“A short history of the internal combustion engine is given in the first
chapter tracing the development of this machine from the year 1690, when
Denis Papin obtained motive power by exploding gunpowder in a cylinder,
up to the comparative perfection of the present-day engines. Following
this are discussions of different varieties of engines, transmission
gears, lubrication, ignition, and care of the car. The book is
indexed.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The technical parts seem to have been carefully prepared, though
British practice alone is treated of. The greatest value of this book is
in its presentation to interested car owners and drivers of the place of
the automobile engine in the wide field of the development of
internal-combustion motors.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 18. Ag. 12, ’09. 200w.
“The average owner of an automobile may learn much that he never knew
before by carefully reading ‘The motor car.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 490. Ag. 14, ’09. 130w.
=Brewster, William N.= Evolution of new China. *$1.25. West. Meth. bk.
7–29049.
A missionary’s discussion of the trend of religious development in
China. “His volume deals very largely with ethical and religious
questions: but the first half of his book is devoted to a careful survey
of political and industrial conditions in China and furnishes a basis
for the author’s general conclusions.” (Econ. Bull.) “The main theme of
the book appears to be that missions and the spread of Christianity will
prove the solution of all difficulties and make China the foremost
nation of the East.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
* * * * *
“For the average reader the first half of the book holds the chief
interest; the later chapters are hardly likely to appeal to anyone but
the enthusiastic mission worker. It is often difficult to follow some of
the leaps in his logic.”
− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 265. Ja. ’08. 500w.
“Interestingly written volume.” O. C. Gould.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 340. D. ’08. 350w.
=Bridgman, Raymond Landon.= Passing of the tariff. *$1.20. Sherman,
French & co.
9–4575.
A timely book presenting an untechnical survey of the economic and moral
merits of the tariff question. The author’s aim is to show the
political, industrial and economic forces operating to destroy the
tariff system, to encourage those who are fighting for the removal of
artificial obstructions to trade and prosperity, to inform readers
concerning the signs of the times, to arouse the indifferent, to
challenge opponents and to make friends of all. World unity, world
trade, and world peace are the watchwords.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09.
“The general reader, for whom it is intended, will find it well worth
while; though unfortunately it is badly organized, and would greatly
gain in force by condensation.” C. W. W.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 382. Je. ’09. 450w.
“The chief point in Mr. Bridgman’s book, however, is the summing-up of
the forces which, in the United States at present, are undoubtedly
making for a letting-down of the tariff bars. But, like all enthusiasts,
the author grossly exaggerates the strength of that movement.”
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 562. S. ’09. 200w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 382. Mr. ’09. 100w.
“A powerful exposition of the working of protection in the United
States.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 786. My. 15, ’09. 160w.
=Brierley, Jonathan (“J. B.,” pseud.).= Sidelights on religion.
*$1.40. Whittaker.
9–11697.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The writer is evidently an Englishman of a somewhat violently
Protestant type, and is not always fair to Christianity in its organic
forms. Nevertheless he writes forcibly and presents a great deal that is
true. The reader may be occasionally provoked, but he will always be
interested, and will be forced to do some thinking for himself.” E: S.
Drown.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 127. Mr. 6, ’09. 100w.
“The book as a whole is full of suggestion. Perhaps we may say that it
is a book for those whose business it is to teach, and who have a fairly
well assured standing ground of belief. These it cannot fail to
strengthen, while it broadens their outlook.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 642. Ap. 24, ’09. 320w.
=Briggs, Charles Augustus.=^{[10]} Church unity: studies of its most
important problems. **$2.50. Scribner.
9–25299.
The author is lecturer on Christian irenics in the Union theological
seminary and is the foremost apostle of church unity in America. The
book is the result of exhaustive study of church polity, worship, and
doctrine in all their phases with a view of finding what is essential to
Christianity, what is Catholic, and what is the consensus of
Christianity. A warm human sympathy pervades the book which gives it the
appeal of the true irenic.
* * * * *
=R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 80w.
