Putnam.
9–16204.
Three plays which deal with “the seemingly hopeless conflict of ideal
justice with natural instincts. In the ‘Silver box’ a member of
Parliament sacrifices a poor man to save the reputation of his
son—justice against the paternal instinct; in ‘Joy’ a mother sacrifices
to some extent her uncle and even her own daughter to save her
lover—justice against the amatory instinct; in ‘Strife’ the two
non-compromising and principled representatives of capital and labor are
sacrificed to save their women and children—justice against the instinct
of self-preservation.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“They are very readable and equal to the author’s best work.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09.
“For the most part this playwright’s dialogue has a pungency and a
naturalness not easily to be overpraised. His style has none of the
usual faults. Where he a little fails in realism in his plays is in his
handling of the conversation of ‘mean-street’ types.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 79. Jl. 17. 850w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 931. O. 21, ’09. 150w.
“His plays have, like his novels, the interest of difficulties seriously
confronted, vividly experienced. Mr. Galsworthy’s leading ‘dramatis
personæ’ are not so much feeble in characterization as in
character—which is to be deplored because he is possessed of the
seriousness, the idealism, and the irony which go to the creation of
tragedy.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 167. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w.
“It is not an easy matter to point out in just what respects these plays
are unsatisfactory, or, rather, unsatisfying. He does not preach or
theorize, but, when the book is laid aside, the sermon and the theories
implied stand out more definitely than do the characters of the plays.
This whatever it may be in the novelist, is a fault in the dramatist.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 477. Ag. 7, 09. 650w.
“His work is thoroughly original and absolutely sincere, and it concerns
itself, in an intelligent and vigorous manner, with really important
questions which have a vital bearing upon the life of the present time.”
Ignotus.
+ =Spec.= 102: 498. Mr. 27, ’09. 1150w.
=Galton, Francis.=^{[6]} Memories of my life. *$3.50. Dutton.
9–35586.
An account of Galton’s scientific achievements combined with the
personal aspects of his career. Grandson of Erasmus Darwin and cousin to
Charles Darwin, it has been the scientist’s privilege to trace his
hereditary tendencies. “This bald, epitomised sketch of the life and
activities of Dr. Galton indicates the wide range of his interests and
powers. The practical application of scientific principles seems to be
always in his mind, never from the point of view of the patentee or
exploiter, but invariably disinterestedly, and his eugenic
investigations were fired by a burning zeal for the well-being of his
fellow-men. The transparent honesty and naïveté of the man are revealed
in these straight-forward memories.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“His unpretentious and concise chapters have a large interest.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 165. Je. ’09.
“From cover to cover there is not a dull page. It contains many good
stories, but also much sound and serious criticism of the scientific
life of his day. If fault must be found, it is with Mr. Galton for
omitting—perhaps owing to his native shyness—to refer to much of his own
work which is not available to ordinary readers.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 613. N. 14. 1700w.
“The straightforwardness and unpretentiousness of Mr. Galton’s book win
the reader’s favor and hold his attention to the end. The book has the
excellent fault of being shorter than one could have wished.” P. F.
Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 46: 322. My. 16, ’09. 1450w.
“These most interesting ‘Memories,’ written by a man still, at
eighty-six, enjoying life, give us the vivid sun-points of the path he
traveled.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 482. Ag. 26, ’09. 450w.
“A career of such significance deserves an even more adequate account
than that given in these pages.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 542. My. 27, ’09. 800w.
“Those who are interested in the history of the growth of science in
this country and in the men who participated in its development will
thank Dr. Galton for having provided them with a characteristic account
of his own life and of his relations with three generations of men of
thought and action.” A. C. Haddon.
+ =Nature.= 79: 181. D. 17, ’08. 1800w.
“A book full of interest for the curious in life and fertile of hints
for the thoughtful.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 609. O. 16, ’09. 1300w.
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 805. N. 21, ’08. 1450w.
=Gamble, Frederick William.= Animal life. *$2. Dutton.
9–5112.
A survey of animal life from the evolutionary standpoint which is
intended for students with a limited knowledge of zoology. “The author
begins by contrasting animal and vegetable life, and pointing out the
profuse abundance of life on land and in the water. He shows the links
that connect the great classes of vertebrate and invertebrate
animals.... In animal life the three problems to be solved must include
the maintenance of the individual, the development of self, and the
progress of the race. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Gamble deals with
movement, the quest for food, the need for oxygen, the development of
the senses, and with them of organs and a nervous system. The colours of
animals, their meanings and origin, are fertile subjects.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Above the average nature book in scientific respects, accurate, fairly
interesting, and well illustrated, but sometimes confused in style.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09.
“This is certainly the best book of the kind that has appeared for some
time. If its information is in a sense not always new, its facts are
true and trustworthy.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 578. N. 7. 340w.
“This book, the interesting contents of which we have hinted at, will
delight all who read it, both those who know much and those who know
little. It will charm with its style and with the wonders which it
discloses. Sometimes, perhaps, the author’s epigrammatic style makes a
difficulty instead of removing one. A contribution not only to science
but to literature.” J. A. T.
+ + − =Nature.= 79: 182. D. 17, ’08. 1400w.
“A very handy and clearly written volume on a subject of ever increasing
interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 5. Ja. 2, ’09. 280w.
“Mr. Gamble has produced a very readable little book which will suggest
matter for thought. For a popular work Mr. Gamble occasionally assumes
that his reader has more knowledge than we believe probable. He
sometimes also fails to express himself in as clear language as might be
desired.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 593. O. 17, ’08. 550w.
=Garland, Hamlin.=^{[10]} Moccasin ranch: a story of Dakota. †$1.
Harper.
9–24262.
Into the unbroken west with other settlers a colorless failure from
Illinois takes his spirited wife. The result is obvious. She is preyed
upon by loneliness and disappointment and turns to a vigorous young land
agent first for friendship, then for sympathy, and later for everything
her barren existence had denied her. At last he takes her away from her
husband’s hut in a terrifying blizzard and they justify themselves on
the ground that they really belong to each other by virtue of the little
soul that is to come into being through them, a fact which, to their
reasoning, morally dissolves her childless marriage. Even the reader
feels man-made conventions weakening in the face of the great open
prairie and the illimitable sweep of sky.
* * * * *
“There is a touch of strain in the speech and conduct of these four
persons. The moving thing is that atmosphere of place which Mr. Garland
knows how to make us breathe.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Garland has written longer and more important novels than this, but
he has written nothing finer or more powerful in its presentation of
human passions or more beautiful in style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 611. O. 16, ’09. 470w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 636. N. ’09. 20w.
=Garman, Charles Edward.=^{[11]} Letters, lectures and addresses of
Charles Edward Garman. **$3. Houghton.
9–18055.
