A practical work which is “a comprehensive compendium of the official or
semi-official information about the various mining fields, and appeals
to the general reader only in view of the wonderful extent of mineral
wealth which it reveals as scattered through our Empire. But it should
be very serviceable to the would-be miner or mining engineer in search
of a field for his enterprise.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“The story that Mr. Stokes tells—and tells with no little skill—of the
mineral wealth of the ‘British empire oversea,’ will interest many
readers who are neither practical miners nor speculators in mines.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 135. Ja. 30. 850w.
“He presents the subject in a manner calculated to interest the
non-technical seeker of general information, yet the data given have
been selected with such discernment and are brought so closely to date
that the book will commend itself to those connected with the
professional as well as the commercial branches of the industry. Its
literary style is attractive and illustrations in half-tone are copious,
though a slight criticism may be offered of the absolute lack of
illustrative sketches accompanying necessarily numerous geological
descriptions.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: sup. 75. Jl. 16, ’08. 400w.
+ =Spec.= 101: 200. Ag. 8, ’08. 170w.
=Stone, Alfred Holt.= Studies in the American race problem; with an
introd. and three papers by Walter F. Willcox. **$2. Doubleday.
8–28321.
Sets forth some of the salient facts of the American race problem, and
points out some of the fundamental principles underlying it. In his
discussion the author deals with the economic future of the negro, the
mulatto factor in the race problem, race friction, and Roosevelt and the
negro. Professor Willcox in three paper sets forth negro criminality,
census statistics of the negro and the probable increase of the negro in
the United States. Mr. Stone says: “What the negro needs just now is a
political ‘rest cure.’ His daily litany should include a prayer to be
let alone.”
* * * * *
“Professor Willcox’s papers are more naturally related to one another,
and deal with more concise phases of the subject. It does not seem quite
a fair argument to say that the negro problem is identical with the
general question of the treatment of inferiors in India and the
Philippines.” J: S. Bassett.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 837. Jl. ’09. 780w.
“With due respect to some other valuable publications on the same
subject, the book it appears represents the most valuable contributions
yet appearing on the race problem of the United States.” F. W. Blackmar.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 837. My. ’09. 1200w.
“A notable work, reflecting the most enlightened southern view.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 297. D. ’08.
“No honest man can fail to appreciate the importance of his arguments.
In this collection of essays we have one of the best studies yet made of
the problems growing out of the presence of blacks and whites in our
country—and that a democracy.” Carl Kelsey.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 217. Ja. ’09. 960w.
“So far, no study of the negro problem has been produced which throws so
much light on the whole question of the social, economic, and political
life of the negro race in America.” J. W. Garner.
+ =Dial.= 46: 19. Ja. 1, ’09. 520w.
“It is scarcely too much to say that no other book on the negro problem
has reached and held so high a level of scientific thoroughness and
passionless judgment.” U. G. Weatherly.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 60. Ap. ’09. 750w.
“Written in a fair, unprejudiced and objective manner.” E. L. Bogart.
+ =Forum.= 42: 90. Jl. ’09. 800w.
“A contribution to its discussion that is really worth while.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 200w.
“The tone and temper of Mr. Stone’s book cannot be too highly praised.
It is the attitude which is disappointing.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 280w.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 307. My. ’09. 340w.
“In the field of agricultural labor, which he is apparently making his
own, Mr. Stone can speak with authority; but in the broader field of
social and political relations, he is less happy.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 92. Ja. 28, ’09. 480w.
“It is impossible here to do justice to the entire frankness, calmness,
and honesty with which Mr. Stone has set forth his conclusions on a
subject of such vital importance to the country at large, of such
overwhelming interest to a part of it.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 16. Ja. 9, ’09. 1350w.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 271. My. 29, ’09. 200w.
“He speaks with authority and deserves a wide reading.” M. W. Ovington.
+ =Survey.= 22: 350. Je. 5, ’09. 1200w.
“We are to be grateful to Mr. Stone for having presented a familiar
attitude with ingenuity and fresh illustrations, in modest terms, with
unqualified good will, and with only so much residual dogmatism as
belongs to strong feeling in a naturally and historically passionate
field.” H. P. Douglass.
+ =Yale R.= 18: 210. Ag. ’09. 1500w.
=Stone, Charles Henry H.=^{[8]} Practical testing of gas and gas
meters. $3.50. Wiley.
9–12894.
