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s. Full gilt, illustrated cover linings, each (cloth) $1.50; (leather) $2.50. Pretty anthologies of prose and verse from British and American authors, respectively for wayfarers and the urbane. * * * * * If the reader will send his name and address the publishers will send, from time to time, information regarding their new books. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS (x-'07) NEW YORK American Public Problems EDITED BY RALPH CURTIS RINGWALT IMMIGRATION: And Its Effects Upon the United States By PRESCOTT F. HALL, A.B., LL.B., Secretary of the Immigration Restriction League. 393 pp. $1.50 net. By mail, $1.65. "Should prove interesting to everyone. Very readable, forceful and convincing. Mr. Hall considers every possible phase of this great question and does it in a masterly way that shows not only that he thoroughly understands it, but that he is deeply interested in it and has studied everything bearing upon it."--_Boston Transcript._ "A readable work containing a vast amount of valuable information. Especially to be commended is the discussion of the racial effects. As a trustworthy general guide it should prove a godsend."--_N.Y. Evening Post._ "Earnest and unprejudiced.... Cannot fail to be of great assistance in clarifying and setting on a solid foundation the ideas of people who are now becoming convinced that the problems of immigration in the nation and the municipality will soon reach a more acute stage than ever before."--_Philadelphia Press._ "An auspicious omen of the worth of Messrs. Henry Holt and Company's recently announced series on American Public Problems.... Mr. Hall has been in close touch with the immigration movement and he writes with a grasp and a fullness of information which must commend his work to every reader.... A handbook ... to which one may turn conveniently for information for which he would otherwise be obliged to search through many a dusty document."--_The World To-day._ THE ELECTION OF SENATORS By Professor GEORGE H. HAYNES, Author of "Representation in State Legislatures." 300 pp. $1.50 net. By mail $1.65. Shows the historical reasons for the present method, and its effect on the senate and senators, and on state and local government, with a detailed review of the arguments for and against direct election. "A timely book.... Prof. Haynes is qualified for a historical and analytical treatise on the subject o
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