“Gives an account of the theory and practice of the dressing of minerals
(including coal), which will prove useful to mining engineers and
metallurgists, to manufacturers who supply the necessary appliances, and
especially to students who are preparing for either of these
professions. The author has drawn upon the very large amount of
practical work which has been done by manufacturers of apparatus, and
numerous excellently illustrated descriptions of standard machines and
devices are included.”—Engin. D.
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+ =Engin. D.= 6: 55. Jl. ’09. 250w.
“An excellent treatise on this very important subject, and on which the
literature is so meagre. The work should commend itself as a reference
both to the student and the practical worker in ore dressing and coal
washing. The book offers many valuable suggestions to its readers, and
while it is not complete, it is of sufficient scope and sufficient
detail to commend itself readily and to merit the attention of any one
interested in mineral dressing operations.” W. G. Haldane.
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 26. S. 16, ’09. 800w.
“A book which will prove of much value to students of mining
engineering.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 503. O. 30, ’09. 600w.
“The book is well written and interesting, more especially, perhaps, in
those parts that deal with theoretical considerations which relate to
the construction of the machines.”
+ − =Nature.= 81: 91. Jl. 22, ’09. 1000w.
=Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford.=^{[10]} English spelling and spelling
reform. **$1.50. Harper.
9–26304.
The author bids his readers take issue with the state of mind that
recommends the old spelling only on account of custom and prejudice,
that defends it thru ignorance, that makes it an object of veneration
thru superstition. His volume is a plea for spelling reform in which he
collects, combines and “puts in a form easily comprehensible by the
general reader, the widely scattered facts that go to show the character
and characteristics of English orthography,” and brings out “with
distinction the deep-seated disease under which it labors.”
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“The tone of the book is aggressive and the author’s temper far from
judicial, but it is, nevertheless, a learned, spirited and amusing
work.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 120. D. ’09.
“We have said that Dr. Lounsbury’s volume is contentious, aggressive,
destructive. It is certainly one which no opponent of simplified
spelling can afford to ignore. But it has value and interest quite apart
from its contention. It is full of construction. And there is not a dull
page in it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 644. O. 23, ’09. 720w.
“The entire subject is treated consecutively and with great clarity of
style.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 100w.
=Lovell, Ingraham, pseud.=^{[11]} Margarita’s soul: the romantic
recollections of a man of fifty. †$1.50. Lane.
9–26806.
The story of a young savage and her training. “Our author has shown
himself ingenious in providing a special sort of savage, a girl of
mingled Italian, New England, and Virginia blood, who has been kept
sedulously ignorant of civilization by a recluse father. The real
interest of the story lies, of course, in the totally unexpected things
which Margarita does in circumstances in which civilization provides a
formula which everybody else obeys with mechanical precision. Margarita
does not know the formula. Therefore, when Margarita is kissed—or when
Margarita is lonely—or when Margarita is hungry or angry—Margarita is
worth watching.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Altogether, however, ‘Margarita’s soul’ is a book for which we ought to
be grateful. It is off the beaten track, refreshingly new and earnest
and tenderly strong. The best thing about the book is its originality.
It owes no conscious debt to any other author.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 30: 384. D. ’09. 850w.
“Makes unusually pleasant reading for those who do not mind a discursive
and reminiscent treatment.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 636. O. 23, ’09. 470w.
“Just because it is discursive and easy-going the book is emphatically
enjoyable. We should be hard put to it to name a better American novel
of the month.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 514. O. 30, ’09. 140w.
=Low, Alfred Maurice.=^{[11]} American people: a study in national
psychology. **$2.25. Houghton.
9–28143.
The author traces the development of the American national consciousness
from the earliest times to the revolution, showing the relation of
historical facts to psychological progress in order to prove that the
American people “have not sprung from the air but are, similar to all
other highly developed races, the product of evolution”; in their case
political and sociological. He observes that American is not merely a
geographical expression, but the name of a country whose people present
distinct. coherent, and highly individual traits and characteristics
distinguishing them from all other people.
* * * * *
“From a Catholic point of view, Mr. Low’s work presents agreeable
aspects.”
+ =Cath. World.= 90: 390. D. ’09. 600w.
“His spirit is admirable. His style lacks a little in sobriety, and
still more in simplicity and logical order. There are minor errors or
defects, regrettable only as interfering with the effect of careful and
valuable work.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 692. N. 6, ’09. 870w.
+ =Outlook.= 93: 649. N. 27, ’09. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 764. D. ’09. 90w.
=Low, Will Hicok.= Chronicle of friendships. **$3. Scribner.