A treatise dealing with the methods employed in the United States for
photometric and calorimetric tests of illuminating gas, chemical
analysis of gas, and meter testing.
* * * * *
“The best guide to American practice.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 51. O. ’09.
“The only works heretofore available on these subjects have treated them
from British and continental standpoints; and practise in this country
differs materially in many cases. Expert chemists will also find in the
work an up-to-date compilation of processes and forms of apparatus that
will save considerable searching through technical journals and text
books.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 55. Jl. ’09. 180w.
“Errors and omissions notwithstanding, the book will make a valuable
addition to the libraries of those interested in the manufacture and
sale of illuminating gas.” A. E. Forstall.
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 4. Jl. 15, ’09. 1050w.
“The book is likely to find favor among a much wider class than
municipal and state inspectors.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 224. Ag. 21, ’09. 170w.
“A laboriously complete compilation.”
+ =Nature.= 81: 97. Jl. 22, ’09. 200w.
=Stone, Cliff Winfield.=^{[6]} Arithmetical abilities and some factors
determining them. (Columbia university contributions to education.
Teachers college ser., no. 19.) $1. Teachers college.
8–20745.
A research thesis whose purpose is to make one more contribution to
exact knowledge of the relation between distinctive educational
procedures and the resulting products. The portions of the question on
which this study bears are: (1) What is the nature of the products of
the first six years of arithmetic work? (2) What is the relation between
distinctive procedures in arithmetic work and the resulting abilities?
* * * * *
“It is to be hoped that many such studies will soon appear, bearing the
same stamp of scientific treatment for other fields, which Professor
Stone has so carefully worked for arithmetic.” E. E. Jones.
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 194. S. ’09. 950w.
“Every school superintendent or supervisor of arithmetic teaching should
have a copy of this book, and it may be read with profit by teachers of
arithmetic everywhere. This scientific study provides the educational
world with a means of beginning to standardize its products.” J. F. M.
+ =El. School T.= 9: 525. Je. ’09. 480w.
=Stories= of chivalry, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]} (Historical
stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold from St.
Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–17967.
Stories selected out of the times of chivalry and the crusades whose aim
is to teach the spirit that lay back of deeds of gallantry and to touch
upon its universality and link it with the courtesy, loyalty, courage,
and sacrifice of to-day.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.
=Stories= of classic myths, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–18012.
Thirteen myths that all children should know, including the story of the
golden fleece, the story of Narcissus, King Midas in the rhyme of Celia
Thaxter, the story of Pegasus, the labors of Hercules, etc.
=Stories= of Greece and Rome, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–17966.
Stories portraying Greek and Roman heroes as they actually lived written
to aid boys and girls of to-day to form sturdy notions of love, courage
and endurance.
* * * * *
“One of the best and richest of the series.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 50w.
=Stories= of royal children, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–17551.
The halo with which young readers are apt to encircle the heads of royal
children and the glamour with which their young imaginations surround
life in a palace are dispelled by the very real troubles and tragedies
set forth in these stories.
* * * * *
“Is a collection of charming, quaint narratives.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.
=Stories= of the ancient world, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–17964.
Interesting stories of a number of things about the beginnings of
history. What buried cities reveal, how clothes became, and how written
language began, and like mysteries are set forth. The chapter headings
“A living chain from Adam to Abraham Lincoln” and “The march of the
centuries” suggest something of the range and movement of the
collection.
* * * * *
“Well told and finely illustrated.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 97. N. ’09. ✠
“Is perhaps the most ambitious and the most successful portion of the
entire series.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 50w.
=Stories= of the middle ages, retold from St. Nicholas.^{[9]}
(Historical stories of the ancient world and the middle ages, retold
from St. Nicholas magazine.) *65c. Century.
9–17965.
Stories which characterize the period during which the world was getting
ready for the dawn of liberty and freedom. They are: The king’s champion
and his challenge: Félix; The story of the glove; Bertholde; The ballad
of Charles Martel; Old time arms and armor; A little Florentine lady:
“With hawk and hound”; The belltowers of Italy; Books of olden times;
Caps and bells; St. Francis of Assisi; The Christmas song of Caedmon;
The boyhood of Michael Angelo; The shepherd-boy of Vespignano.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 97. N. ’09. ✠
“The stories are, as a whole, both well chosen, and well told.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 40w.
=Stow, John.= Survey of London; reprinted from the text of 1603; with
introd. and notes by C: Lethbridge Kingsford. 2v. *$9.25. Oxford.