“The ‘Heart of Scotland,’ it should be understood, is Perthshire; it is
not undeserving of the name, for all that is of the best in the country
may be seen in sample there,—mountains, valleys, salmon and trout
streams and lochs, picturesque towns, and great historical associations.
Pen and pencil are happily combined to do justice to this fine theme.
Mr. Palmer’s pictures are well varied, and Mr. Moncrieff mingles the
serious and gay with equal success. It was a happy thought to follow the
two earlier volumes, ‘Bonnie Scotland’ and ‘Highlands and islands,’ by a
third, not inferior, to say the least, to its predecessors.”—Spec.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 46. O. ’09.
“A good book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 792. Je. 19, ’09. 40w.
“This is a very handsome volume, good to look at and good to read.”
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 493. O. 2, ’09. 120w.
=Moncrieff, Ascott Robert Hope.= Isle of Wight; described by A. R.
Hope Moncrieff; il. in color by A. Heaton Cooper. (Colour book ser.)
*$2.50. Macmillan.
9–5689.
Depicts the beauties of this historic island and connects with it men
and women prominent in English life and letters who have made it a
favorite summer home.
* * * * *
“The book is satisfactory.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1180. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“The narrative bears the respectable and unexciting character that one
would expect. The colored illustrations are vigorous and interesting.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 652. O. 31, ’08. 70w.
=Monroe, Mrs. Harriet Earhart.=^{[11]} Washington: its sights and
insights; new and rev. ed., **$1. Funk.
9–26652.
A new and revised edition of a guide book glorified by a bright, lively
personality. Mrs. Monroe teaches history, and interprets the meanings of
movements and institutions the while the tourist is gaining an outline
notion of the architectural construction.
* * * * *
“Makes available again an informing, well-written guide to the national
capital.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1045. N. 4, ’09. 100w.
“It is something more than an ordinary guide-book both in text and in
illustrations.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 636. O. 16, ’09. 80w.
=Monroe, Will Seymour.= In viking land: Norway, its people, its fjords
and its fjelds. $3. Page.
8–30604.
A survey of the social, economic and political condition of Norway of
to-day; a description of its scenery and domestic life; and a brief
account of the new king and methods and policies of administering the
affairs of this “most democratic country in the world.”
* * * * *
“More entertaining and more attractive in form than Willson’s ‘Norway at
home.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 20. S. ’09. ✠
“There are signs that many of the descriptions, both of scenery and
people, are at second hand. Though inferior to Mr. Wilson’s ‘Norway at
home’ in its survey of Norse institutions in social life, it gives a
better account than that book of the arts and the natural features of
the country.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 620w.
“An unusually attractive book of travel.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 50w.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1462. D. 17, ’08. 70w.
“The volume serves its purpose very well.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 90. Ja. 28, ’09. 180w.
“W. S. Monroe has found much that is interesting, and sets it forth
tersely and well.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 755. D. 5, ’08. 80w.
“The volume will be found to be full of interest.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 300w.
=Monroe, Will Seymour.=^{[11]} Sicily, the garden of the
Mediterranean; the history, people, institutions and geography of
the island. (Travel lovers’ ser.) $3. Page.
9–21276.
“Seems to touch upon everything from the voyage of Ulysses to the
earthquake of Messina, finally adding an annotated list of other books
about Sicily in four languages. The author recommends winter as the best
time for a tour of the island and discourages walking, cycling and
automobiling on account of bad roads and bandits. An unusual feature of
the work is the attention given to recent Sicilian writers, musicians
and artists about whom most of us know nothing.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Comprehensive but not particularly entertaining.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 46. O. ’09.
“A sober and sympathetic account of the island.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 824. O. 7, ’09. 110w.
“In no sense a guide-book, it will serve to fill out Baedeker’s
excessively skeletonized treatment of Sicily. There are trifling
blemishes in a work generally accurate and useful. For a lack of
literary distinction no one need criticise Mr. Monroe. He effects what
he sets out to do—a sober, well-balanced survey of a complicated
subject.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 461. N. 11, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Monroe’s ‘Sicily’ is put together in a very businesslike manner.
Any one who reads it through and contrives to retain in his memory a
reasonable proportion of its contents will have a good working knowledge
of the past and present of the island.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 950. D. 4, ’09. 540w.
