Treats of the little known period which intervened between the close of
the renaissance and the triumph of the classical spirit. “Mr. Tilley
does not divorce literature from politics, and deals in an instructive
chapter with the restoration of order in France by Henri IV after the
religious wars. This period opens with the revival of Catholicism and
the preciosity of the Hôtel de Rambouillet, which coincides with a
complete reorganisation of society. The establishment of the Académie
Française gave a literary tribunal to France which has never lost its
power; originally a small gathering of literary friends, it became under
the guidance of Richelieu almost what it has since remained, and perhaps
never could have become in any other country. Corneille ushers in the
remarkable series of French dramatists which has never failed since. The
great names of Descartes and Pascal adorned the close of the period
which saw French prose, as employed by Pascal, established as the
complete and supple vehicle for clear expression.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“The book is well and clearly written, and though the result of much
reading, is neither pedantic nor prolix.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 200w.
“He is at his best when he is tracing the rise and fall of some literary
fashion, when he is appraising the influence of some school of forgotten
writers, or indicating the connexions between social changes and the
formation of ideals in art.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 182. Ja. 30, ’09. 1350w.
=Toffteen, Olaf Alfred.=^{[12]} Historic exodus. (Researches in
Biblical archaeology, v. 2.) *$2.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–27106.
When Dr. Toffteen’s “Ancient chronology” appeared two years ago, there
was a promise to conduct later an inquiry into the age of the documents
and their historicity. This volume is the fulfilment of that promise. In
it, he discusses, according to an entirely independent line of thought,
the component parts of the Pentateuch, dates and their historical
authenticity.
* * * * *
“Professor Toffteen lays himself open to serious criticism by the use he
makes of the material of other scholars without giving them proper
credit. The whole method of the book is totally unreliable. As to the
treatment of historical data it is safe to say that there is no scholar
of any standing in the scientific world who could possibly agree with
the distorted and positively misleading interpretation of the Egyptian
and Babylonian monuments which is here presented.” D. D. Luckenbill.
− − =Bib. World.= 34: 422. D. ’09. 2200w.
“Professor Toffteen is well acquainted with the Egyptian and cuneiform
material, and seems to be embarrassed by its richness—in the dense
collection of facts he fails to get the perspective. Professor Toffteen
has brought together many facts of importance; as to his theory, we must
agree with him that it ‘may and probably will have to be modified on
future investigation.’”
− + =Nation.= 89: 438. N. 4, ’09. 900w.
=Tollemache, Lionel Arthur.= Old and odd memories. *$3.50. Longmans.
9–3082.
“With a good memory, wide reading, and a lifelong habit of ‘casting
about,’ as he calls it, for old-world stories, Mr. Tollemache has filled
his three hundred pages with more than twice as many anecdotes,
epigrams, quotations and similitudes. In so vast an accumulation of
witticisms, some must be better than others; the treasure house contains
things old as well as new.” (Ath.) Two chapters are devoted to a sketch
of the author’s father who is painted “as three parts Sir Roger de
Coverley, and one part Richelieu.”
* * * * *
“In proportion as he is careful to say nothing that is false and all
that is true, he ministers to the biographer’s craft, and sheds light on
the manners of an age. This task M. Tollemache’s ‘Memories’ have
discharged; for the labour lavished on their compilation he deserves the
thanks of all who value an amusing and instructive book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 5. Ja. 2. 1300w.
“There is a lot of tiresome matter in it; but if one cares to take it
hit or miss, opening it here and there in a casual way, one will be apt
to find a good many very amusing paragraphs.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 151. Mr. 13, ’09. 800w.
“Conveys unimpaired to its readers the best and most characteristic
humour of the many notable men whom Mr. Tollemache has known, and yet
reveals its author’s own personality in a hundred happy phrases and
thoughts.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 1101. D. 26, ’08. 1350w.
=Tolman, Herbert Cushing.= Ancient Persian lexicon and the texts of
the Achaemenidan inscriptions transliterated and translated with
special reference to their recent re-examination. (Vanderbilt
oriental ser., v. 6.) *$1.25. Am. bk.
9–3515.
