=FOX, DIXON RYAN.= Decline of aristocracy in the politics of New York.
(Columbia university studies in history, economics and public law) il
*$4 Longmans 329
19–16519
“Under this title, Dr Fox, assistant professor of history in Columbia
university, has given us an account of the decline of federalism in
the state of New York and its eventual transformation into the
whiggism of the forties. His narrative is a continuous panorama of
party activities and beliefs and of the careers and influence of party
leaders during forty years of New York’s history. It runs from the
days of John Jay, Elisha Williams, Stephen Van Rensselaer, and others
of those who represented the property rights and aristocratic
privileges of the eighteenth century, to Thurlow Weed, the
anti-renters of 1837, and the Tippecanoe clubs, log cabins, and hard
cider of the Harrison and Tyler campaign. Thus, as far as it goes, it
illustrates the influence of industrial development and geographical
expansion upon party standards and standard bearers during a very
important period of American history.”—Nation
* * * * *
“The book is a noteworthy contribution to all the social sciences.” A.
C. Ford
+ =Am Econ R= 10:342 Je ’20 320w
“Dr Fox employs usually a lucid and vivacious style which engages the
attention. There are, however, a few lapses into discomforting
awkwardness and ambiguity of expression. There are discernible in
places, likewise, certain failures in nicety of historical
discrimination. These minor deficiencies, however, detract little from
the general high excellence of the work.” W: Trimble
+ − =Am Hist R= 25:725 Jl ’20 860w
“The work has great merits, principally those resulting from diligence
in collecting materials and skill in arranging them.” H: J. Ford
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 14:525 Ag ’20 170w
“As an analysis of the conditions under which the centre of political
gravity was shifted from the old party of lawyers, bank presidents,
merchants, and land-holding aristocrats to the ‘people,’ vested by the
revised constitution of 1821 with the right to vote, this essay is
both suggestive and informing.”
+ =Nation= 109:827 D 27 ’19 1050w
“An interesting and illuminating history.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p23 O 23 ’20 180w
+ =N Y Times= p16 O 17 ’20 1500w
=FOX, EARLY LEE.= American colonization society, 1817–1840. (Johns
Hopkins university studies in historical and political science) $2.25
Johns Hopkins 326
20–506
“In this volume the author represents the colonization movement as
essentially a moderate, conservative, border-state movement which had
an appeal to men in every walk of life, from every political and
religious creed, and from every section of the union. He divides the
history of the American colonization society into two distinct
divisions: the first, to which this volume is devoted, begins with the
organization of the society in 1817 and extends to 1840; the second
covers the period since 1840. This volume ends with the reorganization
of the society in 1839, after which date the society, under the
influence of the North and the East, was more aggressively
anti-slavery in its programme and activities. In the first chapter,
the author discusses at considerable length the status of the free
negro and his relation to the slave and to the white population; in
the second, the organization, purpose, and early history of the
society; in the third, fourth, and last chapters, the relation of
colonization to Garrisonian abolition, to emancipation and to the
African slave-trade respectively.”—Am Hist R
* * * * *
“While the book contains much that is new and interesting the material
is very poorly arranged and there is much repetition in the numerous
quotations.” A. E. Martin
+ − =Am Hist R= 25:726 Jl ’20 650w
“While he does justice to the South, he does rather less than justice
to the abolitionists. But he has made a very useful contribution to
the history of the question of slavery, for one of the best ways of
understanding its difficulties and complexities is to study it from
the middle point of view of the ‘colonizationist.’” E. A. B.
+ − =Eng Hist R= 35:627 O ’20 390w
+ =Survey= 43:505 Ja 31 ’20 320w
=FOX, JOHN, Jr.= Erskine Dale, pioneer. il *$2 Scribner
20–16857
“For the scene and period of his last romance, Mr Fox goes far back
through nearly a hundred and fifty years. His hero, at the opening of
the story a boy and at the close a young man, has been captured by the
Indians, is brought up among them, and is as skilled in their ways of
life and knowledge of woodcraft as if he had their blood in his veins.
He is, however, the heir to a great Virginian estate, and the reader
follows his exploits as he goes back and forth between the primitive
scenes of the forests and the sophisticated life of the Virginian
towns. At one moment he is with the pioneers resisting an attack from
the Indians, at another in the very camps of the Indians themselves,
and at a third gazing into the eyes of his beautiful cousin in the
midst of the social entertainment of his prosperous relatives. More
than once he faces death, but he emerges unscathed both from the
attempts of the Indians to take his life and from the enmity of a
jealous rival in love.”—Boston Transcript
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:116 D ’20
“In ‘Erskine Dale—pioneer,’ Mr Fox has portrayed with exceptional
skill the spirit of those days when the national spirit of the British
colonists was beginning to make itself felt. It is not merely the
story of one boy’s adventures. It is a tale of the birth of the
American power and influence as expressed in more than one picturesque
region.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 O 13 ’20 1100w
“It is a good book to give to the American boy, for it abounds in
stirring adventures, and at the same time gives a good insight into
the everyday life of the pioneers.”
+ =Cath World= 112:552 Ja ’21 100w
“The dialog is full of ‘go’ and the book will appeal immensely to
intermediates.”
+ =Cleveland= p106 D ’20 50w
“The book has plenty of color and of movement, and gives an
interesting picture of the period with which it deals.”
+ =N Y Times= p10 O 17 ’20 760w
“Perhaps the very best of his many romances. The flow of the story is
clear and strong; it has atmosphere, movement, and distinction.”
+ =Outlook= 26:333 O 20 ’20 140w
“It is full of color and charm and thrill.” Joseph Mosher
+ =Pub W= 98:1191 O 16 ’20 270w
“Mr Fox vividly recreates the atmosphere and social environment of the
time.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p9a N 14 ’20 160w
=FOXWELL, HERBERT SOMERTON.= Papers on current finance. *$3.50 Macmillan
336.42
19–12740
“This volume brings together with little alteration seven articles and
addresses spread over the period 1909–1917, but relating either to
problems raised directly by the war or to questions to which the war
has brought a new and urgent interest. An appendix reproduces a paper
of 1888, ‘The growth of monopoly, and its bearing on the functions of
the state’; also a letter dated February, 1918 advocating ‘fixed
exchange within the empire.’ The first paper, ‘British war finance,’
deals critically with the crisis of 1914 and the financial emergency
measures that it evoked. The next two papers are concerned with the
problem of financing trade and industry, particularly after the war.
‘The financing of industry and trade’ (4) stresses the desirability of
a closer touch between the financial, as distinguished from the
banking institutions and British industries. ‘The banking reserve’ (5)
deals with the inadequacy of the English position and proposes the
establishment of a system of triple reserve. The burden of ‘Inflation:
in what sense it exists: how far it can be controlled’ (7) an address
delivered in 1917, is that the foreign exchanges do not prove currency
depreciation, that gold depreciation was scarcely more marked in
England than in the United States, that high prices resulted from the
enormous expenditure of the government and could be checked only by
cutting away from the gold standard.”—Am Econ R
* * * * *
Reviewed by C. A. Phillips
+ =Am Econ R= 10:140 Mr ’20 550w
“It is the papers on finance and banking which show Professor Foxwell
at his best, and make his volumes a valuable handbook for students.”
+ =Ath= p781 Ag 22 ’19 1000w
“Professor Foxwell’s book suffers from the defect inherent in its
form, which is that of lectures delivered at different times during
the past ten years, of not co-ordinating the treatment of these
problems. The contents are valuable and the author’s grasp of his
subjects complete enough to make us regret that he did not recast the
lectures into book form and develop his logical sequence.”
+ − =Sat R= 127:482 My 17 ’19 1350w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p242 My 8 ’19 450w
=FRANCE, ANATOLE, pseud. (JACQUES-ANATOLE THIBAULT).=[2] Bride of
Corinth, and other poems and plays; a translation by Wilfrid Jackson and
Emilie Jackson. *$2.50 Lane 842
20–19383
A volume of poems and plays. Contents: The bride of Corinth; Verses;
Crainquebille; The comedy of a man who married a dumb wife; Come what
may.
=FRANCE, ANATOLE, pseud. (JACQUES-ANATOLE THIBAULT).=[2] Little Pierre;
tr. by J. Lewis May. *$2.50 (3½c) Lane
20–22476
“Little Pierre” is the story of a boy from his birth to his tenth
year. It is told in the first person and the actual memories of
childhood begin with his second year. He is the son of a Paris
physician and is born “in the days when the reign of King Louis
Philippe was drawing to a close.”
* * * * *
‘Mr May and his colleague have done well, uncommonly well with their
work, have indeed lost very little in the transition from French to
English, and kept all the charm of ‘Little Pierre.’” G. M. H.
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 N 27 ’20 560w
+ =N Y Times= p26 Ja 2 ’21 330w
+ =Outlook= 126:558 N 24 ’20 50w
=FRANCE, ANATOLE, pseud. (JACQUES-ANATOLE THIBAULT).=[2] Seven wives of
Bluebeard, and other marvellous tales; a tr. by D. B. Stewart. *$2.50
(5c) Lane
20–22333
Four fairy tales, not written for children. In the first Bluebeard is
pictured as a shy, modest man, the victim of the extravagance and
unfaithfulness of his seven successive wives. The other stories are:
The miracle of the great St Nicholas, a satiric treatment of an old
legend; The story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de
Boulingrin, a version of The sleeping Beauty; and The shirt, the story
of the king who was told to find the shirt of a happy man.
* * * * *
“This pleasant and apparently accurate rendering gives us one of the
most delightful works of an author who loses relatively little through
the process of translation, partly because of the Doric simplicity of
his style and partly because of the importance which he attaches to
the plot and the intellectual gist.”
+ =Ath= p434 O 1 ’20 260w
+ =Sat R= 130:485 D 11 ’20 60w
=FRANCK, HARRY ALVERSON.= Roaming through the West Indies. il *$5 (2c)
Century 917.29
20–17981
The author says: “The following pages do not pretend to ‘cover’ the
West Indies. They are made up of the random pickings of an
eight-months’ tour of the Antilles, during which every island of
importance was visited, but they are put together rather for the
entertainment of the armchair traveler than for the information of the
traveler in the flesh.” He also states that he wishes it distinctly
understood that this is not the record of a walking trip. As a protest
to those friends who ever since his vagabond journey around the world
have expected him to travel always on foot he planned a trip on which
walking would be difficult if not impossible. The book is in three
parts: The American West Indies; The British West Indies; and The
French West Indies and others. There are many illustrations and a map.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:67 N ’20
“Altogether this latest volume is another witness to its author’s
talent for description, his sense for the dramatic, and his eye for
the picturesque, which combine to make his accumulating works a boon
to the travel-thirsty reader.” L. M. R.
+ =Freeman= 2:262 N 24 ’20 140w
“If the average American wants to know just what he would see and how
he would feel in the West Indies, let him read Mr Franck’s book. On
occasion Mr Franck reminds one of Herodotus, in the marked distinction
between the credibility of what he reports as of his own experiences
and the dubious quality of what he has got through hearsay.” A. J.
+ − =New Repub= 24:248 N 3 ’20 680w
“What all other writers aim at, Mr Franck accomplishes with consummate
ease. The easy flowing style of ‘Zone policeman 88’ and ‘Vagabonding
down the Andes’ is here manifested in its highest perfection.” W:
McFee
+ =N Y Evening Post= p5 N 20 ’20 1100w
“His pages are thickly sprinkled with character sketches of bizarre
personalities, rarely poetic descriptive passages, and narratives as
tense as their back-grounds are colorful. As in Mr Franck’s earlier
books, the distinguishing characteristic of his writing is his ability
to make his readers ‘see the sights’ through his eyes, which are so
alert to catch any happening of human interest.”
