naked cleverness and successfulness hurt, it represents feminine
introspection almost at its best.” M. V. D.
+ =Nation= 111:247 Ag 28 ’20 150w
“It is the cumulative effect of the collection that is most
remarkable. As one reads on, the book develops a unity that is more
than a unity of texture or of inspiration. It achieves an
eloquence,—superseding the poet’s earlier constraint—that seems almost
to deepen the lyric sequence to the additional significance of a
monodrama.” O. R.
+ =New Repub= 22:65 Mr 10 ’20 1000w
“The poems are sincere, but sometimes stumbling. The winds of time
will blow from the tree of poetry some of the leaves as heavy as these
and as slightly affixed.”
+ − =N Y Call= p11 Ag 1 ’20 200w
“If Miss Cromwell had lived she would never have been a popular poet,
but it is quite likely that she would have written rare lyrics for the
pleasure of poets and others to whom poetry is no amusement, but, in a
deep and real sense, the sharing of life.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:173 Ap 11 ’20 480w
“Her poetical work throughout is the self-revelation, made with a
blunt direct sincerity, of a fine spirit and a thoughtful mind.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p243 Ap 15 ’20 210w
=CROSLEY, MRS PAULINE S.=[2] Intimate letters from Petrograd. *$3 Dutton
947
20–10514
“Pauline S. Crosley’s book is a collection of letters written to
members of her family, principally from Petrograd, where her husband
was American naval attaché from the spring of 1917 until the flight of
the foreign legations and embassies through Finland in the following
February.”—N Y Times
* * * * *
“The book is remarkable for its unbiased opinions and its clear
estimate of the political situations, as well as for its realistic
account of the chaotic conditions of Russia in the first days of its
downfall.”
+ =Cath World= 112:553 Ja ’21 80w
+ =N Y Times= p22 S 12 ’20 1400w
=CROTHERS, SAMUEL MCCHORD.= Dame school of experience, and other papers.
*$2 (3½c) Houghton 814
20–22103
In the opening paper the author reports an interview he had with the
“withered dame” who teaches the school of experience. He found the
schoolhouse an ancient building and the equipment primitive. The dame
treated his inquiry into her methods as a prehistoric joke and made it
plain that she did not go in for the fancy branches of ethics. Her
parting advice was to treat experience not as a noun but as a verb and
to mind the adverbs. The other papers are: The teacher’s dilemma;
Every man’s natural desire to be somebody else; The perils of the
literate; Natural enemies and how to make the best of them; The
spiritual adviser of efficiency experts; The Pilgrims and their
contemporaries; Education in pursuit of Henry Adams; The hibernation
of genius; The unpreparedness of liberalism; On the evening of the new
day.
* * * * *
“This volume of a dozen essays is bound to be one of the most popular
books of the season throughout the country, and while it appeals
primarily to the man and woman of literary culture, its wisdom as well
as its wit will draw many others to whom common sense clothed in humor
appeals particularly.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 N 24 ’20 400w
=CROWDER, ENOCH HERBERT.= Spirit of selective service. *$2 (2c) Century
353
20–5259
In part one of this book the author tells how the draft act was put
into operation. Its success was made possible, he says, thru the
cooperation of the men and women, nearly two hundred thousand strong,
who made up the backbone of the selective service system. This body,
composing the draft boards, “espoused the administration of an
unpopular law, and not only achieved success in its execution, but
popularized it as well.” In part two the author considers plans for
bringing the same spirit of cooperation to bear on the present
confusion. The chapters of part one are: America elects; Feeding the
god of war; The volunteer system in America; Pride of tradition versus
common-sense patriotism; Universal service in America; Selective
service in America; How England achieved selective service; The spirit
of the draft; Part two: The tasks that lie ahead; The permanency of
the selective service idea; The preservation of Americanism; A plan of
action; The old guard. An appendix gives General Crowder’s report as
provost marshal general to the secretary of war on the demobilization
of his department.
* * * * *
“Clearly written and very interesting historically.”
+ =Booklist= 16:261 My ’20
“While ‘The spirit of selective service’ contains more detail,
description, and theory of the draft and its aftermath than it does
‘spirit,’ it is none the less a well written and valuable contribution
to the already large collection of semi-technical post-war
literature.” C. K. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 My 26 ’20 360w
“It may be that some of its propositions are more ingenious than
practicable, though it would not be easy to point them out. It may be
that the writer is over-hopeful of the success of some of his plans,
though he maintains generally an admirable tone of moderation. It is
certain that he has, in a broad and patriotic spirit, presented most
lucidly what he esteems to be the lesson of one of the greatest
administrative achievements in the history of our government.”
+ =No Am= 211:857 Je ’20 1400w
=R of Rs= 61:557 My ’20 120w
=CROWELL, JOSHUA FREEMAN.= Outdoors and in. *$1.50 Four seas co. 811
20–5146
Nature themes predominate in this volume of poems and not the least
attractive of them are those inspired by the cultivated garden
flowers. There are a few poems of social interest, including those
which touch on the war. An occasional vein of satire is also
disclosed. The verses are grouped under the following heads: Through
the year; Along the way; Above the clouds; From sea and shore; By wood
and stream; Of field and town; To tone and tune; Garden wise; An
interlude; Dream wise.
* * * * *
“Skilled though he be in verse forms, Mr Crowell is nevertheless far
from being a poet, and no discriminating reader will ever suspect him
of it.”
− + =Cath World= 111:838 S ’20 100w
“The verses are pleasant and often graceful. The book is enjoyable
reading, though hardly belonging to the heights of poetry.”
+ =N Y Call= p11 Ag 1 ’20 120w
=CROWTHER, SAMUEL.= Common sense and labour. *$2 (3½c) Doubleday 331
20–7435
In attempting to put his finger on the something wrong in the
industrial world of today, in the relations between employer and
employee, the writer does not find any intrinsic antagonism between
capital and labor. On the contrary he believes that “there is a
growing conception that capital and labor are complementary, that it
is perfectly possible to effect a bargain and sale with a reasonable
profit to both sides and without more than a natural amount of
bickering.” He has little use for any of the revolutionary changes
involved in “profit-sharing,” the “democratization of industry” and
the like, but thinks that constructive results can be achieved when
“capital and labor meet not as partners but as persons anxious to make
all that they can out of the same general opportunity.” Contents: The
fundamental causes of labour unrest; The relation between the employer
and the employed; The worker and his wage; Wages and profit-sharing
delusions; The fetish of industrial democracy; When they get together;
The economic truths of work; The man and the machine; The methods and
policies of British labour.
* * * * *
“The many cases cited give it a lively interest for the average,
concerned business man or worker.”
+ =Booklist= 16:299 Je ’20
+ =Cleveland= p75 Ag ’20 40w
Reviewed by J. E. Le Rossignol
=Review= 3:651 D 29 ’20 500w
“His book makes for sanity on both sides.”
+ =R of Rs= 61:672 Je ’20 40w
“Distinguished by rare good sense and lack of partisanship.”
+ =St Louis= 18:215 S ’20 20w
“He is not always judicious in his strictures and his indulgence in
cutting epigram is sometimes rather annoying, but there is much of
stimulating information and suggestion in his essay.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p10 My 6 ’20 240w
“His initial chapter Mr Crowther entitles The fundamental causes of
labor unrest and in it he indicates clearly his own lack of
understanding of those causes.”
− =Survey= 44:316 My 29 ’20 200w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p554 Ag 26 ’20 80w
=CROWTHER, SAMUEL.= Why men strike. *$1.75 (3c) Doubleday 331.1
20–8812
The author’s contention is that men are now no longer striking for
higher wages or shorter hours, as formerly, but are striking against
work, i.e. against what they think is an unjust system of society. He
has no fault to find with capital, as such, but thinks its present
mode of distribution could be improved upon. To that end he advocates
a new kind of thrift, that is not based primarily on self-denial but
rather on wise spending. By affording opportunities for investment of
savings, thus returning them to production, he would give the workers
a stake in society, create a nation of capitalists and appease social
unrest.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:51 N ’20
=Ind= 103:319 S 11 ’20 20w
“It is a genial and smoothly written but ill-informed piece of work.”
G: Soule
− + =Nation= 111:533 N 10 ’20 170w
“He is involved in assumptions which are hardly tenable, and in
conclusions which are of negligible social value.” Ordway Tead
− =New Repub= 24:100 S 22 ’20 2100w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p783 N 25 ’20 70w
=CROY, HOMER.= Turkey Bowman. il *$1.75 (2½c) Harper
20–16795
Like the author’s novel “Boone Stop” this is a story of boy life in
the West. But it pictures a somewhat earlier period when the Indians
were not yet subdued and when Indian uprisings were to be feared. The
young hero, Turkey Bowman, jilted by the girl he has fallen in love
with, runs away from home in company with a somewhat older vagabond
who shares his opinion of the sex. Slim too has a broken heart and the
two are drawn together in misery. They have various wandering
adventures and settle down for a time on a cattle ranch. Slim
eventually changes his attitude toward women and Turkey carries news
of a proposed Indian raid to the army post and returns home a hero.
