An edition which, for the first time after three hundred years, makes
Stow’s work generally accessible in the form in which he wrote it.
Besides the text are an introduction including a brief life of Stow and
comments upon his “Survey,” notes on the Stow family documents, select
dedications and epistles from his works, a bibliography and an account
of Stow’s collection of manuscripts. Following the text are notes,
glossary and indexes.
* * * * *
“It is a sort of ‘Baedeker’s London’ of the age of Elizabeth.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 606. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“Beyond one or two misprints ... there is little to criticize in this
admirable commentary, which fully and successfully achieves the end that
Mr. Kingsford had in view. Three adequate indexes conclude a book which
we may anticipate will be for many years to come the definitive edition
of the monumental work of the first and greatest of London
topographers.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 465. O. 17. 1400w.
“Stow’s work, with its merits and its faults, has stood the test of
three centuries and retains both importance and interest to-day. Mr.
Kingsford deserves special gratitude for the very large number of
references, which add greatly to the value of his notes.” R. S. Rait.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 568. Jl. ’09. 420w.
“Within the limits which he has set himself, Mr. Kingsford has produced
an edition of the ‘Survey’ which will remain definitive for many years
to come.”
+ + =Nation.= 88: 254. Mr. 11, ’09. 570w.
“Admirably edited by Mr. C. L. Kingsford, who combines polite literary
skill with profound learning.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 544. O. 31, ’08. 1000w.
“This is a valuable edition of a book of the first importance in its own
province, not made the less useful by the modesty of the aims which the
editor has proposed to himself.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 637. O. 24, ’08. 480w.
=Strachey, Lionel=, ed.^{[6]} Love letters of famous poets and
novelists; selected by Lionel Strachey and prefaced with descriptive
sketches by Walter Littlefield. *$2. McBride, J:
9–13267.
Seventeen chapters containing selections from the authentic
correspondence of as many world renowned literary celebrities with their
sweethearts, wives, and wives of others. A chapter here and there has a
chronology of the author’s career necessary to the understanding of his
love affairs. There are included letters from Byron to four women who
worshipped at his shrine, letters from Poe to Mrs. Whitman, from Victor
Hugo to Adèle Foucher and others; from Goethe to Augusta zu Stolberg,
Frau von Stein and Bettina Brentano; from Scott to Charlotte Carpenter;
from Heine to the “Fly”; from Balzac to Madame Hanska; Schiller to
Charlotte von Lengefeld; Keats to Fanny Brawne and George Sand to Alfred
de Musset.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 47: 127. S. 1, ’09. 70w.
“Reviewing the work as a whole it seems a little unfortunate that we
should have to know so many of the shortcomings and infelicities of
these literary lovers.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 825. O. 7, ’09. 250w.
“This collection though it looks like a bible for Daphnis and Chloe, is
really a museum of curiosities made up of just those things which the
curious public rushes to see, and which the judicious critic declares
should be burned.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 34. Jl. 8, ’09. 250w.
“The selection contains several unfamiliar letters, and none that is
without a human or psychological interest.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 439. Jl. 17, ’09. 620w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 180w.
=Strack, Hermann L.=^{[11]} Jew and human sacrifice (human blood and
Jewish ritual): an historical and sociological inquiry; tr. from the
8th ed. with corrections, new preface and additions by the author.
*$3. Bloch.
“Professor Strack, of Berlin, who is one of the foremost authorities on
Jewish history in Europe, has produced an exhaustive treatise on the use
of human blood in primitive medicine, magic and superstition; and his
researches show not only that its use would be absolutely repugnant to
the whole spirit of Jewish religion and tradition, but that sometimes
Jews themselves have been murdered by Christians for blood-ritual
purposes.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“It is a characteristically German product, full of learning
ill-digested, but containing all the material that the serious student
of the subject will require.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 675. O. 30, ’09. 1150w.
“It will take its place among learned contributions of the science of
comparative religion.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 204. Ag. 24, ’09. 230w.
“It is much more than an examination of this particular fiction: it
examines the whole subject of superstitions connected with the use of
blood.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1007. Je. 26, ’09. 160w.
=Stratford, Esme C. W.= Call of dawn, and other poems. **$1.50. Lane.
A book of technically good verse which “is decidedly original, though
tinged with the pessimism popular nowadays as to the national future
both in art and the wider morality.” (Ath.) Some of the pieces are:
England, The devil of Dartmoor, A toast, First light, On the sands of
Winchelsea, Dunwich, and Oswald and Iseult.
* * * * *
“The genuine, if ill-restrained power of the duologue ‘Oswald and
Iseult,’ and the stimulating loftiness of thought and diction that
distinguishes the stanzas ‘Towards the ideal,’ make it matter for regret
that the book should have been cumbered with so much that is less
worthy.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 815. D. 26. 380w.
“We have never read a volume that sustained a more perfect level of
educated banality. Once or twice we hear a tiny voice of poetry in some
single line, only to be smothered forthwith by pillows of platitude.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 79. Ja. 16, ’09. 300w.
=Streatfeild, Richard Alexander.=^{[12]} Handel. (New library of
music.) **$2.50. Lane.
“Mr. Streatfeild’s story is that ‘the old Handel of our forefathers is
dead’; he is really today unpopular in England with those who are the
mouth-pieces of critical opinion. Only ‘The Messiah’ is widely known
now, and this chiefly as a sort of religious exercise. He has undertaken
the task of raising up a new Handel.... A third part of the book is
devoted to an analysis of the operas, oratorios, and instrumental music,
which is discriminating and illuminative.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“If, however, there is nothing really new to say about Handel
personally, this book is well worth reading: it is written, moreover, in
a style which is both lucid and attractive.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 667. N. 27. 900w.
“Apart from one blemish, the analysis of Handel’s oratorios is most
commendable. More interesting still is that of the obsolete operas.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 580. D. 9, ’09. 950w.
“An admirable piece of work in this book. He has not been content to
copy either the narrative or the judgments of his predecessors.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 798. D. 18, ’09. 1250w.
“Much has been written about Handel and his opera-songs and oratorios,
of which we must believe Mr. Streatfeild to be ignorant.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 697. D. 4, ’09. 1650w.
“The book, in short, is so good that it is a great pity that the writer
should have impaired its value by the controversial attitude he assumes
with regard to Handel’s sacred music.” C. L. G.
+ − =Spec.= 103: 885. N. 27, ’09. 1800w.
=Street, Julian Leonard.=^{[9]} Need of change. †50c. Lane.
9–21866.
A humorous skit in which an American and his wife, tourists in the
Tyrolese mountains, make the acquaintance of an English couple of
supposedly modest circumstances and are invited by the latter to visit
them in England. Whirled away to a castle instead of being set down in a
clergyman’s simple cottage, the husband is straightway involved in the
trials and embarrassments of too much valeting. How the omnipresence of
the valet drives him to desperation and flight is amusingly set forth.
* * * * *
“A merry trifle, with many a laugh between its covers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 540. S. 11, ’09. 200w.
=Strindberg, August.= Swanwhite: a fairy drama; tr. by Francis J.
Ziegler. *$1. Brown bros.
9–6458.
“A play to see on the stage, rather than to read. It is ‘a fairy drama,’
containing bits from many tales, the Wicked Stepmother and Cinderella
being most conspicuous. The Strindberg we meet here is he of the later
period.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“At his best, there is mysticism, but not mistiness and the play is
altogether beautiful—in Swedish. The translation is not particularly
happy.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 367. Ap. 8, ’09. 100w.
“This little play is far from presenting the writer at his best; it
appears to be a mere tour de force, and is in strange contrast to his
other dramas.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 166. Mr. 20, ’09. 400w.
=Stringer, Arthur J. A.=^{[5]} Gun-runner. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
9–9252.
The author continues his romance of electricity in this new story of the
“wireless.” The plot centers about a South American revolution and the
action takes place mainly on board the Laminian, a steamer on which
Ganley, the “Gun runner” is smuggling arms into Lacombia. How Ganley is
foiled by McKinnon, the wireless operator of the Laminian and Alicia
Boynton—without whom there would have been no romance—is cleverly worked
out with cunning climactic effect.
* * * * *
“The story is exciting. It was built for excitement. The reviewer hardly
thinks it was built for anything else.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 294. My. 8, ’09. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 220w.
=Strong, Anna Louise.=^{[10]} Psychology of prayer. *75c. Univ. of
Chicago press.
The chapter headings show the evolutionary process followed by the
author: Introduction—The essentially social character of the self:
Undiscriminating forms of prayer—The child and the primitive man;
Indeterminate types—The growth of discrimination; The completely social
type of prayer—Its general characteristics; The two tendencies in the
completely social type—The contemplative or “aesthetic”; The two
tendencies in the completely social type—The practical or “ethical”; The
type of reality and the objective reference involved in prayer.
* * * * *
“Students of religion and religious education will find this discussion
of great value. It is written in simple, untechnical language and is
thus well within the range of any well-educated reader.”
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 288. O. ’09. 40w.
Reviewed by E. S. Drown.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 801. D. 18, ’09. 260w.
“The reviewer has not done full justice to the author’s subtle analysis.
He feels, however, that the machinery of explanation often obscures
rather than clears up the phenomena in question.” Irving King.
+ − =Psychol. Bull.= 6: 414. D. 15, ’09. 1200w.
=Strong, Augustus Hopkins.= Systematic theology. 3v. ea. *$2.50. Am.
bapt.
7–37983.
=v. 3.= Soteriology; or, The doctrine of salvation.
A practical discussion which in the treatment of the person of Christ,
the nature of atonement, and the extent and influence of regeneration
the author tells “how man can get from what he is to what he may be.”
* * * * *
“We could wish that the author’s great philosophic powers and his
vigorous personality would guide us in interpreting the faith of our
fathers into the language that men are using to-day. Many of us believe
that the older thought-terms and the traditional method are obsolescent
if not quite obsolete.” H. A. Youtz.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 468. Jl. ’09. 440w.
=Strouse, Martyn W.=^{[9]} Judge Fritznoodle. $1.25. Roxburgh pub. co.
9–22745.
A lively story of the doings of a group of German immigrants who founded
Prariestadt, Cabbage township, Richsoil county, “Out-West” during the
Free soil period.
