Book Notices by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 24, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 26.

Book Notices.

By Editor

"Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Roosevelt." Edited by John Vance Cheney. Two volumes, very neatly printed and bound. Portraits of our first and present presidents. The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago.

The above are two volumes of "The Patriotic Classics," issued by this company. They speak for themselves, and present in convenient form the policies and principles for which the various chief magistrates of this government stood. The Declaration of Independence is also given, a fitting introduction to the work.

"Sidereal Sidelights—A Medley of Dawn-Thoughts." By C. L. Brewer, author of "The Elder Brother" and "Stepping-Stones to Heaven." Published by the Balance Publishing Company, Denver, Colo. Price, linen paper, fifty cents.

A New Thought book, borrowing the language of truth to clothe error, counting Jesus a mere politician, and man, divine, with his salvation within himself. It is a false Gospel and its "dawn-thoughts," in a religious sense, are the settling shades of midnight over those who will hope in vain in a gospel of man, which is not the Gospel.

"The Other Side of the Money Question." By James A. Fulton, Secretary of the American Monetary League. Paper covers, 25 cents. Hutchinson & Broadbent, McKeesport, Pa.

This pamphlet is an argument to prove that the present monetary and banking system is a producer of panics and the most potent factor in wealth concentration. It endeavors to make clear those points in the money question which it has been difficult for people to understand. The author discusses the side given the least publicity from press and platform. He has given much instruction, and the pamphlet is a thought-stimulator.

"In the Enemies' Land; a Personal Experience." By Sarah Powell Giddings. Price, $1.00 and $2.00 according to the binding. Published by the authoress at Enosburg Falls, Vermont.

The book narrates a part of the life history of the writer, how thru an unfortunate marriage with an afflicted man, relatives and professed friends sought to deprive her of what was hers by right; and how in all this, members of the Masonic fraternity used the machinery of the lodge as a means of defeating justice and oppressing the writer.

"The Art of Lecturing." By Arthur N. Lewis. Chas. H. Kerr & Co., Chicago, Ill.

The author is a course lecturer in the Academy of Sciences, and of the Garrick Theater, Chicago. The object of the little pamphlet is to suggest all the various things which a speaker may need to properly present to his audience whatever subject he has, including the introductory, manner of speaking, necessity of reading, learning to stop, questions of mannerisms, proper rhetoric, etc., etc.

"Family Bible Teacher." A series of short lessons, bound in convenient form, with oil-cloth covers, by Charles E. Palmer, 200 Linden St., Everett, Mass. These are excellent studies. The price is not given.

"Come Unto Me," a very pretty sacred solo for soprano voice, has been received from the publisher, Ignaz Fischer, Toledo, Ohio. English and German words are given; keys, B-flat or D. Price, fifty cents. Lovers of sacred song will find in this a pleasing selection.

A journal for boys of a mechanical turn of mind.—Popular Mechanics, published at 160 Washington St., Chicago, Ill., is filled month by month with interesting illustrated articles, all short, of invention, discovery, and developments in mechanics. It is not a child's paper, but all inventive boys enjoy it. The price is $1.00 a year.