* * * * *
“Turkey is always amusing, and he is a very human boy.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p5 D 4 ’20 340w
“There is real humor crammed into the pages, the juvenile principals
are real boys and described true to nature, while there is no taint of
artificial coloring in description or action.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p7a N 21 ’20 110w
=CROZIER, WILLIAM.= Ordnance and the world war. *$2.50 (3c) Scribner
940.373
20–8902
A book subtitled “a contribution to the history of American
preparedness.” The author’s purpose is to describe the ordnance
department and to trace the various steps in equipping the army for
France, leaving the reader to judge to what extent the department met
its responsibilities. Contents: Ordnance department; Embarrassments;
Overhead organization; Criticisms; Rifles; Machine guns; Field
artillery; Smokeless powder; Responsibility; Conclusion. The author
states that since he is no longer a member of the war department he
speaks “without official authority, and with something of the freedom
of any other citizen.”
* * * * *
“So far as the book is an apology for the Ordnance department, it is
well done and is successful. So far as it is an apology for the writer
himself, it had better have been left undone. It doth protest too
much; it leaves the reader not quite convinced; worse, far worse, it
leaves him bored.” H: W. Bunn
+ − =Review= 3:319 O 13 ’20 1500w
“Altogether the book has a larger field than its mere name implies. It
may be said to be an authoritative and comprehensive history of an
achievement characteristically American in dealing with new and
extraordinary problems.” F. B. C. Bradlee
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 16 ’20 310w
=CRUICKSHANK, ALFRED HAMILTON.= Philip Massinger. il *$4.50 Stokes 822
(Eng ed 21–120)
Of the many dramatists of the century of Shakespeare, says the author
of this volume, none seem more worthy of affectionate consideration
than Philip Massinger. Comparing his writings with the masterpieces of
his contemporaries, which, though displaying rich gifts of pathos,
poetry and humor, are often marred by waywardness, unnaturalness, want
of proportion and grossness, Massinger’s work is sober, well-balanced,
dignified and lucid. While he shares with them the atmosphere of
romance and adventure, he is the most Greek of his generation. The
book contains, besides the text, appendices and index, a frontispiece
portrait, a facsimile of the Henslow document at Dulwich, and of the
“Believe as you list” Ms. in the British museum.
* * * * *
“It is a conscientious work, which contains, we suppose, all the
information and nearly all the serious speculations possible, about
its subject. In expression of judgment and comparison, it is useful;
for if any opinion is to be expressed of Mr Cruickshank’s criticism,
it is deficient rather than aberrant.” T. S. E.
+ − =Ath= p760 Je 11 ’20 1600w
“In every detail, Dr Cruickshank’s book is carefully documented.” E.
F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 10 ’20 1550w
“He has thoroughly mastered the large amount of material collected in
dissertations and technical journals during the last half-century, and
within certain definite limits has made an adequate study of which the
chief merit is the warm and well-reasoned admiration of Massinger
which glows through every page. The scope of the book is unfortunately
strangely limited.” S: C. Chew
+ − =Nation= 111:48 Jl 10 ’20 600w
“Professor Cruickshank’s scholarly and illuminating and, to us,
provocative book will, we hope, do something to revive interest in
Massinger’s work.”
+ =Sat R= 130:36 Jl 10 ’20 720w
=CUBBERLEY, ELLWOOD PATTERSON.= History of education. (Riverside
textbooks in education) il *$3.75 Houghton 370.9
20–20533
As the sub-title, “Educational practice and progress considered as a
phase of the development and spread of western civilization,”
indicates, the book does not go back to the early civilizations of
primitive and oriental people but, beginning with ancient Greece,
traces the development of education throughout the western world for
the purpose of showing that human civilization represents a more or
less orderly evolution and that the education of man stands as one of
the highest expressions of a belief in the improvability of the race.
The contents are in four parts: The ancient world; The mediæval world;
The transition from mediæval to modern attitudes; Modern times. The
book is indexed and illustrated with full page pictures, figures and
maps. Questions and references follow the chapters.
=CUBBERLEY, ELLWOOD PATTERSON.=[2] Readings in the history of education.
(Riverside textbooks in education) il *$3.75 Houghton 370.9
20–22845
“A collection of sources and readings to illustrate the development of
educational practice, theory, and organization.” (Sub-title) The
original purpose of the collection was to furnish supplemental reading
to a lecture course by the author and is now offered as a supplement
to his textbook, “The history of education” and as a reference volume.
It is liberally illustrated with reprints from old cuts and the
subject-matter ranges from the old Greek and Roman education, the rise
of Christianity with its contributions through to the middle ages, the
revival of learning and the rise of the universities. With the new
scientific method and after the transition phases of the eighteenth
century come the beginnings of national education which gradually
bring the selections down to contemporary educational history.
=CULLUM, RIDGWELL.= Heart of Unaga. *$2 (1½c) Putnam
20–18301
Steve Allenwood, as a police officer of the north land, is sent on a
mission which will take two years to fulfil, leaving behind him his
pleasure loving wife and baby daughter. When he returns, bringing with
him a boy whom he has salvaged from the bitter rigors of the north, he
finds his wife has gone away with another man, taking their daughter
with her. His one desire is for revenge, but when he has almost
accomplished it, he realizes its futility, and determines to devote
all his remaining life to the little lad of the north. He knows there
is a fortune in the drug—adresol—with which the hibernating Indians
lull themselves to their long winter sleep, and thereafter the passion
of his life is to discover where these Indians obtain it. After years
of search, the heart of Unaga gives up its secret to him. In the
meantime, his adopted son and his real daughter have grown up, and in
their love for one another and for him, he realizes at last some of
the contentment that has been denied him in all the intervening years,
and finally he has his revenge too, on the man who has wronged him
years before.
* * * * *
“The story has an unusual plot, which is masterfully developed, and
the descriptions of the northwest primitive life and the hibernating
Indians are extremely vivid. All the characters are intensely real and
well portrayed. The book is at all times interesting, and in spots
even inspired.”
+ =N Y Times= p24 O 3 ’20 620w
“It would be the better for compression and it is rather too somber in
its treatment.”
+ − =Outlook= 126:378 O 27 ’20 30w
“As in all his stories, Ridgwell Cullum has an excellent plot for his
latest book. But with equal ease he mars the telling with a
cumbersome, prolix style.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p5a Ja 23 ’21 160w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p602 S 16 ’20 40w
=CUMMING, CAROLINE KING, and PETTIT, WALTER WILLIAM=, comps. and eds.
Russian-American relations, March 1917–March 1920. *$3.50 Harcourt 327
20–11098
The documents and papers have been compiled under the direction of
John A. Ryan, J. Henry Scattergood, and William Allen White at the
request of the League of free nations association. They cover three
years beginning with the first declaration issued by the Provisional
government of Russia after the revolution, March 16, 1917, and ending
with the statement made by the supreme council at Paris, February 24,
1920. Their object is to facilitate an inquiry into the relations
between the United States and Russia since the revolution of March
1917, the general purport of which is indicated by an extract from a
letter by the chairman of the association: “It is not intended that
this study should go into the question of the relative merits of
Bolshevism or of the forces fighting Bolshevism in Russia, but that it
should be merely an attempt to make clear to the American people what
the actual facts have been in our governmental dealings with the
various groups in what was the Russian empire.” The documents fall
into three main categories: (1) Documents already published in English
in Senate reports, State department publications, the New York Times,
Current History Magazine, the Nation, etc.; (2) Original translations
from various Russian official and unofficial newspapers; (3) Materials
hitherto unpublished, contributed by Colonel Raymond Robins and
others. There is an index.
* * * * *
“Gratitude for the publication should not impose silence as to its
faults, which are of such a character as to impair greatly its
usefulness. First of all, the selection of documents, besides being
very slight for the period of the provisional and Kerensky
governments, has also somewhat of an ex parte character. The reader
will not fail to be struck with the entire absence of papers derived
directly from the State department, except for five that are taken
from one of its publications.”
