=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 147. My. ’08.
“Mr. Pollak, who writes with a sound knowledge of the facts and a
genuine enthusiasm for his subject, is hardly, we think, a
sufficiently acute psychologist to make an ideal biographer of
Grillparzer. But the narrative is clearly and pleasantly told, and
English readers will gain from it a good general idea of Grillparzer’s
life and work.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 170. F. 8. 1450w.
“He has given a sympathetic account of Grillparzer’s rather meagre and
unhappy life.” P. G. Hubert, jr.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 521. Ja. ’08. 1150w.
“He has written a sympathetic study of a character very difficult of
comprehension if viewed apart from the circumstances of time and
place. The metrical translations are an important feature of the book.
With few exceptions they render with uncommon success the meaning and
melody of the original.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 18. Ja. 2, ’08. 1000w.
“In the main, in its triple character of biography, criticism, and
translation, it is an admirable piece of interpretation, and in view
of the place which Grillparzer has come to hold in German literature,
it can scarcely be doubted that M. Pollak, in introducing him more
fully to the American public, has given us one of the most important
books of the season.” J. B. Rittenhouse.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 88. F. 15, ’08. 1300w.
“It is a piece of biographical criticism of exceptional value by
reason of its sound scholarship, competent literary judgment, and
thorough workmanship.”
+ + =Outlook.= 88: 885. Ap. 18, ’08. 550w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 114. Ja. ’08. 110w.
* =Pollen, Mrs. John Hungerford.= Seven centuries of lace. $9.
Macmillan.
“Mrs. Pollen [owner of the La Primandaye lace collection and wife of
the official editor of the South Kensington museum catalog of books in
art] is an enthusiast on the subject of ancient needle and bobbin-made
lace, and has added value to the fine series of plates in her book by
an able introduction, in which she traces the evolution of the sister
crafts, and defines the distinctive peculiarity of each variety,
adding a complete glossary of technical terms, for some of which no
adequate English equivalent had previously been given.”—Int. Studio.
* * * * *
“The earlier part of Mrs. Pollen’s book is naturally the more
interesting.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 373. S. 26. 620w.
“All who delight in fine needlework have every reason to be grateful,
so faithful are the interpretations given and so clearly do they bring
out not only the exquisite symmetry and appropriateness of the
designs, but also every minute detail of stitchery that contributes to
the general effect.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 318. O. ’08. 300w.
“If supplemented by a good history, tracing the development of design
and technique, its excellent plates would have genuine educational
value, but in its present form its usefulness is practically limited
to the collector or to those already somewhat familiar with the
history of lace.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 586. D. 10, ’08. 740w.
=Polley, Joseph Benjamin.= Soldier’s letters to charming Nellie. il.
$2. Neale.
8–4889.
Letters written by a member of Hood’s Texas brigade to a loyal
Southern girl. They tell of experiences which have since become a part
of history; of personal observations and feelings on the march and in
battle.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 99. F. 22, ’08. 500w.
=Poor, Charles Lane.= Solar system: a study of recent observations.
**$2. Putnam.
8–5270.
A supplement to standard text-books and encyclopedia articles, whose
aim is to show by means of untechnical language and without the use of
mathematics by what steps the precise knowledge of to-day has been
reached, and to explain the marvellous results of modern methods and
modern observations. Here is set down what modern science has revealed
concerning the sun, the moon, the earth and other bodies in our
planetary system, concerning satellite systems, comets and meteors,
tides and tidal evolution, and the evolution of the solar system.
* * * * *
“A book of average merit but with no distinguishing features that call
for special commendation.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 203. Je. ’08.
“Can be most highly commended both as a text book and as a general
exposition of the most important of astronomical phenomena.” W. S.
Tower.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 458. S. ’08. 240w.
“Cannot fail to be read with avidity by the ever-increasing number of
astronomical students.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 406. O. 3. 820w.
+ =Dial.= 44: 250. Ap. 16, ’08. 250w.
“Attractive and thoroly readable. He is rather severe, but not unduly
so, upon the extraordinary views of Lowell in regard to Mars and its
so-called ‘canals.’”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 422. Ap. ’08. 70w.
“It is descriptive and authoritative, recording salient facts in a
simple and direct manner.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1402. Je. 18, ’08. 520w.
“It is not too abstruse, is thoroughly entertaining, and is timely.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 495. My. 28, ’08. 70w.
“Its freedom from slips shows that the author has exercised the same
minute care over the proofs that he has in the selection and
exposition of the matter.” W: E. Rolston.
+ =Nature.= 78: 629. O. 22, ’08. 670w.
“The work is compact, readable and instructive in just the points
where one’s schoolboy ideas need readjustment.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 182. Ap. 4, ’08. 1000w.
“A very interesting and suggestive volume.” C. L. Doolittle.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 56. Jl. 10, ’08. 600w.
=Pope, Amy Elizabeth, and Carpenter, Mary L.= Essentials of
dietetics in health and disease: a text-book for nurses, and a
practical dietary guide for the household. *$1. Putnam.
8–22245.
A text book designed to be of use in the teaching of dietetics in
schools of nursing, and also of use as a dietary guide for the home.
The first part deals with the principles of dietetics, and the second,
with recipes.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 65: 439. Ag. 20, ’08. 70w.
“Much is exceedingly good, despite a confusing inconsistent use of
calculations and chemical terms.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 217. S. 3, ’08. 200w.
=Popplewell, William Charles.= Strength of materials; a manual for
students of engineering. *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–13630.
A book intended for students of engineering who are desirous of
obtaining a working knowledge of the fundamental principles involved
in problems of machine and structural design. Special attention has
been paid to the unequal distribution of stress and to the limits of
elasticity in iron and steel.
* * * * *
“We already have a number of much better works, and there seems to be
no place in the American field for this newcomer.”
− =Engin. N.= 59: 205. F. 20, ’08. 280w.
“Though prepared for English students, [this book] will prove of equal
value to Americans who wish a short, correct, and vigorous treatment
of the subject.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 407. Ap. 30, ’08. 100w.
=Nature.= 77: 412. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.
=Porter, Charles Talbot.= Engineering reminiscences contributed to
“Power” and “American machinist”; rev. and enl. il. *$3. Wiley.
8–9539.
The articles contributed to “Power” and “American machinist” have been
revised and expanded and have been collected here for an addition to
the history of American engineering. “It must be borne in mind, of
course, that the book makes no pretence to be an impartial and
complete history of the field of engineering to which it refers. Mr.
Porter has merely set down his personal experiences and those of his
associates and contemporaries from his own personal viewpoint.”
(Engin. N.)
* * * * *
+ =Engin. D.= 3: 528. My. ’08. 250w.
“The book is written in conversational style and with a frank recital
of successes and failures which make it highly entertaining. The young
engineer can learn many lessons in practical business.”
+ =Engin. N.= 59: 433. Ap. 16, ’08. 300w.
“The book is a model of its kind, written with very many humorous
comments and full of the charm of scholarship tempered by the broad
views that come only with intimate acquaintance with men of all
degrees in many countries.”
+ + =Engin. Rec.= 57: 386. Mr. 28, ’08. 600w.
* =Porter, Eleanor H.= Turn of the tide. †$1.25. Wilde.
The sequel to “Cross currents” which follows the development of
Margaret Kendall, lost in the slums for four years, from the time when
she is restored to her home.
=Porter, Gene Stratton.= At the foot of the rainbow. $1.50. Outing
pub.
8–978.
Central Indiana furnishes the rural scene of a story whose
characters—two men, and a woman—constitute the modern-drama triangle.
It is a tale of a heroic Scotchman’s friendship for a dissipated
Irishman who had played the former false when entrusted with a message
to the girl both loved.
* * * * *
“A light, cheerful and, at the same time, pathetic, little story. A
breezy, fresh, out-of-doors atmosphere is its chief characteristic.
Similar in this respect to the author’s ‘Freckles,’ but better done in
every way.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 87. Mr. ’08. ✠
“The story has the same outdoor quality that ‘Freckles’ has, by the
same author, but it makes less of an appeal to the sympathies.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 95. F. 15, ’08. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 344. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.
“If it is worth reading at all (and let us give the author the benefit
of the doubt), is so because of the background of outdoor life,
nature, and the changing pageant of the seasons.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 313. Je. 6, ’08. 100w.
=Porter, Mary Winearls.= What Rome was built with: a description of
the stones employed in ancient times for its building and
decoration. *$1.25. Oxford.
8–13631.
The knowledge of antiquary and geologist has been drawn upon to
furnish to inquirers this description of the stones used in building
ancient Rome. The kinds of stone are identified and traced to their
home quarries, and historical and mythological details are included.
* * * * *
=Class. J.= 3: 208. Mr. ’08. 17w.
“A little more care might also have been well spent in the arrangement
of the matter. Only trifling blemishes, detract from the value of an
interesting compilation. It is difficult to point to any other work on
the subject equally convenient and trustworthy.”
+ − =Nature.= 77: 196. Ja. 2, ’08. 400w.
“A highly interesting book.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 874. N. 30, ’07. 170w.
=Post, Emily (Mrs. Edwyn Main Post).= Woven in the tapestry. **$1.
Moffat.
8–9525.
“These are the tales of Ateria, a country which long ago lay on the
distant borderlands; of the pagan king, Thyaterion, and his daughter,
the princess Alacia; of the Hermit in the forest, and of the stranger
who came to live for a while as the Hermit’s disciple.” “The nosegay
of chapters from the life of a fairylike princess holds allegories
that trace the growth of her mind, soul, and heart. Side by side with
these are cameo portraits of her lowlier neighbors, of her courtiers
and counsellors, and of the true and only prince.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=Bookm.= 27: 240. My. ’08. 150w.
“The soul not dead to the whisperings of poetry, may pleasurably walk
in this pretty garden of fantasies.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 211. Ap. 11, ’08. 50w.
“It is a gracious little book; and perhaps there may be a truth in its
flowery pages which the plainer story of real life overlooks.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 363. Je. 27, ’08. 220w.
* =Post, Melville Davisson.= Corrector of destinies: being tales of
Randolph Mason as related by his private secretary Courtlandt Parks.
$1.50. Clode, E. J.
8–25120.
A group of mystery stories containing legal tangles which Randolph
Mason, wizard of the law, straightens thru a maze of technicalities.
“Randolph Mason may not be humanly possible—an embodied characteristic
is rarely so; but there is a certain stern charm in so austere a
conception as the incarnate essence of justice untinctured with
sympathy.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Most of the stories hang upon points of law more interesting to the
technician than to the outsider.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 498. N. 19, ’08. 230w.
“The book is well written, and is sure to be of interest both to old
friends of Randolph Mason and to those who meet him now for the first
time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 610. O. 24, ’08. 160w.
=Post, Van Zo.= Retz. †$1.50. McClure.
8–16717.
A young nobleman of Flanders goes forth to adventure and achievement
uncertain whether the power that moves the world is money, knowledge
or love. The gift of Venus—as old as time—is accepted after daring
deeds prove the worthiness of the hero.
* * * * *
“Structurally, it is incoherent, but its episodes are exciting enough
to make us condone the fault of amorphous plan.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 45: 89. Ag. 16, ’08. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 213. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
=Potter, Cora Brown.= The secrets of beauty and mysteries of health.
**$1.75. Elder.
8–10640.
A practical guide to beauty which gives suggestions for the right care
of the skin, hair, nails, eyes, nose, ears, face, mouth, teeth, hands
and feet. Valuable formulas are interspersed for the compounding of
aids to beauty and health.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 218. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“She has given to the world of woman a very sensible and thorough
study of the methods in vogue all over the world for the promotion of
good looks and good health.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 296. My. 23, ’08. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 628. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
“The volume contains all sorts of good advice, based on the author’s
stage experiences and travel.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 30w.
=Potter, Margaret.= Golden ladder. †$1.50. Harper.
8–12224.
The story of a wanton young woman who treads the broad way just
because she wants all of the tinsel of life and none of its serious
joy. On the rounds of the “golden ladder” the hero—who in truth does
not deserve the name—sacrifices his manhood, but still climbs, by the
Wall street way, to his millions.
* * * * *
“The story is made both unattractive and ineffective by the
ostentatious desire of the author to point its moral.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 204. Ag. 22. 180w.
“The volume undoubtedly has good material in it; Margaret Potter sees
life on a rather big scale, and she uses verbal colour in a way that
forces the reader to see what she wants him to see.” F: T. Cooper.
− + =Bookm.= 27: 399. Je. ’08. 400w.
