Twenty-five stories for young people retold in simple, easy prose from
the legends contained in the Eddas and Sagas of Iceland and Norway. They
are the ancient stories of the gods whom the Northmen worshiped and of
the deeds of the legendary heroes.
* * * * *
“Contains more stories than Mabie’s work and can be used with younger
children.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 95. N. ’09. ✠
“An excellent edition.” M. J. Moses.
+ =Ind.= 67: 1361. D. 16, ’09. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 487. Ag. 14, ’09. 100w.
“There is much about the vikings, King Sigmund, Balder, and Loki, that
every child of culture should know.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 768. D. ’09. 30w.
=Wilson, Calvin Dill.= Making the most of ourselves: talks for young
people. Second ser. **$1. McClurg.
9–20659.
Some fifty short essays touching upon the elements of success in every
career. The volume contains rational theory and practical suggestions
upon such subjects as hero worship, the gospel of work, value of
concentration, the spiritual element in success, cocksureness, battling
with blues, the making and keeping of friends, value of self-control, on
fearlessness and the joy of effort.
* * * * *
“These essays are entirely practical, and are easy to read and
understand.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 210. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
=Wilstach, Paul.= Richard Mansfield: the man and the actor. **$3.50.
Scribner.
8–31676.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
“Mr. Wilstach does not strike at the very soul and center of the man and
create an image so entire as to explain itself.” Clayton Hamilton.
+ − =Forum.= 41: 281. Mr. ’09. 1000w.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Wallace.
+ =Outlook.= 91: 650. Mr. 20, ’09. 950w.
=Wimperis, Harry Egerton.=^{[8]} Internal combustion engine; being a
text book on gas, oil and petrol engines, for the use of students
and engineers. *$3. Van Nostrand.
9–17426.
“The distinctive feature of the early part of his work is the
development of the thermodynamic equations on the assumption that the
specific heat of the charge varies linearly with the temperature.... The
second section of the book is devoted to the construction and operation
of gas engines and producers, and covers a fair range of practice....
Oil and petrol motors are dealt with in the final section of the book,
and considerable space is devoted to carburettors, ignition, rating of
petrol motors, and their efficiency.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The book is interesting throughout and is original, but is not well
adapted to the needs of a student who is taking up the subject for the
first time. The author is interested in a few special problems and
devotes most of his space to them; he has done valuable work in helping
towards a more complete theory of the gas engine.” L. S. Marks.
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 43. Ap. 15, ’09. 1250w.
“Mr. Wimperis has dealt very successfully with a considerable range of
theory and practice, and, in a moderate compass, has given a clear
account of the theory of the internal-combustion engine. We think that
the author might have devoted more space to the consideration of
indicators. It is one of the most interesting and readable works which
has appeared for a very long time.” E. G. Coker.
+ − =Nature.= 80: 124. Ap. 1, ’09. 400w.
=Winslow, Helen Maria.=^{[10]} Woman for mayor: a novel of to-day.
$1.50. Reilly & B.
9–16441.
Portrays a successful test of woman’s suffrage. In the course of her
narrative the author demonstrates the idea that women will be elected to
responsible offices if they but have a share in the voting. The woman
candidate for mayor in the present story wins the majority of votes and
mollifies her opponent, by consenting to wed him.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 57. O. ’09. ✠
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 454. Jl. 24, ’09. 140w.
=Winslow, Kenelm.=^{[11]} Production and handling of clean milk,
including Practical milk inspection, by Kenelm Winslow, and
Essentials of milk bacteriology by H. W. Hill. 2d ed. *$3.25.
Jenkins.
9–23849.
A working guide for those pursuing or wishing to pursue one of the most
wholesome, worthy and laudable undertakings—the production of clean
milk.
=Winter, Nevin Otto.=^{[11]} Guatemala and her people of to-day. $3.
Page.
9–20548.
“An account of the land, its history and development; the people, their
customs and characteristics; to which are added chapters on British
Honduras and the republic of Honduras, with references to the other
countries of Central America, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.”
(Explan. title.) “The chapter on ‘The tropics and their development’ is
really illuminating and statesmanlike. Ancient monuments are described,
the story of the republic of Guatemala told, and the prospects of the
state calmly and sagaciously discust. The work is highly interesting and
at the present moment of value to the public at large.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“As the only popular work on Guatemala, it will interest the general
reader and those having business interests in Central America.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 88. N. ’09. ✠
“As in his earlier book on Mexico, the author combines the practical
with the historical and picturesque.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1044. N. 4, ’09. 200w.
