Baedeker gives all and more of the necessary information than this
summer tourist of three weeks, he does not impart the childlike
freshness of discovery that finds joy in observing the Hollander’s
unfailing courtesy, and that elegance of service can be obtained for
grotesquely moderate tips.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 392. Jl. 11, ’08. 500w.
“A farrago of disjointed bits of guide book and pointless jests.” A.
I. du P. Coleman.
− =Putnam’s.= 4: 748. S. ’08. 340w.
=Hildebrandt, Alfred.= Airships past and present; together with
chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology,
photography and the carrier pigeon; tr. by W. H. Story. *$3.50.
Van Nostrand.
8–13633.
A sketch of the past and present state of the art of ballooning and
its application to scientific ends including the first trustworthy
information to be disseminated on the subjects of balloon photography
and the use of the carrier pigeon. The book is fully illustrated.
* * * * *
“The avoidance of technical discussions makes the book easy and
pleasant reading for anyone who is interested in the subject.”
+ =Engin. D.= 3: 653. Je. ’08. 150w.
“In an interesting and instructive volume of considerable size, the
author has fully discussed nearly all subjects, at all closely related
to aeronautics, so far as they have been susceptible to popular
treatment. To the translator belongs no little credit for the
smoothness of the English diction.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 59: 545. My. 14, ’08. 1000w.
“This work is both timely and authoritative.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 871. Ap. 16, ’08. 250w.
“While the author disclaims all intention of writing a technical text,
we feel that the reader may find instruction as well as amusement in
these pages.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 655. My. 2, ’08. 200w.
“We note a few errors.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 539. Je. 11, ’08. 300w.
“Some portions of the work are scarcely satisfactory, even from the
popular standpoint, the chapter devoted to flying machines, for
example, being a collection of scraps of information strung together
without any definite scheme.”
+ − =Nature.= 77: 562. Ap. 16, ’08. 1000w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 758. Je. ’08. 80w.
“A clear and readable account.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 211. F. 15, ’08. 120w.
“There have been hitherto few satisfactory books in English upon
aerial navigation. We now have, however, a book by a thorough expert.”
O. Chanute.
+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 20. Jl. 3, ’08. 660w.
=Spec.= 100: 384. Mr. 7, ’08. 270w.
=Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Decisive battles of the law. **$2.25.
Harper.
7–33964.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 695. Ap. ’08. 50w.
“This is an interesting book which does not justify its title.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 625. N. ’08. 40w.
“It is possible to read his book with the comfortable feeling that one
is in safe hands, and that the spirited accounts here given of these
vexed questions may be enjoyed without fear of being led into false
historical paths.” Ward Clark.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 519. Ja. ’08. 1200w.
“The author writes with acute legal knowledge and abundant information
derived from painstaking research: and to these he adds a gift for
pictorial narrative which suggests a first-rate reporter present at
the events he describes.”
+ + =Dial.= 44: 19. Ja. 1, ’08. 320w.
“It is this romantic quality that Mr. Hill has seized, and he tells
the stories vigorously.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 102. Jl. 9, ’08. 200w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Hill has always shown judicial
impartiality, but what partisan bias has crept in may be attributed to
the fact that he is more of an advocate than an historian.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 320w.
* =Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Story of a street. **$1.60. Harper.
The story of Wall street from March, 1644, when Governor William Kieft
marked its direction by means of a clumsy cattle-guard of felled
brushwood, to its present-day development as a “canon of exchange.”
Wall street of Stuyvesant’s time, of revolutionary days; Wall street
“the haunt of fashion, the heart of business, the school of statesmen,
the firing-line of commerce, the battle ground of politics and of
money—the scene of financial masterstrokes and speculative orgies ...
the law of the money-spiders ... is no mere street or thoroughfare.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Hill has performed a real service with his book. It is in some
respects a sort of liberal education.” I: F. Marcosson.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 359. D. ’08. 1500w.
“Altogether it is a fascinating tale, cleverly told.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 761. D. ’08. 80w.
=Hill, George Chatterton-.= Heredity and selection in sociology.
*$4.50. Macmillan.
7–42082.
“Chatterton-Hill’s book consists of three parts. Part 1 is an
intelligent summary of the biological doctrine of heredity and
germinal selection from the point of view of Weismann.... Part 2 is
devoted to social pathology. Suicide, insanity, and syphilis are each
in turn discussed as social factors.... Part 3 is devoted to the
actual conditions of social selection.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Having no first-hand information, the author could justify himself in
the publication of such a work only by logical and constructive
manipulation of his materials, and he has not done this.” W: I.
Thomas.
− + =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 413. N. ’08. 180w.
“For the general idea of the author there is much to be said. His
present exposition is not satisfactory and should not be final.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 269. Ja. ’08. 400w.
“Mr. Chatterton-Hill’s science, good so far as it goes, belongs to the
last decade of the nineteenth century rather than to the first decade
of this.” E. T. Brewster.
− + =Atlan.= 102: 122. Jl. ’08. 750w.
“The general verdict on the volume must be adverse. Under competent
tutelage, he has given a good résumé of the dominant biological theory
of heredity. Left to himself, he has devised an inconclusive and
inadequate analysis of social pathology, and has supplemented it with
a rambling, unoriginal, and often self-contradictory disquisition on
social programmes and social needs.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 176. F. 20, ’08. 680w.
“From beginning to end this is a very interesting book. It is the
result of much thought on great subjects, and it is written in clear
and forcible style. However much we may disagree with some of Mr.
Chatterton-Hill’s conclusions the book is a book to be read.” F. W. H.
+ + − =Nature.= 76: 586. O. 10, ’07. 600w.
“We find ourselves in direct issue with Mr. Chatterton-Hill with
respect to many of the results deduced by him from the facts of
current social life.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 580. Ap. 11, ’08. 550w.
=Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrat.= So-called Peters-Hilprecht
controversy. *75c. Holman.
A full statement of the Hilprecht case. The first part gives the
proceedings of the committee appointed by the board of trustees of the
University of Pennsylvania to act as a court of inquiry: the second
furnishes supplemental documents, evidence, and statements.
* * * * *
=Nation.= 86: 425. My. 7, ’08. 1650w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 80w.
=Hinchman, Walter Swain, and Gummere, Francis Barton.= Lives of
great English writers from Chaucer to Browning. **$1.50. Houghton.
8–11791.
“The book, which is well-indexed and provided with a select
bibliography, consists of thirty-four biographical essays on
representative writers from Chaucer to Browning. The various periods
of literary history are connected by short links suggesting the
character of the transitions.” (Nation.) “Pupils in secondary schools,
as well as their elders, will find the book agreeable reading and
useful for reference.” (Educ. R.)
* * * * *
“This work is recommended because of its usefulness in small
libraries, supplementing the brief biographical dictionary and
cyclopedia articles. The material presented is not only well chosen,
authoritative and adequate, but interestingly written.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 260. N. ’08. ✠
“It is difficult to account for some of the omissions, but the work as
we have it is well done.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 121. S. 1, ’08. 80w.
“The treatment is judicious and satisfactory.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 316. O. ’08. 70w.
“Ten biographies ... are not uninteresting in themselves and are well
adapted to the kind of readers for whom they are intended. The final
chronology and bibliography too are useful in their way. But it is
doubtful, after all, whether such a book is likely to supply the
literary stimulus which its authors expect from it.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 310. Ag. 6, ’08. 230w.
“In general, the criticism is sound, conservative, and illuminating,
and the book should do good service.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 210. S. 3, ’08. 350w.
=Hinckley, Henry Barrett.= Notes on Chaucer: a commentary on the
Prolog and six Canterbury tales. $3. Nonotuck press, Northampton,
Mass.
8–6086.
“Consists of a commentary on the Prologue to the “Canterbury tales,”
and six of the tales, viz.; the knight’s, the nun’s priest’s, the
pardoner’s, the clerk’s, the squire’s, and the franklin’s. In fullness
and learning the only previous Chaucer commentary comparable with it
is that which accompanies Prof. W. W. Skeat’s standard edition of the
poet’s work.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“All that is of value in the book could have been condensed into a
short paper for the Modern language association.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 239. Ag. 29. 260w.
“The author often annotates passages which Skeat has passed by, and so
his work, apart from its own merits, supplements that of his
predecessor.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 533. Je. 11, ’08. 280w.
=Hind, A. M.= Short history of engraving and etching, for the use of
collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list
and index of engravers. **$5. Houghton.
A descriptive survey of the history of engraving on metal thruout the
various centuries and schools, with a generous account of the work of
important engravers, and only enough mention of names of lesser note
to keep straight the threads of development and to insure a
well-balanced estimate of artistic values. The work closes with a
chapter on modern etchers and engravers of different countries. The
full appendices give a classified list of engravers, 47 p.; a general
bibliography, 20 p.; and an index of engravers and individual
bibliography, 60 p.
* * * * *
“Accurate scholarship and painstaking workmanship are manifest
throughout.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 408. D. 1, ’08. 300w.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1186. N. 19, ’08. 70w.
“It necessarily devotes most of its attention to European
practitioners of the art of engraving, with the exception, of course,
of etching. Yet a work designed to circulate in this country and
furnish information to English readers ought to keep its perspectives
right.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 37: 811. N. 28, ’08. 450w.
“The book certainly shows admirable condensation.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 797. D. 5, ’08. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 640. N. ’08. 70w.
=Hind, Charles Lewis.= Diary of a looker-on. **$2. Lane.
8–30031.
“Impressions of the hour utilized as occasions arise in the columns of
journals and periodicals. This is the author’s description of these
little essays of criticism of paintings and books, sojournings in
continental cities and places, or in English country places or
London.” (Sat. R.) “The author explains that ... these contributions
[made to various journals] were papers transferred from his diaries,
and that the collections appear here divided into months, according to
the dates of the original writing.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“It is a gentleman-like and desirable form of professional activity,
but as devoid of ‘personality’ as any other kind of journalism—for
example, the market quotations.” F. M. Colby.
− + =Bookm.= 27: 567. Ag. ’08. 340w.
Reviewed by P. F. Bicknell.
=Dial.= 44: 338. Je. 1, ’08. 380w.
“These papers contain something of the intimacy and grace which
characterize Stevenson’s essays. The book has a distinct literary
flavor, and to read it is as good as a vacation. It is to be hoped
that in succeeding editions the numerous typographical errors which
mar the present issue will be corrected.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 415. Jl. 25, ’08. 320w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 732. Je. 6, ’08. 220w.
+ − =Spec.= 100: 1009. Je. 27, ’08. 280w.
=Hinds, William Alfred.= American communities and co-operative
colonies. 2d revision. $1.50. Kerr.
8–3496.
Thoroly revised and brought down to 1907. “It includes all the
well-known experiments, such as the Shaker colonies, Owen’s
communities, Brook farm, and the various Fourieristic phalanxes,
Cabet’s Icaria and the Oneida community, in addition to a multitude of
less known settlements, to say nothing of such contemporary
organizations as the Theosophist colony at Point Loma, the Single tax
society at Fairhope, Alabama, the Ruskin commonwealth, Upton
Sinclair’s Helicon home colony and the Straight Edge.” (Ann. Am.
Acad.)
* * * * *
“He has succeeded in giving us a valuable book of reference abounding
in facts but very popular in character.” H. P. J. Selinger.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 126. Jl. ’08. 80w.
“Not the least valuable feature of Mr. Hinds’ book is the bibliography
at the end of each chapter.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 445. S. ’08. 340w.
