“It is not only a valuable record, but also interesting history.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 357. Je. 3, ‘05. 670w.
“The style remains involved and awkward and the diction careless.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w.
=McCook, Rev. Henry Christopher.= Senator: a threnody. **$1.25. Jacobs.
This poem is a tribute to Marcus Hanna, written by a life-long friend.
It is divided into five parts: A prologue of a life; Village scenes;
Transformed villagers; A plea for immortality; and The life beyond.
“All conducted with a skill evidencing considerable homiletic
experience.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 90w.
=McCrackan, William Denison.= Fair land Tyrol. **$1.60. Page.
An enthusiastic description of “happy Tyrol,” in which are mingled
beauty of landscape, and quaint peasant charm: the toymakers and
innkeepers of to-day: the patriots and minnesingers of yesterday. The
traveller is shown where to find interesting sights and scenes and is
given a knowledge of the part that he may understand the Tyrolese of
the present. The illustrations are reproduced from photographs.
“The book is readable and interesting.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w.
+ + — =Ath. 1905=, 2: 173. Ag. 5. 1270w.
“A pleasant account of one of the most delightful of European
districts.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
“Readable for itself, and giving an excellent notion of the country,
the book is also usable side by side with a guide book, as an
intelligent and interesting description of the principal places in the
country.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 528. Je. 29, ‘05. 660w.
“As a whole his book is disappointing, childishly enthusiastic, and
not at all convincing as either guide book or account of travel in the
Tyrol. It is full, however, and one will not go astray in following
Mr. McCracken as a guide.”
— + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 294. My. 6, ‘05. 780w.
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 70w.
“There is no distinction about the style, which is sometimes
slipshod.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 170w.
+ =Spec.= 95: 126. Jl. 22, ‘05. 90w.
=McCracken, Elizabeth.= Women of America. **$1.50. Macmillan.
As a result of several years of observation of the American woman as
she is found in the large towns and small all over the United States,
Miss McCracken gives her to us in all her phases, the professional
woman and the club woman; her ideals and her achievements.
“This misleading book.... Harmfully sentimental spirit in which the
fourteen articles ... are written. No information is offered to the
seeker after fact; and for the theorist there is no basis of
discussion. The book is simply a rambling series of unilluminating
anecdotes, strongly personal without being strongly vital in tone.” O.
H. D.
— — =Critic.= 46: 281. Mr. ‘05. 600w.
“The book is often unjust in its criticism, fulsome in its praise,
illogical in its attempts at argument. It could not be called a
serious contribution to sociological literature, partly because it is
a vitascope of photographs from a car window instead of the careful
canvasses of a Millet, who has known his subjects long, and loved them
well.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 439. F. 23, ‘05. 460w.
“The book has far too wide a title.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 338. Ap. 27, ‘05. 640w.
“Thus, the book is not made up of official statistics, but is the
fruit of personal meetings with women and visits to the scenes of
their occupations.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 140w.
“The art of making what has appealed to herself appeal to her reader
has been mastered by Miss McCracken.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 616. Ap. 29, ‘05. 970w.
=McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.).= Nedra. †$1.50.
Dodd.
The elopement of a young couple from Chicago who start for the
Philippines via New York and London, travelling as brother and sister,
forms the basis of this story which is turned into an amusing
extravaganza by a ship wreck in mid-ocean which leaves the hero
stranded upon the island of Nedra with a new heroine, a girl whom he
has rescued by mistake.
“He has given us the kind of story Americans like, incredible, daring,
delightful and a little absurd.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1154. N. 16, ‘05. 80w.
* “Like most of Mr. McCutcheon’s novels, ‘Nedra’ is not a matter for
critical appreciation. One may say it is ‘apart’ from it rather than
‘beneath it.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 885. D. 9, ‘05. 420w.
“It belongs to the novels of recreation pure and simple, and well
fulfills its purpose of robbing the reader of the sense of time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.
“The story is lively, entertaining, and very improbable.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 50w.
=McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.).= Purple parasol;
with il. by Harrison Fisher, and decorations by C: B. Falls. †$1.25.
Dodd.
The owner of a purple parasol, a gray dress and a sailor hat is
shadowed by a young lawyer who hopes to pile up evidence for a divorce
case against the erring wife of an old husband. The story becomes a
romance when the owner of the parasol turns out to be a young and
beautiful girl.
+ =Bookm.= 21: 652. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
“Has the merit of lightness and brevity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 278. Ap. 29, ‘05. 130w.
“A slight and rather foolish story.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 40w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 70w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 70w.
=McCutcheon, John Tinney.= Mysterious stranger and other cartoons.
*$1.50. McClure.
Over one hundred and fifty cartoons which have appeared during the
past year or so in the Chicago Tribune are gathered into this volume.
The author expresses the hope that his drawings “may have a permanent
interest because of the great historical importance of the period they
encompass” but aside from political matters much space is given to
genial take-offs of President Roosevelt as bear-hunter and
glad-hander, and satires of child life.
* “As a comic history of our own times they are not without value.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 40w.
* “The cartoons are well worth embodying in a form less transient than
the pages of a daily newspaper.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 250w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.
“Preserves too much that is trivial and vulgar (not in the most odious
sense), and would have been the better for a severe screening. On the
whole we find the collection rather dreary.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, 05. 190w.
=MacDonnell, John de Courcy.= King Leopold II., his rule in Belgium and
the Congo. *$6. Cassell.
The main object of this book “is to tell once more the story of the
origin and progress and methods of government of the Congo Free State,
and to refute the charge that Leopold has not fulfilled the pledges
made under the Berlin act.” (Nation).
“The writer’s arguments, however, are not convincing, and we wish we
could attribute their unreality to ignorance of the subject in hand.”
— — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 584. My. 13. 2800w.
=Nation.= 81: 62. Jl. 20, ‘05. 590w.
“The weakness of the book is its redundancy and its tendency to exalt
into great virtues the king’s most commonplace actions. Its attenuated
special pleading minimises but does not destroy whatever usefulness as
a record it may possess.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.
* =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.
=McDougall, W.= Physiological psychology. *40c. Macmillan.
This “tiny little volume ... presents a clear account ... of the
elements of scientific psychology, and is thoroughly up to
date.”—Acad.
“Small and unambitious though it be, this book is worth more than the
little space it would fill in the library of the student of mind.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 416. Ap. 15, ‘05. 370w.
* =McFadyen, John Edgar.= Introduction to the Old Testament. $1.75.
Armstrong.
“Mr. McFadyen sums up accurately and concisely the established results
in regard to each book of the Old Testament, avoiding positive
assertion where the facts do not warrant it. The inexpert reader will
get from this book in a small compass a clear idea of the results of
criticism and also of the common-sense method by which they have been
arrived at.”—Acad.
* “Mr. McFadyen writes in a most interesting style: and successfully
brings out both the human interest and the religious value of the
several books.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1222. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.
* + + =Outlook.= 81: 889. D. 9, ‘05. 160w.
=MacFarland, Charles Stedman.= Jesus and the prophets; an historical,
exegetical, and interpretative discussion of the use of the Old
Testament prophecy by Jesus and his attitude towards it. **$1.50.
Putnam.
“Holding Jesus to be more than a prophet, Dr. MacFarland sees that he
was called to the work of a prophet, to meet a spiritual exigency, as
the ancient prophets in their time had done.... As Jesus’ disciples
misunderstood the prophets, so they misunderstood and still
misunderstand his use of them.” (Outlook.) The author is a
Congregational minister.
“No one should hereafter use Dr. Briggs’s or any of the older works on
Messianic prophecy as authorities without parallel reference to this
newer treatise.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 151. Jl. 20, ‘05. 230w.
* “A careful and scholarly examination of the relation of Jesus to Old
Testament prophecy.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.
“Dr. MacFarland’s work is of unusual importance for the setting right
and clarifying of erroneous and confused notions, an excellent
specimen of the application of critical method for the realization of
religious values.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 344. Je. 3, ‘05. 370w.
=Macfarlane, Isabella.= Royal knight: a tale of Nuremburg. †$1.25.
Dillingham.
A story of 15th century Nuremburg, and of twin sisters of a poor and
widowed mother, one betrothed to a wool-merchant’s son, the other,
loved by a young German officer whose father is chief magistrate.
Because the girl holds her honor above her love, the magistrate’s son
attempts to force her consent by accusing her mother of witchcraft.
Imprisonment and torture follow, but thru the loyalty of the daughters
and the advent of their champion, who is no other than Emperor
Maximilian, all ends happily.
=N. Y. Times.= 10:304. My. 6, ‘05. 290w.
=Macfarlane, Walter.= Laboratory notes on practical metallurgy: being a
graduated series of exercises. *80c. Longmans.
“This little book is apparently intended as a first course for
beginners in practical work in a metallurgical laboratory.... It
consists of a series of practical exercises, all well within the grasp
of the average boy, graduated and well arranged with a view of
developing the habit of observation.... The student is introduced to
furnace work.... The preparation of the ordinary common alloys
follows.... Later, the more complex subject of the principles on which
the process for the extraction of copper, lead, gold, and silver from
their ores depend is dealt with. The book concludes with a few
elementary exercises in assaying gold and silver ores, and the
analysis of coal and coke.”—Nature.
+ =Engin. N.= 53: 639. Je. 15, ‘05. 170w.
“The book contains much useful information for junior students, and
can be recommended for their use.”
+ + — =Nature.= 71: 413. Mr. 2, ‘05. 220w.
=MacGowan, Alice, and Cooke, Grace MacGowan.= Return: a story of the sea
islands in 1739. †$1.50. Page.
In a stirring romance the authors reproduce people and scenes of
colonial South Carolina and Georgia. In it Diana Chaters, the belle of
Charleston, and a young Virginian of the historic family of Marshall
figure prominently. This heroine, “the heartless coquette, is publicly
jilted as the result of a brutal wager. How she takes her shame, and
how she builds it into her life, is told by the authors with skill and
upon somewhat new lines.” (Outlook.)
“‘Return’ is a capital love-story, one of the very best romantic
novels of the year.”
+ + =Arena.= 34: 447. O. ‘05. 600w.
* “For the most part the story develops naturally, the characters have
actual personality, and the savour of romance is well maintained.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 607. N. 4. 220w.
“The book is written in an excellent literary style.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 98. Jl. 13, ‘05. 240w.
“A capital tale of love and adventure.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 329. O. 6, ‘05. 420w.
“A book of fresh, wholesome romance.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 410w.
“A love-story with plenty of color and movement. It is all very well
done, vivid, dramatic; but the story is too overcrowded with
characters; there are too many side issues. Not a little excision as
well as condensation would have greatly improved a vigorous story.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 195. Ap. 1, ‘05. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
“A story with original strength and some novel situations. The
characters are admirably individualized, the action is lively, and the
whole picture excellently drawn.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 858. Ap. 1. ‘05. 90w.
“‘Return’ is a well told tale, and interesting from the first line.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 170w.
“It is difficult to conceive of a story in which the element of
picturesqueness enters more effectively.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 240. Ag. ‘05. 220w.
=MacGrath, Harold.= Enchantment. †75c. Bobbs.
A group of Mr. MacGrath’s short stories which abound in daringly novel
situations. The five are “A night’s enchantment.” the adventure of the
lady in the closed carriage, “The blind madonna,” the adventure of the
golden louis, “No Cinderella,” the adventure of the satin slipper,
“Two candidates,” the adventure in love and politics, and “The
enchanted hat,” the adventure of my lady’s letter.
“Without being in any way remarkable ... will provide amusement and
entertainment.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w.
“Is a collection of five of Mr. MacGrath’s stories—good ones too.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 70w.
* =MacGrath, Harold.= Hearts and masks. †$1.50. Bobbs.
