“His general judgment is keen and vigorous, and he has remarkable
powers of exposition, among which a good literary style is not the
least. Thus far, at least, I have been unable to see that the economic
reasoner extracts from his careful labor on curves and diagrams an
iota of truth which he had not assumed or put in, at the beginning.”
N. P. Gilman.
+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 224. Ag. ‘05. 640w.
=Pike, Godfrey Holden.= John Wesley: the man and his mission. *$1. Union
press.
Illustrated and written in a quaint old-fashioned style, this brief
account of the life of John Wesley, “one of the greatest evangelists
who ever carried the Gospel to the people,” seems to breathe the
simple Christian spirit of the man. It is a book which is well adapted
to children, altho not written for them.
=Pitkin, Helen.= Angel by brevet. $1.50. Lippincott.
This is the first book of a young New Orleans newspaper writer. The
story deals with French Creoles of the old regime, and the voodouism
of the negroes. The heroine invokes the charms of a sorcerer to aid
her in securing the affections of the man with whom she fancies
herself in love, and in the course of the complications which follow
discovers that she is really in love with a clergyman who has long
been her admirer.
“The testimony of those in a position to know is that Miss Pitkin has
not transcended facts. Her development of this fruitful theme is,
however, most unequal. The entire book, indeed, is full of
affectations, not only in choice of words but in their collocation.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 844. Ap. 13, ‘05. 280w.
“The style is precious and exotic to the extreme limit of license and
beyond. Miss Pitkin’s command of unfamiliar words is marvelous; her
use of familiar words more marvelous still.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 54. Ja. 28, ‘05. 410w. (Outline of plot.)
“Miss Pitkin handles her material with much strength; but her hand
lacks the sure and discriminating touch which comes from practice. Her
details of plot do not always avoid confusion, and the movement is
sometimes labored.” J. R. Ormond.
+ — =The South Atlantic Quarterly.= 4: 97. Ja. ‘05. 100w.
=Plato.= Myths of Plato; text and translation; with introductory and
other observations by J. A. Stewart. *$4.50. Macmillan.
“It was a very happy thought to bring together the myths of Plato and
examine the lesson of each. We are grateful, moreover, to Professor
Stewart for giving us the Greek in every case on the page opposite to
the English rendering.... The excellent account of the Cambridge
Platonists, More, Cudworth, Clarke, and Smith, will be to some not the
least interesting part of a work full of thought and learning.”—Acad.
“Jowett’s translation is so good that it seems churlish to say that
the present rendering is even more perfect, and reads even more like
an original composition in English.”
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 325. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1300w.
“It may be said in conclusion, that Prof. Stewart’s book—dealing, as
it does, with a side of Platonism which has been too much neglected—is
the finest contribution to the knowledge of Plato’s thought which has
been made in this country of late years.”
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 429. Ap. 8. 1390w.
“One cannot read Professor Stewart’s discussion without being moved to
wonder again and again at the felicitous phrase by which he conveys
impalpable emotions, by the fineness with which his perception is
pitched to detect frail sympathies.”
+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 255. Ag. 11, ‘05. 3150w.
+ + =Nation.= 81: 106. Ag. 3, ‘05. 1090w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 155. Mr. 11, ‘05. 300w.
“Though in detail interesting and exegetic, the book does not draw
very much to a point, and is perhaps rather overweighted. Mr.
Stewart’s translation, it must be said is not as good a representation
of the original as Jowett’s.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 742. Je. 3, ‘05. 1320w.
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 895. Je. 17, ‘05. 1660w.
=Platt, Isaac Hull.= Walt Whitman. **75c. Small.
Mr. Platt’s biography is the outgrowth of partisan beliefs and fancies
rather than a development from so-called legitimate biographical
material including clews to Whitman’s inner life. The volume is the
latest issue in the “Beacon biographies.”
“It is frankly the statement of a partisan; it contains little or no
new material; it follows closely the phraseology of previous writers
and quotes rather too liberally from them; but it is clear, compact,
sensible summary of the facts of Whitman’s life, so far as they are
known, and as such deserves commendation.” G. R. Carpenter.
+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 64. Mr. ‘05. 670w.
“A concise and highly eulogistic account of Whitman and his works.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 380. Ap. ‘05. 20w.
“A believer to the fullest extent in the greatness of his work. And
yet he does not spare criticism.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 80w.
=Plummer, Rev. Alfred.= English church history: four lectures from the
death of Archbishop Parker to the death of King Charles I. *$1.
Scribner.
“Dr. Plummer aims to be judicially fair in his estimate of men and
measures in the momentous period in English history from 1575 to 1649,
but on every page he makes it patent that he is an ardent adherent of
the church by law established. Elizabeth’s character was far from
worthy, but it was good of her to fight the Romanists and the
Puritans, and to preserve the Anglican church intact. James I, the
wise fool, reached ‘the lowest depths of unpopularity with his
subjects,’ but, ‘by solid conviction, during the whole of his reign he
was neither Romanist nor Puritan, but an Anglican.’ Five or six
particulars are specified in which he served the Church of England a
good turn. Charles I, the impersonation of ‘incurable duplicity and
intrigue,’ carried despotism to its utmost limit, and through his
‘criminal wrongheadedness and perfidy’ brought about the overthrow of
both episcopacy and monarchy. Dr. Plummer does not venture to
enumerate the particulars in which his reign was helpful to the
Anglican cause.”—Bib. World.
=Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 376. Ap. ‘05. 150w.
Reviewed by E. B. Hulbert.
+ — =Bib. World.= 25: 317. Ap. ‘05. 160w.
=Plunkett, Horace.= Ireland in the new century. 60c. Dutton.
A popular priced edition of this now famous book which “begins with a
chapter on ‘The English misunderstanding,’ and traces the whole
question of politics, religion, economics, and education to the final
chapter, which is on ‘Government with the consent of the governed.’”
(R. of Rs.)
“It is dull, labored in style, pedantic, and egotistical.”
+ — — =Nation.= 81: 62. Jl. 20, ‘05. 790w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 360. Je. 3, ‘05. 730w.
“Unquestionably a sane and a healthful contribution to the settlement
of the ever-difficult Irish question.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 444. Je. 17, ‘05. 250w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 767. Je. ‘05. 280w.
=Plympton, Almira George.= School-house in the woods. †$1.50. Little.
In her story for young readers Miss Plympton portrays the sweet
influence of a child who comes to live with her guardians, two
bachelor uncles,—a child whose “realization of the relationship
between human beings, so keen as to make her oblivious to the
distinction made by rank, race, education or even morals” fosters a
democratic spirit among her school friends. Her sympathy and affection
for a little colored girl form the larger part of the story.
* “It is a book which would do best service in being read aloud by a
judicious editor, who should cull the flowers and skip the thorns.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 406. N. 16, ‘05. 190w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 868. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.
=Pocock, Roger.= Curly, a tale of the Arizona desert. †$1.00. Little.
A feud, which began in the Irish land league troubles, is transplanted
and finished in Arizona where, among Indians, outlaws, and cowboys,
young Lord Balshannon finds a wife in the plucky daughter of a robber
chief. The story is real and stirring and the author has lived the
things of which he writes.
“The real enjoyment of the book is ... due to the breezy dialect in
which the book is written, the picturesque vernacular of the ranch.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 21: 519. Jl. ‘05. 150w.
“The style in which the cowboy tells the stirring tale is crisp,
vivid, vigorous and only occasionally marred by coarseness; the
offense is in expression alone—the thought is not coarse.”
+ + — =Ind.= 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 110w.
“Seems to us quite the best cowboy story since Owen Wister’s ‘The
Virginian.’”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 40w.
“There are several obscure statements and situations in the story.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 868. Je. 3, ‘05. 180w.
“Among current books of adventure, ‘Curly’ is especially good.”
+ + =Reader.= 6: 361. Ag. ‘05. 170w.
* Poems every child should know; a selection of all times for young
people; ed. by Mary E. Burt. *$1.25. Doubleday.
The poems contained in this volume are those which children actually
love and with but a few exceptions they are brief enough to be
committed to memory. They have been divided into five groups each of
which appeals to a different stage of childhood. The division
headings: The budding moment; The little child; The day’s at the morn;
Lad and lassie; On and on; and Grow old along with me, strike the key
notes of their contents. Nearly all the old favorites and some new
ones are to be found here. The volume is bound in soft green suede and
is decorated with drawings by Blanche Ostertag.
=Pollard, Albert Frederick.= Thomas Cranmer and the English reformation,
1489-1556. **$1.35. Putnam.
An addition to the “Heroes of the Reformation series.” An attempt to
clear up some of the mysteries surrounding Cranmer, which, the author
says, are mysteries of the atmosphere he breathed, rather than of
character. His great work in the compilation of the Book of common
prayer, and his translations of the Collects is set over against his
weakness in failing to stand by his convictions against Tudor tyranny.
“The author has a competent knowledge of what was then going on
throughout Europe and is safe-guarded against the insularity or
provincialism which marks the authors of the volumes in Stephens and
Hunt’s ‘History of the Church of England.’ Its impartiality and lack
of partisan writing is also to be commended.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 440. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1210w.
“No one could be better qualified for the task. The book can rightly
claim to be the first considerable biography of Cranmer which has been
written according to the canons of modern scientific historical work.
It is clear, and for the most part consistent and convincing; and
though it contains nothing that is startlingly new, it arranges in
useful and readable form a vast amount of hitherto scattered and not
always trustworthy information. Mr. Pollard’s treatment of the
archbishop’s career under Henry VIII seems to us ... much less
satisfactory.” R. B. Merriman.
+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 861. Jl. ‘05. 920w.
“This book is an inspiring work, both as a fine biography of a most
admirable man and as an addition to the conscience literature that is
so needed to stimulate the moral energies of our age.”
+ + =Arena.= 34: 110. Jl. ‘05. 460w.
“The present work reaches, we think, the high-water mark of his
achievement. It will form, and rightly form the standard life of
Cranmer for some time to come. Mr. Pollard in this book is certainly
not without a bias.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 200. Ag. 12. 1530w.
“Mr. Pollard offers as good a plea for him as can be offered, and
offers it in a temperate spirit. His volume is almost a model of what
such a biography should be.” Edward Fuller.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 279. Mr. ‘05. 330w.
“The character and ability of Cranmer are skilfully portrayed, and the
work may be counted as a real contribution to popular knowledge on
this important period.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 46. Jl. 16, ‘05. 150w.
“Mr. Pollard has done the Archbishop something like justice, and has
done it in a way that maintains the interest of the reader to the
last.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 170. My. 26, ‘05. 510w.
“Mr. Pollard writes pleasantly, with a clear arrangement of his
subject, and a fair sense of proportion.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 36. Jl. 13, ‘05. 2190w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 110w.
“Very able and interesting volume. We are grateful to Mr. Pollard for
his fine vindication of a man who was not without elements of true
greatness.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 58. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1720w.
=Pollock, Walter Herries, and Pollock, Guy C.= Hay fever. $1.25.
Longmans.
“Mr. Henry Tempest, stockbroker, is suffering from a severe attack of
the malady which gives the book its title; to cure it he takes an
overdose of an Egyptian remedy, recommended by a friend with a
careless turn for archaeology. The effects of this overdose are
amazing and mischievous. The stockbroker is transformed from a staid
and benevolent man of middle-age into a boy of pranks.... He has one
frantic day of irresponsible delight, and his adventures ... carry one
on from peal to peal of laughter.”—Acad.
“It is an excellent farce.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 495. My. 6, ‘05. 260w.
“The book has all the freshness of a humorous idea worked out and
finished in the heat of the moment.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 620. My. 20. 150w.
“It’s all rather pleasant and funny after its fashion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 380w.
“A farce with only one defect—it is not funny.”
— =Outlook.= 80: 392. Je. 10, ‘05. 10w.
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 158. Jl. 29, ‘05. 110w.
+ =Sat. R.= 99: 674. My. 20, ‘05. 130w.
=Pool, Bettie Freshwater.= Eyrie and other southern stories. $1.
Broadway pub.
Seven short stories, some of which are in the negro dialect, a dozen
simple poems on various subjects and a concluding story. The
monstrosity, by Gaston Pool, complete this volume.
=Porter, Frank Chamberlain.= Messages of the apocalyptic writers, the
books of Daniel and Revelation and some uncanonical apocalypses; with
historical introductions and a free rendering in paraphrase. **$1.25.
Scribner.