=Hird, Frank.= Victoria, the woman. **$2.50. Appleton.
8–12577.
The author says that his purpose has been to place before readers in
America some impressions of the influences that affected her early
environment, some suggestions of the circumstances that affected her
later years. He portrays the Queen as a daughter, a wife, a woman, a
mother, a friend and a sovereign, using the Queen’s own words as
recorded in letters and diaries. He lends to the whole a background of
current history and politics.
* * * * *
“Readable, interesting, more available for popular use than the
‘Letters.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 237. O. ’08.
“A serviceable and readable book has been produced, and for those who
do not and cannot own the voluminous and expensive ‘Letters’ this
volume, with its copious extracts from those letters and from the
diaries, should serve as a welcome substitute.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 315. My. 16, ’08. 300w.
“There is a distinct place for Mr. Hird’s little book.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 44. Jl. 2, ’08. 260w.
“His work is surprisingly judicial in its tone.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 247. Ap. 25, ’08. 200w.
“One of the most interesting things in Mr. Hird’s book is to be found
in the notices, always judiciously expressed, of the part which the
Queen took in politics, foreign and domestic.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 412. S. 19, ’08. 420w.
=Hirth, Friedrich.= Ancient history of China to the end of the Chóu
dynasty. *$2.50. Macmillan.
8–3434.
A work which provides a text for students and a book of reference for
general readers. It begins with a chapter on the mythological and
legendary period and comes down to the third century B. C. While not a
purely philological work it follows the linguistic and cultural
development of the Chinese people. An appendix of chronological tables
gives the dates of the princes of the various states.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 675. Ap. ’08. 50w.
“A much needed work.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08. ✠
“Owing probably to limitations of space Dr. Hirth has failed to
indicate fully the factors which were potent in the earlier
development of the Chinese empire, but he has furnished a scholarly
and convenient handbook for this period of the history, in more detail
than can elsewhere be had in English in an ordered form.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 1450. Je. 25, ’08. 120w.
“It does not add largely to our information, but it is a convenient
manual for those who desire to gain a knowledge of the uneventful
story of China’s existence as a nation.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 138. Ag. 13, ’08. 90w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 130. Mr. 7, ’08. 150w.
+ =Outlook.= 88: 884. Ap. 18, ’08. 150w.
“A very scholarly study.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 509. Ap. ’08. 70w.
=Hobart, Henry Metcalf, and Ellis, Alexander George.= High speed
dynamo electric machinery. *$6. Wiley.
8–20034.
Deals with the description of designs and construction which comprise
“not only the standard methods by which the special conditions imposed
by high speed are being met, but also various recent propositions
which have not yet withstood the test of time.” “The authors have
arranged their material in two main divisions, dealing with the two
distinct types of turbo-generator.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“The work is a high-class treatise and one that should be in the hands
of every designer and engineering instructor.”
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 304. S. ’08. 430w.
“The book will appeal chiefly to those interested, directly or
indirectly, in the design of electric generators.” H: H. Norris.
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 318. S. 17, ’08. 1100w.
=Hobbs, William Herbert.= Earthquakes; an introduction to seismic
geology. **$2. Appleton.
7–39003.
A volume devoted to what field geologists have accomplished by making
use of the record of the motion of the earth’s disturbances acquired
thru perfected seismological experiments. “What has been learned by
both of these classes of students, and what are the best supported
theories, are made plain in this volume with abundant illustration
through diagram and photograph, and with admirable system and
arrangement of material.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 42. F. ’08.
“Of special value at the present time, not only to students, but also
to the general reader who wishes to keep informed in regard to recent
scientific advance.” A. C. Rich.
+ =Arena.= 39: 731. Je. ’08. 280w.
“No intelligent layman can look at this book without being interested,
or can read it without substantial gain in knowledge.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 110. F. 16, ’08. 250w.
“It takes rank with the best of the general books on seismology.” R.
S. Tarr.
+ =J. Geol.= 16: 477. Jl. ’08. 1550w.
“On the whole the book is a modern and readable presentation of a
theme possessing more than ordinary interest.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 494. My. 28, ’08. 400w.
“As an introduction to seismology, or even to seismic geology, it is
the most misleading that we know, but for the reader who comes to it
with sufficient previous knowledge it contains suggestive passages,
and as we perused the book we were haunted by the consciousness that
its author was capable of better work; we searched for the word which
would describe its character until a marginal heading, in block type,
supplied the want in ‘crudeness.’”
− + =Nature.= 77: 481. Mr. 26, ’08. 700w.
“The reader may have full confidence that he is in possession of
seismology up to date.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 74. F. 8, ’08. 360w.
“Gives us in his new volume what we believe to be by far the most
thorough study of the subject, which is couched in fairly untechnical
language, and may be read with a clear understanding by any thoughtful
layman.”
+ + =Outlook.= 88: 41. Ja. 4, ’08. 230w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 119. Ja. ’08. 130w.
=Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 60w.
=Höcker, Gustav.= Arnold of Winkelried: the hero of Sempach; tr.
from the German of Gustav Höcker. (Life stories for young people.)
**60c. McClurg.
8–23292.
A story of the famous Swiss hero which tells us about Knight Schrutan
and the Pilatus, the battle of Morgarten, the mystery play at
Engelberg, the black death, the robber knights, the tournament at
Little Basle, the storming of a Lithuanian castle, and Winkelried’s
heroic death.
=Hodges, Rev. George.= When the King came: stories from the four
gospels. *$1.25. Houghton.
Stories founded upon the record of the life of Jesus as presented in
the gospels. The well-known Bible facts are embellished with
numberless details of setting, back of which lies the author’s careful
study of the times and their customs.
=Hodgetts, Edward A. B.= Court of Russia in the 19th century. 2v.
*$6. Scribner.
8–20526.
A popular rather than a scholarly account of the Russian emperors and
court of the last century. The history begins with Alexander I, and
concludes with a sketch of Nicholas II and a summary of political
conditions in Russia, in which “he acquiesces in the arguments of
those who oppose the abolishment of bureaucracy on the ground that the
population of the country is too sparse and the rural classes too
backward to make a system of local government and elected officials
practicable.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Almost every anecdote and every judgment is to be found elsewhere,
but the compilation is excellent, and the book one that may be warmly
recommended to the general reader. There are a good many small slips,
hardly worth mention.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 668. My. 30. 900w.
“The disadvantage chiefly to be noted in the lack of precision
characterizing the author’s method is a tendency to repetition. The
diffuse and incidental style of the writing and the extraordinary
lapses in English in Mr. Hodgetts’s book conceal genuine virtues.” E.
L. Cary.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 379. Jl. 4, ’08. 2000w.
“While containing a good deal of sound and interesting information, it
loses much of its value by an exuberance of trifles and an awkward
arrangement.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 236. Ag. 15, ’08. 670w.
=Hoernle, Augustus Rudolf F.= Studies in the medicine of ancient
India. *$2.60. Oxford.
Written for the purpose of supplying to students of medicine a
knowledge of how the subject was taught and practised in ancient
India. “Prof. Hoernle begins in the present volume with osteology, or
bones of the human body as they were known to the Indians in the sixth
century before Christ.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Professor Hoernle has executed his task with the utmost fidelity.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 772. D. 14. 550w.
“As part of a general history of the subject this book is of prime
importance.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 100w.
“Altogether Dr. Hoernle, although not a medical man himself, has laid
medical men under a deep obligation to him by rendering so easily
accessible the knowledge and practice of physicians who tended the
sick in northern India some centuries before Christ was born.”
+ =Nature.= 77: 533. Ap. 9, ’08. 450w.
=Hoffman, Frank Sargent.= Sphere of religion: a consideration of its
nature and of its influence upon the progress of civilization.
**$1.75. Putnam.
8–5160.
A book written for the purpose of interesting young men and women,
especially in our colleges, in the study of religion. The author
sketches the development of religion from the forms existing among
savages to the high spiritual conceptions of to-day. He discusses the
various books of religion from the sacred tablets of the Babylonians
to Madam Blavatsky’s “Isis unveiled.” Following this are chapters on
the relation of the fine arts to religion, religion the key to
history, its relations to education, the church and the right of
property, the church and the modern state, the scientific method in
theology, human immortality and religion, and the present-day
conception of God.
* * * * *
“Its merit lies in its attempt to give an inclusive, bird’s-eye view
of a large field. It has the defects of its qualities,—and also some
others, the most unfortunate of which is a careless and inexact use of
the word ‘religion.’”
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 679. O. ’08. 200w.
“It is an exceedingly well written book, which should be in the hands
of every thoughtful young man and woman.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08.
“Crystal clear is the whole of this eminently sane and practical
discussion. Even ‘the man in the street’ will want to finish the book.
A landmark in the history of religious thought.” W: E. Griffis.
+ + =Dial.= 44: 377. Je. 16, ’08. 700w.
“Professor Hoffman is an able student and a clear writer, of open mind
and fearless pen, but the question may be raised whether it is quite
fair to intending purchasers and to libraries to give to such a
miscellaneous collection of essays a title which implies a thorogoing
and scientific examination of the problems of the philosophy of
religion.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 212. Jl. 23, ’08. 170w.
“Professor Hoffman’s spirit is tolerant and progressive, but he covers
such a variety of topics and so broad a field that issue may
frequently be taken with him, in point both of fact and of opinion.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 445. My. 14, ’08. 170w.
“Prof. Hoffman gives the impression of having tried to cover too broad
a field, and the consequence is that his treatment is not thorough.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 250w.
“A well-wrought and desirable addition to the copious modern
literature upon its subject. It is wide in its range, imbued with the
modern spirit, and insistent on the old and tested truths.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 564. Mr. 7, ’08. 350w.
=Hofmann, Josef.= Piano playing: a little book of simple
suggestions. **75c. McClure.
Aims to present a general view of artistic piano-playing and to offer
to young students the results of the author’s observations made during
his years of study and public activity. The chapters are the
following: The piano and its player; General rules; Correct touch and
technic; The use of the pedal; Playing “in style”; How Rubenstein
taught me to play.
* * * * *
“His book contains many hints that throw light on the psychic,
imaginative side of playing.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 531. N. 26, ’08. 480w.
“This book is both stimulating and suggestive. It is, indeed, the
utterance of a great artist who looks upon his art with the broadest
view, and there are few who will not gain profit and some new idea
from reading it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 687. N. 21, ’08. 530w.
=Holder, Charles Frederick.= Big game at sea. il. *$2. Outing.
8–9755.
A fascinating, informing book by a sea sportsman who, while following
the legitimate lines of deep-sea fishing, now and then is rewarded by
a phenomenal haul. He discusses the game monsters of the deep, the
equipment necessary for catching them, the qualifications required of
the fisher sportsman, and lends to the whole the vigor of the sea and
the ecstacy of success.
* * * * *
“Fascinating stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 238. O. ’08.
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 124. Ag. 1. 270w.
“Not one of the chapters lacks its own peculiar interest.” Wallace
Rice.
+ =Dial.= 44: 342. Je. 1, ’08. 400w.
“The book will appeal to any one who has a spark of physical
enthusiasm.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1298. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.
“This work is as interesting as the great romance of Victor Hugo’s
‘Travailleurs de la mer,’ and much more realistic.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 766. My. 23, ’08. 250w.
+ =Nation.= 86: 581. Je. 25, ’08. 840w.
“A remarkable book, and should take a high place among the literature
of this and kindred subjects.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 277. My. 16, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 338. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.
“Nothing has appeared containing such detailed, vivid, and lengthy
descriptions of the sport now to be enjoyed as this latest work of Mr.
