“The problem of making this work, in its various recensions, fully
accessible to readers unacquainted with Old English, is not altogether
easy. Mr. Gomme has adopted what seems on the whole the most
satisfactory plan. He has translated the text of the Parker ms. (A) so
far as it extends, inserting the additional or materially divergent
entries of the other mss. in their chronological place, with due
indication of their sources, and giving the minor variations, so far as
they are significant in the foot-notes. After the year 1070, where the
Parker ms. ends, the Peterborough chronicle (ms. E) takes its place as
the basis of the translation, the variants and additions of other mss.
being inserted under the respective years.”—Ath.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 15: 206. O. ’09. 40w.
“We think the translator has made an unfortunate mistake in leaving the
Latin passages in that language. The translation, so far as we have
compared it with the original, is substantially correct. It is very
literal, often to the sacrifice of modern English idiom. Now and then
the literal rendering is positively misleading. The first foot-note is
copied verbatim from Mr. Plummer’s edition, the important correction at
the end of that volume having been overlooked.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 151. Ag. 7. 400w.
“We can only thank Mr. Gomme for making this work accessible to ordinary
students at a modest price. His volume is furnished with excellent notes
and index, and his translation, though a critic ignorant of Anglo-Saxon
cannot judge of its scholarship, is eminently readable.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 382. S. 11, ’09. 1250w.
=Goodnow, Frank Johnson.=^{[9]} Municipal government. **$3. Century.
9–23987.
A thorogoing handbook which aims both to treat the historical
development of the city institutions in western Europe and to discover
the characteristics that distinguish the social conditions of modern
urban population, in the hope that help may be obtained in the solution
of the problems presented by city life.
* * * * *
“The best now in the field either for the student or the general reader.
Not so detailed as Fairlie’s ‘Municipal administration’ but more
readable; Munro’s ‘Government of European cities’ is more complete for
foreign governments.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09.
“Professor Goodnow has drawn an outline so harmonious and well
proportioned as to form a text-book of non-partizan and masterly
completeness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 537. O. 2, ’09. 420w.
“Almost half Mr. Goodnow’s book is devoted to subjects outside the range
of Mr. Munro’s book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 630w.
=Outlook.= 93: 90. S. 18, ’09. 1450w.
“Those students and general readers who are familiar with Professor
Goodnow’s book on ‘City government in the United States’ will find the
present more comprehensive treatment of the subject extremely
interesting as well as practically helpful.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 512. O. ’09. 110w.
=Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson=, ed.^{[7]} Epistle to the Hebrews. *50c.
Macmillan.
8–31485.
“The series of handy commentaries on the Old and New Testament of which
this is the first volume to appear is addressed to the general reader
seeking to put at his disposal the results of the best modern
scholarship. The revised version of 1881 occupies the upper part of the
page, the somewhat full comment standing below. In the introduction
Hebrews is held to have been addresses to Roman Christians in the later
years of Domitian.”—Bib. World.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 646. O. ’09. 140w.
+ =Bib. World.= 32: 440. D. ’08. 70w.
“The notes are compact and fairly comprehensive, the philological,
historical, and theological phases of the study all receiving due
attention. The comments also offer a more minute subdivision of the
subject-matter than that given in the paragraph headings of the text.”
S. J. Case.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 64. Jl. ’09. 200w.
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 60w.
“It is to be commended for the purpose designed.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 152. Ja. 21, ’09. 60w.
=Goodwin, Maud Wilder.=^{[10]} Veronica Playfair. †$1.50. Little.
9–24958.
The story of a spirited young woman of the shire of Somerset who is
taken to London to have her hoydenish ways mended. The time is that of
Pope, Lady Mary Montagu, Benjamin Franklin and Dean Swift, and the
author takes occasion to set his heroine down at Twickenham to see how
she will deport herself among the distinguished literary folk. Certain
chapters connected with the heroine’s romance portray the social life of
Bath in its heyday.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 90. N. ’09. ✠
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 350w.
=Gordon, Rev. George Angier.=^{[10]} Religion and miracle. **$1.30.
Houghton.
9–27433.
Five lectures delivered on the Nathaniel W. Taylor foundation at Yale
university. Five lectures whose aim in a broad sense is that of
contributing toward the final emancipation of the fundamental beliefs of
Christianity from the cycle of signs and wonders. The author says: “I am
concerned to show that where miracle has ceased to be regarded as true,
Christianity remains in its essence entire; that the fortune of religion
is not to be identified with the fortune of miracle; that the message of
Jesus Christ to this world is independent of miracle.” Contents: The
issue defined; Belief in God and miracle; Jesus Christ and miracle; The
Christian life and miracle; An eternal gospel.
* * * * *
=Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 60w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 761. D. ’09. 100w.
=Gordon, H. Laing.=^{[11]} Modern mother: a guide to girlhood,
motherhood and infancy. $2. Fenno.
A work that turns the attention of the mother to the rational means of
preparing the body for its functions and of maintaining health during
and after their performance. Prevention is the key note of the study.