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 546. O. 2, ’09. 150w.
=Winter, William.=^{[7]} Old friends; being literary recollections of
other days. **$3. Moffat.
9–14944.
Informal recollections of old friends including the following people
whom he knew from childhood: Webster, Everett, Choate, and Parker, to
Hawthorne, Holmes, Lowell, and Longfellow, and Stedman, Stoddard,
Aldrich, Louise Chandler Moulton, and many others In this country, and,
among those in England, Dickens and Arnold.
* * * * *
“They are discursive but illuminating, and full of interest.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 24. S. ’09.
Reviewed by A. B. Maurice.
=Bookm.= 29: 595. Ag. ’09. 1900w.
“Walt Whitman’s peculiarities are well enough known by this time, and
Mr. Winter’s catalogue of his offences seems hardly called for. A
serious disfigurement of so excellent and handsome a volume is to be
noted in the many misprints.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 1100w.
=Ind.= 67: 365. Ag. 12, ’09. 350w.
“From beginning to end it is good literature.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 330. O. 7, ’09. 930w.
“The reminiscences of Mr. Winter are literary; the number of ‘friends’
is remarkable not only for their size in certain numerals but also for
their fame.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 380. Je. 12, ’09. 180w.
“One of the most interesting and important chapters in the book is
devoted to George William Curtis.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 415. Jl. 3, ’09. 900w.
+ =Outlook.= 93: 249. O. 2, ’09. 1900w.
=Wise, Bernhard Ringrose.=^{[10]} Commonwealth of Australia. (All red
ser.) *$3. Little.
9–29168.
A thoroly informing volume of some three hundred and fifty pages that
presents a general view of the Australian commonwealth both as a country
and a nation. It explains the special features of Australian policy, the
ideas, temper and conduct of the people.
* * * * *
“This is the only book devoted to the special features of Australian
policy.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 130. D. ’09.
“Will be found useful by those interested in commonwealth politics and
problems of Australian defence.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 250w.
“There is still room for a more compendious and detailed treatment of
the constitutional questions of the new commonwealth.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 339. N. 1, ’09. 320w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 738. N. 27, ’09. 550w.
=Wise, Thomas A., and Rhodes, Harrison.=^{[5]} Gentleman from
Mississippi: a novel founded on the popular play of the same title,
produced under the management of W: A. Brady and Jos. R. Grismer.
*50c. Ogilvie.
A transcript of life at the nation’s capital which shows the inside of
the political maneuvers and of the workings of bosses—how they shape men
and women to their ends, how their cunning intrigues extend into the
very social life of Washington. An honest Southern planter, his daughter
and private secretary are the chief characters.
* * * * *
“The story is amusing, but it is a tissue of absurdities, and it runs a
long way off from the political life of our national capital with which
it is exclusively concerned.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 318. My. 22, ’09. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 14: 378. Je. 12, ’09. 160w.
=Withers, Hartley.=^{[8]} Meaning of money. *$2. Dutton.
9–17157.
“A simple account, in non-technical language, of the modern mechanism of
exchange. From metallic money, the author passes to such subjects as
bills of exchange, checks, banknotes, the clearing system, foreign
exchange, commercial banking, and the money market. Designed for English
readers, the volume considers chiefly the English money market, but pays
due attention to the various elements affecting the world’s
exchanges.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“As a compendium for people untrained in the intricacies of finance, the
book merits hearty commendation. Its explanations are clear, its
illustrations striking, and its underlying theory extremely sound and
sensible.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 395. Ap. 15, ’09. 220w.
“An excellent explanation of the monetary system of England and a lucid
exposition of the relations existing between London, the world’s money
centre, and the other great banking cities of the globe.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 450w.
“We can heartily recommend readers who wish to get an insight into the
actual facts of modern finance to study Mr. Withers’s book. They will
find it admirably clear, and not only free from the technicalities of
trade, but, what is perhaps even more gratifying, free from the pedantry
of the professor.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 821. My. 22, ’09. 630w.
=Witkowski, Georg.=^{[9]} German drama of the nineteenth century;
authorized translation from the 2d German ed., by L. E. Horning.