* * * * *
“His style is one of extreme facetiousness, and, either from ignorance
or intention, his use of English is frequently surprising.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 511. Ag. 28, ’09. 130w.
=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.=^{[11]} Aunt Amity’s silver wedding, and other
stories. †$1. Century.
9–27034.
Four negro dialect stories in Mrs. Stuart’s best vein. The situation in
each is particularly clever. For instance, the title piece tells of the
silver wedding of a negro woman who, since her marriage twenty-five
years before, had dismissed her fickle first husband and had been
married for five years to another man. She solves her difficulty by
declaring that it shall be her silver wedding and her present husband’s
wooden anniversary. When the evening’s festivities are in full swing,
husband number one appears on the scene to claim half the money gifts as
“pardner in the silver weddin’ business.” Aunt Amity manages the
interruption with regal self possession, gets rid of the intruder, and
goes on with the dance.
* * * * *
“Engaging short stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 135. D. ’09. ✠
“Interest never sleeps in Mrs. Stuart’s stories.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 600. D. 16, ’09. 210w.
=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.=^{[12]} Carlotta’s intended. †$1.25. Harper.
The romance of a radiant Italian girl and a middle aged Irish cobbler.
Pat stands as faithful guardian over Carlotta from babyhood to blooming
maidenhood, protects her against a loathsome marriage and, finally,
himself becomes her suitor. During the time that he is her “intended” a
younger wooer claims the girl’s hand, and Pat, learning of the situation
by accident, must have welcomed the death that came to him while
rescuing a kitten from drowning. The hand of Mafia rests upon the
closing pages of the work.
* * * * *
“A story that makes a strong appeal to any one with the least sentiment
in his makeup.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 67: 1354. D. 16, ’09. 80w.
=Stubbs, Rt. Rev. William.= Germany in the later middle ages,
1200–1500; ed. by Arthur Hassall. *$2.25. Longmans.
9–14135.
Appeals to advanced students of European history. “The struggles of
Popes and Emperors, the intrigues of those who elected them, the working
of spiritual and secular interests, the spiritual sometimes so strangely
secular, the secular sometimes touched with the spiritual, are
complicated in the extreme. But Bishop Stubbs makes us see that the maze
is not without a plan. The chief theme is the relations between the
Papacy and the Empire.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The book makes no real contribution to the history of the period, but
it is a welcome account of it.” O. J. Thatcher.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 847. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“We cannot help feeling that with a little trouble the book (if it was
to be published) might have been made much more full, and much more
representative of the author’s own judgment and knowledge.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 1: 157. F. 6. 1650w.
“Their publication at the present time does injustice to an honoured
memory; for though they display the masculine grasp of principles and
the vivid delineation of character which we should expect from the
author, it is clear that he did not throw his full strength into these
lectures. Moreover there are few pages which do not stand in need of a
revision such as the editor, Mr. A. Hassall, seems not to have
considered himself at liberty to carry out.” D.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 188. Ja. ’09. 120w.
=Ind.= 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 100w.
“Altogether, if we were compelled to choose, we should certainly prefer
any one of several historical manuals to this ‘brilliant’ presentation.”
− =Nation.= 88: 303. Mr. 25, ’09. 400w.
“Its value as a text-book of reference work would be enhanced, we
believe, had it been modified by a revision founded on the results of
historical research in the last twenty-five years.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 195. Ap. 3, ’09. 730w.
“Nevertheless, due weight being given these drawbacks, there is still
something to be got out of the book.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 530. Ap. 24, ’09. 1000w.
“This is a worthy sequel to Bishop Stubbs’s other valuable contribution
to historical study.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 270w.
=Sturgis, Edith Barnes.= My busy days. **$2. Appleton.
9–17998.
A book of child’s verse especially for little girls.
* * * * *
“The book is a very attractive one.” K. L. M.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 498. Ja. ’09. 80w.
“Margaretta Hinchman’s colored pictures are striking.” M. J. Moses.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1471. D. 17, ’08. 40w.
=Sudermann, Hermann.= John the Baptist: a play; tr. by Beatrice
Marshall. **$1.50. Lane.
8–37742.
A timely English version of Sudermann’s drama. “All the scenes, indeed,
in which Herodias or Salome or Herod encounters John are full of
vivacity and the clash of temperament. It is the passages in which the
Baptist comes into contact with his own disciples, and shows himself
helpless to deal with their problems and desires, that might hang fire
in the playhouse. Yet Herr Sudermann’s portrait of John—a Forerunner who
knows not the nature of the kingdom which his Prince will found, a
hermit preaching repentance and the wrath to come who learns with
bewilderment that the Prophet whose way he has prepared, talks of love,
and moves freely and humbly amongst men—to a reader at all events, is
the most impressive and pathetic feature of the play.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“There should be no necessity to add, in the case of so admirable an
artist as Herr Sudermann, that his handling of his theme is always
reverent, or that his use of the sacred text is never other than
dignified. Miss Beatrice Marshall may be congratulated on a graceful
translation.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 52. Ja. 9. 550w.
=Ind.= 65: 1179. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“Whatever may be the case with the original, the English text possesses
no special quality to compensate for the inherent nastiness of the
Salome legend or for the misrepresentation of an heroic Biblical
figure.”
− =Nation.= 87: 636. D. 24, ’08. 70w.
“A poignant book like this, however grim, sinister and austere, is yet a
poignant good.”
+ =No. Am.= 189: 920. Je. ’09. 280w.
=Sudermann, Hermann.=^{[11]} Roses: four one-act plays; tr. from the
German by Grace Frank. **$1.25. Scribner.
9–28261.
“Presents four one-act plays, one of which is a pleasant comedy of a
young student and a princess incognita—a little play which has humor in
it and leaves a pleasant taste in the mouth. The other three plays are
studies of feminine pathology of the most pronounced type, chiefly
interesting, so far as subject is concerned, because they bring out anew
the tendency of the recent German drama and fiction, than which there
has been nothing more definitely unwholesome in literature.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“‘The far-away princess’ is a ‘pleasant’ play, and the other three
distinctly ‘unpleasant,’ of the kind that we used to call Frenchy, but
nowadays must be called Germanish.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 932. O. 21, ’09. 60w.
“Even the four plays in the present volume, highly characteristic of
Sudermann’s later manner, deserved a more fortunate rendering into
English than they have here received. Mrs. Frank, it is to be regretted,
mistranslates plain words, fails to render the sense of obvious
sentences, and blandly leaves out pregnant and characteristic
expressions.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 364. O. 14, ’09. 560w.
“The first of the plays is a frankly repulsive study and the second is
distressingly pathetic. ‘The last visit’ is more human and also more
dramatic. The last play is wholly charming.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 672. O. 30, ’09. 300w.
“These plays are brief, and deal with the psychological moment. They are
distinctly effective, and are not lacking in dramatic or literary
quality; but a more dreary view of life than they present, or a more
melancholy glimpse into German society, if they are to be taken as
authentic, would be difficult to imagine.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 558. N. 6, ’09. 150w.
=Suess, Eduard.=^{[6]} Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr.
by Hertha B. C. Sollas. 3v. v. 3. *$5.75. Oxford.
=v. 3.= “The present instalment of this great work is concerned chiefly
with the study of those mighty folds of the earth’s crust which form the
mountain-chains of Eurasia. The rock-fold may be regarded as the
morphological unit in terrestrial architecture, and the geologists who
would gain a broad view of the physiognomy of the earth seeks to
determine the relation of fold to fold.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“A translation exceptional in accuracy and elegance. The mastery of the
literature is, however, secondary to the power of generalization which
enables the author to marshal his facts and bring them into harmony as
parts of a grand tectonic scheme.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 106. Ja. 23. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)
“He sums up into one connected whole the many little-known ranges of
Asia and the better-described and studied chains of Europe, so that a
large number of scientific observations and much recorded knowledge are
now easily available, which before were scattered and almost
inaccessible.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 565. Je. 3, ’09. 300w. (Review of v. 3.)
“British geologists will be so grateful for this scholarly translation
that they will be little disposed to criticise the rendering of Suess’
geological terms; but it would be convenient if the original term were
sometimes, as in the French translation, given in a footnote.” J. W. G.
+ − =Nature.= 80: 91. Mr. 25, ’09. 750w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Sully, Maximilien de Béthune, duc de.=^{[12]} Great design of Henry
IV, from the Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, and The united states of
Europe, by E: Everett Hale; with introd. by Edwin D. Mead. *50c.
Pub. for the International school of peace, by Ginn.
9–27055.
Here are given Sully’s account in full of the “Great design” of Henry IV
of France to bring about the federation of Europe; and the noteworthy
papers by Edward Everett Hale. Mr. Mead’s introduction sketches briefly
the history of the scheme.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 784. D. 11, ’09. 550w.
=Sumner, Helen Laura.=^{[12]} Equal suffrage. **$2. Harper.
9–29195.
The results of an investigation in Colorado made for the Collegiate
equal suffrage league of New York state. It is an impartial report,
marked by the absence of argument, in which the author has collected
facts, compared evidence and stated results. If is the outgrowth of a
two years’ investigation conducted according to best scientific methods:
question blanks were circulated; newspaper files were studied to
determine what women have done in politics; registration books were
examined; state, county, and city reports were explored to find out the
number of women office-holders, their records, salaries, etc.
* * * * *
“Conscientious, competent book, whose reading should be encouraging to
champions of the cause and its followers, and give food for serious and
unsettling thought to its opponents.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1147. N. 18, ’09. 120w.
=Sutcliffe, Alice Crary.=^{[9]} Robert Fulton and the “Clermont.”
**$1.20. Century.
9–25210.
“The authoritative story of Robert Fulton’s early experiments,
persistent efforts, and historic achievements, containing many of
Fulton’s hitherto unpublished letters, drawings and pictures.” (Explan.
title.) It is a timely contribution to history and to the record of
steam navigation, prepared by the inventor’s greatgranddaughter.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 85. N. ’09. ✠
“Timely, and fills a gap in American biography. A part of the material
of Miss Sutcliffe’s volume has appeared in ‘The century magazine,’ but
it is well worth its production in this expanded and more permanent
form.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 184. S. 16, ’09. 300w.
