A story of the life of a man whose economic writings, chiefly his
“National system of political economy,” have not been justly
appreciated. This work aims to give a “sane appraisal.” “List made a
deep impression upon the economic thought of his times and his writings
have especial interest for Americans, for two reasons. First, he lived,
studied, and wrote on this side of the ocean after having won
recognition in his native land, and, secondly, on account of the working
out of his theories on a parallel between Germany and the United
States.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The author’s presentation is well executed. We have discovered but a
single error, where 1787 is given (p. 38) for 1789, as the date of the
first Tariff act.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 257. S. 16, ’09. 500w.
“Miss Hirst’s unpretentious but scholarly book will be useful to all
interested in these topics.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 500. Ag. 21, ’09. 700w.
“We could wish that the endowment of research always gave us a product
as well justified as this very interesting study.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 790. N. 13, ’09. 900w.
=Hiscox, Gardner Dexter.=^{[6]} Compressed air, its production, uses,
and applications. 5th ed. rev. and enl. $5. Henley.
9–1598.
A new edition in which the out-of-date material has been cut out and new
material added.
* * * * *
“A complete, up-to-date treatise.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 120. Ap. ’09.
“The treatment of the subject is very comprehensive, and the present
edition shows evidence of much revisional work.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 541. My. ’09. 220w.
=Hitchcock, Ripley=, ed.^{[11]} Decisive battles of America, by Albert
Bushnell Hart, and others. $1.50. Harper.
9–28142.
A companion volume to Creasy’s “Decisive battles of the world,” whose
aim is to set forth the crucial military events in our history, to trace
their causes and to provide a clear narrative. It begins with the
European contests affecting America and continues to the battle of
Santiago, 1898.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 67: 1149. N. 18, ’09. 160w.
“This type of book, carefully planned, with adequate maps and full
index, is one that teachers as well as the layman should welcome.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 539. D. 2, ’09. 70w.
“Mr. Hitchcock’s selections seem to be well chosen, and a perusal of
them will open the eyes of many as to the measurable amount of this
country’s history that has been made by warfare.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 410w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 70w.
=Hobart, Henry Metcalf.=^{[8]} Heavy electrical engineering. *$4.50.
Van Nostrand.
9–23813.
“Under the non-committal title assigned to this book the author
discusses the over-all efficiency of generating stations and the
relation between coal consumption and outgoing electrical energy, the
steam-raising plant, piston engines and steam turbines, condensing
plant, electric generating plant, the design of generating stations,
high-tension transmission lines, the high-tension continuous-current
series system, electric traction calculations, traction motors and the
electrification of railways. Although design details are omitted the
whole book is arranged for use by the designing engineer and the various
statements made by the author are based on inter-related facts that are
outlined.”—Elec. World.
* * * * *
“The treatment throughout is interesting and should prove useful to
consulting and constructing electrical engineers.”
+ =Elec. World.= 54: 213. Jl. 22, ’09. 380w.
“The book is evidently intended, primarily, for engineers in Great
Britain. This is indicated by the method of treatment and by the
expression of costs in English currency. The book contains some most
valuable tables, which have been carefully and laboriously worked out,
and much valuable broad-gage engineering, evidently based on the
author’s wide experience. The arrangement of the topics may be
criticized.” H: Floy.
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 79. Je. 17, ’09. 730w.
“This book is original from beginning to end; moreover, it is a perfect
store of useful practical data and is clearly written, so that the
reader always remains in touch with the author and knows what point he
wishes to make. These points are not matters of little detail, but the
features in a design which really count. It is this ability of Mr.
Hobart to take a broad and comprehensive view of his subject which makes
this book so eminently readable.” Gisbert Kapp.
+ =Nature.= 80: 392. Je. 3, ’09. 1000w.
=Hobart, James Francis.=^{[10]} Millwrighting. *$3. Hill pub. co.
9–8948.
A thorogoing handbook for the millwright or mechanical engineer that
gives instruction on selection of factory location, laying out
buildings, laying out foundations, erection of buildings, inspection of
buildings, and the installation and adjustment of machinery.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 15. S. ’09.
