twenty-third psalm, *75c. Crowell.
An interpretation of the twenty-third psalm which divides it into
three melodies: In green pastures, a song of the sweet and pleasant
experiences of life; Through the valley of the shadow, a song of the
harder and deeper and more sorrowful experiences of life; and, In the
house of the Lord forever, a song of the exultant and triumphant and
heavenly experiences of life here and hereafter.
“A series of meditative essays in poetic vein, but without great
distinction of style.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 20w.
=Huffcut, Ernest Wilson.= Elements of business law; with illustrative
examples and problems. *$1. Ginn.
This volume is intended as a text-book for students in commercial
courses in high schools and colleges and it sets forth the fundamental
principles of business law, giving simple concrete examples which show
them in their actual application to business transactions. Problems
taken from decided cases are given at the end of each chapter. The
book is based upon the common law and a glossary of legal terms is
provided.
=Hughes, Hugh Price.= Life of Hugh Price Hughes, by his daughter. 3d ed.
*$3. Armstrong.
“Mr. Price Hughes broke in early life with the traditional
conservatism of the Methodist body, and allied himself with the
Liberation society.... The greater part of the volume is taken up with
the spiritual activities with which” he “occupied his strenuous life.
These were very various in kind. Not the least interesting among them
is the part which he took in the reunion conferences at
Grindelwald.”—Spec.
“She tries to set down all her father ever did or said, with little
order of time and not too much of logic; yet large abstractions
obscure practical details.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 354. My. 4, ‘05. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 196. Ap. 1, ‘05. 480w.
“This story of his life will be read in all branches of the Church. It
deserves to be. It needs to be.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 143. Ja. 14, ‘05. 270w.
“We must frankly say that there is a certain magniloquence of diction
and general exuberance about Miss Hughes’s description of her father’s
life and work which we could wish away; but these do not hinder us
from recognizing a really striking personality. There are, indeed,
more serious faults in Miss Hughes’s book than those of diction and
manner. It would not have cost much trouble to ascertain the facts.”
+ — =Spec.= 94: 181. F. 4, ‘05. 520w.
* =Hughes, Rupert.= Zal: an international romance. †$1.50. Century.
The tale of a young Polish pianist’s battle for recognition in New
York. There is the artist and dreamer’s “deathless enthusiasm” which
dominates Ladislav Moniusko and Rose Hargrave, a wealthy New York
girl, whose father had set her apart for an English duke.
* “The book is of value, not only because of its musical quality, but
because it enlarges information and intensifies sympathy for what may
truly be called the land of genius.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 856. D. 2, ‘05. 630w.
* “The contrast between the Polish and American natures is excellently
indicated.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.
=Hugo, Victor.= Notre Dame de Paris. $1.25. Crowell.
A volume in the “Thin paper classics” series, translated from the
French by Isabel F. Hapgood.
=Hugo, Victor.= Toilers of the sea. $1.25. Crowell.
A translation from the French by Isabel F. Hapgood, uniform with the
other attractive volumes of the “Thin paper classics” series.
=Hulbert, Archer Butler, and others.= Future of road making in America.
(Historic highways in America.) *$2.50. Clark, A. H.
Volume XV closes the series of monographs on the history of America as
portrayed in the evolution of its highways of war, commerce, and
social expansion, in the “Historic highways of America” series.
Besides the first essay, which gives the title to this volume, Mr.
Hulbert’s symposium includes “Government co-operation in object-lesson
road work,” by Martin Dodge; Maurice O. Eldridge’s “Good roads for
farmers,” Prof. Logan Waller Page’s “The selection of materials for
macadam roads,” and E. G. Harrison’s “Stone roads in New Jersey.”
There will be a final volume devoted to an index.
+ — =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 928. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
“The later volumes of the series present both the merits and defects
of the earlier ones. They are entertaining and often suggestive, but
always incomplete. The material is ill arranged, and a surprising
amount of it is reprinted from other books.”
+ — =Dial.= 38: 322. My. 1, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 15 and 16.)
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 183. F. 16, ‘05. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 390w.
“A model of what an index should be.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 514. Ag. 5, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 16.)
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 449. F. 18, ‘05. 120w.
“[The index] is model work of its kind.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 838. My. 27, ‘05. 120w. (Review of v. 15 and
16.)
=Hume, Fergus.= Mandarin’s fan. †$1.25. Dillingham.
A jade fan causes a deal of trouble in Mr. Hume’s new story. It is at
the bottom of a plot which involves the good name of a Chinese
official, the fortunes of a worthy young Englishman, the satisfaction
of a Chinese god, Kwang-Ho, and the happiness of a young English girl.
Never has the author presented so motley an array of men and women
from which to select the real criminal.
“His ‘heathen’ are of the conventional and traditional sort, but the
dialogue is spicy, the plot intricate, and the personages are set in
lively contrast to each other.”
+ — =Critic.= 47: 189. Ag. ‘05. 70w.
“Clever as the plot is, there are several woefully weak links, though
a rapid reader is pretty sure to overlook these while engrossed in the
really thrilling story. Contrary to his usual custom, Fergus Hume has
given us better character drawing than plot in this tale of a fan.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 230w.
“The author appears frequently quite as much in the dark in trying to
fix on one of his puppets the crime involved as is the patient and
mystified reader. There is here no real flesh and blood.”
— =Outlook.= 79: 706. Mr. 18, ‘05. 70w.
=Hume, Fergus W.= Secret passage. †$1.25. Dillingham.
The secret passage contains all the strange things which are the
natural accompaniments of secret passages. An eccentric old lady is
found stabbed to death in her room and there is no clue to the
murderer. A clever young detective takes up the case and a number of
people become involved in it; several love stories past and present
serve to make matters more complicated, and in the end it is
discovered that the murdered old lady was really somebody else in
disguise, and that the only person not suspected of the crime is the
guilty one.
“Another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o’-lantern murder mysteries.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 589. S. 9, ‘05. 230w.
=Hume, Martin Andrew S.= Spanish influence of English literature. $2.
Lippincott.
Ten public lectures re-written fill this portly volume. Its aim is “to
provide for English readers a comparative study of Spanish literature
in special relation to its points of contact with the literature of
our own country.”
“Major Hume does not succeed in persuading us that he has attained to
any clear conception of what is meant by literary influence.”
— =Acad.= 68: 99. F. 4, ‘05. 840w.
“But these faults of arrangement, selection, and taste are minor
defects in comparison with the want of knowledge and the inaccuracy
which the book shows. Instances of reckless assertion are numerous in
every chapter.”
— — — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 365. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1200w.
“The book, moreover, seems to be pervaded by an exaggerated sense of
the importance of its thesis.”
— =Dial.= 39: 93. Ag. 16, ‘05. 240w.
“A cursory reading of this volume will reveal that it commits two
unpardonable sins: first, that on points of scanty information, it
jumps at brilliant conclusions without an effort to gather adequate
facts; and second, that in matters of minute and detailed learning it
generally takes its knowledge bodily from a source nowhere mentioned.”
— — =Nation.= 81: 78. Jl. 27, ‘05. 2810w.
“These phenomena of European literary history, Mr. Hume presents
clearly and intelligently enough, but without that attention to
detailed evidence which would have made his principal chapters
somewhat more convincing.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 589. S. 9, ‘05. 890w.
“We are obliged to him for a most interesting book, which brings
together facts unknown to ninety-nine in every hundred of the great
reading crowd.”
+ =Sat. R.= 100: 407. S. 23, ‘05. 2020w.
“Though we cannot praise unreservedly either Mr. Hume’s style or his
arrangement, yet both are greatly superior to Mr. Underhill’s; and it
is just in those chapters in which he comes into competition with Mr.
Underhill that Mr. Hume is at his best.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 514. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1180w.
* =Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp.= Wives of Henry VIII. **$4.50. McClure.
Major Hume portrays King Henry as “a weak, vain and boastful creature,
the plaything of his passions, and the tool of those great minds about
him who worked solely to further their own religious and political
aims.” Catherine of Aragon claims the longest consideration, in which
the “pathetic and noble” picture is offset by the less agreeable light
thrown on her period of widowhood. The author “gives a pitiless
picture of Anne Boleyn—of her utter lack of generosity, her meanness
of spirit, her frivolity, and her vanity.” Katherine Howard furnishes
the best subject of study from a “psychological and romantic point of
view,” while Katherine Lady Latimer is presented as “amiable, tactful
and clever and evidently ‘managed’ her fickle husband with great
intelligence.” (Acad.)
* “The latest and by far the clearest account of these six queens.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1196. N. 18, ‘05. 1500w.
* “Major Hume in this, his latest book, and certainly one of the most
deeply interesting he has written, is just sufficiently partial to
make us feel that he is human.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 603. N. 4. 1420w.
* “Altogether the book is one which supplies the reader with plenty of
ideas and impressions, though there are times when one gets lost in
the mazes of the game Mr. Hume is exposing, and wonders if the game is
all really there.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 896. D. 16, ‘05. 1410w.
=Humieres, Robert d’ vicomte.= Through isle and empire; tr. by Alexander
Teixeira de Mattos. **$1.40. Doubleday.
“The psychology of the Englishman is a curious subject for a French
writer, but it is one very entertainingly treated by Vicomte
d’Humières. He divides his book into four parts, following his quarry
out of England into Egypt, India, and through Deccan, but always in
amiable pursuit; witness Mr. Kipling’s indorsement in a prefatory
letter.”—Outlook.
Reviewed by Robert C. Brooks.
+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 380. Je. ‘05. 2200w.
“Admirably translated into English.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 360. My. 16, ‘05. 250w.
“He uses as sharp a wit as Max O’Rell in describing British customs,
manners, sports and institutions; but his criticism is much more just
and much less bitter.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 782. Ap. 6, ‘05. 480w.
“Readers may differ in opinion of the author’s estimate of British
character, but all will agree as to the charming quality of the
recorded impressions and sketches of travel.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 90w.
“His description of English manners is not without humour and
incisiveness, and his view of India, native and British alike, is
marked by sympathy and insight.”
+ =Sat. R.= 99: 637. My. 13, ‘05. 220w.
“Brilliant and lightsome pages.”
+ — =Spec.= 94: 592. Ap. 22, ‘05. 2210w.
=Humphrey, Seth K.= Indian dispossessed. **$1.50. Little.
A plain statement of the wrongs which the Indians have suffered at the
hands of the government of the United States, backed by extracts from
official records. There is little rhetoric but there are many facts.
The crowding out process as it affected various tribes and
reservations is given in detail and the final chapters: Dividing the
spoils, and Uncle Sam, trustee, make the most ardent patriot stop and
ponder. There are sixteen full page illustrations from photographs of
Indian chiefs.
* “By taking only those instances wherein the Government or its
representatives have been conspicuously unfair in dealing with the
Indian, Mr. Humphrey succeeds in making out a pretty strong case
against the white man. He has used his material well and has made the
most of it.”
— =Ind.= 59: 1231. N. 23, ‘05. 410w.
“We ascribe to this author the best intentions, but we do not think
his book will render any real service to the Indian cause. All that he
says may be true, but he does not tell all the truth.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 526. O. 28, ‘05. 210w.
* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 668. N. 18, ‘05. 260w.
=Humphreys, Alexander Crombie.= Lecture notes on some of the business
features of engineering practice. $1. Dept. of business engineering,
Stevens institute of technology, Hoboken, N. J.
“This book is, we believe, the first of its kind—namely, a book of
lectures on business methods for students of engineering.” (Engin.
N.). It contains lectures upon Notes on contracts, Estimates and
specifications, three lectures on Accounting, three on Accounting as
applied to repairs and depreciation, Systems of classification—taxes,
Analysis of a balance sheet and Analysis of data.
