The author as guide avoids the megaphone man’s method of stringing
together commonplaces and does the honors properly and pleasantly, of
the old quarters of Paris, to Parisians who complain of knowing nothing
of the history of the great city. He dabbles not at all in hackneyed
legend but supplements the history of buildings with brief narratives of
events, heroic or calamitous, that have happened beneath their shadow.
It is Paris from a French point of view. Numerous illustrations
accompany the text.
* * * * *
“Excellent descriptions of notable landmarks written by a Parisian
having ample knowledge and love for his city.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 156. Je. ’09.
“All M. Cain writes about Paris is worthy of introduction to English
readers.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 583. My. 15. 200w.
“M. Cain’s conspicuous merit is his ability to keep off the paths beaten
by the guide-books; and wherever he conducts his readers he reveals new
interests in unlikely places.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 373. Je. 1, ’09. 350w.
“A veritable treasure-house of information about the Paris that has
disappeared, or is doomed to disappear, on both banks of the Seine—the
old Paris of history and of the historical novel.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1241. Je. 3, ’09. 130w.
“The translator was obviously interested in his translation and tries to
supplement in his notes the information of the text.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 240w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 403. Je. 26, ’09. 400w.
“He knows not only all of Paris in brick and stone, he has known all of
Paris living; he is the son of the house, he is your delightful host, he
is full of family anecdotes. He has the incomparable faculty of making
you feel, for the nonce, as if you too were of the family.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 561. O. ’09. 320w.
“This book, we should say, almost reaches the ideal of the art of
writing about the old buildings and historical associations of a city
such as Paris or London.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 728. Je. 5, ’09. 320w.
=Caine, Hall.= My story. **$2. Appleton.
9–6264.
“A brief but graphic sketch of the surroundings of his childhood, and
the friendships formed among literary men in his early manhood.”
(Outlook.) He shows “familiar knowledge of the methods, phraseology, and
varied ‘tricks of the trade’ of modern journalism.... This familiarity
has been expressed in racy comments on American newspapers and their
interviewers; it has also impressed the general style of many pages of
his book.... The chief interest is found in the nucleus of the story—the
revelations of Rossetti and his small, but choice coterie of friends as
they were known by Mr. Caine during the last few years of Rossetti’s
life.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“A story of considerable interest.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 100. Ap. ’09.
Reviewed by A. B. Maurice.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 305. My. ’09. 1750w.
“In spite of its blemishes of style, and its incompleteness of
structure, ‘My story’ is interesting and illuminating as a series of
impressions of Rossetti and his friends, Watts-Dunton, Madox Brown,
Philip Marston, Shields, and others, and as a revelation of Mr. Caine’s
own personality and convictions.” A. R. Marble.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 223. Ap. 1, ’09. 1400w.
Reviewed by A. B. Maurice.
+ =Forum.= 41: 398. Ap. ’09. 950w.
“This autobiography is interesting because it does actually reveal the
character of the writer.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 38: 473. Mr. 20, ’09. 730w.
“Mr. Caine gives ... an altogether undue number of letters from these
great men in praise of his own works of fiction. Perhaps the most
striking minor portrait is that of Henry Irving playing a rôle in life
as on the stage.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 256. Mr. 11, ’09. 650w.
“Caine fails in trying to picture Rossetti as an attractive personage,
arousing only pity, and not sympathy. The chapter written around his
visits to America has a distinct aroma of patronage. Mr. Caine concludes
with some observations on the literary life, its joys and its
emoluments. Some of these are pertinent and others are impertinent.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 192. Ap. 3, ’09. 530w.
“To those who are fond of literary gossip, Mr. Hall Caine’s ‘Story’
must, in despite of defects, appeal. Is nowise an important book, but it
is a readable and amusing book of very light literary gossip.”
+ − =No. Am.= 189: 781. My. ’09. 600w.
“Altogether, while the book is in no way important, it is entertaining
and well worth reading.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 773. Ap. 3, ’09. 380w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 160w.
=Caine, Hall.=^{[9]} White prophet. †$1.50. Appleton.
9–23731.
A novel of Egyptian life and English life in Egypt in which the author
“attempts to re-create the course of the events of the last quarter of a
century as they ought to have happened.” (Sat. R.) It portrays social
and official life in government and military circles of Egyptian cities
and follows the unconvincing course of the “White prophet” half
Christian, half Mohammedan as leader of the new Nationalist movement.
* * * * *
“Of the plot, founded as it is on misconception of the state of Egypt,
and defective understanding of its men and problems, without one spark
of humour, we will only say that it is wildly melodramatic.”
− =Ath.= 1909, 2: 232. Ag. 28. 870w.
“Fortunately we now know the worst that Mr. Hall Caine can do. No living
being, not even himself, can surpass the enormity which he calls ‘The
white prophet.’” A. Schade van Westrum.
− − =Bookm.= 30: 150. O. ’09. 1330w.
“Compound of preposterous politics and sickly sentiment.” W: M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 47: 238. O. 1, ’09. 450w.
“This book has no message from the spirit, but is just another subject
the author has selected over which to have hysterics.”
− =Ind.= 67: 1093. N. 11, ’09. 380w.
“The eastern atmosphere with which the entire story is infused is quite
as pleasing as the more familiar British setting usually associated with
Hall Caine’s work. In the main the dramatic unfolding of the plot holds
the reader’s attention.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 535. O. 2, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Caine has a habit of dwelling interminably upon his facts without
really illuminating them.”
− =Nation.= 89: 255. S. 16, ’09. 600w.
“‘The white prophet’ is Mr. Caine at his worst and at his best. It is
good melodrama: it is also full of platitude, prolix, and overlarded
with sentimentality. The book would gain in intensity and power were a
goodly number of 600 pages judiciously blue penciled. Mr. Caine
‘preaches’ too much, but the bones of the story are good melodrama—and
melodrama is always popular.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 522. S. 4, ’09. 500w.