A memorial which is “the outcome of a suggestion made to Mrs. Garman on
behalf of the class of 1884 of Amherst college, and a committee of the
class has co-operated with her in the selection of material and in
arranging for its proper publication. Prof. Garman was a teacher of
philosophy, and practically all of his literary remains are of the
philosophic order. Of this sort is most of the matter in his memorial
volume, though there are several interesting letters and a few addresses
which are of a different character. A number of tributes and
characterizations appear in an appendix, in all of which Prof. Garman is
spoken of in terms of great respect.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“These collected papers are wonderfully interesting and stimulating. We
warmly commend the volume to the study of others besides the hundreds
who were Professor Garman’s pupils.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 602. S. 9, ’09. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 460. Jl. 24, ’09. 160w.
=Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane.=^{[9]} Home life in Turkey. *$1.75.
Macmillan.
9–35864.
A brief introduction on the origin of the Osmanli Turks is followed by
sixteen chapters under the headings: Social life; Religious beliefs and
institutions; and Domestic life. A concluding chapter discusses the
future of the Osmanli Turks in which the author believes that whatever
political changes may be wrought by revolutionized economic conditions
it will be long before any considerable changes take place in the
social, religious and domestic life of the Turkish people.
* * * * *
“Not so interesting as either of the previous books in the series.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 73. N. ’09.
+ =Ind.= 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 100w.
“The most comprehensive work of the kind with which we are acquainted.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 166. Jl. 31, ’09. 330w.
=Garnett, Martha (Mrs. R. S. Garnett).=^{[8]} Infamous John Friend.
†$1.50. Holt.
9–20137.
A story dealing with Napoleon’s cherished scheme for the invasion of
England. “The pictures of life under the Regency at Brighton and
elsewhere are very well done, and the combined brilliance and odiousness
of the social atmosphere of the time are cleverly indicated. It is,
however, impossible to sympathise entirely with any one of the
characters.” (Spec.) “The man Friend is a strong artistic character,
admirable and lovable in spite of the fact that he is a spy, a traitor,
and a blackmailer.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“It offers to a general glance only one single blemish, an episode
between subordinate characters of quite irrelevant and needless
offensiveness.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 30: 69. S. ’09. 280w.
“One of the best of the many treatments that have been given to the
subject, exhibiting a close acquaintance with the social and political
conditions of the period, and developing a fairly original plot in a
thoroughly interesting manner.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 184. S. 16, ’09. 260w.
“It is not a thrilling story but it is worth reading for the sake of
getting acquainted with the man John Friend and his wife, Polly.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 478. Ag. 7, ’09. 500w.
“The end of the novel is extremely powerful, but the last chapter is
really too brutal in its realism. The novel is interesting as a whole,
and the great figures which every now and then pass across the stage are
adequately sketched.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 982. Je. 19, ’09. 120w.
=Garrison, Theodosia.=^{[6]} Joy o’ life and other poems. *$1.
Kennerley.
9–12911.
The author’s more permanent pieces have been gathered into this volume.
“Happiness and sorrow, failure and longing, peace, despair, fantasy, and
laughter, all have their word here.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“This exultant note is the dominant one from beginning to end of her
volume.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 101. Ag. 16, ’09. 250w.
“There is about it at times a mixture of motives, an anachronism of mood
which recalls with a difference Christina Rossetti.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 170w.
“Something as free and lovely, as near to nature as the growth of
flowers, lives in this little volume. It is by no means music and
flowing line alone that is given in this book. These poems lay hold of
your heart, they sing of those experiences which come to us all.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 319. My. 22, ’09. 1100w.
=Garrison, Wendell Phillips.= Letters and memorials of Wendell
Phillips Garrison, literary editor of “The Nation,” 1865–1906.
*$1.50. The Nation, 20 Vesey St., N. Y.
9–5465.
“The plan of the book is to give a condensed account of his outwardly
uneventful life, a few personal tributes from men who knew him well,
with selections from his letters to friends and contributors, closing
with a few specimens of his published self-expression in verse, in
articles, and in addresses. His friend and classmate, Prof. J. H.
McDaniels of Hobart college, writes the sympathetic and adequate
introduction.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Will especially interest older readers of the ‘Nation.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 77. Mr. ’09.
“A modest and pleasant picture of a man who did much for good journalism
and good criticism in the United States.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 176. Ag. 14. 1800w.
“Is welcome to his numerous former coworkers and admirers, and deserves
to be read and studied by many besides.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 50. Jl. 16, ’09. 350w.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 208. Ag. 7, ’09. 330w.
“In arrangement, form, and typography, it exhibits a taste which would
have satisfied his exacting standards, while in the nicer matter of
judgment concerning what to print, one would fain believe that even his
fastidious pen could have found nothing here to strike out.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 656. D. 31, ’08. 520w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 600w.
“Give interesting glimpses of the busy life of the literary editor of
the ‘Nation.’”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 70w.
=Gask, Lilian.=^{[8]} In nature’s school. †$1.50. Crowell.
8–29613.
The story of the adventures of a sensitive young boy who finds his
little corner in an orphanage unbearable, runs away to the woods and
finds a friend in Nature who takes him with her round the world. The
lessons learned in her kingdom of fur and feather are true to scientific
fact, and there have been interspersed valuable lessons of love for all
living creatures.
=Gaskell, Walter Holbrook.=^{[6]} Origin of vertebrates. *$6.
Longmans.
8–34823.
“An extended series of papers which have aimed to convert morphologists
to the view that vertebrates are descended from arachnids.”—Science.
* * * * *
“Whatever be the fate of its main thesis, Gaskell’s book will stimulate
research and discussion respecting an interesting and complex problem.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 389. Ap. 15, ’09. 1050w.
“No one can read this book without being impressed with the author’s
audacious ingenuity, with his patient following up of clues into remote
recesses, and with the good humor with which he holds his ‘unus contra
mundum’ position. Whether he is right or wrong, he has written an
entertaining book and found out a lot of interesting things by the way.”
+ − =Nature.= 80: 301. My. 13, ’09. 2350w.
“It is hardly fair that the purchaser of this book should believe that
he has here a résumé of our knowledge of the ancestry of the
vertebrates. He is given merely a one-sided view of the whole intricate
problem. The momentous problem of vertebrate beginnings is still ‘on the
knees of the gods.’ We gravely doubt whether Gaskell’s book will be of
great value in dislodging it.” Bashford Dean.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 816. My. 21, ’09. 950w.
=Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis Aidan.= Black death of 1348 and 1349. 2d
ed. *$2. Macmillan.
8–16915.
