“Contains many real, old-fashioned legends from fairyland. The history
of Prince Glee and Princess Trill, the cruel persecutions of Aunt Spite,
and the adventures of other dwellers in fairyland are told for children,
with the accompanying necessities of moral lessons. The pictures and
many decorative devices are by R. L. and H. J. Knowles, who have
resorted to the unusual expedient of giving an exhaustive table of
contents, assigning each tiny drawing to one or other of the two
artists.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 756. D. 5, ’08. 110w.
=Outlook.= 91: 108. Ja. 16, ’09. 80w.
=Parrish, Randall.=^{[11]} My lady of the South: a story of the civil
war. †$1.50. McClurg.
9–26140.
Although this is a war-time story the interest centers about the
Southern home of old Judge Dunn with its mysterious passages and sliding
fire place, while the bitter feud between two old families is the cause
of much dramatic complication. There are strange murders, always done in
the dark, and the terrible face of a crazed woman which appears and
disappears. Thru it all runs the thread of romance until the gallant
Northern officer, having shown himself both brave and honorable, wins my
lady of the South.
=Parry, Sir Charles Hubert H.=^{[12]} Johann Sebastian Bach. **$3.50.
Putnam.
9–30624.
“Bach’s temperament and character, his deep religious feeling, all his
impulses and energies, went to the creation of music, the development of
its powers of expression, the discovery of its possibilities, so far as
they could be realized in his day, and in all this Sir Hubert is his
biographer, indeed. Thus does he lead us to see the man as well as the
musician, and his analysis of the period that prepared his coming, that
called for it, is a model of exposition.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Is first of all, and most of the time, a book for musicians, to be
recommended to scholarly conductors, who will find in it a rich fund of
helpful suggestion. The book has also the distinction of its author’s
wider culture, his wider outlook on the life of art.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 290w.
“Dr. Parry’s own researches into the history of music and musical
personalities have made him pre-eminently the person to write the life
story of such a great personality.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 757. D. ’09. 130w.
=Parsons, Mrs. Florence Mary (Mrs. Clement Parsons).=^{[12]}
Incomparable Siddons. **$3.50. Putnam.
A work that “throws all the known traits, professional and private, of
Mrs. Siddons, into bold relief, and so recreates, as it were, an extinct
personality. This constitutes its salient merit and charm. It recalls
the almost unanimous testimony of credible eye-witnesses to the regal
beauty, the matchless grace and dignity, the melting pathos, and the
majestic passion of this queen of the tragic stage.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Mrs. Clement Parsons has got together a great amount of entertaining
matter relating to the English stage of a century and more ago, the
histrionically gifted Kemble family, and the brightly shining light of
that family, Mrs. Sarah Kemble Siddons. The lack of any recent and
detailed work on her chosen subject makes her book timely and
acceptable.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 512. D. 16, ’09. 250w.
“This latest work by Mrs. Parsons exhibits all the characteristics that
distinguished her ‘Garrick and his circle.’ The book will not only prove
a boon to the ordinary reader, but a valuable aid to the more deliberate
student of theatrical affairs. It is a full and good book which no
student of theatrical literature can afford to neglect.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 579. D. 9, ’09. 1050w.
“Mrs. Clement Parsons’ biography is painstaking, and, as far as we have
tested it, accurate, and may be commended to those who wish to know more
of the woman who ruled the English stage for thirty years.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 665. N. 27. ’09. 900w.
=Parsons, Frank.=^{[6]} Choosing a vocation. *$1. Houghton.
9–14718.
A study of the problems involved in the choice of a vocation solved in a
careful, scientific way with emphasis upon one’s “aptitudes, abilities,
ambitions, resources and limitations and the relations of these elements
to the conditions of success in different industries.” The three general
headings of the treatment are: The personal investigation; The
industrial investigation; The organization and the work. The second part
contains an elaborate scheme for personal record and self-analysis.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 178. Je. ’09. ✠
“To educators and others who share the responsibility of directing young
persons to select a profession or trade the book will amply repay
study.”
+ =Cath. World.= 90: 114. O. ’09. 350w.
“The book is well worthy the careful reading and thoughtful
consideration of every man and woman who has to face the choice of
workers in any field of life or upon whom devolves the duty and
privilege of assisting anyone to choose a vocation.”
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 35. O. 14, ’09. 400w.
+ =Ind.= 67: 257. Jl. 29, ’09. 160w.
“It will be found useful to parents as well as to their children and
indeed to all whose privilege and responsibility it is to direct the
lives and prescribe the careers of the coming men and women of the
country.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 542. O. 2. ’09. 100w.
“A very important portion of Prof. Parsons’s book is that in which he
illustrates his methods by citing sample cases. These citations are both
interesting and instructive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 400. Je. 26, ’09. 500w.
=Partridge, Anthony.= The distributors. †$1.50. McClure.
8–28064.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A strange, clever, impossible sort of story with a curiously warped
sense of right and wrong.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 28: 588. F. ’09. 410w.
“There are numerous thrills in the fantastic romance, and much
sprightliness of dialogue.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 85. F. 1, ’09. 230w.
“Mr. Anthony Partridge’s story is as startling as it is dangerously
suggestive. The idle rich should avoid it as offering a peculiar
temptation to them in particular.”
− =Ind.= 66: 487. Mr. 4, ’09. 260w.
=Partridge, Anthony.=^{[6]} Kingdom of earth. †$1.50. Little.
9–13542.
A story of love and revolution involving an American college woman
educated at Wellesley, and a European crown prince, who permitting a
profligate foster brother to scamper about Paris incognito, and to be
taken for himself, was hated by the ruler, his uncle, no less than by
the people of the kingdom. He started a socialist campaign, placed
before the people ideas of democracy, helped them to establish a
republic, all unknown and unappreciated until he had very nearly lost
his life at the hands of the mob.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 28. S. ’09.
