The continued discussion following the passage of the recent tariff bill indicates that we are now at the beginning rather than the end of a period when public attention will more than ever centre upon this subject. In the history of our tariff no other schedule has attracted so much attention or been the cause of more controversy than that relating to wool and woolens. It was the failure of Congress to make any substantial change in duties on them which led President Taft to single them out in particular as his chief cause for any dissatisfaction with the present tariff. The one point made clearest of all in the recent tariff discussion was the need for a thorough knowledge of the facts and genuine scientific study. In this volume, based upon years of research, the author has studied the wool-growing industry of the country in connection with the tariff duties on wool and woolens. He shows an unexpected variety and complexity of forces, and proves the superficiality and fallacious character of much of current discussion. The duties on wool are shown to be of little real importance in the growth of the industry. Incidentally the book also presents a history of the woolen manufacture, touches on many points in the history of American agriculture, and throws light upon a number of the broader problems in the economic history of the United States. It should appeal to those interested in our country's industrial history as well as to those interested in the tariff question.
COPYRIGHT: ITS HISTORY AND LAW
By Richard Rogers Bowker
Author of "The Arts of Life," etc.
This work, the outgrowth from an earlier book on copyright published by Mr. Bowker in 1886, with bibliography by Mr. Thorvald Solberg, covers the development of copyright from the earliest time (and in England as well as in the United States), to the passage of the new American code of 1909, inclusive of such interpretation as this has already received in the courts. It treats in full all the several features of the code of 1909 and is intended for the use of authors.—artistic, dramatic, and musical as well as literary.—publishers, lawyers, and the public. Mr. Bowker, as editor of the Publishers' Weekly, has followed copyright development for many years; and as Vice-President of the American (Authors') Copyright League, participated actively in the preparation of the new code. Appendixes give the text of the code, the Royal Copyright Commission digest of British copyright law with summary of later legislation, the International Copyright Union conventions, etc. This work will take a position at once as the standard handbook on the subject of copyright. (Ready in May)
Essays and Literature
ESSAYS ON THE SPOT
By Charles D. Stewart
Author of "Partners of Providence," "The Fugitive Blacksmith," etc. 12mo.
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CHARLES D. STEWART
Mr. Stewart is seen here in a new rôle. The six papers that are brought together in the book fall into three groups. The first group, consisting of "Chicago Spiders," "The Story of Bully" (an extraordinary ox), and "On a Moraine," has to do with certain curious observations and reflections connected with the three subjects in question. For insight, imagination, and intellectual vigor, they are very notable, and strike a new note in American essay-writing. The second group, consisting of Kubla Khan and The Study of Grammar, shows Mr. Stewart as a literary critic and analyst of the first rank. His interpretation of the meaning of Kubla Khan will create a sensation among scholars and lovers of poetry, while his shrewd and entertaining remarks on the present method of studying grammar will provoke animated educational discussion and cause a reminiscent chuckle in many an old school-boy and girl. Finally, by itself, comes "We," a vivacious, penetrating parody of Kipling's famous story, "They,"—which indirectly suggests some far-reaching thoughts on literary art.