“While adding little to our knowledge of Fulton’s life and achievements,
brings together a valuable collection of portraits, letters, plans and
sketches, many of which have never before been published.” F. H. D.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 362. D. ’09. 220w.
=Engin. D.= 6: 337. O. ’09. 100w.
“There is here collected possibly more of Fulton’s own comments on his
ideas and ambitions than has ever before been seen in print. There are
also a few points on which a student of early engineering progress in
this country will look in vain for new light. The volume shows some
signs of hasty preparation.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 22. S. 10, ’09. 650w.
“She has done more to establish Fulton’s claims to great ability as an
inventor than all previous writers.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 364. S. 25, ’09. 300w.
“The interest of the book lies in its new material, which includes
Fulton’s preliminary plans for his steamboat.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 758. S. 30, ’09. 150w.
“The present work is sympathetically written and must be looked upon as
the most complete and satisfactory of all the briefer lives of the
inventor which have been published.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 545. O. 2, ’09. 170w.
+ =Nation.= 89: 308. S. 30, ’09. 300w.
“There have been several lives of Fulton in the past but in none of
them, even that by his intimate friend, Cadwallader D. Colden, have the
genius and individuality of Fulton been so clearly defined as in this
latest one by the greatgranddaughter of the inventor. It has been a
labor of love, but without partiality.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 546. S. 18, ’09. 1150w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 510. O. ’09. 60w.
=Sutcliffe, Halliwell.=^{[10]} Priscilla of the Good Intent. †$1.50.
Little.
9–26319.
The fragrance and freshness of the fields seem to pervade this story of
simple life in the north country of England. Aside from the atmosphere,
the charm of the book lies in the contrast of character. Priscilla, the
slim little mistress of Good Intent farm, is a very lovable heroine, but
there are moments when “Peggy o’ Mathewson’s” the gipsy-like girl of the
moorlands, slips to the front of the stage. David the smith, sturdy,
simple and strong, is a foil for the weak, inconstant character of
Reuben Gaunt, who proves his manhood only after a long fight.
* * * * *
“Reminiscent of Phillpotts’ Dartmoor stories, but without their gloomy
atmosphere.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 94. N. ’09.
“This ‘romance of the grey fells’ attracts us by its strong human
interest and pleasant rural atmosphere. The weakness of the story lies
in the unconvincing transformation of the second suitor ... into a model
of courageous manliness.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 612. My. 22. 180w.
“One who reads may feel at moments an inclination to run swiftly up and
down the landscape, yet the pastoral setting has charm and significance,
the story holds interest in suspense to the last, and the tone never
swerves from its high pitch.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 600. D. 16, ’09. 140w.
“Mr. Sutcliffe gives lovers of romance a wholesome and pleasing treat.
The pictures of humble English country life indoors and out, and the
lore of the birds and beasts and plants and all the life of the field
and the fen, make the novel ‘different’ from the run of tales.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 666. O. 23, ’09. 250w.
“One of the many well-constructed, solid bits of fiction turned out by
English writers every year.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 559. N. 6, ’09. 50w.
“This is well written, with some fine study of character, but the story
drags a little.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 865. My. 29, ’09. 20w.
=Sutherland, Howard V.= Idylls of Greece. *$1. Sherman, French & co.
8–31832.
Four idylls built up about “olden tales of love” in classic Greece. They
are: Prokris and Kephalos; Melas and Anaxe; Acis and Galataea; Œme and
Œonus.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 50w.
=Swan, Mark E.= Top o’ the world. †$1.50. Dutton.
8–24873.
“A fantastic narrative tells of all the queer things that happened to a
little girl who wanted to be grown up. The narrative is written by Mark
E. Swan, the lyrics by James O’Dea, and the music by Anna Caldwell and
Manuel Klein. The charmingly whimsical illustrations, a number in color,
are by Hy. Mayer.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Now that it has been turned into a book it has lost some of its
picturesqueness, though the story is just the same.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 550. D. 3, ’08. 60w.
“A quaint story that will interest all the little ones.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 497. S. 12, ’08. 80w.
“There is not enough to build up a page story in a juvenile paper, let
alone a bulky volume. The illustrations lack the refinement and artistic
taste that such pictures should have.”
− =R. of Rs.= 38: 767. D. ’08. 120w.
=Swift, Edgar James.= Mind in the making: a study in mental
development. **$1.50. Scribner. 8–12179.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Swift’s book is stimulating, clearly written, interesting, and within
the comprehension of the average reader. On the whole it is a
commendable attempt to state education in socio-psychological terms.” C:
H. Johnston.
+ =J. Philos.= 6: 155. Mr. 18, ’09. 2300w.
“While Professor Swift’s ‘Mind in the making’ like most other genetic
treatises tends at times to underestimate the value and the potency of
non-subjective factors in the educational process, it on the whole
constitutes one of the most stimulating books on education recently
published.” A. D. Yocum.
+ =Psychol. Bull.= 6: 104. Mr. 15, ’09. 430w.
“On the whole it is very well written and extremely suggestive, even
though the psychologist may feel that some of the statements should be
accepted with reservations.” Irving King.
+ − =School R.= 17: 275. Ap. ’09. 800w.
=Swift, Polemus Hamilton.=^{[11]} Gospel cheer messages. *$1.25. West.
Meth. bk.
8–37346.
In Part 1 the author has set down some of the convictions and
observations concerning revivals gained during twelve years’ ministry in
Chicago. Part 2 contains a series of revival sermons preached in the
Austin Methodist Episcopal church during February, 1908. They were
planned to meet the special need of this Chicago church and community.
=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.=^{[9]} Dramas; selected and edited by
Arthur Beatty. **$1.50. Crowell.
9–24012.
Includes “Atlanta in Calydon,” “Erechtheus” and “Mary Stuart.” An
introduction sums up the poet’s career and place in literature, while
full notes, a chronological list of Swinburne’s writings and a
bibliography of the lives of Swinburne follow the text.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 149. D. ’09.
=Dial.= 47: 391. N. 16, ’09. 40w.
“It is a well-edited and a well-printed volume, serviceable, alike for
the student and the ‘general reader.’”
+ =Ind.= 67: 884. O. 14, ’09. 80w.
“The editor has supplied judicious notes explaining classical
obscurities, and an introduction apparently not dictated by intemperate
enthusiasm.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 517. N. 25, ’09. 440w.
=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.=^{[11]} Shakespeare. 2s. Frowde, London.
A eulogy in which the author “passes in review all the plays, and
affirms, in twinned epithets charging pair after pair like sea-horses up
the foamy crest of his billowing sentences, that each drama of
Shakespeare’s, with one or two exceptions, is the most divinely and
incomparably excellent thing of its kind in the world. He makes, to be
sure, some distinctions among the children of the master’s mind, but
reverently, as a mortal distinguishes the differing glories of the
seraphim.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The little book before us is full of insight, of impatience, and of
cumbrous eloquence. It is sometimes hard to discover where the critic
ends and the fine frenzy of the poet begins.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 289. S. 11. 1100w.
+ − =Nation.= 89: 411. O. 28, ’09. 360w.
=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Three plays of Shakespeare. (Harper’s
lib. of living thought.) **75c. Harper.
9–9460.
A series which aims to provide students with some single, central,
living thoughts which authors present for magazine printing before
taking the time to develop them into books. The three plays here treated
are “King Lear,” “Othello” and “King Richard II.” The living thought in
the first is that King Lear is an expression of the most advanced
doctrine as to the absolute equality of man confronted by nature and of
the futility of the monarchical idea; in the second, that Shakespeare
missed the most pathetic feature of the “tragic mischief” when he
forebore to make use of Iago’s stealing the handkerchief as it is
recorded in Curthio’s version; in the third, the struggle in
Shakespeare’s mind between the influence of Marlowe and that of Robert
Greene.
* * * * *
“The poet’s vice as a critic is, of course, his intemperate exaggeration
and his super-abundant use of the superlative. Yet there is a sound and
noble enthusiasm in his appreciation of the great Elizabethans.” E:
Fuller.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 636. Ag. ’09. 60w.
+ − =Ind.= 67: 90. Jl. 8, ’09. 120w.
“His criticisms of the plays of Shakespeare are original and of marked
analytic power.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 768. Je. ’09. 40w.
=Swingle, Calvin Franklin.=^{[8]} Electric railway power stations. $2.
Drake, F: J.
9–11047.
“A book written for operating engineers, and consisting largely of
descriptions of modern boilers, mechanical stokers, economizers, pumps,
steam engines, turbines, gas engines, generators, switchboards, etc. The
design and construction of boilers and chimneys is taken up, and
considerable space is devoted to the use of the indicator, the study of
cards, and valve adjustments.”—Engin. D.
* * * * *
“It is a work that young men in subordinate positions in power-houses
could use with profit in preparing themselves for more responsible
duties.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 665. Je. ’09. 80w.
“It should prove interesting and helpful for those in whose hands the
actual operation of machinery is placed, and it should help them to a
more comprehensive view of the system of which they are a part.”
+ =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 8. Jl. 15, ’09. 250w.
=Syers, Edgar, and Syers, Madge.= Book of winter sports; with an
introd. by the Earl of Lytton, and contributions from experts in
various branches of sport. *$4.20. Longmans.
9–9031.
“The winter sports here described and illustrated—the illustrations have
been carefully collected from various sources, old and new—might be
particularised as ice and snow sports. This limitation is quite correct;
football, hockey, &c., are practised outside the borders of the winter
season. The ‘winter sports’ are bandy, which is a kind of hockey on the
ice; curling, with details of its practice in various countries; skating
and the cognate sport of ski-ing, followed on snow; and tobogganing. In
the appendices we have records, laws of the various games, and notes on
winter-sport resorts.”—Spec.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 180w.
“The names of the joint editors are a sufficient guarantee for the
excellence of their work.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 745. N. 7, ’08. 130w.
=Symonds, Margaret (Mrs. W. W. Vaughan).= Days spent on a doge’s farm.
*$2.50. Century.
9–14222.
A reissue after fifteen years of a book “which makes of every reader a
friend.” With the original text there has been included a new preface
which is an appreciation and description of the remarkable woman who
ruled the “Doge’s farm,” Evelina, Countess Pisani.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 46: 90. F. 1, ’09. 70w.
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 393. Mr. 6, ’09. 300w.
