“The text is comprehensive, condensed, vivacious, and informative. The
text seems always well put. Occasionally, however, we meet with some
slight disappointment. The arrangement of the subject-matter also leaves
something to be desired. But we forget about this in admiration of the
capital pictures. Surely none could be more truthful, sympathetic, or
graphic.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 833. D. 11, ’09. 260w.
=Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham-.=^{[11]} French vignettes: a series
of dramatic episodes, 1787–1871. *$3. Brentano’s.
A work in which Miss Betham-Edwards has “touched upon a variety of
characters and incidents, each of which is interesting and dramatic.
Some of these papers are based on more voluminous works recently
published on the same subjects, as, for instance, the very charming ‘Duc
d’Enghiens’s Love story,’ which is a résumé of the book by M. Jaques de
la Faye; while the same thing holds with the paper on the Second empire,
for which Hippolyte Magen’s history furnishes the material; while the
articles on Mme. Roland and Dr. Guillotine owe their birth to French
sources.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The book is written with spirit and force and a keen insight into the
Gallic temperament.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 460w.
=Sat. R.= 108: 388. S. 25, ’09. 100w.
“The ‘vignettes’ or ‘dramatic episodes’ ... vary a good deal in interest
and value. Some are very old stories, without much freshness in the
telling; others are almost too deeply marked with political prejudice to
be found acceptable in these days of many-sided study and more impartial
judgment.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 717. N. 6, ’09. 470w.
=Edwards, Richard Henry=, ed.^{[7]} Labor problem. (Studies in
American social conditions, v. 4.) pa. 20c. R: H: Edwards, 237
Langdon st., Madison, Wis.
9–35524.
A concise statement of the factors that have brought about our
industrial troubles with suggestions for the difficult solution. He
says: “The labor problem admits of no simple solution. It is apparent
that no single form of effort is applicable to the wide variety of
difficulties involved. The ideal is a far cry. Its achievement will be a
long drawn struggle. Accurate justice, industrial democracy, and perfect
adjustments will only be approached by many and varied efforts, some
coercive and some generous. The human touch and a fair consideration by
employers and employes, each for the interests of the other, are perhaps
the most pressing needs.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 136. My. ’09.
“Judging from the work before us, Mr. Edwards is well fitted for the
task he has set himself.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 30w.
“Is perhaps the most carefully thought out of any of the four which have
appeared.”
+ =Survey.= 22: 441. Je. 19, ’09. 520w.
=Eells, Rev. Myron.=^{[11]} Marcus Whitman: pathfinder and patriot.
*$2.50. Harriman.
9–22997.
“Among the greatest of American pioneers Dr. Eells would place Marcus
Whitman, the physician who entered the service of the American mission
board in 1835 and with his wife and another married missionary crossed
the continent to Washington. Mr. Whitman has left a vivid account of the
journey which is inserted in this book. Whitman and his wife with twelve
others were massacred by Indians in 1847. Like that of other pioneers,
Marcus Whitman’s work had a political significance and led to the
annexation of California in 1846.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“A careful reading of the overwhelming mass of evidence in this book
ought to put the matter of Whitman’s purpose forever outside the realms
of controversy.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1206. N. 25, ’09. 760w.
“The present work adds a new chapter to the history of our country and
is valuable both as a record of missionary work and of heroic daring in
advancing westward the frontier of civilization.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 200w.
“Dr. Eells’s story is more convincing than any other that has been
told.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 547. S. 18, ’09. 290w.
=Egan, Maurice Francis.= Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. †$1.50. Century.
9–7142.
A story of Irish-American life and adventure whose hero smiles, loiters,
talks delicious brogue, and reflects calmly on the world and his share
of ups and downs. The most disturbing element in an otherwise serene
existence is an unsympathetic mother-in-law.
* * * * *
“A humorous Catholic story in which priests and nuns figure largely.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.
“He entertains us with a rapidly-moving set of situations, illustrating
widespread characteristics of clergy and laity as they are to be found
everywhere in our towns and cities. Where occasion offers, the Doctor is
almost as profuse in his literary allusions as Canon Sheehan himself;
but he does not imitate the Canon’s precision and definiteness.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 253. My. ’09. 560w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.
“Incidentally Maginnis preaches a jesting and valuable sermon upon the
appreciation of truth in art. It is in this spirit that Prof. Egan has
written, and that his unpretending little work can be commended to
general reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.
“There is much humor in the book, and a clever picture of the ways and
ideals of both Italians and Irish-Americans.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.
=Egerton, Hugh Edward.=^{[8]} Canadian constitutional development.
*10s. 6d. Murray, John. London.
8–9028.
A narrative that begins with the passing of Canada into British hands
after the surrender of Montreal and ends with the union of the provinces
and the establishment of the Dominion. “Some coincidence with the
‘Constitutional documents’ by Dr. Doughty and Professor Shortt was
unavoidable, but it ceases after 1791; laws are left out, and the
despatches, petitions and speeches are given with a short commentary,
cautious and instructive. The whole well enables us to understand ‘how
it strikes a contemporary.’ We hear the voice of Canada and the voice of
those who are trying to govern Canada through all the stages of
unsuccessful experiment that ended in confederation.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“Almost the only fault that we can find with the book before us concerns
the paucity of documents to illustrate the entry in the table of
contents of ‘Reciprocity treaty with United States.’”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 760. D. 14. 600w.
Reviewed by J. Bonar.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 581. Jl. ’09. 630w.
“This volume is welcome for its own sake, as being a valuable
contribution to history, and as the first fruits of the Beit foundation
of Colonial history at Oxford.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 384. Mr. 7, ’08. 200w.
=Eggeling, Otto, and Ehrenberg, Frederick.= Fresh water aquarium and
its inhabitants: a guide for the amateur aquarist. (American nature
ser. Group 4, Working with nature.) **$2. Holt.
9–571.
Gives full instruction to the amateur concerning an aquarium outfit, the
aquatic plants with which it may be supplied, the water creatures that
may be assembled to populate it, the feeding of the inmates,
fish-hatching, fish maladies and implements for the care and keeping of
the aquarium. Abundant illustrations accompany the text.
* * * * *
“The book, which is well illustrated, is the best practical guide to the
aquarium we know.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 366. F. 4, ’09. 100w.
“A well-balanced, clearly written account.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 175. F. 18, ’09. 160w.
“In these days of experimental stations and school laboratories, such a
practical guide as this should be very welcome.”
+ =Nature.= 82: 35. N. 11, ’09. 150w.
“Is virtually a textbook, and a highly instructive one, on the subject.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 40. Ja. 23, ’09. 370w.
“The subject is treated in a thorough and practical fashion.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 421. S. 18, ’09. 110w.
=Eggleston, George Cary.=^{[9]} Irene of the mountains: a romance of
old Virginia. †$1.50. Lothrop.
9–13427.
Set in the Virginian mountains this story reminds one of “The trail of
the lonesome pine.” It portrays, as does Mr. Fox’s novel, the
development of a mountain girl who is separated from her family during a
period of education and social training. Her special strength and
sweetness of character are tested when she refuses to engage herself to
the scion of an old Virginia family until he has seen her in her
mountain setting surrounded by members of a family counted among “poor
white trash.” Mr. Eggleston, who knows his South well portrays in clear
cut fashion a shrewish mountain dictator, Judy Peters, Queen of the
mountains, whose word on political matters was law to the men of the
mountains.
* * * * *
“He mutilates the story and the reader’s respect for his own
intelligence with an unnecessary glossary of manners and customs, and
successfully expurgates all local color from his book by a profuse use
of quotation marks. Mr. Eggleston, with his heroes and heroines, and of
course, a chaperon, ought to be retired to an old Virginia plantation
and kept there, pensioned by his readers.”
− =Ind.= 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 200w.
“A genuine pleasure awaits the reader of ‘Irene of the mountains,’ for
no prettier story of southern life has appeared in a long time.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 634. O. 16, ’09. 250w.
“It is a pleasant picture of life in old Virginia in the days before the
war. The best work in the story is in the depiction of the lives and
characters of the mountaineers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 613. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.=^{[12]} American princess. $1.50.
Sturgis & Walton.
9–25811.
A little kingdom in a remote corner of Europe, a dying ruler, a plot to
put a pretender on the throne, the troubles of the right princess and
similar elements are ingredients that have been used over and over in
story and drama. The American who takes a hand in the game is not new to
readers either: but he has a sister who is,—a sister whose striking
resemblance to the princess furnishes the chief factor in the plot.
* * * * *
“Polly and Tom are ‘game,’ and the developments arising from their
adventure are both lively and entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 728. N. 20, ’09. 350w.
=Elias, Frank.=^{[6]} Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M. P. 3s.6d. Clarke,
James, & co., London.
“The life of the Prime Minister as here set forth is frankly told, and
offers more agreeable reading than most such books do. Much early
history is brought up which, though forgotten, is worth reviving in the
case of so distinguished a career.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“We congratulate the author on the successful accomplishments of a most
difficult task.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 437. Ap. 10. 200w.
“Mr. Elias is not offensive, only dull, and is as accurate and as little
inspiring as the ‘Annual register.’ On the whole Mr. Elias can be
recommended to anyone who desires to know the bare facts of Mr.
Asquith’s career.”
− + =Sat. R.= 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 170w.
“The biographer has neither a proper view-ground nor adequate data and
he is driven to rhapsody, varied by the kind of personal details which
adorn the picture papers. Mr. Elias’s book stands out from this class of
work as a sober, well-bred narrative, full of sound and well-balanced
criticism. We may differ from him, but as a rule we respect his
judgment.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 740. My. 8, ’09. 1500w.
=Eliot, Charles William.=^{[10]} Education for efficiency and The new
definition of the cultivated man. (Riverside educational
monographs.) *35c. Houghton.
9–18049.
Two essays by Ex-President Eliot, the first of which carefully sets
forth education for “effective power for work and service” during a
healthy and active life; the second, defines the present-day ideal of a
cultivated man.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.
=Lit. D.= 39: 175. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.
“Ought to be read by every teacher, every intelligent parent, and as
many young men and young women as can be induced to read it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 430. Jl. 10, ’09. 770w.
=Eliot, Charles William.= University administration. **$1.50.
Houghton.
8–32425.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A timely and noteworthy volume, of permanent value.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
“The volume that President Eliot alone could have written is the source
of regret,—one that might have really discussed the vital issues upon
which not practice alone but sound policy must in the future be based.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 300w.
