instruments.” (Elec. World.)
* * * * *
“To the student or the designer of electrical transmission systems,
the book will prove particularly valuable.”
+ =Elec. World.= 51: 266. F. 1, ’08. 270w.
“An authoritative book. The treatment is vivid for the theory is
applied in every case to the problem at hand.”
+ =Phys. R.= 26: 545. Je. ’08. 80w.
=Bergh, Louis de Coppet.= Safe building construction, a treatise
giving in simplest forms possible practical and theoretical rules
and formulae used in construction of buildings and general
instructions. **$5. Macmillan.
8–12772.
After twenty years this book has been thoroly revised to meet modern
needs. It is “practically a treatise on engineering, dealing
especially with those problems which the architect is called upon to
solve. Its simple rules for ‘those who do not understand
trigonometry,’ its diagrammatic illustrations, and its pages of tables
will be attractive to many an architect and builder.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“There is such unmistakable flavor of its early origin as to arouse
regret that the revision did not extend to scrapping the old text
entire.”
− =Engin. N.= 60: 80. Jl. 16, ’08. 130w.
“There are a great many useful tables and diagrams, but it is a pity
that so many of them relate to wrought iron, a material no longer
employed in building.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 57: 567. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.
=Nation.= 86: 499. My. 28, ’08. 90w.
=Berglund, Abraham.= United States steel corporation: a study of
growth and influence of combination in the iron and steel
industry. *$1.50. Macmillan.
7–36147.
A study of the organization, the development and the policies of the
steel corporation. “Mr. Berglund’s important conclusions are: that the
company has never had—and is not likely to have—more than a qualified
monopoly of the steel trade; that its policy in respect to prices has
been one of moderation, but would probably not remain so moderate if
monopoly were ever assured; and that such control over markets as the
organization may wield in the future will probably be exercised ‘in
association with independent producers’ through such agencies as pools
or price agreements.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Berglund not only gives an excellent analysis of the world’s
greatest industrial combination, but also gives many interesting
points concerning the present and future of American iron and steel.”
W. S. Tower.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 515. Mr. ’08. 350w.
“The book is a valuable one, in that it treats the well known facts in
a different light than they have been treated in most works on the
subject.” J: C. Duncan.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 127. Je. ’08. 450w.
“There is often a vagueness of statement when he is writing of the
plants and of labor at the furnaces. Dr. Berglund is on much surer
ground when he is dealing with conditions in the iron and steel
industry which led to the organization of the Steel corporation in
1901; and when he is tracing with much detail, and with admirable
clearness, the developments which have marked the history of the trust
in the first six years of its existence.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 819. O. 3, ’07. 580w.
“It is the sort of detailed study that should be made of each of the
great industrial combinations—study that should have preceded much of
the generalizing in which economists have indulged.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 159. F. 13, ’08. 200w.
=Bernhardt, Sarah.= Memories of my life: being my personal,
professional, and social recollections as woman and artist. **$4.
Appleton.
7–34323.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
+ − =Acad.= 73: 188. N. 30, ’07. 140w.
“Versatile, whimsical, egotistic, vivacious, eccentric, singularly
sincere, and always interesting.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 7. Ja. ’08.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 80w.
“These memoirs leave us with a very vivid sense of the qualities that
made their author what she was.” H. S. Krans.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 748. Mr. ’08. 900w.
“The vividness of the narration, the sure sense of what was worth
telling and what was not, the sharp, salt vivacity of the style (which
not even the slip-shod English of the translator can obscure)—all
these virtues have to some pedants seemed incompatible with
authenticity.” Max Beerbohm.
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 693. D. 7, ’07. 1650w.
=Bernier, Louis Leon.= Autogenous welding of metals. $1. The boiler
maker, N. Y.
8–17741.
“This work is translated from reports of the National school of arts
and trades of France, and describes the application of autogenous
welding to the manufacture of tanks, boilers, piping, etc., together
with its application to the manufacture of steel, brass, bars, plates,
etc.”—Elec. World.
* * * * *
“The book lacks specific instructions on how to perform the welding
operations and inasmuch as the oxyacetylene flame can be used for
repairing and cutting metals, such information would be of value.”
+ − =Elec. World.= 51: 1296. Je. 13, ’08. 170w.
“There is much useful matter in the pamphlet, but it is all on
European practice. No mention is made of American apparatus and
methods. In view of this fact and the size of the pamphlet the price
seems far beyond reasonable bounds.”
− + =Engin. N.= 59: 648. Je. 11, ’08. 300w.
* =Bertrin, Georges.= Lourdes: a history of its apparitions and cures;
tr. by Mrs. Philip Gibbs. *$2. Benziger.
A book whose purpose is to set forth “with invincible clearness, the
evidence that exists to prove, in the first instance, the indisputably
miraculous character of the visions of Bernadette; and, in the second
place, the equally miraculous nature of some of the most remarkable
cures which have taken place at the Grotto of Lourdes, and in one
instance, at a shrine of our Lady of Lourdes in Belgium. His method is
to state the facts that are known to have occurred, to cite the
eyewitnesses who testified to them, and then to take up successively
the various explanations offered by those who refuse to believe in any
miraculous intervention.” (Cath. World.)
* * * * *
“In many respects ... the most satisfactory work that we possess on
the subject. In many others an excess of emotionalism spoils the value
of their evidence to the miraculous.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 88: 254. N. ’08. 820w.
“We shall say no more than that the book is a remarkable one from any
point of view.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 616. N. 14, ’08. 250w.
* =Besant, Sir Walter.= Early London: prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and
Norman. *$7.50. Macmillan.
8–28407.
The last volume in Sir Walter Besant’s “magnum opus.” He began with
London of the eighteenth century and in six volumes has traced back to
prehistoric times. This volume deals with London from the remotest
times to the middle of the twelfth century, and contains numerous
illustrations and a chapter on the geology of London by Professor T.
G. Bonney.
* * * * *
“The work is thoroughly readable. Doubtless Besant, if he had lived to
give the finishing touches to his book, would have made considerable
alterations and he would have prevented his work from appearing with
numerous misprints, especially in the Latin quotations, which are
badly mangled.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 91. Jl. 25. 830w.
“The illustrations are numerous, and for the most part excellent,
largely from manuscripts of the period described.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 523. N. 26, 08. 1300w.
“It is naturally full of out-of-the-way matter, giving an idea of the
beginnings of the greatest of cities, which no Londoner at least can
help but study with the most curious attention.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 56. Jl. 11, ’08. 450w.
“The story is made, as we might expect, highly interesting.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 474. O. 3, ’08. 440w.
=Beven, Thomas.= Negligence in law. 3d ed. 2v. $18. Canada law bk.
8–15769.
This third edition not only brings the material of former editions up
to date but includes 1465 new cases. “A large proportion of, though
not nearly all, the new cases introduced into this book, is due to the
expansion of the subject and is the growth of ten years of active
legal work. The residue is to be put down to what was improvidently
omitted before, or what is material for new exemplification or is of
historical interest.”
=Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah.= Meaning of the times, and other speeches.
**$1.50. Bobbs.
8–12769.
A volume of Senator Beveridge’s addresses made during the past ten
years. “Most of the subjects are current political topics, capital and
labour, the trusts, the Philippines, forestry, child labour,
nationalism and state rights. Mr. Beveridge’s main idea is an
unlimited, unsectional United States with Indiana as the centre and
the Republican party over all.” (Bookm.) See Cumulative book index for
contents.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 234. O. ’08.
“The work is full of ingenious pleas for the corporation interests
that are calculated to throw dust in the eyes of unthinking and
undiscriminating readers who are prone to accept without question
presentations when made by statesmen who pose as Christian gentlemen.”
− =Arena.= 40: 389. O. ’08. 500w.
“If Mr. Beveridge knew what his words mean and if he meant what they
say, he would be a promising young writer.” J: A. Macy.
− =Bookm.= 27: 490. Jl. ’08. 970w.
“A reading of it is a tonic of citizenship.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1203. My. 28, ’08. 140w.
“The extracts from the debate in the Senate on child labor form one of
the most interesting parts of the book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 358. Je. 20, ’08. 170w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 124. Jl. ’08. 260w.
=Bianchi, Martha Gilbert.= Modern Prometheus. †$1.50. Duffield.
8–7596.
A story in which a Jesuit priest tries to draw into the Catholic
sisterhood an American girl saddened by an unfortunate marriage. “The
background is like other Umbrian backgrounds of story, with its many
touches of Italian life and its many figures of peasants, priests, and
tourists, its incidental legends, art-histories, and church dogma, its
landscape and birds, its fruits and flowers and stars.” (Nation.) The
author “develops two concurrent ideas: faith through blind
acquiescence and obedience conferring spiritual peace; doubt,
accompanied by sturdy resistance, and independence condemning to
internal tumult.” (R. of Rs.)
* * * * *
“The story itself is not commonplace, and the interest holds to the
end.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 333. Ap. 9, ’08. 350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“The writer of this book has succeeded in creating an atmosphere, an
atmosphere strong enough to distinctly affect the reader with its
dreamy softness, its vague color.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 425. Ag. 1, ’08. 280w.
+ − =R. of Rs.= 37: 766. Je. ’08. 50w.
=Bielschowsky, Albert.= Life of Goethe; authorized tr. from the
German by W: A. Cooper. 3v. ea. **$3.50. Putnam.
5–36314.
=v. 3.= This concluding volume covers the period of Goethe’s life from
the Congress of Vienna to the poet’s death, 1815–1832. “The biographer
makes the daring assertion that without Goethe the Germany of to-day
would not exist. ‘Without Goethe, no Bismarck; without Goethe, no
German empire.’ He made the whole people feel spiritually one nation.
But Prof. Bielschowsky does not claim his hero exclusively for
Germany. He exists, beside Homer and Shakespeare, for the whole
world.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Considered on the whole the most valuable biography of Goethe.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 167. Je. ’08. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“Containing much excellent matter together with a good deal of
indifferent work.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 301. S. 12. 450w. (Review of v. 3.)
“He fails too ... in humor or decorum; the two are one in this sense.”
+ + − =Ind.= 65: 150. Jl. 16, ’08. 600w. (Review of v. 3.)
“We note a serious defect in Bielschowsky’s plan; there has been no
provision for a separate chapter upon Goethe as critic.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 578. Je. 25, ’08. 1400w. (Review of v. 3.)
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 225. Ap. 18, ’08. 180w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Bigelow, William Sturgis.= Buddhism and immortality. (Ingersoll
lecture for 1908.) **75c. Houghton.
8–30599.
An epitome of the teaching of the two Buddhist sects, the Tendai and
the Shingon in regard to the immortality of man.
* * * * *
“The lecture is a simple and lucid exposition of the subject.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 703. N. 28, ’08. 100w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= By right of purchase. †$1.50. Stokes.
8–24466.
“Mr. Bindloss starts with a very hackneyed theme and familiar dramatis
personae, the haughty well-born girl with the impecunious father and
brother who force her into a marriage with a rich man of the honest,
simple, rugged type. By degrees of course the honest farmer wins the
love of the haughty wife, who endures in the most amazingly brave way
the appalling dullness and monotony of life in a remote and lonely
Canadian farm.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“Is little more than a replica of his earlier stories of life in the
American Northwest.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 45: 297. N. 1, ’08. 240w.
“The characterization is of the crudest simplicity.”
− =Nation.= 87: 317. O. 1, ’08. 280w.
“There is no lack of action in Mr. Bindloss’s story, but we know so
well what the ending will be that we do not very much care what
happens along the road.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 500. S. 12, ’08. 120w.
“He is a better observer of nature than of men and women.”
− + =Outlook.= 90: 135. S. 19, ’08. 100w.
“The story is made readable, though only mildly interesting, by
pictures of Canadian life.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 180. Ag. 8, ’08. 90w.
“Mr. Bindloss is always interesting on the subject of his own country,
but his present book does not quite reach the level of some of his
former works.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 505. Mr. 28, ’08. 110w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Delilah of the snows. †$1.50. Stokes.
8–15298.
“The nucleus of this story ... is the blindness of a young man to the
sterling worth of a girl in his own class, his mad infatuation for
another girl socially beyond his reach, and his final awakening to his
folly when the other girl betrays him, as wantonly as Delilah betrayed
Samson, into the hands of the authorities who demand his life. The
scene of the story, at least of such part of the story as really
counts, is the Klondike.”—Bookm.