**$1. Holt.
9–15867.
“Traces the development of the drama from the prototypes of the
realistic plays of to-day created by Schiller and from the middle-class
plays of Iffland through romantic drama, fate tragedies, comedy farce,
social drama, idealism, naturalism, folklore, and mysticism,
contributing an accompaniment of brilliant and discerning comment that
reveals the interplay of influences and interests.” (N. Y. Times.) The
divisions are: The German drama at the end of the eighteenth century;
The German drama from 1800–1830; The German drama from 1830–1885; The
German drama from 1885–1900; and The product of the century.
* * * * *
“Students of modern literature, who wish in small compass a critical
survey of the German drama of the last hundred years, will find it
here.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 205. S. ’09. 60w.
“The chief fault of the book lies in its form. It reads like the
scenario of a larger book planned perhaps for later achievement. And it
is therefore not always easy to read. Another fault which makes the
reading difficult is the very uneven and oftentimes quite inadequate
work of the translator. What is most noticeable among the good points of
the book is the dignity of the standard upheld by the author for the art
which he loves.” G. I. Colbron.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 282. S. ’09. 1100w.
=Ind.= 65: 1179. N. 19, ’08. 50w.
“A scholarly, informing and withal readable little volume.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 709. S. 23. ’09. 500w.
“Nothing at the same time so comprehensive and terse has appeared on the
subject, and it is a subject of increasing interest to the
English-speaking public.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 439. Jl. 17, ’09. 530w.
=Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville.=^{[6]} Love among the chickens: a story
of the haps and mishaps on an English chicken farm. $1.50. Circle
pub. co.
9–18719.
A tale of love and laughter whose background is furnished by an English
chicken farm. The chicken raisers are novices in the business and they
ally with themselves an equally ignorant friend who shares in the haps
and mishaps of their business plunges. “The love affair develops with
the starting of the farm and is concerned with the pretty daughter of an
Irish professor, with an Irish temper, who is a near-by summer resident.
The fowls do all the uncanny things which hens can always be expected to
do when man attempts to coerce their movements, and supply no end of
exercise, mental and physical, for the chicken farmers and amusement for
the neighborhood.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The promise contained in the opening chapters of the book is hardly
fulfilled as the story proceeds. The humor is somewhat forced and the
incidents themselves of hardly sufficient interest.”
− + =Lit. D.= 39: 449. S. 18, ’09. 160w.
“The book has brisk movement, and a bright style, which, though unable
to handle the plot without shifting grips, is quite adequate to the
minor incidents.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.
“It is a merry tale, cleverly told, and never lacking in good taste.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 320w.
=Wodiska, Julius.=^{[12]} Book of precious stones: the identification
of gems and gem minerals and an account of their scientific,
commercial, artistic, and historical aspects. **$2.50. Putnam.
9–30640.
“A combination of the practical and the esthetic marks this author’s
treatment of a most fascinating subject. While he gives the scientific
data on which precious minerals of various kinds may be identified, he
also, by his many illustrations, exhibits the beauty of jewelry. The
setting of gems is described in some detail and the many legendary and
traditional qualities attributed to them are also touched upon.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“The lover of precious stones will be a lover of Mr. Wodiska’s book. It
will also prove of value as a handbook to dealers and setters, and is as
complete and beautiful a volume on this subject as can be procured
anywhere, if we take into consideration the limitations imposed by its
size.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1085. D. 11, ’09. 120w.
“It is a comprehensive and interesting volume, which should appeal not
only to experts, but to the general reader anxious to add to his store
of knowledge on a fascinating subject.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 781. D. 11, ’09. 1200w.
=Wollaston, Alexander F: R.= From Ruwenzori to the Congo: a
naturalist’s journey across Africa. *$5. Dutton.
9–7998.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 24. S. ’09.
“To a perhaps hypercritical taste, something is lacking—something which
is to be found in many a rambling, clumsy book with no literary
pretensions—the African atmosphere. It is a pity Mr. Wollaston felt ‘a
concern’ to plead the cause of the Congo State.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 732. Je. 19. 900w.
“Few books of travel have more delightful and instructive photographic
reproductions than this volume.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 46: 365. Je. 1, ’09. 400w.
