smiles.” There are no hardships of travel indulged in here; with an
abundance of good cheer and ready wit the author carries his reader
across the continent, over sea to Hawaii, and from there over the
regulation course to Gibraltar and on to New York.
* * * * *
“Full of interesting facts and information that all intelligent people
should possess, so sugar-coated with humor that the dullest mind
cannot fail to heartily enjoy the contents.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 127. Jl. ’08. 140w.
“An amusing chronicle of his trip.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 163. Ag. 1, ’08. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 140w.
=Wilder, Victor.= Mozart: the story of his life as man and artist
according to authentic documents and other sources; tr. by L.
Liebich. 2v. *$3.50. Scribner.
8–22792.
Trustworthy, save for a few slips, and interestingly told, this life
is written for general readers. It contains a bibliography of Mozart
literature, both English and foreign, a list of his compositions,
published and unpublished, and twenty-three portraits and facsimiles.
* * * * *
“There is more of biography than artistic comment or criticism in his
book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 487. Ap. 18. 300w.
“It has certainly deserved the honor of a translation, even after this
long interval, because of its lucid style and charm of narrative.
There are reasons to think that the author of this book had not read
Jahn. A few ludicrous blunders appear. The translator has done her
work well.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 451. My. 14, ’08. 380w.
=Willcocks, Mary Patricia.= Man of genius: a story of the judgment
of Paris. †$1.50. Lane.
8–17245.
“Miss Willcock’s new story tells of an ambitious young architect who
is loved by two women, one of whom sacrifices herself by concealing
from him that she is to become the mother of his child, lest she
should block his advancement, yet has no understanding of his
imaginative and esthetic nature; while the other, who is in sympathy
with him on these points, keeps herself in the background, urges him
to marry the other girl, and helps them to success and to as happy a
married life as is possible for them—ill mated as they are
temperamentally.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book as a whole is thoughtful, if somewhat dull.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 784. Je. 27. 140w.
“It is good, conscientious work, but it fails to convince, chiefly,
but not only, because the man of genius does not convince one of his
possession of the divine quality.”
− + =Ind.= 65: 551. S. 3, ’08. 100w.
“The sentiment cloys, while the characters move forward with no
volition of their own and evident effort on the part of the author.”
− =Nation.= 87: 56. Jl. 16, ’08. 470w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
“In both characters and story it strikes root in the deeper meanings
of life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 637. O. 31, ’08. 600w.
“Far above the average level of the fiction of the day as to
intellectual ability. It is equally true that it conspicuously lacks
those elements of lively entertainment and plot-excitement so dear to
many novel-readers’ hearts.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 531. Jl. 4, ’08. 240w.
“Had ‘Adam Bede’ never been written, this story would have greater
claim to originality. Miss Willcocks, it is true, constructs her own
plot, but her treatment of character suggests George Eliot, and we
share Hazlitt’s preference for an old book over a new.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 369. S. 19, ’08. 230w.
=Williams, Eliot Crawshay.= Across Persia. *$3.50. Longmans.
8–9064.
“Mr. Williams made his return to Europe from India via Persia, landing
at Bushire and stopping at Shiraz, Persepolis, Isfahan, and Teheran.
He tells us in leisurely fashion what he thinks of the scenery, the
inhabitants, the remains of Persian grandeur and Greek enterprise. And
he often amuses himself and us by details of Persian manners and
methods. A traveller devoid of the sense of humour is unthinkable, and
the author must have found its possession an invaluable quality at
times.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“He has nothing very new to say, but his observations of men and
manners are fair and just, and the account of his wanderings makes
interesting reading. The value of his book is enhanced by a good map,
some excellent photographic reproductions, and an index.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 296. D. 28, ’07. 170w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 153. My. ’08.
“A conscientious, but unsatisfying piece of work, and his frequent
reflections are apt to be trivial.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 206. Ag. 22. 120w.
“His traveller’s tale has charm and serenity. Picture and text are
mutually helpful and interesting to the reader.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 44: 106. F. 16, ’08. 320w.
“Mr. Williams gives us a most interesting description of the ancient
monuments of the Persian kings ... and his many photographs add
greatly to the charm of the book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 767. D. 21, ’07. 570w.
“Our author belongs to the class of born travellers to whom travel is
an existence in itself. He is a kindly humourist, and a very patient
one. He travelled with his eyes wide open, and can give us not a
little valuable information.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 781. N. 16, ’07. 250w.
* =Williams, Hershel.= Fairy tales from folk lore. **$1. Moffat.
8–22796.
Twelve folk-lore tales taken from as many countries.
* * * * *
“The interest is relative, and the nationalistic value is beyond the
ken of boys and girls. We do not discount the fancy, but undoubtedly
the student emphasis is too strong.” M. J. Moses.
+ − =Ind.= 65: 1473. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
“A pleasing little collection. The stories are all told very simply,
with now and then a touch of homely humor that smells of the soil out
of which they were born.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 483. S. 5, ’08. 130w.
=Williams, Hugh Noel.= Princess of intrigue, Anne Genevieve de
Bourbon, duchesse de Longueville, and her times. 2v. *$6.50.
Putnam.
8–12137.
“Born of a race of royal intriguers, thrust from a convent into the
artificial atmosphere of the Hôtel de Rambouillet and the gaiety of a
corrupt court, where her wit and beauty carried everything before
them, married to a man twice her age, who cared nothing for her but
was wax in her hands for any madcap political adventure, Anne,
duchesse de Longueville, found herself, at twenty-five, an object of
universal homage and a power to be reckoned with in the state of
France.” (Dial.) It is of this woman’s career and influence that Mr.
Williams writes having studied exhaustively both contemporary and
modern sources.
* * * * *
“The author generally passes lightly over points of controversy,
though, when he does enter the lists, little fault is to be found with
his arguments or conclusions. The book is undoubtedly interesting and
well written as a whole.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 250. F. 29. 1900w.
“Compared with some of his previous studies of great Frenchwomen this
one lacks vivacity.”
+ − =Dial.= 44: 180. Mr. 16, ’08. 300w.
“As a history of French society this carefully prepared and richly
illustrated work will be valuable to readers who have no access to the
French material which the author has used freely.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 553. Je. 18, ’08. 340w.
“The research, the information, and the discriminative judgment which
have gone to the compiling [of this book] must claim instant
recognition and respect. Mr. Williams has succeeded ... not only in
writing an admirable historical work on the times, but has achieved
the more trying and delicate task of rendering this work as absorbing
as a novel.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 100. F. 22, ’08. 1000w.
“Should make a strong appeal to all who delight in contemplating the
events of history from the court point of view.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 534. Jl. 4, ’08. 230w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 637. My. ’08. 50w.
“An interesting chronicle of a most romantic period.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 979. Je. 20, ’08. 500w.
* =Williams, Hugh Noel.= Women Bonapartes. 2v. *$6. Scribner.
A biographical sketch of Madame Mère and her three daughters Elisa,
Pauline and Caroline. “The treatment of the theme is chronological,
and necessarily introduces many important characters, both male and
female, besides the Bonaparte ladies.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Messrs. Methuen may be congratulated upon the readableness of the
book. It is not possible to combine the light handling suitable to
such volumes with serious study of the historical facts. The extent of
Mr. Williams’s indebtedness to French authorities will be judged by
the reader’s impatience at the use of French idiom in the book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 541. O. 31. 740w.
“The work is really an account of the life and times of Napoleon from
a fresh point of view.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 463. D. 16, ’08. 200w.
=Ind.= 65: 1178. N. 19, ’08. 40w.
=Williams, Jesse Lynch.= Girl and the game, and other college
stories. †$1.50. Scribner.
8–17249.
A group of college stories as follows: The girl and the game, The
college and the circus, At the corner of Lover’s lane, Leg pull, Reddy
Armstrong’s reformation, The advantage of a college education, The man
in the window, What the old graduate learned, and Talks with a kid
brother.
* * * * *
“Vary in quality, on the whole inferior to the author’s earlier work.
The moral tone is good, if somewhat forced at times.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 247. O. ’08.
“They are without wit or humor, they are crudely constructed, they are
even trivial and silly.”
− =Nation.= 87: 56. Jl. 16, ’08. 200w.
“About most of Mr. Williams’ stories, it may safely be said that they
are more blameless than exhilarating.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 442. Ag. 8, ’08. 240w.
=Williams, Jessie Lynch.= My lost duchess: an idyl of the town.
†$1.50. Century.
8–11087.
With only the window-pane, the half-hidden privet hedge, and the
granite balustrade between them a man woos in his heart an unknown
maiden. He fancies she is the duchess or the goddess of his dreams
when in reality she is a dainty little governess whom he does not win
without trials and discouragement. The characteristic idyl-atmosphere
of leisure pervades the story.
* * * * *
“The situations suggest Van Bibber and the conversations Anthony
Hope.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 224. Je. ’08.
“If Mr. Williams is a trifle too lively of fancy and broad of touch to
produce a town eclogue of classical grace, he is by that same token
more fit for the moment, more, as it is called, up-to-date.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 12. Jl. 2, ’08. 240w.