* * * * *
“‘The modern mother’ is absolutely sane and wholesome, and should be put
in the hands of all who are likely to be the mothers of America. We
recommend the work very highly.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 960. N. 27, ’09. 200w.
=Gordon, Kate.=^{[11]} Esthetics. *$1.50. Holt.
9–25958.
A text-book whose object is (1) to give to students a concise statement
of some of the most important facts about esthetic experience and
artistic activity and (2) to stimulate among students some interest in
the experimental treatment of esthetic problems.
=Gordon, Lina Duff (Mrs. Aubrey Waterfield).= Home life in Italy:
letters from the Apennines. **$1.75. Macmillan.
8–35752.
From the vantage point of an empty castle among the Carrara mountains
the author has studied the people of Lunigiana, and has given “a
succession of sketches, often dramatic in form, which have the
cumulative effect of conveying a true idea of the characters and
customs.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“A thoroughly enjoyable, yet informing book.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08. ✠
“One of the most delightful books of gossip about life in Italy that we
have ever read. It has in itself, perhaps, but little claim to be called
literature; it is without form, or any sort of order or construction.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 700w.
“The chief merit of the book is its somewhat piquant way of describing
the daily household incidents, those that involve the doings and sayings
of children and servants, the marketing, the hours in the garden, etc.,
such minor but interesting things as we welcome in the well-written
letters of a personal friend.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 231. Ap. 1, ’09. 250w.
“A book that represents the real home life in the Italian Apennines.” W.
G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1461. D. 17, ’08. 120w.
“Mrs. Waterfield shows us all sides without prejudice or controversy,
and with unfailing good humor. Here is the best book of the kind we have
seen for a long time.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 196. F. 25, ’09. 210w.
“What a delightful picture we have here of the life of this particular
little corner!” Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 238. My. ’09. 480w.
“Indeed, we have but one quarrel with her—her treatment of the country
priest and of the actual religion of the country as she seems to have
seen it. We strongly recommend every lover of Italy to read this book.
It is excellent and it is absolutely true. But we must draw the reader’s
attention to the last chapter, ‘Cherubina’s diary.’”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 424. O. 3, ’08. 900w.
“It is agreeable and graceful from beginning to end. But, unfortunately,
her experience leaves out a very large slice of Italian life, and that
the most notable in recent history.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 542. O. 10, ’08. 1700w.
=Gordon-Smith, Richard.= Ancient tales and folklore of Japan. *$6.
Macmillan.
9–8402.
These stories have been transcribed from voluminous diaries which the
author has kept during twenty-five years of travel in many lands, and
particularly during nine spent in Japan on a mission of collecting for
the British museum’s department of natural history. “His pursuits have
brought him into contact with all sorts of people—the fisher, the
farmer, the priest, the doctor—and from these he has gathered and set
down a wealth of folklore and legend.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“In spite of its gloom and weirdness, the effect of this volume is not
entirely sorrowful. In one respect he has not satisfied our
anticipations. His title led us to hope for special chapters on native
rites and customs, on superstitions, games and songs, but on these
topics we must be content with scattered allusions. Apart from this
omission Mr. Smith has treated us liberally.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 698. Je. 12. 700w.
“We miss an introductory chapter, which should discuss the origin of the
tales, their relation to western folk-lore, and their place in modern
Japanese life.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 240w.
“Many of them are new to Eastern readers, and most of them will be found
interesting to students of folk-lore and lovers of old-world myths.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 169. Ap. ’09. 140w.
“Mr. Smith writes the stories down in a straightforward manner ... with
sufficient honest skill to keep the curiosity awake through a good many
pages. It is a book to read at intervals, and not straight through. The
illustrations vary greatly also in execution, and as a body are more
interesting than correct. Altogether, the book can be recommended as one
of the most attractive recent works of which Japan has been the theme.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 240w.
“A very beautiful book, which will come under the head of fairy tales
for children or folk lore tales for any one.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 128. Ja. ’09. 30w.
“I think that the chief delight of this book is its pictures.” Lord
Dunsany.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 472. O. 16, ’09. 1400w.
“The first thing that attracts our admiration in this volume is the
illustrations. They are excellent reproductions of Japanese art.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 314. Ag. 28, ’09. 470w.
=Gorky, Maxim.= The spy: the story of a superfluous man. $1.50.
Huebsch.
8–33904.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“He offers us a series of extremely interesting pictures of this
proscribed nook of Russian life.” Abraham Cahan.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 90. Mr. ’09. 1300w.
“It is well for the world to know these facts, and here we have no vain
exhibition of ugly pictures, no frivolous retailing of salacious
incidents, no silly and purposeless ‘Three weeks’ tantalizing the
appetite.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 201. Ja. 28, ’09. 360w.
“The translator has completed his task in a workmanlike manner, and,
moreover, has succeeded in communicating much of the spirit and
temperament of the original.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“The book gives the picture of Russian life which the British public
desires, and its longueurs and inconsecutiveness will probably be
condoned in consequence.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 798. D. 26, ’08. 130w.
