“A dictionary of slang as now current among our English cousins. The
entries are illustrated by quotations.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“We compliment the author on his industry, and on giving exact
references in many cases, for his quotations. But we must seriously
complain of the inadequacy of the etymologies offered.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 584. My. 15. 400w.
“The book, while serving a serious purpose, will also be found highly
entertaining.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 104. Ag. 16, ’09. 110w.
“It is a curious book. There are evidences that the author has not read
as widely as a lexicographer should read.”
− =Ind.= 67: 477. Ag. 26, ’09. 900w.
=Warming, Eugenius.=^{[10]} Oecology of plants: an introduction to the
study of plant communities, by E. Warming assisted by Martin Vahl;
prepared for publication in English by P. Groom and I. B. Balfour.
*$2.90. Oxford.
Agr9–2122.
“This book is more than a mere translation of an already existing
volume; it is, as the authors state, ‘practically a new one.’ Much new
matter has been added, and the chapters have been largely rearranged and
rewritten.” (Ath). “The introduction contains considerable new matter
concerning growth forms (‘Lebensformen’ or ‘Vegetationsformen’),
together with a new and rather satisfactory classification of them.
There are six categories of growth forms; heterotrophic, aquatic,
muscoid, lichenoid, lianoid, and all other autonomous land forms. The
final category is, of course, much the largest and is subdivided into
monocarpic and polycarpic forms.” (Bot. Gaz.)
* * * * *
“On the whole, we have nothing but praise for the book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 270. S. 4. 600w.
“While words of adverse criticism seem necessary here and there, one may
write volumes of praise. Warming’s ‘Plantesamfund’ will be for all time
the great ecological classic, and the English volume now before us is
the most important ecological work in any language. It is at the same
time an old book and a new, a translation of the masterpiece of 1895 and
a compendium of the ecological thought of 1909.” H: C. Cowles.
+ + − =Bot. Gaz.= 48: 149. Ag. ’09. 1650w.
“It is with great pleasure that botanists receive this volume, which is
substantially new in all respects. We can heartily recommend this volume
to all who are at all interested in the activities of living beings.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 770w.
=Warner, Amos Griswold.= American charities: a study in philanthropy
and economics; new ed. rev. and enl. *$2. Crowell.
8–31177.
A modernized version of Dr. Warner’s book whose text has been made over
to include the most recent researches and tabulations. This work of
revision to meet new conditions has been done by Mary Roberts Coolidge,
a pupil and co-worker of Dr. Warner. Also there has been included a
biographical preface by George Elliott Howard.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 68. F. ’09.
“It is exceedingly fortunate for the students of public and private
charity that Professor Warner’s noble treatise has been revised and the
facts brought up to date by a very competent and sympathetic editor.” C.
R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 551. Ja. ’09. 120w.
“It will be very useful to all students of social problems and should
prove a valuable textbook.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 205. Ja. ’09. 110w.
“The fine spirit that marked the original work has been maintained.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 603. D. ’08. 300w.
“What we deplore in the revised edition is a joining of the labor of
teacher and pupil in a posthumous product, in which the part of each is
distinguishable only upon close scrutiny of the texts. We believe that,
obsessed by her very affection, the pupil has taken an unwarrantable
liberty and one that will cause real distress to those who have leant on
the broad, true principles of Amos G. Warner as tersely expressed in his
American charities.”
− + =Char.= 21: 706. Ja. 23, ’09. 1900w.
“The book can be recommended to students as one of highest value and
importance.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 145. Mr. 1, ’09. 120w.
“The book itself is well proportioned. The arrangement in the new
edition which omits the special chapter bibliographies given at the
beginning of each chapter in the old edition and indicating the material
upon which the discussion of the subject matter of the chapter was
based, is to be regretted.” S: M. Lindsay.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 384. D. ’09. 720w.
“The book has been and remains the best of its kind.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 50w.
“The happy blending of the practical with the theoretical makes it a
book that should appeal to every student of sociology, every citizen
interested in philanthropy, and every official engaged in the
administration of practical charities.” E. L. Bogart.
+ =Forum.= 42: 89. Jl. ’09. 350w.
“The work has gained in usefulness for those whose interest or
occupation in charities is practical; and in its larger usefulness
Professor Warner’s thoughtful and hopeful message has been given new
life.” J. A. Field.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 102. F. ’09. 550w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 240w.
“Inaccuracies are encountered in the most cursory examination of the
book. On the whole the impression given by the book is that Warner’s
‘American charities’ has been worked over in the light of the discussion
and development that has got into print since it was written, but that
somehow the life and vigor is lacking which is felt in the original
text.” Lilian Brandt.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 332. Je. ’09. 530w.