“These mysterious writings, most of them not in our canonical
Scriptures, are our chief source for later Jewish eschatology, and for
the momentous matter of Messianic dogmatics.... [The author] gives a
summary view of their nature and subject-matter, and analyzes, at
considerable length, the books of Daniel and Revelations. In smaller
space he studies the apocalypses of Enoch, Ezra and Baruch.”—Cath.
World.
“A very useful and convenient manual of Jewish and Christian
apocalyptic from the historical point of view.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 79. Jl. ‘05. 20w.
“An excellent manual. Professor Porter’s introduction to the study of
these writings is done in a clear, systematic, and erudite manner. His
tone throughout is scholarly and objective.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 248. My. ‘05. 490w.
“A little book thoroughly to be recommended.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1131. My. 18, ‘05. 70w.
* “Is perhaps, the best introduction to the study of Daniel and
Revelation available.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.
“In ample introductions and notes Professor Porter has given a
confessedly obscure subject the lucid treatment it requires.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 140w.
=Porter, Mary (Mrs. Horace Porter).= Secret of a great influence. *$1.
Macmillan.
In these “Notes on Bishop Westcott’s teachings, the reader ... has set
before him considerations as to the bishop’s ethical and dogmatic
teaching.... He then passes to the subject of ‘Bible study.’ ... The
fifth section treats of Bishop Westcott’s teaching on ‘The Christian
church’ and ‘The Christian creed’; the sixth is devoted to ‘Worship,’
public and private; ‘Foreign missions’ and a variety of other subjects
are also mentioned; and finally we have a paper on Bishop Westcott’s
‘Commentaries,’ by Rev. A. Westcott.”—Spec.
=Spec.= 94: 444. Mr. 25, ‘05. 280w.
=Post, Emily (Mrs. Edwyn Main Post).= Purple and fine linen. †$1.50.
Appleton.
Fashionable New York forms the background for this story of the
development of Camilla from a child into a woman. Young, thoughtless,
fresh from school, she marries Anthony Stuart, who is rich and
handsome, but who makes of her a plaything not a part of his life.
Another man comes to cheer her lonely existence, and she awakens on
the brink of marital shipwreck.
“The author’s manner of handling her subject is the excuse for the
book’s existence.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 724. O. 28, ‘05. 290w.
“There is some clever characterization of modern society, and several
individuals stand out clearly as real people.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 110w.
=Pott, Francis L. Hawks.= Sketch of Chinese history. **$1.80. Wessels.
This volume was written to meet the need of a short history of China,
it is intended primarily for teachers, and is a brief survey of a
large field. It contains three divisions, The conquest of China by the
Chinese (B. C. 2852-206), The first struggle with the Tartars (B. C.
206-A. D. 589), The second struggle with the Tartars (A. D. 589-1644),
and includes a chapter on The war with Japan, and Recent events in
China. There are five maps.
=Pottenger, Milton Alberto.= Symbolism. $2.50. Robertson.
A treatise on the soul of things, which demonstrates that the natural
world is but a symbol of the real world, explains why there are but
ten digits in our mathematical system, and shows the pack of playing
cards, or book of 52, to be an ancient Masonic Bible, each card a
symbol of universal law. It reveals new things about many Masonic
symbols and Biblical expressions and declares that the United States
is a Masonic nation whose duty and history are to be read in these
ancient sacred symbols. There are charts and drawings.
=Potter, Mrs. Frances B. (Squire).= Ballingtons. †$1.50. Little.
Mrs. Potter’s first book is a study of the principles that underlie
the misery resulting from two unhappy marriages. The main action
sympathetically follows the awakening of Agnes Sidney from the
condition of care-free girlhood to the state of restricted wifehood
with Ferdinand Ballington lording the right of financial despotism
over her. The author has drawn a spiritually minded woman whose great
love and keen sense of duty buoy her up when the discovery of
pettiness and low aims would tend to submerge her. In contrast to the
tyranny of withholding is portrayed in the sub-action the tyranny of
giving, in which a wealthy girl, mistress of her own fortune, marries
a quiet, refined bank clerk. Here a man’s sensitive longing for
independence is opposed by the dominant freeheartedness and
worldliness of his wife.
* “A distinctive book not soon forgotten like the average novel.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 120w.
“Here and there the workmanship is a bit crude; here and there the
book would have gained by compression and excision, but, take it all
in all, it is the most remarkable novel that has come to our desk for
many a long day. It takes its rare and high place because, as we read
we say again and again, not ‘This is lifelike,’ but ‘This is life.’”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 672. O. 14, ‘05. 810w.
* “It is conspicuously lacking in finish of style in places, and is
not at all points well put together; but it is a real piece of work,
full of true feeling, genuine insight, and a sincere and sound ethical
judgment.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 709. N. 25, ‘05. 170w.
=Potter, Rt. Rev. Henry Codman.= Drink problem in modern life. **30c.
Crowell.
A frank exposition of the drink problem as Bishop Potter views it. He
believes that the secret of mastery over the great evil of
intemperance lies not in “legal enactment,” but in “the Spirit of
Jesus Christ.” He says, “The world waits, we say, for better laws—or
for better men to administer the laws! No, my brother, it waits for
love—the vigilance of love, the service of love, the sacrifice of
love.”
“... Loose texture and somewhat irrelevant quality of much contained
in his pamphlet.”
+ — — =Reader.= 5: 788. My. ‘05. 230w.
=Potter, Margaret.= Fire of spring. $1.50. Appleton.
A mother, regardless of the sleeping fires of youth, marries her young
daughter to a millionaire plow manufacturer of Chicago. The girl,
excited by the whirl of preparations, gives little thought to her
fiance and when she realizes at their first tête-à-tête dinner, that
this bald, red-faced man audibly eating soup, is her husband, she
loathes him. A cousin, handsome and worldly, appears and intrigue,
suspicion, quarrels, and other unpleasant things follow. In the end
the cousin meets a death of the husband’s planning, and the
ill-assorted pair, less lovable than when they first met, forgive, and
come to care for each other.
“The story has the fault so frequently found when women handle sex
problems; as though fearful of not being understood, it insists upon
unsavoury details with unnecessary and repellant frankness. The book
is irritatingly uneven.”
+ — =Bookm.= 21: 182. Ap. ‘05. 680w.
“Miss Potter has evidently aimed at writing a ‘strong’ novel, and has
certainly succeeded in producing something very rank.”
— — — =Critic.= 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 80w.
“No one could call this story dull or badly written; but, recognizing
what will inevitably be called its strength, one must regret the
novelist’s use of her real power in the working out of such obnoxious
phases of life—if it is life—in Chicago.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 173. Mr. 18, ‘05. 860w.
“‘The fire of spring’ belongs to the very best in the season’s
American fiction.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 160w.
* =Potter, Mary Knight.= Art of the Venice academy, containing a brief
history of the building and its collection of paintings as well as
descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their
artists. **$2. Page.
In this volume the author has treated each room in the Royal gallery
of fine arts in Venice separately, and in her own chosen order. The
greater pictures she has given in detail while some of the lesser ones
she has merely outlined, reserving as much space as possible for
comments upon the artists themselves. The book is well illustrated.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 110w.
* =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 80w.
* “This particular volume is well enough for its class.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 509. D. 21, ‘05. 150w.
* “Evidently designed as much to decorate ‘the center table’ as to
illuminate the mind.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 120w.
* “The author shows care and discrimination in her criticism and
suggestions.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 667. N. 18, ‘05. 60w.
* =Pottinger, Sir Henry.= Flood, fell and forest; a book of sport in
Norway. 2v. $8.40. Longmans.
“Sir Henry’s volumes deal with many phases of sport, from elk hunting,
in which he is a veteran and an adept, to the successful pursuit of
trout and salmon, from sport with Norwegian red deer to pleasant days
with ryper and other game birds. The author was one of the earliest
sportsmen to wet a line on the famous Tana river. This was nearly
fifty years ago, but the narrative of the expedition and its results
is so fresh and so vigorous that it is certain to capture the reader’s
attention.” (Acad.) The volumes are illustrated.
* “To our thinking, although some of the matter is by no means
entirely new, these are two of the pleasantest sporting volumes that
we have encountered during the last three or four years.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1253. D. 2, ‘05. 1280w.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 762. N. 11, ‘05. 190w.
* “We like the temper of the book and a good part of its contents; but
think it might, with distinct advantage from a literary point of view,
have been compressed into one volume of moderate length.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 728. D. 2, ‘05. 180w.
=Poulsson, Anne Emilie.= Runaway donkey, and other rhymes for children.
†$1.50. Lothrop.
Printed in large type upon heavy paper and abundantly illustrated,
these rhymes, the majority of which are about animals, will appeal to
all imaginative little folks.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 15w.
* “Miss Poulsson’s book should be a welcome addition to every child’s
library.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 712. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Powell, Edward Payson.= Country home. **$1.50. McClure.
The author, a fruit-farmer of New York state, deals with the problem
of successful country home making under such headings as: Selecting
the homestead, Growing a house, Water supply, Lawns, Orchard, Flowers,
The insects, The animals, The beautiful and the useful.
“Is one of the most valuable and practical works of recent months.
With the witchery of the poet’s art he leads us from page to page,
until all too soon the end of the volume is reached.” Amy C. Rich.
+ + + =Arena.= 33: 449. Ap. ‘05. 800w.
“For practical information, Mr. Powell’s is the best book on this
general theme of a home in the country that has appeared—in America at
least—for many a day.”
+ + + =Country Calendar.= 1: 9f. My. ‘05. 240w.
+ =Critic.= 46: 480. My. ‘05. 90w.
“The charm of Mr. Powell’s book is that it urges simplicity of living
and practical and successful ways of doing things, along with full
enjoyment of all that is beautiful and healthful in rural life.”
Priscilla Leonard.
+ + =Current Literature.= 38: 337. Ap. ‘05. 3890w. (Abstract of
book.)
“All lovers of rural life will appreciate it. It is full of common
sense, practical advice, a commendation rarely to be bestowed on books
of this class; and besides the advice it is excellently good reading.
The book greatly needs a subject index, for it is good enough to be in
frequent use as a reference work. It is so completely and so simply
what it starts out to be—a practical account of a life in the country.
‘The country home’ should be put into every country library, and also
into every school library, for from there it would reach a class of
people who need just its suggestions and ideas.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 96. Ja. 12, ‘05. 700w.
=Powell, Edward Payson.= Orchard and fruit garden. **$1.50. McClure.
“The greater part of this book is taken up by advice as to the best
varieties of fruit to plant, ranging from apples to small fruits and
including some little-grown fruits and some nut-trees. The usual order
is reversed here, for after this long dissertation on kinds of fruit,
there follow a few chapters on culture, training, packing, and
marketing.”—Dial.
“It is a good book for the seeker after country living.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 480. N. ‘05. 130w.
“Our chief criticism on Mr. Powell’s book would be that in these last
sections he gives ear to too many other advisers. He is at once
conservative and progressive, and has given us a book valuable to have
at hand. A serious defect, however, is the lack of an index.” Edith
Granger.
+ + — =Dial.= 38: 381. Je. 1, ‘05. 350w.
“The illustrations are for the most part good and are well chosen, and
the practical directions are generally judicious.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 150w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 281. Ap. 29, ‘05. 180w.
“His book has the value of accurate, scientific knowledge.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 194. My. 20, ‘05. 70w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 867. Je. 3, ‘05. 170w.
=Powers, Caleb.= My own story. **$1.50. Bobbs.
“An account of the conditions in Kentucky leading to the assassination
of William Goebel, who was declared governor of the state, and my
indictment and conviction on the charge of complicity in his murder.”
It is also the story of Powers’s life, and of his early days, his
brief romance, his political career, and the five years of trial and
imprisonment. The book is written in confinement and is, of course, a
complete vindication of the author. It is illustrated with
photographs.
“On the whole it is done temperately, even complacently, in spite of
the tragic nature of the circumstances for the author.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 363. Je. 3, ‘05. 650w.
=Outlook.= 80: 194. My. 20, ‘05. 20w.
=Pratt, Edwin A.= Railways and their rates. Dutton.
“This volume has been written for traders as well as the general
reader to show them the actual position of British railways with
regard to the complaints advanced from time to time on the subjects of
rates and charges, and the origin, operation, and circumstances of the
railways of Britain as compared with those abroad.”—N. Y. Times.