=Gostling, Frances M.=^{[10]} Bretons at home; with an introd. by
Anatole Le Braz. **$2.50. McClurg.
9–35859.
Six years of leisurely wandering thru Brittany prepared the author for
this sympathetic portrayal of Breton life and character. He dips into
the history, their legendary lore and quaint superstitions, and shows
how even to-day the Bretons are a people upon whom old traditions, old
customs and old views of life have a tenacious hold.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. ✠
“It is an excellent work of its kind, and the kind is almost unique.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 755. Je. 26. 800w.
=Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 130w.
“Thus heralded and adorned, Mrs. Gostling’s book itself is a little
disappointing. Possibly, the wide range of her reading and her interests
has tended to impair the unity and effectiveness of Mrs. Gostling’s
book. She makes too great a demand upon the flexibility of her reader’s
mind.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 575. D. 9, ’09. 480w.
“Why cannot an American write such books? She is tremendously up,
speaking generally, on anthropology and folk-lore, and her suggestions
and interpretations are illuminating.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 840. D. ’09. 150w.
“Mrs. Gostling’s recent book on Brittany and the Bretons is one of the
best that has been published in English.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 384. S. 11, ’09. 500w.
=Gould, George Milbry.=^{[8]} Righthandedness and lefthandedness; with
chapters treating of the writing posture, the rule of the road, etc.
**$1.25. Lippincott.
8–16710.
“The book’s eight chapters, two of which are reprinted from ‘Biographic
clinics,’ and the others collected from medical and scientific journals,
treat chiefly of writing and the writing-posture in relation to the eyes
and to spinal curvature, with useful advice and information in other
kindred matters.” (Dial.) They are as follows: The origin of
righthandedness: Why is a particular child righthanded or lefthanded?
The rule of the road; Study of a case of two-handed synchronous writing;
Visual function the cause of slanted handwriting; Its relation to school
hygiene, school desks, malposture, spinal curvature, and myopia; The
pathologic results of righteyedness and lefteyedness; A patient’s
struggle for right-eye function; and The nomenclature of dextral,
sinistral, and attentional organs and functions.
* * * * *
“In Dr. Gould’s book the eminent oculist clearly, and for the first time
so far as we know, shows the part played by the eye in determining which
shall be the dominant hand and foot.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 118. S. 1, ’08. 350w.
“That the right or left hand should come to be used exclusively for all
highly specialized actions, as a consequence of the right or left eye
being more nearly emmetropic than the other, seems to the reviewer to be
untenable for several reasons.” H. C. Stevens.
− + =Science=, n.s. 30: 182. Ag. 6, ’09. 1250w.
=Grace’s= Earthwork tables. $5. Spon.
“These tables give contents in cubic yards of ground on uniform
transverse slope and uniform longitudinal grade, for lengths of one
chain (66 ft.), roadway widths of 12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30 and 50
ft. and side slopes of 1/4 on 1, 1/2 on 1, 1 on 1, and 1–1/2 on
1.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“For the limited field they cover, the tables should be of great value,
as they are remarkably clear and concise, but the additional
transformation from 66 ft. chains to 100 ft. stations necessary for
American practice will somewhat hamper their usefulness in this
country.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 59: sup. 541. My. 14, ’08. 100w.
“A book that will be useful to railway engineers wherever the British
chain is the unit of measurement.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 679. D. 12, ’08. 170w.
=Graham, David.= Grammar of philosophy. *$2.50. Scribner.
8–26258.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The most stimulating thing about the book is its confidence that it
outlines the way of truth. It is a vigorous galvanizing of the
common-sense theory of knowledge, exhibited with a fair degree of
originality.” H. A. Youtz.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 313. Ap. ’09. 210w.
“Anything more violent than his mode of argument we have seldom read.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 786. D. 19. 120w.
“It never seems to have occurred to him that the advice he so freely
offers to others might be retorted on himself—‘he is to be most
strenuously recommended to retain his seat in golden silence.’”
− =Ind.= 66: 706. Ap. 1, ’09. 270w.
“Not only is the title of this book misleading—for it gives no analysis
of scientific method, and is merely a defense of the attitude of ‘common
sense’ in philosophy—but there is so little argument in it, and so much
abuse, that the philosophical student will hardly care to spend much
time with it.” W. H. Sheldon.
− =Philos. R.= 18: 236. Mr. ’09. 120w.
=Grainger, M. Allerdale.=^{[11]} Woodsmen of the West. $2.50.
Longmans.
9–7388.
Partly autobiographical. “Mr. Grainger goes to Vancouver, becomes a
‘logger,’ and writes a narrative of ‘logging’ in those fretted inlets
between Vancouver Island and the mainland, and writes it in the language
of ‘loggers.’ His writing falls on your ear, as you say the words over
to yourself, like a burst of conversation from a bar-room in the West.
It seems very casual. But as you read on you become conscious that Mr.
Grainger has really got his language and his ideas very well in hand; he
makes his impressions as with the cut of an axe and with no waste of
material.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09.