Holder. Like many books which are composed of collected magazine
articles, the volume contains much repetition, and suffers from want
of arrangement. There is, indeed, no index at all, and no order to be
discovered.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 333. S. 5, ’08. 630w.
=Hole, Samuel Reynolds.= Letters of Samuel Reynolds Hole, dean of
Rochester; ed. with a memoir, by G: A. B. Dewar. *$3. Macmillan.
8–256.
“The collection embraces about two hundred letters, covering nearly
the whole period of the Dean’s busy life. They are addressed to all
sorts and conditions of men from Archbishop Benson to the Dean’s
life-long friend, Joe Birley, who used to be the shepherd’s lad during
the ‘old Squire’s’ day at Hole’s ancestral home of Caunton manor, and
they give the reader some dim idea of the catholicity of the Dean’s
tastes and the width of his influence.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Admirers of the late Dean of Rochester can hardly resist some slight
feeling of disappointment at his volume. Mr. Dewar’s introductory
chapter is, in many respects, excellent. But it is in no sense of the
word a ‘memoir’ and the reader anxious for biographical details is
referred to an unilluminating chronological list. Of the letters
themselves it is, happily, possible to speak with less reserve.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 273. D. 21, ’07. 350w.
“Mr. Dewar has shown both skill and discernment in his brief sketch of
Dean Hole. It conveys a good idea of a personality which was
singularly attractive.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 472. O. 19. 1750w.
“In choosing the letters for publication, the editor has shown wisdom
in picking with a sparing hand and also in not including letters
merely because they were written to persons of distinction.” P. F.
Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 44: 11. Ja. 1, ’08. 1750w.
“So lacking any thread to knit it together, and so largely made up of
scraps—that any sustained interest in it is almost impossible.”
− + =Ind.= 65: 437. Ag. 20, ’08. 100w.
“Partly through the fault of the editor, partly through the scantiness
of his material, this book seems likely to cause more disappointment
than satisfaction.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 307. O. 11, ’07. 780w.
“Taken separately, they are delightful letters, written in the Dean’s
characteristic style and breezy manner. But in these busy times few
people are willing to sit down and read 250 pages of notes written, in
no matter how pleasant a style, to familiar (and often obscure)
friends on ordinary topics of no special interest to outsiders.” J. G.
Whiteley.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 3. Ja. 4, ’08. 1100w.
“Witty Dean Hole as he was in life is again witty Dean Hole in the
collection of letters.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 875. D. 21, ’07. 290w.
“Mr. Dewar does the subject of his ‘memoir’ full justice. It is the
testimony of the one who, besides being a personal friend, is
evidently well qualified to take, not a partial and onesided view of
the subject of the memoir, but such a view as is comprehensive of the
whole man.” Francis Pigou.
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 631. N. 23, ’07. 2100w.
“This book is, we must own, something of a disappointment. We see,
indeed, Dean Hole, as we expected to see him, one of the gayest and
kindliest of men; but the letters, while they give ample proof of
these characteristics, of which no proof was wanted, show little
literary quality.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 906. D. 7, ’07. 490w.
=Holland, Clive.= From the foreland to Penzance: the ports and
harbors of the south coast. *$3.50. Duffield.
Giving little of guide-book information the author devotes himself to
the picturesque side of the harbors and sea ports of the south coast
from the north foreland to Penzance. History, romance, and stories of
piracy make up the letter-press; while thirty colored illustrations do
artistic justice to the harbors along the course.
* * * * *
“Mr. Randall’s brush is not nearly so effective with water as with
land-locked harbours such as those of Poole, Looe, or Fowey. It is not
possible to say very much in praise of Mr. Holland’s letter-press.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 340. S. 19. 600w.
“He has exhibited not only a fine instinct for scenery, wide literary
and historical learning, but a profound sympathy with amphibious life
of the harbor, the fishing-village, and even the smuggler’s cave.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 672. N. 7, ’08. 480w.
“Mr. Holland says his work is not a guide book, but it certainly
contains all the information about the country it covers that the
ordinary man requires.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 240w.
+ =Spec.= 101: 338. S. 5, ’08. 270w.
=Holland, Clive.= Old and new Japan; 50 col. pictures by Montagu
Smith. *$5. Dutton.
8–9079.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 187. Je. ’08.
“From every point of view—literary, scientific and artistic—the work
reaches an exceptionally high standard of excellence.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 713. My. ’08. 170w.
“The three chapters of this book which have a real value are those
dealing with the festivals still more or less observed by the common
folk of Japan, the greetings and language of the country, and the
tendencies and future of the Japanese people.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 635. My. 23. 980w.
“A fascinating subject, a writer who knows how to make the most of it,
and an illustrator whose work must surprise even the most blasé critic
into reluctant admiration,—these are the elements that contribute to
the charm.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 426. D. 16, ’07. 190w.
“Montague Smith’s exquisite colors and truthful representations in
tint and drawing of Japanese life are far above the quality of the
text by Clive Holland, who lives on the surface of the Nipponese
scene.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 43. Ja. 2, ’08. 270w.
“One notes inaccuracies even in the few and superficial criticisms of
the Japanese.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 404. Ap. 30, ’08. 470w.
“This is a delightful book, and in saying this we have practically
indicated its character. The most informing, and on the whole most
useful, chapters are those which deal with the domestic and civic life
of Japan both in city and country.”
+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 125. Ja. 25, ’08. 260w.
=* Holland, Elizabeth.= Journal; ed. by the Earl of Ilchester. 2v.
*$6. Longmans.
“Readers of memoirs dealing with the last years of the Georgian period
are familiar with this dominating figure of the Whig salons, who
relegated to herself the office of social and political arbiter, and
who not only gave orders to such men as Macaulay and Sydney Smith, but
exacted their most implicit obedience. Little, however, has been
written of Lady Holland’s earlier years, and it is to fill this gap in
her career that the present journal is published. Naturally, these
earlier years were identified with Holland house quite as much as were
the later ones.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“These volumes abound in interest, whether they are considered as
contributions to social and literary history or as revelations of
character. The latter feature, on the whole, predominates. If space
permitted, we could give many illustrations of Lady Holland’s
admirable strokes at character. The index is disappointingly meagre.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 599. N. 14. 1500w.
=Nation.= 87: 385. O. 22, ’08. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 744. D. 5, ’08. 120w.
“Lord Ilchester has the industry and the impartiality necessary to
make a great historian, but he must really be more careful about his
composition. The footnotes are rather too numerous and detailed.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 579. N. 7, ’08. 1200w.
“Lord Ilchester has annotated these volumes with remarkable care.
Scarcely an allusion but is deftly tracked, and he has provided a
wealth of family history to elucidate the entries. The second volume
is less interesting than the first, for it is full of backstairs
political gossip which has by this time lost its point.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 737. N. 7, ’08. 1700w.
=Holland, Rupert Sargent.= Builders of united Italy, 1808–1898.
**$2. Holt.
8–24568.
Men who represent the forces that have fused in Italy’s progress
towards a united nation furnish subjects for these eight sketches.
They are as follows: Alfieri, the poet; Manzoni, the man of letters;
Gioberti, the philosopher; Manin, the Father of Venice; Mazzini, the
prophet; Cavour, the statesman; Garibaldi, the crusader; and Victor
Emmanuel, the king.
* * * * *
“It is well worth reading by all who admire brave deeds and heroic
self-sacrifice. Young people especially should read the book.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 348. N. 16, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Holland has caught the enthusiasm without which no historian can
either sympathize with or describe the spirit that upheld the Italians
in their struggles for freedom and independence.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 314. O. 1, ’08. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 508. S. 19, ’08. 100w.
“Excellent little volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 637. N. ’08. 100w.
=Holley, Clifford Dyer, and Ladd, Edwin Fremont.= Analysis of mixed
paints, color pigments, and varnishes. $2.50. Wiley.
8–4594.
Brings to date the information both on the analysis of pigments and
vehicles, and on the practical testing of their properties, as well as
shows the demands made of this department of applied chemistry. It is
of value “to the paint student and analyst, while also, owing to the
authors’ connection with North Dakota paint legislation, additional
interest will be felt in the general discussion of the problem of
securing efficient paint.”
* * * * *
“Will have a wide use, both because of its detailed information
regarding the composition of the pigments now in general use, and also
because of the directions for the analysis of the paints.” Robert Job.
+ =Engin. N.= 59: 435. Ap. 16, ’08. 530w.
“The methods for the analysis of oils seem to be somewhat incomplete,
but on the whole the work is a valuable contribution to the literature
of the subject.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 363. S. 26, ’08. 200w.
“Should prove of considerable practical value, especially in America,
and should be of assistance to analysts who have work of this kind to
do, as it brings together much information which is otherwise
scattered, and contains a good deal which is not to be found in the
well-known manual by the late Mr. Hurst.” A. P. Laurie.
+ − =Nature.= 78: 125. Je. 11, ’08. 560w.
“The work is one of the best contributions to the literature of these
subjects that have appeared. Should be in the library of every one
having to do with the subjects treated.” A. H. Gill.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 28: 277. Ag. 28, ’08. 270w.
=Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies.= Dr. John McLoughlin; the father of
Oregon. *$2.50. Clark, A. H.
7–31427.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“It is only in the fact that the author did not examine the problem
involved in the virtual martyrdom of Dr. McLoughlin from the broadly
historical point of view that any exception can be taken to this
admirable book.” F. G. Young.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 620. Ap. ’08. 850w.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 275. Ja. ’08. 180w.
“This biography is not, perhaps, a fine specimen of smooth or
systematic narration; and it makes no pretention to literary finish.
But it possesses the first quality of a biography—it places the living
man before us, just as he must have appeared to those who knew him.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 88: 102. O. ’08. 1350w.
+ =Dial.= 44: 182. Mr. 16, ’08. 200w.
“This book is authoritative, based upon abundant documents, many
printed in a full appendix; and although sometimes a bit too effusive,
it is, on the whole, a fit presentment of a figure which should not be
forgotten.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 305. Ap. 2, ’08. 400w.
=Holmes, Mrs. Bettie F.= Log of the “Laura” in polar seas: a hunting
cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east
Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906. Mrs.
Bettie F. Holmes, 3598 Washington av., Cincinnati, O.
8–4600.
“A rather elaborate diary of a hunting cruise in the summer of 1906,
to Spitzbergen, East Greenland, and the island of Jan Mayen.”
(Nation.) “The paper is handmade from an Italian mill; the type is the
excellent ‘Bodoni’ face, designed and used exclusively by the
University press; and the illustrations—photogravure prints from
untouched negatives—are all of superlative merit.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“By far the most entertaining part of the book deals with the hunts
for the great polar bears. The author fails in breathing a distinct
personality into her account—a failure, no doubt, which may be a
virtue in a log-book.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 345. Je. 1, ’08. 430w.
“The style is pleasing and unaffected. The scientific value of the
cruise was small. It is as an example of fine book-making that the
volume is chiefly noteworthy. Unfortunately the book is without an
index and is provided with an inadequate map.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 351. Ap. 16, ’08. 200w.
=Holmes, Sir Richard Rivington.= Windsor; painted by G: M. Henton.
(Color books.) *$2.50. Macmillan.
8–16928.
The history of Windsor and its famous castle is reviewed here by the
keeper of the King’s library at Windsor castle. Its towers, its
chapel, its park and the borough itself are described and painted in
the spirit of reverence and appreciation due this “heirloom of the
ages.” It is doubly important, in that the history of Windsor is a
kind of epitome of English history since the time of the Norman
conquest.