“The book is written for master builders, but it will prove of equal
service to any young engineer who needs to go out into factory
construction from time to time. The statements of theory from a
workman’s point of view should be novel and often illuminating. It will
help put one in a way to see the builders’ opinions of a designer’s
ideas. The pages abound in homely suggestions which, in most cases,
quickly strike home to the reader.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 71. Je. 17. ’09. 730w.
=Hobson, John Atkinson.=^{[12]} Industrial system: an inquiry into
earned and unearned income. *$2.50. Longmans.
9–21894.
“A twofold purpose is discernible in this latest book by Mr. Hobson. The
first purpose is purely scientific: ‘to construct an image of the
actual, concrete system of industry’ so as to throw light upon
distribution by a ‘study of the various sorts of acts of distribution.’
The second purpose, not explicitly stated, but dominating the book as a
whole, is to furnish a plausible logical basis for the peculiar radical
movement with which Mr. Hobson is identified. The former purpose carries
Mr. Hobson through the first three chapters of the book; its definite
result is the construction of a static scheme of industrial society,
essentially similar to Clark’s group and sub-group system, but executed
with greater elaboration. The remainder of the book subserves the
propagandist purpose.”—J. Pol. Econ.
* * * * *
“One of the most valuable features of this work is its statement of the
problem. The most disappointing thing, however, about the book is its
treatment of the concept of marginal productivity, which the author
thinks he is refuting.” T. N. Carver.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 349. D. ’09. 480w.
“One is almost forced to the conclusion that Mr. Hobson, in order to
give his work an immediate practical significance, unconsciously
substituted the taxation projects, now under discussion in Great
Britain, for those that might logically be deduced from his theoretical
treatment of income. A careful examination of Mr. Hobson’s theory will
disclose, under a seeming definiteness of outline, a surprising number
of hazy conceptions.” A. S. Johnson.
− =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 644. N. ’09. 2800w.
“Free traders will naturally welcome the work as an achievement of
value, but it is not of less interest to Tariff reformers, because it
states the case against Tariff reform as well as it can possibly be
stated. We do not remember having seen such an acute mind, so highly
fitted for the task, in such hopeless confusion.”
− + =Sat. R.= 108: 137. Jl. 31, ’09. 2000w.
=Hocking, Joseph.=^{[9]} Sword of the Lord. **$1.25. Dutton.
9–10031.
“A story of Tudor England and contemporary Germany, the period of the
reformation in Europe, when Luther and Erasmus were most powerful. The
hero is Brian Hamilton, known far and wide as a hater of females. Henry
VIII sends him to Germany to escort a lady of noble birth to England,
whose presence is imperative in the latter country for political
reasons.... The narrative is full of little incidents that make the
period and its people seem very real. The figure of Luther is life-like
and true to history and the great scenes in which he figures—the burning
of the Pope’s bull and the Diet of Worms, are made vivid and
interesting.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The author has done his best to get the times in and has succeeded but
indifferently well.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 424. Ag. 19, ’09. 100w.
“A very readable romance.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 335. My. 29, ’09. 250w.
“The scenes in courts and camps are described with animation by this
well-known story-teller.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 170w.
=Hodges, Rev. George.=^{[6]} Apprenticeship of Washington, and other
sketches of significant colonial personages. **$1.25. Moffat.
9–4183.
A noteworthy contribution to our historical literature which shows how
Washington’s early training fitted him for later service. Contents: The
apprenticeship of Washington; The hanging of Mary Dyer; The adventures
of Captain Miles Standish; The education of John Harvard; The
forefathers of Jamestown.
* * * * *
“The value of these unassuming papers lies in the new aspect they
present of people and events that have been long familiar.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 105. Ap. ’09.
“Five short and readable, as well as scholarly and painstaking,
chapters.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 268. Ap. 16, ’09. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 130. Mr. 6, ’09. 220w.
=Hodges, Rev. George.=^{[10]} Garden of Eden: stories from the first
nine books of the Old Testament. †$1.50. Houghton.
9–27360.
Forty Bible stories for children, short, clearly told and to the point
of the lesson contained in the scriptural source. They are intended to
be read or told to children, and appear in attractive holiday binding.
* * * * *
“The unfortunate attempt has again been made to re-tell some of the
grand old Bible stories in language supposed to suit young readers.”