“So well does he handle the subject that interest is awakened from the
start, and it not allowed to lag.”
+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 635. Je. 15, ‘05. 860w.
=Huneker, James Gibbons.= Iconoclasts: a book of dramatists. **$1.50.
Scribner.
Studies of modern continental dramatists. A review of Henrik Ibsen’s
work is followed by impressions and criticisms of the dramas of August
Strindberg, Henry Becque, Gerhart Hauptmann, Paul Hervieu, “The
quintessence” of Shaw, Maxim Gorky’s “Nachtasyl,” Hermann Sudermann,
Princess Mathilde’s play, Duse and D’Annunzio, Villiers del Isle Adam,
and Maurice Maeterlinck.
“If Mr. Huneker would abandon his strain after originality and
epigram, and would be content to be natural and reposeful, his chances
of enduring success would be better.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 690w.
“What one misses in his work is the repose, the finish, the, it may
be, studied avoidance of mere epigram, mere cleverness, which gives so
stable a charm to such criticism as that of Mr. Symons.” H. W.
Boynton.
+ + — =Atlan.= 95: 841. Je. ‘05. 1100w.
“Mr. Huneker’s brilliant book holds substantial refreshment and work
of more than transient value. Is saturated with his subject, yet has
preserved an invaluable sensitiveness to impressions.” Olivia Howard
Dunbar.
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 89. Jl. ‘05. 380w.
“Mr. Huneker’s manner of writing is pointed and almost brilliant, but
the journalistic origin of his essays is too apparent.”
+ + — =Dial.= 38: 357. My. 16, ‘05. 250w.
“His style is not exactly engaging, and we hold some of his
admirations to be misplaced; but, when all is said, ‘Iconoclasts’ is a
capital book, lively, informing, suggestive.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 218. Jl. 7, ‘05. 1040w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 88. F. 11, ‘05. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 184. Mr. 25, ‘05. 450w.
“Mr. Huneker’s style is brilliant, audacious, often paradoxical, and
full of sweeping generalizations. He knows his subject thoroughly.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 140. My. 13, ‘05. 370w.
=Hunt, Agnes.= Provincial committees of safety of the American
revolution. $1. Western reserve university, Cleveland, O.
“The present work comprises five chapters. In the first three the
committees or councils of safety in the New England, the middle, and
the southern colonies respectively are dealt with; the fourth presents
a general view of the character and work of these bodies; while the
fifth and last seeks their origin in preceding English and colonial
experience. The investigation rests almost wholly upon the sources;
and the result is thoroughly enlightening for many important questions
connected with the struggle for independence.” (Am. Hist. R.) “Every
special student of the American revolution will find this work very
useful for its collection of facts, its table of the powers of the
committees in the several states, and its convenient bibliography of
works relating to the subject.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
Reviewed by George Elliott Howard.
+ + =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 689. Ap. ‘05. 390w.
“Is a real contribution to the study of the American revolution.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 340. Mr. ‘05. 110w.
* =Hunt, Violet.= Cat. *$2. Macmillan.
“The cat’s story of the women folk with whom she lived, and whose
sentimental attitude toward herself she inwardly despised while she
endured it for the sake of the loaves and fishes. Of course it is a
story for girls.... It deals with a cat and her family of kittens and
with Auntie May, who is still young, and a love affair of Auntie’s....
Miss Hunt ... arranges it so that the young man who loves Auntie May
shall hate cats—hate them so that the very presence of one in the room
makes him frantic. And Auntie May, when it come to the test, prefers
her man to her cats.”—N. Y. Times.
* + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 40w.
* + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 404. N. 24, ‘05. 490w.
* “Good reading and wholesome.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 890. D. 6, ‘05. 230w.
* =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 12. D. 9, ‘05. 90w.
* =Spec.= 95: sup. 909. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.
* =Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane.= Political history of
England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.
This twelve volume work on English political history is announced
under the following authorship: Volume I. 1066, Thomas Hodgkin; II.
1066-1216, Professor George B. Adams; III. 1216-1377, T. F. Tout; IV.
1377-1485, C. Oman; V. 1485-1547, H. A. L. Fisher; VI. 1547-1603, A.
F. Pollard; VII. 1603-1660, F. C. Montague; VIII. 1660-1702, R. Lodge;
IX. 1702-1760, I. S. Leadam; X. 1760-1801, Rev. W. Hunt; XI.
1801-1837, Hon. G. C. Broderick and J. K. Fotherham; XII. 1837-1901,
Sidney J. Low.
* “The professed student will revel in this book, in its accurate
scholarship, in its clearness of style and arrangement, in its maps
and indexes, and, above all, in the invaluable appendix which Dr.
Hunt’s unique knowledge of the original authorities of the period has
enabled him to draw up.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1097. O. 21, ‘05. 510w. (Review of v. 10.)
* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 569. O. 28. 1050w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “There is not much that is new or startling either in Mr. Hunt’s
narrative or in his opinions; it is on his sober and wholesome common
sense that the reputation of this book will depend, and this is not
the least important recommendation of such a series as the present.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 346. O. 20, ‘05. 1380w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “A very useful book, in which the sense of proportion, the volume of
information, and the continuity of narrative are good.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 429. N. 23, ‘05. 870w. (Review of v. 10.)
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 716. O. 21, ‘05. 210w. (Review of v. 10.)
=Hunter, (Wiles) Robert.= Poverty, **$1.50. Macmillan.
The author has been actively engaged for ten years in
university-settlement work in New York, Chicago, and London, and his
book aims to awaken the unthinking and unseeing to a realization of
the grim and terrible conditions existing among our poor. He describes
evils, points out remedies, and sets forth the pitiful struggles of
the underpaid and underfed wage-earners. The book is divided into
seven chapters: Poverty, The pauper, The vagrant, The sick, The child,
The immigrant, and Conclusions.
=Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 100w.
“In his volume, entitled ‘Poverty,’ Robert Hunter has rendered for the
United States the same service that Frederick Engels rendered to
England sixty years ago by the publication of his volume on ‘The
condition of the working class.’ No student of philanthropy, or of
sociology, can afford to ignore this book. But when all deductions on
the ground of inclusiveness have been made, the arsenal of facts here
brought to the attention of the critic must command the respect of the
candid.” Florence Kelley.
+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 10: 555. Ja. ‘05. 370w.
“The conscience literature of social progress receives an important
contribution in ‘Poverty.’ This work, within certain limits, is
strong, fine and deserving of great praise. Mr. Hunter’s remedial
measures are for the most part sane, reasonable, just and necessary,
and they will appeal to tens of thousands who would be frightened if
one proposed more fundamental measures. Books like this are of immense
value at the present period in our conflict against the sordid
materialism that is ranging itself with reaction and subtly, when not
aggressively, opposing the ideal of democracy and social progress.”
+ + =Arena.= 33: 219. F. ‘05. 1480w.
“There is a certain literary quality to Mr. Hunter’s book which will
insure it a wide vogue. Mr. Hunter’s book is not one that commands our
confidence.” Winthrop More Daniels.
+ — =Atlan.= 95: 555. Ap. ‘05. 320w.
“While it will meet with objections and while there is room for
differing with many statements of the author, the work is a distinct
contribution to the literature of sociology.”
+ + =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. ‘05. 590w.
+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 399. Je. ‘05. 580w.
“The author shows a wide and intimate knowledge of his subject, and he
has recorded his observations and conclusions in a scholarly, frank,
and sympathetic spirit. When he speaks of the cure of the difficulty,
his position is necessarily less strong and less satisfactory.”
Constant Huntington.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 90. Ja. ‘05. 660w.
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 155. Mr. 1, ‘05. 340w.
“Mr. Hunter has head as well as heart, and his book both convinces and
inspires. The best chapter is that on ‘The child.’ The poorest chapter
is that on ‘Immigrants.’ ‘Poverty’ is fairly well written and will
undoubtedly be a standard book on the subject for the next few years.”
+ + + =Ind.= 58: 97. Ja. 12, ‘05. 970w.
* “Impressions are quite elaborately reinforced throughout by
statistics and authorities, and, to this extent, they are calculated
to mislead the unwary.” Mary E. Richmond.
+ — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 506. Jl. ‘05. 490w.
“The author has faced a grave problem resolutely. He has stated it in
clear terms. He has gathered together the best and most intelligent
thought upon the subject. Mr. Hunter’s book is a landmark in the
American literature upon the subject.” S. G. Lindholm.
+ + — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 277. Mr. ‘05. 1160w.
“Such a book as this stands in deplorable contrast with Mr. Rowntree’s
study of poverty in York.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 70. Ja. 26, ‘05. 380w.
“The book as a whole, has one aim—namely, to show the grievous need of
certain social measures calculated to prevent the ruin and degradation
of those working people who are on the verge of poverty. Mr. Hunter’s
book on ‘Poverty’ is the most impressive and important book of the
year. Every page is crowded with vital matter. There is no high
coloring; only a plain, quiet statement of the frightful facts. The
book should attract national attention. It should have a million
readers.” E. Markham.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 1. Ja. 7, ‘05. 2090w.
“His volume is sympathetic rather than scientific—the work of one who
is first a philanthropist, and second a student. It is human—intensely
so. It has the defects of its qualities. Looking at the problem of
poverty from the view point of the poor, it is somewhat too somber in
its interpretation of existing conditions.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 902. Ap. 8, ‘05. 540w.
“The most telling facts that he presents are facts drawn, not from
official reports, but from actual experience and observation. As a
record of such data his book is an extremely valuable contribution to
sociology.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 220w. (States scope of book).
“It is to be regretted that Mr. Hunter did not make a more judicious
and careful use of his statistical material. There is much else that
is of interest and value in the books.” J. E. Cutler.
+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 86. My. ‘05. 1290w.
* =Hurll, Estelle May.= Bible beautiful: a history of Biblical art.
**$2. Page.
“The book aims to trace the development of Bible illustration from the
crude pictures of the catacombs to the splendid art of the mediaeval
mosaics, cathedral façades, stained glass windows, and mural frescoes,
and finally to the modern work, mostly English, of the last two
centuries. Three special indices are provided; one of artists, for the
art student; one of places, for the tourist; and one of Bible subjects
for Bible students.” The volume is uniform with the “Art lover’s
series” and about fifty half-tones of various types of sacred art.
(Dial.)
* “An interesting and comprehensive, though distinctly popular, study
of Biblical art.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 140w.
* + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 70w.
* “She well describes the pictures which themselves describe the
Bible.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Husband, T. F., and Husband, M. F. A.= Punctuation: its principles and
practice. **75c. Dutton.
The first part of this book is historical and, beginning with the
earliest inscriptions which had no separation of words or punctuation,
it traces the development of punctuation and shows why it is needed.
How it should be used is the subject of the second part which gives a
full discussion of the uses of each stop.
“Messrs. Husband appear to be too sensitive to the look of stops, to
the suggestion of a skeleton, and their own sparing use of them is the
one fault in a good book.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 978. S. 23, ‘05. 1150w.
“A practical little volume, which is also strong on the theoretical
side, and may be commended as a guide to a neglected subject.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 469. O. 7. 260w.
“The book seems to us both widely useful and entertaining.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 618. S. 23, ‘05. 520w.
“The book does good service in showing the growth of our system of
punctuation, and most of the authors’ positions are well taken and
carefully reasoned out.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14, ‘05. 100w.
=Hussey, Eyre.= Miss Badsworth, M. F. H. †$1.50. Longmans.