“As a novel this is a typical Hall Caine book, and in its own way the
appearance of a Hall Caine book is a literary event. In this story the
action and movement are at first rapid and strong, but by the middle one
begins to weary of the artificial excitement and to long for a little
plain common-sense realism.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 52. S. 11, ’09. 530w.
“On more than one of the more than 600 pages of this novel the reader
finds blood-stirring dramatic narrative strength, but from even the most
casual perusal it is quite evident that if the tale had been half as
long it might have been twice as strong.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 40: 635. N. ’09. 140w.
“‘The white prophet’ is vulgar and unpretentious; it never gets within a
hundred leagues of literature; even in its badness it is
undistinguished.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 228. Ag. 21, ’09. 1350w.
“When leniency has done its utmost, the book must be described as a bad
work of art as well as a most mischievous and odious travesty of our
policy in Egypt.”
− =Spec.= 103: 244. Ag. 14, ’09. 1100w.
=Cairns, William B.=, ed.^{[9]} Selections from early American
writers, 1607–1800. *$1.25. Macmillan.
9–14597.
Selections from early American writers from 1607 to 1800. “Theology is
the base of most of these selections, although such matters as Indian
rights, poems on various sentimental subjects, translations of the
Psalms, the examination and condemnation of witches, love letters and
historical and descriptive sketches lend variety and prove more
agreeable reading than the dissertations upon infant damnation or
descriptions of the traits of the grim Deity these people had fashioned
for their terror and worship.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 30w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 298. Ag. 5, ’09. 40w.
“The volume ought to serve a good purpose in many ways.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 535. O. 2, ’09. 110w.
“Mr. Cairns has done a good work for students of American literature. He
has also given us a book full of human interest, quaint knowledge, and
real experience, where in a small compass it is easy to get a broad idea
of a phase of our national life none the less important because it has
utterly passed away.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 475. Ag. 7, ’09. 1200w.
=Calisch, Edward N.=^{[6]} Jew in English literature, as author and as
subject. *$2. Bell bk.
9–15983.
A work the scope of whose subject and the method of whose treatment
“have been determined with the view to bring out the purpose of the
work, viz., to show, on the one hand, what has been the attitude of the
British nation, as expressed by its writers, toward the Jew at various
periods of their common history, what influence the Jews have thus
unconsciously had upon its literature; and on the other hand, what
influence they have unconsciously exercised by their own contributions
to this literature.” It covers English literature from the tenth century
to date.
* * * * *
“The little book will attract attention to one of the curiosities of
English literature, and, indeed, might be regarded as a supplementary
chapter to Isaac Disraeli’s book of that name, though scarcely with its
charm.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 479. Ag. 7, ’09. 430w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 40w.
=Call, Annie Payson.=^{[11]} Nerves and common sense. **$1.25. Little.
9–35851.
The author who has delivered numerous helpful messages to nervously
tired people has gathered into this volume twenty-five papers that have
been published separately, very many of them in the “Ladies’ home
journal.” The titles are suggestive, some of them being: Habit and
nervous strain: How women can keep from being nervous; “You have no idea
how I am rushed”; “Why does Mrs. Smith get on my nerves”; The trying
member of the family; Irritable husbands; How to be ill and get well; Is
physical culture good for girls? Working restfully; Telephones and
telephoning; “Why fuss so much about what I eat”; About faces; About
vices; and About frights.
* * * * *
“More restricted in its appeal but also more practical and suggestive in
the field covered than any of the numerous recent books.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 70. N. ’09.
“A collection of pleasant suggestive essays.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 20w.
=Callender, Guy Stevens=, ed.^{[11]} Selections from the economic
history of the United States, 1765–1860, with introductory essays.
(Selections and documents in economics.) *$2.75. Ginn.
9–26314.
A book of collateral reading for undergraduate classes in American
economic history, or for general courses in American history that give
attention to economics. At the beginning of each chapter is a
preliminary essay that prepares the way for the account of economic
affairs that follows.
=Calthrop, Dion Clayton.=^{[9]} Everybody’s secret. †$1.50.
Dillingham.
9–20662.
Toby Quarrenden, an over-trustful young man, is a firm believer in the
idea that there is more good in man than evil. Tenderly pictured is his
Platonic friendship for an actress, Christine Macaire, and his sorrow
over the discovery that the woman whom he had married and his best
friend Mr. Welby have concealed from him an illicit relation of early
years. The deception of these two, which had reached everybody’s ears
before its revelation to him, somewhat shakes his faith in mankind.
After the death of his wife, thru the influence and love of Christine,
his simple trust in humanity is restored.
* * * * *
“The unskilful employment of incidences in the manufacture of
difficulties casts a serious blot on this novel, which, however, is
written in a sparkling style, and studded with poetic ideas.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 9. Jl. 3. 120w.
=Atlan.= 104: 686. N. ’09. 260w.
“The story is very interesting and not of the sensational sort. It
compares favorably with the author’s former success, ‘The dance of
love.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 548. S. 18, ’09. 380w.
“His book is quite devoid of offence, and is evidence once again of the
intense importance of manner in treating of certain matters.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 202. Ag. 14, ’09. 150w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.=^{[8]} Madrid: an historical description
and handbook of the Spanish capital. *$1.50. Lane.
9–35585.
A general, popular account “containing a chapter of general impressions,
a brief history of the city, descriptions of the court, society, art,
literature, and the drama, churches, and public buildings, including the
Escorial, La Granja, and Alcalá; an excellent guide to that marvellous
collection of arms and armor, so little of which, curiously enough, is
of Spanish workmanship; and last but not least two chapters on the
bull-fight.”—Nation.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 157. Je. ’09.