The sprightly record of a night’s adventure in which the principal
participants bent upon attending a masked ball thru a fluke are
mistaken for clever thieves. The plot which thickens about the
innocent imposters for a time, and which is later cleared up,
furnishes an exciting hour for the most sated fiction appetite.
* “Constructed with an art that holds the reader’s interest from the
first page to the last.”
+ =Dial.= 36: 445. D. 16, ‘05. 180w.
* “It is a book to be read in a half hour, but it contains adventure
enough to last a lifetime.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 885. D. 9, ‘05. 300w.
=MacGrath, Harold.= Princess elopes. †75c. Bobbs.
The chief figures in this story of rapid action are the madcap
Princess of Barscheit, her grumpy uncle intent upon a suitable
marriage for her, and a young American medical student. The American
consul tells the story of a series of adventures capped by the
princess’s escape from marrying the redfaced Prince of Doppelkinn.
That she finds the young American with her on this journey is
certainly not distressing to her, and that he turns out to be the long
lost heir of Doppelkinn and a much worthier suitor than the father are
facts which atone for her matrimonial hardships.
+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 309. My. 13, ‘05. 510w.
“This tale ... will be found altogether diverting, if not convincingly
real.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w.
=Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von.= Handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture,
to accompany a collection of reproductions of Greek and Roman sculpture.
*$1.50. Bureau of University travel.
“Dr. von Mach’s book is not a ‘handbook’ in the ordinary sense of the
word, but a descriptive catalogue of five hundred plates and
forty-five text illustrations representing works of Greek and Roman
sculpture.... The description and discussion of each work is preceded
by a note giving the material, place, and date of discovery when
known, museum or other collection in which the work is now preserved,
and some bibliographical information.”—Nation.
“The author shows in this book the excellencies of his former work. He
states his conclusions boldly and independently.”
+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1365. Je. 15, ‘05. 530w.
“Certainly Dr. von Mach’s style leaves much to be desired. While we
cannot recommend Dr. von Mach as a perfectly wise guide to such as
wish to know Greek art, we are glad to express our belief that the
university prints, accompanied by this handbook, will be of great
service to the student.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 417. My. 25, ‘05. 1220w.
=McIvor, Allan, pseud.= Overlord. $1.50. W. Ritchie.
This story of the peons of Canada is a frankly unhistorical tale of
the freeing of Canada from England in a great war in which the
“Habitans” and serfs under the leadership of the overlord defeat
“Pitchener,” the English general. The overlord, aside from his feudal
ownership along the upper St. Lawrence, owns several United States
railroads, consequently the president, tho ostensibly neutral, aids
him, and in return receives Canada as a gift from his grateful hands
when England is finally defeated.
“A history which is frankly fictitious. The most surprising thing in
the book is the bitterness toward England and the English.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 44. Ja. 5, ‘05. 370w.
“In this curiously heaped up and involved lot of fiction are a vast
number of tags and ends of stories and undigested ideas, the winnowing
of which would be hopeless here. It’s a very long, queer book.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 84. F. 11, ‘05. 470w. (Outline of plot).
=Mackaye, Harold Steele.= Winged helmet. †$1.50. Page.
France in the sixteenth century when Charles of Bourbon was rebelling
against Francis I. is the setting. The story is one of fighting and
adventure, of a nobleman who ill-uses his lady, and of my lady’s maid
who saves her mistress from Saracen slavery by luring a villain into
quicksand, and does other daring things. In the end the lord and lady
are reconciled and the maid reaps as her reward the title of Lady of
Ravelle.
“An improbable tale, convincing as we read.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 158. Jl. 20, ‘05. 100w.
“A light romance—rather under average weight in fact. Nor in spite of
the wings on the helmet and the out-of-the-common incidents mentioned,
does it make up in spirit what it lacks in baser qualities. It cannot
carry even its own feathery self as a gallant should.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 149. Mr. 11, ‘05. 370w.
“A spirited romance of the Weymanesque school. Characters and scenes
are well imagined and the story ingeniously contrived; but the flow is
unpleasantly interrupted by repeated transitions from the usual
narrative form to diary extracts and the like.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 50w.
=Pub. Opin.= 38: 943. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.
=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Fenris, the wolf: a tragedy. **$1.25.
Macmillan.
“Fenris the wolf, son of Odin, troubles the serenity of Heaven with
his barkings of defiance, and with his wolfish desires for Freyja, the
betrothed of his brother Baldur. In the prologue, Odin ordains that
Fenris, Baldur, Freyja and himself shall leave their heavenly estate
and become four mortals. The action of the play consists in the
conversion of Fenris to charity and human love.... The action passes
before rune-stones in the northern forest at daybreak or twilight, in
prison chambers and by deep forest pools.”—Nation.
+ =Critic.= 47: 288. S. ‘05. 100w.
“There is much beauty in Mr. Mackaye’s work, beauty of poetry and
thought; he is strong, tender and imaginative, and the more we study
his play, the more we wish either that it were not a play at all or
that we might see it acted.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 283. S. 8, ‘05. 340w.
“As a whole the play fails a little of tragic impressiveness precisely
because of a certain forcing of the note. It is, nevertheless, a
poetic venture, of a sincerity and magnitude for which there can be
nothing but admiration.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 460w.
=McKean, Thomas.= Vortex. †$1.50. Lippincott.
The serenity of two lives—Anna of the Titian red hair, and her artist
husband Paul—is jeopardized by a scheming Jesuit who plots to get
possession of the wife’s fortune for the Church. He uses as a foil
Elena, an actress, who serves as a model for Paul’s masterpiece
Spring. In the swirl of complications Father Lamian’s real relations
to Elena come to light, showing a misspent youth and a deeply
designing nature.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 270w.
“The story is weak and poorly written, annoyingly commonplace in
expression, and quite unnecessary.”
— — =Outlook.= 81: 283. S. 30, ‘05. 30w.
=McKechnie, William Sharp.= Magna carta: a commentary on the great
charter of King John. *$4.50. Macmillan.
“Each chapter of ‘Magna carta’ is given in its original Latin, with an
English version by Dr. McKechnie following it in smaller type, after
which comes the commentary. The book includes a select bibliography
and a list of the authorities consulted by the author, a general
index, and an index to statutes. In appendices are documents relative
to or illustrative of King John’s Magna carta.”—N. Y. Times.
“One feels compelled to state that although for want of something
better this work will undoubtedly be consulted, nevertheless taken as
a whole it cannot be regarded as of more than mediocre value.” Henry
Lewis Cannon.
+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 137. O. ‘05. 920w.
“A scholarly and authoritative work based on the results of the latest
critical research, devoid of rhetorical flourish and meeting the
requirements of the lawyer and the historian. The book is well
planned. We are grateful to our author for clearing up the problems of
Magna Carta in so scholarly and definitive a fashion.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 635. S. 14, ‘05. 830w.
* “Very readable book.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.
“He has given us what will long remain as the standard work on Magna
Carta, a book remarkable alike for its solid learning, its fertility
in suggestion, and its characteristic note of moderation and sweet
reasonableness.”
+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 152. My. 12, ‘05. 1810w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 281. Ap. 29, ‘05. 270w.
“The first exhaustive commentator on ‘Magna carta’ since the days of
Richard Thompson.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 280w.
“We should be disposed to dismiss his book as nothing more than a
text-book of unusual thoroughness were it not for one saving merit.
Mr. McKechnie is not afraid of discussing an abstract and complicated
question.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 250. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1170w.
“His conclusions, like his style, are not always inspired, or beyond
criticism or revision.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 642. Ap. 29, ‘05. 2120w.
=McKibben, Julia Baldwin.= Miriam. $1.25. Meth. bk.
Miriam, whose birth is hid in mystery, is brought up as a slave in an
old-fashioned southern household. She is freed by her master, and
educated in the north where no none knows of the taint in her blood.
After bravely renouncing love and happiness, confessing to her lover
and friends the truth, she learns that by birth she is an honored
daughter in the home where she was once a slave.
* “A story of the old South of no literary value, and as foreign to
fact as many others that have been written on similar lines.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 50w.
=Mackie, Pauline Bradford.= Girl and the kaiser. †$1.50. Bobbs.
The presence of the kaiser upon the pages of this simple little love
story lends a certain dignity and makes the plot possible, but has no
real historical significance. Wilhelmina, who has been brought up in
America, comes to Germany to visit her uncle, the Admiral von Uhland,
and his pleasure loving French wife. Here she meets two young naval
officers, and upon the occasion of the kaiser’s visit to her uncle she
learns of the strict paternalism practiced in the German army and
navy, and that a rich wife is essential to a poor officer. This is
where the denouement comes in. In the end the kaiser, who has taken a
fancy to her, in his favorite role of destiny, points out to her the
sensible road where she finds both wealth and love.
“Is a charmingly bright and unconventional story. Though by no means a
great story, is one of the most clever little romances of the season.”
+ + =Arena.= 33: 339. Mr. ‘05. 250w.
=McKinley, Albert Edward.= Suffrage franchise in the thirteen English
colonies in America. $2.50. Ginn.
The purpose of the author has been “to present the dynamic or
developmental aspect of the subject, rather than the analytic; he has
not been content with a mere summary of the suffrage qualifications in
the several colonies, but has endeavored to trace the growth of the
colonial ideals and practices respecting the elective franchise.”
“Mr. McKinley’s volume is full of interest. Taken in connection with
Mr. Bishop’s ‘History of elections in the colonies,’ the whole ground
seems thoroughly covered.” F. W. S.
+ + + =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 134. Jl. ‘05. 230w.
“In general there is shown the most conservative scholarship. The
immense amount of material consulted, the care in the verification of
its vast number of mere facts, and the patience shown in the
organization of the mass of data, calls forth the highest praise for
the author’s scholarship.” John L. Conger.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 608. My. ‘05. 530w.
=McKinley, Charles E.= Educational evangelism: the religious discipline
for youth. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.
Clergymen, and all who are interested in the religious training of
boys and girls from 16 to 20 will find much of value in this essay,
which discusses the religious needs of youth and gives suggestions as
to how the church may meet them.
“It is one of the most sensible and thoughtful presentations of what
the spiritual discipline of youth should be, both through the pulpit
and in the school, that has recently appeared. He shows himself an
original thinker, a man of insight, and a true lover of youth.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1012. My. 4, ‘05. 110w.
“Though a small book, this is full of judicious thought well worthy of
thoughtful consideration.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. 150w.
=McKinley, William.= Tariff. $1.75. Putnam.
“The essay was written in 1896, when Mr. McKinley was governor of
Ohio, and while the information he had gained as chairman of the ways
and means committee was still fresh in mind. Naturally the legislative
and political aspects of the tariff are the ones to which most
attention is given. The author recognizes his difficulty of dealing
with the subject in a non-partisan way, but states, ‘It has been my
honest endeavor to do justice to all directly participating in the
events narrated. It has been my aim to present as completely as
possible a review of proposed tariff legislation since the close of
the Civil war to the present time, as well as a sketch of the measures
actually enacted, to the end that the student may observe the trend
and purpose of the leading political parties in respect to this
economic question.’”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The essay was intended for general readers and its merits fully
justify its being put into book form.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 133. Ja. ‘05. 240w.
=McLain, John Scudder.= Alaska and the Klondike. **$2. McClure.
The author, who is editor of the Minneapolis Journal, accompanied a
special sub-committee of the Senate committee on territories to Alaska
in the summer of 1903 and in a series of articles for his paper
discussed the resources and possibilities of the country. These
articles now appear in book form revised, and including statistical
information on commercial and industrial operations down to 1904.
“His book is conservatively written, is interesting and seems to be
believable.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 420w.
“It is the most complete and also the most trustworthy book of its
class that has appeared up to the present time.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 70w.
“The book should serve for a long time ... in the capacity of an
authoritative reference work.” Wallace Rice.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 385. Je. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“A clear picture of Alaska—its history, population, occupations,
resources, and problems.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 428. S. 23, ‘05. 660w.