“We find it hard to believe the average railway is so immaculate as
Mr. Pratt makes out. On the other hand, the book brings out clearly
the strong points of English railways, their safety, and the superior
accommodation they give to both passengers and goods.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 635. Je. 17, ‘05. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 575. S. 2, ‘05. 350w.
=Sat. R.= 100: 187. Ag. 5, ‘05. 270w.
=Pratt, Edwin A.= Trade unionism and British industry. *$1.50. Dutton.
These articles appeared in the London Times in the fall of 1901 under
the title of “The crisis in British industry.” They comprise a study
of the industrial conditions in England. The trade-union situation in
twenty of the leading British industries is fully treated, and a
rather severe judgment on trade-union policy and practice is given.
“Seemingly intimate bearing upon the fiscal controversy. The book,
taken as a whole, is a severe indictment of what is called the ‘new
unionism’—the militant unionism. Hostility to trade-unionism is
written large on every page from cover to cover, and the author’s very
evident bias makes one question rather than accept his conclusions.
The book is interesting and informational. The impression grows upon
one as he reads that the investigation was not a colorless seeking
after truth, but an attempt to find facts which would bear out a
theory already formed, and that the trade-unionist was really judged
without notice and without a hearing.” Edith Abbott.
+ — — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 129. D. ‘04. 1140w.
=Prentys, E. P. and Kametaro Sesamoto.= Japanese for daily use. 75c.
Jenkins.
“A booklet which will fit the pocket and help the traveller. It is
full of real talk, brief, to the point, and wholly free from that
exaggeration of honorifics heard on the stage and overworked by
novelists and Japanophiles.... Numbers, money, postal rates, and helps
to pronunciation have not been forgotten in this capital
manual.”—Nation.
“We have failed to find a misprint in its sixty-three pages.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 13. Jl. 6, ‘05. 80w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 40w.
=Prindiville, Kate Gertrude.= Two of the guests. †$1.25. Pott.
Letters to their friends by the various guests at a house party
comprise this volume. They are very masculine and very feminine and
tell the love story of Margaret Exeter, whom the men called an angel
and the women considered a “bold creature,” and Arnold Gresham, a Sir
Galahad.
“The letters are cleverly written.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 300w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.
“A pretty love story.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.
=Prothero, Rowland Edmund.= Psalms in human life. *$2. Dutton.
A new edition of this book which cites numerous incidents showing the
influence of the psalms in historical crises and in critical moments
in the lives of prominent men and women.
“With skill, sympathy, and infinite patience he has traced the
influence of this great hymnary upon successive generations, from
Origin to our day.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 375. My. 11, ‘05. 490w.
=Prouty, Charles A. and others.= President Roosevelt’s railroad policy.
50c. Ginn.
A report of a discussion before the economic club of Boston, March 9,
1905, in which President Roosevelt’s railroad policy is reviewed by
four men of varying interest in the great question.
=Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice (Mrs. Roger Atkinson Pryor).= Reminiscences of
peace and war. **$2. Macmillan.
For this new edition of her popular book the author has prepared new
chapters, one of which describes the origin and first celebration of
Decoration day in this country; she has also added a number of
illustrations. The volume gives a pleasing picture of social life in
the South, beginning with the Washington of President Pierce’s
administration and ending with the conclusion of the civil war.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 482. Ja. ‘05. 490w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 280w.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 60w.
* “This is one of the best and most readable books of its class.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 50w.
Publisher’s confession. **60c. Doubleday.
“All persons who have written a book not yet published or who hope to
write and publish a book in the future will be interested in this....
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way a book is selected, printed, advertised, and sold, and discusses
the relations between author and publisher as they are and as they
ought to be.”—Ind.
“The writing is generally clear, and, apart from some repetitions,
effective. Of the ‘literary’ class the publisher has a poor opinion.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 134. Jl. 29. 2270w.
“It may perhaps be shop-talk, but it is so well done, there is in it
so much sense and sincerity that it will entertain and impress you, no
matter how far remote you are from books and their makers. Frankly,
the book is a brief for the publisher.” Beverly Stark.
+ + =Bookm.= 21: 384. Je. ‘05. 1200w.
=Ind.= 58: 903. Ap. 20, ‘05. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 720w.
“We commend the book to writers (to the experienced publisher it will
hardly contain any novelty). There are some hints, however, which may
be useful.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 396. S. 16, ‘05. 310w.
=Puffer, Ethel D.= Psychology of beauty. *$1.25. Houghton.
Eight papers upon—Criticism and aesthetics, The nature of beauty, The
æsthetic repose, The beauty of fine art, The beauty of music, The
beauty of literature, The nature of dramatic emotion, and The beauty
of ideas.
“Miss Puffer’s method of treatment is precise and logical without
being over-technical.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 93. Ag. 16, ‘05. 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 251. Ap. 15, ‘05. 200w.
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 330w.
“A careful and closely woven study.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 50w.
=Pullan, Rev. Leighton.= Church of the fathers; being an outline of the
history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461. *$1.50. Macmillan.
Volume II. but the first in date of issue, of an eight volume series
which will deal with the “Church universal.” This volume contains an
outline of the history of the church from A. D. 98 to A. D. 461. It
begins with the death of St. John’s last apostle and ends with a
consideration of the work of St. Leo and St. Patrick.
“Conscientious and scholarly labor with which Mr. Pullan has brought
so much valuable information into comparatively brief compass.” A. G.
+ + — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 822. O. ‘05. 170w.
“This is a well-arranged and lucidly wrought introduction to the study
of the important period it covers.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 245. My. 27, ‘05. 80w.
“Altogether it is a book which students, and especially those already
on Mr. Pullan’s side, will find valuable for reference and
information; but we doubt whether it will prove an introduction or a
stimulus to further study.”
+ =Sat. R.= 100: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 210w.
=Purchas, Samuel.= Hakluytus posthumous; or Purchas his pilgrimes.
*$3.25. Macmillan.
“The work will be complete in twenty volumes. It is a continuation and
enlargement of Hakluyt’s ‘Voyages.’ It is made up of unpublished
manuscripts of voyages, left by Hakluyt after his death, which came
into the hands of Samuel Purchas. The latter added to them his own
accounts of the many travels and voyages of Dutch, Spanish, and
Portuguese explorers and English travelers, besides including numerous
translations from early books of travel which were then becoming
scarce.... The text of the present edition is a reprint of that of
1625, with the exception that errors in spelling and punctuation have
been corrected and contracted forms of letters extended. Among the
contents are the accounts of the early expeditions fitted out by the
East India company, of the adventures of Capt. John Smith in Turkey
and Virginia, the Arctic discoveries of Barents, Baffin, and Henry
Hudson, and translations from Acosta, Oviedo, Las Casas, and others.
All the maps and illustrations of the original edition have been
included in this reprint, and there is also a facsimile of the
original engraved title page.”—N. Y. Times.
“Their real claim to consideration lies in their style, their
pungency, their wit, their unexpected turns of expression, their
irresistible quaintness. There is an equal quality about the book
regarded as a whole.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 234. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1480w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ + =Acad.= 68: 575. My. 27, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
* “The volumes with increasing force and power speak for themselves.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1095. O. 21, ‘05. 1250w. (Review of v. 5-8.)
=Nation.= 81: 55. Jl. 20, ‘05. 410w.
=Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 130w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 171. Mr. 18, ‘05. 380w.
“Too much respect cannot be given to the work of Samuel Purchas. With
Hakluyt, it shows the advances made by civilization. It is one of the
foundations on which modern geographical study rests.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 196. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 466. Jl. 15, ‘05. 380w. (Review of v. 4 and
5.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 561. Ag. 26, ‘05. 440w. (Review of v. 5 and
6.)
“It is because Purchas helps Hakluyt in making us understand all this
that he is worth reprinting and rereading.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2380w. (Review of v. 1-4.)
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 500w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)
+ + =Spec.= 94: 440. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1620w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ + =Spec.= 95: 199. Ag. 5, ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)
=Purves, Rev. David.= Life everlasting: studies in the subject of the
future. *$1.50. imp. Scribner.
“The subjects treated in this volume by a Presbyterian clergyman of
Belfast, Ireland are: The life everlasting, The resurrection (of
Jesus and believers), The future life, and Immortality in
literature.”—Outlook.
=Outlook.= 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w.
=Putnam, M. Louise.= Children’s life of Lincoln. $1.25. McClurg.
A new and thoroughly revised edition of a book designed not for
children’s amusement, but for pure instruction.
=Pyle, Edmund.= Memoirs of a royal chaplain. *$4. Lane.
Edmund Pyle, chaplain in ordinary to George I., Archdeacon of York,
and Prebend of Winchester, “represents the Church of England, so far
as the clergy constitute the Church sunk in coveteousness and sloth.”
(London Times.) “The letters are valuable for the display not of a
specially elevated or attractive clerical character, but of the facts
and feelings of that age from the point of view of a minor
ecclesiastical politician.” (Nation.)
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 743. Je. 17. 1930w.
* “He makes an unusual revelation of the scheming and jobbery in
church preferment.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 476. N. ‘05. 70w.
“Mr. Hartshorne’s labors have at least furnished a useful source-book
for historians of the period, however lacking it may be in the
continuous absorbing interest.”
+ + — =Dial.= 39: 118. S. 1, ‘05. 330w.
“If there is nothing in this volume to excite admiration or
enthusiasm, there are some curious facts, and one or two amusing
incidents. Notes should be brief, accurate, and germane to the matter.
Mr. Hartshorne’s are none of the three.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 200. Je. 23, ‘05. 2280w.
“He writes with no waste of words, with great frankness, and with
pretty full and accurate information, as to a large range of
externals.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 260w.
“Whatever Pyle says is worth reading. It is only when Mr. Hartshorne
intervenes that we are sorry.”
+ — =Spec.= 94: 945. Je. 24, ‘05. 1470w.
=Pyle, Howard.= Story of champions of the round table. **$2.50.
Scribner.
“A companion volume to Mr. Pyle’s ‘Story of King Arthur and his
knights,’ illustrated as that was with wood cuts admirably suited in
manner and tone to the pseudo-antique style of narrative in which the
deeds of Sir Launcelot and his fellow-knights are retold.... To boys
not too young and of the right imaginative cast of mind the book
should have the fascination which Malory’s tales still have for a like
class of elder readers.”
* + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 50w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1387. D. 14, ‘05. 80w.
* “It is evident that this writer brings to his task wide knowledge
and great enthusiasm; we could wish that he did not in large measure
spoil the good effects of both by diffuseness, affectation of style,
and prosy sermonizings.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 210w.
“Mr. Pyle succeeds unusually well in preserving the legendary and
chivalrous atmosphere of his subject without dulling the interest by
over-indulgence in archaic language.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 90w.
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=Quarles, Francis.= Sions sonets sung by Solomon the king. *$4.
Houghton.
A reprint of this poetical paraphrase of the song of Solomon which
combines the merits of the editions of 1625 and 1680.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 424. Je. 16, ‘05. 180w.
+ + =Nation.= 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 60w.
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=Rabelais, Francois.= Selections; ed. by Curtis Hidden Page. *$2.
Putnam.
A volume in the series of “French classics for English readers.” In
the selections the aim of the editor has been to “keep all the
essential parts of the story, and all the scenes which had most
literary value and human interest; to retain all the best of the
historical satire; and to include other parts which have some special
interest, such as the chapters on education.”
“Mr. Page has done his task as well as it could be done.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 70w.
+ =Dial.= 38: 326. My. 1, ‘05. 120w.
=Ind.= 59: 395. Ag. 17, ‘05. 60w.
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“The edition is very well got up and generally attractive.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 521. Ap. 8, ‘05. 80w.
“Dr. Page’s introduction is an interesting and scholarly study of his
author.”
+ + =Yale R.= 14: 230. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
* =Rae, John.= Sociological theory of capital: being a complete reprint
of the New principles of political economy, 1834; ed. with biographical
sketch and notes by Charles Whitney Mixter. *$4. Macmillan.
“Rae’s book is a refutation of Smith’s system, and in the course of
chapter after chapter he carefully takes the author of the ‘Wealth of
nations’ to pieces. The result is that he arrives at a defense of
protection as opposed to free trade and of legislative interference as
opposed to the laissez-faire policy. Professor Mixter in his
recrudescence of Rae has split the book in the middle, giving the
first and last parts in an appendix.”—Pub. Opin.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 150w.
* “A readable book where only the dismal science existed before.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 180w.