=Briggs, Ernest Edward.= Angling and art in Scotland: some fishing
experiences related and illustrated. *$4. Longmans.
9–14707.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The illustrations are of more than usual value.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 100w.
“Charming and amusing to read.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 885. N. 28, ’08. 400w.
=Brigham, Louise.=^{[8]} Box furniture: how to make a hundred useful
articles for the home. **$1.60. Century.
9–14202.
Describes and gives instruction for making useful and artistic pieces of
furniture out of dry goods boxes. The author shows how with simple tools
one may fashion bedsteads, washstands, desks, music racks, flower
stands, footstools, pipe racks, etc. The author says “Besides the
educational and artistic values found in such work there is also a wide
economic significance in the use of the box.... To all who care for
simplicity and thrift, utility and beauty, I send my message.”
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09. ✠
“Her directions are to the point, her illustrations helpful, and the
required material is easily obtained.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 257. Jl. 29, ’09. 170w.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 330w.
“Deserves a good word.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 312. S. 30, ’09. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 200w.
+ =School R.= 17: 725. D. ’09. 70w.
=Brightmore, A. W.= Structural engineering. *$3.75. Cassell.
“Suitable for students of engineering, intermediate between what is
generally called ‘Strength of materials,’ and such specialized works as,
for instance, Merriman and Jacoby’s ‘Roofs and bridges.’” “An endeavor
is therefore made to set forth as a basis the fundamental principles of
statics, and especial attention is given the methods of the equilibrium
polygon and of the ellipse of stress.” (Engin. D.)
* * * * *
“With this formidable array of subjects, only the barest outlines and
conclusions can be given; but as the book is intended for use in
schools, it is proper to consider it as an elaborate synopsis of the
work of the course which is to be amplified by verbal explanation and
blackboard illustration in the classroom.”
+ − =Engin. D.= 5: 55. Ja. ’09. 210w.
“This material is in such shape that it is rather hard reading. It may
be commended as being sound, though for the most part distinctly
English, both in terminology and in methods of treatment. A clearer
didactic style and sufficient dilution to make the book palatable would
have commended the book to the reader’s attention far more forcibly.”
− + =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 429. O. 15, ’08. 300w.
=Bristol, Frank Milton.= Life of Chaplain McCabe, bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. **$1.50. Revell.
8–23284.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Sympathetic biography.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 100. Ap. ’09.
=Ind.= 66: 704. Ap. 1, ’09. 340w.
“The biography is full of anecdotes and interesting incidents.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 626. D. 24, ’08. 170w.
=Bronson, Walter Cochrane=, ed.^{[12]} English poems; selected and
ed., with illustrative and explanatory notes and bibliographies. 4v.
v. 2. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–29843.
=v. 2.= The Elizabethan age and the Caroline period.
Numerically, the second volume in a series of four, altho the third to
be published, this volume devotes two-fifths of its space to Spenser,
Shakespeare and Milton and the remainder to some sixty of the minor
poets. In method, completeness of notes, bibliographies and index, this
volume follows the plan adopted for the series.
* * * * *
“A good collection for larger libraries.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 36. O. ’09.
=Brookfield, Frances Mary.=^{[5]} Friar observant. $1.50. Herder.
A story of the reformation in England narrated by a friar of the period.
* * * * *
“From its historical side, indeed, the book is throughout somewhat open
to criticism; but with all its faults there is a certain amiability in
it which will redeem it in the eyes of many readers.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 341. Mr. 20. 200w.
“It presents only an episode; but the episode is well-conceived and
well-related, and the characters of Luther, Philip, and Margaret are
boldly drawn, while the friar himself and the Lady Anne are mere
marionettes. It is a stirring and picturesque tale of the times.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 256. My. ’09. 470w.
=Brooks, John Graham.= As others see us: a study of progress in the
United States. **$1.75. Macmillan.
8–31147.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“An excellent volume for general reading, informing and entertaining.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 6. Ja. ’09. ✠
“It is a volume that merits a place in every well-ordered library and
should be found on the shelves of all public libraries.”
