THE
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
[ANNUAL CUMULATION]
VOLUME III
BOOK REVIEWS OF 1907 IN ONE ALPHABET
DESCRIPTIVE NOTES WRITTEN BY
JUSTINA LEAVITT WILSON
DIGEST OF REVIEWS BY
CLARA ELIZABETH FANNING
MINNEAPOLIS
THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
1907
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
Y
Z
PREFACE
This volume is the third annual cumulation of the Book Review
Digest. It includes principally the books of 1907 that have been
reviewed by the best book critics in England and America. It aims first
to record with unprejudiced exactness the scope, character and subject
content of books as they appear, and further, to supplement this
descriptive information from month to month with excerpts culled from
the best current reviews appearing in forty-seven English and American
magazines which give prominence to book criticism, thus furnishing to
the librarian a basis for the valuation of books. Frequently the best
reviews of a book appear during the year following its publication, so
in this volume will be found supplementary excerpts relating to books
which were entered in the 1906 annual. It will be observed that a number
of entries include only the descriptive note. Reviews for these books
have not yet appeared; 1908 will furnish the material for appraisal, and
excerpts will be included in current numbers of the digest as fast as
reviews are published.
In sending out this annual the publishers wish to emphasize the
coöperative phase of the undertaking. From three to six people have been
engaged during 1907 in the work of preparing descriptive notes to
approximately 2,800 books, and clipping from 1,000 copies of magazines
sentences most helpful for book selection. This card-index information
furnished to libraries for five dollars per year would cost them many
hundred times this sum should they do it themselves. For the time thus
given to a valuable and indispensable part of library work the
publishers look for an equivalent in the support of libraries all over
the country. The justice of the statement “Time is Money” is
commensurate with its economic terseness.
Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made
Acad.—Academy. $4. 20 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, London.
Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review. $4. Macmillan Company. 66
Fifth Ave., New York.
Am. J. Soc.—American Journal of Sociology. $2. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, Ill.
Am. J. Theol.—American Journal of Theology. $3. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, Ill.
A. L. A. Bkl.—A. L. A. Booklist. $1. A. L. A. Publishing Board, 34
Newbury St., Boston.
Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science. $6. 36th and Woodland Ave., Philadelphia.
Arena.—Arena. $2.50. Albert Brandt, Princeton Avenue, Trenton, N. J.
Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $4. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, Ill.
Ath.—Athenæum. $4.25. Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London.
Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St.,
Boston, Mass.
Bib. World.—Biblical World. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Bookm.—Bookman. $2.50. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave, N. Y.
Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. $5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Cath. World.—Catholic World. $3. 120–122 W. 60th St., New York.
Critic—Merged into Putnam’s on October 1, 1906.
Dial.—Dial. $2 Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia
University, N. Y.
El. School T.—Elementary School Teacher. $1.50. University of Chicago
Press. Chicago.
Engin. N.—Engineering News. $5. 220 Broadway, New York.
Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review. $6. Longmans, Green, and Co.,
39 Paternoster Row London, E. C.
Forum.—Forum. $2. Forum Publishing Co., 45 East 42d Street. New York.
Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. $3. Williams & Norgate, London.
Ind.—Independent. $2. 130 Fulton St., N. Y.
Int. J. Ethics.—International Journal of Ethics. $2.50. 1415 Locust
St., Philadelphia.
Int. Studio.—International Studio. $5. John Lane, 110–114 West 32d
Street, New York.
J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
J. Philos.—Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods.
$3. Science Press, Lancaster, Pa.
J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. $3. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, Ill.
Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. 44–60 East 23d Street, New York.
Lond. Times.—London Times (literary supplement to weekly edition),
London, England.
Mod. Philol.—Modern Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press.
Chicago, Ill.
Nation.—Nation. $3. P O Box 794, New York.
Nature.—Nature. $6. 66 Fifth Ave., New York.
N. Y. Times.—New York Times Saturday Review, New York.
No. Am.—North American Review. $4. North American Review Pub. Co.,
Franklin Sq., New York.
Outlook.—Outlook. $3. Outlook Co., 287 4th Ave., New York.
Philos. R.—Philosophical Review. $3. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Phys. R.—Physical Review. $5. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $3. Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon
St., Boston.
Psychol. Bull.—Psychological Bulletin. $2. 41 North Queen St.,
Lancaster, Pa.
Putnam’s—Putnam’s Monthly and the Critic. $3. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 27 &
29 W. 23rd St., New York.
R. of Rs.—Review of Reviews. $3. Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place,
New York.
Sat. R.—Saturday Review. $7.50. 33 Southampton St. Strand, London.
School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago,
Ill.
Science, n.s.—Science (new series). $5. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Spec.—Spectator. $7.50. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London.
Yale R.—Yale Review. $3. New Haven. Conn.
OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:
Abbreviations of Publishers’ Names will be found in the Publishers’
Directory at the end of The Cumulative Book Index.
An Asterisk (*) before the price indicates those books sold at a
limited discount and commonly known as net books. Books subject to
the rules of the American Publishers’ Association are marked by a
double asterisk (**) when the bookseller is required to maintain
the list price; by a dagger (†) when the maximum discount is fixed
at 20 and 10 per cent, as is allowable in the case of fiction.
The plus and minus signs preceding the names of the magazines
indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the entire review.
In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the
volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.
Books noticed for the first time this month have an asterisk (*)
immediately below the author’s name in entry heading.
A Maltese Cross (✠) indicates that the A. L. A. Booklist suggests
the books for first purchase. The letter S indicates that the same
publication recommends the book for small libraries.
* * * * *
The publications, named above, undoubtedly represent the leading
reviews of the English-speaking world. Few libraries are able to
subscribe for all and the smaller libraries are supplied with
comparatively few of the periodicals from which the digests are to be
culled. For this reason the digest will be of greater value to the small
libraries, since it places at their disposal, in most convenient form, a
vast amount of valuable information about books, which would not
otherwise be available.
We shall endeavor to make the descriptive notes so
comprehensive, and the digests so full and accurate, that librarians who
do not have access to the reviews themselves, will be able to arrive at
substantially correct appreciations of the value of the books reviewed.
This is particularly true in regard to the English periodicals,
which are practically out of the reach of the ordinary library, we shall
endeavor to make the digest of these reviews so complete that there will
be little occasion to refer to the original publications.
Book Review Digest
Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature
Digests of Reviews appearing in January-December 1907 magazines
A
=Aanrud, Hans.= Lisbeth Longfrock; trans. from the Norwegian by Laura E.
Poulsson. *65c. Ginn.
7–21362.
Norwegian farm life is pictured with quaint detail in this story of
Lisbeth, the little peasant who came to Hoel farm as its herd girl and
by faithful service won the proud position of head milk maid.
* * * * *
“Gives the best picture we have of Norwegian farm life.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07. ✠
“A very neat translation of a very pretty little Norwegian story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 180w.
“A simple and delightful story.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 60w.
=Abailard, Pierre.= Abelard and Heloise: the love letters: a poetical
rendering, by Ella C. Bennett. **$1.50. Elder.
7–30637.
True only to the sentiment “upon which thread this rosary of love
letters has been strung” the author has rendered the letters of
Abelard and Heloise in rhyme.
* * * * *
“A sympathetic setting forth in English verse, of the letters of these
historic lovers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
=Abbot, Francis Ellingwood.= Syllogistic philosophy or prolegomena to
science. 2v. **$5. Little.
6–29755.
A posthumous work that represents a life time of study. “The
determining principle of the whole structure is that ‘whatever is
evolved as consequent must be involved as antecedent.’ The outcome of
this ‘principle of absolute logic’ is that personality, in the
philosophic sense of the word, is ‘both the source and outcome of all
that is,’ and that philosophy at last becomes ‘theology modernized as
scientific realism and scientific theism.’” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“We confess that we have found in his work little to clarify the
problems of philosophy and nothing besides the author’s own
earnestness and enthusiasm which we can call uplifting. In no way does
the book appear to us to be a prolegomena to science or an important
contribution to philosophy.”
− =Nation.= 84: 180. F. 21, ’07. 530w.
“The novel terminology once mastered, the new method becomes
interesting.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 683. N. 17, ’06. 390w.
“They are erudite and earnest, but dogmatic and ineffective. We do not
question the earnestness and sincerity which have produced these two
volumes, but we do question whether the absolute unit-universal will
save his philosophical children from their sins through the message of
the syllogistic philosophy.” R. B. C. Johnson.
− + =Philos. R.= 16: 447. Jl. ’07. 1300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Well equipped with wide and careful reading as Dr. Abbot evidently
was, he seems to have fallen upon an arid formalism which forces him
to serve up afresh, and with reiterated emphasis, many of the
contingent features peculiar to idealistic absolutism in the
nineteenth century.”
+ − =Science=, n.s. 25: 854. My. 31, ’07 1550w.
=Abbott, David Phelps.= Behind the scenes with the mediums. *$1.50. Open
ct.
7–27622.
From the point of view of the worker of magic, Mr. Abbott, who is not
a medium, reveals all the tricks of the séance. “The ardent believers
whose faith no number of exposures can disturb, the skeptics whom no
sort of séance has been able to convince, and the scientific
investigators toward whom the author is a bit contemptuous, will all
find in its pages matter in plenty either interesting or irritating.”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“All those who have a kind of shamefaced desire to know just what
spiritualists do and how they do it will be entertained by his
exposures. Even those who go full of faith to consult palmists,
clairvoyants, fortune-tellers, and other modern sorcerers, will find
him interesting.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 212. S. 5, ’07. 840w.
“There will be racy reading for a good many different kinds of people
in Mr. Abbott’s leisurely turning inside out of mediumistic tricks.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 551. S. 14, ’07. 1110w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 40w.
=Abbott, Rev. Edwin A.= Apologia: an explanation and defense. *$1.
Macmillan.
7–25561.
“In reply to friendly dissentients from his views, especially as
expressed in his previous book, ‘Silanus the Christian,’ the author
publishes this ‘explanation and defense’ of them as an introduction to
two volumes of a technical and critical character to appear presently.
His view of the Biblical miracles is ‘that some are literally true,
but in accordance with what are called laws of nature; others are not
literally true, but are metaphorical or poetical traditions
erroneously taken as literal; others are visions that have been
erroneously taken as non-visionary facts.’”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“It may be pointed out that Dr. Abbott’s reason for calling Christ
supernatural has nothing to do with the evidence furnished in the New
Testament and it is therefore not easy to see why there should be such
a waste of interpretation as there is in his books.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 363. S. 28. 640w.
=Outlook.= 87: 312. O. 12, ’07. 130w.
=Abbott, Rev. Edwin A.= Silanus the Christian. *$2.60. Macmillan.
7–25561.
Dr. Abbott addresses himself to readers who are not ready to accept
the miraculous element in the New Testament and who at the same time
do not reject the doctrine of Christ’s divinity. He shows that the
belief is not rendered impossible by the disbelief. The book is in the
form of an autobiography of an educated Roman. “The gist of its
teaching—and it is solely intended to teach—is summed up in the words
of Clemens. It has been said, he tells Silanus, that the religion of
the Christians is a person—and nothing more. ‘I should prefer to say
the same thing differently. Our religion in a person—and nothing
less.’” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Dr. Abbott’s writing is itself interesting on account of the literary
skill with which he presents innumerable points of exposition and
criticism, and on account, too, of the beauty and strength of many of
its passages.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 766. D. 15. 1040w.
“While the book aims to be popular, the author’s wide knowledge and
competent scholarship lift his efforts entirely above the level of the
usual endeavor to teach Biblical and Christian history by means of
fiction.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 575. S. 5, ’07. 210w.
“The book is interesting; it is ably written; it is in parts striking;
and yet one feels that somehow it misses effect as a whole. And we
think that the reason is obvious. Dr. Abbott in writing it had two
diverse ends in view and each interfered with the other.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 25. Ja. 25, ’07. 740w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 180. F. 21, ’07. 560w.
=Outlook.= 84: 633. N. 10, ’06. 180w.
“It would be unfair to lay stress upon the weaknesses of a really
impressive book, and after all they are only prominent in one part of
its argument where the writer has been carried away by his own pet
theories.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 24. Ja. 5, ’07. 530w.
“As to whether he has succeeded or failed in his religious purpose his
readers will no doubt form diametrically opposite conclusions. We
think, however that those who are most convinced of his theologic
failure will not deny him a literary success. He has written a deeply
interesting theological book in the form of a story.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 569. O. 20, ’06. 2110w.
* =Abbott, Katharine M.= Old paths and legends of the New England
border: Connecticut, Deerfield, and Berkshire. **$3.50. Putnam.
In Miss Abbott’s rambles one may live over again the delights of many
of New England’s quaint byways. “She has caught the spirit of New
England, and introduces incidentally curious and charming
out-of-the-way places, historic spots, Indian legends and New England
folklore.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“She has traced it all with a literary skill which is above the
average, and has succeeded in charging her text with animation and
entertainment without the loss or historical accuracy.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1178. N. 14, ’07. 140w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 150w.
=Abbott, Lyman.= Christ’s secret of happiness. **75c. Crowell.
7–10562.
Eleven essays are included here whose keynote is sounded in the first,
“Three kinds of happiness.” “There are three kinds of happiness,” says
Dr. Abbott, “pleasure, joy, blessedness. Pleasure is the happiness of
the animal nature; joy, of the social nature; blessedness, of the
spiritual nature. Pleasure we share with the animals, joy with one
another, blessedness with God.”
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 60w.
=Abbott, Lyman, ed.= Parables. $2.50. Appleton.
7–31966.
A very illuminating introduction shows that Jesus resorted to the
parable to allay the wrath which his plain truth-teaching had stirred
up against him. “He veiled the truth which unveiled had been rejected
with such wrath, and he did so that they might listen to him without
perceiving the truth to which they would refuse to listen if they did
perceive it.” The scriptural version of the parables follows, with a
well-executed illustration here and there suggesting the modern
prodigal, the modern foolish virgin and the present-day house builded
upon the sand, etc.
=Abendschein, Albert.= Secret of the old masters. **$1. Appleton.
6–40200.
How did the old masters produce their results? How have these results
defied time and atmospheric changes? Twenty-five years of study have
been devoted to these questions by the author and “he has proved to
his own, and we may say, to our satisfaction, that the great Venetians
and Flemings used no mysterious varnishes whatever, their vehicle
being plain linseed oil, and their reliance for permanence and
brilliancy being plenty of time for drying between successive
paintings and upon prolonged exposure to direct sunlight to burn out
the excess of oil.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Few serious workers in oils, though they omit the book, will fail in
the next year or so of coming upon the track of his researches.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 56. D. ’06. 400w.
+ − =Nation.= 84: 43. Ja. 10, ’07. 660w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 837. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 110w.
=Abhedananda, Swami.= India and her people. $1.25. Vedanta.
6–24887.
A book which aims to “give an impartial account of the facts from the
stand point of an unbiased historian, and to remove all
misunderstandings which prevail among the Americans concerning India
and her people.” It sets forth for popular reading phases of Vedanta
philosophy. “In this system the people of India, according to the
author, find the ultimate truths of all sciences, philosophies, and
religions. There are instructive chapters upon the religion of
present-day India, the social status and the system of caste,
political institutions, education, the influence of Western
civilization, and woman’s place in Hindu religion.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“This compact little volume, written in an attractive style, and
dealing with the life, philosophy and religion of India should prove a
useful addition to the literature of a fascinating and as yet largely
unknown subject.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 140w.
“From the historical point of view, which is assumed by the Swami, it
is to be regretted that the author has not made himself better
acquainted with chronology.”
− =Nation.= 84: 40. Ja. 10, ’07. 920w.
=Acton, Sir John.= Lectures on modern history; ed. with an introd. by J:
N. Figgis, and Reginald Vere Laurence. *$3.25. Macmillan.
7–2153.
“In the present volume we find Acton’s inaugural lecture as Professor,
his scheme for ‘The Cambridge modern history,’ and nineteen of his
lectures, covering in giant strides the ages of the Renaissance, the
Reformation, the Counter-Reformation. the wars of religion, the rise
of political parties, the creation of the Prussian and the Russian
powers, and the American revolution.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“Finest and best of all is the noble and ennobling fairness in his
treatment of all men and all ages.” G. S. F.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 621. Ap. ’07. 980w.
“Great lectures as they are, they still are lectures only—knowledge
cut up into sections to last forty-five minutes.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 359. S. 29. 1990w.
“The highest form of art in historical writing is that which narrates
events without specifying directly the ideals it is sought to convey,
and yet does emphatically convey such ideals to the reader. Of this
form, Lord Acton’s lectures are excellent illustrations; while that on
Luther may well stand as an almost perfect example.” E. D. Adams.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 222. Ap. 1, ’07. 580w.
Reviewed by P. F. Willert.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 164. Ja. ’07. 1200w.
“Are at once satisfactory and disappointing.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 325. S. 28, ’06. 1130w.
“The result is, on the whole, disappointing. To begin with, notes for
lectures generally make poor books, and it is so in this case. Again,
the subject is too large for the space in which it is treated, and
suffers from overcompression.”
− + =Nation.= 83: 397. N. 8, ’06. 990w.
“It is, in fact, a primer of history. Every sentence carries with it
the conviction of truth, and every page creates an impulse to delve
deeper into the subject-matter.” Henry James Forman.
+ + =No. Am.= 184: 306. F. 1, ’07. 790w.
“In the main there can be little question of the soundness of his
views, the correctness of his attitude. And, what is not unimportant,
the lectures show that, ‘scientific’ historian though he was, he was
keenly alive to the human element in history.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 45. Ja. 5, ’07. 640w.
“Those who love the beauty of line, and the mysterious effect of
chiaroscuro will enjoy these works to the utmost, and recognize them
as masterpieces of the graphic arts.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 760. D. ’07. 170w.
“His judgment is always rational and his conclusions invariably just.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 205. F. 16, ’07. 1480w.
=Acton, Sir John.= Lord Acton and his circle; ed. by Abbot [Francis
Aidan] Gasquet. *$4.50. Longmans.
6–42915.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by E. D. Adams.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 221. Ap. 1, ’07. 1080w.
“The book is not very accurately printed; some sentences are made
unintelligible by errors of punctuation, and a large number of proper
names are misspelt.”
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 410. Ap. ’07. 650w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 272. Ja. 31, ’07. 620w.
“Rather unfortunate introduction.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 325. S. 28, ’06. 1140w.
=Adams, Andy.= Reed Anthony, cowman. †$1.50. Houghton.
7–16751.
Autobiographical in form, this book follows in a matter-of-fact way
“the career of a young man, who, after serving his four years in the
Confederate army, made his way from his native Virginia to Texas,
there to become foreman of the ‘cattle drives,’ and so by degrees
ranchman and owner of many acres and many herds.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The account of the cowman’s worldly success is, let us admit, by no
means free from exaggeration, but the book gives the best picture of
the life of the times of any we know, and we heartily recommend it.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 732. Jl. 27, ’07. 270w.
“This ingenuous bit of biography, like the author’s earlier books,
will be read not because it is so well done but because it pictures a
passing phase of American life.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 175. O. ’07.
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 790. Je. 29. 240w.
“In reading these pages, which bear the stamp of downright honesty,
the reader feels that he is in contact with the actual history of an
important formative period of national industry—a period which, tho
outside of the beaten track of history, is not without significance.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 25. Jl. 6, ’07. 230w.
“The pleasant thing about the narrative is its ingenuousness.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 400w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 250w.
“In spite of the sameness due to the likeness of one year of the
cattle business to any other year, the book is interesting with the
interest which belongs somehow and anyhow to all that is genuine.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 315. My. 18, ’07. 820w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 375. Je. 15, ’07. 60w.
=Adams, Charles Francis, jr.= Three Phi beta kappa addresses. **$1.
Houghton.
7–17400.
Including A college fetich, 1883; Shall Cromwell have a statue? 1902;
Some modern college tendencies, 1906. In these addresses Mr. Adams
arraigns many of the weaknesses of the present-day college régime. The
license of electives leads to the “way of least resistance:” college
athletics are but the “overgrowth of the superficiality which rules
the curricula,” etc. He offers helpful reform suggestions on the
limitation of the number of subjects pursued, on the moral training of
the student, and on the breaking down of our large colleges into
smaller units.
* * * * *
“While they can hardly be said to make a book of history at the
present time, they will certainly be regarded by the future historian
of education in the nineteenth century as an important part of his
source-material.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 192. O. ’07. 170w.
=Dial.= 42: 319. My. 16, ’07. 100w.
Reviewed by Wm. E. Dodd.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 362. Je. 8, ’07. 1060w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 229. N. ’07. 470w.
=Adams, Henry.= Cassell’s engineers’ handbook; comprising facts and
formulae, principles and practice in all branches of engineering. $2.50.
McKay.
“Not a mere formula book nor an ordinary student’s text-book, but
rather an _aide memoire_ for those who have passed through their
elementary training, and are now in practice.”
=Adams, I. William.= Shibusawa; or, The passing of old Japan; il. by E.
Dalton Stevens. †$1.50. Putnam.
6–41721.
“The period selected is the early part of the last century, and the
plot revolves about the struggle between the Shogun and the Mikado,
ending with the victory and restoration of the latter. Shibusawa, a
true Japanese warrior, son of a daimio, fought well both in war and
love, and in the end won honors and the maiden of his
choice.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The story, while for the most part descriptive, with little dialog
and only ordinary fancy, lacks snap and fire, while perhaps a good
general picture of old Japan.”
+ − =Ind.= 61: 1493. D. 20, ’06. 70w.
“For the most part the people and their actions seem to belong quite
in their Japanese frame.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 144. Mr. 9, ’07. 380w.
“The style of the book is somewhat too serious and prolix for a
successful artistic effect.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 680. N. 17, ’06. 90w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 122. Ja. ’07. 20w.
=Adams, Rev. John.= Sermons in accents: studies in the Hebrew text: a
book for preachers and students. *$1.80. Scribner.
“An attempt to make Hebrew accentuation interesting and helpful to the
average preacher and Bible student, for whom Wickes’ treatises are too
elaborate and wearisome.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“As an introductory manual preparatory to the use of a more thorough
and complete treatment the work may be recommended to the student
beginning his studies.”
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 65. F. 2, ’07. 110w.
=Adams, John Coleman.= Honorable youth. *75c. Universalist pub.
6–45015.
A manual of instruction on life success, how to conceive it, and how
to attain it.
* =Adams, Joseph Henry.= Harper’s electricity book for boys. $1.75.
Harper.
7–37737.
A practical, thorogoing, working knowledge of electricity can be
obtained from this handbook for boys. “It tells how to make cells and
batteries, switches and insulators, armatures, motors and coils. It
shows how easily experiments may be made with home-made appliances at
small cost. Every-day uses of electricity are explained so that boys
will understand and at the same time be stimulated to put forth their
own skill and ingenuity.” Numerous cuts of apparatus are given.
=Adams, Joseph Henry.= Harper’s outdoor book for boys; with
contributions by Kirk Munroe, Tappan Adney, Capt. Howard Patterson,
Leroy Milton Yale and others. $1.75. Harper.
7–21249.
Instructive, above all things practical, this book is based upon
experience, whose aim is to show boys how to do accurately all manner
of out-of-door things within their powers. Beginning with the
backyard, detailed information is given for such contrivances as pet
shelters, windmills, aërial toys; going farther afield the interest
centers in coasters, skees, kites, fishing tackle, etc.; then come
boat building and boat management; while the fourth part of the book
is devoted to camps and camping, tree-huts, brush-houses, etc.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07. ✠
“We have seen no book of the kind so thoroughly practical and so well
adapted to its aims as this.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 100. Ag. 1, ’07. 280w.
“No book better suited to develop ingenuity and mechanical ability.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 305. My. 11, ’07. 120w.
“It is a reference book that is worth while to have on hand.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 120w.
=Adams, Oscar Fay.= Sicut patribus, and other verse. $1.60. Oscar F.
Adams, The Hermitage, Willow st., Bost.
6–7734.
“The title selection is an ode read at the annual meeting of the Tufts
chapter of Phi beta kappa in 1902. It is an arraignment of American
‘imperialism,’ touched with that saeva indignatio which has stirred
William Vaughn Moody, the late John W. Chadwick, and others of our
poets in approaching the same theme. The cathedral poems, filled with
the atmosphere of English closes, and reinforced by Mr. Adams’s
architectural studies, seem of the entire sheaf to be most truly
characteristic.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Book of sincere and thoughtful verso.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 253. Ap. 16, ’07. 460w.
“A collection of correct, derivative pieces in many modes.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 130w.
“Throughout the book, indeed, technical variety and facility are to be
noted, and if there be few striking lines, there are a certain
reflective grace and fine traditions of men and literature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 335. My. 26, ’06. 280w.
=Adams, Samuel.= Writings of Samuel Adams, ed. by H. A. Cushing. 4v.
*$5. Putnam.
4–18620.
=v. 2.= “The second volume ... covers the years 1770 to 1773.... The
volume contains ninety-two pieces in all; of these forty-one are
newspaper articles, twenty are reports or memorials prepared in
committee, and thirty-one are private letters.”—Nation.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 2.)
“His private letters, of which Mr. Cushing has made a goodly
collection are more illuminative of his character than his public
papers. Mr. Cushing shows great industry in locating his material, but
is much too sparing in his notes, leaving too many references
unexplained. There are errors of dates and names, and a wrong
committee of Congress is given in the note to p. 336.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 349. O. 17, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Like its predecessors, is a valuable addition to the documentary
study of the revolutionary period.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 498. N. 2, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 3.)
“By thus carefully collecting and editing these writings, Dr. Cushing
has rendered a distinct and meritorious service to American history.”
Herbert L. Osgood.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 143. Mr. ’07. 1110w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
=Addams, Jane.= Newer ideals of peace. (Citizens’ lib.) *$1.25.
Macmillan.
7–4377.
For the dogmatic, even sentimental peace-notions bruited about the
world by ardent advocates, Miss Addams substitutes the newer dynamic
peace embodying the later humanism, whose meaning is implied in such
words as “overcoming” “substituting,” “re-creating,” “readjusting
moral values” and “forming new centers of spiritual energy.” She
offers the moral substitutes for war that are an outgrowth of a
definite national background.
* * * * *
“I think in logical organization this book suffers more than her
earlier writing. On the other hand, perhaps, nowhere can one find the
social point of view, which we must assume, presented with so much
inherent necessity as here.” George Herbert Mead.
+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 121. Jl. ’07. 3300w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.
“The present book shows the same fresh virile thought, and the happy
expression which has characterized her work.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 409. Mr. ’07. 310w.
“This is a very suggestive book. Its one weakness is that, though it
does not quite neglect the ethical and spiritual standards of life, it
allows them to be overshadowed by the economic and the merely
utilitarian.”
+ + − =Cath. World.= 85: 677. Ag. ’07. 960w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 417. Ap. ’07. 1080w.
“As an immediate and effective solution of the main problem indicated
by its title, this treatise may well prove less successful than as a
manual of instruction in methods of mutual service and a plea for
mutual sympathy and good-will.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 246. Ap. 16, ’07. 1530w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 855. Ap. 11, ’07. 280w.
=Lit. D.= 84: 433. Mr. 16, ’07. 370w.
“Miss Addams’s observations are so acute, and her criticisms often so
well aimed, that her book is worth reading. We cannot but wish,
however, that she had ploughed a little deeper, and shown us more
clearly how the evils on which she dwells are to be removed.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 720w.
“It is the expression of an exceptional citizen on subjects that
concern everybody. Whatever may prove to be its concern for the
student of literature, it should be tolerantly read by the student of
affairs, for whom it was written.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ + =No. Am.= 184: 763. Ap. 5, ’07. 1490w.
“‘Newer ideals of peace’ is not a felicitous title for Jane Addams’s
interesting and suggestive volume. It is imperfect because she has
studied only one phase of our national life, and, in American
fashion ... she draws too large generalizations from her too
specialized observations.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 720. Mr. 23, ’07. 300w.
“On the whole, Miss Addams has given us a presentation of the peace
argument from a wholly new point of view.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 381. Mr. ’07. 220w.
=Addis, Rev. William E.= Hebrew religion to the establishment of Judaism
under Ezra. *$1.50. Putnam.
7–2577.
A non-technical study of Israel’s religion from the earliest times to
the middle of the fifth century B. C. “The sections which treat of the
primitive forms of Semitic religion and the early Jahveh worship are
of special excellence.” (Nation.) The volume includes a chronological
table of Jewish history.
* * * * *
“Well suited to the needs of the nonspecialist reader for whom it is
intended.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 351. N. ’06. 30w.
“His discussion is marked by the precision that his volumes on the
Hexateuch would lead us to expect. While exception may be taken to a
few points, they leave the essential value of Mr. Addis’s volume
unimpaired.” Crawford H. Toy.
+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 702. Ap. ’07. 1400w.
“On the whole, Professor Addis keeps well within the safe ground of
established fact, with caution to the reader when opinion is
uncertain. His graphic style and ability to render a situation clear
in a few words make his essay suitable for popular or general use.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 289. O. 4, ’06. 400w.
“We fear we cannot follow him ... in some of his critical assumptions;
but yet we can recommend his book.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 650. N. 24, ’06. 260w.
=Addison, Julia De Wolf.= Art of the Dresden gallery. (Art galleries of
Europe ser.) *$2. Page.
6–42448.