+ − =Am Hist R= 26:371 Ja ’21 420w
=Booklist= 17:14 O ’20
“It is made up entirely of authentic documents. This moderation in aim
is an excellence, for not the most vindictive interventionist could
deny the impartial, objective nature of the information now made
conveniently accessible, and much of it made for the first time
available.” Norman Hapgood
+ =Nation= 110:766 Je 5 ’20 2650w
=CUMMINGS, BRUCE FREDERICK (W. N. P. BARBELLION, pseud.).= Enjoying
life, and other literary remains. il *$2 Doran 824
20–16882
The present volume shows the versatility of the author’s genius in
that it is equally divided between his love of nature and his love for
literature. The first four essays are a hitherto unpublished part of
the “Journal of a disappointed man” and breathe the joy of life and
passion for life in rare exuberance. The rest of the contents are five
essays on literary and speculative subjects, two short stories: A fool
and a maid on Lundy Island; and How Tom snored on his bridal
night;—and essays in natural history.
* * * * *
“The essays are interesting enough, although they show less power and
originality than the journal. An occasional remark, for its quaintness
or its insight, will remind the reader that they are the literary
exercises of an unusually able man.”
+ =Ath= p1366 D 19 ’19 620w
“It has not the interest of the earlier book, though the individual
sketches are very readable.”
+ =Booklist= 17:60 N ’20
“One essay here, ‘On journal writers,’ is as authoritative as any upon
the subject; for Barbellion’s soul was first and last the soul of a
keeper of journals.”
+ − =Nation= 112:124 Ja 26 ’21 250w
“Turn the pages where you will and beauty escapes them, and always
this sense of the infinite volume of life.” Hildegarde Hawthorne
+ =N Y Times= p18 S 26 ’20 650w
“To many readers it is ingratiating. For ourselves, a kind of
cheapness and gush in Barbellion’s titanism makes us wonder that his
friends, after exploiting the vein most liberally in ‘The journal of a
disappointed man,’ should feel constrained to make a second
demonstration. Only the present indiscriminating appetite for human
documents, however insignificant, can explain the matter.”
− =Review= 3:478 N 17 ’20 400w
“Everywhere the thought has at its command a smoothly-flowing,
cadenced, withal sinewy style, with the rhythms of Stevenson.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 S 13 ’20 650w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p82 F 5 ’20 1100w
=CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM, ROBERT BONTINE.= Brazilian mystic: being the life
and miracles of Antonio Conselheiro. *$4 (6½c) Dodd
20–26882
The events related in this book took place in the eighteen nineties
but about them there is the flavor of past centuries. Mr Cunninghame
Graham has told the story of Antonio Maciel, known as Antonio
Conselheiro (the councillor) who was known as a prophet and saint and
who with his followers became involved in civil war. A long
introduction describes the scene of action, that region of Pernambuco
and Bahia, known as the Sertão, a term translatable only as “wooded,
back-lying highlands.” It is an arid country, devoted to cattle
raising and it has developed a people described as “a race apart—a
race of centaurs, deeply imbued with fanaticism, strong, honest,
revengeful, primitive, and refractory to modern ideas and life to an
extraordinary degree.” Their religious faith is likened to that of
some of the Gnostic sects of Asia Minor in the second century.
* * * * *
“Mr Cunninghame Graham gives us the story with a certain graphic
effect and some picturesque detail. Unfortunately, the picturesque
detail is not chosen so as to throw light on the points that are most
obscure and of deepest interest. It is a pity that the value of a book
containing so notable a record should be impaired by grave defects of
style and taste.” F. W. S.
+ − =Ath= p368 Mr 19 ’20 1000w
+ =Booklist= 17:65 N ’20
“The volume belongs in the hands of all who enjoy stirring fiction as
well as illuminating history and the charm of a personal style.” I. G.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 4 ’20 1450w
“His story Mr Cunninghame Graham tells vividly, with rather too many
nagging philosophical comments, but with a richly colored background
of strange, wild customs.”
+ − =Nation= 111:162 Ag 7 ’20 300w
“One can read in every page the ‘peculiar pleasure’ of the author, in
his writing of such an extraordinary nineteenth century tale. It gives
him everything in narration which delights him.”
+ =Nation [London]= 27:18 Ap 3 ’20 1100w
“‘A Brazilian mystic’ possesses an exotic charm that sets it apart
from volumes of the commonplace.”
+ =N Y Times= p13 O 3 ’20 580w
=R of Rs= 62:223 Ag ’20 50w
“All is told with an artistry of penmanship that is a revelation to
those who were, perhaps, too near events at that time to see them in
their romantic aspect.”
+ − =Sat R= 130:78 Jl 24 ’20 500w
“His narrative of the successive sieges of Canudos is an admirable
piece of writing.”
+ =Spec= 124:355 Mr 13 ’20 200w
“Fascinating and exciting story.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 2 ’20 320w
“If the result looks to be unworthy of the trouble the author has
taken, the responsibility for the failure to make a really interesting
book rests with Antonio Maciel and his followers.”
+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p248 Ap 22 ’20 900w
=CURLE, JAMES HERBERT.= Shadow-show. new ed il *$2.50 (6c) Doran 910
20–19281
The world, to the author, is the shadow-show. Men are the puppets
doomed to play their part by inexorable law with but an illusory show
of free-will. The author’s part was that of traveler. Before he was
forty he had seen the world from end to end and in writing this, his
life’s history, he looked back on a “great and splendid
phantasmagoria,” of which the book unrolls picture after picture. The
pictures are: A showman in the making; In South Africa; The tortoise’s
head; “Life’s liquor”; Women; Glimpses of the East; The dream city of
Samarkand; Wanderings in South America; “By the waters of Babylon”; A
grave in Samoa; Mine own people; “Through the seventh gate.”
* * * * *
“It is all very fascinating, with none of the dreariness of the
traveler who talks and says little.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 28 ’20 170w
+ =N Y Times= p24 Ag 22 ’20 650w
“One feels that it all might have been much better done than it is,
and that it probably would be much better indeed, if one might forget
the book and sit down for a chat with the author.”
+ − =Review= 3:350 O 20 ’20 320w
“The showman is always interesting, though not always to be believed
implicity, especially when he forgets the pictures and goes to
moralizing.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p10 O 22 ’20 340w
=CURLE, RICHARD.= Wanderings; a book of travel and reminiscences. *$5
Dutton
910
“The ground-plan of Mr Curle’s travel-book is autobiographical, like
that of a picaresque romance; the twenty-five chapters, each complete
in itself, are placed intentionally in a seemingly haphazard order,
thus evoking different atmospheres, and allowing the author opportune
moments for uttering occasional opinions. Asia, Africa, America, and
Europe are the fields of travel.”—Ath
=Ath= p622 My 7 ’20 100w
“His descriptions, if rather impressionistic, are capitally done, and
there is no taint of monotonous sameness in the record of his
adventures on land and sea. As a whole, ‘Wanderings’ is a very good
book; better than that, it is a very interesting book, and one which
loses no interest by many readings.” G. M. H.
+ − =Boston Transcript= p7 Je 26 ’20 800w
“Is it Mr Curle’s weakness that his Europe is rather threadbare, that
he has so little to tell us that is interesting about France and
Spain, that he achieves his effects best when the strong colours are,
as it were, given to him by those ‘more outlandish places’ that yield,
among more sensual trophies, the rich anodyne of sadness and
disillusion which is so assuaging to the neurotic of our day?”
+ − =Freeman= 1:430 Jl 14 ’20 450w
“Mr Curle has a fine sense of the beautiful and the rare, but, except
in a few pages, leaves humor out of the graces with which he adorns
the book he dedicates to Joseph Conrad.” F: O’Brien
+ − =N Y Times= 25:4 Jl 18 ’20 2350w
+ =Review= 3:349 O 20 ’20 400w
“Of local color and atmosphere there is a satisfying amount, and the
autobiography which is the basis of the book but not its motive is no
more obtrusive than the hooks on which one hangs his garments.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 O 22 ’20 250w
=CURTISS, PHILIP EVERETT.= Wanted: a fool. *$1.75 (3½c) Harper
20–18762
Robert O’Mara, a young actor, who is out of a job and down on his
luck, answers an advertisement which begins: “Wanted: a fool, a man
who is mad enough to desire a quiet, clean, comfortable home with
chance to save money rather than high wages with dirt, noise, and
uncertain employment.” He accepts the position thus offered by a Mr
Pickering and becomes caretaker to a lonely but luxurious cabin in the
hills of Massachusetts. From his first night there, when, unseen by
her, he watches a young girl in evening dress go thru his master’s
books, an air of mystery surrounds the place. His confusion is
deepened by the fact that the few people he comes in contact with seem
to know him, while to his knowledge they are all strangers. The key to
the mystery is held by “Mr Pickering,” who has been leading a double
life, and things are further cleared up when O’Mara learns that since
his retirement to the country he has been picked by a leading
theatrical manager for a star part, with his picture prominently
displayed in the newspapers. The girl of the midnight visit has played
quite a part in Mr Pickering’s life, but comes to be even more
important in O’Mara’s.