=Montague, Margaret Prescott.= In Calvert’s valley. †$1.50. Baker.
8–31465.
A story of the West Virginia mountains in which a young business man is
led to believe that in a state of intoxication he pushed a man over a
cliff to his death, and a young woman is convinced that her rejection of
the unfortunate man’s suit caused him to become a suicide. The suspense
of these prisoners of conscience, their love for each other, and the
final revelations that clear up the mystery are the principal elements
in the story.
* * * * *
“While interesting is not over-exciting and has some good bits of humor
and sentiment.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 26. Ja. ’09. ✠
“The whole story is conscientious rather than brilliant, but it sustains
a reasonable degree of interest throughout, and is clearly the product
of close observation of the mountain folk and the mountain setting.” W:
M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 86. F. 1, ’09. 230w.
“Miss Montague has the story teller’s instinct. Her characters are well
differentiated in general outline, but she has yet much to learn in the
art of rounding them out into convincing personalities.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 719. D. 5, ’08. 570w.
“Comedy and tragedy are interwoven very simply and convincingly. The
local colour is quaint and amusing, and the plot is so well thought out
that only a few readers will guess the dénouement beforehand. The
author’s style when describing nature shows an anthropomorphic bias.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 822. Je. 26, ’09. 150w.
=Montaigne, Michael Eyquem de.= Essayes of Michael Eyquem, sieur de
Montaigne, gentleman in ordinary to his majesty King Henry III of
France; tr. by J: Florio; with an introd. by T: Seccombe. (New
library ed.) 3v. *$10. Dutton.
Three volumes whose workmanship is in keeping with the distinction of
the subject. “Whatever may be said of Florio’s occasional inaccuracies,
his translation of Montaigne has two undeniable merits. It was accepted
at once (the first edition is dated 1603) as an integral part of English
literature, preparing the way for a succession of essayists from Bacon
to Lamb, who have no parallel in any other country; and it succeeded
admirably in preserving the spirit of the original.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Seccombe’s introduction is sufficient, if not altogether inspired,
or uniformly well-written; the subject leading him, no doubt, to
interlard his phrases with unnecessary scraps of French.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 226. F. 20. 110w.
“This limited edition is beautifully made, and of those eleven hundred
and fifty copies printed for sale in England and America ‘before the
type was distributed,’ none are likely to find their way to the
second-hand counters.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Dial.= 47: 19. Jl. 1, ’09. 1050w.
“We could wish that this new and handsomely printed edition had been
more generously, or at least differently, planned. It is hard to see any
profit in retaining the spelling and, more especially, the eccentric
punctuation of the original edition.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 362. Ap. 8, ’09. 1450w.
“The present edition has a charm of its own, due to the careful
preservation of the spelling of the early seventeenth century and to the
slightly antique character of the type.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 209. Ap. 10, ’09. 950w.
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 84. Ja. 16, ’09. 420w.
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 655. My. 22, ’09. 1200w.
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 684. My. 29, ’09. 1150w.
=Montgomery, Harry Earl.= Vital American problems. **$1.50. Putnam.
8–24847.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The author states that his book is ‘an attempt to solve the trust,
labor and negro problems.’ This is rather an ambitious program for one
man in one book and invites criticism easily avoided by a more modest
statement. ‘Negro problem’ is the poorest section in the book. The
author has plenty of ideas which are good. He shows, however, no
intimate acquaintance with the actual living conditions of the negro or
with the best literature on the subject.” Carl Kelsey.
− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 213. Ja. ’09. 700w.
“While intended for the general public it can hardly be expected that
this volume will give anyone a real grasp on these problems, though to
one already somewhat familiar with them it might be of aid in offering a
definite solution.”
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 106. F. ’09. 150w.
“While he has nothing particularly new to say, his book will be found a
sane and thoughtful contribution to the mass of testimony and argument
which sometimes illuminates, but more often befogs, the great questions
which the American people are facing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 140w.
“It will be a useful book, both because of its clarity of statement and
of its suggestiveness.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 24. Ja. 2, ’09. 150w.
“He has handled this difficult task very well. His book bears evidence
of wide reading and painstaking study.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 192. Mr. ’09. 160w.
=Montgomery, Helen Barrett.= Empire of the East: a simple account of
Japan as it was, is, and will be. **$2.50. McClurg.