A companion volume to “Montreux” and “Liége” in which “the history of
this ancient city is given, something of its literature and science, its
men of letters, its songs and squibs, its religion and its romanticism.”
(Ind.)
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 374. Mr. 27. 530w.
“The chief charm of the book lies in the twenty colored illustrations.”
W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1461. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
“The present volume is entertaining, but would have been more of a unit
if, in such chapters as those on Ferney and Coppet, he had told more of
the places and less of their famous owners. The illustrations are ...
fair work but a little lacking in distinction.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 100w.
“An account of [Geneva’s picturesque] history which redeems it from the
‘dry-as-dust’ description too often found in guide-books.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 23. Ja. 2, ’09. 300w.
“Mr. Gribble writes amusingly with an eye to anecdote, and quaintly
turns some of his notes into chapters two pages long.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 60w.
=Grierson, Francis.=^{[6]} Valley of shadows: recollections of the
Lincoln country, 1858–1863. **$2. Houghton.
9–10292.
“The ‘valley of shadows’ is the period of trial which preceded the
issuing of President Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation in 1863, with
which the old order passed away never to return. What that order was on
the prairies with their log cabins, vast plains which have since then
been cut up into farms, or dotted with cities, Mr. Grierson describes in
style scarcely to be rivaled in grace, color, and poetic feeling.... We
venture to predict that this portrait will strike the reader’s mind as
Balzac’s portrait of Dante strikes those who study it.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.
“He is a mystic and an idealist. He goes to the heart of things and sees
them stripped of their masks and robings. He has the poet’s art of
divination, and thus he is able to give an epic quality to a volume of
as charming reminiscences as we have read in years.” B. O. Flower.
+ =Arena.= 41: 498. Jl. ’09. 7700w.
“The fact of Mr. Grierson’s foreign birth and rather cosmopolitan course
of life gives to these impressions of his a certain peculiar value and
interest.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 186. S. 16, ’09. 250w.
“This is a remarkable book, written by a remarkable man. A vivid and
fascinating account.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 400w.
“The book, as a whole, does not hang well together. It is a matter of
sincere regret that a work which makes, in a large part, so welcome an
addition to autobiographical literature should not have been more
consistently carried out.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 585. Je. 10, ’09. 400w.
“The interest is as breathless as in any novel written in many a day,
though this is no novel. Still less, however, is it a book of
reminiscences, as that term is generally understood.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 498. Ag. 21, ’09. 1200w.
“A welcome addition to the Lincolniana of the anniversary season.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 120w.
=Griffin, Grace Gardner.=^{[5]} Writings on American history, 1906.
*$2.50. Macmillan.
8–29891.
“An annual bibliography of writings on American history similar to those
for European publications, which students have found so useful has long
been a want unsupplied. This book is the result of a movement to resume
a series begun for 1902 and 1903 but discontinued because of lack of
support. Funds are now in hand which guarantee the publication of the
summary yearly for the years 1907–1911 inclusive.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) The
sections are: America in general; United States (with period, state and
subject divisions); British America; Latin America; Pacific islands.
Periodical articles, government documents and parts of books are
included.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 104. Ap. ’09.
“The work of compilation bears the marks of careful scholarship.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 120w.
“There is ample room for a publication of this kind, and it should
receive adequate popular support.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 604. Je. 17, ’09. 230w.
=Griffin, Grace Gardner=, comp.^{[6]} Writings on American history,
1907: a bibliography of books and articles on United States and
Canadian history published during the year 1907, with some memoranda
on other portions of America. *$2.50. Macmillan.
A bibliography which includes all books and articles however brief which
contain anything of value to the history of the continental United
States and Canada.
=Griffis, William Elliot.= Story of New Netherland. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–9529.
A popular and picturesque narrative of the Netherlands in America from
1607–1909. The author’s thoro equipment for his task makes his work
broad and authoritative. Here are ‘local color’ and trustworthy
narratives. “The Dutch settlement, the English conquest, the change of
loyalties and languages, the long struggle against British
State-Churchism, the victory of Dutch tolerance, the abiding influence
of federalism in government, and the persistent survival of social
customs, that have influenced the whole nation, are vividly set forth in
rapid movement and thirty brief chapters.”
* * * * *
“The author has avowedly purposed making a serious contribution to our
knowledge of New Netherland history but the book can justify no such
pretension. A critical spirit is wholly lacking. The meagre historical
narrative is interspersed with much matter of merely antiquarian
interest and the author’s frequent generalizations.” S. G. Nissenson.