* * * * *
“The author’s power and grip of his subject seem to have deserted him,
and we miss his descriptions of colonial scenery and more particularly
of colonial life and character.”
− =Acad.= 73: 905. S. 14, ’07. 270w.
“The story begins at the wrong point; in other words, the lace pattern
of his plot lacks symmetry.” F: T. Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 27: 502. Jl. ’08. 300w.
“The narrative is vigorous and straightforward, without nicety of
style, but wholesome in tone, and moderately interesting.” W: M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 45: 88. Ag. 16, ’08. 130w.
“In spite of a heavy-footed gait and a superfluity of scene, the book
is worth reading for the sincerity and picturesqueness of its
adventure.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 163. Ag. 20, ’08. 280w.
“One expects picturesque incident, thrilling adventure, novel
characters in a story that takes Northwest Canada for its setting, but
one will scarcely find these necessary qualities in ‘Delilah of the
snows.’”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 381. Jl. 4, ’08. 250w.
=Bindloss, Harold=. For Jacinta. †$1.50. Stokes.
8–2379.
A story of love and adventure which portrays “the savagery, fever,
damp heat, and general hatefulness of the coast where the hero is
trying to get by salvage the cargo of a wrecked steamer, and thereby
prove in his lady’s eyes his capacity to be something more than a
dawdler and dilettante.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Well told and wholesome.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 110. Ap. ’08. ✠
“An excellent story of incident and adventure, reminiscent in plot of
Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne’s ‘The wrecker,’ and in scene and
treatment of Mr. A. J. Dawson’s ‘In the bight of Benin.’ But Mr.
Bindloss apparently will not take the trouble to do justice to his
undoubtedly lively invention, and distinct feeling for the picturesque
and romantic side of open-air life.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 786. Je. 23. 170w.
“The story is capitally told, and takes us to an interesting part of
the world not much frequented by novelists. As in all the books by Mr.
Bindloss that we have read, the money motive is forced a little too
much, jarring the romantic sensibilities to which he particularly
endeavors to appeal.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 133. Mr. 1, ’08. 280w.
“Certain passages are written with the requisite fire, but there are
dead levels where the attention flags.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 158. Mr. 21, ’08. 100w.
“An almost too realistic and minutely drawn picture. The narrative of
this adventure is too long drawn out, but there is some sincere effort
at character depiction.”
− + =Outlook.= 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
“It is a straightforward, absolutely wholesome story of love and
adventure. And neither the love nor the adventure is in any way
commonplace.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 234. Ag. 17, ’07. 130w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Long odds. †$1.50. Small.
8–32330.
The hero of this tale is dismissed from colonial military service for
a fancied offence, and becomes stranded in the wilderness of
Portuguese West Africa. His perilous adventures in righting the wrongs
of a native bondswoman reveal many of the commercial and official
conditions in that country which hamper good deeds and generous
impulses.
* * * * *
“The vagueness of the descriptions and the want of individuality in
the characters betray the writer, who depends upon his reading and his
imagination to furnish forth his material.”
− =Cath. World.= 88: 409. D. ’08. 150w.
“He has not a little of the incisive power of Mr. Conrad in dealing
with this tropical material.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 45: 297. N. 1, ’08. 340w.
“It is to be regretted that the style is marred by mannerisms
evidently the result of sheer carelessness.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 526. N. 26, ’08. 200w.
“The love story is of minor importance and is not well managed,
lacking warmth and color and impressiveness. But the story of the
wilderness and the brutal things that harbor there and of the man’s
grim fight with them is strong and realistic and vital.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 595. O. 24, ’08. 500w.
Bindloss, Harold. Mistress of Bonaventure. *$1. Fenno.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“It is a stirring story of real men and women, full of incident, and
fairly well written, although the style is now and then disfigured by
a slovenly touch.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 44. Ja. 16, ’08. 230w.
=Binns, Henry Bryan.= Life of Abraham Lincoln. *$1.50. Dutton.
8–14339.
An intimate picture of Lincoln with only enough political history
included to interpret his character and development.
* * * * *
“A valuable presentation of the life and character of the man.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 168. Je. ’08.
“One of the best-balanced and sanest of the innumerable lives of
Lincoln.”
+ + =Dial.= 44: 249. Ap. 16, ’08. 230w.
“Must therefore take its place among the essays rather than the lives.
As such, and as the work of an Englishman, it is not uninteresting.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 98. Jl. 30, ’08. 600w.
“It is Mr. Binns’s merit that he has shown so clearly how firmly,
reasonably, patiently, bravely, and wisely in the flood of these
controlling events the President steered.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 127. Mr. 7, ’08. 1450w.
“Mr. Binns has done a very creditable work in welding into a connected
popular biography existing material about Lincoln’s life and career.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 380. F. 15, ’08. 130w.
“Mr. Binns has evidently taken great pains to sift his facts, and has
given a very full picture of Lincoln’s life before he became
president.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 210. F. 15, ’08. 300w.
=Birch, Walter de Gray.= Seals. (Connoisseur’s lib., v. 19.) *$7.50.
Putnam.
8–2185.
The author, a fully trustworthy guide in the field of antiquities,
confines himself mainly to a consideration of the heraldic seals of
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland; several concluding chapters turn
to the Byzantine empire, Italy and France. “There is no mention of the
seals and stamps of the remote East, so much in question in studies of
Chinese painting and bronze casting; nothing about the engraved gems
of Greek and Greco-Roman antiquity, except as they appear in a few
mediæval settings.... The book [fully illustrated] has only four pages
of index for over three hundred of text. There is a glossary, but the
heraldic terms are not made plain—to the layman.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The book is so handsome and well produced as to make us regret that
it was not written on a more definite plan.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 75. Jl. 18. 340w.
“The complete history of the engraved stamp remains to be written; but
to that history Mr. Birch’s volume is a very notable contribution.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 80. N. ’08. 430w.
“The vast deal of interesting information in this work is limited in
range and hardly made accessible.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 20. Jl. 2, ’08. 560w.
“The only defect one notes is that excessive attention is paid to
English, or at least British examples, in contradistinction to those
of the continent.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 99. F. 22, ’08. 280w.
=Birt, Rev. Henry Norbert.= Elizabethan religious settlement: a
study of contemporary documents. *$4.50. Macmillan.
8–13679.
Six hundred pages of careful discussion resulting from the digesting
of a huge mass of Elizabethan manuscripts, papers and documents,
showing the true relation which the church held to the social
development of the sixteenth century. The general purpose of the
volume is to put the best face possible on the Roman side, and the
worst face possible on the Protestant side, of the Elizabethan
controversy.
* * * * *
“We should recommend those who desire to know the truth with regard to
that memorable period to place this volume on their shelves by the
side of those of Bishop Creighton and of Dr. Gee, and to use all three
of them as correctives to Froude’s glowing, but untrustworthy
volumes.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 574. N. 9. 2350w.
“Of first-class value, and must be given a place among books to be
read and studied on the subject.” W. H. Frere.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 571. Jl. ’08. 2450w.
“Mr. Birt’s volume should be read side by side with Froude’s work on
the same period. Mr. Birt is far more accurate than his brilliant
predecessor in the field.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 494. Ag. 27, ’08. 330w.
“Welcome study.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 388. O. 22, ’08. 630w.
“His historical treatment of the Elizabethan settlement must be
reckoned with by all careful investigators of that period.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 88: 145. Ja. 18, ’08. 300w.
“Dom Birt’s volume might be a good deal more one-sided than it is, and
it is a solid contribution to the literature of the subject.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 18. Ja. 4, ’08. 1220w.
“Mr. Birt has conducted his inquiry [in] a manner which we had hoped
was obsolete. Mr. Birt writes history as Johnson wrote his
Parliamentary debates, with a determination that the Protestant dogs
shall not have the best of it. Mr. Birt is a controversialist first,
and an historian only in the second place. His methods all through are
those of the special pleader.”
− =Spec.= 100: 22. Ja. 4, ’08. 1850w.
=Bishop, Avard Longley.= State works of Pennsylvania. (Publications
of Yale university.) $1.50. Yale univ., New Haven, Ct.
“The monograph contains six chapters and an equal number of
appendices, and there is also a good bibliography. The several parts
of the study deal, in turn, with the transportation improvements made
before 1823, with the popular agitation resulting in the state’s
adoption of the policy of public works, with the activities of the
state in constructing and financing the canals and railroads, with the
many corrupt practices connected therewith, and with the difficulties
in selling out the state works after they had shown themselves to be a
burden instead of a profit to the state.”
* * * * *
“It has been carefully done, and the result is a chapter in our
economic history which should prove very instructive reading to those
now interested in the problem of government ownership.” C. W. Wright.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 172. Mr. ’08. 470w.
“Dr. Bishop has made good use of the original material, still to be
found in Pennsylvania.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 561. S. ’08. 160w.
“The author has done his work thoroughly and most impartially. The
sources of information have been amply drawn upon, and the subject has
been presented with due conciseness and with good sense of
proportion.” E. R. Johnson.
+ + =Yale R.= 17: 239. Ag. ’08. 360w.
=Bisset, Peter.= Book of water-gardening. *$2.50. De La Mare.
7–22907.
Mr. Bisset, superintendent of Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard’s estate, Twin
Oaks, Washington, D. C., places within the reach of amateurs the
information necessary to establish and conduct an inexpensive
water-garden. “It gives directions also for the cultivation of aquatic
plants upon the large scale demanded by parks and estates.” (Nation.)
“A chapter is devoted to gold and other fish for ponds, the different
types of fish being carefully described and illustrated.” (N. Y.
Times.) The book is fully illustrated.
* * * * *
“The value of a book of instruction and reference like this is much
enhanced by a full index, and perhaps one may be given in a second
edition.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 199. F. 27, ’08. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 264. My. 9, ’08. 110w.
=Black, Rev. Hugh.= Christ’s service of love. **$1.25. Revell.
7–28618.
Urges Protestants to make more of the sacrament especially as a mark
of Christian unity. “While Priestism makes too much of this sacrament,
Protestantism makes too little of it, and is weakened thereby.
Sensible of this, Professor Black lays needed emphasis on various
aspects of the sacramental rite to secure it a more appreciative
observance.” (Outlook.)
=Am. J. Theol.= 12: 675. O. ’08. 20w.
=Ind.= 64: 640. Mr. 19, ’08. 30w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 77. F. 8, ’08. 40w.
+ =Outlook.= 87: 357. O. 19, ’07. 170w.
=Blackie, John Stuart.= On self-culture. 75c. Funk.
Three scholarly essays written by the professor of Greek in the
University of Edinburgh. They are The culture of the intellect, On
physical culture, and On moral culture.
=Blackmore, Richard Doddridge.= Lorna Doone; with introd. and notes
by H. Snowden Ward. (Doonland ed.) $2.50. Harper.
8–28992.
An edition in which the principal new interest is topographical. Both
introduction and scenic illustration afford the reader an opportunity
to know his Doone-land well.
* * * * *
“Apart from the notes on the Doone controversy, this is an excellent
edition of a favourite book.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 536. My. 2. 1350w.
“It is hard to see how the work could have been better done. The
numerous views, even the wide landscapes, have an admirable clearness
and finish. The editor’s lore will please the curious, and will be at
least skimmed by the indifferent and careless.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 411. D. 1, ’08. 240w.
“This edition is particularly excellent.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 692. N. 21, ’08. 270w.
=Blake, Katharine Evans.= Stuff of a man. il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–8301.
A drama enacted among southerners, dealing with the negro question and
revealing in the climax the “stuff of a man” which the negro possesses
in common with all humanity. Mrs. Blake peoples her stage with a
delightful group of men and women, whose inherited courtesy, grace,
hospitality and sincerity of heart are capable of expansion into
brotherhood magnanimity with which they face the vital racial problem.
The phases of this problem set forth and analyzed are the phases
confronting the entire South—negro lawlessness and crime that result
in mobs and lynchings. Mrs. Blake’s solution is found in the
development of the superman in black as well as white.
* * * * *
“It is one of the most wholesome, charming and human love romances of
the year, while at the same time it is the best study of the negro
question that has been made in fiction.”
+ + =Arena.= 39: 592. My. ’08. 660w.