* * * * *
“One has to admit that Mr Curtiss has spun his tale from very fragile
threads and that his denouement proves sometimes a trifle strained.
Nevertheless he tangles the threads with a high handed delight.”
+ − =Boston Transcript= p4 D 29 ’20 110w
“There are so many bypaths in the story that a careless and cursory
reader might easily lose himself in a tangle of entrances and exits
and ‘aside’ speeches. But the author keeps a firm hand on his work, as
is proved by his coming out triumphantly ‘fit’ and lucid in the last
chapter, even if his readers may be somewhat dazed and breathless.”
+ − =NY Times= p26 Ja 9 ’21 370w
“A slight, but in its own way, engaging tale.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p7a N 21 ’20 230w
=CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER.= Valley of silent men; a story of the Three
River country. il $2 (2½c) Cosmopolitan bk. corporation
20–15535
James Kent was a member of the Royal mounted police in the far
northwest of Canada. When he believes himself dying he confesses to a
murder for which another man is condemned to die setting the latter
free. But Kent does not die and now it is his turn to hang. A mystery
girl appears in the nick of time and helps him to escape. Their scow
is wrecked in the rapids of the Athabasca river and Marette is
apparently drowned. To reach her home in the “Valley of silent men” is
now the only worthwhile goal left to Kent. With his last strength he
finds it and also Marette. It is a story of self-sacrifices prompted
by gratitude, of friendships and heroic love and of dark deeds—all of
which come to light in the Valley of silent men.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:156 Ja ’21
“This is by no means a remarkable western adventure tale, but for
undiluted romance, tinged with the flavor of adventure that always
accompanies mention of the R. N. W. P., ‘The valley of silent men’
cannot be surpassed.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 O 23 ’20 270w
+ =N Y Times= p22 N 7 ’20 770w
“Well written, but is almost too tense, too somber, and sometimes too
trying in its horror to be a pleasant book.”
+ − =Outlook= 126:378 O 27 ’20 100w
=CUSHING, CHARLES PHELPS.= If you don’t write fiction. *$1 (5c) McBride
029
20–11318
This little book is intended for those who write other things, chiefly
newspaper “stories” and magazine articles. It is partly
autobiographical, for the author draws on his own experience. The
first chapter. About noses and jaws, points out that what is known as
a “nose for news” plus grit are the factors in success. Other chapters
are: How to prepare a manuscript; How to take photographs; Finding a
market; A beginner’s first adventures; In New York’s “Fleet street”;
Something to sell; What the editor wants.
* * * * *
“A rollicking but practical account of how one free-lancer succeeded.”
+ =Booklist= 17:20 O ’20
+ =Ind= 104:247 N 13 ’20 40w
“It is extremely enjoyable and rather helpful ‘how-to’ book.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p27 O 23 ’20 240w
“It will pay any beginner—and perhaps some writers of experience—to
run through this book for suggestions.”
+ =R of Rs= 62:224 Ag ’20 110w
“It’s quite a readable little book even if one feels no need of the
professional advice which is its raison d’etre.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p11a Ag 8 ’20 200w
=Wis Lib Bul= 16:235 D ’20 70w
=CUSHMAN, HERBERT ERNEST.= Beginners history of philosophy. v 2. Modern
philosophy. il *$2 (2c) Houghton 109
(19–243)
In this second and revised edition “much new material has been
incorporated into the text, and this has necessitated, of course, the
re-writing of the major portion of the book. The final chapter on the
‘Philosophy of the nineteenth century’ has been developed at some
length.” (Preface) Contents: The causes of the decay of the
civilization of the middle ages; The renaissance (1453–1690); The
humanistic period of the renaissance (1453–1600); The natural science
period of the renaissance (1600–1630); The rationalism of the natural
science period of the renaissance; The enlightenment (1690–1781); John
Locke; Berkeley and Hume; The enlightenment in France and Germany;
Kant; The German idealists; The philosophy of the thing-in-itself; The
philosophy of the nineteenth century; illustrations, diagrams and
index.
=CUTTING, MRS MARY STEWART (DOUBLE-DAY).= Some of us are married. *$1.75
Doubleday
20–6842
“In this new volume Mary Stewart Cutting relates a number of those
pleasant, semi-humorous little stories of married life with which her
name is associated, as well as two others which she calls
‘Autobiographical stories.’ The first, The man who went under, is the
tale of an embezzler, told by himself. The second, The song of
courage, is a story of a woman who might have been a great singer, had
not life thwarted her-life, and her own affections.”—N Y Times
* * * * *
=Booklist= 16:312 Je ’20
“While as a whole not equal to Mrs Cutting’s best work, will no doubt
give pleasure to many people.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:209 Ap 25 ’20 400w
“None are dramatic or tragic in the accepted sense. Indeed, some of
the little plots seem almost trivial in their beginnings and
consequences. But married folk will quickly appreciate their truth and
the deft skill of the author in presenting them severely on their
merits.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p9a O 3 ’20 320w
=CYNN, HUGH HEUNG-WO.= Rebirth of Korea; the reawakening of the people,
its causes and the outlook. il *$1.50 Abingdon press 951.9
20–8302
“This story is of the Korean rebellion of March, 1919, and the
establishment of the republic. The author who was educated in an
American university, and is principal of the Pai Chai school in Seoul,
is temperate but shows clearly the wrongs of his country under
Japanese rule. Appendixes contain material on the relation of
missionaries to the revolution and also Japanese-Korean treaties since
1876. No index.”—Booklist
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:65 N ’20
=Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 7 ’20 160w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p743 N 11 ’20 60w
=CZERNIN VON UND ZU CHUDENITZ, OTTOKAR THEOBALD OTTO MARIA, graf.= In
the world war. *$4 (4c) Harper 940.48
20–6768
The author disclaims any intention of writing a history of the war but
says of the book: “Rather than to deal with generalities, its purpose
is to describe separate events of which I had intimate knowledge, and
individuals with whom I came into close contact and could, therefore,
observe closely; in fact, to furnish a series of snapshots of the
great drama.” (Preface) The result, with his introductory reflections,
is a conception of the war as a whole. One of the features of the book
is an intimate characterization of the Archduke Ferdinand. Contents:
Introductory reflections; Konopischt; William II; Rumania; The U-boat
warfare; Attempts at peace; Wilson; Impressions and reflections;
Poland; Brest-Litovsk; The peace of Bukharest; Final reflections:
Appendix; Index.
* * * * *
“Among the swarm of revelations that are appearing in connection with
the diplomatic history of the war. Count Czernin’s book is one of the
really notable ones. It is true he is disappointing, for he
continually makes us feel that he might have told us much more if he
had chosen to, but, as far as he goes, he is well worth attention.”
+ − =Am Hist R= 25:502 Ap ’20 650w
“It is greatly to be regretted that this translation of an interesting
and important book should have been entrusted to someone with a half
knowledge of German, and a complete ignorance of the elementary facts
about Austria.”
− + =Ath= p32 Ja 2 ’20 220w
=Ath= p108 Ja 23 ’20 2050w
=Booklist= 16:307 Je ’20
+ =Cleveland= p76 Ag ’20 50w (Reprinted from Am Hist R)
“The title of the book should really be ‘Czernin in the world war,’
but this does not say that the story is lacking in universal
significance. The hasty-pudding character of the text, the very lack
of scholarly caution, brings us so much nearer to the personality of
Czernin himself; and it is this opportunity to see an important elder
statesman in mental action that gives the work more interest than the
technical narratives of the military leaders. The sidelights that
Czernin’s analysis throws upon colleagues and adversaries in the same
official station as himself, are an important contribution to the
psychology of statesmen.” L: Mumford
+ =Freeman= 1:452 Jl 21 ’20 1750w
+ =Ind= 104:67 O 9 ’20 130w
“Count Czernin has two advantages over the other statesmen and
commanders who have published their personal records of the war. He
writes remarkably well, and he has no motive to distort the truth. His
fault is diffuseness and repetition, but it cannot spoil an eminently
readable book.”
+ =Nation [London]= 26:308 N 29 ’19 2100w
“Czernin treats the war in a very fair and objective spirit. He
reveals his limitations most clearly in the chapter on the
Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations.” A. C. Freeman
+ − =N Y Call= p11 My 23 ’20 1350w
+ =Outlook= 125:541 Jl 21 ’20 200w
=R of Rs= 61:557 My ’20 180w
=Spec= 123:692 N 22 ’19 1400w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p660 N 20 ’19 1150w
D
=DANA, ETHÉL NATHALIE=, comp. and ed. Story of Jesus. il $16.50 Jones,
Marshall 755
20–26575
The text has been taken entirely from the New Testament and it is
arranged to alternate with the pictures, which are full-page
reproductions in color from the paintings of Giotto, Fra Angelico,
Duccio, Ghirlandaio and Barnja da Siena. The introduction touches on
the place of the church in medieval times and gives a brief sketch of
each painter. There are forty pictures, so arranged as to give the
complete story of the life of Jesus.
