“Mr. Risk describes Harvard, Yale, Cornell, the University of Michigan,
Hobart, the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Bryn Mawr, Wellesley,
Columbia, the College of the City of New York, and Princeton. He then
adds chapters on ‘The social side,’ ‘Staff and students,’ and ‘Some
general conclusions.’... He questions the efficiency of the unrestricted
elective systems; he complains of the low standards of scholarship; he
deplores the undue emphasis on intercollegiate athletics.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“His positive errors are few; his kindliness, vivacity, and humor are
abundant, while, by mere inadvertence of unconsciousness, he lets slip
some things that we say of each other which are at once laughable and
significant. The book is worth reading.” R. M. Wenley.
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 313. Mr. ’09. 430w.
“He falls into the mistake of speaking of the non-governmental
university as ‘private’ and does not grasp the fundamental distinction
between college and university. These deficiencies render his criticisms
less valuable than they might otherwise be. The book itself, however, is
well worth reading and contains many interesting personal touches.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 38: 97. Je. ’09. 100w.
“A fairly entertaining but very superficial account. Has the excellences
and defects of journalism.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 630. D. 24, ’08. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 120w.
“Chatty, appreciative, dotted with bits of keen criticism, good-humored,
not too profound, the observations of the author make good reading. He
is not always accurate. It is a bright comment on academic affairs here,
and, unlike a great deal of bright comment, actually illuminates some
things besides itself.”
+ − =Outlook.= 91: 337. F. 13, ’09. 200w.
“These observations, frankly set forth, are both entertaining and
profitable.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 100w.
“A competent and very readable description.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 380. Mr. 6, ’09. 120w.
=Ritchie, Anne Isabella (Thackeray).= Blackstick papers. **$1.75.
Putnam.
8–33772.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Happy reminiscences.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 48. F. ’09.
“Every chapter in the book leaves an impression not easily forgotten; in
every page we find suggestion, thought, knowledge of life and the heart.
It is not a book for the many, but it will be cherished by the few who
understand. It is full of sweet simplicity and intuitive appreciation,
with a calm and an absence of effort or striving after brilliance which
are infinitely soothing.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 782. D. 19. 100w.
“To-day, with the trail of the journalist over almost all that is
written for us, we can afford to accept the leisurely sentences with
nothing but gratitude.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 115. F. 16, ’09. 400w.
“These essays on various subjects are all very slight, very easy and
very agreeable reading. Indeed they are rather chats than anything
else.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1085. My. 20, ’09. 120w.
“The frequency of the quotation mark detracts in some measure from the
readers’ interest. The sketches as a whole are written with sympathetic
insight and sincerity.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 38: 222. F. 6, ’09. 170w.
+ =Nation.= 88: 37. Ja. 14, ’09. 260w.
“She relates delicious anecdotes, of gentle humor and often of pathos.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 270w.
“To no recent volume of the same general character could the term
machine-made be less appropriately applied than to this.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 494. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“Of such material of old times, quaint, gay, or pathetic, the
‘Blackstick papers’ are composed, and they are delicate reading.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 278. F. 27, ’09. 320w.
=Robbins, E. Clyde=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the commission
plan of municipal government. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson,
H. W.
Uniform with the “Debaters’ handbook series” this volume contains
material for debaters, students, and members of clubs and organizations
that are everywhere studying this new form of municipal organization.
There have been included the best available reprints on the question,
all articles having been edited and revised so as to avoid useless
repetition. It aims to supplement the limited material of libraries that
do not contain a complete file of magazines, pamphlets, and late
municipal books. Contains a full bibliography and a brief.
=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.=^{[11]} Backwoodsmen. $1.50.
Macmillan.
9–27965.
In these fifteen chapters are given striking incidents in the lives of
backwoodsmen and women. There are stories of blizzard, torrent,
trackless waste and of the animals of the wilderness. In some, man, by
his will, his strength, but, above all, by his power of reason conquers
and wrests from menacing nature his own life or another’s; there are
also stories of kindliness and help in the hard lives of the frontier.
Together they form a series of realistic pictures and show to a
“sheltered people” what must be endured in the backwoods when beautiful,
beneficient nature ceases to be a help and must be reckoned with as an
adversary.
* * * * *
“It would be difficult to pick out the best of these fifteen stories.