Hugo Badsworth, master of Cranston Hounds has an old-maid sister and a
niece, both of the same name, Lavinia. Upon his death, a will, made in
jest, is discovered stipulating that unless Miss Lavinia Badsworth
follows the hounds upon certain occasions his money is to go to a
reprobate nephew. The niece fulfills the terms of this will for her
aunt and all is well.
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 243. Ap. 15, ‘05. 340w.
“Although somewhat diffuse it is pleasantly told.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 709. My. 27, ‘05. 330w.
“The book ... can best be described by the adjective ‘breezy.’”
+ — =Spec.= 94: 681. My. 6, ‘05. 200w.
* =Hutchinson, Horace Gordon,= ed. Big game shooting. 2v. *$7.50.
Scribner.
“The ‘Country life’ volumes on Big game shooting under the competent
editorship of Mr. Horace Hutchinson, contain an exhaustive account of
all the larger game animals of the world, from the Scottish red-deer
to the African elephant. The first volume deals with Europe and
America.”—Spec.
* “The style is graceful, easy, and animated, and the interest never
flags, because the author is unaffectedly interested in the subject.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 775. N. 18, ‘05. 580w.
* + =Spec.= 95: 869. N. 25, ‘05. 410w.
=Hutchinson, Horace G.= Two moods of a man. †$1.50. Putnam.
The two moods which war for the ascendancy in young Hood are one which
compels allegiance to the gypsy wife whom he had married after the
Romany rite, and another which bids him desert the gypsy and marry a
high minded Philadelphian. His philosophy which claims the divine
right of the Greek “daemon” to guide him is a cloak for his
selfishness. Intense enthusiasm and reactionary suffering show him to
be absolutely without poise.
“This is an extremely interesting, yet deceptive story, in which the
cleverness of the telling often dazzles and obscures the true
significance of incidents and motives.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 759. Jl. 22, ‘05. 390w.
“It is with exemplary and judicial dispassionateness that Mr.
Hutchinson analyzes and depicts his man with two moods. But apart from
this non-committal tone of the narrative, the novel deserves nothing
but praise.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 73. Jl. 15, 330w.
* “The book is written with a simple distinction, and is filled with
suggestive and quotable passages. An unusual character study.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 80w.
“A book of almost startling originality and of very unusual interest.”
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 790w.
* “Is hardly a successful novel, though it has merit as a succession
of scenes.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 282. Ag. 26, ‘05. 320w.
“The beginning of the book, with the pictures of life in the gipsy
van, though not worked out in detail, furnishes pleasant reading; but
Hood’s philosophic utterances are not impressive.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 150w.
=Hutten, Baroness von.= He and Hecuba. †$1.50. Appleton.
A poor English rector who is atoning for the passionate past by
faithful service to his flock at the expense of himself, his invalid
wife, and his neglected children, meets a beautiful southern woman who
awakens in him his buried youth, and he takes up his pen and writes an
anonymous book of his young days and of his downfall. The book sells,
but he is obliged to denounce it from the pulpit because of his
bishop’s crusade against it. Unhappy complications follow and other
characters bring into the story all the elements of tragedy.
* “There are excellent bits of portraiture in this story,—bits which
make one regret that the book as a whole should be stamped as frankly
and crudely melodramatic.”
— + =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 120w.
* “This novel is uneven, with some good touches, but, as whole,
painfully harrowing, cheaply melodramatic, and decidedly unwholesome
in its treatment of love. In an obvious attempt to achieve strength,
the author has only compassed a cheap and florid rankness.”
— =Lit. D.= 31: 965. D. 23, ‘05. 580w.
“She mars, too, by faults of taste, which belong to the current school
of fashionable fiction, a story which in its elements is true and
strongly human and developed with no little skill and cleverness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 637. S. 30, ‘05. 460w.
“There is doubt, however, as to her soundness in dealing with moral
questions and the wholesomeness of her manner of making her characters
play about the edges of social sin. Those who found it difficult for
this reason to like ‘Pam,’ with all its cleverness, will feel the same
objection here.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 526. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.
=Hutten, Baroness von.= Pam. †$1.50. Dodd.
The story of Pamela Yeoland whose mother, Lord Yeoland’s daughter,
outrages her family by eloping with a popular tenor who deserted his
wife and family for her. They live happily, however, in Bohemia, among
disreputable and brilliant associates. Little Pam, at the age of ten,
is taken from these surroundings by an apparently respectable
grandfather, and her observations of her new and conventional life
lead her to the conclusion that marriage is both undesirable and
unhappy. This belief colors her own love affairs. The book closes when
she is still young and her future is undetermined.
“A novel of considerable psychological insight. The book, though
written with a light touch, deals subtly with some deep questions.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 22: 233. N. ‘05. 580w.
“The novel is artistic to the last degree, and absorbing as a play by
Shaw.” Carolyn Shipman.
+ + + =Critic.= 46: 474. My. ‘05. 590w.
=Ind.= 58: 615. Mr. 16, ‘05. 290w.
“Is quite as interesting from its logical working out of a problem in
social ethics as it is for its strong character sketching and literary
style.”
+ =Ind.= 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 190w.
=Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.
“It is interesting, even sinfully interesting. To the thoughtful
reader ‘Pam’ holds both an immoral and a moral.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 206. Ap. 1, ‘05. 580w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.
“The figure of the quaint little girl and her talk are decidedly
pleasing and out of the ordinary. We care much less for her when she
is a young woman.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.
“It is the most daring story that has appeared in many months. It is
an interesting book of artistic purpose, and therefore a book to be
read by the liberal-minded.”
+ + — =Reader.= 6: 119. Je. ‘05. 410w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 240w.
“‘Pam’ belongs in the main to the category of the ‘emancipation
novel.’ To describe it as dangerous or immoral in tendency would be
unfair and unjust, for, while it is emphatically not suitable for the
consumption of the young person, no grown man or woman could take harm
from its perusal. Yet the lesson ... of the story of Pamela Yeoland is
so sound and obvious that, beyond the reserves already made, we are
not disposed to insist on the freedom with which it is handled.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 144. Ja. 28, ‘05. 900w.
=Hutton, Edward.= Cities of Umbria. *$2. Dutton.
Mr. Hutton “tells of the cities of Umbria, Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto,
Orvieto, Urbino, and others less known; of the art of Umbria, with its
great names, Perugino, Pintoricchio, and of Umbria Mystica, the Umbria
of Assisi, St. Francis and Brother Elias, of Sta. Clara and Joachim di
Flore.... His book is illustrated in color after drawings by Mr. A.
Pisa, and a number of photographs of pictures to illustrate the
section on Umbrian art.”—Acad.
“There is so much solid backbone of historical and artistic knowledge
to support his raptures that they are not merely rapturous.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 935. S. 9, ‘05. 300w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.
“He has ruined his natural power of description by a disastrous
attempt to combine the styles of Ruskin, Swinburne, d’Annunzio and Mr.
Berenson.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 269. Ag. 25, ‘05. 630w.
“His book is destined to prove an invaluable companion for the tourist
he so heartily scorns. We shall probably wait many a long day for a
better book on Umbrian painters and Umbrian saints.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 246. S. 21, ‘05. 1190w.
“The book has much that is useful and valuable as a contribution
toward the understanding of the Italian life and spirit in their
manifold manifestations, much that is suggestive much that is concrete
and firmly to be taken hold of.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 671. O. 14, ‘05. 590w.
“The text is well written, readable, trustworthy, clearly put, and
often has atmosphere, but, despite not a few clever touches, it seems
to us in the main unoriginal.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 277. S. 30, ‘05. 180w.
=Hutton, Laurence.= Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton. Recorded by
Isabel Moore. **$2.50. Putnam.
Informal chats in which Hutton tells of his life, his friends, and his
fads. The volume is full of interesting anecdotes for he numbered
among his friends the greatest actors, artists and men of letters in
England and America, and he had a collector’s mania for death masks,
play-bills, inscribed books and portraits.
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 783. Je. 24. 220w.
“One of the most interesting books of its class that has been written
in a long time is ‘Talks in a library with Laurence Hutton.’”
Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 510. Je. ‘05. 770w.
“On the whole, for its wealth of literary, dramatic, and miscellaneous
reminiscences the book is one of the best of its kind. The editor
deserves a warm word of praise for her part in the work.”
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 17. Jl. 1, ‘05. 490w.
“Are likely, no doubt, to be found entertaining by those who care for
the more gossipy, intimate sort of confidences about public
characters.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 639. S. 14, ‘05. 120w.
“It is a miscellaneous collection of literary and personal gossip, a
good deal of which is new and most of it decidedly interesting.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 443. Je. 1, ‘05. 610w.
“As the last word, and the very characteristic word, of a cultivated,
genial observer with a genius for friendship, it will give much
pleasure.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 325. My. 20, ‘05. 970w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.
“This is a very informal book, and gains by its unpretentious intimacy
of style.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 643. Jl. 8, ‘05. 270w.
“One of the most readable books of the year.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 942. Je. 17, ‘05. 460w.
“The book is rich in stories, and if he sometimes points a moral we
suspect he can often adorn a tale.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 343. S. 9, ‘05. 900w.
“An eminently readable book. He is always interesting, always natural,
always kindly.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 300w.
=Hyde, William DeWitt.= From Epicurus to Christ: a study in the
principles of personality. **$1.50. Macmillan.
“A lucid exposition of the fundamental principles of the Epicurean,
Stoic, Platonic, Aristotelean, and Christian philosophies.... The book
is made up of extracts from the founders of each system, together with
quotations from modern writers on the subject, as well as scholarly
comments on both by President Hyde.”—R. of Rs.
=Atlan.= 95: 704. My. ‘05. 410w.
“An extremely interesting presentation of old principles in a new
setting, together with keen suggestions of their modern exponents,
tend to convince the reader that Mr. Hyde himself is far from lacking
in certain principles of personality.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 220w.
“Here discourses on ethics and philosophy in a familiar and breezy
sort of way.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1075. My. 11, ‘05. 180w.
* =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.
“The book is hortatory and not historical. The only serious criticism
to be made on the book is the order of the chapters.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 212. Mr. 16, ‘05. 460w.
“The book fulfills its purpose admirably. The author has a firm grasp
on the fundamental principles of the systems which he discusses and,
in addition, a remarkable insight into the practical merits of the
different theories. He writes forcibly and with an abundance of
illustration. For general reading the book is interesting, suggestive,
and helpful.” H. W. Wright.
+ + =Philos. R.= 14: 373. My. ‘05. 530w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 254. F. ‘05. 70w.
“Professor Hyde has produced a very readable book on Greek and
Christian ethics; it is clear and popular.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 640. My. 13, ‘05. 290w.
“Is one of those extremely clever and almost painfully ‘up-to-date’
metaphysico-theological books which America produces in such
abundance.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 119. Ja. 28, ‘05. 420w.
=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Ethics of Greek philosophers, Socrates, Plato,
and Aristotle. $2. Higgins.
An essay first given as a lecture before the Brooklyn ethical
association (1896-7). It treats of the teachings and influence of
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and is illustrated with their
portraits. Copious editorial notes by Mr. Higgins and extracts from
the works of the philosophers show their close relation to modern
thought. The volume concludes with a brief life of Socrates.
“It would be difficult to find a better brief presentation of the
matter.” Gerald B. Smith.
+ + + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 396. Ap. ‘05. 170w.
“The conspicuous absence of historic insight, of breadth and
impartiality of view, of even an approach to scholarly discrimination,
forms strange qualifications for the editing of a volume bearing the
ambitious title, ‘The evolution of ethics.’”
— — =Ind.= 58: 384. F. 16, ‘05. 290w.
=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Science and a future life. **$1.50. Turner, H.
B.