* “He has not been content with making a mere reprint, but has
carefully scrutinized and rearranged the original work so as to make
it of distinct use for modern readers and valuable as a text-book in
advanced courses.” I. F.
+ + =Yale R.= 14: 330. N. ‘05. 1250w.
=Ragster, Olga.= Chats on violins. *$1.25. Lippincott.
In these “chats” the history of the violin, historical and
biographical sketches of Italian and German makers, and anecdotes of
great players are given, followed by chapters on the manner of
preserving and playing the violin and an appendix upon the life of
Paganini. The illustrations present a series of types of the violin
from the ninth century to the present day.
“Miss Ragster’s treatment is clear and concise, and not of such a
technical nature as to burden the ordinary reader.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 245. O. 16, ‘05. 210w.
+ =Nation.= 81: 305. O. 12, ‘05. 90w.
“Miss Ragster’s English style is frequently vivacious, but often
unfinished, and she is imperfectly informed as to the spelling of many
foreign proper names and other words.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 722. O. 28, ‘05. 580w.
* “While the book is not technical in any sense, it should be of
considerable value to all students of the violin.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.
=Rambaud, Alfred Nicholas; Simkovitch, Vladimir; and others.= Case of
Russia: a composite view. **$1.25. Fox.
“A presentation of certain phases of Russian life and history by five
writers who have a first-hand knowledge of the subjects they discuss.
It comprises: an outline sketch of the successive steps in the
expansion of Russia; a brief psychological study of the Russian
people; an interpretation of the Russian autocratic system; an inquiry
into the progress and possibilities of the Slav; and a survey of the
religious situation in Russia.”—Outlook.
=Critic.= 47: 411. N. ‘05. 320w.
“The proof-reading is inadequate, and the translation is not always
quite what it should be.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 462. Je. 8, ‘05. 21??w.
“Most of the matter, however, is somewhat vitiated by having been
written some time ago.”
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 220w.
“As with all ‘composite views,’ the effect is in some respects
elusive, in others bewildering. But, on the whole, the symposium is
distinctly helpful, and especially in the direction of assisting to a
clearer understanding of the dominant traits and qualities of the
inhabitants of the unhappy land.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 220w.
“There is a good deal of psychological interest in the essays,
particularly in that of Mr. Novicow.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 80w.
=Ramsay, William Mitchell.= Letters to the seven churches of Asia and
their place in the plan of the Apocalypse. *$3. Armstrong.
“A prophet of Christianity, and one who for many years has devoted his
best efforts to the study of a solution of the problem that confronts
the religious world upon the meeting of the Asiatic and the European,
when the barriers of the lofty mountains and arid plains of East and
West are no more, believes that the great issue is with Christianity,
and he has written this book to set forth a number of convincing
proofs of the world-evangelizing principles that have won and are
winning triumphs for the Christian faith.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 81. Ja. 28, ‘05. 640w.
“Ramsay’s fresh and rich book adds much to our knowledge of the Roman
province of Asia in the first century A. D., and the influence of
Christianity therein. The book combines the merits of scientific and
popular history-writing. In three special ways this volume is
valuable: (1) as a contribution to the understanding of the apostolic
age; (2) as an aid to the interpretation of the New Testament
Apocalypse; (3) as a practical study in comparative religion.” C W.
Votaw.
+ + + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 552. Jl. ‘05. 1180w.
“His archaeological and historical skill makes [it] of peculiar
interest.”
+ =Bib. World.= 25: 158. F. ‘05. 20w.
“The first half of the book is worth more than the last half. The
style is diffuse; repetitions are frequent; and there are
long-expanded commonplaces. The book will be welcomed chiefly because
it contains many items of interesting information and throws much
light upon the environment of the early Asia Minor Christians.” D. A.
Hayes.
+ + — =Bib. World.= 26: 71. Jl. ‘05. 980w.
“In scholarly detail, the story of the seven cities and their various
symbols is related, and the usages and customs of the early Christian
era are succinctly set forth.”
+ + =Boston Evening Transcript.= F. 8, ‘05. 400w.
“His interpretation of particular passages is open to question, but
his historical, geographical and archæological material on the
churches addressed in these letters is very full and valuable.”
+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1131. My. 18, 05. 130w.
* “Some of his interpretations may be questioned, but the wealth of
information and fact makes his book valuable for reference.”
+ + — =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 81. Jl. 27, ‘05. 1690w.
“Is rather an introduction than a commentary, and it has much value as
an introduction to the whole of the New Testament.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 980. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1180w.
“Requires careful study, which it will amply repay.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 368. Mr. 11, ‘05. 470w.
* =Ranck, George Washington.= Bivouac of the dead, and its author. **$1.
Grafton press.
The well-known martial elegy. The bivouac of the dead, and a lyric
called The old pioneer, penned at the grave of Daniel Boone, by the
same author, are included in this little volume with a story of the
poems and a brief biography of Theodore O’Hara prepared with the full
cooperation of his family. The whole forms a fitting tribute to the
Kentucky soldier-poet.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 898. D. 16, ‘05. 240w.
=Ranke, Leopold von.= History of the reformation in Germany; tr. by
Sarah Austin; ed. by Rob. A. Johnson. $2. Dutton.
This new low-priced edition of Ranke’s great work is “a reproduction
of Mrs. Austin’s translation which only included the first six of the
ten books into which Ranke divided his complete work. It includes the
history of the German reformation down to the year 1534.” (Acad.)
=Acad.= 68: 440. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1290w.
“We have only a fragmentary translation, and ‘editing’ worthy of the
publisher’s office-boy.”
— — =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 176. Mr. 18, ‘05. 380w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 301. My. 6, ‘05. 280w.
=Ransom, Caroline Louise.= Studies in ancient furniture; couches and
beds of the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. *$4.50. Univ. of Chicago
press.
“A rather laborious piece of archæological work in a small field has
been well performed by Miss Ransom.... Her investigation, in so far as
it is original, depends upon an examination of monumental sources;
from the literary she draws little, and that out of the usual
handbooks, “the volume, a fine quarto, is beautifully illustrated by
many full-page plates and cuts.””—Nation.
“It is a slightly expanded college thesis, and a scholarly
contribution to the archæology of furniture. No phase of the subject
is overlooked. The results are presented in a manner which, though not
entertaining to the general reader, will prove highly instructive to
the student of archæology.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 275. Ap. 16. ‘05. 180w.
“The plates and other illustrations in the text are many and well
chosen, and the references and discussions in the notes show careful
research and sound scholarship.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 99. Jl. 13, ‘05. 130w.
=Int Studio.= 25: sup. 64. My. ‘05. 170w.
“The text shows evidence of a scholarly study of them, and, what is
almost better, the application of much common sense.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 250. Mr. 30, ‘05. 590w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 547. Ag. 19, ‘05. 400w.
“A work of scholarly research in a limited special field.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 606. Mr. 4, ‘05. 10w.
=Rashdall, Rev. Hastings.= Christus in ecclesia. *$1.50. Scribner.
“Dr. Rashdall is an efficient representative of the Broad church group
in the Anglican establishment. In this volume of discourses he
addresses himself especially to educated men and women. He is
concerned lest religion be crowded out of life, either by revolt
against narrow ecclesiasticism or by the pressure of other
concerns.... To explain some Christian institutions, ideas, and
practices to educated hearers, with a view to promote an interest in
the Church and its ordinances at once rational and reverent, is
therefore the main object of these discourses. Starting from a review
of the Oxford movement as having restored the idea of the Church to
its due prominence in Christian thought. Dr. Rashdall discusses in
considerable detail the institutional side of Christianity.”—Outlook.
“His outlook is historical. These discourses serve at any rate for a
temperate and eminently clear expression of what many educated but not
professional readers will recognize as an intelligible common-sense
view on points of current controversy.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 84. Ja. 28, ‘05. 140w.
“Characterized by transparent lucidity and an unadorned simplicity of
diction.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 652. My. 27. 710w.
+ + =Ind.= 59: 330. Ag. 10, ‘05. 120w.
“The breadth and thoroughness of the discussion make the volume a
helpful contribution to the reconstructive work now going on in
religious thought. The general aim is practical. There is a note of
reality, and of an intentness on reality, running through all these
discourses.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.
“In literary quality, too, as well as in the matter and tone, these
sermons commend themselves to the discerning and sympathetic reader.”
H. N. Gardiner.
+ + =Philos. R.= 16: 735. N. ‘05. 280w.
“He is able, earnest, and learned, constructive, occasionally
conservative, as well as critical.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 640. My. 13, ‘05. 300w.
=Rateau, A.= Experimental researches on the flow of steam through
nozzles and orifices, to which is added a note on the flow of hot water;
authorized tr. by H. Boyd Brydon. *$1.50. Van Nostrand.
“This little book on the flow of steam is an expansion of” Prof
Rateau’s “report to the congress of applied mechanics in 1890.... The
object of the investigation was to determine the conditions governing
the discharge from large conoidal convergent nozzles and an orifice in
a thin plate, both above and below the ratio p equals 0.58 P.”—Engin.
N.
“His work is painstaking in the extreme. One or two obvious
typographical errors are noted. It is an interesting addition to the
literature on the flow of steam through nozzles.” Strickland L.
Kneass.
+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 533. My. 18, ‘05. 650w.
“The translation is clear. It is, however, a defect, for English
readers, that the principal formulæ are left as given by the author in
foreign units.”
+ + — =Nature.= 72: 101. Je. 1, ‘05. 210w.
=Rathbone, Eleanor F.= William Rathbone: a memoir. $3. Macmillan.
In this memoir of her father, a Liverpool merchant, the author gives
his life, his well-known work in parliament and in various
philanthropic movements.
“Very capably written biography.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 368. Ap. 1, ‘05. 350w.
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 718. Je. 10. 730w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 218. Ap. 8, ‘05. 350w.
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 258. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1870w.
=Ray, Anna Chapin (Sidney Howard, pseud.).= By the good Sainte Anne: a
story of modern Quebec. †$1.50. Little.
A new edition of this story of a typical Englishman, a Canadian of
English descent, and a young French-Canadian, all of whom pay court to
bright, vivacious Nancy Howard, who with her father, a New York
physician, drop in among the guests at the Maple Leaf. The scenes and
points of interest in and about Quebec furnish a setting for the
bright conversations in which the story abounds.
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
=Ray, Anna Chapin (Sidney Howard, pseud.), and Fuller, Hamilton Brock.=
On the firing line: a romance of South Africa. †$1.50. Little.
Africa during the Boer war furnishes the setting of Miss Ray’s story
of love and combat. The hero, a stalwart Canadian, follows an impulse
to enter the fray as a private and in his narrow field demonstrates
broad soldierly ability which operates for its full value, not only
with the girl he loves, but with his rival, the young captain of his
troop.
“There is movement and life on every page.”
+ =Ind.= 58: 1421. Je. 22, ‘05. 140w.
“In spite of its conventional plot, holds a lively interest for the
reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 357. Je. 3, ‘05. 250w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.
“The collaboration in this novel is very successful. A
well-constructed, entertaining, bright story, permeated by the spirit
that recognizes and appreciates high ideals.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 194. My. 20, ‘05. 100w.
=Ray, Anna Chapin.= Sidney: her summer on the St. Lawrence. †$1.50.
Little.
In this new book for boys and girls, Sidney Stayres and her little
brother Bungay spend an eventful summer with their cousins and their
friends on the St. Lawrence. There are picnics, and general good
times, there are accidents and anxious hours, but these doings of the
true hearted little heroine and those who loved her will prove
wholesome and entertaining reading for all young folks.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 150w.
“The characters seemed posed and artificial.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.
=Raymond, Edward Brackett.= Alternating current engineering, practically
treated. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
“This book is written by a member of the staff of the testing
department of the General electric company; it consists of two parts;
the first part contains the general theory of electricity and
magnetism and a special theory of alternating currents; the second
part treats of transformers, alternating current motors and
alternators.... There is a great need for such a book, a book in which
a young man just starting in practical electrical engineering work
after college or any other school could find a clear, concise
exposition of what he needs, what is done in practice, and why it is
done so and not otherwise.”—Phys. R.
“In summing up it seems that notwithstanding some defects the book can
be well recommended to young electrical engineers and to those who
would like to refresh their memory on the subject of alternating
currents. It is to be regretted that Mr. Raymond did not write his
book in coöperation with somebody more familiar with the theoretical
part of the subject and particularly with the approved methods of
presenting them in a simple, lucid way. Then the wide practical
experience of Mr. Raymond would find its right place in the book and
make it one of the most valuable additions to our engineering
literature.” V. K.
