PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2529, 3 September 1902, Page 57

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

"Can I Become an Ekctrical Engineer?'*..; is the title of an exceptionally well-jjbt-top-" booklet,, whose authors claim to be able to ""* do great things for all who wish to enter-, the most modern of professions. The style ,- of the brochure predisposes one in •H3 -' favour at first glance, the typography 'being ; irreproachable and the whole aspect busi- • nees-Hlre. A more extended- examination "oiSi the contents impresses one with .the- idea :' that experts alone hasp been concerned ; with its producticn> white tho list of. exa- -' > minere is certainly an impressive one. On * the back cover Thomas Alva Edison 'is ' quoted as writing : "I consider the Electrical .Engineer*' Institute, as conducted by Messrs Wetzler ami Martin, to be of great value to those who desire an electrical echi- _?• cation." Coming- from such a , souroc- r ,I^i». ' is valuable commendation/aQd, nwieeck ifeMs * evident that- Messrs Wetzler and Martin are able conductors of an important enterprise. Whether or not they can do- 'all they claim to be able to accomplish is-* a point upon which even an expert might withhold hi» opinion. There is a presumption that tuition by correspondence must be deficient in practicality, but, on the other hand,, manyletters are quoted from those who seem - to ha-ve done well in advancing themselves professionally a* the result of tuition received. It is well known, however, that many of those who graduate from electrical establishments fail afterwards, owing' to ignorance of mechanical engineering. Theseactually interested most, of course, judgt> for themselves', and we can. at, .least urgo anyone whose occupation brings him into, contact with applied electricity in any way to get a copy of, this prospectus artel giver-, it careful The vajipns conrsE&, .prescribed, tlie specimen pagefc i'of * the advisory. passageSj etp., ar& l all .suggeaj;, , tive of cleanness and plaim dealing. . A-'j. scries of portraits, "of eminent '" chemisb, ' phyaioistSjj and electricians, adorn. tbe.\pages.. and the examples of sucsh men as.Fsftaday and Ediaon jsliould giye heart T:c£^even Jjn*V, ..' humblest of .young enth.u3iss.ts..:' list . of. '., specialists, who' actc. as guarantors •; 0$ tho _) good faith, truKbwpi'tfiaies^. -""and te^aical ' reliability of the institute appears ' to im ■ * elude, all tho' notable ■clectricaT eujrTnec_r%."] scientists,, and inventors in ''the Ud : "-«<"" States and elsewhere. — The r Electrical E. - \ gineer .Institute (if. Correspondence JIW.I notice Z«) and 242 West, 23rd scrawl, IS'tv York, IT.S.A. "