“An attempt to popularize and condense the evidence buried in the
Society for psychical research’s voluminous reports on Mrs. Piper’s
trances, for one of the bulkiest and most detailed of which Dr. Hyslop
was himself responsible.”—Nation.
“Is the most important critical book relating to psychical research
that has appeared during the present year.”
+ + + =Arena.= 34: 325. S. ‘05. 3250w.
“It belongs therefore with a group of books, numerable on the fingers
of one hand, which, treating of matters occult, articulate with a body
of fact and doctrine in aspect at least scientific.” E. T. Brewster.
+ =Atlan.= 96: 689. N. ‘05. 680w.
“To those who cherish as something precious the reputation of science
and the worth and ideals of the votaries thereof, equally with those
who draw from religious faith a sensitiveness and a healthy-mindedness
that make for intellectual refinement and stability, the volume is
nothing less than offensive.”
— =Dial.= 39: 242. O. 16, ‘05. 480w.
* + =Lit. D.= 31: 179. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1580w.
“He has added to his extracts some sensible comments and a careful
comparison of the telepathic and the spiritistic explanation, the
latter of which he prefers.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 53. Jl. 20, ‘05. 300w.
“Altogether, Prof. Hyslop’s book is the broadest and most
understandable work in accord with an intelligent ambition for what
this new science can and will do that we have read up to date.”
Pendennis.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 430. Jl. 1, ‘05. 690w.
=Outlook.= 80: 1068. Ag. 26, ‘05. 860w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 256. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
I
=Ihlseng, Magnus C., and Wilson. Eugene Benjamin.= Manual of mining.
*$5. Wiley.
“Based on the course of lectures delivered at the school of mines of
Colorado, Prof. Ihlseng’s book, which is regarded in America as the
best text-book on the subject, has been enlarged under the joint
authorship of Mr. Wilson to include coal mining.... The book is
divided into two parts, mining engineering and practical mining. The
former deals with prospecting, preparatory work, methods of mining,
power generation, hoisting machinery, electric generation and water
power ... underground haulage systems, ... pumping, mine gases,
ventilation, ... and accidents in mines. The second part deals with
shafts, ... tunnels and gangways, drilling and boring machines for
explorations, miner’s tools, channelers, drills and coal-cutters, and
blasting.”—Nature.
“The book has no American competitor, and it is superior to any other
book in the English language covering the same broad field.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 293. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1060w.
“The book contains much useful information, but the lack of method in
the arrangement cannot fail to militate against its use as a
textbook.”
+ + — =Nature.= 72: 53. My. 18, ‘05. 360w.
Indian stories retold from St. Nicholas. 65c. Century.
The best of the stories of Indian life and legend contributed to St.
Nicholas by well-known travelers and writers have been collected here
for “out of hours” reading for young children. The book is the first
of a series of historical stories, now in preparation, which in order
will include “Colonial stories,” “Revolutionary stories,” “Civil war
stories,” and “Our national holidays.”
“Capital tales of Indian legend and adventure.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 7w.
=Inge, William Ralph.= Faith and knowledge. *$1.50. Scribner.
“Mr. Inge’s sermons are chiefly doctrinal.... The subject most
frequently recurring is the dependence of faith upon knowledge, the
author opposing the Ritschlian view that faith is independent and
master in her own sphere.”—Ind.
“A series of well-written sermons of rather more than ordinary power.”
+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 400. Ap. ‘05. 70w.
“They disappoint the reader by an absence of intellectual virility and
‘grip,’ and a certain passionate enthusiasm which sweeps the interest
of the reader into its current.” F. E. Dewhurst.
+ — =Bib. World.= 26: 74. Jl. ‘05. 490w.
=Ind.= 58: 500. Mr. 2, ‘05. 70w.
“These sermons are thoughtful, scholarly, finely spiritual. I should
not think of calling them great or powerful. But they are good—at
times quite suggestive, though in places tolerably commonplace. The
author is not merely preacher and rhetorician but, one is pleased to
find, a capable spiritual thinker. The style is always clear and
good.” James Lindsay.
+ + — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 385. Ap. ‘05. 1220w.
=Ingersoll, Ernest.= Island in the air. †$1.50. Macmillan.
Fifty years ago some plucky resourceful young people were cut off from
their elders, as they all travelled westward to found a new home, by a
landslide which held them fast upon a bit of table land, an island in
a sea of air. The story tells of their adventures with Indians and
wild animals and their final escape. There is also much information
upon archaeology, geology, and the use of drugs.
“Exactly the sort of narrative to please adventurous boys and girls.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 70w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 768. D. ‘05. 60w.
* =Innes, Arthur Donald.= England under the Tudors. *$3. Putnam.
“‘England under the Tudors’ ... is the fourth (the second in order of
publication) of Professor Oman’s ‘History of England’ in six volumes,
and is, therefore, a companion volume to Mr. Trevelyan’s ‘England
under the Stuarts.’ ... Mr. Innes ... has produced a competent book on
this troubled epoch.”—Lond. Times.
* “Mr. Innes has carefully interpreted each reign in the light of
these views and they give to his narrative a consistency and unity
which will make his book especially valuable to the younger student
and to the general reader, to whom it is more particularly intended to
appeal.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 419. D. 1, ‘05. 660w.
* “Mr. Innes’s work has not the brilliance of Mr. Trevelyan’s
installment, but it is thoroughly adequate for its purpose, and shows
even greater signs of sound judgment. If it is not so readable, it is
perhaps more trustworthy. It is this sane judgment which characterizes
Mr. Innes’s treatment of difficult and disputed questions, and makes
his book so valuable an introduction to the study of the whole period.
If the other volumes of the series are executed as well as the two
already at hand, the reading public will at last have an adequate
history of England.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 869 D. 9, ‘05. 1550w.
International catalogue of scientific literature: First annual issue.
N-Zoology. pt. 1, Author catalog: pt. 2, Subject catalog, ea. *$8.40.
imp. Blakiston.
“The work is planned to include the zoölogical literature for the year
1901, altho one is compelled to analyze the preface in order to
determine the period covered since no record of its extent appears on
title page of either part.... Part I. contains the general
explanations, with the scheme of classification and an index thereto
in English; and this matter is repeated in French, German and Italian.
Following these, the author catalog fills 260 pages and lists 5,918
titles. Part II., which is about three times as voluminous, contains
at the close a list of journals with abbreviated titles and the
topographical classification. More than 1100 pages are filled with the
subject references proper. The addition to each phylum of a list of
names of new genera and species will commend itself to all as a most
desirable feature.”—Science.
“With respect to promptness, completeness and accuracy the results are
distinctly inferior to those already achieved for zoölogy by several
bibliographic agencies.” Henry B. Ward.
+ — =Science=, n. s. 21: 147. Ja. 27, ‘05. 1380w.
=Ireland, Alleyne.= Far Eastern tropics: studies in the administration
of tropical dependencies. **$2. Houghton.
The author spent many months in the Far East in the service of the
University of Chicago, and the present volume contains carefully
collected data and studies of the governments and commercial
conditions of the tropical dependencies of Great Britain, Holland,
France, and the United States, also a new map of southeastern Asia
prepared by Mr. Ireland, himself, and an appendix containing
statistics.
“We should like to recommend it as a very able study in comparative
colonization in the tropics.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 719. Jl. 8, ‘05. 170w.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 937. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
* “It is for the most part clearly written in an interesting style, it
gives just the facts which an American might wish to know, and its
conclusions are given with an impartiality, honesty and forcefulness
which must carry the greatest weight in the minds of the
unprejudiced.” James T. Young.
+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 755. N. ‘05. 860w.
“He is courageous in his outspoken comment upon all that he finds
wrong.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 718. Je. 10. 740w.
“Mr. Ireland has wit and vision, and in his style are clearness and
force. He has made a difficult subject interesting.” Wm. Elliot
Griffis.
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 265. S. ‘05. 220w.
“There is every evidence of careful and painstaking study; and the
book has the unusual merit of being on the whole, definite and precise
in its statements.” H. Parker Willis.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 36. Jl. 16, ‘05. 1660w.
+ — =Ind=, 58: 1363. Je. 15, ‘05. 770w.
“It stands out from a copious literature as a valuable contribution to
the study of comparative colonization.”
+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 230. Jl. 21, ‘05. 1300w.
“Mr. Ireland is an effective writer, clear, vigorous, and direct,
putting his points in a broad way. Mr. Ireland strikes us as being
rather too sweeping in his views, and rather too confidently positive
in his expression of them.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 2950w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 221. Ap. 8, ‘05. 200w.
“Altogether, it is the most satisfactory work on tropical dependencies
that has yet been published, and is indispensable both because of its
first-hand information and its acute suggestions.” Stanhope Sams.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 512. Ag. 5, ‘05. 2020w.
“It is safe to say that nowhere else can be found so many facts, or
facts so clearly stated, about the particular places and problems
concerned as are gathered in this book.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 500w.
“On the whole it is a well-considered work.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 510w.
“Sound knowledge and deep care disclosed.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 407. S. 23, ‘05. 890w.
+ + =Spec.= 94: 945. Je. 24, ‘05. 1650w.
=Irving, Edward.= How to know the starry heavens: an invitation to the
study of suns and worlds. **$2. Stokes.
“An introduction to the study of astronomy, written, not as a
text-book, but with the intention of arousing the reader’s interest in
this great subject, and stimulating him to the study of
text-books.”—Outlook.
“On the whole, the book may be characterized as a fresh, up-to-date,
and stimulating series of short essays on the worlds that people
space.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 274. Ap. 16, ‘05. 320w.
“The diction, moreover, is simple and direct. In all respects it is a
book admirably adapted for the average reader.”
+ + =Ind.= 38: 1421. Je. 22, ‘05. 150w.
“The wonders of the universe are described in a fascinating way.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 143. Ja. 14, ‘05. 50w.
=Irving, Washington.= Selected works. $2.50. Crowell.
Five tiny volumes each measuring about two inches by an inch and a
half include selections from “Tales of a traveller,” “Christmas
sketches,” “The Alhambra,” “The sketch book,” and “Bracebridge hall”
respectively. The books are perfect little models in thin paper, clear
type and limp leather binding.
* + =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 100w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1380. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 730. O. 28, ‘05. 80w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 60w.
=Irving, Washington.= Rip Van Winkle. **$5. Doubleday.
Mr. Arthur Rackman has made fifty paintings to illustrate this new
edition of Rip Van Winkle, and they are all reproduced in full color.
“Each of them is a marvel of his Dureresque detail, his grotesque
elaborateness, and of the strange bizarre life which beats on every
inch of his paper.... Half of the charm of the book lies in the
quaintness and originality of the pictures of Rip’s life among
ordinary mortals before and after his long sleep in the mountains—in
the humour of the old burghers, the beautiful delicately-figured
landscapes, the village scenes with their happy mixture of grace and
humour.... The winning and tender beauty of his women and children
would alone make this book an artistic treasure.” (Lond. Times.)
* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 250w.
“Among the Christmas books which will pour from the press during the
next three months it will be hard to rival this delightful volume.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 305. S. 22, ‘05. 340w.
“The humor and the poetry of Irving are all in the pictures, without a
hint of the theatrical quality.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 640. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.
* “It is difficult to understand for whose pleasure this latest
edition of ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is designed. It cannot be taken seriously
as an ‘art book,’ the drawings are not sufficiently good, while at the
same time it is too sumptuous a production to put into the hands of an
ordinary child.”
— + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.
=Irwin, Wallace Admah.= At the sign of the dollar. $1. Fox.
In this cleverly slangy book of verses
“Statesman, lawyer, business man
Rob-as-rob-will or catch-as-catch-can,
At the jolly old sign of the Dollar.”
