The Atlantic's Bookshelf

In this department of the ATLANTIC, it is the aim of the editors to review, promptly and justly, those new hooks which seem of more than temporary value. Of casual, unimportant, and unworthy books, no mention will he made. For the selection of titles, the ATLANTIC is not responsible. They are the choice of trained judges of books in various parts of the country, who have kindly consented to collaborate with this magazine in the com mon task of listing monthly those volumes which are more than usually worthy of preservation on the shelves of libraries of moderate compass, both public and private. The authorities consulted are the staffs of the American Library Association Book List, the Wisconsin Library Commission, the City Library Association Library of Springfield, Massachusetts, the Free Public Library of Newark, New Jersey, and the City Library of Cleveland. In time, the opinion of other libraries, in other parts of the country, will be sought, as we are attempting to make this service a national one. For the reviews, themselves, the ATLANTIC is wholly responsible. We aim to make the department of service to readers. There will be no attempt at clever reviews, but every effort will be made for just appraisal.