* * * * *
“It is not a deep book ... but all that is said is trustworthy.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 423. Ap. 4. 320w.
“The modest subordinate text is quite what it ought to be for
elucidation, historical, architectural and social.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1150. My. 21, ’08. 140w.
“The illustrations ... impart a distinct charm to a book which should
be deservedly popular.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 343. Je. ’08. 250w.
“It is a book that will allure the artistic traveller.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23, ’08. 180w.
“This is a good specimen of Messrs. Black’s ‘Beautiful books.’ The
subject is a great one, and it has been worthily treated.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 345. F. 29, ’08. 270w.
=Holmes, Richard Sill.= Maid of honor. †$1.50. Revell.
7–38899.
The story of the training of a shrewish young miss whose rude manners
arise from her determination not to marry the man she loves because he
is a minister. The author writes “of theological problems, making an
original old Scotchman chief speaker, and his hero, a young minister,
chief actor.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The love story is negligible, but the sketch of the Presbyterian
elder ... bears internal evidence of having been drawn from life.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 755. Ap. 2, ’08. 100w.
“The book is neither a religious nor a problem novel, although its
hero is a minister, but is full of sallies of a kindly sort that makes
it most entertaining reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 60w.
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 62. F. 1, ’08. 170w.
− =Outlook.= 88: 40. Ja. 4, ’08. 160w.
* =Holmes, Richard Sill.= Victor: a novel. †$1.50. Revell.
8–30535.
A dramatic story of the Pennsylvania mountains at the time of the
discovery of oil. It concerns a man wronged in love, his rival, and
the manner in which they settle their quarrel; it portrays the effect
of sudden wealth upon the mountain folk; and it abounds in plots, good
description and pleasing humor.
* * * * *
“A very ordinary tale of love, murder, and expiation.”
− =Ind.= 65: 1311. D. 3, ’08. 200w.
“It is excellent in construction, save for a too frequently bringing
together of widely sundered lives, which gives an effect of
artificiality. There is good and humorous portrayal of several
backwoods characters.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 230w.
=Holmes, Thomas R. E.= Ancient Britain and the invasions of Julius
Caesar. *$6.75. Oxford.
8–8462.
A natural sequel to the author’s “Caesar’s conquest of Gaul.” The work
“which began as a study of Caesar’s invasions, has expanded in the
author’s hands until it has become the whole history or pre-history of
Britain down to the arrival of the Romans, and only the closing
chapters of the completed book—about one-sixth of the body of the
narrative—deal with the campaigns of Caesar.” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“For the most part Mr. Holmes’s presentation of the subject is clear,
vigorous and extremely readable.” F. N. Robinson.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 833. Jl. ’08. 950w.
“The volume is very readable, yet done in a scholarly fashion.” Carl
Kelsey.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 633. N. ’08. 120w.
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 818. D. 28. 1350w.
=Class. J.= 3: 208. Mr. ’08. 100w.
“Mr. Holmes has now filled the gap thus left in his former work, by
giving us a companion volume, worthy in every respect of its
predecessor.” Arthur T. Walker.
+ =Class. J.= 3: 243. Ap. ’08. 900w.
“Is characterized by thoroughness of detail and a clear presentation
and careful weighing of facts; it is moreover, written in a most
attractive and entertaining style.” Walter Dennison.
+ + =Class. Philol.= 3: 456. O. ’08. 950w.
“His conclusions, though sometimes announced with too great
positiveness and finality, generally carry weight.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 411. O. 29, ’08. 300w.
“In spite of certain grave defects and a uniform lack of originality,
it is a great monument to the author’s industry.”
− + =Nature.= 77: 601. Ap. 30, ’08. 2550w.
“Painstaking and ... exhaustive research.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 764. D. 21, ’07. 2350w.
“We must indicate one or two weak points in the premises of such very
confident conclusions.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 1096. D. 28, ’07. 1750w.
=Holt, Rosa Belle.= Rugs; oriental and occidental, antique and
modern; new and enl. ed. *$5. McClurg.
8–29873.
A new and enlarged edition which benefits by the most recent
information obtained by investigation thruout the United States, by
recent study in the centers of Europe and by personal observation in
the Orient. The aim of the book is to present in a concise form
certain facts that enable a novice to appreciate the beauty and
interest attaching to rugs, and to assist a prospective purchaser in
judging of the merits of any particular rug he may desire to own.
* * * * *
“Now assumes the proportions of an authoritative work. To the care
taken to print only what is verifiable, the new edition owes much of
its value.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 299. N. 1, ’08. 330w.
=Int. Studio.= 36: sup. 58. D. ’08. 100w.
“We must pronounce this work not only useful and beautiful, but also
learned.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 130w.
+ =Nation.= 87: 421. O. 29, ’08. 220w.
“The compact form, the beautiful illustrations, and the careful text
of the present work insure its continued popularity as a work of
reference.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 150w.
+ =Outlook.= 90: 843. D. 12, ’08. 100w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 763. D. ’08. 70w.
=Holtz, Frederick Leopold.= Nature-study: a manual for teachers and
students. *$1.50. Scribner.
8–13354.
“A manual for teachers and for students in training schools. Part 1
discusses principles and methods. Part 2 is devoted to subject matter
of a biological nature, placing emphasis on life histories and habits
and relations to environment and practical bearing on human life. Part
3 outlines a good course for eight grades.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“It supplements but does not supersede Hodge’s ‘Nature study and
life.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 260. N. ’08.
“The book is a valuable contribution to the nature study movement, and
deserves to be read by every teacher interested in such work.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 316. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
“The book is agreeably written, with nothing superfluous included.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 449. Ag. 16, ’08. 340w.
=Home, Gordon Cochrane.= Along the Rivieras of France and Italy.
(Old world travel ser.) *$2.50. Macmillan.
The initial volume in a new series whose aim is to do for countries
and districts what the “Mediaeval town series” has done for cities.
Here are described points along the coast from Marseilles to Pisa,
omitting a few towns close to Genoa which have suffered thru
manufacturing interests. Twenty-five illustrations in color, as many
in black and white, a bibliography, map and index make the volume
complete for the tourist.
* * * * *
“Altogether we congratulate the author-artist and the publishers upon
a delightful book.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 730w.
“This volume will be an indispensable necessity to all who visit the
Riviera, and probably those who have already visited it will find that
Mr. Home reveals a world of new interest and beauty of which they will
make themselves sharers on their return to the Mediterranean.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 811. N. 28, ’08. 500w.
+ =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 120w.
“Mr. Home treats his towns and cities both historically and
descriptively, and in both respects acquits himself in a very pleasing
fashion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 200w.
=Hooker, William Brian.= Right man. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–29648.
A story whose action takes place on a transatlantic liner. “Two men
and a girl are the centers of a not too intricate plot, and the stage
properties include a violin whose harmonies make discord among the
group. A concert, a fist fight, and an engagement lend the spice of
variety, and there is just enough of the lived-happy-ever-after
element to relieve any anxiety as to the outcome of the adventures.”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The story is fairly well written, but the glaring poster-like
illustrations are execrable.”
+ − =Arena.= 40: 484. N. ’08. 200w.
“The trouble with ‘The right man’ is that, quite unintentionally, the
problem is unfairly presented. The book fails in its delineation of
types.” F: T. Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 28: 260. N. ’08. 700w.
“One may find a half-hour’s diversion in the reading of Brian Hooker’s
novelette.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 635. O. 31, ’08. 130w.
=Hopkins, Herbert Muller.= Priest and pagan. †$1.50. Houghton.
8–9172.
“The priest” is a young Episcopal clergyman, half Jew, who, while
rearing the walls of St. Basil’s cathedral in the Bronx loves a maiden
as charming as she is willful. “The pagan” is a returned wanderer who
after working his way into the good graces of the priest no less than
into a corner of his bachelor quarters, steals the maiden and weds
her. The dénouement is quite as incomprehensible as it is surprising.
* * * * *
“As a whole, ‘Priest and pagan’ lacks cohesion, interest, almost human
probability. It seems like an accretion rather than a growth, with a
prescribed amount of description, conversation, incident, and
classical allusion. The dialogue is heavy and sometimes in
questionable taste; the characters are uninspired.” R. W. K.
− =Bookm.= 27: 280. My. ’08. 1350w.
“It is a pity that so carefully wrought a story should not prove more
effective.” W: M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 150w.
“It is refreshing to read a story where the ultra-modern, the civic,
the suburb, the slum, are the themes, yet where the undignified does
not enter, and where morality and even religion are in good social
standing.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 354. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.
“A particularly amateurish piece of fiction. The trouble with the
story is the fact that the author is not enough at home in the
environment he has elected for his people to make the reader feel at
home.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 207. Ap. 11, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 212. Ap. 11, ’08. 70w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 180w.
“The defects are defects in art and in an ideal, so that we miss both
charm and stimulus.” E. L. Cary.
− =Putnam’s.= 4: 619. Ag. ’08. 100w.
=Hopkins, R. V. Nind.= Life of Alexander Severus. (Cambridge
historical essays, no. 14.) *$1. Putnam.
The short comings, the earnest hard work, the “sagacity and
right-mindedness” of this Roman ruler of the third century of the
empire are seen in relation to the corrupt and downward tendencies of
his times.
* * * * *
“Contributes little to our knowledge of a period which deserves to be
treated by a more competent hand.” H. S. J.
− =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 820. O. ’08. 350w.
“Scholarly and well-written.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 12. Ja. 2, ’08. 90w.
“A happy example of the good work which these foundations have for
some years past been the means of calling forth.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 828. N. 23, ’07. 410w.
=Hopkins, William J.= Sandman: his ship stories. il. (Sandman ser.)
$1.50. Page.
7–28963.
In which young readers may learn all about the building of a ship, its
rigging, its launching, far country experiences, pirate encounters,
and castaway adventures.
* * * * *
“A book to give to adults to read aloud to children.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 159. My. ’08. ✠
=Hopper, James Marie, and Bechdolt, Fred R.= 9009. †$1.25. McClure.
8–27364.
Indignation over facts—facts concerning the treatment of convicts in
our American prisons—has spurred the authors on to a revelation of
many of the existing evils. 9009 is a convict who while intent upon
“holding his copper” revolted against the Judas system of espionage,
of stalking, of spying, of treachery, of betrayal with which a convict
must identify himself in order to become a trusty. His tacit refusal
to be dominated by the system is punished for disobedience, and he
becomes the victim of a machine, a criminal who arouses pity as does
Jean Valjean.
* * * * *
“We do not recall any recent study in criminology that surpasses the
present one in forceful vitality of narration.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 899. O. 15, ’08. 140w.
“The book is, in a sense, not to be classed either in spirit or actual
achievement with the typical work of fiction. That is not to say that
it is lacking in imagination, power, or the forceful delineation of
character. All these qualities it has to a marked degree.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 592. O. 24, ’08. 1000w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 60w.
=Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus).= Odes and epodes of Horace; tr.
into English verse corresponding with the original metres by J.
Marshall. (Temple Greek and Latin classics, v. 5.) *$1. Putnam.
It has been the business of Dr. Marshall for forty years to offer this
translation of the untranslatable Odes of Horace. “The book, like all
the volumes of the series, gives the original and the translation on
opposite pages. In this case the type is comfortably large and clear.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“The odes are priceless exotics, brilliant but scentless. Dr.
Marshall’s experiment is perhaps as successful as such an experiment
could be. Compared with his last predecessor, Gladstone, he has
achieved a veritable triumph.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
+ =Acad.= 73: 239. D. 14, ’07. 1470w.