“Though the style of the text is popular and at times diffuse, the
prospective tourist to Madrid will find the book of great value.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 177. Jl. ’09. 200w.
“One could not ask for a better supplement to the more practical details
of the guide-book. The work is accurate, sympathetically just, complete
without being tiresome, and profusely illustrated.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 468. My. 6, ’09. 370w.
“A corner of the curtain has just been rather ungently raised, but the
revelation reveals only one phase of Spanish life—the religious and
social.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 80w.
“Possibly the chapter on ‘Literature and the drama’ is the most
inadequate.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 99. Jl. 17, ’09. 80w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.=^{[8]} Royal palaces of Spain: a
historical and descriptive account of the seven principal palaces of
the Spanish kings. *$1.50. Lane.
9–12927.
Describes El Alcazar, the Escorial, El Pardo, Aranjuez, La Granja, Royal
palace (Madrid), and Miramar.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 157. Je. ’09.
“The text and 165 small but excellent illustrations fulfil the promise
of the preface.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 105. Jl. 29, ’09. 500w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 70w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Southern Spain; painted by Trevor Haddon.
*$6. Macmillan.
9–5230.
This book, the embodiment of the author’s personal impressions and
observations, is intended for guide-book use; in it are brought together
“as much of history, art, and topography as the traveler is likely to
assimilate.”
* * * * *
“A sumptuous and well-informed handbook.”
+ Dial. 45: 460. D. 16, ’08. 230w.
“One of the most fascinating gift books of its kind.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 50w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 160w.
“Mr. Trevor Haddon’s book of coloured sketches may be taken on the whole
as giving a good general idea of the various scenes depicted. Mr.
Calvert’s descriptions are pleasantly written and give a very fair
historical account of the places visited. His errors are at any rate
harmless.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 764. D. 19, ’08. 180w.
“We are told that he has ‘introduced a little gossip into the
descriptive matter.’ It is perhaps this ‘gossip’ that gives the book its
curiously second-hand character, though this is a merit as well as a
defect, for the authors copied by Mr. Calvert are often men of sound
taste and knowledge.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 268. F. 13, ’09. 550w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora,
Avila and Zaragoza; an historical and descriptive account. (Spanish
ser.) *$1.50. Lane.
8–26390.
The text mainly historical is followed by some four hundred full-page
illustrations.
* * * * *
“The text contains sundry, random assertions, some unauthentic
anecdotes, and not a few serious errors. The photographs are more
valuable than the letterpress.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 250w.
=Dial.= 45: 300. N. 1, ’08. 60w.
=Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 80w.
=Spec.= 101: 171. Ag. 1, ’08. 60w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick, and Gallichan, Catherine Gasquoine.=^{[8]}
El Greco: an account of his life and works. *$1.50. Lane.
9–17456.
Contains an introduction giving an account of the development of Spanish
painting during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, followed by a
sketch of the famous Creton’s life from his birth to the time of his
coming to Spain.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 8. S. ’09.
“This book is a conscientious but wholly uninspired compilation,
negligible as criticism, but useful as a collection of facts not readily
accessible in English.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 388. O. 21, ’09. 130w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 440w.
“The Spanish and Italian quotations in this volume are often somewhat
inaccurate, and we have some amazing Greek on p. 25. There is, moreover,
a strangely persistent confusion in the proper names.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 99. Jl. 17, ’09. 300w.
=Camac, Charles Nicoll Bancker=, comp.^{[9]} Epoch-making
contributions to medicine, surgery, and the allied sciences; being
reprints of those communications which first conveyed epoch-making
observations to the scientific world, together with biographical
sketches of the observers. *$4. Saunders.
9–5259.
A series of “articles each of which communicated such observations as
first placed the subject upon a sound scientific basis.” The
contributions include those of Lord Lister on antiseptic surgery;
Harvey’s circulation of the blood; Leopold Auenbrugger’s Percussion of
the chest; R. T. H. Laënnec’s Use of the stethoscope; Edward Jenner’s
Vaccination against small-pox; Morton, Wells, and Warren’s Anesthesia;
Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Puerperal fever.
* * * * *
“The idea of the compilation is a good one and the work will interest
laymen as well as professionals.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 100w.
“The book is handsomely and, barring a few slight typographical errors
in the bibliography, excellently printed, and should keenly interest
those medical students—‘raræ aves’—who can be induced to read anything
outside the required textbooks.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 167. Ag. 19, ’09. 160w.
=Cambridge= history of English literature; ed. by A. W. Ward and A. R.
Waller. 14v. ea. *$2.50. Putnam.
7–40854.
=v. 3.= Renascence and reformation.
“The present volume begins with the English humanists, Linacre and
Grocyn, in the closing years of the fifteenth century, and ends with
Hooker’s ‘Ecclesiastical polity,’ the first books of which appeared in
1594. It does not include, however, the plays which fall within the
limits of these dates, since the whole subject of the English drama,
from its beginnings, down to the closing of the theatres in 1642, is
reserved for continuous treatment in the fourth and fifth
volumes.”—Nation.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 133. My. ’09. (Review of v. 3.)
“The bibliographies are in general good but are unequal in merit: in
some cases the best editions are not noted, and the dates of first
editions are not mentioned. The index of names is laudably complete.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 6. Jl. 3. 1300w. (Review of v. 3.)
“These articles fail in what should be their first purpose, the
orientation of the student. Our philological scholarship has never been
particularly felicitous in expression; but the effect of it, when massed
in such bulk as this, is unexpectedly depressing.”
− + =Ind.= 66: 865. Ap. 22, ’09. 950w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 904. My. 22, ’09. 450w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The third volume of this work shows an even greater improvement on the
second than the second showed on the first. This volume, like the
previous ones, contains a full and excellent bibliography. We note some
lacunæ in the section devoted to Spenser.”