The topics are strictly American and up to date, and the verses in
their own satirical way point a few morals. Niagara be damned,
Frenzied finance, To the pure all food is pure, To an Indian skull,
and Fall styles in faces, are fair samples.
* + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 30w.
* “It is humorous, fresh and glib.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.
* =Isham, Samuel.= History of American painting. *$5. Macmillan.
In this volume the development of art in this country is traced from
its beginning and the conditions which influence it, the social
aspects of art, and the personality of the artists are discussed. Much
space is given to the lives of some of the earlier painters, the rise
and development of the National academy of design is described, also
early institutions now dead and forgotten. There are twelve full-page
photogravures and 100 text illustrations.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1375. D. 14, ‘05. 230w.
* “The book is interesting to read now, and should prove of great
value in the future.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 530w.
* “The truth is that Mr. Isham has written a book about New York
painters with passive sympathy for tradition and convention and with
some reference to the development of art in the whole country.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 874. D. 9, ‘05. 760w.
J
=Jabez, Brother, pseud.= See =Koons, U. S.=
=Jackson, Charles Ross.= Tucker Dan. †$1.25. Dillingham.
Tucker Dan and his chum, Mickey, indulge in a series of pranks and
practical jokes thru-out these pages. Good old Uncle Binny is the
usual victim altho the village doctor and a rival for the affections
of the pretty Martin twins also suffer.
“The style is simple, with here and there little bits of homely humor
and philosophy, though the latter is well-nigh lost and soon
forgotten.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w,
“It is one continual laugh from beginning to end.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 869. Je. 3, ‘05. 100w.
* =Jackson, Charles Tenney.= Loser’s luck. †$1.50. Holt.
A Central American princess, the last of the line of Montezuma, leads
what would have been a farce comedy revolution had not the brave lads
who believed in her and her dream, died fighting for her. A young
American millionaire, his yacht, and a college professor who chances
to be his guest are all stolen by this daring young woman, whose
personal charm wins these prisoners to champion her forlorn cause. The
story is pathetically humorous, but it is also most unreal.
* “On the whole, a readable and briskly moving, if far from natural
story.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 100w.
* “An unusually readable tale.” H. I. Brock.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 900w.
* “A lively romance of whim and adventure.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.
* =Jackson, E. L.= St. Helena, the historic island from its discovery to
the present time. *$3. Whittaker.
“We naturally expect that Napoleon’s sojourn at St. Helena would be
made much of; instead, we have an orderly description of the island
and a chronological account of the events which have happened there.”
(Outlook.) “The photographic illustrations have a curious worth. Some
of these were taken shortly after the Boer war, and show the Boers yet
interned in the island.” (Nation.)
* “For a book of reference, in spite of its lack of an index, it has
its utility.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 445. N. 30, ‘05. 70w.
* “This volume is strangely matter-of-fact, but on that very account
has a certain restful charm.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.
* =Jackson, Edward Oscar.= Love sonnets to Ermingarde. $1. Badger, R: G.
These love sonnets “are exactly one hundred in number, and their
recipient has reason to be proud of the imagery and emotion which she
evokes in the soul of her poet. It is the Shakespearean model that Mr.
Jackson follows, both as to form and to diction.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
* + =Dial.= 39: 67. Ag. 1, ‘05. 200w.
* “They are refined in form, rich in feeling, and swarm with
suggestions that appeal to the bookish mind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 170w.
=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Mother and daughter. **$1.25.
Harper.
Twenty short chapters for mothers upon the management and training of
their daughters.
“The style of the essay is simple and straightforward, and the matter
itself bears favorable comparison with any other book of its kind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 120w.
=Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.
=Pub. Opin.= 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w.
=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Tommy Postoffice: the true story
of a cat. *75c. McClurg.
The adventures of Tommy Postoffice were many and all cat-lovers will
read with interest how Tommy came to the Hartford postoffice in a mail
sack, how he aided Cupid, what he did at the cat and poultry show, and
what an important place he filled in the postoffice where all the
gray-coated men were his fast friends and defenders.
* “It is brightly told, and will interest children, and their elders
who like cats.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 80w.
* =Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Wee Winkles and Wideawake,
†$1.25. Harper.
“One of the nicest stories possible about a nice little girl and her
brother, whose real names are not Winkles and Wideawake at all. They
are six and eight years at the time of the story, which tells about
the nice times they have together playing house, playing that papa is
a whale in the water and taking a swim on his back; having birthday
parties, and doing other interesting things. Mary Theresa Hart has
made the pictures.”—N. Y. Times.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 90w.
* “To the little folks of six to nine, the stories being plainly told,
will appeal more directly.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 766. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Jackson, Helen Hunt.= Ramona. $2. Little.
A new edition of this picturesque story of American life, with an
introduction by Susan Coolidge and illustrations by Henry Sandham.
* “A popular but not in any sense a cheap edition.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.
+ + =N.Y. Times.= 10: 658. O. 7, ‘05. 280w.
* “A very satisfactory edition.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 100w.
=Jackson, Mrs. Margaret Doyle.= When love is king. †$1.50. Dillingham.
Todhunter Payson, who as a child philosophizes over his homely face
thus:—“I was born that way.... You know nothing makes the way you’re
born. It just happens an’ then you have to stay that way all your
life,” and Luke Lyttle “gentleman to his small finger tips” are chums
in boyhood, rivals in love, friends all the way. The development of
the sturdy Tod from a homeless waif into a man who sways his world is
not overdrawn but is true to the principles of a self-made career.
“The book is well worth reading. The people are natural and
consistent, the story is well told and interesting.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.
“A well-written, excellently constructed novel.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w.
“It is real, vivid, and compelling.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 120w.
=Jackson, Wilfrid Scarborough.= Helen of Troy, N. Y. $1.50. Lane.
“The story concerns two young men of London, who have been engaged in
a duel with a German, arising from a quarrel caused by their mutual
love for a young American heiress. The plot turns on the efforts which
the Englishmen and the hero of the tale, a chance passerby, who has
been induced to be a second, make to flee from the consequences of a
supposedly serious wound sustained by the German. The disordered state
of affairs existing during the recovery of the wounded man furnish
amusement to the story.”—Bookm.
“It is a rollicking farce. He has style, observation and a pretty gift
of dialogue, so that his characters talk with a naturalness which
immensely heightens for the moment the plausibility of his widely
impossible plot. Mr. Jackson appears to have entrusted the reading of
his proofs to unskilled hands.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 150. F. 18, ‘05. 260w.
“It is a pity that Mr. Jackson, whose style is otherwise good and
virile, should help to mar the English language by certain small
mannerisms.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 237. F. 25, ‘05. 310w.
“Mr. Jackson has deft wit and an unforced originality.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05 80w.
“This very lively and entertaining book. The thing has a sort of tang
of ‘The new Arabian nights’ of Mr. Stevenson, a prankish irresponsible
air, combined with a style decidedly precious and deliberate.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 23. Ja. 14, ‘05. 490w. (Outline of plot).
+ — =Spec.= 94: 557. Ap. 15, ‘05. 260w.
=Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob).= Golden heart and other fairy
stories, **$1.25. Doubleday.
All who love good old-fashioned fairy tales will enjoy these eight new
stories, and will be eager to know how, in Golden heart, the ugly
prince rescued a bewitched princess from a rock in the sea; how
Grimaçon, the dwarf, helped the Princess Moonflower, and how Ella
wished for the peacock’s tail and got it. Other stories are: The
sorcerer’s sons and the two princesses of Japan; The dovecote; The
pelican; The cherry trees; and, Jack Frost—a story for very little
children. The volume is illustrated with drawings by May Sandheim.
* “The tales by no means conform to the modern insipid and bloodless
standard for juvenile fairy stories and ought to make a direct and
lively appeal to the eager imagination of any healthy child.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 60w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 160w.
=Jacob, Violet (Mrs. Arthur Jacob).= Interloper. $1.50. Doubleday.
Mrs. Arthur Jacob, who made a sudden reputation in her former novel,
“The sheep stealers,” now writes a story of country life in Scotland.
The interloper is a young man who returns to his mother’s old home
from a sojourn in Spain with the man who has always passed as his
father,—all unconscious of the blot on his birth, the suspicions of
the neighbors, and the presence of his real father in the vicinity.
The situation is well handled and the social tragedy skilfully
averted. There are many well-drawn characters in the book, the loyal
heroine, the grand dame, the villainous family lawyer and many
interesting villagers.
“When you lay down ‘The interloper’ you feel that you know intimately
a half-dozen interesting people whom you did not know before. Mrs.
Jacob is rich in the supreme gift of the novelist—character depiction.
A melodramatic ending, trite in conception, and ill-fitting. Mrs.
Jacob did not set out to tell an emotional story. She set out to
reflect life in a small, old-fashioned Scotch town and its environs,
and she has succeeded in masterly fashion. She has given us a
delightful comedy of manners written in a style remarkable for power,
simplicity and grasp. Out of the ruck of cheap fiction this book rises
to real, permanent value. It is not only worth reading, it is worth a
place on the book-shelf.”
+ + — =Reader.= 5: 383. F. ‘05. 370w.
=Jacobi, Charles Thomas.= Printing: a practical treatise on the art of
typography as applied more particularly to the printing of books,
*$2.50. Macmillan.
“A third revised and enlarged edition.... The completeness of the book
will be apparent from a brief list of its chapters, which number
thirty-five. They are in seven divisions, and deal with typefounding,
composition (thirteen chapters), proofreading, hand-press work (six
chapters), illustrated and color work, motive power, machine printing
(six chapters), and warehouse work (four chapters).”—N. Y. Times.
+ =Nation.= 81: 203. S. 7, ‘05. 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 316. My. 13, ‘05. 410w.
* =Jacobs, William Wymark.= Captains all. †$1.50. Scribner.
This new collection contains “half a score of the tales this author
has taught laughter-loving English readers to expect from his pen.
This brand is well-known and well-liked.” (Ath.) They include amusing
stories of sailormen, longshoremen, and the people of a little English
village.
* “The book is thoroughly enjoyable.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 608. N. 4. 170w.
* “Adds notably to the world’s stock of humorous enjoyment.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.
* “The stories are not all as good as the earlier ones, the humor
often growing out of situations that are forced, and the characters
lack their old delightful naïveté.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 829. D. 23, ‘05. 160w.
* “The book is merely a collection of magazine stories, and their
cumulative effect is a little disappointing.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 725. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.
* “Mr. Jacobs is an artist with a literary conscience as well as a
most engaging humourist, and, to borrow the familiar saying, though
his genre is not great, he is great in his genre.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 613. O. 21, ‘05. 740w.
=Jacobus, Melancthon Williams=, ed. Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles
compared; the Gould prize essays. 50c. Bible teachers’ training school,
N. Y.
“In 1903 Miss Helen Gould offered three prizes for popular, brief
essays on ‘The origin and history of the Bible approved by the Roman
Catholic church’ and ‘of the American revised version.’ Two hundred
and sixty-five essays were presented. The prizes were won by Rev.
William Whitely, L.L.M., LL.D., Rev. Gerald Hamilton Beard, B.D.,
Ph.D., and Charles B. Dalton, Esq. These three essays are published in
this volume. Of course, they cover much the same ground. The limits of
space imposed were such that the authors could give only a somewhat
bare and crowded statement of facts.”—Am. J. Theol.
“The first two essays are very full, accurate, and well proportioned.
The third leaves something to be desired in accuracy, especially
regarding the exactness of the present biblical text (p. 140). The
chief value of the third essay lies in certain quotations from
contemporary Catholic sources.” Irving F. Wood.
+ + — =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 743. O. ‘05. 300w.
“These three constitute what must now be regarded as the standard work
on a theme of controversy that greatly needed enlightenment.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w.