“In one thing he has been particularly fortunate—in suggesting the
rhythm of the original stanzas, while using forms thoroughly English.
He is, as a rule, less successful in the graver poems than in the
‘nugæ canoræ,’ but he is seldom quite flat, and his version as a whole
may be heartily recommended to those who are shut out from the
original.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 131. F. 6, ’08. 560w.
“The author preserves the original metre and translates line by line,
but his English is therefore stilted and un-Horatian.” Christian
Gauss.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 291. My. 23, ’08. 50w.
“Though not a complete anthology of Horace’s best, is thoroughly
creditable to its editors, and commendable to lovers of the genial
poet.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 770. Ag. 1, ’08. 250w.
=Hord, John S.= Internal taxation in the Philippines. (Johns Hopkins
university studies in historical and political science, ser. 25,
no. 1.) pa. 30c. Johns Hopkins.
7–19437.
“Less a careful review of the new Philippine revenue system, in both
theory and practice, than it is an exposition of its content and of
the reasons for its adoption with a view to arguing for the removal of
tariff barriers between the United States and the Philippines.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Not the careful monograph one would expect from the auspices under
which it is published and the fact that its author is collector of
internal revenue in the Philippines and the chief designer of the
internal revenue law of 1904.”
− =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 663. Ap. ’08. 150w.
“The introductory section, summarizing the Spanish methods of internal
taxation in the Philippines, is not an accurate bit of economic
history.”
− =Ind.= 64: 588. Mr. 12, ’08. 100w.
“The pamphlet sets forth very well the content of the new Philippine
internal revenue law and its administration, but gives it slight
consideration from the point of view of the student of taxation
theories and practice.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 216. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.
* =Hornaday, William Temple.= Camp-fires on desert and lava. **$3.
Scribner.
8–30960.
The record of a journey which the author made from Tuscon to Sonoyta
in company with Dr. D. T. MacDougal of the Department of botanical
research of the Carnegie institute. They traversed a hitherto unknown
tract surrounding Pinacate in northwestern Mexico. It is of the
wonders of animal and plant life, of the experiences of camp and
trail, and of adventures with big game that Mr. Hornaday writes,
lending to the whole the atmosphere of mountain and desert.
* * * * *
“A very cheerful and pleasant book recounting his adventures, ...
recording the zoological, botanical, and geographical discoveries
achieved, passing on to the kindly reader the mild jests with which
the company beguiled the nights and days in the open.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 712. N. 28, ’08. 1450w.
“Mr. Hornaday is the vivacious chronicler of a very interesting
journey.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 5. N. 21, ’08. 350w.
=Hornblow, Arthur.= The profligate. †$1.50. Dillingham.
8–16713.
The “profligate” is the foster son of a New York merchant. He is first
held responsible then finally cleared of the charge of murdering his
foster father. Idler, gambler, criminal are epithets which he
determines to live down when of a sudden he finds that he loves a good
woman. In order to prove beyond question his innocence of the crime he
resolves to find the real criminal. When the latter is traced to his
hiding, he is discovered to be the profligate’s own father. Sacrifice
and readjustment follow.
* * * * *
“There is a certain public in America that will deal generously with
Mr. Hornblow for writing this story, a public that may be defined
negatively as one in which persons of refined literary taste are not
included.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 327. Je. 13, ’08. 380w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
=Horne, Charles F.= Technique of the novel: the elements of the art,
their evolution and present use. **$1.50. Harper.
8–15748.
An authoritative work which is fundamental in its exposition of the
principles that underlie fiction writing. It is at once a history of
the novel, an analysis of its forms from earliest times to the
present, and a presentation of the six elements that enter into the
development of the modern novel; viz., plot, motive and
verisimilitude, character, emotion, background, and style.
* * * * *
“The author’s theories might not be accepted by most critics and the
untrained reader should not take its utterances too seriously.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 238. O. ’08.
“Professor Horne has brought together a most interesting series of
discussions, and his illustrative citations and interludes are
admirable.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 50w.
“Professor Horne has devoted an immense amount of hard, conscientious
work to the preparation of this book, but no inspired teacher would
ever think of using it, and we tremble for the fate of the pupils who
might be forced to study it under any one else.”
− + =Ind.= 65: 841. O. 8, ’08. 500w.
“And yet, as a whole, unsatisfactory as the book is, still as a piece
of academic work it marks an advance upon the profitless editing and
reëditing of school and college texts.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 341. O. 8, ’08. 620w.
“Mr. Horne is very thorough in his discussion of the subject.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 306. My. 30, ’08. 450w.
“Inasmuch as the author has expended well-nigh one-third of his space
upon the development of classic and mediaeval fiction, there is
legitimate ground for complaining that his conclusions are at least
weakened by the inconsistency and incompleteness of his use of
available material.” F: T. Cooper.
− + =No. Am.= 188: 619. O. ’08. 700w.
“It is for intelligent novel readers as well as for novel writers. A
wide welcome is due to this masterly work.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 769. Ag. 1, ’08. 270w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 126. Jl. ’08. 90w.
=Horsley, Albert E. (Harry Orchard, pseud.).= Confessions and
autobiography of Harry Orchard. $1. McClure.
7–41117.
“After a brief outline of his early life, the tale starts with
Orchard’s marriage and his settling down into business for himself,
and then follows his career with minute attention to every step down
to his arrest, his life in the jail, and his confession to Detective
McParland”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“This remarkable human document, almost stunning to the mind in its
simplicity of selfrevelation, produces an overwhelming impression of
essential truthfulness. As a book, the unique interest of the
confession lies in the insight afforded into the psychology of the
man-of-prey.” S: H. Adams.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 57. Mr. ’08. 1300w.
“Its value is seriously impaired because there is no information as to
how the book was written, whether by Orchard himself or by dictation
or by some one else from various conversations.”
− + =Ind.= 64: 693. Mr. 26, ’08. 270w.
=Nation.= 86: 170. F. 20, ’08. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Apparently simple, straightforward story, utterly without
imagination, hanging together from start to finish with absolute
compactness and coherency, vivid in detail, and sodden with
criminality.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 69. F. 8, ’08. 270w.
* =Hough, Emerson.= Young Alaskan. †$1.25. Harper.
The narrative of exciting adventure which fell to the lot of three
Alaskan boys who are castaways in the wild Kaludiak country. Their stout
hearts, insuperable energy and quick wit prove invincible against
hardship and danger.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
=Houmas, Mount.= Strange record. $1.50. Neale.
8–18002.
A wealthy young girl whose thoroly sensible ideas about life are at
variance with her stepmother’s superficial ones leaves her Brooklyn
home, studies medicine and chooses the south for the field of her
career. Sentiment against the woman doctor brings her to the point of
masquerading as a man, of going to the West Indies, where her
professional success is as complete as the masculine mask which she
assumes.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 404. Jl. 18, ’08. 700w.
=Housden, C. E.= Practical earthwork tables. *90c. Longmans.
Tables that have been “prepared for the purpose of facilitating the
computation of the cross-sectional areas of embankments and
excavations, by reducing the work involved in preparing special
sections and in making the necessary calculations from longitudinal
and cross-sections of ground over or through which the proposed cut
has to be made.” (Engin. D.)
* * * * *
+ =Engin. D.= 3: 653. Je. ’08. 150w.
“His book is inferior in design and application to most of the dozen
or more earthwork tables now in print.”
− =Engin. N.= 59: 441. Ap. 16, ’08. 320w.
=Housden, C. E.= Practical hydraulic (water supply and drainage)
tables and diagrams. *$1.25. Longmans.
W7–233.
“These tables and diagrams, originally prepared for the personal use
of the author, have proved of such use and convenience in ascertaining
the sizes of pipes for water supply systems, surface drains and
sewers, that they have been published in the present form.” (Engin.
D.) “The tables are based upon the formulas of Messrs. Ganguillet and
Kutter for the calculation of the flow in pipes and channels.” (Engin.
N.)
* * * * *
=Engin. D.= 3: 652. Je. ’08. 140w.
“It may be a very useful work for some people, but not for those
familiar with any of the American books of hydraulic tables.” G. S.
Williams.
− =Engin. N.= 59: 541. My. 14, ’08. 220w.
=Housman, Laurence.= Stories from the Arabian nights; retold by
Laurence Housman. *$5. Scribner.
8–13714.
“Laurence Housman has taken a half-dozen of the best tales, and from
the various authoritative translations has made a version in which the
repetitions and indecencies are suppressed and the points of the
narrative thrown into relief. He has, in a word, tried to get a result
similar to that attained by Galland, in the old French translation,
which so long stood as the basis of our English ‘Arabian nights,’
until displaced by an irruption of pedantic Orientalists.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“A new version of some of the stories, written by Mr. Housman in prose
as graceful as his verse, will be very welcome.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 243. D. 14, ’07. 770w.
“As to the retelling, Mr. Housman takes all sorts of liberties, and we
do not blame him. The text is only a peg whereon to hang the pictures,
and these are most delightfully whimsical.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 158. F. 8. 1050w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 84. Mr. ’08. 220w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 564. D. 19, ’07. 200w.
“For real charm—a charm quite comparable to Scheherezade’s own—this
volume depends upon the indescribably quaint and bewitching
illustrations provided by Edmund Dulac.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 848. D. 21, ’07. 400w.
“Mr. Dulac has given them an eastern look with quite uncommon
success.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 936. D. 7, ’07. 160w.
=Houston, Edwin James.= Five months on a derelict. (Pacific ser., v.
1.) †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
8–20577.
The experiences of a ship’s crew and some lively boys who escaped to a
derelict brig and tossed about on the Pacific for five months. Boys
will find exciting adventure wholesomely interspersed with geography,
natural history, astronomy and mythology. One of the best sailors in
the group is Rompey the collie.
* * * * *
“A book that is obviously intended to be instructive as well as
entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 439. Ag. 8, ’08. 230w.
* =Houston, Edwin James.= Wrecked on a coral island. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
A continuation of the experiences of the group of boys who figured in
“Five months on a derelict.” Aside from the strong story interest,
information is furnished concerning the formation of a coral island,
and concerning the plant and animal life of the southern Pacific.
* * * * *
“A good story and an instructive one.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
=Hovey, Richard.= Holy graal, and other fragments by Richard Hovey;
being the uncompleted parts of the Arthurian dramas; ed. with
introd. and notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey, and a preface by Bliss
Carman. $1.25. Duffield.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“More effectually perhaps than any other book of the year this volume
of fragmentary literary remains reawakens us to a sense of the
reality, the permanence and power of the poetic spirit.” Ferris
Greenslet.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 850. D. ’07. 580w.
“[Has] a poetry of thought and an intimate skill in form full of
larger promise.” Brian Hooker.
+ =Forum.= 39: 526. Ap. ’08. 300w.
“It is impossible to study the conception of the work as a whole
without grave misgivings. If nothing else, it is altogether too
complicated. Whether for this reason or not, the dramatic interest
even of the completed plays is not very great.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 753. Ap. 2, ’08. 300w.
“Much as his untimely death is to be lamented by every lover of verse,
it is impossible to consider what remains of his cycle as a great or
very significant poem or to believe that even if it were finished, it
would be other than a work ‘manqué’ as a whole, a thing of brilliant
passages and of splendid promise for the time when the author should
have found himself in his own best vein.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 63. Ja. 16, ’08. 650w.
=Hovey Richard.= To the end of the trail; ed. with notes by Mrs.
