* * * * *
“The best single reference volume for public libraries.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 37. F. ’09.
“On the whole, Professor Cole’s book is not of great value to the
student of higher accounting, but presents the material in a way
calculated to make the reader think.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 714. My. ’09. 300w.
“Generally speaking, the principles stated and the conclusions reached
are those supported by the best accounting authorities. In this the
author has rendered a service by bringing together in a single volume
which may be used for purposes of instruction, the premises for sound
reasoning concerning a wide range of administrative problems, the data
for the solution of which must be obtained through accounts.” F: A.
Cleveland.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 137. Je. ’09. 900w.
“It should find its way into the hands of all persons interested in
publicity in corporate affairs.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 254. Jl. 29, ’09. 270w.
“The author has faithfully carried out the plan which he laid down, and
anyone who wishes to obtain a clear understanding of the subject will be
well repaid by reading this book. Ordinarily one finds books on
accounting dry and dull, but this is the exception, for the principles
here presented are explained very clearly, and at the same time in a
most attractive style.” Trevor Arnett.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 165. Mr. ’09. 770w.
“For the student of accounting practice, this book, clearly and
concisely written, should prove a valuable guide. It is difficult to
understand why some of the chapters have been included in a book of this
kind.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 408. O. 28, ’09. 400w.
“It will be sufficient to say of Professor Cole’s book that he has
admirably succeeded in his ‘attempt to set forth in simple form the main
principles which must govern any attempt at accounting.’ His style is so
simple and direct that one is conscious only of the thought to be
conveyed, save for the presence of some quaint but good old orthodox
words. The freedom from anything dogmatic in the presentation of
illustrative material comes as a refreshing breeze to one who has
perused the literature of accounting.” B: F. Wright.
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 325. Je. ’09. 950w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 90w.
=Coles-Finch, William.=^{[10]} Water: its origin and use. *$5. Van
Nostrand.
A popular work which the author describes as “an ordinary person’s
interpretation of what he sees in nature.” The twenty chapters are:
Heat; Atmosphere; Clouds; Rain; Water; Forms of water; Snow; Ice;
Glaciers; Springs; Rivers; Waterfalls; Lakes; Ocean and sea; Mountains
and volcanoes; Chalk; Denudation; Water: how obtained; Use, abuse and
waste; Lessons from nature.
* * * * *
“A work which, though written for the most part in a popular form, and
not free from certain elements of weakness, yet tells with fair
completeness the fascinating story of water and its work.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 651. N. 21. 600w.
“The book is, in fact, a nature study. It is a subject of which the
average person knows comparatively little, but which, presented as it is
in this work, has an intense interest alike for the lover of nature and
for those who are not generally attracted to subjects of this kind.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 246. S. ’09. 250w.
“The book is commonplace, antiquated, uncritical, and erroneous.”
− − =Nation.= 89: 363. O. 14, ’09. 220w.
“Apart from slips, and notwithstanding some defects of arrangement and a
little too much sermonising, Mr. Coles-Finch’s book contains a large
amount of interesting information.”
+ − =Nature.= 79: 271. Ja. 7, ’09. 1050w.
“Considering the scope and general interest of the work one can well
forgive the sketchy character of several chapters which are obviously
the outgrowth of very copious notetaking.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 567. S. 25, ’09. 1050w.
=Collier, Price.=^{[5]} England and the English from an American point
of view. **$1.50. Scribner.
9–8385.
Impressions, fairly-formed opinions and convictions concerning the
“slow-moving, unchanging, confident” Englishman whose dullness is his
safety and his success, and “out of whose root has grown an
overshadowing national tree.” The author contrasts American and English
ways, and avers that the Americans while in England do as the English do
so far as their temperamental limitations permit. The chapters are:
First impressions; Who are the English? The land of compromise; English
home life; Are the English dull? Sport; Ireland; An English country
town; Society.
* * * * *
“Entertaining studies.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 134. My. ’09.
“Presents us with a picture of ourselves in part flattering, and in
part, perhaps, too accurate to please.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 615. My. 22. 550w.
“One of the most entertaining contributions of late years to the
literature of transatlantic guesswork.”