“A book that will hold the attention of the class of readers who are
endowed with a love of the spectacular, and do not bind their favorite
author to a strict account regarding the unities or the probabilities.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 824. S. ’09. 200w.
Reviewed by W: M. Payne.
=Dial.= 47: 47. Jl. 16, ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Partridge’s central idea is a novel one and he has worked it out
skillfully, leading the reader on from chapter to chapter with new
complications and mysteries and perils and adventures growing more and
more exciting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 355. Je. 5, ’09. 380w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Patmore, K. A.=^{[11]} Court of Louis XIII. **$3.50. Brentano’s.
A sketch that shows the power of Richelieu as contrasted with the
loutishness and degeneracy of the king. “The book is more an endeavor to
give us the atmosphere and color of the time and court than a collection
of facts and dates. These are by no means lacking, but it is not they
that keep the reader eagerly turning the pages.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Mrs. Patmore evidently takes great interest in her subject, and has
studied all the best sources with care; so that her book has freshness
and an air of accurate presentment.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 353. S. 25. 1500w.
“It is a picturesque and engaging account of this reign within a reign.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14; 634. O. 23, ’09. 210w.
“We may say at once that the author of this book does not always show
the discretion which the subject imperatively demands. The book,
however, has great merits. No pains have been spared in making it
complete; the men and women of the time are lifelike as they are made to
move before us; we carry away with us a vivid picture of the time.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 464. S. 25, ’09. 400w.
=Paton, Lewis Bayles.=^{[5]} Critical and exegetical commentary on the
book of Esther. (The international critical commentary.) **$2.25.
Scribner.
8–30156.
“Contains—excluding the indices—306 pages, 118 of which are devoted to
introductory matters, the rest to the detailed comments.... The detailed
comments are sane, cautious, and complete, meeting the needs of the
student who desires an adequate knowledge of the narrative of Esther....
The introductory material is discussed under five general heads. Under
the first the author indicates the various positions assigned to Esther
in Hebrew and Greek manuscripts, and in printed editions of the Old
Testament. The text as found in different Hebrew and Greek recensions is
treated at length in the succeeding section.... The remaining three
sections deal with questions of higher criticism, canonicity, and the
history of interpretation from the earliest times to the year
1908.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“The commentary places within the reach of every English reader a sane,
competent, and scholarly guide to the best that is known concerning the
book of which it treats, and ought to find a place in the library of
every student of the Bible.” G: A. Barton.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 286. Ap. ’09. 720w.
“Characterized by scholarship and sanity; it is indispensable to the
close student of this biblical romance.”
+ =Bib. World.= 32: 438. D. ’08. 20w.
“The reader may hesitate at times to follow Professor Paton all the way,
but no one who desires to understand the Book of Esther can afford to
disregard this volume, for undoubtedly it is without equal in the
English language, and in many respects it is superior to commentaries in
other languages.” F: C. Eiselen.
+ + − =Bib. World.= 33: 131. F. ’09. 1200w.
=Paton, Lewis Bayles.=^{[9]} Recent Christian progress: studies in
Christian thought and work during the last seventy-five years. *$3.
Macmillan.
9–22199.
Studies prepared by professors and alumni of Hartford theological
seminary in celebration of its seventy-fifth anniversary. May 24–26,
1909. They are grouped under preliminary studies, Old Testament, New
Testament, church history, systematic theology, the modern churches,
church work, allied agencies, home missions, and foreign missions.
* * * * *
“Some of the essays are necessarily fragmentary contributions to the
subjects, but the volume is valuable as indicating to the student where
to look for further information, as showing drifts and as illustrating
the productive scholarship of Hartford seminary.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 82. N. ’09.
=Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 60w.
“As the essays cover the whole theological and religious field there is
something for all tastes, and we commend it as a comprehensive sort of
encyclopedia, in which the reader can trust his informants.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 150w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 491. N. 18, ’09. 90w.
=Patten, Simon Nelson.=^{[6]} Product and climax. (Art of life ser.)
*50c. Huebsch.
9–15869.
A little book of definite sociological interest to the settlement
worker. It is a study of the laborer’s social unrest in which the
lecturer finds wanting a proper balance between action and toil,
resulting in the product, and reaction in enjoyment and recreation—the
climax of satisfaction. The causes of unrest are analyzed and a cure is
suggested which will bring about the right relation between work and
play.
* * * * *
“The new basis [of civilization] apart, Prof. Patten has some very
valuable and striking ideas.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 462. Jl. 31, ’09. 550w.
=Survey.= 22: 344. Je. 5, ’09. 500w. (Quoted paragraphs from the
book.)
=Patterson, John Henry.=^{[12]} In the grip of the nyika; further
adventures in British East Africa. $2. Macmillan.
9–30334.
A “plain account” of the trials and adventures that befell the author on
two expeditions thru the nyika, or wilderness, in British East Africa.
Alternately at the mercy of wild men and wild beasts, the author’s
narrative reflects the strain put upon a mind tense with alertness. The
illustrations are from the author’s own photographs.
=Patterson, Rev. M. W.=^{[12]} History of the Church of England. *$2.
Longmans.
A work of moderate size whose point of view is that of a strong
churchman agreeing with the leaders of the Oxford movement that “the
church is a substantive body, independent of the state, with rights,
privileges, and title-deeds of its own.” The author does not minimize
the effects of the reformation altho he believes that its course was
marred by evils. The work is a history written in the light of modern
understanding.