+ =Arena.= 41: 253. F. ’09. 1050w.
“It is Mr. Brook’s commentary that makes the book worth while, that
makes it, indeed, a book about America by an American.” J: Macy.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 607. F. ’09. 3700w.
“A book worthy of being read, and wholesome in its lessons.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 54. Ja. 16, ’09. 140w.
“The point of view of the book is a novel one, and the treatment of the
subject by Mr. Brooks makes both interesting and suggestive reading. He
handles some critics a little too gently and some others perhaps not
quite roughly enough.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 531. My. ’09. 90w.
“I wish that every faint-hearted American, whose faith in democracy is
wavering, could be induced to read and re-read and then read again Mr.
Brooks’s book. Nothing more splendidly sanely, and convincingly
optimistic has appeared in a long time.” H. A. Bruce.
+ =Forum.= 41: 386. Ap. ’09. 1000w.
+ =Ind.= 66: 637. Mr. 25, ’09. 550w.
“The volume is one that should be widely read if for no other reason
than that it is delightful reading.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 490. My. 13, ’09. 700w.
“A work which is not only very readable, with its variety of pertinent
comment, but is also informing. There are few evidences in Mr. Brooks’s
work of false perspective.” E: Cary.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 1. Ja. 2, ’09. 1300w.
“No book that has recently appeared is more interesting or suggestive.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 862. D. 19, ’08. 1900w.
“His own connected comment on these criticisms is sane and enlightening
as well as kindly.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 125. Ja. ’09. 110w.
“We must be content with saying generally that not only is the book one
of the most entertaining and illuminating that we have ever come across,
but that it is from beginning to end a happy proof of the good
understanding that is growing more and more complete between the two
countries.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 642. Ap. 24, ’09. 380w.
“We cannot refrain from urging that the volume should be at the earliest
moment in the hands of two classes of people: first, those who
contemplate a journey to another country, either for the purpose of
pleasure, or study; second, those who intend to stay at home, either
from choice or from necessity. The first class will find the volume a
delightful traveling companion and a guide to intelligent observation.
The second will find it a most entertaining text book in a study of
American life and institutions.” O. R. Lovejoy.
+ =Survey.= 22: 304. My. 29, ’09. 1600w.
=Broomhall, Marshall.= Present-day conditions in China. **50c. Revell.
9–964.
The author, editorial secretary of the China inland mission, gives in
this volume a summary of happenings in China during a year. Quotations
from Chinese newspapers, maps, tables and text all bear witness to the
fact that there is a great movement in China and with it are
opportunities for Christianizing its people.
* * * * *
“His little book is as up to date as anything can be upon a subject that
changes with kaleidoscopic rapidity.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 324. F. 11, ’09. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 673. N. 14, ’08. 200w.
“Mr. Broomhall has some very striking facts to lay before his readers.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 835. My. 23, ’08. 300w.
=Broughton, Lord.=^{[9]} Recollections of a long life; with additional
extracts from his private diaries; ed. by his daughter, Lady
Dorchester. 2v. *$6. Scribner.
9–25987.
“Fifty years ago Lord Broughton privately printed his ‘Recollections of
a long life’ in five volumes. With this work as a basis, his daughter,
Lady Dorchester, has compiled a record of his early manhood, when he was
the intimate friend of Byron and a notable figure among the stalwarts of
reform. The record is elucidated by many extracts from his private
diaries—like all his contemporaries, he was a voluminous diarist—and
from his published works. And we can only hope that these volumes, which
come down to 1822, will be followed by others dealing with Lord
Broughton’s later life.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“A fascinating and valuable book.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 117; 2: 147. Jl. 31; Ag. 7. 600w.
“The chief interest, of course, attaches to the personal reminiscences
of Byron, which are so plentiful in these volumes.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 47: 175. S. 16, ’09. 1750w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 775. N. 6, ’09. 430w.
“It must be confessed that as a whole these pages are pretty thin
reading.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 431. N. 4, ’09. 1550w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 589. O. 9, ’09. 1900w.