− =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 185. O. ’09. 300w.
“Supplies the need for a volume briefer and more popular than the
extensive literature on which it is based; useful for young readers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09. ✠
“Mr. Griffis’s story is worth telling and he tells it very well.”
Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 533. Jl. ’09. 1300w.
“The writer has dressed the historical facts of his story, rather
trivial and uninteresting many of them, in a readable style, and he has
given much valuable and interesting information on the social life in
New Netherland.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 120w.
“His books are enthusiastic and they are picturesque, sufficient unto
their purpose.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 144. Jl. 15, ’09. 100w.
“It is a pity that so good a book is marred by these amateurish
touches.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 270w.
“The chief fault to be found with the book is that the author has not
treated with sufficient completeness the social and economic life of the
manors.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 318. My. 22, ’09. 300w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 768. Je. ’09. 150w.
=Grisewood, Robert Norman.=^{[10]} Zarlah, the Martian. $1. Fenno.
9–22948.
A scientist, while experimenting with electricity in the effort of
finding a substitute for glass, suddenly discovers that he is in
communication with Mars. The figure of the Martian appears on a screen
and a clever bit of apparatus makes possible communication between the
two. The scientist learns that Mars is a sort of dreamed-of Utopia, and
that the Martian knows the secret of soul transportation which he is
willing to impart to the inhabitant of Earth. Then ensue a journey to
Mars and a romance that involves the Martian maiden Zarlah.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 538. S. 11, ’09. 230w.
=Groton, William M.=, ed. Sunday school teacher’s manual: designed as
an aid to teachers in preparing Sunday-school lessons. **$1. Jacobs.
9–2533.
Eleven men have collaborated in producing this manual whose purpose is
not only to furnish instruction in approved methods of preparing and
teaching the lesson, but also to impart the information concerning the
Scriptures and the church which often lies beyond his immediate reach.
=Guggisberg, Mrs. Lilian Decima (Moore), and Guggisberg, Frederick
Gordon.=^{[6]} We two in West Africa. *$3.50. Scribner.
9–18476.
A joint account of interesting observations made by Major Guggisberg and
his wife in West Africa. “The plan they hit upon was to pool their
impressions and present them as though they all had been formed in the
mind of the new-comer to the Gold Coast.... We should make the wife
responsible for about all the book contains that is descriptive of the
Gold Coast people and their ways of living; for the solid facts and the
philosophical and political comment we should hold ourselves indebted to
the Major.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“An authoritative and entertaining contribution to the literature of the
Gold Coast.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.
“Happily combines the freshness of first impressions with the insight
acquired by long residence.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 320w.
“It has enough merit of its own—though of a very personal kind—to
commend it as a worthy addition to our well-filled shelf books on
Africa.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Many trivial details, especially of camp-life, are recorded, which make
it at times somewhat wearisome reading.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 520w.
“A book that will be entertaining and valuable to anybody who cares to
know what sort of property Great Britain owns on the west shore of the
dark continent.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 400w.
“Mrs. Guggisberg’s account of what she saw and did on the coast, in
Kumasi, and in parts of Ashanti where no white woman, hardly a white
man, had ever been seen before, is most entertaining and fresh.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 142. Jl. 31, ’09. 250w.
=Guinness, Geraldine.= Peru: its story, people and religion; with a
preface by Alexander Macalester of Cambridge univ. **$2.50. Revell.
9–11989.
“Besides her investigations into the educational and social conditions
prevalent at the present day in Peru Miss Guinness devotes a
considerable portion of her book to a review of the religious situation
in that country. Her chief and avowed interest, in fact, is with the
Protestant missionaries, and to them she appeals for active co-operation
in the educational and religious advancement for which she believes the
Peruvians are especially ripe at this time.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A book which in spite of its offensive tone of gushing religiosity,
contains an element of human interest. The best thing in the volume,
however, is the illustrations.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 80w.
“Supplies a much-needed picture of the land of the Incas as it is
to-day, while furnishing besides an appreciative sketch of the Peruvians
as they lived before and immediately following the Spanish conquest. The
book is well filled with charmingly told anecdotes, illustrative of
native Peruvian life and manners. The descriptions of travel, also, are
excellent and furnish a piquant setting to the more serious subjects
whose treatment forms the bulk of the work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 161. Mr. 20, ’09. 830w.
“She evidently possesses a keen power of observation, a good deal of
enthusiasm, and the faculty for writing a stirring, poetically worded
account of an interesting people. The facts are well grouped and the
Peruvian people are made to glow with life before the reader.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 120w.