“There is no question as to the importance of the book, nor of the fact
that every one interested in university administration should study it
carefully; and yet one must confess that it is strangely one-sided.
Barring a few general statements as to the peculiar relation of the
tax-supported institutions to the communities which maintain them, there
is practically nothing in the book which would not have been included
had the title been ‘Harvard university administration.’” F: P. Keppel.
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 94. Ja. ’09. 820w.
“To those who have studied President Eliot’s administration for many
years, the book contains nothing that is new, though it restates in
admirable form and with much lucidity the Eliot theory of university
government. Here is much with which every sound educator will agree.
There are opinions which no one outside of Harvard will accept.” H. T.
Peck.
+ − =Forum.= 41: 380. Ap. ’09. 1800w.
“These lectures make up the best college president’s handbook that
exists. They furnish something which really might be condensed into a
code of administrative ethics and expediency.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 400w.
“A book which will long rank as the standard authority on the subject.”
+ =Nature.= 82: 3. N. 4, ’09. 680w.
“Any man of affairs who is interested in university work can rely upon
finding President Eliot’s book as snappy and interesting as the report
of an expert to a corporation—which is just what the book is in effect.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 766. D. 12, ’08. 600w.
“For the governing and teaching bodies of the higher institutions this
can hardly be less than a standard text-book; likewise also for the
aspiring young men and women who are fitting for such service.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
Reviewed by W: De Witt Hyde.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 931. Ag. 21, ’09. 3700w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 120w.
“This volume is therefore an exposition of what Harvard actually is, and
the reasons why it is so, in so far as these depend on administrative
methods of any sort. The book is the best of reading for college men,
and to the college president it is a veritable hand-book full of
suggestiveness on every page.” D: S. Jordan.
+ + =Science, n.s.= 29: 145. Ja. 22, ’09. 2350w.
=Elliot, George Francis Scott.= Romance of savage life, describing the
life of primitive man, his customs, occupations, language, beliefs,
arts, crafts, adventures, games, sports, etc. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–3131.
A panoramic sketch of British life from Eolithic man who “nearly carried
out, as only a society of squirrels and hedgehogs could do, the
beautiful ideas of modern socialism” “through the periods of the mammoth
hunters, the pony men, and the Picts and the Celts, right up to the
Norman conquest of the Anglo-Saxons.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“We can recommend Mr. Scott Elliot’s book as filling a gap, and we think
it should be useful as a popular handbook on its subject.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 340w.
“His ground is safer and more certain in the later chapters; in the
earlier he takes risks and guesses a good deal, as must every one with
imagination in dealing with such a perplexing and fascinating problem.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 420w.
=Int. Studio.= 33: 169. D. ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Elliot professes to give references, but these and his list of
authors are inadequate. The book will supply excellent reading to an
intelligent boy, and may lead him to study the scientific literature of
the subject.”
+ − =Nature.= 77: 171. D. 26, ’07. 580w.
“‘The romance of early British life’ is cleverly written by means of a
series of stories, in which the manners of successive peoples are
rendered with the insight and humour of a Dutch genre painter, and yet
with the sober references to authorities that befit a man of science.”
G. A. J. C.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 400w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 120w.
“Interesting, and even instructive, as the volume is, to a boy it could
scarcely seem other than congested and too tightly packed with
information.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 180w.
=Ellis, Katharine Ruth.=^{[11]} Wide awake girls in Winsted. †$1.50.
Little.
9–25975.
Three of the “Wide awake girls” come, one from Berlin, one from
Massachusetts, and one from Washington, to spend the summer with
Catherine, the fourth girl at her home in Winsted, a little midwestern
town. The town needed a library and the girls, with the help of other
friends, undertake the good work of starting one.
* * * * *
“Not so good as ‘Wide awake girls,’ but decidedly superior to the
average girl’s book.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 137. D. ’09. ✠
“There are some very little people in the book who say and do many funny
things.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 70w.
=Elson, Henry William.=^{[11]} Child’s guide to American history.
(Child’s guide ser., v. 3.) **$1.25. Baker.
9–20755.
“The romance of history in print and picture is here set before us.
Dates and statistics are set aside even more completely than they were
in the anecdotic annals of him who was the Father of History and had not
quite learned the difference between prose and poetry. In a series of
picturesque acts and scenes the author unrolls the story of the United
States from the landing of the Pilgrims to the excavations at Panama.
The pictures partake of the romantic character of the prose and are
reproductions from paintings.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“They are simply and entertainingly told and can be read by children of
ten: a good library book and of value for teachers’ use as supplementary
reading.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 95. N. ’09. ✠
“We would recommend this work to teachers principally as a sort of side
dish which may be laid on the table at the intellectual feast furnished
by the author’s more complete ‘History of the United States.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 170w.
“The narrative is direct and absorbing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 70w.
=Elson, Henry William.=^{[10]} Star-gazer’s handbook: a brief guide
for amateur students of astronomy. *50c. Sturgis & Walton.
A handbook for ready reference that presents not only the general facts
of astronomy, but also traces the constellations and includes the
mythological stories in connection with them.
* * * * *
“The book is a valuable addition to educational works on astronomy, and
should be in the possession of every teacher who wishes to have an
outline, at any rate of the up-to-date theories on this most fascinating
subject.” Mary Proctor.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 671. O. 30, ’09. 430w.
=Elson, Robert.=^{[5]} Magnate: a novel. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A story “founded on the well-worn theme of a nominal marriage, and the
gradual growth in the woman of love for the man who has married and
adores her. The early days of this commercial king’s beggar-maid amid
vulgar surroundings are described with a vigour which carries one
through a succession of gilded scenes to the inevitable happy
ending.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“Riots in a luxury of superlatives. The atmosphere of the almighty
dollar is overpowering at times.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 328. S. 19. 100w.
“Is very amusing, and this in spite of the fact that its author designed
it to be distinctly serious. It is amusing because of its thoughtfully
wrought absurdities.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 650w.
“The book is clever, vital, and for a kind of fairy-tale very real in
its happenings, though ‘Robert Elson’ is more at home in studies of
middle-class life than in scenes of splendour. But he, or she, is
interesting and sincere.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 369. S. 19, ’08. 280w.
=Ely, Richard Theodore.= Outlines of economics. *$2. Macmillan.
8–25156.
A revision of the 1893 edition enlarged to meet the requirements of
college or university classes. “The work is divided into four books,
labeled respectively, ‘Introduction,’ in which are discussed such
matters as scope and method, the characteristics of the present economic
system, and the evolution of economic society; ‘Principles and problems’
in which are discussed the general problems of political economy,
including consumption, production, values and exchange, distribution,
and the relation of the state of industry; ‘Public finance’; and the
‘History of economic thought.’ Book 2, on the ‘Principles and problems,’
is naturally the most important part of the work. It is singularly well
arranged and lucid.” (Econ. Bull.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 276. N. ’08.
“For wealth of material and formality of method, the book is excellent
with the historical aspect, of economic society carefully worked out and
an interesting chapter devoted to the characteristics of the present
economic system.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 270w.
“One of the most sane, practical and up-to-date general works on
political economy. The treatment is on the whole critical and
authoritative, and a broad, tolerant, truth-loving spirit, pervades the
work. In a few instances, it is true, there seems to be wanting
something of the impartial spirit that characterizes the volume as a
whole, and at times there is a singular narrowness of intellectual
outlook, such as one finds where prejudice influences reason.”
+ − =Arena.= 40: 607. D. ’08. 620w.
“This is undoubtedly one of the best text books for college classes now
available. It is singularly well arranged, the style is clear and
straightforward, and the treatment is free from those personal
idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of doctrine which have marred so many
of our recent text books. It is the first general text book to
appreciate fully and discuss intelligently the varied phases and
applications of the principle of diminishing productivity.” T. N.
Carver.
+ + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 301. D. ’08. 400w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.
“A feature of the book to which ... one is inclined to give appreciative
comment is its general sanity on most of the burning questions. The
chapters discussing money and socialism, in particular, are notably
moderate in tone and at the same time really excellent on other grounds.
The work of course has its defects.” F. M. Taylor.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 301. My. ’09. 1100w.
“One of the best text-books available for use either in the class-room
or by the general reader. It is sufficiently complete and detailed to
satisfy the advanced student, and at the same time is so free from
cumbersome technicalities as to be intelligible to the beginner.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 300w.
“In its present enlarged form it is a far better work than the original,
and it now forms a distinctly valuable addition to the growing list of
modern text-books.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 185. Mr. ’09. 80w.
=Embury, Aymar, II.=^{[11]} One hundred country houses; modern
American examples. **$3. Century.
9–26473.
A suggestive and authoritative discussion of modern American
architecture, its origin, development, uses and abuses, and its
possibilities. One hundred country houses are pictured and their
peculiarities of architecture described. They are grouped under the
heads: New England colonial; Southern colonial; Classic-revival; Dutch
colonial; Spanish or mission; Art nouveau; American farm-house;
Elizabethan; Modern English; Italian; and Japanesque. The book, ten by
eleven inches in size, is handsomely printed and bound.
* * * * *
“Attractive and comprehensive volume.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 60w.
“The work is only not a mine of suggestiveness and inspiration to
architects, but is nowadays almost indispensable to those contemplating
the erection of a home.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Embury has done good service in the preparation of this volume.
Among books having similar purposes to serve the volume is a work
apart.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 90w.
=Emerson, Edward Randolph.= Beverages, past and present; an historical
sketch of their production, together with a study of the customs
connected with their use. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
9–690.
Traces the origin and history of beverages both intoxicating and
non-intoxicating from the earliest times to the present day, and
includes also an account of some of the curious customs connected with
their use, as, for instance, in the Dionysian festivals of the Greeks,
the banquets of the Romans and the feasts of the Druids of Britain.
Drinking in all countries is discussed from mythological times to the
present.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 70w.
“We should say that about everything that is worth knowing about the
drinking habits of the world is to be found in this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 87. F. 13, ’09. 470w.
“Thorough historical sketch.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.
=Emerson, Harrington.=^{[11]} Efficiency as a basis for operation and
wages. (Works management lib.) $2. Eng. mag.
9–24879.
“The book is not a technical treatise on shop management or on methods
of paying labor or on industrial organization or cost-keeping.” (Engin.