“Mr. Williams has shown himself to be just enough of an idealist to
refine the events of daily life without becoming unconvincing.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 278. My. 16, ’08. 200w.
“Nick, the hero, is as worthy and entertaining a protagonist of the
Fifth avenue phase of New York life as Van Bibber was at his best.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.
“It is as light as froth, but it has in its delicate fabric some of
the irridescent gleams of the soap-bubble.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 313. Je. 6, ’08. 30w.
=Williams, Leonard.= Arts and crafts of older Spain. (World of art
ser.) 3v. *$4.50. McClurg.
8–15871.
A comprehensive, copiously illustrated three-volume work based upon a
wealth of material. The first volume includes gold, silver, and jewel
work, iron work, bronzes and arms; the second, furniture, ivories,
pottery and glass; the third, textile fabrics—silk, clothes and
woolens, embroidery, tapestry and lace. Appendices, a bibliography and
an index complete the volume.
* * * * *
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1459. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
“If such a work as this is to be of scientific value, its author
should take care to employ technical terms where such exist.”
− =Int. Studio.= 35: 166. Ag. ’08. 470w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 912. D. 12, ’08. 120w.
“These volumes serve as a suggestive and stimulating introduction to
all these treasures of the peninsula.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 559. D. 3, ’08. 400w.
“It is sufficient to express appreciation for the author’s practical
treatment of his subject which makes the book a valuable guide for the
modern craftsman, and to close with an added expression of admiration
for the literary charm of Mr. Williams’s style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 780w.
=Spec.= 100: 1003. Je. 27, ’08. 180w.
=Williams, R. H.= With the border ruffians: memories of the far
West, 1852–1868; ed. by E. W. Williams. *$4. Dutton.
8–12130.
A famous adventure book. “Of English birth, the author came here at
the age of 20 in the year 1852, and for the better part of the
following sixteen years he was in the cyclone belt, and it was blowing
all the time. He fought with the Kansas Rangers and with their Texan
namesakes. He fought to maintain slavery when he wasn’t fighting
Indians or ruffians of one sort or another. Barroom fights and summary
hangings—in one of which the narrator came very near playing the
principal part—alternate with prospecting tours and ranching. Out of
the great welter of struggle and bloodshed one sees the country
emerging, settling, coming to maturity.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“As a narrative of personal adventure and experience it is remarkably
interesting; as a contribution to local history it presents a vivid
picture of frontier life during an important period.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 153. My. ’08.
“A fascinating romance, the interest of which reminds one more than a
little of the qualities which have made ‘Robinson Crusoe’ beloved.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 825. D. 28. 760w.
“An interesting book, whether regarded as a mere story, as
autobiography, or as a description of bygone social conditions.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 45. Jl. 16, ’08. 330w.
“Interesting reading and good material for history. The author ...
nothing extenuates nor sets down aught in malice.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 472. F. 27, ’08. 250w.
“The straightforward tale of a man who from boyhood lived in the thick
of alarums and excursions. He has [told the story of Capt. Williams]
excellently in this roomy, well-made volume.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 86. F. 15, ’08. 780w.
“As recorded in the present volume the story is well told and has its
place as a contribution to the stirring history of that period.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 381. Mr. ’08. 230w.
“Mr. Williams’s memoirs are written with no art, but, if we are
entitled to judge, they are absolutely truthful. One must get inside
the atmosphere of this book really to appreciate how fine a tribute
these words are to the Federal army.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 1054. D. 21, ’07. 1550w.
=Williamson, Charles N., and Williamson, Mrs. Alice M.= Chauffeur
and the chaperon. (English title, The botor chaperon.) il. †$1.50.
McClure.
8–16473.
Another guide book glorified by the most whimsical and interesting of
romances. An American girl and her English step-sister inherit a motor
boat and decide to explore the waterways of Holland. Accident procures
for them lovers, relatives and a chaperon. The lively experiences of
the party only make more palatable the real instruction which is
imparted in generous measure.
* * * * *
“When, fired with enthusiasm, one closes the novel and rushes to pack
a hasty portmanteau, he will start for the land of canals with a
pretty clear notion as to what will be his route and where he will
linger on his way.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 849. Ag. 31, ’07. 220w.
“It is lively reading but is rather too long drawn out.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 225. Je. ’08.
“Their writing, though it does not pretend to literary quality, has
both gaiety and naturalness, so that their glorified tours, duly
spiced with a love interest, are agreeable residing.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 92. Jl. 27. 80w.
“It contains rather a larger proportion than usual of guide-book, and
a smaller proportion of plot.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 27: 502. Jl. ’08. 370w.
“To all who like amphibious excursions and farcical story combined the
book will be welcome, for the journey is charming and the company
merry.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 56. Jl. 16, ’08. 220w.
“Has all the qualities that have made their previous stories so
popular and at the same time has more complexity of plot and more
incident, both exciting and amusing, than is to be found in some of
their stories.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 280w.
“The plot is as impossible as usual, but the characters are
attractive, some of their complications amusing, and the guide-book
directions interesting and not too obtrusive.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 100w.
“There is, in fact, so much useful and detailed information in the
volume that it is a thousand pities, in the first place, that there is
no index, and, in the second, that the information is buried under so
thick a covering of romance.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 333. S. 7, ’07. 230w.
=Williamson, M. G.= Edinburgh: a historical and topographical
account of the city. *$1.75. Dutton.
7–28491.
A book whose purpose is to connect the history of the city with the
chief objects of interest. “The city’s consecutive history begins in
the fifth century A. D., and from that date the author carries down
his narrative to the nineteenth century. He includes a good account of
the golden age of Edinburgh society in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, and of the literary men of old Edinburgh.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Will give the interested reader plenty to ‘think about,’ especially
if he does not already know his Edinburgh.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 341. S. 22. 300w.
“The volume is a good, historical guide book.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23, ’08. 150w.
“If we may judge from these initial volumes, the text and pictures of
the new series are in the hands of competent authorities.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 534. Jl. 4, ’08. 100w.
“Mr. Williamson has had a great subject to deal with, and has treated
it worthily.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 65. Jl. 14, ’06. 250w.
* =Willis, Bailey, and others.= Research in China. 3v. and atlas, v. 1,
$8; atlas, $7; v. 2, $2. Carnegie inst.
In three volumes are recorded the results of seven months of research
in China conducted by a topographer and two geologists. “The first
part of the volume ... forms a bulky quarto of more than 350 pages,
with upwards of fifty plates, consisting of photographic views of
landscapes, maps, and geological sections. The second part includes
systematic petrography, zoological notes, and a syllabary of Chinese
sounds. The second volume is intended ‘to summarize the detailed
presentation of our results, and to combine them with the work of
others in a systematic discussion of the geology of southeastern
Asia.’ The third volume is to be devoted to palaeontology. The atlas
contains some forty sheets of maps, sections, and photographic views,
most of the maps being on the scale of 1/125,000, or two miles to the
inch, engraved and coloured in the excellent style to which the United
States geological survey has now accustomed us.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“These sumptuous volumes constitute a monumental contribution to
Asiatic geology. They are signal productions not only in their
substance and form, but in the fact that they are a gift of productive
industry to progressive science, and a tribute of one of the newest
phases of civilization to one of the oldest.” T. C. C.
+ + =J. Geol.= 16: 387. My. ’08. 740w. (Review of v. 1, pts. 1 and
2, and v. 2.)
“We venture to think that all that was new and important among the
results of the expedition might easily have been comprised within the
limits of this first single volume. The physiographical discussions in
the volume are most unsatisfactory.”
− + =Nature.= 76: 345. Ag. 8, ’07. 1700w. (Review of v. 1, pt. 1.)
“There is some internal evidence of hasty writing, such as
inaccuracies in translation conveying a rather different sense from
that of the original. The pith of this volume might have been summed
up in a single chapter without losing any important contribution to
science, and the space so saved might have been devoted to a
much-needed bibliography of the subject. The artistic excellence of
the numerous maps by which the volume is illustrated deserves
unqualified praise.”
− + =Nature.= 79: 61. N. 19, ’08. 1100w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Willson, Rev. Thomas B.= Norway at home. *$1.75. Scribner.
8–22498.
Tells of Norway’s “constitution and government, its national defense,
its religion, literature, music, education, its capital, its social
life, agriculture, rural customs, forests, local government, poor
laws, industrial life, transportation, and, finally, about ‘Norway as
a playground.’” (Outlook.) “A lucid account is given of the
circumstances which led to the separation of Norway from Sweden.”
(Ath.)
* * * * *
“It shows a full knowledge of the subject.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 759. Je. 20. 520w.
“His sincerity and sympathy quite win the reader’s heart and shine
through the trite figures of the tame and old-fashioned style.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 161. Ag. 20, ’08. 460w.
“Mr. Willson tells us authoritatively about many departments of life
and occupation in Norway.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 815. Ag. 8, ’08. 200w.
=Wilson, Andrew.= How to keep well. (Handy information series.) 50c.
Crowell.
7–20716.
A little book of instruction on points of cleanliness, ventilation,
care of body, eating and drinking, and what to do in case of accidents
and illness.