* * * * *
“The Rev. M. W. Patterson makes no claim of original research, yet it is
an uncommonly good summary. The author’s point of view is that of a
moderate Anglican, and the treatment is characterized throughout by
fairness and self-restraint. The eighteenth century fares very badly.
Taken as a whole, however, the book is one of the best, as it is one of
the most readable, of the many brief histories of the English church.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 230w.
“The work is well thought out and proportioned, as far as it goes. We
could wish that the manner were always worthy of the matter.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 788. Je. 19, ’09. 600w.
“Generally he steers with success the middle course, and may be relied
upon for impartial judgment and a reasonable estimate of doubtful
personalities and causes.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 136. Jl. 24, ’09. 670w.
=Pauer, Ernst.= Musical forms. (Music students’ lib.) 75c. Ditson.
Gives a clear explanation of the various forms used in vocal and
instrumental music such as anthem, mass, oratorio, passion music,
chorale, aria, chorus, cantata, song, ballad, madrigal, opera, prelude,
toccata, invention, fugue, symphony, sonata, quartet, caprice, fantasia,
and dance forms, classical and modern.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 88: 96. Ja. 28, ’09. 140w.
=Paul-Dubois, Louis F. A.= Contemporary Ireland; ed. by T. M. Kettle.
**$2. Baker.
9–2601.
“Represents an attempt of a mind, at once scientific and imaginative, to
see Ireland steadily and to see it whole.” The author “begins his work
with an historical introduction, filling about ninety pages, in which he
gives a remarkably lucid and sympathetic outline of the history of
Ireland as diverted from normal channels, first by the Viking invasion
and then by English conquests and government.... He then proceeds to a
study of political and social conditions, material decadence, and the
possibilities of a regeneration of Ireland. In conclusion he asserts
that Ireland has now reached a turning-point in her history, and that
her future, whether it shall be one of decay or of regeneration,
‘depends upon the direction she takes and the effort she puts forth.’”
(Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“A scholarly sympathetic study of Irish history and conditions.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 107. Ap. ’09.
“His book is thus valuable as a compendium, an encyclopædic reference
ready for the student seeking the original sources of Irish history.
What one deplores is that the journalistic plan of the book works ill to
its most vital topic—the regenerative influences now in progress in
Ireland.” Ellen FitzGerald.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 80. F. 1, ’09. 1800w.
“Mr. Kettle praises this introduction warmly, and most readers will
share in his enthusiasm.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 986. D. 26, ’08. 600w.
=Nation.= 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 8. Ja. 2, ’09. 600w.
“We cannot quite accept the translator’s very high estimate of its
value, for it shows little insight into the social conditions of modern
Ireland. But as a political study it was well worth translation, and it
has been very well rendered.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 142. Ja. 30, ’09. 1500w.
=Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph.=^{[7]} History of the “George” worn on the
scaffold by Charles I. $2.50. Longmans.
A narrative based upon the author’s theory concerning the disposition of
“George”—the medallion of the Order of the garter—which Charles I wore
at the time of his execution. History states that the exiled Stuarts had
it. “But for certain ingenious and, in the main, convincing reasons Sir
Ralph Payne-Gallwey concludes that this was not the ‘George’ which
Charles wore, but that the latter passed to one of the king’s guards,
Colonel Thomlinson, thence to the Parliamentary commissioners, was
bought from them by one Widmore, probably acting for Thomlinson, was
returned to Charles II by Thomlinson’s sister, and is now in Windsor
castle.” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“Few who pick up the attractive little book which embodies this
excursion into history and antiquarianism are likely to lay it down
unread. The essay it contains is at once a very pretty piece of
historical method and, to one interested in such things, an interesting
story.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 851. Jl. ’09. 320w.
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 132. Jl. 31. 750w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 240w.
=Payot, Jules.=^{[12]} Education of the will; tr. from the French by
Smith Ely Jelliffe. **$1.50. Funk.
9–29208.
A French work that has run thru twenty-seven editions since 1893. Under
the heading “Theoretical section” the author presents in a preliminary
discussion the evils to be overcome, the aim to pursue and false
theories of the education of the will; next, he devotes a section to the
psychology of the will; and third, treats the internal measures; under
the heading, “Practical section,” are two divisions treating
respectively, private meditations—the enemies to combat—and the sources
of our environment. His work combines scientific authority and practical
common sense.
* * * * *
“It is a necessary work for up-to-date teachers and physicians. It will
also interest the intelligent public in general.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1078. D. 11, ’09. 40w.
=Peabody, Cecil Hobart, and Miller, Edward Furber.= Steam-boilers. 2d
ed., rev. and enl. $4. Wiley.
8–31132.
For this second edition each chapter has been rewritten and brought down
to date. A chapter on superheaters has been added. The following
subjects are treated: Types of boilers; Superheaters; Fuel and
combustion; Corrosion and incrustation; Settings, furnaces and chimneys;
Power of boilers; Staying and other details; Strength of boilers; Boiler
accessories; Shop practice; Testing boilers; Boiler design.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 122. Ap. ’09.
“While written primarily for the use of students, it will be found
valuable as a guide to approved practice by engineers interested in
steam-power production.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 56. Ja. ’09. 200w.
“A fault shared by many books on technical subjects, is found in parts
of this book, in that specific directions and statements are set forth
as of general application, which in reality apply only in special cases.
Their book is carefully written, and the few points open to criticism do
not affect the value of the book to any serious extent.” C. C. Thomas.
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 16. F. 18, ’09. 1200w.
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 111. Ja. 23, ’09. 300w.
=Peabody, Josephine Preston (Mrs. Lionel S. Marks).=^{[12]} Piper.
**$1.10. Houghton.
9–29824.