“If literature is the art of using the right words in the right way to
produce particular effects—and what else can it or ought it to mean?—Mr.
Grainger has performed a literary feat. The narrative is real, and
necessarily true.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 945. D. 5, ’08. 2650w.
=Grant, Robert. Chippendales.= †$1.50. Scribner.
9–9472.
A story which “shows the Old Brahmin Boston in the painful process of
being engulfed by the modern Boston of commerce—a Boston which has
little reverence for Harvard college, cares not a rap for the
anti-slavery tradition and is as ignorant of the ethical standards which
go with the New England conscience as the rest of commercial
America.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A clever, laborious, lengthy study; of interest to only a small
proportion of readers.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 148. My. ’09.
“Nothing is clearer than that the story as a whole has a kind of
solidity and effectiveness. This is no more due to novelty of plot than
to happiness of style.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 309. My. ’09. 800w.
“We have no doubt whatever that it is a contribution to our literature
worth the attention of the thoughtful, and likely to be valued fifty
years hence more highly than it will be valued to-day.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 370. Je. 1, ’09. 850w.
=Ind.= 66: 920. Ap. 29, ’09. 300w.
“It is a substantial novel, and in this day of flimsy fiction it is
refreshing to be able to make a comment of this sort.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 208. Ag. 7, ’09. 150w.
“Judge Grant has here produced another of his careful, somewhat
laborious studies of American life. He has no brilliancy or adroitness
of style. His effectiveness is due rather to the working of a quiet and
steady intelligence. He knows what he is driving at, and arrives, as it
were, by force of sheer assiduity. One or two contradictions of detail
may be noted.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 363. Ap. 8, ’09. 780w.
“Is, once you get into it, an interesting and human story about
interesting and human people. Mr. Grant’s methods are somewhat laborious
and overconscientious.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 198. Ap. 3, ’09. 950w.
“The book is admirable of its kind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“The action is dramatic and the plot convincing. Because it is a study
of real people its humor is appealing and its grasp of human frailties
both amusing and instructive.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 60w.
=Grant, W. L.=^{[5]} Acts of the Privy council of England. (Colonial
ser.) v. 1. 1613–1680; ed. by W. L. Grant and James Munro, under the
general supervision of Almeric W. Fitzroy, clerk of the Privy
council. Wyman & sons, London.
“When completed, the five volumes covering the period from 1613 to 1783,
will be as indispensable as are the ‘Calendars of state papers’ or the
‘Reports of the historical manuscripts commission’ and will take their
place in the same class as the ‘Journals of the continental congress.’
Their value will lie not so much in the additional information furnished
as in the view they will give of the Privy council at work and of the
business that came into its hands for adjustment or adjudication.” (Am.
Hist. R.)
=v. 1.= “In the pages of this volume there is a great deal of detailed
narrative that relates to the continental and West Indian colonies, to
Hudson’s bay and to South America. Scores of entries relate to the
fisheries, the tobacco industry, plantation trade, merchant shipping,
transportation of criminals, and the operation of the navigation acts.”
(Am. Hist. R.) There are also governors’ commissions, details of
annulling the Virginia company charter, letters to governors from the
Council, entries of manifests and cargoes, and many reports relating to
the Council’s business.
* * * * *
“Messrs. Grant and Munro, the editors, have done their work with
excellent judgment and great thoroughness and in text and preface have
left little to be desired.” C: M. Andrews.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 590. Ap. ’09. 760w.
“Read in conjunction with the State paper series, domestic and colonial,
this series will be most valuable to students, who will find their work
lightened by efficient indexing, clear arrangement, and admirable
editing.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 180. Ag. 14. 260w.
“They have however endeavoured, they say, to give in every case the
essentials in the words of the original and to condense only the
verbiage, and they appear to have done their work admirably.” H.
Lambert.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 799. O. ’09. 520w.
“Among the publications of the British government few are likely to be
of greater importance for colonial history than the projected series of
‘Acts of the Privy council, colonial.’”
+ =Nation.= 88: 488. My. 13, ’09. 820w.
=Graves, Alfred Perceval.=^{[8]} Irish poems. 2v. *$1.50; lea. *$2.25.
Macmillan.
9–3415; 9–3414.
The first volume contains the songs of Gael and A Gaelic story-telling;
the second, Countryside songs and Songs and ballads.
* * * * *
“He has a humour of his own, which may or may not be Irish—spontaneous
and wholesome, if at times a trifle thin—and a keen ear for the musical
possibilities of verse.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 570. N. 7. 420w.
“Racy, perhaps, rather than homely—at all events they are bound to seem
so to the Yankee—are Mr. Graves’s ‘Irish poems.’ They have quite a
different tang from ordinary Anglo-Irish poetry, while preserving all
the shrewdness, naïveté, and mischievousness of their country.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.
“Beyond the use of Irish names, stories and phrases, and an occasional
imitation of the popular song, we see nothing essential which is not to
be found in many a book of verse which is not Anglo-Irish. The narrative
poems are lively and of the kind that is best in recitation. But as the
narratives need recitation, so the lyrics need a tune.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 115. Jl. 25, ’08. 220w.