“The most interesting part is the account of the uncommonly successful
work of the naturalists on the eastern slopes of the range.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 339. Ap. 1, ’09. 570w.
“There are some interesting and important observations concerning the
treatment of African natives by the Belgians in this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 115. F. 27, ’09. 670w.
“A very entertaining book.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 270. My. 29, ’09. 120w.
“Entertainingly written volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 382. Mr. ’09. 300w.
“An admirable extra-official record of the work accomplished on
Ruwenzori in 1905. His appendices should be useful to future
travellers.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 120w.
=Wollaston, Arthur Naylor=, comp.^{[6]} Tales within tales; adapted
from the fables of Pilpai. (Romance of the East ser.) *$1. Dutton.
“These tales are adapted from the fables of Pilpai, the dreamer, a kind
of ancient Uncle Remus, for like Uncle Remus, he runs to the beast
fable, the earliest form of satire and allegory. The series of stories
which is one of the ‘Romance of the East series,’ takes its title from
the fact that the anecdotes, each illustrating some moral, keep folding
up and branching out after the manner of tale-telling at a ‘smoker,’
where one story surely moves some other guest to say, ‘That reminds
me—.’”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“We fancy that the modern child will sniff at these innocent
beast-tales. We wish success to Mr. Murray’s series, but we confess we
should like to see each volume prepared with more regard to the
bibliographical information which many readers will naturally expect.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 208. Ag. 21. 400w.
“The author has translated the tales into plain English, although his
style is a little involved—perhaps to suit the involved atmosphere of
the series. Beast stories will always hold their own charm, and this
addition to the list should prove instructive to the young and at least
interesting to the old.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 323. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
“We have the best of them very nicely served up.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 506. Mr. 27, ’09. 140w.
=Woman= in industry, from seven points of view.^{[5]} 2s. 6d.
Duckworth & co., London.
9–8898.
Seven lectures delivered by different women dealing with the following
subjects: The regulation of women’s work, The minimum wage, Trade
unionism, Infant mortality, Child employment and juvenile delinquency,
Factory and workshop law, and Factory proposals. “The general drift of
the lectures is toward resort to trade-unions and greater regulations
and control by the state.” (J. Pol. Econ.)
* * * * *
“Miss Anderson’s article might fitly stand alone. On ‘Wage-earning
children’ Miss Adler is known to be the best authority that the ladies
could call into counsel. We heartily commend the result of their labour
as a whole.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 758. D. 12. 250w.
“The lectures are intended primarily for the general public and should
prove instructive to those interested in the subject.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 309. My. ’09. 80w.
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 760. Je. 12, ’09. 100w.
=Wood, Alice Ida Perry.=^{[11]} Stage history of Shakespeare’s King
Richard the Third. (Columbia university studies in English.) *$1.25.
Macmillan.
9–25746.
“The story of the development of the actual presentation of ‘Richard the
Third’ in the successive periods of English acting down to the
productions by Booth and Irving is told, not merely in detail that shows
careful study, but with analytical and comparative methods of real
literary value. Especially interesting is the attempt to fit the known
theories of the Elizabethan stage to the first production of this
history-drama.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 47: 290. O. 16, ’09. 70w.
“It is not often that a scholarly monograph concerned primarily with the
technique of a subject is made so attractive to the general reader.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 558. N. 6, ’09. 190w.
=Wood, Sumner Gilbert.=^{[8]} Taverns and turnpikes of Blandford,
1733–1833. *$2. S. G. Wood, Blandford, Mass.
9–837.
Called by the author a “by-product” this book “is of general historical
interest, being a careful, sympathetic study of types of important local
institutions. It throws interesting sidelights on many phases of social,
political and business affairs in early New England.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 184. Je. ’09.
“While strictly a local history, the book has a wider interest, since it
portrays an aspect of the life of a past period to which specialists in
our social history have for some time been devoting considerable
interest.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 604. S. 9, ’09. 120w.
“The book should be placed in every library side by side with Charles E.
Craven’s ‘History of Mattituck, L. I.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 970. N. 27, ’09. 170w.
“We take pleasure in recommending it not only to students of New England
history, but to lovers of the past as a sentimental possession.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 79. Jl. 22, ’09. 950w.
“The numerous illustrations with which the volume is embellished of old
taverns and turnpike scenes add materially to its interest and value as
a picture of early times in the local history of New England.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 700w.