A poetic drama based upon the old legend of the “Pied piper” but
enriched and spiritualized by modern thought and symbolism. The piper,
true to the legend, lures the children away, but only to a cave where he
holds simple court and provides rare entertainment for them. He is an
idealist whose sole mission is that of releasing from bondage; when the
daughter of the mayor of Hamlin is to be sacrificed as a nun to an
outraged Heaven, his magic pipe rescues her for her lover; when the
grief of the stricken mother of a child whom he lured away becomes an
illumination to him of the unconquerable mother love, he yields his
scheme of vengeance and leads the children home, and fares forth on the
high-road to pipe elsewhere.
* * * * *
“This is a little poetic play of uncommon quality, having distinct
literary and dramatic value.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 606. D. 16, ’09. 500w.
“It yields abundant pleasure to the reader, but it bears every evidence
of having been written for the stage, and on the stage its full beauty
would be made manifest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 850w.
“A play of fresh feeling and of original conception and charm of
manner.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 651. N. 27, ’09. 100w.
=Peake, Arthur Samuel.=^{[12]} Christianity: its nature and its truth.
**$1.25. Crowell.
“Dr. Arthur S. Peake, D. D., of the University of Manchester, takes up,
in his book, ‘Christianity, its nature and its truth,’ the questions
that seem to be characteristic of the times, and attempts to distinguish
what is transient from what is permanent in Christian doctrine. Some
readers will feel that the author is too easily satisfied with the
answers he finds; but many will have clearer ideas as a consequence of
their reading.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“His point of view is essentially orthodox, notwithstanding his wide
departure from traditional methods of interpretation.”
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 288. O. ’09. 70w.
“His results are distinctly conservative, but conservatism does not mean
with him either a lack of scholarship or a lack of sympathy with present
thought.” E. S. Drown.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 722. N. 20, ’09. 150w.
“Dr. Peake has the uncommon gift of seeing clearly and putting strongly
the arguments which he undertakes to answer. His frankness and freedom
from dogmatism will win many whom the forceful assertions and formal
reasoning of others have failed to persuade.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 170w.
=Peck, Ellen Mary H. (Mrs. James Sidney Peck).= Travels in the Far
East. *$3. Mrs. James S. Peck, 5 Waverley pl., Milwaukee, Wis.
9–5984.
The record of a nine months’ tour around the world including Egypt,
Northern India, Burma, Southern India, Ceylon, Malay peninsula, Java,
Siam, Southern China, Japan, Northern China, Manchuria and Korea. The
work is a succession of word pictures, supplemented generously by
reproduced photographs, abounding in description of places and people,
institutions and industries, customs and manners, with here and there
bits of history and traditional lore. Mrs. Peck’s book is of value to
the travel student because of the record’s manifest fidelity to facts.
* * * * *
“Presents in a pleasing manner a series of interesting first
impressions.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 430. S. ’09. 100w.
“The reader will not find an excess of detail nor a burden of historical
facts, but he will find enough of both to appreciate Mrs. Peck’s
progress.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 220w.
“The great attraction of the work is its wealth of beautiful and
well-chosen illustrations.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.
=Peck, Harry Thurston.=^{[7]} Studies in several literatures. **$1.20.
Dodd.
9–13530.
Contains twelve essays covering a range of books and authors from Homer
to Conan Doyle. Contents: The Odyssey; Alciphron; Milton; The lyrics of
Tennyson; Longfellow; Poe as a story-writer; Hawthorne and “The scarlet
letter”; Emerson; Thackeray and “Vanity fair”; Anthony Trollope; Émile
Zola; Tolstoi’s “Anna Karénina”; Alphonse Daudet’s masterpiece “Sapho”;
The detective story; The psychology of the printed page.
* * * * *
“Offer little that is original or suggestive in the way of
interpretation but are entertaining reading for those who enjoy the
author’s breezy and confident style.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 48. O. ’09.
“When you agree with him, he is delightfully informing, intelligent,
perspicuous; when he runs counter to your own likes and dislikes he is
unaccountably perverse, even irritating. Then he becomes dogmatic and
opinionated.” Ward Clark.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 529. Jl. ’09. 920w.
“If we may judge from these ‘studies,’ Professor Peck is not a student
in the ordinary sense; he is one who picks up commonplaces about people
and things, and expresses them in a smart and chirpy style which
furnishes his readers a moderate degree of entertainment.”
− =Dial.= 47: 74. Ag. 1, ’09. 300w.
“The essays are all readable, being light, anecdotic, and allusive. What
will prove to be newest to the ordinary reader, for whom they are
undoubtedly intended, is the treatment of Greek and Roman novelists.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 354. S. 4, ’09. 170w.
“They are of some little value to students of the authors mentioned, but
to people who have the habit of thinking for themselves they are
unsatisfactory.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 429. Jl. 10, ’09. 350w.
=Peixotto, Ernest Clifford.=^{[11]} Through the French provinces.
**$2.50. Scribner.
9–27597.
“We thought ourselves perfectly familiar with the beauties and
picturesqueness of the French chateaux, did we not? Well, Mr. Peixotto
has rediscovered others, famous once, forgotten now—Vaux-le-Vicomte,
Courances, and Fleury-en-Bière—all three of them easily reached, in the
neighborhood of Fontainebleau. Here is a suggestion capable of infinite
expansion, but there are others in this book, which is one long
invitation, extended with contagious enthusiasm, to go wandering by
autoboat and autocar, around Paris.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“The ‘rôle’ of author-illustrator is a difficult one, too often played
badly; but Mr. Ernest Peixotto is competent for it, as he proves anew by
his skilful conduct of his readers.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 461. D. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Peixotto does not forget, in his enthusiasm, to be practical in his
rôle as guide. His drawings are a delight, of course.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1042. N. ’09. 150w.