“The book is worth consideration.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 60w.
=Gulick, Luther Halsey.= Mind and work. **$1.20. Doubleday.
8–26028.
Points out “the vital relation between one’s mind and the daily work.”
The chapters are: The habit of success, What is real, Resolutions good
and bad, Mental effects of a flat top desk, Thinking that arrives, Put
it on paper, Management of the feelings, The time to quit, Fatigue and
character, Will-fatigue, Rest the will, Will-economy, The need of
adequate work, Handicaps, The spirit of the game.
* * * * *
“Stimulating, practical talks, popular yet based on sound knowledge and
a sound sense of values.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08. ✠
“Dr. Gulick has translated into concise, every-day terms the great
principles underlying right thinking and doing.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 360w.
“A refreshingly optimistic study of many subjects which will appeal not
only to the teacher, but also to the layman. His psychology is, in the
main, sound, although his desire to express himself in colloquial
language at times leads him astray. His indebtedness to Prof. William
James, which is evident throughout the book, might well have been more
often acknowledged.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 584. D. 10, ’08. 200w.
“The pages shine with vigor, optimism, sanity. It is an inspiring book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 244. Ap. 17, ’09. 220w.
“No one could have a better stimulant or a more sensible corrective than
this book.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 120w.
“[It has] sprightly style and vigorous thought.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 80w.
=Gulick, Luther Halsey, and Ayres, Leonard P.= Medical inspection of
schools. $1. Charities pub. com.
8–31120.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A valuable manual.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08.
“On the whole this volume not only makes it clear that America is behind
Europe in safe-guarding the physical health and vigor of the pupils in
its schools, but will go far toward remedying that defect.” J. S. Hiatt.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 731. My. ’09. 430w.
“Few more helpful and suggestive books for teachers and school officers
have recently come to our notice.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 60w.
Reviewed by Theodore Henkels.
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 93. Je. ’09. 1000w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 260w.
“In general it ought to be said that this book fulfills the mission
which the authors designed and announced in its preface. Should be in
the hands of every schoolman and every public spirited person who aims
to take a broad view of the mission of public-school education.” D. P.
MacMillan.
+ =School R.= 17: 721. D. ’09. 1500w.
=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Angel. †$1.50.
Dillingham.
8–29738.
The author aims “to show that, by means of processes of which we have at
present but little idea, a man may be drained and emptied under special
circumstances, of himself and the influences of his past life, and be
made as a vessel for the special impouring of the Holy Spirit.” “One
Joseph, an intellectual atheist, is converted to Christianity by a
miracle in the Welsh mountains, opens a campaign of righteousness in
London (emptying a musical-comedy theatre by denunciation of the
performance from a private box), and finally, so far as we can make out,
is caught up to Heaven.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“There is a certain amount of scrappy thinking and a large amount of
exaggeration and intolerance.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 220w.
“Mr. Thorne, if he must write stories of this sort, would be better
advised to verify his Bible quotations and avoid such a phrase as
‘Blessed be _him_ that cometh in the name of the Lord’ than to write a
pseudo-philosophical preface.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 120w.
=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).=^{[12]} The socialist.
**$1.35. Putnam.
9–31022.
“Mr. Thorne gives us an undergraduate duke, kidnapped in a London slum,
and rescued by a brilliant dramatist of socialistic views. Of course the
duke turns socialist, and marries a gifted actress who takes leading
parts in socialist plays, and has a very uncomfortable life. But then he
escaped marriage with a beautiful and very patrician daughter of a
pompous peer-bishop, and as the duke was a young cub (though Mr. Thorne
does not know this) the lady was well out of it.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“The events are dramatic, and, whatever may be one’s views on socialism,
the novel is full of interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 694. N. 6, ’09. 420w.
“The story is heavily splashed with highly altruistic idealism, and is
rather amusing in ways that the author does not intend.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 110w.
=Gummere, Francis Barton=, ed. and tr.^{[8]} Oldest English epic:
Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German
Hildebrand; tr. in the original meter by Francis Gummere. *$1.10.
Macmillan.
9–10486.
A superior translation made from the original meters accompanied by
introduction and notes. “For it demonstrates beyond cavil that this
study is pursued here most diligently, not alone as a linguistic
discipline, but in equal measure for whatever it may offer of cultural
and literary value.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 167. Je. ’09.