Between them they run the gamut of life in wild country, and touch
humours and emotions in extremes.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 92. Jl. 24. 270w.
=Roberts, Morley.= David Bran. $1.50. Page.
9–3203.
“A primitive, elemental story, the setting being a West of
England—presumably a Cornish—fishing village. Lou Trevarris, ‘whose gods
were of the woodlands and the sea,’ is David Bran’s darker love, and it
is she who warns him of the ‘fair-skinned maid with shining hair’ who
comes between them. The originality of the book lies in its triumph over
the usual views of moral possibilities, not only in David’s maintenance
of his love for both mistress and wife, but also in the reconciliation
of these two, and their actual affection for each other.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The author’s method being poetic rather than realistic, the effect is
too broad and impressive to be offensive. A weakness in ‘David Bran’ is
the use of the overheard soliloquy. Mr. Roberts is a true poet of the
sea, and his descriptions of some of its moods are remarkably strong.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 603. N. 14. 200w.
“For one moment of the pen or the tongue of Dr. Samuel Johnson to
express one’s sense of both the import and the manner of this!”
− =Atlan.= 103: 709. My. ’09. 440w.
“A sombre and unpleasant story, told with a well-sustained and conscious
power. The really remarkable thing about the book is that it carries
conviction with it and makes us feel that these people caught in this
curious tangle of destiny would actually do and say and feel the things
that Mr. Roberts attributes to them. And this in itself is a triumph of
the first magnitude.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 188. Ap. ’09. 430w.
“A strong fearless piece of fiction that belongs in the same class with
the author’s earlier success, ‘Rachel Marr.’” Philip Tillinghast.
+ =Forum.= 41: 396. Ap. ’09. 400w.
“A strong, bad book, which women will not read.”
− =Ind.= 66: 1343. Je. 17, ’09. 350w.
“Mr. Roberts saw that if his book was to circulate from public libraries
and penetrate freely to the firesides of the dear novel-reading public,
it would not do to present this story of nasty acquiescence in adultery
in its raw animality and inherent repulsiveness. Accordingly, he
suffused the whole scene with an exultant hypæthral spirit, prated
volubly of the large sanity of nature, metamorphosed his bestial
fisherman into superman and his woman of the town into an earth-spirit,
sought out Biblical language to clothe vile thoughts, spoke steadily of
disease as health, and represented what was shallow and muddy as deep
and mysterious.”
− =Nation.= 88: 281. Mr. 18, ’09. 600w.
“The book has great beauty; a strange, wild beauty. We leave David with
one foot in sea and one on shore, and feel that Mr. Roberts’s answer is
not an answer.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 58. Ja. 30, ’09. 870w.
=Robertson, Archibald Thomas.=^{[5]} Epochs in the life of Paul: a
study of development in Paul’s career. **$1.25. Scribner.
9–10139.
Presents as the result of criticism a constructive picture of Paul and
his work as set forth in the Acts and Paul’s own epistles. The chapter
headings give the scope and character of the study: Saul the Pharisaic
student; Saul the persecuting rabbi; Saul’s vision of Jesus; Saul
learning Christianity; Saul finds his work; Paul the missionary leader,
Paul’s doctrinal crisis; Paul answers the cry of Europe; Paul the
teacher of the churches; Paul at bay, Paul free again; Paul faces death.
Bibliography, index to subjects, index to New Testament passages.
* * * * *
“The style is simple and rapid, but sometimes becomes too disjunctive
and informal. The book shows no real grapple with the hard historical
problems and in general one does not feel that serious critical
investigations immediately underlie the positions taken. In short, this
is not a book for the student.”
− + =Bib. World.= 33: 432. Je. ’09. 130w.
=Robertson, William.= Meat and food inspection; with regulations
governing meat inspection in the United States, by Maximilian
Herzog. *$3.50. Keener.
8–16718.
“Besides detailed instructions for the inspection of meat, fish and
various foods, this book has a few chapters on cow sheds, pigsties,
etc., the public milk supply, slaughter-houses and other allied topics.
For the most part the book relates to British conditions.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 60: sup. 185. Ag. 13, ’08. 40w.
“The information conveyed in the book is thoroughly practical and as a
rule so lacking in technicality that any one interested in the subject
can understand it.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 489. Mr. 4, ’09. 250w.