“An example of what Mr. Thomas Dixon, jr., might have accomplished had
he possessed poise and the ability to present with equal judgment both
sides of a question.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 188. Ap. 4, ’08. 350w.
=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= Enchanted castle.
†$1.25. Harper.
8–15327.
A fairy tale in which a group of natural, fun-loving children of very
up-to-date characteristics discover an enchanted castle and a magic
ring, instead of an Aladdin’s lamp, which once in their possession
makes possible a round of most exciting adventures.
* * * * *
“In its general character it is decidedly above the average run of
so-called juvenile literature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 400w.
=Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. D. 7, ’07. 130w.
=Bland, Hubert.= Happy moralist. *$1.25. Kennerley.
Seventeen short chapters containing comments and opinions on
literature, art, music, socialism, love, marriage, manners, ethics,
with a concluding chapter on Ibsen and Mr. Shaw.
* * * * *
“His work is characterized by a lightness and a certainty of aim which
make it invariably pleasant reading, even when it is most frivolous.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 320. Mr. 14. 230w.
“Mr. Bland’s style is piquant, now and then a little cynical,
characterized throughout by this-worldliness rather than
other-worldliness, but never other than light and bright and breezy
and thoroughly readable.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 44: 337. Je. 1, ’08. 450w.
“His chapters amuse a little, persuade a little, but refuse to nourish
and leave us somehow feeling emptier than we were before we read
them.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 184. Ag. 27, ’08. 180w.
“Each of the essays will have its charm for readers and particular
ones their special appeal to the individual.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 334. Je. 13, ’08. 280w.
=Bleackley, Horace William.= Story of a beautiful duchess; being an
account of the life and times of Elizabeth Gunning, duchess of
Hamilton and Argyll. *$5. Dutton.
8–15741.
A sketch of the life of the good and beautiful Elizabeth Gunning whose
story is to a great extent the story of English society during the
latter half of the eighteenth century. “Her life, with a minute
account of the famous Douglas cause and a fair picture of the times,
is clearly end comfortably given in this volume.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“He is particularly to be commended for his researches into the
journalism of the eighteenth century, since, though his gleanings may
not contribute much to the elucidation of truth, they show, at any
rate, what was being said and thought by people like the ‘Tertium
quid’ of ‘The ring and the book.’”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 822. D. 28. 600w.
“After completing the book the reader is likely to ask if the author’s
efforts have really been worth while.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 120. S. 1, ’08. 240w.
+ =Ind.= 64: 1404. Je. 18, ’08. 330w.
“It is a pity that honest industry should be marred by such ill taste.
So many anecdotal memoirs of the eighteenth century are turned out
these days upon the most superficial preparation that we should be
glad to commend more heartily a book that is, at least, thoroughly
documented, and, in its substance, not without human value.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 148. F. 13, ’08. 460w.
“Mr. Bleackley gives us a good portrait of his heroine, enthusiastic,
as behooves a man writing of a beautiful woman, but careful, and based
on thorough research.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 116. F. 29, ’08. 450w.
“The story which extends to upwards of three hundred and fifty pages,
is not unusually enthralling or entertaining. However, it is better
than the ruck of modern six-shilling novels.”
− + =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 10. N. 16, ’07. 90w.
“The book, though written in a too ornate and often awkward style,
gives a spirited picture of a time abounding in curious interest. The
book is very handsomely got up, and the portraits of the Duchess and
members of her family are charmingly reproduced and most attractive.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 752. N. 16, ’07. 270w.
=Bligh, William George.= Practical design of irrigation works. *$6.
Van Nostrand.
Agr 8–246.
“The object of this work is the presentation of the principles which
govern the design of irrigation works in such a manner that engineers
not specifically conversant with this branch of practice may, by means
of the information thus afforded, be enabled to solve suitable plans
for such improvements. In order to accomplish this the author has
adopted a novel procedure, which consists of analyzing the plans of
existing and projected works, pointing out their good and bad features
and then developing alternative plans in which improvements suggested
by the critical study are incorporated.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
=Engin. D.= 3: 191. F. ’08. 250w.
“The book is comparatively free from errors of consequence, except
possibly in the complicated formula given for submerged orifices (p.
116), and the incorrect reference to orifice formulas (p. 139), and in
the omission of an appropriate index. The author deserves the high
appreciation of the profession, however, as having published the most
important work yet issued on the design of irrigation works, and his
book should find a welcome and useful place in the library of every
engineer, and especially every designing engineer interested in the
subject of irrigation.” F. W. Hanna.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 59: 539. My. 14, ’08. 1700w.
=Bliss, William Dwight P.=, ed. New encyclopaedia of social reform;
ed. by W: D. P. Bliss, ed.-in-chief, and Rudolph M. Binder,
assistant ed., with the cooperation of many specialists; new ed.
*$7.50. Funk.
8–13953.
A new edition of a work which includes all social-reform movements and
activities and the economic, industrial, and sociological facts and
statistics of all countries and all social subjects. “This is a
completely new book, save for a few purely historical economic
articles, the subjects of which need no new treatment, but many even
of these are either revised or completely rewritten. A comparison of
this new edition with the old shows at once that a great improvement
has been made. Every article has been written by some specialist on
its particular subject.” (R. of Rs.) “The information is, as a rule,
remarkably comprehensive, accurate, recent, and judicial.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 168. Je. ’08.
“It is in fact an evolution, being a far more comprehensive and a
vastly superior work to the preceding edition.”
+ + =Arena.= 40: 120. Jl. ’08. 500w.
“It is useful in many cases, and we propose to mention, with a view to
future improvement, only a few points in which it falls short.”
+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 761. Je. 20. 330w.
“Clippings have been too freely used. Articles evidently compiled some
years ago have not been revised so as to bring their dates up to the
approximate present. It would be much more highly valued if it were
really expert thru and thru.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 491. Ag. 27, ’08. 420w.
“All the excision, though at times detracting from the more permanent
value of the volume, has made room for a great deal of new and
up-to-date material, such as will greatly increase its usefulness for
reference on all present-day social reform.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 636. N. ’08. 160w.
“In pithiness and objectivity the work shows a distinct improvement
over the first ‘Encyclopedia of social reform’ prepared by Dr. Bliss
several years ago. It ought to have a place in every reference
library.” E. A. Ross.
+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 161. Ag. 1, ’08. 500w.
“In its way will prove as serviceable as its predecessor.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 9. Jl. 2, ’08. 420w.
“The book fills a special place regarding subjects in the thoughts of
almost everybody in active life.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 440. Ag. 8, ’08. 400w.
“It is true that in some cases what we might reasonably expect to find
is wanting. We can think of no reference library to which it would not
be an addition.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 400w.
“Altogether, this book is invaluable to the journalist or the writer
upon sociological topics, and all who have occasion to read widely in
this field will find its bibliographical references indispensable.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 120w.
=Blok, Petrus Johannes.= History of the people of the Netherlands;
tr. by Oscar A. Bierstadt. 5 pts. ea. $2.50. Putnam.
=pt. 4.= Deals with the period intervening between the renewal of war
with Spain in 1621 and the death of William III. in 1702.
* * * * *
“We are glad that Professor Blok shows throughout great judicial
poise. His work is on the whole admirable.” W: E. Griffis.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 573. Ap. ’08. 700w. (Review of pt. 4.)
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 100. Ap. ’08. (Review of pt. 4.)
“Dr. Blok is neither a Motley nor a Macaulay, but for trustworthiness
he is a leader beyond these masters of rhetoric and erudite
scholarship. Happily, too, Dr. Blok’s decidedly modern Dutch style is
strongly and felicitously rendered by the translator, Mr. Oscar A.
Bierstadt, who, with his former collaborator, Miss Ruth Putnam,
deserves very high praise.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 103. F. 16, ’08. 840w. (Review of pt. 4.)
“Professor Blok is an authority on questions of fact, and those in
search of information can get it from him. But one needs to employ the
cyanide process in extracting the ore.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 465. My. 21, ’08. 250w. (Review of pt. 4.)
“Altogether this is an admirable piece of historical work well
deserving of being reproduced in English, as has been done by Mr.
Oscar A. Bierstadt in a very adequate manner.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 300w. (Review of pt. 4.)
“As a rule, Professor Blok’s judgments on men, measures, and events
are conspicuously fair and sober, though occasionally, in writing, of
foreign relations, he is a Dutchman first and a historian afterwards.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 97. Ja. 11, ’08. 330w. (Review of pt. 4.)
=Bloomfield, Maurice.= Religion of the Veda: the ancient religion of
India, (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads). (American lectures on the
history of religions, 7th ser., 1906–1907.) **$1.50. Putnam.
8–5569.
Sketches “the motives and principles that underlie the remarkable
chain of religious ideas that leads from the ritual worship of the
great nature-gods of the Rig-Veda to the high theosophy of the
Upanishads.” The author gives an account of the gods worshiped, gives
various translations of Vedic hymns and philosophical works, then
turns to the Upanishads or philosophical writings, of the seventeenth
century B. C., and gives a description of the early search for truth
in the development of the monistic idea.
* * * * *
“A worthy successor to the list of notable volumes thus far included
in the series.”
+ =Bib. World.= 32: 80. Jl. ’08. 40w.
“The lectures, on the whole, while offering little that is new to the
scholar, will prove a readable book to any one desiring to know the
latest opinions on several points connected with the history of Hindu
religion, and references are sufficiently frequent to enable the
reader to find out for himself in what particulars Professor
Bloomfield’s views differ from those of other scholars.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1201. My. 28, ’08. 500w.
“In his interpretation of the Vedic hymns the author is inclined to
see only one side of religious expression. In the final lectures he
gives a good account of the Hindu’s religious life and the goal of
religious aspiration.”
+ + − =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 700w.
“Unlike many scholarly discussions, these lectures have a personal
charm, for the author, despite the fact that he has devoted a lifetime
to research, has not lost his common sense, his humanity, or his sense
of humor. His quotations and his comments on them are always
delightful.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 280. My. 16, ’08. 350w.
“The latest volume of a series of standard works [by] a foremost
authority on his subject.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 656. Mr. 21, ’08. 350w.
=Bodine, William Budd.= Some hymns and hymn writers; representing
all who profess and call themselves Christians: short studies in
the hymnal of the Episcopal church. **$3. Winston.
7–38889.
A book of hymns and information about them. “While the material is not
sought outside of the choice hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal
church, this is sufficiently representative of the church, ancient and
modern, in the service of sacred song, in which all sectarian
distinctions are ignored.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The book contains much that will interest a lover of hymns.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 234. O. ’08.
“His grouping of the writers under the different denominations is not
a wise grouping. It does not give a clear principle of division. But
the book contains a great deal of material that will be prized by the
lover of hymns.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 82. F. 15, ’08. 500w.
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 146. Ja. 18, ’08. 100w.
=Bogart, Ernest Ludlow.= Economic history of the United States. *$1.75.
Longmans.
7–41061.
Written for “high-school as well as college students.” The book
contains four parts: (1) Colonial development, (2) The struggle for
commercial and economic independence (1763 to 1808), (3) The
industrial revolution and the westward movement (1808 to 1860), and
(4) Economic integration and industrial organization (1860 to 1906).
“The characteristics of the successive periods, the forces at work in
them, and the various phases of this mighty development, which, as the
author remarks, is the keynote of all American history, are saliently
outlined.” (Cath. World.)
* * * * *
“For the general student it is the best on the subject yet published.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 100. Ap. ’08. ✠
“To the student specializing in any particular branch of economic
history, the book is of less value than many others. Its value lies in
that it presents, in a connected form, the chief events which
constituted the economic development of the United States.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 497. Mr. ’08. 350w.
+ =Cath. World.= 87: 113. Ap. ’08. 200w.
“Is the best text-book in its field. It stands the test of class-room
use.” C: H. Hull.
+ + − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 26. Ap. ’08. 1000w.
“Certainly great credit is due to Professor Bogart for having made a
distinct advance over anything yet written.” C. W. Wright.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 458. Jl. ’08. 800w.
“The treatment as a whole is unduly objective, burdened by a multitude
of details, and it fails to convey the impression of organic
development.” Katharine Coman.
− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 332. Je. ’08. 450w.
“We may particularly mention the author’s treatment of the question of
slavery, which seems to us admirably concise and illuminating.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 792. My. 16, ’08. 250w.
