Bulletin (Volume 26-50) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Issued bi-monthly by the Rosenberg Library for free distribution. President of Board of Directors, John Sealy; Secretary, Ballinger Mills; Treasurer, H. O. Stein. Librarian, Frank C. Patten. Vol. II JANUARY 1918 No. 41 Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Galveston, Texas WAR LITERATURE The Official Bulletin, published daily at Washington, under order of the President by the Committee on Public Information, is the direct message from the government to the people. This very important publication is on file in the reading-room. New books are being constantly added to the War Service and Food Conservation shelves. The library receives much war and food conservation literature in pamphlet form, some extra copies of which are available for free distribution. Excellent new material on Russia is being added to the already very good collection. Kornilov's Modern Russian History, including chapters on Nicolas II by the translator, A. S. Kaun, is a valuable work. Of it, William Lyon Phelps, in the Yale Review, says "Professor Kornilov's 'Modern Russian History' is an excellent book, and it ought to have an enormous circulation in America. Based on lectures to students, it is written in a clear, luminous style, giving to the reader information and stimulation on every page. The author finished his work in 1912, bringing his narrative to the year 1890; but the translator, Alexander Kaun, a member of the Russian intelligentzia, has added about seventy-five pages, containing an account of the reign of Nicolas the Second down to the month of November, 1916. This history, more than any other book that I have read, enables one to understand the Russian Revolution of the year 1917, and its prodigious importance, not merely for the many millions of men and women in...