* * * * *
“An important book for any art collection.”
+ =Booklist= 16:352 Jl ’20
“The most beautiful American book of 1920 and the most noteworthy of
books for children since the ‘Joan of Arc’ of Boutet de Monvel, is
‘The story of Jesus.’ Regarded as a substitute for any one of a number
of sets of books, costing from ten to twenty dollars more, I am
confident that Mrs Dana’s book will fill a larger and more permanent
place in any home or library.” A. C. Moore
+ =Bookm= 52:257 N ’20 490w
“The book would be of much educational value to children, from both
the artistic and the religious standpoint; and it is also a treasure
to art lovers, since its color reproductions are excellent, and copies
of many of these paintings cannot be obtained elsewhere.”
+ =Ind= 104:379 D 11 ’20 90w
“Such a book as ‘The story of Jesus’ is one of the few that seem
capable of fertilizing minds indifferent to or skeptical of the
greatness of much Christian art. There are forty reproductions all in
full color, and their quality is exquisite—even to the gold, which
appears as gold, not as spotted yellow. A finer gallery of color
reproductions of the primitive masters would be very hard to find.”
Glen Mullin
+ =Nation= 111:sup654 D 8 ’20 2150w
“The book is a pleasure to the connoisseur even when he criticizes.
Any one who loves Italian painting will enjoy it, and the child who
opens it, to learn for the first time the story of the Passion, will
find himself in a dramatic wonderland.” G. H. Edgell
+ =N Y Evening Post= p4 N 13 ’20 720w
+ =N Y Times= p8 D 26 ’20 120w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 N 18 ’20 200w
=DANE, CLEMENCE.= Legend. *$1.60 (4c) Macmillan
20–817
A short novel, occupied wholly with a two hour’s conversation. A woman
of genius has died, and her friends, members of the literary circle of
which she had made one, are discussing her and her life story, piecing
it together and puzzling out the motives that had led her to abandon
her art at its height, to marry a humdrum country doctor, and retire
into domesticity. Bit by bit they piece together the legend—the legend
that is to live for the public in Anita Serle’s “Life.” And bit by bit
the reader of the book tears it apart and comes to see the real Madala
Grey, as she is known to the two present who had loved her, and to the
young country girl who had never seen her, and who tells the story.
* * * * *
“To our thinking the real problem of ‘Legend’ is why Miss Clemence
Dane, turning aside from life, should have concentrated her remarkable
powers upon reviving, redressing, touching up, bringing up-to-date
these puppets of a bygone fashion.” K. M.
− + =Ath= p1289 D 5 ’19 1350w
“Very well done, but will never find many readers.”
+ =Booklist= 16:243 Ap ’20
“The book has its faults. Clemence Dane, as in her earlier novel,
writes with an almost personal vindictiveness against one of her sex.
In her dissection she is as merciless as Anita herself. Her pen drops
venom and as the result Anita becomes too cruel in her mental
indecencies and just fails to convince.” M. E. Bailey
+ − =Bookm= 51:202 Ap ’20 1300w
“Less well done we know that we should find such a story tedious, but
Clemence Dane has accomplished it with an art far surpassing that
which she brought to her earlier novels.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p10 My 1 ’20 500w
“It is easy for so passionately earnest a writer to overemphasize, and
just here a flaw is apparent in ‘Legend.’ The malice that rises like a
poisonous vapour from that group around the fire is overdone. The
people never lose reality but they do forfeit the right to great
consideration. The effect is clear but a little too harshly handled.”
H. I. Gilchrist
+ − =Dial= 68:523 Ap ’20 1500w
=Lit D= p113 S 18 ’20 2550w
“It is a very short book, but one of very extraordinary richness and
intricacy. Roads lead from it into all the regions of literature and
life. One might follow any one of them and reach the uplands of high
speculation. Technically it stands alone in English fiction. In other
literatures its structural method is not unknown.”
+ =Nation= 110:240 F 21 ’20 1000w
“The new story is much shorter, hardly more than a long novelette, and
it gains much in strength, dramatic quality and impressiveness by the
compression. It is told more simply, with the effect of concealing the
very remarkable art with which it is written, of making it seem
artless in its basic simplicity.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:50 Ja 25 ’20 550w
+ =N Y Times= 25:190 Ap 18 ’20 40w
“Some novels we enjoy; others we admire. If we consider Miss Clemence
Dane’s ‘Legend’ under this rough division, it would certainly come in
the second category. It is as subtle in its method as Miss Sinclair’s
‘Mary Olivier,’ but simpler in its plan and marked by greater
clarity.”
+ =Outlook= 124:430 Mr 10 ’20 350w
“Whether the whole performance is more than a brilliant tour de force
may only be determined or estimated, after later readings; it is
certainly well worth a first.” H. W. Boynton
+ − =Review= 2:334 Ap 3 ’20 500w
“Miss Dane has already won for herself, by two able stories, a place
among the serious writers of the day; in ‘Legend,’ she has written one
of the most remarkable novels we have seen for a long time. A strain
of morbid excitement runs through the narrative, emphasized, perhaps
by the endless pursuit of the conversation without a break of any
kind. This trick seems hardly necessary, and Miss Dane would have made
her book easier to read, and equally effective, if she had broken it
up into chapters at the clear pauses or breaks in the emotional
current.”
+ − =Sat R= 129:40 Ja 10 ’20 440w
“The book is subtly and skilfully written; it is an engaging literary
achievement, particularly on the technical side.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 Ap 22 ’20 330w
“In imagination and power of concentration ‘Legend’ surpasses Miss
Dane’s other novels, and there is in it in a greater degree shrewdness
of insight and literary judgment. But this shrewdness has its evident
limits in the understanding of men.”
+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p649 N 13 ’19 750w
=DANE, EDMUND.= British campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914–1918.
il *$3 Doran 940.42
(Eng ed 20–4448)
“This volume deals with the operations in five theatres of
war—Southwest Africa, East Africa, Togoland, Cameroon, and Kiao-chau.
Mr Dane has endeavored, with the help of nine sketch maps, to compress
the account of them into 205 pages.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
* * * * *
=Ath= p688 My 21 ’20 110w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p678 N 20 ’19 40w
“On the whole, he has given us, as he claims, a truthful and lucid
narrative, sufficient for the general reader, and a useful primer for
the student. Mr Dane quotes no authorities and gives no bibliography.
He goes out of his way to avoid and paraphrase ordinary military
expressions.”
+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p728 D 11 ’19 550w
=DANIELS, GEORGE WILLIAM.= Early English cotton industry; introductory
chapter by George Unwin. (Manchester university publications) il *$3.25
(*8s 6d) Longmans 338.4
20–14211
“Mr Daniels, who is senior lecturer in economics in the University of
Manchester, was greatly helped in writing this historical sketch of
the cotton industry from the sixteenth century to the death of Samuel
Crompton by the discovery in the upper storey of one of the mills
owned by Messrs O’Connel and Co., Limited, at Ancoats, of a number of
ledgers, correspondence files, etc., dealing with their business for
the period 1795–1835. Mr Daniels further discovered among the business
correspondence of the firm a series of original letters by Crompton,
written in 1812 and describing his invention of the ‘mule’ thirty
years earlier, which are here reproduced.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
* * * * *
“Mr Daniels’ researches make a valuable addition to social and
industrial history.”
+ =Ath= p408 S 24 ’20 210w
“Apart from these technical details, however, the book is of special
value because it shows that the present relations between capital and
labour were not the outcome of the factory system, but must be traced
much further back.”
+ =Spec= 125:211 Ag 14 ’20 1350w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p522 Ag 12 ’20 110w
=DANIELS, JOHN.= America via the neighborhood. il *$2 (2c) Harper 325.7
21–170
The volume is one of a series of eleven books on Americanization
studies of which Allen T. Burns is general director. Its point of
departure is that the essential objective in any program of
Americanization is constructive participation in the life of America
and that this cannot be attained either by enforced conformity or the
equally enforced injection of the English language and a smattering of
civics. The general conclusion of the study is that Americanization
does not restrict itself to the immigrant alone but to all activities
that have to do with neighborhood and community problems and that it
is the labor unions, cooperatives and political organizations that
bring the immigrant into democratic partnership with the native
American. The book is illustrated and the contents are:
Americanization and the neighborhood; Inherent forces; Union through
racial coherence; Colony pioneering (two chapters); The social
settlement approach; The settlement’s larger opportunities; Church,
school, and library; Other agencies and the neighborhood principle;
Labor unions; Co-operatives; Political organization and government;
The outcome.