=Wilson, Ernest, and Lydall, Francis.= Electrical traction. 2v. ea.
*$4. Longmans.
8–14350.
“Volume 1 is devoted to direct-current traction and the first part is
given up to tramways, the latter part to heavier traction. In neither
case is the subject carried further back in the system of distribution
than the switchboard.... Volume 2 is devoted entirely to
alternating-current traction, an indication of the extent to which
this system is considered favorably in Europe.”—St. Ry. J.
* * * * *
“Valuable addition to works on subject.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 153. My. ’08.
“The treatment is mostly descriptive, but not always complete.”
Gisbert Kapp.
+ + − =Nature.= 77: 169. D. 26, ’07. 1840w.
“There is a demand for a book of this kind, and the authors have been
very successful in their treatment of the subject.”
+ + =St. Ry. J.= 30: 1076. N. 30, ’07. 550w.
* =Wilson, William R. A.= Journeys of the Kit-Kat club: England. **$2.
Appleton.
8–27783.
Meant to serve the present generation as Butterworth’s “Zigzag
journeys” did the last, this volume records the experiences of four
American school boys and their tutor in England. Information
concerning history and literature is served up in story form greatly
enhanced for the youthful reader by the wealth of good illustrations.
* =Wilson, Winter Lincoln.= Elements of railroad track and construction.
$2. Wiley.
8–27791.
“In this volume no attempt has been made to treat the subjects of
railroad track and construction with any considerable amount of
detail, but rather to present a few of the fundamental principles in
such manner that the inexperienced engineering student can form a
general idea of the subjects.”
* * * * *
“Professor Wilson has treated this matter in a very attractive and
common sense manner. He has certainly shown the qualities of a
highclass instructor by presenting his subject in plain and simple
language, unincumbered by complicated or unnecessary mathematical
formulas. and it is written in such a way as not only to interest
young engineering students in this subject, but to impress upon their
minds the essential principles underlying maintenance-of-way work.” J:
F. Wallace.
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 537. N. 12, ’08. 180w.
“The author has fulfilled his purpose excellently. While the book is
primarily for engineering students, it can be recommended for general
readers who wish to know something more about railroad track than they
can see from the car window.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 160w.
=Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow.= Constitutional government in the United
States. *$1.50. Macmillan.
8–17752.
The author states that these lectures do not undertake to discuss
systematically the character of the American government and its
methods, but that they are intended to set forth certain salient
features from a fresh point of view, and in the light of a fresh
analysis of the nature and operations of constitutional government.
“Eight lectures are included in the series; they define constitutional
government and present the author’s views of the application of the
constitutional principle in this country.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Suggestive, valuable, popular rather than profound.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 300. D. ’08.
“Dr. Wilson’s lectures are clearly intended for the thoughtful citizen
not necessarily learned in the law—a popular treatise.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1001. O. 29. ’08. 550w.
“A suggestive, but not very profound, examination of certain aspects
of the American system. It is certainly matter of regret that, with
such keen insight and so much literary skill, the distinguished author
should here have held his plough with so light a hand.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 94. Jl. 30, ’08. 220w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 329. Je. 13, ’08. 150w.
“Though less detailed, less legal, less scholastic, and possibly less
scholarly than Professor Stimson’s, is broader, more philosophical,
more vital, animated by a clearer perception of actual conditions,
less constricted by reference to the letter of the law.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 313. O. 10, ’08. 740w.
“No American publicist is better fitted than President Wilson to make
such a presentation.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 256. Ag. ’08. 120w.
=Wilson, Thomas Woodrow.= Free life. **75c. Crowell.
8–22491.
In substance, a baccalaureate address which makes a serious appeal to
young people to live a life free from the fetlocks of tradition; to be
transformed by the scriptural renewing of the mind—a renewal which
results in a “return to a sort of youth and naturalness of thought
drawn out of those only fountains of perpetual youth, the fountains of
just thought and true feeling.”
* * * * *
=Dial.= 45: 466. D. 16, ’08. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 593. O. 24, ’08. 180w.
* =Wilstach, Paul.= Richard Mansfield: the man and the actor. **$3.50.
Scribner.
The authorized biography of Mansfield written by a personal friend
with the actor’s papers and correspondence at his disposal. “The book
is full of amusing anecdotes and appreciative dramatic criticism. It
narrates the life of Mansfield from boyhood to the end of his career,
and treats exhaustively of the genius and development of each of the
great parts with which he became identified in his art.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
=Ind.= 65: 1176. N. 19, ’08. 70w.
“As a whole the book gives an interesting picture of the stage during
the last thirty years.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 913. D. 12, ’08. 140w.
“This is the sort of book that might have been written by a theatrical
press agent, so packed is it with trivial and irrelevant detail, so
devoid of sober judgment, so disorderly in arrangement, so oblivious
of uncomfortable facts.”
− =Nation.= 87: 500. N. 19, ’08. 640w.
“Serious inaccuracies are few in any chapter. Is best from the
twenty-second chapter forward to the end, for that part of the book
relates to Mansfield’s golden prime.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 667. N. 14, ’08. 820w.
“While interesting in itself, an attractive feature of the biography
is the large number of illustrations.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 749. D. 5, ’08. 200w.
“He discloses to the public gaze many passages of personal history
that tend to throw new light on this unique personality.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 761. D. ’08. 120w.
=Winckler, Hugo.= History of Babylonia and Assyria; tr. and ed. by
James A. Craig; rev. by the author. **$1.50. Scribner.
7–29420.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“The book has indeed its uses, but I cannot but feel that Professor
Craig, an able and accurate scholar, would have served better the aim
that he had in view, if he had written an entirely new book over his
own name.” R. W. Rogers.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 557. Ap. ’08. 650w.
“In religious matters Dr. Winckler tells us much which is new, and
which, if not always strongly supported by fact, at any rate
stimulates the spirit of inquiry. We have noticed some curious
mistakes or mistranslations.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 724. Je. 13. 1650w.
“The style in general is clear, although the author’s fulness of
knowledge and the brevity of treatment make some passages obscure at
first reading. The separate consideration of the history of each of
the nations, Babylonia and Assyria, here found is probably better than
the combined treatment ordinarily employed. But the resulting gaps in
the Assyrian history, with references to the previous treatment,
seriously interrupt the continuity; some repetition would have been
preferable.” G: R. Berry.
+ − =Bib. World.= 32: 435. D. ’08. 440w.
“Professor Craig, as translator, has done his work well. The
translation reads easily, and Professor Winckler knows how to write in
an interesting and frequently picturesque manner.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 174. F. 20, ’08. 1100w.
=Wingate, Charles Frederick.= Sanitary question-box. 50c. Funk.
A practical guide to the essentials of sanitation and ventilation in
the home, the bedroom, the kitchen, the cellar, the laundry and the
stable.
* * * * *
“Should be widely useful in promoting the spread of knowledge on these
subjects.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 768. My. 23, ’08. 50w.
=Winslow, Helen Maria.= Spinster farm. $2. Page.
8–15883.
Tells of the experiences of “the Spinster, Janet Fleming by name, who
purchases a farm and engages in chicken-raising; her lively niece
Peggy; the Professor, who pays persistent court to the Spinster; young
Robert Graves, who does the same to Peggy; and the humbler characters
playing their useful parts in kitchen and barn. Homely reality is
interspersed with romance.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 306. D. ’08.
“Miss Winslow has a penchant for old run-to-seed farms, a humorous way
of describing country scenes and events, and a fresh unconventional
manner of looking at life’s problems and perplexities.” P. F.
Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 44: 336. Je. 1, ’08. 550w.
+ − =Ind.= 65: 1247. N. 26, ’08. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 230w.
=Winslow, Kenelm.= Production and handling of clean milk. *$2.50.
Jenkins.
7–41833.
A complete, plain, practical, authoritative guide to the production
and distribution of clean milk for farmers, health officers, milk
inspectors, students of agriculture and dairying, physicians and
others interested in matters pertaining to dairying and hygiene.
* * * * *
“On the farm side Professor Winslow’s book is better than Professor
Jensen’s, which in other respects is more authoritative and
comprehensive.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 217. Je. ’08.
“Dr. Winslow has written an eminently practical treatise.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 384. Mr. ’08. 200w.
=Winter, Nevin Otto.= Mexico and her people of to-day. $3. Page.
7–34163.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“Though an attractive and on the whole very satisfactory treatise on
Mexico, is poorest in its historical sections.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 663. Ap. ’08. 100w.
“Well arranged, up-to-date, interesting information ... written in a
pleasant, easy style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 86. Mr. ’08. ✠
“An entertaining account, unfortunately full of repetitions and
inaccuracies.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 512. Mr. ’08. 150w.
“When treating of religion Mr. Winter, we regret to say, shows at
times a gross ignorance of the teachings of the Catholic church—an
ignorance which vastly decreases the value of his work.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 87: 682. Ag. ’08. 680w.
“The book is weakest in its historical portions.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 754. Ap. 2, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Winter writes with the sympathy and insight of one who knows his
subject thoroughly.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 221. Mr. 5, ’08. 430w.