=Warren, George Frederick.=^{[10]} Elements of agriculture. *$1.10.
Macmillan.
9–21273.
A book that may be used for a text in preparatory schools and for short
courses in colleges. Its purpose is “to make the teaching of agriculture
in existing high-schools comparable in extent and thoroughness with the
teaching of physics, mathematics, history, and literature.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 129. D. ’09.
=Warren, Mrs. Maude Lavinia (Radford).=^{[6]} Peter-Peter: a romance
out of town. †$1.50. Harper.
9–13914.
How two young married people, cradled their lives thru in the lap of
luxury, suddenly lose their wealth, assert latent good sense, refuse
help from parents and learn the secret of happy living toiling together
on a suburban farm. The wholesome, unspoiled outlook on life, to say
nothing of the lightness of touch and delicacy of humor, will recommend
this story to young married people who might permit similar misfortunes
to spoil their lives. Nor did Peter and Margery’s courage and self
respect go without substantial rewards.
* * * * *
“A book destined to a popularity quite beyond its real merit, a book
that with all its tenderness, its humour, its reverence of home and love
and motherhood, remains, when all is said, essentially and
preposterously unreal.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 646. Ag. ’09. 220w.
+ − =Ind.= 67: 425. Ag. 19, ’09. 70w.
“A volume which must furnish real delight to all true women.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 380w.
=Sat. R.= 108: sup. 8. O. 16, ’09. 150w.
“So charmingly told that the reader will swallow all that is
preposterous and thoroughly enjoy the book.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 30w.
=Warren, Thomas Herbert.=^{[7]} Essays of poets and poetry, ancient
and modern. *$3. Dutton.
Among the essays are those on Sophocles and the Greek genius, Dante and
the art of poetry, Matthew Arnold, Art of translation, and “In memoriam”
after fifty years. “No lover of literature could read the volume without
having his admirations quickened and harmonised, without a renewal of
the sense of the dignity and sweetness of the old traditions of art and
song.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“Suggestive studies, these, of a ripe scholarship.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 884. O. 14, ’09. 220w.
“How the author of the brilliant essay on Matthew Arnold could have
written the rest of this volume is a puzzle worthy the attention of
Baconian cipher experts. A seasoned reader will find pleasurable matter
and suggestive judgments in all; a grudging Epicurean would perhaps
hardly venture beyond the second essay.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 408. O. 28, ’09. 800w.
“He courts both an erudite and a popular audience, but so combines his
elements of erudition and popularity as to satisfy neither.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 562. S. 25, ’09. 1100w.
“The book is not one which establishes a new principle of criticism, but
it strikes a new note, in that it brings back a sense of stately
urbanity and academical grace which, to our loss, seems somewhat to have
deserted us.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 723. Je. 5, ’09. 1050w.
“This is a delightful book, and will, we predict, give an immense deal
of pleasure wherever sound learning and true literature are loved and
flourish. What a comfort to find a critic who is interested not in
himself but in the men he writes about, who wants not to show off his
own cleverness but to exhibit the beauties of the poets of whom he
writes, who does not pose and posture in front of some noble
masterpiece, but with courtesy and good breeding shows cause why this or
that rule should be made absolute in the high court of letters!”
+ =Spec.= 102: 779. My. 15, ’09. 1750w.
=Warschauer, J.=^{[7]} Jesus: seven questions. *3s. 6d. Clarke, James,
& co., London.
The seven questions answered concerning Jesus are the following: Was He
the son of God? Was He sinless? Did He perform miracles? Could He
forgive sins? Must we believe in Him In order to be saved? Did He rise
from the dead? Did He die for us?
* * * * *
“Many who are in sympathy with Warschauer’s general attitude will
doubtless feel that his treatment is weakest at this point, that is, he
has assumed rather than proved that the content of Jesus’ life was
pervasively religioethical. But this is just the item in modern study
about Jesus which is in sharpest debate.” S. J. Case.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 459. Jl. ’09. 900w.
“The questions he asks are of supreme importance, and his answers are
valuable studies in religion.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 252. F. 27. 600w.
“The whole tone of the book is deeply religious, and though Dr.
Warschauer will not satisfy, he can hardly offend the most orthodox.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 900. Je. 5, ’09. 280w.
=Warwick, Charles Franklin.=^{[6]} Robespierre and the French
revolution. **$2.50. Jacobs.
9–14577.
A companion volume to “Mirabeau and the French revolution” and “Danton
and the French revolution.” The series taken as a whole affords the
student a history of the entire revolution from the point of view of the
three most distinguished and representative men whose principles and
purposes respectively dominated a period of the era.
* * * * *
“Proper names and words are badly treated throughout. The author has no
plan, but rambles backwards and forwards without method.”