“Given a tune and a rhyming lexicon and few men would be unequal to
writing a book like this, had they the courage to face the boredom of
it.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 672. N. 28, ’08. 100w.
“To the critic one of the most interesting features of Mr. Graves’s work
is its catholicity. The true magic often escapes him, and though his
literalness is the accurate tradition of popular verse, it sometimes
prevents him from writing poetry.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 543. O. 10, ’08. 1100w.
=Graves, Frank Pierrepont.=^{[5]} History of education before the
middle ages. **$1.10. Macmillan.
9–4932.
Traces the development of the ideals and aims which have dominated and
shaped the education of the human race from the dawn of history down to
the fall of the Roman power in the West. “This study makes two facts
plain: (1) that education, whether in uncivilized or civilized society,
has always aimed at preparation for life through adjustment of the
individual to the social order into which he was born; (2) that in this
process social progress has resulted from the development of
individualism wherever permitted. Thus the experience of the race lays
down the two lines on which sound educational method must base its
further processes.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Professor Graves’s book is well written. Its statements are as
plausible as could be expected of such a succession of affirmations and
generalization about 2000 years of history, four or five civilizations,
and three or four literatures. He seems to have consulted the recent
authorities to which reference is made in the notes for supplementary
reading at the end of each chapter. The book is a good one of its kind.”
Paul Shorey.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 194. O. ’09. 370w.
“A full, scholarly text, mainly of interest to educators.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 138. My. ’09.
“The volume has the merit of stating succinctly the achievements of the
various nations. The field is too big, however, for one man to cover
satisfactorily in one volume.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 181. Jl. ’09. 110w.
“It is too little for a new scholarly interpretation of the period, and
is too great to be of much practical use to the student of education in
school and college. The book is well done, however, and shows abundant
scholarship in spite of the fact that it appears to fall between two
stools.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 424. Ap. ’09. 80w.
“Dr. Graves is more careful than most such writers as to his historical
facts but he fails as a literary artist in making the characteristics of
each educational system stand out with sufficient distinctness strongly
to impress elementary students. Considered in all respects, however, the
book will rank high among histories of education.” E. A. Kirkpatrick.
+ − =El. School T.= 9: 484. My. ’09. 660w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.
“The plan is well carried out.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 110w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 400w.
+ =Outlook.= 91: 865. Ap. 17, ’09. 170w.
“Professor Graves has produced a book which gives evidence on every page
of his ripe scholarship, breadth of view, and keen discrimination
between significant things and mere detail.” F: E. Bolton.
+ =School R.= 17: 656. N. ’09. 450w.
=Gray, Asa.= Gray’s new manual of botany: a handbook of the flowering
plants and ferns of the central and northwestern United States and
adjacent Canada; rearranged and extensively rev. by Benjamin Lincoln
Robinson and Merritt Lyndon Fernald. 7th ed. *$2.50. Am. bk.
8–27398.
“An edition of Gray’s manual presenting the following changes: (1) a
change in the geographical limits, namely by excluding the region west
of the 96th meridian instead of the 100th, and in extending
northeastward to include the maritime provinces and a portion of Quebec
and Ontario; (2) the sequence of the families, which for the most part
is in accordance with the system of Eichler as elaborated by Engler and
Prantl; (3) the removal of the keys leading to the species, in the case
of most of the larger genera, from the body of the text to a position
immediately preceding the specific descriptions; (4) the introduction of
numerous text—or marginal figures; and finally (5) in the use of a
different system of nomenclature, namely the strict observance of the
Vienna code, or the nomenclatorial rules adopted at the International
congress held at Vienna in 1905.” (Bot. Gaz.)
* * * * *
“In its revised form will continue its usefulness as a convenient,
reliable guide.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 277. N. ’08. ✠
“The value of this work as a text-book should not be overlooked. The
discriminating text and complementary illustrations present the
subject-matter in a satisfactory way for teaching purposes. The
illustrations themselves are for the most part insufficient for the
hasty determination of the species by the student, and they can be used
to advantage only in connection with the brief but clear descriptions.
In this regard the book has no equal. Thoroughly revised to date,
incorporating the verified results of recent years of research, and
fully accords with the most advanced and universally accepted views of
taxonomy.” J. M. Greenman.
+ =Bot. Gaz.= 47: 153. F. ’09. 680w.
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 208. F. ’09. 40w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 301. Ag. 5, ’09. 100w.
“A convenient and scholarly work, fully abreast of the times.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 366. O. 15, ’08. 260w.
+ =Nature.= 79: 457. F. 18, ’09. 350w.
“In closing this very general notice of this important addition to the
literature of systematic botany we wish to record our opinion that this
is the right kind of a revision of such a standard work.” C: E. Bessey.
+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 688. N. 13, ’08. 760w.
“The writer cannot believe but that the illustrations of species
published in connection with the ‘Manual’ will do away with most of the
usefulness it may have had as a training subject preliminary to advanced
studies upon plant life.” H: L. Bolley.