“It is an interesting account of Italian country life and gives a
picture of an unusual woman.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 278. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 88. F. 13, ’09. 300w.
“It is a phase of Italian life seldom seen by Americans.” Charlotte
Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 238. My. ’09. 120w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 766. Je. ’09. 100w.
+ =Spec.= 101: 1108. D. 26, ’08. 240w.
=Symons, Arthur.=^{[8]} Plays, acting and music: a book of theory.
**$2. Dutton.
9–13610.
A new edition revised to keep pace with the author’s more recent
application of critical methods.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 62. O. ’09.
“He has omitted, added, and changed, until one who possesses the first
edition will feel it necessary, in order to keep up with Mr. Symons, to
own this later volume.” R: Burton,
+ =Dial.= 47: 70. Ag. 1, ’09. 350w.
“In the re-issue of ‘Plays, acting and music,’ Arthur Symons is himself
only in flashes. As a literary taster, Mr. Symons is pleasant to read.”
+ − =Ind=. 67: 370. Ag. 12, ’09. 250w.
“Here is something more than the indifferentism of the hardened
journalist. Symons retained his zest. Every contact with art was a great
adventure. And he was at once so faithful to the thing in hand, and so
mindful of that whole which we call art, that he is justified in calling
a volume apparently composed of rather insubstantial scraps ‘a book of
theory.’”
+ =Nation.= 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 300w.
“Almost a new work rather than merely a ‘revised’ edition of it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“The book as it now stands is additionally valuable as a record of the
evolution of this thorough and inspired critic. Some of the essays, it
is true, appear to have little permanent value, being concerned with the
production of plays possessing at the best, a merely transient interest;
but even the obiter dicta of Mr. Symons are well worth reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 406. Je. 26, ’09. 180w.
=Symons, Arthur.=^{[11]} Romantic movement in English poetry. *$2.50.
Dutton.
9–24011.
“In scheme and structure this book is notably simple: little more, in
fact, than a descriptive catalogue, an assemblage of independent studies
or appreciations of the poets, authentic or reputed, of a certain period
in our literature. We might call it a literary ‘Peerage.’ or a critical
‘Who’s who,’ but that the order adopted is chronological, not
alphabetical.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“Lacking a unifying point of view, the value of the book lies in the
felicity of some of its characterizations and its poetical and trenchant
phrasing.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 127. D. ’09.
“In a word, this volume owes nothing of its singular interest and value
to its form—everything to its substance, which is of rare excellence.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 518. O. 30. 1400w.
“For most readers its introduction will prove the most interesting part,
because it is the only part which provides any critical perspective, or
from which a continuous history of the Romantic movement can be
gleaned.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 90: 251. N. ’09. 380w.
“The truth is that Mr. Symons has felt profoundly and correctly but has
not reasoned enough. Hence he overstates his case. The danger of
conventional scholarship is not that it concerns itself with history,
but that it is not always properly aware of the humbleness of its task
and that it too often mistakes the backwaters of bibliography for the
springs of Helicon. It is, then, as a volume of essays upon the greater
poets of the early nineteenth century that ‘The romantic movement in
English poetry’ has positive value. And Mr. Symons is well equipped to
interpret the works of these men at once subtly and vigorously. His
personal preoccupations as a poet, too, enable him to set certain
matters in a new and more excellent light.” Ludwig Lewisohn.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 487. N. ’09. 2000w.
“Notwithstanding these many good points, the book, as a whole, leaves
much to be desired.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 354. O. 14, ’09. 870w.
“A book of criticism of real value and of great entertainment. If it
were not for this taint of the superior person, marring all he writes,
Mr. Symons might have been a great critic.” R: LeGallienne.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 717. N. 20, ’09. 2800w.
“I should be inclined to call this book the most brilliant that Mr.
Symons has ever written. A hundred things might be quoted as
illustrations of Mr. Symons’ really marvellous way of combining
criticism and literature. Apparently he contradicts himself at times,
but the contradiction is never more than apparent; a few lines of
explanation would make it all clear.” J: F. Runciman.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 379. S. 25, ’09. 1600w.
“The whole book is full of sane, illuminating criticism, and Mr.
Symons’s range of appreciation is notably wider than the principles
which he lays down in his introduction.”
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 925. D. 4, ’09. 290w.
=Syrett, Netta.=^{[12]} Anne Page. †$1.50. Lane.
“Its central figure is a woman, beneficent and gracious, yet having
behind her an unsuspected past—a past unregretted and deliberately
chosen, since the man who shared it would on the whole have preferred to
be her husband. Supreme unselfishness and reluctance to hinder the
development of a genius were the motives, we are told, of this
sacrifice.... We cannot overcome a Philistine aversion to the conception
of an ideal life with such a secret at its core.... But the plot, the
background, and the accessories of the story are all artistically
planned, and have much charm.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“In construction and finish this novel seems to us the best piece of
work which Miss Syrett has yet done; but it impresses us rather as a
skillfully elaborated illustration of a purely academic thesis than a
study from life.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 634. My. 23. 200w.
“Perhaps Netta Syrett would be surprised to learn that anybody could
think her ‘Anne Page’ a demoralizing tale. Yet what else can be said of
a story in which the heroine defies the conventions and comes to no bad
end. Women may read it for warning as well as entertainment, and they
will find both.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 751. N. 27, ’09. 400w.
=Syrett, Netta.=^{[8]} Castle of dreams. $1.25. McClurg.
The story of the development of a neglected girl shut away in an Irish
castle, neglected by her father, an impecunious Irish peer, and taken in
hand by an interesting scholar who comes to the neighborhood. “The
pictures of ‘Bridgit’s’ life in Ireland, of her extreme cleverness when
receiving her father’s rowdily smart English friends, and of the trick
she plays them are all well drawn.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Miss Syrett shows herself, as usual, clever at handling an imaginative
theme, but we are not sure that she has been wise in choosing Ireland as
a background for her castle of dreams. Her Celtic peasants are painfully
conventional, and speak a dialect which would hardly satisfy an expert
critic in such matters. The humour, though sometimes telling, is
scarcely spontaneous, and the British Philistines introduced are
caricatures, not of the highest order.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 433. Ap. 10. 120w.
=Nation.= 89: 512. N. 25, ’09. 390w.
“Her heroine is thoroughly delightful in her defense against the
mercenary father and the intolerable suitor. Its portrayal is an
extremely artistic piece of literary work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 585. O. 2, ’09. 250w.
“The book is slight, but it is written with considerable grace, and the
snatches of fairy-lore with which it is interspersed are full of a
plaintive and elusive charm.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 543. Ap. 3, ’09. 120w.
T
=Taft, William Howard.=^{[12]} Political issues and outlooks: speeches
delivered between August, 1908, and February, 1909. **$1.25.
Doubleday.
9–28960.
Twenty-three addresses of the President delivered thruout the country
from the time of his nomination until his inauguration in which he
reveals his attitude towards the larger issues that the country faces
including the labor question, the negro problem, the Philippine policy,
and the tariff question.
=Taggart, Marion Ames.=^{[11]} Six girls and the seventh one. †$1.50.
Wilde.
9–25969.
A new “Six girl” book in which Margery, the oldest girl who has married
and gone to India, returns bringing the seventh one, Betty Blossom, her
two-months-old baby. The events of a winter in New York and a summer in
the mountains are related, and the story ends happily with two love
affairs in which the “seventh one” plays an important part.
* * * * *
“Is another of Miss Taggart’s wholesome books dealing with home life and
‘homey’ characters.” M. J. Moses.
+ =Ind.= 67: 1366. D. 16, ’09. 60w.
“Miss Taggart is a wise and wholesome associate for all young readers;
her home atmosphere is uniformly healthful. In this new story she
indulges in just the right sort of romance.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1024. D. 4, ’09. 150w.
“The cheerful tone of the character work and the simple introduction of
love add distinction to the story.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 598. D. 16, ’09. 40w.
“The young people bubble over with health and good spirits and the story
is pleasantly optimistic.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 766. D. ’09. 40w.
=Tallentyre, S. G., pseud. (E. V. Hall).=^{[10]} Life of Mirabeau.
*$3. Moffat.
9–22835.
“Mirabeau’s tumultuous nature, his quarrels with his even more
self-willed father, his many imprisonments under ‘lettres de cachet,’
his abominably numerous love affairs, were but the prelude to his
political genius and his part in the greatest national upheaval of
modern times. But in this book the vices and family quarrels are given
undue space and the political treatment is not altogether
satisfactory.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Is a very inferior book to that of Professor Fling on the same subject.
It is far less learned, and much more pretentious. It adds nothing to
our knowledge of the subject, whether by way of new facts, or of new
points of view. It echoes throughout the notes of Macaulay and Carlyle,
and the style is after the manner of the latter.”
− =Nation.= 89: 465. N. 11, ’09. 70w.
“We accept her final verdict, although the paths leading to it are
somewhat circuitous.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 577. O. 2, ’09. 2100w.
“Frankly the book is far less interesting than that on Voltaire. The
reason is that the material has not been so well digested, and the
narrative lacks proportion and continuity of interest.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 276. O. 2, ’09. 180w.
“Miss Tallentyre writes in a spirited style of a France which is
familiar to her. If we have hinted at the faults of her work, these do
not affect its merits as a picture of the time and a record of people
whose minds, manners, ways of talking and thinking she has successfully
made her own.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 243. Ag. 14, ’09. 500w.
=Tannenbaum, Samuel A.=^{[10]} Was William Shakespeare a gentleman?
some questions in Shakespeare’s biography determined. 50c. Tenny
press, 1193 Broadway, N. Y.
A discussion of the questions concerning the granting of a coat of arms
to John Shakespeare by the College of heraldry. From eight pieces of
evidence the author proves that it was the 1596 request that was
granted, but that the application made in 1599 to impale the ancient
arms of Arden with those of Shakespeare was set aside.
* * * * *
“The little book forms an effective attack on Mr. Lee’s position by the
doubt it raises, not by the conclusion it proves true.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 286. S. 23, ’09. 830w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 565. S. 25, ’09. 230w.
=Tanner, Edwin Platt.=^{[6]} Province of New Jersey. 1664–1738. *$4.
Longmans.
8–33297.