=Robins, Elizabeth (Mrs. G. R. Parkes) (C. E. Raimond,
pseud.).=^{[12]} Florentine frame. †$1.50. Moffat.
9–28705.
An American novel whose theme is the love of a mother and daughter for
the same man. “Whether any man could misunderstand the woman he loves so
seriously as Chester Keith did may be doubted. It is to be hoped,
however, that most men if they did so would not contract a marriage with
the daughter for the sake of keeping near the mother. Miss Robins solves
the problem in the only possible way—by death of her elder heroine—but
the reader will not feel very sanguine as to the prospects of happiness
which lie before the Chester Keiths.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The minor characters are admirable, and, despite the subject, the whole
book is interesting.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 653. N. 27. 280w.
“She has treated, in the best and sanest way, both the New Woman and New
Girl.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 386. D. ’09. 500w.
“The book stands well above the flood of fiction daily pouring from the
press. A book which may be characterized as well worth while—worth the
writing and worth the reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 741. N. 27, ’09. 750w.
“The author proves her ability by clever and thoughtful reflections upon
several questions, but her mastery in artistic work is not proved in
this book at least.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 876. D. 18, ’09. 160w.
“There is a considerable lapse in Miss Robins’ latest novel from the
energy of ‘The magnetic north’ or the vivid drawing of ‘Come and find
me!’”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 699. D. 4, ’09. 550w.
=Spec.= 103: 953. D. 4, ’09. 140w.
=Robinson, Charles Napier.=^{[6]} British tar in fact and fiction: the
poetry, pathos and humour of the sailor’s life; with an introd. by
J: Leyland. **$4. Harper.
9–23761.
“For those who want a book of the old-fashioned seagoing flavor, a
mirror of the manners of the sailors whom Smollett and Marryat drew and
Gay and Dibdin sang, here it is. Of the regular naval histories and
treatises we have enough and perhaps to spare. But here is a book with a
certain novelty of motif, material, and viewpoint to recommend it. Its
spring and ‘raison d’etre’ is frankly the profuse and curious
illustrations.... Collectively, they show the historic British mariner,
as contemporary pictorial art, sentimental or humorous, patriotic or
playful, mirrored him; the hearty, breezy tribe of ‘Tom Bowlings,’ ‘Ben
Buntlines,’ ‘Sweet Williams,’ etc., of play, novel and ballad.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“The book is prepared and written ‘con amore,’ and carries a whiff of
the brine for the initiated reader.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 329. My. 16. ’09. 320w.
+ =Ind.= 66: 1297. Je. 10, ’09. 350w.
“Is an indispensable guide to the sailor in English literature.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 332. O. 7, ’09. 210w.
“From numerous sources the author happily deduces the typical tar of the
various periods, and with consummate skill portrays his qualities and
his environments. The volume is notable for the numerous fine
illustrations with which it is embellished.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 322. My. 22, ’09. 330w.
“Altogether, this industrious and erudite book is one which cannot
possibly be omitted from any nautical library.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 538. Ap. 3, ’09. 1400w.
=Robinson, James Harvey, and Beard, Charles Austin.= Readings in
modern European history: a collection of extracts from the sources
chosen with the purpose of illustrating some of the chief phases of
the development of Europe during the last two hundred years. 2v. ea.
*$1.50. Ginn.
8–30037.
=v. 1.= The eighteenth century: the French revolution and the Napoleonic
period.
There are a hundred and eighty-four selections from the French, German,
Latin, and Spanish. A twenty-page bibliography in classified form refers
the student readily to original sources.
=v. 2.= “Europe since the Congress of Vienna” continues the readings
prepared to accompany the author’s “Development of modern Europe.”
* * * * *
“The translations are spirited, and, so far as tested, accurate, except
for some slips in proofreading and the rendition of ‘Schlesien’ by
‘Schleswig’ (p. 80). In the English selections the spelling has been
modernized, the paragraphing improved, and slight unindicated liberties
taken with the original text. A goodly number of the readings in this
volume are of the constitutional kind which merit and richly reward
careful study. A few of the selections seem scarcely worth while.” S. B.