Richard Hovey. **$1.25. Duffield.
8–12814.
Collected and published as a tribute to the memory of a man who was
cut off before the fulfilment of extraordinary promise in his verse.
Aside from his lyrics are translations from Maeterlinck, Mallarmé and
Paul Verlaine.
* * * * *
“Completes the collected edition of the works of one of our most
interesting poets, a man of vivid imagination, of deep, if not broad,
sympathies, endowed with insight, sensibility, and the gift of
melodious expression.” E: A. Dithmar.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 287. My. 23, ’08. 900w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
=Howard, George Bronson.= Scars on the southern seas. $1.50. Dodge,
B. W.
7–40047.
Among a Pacific mail steamship’s passengers are four people, one of
them a young woman, whose thrilling adventures begin with a midocean
swim violently terminated by a typhoon that cuts them loose from the
liner. Scrambling into the ship’s boat that had been lowered with them
they drift to an island where they discover a plot to wrest the
Philippines from the United States. Among them is a hero of the Jack
London type, who holds at bay a band of Japanese and Chinese
mercenaries while the remainder steal a ship and go to Manila for
help. Romance mingles with adventure in the usual proportion.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Howard, Oliver Otis.= Autobiography. 2v. **$5. Baker.
7–35640.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“The portion dealing with reconstruction has a special value as
General Howard was at that time in charge of the Freedman’s bureau.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 43. F. ’08.
“The work is rather a rambling narrative of reminiscences. These pages
reveal little historical ability or literary skill, they are yet
exceptionally valuable in revealing the character of a high-minded
gentleman and patriot.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 469. F. 27, ’08. 600w.
“This is a book to dip into as we dip into Pepys or Evelyn. Even the
great length of the autobiography is precluded from tediousness by the
multitude of good things with which it abounds.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 236. F. 15, ’08. 250w.
“General Howard has made numerous changes, additions, and corrections,
giving new value to a record which, in the first edition, was well
received everywhere.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 852. D. 5, ’08. 60w.
“The student of military science will find other records more
illuminating; for vivid pictures we must search elsewhere.
Nevertheless, there are fine qualities, truthfulness, candor, the
spirit of humanity.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 175. F. 20, ’08. 1000w.
“These well-printed, clearly written volumes exhibit the career of a
trained warrior.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 516. S. 19, ’08. 1250w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 253. F. ’08. 90w.
=Howard, Oliver Otis.= Famous Indian chiefs I have known. †$1.50.
Century.
8–24869.
A Major-general of the civil war tells of his experiences and
adventures with Indian leaders, both friendly and hostile. One of the
most interesting chapters tells of the long Nez Percé war which was
fought with Chief Joseph, whom General Howard followed over fourteen
hundred miles before the warrior surrendered. More than twenty chiefs
figure in the narrative.
=Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 40w.
“He has put [into it] the cream of his knowledge of Indian character
and of his experience with Indians.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 513. S. 19, ’08. 230w.
“The unique character of these reminiscences make them interesting to
readers of all ages.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 510. O. ’08. 90w.
=Howard, Oliver Otis.= My life and experiences among our hostile
Indians. $2.75. Worthington.
7–38634.
“Records the author’s observations, adventures, and campaigns among
the Indians of the great west. He gives details of their life, habits,
religion, ceremonies, dress, savage instincts, and customs in peace
and war.” (Lit. D.) The book is fully illustrated.
* * * * *
“The romance of realism has never been more stirringly demonstrated
than in these pages. The tone in which the book is written is
elevated.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 257. Ag. 22, ’08. 230w.
“Animated narrative ... which may be commended not only as thoroughly
readable but as sympathetic with the effort to raise the American
Indian from a condition of ignorant savagery to that of industrious
citizenship. The story is full of incidents and anecdotes, and is
entertaining as well as instructive.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 127. My. 16, ’08. 250w.
=Howden, J. R.= Boys’ book of steamships. †$2. McClure.
W8–151.
An informing book covering the entire ground of achievement
represented by the steamship: its history, principles of design,
machinery, development of type, work of the ship, river and lake
boats, ocean steamships and their routes in various quarters of the
globe.
* * * * *
“For the boy with a mechanical turn of mind this book is especially
profitable, and any boy intending to travel will find it beneficial.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 764. D. ’08. 50w.
“Mr. Howden prefaces this interesting account of steamships with a
really valuable and most lucid historical sketch of ancient and
medieval shipping. We have no hesitation in describing it as one of
the best introductions to the study of sailing-ships we have met with.
If some of the same ground has been traversed before, much is
comparatively unbroken, and has new sidelights thrown on it.
Altogether the book is an acquisition for the ‘steamboat’ boy.”
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 707. N. 7, ’08. 420w.
=Howe, Edward Watson.= Daily notes of a trip around the world. 2v.
*$2. Crane & co.
The record of a trip around the world, including Hawaii, Japan, China,
the Philippines, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine and Europe. Every day
he wrote a few paragraphs for a newspaper, which, collected, make a
continuous history of his journey.
* * * * *
“The most entertaining record of travel we have read in many a year.
The book is a Kansas classic.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 320. F. 6, ’08. 550w.
“They have distinct vitality, unusual humor, and are always
interesting, not alone for the information conveyed, but as an
expression of an interesting personality.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 418. Mr. 21, ’08. 70w.
=Howe, Mark Anthony De Wolfe.= Life and letters of George Bancroft.
2v. **$4. Scribner.
8–12121.
Letters strung together on a slight thread of narrative and comment
tell a story of Bancroft’s life at once authentic and complete. It is
especially informing as it relates Bancroft’s political and scholarly
activity to his contemporaries and his times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Howe has done his work judiciously and the picture of the great
historian which he presents is at least clear in outline and
interesting in detail.” W: MacDonald.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 150. O. ’08. 900w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 188. Je. 08.
“Though this book should command a wide public on both sides of the
Atlantic, its English readers may not unfairly complain that American
politics are presented in a manner so allusive as to be almost
unintelligible.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 430. O. 10. 1300w.
“This magisterial and critical life of a great historian is very
welcome.” W: M. Sloane.
+ + =Atlan.= 102: 275. Ag. ’08. 4100w.
“The tone throughout is serious and dignified. The interest, and often
the style, of Mr. Howe’s volumes suffers from unevenness; certain
portions have a power of absorbing the reader, while other pages seem
colorless.” A. R. Marble.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 267. My. 1, ’08. 2600w.
“Mr. Howe’s work is a clean and admirable addition to American
biography.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1093. My. 14, ’08. 1000w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 26. Jl. 4, ’08. 1500w.
“Mr. Howe has performed creditably a work of peculiar difficulty. He
had to dispose of a large mass of material; but he has confined the
narrative within proper limits.... He writes as if devoid of affection
for his subject. It is this circumstance which makes the reader finish
the book with the feeling that while he has profited somewhat, he has
nevertheless missed that keen enjoyment which a good biography should
furnish.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 446. My. 14, ’08. 1100w.
“Mr. Howe is far from dull. He has taken a good deal of time in the
preparation of these volumes, and his care regarding them has been as
intelligent as it has been patient.” Edward Cary.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 254. My. 2, ’08. 3000w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 270w.
“As a collection of letters this work is most valuable, and little
fault is to be found with it; but as a biography it is distinctly open
to improvement.” H. A. Bruce.
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 616. Jl. 18, ’08. 4800w.
“His ‘Life and letters’ give interesting revelations of all the
prominent personalities with whom at one time or another he had come
in contact.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 753. Je. ’08. 300w.
“The work has been accomplished in excellent taste and with no small
literary skill. There are, however, some glaring mistakes in the
transcription of letters. A valuable contribution to American
literature.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: sup. 703. N. 7, ’08. 1900w.
* =Howe, Maud.= Sun and shadow in Spain. **$3. Little.
This volume written by a daughter of Julia Ward Howe tells the story
of varied and fascinating experiences while wandering thru Spain. Keen
observation, rich imagination, and sprightly wit are quickened into
vigorous activity under the spell of the real Spain and her people.
Numerous illustrations add reality to the word pictures.
* * * * *
“Maud Howe is appreciative and sympathetic; she is also
impressionable, but the greatest gift of all is hers—she can remember
and record her impressions and convey them to her readers.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 220w.
“Much of the information supplied by one of the party, who acts as a
sort of Greek chorus, would be less wearisome if soberly stated as a
matter of fact.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 300w.
“Everywhere the author’s sprightly wit lends life and color to the
pictures she has painted of this fascinating country.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 744. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
“This is a travel book for the light hearted who don’t mind slang or
object to the companionship of fellow-travelers disguised under
initials.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 760. D. ’08. 30w.
* =Howells, William Dean.= Christmas every day. †$1.75. Harper.
A charmingly told tale of a little girl who begged the Christmas fairy
to have Christmas every day in the year, and the monotony of the
surfeit of festivity that follows the granting of the request.
* * * * *
“In the telling of this story there is a certain zest that adds spirit
to the little girl’s wish, and the adventures that result therefrom.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 50w.
“Such a nice story that when you commence you cannot put it down until
it is finished.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 360w.
“In taste and sentiment it is doubtful if any Christmas book of the
year surpasses this.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 844. D. 12, ’08. 80w.
“It is written with grace, lightness of touch, brilliancy, and
literary charm.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 764. D. ’08. 30w.
=Howells, William Dean.= Fennel and rue. †$1.50. Harper.
8–9174.
A study of a young author and his treatment of a woman who tries to
trick him into revealing to her the conclusion of his story,
publishing serially, on the ground of her approaching death.
Discovering the trick, the author writes to his unknown correspondent
a stern and indignant letter. These young people afterward meet at a
house-party, the author as a guest, the girl as a professional
entertainer. The differing social altitudes of the two and their past
experiences of each other give a dramatic interest to every chance
encounter and present a problem which is solved, or unsolved, with a
satirical but delicate touch.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 156. My. ’08.
“Mr. Howells’s wit and sense of character nowadays seem attenuated,
and as lovers of his work in other days, we regret to find the persons
of his small drama bloodless creatures, splitting ethical hairs.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 537. My. 2, 200w.
“A chip from Mr. Howells’s literary workshop, delicately carved and
polished, yet highly finished though it be, a by-product none the
less.” A. S. van Westrum.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 281. My. ’08. 750w.
“It is all very charming and slyly humorous in the working out, but
cannot be said to engage any serious interest.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 350. Je. 1, ’08. 180w.
“Mr. Howells has not forgotten how to invent a situation,
half-psychical, half sentimental. The old skill is not lacking.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 925. Ap. 23, ’08. 150w.
“Mr. Howells has succeeded admirably in depicting the excesses to
which continual brooding over a trifle may lead those who have no
sense of humor. The slender plot is well developed, though it is
embedded in a good many pages of banal, but exceedingly life-like
conversation, uttered by desperately uninteresting and real people.”
+ + − =Nation.= 86: 309. Ap. 2, ’08. 300w.
“It is short; the characters are few; the narrative is swift and easy.
The dramatic sense of the writer is as fresh as ever and the interest
never flags. There is delicate observation in plenty, and there are
passages of exquisite description of scenes in which one can imagine
the writer himself delightfully absorbed.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 151. Mr. 21, ’08. 800w.
“Another slight story, so far as length goes, but one delicately
wrought and with great literary skill.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 838. Ap. 11, ’08. 120w.
“Not by any means a masterpiece and in no way to be compared with the
author’s richer product.” E. L. Cary.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 618. Ag. ’08. 120w.