+ =N Y Times= p18 O 31 ’20 2300w
+ =Outlook= 126:558 N 24 ’20 70w
“‘Roaming through the West Indies’ is easily the best ‘regular’ travel
book on the islands south and east of Florida we have seen.” R. S.
Lynd
+ =Pub W= 98:1198 O 16 ’20 290w
Reviewed by E. L. Pearson
=Review= 3:345 O 20 ’20 70w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p7a N 28 ’20 870w
=FRANCK, HARRY ALVERSON.= Vagabonding through changing Germany. il *$4
(4c) Harper 914.3
20–11658
The author went into Germany with the American army of occupation, and
later, released from duty, he traveled throughout the country. He
followed his usual custom of mixing with the people, talking with them
and living their life as far as possible and his book sets down in
detail his observations. Among the chapters are: On to the Rhine;
Germany under the American heel; Thou shalt not ... fraternize;
Knocking about the occupied area; Getting neutralized; The heart of
the hungry empire; “Give us food!” Family life in Mechlenburg; On the
road in Bavaria; Music still has charms. There are many illustrations
from the author’s photographs.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:27 O ’20
“The ‘vagabond’ tells his experiences in a rapid, brilliant manner, as
if he were never for a moment tired, and had no difficulty at all in
telling his story. The pictures tell the story of the Germany of today
fully as well as does the author in his brilliant chat: and both
together form a book well worth reading.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 31 ’20 440w
“A thoroughly entertaining and at times instructive volume. The reader
is grateful for the care with which Mr Franck has handled his facts.
At no point does he attempt to be picturesque, sentimental or
theatrically effective.” L. M. R.
+ =Freeman= 2:238 N 17 ’20 220w
“Franck’s book is eminently readable, his possession of comparisons
from other visits to Germany, his keen knowledge of German and his
great fund of information upon all the countries of the world going to
make it unique in character and filled with worthwhile incident. It
lacks sympathy even with the wretched populace of the fatherland.” F:
O’Brien
+ =N Y Times= p7 Ag 1 ’20 1150w
+ =R of Rs= 62:222 Ag ’20 130w
+ =St Louis= 18:250 O ’20 20w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 S 16 ’20 560w
=Wis Lib Bul= 16:236 D ’20 50w
“He gives no statistics, but the evident desire to avoid exaggeration
and the studied fairness with which he reproduces opinions compel
confidence in the accuracy of his report on economic and political
conditions.” C: Seymour
+ =Yale R= n s 10:421 Ja ’21 1150w
=FRANCK, TENNEY.=[2] Economic history of Rome to the end of the
republic. $2.50 Johns Hopkins 937
20–11380
“In contrast to the practices of certain contemporary historians who
have analyzed Roman economic conditions, Professor Frank has wisely
laid down the principal that ‘a priori methods of interpreting
historical development by means of generally accepted economic and
psychological maxims must be applied to Roman history only with great
reserve.’ He therefore follows closely the evidence furnished by the
inscriptions, by archaeology, and by literature. Under Etruscan
domination industry and commerce developed in Latium to some extent.
The treaties with Carthage and the history of Roman coinage show that
trade declined after the explusion of the Etruscans, and that the
Romans turned again to their farms. The deforestation of the Volscian
mountains and the gradual exhaustion of the soil made it impossible
for the dense population of Latium to win a livelihood from their own
land, and the pressure was relieved by territorial expansion. If
relief had not come in this way manufacturing, commerce and the arts
might have gained a better foot in Rome. The two chapters on industry
constitute one of the most valuable contributions which the author has
made to our knowledge of Roman economic conditions.”—Am Hist R
* * * * *
“Among the best features of Professor Frank’s[sp?] book, which is
characterized throughout by knowledge, precision of statement, and
acuteness of observation, as well as by vigor of style and vitality of
thought, is the skill with which he has utilized the archaeological
sources of information.” W. S. Ferguson
+ − =Am Econ R= 10:801 D ’20 1500w
“As a study of the economic development of the city of Rome, the
governing centre of the civilized world, it stands alone in its
completeness, in the thorough use which the author has made of
available evidence, in the sound judgment which he has shown, and in
the clear, convincing way in which he has set forth his conclusions.”
F. F. Abbott
+ =Am Hist R= 26:309 Ja ’21 560w
=FRANK, WALDO DAVID.= Dark mother. *$2.50 Boni & Liveright
20–19046
“Mr Frank’s is one of those long novels of the type which Theodore
Dreiser has popularized, with a minute description of the adventures
of one or two young men, coming to New York from the West, giving
especial emphasis to their amatory experiences, and reflecting
sarcastically upon the evils of capitalism. In this book it is the
Spanish war which enters incidentally into the story.”—Review
* * * * *
Reviewed by Paul Rosenfeld
=Dial= 70:95 Ja ’21 3950w
“He has chosen a highly impressionistic method of conveying his
perceptions and observations. There are few or no connectives.
Sentences and paragraphs stand alone and unfriended. Individually they
are pitched in an extremely high key. The result is both nerve-racking
and, in the end, without true effectiveness.”
− + |=Nation= 111:480 O 27 ’20 320w
“The quality of this novel seems courageous in a small way but chiefly
wilful; sincere but not important. He seems to have intensity without
much perception. But one thing Mr Frank does do: he brings home to us
anew in this book the very valuable reminder that there are vast areas
of life that our literature has not yet known how to include. In that
sense this novel in places may be called a creditable experiment in
material.” Stark Young
+ − =New Repub= 25:148 D 29 ’20 520w
“‘The dark mother’ is a lost cause, so far as the medium goes. For it
is transitional, it is neither the novel, nor something distinct from
the novel. Judged as a novel, it does not satisfy; and there is
nothing else to judge it by. In any case, Waldo Frank is en route for
something or other.” Kenneth Burke
− + =N Y Evening Post= p6 N 27 ’20 1350w
“Of all kinds of sophistry the most insidious is that coming from an
eloquent writer who is the unconscious victim of unsound thinking. Mr
Frank is perhaps unduly preoccupied with the world and the flesh, but
it would take a psycho-analyst to gauge his intention in dwelling upon
them. To give the author his due, it must be said that he impresses
the reader rather as a man groping for ethical convictions. Mr Frank’s
powers of characterization deserve high praise.”
− + =N Y Times= p22 N 21 ’20 800w
“Short sentences, in the manner of the late Horace Traubel, make ‘The
dark mother’ rather jerky and monotonous. How is it that so many young
writers do not understand that just at present books about sex have
become a little tiresome?” E. L. Pearson
− =Review= 3:314 O 13 ’20 230w
=FRANK, WALDO DAVID.= Our America. *$2 (3c) Boni & Liveright 917.3
19–16552
For descriptive note see Annual for 1919.
* * * * *
“To say that it is without interest would be to say what is not true;
to say that it is thoughtlessly written would be a hasty comment on an
author whose work everywhere evidences the pale cast of thought. It
is, indeed, an interesting, thoughtful book, written in an easy,
somewhat emotional style. But it is nothing if not pessimistic in its
historical backward glancing and in its view of the present. And it is
often lacking in a sense of perspective and proportion.”
+ − =Cath World= 110:685 F ’20 280w
“Mr Frank does not write with the sustained and rolling cadence of
Hebrew poetry. His sentences are swift and staccato like the flash of
a whip, sudden and shrill like newspaper headlines. And yet Mr Frank
is of the school of the prophets of his race. Other witnesses have
arisen against us, W. T. Stead, M. Paul Bourget, Mr H. G. Wells, Mr
Arnold Bennett. These, however, have spoken in their separation from
us, and, excepting the first, with the tolerant cynicism of
detachment. What gives force to Mr Frank’s prophecy is that he is of
us, as Jeremiah was of Jerusalem.” R. M. Lovett
+ =Dial= 68:506 Ap ’20 2800w
“We should like to be appreciative toward a great deal in this book if
its author were less rasping, less intent upon antagonizing and
irritating at every turn. His tribute to the wistful beauty of the
perished culture of our red men and his analysis of the industrial and
spiritual genius of the Jew in America would evoke a readier response
if the motivation were more disinterested.” Jacob Zeitlin
+ − =Nation= 110:595 My 1 ’20 900w
Reviewed by W. J. Ghent
=Review= 2:434 Ap 24 ’20 850w
“A striking interpretation of the American spirit.”
+ =R of Rs= 61:336 Mr ’20 20w
“Hostile and shallow critics will be tempted to run the gamut of the
alphabet in search of verbal missiles to hurl at the author from
anarchist and bolshevist down to zealot. Mr Frank is none of these,
the more careful reader will decide, but merely an insurgent in
letters, feeling the pulsing of a new age that sooner or later will be
able to declare itself and dominate public opinion as Puritanism has
dictated in the past.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 3 ’20 650w
“While most people will take exception to some of Mr Frank’s
statements, his reversal of the usual points of view cannot fail to
stimulate thought.”
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 16:122 Je ’20 160w
“The book has a genuinely interesting chapter on the Jew and much that
is just and sympathetic in regard to the ‘buried culture’ of the
Indian. But the unburied issues that cluster about the negro it
notably fails to mention. And with the exception of an elaborate
eulogy of Miss Amy Lowell, there is no intimation that the American
population is not exclusively masculine.”
+ − =World Tomorrow= 3:158 My ’20 750w
=FRANKAU, GILBERT.= Peter Jameson. *$2 (1½c) Knopf
20–3796
A story of the war—of the “great cleansing.” Peter Jameson at the
outset of the story is a business man, of somewhat the American type.
He is married to an admirable wife, father of two little daughters,
and in every way successful and satisfied. At its beginning he is not
greatly stirred by the war, but the end of three months finds him in
it. The story thereafter follows his fortunes and scenes at the front
alternate with homecomings to Patricia. He is twice wounded and is
finally invalided home with shell shock, from which he is saved by
Patricia’s care. A real love awakens between husband and wife and the
story comes to a triumphant end on Armistice day, 1918.
* * * * *
“We find ourselves wishing that he had kept his talent in a napkin
rather than put it to such uses.”
− =Ath= p241 F 20 ’20 1000w
“The scenes of English country life in the last part are a pleasant
offset to the earlier war pictures.”
+ =Booklist= 16:312 Je ’20
+ =Boston Transcript= p10 My 1 ’20 880w
“‘Peter Jameson’ is in keeping with the newest invention in
novel-writing the thesis that four years of slaughter in France
purifies all Englishmen.”
− =Dial= 69:321 S ’20 120w
“Personally we were more interested in the tobacco business than in
the shell shock, which is the real cause of the book, but that may
have been because we knew less about it beforehand. Anyway Peter is
very well worth knowing, as are a number of the lesser lights.”
+ =Ind= 103:185 Ag 14 ’20 150w
“The vivid battle descriptions that are the best part of the book
cannot atone for its essential narrowness and shallowness, for its
manifold defects of thought and style, for its systematic
glorification of hates and follies and prejudices that were scarcely
excusable even in the heat of the conflict. ‘Peter Jameson’ is the
product of a mind still inflamed by the fever of war.” W. H. C.
− + =New Repub= 24:224 O 27 ’20 270w
“‘Peter Jameson’ is a fine story. Though Mr Frankau’s style is
unpleasantly spasmodic and though so many characters confuse the
reader’s mind the book reads easily, and one feels that a certain
phase of English life has been definitely interpreted.”
