UNIVERSITY PRESS WIDENS FIELD

The fall announcement of the University Press shows very clearly the efficient management and rapid growth of the Press since its foundation in 1913. The plant in the basement of University Hall has been considerably enlarged and will make possible a greater output of books during the winter. In addition to publishing numerous books, the Press has inaugurated a new policy in taking over from other publishers, several editions of "works of a high scholarly character" for which it will now become sole agent.

The most important works announced for publication during the fall include a new book by President Lowell called "The Governments of France, Italy and Germany," which is substantially a revision of the Presidents former work "The Governments and Parties of Continental Europe." The new volume is designed primarily as a text-book to make more available the substance of the original work, but it also provides in interesting form the most recent and authoritative survey of governmental machinery in the chief states of the Continent.

"Municipal Charters" by Nathan Matthews, A.B., LL.B., Mayor of Boston and former lecturer on Municipal Government is considered and important contribution to the science of charter-making, being rather a handbook for practical use than a discussion of political theory. It gives specimen charters and reviews the phases of municipal government native to the American people.

"A History of the Tariff," by F. W. Taussig," Ph.D., LL.B., Henry Lee Professor of Economics, is another noteworthy publication by the accepted authority on the subject. It is an entirely new and up-to-date study of tariff history to supercede the author's former well-known book.

Two important books on business research are, "Scientific Management," by C. B. Thompson, LL.B., A.M., Instructor in Industrial Organization, an account of applications of the Taylor system; and "The Evolution of the English Corn-Market from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Century," by Norman Scott Brien Gras, Assistant Professor of History in Clark University.

Several books on law and jurispruduence are also announced. "Cases on Constitutional Law," by Professor Wambaugh, an exhaustive work in four parts, two remaining to be published, is a case book for the study of the American Constitution. Others are "Cases on Civil Procedure," by Professor Scott and "Cases on Legal Liability," by Professor Beale.

"Metempsychosis," by George Foote Moore, Frothingham Professor of the History of Religions, is the Ingersoll Lecture of 1914. It shows the practical significance of the belief in transmigration.

In English literature, Dr. Bernbaum has made an important contribution in "The Mary Carleton Narratives 1663-1673,--A Missing Chapter in the History of the English Novel." This intrinsically interesting book is significant since it shows that even in the Restoration Period the art of realistic fiction was practiced. Hitherto the narratives were thought to be biographical instead of fictional. The Press also announces a translation by G. W. Robinson, Secretary of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, of "Eugippius: The Life of Saint Severinus," a document of the history and life of the Fifth Century, for the first time translated into English.

A number of scientific works are announced, most important of which are "The Harvard Health Talks" series; "Material for the Study of Self," by Professor Yerkes, of the University, and Professor Daniel Wolford La Rue, of the Pennsylvania State Normal School; and a "Physical Laboratory Manual," by Dr. Chaffee, instructor in Physics and Elemental Engineering here.

The first of the "Harvard Studies in Education," called "The Oberlehrer," is also announced by the Press. It consists of a study of the evolution of the German Schoolmaster by William Setchel Learned, Ph.D., of the Carnegie Foundation. The series aims to include books of political usefulness to teachers, school officers, and others who are trying to win intelligent control over the complex problems of American education.