+ + — =Phys. R.= 20: 190. Mr. ‘05. 1380w.
=Raymont, T.= Principles of education. *$1.40. Longmans.
The author’s object in writing this book was “to present a brief but
comprehensive treatment of the problems of education as they have
shaped themselves in my mind during several years of experience in
teaching.... It is for the younger members of that profession that my
book is primarily intended.”
“Readable and suggestive.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 290w.
“An interesting and comprehensive treatise on education.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 12. Jl. 1. 690w.
“The main quality of his book we should describe as common-sense.” J.
Welton.
+ + — =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 113. O. ‘05. 800w.
=Rea, Hope.= Tuscan and Venetian artists, their thought and work.
*$1.50. Dutton.
A new and enlarged edition of these essays which treat of the broader
aspects of Italian art, using individual artists and their work as
illustrations. In “Builders and goldsmiths,” the influence of these
arts upon painting is shown thru Botticelli, while Angelico, the
idealist, and Signorelli, the realist, are contrasted to show the
relation between imagination and reality in art, and the fusion of the
two is illustrated by Raphael and the Venetians. Giotto, Duccio,
Carpaccio, and Raphael are treated under artists story tellers. There
is also a chapter on Della Robbia ware. There are thirty-eight tinted
half-tones.
“The author writes intelligently, if with no great originality of
thought, and in a pleasing if not over-exact style.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 194. Mr. 9, ‘05. 170w.
“It is particularly valuable as a study of the causes which lead to
the transference of an emotion from the individual to the canvas or
marble.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 470w.
“The book may be recommended to those whose sympathy has not yet been
aroused as it should be for the art of Tuscany and Venetia. Such a
little book of criticism as this is always needed, not only for the
unthinking tourist or student, but sometimes also for the thinking.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 248. Ja. 28, ‘05. 230w.
=Read, Carveth.= Metaphysics of nature. *$2.75. Macmillan.
“By metaphysics Professor Read means the ‘study of the validity and
adequacy of knowledge and belief’ ... the addition ‘of Nature’ is
intended to rule out ideals, the matter of ethics, politics, religion,
and art. Within these limits he claims that his work is conciliatory
and constructive.”—Ath.
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 803. Ag. 5, ‘05. 760w.
“Signs are not wanting that he approaches his subject as a man of
science rather than a philosopher, that is, in a spirit of vindication
rather than unbiased inquiry.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 47. Jl. 8. 640w.
“Professor Carveth Read’s ‘Metaphysics of nature’ is a book that must
take rank at once for importance with Mr. Bradley’s ‘Appearance and
reality’ and Professor Ward’s ‘Naturalism and agnosticism.’” T.
Whittaker.
+ + =Hibbert. J.= 4: 205. O. ‘05. 1990w.
“One of the best parts of the volume is the general discussion of the
test of truth.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 287. S. 8, ‘05. 600w.
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 527. O. 21, ‘05. 1620w.
=Read, Opie.= American in New York, a novel of to-day. $1.25. Thompson &
Thomas.
Short sketches are welded together to form this book. There is a
gallant Kentucky millionaire; “there is a very lovely widow who talks
to him in the tea room, and to whom he tells quaint tales of the West;
there is a young man, the millionaire’s adopted son, and a young
woman, the widow’s niece.... To add to the zest of it too, the
Colonel—so the millionaire is called—is very fond of playing Haroun Al
Rashid. There is a villain also.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Really, the present volume furnishes some very good reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 558. Ag. 26, ‘05. 220w.
“Tells some humorous stories and moralizes more or less shrewdly at
times. There is too much, however, of his political and social
dogmatism, and the personal story involved is of the weakest.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 43. S. 2, ‘05. 90w.
=Redgrave, Gilbert R., and Spackman, Charles.= Calcareous cements: their
nature, manufacture, and uses, with some observations upon cement
testing. *$4.50. Lippincott.
“In its present edition this book is noteworthy for its discussion of
cement manufacture. Over one-third of the space is devoted to this
subject. The next largest space is given to composition, chemical
analysis and constitution. In these sections and in its historical
notes on the development and early manufacture of hydraulic cements
the book is superior to any other treatise of which we have
knowledge.”—Engin N.
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 645. Je. 15, ‘05. 360w.
=Rée, P. J.= Nuremburg and its art to the end of the 18th century; from
the German by G. H. Palmer. *$1.50. Scribner.
“The librarian of the Bavarian museum at Nuremburg has written a
careful survey of the art treasures in that city. He scarcely touches
the history of the place ... but traces the development of German art,
as illustrated by the buildings and in the museums of Nuremburg, in
painstaking and elaborate fashion. His treatment of the artists and
craftsmen who succeeded Dürer will be found especially valuable by
English tourists who wish to learn something more of designers and
artist-craftsmen.... This volume of the “Art cities” series is
abundantly illustrated by one hundred and twenty-three
photographs.”—Ath.
“In spite of its merits, we fear that English readers will find it
hard to digest. The translation of the book looks as if it had been
‘made in Germany.’”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 121. Jl. 22. 650w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 645. S. 30, ‘05. 230w.
=Reed, Helen Leah.= Amy in Acadia. †$1.50. Little.
This is the first volume of a second series of the “Brenda” books; it
is a story for girls and tells of the experiences encountered by Amy,
her mother, and her girl friends among the descendants of the exiled
Acadians. These experiences acquire a peculiar interest thru their
romantic setting and their historical background.
“The author manages, with indifferent skill, to convey much
information for the benefit of young readers—that is, if they do not
rebel at Amy.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 40w.
=Reed, John Calvin.= Brothers’ war. **$2. Little.
Optimistic in tone, looking forward to a glorious and peaceful future
for a United States truly united, this book, altho written by a
Southerner, and, to a certain extent, a plea for the South, makes for
a better understanding between North and South by giving an account of
the causes which led up to the Civil war in a fair-minded manner which
admits of the statement that “the brothers on each side were true
patriots and morally right.” It is an interesting volume and it
discusses political parties, the great men upon each side, slavery,
the race question and the Ku-Klux Klan, in a spirit so generous toward
the North that it will not alienate even a reader in whom strong
partisan feeling still remains.
=Reed, Myrtle.= At the sign of the Jack-o’-Lantern. **$1.50. Putnam.
A New York newspaper man and his bride begin their honeymoon in their
heirloom house which was set on a hill and known as the
Jack-o’-Lantern, because its arrangement of doors and windows made
hideous resemblance to a human face. The eccentric donor had added
wing after wing to the main portion of the house, the reason for which
becomes apparent when relations, singly and in groups, swoop down on
the pair to make their annual visit—“to sponge on a dead man as they
did when he was alive.” In this pandemonium Howard Carr tries to write
his first book.
“The author gives us a commonplace farce, all bustle, noise and
confusion, with scenes and characters that have long ago lost all
novelty.”
— =Acad.= 68: 1009. S. 30, ‘05. 450w.
“It is a disconcerting, but not displeasing blend of folly and
shrewdness. Some readers will think the book a mere tissue of
nonsense, others may take a fleeting pleasure in its very absurdity.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 433. S. 30. 260w.
* “Miss Reed has certainly provided us in this instance with an
original form of entertainment, and the story should prove
popular.”—Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 39: 308. N. 16, ‘05. 360w.
+ =Ind.= 59: 576. S. 7, ‘05. 140w.
* “Myrtle Reed is possessed of a quick sense of humor, is a keen
observer of life, and an exceptionally alert and alluring judge of
human nature.”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 966. D. 23, ‘05. 420w.
“Miss Reed is mistress of a delicacy of thought and style which lends
itself gracefully to the light and airy exaggeration of human
foibles.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 674. O. 14, ‘05. 710w.
“We do not find this tale altogether successful in its alternating
attempts at sprightliness and sentiment. The characters neither act
reasonably nor talk naturally.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 50w.
=Reeves, Jesse Siddall.= Napoleonic exiles in America: a study in
American diplomatic history, 1815-1819. pa. 50c. Hopkins.
This pamphlet is uniform with the “Johns Hopkins University studies in
historical and political science.” The study centers about the
unfortunate colonial enterprise called Champ d’Asile on the banks of
the Trinity river in Texas.
=Reid, G. Archdall.= Principles of heredity, with some applications.
*$3.50. Dutton.
“While possessing large and varied interest for the general reader,
this work is specially addressed to medical men.... What is new in the
work is mainly drawn from evidence, hitherto largely unused,
concerning heredity, that he has found in the study of disease,
especially of the zymotic kinds, and also of narcotics. This is held
to establish conclusively that parental acquirements are never
transmitted to offspring and that the great mass of variation has
another origin than that of the action of the environment of the
germ-cells.”—Outlook.
“What he has written is evidently the result of wide reading and
serious logical thinking with regard to the many intricate questions
involved. At the same time his work is seldom technical, and will be
nearly always readily intelligible even by those who are not familiar
with the strictly biological terminology of the subject.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1110. N. 9, ‘05. 760w.
“He covers too much ground, and appears to have put together matter
written at different times and in pursuance of different trains of
thought.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 184. Je. 9, ‘05. 1340w.
* “We have one fault to find; in a work on the principles of heredity
one would have expected a fuller discussion than is actually given of
biometric and Mendelian methods of dealing with that phenomenon.” A.
D. D.
+ + — =Nature.= 73: 121. D. 7, ‘05. 1330w.
“He writes with a warmth of conviction that is stimulating to thought,
and with a mastery of his subject which commands attention.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 89. S. 9, ‘05. 350w.
=Reinach, Salomon.= The story of art throughout the ages; tr. by
Florence Simmonds. **$2. Scribner.
“A general outline of art from its origin to the present age. It
includes art in the polished stone and bronze ages; in Egypt, Chaldea,
and Persia; Aegean, Minoan, and Mycenæan art; Greek art before
Phidias; Phidias and the Parthenon; Praxiteles, Scopas, and Lysippus;
Greek art after Alexander the Great; the minor arts of Greece;
Etruscan and Roman art; Christian art in the East and in the West;
Romanesque and Gothic architecture; Romanesque and Gothic sculpture;
the architecture of the renaissance and modern architecture; the
renaissance of Siena and Florence; Venetian painting; Leonardo da
Vinci and Raphael—the Milanese Umbrian and Roman schools; Michelangelo
and Correggio; the renaissance in Germany; the Italian decadence and
the Spanish school; art in the Netherlands in the sixteenth century;
the art of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France; and art
in the nineteenth century. There are nearly six hundred illustrations
in the book.”—Bookm.
“Is a clever and valuable rapid sketch written by an authority.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 706. Ap. ‘05. 60w.
“The translation is fluent and adequate as a whole, though it is
occasionally clumsy.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 343. Mr. 18. 490w.
“The translation before us, in the main, reads well, and the book, as
a whole, appears in a very acceptable form. Much may be said in praise
of the work and very little against it. The reader immediately becomes
fascinated by the style, the independence of thought and judgments by
the illuminating touches on periods and individual artists. Taken in
its ensemble, it is possibly the best short history of art, or rather
the history of the filiation of art schools ever written.” Hugo P.
Thieme.
+ + + =Baltimore Sun.= : 8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 490w.
“Excellent as is the treatment of ancient art, it is surpassed by the
clear and scholarly exposition of art in the Christian era, so that we
have no hesitation in saying that this book is an indispensable work
for every library, whether large or small, throughout the land. It is
a matter of sincere congratulation for the author to find so much
knowledge in so small a space. The setting given to the text is of the
same high order as the text itself.”
+ + + =Boston Evening Transcript.= Feb. 8, ‘05. 1140w.
“A book both critical and fascinating. The translation, by Miss
Florence Simmonds, is admirably done.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 202. Mr. 16, ‘05. 220w.
“Well translated and copiously illustrated.”
+ + — =Int. Studio.= 25: 84. Mr. ‘05. 60w.
“The book is a little masterpiece. His taste and judgment are as sure
as his knowledge is exact. It is assuredly the best brief general
history of art, if not the best such history of any length, that has
yet appeared. It deserved a better and more faithful translation than
has been given it by Florence Simmonds. One is never certain whether
he is getting the opinions of M. Reinach or those of Miss Simmonds.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 58. Ja. 19, ‘05. 1590w.