“Were not this record of travel reenforced by very charming sketches it
would be more or less unimportant. The style is fluent; but the drawings
are a sufficient justification. Here Mr. Peixotto is individual and
charming and his book will be valued for these graphic representations
of a land of romance.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 786. N. 6, ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Peixotto has a fluent style and his pictures are at once graphic,
individual, and charming.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“Mr. Peixotto’s pen-drawings are vibrant as always, carry a discreet
elimination very far, and gain thereby in picturesqueness and essential
truthfuless to effect.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 110w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 760. D. ’09. 40w.
=Pelzer, Louis.=^{[7]} Augustus Caesar Dodge. $2. State historical
society, Iowa City, Ia.
9–4597.
Belongs to the “Iowa biographical series.” “There is not much to be said
about Augustus Caesar Dodge as a national figure. He was essentially a
commonplace man, possessing neither originality nor marked political
talent. But as the representative of the territory and state of Iowa, he
is not uninteresting.... Mr. Pelzer records the political revolution of
1854 which broke the Democratic ascendency in Iowa and prevented the
re-election of Dodge to the Senate; but he has given no adequate
explanation of the revulsion of popular sentiment in a constituency
which has hitherto been staunchly Democratic.” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“Within the somewhat narrow limits of his task, Mr. Pelzer exhibits
great industry.” Allen Johnson.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 857. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“The State historical society of Iowa is performing a distinct service
in publishing this series of biographies.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 723. My. ’09. 60w.
=Pemberton, Max.= Show girl.^{[7]} †$1. Winston.
9–16437.
A story set in the Latin quarter of Paris “which tells in letters the
story of an idle Englishman’s love for a Parisian dancer, virtuous amid
doubtful associates, and of mysterious parentage. A hypocritical
clergyman’s hunger for income at the hero’s expense provides some cheap
amusement; and an impulsive Irishman is an attractive figure.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“The melodramatic part of the tale, which includes a murder, is only
moderately interesting.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 526. My. 1. 60w.
“It has plenty of plot, young, healthful sentiment, and is told in the
form of letters, a rather unnecessary form, one would think, were it not
handled with considerable cleverness.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 40. Jl. 1, ’09. 40w.
“His tale is squarely addressed to the audience which loves to hear of
students’ balls, cocottes, grisettes, and the Moulin rouge.”
− =Nation.= 89: 122. Ag. 5, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Pemberton has the knack of inventing incidents and adventures which
amuse and please. He has chosen one of the most lively themes for the
exercise of his gifts.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 377. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.
“The manner in which the story is told is fresh and entertaining, while
its varied array of incidents is well spiced with mystery, danger, and
desperate wickedness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 330w.
=Pendred, Vaughan.= Railway locomotive. *$2. Van Nostrand.
9–7591.
“The book is distinctly a descriptive review of the locomotive engine as
a working machine, and shows the relations of its design and
construction to the conditions under which it works. It presents the
general principles embodied in the engine, together with some of the
special features of its construction.... The author omits all matters of
history and also the development of various types, but discusses the
locomotive engine from three points of view: (1) as a vehicle; (2) as a
steam generator; (3) as a steam engine.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“This book does not consist of mere dry bones of technical terms, but
possesses great interest. It is, on the whole, well and clearly written,
though the author seems to have forgotten to tell us how the return
motion of the papercylinder on the indicator is obtained.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 589. My. 15. 520w.
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 171. F. ’09. 250w.
“The book is written in an interesting manner, and is very far from
being a dry ‘treatise.’ It certainly gives to the engineering reader and
the student a better general idea of the locomotive and its work than is
given in many a book of greater pretensions.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 7. Ja. 14, ’09. 1100w.
“If it is the intention of our author to describe the locomotive as it
is for the benefit of engineers not of the locomotive variety, then he
is to be congratulated upon having produced an interesting and useful
volume, and one likely to fulfil the object he has in view. Locomotive
engineers will do well to find a place for it in their libraries.”
+ =Nature.= 79: 305. Ja. 14, ’09. 930w.
=Pennell, Elizabeth Robins (Mrs. Joseph Pennell).=^{[12]} French
cathedrals, monasteries and abbeys and sacred sites of France. **$5.
Century.
9–29391.
A beautiful book in which the French cathedral and associated structures
are set forth in some four hundred pages of text accompanied by one
hundred and eighty-three reproduced drawings and sketches by Joseph
Pennell. The architectural route has been covered leisurely during the
past quarter century, which, beginning in the cities of Provence, was
continued to other centers of the Romanesque in France—to cities in
Aquitane, the far north, Auvergne and Languedoc. Then followed the
journeys to the Gothic churches—from Albi to Paris, from Bourges to
Beauvais, from Chartres and Le Mans to Laon and Rheims, from Amiens to
Rouen.
* * * * *
“Less useful for reference or club work than Perkins’ ‘French cathedrals
and chateaux’ or Wilson’s ‘Cathedrals of France.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 123. D. ’09.
“Rarely does one find such fascinating pages on architecture. Tenderness
with discrimination, enthusiasm with understanding—these are in every
line, in every stroke of it.” Algernon Tassin.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 349. D. ’09. 520w.
+ =Dial.= 47: 459. D. 1, ’09. 600w.
“It must be read to be appreciated and he who does so will be well
repaid.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 220w.
“The total impression one carries away from the reading of her
handsomely got-up book is of enthusiasm for beautiful and venerable
places and monuments.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Pennell has done imperishable work in this great and beautiful
volume on the French cathedrals.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 842. D. ’09. 140w.
