Kingsbury, Sara. Atonement, $1. Eastern pub.
The sweat shop, the college settlement, and the college itself, each points its own moral in this story of Marion, the niece of a millionaire, who turns from a life of luxury to work among the poor. Her self sacrifice, however, is not rewarded by personal happiness for, in the renunciation of Roger, her betrothed, she suffers equally with him as he works out his expiation for the betrayal of a daughter of the sweat-shop, who was employed in his great department store.
Kingsley, Charles. [Hypatia.] $1.25. Crowell.
A new volume in that pleasing pocket edition: the “Thin paper classics.”
Kingsley, Mrs. Florence (Morse). Resurrection of Miss Cynthia. [†]$1.50. Dodd.
Miss Cynthia, a spinster of thirty-three, who has lived a narrow, cramped little life is told by her doctor that, owing to an affection of the lungs, she has only one more year to live. Instead of repining she decides to make her last days happy ones so she throws off all the traditions of her house, discards black for bright colors, and goes out to enjoy light and sunshine. As a result she finds both health and an old lover.
[*] “Clever and pleasant tale.”
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Kinzbrunner, Charles. Testing the continuous current machine in laboratories and test-rooms: a practical work for students and engineers. $2. Wiley.
“This work is a laboratory manual giving detailed instruction for carrying out numerous experiments upon direct current machines. The author has had constantly in mind the necessity of planning the exercises with a view to their practical application and has endeavored to make the book useful to engineers as well as to students.”—Engin. N.