“Some of her bits of description and dialogue are calculated to bring
a blush not to maiden cheeks alone. We are inclined to think that ‘The
golden ladder’ has done a thing well worth doing after a fashion in
which it distinctly ought not to be done.” W: M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 45: 91. Ag. 16, ’08. 330w.
=Ind.= 65: 156. Jl. 16, ’08. 270w.
“Except for the Briand family, and an occasional lapse from egotism on
the part of the hero, the novel is unjustifiably repulsive.”
− =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 200w.
“Most of the characters are crude in conception and are not made
credible in development.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 180w.
“The book is, of course, designed to show up the terrible hunger for
riches that possesses the land; but we fail to see that it will turn
any young man from attempting the ascent of the perilous ladder.”
Charlotte Harwood.
− =Putnam’s.= 4: 620. Ag. ’08. 400w.
− =R. of Rs.= 37: 763. Je. ’08. 70w.
“The novel, if a little long, is decidedly clever, but it is by no
means pleasant reading.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 980. Je. 20, ’08. 270w.
=Pottle, Emery Bemsley.= Handicapped. †$1.50. Lane.
8–17789.
“Donovan O’Hara, who came of a well-bred mother, was handicapped by
having a horse-trainer for a father. He had the bringing-up, the
associates, and, on the whole, the tastes and morals of a
horse-trainer.” (Nation.) How his heritage operates against him in
matters of love forms the main theme of the book. “The group of people
who appear in these pages is united by a common love of horse flesh.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“Does not at any point gain much hold upon the reader’s attention.” W:
M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 45: 90. Ag. 16, ’08. 140w.
“When the book is not horsy it is ‘sexy.’ It it also rather dull.”
− =Nation.= 87: 13. Jl. 2, ’08. 200w.
“An eloquent little romance, vibrant with plenty of wholesome
activity, and with a pathetic love story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 297. My. 23, ’08. 140w.
=Poulton, Edward Bagnall.= Essays on evolution, 1889–1907. *$4.
Oxford.
Contains a series of ten essays on various aspects of the Darwinian
theory and is introduced by a chapter entitled Mutation, Mendelism,
and natural selection.
* * * * *
“Our first thought on reading these essays is one of regret that their
author did not rewrite them entirely and give his matter in a new
form. By the present arrangement the book appeals much more to the
entomologist than to the general reader. Perhaps their main fault is a
certain pedagogic flavour, and hence an impatience of views not
entirely in consonance with those of the author.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908. 2: 157. Ag. 8. 900w.
“This introduction, together, with the last three or four chapters,
should have formed an independent volume on natural selection and
mimicry.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 167. Ag. 20, ’08. 400w.
“We dare not find fault with it, save indeed to wish its treatment had
been even more encyclopaedic.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 336. S. 12, ’08. 1600w.
=Powell, Frances, pseud. (Frances Powell Case).= Old Mr. Davenant’s
money. †$1.50. Scribner.
8–10860.
A story with a subtly handled mystery concealed by an avaricious
mother and a faithful servant. A mother had managed with skilful
manœuvring to secure old Mr. Davenant’s money for her son. The boy
dies and the mother rather than lose the fortune slips a twin sister
into his shoes and brings the child up as the son and heir. The east
end of Long Island furnishes the setting for the story which sketches
a fascinating group of characters and is rich in local color.
* * * * *
“The sugaring of the pill is so well done that the story may well
enough be read for its interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 400. Jl. 18, ’08. 400w.
* =Powell, Lyman Pierson.= Art of natural sleep, with definite
directions for the wholesome cure of sleeplessness, illustrated by cases
treated in Northampton and elsewhere. **90c. Putnam.
8–32345.
A little book prompted by the author’s experience in overcoming
insomnia which is designed to help physicians, Emmanuel workers, and
others who believe in the art of natural sleep to aid those committed
to their care. The method is auto-suggestion reinforced by faith.
* * * * *
“The tiny book is written in the simplest and most practical style,
and its definite directions for the cure of sleeplessness are such as
any person can follow with very little trouble.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 723. D. 5, ’08. 180w.
=Powell, Lyman Pierson.= Christian science: the faith and its
founder. *$1.25. Putnam.
7–40519.
An interpretation of the facts of Christian science, its tenets and
its founder written by one who is neither a defender nor an assailant.
* * * * *
“A careful, painstaking exposition, manifesting a thorough knowledge
of the subject.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 147. My. ’08. ✠
“The volume should have careful consideration from all who are
interested in the phenomenon.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 719. My. ’08. 130w.
“A very careful and painstaking examination.”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 206. F. ’08. 40w.
=Ind.= 65: 432. Ag. 20, ’08. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 264. Ap. 20, ’07. 80w.
“The author is frank and impartial with Eddyites and their opponents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“A scathing indictment, all the more scathing because of the
dispassionate form in which it is presented.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 250w.
“It ought to be satisfactory to those who wish a fair-minded and
judicial interpretation of Christian science.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 565. Mr. 7, ’08. 180w.
=Poyser, Arthur.= Tower of London; painted by John Fulleylove,
described by Arthur Poyser. *$2.50. Macmillan.
“The text, beautifully printed on thick paper with wide margins,
consists of an historical sketch, and then descriptions of walks
through the Tower, round the Tower, about Tower hill, and Allhallows
Barking by the Tower. This part of the work is competently done, but
without special distinction of style. The pictures are pretty,
fortunately in rather subdued colors, but without notable
excellence.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 318. O. ’08. 300w.
+ =Nation.= 87: 286. S. 24, ’08. 120w.
“There is sufficient in the way of historical sketch, of description
of the several towers, chapels, and chambers, and of anecdote about
famous prisoners to make the work valuable without overloading it with
detail.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 229. S. 26, ’08. 150w.
“If Mr. Poyser sees more imaginative possibilities in the Tower than
the great writers themselves appear to have seen, we must say that he
himself has cast little of charm over his descriptions.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 119. Jl. 25, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Fulleylove’s pictures have all the charm which we are accustomed
to find in his work. Mr. Poyser’s description is satisfactory on the
whole.”
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 712. N. 7, ’08. 240w.
=Praed, Rosa Caroline (Mrs. Campbell M. Praed).= By their fruits.
$1.50. Cassell.
“A story with twin sisters as the central figures. Dual personalities,
so alike that they easily pass for each other when apart, equally
beautiful in physical appearance, they are yet opposites in
temperament and character; Aglaia-Pascaline, frivolous, a victim to
the drug habit; Pascaline-Aglaia, pure, spiritual, would-be savior of
her sister. Around these two characters the story is woven.”—N. Y.
Times.
* * * * *
“Though it can scarcely be called probable, is highly ingenious, and
through four hundred odd pages the interest never flags.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 474. Ap. 18. 140w.
“According to my thinking, it is, on the whole, the most remarkable
and the most original novel Mrs. Praed has yet brought out, and its
heroine is certainly one of the most charming, noble-minded woman
figures in our recent literature, at once poetically ideal and yet
thoroly lifelike and real.” Justin McCarthy.
+ =Ind.= 64: 1339. Je. 11, ’08. 350w.
“The interest never flags for one moment.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 70w.
=Pratt, Waldo Selden.= History of music. *$3. Schirmer.
7–38011.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“The book becomes unbalanced towards the end.” O. G. Sonneck.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 828. Jl. ’08. 800w.
“Particularly useful for small libraries with few reference books. The
illustrations are interesting, but not finely executed.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 47. F. ’08. ✠
“He has increased the literature of music by a contribution of
permanent value.” J. R. Smith.
+ + =Dial.= 44: 99. F. 16, ’08. 850w.
“By the painstaking care with which he has selected his material, and
the clear, succinct, straightforward method of its presentation,
without waste of words, his book is an important contribution to the
literature of music, and it makes interesting reading for layman and
musical student alike.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 752. Ap. 2, ’08. 300w.
“It may be said that too many minor names are included among the
numerous sketches of composers. By omitting such trivial information,
room might have been provided for references to the more important
books in which the subject of each chapter can be studied in detail.
Apart from this, it would be difficult to suggest a way in which this
book might have been improved. Is a marvel of industrious research and
exceptional usefulness.”
+ + − =Nation.= 86: 87. Ja. 23, ’08. 250w.
“The book is far from being a mere compilation. It is not lacking the
personal point of view, and the flavor of the personal criticism. The
arrangement is admirable, with its division into large and small type;
and the index is very full.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 865. D. 28, ’07. 320w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 254. F. ’08. 50w.
=Pratt, Walter Merriam.= Burning of Chelsea. $1.50. Sampson pub.
8–19884.
A contribution to local history based on personal knowledge and
observation. It gives a volunteer fireman’s story of the great
conflagration of last April with additional chapters on the history of
Chelsea. Fully illustrated from photographs.
=Presbrey, Frank.= Motoring abroad. *$2. Outing pub.
8–16437.
The account of a two months’ automobile trip thru Normandy, Brittany,
the chateau country of Touraine, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
made by an enthusiastic automobilist and his wife. The volume is
instructively written and profusely illustrated. It closes with a
chapter on “Practical suggestions” in which the author gives other
automobilists the benefit of all the means adopted to reduce
discomfort and annoyance to a minimum.
* * * * *
“Is notable apart from the descriptions he gives of the countries.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 60. Jl. 11, ’08. 1350w.
“We can confidently recommend [it] to the stay-at-home who is
afflicted with the somewhat prevalent desire to see Europe from an
automobile.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 93. Jl. 30, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 376. Jl. 4. ’08. 270w.
+ =Outlook.= 89: 866. Ag. 15, ’08. 170w.
“The author knows how to enjoy himself thoroughly and he understands
how to tell in crisp, entertaining fashion, what he has seen.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 125. Jl. ’08. 100w.
=Prescott, Samuel Cate, and Winslow, Charles E. A.= Elements of
water bacteriology, with special reference to sanitary water
analysis. 2d ed. $1.50. Wiley.
8–9036.
A new edition rewritten to cover the progress during the past four
years. “Particular mention is made of addition to the chapters on
Self-purification, on the Isolation of the typhoid bacillus, on Colon
tests, and a new chapter has been provided on the Bacteriology of
sewage and sewage effluents. A quite extended bibliography is
provided.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 60: 80. Jl. 16, ’08. 90w.
“In its practical applications the book is an excellent compendium of
data bearing on the bacteriological conditions of normal waters, the
self-purification of streams, the efficiency of sand and mechanical
filters and the relation of bacteriology to sewage purification.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 475. O. 24, ’08. 420w.
“The book can be recommended as a very useful one and a great
improvement on the first edition.” R. T. Hewlett.
+ =Nature.= 79: 6. N. 5, ’08. 300w.
=Preuss, Arthur.= Fundamental fallacies of socialism: an exposition
of the question of landownership; comprising an authentic account
of the famous McGlynn case. *$1. Herder.
“Written by a Catholic who seeks to prove that the public ownership of
land is contrary to the teaching of the Catholic church, especially
that embodied in the encyclicals of Leo XIII. These encyclicals and
Henry George’s open letter to the pope are discussed in detail. The
author then seeks to prove that the removal of the ban of
excommunication which had been pronounced against McGlynn because of
his advocacy of Henry George’s theories did not mean, as it was
commonly supposed, that the single tax was not contrary to Catholic
doctrine.... The final conclusion is that public ownership of land
being wrong, similar arguments will prove the error of public
ownership of other agents of production—hence the fallacy of
socialism.”—J. Pol. Econ.
* * * * *
“When Mr. Preuss will have dealt intelligently with the crux of the
situation hinted at in his observations, he may, with more propriety
than at present, claim to have produced ‘the first and only adequate
presentation, in English, of the important question of
landownership.’”
− =Cath. World.= 87: 100. Ap. ’08. 1400w.
=Ind.= 86: 637. Mr. 19, ’08. 350w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 246. Ap. ’08. 180w.
=Nation.= 86: 492. My. 28, ’08. 100w.
* =Preyer, David C.= Art of the Netherland galleries. (Art galleries of
Europe ser.) *$2. Page.
8–30912.
“Written not for the professional, whether painter or critic or
student, but rather for the reader who is interested in art for the
beauty of it and for the tourist who is looking for information. While
the greater part of the volume is given over to Rubens, Rembrandt, Van
Dyck, Hals, Memling, the Van Eycks, Teniers, Jan Steen, Van Ostrade,
and the other great painters, much space is devoted to the modern
Dutch artists, Israels, the Maris brothers, Neuhuys, &c.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Such a history has not before appeared in English, nor in Dutch in
the same completeness. Mr. Preyer’s account of the lesser men, as well
as of their more noted fellows, is written with intelligence and
discrimination.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 407. D. 1, ’08. 280w.