+ − =N Y Evening Post= p2 My 1 ’20 820w
“There are splendid descriptions of fighting, descriptions that reveal
the hand of a writer who knows well what he is writing about. Mr
Frankau had a high goal in view when he conceived ‘Peter Jameson.’ It
was no ordinary war book that he set out to write. The result has
justified his courage. ‘Peter Jameson’ is not unworthy of the high
purpose which its author set himself.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:163 Ap 11 ’20 800w
+ =N Y Times= 25:190 Ap 18 ’20 60w
“A fine story, with its wealth of well-drawn persons,—a record of
England in war-time to be classed with ‘Mr Britling’ and ‘The tree of
heaven,’ and more hopeful than these.” Katharine Perry
+ =Pub W= 97:1292 Ap 17 ’20 350w
“The book is clever, veracious in spots; oh, so anxious to get at the
truth about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and quite
without creative vitality as a whole.” H. W. Boynton
− + =Review= 2:573 My 29 ’20 230w
“We admire the way in which the author has ripped up a pre-war story
and transformed it into a lively criticism of our military
authorities, and added a vivid impression of the Battle of Loos.”
+ =Sat R= 129:478 My 22 ’20 70w
“Romance, in the conventional sense, is not Mr Frankau’s strong point,
and the real strength of the book is in the chapters on the war and
its ‘realities’—a very useful antidote to the work of Sir Philip
Gibbs. We confess to finding the earlier chapters wearisome, and even
repellent.”
+ − =Spec= 124:556 Ap 24 ’20 650w
“The book has the essential quality that the author enjoys his own
story and believes it to be true. ‘Peter Jameson’ is not a great
novel, but it is certainly a good one.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p85 F 5 ’20 850w
=FRANKEL, LEE KAUFER, and FLEISHER, ALEXANDER.= Human factor in
industry; with the cooperation of Laura S. Seymour. *$3 Macmillan 658.7
20–11151
The object of the book is to show the relation of service measures in
industry to increased production and aims to give in a single volume
the material available in part in other books, pamphlets and
monographs. It deals with the problems of labor administration which
have to do with “obtaining and holding the employes,—technical
training, education, and promotion,—methods of remuneration, and of
providing savings and loan facilities with insurance against accident,
sickness, old age, and death,—the length of the working hours,—the
work environment,—medical supervision,—opportunities for recreation
and self-development on the factory premises,—and housing and living
conditions.” (Introd.) Contents: Hiring and holding; Education;
Working hours; Working conditions; Medical care; Method of
remuneration; Refreshment and recreation; The employer and the
community; Insurance, savings, and loans; Organization of the
department of labor administration; List of references; Index.
* * * * *
“An up-to-date summary of current practice.”
+ =Am Econ R= 10:841 D ’20 50w
“Although there is little in this book to interest the more
sophisticated students of labor administration, it is a valuable
survey for the general reader and for those industrial managers who
have not had time to keep abreast of the developments to date.” R. W.
Stone
+ − =Am J Soc= 26:372 N ’20 300w
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 14:739 N ’20 60w
+ =Booklist= 17:12 O ’20
“It is only in recent days that employers have realized how greatly
production depends upon the spirit of the laborer. For this reason
this book with its careful, authoritative studies of varied aspects of
the service work should be most welcome.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p2 N 27 ’20 220w
“To the already acquainted with the material and able to supply for
himself the connecting links, it gives many leads. To the uninitiated
it gives a solid back-ground for further study.” M. J. Janovsky
+ =J Pol Econ= 28:703 O ’20 1100w
Reviewed by G: Soule
=Nation= 111:534 N 10 ’20 20w
“A scientific and well-considered treatment of vital problems in the
relations of employer and employee.”
+ =R of Rs= 62:447 O ’20 60w
“It is a kind of industrial Baedeker, practical and informing. The
spirit is judicial, and difficulties as well as successes are
impartially suggested with enough information to make further inquiry
possible.” Mary Van Kleeck
+ =Survey= 44:637 Ag 16 ’20 480w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p671 O 14 ’20 60w
=FRASER, CHELSEA CURTIS.= Boys’ book of sea fights; famous naval
engagements from Drake to Beatty. il *$1.75 Crowell 359.09
20–15362
A companion volume to “Boys’ book of battles” by the same author.
Contents: Sir Francis Drake; Marshal Anne-Hilarion de Tourville;
Commodore John Paul Jones; Lord Horatio Nelson; The burning of the
“Philadelphia”; Perry’s victory on Lake Erie; The “Constitution” and
the “Guerriere”; The ship that strangely disappeared; The “Monitor”
and the “Merrimac”; Admiral David Farragut; Dewey at Manila bay; The
battle of Santiago harbor; The running fight off the Falklands; The
battle off Jutland bank. There are portraits, maps and other
illustrations.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:122 D ’20
+ =Ind= 104:378 D 11 ’20 100w
=Lit D= p96 D 4 ’20 50w
“An excellent collection.”
+ =Nation= 111:sup674 D 8 ’20 20w
“It is a book of real value, that should be included in every boy’s
library.” Hildegarde Hawthorne
+ =N Y Times= p9 D 12 ’20 70w
=FRASER, CHELSEA CURTIS.= Young citizen’s own book, il *$1.75 (2½c)
Crowell 353
20–17382
“‘The young citizen’s own book’ is offered to boys and girls as a
friendly guide. It is a little text-book on national, state, city, and
county affairs in which we have tried to tell as directly as possible
both the how and the why of things.” (Preface) The book opens with a
chapter describing a visit to the national capital. This is followed
by discussions of: The government of the United States; Territories
and dependencies of the United States; The rights of citizenship;
Young citizens; Political parties and their platforms; Political party
organization; The business of voting; The real meaning of schools.
Other chapters are devoted to the various departments of government,
state and national, to taxation, commerce, and international
relations. A series of charts illustrating phases of government comes
at the close.
* * * * *
“Differs from other books on this subject in that it is not a
textbook, but is meant to be read for pleasure as well as information.
Has some helpful charts on elective systems.”
+ =Booklist= 17:122 D ’20
“Gives a descriptive account of the workings of our government in a
style which will be of interest to elementary school children. The
material follows the traditional type of civics treatment and will be
of value only as a supplementary reader.”
+ =El School J= 21:239 N ’20 70w
“It is a good book for young people who are sometime going to vote.”
+ =Ind= 104:378 D 11 ’20 60w
+ =Lit D= p96 D 4 ’20 20w
+ =Outlook= 126:515 N 17 ’20 50w
=FRAZER, SIR JAMES GEORGE.= Sir Roger de Coverley, and other literary
pieces. *$3.40 Macmillan 824 (Eng ed 20–7456)
A volume of essays by the author of “The golden bough.” “There are
five papers on Sir Roger; an essay on ‘The quest of the gorgon’s
head’; three biographical articles (Cowper—W. Robertson Smith—Fison
and Howitt); and several shorter essays on other byways of letters.”
(Springf’d Republican)
* * * * *
Reviewed by G: Saintsbury
+ =Ath= p273 F 27 ’20 840w
“‘Sir Roger de Coverley and other literary pieces’ possesses that
mellowness that bespeaks the true literary artist. It is such a book
as only a great master of English letters could write.” H. S. Gorman
+ =New Repub= 23:368 Ag 25 ’20 1400w
“There is nothing in the volume which is unworthy of the author, and
the de Coverley papers alone will cause it to be cherished dearly by
many of its readers.”
+ =N Y Times= p15 Je 27 ’20 1500w
=Sat R= 129:164 F 14 ’20 600w
“His dream fantasies of Sir Roger de Coverley are light and charming.
But though the reader cannot help being pleased at the ability which a
man so learned shows in the rôle of a general writer, he will realize
when he finds him touching but ever so lightly on his own subject, as
in some passages on William Robertson Smith, that the other was after
all only journalism of moderate merit and that what he admired in it
was extrinsic.”
+ =Spec= 124:555 Ap 24 ’20 630w
=Springf’d Republican= p8 Ap 17 ’20 70w
=FREDERICK, JUSTUS GEORGE.= Business research and statistics. *$2.50
Appleton 658
20–15931
“This book is intended for all those who shape policies, make markets,
direct affairs or study investments in business, and also for those
analytical executives, statisticians and researchers who assist such
men to arrive at correct solutions to their problems. It is further
intended to give a more practical and creative outlook to those who
aim to make a profession of business research and statistics.”
(Introd.) The contents in part are: Types and kind of data; The law of
averages as a guide to business; Per capita consumption study; The
possible market analysis and saturation point; Prognostications and
tendency curves; The technique of field investigations; The dollar and
the budget idea in business finance research; Inquiries into
management problems; Graphic charts and maps and their part in
research; International trade statistics and researches; Imagination
and vision in relation to research; Index.
* * * * *
Reviewed by R. J. Walsh
+ − =Nation= 112:sup240 F 9 ’21 560w
“An interesting and lucid general presentation of the subject.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p10 O 30 ’20 100w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p741 N 11 ’20 90w
=FREDERICK, JUSTUS GEORGE.=[2] Great game of business; its rules, its
fascinations, its services and rewards. *$1.50 Appleton 658
20–21357
The author makes no apologies for calling business “a game.” Properly
played it is “perhaps the greatest game left to man to play, because
it engages more faculties, renders greater constructive, practical
service to the world and offers more discipline and stimulation and
variety to the individual than almost any other interest which could
be followed. Indeed, it is the game that most of us must follow!”
(Preface) But—it must be played well—with more sportsmanship—with more
harmony and esprit de corps. A partial list of the contents is:
Warming up for the great game; Amateur or professional; The standard
personal code; Technique—the science of the game; Organization and
teamwork; The humbling of money to its true place in the great game;
The new business ethical code; “Fair play” and unfair competition.
* * * * *
Reviewed by R. J. Walsh
=Nation= 112:sup239 F 9 ’21 700w
=FREEMAN, LEWIS R.= In the tracks of the trades. il *$5 (4½c) Dodd 919
20–18401
“The account of a fourteen thousand mile yachting cruise to the
Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis,” (sub-title) on the
pleasure yacht Lurline. The account includes descriptions of the
islands visited and of the natives and their mode of life with
illustrations from photographs by the author. The contents in part
are: San Pedro to Hilo and Honolulu; Honolulu to Taio-Haie; The
Marquesas today; The passion play at Uahuka; Society in the Societies;
The song and dance in Tahiti; By the absinthe route; Samoan cricket:
Fauga-Sa v. Pago Pago; A visit to Apia; In Suva and Mbau; Honolulu to
San Pedro.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:110 D ’20
“A very charmingly written story of a most delightful voyage.” E. J.
C.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 N 24 ’20 600w
“He has made a very readable book about his adventures; his
photographs deserve better printing.”
+ =Outlook= 126:470 N 10 ’20 70w
“Attractively told, with here and there many striking passages of
description.”
+ =Review= 3:538 D 1 ’20 340w
+ =R of Rs= 62:672 D ’20 80w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 D 31 ’20 700w
=FRENCH, JOSEPH LEWIS=, ed. Best psychic stories; introd. by Dorothy
Scarborough. *$1.75 Boni & Liveright
20–11499
“These tales belong to a class that does not quite include the
out-and-out ghost story, but does reach out to the supernatural in the
indefinable fashion that we nowadays call psychic without bothering to
define what psychic means. This is a perfectly fitting field for
fiction of the non-realistic kind, for it does not demand belief but
imagination. Algernon Blackwood and ‘Fiona McLeod’ were adepts at this
form of story, and are here well represented, together with Jack
London, W. T. Stead and others.”—Outlook
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:32 O ’20
+ − =Freeman= 2:118 O 13 ’20 200w
“Mr French has selected his material with a fine judgment and a
discriminating taste, and Dorothy Scarborough has contributed an
introduction which adds much to the reader’s enjoyment of the volume.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:319 Je 20 ’20 650w
=Outlook= 125:467 Jl 7 ’20 70w
=Wis Lib Bul= 16:193 N ’20 130w
=FRENCH, THOMAS EWING, and SVENSEN, CARL LARS.= Mechanical drawing for
high schools. il *$1.25 McGraw 744
19–13746
“A two years’ high school course unusually rich in drawings (of which
there are 244). Authors are teachers in the department of engineering,
Ohio state university. ‘The first seven chapters comprise a complete
textbook which may be used with any problems. The paragraphs are
numbered for easy reference. The eighth chapter is a complete problem
book, in which the number of problems in each division is such that a
selection may be made for students of varying ability, and that a
variation from year to year may be had. The problems have references
to articles in the text, and the order may be varied to suit the
particular needs of a school. Definite specifications and layouts are
given for most of the problems, thus making it possible for the
instructor to use his time efficiently in teaching rather than in the
drudgery of detail, while the time ordinarily wasted by the pupil in
getting started can be used in actual drawing.’ (Preface)”—N Y P L New
Tech Bks
* * * * *
“An excellent textbook.”