“Among the elegantly printed and illustrated descriptive volumes of
travel in modern and medieval France probably the most noteworthy is
this one.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 759. D. ’09. 110w.
=Pennell, T. L.=^{[5]} Among the wild tribes of the Afghan frontier: a
record of sixteen years’ close intercourse with the natives of the
Indian marches; with an introd. by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts.
*$3.50. Lippincott.
9–15078.
The story of sixteen years spent as medical missionary and mendicant
pilgrim among the wild tribes in the Northwest frontier of India. The
account is interestingly informing in point of the domestic, social and
religious aspects of the lives of natives, and it also affords food for
the appetite keen for daring adventure.
* * * * *
“Not only a very readable volume but a significant commentary on the
value of medical missions as a civilizing agency.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 178. Je. ’09.
“Dr. Pennell’s modest narrative shows the infinite amount of good that
can be done by a Christian medical missionary on the northern frontier
of India.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 322. S. 18. 1000w.
“This readable and instructive work deserves a place with other books on
Afghanistan, notably those by Paget and Mason, Holdich, Oliver,
Warburton, Elsmie, and Hamilton; and it will bear comparison with any of
those named.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 300w.
“The work is of exceptional interest.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 730. Ap. 24, ’09. 450w.
“This is the record of a singularly interesting and humanizing work
among a remarkable people. An enlightening work which we can confidently
recommend to all students of the problems which India presents not to
the English only, but to the whole civilized world.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 541. My. 27, ’09. 680w.
“Of the contradictions in character, the crimes, and the virtues of the
wild tribes on the Indian frontier Dr. Pennell writes with a wealth of
anecdote which transforms the volume into a series of human documents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 189. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
“The whole book is interesting in the highest degree.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 61. Je. 10, ’09. 400w.
=Peple, Edward Henry.= Mallet’s masterpiece. **75c. Moffat.
8–33156.
“A story that centers around a carving of the Venus de Melos. Art and
romance go hand in hand in the story, which is told with much skill and
dramatic power.”—Ind.
* * * * *
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1459. D. 17, ’08. 30w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 90w.
=Perkins, Clara Crawford.=^{[5]} Builders of Spain. 2v. **$5. Holt.
9–12029.
A two volume record of Spanish civilization which considers first
Spain’s native stock and then the alien peoples—the Romans, the
Visigoths, the Arabs and Moors, and the Christian kings—with the
cultures introduced by them into the peninsula. An interesting part of
the work is the study of some fifteen cities which have been chosen for
the distinct development which they represent. The volumes are
handsomely illustrated.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 66: 1242. Je. 3, ’09. 60w.
=Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 26. N. ’09. 40w.
“A valuable contribution to the study of things Spanish.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 354. S. 4, ’09. 180w.
“It is as ill-arranged and ill-proportioned in its main features as it
is untrustworthy in detail.”
− =Nation.= 89: 58. Jl. 15, ’09. 470w.
“It is an admirable rewriting of old things.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 463. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 764. Je. ’09. 120w.
=Perkins, Jane Gray.=^{[12]} Life of the Honourable Mrs. Norton.
**$3.50. Holt.
A biography whose aim is to render justice to a personage whose
reputation as a poetess and a writer is of less importance than her
influence “not only on the men and manners but the very laws of her
time.” It is in the spirit, then, of sympathetic treatment and fair
judgment that the sketch is written, and it throws interesting side
lights on the social and literary conditions of England during the first
fifty years of the nineteenth century.
* * * * *
“We cannot help thinking that Miss Perkins might have indicated more
clearly than she has what is new in her pages, and what old. The book is
also rather destitute of arrangement; and letters are inserted out of
their chronological order. Still, Miss Perkins has obviously spent much
pains over her presentment of a beautiful, unhappy, and courageous
woman, nor is it her fault that Mrs. Norton eludes us to a considerable
extent.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 656: N. 27. 450w.
“The generous space allowed her to tell her own story in the form of
intimate letters is a striking and admirable feature of the book.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 513. D. 16, ’09. 230w.
“Jane Gray Perkins has done her work well.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1079. D. 11, ’09. 190w.
=Perrier, Joseph Louis.=^{[8]} Revival of scholastic philosophy in the
nineteenth century. *$1.75. Macmillan.
9–10966.
“Traces the story of an important movement in modern thought. The
movement is nothing less than the revival under unfriendly conditions of
that scholastic philosophy which held the western world so long in its
grip. In revolting against scholasticism, Europe threw away the good as
well as the evil in that famous system. It is very interesting to find
in Dr. Perrier’s pages how the many elements of scholasticism that had
permanent value are yet able to reassert themselves in important
ways.”—Educ. R.
* * * * *
“Altogether the book is remarkable, not alone as a tribute to the space
which scholasticism occupies in the mind of the learned world today, but
also as a piece of scholarly research and erudition.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 678. Ag. ’09. 480w.
“Students of philosophy will not overlook this book.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 96. Je. ’09. 80w.
=Perrin, Alice.= Idolatry [Anglo-Indian novel]. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–7826.
A story portraying two types of North-West Indian missionaries and the
young stepdaughter of one of them who, reared in England by a worldly
grandmother, finding herself penniless goes to India with the avowed
intention of winning back a rejected suitor, an army officer who had
come into a fortune. The main story interest centers in her awakening
through the selfless example of the young missionary who forms the
second of the afore-mentioned types.
* * * * *
“The sketch given of the heroine’s stepfather’s domestic and official
life is masterly. The glimpses of native life and points of view are
interesting.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 250. F. 27. 140w.
“There is a tendency in the book toward exaggeration, verging upon
religious sentimentality, yet, taken as a whole, it is a careful piece
of work that succeeds in holding the reader’s interest.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 645. Ag. ’09. 350w.