“The translation is unusually careful and successful, and the reader
of it loses nothing of the practical utility of the work. The
distinguishing trait of M. Reinach is his combination of poise and
alertness. He is not a partisan.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 398. Je. 17, ‘05. 910w.
“In the style there are surprising vivacity and individuality. The
individual common sense, the happy and sometimes sharply incisive
phrases, and the broadly critical spirit of the book are traits rare
in an outline of this sort.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 197. Ja. 21, ‘05. 260w.
“Has given us a work of exceptional educational value in his
splendidly condensed ‘Story of art throughout the ages.’ It serves the
double purpose of reference book and of introductory work to the art
of any period. Readable narrative. All that a well-equipped special
library on art should contain is given in condensed and miniature form
in this one volume.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 297. F. 25, ‘05. 140w.
“The rendering into English is clear and satisfactory.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 251. F. ‘05. 90w.
* =Reinsch, Paul Samuel.= Colonial administration. *$1.25. Macmillan.
This volume in “The citizen’s library of economics, politics, and
sociology,” “is rather a statement of the various problems confronting
colonial governments, and an indication of the main lines of solution
that have been attempted than a complete and conclusive discussion of
the principles involved. The book gives in small compass a broad
survey of the most important activities of modern colonial
governments, and deals with the facts of colonial administration
rather than with the underlying philosophy. Such topics as education;
finance; commerce; currency, banking, and credit; agriculture; the
land policy; and the labor question, are tersely and instructively
discussed.”—R. of Rs.
* “The temper and language of Prof. Reinsch’s introductory chapter
could scarcely be improved. He has for the most part made good use of
the numerous books cited in his notes.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 580w.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 240w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 638. N. ‘05. 110w.
=Remensnyder, Junius Benjamin.= Atonement and modern thought; with an
introd. by B: B. Warfield. $1. Lutheran pub. soc.
“Dr. Remensnyder makes a vigorous presentation of the Lutheran
conception of the Atonement in its antagonism to the characteristic
tendencies of modern thought. As thus conceived it was an objective
transaction in which Christ as the sinner’s substitute bore the
punishment due to sin. The Atonement thus viewed is presented as the
central truth of Christianity.”—Outlook.
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 757. Mr. 25, ‘05. 160w.
=Renan, Joseph Ernest.= Life of Jesus. 68c. Bell, H. W.
A reprint in popular form of the scholarly “Life” written by the great
French Liberal “from the view-point of one who saw in him a great
prophet, but a son of the Infinite only in the sense that the noblest
and purest of earth can be termed the sons of God.” (Arena.)
“Is a volume that should be found in the libraries of all broad-minded
people. This work will ever remain the loving and masterful labor of
one of the bravest, ablest and most honest thinkers and scholars of
the nineteenth century.” Amy C. Rich.
+ + + =Arena.= 33: 451. Ap. ‘05. 610w.
=Repplier, Agnes.= Compromises. **$1.10. Houghton.
A group of entertaining essays with pure literary merit. The subjects
which Miss Repplier treats are: Luxury of conversation; The gayety of
life; The point of view; Marriage in fiction; Our belief in books; The
beggar’s pouch; The pilgrim’s staff; A Quaker diary; French
love-songs; The spinster; The tourist; The headsman; Consecrated to
crime; Allegra.
“She has always a point of view; she writes in an agreeable style; and
she is well informed and has taste.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 78. Ja. 21. 320w.
“They are not meant for the frivolous, but for those who can
appreciate good literature. She has her own ideas on the subject about
which she writes, and states them without hesitation or
qualification.”
+ =Cath. World.= 80: 689. F. ‘05. 220w.
“The subjects of her essays vary pleasantly and they are all written
in a purely literary style. Her vivacity is not nervous, but
intellectual, and the thread of her thought is so interwoven with the
golden warp of older writers like Johnson, Montaigne and others that
for once we have the tone of time upon the fresh tapestry of modern
life. Her reflections shade back into old philosophies. All are
seasoned with that pleasant gossip which a good-tempered intelligent
woman has acquired from a wide knowledge of and close friendship with
the best writers of the last four hundred years.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 154. Ja. 19, ‘05. 450w.
* =Repplier, Agnes.= In our convent days. **$1.10. Houghton.
Charming personal reminiscences of the author’s childhood in a
French-American convent school. The stories are real, they are true to
human nature, true, so those who know declare, to the atmosphere of
the school itself, and certainly true in that many of the little girls
who lived and had adventures and murmured profound confidences inside
those convent walls are prominent women to-day.
* =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w.
* “Is in Miss Agnes Repplier’s happiest style.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 485. D. 14, ‘05. 370w.
* “She has never been more delightful than in this little volume.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 440w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.
* “Delightful studies of girl nature told with humor and literary
grace.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 40w.
Representative essays on the theory of style, chosen and edited by
William Tenney Brewster. *$1.10. Macmillan.
These essays have been selected with the object of supplementing the
technical works on methods and forms. The volume includes Literature,
by John Henry Newman; Style, by Thomas de Quincey; The philosophy of
style, by Herbert Spencer; The principles of success in literature, by
George Henry Lewis; Style in literature—its technical elements, by
Robert Louis Stevenson; Style, by Walter Pater; and Our English prose,
by Frederic Harrison. Professor Brewster has included an introduction,
notes and questions, and an index.
“Has performed a useful service for teachers of literature.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 279. N. 1, ‘05. 50w.
“A volume likely to be of good service to academic students of
literature and composition.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 90w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 648. S. 30, ‘05. 270w.
“The introduction ... makes skilful use of the material which the
editor has carefully selected for the body of the volume.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 90w.
“A very welcome work.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 575. O. 28, ‘05. 220w.
Revival; a symposium, ed. by Rev. J. H. MacDonald. *75c. Meth. bk.
Seven addresses which were first delivered before the Chicago
Preachers’ meeting. They are designed to awaken a more general
interest in revival work and include sermons by Bishop McDowell, Rev.
E. B. Crawford, Rev. Chas. Little, Rev. John Thompson, Rev. W. E.
Tilroe, and Rev. P. H. Swift.
* “They are excellent as far as they go, but the collection as a whole
lacks completeness and proportion.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.
=Reybaud, Henrietta Etiennette Fanny (Arnaud) (Mme. Charles Reybaud).=
La belle paysanne; tr. from the French by Remus F. Foster. $1. Neale.
A young French student falls in love with the pastel of a beautiful
woman which he finds in his uncle’s house, and he hears her story from
an old lover of hers and a priest, and learns how, as a young girl,
she broke her troth to the marquis and married a handsome peasant,
whom she afterwards murdered. In the end he finds in his uncle’s
repulsive old housekeeper the original of his fancy.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 157. Mr. 11, ‘05. 210w.
=Reynolds, Cuyler=, comp. Classified quotations: compiled for general
reference and also as aids in making up lists of toasts and in the
preparation of the after dinner speech and occasional address; with
suggestions concerning the menu and other details connected with the
proper ordering of a banquet; being a reissue of “The banquet book.”
**$2.50. Putnam.
“The book is a collection of quotations on all sorts of subjects,
intended to help persons preparing menus for dinners. It evidently
fills the place for which it was intended, for this appearance is the
fifth.”—N. Y. Times.
* “The collection is a good one; more general, besides than the needs
of the banquet. The index is rather meagre.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 120w.
* “Mr. Reynolds has the capacity for taking infinite pains, as all his
work shows, and this collection is remarkably complete.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 140w.
=Reynolds, George F.= Some principles of Elizabethan staging. 50c. Univ.
of Chicago press.
This study is only a part of a more comprehensive one now in
preparation, discussing not only Elizabethan plays but also the actual
construction of the stage itself and the properties which furnished
it.
=Rhoades, Cornelia Harsen (Nina Rhoades).= That Preston girl. †$1.50.
Wilde.
A story which depicts the loneliness and suffering of a girl who is
ostracized because of her father’s dishonest means of attaining
wealth. She is a refined, unselfish, loyal type of girlhood, a helpful
acquaintance for any young reader.
=Rhodes, James Ford.= History of the United States from the compromise
of 1850. Vol. 5. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“Confidence has grown with each succeeding volume that the great
history of the Civil war is being written.” (Ind.) This fifth volume
covers the years 1864-66. “In the beginning of this volume, Mr. Rhodes
gives a brief recapitulation of the salient events of the Civil war,
and follows this with a detailed account of Sherman’s Georgia
campaign. Grant’s Appomattox campaign, Lee’s surrender, and the
assassination of Lincoln are all treated within the limits of a single
chapter. A long chapter is devoted to an account of society at the
North during the war, and a similar chapter to society at the South.
Another chapter is assigned to the treatment of prisoners of war. The
volume closes with a fair and impartial account of reconstruction.”
(R. of Rs.)
“But it would be unfair to regard Dr. Rhodes’s slips in military
matters as impairing the value of his work. The present volume is a
perfect storehouse of valuable facts and records. If anything, it is
too full of material and not sufficiently ordered.” A. R. Ropes.
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 80. Ja. 28, ‘05. 640w.
“I cannot think of another historian who so constantly produces the
effect of complete candor, who is so indefatigably minded to tell all
that can be reckoned of consequence, and to display unreservedly the
sources of his knowledge and the grounds of his opinions.” W. G.
Brown.
+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 181. O. ‘05. 2800w.
“As a whole it comes up fully to the high standard set in the
preceding volumes. In the treatment of the controversial questions of
the time Mr. Rhodes shows the same spirit of impartiality and breadth
of view which has won for him the admiration of students.” James
Wilford Garner.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 352. Mr. ‘05. 920w.
“To the specialist, the work will appeal as authoritative until more
evidence is forthcoming. The author has performed a distinct service
in showing that a non-partisan account of our great Civil war need not
be colorless.” David Y. Thomas.
+ + + =Dial.= 38: 230. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1020w.
“It is hardly possible that the theme will ever be treated with fuller
detail, more skilfully wrought into a dramatic story. Concerning this,
as concerning the whole work, it must be said that it will be most
authoritative among those who are most familiar with the sources of
information. The general reader may grow to believe fully in the
author’s conclusions, but the specialist will be convinced by the
unquestionable force of the testimony offered.”
+ + + =Ind.= 58: 151. Ja. 19, ‘05. 680w.
* “This masterful accomplishment entitles Mr. Rhodes to the first
place among American historians.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 120w.
“The writer’s method and his even narration make pleasant reading.
There is the same painstaking examination of authorities, the same
skilful arrangement of facts, the same balanced (sometimes hesitating)
judgment, and the same desire to be eminently fair to all parties in a
controversy.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 177. Mr. 2, ‘05. 1800w.
“Mr. Rhodes’s treatment of the war itself, and of the issues growing
out of the war, is that of an unbiased historian, and will meet, we
think, with the cordial approbation of southern as well as northern
participants in that great struggle.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 247. F. ‘05. 180w.
“A considerable part of this volume is given to a chapter describing
the conditions of society in the northern states during the war, and
another chapter to society in the southern states. These are among the
most important and interesting contributions to our historical
literature. They are hardly entitled to be called brilliant, but they
are full of good sense, of sound judgments, and of well-proportioned
groupings of facts. They are likely to be read as long as any
historical writings of our time. His style is not brilliant, but it is
a good working style, with the fundamental merits of clearness and
dignity; and his judgments are the judgments of a man of great common
sense. All preceding books have at best been materials for such a
history. Mr. Rhodes’s work is the best narrative of this stirring
time.”
+ + + =World’s Work.= 9: 5982. Mr. ‘05. 700w.
=Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell Hegan (Mrs. Cale Young Rice).= Sandy. †$1.
Century.
In turning away from Mrs. Wiggs and Lovey Mary, Mrs. Rice has chosen
to import the irresponsible, hot-headed, impulsive Irish boy, Sandy.
All the way from stowaway on an American liner to the successful
college graduate, and the hero of an ambitious romance, he runs a
curious round of chance which claims him for a boot-black, newsboy,
peddler, and finally drops him into the keeping of a kind-hearted old
judge, who starts him along the road to fortune.
“The story is a good deal more than readable.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 684. Je. 3, 210w.
+ =Ind.= 59: 209. Jl. 27, ‘05. 150w.
“The book possesses much of the wholesome sweetness of her two earlier
volumes. There is no denying Mrs. Rice’s pleasant manner of telling a
story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 316. My. 13, ‘05. 630w.
“It possesses much of the wholesome sweetness of the philosophy of the
Cabbage patch.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.