“Is sufficiently enthusiastic about his subject to impart some of his
appreciation to the reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 180w.
=Price, Eleanor C.= Princess of the old world [Anne Marie Louise
d’Orleans]. (Memoir ser.) *$3. Putnam.
8–10260.
The biography of Louis XIV’s wayward and eccentric cousin who “next to
Queen Elizabeth is perhaps the most interesting spinster in history.”
(Spec.) “The life of Mademoiselle covers a great part of the
seventeenth century, a very interesting period in the history of
France, seeing that it includes the wars of the Fronde and such
personalities as Conde—perhaps the most brilliant of all French
soldiers before Napoleon—and Mazarin. Anne Marie Louise d’Orleans
mixed, of course, with these men and engaged in the politics of their
time.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“The author has used contemporary sources with taste and discretion,
and has supplemented them with the best modern authorities.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 508. Ap. 25. 1400w.
“An exceedingly finished and accurate presentation.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 238. Mr. 12, ’08. 250w.
“The author has the knack of making her people seem very real and very
much alive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 377. Jl. 4, ’08. 270w.
“A very readable book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 10. N. 16, ’07. 100w.
“A picturesque and highly readable study.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 779. N. 16, ’07. 600w.
=Price, William Thompson.= Analysis of play construction and
dramatic principle. $5. W: T. Price, 1440 Broadway, N. Y.
8–23870.
“Mr. Price’s theory is that dramatic genius, unsupported by mastery of
technical laws, is comparatively powerless to make a good play—which
has a certain measure of truth in it—and that the requisite technical
knowledge must be obtained by minute analysis of standard pieces in
order to discover their constructive principles. As models for
dissection he selects five plays, ‘Ingomar,’ ‘Lady of Lyons,’
‘Camille,’ ‘Still waters run deep,’ and ‘A new way to pay old
debts’—of which only one, ‘Camille,’ is really notable for artistic
composition.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“His unworthiness as a teacher is manifested, not so much in his
exaggeration of the importance of mere mechanism as compared with that
of matter—much of what he says about technique is sound enough, though
tediously trite—but in his utter failure to offer any suggestions of
practical value to the budding dramatist. All the real instruction in
his ponderous volume could be put with better effect into a thin
pamphlet for use as a primer.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 269. S. 17, ’08. 450w.
“There are no better books on this subject than Mr. Price’s.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 482. S. 5, ’08. 970w.
* =Priestman, Mabel Tuke.= Art and economy in home decoration. **$1.50.
Lane.
8–27401.
The author, a practical interior decorator, presents a study of house
decoration in which color is the keynote. “Suggestions are given how
to treat our walls, what curtain material is best, what to choose as
floor-covering, and how much ornament is admissible on our furniture,
besides many other points of vital importance to the young
housekeeper, or the older one whose eyes are being opened to possible
beauty. The illustrations in the book are excellent as aids to the
text.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“More inclusive than Daniel’s ‘Furnishing a modest home,’ but is on
different lines and will appeal to a different class of readers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 264. N. ’06. ✠
“The subjects are treated with the knowledge that comes of long study
of interior decoration, and in a simple, untechnical way that will
appeal to the average home-maker.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 522. S. 26, ’08. 250w.
“The clear classification of subjects in this manual will be
appreciated by those who use it.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 752. N. 28, ’08. 160w.
=Prior, James.= Walking gentleman. †$1.50. Dutton.
8–23524.
On the day preceding his marriage, Lord Beiley, immensely bored with
life, wanders away and yields to the temptation of vagabondage. His
itinerary takes him among people with whom rank counts for nothing,
where he learns to value essential manhood. And “the Lady Sarah comes
to feel that his desertion of her was a blessing to them both, because
it taught each of them that life was not quite worth while without the
other.... It gives a series of vivid pictures of rural England, a
succession of carefully studied types of middleclass lower-class men
and women, of the scum and riff-raff of society, all admirable in
their own special way.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“In the general scheme of his work—its inconsequence, its
whole-hearted love of the open road, and, above all, its wide sympathy
with all sorts and conditions of men—Mr. Prior reminds us irresistibly
of George Borrow.”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 951. S. 28, ’07. 350w.
“For a novel with no plot it is astonishing how interesting this
itinerary is; the book will dwell in the memory when most novels have
faded from it.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 200w.
“The story not only has a clever theme, well handled, but better yet,
it is delightfully written.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 184. Ap. ’08. 600w.
“With the exception of ... a precocious but lovable child, it is in
the minor characters that Mr. Prior shows his finest art. The story in
itself is not strikingly original; its value lies in its flashes of
human insight.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 287. Mr. 26, ’08. 450w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 276. My. 16, ’08. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
“Mr. James Prior possesses an exceptional wealth of juicy humor; he
pours forth the wine of mirth that gladdens the heart in liberal
measure.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 767. Je. ’08. 80w.
=Programme= of modernism: a reply to the Encyclical of Pius X.,
Pascendi dominici gregis; with the text of the Encyclical in an
English version, tr. by Rev. Father George Tyrrell, with an
introd. by A. Leslie Lilley. (Crown theological lib., no. 25.)
*$1.50. Putnam.
8–15499.
The fault of “Modernism” for which the authors of this volume have
suffered excommunication is that of regarding Christianity as
transcending the outward doctrinal and ecclesiastical expression of it
and daring to submit these externals to historical criticism. The
reply includes a most lucid and concise presentation of the results of
the “Higher criticism,” states wherein the Encyclical has
misrepresented the “modernists.” and explains and justifies their
position, maintaining that it is in accord with the best Catholic
traditions.
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 346. Mr. 21. 1200w.
Reviewed by H. C. Corrance.
=Hibbert J.= 6: 930. Jl. ’08. 300w.
“It is a very remarkable book.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 1349. Je. 11, ’08. 300w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 221. Ap. 11, ’08. 150w.
+ =Outlook.= 89: 364. Je. 20, ’08. 700w.
=Prothero, Rowland Edmund.= Pleasant land of France. *$3.50. Dutton.
W8–121.
“Seven sketches and studies, ranging over agriculture, folklore,
history, and literature, with the one common attribute of an all but
exclusive bearing on provincial conditions of life and thought in
France.” (Nation.) “For American readers the essay on Fontainebleau
will probably hold the greatest share of interest.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“It is a pity he did not expand the two essays [on French agrarian
subjects] into a small volume, bringing the facts under consideration
down to the present day, and elucidating his pages with foot-notes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 37. Jl. 11. 630w.
“Most important are two practical discussions of French farming and
tenant-right, together with an elaborate contribution to the
appreciation of Rabelais.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 515. Je. 4, ’08. 450w.
“For the thousands of Americans who annually make their holiday in
France one would not do better than recommend this essay.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 307. My. 30, ’08. 650w.
“Whether courting the muse of history ... or drawing a humorous
philosophy from the gudgeon-fishing which is the national pastime of
provincial France, Mr. Prothero is wholly delightful here.” A. I. du
P. Coleman.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 745. S. ’08. 400w.
“Mr. Prothero’s delightful book on France covers a variety of
subjects, on each and all of which he speaks with authority.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 408. S. 19, ’08. 1500w.
=Putnam, George Palmer.= Tabular views of universal history;
originally compiled by G. P. Putnam, and continued to the year
1907 by Lynds E. Jones and Simeon Strunsky. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–39021.
A series of chronological tables presenting in parallel columns, a
record of more noteworthy events in the history of the world from the
earliest times down to 1907.
* * * * *
“A laborious undertaking which we are bound to say hardly seems to us
to have paid for the doing.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 35: 102. Ja. ’08. 30w.
“For the layman studying universal history some such arrangement is a
godsend wellnigh indispensable.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 320. Ag. 6. ’08. 150w.
“So far as we have tested the dates for various periods we find no
reason to doubt the general accuracy of the book.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 125. F. 6, ’08. 120w.
“The new edition contains a number of important features.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 255. F. ’08. 50w.
“On the whole, the book seems to be carefully compiled.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 836. My. 23, ’08. 160w.
=Putnam, Ruth.= Charles the Bold; last duke of Burgundy, 1433–1477.
(Heroes of the nations.) **$1.35. Putnam.
8–6627.
A biography whose importance grows out of the last duke of Burgundy’s
relation to events rather than out of any patriotic or heroic
qualities. The author has condensed a vast amount of reliable material
in her sketch, making use of the later results of historical
investigation. She says, “The veracity attained is only that of a
mosaic of bits; each with its morsel of truth.” She emphasizes the
insufficiency of the duke’s mental equipment to cope with the forces
of his age, and further believes that his chiefest happiness lay in
his unconsciousness of his shortcomings.
* * * * *
“Accurate as to facts, and good in style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 203. Je. ’08. ✠
“An interesting account of a most interesting career.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 170. S. 16, ’08. 300w.
“Particular attention should be called to the well-selected
illustrations. Miss Putnam tells in an attractive and authentic
fashion the life of the last Duke of Burgundy.”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 423. Ap. ’08. 50w.
“Will surely take first rank in the series to which it belongs.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 265. Jl. 30, ’08. 350w.
“A brilliant miniature.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 656. My. 2, ’08. 200w.
“It is written with perhaps more dash and fervor than both the hero
and the subject warrant.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 140. Ag. 13, ’08. 260w.
=Sat. R.= 106: 306. S. 5, ’08. 370w.
* =Pyle, Howard.= Ruby of Kishmoor. †$1. Harper.
8–31166.
A story of adventure set in the island of Jamaica which introduces a
pirate, his allies, his daughter, and the hero, a tall, lean,
loose-jointed Quaker. Before his death the pirate turns over the
famous Kishmoor ruby to his daughter, and the Quaker plays the hero in
defending her against the father’s confederates, who, separately, in
the act of securing the ruby, bring death upon themselves.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 45: 463. D. 16, ’08. 120w.
Reviewed by W: G. Bowdoin.
=Ind.= 65: 1464. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
“The artist-author is an admirable raconteur.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
Q
=Quackenbos, John Duncan.= Hypnotic therapeutics in theory and practice;
with numerous illustrations of treatment by suggestion. **$2. Harper.
8–6667.
The author believes that the transliminal or higher spiritual self may
be inspired to assert a control that is practically boundless, within
the limitations of physical possibility and moral right, over “the
flesh,” that is, organs of body and faculties of mind; and that the
whole purpose of hypnotic suggestion is the evocation of such control.
He treats hypnotism as the great regenerative force of the age, bases
his statements on scientific facts having back of them over seven
thousand personal experiences in treating physical and moral diseases.
* * * * *
“This is really ‘yellow’ psychology, and is none the less jaundiced
because one may charitably concede that the author is sincere.”
− − =Dial.= 44: 179. Mr. 16, ’08. 570w.
“He accepts as proved many things to which the cautious scientist
would at most give the benefit of the Scotch verdict.”
− =Ind.= 65: 431. Ag. 20. ’08. 440w.
“Any minister who is thinking of taking up such work, from whatever
motive, would do well to read this book and heed its counsels of
caution.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 36: 492. Ap. 4, ’08. 450w.
“A volume more remarkable for the magnitude of its claims than for any
conviction of the validity of those claims which it carries.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 82. F. 15, ’08. 450w.
− + =Outlook.= 88: 885. Ap. 18, ’08. 250w.
Reviewed by H. A. Bruce.
=Outlook.= 90: 705. N. 28. ’08. 40w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 50w.
=Quick, John Herbert.= Broken lance, il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–32560.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“[We open it] with pleasant expectations. Nor are we disappointed, as
far as plan and style are concerned, for the author knows how to
write, and his eye for dramatic effect is keen. But we must confess to
a considerable disappointment when we discover that the book is not so
much a novel as an argument for the single tax.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 45. Ja. 16, ’08. 240w.
“A tale of much incident; in fact, its author has over-charged his
canvas in his zeal to preach the economic cure-all made familiar by
Henry George after its previous long struggle for recognition. There
is discernible in these pages, however, a great sincerity of purpose,
an ardent desire to reform and improve, to serve the poor and awaken
the rich.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 156. Ja. 16, ’08. 170w.
R
=Racster, Olga.= Chats on violoncellos. (Music lovers’ lib.) il. *$1.25.
Lippincott.
8–35540.