Fay.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 639. Ap. ’09. 420w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Where so much is offered in a book of this kind, one hesitates to ask
for more. Yet we believe it would have been well to include the main
features of the fundamental laws of the chief European countries,
especially as the descriptions in the text-book are brief.” S. B. Fay.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 196. O. ’09. 570w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A useful book for libraries not having the sources themselves.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 83. Mr. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 180. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 2.)
“The book is the best of its type that has as yet come to our notice.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 205. S. ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Ind.= 67: 302. Ag. 5, ’09. 50w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Nation.= 89: 209. S. 2, ’09. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Spec.= 102: sup. 1008. Je. 26, ’09. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Robinson, Joseph Armitage, and James, Montague Rhodes.=^{[11]}
Manuscripts of Westminster abbey. *$2. Putnam.
“A collection of catalogues, made by the Provost of King’s, of the
various libraries of manuscripts that have existed in times past, or
still exist, at Westminster. There seem to have been three such
libraries: first, that of the monastery; secondly, one given by the Lord
Keeper Williams in 1623 and destroyed by fire seventy years later; and,
thirdly, the present library consisting of chance accumulations. The
catalogue of this last library has its obvious use; and the first has an
obvious historical interest; but Dr. James’ main care has been devoted
to the second library, three several catalogues of which he
collates.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 431. O. 9. 370w.
“Must be pronounced curious rather than important.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 111. Jl. 24, ’09. 600w.
=Robinson, L. E., and Moore, Irving.=^{[5]} History of Illinois. *60c.
Am. bk.
9–8922.
A concise, comprehensive, and authentic history of the state of Illinois
prepared for school use.
=Rockefeller, John Davison.=^{[5]} Random reminiscences of men and
events. **$1. Doubleday.
9–9451.
An informal review, replete with business philosophy and advice, which
touches upon the events that have furnished the zest of life to one of
the world’s great organizers. Contents: A glance backward; Some old
friends; The difficult art of getting; The Standard oil company; Some
experiences in the oil business; Other business experiences and business
principles; The difficult art of giving; and The benevolent trust—the
value of the coöperative principle in giving.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 180. Je. ’09.
“Mr. Rockefeller’s ‘Random reminiscences’ are just what a sensible
person might have expected—bland, benevolent, evasive and very brief.”
− =Bookm.= 30: 291. N. ’09. 570w.
“Mr. Rockefeller’s chapters, simply and briefly written, make good
reading, especially if read in connection with Miss Tarbell’s memorable
volume of rather different tone and complexion.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 330. My. 16, ’09. 200w.
=Ind.= 67: 38. Jl. 1, ’09. 550w.
“Is mainly of interest for such insight as it gives into the opinions
and character of the author.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 653. N. ’09. 80w.
“It may rightfully be characterized by the seldom correctly used word
‘unique.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 274. My. 1, ’09. 670w.
“Mr. Rockefeller rather overdoes the pose of injured innocence.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 691. My. 29, ’09. 900w.
=Roe, Frances M. A.=^{[11]} Army letters from an officer’s wife. **$2.
Appleton.
9–35845.
“These letters were written from various military posts in Colorado,
Indian Territory, Montana, and other western points during the years
1871–88. Garrison dances, buffalo hunts, horse thieving, and the
entertainment of Indian chiefs all enter into the narrative. The
incidents related are mostly of purely personal interest, for these
seventeen years constituted a fairly peaceable period.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“Entertaining letters.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 83. N. ’09. ✠
+ =Dial.= 47: 390. N. 16, ’09. 260w.
“It is the feminine quality of the present book that forms its principal
attraction.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 787. N. 6, ’09. 160w.
“More than ordinarily interesting. The charm of a more than usually
attractive personality is felt throughout the book.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 518. N. 25, ’09. 310w.
=Rogers, James Edward.=^{[9]} American newspaper. *$1. Univ. of
Chicago press.
9–24291.
An analysis of American journalism which leads to the conclusion that
the cause of the influence of the American newspaper is inherent in the
nation itself and the newspaper is what it is because society is what it
is. Contents: The historical evolution of the modern newspaper; The city
and the newspaper; The nature of the American newspaper; The influence
of the American newspaper; The causes of the influence of the American
newspaper—a psychological interpretation—an economic interpretation.
* * * * *
“Not an important work, but brings together much of the detailed
criticism that has appeared recently in periodical and book form.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 83. N. ’09.