“Apart from what we consider the Byron blunder, Lady Dorchester has done
her work in editing and arranging these papers very well.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 84. Jl. 17, ’09. 830w.
“It is one of the most delightful books of reminiscences which we have
read for long.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 131. Jl. 24, ’09. 2000w.
=Brown, Abbie Farwell.= Fresh posies; rhymes to read and pieces to
speak. †$1.50. Houghton.
8–27776.
A book of natural, spontaneous child-wisdom set to rime.
* * * * *
“Charming rhymes, happy in thought and expression, for children of seven
and eight.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 307. D. ’08. ✠
“Many of the verses hold to the child spirit, while others neglect it. I
hope that the book will have an encouraging reception, for there is in
the lines a naïve appreciation of youth that is rare.” M. J. Moses.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 60w.
“Deserves a warm welcome.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 580. O. 17, ’08. 80w.
=Brown, Abbie Farwell.=^{[12]} John of the woods. †$1.25 Houghton.
9–28265.
A book with a message for children which tells the story of a little boy
who lives in the forest with a good hermit, learns from him a secret
power over the wild creatures of the woods and comes to trust them as
protectors and brothers. The influence of the kingdom of the forest
reaches out to the troubled realm of which it is a part and teaches the
ruler lessons of harmony and happiness.
* * * * *
“Miss Abbie Farwell Brown has succeeded commendably in disguising an
overworked moral beneath a sufficiently entertaining story. Miss Brown
is a good companion for children, both in her prose and verse.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1016. D. 4, ’09. 170w.
“This is one of the best of the new books for children.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 844. D. ’09. 100w.
=Brown, Alice.= Story of Thyrza. **$1.35. Houghton.
9–5521.
Miss Brown has woven into the structure of her story the conditioning
forces that made for happiness and tragedy in a single woman’s life. A
studious, imaginative little girl, a hero worshiper, grows to womanhood,
mistakes for the prince of her dreams a wooer who fools and betrays her,
then with grim resolution and stout-hearted purpose faces alone the
future of her child. She trains and educates him the while refusing the
love of a good man whose name she was not willing to sacrifice. It is a
strong handling of a difficult situation.
* * * * *
“Though unconvincing in its main motive, it is a strong dramatic novel,
wholesome in its teaching and remarkably unobjectionable for its kind.
Not advised for the small library or a traveling collection.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.
“This is an attractive and, in a measure, original story.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 581. My. 15. 80w.
“Lacking consistency and continuity, this study of a woman’s development
fails to satisfy.”
− =Atlan.= 103: 710. My. ’09. 300w.
“With all its art, the story still leaves you incredulous.” F: T.
Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 191. Ap. ’09. 270w.
“A more significant work than has hitherto come from the pen of Miss
Alice Brown.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 372. Je. 1, ’09. 480w.
“A story which, although sombre and somewhat painful, cannot be denied a
place among recent volumes of some importance.” Philip Tillinghast.
+ − =Forum.= 41: 393. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“Such an ending is fortunate, but somehow it thins the tragedy to an
obvious fiction.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 812. Ap. 15, ’09. 750w.
“As with other novels from the same pen, the book rings true.
Delineations of New-England character are well done and show acute
observation.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 559. Ap. 3, ’09. 230w.
“An almost austere restraint of style gives the work a peculiar charm.
The interest of plot is subordinated to that of the characters and their
reaction upon one another. The situations are rich in suggestion beyond
what is actually developed.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 307. Mr. 25, ’09. 230w.
“It has taken all of Miss Brown’s art and skill, and that is saying a
good deal, to make plausible the situation which is the crux of the
story. She has made it plausible, but not quite convincing.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 136. Mr. 6, ’09. 430w.
“The earlier chapters are amusing and charming in their pictures of
Thyrza’s girlhood, and there is a deal of tenderness in the final
chapters.”
+ − =Outlook.= 92: 19*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.
“She has done nothing so good on the larger scale.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 495. Jl. ’09. 320w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 760. Je. ’09. 100w.
=Sat. R.= 107: 822. Je. 26, ’09. 30w.