=Wood-Seys, Roland Alexander.= Sappho in Boston. †$1.50. Moffat.
8–28059.
A sprightly story of a cultivated, fascinating Boston girl who in
playing a surprising rôle brings a young Englishman off his “insular
pedistal[P2: typo? pedestal].”
* * * * *
“It is to be strongly recommended for three reasons: its English is a
pure joy, its veiled satire on American society is permeated with a
rather rare quality of humour, and thirdly the question whether or not
the Englishman who tells his story in the first person will eventually
win the undeniably charming Bostonian lady, who may or may not be
divorced, has beyond question a piquant interest that challenges
approval.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 475. Ja. ’09. 200w.
“This is a story which does not stand still long enough to be
criticised. It whizzes and fizzes its way through conversational
smartness, hypertrophy of wealth, coruscations of epigram, and yet,
reaching its end, reveals a solidity that one hardly suspected. It is
superfluous to add that the book is nothing if not brisk, even
breathless reading, and its unconventional dénouement invests it with
positive charm.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 42. Ja. 14, ’09. 270w.
“The drawing of the characters is clean-cut, the dialogue sparkling, and
the dénouement a complete surprise.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 617. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
“The whole book is quite as impossible as its central conception of this
particular Sappho in Boston.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 160w.
=Woodberry, George Edward.=^{[7]} Life of Edgar Allan Poe, personal
and literary, with his chief correspondence with men of letters. 2v.
**$5. Houghton.
9–7719.
A biography based upon the author’s 1885 volume. “His aim in the larger
as in the more compact book, however, is to present a literary
biography. He points out that a biography of Poe has two special
interests: it lies outside New England, and it embodies contemporaneous
literary history apart from the lives of the other greater American
writers. In the earlier volume, Mr. Woodberry tells us, he excluded much
and suppressed much which he thought the world would let die. But this
attempt to assist oblivion has proved fruitless. Every possible theory
and surmise relating to Poe has been put forth, and in this work he has
presented all matters of fact that have come to light.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“A timely work that will doubtless supplant its predecessor as the most
authoritative and trustworthy biography among the many now in print.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 197. Je. ’09.
“As an encyclopaedia of the professional and private adventures of Poe,
this new memoir is indeed of the highest value.” W. B. Blake.
+ =Dial.= 47: 118. S. 1, ’09. 1250w.
“The appearance of these volumes is the most important event connected
with the centenary of Poe. There are doubtless readers who would find
more pleasure and profit in Professor Woodberry’s earlier biography than
in this fuller work, which suffers from the defects of its qualities.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 100. Jl. 29, ’09. 1750w.
“Special interest attaches to this new and larger form of Mr.
Woodberry’s biography because of the large addition of letters and other
material incorporated in the text and the numerous appendices which
present a variety of documents bearing upon Poe’s life and including
complete bibliography of his writings.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 421. Je. 19, ’09. 380w.
=Woodruff, Charles Edward.=^{[12]} Expansion of races. $4. Rebman co.
9–17263.
“This book is a twentieth century edition of Malthus’ ‘Essay on
population,’ with additions from modern biology, anthropology,
ethnology, and medical science. Its author, who is a major surgeon in
the United States army, calls it ‘an anthropological study.’ But it is
really much more a work on the biological side of sociology, making very
liberal use of anthropological data. The main interest of the author as
is abundantly shown throughout the text is in the problem of the rise
and decline of nations and civilizations.”—Econ. Bull.
* * * * *
“From one point of view it might be said to be a horrible example of
what a biologist who has had no training in the social sciences may do
in handling social and economic problems. In spite of its bizarre
theories, however, it must be said that the work is a very suggestive
one and deserves the attention of economists and sociologists.” C: A.
Ellwood.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 393. D. ’09. 1400w.
“A considerable part, and perhaps the most valuable part, of the book is
that devoted to an explanation of human governments and the two great
party policies of which they are all the apparently complex, but really
simple, manifestation. These comments will have attained their object if
they call the attention of the thoughtful to a remarkable addition to
the stock of human knowledge.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 465. Jl. 31, ’09. 1000w.
=Woolwine, Thomas Lee.= In the valley of the shadows. †$1. Doubleday.
9–4961.
A short story of the Tennessee mountains in which the feud that had
existed between two families for several generations is finally ended
thru the influence of the sacrificing love that grows up between the son
of one and the daughter of the other.