Besides the lexicon proper the volume includes the transliterated and
translated texts of the famous Behistan inscriptions and other
Akhaemenian texts.
* * * * *
“An unusual piece of scholarly work. We miss references to the sources
for the inscriptions in weights, vases and seals, by which the
correctness of the transliteration can be tested.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 378. F. 18, ’09. 120w.
“Must be regarded for many years to come as the best edition thus far
made, not only of the Behistun texts, but of the entire body of Old
Persian inscriptions.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 13. Jl. 1 ’09. 440w.
=Tolman, William Howe.= Social engineering: a record of things done by
American industrialists employing upwards of one and one-half
million of people; with an introd. by Andrew Carnegie. *$2. McGraw.
9–6279.
“A record of various things done along the line of uplift by American
industrialists, who employ 1,500,000 of people.... The various subjects
taken up by Dr. Tolman are those of efficiency promotion; the social
secretary; hygiene; safety and security; mutuality; thrift; profit
sharing; housing; education; reaction; communal or social betterment;
and finally the pertinent inquiry, ‘Does it pay?’ Under these heads each
chapter presents a mass of facts and details, instancing in each case
the company or firm and the number of people employed.”—Elec. World.
* * * * *
“As the first work of the kind and as an argument in favor of organizing
welfare work into a profession and so increasing its efficiency, the
book has a large value.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 182. Je. ’09.
“So far as we are aware, the facts and data have never before been
collected. One of the most interesting chapters is that on profit
sharing.”
+ =Elec. World.= 53: 581. Mr. 4, ’09. 550w.
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 541. My. ’09. 200w.
“It is worth reading from cover to cover—with judicious skipping—by any
one who is interested in the great social problems of the day. But its
value would have been increased if the author had written an
introductory chapter, setting forth some of the general principles
involved in his main subject.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 51. Ap. 15, ’09. 450w.
“The most important chapter is the last, in which a large number of
employers state their experience with welfare work.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 278. Mr. 6. ’09. 320w.
“The book is written in a strictly scientific method and deals with
facts, figures, and actualities.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 857. My. 15, ’09. 220w.
=Tolstoi, Liov Nikolaevich, graf.=^{[7]} Teaching of Jesus. (Harper’s
library of living thought.) **75c. Harper. W9–148.
“Two years ago the Count formed a class of village children of from 10
to 13 years for the study of the Gospels. He ‘wished to impart to them
in a way they would understand, and that would have an influence on
their lives, Christ’s teaching,’ and he told them in his own words those
parts of the four Gospels which seemed to him most understandable, most
suitable for children, and at the same time most necessary for moral
guidance in life.” (N. Y. Times.) It is with these teachings the volume
deals.
* * * * *
“A beautifully simple narration, useful for Sunday school teachers in
liberal denominations.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 182. Je. ’09.
“The work of the translators has been admirably done, and they have left
in this earnest and forceful style its strong personal accent and its
touch of the prophet’s naïveté. It is a striking example of how the
greatest truths can be told in the simplest language.” C. G.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 387. Je. 19, ’09. 500w.
=Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.=^{[11]} Ward Hill—the teacher. (Pastime
and adventure ser.) †$1.25. Jacobs.
9–23809.
Readers who have followed Ward Hill thru the various stages of
preparatory and college life will find that “he makes good” during this
first year out of college while on the staff of Weston Hill teachers.
His life lessons in obedience to law and order stand him in good stead
now when it is his business to command and control others. School
athletics figure largely in the story.
=Tompkins, Eugene, and Kilby, Quincy.= History of the Boston theatre.
**$5. Houghton.
8–33893.
Compiled from the records of the play-house this “history ranges from
grand opera stars to minstrels, from statesmen and clergymen to
pugilists.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“In a sense, he has compiled a vade mecum of the drama in America for
the last half century.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 350w.
“Will be valuable as a work of reference in theatrical libraries, and
will be treasured by collectors for the sake of its gallery of
portraits—many of which are rare.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 660. D. 31, ’08. 330w.
“Mr. Tompkins’s book is not a work of literature. It is a record, a
catalogue of dates and names, a collection of playbills. It comprises,
in some way, a history of the American theatre for nearly half a
century.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 320w.
=Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor.= Open house. †$1.50. Baker.
9–2262.
The story of the development of a young woman who upon the death of
supposedly wealthy parents finds herself penniless. She is towed home
with a doctor’s other derelicts, tho her malady is mental—the disease of
idleness, ennui, discontent. During a rebellious period of office
apprenticeship she gradually learns from the tactful, humorous,
hard-working doctor and the cheerful patients of this “open house”
lessons of real service, discovers latent executive ability, and finally
achieves a healthy, happy, normal outlook on life. The doctor as an
honest, boyish lover, tho forty and a widower, is quite as convincing as
in the professional rôle.
* * * * *
“The character delineation is good, there are many humorous incidents,
and the several romances are happily disentangled.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 93. Mr. ’09. ✠
“Is not only a fairly readable book, but a well-constructed book also,
because it also assigns to love and courtship the degree of relative
importance that they ought to possess in the average sane,
well-regulated life. Shows a substantial advance upon the same author’s
earlier novel, ‘Dr. Ellen.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 76. Mr. ’09. 220w.
“One can do without a plot now and then for the sake of such a
well-realized and delightful character as Dr. Diman or the skillful
handling of proud, self-willed and egotistical Cassandra under the
influence of her new environment.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 520w.
=Tower, Walter Sheldon.=^{[10]} Story of oil. (Library of useful
stories.) **$1. Appleton.
9–16457.
A popular concise history which portrays the enormous developments in
the petroleum industry during the last half century and points out the
important part that petroleum and its products play in every day life. A
chapter devoted to the Standard oil company refrains from any comment
upon the legal and moral aspect of its operations but confines the
discussion to its place in the growth of the oil industry.
* * * * *
“The first book for the small library to buy.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 23. S. ’09. ✠
“We know of no better written and more interesting or generally
satisfactory account of this industry, aside from the economic problems
involved than is to be found here.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 731. D. ’09. 300w.
“Entertaining and instructive book. Practically all the ordinary person
needs to know about petroleum is in Mr. Tower’s book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 414. Jl. 3, ’09. 370w.
=Towles, John Ker.=^{[5]} Factory legislation of Rhode Island.
(American economic association quarterly. 3d ser. v. 9, no. 3.) pa.
$1. Am. economic assn.
8–32401.
“Dr. Towles discusses his subject under the four general headings of
Child labor, Hours of labor, Factory acts, Fire escapes and elevators,
treating each topic both historically and administratively, and
concluding with a chapter on the Bureau of industrial statistics, of
which he feels obliged to speak disparagingly, as hardly ‘worth its cost
to the state.’ As to enforcement of the various provisions of the
Factory code the usual variation, from good to bad, is observable. One
gains additional confidence in the author’s conclusions, and in his
suggestions for improvement, from the firsthand knowledge obtained by
him through actual employment in various factories of the state.”—Ann.
Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“The work is well done, and gives renewed emphasis to the importance of
the investigations which the Carnegie institution is making possible.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 725. My. ’09. 140w.
“It is greatly to be hoped that similar work will be published for all
the industrial states.” J: R. Commons.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 47. Ap. ’09. 300w.
=Towne, Charles Hanson.=^{[12]} Manhattan [poems]. *$1. Kennerley.
9–28429.
“A serious effort to express in ‘numbers’—they are ‘mournful numbers,’
too—the essence of the ‘giant city.’... [He reveals] the sufferings of
the poor in hot summer nights, of the men and women who work and live in
loneliness in the midst of the crowds, the callousness of the rich who,
hurrying out from the opera ‘to find their motors,’ ‘seldom toss a coin
to the poor newsboy shivering near the door,’ and the pathos of the
industrial army on its daily march to and from work.”—Survey.
* * * * *
“The social problems touch the writer with pity and hopelessness only,
for which he finds here and there a really poetic phrase, though
‘Manhattan’ will be far from finding a place among the immortal poems of
cities.”
− =Survey.= 23: 377. D. 18, ’09. 170w.
=Townsend, Edward Waterman.= Climbing Courvatels. †$1.50. Stokes.
9–4192.