“Is concerned with the history of the instrument and its evolution
from the ‘ravanastron’ of India, probably its earliest prototype, to
its present form.” (Int. Studio.) “Not only gives an account of the
instrument, but is full of pleasing anecdotes, subjective fancies,
scenery, such, for instance, as the glimpse in the opening chapter of
London on a foggy day, and records of players in centuries passed.”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Not by any means indispensable to the ordinary collection of books on
music.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 204. Je. ’08.
“The author ... has certainly made her book acceptable to the general
reader; but it also contains plenty of solid information.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 425. Ap. 4. 250w.
“The numerous digressions introduced concerning those who have been
responsible for the changes in the model of the instrument undoubtedly
enhance the general interest of the work.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 172. Ap. ’08. 150w.
“There is a quaint flavor to Miss Racster’s style, a certain humorous
enthusiasm, which makes her book capital reading, even for persons
whose relations to the violoncello are through the ear alone; while he
or she who has ever handled the instrument cannot fail of discovering
an almost lyric charm in the pages.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 258. My. 2. ’08. 150w.
=Radau, Hugo.= Bel, the Christ of ancient times. *75c. Open ct.
8–19535.
“From the preface to this book we learn ‘that the Babylonian religion
is a purely monotheistic religion, more particularly a monotheistic
trinitarian religion.’ The first sentence of Part 1 reads: ‘It is
admitted by every one who has studied the religion of the Babylonians,
that it is from the first to the last polytheistic. By a more or less
successful series of permutations and combinations this apparent
contradiction is removed, and Enlil, who is “one flesh” with Ninlil,
his wife, is shown to be the one Babylonian deity.’ The second part
shows that the belief in the resurrection is the essential doctrine of
the Babylonian, as well as of the Christian, religion.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
− =Bib. World.= 32: 368. N. ’08. 200w.
− =Ind.= 65: 496. Ag. 27, ’08. 170w.
=Raikes, Hugh P.= Design, construction, and maintenance of sewage
disposal works; being a practical guide to modern methods of
sewage purification. *$4. Van Nostrand.
Written by an engineer for engineers. It “summarises a considerable
amount of recently acquired knowledge relating to sewage disposal, and
contains the advice and experience of one who has had to face the
practical problems involved.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“This is a ‘live book.’ Any differences of opinion which may be felt
between author and reviewer are merely such as necessarily and
usefully exist between workers in different parts of the same field.
The practical man will find in its pages many useful ‘tips’ and will
be led to see where he can be helped by scientific investigation,
whilst the scientific worker will be enabled better to realize the
practical limitations which are often set to the ideal design
indicated by theory.” G. J. Fowler.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 60: 183. Ag. 13, ’08. 2500w.
“Some of the bacteriological and chemical references in this volume
are insufficient for the student’s comprehension as they stand at
present, and in some cases they demand revision in a subsequent
edition. A volume which, from the engineering standpoint, justifies
its appearance.”
+ − =Nature.= 78: 473. S. 17, ’08. 830w.
=Railway master mechanic.= Railway shop up to date; a reference book
of up to date American railway shop practice; comp. by the
Editorial staff of the Railway master mechanic. $3. Crandall pub.
(For sale by Van Nostrand.)
7–42333.
A reference book of up-to-date American railway shop practice showing
what methods have been adopted to meet certain ends at individual
plants. “The book takes up in turn the general lay-out of the shops,
the locomotive shop, the blacksmith shop, the freight car shop, the
passenger coach and paint shop, the planing mill, the foundry, the
power house, the store house and the roundhouse. There is also an
excellent bibliography of American articles on such structures.”
(Engin. Rec.)
* * * * *
“The book will be of great value in the office of any railway
motive-power or shop department officer.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 652. D. 12, ’07. 400w.
“Of decided value to railroad master mechanics and mill architects
generally.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 57: 195. F. 15, ’08. 150w.
=Ramsay, Sir James Henry.= Dawn of the constitution; or, The reigns
of Henry III and Edward I. (A. D. 1216–1307). *$2.75. Macmillan.
8–21030.
The fourth volume in the author’s history of England in the middle
ages. “Single minor incidents are made to contribute to the progress
of the story; familiar dramatic events are sanely and soberly
described; the royal finance is treated with unique fulness and
clearness; the military element is not preponderant. The historian
has, within his limits of matter and form, provided ‘those desirous of
knowing the cardinal facts of English history with a consecutive and
verified narrative.’” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“In matters of general accuracy and apparatus somewhat is left to be
desired. Sir James Ramsay has again done a great service, especially
to students, who may at any time be helped by one or another
apparently superfluous detail.” R. K. Richardson.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 106. O. ’08. 950w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 264. N. ’08.
“A work constructed on this plan can hardly be otherwise than dry. One
grows weary of the author’s painstaking chronicle of movements and
interests of but one class, his neglect of other aspects of the life
and thought of the nation. Yet despite limitations, the merits of the
history are many and lasting.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 338. O. 8, ’08. 670w.
“Although Edward is the central figure in the volume now before us we
fail to derive from it any clear conception of his personality. Sir
James is an annalist of the most laborious description. Somewhere in
his pages we may count on finding all important facts along with many
that are unimportant.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 501. Ap. 18, ’08. 860w.
=Ramsay, William Mitchell.= Cities of St. Paul: their influence on
his life and thought: the cities of eastern Asia Minor. (Dale
memorial lectures in Mansfield college, Oxford, 1907.) il. *$3.
Armstrong.
8–3647.
The Dale memorial lectures for 1907. Tarsus, Pisidian Antioch,
Iconium, Derbe and Lystra are the cities treated. “The lectures aim to
show the element in Paul’s thought of social reorganization which was
contributed by Greek ideas of development in individual freedom guided
by education. They abound in points of historical, biblical, and
antiquarian interest, with serious criticism of various current views.
Much the largest section of the volume is deservedly given to Paul’s
native city.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The reviewer confesses to an impression that the material at the
author’s disposal is often too slight for the conclusions that are
based upon it.” G: H. Gilbert.
− =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 477. Jl. ’08. 1000w.
“These chapters narrating the history and showing the life of each of
these cities will be invaluable to students of the New Testament; and
Sir William Ramsay is to be congratulated on his excellent work.”
+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 667. My. 30. 700w.
“This will be a useful book to students of the life of Paul.”
+ =Bib. World.= 31: 320. Ap. ’08. 70w.
“No one knows Asia Minor more thoroly than does Professor Ramsay, and,
as the learned public knows, this ‘Cities of St. Paul’ is but the
latest of his series of volumes which have added so much to our
knowledge of the physical, social and historical surroundings which
affected the great apostle’s character and work.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 975. Ap. 30, ’08. 500w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 230. Ag. 15, ’08. 180w.
“Important work. Has no index.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 554. Je. 18, ’08. 250w.
“The book indicates Dr. Ramsay’s undoubted scholarship and his wide
grasp of facts.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 374. Jl. 4, ’08. 270w.
+ =Outlook.= 88: 565. Mr. 7, ’08. 450w.
“He speaks with conscious authority and long experience, and is a
little resentful of amateur encroachments upon his domain, whether
those of ‘Palestinian tourist savants,’ whose half-knowledge he
frankly criticises, or of German scholars who work from books and in
long succession repeat each other’s errors.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 469. Ap. 11, ’08. 1200w.
“If we cannot always accept Sir William Ramsay’s theories, we always
find him full of enlightening suggestion.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 620. Ap. 18, ’08. 1000w.
=Rand, Benjamin=, comp. Modern classical philosophers; selections
illustrating modern philosophy from Bruno to Spencer. *$2.50.
Houghton.
8–6098.
A series of selections valuable to college classes including
philosophical writings of Bruno, Bacon, Hobbs, Descartes, Spinoza,
Leibnitz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Condillac, Kant, Fichte, Schelling,
Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte and Mill.
* * * * *
“Will immediately become a standard book of reference.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 204. Je. ’08.
“The book is a valuable one for the college student to have at his
elbow.”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 521. My. ’08. 80w.
“Good as his book is, it might be bettered in the earlier editions
which are certain to be called for. As it stands, the work is heartily
to be recommended to instructors and students alike.” A. C. Armstrong.
+ + − =J. Philos.= 5: 554. S. 24, ’08. 640w.
“One of the most useful books on its subject published in recent
years. Any book of this kind is, of course, open to criticism of
detail.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 283. Mr. 26, ’08. 350w.
“The volume can be strongly recommended to the general reader. Such a
book as this will best realize its final purpose, however, as indeed
the compiler points out, if it serves as a stimulus to the student to
turn to the unabridged writings themselves of the great thinkers. To
that end the addition of a few bibliographical references would have
been of real service in directing the uninitiated.” G. M. Duncan.
+ =Philos. R.= 17: 662. N. ’08. 1850w.
=Rankin, Carroll Watson.= Adopting of Rosa Marie. †$1.50. Holt.
8–24300.
A story for children which is a sequel to “Dandelion cottage.” The
chief interest for the group of lively children who laugh and play
thru the book is a little Indian child borrowed for a day but kept
indefinitely on account of the desertion of the parents.
=Rappoport, Angelo S.= Curse of the Romanovs: a study of the lives
and reigns of two tsars: Paul I and Alexander I of Russia,
1754–1825. *$3.50. McClure.
8–9071.
“This book is dedicated to the memory of the ‘noble martyrs who have
fallen in the struggle for Russian freedom.’ Herein lies the alpha and
omega of the spirit in which it is written. The ulterior object of the
author, in raking up as he does the bones of the dead, is obviously to
stir up public indignation against the Tsar and enlist the reader’s
sympathy in to-day’s policy and aims of the extreme revolutionaries of
his own country—a policy which will lead, he hopes, to ‘the
disappearance of the house of Romanov as a reigning family.’ The book
is full of stories of court scandal, of ruling favourites, intrigues
of mistresses and lovers’ plots.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“Considered as a book for the general reader, this handsome and well
illustrated volume may be commended.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 334. S. 21. 800w.
“The first chapter is turgid rant; but after that matter and manner
begin to improve. The author, if not sympathetic, is at least no
longer obviously unfair, and he has used standard authorities.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 511. Je. 4, ’08. 400w.
“At times the narrative is too theatrical in style.” G. S. Hellman.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 64. F. 1, ’08. 520w.
“It is not instructive reading, but entertaining as a ‘modern society’
book, with information ransacked from a heap of multifarious native
and foreign sources, comprising archives of princes, secret feminine
correspondence, journals and memoirs, selections from ancient history
based to a great extent upon court rumors and private letters
describing palace life behind the scenes. His book in the hands of the
uninitiated is likely, at the present juncture of our international
relations with Russia to do more harm than good.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 730. D. 14, ’07. 1050w.
* =Rasmussen, Knud.= People of the polar north; compiled from the Danish
originals and ed. by G. Herring. *$5. Lippincott.
Selections from the results of Mr. Rasmussen’s Eskimo study published
recently in Copenhagen. “The author spent two winters with the polar
Eskimos, familiarizing himself with their manner of living, their
social institutions, their religion, and their traditional history. He
was admirably equipped for this work, because he had spoken the Eskimo
language from his babyhood, and because he was entitled to claim a
certain racial kinship with the Eskimos.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Though the work does not appeal to the casual reader, it will be
deeply interesting to the student of man.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 526. N. 26, ’08. 800w.
“A valuable work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 562. O. 10, ’08. 430w.
=Rath, E. J.= Sixth speed. †$1.50. Moffat.
8–10277.
Tells of a chauffeur who wearies of his menial service, calls his
millionaire employer names, “thereby separating himself from his job,
and turns pirate in very up-to-date fashion. He invents, or somebody
invents for him, a new motor which will propel a boat at the speed of
more than a hundred miles an hour. His boat is secretly built and
equipped, a trusty crew is secured, and he starts out to plunder the
yachts of the wealthy.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“A book not to be taken seriously in any literary sense, without
either form or style, but having the characteristics of surprise and
excitement that go to the making of an entertaining yarn.” W: M.
Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 350. Je. 1, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 213. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“A most enjoyable tale of adventure, full of action and interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 245. Ap. 25, ’08. 130w.
“There is something doing all the time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 130w.
=Ray, Anna Chapin.= Quickened. †$1.50. Little.
8–9530.
Dealing with picturesque phases of Quebec and its surroundings,
drawing together French, English and American types, this story
emphasizes some of the strongholds of the Roman Catholic faith.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 157. My. ’08.
“This is a mighty theme; the author fails to handle it convincingly.
She only tells us that it happened.”