“Few of his statements can be designated as erroneous, and these are
mostly of slight importance.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 19. Jl. 6, ‘05. 890w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 280w.
“An exceedingly interesting book of travel, which ... justifies the
claims of the publishers that it has practically the accuracy and
trustworthiness of a public document.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 294. My. 6, ‘05. 1810w.
“Not only an entertaining record of travel, but a compact statement of
the conditions, resources, and needs of the territory. Unquestionably
the ground is not fully covered, but the amount of information
derivable from the work is such that for all general purposes the
treatment is adequate.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 92. My. 6, ‘05. 210w.
“The present treatise is the best that has so far appeared. It is
broadly comprehensive.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 220w.
+ =Reader.= 6: 595. O. ‘05. 260w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
=McMahon, Anna Benneson=, ed. See =Shelley, Percy Bysshe.=
=McManus, Thomas J. Luke.= Boy and the outlaw. $1.50. Grafton press.
The author, whose boyhood was spent in Harper’s Ferry, where he
witnessed the famous raid of John Brown, has woven his recollections
of that time into a story in which a Virginia boy discovers a wounded
mulatto, one of Brown’s men, the day after the raid, and attempts to
conceal the outlaw from the authorities. The resulting adventures
comprise the story, in which a Virginia squire, a doctor, a young
lawyer and others figure.
“A story that moves swiftly and directly and contains a good deal of
pleasant humor and excellent character-drawing.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 70w.
=Macphail, Andrew.= Essays in Puritanism. **$1.50. Houghton.
Taking Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Margaret Fuller, Walt Whitman
and John Wesley as the subjects of his essays, the author has written
a series of sketches which give a better picture of the individual
types than of Puritanism.
“An uncommonly readable and instructive book.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 43. Jl. 16, ‘05. 440w.
+ — =Ind.= 59: 818. O. 5, ‘05. 150w.
“He mingles with his sharp and sometimes acrid treatment of Puritanism
a good deal of sound and discriminating comment on its more attractive
side, but on both sides of his view of Puritanism he leaves an
impression that he has not very thoroughly worked the matter out.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 280. Ap. 29. ‘05. 650w.
“These essays are bright, readable, entertaining, but they are also
sometimes smart and a trifle flippant in style, and, in their dealing
with philosophical thought, superficial. His view, no less than his
style, is journalistic.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.
“His book has many attractions; one of them is the pertinence with
which he makes reflections, called forth in the first instance by the
past, apply to the present. And he has a way of discerning the real
greatness of the men whom he describes.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 294. F. 25, ‘05. 230w.
=Macquoid, Mrs. Katharine Sarah Gadsden.= Pictures in Umbria. *$1.50.
Scribner.
“This is a volume of purely ‘impressions de voyage’ by an intelligent
observing woman inspired by the history and landscape of Umbria....
The author has a distinct liking for showing the life of the people by
describing their physical characteristics and relating their
conversation, and by throwing these things in contrast with the
characteristics of the ancient race.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 823. Ag. 12, ‘05. 530w.
* “This one is neither too historic nor too artistic to suit many
tastes.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 60w.
“The text is so trite and prosaic that it gives the impression of
being written merely for the sake of furnishing a setting for the
fifty original illustrations.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 117. S. 1, ‘05. 160w.
* “Written in a bright and picturesque style, and full of interesting
anecdotes.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 183. D. ‘05. 110w.
“When all has been said, the illustrations are by far the most
interesting features of the book. It is worth publishing for them
alone.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 129. Ag. 10, ‘05. 380w.
“The book will form an entertaining companion for the fireside
tourist, for it is intimately written in unadorned, direct narrative
style.” Walter Littlefield.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 130w.
=Macquoid, Percy.= History of English furniture. 20 pts. v. I, pts. 1-3.
per pt. *$2.50. Putnam.
“The history has been divided into four parts: ‘The age of oak,’
comprising furniture from 1500 to 1660; ‘The age of walnut,’ from 1660
to 1720, showing the varied influences of the Restoration and Dutch
designers; ‘The age of mahogany,’ lasting from 1720 to 1770, in which
the introduction from France of fresh ideas in design clearly marked
another change, and ‘The composite age,’ from 1770 to 1820, inspired
by an affectation of all things classical, combined with an unbalanced
taste.... There are nearly 1000 illustrations in the entire work, and
sixty of these are in the exact colors of the originals.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + — =Ath.= 1905. 1: 631. My. 20. 730w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This book will be valuable, not only to lovers of old furniture, but
to art students interested in wood-carving.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 155. Jl. 20, ‘05. 560w. (Reviews v. 1., pt. 1.)
+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 273. My. ‘05. 230w. (Reviews vol. I., pts.
1-2.)
+ =Nation.= 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 240w. (Reviews vol. I., pt. 1.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 251. Ap. 15, ‘05. 350w. (Reviews vol. I,
pts. 1-3.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 541. Ag. 19, ‘05. 490w. (Review of v. 1.
pts. 4 and 5; v. 2, pt. 6.)
* “It is unnecessary to add anything to what we have already said
concerning the importance and elegance of this work, which is
absolutely unsurpassed in its field.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 2, pts.
6 and 7.)
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 2.)
* =McSpadden, Joseph Walker.= Stories from Wagner. (Children’s favorite
classics.) 60c; (Astor lib.) 60c; (Waldorf lib.) 75c; (Handy volume
classics.) limp lea. 75c; pocket ed. 35c. Crowell.
“The stories considered in this little volume are; Four from the
‘Ring’ dramas, also ‘Parsifal, the pure,’ ‘Lohengrin, the swan
knight,’ ‘Tannhauser, the knight of song,’ ‘The master singers,’
‘Rienzi, the last of the tribunes,’ ‘The flying Dutchman,’ and
‘Tristan and Isolde.’”—R. of Rs.
* “For the non-musical as legend and fairytale, for the young music
lover who has still in anticipation the Wagner music drama, it is a
capital little book.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 60w.
* =McVickar, Henry Whitney.= Reptiles. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The story is based upon a wager made by three men that in five years
after marriage they will feel the same devotion to their wives that
they felt before marriage. Two, a wealthy young Englishman and an
American clergyman, were for the affirmative, one, a clever young
cynic, for the negative. When the bets were called, the clergyman was
prepared to pay the full amount like a man of honor, the young
Englishman to compromise with a third, but the cynic refused to take
the money, because he, too, lost, since he still loved his wife.”—N.
Y. Times.
* “The story is told in a rather impressionistic style, which
frequently leaves something to be desired.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 794. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.
* “A thoroughly disagreeable novel.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 40w.
=Macy, Jesse.= Party organization and machinery. *$1.25. Century.
Party organization is described in its relation to presidential,
congressional, and senatorial leadership. Professor Macy traces party
development pathologically rather than historically from its real
beginning in Jefferson’s administration, as a township or county
organization, up through state, congressional, and national
committees. The development of the committees is given, Tammany, and
the differing party management in various states are fully treated.
“Students of political and constitutional history will find it of
great service ... because it treats the problems wisely and brings
home to the reader forcibly the significance of party organization as
a fact.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
“Prof. Macy deals with his subjects sympathetically. The mode of
presentation is concrete.” F. I. Herriott.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 606. My. ‘05. 650w.
Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.
=Atlan.= 95: 552. Ap. ‘05. 300w.
“This study in political pathology will be a welcome addition to the
books available to the student of political science. There seems to be
nothing omitted from this little hand-book that any student of party
methods or management could possibly wish to know.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 660w.
“Survey is very broad. As a rule, Professor Macy is direct and
explicit but he is not always consistent, and we note occasional slips
liable to lead to misconstruction of his position. Whatever there is
of error, however, is not sufficient to vitiate the value of his
work.”
+ — =Outlook.= 78: 1043. D. 24, ‘04. 290w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 761. D. ‘04. 230w.
=Madison, James.= Writings; ed. by Gaillard Hunt. v. 5, 1787-1790. subs.
*$5. Putnam.
“Mr. Hunt’s third and fourth volumes, consisting chiefly of Madison’s
notes of debates in the Federal convention, brought us down to the
date of its adjournment in September, 1787. The present volume carries
us but two years and a half farther.... Of a hundred and eight letters
printed by Mr. Hunt there are only a dozen that have not been printed
before.... Six came from the Madison papers, two from the collections
of the New York library, two from the Virginia historical society, one
from a North Carolina source, and one, a letter of some interest
written to Philip Mazzei, was once the property of Guizot and is now
in a private collection in Berlin.... Madison’s speeches in the
Virginia convention occupy nearly a fourth of the volume. His speeches
in the first two sessions of the First congress, running to nearly as
great extent, are also given.”—Am. Hist. R.
“Mr. Hunt’s annotations are apposite and intelligent.” J. Franklin
Jameson.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 691. Ap. ‘05. 330w.
“It is a disagreeable task to criticise a volume which shows so much
care and intelligent arrangement, but there is evidence of some hasty
proofreading, or perhaps of slovenly copying. The notes are full and
judicious.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 271. Ap. 6. ‘05. 560w.
* =Maeterlinck, Maurice.= Old-fashioned flowers, and other out-of-door
studies. **$1.20. Dodd.
“Half a dozen studies of flowers in colors by Mr. Charles B. Falls,
and attractive type, paper, and binding lend to the small volume an
air of distinction which matches the unusual quality of M.
Maeterlinck’s style. Flowers, like animals, have distinct
personalities for M. Maeterlinck, but his frequent personifications
are aesthetically justified by the real feeling that they
express.”—Dial.
* “A delightful ‘little volume of nature sketches.’”
+ =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.
* “A little volume of his most subtle and characteristic essays.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.
* “Characterized by the singular beauty of Maeterlinck’s style, the
tinge of mysticism, and the interpretation of thought by sentiment
which have given all his books subtle individuality.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 442. D. 16, ‘05. 40w.
=Magnay, Sir William, 2d baronet.= Prince of lovers. †$1.50. Little.
A story founded upon the secret chronicles of two states lying in the
midst of the Hungarian forest. The time is after the close of the
Thirty years’ war, when some two hundred of these independent states
existed in Germany. The princess of one state is about to be
betrothed, against her will, to the heir of the other, when the heir
disappears. Disguised as a young lieutenant, he comes to her father’s
court and wins her love. After nearly losing his life and his throne
in a series of daring adventures, he elopes with the princess and
comes to his own. A crafty chancellor, a soldier of fortune, and an
unscrupulous villain add to the plot.
“His story is commonplace, and the telling always undistinguished.”
— =Acad.= 68: 736. Jl. 15, ‘05. 260w.
+ =Ath. 1905,= 1: 746. Je. 17. 110w.
“Is full of exciting incident and of well-marked characters.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 330w.
“The romance is not a bad specimen of its type.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 90w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 714. My. 6, ‘05. 250w.
“To label this novel as old-fashioned, is to pay a compliment, not
cast a slur. It is to say that the author has taken pains and time,
that his creation is shapely, and dignified.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 119. Je. ‘05. 390w.
=Magnus, Hugo.= Superstition in medicine; tr. from the German by Julius
L. Salinger. **$1. Funk.
A history of the erroneous ideas and fanciful beliefs that have
prevailed in the world with regard to sickness and its cure from the
days of ancient Rome to the present time.
=Mahaffy, John Pentland.= Progress of Hellenism in Alexander’s empire.
$1. Univ. of Chicago press.
In a series of lectures, which represent the compendium of a long and
brilliant development of human nature, the author addresses not only
the general reader who wishes to know something of the expansion of
Greek ideas toward the East, but the specialist who needs general
views of the whole into a corner of which his particular field fits.
He treats Xenophon as the precursor of Hellenism, and brings the
influences down to the part they perform in modern Christianity.
“There is little in the book (beyond novelty of presentation) which
cannot be found elsewhere. It is less excusable that it treats too
exclusively of problems of the author’s own raising, too little of
those current at the present time.” W. S. Ferguson.