N.) It is a series of essays relating to such subjects as: National
efficiencies; their tendencies and influence; Line and staff
organization in industrial concerns; The location and elimination of
wastes; The realization of standards in practice; Standard times and
bonus.
* * * * *
“Written in a style peculiarly the author’s own and so involved and
profuse in its use of illustrations and figures of speech that one is
reminded of another writer of the same surname and far wider fame. There
is a great deal of thought-provoking material in the book; but there are
frequent statements, particularly in the ‘side remarks,’ which tempt the
reader to disagreement and which really have so little to do with the
author’s main thought that they had better have been omitted.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 39. O. 14, ’09. 920w.
“A very interesting book which should appeal to every one interested in
works management. It is well written, logical and advanced in character
and the subject well covered.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 448. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
=Emerson, Ralph Waldo.=^{[12]} Journals; with annotations; ed. by E:
W. Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes, v. 1 and 2, 1820–1832. ea.
*$1.75. Houghton.
9–29980.
The first two volumes comprising the years from 1820–1832, of the
hitherto unpublished journals of Emerson, begun at the age of seventeen
and continued for fifty years. The selections from Emerson’s early
journals are made in order that the lover of Emerson may see “the youth
in his apprenticeship, the priest in his noviciate and in his full
office caring for his people.... These journals show the soil out of
which Emerson grew, the atmosphere around, his habits and mental food,
his doubts, his steady, earnest purpose, and the things he outgrew ...
the growth of his literary taste, his style, independence of thought and
originality in writing.”
* * * * *
“No books of the season will exceed these volumes in serious interest
for readers of the best American books, or for those who are eager to
understand American life, and especially to understand the most
spiritual interpreter of that life who has yet appeared.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 877. D. 18, ’09. 2 0w.
=Empedocles.= Fragments of Empedocles; tr. into English verse by W:
Ellery Leonard. *$1. Open ct.
8–33413.
A useful manual for the study of Empedocles which in addition to the
translation of the “fragments” is furnished with an introduction, a
bibliography and twenty-five pages of notes.
* * * * *
“Taken as a whole, the version is both trustworthy and readable.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 300w.
“Students and readers unacquainted with Greek will welcome this
admirable version of the fragments of Empedocles, which combines to an
unusual degree adequate scholarship with poetical feeling and insight.”
C. E. Millerd.
+ =Class. Philol.= 4: 465. O. ’09. 300w.
“Dr. William Ellery Leonard has done a notable service to classical
literature by publishing ‘The fragments of Empedocles’ in acceptable
English verse, accompanied by the original text.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 194. Mr. 16, ’09. 40w.
“This translation of the ‘Fragments of Empedocles’ deserves credit for
the extent to which it preserves the exact meaning, together with the
beauty and power of the original.” E. H: Johnson.
+ =J. Philos.= 6: 193. Ap. 1, ’09. 450w.
“We congratulate the author on accomplishing well a desirable piece of
work.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 305. Mr. 25, ’09. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 337. My. 29, ’09. 80w.
“Whether, however, we form a just judgment of Empedocles or no—and all
judgments must be largely conjectural—it is certain that English
students owe Dr. Leonard a large debt for placing this excellent edition
in their hands. We can warmly recommend it to all who wish to make
personal acquaintance with a writer who, if he fails to instruct will at
any rate entertain them.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 939. Je. 12, ’09. 870w.
=English= vegetable garden; written by experts.^{[11]} *$3. Scribner.
“Tells how to grow familiar things to the best advantage, and it tells
also—there is no chapter more worthy of note—how to grow some things
which are not familiar. Here is a list of ‘Vegetables neglected in
English gardens.’—cardoon, chicory, salsify and scorzonera, aubergine or
egg-plant, and sugar-corn.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“While not a guide to the American gardener, to the open-minded this
will prove a suggestive book.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 333. O. 7, ’09. 980w.
“While no portion of the volume makes a plea for vegetarianism, the
recipes for preparing vegetables in novel and appetizing ways will
probably be to many readers one of the most valuable features of the
book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 489. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.
“The ‘experts’ who ... are responsible for the text give their
information in a rather general and indefinite way, stopping short of
really intimate and circumstantial direction in details which, though
second nature to the skilled hand, are often the crux of the tiro and
the cause of most depressing failures.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 12. Jl. 3, ’09. 1500w.
“This is likely, as one might suppose from the title, to be a most
useful volume.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 866. My. 29, ’09. 70w.
=Enock, C. Reginald.=^{[11]} Mexico: its ancient and modern
civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and
natural resources, industries and general development; with an
introd. by Martin Hume. (South American ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–22998.
The sub-title suggests the ground covered by Mr. Enock in his story of
Mexico. “The land and the people are put before us with the most careful
detail and understanding sympathy. Mr. Enock is by profession a civil
and mining engineer, and his chapters on these subjects are especially
valuable. He thinks Mexico a coming power and one which English and
American capital will do well to consider. He deplores the present
tendency to welcome Asiatic immigration, but says that Mexico needs more
population, and that it should be recruited from Europe. The tropics are
becoming, with increasing knowledge of hygiene and therapeutics, more
and more safe for the white races, and Mexico, with her spirit of
progress, her courage and determination, is sure of taking the lead
among Latin-American countries.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Covers modern conditions as thoroughly and is much less expensive than
Martin’s ‘Mexico of the twentieth century.’ Winter’s ‘Mexico and her
people of today’ is more popular in style and would prove an acceptable
substitute on modern Mexico, but contains much less history.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 114. D. ’09.
“As to the material itself, it has been written by an enthusiast, nor,
having read, do we blame the enthusiasm. The volume is really amazing.
There is nothing about Mexico that seems to have been left out, and it
is as interesting as it is comprehensive.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 513. Ag. 28, ’09. 1300w.
“Mr. Enock is at his best in his descriptions of Mexican life in city
and on the road; and his survey of the natural resources, the mineral
wealth, and the industrial progress is exhaustive, full of information,
and illustrated by an admirable series of photographs.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 560. O. 9, ’09. 610w.
=Enock, C. Reginald.= Peru: its former and present civilisation,
history and existing conditions, topography and natural resources,
commerce and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume.
*$3. Scribner.
8–31238.
“Sets forth the past and present condition of Peru in a manner which may
be of practical value, while sustaining the interest and color which
have always tinged our imaginings of that fascinating land. In his
former book Mr. Enock dealt with the manner of travel and life in the
Andes, with less of an informative side than the present work.” (N. Y.
Times.) Some of the topics discussed are: Recent development, Political
administration and divisions, the Social system, Orography, Geology,
Hydrography, Natural history, Climate, Means of communication,
Agricultural and natural products, Mineral wealth, Financial,
Industrial, and Commercial conditions.
* * * * *
“Especially valuable for the chapters on mineral resources and
agricultural development. Supplements the author’s ‘Andes and the
Amazon’ which covers life and travel in Peru, and is more readable, but
less informing.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 102. Ap. ’09.
“Is especially full on Peruvian mineral resources and agricultural
development. Serves the purpose of a handbook reasonably well.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 90w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 140w.
=Epstein, Mordecai.=^{[5]} Early history of the Levant company.
Dutton.
9–6032.
A study based upon original sources covering “the years of periodic
charters from 1581 to 1695 and the period of the permanent charter down
to 1640. The appendix, which makes up nearly one-half of the volume,
contains early charters, lists of officers, ships, ports, etc.”—J. Pol.
Econ.
* * * * *
“We can only hope that this ‘first instalment,’ as Dr. Epstein calls it,
may be speedily followed by an equally careful account of the later
fortunes of the company.” E. A. M’A.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 405. Ap. ’09. 570w.
“A distinct contribution to our knowledge of the early history of this
company.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 238. Ap. ’09. 60w.
“The story is worth telling all through, but perhaps the most
interesting part is chap. 10, ‘Pirates, interlopers, and factors.’”
+ =Spec=. 101: 136. Jl. 25, ’08. 280w.
=Escott, Thomas H. S.= Story of British diplomacy; its makers and
movements. **$4. Jacobs.
8–34178.
The story of Great Britain’s foreign policy from Pitt to Palmerston.
“Mr. Escott has had opportunities of intercourse with those ‘who know,’
and has availed himself of them to good purpose.... The reader will find
especially interesting the narrative of the negotiations which ended in
the Crimean war.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Escott has not produced a more solid piece of work than his new
book, singularly different in this respect from his latest gossipy
volumes. Mr. Escott’s paragraphs and sentences are long and somewhat
breathless, but he interests us from the first page to the last. For
dates we sigh in vain. Their absence involves some confusion, and leads
the author to obscurities, if not mistakes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 781. Je. 27. 1400w.
“There are no new facts and no original reflections in this loose and
verbose sketch of English history.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 83. Jl. 18, ’08. 180w.
“It may all be read with interest, though not, we may say, with implicit
confidence. There are, too, unaccountable omissions.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 337. S. 5, ’08. 250w.
=Esenwein, J. Berg.=^{[5]} Writing the short-story: a practical
handbook on the rise, structure, writing, and sale of the modern
short-story. $1.25. Hinds.
9–13414.
Embodies the practical principles of short-story structure as viewed by
the magazine editor and as practiced by the best contributor. After a
historical introduction on the rise of the short-story and its present
place and power the following subjects are treated at length: The nature
of the short-story; The structure of the short-story; Preparation for
authorship; The manuscript and its market; and Appendices including
collections of short-stories, sketches, and tales, representative
short-stories, plots, a digest of historical rules applicable to
short-story writing, bibliography, etc.
* * * * *
“More practical than Allbright’s ‘The short story,’ which aims to
establish a critical criterion.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 39. O. ’09.
“Mr. Esenwein has approached the short story as an historian, as a maker
of textbooks, and as a literary adviser. It is always difficult to ride
three horses at once, and in this instance they are not all guided with
equal felicity.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 310w.
“While the author does not add much to the criticism of the subject, he
does succeed in collecting a good deal of information for the
practitioner.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 150w.
“If his book is the best, it is partly because it is the latest. But he
has analyzed his subject and organized his ideas with unusual vigor and
perspicuity.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 220w.
“Mr. Esenwein has an admirably logical method in the treatment of his
subject and at the same time he writes always in an easy, interesting
style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 368. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 80w.
“The book is eminently practical.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 865. My. 29, ’09. 320w.
=Estabrook, Alma Martin.=^{[5]} Rule of three: a story of Pike’s Peak.
