HURLEY, EDWARD NASH. New merchant marine. il *$3 (3½c) Century 387
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This is the second volume in the Century foreign trade series. The author was formerly chairman of the United States shipping board and has written “The awakening of business” and other books. In the present work he sketches the history of American shipping but devotes most of his space to future problems of foreign trade. Among the chapters are: Our past glories on the sea; Organization of the United States shipping board; Preparing for ship construction under war conditions; Methods by which tonnage was acquired; The new merchant marine; American commerce in the western hemisphere; American commerce in Australia and the Far East; The economical operation of ships; Reaction of ships upon national industries; Americanization and re-orientation. The book is illustrated, has two appendices and an index.
Booklist 17:53 N ’20 R of Rs 62:224 Ag ’20 110w
“The book contains a wealth of timely suggestions and detailed instruction in practice and methods.”
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HUSBAND, JOSEPH. Americans by adoption. il $1.50 (4c) Atlantic monthly press 920
20–10511
The volume contains biographical sketches of nine prominent, foreign-born “Americans by choice” with an introduction by William Allan Neilson, himself a foreigner, and president of Smith college. He holds that what men want most is “to count among their fellows for what they are worth.” That America is giving its citizens of foreign birth this opportunity is the underlying reason for the book. Each sketch is accompanied by a portrait and the subjects of the sketches are: Stephen Girard; John Ericsson; Louis Agassiz; Carl Schurz; Theodore Thomas; Andrew Carnegie; James J. Hill; Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Jacob A. Riis.