains chapters on preparation for the trip, navigation of the aeroplane, astronomical observations, wireless, and notes on the comparative value of single and multiple engines.

Klemin, Alexander.

Text-book of aeronautical engineering. [1919.] Pitman. "Bibliography," p.297-298.

533.6 K31

Concerned with theory of design and principles of construction, but is not highly technical. Lieutenant Klemin is (1919) in charge of aeronautic research, Airplane engineering department, U. S. A.

Mixter, George Webber, & Emmons, H. H. comp.

r 623.74 M75

United States army aircraft production facts; comp. at the request of the assistant secretary of war. 1919. Govt. Print. Off.

Whale, George.

533.622 W 59

British airships, past, present & future. 1919. Lane. Contents: Early airships and their development to the present day.-British airships built by private firms.-British army airships.-Early days of the Naval airship section. Naval airships: the non-rigids; the rigids.-The work of the airship in the world war. The future of airships.

Downie, James R.

Chemistry

Chemists' manual of non-ferrous alloys. 1920. Spon.

546.3 D77

Ex

Concise, elementary guide to equipment and methods for chemical analysis. cepting the rare metals, this manual covers the non-ferrous alloys ordinarily manufactured commercially. Contains a few inaccurate statements and is somewhat lacking in clarity.

Forster, Emily L. B.

540.7 F78

Analytical chemistry as a profession for women, with a foreword by W. F. Reid. 1920. Griffin.

Deals with educational requirements and outlines some of the opportunities. Much of the book is devoted to information regarding science courses open to women in various British universities.

Hamor, William Allen, & Padgett, F. W.

543.8 H22

Technical examination of crude petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas, including also the procedures employed in the evaluation of oil-shale and the laboratory methods in use in the control of the operation of benzol-recovery plants. 1920. McGraw. (Pittsburgh University-Mellon institute of industrial research. Technochemical series.) Binder's title reads "Examination of petroleum."

Bibliographical foot-notes; "A select bibliography of the extraction of gasoline from natural gas," p. 547-549.

The same......

.r 543.8 H22

A comprehensive collection of dependable methods presented in an excellent manner. Macleod, Annie Louise..

540 M19

Text book of chemistry for nurses and students of home economics. 1920. McGraw.

Meldrum, Andrew Norman.

Development of the atomic theory. [1920.] Milford. Pilcher, Richard Bertram.

r 541.2 M58

540.7 P58

The profession of chemistry. 1919. Constable. Concerned with the training necessary and with possible careers open to chemists, especially in England.

Yates, Raymond Francis.

542.1 Y18

How to make and use a small chemical laboratory; a book for beginners setting forth the fundamentals of chemical science in understandable terms; includes instructions for building and using a small home laboratory. 1920. Henley. (Everyday engineering series, no.3.)

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special reference to the British empire.)

"Prepared under the direction of the Mineral resources committee of the Imperial Institute, with the assistance of the scientific and technical staff."

"References to literature on tin," p.100-111.

Kentucky-Geology and forestry department.

r 557.69 K1934

Mineral and forest resources of Kentucky; quarterly, April-Oct.

1919. ser. 5, v.1, no.1-3. [1919.]

Botany

qr 580.5 B6462

Botanical abstracts; a monthly serial furnishing abstracts and citations of publications in the international field of botany in its broadest sense, Sept. 1918-date. v.1-date. 1918-date.

Published under the direction of the Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts, Inc.

Densmore, Hiram Delos.

580 D43

General botany for universities and colleges, with original illustrations by the author and by M. L. Sawyer. 1920. Ginn.

Emphasizes the biological principles underlying economic aspects of botany.

Hardy, Marcel E.

Geography of plants. 1920. Clarendon Press.

581.9 H26

"A full discussion of the conditions in which plants flourish, and their distribution in the great geographical divisions of the earth." Preface.

Small, James.

r 581.63 S63

1919.

Application of botany in the utilisation of medicinal plants. Pharmaceutical Press.

Zoölogy

Howes, Paul Griswold.

595.7 H85

Insect behavior. 1919. Badger. (Badger's studies in science.)
Popular work, with many illustrations, some of which are greatly enlarged.

Hudson, William Henry, C. M. Z. S.

Adventures among birds. 1920. Dutton.

598.2 H88ad

A collection of essays, reprinted from various English periodicals, on the birds of England and of Argentina. The illustrations are reproductions of the Bewick woodcuts. Mr Hudson's books are read with equal pleasure by the naturalist and the lover of pure English prose.

Lydekker, Richard.

qr 591.9 L98

Wild life of the world; a descriptive survey of the geographical distribution of animals. 3v. [1917.] Warne.

An important reference work; written in popular, entertaining style, but accurate and dependable. Many excellent illustrations in color.

Whitman, Frank Nunn.

ger.

598.2 W64

Familiar studies of wild birds; their haunts and habits. 1920. Bad

Brief text accompanied by a large number of photographic illustrations.

Useful Arts

Chalmers, Thomas Wightman.

qr 676 C35

Paper making and its machinery, including chapters on the tub sizing of paper, the coating and finishing of art paper and the coating of photographic paper. 1920. Constable. (Engineer series.)

Appeared originally as a series of articles in "The Engineer" for 1915-16.

Is a treatise on the engineering aspects of the modern paper-making industry and contains numerous drawings and other illustrations. Considers British machinery only.

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