“It is a thoroughly engrossing, poetical, and distinguished study of a
finely conceived character, and the narrative is rich in odd surprises
and contrasted emotions.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 785. My. 15, ’09. 730w.
=Brown, Charles Reynolds.=^{[9]} Young man’s affairs. **$1. Crowell.
9–35794.
A book of common sense for every young man who hopes some day to
“arrive.” The chapters are: His main purpose; His intimates; His books;
His money; His recreations; His wife; and His church.
* * * * *
“Distinguished by a grasp of essentials, sound common sense and a
picturesque and humorous style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 37. O. ’09. ✠
“A strong religious flavor manifests itself in these talks, but their
really distinguishing characteristics are the clear understanding they
exhibit of young-man life, and the quaint, picturesque forcefulness,
with which the advice they contain is presented. A strong vein of humor
runs through them which cannot fail to make an appeal to young men.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 511. Ag. 28, ’09. 140w.
=Brown, Daniel Rollins.= The baby: a book for mothers and nurses. *$1.
Whitcomb & B.
8–36406.
Includes the results of recent investigation of all matters pertaining
to the health of a baby.
* * * * *
“A good general treatment limited to the principles and practical
knowledge that every mother and nurse should possess. The subject of
food receives special attention.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 73. Mr. ’09. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 200w.
=Brown, Demetra (Vaka) (Mrs. Kenneth Brown).=^{[6]} Haremlik: some
pages from the life of Turkish women. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–13429.
Out of the experience of six years in America a Turkish girl, back once
more in Constantinople, studies the Turkish women who had been her
friends in girlhood. The chapters record her impressions gained during a
round of visits among them and afford an authentic view of life as it is
lived by Turkish women of today.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 8. S. ’09.
“Whatever may be the book’s value as documentary evidence for the
sociologist,—and it is probably not impersonal enough or general enough
to give it a great deal of value in that direction,—it is stirringly
written, and two or three little incidents of childhood companionships,
in particular, are told almost as prettily as anything of the kind in
literature.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 75. Ag. 1, ’09. 230w.
+ − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 450w.
“It is a strange book this—strange in that it is something quite fresh
and, if not quite new, the subject is treated with a newness of unbiased
viewpoint that compels attention and willing conviction.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 304. My. 15, ’09. 880w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Outlook.= 92: 428. Je. 26, ’09. 430w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 140w.
“Whatever the precise value may be which the reader allows to the
present book, he will scarcely after reading these conversations dismiss
it as altogether insignificant.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 505. O. 23, ’09. 780w.
“Mrs. Kenneth Brown’s book is well worth reading because, although it
says nothing about the revolution, it reveals the standpoint and
temperament of Turkish women, and proves that they are likely to remain
for a long time just what they are.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 514. O. 2, ’09. 2400w.
=Brown, Goodwin.= Scientific nutrition simplified: a condensed
statement and explanation for everybody of the discoveries of
Chittenden, Fletcher, and others. **75c. Stokes.
8–19025.
The self application of principles of nutrition discovered thru recent
physiological study has resulted in this “condensation” for general use.
“The author shows that science strongly antagonizes the deep-rooted idea
in the mind of man that everything he can get down will do him good, and
he shows that science declares, on the contrary, that food taken in
excess of physiological requirements does not yield increased energy for
work, but actually takes energy that might be given to work. He makes it
plain that the average man overloads his system with waste products
difficult to dispose of because of eating too much and improperly
selected food.” (Educ. R.)
* * * * *
“It would be of great advantage if every teacher, and, what is more
important, every mother, would read this little volume. The book may be
unreservedly recommended, and will be found of markt practical value.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 422. N. ’08. 200w.
“Whoever is interested in the modern theories of nutrition will find
here a plain, accurate statement of the ideas of the most advanced
scientific thinkers upon how best to make food conserve the body’s
needs.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 282. My. 16, ’08. 180w.
=Brown, John Franklin.=^{[11]} American high school. *$1.40.
Macmillan.
9–14954.