“‘The American newspaper,’ by James Edward Rogers, is an indictment of
the American people. It is a severe but not a carefully drawn indictment
nor is the charge made fully proven.” Walter Williams.
− =Econ. Bull.= 2: 398. D. ’09. 1150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 280w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 638. N. ’09. 70w.
=Rogers, Julia Ellen.=^{[12]} Trees that every child should know.
(Every child should know ser.) *$1.20. Doubleday.
9–28057.
Out of her full knowledge of tree life and tree lore, the author has
selected enough to teach a child how to recognize certain trees that he
should know and to tell how he does it. She weaves into the practical
tree instruction bits of tree lore, information as to the uses of trees
and of woods and other forest products.
=Rogers, Robert William.= Religion of Babylonia and Assyria,
especially in its relations to Israel; five lectures delivered at
Harvard university. *$2. Meth. bk.
8–35836.
“It is no attempt to supplant Jastrow’s great work but rather to present
the assured results of cuneiform investigation in a form intelligible to
the educated public in general. The amount of consideration given to
Israel is relatively slight, little more than sufficient to declare the
author’s opinion that for her high spiritual values Israel was not
indebted to Babylon, notwithstanding the learned contentions of
Winckler, Jeremias, et al. to the contrary.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“While the book will in no wise take the place for the scholar of
Professor Jastrow’s thorough work on the same subject, it presents in
Professor Rogers’s clear and graphic style a picture of the salient
features of the religion and its relation to the Old Testament, which
will be of great use to busy pastors. The translations of examples are
long enough to give a good impression of their character and are well
done.”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 318. Ap. ’09. 300w.
“The book is a clear and sound exposition of the moderate point of view
in such matters, and therefore one to be commended.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 402. Ap. 3. 1900w.
“A popular sketch replete with interest and charm.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 143. F. 09. 80w.
“Is trustworthy and valuable. We heartily commend this volume to those
who do not care to give study to the fuller work of Jastrow,
particularly in the German edition.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 151. Ja. 21, ’09. 280w.
“On the archæological side of his theme, the author seems to be weak.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 420. Ap. 22, ’09. 600w.
“It is a fine example of lucid exposition and of intelligent portrayal.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 100. F. 20, ’09. 600w.
=Rolleston, T. W.=^{[8]} Parallel paths: a study in biology, ethics,
and art. *5s. Duckworth, London.
Aims to assist in the “establishment of a spiritual view of the universe
on a natural basis.” The first part deals with biology and is written to
prove that there is in the universe an x factor which is always making
for life; the second part treats of ethical criterion and the ethical
sanction; third part is devoted to the ethical theories of art.
* * * * *
“This book possesses a merit rare among philosophical works: it is easy
to understand. In dealing with the bearing of biology on ethics, Mr.
Rolleston’s conclusions are open to question.” Frances Petersen.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 461. Ja. ’09. 1600w.
“Thoughtful book.” J. A. T.
+ =Nature.= 80: 35. Mr. 11, ’09. 260w.
“Contains many deeply interesting pages and many brilliant and
suggestive sentences, but it is difficult even for the most attentive
reader to bring the three parts of the book into co-ordination, or to
make out what the writer means by his work as a whole. In thus arguing
from the physical to the spiritual and back again, by means, as it seems
to us, of the use of one word in several senses, Mr. Rolleston confuses
while he delights his readers. On almost every page he compares
incomparables. The whole is a brilliant, but not a convincing, effort to
draw an analogy—as the old phrase has it—between four pounds of butter
and four o’clock.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 99. Ja. 16, ’09. 440w.
=Rolt-Wheeler, Francis.=^{[12]} Boy with the U. S. survey. (United
States service ser.) †$1.50. Lothrop.
9–24020.
“This is the first ‘U. S. service series’—a series of boys’ books along
entirely new lines. It appeals to the boy’s love of excitement and gives
actual experiences in the different branches of government work little
known to the general public. The story graphically describes the
thrilling adventures of members of the U.S. geological survey.”—Engin.
D.
* * * * *
“A narrative that both pleases and instructs. This class of books can do
much toward the education of boys as to the needs of conservation of the
vast resources and energies of the country.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 431. N. ’09. 100w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 669. O. 30, ’09. 320w.
“The book is one of genuine interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 785. D. 11, ’09. 170w.
=Ronaldshay, Lawrence J. L. D.= Wandering student in the Far East. 2v.