+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 189. O. ‘05. 310w.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 420. Je. 16, ‘05. 480w.
“Such occasional indistinctness does not, however, detract appreciably
from the general luminousness of the picture, from the inspiriting
nerve and freshness which we learnt long ago to associate with Dr.
Mahaffy’s utterances and which show no signs of failing.” E. B.
+ + — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 822. O. ‘05. 320w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 159. My. 19, ‘05. 560w.
“Dr. Mahaffy has made a mistake in attempting to deal in so small a
compass with so vast a question as the spread of Hellenism.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 344. S. 9, ‘05. 1420w.
“They are readable and discursive, but they would not convey a very
clear impression of the period which they profess to describe to any
save finished scholars.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 353. S. 9, ‘05. 1400w.
=Mahan, Alfred Thayer.= Sea power in its relations to the war of 1812.
2v. **$7. Little.
The authoritative and widely directed study of Captain Mahan on the
influence of sea power upon history has resulted in a series of most
important volumes. In turning his attention to this phase of the War
of 1812, he has brought to light some entirely new material from
government and private documents, has treated with special clearness
the subject of the imprisonment of American seamen, and has given
emphasis to the records of American privateers. The author traces the
train of causes of the war from 1651, in order to make clear Great
Britain’s course. The work is strongly bound and illustrated.
“No one who reads his latest work will hesitate to say that it is in
all respects worthy to rank on the same level as its predecessors. The
vein is as rich as ever, and it is worked with no abatement of skill
and no diminution of profitable output. He is occasionally prolix, and
the construction of his sentences is sometimes clumsy and involved.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 366. N. 3, ‘05. 2760w.
* “His discussion of the conditions which caused the war is the best
we know of anywhere.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 777. N. 18, ‘05. 1160w.
* “But whatever its defects, ‘Sea power in its relations to the war of
1812’ must be rated, like its distinguished predecessors, a
substantial contribution to the history of naval warfare and a
suggestive exposition of the force of the doctrine of ‘preparedness.’”
+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 831. D. 2, ‘05. 940w.
=Mahler, Arthur.= Paintings of the Louvre; Italian and Spanish, in
collaboration with Carlos Blacker and W: A. Slater. **$2. Doubleday.
“A handbook of the Italian and Spanish sections of the celebrated art
gallery, and includes also a history of the art of Italy from the
early workers in the Byzantine manner to the Renaissance, while the
part devoted to the Spanish schools is given up mainly to Velasquez
and Murillo. The illustrations show examples of the work of these
artists as well as of Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and
others.”—N. Y. Times.
“The illustrations are numerous, but too much reduced and too
indistinctly printed to do more than remind one how inadequately they
represent the originals.”
— =Acad.= 68: 1111. O. 21, ‘05. 340w.
+ — =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 70w.
* “The criticism is of the old school, Vasari’s pleasing tales being
repeated with an apparent obliviousness of the incredulity into which
they have fallen through the researches of such moderns as Berensen,
Fry, and others.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 80w.
“The book, as embodying the latest results of research, is to be
relied on. The criticism is unoriginal and often extremely
commonplace. It is well arranged, the English is smooth.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 278. O. 5, ‘05. 190w.
“The only charge to be brought against his text is the overstudious
avoidance of anything like emphasis. The final chapter on Spanish
paintings shares the merits of the others—clearness, simplicity,
intelligence.” L. L.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 637. S. 30, ‘05. 1030w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 511. O. ‘05. 60w.
* “The historical, biographical, and technical constituents of this
commentary are quite readable.”
+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 490w.
* =Maitland, John Alexander Fuller.= Joseph Joachim. *$1. Lane.
This volume in the “Living masters of music” series “is only some
sixty pages in length and is divided into five sections dealing with
Joachim’s career, violin playing, teaching, influence, compositions,
each of which is necessarily summarized in the briefest manner....
Having quickly disposed of the facts of his career, there is space
found for interesting personal reflections upon the playing and
influence of Joachim. His character, moral and artistic, which is one,
is well summed up.”—Acad.
* “Is a good specimen of condensed biography.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 476. N. ‘05. 110w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 304. O. 12, ‘05. 450w.
=Maitland, J. A. Fuller=, ed. See =Grove, George.=
=Major, Charles.= Yolanda, maid of Burgundy. * †$1.50. Macmillan.
“The time is when Edward IV. reigned in England, and Louis XI. sat
upon the French throne. Then Charles of Burgundy, styled Charles the
bad, was feared as the richest and most powerful prince in the
country, and it was Mary, his beautiful and gentle daughter, who was
the pawn that the wicked prince would have gladly sacrificed for his
own ambitious aims.... It is a story bristling with intrigue and
adventure, with meetings after dark, and love and scorn and villainy
and fine ladies traveling unattended, and mystery galore, and always
through it all runs the theme of love—the love of a brave man for a
beautiful girl.”—N. Y. Times.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.
* “A readable story, though not a high literary achievement.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 711. N. 25, ‘05. 110w.
* “Is a very good story of its kind.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 796. D. 16, ‘05. 210w.
* “Charles Major once more shines through brilliant incapacity when he
attempts ‘Yolande.’”
— =R. of Rs.= 32: 761. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Malcolm, Napier.= Five years in a Persian town. *$3. Dutton.
“This is an interesting description of Yezd, ‘in the very center of
Central Persia,’ where the author was for some time engaged in
missionary work, and enjoyed unusual opportunities of mixing with all
sorts and conditions of people. The experience of such a stay as he
says apologetically, is not a traveler’s experience, but what of
that?... the sympathetic picture of Yezd scenery, life, and manners
which he has drawn with minute and vivid accuracy is as memorable as
it is rare.”—Ath.
“The real value of ‘Five years in a Persian town’ lies in the
sympathetic study of native character and modes of thought. In this
respect Mr. Malcolm will not easily be surpassed, combining, as he
does, keen insight and a curious subtlety of imagination with an
incisive style relieved by delightful touches of dry humor.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 69. Jl. 15. 1680w.
“A keen, but quiet and unobtrusive, sense of the humorous aspects of
things runs thru the author’s pictures of Yezdi life and enhances the
attractiveness of the volume.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1112. N. 9, ‘05. 190w.
“The book fulfils its purpose excellently, and makes a fair guess at
some Persian characteristics.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 286. O. 5, ‘05. 650w.
“Mr. Malcolm has given us a very interesting, amusing and instructive
account of Persian life.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 530. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.
* =Mallock, William Hurrell.= Reconstruction of religious belief.
**$1.75. Harper.
“Mr. Mallock attempts to aid ‘the thoughtful man of to-day,’ either
‘in justifying his old belief by supplying it with new foundations, or
in building up some new belief which may possibly take its place.’ Mr.
Mallock demonstrates that, when science has said its last word, it
inevitably leaves us in some region outside itself in which ‘an
intellectual solution of the contradiction between scientific and
religious principles must be found.’”—R. of Rs.
* “Science can never find a complete explanation of phenomena. The
attempt to show that it can, and to dispense with philosophy, is the
cardinal error of Mr. Mallock’s book; it finally leads him to pure
scepticism, from which he jumps into blind credulity. Much of the book
is of considerable value. The whole of the third part, in which the
case for scientific agnosticism is criticised, is admirable,
particularly the demonstration that chance has no real existence.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 1171. N. 11, ‘05. 2190w.
* “It is a good book to be read at a single sitting, like a good
novel. To say that it is interesting, well written, and appropriate to
the times, is to offer it the merest justice; but to describe it as a
complete success is perhaps going too far. Perhaps it would be more
successful if it were less complete.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 440. D. 16, ‘05. 1470w.
* “The soundest part of Mr. Mallock will be found in the
considerations which he develops in his earlier chapters rather than
in the more pretentious ‘solution’ which he proclaims in his
concluding book.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 355. O. 27, ‘05. 1920w.
* “Mr. Mallock offers nothing really new in his argument, but it
derives a novel coloring from its relations to recent scientific
views, and piquancy from his wit and humor. The book is brightly
written and the thought is throughout interesting. The proof-reading
leaves something to be desired.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 451. N. 30, ‘05. 1020w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 100w.
* “He is doing good service not only to the cause of religious
apology, but to society, and above all, to truth, which has suffered
long and much from the timidity of science to push its conclusions to
logical issue.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 5. O. 14, ‘05. 1860w.
=Mann, Henry.= Adam Clarke. $1. Popular book co.
“A narrative of the experiences of a family of British emigrants to
the United States in cotton mill, iron foundry, coal mine, and other
fields of labor.” The author, whose work as a newspaper man has
brought him in contact with the phases of life treated in this story,
tells of the abuses at the immigrant office, and scores the
protectionists, the settlement workers, the Pittsburg militia, and the
Pennsylvania railroad. The many hardships suffered by all of their
class are vividly detailed as the history of the Clarke family
progresses.
“The ferocity of the painted picture is such that nobody is likely to
take it as a literal transcription of conditions—but nobody who knows
the city or human nature will doubt the existence of a substantial
basis for some of the author’s fury. To be sure he is a partisan, and
as is the way of partisans, his eye is single and fixed. Well-informed
and well-balanced people may read it with profit. It might be less
good for incipient anarchists.”
(Outline of plan).
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1180w.
“As a novel the work calls for no consideration, but it is deserving
of attention as an obviously sincere attempt to present the grievances
and sufferings of the poor in a manner that will quicken sympathy to
action. Unfortunately, ... the writer, through ignoring the reverse
side of the shield and through undoubted exaggeration, tends to repel
rather than attract the thoughtful reader, and to inflame rather than
broaden the thoughtless.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 651. Mr. 11, ‘05. 90w.
=Mann, Hugh.= Bound and Free: two dramas. *50c. Badger, R: G.
An argument for sex-emancipation, for doing away with marriage, the
family, the home as they exist to-day. The author calls the dramas
which illustrate his point Bound, and Free, he makes the chief
characters in each declare that they can love many men, or women, as
the case may be, at the same time and in the same way, but can love
but one supremely, their soulmate. Most conventional people will
consider this book immoral.
* =Mannix, Mary Ella.= Children of Cupa. 45c. Benziger.
A pathetic story of the eviction of the Cupa Indians from their home
in California on the Warner ranch, told in connection with the
experiences of a family of campers who spent six weeks of the last
summer the Indians remained on their ancestral lands at the Hot
Springs on the old reservation, and learned to know the people and to
sympathize with them, and to understand their life and the part the
missions played in it.
=Manzoni, Alessandro.= Sacred hymns [Gl’ inni sacri] and the Napoleonic
ode [Il cinque maggio] of Alexander Manzoni; tr. by Joel Foote Bingham.
*$3. Oxford.
The translator has aimed “to give the exact sense of the author.” The
Italian texts are also given in the appendix and there is a portrait
of Manzoni, a biographical preface, as well as historical
introductions and critical notes.
“Dr. Bingham’s translations are painstaking, and, if one knows the
original, one can recognize that he has given an equivalent for many
of Manzoni’s thoughts; but the metrical charm and the poetry have
evaporated. Whoever desires a complete outfit of notes and critical
opinions on Manzoni’s hymns and ode will find them in this book.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 211. Mr. 16, ‘05. 390w.
“We have nothing with this rendering.”
— =Sat. R.= 99: 676. My. 20, ‘05. 140w.
* =Mar, Alice=, il. Japanese child life, with new stories and verses by
Alice Calhoun Haines. †$1.50. Stokes.
The strange faces, quaint costumes, odd games, amusements and
occupations of the little Japanese children are prettily set forth in
picture and verse. There are eight full-page illustrations in color.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 894. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.
* “The stories and little poems have grace, quaintness, and charm.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 1039. D. 23, ‘05. 90w.
=Marble, Annie Russell.= Books in their seasons. **30c. Crowell.