$1.25. Small.
9–11256.
The rule of the three Bellas in a bungalow on the side of Pike’s Peak
furnishes incidents for this love comedy. Aunt Marianna, supposed to be
in Japan, drops in suddenly upon her nephew, Garvin Longstaff, and
overcome by the altitude demands Bella whom he had promised to marry
within a certain time, now past, as a condition for receiving a large
portion of the aunt’s fortune. He rushes out to find a substitute for
Bella until she can be hurried on to a wedding which he promises himself
shall take place speedily. The first girl he meets refuses to serve;
when he returns with the compliant second he finds number one, who had
changed her mind, self installed as nurse. By the time the rightful
Bella appears, Garvin’s heart is lost to number one. The complications
are smoothed out by the united efforts of number one’s grandfather and
Aunt Marianna. A little above the average summer “hammock” story.
* * * * *
“A very pleasant little trifle. The confection is agreeably sentimental,
with a saving spice of humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[7]} Life of the spirit: an introduction
to philosophy; tr. from the German by F. L. Pogson. 2d ed., with
introductory note by the author. (Crown theological lib., v. 26.)
*$1.50. Putnam.
9–10967.
A searching inquiry into the elements of life with a view to reconciling
them. The author “aims at developing, not a new category, but a new
culture, and holds that it is the privilege of philosophy, by
penetrating to what is most inward in human nature, to bring a religious
inspiration to bear upon the problem of the world of human labor.” “The
author regards a spiritual life a life of insights and affections, as
the normal development of man, and affirms that this life must be
sustained by a philosophy suited to it. The life gives occasion to the
philosophy, and the philosophy justifies and guides the life.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Most stimulating and suggestive and untechnical, but assumes
considerable learning and requires close application.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09.
“Deserves attention by reason of its intrinsic merit. Is simple in
construction and well sustained in manner of presentation. The style of
the book is somewhat diffuse, but it leads us by a sure path to this
fundamental notion of an expanding life which is mothering the world and
bringing to it a truer and more adequate philosophy.” J: Bascom.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 700w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 256. Jl. 29, ’09. 240w.
“The book is thoroughly stimulating, and is an admirable synthetic
interpretation of modern thought. So far as can be judged from what
appears to be an excellent translation, Prof. Eucken’s style is simple,
straightforward, and pure.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 95. F. 20, ’09. 1100w.
=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[10]} Problem of human life as viewed by
the great thinkers from Plato to the present time; tr. from the
German by Williston S. Hough, and W. R. Boyce Gibson. **$3.
Scribner.
9–24685.
A volume of nearly six hundred pages designed to afford historical
confirmation of the view that conceptions are determined by life, not
life by conceptions. With this as a guiding conviction, the author
traverses “the whole spiritual development of the Western world in the
hope that the several phases of development and above all, its great
personalities will be brought nearer to the personal experience of the
reader than is customarily done.” The discussion falls under the
following general heads: Hellenism; Christianity; The modern world. The
great philosophical thinkers and teachers who influenced trend of
thought are treated for each period.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 350w.
=Nation.= 89: 384. O. 21, ’09. 70w.
“Here is a book, a large and serious book, full of thinking matter as
well as reading matter, well written by one who has earned the Nobel
prize for literature, well translated by competent American professors,
well read by the public of another land. What will the American public
answer to this challenge?” J. E. Sampter.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 747. N. 27, ’09. 1500w.
“Welcome is the lesson here educed from the struggles of the past, that
human destinies are ruled by spiritual necessities, and that life
emerges from its testing in fresher and truer form.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 330w.
“An admirable volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 70w.
=Ewing, James Alfred.= Mechanical production of cold. *$3.25. Putnam.
9–7594.
A reprint of a series of lectures given in 1897 covering “the general
principles of refrigeration, air machines, absorption machines, the
vapor compression process, trials of refrigerating machines, uses of
mechanical refrigeration and applications of extreme cold.”
* * * * *
“The man who takes an intelligent interest in matters affecting our
daily life cannot fail to find in Mr. Ewing’s pages much that will
appeal to him. While the book is intended primarily for scientific
readers, it is in the main couched in language readily intelligible to
the general public.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 570w.
“In his attempt to make the treatment intelligible without unnecessary
mathematics, this well-known author has succeeded admirably, and the
lecture form makes the work especially pleasing. A book of this kind is
much needed among men who would like to know the principles of
thermodynamics, but who do not have the knowledge of mathematics
necessary to use the ordinary text-books on the subject. On the other
hand, it will be of value to engineering students in showing them that
the mathematics that they meet with in their course in thermodynamics is
simply a convenient means to an end.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 430w.
“It is to be regretted that [C. G. S. units] have not been used
throughout the book so as to make it more uniform.” F. H.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 484. F. 25, ’09. 780w.
F
=Fabian= essays in socialism, by G: Bernard Shaw and others.^{[6]}
*50c. Ball pub.
9–35445.
A new edition of the “Fabian essays in socialism,” with an introductory
chapter by Mr. Shaw relating to the Fabian society and its work. “The
ruling idea of the book, as described in an introductory essay by the
late Prof. William Clarke, is that of inevitable political and
industrial evolution—nothing utopian, but an attempted generalization on
the lines of modern scientific ideas.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“One of the most important works on socialism.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 119. Ap. ’09.
“The rare citizen who is willing to reason logically as well as feel
humanely will find this book most helpful.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1084. My. 20, ’09. 400w.
“One cannot help wishing that in a little book so generally the result
of sincere and earnest thinking the blue pencil had been used on Mr
Shaw. The book is to be commended to those who wish to get at the heart
of the Fabian idea of socialism, to all those, in fact, who take an
interest in sociology, whether their views coincide with or are opposed
to the ideas promulgated. To the amateur who knows practically nothing
of the subject the book offers a very fair résumé of the best data and
arguments on its side of the question, presented in clear, concise, and
intelligible style.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 420w.
=Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 280w.
=Fagan, James O.= Confessions of a railroad signalman. **$1. Houghton.
8–25159.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Has won a right to be heard by mastery of his field and by the devotion
of a trained and philosophic mind to a problem of vital significance.”
C. R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 150w.
“The author is also fortunate in possessing a well-trained mind and he
has command of remarkably good English.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 455. Mr. ’09. 310w.
“An exceptionally able book, worthy of the serious attention of every
student of the causes of railroad accidents.” E. R. Johnson.
+ =Char.= 21: 509. Ja. 2, ’09. 550w.
“This book serves a useful purpose in keeping the real question before
the American public. But in laying the entire blame upon the railroad
employee it does this class an injustice and presents only a partial
picture of the situation.” F. H. Dixon.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 348. D. ’08. 450w.
“It must command the attention of the traveling public as well as the
consideration of the railway man, however the latter may view the
opinions of the author.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 19. F. 18, ’09. 950w.
“There can be no doubt that the case he presents is worthy of careful
consideration.” L. C. Marshall.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 42. Ja. ’09. 430w.
“A candid consideration of the argument leads the reviewer, at least, to
feel that the author himself is not totally unprejudiced. The book is
well thought out. The English is excellent and the style calm and clear.
It is of interest to everybody.” E. E. Agger.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 147. Mr. ’09. 480w.
=Fagan, James O.=^{[11]} Labor and the railroads. **$1. Houghton.
9–28733.
A vitally important contribution to economic history in which the author
treats of the relations between organized labor movements and employers,
turning the force of his arguments into concrete railroad problems. His
point of view is that of a former employee who believes that the
railroad employees are the most important factors in the situation from
every point of view. “Their opinions, their policies, their behavior,
are the great topics to be considered, socially, financially, and
industrially. His chapters are: The industrial dilemma; Labor and
railroads; The railroads and education; The railroads and efficiency of
service; The railroads and publicity; The case of the Pennsylvania;
Labor and responsibility; Labor authority over the railroads.”
* * * * *
“Vigorous and authoritative essays.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.
=Fairweather, Rev. William.= Background of the gospels; or, Judaism in
the period between the Old and New Testaments. (Cunningham lectures,
20th ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–13620.
A treatment of later Judaism “with special reference to the times of
Jesus. Discussions of the Maccabaean struggle, the Herodian age, the
Apocalyptic movement, and Hellenistic Judaism constitute the bulk of the
work. There is a full bibliography, and numerous critical notes and
complete indices conclude the volume.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“While offering thus some general criticism on Mr. Fairweather’s work,
we recognize the author’s industry and the admirable spirit of his
discussions.” G: H. Gilbert.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 619. O. ’09. 530w.
“An intelligent and comprehensive treatment of later Judaism.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 216. Mr. ’09. 50w.
“The book meets admirably the end for which it seems to have been
written, namely, to put in convenient form a large mass of historical,
literary, and theological facts pertaining to a neglected but highly
important period.” H: B Carré.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 426. D. ’09. 800w.
“A good book ... scholarly but not too technical.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 260w.
“A valuable contribution to religious knowledge.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 71. My. 8, ’09. 200w.
“He is careful, thorough, sound, and shows wide reading: but he lacks
vigour and originality in his treatment of the matter he has so
laboriously collected, and we get a little tired of his Protestant
contempt for Jewish legalism and ecclesiasticism. His work is rather too
big and technical for the popular reader, and the specialist will find
little in it that he has not found equally well expressed elsewhere; it
will remain in the thoroughly respectable class of useful books, but it
does not show, or arouse, enthusiasm.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 250. F. 20, ’09. 260w.
“This book deals with Judaism in the period between the two Testaments,
and certainly Mr. Fairweather has contrived to fill ‘the blank page’
with wonderfully interesting matter.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 579. Ap. 10. ’09. 1450w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Mental hygiene in every day living.
(Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10654.
A little talk on the subject of “common sense made authoritative” that
helps nervous sufferers back to health, makes the timid courageous,
teaches the lazy to work, cheers the hopeless, and gives more power to
the industrious.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Point of view. (Making the best of
things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10296.
Urges a healthy, normal, wholesome outlook on life as the initial step
to a more competent, more efficient, happier self.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠
+ =N. Y. Times=. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 30w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Talk on relaxation. (Making the best
of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10655.
A little talk whose spirit is in keeping with the work in practical
Christian psychology established by Bishop Fallows in St. Paul’s church,
Chicago.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. ✠
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
=Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel.= Health and happiness; or, Religious
therapeutics and right living. *$1.50. McClurg.