+ =Booklist= 16:193 Mr ’20
=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p9 O ’19 160w
+ =Pratt= p19 Ja ’20 20w
+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Ja ’20 40w
=FREUD, SIGMUND.= General introduction to psychoanalysis; authorized
translation by G. Stanley Hall. il *$4.50 (3c) Boni & Liveright 130
20–12205
This volume consists of a translation of twenty-eight lectures given
to laymen. They are conversational in tone and follow the inductive
method, the author building up his evidence from case after case. He
deals little in general statements and in the course of one of the
early lectures speaks as follows: “I have not invited you here to
delude you or to conceal anything from you. I did, indeed, announce a
‘general introduction to psychoanalysis,’ but I did not intend the
title to convey that I was an oracle, who would show you a finished
product with all the difficulties carefully concealed.... No,
precisely because you are beginners, I wanted to show you our science
as it is, with all its hills and pitfalls, demands and
considerations.” There are four lectures on the psychology of errors,
eleven on the dream, and thirteen on general theory of the neuroses.
G. Stanley Hall writes an introduction for the American edition.
* * * * *
“A more satisfying survey for the serious lay reader than the author’s
earlier books on special topics.”
+ =Booklist= 17:17 O ’20
“It makes ponderous reading, and suffers from a lack of tolerance
toward the author’s pupils who have departed from or enlarged upon the
innovator’s technique. At the same time, it is a well-developed,
exhaustive, and informative treatise upon the various vistas of the
subject.”
+ − =Dial= 69:665 D ’20 80w
“Without stopping to inquire into the reasons for the attitude of the
reactionaries, Freud has taken up their objections one by one and met
them fairly. Following the rule of Darwin, he has not attempted to
brush them aside with a few blustering remarks; he has keenly analyzed
the obstacles they have presented. The present work offers, in an
extremely attractive form, the material for a fundamental conception
of psychoanalysis.” Gregory Stragnell
+ =Freeman= 1:572 Ag 25 ’20 950w
“Undoubtedly it is the finest exposition of the subject yet written.
Those who have looked upon psychoanalysis as a plaything, as a
philosophy for the parlor radical, or as a means of imparting thrills
and color to studio life, will find this book greatly disappointing
and little to their taste.” H. W. Frink
+ =Nation= 112:sup236 F 9 ’21 1750w
“You can go through a first course with the simpler books of Andre
Tridon or Barbara Low; then turn to an exhaustive treatise like this
one, with an initial understanding that will be of great help in
understanding the immensity of this new arm of science.” Clement Wood
+ =N Y Call= p10 Ja 2 ’21 890w
“Freud believes that his subject merits the utmost care of
presentation and the courteous condescension of the discoverer
offering something new and all-important. One has only to follow these
pages carefully, as questioningly as one will, to feel that the
condescension is one of a genuine humility and yet the firm assurance
of a man who has sincerely and conscientiously won his convictions by
unremitting toil in the face of calumnious opposition.” S. E. Jelliffe
+ =N Y Times= p5 Ag 8 ’20 3050w
“Prof. Freud’s theories represent a degree of fantasy to which science
cannot follow him. It might be said that, although he has been the
principal explorer of psychoanalysis, he is its least promising
exponent.”
− + =Springf’d Republican= p9a O 3 ’20 240w
=FREUNDLICH, ERWIN.=[2] Foundations of Einstein’s theory of gravitation;
authorized English tr. by H. L. Brose. *$1.50 Putnam 530.1
(Eng ed 20–16353)
“Dr Einstein, who writes the preface, states that the author ‘has
succeeded in rendering the fundamental ideas of the theory accessible
to all who are to some extent conversant with the methods of reasoning
of the exact sciences.’ Formulae and equations are by no means lacking
and the vocabulary is hardly suited to the capacity of the general
reader—to whom the simply written introduction by Dr Turner should
prove more acceptable.”—N Y P L New Tech Bks
* * * * *
+ =Ath= p641 My 14 ’20 950w
Reviewed by E. Cunningham
+ =Nature= 105:350 My 20 ’20 1050w
=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p64 Jl ’20 70w
=FREY, ABRAHAM B.= American business law. *$5 Macmillan 347.7
20–8660
“The object of this book is to set forth clearly and concisely those
fundamental principles upon which is built the superstructure of
business law. In order to make clear such principles ... concrete
illustrations have been used, some of which are synopses of, and
excerpts from, the leading cases decided in Great Britain and the
United States.” (Preface) At the end of each chapter are a number of
carefully prepared questions referring to the subject matter of the
text and a number of legal forms are given in connection with various
subjects which, on occasion, can be adapted to individual use. All
technical terms are carefully explained. The chapter headings are: Law
in general; Torts; Definition and classification of contracts;
Essentials of a valid contract; Competent parties; An agreement;
Reality of consent; Consideration; Legality; The form; Proof of a
contract; Interpretation of contracts; Operation of contracts; The
discharge of contracts; Forms; Agency; Sales; Bailments and carriers;
Partnerships and corporations; Suretyship and guaranty; Insurance;
Negotiable instruments; Property; Bankruptcy; Patents, copyrights and
trade-marks; Master and servant; Damages; Evidence. There is an index.
* * * * *
=Am Econ R= 10:827 D ’20 120w
“Even if published anonymously we should know it was the work of a
scholar and a lawyer. It is comprehensive in its scope and is
practically a textbook in little. Its rules are sound. Its exposition
is clear. Its examples, taken from leading cases, are of the best.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 S 1 ’20 300w
“So far as it goes, it is clear. But it is complete only in the sense
that something is said about all of the apposite judicial attitudes
that have become crystallized into formulated rules. Perhaps such
books have their place, notwithstanding their offense against the
maxim that a little learning is a dangerous thing. But they must be
handled with care.”
+ − =Nation= 111:457 O 20 ’20 230w
“This book is admirably arranged and thorough in treatment, citing
clear examples for most of its statements. The indexing is excellent,
the text clear, the examples concise, and the forms ready to hand for
daily practical use.”
+ =R of Rs= 62:336 S ’20 70w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p670 O 14 ’20 40w
=FRIDAY, DAVID.= Profits, wages, and prices. *$2 Harcourt 338.5
20–18150
The object of the book is to assemble the available facts and
statistics concerning profits, wages, taxes, and prices in such a way
as to set them in orderly relation one to another and to disclose
their causal interdependence. Contents: The curse of peace; The growth
of profits; Normal profits and profiteering; The uses to which profits
are put; The rate of interest; The course of wages; The division of
the product; How Europe raised American prices; Prices since the
armistice; General prices and public utility rates; The theory of the
new taxes: Has the excess profits tax raised prices? The part played
by the banks; How can real wages be raised? Index.
* * * * *
“The author marshals his facts with skill. His style is interesting
and all that he has to say important.”
+ =Ann Am Acad= 93:225 Ja ’21 110w
+ =Booklist= 17:141 Ja ’21
“Mr Friday’s book is a striking demonstration of the primitive state
of economic science, and of its trifling influence upon the conduct of
the nation’s business. Mr Friday, merely by collecting the information
made available by a few war agencies, incomplete as it is, and basing
his conclusions on observed facts, has been able to throw doubt upon
some of the most respectable conclusions of economists, to say nothing
of the assumptions to be found in current popular discussion.” G:
Soule
+ − =Nation= 112:184 F 2 ’21 1350w
“The general reader will find in Professor Friday’s book a striking
instance of the newer tendencies. It is economic theory which retains
all the logical vigor of the works of the old school, yet faces the
new facts and breathes a new spirit. The book is uncommonly readable
and interesting, besides, and offers a hope that the new theory will
be couched in terms that everybody can understand.” Alvin Johnson
+ =New Repub= 24:171 O 13 ’20 1300w
“In general it may be said that Professor Friday’s book is the most
original and important volume dealing with economic and industrial
America which has appeared since the war.” W: L. Chenery
+ =Survey= 45:674 F 5 ’21 620w
=FRIEDLANDER, GERALD=, tr. Jewish fairy book. il *$2.25 (4½c) Stokes
20–17680
Twenty-three stories from various sources have been translated and
adapted by Mr Friedlander. The preface says: “All the stories have
been collected from various Jewish writings. No attempt has been made
to give a literal translation. The tales have been retold in a modern
setting. Some of these quaint old tales and stories brought comfort to
the children of Israel in the days of long ago. Perhaps some pleasure
may be derived by their perusal in our days.” Among the tales are: The
magic apples (from the Jewish Chap book); The wise merchant (from the
Midrash Rabbah); Heavenly treasures (from the Talmud); King Solomon’s
carpet (from Beth Hammidrash); The demon’s marriage (from the Jewish
Chap book); The princess and the beggar (from Tanchuma); The citizen
of the world (from Rabbi Eliezer). The colored illustrations are by
George W. Hood.
* * * * *
“Less extravagant than the Arabian nights entertainments, these
stories are more genial in tone than many of the witch tales with
which our children are quieted. Some of them seem to have a moral to
teach, but it is in no case enough of a moral to prove really
troublesome.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p11 N 20 ’20 220w
“The stories are full of imagination and miraculous deeds, and
children will revel in them.” Hildegarde Hawthorne
+ =N Y Times= p8 D 19 ’20 50w
“Will be found particularly entertaining to young readers.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p7a D 12 ’20 60w
=FRIEDMAN, ELISHA MICHAEL=, ed. America and the new era; a symposium on
social reconstruction; with a foreword by Herbert Hoover. *$6 Dutton
330.973
20–12473
“Instead of proposing reconstruction, most of the contributors to the
symposium content themselves with pointing out ways and means by which
our present social system may be improved. Professor J. H. Hollander
shows that war is the very negation of economic progress. Professor R.
T. Ely outlines a land policy with widespread ownership and limitation
of holdings as its chief feature. Dr Frederic C. Howe favors selective
immigration. Dr Edward A. Fitzpatrick calls for improvements in public
administration. Professor Victor J. West shows the need of further
amendments to the Constitution, especially for the purpose of
establishing a congressional cabinet, or other forms of responsible
government. Professor Chas. B. Davenport indicates the possibility of
racial improvement by sex control among superior stocks, by
sterilization of criminals, segregation of the feebleminded, and
better marriage laws. Professor Warner Fite makes a plea for
individualism. There are also contributions on education, vocational
guidance, delinquency and crime, control of venereal diseases,
recreation, nervous strain, mental hygiene, and other important
subjects.”—Review
* * * * *
+ =Ann Am Acad= 93:225 Ja ’21 70w
“It is a very ambitious volume and is worth having, not only for its
good points but also to learn about a certain common attitude in much
of the present discussion on religion and the family.”