=James, Bartlett Burleigh.= History of North America, Vol. V. $6.
Barrie.
The fifth volume of the series edited by Professor Guy Carleton Lee,
treats of the colonization of New England and was written by Professor
James of Western Maryland university. The chronological table begins
with the sailing of the Mayflower and is brought down to the passage
of the Stamp act. There is a careful examination of the motives of the
Puritans in coming to New England, and the founding of the settlements
of Connecticut and Rhode Island is given in detail. The closing
chapter is devoted to the causes which led to the Revolution. There
are many excellent illustrations.
“The work is of the most comprehensive character. The treatment of an
extended topic is carefully and philosophically worked out.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 101. F. 18, ‘05. 970w.
* =James, George Wharton.= In and out of the old missions of California:
an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions. *$3.
Little.
This interesting volume covers a broad field successfully. It begins
with the founding of the California missions, then gives a chapter
upon Junipero Serra and his coadjutors, followed by a discussion of
the Indians at the coming of the padres and at the present time. An
especially noteworthy chapter deals with the secularization of the
missions, and in twenty-one chapters is given an account of as many
individual missions, followed by a chapter upon nine mission chapels
or Aristencias. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of the volume is
its treatment of mission architecture and interior decoration. A
careful survey of the mural decorations of the missions is followed by
a pictorial account of the furniture, pulpits, doors, and other
woodwork, crosses, candlesticks, and other silver and brass ware, and
of the various figures of the saints found at the missions. The
illustrations are reproduced from photographs made expressly for this
book.
* “An interesting and adequate treatment of a fascinating theme.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 444. D. 16, ‘05. 340w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 1040. D. 23, ‘05. 130w.
* =James, Henry.= English hours. *$5. Houghton.
“This reprint of some of Mr. James’ essays descriptive of England is
happily illustrated by the drawings of Mr. Joseph Pennell. The essays
include London; Browning in Westminster abbey; Chester; Lichfield and
Warwick; North Devon; Wells and Salisbury; An English Easter; London
at midsummer; Two excursions; In Warwickshire; Abbeys and castles;
English vignettes; An English New Year; An English watering-place;
Winchelsea, Rye and ‘Denis Duval;’ Old Suffolk.”
* + =Acad.= 68: 1225. N. 25, ‘05. 800w.
* “Mr. James is like his simple original self in this charming book.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 40w.
* “These interpretations of English life carry the reader with them by
their quality of tonic freshness, which takes the place of the
bewildering curiosity about everything and nothing characteristic of
the late novels.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 381. D. 1, ‘05. 260w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 8, ‘05. 220w.
* “But these lapses though apparent are rare—more apparent, indeed, on
account of their rarity—and it is impossible to resist the engaging
enthusiasm, the fine freshness of mind which he brings to bear on the
variety of topics and places about which he chatters in the fugitive
papers bound up in this volume.”
+ + — =Sat.= R. 100: sup. 5. D. 9, ‘05. 730w.
=James, Henry.= Golden bowl. $2.50. Scribner.
“Four principals and two particularly diverting subordinates make up
the role of characters” in this story whose action centers about the
marriage of an American girl to an impoverished foreigner. “The four
are Adam Verver, widower, and his daughter, Maggie, Americans,—the
husband of Maggie, an Italian prince, and Charlotte Stant, a young
woman of exquisite intelligence, and paramount charm, American by
birth, cosmopolitan by nature.” The elements of tragedy are fostered
thru the prince’s yielding to his former love for Charlotte Stant, the
princess’ friend, and now Adam Verver’s wife. The strength of the
story is embodied in the princess’ determination to win back the love
of her husband, “which she vows must be as complete and perfect as the
original crystal of the broken bowl, that picturesque property of the
story that takes so unique a part in the development of the plot.”
(Reader).
“The intellectuality overpowers the sensuous and objective traits
proper to a novel, until one has the impression of reading an abstruse
treatise of psychology rather than a tale. Despite exasperations of
detail, the novel in the main is masterly. The three leading women are
differentiated with the nicest skill: each is living and persuasive.
But it fairly ranks as a master-work—if a master-work flawed by some
of his obscurest later mannerisms.”
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 128. F. 11, ‘05. 1020w.
“The book is clear to those who think Mr. James worth a little
trouble. The method, in spite of its inwardness, is detached, cold,
and, if the word is possible, a little cruel. But its mental agility,
its likeliness, its atmosphere, are perfect.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 332. Mr. 18. 530w.
=Atlan.= 95: 696. My. ‘05. 190w.
“Another two volumes of abstruseness, another long discussion of a
situation that only scandal mongers are supposed to discuss; again the
same old heavy respectability where nothing is bad because it is not
named; again the heroic sweetness of two characters, that is always
his saving grace, that makes us read him.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 153. Ja. 19, ‘05. 700w.
“In the end you have your reward—a story, a situation, which, as you
think about it, pierces the obscurities and strikes you in the eyes,
like the low red autumn sun pushing out of a mass of black clouds.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 74. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1380w.
“A book of mixed ugly and charming aspects. Never has the art of
description been brought nearer to that of painting.”
+ + — =Reader.= 5: 380. F. ‘05. 1290w.
“A book so pregnant with fundamental brainwork, so rich in
suggestiveness, and so accomplished in execution. The book is clearer,
and, for that very reason, more vital, than the works of what one may
call his middle period.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 116. Ja. ‘05. 80w.
* =James, Henry.= Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two
lectures, **$1. Houghton.
“In the first essay, delivered as a commencement address at Bryn Mawr,
Mr. James has well emphasized the overlooked needs in America of ‘a
virtual consensus of educated people to impart to our speech a
coherent culture.’ ... The second essay in the volume, ‘The lesson of
Balzac,’ is a notable piece of literary criticism in its concentrated
vigor, its elucidation of the novelist’s art, and its nicety of
phrase. Recognizing in Balzac the master-artist of modern
fiction.”—Dial.
* “These essays will raise a divergence of opinion, as does all of Mr.
James’s literary work; but however widely readers may differ from his
point of view, all will recognize the stimulating intellectual
quality.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 311. N. 16, ‘05. 620w.
* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 764. D. 9, ‘05. 200w.
=James, Montague Rhodes.= Ghost stories of an antiquary. $1.50.
Longmans.
Eight old fashioned ghost stories with all the gruesome and
hair-raising qualities which a story of their kind could possess. The
eight are Canon Alberic’s scrap-book, Lost hearts, The mezzotint, The
ash tree, Number 13, Count Magnus, “Oh, whistle, and I’ll come to you,
my lad,” and The treasure of Abbot Thomas.
“Mr. James manages at times to give you a pretty well-defined creepy
feeling—but his ghost stories are not quite the real thing in spite of
the pains he takes to pile up detail in the setting and leave the
horror itself as undefined, shapeless, and elusive as may be.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 483. Jl. 22, ‘05. 580w.
“There can be no question about the literary merit of these eight
stories, and of the ingenuity which Dr. James has shown in their
construction.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 925. Je. 24, ‘05. 170w.
=Jamison, Cecilia Viets (Mrs. Samuel Jamison).= Penhallow family; a
story. †$1.50. Wilde.
A little wanderer, back from India to her father’s old home, is
dropped into an uncle’s family where three self-centered, noisy
youngsters ruled by a hard task-mistress, “Aunt Gordon,” make life
miserable for the new-comer. Her brave helpfulness in bringing
happiness out of the confused and warring forces of the household
frames a lesson for every young reader to profit by.
=Jane, L. Cecil.= Coming of Parliament, 1350-1660. (Story of the
nations, no. 73.) **$1.35. Putnam.
“The general scheme of this volume is indicated by its title. It deals
more especially with the development of the Constitution within the
three centuries with which it is concerned, and it is an attempt to
trace the steps by which Parliament attained to a permanently
important share in the government of England. While stress is laid
upon this theme, other sides of the national life have not been
ignored.” (N. Y. Times.) There are many illustrations, a map of
England, and a chronology.
“What Mr. Jane has really written is an English history of a period.
But, while its accuracy it notable, it has other merits which are
astonishing. The events of the period, particularly towards the close,
were many and complex and stirring; yet, although this book is almost
as compact as an encyclopaedia, it is so fluent and fascinating that
one reads it with the delight which is given by great romance. Mr.
Jane, it is true, is not without predilections. His imagination is
attracted by the navy. In all other respects, though invariably he
arrests attention, he is coldly judicial. Besides being exceptionally
well-informed, our historian brought to his task a fresh, independent
and penetrating intellect.” W. Earl Hodgson.
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 78. Ja. 28, ‘05. 840w.
“As a book professedly concerned with ‘the coming of parliament’ and
the place of parliament in national life, it cannot be said to have
any particular merit or value, or to render of less service any of the
accepted histories of English constitutional development.” Edward
Porritt.
— — + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 917. Jl. ‘05. 230w.
“We have failed to find in the latest issue of this well-known series
any general connexion with the subject of parliamentary government or
the least pretension to originality of thought or vigour of
delineation; whilst research is wanting.”
— — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 76. Jl. 15. 200w.
Reviewed by Edward Fuller.
+ — — =Bookm.= 21: 525. Jl. ‘05. 1260w.
+ + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
“It is obvious from the text that Mr. Jane has broken no new ground in
the research for the Parliamentary side of his book.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 212. Jl. 27, ‘05. 420w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 185. Mr. 25, ‘05. 350w.
“Mr. Jane’s book is interesting reading, even if he sometimes tangles
the thread of his story of Parliament.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 293. My. 6, ‘05. 1190w.
“Adds little or nothing to the history of Parliament which cannot be
found in any of the accepted works on the English constitution. There
is nothing, moreover, that is attractive about Mr. Jane’s literary
style.”
— — =Outlook.= 79: 1057. Ap. 29. ‘05. 710w.
“Mr. Jane’s book is not always ‘easy reading,’ but is reliable, a
quality which will conceal many literary sins.”
+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 318. S. 2, ‘05. 200w.
“The volume will have its uses, but we should have preferred something
more to the purpose.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 324. S. 2, ‘05. 200w.
=Janssen, Johannes.= History of the German people at the close of the
middle ages; tr. from the Germ, by A. M. Christie. v. 7-8. *$6.25.
Herder.
“These two volumes cover the period between the years 1550-1580....
Within those thirty years fell such events as: The religious
conference at Worms in 1557, the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, the
Grumbach-Gotha conspiracy for a Lutheran empire, the effects in
Germany of the religious wars in France and the Netherlands, the war
against the Turks, the establishment and progress of the Jesuits in
Germany, and the concluding sessions and general effect of the Council
of Trent. These great events and many others of similar moment are
treated with Janssen’s well-known fulness of detail, abundance of
scholarship, and sturdy Catholic spirit.”—Cath. World.
+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 117. Ap. ‘05. 610w. (Review of vols. VII.
and VIII.)
=Japp, Alexander H.= Robert Louis Stevenson; a record, an estimate, and
a memorial. *$1.50. Scribner.
The author who, thru a common interest in Thoreau, came to know
Stevenson well in his early Edinburgh days, gives a critical
discussion of his life and works, with some new facts and some newly
published letters.
“It contains a good deal of valuable matter presented in the most
scrappy and disjointed way; as well as some matter which is not
valuable at all.” H. W. Boynton.
+ — =Atlan.= 96: 280. Ag. ‘05. 200w.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 358. My. 16, ‘05. 480w.
“The criticism on Stevenson’s various styles in his varied work is
often acute and just. Altogether the book in parts has a strong
interest for the Stevenson enthusiast, but will hardly attract the
general reading public.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w.
