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Macculloch, John Arnott.
Childhood of fiction; a study of folk tales and primitive
thought. 1905
398 M14
Contents: The antiquity of folk-tale incidents.—Some folk-tale incidents.
—The water of life.—The renewal of life in the dead or dismembered.
—The separable soul. — Transformation. — Inanimate objects with
human and magical qualities.—Friendly animals: Puss in boots.—
Beast-marriages: Beauty and the beast.—Cannibalism: Odysseus and
the Cyclops.—Tabu in folk-tales: Bluebeard.—Tabu in folk-tales: The
lost husband or wife.—The clever youngest son.—The dragon sacrifice:
Perseus and Andromeda.—The sacrifice of a child.—Jack and the
beanstalk.—The origin and transmission of folk-tales.
"Bibliographical appendix," p.485-491.
Analysis of the common material and root-incidents of folk-tales. Profound
and authoritative study, yet thoroughly readable.
Moody, John.
Art of Wall street investing. 1906
332.6 M87a
Contents: Safety and security.—Bonds and what they represent.—
Stocks and what they are.—Analyzing railroad securities.—Industrials
and tractions.—investment i's. speculation.—"Get-rich-quick" schemes.
—Reorganizations and syndicates.—The New York stock exchange.—
Wall street phrases and methods.
Small, Albion Woodbury.
General sociology; an exposition of the main development
in the sociological theory from Spencer to Ratzenhofer.
1905 301 S63g
Masterly analysis of the development and present status of sociological
thought. Critical rather than constructive, and adapted to mature
students. More than half tlie book is taken up with a comparative
study of Spencer, Schaeffle and Ratzenhofer. Condensed from Dial,
1906.
Sons of the Revolution, New York.
Constitution of the Society of Sons of the Revolution and
by-laws and register of the New York society, 1890-92.
1890-92 r36g S6993C
The volume for 1890 does not contain the constitution of the society.
Tartans of the clans and septs of Scotland with the arms of
the chiefs; pub. by W. & A. K. Johnston. 2v. 1906.. .. qr3gi T21
Most comprehensive work on Scottish tartans yet published. Gives a
short history of each clan, its war cry, badge and music and a facsimile
of every tartan that could be traced.
Warne, Frank Julian.
Coal-mine workers; a study in labor organization. 1905. .331.88 W23
Contents: The United Mine Workers of America.—The interstate joint
conference.—The state agreement.—The anthracite board of conciliation.—The
trade union and the strike.—Growth of the mine workers'
union.—The trade union as an institution.
"Primary object is to present an impartial analysis of a Trade Union,
notwithstanding, too, that the treatment herein accorded the United
Mine Workers of America is a sympathetic one." Introduction.
Education
Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd.
Memoirs of eminent Etonians, with notices of the early
history of Eton College. 1850
q373-4 C87
Gilman, Daniel Coit.
Launching of a university, and other papers; a sheaf of
remembrances. 1906
378.7 G42I
Contents: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: Reminiscences of thirty
years in Baltimore, 1875-1905; Johns Hopkins and the trustees of his
choice; Fundamental principles; The original faculty; Some noteworthy
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