− =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 60w.
“The story is in no sense a great one, but its deftness of description
of place and person, its seriousness and refinement, make it
comfortable reading.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 469. My. 21, ’08. 150w.
“There is something tragic in a really fine book that flags toward the
end. However, there are at least a hundred pages of tense,
well-written drama, and they alone would make the book well worth
reading.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 170w.
=Raymond, George Lansing.= Psychology of inspiration. **$1.40. Funk.
8–794.
An attempt to distinguish religious from scientific truth and to
harmonize Christianity with modern thought. The author shows that the
subconscious mind is the avenue thru which truth in the form of
intuitions and inspirations influences the progress of knowledge,
ethics, art, and religion. He contends that these influences are
suggestive rather than dictatorial in character, and that they insure
development in proportion as they are heeded and understood. He
finally shows that these truths, materialized, form the world with
which science deals, and therefore the harmony between spirit and
matter.
* * * * *
“It is, we think, difficult to over-estimate the value of this volume
at the present critical pass in the history of Christianity.”
+ + =Arena.= 39: 508. Ap. ’08. 1000w.
“One expecting to find here a thoroughgoing discussion of inspiration
from the psychological point of view will be greatly disappointed. The
book has much that is valuable in relation both to inspiration and to
the harmonizing of scientific and religious thought, but its chief
usefulness is likely to be in stirring discussion upon the problems
presented.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 36: 656. My. 2, ’08. 350w.
=Outlook.= 88: 326. F. 8, ’08. 300w.
=Raymond, William Galt.= Elements of railroad engineering. (Railroad
engineering. v. 2.) $3.50. Wiley.
8–7887.
“The aim of the author has been to describe the fixed portion of a
railroad plant and to present the underlying principles governing the
design of its layout, a railroad being viewed as a plant operated for
the manufacture of transportation which must be marketed at a profit
to the owners.... The author includes a number of original articles,
among which are those on curve resistance and the cost of the worst
class of rise and fall.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 628. N. ’08. 110w.
=Engin. D.= 3: 525. My. ’08. 450w.
“The author’s comments in regard to overcapitalization and stock
watering do not state all that is favorable to the railroads on this
much-hackneyed subject, though the popular view is very clearly though
briefly set out.” W. D. Taylor.
+ − =Engin. N.= 59: 434. Ap. 16, ’08. 3000w.
“The book is prepared for class-room use and furnishes a broad,
substantial foundation for future study of details.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 652. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
=Read, D. H. Moutray.= Highways and byways in Hampshire. (Highways
and byways ser.) $2. Macmillan.
8–21025.
Notes and impressions of “happy days, motoring, driving, cycling and
walking” in a country which to the author is “a bundle of memories,
all colourful, with a setting of sun-washed landscapes, sweet scents,
and bird melodies.” “Nearly a hundred charming pen-and-ink drawings
are contributed by Mr. Arthur B. Connor, and a good map and an index
are useful features deserving of mention.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 295. D. ’08.
“Haste and anger with locked doors are, we suppose, the reason that so
many exceptional churches of Hampshire in the very parts visited by
Mr. Read, and close to the highway, are left unnoticed or passed by
with insufficient comment.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 566. My. 9. 850w.
“A book in every way worthy of the series in which it appears.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 353. Je. 1, ’08. 150w.
“He treats you as if he were conducting you through his own estate,
and took pleasure in pointing to this and that which he values for his
own reasons. The result is entertaining.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 511. Je. 4, ’08. 200w.
“Only a reader well versed in English history and English literature
can properly enjoy it.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 379. Jl. 4, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Moutray Read has dealt with his subject in a satisfactory way.”
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 713. N. 7, ’08. 160w.
=Redfield, Isabella Taylor.= Reasonable way to study the Bible: the
Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles. 50c. Isabella T. Redfield,
Pittsfield, Mass.
7–42456.
“Miss Redfield has divided carefully the material in both the Acts of
the Apostles and the Epistles of Paul into convenient and related
sections, and by a series of questions has prepared the way for the
student to arrive at independent opinions on the course of the history
and the various types of religious thought.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 64: 1045. My. 7, ’08. 100w.
“The analysis of the Biblical material is good, the coördination of
references to the historical work and the Epistles shows careful
study, and the questions for the student are designed to call out
independent thought and appreciation of the real problems of the
period.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 100w.
“Is stimulating to all teachers ambitious of thorough work.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 280. F. 1, ’08. 150w.
=Reed, Milton.= Democratic ideal. *75c. Am. Unitar.
7–30430.
The initial progress that came out of the “iron necessities” of man’s
being and which has developed principles of liberty, equality of
rights, and justice is capable, the author believes, of continuing its
work for the American people until all of its problems of government
and society are solved.
* * * * *
“While the author prints some very just and harsh criticisms on modern
economic conditions, he seems not to have a comprehension of the
economic laws underlying many modern movements.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 450. S. ’08. 50w.
* =Reed, Myrtle.= Flower of the dusk. **$1.50. Putnam.
8–24448.
A story in which a crippled daughter struggles to keep up the
deception of riches for the comfort of a blind father. When thru the
aid of an heiress and her surgeon lover both are cured the father does
not survive the joy of seeing the daughter who, on account of the
resemblance to the mother and his unbalanced state of mind, he thinks
is his long dead wife. The shadow of an early love tragedy lies across
the pages of the story.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 271. N. ’08. ✠
“As a story this seems scarcely equal to the author’s former work, ‘A
spinner in the sun.’”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 398. O. 3. 80w.
=Ind.= 65: 1244. N. 26, ’08. 200w.
“The slight little luminary of a story twinkles here and there with
fun and revolves in a vast atmosphere of songs, dreams, parables,
rhapsodies.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 364. O. 15, ’08. 150w.
“It is a perfect example of its kind and a vast improvement upon the
colorless fiction that seeks its dignity in harping on disagreeable
topics.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 516. S. 19, ’08. 220w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 747. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
=Rees, Arthur Dougherty.= William Tell: a drama of the origin of
Swiss democracy. Lippincott.
8–24854.
A play written around the legend of William Tell which is dedicated to
the principles of human progress and which takes in the movement in
Switzerland towards freedom and unity.
* * * * *
“Is not wholly devoid of imagination or descriptive power, but is so
undramatic in its action and so untheatrical in form as to be wholly
unsuitable for stage representation.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 123. Ag. 6, ’08. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 460. Ag. 22, ’08. 200w.
=Reeves, Jesse Siddall.= American diplomacy under Tyler and Polk.
(Albert Shaw lectures on diplomatic history, 1906.) $1.50. Johns
Hopkins.
7–39215.
“Thirteen chapters ... dealing with the diplomatic events of the
administrations of two ‘accidental presidents.’ ... Their subject
matter deals chiefly with questions of boundary—northeast, northwest,
and southwest. Undoubtedly the best portions of the book are the eight
chapters dealing with our relations to Texas and Mexico. The author
does much to dispel the prevalent belief that the ‘peculiar
institution of the south’ was an active aid to extension in the
southwest.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 719. My. ’08. 180w.
=Ind.= 64: 1352. Je. 11, ’08. 170w.
“Dr. Reeve’s excellent study of the diplomacy of the United States
under Tyler and Polk is necessarily lacking in unity, for neither a
single administration or a single group of diplomatic negotiations is
the theme. No one can neglect its use in the study of the diplomacy of
this period. It is written in a clear style, plain and unadorned.” C.
H. Van Tyne.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 714. D. ’08. 520w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 116. Ja. ’08. 120w.
* =Reeves, William Pember.= New Zealand. *$6. Macmillan.
A particularly illuminating book about New Zealand which “does not
pretend to be either a guide-book or an exhaustive treatise.”
“Especially interesting are the chapters on sport and country life,
and much light is thrown on the social conditions, which, Keir Hardie
asserts, have established a standard of comfort and a recognition of
the rights of labor which make New Zealand the most desirable of all
countries for the emigrant workman.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is for its descriptive passages that the reader will most prize
this book.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 726. D. 5. 630w.
+ =Dial.= 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 200w.
“Charmingly illustrated and informing account of New Zealand.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 578. D. 10, ’08. 160w.
“As charming a book as we ever hope to read about the country he has
so well represented. The text is more than worthy of the numerous
illustrations, which are a true pleasure to the eye, and are by far
the best pictures of New Zealand we have ever seen in a book. It may
seem captious to complain of very small blemishes; but the book is
written with such careful art that they are relatively more
disfiguring than in most books. We unreservedly commend this book. It
is romantic because Mr. Reeves is a poet, yet it nowhere exaggerates.”
+ + − =Spec.= 101: 631. O. 24, ’08. 1900w.
=Reich, Emil.= Foundations of modern Europe. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–12963.
A book, growing out of a series of public lectures, which gives a
short sketch of the main facts and tendencies of European history
that, from 1756 onwards, have contributed to the making of the present
state of politics and civilization. Under the wealth of facts the
author finds the soul of progress which he reveals.
* * * * *
“A second edition gives opportunity to call attention again to the
very suggestive lectures which this book contains. Dr. Reich is
particularly happy in his insistence: first, upon the European
influence of the American war of independence; and, second, upon the
very important part played by the French in the war.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 103. Je. ’08. 70w.
− =Ind.= 65: 378. Ag. 13, ’08. 300w.
“His glittering generalities and dogmatic judgment are particularly
unsafe to readers like many of those in the C. L. S. C., who are
inclined to take everything in print as gospel truth.”
− =Ind.= 65: 721. S. 24, ’08. 100w.
“It is not only in detail that this work fails, but in larger
generalizations, which might, if well founded, counterbalance some
degree of inaccuracy in minor points.”
− =Nation.= 86: 553. Je. 18, ’08. 450w.
“Whatever may be Dr. Reich’s faults, he is not dull, and, though his
accuracy in explaining the course of human events has often been
questioned and hardly less often denied he certainly does look at
things with eyes that take in a good many of them at the same time.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 277. My. 16, ’08. 800w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 254. Ag. ’08. 40w.
=Reich, Emil.= General history of western nations from 5000 B. C. to
1900 A. D. 2v. *$4. Macmillan.
8–20728.
Two of the three volumes dealing with “Antiquity.” The first volume
includes an Introduction containing the methodology of history, a
general historical bibliography, and Books 1 and 2 which deal with the
great land empires, Chaldea, Egypt, Assyria, the Hittites, the
Phrygians and the Lydians; and with the border states, the
Phoenicians, the Hebrews and the Hellenes. Volume two contains Rome,
the Roman republic, and the Roman empire; with full index of both
volumes.
* * * * *
“The fact is that these volumes are by no means the outcome of
first-hand research. They do not even contain much systematic
criticism.” H. W. C. D.
− =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 816. O. ’08. 580w.
“It would be false to say that amid so many printed pages there are no
wise and suggestive sentences, but it is all spoiled by the pompous
dogma, vague assertion, high-sounding futility and arrogant assumption
of omniscience on the part of the author.”
− =Ind.= 65: 377. Ag. 13, ’08. 400w.
“The value of these synthetic principles, whatever it may be, is
largely offset by the glaring faults of the work. It contains many
errors of detail; long periods, like that of the emperors, are
inadequately treated; the theories it upholds are often pushed to
extravagant lengths; and the spirit of the author is unnecessarily
combative and egotistical.”
− =Nation.= 87: 467. N. 12, ’08. 680w.
“It takes close reading and some thinking to follow him, interesting
though his assumptions and contentions are. It may be doubted whether
Dr. Reich can sustain his positions except as hypotheses. As
demonstrations they lack something of convincingness, and even of
authority, despite his signature.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 545. O. 3, ’08. 2100w.
“Sometimes he even seems to strain a point to make his theories fit
the facts. But in general his opinion is well worth the reader’s
attention, and on every page the student should find food for
thought.”
− + =Outlook.= 90: 358. O. 17, ’08. 2200w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 254. Ag. ’08. 200w.
“Herr Reich has written a good book, and as he might have clothed it
in German or some even more native language, we must put up with his
queer lingo.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 516. O. 24, ’08. 1150w.
“Dr. Reich is somewhat paradoxical, and very firmly convinced of his
being in the right.”
− =Spec.= 101: sup. 473. O. 3, ’08. 220w.
=Reichel, Willy.= Occultist’s travels. *$1. Fenno.
8–25375.