A reprint of the author’s “Great pestilence” published in 1843. “The
work is not changed except for the addition of a preface calling
attention to the light thrown on the fourteenth century epidemic by the
recent outbreak of the same disease in India and elsewhere. The
information given by Father Gasquet on the facts of the great pestilence
and the extracts from contemporary records are as interesting and
valuable as ever.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is to be regretted that the opportunity of a new edition was not
utilized by the author to correct certain defects which previous
reviewers had pointed out.” G: Kriehn.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 569. Ap. ’09. 550w.
“Father Gasquet is in the greater danger of slipping because of his
preoccupation with the rehabilitation of the mediæval church.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 138. Ag. 13, ’08. 330w.
=Geden, Alfred S.=^{[7]} Outlines of introduction to the Hebrew Bible.
*$3.50. Scribner.
Outlines that treat the subject “from the literary rather than the
archaeological point of view. Professor Geden discusses (1) the Hebrew
language; (2) the Text of the Old Testament; (3) Hebrew and Greek canons
of the Old Testament; (4) Later Hebrew literature; (5) the Versions; (6)
the Pentateuch.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“It may safely be said to constitute the best existing English handbook
in this field. In general the volume may be regarded as destined to hold
a position as authority and guide in its own sphere corresponding to
that unanimously granted to Driver’s ‘Introduction to the literature of
the Old Testament’ in its sphere.” J: M. P. Smith.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 428. Jl. ’09. 420w.
“Mr. Geden’s book betokens a sympathetic interest in his subject, wide
reading, and a more or less independent manner of testing the literary
and historical evidence with which he has to deal. His standpoint is
that of an intelligent conservatism. Many criticisms might be offered on
details in the different chapters. The book is emphatically one which
both demands and deserves a thorough revision.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 723. Je. 19. 800w.
“The book thus fills what has long been a vacancy in the company of
handy guides to the interpretation of the Old Testament.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 431. Je. ’09. 70w.
“The book is well illustrated, is written in a popular style, commands a
subject of keen interest and growing appreciation for the student of the
Old Testament, and should have a place in every up-to-date library.” R.
H. Mode.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 209. S. ’09. 950w.
“We would express our special appreciation of the last chapter, in which
Professor Geden shows an admirable temper, ready to accept the results
of research, and at the same time quite free from destructive
tendencies.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 587. Ap. 10, ’09. 110w.
=Geil, William Edgar.=^{[12]} Great wall of China. *$5. Sturgis &
Walton.
9–29129.
A presentation in which “Mr. Geil shows the wall to us as a boundary
between two civilizations, that of the nomad and the herder, and of the
agriculturist; as the dividing line in China between the age of fable
and that of history, the great Chinese ruler who built it, and who is
the hero of this work, the Emperor Chin, destroyed the old books of his
people, and forced them to write a new literature in characters that
should bring it within the reach of all. But side by side with this
antiquarian and historic interest, these pages hold a contemporary,
living one, for the author has the knack of giving life in a few phrases
to the natives he met and interviewed.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“His pages reveal no lack of scholarly equipment, abundant accumulation
of material, and a first-hand acquaintance with Chinese literature.
Mention must be made of the pictures, which are so numerous and so truly
illustrative that they are in themselves a vivid presentation of this
more than vivid book.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 454. D. 1, ’09. 430w.
“A book of exploration, telling of strange things unknown, it is also an
altogether delightful book of travel.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1143. N. 18, ’09. 250w.
“The gorgeous panorama of Oriental scenery and history which Mr. Geil
unrolls in this volume is simply wonderful.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 80w.
“A travel book of extraordinary and absorbing interest.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 758. D. ’09. 150w.
“He has been at pains to collect a great deal of information, legendary,
historical and archæological. His style is sensational.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 666. N. 27, ’09. 130w.
=George, William Reuben.=^{[12]} Junior republic; its history and
ideals; with an introd. by Thomas M. Osborne. **$1.50. Appleton.
9–31449.
An interesting unfolding of the idea that led Mr. George to the founding
of the Junior republic in Freeville, New York, where democracy “that is
a political expression of the ‘Golden rule’ is applied;” where the
standard is citizenship; where there is taught the sort of “liberty that
fits men for liberty.” The chapters cover the whole scheme of
industries, government and citizenship training.
=Gephart, William Franklin.=^{[11]} Transportation and industrial
development in the Middle West. (Studies in history, economics and
public law, v. 34, no. 1.) *$2. Longmans.
9–17969.
A valuable contribution to economic history in which the author confines
his investigations mainly to the state of Ohio. The rude craft of the
pioneer, the steamboat that made possible commercial activity, the Erie
canal, the railways, and finally the interurban railway all mark stages
in transportation development a discussion of which he closes with
attention to the present movement for the restoration of waterways.
* * * * *
“Authoritative and careful investigation.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09.
“The book is an interesting and careful investigation, more exhaustive
than has been published heretofore, of the evolution of industry in the
state of Ohio and of the close relationship between this development and
the progress of transportation.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 235. S. 9, ’09. 120w.
=Gerard, Dorothea.=^{[5]} Pomp and circumstance. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
8–30934.
Vienna and London furnish the setting of this story whose hero is a
young diplomat and the heroine the daughter of a Vienna banker forced
into bankruptcy thru a wife’s extravagance and his own unsuccessful
speculation. The father and daughter lose themselves in London under
assumed names and teach languages for a living. Here the hero steps into
the story and the course of true love is marred and made by the usual
dramatic incidents.
* * * * *
“Altogether the book will appeal to the general novel reader as one of
the best romances of the autumn.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 615. D. ’08. 320w.
“The book is a careful and pleasing piece of work, its sentimentality
being redeemed by a delicate touch of humour.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 494. Ap. 24. 120w.
“It is quite an absurd book.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 438. Ap. 3, ’09. 80w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.= Guide to sanitary inspections. 4th ed.,
entirely rev. and enl. $1.50. Wiley.
9–1605.
Outlines the main features of sanitary inspection work. “Included with
the new matter given in this edition is a chapter on the sanitary
inspection of public buildings, and another on sanitary surveys of
cities and towns. Many question schedules or blank forms for use in
recording the results of inspections are presented.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“Has increased value and wider usefulness.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 120. Ap. ’09.
“While one of its purposes is to instruct owners, managers and tenants
in regard to the essentials of healthful buildings and surroundings, it
is believed that the book will be also useful to health and sanitary
inspectors, to boards of health, to fire department officials,
inspectors for insurance companies, and to architects, civil engineers,
and building superintendents in general.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 296. Mr. ’09. 200w.
“A great deal of time and space might have been saved by laying down
first of all the features of sanitary inspection common to all
buildings, and then citing variations for city and country houses,
schools, hospitals, etc.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 32. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.=^{[7]} Sanitation and sanitary engineering. 2d
rev. and enl. ed. $1.50. W: P. Gerhard, 33 Union sq., N. Y.
9–10504.