“Some of Mr. Howells’ readers may wish that he had let his imagination
react more decidedly upon his material.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 37: 760. Je. ’08. 330w.
“It is no small proof of Mr. Howells’s delicate and distinguished
talent that he should have kept a story which trembles on the verge of
morbidity pure and sweet throughout.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 710. My. 2, ’08. 900w.
=Howells, William Dean.= Roman holidays and others. **$3. Harper.
8–30605.
Quiet, capacious observation, poetic vision, and ripe reflection
characterize these impressions which are made to contrast
interestingly with impressions of the same scenes forty years ago.
Howells journeys about leisurely, comments upon old landmarks, modern
innovations, street scenes, popular customs, manners, the municipal
situation, and the Papal church.
* * * * *
“With that genially serious attention to minute details, that humorous
circumstantiality in treating the commonplace, which we have all come
to know so well and to like (or dislike) so heartily in Mr. Howells,
he has filled a substantial volume with his easy-flowing narrative of
a Mediterranean vacation journey.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 409. D. 1, ’08. 220w.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 200w.
“One of the charms of the volume springs from the change in the
impressions that Italy made upon him after the lapse of more than a
full generation since his first visit.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 100w.
“In this new book of Rome and Italy there is a joy and a mellow
philosophy that are typical of the author.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 623. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
“There is no sadness, in these pages, nothing but a joy and a mellow
philosophy that are both typical of the author and of holidays in
general.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 744. D. 5, ’08. 150w.
“The habit Mr. W. D. Howells formed many years ago of writing
charmingly about his holiday doings still clings to him, and manifests
itself strikingly in his latest book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 780w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 760. D. ’08. 100w.
=Howells, William Dean and others.= Whole family: a novel by twelve
authors. †$1.50. Harper.
Twelve authors have coöperated in producing this character-sketch
novel. A chapter is devoted to each member of the family as follows:
The father, by William Dean Howells; The old-maid aunt, by Mary E.
Wilkins Freeman; The grandmother, by Mary Heaton Vorse; The
daughter-in-law, by Mary Stewart Cutting; The school-girl, by
Elizabeth Jordan; The son-in-law, by John Kendrick Bangs; The married
son, by Henry James; The married daughter, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps;
The mother, by Edith Wyatt; The school-boy, by Mary R. S. Andrews;
Peggy, by Alice Brown; and The friend of the family, by Henry Van
Dyke.
* * * * *
“It is pure vaudeville, but many of the ‘turns’ are characteristic and
amusing.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 552. D. 3, ’08. 620w.
“Mr. James and Mr. Howells are, of course, the star performers in this
company of twelve, and the rest have all attempted, with more or less
success, to play up to them and to carry on a harmonious method of
treatment.” F. F. Kelly.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 590. O. 24, ’08. 600w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 617. O. 24, ’08. 60w.
“The book will be keenly enjoyed by all readers of to-day, and the
future critic who writes the literary history of this period will not
be likely to pass it over in silence.” C. H. Gaines.
+ =No. Am.= 188: 928. D. ’08. 1000w.
=Hoyt, John Clayton, and Grover, Nathan Clifford.= River discharge;
prepared for the use of engineers and students. $2. Wiley.
7–28189.
“The book is divided into six chapters, dealing respectively with
rainfall and evaporation; instruments used for obtaining velocities
and depths; cable-station equipments; wading stations; theory and
practices of measuring discharges; weirs and weir formulas; discussion
and use of data; together with seventeen tables for facilitating the
computations in various hydraulic problems.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The volume is certain to meet the needs of engineers, students and
capitalists, to whom for the first time much data from government
reports is here made readily accessible.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 713. My. ’08. 150w.
“Being practically the only work available dealing with the subject
this volume will find a ready reception, and when future editions
enable the authors to fill in the omissions and strengthen the weak
spots, it should be one of the most valuable works on practical
hydraulics printed in the English language.” G. S. Williams.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 650. D. 12, ’07. 710w.
“The authors of the book ... give in a thoroughly practical and useful
way the result of their experience, and of the methods adopted in
carrying out the work.”
+ =Nature.= 77: 148. D. 19, ’07. 200w.
=Technical Literature.= 2: 582. D. ’07. 150w.
=Hubbard, Mina Benson.= Woman’s way through unknown Labrador: an
account of the exploration of the Nascaupee and George rivers.
**$1.50. McClure.
8–35700.
To correct misleading accounts of Mr. Hubbard’s ill-fated expedition
organized for the purpose of exploring the Northwest river draining
Lake Michikamau, and the George river draining the northern slope of
the plateau to Ungava bay, his wife went over the same ground in a
more favorable season. This is a record of her journey, to which she
adds her husband’s latter-day diary and a narrative by one of his
party, George Elson.
* * * * *
=Ath.= 1908, 1: 758. Je. 20. 720w.
“Her book should command a wide circle of interested readers. It is to
be regretted, however, that her account lacks both definiteness and
good form in its presentation; there are hopeless and involved
anti-climaxes when striking situations afforded opportunities for
quite the opposite effects. One reader, at least, has been pained by
the evident depreciation, throughout her book, of Wallace’s services
to her husband and loyalty to his memory, as evidenced in the earlier
books and by Hubbard’s own diary.” M. A. Havens.
+ − =Dial.= 45: 286. N. 1, ’08. 3850w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 140w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 638. N. ’08. 80w.
“This volume contains the diary notes kept by her husband of his own
attempt, but its chief interest is in the fascinating story which she
has to tell of her own triumph. This book is one of great interest,
not only for its own story, but also for the fact that its authoress
succeeded where her husband failed.”
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 472. O. 3, ’08. 1150w.
=Huey, Edmund Burke.= Psychology and pedagogy of reading; with a
review of the history of reading and writing, and of methods,
texts, and hygiene in reading. *$1.40. Macmillan.
8–4327.
A work for advanced students of this phase of education and
psychology, as well as for elementary school teachers. It sets forth
the machinery of the subconscious process which one undergoes in
transferring the printed page to one’s consciousness. “The material
used is the whole body of reference from the experiments of all the
psychologists who have occupied themselves in this curious study,
supplemented by the writer’s own observations.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“For psychologists, teachers of more than average training and
understanding, advanced students, and exceptionally intelligent
parents.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 188. Je. ’08.
“He comes mighty near achieving the direct and simple conversational
style for which he pleads. This book undoubtedly sets the high-water
mark for books on special method.” W: C. Ruediger.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 36: 203. S. ’08. 770w.
“The author has done for reading what ought to be done for every
branch of study.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 319. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
“The book treats the subject more extensively and in a more
thorough-going way than has been done heretofore. The experimental
work is presented in an unusually interesting manner; and so, indeed,
is the entire material. The author thinks it would be best to have
children learn to read late, and at home, which they could easily do
if left largely to themselves. The present writer thinks Professor
Huey is not consistent in the attitude he takes upon this problem.” M.
V. O’Shea.
+ − =J. Philos.= 5: 500. Ag. 27, ’08. 1300w.
“An attractive study, which is likely to arouse a broader interest in
the questions at issue.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 495. My. 28, ’08. 400w.
“A modestly laborious volume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 137. Mr. 14, ’08. 1750w.
“The best book on this radically important subject that we have met
with.”
+ + =Outlook.= 88: 655. Mr. 21, ’08. 350w.
“Professor Huey’s book is interesting, well written, and useful.” M.
F. Washburn.
+ =Philos. R.= 17: 668. N. ’08. 300w.
“The book brings together an immense amount of material in unusually
readable form. It seems destined to arouse interest and stimulate
investigation in an important field.” Raymond Dodge.
+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 178. Ag. 7, ’08. 800w.
=Hughes, Charles Evans.= Addresses and papers of Charles Evans
Hughes, governor of New York, 1906–1908; with an introd. by Jacob
Gould Schurman. **$1.50. Putnam.
8–14814.
President Schurman has contributed to this volume an introduction
which is both a biographical sketch and an estimate of Governor
Hughes’s career as a public man. The body of the book contains
selected speeches reflecting Mr. Hughes’s political views, classified
under the following heads: Public office and party principles;
Regulation of public-service corporations; and Occasional addresses.
* * * * *
“These speeches reveal the man. They should be widely read and
studied. They will be an uplift to our young men in this time of graft
and self-seeking. In Governor Hughes this ideal of the days of the
early republic lives again.” S. L. Woodford.
+ + =Ind.= 64: 1024. My. 7, ’08. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 286. My. 23, ’08. 100w.
“His utterances, written and spoken, are notably clear, compact, and
forceful in expression, and equally sincere and frank in spirit.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 314. Je. 6, ’08. 80w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 756. Je. ’08. 100w.
=Hughes, Thomas Aloysius.= History of the Society of Jesus in North
America, colonial and federal. *$4.50. Burrows.
7–25073.
=v. 1.= From the first colonization till 1645.
The first volume in a “comprehensive historical series, comprising in
different languages an authentic account of the society over the
world.” The first part of the work “deals entirely with the first few
years of the history of the province of Maryland and is provided with
remarkably complete critical apparatus.” (Am. Hist. R.) The second
part, known v. 1, pt. 1, includes documents from 1605 to 1838
“applying to the early history of the missions to the Jesuit property
and its uses in the Maryland and Pennsylvania missions.” (Nation.)
=v. 2.= Contains the text based upon the documentary evidence which
comprised the first volume. “As in all other ecclesiastical history,
so here we have much that is sordid—disputes about property, quarrels
between secular priests and religious and much else of similar
character—but on the whole it is a story of sincere devotion and true
Christian heroism.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“The author is without question a most learned man and a most careful
student. His introduction on the sources, archives and literature of
his subject is exceedingly valuable, not only to students of American
history, but also to those interested in the Jesuits in any land. His
bibliography is extensive and shows that he has investigated most of
the authorities and that he appreciates the importance of writing
history from the sources.” B. C. Steiner.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 597. Ap. ’08. 2600w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This work supplies food for the serious student, rather than easy
entertaining reading for leisure hours. It will prove an invaluable
mine for future historians.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 86: 816. Mr. ’08. 650w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Even more eloquently than the first volume of the text, testifies to
the laborious, painstaking industry which Father Hughes has devoted to
his great task. American Catholics will require Father Hughes’ data to
be thoroughly and impartially scrutinized before they will be ready to
acquiesce in the conclusions which he draws.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 87: 255. My. ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 1, pt.
1.)
“In spite of crudity of style, errors of judgment, and an absolute
inability to comprehend the point of view of an opponent, Father
Hughes has produced an extremely valuable book. It is not too much to
say that, after all allowances are made, he has completely changed our
ideas of the part played by the Jesuits in the Maryland episode.” W.
L. Grant.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 579. Jl. ’08. 350w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A source-book of high value for the ecclesiastical history of the
American colonies.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 788. O. 1, ’08. 200w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“This work is in the highest sense a work of learning, and while it
must reach the shelves of every public library and every college
collection, it will also take an honored place in the many private
studies where scholarship, conscientious impartiality, and masterly
style are valued.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 491. Ap. 4, ’08. 450w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The author has added comparatively little to what was already known
of the first years of Maryland’s settlement; and the many
controversies involved in the purpose and methods of that venture have
frequently led him off the main track.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 148. F. 13, ’08. 400w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work is done with the thoroughness with which Jesuit scholarship
is associated, and if the standpoint taken is rigidly that of the
society, that is, indeed, only what might have been expected, and
constitutes to a large extent the value of this contribution to local
Maryland history.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 500w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is to be hoped that in the volumes to follow he will adopt a less
censorious and disputatious tone, and also succeed in drawing his
narrative somewhat more closely together than is the case here. Its
readability will then be greatly increased without any impairment of
its intrinsic worth.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 269. My. 30, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Hulbert, Archer Butler.= Niagara river. **$3.50. Putnam.