“Prof. Gummere will hardly claim to be considered as a poet; and if his
work is to be fairly judged, it must be regarded simply as an attempt to
enable the unlearned reader—with some exercise of imagination on his own
part—to gain a tolerably correct idea of what the old English epic was
like in form and substance. Considered from this point of view, the book
is entitled to some commendation.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 151. Ag. 7. 650w.
“The introduction and notes furnished by the translator render the
present work doubly valuable as a complete and compendious guidebook to
a somewhat obscure department of English literature.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 900. My. 22, ’09. 180w.
“We estimate [it] to be the most significant of all recent American
contributions to the study of Old English. To wide and accurate
scholarship—the notes evidence a mastery of the most recent
monographs—Professor Gummere joins a facile expression wholly out of the
common. In truth, if Professor Gummere has any chronic weakness, it is
in the use of the pleonastic introductory _and_ and _but_.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 79. Jl. 22, ’09. 1100w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 30w.
“Mr. Gummere has caught the tone and spirit of Beowulf very happily. The
notes will prove useful.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 120w.
=Gunther, Charles Godfrey.=^{[11]} Electro-magnetic ore separation.
*$3. Hill pub. co.
9–15412.
“This is a practical book, which purports to include only material of
present commercial importance. It is a compilation, plus information
gathered by correspondence, and data of the writer’s own observation.
The treatment of the subject matter is as follows: a brief statement of
general principles, description of separators for strongly magnetic
materials, of separators for feebly magnetic materials, concentration of
magnetic iron ore, separation of pyrite from blende, of siderite from
blende, and miscellaneous separations.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The best book available, considering only methods that are of present
commercial importance and excluding all irrelevant matter.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.
“The whole impression given by the book is that it is incomplete. The
work is technically valuable and useful because of the carefulness with
which it is compiled, but limited in its usefulness as a book of
instruction or information on the subject of electro-magnetic ore
separation in general.” J. W. Richards.
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 16. Ag. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Guthrie, Arthur.=^{[11]} Letters from France and Italy. **$1.25.
McClurg.
9–35863.
In these letters may be found the record of “two employers of leisure”
who embark upon a fresh venture, go south with the sun and take their
“whimseys and their walks abroad.” It is to the spirit of leisure
combined with the author’s clever touch that the record owes its special
interest. “He does not spend too much space upon the big, important
things that every traveler sees, and he seasons them well with amusing
little stories and observations and experiences, and he has a knack of
hitting off a bit of truth or an opinion in a terse sentence that is
always satisfying, even though one may not agree because of the air of
satisfaction with which he does it. There are many illustrations in line
drawings or from photographs by George Houston.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“They depend for their entertaining quality less on the description of
scenery and sights than on the individuality of the author’s viewpoint
and the originality of his comments.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 75. N. ’09.
“Arthur Guthrie is emphatically a good traveller, being sparing of
comment on the standard sights and whimsically sensitive to the casual
encounters of the road. The manner is old-fashioned, and, perhaps, the
more agreeable for that.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 570. D. 9, ’09. 180w.
“Very entertaining to read. The personal note is dominant through these,
but always in a genial, companionable sort of way, with many a touch of
whimsey or of humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 160w.
=Guttmann, Oskar.=^{[7]} Manufacture of explosives: twenty years’
progress: four Cantor lectures delivered at the Royal society of
arts in Nov. and Dec. 1908. *$1.10. Macmillan.
War9–42.
“A continuation or, perhaps, an appendix to the earlier book, bringing
the practice down to the present time.” (Engin. N.) “Lecture 1 deals
with black powder and other nitrate mixtures, chlorate mixtures,
‘metallic’ explosives, picric acid, picrates and trinitrotoluol; lecture
2 with nitro-glycerine, dynamites, guncotton and nitro-starch; lecture 3
with smokeless and flameless powders, fulminates, detonators and fuses,
safety explosives and their use, particularly in mines; lecture 4 with
the use of nitrocellulose in other industries, the construction,
lighting and inspection of factories, accidents and precautions to be
taken, the merits and demerits of explosives, stability of explosives
and stabilizing agents, and finishes with a prophecy regarding the
powder of the future.” (Science.)
* * * * *
“It should be valuable to the explosives expert as a concise résumé of
modern development of the art, though it cannot be of great interest to
the novice who is anxious to learn something of the underlying
principles of that art.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 61. My. 13, ’09. 110w.
“Will be found exceedingly interesting and suggestive.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 200w.
“A useful addendum to the larger work.” J. S. S. B.
+ =Nature.= 80: 272. My. 6, ’09. 550w.