When Dick and Betty Courtney, known to the stage as the Courvatels of
the sleight-of-hand fame, achieve independence thru severe economies and
carefully made investments they use wit and audacity to enter good
society. This story tells of their success, the menace of discovery that
threatened for a time, and the activity of an old stage associate to
avert it while he played the rôle of family butler.
* * * * *
“The pleasing tale abounds with pictures of high life and low life, and
is served with a sauce piquante of slang in the author’s inimitable
manner. The story does not pretend to be literature, and as regards
meaning or moral, is as bald as a billiard ball—and none the worse for
that doubtless in the opinion of those who most fancy a book of this
class.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 400w.
=Toynbee, Paget Jackson.=^{[7]} Dante in English literature from
Chaucer to Cary (c. 1380–1844). 2v. *$5. Macmillan.
9–21846.
Traces the influence of Dante in English literature and incidentally
“illustrates the association of England with Italy, varying in strength
and in character during the centuries since the poet was laid in his
tomb at Ravenna; and, not less significantly, it illustrates the tone of
the literary world of England, its attitude towards romance, religion,
mediaevalism, and epic poetry itself.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 86. N. ’09.
“In [the Introduction] is contained all that the average reader will
demand. It is an excellent piece of work and should be reproduced
presently in a separate form. As for the body of the work, it is written
by an enthusiast, and will, we fear, appeal only to enthusiasts.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 423. O. 9. 400w.
“Although Dr. Toynbee’s work will naturally appeal more to the scholar
and the student, many parts of it will not fail to arouse the interest
of the general reader.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 161. Ag. 19, ’09. 1650w.
“It will be seen that Dr. Toynbee gathers both bad and good fishes
within his copious net—which, we would suggest, is a little too widely
extended. His work, indeed, seems almost exhaustive; but he is surely
wrong in asserting that there were no English attempts at writing in
terza rima between Surrey and Milton.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 756. Je. 12, ’09. 130w.
“Dr. Toynbee renders a direct service, and it is one which we can hardly
too highly praise. His book is a treasure-house of English ‘Dantism.’ It
is a marvel, too, of accuracy. That the headline of p. 135, v. 1, is
misprinted is almost the only textual slip we have observed; and the
mass of illustrative matter that has been utilized is, without
exaggeration, enormous.”
+ + − =Spec.= 102: 1034. Je. 26, ’09. 1400w.
=Toynbee, William.=^{[7]} Glimpses of the twenties. *12s. 6d.
Constable, A., & co., London.
A book of “that type which stands on the borderline between history and
memoirs, and which owes its inspiration to Mr. Justin McCarthy.... Round
the last of the Four Georges, and Brougham, and Canning, and ‘the Duke,’
and ‘Prosperity Robinson,’ and Madame de Lieven, he has woven an
entertaining narrative in which contemporary gossip and modern
revelations are happily blended.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“A readable, but superficial survey of the reign of George IV. Mr.
Toynbee deals freely in scandal, and is no believer in elevated motives;
but he has a good general knowledge of the period, and if many of his
stories are old, they bear re-telling.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 528. My. 1. 120w.
“They are pleasant, informative, occasionally brilliant conversations
about a very interesting period, seasoned with scandal, and with spite
against certain individuals, to which we do not object, for we like a
good hater. Slovenliness is the infallible mark of the book-maker, who
may be all the same, and in this case is, very good company by the way.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 530. Ap. 24, ’09. 680w.
“Mr. Toynbee has produced another readable and well-illustrated book. He
is much too fond of settling disputed questions off his own bat.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 1004. Je. 26, ’09. 650w.
=Tracy, Frank Basil.= Tercentenary history of Canada: from Champlain
to Laurier, 1608–1908. 3v. *$4. Macmillan.
8–19228.
“The recent celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Quebec has naturally suggested the idea of a new history of
the Canadian dominion.... The first volume gives us the story of the
early settlers, and is full of almost romantic detail. The war with the
United States is described in the second, while the third contains a
great deal of valuable information with regard to the subsequent history
of the colony. The value and brightness of this history are enhanced by
the illustrations in the shape of photogravures, and photographic
reproductions, which Mr. Tracy has lavishly employed, as well as by the
beautiful map and ample index with which the work is equipped.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“Although the author’s jaunty style and aggressive self-satisfaction
excite some prejudice, the history, considering the extent of ground
covered, does not appear to contain many mistakes.” H. E. Egerton.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 391. Ap. ’09. 500w.