− =Ath.= 1909, 2: 622. N. 20. 750w.
“Good popular exposition of the subject, and will be found useful as
well as readable.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 103. Ag. 16, ’09. 230w.
“Mr. Warwick is conscientious; and if, in this respect, he has a fault,
it is that he does not dogmatise sufficiently. His presentment of
Robespierre almost fails to be a portrait, and only just misses being a
collection of preliminary studies.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 353. S. 18, ’09. 1050w.
=Washburn, George.=^{[11]} Fifty years in Constantinople and
recollections of Robert college. **$3. Houghton.
9–28288.
A history of Robert college in Constantinople from its foundation to the
close of its fortieth year, 1903. It is a picture of a college in Turkey
with a background of incidents, personalities and events. An
introduction reviews the events of the past fifty years that have led to
the revolution in Constantinople.
* * * * *
“The alluring title does not fulfil the expectations it arouses. It
abounds in minutiæ which might be of interest to the trustees of the
college, but which are boring to the casual reader. The author is always
a warm partisan, not an impartial chronicler.” D. K. Brown.
− + =Bookm.= 30: 392. D. ’09. 580w.
“A book which is absolutely without literary ambition, and is to a large
extent statistical information, becomes a story of absorbing interest.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 389. N. 16, ’09. 290w.
=Ind.= 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 170w.
“The history of Robert college is fascinating as a romance.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 790. N. 6, ’09. 570w.
+ =Outlook.= 93: 758. D. 4, ’09. 700w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 755. D. ’09. 70w.
=Washburne, Marion Foster.=^{[10]} House on the north shore. †$1.25.
McClurg.
9–24263.
Renunciation and conquest in their relation to mastering a hereditary
curse furnish the motif of Mrs. Washburne’s story. It is an intimate
analysis of the problems of a united family, for whom the world would
move so happily and so comfortably did there not lurk the germs of
hereditary madness. What the haunted house on the north shore had to do
with the struggle of father and son; how love for others, interest in
others led the father out of self-absorption, the central fact in all
insanity, to his final conquest is all dramatically set down.
* * * * *
“An interesting story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 160w.
=Washington, Booker Taliaferro.=^{[12]} Story of the negro. 2v. **$3.
Doubleday.
9–29958.
A simple, straight story of what the negro himself has accomplished in
the way of attaining a higher civilization. The work is in three parts:
The negro in Africa; The negro as a slave; The negro as a freeman.
=Washington, George.= Writings of George Washington; ed. with introd.
and notes by Lawrence B. Evans. (Writings of American statesmen.)
**$2.50. Putnam.
8–35847.
The first volume of a new series, “Writings of American statesmen,”
whose purpose is to present in convenient form the most important
writings of our most important statesmen. An introduction which relates
Washington to his times and shows the significance of the record he left
behind is followed by his writings assembled under the following heads:
In the British army and colonial councils; In the war for independence;
The formation and adoption of the constitution; Starting the new
government; Policies and opinions; and The farewell address.
* * * * *
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14; 857. Jl. ’09. 350w.
“It is an excellent work to meet the average library need and should be
purchased even by small libraries where there is a demand for source
material in the schools.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 52. F. ’09.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 180. Jl. ’09. 250w.
“Its three-fold purpose seems to be very satisfactorily accomplished.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 25. Ja. 1, ’09. 180w.
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 316. Mr. ’09. 70w.
“The selections are admirably made, so as to bring out the sober good
sense and wisdom which made Washington first, during the war, as
commander-in-chief, and then, after the peace, as the representative of
national unity, at once the author and the saviour of the United
States.” H. E. E.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 620. Jl. ’09. 300w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 41. Ja. 23, ’09. 280w.
“Such a handy series has long been needed and will be well received by
teachers of history and politics as well as by citizens who like to draw
upon first-hand sources of information.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 558. S. ’09. 130w.
“The volume will be found serviceable as a source-book for school and
college use, furnishing illustrative material upon the life and times of
Washington. The footnotes are not extensive, but they have been
carefully prepared and are helpful.” Max Farrand.
+ =Yale R.= 18: 103. My. ’09. 350w.
=Washington, George.=^{[5]} Letters and addresses; ed. by Jonas Viles.
(Unit books, no. 10.) 70c. Unit bk. pub. co.
Includes in convenient form letters and addresses of Washington selected
from a hundred and more books containing the writings of Washington and
the writings of others about Washington.
=Washington, George.= Washington year book: maxims and morals of “the
father of his country;” comp. by Wallace Rice. **$1. McClurg.
8–28430.
A companion to the “Lincoln year book,” including for every day of the
year a brief bit of wisdom uttered by Washington.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 45: 464. D. 16, ’08. 80w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 656. N. 7, ’08. 350w.