8–30270.
A book which has grown out of Bishop Fallows’s work in Christian
psychology, as he has conducted it in St. Paul’s church, Chicago. It is
quite similar to the Emmanuel work in Boston and teaches “faith as a
dynamic force, chiefly for the cure of overtaxed nerves. He is for
co-operation with the neuropath.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A.= Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
=Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 90w.
=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on capital
punishment. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A recent volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series.” It is uniform with
the predecessors, and, like them, offers as the chief reason for
compilation the manifest need among students, debaters, and club women
for material on the subject under treatment which cannot be had in the
small libraries of the country.
=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the
election of United States senators. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1.
Wilson, H. W.
A volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series” which reprints entire or in
part the most valuable articles on the subject of the Election of United
States senators. The book is for debaters who have small access to
material, and includes a full bibliography of the subject.
=Farrar, James M.= Junior congregation. 1884–1908. **$1.20. Funk.
8–29743.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The book is thoroughly practical.” F. W. Collier.
+ =Arena.= 41: 512. Jl. ’09. 130w.
“The sermons are not very good. Neither are they very bad. The chief
merit about them is that they must have been interesting. They are not
too condescending nor are they too learned. Other preachers will wonder
and admire. Whether they will imitate will depend on their capacity.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 425. F. 25, ’09. 160w.
“Preachers and Sunday-school teachers would find this book distinctly
helpful to them.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 106. Ja. 16, ’09. 50w.
=Faunce, William H. P.= Educational ideal in the ministry. **$1.25.
Macmillan.
8–32415.
President Faunce’s Lyman Beecher lectures delivered at Yale university.
“To the criticism that the work of the clergyman is not properly
correlated to modern life Dr. Faunce brings his contention that the
real, vital relation of the preacher to the community is that of
teacher. Moreover, he contends that preaching, far from being relegated
to-day to the background of our modern life, is ‘outside the pulpit more
widespread, more vigorous, more effective, and more in demand than at
any time during the last hundred years.’ Preaching, he declares, is done
perhaps most effectively to-day by college professors, political
leaders, judges, diplomats, governors of states, even labor leaders. We
are, he contends, living in an age ‘not only of reaction from the crass
materialism of which Professor Haeckel is a belated exponent, but an age
of unprecedented ethical interest, of altruistic enthusiasm, of a moral
passion that overflows all ecclesiastical channels and conventional
modes of expression and spreads like a great river nearing the sea.’”—R.
of Rs.
* * * * *
“It is a notable book. It cannot fail to be an inspiration to the
ministry.” T. G. Soares.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 481. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“He presents a point of view rather than a compendium of rules and
regulations.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 716. My. ’09. 270w.
“One may not agree with the author’s religious points-of-view at all
times, but about the practical worth of the volume to those for whom it
has been prepared there can be no question.”
+ =Arena.= 41: 510. Jl. ’09. 400w.
Reviewed by G: Hodges.
=Atlan.= 103: 561. Ap. ’09. 100w.
“The book is more an emphasis than a contribution. It deals less with
facts than with values and furnishes a broad presentation rather than a
prophetic call.” R: H: Edwards.
+ =Char.= 21: 1049. Mr. 6, ’09. 700w.
“The lectures contain robust counsel and vigorous thinking for the
theological student of today.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 99. Ja. ’09. 30w.
“It would be a fine thing for the country if this book were read by
every minister and every student of theology and every young man who has
any thought of the ministry as a profession.” E. S. D.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 116. F. 27, ’09. 500w.
+ =Outlook.= 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 380w.
“It is seldom, we think, that a presentation of the relation of the
clergyman to the life of the world around him has been so graphically,
cogently, and convincingly made as Dr. Faunce has done in this volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 254. F. ’09. 300w.
=Fauth, Philipp.=^{[9]} Moon in modern astronomy: a summary of twenty
years selenographic work and a study of recent problems; tr. by
Joseph McCabe, with an introd. by J. Ellard Gore. *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–14716.
“Contains Mr. Fauth’s summary of his twenty years’ selenographic work,
together with a discussion of the many problems which face the
selenographer of to-day. Mr. Gore’s introduction is purely descriptive
of the general classification of lunar features, of which he defines the
general terms, thus enabling the non-astronomical reader to study Mr.
Fauth’s work with some measure of understanding. The theme of the work
is the substantiation of the author’s conclusion that our satellite is
covered with a thick layer of ice.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The book is carefully prepared and is well worth consideration.” H. E.
Buchanan.
+ =Astrophys. J.= 29: 91. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“The work before us places him in the first rank of selenographers.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 74. Jl. 20. 550w.
+ =Nature.= 77: 195. Ja. 2, ’08. 450w.
“The reader who wishes to learn the meaning of the peculiar riddles
scientists are gradually solving regarding the cuneiform writings on the
moon’s surface, will welcome this book as a popular exposition of the
science of the moon.” Mary Proctor.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 515. Ag. 28, ’09. 1800w.
=Fay, Charles Ryle.= Co-operation at home and abroad; a description
and analysis. *$3. Macmillan.
8–33820.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“No other work covers the subject so completely.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 137. My. ’09.
“Without doubt it is the best piece of work ever published in this field
of economic investigation.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 180w.
=Ind.= 67: 196. Jl. 22, ’09. 630w.
“The chief value of the book attaches rather to the detailed description
of these undertakings than to any analysis of economic principles
involved in the aims and ideals of co-operation.” J. C.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 733. D. ’09. 530w.
“His account of the organization and working of cooperative credit is
the best general account I have seen and will form a valuable supplement
to more detailed works, such as Wolff’s.” J. E. Pope.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 153. Mr. ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Fay’s work is indispensable to any one who would be ‘au courant’
with coöperation in Europe.” N. P. Gilman.
+ =Yale R.= 17: 455. F. ’09. 500w.
=Fenollosa, Mary McNeill (Sidney McCall, pseud.).=^{[6]} Red Horse
Hill. †$1.50. Little.
9–12084.
A story of even greater dramatic qualities than “Truth Dexter.” A young
woman officially notified of the death of her husband who had taken
their child and run away with a servant marries, without revealing her
past unhappiness, the junior partner in a large milling firm. In a
southern town whither they go to build up some declining mill interests,
the wife discovers her former husband, a diseased drunkard, and also her
child among the frequently flogged child employees of the mill. The
terror of the revelation, the suffering for her child’s misery, the
unburdening of her secret to her husband, the blow to his pride and his
final forgiveness are all elements that are woven into a story whose
dominant note is the power for good or evil in the hands of Southern
mill owners.
* * * * *
“Plot is strong but poorly handled.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.
“Represents a type of fiction growing common among us,—melodrama allied
to a larger theme and a greater plea.”
+ − =Atlan.= 104: 683. N. ’09. 120w.
“Quite aside from any purpose, the book is interesting. The fact about
the book which makes it worth while is a certain passionate intensity, a
vibrant quality that seizes upon the reader and will not let him go.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 413. Je. ’09. 970w.
“This idea ... would have made a powerful book had it not been weakened
by an hysterical riot of individual emotion on the part of the actors in
the drama.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 78. Jl. 22, ’09. 140w.
“If the book were a better novel, however, it might be a better tract as
well.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Is defective in its building-plan, flat in its ending, over-written in
style, too melodramatic to be always effective, but it is a passionate,
honest, genuine blow at the hateful evils of child-slavery in mills, and
in other ways its insight into human nature is notable.”
+ − =Outlook.= 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 90w.
“Viewed from the standpoint of the social worker the book is clearly a
failure.”
− =Survey.= 22: 689. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.
=Ferrero, Guglielmo.=^{[6]} Characters and events of Roman history,
from Cæsar to Nero; tr. by Frances Lance Ferrero. (Lowell lectures
of 1908.) **$2.50. Putnam.
9–14129.
A series of studies of the great men and women of ancient Rome and of
critical moments and events in Roman history. Contents: “Corruption” in
ancient Rome and its counterpart in modern history; The history and
legend of Antony and Cleopatra; The development of Gaul; Nero; Julian
and Tiberius; Wine in Roman history; Social development of the Roman
Empire; Roman history in modern education. Index.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.
“When we come to weigh his claims carefully we find very serious flaws
in his work. Learned as he is in Latin literature and history, he lacks
that broad culture which is indispensable to a great historian.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 7. Jl. 3. 1000w.
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w.
“It is a pity that the lectures were not translated by someone more
familiar with English vocabulary and idiom.” H. S. Jones.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 756. O. ’09. 150w.
“The lectures of Mr. Ferrero still remain suggestive, fascinating, and
fresh, altho some readers will be inclined to think that he sometimes
seems to be doing in earnest what Whately did in jest, when the latter
wrote an essay to prove that such a man as Napoleon never existed.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 580w.
+ − =Nation.= 89: 80. Jl. 22, ’09. 800w.
“There is no present doubt that he leads the writers of his class for
interest, originality of view and interpretation, skill in the handling
of old and new material, and confidence in his own opinions, however
widely they may differ from those of his predecessors. And invariably
his work is ‘good reading.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 351. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.
“Prof. Ferrero, as may be expected, writes entertainingly, and from
thorough knowledge of his subjects.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.
=Outlook.= 92: 583. Jl. 10, ’09. 500w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“The book is a manual of sound political thought, as well as a gallery
of brilliant pictures. But brilliant and original as Signor Ferrero
always is, he is never freakish. His seeming paradoxes are based on
sound scholarship, and they carry full conviction.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 513. O. 2, ’09. 2000w.
=Ferrero, Guglielmo.= Greatness and decline of Rome; v. 1 and 2 tr. by
Alfred E. Zimmern. v. 3.-5 tr. by H. J. Chaytor. 5v. ea. **$2.50.
Putnam.
7–25134.
=v. 3.= Fall of an aristocracy.
Continues the narrative from the day of Caesar’s death to the renewal of
the second triumvirate. “In other words, it is the narrative of the fall
of aristocracy, the bringing to grief of the plans of the Conservatives,
who had hoped to obtain so much from the removal of Caesar, and
emphasizing the decadence of Rome, which began to be revealed not only
in the rottenness of the State itself, but in the fact that Roman
leaders began to seek their fortunes abroad.” (N. Y. Times.)
=v. 4.= Rome and Egypt.