Describes the author’s travels thru Egypt, France and England, the
United States, Hawaiian islands, Japan, China and the Philippines. His
experiences with experimental occultism include seances, tests of
trance inspiration, trumpet mediumship, crystal gazing and palmistry;
he touches upon theosophy and reincarnation and describes certain
visits to spiritual camps.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13:522. S. 26, ’08. 680w.
=Repplier, Agnes.= Happy half-century, and other essays. **$1.10.
Houghton.
8–27522.
Miss Repplier has brought out of their century-old silence people
whose “little nothingnesses” of every day affairs and real work were
woven into the tissue of England’s social and literary history. What
these people thought about each other, what they read, and what they
did constitute a book of delightful literary chit-chat. Some of the
titles are When Lalla Rookh was young, On the slopes of Parnassus, The
literary lady, and Our accomplished great-grandmother.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 295. D. ’08. ✠
Reviewed by Edward Fuller.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 324. D. ’08. 540w.
“A little volume of essays which confirms the judgment of the critic
who declared that Miss Repplier possesses and monopolizes the almost
lost art of essay writing.”
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 256. N. ’08. 850w.
“In her customary pleasant fashion, and with abundance of apt
quotation, she makes the reader share with her a sort of amused
superiority to the persons pricked by her somewhat pitiless pen, held
up writhing for a moment on its cruel point, and then consigned again
to a well-earned oblivion.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 254. O. 16, ’08. 400w.
“A Christmas present worth having.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“In the end one has been instructed in much half-forgotten lore, as
well as refreshed by the instructor’s twinkling wit and clear, quiet
humor.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 386. O. 22, ’08. 300w.
“She is the greatest living master of good-natured satire, if indeed
she has ever been surpassed in it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 575. O. 17, ’08. 220w.
“She is decidedly amusing, but we are not sure that she is just.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 888. N. 28, ’08. 220w.
=Repton, Humphry.= Art of landscape gardening; including his
sketches and hints on landscape gardening and Theory and practice
of landscape gardening; ed. by J. Nolen, il. **$3. Houghton.
7–38627.
Deals with the principles of landscape gardening. “The grounds laid
out or improved by Repton, perhaps it should be said, were gentlemen’s
estates, large and small, and though these, or portions of them, were
called parks, they were private rather than public parks, and each was
associated with a residence, permanent or temporary. Many of the
principles so clearly set forth, however, apply equally to either
public or private work.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“The illustrations are especially worthy of mention, because with the
exception of a few modern photographs, they are reproductions of
Repton’s own sketches.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 179. Mr. 16, ’08. 600w.
+ =Engin. N.= 59: 81. Ja. 16, ’08. 450w.
“Cannot fail to be of value and interest to Americans.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 511. Ap. ’08. 100w.
“Of course it is a book addressed to the few. Still, the book will be
found interesting by readers who do not contemplate the making of
landscapes.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 105. Ja. 18, ’07. 110w.
=Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.= Broken off. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
“A variant of a popular theme, the engagement of a well-born,
beautiful, but poor girl to a strong, honest, middle-class rich man
whom she first despises and in the end adores.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“The story is a little too commonplace for the really original study
of emotions to which it forms a background.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 683. N. 30. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 47. Ja. 25, ’08. 250w.
“It is a very fair specimen of this kind of feminine novel,
workmanlike in treatment, fluent with emotion and sentiment, and set
in an adequate picture of country-house life.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 769. D. 21, ’07. 60w.
“Mrs. Baillie Reynold’s writing is never actually dull, but it must be
confessed that in her present novel she comes perilously near it.”
− + =Spec.= 99: 1057. D. 21, ’07. 120w.
=Reynolds, Victor.= Stories of the Flemish and Dutch artists from
the time of the Van Eycks to the end of the seventeenth century;
selected and arranged by Victor Reynolds. $3. Duffield.
Stories of Flemish and Dutch artists told in the words of the original
historians of the two schools. The illustrations are selections from
their paintings reproduced in colors and halftones; and appendices
include respectively a chapter on “The discovery of oil-painting.” and
a list of the authorities drawn upon for the sketches.
* * * * *
“This is first of all interesting; and it does well what it undertakes
to do.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 843. D. 12, ’08. 200w.
=Rhead, Louis John.= Book of fish and fishing. il. **$1.50.
Scribner.
8–18028.
A popular rather than scientific treatment of fishes found from
Labrador to Dry Tortugas. “In addition to descriptions of the
appearance and habits of the fish, are chapters headed, Where to get
them, How to get them, and When to got them. The book is well
illustrated with copious cuts and contains also some interesting maps
and charts.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“The English is sometimes slovenly, and the lack of an index a serious
omission.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 295. D. ’08.
“Very useful book.” G: Gladden.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 609. Ag. ’08. 150w.
=Ind.= 64: 1454. Je. 25, ’08. 110w.
“While Mr. Rhead’s ideas are in the main sound, his sins of omission
are serious. There are many examples of slipshod English.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 584. Je. 25, ’08. 110w.
“Contains a large amount of practical information in compact form.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 353. Je. 20, ’08. 200w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 253. Ag. ’08. 100w.
=Rhodes, Harrison Garfield.= Adventures of Charles Edward. (English
title, Charles Edward.) il. †$1.50. Little.
8–13950.
Charles Edward, a young New Yorker, endowed with high spirits and
abundant riches, is a prank-loving individual who perpetrates his
jokes on two sides of the Atlantic. His first adventure secures him a
wife, the daughter of an English lord; at another time he advertises
for an heirdom and gets it; still again he buys the manuscripts of
four authors, has them published simultaneously as the work of one
man, and while reconciling the public to the dissimilarities apparent
in the books, is also engaged in assuaging the injured feelings of the
four authors whose identities have merged into that of one unknown
man.
* * * * *
“Mr. Rhodes recounts pranks with easy gaiety and fluent humour.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 169. F. 16, ’07. 200w.
“A sort of Americanized version of Stevenson’s ‘New Arabian nights.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 223. Je. ’08.
“A thoroughly delightful volume, quite out of the beaten track of
humorous literature.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 126. Jl. ’08. 110w.
“It is transatlantic both in its Gibsonian illustrations and its
piquant humour, which we should have liked better had there been less
of it—its qualities, refreshing when taken in small doses, becomes
enervating in bulk; but for the busy man, who takes his literary
refreshment homœopathically, ‘Charles Edward’ may be recommended.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 98. Ja. 26. 70w.
“In this last chapter, as in other isolated moments through the book,
the author shows himself endowed not only with wit, but with true
humour, the humour that draws the tear as well as the laugh.” G. I.
Colbron.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 414. Je. ’08. 650w.
“Only a very unreasonable critic could deny that they possess the
quality of entertainment.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 501. Jl. ’08. 150w.
“The book is breezy and entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 302. My. 30, ’08. 400w.
“The book is one smile from the first page to the last.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 300w.
=Rice, Cale Young.= Yolanda of Cyprus. **$1.25. McClure.
8–13705.
A sixteenth century melodrama presented in modern style. Its scene is
laid in the Island of Cyprus. It was published in London two years
ago, and in its present slightly revised form will be produced next
season in Chicago by Donald Robertson.
* * * * *
“Tho Mr. Rice seems occasionally in danger of betraying the essentials
to the accidents of drama, his plays have still sufficient life to
animate them, even when read in the study.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 265. Jl. 30, ’08. 70w.
“Exhibits both literary facility and poetic imagination. It contains,
indeed, many melodious and some striking passages, but its general
conception is so extravagant, its construction so crude, and its
semi-miraculous happy ending so conventionally theatrical in its
futility, that as drama it is inconsiderable.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 407. Ap. 30, ’08. 100w.
“When all is said, ‘Yolanda of Cyprus’ is no inconsiderable
achievement; and it is most encouraging to our hope of a native drama
to know that an American has written a play which is at the same time
of decided poetic merit and of detailed dramaturgic power.” C: M.
Hathaway, jr.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 267. My. 9, ’08. 550w.
=Rich, Walter Herbert.= Feathered game of the Northeast; with il. by
the author. (English title, Feathered game of New England.) **$3.
Crowell.
7–29864.
Short descriptions of nearly a hundred game birds, both land and
water, written by “a man whose nature study has been conducted in the
open and mostly over a gun-barrel,” yet one who discourages the
conscienceless depletion of flocks.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 204. Je. ’08.
“The book is attractively written, though both style and spelling
follow New England fashion; whilst, the illustrations, especially
those of the birds, deserve great praise.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 608. My. 16. 320w.
“The general reader will find much to repay him for the time devoted
to this book, and it contains no end of detailed, scientific
information for the professional ornithologist.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 356. Je. 20, ’08. 200w.
“The style is of that vivacious and exuberant kind which we should
expect of an American sportsman.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 710. My. 2, ’08. 130w.
=Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth.= Wooing of Calvin Parks. †$1.25.
Estes.
8–23552.
“Mrs. Richards makes a very engaging central figure of Calvin Parks,
once ‘master of the Mary Sands, Bath and Floridy—with lumber,’ now
owner of a ‘candy route, hoss and waggin.’ Sam and Sim, the old twin
brothers in their temporary reaction from too long and too heavily
enforced love-each-otherness, make a good field for missionary effort
and Christmas reconciling. It is caricature, of course, but not stupid
caricature. And the benevolences of the story are amiable, but not
cloying. Pervading the whole are Maine-isms of choicest
quality.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Is full of humor and abounding in genuine ‘down East’ sayings.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 271. N. ’08.
“Mrs. Richards serves a feast of Maine humor, seasoning it with her
own sympathy.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 340. O. 8, ’08. 200w.
“Altogether the story is a bright one without a line of tragedy in
it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13, ’08. 150w.
“There is only a slight little thread of story, but the telling of it
is very delightful. For it is full of the unconscious humor in turn of
thought, habit of mind, and forms of expression characteristic of the
old-time, rustic New Englander.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 512. S. 19, ’08. 270w.
“Tells her new tale simply and with homely humor and hearty sympathy
with human nature’s foibles and generous impulses.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 274. O. 3, ’08. 60w.
=Richards, Ralph Webster.= Synopsis of mineral characters. *$1.25.
Wiley.
7–10258.
Alphabetically arranged for laboratory and field use this pocket-book
includes crystal form, habit, system, cleavage, hardness, fusion, and
solubility in hydrochloric or other acid. Definitions of mineral terms
and of rocks associated with the minerals included are also provided.
* * * * *
“The descriptions are concise and accurate and include all the more
essential properties of the species described. The book will be useful
both to students in the laboratory and field, and to miners and others
who are interested in minerals.” C. W. W.
+ =J. Geol.= 15: 824. N. ’07. 70w.
“The arrangement of the matter makes reference to the book easy.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 583. Ap. 18, ’07. 50w.
=Richardson, Alfred Madeley.= Modern organ accompaniment. *$2.50.
Longmans.
8–4012.
“All the various topics bearing upon the subject are considered in
detail; the art of registration, the accompanying of hymn tunes,
motets, and plain song, the use of ornamentation, and the art of
augmenting or reducing piano scores for use on the organ.”—Cath.
World.
* * * * *
“Contains an interesting and valuable chapter on the materials for
tone-colouring which modern organs offer, also a very practical one on
the accompaniment of plain-song.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 163. Ag. 10. 450w.
“A chapter on the art of accompanying such a quality of voice [the
boy-soprano voice] would be very opportune just now, and would
complete what is otherwise a splendid volume.”
+ =Cath. World.= 87: 105. Ap. ’08. 400w.
“The book is very inaccurate and confessedly careless.... The plan of
the book, we gladly admit, is exhaustive and irreproachable.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 142. My. 3, ’07. 1100w.
=Richardson, Mrs. Aubrey.= Lover of Queen Elizabeth. *$3.50.
Appleton.
A sketch that gives Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester’s relations to
the Queen, and in particular his forced connection with the policy of
her marriage and succession.
* * * * *
“It is a sound, good book, and more conscientious than its romantic
title would lead one to suppose. If it were otherwise, it would hardly
be worth pointing to one defect ... the absence of all citation of the
authorities quoted, and even of a preface indicating the sources
consulted. Nor is the index at all adequate for a volume of 390 pages
so fully packed with incident.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 140. N. 16, ’07. 700w.
“A simpler and more proportionate treatment might easily have rendered
this book a worthy contribution to Elizabethan history.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 441. O. 12. 540w.
“However familiar the author may be with the easily accessible
material of Elizabeth’s reign, she has little acquaintance with good
style.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 411. O. 29, ’08. 400w.