“Mr. Winter presents his observations and study in a scientific
manner, which is most informing, convincing, and impressive, and
cannot fail to attract readers of all classes.” T: B. Connery.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 155. Mr. 21, ’08. 1500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 345. Je. 13, ’08. 200w.
“His book is especially to be recommended for its account of scenery
and for its delineation of Mexican customs and character.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 277. F. 1, ’08. 100w.
“A thoroughly up-to-date description of Mexico.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 116. Ja. ’08. 80w.
=Winter, William.= Other days: being chronicles and memoirs of the
stage. **$3. Moffat.
8–28838.
Against a background made by outline sketches of Hodgkinson, Fennell,
Cooper, Edwin Forrest, Junius Brutus Booth, Jefferson, Edwin Booth and
Irving, the author sketches in detail the careers of Jefferson,
Brougham, Boucicault, Charlotte Cushman, Edward A. Sothern, John
McCullough, Barrett, Mary Anderson and Adelaide Nielson; omitting
Mansfield, as the author is engaged now upon a complete “life.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 300. D. ’08.
“All lovers of the drama, and one may add of good writing, ought to be
grateful to him for what he has done in the present volume.”
Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 340. D. ’08. 1300w.
“Mr. Winter speaks with the authority of an expert, with the judgment
acquired by long experience, with the knowledge and sympathy which
spring from personal acquaintance and association, and with the
critical acumen and graceful style of the scholar.” G: P. Upton.
+ + =Dial.= 45: 246. O. 16, ’08. 3000w.
“It is mainly because of its human quality that ‘Other days’ is an
important book; it calls the great dead back to life again. He shares
with so great a critic of the arts as Ruskin the merit of being always
right when he is lauding beauty, and the defect of being almost always
wrong when he shifts to the less lofty mood of deprecation.” Walter
Clayton.
+ − =Forum.= 40: 504. N. ’08. 1200w.
“There is no one living who has better perspective of the American
stage than Mr. William Winter. His book is indicative of his rich
experience and has a certain permanent worth as an addition to the
literature of the American stage. Its narrative quality is balanced by
a critical and literary side that is as agreeable, even if it is not
quite as classic, as Elia’s opinions concerning the actors and the
dramas of his day.”
+ + =Ind.= 65: 1124. N. 12, ’08. 320w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 913. D. 12, ’08. 170w.
“His volume will be a welcome addition to every dramatic library. It
is full of fresh and illuminative detail, of analytical character
studies, of sound theatrical philosophy, of witty comment, eloquent
appreciation, and wholesome scorn.”
+ + =Nation.= 87: 392. O. 22, ’08. 1300w.
“His new book is full of his own uncommon charm. That is its principal
merit. But Mr. Winter is invariably accurate in his statements, dates,
names, and titles of plays. This is a rare merit with theatrical
historians.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 651. N. 7, ’08. 500w.
* =Wishard, John G.= Twenty years in Persia. **$1.50. Revell.
8–31141.
Persia as seen thru the eyes of a medical missionary. “But it would be
a mistake to suppose this volume exclusively devoted to the history of
missionary labor. On the contrary, while not pretending to the
encyclopedic character of Curzon’s work, it supplements the latter by
a vast amount of detail descriptive of the intimate life of the
Persian of every class, and in this respect, for accuracy and just
observation, far surpasses in interest the records of the casual
traveler.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“It is, above all, refreshing to find a book on Persia free from the
flippant criticism so often chargeable to western authors, whose eyes
are out of focus in the East and who have no serious interest in the
struggle for reform which has just been inaugurated.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1308. D. 3, ’08. 470w.
“Dr. Wishard writes easily and fascinatingly about the Shah’s
country.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 754. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
=Wister, Owen.= Seven ages of Washington: a biography **$2.
Macmillan.
7–38230.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“The book’s worst faults are crude historical knowledge and statements
which are not consistent with themselves.” J: S. Bassett.
− =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 911. Jl. ’08. 620w.
“A truly delightful biography giving a finished portrait, broad and
vigorous in treatment, not overlaid with common-place or labored
detail.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 51. F. ’08. ✠
“Forms a pretty volume, possessing obvious merits, but open to
criticism if considered, to use the author’s words, as ‘a full-length
portrait of Washington, with enough of his times to see him clearly
against.’”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 73. Ja. 18. 300w.
“At some points extravagant in expression, and at others exhibiting
perhaps not the best of taste, this book presents a picture of the
great man that is clearcut and on the whole true. Unpretentious, the
volume is of just about the value that the author meant it should
possess.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 102. Ja. 30, ’08. 140w.
“A pleasant and wholesome and patriotic little book.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 491. Jl. ’08. 260w.
“A biography of a new and attractive type.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 113. Ja. ’08. 140w.
=Wolff, Sir Henry Drummond.= Rambling recollections. 2v. *$7.50.
Macmillan.
8–11479.
“The most valuable parts of the book are those chapters devoted to the
British administration of the Ionian islands; the account of Wolff’s
interviews with a number of the prominent European statesmen just
prior to the Congress of Berlin of 1878; the description of the
organization of East Rumelia, pursuant to the treaty formulated by
that Congress, and the story of the instigation of the treaty with
Turkey, upon which is based the legality of England’s present
anomalous position in Egypt. Of great interest also are the personal
impressions of the Franco-Prussian war, and the detailed account of
Lytton’s strange interest in occult phenomena, to which he gave
expression in ‘Zanoni,’ and in some of his other novels.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“His stories are of curiously uneven merit. All are kind, but fewer
than half are pointed. Gossiping and agreeable book.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 123. F. 1. 1150w.
“Whatever criticism the author may have subjected himself to ... he
will not be censured as having taxed his readers’ attention in a
manner unbefitting this season of rest and recreation.” P. F.
Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 45: 14. Jl. 1, ’08. 1400w.
+ − =Ind.= 65: 152. Jl. 16, ’08. 400w.
“His main interest is personal, and he ambles gently on from man to
man that he has known. He aims to be exact, and this accounts for a
deal of useless genealogical lumber in his volumes.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 428. My. 7, ’08. 500w.
“Interspersed throughout the two volumes are a legion of anecdotes,
some of them timeworn, but others fresh and amusing. These serve to
enliven what would otherwise be a most tedious book, and one which in
its entirety must fail to fulfill legitimate expectations.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 114. F. 29, ’08. 520w.
“His record of witty sayings and amusing incidents is extensive, but
the stories are thrown into the narrative in a curiously abrupt and
desultory way.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 612. Mr. 14, ’08. 200w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 4: 492. Jl. ’08. 400w.
“The author manages, without giving away diplomatic secrets, to convey
to us a great deal of the ‘atmosphere’ surrounding the legations of
the great powers in the European capitals.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 637. My. ’08. 100w.
“Not half as good as his conversation. The recollections of a writer
who has been everywhere and known everybody, and done a great many
things in politics and diplomacy, ought to be a great deal more
interesting than these two volumes are. Few men could have written a
better book of recollections; and few have written a worse.”
− + =Sat. R.= 105: 142. F. 1, ’08. 1280w.
“The grammar is often faulty, and there is much repetition. Though he
has much to say of value on politics, he discourses at unnecessary
length of matters which had only a momentary interest. But with all
its faults, his book is good reading.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 222. F. 8, ’08. 1550w.
* =Wollaston, A. F. R.= From Ruwenzori to the Congo: a naturalist’s
journey across Africa. *$5. Dutton.
The record of an expedition conducted in the interests of the British
museum. “The great merit about the whole narrative is that it insists
upon the romance of Central Africa. Travellers nowadays are apt to be
so very scientific and impassive, and when they expand it is generally
in the direction of politics. But Mr. Wollaston is full of the delight
and romance of strange sights.” (Spec.) “The Duke of the Abruzzi’s
book is largely the record of the ascent of Ruwenzori—a feat which had
never before been achieved by a European—the Wollaston volume is more
exclusively devoted to the natural history, not only of Ruwenzori
itself, but of the whole region which it dominates. The book is
profusely illustrated.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 698. N. 28, ’08. 140w.
“Mr. Wollaston’s book is an excellent specimen of how works of travel
should be written. He never bores the reader because he is never bored
himself. Let it be added that the book is admirably written, and that
the author, being a trained naturalist, has a great deal to say about
the flora and fauna which one does not get from the ordinary
traveller.”
+ + =Spec.= 101: 676. O. 31, ’08. 1600w.
=Wollstonecraft, Mary.= Love letters of Mary Wollstonecraft; with an
introd. by Roger Ingpen. *$1. Lippincott.
Mr. Ingpen in his preface calls these letters written to George Imlay
“the most passionate love letters in our literature.” “The passion of
the letters, which rises on occasion to Sappho’s height, is less
striking than the dignity and independence of the writer. She is saved
reluctantly from suicide, but she does not sentimentalize over her
broken heart. She only asks questions where she is entitled to
denounce; and the final letters, with their studied moderation and
sense of personal agony, are an indictment which can never, one
thinks, have been forgotten, even by a shallow and paltry lover.”
(Ath.)
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 227. F. 22. 160w.