* * * * *
“The story is written in a simple, direct and pleasing style. The
descriptions of nature are admirable and the delineation of the
characters, in so far as they are delineated, is excellent.”
+ =Arena.= 41: 605. Ag. ’09. 230w.
“The marks of the ‘prentice hand are numerous, and there is little to
differentiate the work from that of numerous other ’prentices.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 143. Mr. 13, ’09. 250w.
=Worcester, Rev. Elwood.= Living word. **$1.50. Moffat.
9–132.
“An interpretation of the Emmanuel movement which “is giving us a new
conception of as well as a new faith in God; a new interpretation of as
well as a new following of Christ; a new realization of immortality as a
present as well as a continuing existence; and a new reverence for man
as God’s child with infinite possibilities.”” (Outlook.) “The book is
divided into two parts, of which the first is concerned with the belief
in God Himself, and the second with such intimations of immortality as
are to be discovered in or about man.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“They interpret life in terms of spirituality and contain much
stimulating thought and inspiring suggestion.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 89. Mr. ’09.
“The book is written in a broad-minded, nonsectarian way. While the
reader may question some of the conclusions reached, he can not help
admitting that it is a strong, sincere expression of thought.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 38: 308. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
=Nation.= 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 120w.
“While it is a book that will be a help to many, it will also interest
all who admire a sincere spirit and courageous recognition of the change
in man.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 74. F. 6, ’09. 540w.
“A broad, inspiring, and helpful interpretation and may be commended
heartily to those who desire to understand something of the secret of
the present unrecognized revival of religion.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 293. F. 6, ’09. 270w.
=Worth, Nicholas, pseud.=^{[11]} Southerner: a novel, being the
autobiography of Nicholas Worth. **$1.20. Doubleday.
9–26438.
“While the author claims that this book is a novel, it is really an
indictment of a whole people. Nicholas Worth, the hero, is a Southern
youth, who gets a Harvard education immediately after the civil war.
Unfortunately, this education results in making him a man who feels
better and different from his own kind, who secretly despises them for
their faults, and who is only willing to impart to them the mind and
virtues and standards of another people whom he admires more.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“The book combines sincerity with insight and, in vividly picturing from
within the period of southern rehabilitation, has undoubted historical
value. It will appeal only to the more serious reader.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 136. D. ’09.
“The story of this man’s struggle for the betterment of his fellows,
whether it be pieced together by fancy, or be literally the record of
experience, makes one of the most genuine of books; it combines
sincerity with insight, and deserves to be taken to heart by serious
readers both North and South.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 280w.
“There can be no doubt that the criticisms are written from an intimate
inside knowledge of Southern character, and that the book contains a
truthful list of not only the faults and frailties of this people, but
of their fallacious standards of value. No people, especially a choleric
people like those of the South, endure being kicked by a highly educated
little fellow, and Nicholas is a little fellow. This is one fault of the
book. The reformer in it is too small a personality, too decimated by
the kind of education he is trying to thrust upon others, too
contemptuous, too unfriendly in spite of his protestations of devotion.
The other fault of the book is this: By education and industry, the hero
meant the kind of education and the kind of commercialism that has
secularized and fattened the North and East.” Mrs. L. H. Harris.
+ − =Ind.= 67: 1090. N. 11, ’09. 1000w.
“It is the animus, the steady and strong and at times passionate
rebellion against what may be called the forces of delay in the South,
against whatever and whoever may be holding it back and keeping it
apart, that gives to the book its force. The book would doubtless do
more good than harm in the South if it should be widely and candidly
read there. It is much more likely, however, to get a wide reading, and
a rather too serious acceptance, in the North.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 511. N. 25, ’09. 1200w.
“Contains some very interesting pictures of life in one of the cotton
states stretching over the period from the last year of the civil war to
the present time and beyond, perhaps, for the narrative seems to deal
somewhat in prophecy. After all the story, interesting as much of it is,
is not evidence but argument and plea. The tract, of course, spoils the
novel—which, swamped as it is, shows in points the qualities of a real
story of real people.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 590. O. 9, ’09. 700w.
=Wrede, William.=^{[9]} Origin of the New Testament; tr. by James S.
Hill. (Harper’s library of living thought.) **75c. Harper.