“Mrs. Richardson unfortunately writes very badly, with no distinction,
not much care as to grammatical construction, and a colloquialism that
jars upon the reader. Probably most of the events belonging to
Leicester and Queen Elizabeth’s long intimacy are brought together in
this book, and the story is sufficiently romantic to be readable.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 595. O. 24, ’08. 500w.
“Nor can we say that Mrs. Richardson succeeds in making the sorry
story live. She seems to be an imitator of Mr. Maurice Hewlett, and
has caught something of the stylistic obscurity and preciosity of that
school.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 395. S. 28, ’07. 1250w.
“We cannot say that there is no ‘scandal about Queen Elizabeth’ in
this volume; but the subject is handled with adequate gravity and
discretion.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 439. S. 28, ’07. 270w.
=Richardson, Ernest Cushing, and others=, comps. and eds.
Alphabetical subject index and index encyclopedia to periodical
articles on religion, 1890–1899. *$10. For the Hartford seminary
press by Scribner.
8–2949.
A volume of nearly 1200 pages. More than 60,000 articles from some
1500 reviews are indexed. References are made under upwards of 15,000
subjects and under each a brief definition is given. A large majority
of the periodicals indexed cover the years 1890–1899 only but some are
indexed from their initial volume and some are carried down to the
year 1907. A special feature is the indexing of 175 encyclopedias and
reference works. The indexing is done according to the Poole method.
Under subjects the material is arranged alphabetically according to
authors. Volume number, year and inclusive paging are given but no
note is made of the monthly or weekly date of periodicals. The work is
practically without cross references, only an occasional one being
given.
=Am. Hist. R.= 13: 926. Jl. ’08. 50w.
“A compendious work, and a distinctly valuable contribution to library
aids for the larger libraries and special collections.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 107. Ap. ’08.
“One of the most important bibliographical publications of recent
years.”
+ + + =Dial.= 44: 138. Mr. 1, ’08. 140w.
=Richey, Harry Grant.= Building mechanics’ ready reference. Cement
workers’ and plasterers’ ed. **$1.50. Wiley.
8–22300.
The second volume in “The building mechanic’s ready reference” series.
“There are seven parts covering in a general way: 1, Cements:
specifications, tests, analyses, strength; 2, Concrete: aggregates,
mixing, strength, specifications, composition, notes; 3, Mortar,
reinforced concrete, concrete piles, forms, etc.; 4, Sidewalk
construction and other special uses of cement and concrete; 5, Cement
building blocks; materials, manufacture, use, tests and building
regulations; 6, Plastering; 7, a chapter on laying out work, tables,
and miscellaneous information.” (Engin. D.)
* * * * *
“It certainly would be to the great advantage of any piece of work for
the mechanics and workmen engaged to know more of what they are doing
than merely how to conduct the mechanical operations involved and
there is no book that we have yet seen in the field of cement and
concrete that can give this information as thoroughly and clearly as
the one before us.”
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 304. S. ’08. 470w.
“An admirable book to put in the hands of the mason or mechanic who
wishes to learn something about the rapidly-growing cement industry.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 190. Ag. 13, ’08. 150w.
=Richey, Harry Grant.= Building mechanics’ ready reference.
Plumbers’, steam-fitters’ and tinners’ ed. **$1.50. Wiley.
8–23582.
“The book is divided into five parts, treating of the following
subjects: 1, Hot air, steam and hot water heating; piping of heating
systems and pipe fittings. 2, Data on boilers; radiation; tables of
sizes, strengths, weights, etc. 3, Hydraulics; sewers; excavation; tin
and sheet metal work, etc. 4, Gas fittings; gas, soil and vent pipes;
plumbing rules, etc. 5, Examples of modern plumbing; specifications;
receipts, tables, etc.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 418. O. ’08. 120w.
“Is quite up to the standards previously set, and, for the purposes
intended, these standards are high.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 321. S. 17, ’08. 100w.
=Richmond, Grace Louise S.= Round the corner in Gay street. †$1.50.
Doubleday.
8–23930.
A story in which is depicted the leavening influence of the Bells,
father, mother and five children, among the wealthy Townsends of a
nearby mansion. Contains “a strong flavor of ‘Little women’ in an
up-to-date setting.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 249. O. ’08. ✠
“It is unfortunate that the story cannot fully impress the reader with
its own merit.”
− =Nation.= 87: 187. Ag. 27, ’08. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 474. Ag. 29, ’08. 300w.
=Richmond, Mary Ellen.= Good neighbor in the modern city. **60c.
Lippincott.
7–39066.
Makes its appeal to all who are interested in the problem of social
service and community living. It tells how to be neighborly when
conditions least favor it. Some of the chapters are: The child in the
city, The invalid, The family in distress, The contributor, The church
member, and The tenant.
* * * * *
“Sane, stirring talks on social science and practical charity.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 148. My. ’08. ✠
“A good book to read, to lend, or to give to other neighbors.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 42. Ja. 4, ’08. 380w.
“As a distinct contribution to knowledge the book will not take rank,
but as a safe guide and inspiration to the kindly impulses of the
individual it will find its place, and this seems to be the purpose
for which it was written.”
+ − =Yale R.= 16: 447. F. ’08. 780w.
=Rickard, Thomas Arthur.= Journeys of observation. $3.50. Mining and
scientific press.
8–2203.
“The observations of a mining engineer on trips into two
representative mining regions of Mexico and southwestern Colorado,
describing industrial conditions, geological structure, mining
methods, and metallurgical practices which were found there. Abundant
and excellent illustrations are included.”—J. Pol. Econ.
* * * * *
“The trips from place to place are incidental linkages between
collections of rather diversified (some people might say ‘scattered’)
notes on methods of tunneling, drifting, stoping and timbering, on
processes of ore treatment and mine management.”
− + =Engin. N.= 59: 649. My. 14, ’08. 1000w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 317. My. ’08. 40w.
=Riddle, Matthew Brown.= Story of the Revised New Testament,
American standard ed. *75c. S. S. Times co.
8–17776.
A little book for the general public which gives an account of the
origin, methods, and progress of the revision movement during
thirty-five years.
* * * * *
“Constitutes a valuable ‘footnote to history.’”
+ =Bib. World.= 32: 151. Ag. ’08. 70w.
=Riggs, James Stevenson.= Messages of Jesus according to the Gospel
of John. (Messages of the Bible.) **$1.25. Scribner.
7–38254.
The discourses of Jesus in the Gospels of John arranged, analyzed and
freely rendered in paraphrase.
* * * * *
“The subtitle hardly does justice to the useful introduction and
extended notes which give this little volume much of its value.”
+ =Bib. World.= 31: 80. Ja. ’08. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 210w.
“Dr. Rigg’s ability is not in question, but rather the nature of his
task.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 48. Ja. 4, ’08. 200w.
=Riley, Isaac Woodbridge.= American philosophy: the early schools.
**$3.50. Dodd.
7–36876.
A work intended both as a source book and as a critical exposition of
the growth of philosophical opinion in the land. It is divided into
five books, corresponding to the five schools which the author
believes to have divided the allegiance of the early American
thinkers: Book I takes up the question of early Puritanism in New
England; Book II deals with early Idealism; Book III considers the
speculative emancipation of the various colleges, Harvard, Yale,
King’s college, and Princeton, in a deistic direction; Book IV is
devoted to Materialism, the prevailing thought in the South; and Book
V treats of the Realism of the Scottish type.
* * * * *
“Dr. Riley’s method, the patience and thoroughness of his research,
the fairness and general sanity of his judgments, are all good models
for imitation. The value of his work is much more than that of a
source-book. As a finished product it is likely to hold its place as
an authority in the field it has so thoroughly explored for a long
time to come.” A. T. Ormond.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 603. Ap. ’08. 650w.
“We have here an important book, important both for what it is and
what it promises.” A. H. Lloyd.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 505. Jl. ’08. 1250w.
“Though open to some adverse criticism the book is thorough and
scholarly, and is the most nearly complete work on the subject.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 265. N. ’08
“The book was well worth the doing, and it has been superlatively well
done. Neither his subject nor his method of treatment requires any
‘apologia.’ We may note in passing a few slips in proof-reading.” H.
T. Peck.
+ + − =Bookm.= 27: 400. Je. ’08. 2800w.
“The result of extended inquiry, and seems to give us at once footing
among the thoughtful nations of the world. Dr. Riley seems to us to
wander a little too much at random through an author’s works, and, by
mingling his own criticism, to help us still further to lose our way
and to be left with a colorless impression of the force and order of
events.” John Bascom.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 177. Mr. 16, ’08. 800w.
“This is by far the most complete work which has yet appeared on the
early history of philosophy in America. It is, in fact, the only one
which attempts to treat the subject with thoroughness and in all its
details.” A. L. Jones.
+ + − =J. Philos.= 5: 157. Mr. 12, ’08. 2250w.
“This volume is often somewhat burdened by weight of detail.”
+ + − =Nation.= 87: 13. Jl. 2, ’08. 1350w.
“This is a book which makes us wish we had something here like the
French Academy, that so good a book might be stamped with the seal of
national approval.” C: Johnston.
+ + =No. Am.= 187: 927. Je. ’08. 1100w.
“All American philosophy, indeed, is from imported stock, the account
of whose naturalization and development here is a valuable
contribution to the history of civilization on this continent.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 45. Ja. 4, ’08. 450w.
“Clearness in a book of exposition, either historical or doctrinal, is
a quality on which too much stress can never be laid, and there is
certainly enough of that in ‘American philosophy.’ His estimate of
individual thinkers and schools cannot but be influenced by his
personal speculative leanings; and, while this is unavoidable and
natural, it will render the work less acceptable to such as have other
preferences and inclinations.” E. L. van Becelaere.
+ − =Philos. R.= 17: 202. Mr. ’08. 2550w.
“Though open to criticism upon some details, the book as a whole is a
thorough and scholarly piece of research in a territory where the
author has often been obliged to blaze his own way, and a notable
addition to our historical literature.” A. O. Lovejoy.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 27: 464. Mr. 20, ’08. 1650w.
=Riley, James Whitcomb.= Boys of the old glee club. il. **$1.50.
Bobbs.
7–39035.
A poem full of reminiscence written in Riley’s inimitable Hoosier
dialect. The following is suggestive of the whole:
“You folks rickollect, I know—
’Tain’t so _very_ long ago—
Th’ Old Glee Club—was got up here
’Bout the first time Grant tuk the cheer
Fer President four years—and then
Riz—and tuk the thing again.”
* * * * *
“It is instinct with that human interest that is the chief charm of
Riley’s verse, and it will be especially enjoyed by the ‘Boys in
blue.’”
+ + =Arena.= 39: 126. Ja. ’08. 100w.
“The illustrations by Will Vawter really ‘belong’; they tell the story
parallel to the poem.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 756. Ap. 2, ’08. 80w.
=Rinehart, Mary Roberts.= Circular staircase. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–23102.
The unmarried aunt of a brother and sister just out of college and
finishing school is persuaded by the young people to take a country
house for the summer. The series of mysterious crimes into which this
peace-abiding trio is plunged is traced to the machinations of a bank
defaulter whose home the aunt had rented, and within whose walls were
hidden stolen securities.
* * * * *
“Humorously told.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 271. N. ’08.
“With the possible exception of ‘The house of a thousand candles,’
this is by far the best mystery or detective story of recent years.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 394. O. ’08. 270w.
=Ind.= 65: 556. S. 3, ’08. 100w.
“Written in any old style it would be the sort of thing people sit up
nights to finish; written in the delightfully humorous vein which
makes it stand out so much above the ordinary detective story, it is
bound to be, with more than usual deserts, a popular success.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 460. Ag. 22, ’08. 250w.
“Readable, entertaining, amusing.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 135. S. 19, ’08. 60w.
* =Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray).= Blackstick papers. **$1.75.
Putnam.
8–33772.
A group of essays gathered together under the name of “Blackstick
papers” after the Fairy Blackstick who thousands of years ago lived in
Crim Tartary. They are so called because they concern subjects in
which this fairy was interested—old books, young people, schools of
practical instruction, rings, roses and sentimental affairs. Some of
the chapter headings are: Haydn; Felicia Felix; St. Andrews;
Concerning Joseph Joachim; Mary and Agnes Berry; Paris, Prisms, and
Primitifs; Mrs. Gaskell; Concerning Tourguenieff; and Concerning
Thomas Bewick.
=Robbins, Helen H.=, ed. Our first ambassador to China: the life and
correspondence of George, earl of Macartney, and his experiences
in China, as told by himself. *$5. Dutton.
8–19596.