“A detailed history of the political affairs and institutions of New
Jersey during two generations of its provincial life. The work is
divided into twenty-eight chapters, varying in length from 5 to 81
pages, whose titles give a fair notion of the scope of the treatment of
the period. These concern the nature, history, and political relations
of the peculiar land system of the proprietors in each of the two
Jerseys: elements of the population; relations to the Duke of York and
to the crown; the personnel, legal position and activities of executive,
council, the assembly, respectively, and their conflicts; the judicial
system; financial affairs; militia system; the Church of England in the
province; and the movement for a separate governor.”—Am. Hist. R.
* * * * *
“Dr. Tanner with all his commendable zeal has in some instances
contented himself with less than final authority. There are occasional
slips. The historical temper of the author is excellent; while his
judgment favors the proprietary party he shows a judicial spirit in his
estimate of men and measures, and his style is clear. He has provided a
‘vade mecum’ for all students of the period.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 621. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“The book is thorough and will be found useful in a study of the
economic history of the colonial period.” J. P. Bretz.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 131. Je. ’09. 140w.
“A very learned and complete monograph.” H. E. E.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 618. Jl. ’09. 80w.
“Its 700 pages give us the most minute and scholarly account yet
produced of any colony during a similar period. The critical apparatus,
and the elaborate index, are good.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 462. My. 6, ’09. 330w.
=Tardieu, André.= France and the alliances: the struggle for the
balance of power. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–31144.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Cautious readers, must accept these pages for what they are, a tonic to
French patriotism, a justification of the French oligarchy, and a
somewhat self-complacent paean of victory.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 825. Jl. ’09. 1300w.
“A good book to read in connection with Coolidge’s ‘United States as a
world power.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 85. Mr. ’09.
“The discussions of European politics are clear and accurate though
there is occasionally a nationalistic tinge in the interpretations.
Anyone who wishes to get a good summary of the complicated
interrelations of European politics should read this book.” C. L. Jones.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 218. Ja. ’09. 270w.
“In his present book we are disappointed, inasmuch as he is not so safe
a guide to history—even recent—as he is, from day to day, upon current
affairs. Moreover, in English dress, his manner of presenting his
personal views suffers by loss of his French clearness.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 785. D. 19. 1250w.
“It includes so much that it might almost be recommended as a convenient
summary of the diplomatic history of Europe since the Franco-German
war.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 864. Ap. 17, ’09. 320w.
“We feel somehow as we read that M. Tardieu’s narrative is frequently
too ingenious to be real. We have found M. Tardieu’s book so
interesting, though not always in a pleasant sense, in relation to
ourselves that we have no space to write of the chapters which treat of
French relations with other powers.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 223. F. 6, ’09. 2200w.
=Tarkington, Booth.=^{[12]} Beasley’s Christmas party. †$1.25. Harper.
9–28111.
Beasley, a politician, misunderstood by the woman he loves and accused
of a lack of imagination, finds himself guardian of a little crippled
boy whose waking moments are given up to entertaining imaginary friends
and companions. How Beasley makes himself the servant of this child
during his make-believe moments, creates devices for lending reality to
the people and animals of the child’s fancy, and, finally, how he plans
a wonderful Christmas party and invites the whole troop of imaginary
people, entertains them and feasts them is all set down in the order
that it took place to “please a sick little kid.”
* * * * *
“The best feature of the book is the romance it contains.” W. G.
Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 67: 1354. D. 16, ’09. 100w.
“Mr. Tarkington has written a very charming little tale, and those
readers who do not demand much subtlety will find tears and smiles in
the book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 751. N. 27, ’09. 190w.
“Mr. Booth Tarkington’s vein of kindly sentiment and his courage in
interpreting in unconventional forms the life of the affections are
happily mixed in a real Christmas story.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 90w.
=Tarkington, Booth, and Wilson, Harry Leon.= Man from home. †$1.25.
Harper.
8–32634.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 51. F. ’09.
“It should be popular with amateurs in social circles everywhere.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1620. D. 31, ’08. 130w.
=Lit. D.= 37: 988. D. 26, ’08. 40w.
“Mr. Tarkington has a mellow vein of humor reflected in the speeches of
the honest Indiana lawyer and which give a certain value to the piece in
book form which some other printed plays may lack.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 88. F. 13, ’09. 260w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 256. F. ’09. 30w.
=Tate, James Murray, and Stone, Melvin Oscar.= Foundry practice: a
treatise on molding and casting in their various details; prepared
for the use of students in the college of engineering, University of
Minnesota. 3d ed. rev. $2. Wiley.
9–1599.
“In preparing a new edition of the book, the authors have rearranged the
position of the chapters and given them new descriptive headings, and
also added new material on cupola practice and malleable
castings.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 150. D. ’09.
=Engin. D.= 5: 296. Mr. ’09. 250w.
“Something might have been done toward modernizing the illustrations and
descriptions of machine equipment for foundries.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 46. Ap. 15, ’09. 140w.
“As a whole, they have covered the ground remarkably well considering
the small space necessarily devoted to the numerous topics, and their
work should be appreciated by all students who desire to become informed
regarding modern foundry practice.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 363. Mr. 27, ’09. 160w.
=Taylor, David Clark.= Psychology of singing: a rational method of
voice culture based on a scientific analysis of all systems, ancient
and modern. **$1.50. Macmillan.
8–34628.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“His deficiency as a book writer lies in failure to grasp the principles
of perspective. Having adopted the scientific method, he feels it
advisable to recapitulate conclusions from time to time, and he does so
with such painstaking faithfulness that his book is expanded to at least
twice the length necessary to a thorough and convincing presentation of
his subject. Everybody who is interested in singing ought to inform
himself of what Mr. Taylor has to say.” F: R. Burton.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 270. S. ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Taylor’s book is lucid and convincing. It is stimulating, too, and
can hardly fail to accomplish a deal of good.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 92. Jl. 8, ’09. 230w.
“It is a treatise of unusual value and may mark the beginning of a new
epoch in vocal instruction.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 661. D. 31, ’08. 1000w.
+ =Outlook.= 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 140w.
“With the possible exception of Mr. Krehbiel’s ‘Chapters of opera,’ the
most important book of the season, relating to music is undoubtedly ‘The
psychology of singing.’” D. G. Mason.
+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 108. Ap. ’09. 700w.
=Taylor, Horace A.=^{[9]} Tales of travel; all around the world.
*$1.50. Neale.
9–22859.
A travel lover’s record of a trip around the world in which are
described the common people as they were seen, their looks, customs,
conditions and prospects; the climates, products and characteristics of
countries; monuments of antiquity, palaces and pyramids.
* * * * *
“His eyes are always wide open, honest, and unafraid, and his
descriptions have spirit and individuality. The book’s especial virtue
is its honesty.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 200w.
=Taylor, Ida Ashworth.= Cardinal democrat: Henry Edward Manning.
*$1.25. Herder.
“The ulterior purpose of the writer is to hold up Manning’s life as a
proof of the identity of Christian and democratic principles—‘a truth
perfunctorily and theoretically acknowledged, but disallowed in any true
sense, by the majority of friends and foes of religion alike.’... After
an introductory chapter, Miss Taylor takes up the subject at the
appointment of Manning to the archbishopric of Westminster; and, passing
without notice all those matters which appertained strictly to his
spiritual office or his private life, she relates the part played by the
Cardinal in the various public questions through which he came to be
known as a friend of the working people, and of all who struggle against
entrenched injustice.”—Cath. World.
* * * * *
“She has done a service to the memory of her hero by placing, in popular
and attractive form, the great human traits of his life before that
large class of readers who have not the time or inclination to peruse
Purcell’s two large volumes.”
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 835. Mr. ’09. 1000w.
“There can be no doubt that this is a very able and interesting study of
a great man. That Manning was a democrat—to use that word in its best
sense—we cannot allow.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 843. N. 21, ’08. 250w.
=Taylor, William Ladd.= Our home and country; pictured by W. L.
Taylor; with introd. by W. H. Downes. (Illustrated gift books.)
**$3. Moffat.
8–32376.
“Mr. Taylor has portrayed here typical scenes and character life in New
England, the South, and the western frontier. For his text he draws
principally from Longfellow, whose ‘Hanging of the crane,’ ‘The
children’s hour,’ ‘The old clock on the stairs,’ &c., fit in together
for the purpose of giving a running series of sketches of American home
life as one dreams it was to be found here some fifty years ago.... The
Taylor pictures are reproduced in helio type and half-tone, and not a
little of the interest attaching to them arises from the satisfaction
which one feels in having all these famous sketches brought together in
one volume.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 87: 638. D. 24, ’08. 50w.
“The artist’s range, meaning, and variety is extensive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 748. D. 5, ’08. 160w.
“An excellent idea adequately carried out.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 750. D. 5, ’08. 170w.
“The illustrations, especially of life in New England and Virginia, are
simply delightful, reflecting as they do with remarkable fidelity the
spirit of life in our colonial days.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 130w.
=Taylor, William T.=^{[7]} Stationary transformers; theory,
connections, operation and testing of constant-potential,
constant-current, series and auto transformers, potential
regulators, etc. *$1.50. McGraw.
9–11048.
“The author has confined his attention to a small part of his subject.
The larger part of the book is occupied by diagrams and descriptions of
transformer connections for a variety of conditions.... The plan
followed by the author is largely descriptive. With the exception of a
liberal and necessary use of vector diagrams it is non-mathematical.
After a very brief review of underlying principles the author takes up,
in short chapters, the standard systems of circuit connections used in
single and polyphase circuits. An instructive chapter is that devoted to
three-phase difficulties.... A chapter on transformer testing concludes
the book.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“It gives in compact form a large amount of not otherwise readily
available information regarding the various methods of making the
connections required for almost every condition met with in practice.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 54. Jl. ’09. 130w.
“The quality of the material is fairly satisfactory but it should form a
part of a complete work on transformers rather than a book itself.” H:
H. Norris.
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 72. Je. 17, ’09. 280w.
“Contains some very interesting and valuable information on the
installation, testing and operation of this type of apparatus.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 100w.
=Terence (Publius Terentius Afer).= Comedies of Terence; ed. with
introd. and notes by Sidney G. Ashmore. *$1.50. Oxford.
8–17963.