This sixth volume in “The art galleries of Europe” is Miss Addison’s
third contribution to the series. “In the plan it is similar to its
predecessors; it consists of notes and observations upon a large
number of the finest paintings, both ancient and modern, in the royal
collection at Dresden, arranged in schools or grouping together the
works of one or two great masters.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“From beginning to end there is no evidence of any personal knowledge
or understanding of the art of painting, there is no lucid explanation
of its virtues, no independent analysis of the peculiar charms and
merits of a master.”
− =Acad.= 72: 396. Ap. 20, ’07. 730w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 37. F. ’07.
“The text furnishes as much detail as the ordinary traveller will care
for, and he will find it of a more manageable and useful sort than
that offered by most guides and catalogues.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 459. D. 16, ’06. 260w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
“One might spend half a life-time with catalogues and yet gather less
real knowledge than may be pleasantly acquired by a perusal of this
book, every essential fact of which is dressed out with episode,
anecdote, and pertinent criticism.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 69. F. 2, ’07. 590w.
“In the present handy volume the American authoress exhibits the
instincts, knowledge and merits of style that characterised her former
works.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 460. O. 5, ’07. 870w.
=Ade, George.= In pastures new. †$1.25. McClure.
6–38894.
Mr. Ade’s “pastures new” are chiefly in London and Egypt. He
characterizes humorously without his usual slang. “The foibles and
follies of tourists, the humbug and charlatanry of those who live off
them, the fact that foreign travel has its tiresome side as well as
its joys—all these and other phases of ‘being abroad’ are dealt with
in an amusing way.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.
“The harmless fun Mr. Ade is capable of producing has been put into it
in good measure—wholesome, human, natural fun.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, 06. 50w.
“Shorn of its glamour of slang, Mr. Ade’s humor turns out to be of
thinner substance than we had supposed.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 150w.
“We get here fun of the real Ade flavor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 894. D. 22, ’06. 250w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
“The secret of American humour is perhaps to exaggerate and travesty
realities with a serious countenance. When this is well done it is
amusing: and Mr. Peasley does it well.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 624. My. 18, ’07. 190w.
=Ade, George.= Slim princess. †$1.25. Bobbs.
7–17384.
The slim Princess Kalora of Morovenia is the despair of her father and
fat younger sister because there is a Turkish law which reads that the
elder must marry first and there is a Turkish preference for fat
wives. Kolora is not only slim but spirited and she merrily takes her
destiny into her own hands and, assisted by a kindly Fate, succeeds in
marrying a venturesome young Pittsburgh millionaire. The story is
breezy, clever and full of cheerful irony.
* * * * *
“Is one of the brightest phantasies of the season.”
+ =Arena.= 38: 216. Ag. ’07. 250w.
“Was in his best comic opera mood when he wrote ‘The slim princess.’”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 320. My. 18, ’07. 220w.
“A highly amusing bit of grotesquery.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 80w.
Adventures of Uncle Sam’s sailors by R. E. Peary, A. V. Wadhams, Molly
Elliot Seawell, Franklin Matthews, Kirk Munroe and others. (Harper’s
adventure ser.) †60c. Harper.
7–24286.
A group of spirited sea stories that shift scene from the Arctic
circle to the tropics and from China to Hatteras and the West Indies.
The stories mingle wholesome excitement, fascinating fact and
entertaining fiction and lend an undertone of courage and endurance.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07.
Adventures of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, by General C: King, J: Habberton,
Capt. C: A. Curtis, Lieut. C: D. Rhodes, and others. (Harper’s adventure
ser.) †60c. Harper.
7–26959.
How the soldiers of the west cleared the way for civilization, how
women and children as well bore their full share of frontier burdens
may be seen reflected in these tales of “picturesque incident and
thrilling experiences” which while they are usually fiction are based
upon some incident or actual occurrence. While the volume aims only to
be a side-light upon history, it is thoroly suggestive for students
who wish to look into records of the regular soldiers.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07.
* =Ady, Cecilia M.= Milan, the house of Sforza. (Historic states of
Italy.) **$3.50. Putnam.
“Not only is the political life of the time of Francesco I. of Milan
and the five other dukes of his house who ruled over Milan dealt with,
but also the social and commercial impulses of the people, as well as
the art and literature of the state. This volume will be followed
shortly by ‘Milan: the house of Visconti,’ ‘Naples: the house of
Anjou,’ and others on the different Italian states.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 70w.
“She is to be congratulated on giving agreeable proof of hereditary
talent by her accomplishment of a sufficiently difficult piece of
work.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 752. N. 16, ’07. 580w.
=Ady, Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Henry Ady).= Early work of Raphael. 75c.
Dutton.
“It gives in readable form the facts of Raphael’s life and career, up
to the year 1508, as they are received by the Moreilian school of
criticism. Much more than that it hardly pretends to give, and for any
detailed appreciation of the artistic qualities of Raphael one must
look elsewhere.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 84: 115. Ja. 31, ’07. 110w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 35. Ja. 19, ’07. 440w.
=Ady, Julia Cartwright.= Madame: a life of Henrietta, daughter of
Charles I. and Duchess of Orleans. *$2.50. Dutton.
The twenty-six years of the Duchess of Orleans are here sketched with
sympathy and insight. The courts of Charles II and Louis XIV,
respectively brother and brother-in-law of the unhappy duchess “are
here brought before the reader with vivid reality as no romance could
reveal them. The characters of the two monarchs, of Madame, and of
most of the notables of their time, have fresh light thrown on them by
letters preserved in the French ‘Archives du ministères des affaires
étrangères’ and documents from state papers on French affairs in the
British record office, many of them here published for the first
time.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Her work may be recommended to the seeker after diversion and to the
historical student alike. Mrs. Ady’s mania for idealizing, while
attractive no doubt to many lovers of the beautiful, has the fault of
obscurantism.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 144. Ag. 15, ’07. 1440w.
“It would be difficult to find a biography less illuminating than this
life of the spouse of Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 240w.
“When the presentation of fact can be made so absorbingly interesting
as Mrs. Ady convincingly proves possible in this volume of memoirs,
one is tempted to wonder that the demand for fiction exists.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 744. Ag. 3, ’07. 190w.
=Aegidius, Assisiensis.= Golden sayings of the Blessed Brother Giles of
Assisi; newly tr. and ed., together with a sketch of his life by the
Rev. Fr. Paschal Robinson. *$1. Dolphin press. Phil.
6–46746.
“One of the earliest and closest companions of St. Francis of
Assisi ... was Brother Aegidius, better known to English readers by
his Anglicized name, Giles.... The present volume treasures his
‘Golden sayings’ held in high esteem by the Roman Catholic church, and
introduces them by a brief sketch of his life.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 449. Ja. ’07. 50w.
“The ‘Golden sayings’ themselves are of historical value as
illustrating the spiritual side of early Franciscan teaching, an
aspect hitherto inadequately recognized; and historians will
appreciate especially the editor’s scholarly introduction.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 920. Jl. ’07. 270w.
“In the editing and translating of the ‘Sayings,’ Father Paschal
displays the erudition and the grasp of historical method which have
won him a place in the front rank of the large band of scholars who
today have devoted themselves to the study of ‘Franciscana.’”
+ =Cath. World.= 86: 255. N. ’07. 360w.
“Well worthy the careful and pleasing translation ... as well for
their sincere and earnest piety as for the singular beauty and
picturesqueness of their expression.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1094. My. 9, ’07. 80w.
“It is the interest of his quaint personality that imparts interest to
his ‘Aurea dicta’ which, to speak frankly, are not of great intrinsic
value. But the English enthusiast must not fail to possess himself of
Father Robinson’s translation.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 358. N. 22, ’07. 700w.
“The little volume is quaint and original and will appeal to many
readers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 49. Ja. 26, ’07. 50w.
“It is well worth reading and reflection by Protestant Christians,
often too content with discarding the ascetic form of mediaeval
saintliness, and too neglectful to replace it by a form of piety as
impressive on the present age as that was on the past.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 377. F. 16, ’07. 160w.
=Aero club of America.= Navigating the air. **$1.50. Doubleday.
7–20981.
Here are given the personal experience of men best known in the field
of aerial navigation. The book “contains, in over twenty chapters ...
practical and clear accounts of what has been accomplished by many
experimenters with kite-sustained aeroplanes, motor-driven balloons,
and other dirigible air-ships.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Both text and illustrations will interest the average reader as well
as the specialist.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 191. N. ’07. S.
“There is much in the book to interest the reader, but whether he will
glean much knowledge from it is questionable. However, as the purpose
of the compilers, apparently, was just that of arousing interest, the
book may be considered reasonably successful.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 181. Ag. 15, ’07. 240w.
“Altogether the book, to which but scant justice can be done here, is
full of interest and instruction, and the Aero club of America
deserves high praise for getting together so much that is fairly
authoritative on a subject of such importance.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 441. Jl. 13, ’07. 1320w.
=Outlook.= 86: 524. Jl. 6. ’07. 250w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 128. Jl. ’07. 80w.
=Aflalo, Frederick George=, ed. Half a century of sport in Hampshire;
extracts from the shooting journals of James Edward, second Earl of
Malmesbury with a prefatory memoir by his great-grandson, the fifth
earl. *$3.75. Scribner.
“The volume is made up of extracts from the ‘Sporting journals’ of
James Edward, second earl of Malmesbury.... A memoir of the Earl has
been written for the book by the present owner of the title. The
Journals cover the period from 1798–1840. Besides describing hunts in
the Hampshires and the hunting seat of the Earl of Malmesbury, there
are also records of trips in Hungary and Austria. The volume is fully
illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 28. Ja. 13, ’06. 100w.
“We cannot say that the editor’s notes and comments on the journals
are instructive or much to the point. Even the journals themselves
will disappoint the reader who expects anything that can compare with
Colonel Hawker’s diaries.”
− =Spec.= 96: sup. 644. Ap. 28, ’06. 500w.
=Aflalo, Frederick George.= Sunshine and sport in Florida and the West
Indies. **$4. Jacobs.
“This volume is divided into three parts, treating, respectively, of
‘The way there,’ ‘Tarpon-fishing and other sport,’ and, finally, ‘Home
by the Spanish main.’ Although fishing was the pole star which held
steady through the trip of eleven thousand miles, this Briton had eyes
for many other things.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Mr. Aflalo’s account of the natural history of the tarpon, in so far
as it is known, is very thorough and fascinating, and were any further
inducements required to persuade fishermen to go west for tarpon it
would be found in the pages of this interesting book.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 651. Jl. 6, ’07. 290w.
“Had Mr. Aflalo gathered his impressions at greater leisure, and
generalized less from trivial instances, he would have informed his
volume with the more genial spirit which we associate with the men who
go a-fishing. For we can find no fault with Mr. Aflalo’s story of his
tarpon fishing.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 373. D. 1, ’07. 560w.
“His frank and generous comments reveal a fair-mindedness only too
rare in travelers. The volume should appeal to a far wider circle of
readers than the ‘English anglers’ for whom the author chiefly intends
it.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 401. O. 31, ’07. 530w.
“Mr. Aflalo’s chapters on tarpon fishing and alligator hunting are
sportsmanlike, and, there being fewer opportunities, show less of a
disposition to carp at American customs and institutions that differ
from those of the British.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 682. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
“There is much shrewd observation in these pages, especially of
American life and ways.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 211. Ag. 17, ’07. 220w.
“It is the best thing that we have read from Mr. Aflalo’s pen, and
written in his vivid, if flowery style. Mr. Aflalo contributes
something to our knowledge of the natural history of the Florida
fishes.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 366. S. 14, ’07. 360w.
=Aimes, Hubert Hillary S.= History of slavery in Cuba, 1511–1868. **$2.
Putnam.
7–23727.
From a economic, political and social standpoint, this work is an
exposition of the Spanish policy governing the slave trade in Cuba;
and it throws much light on the historical relations between Spain and
her Antillean dependency. A later work is promised dealing with the
domestic régime on the island. A bibliography adds to the value of the
book.
* * * * *
“In a sense, this is a scholarly work. It is the result of much labor,
and is based upon the best authorities, Spanish, French, and English,
both documentary and printed. But the narrative in which the author
presents the result of his work is something fearful and wonderful in
its raw and careless crudeness.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 450w.
“On the whole, it can be heartily said that Dr. Aimes has gathered,
compiled and addressed into acceptable form an exhaustive chapter of
institutional history. He has also done it under a system that makes
reference easy and verification available.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1316. N. 28, ’07. 390w.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 503. O. ’07. 70w.
“A work of real value though rather heavy reading.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 488. Ag. 10, ’07. 310w.
=Outlook.= 86: 974. Ag. 31, ’07. 180w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 381. S. ’07. 110w.
“The book is a useful one and the reader will hope with the author
that it may aid in solving some of the problems connected with the
island.”
+ =Yale. R.= 16: 333. N. ’07. 260w.
=Aked, Charles Frederic.= Courage of the coward, and other sermons.
**$1.25. Revell.
7–23636.
Fourteen sermons, “vitally evangelical in their adaptedness to the
spiritually deaf or blind or lame in this year of grace.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“They impress us as devout, evangelical, constructive, and
sufficiently forceful in thought and earnest in feeling to be called
good preaching.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 700. S. 19, ’07. 60w.
“The sermons are good. Perhaps he overindulges in poetical quotations,
and perhaps an occasional personal note sounds a bit egotistic. But
these are small blemishes.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 663. O. 19, ’07. 90w.
“Utterly free from conventionalism, fresh in thought and phrase,
dynamic with earnest conviction of reality, they speak from the
experience of one who knows the world, sees things whole, understands
men, and, having thought through their deepest problems, would lend a
hand to any who are doubting, erring, falling.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 134. S. 21, ’07. 140w.
=Albright, Evelyn May.= Short-story: its principles and structure. *90c.
Macmillan.
7–16475.
The aim of the book is not that of tracing the origin or the
development of the short-story, but of setting forth “some standards
of appreciation of what is good in story-writing, illustrating by the
practice of the master as contrasted with amateurish failures.”
Material, the technique of the short story, the plot, movement,
emotional element and spirit of the author are all discussed. There is
an undertone of sound advice to the would-be writer, and by way of a
standard for self-criticism there has been appended a reading list of
model short stories.
* * * * *
“It is to the reader rather than the writer that such a book is really
useful.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 232. S. 12, ’07. 270w.
“Seems to us a very useful book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 272. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.
“Miss Albright’s treatment of the subject is more than creditable; it
is masterly.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 570. Je. 13, ’07. 120w.
=Alden, Hazel Gillmore.= Kingdom of heaven: an instruction in the
Catholic faith for children. *$1.20. Church pub. co., N. Y.
7–31385.
A simple, direct and devout story of the Christian year for Catholic
children. Its aim is to foster reverence.
=Alden, Isabella Macdonald (Pansy, pseud.).= Ruth Erskine’s son. il.
†$1.50. Lothrop.
Readers who have followed Ruth Erskine thru other Pansy books will be
glad to meet her again. She is now the widow of Judge Burnham, and
devotes her entire energies to the welfare of her son. The story tells
of his marriage and the crosses it brings to her, her fortitude and
good sense, and the son’s unfailing devotion.
* * * * *
“This is hardly a wholesome book for young people.”
− =R. of Rs.= 36: 765. D. ’07. 50w.
=Alexander, De Alva Stanwood.= Political history of the state of New
York. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Holt.
6–21392.
“The author’s style is clear and vigorous. His narrative is
interesting and reveals his firm grasp upon the subject matter,
especially as it approaches the later period. Although the work adds
little to the actual knowledge of the specialist, it is a distinct
advance over the old style of state histories, and will serve the
general reader as a reliable and interesting guide through the almost
bewildering maze of the politics of New York state.” Herman V. Ames.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 228. Ja. ’07. 1090w.
+ =Dial.= 42: 18. Ja. 1, ’07. 410w.
“The personal side of New York politics has been over-emphasized. This
defect deprives the reader of a feeling of continuity in the narrative
of New York’s political history, but while it is a defect, it does not
detract seriously from the value of the work.”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 214. Ja. 24, ’07. 510w.
“When all possible points of criticism have been raised, his work
merits recognition, not merely because it is practically the only
occupant of its field, but because it is in several important respects
a soundly informing contribution to American historical literature,
useful alike to the general reader and to the special student.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 131. S. 21, ’07. 1020w.
“In spite of a certain monotony which pervades the author’s numerous
character sketches, his style has decided merits; in vigor and fluency
it far outrivals the older but in many respects more substantial work
of Jabez Hammond. The characterizations of men are clearly designed to
be eminently fair, although the reader finds little difficulty in
discovering the author’s sympathies. The statements of facts are
usually careful, but occasional expressions are open to question.”
Charles A. Beard.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 141. Mr. ’07. 850w.
=Alexander, Edward Porter.= Military memoirs of a Confederate. **$4.
Scribner.
7–16778.
“A critical narrative for soldiers and students of campaigns, rather
than a glorification of or an apology for the success or failure in
the war.” (R. of Rs.) It is a criticism of the war on both the Federal
and Confederate side.
* * * * *
“The narrative is clear and concise, praise is worthily bestowed and
criticism generally well taken and temperate. To some of the extremely
critical it will be disappointing, in that the maps are not as good
and as full as they should be and foot-notes are wanting to show the
authority upon which some novel statements are made.” E. A. Carman.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 163. O. ’07. 1810w.
“Aside from its value as a contribution to the records of the civil
war the book will be found delightful reading because of its graphic
portrayal, its personal reminiscence, its admirable temper.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 155. O. ’07.
“To a layman this book appeals as little short of epoch making in the
history of military criticism.” David Y. Thomas.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 605. N. ’07. 400w.
“Is remarkable for three reasons. First, it is a critical account of
which the object ‘is the criticism of each campaign as one would
criticise a game of chess only to point out the good and bad plays on
each side, and the moves which have influenced the result.’ Second,
the work is noteworthy as a contribution from the lower South.
Finally, it is the work of one who was a good soldier and is now a
sound philosopher as to the political results of the war.” Walter L.
Fleming.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 332. Je. 1, ’07. 2940w.
“It is unfortunate that so excellent a book should be marred by so
inept a conclusion.”
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 513. Ag. 29, ’07. 1530w.
“It is an exceedingly clear and impartial narrative, and is perfectly
intelligible to the lay reader. A large amount of entirely new matter
is introduced, and many important events are set forth in a new light.
The book is likely to take a prominent place among authoritative
records of the civil war.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 25. Jl. 6, ’07. 480w.
“No preceding book by a southern soldier surpasses this in good
temper, wise discrimination, and graphic portrayal.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 542. Je. 13, ’07. 2380w.
“There have been several works of this kind published by confederate
generals and others who knew something of military affairs, but none
that the reviewer recalls equals this in fairness, in apparent
keenness of observation, in appreciation of the difficulties of the
situation on both sides.” Wm. E. Dodd.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 569. S. 21, ’07. 1820w.
“A very valuable and interesting and personal book on the civil war.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
“General Alexander consistently develops from battle to battle the
lessons emphasized by the experiences of both sides. His work, indeed,
is intended primarily for military students. But it is so constructed
as to be of great general interest.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 494. N. 2, ’07. 2200w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 756. Je. ’07. 80w.
=Alexander, John H:= Mosby’s men. $2. Neale.
7–2744.
Mr. Alexander tells how Mosby’s men “played and how they worked and
how they fought.” Not a history of Mosby’s command, only a narrative
of what an alert young soldier saw of the men and their doings
following the spring of 1864.
* * * * *
+ − =Ind.= 62: 618. Mr. 14, ’07. 240w.
“The book is interesting for its story-telling qualities alone, and it
is not without value as a contribution to the records of the civil
war.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 469. Mr. 23, ’07. 200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 63. F. 2, ’07. 470w.
“This book has less of real dramatic quality and less of humor than
that by Mr. Munson of which we recently spoke, but is still a readable
true story. It is illustrated by many portraits.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 482. F. 23, ’07. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 380. Mr. ’07. 100w.
=Alger, Horatio, jr.= Backwoods boy; or, The boyhood and manhood of
Abraham Lincoln. 75c. McKay.
A reissue of an 1883 publication. It is a picture of Lincoln for boys
especially, and follows his career from the log cabin to the White
house.
=Allen, Alexander V. G.= Freedom in the church. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–7180.
The aim of the author is to show that heresy trials such as the one to
which Mr. Crapsey was recently subjected are contrary to the
principles of the English reformation and the whole spirit of the
Anglican church. He considers historically the ordination vows and the
various articles of the creed, and shows that their original
significance has been lost sight of in the interpretation given them
by heresyhunting churchmen of to-day, and that the doctrine of the
virgin birth in particular has been emphasized out of all proportion
to its importance.
* * * * *
“Interesting and timely volume.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 161. Jl. 18, ’07. 460w.
“As a tract for its times, however, this volume presents important
considerations on a vital question, and the effort of the author to
secure and establish freedom in the church as well as his endeavor to
impart correct information as to the history of symbols now in
controversy, should secure him wide sympathy.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 391. Ap. 25, ’07. 480w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 299. Je. 8, ’07. 500w.
“There is of necessity something of what opponents will call special
pleading about Dr. Allen’s arguments. But he never falls for a moment
into the pitfall of most theological pleaders. He never vilifies his
opponents.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 665. Ap. 27, ’07. 1900w.
=Allen, Grant, and Williamson, George Charles.= Cities of northern
Italy. $3. Page.
6–26502.
A two volume work, the first of which being devoted to Milan, and the
second to Verona, Padua, Bologna, and Ravenna. “The author’s aim is to
supply the tourist with such historical and antiquarian information as
will add to his understanding and appreciation of the architecture,
sculpture, and painting.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“Preferable for library use especially if there are not many good
photographs or prints in the library.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 24. Ja. ’07.
Reviewed by Wallace Rice.
=Dial.= 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 150w.
=Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 50w.
“The scheme is most happy, its execution most charmingly carried out.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 654. O. 6, ’06. 550w.
=Allen, Horace.= Gas and oil engines: a treatise on the design,
construction and working of internal-combustion engines. $5. Scientific
pub. co., Manchester, Eng.
“A very large part of the book contains more or less elaborate
descriptions of a large number of gas and gasoline engines; these
descriptions, in general accompanied with good illustrations, are
preceded by a consideration of details of the engines, which
arrangement seems just opposite to what it ought to be.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“In a great many respects it is decidedly inferior to the last
editions of Clark and Robinson’s books. In the arrangement of the
subject Mr. Allen’s book is very faulty.” Storm Bull.
− + =Engin. N.= 57: 441. Ap. 18, ’07. 510w.
=Allen, John Kermott=, ed. Sanitation in the modern home. $2. Domestic
engineering.
7–12989.
“Broadly speaking, this book deals with the planning and equipment of
houses for health, comfort, and convenience, and for economy of
domestic operations. It is designed to be ‘a suggestive guide to the
architect and house owner in designing-homes.’”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The book contains few technicalities, no illustrations and, sad to
relate, no index. It covers a broader field than would be expected
from its title, but omits any discussion of sewage disposal for
country residences.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 668. Je. 13, ’07. 200w.
=Allen, Philip Loring.= America’s awakening: the triumph of
righteousness in high places. **$1.25. Revell.
6–38914.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 5. Ja. ’07. S.
“The book, written in a popular style, gives the average reader, at
practically one sitting, a comprehensive idea of the condition of
reform politics at the present day and of what we may expect of
permanent good as the result of the movement.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 204. Ja. ’07. 200w.
+ =Dial.= 42: 116. F. 16, ’07. 340w.
“Is a good book and especially refreshing because it sails close to
the facts and avoids the sins of declamation.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 240w.
“A little book which contains in excellent shape a deal of really
important information which busy people may have got but hazily from
the daily press.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 12. Ja. 5, ’07. 410w.
=Allen, William Harvey.= Efficient democracy. **$2. Dodd.
7–18590.
A book in which the author “maintains the thesis that to be efficient
is more difficult than to be good.... In his book he shows how in
various departments of philanthropic educational work such
substitution has actually been made.”
* * * * *
“A very fresh and invigorating volume to be read with profit by every
social worker.” Carl Kelsey.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 171. Jl. ’07. 480w.
“It covers a large and important field, but it does not cover it very
well or present it to the best advantage. The idea underlying the book
is excellent.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 34: 324. O. ’07. 50w.
“His work is vigorous and suggestive, worth the attention of the
officers, paid and unpaid, of charitable agencies of all kinds and of
our governments. Undirected and misdirected benevolent impulses are
common nowadays, and the wide circulation of Mr. Allen’s book would do
much to check waste of money and energy and to prevent the
discouragement which comes from the failure of good intentions.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 39. Jl. 4, ’07. 760w.
“Undoubtedly the most impressive characteristic of the volume in an
intellectual sense is its significance in favor of the validity of the
democratic principle of government, which in certain quarters is
thought to have been impaired by recent economic developments.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 400w.
“The most serious defect ... is found in the first chapter on ‘The
goodness fallacy,’ which, briefly stated, argues that it is a false
supposition to think a good man will make a capable officer. A very
unworthy meaning of goodness is placed in opposition to a somewhat
dangerous conception of efficiency.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 547. Je. 13, ’07. 750w.
“It is a good book, and ought to do good.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 283. My. 4, ’07. 1160w.
“He writes in a clear, lucid, epigrammatic style, perhaps with too
great fondness for epigram. But the volume will be valuable to all men
who are doing things if they will select from it what they
specifically need, and will be especially valuable to students of the
various social activities of our modern life.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 479. Je. 29, ’07. 300w.
“The common man fails to understand the mental attitude of Mr. Allen
who seems to gloat over a statistical table or a graphical curve as a
joy in itself, without too much reference to what it is that it proves
or indicates.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 232. N. ’07. 120w.
“An exceedingly well-written little book. The book is full of
suggestions to officers and directors of charitable institutions,
pastors of churches, and all others who have to do with philanthropic
administration.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 758. Je. ’07. 170w.
“Straightforward, forcible, clear, and scintillating with wit, it must
be understood; it is educative in the highest sense. A copy of this
book ought to find its way into the hands of every school board in the
land.” J. Paul Goode.
+ + =School R.= 15: 620. O. ’07. 990w.
=Allen, Willoughby C.= Critical and exegetical commentary on the Gospel
according to St. Matthew. (International critical commentary.) *$3.
Scribner.
7–25562.
For the student who desires to have some understanding of the growth
and development of the gospel literature in the first century, A.D.,
and of the meaning which this particular gospel had for the evangelist
and his first readers. “While the author has striven to preserve the
distinction between the sphere of the commentator and that of the
historian, questions of credibility and theological implication are
not entirely avoided, his attitude being for the most part
conservative.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Partly owing to its formal defect, the book is lacking in breadth of
outlook and religious penetration. Hence he has obliged even his most
grateful readers to admit that this edition, while marking a distinct
advance upon any English work cannot be described by any means as a
final commentary upon our first gospel. It is, however, a good book
for the advanced student to work with. Sound labor has gone to the
making of it, and the very sense of problems in the gospel which it
leaves on the mind of the reader will be stimulating, if not
satisfying.” James Moffat.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 677. O. ’07. 1470w.
“This important work exhibits the well-known critical qualities of the
‘International series,’ and should claim a leading place among
commentaries on the first gospel.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 29: 399. My. ’07. 50w.
“A thoro and sane ‘Commentary on Matthew’ which is notable especially
for its painstaking interpretation of the Greek text and scholarly
observations on the sources and structure of the gospel.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1235. N. 21, ’07. 40w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 235. Jl. 26, ’07. 1180w.
“The chief merit of the commentary is its painstaking and sympathetic
interpretation of the Greek text, without improving observations or
wearisome cataloguing of discarded opinions. Especially praiseworthy
is his scholarly analysis of the sources of the gospel.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 120. Ag. 8, ’07. 260w.
“The best type of Oxford scholarship is exhibited in this work,
conservative, but strongly modified by modern learning.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 973. Ag. 31, ’07. 240w.
“Such examination as we have been able to make of this very complete
commentary has gone to show the genuinely critical spirit in which it
has been put together.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 465. O. 5, ’07. 330w.
=Alston, Leonard.= Stoic and Christian in the second century: a
comparison of the ethical teaching of Marcus Aurelius with that of
contemporary and antecedent Christianity. *$1. Longmans.
7–11201.
A scientific, judicial and scholarly treatment. The following are the
ethical questions concerning which the two doctrines are compared: Man
as a rational and social being. The intellectual virtues. The lower
and the higher life of man. Free-will and responsibility. The ultimate
aim of virtue, and The relation in Christianity of ethics to religion.
* * * * *
“Mr. Alston is to be thanked for a valuable piece of apologetic work.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 552. Ja. ’07. 640w.
Reviewed by Nathaniel Schmidt.
+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 380. Ap. ’07. 530w.
“Admirable monograph.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 26. Ja. 25, ’07. 180w.
“His treatment of the subject is incomplete in two points: he does not
sufficiently distinguish between ethics and religion, and he does not
describe the actual moral life of the time in the Christian and
non-Christian circles. The little volume is, however, fair and
suggestive.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 243. Mr. 14, ’07. 90w.
“His book is especially valuable in the clearness with which he
presents the difference in spirit, and in views between the Stoic and
Christian systems.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 160w.
* =Altsheler, Joseph Alexander.= Young trailers: a story of early
Kentucky. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–29578.