“The book is greatly needed. While there are certain respects in which
it may show deficiencies, the wonder is that these are so few. It is
the best history of its kind for college classes. The style is simple
and plain, the explanations clear.” E. D. Fite.
+ − =Yale R.= 17: 352. N. ’08. 740w.
=Boigne, Comtesse de.= Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne; ed. from
the original ms. by M. Charles Nicoullaud. **$2.50. Scribner.
=v. 3.= This last volume describes the latter part of the reign of
Louis XVIII. and that of Charles X. and gives a first-hand account of
the revolution of July, 1830, which made Louis Philippe king. The
Comtesse de Boigne was closely associated with the courts of these
times and writes interestingly of such men as Talleyrand,
Chateaubriand, Guizot, the French royal family, Metternich, the Duc de
Richelieu, and other important personages.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 7. Ja. ’08. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“The translation is generally competent, although it might in many
passages be improved.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 126. F. 1, 700w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The entertaining author is wont to clothe the baldness of fact in the
embroidery of fancy. Much, therefore, that she records is to be taken
with reservations.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 422. D. 16, ’07. 400w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Dial.= 44: 278. My. 1, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 3.)
“She is so obviously honest a witness, so clearly desirous of telling
the truth, that her inaccuracies, though abundant, do not detract from
the value of her evidence. Her political sympathies were not strong
enough to blind her to facts nor to tempt her to misrepresent them.
The English translation is respectable and accurate. A book so
interesting in substance remains attractive even when it has lost the
graces of style and manner which charm us in the original.” P. F.
Willert.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 179. Ja. ’08. 2250w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)
“The author carefully restricts herself to being ‘the careful
chronicler of the impressions of the moment,’ and resists the
temptation to interpret events in the light of after history.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 975. Ap. 30, ’08. 250w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 765. My. 23, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“The third volume, completing the work, deserves less consideration
[than the second]. The most vivid pages are those describing the
circumstances connected with the death of the Duc de Berry, but for
the larger part the volume is made up of small talk.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 405. Ap. 30, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“They are all very charming and told with that intimate touch which
French writers alone seem capable at all times of imparting to their
narratives.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 125. Mr. 7, ’08. 2100w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 337. Je. 13, ’08. 270w. (Review of v. 3.)
“There is a good deal of padding for a little lightness in these
volumes, but on the whole one is repaid.” G. I. Colbron.
+ − =No. Am.= 187: 773. My. ’08. 1500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
=Outlook.= 87: 830. D. 14, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 476. Ap. 11, ’08. 70w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Bolton, Reginald Pelham.= Elevator service: operating conditions
and proportions; with diagrams, formulas, and tables for passenger
travel, schedule and express operation, with the relation of the
elevators to the building, and proportions and loads of cars. *$5.
Reginald P. Bolton, 527 5th av., N. Y.
8–7889.
“The book discusses in considerable detail the various features of the
problem of elevator service as it is affected by the floor area of the
building in relation to its height, the characteristic operating
conditions that ordinarily obtain in business buildings and the effect
of the personal equation of both operators and passengers upon the
service, and many suggestions are offered as a result of careful
studies of the problem.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. D.= 3: 529. My. ’08. 250w.
“It is to be regretted that a work of such range and value should be
marred by minor blemishes which will no doubt be corrected in later
editions. In spite of these the book is deserving of commendation.” W:
H. Bryan.
+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 436. Ap. 16, ’08. 1800w.
+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 540. Ap. 18, ’08. 300w.
=Bond, Beverly Waugh, jr.= Monroe mission to France 1794–1796. 50c.
Johns Hopkins.
7–22912.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“Altogether, it is an interesting bit of history, and the author has
succeeded in shedding new light upon this episode.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 264. Ja. ’08. 220w.
=Bondurant, Bernard Camillus.= Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus: a
historical study. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–28562.
A dissertation offered for a doctor’s degree. “Dr. Bondurant begins by
giving an analysis of the text; then comes a list of dates of
important events connected with the career of Decimus Brutus after the
death of Caesar—i. e., from 15 March 44 B. C. to September 43 B.
C.—followed by a selected list of books, articles, and dissertations,
while at the end of the work there is a good index of proper names.
The work itself is a careful study of the period.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“The work has been carefully done and the results arrived at are, in
general, sound.” H: A. Sanders.
+ =Class. Philol.= 13: 212. Ap. ’08. 440w.
“Dr. Bondurant’s personal affection for Brutus has distinctly injured
his critical faculty. The treatise will be valued by students of this
period, on account of the scholarly care with which the authorities
are given for every statement.” W. A. G.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 192. Ja. ’08. 260w.
=Booth, Edward C.= Post-girl. (Eng. title, Cliff end.) †$1.50.
Century.
8–20677.
A story set among the out-of-the-way cliffs of Yorkshire. To Cliff
Wrangham there comes a young composer bent upon the task of finishing
a concerto. He finds among the diverting natives a wonderful girl,
Pamela Searle, who in babyhood, had been dropped into this corner of
the world, and had grown to reflect, chameleon like, the glories of
sky and sea, and to exult in her elemental strength. She carries the
mail at six shillings a week; is the object of the somber passion of
the schoolmaster. When the “Spawer” comes he teaches her the beauty of
his world, the world of art which she has longed to know. The struggle
between the old influences and the new, the love which comes on apace,
and the mad determination of the schoolmaster to thwart it furnish
elements for an unusually strong story.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 244. O. ’08. ✠
“The book will suggest Barrie’s ‘Little minister,’ but it is in no
sense an imitation.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 392. O. ’08. 1200w.
“The whole impression that you retain from the book, is of careful
workmanship, sincerity of purpose and that deep insight which comes
from a sympathetic interest in human life.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 578. Ag. ’08. 300w.
“He has a manner almost Meredithian in its richness, but without the
Meredithian asperity.” W: M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 45: 85. Ag. 16, ’08. 470w.
“The ‘Post-girl’ joins to freshness of atmosphere an artistic touch, a
technical felicity, which, gracefully light in its comedy, lacks
neither poetry nor strength in its sentiment.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 551. S. 3, ’08. 170w.
“There breathes no man or woman—or only the fewest at least admirable
of our race—who will not be glad to read this sweet and tender story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 387. Jl. 11, ’08. 520w.
“It is surprisingly fresh and fine. To our taste the author lingers
too long over the talk of his characters, and sometimes the flow of
good spirits runs rather thin.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 956. Ag. 22, ’08. 160w.
=Borsa, Mario.= English stage of today; tr. by Selwyn Brinton.
*$2.50. Lane.
8–9149.
A concise treatment particularly illuminating to foreigners. “Among
the principal subjects which it passes in review, are the nature of
English playgoers, actors, and actor-managers, the leading dramatists
and critics, the Stratford-on-Avon celebrations; the work of the
various independent theatres, the realistic and the literary drama,
the Irish theatre, and the censorship.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Dr. Borsa’s survey of the contemporary British drama is a better book
in its English dress, as edited and translated by Mr. Selwyn Brinton
than it was in its original Italian form as published a year ago in
Milan. There are still some minor inaccuracies which should have been
corrected, but they are not sufficiently grave to destroy the value of
the book as a whole.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 250. D. 14, ’07. 460w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 254. N. ’08.
“Dr. Borsa’s book challenges attention. Dr. Borsa’s chapters are the
merest journalism. Some of his judgments on plays have a certain
piquancy as revealing an attitude of mind and a philosophy of life
other than our own; but the bulk of his matter is ephemeral, while his
criticism is too often marred by his tendency to exaggeration inherent
in ‘impressionism.’”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 204. F. 16. 540w.
“An attempt, on the whole a successful one, to analyze present
dramatic conditions and possibilities in England.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 248. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.
“Not for a long time has there been published a more pertinent
treatise on current stage matters in England than that of Dr. Mario
Borsa.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 1039. My. 7, ’08. 300w.
“He has written a most attractive, instructive, and clear-headed work,
which will repay the study of all persons interested in theatrical
affairs.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 594. D. 26, ’07. 1200w.
“The book is the work of a man who understands the human heart and who
can express himself with power. It is of value in excess of mere
criticism, for it constructs and explains, bringing that fresh eye and
open mind as necessary in life as in art. The translation by Selwyn
Brinton is felicitous.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 97. F. 22, ’08. 1500w.
“The book would be more helpful if its criticism were more
constructive, but as an attempt to diagnose the malady which afflicts
the drama in England it is singularly successful.” S. R. Cook.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 234. My. ’08. 400w.
=Bosch, Mrs. Hermann.= Bridget. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
8–11700.
A prepossessing Irish girl is the heroine of this story. Her career
from the landing with immigrant companions on Ellis island to the end
of a romance with a footman in a millionaire establishment is sketched
with special detail given to the pitfalls along the servant’s way to
an honest living.
* * * * *
“Inartistic and exaggerated, but humorous, clean and rather unique.”
− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 267. N. ’08.
“The book remains wholesome and entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 200w.
=Bose, Jagadis Chunder.= Comparative electro-physiology. *$5.75.
Longmans.
8–13638.
A work which is complementary to Professor Bose’s books on response in
the living and nonliving, and plant response. “[He generalizes] that
the responses of all living substances are similar, and that responses
are to be found even in inorganic substances. The similarity depends
on some common fundamental reaction of matter. The response is
recorded largely by electrical methods. Motor responses are also
considered, particularly in plants; but they are treated also rather
less fully in animals.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The author has made a valuable contribution to the knowledge of the
extremely difficult subject of electro-physiology, and whether or not
his conclusions prove to be accurate in detail, there can be no doubt
of their general truth. His observations, therefore, are useful alike
to the physiologist (concerned with animals or plants), the physicist,
and the psychologist, by all of whom his book should be read
carefully.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 357. Mr. 21. 1000w.
“The author herein shows the same peculiarities as in the preceding
volume. There is the same naïve interest in well-known phenomena, as
though they were quite novel; there is the same lack of effort to
connect his work with that of others, so far, at least, as citing
their researches or results is concerned. There is much repetition of
the earlier volume; the same tilting at windmills. This book shares
with its predecessor, also, the confusion between energy and stimulus,
a confusion that is possible because we know so little of plant
energetics. Bose seems to ignore, if he is not ignorant of, the
anatomy of the parts with which he is dealing. Out of these books we
look for someone to rescue many good observations, now apparently gone
awry.” C. R. B.
− + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 58. Jl. ’08. 1100w.
+ =Nation.= 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 250w.
“Prof. Bose has great ingenuity in device of experimental apparatus,
fertility in initiating new lines of observation, and a clear style of
setting forth his experimental results and theoretical deductions;
nevertheless, we feel far from satisfied with his performance. The
whole book abounds in interesting matter skilfully woven together, and
would be recommended as of great value if it did not continually
arouse our incredulity.” L. H.
+ − =Nature.= 77: sup. 3. Mr. 5, ’08. 1500w.
=Boulger, Demetrius C. de K.= Life of Sir Halliday Macartney. *$6.
Lane.
8–21787.
The story of forty-four years of useful service to the Chinese empire.
Sir Halliday Macartney commanded Li Hung Chang’s trained force in the
Taeping rebellion, founded the first Chinese arsenal, was secretary to
the first Chinese embassy to Europe, and secretary and councillor to
the Chinese legation in London for thirty years. The narrative is one
of historical interest. The book is fully illustrated.
* * * * *
“Sir Halliday’s career was interesting, but not such as to furnish
material for a volume of 515 pages. Mr. Boulger has been driven to
surround his subject with essays on the political and other events
touched upon, and to invest his hero with an importance which did not
naturally belong to him.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 398. O. 3. 960w.
=Nation.= 87. 236. S. 10, ’08. 1100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 460w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 254. Ag. ’08. 60w.
“He was a voluminous writer of letters and despatches, to many of
which Mr. Boulger has had access, and, which he quotes profusely in a
volume which is somewhat too much expanded by their aid.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 302. S. 5, ’08. 1250w.
=Bourget, Paul.= Weight of the name. †$1.50. Little.
8–9812.
A French marquis who proclaims his divine right to power and fame thru
his name and lineage, who has the pride and the religious veneration
of his race and of old France, faces the fact that his only son loves
the daughter of a provincial notary. Close in the wake of this
discovery comes the appalling revelation that this son is the child of
his dead wife and a trusted friend. The magic of lineage cannot set
straight this irregular fact and as his pride is humbled he grows more
amenable to influences that soften and lead to a more democratic
outlook on life.