− =Dial.= 47: 442. D. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Dean Hodges’ collection will prove suggestive, and, were it not for
these mistaken affectations of style, would have wide reception.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 1018. D. 4, ’09. 120w.
“We have given space to this criticism of a poor book because it is
handsomely printed and illustrated, in a manner to attract unsuspecting
buyers.”
− =Nation.= 89: 464. N. 11, ’09. 240w.
“Old Testament stories entertainingly retold for children.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 663. O. 23, ’09. 10w.
“Through the volume there runs a vein of quiet humor that emphasizes at
once the human quality in which the Old Testament itself is rich, and
the reverence which underlies the whole treatment.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 786. D. 4, ’09. 300w.
=Hodson, A. L.=^{[9]} Letters from a settlement. $1.50. Longmans.
9–20784.
Letters describing experiences growing out of London settlement work.
“The author, who is evidently an excellent settlement worker, gives some
vivid pictures of the London poor; whilst not blind to their weaknesses,
she does justice to their good qualities. Almost every feature of
settlement work is described. The letters on boys’ clubs are especially
interesting. Miss Hodson understands the London boy. The letters throw
much light on the work of the charity organization society and reveal
the value of that much criticized body.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“A series of well-written and interesting letters. The letters were well
worth publishing, and prove the great good which is accomplished by a
well-organized settlement.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 153. Ag. 7. 180w.
“[The letters] give us a very good inner view of one of those charitable
houses in the East End of London.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 444. Jl. 17, ’09. 450w.
“The letters themselves are written with some sympathy, and they are not
difficult to read, but they do not go far towards helping anyone who
wants to know a little more definitely what, after all, a settlement is,
and who is not merely contented with hearing something of what residents
of a settlement may do.” Roger Howson.
+ − =Survey.= 23: 140. O. 30, ’09. 1250w.
=Hofmann, Josef.=^{[12]} Piano questions answered; a little book of
direct answers to 250 questions asked by piano students. **75c.
Doubleday.
9–27752.
Two-hundred and fifty replies to inquiries made thru the columns of the
Ladies’ home journal. “The questions that are answered are arranged
together under different headings, as technique, (in its many different
divisions,) the instrument, the pedals, practice, marks, and
nomenclature, phrasing, memorizing, playing for people, bad music, the
student’s age, and so on; and there are pages devoted to Bach,
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Are many useful specific hints on points of technique or
interpretation.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 117. D. ’09.
“Give hints and elucidate points which no text-book has space to dwell
upon.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 960. N. 27, ’09. 110w.
“What Mr. Hofmann says is practical, sound, genuine; and there are very
few students, or even players beyond the pupilary state, who would not
find help and stimulus in it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 744. N. 27, ’09. 400w.
=Hogan, Albert Edmond.=^{[5]} Pacific blockade. *$2. Oxford.
9–6476.
“Pacific blockade is a means of international coercion short of war
which first found use in the nineteenth century. The author by this
essay gives short historical sketches of the instances in which it has
been used and draws conclusions as to its present status and probable
future development. The discussion is based on some twenty conflicts,
most of them of lesser importance, some of which lasted but a day or two
and others of so transitory a nature that the facts are not definitely
known. Naturally under such circumstances the discussion must be at many
points vague as the author frankly admits.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“In this book the author has discussed a minor topic of international
law, fully, fairly and ably. It is the only treatise in English
exclusively upon this subject. Except to a person somewhat prejudiced
against the entire practice of pacific blockade, Mr. Hogan’s fairminded,
moderate statement of the case for it may seem very nearly convincing.
Yet there are certain objections. To allow absolutely unrestricted
traffic through the lines of a pacific blockade to all ships of third
states would in most cases make the blockade so ineffective as to be
valueless. It is a pity that the author is not clearer, is not less
inconsistent, on this point, for it is the crux of the whole matter.” T.
S. Woolsey.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 588. Ap. ’09. 780w.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 718. My. ’09. 300w.
“His historical work is exceedingly thorough and sound, and he puts most
‘pure historians’ of the period to shame by the abundant knowledge upon
which he bases a trenchant vindication of the policy adopted by
Palmerston in the affair of Don Pacifico.” G. B. H.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 207. Ja. ’09. 120w.
=Hogarth, David George.=^{[9]} Ionia and the East: six lectures
delivered before the University of London. *$1.15. Oxford.