A story of out-of-door life in Kentucky during the early days “when
the Indian was a factor to be reckoned with. Henry Ware, son of a
pioneer, left the settlement for the wild life of the forest. He
became as skilful as an Indian in wood-lore, and was able to defend
his own people by beating the Indian in his native forest.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The style of the story is rather heavy, but the matter of it will
appeal strongly to boys.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 311. O. 12, ’07. 80w.
=Ames, Herman Vandenburg=, ed. State documents on federal relations: the
states and the United States. *$1.75. The Department of history of the
University of Pennsylvania; for sale by Longmans.
7–2017.
This volume “includes 155 documents bearing on the relations of the
states to the federal government, 1789–1861, and ‘comprises typical
papers covering the official action of various states in different
sections of the country, relative to the chief political and
constitutional issues in our history.’”
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 719. Ap. ’07. 90w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 117. My. ’07. S.
“Dr. Ames has done a splendid work in bringing before the student
these documents in such a convenient shape.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 630. My. ’07. 300w.
=Ames, Joseph B.= Treasure of the canyon. †$1.50. Holt.
7–32317.
A spirited tale of adventure attending a search for treasure hidden
away in Arizona along the grand canyon of the Colorado. A new York
collector of antiques sends a party out to hunt for relics of the
cliff dwellers, and by accident one of the members comes into
possession of papers that locate a vast store of imperial treasures
carried off by the Spaniards when they captured the City of Mexico.
The balking of their plans by desperadoes but makes the landing of the
treasure in New York safety vaults more of a triumph.
Andreas and The fates of the apostles: two Anglo-Saxon narrative poems;
ed. with introd., notes, and glossary by G: Philip Krapp. *$2. Ginn.
6–3091.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A good edition of these poems, therfore—and we know of no better
edition of any Anglo-Saxon poem than the present—fills a long
recognized want. As a matter of detail, it seems to us a mistake to
speak of the occasional parallels of the ‘Beowulf’ in the ‘Andreas’ as
imitations of the older poem.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 64. Ja. 17, ’07. 620w.
* =Andresen, N. P.= The republic. (Nat. lib. social science.) Kerr.
An analysis of the social changes that have come and the greater
social changes that are coming. A four part treatment: part one
defines the word justice, and exposes unjust conditions; part two
discusses the causes of value; part three outlines the nature and
functions of the just state; part four reveals the methods whereby
people may acquire possession of their rightful inheritance.
=Andrews, Mary R. S. (Mrs. William S. Andrews.)= The militants; stories
of some parsons, soldiers, and other fighters in the world. †$1.50.
Scribner.
7–18098.
Nine stories “of a mystic sentimental inspiration” with charming
Kentucky settings and Kentucky heroines.
* * * * *
“A collection of short stories of unequal merit, but all more than
ordinarily well done.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 176. O. ’07. ✠
“The volume before us is one of the best collections we have recently
seen.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 97. Jl. 20, ’07. 200w.
“Mrs. Andrews is an accomplished storyteller, writing at times with a
rhythm and dignity which place her quite above the average. The
material of her stories, however, is of most unequal merit, and a
slightly defective sense of structure often makes for a too obvious
ending.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 560w.
“It is all very lightweight of course, and distressingly false from
the point of view of moderns cursed with the quality of moral
earnestness. But it is quite pretty and entertaining, its saccharine
and mystic tendencies relieved by a certain mild and harmless humor.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 343. My. 25, ’07. 660w.
“One [story] ... certainly holds a picture almost worthy of comparison
with that ideal of a priest, Monseigneur Bienvenu, whose candlesticks
and saintliness saved the soul of Hugo’s Jean Valjean. The other
tales, morally and otherwise rather less strenuous, are variously
stimulating and as admirably written, every one.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 110w.
=Andrews, Mary R. S.= Perfect tribute. **50c. Scribner.
6–32361.
An incident connected with Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech furnishes the
motif of this little fictional sketch. “‘The perfect tribute’ on the
Gettysburg speech is rendered directly to Lincoln, in a Washington
hospital, by a wounded soldier who had read the address in a morning
newspaper,—the President having been accidentally called in to draw up
a will for the dying man.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07. ✠
“Leaving veracity out of consideration, it must be confessed that the
little story is written with a tenderness of touch and a delicacy of
diction which make it delightful reading.” Edwin Erle Sparks.
+ − =Dial.= 41: 320. N. 16, ’06. 240w.
=Ind.= 61: 883. O. 11, ’06. 30w.
“The treatment is singularly felicitous.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 255. Je. 1, ’07. 110w.
“A strong, dramatic, yet very simply told story.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 759. D. ’06. 60w.
=Angell, Bryan Mary (H. Ripley Cromarsh, pseud.).= Secret of the Moor
cottage. †$1.25. Small.
6–40587.
A story written by the sister of A. Conan Doyle. The plot holds a
mystery which involves a beautiful young woman who had wedded and
later killed a villainous Russian count. An unprofessional sleuth is
on the track of the tangle, and works out the puzzle only to satisfy a
very justifiable curiosity.
* * * * *
“It is certainly not as good as ‘The house on the marsh,’ but it
compares very favourably with many modern ‘successes.’”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 320. Mr. 30, ’07. 550w.
“A good mystery story with a motive by no means commonplace. The
telling of even the darkest doings is in a subdued but not spiritless
key, and this serves to bring the book into the desirable category of
the comfortable-dreadful.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 538. D. 20, ’06. 190w.
“It seems a pity that its author should have chosen the one form of
plot that would make her readers immediately note her shortcomings in
one direction by instituting invidious comparisons with the work of
her famous relative, while she really tells a very good story in a
charmingly simple way, and has the desirable knack of peopling her
pages with interesting and comprehensible characters.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 881. D. 15, ’06. 440w.
=Angell, James Rowland.= Psychology: an introductory study of the
structure and function of human consciousness. *$1.50. Holt.
4–36948.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“It would seem, therefore, that the unique value of this book, as well
for the teacher as for the layman, would lie mainly in this catholic
account that it gives of the attitude and achievement of the science
at the present time. On the whole, and largely in detail, one may say
that the book is excellent. It would, however, be much improved as an
instrument for teaching psychology if the substance of the topics was
more frequently summed in terse formulae.” H. C. Stevens.
+ + − =Psychol. Bull.= 4: 14. Ja. 15, ’07. 1010w.
=Angier, Belle Sumner.= Garden book of California; decorations by
Spencer Wright. *$2. Elder.
7–1485.
Believing that the garden of the world is California, the author shows
its limitless possibilities for genuine and heart-satisfying
home-building. The garden as a factor in home-making, garden methods,
the planting-time, the culture of all varieties of plants,
tree-planting and protection, insecticides and plant diseases,
backyard problems, and out-of-door living rooms, all come in for
generous attention.
* * * * *
“Tells many things that the new-comer to California, if interested in
gardening, will wish to know.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 68. Ag. 1, ’07. 290w.
“The author knows her subject well, is perfectly familiar with the
flowers, shrubs and trees that can be well grown under the conditions
of irrigation, and her instructions are pertinent, practical and
clearly told as the result of much experience and observation. It
should be mentioned that the twenty attractive full-page illustrations
of California gardening bear no particular relation to the text.”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 140w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 120w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’07. 60w.
=Angus, Samuel.= Sources of the first ten books of Augustine’s De
civitate Dei. $1. Univ. library, Princeton, N. J.
6–23296.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It would seem that certain statements in the study of the sources are
entirely too dogmatic. The dissertation is a work that will prove of
great value to students of Augustine, and there is thus the more
reason for regretting the large number of typographical errors.”
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 180. Ja. ’07. 510w.
* =Annunzio, Gabriele d’.= Daughter of Jorio: a pastoral tragedy; tr. by
Charlotte Porter, Pietro Isola, and Alice Henry; with an introd. by Miss
Porter. *$1.50. Little.
An authorized edition of D’Annunzio’s drama which presents with
intense human touches a picture of patriarchal peasant life.
=Appleton, Rev. Floyd.= Church philanthropy in New York; introd. by Rt.
Rev. D. H. Greer. *75c. Whittaker.
The author “has sketched briefly the history of the many Episcopal
philanthropic institutions, and on the basis of extensive
compilation of statistics he offers suggestions as to promising
lines of future activity. The pamphlet is a convenient manual of
information concerning a large class of remedial institutions, which
have been supported with self-sacrifice and administered with
efficiency.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“A valuable book of facts.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 520. Je. 6, ’07. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 40w.
Arabian nights entertainments: the thousand-and-one nights; tr. by
Edward William Lane. 4v. ea. *$1. Macmillan.
The Bohn edition of the Lane translation. Professor Stanley Lane-Poole
has edited the reprint, and has included about two-thirds of the whole
number of tales belonging to the thousand and one nights, as well as
Aladdin and Ali Baba which are not a part of the series in Arabic.
* * * * *
“Edited perfectly by Dr. Stanley Lane-Poole, with due care for the
convenience of the general reader.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 801. D. 22. 130w.
“It is a scholarly translation and as complete as one can be that is
intended for general circulation.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 159. Ja. 17, ’07. 110w.
+ + =Nation.= 83: 555. D. 27, ’06. 350w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“The translation of ‘Aladdin’ is sound and vigorous, and in every way
more readable style than Lane had at his command. But there is one
slip very strange in the past master in Arabic numismatics. Professor
Lane-Poole does not seem to have recognized that the ‘Africa’ in this
story means Tunis.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 106. Ja. 31, ’07. 290w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
=Aria, Mrs. David B.= Costume: fanciful, historical and theatrical; il.
by Percy Anderson. *$2.50. Macmillan.
7–8553.
“This book is divided into twenty chapters, beginning with some
description of costumes and the rudimentary expression of fashion in
the classic times and coming down well into the days of the nineteenth
century. Each century, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth, is
discussed in a separate section. There are also chapters on the garb
of peasants in different countries, on Oriental dress, on fancy dress,
on the origin and development of the corset, on bridal dress and
ceremonial costumes, on dancing dress in all countries, and on
theatrical costumes.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Mrs. Aria has fairly carried out the promise of her introductory
note.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 246. Mr. 9, ’07. 220w.
“The text is often witty and always interesting. Mr. Anderson, the
illustrator, can scarcely be overpraised for the excellence of his
work.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 57. Ag. 1, ’07. 530w.
“It is a pity that there is no index to what is primarily a book of
reference.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 31: 165. Ap. ’07. 190w.
“Mrs. Aria is commonplace and somewhat inconsequent.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 18. Ja. 18, ’07. 30w.
“In short, the book is not a treatise on costume, nor is it of any
historical authority; but it may be found suggestive.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 185. Ag. 29, ’07. 220w.
“A vast amount of information on sartorial affairs most charmingly
expressed.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 59. F. 2, ’07. 230w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 100w.
“A considerable amount of painstaking research has been employed in
making this book on dress, and Mrs. Aria presents the result in her
animated style, lightened by little touches of humor and adorned with
numerous flourishes of verbal ingenuity.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 6. S. 28, ’07. 650w.
=Armitage, F. P.= History of chemistry. *$1.60. Longmans.
“The story of some thousand years of almost fruitless labor, followed
by two centuries of richest accomplishment.” “It is neither so
comprehensive nor so interesting as Meyer’s ‘History of chemistry,’
but will serve its purpose in giving the student a background for his
knowledge, and a realization of the difficulties experienced by
generations of chemists in formulating the conceptions which now seem
so simple and natural.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The book is well written and the details judiciously pruned.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 834. D. 29. 350w.
“Like most other histories of the science, this fails to connect with
the science of the present day. The book might have been written ten
or twenty years ago.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.
“We are oppressed with the unscientific slapdash manner in which the
author has approached the whole subject of the history of chemistry.”
− =Nature.= 75: 170. D. 20, ’06. 540w.
=Armour, Jonathan Ogden.= Packers, the private car lines and the people.
$1.50. Altemus.
6–20351.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Though professedly an advocate’s presentations on these important
questions, it gives the reader the impression of being more
straightforward and reliable than much of the ‘unbiased and
public-spirited’ criticism does.” William Hill.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 118. F. ’07. 1050w.
“The book as a whole is not convincing.” Frank Haigh Dixon.
− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 156. Mr. ’07. 320w.
=Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), grafin von.= Fraulein. Schmidt and Mr.
Anstruther. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–21365.
By the author of “Elizabeth and her German garden.” “A German girl
writes from Jena to the young Englishman who is at first her lover,
and subsequently, after he has broken off the engagement, her friend,
and who finally puts an end to the friendship also by insisting on the
impossible attempt at renewing their former relations.... Little
detached incidents, reminiscences, reflections on life and literature,
and so on, form the subject of the letters, which depend for their
charm wholly on the personality of the writer.”—Ath.
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 72: 561. Je. 8, ’07. 540w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 175. O. ’07. ✠
“It has all the old grace and vivacity, and is free from the suspicion
of coldness and heartlessness that occasionally dashed our enjoyment
of her earlier books. Her letters are invariably piquant and
entertaining, and we may add that they contain much excellent advice
and criticism.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 630. My. 25. 300w.
“It is not very much of a story, but that doesn’t greatly matter,
because it is Rose-Marie who really interests us all the while, and
because her letters are the most delightful compound of bourgeois
realism, sentimental fancy, and delicate humor.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 65. Ag. 1, ’07. 240w.
“Fraulein Schmidt is a distinct acquisition.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 220. Jl. 25, ’07. 330w.
“It is written with the author’s usual charm.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 70w.
“As a work of fiction, the book deserves particular notice for
distinction of manner, acuteness of view, and, above all, for the
refreshing spirit that animates each letter from the first to the
last.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 417. S. 21, ’07. 530w.
“Why should we read—with various degrees of pleasure it is true—a
whole volume of her meditations which are without form, often shallow,
sometimes slipshod, and never inspired? But she writes so freshly and
sensibly and happily that to ask for a closer attention to these
matters would be like asking a thrush, for example, to whistle a Bach
fugue.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 149. My. 10, ’07. 750w.
“These letters while slight, make a thoroughly acceptable bit of
summer diversion.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 400w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.
“There are many exquisite passages and there is never anything that is
commonplace, never a platitude.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 419. Je. 29, ’07. 360w.
“Apart from the fun of the book, which may seem somewhat less than
usual in the work of this writer, there is really a heart story dealt
with in an unusual and unexpected way, while the comments of the quiet
but proud Anglo-German Rose-Marie on literature and life are in
themselves pungent and discerning.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 609. Jl. 20, ’07. 200w.
“Rose-Marie is the only correspondent worth mentioning who has
appeared in fiction since [Glory Quayle], and she is of much finer
spiritual fibre, of as much charm and of a better brain-capacity.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 746. S. ’07. 520w.
“The dénoûment will not conciliate sentimentalists, and we are by no
means sure that it is in strict accordance with experience, but it has
both logic and justice to commend it.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 703. My. 11, ’07. 1430w.
=Arnold, Charles London.= Cosmos, the soul and God: a monistic
interpretation of the facts and findings of science. **$1.20. McClurg.
7–12983.
The author’s all-inclusive philosophy is developed along the following
line: “Starting with the established facts of science, seeking the
causes of manifested phenomena, tracing the causal series to the very
limits of scientific investigation, inevitably finding at the limits
of the physical process an effect for which the physical cause can be
discovered, and driven to attribute such effect to some agency outside
the world of sense, I reach at length the inevitable conclusion that
there is a world of which this physical process came, upon which it
rests, by which it is energetically sustained; in a word, that the
present world is but the phenomenal representation of the forms of
cosmic energy.”
=Arnold, William Thomas.= Roman system of provincial administration to
the accession of Constantine the Great; new ed. rev. from the author’s
notes by E. S. Shuckburgh. *$2. Macmillan.
7–7171.
A revised edition of a work that is strong in its treatment of the
functions of the general and local governments in the provinces, the
strong and weak points of Roman rule, the development of imperial
policy and the influence of expansion upon domestic politics. An
index, a map, and a bibliography are included in the revised edition.
* * * * *
“It was a great loss to scholars that Arnold did not live to revise
his work in the way in which he probably would have wished to revise
it. More to be regretted still is the editor’s failure to study the
great system of Roman military roads, and to make such a résumé of the
work of the Limes commissions in Germany and Austria as Koremann has
lately drawn up.” Frank Frost Abbott.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 915. Jl. ’07. 520w.
“It would be easy to suggest further improvement. With the substantial
merits of the first edition, students of Roman history are well
acquainted; and they will find the present volume even more
serviceable. In its field it has no rival in English.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 33. Jl. 11, ’07. 230w.
=“Artifex” and “Opifex,” pseud.= Causes of decay in a British industry.
*$2.50. Longmans.
7–28991.
A discussion of the English fire-arms industry by two manufacturers
who know their subject in all the aspects of its rise and decline.
“They see the manufacturer who has brought his craft to the highest
pitch of perfection struggling in vain to maintain his position, borne
down by the burdens and obstacles which have been placed upon him and
are not counterbalanced by any assistance such as his competitors
receive.” (Lond. Times.) “The authors claim that the two big causes
for the falling off in this trade are: (1) The policy of the English
government in not protecting in any way the industry; and (2) the
reluctance of the British manufacturer to enter into competition with
the so-called ‘modern business methods’ of foreign manufacturers.”
(Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“This remarkably well-written book, though without doubt prejudiced
and partial in many of its statements, will repay the time and trouble
of reading.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 555. My. ’16, ’07. 1000w.
“It may be that in some matters they are not quite at the center of
the subject, and incline to make more of their difficulties than of
their own defects ... but their analysis of the condition of the trade
and the causes which have brought it about cannot be ignored by anyone
who has any respect for facts.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 122. Ap. 19, ’07. 1100w.
=Nation.= 85: 129. Ag. 8, ’07. 1100w.
“It should be read and read again by the workmen of England.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 380w.
“The authors’ knowledge of the history of their own trade enables them
to set out facts that must be new to most of us, but we are not
convinced by the economic reasoning which they very modestly and
temperately seek to base thereon.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 1009. Je. 29, ’07. 780w.
As the Hague ordains: journal of a Russian prisoner’s wife in Japan. il.
**$1.50. Holt.
7–16757.
The diary of the half English wife of a Russian officer. When word
comes that her husband has been wounded and taken prisoner by the
Japanese she goes to him from St. Petersburg, and from the viewpoint
of a nurse in a military hospital learns how, “human, Christian and
civilized” is the Japanese treatment of the Russian prisoners. The
contrast between the courage and cleanliness of the Japanese and the
filth and boorishness of the Russians breaks down the barriers of her
prejudices.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 157. O. ’07. S.
“Perhaps gratitude has somewhat overdrawn the picture, but even so,
one prefers this theory to the only possible alternative one, which
would suggest that this wholly delightful book is altogether a work of
the imagination.” A. Schade van Westrum.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 614. Ag. ’07. 990w.
“The ‘diary,’ which was demonstrably written after the facts which it
forsees with remarkable clearness, makes vivacious reading, and there
are bits in it of the traditional Japan of fine pottery and miniature
gardening which are distinctly charming.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 416. My. 2, ’07. 230w.
“Perhaps no book has as yet described the Russian prisoner’s life in
Japan so graphically and so entertainingly as this book. The thought
it sets forth is distinctly masculine, thinly guised in feminine
expression. Is it too hasty to suspect that it was really written by
some war correspondent, perhaps an American?” K. K. Kawakami.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 266. Ap. 27, ’07. 1560w.
“The picture is one full of human interest of a varied range.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
“It holds a tremendous human interest.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 300. Je. 8, ’07. 280w.
=Ashley, Percy W. L.= Local and central government: a comparative study
of England, France, Prussia, and the United States. *$3. Dutton.
7–466.
This book “is written from the professorial point of view—that is to
say, it is not a study at first hand of the working of institutions in
the countries named, but in the main a statement of facts compiled
from authorities. As such it forms a text-book for political students
and a hand-book of reference for teachers, administrators, publicists
and politicians.” The three divisions of the work are “the
organization of local government in each country ... the historical
development of local administration in England, France and Prussia ...
the juridical aspects of local government and the relations between
local institutions and the central authority in the same country.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 117. My. ’07. 20w.
“The literary effect of the work is successful; the elementary
exposition is not unduly encumbered, and the chapters dealing with
history and with legal relations are given a perfectly definite
purpose. There is, even for a work of this kind, too large a number of
technical inaccuracies.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 172. Jl. ’07. 580w.
“The author is accurate and impartial: his work seems to have been
slow, and some parts of the book are out of date. Few other faults
could be found in Mr. Ashley’s studies. The volume is of high merit,
and should be bought and kept for reference. The index is good.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 615. N. 17. 310w.
“It speaks highly for Mr. Ashley as a lecturer that he has produced so
readable a volume out of material which in less able hands would have
sufficed only for a dry compendium or a useful text-book.”
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 401. Ag. 15, ’07. 500w.
“It is no easy task to deal clearly, yet in sufficient detail, with
all these matters in the moderate compass of the present volume, and
it cannot be said that Mr. Ashley has been entirely successful. A
certain political bias is discernible here and in other ‘obiter
dicta.’”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 27. Ja. 25, ’07. 900w.
“Mr. Ashley provides us with an accurate account of the
administration, local and central, of England,—a subject which is
often little understood even by those who take official part in it. In
conclusion, we would specially recommend the chapter on ‘The control
of local finance,’ a matter of very vital importance today.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 423. Mr. 16, ’07. 480w.
=Askew, Alice, and Askew, Claude Arthur C.= Shulamite. †$1.50.
Brentano’s.
The Boer country furnishes the scene of a story which forces to the
front of its little stage a hard-hearted, narrow-minded old Boer
nearing seventy years, Deborah, his child wife, and a young English
overseer. The latter’s courtesy and respect, unknown to the girl
heretofore, awaken her to sense the sordidness of her lot, and arouse
in her a love for the Englishman. To save the girl’s life, he kills
the husband, actuated only by the chivalrous motives. When Deborah
understands that he will wed the girl awaiting him in England, she
resolves to say the word that shall put him into the hands of the
authorities and result in his death.
* * * * *
“While it has its obvious shortcomings, it is not a book to be lightly
laid aside or quickly forgotten.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 390. Je. ’07. 520w.
“A story which with all its power, lacks grip, because it does not
bring conviction with it. It is nevertheless, a striking piece of
work, intensely dramatic, sure of a widening circle of interested
readers.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 465. Jl. 27, ’07. 250w.
=Atherton, Gertrude Franklin.= Ancestors. †$1.75. Harper.
7–30866.
A rising English politician suddenly finds himself put out of the race
in the House of commons by coming into a peerage with its accompanying
seat among the lords. A young American girl, a distant cousin, with
ambitions and temperament akin to his own urges him to start life all
over in her own California. “Once safe in California, the story
proceeds breathlessly. Notwithstanding all the descriptions, all the
lenses which have been turned on that exotic city, [San Francisco] she
still is able to give a picture of untarnished freshness. The story
reaches its climax in the dramatic scenes of the San Francisco
earthquake.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is long, but contains a good deal—sometimes vividly
said—concerning institutions and people that should interest not
merely novelreaders but also thoughtful persons in both countries.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 650. N. 23. 440w.
“The story is made fairly tedious by endless passages of analysis and
discussion, and its inordinate length is not justified by a
corresponding richness of invention and imagination. Of its style
there is not much to say. It exhibits rawness rather than refinement,
and is almost wholly devoid of charm.” Wm. M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 43: 317. N. 16, ’07. 320w.
“The contrast between the English and their American cousins is
shrewdly drawn, sophisticated and as lacking in kindness as one may
expect from an author who places wit before humor, and who is
incapable of understanding the pathos of being human either in this
country or in England.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1375. D. 5, ’07. 260w.
“We can only touch upon the comparatively minor characters. Lady
Victoria Gwynne, half great lady, half libertine, is perhaps the only
failure. The whole execution is carried as far as anything that Mrs.
Atherton has yet attempted.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 341. N. 8, ’07. 1090w.
“That Mrs. Atherton’s manner at times is somewhat rough cannot be
denied. Thoughtful she is, and in a way penetrating, though quite
without subtlety and grasping things more violently than is always to
the taste of the over sensitive.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 377. O. 24, ’07. 480w.
“Clever dialogue, sharp analysis, and unexpected turns of plot place
it in Mrs. Atherton’s best vein.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Most of the characters ... have one phase in common. They are
self-conscious and analytical. They see themselves, as it were, in a
mirror, and it is with their eyes fixed on the reflection that they
move. It is, then, the thinker in her reader that Mrs. Atherton
arouses. Her descriptive powers are strong and individual. She gives
us pictures of London, of San Francisco, and of the death throes of
that city vivid as paintings, startling as a vitascope. She is not so
happy in conveying an effect of the cataclysm on the people. They
remain too self-conscious, they converse too much, they see themselves
experiencing the experience.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 676. O. 26, ’07. 1120w.
“If only her technique of construction equalled her frank and
clear-eyed understanding of human nature she might be unhesitatingly
placed very high among the exponents of the best realism.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.
+ − =No. Am.= 186: 607. D. ’07. 1320w.
=Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 110w.
“Admirable and distinctly entertaining story.”
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 369. D. ’07. 590w.
=Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Frank Lin, pseud.).= Rezánov; il. in
water-colors. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.
6–42373.
A historical romance of the early days of California, which chiefly
concerns Rezánov, a Russian diplomat, and Concha Arguello, daughter of
the Commandante of the Presidio. “Amid the splendidly picturesque
environment of the same California landscape which Belasco recently
has turned to such excellent use in his play a ‘Rose of the Rancho,’
the story marches vigorously to its predestined close and the proud
Russian succumbs to fever and privation on his return from an
adventurous expedition.” (Cur. Lit.)
* * * * *
“Is not the most interesting of Mrs. Atherton’s books: it is, however,
in our opinion, the best written and the most carefully studied work
of hers which we have had the pleasure of seeing.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 502. N. 17, ’06. 150w.
“If Mrs. Atherton has not succeeded in making [the lovers] absolutely
alive to us, she has invested their love story with unusual charm and
interest.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 687. D. 1. 170w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 229. F. ’07. 660w.
“A story which is, in many respects, conventional and—for all its
heroics—rather lifeless.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 5: 394. N. 23, ’06. 500w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 187. My. ’07. 140w.
“There are qualities in ‘Rezánov’ that we are accustomed to admire in
Mrs. Atherton’s work, the vivid characterisation, the colour and
beauty of the setting, the especial charm of the Californian
atmosphere, but it is very far from being a great book, or even a
first-rate book of its kind, clever as it undeniably is.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 712. D. 8, ’06. 680w.
“With these deductions, there is much to admire in her spirited
reconstitution of life on the Pacific coast a hundred years ago.”
− + =Spec.= 97: 828. N. 24, ’06. 770w.
* =Atkey, Bertram.= Folk of the wild. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.
“A book of the forests, the moors and the mountains, of the beasts of
the silent places, their lives, their doings and their deaths.”
=Audubon, John Woodhouse.= Audubon’s western journal: 1849–1850. *$3.
Clark, A. H.
6–6244.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We are somewhat surprised that a geographic expert like its editor,
Professor Frank H. Hodder, should have allowed the path of the party
in 1849 to be recorded upon a base map that could not possibly have
been accurate at a period earlier than 1853.”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 154. Ja. 17, ’07. 200w.
=Auerbach, Berthold.= On the heights; translated from the German by
Simon A. Stern. $1.50. Holt.
A new edition of this ever interesting tale of German life in court
and cottage.
* * * * *
“No feature of Auerbach’s literary mastership is more admirable than
the delicacy and ingenuity with which he has woven the fortunes of the
royal house of Bavaria into the fabric of his great novel ‘Auf der
hohe.’ The untangling of this complicated web adds zest to both
history and fiction.” W. H. Carruth.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 376. D. ’07. 3470w.
=Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus.= Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Antoninus; tr. by George Long. 35c. Crowell.
Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”
=Austin, Mrs. Mary Hunter.= The flock; il. by E. Boyd Smith. **$2.
Houghton.
6–35583.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“There is hardly a page without its incident, information, or
picturesque descriptions; to turn a leaf too hastily is to miss some
interesting fact or vivid picture.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 638. D. 22, ’06. 140w.
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 202. F. 16. 60w.
“The narrative is picturesque and full of color, and the pictures and
sketches really illustrate the text.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 130w.
“‘The flock’ is a book which the driven scientific man may read for
recreation and information at once. There is much keen observation,
much shrewd suggestion, and no end of delight in ‘The flock.’ And
trained in the scientific method or not, Mrs. Austin is honest and
truthful as one may be. That is, she tells only what to her eye and
ear and mind comes with the seeming of truth.” Vernon L. Kellogg.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 25: 179. F. 1, ’07. 2030w.
“There is a smack of R. L. Stevenson about the book, though rather in
the subject than in the style, which leans towards the pretentious.
But as a literary work it is vivid.”
+ + − =Spec.= 97: 216. F. 9, ’07. 190w.
=Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st baron.= On municipal and national trading.
$1. Macmillan.
7–23725.
An argument against municipal trading. The author shows that municipal
trade increases local expenditure and local indebtedness, gives rise
to awkward labor problems, seriously interferes with private
enterprise and our foreign commerce, and that by reducing the demand
for labor it has not only injured the ratepayers generally, but
especially the working classes.
* * * * *
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 149. Jl. ’07. 390w.