+ − =Cath World= 112:694 F ’21 160w
+ =Ind= 104:248 N 13 ’20 50w
“If this book held nothing but the foreword by Herbert Hoover it would
be still invaluable.” M. F. Egan
+ − =N Y Times= p9 S 12 ’20 4500w
Reviewed by J. E. Le Rossignol
+ =Review= 3:347 O 20 ’20 1200w
“Taken not as a symposium, but as a chance collection of essays on
urgent present-day problems, the volume is to be commended for its
wealth of suggestion. The different authors speak with authority and
offer programs of the highest interest. Each of the contributions
printed separately as a pamphlet would have considerable influence; in
this volume it is somewhat lost.” B. L.
+ =Survey= 45:321 N 27 ’20 300w
=FRIEDMAN, ELISHA MICHAEL.= International commerce and reconstruction;
with a foreword by Joseph French Johnson. *$5 Dutton 382
20–5838
* * * * *
“In the spring of 1919, when this book was prepared. American business
looked forward to a tremendous foreign trade with devastated Europe and
the countries previously supplied by European belligerents. As a
preparation for this anticipated trade, Mr Friedman has reviewed the
literature and statistics bearing upon the commercial policies and
foreign trade of the world and has attempted to outline the changes
which the war has brought, or will bring, in international trade and the
opportunities for American business enterprise.”—Pub W
* * * * *
“It will be seen that here is material of much value. Of necessity it is
largely provisional material. The world is far from having settled down.
Much that is contained in this volume will fast become obsolete, and
indeed some is already obsolete. None the less the student will turn
with interest to this helpful collection, and will find in it much that
would otherwise be difficult of access.” F. W. Taussig
+ =Am Econ R= 10:596 S ’20 520w
+ =Booklist= 16:329 Jl ’20
+ =Freeman= 2:502 F 2 ’21 200w
“The book easily contains as much important information as almost any
other half-dozen books together, covering the whole or part of the
same field. There are no conspicuous lacunae, and the matter is well
presented, is supported by adequate statistical data, and is largely
free from unnecessary verbiage or conspicuous national bias. Where the
author attempts economic analysis of the facts he presents, he attains
only a mediocre degree of success.” Jacob Viner
+ − =J Pol Econ= 28:853 D ’20 850w
“The book is distinctly of the solid variety and represents a deal of
work, tho mostly of compilation.” L. K. Frank
+ =Pub W= 97:1295 Ap 17 ’20 300w
+ =R of Rs= 61:669 Je ’20 100w
=FROST, HELEN, and WARDLAW, CHARLES DIGBY.= Basket ball and indoor
baseball for women; with an introd. by T: D. Wood. il *$1.50 Scribner
797
20–3344
“Basket ball and indoor baseball for women are two games that are
rapidly growing in popularity. The book under review fills a long-felt
need in that it sets forth the principles of successfully playing
these games. Experts have here given the gleanings of their long
experiences. They have included sixteen illustrations and thirty-seven
diagrams, making clear the different points in the game of basket
ball. Twelve illustrations and thirteen diagrams are used in making
plain the crucial principles of indoor baseball. Such topics as
passing, catching, guarding, shooting, team play, and signals are
taken up in connection with basket ball. Fielding, throwing, catching,
batting, base running, team play, practice, and signals are discussed
in that portion dealing with indoor baseball.”—School R
* * * * *
“Helpful illustrations and diagrams. No index.”
+ − =Booklist= 16:267 My ’20
=Pratt= p24 Jl ’20 30w
“Coaches, instructors, and players will find this a very helpful
handbook in teaching or taking part in these delightful indoor games.”
+ =School R= 28:394 My ’20 190w
=FROTHINGHAM, ROBERT=, comp. Songs of dogs. *$1.65 Houghton 821.08
20–17755
This book consists of a compilation of the best poems written about
dogs, arranged in three groups. The first, The friend of man, is
headed by a prose eulogy on the dog—“the one absolutely unselfish
friend that man can have in this selfish world”—by George Graham Vest.
Group two, In lighter vein, is introduced by “Good dogs” by Baudelaire
and group three, The happy hunting grounds, by “Memories” by John
Galsworthy. The book has an index of titles and an index of authors.
* * * * *
“A treat to dog lovers.”
+ =Booklist= 17:105 D ’20
+ − =N Y Evening Post= p29 O 23 ’20 120w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 S 28 ’20 130w
=FROTHINGHAM, ROBERT=, comp. Songs of horses. *$1.65 Houghton 821.08
20–17756
“Since the dawn of civilization,” says the compiler of this anthology,
“the horse and the Muses have been boon companions in all the heroics
of mythology and history,” and, “the advance of the horse has been
coincidental with that of man himself.” The grouping of the poems is
indicative of the type of horses described. The groups are: The wild
West; Orient and Occident; Track and field; “Horseplay”; The horse in
war. There is an index of titles and an index of authors.
* * * * *
“Not all have great literary value, but none detract from the quality
of the whole.”
+ =Booklist= 17:105 D ’20
“‘Songs of horses’ stands out as one of the most colorful of
anthologies. As a book from which to read aloud it could scarcely be
matched.”
+ − =N Y Evening Post= p29 O 23 ’20 120w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 S 28 ’20 130w
=FROTHINGHAM, THOMAS GODDARD.= Guide to the military history of the
world war, 1914–1918. *$2.75 Little 940.4
20–16505
The object of the book is to give a general perspective of the war
from a military and strategic point of view. “At the present time a
detailed history is out of the question, but it is now possible to
write a narrative that is complete, in the sense of giving a reliable
synopsis of the strategy and grand tactics of the whole war.”
(Introd.) To accomplish this purpose the author has confined himself
to comparing and checking up the official statements and bulletins
given out by the different governments during the war and has not
measured military results merely by victories and conquest of
territory but by their costliness in life and material as well. Among
the contents are: The great German offensive of 1914; Military events
on the Russian front; New military situation after the defeat of the
great German defensive of 1914; Offensives of Entente allies, 1915;
Italy in the war; The war on the sea, 1915; German offensive of 1916
against Verdun; The war in the air; The United States in the war; The
final campaigns. The book contains twenty-three maps, an appendix, a
table of dates, a bibliography and an index.
* * * * *
“Interesting, clear and readable, and also well organized for quick
reference.”
+ =Booklist= 17:65 N ’20
“Twenty-three excellent maps add to the great value of this work which
will doubtless be much used by students in military schools and in
advanced courses in colleges in military history and science.” E. J.
C.
+ =Boston Transcript= p5 S 22 ’20 900w
“The book is free from bias and boasting, studiously written and
decidedly well worth while.” F. L. Minnigerode
+ =N Y Times= p21 Ja 9 ’21 1000w
“Captain Frothingham’s narrative is well-knit, his style clear and
simple.”
+ =Review= 3:424 N 3 ’20 340w
=FRYER, EUGÉNIE MARY.= Book of boyhoods: Chaucer to MacDowell. *$3
Dutton 920
20–14312
“Eugénie M. Fryer in ‘A book of boyhoods’ traces from Chaucer the poet
to MacDowell the composer the formation periods in the lives of great
men of every variety of genius. There are twenty-eight of them all,
and they include Leonardo da Vinci, the painter and all-round man of
sciences and the arts; Balboa, Drake, Raleigh and La Salle, the
voyagers and discoverers; Washington, Hamilton, Lincoln, builders of
the American republic; Burns, Wordsworth and Keats among poets,
Stevenson, the romancer; and Kitchener, Foch, Joffre and Brusiloff, as
great soldiers and leading figures in the struggle with Germany and
the Germans.”—Boston Transcript
* * * * *
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 S 8 ’20 540w
“To have written a book which will offend no healthy boy and make no
boy feel priggish for reading it, is a good thing.”
+ =Dial= 69:548 N ’20 80w
+ =Lit D= p86 D 4 ’20 120w
“The average boy probably will balk at some of these biographies.
‘Bookish’ children, however, will find enjoyment in the carefully
wrought characterizations and ingeniously varied presentations.”
+ − =Outlook= 126:470 N 10 ’20 50w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 2 ’20 340w
=FULLER, HENRY BLAKE.= Bertram Cope’s year. $1.75 Ralph Fletcher
Seymour, Chicago
19–16363
“Bertram is a post-graduate in a western college community. Socially
he attracts friendly advances from men and women. But he is flabby of
purpose, and has no fixed ambition except to get an honorary degree
and a paying position in an eastern college. He gives nothing in
return for the friendships he inspires, and escapes all love
entanglements.”—Outlook
* * * * *
“Live enough people and a sense of humor hovering near the surface.”
+ =Booklist= 16:133 Ja ’20
“The kind of novel which must be enjoyed not for its matter so much as
for its quality, its richness of texture and subtlety of atmosphere.”
+ =Bookm= 51:344 My ’20 380w.
“The study of this weak but agreeable man is subtle but far from
exciting.”
+ − =Outlook= 124:119 Ja 21 ’20 80w
“Mr Fuller’s realism is the real thing; in seeming to register it
interprets and portrays.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Review= 2:394 Ap 17 ’20 550w
“The story is less interesting than the author’s last previous book
‘On the stairs,’ because of its speculative tendencies. But Mr Fuller
is a keen observer and anything that he writes is worthy the serious
consideration of the reading public.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p11a Mr 28 ’20 500w
=FURNESS, HORACE HOWARD.= Gloss of youth. *$1 Lippincott 812
20–7798
“‘The gloss of youth’ is an eminent scholar’s brief diversion in which
Shakespeare discusses with John Fletcher his relations to the public
and his art and is consoled by the appreciation of two children who
are no other than little ‘Jack’ Milton and ‘Noll’ Cromwell.”—Nation
* * * * *
“It is all a little over-intentional. But the little play is, no doubt
well suited for such academic occasions as the one which caused it to
be written.”
+ − =Nation= 111:18 Jl 3 ’20 90w
“It is not surprising that Horace Howard Furness, jr., the son and
literary successor of his noted father, should cast in dramatic form
one of the most intimate and pleasing interpretations of a living
Shakespeare. The interweaving of Elizabethan diction and contemporary
thought is never strained.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 S 14 ’20 550w
=FURNISS, EDGAR STEVENSON.= Position of the laborer in a system of
nationalism. *$2 Houghton 331
20–18599
The book is one of the Hart, Schaffner and Marx prize essays in
economics and is a study of the labor theories of the later English
mercantilists, 1660–1775. The author holds that the dominant
nationalism existing in England between the years 1660–1775 bears a
fundamental likeness to the revival of nationalism caused by the war.
The former period, known by the term “mercantilism,” has come to stand
for a relationship of economic rivalry between nations and the
theories and policies that governed it. The reverse side of this
mercantilism is the domestic economy of the nation and it is with this
side, illustrating the reaction of nationalism upon the life
conditions of the people and upon labor, that the book deals.
Contents: The doctrine of the national importance of the laborer; The
doctrine of employment; The doctrine of the right to employment and
the duty to labor; The enforcement of the duty to labor; The doctrine
of the utility of poverty; Theories of wages; Conclusions. The
appendix contains chapters on the economic, social and moral life
conditions of the English laborer, 1660–1775, and the book has a
bibliography, a subject index and an index to authors.
* * * * *
“Like others in this series, a scholarly piece of work.”
+ =Booklist= 17:94 D ’20
+ =Freeman= 2:430 Ja 12 ’21 280w
“Scholarly study.” G: Soule
+ =Nation= 111:534 N 10 ’20 600w
=FYLEMAN, ROSE.= Fairies and chimneys. il *$1.25 Doran 821
20–19073
A book of verses for children by an English poet. Among the titles
are: Fairies; Yesterday in Oxford street; A fairy went a-marketing;
The best game the fairies play; Differences; Mother; Grown-ups; Cat’s
cradle; Visitors; I don’t like beetles; Summer morning; White magic.