+ + − =Nation.= 88: 338. Ap. 1, ’09. 700w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The absence of any dominating names renders this volume even more
useful for the student of English literature, since it is the second and
third rate little masters about whom it is difficult to get full and
accurate information such as is afforded in the present volume. Apart
from a few defects, the present volume seems to be fully up to the very
high standard of the two preceding.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 114. F. 27, ’09. 650w. (Review of v. 3.)
=R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 70w. (Review of v. 3.)
“This rich composite history of English literature is a real service to
English scholarship.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 562. My. 1, ’09. 1550w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
=Cambridge= modern history; planned by the late Lord Acton; ed. by
Adolphus W: Ward, G: Walter Prothero and Stanley Leathes. 12v. ea.
**$4. Macmillan.
4–21616.
=v. 11.= The growth of nationalism.
“Considers that highly important period in human history from 1845 to
1871. It treats of the great revolutionary period, which was continent
wide 1845–48, and of the political and social changes throughout Europe
which culminated in the Franco-Prussian war of forty years ago.”—R. of
Rs.
* * * * *
“Perhaps in no other volume of this series has the need of a unifying
hand been so much felt as in this. There is a dead level of more than
respectable scholarship—an immense accumulation of facts—yet hardly more
distinction than you meet in a dictionary.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 822. Jl. ’09. 1200w. (Review of v. 11.)
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 74. Mr. ’09. (Review of v. 11.)
“Where the book fails to satisfy is in its lack of general views of
international diplomacy, and secondly, in its manifest inequalities of
treatment.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 367. Mr. 27. 1450w. (Review of v. 11.)
“Probably, the most valuable part of the volume is the series of
bibliographies.” W: Miller.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 390. Ap. ’09. 860w. (Review of v. 11.)
“The volume, like all others in the series, is indispensable to every
student of modern history.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 200. Jl. 22, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 11.)
“The present volume is perhaps the most interesting of all that have
appeared, at least to those who wish to understand the Europe of their
own generation in the light of the years that most closely preceded it.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 763. My. 1, ’09. 620w. (Review of v. 11.)
“All the work is carefully and intelligently done; all conforms to the
modern conception of scientific history.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 441. Ap. 29, ’09. 2100w. (Review of v. 11.)
“The chapter on Rome and the Vatican council by Mr. G. A. Fawkes only
increases the regret that Lord Acton did not live to write upon a
subject, which, in English-speaking lands, he had made so decisively his
own. Able as Mr. Fawkes’s treatment is, it is too detailed and has no
firm general standpoint.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 97. F. 20, ’09. 1300w. (Review of v. 11.)
“There is probably no other volume in this monumental work so packed
with information of interest and value to the modern reader.”
+ + =Outlook.= 91: 819. Ap. 10, ’09. 350w. (Review of v. 11.)
=R. of Rs.= 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 11.)
“Of course no book dealing with this period can be without interest,
and, bald as the style of narration generally is, there will be found a
great deal of ‘miscellaneous feeding’ for the inquiring mind. But to
call such a book a ‘history’ is almost a misuse of terms.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 467. Ap. 10, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 11.)
“In a work so full of interest it is impossible to comment on all that
is valuable.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 614. Ap. 17, ’09. 960w. (Review of v. 11.)
=Cambridge= natural history; ed. by S. F. Harmer and A. E.
Shipley.^{[12]} 10v. v. 4. *$4.25. Macmillan.
5–12127.
=v. 4.= Although the fourth in numerical order, this volume is the tenth
and last of this important work begun sixteen years ago. It includes
Crustacea, by Geoffrey Smith and the late W. F. R. Weldon; Tardigrada
and Pentastomida, also Introduction to Arachnida, and Xiphosura, by
Arthur E. Shipley; Arachnida embolobranchiata (scorpions, spiders,
mites, etc.), by Cecil Warburton; Eurypterida and Trilobita by Henry
Woods.
* * * * *
“It is a pleasure to congratulate all concerned on the completion of an
undertaking which is a credit to a generous publisher, two excellent
editors, and many competent zoologists.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 301. S. 11. 720w. (Review of v. 4.)
“A comprehensive work, one that exhibits so many excellencies and has
been of such great service as a reference work to zoologists. We can say
of this volume that what is given is given fairly well, the errors are
mostly of omission.” T: H. Montgomery, jr.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 682. N. 12, ’09. 1350w (Review of v. 4.)
=Cameron, Agnes Deans.=^{[12]} New North; being some account of a
woman’s journey through Canada to the Arctic. **$3. Appleton.
9–29788.
The record of the travels of two women down the Mackenzie river from
Athabasca Landing in Alberta, Canada, to the Arctic ocean, and back by
way of the Peace river. It is a narrative of dangerous passages on the
river, meetings with the Esquimaux, the discovery of new sites; and
abounds in descriptions of people, of northland scenes, interspersed
here and there with anecdote. On its economic side the author discusses
the agricultural possibilities, timber resources, etc. Many
illustrations from photographs form a pictorial accompaniment to the
text.
* * * * *
“She has much that is interesting to say about arctic animals and arctic
food, and she writes enthusiastically of the many friends she made along
the way.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 110w.
=Cameron, Margaret.=^{[10]} Involuntary chaperon. †$1.50. Harper.
9–26953.
This chaperon is one of those fascinating young widows so dear to
fiction, and the series of sprightly letters she writes to her chum
forms the story. But her situation is unusual as she is chaperoning,
against her will, a young girl who is being sent by her parents on a
trip to South America to escape an incipient love affair. A bachelor
uncle accompanies them, and they discover many amusing people and
interesting scenes in the course of their journey, all of which is told
in detail to the friend at home who is also the recipient of heart to
heart confidences which develop into a double love story. The
illustrations are South American views.