“This is a very informing book, a contribution of distinct value to
our knowledge of R. L. Stevenson.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 146. Ja. 28, ‘05. 330w.
=Javal, Emile.= On becoming blind: advice for the use of persons losing
their sight; tr. by Carroll E. Edson. **$1.25. Macmillan.
Dr. Javal, who lost his sight at the age of 62, writes to the families
of those who are blind or in danger of becoming so. He gives advice as
to their treatment, suggestions on amusement, and there are chapters
upon memory, marriage, the psychology of the blind and the sixth
sense.
“The style of the book is simple, direct and scholarly.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1483. Je. 29, ‘05. 220w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 137. Mr. 4, ‘05. 260w.
“The book is a pleasure to read even on the part of those whose
interest is not immediately claimed by the subject.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 225. My. 20, ‘05. 710w.
=Jeans, James Hopwood.= Dynamical theory of gases, *$4.50. Macmillan.
“Mr. Jeans ... in the first seven chapters, follows fairly closely on
conventional lines, and deduces the Boltzmann-Maxwell law of
distribution, the minimum theorem, the law of partition of energy, and
the isothermal equations according to the Boyle-Mariotte and van der
Waals’s laws. In chapter VIII the author throws over the principle of
conservation of energy and assumes that his gas is a dissipative
system in which loss of energy occurs by radiation.... In chapters IX
and X, Mr. Jeans considers application of the theory of a
non-conservative gas, particularly in connection with rates of
dissipation of energy and ratios of specific heats. We thus have a
definite attempt to break away from traditional methods and boldly
introduce the notion of dissipation into the kinetic theory.... In the
remaining chapters Mr. Jeans deals with ‘free path phenomena’ such as
diffusion, conduction of heat, viscosity, and the escape of gases from
planetary atmospheres. In this work he is more on the ordinary
lines.”—Nature.
“Misprints and minor errors are delightfully few. The book is a piece
of conscientious work by one who has already made valuable
contributions to this subject. It belongs rather with the classical
work of Burbury and of Boltzmann than with any of the attempts at a
simple or more popular presentation.” W. P. Boynton.
+ + + =Astrophys. J.= 22: 224. O. ‘05. 780w.
Reviewed by G. H. Bryan.
=Nature.= 71: 601. Ap. 27, ‘05. 870w.
=Jebb, Richard.= Studies in colonial nationalism. *$3.50. Longmans.
“An attempt ... to present a modern view of imperial evolution, ...
the result of three years’ travel and study among the self-governing
states of the empire ... which should be studied by all who wish to
understand the trend of colonial aspirations, whether they agree with
them or not.”—Acad.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 469. Ap. 29, ‘05. 570w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 170w.
“His observations on America, though justly calling attention to many
undoubted and serious faults indicate on the whole an exaggerated and
distorted view of our public life.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.
+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 607. S. ‘05. 640w.
=Ath.= 1905. 1: 494. Ap. 15. 730w.
“Mr. Jebb’s book has no small originality. His book contains not a few
inconsistencies. Almost every page of it is instructive.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 166. My. 26, ‘05. 940w.
“Everything he says is stated with a confidence that dreams not of the
possibility of contradiction. This makes the book attractive.” Charles
W. Thompson.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2880w.
“It is essentially a work that will be welcomed, not derided in Canada
and Australasia. And that is to say no small thing of its merits, and
of the success with which its author has achieved his object.”
+ + + =Spec.= 94: 897. Je. 17, ‘05. 1720w.
=Jefferies, (John) Richard.= Bevis; the story of a boy. $1.50. Button.
A new edition of a book for boys written many years ago and founded
upon Mr. Jefferies’ own boy-hood idealized. Mr. E. V. Lucas states in
his introduction that it is “a long and eloquent, and, I think,
successful argument in favor of the wisdom of leaving boys to
themselves, and allowing independence and self-reliance to oust for
the time being school books and tutors.”
“‘Bevis’ is a wholesome and delightful book.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 530w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.
“Full of his intimate knowledge of nature, and full also of sympathy
with and knowledge of the interests and characteristics of boys.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w.
=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Faith and life. **30c. Crowell.
Under the text “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a
conviction of things not seen” (Heb. xi. 1), Dr. Jefferson discusses
the relation which faith bears to life. The booklet is attractively
bound in white, with gold lettering and a holly design in green and
belongs to the “What is worth while series.”
=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Minister as prophet, **90c. Crowell.
Originally given as a series of lectures before the Bangor theological
seminary, these talks are “clear, luminous, pithy, cogent, full of
practical suggestions” for ministers, students and the general public.
The following chapters show the minister’s present position in general
affairs; The dimension of the work, The three men involved (the
physical man, the mental man, the spiritual man). The growing of
sermons, Form and manner, The place of dogma in preaching.
“There are many books on the Christian ministry, and few are smaller
than this and few more valuable.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 90w.
“The general tone and spirit of these lectures is uplifting,
clarifying, and stimulating to high endeavor.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 300w.
=Jelliffe, Smith Ely.= Introduction to pharmacognosy. *$2.50. Saunders.
This is the first adequate English treatment of pharmacognosy, and
will be welcomed by the special student. “The work falls into three
divisions, animal drugs, vegetable drugs without organic structure,
and vegetable drugs with organic structure. The first division is
appropriately small, and the last constitutes the major portion of the
work. A goodly treatise on each drug is found, embracing references to
its origin; discussions of its gross structure, microscopic structure
and features recognizable in its powder; and mention of constituent
substances present.... Excellent original illustrations accompany a
large number of the descriptions.” (Science.)
“The discussions are in the main botanically correct and the style is
fairly clear. Imperfections aside, however, it is well within the
truth to say that this volume is the nearest approach which has yet
appeared towards filling the need of the day in this country.” Charles
H. Shaw.
+ + — =Science=, n. s. 21: 625. Ap. 21, ‘05. 290w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= Captain Myles Standish. *$1.20. Century.
A biography of Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s captain, which tells the
story of the people of the Mayflower and of their captain’s service to
them as leader, lawgiver, trader, and physician. The account is
accurate to the sacrifice of many romantic traditions.
* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w.
“It is intended, perhaps, more for youthful than for mature readers,
although we imagine it will interest these as well. Is practically a
history of the Plymouth settlement.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 490w.
“Mr. Jenks’s account gives an impression of accuracy and care, but it
lacks picturesqueness and any romantic quality.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 70w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 210w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Milton, **$1. Barnes.
Uniform with “The lives of great writers” series this volume contains
a popular description of the conditions in England during the reigns
of Elizabeth, James, and Charles, of Puritan and Cavalier, and of the
life of the blind poet himself and his relation to these surroundings.
There is a frontispiece portrait of Milton, a bibliography and a
chronological table.
* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 80w.
“The author is luminous rather than critical, gives a touch of
imagination to the accuracy of facts, and inspires with fresh human
interest a national movement commonly thought of as only bitter and
austere.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 230w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.
“The book is both instructive and readable.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 715. O. 21, ‘05. 270w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.
* “It will be found extremely helpful to an understanding of the
Puritan period in English history.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 140w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Shakespeare; with introd. by Hamilton W.
Mabie. **$1. Barnes.
“One of the series of ‘Lives of great writers.’ ... This little volume
consists of a personal picture of the Stratford boy, and the London
actor and man of affairs. There is also a helpful explanation of some
of the principal plays, with suggestive comments.”—R. of Rs.
“For the purpose for which it is intended—that is, as a literary
substitute for the textual and verbal approach to the subject which
has hitherto prevailed—it is to be commended.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 50w.
“The book is readable and will likely give the ordinary reader a much
better idea of what the playwriting business was in Elizabeth’s reign,
what the work Shakespeare actually did was, than many much more
pretentious volumes can do.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 460w.
“Proceeds, as an open-minded student, to unroll a fascinating
panorama.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 260w.
“Mr. Jenks has handled his material well.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 670w.
“A new and ‘worth while’ Shakespeare book.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
=Jephson, Lady.= Letters to a debutante. *$1.25. Lippincott.
These letters are addressed to Violet, who is gently told how to be
sweet and happy in chapters upon The art of happiness, The need for
controlling the tongue, The ethics of dress, On country house
visiting, The choice of literature, Are elopements justifiable?
Concerning wit, The advisability of friendships with men, and other
subjects of interest to the young girl who longs to be a social
success.
* + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 20w.
“On the whole, however, the lady gives wholesome enough advice—albeit
most of it has been given to other debutantes many times before.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 450w.
“While Lady Jephson’s form is throughout aphoristic, she lacks the
gift of saying the inwardly true thing in memorable words, and that is
the particular gift one looks for in a book of this sort.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 502. O. 7, ‘05. 740w.
=Jepson, Edgar.= Lady Noggs, peeress. †$1.50. McClure.
“Lady Noggs, properly called Lady Felicia Grandison, is the small
niece and ward of a prime minister, whose peace of mind is continually
disturbed by pranks and escapades of the most extraordinary nature....
A background romance between the governess and the secretary is
engaging and real by way of contrast.”—Outlook.
“The object of these few remarks is to cordially commend Felicia,
within her suitable literary bounds, as a pleasant holiday companion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 328. My. 20, ‘05. 560w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 130w.
=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China in law and commerce. *$2. Macmillan.
From these pages “one may glean not merely knowledge of the political
and commercial life of the country, but a better understanding of the
Oriental mind. The physical features, the resources, the people of
China; the state, provincial, district, town, and family organization,
the anomalies between legal theory and business customs, the native
banking system, the weights, measures, and currency employed, the
Empire’s transportation facilities” (Outlook) are all fully treated.
“Mr. Jernigan is not an inspiring writer. But there is a great deal
that is valuable in his book, and his statements are accurate and
apposite.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 398. S. 23. 820w.
“A volume which will be indispensable to every student of the
civilization of the Far East.”
+ + — =Ind.= 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 550w.
“The thing essential in compiling a book of this kind is sympathetic
perception, and Mr. Jernigan has evidently cultivated this faculty,
during his residence in China, with no little success.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 800w.
“Here in one handy book is choice and exact information, carefully
sifted, tested, and arranged concisely and in an orderly manner. There
is a good index to this noteworthy book.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 84. Jl. 27, ‘05. 780w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 280w.
“The subjects ... find exhaustive discussion, and ... are treated
carefully and intelligently.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 590. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 382. S. 16, ‘05. 220w.
“A scholarly volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 100w.
* “An unpretentious book, containing a large amount of well-selected
and well arranged information.”
+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 270w.
=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China’s business methods and policy, *$3.60.
Wessels.
The author, ex-consul general of the United States at Shanghai,
prefaces his book with the statement that he has sought to find “some
of the elementary principles which base and influence business and
social China and to present them without unnecessary detail.” His
papers give a clear and accurate treatment of China’s administrative
system, land tenure, sources of revenue, law courts, finances, social
regulations, commercial trend, educational and consular systems, and
foreign relations.
“There is a want of cohesion about this work; it seems more a
collection of papers than a treatise. The work will be found useful
when any important event takes place in China in connection either
with its foreign or with its internal policy, as a sort of
reference-book.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 220w.
=Jervey, Theodore D.= Elder brother. $1.50. Neale.
“A novel in which are presented the vital questions confronting the
South growing out of the Reconstruction, and in which the author
defines the true relations now existing between the races in the
South.” Specifically, it presents the political, social, and economic
history of a southern city during this period. There are many
characters of all classes but interest centers about two brothers who
become social and political leaders.
“The book, if it is not a novel to carry the reader along—it is not
that—is an exceedingly valuable, truthful, and interesting study.
There is certainly no other picture of the period which approaches it
in these vital points.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 528. Ag. 12, ‘05. 730w.