Uniform with the “What is worth while series,” this little volume
pleads for not “the gentle reader,” but “the sane reader,” suggests
some authors and books, and asks the reader in his own further
choosing to follow nature’s moods and seasons, to read books fitting
to the time, and in harmony with the outer world.
=Marchmont, Arthur William.= Courier of fortune. †$1.50. Stokes.
“The story is placed in a town known as Morvaix, ruled badly,
viciously, by one Duke de Rochelle. Reports of the misrule reach the
ears of the Duke de Bourbon, the suzerain lord, and he sends his son
Gerard secretly to investigate the charges. This Gerard does, and a
remarkable chain of circumstances so adjusts matters that the young
man falls in love, and is loved in return by the very girl that de
Rochelle means to make his own. Here is fire and tinder in
plenty.”—Pub. Opin.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 90w.
* =Marden, Orison Swett.= Choosing a career. **$1. Bobbs.
The founder and editor of “Success” has prepared a volume which will
undoubtedly prove valuable to all those who need practical aid in
selecting a life-work. In part one, he discusses the considerations
which are related to the choice of a life-calling, such as parental
influence, environment, health, money making, and the temperamental
and mental qualities which different lines of work demand. Part
second. Suggestions as to possible careers, contains sound advice and
helpful suggestions by men and women whose choice has brought them
success in their various callings. Twenty-eight different trades and
professions are treated in as many chapters. The book is illustrated
with the photographs of some of those who have chosen wisely.
* =Marden, Orison Swett.= Making of a man. †$1.25. Lothrop.
“The cheerful philosophy that Dr. Marden has preached in previous
books he insists upon in this which consists of a series of talks
especially intended for young men. Examples of the world’s heroes are
cited, the world’s leaders of thought are liberally quoted, anecdotes
are given; and thus, by precept, illustration, and in symposium of
opinions, Dr. Marden reinforces his own teachings in regard to
perseverance, ‘self-honor,’ courage, self control, money, success,
‘Moral daring,’ and kindred subjects.”—Outlook.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.
* “He preaches self-control, determination, rectitude, industry,
thoroughness, courage—and who would gainsay him?”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 400w.
* “Dr. Marden’s style is full of inspiration and suggestion.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 60w.
=Margoliouth, David Samuel.= Mohammed, the rise of Islam. **$1.35.
Putnam.
This fortieth volume in the “Heroes of the nations” series, “gives
first a survey of the conditions of Arabia and Arab life at the time
when Mohammed first appeared.... The biography of the prophet consists
largely in following the military, political, and religious campaigns
with which he spread the religion of Islam, and which Mr. Margoliouth
traces in detail.... His genius, according to this biographer, was
equal to the emergencies, but not too great for them.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ =Dial.= 39: 312. N. 16, ‘05. 310w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 660. O. 7, ‘05. 510w.
“Apart from the dragoon-like treatment of the question of the
prophet’s sincerity and of all phases of his religious development,
and despite defects of verbosity and discursiveness, the book is of no
uncertain value.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 527. O. 28, ‘05. 230w.
* =Marks, G. Croyden.= Hydraulic power engineering. *$3.50. Van
Nostrand.
In this second edition the author has enlarged the work for the
purpose of including some examples of new developments connected with
hydraulic pressing and lifting machinery, and introducing
illustrations of typical valves and machines. The text has also been
fully revised.
=Marriott, Charles.= Genevra. $1.50. Appleton.
This is more than a character study, it is also a soul study of a girl
of twenty-nine whose young days have been spent quietly on a
Cumberland farm. Hopelessly out of touch with the simple folk around
her, she turns to poetry as an emotional outlet and has written a
number of magazine poems and is publishing a book of verses when the
story opens. The young artist, Leonard Morris, wakes all the
slumbering fires of her nature, she is gloriously happy and her poems
sing of it; when she finds that he fails to understand her, her
publisher is the first to detect it in the new note of her work. It is
a single hearted story of loyalty to love and to work. There are some
good minor characters, her commonplace and ungenial family are drawn
with pathetic humor.
“Her life-story is a tapestry of severe design and sombre hue.” W. M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 38: 17. Ja. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“It is not an exceptionally original theme, but it is not that it
easily lends itself to dramatic situations, strong character
contrasts, and the expression of vivid emotions—all valuable adjuncts
in novel making—and the author of Genevra has used every one of them
to good advantage, besides giving ample evidence of his being the
possessor of the same subtle force and style that rendered his
previous book notable.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 16. Ja. 7. ‘05 1070w.
=Marshall, Archibald.= House of Merrilees. †$1.50. Turner.
A mystery surrounds the house of Merrilees. Its master dies suddenly,
his body disappears and with it his fortune which he had converted
into jewels. The mistress of Merrilees had died abroad some years
before, and it was given out that their infant son died with her. A
young cousin takes possession of both the estates and the mystery and
discovers the real heir in the person of his best friend. There is
also a love interest.
“Mr. Marshall has conceived a sufficiently ingenious plot for his
novel of mystery; but he does not succeed in gripping the attention
and holding it from the start to the gasp of satisfied excitement at
the finish.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 198. Mr. 4, ‘05. 200w.
“This is an excellent story of a mystery so well and so artistically
concealed that the final disclosure gives rise to a feeling of
pleasure, not only at the nature of the surprise, but also at its
inevitableness.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 555. My. 6, 180w.
* “It all makes exciting reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 861. D. 2, ‘05. 260w.
* “Is surprisingly good reading.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 90w.
“Mr. Marshall is quite entertaining, his imagination is lively, and
possibly he may regard the novel as a huge joke.”
+ =Sat. R.= 99: 745. Je. 3, ‘05. 260w.
“The book will while away an unoccupied hour very pleasantly.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 718. My. 13, ‘05. 160w.
=Marshall, Beatrice.= Queen’s knight errant. †$1.50. Dutton.
A romance of the days of Raleigh and the virgin queen. A little girl
is washed ashore in Devon on the land of a recluse alchemist named
Vidal. A neighboring esquire takes charge of the child and brings her
up with his own sons. The romance of this waif who turns out to be
Vidal’s sister, and one of these sons is woven about Raleigh’s love
affair with Mrs. Throgmorton, their secret marriage, and the anger of
the queen.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 660w.
“Too high-flown in style to suit the present taste.”
— =Outlook.= 79: 452. F. 18, ‘05. 20w.
* =Marsland, Frank.= Occupations in life; a fund of practical
information and business advice for boys and young men. $1.50. C. E.
Fitchett, 57 Warren st. N. Y.
The author who is a mercantile reporter with the Bradstreet company,
draws easily upon his fund of professional experience in offering
business counsel to young men. The advice emphasizes an early
selection of life work, a careful use of spare hours for promoting
interests along special lines of work, and a better understanding of
conditions in the business world and the world of occupations.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 586. S. 9, ‘05. 300w.
=Martin, Edward Sanford.= Courtship of a careful man. †$1.25. Harper.
“A collection of short stories of New York life, having a peculiar
quality of their own. Quite modern in effect, they have a background
of good breeding distinctly American. The conversations among
different members of the families represented are clever, and exhibit
a complete and happy knowledge of the world.”—Outlook.
“In this latest book we find Mr. Martin in rather lighter vein than is
his wont, but as always, excellent company.”
+ =Bookm.= 21: 545. Jl. ‘05. 240w.
* “Clever and disappointing book.” Frances Duncan.
+ — =Critic.= 47: 454. N. ‘05. 260w.
“Few writers of fiction can be reproached with too light a touch, but
we should say that Mr. Martin is one of them.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 470w.
“The entire collection of stories is delightfully light, breezy, and
easy and attractive reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 272. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.
“Both the author’s style and his characters may be fitly described as
alluring.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 1058. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w.
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 100w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 60w.
=Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert.= Homer Martin; a reminiscence. *$1.50.
W: Macbeth, N. Y.
This beautiful memorial gives us but a slight glimpse into the life of
the author’s artist husband, whose landscapes, into which he has put
his best self, she feels are better able to interpret him than she. It
is illustrated by half tone reproductions of Martin’s better known
paintings.
“In the distinction of its perfect English, its reserve where there
might have been enthusiasm, and its sincerity where there was room for
flattery, it is a very model for biographers.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 550. Ja. ‘05. 150w.
“This little sketch was well worth doing. While very modestly done,
Martin’s claims to greatness are fully presented.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 252. F. ‘05. 70w.
=Martin, Helen Reimensnyder.= Sabina, a story of the Amish. $1.25.
Century.
Sabina, a pretty Amish maid with wistful eyes, is haunted by a face of
strange ugliness which appears from time to time as a warning of
impending disaster to herself or family. A young artist comes to her
home as a summer boarder, and Sabina falls in love with him.
Everything points towards tragedy, but the face and her infatuation
for the artist are alike banished by a fever, and she returns to her
people and her Amish lover. The real charm of the story lies in the
Pennsylvania-German dialect and the local color.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 644. S. 30, ‘05. 260w.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 120w.
“Although the characters of Sabina and Tillie are similar, although
there is practically the same atmosphere and environment, the second
book does not equal the first.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 573. O. 28, ‘05. 130w.
=Martin, Hiram=, ed. See =Smet, Father Pierre-Jean de.= Life, letters
and travels of.
=Martindell, Mrs. Charlotte S.= Diary of a bride. **$1. Crowell.
“If I must choose between dusting unread books and reading undusted
ones, may the wise fates help me always to choose the latter. I hate
dusty, grimy books and shall make a desperate effort both to read and
dust.” So says this bride, and she is as good as her word to establish
in her home making and her heart-keeping an admirable poise.
=Martineau, James.= Tides of the Spirit. *$1. Am. Unitar.
“Selections from the writings of James Martineau. The book is edited
by the Rev. Alfred Lazenby, who contributes a sympathetic
introduction—an essay on ‘the master who first opened mine eyes to the
spiritual realities of life and taught me to see the divine within the
human.’”—Dial.
=Dial.= 38: 396. Je. 1, ‘05. 60w.
=Marvin, Frederic Rowland.= Companionship of books, and other papers.
**$1.50. Putnam.
The author has collected in this volume many papers upon as many
subjects all of which show the touch of one who has lived a scholar’s
life. The title essay calls the reader’s attention to the author’s
chosen friends in the world of books, then follows an essay on
autograph treasures, and one called Modern builders of air-castles,
which treats of the Brook farm experiment. Papers upon matters
historical, literary, and religious, follow. The varied subjects and
the brevity of their treatment make the book one which may be
profitably picked up in odd leisure moments.
* “It is a frightful hodge podge of subjects, but one may find a
number of things of more or less curious interest in the heterogeneous
mass.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 917. D. 23, ‘05. 300w.
* Mary the queen. 50c. Benziger.
A story of the virgin Mary for little people.
=Maskell, Alfred.= Ivories. $6.75. Putnam.
A notable addition to the “Connoisseur’s library.” The author traces
his subject to every land in every period. He discusses the
achievement of the earliest dynasties of Assyria and Egypt, shows the
high place of the Byzantine work, devotes a chapter to Japanese and
Chinese ivory sculpture, treats some of the technical phases of
carving, and concludes with a chapter on the nineteenth century and
present day products of the art. There are numerous beautiful
illustrations in photogravure and half tone.
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 247. Ag. 19. 1540w.
“The first compendious account in any language of the progress of
ivory carving thru-out the world’s history. A high standard of
excellence is set in this book; it cannot fail to take rank at once as
the authoritative work upon the subject of which it treats.” Frederick
W. Goodkin.
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 239. O. 16, ‘05. 1750w.
“The present volume will be found satisfactory and very
comprehensive.”
+ + =Ind.= 59:696. S. 21, ‘05. 240w.
“If he could have trusted our capacity and interest a little further
he would have given us both less and more, and his book might perhaps
have gained something in coherence, completeness, and proportion.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 284. S. 8, ‘05. 1120w.
