OF INTEREST TO: readers of social history, students of technological innovationWith the use of the telephone has come a new habit of mind. The slow and sluggish mood has been sloughed off. The old to-morrow habit has been superseded by "Do It To-day"; and life has become more tense, alert, vivid.-from "The Telephone and National Efficiency"This classic 1910 book-by one of the first stars of technology journalism-is a charming and highly readable overview of the impact of the telephone in its first quarter-century. Discover:. what led Alexander Graham Bell to his breakthrough. the early ridicule Bell's "toy" endured. the adventurous business pioneers of the new technology. the scientific refinements that made the telephone more useful. how the technology quickly shifted from a novelty to a necessity. how the telephone was revolutionized banking, industry, journalism, government, and even farming. and much more.Canadian journalist HERBERT NEWTON CASSON (1869-1951) contributed to numerous New York and London publications, writing mostly about business and technology. He is also the author of The Romance of Steel: The Story of a Thousand Millionaires.ALSO FROM COSIMO: Casson's Making Money Happily: Twelve Tips on Success and Happiness, The Crime of Credulity, and Creative Thinkers