“The author has here extended some definitions of and notes on the
profession and practice of sanitary engineering and on the sanitary
engineer in time of epidemics, war, etc., which he published a few years
ago. Besides the subjects just mentioned, there are notes on various
phases of sanitation between 1850 and 1900, and further notes on the
sanitation of Greater New York. A few pages are devoted to some
observations on sanitation in Russia made by an army surgeon in Dresden
in 1896.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 60. O. ’09.
“All citizens have a vital interest in this branch of engineering work
and could read this book with profit and pleasure. Health officials will
find it a manual of pronounced value.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 666. Je. ’09. 180w.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 66. My. 13, ’09. 80w.
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 139. Jl. 31, ’09. 200w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 240. S. 9, ’09. 60w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 363. Je. 12, ’09. 110w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.=^{[7]} Sanitation, water supply and sewage
disposal of country houses. $2. Van Nostrand.
9–11275.
Discusses comprehensively the three subjects indicated by the title.
First is explained “in a general way the requirements of healthfulness
in the country. The soil, the sub-soil, surface drainage, outlook,
surroundings, cellars, lighting, heating and ventilation, water supply,
sewerage and plumbing, screening to keep out flies and mosquitoes and
the care of houses and buildings all receive attention. The second part
is devoted to an explanation of the methods of procuring and
distributing a suitable water supply, and the third part discusses
sewage disposal.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“For the use of laymen rather than the profession, offering many
valuable hints to builders of country houses.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. ✠
“The treatment throughout is on the whole quite satisfactory, although
considerable condensation could probably have been effected to
advantage.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 75. Je. 17, ’09. 240w.
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 200w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 240. S. 9, ’09. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 330w.
=Gibbon, Frederick P.= Lawrences of the Punjab. *$1.50. Dutton.
9–14134.
“‘The Lawrences of the Punjab’ is a valuable addition to the ‘Temple
biographies.’ While the title of the book properly embraces four
brothers, the author, reasonably enough, devotes himself almost
exclusively to the lives of Henry and John Lawrence, those greatest of
the many great men who served the East India company. In vivid lines are
traced the meteoric paths of the soldier and the civilian.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“In Mr. Gibbon’s pages the reader is given a comprehension of the land,
the peoples and the problems of India.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 92. Jl. 8, ’09. 240w.
“Mr. Gibbon’s book is precisely what a biography should be—an
entertaining recital with an undercurrent of moral suggestion. A better
biography than ‘The Lawrences of the Punjab’ it has seldom been our good
fortune to read.” Forbes Lindsay.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 142. Mr. 13, ’09. 310w.
“Mr. Gibbon tells very well the stories with which we are all more or
less familiar. But it is in what he tells us of things less commonly
known, the patient working of the two men in the days before the Mutiny,
that the special value of his volume is to be found.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 137. Ja. 23, ’09. 300w.
=Gibbon, Perceval.= Salvator.^{[5]} †$1.50. Doubleday.
9–8998.
A story which follows the fortunes of two Englishmen, rivals for the
love of an earl’s daughter. The one is a sober, landed gentleman of
Sussex, loving law and order and the inert force of things established;
the other, Salvator, is all for balancing his life on his fingers,
dodging between disease and murder, with ruffians for companions and
scoundrels for enemies. Mosambique is the hot bed of the revolution and
the one object of the author, aside from general entertainment, is the
portrayal of the comfortable English respect for authority and the
failure of any opposition to it.
* * * * *
“More than the average story of adventure, well handled, and showing a
knowledge of East Africa.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09. ✠
“A book which comes exasperatingly near to being a worthy piece of
work.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 646. Ag. ’09. 400w.
“As a story of adventure the book would be commonplace and lacking in
artistic finish; but its appeal goes below the surface.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 200w.
“The book is, in fact, charmingly written. One is constantly smiling
over its shrewd revelations of human nature. A story, and a mighty good
one.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 550w.
=Gibbons, James, cardinal.= Discourses and sermons for every Sunday,
and the principal festivals of the year. *$1. Murphy, J:
8–34609.
“Simple, sincere, earnest expositions of the old truths applied to daily
life.” (Cath. World.) “The whole result is a collection of discourses
adapted to the hearing or reading of the common people. At the same time
many important questions are dealt with, in private conduct and in
social and civic affairs.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“The first good quality to be perceived in them is brevity. All sermons,
even the dogmatic ones, are largely composed of solid, apposite,
practical counsel on the duties and dangers of life.”
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 820. Mr. ’09. 570w.
“There is matter here for instructing the faithful on every day of the
year on which the Catholic pastor is expected to speak to his people
from altar or pulpit; and the lesson fits every congregation, large or
small, throughout the length and breadth of our land.”
+ =Ecclesiastical R.= 40: 372. Mr. ’09. 180w.
“While the sermons are better suited to the Roman-Catholic than to the
Protestant mind, they are not without value to readers of all kinds, as
dissertations upon common truths by a teacher of positive religious
faith and excellent Christian common sense.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 304. F. 20, ’09. 140w.
“A series of simple, sincere, and earnest sermons.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 30w.
=Gibson, Arnold Hartley.= Hydraulics and its applications. *$5. Van
Nostrand.
9–23748.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The work seems to reflect a stronger interest in the theoretical side
of the subject than in the applications, which, if true, will account
for certain inequalities of treatment; but as a whole the book is an
excellent one, with a character quite its own, and is well worth careful
study by any student of the subject.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 735. D. 26, ’08. 600w.
“Mr. Gibson has undoubtedly succeeded in securing not only new material,
but in treating it with some novelty. The author of this work exhibits a
refreshing element of openmindedness toward the meaning of the various
expressions derived for the action of fluids.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 659. D. 31, ’08. 370w.
=Gibson, Charles R.=^{[11]} How telegraphs and telephones work. *75c.
Lippincott.
9–21871.
“The very large degree to which the telegraph and telephone enter into
the daily life of the community should make this book particularly
useful, and it should find a large circle of readers. The book is more
or less an amplification of the chapters dealing with this branch in
earlier more general books. The subjects covered are telegraphy and
telephony, both with wires and without; there is a short chapter on
lightning, the reason for the inclusion of which ‘by request’ does not
seem clear, and three concluding chapters of a more general character on
electrical units and theory. The volume is well printed and
illustrated.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The work is up to date.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.
“An excellent small work.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 336. O. ’09. 40w.
“The present small volume shares the merits of its predecessors.” M. S.
+ =Nature.= 81: 244. Ag. 26, ’09. 150w.
=Gibson, Charles R.=^{[12]} Romance of modern manufacture. *$1.50.
Lippincott.