=Nation.= 87: 386. O. 22, ’08. 200w.
“A prefatory memoir by Roger Ingpen is sympathetic in its tone but
just and discriminating in its estimate.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 564. O. 10, ’08. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
=Wood, Eugene.= Folks back home. †$1.50. McClure.
8–8099.
Thirteen stories of central Ohio in which the homely incidents of
simple life are realistically sketched. The “h-yur,” “whur” and “w’y”
stamp the dialect, unmistakably, as the “Ahia” variety.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 158. My. ’08. ✠
“Some of the stories are authoritative social studies of village habit
and custom; they are always whimsically correct to the utmost detail,
often tender, sometimes pathetic, and once or twice the laughing voice
of the narrator deepens to tragedy, but the prevailing note is that of
lighthearted humor.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 1350. Je. 11, ’08. 300w
“The book is a pleasant, inoffensive example of the applepie school;
chiefly remarkable for the absence from its pages of the time-honored
‘b’gosh’ and the substitution of a new expletive, ‘I jox.’”
+ =Nation.= 86: 287. Mr. 26, ’08. 120w.
“A collection of short stories, vivacious and veracious.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 50w.
“The author wields the magic wand that is the possession of all
writers who can reach the hidden springs of common humanity; of those
who write simply concerning things they have known always, and in
which the kinship of us all is discerned.”
+ + =Outlook.= 88: 797. Ap. 4, ’08. 150w.
=Wood, Henry.= New old healing. **$1.20. Lothrop.
8–18719.
A book of fragments, related by the unitary principles of psychical
healing. The teachings, says the author “are in accord with a liberal
interpretation of the Biblical and Christian point of view.”
* * * * *
“Contains a number of theses for meditation ‘in the silence room,’ and
brief discussions of old and new forms of faith cure and mental
treatment in a tolerant and comprehensive spirit.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 433. Ag. 20. ’08. 170w.
“Instead of being a study of a very interesting development it is
practically nothing more than a collection of fragments.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 434. Ag. 8, ’08. 200w.
“One who cannot agree with him in defining matter as ‘vibration’ or
health and strength as real ‘entities,’ can admit that his main
contention has a sound psychological basis.”
− + =Outlook.= 89: 766. Ag. 1, ’08. 200w.
“Almost every page contains some thought that is not only mentally
stimulating but spiritually uplifting, some suggestion of real
usefulness in the conduct of life.” H. A. Bruce.
+ =Outlook.= 90: 705. N. 28, ’08. 700w.
=Wood, Henry A. W.= Money-hunger: a brief study of commercial
immorality in the United States. **$1. Putnam.
8–1479.
“After pointing out that at present there is no established basis for
business ethics, and that the home, the church, the schools and the
newspapers fail to supply any standard, the author devotes three
chapters to a discussion of the responsibility of the press for
present conditions of commercial immorality.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “It is
a very timely and vigorous moral protest against the worship of Mammon
and the failure to inculcate higher ideals which have resulted in such
a debased moral tone as is found in the business world of to-day.” (J.
Pol. Econ.)
* * * * *
“While it lacks the periods of Ruskin and the thunderings of Carlyle
it is nevertheless well done. The view point of the book is distinctly
ethical, set off by touches of innocent ignorance concerning the
operation of economic forces.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 453. S. ’08. 140w.
“The book contains practically nothing that is new, emphasizes perhaps
too strongly the influence of certain factors in our social life, but
rightly recognizes that any social change for the better must come by
a slow process which shall work through public opinion rather than by
any legislative or administrative change.” J. W. Jenks.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 349. D. ’08. 650w.
=Ind.= 65: 842. O. 8, ’08. 200w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 174. Mr. ’08. 50w.
=Wood, Joseph.= The Bible: what it is and is not. *$1. Am. Unitar.
8–35658.
A discussion which will be of help to people who are troubled because
they have wakened to the fact that the Bible is not infallible; that
it is not verbally inspired. “Once let it be known,” says the author,
“that Christians study the Bible as they do any other great book; that
they believe in its human origin; that they know it to contain
mistakes; that they value it not for its myths and miracles but for
its moral and spiritual records and teaching.” This attitude disarms
the skeptic.
* * * * *
“A reverent treatment of some of the problems of the Bible.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 243. O. ’08.
=Wood, Robert Williams.= Animal analogues: Denatured series, no. 24.
**75c. Elder.
Related in idea to “How to tell the birds from the flowers.” “As in
the earlier contribution to comparative biology, the humor is almost
all in the parallelistic nomenclature, and in the pictures which, like
attractive suburban homes at reasonable prices, must be seen to be
appreciated. The puss and the octopus take on a really startling
resemblence under the author’s clever pencil. Happy also is the
hitherto unsuspected similarity between the pipe-fish and the sea-gar,
the doe and the dodo, the cross-bill and the sweet-william, the
pitcher-plant and the fly-catcher, the P-cock and the Q-cumber, the
pansy and the chim-pansy.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Deftly set forth in Mr. Wood’s characteristically buoyant and
convincing style.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 466. D. 16, 08. 70w.
=Ind.= 65: 952. O. 22, ’08. 40w.
=Nation.= 87: 386. O. 22, ’08. 130w.
=Wood, Robert Williams.= How to tell the birds from the flowers: a
manual of flornithology for beginners; verses and il. by R. W.
Wood. (Nature ser., no. 23.) **75c; pa. **50c. Elder.
7–24147.
“In a series of clever nonsense verses, each one accompanied and made
clearer by a very earnest illustration, the author gives directions by
which any one can distinguish the bird from the flower that sounds
like it.” (N. Y. Times.) “Obviously a satire directed against the
sentimental nature-study literature which sometimes masquerades as
scientific teaching, particularly in the United States.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“Clever little skit.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 238. F. 15, ’08. 100w.
=Nature.= 77: 7. N. 7, ’07. 60w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 546. S. 14, ’07. 150w.
=Woodberry, George Edward.= Appreciation of literature. **$1.50.
Baker.
7–33230.
The fourth volume in the “Appreciation series,” and one which is
intended as a popular introduction to the art of reading. “In
discussing the first principles in the appreciation of literature,
Prof. Woodberry says that literature is an art of expression, or the
expression of life. The reader’s own experience, therefore, is the key
to literature.” (N. Y. Times.) “The opening chapter on ‘First
principles,’ is one in which the writer attempts a definition of
literature, art, criticism, and such like elementary matters. Then
follows a discussion of the various prominent genres, Lyric poetry,
Narrative poetry, Dramatic poetry and Fiction.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 217. Je. ’08.
“From the critical point of view Mr. Woodberry’s new volume is not
particularly significant. Such a volume may be of assistance to
persons of a certain stage of culture who are not indisposed to be
coaxed still farther by a little discreet encouragement.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 872. Ap. 16, ’08. 170w.
“Critically the book is slight. And yet by readers at a certain stage
of culture it might be found suggestive and even stimulating. At the
same time it is for just such readers that a good many of Mr.
Woodberry’s statements seem misleading, if not actually dangerous.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 469. N. 21, ’07. 330w.
“What is particularly attractive is the charming simplicity of style,
never suggestive of the savant who feels that he is commissioned to
guide his fellow-creatures from some lofty pedestal, but recalling
vividly the easy, dreamy, conversational manner of the popular
professor in his Madison avenue lecture room.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 117. F. 29, ’08. 2320w.
=Woodbridge, Jahleel Ligon.= Story of the covenant and the mystery
of the Jew. $1. Broadway pub.
7–33914.
Written for the lay reader in order to arouse interest in the subject
and to bring into brief compass the arguments and the scriptural
quotations bearing upon the Abrahamic covenant, and seeks to
substantiate the practice of infant baptism by tracing its historical
connection with the covenant of Abraham.
* * * * *
“It is unfortunately characterized by more zeal than discretion. Its
point of view is wholly unscientific and dogmatic.”
− =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 341. Ap. ’08. 100w.
“The exegesis is rabbinical and the whole point of view inaccessible
to the average man.”
− =Bib. World.= 31: 319. Ap. ’08. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 731. N. 16, ’07. 100w.
=Woodrow, Nancy Mann Waddell (Mrs. Wilson Woodrow).= Silver
butterfly. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–30252.
In quest of the owners of a fabulously rich South American mine,
Robert Hayden returns to New York after years of travel to the
uttermost parts of the earth. He feels intuitively that his day of
destiny and a fairy princess await him. The princess proves an elusive
Cinderella who leaves an ornate butterfly in lieu of a slipper.
Immediately he is precipitated in the very “haunt and home of
tantalizing mystery.” Tracing a similarity in names—a coincidence in
which a wondrous fortune-teller plays part—he not only finds
Eldorado,—but wins Cinderella too.
* * * * *
“The story itself has little to recommend it. It has no special
literary merit and though it professes to be a tale of mystery, it is
not sufficiently exciting to keep the reader’s interest from
flagging.” A. C. Rich.
− =Arena.= 40: 484. N. ’08. 200w.
“The action moves rapidly and the story is told with much dash and
spirit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 676. N. 14, ’08. 260w.