“‘Idolatry’ shows clever workmanship, good style, insight into human
nature, and some capacity in its portrayal, and considerable knowledge,
at least of the surface, of life in India.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 140w.
“Each set of English people in the little foreign colony is admirably
indicated.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 814. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
“Mrs. Perrin’s Indian stories are always interesting and ‘Idolatry’ is
no exception to the rule.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 504. Mr. 27, ’09. 100w.
=Perry, Ralph Barton.=^{[10]} Moral economy. **$1.25. Scribner.
9–16464.
The author turns from traditional controversies and the technicalities
of creeds and dogmas, and examines the live, present-day aspects of
goodness, duty, virtue, progress, culture and religion.
* * * * *
“What the student really ought to get from the study of ethics is a
clear and firm conviction that the basis of morality is rational and
certain, not dogmatic and arbitrary, and that it is so simple as to be
easily grasped by any man of responsible mind. Professor Perry, in this
little book, succeeded in putting ethics on such a basis.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 761. S. 30, ’09. 400w.
“Professor Perry’s little book is notably out of proportion to its size
and pretensions. It is the most recent expression of the new spirit in
ethics, which aims to get away from historic concepts and controversies
back to the facts themselves of the moral life.” Norman Wilde.
+ =J. Philos.= 6: 608. O. 28, ’09. 1450w.
“Professor Perry’s volume has the value and the limitations that belong
to the work of those moralists who conceive the problems of conduct to
be much like problems in mathematics. Whatever be said of the technical
ethical reasonings of the book, its pervasive moral temper has a
wholesomeness and balance and a freedom from the prevalent itch after
paradox which make the volume eminently profitable reading for a
perplexed and over-sophisicated age.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 545. D. 2, ’09. 430w.
“He says nothing that is entirely untrue; therefore necessarily he says
much that is true, but somehow he misses the living, inspired word that
makes truth. He who calls interest the source of goodness has been
inconsistent by purposely writing a dull book.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 477. Ag. 7, ’09. 330w.
=Peters, Madison Clinton.= Abraham Lincoln’s religion. 75c. Badger, R:
G.
9–3055.
A eulogistic chapter on “Lincoln the man” is followed by two chapters
answering respectively the questions “Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian”
and “Why did Lincoln never join the church?”
* * * * *
=Nation.= 88: 166. F. 18, ’09. 400w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 82. F. 13, ’09. 60w.
“A highly interesting treatise.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 226. Ap. 10, ’09. 10w.
=Petit-Dutaillis, Charles Edmond.= Studies and notes supplementary to
Stubbs’s Constitutional history down to the Great charter; tr. by W.
E. Rhodes. (University of Manchester. Publications. Hist. ser., no.
7.) *$1.50. Oxford.
8–34171.
“There are twelve studies and notes, varying in length from twenty-eight
pages to two pages. In the first seven (pp. 1–66), the author
confessedly does little but sum up the work of others showing however
the shrewd discrimination and sound judgment of the experienced
researcher. The three most extensive of these treat the origin of the
manor, the origin of the Exchequer, and the tenurial system.... The last
five studies ... are upon the origin of English towns, twelfth century
London, the two trials of King John, the ‘Unknown charter,’ and Magna
Carta.”—Am. Hist. R.
* * * * *
“These supplementary studies impress one as a discreet and learned
attempt to safeguard a public, which is likely to learn all that it will
know of a great subject from a single book, against the shortcomings of
that book.” A. B. White.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 563. Ap. ’09. 700w.
“The volume will virtually be indispensable to teachers and students of
history. So careful is the author, and so thorough his knowledge, that
there is hardly a criticism to make. But he seems to be unacquainted
with Prof. Adams’s studies, on ‘The origin of the English constitution.’
And in dealing with the difficult problem of the Cinque Ports
confederation, the writer seems to be under a misapprehension.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 566. N. 7. 870w.
“M. Petit-Dutaillis’ survey of recent criticism on a series of problems
in early constitutional history will be found invaluable by students. We
need not always accept his conclusions, which perhaps too generally
favour the last opinion; but his statement of the case in each disputed
question is precise and impartial, the breadth of his reading is
remarkably extensive, and the references in the footnotes furnish a most
useful index to the detailed literature of the subject. The translation
by Mr. W. E. Rhodes is well done, and it has been revised by the highly
competent hand of Professor James Tait.” C.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 185. Ja. ’09. 200w.
“A careful and accurate English translation.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 17. Jl. 1, ’09. 550w.
=Petre, Francis Loraine.= Napoleon and the Archduke Charles: a history
of the Franco-Austrian campaign in the valley of the Danube in 1809.
**$4. Lane.
8–31672.
A narrative covering the essential points of a campaign which the author
claims has “received too scant notice,” and which “has been a good deal
misunderstood.” Contrasted with the events that marked the beginning of
Napoleon’s military decline are the brilliant achievements of the
Archduke Charles who is seen at his best in the campaign.
* * * * *
“We hope our criticisms will not deter the author from pursuing his
detailed studies of Napoleon’s campaigns, or give the impression that we
underrate his diligence or capacity. But it is a pity, when a writer
displays both qualities, if he fails to do justice to them through
getting his information at second hand, or obscures them by omission of
dates and a generally confused scheme of narrative.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 753. D. 12. 1700w.
=Dial.= 46: 266. Ap. 16, ’09. 400w.
“Is of particular interest because it illustrates the beginning of the
decline of Napoleon’s military genius.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1177. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“Though serviceable to the general reader, will not fully meet the needs
of the student who would use it as an introduction to a more detailed
investigation of the subject; for it contains no bibliography; the
footnotes are incomplete, and often lacking entirely. Clearly, the book
is not from the pen of a critically trained historian, but it is so much
better than anything we previously possessed in English that we should
feel grateful for it.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 227. Mr. 4, ’09. 1050w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 576. O. 17, ’08. 300w.