+ =Bookm.= 30: 327. D. ’09. 670w.
Reviewed by F. M. Colby.
=Bookm.= 30: 399. D. ’09. 380w.
“The value of the book lies not in the author’s views on Ireland, still
less in the two or three incidental remarks through which he indicates
his views on religion, but in the lessons which it has for Americans.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 545. Jl. ’09. 1150w.
“The book leaves an impression of fairness, even of warm friendliness,
toward the English, and of carefully matured opinions and well-informed
judgments on a number of timely and interesting topics.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 299. My. 1, ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Collier’s book is not judicial, or philosophic, or scientific, but
falls squarely within the familiar field of international impressionism
where we no longer look for the ‘clear, white light of truth,’ but for
the colors of personal experience. Like other books of its class it owes
both its interest and its value to its instances.” F. M. Colby.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 479. N. ’09. 2200w.
“This is a clever and entertaining account of some features of British
life—an account accurate, fair-minded and penetrating.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 369. Ag. 12, ’09. 300w.
“The England he discusses is the England one will find if one goes
across this summer. Most Americans should therefore find the book rather
readable—and not less so because it has no particular distinction or
profundity.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 700w.
“Although Mr. Collier is at times rather sharp and satirical, he is
sympathetic and appreciative always.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 372. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.
“It offers more sagacious observation of a general kind than the
American dwelling in England is usually able to give.”
+ − =No. Am.= 190: 411. S. ’09. 520w.
“One of the most thought-provoking, stimulating, and keen analyses of
the English character we have ever seen. Mr. Collier’s style is very
graphic and suggestive.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 639. My. ’09. 130w.
“Only on a very few points need any fairly self-satisfied Englishman
take the trouble to quarrel with Mr. Collier. For some reason, however,
that we find hard to understand, English women do not please him so much
as the men.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 262. Ag. 28, ’09. 1000w.
“Mr. Price Collier’s book on English life and character is more
thoughtful and better expressed than anything on similar lines by an
American that we have read for a long time. Naturally (we might say
inevitably) Mr. Collier makes some statements which most Englishmen
could not accept.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 819. My. 22, ’09. 1900w.
=Collins, Archie Frederick.=^{[10]} Design and construction of
induction coils. *$3. Munn.
9–12097.
“Mr. Collins considers that there is a need for a convenient and
complete reference book devoted entirely to the induction coil and he
has tried to meet the need. He has, from his large experience in the use
of such coils, in wireless transmission, been able to give practical
details as well as underlying principles. The data and directions are
such as to enable any reader, who has some mechanical skill, to design
and build his own coils. This is the purpose of the book.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=Engin. D.= 5: 664. Je. ’09. 170w.
“The style is popular and descriptive, well suited to the amateurs and
young students who will form the bulk of the readers. The information
will be useful to any one who requires induction coils for any purpose.”
H: H. Norris.
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 14. Ag. 12, ’09. 400w.
“Within its limits the work is unusually complete, although fault may be
found with the manner of presenting certain features.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 60w.
=Collins, Hubert E.= Erecting work. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.
8–31840.
“Begins with an excellent chapter on foundations and ends with a
decidedly condensed one on the lighter work of erecting such as putting
in flywheel links, crossheads and pistons. The remaining ten chapters
are given over to methods of moving and lifting the heavy pieces,
together with descriptions of blocking ginpoles, and various
‘hitches.’”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“It can scarcely be said to constitute a complete or connected treatise
on this subject, but it contains much information on practical details
which may save inexperienced engineers considerable annoyance.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 230w.
“The book is excellently written and would undoubtedly prove of
inestimable value to an engineer, somewhat short in practical
experience, who found himself compelled to directly supervise the
unloading and erection of a 2,000-h.-p. reciprocating engine, but to a
rigger or a constructing engineer the information contained in it would
be somewhat elementary and too narrow in its scope to be of interest.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 150w.
=Collins, Hubert E.= Knocks and kinks. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill
pub.
8–32655.
“Deals almost entirely with the causes of ‘knocking’ in steam engines
and with the means of locating and correcting them. With few exceptions
the information is conveyed by describing actual cases and explaining
the cause and cure of each. Chapter VIII describes a method of ‘rigging
up to turn and refit large pistons’ and a crank-pin turning device. The
final chapter describes the common method of finding the ‘dead
center.’”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 80w.