=DARGON, JEAN.= Future of aviation, with a preface by M. Etienne Lamy.
il *$3 Appleton 629.1
20–3275
“A volume entitled ‘The future of aviation’ contains a translation by
Philip Nutt of a work written in French by Jean Dargon. There are nine
full-page illustrations in the book, two maps, and numerous diagrams.”
(N Y Times) “It is a discussion of the civil as opposed to the
military use of the airplane, showing how it depends first of all on
structure which aims at endurance and carrying power rather than
agility and lightness. The author then considers practical problems;
postal service, tourism, international air lines and traffic
regulations.”—Booklist
* * * * *
=Booklist= 16:264 My ’20
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p3 Ja ’20 30w
+ =N Y Times= 25:209 Ap 25 ’20 40w
=DARK, RICHARD.= Quest of the Indies. il *$2.25 Stokes 910 9
The title of the book is used as the symbol for the medieval spirit of
adventure and desire for expansion and knowledge of the earth’s
surface. Beginning with the Mohammedan invasion of eastern and
southern Europe in the sixth and seventh centuries, the book contains
brief sketches of the various voyages of exploration and conquest with
their leading personalities—which ended in the complete European
invasion of the Americas. With illustrations and several early maps of
the world the contents are: The mediæval world; The farther East; The
heel of Africa; Round the Cape to India; The Portuguese eastern
empire; The first voyage of Columbus; Later voyages of Columbus;
Central America: discovery of the Pacific; Magellan’s voyage; The
conquest of Mexico; The conquest of Peru; Chronological summary,
Index.
* * * * *
=N Y Times= p13 O 31 ’20 100w
=DARLING, ELTON R.= Inorganic chemical synonyms and other useful
chemical data. *$1 Van Nostrand 546
19–17188
A work based on a series of articles written for the Chemical Engineer
in 1918. It is designed for the student, but the author expresses the
belief that it will prove useful to the experienced chemist. Contents:
Introduction; The elements; Specific gravity and temperature
comparison; Standards of weights and measures; Chemical synonyms
(comprising the main body of the book); Cross index of chemical terms.
The author is in charge of the industrial chemistry department in the
Newark technical school, Newark, N.J.
* * * * *
“An excellent alphabetically-arranged cross-index enables one to
identify quickly names which do not indicate the true chemical nature
of the compound. As a time-saver, the book deserves the attention of
every chemist in contact with the field of industrial chemistry.” A.
G. Wikoff
+ =Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering= 22:667 An 7 ’20 340w
“A good library reference.”
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p5 Ja ’20 40w
=DARLINGTON, W. A.= Alf’s button. *$1.75 Stokes
20–12958
By the fortunes of war, it happened that Aladdin’s famous lamp was
among a group of curios which were melted up during the late war, and
appeared subsequently as buttons for soldiers’ tunics. So it was that
Private Alf ‘Iggins, hard at work with his toothbrush on his second
button, in preparation for inspection, was amazed and terrified at the
sight of a djinn appearing before him, bowing low and asking for
orders. He eventually recovered from his terror enough to take
advantage of the genie’s powers, aided and abetted by Bill Grant,
whose imagination was more riotous than Alf’s. Their adventures with
“Eustace,” as they christened the djinn, make up the book. The fact
that Eustace often brought an oriental flavor into the carrying out of
their wishes proves rather disconcerting to Alf and Bill, and brings
them some undesired notoriety.
* * * * *
+ =Cleveland= p106 D ’20 70w
=N Y Times= 25:31 Jl 18 ’20 200w
“The most amusing book I have read this summer is ‘Alf’s button.’” E.
L. Pearson
+ =Review= 3:209 S 8 ’20 260w
=DASENT, ARTHUR IRWIN.=[2] Piccadilly in three centuries, with some
account of Berkeley Square, and the Haymarket. il *$7 Macmillan 942.1
21–340
“Mr Dasent has examined minutely the ratebooks of St
Martin’s-in-the-Fields, St James’s, Westminster, and St George’s,
Hanover-square, in which he has followed every house in
Piccadilly-place through all its vicissitudes of ownership. Mr Dasent
begins his history, so full of noble and historic names, from a humble
tailor, one Robert Baker, who in 1612 erected the first buildings upon
land covered by the present site of Piccadilly.” (The Times [London]
Lit Sup) “Clarendon was the real maker of Piccadilly. The great
Clarendon House, which he had barely finished before he went into
exile in 1667, was the first of the Piccadilly mansions. Moreover,
Clarendon sold to Lord Berkeley the site of the present Devonshire
House, to Sir William Pulteney the site of Bath House, and to Sir John
Denham, poet and architect, the site of Burlington House and the
Albany. But Clarendon had made Piccadilly a fashionable place of
residence. Mr Dasent has illustrated his book with some highly
interesting old prints.” (Spec)
* * * * *
“His style is slipshod, he has no sense of literary values, and the
result is merely a collection of odds and ends about the people and
places associated with Piccadilly and its surroundings. His book is,
therefore, without form, but it is by no means void, since its
intrinsic interest and its scenes of ancient days reproduced in its
illustrations have a permanent value as records, the entire volume
bringing together a large amount of information not easily accessible
elsewhere.” E. F. Edgett
+ − =Boston Transcript= p2 D 4 ’20 1700w
Reviewed by E. L. Pearson
+ =Review= 3:648 D 29 ’20 100w
“A pleasant and discursive book.”
+ =Spec= 125:541 O 23 ’20 320w
“If this book, considered from a literary point of view, is not so
attractive as Mr Street’s well-known ‘Ghosts of Piccadilly,’ it is an
excellent piece of that anecdotic antiquarianism which keeps one
sitting in an armchair turning over just one more page long after one
ought to be in bed.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p664 O 14 ’20 1350w
=DAVID, CHARLES WENDELL.=[2] Robert Curthose, duke of Normandy. *$3
Harvard univ. press
20–23204
“The eldest son of William the Conqueror, cheated of a kingdom by his
more aggressive brothers, defeated in battle, deprived of his duchy,
and condemned to perpetual imprisonment, would hardly be selected as
one of the heroic figures of French history. The reason for this
monograph is not so much the personality of its subject as the fact
that he was associated in his lifetime with great names and great
events. Dr David has attempted in this study of Duke Robert’s career
to set him in his true relation to the history of Normandy and England
and of the First crusade.”—R of Rs
* * * * *
“An admirable index completes a remarkable study of a period of early
English history seldom discussed.” E. J. C.
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 Ja 5 ’21 780w
=R of Rs= 63:111 Ja ’21 100w
=DAVIES, ELLEN CHIVERS.= Boy in Serbia. il *$1.50 (5c) Crowell 914.97
20–15466
The author of “Tales of Serbian life” has written this story to set
forth some of the everyday manners and customs of Serbia. It is told
in the first person by Milosav, who describes Simple village life,
Playtime, First days at school, How St Sava’s day is kept, etc. There
is a colored frontispiece with other illustrations from photographs.
* * * * *
“Charmingly simple, dignified and instructive and filled with a joyous
appreciation of home and country.”
+ =Booklist= 17:121 D ’20
“Rarely well told.” M. H. B. Mussey
+ =Nation= 111:sup672 D 8 ’20 80w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p834 D 9 ’20 140w
=DAVIES, ELLEN CHIVERS.= Ward tales. (On active service ser.) *$1.25
(3c) Lane
20–10369
These tales from a military hospital by a V. A. D. show chiefly the
humorous side and the comic happenings in surroundings so gruesome.
There is just enough sadness in these pictures to give a background to
the brighter moments in a nurse’s life. The tales are: In the ward
kitchen; “Eye-wash”; A conference of the powers; Visiting day; After
hours; The tale of a shirt; The night round; Going to the pictures.
* * * * *
“There is nothing of the grim or the harrowing, though there is an
occasional touch of finely restrained pathos.”
+ =Booklist= 16:347 Jl ’20
+ =Spec= 124:765 Je 5 ’20 40w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p202 Mr 25 ’20 50w
=DAVIES, GEORGE REGINALD.= National evolution. (National social science
ser.) *75c McClurg 301
20–1609
“This book traces the development of human societies through the
stages of primitive culture, Christian civilization and modern
capitalism; ends with a consideration of the best basis for national
progress. The book is a condensation of social theories, the only
original point being ‘an attempt to harmonize the cultural theory of
history with the concrete workings of economic law.’ Chapter
bibliographies.”—Booklist
* * * * *
“This brief, concise work is on the whole sound and constructive and
will be of special value to the reader whose time is limited.” G. S.