“While our praise, therefore, cannot be very hearty, this still
remains the largest book of the sort, with the most complete display
of pictures.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 1070w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 466. Jl. 15, ‘05. 500w.
“In all his chapters, however, along with much technical information,
Mr. Maskell enlightens the reader with keen and original observations
on the significance of the various epochs.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 170w.
“One of the excellent features of this learned book is the manner in
which the information has been presented. Clearness of thought and
arrangement is to be found throughout.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1490w.
=Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley.= Truants. $1.50. Harper.
An exciting story of London life in which the truants are a young
married couple living with the rich and domineering father of the
husband. To escape this tyranny the young man leaves his wife and sets
forth to carve a new fortune for her and for himself. He at last joins
the Foreign legion in Africa and wins distinction, but is called home
by the news that his foolish young wife has fallen into the clutches
of an adventurer. The real interest lies in the character of Pamela
Mardale and her lover who protect and assist the truants and thereby
find their own happiness.
“There is a good deal of variety about this romance, but it is not a
very organic piece of work. The best part of it is that devoted to the
Foreign legion, of which the author seems to have made a special
study. It is fairly new ground for the average reader.” W. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 38: 17. Ja. 1, ‘05. 270w.
“He writes in a prosaic manner of the most romantic passions.”
— =Ind.= 59: 216. Jl. 27, ‘05. 80w.
“‘The truants’ is a departure from two established canons of art: that
the heroine must be interesting, and the motif adequate. The author’s
style has distinction, color and restraint; his product is fiction to
be read, not fiction manufactured to be sold.”
+ + =Reader.= 5: 254. Ja. ‘05. 420w.
“Sure to awaken the reader’s interest.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 120w.
=Mason, Arthur James.= Historic martyrs of the primitive church. *$3.20.
Longmans.
The author “has aimed to present nothing which may not be relied upon
as historically true.... He has endeavored, he writes, to present the
stories of the acts of the martyrs during the first three centuries of
Christianity in a plain and straightforward manner, with only such
explanations and illustrations as the ordinary reader may require; he
has omitted lengthy discussions, unnecessary dates, questions of
genuineness, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 230w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 938. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
“The narratives are set forth in graphic form, and Dr. Mason has
accomplished a most interesting task.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 653. My. 27. 460w.
“Mr. Mason writes of them with tender sympathy, devout veneration, and
scholarly competence.”
+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 397. Je. ‘05. 210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 224. Ap. 8, ‘05. 160w.
“Has brought together in a sifted and trustworthy form the chief
records of the passion of the primitive martyrs.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 810. Je. 17, ‘05. 1270w.
“A most valuable contribution to the history of Christian life.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 198. Ag. 5, ‘05. 340w.
=Mason, Daniel Gregory.= Beethoven and his forerunners. **$2. Macmillan.
Dr. Mason, who sent out his “From Grieg to Brahms” two years ago, has
now rendered the musical world another distinct service. “It has been
said of Dr. Daniel Gregory Mason that he often ‘expresses what one has
felt, but never quite formulated.’” The book “opens with a chapter on
‘The periods of musical history,’ touches on ‘Palestrina and the music
of mysticism’ and ‘The principles of pure music,’ followed by
biographical and critical studies of Hadyn, Mozart, and Beethoven.”
(Dial.)
“Displays that firm grasp of the subject which makes it interesting as
well as valuable reading for the student. There is a chord of
sincerity in all that Dr. Mason writes; and while he is never
pedantic, his work shows remarkable insight into the origin and
development of musical works.” Ingram A. Pyle.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 237. Ap. 1, ‘05. 390w.
“The book itself is altogether a better book—a more creditable piece
of writing than its predecessor.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 41. Jl. 6, ‘05. 410w.
“The author has a happy gift of turning a phrase so that it is easily
remembered, and a still more valuable gift of a right judgment, which
makes his phrases helpful and not misleading.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 195. Je. 16, ‘05. 300w.
+ + =Nation.= 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.
“It is doubtful if this book of Mr. Mason’s will prove as valuable or
find as wide acceptance as his earlier one. Mr. Mason ... gives much
that is valuable in the contemporary discussion of music.” Richard
Aldrich.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 530w.
“One of the few writers of to-day who can see the philosophy of
musical development in its relation to the general progress of the
world, and can, moreover, write about this in an entertaining way. The
touch is that of one who not only knows but feels his theme in its
greatness.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 252. F. ‘05. 110w.
* =Masson, Thomas Lansing (Tom Masson).= Corner in women. **$1.60.
Moffat.
“A collection of more or less humorous sketches furnished to
periodicals, and especially to ‘Life,’ in recent times, and well
supplied with short stories, fables, epigrams, squibs, jokes, and
humorous verse, with a Gibson girl cover and many other
pictures.”—Outlook.
* + =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 20w.
* “All the ‘follies’ are clever, and there is plenty of variety in
both subject and manner of treatment.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 80w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1383. D. 14, ‘05. 90w.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ‘05. 160w.
* “Like all other books of its kind, this volume suffers from what
might be called unstable humorous equilibrium, but it contains many
really funny things.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.
* =Masterman, Charles Frederick Gurney.= In peril of change: essays
written in time of tranquility. *$1.50. Huebsch.
“Mr. Masterman ... attempts to describe the tendencies of English
civilization, to estimate the nature of its dominant ideals, and to
point out recent changes which have occurred in these, the nature of
the foundation upon which they rest, and the likelihood of
catastrophes in the future. That he is also filled with a passionate
sense of the injustice of the system which both creates and
evangelizes the slums, and with a hatred for the idols of the
marketplace, is evident on every page and lends pathos to much of his
writing.”—Ath.
* “A good deal of it is mere journalism. With the modern journalist’s
eye for effect and instinct for phrasing, Mr. Masterman has also a
good deal of his love of sweeping statements. It is just this lack of
balance, this emotionalism, which we think injures the writer’s style.
His rhetoric is too monotonous, and his pathos too recurrent, to be
effective. In our opinion, then, the book is clever, interesting, and
useful, but hardly great. At the same time we welcome its appearance.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 38. Jl. 8. 1430w.
* “He has studied the life of the poor closely, and has pleaded their
cause with passionate conviction. He has moreover all the gifts of a
very persuasive writer, and his style, always easy and attractive,
rises sometimes to heights of a real eloquence. Mr. Masterman’s
defects are the defects of his qualities.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 376. S. 16, ‘05. 1480w.
* “Nobility of temper; catholicity of personal; literary, and
religious, though hardly of political appreciation; and frequently a
striking felicity of phrase are among the notes of Mr. Masterman’s
essays.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 355. S. 9, ‘05. 1260w.
=Matarazzo, Francisco.= Chronicles of the city of Perugia, 1492-1503,
tr. by Edward S. Morgan. *$1.25. Dutton.
“Matarazzo tells the story of Perugia under the rule of the Baglioni,
that clan of full-limbed men and lovely women, whose delicate
complexions and golden locks filled and dazzled him with such a sense
of their more than human beauty that he almost forgot their crimes in
his fervid, well-nigh amorous, worship of their splendor and their
strength. Such is the chronicle which Mr. Morgan has ventured to do
into English; and it is hardly too much to say that the English is as
good as the Italian.”—Nation.
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 634. Je. 17, ‘05. 1250w.
* “Mr. Morgan’s translation, as a piece of English, is most admirably
done; the archaic flavor he has imparted to the story has a distinct
charm. There is one complaint to be lodged against him, however: we
think he should have put his readers in a position where they would be
better able to judge of Matarazzo’s veracity.”
+ + — =Cath. World.= 82: 412. D. ‘05. 530w.
“A fascinating picture of the moral, social and religious conditions
of society in a typical Italian city during the Renaissance.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 190w.
“We have never seen a translation which has more completely caught the
spirit of the original.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 522. Je. 29, ‘05. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.
“A careful English translation.” Walter Littlefield.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 170w.
“In these chronicles, Matarazzo ... displays a clear, picturesque
style. He is sometimes garrulous, it is true, but seldom prolix.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
=Mather, Persis.= Counsels of a worldly godmother. †$1.50. Houghton.
“We cannot imagine a goddaughter who would not turn a grateful ear to
the tactful ‘Counsels of a worldly godmother,’ by Mrs. Mather. The
witty and diplomatic woman of the world, who here attempts to direct a
debutante to the right path to genuine social success, is not in any
undesirable sense of the word ‘worldly.’ She stands for the best that
Society with a large S is capable of producing, and she points to the
way of attaining that best and of escaping the pitfalls of sham,
snobbery, notoriety, and ostentation. While her counsels are addressed
primarily to those who are striving to get on in society, they can be
followed with advantage by all aspirants to sweet and gracious
womanhood.”—Pub. Opin.
“No less wise than witty are these ‘Counsels of a worldly godmother.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 724. O. 28, ‘05. 550w.
“While she never appeals to a particularly high motive or sets up a
lofty ideal, the common sense and the sparkle of her curtain lectures
may attract notice when more serious writing would fail.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 100w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 636. N. 11, ‘05. 180w.
=Mathew, Frank.= Ireland; painted by Francis Walker; described by Frank
Mathew. *$6. Macmillan.
Subjective views of the country taken by an artist in colors and
another in words. The book “is no more than a quiet introduction to
Ireland” without statistics and without wrangling. “We find a sympathy
with the poor, a love of wild nature, an appreciation of modest
perfections, an absence of all ill-temper or rancour which are rare
and refreshing in a book about Ireland.” (Ath.)
“On the whole the geography is accurate, and the painter’s sketches
are in their outline so also. We cannot lay down this interesting book
without the feeling that it is in many senses over-coloured.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 216. Ag. 12. 840w.
“Ireland is a sadder, grayer country than Mr. Mathew has described or
Mr. Walker painted.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 201. S. 7, ‘05. 460w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 360w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 130w.
“He is not always accurate. But he knows his history, and he makes it
interesting to others.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 813. Je. 17, ‘05. 280w.
=Mathews, Frances Aymar.= Billy Duane. †$1.50. Dodd.
A story of politics and society in New York, which concerns an
estranged couple. Billy Duane, the mayor, turns his Madison avenue
house into political headquarters in his wife’s absence. Mrs. Billy
objects to rough politicians and cigar stumps, but is fond of roulette
at any cost and is discovered at the game when a dress-making
establishment is raided by the police. The affairs of the Duanes and
numerous friends of their type form the plot, which works out happily,
ending with a reconciliation.
“With the flashes of inspiration characteristic of this writer. The
book is written on a more pretentious scale than its author’s ability
in character-drawing seems to warrant.”
+ — =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05. 30w.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 173. Mr. 18, ‘05. 570w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.
“A style that is a composite of ‘The duchess’ and certain more modern
and strenuous American writers.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 70w.
“It lacks neither rapid movement nor interesting central theme, but is
written in an irritating staccato style ... which makes it hard to
read.”
+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 70w.
=Mathews, Frances Aymar.= Marquise’s millions. **$1. Funk.
An American girl in France, direct heir to her aunts’ immense estate,
learns that it has been the life long intention of these relatives to
bequeath their millions to “The Nineteenth Louis” when he should
return to France and to his rights. She contrives with the aid of an
ambitious mother and a scheming lover to have the latter impersonate
the long absent Louis and win the fortune. Finally, her honor asserts
itself, she discloses the intrigue, and starts out to battle with life
alone.
* “This is a romantic little tale of devotion to the Bourbon cause,
light, readable and effective rather than well written.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 1033. O. 7, ‘05. 310w.
=Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
“This is a sprightly tale.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 342. My. 27, ‘05. 490w.
“An original situation which the author has devised and cleverly made
much of.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 141. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
“A really delightful story.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 60w.
=Mathews, Shailer.= Messianic hope in the New Testament. *$2.50. Univ.
of Chicago press.