*$8.40. Scribner.
9–5225.
“These volumes are by no means ‘carnets de voyage’ and wayside pictures.
The author has a purpose to perform, and he is very resolute in his
duties. He is on the quest for clues to the future developments in China
and Japan, more especially in their relation to British interests. The
main questions being mercantile and industrial, Lord Ronaldshay probes
into the ways of trade and the tastes of consumers with a zeal which
would put most commercial travellers to shame.”—Spec.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 677. N. 28. 600w.
“When, however, Lord Ronaldshay shakes off word-painting and tells us
just what he has seen, or gives matter-of-fact reasons for his opinions
and inferences, he becomes a pleasant and trustworthy guide.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 793. D. 26, ’08. 1600w.
“This is the best book Lord Ronaldshay has written, and one of the most
genuinely informing works of travel which we have met for some time.”
+ + =Spec.= 101: 944. D. 5, ’08. 1600w.
=Rook, Clarence.= London side-lights. *$1.70. Longmans.
9–14132.
“Mr. Rook is altogether concrete.... He tells us much of omnibuses and
motors and cabs, of talks with their drivers, of their peculiarities of
thinking and acting. He is the chronicler of the Londoner as he goes
about the streets by night and day; and through locomotion he impresses
us with the vastness of a city that has neither beginning nor end.”
(Sat. R.) “He tells us about the police; he introduces us to a police
court. Both these are particularly good chapters. Surely there never was
a city which was so admirably served, both as to the protection of
person and liberty and the administration of justice.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“From this simple, semi-humorous description of the streets of the great
city one gathers a sense of human optimism and philosophy over all the
underlying grimness of the human show.” Stephen Chalmers.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 278. My. 1, ’09. 70w.
“His work is clever impressionist journalist work, the product of keen
interest in all sides of London life and London people, of a sharp eye
and a sense of the comic and the humorous.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 52. Ja. 9, ’09. 150w.
“These sketches are, on the whole, of excellent quality.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 25. Ja. 2, ’09. 250w.
=Rooses, Max.= Jacob Jordaens: his life and work; tr. from the Dutch
by Elizabeth C. Broers. *$12.50. Dutton.
9–12925.
A biography which takes a place beside the author’s works on Rubens and
Van Dyck. It gives his early life, education, the development of his
art, his relation to the Antwerp school, and the influence upon his
pictures of his change from the Roman Catholic faith to the Calvinist
doctrine.
* * * * *
“Max Rooses has provided here a letter-press admirable for its measured
enthusiasm and unfailing sanity in treating a subject worthy of just
this quality of consideration.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 538. Mr. 11., ’09. 460w.
“It is a pity that this interesting and useful book is so badly made.
The plates are strewn through the text almost at random, and since there
are references neither in one case nor the other, the reader is in
constant perplexity where to find an illustration, and often wastes time
in looking up illustrations that have not been provided.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 261. Mr. 11, ’09. 530w.
“The large number of his pictures reproduced in the present volume would
be enough to make it invaluable to the student of Flemish art, and the
scholarly criticism and marshaling of facts, of course, trebles its
usefulness. The author takes a singularly just and unbiased view of his
subject. The translation is lively and readable, although lacking
somewhat in elegance, and the translator has surmounted very
considerable difficulties attendant upon her task with intelligence and
resource.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 4. Ja. 2, ’09. 770w.
“The book forms appropriate reading following De Bode’s work on Dutch
and Flemish art.” E. F. Baldwin.
+ =Outlook.= 93: 597. N. 13, ’09. 490w.
“Dr. Rooses is inclined perhaps to set Jordaens too high. I think Dr.
Rooses is hardly just to Peter Brueghel.” Laurence Binyon.
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 695. D. 5, ’08. 1200w.
=Roosevelt, Theodore.=^{[5]} Addresses and papers; ed. by Willis
Fletcher Johnson. (Unit books, no. 12.) 70c. Unit bk. pub. co.
9–11526.
The only collection so far made of typical addresses and state papers of
Theodore Roosevelt. Contents: Addresses and papers; Life of Roosevelt:
The story of the book; Notes on the text; Index.
=Roosevelt, Theodore.=^{[7]} Stories of the great West. **60c.
Century.
9–16906.
