Authors are respectively editor and associate editor of Machinery.
The English of commerce. J. B. Opdycke. Scribner. 435p. $2.00.
A high school text-book teaching the choice of words, spelling, construction of sentences, paragraphs and letters for business purposes. Contains also sections on newspapers and magazines, advertising, business talk, sales and advertising literature, abbreviations and special terms, proofreading, business forms, etc. Examples of good and bad usage are given in the various sections. The book could be studied with profit by young business people who have gone through school without instruction in the writing of business English.
Motor boats and boat motors; design, construction, operation and repair; a complete handbook for all interested in motor boats, considering all details of modern hulls and marine motors. Deals with boat construction, design and types of power plants, installation of engines, and all phases of motor boat and engine care, operation and repair. Written by a corps of experts; compiled and edited by V. W. Page. Includes complete working drawings and full instructions for building five boats, ranging in size from a sixteen-foot general utility model to a twenty-five foot raised cabin cruiser, by A. C. Leitch. A special chapter on seaplanes and flying boats is included. Fully illustrated with 374 illustrations. Henley. 524p. $4.00.
Part I. The hull and fittings.
Part II. The power plant and its auxiliaries.
A useful book for all interested in motor boats; their design, construction, equipment, navigation and care. Well illustrated, the plans of boat design being drawn to scale.
Pitman’s common commodities and industries. Pitman. $1.00. 2s. 6d.
A collection of thin monographs, written in nontechnical style by authoritative British authors for the general reader. Suitable for general libraries. About thirty volumes have appeared. The following are recent publications:
Furniture. H. E. Binstead.