“A simple, lifelike story full of quiet humor, pathos, and charm.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 80w.
“An interesting study of the stuff that Americans are made of, and of
a variety of cleverly drawn Kentucky types.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 872. Je. 3, ‘05. 190w.
“Mrs. Rice’s reputation will receive a fine impetus from this
delightful little story.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 95. Je. ‘05. 140w.
“Mrs. Rice has given too much attention to the outsiders in ‘Sandy,’
and the boy and the girl who are the chief actors suffer. The story is
sketchily drawn; too sketchily, the average reader will think.”
+ + — =Reader.= 6: 243. Jl. ‘05. 300w.
“Nothing but the dreariest herbage of sentimental commonplace.”
— =Sat. R.= 99: 601. My. 6, ‘05. 290w.
=Richards, Ellen Henrietta Swallow (Mrs. R. H. Richards).= Art of right
living. *50c. Whitcomb & B.
This small volume proffers much commonsense advice on the limitations
of food, the need of air, exercise, amusement and work.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 299. My. 6, ‘05. 70w.
=Outlook.= 79: 398. F. 11. ‘05. 30w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 511. Ap. ‘05. 50w.
=Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe. Mrs.= Tree’s will. †75c. Estes.
“The reader of Mrs. Richard’s series beginning with ‘Captain January’
will meet old acquaintances here. Mrs. Tree herself, though dead,
seems more alive than anybody through her will, its effects, and the
anecdotes her survivors narrate.”—Outlook.
* “The book is a gem in its own way.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 80w.
* “Is a worthy successor to ‘Mrs. Tree’ in affording quiet amusement
for an idle hour. Mrs. Richards writes brightly, humorously, and with
excellent taste.”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 753. N. 18, ‘05. 350w.
“There are certain touches of pleasant humor here and there in the
book that almost give it a reason for existence.”
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 621. S. 23, ‘05. 310w.
“The picturing of village life, though amusing and touching at times,
lacks strength and body, seems trivial and fantastic.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14. ‘05. 60w.
=Richardson, Clifford.= Modern asphalt pavement. $3. Wiley.
This book successfully covers a field hitherto but inadequately dealt
with. It is “the first authoritative presentation of the subject by a
representative of the asphalt paving companies, thus making public the
results of long and patient investigation by them, not heretofore
accessible to the municipal engineer.... Structurally, Mr. Richardson
divides an asphalt pavement into three parts or courses; the base, the
intermediate course and the surface course.” (Engin. N.) He treats his
subject exhaustively from the selection of materials to the proper
execution of the work.
“In conclusion it not too much to say that Mr. Richardson’s book
should be classed with those which appear too infrequently, but whose
appearance marks epochs in the industry to which they relate. Even if
the dictums of the authors are not always accepted or vindicated, they
set people to thinking and mark out new paths for future progress.” S.
Whinery.
+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 633. Je. 15, ‘05. 4240w.
“The book is likely to prove of great value to municipal authorities.”
T. H. B.
+ + + =Nature.= 72: 316. Ag. 3, ‘05. 600w.
=Richardson, Dorothy.= Long day: a true story of a New York working girl
as told by herself. *$1.20. Century.
A country bred girl tells of her experiences in New York city. She
came friendless and unskilled with but a few dollars in her pocket,
she sought honest work, and found short jobs as a box maker, a
sweat-shop worker, a liner of jewel-boxes, a “shaker” in a steam
laundry and at various other occupations all equally unpleasant and
equally underpaid. The pictures she draws of the working girls’ home
are painfully sad and realistic.
* “The book deserves a reading.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 749. N. ‘05. 170w.
* “Written with so much understanding and insight.”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 890w.
“The woman who tells her own story is terribly in earnest about it
all.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 672. O. 14, ‘05. 330w.
* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 663. N. 18, ‘05. 150w.
* “A story that is nothing less than fascinating.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 757. D. ‘05. 180w.
=Richardson, Norval.= Heart of hope. †$1.50. Dodd.
“This story of the Civil war offers drama and romance in about the
usual proportions, but the former of a quality quite unusual—the siege
of Vicksburg being pictured with cycloramic realism.”—Outlook.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 30w.
“This is an uncommonly interesting story of the Civil war. The
sentimental motive is skilfully woven into the account of the siege.”
+ — =Reader.= 6: 475. S. ‘05. 240w.
=Richey, Harry Grant.= Handbook for superintendents of construction,
architects, builders, and building inspectors. $4. Wiley.
“The subjects which receive particularly thorough and careful
treatment are: excavating, laying out foundations, testing and
analysis of stone, stone and bricklaying (which is especially well
illustrated), testing of soil, piling, timber specifications, steel
sheet piling, building stones, etc.... A fair amount of space is
devoted to cement and concrete.”—Engin. N.
“In general, the book is meritorious and well presented, almost all of
the matter being of value to building inspectors or superintendents.
The book compares very well with other books of its kind.” Wm. W.
Ewing.
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 642. Je. 15, ‘05. 560w.
=Richman, Irving Berdine.= Rhode Island; a study in separatism. **$1.10.
Houghton.
A volume in the “American commonwealths” series. “There can be no
doubt that the distinctive characteristic of Rhode Island as a
political entity has been its separatist tendencies. Founded as a
protest, it has clearly demonstrated its innate individualism in every
crisis of its history.... There is reason for Mr. Richman’s assertion
that even to-day the influence of the old-time thought is making
itself keenly felt in the political life of the state.... Mr. Richman
writes with enthusiasm [and gives] concise retrospective
summaries.”—Outlook.
* “Mr. Richman has made one of the most instructive and readable
contributions to the ‘American commonwealths’ series.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 904. D. 16, ‘05. 580w.
* “His conclusions, on the whole, show discrimination, and his
treatment is adequate, developing the social and economic as well as
the political and constitutional history of the state. The most
serious defect—and it is serious—is an occasional obscuration of
salient facts in a mass of detail.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.
* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 728. D. 2, ‘05. 280w.
=Richmond, Grace S.= Indifference of Juliet. †$1.50. Doubleday.
An “account of Juliet’s repeated refusals of a nice, tall,
broad-shouldered young man named Anthony. Anthony had been rich, but
unfortunately lost all his money. Nevertheless he continued to love
Juliet.... At last, goaded to desperation, he worked out a pretty
little plan of arousing the lady’s jealousy, which was quite
successful. With Juliet’s aid he fitted and furnished a dear little
box of a house in the country, ostensibly for a lovely California
girl.... After it was all ready for its new mistress Juliet permitted
herself the luxury of going over it all alone one evening and crying.
And there Anthony found her. But this is not the end of the story. In
fact it is only the beginning, and several other romances crop up
before it is finished.”—N. Y. Times.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 245. Ap. 15, ‘05. 380w.
“A pleasant little love story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17. ‘05. 220w.
=Rickert, Edith.= Reaper. †$1.50. Houghton.
A story of the primitive life of the Shetland islands where the sea is
“the great fact of life.” The hero reaps his harvest of content after
years spent in patient service to a widowed mother, whose fondness for
drink he strives by eternal vigilance to hide from others. The call of
the sea is forever in his ears, but in the end, when he is free to go,
he finds that the desire is conquered and his real happiness lies at
home in the love of a woman and a little child.
“The dialect is not particularly unintelligible, but there is a good
deal of it.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 94. Ja. ‘05. 50w.
“It is worth reading for itself, and those who love the sea,
especially, will like it because it is full of the atmosphere of the
sea, of the simplicity and the mysticism and primitiveness of true
sea-dwelling people.”
+ =Ind.= 58: 503. Mr. 2, ‘05. 290w.
“A new field, and a new strong writer in that field. There is much
quiet power in the story.”
+ =Reader.= 5: 256. Ja. ‘05. 280w.
“As to its intrinsic interest and picturesqueness there can be no
doubt whatever.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 717. My. 13, ‘05. 670w.
* =Ridgeway, William.= Origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse.
*$3.75. Macmillan.
“Treats not only of all the chief breeds of British domestic horses
known in historical times, but also takes a survey of all the other
living equidae, as well as of the ancestors of the genus. He has made
an attempt to treat historically the origin of the various colors
found in English horses; at the same time indicating the influence
exercised on the history of the chief nations of the ancient,
mediaeval, and modern world by the possession of horses.... Besides
all this he has ‘also tried to point out the lessons of supreme
importance to the breeder.’ ... A supplementary chapter has been
included considering ‘The development of equitation.’ There are also
addenda and a full index, besides numerous illustrations.”—N. Y.
Times.
* “He marshals evidence for you as a special pleader, and hammers it
in as a violent partisan. But at the same time he does not carry his
audience away. There are too many slips of fact, too many circular
proofs, too many violations of logic. At the end you are interested,
stimulated, but not won.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 313. S. 29, ‘05. 1710w.
* “Prof. Ridgeway on the other hand, has primarily attacked the
problem from the point of view of the historian and the archaeologist,
and it must be acknowledged that naturalists owe him a large debt of
gratitude for bringing into prominence lines of evidence with which,
from the very nature of the case, they are unfamiliar.” R. L.
+ + =Nature.= 73: 126. D. 7, ‘05. 1950w.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 731. O. 28, ‘05. 240w.
* =Outlook.= 81: 942. D. 36, ‘05. 100w.
* “It is also an encyclopedia of information on the history of the
‘Equidae’, collected from every source, from post-Pliocene deposits to
modern sporting newspapers. Professor Ridgeway, when merely setting
down information, is apt to flit among countries and ages with a
dexterity which perplexes the reader.”
+ + — =Spec.= 95: 655. O. 28, ‘05. 1540w.
=Ridley, Alice, Lady.= Daughter of Jael. $1.50. Longmans.
With the spirit of a Brutus, Frances Cary, the heroine of this story,
kills her niggardly and cruel grandfather in order to free her
brother, the lawful heir, from a rule of terrible bondage. The act was
inevitable to her philosophy of youth. The book goes on to show that
retribution will not be restrained by the mitigating circumstance of
unselfishness in actuating a crime. One has his fill of deep problems.
“This story deals with the shadow of a very dark deed involving a
question of casuistry in morals. The book is interesting in a dismal
way. The odor of chloroform pervades it and hangs heavy on every
page.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 21. Ja. 14, ‘05. 490w.
“It fairly bristles with problems. In spite of the undercurrent of
gloom the story is light and even gay in some of its passages.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 26. Ja. 5. ‘05. 250w.
=Riley, James Whitcomb.= Riley songs o’ cheer. $1.25. Bobbs.
Over fifty of Mr. Riley’s happiest verses have been collected into
this volume which is profusely illustrated by Will Vawter. The
all-golden; A Christmas carol; The first bluebird; Mister hop-toad; A
passing hail; The twins; A song of the road; and While the heart beats
young, are included among other old favorites.
* + + =Arena.= 34: 660. D. ‘05. 480w.
* “There is a good deal of commonplace work in the book, but there are
also bits here and there of Mr. Riley at his best.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 90w.
* “It is a great pity that Mr. James Whitcomb Riley’s publishers
should persist in vulgarizing verse so fine as his by cheap and silly
illustrations.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 150w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ‘05. 60w.
* “Wholesome verse, it is, and tinged with a sentiment that is genuine
though often commonplace.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 70w.
=Riley, Theodore Myers.= A memorial biography of the Very Reverend
Eugene Augustus Hoffman. $5. Priv. ptd. at the Marion press, Jamaica,
Queensborough, N. Y.
A biography which covers fully the facts of a life upon which the
author comments as follows: “He was never primarily a theologian, or
indeed primarily anything but an admirably well-balanced man, in whom
the note of our common nature was always predominant.... He wrote no
great books; he ventilated no schemes of sociological or of
theological improvement to the world; he offered no advice to the
public for the reconstitution of human society. He simply abode in the
path of achievement marked out for him by his office as a priest, and
by his gifts of constitution and rule.... And so he became great,
because he was faithful, humble, wise, modest.”
“It is appreciative, orderly, and so full that its 795 pages of noble
type leave nothing to be desired except an index.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 290w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 57. Ja. 28, ‘05. 170w. (Statement of
contents.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 580w. (Abstract of
contents.)
=Riley, Thomas James.= Higher life of Chicago. *75c. Univ. of Chicago
press.
A study of the culture interests of Chicago has resulted in the
exposition of some of the agencies that are working for the betterment
of the city, including the schools, libraries and the press, civic
associations and women’s clubs, social settlements, charities, etc.