=Wason, Robert Alexander.=^{[9]} Happy Hawkins; il. by Howard Giles.
†$1.50. Small.
9–35792.
“Happy Hawkins,” a philosophical and loyal-hearted cowboy, is the unique
and humorous character thru whose agency this story unfolds. Out of
frank devotion to the motherless Barbara, daughter of his employer, he
untangles her father’s life history and finds her mother who, upon
learning of her husband’s deception practised in wooing her, had
deserted her family. “Happy” reconciles husband and wife and
incidentally removes unjust suspicions against Barbara’s lover, a
supposed ranchman, who turns out to be an English earl.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 57. O. ’09. ✠
“The racy dialect grows on one, providing he read only a chapter or so
at a time, so does the humor very often, and some of the adventures and
’scapes are as gory and narrow as one can possibly desire. A readable
story.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 549. S. 2, ’09. 80w.
“The question is: Has any novel of the West as good as this been written
since ‘The Virginian’?”
+ =Nation.= 89: 356. O. 14, ’09. 190w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 828. D. 25, ’09. 210w.
=Wassam, Clarence Wycliffe.= Salary loan business in New York city: a
report prepared under the direction of the Bureau of social
research, New York school of philanthropy, with extracts from an
unpublished report of Frank Julian Warne. (Russell Sage foundation.)
75c. Charity organization soc.
8–34256.
“This report, undertaken by the Russell Sage foundation, and prepared
under the direction of the Bureau of social research of the New York
school of philanthropy, is an excellent illustration of the great field
for work open to the Foundation and of the many ways in which it can be
of social service. The report is based on careful investigation and
succinctly describes the causes which lead to salary loans; the amount,
charges, profits, and methods of the business: its legal aspects and
effects; and, finally, the proposed remedies.”—J. Pol. Econ.
* * * * *
“The book is full of information for those who are interested to learn
just how this species of petty robbery works.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 466. Mr. ’09 170w.
“Mr. Wassam’s book is the first important step in a campaign which is
now being waged against the abuses of salary loan companies in a number
of American cities. It has already been an important factor in arousing
public sentiment.” E. W. Kemmerer.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 146. Je. ’09. 800w.
“The evil is made clear, and the solution suggested: it should have
results.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 105. F. ’09. 100w.
=Survey.= 22: 573. Jl. 24, ’09. 150w.
Reviewed by R. C. McCrea.
=Survey.= 22: 679. Ag. 14, ’09. 520w.
=Waters, Yssabella.=^{[8]} Visiting nursing in the United States.
$1.25. Charities pub.
A directory of the organizations employing trained visiting nurses, with
chapters on the principles, organization and methods of administration
of such work.
=Waterton, Charles.=^{[8]} Wanderings in South America, the northwest
of the United States, and the Antilles, in the years 1812, 1816,
1820, and 1824; with original instructions for the perfect
preservation of birds, etc., for cabinets of natural history;
new ed., ed, with biographical introd. and explanatory index by the Rev.
J. G. Wood. *$2.50. Sturgis & Walton.
9–16434.
A new edition of a book that originally appeared in 1825. “The vivid and
faithful pictures of life in the jungle are ever new and always
entertaining and instructive.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Entertaining and instructive pictures of life in the tropical jungle.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 63. O. ’09.
“An appreciative memoir of Waterton, largely autobiographical, compiled
by Dr. Moore, who was a friend of the great naturalist’s old age, adds
in no small degree to the worth of this edition.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 104. Jl. 29, ’09. 150w.
“The writer’s charming descriptions of the country and its animal life
are entirely applicable to-day.” Forbes Lindsay.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 479. Ag. 7, ’09. 500w.
“Is almost as fascinating a book as is White’s ‘Natural history of
Selborne.’”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 8. S. 4, ’09. 110w.
=Watson, Foster.=^{[10]} Beginnings of the teaching of modern subjects
in England. *7s. 6d. Pitman & sons, London.
“Gives a separate historical account of the introduction and
establishment of the modern subjects as one by one they became
recognised portions of the school curriculum.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“The book is useful rather than interesting: it seems a mass of
quotations, of different lengths, rather than a continuous historical
narrative, and some portions of it are unnecessarily dry. Prof. Watson
has taken little pains to attract readers; his sentences are
grammatically correct, but he allows himself to adopt, from time to
time, in the writing of English, a style both cumbrous and inelegant. We
regret this the more because the book is well worth perusal.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 205. Ag. 21. 1000w.
“All those who are interested in education or who are members of the
teaching profession will find it abundantly interesting. It is a volume
packed with information.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 450w.
=Watson, Foster.= English grammar schools to 1660: their curriculum
and practice. *$2. Putnam.