* * * * *
“They are such letters as anybody would be delighted to receive from a
traveling feminine friend.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 691. N. 6, ’09. 230w.
=Camp, Walter Chauncey.=^{[11]} Jack Hall at Yale: a football story.
†$1.50. Appleton.
9–26146.
The group of boys who were introduced in “The substitute,” reappear in
the present story. After a Christmas house party, they participate in
college life and athletics open to freshmen, and, in their Sophomore
year, two win places on the football team; the victory over Harvard
being largely due to Jack’s punting and clear thinking. Jack Hall, one
of the boys in “The substitute” soon acquires the Yale spirit and
carries it into contests on the wrestling mat and on the football field
in which he brings honor to Yale. The intercollegiate games of his
Sophomore year, during which he develops skill as a kicker, give the
interest to the book.
=Campbell, F. W. Groves.= Apollonius of Tyana: a study of his life and
times; with an introd. by Ernest Oldmeadow. *$1. Kennerley.
“As Blount’s translation is only an obsolete fragment, and as Berwick’s
almost inaccessible version contains a superabundance of misrenderings
and lacks all the flavour of the original” this rendering of the life of
the rhetorician and sophist of Lemnos fills a gap in English libraries.
Mr. Oldmeadow says: “Dr. Campbell has sought to recover Apollonius of
Tyana from the dust of controversy and to picture him as he existed in
the minds of his more reverent and spiritually minded believers.... He
has rounded off his short study by contrasting some of the practices and
doctrines of this Cappadocian ... with some words and works of that
Galilean who has conquered the world.”
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 701. Je. 12. 620w.
“A Pateresque appreciation of the first-century sage and mystic revealed
to us in the third-century biographical romance of Philostratus. Judged
as such it must be pronounced successful in spite of a few exuberances
of rhetoric.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 560. Je. 3, ’09. 150w.
“Dr. Campbell’s story of this strange and fascinating life is well worth
reading. Its style is rather florid, and the writer is sometimes led by
his enthusiasm into extravagances of expression and sentiment; but the
enthusiasm itself is refreshing and interesting. Mr. Oldmeadow’s
introduction is careful and concise, and his hope that the book may be
of value to general readers rather than especially to scholars is amply
justified.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 650w.
+ =Spec.= 102: 102. Ja. 16, ’09. 100w.
=Campbell, Reginald John.= Thursday mornings at the City Temple.
*$1.50. Macmillan.
9–35041.
A group of sermons preached before his Thursday morning audiences in
which Mr. Campbell continues to expound the New theology interpretation
of the teachings of Jesus.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 7. Ja. ’09.
“The book is modern, both in method and doctrine, and is superior to the
author’s ‘New theology sermons’ since they are less distinctly
theological.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 152. Ja. 21, ’09. 90w.
“The world doubtless has need of iconoclasts, but one does not
ordinarily go to church to hear things smash, not even on a Thursday
morning in a city temple.”
− =Nation.= 88: 39. Ja. 14, ’09. 190w.
“The occasional note of extravagance, which is Mr. Campbell’s chief
defect as a preacher, is the defect of his quality, which is a constant
though not always well-balanced enthusiasm for humanity and for the
realization in all men of the divine ideal.”
+ − =Outlook.= 90: 593. N. 14, ’08. 310w.
=Camphor, Alexander Priestley.=^{[6]} Missionary story sketches,
folk-lore from Africa; with an introd. by Rev. M. C. B. Mason.
*$1.50. West Meth. bk.
9–15872.
Story sketches, folk-lore and incidents that reveal something of the
African as he appears by nature in his native habitat, and shows what
influence the missionary is exerting upon him in his moral and spiritual
awakening.
=Canby, Henry Seidel.=^{[12]} Short story in English. *$1.60. Holt.
9–24292.
A historical and critical study of the short story as a distinct type of
literature. It touches upon the early English, medieval and Elizabethan
periods of the short story and presents fully the origin and development
of the modern short story. Separate chapters discuss some of the
latter-day successful short story writers.
* * * * *
“Let it be said at the outset that Professor Canby has performed with
much tact and adroitness a pretty difficult task. Professor Canby’s
historical sympathy and imagination are at times distinctly defective.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 513. N. 25, ’09. 630w.
“It is written by a man who knows his subject, has read widely, and has
reached conclusions. As a study in evolution it is disappointing.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 448. O. 9, ’09. 230w.
=Canfield, William Walker.=^{[9]} Along the way. $1.50. Fenno.
9–24449.
A political story which is based upon conditions as they must exist
should public utilities be controlled by the government. The plot deals
with the attempt made by a grafting government official to thwart an
honest, influential capitalist in his efforts to reestablish private
control.
* * * * *
“The literary critic can find little to say for ‘Along the way.’ It is
crude, obvious, halftract, half-melodrama; its persons have little
reality, its didacticism is a nuisance. Yet the book is written with
good purpose, and will no doubt find its own respectful audience.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 440w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 594. O. 9, ’09. 450w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 80w.
=Cannan, Gilbert.=^{[11]} Peter Homunculus: a novel. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–12880.
“Mr. Cannan’s hero is introduced to us as a small boy applying for work
at a bookshop in Shaftesbury avenue. His employer at the bookshop, X.
Cooper—an old man who dies early in the story, but whose influence
haunts its pages—is a unique and remarkable creation, for whose sake
alone the book is worth reading. The other characters do not suggest
much reality. The upward career of the hero—a vainglorious, affected
youth who never becomes a gentleman—is described with much elaboration
and detail.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The book is an interesting effort, of which the first part is
successful, but the conclusion feeble.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 612. My. 22. 140w.
“His adventures and development are of more than curious interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 652. O. 23, ’09. 50w.