“Prof. Ashmore’s new edition of the extant plays of Terence is in one
compact volume, a boon to students. The text is that of Prof. Tyrrel,
substantially without change. Prof. Tyrrel’s Latin footnotes are also
reproduced. The text is in Latin, of course, but Prof. Ashmore’s
commentary is in English. It elucidates every involved passage, and
presents the play clearly to the reader.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“This edition is the very best one that exists for English-speaking
students.” H. T. Peck.
+ − =Bookm.= 28: 590. F. ’09. 1400w.
“A capital piece of work.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 525. D. ’08. 60w.
“Prof. Ashmore’s new edition will be welcomed by students. It lacks
nothing needed in the study of the author from the point of view of
philology, grammar, poetic quality, or dramatic history.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 386. Jl. 11, ’08. 840w.
=Thackeray, Lance.= Light side of Egypt. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–23743.
“There is something irresistibly comic in the intercourse of European
tourists with Orientals, the former sentimental, the latter predatory;
and we have never seen the humorous contrast better realized than in
these pictures by Mr. Lance Thackeray. The artist uses the license of
the caricaturist, but every type portrayed is recognizable and human,
however grotesque.” (Ath.) “Mr. George Ade, in a brief but pungent
preface, characterizes the book thus: ‘For a real picture of Egypt—prop
up the dusty antique in the background, put bewildered tourist into
foreground, then flood with sunlight. This is what Mr. Thackeray has
done.’” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“He has an exquisite eye for the incongruous and entertaining. We
commend the book to every one who has toured in Egypt.”
+ =Ath.= 1908. 2: 767. D. 12. 120w.
“Especially will it be valuable to persons who are planning to visit
Egypt in the near future, and are not averse to seeing themselves as
others may see them and getting all the possible fun, as well as profit,
from the adventure.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 461. D. 16, ’08. 200w.
=Thackeray, William Makepeace.=^{[10]} Sense and sentiment of
Thackeray; being selections from the work and correspondence of
William Makepeace Thackeray; comp, by Mrs. C: Mason Fairbanks.
**75c. Harper.
9–26298.
A little hand-book of Thackeray wisdom containing selections from that
author’s pages of human philosophy.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 47: 521. D. 16, ’09. 60w.
“Mrs. Fairbanks has brought together here a series of passages in praise
of woman which quite convince us that Thackeray was as other men.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 630. D. 23, ’09. 130w.
“To lovers of Thackeray who have not made up their own collections of
his wise and clever epigrams this selection will be seized upon with
avidity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 609. O. 16, ’09. 230w.
=Thomas, Calvin.= History of German literature. (Short histories of
literatures of the world.) **$1.50. Appleton.
9–7328.
“Professor Thomas has succeeded in the difficult task of telling the
story of a thousand years in a volume of four hundred pages without
sacrificing interest to condensation.... It was not an easy task to tell
the story of a literature which had one great culminating period after
long, dreary wastes of deadlydull writing, with little oases of romantic
or religious feeling in the far background; but this story Professor
Thomas has succeeded in making coherent, and has illuminated it with
vital touches throughout.”
* * * * *
“It is more popular than Francke, more scholarly than Wells and more
readable than Robertson. Unfortunately the nineteenth century is rather
inadequately treated, so that Robertson remains the best single volume
for the average library, with this as an admirable supplement.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 144. My. ’09.
“Common sense and capable workmanship are the distinguishing features of
the book; it inspires comparatively little enthusiasm but it adequately
achieves its purpose. Perhaps the least satisfactory chapter is the
last, which discusses ‘some recent developments’ in a rather loose and
superficial fashion.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 120. Jl. 31. 320w.
“The book will do, it will serve capitally the ‘general reader’ for whom
the series is intended, but the student, after recognizing all this, has
a well-defined sense of incompleteness.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 425. Ag. 19, ’09. 600w.
“For scholarly finish, taste, and completeness this sketch of German
literature is in every way commendable.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 767. My. 1, ’09. 170w.
“Naturally in a work of this kind there must be many omissions, but the
work has been well done on the whole, and the book will provide a good
survey for the average reader or student who desires to inform himself
upon the subject without going deeply into any given period.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 211. Ap. 10, ’09. 180w.
“There are passages in this book which will greatly shock the average
German scholar; and in a few cases it will not be entirely free from the
criticism of less academic readers. But so many literary histories are
conventional, dry-as-dust records that the raciness and general
breeziness of this volume are full of refreshment. Altogether this must
be counted one of the most readable and useful of the many literary
histories of recent years.”
+ − =Outlook.= 91: 817. Ap. 10, ’09. 330w.
“A thorough piece of work, particularly useful in the section devoted to
the American novel.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.
“The greater part of Dr. Thomas’ work is most praiseworthy. The portion
of the book which deals with the most recent developments is the least
satisfactory of all.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 724. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.
=Thomas, Edward.=^{[7]} Richard Jefferies; his life and work. *$3.
Little.
9–25306.
With the hope of putting Jefferies in the proper light before the world
of literature the author, fortified by a good deal of new material,
constructs a life at once sympathetic and true to actual conditions and
formative influences. Jefferies the fiction writer, essay writer,
naturalist, economist, humanitarian, and lover of country life is
critically studied as well as his contributions to literature.
* * * * *
“This work, although occasionally a little vague and fanciful in its
attempts at close characterization, is conscientious and interesting,
and supplies the need for a carefully studied background to Jefferies’
delicate and vivid rural pictures.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 86. N. ’09.
“Mr. Thomas’s work, in fact, errs on the side of excess. It is open to
question whether there was need for another life and appreciation of
Jefferies. Altogether this biography is a conscientious, painstaking
piece of work.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 368. Mr. 27. 600w.
“He is not seldom vague and fanciful and obscure and one doubts whether
he always clearly knows what he is trying to say. But much could easily
be pardoned in so good a biography as he has given us.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 228. O. 1, ’09. 1900w.
“A full and sympathetic biography, prepared by one who thoroughly
understands the man and thoroughly knows the man’s country and his
books.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 594. O. 9, ’09. 570w.
“A sympathetic and critical life.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 879. D. 18, ’09. 370w.
“All will appreciate what we may call the carefully studied background
to Jefferies’s rural pictures which is here given us.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 22. Jl. 3, ’09. 100w.
=Thomas, Rowland.= Little gods. †$1.50. Little.
9–6849.
Eleven stories of life in the Philippines. Elemental, untrained man,
harking back to instinct, is portrayed in “Fagan,” the story that was
awarded $5,000 by Colliers. Fagan is a negro who joins the American
army, is a wonderful fighter but finds discipline irksome. His offenses
are dealt with untactfully by a lieutenant “with the fear of God and the
Regulations in his heart, and wondrous small understanding in his head.”
He is sent to the guard house, deserts and is hunted down to his death.
All of the stories present types with photographic clearness.
* * * * *
“The style is strong and dramatic, but the mysticism by which the author
has attempted to connect the stories is a drawback to the ordinary
reader.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 149. My. ’09.
“One finds the trail of Kipling and of Merriman in ‘The dragon’s
blood.’”
+ =Atlan.= 104: 680. N. ’09. 170w.
“One would not have to look further than the table of contents of Mr.
Thomas’s own book to come across better material than that in Fagan.’”
F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 402. Je. ’09. 750w.
“The first story is distinctly the best of the lot; although they all
show power and imagination.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 255. My. ’09. 200w.
“In his volume of short stories Rowland Thomas has accomplished for the
Philippines what Kipling’s pen accomplished years ago for India.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1083. My. 20, ’09. 200w.
“The book has fancy, pathos, and humor; the last of a very abundant and
uncloying kind.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 16. Jl. 1, ’09. 340w.
“The stories are very much alive, intensely interesting, and have all
the force of human documents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 220. Ap. 10, ’09. 360w.
=Thomas, William Isaac.=^{[11]} Source book for social origins:
ethnological materials, psychological standpoint, classified and
annotated bibliographies for the interpretation of savage society.
*$4.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–27970.
A comprehensive source-book for social origins in which the material has
been grouped under the following seven heads: The relation of society to
geographic and economic environment; Mental life and education;
Invention and technology; Sex and marriage; Art, ornament, and
decoration; Magic, religion, myth; Social organization, morals, the
state.
* * * * *
“The present book is admirably adapted to orient the beginner and to
serve as the basis for class-room work in the subject.” J. H. T.
+ =Psychol. Bull.= 6: 417. D. 15, ’09. 380w.
=Thomas-Stanford, Charles.=^{[11]} Leaves from a Madeira garden.
**$1.50. Lane.
“The author is greatly enamored of his island—loves it for its climate,
its scenery, its fertility, and its people—and he writes of it with
excellent appreciation of its charms.” (N. Y. Times.) “Mr. Stanford
tells us about various things besides gardening, about the Portuguese
people, for instance, and about Portuguese government. Of this last he
has a very bad opinion; he regards it as a thoroughly corrupt system, by
which the two parties took turns in the spoils of office.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The book is very pleasing.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 546. D. 2, ’09. 300w.
“Some pleasing pictures of one of the most delightful of the Atlantic
islands are presented.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 647. O. 23, ’09. 220w.
“We must say that we cannot always agree with Mr. Stanford in his
judgment on moral matters. There is much pleasant reading in the book.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 490. O. 2, ’09. 250w.
=Thompson, Charles Miner.= Calico cat: a rural detective story minus a
detective. †$1.25. Houghton.
8–30016.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“An amusing tale.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 27. Ja. ’09.
“Deserves thanks from seekers after the harmless necessary story of
amusement.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 118. F. 4, ’09. 220w.
=Thompson, Clarence Bertrand.= Churches and the wage earners: a study
of the cause and cure of their separation. **$1. Scribner.
9–6498.
Deals according to the author’s own words with “a specific, clear-cut
problem—that of the gulf between the masses of the laboring people and
the churches of today.” The subdivisions of Mr. Thompson’s study are
suggestive of the trend of treatment: Part 1, The alienation of the wage
earners from the churches: its extent and its causes; Part 2, The
attitude of the churches toward the workingmen, and its results; Part 3,
Christianity and socialism; Part 4, What to do. The author believes that
the churches must be socialized even at the expense of “historical
continuity”; that if the churches do not seize their present opportunity
for an awakening, humanity will come forward with a religion of its own.
