Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1910 — Some New Library Books and About Them. [ARTICLE]

Some New Library Books and About Them.

Pragmatism, a new name for some Old ways of thinking, by William James. This book presents pragmatism as a philosophy applicable to the concrete facts and experiences of every day life. The test pragmatism applies to any speculation of theory ,1s its practical consequences to the ordinary man if It be true. , Historic Indiana, by Julia H. Levering. Not, so much a history as a graphic exposition of the material, political and social development of the state. The lives of the pioneers and the early methods of travel have particularly appealed to the author. A district contribution to western history. f The boyhood of Lincoln, by Elanor Atkinson. Reminiscences of Dennis Hanks, Lincoln’s cousin and boyhood playmate, at the age of 90. Contributes little that is new, but is interesting in itself as a glimpse of pioneer life, skilfully reproduced in the vernacular. Mrs. Atkinson was formerly a Rensselaer girl. The life of Alice Freeman Palmer, by G. H. Palmer. A history of the private and public life of the onetime president of Wellesley College, and dean of women of the University of Chicago, by her husband, Prof. PaJmer, of Harvard University. The life itself was full of inspiration and accomplishment, the story of the life is characterized by dignity, restraint, sympathy and unusual charm. Ignaz Jan Paderewski, E. A. Baughan. A good brief biography, the first half of which presents a connected narrative of his life, the last half with his personal traits, ,his views on music and teaching, his characteristics and standing as ;a pianist and as a composer. - Father and Son, by E. W. Gosse. A record of the author’s childhood and youth in a home where the most autte*e Puritanism prevailed; of his father, a scientist of distinction, devoted first of all to the religious bringing up of his son. Tells of the development of the boy’s individuallity, and final break between father and son, between the "frigid religion of the past and the liberality of the present, which sacrificed neither the love of the father nor the respeet of the son. Dyspepsia is America’s curse. Burdock Blood Bitters conquers dyspepsia every time. It drives out lmpurities, tones the stomach, restores perfect digestion, normal jtfeight, and good health. Z:.. Z-ZI