“It is a good picture of conditions—and perhaps, after all, its
solution of the problems confronting the South is the only practical
one.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w.
=Jessel, Frederick.= comp. Bibliography of works in English on playing
cards and gaming. *$4.40. Longmans.
“Gaming in this sense includes dominoes, conjuring, card-tricks and so
forth. Mr. Jessel has described the title of every work he has found,
however slight, on cards or gaming; and he has included all books
which contain allusions of sufficient importance to be recorded, even
works of fiction which depend on gaming for their plots or contain
scenes which illustrate the mode of playing some particular game.
Periodicals have not been forgotten.... The bibliography is in
alphabetical order of the names of authors, but the index at the end
enables subjects to be searched for without difficulty.”—Acad.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 646. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.
* “We can recommend it not only to libraries, but also to clubs for
card-room reference, and to all who wish for a ready means of finding
out what has been written in our language about cards and gaming.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 683. N. 18. 630w.
=Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.
* “Probably as complete as any other in English.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 786. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.
=Jevons, William Stanley.= Principles of economics: a fragment of a
treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers.
*$3.25. Macmillan.
“The fragment in a mere outline, but it comes from a master hand and
is doubly welcome at a time when the need for restatement of
definitions is particularly evident.”—Acad.
“The volume is one that we cordially welcome, and it is bound to meet
with the high appreciation of a discriminating public.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 609. Je. 10, ‘05. 1290w.
“Probably much that is already printed would have been greatly revised
before it appeared, and yet, imperfect as it is, the careful student
of economics will lose a great deal if he does not master this
volume.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 362. S. 16. 1470w.
“The book may be said to be well justified, even though it be equally
clear that the form and title and bulk of it fall somewhere between
the questionable and the indefensible.” H. J. Davenport.
+ — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 600. S. ‘05. 1180w.
“A word of gratitude is due to the editor, who has spared no pains to
elucidate what the author left unfinished and obscure.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 780w.
“It cannot be said that the fragments now published offer anything of
great value. Mr. Higgs has performed his editorial labors in an
admirable manner.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 245. S. 21, ‘05. 1330w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w.
* =Jewett, John Howard (Hannah Warner, pseud.).= Con the wizard, †50c.
Stokes.
This little volume in the Christmas stocking series, tells how the
wizard-bird, Con, changed Teddy Mann and the pets of Mistress May into
the form of the man or beast they envied most, and how they were glad,
after a time, to be changed back and become themselves again. There
are eight illustrations in color by Edward R. Little, and numerous
illustrations in black and white by Oliver Herford.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.
Jewish encyclopaedia; ed. by Isidore Singer. 12v. per v. $6. Funk.
Everything which in any way concerns the ancient or modern life of the
Jewish people and which has either historical or literary value can be
found in this “Descriptive record of the history, religion, literature
and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest time to the present
day.” Prepared by more than four hundred scholars and specialists
under the direction of Cyrus Adler, I. K. Funk, F. H. Vizeletly and
others. There are twelve massive volumes and two thousand
illustrations.
“In spite of some minor defects, should prove a valuable work of
reference to all interested in Jewish history.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 170. F. 25, ‘05. 880w. (Outlines scope of Vol.
VIII.).
“Has much the same merits and defects as its predecessor.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 370w. (Review of Vol. IX.)
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 280w. (Review of v. 10.)
“The enterprise has now gone far enough to leave no doubt that the
high standard of excellence set up by the editors will be reached.”
+ + + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 523. Jl. ‘05, 580w. (Review of v. 1-10.)
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 140. Jl. 29. 610w. (Review of v. 9.)
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 239. Ag. 19. 310w. (Review of v. 10.)
+ =Bib. World.= 26: 159. Ag. ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 10.)
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 577. S. 7, ‘05. 620w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 30w. (Review of v. 9-11.)
* “This encyclopaedia will be essential in any well equipped library.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1484. D. 21, ‘05. 100w. (Review of v. 11.)
“The standard cannot be said to be rising. Still, if only for its
wealth of biography, especially English and American, the book is
indispensable for reference.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 110w. (Review of Vol. IX.)
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1730w. (Survey of contents
of Vol. IX.)
“The tenth volume is as valuable as any of its predecessors.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 480w. (Review of v. 10.)
“As a work of world-wide comprehensiveness this is one to enrich any
library.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 190w. (Outlines scope of volume
IX).
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “This great work, the joint product of Jewish and Christian writers,
fully sustains its early promise as it nears its completion.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 890. D. 9, ‘05. 230w. (Review of v. 11.)
“Nearly all subjects mentioned [in volume IX] are treated at great
length, in good spirit, with thorough scholarship.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 389. Mr. 11, ‘05. 550w.
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 260w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “Volume XI. is exceptionally rich in politico-economic material.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 730. D. 2, ‘05. 320w. (Review of v. 11.)
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 256. F. ‘05. 270w. (Outlines scope of volumes
VII and VIII).
* “It can be affirmed without hesitation that, taken as a whole, the
work is a contribution to general knowledge which, for the future,
will be nothing less than indispensable.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: sup. 790. N. 18, ‘05. 1240w. (Review of v. 8-10.)
=Job, Herbert Keightley.= Wild wings: adventures of a camera-hunter
among the larger wild birds of America on land and sea. **$3. Houghton.
A simple story of the author’s conflicts and conquests as he hunted
with his camera “the wild hardy birds of the sea, whose strong wings
make them masters of the elements.” His search took him from the
Magdalen islands to the Florida keys and he gives pictures of
pelicans, kittiwakes and gannets, of laughing gulls, cormorants and
auks, of plovers brooding their young, and of the great horned owl
mothering her owlet. There are 160 of these photographs.
+ + =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 90w.
“No such collection of ‘portraits’ can be found anywhere else.” May
Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 387. Je. 1, ‘05. 440w.
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1251. Je. 11, ‘05. 340w.
“His book should appeal to a large circle of readers, especially the
ornithologist, the sportsman, and the nature-lover, as well as the
omnipresent camera fiend.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 620w.
* “Despite its somewhat pedantic title, this book is much above the
average of works of the same general nature.”
+ + =Nature.= 73: 123. D. 7, ‘05. 500w.
“‘Wild wings’ should not only appeal to nature and bird lovers, but
there is much in its pages to interest sportsmen as well.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.
“Without doubt this book is a contribution to the world’s sanity,
while at the same time its science is duly respected.” Mabel Osgood
Wright.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 410w.
=Outlook.= 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 60w.
“Quite as entertaining as most hunters’ stories.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 180w.
John Van Buren, politician, †$1.50. Harper.
“‘John Van Buren, politician,’ is a young up-state lawyer, who comes
to New York, joins Tammany hall, wins the favor of Boss ‘Coulter,’ and
is sent to the state legislature, where he is speedily made acquainted
with the darker aspects of legislative life. The story of his
adventure in politics and of his lovemaking ... is told in a volume
that is a curious combination of novel and guide to the sights of New
York.”—Outlook.
“The book has no style, and but slight interest considered as a story.
Its implied ethics, moreover, are of a highly dubious character.” Wm.
M. Payne.
— =Dial.= 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 166. Mr. 18, ‘05. 360w.
“Were it not for its intimate portrayal of the methods whereby Tammany
achieves political success, it would be of little value or interest.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 653. Mr. 11. ‘05. 140w.
“The picture of the sessions of the general assembly at Albany is
graphic and possibly true to the life, although the coloring is
probably too strong and the lines too heavy.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 150w.
“The book does not preach anything, clean politics or foul; it simply
reflects conditions as a keen observer would find them.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 594. O. ‘05. 180w.
* =Johnson, Burges.= Pleasant tragedies of childhood. †$1.50. Harper.
“Experiences more or less tragical to babies and children, but
pleasantly told in Mr. Johnson’s verses and humorously depicted in
Miss Cory’s sketches. Fathers and mothers will be amused by them, and
the juvenile victims—some of them at least—will enjoy the
pictures.”—Critic.
* + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 70w.
* + =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 220w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 50w.
* “This is an exceedingly attractive picture book.”
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.
* “One of the really delightful books about children of the present
season.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.
* “Some of the verses are very witty.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 90w.
=Johnson, Burges.= Rhymes of little boys. **$1. Crowell.
A truly charming book of little boy verses, which little girls and
grown-ups will enjoy also Goin’ barefoot, Bein’ sick; Gettin’ well;
Cookin’ things; Makin’ things; Gettin’ washed; and two score others
set forth little boy philosophy in little boy language, and following
these are some verses to or about little boys, among them an exquisite
tribute to Frank R. Stockton. The volume is bound in plaid gingham,
with decorative title and end leaves by Mrs. John Carpenter.
* “The naïveté of small-boy egotisms, generosities, rivalries, has
never been, and, it would seem to us, could never be, better done than
in Mr. Johnson’s clever and sympathetic verses.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 150w.
* “This volume is sure to win for its author a wider appreciation of
his really unique work.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.
“The introductory poems strike a note of tenderness and reverence of
unusual purity and beauty.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 529. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.
* “We like his verse for its insight, literal though it often is.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 60w.
* =Johnson, Clifton=, ed. Oak-tree fairy book; il. by Willard Bonte.
$1.75. Little.
Here are the old favorites reproduced in wholesome form with the
savagery, harrowing details and abnormal pathos eliminated, and with
the charm retained.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 60w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.
=Johnson, Owen.= In the name of liberty. $1.50. Century.
A story of the French revolution in which the personal struggles of
the actors are silhouetted against the greater struggle of the nation
in the background. Barabant, a young enthusiast, allies himself with
the Girondins and falls with them, to be saved from the guillotine
only by the sacrifice of Nicole, a flower-girl, whom he has made his
wife in prison, and who gives up her life for his. The course of the
story runs subjectively close to the people; their whims, their morbid
curiosity, their unrestrained impulse and anger, and their hatred for
the aristocrats distort their vision thru the bloody days of the
terror which is followed in grewsome detail.
“Mr. Johnson has devised a fresh and unhackneyed story, with a heroine
quite apart from the usual types.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 80w.
“Owen Johnson has written a good story, with several unusual points
about it that entitle it to notice.” Priscilla Leonard.
+ + =Current Literature.= 38: 371. Ap. ‘05. 1440w.
“A fresh and interesting view of a subject that would seem to have
been exhausted of all novelty. One can but admire the cleverness with
which he has made reality and fiction supplement and sustain each
other while keeping the reader’s attention wholly engrossed by the
very simple and pathetic love story of Nicole and Barabant. A vivid
and vigorous handling of a subject that has been used to the point of
threadbareness.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 610w.
“A rather unusually spirited tale. Mr. Johnson has created two or
three flesh-and-blood characters, has put them into trying crises, and
has made them work out their own moral salvation or ruin as they
respond or fail to respond to the test. The book has life and energy.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 90w.
“The sure touch of the confident master is lacking. There is
over-emphasis, a too great insistence on the individual when the mass
should have been brought into the foreground. Viewed as a whole the
book is an effective piece of word painting.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 710w.
“Mr. Johnson’s story has merits of its own unborrowed from Dickens or
any one else. One of them is a saving sanity of expression.”
+ + =Reader.= 5: 618. Ap. ‘05. 370w.
“Well and swiftly told, and probably of breathless interest to the
unsophisticated mind.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 30w.
=Johnson, Sidona Viola.= Short history of Oregon, **$1. McClurg.
This book covers the early discoveries, the Lewis and Clark
explorations, settlement, government, Indian wars, and progress. In
concise form it gives a full account of that interesting region. It is
illustrated with numerous halftones.
“A short but comprehensive account of the state.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 60w.
=Johnson, William Henry.= French pathfinders in North America. $1.50.
Little.