The Independent . olar,Clement Juglar, by DeCourcy W. Thorn,is also adapted to the uses of trainedstudents rather than to those of thegeneral reader. The book contains abrief introductory section in which thecauses of panics are analyzed. This isfollowed by a continuous historical ac-count of the regular expansion andcontraction of credit in the UnitedStates during the past 125 years. Thenarrative is crowded with detailed in-formation but unaccompanied by ex-tended explanation. The reader who is seeking an intro-duction to the modern school of eco-nomic writers can do no better than tomake his
The Independent . olar,Clement Juglar, by DeCourcy W. Thorn,is also adapted to the uses of trainedstudents rather than to those of thegeneral reader. The book contains abrief introductory section in which thecauses of panics are analyzed. This isfollowed by a continuous historical ac-count of the regular expansion andcontraction of credit in the UnitedStates during the past 125 years. Thenarrative is crowded with detailed in-formation but unaccompanied by ex-tended explanation. The reader who is seeking an intro-duction to the modern school of eco-nomic writers can do no better than tomake his beginning with Fetters Mod-ern Economic Problems. This work is,in a sense, a sequel to a book pub-lished by the same author a yearago. The earlier volume dealt withbroad economic principles; the pres-ent book approaches the problems ofproduction, distribution and exchangefrom the point of view of presentday American society. It deals firstwith the basic material resources ofthe nation, then it presents a detailed. We Must Improve Ourselves Do you know, I used to wonder what made the Randolphs so interest-ing! But now I know. They make a practice of learning one worth-whilething every day—They told me so. I called on them the other night and, honestly, I was ashamed. Therewasnt a single thing I could talk interestingly about—and they tried sohard to make me feel at home. Were just as intelligent as the Randolphs, dear, and it seems a shamewe dont utilize our spare time to improve ourselves. Lets do it. I know the way. Lets join The Mentor Association and learn some one thing every day. TheMentor Association has over 100,000 mem-bers who, like you, are interested in worth-while things; who have found that suchthings must be a part of every well-roundedexistence, and who realize that they haventthe time or special training to dig deep in-to all subjects. Twice a month, the first and fifteenth,they receive The Mentor. Each time aspecial topic is discussed with absorbinginteres
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