“The subject of ‘Kinks’ however is rather disappointing, as there are
only about a dozen engine room kinks described, of which half would be
known to the average fourth-year apprentice boy in the machinist’s
trade.”
− =Engin. Rec.= 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 80w.
=Collins, Hubert E.= Pipes and piping. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill
pub.
8–31650.
“An elementary work on steam engine piping. It is written mainly from
the practical man’s standpoint. The more important chapters are those on
expansion and contraction, high-pressure flanges, connecting boilers to
steam mains, bursting strength of fittings and accidents. As the
chapters are taken from articles which have appeared from time to time
in ‘Power,’ the information presented is more in the form of a series of
practical suggestions rather than as a textbook on the subject in
general.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“No effort appears to have been made to reconcile or unify these
articles, and the value of the book lies solely in the collection into
one convenient volume of a mass of related material. There is room for
considerable improvement in the index, which might have been made to add
greatly to the value of the book.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 595. N. 21, ’08. 140w.
=Collins, Hubert E.= Pumps. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.
8–34265.
“Deals with the location and correction of pump troubles. Two short
chapters give directions for setting the valves of duplex pumps, and
chapter XI describes a means of indicating the instantaneous rate of
delivery of a boiler feed pump at the time of observation. The final
chapters contain tabulated information relating to pump performance and
directions for pump operation of the sort commonly printed in catalogs
of pumping machinery.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The first half ... is probably the most valuable feature of the book.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 120w.
“Should prove valuable.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 120w.
=Collins, Hubert E.= Shaft governors. (Power handbooks.) $1. Hill pub.
8–34266.
“Contains an historical account of the development of this type of
mechanism, with a classification of the forms in common use, followed by
a series of separate chapters taking up the construction, operation and
adjustment of a large number of specific makes of shaft governor,
covering practically every type. The illustrations are line cuts of
diagrammatic character and ably supplement the text in making clear the
operation of the various governor mechanisms.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“This book is, as a whole, better arranged and more unified than the
others in this set, and should prove of value to anyone interested in
its subject.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 693. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
=Engin. Rec.= 59: 27. Ja. 2, ’09. 110w.
=Collins, Hubert Edwin.=^{[8]} Steam turbines: a book of instruction
for the adjustment and operation of the principal types of this
class of prime movers; compiled and written by H. E. Collins. *$1.
Hill pub. co.
9–14603.
“The book is strictly practical and deals with the erection, operation,
and maintenance of the Curtis, Allis-Chalmers, and Westinghouse units.
It is well illustrated and the construction of many parts of the turbine
is shown in detail drawings. Chapters dealing with the preparation of a
turbine for an economy test and with the general subject of auxiliaries
are given, and also an excellent one on the mechanical examination of
the turbine and its auxiliaries. The book ends with an interesting
account of a troublesome set of turbine auxiliaries.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“A compact, well illustrated manual.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 9. S. ’09.
=Engin. D.= 6: 154. Ag. ’09. 80w.
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 7. Jl. 15, ’09. 180w.
“It is undoubtedly the best one of the series and will prove of value to
any operating engineer in charge of steam turbines.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 140w.
=Collins, Hubert Edwin.= Valve setting: simple methods of setting the
plain slide valve, Meyer cut-off, Corliss, and poppet types. *$2.
Hill pub.
8–33041.
“The main part of this book consists of detailed directions for setting
the valves of steam engines, including piston valves, the riding
cut-off, gridiron, Corliss, Porter-Allen, Wright and Fitchburg types. In
the latter part of a chapter on air compressors, directions are given
for setting the valves of compressors and blowing engines. These
directions are supplemented with adequate illustrations of the valves
and valve gears and are, as a whole, sufficiently explicit and clear.
The compiler gives his assurance that they have in each case been
referred to the engine builder for approval. This portion of the book
occupies about three-fourths of the total number of pages.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“About a nucleus of good material have unhappily been clustered a few
stray chapters which would be less regrettable were they not marred by a
widespread dubiety in the lettering of the figures.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 16. F. 18, ’09. 360w.