9–23807.
“A summary of all that Mr. Hogarth and “his brother archaeologists have
to tell us about the rise of that splendid civilization with which the
history of the Hellenic world begins.” (Eng. Hist. R.) His main
contentions are that in Ittica the population before the migration to
Asia Minor was mainly Aegean mixed with a Danubian element; that the
Hittite civilization strongly influenced Hellenic culture in Ionia; and
that the Phoenicians played a small part in the development of Greek
civilization.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Hogarth has done more than sift historical data from vain
imaginings; he has not only collected the evidence, but has also
elicited from it all that it can prove, presenting his results with a
brevity, a completeness and a lucidity in startling contrast to the
manner of almost every other worker in the same field. In conclusion,
attention should also be called to the fact that the book is
incidentally a mine of information as to recent archaeological
discoveries in the East, and contains several important and interesting
discussions.” W. A. Galigher.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 541. Jl. ’09. 1100w.
“The one weak point in Mr. Hogarth’s admirable little book is his
disregard of the evidence of physical anthropology.” J. G.
+ − =Nature.= 81: 94. Jl. 22, ’09. 600w.
+ =Spec.= 103: 386. S. 11, ’09. 120w.
=Hogle, William M.=^{[7]} Internal combustion engines: a reference
book for designers, operators, engineers and students. *$3. McGraw.
9–11276.
“The book opens with a description of the usual cycles and some
practical comparisons. It then takes up practical details of operation,
starting devices, carburetters and vaporizers, producers, fuels and
combustion, engine compression and the indicator card. These matters are
arranged rather inconsequentially and take up half of the book. The
chapters on design follow, and last there are descriptions of governing
devices, ignition, engine testing, report of tests and various
miscellaneous tables. It is not a reference book, nor is it a book for
students, as it does not take up even the elementary theory. It is
rather a book for a person with practical experience and no technical
training.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The only part of his book which can in any sense be regarded as a
reference book is that part relating to design. It is pretty obvious at
once that the author does not know what has been published in the field
of gas-engine design or else has not seen fit to take advantage of such
publication. It is not without practical value; its greatest fault is in
describing itself as something that it certainly is not.” L. S. Marks.
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 59. My. 13, ’09. 600w.
“One of the main features lacking in this book is the ‘why’ and the
‘wherefore,’ rather than the ‘how.’”
− =Engin. Rec.= 59: 755. Je. 12, ’09. 300w.
=Holder, Charles Frederick, and Jordon, David Starr.= Fish stories
alleged and experienced; with a little history, natural and
unnatural. **$1.75. Holt.
9–5114.
These unusual fishing exploits and capital fish stories, classic and
otherwise, prepared by two prominent amateur and professional
ichthyologists, are full of entertainment and interest for the angler
and the naturalist. Some of the chapters are: Ancient anglers and their
literature; Fish stories of the fathers; Izaak Walton; Fishes on the
mountains of the sea; Fishing in the air; Boys’ fish and boys’ fishing;
and Little stories of strange fishes.
* * * * *
“Entertaining stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 104. Ap. ’09. ✠
“There is in the volume so much interesting information regarding the
natural history and habits of the many species of fishes which, in
various parts of the world, have fallen victims to the authors’
piscatorial skill, that the book would have been better if the imaginary
part had been left out.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 186. Ag. 14. 700w.
“Most entertaining reading for a sportsman’s idle hours.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 373. Je. 1, ’09. 300w.
“It is interesting in every part, it teems with scientific fact clearly
stated, and its facts and fictions do not overlap in that hazy
borderland which marks the work of writers who try to elucidate nature
with the equipment merely of the sensational journalist.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 421. Ap. 22, ’09. 60w.
“All in all, this is a delightful book for a fisherman and for general
readers who are not fishermen, but ought to be.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 163. Mr. 20, ’09. 1000w.
“The book will be pleasurable reading to not only fishermen but those
who wish a little entertainment with some information added to it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 160w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 638. My. ’09. 70w.
“There is plenty of variety and no lack of good reading in the forty
unconnected chapters.”
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 489. O. 2, ’09. 170w.
=Holland, Clive.=^{[8]} Tyrol and its people. **$2.50. Pott.