Dow
+ =Am J Soc= 26:248 S ’20 240w
=Booklist= 16:261 My ’20
“‘National evolution’ is a distinct contribution to the National
social science series.”
+ =Dial= 68:540 Ap ’20 100w
“The forecasts of the author are reasonable and, on the whole,
convincing.”
+ − =Survey= 44:351 Je 5 ’20 220w
=DAVIESS, MARIA THOMPSON.= Matrix. il *$1.75 (5c) Century
20–3881
The story is the romance of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, father and
mother of Abraham Lincoln, put together by the author from legends and
documentary evidence and woven into a work of fiction portraying
pioneer life in the bluegrass valley of Kentucky, illumined by faith,
love and courage. It throws a halo around the head of Lincoln’s mother
and shows us his father as the first martyr to the cause of abolition.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 16:280 My ’20
“It is quite fitting that the story of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
should be written by an author who comes from the ‘blue grass country’
herself. She is able to bring to it that inherited tradition which is
so difficult for an outsider to achieve.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 My 12 ’20 360w
“The author occasionally lapses into primer-technique. A maturer style
could have given form to a more enduring romance.”
+ − =Dial= 68:664 My ’20 50w
=Nation= 110:375 Mr 20 ’20 200w
“It has a certain stiffness, as if the task of weaving history and
legend and surmise into a consistent and interesting story were a
somewhat hampering business to the author. She has, however, succeeded
in presenting a clear and evidently carefully drawn sketch of this
particular period of American history.”
+ − =N Y Times= 25:160 Ap 4 ’20 280w
“It seems to us that the author has made the life of their community
focus on these two young people almost too persistently, for whatever
their foreordained place in history, they must have been to their
neighbors ‘just folks.’ City dwellers who love the simple life will
find a breathing space in this pioneer tale.” E. C. Webb
+ − =Pub W= 97:605 F 21 ’20 260w
“It is not the author’s fault if she has produced a pious memorial
rather than a living portrait.” H. W. Boynton
− =Review= 2:462 My 1 ’20 130w
=Springf’d Republican= p11a S 26 ’20 190w
=DAVIS, FRANKLYN PIERRE=, ed.[2] Anthology of newspaper verse for 1919,
and year book of newspaper poetry. $2.50 The author. Enid, Okla. 811.08
20–15478
“Franklyn Pierre Davis of Enid, Okla. carries the anthologizing
tendency a step further by editing an ‘Anthology of newspaper verse
for 1919 and year book of newspaper poetry.’ Selections are made from
a list of papers nationwide in range, and include topical poems, light
verse and serious poetry. The editor says: ‘I hope to be able to
present annually the best of the verse published in the newspapers in
a volume which may preserve for the future the real sentiment of the
American people and the true ideals of American life.’”—Springf’d
Republican
* * * * *
“If the fact be excepted that Mr Davis has done his job rather badly,
one can have nothing but admiration for his endeavor. The idea is
mentally invigorating and susceptible of many admirable procedures. It
is the editor’s own fault that he has not carried it out in a
sufficiently comprehensive manner.” H. S. Gorman
+ − =Bookm= 52:168 O ’20 500w
=Springf’d Republican= p8 N 16 ’20 140w
=DAVIS, JAMES FRANCIS.= Chinese label. il *$1.75 (2c) Little
20–6429
San Antonio is the scene of this smuggling story and Julian Napier is
the special secret service agent sent down from Washington to catch
the smugglers. Besides opium, he is on the lookout for two diamonds of
great value. A Mexican, a Turk, several Chinese, a beautiful Armenian
woman, a lovely American girl and her father, all are implicated in
the plot. Clever team work between Napier and the Texas rangers
results in the taking of one diamond, and the other is captured in a
spectacular raid on the headquarters of the Chinese society which was
also doing a big opium business. In this raid the poor dope fiend
which the American girl’s father had become met his death like a man,
leaving Ruth to be comforted by Julian.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 16:347 Jl ’20
“The whole affair is treated lightly, without pretense that it is
anything more than an amusing yarn; and this is refreshing.” H. W.
Boynton
+ =Bookm= 51:582 Jl ’20 190w
=Boston Transcript= p9 My 8 ’20 320w
“It all runs logically and with a degree of reserve for which the
reader is grateful. There would be opportunities for the writer to run
amuck, as it were, if he would, but he is artist enough to understand
that the best dramatic effect often can be attained by piquing the
imagination rather than by laying on the crimson paint with a
whitewash brush.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:277 My 23 ’20 480w
=Springf’d Republican= p12 My 21 ’20 120w
=DAVIS, MALCOLM W.= Open gates to Russia. il *$2 (2½c) Harper 914.7
20–1610
The author pleads for fair dealing and friendliness and co-operation
with Russia in the accomplishment of her great task of reconstruction,
and the object of the book is to point out the practical ways and
means by which mutually satisfactory relationship can be achieved
between Russia and America. The book falls into four parts: The new
importance of Russia; Russia’s immediate necessities; Russia’s
enduring needs; The interest of Russia. “The first part is a
consideration of the question of recent relationships and the
attitudes which they have created. The second ... of the important
opportunities in trade and industry. The third points out social
opportunities, in which considerable opportunities for commercial
enterprise are also involved. Finally, the last part is an answer to
some American misconceptions of Russia and a description of the real
Russia for Americans who wish to know her.” (Chapter 1: America’s
attitude toward awakened Russia)
* * * * *
“It is intensely practical, and for that very reason has value at the
moment beyond the larger number of books upon Russia.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 14 ’20 330w
“Business men who plan to expand their export trade will find these
pages a mine of information. The conditions and needs are presented in
detail, and valuable suggestions for the conduct of trade with Russia
are given.”
+ =Cath World= 111:536 Jl ’20 700w
+ =Cleveland= p42 Ap ’20 60w
Reviewed by Jacob Zeitlin
=Nation= 110:400 Mr 27 ’20 160w
“It is gratifying to come across a book that is so clear in its
recital of facts as the one Davis has given us. It is in all a volume
worth reading.” Alvin Winston
+ =N Y Call= p10 Mr 21 ’20 750w
“The five chapters under the general title, Russia’s enduring needs,
are of great value, and of special interest is the one relating to The
liberated influence of woman.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:268 My 23 ’20 440w
“It will be perhaps especially suggestive to the American who
contemplates opening business relations with Russia, but it is a
valuable addition to the library of any layman interested in social,
economic, and intellectual conditions in Russia today.”
+ =Outlook= 124:336 F 25 ’20 80w
+ =R of Rs= 61:446 Ap ’20 80w
“The volume is one that challenges our present individual indifference
to the Russia of today and of the future.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p11a My 30 ’20 1100w
“It should not be neglected by anyone interested in commercial or
other relationships with Russia.” Reed Lewis
+ =Survey= 44:50 Ap 3 ’20 220w
=DAVIS, NORAH.= Other woman. *$1.75 (1c) Century
20–9140
In this story of dual personality a man, Langdom Kirven, after
excessive fatigue and brain-fag, loses himself and consciousness, and
wakes up in a hospital another man. In the morning he had said
good-bye to his wife and little son and taken a train to New York. The
new man is a crook and a criminal, albeit a genius. After seven years
his one-time bosom friend and business partner, Spencer Ellis, finds
him on a bench in the park, a down and out tramp. Ellis recognizes
Kirven and implores him to return to his old life. But there is no
memory in Kirven, now John Gorham, and Ellis is at last forced to
believe that the external resemblance hides a strange personality. But
he gives Gorham a chance to retrieve his fall in fortunes, which the
latter does with bold and doubtful business methods. He also falls
passionately in love with Naomi, Ellis’ cousin. One morning after
another crisis, John Gorham has fled with all memory of himself and a
bewildered Kirven awakens in the latter’s office. After this a
succession of alternations follows, each one leaving the subject and
his friends more bewildered and perplexed than ever. At last an
eminent physician finds the way out. The split personality can be
unified by a complete realization of the situation and henceforth
Langdom Kirven can go through the remainder of his life whole,
although cursed with a continuous memory.
* * * * *
“Somewhat melodramatic and rather long drawn out, but cleverly
managed. Will appeal to those who read for plot interest.”
+ =Booklist= 17:157 Ja ’21
“It is a difficult piece of work which is admirably well done.” D. L.