=Woodward, Ida.= In and around the Isle of Purbeck. **$5. Lane.
8–29188.
The author has gone into the details of the history of this neck of
land—for it is a peninsula rather than an island—with an area of less
than a hundred square miles. “Its most famous show place is Corfe
castle. This came into historical prominence when it was the scene of
the murder of King Edward. William the Conqueror seems to have added
the great tower, and John shut up here for a while his niece, the
sister of Arthur, and ‘Damsel of Brittany.’ From time to time it
reappears, commonly as a prison. In 1643 it was courageously held by
Lady Bankes for the king. Two years afterwards it was taken by
treachery, and destroyed by order of Parliament. It now remains ...
one of the most picturesque ruins in England.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The omissions, where information was much to be desired, are
numerous; whilst we have come across many statements which are
doubtful or wholly inaccurate. It is only fair, however, to state that
there are various passages which yield sound historic information, as
well as some which are of an entertaining character.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 509. O. 24. 1000w.
“A series of thirty-six plates in color forms a most attractive
feature of the volume.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 44: 348. Je. 1, ’08. 200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 114. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 113. Ja. 25, ’08. 140w.
=Spec.= 100: 104. Ja. 18, ’08. 250w.
=Worcester, Elwood; McComb, Samuel; and Coriat, Isador H.= Religion
and medicine; the moral control of nervous disorders. **$1.50.
Moffatt.
8–17567.
An authoritative account, furnished by the ministers of Emanuel church
and their medical associates, of the psychological, medical and
religious facts and principles upon which their practice of psychic
healing is based.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 266. N. ’08.
“The several contributors do not really agree, nor can the exposition
be said to be particularly helpful to those acquainted with the
current views as to psychic treatment. Dr. Worcester’s insistence upon
an independent and mystic subconscious mind is unfortunate, and does
not strengthen the practical side of the volume. But it will serve a
timely and useful purpose, and for that it should be welcomed.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 17. Jl. 1, ’08. 450w.
=Ind.= 65: 431. Ag. 20, ’08. 500w.
“The book is marked throughout with an admirable modesty and
moderation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 376. Jl. 4, ’08. 1000w.
“No more needed book on the general subject of psychotherapy has
lately come forth, and none more likely to exert beneficent influence
wherever read.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 625. Jl. 18, ’08. 280w.
Reviewed by H. A. Bruce.
=Outlook.= 90: 702. N. 28, ’08. 1250w.
=Wordsworth, William.= Letters of Wordsworth’s family from 1787 to
1855; collected and ed. by W: Knight. 3v. $7.50. Ginn.
7–38248.
“Three volumes of Wordsworth letters now collected together for the
first time.... The merit of the collection lies rather in the
completeness of the view which it gives us of Wordsworth’s history
than in the novelty of its contents, though these include some
interesting unpublished matter,—notably the newly discovered series of
letters addressed to Coleridge. In bringing together and arranging
chronologically a great correspondence which hitherto has lain strewn
up and down among a multitude of memoirs, remains, and miscellaneous
publications, Professor Knight has done a lasting service to
literature.”—Spec.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 140. My. ’08.
“Ill arranged, scantily annotated, and poorly indexed. With all its
faults, this edition of the ‘Letters’ is indispensable to the student
of Wordsworth.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 630. My. 23. 570w.
“There is not a great deal that is new in Mr. Knight’s ‘Letters of the
Wordsworth family,’ and the editing can only be described as chaotic
yet we may be thankful to have the correspondence of the poet and his
household brought together in any form.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 49. Jl. 16, ’08. 4800w.
“In their store of fresh material, illuminating, by both data and
comment, the characters of most of Wordsworth’s great contemporaries;
in the light flashed upon his own nature from many facts, and in the
complete expression of his opinions upon subjects of permanent
interest,—these letters will henceforth be indispensable to the
student of Wordsworth, and they supply much that will be invaluable to
future biographies, not only of Wordsworth, but of his fellow poets.”
J. B. Rittenhouse.
+ + =No. Am.= 188: 292. Ag. ’08. 1450w.
“It is only to be regretted that he has not stated clearly the source
of each letter, and thus afforded the reader at once a useful clue
thru the labyrinth of already published Wordsworthiana, and the means
of arriving, without the effort of a somewhat elaborate collation, at
what is new in the present book.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 460. Mr. 21, ’08. 1450w.
=Workman, Fanny Bullock, and Workman, William Hunter.= Ice-bound
heights of the Mustagh: an account of two seasons of pioneer
exploration and high climbing in the Baltistan Himalaya. il. *$5.
Scribner.
8–18698.
“The authors show in detail what a serious sport mountain-climbing may
become. The story of their climbs in the ice-world of the Himalaya is
a record of scientific observations and discoveries comprehensible
only to those who are masters of the science of geography, and of
interest only to those who have some knowledge of mountain-climbing,
or those who wish to enlarge their information regarding the
physiography of the world. Here and there in the book the general
reader will find some ordinary statement of fact that will interest
him.”—Dial.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 633. My. 23. 1200w.
“As mountain climbers bent on increasing the world’s knowledge of
scientific geographical data, they have succeeded to an unusual
degree.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 44: 346. Je. 1, ’08. 350w.
“The volume contains a large amount of interesting matter: running
comment on botany and geology, and even the record of animalculæ at a
height of 17,000 feet; sketches of people and notes on the nature of
the country.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 538. Je. 11, ’08. 700w.
“A book of rare interest to mountain climbers and to all lovers of
travel and of adventure.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 112. F. 29, ’08. 150w.
“The book is not only a scientific record in narrative form, but also
an invaluable guide for others who may wish to attempt the same
ascents. It has the special interest of dealing with positive
explorations on mighty peaks heretofore never scaled.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 274. My. 16, ’08. 250w.
“The writing is correct enough, but wholly without any sort of charm,
and this chronicle of continual success leaves an impression of
self-satisfaction which is probably due only to the method employed.
It is not a book to read for any literary quality, but only for the
interest of the facts.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 621. Ap. 18, ’08. 1450w.
=Workman, Rev. George Coulson.= Servant of Jehovah; or, The passion
prophecy of Scripture analyzed and elucidated. *$1.60. Longmans.
“The work is a careful historical exegesis of all the ‘Servant
passages’ in the Deutero-Isaiah. Professor Workman’s view is that ‘the
servant is always the Israelitish nation, or the Jewish church,
contemplated by the prophet either from the point of view of its
actual condition or from the point of view of its divine vocation.’
This has come to be the opinion of modern students generally.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Some of the arguments advanced in Prof. Workman’s book may be open to
serious question; but the treatise can nevertheless be recommended as
an able and even eloquent exposition of the prophecy as viewed by a
very influential school of critics.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 170w.
“It is sane and spiritual. The treatment is scholarly, but not
technical; thus the book will be found interesting and instructive by
all who are concerned for such things.”
+ =Bib. World.= 30: 239. S. ’07. 40w.
“Deserving of attention.”
+ =Ind.= 64: 160. Ja. 16, ’08. 90w.
=Worthington, Arthur Mason.= Study of splashes. *$2. Longmans.
An untechnical treatment based upon the author’s photographic study of
splashes. “The numerous photographs of splashes—197 in all—are chosen
for their beauty as well as for their appropriateness in illustrating
different phases of the phenomena, and are well reproduced. The
apparatus used in obtaining the photographs is described, and the
fundamental principles involved in the formation of splashes are also
briefly but clearly explained.” (Phys. R.)
* * * * *
“Should find a place in every scientific library.” C. V. Boys.
+ =Nature.= 78: 666. O. 29, ’08. 1700w.
“A particularly fascinating volume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 470. Ag. 29, ’08. 1400w.
+ =Phys. R.= 27: 223. S. ’08. 300w.
“Is a brilliant monograph, and deserves to pass at once into the rank
of classic works of the kind.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 110w.
=Wright, Henry Burt.= Life with a purpose: memorial of John Lawrence
Thurston, first missionary of the Yale mission. **$1.50. Revell.
8–10897.
“A memorial to John Lawrence Thurston, who, at the very beginning of
his career as a missionary in China, was ordered home on account of
ill health and soon died of consumption. The volume has been prepared
by many hands of relatives, friends and associates. All who knew him
intimately contributed of their knowledge. Beginning with his
childhood, his life is portrayed and the development of his character
is traced with the utmost detail by means of his own letters and
diaries and the reminiscences of his friends.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=Nation.= 87:463. N. 12, ’08. 160w.
“As a human document the volume is of interest to all who value such
intimate studies of mind and spirit as well as for those who care for
the work in which he was engaged.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 239. Ap. 25, ’08. 170w.
=Wright, Mabel Osgood.= Gray Lady and the birds: stories of the bird
year for home and school. il. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–38237.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 96. Mr. ’08.
“As a book for children to read to themselves its success is
[somewhat] doubtful, for it contains somewhat solid food for tender
digestions.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 327. Mr. 14. 350w.
“It is a useful book altho somewhat padded with poems and other
quotations.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 50. Ja. 2, ’08. 90w.