Following these come seven poems under the heading Bird lore:
Peacocks; The cuckoo; The rooks; The robin; The cock; The grouse; The
skylark.
* * * * *
Reviewed by A. C. Moore
+ =Bookm= 52:260 N ’20 60w
“Its contents would do for lyrics in an operatic version of ‘Peter
Pan.’” E. L. Pearson
+ =Review= 3:209 S 8 ’20 200w
G
=GAINES, RUTH LOUISE.= Ladies of Grécourt. il *$2.50 Dutton 940.476
20–9727
“In this volume Miss Gaines continues the story of the relief work at
the front of the Smith college unit, the first part of which she told
in her previous volume, ‘Helping France.’ So fully was the work of
this unit appreciated by the French people, that the workers were
given the title of ‘Dames de Grécourt,’ from the name of one of the
sixteen French villages covered by their work. Of these sixteen
villages, few inhabitants were left, save the old and feeble and the
children. From a population of nearly 5600, but 1740 were left in
August, 1917. Six hundred of these were under fifteen years of age. It
was among these helpless people that the Smith college women
worked.”—Boston Transcript
* * * * *
“Pleasing illustrations.”
+ =Booklist= 17:12 O ’20
“The story which Miss Gaines relates is not only of the deepest
interest, but is one of the important documents which the war has
brought forth.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 14 ’20 270w
“Both the manner and the matter of ‘Ladies of Grécourt’ do credit to
the spirit and the culture of American college girls.”
+ =Nation= 111:277 S 4 ’20 130w
=Outlook= 126:515 N 17 ’20 50w
“Miss Anna M. Upjohn’s pencil sketches of French peasants and rural
life add greatly to the attractiveness of the book.”
+ =R of Rs= 62:222 Ag ’20 90w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 17 ’20 500w
Reviewed by E: E. Hunt
+ =Survey= 44:732 S 15 ’20 750w
=GALBRAITH, ANNA MARY.= Family and the new democracy; a study in social
hygiene. *$2.25 (3c) Saunders 392
20–1764
[Publisher has withdrawn book from circulation.]
The book completes the author’s trilogy on the phases of woman’s life;
the other two books being: “The four epochs of woman’s life” and
“Personal hygiene and physical training for women.” In the present
volume she briefly sketches the vital epochs of the history of our
social institutions and points out that today the institution of the
family is threatened by three fatal excrescences: prostitution, free
love, and divorce. She lays bare the causes of these evils and
suggests remedies which will insure the greatest amount of social
happiness and the best possible progeny. Among the contents are: Rally
to save the American family; Primitive man’s problems of marriage and
the family; Marriage and divorce laws in primitive society and ancient
civilizations; Various aspects of the modern divorce problem;
Prostitution, social disease, and marriage; Alcohol and race
degeneracy; Sex education as a solvent for the double standard of
morals and celibacy; Problems of betrothal; The problems of marriage;
The rights of the child, eugenic marriages, the limitation of
offspring; Woman’s economic independence and the disintegration of the
family; References; Index.
* * * * *
“The chapters on the need for uniform marriage and divorce laws, and
for sex education to combat the spread of venereal disease, are much
to the point.”
+ =Dial= 68:541 Ap ’20 80w
“Novices in the literature of sex (to which in spite of its
self-conscious title, the book belongs), will find in it a larger
amount of historical information than is customary in popular
treatises, an occasional sensible sociological opinion, and useful
hygienic advice. It is only the critical who will realize what a
hodge-podge Dr Galbraith’s volume is.”
− + =Nation= 110:660 My 15 ’20 400w
“There are no essential facts omitted in this book that pertain to
man, to woman, to the family. Many of the subjects are of absorbing
interest and the manner in which the author treats them makes them the
more so. For instance, her views on prohibition as a modifying factor
on the family of the future are not only unique but they are sound as
well.” B. P. Thom
+ =Pub W= 97:611 F 21 ’20 160w
=GALE, ZONA.= Miss Lulu Bett. *$1.75 (3½c) Appleton
20–4218
This is the story of a family drudge awakened to a sense of
independence thru a marriage which turns out to be no marriage at all.
Miss Lulu Bett “makes her home” with her sister, and when her
brother-in-law’s brother comes to visit after nineteen years
wandering, she startles her self, no less than the family, by marrying
him. She goes away with him but at the end of one month comes back.
She had found out that Ninian already had a wife living, and as Miss
Lulu Bett she again takes up her position in her sister’s house. But
there is a difference, as Dwight Deacon finds out when he tries to
bully her into keeping his brother’s falsity a secret. Then comes
another lover and the story ends happily.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 16:280 My ’20
+ =Cleveland= p71 Ag ’20 80w
“One is conscious that the materials of the story have undergone a
considerable warping in order to fit them into the tragic mould; there
is less of the hopeless, inevitable sweep of things than we have found
in other of the author’s recent studies.”
+ =Dial= 68:804 Je ’20 60w
“It will be interesting to see whether the people who like the
somewhat over-sentimental ‘Friendship Village’ stories continue to
like Zona Gale as the far from sentimental and exceedingly skilful
author of ‘Miss Lulu Bett.’”
+ =Ind= 103:186 Ag 14 ’20 150w
“Miss Zona Gale has written a thoroughly admirable and thoroughly
unpopular book and vindicated at last the promise of her literary
beginnings. The work is clear, direct, dry, and full of haunting
little implications.”
+ =Nation= 110:557 Ap 24 ’20 450w
“The book stands as a signal accomplishment in American letters.” C.
M. Rourke
+ =New Repub= 23:315 Ag 11 ’20 420w
“Nothing could well be more astonishing or claim a more ungrudging
tribute than Miss Gale’s recent achievement in ‘Miss Lulu Bett.’ This
short novel is the result of the most courageous imaginable revision
of her entire fictional method. [This] revision of her method has lost
her nothing that she ever had, and it has gained her a great deal that
one has constantly deplored her lack of.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p2 My 1 ’20 1500w
“Lulu Bett herself is an exquisite piece of portrayal. Her development
during the course of the events that befall her is logical and
natural. To us it seems the best thing Miss Gale has yet done, and
more than this, it is a promise of a new type of work from her.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:139 Mr 28 ’20 1000w
“A fine example of close, careful character study on a small scale.”
+ =Outlook= 125:281 Je 9 ’20 120w
“To say that here also [in the conclusion] the author rises to the
occasion is simply to credit her once again with that fine and
finished art that make all her writing an abiding joy to the
discriminating.” F: T. Cooper
+ =Pub W= 97:991 Mr 20 ’20 400w
“In ‘Birth,’ its immediate predecessor, Miss Gale showed a surprising
growth not only as ‘localist’ but as ironic interpreter of character.
This story is firmer in tone as well as more compact in form.” H. W.
Boynton
+ =Review= 2:394 Ap 17 ’20 320w
“The artist in her has guided her pen in careful work, and the
characters are as clearly and completely delineated as if seen on the
stage.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p11a My 30 ’20 250w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p685 O 21 ’20 70w
=GALLAGHER, PATRICK.= America’s aims and Asia’s aspirations. il *$3.50
Century 940.314
20–15149
The book consists chiefly of reminiscences of the peace conference, by
one who was there, with the author’s individual opinions on the events
as they transpired and on the personages that took part in them, the
whole permeated by a spirit of benevolent imperialism and unshakeable
faith in America. Of the six books that make up the volume, Pagans and
prophets deals especially with the peace conference personalities;
Isles and islanders with Australia, Ireland and the Philippines; High
lights and history with the Asiatic side of the war. The remaining
three books are; Amateurs and experts; The cause célebrè, in re
Kiaochau, China v. Japan, ex parte, W. Wilson; Unfinished business.
There are illustrations, appendices and an index.
* * * * *
=Booklist= 17:65 N ’20
“The Asiatic chapters, the bulk of the book, are complete enough; they
are a little too full. There is too much that is documentary, and the
vivacity of the author’s high-gaited style suffers a little, though
there is always a story or a joke to take the curse off. There is,
too, a little confusion in a treatment that takes us unawares from one
period back to an earlier without sufficient warning.”
+ − =N Y Times= p9 S 19 ’20 2000w
Reviewed by W. R. Wheeler
+ =Yale R= n s 10:431 Ja ’21 340w
=GALLICHAN, CATHERINE GASQUOINE (HARTLEY) (MRS WALTER M. GALLICHAN).=
Women’s wild oats. *$1.50 (3c) Stokes 396
20–6280
“Essays on the re-fixing of moral standards.” (Sub-title) Of the
“hideous abuses” created by three generations of industrialism and
brought to a climax by the war, the author is considering those
affecting the position and moral standards of women. The book is an
attempt to distinguish between a “too ready acceptance of the fashions
of the day,” and a “too loyal obedience to the prejudices of
yesterday.” Accordingly she would curb the too frantic present day
rebelliousness of women by a return to the Jewish ideal of marriage as
a religious duty, and praising the perfect feminist ideal inherited by
the Jewish women. On the other hand she would facilitate divorce,
would lift the burden of illegitimacy from the shoulders of innocent
children, and would procure some sort of honorable recognition for
sexual partnerships outside of marriage. The essays are: Introductory;
The prosperity of fools; The covenant of God; That which is wanting;
“Give, give!” If a child could choose? Foreseeing evil; Conclusion,
and appendices.
* * * * *
“The book is well worth reading.”
+ =Ath= p320 Mr 5 ’20 200w
“In justice to Mrs Hartley I must admit that in the earlier part of
‘Women’s wild oats’ she argues for the home as against the factory.
But the second half of her book is a defense of all the things which
tend to break up the home. Even in Mrs Hartley’s early chapters the
hysterical note in her ‘womanly womanliness’ led me to expect that it
would not last.” T: Maynard
− =Bookm= 52:74 S ’20 840w
“There are those, however, who will be inclined to think that her
comparisons of English with American conditions are rather too
flattering to American life of the present day. Either that or we must
read into the English situation even darker colors than those with
which she paints it. Nevertheless hers has been a healthful effort and
should do good in clearing away some of the illusions of the
situation.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 Je 9 ’20 850w
“In spite of her fervid indignation at the unnecessary burdens of
woman-kind, she usually fails to understand the real difficulties and
she altogether ignores more radical cures. Her own favoured remedies
are too vaguely indicated to be a matter for demonstration or
refutation; they are rather the passionate assertions of a personal
faith.” V. G.
− =Freeman= 2:333 D 15 ’20 300w
“The most satisfactory chapter is that describing the position of the
illegitimate child. The book is marked by the tension of the long war
and the superficial disillusions of peace, and her summary of present
tendencies seems too incoherent and egotistic to have much value.” N.
C.
− + =Int J Ethics= 31:119 O ’20 230w
+ =Nation= 111:135 Jl 31 ’20 260w
“It is with some hesitation that one sets to work to criticise a book
such as ‘Women’s wild oats,’ for one wants to recognize its courage
and its sincerity, and at the same time one disagrees with certain
points of view, as one necessarily must when one is dealing with the
work which touches so many sides of a great question. One thing we can
say is that Mrs Hartley is always honest and always wise.” W. L.
George
+ − =N Y Times= p1 S 12 ’20 2150w
Reviewed by K. F. Gerould
=Review= 3:377 O 27 ’20 900w
“‘Women’s wild oats’ is less sensational than its title, though it
contains much that will provoke dissent. It is a sober and earnest
book, at once incisive and felicitous in style, but it must be
believed that in her diagnosis of social tendencies in England there
is some exaggeration. A certain captiousness—one might almost say,
querulousness—in Mrs Hartley leads her very close to inconsistency.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p11a Je 6 ’20 580w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p143 F 26 ’20 100w
“The book is an irritating mixture of good sense, violent prejudice,
and a most trying method of using the English language.”
− + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p196 Mr 25 ’20 850w
=GALLICHAN, WALTER M.= Letters to a young man on love and health. *$1
(4c) Stokes 612.6
20–15339
These letters are from an uncle to his nephew, beginning when the boy
is sixteen and extending over a period of five years. They are on
puberty, with its accompanying unrest and longings, and on sex and
marital hygiene and treat these subjects with large insight, sanity
and sympathy.
* * * * *
“There is much common sense in these letters.”
+ =Ath= p1166 N 7 ’19 170w
=Springf’d Republican= p8 O 16 ’20 110w
“While this book is undoubtedly more desirable than those products of
an earlier day that endeavored to enforce a moral code through fear,
still there are many reasonable objections to be raised against it
that render its great usefulness doubtful. The modern serious youth
desiring sex knowledge does not want a sugar-coated pill but simple
facts. This author is not always accurate or up-to-date in his
statements or teaching.” H. W. Brown
+ − =Survey= 45:137 O 23 ’20 420w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p635 N 6 ’19 30w
=GALSWORTHY, JOHN.= Awakening. il *$2 Scribner
20–20951
This child idyll concerns the first eight years of the latest of the
Jolyon Forsytes, whose birth was announced toward the close of the
author’s novel “In chancery.” Little Jon is a healthy and, in the
words of his mother, “loving, lovable, imaginative, sanguinary” little
savage, and, so successful in the choice of his parents that he is
enabled to live the life prompted by his dramatic instinct. The
illustrations by R. H. Sauter are a feature of the book. The story
appeared in Scribner’s magazine, November, 1920.
* * * * *
“Illustrations and text fit together with unusual charm.”
+ =Ind= 103:442 D 25 ’20 90w
“The story is slight and the note of tenderness is perhaps too long
drawn out. But it throws an agreeable sidelight on the ‘Forsyte saga’
and on Mr Galsworthy’s affection for some of his creatures.” L. L.
+ =Nation= 112:88 Ja 19 ’21 80w
“Since little Jon was born in 1901 it seems a safe presumption that Mr
Galsworthy’s forthcoming volume will take him up to the threshhold of
manhood. But Jon’s childhood, as here set forth, is so charming and
perfect a thing in itself that, however interesting Mr Galsworthy may
make his future career, one is almost tempted to wish that he might
remain in memory as we know him in this little volume.”
+ =N Y Evening Post= p5 N 20 ’20 490w
“A few episodes in the life of a little boy of eight years old,
vividly realized and described with great charm.”
+ =Spec= 125:784 D 11 ’20 120w
=GALSWORTHY, JOHN.= In chancery. *$2 (2c) Scribner
20–18929
The story is a sequel to the author’s earlier novel, “The man of
property,” and relates the further fortunes of the Forsyte family.
With one exception the possessive instinct is still strong in the male
generation, who include their wives and progeny in their property.
Soames Forsyte, after his wife, Irene, had run away with another man
lives on into middle life nursing his injuries until he poignantly
realizes that he is still without a son to inherit his fortune and his
name. Meeting Irene again, after a separation of fifteen years,
awakens the old desire to possess her, and failing of her consent,
nothing in law is too sordid for him for the attainment of a divorce.
Even the family tradition for respectability must go by the board as
he forces his cousin Jolyon—the one Forsyte that has not run true to
type—into the rôle of correspondent. At the end he marries the pretty
French girl, whom he does not love, and smothers his disappointment at
having a girl child, and no hope of another, in his sense of
proprietorship. At least—“that thing was his.”
* * * * *
“When we have said that ‘In chancery’ is not a great novel, we would
assure our readers that it is a fascinating, brilliant book.” K. M.
+ − =Ath= p810 D 10 ’20 870w
=Booklist= 17:116 D ’20
“As a story of human persons, ‘In chancery’ should rank among his
best.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 52:251 N ’20 630w
“As we have already said, these Forsytes are extremely boresome, and
we fear Mr Galsworthy exaggerates not only their importance and the
extent of the world’s interest in them, but also the value of his own
contribution to modern imaginative literature.” E. F. Edgett
− =Boston Transcript= p4 N 6 ’20 1100w
“With grace and clearness and with a skill that holds the reader’s
attention unfailingly, the tale is told. Its accomplishment is fine
and delicate, though its convincingness is not complete.”
+ − =Boston Transcript= p7 N 10 ’20 480w (Reprinted from London
Observer)
“Here we have again in careful acrimony mingled with a warm
consciousness of physical beauty which is so characteristic of Mr
Galsworthy.” E. W. N.
+ =Freeman= 2:454 Ja 19 ’21 200w
“Mr Galsworthy never lets his utmost penetration make him ruthless. He
knows that ruthlessness is simply a failure to perceive the dark and
pathetic humanity that lies just beyond the immediate horizon of one’s
vision.” L. L.
+ =Nation= 112:88 Ja 19 ’21 750w
“The book is in many ways one of the biggest Mr Galsworthy has ever
written; perhaps the very biggest. A better balanced, more logical and
saner novel than ‘The saint’s progress,’ one accepts its reasonings
and analyses, which satisfy at once one’s brain and one’s instinct. It
is notable among the notable, a novel to read—and to read again.”
+ =N Y Times= p24 O 24 ’20 1500w
“It is a serious drawback that the first dozen pages or so of this
book are a regular barbedwire obstruction because of their intricate
tangle of genealogy and relationships. The reader who perseveres,
however, will be rewarded by as fine and penetrating a study of
temperament and heredity as is often written—not ‘highbrow’ or
philosophical, but dramatic, tense and vivid.” R. D. Townsend
+ − =Outlook= 126:653 D 8 ’20 430w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
=Review= 3:382 O 27 ’20 210w
“Most of the characters of ‘In chancery’ are the brooding victims of
Mr Galsworthy’s remote wrath—Soames’s father, James, is the most free
from literary victimisation. Here is an old man drawn with skill,
without prejudice, and with that untiring care which is this author’s
chief asset as a craftsman. It seems to us that for him our little
world is a sick man tossing feverishly upon his bed; Mr Galsworthy,
finger on pulse and clinical thermometer in hand, sits patiently by
his side, recording the slow sinking towards dissolution.”
− + =Sat R= 130:458 D 4 ’20 630w
“One may add that here, as always, Mr Galsworthy is remarkably just to
the characters with whom he is not in perfect sympathy. He writes of
the old régime with respect and even regret.”
+ =Spec= 125:820 D 18 ’20 600w
“It is a most absorbing story viewed merely as a personal narrative.
But apart from that it is a section from the history of English
society. The book must be classed with Mr Galsworthy’s most
characteristic and finest work.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p7a N 21 ’20 620w
“Once more Mr Galsworthy shows his quiet mastery, now and then a
little pontifical perhaps, but always suggesting the good rider on the
spirited horse. And once more he lights up his sober fabric with the
golden thread of beauty.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p698 O 28 ’20 1050w
=Wis Lib Bul= 16:238 D ’20 60w
=GALSWORTHY, JOHN.= Plays; 4th ser. *$2.50 Scribner 822
20–9081
The book contains three plays: A bit o’ love; The foundations; The
skin game. In the first play a young clergyman, Michael Strangway, is
deserted by his wife, who returns during the first act to plead with
her husband not to divorce her out of consideration for the career of
her lover. He consents and thereby makes himself impossible with his
narrow-minded parishioners. His struggle is between his love as a
cosmic manifestation and the essence of Christianity, and his love for
the woman, his wrongs and his worldly prospects. When, at the moment
of the most hopeless desolation, he has prepared a suicide’s noose for
himself, the cry of a little child for “a bit o’ love,” and the brave
fight with his sorrow of a brother in affliction, recall him to the
world and his stronger self.
* * * * *
“This fourth volume of Mr Galsworthy’s plays is hardly up to the best
of his earlier dramatic work. Of the three plays which it contains,
‘The skin game’ is the most skilfully and convincingly written; but
even ‘The skin game’ leaves us comparatively cold.”
+ − =Ath= p733 Je 4 ’20 560w
“Written with the usual sincerity and dramatic intensity.”
+ =Booklist= 16:337 Jl ’20
“It is sufficient of the first two, ‘A bit o’ love’ and ‘The
foundations,’ to say that they are ‘good Galsworthy,’ which means that
they are more than readable and that they are beautifully constructed
and phrased. More must be said of ‘The skin game,’ the third play. It
is Galsworthy at his best.”
+ =Drama= 10:355 Jl ’20 280w
“Mr Galsworthy has written better plays than these, but if you care
for his plays at all you will find them worth reading.”
+ =Ind= 104:70 O 9 ’20 180w
“Of the new plays the first, A bit of love, is undeniably the
weakest.... The skin-game has a more timeless touch. It takes the
tragicomedy of all human conflict, localizes it narrowly, embodies it
with the utmost concreteness, and yet exhausts its whole significance.
Galsworthy has never derived a dramatic action from deeper sources in
the nature of man; he has never put forth a more far-reaching idea nor
shown it more adequately in terms of flesh and blood.” Ludwig Lewisohn
+ =Nation= 110:732 My 29 ’20 1100w
“To the reader who revolts against the rather sickly sentiment of the
first of them and who has smiled half-heartedly at the forced comedy,
in which the same sentiment still appears, in the second, the virility
and grasp of the third comes as a tonic.” S. C. C.
− + =New Repub= 24:172 O 13 ’20 760w
“These three plays will hardly add much to the fame of John
Galsworthy, although, on the other hand, enough skill and command of
character is evidenced to render them interesting additions to his
work.”
+ − =N Y Times= p15 S 19 ’20 700w
“‘A bit o’ love,’ ‘The foundations,’ and ‘The skin game’ display
ability of a high order. That fact is presumed in their authorship and
is verified in their perusal. But all three have an effect of
interlude or byplay; they are corollaries to earlier and weightier
dicta.” O. W. Firkins
+ − =Review= 3:396 O 27 ’20 1100w
“He has many gifts, many qualities—technical ability, imaginativeness,
sympathy, experience of life, ideas, ideals; but the one supreme,
essential gift—the ability to create living men and women working out
their destinies in the grip of fate—is not his. Mr Galsworthy, in
fact, remains the second-rate artist he always was.”
− + =Sat R= 129:590 Je 26 ’20 1050w
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p11a Jl 11 ’20 800w
“‘A bit o’ love’ is in Mr Galsworthy’s weaker vein. ‘The skin game’
possesses a greater number of powerful scenes of dramatic conflict
than Mr Galsworthy has ever put into a single play. ‘The foundations’
is an utter departure for Mr Galsworthy or any other English
playwright. Our stage is almost unfitted at present to handle such a
play, but the existence of the manuscript ought to do something
towards stimulating the development of a new producing method.”
+ =Theatre Arts Magazine= 4:348 O ’20 300w
=GALSWORTHY, JOHN.= Tatterdemalion. *$1.90 (3c) Scribner
20–5770
A collection of stories and sketches, some of them reprinted from
Scribner’s Magazine, the New Republic and the Atlantic Monthly. Among
the sketches that compose Part 1, Of war-time, are a number presenting
unfamiliar aspects of the war period. Two of these, The bright side
and “The dog it was that died,” are stories of Germans interned in
England. The other titles are: The grey angel; Defeat; Flotsam and
jetsam; “Cafard”; Recorded; The recruit; The peace meeting; In heaven
and earth; The mother stone; Poirot and Bidan; The muffled ship;
Heritage; ‘A green hill far away.’ Part 2, Of peace-time, contains
eight stories: Spindleberries; Expectations; Manna; A strange thing;
Two looks; Fairyland; The nightmare child; Buttercup-night.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 16:347 Jl ’20
+ =Ind= 104:70 O 9 ’20 180w
“On the side of art ‘Tatterdemalion’ illustrates the Galsworthian
qualities which are quite familiar by this time: a mellowness that
never degenerates into softness; a virile tenderness of tone; an
unobtrusive ease in the progression of the narrative; a diction which
is always adequate, often beautiful, but which will not or cannot
exploit all its own full resources of either beauty or strength
through some inflexibility of inner modulation. Some of the short
stories here are, with these definite qualities and their defects,
among the best of our time.”