* * * * *
“His ideas are so pronounced that for friends of democratic and
religious advance the book holds little or no interest.”
− + =Arena.= 40: 269. S. ’08. 140w.
“Though the elements of the story are few, and there is nothing
violent in the action, M. Bourget’s superb art and psychology
construct an intensely interesting story in which there are two or
three powerful situations.”
+ =Cath. World.= 87: 403. Je. ’08. 400w.
“This touching story keeps in its English dress much of the peculiar
charm, the quivering intensity of emotion never verging upon
mawkishness, of the original.”
+ + − =Nation.= 86: 401. Ap. 30, ’08. 550w.
“The character of this finely tempered and uncompromising old nobleman
is drawn with skill and affection; and while in the love passages the
novelist does not escape his tendency to be didactic, the story as a
whole gains immensely in vitality over his earlier work, because he
has put his heart into it.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 89: 84. My. 9, ’08. 200w.
“Monsieur Bourget sustains his reputation as scientific analyst by
exhibiting both the value to a country of a stable territorial
aristocracy and at the same time the evils springing from its ways of
thought.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 765. Je. ’08. 300w.
=Bousset, Wilhelm.= What is religion? (Crown theological lib.)
*$1.50. Putnam.
8–12833.
“Bousset’s work in eight chapters deals, after the introduction, with
the religion of savages, with national, prophetic, legal, and
redemptive religions, and with the nature and future of Christianity.
It is an ambitious attempt, therefore, to review popularly all of
religion as at present understood, to show its origins and
development, its varieties, its present status and future prospects.
It reaches the conclusion that Christianity is the acme of development
in its union of the elements of morality, redemption, and assurance of
the future life.”—Am. J. Theol.
* * * * *
Reviewed by G: W. Gilmore.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 322. Ap. ’08. 270w.
“This is an extremely interesting book.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 435. O. 10. 520w.
Reviewed by T. D. A. Cockerell.
=Dial.= 44: 213. Ap. 1, ’08. 130w.
“Professor Bousset is well equipped for his task, and writes here, as
always, in a limpidly clear and graphic manner, enabling the reader to
see a century in a sentence. He approaches his task sympathetically,
which cannot be said of all students of religion.” W. Jones-Davies.
+ =Hibbert J.= 6: 682. Ap. ’08. 2300w.
“The book is not a thoro treatise, either in the philosophy of
religion or in its history, but as an introduction to the modern
science of comparative religion it is of much value.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1403. Je. 18, ’08. 330w.
“As a rapid survey of the field of comparative religion and a concise
and graphic description of the chief types of religion, Professor
Bousset’s lectures are of merit. In its English dress the book
scarcely does justice to the author of the learned and exhaustive
history of the Jewish religion in the age of the New Testament.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 445. My. 14, ’08. 350w.
“The book is an excellent introduction to the study of the nature of
religion and its development into the religions of the world.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 829. D. 14, ’07. 250w.
=Boutet de Monvel, Roger.= Beau Brummell and his times. **$2.50.
Lippincott.
8–34712.
“It is a strange mingling of comedy and tragedy, this story of the
Regent’s friend, the bully of society, the _arbiter elegantiarum_, and
then the broken-down exile, brave against all his enemies save,
disease and death.” (Nation.) “The book is a vivid picture of the
brilliant heartless, and witty society under the Regent. We get
glimpses of the court, its festivities, and its petty squabbles,
wherever Brummell brings his imposing figure, the ‘sublime dandy,’ the
ornament and leader of society.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“This is an altogether charming book. The notes, drawn from
contemporary sources, are brief and admirable, giving just the
information needed. The attitude throughout is French, and, on the
whole, sympathetic. There is no unnecessary moralizing.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 535. My. 2. 1400w.
“The author approaches his subject absolutely without prejudice. In
his attitude there is neither admiration nor contempt, but a kind of
blending of the two, and above all, wonder and sly amusement.” A. B.
Maurice.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 268. N. ’08. 1800w.
“A delightfully picturesque and sympathetic study, etched on the
background of contemporary English life.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 217. O. 1, ’08. 300w.
=Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 60w.
“An entertaining brief account.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 314. O. 1, ’08. 200w.
“M. de Monvel’s work is exceedingly well done; it gives us strong and
clear impressions of the famous London dandy and the folk among whom
he lived his life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 554. O. 10, ’08. 340w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
=Bovill, W. B. Forster.= Hungary and the Hungarians. **$2. McClure.
8–34714.
Mr. Bovill tells what the Hungarians are, what their resources and
short comings are, and how their institutions and ideals make them
“the most bewildering, fascinating, hospitable race in Europe.” He
admits they are lacking in the genius for practical organization which
insures a sound political basis for a government.
* * * * *
“A readable, and, above all, an informing book.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 80w.
“W. B. Forster Bovill has performed a good service in writing his
book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 420w.
“Some very vivid descriptive writing about a comparatively unknown
fascinating people makes this volume an unusually attractive work of
descriptive travels.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 639. N. ’08. 120w.
=Bowen, Edwin Winfield.= Makers of American literature: a class-book
on American literature. *$2.50. Neale.
8–5135.
Not a history but a guide to the study of American literature. “It
purports simply to discuss and consider the literary achievements of
our leading American authors,—those who stand out most conspicuously
in a general survey of our literature and who are recognized among the
foremost makers of American literature.” There are informing chapters
on Franklin, Irving, Cooper, Poe, Prescott, Hawthorne, Emerson,
Bryant, Longfellow, Holmes, Whittier, Lowell, Lanier and Whitman.
=Bowen, Marjorie.= Sword decides. †$1.50. McClure.
8–10858.
The court of Naples in the 14th century is here depicted with much
local color. The life and evil deeds of Giovanna, the queen, and her
diplomatic relations with the principality of Hungary form a subject
around which is grouped much incident having a wealth of melodramatic
detail.
* * * * *
“Miss Bowen’s style has improved in directness and ease. It is still
highly coloured and fresh and young; she has still little thought of
restraint; but one accepts the wealth of material, and the profusion
even of horrors, for the sake of genuine promise. Her strong point is
not character, but she has one or two excellent portraits.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 506. Ap. 25. 150w.
“When all is said there is nothing remarkable about the story except
the author’s youth, her evident reversion to type, and her
extraordinary use of words expressing color.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 151. Jl. 16, ’08. 460w.
“Has none of the stiff, unreal quality of most very old-world tales,
and looms as vividly before us as if it concerned the passing events
of the present day. And still it never loses the spirit, never drops
the phraseology, never forgets the air and glamour of the time in
which it is set.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 253. My. 2, ’08. 250w.
“Not archaeological exactness and faithful portraiture of character
constitute the indispensable elements to fiction of this class, but
descriptive vividness and dramatic sharpness. These two requirements
are certainly reached by Miss Marjorie Bowen.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 80w.
“What pleases us most in Miss Bowen’s work is her freedom from any
pretentiousness in style or in reflection; she indulges but rarely in
intellectual flights of general comment on the mysteries of life, and
she is never precious.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 634. My. 16, ’08. 400w.
=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Lure of the dim trails. †$1.50.
Dillingham. 7–32836.
Once again Mr. Bower writes a story of the west beyond the Mississippi
“where the trails of men are dim and far apart.” His hero is a cowboy
whose romance begins when the heroine of the tale calls him a coward.
* * * * *
“It may all have been done before, but probably there is little harm
in that, and it is done here as well as anywhere else.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 12. Ja. 4, ’08. 120w.
=Bower, Frederick Orpen.= Origin of a land flora: a theory based
upon the facts of alternation. *$5.50. Macmillan.
8–19077.
A technical study presented by the professor of botany in the Glasgow
university mainly concerned with the theories as to the origin of the
leafy fern-plant and of the moss-fruit. “Starting with the hypothesis
that the origin of our present land flora is to be found in an aquatic
ancestry, the author’s main object is to ascertain to what extent the
life histories of the higher plants justify such an assumption, and to
trace as far as possible the methods by which aquatic plants
specialised themselves in order to attain a land habit. Thus Professor
Bower makes a comparative study of plants from the point of view of
descent.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“It should be read by everyone interested in the evolution and
development of plant-life.”
+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 608. My. 16. 880w.
“The scope of the volume is very broad and its spirit is admirable.
The volume is a monument to the research power and philosophical
insight of its distinguished author.” J. M. C.
+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 56. Jl. ’08. 1350w.
“All botanists owe a debt of gratitude to the author for the theory
which he has so systematically worked out, as well as for the detailed
investigations to which it has been the guide. No more important
contribution to scientific botany has appeared in England since the
revival of botanical research in this country in the seventies of the
past century. Nothing can be better for English botany than the
appearance of such a book as this, a full and most original treatise
on an important branch of the science by one who is an acknowledged
master of his subject.” D. H. S.
+ + − =Nature.= 79: 1. N. 5, ’08. 2900w.
“Perhaps the most important contribution to the theoretical side of
botany during the present generation.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 732. Je. 6, ’08. 450w.
“It is in all ways a thoroughly satisfactory book.” C: E. Bessey.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 27: 618. Ap. 17, ’08. 950w.
“It is a remarkable contribution to botanical literature.”
+ + =Spec.= 100: 791. My. 16, ’08. 470w.
* =Bowie, Augustus Jesse, jr.= Practical irrigation, its value and cost;
with tables of comparative cost, relative soil production, reservoir
dimensions and capacities and other data of value to the practical
farmer. *$3. McGraw.
8–19875.
“Chapters 1 to 7 deal in a brief and more or less elementary manner
with some of the broad features of irrigation and the remaining nine
chapters deal almost wholly with irrigation pumping plants and the
construction of artificial reservoirs.... The book contains very
little information concerning irrigation farming, although its title
might be taken to indicate otherwise.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“From the viewpoint of the agriculturist the entire work will be found
of practical benefit, and from the viewpoint of the engineer the
treatment of pumping systems and of the artificial reservoirs will be
equally valuable.” F. W. Hanna.
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 189. Ag. 13, ’08. 560w.
“Throughout the whole treatment of these subjects the author is
distinctly ‘practical,’ in that he dwells insistently on the cost of
the different classes of work and on the total cost of the service
they will perform.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 531. N. 7, ’08. 500w.
=Bowne, Borden Parker.= Personalism. **$1.50. Houghton.
8–6100.
The N. W. Harris lectures for 1907, Northwestern university. Professor
Bowne discusses the subject of personal metaphysics; shows the
relation of sound philosophy to science and to common sense; points
out that the field of science is empirical phenomena, while
philosophy’s realm is that of causality and purpose behind experience;
and agrees with Comte that abstract and impersonal metaphysics is a
mirage of formal ideas which begin, continue and end in abstraction
and confusion. He stands for a personal idealism in philosophy and the
possibility of an enlightened orthodoxy in religion.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 169. Je. ’08.
“His metaphysics is likely to provoke amusement in many minds, rather
than serious consideration.”
− =Nation.= 86: 559. Je. 18, ’08. 1150w.
“His style is beautifully, even amazingly, simple and lucid, and
though of course his chapters are not what is called easy reading,
that is the reader’s fault, not Dr. Bowne’s.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 168. Mr. 28, ’08. 700w.
“For a thorough exposure of radical fallacies in philosophic and
popular thought, and for clear pragmatic thinking toward the ultimate
reality of an all-embracing Intelligence and Will, as the ground of
this personal world, beginners in philosophy will find this an
eminently serviceable book.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 43. S. 5, ’08. 300w.
=Boxall, George E.= Awakening of a race. *$2.75. Wessels.
7–32830.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“We fully appreciate this writer’s legitimate discontent with certain
aspects of our social life, and may agree with him, that it is
ignorance of human nature that underlies much of the evil. But Mr.
Boxall is himself not well informed, and his total inappreciation of
the inwardness of great religious and social problems renders his book
quite valueless for purposes of reform.”
− =Spec.= 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 430w.
=Boyce, Neith, pseud. (Mrs. Hutchins Hapgood).= The bond: a novel of
modern marriage. †$1.50. Duffield.
8–11083.