8–29355.
“Mr. Hulbert’s book is illustrated with some seventy delightful views.
The great commercial importance of Niagara falls, and still greater
developments promised in the near future, have led this author to deal
first with the river as we find it at present, beautiful and sublime
as a feature of natural scenery, but most practically valuable as a
mighty power yoked to the wheels of human machinery and turned into an
industrial instrument.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“In mechanical execution, as well as in literary style, the volume has
decided merits.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 411. D. 1, ’08. 160w.
“It is in every respect an entertaining as well as an informing work,
at once popular and scientific.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 673. N. 7, ’08. 350w.
“The book is something more than a work written to order.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 901. D. 12, ’08. 120w.
“He presents matter of importance in an extremely readable form.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 614. O. 24, ’08. 200w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 638. N. ’08. 140w.
=Hulbert, Eri Baker.= English reformation and Puritanism, with other
lectures and addresses: a memorial; ed. by A. R. E. Wyant. *$2.50.
Univ. of Chicago press.
8–1485.
Part one of this volume contains a number of addresses, testimonials,
and other tributes, to Dr. Hulbert. The second part consists of a
dozen lectures on the English reformation and Puritanism, with seven
occasional addresses.
* * * * *
“The author has shown good judgment in his selection of phases of the
movements treated for special emphasis. His style is vigorous,
pungent, and many passages when delivered must have been truly
eloquent. The book should find many readers among intelligent laymen
as well as among students and ministers.” A. H: Newman.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 317. Ap. ’08. 800w.
“Had Dean Hulbert lived ... it is probable that he would have given
these lectures a somewhat more scholarly form and that he would have
purged them of some of the errors and imperfections that now detract
from their value, especially as regards the more recent history of
nonconformity and education in England.”
− =Ind.= 64: 1096. My. 14, ’08. 350w.
“In general we may say that Dr. Hulbert’s point of view is elevated,
his horizon broad, and his purpose sincere. His lectures are therefore
good history and not cramped by the immediate purpose for which they
were prepared.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 352. Ap. 16, ’08. 350w.
=Univ. Rec.= 12: 119. Ja. ’08. 400w.
* =Hull, William Isaac.= Two Hague conferences. *$1.50. Ginn.
8–28855.
“Professor Hull’s volume is a detailed account of the history and
results of each conference. All the topics discussed and all the acts
passed are grouped together, the author showing first what was done in
1899 and then in 1907.” (Ind.) “He has analyzed and compared the work
of the two conferences by topics and sub-topics, so that we are
enabled at a glance to see what advance on any special
point—disarmament, arbitration, naval warfare, land warfare, etc.—the
conference of 1907 marked over its predecessor.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“No one has as yet so completely and adequately covered the second
conference, and the volume is therefore the most complete account of
the two peace congresses up to date. The volume will become a standard
work and will prove especially valuable to editors, librarians and
students. We notice only a trifling error or two.”
+ + − =Ind.= 65: 1304. D. 3, ’08. 370w.
“The arrangement of Professor Hull’s book renders it particularly
convenient for ready reference.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 386. O. 22, ’08. 440w.
=Hume, Fergus W.= Green mummy. †$1.25. Dillingham.
8–20710.
The green mummy held in its hands some precious emeralds. Therefore a
certain antiquarian eagerly desires it and therefore the mummy case is
delivered to him, containing the dead body of the man who had been
sent to procure the treasure. The story unravels the mystery of the
murder.
* * * * *
“It will puzzle and surprise you as thoroughly as anything else he has
published.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 500. S. 12, ’08. 100w.
=Hume, Martin.= Court of Philip IV.: Spain in decadence. *$4.
Putnam.
8–3611.
“A worthy sociological study frankly recognizing the intimate relation
that court life bears to national life.” (Ind.) “Major Hume’s method
is to present a series of pictures, chronologically arranged, of
Philip’s life and surroundings, portraying as minutely as need be the
other prominent personages of the era, and the social life.” (N. Y.
Times.) “Having by birth and upbringing a foot in either camp, he has
in most of his other works maintained a critical though friendly
attitude towards Spain. In this he writes exactly as a Spaniard might
have written on the same theme. In fact, his work is really a Spanish
history, written in the English tongue.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“Major Hume lends a personal interest to his descriptions of the
principal personages in the historical drama, and his rapid outline of
the political situation is vigorous and effective in its brevity.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 821. D. 28. 1350w.
“Mr. Hume’s claim to have described an important period directly from
the sources in a distinctly human and interesting way is well
sustained.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 690. Mr. 26, ’08. 600w.
“A formal and judicial history would have been more valuable than
these kaleidoscopic views of court life. Still the work is skilfully
done, and the presentation of Philip’s incurable frivolity is complete
and convincing.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 337. N. 8, ’07. 2000w.
“Errors and inaccuracies ... are by no means absent. A more serious
fault of the book is its redundancy.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 16. Jl. 2, ’08. 800w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 188. Ap. 4, ’08. 400w.
“The author’s art has been, through all the maze of detail, and the
wealth of documentary evidence, to keep the image of the unlucky king
clear and distinct and to enlist our sympathy.” R. B. C. Graham.
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 571. N. 9, ’07. 1800w.
“He has compiled a picturesque and superficial book of the court, full
of gossip and glittering pageants, but containing little of importance
that is new. It cannot be accepted as a wholly trustworthy or
scholarly account of his reign.”
− =Spec.= 99: sup. 745. N. 16, ’07. 1700w.
=Hume, Martin.= Two English queens and Philip. **$4.50. Putnam.
“This present volume contains a most clear and reliable narrative of
that period in English history when the struggle between the Reformed
faith and Catholicism was complicated by political intrigues and
schemes which ended in Spain’s standing up as the actual antagonist of
England in arms as well as in theological controversy, Mr. Hume tells
of Mary Stuart’s marriage with Philip and of the incidents which led
to that marriage; the events that followed Mary’s death, including
Elizabeth’s refusal of Philip and the advance of the Invincible
Armada, with whose defeat this volume ends.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“The particular attraction of Mr. Martin Hume’s historical work lies
in his dramatic power, his skill in weaving a succinct, vivid, and
rapid narrative. He is picturesque without running to exaggeration,
and his familiarity with the records, relics, and monuments of the
sixteenth century in Western Europe is complete and under perfect
control.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 673. N. 7, ’08. 600w.
“A book like this cannot be measured by the same canons as a serious
historical work; it is frankly written to please a large public, and
not for the instruction of specialists. We venture to think that in
works like this he has found his real vocation, and, provided his
readers are adequately warned not to accept all his statements
unreservedly, we trust he may continue to live to produce a great many
more.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 581. D. 10, ’08. 550w.
“Mr. Hume’s story ... is one of great interest—picturesque, dramatic,
and vital.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 654. N. 7, ’08. 680w.
=Humphrey, Lucy Henderson=, comp. Poetic old-world: a little book
for tourists. *$1.50. Holt.
8–21527.
A volume similar in plan to that of Miss Du Bois, and easily a
companion to it. The ground covered is different and there are only
fifty poems which both compilers have used in common. Here are poems
relating to the voyage, Ireland, England, Scotland, Holland, Belgium,
France, Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, Spain, Greece and to the return.
* * * * *
“Useful in libraries not having Longfellow’s ‘Poems of places.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 260. N. ’08.
“This is a delightful book.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 171. S. 16, ’08. 60w.
=Ind.= 65: 383. Ag. 13, ’08. 40w.
“The selections, on the whole, are good, most of them familiar enough,
but none the worse for that. And the editor has been wise, we think,
in looking for pieces that convey some sentiment, personal or
historical, connected with a place, rather than for mere
descriptions.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 232. S. 10, ’08. 100w.
=Humphrey, Zephine.= Over against Green Peak. **$1.25. Holt.
8–12764.
“Aunt Susan, Jane, and I” make a real living personality of an old
white house beside the road in the heart of a Vermont valley. The
chapters of this book are of the nature of reveries, with the library,
the garden, and the orchard for themes. Here one finds simple-life
charm, the love of nature, and the joy of claiming the whole year for
a comrade.
* * * * *
“It is characterized by gentle humor, grace, and refinement.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 221. Je. ’08.
“It must not be supposed that the book as a whole is not as fresh and
exhilarating, to nature-lovers, as the mountain air and mountain
scenery that have largely inspired it.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 44: 336. Je. 1, ’08. 400w.
“The reader at once finds that he is not dealing with a commonplace
mind.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 553. Je. 18, ’08. 170w.
“A worthy effort to express through poetry rural life in Maine.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 339. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.
“The reader takes part in the simple tasks and quiet enjoyments
cordially, and puts down the little book with the feeling that it has
afforded entertainment and that it has about it the unmistakable air
of literary grace and refinement.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 40. My. 2, ’08. 100w.
=Hunt, Gaillard.= John C. Calhoun. (American crisis biographies.)
**$1.25. Jacobs.
8–23726.
A biography which furnishes the principal events in Calhoun’s private
life and political career, and shows his identification with two
opposing popular movements:—“how he helped to form a broad national
sentiment, the part he played in the struggle in his state against
that sentiment, and his leadership of the triumphant sectional
sentiment.”
* * * * *
“While the work does not show the brilliancy that made Von Holst’s
similar biography so notable twenty-five years ago, its fairness to
all parties makes it more trustworthy.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 257. O. 16, ’08. 170w.
“The use of more recent sources of history and researches among state
papers and publications of Calhoun’s day add the sense of thoroughness
and impartiality.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 674. N. 14, ’08. 600w.
“Mr. Hunt’s sketch of the life and influence of the Southern statesman
is a sympathetic and useful one, and he has supplemented his text with
chronological and bibliographical notes.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 633. N. ’08. 110w.
=Hunt, Violet.= White rose of weary leaf. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
“Best defined as a sort of modern ‘Jane Eyre’ story.... The Jane Eyre
of this story is not an inexperienced young girl, but a sad,
disillusioned woman, who has long looked the world in the face, and
expects nothing from it but injustice. The Mr. Rochester has been
married, not once, but twice.... The spectacular tragedy is not a
fire, but a railroad wreck, and even here the wife, though badly hurt,
insists upon recovering.... The man, however, allows the other woman
to believe that the wife is dead; and from this initial wrong the
story moves strongly on to a double expiation, told in a spirit of
grim fatalism.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“The story is undoubtedly clever.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 317. Mr. 14. 300w.
“It is astonishing that a book so faulty should here and there show
streaks of such undeniable merit.” F: T. Cooper.
− + =Bookm.= 27: 579. Ag. ’08. 220w.
“A disconcerting tale, not to be commended to readers of tender
sensibility.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 236. S. 10, ’08. 230w.
“The title of this cumbersome story is suggestive of its effect on the
reader.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 456. Ag. 15, ’08. 170w.
“The book is clever, well written (the dialogue and one or two
letters, being quite remarkable), and disagreeable.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 409. Mr. 28, ’08. 340w.
“Though distinctly clever as a study of character, is squalidly
dreary, and makes very depressing reading.”
− + =Spec.= 101: 135. Jl. 25, ’08. 100w.
=Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane=, eds. Political
history of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.
Descriptive note for set in Annual, 1905.
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“As a colorless record of events and a clear elucidation of the
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Cheyney.
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