“The book is a valuable addition to practical engineering literature.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 707. D. 19, ’08. 130w.
=Collins, John Churton.=^{[7]} Voltaire, Montesquieu and Rousseau in
England. *7s. 6d. Nash, Everleigh, London.
Three studies that deal with the visits of Voltaire, Montesquieu and
Rousseau to England and the influence which English politics, thought
and literature exerted thru them on France in the eighteenth century.
* * * * *
“The whole book is an example of the art of combining instruction and
literary pleasure.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 471. Ap. 18. 1100w.
Reviewed by W. B. Blake.
=Dial.= 46: 388. Je. 16, ’09. 120w.
“A contribution of value to the literary history both of France and
England. The style in which the subject is treated is as scholarly as
the author’s reputation would warrant us in anticipating.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 631. My. 16, ’08. 1000w.
“He has been interested chiefly in the personal side of his subject, and
though of course he does not ignore the broader issues, his work is
mainly valuable as an elucidation of biographical facts.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 866. My. 30, ’08. 2000w.
=Collison-Morley, Lacy.=^{[10]} Giuseppe Baretti; with an account of
his literary friendships and feuds in Italy and in England in the
days of Dr. Johnson; with an introd. by the late F. Marion Crawford.
*$4.20. Scribner.
Mr. Crawford’s introduction treats Baretti’s position in the world of
letters and touches briefly upon his two literary reputations, the
Italian and English. Six chapters of the biography deal with the Italian
life while the remainder turn entertainingly to his sojourn in England
where he came under the influence of Johnson and his circle.
* * * * *
“We have but slight reserves to make in our commendation of this
interesting and wellcomposed book. The author is rather too sparing of
his notes, and sometimes a little obscure in the matter of relatives and
antecedents.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 725. Je. 19. 1900w.
“Mr. Morley has produced an interesting book, and what is better it is
the result of real knowledge of the subject of which he treats.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 150w.
+ − =Spec.= 103: 313. Ag. 28, ’09. 700w.
=Collyer, Robert.=^{[6]} Some memories. *$1.25. Am. Unitar.
9–2248.
Reminiscences that “deal out of the mists of many years”—years of
effective achievement and ministry. Dr. Collyer’s varied experiences
from childhood during which he was “yoked up to work in the factories”
thirteen hours a day, to the time of his pastorate of the Church of the
Messiah in New York are full of “sunshine and shadow, sorrows and joy.”
* * * * *
“A simple, well told narrative.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 74. Mr. ’09.
“This is a volume that cannot fail to be interesting and helpful to all
who read it, while to the host of friends of Dr. Collyer it will be a
very precious story told by one whose life has radiated sunshine,
helpfulness and good cheer.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 606. D. ’08. 900w.
+ =Ind.= 66: 1140. My. 27, ’09. 450w.
“A series of pleasant and inspiring glimpses into what has been not only
a remarkably long and useful but also a beautiful life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 220w.
“Has many interesting and pleasant things to tell.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 842. D. 12, ’08. 170w.
=Columbia university.= Lectures on science, philosophy and art;
delivered at Columbia university during the academic year 1907–1908.
*$5. Columbia univ. press, N. Y.
Twenty-one lectures descriptive in non-technical language of the
achievements in science, discovery, art, literature and philosophy, and
indicating the present status of these subjects as concepts of human
knowledge.
* * * * *
“An imposing volume which should find its place in many libraries.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 193. Mr. 16, ’09. 180w.
“Few universities in the world could furnish a list of men more
competent to interpret modern thought. Some of the lectures are dull,
commonplace or staid in expression; others are brilliant, vivacious or
strikingly original.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 587. Mr. 18, ’09. 750w.
“With but one or two exceptions, lucidity, directness, and calm
impartiality mark the accomplishment of this difficult task.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 310w.
=Colvin, Fred Herbert, and Stanley, Frank Arthur.= American
machinists’ handbook and dictionary of shop terms: a reference book
of machine shop and drawing room data, methods and definitions. *$3.
Hill pub.
8–30950.
“A thoughtful study of the needs of a machinist and machinery draftsman.