“The many lovers of Mabel Osgood Wright’s books will find the present
a particularly good example of her work.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 40. Ja. 25, ’08. 210w.
“Nothing better in the way of bird-lore for children has appeared than
this pleasant, human, true book.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 875. D. 21, ’07. 160w.
=Wright, Mabel Osgood.= Open window: tales of the months. †$1.50.
Macmillan.
8–18722.
A story for every month of the year. In lights varying from the cold,
“hard moon” of January to the mellow “moon of falling leaves” nature’s
byplaces and remote hamlets are made to reveal their influence on the
vital things of life. The author is a past master in portraying the
delightful sympathy between nature and its lovers, and in defining the
quality of human kindness which nature-training produces.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 247. O. ’08. ✠
“‘Barbara’s’ work is open to the criticism that is often trivial and
sometimes sentimentally false. However, a ‘nice’ atmosphere environs
it, and that counts.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 400. O. 3. 180w.
“Twelve tales ‘of the months,’ good work all of them, each with a bit
of observation of life in it, and with here and there a line of
interpretation.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 551. S. 3, ’08. 50w.
“She has the graceful affectionate manner of the feminine diarist, the
faculty of chronicling the small beer of experience without seeming
impertinent or dull.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 265. S. 17, ’08. 100w.
“Written in an excellent vein, with a strain of imaginative richness
to give color to the narratives.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 377. Jl. 4, ’08. 160w.
“The anticipations excited by the appearance of a new volume by the
author of ‘The garden of a commuter’s wife’ will not be disappointed.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 412. S. 19, ’08. 750w.
=Wright, Sidney.= Romance of the world’s fisheries: interesting
descriptions of the many and curious methods of fishing in all
parts of the world. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–2215.
A book for the general reader which describes the methods of fishing
for whales, seals, pearls, sponges, salmon, sardines, anchovy,
mackerel, etc. The implements required, nets, hooks, lines, baskets,
and the trawl of antiquity receive their share of attention.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 87. Mr. ’08.
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 850w.
=Wright, Walter Page.= Perfect garden: how to keep it beautiful and
fruitful; with practical hints on economical management and the
culture of all the principal flowers, fruits and vegetables. *$2.
Lippincott.
8–31981.
“Mr. Wright’s aim is to show an amateur how to pick a suitable spot
for a garden, and then, ‘how to keep it beautiful and fruitful.’ He
deals with flowers, fruits, and vegetables, and gives some space also
to glass-houses.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Among the innumerable books on gardening which have been produced
during the last few years, this by Mr. Wright is one of the best.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 546. O. 31. 680w.
“Naturally he offers very little that is original; but he makes all
his points with skill and excellent judgment.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 250w.
“As far as we have examined the book we have found it judicious and
practical.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 101. Jl. 18, ’08. 70w.
=Wright, William Kelley.= Ethical significance of feeling, pleasure,
and happiness in modern non-hedonistic systems. *50c. Univ. of
Chicago press.
7–36261.
The monograph is a critical study of the teachings of philosophers
from Descartes thru Green and Nietzsche. The divisions of the
study are as follows: Introduction, The perfectionists, The
British non-Hedonists, Modified perfectionism, Kant, Several
nineteenth-century non-Hedonists, and Conclusion.
* * * * *
“He has given a concise and careful statement of the growth of an
ethical problem and of various proposed solutions. Though primarily
ethical in its scope, this essay, in the attention it gives to the
definition of pleasure, becomes a valuable contribution to the history
of psychology as well as to the field of ethics.” Kate Gordon.
+ =J. Philos.= 5: 217. Ap. 9, ’08. 1400w.
Reviewed by F. H. Rousmaniere.
+ =Philos. R.= 17: 559. S. ’08. 520w.
=Wright, Wilmer Cave.= Short history of Greek literature from Homer
to Julian. *$1.50. Am. bk.
7–32173.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“It would be difficult to recommend this little book too highly.”
+ + + =Acad.= 73: 272. D. 21, ’07. 410w.
“An excellent sketch.”
+ =Class. J.= 3: 128. Ja. ’08. 10w.
“I have taken up this book on different days and at various hours,
when fresh and when tired, and have never failed to become
interested.” C. F. S.
+ =Class. J.= 3: 242. Ap. ’08. 670w.
“The views expressed are sane and reasonable, and the style is, on the
whole, agreeable in spite of a few lapses into figurative expressions
of doubtful taste. Mrs. Wright hardly does justice to the poetry of
Bacchylides.” H. N. Fowler.
+ − =Class. Philol.= 3: 217. Ap. ’08. 500w.
“It is well done and it will serve either as a reading book or as a
book of reference.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 206. S. ’08. 80w.
“No one has better rendered into English the spirit of the
devil-may-care Archilochus.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 312. Ag. 6, ’08. 100w.
“Adequate learning, wide reading, the critical equipment, good taste
and good judgment, a pleasing and readable style, a thread of
individuality shining through the mass of the material—these are the
qualities which impart to this small manual genuine value beyond its
modest pretensions.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 240. Mr. 12, ’08. 800w.
=Wundt, Wilhelm Max.= Outlines of psychology; tr. with the
co-operation of the author, by C. H. Judd. 3d rev. English ed.
from the 7th rev. German ed. *$2.25. Stechert.
A new edition whose most notable change is the inclusion of some
twenty figures and diagrams, with new explanatory matter in the text.
* * * * *
“One has only words of praise for this volume as it now stands in its
third English dress, and Professor Judd is to be warmly commended for
the skill and pains with which he has executed his task.” A. H.
Pierce.
+ =Philos. R.= 17: 228. Mr. ’08. 500w.
“English-speaking students are fortunate in possessing such a
scholarly translation of the great psychologist’s answer to the
average student’s needs.” Raymond Dodge.
+ =Science=, n.s. 26: 588. N. 1, ’07. 400w.
=Wylde, C. H.= How to collect continental china. (How to ser.) $2.
Macmillan.
8–13288.
“Mr. Wylde gives the history of all the important old European
factories, devoting most space to Sévres, where soft paste porcelain
reached its perfection, and to Meissen, where the use of hard paste
was discovered. There is also a careful account of the forms and
styles of decoration characteristic of the various factories, many of
whose productions are reproduced in some of the forty excellent
plates. The makers’ marks are also reproduced in facsimile.”—Dial.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 217. Je. ’08.
=Dial.= 44: 138. Mr. 1, ’08. 160w.
=Ind.= 64: 526. Mr. 5, ’08. 150w.
“Mr. Wylde has covered a very great deal of ground, and his book
should be of considerable value to the collector.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 35: 243. S. ’08. 130w.
“Because the description of each type is led up to with a little
exposition of the personality and motives of the potters, the book
leaves an impression of being readable and entertaining.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 563. Je. 18, ’08. 350w.
+ =Outlook.= 88: 513. F. 29, ’08. 100w.
“The information is in the main correct throughout, and given as
concisely and briefly as possible. The experienced collector as well
as the beginner will find this a thoroughly useful book. The index is
quite comprehensive.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 146. F. 1, ’08. 160w.
“Mr. Wylde’s volume will be found a useful guide.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 29. Ja. 4. ’08. 280w.
=Wyllarde, Dolf.= Mafoota: a romance of Jamaica. †$1.50. Lane.
8–6988.
The story of a self-exiled wife’s development from a pinched, frigid
girl, disliking her husband, into a lovable woman who returns to him
with the trophies of her better experiences.
* * * * *
“The story marks an advance on the author’s part in a wider and
brighter horizon.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 650. N. 23. 250w.
“The author appears, to us, to have handled her material with
delicacy, strength, and sincerity. Lovers of straightforward writing,
writing that is also instinct with emotional qualities, will give Dolf
Wyllarde the credit she deserves.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 114. F. 29, ’08. 300w.
=Wyllie, Bertie.= Sheffield plate. (Newnes library of applied arts.)
*$2.50. Scribner.
7–40880.
A handbook “written with a complete knowledge of its subject both as
regards its technical and artistic aspects and with the view of
reviving an industry almost on the verge of extinction. The
illustrations—some six score in number—will serve as a guide to those
ignorant of the beauty of these last products of the old handicraft
methods of working, and may help to preserve others lying about
unregarded, and awaken their owners to a sense of their value.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“It will be useful and interesting not only to the collector and
designer, but also to many households throughout the country.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 135. F. 1. 220w.
“An enthusiastic collector himself, he avoids the dry, statistical
tone that discourages the beginner, and he possesses a happy
faculty—somewhat rare in students of the antique—of saying clearly and
exactly what he means.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 81. F. 1, ’08. 150w.
=Int. Studio.= 33: 336. F. ’08. 150w.
“One of the most infectiously enthusiastic of recent books on any of
the arts and crafts.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 520. Je. 4, ’08. 400w.
=Wyzewa, Teodore de.= Some women loving or luckless; tr. from the
French by C. H. Jeaffreson. **$2.50. Lane.
Sketches of fourteen lives of women of different climes and times all
meeting upon a plane of despair and suffering, and all furnishing in
their life record a human document of universal interest. Among them
are some of Henry VIII’s wives, Sophia Dorothea the wife of George I
of England, Caroline von Günderode, Mary Stuart, Mary Woolstonecraft,
Constanza Monti, Fanny Burney and Mrs. Browning.