“His book, it hardly need be said, is an able presentation of his
subject. While less partisan and more dignified than Mr. Porter, Lord
Avebury is seldom thoroughly judicial in his treatment of his
subject.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 553. My. 16, ’07. 250w.
“All thru the book Lord Avebury shows an amazing fondness for
irresponsible writers and a curious shyness of official figures.”
− =Ind.= 62: 1412. Je. 13, ’07. 1180w.
“The materials appear to have been gathered hastily, and are thrown
together in slap-dash fashion.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 260w.
“One commendable feature of the book is its definiteness. The reader
who seeks a clear, brief statement of the arguments against municipal
trading cannot find the case more satisfactorily stated than in Lord
Avebury’s book.” Wm. Hill.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 436. Jl. ’07. 950w.
“A useful handbook for those who may have to debate the subject on
public platforms.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 213. F. 9, ’07. 1740w.
=Avery, Elroy McKendree.= History of the United States and its people.
In 15 vol. ea. *$6.25. Burrows.
=v. 3.= “Volume three is devoted to what has been happily termed a
neglected period of American history,—a period extending through the
latter part of the seventeenth to well toward the meridian of the
eighteenth century. Behind it lay the stirring, strenuous and
oftentimes intensely exciting period that marked the colonization of
the new world and the struggle for a firm foothold,—a struggle that
sometimes meant war with Indians, sometimes conflict with rival
nations, and ever the fierce battle to subjugate the soil and wring
from it more than was needed to supply food, raiment and shelter for
the isolated bands on the wilderness frontiers of the new
world.”—Arena.
* * * * *
“Mr. Avery has aimed at and achieved ‘readability,’ and at the same
time there is little doubt that this will be the standard record of
United States history.”
+ + + =Acad.= 71: 655. D. 29, ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“We have detected but one actual inaccuracy—an understatement of
Oglethorpe’s age. The American writer’s handling of some portions
strikes us as hardly adequate.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 862. S. 7, ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 3.)
“On the whole the volume is superior to its predecessor. The sense of
proportion is better developed.” Wm. R. Shepherd.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 657. Ap. ’07. 940w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The strong feature of this volume, as of its predecessor, is—aside
from the work of the publishers—the accuracy and detail of the
author’s narrative. Certain of its limitations are also among those of
the earlier volumes and seem, therefore, likely to characterize the
entire work. They are: First, the author’s lack of assured perspective
and his consequent inability to impart emphasis, selection and
organization to his work; secondly, his attempts to vary the monotony
inevitable in a narrative devoid of the above mentioned qualities by
constant recourse to the phraseology of others or to awkward
trivialities; and thirdly, his disposition to abdicate to others the
historian’s essential function of passing judgment, without at the
same time distinguishing at all between the purely personal opinions
of those whom he quotes and their documental verdicts.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 471. N. ’06. 1250w. (Review of v. 2.)
“We are fully gratified to find that it fully maintains the high
standard set in the preceding volumes. Dealing as it does with this
largely neglected period, is of special interest to students of
history.”
+ + + =Arena.= 38: 221. Ag. ’07. 1110w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The colonial history of the Jerseys is usually regarded as prosaic in
the extreme; but Mr. Avery has discovered in it points of dramatic
interest, and has spared no pains to reveal them to us.” Anna Heloise
Abel.
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 165. S. 16, ’07. 860w. (Review of v. 3.)
“At times there is revealed, often in opening and closing paragraphs,
a knack of rapid and effective description. But the body of the
chapter is liable to be disjointed and unimportant. The work lacks
conscious certainty of judgment and too often seems to be impartial
from caution rather than conviction.”
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 943. O. 17, ’07. 330w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Dr. Avery’s narrative grows more praiseworthy as it proceeds, while
his style is less stilted and freer from mannerisms and fine writing
than was the case with the first volume.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 430w. (Review of v. 3.)
“It is pleasant to find, also, that Mr. Avery has profited by earlier
criticisms—developing, for example, far more clearly than before the
relationship between the early upbuilding of America and the stirring
events transpiring in Europe.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 490w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Its methods are more like those of the old, with a little less
insistence on style. In respect of its material make-up Avery’s work
is one of the most notable books ever printed in America, and no doubt
the most notable in American history.” John Spencer Bassett.
+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 253. My. ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Dr. Avery’s style illumines the annals of those primitive times,
sustaining the reader’s interest.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 510. O. ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Axon, William E. A.= Cobden as a citizen: a chapter in Manchester
history. *$6. Wessels.
7–31407.
Including a facsimile of Cobden’s pamphlet “Incorporate your borough,”
with an introduction recording his career as a municipal reformer, and
a Cobden bibliography.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 538. My. 4. 330w.
“A little volume which all admirers and students of Cobden will desire
to possess.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 77. Jl. 25, ’07. 160w.
=Spec.= 99: 268. Ag. 24, ’07. 300w.
=Ayer, Mary Allette=, ed. Heart melodies. **$1. Lothrop.
7–16925.
The compiler has culled from works of prose and poetry both well-known
and obscure these brief quotations chosen because they are helpful and
cheering.
B
=Bacheller, Irving A.= Eben Holden’s last day a-fishing. †50c. Harper.
7–29429.
Two pictures of an old favorite are presented in this slight volume;
one of fishing on a June day and the other of Christmas-time in Eben
Holden’s old-fashioned country home. He is still the kind, wise,
humorous companion of earlier days.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07 200w.
=Bacon, Edwin Munroe.= Connecticut river, and the valley of the
Connecticut. **$3.50. Putnam.
6–27342.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The familiar story is well told and gives the lie afresh to the
complaint that picturesque America is lacking in historical
associations. A few minor slips occur.” Kate M. Cone.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 693. Ap. ’07. 460w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 38. F. ’07.
+ =Spec.= 98: 1039. Je. 29, ’07. 340w.
=Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam.= Domestic adventures. †$1. Scribner.
7–29425.
“The present story sets forth both the erotic and culinary experiences
of three bachelor girls from New York, who decide that their combined
resources justify the setting up of a modest establishment in the
suburbs somewhere ‘out Greenwich way.’”—Bookm.
* * * * *
“Here is something to be strongly recommended as a panacea for the
peculiarly debilitating effects of the servant problem. Somewhat in
the form of a diary presumably jotted down from day to day, but
occasional lapses into a reminiscent mood, as of one writing it up
several years later, considerably disturb the continuity and befog the
chatty atmosphere.” G. W. Adams.
+ − =Bookm.= 26: 278. N. ’07. 480w.
“Mrs. Bacon has scored so often by virtue of sheer hard cleverness
that it is not to be wondered at if the note grows yet harder and
thinner as time goes on.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 307. O. 3, ’07. 220w.
“The plot is of soap-bubble texture ... and the whole is told with
abundant humor in a style of exceptional simplicity and good taste.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 120w.
“The book is full of fun.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“A mild plot is cleverly managed by the author.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 60w.
=Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.)= In high places.
†$1.50. Doubleday.
7–31212.
The “high places” are the risky elevations from which scrupulous and
unscrupulous actors in high finance manipulate the money market. A
business woman of to-day occupies the center of the stage.
* * * * *
“‘In high places,’ in fact, inspires a hope that Mrs. Bacon may go on
rather than back, that she may succeed in ridding herself of the
shopworn, obvious side of her talent and by clearing her mind of a
residue of stock phrases and characters, leave it free to receive her
own unhackneyed and genuine impressions.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 497. N. 28, ’07. 390w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“In many respects the novel is disagreeable—in some unnecessarily
so—but the plea that it is true to life can be supported, without
doubt.”
− + =Outlook.= 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 150w.
=Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.)=, ed. Songs every child
should know. **90c. Doubleday.
6–35301.
More than a hundred songs with music are grouped here. They include
songs of sentiment, folk song, cradle songs, songs of war, national
hymns, nonsense songs, patriotic songs, Shakesperian songs and
miscellaneous songs. Introductory notes to each song add enlightenment
for the child.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 189. O. ’06.
“The judgment used in the selection of these songs is as good as the
taste displayed is broad and catholic.”
+ + =Bookm.= 24: 295. N. ’06. 780w.
+ − =Ind.= 61: 1410. D. 22, ’06. 50w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 393. S. 22, ’06. 50w.
“Such a book should be graded rather than arranged artificially into
groups. Mrs. Bacon is too generous, though her idea is excellent.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 120w.
“One of the best books in the ‘Every child should know’ series.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 377. D. ’06. 30w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 765. D. ’06. 40w.
=Badger, George Henry.= Water-star. *80c. Am. Unitar.
7–29693.
Four essays, The water-star, Landscape of the soul, The haunts of the
hind, and Do we see nature? In the first one the water lily is used
for a lesson. The author shows that in sending forth above the surface
of the water so wonderful a flower the roots do quiet work in the
murky depths; so in life, if crowning success be attained, there lies
back of it the commonplace pegging away at stale duties.
=Bagley, William Chandler.= Classroom management: its principles and
technique. *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–15629.
“Useful to any teacher who has not solved all his practical problems,
and particularly valuable to the young teacher. The great virtue of
the book is its actuality; its material has been gathered mainly from
experience and observation. The writer constantly sums up the best
expert opinion upon the question in hand.... The contents of the book
may be suggested by a few of the chapter titles: ‘The daily program,’
‘Hygienic conditions in the school-room,’ ‘Order and discipline,’
‘Penalties,’ ‘The problem of attention.’”—Dial.
* * * * *
“The thought is sane and illuminating throughout, and the form is
always clear and strong. We know of no other book that will bring more
varied and abundant help to the teacher in actual hand-grips with his
task.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 124. S. 1, ’07. 160w.
“While the book is written primarily for students of education in
schools and colleges, it will be helpful to all teachers and will
appeal to the most thoughtful and ambitious.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 255. S. 19, ’07. 210w.
“The high standpoint of the author is strikingly evident in his noble
chapter on ‘The ethics of schoolcraft,’ whose seven pages, separately
printed, are well worth wide distribution among teachers at public
expense.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 834. Ag. 17, ’07. 160w.
=Bagot, Richard.= Temptation. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–37716.
Italy furnishes the stage, and her people the actors for this study in
psychology. A very unhappy Italian woman moved by the sinister
fascination of an ancestor’s homicidal act of killing her lover by
poison resorts to the same means to rid herself of a husband whom she
loathes. “Ugo, the hapless count, his wife Cristina, the Duchess of
San Felice, and Fabrizio, the guilty cousin, are all human figures.”
(Ath.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Bagot observes keenly, but a little hastily; he is rather sharp
than wise in his judgments, and his people are drawn without the
subtle shades which would make them interesting in themselves.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 216. Mr. 2, ’07. 330w.
“It is a powerful drama, and discloses Mr. Bagot at his best.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907. 1: 286. Mr. 9. 210w.
“Like Mr. Crawford, also Mr. Bagot never lets you forget that he is
writing of an alien race, with habits and temperaments and language
quite foreign to that of the Anglo-Saxon; and yet, at the same time,
he interprets them so skilfully that the sum total of your impressions
is rather that of the brotherhood of the two races than of the gulf
between them.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 162. O. ’07. 590w.
“Mr. Bagot spends so much care on the few characters whom he
introduces, and offers so close an explanation of their motives, that
we are prepared both for greater vigour of action and greater subtlety
of speech. But he seldom drops his attitude of the grave observer
pondering wide issues. In any case, however, it is an interesting
book; you lay it down not infrequently, but you open it with respect.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 62. F. 22, ’07. 390w.
“The facts are bald enough, but they are interpreted with much skill.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 260. S. 19, ’07. 420w.
“There are few gleams of fascination in ‘Temptation’.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 120w.
“That which may be most cordially praised in this novel is the
author’s evidently exact and always interesting depiction of Italian
country life and social customs and manners.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 269. O. 5, ’07. 100w.
“Although the main theme of the story is gloomy, there are many
pleasant passages. The book is always interesting.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 401. Mr. 30, ’07. 380w.
“Though ‘Temptation’ cannot be pronounced a pleasant book, the author
must be acquitted of any desire to palter with the principles of right
and wrong.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 422. Mr. 16, ’07. 840w.
=Bailey, Edgar H. S.= Text-book of sanitary and applied chemistry; or,
The chemistry of water, air, and food. *$1.40. Macmillan.
6–32422.
In which the author emphasizes the fact that a knowledge of the
relations of health to pure air, unpolluted water, and wholesome food
will greatly improve sanitary conditions of students as well as people
at large. Part 1 discusses air and fuel in their relation to heating
and ventilation, lighting by the various agents now in use, water
supply and purification, and disposal of household waste. Part 2 deals
with food, food-materials, food accessories, preservatives, beverages
and dietaries.
* * * * *
“Professor Bailey has brought together much of the material which he
has used for his lectures on domestic economy in the University of
Kansas, and made of it a practical class textbook.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 204. S. 6, ’06. 150w.
Reviewed by Ellen H. Richards.
=Science=, n.s. 24: 338. S. 14, ’06. 900w.
“The field covered by the work is so very great that it is hardly to
be expected that thoroughness can be attained in a book of 345 small
pages. There are many things in the book which will interest the
student reader, but he must remember that it is essentially
elementary.”
+ − =Science=, n.s. 25: 419. Mr. 15, ’07. 290w.
* =Bailey, Elmer James.= Novels of George Meredith: a study. **$1.25.
Scribner.
7–34148.
In five chapters Mr. Bailey deals with the development of Meredith’s
genius, the best known characters in his stories, and the analogies
between his work and that of his predecessors.
* * * * *
“Neither the style nor the matter is of a kind to inspire confidence.
The new and interesting part of the book is a sketch of Meredith’s
influence upon other novelists.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 200w.
“The volume can be used as a companion to Trevelyan’s work on
Meredith’s poetry and philosophy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07 40w.
=Bailey, Liberty Hyde=, ed. Cyclopedia of American agriculture: a
popular survey of agricultural conditions, practices and ideals in the
United States and Canada. 4v. $5. Macmillan.
7–8529.
A work whose purpose is to sift the literature in which scientific
farming finds expression and to “embody its most important and
permanent results.” (N. Y. Times.)
=v. 1.= Deals with “Farms.” Discusses agricultural regions, their
soils, temperature; the selection, laying out and culture of farms;
farm machinery irrigation, sanitation, etc.
=v. 2.= Considers the subject of crops under three divisions: “the
first deals with the plant in general, its life processes, its
response to such stimuli as artificial light, weak poisons, and
electricity, insects and diseases which harm it, plant breeding and
introduction, the management of weeds, crop rotation and crop yields.
Part second describes the manufacture of various crop products from
pickles to denatured alcohol. The third section, which is a general
discussion, alphabetically arranged, of American farm crops, fills the
main portion of the volume.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“A monumental work of interest to a much larger class than farmers
only.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 117. My. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)
“Is indispensable to public and reference libraries, and it should be
extensively purchased for circulating and school libraries in the
rural districts.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 380. O. 24, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ − =Nature.= 76: 315. Ag. 7, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A truly magnificent, coherent and exhaustive work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 307. My. 11, ’07. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 720. N. 9, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Bailey, Temple. Judy.= †$1.50. Little.
7–30439.
Two motherless girls of contrasting types are joint heroines in this
story. One happy hearted girl who had been brought up on fresh air,
simple food, sunshine and flowers teaches the other child, cloyed with
things of life to the point of youthful ennui, a wholesome life
lesson.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Bailey, William Bacon.= Modern social conditions. $3. Century.
6–34864.
“The field covered by this volume is part of that treated in
Mayo-Smith’s ‘Statistics and sociology.’ The first chapter is an
elementary treatise on the history of statistics. The other chapters
give statistical information in relation to sex, age, conjugal
conditions, births, marriage, death and the growth of population.”—Am.
J. Soc.
* * * * *
“The author has rendered a service to students by bringing up the
figures as nearly as possible to date.” C. R. H.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 571. Ja. ’07. 90w.
“Judged intrinsically the book not only justifies its appearance, but
strongly commends itself to the use of every student of demography.
The author’s style is simple, and the volume is crowded with
information. In fact the data are often compelled to speak too largely
for themselves. A stronger emphasis upon their interpretation and
practical bearing would have heightened the interest of the book. On
the other hand, the theoretical discussion avoids all irritating
mathematical complexities.” George B. Mangold.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 473. N. ’06. 390w.
“It is undoubtedly the most excellent compilation of more or less
familiar population statistics that has been done by an American. Yet
the question may be seriously raised as to the essential value of such
treatises for the student of social conditions. Several sections are
included in the treatise under consideration, which are abstruse and
difficult, and ... the reader is not led up carefully to a full
comprehension of those sections.” J. C.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 641. D. ’06. 790w.
“I am compelled to conclude that the book is not based upon the best
authorities, that the authorities followed have not been used
critically, and that it is not an adequate presentation of the present
condition of American vital statistics.” Walter F. Wilcox.
− − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 169. Mr. ’07. 2690w.
“As a text for students, its most serious fault is the constant resort
to an off-hand, ready-made explanation of every conceivable situation.
Comments are too facile and correlations too readily assumed. The
style of the book is loose in the extreme.” D. C. Wells.
− + =Yale R.= 16: 95. My. ’07. 1050w.
=Baillie, James Black.= Outline of the idealistic construction of
experience. *$2.75. Macmillan.
7–11048.
The general purpose of this volume “is to expound the essential
principles of British Neo-Hegelianism in fairly systematic fashion and
with reference to the present problems of philosophy.” (Philos. R.)
* * * * *
“The book will not be found easy even by the trained student of
philosophy, but we know no English work in which there has been a more
successful effort to give clear and convincing meaning to those
abstract phrases in which alone idealist doctrines can be expounded.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 406. Ap. 6. 400w.
“Its debt to the ‘Phanomenologie des Geistes’ is so avowedly
extensive, and yet its hold upon modern problems—psychological and
epistemological, social and religious—is so vital, that the reader is
hardly able to say whether the work is strongest as a fresh treatment
of these problems or as an exposition of Hegel; the fact being that it
is both things—the one because it is the other.” J. W. Scott.
+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 933. Jl. ’07. 2280w.
“If his object is to make an effective appeal to common sense and the
scientific mind, we are inclined to think that his method is not well
chosen for the purpose. To render Hegel is one thing, to do the work
of the great idealists ‘all over again’ is another. Each is
sufficiently difficult by itself, and they would be best attempted
independently; to combine the two in a single volume is almost to
court disaster.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 67. Mr. 1, ’07. 1480w.
“The book is as accurate, in nearly all essential respects, as it is
dry and colorless; and it is really helpful in assisting one to think
out again the idealistic problem and its solution. But it fails
exactly where Mr. Haldane’s Gifford lectures (1902–4) were so
preëminently successful,—in impressing the reader with the very
important bearing of modern idealism upon the most recent problems of
science and philosophy, as well as upon the more practical but not
less perplexing, problems of modern life.” Ernest Albee.
+ − =Philos. R.= 16: 538. S. ’07. 2480w.
“In this lucid volume the profound difficulties that underlie an
idealistic theory of experience are analyzed with great elaboration,
and the idealistic position placed in a new and more helpful
environment.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 649. Ap. 27, ’07. 700w.
=Baily, J. T. Herbert.= Emma, Lady Hamilton; a biographical essay with a
catalogue of her published portraits. *$3.50. Stokes.
A record of Lady Hamilton, the prominence of whose pictorial phase but
emphasizes the avenue thru which she made so many conquests, namely,
her beauty. The text serves only as a setting for the pictures.
* * * * *
“Mr. Baily’s narrative, short and readable, is apologetic and even
warmly eulogistic in tone, and may well be supplemented and corrected
by some less favorable presentation of the famous courtesan.” Percy F.
Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 41: 386. D. 1, ’06. 300w.
“Although the book is not an authoritative life or a critical essay on
her portraiture, it is quite the best pictorial record.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 180w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 113. Ja. ’07. 40w.
=Baker, Cornelia.= Court jester; with il. by Margaret E. Webb and
Margaret H. Deveneau. †$1.25. Bobbs.
6–28221.
The story of the journey of the Princess Marguerite to Spain to become
the wife of the son of Ferdinand and Isabella.
* * * * *
“Well-told and interesting but too drawn out to hold the average
child’s attention throughout.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 206. N. ’07.
“A book well worth while. The publishers are to be congratulated on
this successful collaboration.”
+ + =Bookm.= 24: 529. Ja. ’07. 70w.
“A well-written historical novel for children. The illustrations ...
are excellent in portrayal of character and costume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 851. D. 8, ’06. 130w.
=Baker, Ernest A.= History in fiction. 2v. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–29857.
An enlargement of an earlier work, “Guide to the best fiction.” It is
classified, arranged and indexed for the convenience of the student.
“Its two small volumes deal, the first with English historical
fiction, the second with American and foreign subjects.... The general
arrangement is chronological under the various countries, but a novel
and acceptable feature is that, wherever possible, there is added, in
the fashion of a foot-note, information about fiction actually written
in the time treated by the books in the regular text.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 157. O. ’07. S.
“These two volumes are the result of an enormous amount of labor well
expended. The brief notes appended by Mr. Baker to the titles of the
books he enumerates are generally informing, and occasionally not
without a touch of humour.” A. Schade van Westrum.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 82. S. ’07. 790w.
“So far as we have tested the accuracy and inclusiveness of the work,
it seems capital, and a special word of praise should be given for the
index.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 792. Ag. 10, ’07. 310w.
“Very carefully compiled catalogue.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 27. Jl. 6, ’07. 50w.
=Baker, Etta Anthony.= Youngsters of Centerville. il. †$1.50. Holt.
7–30441.
Stories for children which deal with real boys and girls, their games,
their pranks, their school and their faith in each other. There is
wholesome patriotic sentiment in the doings of these youngsters, the
sort that any school boy may profit by.
=Baker, George Pierce.= Development of Shakespeare as a dramatist.
*$1.75. Macmillan.
7–22387.
A comprehensive modern analysis of Shakespeare’s growth as a
playwright. Comprehensive, inasmuch as it omits no step of the great
dramatist’s development, and modern “in the generous citations from
the most recent critics of the drama in England, France, and America;
in the omission of the well-known facts of Shakespeare’s life, and the
disregard of the familiar quibbles over the text.” (N. Y. Times.) “The
illustrations constitute a valuable feature of the book. They embrace
the most authentic maps of Elizabethan London, all illustrations that
throw light on the construction of the Elizabethan stage, and many
other things that help us to an understanding of the drama of the
period.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 158. O. ’07. S.
“The book may well be read in conjunction with Professor Raleigh’s, as
supplying precisely the information which is lacking in that.” Edward
Fuller.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 156. O. ’07. 970w.
“The book throws more light on Shakespeare’s intellectual and artistic
development than many others written with less regard for external
conditions and for the part other playwrights played in preparing the
way for Shakespeare.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 213. O. 1, ’07. 390w.
“There are certain points in Professor Baker’s study that one is
tempted to disagree with; but on the whole his book is extremely
valuable because of the sound common sense of his attitude toward the
playwright and his work.” Walter Clayton.
+ + − =Forum.= 39: 259. O. ’07. 1060w.
“We wish to recommend the general sanity of Professor Baker’s work and
his thorough sympathy with his author.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 149. Ag. 15, ’07. 980w.
“The enthusiastic analyst gets the better of that poetic sense so
desirable in the Shakespearean critic. Excepting this limitation,
however, the viewpoint of the book is wholly admirable, and a lover of
the poet’s plays cannot fail to extract from it both profit and
inspiration.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 513. Ag. 24, ’07. 1180w.
“His conclusions may seem radical to readers who are not familiar with
the more recent discussions; but they are in accord substantially with
those held by nearly all later investigators.” Brander Matthews.
+ + =No. Am.= 186: 281. O. ’07. 1140w.
“This study ... is full of light and leading in the confusion of
uneducated opinion.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 331. O. 19, ’07. 320w.
“It is to be regarded as an exceptionally interesting and valuable
addition to recent Shakespeare literature.” Wm. J. Rolfe.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 728. S. ’07. 220w.
=Baker, James Hutchins.= American problems; essays and addresses.
**$1.20. Longmans.
7–7477.
In which American ideals are depicted and problems of sociology and
education discussed. “The main emphasis is laid on moral ideals, and
on moral culture as ‘the corner-stone of all culture.’” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Professor Baker’s style is clear and pleasing, his large range of
illustrations are aptly applied while the general tone of the work is
vigorous and even inspiring.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 630. My. ’07. 270w.
=Cath. World.= 85: 257. My. ’07. 90w.
“The author firmly believes that the world is growing better on the
whole, and sets forth his belief in an interesting if not strikingly
original manner.” Max West.
+ =Dial.= 43: 122. S. 1, ’07. 170w.
=Ind.= 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 90w.
“The only distinction of the book is its style, which has a crispness
and vigor that many readers, especially such as are neither thoughtful
nor well read, will doubtless find attractive.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 453. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
=Outlook.= 85: 480. F. 23, ’07. 160w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 229. N. ’07. 230w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 30w.
“If it lacks style, it is also without pedantry—a virtue not to be
despised in this day of the making of many books.” Edward C. Elliott.
+ − =School R.= 15: 473. Je. ’07. 950w.
=Baker, John Cordis=, ed. American country homes and their gardens;
introd. by Donn Barber. $5. Winston.
6–38345.
“A folio of over two hundred pages, whose plates exhibit the best
features of nearly fifty American country-places, scattered from Maine
to California and from Massachusetts to North Carolina. The owners’
and architects’ names are generally given, and a plan of the estate
often supplements the pictures of its most attractive aspects. All of
the houses are of the more pretentious kind of country-seat, such as
‘Blair Eyrie’ at Bar Harbor and ‘Biltmore’ at Asheville; but they are
artistic rather than showy, and prospective builders may get many
hints from the book, even though they may be working on a much smaller
and less ambitious scale.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“Mr. Donn Barber packs into three pages a tremendous amount of
information about the status and development of American architecture
and landscape gardening, and puts the reader in the way of
appreciating and profiting by the pictures.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 396. D. 1, ’06. 200w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1405. D. 22, ’06. 130w.
=Baker, Louise R.= Bettie Porter, boardwalk committee. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–27611.
A wholesome story for girls which tells of the enterprise of a group
of girls in a country town who undertake the building of a board walk.
It contains a lesson for the easily discouraged.
* * * * *
“Is a little out of the ordinary run of stories.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 80w.
=Baldwin, James Mark.= Mental development in the child and the race:
methods and processes, with figs. and diagrams. 3d ed. *$2.25.
Macmillan.
6–44351.
Third edition with improvements and enlargements.
* * * * *
“Professor Baldwin’s book deserves high commendation even though one
cannot agree in all details with the particular theory of mental
development which he sets forth. The book gathers together a wealth of
data regarding mental development, and is so well grounded upon
biological facts and principles that one who is not a specialist in
genetic psychology hesitates to criticise it. Nevertheless, the
particular theory of mental development which Professor Baldwin
champions—the imitation theory—seems to the writer decidedly weak at
certain points.” Charles A. Ellwood.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 651. My. ’07. 1000w.
+ =Dial.= 42: 83. F. 1, ’07. 260w.
=Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 40w.
“One thing that impresses the reader most favorably, apart from the
obviously astute observation of the author, is his personal attitude
of interest and appreciation. Analytic though his study of children
must be, it contains a notable trait of appreciative humanity.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 38. Ja. 19, ’07. 260w.
“As a book of genesis, biological and psychological, the present work
is of distinctive and permanent value.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 320w.
=Baldwin, James Mark.= Social and ethical interpretations in mental
development: a study on social psychology. *$2.60. Macmillan.
“The whole argument of Professor Baldwin’s book is that society is a
product of self-consciousness; that it depends in all phases of its
evolution upon the development of the self-thought. Accordingly, he
finds the matter of social organization to be thoughts; and he denies
that animal associations constitute true societies, since animals do
not possess self-consciousness.”—Am. J. Soc.
* * * * *
“In spite of all criticisms, however, Professor Baldwin’s book is an
invaluable one to every student of sociology, and it remains, up to
the present, the only systematic attempt in the English language to
apply modern genetic and functional psychology to the interpretation
of social organization and evolution.” Charles A. Ellwood.
+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 281. S. ’07. 530w.
“It is a book for students, and should be approached in a purely
studious spirit, as the matter will require gradual assimilation and
cannot well be hastily scanned.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 306. My. 11, ’07. 580w.
=Baldwin, James Mark.= Thought and things: a study of the development
and meaning of thought or genetic logic. 3v. v. I. *$2.75. Macmillan.
6–44293.
The first volume treats of “Functional logic” or “Genetic theory of
knowledge.” The author looks upon it as “an inductive, psychological,
genetic research into the actual movement of the function of thought.”
* * * * *
“We opened this volume in the expectation of an intellectual treat; we
close it with a feeling of disappointment.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 275. S. 7. 1790w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is a work of much learning and research, and of very considerable
interest.” J. S. Mackenzie.
+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 265. Ja. ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 1.)
“I cannot see that anything is gained by [his] methodology; on the
contrary, I think this method is largely responsible for an excessive
complexity of details, a lack of simplicity, directness, clearness and
thorough system in the handling of the subject-matter. The other
embarrassment I have suffered in reading this book is due to the
author’s terminology. I do not make these criticisms without having at
the same time a very great willingness to record my fullest
appreciation of a notable book, one that cannot fail to add to its
author’s already splendid reputation, and one which will enlarge not a
little our knowledge in a great field of science.” John E. Russell.