Its contents cover screws, piping, drills and taps, files, work benches,
soldering, gearing, milling, grinding and lapping, calipering and
fitting, tapers and dovetails, shop and drawing-room standards, wire
gauges, belts and shafting, metals, shop trigonometry, general tables
and a good glossary of shop terms.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“There seems no reason why the book should not well fill its expected
place.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 543. N. 12, ’08. 280w.
“There has been a demand for such a book for so long that it is
gratifying to see such a good volume to meet it.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 250. F. 27, ’09. 130w.
=Colvin, Ian D.=^{[11]} South Africa. (Romance of history ser.) **$2.
Stokes.
“This attractively produced volume is one of a series presumably
intended for the young, and, in accordance with this design, plenty of
space is allotted to the fights and adventures of the early
voyagers.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The style is brisk and readable, but suffers in some places from fine
writing, and in others from laborious attempts to write down to the
reader’s capacity. The last two or three chapters contain some
statements which are strongly biased.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 460. O. 16. 360w.
“He aims at writing serious history, and in more than one chapter has
contributed to the elucidation of questions which have long been the
subject of bitter recrimination. The book is the outcome of a research
which is unusual in works of this sort, and there is an element of
imagination about it which lifts it outside its class. Thoroughly
British as he is, Mr. Colvin is British without unfairness to the Dutch;
he has the gift of seeing something of the other side, which is not
always the historian’s characteristic.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 414. O. 2, ’09. 860w.
=Conder, Claude Reignier.=^{[7]} City of Jerusalem. **$4. Dutton.
9–22222.
A survey of Jerusalem’s history during the forty centuries that have
passed from the founding of the city in the days of Melchizedec to the
present time. “As an officer of the British army, the author lived in
Palestine for a number of years and had command of the British surveys
in that country between 1872 and 1882.” (N. Y. Times.) “The design of
this book is to furnish in a volume of moderate size the substance of
the best information about Jerusalem, and this, he says, is to be found
in the memoirs and reports of modern researchers and explorers.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
“In spite of dogmatism and intolerance of rival opinions, Col. Conder’s
‘City of Jerusalem’ is a useful, if not an interesting book. And if it
includes some of the author’s theories on extraneous subjects, these do
not materially affect the narrative.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 706. Je. 12. 500w.
“There is a lack of caution and thoroughness in dealing with questions
which lie outside the topography of Jerusalem, and this is to be
regretted in a book which claims that ‘reliance is chiefly placed on
monumental information.’” Y.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 602. Jl. ’09. 630w.
“The volume will, however, be best appreciated by those who wish to know
precisely how much (or how little) has been done at Jerusalem.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 270w.
“While much that he has to say, especially with regard to ancient sites
and ancient history, will not be accepted by the modern scholar, the
work is full of valuable suggestions, from the author’s own
observations, and of much interesting and useful information, albeit the
reader should at times check the facts recorded by reference to other
authorities.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 409. O. 28, ’09. 720w.
“A scholarly and authoritative historical work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 365. Je. 12, ’09. 480w.
“It is well written, rising at times into passages of real eloquence.
But Colonel Conder’s acquaintance with modern archæology is slight.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 172. Ag. 7, ’09. 780w.
“He is doing excellent service when he puts this store of knowledge at
the disposal of the traveller, the student, and the larger public which
finds an inexhaustible interest in the story of the Holy City.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 744. My. 8, ’09. 300w.
=Conger, Sarah Pike.=^{[5]} Letters from China; with particular
reference to the empress dowager and the women of China. **$2.75.
McClurg.
9–9792.
During the period of Mr. Conger’s ambassadorship to China, Mrs. Conger
was busy reading the hearts, character and setting of the Chinese
people. Permitted, as she was, to pass thru the “smaller and larger
avenues of the almost iron-clad customs of China” she reproduces the
sights and visions therein afforded. These she preserved in letters to
daughter, sisters, nieces and nephews which have been gathered together
in this volume. The period of Chinese history recorded is that from
1898–1908 including the siege of the legations.
* * * * *
“The illustrations have unusual value.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 158. Je. ’09.