M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ag 18 ’20 580w
“Miss Davis has handled her material very well indeed, with much
ingenuity of invention and with commendable care in the working out of
her great amount of detail and complication. The novel is a good piece
of literary workmanship in construction and development.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:321 Je 20 ’20 420w
=DAVIS, PHILIP, and SCHWARTZ, BERTHA=, comps. Immigration and
Americanization. $4 (1½c) Ginn 325.7
20–4542
The book is a compilation of selected readings, on the title subject.
It “aims to cover the field of immigration and Americanization from
every possible point of view, subject to the limits of a single
volume. It is particularly designed to meet the needs of high schools,
colleges universities, and chautauquas, which have been frequently at
a loss in recommending to the student, investigator, official, or
general public a handbook on these twin topics.” (Preface) The
selections have been arranged chronologically and include some of the
most recent contributions on the subject from writers including Jane
Addams, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge, Emily Greene Balch, Edward
A. Steiner, E. A. Goldenweiser, Paul U. Kellogg, John Mitchell, Edward
Alsworth Ross, Edward T. Devine, Lillian D. Wald, J. E. Milholland,
Samuel Gompers, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin K. Lane, Louis D. Brandeis,
Theodore Roosevelt. The contents are in two parts. In book 1 the
selections are classified under: History; Causes; Characteristics; The
new immigration; Effects; Immigration legislation. Book 2 contains:
Americanization: policies and programs; Distribution; Education;
Naturalization and citizenship; Americanism. There is an appendix, a
bibliography and an index.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:51 N ’20
“The book should be of value to both the general reader and the
special student.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p11 My 22 ’20 200w
“The compilers have exercised diligence and judgment, but with a few
exceptions the selections lack the ‘human touch.’ It would appear that
an undue proportion of space is allotted to the new immigration, even
admitting that from the standpoint of the present time and the
Americanization worker greater emphasis is justifiable.” G: M.
Stephenson
+ − =Mississippi Valley Hist R= 7:168 S ’20 720w
=Survey= 44:385 Je 12 ’20 100w
=DAVIS, WILLIAM.= Hosiery manufacture. (Pitman’s textile industries
ser.) il *$3.50 Pitman 677
A British work designed to meet the rapid development of the knitted
fabrics industry and to supply the demand of new firms for
information. Contents: Development of the knitted fabric; Knitting and
weaving compared; Latch needle knitting; Types of knitting yarns;
Systems of numbering hosiery yarns; Calculations for folded knitting
yarns; Bearded needle knitting; Setting of knitted fabrics; Various
knitting yarns; Winding of hosiery yarns; Circular knitting; Colour in
knitted goods; Colour harmony and contrast; Defects in fabrics. There
are sixty-one illustrations and an index.
=DAVIS, WILLIAM STEARNS.= History of France; from the earliest times to
the treaty of Versailles. il *$3.50 (2c) Houghton 944
19–19268
For descriptive note see Annual for 1919.
* * * * *
“Professor Davis has the knack of vivid and fluent narrative. The tale
reads well and is interesting. The author makes the great figures of
French history appear living.” C. H. C. Wright
+ − =Am Hist R= 26:313 Ja ’21 580w
+ =Booklist= 61:163 F ’20
“An interesting feature of the story is that which tells of the
relation of France to the crusades. There is an extremely interesting
account of life in France in the feudal ages. The story of the
revolution is told rapidly, but with great brilliancy. As a single
volume history of France this must take its place in the foremost
rank.” E. J. C.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 3 ’20 550w
“Though one can clearly discern the author’s purpose of presenting his
facts fairly and with due justice to all, he has not perfectly
understood the spirit and ideals that have made France. Early and
mediæval France cannot be judged by the ideals of modern American
Protestantism.”
+ − =Cath World= 111:256 My ’20 220w
“His limited space excludes detailed interpretation of separate
events, and the author is also compelled to give only the most
perfunctory notice to the economic phenomena which are associated with
various stages of French history. On the political side, however, the
work is reasonably complete, and Professor Davis shows an excellent
sense of proportion in laying special stress upon what may be called
the revolutionary era of French history.” W: H: Chamberlin
+ =Dial= 68:255 F ’20 1500w
+ − =Nation= 111:109 Jl 24 ’20 300w
=New Repub= 23:207 Jl 14 ’20 1650w
“The book is much more than a mere history; it is a colorful romance,
with a splendid nation as a background, and most of the characters
cast in a heroic mold.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:303 Je 6 ’20 420w
“The present volume is, so far as we know, the only truly
comprehensive history of France. Aside from its comprehensiveness, the
text has been clearly and compactly written by one who has an enviable
knowledge of sources.”
+ =Outlook= 124:431 Mr 10 ’20 80w
“Though very sympathetic to his subject, and though he often
animadverts to the ravages of the Hun in the present when telling of
the past, his tone is scholarly and his attitude sufficiently
impartial. Mr Davis has added an excellent select bibliography.
Unfortunately, there is almost nothing of French literature and art.”
+ − =Review= 2:285 Mr 20 ’20 280w
“This book becomes at once the standard single-volume history of
France in the English language.”
+ =R of Rs= 61:335 Mr ’20 100w
“Not the least attractive feature of the book is the excellent
diction. Many of the illustrations are reproductions of rare prints
and paintings, and they greatly enhance the value of the work, which
is, indeed, a modern and trustworthy textbook.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p9a F 29 ’20 140w
=DAW, ALBERT W., and DAW, ZACHARIAS W:= Compressed air power. il *$7.50
Pitman 621.5
“A treatise on the development and transmission of power by compressed
air for engineers and draughtsmen, and for students of applied
science.” (Sub-title) “The compression, expansion, exhaust, and flow
of air and gases are very fully dealt with, formulae deduced for
making the necessary computations, and practical examples solved to
assist those concerned in the design and use of compressed air plant
and machines.” (Preface) The book has seventy-five illustrations,
forty tables and numerous worked out examples, and is indexed. The
authors are members of the Institution of mining and metallurgy [of
Great Britain].
* * * * *
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p59 Jl ’20 190w
=DAWSON, CONINGSBY WILLIAM.= Little house. il *$1.50 (9c) Lane
20–16158
The little house tells its own story. It is a very old and empty
little house, as it stands in “Dolls’ House Square” in London, and on
the nights of air-raids and bombing, it is a very frightened little
house. But it is not too frightened to give shelter to others who are
afraid, too, and so one night when “the little lady who needed to be
loved, but did not know it,” crept in, with her two little children,
they are amply protected. And presently, “the wounded officer who
wanted rest,” looking for a haven from the raid sought it too in the
little house. Then the officer goes off to war, and the little lady
comes to live in the house. After the armistice, the officer returns,
and, again in the shelter of the little house, finds the rest he
craves more than ever, and “the little lady” receives the love she
needs. And the little house feels that its part in the romance has not
been inconsiderable.
* * * * *
“By making the house in question narrate the scenes its walls have
witnessed. Mr Coningsby Dawson has aimed, not too successfully, at
imparting a Hans Andersen atmosphere to occurrences which have not
much in common with the traditional material of fairy-tale.”
+ − =Ath= p892 D 31 ’20 140w
=Booklist= 17:157 Ja ’21
“A story which has a real Christmas flavor and which would warm the
heart of anybody whatever is ‘The little house.’” Margaret Ashmun
+ =Bookm= 52:342 D ’20 120w
“The story has a charm as elusive as the appealing quality that won so
many followers for Maude Adams. It is as endearing as ‘Roaming in the
gloaming’ or ‘Comin’ through the rye.’ In it sentiment keeps clear of
sentimentality.”
+ =N Y Times= p2 S 19 ’20 1000w
“‘The little house’ is really a Christmas story—and a very delightful
and charming one. The fanciful manner in which the story is told by
the old house in which the scenes take place is beautifully conceived
and finely carried out.”
+ =Outlook= 126:334 O 20 ’20 60w
“Mr Dawson has chosen a rather childish allegory as his method,
although, after having read the book, one may look at a house with a
slightly more human feeling of childish fancy. The redeeming feature
of the book is the atmosphere of old London. Aside from these glimpses
of old London, ‘The little house’ is hardly more than a sweet book for
sweet people.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p9a O 17 ’20 330w
“For all its pretty sentiment (or, rather, because of it), the whole
thing is a pure ‘machine,’ the working of which Mr Dawson has mastered
under western influences.”
+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p781 N 25 ’20 90w
=DAWSON, EDGAR.= Organized self-government. il *$1.40 Holt 353
20–10285
The object of this volume is to serve as a school text-book in
teaching government, organized and political cooperation, the
functions of government and the problems to be met by those who
perform those functions. It is to arouse the child’s interest in
government as a practical subject and to open his eyes to noticing its
effects in the street, in the home, in the school. This latter
purpose, more especially, is to be accomplished by the suggestions and
questions at the end of each chapter. The contents are in five parts.