+ =Nation= 110:522 Ap 17 ’20 750w
“In his earlier novels and tales there was a marked predominance of
the emotional quality over the intellectual. The two are here more
nearly in accord. With possibly one exception none of the impressions
is overwrought, or marred by sentimentality, or blurred by loud-voiced
passion. Mr Galsworthy’s restrained, softly modulated style, as of an
instrument with few overtones, wins its effect without recourse to
obvious eloquence or special pleading.” S. C. C.
+ =New Repub= 22:427 My 23 ’20 850w
“Unalike as these tales and sketches are in many ways, they resemble
one another in this—that always there is the intense feeling for
beauty. Among the artists in literature of the present day—and they
are not so few as some would like to imagine—those are rare who can
safely challenge comparison with the John Galsworthy of
‘Tatterdemalion.’” L. M. Field
+ =N Y Times= 25:139 Mr 28 ’20 1200w
“The contents of the volume are diverse in the extreme; yet the
keynote of the whole can be expressed in one word—beauty.”
+ =N Y Times= 25:191 Ap 18 ’20 100w
“The volume is an interesting and notable example of Mr Galsworthy’s
workmanship, typical of his clearness of vision and of his
fearlessness in telling the truth, notwithstanding the fact that the
winds of popular passion and taste blow in the opposite direction.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p13a Ap 25 ’20 500w
“There are pieces in this book which will probably drop out of his
collected works some decades hence. Yet we would willingly miss none
of them from the book before us. If circumstance has deprived some of
these tales and studies of the finest touch of craftsmanship which Mr
Galsworthy can give, the book as a whole is clear revelation of one of
the best and bravest minds of our time.”
+ − =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p186 Mr 18 ’20 480w
=GALWAY, CONOR.= Towards the dawn. *$2.50 Stokes
“The novel is, quite simply and frankly, propaganda for the cause of
Sinn Fein. Its heroine is a vigorous, eager, impulsive, large-hearted
young woman whom the reader first sees as a gawky, somewhat impish
slip of a girl in her first teens. She gets caught in a street fight
between Orangemen and Hibernians, brought on because some drummers of
the former refuse to give way to the band heading a procession of the
others; she is knocked down, trampled and has a narrow escape from
being killed. The first thing she says when she comes back to
consciousness is to declare solemnly that she hates both factions and
thereafter will be a Fenian. To this determination she holds with
enthusiasm, becoming a Sinn Feiner when that organization comes into
activity. At one time, moved by the desire to make a sacrifice, she
enters a convent with the intention of becoming a nun, but her desire
to take part in the active measures Sinn Fein is planning brings her
out again and into the ranks of that organization’s most ardent
protagonists.”—N Y Times
* * * * *
“Pleasantly written and containing some excellent character drawings,
‘Towards the dawn’ is likely to prove a distinct success.”
+ =Cath World= 112:264 N ’20 320w
“Would be interesting if the author’s viewpoint could be trusted to be
accurate and impartial. But it is quite evident that it is never
impartial and therefore only actual knowledge of conditions can say
whether or not it is accurate.”
+ − =N Y Times= p25 S 5 ’20 350w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
=Review= 3:422 N 3 ’20 160w
=GAMBIER, KENYON.= Girl on the hilltop. *$1.75 (2½c) Doran
20–10304
When Roger Lingard comes to England in 1914, it is to look up his
ancestry, for he is the descendant of the Lingard of St Dyfrigs’ Park,
who years before had eloped with Charity Turle, his cowman’s daughter,
and emigrated to America. The modern Roger finds Dorothy Lingard and
another Charity Turle interesting representatives of the family in the
present generation. Before he has revealed himself to them, the war
breaks out and he enlists. At the end of four years, he returns to his
ancestral acres, to find himself, by the death of the male line, their
owner. Then follows the interesting question, what shall become of the
female line. Roger offers himself to Dorothy, that thus she may not be
deprived of her birthright. But he finds himself superseded in her
affections by another and when he turns to the humbler Charity, he
finds a similar situation to exist. But the telegram which he sends to
the mysterious “girl on the hilltop” reads “The third time’s lucky!”
and so it proves to be.
* * * * *
+ =Booklist= 17:32 O ’20
“Mr Gambier has built up a very alluring story.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 18 ’20 260w
“An interesting picture of rural England in wartime and unusually
entertaining.”
+ =Cleveland= p83 S ’20 50w
“‘The girl on the hilltop’ has the virtue of being uncommon, but it is
not very satisfactory. The author’s method of story-telling may be
described as spasmodic; there is no ease in the course of his recital.
He jumps along in a fashion quite disconcerting to the reader and
insists on creating about certain of his characters an air of mystery
that is annoying rather than interesting.”
− + =N Y Times= 25:28 Jl 25 ’20 330w
“Incidentally the novel gives a realistic picture of the war
privations and provocations in remote English villages. The story is
built on unusual lines and its originality makes it decidedly
readable.”
+ =Outlook= 125:467 Jl 7 ’20 160w
=GAMBLE, WILLIAM.= Photography and its applications. il $1 Pitman 770
20–16270
The book is one of the Pitman’s common commodities and industries
series. It is not intended as a guide or text-book for those desiring
to practice the art of photography, but as a popular outline of the
subject for general information on “How it’s done.” Contents: The
discovery of photography; The camera and lens; Dark room and its
equipment; The sensitive plates: wet collodion process, and collodion
emulsion and dry plates; Making the exposure; Development and
after-treatment of the plate; Printing processes: carbon and other
methods; Enlarging, copying, and lantern-slide making; Colour
processes; Scientific applications of photography; Cinema-photography;
Photomechanical processes; Industrial applications of photography;
Photography in warfare; Illustrations and index.
=GANACHILLY, ALFRED.= Whispering dead. (Borzoi mystery stories) *$1.90
(3c) Knopf
20–8519
Some years before the war, according to this story, there was a fire
at the German embassy at Santiago, Chile, which completely destroyed
the building. In the ruins were found the charred remains of a human
body, and the mystery of the story is the identity of the man who so
perished. Beckert, the German chancellor, was thought to be the
unfortunate victim, but Rojas, the Chilean detective, has another
theory which takes him on a wild chase in the Andes, resulting in the
capture of the man who was responsible for the fire, and the murderer
of the unknown person who perished in it. Stress is laid on the
ruthlessness characteristic of the German nature even before the war.
* * * * *
“A well-told and well-constructed story.”
+ =Sat R= 128:422 N 1 ’19 80w
=Springf’d Republican= p11a S 12 ’20 180w
=GANZ, MARIE, and FERBER, NAT. JOSEPH.= Rebels; into anarchy—and out
again. il *$2 (3c) Dodd
20–219
Marie Ganz, daughter of a Hester street pushcart peddler, came from
Galicia to America in 1896, when she was five years old. After her
father’s death in 1899, she never knew what it was to have time to
play, tho she did not work the regular twelve-hour day in a sweatshop
until she was thirteen. She made friends among Russian socialists and
anarchists, joining the latter group, and preached war upon the
capitalists. She organized strikes, led mobs, got into prison and out
again, and finally broke her connection with the anarchist group. She
tells us: “I had learned much and changed much since that day when I
led the mob into the capitalist stronghold, and the old rancours were
gone forever.... My work is not over ... but, in the effort to help
the poor and downtrodden, it is to run in other lines hereafter.”
* * * * *
=Boston Transcript= p11 Mr 27 ’20 130w
“Although the apostasy of Marie Ganz furnished the occasion for her
book, it is the period of her rebellion that engages one’s interest
and gives the book its attraction.”
+ =Nation= 111:456 O 20 ’20 200w
“A vigorous and straightforward narrative.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Review= 2:231 Mr 6 ’20 460w
“Quite as authentic and interesting as other autobiographies of women
who have risen from the Ghetto of the New York East side, the book by
Miss Ganz, nevertheless, does not range with them; It is too much
concerned with only one aspect of life to paint either accurately or
convincingly the throbbing vitality and beauty of that most colorful
of American neighborhoods.” B. L.
+ − =Survey= 43:782 Mr 20 ’20 450w
=GARBORG, ARNE.= Lost father. $1.25 Stratford co.
20–13202
This is a prose poem interspersed with verse in the form of prayers by
a lost soul seeking an unknown god. Gunnar Haave had left his native
land in search of life. He has squandered it and at the end returns
home in search of the Father. His brother Paul has also thrown away
his life to become the servant of his Master, Christ. It is Paul who
finally succeeds in bringing the peace of the Father to Gunnar. An
autobiographical sketch precedes the story and the translation from
the Norse is by Mabel Johnson Leland.
=GARDNER, AUGUSTUS PEABODY.= Some letters of Augustus Peabody Gardner.
*$2 (8½c) Houghton
20–5738
The letters are preceded by a short sketch of Major Gardner’s career
by Mrs Gardner who has edited the collection. They are grouped under
the headings: The Spanish war; Congress and politics; War-time
activities; The army again. The volume contains four fine portraits of
Major Gardner at various stages of life.
* * * * *
“These letters are glowing with American idealism.”
+ =Cleveland= p77 Ag ’20 50w
=Springf’d Republican= p9a O 3 ’20 210w
=GARDNER, GILSON.= New Robinson Crusoe. *$1.25 (6c) Harcourt 330
20–13989
“A new version of his life and adventures with an explanatory note.”
(Sub-title) In this new version all of Robinson Crusoe’s reflections
are along economic lines. His first musings on “Why does man work?”
are answered by his own efforts to supply himself with shelter, food
and clothing. He soon discovers of how little avail his labors are
without the cooperation of his fellow-men. This is later supplied by a
colony of refugees on a neighboring island and with cooperation come
the needs of specialization and organization. As the story proceeds
all the features of a capitalistic society develop. Robinson becomes a
power, the chief exploiter and ruler of the realm in which there now
are rich and poor, exploiters and exploited. Then some of the younger
blood become wise to the fact that “a man may own what he produces,”
and no more. They lay in wait for him one dark night on the beach and
instead of drowning him outright mercifully ship him off to England.
* * * * *
=Boston Transcript= Jl 28 ’20 180w
=Freeman= 2:94 O 6 ’20 430w
=Nation= 111:456 O 20 ’20 480w
“The ‘New Robinson Crusoe’ is interesting as an economic tract.”
+ =Outlook= 126:202 S 29 ’20 160w
“Mr Gardner has made a distinctly novel contribution to the literature
of economics, but it will be an unhappy day for children when they are
given this primer of economics disguised as a story to read in place
of the good old fashioned tale of Robinson Crusoe.”
+ − =Springf’d Republican= p9a O 31 ’20 350w
=GAREY, ENOCH BARTON, and others.= American guide book to France and its
battlefields. il *$3.50 Macmillan 914.4
20–11006
Part I of this guide book is devoted to general considerations with
chapters on: Things to consider and to do before you sail; A special
chapter on passports; A few important points that should be understood
before arrival in France; Conditions that will confront you upon
landing; Paris and its life; Amusements, shopping, side trips, etc.