Stories of frontier and ranch life written by Mr. Roosevelt during his
stay on his Dakota ranch. Part 1 contains stories from history: Daniel
Boone and the founding of Kentucky; The backwoodsmen of the Alleghanies;
George Rogers Clark and the conquest of the northwest; Lewis and Clark
and the exploration of the far west; “Remember the Alamo.” Part 2
includes only stories of adventure; The cattle country of the far west;
The home ranch; The round-up; Red and white on the border; Sheriff’s
work on a ranch.
* * * * *
“A volume that will be very serviceable.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 96. N. ’09. ✠
+ =Ind.= 67: 303. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.
=Lit. D.= 89: 1022. D. 4, ’09. 150w.
“An interesting volume of tales for boy readers.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 138. Ag. 12, ’09. 30w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 468. Jl. 31, ’09. 100w.
=Rose, John Holland, and Broadley, A. M.= Dumouriez and the defence of
England against Napoleon. **$5. Lane.
8–32324.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Messrs. Rose and Broadley have not devoted sufficient attention to the
preparation of this work, which, with the materials at their disposal,
ought to have been a valuable and exhaustive monograph on the life of
Dumouriez.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 781. D. 19. 2150w.
“The authors are able to make out a very good case for him, if at times
they protest too much and are over-ready to discover bias in adverse
criticisms.” C. T. Atkinson.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 596. Jl. ’09. 660w.
“Whatever we may think of the judgment of the authors upon the conduct
of Dumouriez, they have certainly prepared the most satisfactory and
complete life of him that has appeared in English.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 201. F. 25, ’09. 1300w.
“As it stands it is a piece of book-making which can have no claims on
posterity. What surprises us is that a work which is obviously the fruit
of considerable research should contain so many blunders.”
− =Spec.= 102: 57. Ja. 9, ’09. 1450w.
=Rosenhain, Walter.= Glass manufacture. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van
Nostrand.
9–6039.
“A non-technical handbook, which describes in plain language the
processes of manufacture of various sorts of glass. The introductory
chapters are devoted to a study of the physical and chemical properties
of glass, after which the author describes the raw materials from which
glass is made and the processes of its fusion and working. He then takes
up the various sorts of glass—bottle, blown, pressed, rolled, crown,
colored, and optical, with a chapter on miscellaneous products, and
tells how they are made.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The account of manufacture is made as untechnical as possible, the book
being designed for users rather than manufacturers of glass.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 125. D. ’09.
=Engin. D.= 5: 172. F. ’09. 170w.
“The book is written with commendable simplicity and clearness, giving,
along with its account of processes, an insight into the rationale of
each step, and indicating the practical and the scientific limitation in
the manufacture of glass due to ignorance concerning its constitution.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 191. Ap. 3, ’09. 180w.
=Rosenthal, Leon Walter.= Practical calculation of transmission lines,
for distribution of direct and alternating currents by means of
overhead, underground, and interior wires for purposes of light,
power and traction. *$2. McGraw.
9–4195.
“The book which deals with the practical calculation of transmission
lines, treats of the electrical performance problems rather than the
mechanical problems involved in construction. It covers direct-current
distribution for lamps, stationary motors and railway circuits;
alternating-current transmission by overhead wires and underground
cables; interior wires for alternating-current distribution, and
single-phase railway circuits. The information contained in the book is
presented in extremely compact form by means of numerous tables for
ready reference, the only descriptive matter included being that
necessary to explain the use of the tables.”—Elec. World.
* * * * *
“The arrangement of the tables and examples should render the book well
adapted for the rapid solution of problems relating to the electrical
characteristics of transmission circuits.”
+ =Elec. World.= 53: 583. Mr. 4, ’09. 200w.
=Engin. D.= 5: 416. Ap. ’09. 160w.
“The work is very comprehensive. In spite of the small size it is
reasonably complete because it deals with a definite proposition in a
definite way.” H: H. Norris.
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 49. Ap. 15, ’09. 470w.
“Is exceedingly useful, compact aid to rapid work. The book covers its
field in a concise, clear and practical way, all descriptive matter
being reduced to a minimum.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 300w.
=Ross, Mrs. Janet Ann, and Erichsen, Nelly.= Story of Pisa. (Mediaeval
town ser.) *$2. Macmillan.
9–6019.