“In clear and interesting chapters Mr. Gibson tells us how textiles are
woven, how lace and embroidery are made, and how all these things are
washed by machinery. The mowing machine, the locomotive, clocks, and
ships, and the ways they are made by modern machinery, are subjects of
other chapters; while the sewing machine and the machinery for making
thread which it utilizes are also described with equal fulness. The
manufacture of steel rails, and of candy, and of bread, and of needles,
of paper, and of books, is equally attended to.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The boy who gets the book will add to his stock of general knowledge
though he may fall into occasional misconceptions.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 620. N. 20. 200w.
“A very good introduction into this world of mechanical miracles.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 766. D. 4. ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Gibson knows how to set out the steps by which inventive brains
have altered the whole tenor of civilisation. Readers will find
interesting matter in this volume, though they must not expect the
sensations which awaited the discoveries of the processes in
photography.”
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 820. N. 20, ’09. 360w.
=Gibson, Charles R.= Scientific ideas of today. *$1.50. Lippincott.
9–35170
A popular presentation in non-technical language of the nature of
matter, electricity, light, heat, energy, color, X-rays, radium,
gravitation, etc.
* * * * *
“Well adapted to the needs of uneducated adult readers wishing
elementary information.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 40. F. ’09.
“While in some matters the author has evidently a clear grip of his
subject, there are others in which he is as evidently trusting blindly
to the conclusions of others, not always with the happiest results. To
sum up, then, we think Mr. Gibson’s is an honest, able, and useful book,
though perhaps less suited to the beginner than he fancies. Its
occasional inaccuracies and too great dependence on authority might
cause a person unacquainted with science to conceive many ideas that he
would have to get rid of later.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 1100w.
“Very instructive for the general reader who is more or less interested
in the great problems of nature.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 176. F. ’09. 200w.
“A marked feature of this book is the number of analogies by which the
various actions and interactions are illustrated.” W: E. Rolston.
+ =Nature.= 80: 181. Ap. 15, ’09. 600w.
“Within the understanding of any reader of ordinary intelligence.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 112. F. 27, ’09. 280w.
“This book is one which would justify a favorable estimate from almost
any other point of view than that which the present reviewer chooses to
take. Many sections of the book are such as to demand a favorable
estimate from any point of view.” W. S. Franklin.
− + =Science=, n.s. 29: 937. Je. 11, ’09. 1350w.
=Gibson, Robert Edward Lee.=^{[9]} Miracle of St. Cuthbert, and
sonnets. $1. Morton.
9–15513.
The title piece is based on an old English legend that tells of the loss
and later recovery of the copy of the Gospels written in honor of St.
Cuthbert. Besides there are some seventy sonnets.
* * * * *
“Volume of refined and unpretentious verse.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 100. Ag. 16, ’09. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 503. Ag. 21, ’09. 150w.
=Gilbert, George Holley.= Acts: the second volume of Luke’s work on
the beginnings of Christianity; with interpretative comment. (Bible
for home and school.) *75c. Macmillan.
8–37068.
“Mr. Gilbert’s design is ‘to place the results of the best modern
Biblical criticism at the disposal of the general reader.’ This purpose
is accomplished by a brief introduction to the book, discussing date and
authorship, literary character, and historical trustworthiness, followed
by interpretative comment on the English text.... The commentary offers
explanation wherever it is really needed and trustworthy information
from other sources. The series should furnish good text-books for
elementary study for either class or private use.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 646. O. ’09. 140w.
“The arrangement, the comment appearing on the same page with the text,
is convenient and thoroughly practical. The notes are intelligent and
helpful.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 141. F. ’09. 50w.
“On the whole the notes are clear and accurate, and as complete as the
nature of the present series permitted.” S. J. Case.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 65. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“Professor Gilbert’s introduction to Acts is a model of succinct
presentation of critical results, without argument except through clear
exposition of cogent facts.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 253. Mr. 11, ’09. 160w.
=Gilbreth, Frank Bunker.=^{[10]} Bricklaying system. *$3. Clark, M. C.
9–20945.
A work whose threefold purpose is: “(a) to put in writing that knowledge
which has been handed by word of mouth from journeyman to apprentice for
generations; (b) to record methods of handling labor, materials and
plant on brickwork that will reduce costs and at the same time enable
the first-class workman to receive higher pay; (c) to enable an
apprentice to work intelligently from his first day and to become a
proficient workman in the shortest possible time.”
* * * * *
“The book is easily understandable, and should be read by every mason,
contractor and builder, as well as by engineers and others interested in
building construction.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 244. S. ’09. 730w.
“The text, if carefully studied, will materially aid a novice, but a
fault common to the books of most experts exists, that of using terms at
the start which are explained only very late. The book is a good one for
a young architect to study, because he can thereby gain some idea of the
technique of the subject, which is essential to the preparation of good
designs and proper specifications.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 60: 251. Ag. 28, ’09. 320w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.=^{[11]} Lincoln the leader, and Lincoln’s
genius for expression. **$1. Houghton.
9–27351.
The first essay is an appreciation of Lincoln that finds in his literary
style the qualities that are traits of his character and thus elements
of his leadership; such qualities as humor, candor, sympathy, tact,
justice, sincerity, disinterestedness and devotion. The second, shows
how Lincoln, striving for no artistic method of expression thru
imitation of the masters, yet achieved a clear and forcible style which
took color from his noble character and became a thing individual and
distinguished, characterized by simplicity and directness.
* * * * *
“Two discerning essays.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09. ✠
“An intelligent study of the sources of Lincoln’s greatness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 300w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.= Poems. $1.50. Houghton.
8–31503.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 12. Ja. ’09.
“Included in the ‘Household’ edition, and well deserving of admission to
that choice company.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 48. Ja. 16, ’09. 100w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 984. D. 26, ’08. 60w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 160w.
“He is the laureate of the nation as the civil war made it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 450w.
“None could fail to find in the volume a real poet, sincere,
humble-minded, serious; never dropping to the popular lilt, never
failing in large and noble enthusiasms, one who has lived life fully,
aware of great issues and alert to chronicle all loveliness.” L. C.
Willcox.
+ − =No. Am.= 189: 615. Ap. ’09. 1300w.
“This volume represents in a rare degree both the literary and the moral
conscience. It is a striking expression of artistic and intellectual
integrity. Perhaps the first quality which one receives from the reading
of these poems in succession is that of perfect sincerity.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 64. Ja. 9, ’09. 420w.
“He is pre-eminently a poet’s poet as well as a people’s poet, and his
many friends and admirers will welcome this excellent collection, in
which they will find such a large proportion of the really good magazine
poetry of the past generation.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.
=Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau.=^{[9]} Hellas and Hesperia; or, The
vitality of Greek studies in America: three lectures. (University of
Virginia. Barbour-Page foundation.) *$1. Holt.
9–15085.