A story of the clashing of temperaments. A young artist weds an
idealistic young woman. Liking and interest seem to be the only
requirements of their bond. These elements prove incapable of
sustaining the two natures thru experiences of married life and they
“quarrel, jar and nag, as no two persons outside a comic paper could
ever be induced to do.” It is once more a study of the artistic
temperament suffering amid unsubordinated crass experiences.
* * * * *
“The volume is a frank and interesting study of the intimacies of
married life; but it contains, in our opinion, nothing that is
undesirable for clean-minded youth.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 433. O. 10. 100w.
“We could wish that the author’s delicate talent had been employed
upon a worthier theme, or a theme, bearing a closer relation to normal
existence.” W: M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 45: 91. Ag. 16, ’08. 260w.
“[The author] does her work faithfully and discerningly, and her story
rings true.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 427. My. 7, ’08. 550w.
“It is not at all a bad novel. Parts of it are written with insight
and skill, and there is very little that does not indicate both
feeling and intelligence. What dooms the book is not its construction,
not its phraseology, not its mental or artistic standpoint, but its
characters.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 248. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 130w.
=Boyle, Eleanor Vere.= Peacock’s pleasaunce. **$1.50. Lane.
“A bundle of papers lightly and fancifully connected through the
pretty, fantastic title. Her Prologue in explanation of this title is
characteristic of her style and manner, and well prepares the reader
for what follows. The peacock is merely a figure, a symbol standing
decoratively at the head of her page, to light the way into the
pleasaunce. E. V. B. writes of strange flowers and woods, of birds and
weeds, of art and insects—being catholic and benignant in her
taste.... The pages are scattered with iridescent fragments of old
myths and legends, showing the author’s often mystic leanings.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The only exception we can take to this pretty volume is that the
author has included two papers on ‘Art education’ which seem to us out
of place here.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 765. Je. 20. 300w.
“In the semi-suggestions of the supernatural that sprinkle her pages,
as well as in the veil of mysticism thrown over all, there is
something almost Hawthornesque—a nameless charm that makes one forgive
the fine writing in which the author is prone to indulge.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 120. S. 1, ’08. 220w.
“To persons who share her delights the reading of her essays will
furnish a certain amount of pleasure, although it must be confessed
that other writers have treated her subjects more entertainingly.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 110w.
=Bradford, Gamaliel, jr.= Matthew Porter: a story of to-day. $1.50.
Page.
8–10859.
The social and political life of Boston forms the setting of this
story into which enter the conflict of personalities, character
development, and an appealing human element. The hero, a candidate for
governor, is a reformer; he holds to the belief that more power should
be vested in the governor and less in the legislature. The story
traces the influence of his liberal views upon a young woman belonging
to an aristocratic Boston family. She turns from her musicians,
sculptors, writers and painters and tries her hand at practical
campaigning. The hero wins both his office and the heroine.
* * * * *
“The narrative is cumbered with many irrelevant persons, and the
inevitable love-theme is a wearisome affair.”
− =Nation.= 86: 557. Je. 18, ’08. 500w.
“He has used the story as a peg upon which to hang a great many not
very novel lectures on what politics and government ought to be.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 318. Je. 6, ’08. 280w.
=Bradley, Arthur Granville.= Round about Wiltshire. (Highways and
byways in England.) *$2. McClure.
W7–180.
A monograph which shows the author’s delight in his “rambles and his
topics—in the ancient camps and temples on the downs, in the deserted
abbeys and old manor houses of the slopes and the valleys, in the
thatched cottages and their rustic tenants, in the cornlands and the
meadows, in the streams and the trout.” (Sat. R.) It is illustrated
with fourteen reproductions of water-colors, and numerous halftones.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 128. My. ’08.
“This Marlburian chronicle is interesting, doubtless, but there is too
much of it; it throws the work out of scale and compels the omission
of divers famous local themes which might well have been illustrated.
Its chief charm lies in the ease and spontaneity of the narrative; in
the manifest gusto with which the author has set about his task.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 211. Jl. 5, ’07. 920w.
“It is full of information and full of appreciation of the peculiar
features of Wiltshire scenery and legend.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 146. Ag. 3, ’07. 1750w.
“Mr. Bradley handles his materials with judgment, and talks well about
them all, and his felicity in narrative is incontestable.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 868. Je. 1, ’08. 300w.
* =Bradley, Samuel Carlyle.= Jesus of Nazareth. *$2. Sherman, French &
co.
8–32494.
A life of Jesus that aims first to bring into prominence the
“Manliness of Jesus” by emphasizing the saying of Paul that Jesus was
in all points tempted like as we are; and second, to fill up the gap
in the record of Jesus’s life which includes the formative period that
prepared him for his later mission.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend=, comp. Northwestern fights and fighters.
†$1.50. McClure.
7–36235.
A collection of accounts of operations against Indians most of which
were written by army officers who took part in the engagements
described. “The general desire of Dr. Brady as editor seems to be to
vindicate the army, which has so often been under unjust critical
fire.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“Are of use principally as entertaining reading for men and boys, and
offer nothing of any particular value to the student.”
− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 37. F. ’08. ✠
“The book as a whole is full of adventure and is real into the
bargain.” M. J. Moses.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1478. D. 19, ’07. 100w.
“Mr. Brady’s own contribution to the history is clear and full of
patriotic fire.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 2. Ja. 4, ’08. 110w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 50w.
=Braid, James.= Advanced golf. **$3. Jacobs.
8–20687.
Instruction and advice combine to make this handbook valuable for
advanced golfers, especially, as the rudimentary details of the game
are omitted. Mr. Braid, a champion player, “writes intelligently of
the choice of clubs, gives sound instruction on such delicacies of
play as intentional pulling and slicing, as to play in wet weather and
against direct winds, as to putting, systems of practice, and the
‘science of the stroke.’ He has chapters on the planning of courses,
and relates frankly yet modestly some of his personal experiences.”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Braid’s book will be generally welcomed by golfers. Its charm lies in
its lucidity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 376. Jl. 4, ’08. 630w.
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 170. Ag. 8, ’08. 1200w.
“The biographical characters are highly entertaining.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 677. Ap. 25, ’08. 400w.
=Brainerd, Ira Hutchinson=, ed. Edwin Davis French: a memorial; his
life, his art. Priv. ptd. De Vinne press.
8–13734.
Deals authoritatively with the life and work of a noted book-plate
engraver. “The selection of biographical material has been painstaking
and discriminating; the plates used as illustrations cover a wide
range. The check list of the French plates, as published by Paul
Lemperly in 1899, has been continued, and the series brought to a
finish. A supplementary list of designs and engravings other than
bookplates has been included. The edition is limited to 475 copies, of
which 425 are on handmade paper and 50 are on imperial Japanese
vellum.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The biographical portion of the volume has been delightfully
written.” Laurence Burnham.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 49. S. ’08. 1100w.
“He has carefully avoided saying too much and has not left unsaid
anything vital.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 977. Ap. 30, ’08. 110w.
“An admirable piece of work.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 385. Ap. 23, ’08. 150w.
=Brand, Jack.= By wild waves tossed; an ocean love story. †$1.50.
McClure.
8–13949.
A spirited romance which begins with the abduction of an English girl
by a profligate captain of the royal navy, and continues on board a
merchant ship whither an American naval officer, masquerading as a
common sailor, had conducted the rescued girl for passage to America
where relatives would claim her. The times are those just prior to the
war of 1812 and the frigate Constitution figures in the story.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“A story of love, war, and the sea in the spirit of Sir Walter when he
deals with that romantic trinity of elements.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 437. Ag. 8, ’08. 250w.
“It is bright of its kind, clean and wholesome, and has never a
serious moment for the jaded reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 514. S. 19, ’08. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 50w.
=Breasted, James Henry.= History of the ancient Egyptians.
(Historical ser. for Bible students, v. 5.) **$1.25. Scribner.
8–15332.
An abridgment and condensation of Professor Breasted’s larger work to
which have been added such recent discoveries as the finding of
Gem-Atom in Nubia, and the discovery of the Hittite capital at Boghaz
Koi in Asia Minor. It is based directly on original monuments and is
adapted for class use.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08. ✠
“Notable book.”
+ =Bib. World.= 32: 79. Jl. ’08. 70w.
“Is as trustworthy as present study can make it.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 436. Ag. 20, ’08. 140w.
“The story is told in a plain and lucid style, without ornamentation,
and with the earnestness of a man who has something to tell and is
intent merely upon the telling.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 462. N. 12, ’08. 260w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 150w.
“Is a history, the most reliable yet produced, not merely of Egypt,
but of the Egyptian people.”
+ + =Outlook.= 89: 768. Ag. 1, ’08. 90w.
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 812. N. 21, ’08. 200w.
=Brebner, Percy James.= Vayenne. $1.50. McBride, J.
8–7896.
A story charged to the brim with adventure in which an unlawful
successor to the Duchy of Montvilliers resorts to foul trickery to
push his claim, but is outwitted by a young soldier of fortune and a
court fool. The latter unite their energies and wits to put upon the
throne the rightful heir. Sword play, bloodshed, justice grown
eloquent to sway the multitude, sacrifice, and romance mingle in
dramatic variety.
* * * * *
“Of its class it is a member in good standing.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 12. Jl. 2, ’08. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 267. My. 9, ’08. 50w.
“The action of ‘Vayenne’ is as rapid as any of its proto-types, and
dramatic episodes are born, flourish, and pass away on every page.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
=Spec.= 100: 344. F. 29, ’08. 20w.
=Breck, Edward.= Way of the woods: a manual for sportsmen in
northeastern United States and Canada. **$1.75. Putnam.
8–11766.
A practical field manual containing concise, comprehensive and
authoritative information on all subjects of interest to the camper,
the fisherman and the hunter; not omitting the essentials of a
complete outfit, their place of purchase and approximate cost.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 234. O. ’08. ✠
“It ends with a good working bibliography wherefrom further knowledge
may be gained.” Wallace Rice.
+ =Dial.= 44: 343. Je. 1, ’08. 130w.
“It is an ‘Encyclopedia Britannica’ of the woods. Our only criticism
of the book is that the outfits are inclined to be elaborate.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 1292. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.
“As a sportsman’s manual [this book] would be hard to surpass in its
breadth and compactness of information, without sacrificing
readability altogether.”
+ + − =Nation.= 87: 32. Jl. 9, ’08. 350w.
“The interesting manner in which practical hints are presented and the
sterling good sense give Mr. Breck’s book a real value, which will be
appreciated alike by veterans of the woods and novices.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 264. My. 9, ’08. 200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 170w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 80w.
=Brenan, Gerald, and Statham, Edward Phillips.= House of Howard.
*$6. Appleton.
8–15740.
A two volume work which sketches the history of this notable family
than which none in England “has been more concerned in the political,
social and religious developments of the English people: none shows to
greater advantage upon the rolls of the English nobility at the
present time. Messrs. Brenan and Statham do not undertake in their
book to take account of all the branches of the family that are now in
existence; what they give us is a historical record of the family
chiefly with regard to those members who have held the more prominent
positions and especially those who have enjoyed the highest hereditary
titles.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The style of the book is so well maintained that, if the facts were
not known, it would be difficult to differentiate one collaborator
from the other. No fault can be found with the historical portion of
the work, which is fairly and impartially written. These genealogical
tables are generally accurate, though misprints are occasionally to be
found.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 721. D. 7. 1100w.
“Errors of detail in dates, spellings, and misinterpretations of
documents are to be found on nearly every page. Its virtues would have
been enormously enhanced, and its faults correspondingly diminished,
had the book enjoyed the advantage of systematic and scholarly
revision.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 524. N. 26, ’08. 1200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 573. O. 17, ’08. 300w.
+ =Spec.= 100: 227. F. 8, ’08. 460w.
* =Brereton, Austin.= Life of Henry Irving. 2v. **6.50. Longmans.
“This biography is just a chronicle—admirably exact and faithful—of
its hero’s public life. All Irving’s professional experiences, from
his appearances in Sunderland, Edinburgh, Dublin, Manchester,
Birmingham, and Liverpool down to his farewell seasons at the Lyceum
and Drury Lane, and his final performance of ‘Becket’ at Bradford, are
here presented with a carefulness that merits enthusiastic
acknowledgment. If ever there was an object-lesson in what can be done
by an actor, through force of character, to overcome natural defects
and the obstacle of self-consciousness, it is surely afforded by
Irving’s career, and in Mr. Brereton’s chapters the moral is
consistently pointed.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The reader will search in vain for information as to what the man was
apart from his art. His writing, so far from having any distinction,
does not rise above the level of average journalism. Mr. Brereton’s
statistics are among the most important features of his book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 551. O. 31. 1000w.