“The book is filled with information, much of which is quite up to date,
and it bristles with references, a large part of which are to British
patents. A defect is in its limited use of American sources, patent or
other readily accessible literature. It is more than a compilation, for
it is thoughtful, critical and sometimes controversial. Every one of the
many who possess the parent volumes must also acquire this and they will
be pleased to have done so.” C: E. Munroe.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 26. Jl. 2, ’09. 1250w.
=Gwynn, Stephen Lucius.=^{[8]} Holiday in Connemara. *$2. Macmillan.
9–35783.
A guide book “for the most part more concerned with good fishing waters
than with economic and social considerations. Connemara, one of the
Gaelic strongholds of the island, is a fascinating country, full of
interest to the student of the Irish question. Mr. Gwynn introduces a
miscellany of information, derived from old chronicles, as to the
ancient lords of the country, and proffers some statistics of more
modern origin as to its present state.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠
“A very readable volume. There is a great deal of detailed geography,
which becomes a weariness to the reader.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 671. Je. 5. 570w.
“His book gives us a medley of land-lore, folk-lore, and fishing-lore,
with a dash here and there of economic wisdom.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 47: 235. O. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Exceptionally well worth a reader’s while.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 110w.
“It is written by an Irishman with humor and sympathy and intimate
knowledge.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 331. O. 7, ’09. 150w.
“Is scarcely more than a glorified guide book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 476. Ag. 7, ’09. 350w.
“The price is 10s. 6d., but about 9s. 6d. worth is journalism, that is,
a product of necessities other than literary. The other shilling’s worth
arises from the author’s own mind and feeling.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 24. Jl. 3, ’09. 350w.
“Has some charming descriptions of Irish life and Irish manners and
Irish sport.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 247. S. 4, ’09. 630w.
H
=Haaren, John Henry, and Poland, Addison B.=^{[5]} Famous men of
modern times. *50c. Am. bk.
9–9441.
The last of the “Famous men” series written to create a deeper interest
among the young in the study of history. In brief chapters twenty-three
men are presented from the point of view of their greatest service to
the world. Among them are discoverers, warriors, statesmen, scientists
and rulers.
=Habberton, John.= Budge and Toddie; or, Helen’s babies at play: being
an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious
children. $1. Grosset.
8–33785.
To an aunt and uncle falls temporarily the care of Budge and Toddie.
Their methodical life is woefully outraged by the lively escapades of
the two youngsters who in very truth act out a sequel to “Helen’s
babies.”
* * * * *
“Their proclivity to mischief is undiminished but their ‘doings’ are
less interesting than in the earlier book.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 91. Mr. ’09.
“While it is still too verbose and indulges in too much skippable
conversation between the grown-ups, the two dreadful infants are still
just as adorably and ingenuously naughty as they were in their first
annals.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 52. Ja. 23, ’09. 150w.
=Hackett, Frank Warren.=^{[10]} Deck and field: addresses before the
United States Naval war college and on commemorative occasions.
*$1.25. Lowdermilk.
9–15219.
Twelve addresses on commemorative occasions. “They are quite free from
the oratorical bombast and ‘we love our country’ sentimentality that
creep in and pollute the speeches of some of the greatest men. They are
truly patriotic.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 130w.
“He is rather slow generally in getting under way, and he labors too
often under the disadvantage of a trite subject. On the other hand, when
he deals with things outside the ordinary course, he is very
interesting.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 309. S. 30, ’09. 220w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 453. Jl. 24, ’09. 120w.
=Hackwood, Frederick W.=^{[11]} Inns, ales, and drinking customs of
old England. *10s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.
9–29527.
Traces briefly the story of the British public-house thru the phases of
the Roman-British posting-house, the Saxon ale-house, the mediaeval inn,
the wine tavern, the coaching-house to the rise of the modern hotel,
with mention of the inn-yard, of inn signs and of tavern tokens; it
deals with inn-keeping and inn-keepers; with brewers and vintners, and
the introduction of spirits; it treats of the ale-drinking habit, of the
influence of the church on the national habit; of trade customs,
licensing, and restrictive measures; and of drinking customs, mugs, and
mysteries.
* * * * *
“All who hanker after the old tavern life will find much of interest in
Mr. Hackwood’s book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 3. S. 25, ’09. 1550w.
“There is much entertaining reading to be found in this volume.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 561. O. 9, ’09. 500w.
=Hadley, Edward S.=^{[10]} Railway working and appliances; to which
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