* * * * *
“A comprehensive analysis of the situation.”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 654. O. ’09. 30w.
“Author is rather unfair to socialism and offers no new criticisms or
suggestions, but he writes from fulness of knowledge and his temper and
method of presentation are on the whole admirable.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 51. O. ’09.
“This work is an excellent index of the present status of thought upon
this vital subject.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 431. S. ’09. 200w.
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 153. Ag. 7. 80w.
“Throughout the whole essay he shows a temper and a method which are
thoroughly scientific. In consequence, he has made a book well worthy of
being pondered, and none the less serious for being written in most
simple and popular style.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 398. Je. ’09. 480w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 545. O. ’09. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 144. Mr. 13, ’09. 160w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 100w.
“If the book can be said to be inadequate or unfair in any part, the
charge must be brought against the section upon socialism. Aside from
this one section, Mr. Thompson’s book is to be heartily commended in
every particular. It may be safely placed upon the shelf beside that
rapidly growing accumulation of books which shows that the day of
judgment for organized Christianity is at hand.” J: H. Holmes.
+ − =Survey.= 22: 478. Jl. 3, ’09. 1650w.
“The best review of what has been written on the relation of wage
earners and the churches.” Graham Taylor.
+ =Survey.= 22: 855. S. 25, ’09. 330w.
“While Mr. Thompson attests on every page his unflinching desire to get
at and face the actual situation, there is little to show that he sought
to find out what it is, either by his own investigation, or even by
interviewing or corresponding with those who of their own knowledge know
the situation because they are parts of it.”
+ − =Survey.= 23: 61. O. 2, ’09. 1900w.
=Thompson, Francis.=^{[5]} Shelley: with an introd. by Rt. Honorable
George Wyndham. *$1. Scribner.
9–14616.
Mr. Wyndham states that Thompson’s “Shelley” and Meyer’s “Vergil” are
the two best English essays on poetry of our day. Mr. Thompson reads
Shelley in the light of that poet’s abounding spontaneity; claims that
he has no lineal descendant at the present day because inspiration is
predominated over by art; presents Shelley the philosopher, idler and
poet, all the while depicting the amiable weaknesses of the winsome
child with the adorable faculty of make-believe.
* * * * *
“On Thompson’s essay we have but one stricture to make, which, perhaps,
will best be made and disposed of at once. Thompson wrote as a Roman
Catholic for Roman Catholics; consequently he adopted a tone of
religious patronage which, though not offensive, is hardly artistic.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 490. Ap. 24. 1700w.
“A manuscript worthy a place among English prose masterpieces.” A. B.
McMahan.
+ =Dial.= 46: 399. Je. 16, ’09. 2900w.
“Well worth reading and preserving.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 200w.
“Even the general reader, to whose limitations reference has been made,
can hardly fail to get from the essay real light on Shelley, and what
will certainly be as gratifying and rewarding, light on the essentially
beautiful nature of Francis Thompson.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 340. My. 29, ’09. 900w.
“It is unfortunate that Thompson limited Shelley in so far as to test
him by churchly standards on the ground of his once-considered atheism.
This concession to the organ for which the essay was intended, though
made reluctantly, as one perceives, mars the criticism as literature and
cannot but destroy its universality.” J. B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 770. D. 4, ’09. 540w.
“Together with the Swinburne essays on Shelley, it forms the most
complete and perfect commentary on Shelley the poet and Shelley the
man.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 407. S. ’09. 420w.
=Thompson, James Westfall.=^{[5]} Wars of religion in France,
1559–1576; the Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II. *$4.50.
Univ. of Chicago press.
9–14063.
A work of over six hundred pages which falls in the epoch of the French
reformation but which treats the political, diplomatic and economic
activities of the period rather than the religious aspect. The author
has interpreted the times in the light of the progress made in economic
history during the past twenty years, presenting “some of the results of
recent research into the economic history of sixteenth century France to
English readers.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Thompson’s book is not only newer but also broader than Baird’s
excellent work on the ‘Rise of the Huguenots,’ where the author limited
his field by his title. And most important of all, in describing that
bitter turmoil of interests and ideals Mr. Thompson is scrupulously
impartial. He has put the general reader and the scholar under
obligations to him by this excellent work.” Paul van Dyke.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 131. O. ’09. 1200w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 127. D. ’09.
“The serious student of the period will be impressed not merely by the
author’s fairness, but even more by his large command of the literature
of the subject, both printed books and manuscript material.” H: E.
Bourne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 335. N. 1, ’09. 1350w.
“In the main Professor Thompson has told his story well. The style,
which is inclined to drag in the beginning, becomes clearer and more
fluent as the narrative progresses.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 463. N. 11, ’09. 970w.
“In addition to being readable and scholarly, it also is a modern work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 579. O. 2, ’09. 400w.
“Though not a book of great originality and power, it condenses in a
clear form and enforces the views of the best authorities upon the
period.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 537. O. 30, ’09. 1150w.
=Thompson, Reginald Campbell.=^{[11]} Semitic magic: its origin and
development. (Luzac’s original religious ser.) *$4. Bloch.
9–8888.
“This interesting book does not deal with Semitic magic as a whole, but
treats only of certain aspects of it illustrated by the cuneiform texts,
derived for the most part from Assurbanipal’s library at Nineveh, as
compared with certain parallel beliefs implied rather than fully
described in the Bible.” (Ath.) The five chapters of the book are
concerned with (1) The demons and ghosts, (2) Demonaic possession and
tabu, (3) Sympathetic magic, (4) The atonement sacrifice, (5) The
redemption of the first born.
* * * * *
“An important book.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 202. O. ’09. 30w.
“Limited space forbids further discussion of many things of interest
suggested by his book.” H: P. Smith.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 605. O. ’09. 900w.
“When all is said, he has got together a large mass of facts which
can—and probably will—be used by hundreds of scholars who are unable
personally to consult the rather recondite sources from which they are
drawn. Generally, it may be said that Prof. Campbell Thompson might have
done better had he spread his net wider. There are occasional
infelicities of diction which rather surprise us in what is evidently a
well-thought-out book; but there are extremely few misprints. A very
honest as well as a very ably-written book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 638. My. 29. 1250w.
“The author has read widely in the literature of his subject and
constantly reveals his intimate and first-hand acquaintance with the
Babylonian magical and religious texts. His application to the biblical
institution of atonement of the idea gained from the magical text of
Babylonia that the sacrificial animal is intended to lure the demon from
the afflicted man or sinner into said victim where it may be destroyed
or prevented from doing further harm is interesting and ingenious but
not altogether convincing. However, students of the Old Testament may
learn much from this book.”
+ − =Bib. World.= 33: 360. My. ’09. 130w.
“His book is not an exhaustive treatise; it can be regarded simply as an
introduction to the subject. As it stands, his book is an authoritative
contribution to anthropology, which will be found of very great use by
all students of the beliefs of primitive mankind.”
+ =Nature.= 81: 514. O. 28, ’09. 550w.
=Thomson, Edward William.=^{[7]} When Lincoln died, and other poems.
**$1.25. Houghton.
9–7942.
Contains in addition to the Lincoln poem a group under the caption “The
world-wide brotherhood” and some miscellaneous ballads, lyrics and
meditations.
* * * * *
“A pleasing collection. The two poems on Lincoln are easily first in
point of interest, and have sufficient merit to warrant comparison with
Lowell’s and Whitman’s classics.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 128. D. ’09.
“Mr. Edward William Thomson is a person worth knowing; and the value of
his ‘When Lincoln died and other poems’ is that he has so thoroughly
transfused it with his own large and tonic personality. But
unfortunately, half the book is after the style and manner of Browning,
and the remaining half has no style at all.” Brian Hooker.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 369. Je. ’09. 180w.
=Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 140w.
“Contains some admirable ballads on American and Canadian subjects, and
one or two delightful lyrics. It also contains the best rendering we
have seen of Victor Hugo’s ‘Gastibelza.’”
+ =Spec.= 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 40w.
=Thomson, James.= Complete poetical works; ed. by J. Logie Robertson.
(Oxford ed.) *75c. Oxford.
A complete variorum edition of Thomson’s poetical works.
* * * * *
“A good and careful piece of work. There are a few misprints, mostly in
the notes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 253. F. 27. 650w.
+ =Spec.= 102: 66. Ja. 9, ’09. 180w.
=Thomson, John Stuart.=^{[11]} The Chinese. **$2.50. Bobbs.
9–22219.
Authoritative studies of the Chinese by an agent of the allied steamship
lines at Hong-Kong. Some of the chapters deal with antiquity, daily
life, art and literature, humor and philosophy, politics and
international position, religions and superstitions, resources, scenery
and climate of the land, commerce, business and future possibilities.
* * * * *
“Interesting chapters on certain picturesque and unhackneyed aspects of
life and letters in China from the standpoint of a cultured American
resident, rather than an all-round survey like Baird’s ‘Chinese life in
town and country’ or an exhaustive special study like Smith’s ‘Village
life in China.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 86. N. ’09. ✠
“A book of readable quality, pleasantly enlivened with incidents and
anecdotes.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 456. D. 1, ’09. 300w.
“There is a great deal that is new and informing about the family and
social life of the Chinese people in these studies.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 512. O. ’09. 60w.
=Thonger, Charles.=^{[7]} Book of the cottage garden. (Handbooks of
practical gardening.) *$1. Lane.
9–17663.
“Sounds the praises of the small patch of ground surrounding one’s
humble home in the country. He explains in a very convincing manner how,
by using simple methods and not endeavoring to obliterate nature in
striving after unnatural and foreign effects, the cottage garden may
become one of the most beautiful spots on the landscape. Speaking
particularly of the English cottage garden, he says there is nothing
prettier, and they often teach lessons that great gardeners may
learn.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 384. Je. 12, ’09. 80w.
“This is a useful book. It is planned on lines which make it available
for the average householder.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 544. Ap. 3, ’09. 100w.
=Thorold, Algar Labouchere.=^{[8]} Six masters in disillusion.
**$1.50. Dutton.
9–21002.