Three lectures delivered before the University of Virginia on the
quickening of Greek studies: the first, The channels of life, traces
analogies between the life of ancient Greece and our own; the second,
Greek language and literature, presents some aspects of the Greek
language and literature in their relation to the present; the third,
Americanism and Hellenism, treats of the affinities of ancient Greek and
modern American life.
* * * * *
“They are pleasant reading, especially for those interested in the
classical studies, but are not essential contributions to the subject.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“We don’t care what Professor Gildersleeve writes about, or whether he
sticks to his subject. We would follow him, tho his course be as
scoliodromic as the track of a rabbit in the morning dew.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 829. O. 7, ’09. 160w.
“Professor Gildersleeve’s University of Virginia lectures, ‘Hellas and
Hesperia: or The vitality of Greek studies in America,’ inevitably
suggest comparison with Professor Butcher’s ‘Harvard lectures on Greek
subjects’ and the late Sir Richard Jebb’s Turnbull lectures on Greek
poetry at Johns Hopkins. It is disappointing to find that they do not
stand the comparison.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 490. N. 18, ’09. 200w.
“Many folk who have kept themselves modern by using old studies to
sharpen their appreciation of new things must find delight in this
little book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 330w.
=Gill, Augustus Herman.=^{[7]} Short hand-book of oil analysis. 5th
ed., rev. and enl. *$2. Lippincott.
9–4496.
“A concise manual for the analysis of the commonly occurring animal,
mineral and vegetable oils and, in addition to describing the methods
used in applying physical and chemical tests, gives particulars,
regarding their preparation, properties, analytical constants, uses and
adulterants. Among the additions made in the present edition are: A
description of the new universal vicosimeter; improved methods for the
detection of anti-fluorescents, and of applying the spontaneous
combustion test; a new chapter on waste fats and oils; a description of
the titer test and one for sulphur in burning oils. The sections dealing
with the detection of animal and vegetable oils, the treatment of
unsaponifable matter, and the turpentines have been entirely rewritten.
Other minor changes have been made to bring the text down to
date.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 416. Ap. ’09. 150w.
“One of the comparatively few chemical books, which are simple enough to
be taken up without immediately previous preparation, in the intervals
of an engineer’s work.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 59. My. 13, ’09. 470w.
“It may be observed that there are some things in which this book may
yet be improved. The illustrations are better than none, but not much;
and the directions for using flash-test apparatus are not quite as
complete as a beginner ought to have.” A. H. Sabin.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 244. Ag. 20, ’09. 300w.
=Gilman, Arthur.= My Cranford: a phase of the quiet life. **$1.25.
Houghton.
9–6273.
Hollis, N. H. furnishes the setting for this quiet neighborhood story of
gentle spells and mild musings. The town is “literary in its tastes,
independent in its ways, of glorious revolutionary renown and the mother
of many famous sons.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 137. My. ’09.
“The descriptions and reflections and reminiscences are able to stand on
their own merits.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 231. Ap. 1, ’09. 260w.
“Nothing more restful could be found than this contemplation of ‘My
Cranford.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 764. My. 1, ’09. 230w.
“If tragedy, or sin, or even vulgarity, ever invades this Arcadia, Mr.
Gilman does not see them; his picture is all of pleasantness and peace.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 260. Ap. 8, ’09. 100w.
“Mr. Gilman has caught the spirit of this simple village life, and in a
charming, half-autobiographical vein makes it very real and enticing to
the more sophisticated and wearied dweller in cities. It is scarcely an
ambitious effort, but the essays are musing and gentle and well worth
reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 177. Mr. 27, ’09. 430w.
=Gilman, Benjamin Ives.= Hopi songs. (Hemenway southwestern
expedition.) *$2. Houghton.
9–17546.
“This story of Hopi, or Moqui, singing completes an inquiry into Pueblo
music that was begun by this author in 1891 with a study of Zuni
melodies. The volume is divided into three parts. In the first Mr.
Gilman makes a scientific study of the Rote-Song of the Hopis. The
second part is devoted to an exposition of the phonographic method in
the notation of Indian music.... The third and major part of the book is
given up to notations of Hopi songs, diagrams, and comments, nearly a
score of songs being treated.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 88: 311. Mr. 25, ’09. 500w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 200w.
“The volume represents much careful work and is a valuable contribution
to the study of the phonetics of some kinds of Indian singing.” A. C.
Fletcher.
+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 977. Je. 18, ’09. 1200w.
=Gilman, Bradley.=^{[11]} Son of the desert. †$1.50. Century.
9–26147.
A story set in Egypt in which the hero is the son of a Bedouin sheik. He
is befriended by an American boy traveling for his health, and, in turn,
enlists his courage and young strength in the service of the traveler.
Together they encounter a fearful sand-storm, are captured by brigands,
have a thrilling subterranean experience, and, finally, return unharmed.
The author’s descriptions of customs, language and localities are drawn
from his own recent observation and experience.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Aspects of modern opera. **$1.25. Lane.
9–3317.
In four chapters entitled The Wagnerian aftermath, A view of Puccini,
Strauss’s “Salome”: its art and its morals, and A perfect music drama,
the author discusses critically “the aims, artistic methods and actual
achievements,” of composers who are dominant in the operatic art of the
present day.
* * * * *
“Mr. Gilman’s book is well worth reading, as it contains matter that
will awaken new thoughts and stimulate discussion on musical themes.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 232. Ap. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Gilman furnishes us with appreciative and discriminating reviews of
the development of operatic music since Wagner.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1185. N. 19, ’08. 160w.
“In the first three sections many interesting observations are made
regarding Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, and other composers, but before the
reader reaches the middle of the book he will begin to suspect that the
author is like a huge spider weaving a web around him and making him a
helpless victim by the time the last chapter is reached. It is a clever
example of eloquent special pleading. The chapter on Puccini is
excellent.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 610. D. 17, ’08. 650w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 320w.
+ =Outlook.= 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 100w.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Edward A. MacDowell. *$1.50. Lane.
9–609.
An expansion and completion of the biography which Mr. Gilman wrote four
years ago for the “Living masters of music” series. “The biographical
part is almost wholly new, and is rich in details that throw an
interesting light upon MacDowell’s development, upon the incidents of
his life, and especially upon his work as professor of music at Columbia
university. There is thoughtful and sympathetic consideration of his
character as a man.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 40. F. ’09.
“Mr. Finck’s appreciation of his compositions seems to us at times too
laudatory, but it is thoughtful, and therefore interesting.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 320w.
=Dial.= 46: 190. Mr. 16, ’09. 420w.
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 304. F. 20, ’09. 200w.
“The new volume is in every way a great improvement on its predecessor;
it is not only readable, but uncommonly stimulating. One thing, alas! is
missing: an index.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 46. Ja. 14, ’09. 900w.
“Superlative praise for MacDowell’s best work does not seem too much to
this critic.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 320w.