“Mr. Cannan has generally a sure touch, and, while his beautiful actress
is very hard to comprehend, he has filled his story with odd people who
arrest the reader’s attention.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 173. Ag. 7, ’09. 210w.
“The old formula of the ‘good idea badly worked out’ may be applied here
with some explanatory reservation. If he will take our advice, which is
sincerely offered, because, in our opinion, he is a brand well worth
plucking from the burning, he will not be so desperately afraid, as he
betrays himself to be here, of relaxing the tautness of his epigrams,
and of being now and again simple, comfortable, and placid.”
− + =Spec.= 103: 101. Jl. 17, ’09. 750w.
=Canning, George.=^{[5]} George Canning and his friends. 2v. *$9.
Dutton.
9–14585.
“A contribution to the definitive life of Canning which has yet to be
written. They illustrate, but they present no finished portrait. The
letters published by him tell us little that is new, for example, about
the birth and brief existence of ‘The Anti-Jacobin,’ though they give a
curious sequel, namely, Canning’s peremptory suppression of a proposal
to publish an edition of the poetry with plates by Gillray. No fresh
light, again, is thrown upon those very important events, the
bombardment of Copenhagen and capture of the Danish fleet in 1807; and
thus the story of Canning’s first foreign secretaryship remains
incomplete in an essential particular.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The general reader will find much to interest him in these fascinating
pages, while the historical student will rise from them with the feeling
that, though many points remain to be elucidated, he has yet gained a
much more complete idea than was hitherto possible of a brilliant, but
vulnerable statesman. As for Capt. Bagot’s editing, it is most ably
done, though he might have curbed a tendency to repeat himself in the
foot-notes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 310. Mr. 13. 1300w.
“The running comment of this correspondence, most of it undress, and
some of it highly confidential, is as amusing to the general reader as
it is instructive to the historical reader.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 561. Je. 3, ’09. 1600w.
“Bagot has collected a vast deal of correspondence written by the
statesman and his intimates, and has linked it together in an
interesting and pleasing sequence.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 548. S. 18, ’09. 930w.
“Captain Josceline Bagot has edited these letters ... with a tact and
knowledge of politics and society which place him amongst best
biographers of the day.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 338. Mr. 13, ’09. 2000w.
“The present compilation ... will certainly prove indispensable to every
future biographer. The selection and arrangement of this large mass of
material leave very little to be desired; the reader is relieved to find
in Captain Bagot an editor who is at once informal and informed,—a
combination of qualities rare enough in these days of hasty and
ponderous book-making.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 499. Mr. 27, ’09. 1800w.
=Carey, Rosa Nouchette.=^{[10]} Key of the unknown. †$1.50. Lippincott.
9–25183.
Altho the scenes described are those of modern English life, there is an
old-fashioned flavor about this story, and it gives an impression of a
much earlier time. Motor cars and other present day innovations seem
quite out of place. The love affair of Craig Barstow, heir to a title,
and Joan Leigh, beautiful and attractive, but poor, seems about to end
disastrously because, according to the dictates of his family, he must
marry money. Thru the opportune appearance of a will in the last chapter
their marriage is made possible.
* * * * *
“Shows about the same quality as her previous books.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 674. O. 30, ’09. 220w.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 572. N. 6, ’09. 160w.
“Miss Carey’s stories are restful, wholesome, constructed with
sufficient skill, and not without touches of humor and pathos.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 610. O. 16, ’09. 320w.
=Carey, Rosa Nouchette.= Sunny side of the hill. †$1.50. Lippincott.
8–26685.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Though far remote from real life, the atmosphere of the book is
soothing and sympathetic, and there is some clever characterization.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 469. O. 17. 90w.
“A welcome is due to a story which is mild, modest, interestingly
eventful, and well-written.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 144. F. 11, ’09. 200w.
“A pretty little English love story of quite the approved pattern.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 110w.
=Carleton, Will.= Drifted in. **$1.50. Moffat.
8–11414.
“The rhymed narrative of a journey on a railroad train, with episodic
songs developing thoughts by the way.”—Dial.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 45: 468. D. 16, ’08. 140w.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1466. D. 17, ’08. 60w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 60w.
=Carlton, Frank Tracy.= Education and industrial evolution. (Citizen’s
lib.) *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–28067.
“Part 1 discusses ‘The modern educational problem’ and Part 2 ‘Actual or
proposed additions to the educational system.’ The author points out the
fact that education to-day is greatly in need of ‘democratising’ in
order that it may become ‘an integral and vital part of the experience
of every future efficient member of the community.’ The book is
permeated with the new social spirit that is abroad in the land
to-day.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“A thoroughgoing study of the problem of education in the industrial
state of civilization. One misses in the book the legal justification of
class education, and the correlation of industrial education to the
development of the higher culture interests. For purposes of ready
reference this book is commendable and up to date.” H. P. J. Selinger.
+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 414. N. ’08. 330w.
“A helpful, up-to-date contribution to the literature of the ‘new
education.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 7. Ja. ’09.
“The style is easy and forceful, the treatment broad minded, and
constructive. Altogether, the book is of value to students of modern
problems either in the field of education or of sociology.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 191. Ja. ’09. 120w.
“It will serve to concentrate attention upon the problems which are
perhaps the most vital of all those connected with the schools to-day.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 575. D. 10, ’08. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 627. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
“One may differ from the author in some of his interpretations of needs
and tendencies but there is no question that the book is a real
contribution to the situation.” F. A. Manny.
+ − =School R.= 17: 726. D. ’09. 650w.
Carlyle, Thomas. ^{[12]} Carlyle [selections]; ed. by A. W. Evans.
(Masters of literature.) *$1.10. Macmillan.