“We are not surprised to find that with all its completeness the present
work is somewhat partizan in its summaries, altho it is written in an
interesting and readable style. This is the best Canadian history up to
date which we have met with.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 37: 988. D. 26, ’08. 130w.
“A clear and interesting narrative of the upbuilding of Great Britain’s
most important colony.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 799. D. 26, ’08. 580w.
“This is a history which Canadians should appreciate, and it may well be
read by all Americans who would gain a better understanding of their
neighbors to the north.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 450w.
=Tracy, John Clayton.= Plane surveying. $3. Wiley.
7–33942.
A practical text-book to the preparation of which the author has brought
fifteen years of experience. “It is intended as a reference book for
field use and has accordingly been published in pocket size on thin
paper. There is, of course, very little new information in the book, for
surveying has been covered by too many admirable works to afford an
opportunity for originality, and such a volume must be judged mainly by
its usefulness for its purpose.... It covers the whole field of plane
surveying, computations, mapping and the use and care of instruments
with thoroughness and lucidity.” (Engin. Rec.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 21. Ja. ’09.
“This book is based on an unusually thorough study of what students
need. A book of high merit, equally adapted for the classroom, for home
study and for field use.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 55. Ja. 9, ’09. 170w.
=Tracy, Louis.=^{[11]} Message. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
9–4189.
“A breezy tale of what happened to a young English Deputy commissioner
from Africa, home on leave of absence, after he met a pretty girl in the
Isle of Wight during regatta week. Or, rather, after the two of them in
a rowboat picked up from the sea a bit of flotsam, a hideous figurehead
which had been knocked loose from some sunken wreck. Inside it is a
parchment, of human skin, many, many years old, which tells about a
priceless ruby secreted in ruins far in the interior of Africa. This is
the message, and it enfolds a mystery whose gradual development the
reader follows with breathless interest until he reaches the last
page.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Is in some respects an improvement upon his previous books, excellent
romances though they were.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 103. F. 20, ’09. 500w.
“Mr. Tracy writes with a sustained power that grips the attention, while
the vividness of his narrative makes the story seem very real.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 379. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Tracy always tells a very good story, and in ‘The message’ he gives
his readers an exciting mixture of high politics and attacks by
savages.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 517. O. 2, ’09. 110w.
=Tracy, Virginia.=^{[5]} Merely players: stories of stage life.
†$1.50. Century.
9–8996.
A dozen stories in which players drop the mummer’s mask and tinsel and
are seen as longing, hoping, suffering human men and women. The author,
an actress herself and the daughter of an actress, writes from out a
full knowledge of behind-the-scene comedies and tragedies.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 188. Je. ’09. ✠
“It was well worth while rescuing these stories from the ephemeral
existence of the magazines and preserving them in the permanency of
book-form.” C. I. Colbron.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 414. Je. ’09. 580w.
“It is evident that the stories are penned by a sympathetic and
interested observer.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 903. My. 22, ’09. 230w.
“The picturesque value of the player’s existence is used legitimately
and the humor and pathos of the stories have for a setting that Bohemia
which is not a place, but a state of mind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 367. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“It is readable everywhere.” B. L. Israels.
+ =Survey.= 22: 622. Ag. 7, 09. 110w.
=Train, Arthur Cheney.= Butler’s story. †$1.25. Scribner.
9–7139.
A butler’s story of the unreal life of an unhappy New York family of
wealth and the disasters that overtook its members. “The tale may be
recommended also to the climbers, rich and poor alike.... The elaborate
scheme of the number and duties of servants in a first-class
establishment and his schedule of tips expected from week-enders are
alone worth the price of the book.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 114. Ap. ’09. ✠
“This is an interesting contribution to sociological fiction from the
point of view of the servant.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 419. Ap. 27, ’09. 110w.