Discusses the distinctive features of the American high school, its
function, organization and management, its curriculum and its social
life.
* * * * *
“An important contribution to the history of education.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 662. O. 23, ’09. 30w.
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 490. O. 2, ’09. 270w.
=Brown, John Mason.= Lectures on the statutory provisions relating to
government contracts, delivered before the Engineer school, U. S.
army, Washington barracks, D. C., March, 1908. (Occasional papers,
Engineer school, U. S. army, no. 31.) Press of the Engineer school,
Washington barracks, D. C.
8–26844.
This volume is intended to supplement its predecessor and to call
attention to the more important of the many statutory provisions which
have direct bearing upon government contracts, and the observance of
which, by both the contractor and the agents of the government, is so
important.
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 294. Mr. ’09. 200w.
“Should be of value to any and all contractors doing business with the
government. The material is wisely condensed.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 316. S. 17, ’09. 160w.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 48. Ap. 15, ’09. 50w.
=Browne, Patrick William.=^{[9]} Where the fishers go: the story of
Labrador. *$1.75. Cochrane pub.
9–17326.
“Gives topographical, historical, industrial and social [information]
concerning the people and their surroundings, their mode of life, the
products of the soil and the sea. Every step that a tourist can take,
and every detail that might contribute to secure his comfort or satisfy
his curiosity, is recorded with the fidelity of a Baedeker.”—Cath.
World.
* * * * *
“A convenient volume for larger libraries because of its supplemental
information to the several narrative and travel accounts published
within the past few years.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 37. O. ’09.
“The book is not remarkable for descriptive power nor, in fact any
conspicuous grace of style. But it is packed full of detailed
information.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 839. S. ’09. 120w.
“It would be difficult to discover a single volume in which so much
information is contained, and for this reason the book may be heartily
recommended to travellers in the northlands.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 234. S. 9, ’09. 170w.
“His information is as miscellaneous as it is unarranged in spite of all
the mechanics of topics which adorn his pages.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 455. Jl. 24, ’09. 270w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 50w.
“Mr. Browne writes about his theme with knowledge and with enthusiasm.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 693. O. 30, ’09. 230w.
=Brownell, William Crary.=^{[12]} American prose masters. **$1.50.
Scribner.
9–28257.
Studies of Cooper, Hawthorne, Emerson, Poe, Lowell and Henry James. The
author’s criticism “is seriously concerned in discovering what is
significant, what has contributed to the great success and what is
ephemeral, what is vital and upholds the tenets of the faith—in fine, in
clarifying the discussion of his subjects from the traditions both of
ill-judged enthusiasm and prejudice.”
* * * * *
“An important addition to our small but distinguished company of books
of criticism that count and will endure.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1136. N. 18, ’09. 220w.
“He has rendered real and novel service to American letters, to letters
in America, to the vital function of the intellect in the national
life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 708. N. 13, ’09. 1050w.
“One would not hesitate to file Mr. Brownell’s book with the best books
of its class abroad as convincing evidence that we have, so to speak,
arrived.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 649. N. 27, ’09. 220w.
=Brownscombe, Fred J.= State control of courses of study. $1. Silver.
8–28066.
A book whose “merit consists in the presentation it makes of information
about the educational systems of the world heretofore to be had only
after laborious searchings through many books and pamphlets, some
printed in foreign languages.... Among the topics treated are: the
relation of the state to the subjects of instruction, the grading of
school systems, the status of schoolmasters in various parts of the
world, educational systems prescribed by home governments for their
dependencies, the relation of kindergarten, elementary, secondary,
normal, and high schools to themselves and the state, amount of
religious instruction permitted and required, recent American
legislation relating to education.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Students of education will do well to keep it at their elbow. We regret
that the bibliography, beginning on p. 123, does not contain an
indication of the date and place of publication of each of the books
quoted.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 315. Mr. ’09. 120w.
“A little book which educators will value highly. His classification is
extremely well conceived, inasmuch as it facilitates comparisons and
makes it easy to turn up the particular bits of information one desires
to obtain.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 86. F. 13, ’09. 200w.