In keeping with the aim of the “Masters of literature” series this
volume contains the finest passages from Carlyle’s writings, connected
by editorial comment and prefaced by an introduction that includes a
sketch of his life and critical estimates of his spirit of criticism,
political and social teaching, style and influence.
=Carlyle, Thomas.= ^{[10]} Frederick the Great: abr. by Edgar
Sanderson. **$1.50. McClurg.
The main thread of the narrative as it runs thru the larger work is
unbroken still in this abridged work. The aim has been that of cutting
out the extraneous matter and bringing the work within reasonable
length.
* * * * *
“Mr. Sanderson’s manageable volume will be found useful.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 271. F. 13, ’09. 70w.
=Carlyle, Thomas.=^{[5]} Love letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane
Welsh. 2v. **$8. Lane.
9–10960.
Letters written by the Carlyles during the period from 1821 to 1826.
Their emotion “never rises into an all-absorbing and terrific force,
shattering conventions, annihilating the ambiguous and the secondary,
and seizing upon the secret springs of language with mysterious art. The
emotion of the Carlyles expressed itself in a very different
manner,—through the medium of moral exhortations, and metaphysical
disquisitions, and immense argumentations, and a somewhat formal and
pompous style.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 157. Je. ’09.
“We wish that Mr. Alexander Carlyle had not found it necessary to rake
up the ashes which reticence had allowed to grow cold.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 553. My. 8. 1500w.
“If the last word has not now been said on the relations of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlyle to each other the fault is not Mr. Alexander Carlyle’s.” P. F.
Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 46: 290. My. 1, ’09. 2000w.
“The world’s thanks are due to the editor of these two volumes for his
courage and wisdom in printing all the letters, for his pains taken to
insure complete accuracy, for the excellent notes, which are always
clear and helpful, for the adequate illustrations, and for the extremely
valuable appendices. No one can fully understand his position in the
history of literature without reading these volumes.” W: L. Phelps.
+ =Forum.= 41: 594. Je. ’09. 1150w.
“It was time for these letters to be published in full.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 349. S. 4, ’09. 730w.
“So far as mere interest goes, these two thick volumes will be a
disappointment to readers who know the writers from Froude and from
their other letters.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 416. Ap. 22, ’09. 2400w.
“The courtship of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welch, as it is set forth in
this long correspondence. is as interesting as a novel.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 285. My. 8, ’09. 1650w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 371. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
Reviewed by Lyman Abbott.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 366. Je. 12, ’09. 3100w.
“The best reading the wretched Carlyle controversy has yet supplied.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 402. Mr. 27, ’09. 1800w.
“The real interest of the correspondence is not literary, but
psychological.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 577. Ap. 10, ’09. 1350w.
=Carnegie, Andrew.= Problems of to-day: wealth—labor—socialism.
**$1.40. Doubleday.
8–32653.
A summary of Mr. Carnegie’s book may be found in the following: “First,
the millionaire must be left alone during his life time, for his
accumulation of wealth means an enterprise and a mobilisation of capital
which do infinitely more good than harm. Secondly, as the millionaire’s
enterprise dies with him, his wealth may fairly be taxed out of all
recognition at his death. Thirdly, the land must be split up into small
properties. Fourthly, the system of profit-sharing businesses must
become universal. Fifthly, the family is the only training-ground for
the good citizen, and socialism must nowhere be more furiously resisted
than when it tampers with this holy of holies.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 7. Ja. ’09.
“To the conservatives this book will seem radical. To the radicals it
will seem conservative.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 451. Mr. ’09. 500w.
“It will amply pay perusal.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 325. F. 11, ’09. 480w.
“His fondness for gross optimistic assertion precludes anything like
true discussion. Mr. Carnegie’s habit of cutting discussion short by
oracular utterance gives to his style a peculiar quality, that can only
be described as pudgy.”
− =Nation.= 87: 628. D. 24, ’08. 320w.
“Mr. Carnegie’s argument as to the undesirableness of wealth really is
just about as misleading as his representation that the American
workingman bears no portion of the burden of the protective tariff. A
book that should be rated as valuable and important. In placing this
estimate on Mr. Carnegie’s book, we especially have in mind his views
touching socialism. They are well considered and well expressed.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 797. D. 26, ’08. 1250w.
=Outlook.= 91: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 250w.
=Pol. Sci.= Q. 24: 563. S. ’09. 120w.
“Mr. Carnegie’s book is really a sentimental romance. His Vicar of
Wakefield simplicity is not credible.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 676. N. 28, ’08. 630w.
“Mr. Carnegie’s doctrines are so clearly and simply stated that the
reader will have no difficulty in measuring other men’s opinions by
them, or deciding what he can or cannot accept himself. We could
summarize the book in five sentences. It would be easy to state certain
doubts in as few sentences.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 839. N. 21, ’08. 1500w.
=Carotti, Giulio.=^{[9]} History of art. 4v. v. 2. *$1.50. Dutton.
8–36413.
=v. 2.= Early Christian and neo-Oriental art, European art north of the
Alps. “Excluding Italy, after the thirteenth century, it includes what
is usually called early Christian, Byzantine, Saracenic, Romanesque, and
Gothic art.... The bibliography is full, though not exhaustive, the
lists of typical monuments, in smaller type, very useful. The scope of
the work may be inferred from the space given to Gothic art—something
more than one hundred pages, as against about fifteen in Reinach’s
standard manual, ‘Apollo.’” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Convenient texts for reference or study, fairly accurate,
systematically arranged, fully illustrated.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 9. S. ’09. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ =Ind.= 67: 94. Jl. 8, ’09. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A great amount of information, generally accurate and up to date, has
been packed within a small compass. The text has not had proper
editorial supervision and needs a minute overhauling. It is fair to add
that these defects are usually rather of taste than of substance.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 148. Ag. 12, ’09. 280w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The value of his book does not depend on its fullness so much as on the
stimulus afforded to more extensive researches.” E. F. Baldwin.