* * * * *
“His pronouncements are in general vitiated by a noticeable lack of
the judicial faculty, which is especially apparent in his estimate of
Henry VIII. The translation, though abounding in literalisms ... is
above the average.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 470. O. 17. 270w.
“There is not one of these papers which is not interesting. They are
written with a Gaelic grace and sympathy, with a strong, even a naif
Catholic lien, yet with the knowledge and insight of a man of the
world.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 594. O. 24, ’08. 540w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 622. O. 24, ’08. 20w.
Y
* =Ybarra, Thomas R.= Davy Jones’s yarns and other salted songs.
**$1.25. Holt.
The “yarns,” five in number, relate in rhyme how Davy Jones met an
Icecreamberg; how a Swiss Admiral helped him out of trouble in Russia;
how he and the Swiss Admiral chased the Mince Pirates; how he and
Professor Bim went to Cuba to kill the revolution bug; and how he met
with a typhoon. The “Salted songs” are in the same hilarious vein. The
illustrations are as spirited as they are funny.
* * * * *
“A fantastic quality in their humor that is as unusual as it is
delightful.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 415. D. 1, ’08. 120w.
“The drawings rescue the verses from the commonplace.” W. G. Bowdoin.
− + =Ind.= 65: 1467. D. 17, ’08. 30w.
=Yeats, William Butler, and Gregory, Isabelle A.= Unicorn from the
stars, and other plays. *$1.50. Macmillan.
8–16447.
Containing The unicorn from the stars, by Lady Gregory and W. B.
Yeats; Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W. B. Yeats; The hour-glass, by W. B.
Yeats.
* * * * *
“The plays impress us as having little dramatic character: we should
say that they conveyed their idea chiefly by symbol rather than by
action. We like to read and enjoy them, rather than criticize them.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 255. O. 16, ’08. 360w.
“It would be easy to exaggerate the importance of them as plays,
impossible to deny their significance as first fruits of a veritable
national drama.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 540. Je. 11, ’08. 620w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 217. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
=Yerkes, Robert Mearns.= Dancing mouse: a study in animal behavior.
(Animal behavior ser., v. 1.) *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–34599.
“The book is a thoroughly scientific study of behavior in one of the
higher animals,—a work of really fundamental interest to all students
of comparative psychology.... The first five chapters are devoted more
particularly to the special peculiarities of the dancing mouse; to its
origin and history; to its extraordinary ‘dance’ movements; to methods
of breeding and care; to the controversy that has long existed
regarding the structure of the ear and the sense of hearing. With the
sixth chapter, on the sense of hearing, begins the account of the
author’s own investigations.”—Psychol. Bull.
* * * * *
“This study is the nearest approach yet made by any student of
behavior to giving a complete and systematic account of the varieties
and complexities of the actions of a mammalian race.” J: B. Watson.
+ =J. Philos.= 5: 184. Mr. 26, ’08. 2000w.
“Apart from its value as a contribution to science, the book is an
extremely readable one, and is, moreover, admirably bound and
printed.” W. B.
+ =Nature.= 77: 533. Ap. 9, ’08. 400w.
“The distinguishing feature of the work lies in the ingenious and
extremely valuable methods of experimental investigation worked out by
Yerkes; this makes the book really indispensable to every investigator
in this field.” H. S. Jennings.
+ =Psychol. Bull.= 5: 92. Mr. 15, ’08. 900w.
“To people who have not followed the recent developments in this field
of science the book is a revelation.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 112. Ja. ’08. 80w.
“Aside from its general usefulness as a reference book for the
research student, the book forms a valuable guide to the technique of
experimentation upon animals.” J: B. Watson.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 28: 151. Jl. 31, ’08. 1950w.
=York, Francis L.= Counterpoint simplified. (Music students lib.)
$1.25. Ditson.
8–1124.
A resetting of old well-known principles of strict counterpoint in as
convenient and as concise a form as possible.
* * * * *
“A textbook that merits high commendation. Its statements are clear
and orderly, and its examples valuable.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 243. O. ’08.
* =Young, Alexander Bell Filson.= When the tide turns. †$1.50. Estes.
“The hero is a young artist with genius for expression by means of the
line. His eyesight and his feelings are both a bit morbid at the
start, but the controversies that his work arouses set his feet more
firmly upon the road to fame.... There comes to him the great love,
and its object is the wife of his best friend. The author has no
doubts whatever about the right solution of the problem, and neither,
after an hour’s reasoning about it has the artist.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Filson Young shows his youth in many ways throughout this book.
It ‘reads young,’ and there is youth to account for and excuse certain
errors in treatment. He writes admirably, and by far the pleasantest
parts of his book are the descriptions of nature, which are frequent.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 715. D. 5. 140w.
“Without detriment to his narrative the author might have been more
discreet in his accounts of the young man’s experiments with the tree
of knowledge.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 789. D. 19, ’08. 340w.
“The book falls into pieces which owe nothing to each other, written
in different styles, different veins, and of different people.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 674. N. 28, ’08. 400w.
=Younghusband, George John.= Story of the Guides. *$2.25. Macmillan.
8–27167.
A narrative of some of the adventures of the corps of guides organized
in India in 1846 to furnish aid to troops in the field and to collect
information. “It is full of interest from the first chapter, in which
a brief sketch of the raising of the corps by ‘Joe’ Lumsden is
given—through the description of distinguished service which began
then, and has since been continuous—to the final chapter, in which
‘the home of the guides’ at Mardá is described.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Deserves a cordial welcome for several reasons, but primarily because
of its intrinsic merits, which are many. There is little to find fault
with in the book, but that little should not have been there.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 727. Je. 13. 780w.
“From this ‘story’ one gains a new and higher appreciation of the
Indian’s character, not only as regards his bravery, but more
especially his absolute devotion to duty.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 98. Jl. 30, ’08. 740w.
“It is the rough material out of which history is made.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 232. Ag. 15, ’08. 1300w.
Z
=Zamacois, Miguel.= The jesters: a simple story in four acts of verse,
adapted from the French, by J: N. Raphael. **$1. Brentano’s.
8–6085.
A translation done into English rime.
* * * * *
“Why this translation should have been deemed worthy of preservation
in permanent form it is not easy to guess—for it is a most inadequate
performance. The lines exhibit few traces of literary facility or
poetic instinct.”
− =Nation.= 86: 428. My. 1, ’08. 270w.
“It is a bit of the old lace of literature, archaic and euphuistic,
but with the conventional threads woven into a gossamer woof of
verse.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 275. My. 16, ’08. 270w.
=Zeuner, Gustav Anton.= Technical thermodynamics; authorized
translation by J. F. Klein. 2v. *$8. Van Nostrand.
7–29742.
This first English translation has been made from the fifth complete
and revised original German edition. Volume one contains a discussion
of The fundamental laws of thermodynamics, theory of gases; volume two
treats of The theory of vapors.
* * * * *
“Of interest both to the pure physicist and to the engineer. The
translation is on the whole clear and accurate. The sentences are
often German in construction, and the frequent use of compound words
leaves no doubt as to their origin. The fault is palpable throughout,
rendering the text clumsy and troublesome to read even when the
meaning is clear.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 388. Mr. 28. 370w.
“A standard work which should be in all technical libraries.”
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Professor Zueblin outlines the religion of a democrat in six chapters
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The decay of authority, Religion and the church, Religion and the
state, and Impersonal immortality. The first five chapters argue for
the renunciation of time-honored hindrances to living issues and the
development of a greater social utility to be achieved thru the State;
while the last chapter deduces the subjective obligations of
democratic religion, which are considered under the term of
“impersonal immortality.”
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unconventional, and earnest a discussion of the great religious
realities.” N. P. Gilman.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 267. S. ’08. 370w.
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helpful and constructive contributions to economic progress which has
appeared in recent years.”
+ − =Arena.= 40: 117. Jl. ’08. 2400w.
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+ =Dial.= 45: 67. Ag. 1, ’08. 300w.
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to solve present-day problems. The book is radical and fearless,
though scarcely conclusive—perhaps the more valuable for that reason.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 331. Je. 13, ’08. 440w.
=Zwemer, Samuel Marinus.= Islam, a challenge to faith: studies on
the Mohammedan religion and the needs and opportunities of the
Mohammedan world from the standpoint of Christian missions. $1. S.
V. M.
7–39397.
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pertinent to a complete understanding of its present conditions,
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Christendom by the antagonist which now dominates a seventh part of
mankind.”—Outlook.
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“A useful compendium of up-to-date information regarding a subject in
which Christian churches today are only beginning to take an
interest.”
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“An informing study.”
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=Zwemer, Rev. Samuel Marinus, and Brown, Rev. Arthur Judson.= Nearer
and farther East: outline studies of Moslem lands and of Siam,
Burma and Korea. (United study of missions.) *50c. Macmillan.
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inferior to those of Christianity.... Dr. Brown, on the other hand,
who writes of Siam, Burma, and Korea, describes in a broad and
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