=Bruce, Henry A. B.=^{[5]} Romance of American expansion. **$1.75.
Moffat.
9–8392.
A story which elicits “the romance [of American expansion] by exhibiting
the picturesqueness of the personalities engaged in the various stages
and steps of it.” (Bookm.) Contents: Daniel Boone and the opening up of
the west; Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana purchase; Andrew Jackson
and the acquisition of Florida; Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas;
Thomas Hart Benton and the occupation of Oregon; John Charles Fremont
and the conquest of California; William Henry Seward and the Alaska
cession; William McKinley and the transmarine possessions; Hints for
further reading.
* * * * *
“It is not claimed that the specialist will find in the sketches
anything that is new. At the same time they are not unworthy of
perpetuation in book form, because they are sane, well written, and, so
far as they go, generally superior to the works of their class with
which our shelves have grown crowded in recent years.” F: A. Ogg.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 187. O. ’09. 430w.
“Taken individually, they are somewhat unsatisfactory, but as a compact
survey the book has considerable usefulness.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 132. My. ’09.
“The author’s enthusiasm in his description of these men leaves him in
little less than hero worship. The man who finds history dull will not
have to discard this volume. The personal element is given such emphasis
that events serve only as a setting.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 175. Jl. ’09. 150w.
“It does include a concise and popular and well-informed account of its
subject, though that fact is obscured by the fine writing which some
friendly blue pencil ought remorselessly to have deleted.” Montgomery
Schuyler.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 307. My. ’09. 940w.
“The book will not be ranked among important contributions to the
historical library. It is excellently fitted for that large class of
readers who, while disinclined to serious study, seek not merely
entertainment, but profit, from their book.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 385. Je. ’09. 300w.
“A useful book for supplementary reading on the part of students of
American history.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 20w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 146. Jl. 15, ’09. 280w.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 180w.
“This book is, as might be expected, buoyant, vigorous, and optimistic.
But his work shows lacks and lapses which disappoint, and we can not
altogether trust his guidance.”
− + =Nation.= 88: 605. Je. 17, ’09. 1500w.
“Somewhat inexcusably it seems in a volume published in the year 1909,
the author quite omits the contribution of Theodore Roosevelt to this
series—the acquisition of the Canal Zone and the bringing into the world
of the convenient Republic of Panama.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 290. My. 8, ’09. 700w.
“In clarity of narrative, smoothness of style, and sense of proportion
as to subject matter, Mr. Bruce has told this story admirably. An
excellent feature of the book is a supplementary chapter giving hints
for further reading—not a mere list of books, but a carefully prepared
sketch of the literature of the entire subject.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 21. My. 1, ’09. 300w.
“Reasonably good history, and is certainly good reading.”
+ =Yale R.= 18: 333. N. ’09. 130w.
=Brückner, Alexander.= Literary history of Russia. (Lib. of literary
history.) *$4. Scribner.
9–3063.
“It is the history of Russian culture, of the gradual freeing of the
Russian mind from its bonds, that the author undertakes to write. He
points out causes and influences, giving to each its due weight; he
follows the main current of the national mental life, with occasional
excursions into the affluents.” (Spec.) Professor Brückner shows what
elements have entered into the early literary history of Russia, to the
seventeenth century, reviews the tendencies and growth of the literature
of the eighteenth century, and for the nineteenth century presents
“Pushkin, Nekrasov, Turgenev, Tolstoi, and many another not as artists,
living for their art alone, but utterers of their country’s longing for
freedom, of its discouragement and its shame.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The most exhaustive and scholarly work yet published, containing a
wealth of information and giving acute analyses and discriminations. The
prejudice of the Polish author is noticeable, especially in the earlier
portions, and the style is difficult in places. The index is
incomplete.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 73. Mr. ’09.
“Professor Brückner’s original work in German has been and still is the
authoritative book of Western Europe on Russian literature as a whole.”
S: N. Harper.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 199. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“Prof. Brückner is a Pole, but does not allow his sympathies to be
warped.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 66. Ja. 16. 1100w.