“The messianic hope of the Pharisees is formulated as a criterion
for historical interpretation. With its aid a study is made of the
messianic ideas of Jesus, the New Testament doctrine of judgment
and justification through faith; the messiahship of Jesus as the
basis of the apostolic theodicy; the messianic age and its
forerunner the gift of the spirit; the resurrection of the body;
the coming of the kingdom; the ‘consummation.’ As a conclusion
there is shown the distinction between the essential and the
formal elements of historical Christianity made possible by such
an investigation.”—Pub.’s note.
* “A very able treatment of this theme, conservative in spirit, yet
thoro in research.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.
“Is the best monograph on the subject with which we are acquainted.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 982. Ag. 19, ‘05. 620w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 220. Ag. 12, ‘05. 360w.
=Mathot, R. E.= Gas engines and producer gas plants. tr. from the French
by Waldemar B. Kaempffert. $2.50. Henley.
A practical treatise setting forth the principles of gas engines and
producer design, the selection and installation of an engine,
conditions of perfect operation, producer gas engines and their
possibilities, the care of gas engines and producer gas plants, with a
chapter on volatile hydrocarbon and oil engines.
“The original is very clearly written and the translator has succeeded
in preserving this clearness.” Storm Bull.
+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 527. My. 10, ‘05. 280w.
=Matthews, (James) Brander=, ed. American familiar verse. See Wampum
library of American literature. v. 3.
=Matthews, (James) Brander.= Recreations of an anthologist. **$1. Dodd.
Eleven brief papers, by-products of the author’s work upon his four
anthologies. There are essays upon “Unwritten books.” “Seed corn for
stories,” “American epigrams,” “Carols of cookery,” “Recipes in
rhyme,” “The uncollected poems of H. C. Bunner,” and “The strangest
feat in modern magic.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 96. Ja. ‘05. 50w.
“A volume of pleasant literary essays.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 54. Ja. 16, ‘05. 70w.
“Entertaining little volume.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 197. Mr. 9, ‘05. 600w.
=Matthews, Mary Anderson.= Love vs. law. $1.50. Broadway pub.
The interestingly sketched career of a young Wellesley graduate who
returns to her Missouri home and determines to study law. This fair
Portia is admitted to the bar, conducts many a successful case,
becomes an advocate of equal rights, but withal loses not for a moment
her girlish winsomeness nor womanly courage. Eventually she becomes
wholly reconciled to the part that Cupid plays in staying the progress
of her profession.
=Mauclair, Camille.= Auguste Rodin; the man, his ideas, his work. $4.
Dutton.
In this account of the sculptor and his work, the sculptor speaks for
himself and his admiring biographer speaks for him; between them we
are given a view of the methods of Rodin, and his valuable views upon
the education of other sculptors.
“Though M. Mauclair is rather the advocate than the critic, his book,
if only for the many quotations from the master’s conversations, is of
genuine interest.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 407. Ap. 1. 1360w.
“A precise though rather over-eulogistic statement of Rodin’s
personality and work, and a study of the artist’s psychology and its
application to his personal ideas upon the technical principles of
sculpture and his methods of work.”
+ + — =Critic.= 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 160w.
“M. Mauclair is ... a violent partisan.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 439. Je. 1, ‘05. 590w.
“M. Camille Mauclair does not leave us with the feeling that we know
the man Rodin.” Charles de Kay.
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 257. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1630w.
“From its pages a just appreciation of the artist can be gained.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 227. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1340w.
=Maude, Aylmer.= The Doukhobors. $1.50. Funk.
Mr. Maude, who made the arrangements with the Canadian government
which led to the migration of the Doukhobors to Canada, and who thru
his keen sympathy with the work of Tolstoi was early drawn into a
close study of this peculiar people, is especially fitted to write
such a work. It contains a history of the Doukhobors, and traces their
connection in the past with the Lollards, Anabaptists, Quakers and
other sects. It also gives a vivid account of their migration to
Canada, and of the famous “pilgrimage” in 1902, which was finally
checked by the Canadian government. The author finds in the
waywardness of so strange a sect, in their lack of appreciation of the
favor granted by the Canadians, a proof that Tolstoi, sincere and
earnest and far-seeing as he is, is yet not infallible in point of
judgment. Incidental to his account of “The Christian commune of
universal brotherhood” Mr. Maude also takes a stand for individual
ownership of property. The book, he says, is a public apology for his
having helped, however unwillingly, to mislead the Canadian government
as to the nature and religion of the people he has settled among them.
=Acad.= 68: 608. Je. 10, ‘05. 810w.
“To Mr. Elkinton’s book that of Mr. Maude may justly be looked upon as
a pendant.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 103. Jl. 22. 1190w.
“The disconnectedness and lack of sequence in his chapters ... and the
large amount of irrelevant matter make the book something of a
conundrum to the reader until he reaches the final chapter.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 213. Jl. 27, ‘05. 460w.
“At last we have a work from which the student of sociological
experiments and systems, as well as the ordinary laymen, can obtain a
fair, clear, and sufficiently complete conception of the truly
‘peculiar’ Russian sectarians about whom so much that is prejudiced or
erroneous has been written.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 212. Mr. 16, ‘05. 2180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 69. F. 4, ‘05. 1470w. (Abstract of book).
“Although not very well put together, is an extremely interesting
study of ‘a peculiar people.’”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 401. F. 11, ‘05. 410w.
“His book is not so good as it should be from a deficiency in the need
of perspective; or perhaps a readiness to use up old material.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 635. My. 13, ‘05. 700w.
=Spec.= 94: 519. Ap. 8, ‘05. 560w.
=Maule, Francis I.= Only letters. **$1. Jacobs.
“In the approaching season of the American exodus to Europe, this gay
record of pleasant travel, written by an intelligent man to his
brother, will prove a welcome addition to the books set aside to read
on the steamship. From England, Russia, Egypt, and here and there
between, the writer gathered impressions.”—Outlook.
“He is gifted with an extraordinary vocabulary, keen perceptions, and
a vast treasury of real American humor, sometimes a trifle
exasperating, but never by any chance dull.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w.
=Maurer, Edward R.= Technical mechanics. $4. Wiley.
“The author shows close sympathy with the point of view of the
beginner, and appreciation of the fact that at certain points the
conventional treatment of fundamental principles fails to meet the
need of the ordinary student. As features of Maurer’s book may be
mentioned the emphasis everywhere given to the vector nature of the
qualities dealt with, the parallel treatment of graphical and
analytical methods in statics, the admirable chapter on work and
energy, and the satisfactory treatment of the subject of
units.”—Science.
“As a sound and practical text-book for the use of students of
engineering Professor Maurer’s book possesses high merit. The
exposition is nearly always concise. The soundness of the logic is
rarely open to question.” L. M. Hoskins.
+ + + =Science=, n.s. 21: 302. F. 24, ‘05. 1300w.
=Maxwell, Donald.= Log of the Griffin: the story of a cruise from the
Alps to the Thames. **$2.50. Lane.
The adventures on land and sea of a strange craft built in the Alps,
and carried by wagon to Lake Zurich. She sailed the Rhine, and the
East Scheldt, and arrived at the mouth of the Thames on board a
steamer. The log is illustrated by a hundred or more sketches of the
unique cruise.
“An agreeable novelty in the well-worn ways of European travel.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 286. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
“Without being in any way a serious work, the narrative commends
itself as well-told, veracious, original; while in its artistic aspect
the book is beautiful.” Wallace Rice.
+ =Dial.= 38: 89. F. 1, ‘05. 200w.
“The account of the evolution of the queer craft and of its adventures
cannot fail to amuse, if it does not instruct.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 130w.
“Capital reading.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 78. Ja. 26, ‘05. 340w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 16. Ja. 7, ‘05. 370w. (Condensed narrative.)
=Maxwell, Joseph.= Metapsychical phenomena, tr. by J. I. Finch. $3.50.
Putnam.
The method and observation of “physical” manifestations are given
chiefly, such as “table-turning,” “rapping,” and “levitation.” There
is a preface by Charles Richet, and also an introduction by Sir Oliver
Lodge. An additional chapter gives a complex case by Professor Richet,
and an account of some recently observed phenomena by the translator.
“One leaves Dr. Maxwell’s book with a perfect conviction of his
honesty, some hesitation about his logic, and entire certainty that
his records will have no weight with sceptics; but then he does not
seem to expect to produce any effect on them.” Andrew Lang.
+ — =Acad.= 68: 898. S. 2, ‘05. 1210w.
— =Ath.= 1905, 1: 693. Je. 3. 1570w.
“It should be said that, in spite of its size, Dr. Maxwell’s book is
eminently readable, although the translator has admitted a good many
disfiguring gallicisms.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 285. O. 5, ‘05. 780w.
“Modern in its research. It has a well-balanced scientific skill.”
Pendennis.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 429. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1200w.
“Interesting as is his book, it cannot well be deemed a weighty
addition to the literature on this fascinating but elusive subject.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 694. Jl. 15, ‘05. 210w.
“The effect produced on the mind is mainly cumulative, but by reason
of the manifest sincerity of the author and his competency and
experience as an observer, its importance as a contribution towards
the study of this neglected Cinderella among sciences is
unquestionably very high.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 249. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1220w.
— =Spec.= 95: 496. O. 7, ‘05. 2230w.
=Maxwell, W. B.= Ragged messenger. **$1.20. Putnam.
“A sensational novel, in which the hero, a minister of the church, for
the sake of his conviction, gives up his parish and preaches on the
street and in the slums of London. A large fortune comes to him, all
of which he gives to the poor. He is unrewarded for his sacrifices.
The heroine, a beautiful woman, is an adventuress”.—Bookm.
“The book is carefully written, both in matter of style and
development of the plot. The idea of the story is original, and the
book as a whole is unusually vigorous and impressive.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 189. F. ‘05. 80w.
“The reader gets the impression that he is listening to a man talking
to himself.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 786. Ap. 6, ‘05. 300w.
“As a study in modern phases this story must be considered something
more than remarkable. The phases themselves are more than remarkable,
the motive almost fantastic in spite of the realistic modern London
setting. The yeast of fate brews and works in the whole, and makes of
these elements a climax so melodramatic as to seem almost inspired.
But it is melodrama pathologically inevitable. One may read the books
and ponder on the meaning of faith, science, and common sense, or one
may think chiefly of the story—one of humanity probed pretty deep—one
somewhat daringly planned, but one which shows strength and a seeing
eye.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 70. F. 4, ‘05. 520w.
“A powerful story.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 50w.
=Maxwell, W. B.= Vivien. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The story is told entirely from the point of view of the heroine....
The hero of the book is a cheerfully profligate earl (the villain
being gloomily profligate), who is awakened to the seriousness of life
when the heroine repels his advances, and he succeeds to a dukedom....
At the end of five hundred and fifty closely printed pages the duke
repents of his sin and marries the heroine, who is discovered to
possess ‘the golden current, the divine fire,’ which can apparently
only be derived from ancestors whose names are in the peerage.”—Spec.
“Mr. Maxwell has other admirable qualities, notably a keen instinct
for character, a sense of humour, and many craftsmanlike devices for
rendering that humour effective.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 856. Ag. 19, ‘05. 890w.
“The first half of the story is better than the last, for in the last
we approach very close to sentimental melodrama. It rings feminine.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 267. Ag. 26. 640w.
“In general, Mr. Maxwell seems to miss the finer point of
characterization. For all that, there are passages in his book, even
in the fairy tale part of it, which stir the feelings. He has humour;
he is master of his words, and he can retain his reader’s attention
through a very long and unevenly handled story.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 340w.
“Another story almost as extraordinary and possibly even more intense
in its holding power [than ‘The ragged messenger.’]” H. I. Brock.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 760. N. 11, ‘05. 1160w.
“A novel of more than usual interest and strength.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 90w.