“To many who think of Chicago as a great commercial centre merely,
this account of the higher life will be a revelation.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 594. S. ‘05. 100w.
“It is a book of much value both for reference and for the further
stimulation of cultural and altruistic endeavor.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 327. My. 1, ‘05. 80w.
=Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis.= Briefs on public questions, with selected
lists of references. *$1.20. Longmans.
A book which “is sure of favor with the young debating community, but
is also well calculated to enlarge the understanding and settle the
convictions of journalists and legislators. Its themes are logically
ordered under three heads, Politics, Economics, and Sociology.”
(Nation.) Twenty-five individual topics are treated, among them
Naturalization, Woman suffrage, Negro suffrage, Restriction of
immigration, Reciprocity with Canada, Government ownership of
railways, single tax, etc.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 56: 594. S. ‘05. 170w.
“Great judgment and fairness have been displayed by the author, who
has been able to sink personal considerations to a marked degree in
his effort to impartially present a brief outline of the principal
arguments on each subject discussed.”
+ + + =Arena.= 34: 329. S. ‘05. 250w.
“High-school and college students will give this book a warm welcome.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 50w.
“The scheme and the execution are to be commended, and Mr. Ringwalt
has had in mind in his bibliography the resources of ordinary public
libraries.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 150w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 1160w.
“Within its chosen field a valuable reference book. The work has been
done with much care and thoroughness, and the book is not by any means
limited in its usefulness to those preparing for debates, although its
peculiar adaptability to that purpose is evident.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 442. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.
=Riordan, William L.= Plunkitt of Tammany hall. †$1. McClure.
A series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by
ex-senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from
his rostrum—the New York county courthouse bootblack stand—and
recorded by William L. Riordan. “For more than forty years he has seen
the political game played in New York city.... His has been the
peculiar distinction of holding four offices at one and the same time
and drawing salaries for three of them.... He is the old-fashioned
type of the professional politician, even in Tammany Hall, but he has
a shrewd, homely sense that is not to be learned from books and that
would be invaluable in a man without the moral crookedness that
afflicts this man.”—Pub. Opin.
=Outlook.= 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 477. O. 7, ‘05. 370w.
* =R. of Rs.= 32: 638. N. ‘05. 170w.
=Ripley, William Zebina=, ed. Trusts, pools and corporations. *$1.80.
Ginn.
This volume is “a compilation of special articles, mainly by other
well-known legal writers, on the great cases which have arisen
relative to the status of corporate bodies. These cases extend over a
period of thirty-five years, from the Michigan salt association ... in
1868 to the recent Northern securities company and the United States
shipbuilding company.”—N. Y. Times.
“Doubtless the book will prove a valuable adjunct to the equipment of
the student. But a further compilation and classification of cases
would have been more reassuring to the student.”
+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 593. My. ‘05. 170w.
=Dial.= 38: 396. Je. 1, ‘05. 50w.
“An important and valuable contribution to economic literature.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 295. Mr. 16, ‘05. 540w.
* “A book of very considerable value.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.
+ + =Nation.= 80: 352. My. 4, ‘05. 290w.
“The introduction is a clear and unbiased discussion of the trust
problem.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 295. My. 6, ‘05. 140w.
=Rishell, Charles Wesley.= Child as God’s child. 75c. Meth. bk.
A discussion of “baptism and church membership and the teaching of the
home and Sunday school from the point of view of one who believes in
gradual growth into the religious life.” (Ind.)
=Ind.= 58: 1013. My. 4, ‘05. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 144. Mr. 4, ‘05. 210w.
=Rives, Amelie.= See =Troubetzkoy, Amelie.=
=Rives, Hallie Ermine.= See =Dickens, Charles=
=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= Red fox: the story of his adventurous
career in the Ringwaak wilds and of his final triumph over the enemies
of his kind. †$2. Page.
“The history of a hero fox of singular beauty and strength, united
with rare intelligence, adaptability and foresight.... His range was
the forest, rocky slopes, and backwoods farms of the Ringwaak country
in eastern Canada. Here he ran the full gamut of fox-experience ...
leading a joyous and adventurous life till the brightness of his
renown made him a shining mark for capture. Then, taken by a trick
formidable for its simplicity, he was sent to the states to make a
Roman holiday for a fashionable hunt club, but escaped by almost
super-vulpine sagacity and found safety in the mountains.” (Nation.)
Fifty full page drawings by Charles Livingston Bull illustrate the
volume.
* + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 50w.
* “Has the fascination of a real jungle story, without owing any
apparent debt to Mr. Kipling.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 798. D. 9, 210w.
* + =Dial.= 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 150w.
* “It is as charming in style as it is in atmosphere.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1390. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.
* “It is intensely interesting throughout; it ends happily; the
natural history is sound; and the pictures are numerous and worthy.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 150w.
“Mr. Roberts appears to tell his story chiefly for its own sake, but
he impresses us quite as deeply as if he had tried to enforce it by
didacticism.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 290w.
“Is a rare thing among animal biographies. The interest, at least, is
quite human.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 710. O. 21, ‘05. 410w.
* “Certainly the story is entertaining, and wins and keeps the
sympathy of the reader for the four-footed hero.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.
Reviewed by Mabel Osgood Wright.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 872. D. 9, ‘05. 120w.
* “Red Fox is one of the most interesting characters in all the annals
of woods life.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 170w.
“The treatment is sufficiently literal to answer all that the author
claims for his book, and certainly nothing is lost in charm by the
insertion of what Mr. Roberts considers the animal psychology.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.
=Roberts, Edmund Willson.= Automobile pocketbook: a compendium of the
gasoline automobile. $1.50. Gas engine pub.
The object of this little book is “to place before the designer and
the operator, in a brief manner, a few general notes on the design and
the operation of the gasoline automobile.” “Somewhat more than
one-half the book is devoted to the design of various parts, such as
valve mechanisms, mufflers and axles; and detailed descriptions of the
best forms now in use are given, accompanied by lettered drawings,
which enable the average reader to grasp the idea at a glance....
Several chapters are devoted to the care of various parts of the
automobile, how to locate troubles and how to make repairs.” (Engin.
N.)
“This pocketbook fills a place in automobile literature occupied by no
other book.”
+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 636. Je. 15, ‘05. 280w.
=Roberts, George Simon.= Old Schenectady. *$4.50. Robson & Adee,
Schenectady, N. Y.
A book which “carries the reader back to 1682, when the Dutch Van
Curlers, the Vedders, the Tellers, and other Dutch families settled
there. The author does not attempt a historical narrative, but gives a
series of pictures of the quaint town in the early days: its pioneer
settlers; its defenses against Indian attack; its French and Indian
massacre; its Dutch heirlooms. The value of the book is much enhanced
by appropriate and well-executed cuts and halftone illustrations.”—Am.
Hist. R.
=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 722. Ap. ‘05. 80w.
“Some history, more genealogy, and a modicum of biography well served
by the compiler of the neatly printed volume, make an interesting
story. The book bristles with anecdote, reminiscence, and tradition of
the families ... whose names still count for much in the Mohawk
valley.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 61. Ja. 28, ‘05. 520w.
=Roberts, Isaac Phillips.= Horse. **$1.25. Macmillan.
This book “includes an account of the development of the horse from
the early times and the introduction of improved breeds; a description
of kinds and grades now in use; a careful study of the different gaits
and paces of the horse; and many chapters dealing with the most
approved and practicable methods of training, feeding, driving,
breeding, and caring for horses.”—Outlook.
“Even the man who breeds horses for the market may find helpful
suggestions here. Told in an entertaining way, with an enthusiasm for
the subject that adds sparkle to the story.”
+ + + =Country Calendar.= 1: 223. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
Reviewed by Charles Tracy Bronson.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 570w.
“The book has unquestioned value, and contains in compact form but in
clear language much that is valuable.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 100w.
=Roberts, Morley.= Lady Penelope. †$1.50. Page.
The lady Penelope Brading, orphaned daughter of an English earl and an
American heiress, is a young woman of ideas, and ideals. From a host
of suitors, and there are many as she possesses all things save a
sense of humor, she chooses eight; a poet, a captain, a successful
Jew, a young nobleman, a war correspondent, a balloonist, an artist,
and an American millionaire, and puts them in training, finally
announcing that she has married one of them secretly. Each pretends to
be the one and the reader is thoroly mystified even when a baby
arrives to further complicate the situation.
“In the present book we find neither matter nor manner.”
— =Acad.= 68: 151. F. 18, ‘05. 320w.
“‘Lady Penelope’ is the best book we have seen for the use of those
newspapers which a few years ago offered prizes for guessing how the
story would end.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 673. Mr. 23, ‘05. 440w.
“It is all in its airy way an amazingly clever satire, touching upon
an astonishing number of solemn and respectable matters in a manner of
cheerful and spontaneous audacity, which disarms resentment.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 146. Mr. 11, ‘05. 790w.
“This is an amusing and audacious comedy of cross purposes and
dramatic situations.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
“Original, clever and amusing.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 706. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.
+ =Reader.= 6: 478. S. ‘05. 170w.
“Witty and ingenious.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 757. Je. ‘05. 140w.
=Roberts, Theodore.= Brothers of peril. †$1.50. Page.
The two brothers of peril are a brave Indian boy and a young English
cavalier seeking adventure in the New world. The scenes are laid in
Newfoundland among the Beothic Indians. The author says: “I have dared
to resurrect an extinct tribe for the purposes of fiction. I have
drawn inspiration from the spirit of history rather than the letter.
But the heart of the wilderness, and the hearts of men and women, I
have pictured in this romance of olden time as I know them to-day.”
* “A well-fancied tale of old Newfoundland.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 50w.
“We admire Mr. Roberts’s modesty, and commend him for his temperate
description.”
+ =Bookm.= 22: 182. O. ‘05. 200w.
“A rarely good tale of adventure in which the characters are vividly
drawn and the interest is never allowed to fall below the properly
breathless point.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 495. Jl. 29, ‘05. 870w.
“A fabric pulsing with thrills, jealousy, pirates, Indian treachery
and other necessities of a thoroughly good story of adventure.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 221. Ag. 12. ‘05. 90w.
=Robertson, Charles Grant,= ed. Select statutes, cases and documents to
illustrate English constitutional history, 1660-1832; with a supplement
from 1832-1894. **$3. Putnam.
“The book is the outgrowth of the author’s own needs in teaching
modern history at Oxford, where he found that ... there was a hiatus
that needed to be filled by a collection of documents for the epoch
that opens with the restoration of Charles II.... Among the statutes
and documents included may be mentioned the Act of uniformity, the
Test act, the Coronation oath, the Bill of rights, the Act of
settlement, the Act for the union with Scotland, the Act for the union
with Ireland, the Abolition of the slave trade. All of the most famous
cases in English legal history, within the period treated, are
included.”—N. Y. Times.
“Careful notes indicate when statutes have been repealed, though the
system employed does not always make clear just what portions. It is
spread out too thin to suit the needs of intensive work. The value of
the bibliography and of many of the page references is much lessened
by the failure to give the date and place of publication of the
editions cited. Other examples seem to indicate that the editor’s
knowledge of the general history of at least part of his period is
somewhat faulty.” Arthur Lyon Cross.
+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 877. Jl. ‘05. 790w.
“In his selection and editing of the statutes and cases that were
available Mr. Robertson has certainly displayed excellent judgment and
sound learning.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 110. Jl. 22, 230w.
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 145. Ag. 17, ‘05. 540w.
“Is indispensable to the reader and student of modern English history.
The volume forms altogether one of the very best collections of
documents illustrative of English history.” Stanhope Sams.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 300w.
=Robertson, James Alexander.= See =Blair, Emma Helen=, jt. auth.
=Robertson, Morgan.= Down to the sea. †$1.25. Harper.
Fourteen stories on various subjects, but all of men whose real home
is not on land. Under such titles as—“A cow, two men, and a parson,”
“The mutiny,” “The vitality of Dennis,” “Fifty fathoms down,” “The
enemies,” “The rivals,” and “A hero of the cloth,” we hear of war
vessels and other craft, of humorous and exciting happenings, and come
to know some most enjoyable characters.
+ =Critic.= 47: 382. O. ‘05. 180w.
“Are in the last degree ingenious in construction and clever in the
telling. They have, however, two serious faults: they are so
far-fetched ... and, except for the adventures of Finnegan, they are
painful to the point of being disagreeable.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 1250. Je. 1, ‘05. 200w.