“Unfortunately, this valuable work is clothed in a style that will
frighten away any but determined students of literature. The book as a
whole may be recommended almost without reserve as the one thorough,
comprehensive, and scholarly account of Russian literature in any of the
languages of western Europe.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 630. Je. 24, ’09. 2000w.
“Prof. Brückner’s fine work on the literary history of Russia suffers
under the slight disadvantages which necessarily attend any book of the
class when written from a viewpoint foreign to the people to whom it is
addressed. Its acute analyses and discriminations and its wealth of
information place it beside the greatest essays in interpretive
criticism. The work of the translator is without distinction.” Anne
Peacock.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 2. Ja. 2, ’09. 2000w.
“Professor Brückner’s book is not only remarkable as a history of
Russian literature, but as a history of Russia. It should be said that
the translation of the book by Mr. H. Havelock is excellent, with the
exception of the passages quoted as translations from the Russian. These
are sometimes, as on page 258, unintelligible.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 242. F. 20, ’09. 1500w.
“So far no English student of Russian literature has treated the subject
with the authority and searching penetration that distinguish every page
of Professor Brückner’s book. The translation which we are reviewing is
on the whole close, following the original with almost canine fidelity.
It bears, however, numerous marks of haste.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 1057. D. 19, ’08. 1800w.
=Bryan, William Jennings.=^{[12]} Speeches; with a biographical
introd. by Mary Baird Bryan, his wife. 2v. ea. **$1. Funk.
9–30038.
A two-volume edition of Bryan’s speeches. The first volume contains
Speeches on taxation and bimetalism; the second, those included under
the divisions, Political speeches, Speeches in foreign lands,
Educational and religious speeches and Miscellaneous speeches. Mrs.
Bryan has written a biographical introduction, free from estimates of
character or of mental endowments, that narrates simply the principal
facts “necessary to an understanding of the forty-nine years spanned by
his life.”
=Bryant, Marguerite.= Christopher Hibbault: roadmaker. †$1.50.
Duffield.
9–35333.
Two cousins are rivals for the hand of Elizabeth Hibbault. She rejects
the Apollo and marries the egotist. The rejected suitor maims himself
thru attempted suicide, while the marriage that drove him to it turns
out a failure. The young woman dies in a workhouse leaving a son. The
story is concerned with the fortunes of this boy who is adopted by the
crippled man. When the father meets the boy in his cousin’s charge “he
takes a fancy to him and offers him an opening in his business ... in
ignorance of their relationship. Christopher enters his father’s office,
works there for years, develops great ability as an engineer and
inventor, and does not discover the secret of his parentage until after
the death of his father, who leaves him the whole of his colossal
fortune.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“A story of peculiar charm and decided originality.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 90. Mr. ’09. ✠
Reviewed by F: T. Cooper.
=Bookm.= 29: 404. Je. ’09. 300w.
“It is doubly a document, no doubt, but no doubt, also, an interesting
story written in a fine spirit. A hundred pages less and the weaving
would draw together into greater firmness.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 418. Ap. 22, ’09. 300w.
“A good story just for its plot and its incident alone. The characters
are interesting people, too, not just like others, especially the others
that are to be found between the covers of books of fiction.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 94. F. 20, ’09. 300w.
“The book throughout is well written, but the serious social purpose
disclosed as the story nears its end, fine and sincere as it is, gives
the whole a didactic tinge and weakens the story as such.”
+ − =Outlook.= 91: 534. Mr. 6, ’09. 60w.
“She is to be congratulated on a piece of work which, though far from
perfect, is marked by many engaging qualities,—charm of style, elevation
of thought, and a vivid sense of beauty. The cumulative effect of a
sequence of improbabilities seriously impairs the persuasiveness of Miss
Bryant’s story.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 64. Ja. 9, ’09. 560w.
=Buckley, Elsie Finnimore.=^{[5]} Children of the dawn: old tales of
Greece; with introd. by Arthur Sidgwick. †$1.50. Stokes.