“It is nearly all good reading, albeit about a third could be
eliminated.” R: W. Kemp.
+ − =Bookm.= 30: 59. S. ’09. 1100w.
“In range of observation and in fluency of descriptive narration she is
not unlike Madame Waddington, also an American by birth and breeding.”
P. F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 46: 254. Ap. 16, ’09. 1600w.
“The ‘naïveté’ and simplicity of the style and thought adds to the
value, for it assures us that we have here contemporary observation at
first hand, unretouched photographs of historic characters and events.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1243. Je. 3, ’09. 250w.
“Fully as valuable as Mrs. Fraser’s ‘Letters from Japan’ are Mrs.
Conger’s ‘Letters from China.’ Her richly illustrated and well-indexed
book is vivid and fascinating, and as a whole is likely to hold its own
as a permanent contribution to our knowledge, not only of China, but of
the less known half of it, the Chinese woman.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 633. Je. 24, ’09. 250w.
“There is matter of great and permanent historical interest [in this
book].”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 340. My. 29, ’09. 1000w.
“Very vivid and entertaining.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.
=Connor, Ralph, pseud.= Life of James Robertson: missionary
superintendent in the Northwest territories. **$1.50. Revell.
8–36385.
A sympathetic study intimately dwelling upon the points of greatness in
the character of the “inspirer, director and backer” of the “Sky pilots”
who went out to conquer the Canadian Northwest. The sketch reveals him
“living, loving, toiling and suffering” for his fellow man.
* * * * *
“No better qualified biographer of the man could have been found. A
little more revision of the author’s manuscript might have been not
inadvisable. The lack of index is another indication of undue haste in
getting the book published.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 407. Je. 16, ’09. 200w.
“The reader will find not only the picture of a great man, but also not
a little that is interesting and illuminating about religious life in
Canada.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 240w.
=Conover, James Potter.= Personality in education. **$1.25. Moffat.
8–32423.
The author, master in St. Paul’s school, Concord, N. H., brings twenty
years of experience to bear upon the broad aspects of his profession.
“The several factors of the educative process—the teacher, the child,
the school, discipline, studies, and the routines of work, play and
examinations—are passed in review with a unity of consideration derived
from a large and well-interpreted experience. A significant though not
emphasized opinion of the volume is that contained in the supplementary
chapter on the college, which expresses profound disappointment with
what that institution has been able to accomplish even with promising
boys from good schools.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Parents as well as teachers will find it suggestive.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 75. Mr. ’09.
“The spirit of it all is sane, the perspective sound, the treatment
judicious.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 54. Ja. 16, ’09. 250w.
“The real value of his book lies chiefly in full and admirable
selections, chosen and arranged to bring out and fortify the author’s
thesis. Mr. Conover’s book is practical, concentrated, professional.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 631. D. 24, ’08. 450w.
“Is remarkably rich in spirit, sweet in temper, and profound in its
knowledge of boy nature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 42. Ja. 23, ’09. 200w.
=Outlook.= 91: 381. F. 20, ’09. 240w.
=Conrad, Joseph.= Point of honor: a military tale. †$1.25. McClure.
8–27098.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A stirring story.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 301. D. ’08. ✠
“The story is crisply told, with much acute comment and humorous
observation.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 263. Ap. 16, ’09. 320w.
=Converse, Florence.= House of prayer. **$1.50. Dutton.
The experiences of a little boy too lonely to say his prayers, who,
aided by an angel of his chapel of dreams, wanders all over the world
studying forms of prayer. “He goes deeply into Oriental petitions, and
studies the sources of the English prayer-book, learning Latin prayers
and copying long ancient forms on his typewriter.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The story is told with great simplicity and yet with none the less
charm.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1465. D. 17, ’08. 60w.
“It is a story which a thoughtful child and many grown-ups would enjoy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 60w.
“The gap between the erudition necessary to the subject and the little
boy who masters it all is too wide for the credulity of the ordinary
reader.”
− =Outlook.= 90: 751. N. 28, ’08. 200w.
− =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 80w.
=Conway, Agnes Ethel, and Conway, Sir William Martin.=^{[11]}
Children’s book of art. (Color books for boys and girls.) *$2.
Macmillan.