“Affords an interesting picture of Chinese court and customs of the
day, of loyal entertainments which rivalled Arabian nights, and of the
most amusing subtility and illusiveness of Oriental diplomacy.
Moreover, the ambassador’s reflections upon Chinese character, his
recognition of the stability and cohesion of the people and the
courtliness of the educated class, form a valuable memorial to
eighteenth century impartiality and insight.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Mrs. Robbins has done her part of the work exceedingly well, and her
comments are judicious and reasonable.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 375. Mr. 28. 1700w.
+ =Ind.= 64: 1451. Je. 25, ’08. 260w.
“This book is both readable and valuable.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 14. Jl. 2, ’08. 800w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 204. Ap. 11, ’08. 130w.
“The diary makes a valuable and interesting addition to the
information given in Sir George Staunton’s narrative, confirming in
the main the impression it left, while possessing the superior charm
of a private letter over an official despatch.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 468. Ap. 11, ’08. 1550w.
“Macartney’s own diary of the mission ... is that of an accomplished
and very observant man, and as a story of travel, difficulty, and
fresh experience it is quite romantic.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 263. F. 15, ’08. 1550w.
=Robbins, Leonard H.= Jersey jingles. $1. Wilson J. Vance, 164
Market st., Newark, N. J.
Humor, the wisdom of childhood, and the homely philosophy of grown-ups
combine to make Mr. Robbins’s jingles full of the sentiments which
everybody feels but permits to go unexpressed because they are so
closely associated with humdrum, uneventful experiences.
* * * * *
“Accepted only for what they are, Mr. Robbins’s book will help to
brighten a dull half hour.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 105. F. 22, ’08. 300w.
=Robbins, Mrs. Sarah (Stuart).= Old Andover days: memories of a
Puritan childhood. *$1. Pilgrim press.
8–30581.
Mrs. Robbins, past ninety years of age, reviews the Andover days of
her youth with its distinguished men and gracious women. “It is not so
much of minute events that she writes, as of the general spirit and
atmosphere which pervaded the seminary and those who were attached to
it either as professors or as students. It all seems to us of to-day a
gloomy and forlorn sort of life, but it is obvious from Mrs. Robbins’s
chronicle, that the young, at least, were able to find their pleasures
in the midst of those somber and terribly serious surroundings.” (Lit.
D.)
* * * * *
“It is a quaint picture—sternness and smiles, catechism and cakes. We
only regret that her memory of the shorter catechism is faulty.
Exactness was the merit in those days, and she quotes three answers,
and two of them wrong.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 1071. N. 5, ’08. 230w.
“Mrs. Robbins’s memory goes back with vividness to the life she knew
on that New-England hilltop.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 603. O. 24, ’08. 160w.
=Roberts, Charles G. D.= House in the water: a book of animal
stories. $1.50. Page.
8–17808.
Eight animal stories. “Bear and moose and lynx and wolf range again
through these pages; and those other favorite heroes and heroines of
fiction whom Mr. Roberts is fond of calling ‘the wild kindreds.’”
(Nation.) “The illustrations by Mr. Bull and the decorations by Mr.
Vining Smith are not only in general harmony but in very subtle
sympathy with the text.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Roberts maintains in this new collection his high rank as an
interpreter of the woods people.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 274. N. ’08. ✠
“His zest in wild nature is intense, and he succeeds in communicating
it to the reader. Also he tells a story dramatically.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 642. N. 21. 400w.
“These variations upon the old theme strike one as a little
perfunctory.”
− =Nation.= 87: 187. Ag. 27, ’08. 200w.
“From the nature standpoint the book should interest young and old
alike. In addition, the volume is distinctly noteworthy as an example
of style.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 957. Ag. 22, ’08. 120w.
=Roberts, John, jr.= Laboratory work in electrical engineering
(preliminary grade): a series of laboratory experiments for first
and second year students of electrical engineering. *$2. Van
Nostrand.
The material treated here “divides itself naturally into two general
sections, the first dealing with measurements of resistance,
electromotive force, current, quantity and energy. The preliminary
work leads up naturally to the calibration of instruments. The second
part treats of measurements of an engineering nature such as tests of
materials used in electrical machinery, of electrical lamps, and of
small electrical machines.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“The only criticism of this arrangement is that the student is not
directly stimulated to draw deductions from his experiments. This lack
can be easily supplied by the personal instruction of the teacher.” H:
H. Norris.
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 422. O. 17, ’07. 340w.
“The scope of this book is partly in the field of electrical
(physical) measurement and partly in the field of electrical
engineering; and for some places, as the laboratory for which it was
written, it may be well suited. For other places it may be found not
to cover sufficiently either field.”
+ − =Phys. R.= 26: 546. Je. ’08. 180w.
=Roberts, Morley.= Blue Peter. $1.50. Page.
Contains five sprightly sea yarns as follows: Extra hands on the
“Nemesis”; The overcrowded iceburg; The remarkable conversion of Rev.
Thomas Ruddle; The strange case of Captain Bragger; The captain of the
“Ulswater.”
* * * * *
“Comes as an invigorating breath of salt air.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 68. S. ’08. 500w.
“Contains several good sea yarns.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 435. Ag. 8, ’08. 70w.
=Roberts, Morley.= Captain Spink, and other sea comedies. †$1.50.
Lippincott.
Mr. Roberts is “a sea-rover of literature, with a buccaneer’s swagger
and a sailor’s roll; ‘full of strange oaths,’ and with a broad sense
of humour. These are really farces of the sea, which he delivers to us
over his pipe and glass. The author knows every foot of a ship and
every turn of the ocean. Landlubbers will enjoy his stories perhaps
even better than seafarers, who may find themselves too broadly
painted.” (Ath.) “Six of them centre round a sea-captain, and six more
diverting ‘old men’ it has seldom been our lot to meet.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Morley Roberts uses crude colours and chalks, and you must stand
a little way back to get the best effects.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 254. F. 29. 150w.
“The first two of the seven stories catch and clog a little on their
own humorousness.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 290. S. 24, ’08. 250w.
“The plots are the slightest possible, but the book is reasonably
entertaining on account of an odd whimsicality in the dialogue.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 412. Jl. 25, ’08. 100w.
“These comedies are seven in number, and the listening landsman will
wish they had been more, so captivating is Mr. Roberts in his merry
mood, so clever at infecting his reader with his mirth.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 274. F. 29, ’08. 200w.
“People who like sketches of the sea, and of nothing but the sea,
cannot do better than read this collection.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 425. Mr. 14, ’08. 80w.
=Roberts, Theodore.= Captain Love. $1.50. Page.
8–15150.
Highway robbery, kidnappings, gambling, love and gallantry abound in
this tale set in the reign of George I. A young nobleman on his way to
London is robbed of his money, clothes, and memory; for when returning
consciousness finds him at a farmhouse he fails to recall his name or
family. Under the name of Captain Love he enters upon a round of
exciting adventure. “The captain is a thoroughly expurgated d’Artagnan
with a touch of Monsieur Beaucaire and a strong dash of Quixote.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“If not a novelty it is at least done with considerable zest.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 60w.
“Although, in the main incidents, the story conforms heartily to its
type, there is a certain novelty and attractiveness in the hero,
something of the finer spirit of romance.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 536. Je. 11, ’08. 360w.
“Mr. Roberts has perhaps overdone the business of being exciting. He
does not give you time to enjoy properly a single one of the thrills
in his eagerness to ring all the possible changes and produce a
sensation for every paragraph.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 319. Je. 6, ’08. 270w.
=Robertson, James Alexander.= Bibliography of the Philippine
islands, printed and manuscript, preceded by a descriptive account
of the most important archives and collections containing
Philippina. *$10. Clark, A. H.
8–16566.
Issued as volume 53 of the extended series on “The Philippine islands,
1493–1898.” Mr. Robertson “has not undertaken to prepare a full
comprehensive bibliography of the Philippines ... his purpose has
been, as regards printed Philippina, to point out the sources for a
complete study of Philippine bibliography, while also setting forth
the main data regarding rare works in this field; and to list
manuscripts in a way hitherto unattempted.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Painstaking editorial work is apparent all through it. The reviewer
has handled it considerably without detecting an error of statement,
and the very few mistakes in proper names thus far noted seem
chargeable rather to original transcription than proof-reading.” J. A.
LeRoy.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 160. O. ’08. 650w.
“Indispensable for every library pretending to cover this field at all
and for every special student therein.” J. A. LeRoy.
+ + =Dial.= 45: 116. S. 1. ’08. 1350w.
“Dr. Robertson has acquired an unequaled knowledge of the contents of
the libraries of the world on the subject.”
+ + =Ind.= 65: 46. Jl. 2, ’08. 80w.
“Mr. Robertson’s work is quite indispensable for one who wishes to
make ‘a thorough bibliographical survey of the Philippines’—the test
of usefulness which the compiler had in view. It is not, however, a
comprehensive bibliography, to be independently used as such.”
+ + − =Nation.= 87: 142. Ag. 13, ’08. 800w.
“Is indispensable to libraries not possessing the series as a whole.”
J. A. Le Roy.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 657. N. 7, ’08. 50w.
“Used as supplementary to Retana’s, the Library of Congress, and Pardo
de Tarera’s lists of printed Philippina, it is indispensable to any
good library and to the special student of the Philippines.”
+ + =Outlook.= 90: 549. N. 7, ’08. 40w.
=Robins, Elizabeth (C. E. Raimond, pseud.).= Come and find me.
†$1.50. Century.
8–5885.
A story of California and the gold fields of Alaska. The author brings
together a varied group of characters: a tired father hugging thru
life the secret of a gold field’s location, a hard woman who ruled
husband and household with a hand of iron, two girls worshipping
secretly a stalwart youth, passion-mad for the north and discovery,
and an enduring lover who braves slights and hardships for the girl he
loves. In the wonderful light of the north facts are seen shorn of
doubt and mystery, and lifetime misunderstandings are adjusted.
* * * * *
“A story of unusual dramatic power and interest, the characters drawn
with delicacy and vigor. A truly absorbing piece of fiction.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 88. Mr. ’08. ✠
“The story is entirely out of the ordinary.”
+ + =Arena.= 39: 496. Ap. ’08. 500w.
“Cleverness is everywhere the mark of the book, but one is disposed to
lament that so much of it is allowed to run to waste.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 412. Ap. 4. 280w.
“It might have easily been much stronger, if the author had only been
a little more sure of her point of view. The material of Miss Robins’s
latest book is admirable, but she has failed to give it to us in the
proper proportions.” F: T. Cooper.
− + =Bookm.= 27: 183. Ap. ’08. 500w.
“The whole story, rambling and incoherent beyond what is ordinarily
permissible, is redeemed by the bits of reality.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 245. Ap. 16, ’08. 500w.
“It is the thrilling interpretation of a man’s patriotism for the
unknown that gives the story its peculiar significance.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 867. Ap. 16, ’08. 350w.
“It is very long-winded, not much happens, and the people are hardly
deserving of prolonged study for their own sakes.”
− =Nation.= 86: 354. Ap. 16, ’08. 350w.
“Miss Robins is not so well endowed with the story teller’s instinct
as she is with the faculty for the dramatic portrayal of character.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 206. Ap. 11, ’08. 850w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 343. Je. 13. ’08. 300w.
“The fault of the story is in its undue length and in some ineffective
details. But as a compelling representation of the fatal and glorious
fascination of exploring it is a success.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 652. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.
“Her story is much more fundamental than London’s tales of the north,
for instance; much more thoroughgoing; and yet there is an evident
lack of homogeneity, an unsatisfying absence of balance, too many
untied ends that mar its completeness and leave it roughly
unfinished.”
− + =R. of Rs.= 37: 760. Je. ’08. 250w.
“Mrs. Mar is drawn with delightfully humorous appreciation, and the
love affairs of the two girls is one of those fancies which would
probably have never occurred to a man, and could not certainly have
been treated by him with that airy yet exact discrimination which
makes so light of its unlikelihood. There is much in the earlier part
which could scarcely be better done. These things remain and will
remain in one’s gratitude long after one’s regrets have vanished for
the completer work they seemed to foretell.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 273. F. 29, ’08. 750w.
“With all deductions on the score of structure, ‘Come and find me’ is
a remarkable and suggestive study of the conflict of love, duty, and
ambition.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 543. Ap. 4, ’08. 750w.
=Robins, Elizabeth (C. E. Raimond, pseud.).= Under the Southern
cross. **$1.50. Stokes.
7–36093.