Includes the “Persian war of Anthony, the downfall of young Pompey, and
the rise of Augustus, from 37 to about 23 B. C., from the fall of
Jerusalem into the power of Herod and Sossius to the initiation of
constitutional reforms by the new Emperor. The reunion of Anthony and
Cleopatra, and their marriage in defiance of the Latin rule of monogamy,
the brief existence of a new Egyptian empire, the triumph of Octavianus
at Actium, the restoration of the republic, the birth of the empire are
its chief subjects.”—N. Y. Times.
=v. 5.= This final volume deals with “The republic of Augustus,”
bringing the history down to A. D. 14. “It is Ferrero’s main contention
or chief discovery—that Augustus was a sincere supporter of republican
ideas and institutions; that he had no imperial ambition; that his every
effort was to preserve the supremacy of the Senate, and that only with
reluctance and under compulsion did he take upon his own shoulders one
burden of state after another.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Authoritative and final, even for a short time, the work cannot be, but
it has all the charm of the best historical fiction.” B. Perrin.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 796. Jl. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Ferrero is a valuable corrective to Mommsen in some respects, and his
pages are far more interesting for general reading. The work does not
cover half the period the title promises.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 5.)
“What distinguishes the work of Ferrero is precisely the brilliancy of
his guesses—the satisfactory manner in which they make the epoch live
again.” A. C. Howland.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 205. Jl. ’09. 1250w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“That a book should be so fascinating, even in a translation, is its
highest praise, for it implies that its style is not mere polish of
diction, but the expression of clear and persuasive thinking. The
gravest defect we find here is, as we have said of the third volume, a
superficial and somewhat random psychology, which does not appreciate
what qualities are consistent, and inconsistent, in human character.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 33. Ja. 9. 2000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“On the whole the work is well done, runs easily, and is throughout very
good, if not convincing, reading.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 459. Ap. 17. 1450w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is worth noting that Signor Ferrero is often willing to suppress
undoubted facts. Ferrero’s volumes are full of notions which are at
least suggestive. They are written with the repressed vivacity of an
Italian, who is also a scholar. They do not, however, supersede the work
of Mommsen for that portion of Roman history which Mommsen’s volumes
cover. At the most, they may be viewed as a corrective.” H. T. Peck.
+ − =Bookm.= 28: 439. Ja. ’09. 1800w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It will be read for the undeniable brilliance of its style—albeit this
hardly receives sufficient justice at the translator’s hand—for its
vivid character-sketches, and for its acute diagnosis of social
maladies; but paradox is still the master passion of its author, and
paradox is no fit substitute for criticism.” H. S. Jones.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 753. O. ’09. 2700w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“Professor Ferrero’s work reflects the minute investigations of the coin
hunters, and the sweat of brain of modern critics.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 46. Ja. 1, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“No great historical theme has been dealt with in a fashion so striking
and interesting as this in many, many years.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 220w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“One of the most attractive features of the work is the way in which he
employs the poetic literature of Rome in illustration of the sentiments
of the time.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 38: 303. F. 20, ’09. 680w. (Review of v. 4.)
“He is likely, however, to be ingenious rather than convincing. One
quality Ferrero has still to show before he can do full justice to the
constitutional work of Augustus, namely, a certain legal sense.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 603. D. 17, ’08. 2100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“If there is anything new, as compared with the work of various others,
it is rather in the extreme to which these points are pushed, and we can
only say that these extremes are not adequately supported.”
− =Nation.= 88: 491. My. 13, ’09. 900w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A perusal of the pages of ‘The greatness and decline of Rome’ is an
aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure. There are no digressions.
The story moves with wonderful directness from cause to
effect—absolutely devoid of rhetorical ornamentation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 683. N. 21, ’08. 730w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The translation is competent and more than that, and the history is
good reading throughout. There are no dry pages.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 782. D. 19, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The volume is perhaps the most interesting of the five.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 175. Mr. 27, ’09. 870w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A fresh charm is imparted to Roman history by the sociological insight
and the dramatic touch of this Italian scholar.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 109. Ja. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“Signor Ferrero’s viewpoint throughout the entire work is that of a
strictly impartial observer, with no theory to prove.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 123. Ja. ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“This Italian scholar certainly knows how to make history interesting.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is clear that Ferrero has established a claim to be heard on those
great questions about Augustus which can be solved, if at all, on
general historical grounds, and not by an examination of the ancient
evidence.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 260. Ag. 28, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“It is the work at once of a scholar and of an artist; it is based upon
foundations of the most solid erudition, and it is marked on every page
by the traces of a brilliant, imaginative, and exceedingly original
mind. The work is convincing because it is intensely imaginative.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 1850w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
=Ferry, Ervin Sidney.= Brief course in elementary dynamics for
students of engineering. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–22618.
“A clear, consecutive and consistent development of those laws and
principles of dynamics most frequently occurring in the ordinary affairs
of life and of widest application in the arts.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
“Emphasis has been laid on a thorough knowledge of principles upon which
facts depend, rather than on a familiarity with a vast range of
different phenomena.”
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 665. D. ’08. 250w.
“A few very unconvincing statements, or awkwardly put definitions,
contrast with the clearness and accuracy of the most of the text.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 45. Ap. 15, ’09. 160w.
“It is logically arranged and written in a clear style that students fit
for technical education can readily understand.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 448. O. 17, ’08. 230w.
“One of the best class books that has appeared in a long time.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 110w.
“It appears to be an orderly, well-written account of the principles of
dynamics, but rather over-burdened with formulæ.” E. G. C.
+ − =Nature.= 80: 95. Mr. 25, ’09. 170w.
=Ffoulkes, Constance Jocelyn, and Maiocchi, Rodolfo.= Vincenzo Foppa
of Brescia, founder of the Lombard school. *$25. Lane.
“The text embodies not only the opinions of the authors themselves but
also of the most distinguished European critics of the past and present
on Foppa and his school. It is moreover enriched with excellent
reproductions of a large number of his works, fifteen in photogravure,
and supplemented by an index of all the mss. quoted, with translations
of some of the more important, a chronological list of his extant
paintings, one of those now lost, a place index and a carefully compiled
subject one.”—Int. Studio.
* * * * *
“Skilfully woven into an interesting consecutive narrative. The book is
a perfect encyclopaedia of knowledge that will be a mine of wealth to
future students.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 37: 84. Mr. ’09. 350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
“What deserves especial praise is the admirable temper of Miss Ffoulkes’
writing: it is quite free from the barren acrimonies of the partisan and
from exaggerated laudation of its subject; it is also lucid and
unpretentious in style.” Laurence Binyon.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 389. S. 25, ’09. 420w.
“The writers of this book are enthusiasts for their subject, and have
given us a profusion of rather insignificant detail. We could have
spared a good deal of this for the sake of a well-reasoned essay on the
art of the painter.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 150w.
=Field, Claud.=^{[6]} Tales of the Caliphs. *$1. Dutton.
Included in the “Romance of the East” series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng.
“The Caliphs who appear in this volume are five: All-Mansur (A. D. 754),
who was the Henry VII of Baghdad, and the hero of the famous story of
the poem engraved on marble; Al-Mahdi, son of the first (774); Haroun
al-Raschid,—here we have the excellent story of Abu’l-Kasim of Basra;
Al-Mamoun (Haroun’s son); and Al-Mansour of Cordova. It was Al-Mamoun
who wept at his brother’s death, though he had sent to his general in
the field a shirt without an opening for the head in answer to the
question what he was to do with the captured Prince.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
=Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 40w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 340w.
“Excellent stories these, though probably known to some readers.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 311. F. 20, ’09. 100w.
=Fifty= years of Darwinism: modern aspects of evolution.^{[6]} **$2.
Holt.
9–12096.
The eleven essays in this volume reflect the views of as many of the
well-known scientists of America upon Darwin’s influence and upon his
views of origin. They reveal the enormous development and divergence of
biological thought which have been the direct consequence of Darwin’s
work. Divergence of thought is the most characteristic quality, for no
two of the writers hold quite the same view of the processes of
evolution. Some of the papers reflect closely Darwin’s own opinions,
both earlier and later, while others are almost diametrically opposed,
at least in so far as the methods of origin are concerned. The volume is
invaluable as a symposium of American views of evolution.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 154. Je. ’09.
“It is not ‘popular science,’ but it puts things within the reach of
laymen who are willing to take thought.”
+ =Bookm.= 29: 590. Ag. ’09. 350w.
“On the whole, however, the papers are clear, concise, and very much to
the point.” C. R. B. and W. L. Tower.
+ =Bot. Gaz.= 48: 391. N. ’09. 680w.
“These make an interesting and valuable set of papers, and form a
notable demonstration of the flourishing condition of American
biological science.” Raymond Pearl.
+ =Dial.= 47: 94. Ag. 16, ’09. 370w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 480. Ag. 26, ’09. 270w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 145. Ag. 12, ’09. 1700w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 339. My. 29, ’09. 720w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 383. S. ’09. 200w.
Reviewed by D: S. Jordan.
+ =Science, n.s.= 30: 528. O. 15, ’09. 1000w.
=Figgis, Darrell.=^{[10]} Vision of life: poems; with an introd. by
Gilbert K. Chesterton. *$1.25. Lane.
“‘A vision of life’ is but a vision of the broad and strait ways,
imagined on lines not altogether novel.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“Sincerity and a lofty ideal are undoubtedly the key-notes of the book;
the author ranges his forces, as Mr. Chesterton observes, ‘on the side
of the angels,’ but an ill-controlled preciosity, both verbal and
metrical, goes far to discount the power of his message. The technique
generally, in which modern verse is usually strong, leaves much to be
desired.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 178. Ag. 14. 450w.
“On the whole, and even with the help of Chesterton’s pointer, we fail
to see why oblivion should not have remained their portion.” Hildegarde
Hawthorne.
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 553. S. 18, ’09. 350w.
“The writer meant well and might have been pardoned much but for the
introduction. Yet it is but honest to say that the thought is
commonplace throughout and foolish at intervals.”
− =No. Am.= 190: 707. N. ’09. 400w.
“Until he gets rid of certain affectations of archaism and a certain
laborious endeavor to liberalise the dictionary of modern poetic speech,
he will never give his real gifts as a versifier any chance to appear
for what they are.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 322. S. 11, ’09. 270w.
“While promise is not wanting, the author has written very indifferent
verse. Far-fetched words do not constitute originality, and sententious
platitudes are not the stuff of poetry.”