− =Science=, n.s. 29: 182. Ja. 29, ’09. 850w.
=Gray, B. Kirkman.=^{[6]} Philanthropy and the state. 7s.6d. King, P.
S., & son, London.
9–14963.
“It is to be regretted that the author could not have lived to complete
the work, for much of this book is fragmentary—a mere skeleton of the
topics intended for further discussion. A wide range of subjects is
treated. Part 1, called the ‘Transition in thought,’ is an interesting
résumé of the developments of the nineteenth century in the realm of
philanthropy in England. The relation of the philanthropist to political
measures; the new problems of city life; the administration of the poor
law; the development of the charity or organization society are typical
chapter heads.... In Part 2, ‘The intervention of the state,’ the author
points out various activities undertaken by the state in England. The
insane, prisoner’s aid movements, juvenile offenders, reformatories,
inebriate homes, hospitals, tuberculosis, public health, widows,
children, the aged are all considered.... In an appendix the value of
social agitation is considered and the different types of agitators
described.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
Reviewed by C. R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 843. My. ’09. 180w.
“Few more readable volumes on social problems have come to the
reviewer’s notice than this. No one will agree with all the author’s
ideas. There is a charm about the style, a freshness in presentation of
topics that constantly holds the attention of the reader. The book is to
be highly commended to all who wish to know recent developments in
English philanthropy.” Carl Kelsey.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 730. My. ’09. 470w.
“To ponder over the course of events in other lands, the tendencies and
principles they represent and the temper they have resulted from and in,
is a valuable exercise for all who are helping to work out or to
formulate a social philosophy for America in the twentieth century; and
to all such Mr. Gray’s book will be full of interest and
suggestiveness.” Lillian Brandt.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 256. S. ’09. 1650w.
“There is value in the presentation of even so incomplete a study as
this of the appropriation of governmental machinery by this idea of
social obligation.” S. P. B.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 648. N. ’09. 870w.
“We may not agree with the view there set out, but we acknowledge the
importance of the issues raised and the moderation with which they are
presented.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 250w.
“The historical treatment in the book is admirable, and the entire
volume is interesting and suggestive.” W: B. Bailey.
+ − =Yale R.= 18: 97. My. ’09. 1200w.
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[6]} Handbook of Alaska: its
resources, products, and attractions. **$2. Scribner.
9–13911.
A handbook which the Alaska-Yukon exposition makes especially timely. It
assembles the widely scattered and reliable Alaska data of current
interest offering a “clear, brief summary of such definite and accurate
information as may be of interest to the student or of value to the man
of action.” It includes such phases of Alaskan affairs as may concern
those interested in the development of the country, those who plan
journeys to Alaska for business, pleasure, or research, as well as for
those interested in commercial ventures or permanent residence there.
* * * * *
“Not so readable as Higginson’s ‘Alaska’ but a valuable reference
volume.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.
“General Greely has performed a task, in writing this handbook, that
will be of great service to tourists and prospectors, and will do much
to remove our general ignorance about Alaska.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 47: 233. O. 1, ’09. 370w.
“General Greely’s ‘Handbook’ is useful in bringing us down to solid
earth and giving plain facts and figures.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1246. Je. 3, ’09. 160w.
“The standard works of geographic reference are full of errors and
omissions which this book has been the first to correct and supply.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 300w.
“To the too often untrustworthy Alaskan literature Gen. Greely’s book is
a welcome contribution.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 259. S. 16, ’09. 530w.
“There is none who can speak with greater authority than Major Gen.
Greely whose ‘Handbook’ tells in simple, straightforward style,
untainted by the exaggerations of the enthusiast or the writer for
effect the story of what has been done in Alaska, what conditions
prevail there now, and what are the territory’s commercial prospects.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 352. Je. 5, ’09. 950w.
“Any one will find the volume interesting. It is also authoritative and
exhaustive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“There is no book in print that so fully summarizes the latest facts
regarding that wonderful country as does General Greely’s handbook.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 180w.
+ =Spec.= 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 170w.
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[12]} Handbook of polar discoveries;
new ed. **$1.50. Little.
9–31028.
Includes, in addition to the former text, the latest discoveries by
Cook, Peary and Shackleton, covered in the new chapters on “The conquest
of the North pole” and “The South pole quest.” General Greely is
non-partisan in his discussion of the Cook-Peary controversy.
=Green, Alice S. A. (Stopford) (Mrs. John Richard Green).= Making of
Ireland and its undoing, 1200–1600. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–5223.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“It is the absence of constructive plan and definite statement that is
the greatest weakness of Mrs. Green’s historical work. We wander around
in a maze of somewhat incoherent assertions and detached illustrations
and receive a general impression rather than a set of clear notions. An
equally serious defect is the lack of a bibliography. Mrs. Green, in
other words, gives her readers no real information as to what part of
her narrative is solidly based, and what part is derived from doubtful
or worthless testimony. But after all technical objections have been
made this work must be recognized as being of serious value as a
learned, original and sympathetic contribution to the history of
Ireland.” E: P. Cheyney.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 341. Ja. ’09. 900w.