8–30913.
Reminiscences of painters and men of letters associated with Paris and
Barbizon forty years ago which reveal especially the friendship of
Robert Louis Stevenson, his cousin, R. A. M. Stevenson, and the author.
* * * * *
“A work of unusual interest and great charm.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 79. Mr. ’09.
“Mr. Low writes with admirable discretion and taste, and he writes
extremely well to boot.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 125. Ja. 30. 920w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 902. D. 12, ’08. 60w.
“Many efforts have been made, both in fiction and in reminiscences, to
paint the life of artists and of art students, but we know of none so
successful as this.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 662. D. 31, ’08. 440w.
“Delightful book of reminiscences.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 686. N. 21, ’08. 1450w.
+ =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 70w.
=Lowe, Paul Emilius.=^{[12]} Electric railway troubles and how to find
them. $1.50. Drake, F: J.
9–22202.
“Innumerable practical points, brought out only by the experience that a
repairman or a motorman would be expected to gain, are combined in this
volume with what an engineer would call bits of very elementary
theory.... It may be best briefly described as a guide to the proper
inspection, testing and repair of motors, controllers, lightning
arresters, substation apparatus, and the minor electrical fittings of an
electric car.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The author has compiled in this volume considerable instructive
information that will furnish the student with a guide in motor
operation.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 247. S. ’09. 70w.
“The book is intended for mechanics and seems admirably to fill their
needs. It is a welcome addition to books of this class, which in times
past have too often been loosely compiled, or disjointedly written.”
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 47. N. 18, ’09. 100w.
=Lowell, Percival.=^{[12]} Evolution of worlds. *$2.50. Macmillan.
In substance, a course of lectures delivered before the Massachusetts
institute of technology. In his eight chapters Professor Lowell traces
the course of heavenly bodies from the darkness out of which they spring
to the darkness to which they return. It is with the cycle of birth,
growth and decay that he deals in chapters under the following headings:
Birth of a solar system; Evidence of the initial catastrophe in our own
place; The inner planets; The outer planets; Formation of planets; A
planet’s history; Death of a world.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 757. D. 4, ’09. 190w.
=Lowell, Percival.= Mars as the abode of life. *$2.50. Macmillan.
8–36795.
Eight lectures delivered at the Lowell institute in 1906. They “outline
a new science, which the author calls a science of planetology, the
history of the career of a planet considered as such, dealing as it does
with the genesis and development of what we call a world.” (R. of Rs.)
He makes application of the law of evolution as it has been and is
operating on our own planet; he shows that the action of the sun in
decreasing oceans and the density of air results in canals to utilize
the “failing resources of water. In such a state as this Mr. Lowell
believes the planet Mars now to be; the ‘canals’ seen there he thinks to
be evidences of the handiwork of intelligent beings.” (Dial.)
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 45. F. ’09.
“It would be impossible to condense what is said on the subject in the
work before us, but we would strongly recommend those interested to read
it for themselves. Personally we feel with Mr. Bryant—(‘History of
astronomy,’ p. 215) that ‘the assumptions involved are so great that
Prof. Lowell’s very plausible explanation can hardly be called
convincing.’”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 186. Ag. 14. 220w.
“The outward appearance of the book is just as delightful to the eye as
its subject matter is to the mind.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 87. F. 1, ’09. 430w.
“A book which will prove to readers of intelligence more fascinating
than any novel of the year.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 260. F. 4, ’09. 880w.
“In the volume before us, which may be looked upon as a delightful essay
on the birth and development of worlds, Prof. Lowell has presented us
with a vein of thought which will appeal to a very wide circle of
readers.”
+ =Nature.= 80: 212. Ap. 22, ’09. 1000w.
“It is only fair to say at once that Mr. Lowell’s book at once stirs the
imagination and clears the subject marvelously of the clouds of
misapprehension with which hasty discussion of his sensational seeming
announcements has fogged it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 781. D. 19, ’08. 2300w.
“The book is fascinatingly readable, and to the lay reader little short
of convincing in its conclusions.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 336. F. 13, ’09. 580w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 253. F. ’09. 340w.
“It may be said that this book has not the dignity of a grand
speculation. Possibly some of Professor Lowell’s quips and his cuts at
the enemies of his theories are inappropriate, judged by the usual
academic standard, but for ourselves we do not profess to lament the
junction of raciness and profundity. There is room for men who carry
their learning lightly.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 303. F. 20, ’09. 2100w.
=Lowes, Emily Leigh.= Chats on old lace and needlework. *$2. Stokes.