A sketch of the city’s history from its earliest times thru its
Pre-Roman, Roman, Lombard, mediaeval, Florentine and Italian periods.
* * * * *
“Not a book for popular reading, nor for the small library.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 109. Ap. ’09.
“Whoever goes to Pisa with this book in his pocket will be sure to come
under the spell, and will wish to remain weeks instead of hours.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 73. Ag. 1, ’09. 360w.
+ =Ind.= 66: 1138. My. 27, ’09. 80w.
“One feels that Mrs. Rose has been obliged at times to spread pretty
thin.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 512. My. 20, ’09. 130w.
“A great deal of valuable information is here encompassed in a small
volume, the type of which leaves something to be desired by those who
value their eyesight. The book is admirably adapted to the needs of
those conscientious travelers who are not satisfied with Baedeker, and
possesses interest as well for inquiring stay-at-homes.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 180. Mr. 27, ’09. 180w.
“A sketch of the city’s history from the legendary times might, perhaps,
have been treated more fully or omitted altogether. When the authors
reach their chief subject, the city as it stands now and its treasures
of architecture and art, they have one unusually rich even for Italy,
and they have evidently taken the greatest pains to give it an adequate
treatment.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 468. Mr. 20, ’09. 200w.
=Ross, Robert.=^{[6]} Aubrey Beardsley. *$1.25. Lane.
9–9584.
The biography of an artist “the nature of whose importance it is easier
to discern now that for the general public his vogue is past. The time
has come when artists may learn from his example, studying the artistic
characteristics of his work instead of reproducing, as did his
contemporary imitators, the types and subjects he affected. Mr. Ross
contributes something towards the better understanding of Beardsley’s
art and its origins, laying stress rightly on the importance of the
drawings on the Greek vases among the many influences which inspired
him.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“An excellent biography and appreciation.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 470. Ap. 17. 470w.
=Nation.= 88: 568. Je. 3, ’09. 100w.
“We can grant all he says of the power of the artist, and believe what
he tells us of the charm of the man.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 60w.
=Rossetti, Christina Georgina.= Family letters of Christina Rossetti;
ed. by William M. Rossetti. *$3.50. Scribner.
9–556.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“The substance of the letters, in truth, is slight; and of the style
nothing can be said except that it is simple, unaffected, sisterly, and
daughterly, in tone.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 24. Ja. 1, ’09. 280w.
“The present letters of Christina Rossetti, we must say regretfully, are
of slight interest, and this slightness is emphasized by their
publication in a separate volume.”
− =Nation.= 88: 115. F. 4, ’09. 330w.
“Mr. William Rossetti’s annotations are scrupulous, abundant,
invaluable.” O. H. Dunbar.
+ =No. Am.= 189: 619. Ap. ’09. 1200w.
=Rotch, Abbott Lawrence.=^{[11]} Conquest of the air; or, The advent
of aërial navigation. (Present day primers.) **$1. Moffat.
9–25965.
“Professor Rotch’s point of view is that of the meteorologist rather
than of the inventor or mechanician. As director of the Blue Hill
observatory he has had many years experience in the study of atmospheric
currents and temperatures by means of kites. His chapter on ‘The ocean
of air’ will be found helpful to amateur aviators. The remainder of the
book is made up of a history of aerostation, descriptions of the
dirigible balloon and the flying machine respectively, and a brief
forecast of the future of aerial navigation.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“More valuable because containing later information than Marshall and
Greenley’s little book on ‘Flying machines’ but lacking the references
to sources of technical information given in that volume.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 125. D. ’09. ✠
“The little book is a model of the popular treatment of a scientific
subject; the illustrations are truly helpful.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1147. N. 18, ’09. 140w.
“An excellent handbook of aerial navigation brought up to date.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 638. N. ’09. 110w.
“On both the scientific and the practical side he is exceptionally well
informed, and can speak authoritatively. His book is an excellent
example of what can be done in popularising science when the task is
undertaken by an acknowledged authority, and its general welcome will be
ensured by the facts that it brings information up to April last, and
that the statements made are obtained at first hand from trustworthy
sources. The book is written in popular but exact language and can be
readily understood by an ordinary reader.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 607. O. 16, ’09. 1250w.
=Rowbotham, Francis Jameson.= Story-lives of great musicians. $1.50.
Stokes.