Mr. Thorold’s six masters in disillusion are Fabre, Huysmans,
Maeterlinck, Fontenelle, Mérimée, and Anatole France. “The
disillusion of which he treats is largely based on theological—or
anti-theological—skepticism.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Thorold is a critic of considerable ability. He possesses two
faculties seldom found together: the faculty for discussing in a sound
and agreeable way works of foreign literature, and the faculty for
canvassing in an entertaining manner new ideas in philosophy. Unhappily,
in the present book these two faculties are not displayed in
co-operation. The result is that the work falls into two pieces which
have no connexion with each other.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 431. Ap. 10. 800w.
“The final summary of the modern philosophic pose is keen and wise, and
the book as a whole has a literary quality unusual in works of its kind,
which makes it agreeable reading.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 360w.
“Mr. Thorold writes unusually well, and if, as has been intimated, all
his theories do not quite hold water, he has succeeded in presenting a
study well worth while.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 452. Jl. 24, ’09. 950w.
=Thorpe, Sir Edward.=^{[12]} History of chemistry. (History of the
sciences.) 2v. ea. 75c. Putnam.
=v. 1.= From the earliest times to the middle of the nineteenth century.
This volume, uniform with the “History of the sciences” series, treats
the history of chemistry to the middle of the nineteenth century under
the following chapter headings: The chemistry of the ancients; The
chemical philosophy of the ancients; Alchemy; The philosopher’s stone;
Iatro-chemistry; “The special chemist”; The dawn of scientific
chemistry; Phlogistonism; Lavoiser and la révolution chimique; The
atomic theory; The beginnings of electro-chemistry; The foundations of
organic chemistry; The rise of physical chemistry; Bibliography; Index.
=Thursfield, James Richard.=^{[8]} Nelson and other naval studies.
*$4. Dutton.
9–29190.
“Resumes and systematises the teaching on Great Britain’s naval problems
which for a great many years he has been expounding in the fleeting
columns of a daily paper, or in the scarcely more lasting pages of our
multitudinous magazines, and allows us to see the principles and reasons
of his naval faith.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“He goes a good deal further in his eulogy of Jones than seems
reasonable.” C. T. A.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 834. O. ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Thursfield certainly ought to be widely read in this country, if
for no other reason than because of his just appreciation of Admiral
John Paul Jones, ‘Father of the United States navy.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 522. S. 4, ’09. 1050w.
=R. of Rs.= 40: 511. O. ’09. 100w.
=Sat. R.= 108: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 1000w.
“Mr. Thursfield’s new volume will be welcomed by all serious students of
naval affairs. His authority to speak is unquestionable. The chief fault
that we have to find with this volume is that it shows some signs of its
journalistic origin, notably in a habit of repeating the same phrases,
or even the same arguments.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 133. Jl. 24, ’09. 1200w.
=Thurston, Ernest Temple.=^{[10]} City of beautiful nonsense. †$1.50.
Dodd.
9–28691.
“‘The city of beautiful nonsense’ is about a young fellow in London who
apparently has much talent as an author, but is delightfully improvident
and impractical enough to be but half his age. He meets a very dear girl
in a most unconventional way, and the acquaintance continues and grows
more and more unconventional, while at the same time it is wholesome and
true to the best in both of them. Their love story meets with obstacles
and touches upon tragedy and plunges deep into pathos.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A charming idyll.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 135. D. ’09.
“It is good sound sentimental comedy, not always very real, but always
very readable and charming, and plausible. We have only to object to the
impersonation of a living author by one of the characters, as out of
keeping with the delicate fabric, and we are at an end of our adverse
criticism.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 493. Ap. 24. 140w.
“Grammar too often suffers, and proofreading has failed to alleviate;
but delightful sayings bubble freely and certain scenes have the lustre
of fine enamel.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 407. O. 28, ’09. 210w.
“Is as pretty and as fairylike as a dew-besprinkled cobweb in the
morning sun. And at the same time he makes it seem real and as true to
all the best and the finest in human nature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 565. S. 25, ’09. 380w.
“A fanciful, sweet-hearted tale.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 515. O. 30, ’09. 80w.
=Thurston, Ernest Temple.= Mirage. †$1.50. Dodd.
8–32388.
Here “the stock figure of the French nobleman of the ‘ancien régime’ has
received honourable treatment. He is a little more ‘ideal’ than usual, a
little more courteous, a little more imaginary. But we like him; he is
as pretty as a picture, and steps straight out of fairy tales. His
faithful servant belongs to the same category of ideals—that faithful
servant who followed his master to London, took a position as waiter in
a restaurant to be near the Comte, and put sixpences into the master’s
pockets.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“An idyllic tale, full of pathos, but with many happy touches.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 55. F. ’09. ✠
“It is a nice story, and its pathos is clean and wholesome, as the
pathos of a fairy tale should be.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 361. S. 26. 170w.
“It is a delicate and charming tale, with soft lights and subtle
characterizations. There is also a vein of happy humor running through
the pages, which notably relieves the burden of their essential pathos.”
W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 263. Ap. 16, ’09. 260w.
“If ‘Mirage’ were less well-written, it would be less exasperating.”
+ + =Nation.= 88: 20. Ja. 7, ’09. 220w.
“In the delicacy, firmness, and grace of the thousand and one artistic
little touches by which the author compasses his complete effect the
book is more akin to French than it is to English art.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 803. D. 26, ’08. 340w.
“A quiet romance, full of sweetness, and charm.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 245. Ja. 30, ’09. 190w.
=Thurston, Mrs. Ida Treadwell (Marion Thorne, pseud.).=^{[10]} Big
brother of Sabin street; continuing the story of Theodore Bryan “The
Bishop’s shadow.” **$1. Revell.
9–24265.
The sequel to “The bishop’s shadow.” It relates the temporary
relinquishment of Theodore Bryan’s plan to go into the ministry when at
the end of his Harvard course he loses his voice, and, despondent,
suffers his faith in God to cease. After a time he returns to his former
state of mind, and altho he cannot preach, he goes into settlement work,
shaping and furthering plans for the development of street boys.
* * * * *
“It depends on the personal equation whether any given reader shall find
it rather grownup for a boys’ book, or rather saccharine for adult
taste. But of its fine aspiration and healthful import there can be no
question.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 541. D. 2, ’09. 160w.
=Thwaites, Reuben Gold.= Wisconsin; the Americanization of a French
settlement. (American commonwealth ser.) **$1.25. Houghton.
8–34125.
Dr. Thwaites begins with early days of “Ouisconsin,” when French
voyageurs often at the mercy of Indians made their first settlements. He
continues the narrative thru the later periods of industrial,
agricultural and political development. Twenty years of research and
study have prepared Dr. Thwaites for this task.
* * * * *
“The student of the history of the middle west finds in Mr. Thwaites’s
work an epitome of the latest results of the research that is constantly
developing materials as the French and English archives are becoming
available. One could desire fewer facts and a larger discussion of
leading topics, such as, for example, the Indian policy of Lewis Cass,
which is dismissed with a few words of implied censure.” C. M.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 629. Ap. ’09. 400w.
“Dr. Thwaites contributes one of the most interesting volumes of the
‘Commonwealth series’ in his scholarly work on Wisconsin.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 21. Ja. ’09.
“The history forms an excellent referencebook.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 224. F. 6, ’09. 210w.
+ =Nation.= 88: 336. Ap. 1, ’09. 650w.
“A book of considerably more consequence than the mere annals of a
state. Perhaps the book’s greatest fault is that the author very rarely
gives his authorities.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 15. Ja. 9, ’09. 300w.
“An account of his State that is as entertaining as it is scholarly. In
some respects, particularly with regard to the period of exploration and
first settlement, his little volume both amplifies and corrects existing
knowledge. His book carries the history of the State to an astonishingly
recent date.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 385. F. 20, ’09. 350w.
=R. of Rs.= 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 100w.
=Thwing, Charles Franklin.=^{[7]} Education in the Far East. **$1.50.
Houghton.
9–16809.
A study growing out of President Thwing’s recent extended tour and
first-hand examination of the relations of education and civilization in
Japan, China, India, Korea, the Philippines, and Egypt. It is “an
interpretation of forces, tendencies and movements” in which the author
presents the educational problems confronting the different countries
and shows what has been done and what still remains to be done, and what
part modern, improved educational methods may take in the civilization
of the Far East.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 52. O. ’09.
“The doctor’s analysis of the situation is not minute; his forecasts
somewhat vague and conjectural.”
− =Cath. World.= 89: 838. S. ’09. 130w.
=Ind.= 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.
“The test of value in a book of this sort might indeed be whether its
scope and insight were large enough to interest any lover of general
history and of mankind. The history of education is the history of
thought and progress. A book of such general interest, and which makes a
special appeal to our modern curiosities, is ‘Education in the Far
East.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 700w.
“Written in his usual interpretative, thought-provoking style.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 256. Ag. ’09. 70w.
“The author’s attitude is altogether altruistic and to all those
entertaining a wide interest in the education of the world his book
elucidates many problems.” Y. S. Tsao.
+ =Yale R.= 18: 331. N. ’09. 400w.
=Ticknor, George.=^{[10]} Life, letters, and journals. *$5. Houghton.
9–12410.
A reissue of a work that has passed thru twelve editions since it first
appeared thirty years ago. The five services which George Ticknor
rendered for America’s intellectual development suggest why his life is
of such many-sided importance: he was America’s first cosmopolitan
scholar; he originated the university idea in American higher education;
he was founder of the greatest public library; he was the author of a
true magnum opus; he was an American gentleman whose life gave a new
dignity to letters.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 150. D. ’09.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 639. O. 16, ’09. 180w.
“The first volume of memoirs is delightful reading, and one of the
richest treasures in the language for anecdote and characterization of
the period.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 361. O. 14, ’09. 200w.
“The passage of time does not, and for a long while can not, dull the
interest or lessen the value and the charm of this original record, rich
and delightful equally in its disclosure of Mr. Ticknor’s character and
of the characters of so great a number of distinguished contemporaries.
It is a work entirely ‘à part.’ There is none that covers the same
field, American and European, and none that covers any part of that
field more attractively and usefully.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9. ’09. 1000w.
“They belong on the shelf beside Crabbe Robinson’s ‘Diary.’ They are
also important to all students of American political and literary
history.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 317. O. 9, ’09. 320w.
=Tilley, Arthur Augustus.=^{[5]} From Montaigne to Molière. 5s.
Murray, John, London.