=Petrie, Graham.= Tunis, Kairouan and Carthage, described and
illustrated by Graham Petrie. *$4.80. Doubleday.
9–6021.
The towns of North Africa pictured and described furnish pleasant
material for the stay-at-home traveler who has the oriental temperament.
The author pictures mosques, thorofares, byways, cafés, markets and
bazaars of the Moslem cities of vanished greatness, and describes
customs, manners, occupations and the superstitions of men, who “still
wear amulets against the evil eye.” The volume deals less with
historical ruins than with the picturesque life of to-day.
* * * * *
“We have little but admiration for Mr. Petrie’s painting, but we do not
see the use of a great deal of his letterpress.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 132. Jl. 31. 750w.
“His heavy volume is not a welcome addition to the literature of
Barbary. Lacking imagination and observation, he ekes out his work with
endless extracts from musty chroniclers, neither apposite nor
entertaining. When he trusts to his own inspiration, he sinks to the
level of a fifth-rate guide-book. Nor is his English much better than
his French or his Arabic. As for his illustrations, the less said the
better. Though very numerous, they all contrive to resemble one
another.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 276. F. 27, ’09. 820w.
“Indeed, his whole book, with its fine reproductions of scenery and
architecture, is most attractive.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 157. Ja. 30, ’09. 240w.
=Pettigrew, James Bell.=^{[10]} Design in nature. *$16. Longmans.
9–13058.
Three volumes that trace the “design, order and purposes in the
inorganic, and organic kingdom, especially the latter.” “In the first
volume the relations and so-called resemblances between the two systems
are discussed, and the various theories of the universe examined. The
second volume is devoted to the circulatory, nervous, and other systems
of animals, spiral formations in plants and animals, and a review of
theories of the origin of species, heredity, and the question of
spontaneous generation. The third volume deals with animal locomotion,
extinct plants and animals, and the origin and career of man.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Although his opinions are not in agreement with the general trend of
scientific thought of the day ... yet the book has some value for the
student. His volumes are accurate and up-to-date, and of use as a work
of reference, their value being enhanced by the illustrations.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 269. S. 4. 1050w.
“Seriously, it is a matter for sincere thankfulness that the time is
forever past when such a book as this can exert any significant
influence on the thought or action of men.” Raymond Pearl.
− =Dial.= 47: 230. O. 1, ’09. 800w.
“We can only advise the reader to regard ‘Design in nature’ as a
memorial volume of the late Prof. Pettigrew, and not to attach too great
scientific value to statements and conclusions which the author might
have expunged or modified had he lived to complete his task. Any reader,
whether scientific or otherwise, who will study the book will, unless he
has already specialized in anatomy, derive great benefit from the
information which he will acquire on this particular branch of science.”
− + =Nature.= 80: 151. Ap. 8, ’09. 1100w.
=Peyton, John Howe.=^{[7]} American transportation problem. 50c.
Courier-Journal ptg.
9–3395.
A controversial study of American transportation conditions made “with a
view to ascertaining what policy America should adopt in order to
effectively meet existing conditions and be prepared to continue to lead
the nations in the march of progress and civilization.”
* * * * *
“The book is the most violent arraignment of inland waterways thus far
written, but it is written in such a jocular tone that it will perhaps
never exert much influence.” G. G. Huebner.
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 624. N. ’09. 250w.
“In spite of intemperate language, discourteous treatment of opponents,
and an all-pervading spirit of omniscience, the arguments which attempt
to show the technical weaknesses of engineering plans for waterway
improvement, the figures of cost, the demonstrations of a lack of
traffic demand, and of the improbability of traffic development, should
give us pause, and should put a barrier in the path of those who would
recklessly impound the government credit to the extent of $500,000,000.”
F. H. D.
− + =Econ. Bull.= 2: 39. Ap. ’09. 200w.
“Admitting deficiency in economic analysis, woeful lack of scientific
bibliography, and much ‘non-sequitur’ in logic, it still remains true
that the student desiring thoroughly to sift this matter will find much
of interest in Mr. Peyton’s book.” L. C. Marshall.
− + =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 377. Je. ’09. 280w.
=Phelan, Raymond Vincent.= Financial history of Wisconsin. pa. 50c.
Univ. of Wis.
8–13959.
“After a brief historical chapter, sketching the creation of the state
of Wisconsin and the adjustment of its boundaries, the author outlines
the financial provisions of the state constitution which was adopted at
a time when adjacent states were suffering from the evils of
speculation. It contains cautious restrictions on state indebtedness and
provisions for ‘uniformity of taxation.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.) “The
treatment is historical and descriptive and without any effort to prove
a theory or advocate any reform.” (Econ. Bull.)
* * * * *
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 201. Ja. ’09. 220w.
“It is a very thorough piece of work based on original documents.” C. C.
P.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 325. D. ’08. 350w.
=Engin. N.= 61: sup. 20. F. 18, ’09. 160w.
=Phelps, Edith M.=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the income tax;
with special reference to graduation and exemption. (Debaters’
handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
Uniform with the “Debaters’ handbook series.” Many of the references
examined were out of date or too technical for the purposes of this
book, and these have been omitted, rendering the bibliography, it is
believed, of more practical service to the reader than if all references
had been included. Owing to the fact that several phases of the subject
are covered, the magazine articles have not been grouped as affirmative
or negative; instead, an annotation is given for each article,
indicating its character.
=Phelps, Edith M.=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the initiative
and referendum. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.