+ − =J. Philos.= 3: 712. D. 20, ’06. 1840w. (Review of v. 1.)
“We will say at once that this is a most earnest, profound, laborious,
systematic analysis of cognition, such as cannot fail to be of
continual utility to students of psychology. But this does not mean
that the work is fundamentally sound; for the imperfection that
belongs to all human works necessarily appears in a philosophical
doctrine in the form of error.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 203. F. 28, ’07. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The terminology of the book is not of the simplest but behind it one
finds that the writer, has something true and important to say.”
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 2. N. 1, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Doubtless some of these perplexities represent, as usual, the
reviewer’s ‘personal equation’ and some may disappear in the other
volumes. At all events ... the significance of the aim, the standpoint
and general method of the treatment, together with the suggestive
special features mentioned and others unmentioned, make the work a
notable one.” A. W. Moore.
+ + − =Psychol. Bull.= 4: 81. Mr. 16, ’07. 3750w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Seriously, we protest against the German and American tendency to
turn divine philosophy into a jargon comprehensible only to an inner
ring.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 658. My. 25, ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The methodological difficulties of the subject are unusually great
and have been handled with a remarkable degree or success.” G. A.
Tawney.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 177. F. 1, ’07. 1700w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Baldwin, May.= Peg’s adventures in Paris: a school tale. †$1.50.
Dutton.
The adventures of a “high spirited, good-hearted, but much spoilt
young lady” who “rides roughshod over the few rules and regulations of
the particularly undisciplinary _pensionnat_ in which she is placed,
and eventually finds herself in a French court of law.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Points of difference in matters social and educational are well
brought out, but ‘Madame’ is considerably overdrawn, and careless
revision has permitted numerous errors in French to pass.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 652. N. 24. 80w.
“It is told in a sprightly manner, and the incidents follow so rapidly
upon one another’s heels that a very lively interest is maintained
through all its 400 pages.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 90w.
“Tells of an almost fatiguingly sprightly young woman whose
‘adventures’ are stimulating but rather improbably thick upon the
ground.”
− + =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 130w.
=Balzac, Honore de.= Père Goriot; ed. with introd. and notes by R. L.
Sanderson. *80c. Heath.
7–15141.
A student’s edition of Père Goriot uniform with Heath’s “Modern
language series” and supplied with generous editorial material.
=Banks, Louis Albert.= Sinner and his friends. **$1.30. Funk.
7–23975.
This volume of thirty evangelistic sermons represents Dr. Banks’
mature thought characterized by force and unerring judgment.
=Barber, Edwin Atlee.= Salt glazed stoneware. (Primers of industrial
art, v. 2.) **90c. Doubleday.
7–19048.
An authoritative treatment which “attempts to clear certain disputed
points and correct some long-accepted traditions of ceramic writers
which have been found to be erroneous. The characteristics of real
salt glazed stoneware are briefly outlined and the origin of its
manufacture related. The three divisions in the volume take up the
stonewares of Germany and the low countries and other continental
centres, the salt glazed wares of England—Fulham, Nottingham,
Staffordshire, and Lambeth—and the stoneware of the United States.”—N.
Y. Times.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 191. N. ’07.
+ =Nation.= 85: 216. S. 5, ’07. 350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 170w.
=Barber, Edwin Atlee.= Tin enamelled pottery: maiolica, delft, and other
stanniferous faience. (Art primer. Pennsylvania museum and school of
industrial art, Phila.) **90c. Doubleday.
7–18108.
The first of a series designed to furnish in condensed form reliable
information based on the latest discoveries relating to various
industrial arts. In this first volume “descriptions are given of the
maiolica of Italy, Spain, and Mexico; the delft wares of Holland and
England, and the stanniferous faience of France, Germany, Hungary,
Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. The pottery of the United States also
comes in for brief consideration. A list is added of marks on pottery
that are most familiar. Preceding the index is a table giving the
principal features of tin enameled pottery in the different countries
named in the volume.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.
“The latest handbook of pottery usually reflects in epitome the taste
of collectors of thirty years ago—a defect, if it is such, from which
Dr. Barber’s monographs are not free.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 215. S. 5, ’07. 760w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 210w.
“An authoritative work; indeed, so far as we know, it is the first
complete work on the subject.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 350w.
=Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Crimson sweater. †$1.50. Century.
6–34684.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“While not so satisfactory as some of the earlier stories of school
life by the same author, it is wholesome, fairly well written, and
will certainly be liked by boys.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 19. Ja. ’07.
“The best he has done.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 60w.
* =Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Holly: the romance of a southern girl. †$2.
Lippincott.
7–33207.
A very pretty southern romance in which Holly Wayne, eighteen and a
true daughter of the confederacy, is wooed by Robert Winthrop,
thirty-eight and a northerner. The book is a holiday offering from its
very name to its full-page colored illustrations and the blue and gold
binding.
* * * * *
“Being longer and more ambitious than his previous efforts, it is
natural that it should not be quite so well finished. Nevertheless
‘Holly’ is a pretty story.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 380. D. 1, ’07. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Maid in Arcady. †$2. Lippincott.
6–34813.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =Ind.= 62: 157. Ja. 17, ’07. 180w.
“This is a commonplace little volume which strives to be idyllic. The
story and the marginal photographs are equally inartistic and lacking
in suggestive quality.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 20w.
* =Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Tom, Dick and Harriet. †$1.50. Century.
7–32158.
The final syllable of the last name in this trio is responsible for
the element of dignity which added to the rollicking abandon implied
in “Tom, Dick and Harry” makes as wholesome a tale as any young reader
could wish. Ferry Hill is once more the scene of schoolwork and play,
and especially true to life is the account of a track meet between
Ferry Hill and Hammond with a victory for the former which means the
winning of a much needed endowment fund.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 70w.
“The book is worth reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 110w.
=Barclay, Armiger.= King makers. †$1.50. Small.
The kingmakers are certain financiers who, for business reasons,
undertake to put a new king on the throne of Sergia, one of those
misty European kingdoms at which Russia glowers and England looks
askance. While this is being accomplished two pretty love stories are
worked out and, the revolution safely over, an English girl is
persuaded to ascend the throne with the young king, and his princess
cousin is left free to marry the Irish officer she loves. But there is
much fighting and intrigue and much chagrin for the kingmakers before
all this is safely brought about.
* * * * *
“As long as invention can produce stories as good as this, we shall
not greatly object to them on the score of being mere variants upon a
well-worn theme.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 379. Je. 16, ’07. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.
“The author of ‘The kingmakers’ has really written a battle which is
worth while.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 70w.
=Barine, Arvede, pseud. (Mrs. Charles Vincens).= Life of Alfred de
Musset; done into English by Charles C. Hayden. Il. subs. Hill, E. C.
6–26201.
“Arvède Barine’s little book shows a curious grasp of essentials in
both biography and criticism. In the former she presents only that
which influenced or found expression in the poet’s verse and prose; in
the latter she preserves sufficient contemporary criticism which is
essential in defining de Musset’s place today in French letters,
rightly conjecturing that the future will still further qualify and
reduce the essential fragments of to-day.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Creditable English version. Mr. Barine had access to intimate
sources, and his work is marked by literary finish and sympathetic
insight into the extraordinary epoch of French romanticism.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 473. O. 6, ’06. 450w.
“The account of the liaison with George Sand, on which his life turns
and which might prove an attraction for the desultory reader, is
anything but satisfactory from any point of view. Nor is the
translation itself, though well enough in general, such a masterpiece
of English as to merit a setting quite so luxurious.”
− + =Nation.= 83: 330. O. 18, ’06. 300w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 85. F. 9, ’07. 580w.
=Barine, Arvede, pseud. (Mrs. Charles Vincens).= Princesses and court
ladies; authorized Eng. version. **$3. Putnam.
6–45155.
The third of the author’s series on the lives of royalties translated
from the French. The five women who are sketched here and who played
parts in the history of Europe are Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal
Mazarin; Christina of Sweden; the Duchess of Maine, granddaughter of
Le Grand Condé; the Margravine of Bayreuth, Frederick the Great’s
sister; and “An Arab princess.”
* * * * *
“It is unfortunately only one more instance of the poor standard of
translation now prevalent.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 288. Mr. 9. 420w.
“Writes in a popular style that does not obtrude its background of
scholarship, but nevertheless depends upon it to avoid any suspicion
of cheapness or superficiality.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 116. F. 16, ’07. 210w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 341. Ag. 8, ’07. 120w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 220w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 560w.
“The text is vivacious and sprightly, and is heightened by many
interesting pictures.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 480. F. 23, ’07. 60w.
“It is as vivid as a gypsy dance, as entertaining as a fairy tale.”
Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 472. Jl. ’07. 670w.
“The chapter on ‘An Arab princess’ ... is as interesting a piece of
biography as we have seen for some time.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 70w.
“A very attractive style which, we are glad to say, is adequately
represented in the translation.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 221. F. 9, ’07. 220w.
=Barker, Ernest.= Political thought of Plato and Aristotle. $3.50.
Putnam.
7–15512.
“Two most desirable qualities appear in Mr. Barker’s exposition—a just
perception of parts as related to the whole, and insight into the
spirit within the letter.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Mr. Barker is to be congratulated on having taken so broad a view of
his subject.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 37. Jl. 13. 780w.
“Mr. Barker’s book is not only particularly competent, but in every
respect a masterly presentation of its subject. Mr. Barker’s book is
much more than a contribution to an understanding of Greek political
thought; it is an admirable text-book on political science, as well as
an admirable popularization (in the best sense) of the best theory,
both of ancient and modern.” Sydney Ball.
+ + + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 517. Jl. ’07. 2220w.
“A lucid, sane, and rightly proportioned presentation of the entire
subject, scholarly but free from excess of erudition and extravagance
of hypothesis, philosophical but not expressed in equivocal Hegelian
verbosity or pseudo-scientific sociological terminology, apt and
suggestive in the use of modern illustrations without strained and
fantastic analogies.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 290. Mr. 28, ’07. 1810w.
“Mr. Barker’s work is no mere translation, it is a masterly exposition
of the two chief constructive thinkers of ancient civilization. The
universities to which we look for future statesmen may be
congratulated on the addition of this volume to their apparatus for
political studies.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 139. Ja. 19, ’07. 860w.
“As a whole is a satisfactory, truthful and interesting treatment of
its subject, and should find readers wherever political science in its
historical aspects receives attention.” Wm. A. Dunning.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 545. S. ’07. 1050w.
“Mr. Barker has many of the qualifications for an excellent critic,
but he does not possess the art of presenting a luminous running
analysis. He has given generously of his deep study, and written a
book that will be necessary to future students of Greek philosophy.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 591. My. 11, ’07. 1570w.
“Illuminating volume.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 460. O. 5, ’07. 860w.
=Barker, J. Ellis.= Rise and decline of the Netherlands: a political and
economic history and a study in practical statesmanship. *$3.50. Dutton.
7–6776.
“It is a political pamphlet, in which the author makes use of material
professedly furnished by the history of the Dutch republic for the
purpose of a long invective against the evils of democratic and party
government, and especially against the particular form of government
which exists in Great Britain. Mr. Ellis Barker also writes
undisguisedly as an advocate holding a brief on behalf of the
necessity of Great Britain’s adoption of a strong imperialist and
federal policy based on the maintenance of a powerful navy and
army.”—Lond. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Barker’s book will itself divide men into two parties: tariff
reformers will applaud its conclusions, whilst free traders will say
that the colours are laid on thickly for the very party purpose which
Mr. Barker denounces.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 57. Ja. 19, ’07. 920w.
“The over-abundance of quotations, apt and inapt alike, are wearisome
and weaken the argument which contains some wheat to a large
proportion of chaff.”
− + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 922. Jl. ’07. 420w.
“By the historian it can be safely passed over. Even for the general
reader of moderate historical training it will be of little value.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 150. Jl. ’07. 410w.
“In style he certainly does not approach Motley, nor does he impress
the reader with the feeling of a first-hand contact with the fresh
sources of information opened up of recent years. But our chief
objection is to having our history bent to the shape of a political
tract. Considered as a history, the book is too evidently biassed not
to inspire suspicion; as a political tract it is twenty times too
long.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 757. Je. 22. 230w.
“Mr. Barker’s style is bright and vivid. His references to authorities
are numerous, and there is an excellent analytical index of thirty-six
pages. The book is well worth reading by Americans interested in the
study of national federation and state-rights.” William Elliot
Griffis.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 250. Ap. 16, ’07. 1340w.
“Despite his claim to originality and freshness many pages have an
antiquated air. On the whole, a vigorous, suggestive book. Despite the
author’s limitations, it provokes thought.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 913. Ap. 18, ’07. 320w.
“With the aim that Mr. Ellis Barker sets before him it is possible to
be in entire sympathy and at the same time to hold that his arguments
are unsound and untrustworthy, because they are based on false
premises and bad history. It is, in short, evident throughout this
book that the author has failed to make himself acquainted with the
intricate machinery of the Netherland system of government on which he
dogmatizes.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 41. F. 8, ’07. 1970w.
“From an artistic as well as from an historic point of view there are
very grave defects in Mr. Barker’s volume. Petty inconsistencies in
reasoning, repetitions of statement, and above all the over-abundance
of citation, all combine to make it tiresome reading.”
− =Nation.= 84: 437. My. 9, ’07. 700w.
“Mr. Barker writes with the firmness and steady conviction of a man
who is perfectly sure, in his own mind, of the ground he stands on,
and his style is remarkably lucid, forceful, and incisive.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 319. My. 18, ’07. 1220w.
“Although intended as a stirring appeal to the people of England, it
is written throughout from the view-point of an uncompromising critic
of popular government and all its ways.”
− + =Outlook.= 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 530w.
“One of the most fascinating bits of historical interpretation we have
read for some time.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 507. My. ’07. 180w.
“We are not concerned here to argue the merits or defects of Mr.
Barker’s political and economic creed with reference to current
controversies, but the wearisome reiteration of it in season and out
of season in what professes to be a sober historical narrative is
fatal to the very object that he himself desires.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 525. Ap. 27, ’07. 1480w.
“The warmest devotee of Clio in her traditional garments must admit
the writer’s thorough familiarity with the best literature of his
subject, the high intellectual tone of his ideas and generalizations,
and the polish of his epigrammatic style, reflections, and warnings
that give many of his pages a verve and colour of which his great
American predecessor [Motley] would not have been ashamed.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 1010. Je. 29, ’07. 530w.
=Barksdale, Emily Woodson.= Stella Hope. $1.50. Neale.
7–20866.
Stella Hope is early left an orphan and lives, like Cinderella, in the
home of an austere aunt and her three daughters. To this house comes a
wealthy invalid cousin and his companion, who after being snubbed as a
paid assistant by the socially ambitious family, is discovered to be a
cousin and joint-heir. A number of love stories combine to create the
plot and bring to each character deserved reward or punishment.
=Barnes, Howard Turner.= Ice formation, with special reference to
anchor-ice and frazil. $3. Wiley.
6–37871.
The book deals with the problems of physics which the ice-packs of the
St. Lawrence give rise to. The ice-formations known as
sheet-or-surface-ice, frazil-ice, and anchor-ice are discussed in
relation to their mode of formation, general appearance, position they
occupy in the river, and the effects they produce.
* * * * *
“The subject-matter of Professor Barnes’ book is of unusual interest,
and as a pioneer work of the author’s effort deserves the more
consideration. That the arrangement of the matter and the progression
of the argument are sometimes lacking in directness, and that at a few
points the language is a bit awkward, is therefore of minor import. To
our view a serious fault of the book is its total silence on the
subject of trouble with ice at water-works intakes.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 90. Ja. 17, ’07. 1430w.
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 267. F. 17, ’07. 880w.
=Barnett, T. Ratcliffe.= Blessed ministry of childhood. *50c. West.
Meth. bk.
The lessons that a little child can teach to “scholars of the heart
rather than to the scholar of the head—to wayfaring men and women ...
who look out upon life with wistful eyes, desiring to know God, to win
goodness, and to learn patience amid the shadows.”
=Barr, Martin W.= King of Thomond. †$1.25. Turner, H. B.
7–14249.
The pitiful tale of an insane patient’s life written by herself during
her perfectly lucid moments. A joyless childhood, a lonely girlhood,
and the speedy wrecking of the happiness that finally dawned for her,
produce a wail on every page. It forms an intense human document.
* * * * *
“A weird tale, apparently half in and half out of the region of
reality. It is quite as fantastic and as full of creepy horrors as
such a tale might be expected to be.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.
=Barr, Robert (Luke Sharp, pseud.).= Rock in the Baltic. 50c. Authors
and newspapers assn.
6–16737.
“The ‘rock’ is used as a prison by those supposed monsters of iniquity
the Russian Grand Dukes, and there, in process of time, two
enthusiastic seekers for trouble, one a young Englishman and the other
a titled Russian, are incarcerated. Finally they are taken away on a
yacht, on which two American girls are conveniently placed.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“This is a commonplace book written in a commonplace way about
commonplace people.”
− =Acad.= 72: 274. Mr. 16, ’07. 110w.
“It is not often that the elusive grace and humor of modern girlhood
are so well reproduced as they are in these pages.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 436. Ap. 13. 230w.
“Reads as if it had been written against time.”
− =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 70w.
=Barrett, Howard.= Management of children. *$2. Dutton.
7–29143.
“Treats of the physical care of infants and children, in both disease
and health, from the time of birth into and past the early teens. All
of the usual problems of food, drink, clothing, and sleep, the
ordinary diseases, contagious and other, to which children are liable;
accidents, malformations, and many possibilities of unusual disease
are discussed in a plain, common sense, untechnical way for the
enlightenment and guidance of those who have the immediate care of the
young.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 260w.
“We offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Barrett, and we may add,
to those for whom he writes.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: 912. Je. 9, ’06. 200w.
=Barrie, J. M.= Little minister. $1.25. Crowell.
A thin paper edition with limp leather binding which contains a
reproduced photograph of Maude Adams.
=Barrington, Emilie Isabel (Mrs. Russell Barrington).= Life, letters and
work of Frederic Leighton. 2v. *$10.50. Macmillan.
7–13427.
“This work is said to have the approval of the family of the late
President of the Royal Academy, and may be considered authoritative,
if not official. A friendship existed between Frederick Leighton and
the author for more than thirty years, and so the pages which deal
with personal characteristics will be found peculiarly intimate....
The book includes Leighton’s diary, covering a period of fifty years,
and among the mass of interesting correspondence incorporated is to be
found a number of letters from George Eliot, Ruskin, Browning, Henry
Greville, and Charles Dickens. Besides many of Leighton’s finest works
reproduced especially for this publication are several fac-simile
drawings and paintings never before published.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Unsatisfactory as biography, these volumes are entirely valueless as
criticism. Instead of disentangling the real merits of Leighton’s work
from less admirable characteristics, Mrs. Barrington vaguely couples
him with Phidias and the old masters, and urges claims so absurd as to
tax severely the patience and perseverance of all educated readers.”
− − =Acad.= 72: 91. Ja. 26, ’07. 1120w.
“It is disfigured by one or two hasty figures of speech ... and the
printer’s reader has been unusually neglectful of his duties. It is a
pity to leave such blemishes on a book of sterling value,
indispensable to all students of modern English life and art.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 140. F. 2. 860w.
“Unfortunately Mrs. Barrington is not as skilful in arranging and
adapting her material as she has been industrious in collecting it.”
Edith Kellogg Dunton.
− + =Dial.= 42: 309. My. 16, ’07. 1980w.
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 363. F. ’07. 500w.
“Interesting as are many of Leighton’s letters, and multifarious as
are the details with which the book is filled, the reader would have
been able to gather a truer impression of Leighton, his development,
his artistic character, and his work as an administrator if the
biographer had been more rigorous in selecting and had been a better
critic.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 61. F. 22, ’07. 1500w.
“It cannot be called a worthy monument to its subject. Its author has
little critical acumen or severity of taste; it is rambling and
repetitious; padded with much matter of little interest as presented;
marred by mistranslations of foreign tongues, misunderstanding of
technical terms, faulty transcription of proper names, and careless
proofreading.”
− − + =Nation.= 84: 275. Mr. 21, ’07. 1510w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
“On the whole the book disappoints one in the lack of letters from the
interesting people Leighton knew. A more serious matter is the failure
of the biographer to offer a plausible pen-portrait of Leighton, or
even to allow him to describe himself.” Charles de Kay.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 2490w.
“Small points and insignificant matters are grossly inflated, but the
real issue is never faced. The flawless impeccable Leighton remains so
to the last, though we are not told why he was, or, what is rather
more important, why he was really not so.” Christian Brinton.
− =Putnam’s.= 2: 125. Ap. ’07. 340w.
=Barron, Elwyn Alfred.= Marcel Levignet. †$1.50. Duffield.
6–36038.
“A detective story laid in Paris and including all the elements needed
for profound sensation. The author is skilled in keeping apparently
tangled threads in his hands, and unties several hard knots with all
the ease of a practiced novel writer.” (Outlook.) “The hero is a sort
of modern Cyrano de Bergerac.... He is bon vivant, editor, amateur
detective, student of life as it is lived. His kinship with Cyrano is
sentimental.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“A refreshing variant on the old detective story. To readers of a
certain vein, in fact, ‘Marcel Levignet’ will furnish a particularly
agreeable light evening’s pastime.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 764. N. 17, ’06. 500w.
“The tone of the story is essentially French—sentiment, situation, and
characters, and most especially the climax.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 679. N. 17, ’06. 60w.
“As fantastic as the generality of detective stories, ‘Marcel
Levignet’ differs from said generality in being readable by grown-up
persons.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 126. Ja. ’07. 50w.
=Barry, Richard Hayes.= Events man; being an account of the adventures
of Stanley Washburn, American war correspondent. **$1.25. Moffat.
7–15132.
In which Mr. Barry records some of Mr. Washburn’s adventures on a
newspaper dispatch-boat between Corea and Port Arthur during the first
part of the war between Russia and Japan.
* * * * *
“The story is rich or tiresome in detail, according to taste, but is
an exciting picture of conditions in war time on the water around Port
Arthur.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 943. O. 17, ’07. 130w.
“The book has evidently been written in a great hurry, not even time
enough having been given to have the chapter headings all spelt
correctly.”
− + =Lit. D.= 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 260w.
“The author indulges himself in a diction so plentifully sprinkled
with slang that it often becomes unintelligible to the reader
accustomed to ordinary English. It is a story full of dogged
perseverance and unbounded pluck, and it was well worth telling.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 299. My. 11, ’07. 500w.
“On the whole the good ‘stuff’ ... far outweighs the bad. The story is
a bit of real life; vivid, strong and picturesque. It remains to be
recorded that the proof reading of the volume is unbelievably bad.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 257. Je. 1, ’07. 1830w.
“Mr. Barry may always be counted upon for graphic power.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 765. Je. ’07. 60w.
=Bartholomew, John George=, ed. Atlas of the world’s commerce. *$8.
Scribner.
A new series of maps, with descriptive text and diagrams showing
products, imports, exports, commercial conditions, and economic
statistics of the countries of the world, compiled from the latest
official returns at the Edinburgh geographical institute.
* * * * *
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 42. F. 8, ’07. 170w.
“So excellent is the idea, and so good the execution by devices of
colorings and diagrams, that whoever wants information of this
description can hardly be directed to a better source for
satisfaction. This cordial recognition of the volume’s merits must be
accompanied with regrets that the figures are some years old, and that
all figures of this sort are incomplete and contradictory.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 310w.
=Barton, Clara.= Story of my childhood. 50c. Baker.
7–35389.
A simply told story of the childhood of Clara Barton, which is really
written for the school children of the country after repeated appeals
from them for bits of her early life.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07. S.
“Is as wonderful as its writer: it is extremely interesting, and yet
it hardly touches on those aptitudes and activities that all the world
associates with her remarkable personality.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 171. S. 16, ’07. 250w.
“Will be found interesting to all persons who have followed her
beneficent career.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 60w.
=Barton, George.= Mystery of Cleverly. 85c. Benziger.
7–19594.
A story in which the example of the hero finally wins to a manly life
a good-for-nothing son of an indulgent father.
=Barton, James Levi.= Missionary and his critics. **$1. Revell.
6–43768.
In which the author has brought together a “large number of
testimonies favorable to missions and missionaries from witnesses of
competence and character.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
=Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.
“It deserves a place among the books of reference found in every
well-furnished editorial library. It is not only an enlightening but a
thoroughly interesting book, and greatly needed also.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 144. Ja. 19, ’07. 190w.
“Rev. James L. Barton has admirably infused into readable form the
opinion of different nationalities, particularly in the Orient, as to
the worth of Christian missions.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 70w.
=Barton, Mrs. Marion T.= Experiment in perfection. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–11589.
The story of a young woman “of great beauty, much intensity of
character, and an unfortunate penchant for logic on all occasions, who
starts out with the idea that all she needs to round out her life to
perfection is one woman friend and one man friend, both, of course
absolutely without the flaws to which human flesh is commonly heir.”
Her perfection system has its vulnerable points, and is mutilated in
part by an estrangement, an unfortunate love affair, and a second
marriage.
* * * * *
“About the best that can be said for it is that its author possesses
the story-telling instinct without the still more important possession
of a story worth telling.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 520w.
“The working out of the story shows skill and insight, and the reader
is always interested. But there is a repellant hardness in Persis, and
certainly an improbability in the episode upon which the friendship
between the girls hangs.”
− + =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.
=Bashford, James Whitford.= China and Methodism. *35c. West. Meth. bk.
7–524.
A brief outline which will enable American Methodists to understand
the problem which confronts them and to make preparation for a
suitable participation in the centennial celebration of the founding
of Protestant missions in China which will occur in Shanghai, April 25
to May 6, 1907.
=Bashore, Harvey Brown.= Outlines of practical sanitation, for students,
physicians, and sanitarians. *$1.25. Wiley.
6–33610.
Improved sanitation with regard to habitations; water, milk and food
supplies; the collection and disposal of waste; schools and cars.
There are chapters on vital statistics, municipal, rural and suburban
sanitation, and personal hygiene.
* * * * *
“Clear, convincing, and simple; but, covering as it does so wide a
range of subjects in 198 pages, is of course, only suggestive.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 5. Ja. ’07.
“Within the limits indicated by its sub-title, this is one of the best
and most practical books on sanitation that has ever come to our
attention. Perhaps it is surprising that in attempting to cover so
wide a range of subjects in a popular manner, more slips and
questionable statements were not made.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 56: 417. O. 18, ’06. 260w.
“The book should be found useful as a means of imparting sound ideas
of the laws of healthy living to teachers and citizens.”
+ =Nature.= 76: 125. Je. 6, ’07. 100w.
=Baskerville, Beatrice C.= Polish Jew: his social and economic value.
*$2.50. Macmillan.
7–15500.
Eight years’ residence and study in Poland lie back of Miss
Baskerville’s presentation of the Jew of that country. She throws
light upon the Polish Jew immigrant by revealing the conditions of his
native economic and social environment.
* * * * *
“The author is very frankly unfavorably impressed by the Jews, and,
although it is to be hoped she has exaggerated the dark side of the
situation, her volume is of great importance. The style is good and
the thought clear.”
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 204. Ja. ’07. 500w.
“Such a book as this deserves a hearty welcome, and for valuable
matter contributed on Poland—a country very little known—it may be
classed with that of Dr. George Brandes, which appeared a short time
ago.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 95. Jl. 27. 870w.
“Would have enhanced value if the author ... would have shown more
sympathy with the population she describes.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 212. Ja. 24, ’07. 290w.
“It is so obvious that she knows a great deal that we cannot help
regretting a certain lack of clearness in the impression which her
book produces. It would almost seem as though Miss Baskerville had
unconsciously written rather for a Polish than for an English public.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 359. O. 26, ’06. 880w.
“The substantial truth is there, but it is truth without sympathy, and
with much distortion. By itself the volume would be open to severe
censure on the point; but as a study of the restless Hebrew energy
that is so active in stirring Slav indifference and hesitation towards
fruitful action, it serves its purpose.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 680w.
“What she has to say is, in the first place, interesting in itself. In
the second place it can hardly fail to throw light upon some of the
problems which immigration (too rapid for easy digestion by our own
not too settled civilization) is fastening upon the United States.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 40. Ja. 19, ’07. 1190w.
“Her immediate contact with the representatives of parties, as well as
with actual facts and events in Poland, enables the writer to speak
with authority.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 893. D. 8, ’06. 330w.
“An elaborate, dispassionate study.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 90w.
“It has the very rare merit among its contemporaries of being
impartial both from a Russian and a Jewish standpoint. From a
political point of view, in connexion with the present struggle of
revolutionary parties for power, the chapters on the strikes and the
Bund contain facts little known outside Russia; facts particularly
instructive for the serious and unprejudiced reader.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 368. Mr. 23, ’07. 1000w.
=Bastian, Henry C.= Evolution of life. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–33603.
“A detailed and somewhat belated statement of his side of the
controversy over the spontaneous generation of life, which followed
the publication, in 1872, of his book on ‘The Beginnings of
life.’”—Dial.
* * * * *
“Ingenious and striking some of the new experiments cited certainly
are; but it will be very difficult to find any biologist who will be
convinced that they _demonstrate_ the truth of the conclusion drawn
from them by Dr. Bastian.” Raymond Pearl.