“We could have chosen no one in America better fitted to write the
authoritative biography of our greatest American composer.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 263. Ag. ’09. 330w.
“It is balanced and not uncritical.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 291. F. 6, ’09. 90w.
“There is a lack of balance, of just proportion and clear perspective.”
D. G. Mason.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 6: 110. Ap. ’09. 500w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 255. F. ’09. 70w.
=Ginzberg, Louis.=^{[6]} Legends of the Jews; tr. from the German
manuscript by Henrietta Szold. $2. Jewish pub.
9–14182.
=v. 1.= Bible times and characters from the creation to Jacob. This is
the first instalment of a work whose aim is that of gathering from the
original sources all Jewish legends, in so far as they refer to Biblical
personages and events, and of reproducing them with the greatest
attainable completeness and accuracy. Contents: The creation of the
world; Adam; The ten commandments; Noah; Abraham; Jacob.
* * * * *
“These tales are really expressions of the Hebrew mind wrestling with
the problems of biblical interpretation and the difficulties of life
itself, and offering solutions of all these difficulties as nearly as
possible. The arrangement of the tales is excellent and the translation
most happy.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 369. Ag. 12, ’09. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A word of special praise is due the translator, for her important share
of the work, done so faithfully and acceptably.” A. S. Isaacs.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 443. Jl. 17, ’09. 930w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Gladden, Rev. Washington.=^{[11]} Recollections. **$2. Houghton.
9–28138.
The author announces at the start that his story is simply that of an
average American; that its interest will not be found in any exploits of
the narrator, but in whatever power he has possessed of looking
sympathetically at the things he has seen and of accurately reporting
them. “Most readers will agree that the best wine is put before them
early.... Dr. Gladden’s memory of the rude early years is not only
retentive, but intense and visualizing. The price which poverty had to
pay for bread and books is set down with detail that sticks in the mind.
For the rest, the ‘Recollections’ are discursive, part autobiography and
part contemporary history, and stamped with that broad churchmanship and
geniality, combined with the capacity to stand up stoutly for a firm
conviction, which we have been accustomed to associate with the author.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“Biblical students will appreciate the recollections of the beginning of
larger views of the Bible in America.”
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 100w.
+ =Cath. World.= 90: 389. D. ’09. 500w.
“The chapters describing the nature of the struggle for livelihood and
for education, in a family of artisans and farmers seventy years ago,
are more interesting than the later ones.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 411. O. 28, ’09. 150w.
“The book is less a biography than an account of the progress of the
last half-century by one who has had a very important part in making
that progress possible. It is an important foot-note to the history of
America in one of its most critical periods. On one important point only
has the ‘Outlook’ as an interpreter found itself compelled to differ
with Dr. Gladden. In his campaign against what was called ‘tainted
money’ we thought, and still think, that he misinterpreted a wide spread
popular prejudice, which he shared, for a fundamental ethical principle
common to humanity.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 766. D. 4, ’09. 1500w.
“Dr. Gladden’s luminous style makes this book of ‘Recollections’
especially attractive.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 754. D. ’09. 160w.
=Glasgow, Ellen Anderson.=^{[6]} Romance of a plain man. $1.50.
Macmillan.
9–12083.
Ben Starr, son of an uneducated stone-cutter, at the age of seven or
thereabouts is called “common” by a wee lass with red shoes and a
drenched white coat who with her mother is storm sent to Benjy’s poor
little home for shelter. Tho not quite understanding the haughtily
pronounced epithet, Benjy is sensitive to the scorn in the child’s tone.
From this moment Benjy’s development begins. He is not brilliant but
determined, and taunts and jibes but increase his resolution. From the
post of delivery boy for a meat and fruit dealer to the presidency of a
railroad his course is one of unremitting hard work. It is nevertheless
made a path of joy by the winning of the spirited heroine whose contempt
for the boy is transformed into love and honor for the man.
* * * * *
“One of the author’s best stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09. ✠
“The author has command of the story-teller’s art, and treats an old
theme with a deft hand.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 424. O. 9. 180w.
“The earlier part of the book is worked out with much significant
realism of detail; the latter part is more commonplace.”
+ − =Atlan.= 104: 682. N. ’09. 180w.
“Perhaps the simplest as well as the shortest way to define this book is
to say that it belongs in the same general class with Professor Robert
Herrick’s admirable ‘Memoirs of an American citizen.’” Philip
Tillinghast.
+ =Forum.= 41: 616. Je. ’09. 650w.
“The author dramatizes in a perfectly truthful manner the difference
between the temperament of an aristocrat and the character of a ‘plain
man.’”
+ =Ind.= 67: 423. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w.
“A fine appreciation is shown by the author of the best in both the old
aristocracy and the democracy of the plain people.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 240w.
“The subtle individuality of the writer invests the most hackneyed
themes with a touch of her own originality.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 380w.
“Miss Glasgow’s intimate sketches of Southern scenes and people are
always interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Miss Glasgow, as always, has a story to tell, and knows how to tell it.
She writes with a fine reserve and with a sure instinct for the dramatic
situation and the telling phrase.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 402. Je. 26, ’09. 750w.
“It is a significant contribution to the literary interpretation of the
new order in the South.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 309. Je. 5, ’09. 270w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 635. N. ’09. 50w.
“This is a fine novel, written with delicacy.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 173. Ag. 7, ’09. 170w.
“The book is an interesting specimen of the business novel.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 245. Ag. 14, ’09. 320w.
=Glaspell, Susan.= Glory of the conquered: the story of a great love.
†$1.50. Stokes.
9–6277.
A rugged scientist in the Chicago university weds a young artist, a
woman who is the embodiment of exquisite femininity. Their dream of
happiness ends when the husband thru a careless trick of rubbing his
eyes inoculates them with the most virulent germ known to pathology; he
becomes blind. There follows a period of struggle during which a mighty
man succumbs to his fate; while the wife, all devotion, resolves to take
up his laboratory work and be eyes for him. Then he is taken from her,
and out of her poignant grief grows a resolution to go back to the soul
of things, to fight, to work, to conquer seeming fate, to bring back to
her world harmony and the light.
* * * * *
“An intensely emotional story, but remarkable for its vivid realism and
imaginative power.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.
“Unfortunately, the story requires more scientific and professional
colouring than the author has supplied, but her heroine inspires some
touching dialogue.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 358. S. 25. 130w.
“Frankly, while the attempted symbolism of the last chapter is obvious
enough, it must be regarded as a distinct anticlimax to a book that
otherwise is the best American novel of the month.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 317. My. ’09. 1000w.
“Nothing is spared our feelings in this narrative, and nothing but the
richness and tenderness of the author’s sympathies makes it tolerable.”
W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 330w.