“There is plenty of action, and the story is told with briskness and
fun. It is a pleasant hour’s reading for upstairs and downstairs alike,
whether or not they want or need instruction in the art of serving like
a good servant or being served like a gentleman or lady.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 241. Ap. 17, ’09. 400w.
=Trask, Kate Nichols (Mrs. Spencer Trask).= King Alfred’s jewel.
**$1.25. Lane.
9–18966.
A dramatic poem in which “Alfred, the religious idealist, is presented
as the pearl of chivalry, the paragon of Christian manhood, in speech
and act that recall the reader to the ‘Idylls of the king.’ A few of his
authentic sayings are aptly interwoven with his utterances. His Queen,
Elswitha, purer than Arthur’s Guinevere, becomes the victim of a brief,
blind jealousy, in which she nearly murders the little maid who twice
had saved his life. Around these two the action of the play moves
quickly on in war with the Danes and treachery in the palace, lightened
by the innocence and drollery of minor characters, to its issue in the
reconciliation of the Queen, and the public thanksgiving for the King’s
escape from the assassin.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Though not a great drama, one that has decided interest and
considerable merit.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 52. O. ’09.
=Ind.= 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 20w.
“Fails to breathe the breath of life into the somewhat dry bones of the
Saxon monarch.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 801. D. 26, ’08. 50w.
“The play will stand, not alone upon the grateful response it wins from
the English national heart, but as a work of art.” H: M. Alden.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 205. Ap. 10, ’09. 2400w.
“A fair piece of good artistic work by a poet of no common, if not of
superior, rank.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 457. O. 24, ’08. 130w.
“That the book succeeds in its main purpose, the vivid presentation of
Alfred as a man, strong in passion, high in reason, great in soul, there
can be no doubt. This was something that needed to be done, and by doing
it in this fashion the author has earned both admiration and gratitude.”
H: Van Dyke.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 567. Jl. 3, ’09. 2200w.
“Character and action alike become inarticulate under the influence of a
dreamy and elegiac rhythm.”
− =Spec.= 101: 999. D. 12, ’08. 150w.
=Tremayne, Eleanor E.= First governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of
Austria. **$3.50. Putnam.
8–37696.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“A serious and sober volume fortified by research in the archives of
Brussels, Malines, and Lille, to which however more definite references
are desirable. A few mistakes call for correction.” H.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 830. O. ’09. 650w.
“A welcome addition to the lighter biographical literature of the
sixteenth century. It is not free from errors of fact and judgment,
which betoken hasty composition and lack of background. But her account
is vivid and interesting. And the book as a whole is well worth
perusal.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 170. F. 18, ’09. 700w.
“Mrs. Tremayne, whose conscientious care is evident on every page of
this valuable chronicle, portrays Margaret with such clear-cut and broad
lines that she stands before us, rising from the distant years a real
flesh and blood woman.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 66. Ja. 9, ’09. 500w.
=Trench, Herbert.= Apollo and the seaman: the Queen of Gothland,
Stanzas to Tolstoy, and other lyrics. *$1.50. Holt.
“Apollo and the seaman” was written for a musical accompaniment which
Mr. Joseph Holbrooke is supplying in a complete symphony. Among the more
pretentious pieces are The queen of Gothland, Stanzas to Tolstoy, and
The shepherd.
* * * * *
“The Meredithian glow and opulence, the Meredithian swiftness of
intellectual motion, are evident throughout Mr. Trench’s volume.” W: M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 97. Ag. 16, ’09. 630w.
=Ind.= 65: 1174. N. 19, ’08. 20w.
“The volume contains at least two poems of unusual size and pretensions,
the titular piece itself and ‘The queen of Gothland.’”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 41. Ja. 14, ’09. 250w.
=Trevelyan, George Macaulay.=^{[11]} Garibaldi and the thousand.
*$2.25. Longmans.