− =Dial.= 43: 210. O. 1, ’07. 210w.
=Ind.= 63: 510. Ag. 29, ’07. 60w.
=Lond. Times.= 6: 115. Ap. 12, ’07. 1140w.
“With practically all the eminent bacteriologists of the world flatly
denying such a postulate of spontaneous generation, we can only add,
in deference to Dr. Bastian’s evident sincerity, that his experiments
must be at fault in some way; there is some loop-hole unguarded.”
− =Nation.= 85: 192. Ag. 29, ’07. 170w.
“It is impossible not to admire the author’s strong desire to get at
the truth, the courage of his convictions, and his incomparable good
humour.” J. A. T.
− + =Nature.= 76: 1. My. 2, ’07. 1070w.
=Batcheller, Mrs. Tryphosa Bates.= Glimpses of Italian court life: happy
days in Italia adorata. **$4.80. Doubleday.
6–41530.
“Dedicated by permission to Queen Helena, this sumptuous book is a
worthy record of an American woman’s visit to Italy, of her
experiences in aristocratic social circles of Rome, and of her
impressions of the natural and artistic wonders of the Peninsula. Her
story is told in letters written to friends at home, a literary form
well adapted to books of this kind, and giving opportunities for naïve
description and impressions caught on the wing.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
=Current Literature.= 42: 162. F. ’07. 1500w.
“The personal note is therefore strong, and the narrative is rambling,
informal, and thoroughly readable.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 459. D. 16, ’06. 340w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 190w.
“The book would have been improved by more careful editing.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 512. D. 13, ’06. 650w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
“Of special interest and value are her comments on and appraisement of
the various vocal teachers in the eternal city.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 24. Ja. 12, ’07. 690w.
“The personal tone is so strenuously evident throughout that it
becomes wearisome. The book is ingenuously written.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 95. Ja. 12, ’07. 290w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 80w.
=Bates, Arlo.= Talks on teaching literature **$1.30. Houghton.
6–37886.
“Talks founded on lectures delivered before the Summer school of the
University of Illinois in 1905. Concerns the problems, conditions, and
some difficulties of the subject, the inspirational use of literature,
the study of prose and of the novel, criticism, literary workmanship,
literary biography, and voluntary reading.”—A. L. A. Bkl.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 6. Ja. ’07.
“It is a very interesting and suggestive book, and we particularly
recommend to the teachers into whose hands it falls the chapter which
tells how Blake’s ‘Tiger’ was brought by the author within the
comprehension of a boy of eight. We have rarely seen as sensible a
book upon the subject with which it deals.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 149. Mr. 1, ’07. 90w.
“The suggestions and criticisms contained in this volume will be found
extremely helpful to school and college teachers of English subjects.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 105. Je. ’07. 60w.
“The virtue of Professor Bates is that his remarks and experiences are
always copious and illuminating. As such, the book should be read by
every teacher, if for no other reason than the fresh and invigorating
common-sense with which Prof. Bates approaches his subject. It is not
an easy book, however. Occasionally Prof. Bates’s earnestness leads
him to fall into a mild fremescence of style not good for clearness.
But mainly the book is excellent.” William T. Brewster.
+ + − =Forum.= 38: 389. Ja. ’07. 860w.
“The points about which those in the main agreeing with Professor
Bates are most likely to feel a little dissatisfied with the book are
his suggestion that vocabulary be studied independent of context, and
his failure to recognize in his discussion, though he doubtless
recognizes in his own mind, the difference between the psychology of
the adolescent and that of the child.” William Morse Cole.
+ + − =School R.= 15: 236. Mr. ’07. 950w.
=Bates, Carroll Lund.= The Master; a rosary of Christian verse, il. $1.
Badger, R. G.
7–7479.
Sixteen poems whose themes are drawn from incidents in the life of
Christ.
* * * * *
“Some fairly good and illustrated by well-chosen half-tones.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 147. Mr. 9, ’07. 20w.
=Bates, David Homer.= Lincoln in the telegraph office. **$2. Century.
7–32385.
Mr. Bates was manager of the War department telegraph office from 1861
to 1866. This book is one of reminiscences in which Lincoln plays an
important part, being an almost daily visitor to the office where
cipher despatches were sent and received during the war.
* * * * *
“His account of happenings in the telegraph-office during the
strenuous days of the war is Well ordered in arrangement and simply
and naturally written.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Bates’s book of reminiscence is very
important, but it is certainly fresh and original, and contains not a
few incidents of Washington life and some stories about Lincoln
himself which are decidedly worth preservation.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 499. N. 2, ’07. 170w.
“Aside from the revelations that he makes of Lincoln’s relations with
the military telegraph corps during war time, Mr. Bates imparts in his
books a great deal of information concerning important military
movements.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 754. D. ’07. 140w.
=Bates, Katharine Lee.= From Gretna Green to Land’s End: a literary
journey in England. **$2. Crowell.
7–32870.
In which the author visits the Border, the Lake country and the heart
of England and reviews, with many a fresh allusion, the connection
which historic places have with tradition, story and song. The work is
based upon wide reading and careful observation.
* * * * *
“A book that readers who look forward to a trip abroad will enjoy and
that returned travellers will thoroughly appreciate.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 377. D. 1, ’07. 130w.
“As she hurls herself through the length and breadth of England,
easily making two moves to any other pilgrim’s one, she pours out a
lively stream of fact and comment that keeps the reader amused and
only too well instructed. The information, literary and historical, is
thoroughly got up.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 420. N. 7, ’07. 180w.
“She has a keen sense of the picturesque and the worth-while, and she
knows well how to find color in what might appear but gray to others.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 617. N. 23, ’07. 130w.
=Battersby, Harry F. P.= Avenging hour. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–37929.
A novel which involves an unusual treatment of a man’s seduction of
the wife of another. “We follow the progress of this rapid lovemaking
not only without disgust but with entire sympathy. The man and woman
we feel are not mad or bad but only intensely human—winning
personalities of great charm. The author has managed to convey a sense
of that intuitive power which in a flash makes people recognise their
true affinities.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“The teller of this story disguises its essential repulsiveness by a
skillful use of the casuistry of sentiment and the grace of literary
composition.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 42: 143. Mr. 1, ’07. 410w.
“The book has many good points, but unfortunately they do not
counteract its unpleasant features.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 787. N. 24, ’06. 250w.
“Mr. Battersby has done a daring and remarkable thing and his book
should place him high among contemporary novelists.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 440w.
=Baxter, William, jr.= Switchboards for power, light and railway
service, direct and alternating current, high and low tension. $1.50.
Derry-Collard co.
6–45714.
“In the first third of the book the way in which switchboards are
connected for single generator and multiple generator plants, and also
for the three-wire system, is shown.... Somewhat over a third of the
book following the matter just mentioned is devoted to switchboards in
actual practice.... The remaining portion of the volume is devoted to
switches, circuit breakers, and lightning arresters.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“With the exception of [three] omissions ... the book is an ideal one
from a didactic standpoint.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 305. Mr. 14, ’07. 470w.
=Bayley, R. Child.= Complete photographer. $3.50. McClure.
7–35187.
A guide to photography which deals thoroly with the science of
photography from its earliest beginnings to its most recent
developments and adaptations.
* * * * *
“The completeness of his book, however, lies more in the fact that
scarcely a single point is left untouched, than that any particular
point is exhaustively treated; and in this respect the work,
admittedly, does not challenge comparison with cheaper specialised
brochures already on the market. Of many good pictures it would be
invidious to mention a few; but it may safely be said that their
praiseworthy selection and adequate printing will give the book a
great value.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 634. D. 22, ’06. 520w.
“The book is much in advance of most works in completeness and
attractiveness.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 94. Ap. ’07.
“As an historical review of photography it seems to merit its title,
the whole subject being treated with a great deal of method. For the
beginner ‘Complete photographer’ should serve as a textbook, and he
will do well to follow the author’s advice.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 350w.
“There is hardly a difficulty which besets the practice of
photography, on which valuable advice is not given in it.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 43. F. 8, ’07. 850w.
“There are some opinions with which we do not agree. To those who know
enough about photography to appreciate it, and there must be a very
large number of persons so qualified, the volume will prove both
entertaining and instructive.”
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 75. N. 22, ’06. 590w.
“The book treats of the subject thoroughly and is of value to the
beginner as well as the expert.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
“The book is clearly written and the descriptions are easily followed,
and not too technical, each particular subject being dealt with in a
separate chapter in a most thorough and practical manner.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 714. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
“It is as an art that Mr. Bayley prefers to deal with his fascinating
hobby, and his book should meet a widely felt want in this respect.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 1013. Je. 29, ’07. 270w.
=Beale, Harriet S. B.= Stories from the Old Testament for children. il.
$2. Duffield.
7–30462.
A sure help to mothers and Sunday school teachers who wish to present
Old Testament characters in an attractive light with nothing lacking
of the historical and religious significance. The book is
interestingly illustrated.
* * * * *
“The Old Testament is practically retold in a way to interest
children.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 40w.
“For a book which might be kept in a household and referred to every
other Sunday, the volume seems well compiled, though we think the
author has unnecessarily preserved the phraseology of the Bible. We
would suggest that since her narrative is in the language of today,
the conversation should be also; it would then seem truer to the child
reader.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 90w.
=Beale, Joseph Henry, jr., and Wyman, Bruce.= Law of railroad rate
regulation, with special reference to American legislation. *$6. Nagel.
6–36405.
“This is a legal treatise of twelve hundred pages. It contains the
full text of the Interstate commerce act and decisions of both of the
courts and of the commission under this act, as well as a discussion
of the general principles of public service law and the primary
obligations of these in public employments, particularly of carriers.
In brief, it covers comprehensively the whole law, both common and
statutory, with respect to railway rate regulation.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book appears to us a valuable addition to the editor’s library,
and with its companion book of ‘Selected cases’ on the same general
subject, to be well nigh indispensable to the lawyer who has to deal
with this subject.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 150w.
“The authors intrude some assertions not supported—and in some cases
not supportable—by citations of authorities. But Professors Beale and
Wyman have been wofully betrayed by him who compiled the index.
Lawyers will be dismayed to find the text rendered so inaccessible.
The impression left by the book is of hasty compilation and absence of
just proportion.” Roberts Walker.
− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 333. Je. ’07. 1080w.
=Beard, Charles Austin.= Introduction to the English historians. *$1.60.
Macmillan.
6–37646.
“In this book Mr. Beard tries to solve a problem very real to teachers
of large history classes—the twofold problem of introducing each
member of the class to a number of great authorities on special
periods and topics at the same time, and of securing a critical
examination of the materials in the class-room. His work differs from
the well-known source-books in that it consists of excerpts from the
secondary sources only: e. g., Maitland, Freeman, and Stubbs.
Thirty-six authors are represented and a larger number of works. The
difficulty of making a wise selection from abundant materials is
recognized and fairly met. Each chapter is prefaced by a brief,
explanatory statement concerning the citation, which is divided into
sections with topical headings. These form a brief, clear analysis....
A short bibliographical note concludes each chapter, and an index at
the end of the volume gives easy access to the material.” (Am. Hist.
R.)
* * * * *
“A collection of this kind is open to two serious objections: (1) the
subject matter is in a sense ‘pre-digested’ ... (2) the personality of
the author becomes blurred.” C. T. Wyckoff.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 416. Ja. ’07. 460w.
“An excellent reference book. Nothing else like it available at
present.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 94. Ap. ’07.
“The usefulness of the volume should be considerable. The extracts are
all well within the grasp of college students, and the larger number
can be profitably used in secondary schools. To teachers the book will
be of service as a guide in the selection of suitable matter for
collateral reading, while for the many schools which lack access to
good libraries the volume will be a real boon.” William MacDonald.
+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 101. Je. ’07. 680w.
“Both from the pedagogical and the research points of view the volume
deserves unqualified commendation. It is intelligently discriminating
in its selections, liberal and mature in its comment, and in its
arrangement it shows the results of thoro scholarship and fruitful
classroom experience. It should save both teachers and students of
English history a vast amount of labor and time.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1291. N. 29, ’06. 370w.
“Even outside Mr. Beard’s own classroom it is an open question how far
such a collection will find a following. We are inclined to think his
selections somewhat severe for college freshmen.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 438. N. 22, ’06. 120w.
“The good effect of its use would probably overbalance any counter
tendencies.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 897. D. 22, ’06. 420w.
“Time alone can demonstrate the success of his experiment from the
pedagogical point of view, but there can be no doubt as to the value.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 360w.
=Beard, Daniel Carter.= Field and forest handy book: new ideas for out
of doors. $2. Scribner.
6–40572.
In furnishing to boys a year-around guide for equipping themselves for
out-of-door pursuits Mr. Beard has drawn only upon his own outing
experiences. “The book is not a ‘re-hash’ of old ‘stunts,’ but is full
of brand-new things, cleverly arranged according to the seasons to
which they are appropriate.” Some of the problems solved are: How to
cross a stream on a log, How to make a bridge for swift waters, How to
make a real hunter’s clothes and moccasins, and How to build a real
log house.
* * * * *
“The material is almost wholly new.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 19. Ja. ’07. ✠
“It is simply indispensable to any wide-awake, _real_ boy.”
+ + =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 80w.
“There is nothing, from airships to flying birds, from boating to
camping, from loghouse to snowhouse, that has escaped this born
sportsman of our time.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1406. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 50w.
“A treasure for all boys and not without its use for men.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 851. D. 8, ’06. 120w.
“The boy or man who has heard the ‘call of the wild’ will do well to
entrust himself to Mr. Beard’s guidance.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 762. D. ’06. 220w.
=Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia Belle.= Things worth doing and how to do
them. $2. Scribner.
6–40580.
Clear directions accompanied by pen drawings are given for all manner
of clever things at home. The book is designed for girls, and one part
is devoted to things for parties, shows and entertainments, and the
other to things for home, gift days and fairs.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 19. Ja. ’07.
“The ideas are novel and easy to make, for the authors are thoroughly
practical and actually make the things they describe.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 80w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1406. D. 22, ’06. 50w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
=Beardsley, Rufus C.= Design and construction of hydroelectric plants;
including a special treatment of the design of dams. *$5. McGraw pub.
7–18823.
“This work presents in a very thorough and practical manner the method
of the design and construction of hydro-electric power plants, taking
up in detail, in the order in which they are met by the practical
engineer, most of those points which must be considered in designing
or constructing a complete waterpower development. The purpose of the
work seems to be to give to the designing engineer, in as short and as
concise manner as possible the method in which the various problems
are attacked, including under each topic most of the data and tables
which he is required to use in connection therewith.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Altogether the book will be found to contain much of value to the
student and to teachers and will be a valuable addition to the
engineer’s reference library.” A. W. M.
+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 75. Jl. 18, ’07. 780w.
=Beare, John Isaac.= Greek theories of elementary cognition, from
Alcmæon to Aristotle. *$4.15. Oxford.
7–29076.
“This volume deals with the various theories entertained in regard to
the five senses, sensation in general, and lastly the Sensus Communis,
and its method is under each head to give as consistent a view as
possible of what was severally taught by Alcmaeon, Empedocles,
Democritus, Anaxagoras, Diogenes of Appollonia, Plato, and
Aristotle.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“Mr. Beare’s scholarship is sound.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 121. Ag. 9, ’06. 660w.
“The statement is very clear, the discussion of disputed points
scholarly, the facts are well arranged, and the literature—to judge
from the foot-notes and the list of books consulted—seems to have been
thoroughly studied; although one misses a reference to one recent work
on the ‘De anima’—that of Rodier, whose commentary, if not his
translation, has been regarded by competent judges as indispensable.
On every account this volume is to be commended to those interested in
the development of theories of sense-perception.”
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 122. D. 6, ’06. 630w.
“The present volume should be of the greatest service not only to
Greek scholars, but to all psychologists who take an interest in the
history of their science.” A. E. Taylor.
+ + − =Philos. R.= 16: 205. Mr. ’07. 1360w.
“A learned and elaborate disquisition which will be welcome not only
to students of ancient Greek psychology, but also to readers who
desire to know what the Greek philosophers accomplished in this
particular line of psychological investigation.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 252. N. ’06. 130w.
=Bearne, Mrs. Catherine.= Heroines of French society in the court,
revolution, empire and restoration. *$3. Dutton.
7–25682.
“Contains sketches of the lives of four women: Madame Vigée Le Brun,
La Marquise de Montagu, Madame Tallien, and Madame de Genlis. Scraps
of contemporary history are interwoven; a number of photogravure
portraits are scattered here and there; and the whole makes a fairly
readable volume.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The book is one which deserves more attention than we can give it.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 495. My. 18, ’07. 210w.
=Ind.= 63: 341. Ag. 8, ’07. 260w.
“As an historical study the work has little value; as a group of
biographical sketches it adds nothing to what has already been
published in a much more useful and entertaining fashion.”
− =Nation.= 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 180w.
“A chatty book, filled with anecdotes and incidents that illustrate
the manners, morals, and ideas of the upper classes of France previous
to and following the years of the revolution.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 165. Mr. 16, ’07. 460w.
“Mrs. Bearne writes fluently, and opens here and there a door through
which the lover of personal anecdote and gossip can get a glimpse of
characteristic French court society.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 903. Ap. 20, ’07. 310w.
“The volume is full of stirring pictures of the terror and moves with
spirit.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 140w.
* =Bearne, Rev. David.= Guild-boys’ play at Ridingdale. *85c. Benziger.
More glimpses of Ridingdale boys and this time they try their skill as
actors in Shakesperian rôles.
* =Bearne, Rev. David.= New boys at Ridingdale. *85c. Benziger.
Another Ridingdale book whose events take place at a Catholic school
for boys. Wholesome lessons are taught between the lines of fun and
frolic.
=Bearne, David.= Ridingdale flower show; il. by T. Baines. 85c.
Benziger.
6–46345.
A story of real live boys who “talk as boys and act as boys.”
=Bearne, David.= Witch of Ridingdale; il. by T. Baines. 85c. Benziger.
6–46344.
A spiritual story for boys whose hero, Lance Ridingdale, has become a
favorite among young readers.
=Beaumont, Francis, and Fletcher, John.= Works. Cambridge English
classics; text ed. by A. R. Waller, 10v. ea. *$1.50. Putnam.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Nation.= 84: 242. Mr. 14, ’07. 90w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 111. F. 23, ’07. 1560w. (Review of v. 4.)
=Beazley, Charles Raymond.= Dawn of modern geography. 3v. ea. *$6.75.
Oxford.
=v. 3.= A history of exploration and geographical science from the
middle of the 13th to the early years of the 15th century (c. A. D.
1260–1420). In it the author tells of the great inland-trade pioneers
and of the daring challenge that they made for the “open door” in Hind
and Cathay.
* * * * *
“Mr. Beazley’s work is most timely. It is without doubt the best that
has yet appeared on the subject. It is not only a work belonging to
geographical literature, it has an important place in historical
literature. Such a work serves well to impress the importance of
historical geography, an importance which receives commendable
recognition in the European countries, but which we in America are
slow to appreciate.” E. L. Stevenson.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 869. Jl. ’07. 1300w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The most interesting and easiest to master of the series.” G. Le
Strange.
+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 573. Jl. ’07. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The form and arrangement of the book undoubtedly leaves something to
be desired. After surmounting a long list of abbreviations and
corrections, a very ill-knit preface, and an introduction which reads
like an after-thought, the reader flounders heavily amid footnotes,
supplementary notes, appendix notes, and bibliographical notes. The
references are often rather bewildering, and one misses a capable
summary at the close. One is easily reconciled to the lumbering of the
wheels by the novelty of the outlook and the strange vision of these
outlandish regions, so seldom penetrated by modern book.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 98. Mr. 29, ’07. 2860w. (Review of v. 3.)
“In the completion of his great work Mr. Beazley has done and more
than done for the middle ages what Bunbury did for ancient times in
his ‘Ancient geography.’”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 330. O. 10, ’07. 750w. (Review of v. 3.)
“A credit both to him and to his university.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 343. F. 7, ’07. 2410w. (Review of v. 3.)
“A work which will be the standard authority in English on a very
important subject.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 281. My. 4, ’07. 2030w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
=Beck, Otto W.= Art principles in portrait photography, composition,
treatment of background, and the processes involved in manipulating the
plate. **$3. Baker.
7–19429.
The “good straight photography” descended from Daguerre is elevated
into the realm of art away out of the “lifeless groove” into which
“commercialism has enslaved it.” “In the treatise before us. Mr. Beck
has shown, by description and pictorial illustration, that if creative
work is to enter into photography it must be possible to make on the
negative a line of any character and to control the light and shade
with the facility of one who paints. In fact, his illustrations show
that those powerful resources of the graphic arts, light lines and
dark lines, can be made on the negative as readily as on paper and
canvas.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 159. O. ’07.
“The book is worthy of perusal by amateur as well as professional
photographers.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 68. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.
“Mr. Beck’s ‘principles’ are generally very good, but we cannot say as
much for his practice.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 241. S. 12, ’07. 380w.
“Mr. Beck’s book is the work of a man who knows pictures for their
full value.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 310w.
=Becke, Louis.= Adventures of a supercargo. †$1.50. Lippincott.
W 6–235.
“Reminiscences of a happy-go-lucky wandering along quiet French
byways.... The dog furnishes most entertaining diversion all along the
way, but so does Jimmy Potter, with his sophomoric proclivities; Mrs.
Basker, with her mania for ‘doing things cheaply’ at somebody else’s
expense ... and a dozen other quaint and interesting personalities
that stand out with remarkable distinctness, considering the highly
unconventional mode of their introduction.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Delightfully humorous sketches. Fortunately Mr. Becke’s love of fun
is tempered by discretion.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 334. Je. ’07. 90w.
“Doubtless there is little to be said for these casual and garrulous
sketches, except that they are unusually readable.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 567. Je. 20, ’07. 250w.
“Not the kind of book of which it is possible to give outlines or
digests, since its very beauty and charm consist in its utter
disregard of sequence or logic or of any substantial subject matter,
but every chapter is a fresh delight to an appreciative mind, and the
whole quite reconciles even Mr. Becke’s old acquaintances to his
taking a ‘day off,’ as it were, from his bounden duty in regard to the
South Seas.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 283. My. 4, ’07. 560w.
=Becke, Louis.= Settlers of Karossa Creek and other stories of
Australian bush life. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.
Three stories of Australian bush life which reveal the evil in man, as
old as Adam, pitted against refining integrity. Here are shown the
crude beginnings of selectors, their trials and small victories as
they battle with the avarice of men mightier than they.
=Beckwith, Clarence A.= Realities of Christian theology; an
interpretation of Christian experience. **$2. Houghton.
6–37867.
An interpretation of Christian experience in the light of modern
intelligence. “His object is to construct doctrines that are certainly
vital and real from the facts of life to which the saints of the
Christian ages bear testimony.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“It will carry a ministry of mental peace and satisfaction to many
earnest thinkers in this field. It is an interpretation of the
Christian religion in terminology and thought-units that will be
comprehensible to the student of the present generation. It is a book
for the transition period in Christian theology.” Herbert Alden Youtz.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 694. O. ’07. 1210w.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
=Atlan.= 99: 563. Ap. ’07. 300w.
“The statement of the author in his preface, that there is universal
agreement that, ‘whatever the differences of the past or present
explanations of Christian belief; the Christian experience of to-day
is essentially the same that it has been from the beginning,’ will
hardly find so universal an assent as he supposes. Leaving this
fundamental criticism of the method of the book, we may express our
admiration of the vital way in which Professor Beckwith, with genuine
historical sympathy, has penetrated beneath the formal elements of
doctrine and has discovered the essential reality of the great
spiritual issues with which theology deals.” Gerald Birney Smith.
+ − =Bib. World.= 30: 300. O. ’07. 630w.
+ − =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 110w.
“The principal themes of the usual doctrinal systems appear in the
discussion, but it can hardly be said that new light is thrown upon
them.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 180w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 255. F. ’07. 70w.
=Beddoes, Thomas Lovell.= Poems; ed. with an introd., by Ramsay Colles.
(Muses’ lib.) *40c. Dutton.
“This single and handy volume of Beddoes’ poems contains all his
published poems, with the exception of ten, which may be found in the
standard two-volume edition of Edmund Gosse. It is not conceivable
that Beddoes will ever be popular, yet there will always be a few who
will savor the peculiar mingling of the gruesome and the beautiful
that runs thru his dramas, and who will not be deterred by his
incoherence. His most famous play, ‘Death’s jest book,’ is best
described as a mixture of Webster and John Ford, mitigated by ‘Festus’
Bailey.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Since Dr. Gosse’s edition is not to be had by all, we offer a hearty
welcome to the little reprint before us. May it sell far and wide, and
bring Beddoes many new admirers.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 360. Ap. 13, ’07. 1780w.
“Mr. Colles’s introduction, though rather carelessly written, gives a
good many interesting facts about his obscure life, and he has been at
considerable pains to produce a correct text.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 209. Jl. 5, ’07. 2160w.
=Nation.= 84: 360. Ap. 18, ’07. 120w.
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 334. S. 14, ’07. 680w.
=Beebe, C. William.= Bird: its form and function. **$3.50. Holt.
6–37592.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“But not only is this volume crowded with new and interesting facts:
it is also profusely illustrated, and most of these illustrations are
extremely good.” W. P. Pycraft.
+ + =Acad.= 72: 431. My. 4, ’07. 1050w.
“Written in so interesting a style as to be enjoyed by the general
reader as well as by the specialist.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 6. Ja. ’07.
“Each chapter is the work of the born lecturer, holding the attention
of his audience from beginning to end, suggesting here, illustrating
there, and always stimulating the appetite for further investigation.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 293. Mr. 9. 1700w.
“Of substantial merit and permanent value for every lover and student
of denizens of the air.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 370w.
“Mr. Beebe’s style is in itself pictorial: but in clothing his facts
with ‘living interest,’ as he says in his preface, he occasionally
passes the boundary line between warrantable deduction and pure fancy.
Considering the wide field covered, actual errors are infrequent.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 566. D. 27, ’06. 850w.
“The book will take and hold a distinct place in the literature of the
subject for it is quite original and stands alone. His book is of
worldwide interest.”
+ + =Nature.= 76: 489. S. 12, ’07. 820w.
“Side by side with a perfection of scientific detail, Mr. Beebe fans
to a vital flame an exquisite appreciation of the ethical value of
bird life.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 730w.
“It thus covers ground that has been but little worked. Here and there
slips occur. The book abounds in information and represents a large
amount of original work.” F. A. L.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 142. Ja. 25, ’07. 920w.
“It is with real satisfaction that we recommend a book which is
thoroughly popular, very suitable for youthful naturalists, and at the
same time scientific.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 1035. Je. 29, ’07. 530w.
=Beebe, C. William.= Log of the sun: a chronicle of nature’s year; with
52 full-page il. by Walter King Stone; and numerous vignettes and
photographs from life. **$6. Holt.
6–41017.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“This is one of the best nature-books we have had from America.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 118. F. 2, ’07. 210w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 38. F. ’07.
“He has imagination and a keen sense of extracting the artistic from
matters of fact, but he never allows these accomplishments to distort
the truth.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 19. Ja. 12, ’07. 880w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 116. Ja. ’07. 170w.
“This is a beautiful book, and good to read.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 96. Ja. 19, ’07. 200w.
=Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles, and Nairne, Alexander.= Bible doctrine of
atonement. *$1. Dutton.
These six lectures, five of them by Dr. Beeching, were given in
Westminster abbey. Three of them trace the idea of atonement as it
appears in the Old Testament, and three treat the New Testament
aspects of the subject.
* * * * *
“All [lectures] are interesting and easily read. Prof. Nairne’s
lecture is a valuable piece of exposition, but is not such easy
reading as the rest of the volume.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 382. My. 30. 160w.
“The treatment is popular, but in touch with the results of modern
investigation.”
+ =Bib. World.= 30: 239. S. ’07. 40w.
“When we get to what he rightly calls ‘the very centre of the
subject’ ... we have a feeling of disappointment, a feeling that after
all Dr. Beeching has failed to take us to the centre. We believe Dr.
Beeching to be true and correct so far as he goes, but we believe that
he has not gone far enough or deep enough; he has given us but part of
the doctrine of the atonement.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 360w.
“A short book upon the atonement which shall be at the same time
learned and popular, will, we are sure, be eagerly read by many
persons whose views in regard to this difficult doctrine have become
unsettled as a result of recent criticism. Such a book lies before us
at the present moment.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 645. N. 2, ’07. 210w.
=Beer, George Louis.= British colonial policy, 1854–1865. **$2.
Macmillan.
7–30451.
A work which in presenting the British colonial policy from 1754 to
1765 covers the fundamental cause of the revolution. It is a work
which “has not for its purpose the glorification of revolutionary
patriots or motives, but which is content to view the facts of the
period as facts.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“We commend this book to persons who desire a fairer view of the
ultimate causes of American independence.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1061. O. 31, ’07. 310w.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 570. N. ’07. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 720w.
“This is a book that Fourth of July orators will have to reckon with,
sooner or later.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 748. N. 30, ’07. 100w.
=Beet, Joseph Agar.= Manual of theology. *$2.75. Armstrong.