“There is much that is morbid in Miss Glaspell’s first novel, ‘The glory
of the conquered,’ and something that is fine.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 602. S. 9, ’09. 600w.
“Whoever can appreciate this point of view will find the story well
told, even excellently told at times; and possibly be so captivated by
its lachrymose lights and shadows that she will even overlook the utter
superfluity of Georgia, Joe Tank, and some other characters.”
− + =Nation.= 88: 489. My. 13, ’09. 360w.
“In the telling of the story there is an unusual amount of beauty,
grace, imagination, and emotional impressiveness. Unless Susan Glaspell
is an assumed name ... ‘The glory of the conquered’ brings forward a new
author of fine and notable gifts.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 145. Mr. 13, ’09. 420w.
“It is not often that an author comes forward with a first book so
worthy of serious attention as is Miss Glaspell’s notable romance.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“There is something unusually appealing about the scientific professor
at the university and his artist wife whose noble passion lifts the
story, despite some faults of style, into the class of great novels.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 39: 760. Je. ’09. 110w.
“The character-drawing is good, and altogether the novel is a piece of
sound and conscientious work.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 565. O. 9, ’09. 170w.
=Glover, Terrot Reaveley.=^{[10]} Conflict of religions in the early
Roman empire. *$2.50. Scribner.
9–27581.
An elaboration of certain lectures delivered at Mansfield college. “In
the foreground is the life of Christ, the simplicity and directness of
His example and His teaching.” (Ath.) The author “realizes clearly that
Christianity created a new civilisation, and he shows also that it was
not the conversion of the empire that destroyed the ancient
civilisation.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“The volume before us does not pretend to completeness. It is even
wanting in logical development. We thank him for his studies, and hope
to read more of them.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 234. Ag. 28. 630w.
“This volume is, so far as it touches on theological problems, an
essentially partisan work. Regarded as a denominational treatise it is
worthy of careful attention, if only for the light that it throws on the
theological tendencies of modern Nonconformity. Controversial matters
apart, the book is interesting. Its author is a good classical scholar,
and the chapters that discuss Lucretius, Vergil, and Plutarch make
fascinating reading.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 293. S. 4, ’09. 570w.
=Glyn, Elinor.=^{[6]} Elizabeth visits America. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–13919.
A quarrel between Elizabeth and her Lord “Harry” sends him to Africa to
shoot big game and her to the States. In a series of letters to her
mother she gives with sprightly abandon her impressions of things
American from New York to San Francisco. A reconciliation is happily
effected upon the last page.
* * * * *
“It is to be hoped that the Marchioness of Valmond will remain at home
in the future if she can not use her eyes and ears to better advantage
than she did during her recent visit to America.”
− =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 270w.
“In short, Mrs. Glyn not only used her eyes and her imagination to her
own great entertainment during her grand tour of the United States of
America, but she has used her pen and her wits very cleverly in telling
the Americans what she thinks it will amuse them most to have her say
about them. Even when she is cruel she takes care to flatter the pet
foibles of all but the grossly pork-prosperous and the smart set already
mentioned.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 321. My. 22, ’09. 1000w.
“Makes very readable copy of her recent visit to the United States.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“After Mr. Wells and Mr. Henry James here is Elizabeth, with a picture
of America which, if it lacks the philosophy of the one and the artistry
of the other, will probably supply an illumination for many who would
find more reasoned criticism intellectually inaccessible.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 728. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.
=Glyn, Margaret H.=^{[5]} Analysis of the evolution of musical form.
*$3.50. Longmans.
9–18572.
“Miss Glyn seeks an intelligible basis of music that will afford
foundation and breadth of artistic criticism; a truthful, intellectual
presentment of the growth of musical form.” (N. Y. Times.) “The chief
value lies in the application of the comparative method. Musical
evolution in Europe is contrasted with what we know of the development
and present condition of the art in Oriental countries, and in this way
new light is thrown on various disputed problems.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“A book such as the present, which sets one thinking, is valuable, even
though one cannot agree in all points with the writer.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 537. My. 1. 850w.
“Frankly and briefly, the theory of Miss Glyn seems to be sound. The
musical world will not revise its terminology to suit Miss Glyn, and it
does not need to in order to understand her theory. There is not one
thought in her pages that could not be expressed with perfect lucidity
by the terms in common use.” F: R. Burton.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 270. S. ’09. 470w.
“It cannot be said that this is an entertaining book, or one in which it
is easy to follow the author’s course of reasoning at all points. She
indulges in an abstruse style of ratiocination which requires pages to
explain what a more concrete and imaginative writer would more fully
elucidate in as many paragraphs. Yet it is a stimulating and instructive
book, which must be commended not only to students—and experts—in
musical theory and history, but to composers as well.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 392. Ap. 15, ’09. 750w.
“There is much that is illuminating and suggestive in this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 275. My. 1, ’09. 770w.
=Godfrey, Elizabeth, pseud. (Jessie Bedford).=^{[7]} Sister of Prince
Rupert, Elizabeth, princess palatine, and abbess of Herford. *$4.
Lane.
9–27771.
A life of the daughter of the King of Bohemia “decidedly worth reading,
for it is that of a sweet and sane soul, despite a personality somewhat
stiff and formal. She was essentially noble in spirit. The historical
background is thoroughly picturesque, and the other members of her
romantic family were adventurous and unusual to the highest degree. From
the time that the numerous brothers and sisters played together in the
King’s house at Rhenen to their scattered deaths here and there over
Europe, the story is brimful of human life, and the writer seems to have
hesitated at no trouble to make it complete.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Miss Godfrey’s work has considerable interest; but most of all it will
be appreciated as a faithful and sympathetic picture of an unusual type
of royal womanhood.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 240. O. 1, ’09. 330w.
“It cannot be denied that this biography has many of the crudities that
mark this kind of writing to-day, but it is based on good knowledge of
the sources, is, in general, despite its lapses, simply written, and has
to its great advantage a thoroughly entertaining subject which is not
much known to the ordinary English reader.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 608. Je. 17, ’09. 700w.
“If the author’s style lacks distinction, the book is yet very agreeable
reading. The human element is felt and conveyed. The personages of the
biography are no cold abstractions, but real men and women.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 338. My. 29, ’09. 1200w.
=Godfrey, Hollis.=^{[10]} For the Norton name. (Young captains of
industry.) †$1.25. Little.
9–24949.
The first of a new series of stories for boys entitled “Young captains
of industry.” It follows the success of a young college man who puts to
the test his inherited resourcefulness and acquired attainments in
saving from ruin the Norton glass factory business left in a precarious
state at his father’s death.
* * * * *
“A clear, straightforward and interesting narrative.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 150w.
=Godley, Alfred Denis.= Oxford in the eighteenth century. *$2.25.
Putnam.