− =Spec.= 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 60w.
=Figgis, Rev. John Neville.=^{[9]} Gospel and human needs; being the
Hulsean lectures delivered before the Univ. of Cambridge, 1908–9;
with additions. *$1.25. Longmans.
An attempt “to show that miracles are a help rather than a stumbling
block to faith.” “The main thought of his four lectures may be said to
be the reassertion of the supernatural in a materialistic age. He will
have nothing to do with the apology which minimizes the superhuman
nature of the Christian revelation or its expression in the life of
Christ and the church.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“A distinct and interesting contribution to modern Christian apologetic.
There are not a few signs that the lectures were prepared for the press
with some haste.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 521. My. 1. 1500w.
“Dr. Figgis’s eloquent and scholarly Hulsean lectures are of absorbing
interest. There are minor blemishes in a work which has the real
literary flavour, and they can easily be removed in a later edition.” G.
E. Ffrench.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 8: 215. O. ’09. 550w.
“He is at his best when criticising critics; his constructive work is
not very convincing.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 204. Ag. 14, ’09. 330w.
=Filippi, Filippo de.= Ruwenzori: being an account of the expedition
of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, to
the snow ranges situated between the equatorial lakes of Central
Africa; tr. by Caroline de Filippi. *$8. Dutton.
9–6571.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 749. Je. 26. 1150w.
“Had the explorer told his own story, the book would no doubt have been
more lively in style and more vital in content. But these unavoidable
defects in the narrative by no means disparage the intrinsic merit of
the expedition, which went forth, not for a story, but to discover and
catalogue scientific data. And as a record of important scientific
discovery, no possible fault can be found with the book. We have never
seen more remarkable panoramic pictures of mountain scenery than are
here reproduced.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 184. Mr. 16, ’09. 700w.
“As a story of adventure and of triumph over difficulties it will be
interesting to the general reader, and as a description of one of the
very few unknown spots upon our globe it has a unique scientific
importance.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1566. D. 24, ’08. 330w.
+ =Nation.= 88: 95. Ja. 28, ’09. 920w.
Reviewed by J. W. Gregory.
+ =Nature.= 80: 281. My. 6, ’09. 1100w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 252. F. ’09. 100w.
“A handsome volume which will appeal at once to the scientific climber
and the lover of travel literature.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 150w.
“Not only is it an enthralling record of exploration and climbing, but
there is a mass of valuable scientific material in appendices which is
of high value to the geographer. The charm of the book is in the
strangeness of the country explored.”
+ + =Spec.= 101: 997. D. 12, ’08. 1550w.
=Fillebrown, Charles Bowdoin.=^{[6]} A B C of taxation; with Boston
object lessons, private property in land, and other essays and
addresses. **$1.20. Doubleday.
9–5557.
Prepared as a guide revealing the true principle of taxation to the
landlord, the rentpayer, and the student of economics. The author treats
his subject under the following heads: Part 1, The A B C of taxation;
Part 2, Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private
property in land, and other essays and addresses; Part 4, Appendix,
which includes articles on “Ethics of the single tax,” “Its breadth and
catholicity,” “Tolstoy and Henry George,” “A protest against unjust
taxation,” “Agreement in political economy,” etc.
* * * * *
“A fair and clear exposition of the single tax, seemingly well grounded
on statistical data.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09.
“The book seems to the reviewer to serve three distinctly important
purposes, and will be equally welcome for each. In the first place it
gives us an authoritative statement, in condensed and interesting form,
by a loving disciple, and brilliant writer, of what the Georgian single
tax theory ultimately meant to its own creator. It makes a permanent and
easily available record of Mr. Fillebrown’s intensive statistical
studies of real estate values and rentals in Boston. These are valuable
in many connections other than in problems relating to taxation. The
third purpose served is to furnish a record of Mr. Fillebrown’s efforts
at ‘agreements in political economy.’” C. C. Plehn.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 248. S. ’09. 750w.
“A lucid proposition of George’s teaching about land values. It is
cogent in parts as a geometric proposition, tho detailed with some
unnecessary repetition. Enthusiasm and cocksureness, qualities which
distinguish the genus, Single taxer, appear all thru.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 1093. N. 11, ’09. 340w.
“His harp has but one string, and to him the single tax is the tone
dominant in the entire chord of taxation. His book discusses nothing
else, but discusses that very well, as though it were the X Y Z of
taxation, as well as the A B C.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 243. Ap. 17, ’09. 420w.
“His book is brief, easy to understand, and full of interesting
illustrations of the working of taxation in the city of Boston. He
states his theory definitely, and maintains it with able arguments,
reinforced by evidence in the form of concrete exhibits.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 120w.
=Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 568. S. ’09. 140w.
“A clever and interesting exposition of the single tax.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 80w.
=Finch, Francis Miles.= Blue and the gray, and other verses; with
preliminary word by Andrew D. White. **$1.30. Holt.
9–3883.
A group of verses by a New York man, numbered among the “big-hearted,
wise, and witty” sons of Yale. Mr. Andrew D. White says in his
“Preliminary word,” “His main pleasure he found in the hills, the woods,
the streams of the Cayuga region, and love for these inspired his
verse.”
* * * * *
“With their subdued colouring, their declamatory style, formal even in
its informality, and their rigid simplicity of verse-form, they belong
to a period in American letters already old-fashioned—the period of the
great New Englanders.” Brian Hooker.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 369. Je. ’09. 240w.
=Nation.= 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 270w.
“This little volume contains nearly fifty short poems of good quality,
none of them, to be sure, revealing the magical touch of inspiration,
but all indicative of a good mind, a sound heart, a sense of melody.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.
=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[7]} Grieg and his music. **$2.50. Lane.
9–15889.
An amplification of the biography included in the “Living masters of
music.” It is practically “a new work, and may be briefly described as
an enthusiastic appreciation of the Norwegian master, as composer,
executant, conductor, and man. To musicians it will be welcome and
valuable on account of its comprehensive analytical studies of different
phases of Grieg’s genius, while the general reader will find much to
interest him in the biographical and descriptive passages, which are
uncommonly rich in personal anecdote, in the observation possible only
to intimate friendship, and to the revelations of private
correspondence.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Will no doubt remain the standard authority.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 12. S. ’09.
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 250w.
“We may not agree with Mr. Finck in all the claims he makes for his
hero, but his arguments are calculated to convince. He has given the
earnest and devoted life of Grieg with true regard and understanding; he
furnishes a review of the works which is authoritative; and has made an
illuminating and enjoyable book.” L: J. Block.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 379. N. 16, ’09. 2000w.
“May the book in its new form continue the good work begun in the old.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 360w.
“This is a fascinating biography—sympathetic and calling up the reader’s
sympathy.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 330w.
“The book is a full and satisfying one, whether considered in its
critical or biographical aspect, and certainly does full justice to its
subject.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 611. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.
“Mr. Finck had the advantage of a long personal friendship with him,
which has given him command of material contributing notably to the
picturesqueness and accuracy of his account, and giving information
about the genesis of some of his works.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.
“We have in Mr. Finck’s book an excellent and authoritative biography.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 264. Ag. ’09. 500w.
“We cannot admit that Mr. Finck has succeeded in revealing to the public
what he calls ‘the greater Grieg.’ But none the less we welcome the book
for the fresh and pleasant light that it sheds on the personality of a
delightful little master.” C. L. G.
+ − =Spec.= 103: 460. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.
=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[12]} Success in music and how it is won;
with a chapter on tempo rubato by Ignace Jan Paderewski. **$2.
Scribner.
9–28946.
A sort of symposium in which many of the world’s greatest singers,
pianists, violinists, and teachers tell the secrets of their success.
The author’s personal conversation with many of them, letters and
various other sources have furnished material from which he has
constructed the “Gradus ad Parnassum,” and has shown the labored process
of ascent. The divisions of the work are: Music, money, and happiness;
Successful singers; Great pianists; Four types of violinists; Teachers,
parents and pupils.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 67: 1142. N. 18, ’09. 50w.
“The volume has the merit of presenting a steady ‘crescendo’ of
interest.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 551. D. 2, ’09. 950w.
“Such details of the public and private lives of musicians have always
had attraction for many people, and this book will be found no
exception. But Mr. Finck gives much more in his own comments and
observations, in his criticisms, interpretations, and deductions that
come on every page.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 470w.
=Finley, John H., and Sanderson, John F.= American executive and
executive methods. (Am. state ser.) **$1.25. Century.
8–33813.
The last of eight volumes which together furnish complete information
concerning the manner in which the governmental agencies are organized
and administered. This volume sketches the organization and mode of
constituting the American state and federal executive power, contrasting
the federal or unified type with the state or distributed type of
organization. The legal powers of each of the three departments of the
executive are defined and some illustrative judicial decisions are
included.
* * * * *
“The distinctive feature of the work is the marked emphasis laid upon
the administrative as opposed to the political functions of the
executive departments of government. The book reflects somewhat the
defects inherent in a work of dual authorship. A number of minor errors
have been noticed but the work has, on the whole, been performed with
commendable accuracy. The personal views of the authors are sound and
discriminating.” M. S. Brown.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 619. Ap. ’09. 420w.
“Written from a too strictly legal attitude to have as large general
value as the earlier volumes in this series.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 76. Mr. ’09.
“There is less unity in this book than could be desired, though the
limitations of space explain many of the omissions which could easily
have been avoided in a larger work. The treatment of the power of
appointment and removal is disappointing. Legal decisions one after
another leave the reader confused as to what is the actual condition. A
similar criticism applies to the discussion of state boards and
commissions. After going through the chapter the reader knows what
agencies there are, but not what they do. The treatment of the various
branches of the subject is too brief to satisfy the advanced student.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 426. S. ’09. 250w.
“Nothing new or startling is developed in the volume. It is instructive
though rather dry reading.” R. E. Bisbee.
+ − =Arena.= 41: 396. Mr. ’09. 100w.
“An important addition to our literature of politics. The treatment is
inductive and historical, and eminently practical.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 315. M. ’09. 50w.
=Engin. Rec.= 59: 166. F. 6, ’09. 150w.
“The broad distinction is noted that exists between the state governor
and the president in actual power and influence, owing to the
disintegration of executive power in the state, but the vast importance
of the consequences does not receive due appreciation. In the sections
relating to the national executive one could desire that there should be
a fuller consideration of what might be called the prerogative powers of
the office.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 560w.