“The author is not impartial in his attitude toward his subject,
indiscriminating admiration being its keynote.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 100w.
“Its unexceptionable sources of information and capital index make it
an exceedingly useful work of reference for the student of the
theatre. Though on the historical side it is complete and accurate, on
the critical it is less trustworthy.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 418. O. 29, ’08. 1500w.
“It may be accepted as the definitive life of Irving, published with
the sanction of his family and executors.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 651. N. 7, ’08. 550w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 741. D. 5, ’08. 280w.
“Contains many interesting passages. Yet one cannot but reflect how
much better it would have been as a book in its quiddity if the author
had but read and marked to practical purpose Isaac Disraeli’s comment
on biographies at large.” W. H. Pollock.
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 605. N. 14, ’08. 1400w.
=Brewster, William Tenney.= Specimens of modern English literary
criticism; chosen and edited by W. T. Brewster. *$1. Macmillan.
7–33232.
Contains the following: Stephen’s Wood’s halfpence, Masson’s
DeQuincey’s writings, Johnson’s The metaphysical poets, Macaulay’s
Montgomery’s poems, Bagehot’s Dickens, Pater’s Wordsworth, Robertson’s
Poe, Dryden’s Preface to the fables, Harrison’s Ruskin as a master of
prose, Lamb’s Tragedies of Shakespeare, James’s The art of fiction,
Poe’s Philosophy of composition, Arnold’s Study of poetry, Coleridge’s
On poetry and poetic form, and Shelley’s Defense of poetry. “The
essays,” says the author, “proceed from the simplest, most matter of
fact and most easily demonstrable to the more general, more abstract,
and less easily provable.”
* * * * *
“What is particularly admirable in the execution of his plan is the
broad and generous introduction, which discusses freely and
interestingly not only the general type of literature included, but
also the particular selections themselves.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 311. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
“To adapt a well-known dictum—by Augustine Birrill, we believe—a man
may talk like a gentleman and scholar for a year on the material
gathered from this book.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =School R.= 16: 345. My. ’08. 340w.
=Brierley, Jonathan (“J. B.,” pseud.).= Sidelights on religion.
*$1.40. Whittaker.
A series of observations aiming to show that religion broadly
considered is the real and only explanation of the riddle of
existence.
=Briggs, Ernest Edward.= Angling and art in Scotland: some fishing
experiences related and illustrated. *$4. Longmans.
“Mr. Briggs shows us how companionable his two arts are, how each
serves the other, and how the man that is committed to them finds his
days in the woods and along the streams full of delight. Where Mr.
Briggs has fished in Scotland there also has he painted, and vice
versa, and his book gives us charming records of his achievements in
both respects.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A book with many charms; foremost among them are the thirty-two
coloured plates, but they are run close by the descriptions of
Galloway and the Highlands, and by the admirable production of the
volume.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 471. O. 17. 640w.
“His pictures, which are reproduced in color, are little gems. He
tells his fish stories beautifully.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 638. O. 31, ’08. 360w.
=Brinton, Christian.= Modern artists. il. **$6. Baker.
8–9098.
Fourteen artists are presented from Fragonard to Zuloaga. “Mr.
Christian Brinton does not state explicitly anywhere in his studies
what constitutes his idea of modernity and thereby his basis of
selection. But in general his test seems to be virility of insight and
workmanship, a compelling personality, above all the power to paint
realities, whether ideal realities like Watts, rococo realities like
Fragonard, or the stern reality of toil like Meunir and Segantini. Of
the fourteen artists discussed all are painters; eleven are still
living or have died within the present century; and all are figure
painters.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08.
“Mr. Brinton is able to approach each painter with open mind and ready
sympathy. His criticism is interesting in that it seizes so readily
upon salient features and phrases its conclusions so forcibly.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 247. Ap. 16, ’08. 400w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 214. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.
“What the author writes of the people as well as of their art is
extremely entertaining, and much of it is informing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 276. My. 16, ’08. 350w.
=Bristol, Frank Milton.= Life of Chaplain McCabe, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. **$1.50. Revell.
8–23284.
A eulogistic record of the deeds of a man whose motto thru life was
“Ich dien.” He served as army chaplain during the civil war and was
loved for his cheerfulness, helpfulness and his sympathetic voice. For
thirty years after the war he labored to strengthen and extend mission
work in the Methodist church, being known as the most “irresistible
beggar” of his times; for ten years he served in the high
ecclesiastical office of bishop. “If his biographer’s style
occasionally reminds one of the hallelujahs and amens heard in
old-fashioned Methodist prayer-meetings, it is pardonable, as if
caught from the perfervid spirit of his subject.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 495. S. 12, ’08. 1200w.
“It is not pardonable in Bishop Bristol to inject into his memorial of
this Christian hero an accusation of ‘rationalism’ and ‘infidelity’
against the theological schools and university professors who teach
differently from the evangelists and class leaders.”
+ − =Outlook.= 90: 136. S. 19, ’08. 170w.
=Britton, Nathaniel Lord, and Shafer, John Adolph.= North American
trees; being descriptions and illustrations of the trees growing
independently of cultivation in North America north of Mexico and
the West Indies. (American nature ser. Group 1. Classification of
nature.) **$7. Holt.
8–15485.
A splendid volume of nearly nine hundred pages devoted to descriptions
and to illustrations of all the kinds of trees known to grow
independently of planting in North America, north of Mexico and the
West Indies. The descriptions contain as few technical terms as
possible and are aided by the illustrations in rendering easy the
identification of trees by their foliage, flowers and fruit. There is
a general key to families, a glossary of special terms and an index to
English names.
* * * * *
“Libraries having Sargent will find Britton useful as meeting a
different need; those having Hough will perhaps not find Britton
necessary.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 255. N. ’08.
“The authors are in an exceptionally favorable position to make such a
book accurate rather than merely popular, and it is a good thing now
and then for men who have the facts to give to the public something
that can be relied upon.” J. M. C.
+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 46: 62. Jl. ’08. 300w.
“The tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee of nomenclature, and all the
inconsistency of the disfiguring use of capitals in common and
scientific names, need not here detain us. Dr. Britton’s work is a
notable contribution to the science of his country and the world.” T:
H. Macbride.
+ + − =Dial.= 44: 341. Je. 1, ’08. 600w.
“An impressive work which is an honor to American scholarship.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 80w.
“Extremely valuable book.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 227. Ag. 15, ’08. 120w.
“The authors have brought together a considerable amount of
trustworthy and valuable information relative to uses, pharmaceutical
and other.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 561. Je. 18, ’08. 460w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 353. Je. 20, ’08. 280w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 120w.
=Brodrick, Mary.= Trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
*$1.25. Longmans.
8–26255.
Three lectures based upon a careful study of Jewish law. They are The
arrest, The trial and condemnation and The crucifixion and the site of
the holy sepulchre.
* * * * *
“The three lectures, short though they are, are interesting in every
detail, and deserve the attention of the ordinary reader as well as
the New Testament student and scholar. Miss Brodrick has certainly
studied Jewish law to good purpose.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 666. My. 30. 630w.
“One must utterly dissent from the conclusion of this book.”
− =Outlook.= 89: 625. Jl. 18, ’08. 80w.
* =Bronson, Edgar Beecher.= Reminiscences of a ranchman. †$1.50.
McClure.
8–30304.
Here are set down the experiences of a New York newspaper man, who,
something of a physical wreck from illness, turns to the plains and
casts his lot among the “nervy nomads of the range” who are forced to
“make good or make tracks.” The trials and physical hardening process
that marked his course from tenderfoot cowboy to ranch owner are
interspersed with character sketches revealing brutal, domineering
traits, as well as the qualities of loyalty, honesty, human kindness.
* * * * *
“Thanks to his newspaper training he is able to tell his stories
exceedingly well; they come straight from the plains, full of vigor
and intensely graphic.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 674. N. 14, ’08. 250w.
=Bronson, Walter Cochrane=, ed. English poems. 4v. library ed. ea.
*$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–29843. Additions.
=v. 3.= Restoration and the eighteenth century, 1660–1800.
Uniform with the other volumes of the series, the method followed is
(1) to choose poems representing the different phases of the work of
poets and schools of poetry, (2) to print entire poems or entire parts
of poems, whenever possible, (3) to follow the latest accessible text
approved by the author, (4) to modernize spelling and punctuation as a
rule, but to retain the original form when change could affect rhythm
or rime, (5) in the notes to explain difficulties of expression and
allusion, give the poet’s view of poetry, furnish material
illustrating his mode of work and throw light upon the literary
standards of different periods.
* * * * *
“Professor Bronson’s long experience in teaching literature has
familiarized him with the needs of the average student in the matter
of elucidations.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 53. Jl. 16, ’08. 450w.
=Brooke, C. F. Tucker=, ed. Shakespeare apocrypha; being a
collection of fourteen plays which have been ascribed to
Shakespeare; ed., with introd., notes and bibliography. *$1.75.
Oxford.
8–34728.
The following plays reprinted in the original text and spelling with
an introduction and notes and a bibliography, constitute the doubtful
Shakespearian class: Arden of Feversham, Locrine, Edward III,
Mucedorus, Sir John Oldcastle, Thomas Lord Cromwell, The London
prodigal, The puritan, A Yorkshire tragedy, The merry devil of
Edmonton, Fair Em, Two noble kinsmen, The birth of Merlin and Sir
Thomas More.
* * * * *
“Though on the whole we must give praise to Mr. Brooke for some
excellent work, his book cannot, without considerable revision, take
its place as a final recension of the text of the plays included.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 446. O. 10. 1000w.
“Mr. Brooke’s collection meets a definite need. It is unfortunate that
the notes are so scanty: herein the volume fails of being definitive.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 118. S. 1, ’08. 370w.
“The true Shakespeare will be the more relished after a study of Mr.
Brooke’s introduction and the reading of these apocryphal plays.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 762. Je. 13, ’08. 240w.
“There is, indeed, only one fault to be found with an otherwise
admirable volume,—its exceedingly unattractive form.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 298. Ag. 29, ’08. 1800w.
=Brooke, Stopford A.= Four Victorian poets: a study of Clough,
Arnold, Rossetti and Morris; with an introd. on the course of
poetry from 1822 to 1852. (English title, A study of four poets.)
**$1.75. Putnam.
8–14374.
The introductory chapter follows the steady course of English poetry
from the Byron and Shelley influence to the whirlpool of thoughts and
hopes and passions, political, social, ideal, democratic, but chiefly
religious and theological into which Clough and Arnold were cast. The
aim of the study is to show to what extent Clough, Arnold, Rossetti
and Morris influenced the poetic movement of the latter half of the
nineteenth century and to give an estimate of the quality and
importance of their work.
* * * * *
“Is rather tedious because it talks round and round its subject, never
saying anything essential.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 1: 691. Je. 6. 1100w.
“This is not only a delightful but an encouraging book.” Montgomery
Schuyler.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 599. Ag. ’08. 1550w.
+ =Dial.= 45: 92. Ag. 16, ’08. 380w.
“The best part of the volume is the introductory chapter.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 465. My. 21, ’08. 200w.
“May be placed among the important minor studies of the Victorian
period.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 812. Ag. 8, ’08. 250w.
“Whoever enjoys literary criticism welcomes a new book by Mr. Stopford
Brooke, and no one who reads ‘A study of four poets’ will be
disappointed.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 697. My. 2, ’08. 1600w.
=Brooke, Rev. Stopford Augustus.= Sea charm of Venice. *$1. Dutton.
W 7–160.
Here the author “blends impressions and emotions, history and art. He
is not the hasty tourist, who peers, and nods, and hurries on, but the
lover of Venice, who has returned to her again and again, seen her
under many aspects, thought upon her glories, and felt her
fascination.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“He has [a] smooth, flowing style.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 524. Mr. 5, ’08. 110w.
“He writes with genuine enthusiasm, but without gush, and displays
also an unusual skill in description.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 38. Ja. 9, ’08. 80w.