“Professor Beet’s ‘Manual of Christian theology’ expounds the views on
the intermediate state which brought him into difficulty with the
English Methodists some years ago, but otherwise it follows well-worn
paths to conclusions which are now familiar and trite.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Dr. Agar Beet’s is, no doubt, a good specimen of its class, but its
main result is only to afford one more proof, if such were needed, of
the futility of this kind of literature.”
− + =Acad.= 73: 278. Mr. 16, ’07. 290w.
“The value of Dr. Beet’s work—and it has considerable value—lies in
its minute knowledge and skilful use of the words of the Biblical
writers, and in the systematizing of the thoughts he finds in those
words.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 500w.
“The religious tone of the treatise prevents it from being a dry
compendium of proof-texts. But one who has accepted the historical
method of studying the Bible will be unable to use the book for
anything more than an expression of Dr. Beet’s own convictions.”
Gerald Birney Smith.
+ − =Bib. World.= 30: 77. Jl. ’07. 430w.
=Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 40w.
+ − =Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 200w.
=Outlook.= 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 320w.
“We cannot follow his expositions, but we may say that they are
characterised by lucidity and moderation.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 686. N. 3, ’06. 70w.
=Begbie, Harold.= Penalty. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–14251.
A story whose plot rests upon a woman’s determination to have a
certain bishop reinstate her in English society. By means of the theft
and later the loss of a certain book, she planned to show to the world
that this bishop now aspiring to the archbishopric of Canterbury
formerly belonged to a secret order that was proselyting for the Roman
Catholic church. “There results a comedy of errors which in the end
very narrowly escapes becoming a tragedy.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“A novel of unquestionable cleverness.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 613. N. 17. 220w.
“The welcome feature ... is a distinct originality of theme. Taken
altogether, a very readable volume, full of veiled irony, and plainly
written with a certain underlying seriousness of purpose.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 286. My. ’07. 300w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 336. My. 25, ’07. 190w.
“The dignity and serious tone of the book make it quite worth while.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 160w.
=Belcher, John.= Essentials in architecture: an analysis of the
principles and qualities to be looked for in buildings. *$2. Scribner.
“Everybody who wishes to be able to distinguish between a good
building and a bad, to recognize at a glance the best and worst points
of the houses he passes in the street, is under a debt of deep
gratitude to Mr. Belcher.” (Acad.) “Dividing the work into four main
parts, entitled respectively principles, qualities, factors, and
materials, Mr. Belcher discourses pleasantly on each, illustrating the
points he makes by reference to well-known buildings.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Uncompromising in his denunciation of vital defects, Mr. Belcher is
as broad-minded as he is sound in his judgments, and his book is
remarkably free from whims, fads, and that irrelevant mass of fuss and
metaphysics which Ruskin in later years detected in his ‘Seven
lamps.’”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 769. Ag. 10, ’07. 1030w.
“The interest of the book lies less in the correctness or otherwise of
the principles formulated than in the intimate view of architecture
presented, which is not that of the historian or the art critic, but
one of the practising architect.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 277. S. 7. 370w.
“Every line is pregnant with interest alike to the cultured general
reader and to the professional student, whose attention is called to
those first principles and ultimate ideals which he is apt to overlook
in the maze of practical details.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 32: 335. O. ’07. 190w.
“One has only to regret the too obvious and every-day tone of the
criticism. It is an odd fault to find with a book devoted to
analysis—but one does really long for a little more subtlety, a little
finer splitting of hairs, and here and there something unexpected.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 216. S. 5, ’07. 500w.
“It is as to contents only a fair average specimen of a class of
historical ‘rewrite’ (to use a newspaper term) of which there has been
an oversupply of late.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 280w.
=Bell, Gertrude Lowthian.= Desert and the sown; a record of travel from
Jericho through the unfrequented parts of Syria to Antioch. *$5. Dutton.
7–35188.
“The book describes the converse with all sorts of Syrians enjoyed by
Miss Bell on a journey through the country east of Jordan to the
Jebel-ed-Drûz, and thence, by Damascus, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, and
Antioch, to the coast of Iskenderun.” (Ath.) “We get stories of
shepherds and men-at-arms as they ‘passed from lip to lip round the
camp fire, in the black tent of the Arab and the guest chamber of the
Druze, as well as the more cautious utterance of Turkish and Syrian
officials.’ She eschews politics, and points out that the wise
traveller in Syria will avoid being drawn into the meshes of the
Armenian question.... Much of her time was given to archaeological
matters, but they are not her chief consideration in this book.” (Sat.
R.)
* * * * *
“It is not too high praise to say that the book before us is the most
charming addition to the literature of travel that has been published
for many years—we had almost said, and we think we should be justified
in saying, for many decades.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 210. Mr. 2, ’07. 2460w.
“A most delightful account of travel in Syria in which the author
shows a wide knowledge of desert lore and desert peoples, of
archaeology and Asiatic politics, an unusual power of description,
which, together with a keen sense of humor and fine dramatic touch,
conveys the whole scene in a quite remarkable way.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
“But after a searching criticism this book remains one of the best of
its kind that we have ever read. A valuable map is appended, but,
alas! there is no index.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 159. F. 9, 1540w.
“The author has made a distinct contribution to the literature of
travel, and has put her name far up on the list of women who have
written good travel-books.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 391. Je. 16, ’07. 670w.
“One thing is wanting: Miss Bell has not sufficiently absorbed the
medieval associations of Syria.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 28. Ja. 25, ’07. 2510w.
“I cannot quote it all and unless all is quoted you have lost the
better part.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 437. My. 9, ’07. 1020w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 240w.
“A book of unusual atmosphere and charm.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 75. My. 11, ’07. 530w.
“A charmingly written, fully illustrated account.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 276. Mr. 2, ’07. 270w.
“An enchanting example of travel literature. To her power of
describing scenery and people, and of recording the living talk of men
who, though they belong to the wilderness, have shrewd and capable
brains, Miss Bell adds a wide knowledge of archaeology and a sound
instinct for the politics of Asia.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 253. F. 16, ’07. 3000w.
=Bell, John Keble (Keble Howard, pseud.).= The Smiths: a comedy without
a plot. †$1.50. McClure.
7–16483.
“It is a simple, agreeable story of the lives of two affectionate and
well-behaved people from the day when they come back from their
wedding journey and begin housekeeping in a snug suburban cottage, to
the time when they become grandparents.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Keble Howard has shown us again his keen insight into ordinary
human nature and with his sympathetic touch has brought to the surface
valuable jewels from unsuspected sources.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 140. F. 10, ’06. 320w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 343. Ag. 8, ’07. 190w.
“The record of two honest young people who marry on a small income and
lead the uninspired life of the solid British middle class, may be
quite as tiresome in print as it appears in its suburban villa.”
− =Nation.= 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 170w.
“Mr. Howard is not only in earnest, but he has also an old-fashioned,
tender reverence which is refreshing at a time when that high quality
has become somewhat rare. His people are fairly representative of the
best members of that great, sterling middle class which at all periods
has been the safeguard of English social life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 337. My. 25, ’07. 450w.
“We are warned that the Smiths are neither superior nor fashionable,
but it would have been more kind to warn us that they are absolutely
uninteresting. We object to the inference that superiority and fashion
are required in order to be interesting.”
− =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 60w.
“Many a person who is genuinely depressed by the mere sight of a
suburb from a train-window, and who would be utterly bored by half an
hour’s companionship with the Smiths in real life, will find himself
oddly interested in Mr. Howard’s little story, until he comes to the
love affairs of Phyllis, when the conversations become tedious.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 101: 210. F. 17, ’06. 200w.
“The story of ‘The Smiths of Surbiton’ is not told with any
distinction of literary style or any subtlety in the analysis of the
human heart. The want of literary artifice in the treatment makes it
therefore obvious that the approval with which the book has been
greeted is due solely to its subject.”
− + =Spec.= 96: 226. F. 10, ’06. 460w.
=Bell, Lilian.= Why men remain bachelors, and other luxuries. **$1.25.
Lane.
6–38991.
A group of half humorous half philosophical essays which deal with
such subjects as The management of wives, The management of husbands,
The luxury of being stupid, How men propose, The broken engagement,
Modern mothers, etc.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 220w.
“These very personal little essays are amusingly frank, and clever in
a journalistic way, but they have none of that delicacy of form—and
spirit—which pleases the artistic sense.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 60w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 116. Ja. ’07. 30w.
=Bell, Malcolm.= Old pewter. (Newnes’ lib. of the applied arts.) *$2.50.
Scribner.
W 6–139.
Contains little if any new information but deserves recognition on
account of the numerous carefully chosen illustrations.
* * * * *
“His various brief chapters show a considerable mastery of, and love
for, his subject. One of the weak points of the letterpress is the
‘Useful books of reference,’ a list which occupies only a single page
immediately before the index. The only works named in this
insignificant list that deal with church pewter are wrongly cited.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 803. Je. 30. 550w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 186. D. ’06. 60w.
“Treats its subject very successfully.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 179. Mr. 24, ’06. 420w.
=Bell, Nancy R. E.= Historical outskirts of London. **$2. McClure.
“Mrs. Bell conducts her readers on a tour of the places situated on
the fringe of London, recalling the historic associations in which
they abound and noting the changes they have undergone down to the
present time when these once isolated hamlets and townships have
become practically merged in the great metropolis.” (Int. Studio.)
Highgate, Hampstead, Woolwich, Epping Forest, Epsom, Fulham,
Hammersmith, Greenwich and other places are described with interesting
anecdotes of people whose history is associated with them.
* * * * *
“The general reader should be glad to have so much put before him in a
compact and readable form. The ‘proofs’ have occasionally been badly
read.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 478. O. 19. 240w.
“The book should not fail to stimulate interest in these time-honoured
spots.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 336. O. ’07. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Bell, Nancy R. E. Meugens (Mrs. Arthur George Bell) (N. D’Anvers,
pseud.).= Picturesque Brittany; il. in col. by Arthur G. Bell. *$3.50.
Dutton.
6–35603.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1398. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
“The charm of her writing entirely dispels from her pages, full of
carefully-acquired information as they are, that suggestion of the
guide-book which is not always inseparable from works of this kind.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 278. Ja. ’07. 170w.
“The truth is that writers like Mrs. Bell do not possess a tithe of
the information necessary to draw a real picture of Brittany.”
− + =Sat. R.= 103: 686. Je. 1, ’07. 720w.
=Bellamy, Charles Joseph.= Wonder children, their quests and curious
adventures. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–38395.
Here are quests that frequently terminate where the rainbow touches
the earth, and which permit the wanderer children to open the bags of
gold and live in peace forever after.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 13, ’06. 17w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 822. D. 1, ’06. 70w.
“The material is not new and the use of it is not marked by any
especial charm.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 40w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 765. D. ’06. 20w.
=Belloc, Hilaire.= Hills and the sea. *$1.50. Scribner.
7–13406.
“Mr. Belloc’s book opens with one marvelous sea voyage and ends with
another, while the intervening pages are occupied with observations of
places and persons encountered along untraveled paths of England,
France, Spain, and countries which are not named and whose identity
only the initiated can recognize. There is information, too, strewn
through these pages—information that some day may serve as footnotes
to more serious and less personal books of travel.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It is in tense narration, touched with fantasy, that his strength
lies.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 659. D. 29, ’06. 390w.
“None the less, if not wholly a satisfactory book, this is a book that
is filled with a fine spirit and has no slovenly writing in it, and
has many passages of pellucid and admirable prose often direct and
simple as Bunyan’s. At its best ... it has radiance and gusto, both
very rare qualities, and a pleasant wayside Borrovian flavour.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 352. O. 19, ’06. 1310w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 554. D. 27, ’06. 320w.
“The book abounds in sweetness and light, and one must be something
more than human or something less not to find therein some congenial
and sympathetic message—possibly many.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 850. D. 8, ’06. 260w.
“It is because these sketches contain so much good matter that their
failings are worthy of note. The faults are mainly faults of manner,
and it must be admitted that as the excellencies seem for the most
part due to French influences, the badnesses are solidly Britannic.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 550. N. 3, ’06. 840w.
“He has none of the serious and brooding passion of Mr. Conrad. He
sneers at all that he does not understand, whereas the other writer is
reverently silent. He postures and swaggers, and, for all his hatred
of imperialism, betrays much of the boastful ‘mafficking’ spirit which
he repudiates. He falls into mannerisms and catch-words which weary us
from their repetition. And yet he has the charm against which all
criticism is powerless.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 889. D. 1, ’06. 370w.
=Belloc, Hilaire.= Historic Thames. *$6. Dutton.
“Mr. Belloc ... severely avoids the Thames of the pleasure seeker, and
deals almost exclusively with the place of the river in the
topographical and commercial system of early England, as well as
incidentally, but at great length, with the dissolution of the
Thames-side monasteries. From this branch of his subject he is lead,
by digressions worthy of Victor Hugo, to the family history of the
Cromwells. Mr. Belloc writes as an anti-Protestant, and even gives
some slight colour to the popular belief that a curse follows the
possessors of abbey lands.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“With all its faults of omission ‘The historic Thames’ is a thoughtful
and stimulating essay—in the strict usage of the word. The publishers
have made a bad mistake in sending out this volume without maps or
plans. No good word can be said of the illustrations; many of them are
very badly drawn.” W. T. S.
− + =Acad.= 72: 599. Je. 22, ’07. 1240w.
“Mr. Belloc’s letter-press may disturb the ordinary Thames public, and
is perhaps too good for its place. The drawings have little or nothing
to do with it, and are chiefly of scenes attractive to the artist,
without special connexion in his mind with history.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 634. My. 25. 390w.
“In spite of the evident efforts to the contrary he becomes involved
in the tangle of the Thames’s history with that of England and ends in
a tedious recital of the destruction of the monasteries, which has
little to do with his subject.” May Estelle Cook.
− + =Dial.= 43: 119. S. 1, ’07. 180w.
“Naturally his book will call down reprobation from certain high
quarters, but it can not by any one be denied the qualities of
interest and vivacity.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 39. Jl. 11, ’07. 810w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 376. Je. 8, ’07. 70w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 745. N. 23, ’07. 530w.
“While he has performed his task with thoroughness and
conscientiousness he has missed, whether purposely or not, it is
impossible to say, the tone of romance and æsthetic delight which one
naturally expects with this subject.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 790. Ag. 10, ’07. 170w.
“Mr. Belloc’s book is a serious contribution to history. The
illustrations are very attractive, but they do not illustrate the
book, and they are arranged, or scattered about, with a more than
usually provoking irrelevance.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 26. Jl. 6, ’07. 340w.
=Bement, Alburto.= Peabody atlas: shipping mines and coal railroads, in
the central commercial district of the United States, accompanied by
chemical, geological and engineering data. $5. Peabody coal co., 125
Monroe st., Chicago.
Maps 7–25.
In which are set forth conditions in the coal-carrying railways and
their relations to the coal mines. “The atlas contains some valuable
information and illustrations on smokeless furnaces and smoke
prevention, analysis of combustion gases and improvements in boiler
designs.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“To the investigator in this field, the statistics of the various
bituminous mines and contributing railways throughout the central
states, which is given in this atlas, should be of as great value as
they also are to the various dealers for whom the book will serve the
purpose of a trade directory.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 308. Mr. 14, ’07. 120w.
=Benham, W. Gurney.= Book of quotations: proverbs and household words.
$3. Lippincott.
A collection of quotations from British and American authors, ancient
and modern, with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and
sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin,
French, German, Spanish, Italian, and other languages.
* * * * *
“The collection shows an advance on those available, including
material from more recent authors, and from some now adorning or
amazing the world with their pens. A fairly thorough search has
convinced us of the general suitability and accuracy of the English
section. The section of miscellaneous quotations and other odds and
ends is good, but we are unable to praise the various lists of foreign
quotations.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 222. F. 23. 1230w.
“We know of no other book of the kind that contains so much matter,
and we can heartily recommend it as an addition to the reference
shelf.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 322. N. 16, ’07. 130w.
+ + =Nation.= 85: 397. O. 31, ’07. 180w.
“Upon the whole, while it is not to be expected or desired that the
new book will supersede the old [Bartlett], it may very conveniently
supplement it, and is very well worth having, if one may say so
without applying to it the only real test, that of habitual use.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 745. N. 23, ’07. 530w.
“A slight examination will show that a good deal of original research
has been employed in the work. The arrangement, classification, and
indexings of the book are all commendable.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 170w.
+ + =Spec.= 98: 297. F. 23, ’07. 190w.
=Benjamin, Charles Henry.= Machine design. *$2. Holt.
6–45053.
“A text-book for the use of students, and while very useful for that
purpose is not complete enough for the requirements of the practical
designer.... The principal things in the book which are valuable are
the results of experiments performed on various springs, journals,
fly-wheels, etc.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“It has the fault that is common to most books bearing its title; that
is, it covers only a small part of the subject.” Amasa Trowbridge.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 86. Ja. 17, ’07. 250w.
“The faults of the book are faults of omission rather than of
commission; to a large extent the matter given is original and cannot
fail to be of great value to designers of machinery. The analytical
treatment of some of the problems dealt with is both new and
ingenious. We have noticed a few slips, but they are mostly
unimportant.”
+ + − =Nature.= 76: 564. O. 3, ’07. 500w.
=Benjamin, Charles Henry.= Modern American machine tools. *$5. Dutton.
7–33555.
A book written from the purchaser’s point of view which gives “a good
outline of the principal characteristics of modern machine tools, as
manufactured in the United States, the various points in which they
differ, the advantages and disadvantages of different styles, and some
data in regard to their capacity and performance.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“The book is a valuable one and well worth consulting. There is,
however, one important fact to be remembered which lessens the value
of the book to the buyer of machine tools and that is the
impossibility of getting the latest and best information from a book.
In this case, it would be safe to say that this book is now two years
behind the times.” W: W. Bird.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 77. Jl. 18, ’07. 390w.
=Bennett, Enoch Arnold.= The ghost: a novel. †$1.50. Small.
7–24288.
“The Ghost” by the author of the fantastic “Hugo” “is an exciting
story of opera singers and railway accidents and channel-boat
disasters and trapdoors and revenge and jealousy that is strong enough
to be carried beyond death, and of love that triumphs even over such
fatal jealousy.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“Whether his mood be fantastic or serious, his work is always
first-class, and though his output is enormous, signs of haste are
never apparent in the writing or construction.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 143. F. 9, ’07. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
=Sat. R.= 103: 274. Mr. 2, ’07. 220w.
=Bennett, Enoch Arnold.= Hugo; a fantasia on modern themes. $1.50.
Buckles.
6–41708.
One feels that Mr. Bennett fairly slaps his canvas with a Kipling
brush of comet’s hair. The result is a fantastic, panoramic
“improvisation.” “Hugo is proprietor of an immense shop in London. He
falls in love with a milliner in one of his innumerable ‘departments.’
She weds another, is pursued by a third, officially dies, is bereft
timely of her spouse, and returns in due season to life and Hugo.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“He never makes an attempt to modify or explain: he piles
improbability upon improbability with calm assurance, and mortars it
all together with clever little facts and truths in a style which is
always restrained and neat, and by its very lack of ornaments
convincing.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 92. Ja. 27, ’06. 360w.
“The plot has been deliberately and cunningly designed to sustain the
reader’s excitement from chapter to chapter, and, this being admitted
as the author’s aim, the book may fairly be pronounced a success.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 131. F. 3. 210w.
“It is all very absurd and pleasant; all the more so that the writer
appears to be regarding his own fable with merely good-humored
toleration.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 61. Ja. 17, ’07. 160w.
“An Italian novel with the plot laid in the sixteenth century is tame
in comparison, and though Mr. Bennett has used all kinds of
incongruously modern stage machinery along with his melodramatic
characters, he does it with a seriousness that seems to bridge the
difficulty.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 11. Ja. 5, ’07. 440w.
“The book, in fine, is an amusing skit on the vastness of modern
commercial enterprises; but in it Mr. Arnold Bennett has by no means
touched the level of his delightful comedy, ‘A great man.’”
+ − =Spec.= 96: 152. Ja. 27, ’06. 360w.
* =Benson, Arthur C.= Alfred Tennyson. **$1.50. Dutton.
“Mr. Benson thus formulates his object in the present volume: “(1) I
have given a simple narrative of the life of Tennyson, with a sketch
of his temperament, character, ideals, and beliefs; (2) I have tried
from his own words and writings to indicate what I believe to have
been his view of the poetical life and character; (3) I have attempted
to touch the chief characteristics of his art from the technical point
of view, here again as far as possible using his own recorded words.””
* * * * *
“A quiet sympathy, a genial appreciation, pervades the book and makes
it most enjoyable, even inspiring, reading.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 320. N. 16, ’07. 380w.
“Few readers, indeed, one would say, can read the volume without
deriving from it both a clearer and a higher estimate of its subject
than they had before.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 726. N. 16, ’07. 650w.
* =Benson, Arthur C.= Altar fire. **$1.50. Putnam.
7–32854.
Wholly reflective “this volume contains, in the form of a friend’s
diary, Mr. Benson’s conclusions upon many things, from the doctrine of
the atonement to the Browning letters, but chiefly on the processes of
personal religious life.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“One feels there is a message, but hardly formed and loosely
articulated and lacking the virile note. One cannot but wish the book
a larger reading than its somber monotony will invite.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1117. N. 7, ’07. 340w.
“To his usual characteristics, with which the public is well
acquainted by this time, his new volumes add a rather unexpected
extension of scope.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1229. N. 21, ’07. 310w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“This generation can hardly have too many books of this temper put
into its hands.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 767. D. 7, ’07. 560w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 759. D. ’07. 120w.
“As an artistic whole ‘The altar fire’ suffers from the use of too
ambitious a scene. The book is sure of a large and respectful public;
but the remnant of reactionaries, the classical people whose eyes have
been dazzled by gazing upon the sun, will still see patent blots in
Mr. Benson’s work—if indeed it is Mr. Benson and not the mask which
comes between.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 5. N. 16, ’07. 980w.
=Benson, Arthur C.= Beside still waters. **$1.25. Putnam.
7–15922.
“Meditations and recollections of a man who, after a busy life,
settles down into a kind of epicurean seclusion from the world. ‘He
found a small, picturesque, irregularly-built house crushed in between
the road and the river, which, in fact, dipped its very feet in the
stream.’... Could a better lodge be found for a recluse who likes to
season his days of solitude with an occasional dinner in Hall with his
old college friends! And presently the college takes him back into its
fold, while the house by the waters is kept as a place of retreat and
quiet work.”—Nation.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 159. O. ’07.
“It is difficult to write so completely introspective a book as this.
We wonder at the end of it how we have interested ourselves with it
for so long, till we reflect on Mr. Benson’s easy flow of
undistracting thoughts, raised just a little above commonplace by a
certain sanity or breadth of view which no doubt is a gospel in
itself.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 539. My. 4. 330w.
“Those who have enjoyed the charm of ‘From a college window,’ with
sweet spirit, lofty thought, and exquisite tenderness expressed in
limpid delightful English, will find a similar treat in Mr. Benson’s
present work.”
+ =Cath. World.= 86: 117. O. ’07. 470w.
“Notwithstanding a tendency to repetition and undue elaboration—a
conspicuous lack of epigrammatic terseness,—this book is the ripest,
thoughtfullest, best piece of work its author has yet produced.”
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 344. Je. 1, ’07. 350w.
“Gives us a scholar’s philosophy of life.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1117. N. 7, ’07. 700w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 61. Jl. 13, ’07. 160w.
“Mr. Benson’s polished prose and his mastery of style and language
serve only to throw into bolder relief the thinness of the substance.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 84. Mr. 15, ’07. 1060w.
“Remind one of ‘The private papers of Henry Ryecroft,’ graceful and
wise and sober, a delightful refreshment in the bustle of modern
literature, but lacking in the last incalculable touch of style and
insight that make Gissing’s book so memorable.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 411. My. 2, ’07. 330w.
Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 360w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 760. Je. ’07. 120w.
=Benson, Arthur C.= From a college window. **$1.25. Putnam.
6–17648.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Horatio S. Krans.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 560. F. ’07. 1060w.
=Benson, Arthur C.= Gate of death; a diary. **$1.25. Putnam.
6–43770.
The author says that the book is not a treatment of death “the
saddest, darkest, most solemn, most inevitable, most tremendous fact
in the world.” It is merely “the record of the sincere and faltering
thoughts of one who was suddenly and unexpectedly confronted with
death, and who, in the midst of a very ordinary and commonplace life,
with no deep reserves of wisdom, faith, or tenderness, had just to
interpret it as he best could.”
* * * * *
“Naturally a great deal in the book will not be agreed with by
Catholics; but, making allowances for this, we must say we have here a
book of more than ordinary interest and power.”
+ + − =Cath. World.= 85: 111. Ap. ’07. 260w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 196. F. ’07. 2460w.
“He has great power of attention and analysis, a great interest in
ideas, and considerable culture, and in addition he is master of an
easy and picturesque style; so that he has no difficulty in putting
upon paper what he feels and thinks and sees. What he seems to lack as
an artist is power of selection.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 346. O. 12, ’06. 1290w.
“A work not of didactic effect, but of singularly pure and elevated
sentiment; of melancholy in the old sweet sense.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 560w.
=Putnam’s.= 1: 768. Mr. ’07. 190w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 760. Je. ’07. 120w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 531. Ap. 7, ’07. 300w.
=Benson, Arthur C.= Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity
College, Cambridge, extracted from his letters and diaries, with
reminiscences of his conversation by his friend Christopher Carr of the
same college. $1.25. Holt.
The quiet story of the life of a “thoroughgoing determinist who was
still faithful to the voice of duty, still striving upwards,” who
trusted “in an invisible all-ruling Father who really was ordering the
world in the smallest details when He seemed to be ordering it least
and who wished the best for His children.” It is a character study
with a moral, for Arthur Hamilton “in spite of every trial and every
rebuff, preserved at heart a serenity that was not thoughtlessness, a
cheerfulness that was not hilarity, a humor that was not cynicism.”
* * * * *
“It is a curious piece of intellectual dissection and has many of the
graces of style that characterized the author’s recent volumes.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 469. Mr. 29, ’07. 460w.
Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 160w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 760. Je. ’07. 120w.
=Benson, Arthur C.= Upton letters. *$1.25. Putnam.
5–34654.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Horatio S. Krans.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 560. F. ’06. 1060w.
“We honestly thank him for painting his portrait so well. It is good
work no less than a good likeness. The touch is firm and easy; the
treatment broad and yet very delicate. There are a few patches of
prettiness which should be painted out; but they do not much mar the
effect of the whole.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 144. F. 2, ’07. 1670w.
=Benson, Edward Frederic.= Paul. †$1.50. Lippincott.
6–37196.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a purposeless book and an unpleasant one. Its interest suddenly
drops at the halfway point, like an underdone loaf of cake, and what
is meant to be its most solemn chapter is more apt to provoke a desire
to laugh.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 24: 487. Ja. ’07. 540w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 345. Mr. ’07. 660w.
“He deliberately constructs the first half of his plot in such a way
as to produce the maximum of irritation, not to say resentment.”
Herbert W. Horwill.
+ − =Forum.= 38: 542. Ap. ’07. 1260w.
“Escaped by a hair breadth writing a novel of the first rank.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 46. Ja. 3, ’07. 340w.
“The individuality and distinction of phrase are maintained, but the
obtrusive ‘smartness’ which marred the first novel [‘Dodo’] has been
carefully eliminated.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 210w.
=Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh.= History of Richard Raynal: solitary. $1.25.
Herder.
“The story purports to be the translation of an ancient Latin MS.,
discovered by Father Benson in a library of Rome, and containing an
old English priest’s account of a young solitary, who lived somewhere
near London in the earlier part of the fifteenth century.”—Cath.
World.
* * * * *
“The rare qualities of Father Benson’s mind find here their perfect
expression.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 229. Mr. 10, ’06. 400w.
“The quaint beauty of the archaic style adopted by Father Benson in
his recital is beyond praise.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 412. D. ’06. 340w.
=Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh.= Mirror of Shalott, being a collection of
tales told at an unprofessional symposium. *$1.25. Benziger.
7–21227.
Fourteen stories which a group of Reverend Fathers told, one tale each
evening. They are largely gathered from their professional experiences
and concern incidents which cannot be explained without recourse to
the supernatural. The evil spirit which was exorcised, the man who
offered himself for his brother’s unbelief, the artist whose art
founded on corruption was lost when he regained his faith, these and
the others have the charm of the unusual.
* * * * *
“There is one that suggests a better capacity on Mr. Benson’s part as
a writer than anything else we have read from his pen.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 789. Je. 29. 310w.
=Cath. World.= 86: 257. N. ’07. 210w.
“In truth, qualities that are admirable elsewhere rather prevent Mr.
Benson from telling his tales so as to excite the feelings which
people, whatever their faith, cherish for the supernatural. He is too
surefooted, too painstaking. His method is too robust to deal with
such intricate and at the same time poignant emotions; he sets
everything in order, tells you how the basket chair clicked, and what
happened next, and works out the situation methodically with the
desire clearly to get at the truth. But it is a great matter that
every story makes an impression of sincerity and intelligence.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 189. Je. 14, ’07. 500w.
“Father Benson, like the other brilliant sons of the late archbishop,
is a fluent and spirited writer.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 167. Ag. 22, ’07. 730w.
“The author displays in the narration a skill as subtle and as
charming as his imagination has been subtle and weird in the conjuring
up of incidents. Each narrator is distinctly individualized by the
character of his experience and his manner of telling it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 460w.