“Her latest work throws a flood of new light upon the story of four
centuries. Mrs. Green has done a splendid work in her scholarly
refutation of this legend and in giving to the English-speaking peoples
this noble picture of pre-reformation Ireland.” A. H. Atteridge.
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 671. F. ’09. 3000w.
“Throughout large sections of this book, indeed, there is hardly a
passage which is not turned, often quite unjustifiably, to the discredit
of England.” G. H. Orpen.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 129. Ja. ’09. 2350w.
“The book utterly fails to convince.”
− =Nation.= 88: 20. Ja. 7, ’09. 630w.
=Green, Helen.= Maison de Shine: more stories of the actors’ boarding
house. $1.25. Dodge, B. W.
8–32338.
Vaudeville “artists” off the stage are portrayed here. The author gives
intimate pictures of these mummers, stripped of the tinsel, and set
against the background of a cheap boarding house.
* * * * *
“Like so many distinctly humorous books, the volume should be read in
installments; otherwise it will pall on the reader.”
+ − =Arena.= 41: 607. Ag. ’09. 100w.
“Unfortunately, our author has added nothing to the value of her rough
material. The sketches move on in a succession of absurd plots and silly
situations delineated in the spirit of what is known professionally as
‘slap-stick’ humor.”
− =Nation.= 88: 143. F. 11, ’09. 140w.
“In reading ‘The maison de Shine’ we spend more time wondering whether
such beings are possible than in interesting ourselves in their
fortunes.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 685. N. 21, ’08. 250w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 743. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
=Greene, Frances Nimmo.=^{[10]} Into the night: a story of New
Orleans. **$1.20. Crowell.
9–24256.
New Orleans immediately after the assassination of Mayor Hennessy by the
Mafia furnishes the setting for this exciting and mysterious detective
story. The black hand of the Mafia lurks menacingly behind every
incident and the strong hearted hero is all but baffled by it in his
efforts to do justice to his own honor and to win the woman he loves.
Through the story flits a power for evil in the unusual guise of a
beautiful, erratic young girl. When at last her origin and birthright
are explained the tangles of the story untwine themselves and the whole
sad tale of murder, love, hate and revenge is made clear.
=Greene, Homer.= Lincoln conscript. †$1.50. Houghton.
9–10028.
The story of a copperhead who refused to respond when drafted into the
northern army. Finally “like Saul of Tarsus, breathing out threatenings
and slaughter” he went into the presence of the overmastering Lincoln,
there learned from him the supreme lesson of the Union’s prime
importance over the factional pride of the south, and emerged a Lincoln
conscript.
* * * * *
“Presents very well the attitude of the southern sympathizers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 190. Je. ’09.
“A very readable story.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 548. Jl. ’09. 150w.
“As it assumes all the points in dispute as indisputable, it may fail to
appeal to the other side quite so utterly as the author intends. Is
sufficiently interesting.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 160w.
=Greenwood, Alice Drayton.=^{[10]} Lives of the Hanoverian queens of
England: Sophia Dorothea of Celle; Caroline of Ansbach. *$3.50.
Macmillan.
9–23999.
=v. 1.= Portraits of two queens projected from the background of England
in the days of the two Georges when kingly ideals were confined to
“blunt honesty, to a certain sense of justice without mercy and to
personal courage.” The pleasure-loving wife of George I is sketched true
to her discreditable life and elicits only “contemptuous pity”; and
Queen Caroline clever and virtuous enough is shown to lose ground thru
lack of refinement. “The domestic life of the two heroines, the family
quarrels, the court intrigues and the court pageants—these form the main
part of the book.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“Accurate and unpredjudiced studies.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)
“This is the first instalment of a continuation of Miss Strickland’s
‘Lives of the queens of England.’ In the more solid historical
qualities, industrious research and critical treatment of authorities,
the later work will be found to compare favourably with the earlier;
whilst in point of style Mrs. Greenwood at the least holds her own. A
few slips in detail may be noted.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 173. Ag. 14. 1500w. (Review of v. 1.)
“If the sequel is as well studied and written as the part before us, the
whole will make a valuable work.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 410. O. 28, ’09. 830w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Miss Greenwood has given us a very readable book, written in a clear
and forcible style. She has taken every pains to make her work accurate
and thorough; her judgment is sound and sober; she avoids the besetting
temptation of the biographer to belaud her heroines, and in her preface
she gives us a very useful criticism of her authorities.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 319. S. 11, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Not of the first importance, either as biography or as literature. At
the same time, the volume is inevitably full of interest.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 487. O. 2, ’09. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Greenwood, Granville George.=^{[8]} In re Shakespeare: Beeching vs.
Greenwood; rejoinder on behalf of the defendant. **$1. Lane.
9–22020.
A reply to Canon Beeching in which the author’s legal training is much
in evidence. He gives clearly and compactly points concerning
Shakespeare’s antecedents, education and literary achievements.