“It is the product, not of a philosopher, but of a clever reporter, an
emotional wordy piece of work owing its success to cheap sentiment, a
fine journalistic style, highly coloured and verbose, effective
characterisation, and detailed and no doubt accurate accounts of
life.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 378. S. 16, ‘05. 410w.
“The book is fluently written, and judged by its own standard, is
clever.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 323. S. 2, ‘05. 330w.
=Maybrick, Florence Elizabeth (Chandler).= Mrs. Maybrick’s own story.
**$1.20. Funk.
The author tells the story of her life from the time of her arrest for
the murder of her husband, through the course of her trial, and the
fifteen years imprisonment which terminated December, 1903. The
recital is womanly and pathetic without a trace of bitterness. A legal
digest of the case is appended.
“Such a tale cannot help being morbid, but in the main it rings true.
To those who have an interest in prison life it will not fail to be of
value, yet for the ordinary reader it would be a book worth while
avoiding.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 92. Ja. ‘05. 80w.
=Nation.= 80: 32. Ja. 12, ‘05. 130w.
+ + =New England Magazine,= n.s. 31: 622. Ja. ‘05. 5830w.
(Condensed narrative of book.)
“There is no bitterness in the book, but it is a strong indictment of
British justice, and points out the crying need for a British court of
appeals in criminal cases.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 220w.
=Meeker, Royal.= History of shipping subsidies. *$1. Published for the
American economic association by the Macmillan co.
Part one deals with shipping subsidies historically under the
sub-divisions: Great Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Austro-Hungary;
Japan; Other countries; and United States. Part two concerns the
Theory of subsidies and is divided into: Theoretical arguments;
Popular arguments for subsidy; Political arguments for subsidy; and
Ethical considerations. There is also a bibliography and an index.
=Meigs, William Montgomery.= Life of Thomas H. Benton. **$2. Lippincott.
A life of a distinguished statesman of the middle period by one who
has made a thoro study of his career. The biography contains accounts
of the many historical events with which the great Missourian was
connected, such as the admission of his state into the Union, and the
election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency. His service as United
States senator, his love of the Union, and his personal influence upon
the Democrats of his state are dwelt upon.
“A readable account of the Missourian’s career.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 947. Jl. ‘05. 20w.
“Meigs appeals to the student by a more judicial and critical
attitude. There is hardly an overstatement or a serious error to be
found.” W. H. Mace.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 176. O. ‘05. 650w.
“This must be reckoned the most complete and authoritative biography
of Benton.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
“The author has consulted most of the available authorities on Benton,
and has gathered much material from hitherto unknown sources. The work
is the best life of Benton yet produced.”
+ + + =Dial.= 38: 239. Ap. 1, ‘05. 600w.
“It is a highly praiseworthy study of the great Missourian, sincere,
thorough and judicial.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 214. Jl. 27, ‘05. 170w.
“Lacking in dramatic arrangement and wanting in painstaking accuracy
of statement.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.
“Mr. Meigs’s narrative is diffuse but vivacious, and abounds in
anecdote and illustration. It gives an unusually clear and
comprehensive survey of a signally useful and pure-minded man.”
+ + — =Lit. D.= 21: 94. Jl. 15, ‘05. 640w.
“There was distinctly room for a one-volume biography of Senator
Benton. [Mr. Roosevelt’s biography in the American statesmen series]
gives a picture of Benton superior to any which can be found in Mr.
Meigs’s book. The greatest praise that we can award the latter is to
say that it is the result of painstaking and laborious investigation
and it will be of considerable value to students of history. The
material, unfortunately, is put together with very little literary
skill, and the style is certainly not such as to attract the general
reading public. It is highly regrettable that Mr. Meigs cannot make us
take the interest in the character of his picturesque subject which he
tells he himself feels.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 67. F. 4, ‘05. 1080w.
“More ambitious in scope than successful in accomplishment.
Altogether, we have read the work with distinct feelings of
disappointment, the disappointment being heightened by the reflection
that the author has undoubtedly grasped Benton’s historical
importance, and that had he but bestowed on the execution of his task
the care evident in gathering of materials, he would have given us a
biography well worth while.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 400. F. 11, ‘05. 400w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 150w.
=Meili, Frederick.= International civil and commercial law as founded
upon theory, legislation and practice, tr. by A. R. Kuhn. **$3.
Macmillan.
“The author was a delegate from Switzerland to the Hague international
conferences, and this very thorough discussion was at least in part
suggested by those conferences. The book of course deals with
international private law as distinguished from international public
law, and is in the main concerned with the continental views of this
branch of jurisprudence.” (Outlook). “Mr. Kuhn has not only translated
the work, but has supplemented it with additions from American and
English law. Very useful lists, annotations, and bibliographies
complete the work.” (R. of Rs.)
“It is a convenient, if not very skilfully planned survey of the whole
field. The information which it furnishes as to bibliography is not
the least recommendation of the book. But the omissions are far from
few.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 270. Ag. 25, ‘05. 340w.
“Its exactness of method and thoroughness of research evidently make
it a work of lasting value to the jurist accustomed to deal with large
legal topics in a scientific manner.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 444. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.
“Professor Meili has written a very useful book for students of
comparative politics, as well as for lawyers.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 351. S. 9, ‘05. 500w.
“A very handy and valuable legal work.”
+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
=Mellor, J. W.= Crystallization of iron and steel: an introduction to
the study of metallography. *$1.60. Longmans.
“It is certainly a convenience to possess such a book.... In six short
and lucid chapters—originally lectures delivered in 1904 to the
engineering students of the Staffordshire county technical classes of
the Newcastle high school—we are taken from a well-put statement of
what is known respecting the solidification and cooling of alloys in
general to the consideration of the phenomena recognized in iron and
steel in particular, and, lastly, to practical directions for the due
preparations of specimens for microscopic examination.”—Ath.
“It must be regarded as an ‘ad interim’ report only. Looking at Dr.
Mellor’s little volume in this light, we have nothing but praise to
award it.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 310. S. 2. 540w.
* “This second chapter is the only unsatisfactory one of the book.
Confining himself to limited space, the writer has sacrificed
conciseness to mere brevity. The two predominant features of the book
as a whole are the great concentration of information into a small
space, and the interesting manner in which it is presented, which
latter never fails to attract. This clouding of the main issue by the
introduction of data not absolutely necessary is one of the principal
weaknesses of the book. When all has been said, this book is the best
popular introduction to the study of metallography that we have.”
+ + — =Engin. N.= 54: 528. N. 16, ‘05. 1690w.
“The presentation is without bias, and each theory and method is
described and examined as clearly and fairly as the author’s evident
lack of practical acquaintance with the subject as a whole will
permit.” A. McWilliam.
— + =Nature.= 72: 532. S. 28, ‘05. 610w.
=Melville, Lewis.= Thackeray country. $2. Macmillan.
A volume in the “Pilgrimage series.” “Mr. Melville treats of those
localities which are of primary interest to those who are acquainted
with the life and writings of the great novelist. He deals with
Thackeray’s London homes and the features and associations of their
neighborhood; his homes in Paris, and other places on the European
continent, and in America. Special attention is paid to those places
that form a background of the scenes of Thackeray’s novels.
Biographical information is also supplied connected with the
novelist’s residences from his arrival in England from India at the
age of six until his death in 1863. The volume contains fifty
full-page illustrations mostly from original photographs by C. W.
Barnes Ward.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The author has not tackled his task in the right spirit or performed
it in the right way; all that he has given us is a rather disconnected
short life of Thackeray. There are many distinct mistakes. A large
portion of the book has not anything to do with its supposed subject.
It is a poor production.”
— — =Acad.= 68: 84. Ja. 28, ‘05. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 105. F. 18, ‘05. 370w.
“He has written an interesting book, which will please the reader the
more, the better he knows the author.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 190w.
=Menpes, Dorothy.= Brittany. *$6. Macmillan.
“The latest of the ‘Menpes books’ is devoted to ‘Brittany.’ Mr.
Mortimer Menpes has made a specialty of traveling with a water-color
box and a literary daughter, and the results of these travels appear
each year in time for the holiday trade.” (Nation.) There are some
seventy-five illustrations, and they show different parts of Northern
France—peasants, scenes in the markets, street scenes, etc.
“Her best descriptions, her brightest sketches, are spoilt for the
reader by unnecessary blots of sloppiness.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 312. S. 2. 160w.
“Text and illustrations have a common facility and a common lack of
seriousness which is welcome, or the reverse, according to one’s point
of view.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 279. O. ‘05. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 501. Jl. 29, ‘05. 260w.
=Meredith, Katharine Mary Cheever (Johanna Staats).= Wing of love. †$1.
McClure.
“A charming child in this book, and a nice young journalist chap, her
staunch friend from the day she and her mother find their way to the
top floor of the New York lodging house where he and two other
bachelors have their abode. This friendship is quite disinterested,
the mother receiving only courteous attentions from him, his heart
being in another’s keeping—facts concerning which subsequently develop
very prettily to connect them with his romance.”—Outlook.
“The chief fault in its development lies in the fact that, instead of
making it a short story, she has padded her little tale until it has
lost much of its charm.”
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 380 Je. 10. ‘05. 310w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
=Merington, Marguerite.= Cranford: a play. $1.25. Fox.
A comedy in three acts made from Mrs. Gaskell’s well-known story of
the same name. The full charm of the story is retained in the
dramatization.
* “Written with Miss Merington’s usual sprightliness.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 40w.
“A not unskillful dramatization for amateur theatricals of Mrs.
Gaskell’s ever fresh and delightful tale.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 15w.
=Merriman, Charles Eustace.= Self-made man’s wife: her letters to her
son: being the woman’s view of certain famous correspondence. †$1.50.
Putnam.
“In her letters the mother advises her son on the treatment of his
wife, on the retention of his ideals, on the writing of books and on
the reading of them, on quarreling and making up, on the fallacy and
folly of aphorisms, adages, and other epigrammatic usages, on economy
in households, and a number of other living topics, and aptly
illustrates her points by instances taken from her own domestic
experiences or observations of the experiences of her neighbors.”—N.
Y. Times.
“Upon the whole these letters are tedious and disappointing.”
— =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 150w.
+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 591. My. 13. 300w.
“A cup of cambric tea is this book.”
— =Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
“If they are not as entertaining as those of her husband it is only
perhaps because the reader has already consumed two volumes of his
epistolary lore and is perhaps a trifle satiated.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 530w.
“The number of old jokes and the weary waste of platitudes in this
book are positively depressing.”
— =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 50w.
“The letters have a masculine ring. They exhibit a terse expression, a
worldly acumen, a sense of humor, and an anecdotal wealth, that
strongly resemble the style of the self-made man.”
+ + =Reader.= 6: 118. Je. ‘05. 440w.
=Merriman, Mansfield.= Mechanics of materials. $5. Wiley.
A tenth edition, re-written and enlarged, of this text-book which
“deals with the elastic and, to a limited extent, with the plastic
properties of materials of construction and the application of the
laws of strength of materials to the simple machine parts and
structures. The treatment is essentially theoretical.”—Nature.
* “The present book is in some respects an excellent treatise. The
first point which strikes a reader is the great looseness of
terminology. The author has an aggravating way of describing a thing
at first very crudely and inaccurately, but without any reservations,
giving a revised statement much later on and a further revision later
still, and this in the case of quite simple matters.”
+ + — =Nature.= 73: 25. N. 9, ‘05. 1180w.
=Merriman, Mansfield, and Jacoby, Henry Sylvester.= Text-book on roof
and bridges, pt. 1, Stresses in simple trusses. $2.50. Wiley.
“Those ... who are familiar with the first edition of this book,
published in 1888, will hardly recognize the present volume as being a
revision of the same book.... We now have the dead load stresses, the
live load stresses and the stresses due to wind and other causes
treated in separate chapters for the common forms of simple trusses.
The fifth chapter takes up the consideration of long-span bridges....