“The authors begin their book like an orthodox history and end it like a
political pamphlet. Apparently the subject ran away with the writers. It
is a sort of citizen’s manual of government which would do good if
‘read, learned, and inwardly digested’ by men in public life in any
capacity.” E: A. Bradford.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 37. Ja. 23, ’09. 1400w.
“A full and accurate book on this subject has been long needed, and has
at length appeared.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 583. Mr. 13, ’09. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 100w.
=Finn, Frank.=^{[5]} World’s birds: a simple and popular
classification of the birds of the world. 5s. Hutchinson, London.
“After an excellent, but very short, introduction, he begins with the
American vultures (Catharditæ), goes through all the families in order,
and ends with the woodpeckers (Picidæ). A great quantity of accurate and
compressed information is given under headings such as size, form,
plumage, young, nest, eggs, incubation, courtship, food, gait, flight,
note, disposition, and habits, economic qualities, captivity,
distribution, and important species. Mr. Finn is already well known as a
writer on popular ornithology who is also a trustworthy
authority.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“Whatever merits this scheme of decentralization may possess, they are
considerably discounted by the inevitable lack of cohesion between the
separate units. Apart from these considerations, we have nothing but
praise for this excellent handbook. The practical form in which the
information relating to each family is given is admirable, and it is
wonderful how much is contained in such a small compass:”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 201. F. 13. 500w.
“It is distinctly unfortunate that Mr. Finn did not follow the methods
of the alphabetical system in its entirety on the lines of Montagu and
Newton. If we set aside these incongruities, the book gives a fairly
good popular idea of the numerous families of birds.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 374. Mr. 20, ’09. 280w.
“We cannot help thinking that Mr. Finn would have produced an equally
handy and a more satisfactory little book of reference if he had dealt
with the birds of the world in systematic instead of alphabetic order.
The mass of facts collected, digested, and arranged in these two hundred
pages is amazing.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 158. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.
=Finot, Jean.=^{[9]} Philosophy of long life; tr. from the French by
Harry Roberts. **$2.50. Lane.
9–17309.
“The first portion of the essay is a disquisition on longevity.... The
mysteries of longevity are dwelt upon in a spirit in which mysticism is
blended with science, and while the author furnishes us with ‘means for
prolonging life,’ he tells us that one of the main means is the exercise
of the will, for in the exercise of the will is to be found the cure of
old age and the power of prolonging bodily existence to an almost
indefinite period.... The second part of the book deals with the body
when it has passed beyond the farthest limit of longevity.... Mr.
Finot’s religion of the grave casts a phosphorescent light over the tomb
which is bright and beautiful if not satisfying.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“This is a delightful book if it be read as one reads ‘The anatomy of
melancholy,’ the ‘Pseudodoxia epidemica,’ or Wanley’s ‘Wonders of the
little world.’ Indeed, M. Finot’s scientific equipment is of the
slenderest in spite of all his parade of knowledge. The translation is
good as a whole but Mr. Harry Roberts does not seem to have much more
scientific knowledge than his author.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 129. Jl. 31. 350w.
“Mr. Finot is a scientific man and a subtle philosopher and he seems to
enjoy playing around his subject with quick and clever dialectic skill
without attempting to prove anything except the obvious.”
− + =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 430w.
“Turning to the mystery of death, M. Finot puts a guess in the place of
every wanting fact.”
− =Nation.= 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 450w.
“It may be that Mr. Finot spreads over a little too wide scientific
field to give anything more substantial than an imaginative and
optimistic gleaning of many more or less closely correlated facts,
apprehended with more or less accuracy. At all events, his book is
interesting.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 449. Jl. 24, ’09. 1300w.
“On the scientific side, M. Finot’s book has not the merits of Professor
Metchnikoff’s. It has few technicalities; it is popular; and the
treatment is essentially literary. M. Metchnikoff is a great expert. M.
Finot is not; we doubt if he is more than a clever Frenchman exercising
a literary gift on a promising topic.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 900w.
“Probably the most practically interesting part of the volume will be
found in what the author has to say about results actually accomplished
in the direction of longevity.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 941. Je. 12, ’09. 450w.
=Fisher, Mary.=^{[11]} Journal of a recluse; tr. from the original
French. **$1.25. Crowell.
9–25177.
An unsigned autobiography that divulges the suffering of a hungry,
wounded heart in its search for a cure in solitude and work. It is the
story of a man who had lived broadly, traveled extensively and suffered
deeply; a man of high ideals, fine perception, and unquenchable courage,
whose bitter experiences but sweetened his nature and cleared his
vision. He comments on education, marriage, woman’s place and
religion—all with a broad spirit of fairness and tolerance. The cold
facts of a human document are softened and glorified by an atmosphere
full of sunlight and the “odor of pines and wild flowers.”
* * * * *
“The recital of the earlier years of the recluse is uninteresting—we
would almost say stupid. Dramatic, forceful moments are not wanting, but
a tone of self-sufficiency disagreeably obtrudes itself at times.”
− + =Lit. D.= 39: 683. O. 23, ’09. 280w.
“You quickly make up your mind that it is not to be accepted at its face
value as a veritable bit of autobiography, but it is really a piece of
sentimental fiction.” H. W. Boynton.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 100w.
“The book has the charm of the unhackneyed.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 470w.
“In its simplicity and directness it suggests Rousseau or Amiel.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.
=Fitch (William) Clyde.=^{[12]} Wave of life: a novel. $1.50.
Kennerley.
The only novel of Mr. Fitch, written in 1890. It is a drawing-room
story, mainly of the tangled loves of two young women and two men, and
of the tragic outcome. To one studying the evolution of Mr. Fitch’s
literary success the book has value; for it affords the opportunity of
marking the progress in logical arrangement of material and in artistic
form achieved by the playwright along the course from this early story
to his latest play. A tribute to Mr. Fitch’s genius of friendship
prefaces the story.
=Fitzhugh, Percy Keese.= King Time; or, The mystical land of the
hours. $1.25. Caldwell.
9–7338.
The dream visit of a little boy to the kingdom of Father Time where his
curiosity to find out what becomes of the ticked-off hours and minutes
is abundantly satisfied. He meets the imps who represent hours, minutes
and jiffies, visits their homes, and witnesses a war between the Duke of
Procrastination and Father Time.
* * * * *
“A fairy book of original conception.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
“[This] little story in verse and prose will be an attractive gift for
the juvenile reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=.^{[5]} Chapters on Spanish literature. *7s.
6d. Constable, London.
9–18715.
A review in ten chapters of nearly eight centuries of Spanish literature
from the Cid to the novelists of to-day.
* * * * *
“We have no hesitation in saying that this volume forms the most
valuable English contribution to Spanish letters since the same author
gave us his ‘History of Spanish literature.’”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 338. Mr. 20. 1200w.
“The verified translations are smooth and elegant, and the work is
rendered complete by a good index.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 899. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s lectures on Cervantes and on the Spanish
dramatists are worthy of their subject, and are remarkable for a sanity
of criticism and appreciation which his predecessors have not always
possessed; and the chapter on modern novelists gives a satisfactory
outline of the revival of Spanish fiction from Fernán Caballero to Pérez
Galdós and Pardo Bazan.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 499. Ap. 17, ’09. 800w.
“A deep learning perpetually enlivened by lightning-flashes of humour, a
critical analysing spirit united with a breadth of insight due to wide
sympathy and knowledge of the literatures of many other countries,
combine to form a very striking work,—a work that will delight Spanish
scholars, and appeal also to the more general reader.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 636. Ap. 24, ’09. 1100w.
=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=, tr.^{[5]} Nun ensign; a translation of “La
monja alférez.” 7s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.
The extraordinary adventures of Catalina de Erauso, the Basque novice,
who at fifteen ran away from a convent, converted her nun’s robe into a
man’s attire and “sallied forth to seek her fortune.... The astounding
history of this extraordinary woman with the soul of a swashbuckler and
the manners of a bravo, how she took service with a merchant, how she
killed three men, to say nothing of her own brother whom she unwittingly
slew in fair fight, and how, after many other adventures, she sailed for
the New World and there fought against the Indians, all is told us in
Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s translation of this old tale.” (Int. Studio.)
* * * * *
“A volume which will prove welcome alike to students of Spanish
literature and English readers who can appreciate a stirring record of
adventure, unadorned by art and uninterrupted by sentiment.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 816. D. 26. 400w.
“The many reproductions are unfortunately far too small.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 250w.
“A translation with a learned introduction and copious notes.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 64. Ja. 21, ’09. 150w.
=Flack, Horace Edgar.= Adoption of the fourteenth amendment. (Johns
Hopkins university studies in historical and political science.
Extra v. 26.) $2. Johns Hopkins.
8–35972.
“This is an excellent study of the purpose of the fourteenth amendment.
The conclusion is not new—that the Supreme court in its later
interpretations of the amendment nullified what was the almost unanimous
belief of national and state legislatures as well as of the people at
large as to what change had been made in our constitution. Mr. Flack has
presented in detail the historical evidence justifying this conclusion.
The discussion begins with the Freedmen’s bureau and Civil rights bills,
then the amendment itself, prompted by the same motives as these bills,
is attacked.... The last chapter discusses the Congressional
interpretations placed upon the amendment just after its adoption.”—Ann.
Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“The book will be very useful to every serious student of
reconstruction. There is a wholesome spirit of restraint and caution
about the book and its statements of fact are to be relied on. A single
slip has been noted: on page 251 Senator Thurman is said to have been
‘later Vice-President of the United States.’” W. A. D.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 625. Ap. ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Flack is to be congratulated on the way he has handled his subject.
He has confined himself strictly to the subject in hand and has given us
the best compilation of the historical evidence as to the purpose of the
fourteenth amendment which is now available.” C. L. Jones.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 471. Mr. ’09. 380w.
“There is plenty of evidence of a patient and devoted industry in the
preparation of the work; but the standpoint is biased and the treatment
often unfair.”
− =Ind.= 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 80w.
“Is constructed altogether too much according to the rules of the
scientific school of history writing to enjoy any wide circulation; and,
moreover, its subject is one in which the average man of the present
generation is not vitally interested. But there can be no question of
its helpfulness to the student of American history.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 774. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.
=Fleming, John Ambrose.= Elementary manual of radio-telegraphy and
radio-telephony for students and operators. *$2. Longmans.