“The survey taken includes a sketch of Garibaldi’s life from 1849–1854,
and an account of the political conditions in Naples and Piedmont before
the war of 1859. Garibaldi’s share in the campaign against Austria is
described in sufficient detail to make us appreciate at their full value
the military qualities that made him turn the mistakes of the enemy to
such signal advantage. An analysis of the situation in different parts
of the country after the Peace of Villafranca brings us down to
Garibaldi’s expedition. Particulars are given of the incidents that
helped to pave the way for it, the preparations made, and the chapter of
accidents on the voyage from Quarto to Sicily. The last five chapters
deal with the astounding campaign which delivered the island into the
hands of Garibaldi and his ‘Thousand.’”—Ath.
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“The points which one can dispute with Mr. Trevelyan are no less rare
than insignificant, and we revert to the pleasant task of recording our
satisfaction with the book as a whole.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 485. O. 23. 1600w.
“Will be hailed by scholars as one of the most important contributions
to modern history recently published.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1083. D. 11, ’09. 160w.
“While Mr. Trevelyan writes history with his eye glued to his
authorities and skillfully extracts the meat from personal impression as
well as from scientific judgment, he has a fine sense of proportion and
a gift of style which entertains while it imparts information.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 788. D. 11, ’09. 800w.
“He is the equal of Froude in his research among original authorities,
in his dramatic skill in narrative, and in his effective use of minor
but significant incidents, and he appears to be more painstaking and
more scrupulously conscientious in his study and use of details.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 830. D. 11, ’09. 300w.
“Any expectations which may have been raised by Mr. Trevelyan’s former
volume will certainly not be disappointed by this continuation of it. In
conception and in execution we think he has surpassed his earlier
standard. As we venture to offer him our congratulations, we desire to
thank him for the extraordinary and vivid pleasure which is conveyed by
his pages.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 604. O. 16, ’09. 2000w.
=Trevelyan, Robert Calverley.=^{[7]} Sisyphus: an operatic tale.
*$1.50. Longmans.
A tale in which “classic gods are handled in the manner of Lucian, and
made to clown at the bidding of a mortal. Sisyphus, after a career of
brigandage, dies, but by a trick deceives the gods of the lower world,
and is allowed to return to earth. He makes a bid for the empire of the
world, uses Hermes as a dupe, and shuts up Death in a coffin. But Hermes
outwits him in the end, and he goes down to hell with his head high, the
only creature, mortal or immortal, who can make a jest of Death.”
(Spec.)
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“It will be seen that Mr. Trevelyan treats his theme in a satirical
mood. His meter frequently changes, and if his verse is often little
more than rhymed prose, and contains no passages of profound beauty, it
at least is serviceable and is endowed with the sophisticated touch.
‘Sisyphus’ is worth reading.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 130. Mr. 6, ’09. 400w.
“We would there were more such poetry, for comedy and song are of the
great sisterhood, and the fantastic is often the frolicking of happy
genius.”
+ − =No. Am.= 190: 708. N. ’09. 340w.
“Will puzzle most people, and to the few who grasp the author’s
intention will provide great entertainment. The rough ‘fescennine’ verse
suits the odd humor of a fable, which is sufficiently original and
subtle to make us desire, and also despair of, a wide public for it.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 20. Jl. 3, ’09. 120w.
=Trevena, John.= Arminel of the west. †$1.50. Moffat.
9–7571.
A story of Dartmoor in which are contrasted the characters of two young
women; one the sheltered daughter of a rector who has the cloister in
view for her; the other, of doubtful origin, a maid of the moor, strong,
sturdy with an inborn sense of self-protection.
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“The pity is that an author, keen in perceiving, undoubtedly clever in
plotting situations, does not approach in a somewhat different manner
the situations he has created.”
+ − =Atlan.= 103: 710. My. ’09. 330w.
“There is much truthful portraiture in this newly issued volume, much
subtle understanding, also, of human nature, and a power of
visualisation both of action and of setting that promises well for the
author’s future work.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 189. Ap. ’09. 580w.
“The book is as good as Phillpotts could do, with this advantage, that
over and above the tragedies, fate smiles rather than frowns, as we are
accustomed to having fate do in Phillpotts’s novels.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1082. My. 20, ’09. 170w.
“As engaging a heroine as one would be likely to come across in a shelf
full of fiction is ‘Arminel.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 28. Ja. 16, ’09. 200w.
=Trevena, John.= Heather. †$1.50. Moffat.