* * * * *
=Bookm.= 29: 633. Ag. ’09. 10w.
“There can be no question that Mr. Greenwood’s fervor as a
controversialist leads him into strange ways. Nor does his exceedingly
lame explanation, in an appendix, of his supposed discourteous
references to Mr. Sidney Lee increase a reader’s willingness to accept
him as a whole-souled searcher for truth.”
− =Nation.= 89: 147. Ag. 12, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 60w.
=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason.=^{[7]} Adrift on an ice-pan. **75c.
Houghton.
9–16853.
In this little volume of less than a hundred pages Dr. Grenfell gives a
graphic account of one perilous night spent in company with his dogs on
an ice-pan. Besides furnishing an impressionistic picture of
Newfoundland sish ice and the islands of snow covered slabs or pans
which furnish temporary safety to one caught in the lake of mush it is
also a human document that reveals the unafraid determination with which
a strong man uses every device to prolong life. A brief sketch of Dr.
Grenfell’s life written by Clarence John Blake prefaces the volume.
* * * * *
“An absorbing, graphic narrative that will interest readers of all
ages.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠
“The doctor tells an ideal story of his adventure, a simple,
straightforward, vital story, which exhibits not only the perils he
encountered and the efforts he made to overcome them, but also the
thoughts that passed through his mind as hour after hour went by and
hope of escape from his ice pan grew fainter and fainter.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 440. Jl. 17, ’09. 800w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 60w.
=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, and others.=^{[12]} Labrador. *$2.25.
Macmillan.
9–28564.
Dr. Grenfell argues in his foreword that the same scientific zeal which
has reclaimed deserts, has acclimatized fruit and vegetables to Dakota
frosts, is able to find a solution for lifting the almost Stygian
darkness that hangs over the resources of Labrador. His five hundred
page volume covers Labrador’s meager history, routes to Labrador, its
physiography, geology, people of the coast, Indians, missions, fishing
industry, birds and flora. Appendices, six in all, follow the main text
and include articles by authoritative writers on the following subjects:
Insects of Labrador; The marine crustacea; The mollusks; List of
mammals; List of birds; List of crustacea on the Labrador coast.
* * * * *
“The book reveals an almost unknown country and will be indispensable to
tourists and students.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“Dr. Grenfell supplies a need that has long been felt for a volume
containing a full and adequate account of the country, its natural
resources, the climatic conditions, and its people.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 658. O. 23, ’09. 60w.
=Grew, Edwin Sharpe.= Romance of modern geology. (Romance ser.)
*$1.50. Lippincott.
9–2079.
Describes in language simple and exact enough for a child to understand
the making of the earth, with an account of prehistoric animal life. It
“takes up the formation of the earth in early ages and the development
of life and deals with the forces of wind and wave and internal heat
that are still at work upon it, explaining what these forces do and how
they act and giving many instances of their efficiency.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“He discourses ... in a way that shows him to possess clearness,
brightness and accuracy. There are minor matters in the book which
unquestionably admit of improvement.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 765. D. 12. 300w.
“Many of the chapters are somewhat speculative for a work that seeks to
convince the reader of a romance of ordinary things. The literary style
is so direct and agreeable that few will open the book without wishing
to read further.” G. A. J. C.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 450w.
“Intended primarily as supplementary reading in connection with school
work, [this series] will appeal equally to those no longer of school age
who enjoy scientific reading, but like it made interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 140w.
=Grey, Zane.=^{[7]} Short stop. †$1.25. McClurg.
9–18159.
A transcript from life on the diamond. The young hero tiring of his
factory grind starts out to win fame and fortune as a professional ball
player. His hard knocks at the start are followed by such success as
clean sportsmanship, courage and honesty ought to win. The story is told
by one intimately acquainted with the game and players and contains a
helpful handling of the Sunday-game situation.
* * * * *
“The story is full of ‘go’ and ought to find many readers at this
particular season.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 481. Ag. 7, ’09. 120w.
=Gribble, Francis Henry.=^{[12]} Chateaubriand and his court of women.
*$3.75. Scribner.
A work that introduces a good deal of fresh material. “Here in his
brilliant, gossipy style are the illuminating comments, the shrewd
interpretations of attitudinising or of one-sided evidence, the piquant
and protean trick of allusion to racy episodes to come, and—above
all—the sprightly Gallic use of the suggestive dash, handled like the
fan of La Pompadour or a mantilla of Spain; all with the light touch of
the accomplished and resourceful anecdotist.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“In these sparkling and critical pages Mr. Gribble, as may be divined
from his title, keeps his customary way.” Algernon Tassin.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 388. D. ’09. 1750w.
“A readable and far from superfluous volume.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 458. D. 1, ’09. 250w.
“An excellent book on an extraordinary man.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 500w.
“They [the members of the ‘Court’] are all there to be discovered by
anyone foolish enough to read the book.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 568. N. 6, ’09. 800w.
=Gribble, Francis Henry.= Geneva; painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and
May Hardwicke Lewis. (Colour books.) *$2. Macmillan.