+ =Outlook.= 93: 598. N. 13, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Carpenter, Edmund J.=^{[12]} Roger Williams: a study of the life,
times and character of a political pioneer. (Grafton historical
ser.). **$2. Grafton press.
A study of Roger Williams not in the light of the doctrinal
considerations of his day but in the scientific, human-brotherhood
spirit. He is viewed as a man among men; the times are considered “from
a political and personal, rather than from a strictly religious point of
view; his characteristics are studied impartially without the bias of
adverse or favorable criticism of the centuries since he lived.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Carpenter has dug deeply and his researches have been rewarded.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 772. D. 4, ’03. 400w.
=Carpenter, George Rice.= Walt Whitman. (English men of letters.)
*75c. Macmillan.
9–8067.
A study of Whitman’s life under the following heads: Boyhood
(1819–1841); Journalist (1841–1850); Workman and poet (1850–1860);
Comradeship (1861–1873); Old age (1873–1892). The author places Whitman
in the class of men who represent a new attitude, who bring a message to
their brothers, a truth mainly expressed in their lives and only
incidentally thru their writings. “These are the great accepters and
unifiers of life; their teachings and examples pass beyond the confines
of literature or politics; they show new and noble ways of living. Of
this type, in his own degree, Whitman seems to me to have been.”
* * * * *
“The best of the brief works, but not to be chosen before Bliss Perry’s
life when a single volume must suffice.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 133. My. ’09.
“Mr. Carpenter has given us a genuine biography, a thoroughly readable
and vivacious life of one of the most picturesque in the group of our
American writers, and one whose significance in the history of American
literature is more and more clearly recognized with the passing years.”
W. E. Simonds.
+ =Dial.= 46: 404. Je. 16, ’09. 650w.
“The whole book is broad and brilliant, clear, and calmly wise. In this
biography the seer has found a seer, and is granted the great boon of
being understood. It is a book to be not only read but pondered—a
monument not merely to Walt Whitman, but to George Rice Carpenter as
well.” Clayton Hamilton.
+ =Forum.= 42: 80. Jl. ’09. 2600w.
“The clearest, plainest, and least vexatious account of Walt Whitman in
print.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 603. S. 9, ’09. 300w.
“This is an excellent and notably precise life of Whitman.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 349. S. 4, ’09. 220w.
“We cannot but believe that Professor Carpenter’s rejection of literary
sources (despite his protests, Whitman was in some respects always a
bookish man) for a vague theory of ‘impassioned speech’ based on a
rather fine-spun psychology of language, is due in part to the necessity
imposed on the later biographer of being different. As a whole,
Professor Carpenter’s work is well-proportioned and pleasantly written.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 364. Ap. 8, ’09. 900w.
“The book is particularly welcome because it is such a good book to
read.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 244. Ap. 17, ’09. 1000w.
“Is distinctly the best of those accounts of the poets which may be
classed as appreciations rather than as critical estimates.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 420. Je. 19, ’09. 300w.
“It is refreshing to read the sober, sedate, and impartial appraisal.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 70w.
=Carpenter, Rolla Clinton, and Diederichs, Herman.=^{[5]} Internal
combustion engines, their theory, construction and operation. *$5.
Van Nostrand.
8–22568.
“Professors Carpenter and Diederichs have done a good service in
extracting what is most valuable from German literature and
incorporating it in their book.... There are four principal divisions to
the book. The first five chapters are occupied with definitions and
theoretical considerations; the next five with fuels and the phenomena
of combustion; then follow four chapters on gas-engine construction and
operation; finally there are four chapters on power estimation, testing,
results of tests and costs.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Very complete and satisfactory treatment.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 416. Ap. ’09. 330w.
“The line drawings are sometimes fair, but the reproductions of
photographs are uniformly poor. Altogether this book may be highly
recommended to students and engineers. It covers its chosen field more
thoroughly and more capably than any other book in the English language,
and it appears to be remarkably free from inaccuracies. The only respect
in which it is seriously lacking is in its failure to handle
satisfactorily the subject of gas-engine construction.” L. S. Marks.
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 533. N. 12, ’08. 1350w.
“Anyone wishing to obtain a good general idea of present-day practice in
America will find this book a valuable work.” E. G. Coker.
+ =Nature.= 80: 124. Ap. 1, ’09. 220w.
=Carr, Clark Ezra.=^{[5]} Railway mail service: its origin and
development. **50c. McClurg. 9–5707.
A brief history of the railway mail service from the time of its
conception and inauguration to the present high state of efficiency.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 58. O. ’09.
“Clark E. Carr impressively sets forth the improvement that has taken
place in the handling of mail in this country in the last half century.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 321. My. 22, ’09. 550w.
=Carr, Clark Ezra.=^{[11]} Stephen A. Douglas: his life, public
services, speeches and patriotism. **$2. McClurg.
9–28566.
A sketch and an appreciation of the great Illinois senator that aims to
perpetuate a proper conception of his statesmanship and character. It is
a searching and analytic review of Douglas’s career linked close with
the stirring events in which he took part.
* * * * *
“The little volume, while far from being a thorough life of Douglas or a
comprehensive estimate of his services, is a valuable and interesting
contribution and will aid in placing in a truer light the man whose
unfortunate lot it was to act as a foil for Lincoln and to be on the
losing side in the final casting of the dice of chance.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 337. N. 1, ’09. 400w.
“An entertaining sketch of the career of that famous democratic
statesman and a generous appraisement of his public services.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 783. D. 11, ’09. 550w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 754. D. ’09. 120w.
=Carr, Joseph William C.= Some eminent Victorians: personal
recollections in the world of art and letters. *$3.50. Scribner.