“An essay in which its sea-charm is analyzed as well as described is
justified by its radical deviation from familiar lines, if for nothing
else. A clear vision and appreciation of each aspect of Venetian life,
art, and poetry are combined with facility of expression.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 54. F. 1, ’08. 110w.
“This book will help. This fine bit of word-painting cannot fail to be
a delight.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 298. Ag. 31, ’07. 90w.
=Brooke, Rev. Stopford Augustus.= Studies in poetry. *$1.75. Putnam.
8–5211.
An introductory essay on “Poetry as an art” is followed by six papers
three of which are devoted to Shelley, one to Blake, one to Walter
Scott and the last to Keats.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 170. Je. ’08.
“Mr. Stopford Brooke has achieved the skill of the craftsman, without
losing his individual traits as a critic with a keen perception of
literary art.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 65. Ag. 1, ’08. 580w.
“The book itself is not large enough for the subjects broached in it;
and its limits must be remembered, lest in speaking of its
imperfections we forget to be grateful to the writer for all that he
has given us.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 356. N. 22, ’07. 2020w.
“A pretty thin gleaning.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 35. Ja. 9, ’08. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“American readers are familiar with Mr. Brooke’s critical work, always
sympathetic, based on sound knowledge, and not lacking in the finer
insight; but of late years somewhat too fluent, lacking exact
definition and sharp precision of statement, and inclining
occasionally to didacticism.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 98. Ja. 11, ’08. 80w.
“The only flaw that strikes us—a faintly sermonic touch here and
there, a hint of the pious platform cadence, coupled inevitably with
the note of conventional reticence or apology in dealing with big
people that comes of addressing the wierd sort of audience which likes
to feel assured of complete private respectability in its poets. His
style generally is purged of conventionality. As a whole he is
admirably sane and free from prejudice.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 696. My. 30, ’08. 800w.
“Perhaps the Scott lecture is the best. The Shelley lectures we like
the least of all.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 994. D. 14, ’07. 200w.
=Brooks, John Graham.= As others see us: a study of progress in the
United States. **$1.75. Macmillan.
8–31147.
Here are woven into most readable and entertaining form the opinions
by way of approval, of censure, or of warning, which visiting foreign
critics have expressed concerning America since the beginning of
national life. In the light of these objective estimates the author
discusses topics and problems which bear upon present-day progress.
* * * * *
“The light and gossipy character of Mr. Brooks’s work will make it a
pleasant companion for snatches of reading in dull and idle days. We
cannot dismiss this review of it without acknowledging the
thoroughness with which the author has ranged through a wide field of
reading and furnished the completed book with a bibliography and an
index.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 850. D. 5, ’08. 260w.
=Brown, Abbie Farwell.= Friends and cousins. il. †$1. Houghton.
7–30835.
The sequel to “Brothers and sisters.” The fun of Kenneth and Rose is
continued, new friends are made with whom they play pirate, dig for
treasure, and experience other thrilling mock adventures as well as a
few of the real sort.
* * * * *
“But it is a relief to find ‘Friends and cousins’ less weak than
‘Brothers and sisters,’ tho the same tendency is evident in each to be
ethical in the midst of playing ‘treasure trove.’ We speak thus
plainly because Miss Brown has gained a library foothold thru her
verses and her myth tales. Her new vein lacks spontaneity and
imagination of a high character.” M. J. Moses.
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1483. D. 19, ’07. 110w.
“The story is superior in style and plot to its predecessor, and will
probably amuse young readers.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 30w.
=Brown, Alice.= Rose MacLeod. †$1.50. Houghton.
8–12225.
Here are brought together two grandmothers, one sprightly with a
literary bent and the other saintly; Electra, a Puritan in conscience
and a Spartan in control of feelings; Markham McLeod, a
brotherhood-of-man agitator who worshipped Mammon and basked in its
material warmth; MacLeod’s daughter, the heroine, who had been a
victim of her father’s unrighteous theories and who alone understood
his whited-sepulchre practices; and two brothers, one an artist who
temporarily comes under the hypnotic spell of MacLeod, and the other a
gardener who through the purification of honest hard work has a right
perspective of life and straightens out the tangle of doubts and
misgivings.
* * * * *
“A tale of quite unusual workmanship, full of variety and charm.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 155. My. ’08. ✠
“The book is a most skillful counterfeit of the real thing, and if it
fails of the highest excellence, that is all the more reason for
crediting it with all the lesser excellence that it indubitably
possesses.” Ward Clark.
+ − =Bookm.= 27: 494. Jl. ’08. 750w.
“Miss Brown has contributed another distinct personality to the
portrait gallery of American women.” M. K. Ford.
+ =Forum.= 40: 132. Ag. ’08. 950w.
“Is better than merely entertaining.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 378. Ag. 13, ’08. 300w.
“Miss Brown’s vein of whimsical romance still holds; it may be that
the whimsy gains upon her a trifle. In this story, indeed, it runs
pretty frankly into extravagance.”
− =Nation.= 86: 492. My. 28, ’08. 550w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.
“It is a notable book and well worth reading, but it ought to have
been better.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 291. My. 23, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 335. Je. 13, ’08. 240w.
“The romantic interest of the book is thruout rather cool and thin,
and of far less rich and satisfying quality than its comedy.” O. H.
Dunbar.
+ − =No. Am.= 188: 137. Jl. ’08. 1200w.
“The men in the story are highly vizualized, imaginary male persons.
They live in a rarefied atmosphere and they never by any accident come
to life.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 324. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.
“The book has an individuality of its own—a personal freshness in the
point of view that helps to compensate for the lack of personality in
its characters.” E. L. Cary.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 4: 618. Ag. ’08. 260w.
+ =Spec.= 101: 135. Jl. 25, ’08. 200w.
=Brown, C. Campbell.= China in legend and story. **$1.25. Revell.
W8–68.
Abounding in broad fellowship, this narrative presents China,—“not the
willow-pattern country of our conventional ideas, but the living,
palpitating, human China.” The author’s “standpoint is neither that of
a missionary soliciting pity for an ‘afflicted people,’ nor of a
traveller describing the picturesque peculiarities of an alien and, by
implication, inferior race. It is that of a man who, in the course of
ten years’ residence among the people of whom he writes, has had
occasion to say of many of them, ‘You’re a better man than I am, Gunga
Din.’” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“A well-written volume of stories.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1451. Je. 25, ’08. 20w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 132. Mr. 7, ’08. 120w.
“The influence of Christianity on character has seldom been more
impressively exemplified than in the tales which compose the latter
half of the volume.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 540. Ap. 4, ’08. 350w.
=Brown, Charles Rufus.= Book of the Prophet Jeremiah: an American
commentary on the Old Testament. *$2. Am. Bapt.
7–18189.
“A concise commentary upon the Book of Jeremiah” which fills “in part
the place of the German _kurzgefasste commentare_, a form of biblical
literature which, strangely enough, is still sadly lacking in our
language.... The book gives in the left-hand column of the page the
text of the authorized version; on the right, the author’s own
translation, the metric passages being presented typographically in
poetical form, but without any attempt to produce the exact rhythm of
the original. The commentary appears below the text.”
* * * * *
“Scholarly in character and structure, and withal adapted to the needs
of the intelligent reader, whether or not he be acquainted with the
Hebrew. The book is to be welcomed as capitally meeting its purpose
and filling a long-felt want.” J. A. Montgomery.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 455. Jl. ’08. 730w.
“The exegesis is sound and judicious. We know on the whole of no
better explanation in English of the prophecies of Jeremiah, and yet
at the same time we feel constrained to point out blemishes in this
work. The commentary seems padded. It is an anachronism also to
reproduce the authorized version—the American revision should take its
place if the author’s new one was not sufficient. The commentary is
also marred by occasional little homilies and common-place
observations which detract from its scholarly dignity. The work also
fails in a good English style.” E: L. Curtis.
+ − =Bib. World.= 31: 396. My. ’08. 520w.
=Brown, Demetra, and Brown, Kenneth.= First secretary: a novel.
$1.50. Dodge, B. W.
7–36248.
Constantinople is the scene of the romance in which Stephen Weir, an
attaché of the American legation, woos surreptitiously the daughter of
a pasha who is the promised wife of a young Turk. America’s red-handed
methods in matters of matrimony are strongly contrasted with
traditional oriental restraint.
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=Ind.= 64: 756. Ap. 2, ’08. 130w.
“It is a book to pass the time and it has the distinct merit of not
pretending to be anything else.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 174. F. 20, ’08. 180w.
=Brown, Gerard Baldwin.= Rembrandt. (Library of art.) *$2. Scribner.
7–37526.
“Gives a great deal of information about the paintings, etchings, and
drawings, the technical methods, and the qualities of the art of the
great Dutchman, and what is really known or reasonably surmised as to
his life in a shape hardly to be so conveniently found elsewhere.”
(Nation.) “Professor Brown is particularly keen in pointing out the
painter’s arbitrary use of shadow.” (Outlook.) There are over forty
plates, representing every phase of the painter’s work.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 128. My. ’08.
“Prof. Brown has erred, perhaps, in including too many subjects for
discussion. The selection of illustrations is unconventional and good,
and the book is provided with such critical apparatus in the way of
analysis, notes, and indexes, as is suitable to its scope. It may be
commended as the best book on Rembrandt’s life and art for the general
reader that has been produced in England.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 200. F. 15. 600w.
“Seldom in a popular monograph does one meet with such scholarly
treatment, combined with breadth of vision and catholicity of
judgment.”
+ + =Dial.= 45: 91. Ag. 16, ’08. 420w.
“That clearness about things which reigns in the author’s own mind is
communicated to the reader.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 169. Ap. ’08. 100w.
“Especially for purposes of reference or for systematizing one’s
acquaintance with the known and inferred facts of the painter’s
career, this book is to be highly commended.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 58. D. ’08. 80w.
“Without being a specially illuminating piece of criticism it is a
capable bit of work, and a pretty complete one.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 44. Ja. 9, ’08. 130w.
=Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 110w.
+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 644. Ap. 25, ’08. 150w.
=Brown, Horatio F.= Studies in the history of Venice. 2v. *$6.
Dutton.
8–15744.
From the study of a bewildering mass of archives the author has
produced a work on the diplomacy, the constitution, and the finance of
Venice in relation to the republic’s formation, growth, and decline.
“The studies fall under two types,—the investigation of the
constitutional and economic policy of the State, and the retelling of
some of her famous tales.” (Spec.)
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“Mr. Brown’s book is to be commended for its various light on our own
living problems.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1095. My. 14, ’08. 550w.
“We think it is a mistake that he introduces into his text
untranslated passages in Venetian or Latin; but this is a slight
blemish on so valuable a work.”
+ + − =Nation.= 87: 76. Jl. 23, ’08. 900w.
“These admirable volumes might well take the place of a more formal
history of Venice.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 279. My. 16, ’08. 900w.
=Outlook.= 88: 611. Mr. 14, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Brown’s essays are on wisely chosen subjects, and illustrate
almost continuously the development and growth of the city.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 81. Ja. 18, ’08. 1400w.
“Mr. Brown’s scholarship is profound, but he wears his learning
lightly, and these essays are as remarkable for their grace of style
and vivid portraiture as for their sound historical judgment. The book
will be prized by all lovers of the enchanted city as an illuminating
guide to the essentials of her past.”
+ + =Spec.= 100: 337. F. 29, ’08. 1700w.
=Brown, Rev. J. Wood.= Builders of Florence. il. *$6. Dutton.
8–35375.
“A scholarly study and interpretation of Florentine architecture as an
expression of the character of the Florentine people, illustrated more
in detail and specifically by the examination of twelve important and
monumental buildings possessing both architectural and historic
interest, ‘and such as lend themselves readily as illustrations of the
city’s life, whether commercial, ideal or political.’ An introductory
part, before taking up the characteristics of Florentine architecture,
provides an exposition of the ‘Substance of Florence.’”—Ind.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 128. My. ’08.
“An art treasure as well as a delightful account of some aspects of
Florentine life and thought as expressed most vitally and most
permanently in the city’s buildings.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 423. D. 16, ’07. 160w.
“Among architectural treatises this work must take rank at once as
noteworthy for breadth of vision, insight and erudition. It is packed
with a wealth of historical material and that material is skilfully
used.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 103. Ja. 9, ’08. 620w.