“Father Benson’s language comes as near as language can to making his
readers realize by analogy spiritual experiences which are incapable
of being translated into the words and phrases of a material world.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 1038. Je. 29, ’07. 380w.
=Benson, Rev. Robert Hugh.= Papers of a pariah. **$1.25. Longmans.
7–14565.
“The ‘Pariah’ is an actor, who has been educated however at Rugby and
Oxford, and the ‘papers’ reveal the mental process by which he finally
arrived at the Catholic faith.” (Acad.) “Their point of view is of one
who regards the Catholic church from without not from within, though
with a favourable eye.”
* * * * *
“If only he could bestow his style, and humaneness, and clearness of
exposition on converts we would wish him many of them as the result of
this brilliant little book.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 314. Mr. 30, ’07. 140w.
“The tenor of the reflections witnesses to a deeply religious nature
and the aesthetic temperament, reminding one of the books of Huysmans,
though displaying more of the religious and less of the aesthetic than
did that strange Frenchman.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 542. Jl. ’07. 780w.
“‘The papers of a pariah,’ while they will appeal to religious zealots
of the Roman Catholic faith, and, to a certain extent, to all who are
deeply interested in discussion of abstract creeds, loses in literary
value by virtue of these very tendencies. The discussion, moreover, is
one of sentiment rather than of reason, an argument of dreams rather
than of realities.” Florence Wilkinson.
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 350. Je. 1, ’07. 490w.
“The reader will note that in the early part of the book emphasis is
laid on the unchangeableness of the teaching in the Roman church,
while later this argument is dropped in favour of development.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 276. Ag. 31, ’07. 210w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 804. My. 18, ’07. 330w.
=Benziger, Marie Agnes.= Off to Jerusalem. *$1. Benziger.
6–36010.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Though she modestly refuses to enter into competition with other
pens, which have described the scenes through which she has passed,
she evinces good capacity for observation and for describing whatever
came under her notice.”
+ =Cath. World.= 84: 837. Mr. ’07. 230w.
=Bergen, Joseph Y., jr., and Davis, Bradley, M.= Principles of botany.
$1.50. Ginn.
6–35475.
Following an introduction devoted to a definition of botany and its
subdivisions, the subject is treated in three parts, viz., 1, the
structure and physiology of plants, 2, The morphology, evolution and
classification of plants, and 3, Ecology and economic botany. Part 2
is Dr. Davis’ portion of the work.
* * * * *
“While the book as a whole is too heavy for the average high-school
work, it will be almost indispensable as a reference work because of
its large amount of information, its abundant illustrations, and its
helpful suggestions as to the significance of structures and their
relationship to one another.”
+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 43: 64. Ja. ’07. 720w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 380. N. 1, ’06. 440w.
“The book can be confidently recommended to students and teachers, and
the latter will find the arrangement well worthy of consideration.”
+ =Nature.= 76: 124. Je. 6, ’07. 200w.
“The whole revision has been toward greater precision and succinctness
of statement, and has resulted in a more scholarly work.” I. N.
Mitchell.
+ + =School R.= 15: 305. Ap. ’07. 850w.
“To ‘touch the high points’ and yet to keep up the connection between
them is the difficult task of the writer of an elementary text-book.
In some portions of the book before us this has been accomplished,
while in others a good deal of matter has been admitted which might
well have been left out.” Charles E. Bessey.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 144. Ja. 25, ’07. 780w.
=Bernhardi, Frederick von.= Cavalry in future wars. *$3. Dutton.
War 7–19.
“This book was written at the outbreak of the late war in South
Africa.... In the course of the first few chapters, Gen. Bernhardi
analyzes the functions of the cavalry as modified by the changes that
have occurred since the war, and later explains the difficulties which
in the future will confront all cavalry operations unless the cavalry
leader and his men have been ‘perfected down to the minutest
detail.’”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“His views are entitled to more than ordinary consideration, even
though in all his conclusions we may not concur. Perhaps there is no
other German soldier so well equipped for handling this subject.”
Peter C. Hains.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 606. N. ’07. 440w.
“This book will be read by soldiers, but is needed by a wider public.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 573. N. 10. 1360w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 26. Ja. 25, ’07. 560w.
“Gen. von Bernhardi’s ... rank and experience entitle his views to
great respect, the more from the earnestness with which he pleads his
cause. Barring a few slightly obscure passages, and a faint trace here
and there of Teutonic roughness, Mr. Goldman’s translation is smooth
and flowing.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 479. My. 23, ’07. 110w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 875. D. 15, ’06. 290w.
“An exhaustive summary.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 70w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 50w.
“It may fairly be called the last word on the subject.” Grey Scout.
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 197. F. 16, ’07. 1310w.
=Bernhardt, Sarah.= Memories of my life: being my personal,
professional, and social recollections as woman and artist. **$4.
Appleton.
7–34323.
The whimsical, rhapsodical, patriotic woman of temperament is revealed
in almost every line of these memories. The autobiography “exhibits
the true woman in clearer relief than it does the largely mythical
superwoman whom it labors to depict. Rich as it is in minor details
and vivacious descriptions it adds but little to the common knowledge
of the career of the best advertised actress in the world.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“In her very characteristic and brightly entertaining memoirs we have
on every page the Sarah Bernhardt of the stage, the eccentric and
versatile woman of genius, very much as she is already known to the
world.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 43: 279. N. 1, ’07. 2150w.
“Self-revelations such as these give, as we think, a real documentary
value to this first volume of Sarah Bernhardt’s memoirs, though no
doubt the general reader will prefer the narratives of travel and
adventure wherein everything appears to be turning around in a mad
farandole.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 324. O. 25, ’07. 1600w.
“One of the most successful books ever written. To tell the plain
truth, the monstrous egotism of the book greatly weakens the
pleasurable impression created by its vivacity, its cleverness, and
its abundance of interesting material.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 403. O. 31, ’07. 1140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“An invaluable addition to the library, dramatic and otherwise.” Anna
Marble.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 733. N. 16, ’07. 2230w.
+ + =Outlook.= 77: 611. N. 23, ’07. 210w.
=Besant, Walter.= Mediaeval London, v. 2: Ecclesiastical. *$7.50.
Macmillan.
This second volume of the posthumous work of Walter Besant on “The
survey of London” treats of the ecclesiastical life, institutions and
influence of the Norman and Plantagenet centuries. The first eight
chapters deal with the rise of London’s municipal government.
* * * * *
“When the nature of the material permits the story is unfolded with
agreeable literary effect. We notice here and there a lack of
references, usually associated with a passage of minor historical
importance. These pages form a good example to tesselated history.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 113. F. 2, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 2.)
“There are various heedless and more or less incorrect statements in
the general description of ecclesiastical London, apart from the
religious houses. The accounts of hermits and anchorites, as well as
of pilgrimage and sanctuary, are insufficient. But enough of adverse
criticism has been offered. We cannot help thinking that if Besant had
lived a little longer, this portion of his work would have been
revised by him or by friends who were competent to aid him.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 157. F. 9. 1710w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Sir Walter Besant’s ‘Mediaeval London’ has unfortunately, found no
more capable editor than his ‘London under the Stuarts’ and his
‘London in the time of the Tudors.’ The illustrations are for the most
part of real value.” G.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 206. Ja. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is largely a work of paste and scissors, and they have not been
applied with intelligence.” M.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 832. O. ’07. 410w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is impossible to regard this volume as a work which Sir Walter
Besant would have presented to the public in anything like its present
form.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 548. Je. 13, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)
“We select a single passage for quotation, not only because it is
significant in itself, but because it gives, we think, a fair idea of
the broad and readable way in which this work treats what many might
expect to prove a dry-as-dust, antiquarian record—words which
precisely describe the exact contrary of the present volume.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 374. F. 16, ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Is sure to take its place among popular works on the subject.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 4. F. 23, ’07. 190w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 115. Ja. 26, ’07. 920w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Bevier, Isabel.= The house; its plan, decoration and care. (Library of
home economics.) *$1.25. Am. school of home economics.
6–41738.
“In the early chapters on the development of the house, domestic
architecture is shown to be closely allied to the larger problems of
state and nation.... Chapters on house planning, construction,
decoration and furnishing, and the care of the house follow, and from
them may be obtained much useful information. Throughout the book
emphasis is laid upon appropriateness, beauty and simplicity of form
and color. The book is suggestive to the home builder; plans,
materials and cost and the various subdivisions of these are taken up
concisely. The home-operator will find here definite suggestions
concerning fabrics and furnishings, their cost and durability.”—Ann.
Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“Valuable because of its consideration of basic principles, and of
conditions attainable by the average householder.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 160. O. ’07. S.
“For its size this little book contains a great deal of that which
tends to raise the standards of the householder and to make the home
the real center of national life which the author claims should be its
real purpose.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 632. My. ’07. 280w.
=Bevier, Isabel, and Usher, Susannah.= Home economics movement, pt. 1.
*75c. Whitcomb & B.
7–5679.
A three-part discussion including Home economics in agricultural
colleges and state universities, Cooking schools, and Home economics
in the public schools.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
Bible. Gospel of Barnabas; ed. and tr. by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg, with
a facsimile. *$5.25. Oxford.
This manuscript was probably written in the middle of the sixteenth
century. It is a “rather careless sixteenth century copy, made by a
Venetian scribe, of an earlier and apparently Tuscan document.”
* * * * *
“The editors deserve the greatest praise for the thoroughness and
skill with which they have performed their task. They have been
extremely careful in editing the text, and they have supplied an
excellent translation, for it is accurate and reads as if it were an
original work. They have also written a good introduction, which
contains all the information that the reader requires.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 230. Ag. 31. 840w.
“It is to be said that the gospel is interesting reading not only
because of its doctrines, as, for example, the view that Paul
wrongfully teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus disclaimed
Messiahship, that Mohammed is Messiah, not only because of the
restraint manifested in the story of the virgin birth, but also
because of the positive beauty of some of its sayings and parables.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 261. S. 19, ’07. 940w.
=Bielschowsky, Albert.= Life of Goethe; tr. by W. A. Cooper. 3v ea.
**$3.50. Putnam.
=v. 2.= This volume covers the period from the Italian journey to the
War of liberation, 1788–1815, comprising the last two chapters of the
first volume and the first twelve of the second of the German edition.
* * * * *
“Mr. Cooper is an American, and he writes ‘American,’ or, at any rate,
a dialect of the Anglo-Saxon tongue, which is often forcible and
picturesque, but is quite as often not pure English.” Rowland Strong.
+ − =Acad.= 73: 93. N. 2, ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Though Bielschowsky displays remarkable skill in interweaving
critical analysis with personal details concerning the poet, yet one
who is unfamiliar with the actual works will probably find the
chapters devoted to them a trifle dull. After all, these defects are
really exaggerations of a good quality—the desire to enter into full
sympathy with and understanding of Goethe’s point of view.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 600w. (Review of v. 2.)
“In general it seems that here there is a marked improvement [in the
translation]; it is very faithful and at the same time the English is
usually free from the influence of the foreign idiom. Occasionally the
rendering does not allow for the difference in the connotation of the
same word in the two languages.”
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is to begin with, erudite; one feels confident that the author has
sifted the enormous mass of material accumulated about every step of
Goethe’s career. In the metaphysical parts it is excellent, almost
impeccable. We commend heartily the translation of this work and
recognize its undoubted value; but we must add frankly that it is in
no sense of the word in the tradition of great literature.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 514. Ag. 29, ’07. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Reviewed by J. Perry Warden.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 464. Jl. 27, ’07. 2210w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The work lacks the supreme test of the biographer as interpreter. In
this respect this ‘Life of Goethe’ remains incomplete, but in all else
it is a masterly production. Crowning merit of a notable achievement,
the biography, with all its scholarly thoroughness, is yet even better
adapted to the needs of the general public for which it has been
primarily written than to those of the special student.” A. Schade van
Westrum.
+ + − =No. Am.= 186: 442. N. ’07. 1640w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Bierer, Everard.= Evolution of religions. **$2. Putnam.
6–42349.
“The particular animus of the author is against the doctrine of the
trinity, which assumes altogether too large a place in his survey of
the development of religious doctrines.”—Putnam’s.
* * * * *
“Is amateurish in character, unreliable in statement of fact,
incomplete in outlook, and disproportionate in consideration of the
phenomena under discussion.”
− =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 70w.
“Shows an excellent spirit, and the greater part of its material is
taken from good sources. The title, however, is too large for the
contents, and the book suffers somewhat from the author’s insufficient
acquaintance with the general history of religions.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 50w.
“Although its author, under his limitations as a layman in the
subjects of his criticism, takes himself rather too seriously, the
book is written with a sincere interest for a devoutly spiritual
religion, and for this is commendable.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 250w.
=Bigelow, Edward Fuller.= Spirit of nature study: a book of social
suggestion and sympathy for all who love or teach nature. **$1. Barnes.
7–14642.
“A book of social suggestion and sympathy for all those who love or
teach nature.” It is intended to strengthen faith in outdoor
education.
* * * * *
“In which the author has many effective and deserved flings at the
stupidity and inanity of much that passes for the study of nature in
schools and elsewhere.” George Gladden.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 625. Ag. 5, ’07. 90w.
“[Suggestions that are] sensible enough, and their light personal
style would make them effective as informal talks at a teachers’
institute but they cannot be regarded as permanent contributions to
the over abundant literature of the subject.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 1354. Je. 6, ’07. 70w.
“The ear-marks of the pedagogue are rather too prominent for the most
enjoyable reading.”
− =Nation.= 84: 14. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.
=Bigelow, John.= Peace given as the world giveth. **75c. Baker.
The author writes out of the fulness of a long experience in state
craft and diplomacy. He views the Portsmouth peace conference in the
light of an “international calamity,” and makes a plea for the
“righteousness and wisdom” of war.
* * * * *
“A remarkable historical document.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 352. Je. 1, ’07. 450w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Cattle-baron’s daughter. †$1.50. Stokes.
6–34082.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“There is some good character drawing but the book cannot lay claim to
artistic merit.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Dust of conflict; with il. in color by W. Herbert
Dunton. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–7189.
The stormy period just preceding the Spanish-American war furnishes
the setting for this story. The hero, “hurried out of England under a
cloud,” is wrecked on the coast of Cuba, and in that country becomes a
leader of some insurrectionists. “Peril, disaster, and rescue chase
each other in such quick and picturesque succession as to give the
impression of a grown-up boy’s book.... The military conflicts carry
more conviction than the moral one which sets the story in motion....
Yet the moral dilemma is well enough as a means of sending the hero to
Cuba and the Cuban part is admirably successful.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=Acad.= 72: 168. F. 16, ’07. 310w.
“Not particularly well written but rather lively in interest.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07.
“It is a rattling good story, told briskly and with zest. It lacks
subtlety, and is not notable for refinement of diction; but it also
lacks dull pages.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 130. F. 2. 160w.
“It would be hard to find a book which is so complete a satire on all
the faults of the so-called ‘novel of adventure.’ For the sort of book
this present volume typifies there is no legitimate use in literature.
Probably it will sell very well, however.” J. Marchand.
− =Bookm.= 25: 429. Je. ’07. 1020w.
“A story which is rich in dramatic interest, and which exhibits
remarkable powers of characterization and description.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 350w.
“Though of little artistic merit, is exhilarating reading.” Herbert W.
Horwill.
+ − =Forum.= 38: 549. Ap. ’07. 220w.
“The many-sided struggle in Cuba constitutes the strongest part of the
novel. In the main, the characters stand well apart from one another,
and firmly on their own feet as well.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 360w.
“It is a rattling good story exceedingly well told.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“The book is well written and brisk.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 275. Mr. 2, ’07. 170w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Mistress of Bonaventure. *$1. Fenno.
Cattle raising in the Northwest, its difficulties and the dangers from
man and nature that beset it, is the burden of this tale. The Canadian
mounted police figure in the story which combines love, adventure and
practical business. In the end the railroad penetrates that wild
country and it finds the rancher hero successful both in love and
labor and the frank little mistress of Bonaventure happy in her hero
and her prairies.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Winston of the prairie. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–29150.
The hero of Mr. Bindloss’ story of the Canadian northwest is a young
man under unjust suspicion of murder who has traded names with a man
of low caliber and who when he wishes to return to his own name finds
it stained with crime. This “impersonation of another man leads to
exciting complications, and it is difficult to see how he is going to
extricate himself from the false position in which he is placed. But
his services to the little farming community, which he teaches to win
prosperity out of seeming disaster, are so substantial that when the
hour of disentanglement comes, he both clears his name and finds
condonation for his deception.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“In the wheat-raising region of western Canada, Mr. Bindloss has found
a field almost as virgin to the novelist as to the agriculturist, and
so subdued it to his purposes that his work will not easily be
matched.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 290w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“His doings are sufficiently thrilling to while away some dull hours,
but the book is not well enough written to commend itself to a reader
of particular taste.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 150w.
=Binns, W. Moore.= First century of English porcelain. *$12.50.
Lippincott.
6–33521.
After outlining clearly the leading principles of connoisseurship “Mr.
Binns relates with great minuteness the story of the evolution of
English porcelain, beginning with the foundation of the first factory
at Stratford-le-Bow, and passing thence to consider in chronological
order the various establishments which in course of time brought the
art to a perfection that aroused the admiration even of the most
exacting foreign critics, and also of those later manufactories in
which was inaugurated the inevitable decadence.” (Int. Studio.) The
work is made complete by a chronological schedule of English ceramics
and an index.
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 488. Ap. 21. 330w.
“The book will be prized as a real art treasure by its fortunate
possessors, quite as much as for its store of information.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 455. D. 16, ’06. 500w.
“A work that will be of great value to collectors and connoisseurs, as
well as to all who are interested in what may be called the human side
of every successful national industry.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 29: 89. Jl. ’06. 350w.
“While essentially for the collector, the book is written in general,
popular phrasing, and the techniques of the art, and some of its
secrets are revealed in a pleasantly instructive manner.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 836. D. 1, ’06. 490w.
“The historical side of Mr. Binns’ book is sound as far as it goes;
the author has digested a certain number of text-books, and reproduces
facts with a commendable air of spontaneity. There are some serious
omissions in Mr. Binns’ history.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 101: 590. My. 12, ’06. 1480w.
=Spec.= 96: 467. Mr. 24, ’06. 300w.
=Birch, Mrs. Lionel.= Stanhope A. Forbes, A. R. A., and Elizabeth
Stanhope Forbes, A. R. W. S.; with 8 reproductions in color and 32 other
il. *$1.50. Cassell.
6–45369.
A monograph from the standpoint of personal friendship on two living
artists. It reflects the characteristics of two personalities and the
environment in which their work has been done.
* * * * *
“Contains a concise and interesting record, pleasantly tempered by
anecdote, of the lives and various works of the two painters of whom
it treats.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 707. Je. 9. 440w.
“There is, indeed, not one dull page in the book, and the numerous
illustrations are thoroughly representative.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 29: 272. S. ’06. 290w.
“She deserves her readers’ thanks for having filled the record
carefully, while avoiding the reproach of overexcitement and an
exaggerated sense of the import of her task.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup 25. N. ’06. 710w.
=Birdseye, Clarence Frank.= Individual training in our colleges.
**$1.75. Macmillan.
7–18833.
A study of a college student’s problems from the standpoint of the
graduate. In his discussion the author deplores the loss of the direct
personal influence exerted by professors and instructors over the
students of fifty years ago. He deals with the fraternity question and
its related problems.
* * * * *
“His book shows more knowledge, clearer vision, deeper devotion, and
more rational hope regarding the American college, than any other book
we know of.” Edward O. Sisson.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 285. N. 1, ’07. 940w.
“Upon his own ground the place in our educational machinery which the
Greek letter fraternities have already taken and the higher place
which, thru the influence of their alumni, they may be made to take,
on this ground, Mr. Birdseye speaks with the authority of the
constructive reformer and for this reason, if for no other, his book
deserves and should receive the careful study of every man who has at
heart the welfare of the American college.” F. P. Keppel.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 34: 325. N. ’07. 4300w.
“The book is too long-drawn out, and in parts is repetitious; but it
contains much important material in the form of documents and reports,
as well as of the author’s own observations.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 281. S. 26, ’07. 190w.
“To make his study effective, the author undertakes to enter the
student’s college home life. He searches diligently for facts and
deals frankly and candidly with the facts as he finds them.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’07. 170w.
=Birukoff, Paul.= Leo Tolstoy, his life and work. v. 1. **$1.50.
Scribner.
6–22384.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“If we are to take ... [the translation] seriously as an attempt to
give English readers as intelligible a narrative as that enjoyed by
readers of the original, we have to point out that the work has been
carelessly done, and that the English reader often finds himself
mystified where the Russian finds himself enlightened. When in his old
age Tolstoy tells us what he thinks we ought to know of his
reminiscences, no one has any right to interpose between him and the
English reader. Least of all, has anyone a right to do this
anonymously and secretly.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 51. Ja. 12, ’07. 1690w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Bishop, Emily M.= Seventy years young, or The unhabitual way. *$1.20.
Huebsch.
7–20745.
A sensible outlook on life whose purpose is “‘to put it into the
heads’ of its readers that they can add (1) life to their years and
(2) years to their life.” The keynote is the admonition to “keep out
of ruts.”
* * * * *
“A very suggestive, thought-provoking volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 756. D. ’07. 40w.
=Bisland, Elizabeth.= Life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn. 2v. **$6.
Houghton.
6–44374.
“Less than one-fifth of this work contains the record of Hearn’s life.
The rest is pure Hearn—even more intimate than the books he has
written, dealing with the themes which always moved his imagination.
His strange origin, his troubled boyhood and years of apprenticeship,
his pursuit of the weird, the exotic among tropical peoples, and
finally his departure for Japan in 1890 resulting in permanent
expatriation, are recorded in more or less brief compass.” Lit. D.
* * * * *
“The facts of his later life Miss Bisland tells with exactly the
brevity and precision with which such facts should be told. Indeed, it
is a pleasure to feel that too much praise cannot be given for the
ability and reverence with which she has done her work.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 88. Ja. 26, ’07. 1810w.
“It is certain that no letters reveal more vividly or subtly the inner
feeling—the essence, one might say—of the writer, than do these.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 9. Ja. ’07.
Reviewed by Paul S. Reinsch.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 607. N. ’07. 1230w.
“Perhaps the worthiest thing to say of these two volumes of some nine
hundred pages is that there is not a page too much. Indeed, one page
more would have been welcome—containing a bibliography and a glossary
of Japanese words.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 126. F. 2. 2170w.
“It is certain, at any rate, that this vivid, affectionate, one might
almost say motherly, record of Hearn’s fugitive and feverish life
affords a view of him in more illuminating consonance with the quality
of his work than any that has been offered by his friends of his own
sex.” Ferris Greenslet.
+ + =Atlan.= 99: 261. F. ’07. 7490w.
Reviewed by Harrison Rhodes.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 73. Mr. ’07. 1990w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 49. Ja. ’07. 1890w.
“It would be impossible to give in a few words any adequate impression
of the rare quality of the letters that make up the larger part of
this book. It is impossible to read them and not feel acquainted with
the writer—with the real man behind the mask.” Frederick W. Gookin.
+ + =Dial.= 41: 448. D. 16, ’06. 2370w.
+ + =Ind.= 62: 560. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 130w.
“No reader of Hearn’s books can do without this work.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“In these days when our shelves are crowded with trivial biographies,
it is rare to come across a book so full of human interest, so
suggestive, so valuable as a contribution to history as the ‘Life and
letters of Lafcadio Hearn.’”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 52. F. 15, ’07. 1440w.
“Of the biographical chapters, it is possible to speak with praise,
while admitting considerable reservations. Unquestionably these
letters of Hearn’s are among the most interesting that have appeared
for a number of years—probably the most valuable since the publication
of FitzGerald’s.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 464. N. 29, ’06. 1350w.
“The most entertaining, self-revealing, even fascinating literary
correspondence published since the death of Robert Louis Stevenson.”
James Huneker.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 803. D. 1, ’06. 2380w.
Reviewed by Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ =No. Am.= 184: 417. F. 15, ’07. 1860w.
“His letters are good to read because they are hearty, spontaneous,
lacking in all those reticences and poses with which we are familiar
in the correspondence of literary persons of minor note.” H. W.
Boynton.
+ + =Putnam.= 1: 636. F. ’07. 500w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 110w.
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 174. F. 9, ’07. 2050w.
+ + =Spec.= 98: 501. Mr. 30, ’07. 1530w.
=Bittinger, Lucy Forney.= German religious life in colonial times. **$1.
Lippincott.
7–12674.
An interesting account of the general course of ecclesiastical life
among the Germans in America during the Colonial era. The subject is
treated under the headings, The Separatists, The church people, The
Moravians, The Methodists, The German churches during the Revolution,
and it is dealt with in a purely historical manner.
* * * * *
“Her work shows much care and pains, and full sympathy with its
subject.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 498. My. 30, ’07. 100w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 525. Mr. 2, ’07. 200w.
=Bjorling, Philip R., and Gissing, Frederick T.= Peat: its use and
manufacture. **$2. Lippincott.
A practical account of the different methods of preparing peat for
commercial purposes and the uses to which peat can be applied. A
subject which is claiming more attention as the American coal supply
diminishes.
* * * * *
“It is doubtful if there is possible a more comprehensive view of the
field in a small volume than is given in this one. The material is of
course largely compiled, but with more detail than one would think
possible.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 425. O. 17, ’07. 460w.
+ =Nature.= 76: 562. O. 3, ’07. 1020w.
=Black, Rev. Hugh.= Listening to God: Edinburgh sermons. **$1.25.
Revell.
6–42404.
Brief sermons by the professor of practical theology in Union
seminary.
* * * * *
“The sermons are not brilliant, but they are manifestly the expression
of the personality and experience of the preacher. And that after all
is the only preaching that counts.” Theodore G. Soares.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 711. O. ’07. 140w.
“The sermons are full of ideas, without being in the least
sensational, and cannot fail to stimulate thought.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 110w.
=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 40w.
“Some of them put fresh points to their texts, and all of them are
characterized by simplicity, earnestness, and moral vigor.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
=Blackmar, Frank Wilson.= Economics; new ed. *$1.40. Macmillan.
7–12998.
A new edition which extends bibliographies and brings its tables down
to date.
* * * * *
“In preparing his book on economics, the author has obviated both of
these general criticisms by stating his problems in a clear and
interesting manner, and by placing on the market a text book which is
both elementary enough and cheap enough to be accessible to average
beginners.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 150. Jl. ’07. 180w.
“Beyond being simply and well written, the book is without any very
marked distinguishing characteristic. Its presentation of the doctrine
of socialism in chapter 8 is excellent.”
+ =Educ. R.= 33: 535. My. ’07. 70w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 376. Je. ’07. 50w.
“The whole is a moderate and common-sense exposition of the subject,
not always set out in the happiest terms.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 646. N. 2, ’07. 110w.
=Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander=, eds., and trs.
Philippine islands, 1493–1898. 55 v. ea. *$4. Clark, A. H.
3–6936.
Descriptive note for series in December, 1905.
“There is no other comprehensive treatment of this subject to compare
with it. It is a most praiseworthy piece of editorial work.” James A.
LeRoy.
+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 912. Jl. ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 39–46.)
+ + =Ind.= 63: 878. O. 10, ’07. 740w. (Review of v. 39–50.)
=Blaisdell, E. Warde.= Animal serials. **$1. Crowell.
6–34712.
In which animals are drawn to express the “foibles, fancies,
weaknesses, and conceits that are noticeable in human beings.”
* * * * *
“A unique and mirth-provoking collection of droll drawing.”
+ =Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 50w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 397. D. 1, ’06. 140w.
=Blake, Mary Elizabeth.= In the harbour of hope. **$1.25. Little.
7–37236.
A volume of verse by one to whom Dr. Holmes once said, “You are one of
the birds that must sing.” Her poems touch upon religion, nature,
humanity and ideals, and voice the sturdy yet peaceful notes of the
simple life.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Blake, William.= Letters: together with a life by Frederick Tatham; ed.
from the original manuscripts by Archibald G. B. Russell. *$2. Scribner.
7–15910.
From all the material furnished in this “life and letters” one gathers
a story of Blake’s life “quite apart from his poetry, his painting and
his mysticism, and full of human interest.”
* * * * *
“A collection of letters as complete as it can be made at present.” A.
Clutton-Brock.
+ + =Acad.= 71: 524. N. 24, ’06. 900w.
“No more simple and straightforward letters were ever written, nor any
in which an intimate ecstasy has found such immediate expression. The
other part of Mr. Russell’s book, the life of Frederick Tatham, is of
no literary value, but is invaluable as a document.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 611. N. 17. 910w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 12. Ja. 11, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Russell’s introduction is written from large knowledge, and is a
really valuable essay on Blake as an artist.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 533. D. 20, ’06. 350w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 150w.
“These letters give us a better idea of the man than any biography.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 708. D. 8, ’06. 500w.
“Mr. Russell has made amends for some want of editorial judgment by
restoring the true reading in one line of poetry, misprinted in
Gilchrist, and consequently in every edition of the poems.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 826. N. 24, ’06. 680w.
=Blanchard, Amy E.= Four Corners in California. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–30993.
In which the four Corners go on a trip to California where new scenes
and experiences call forth all their young enthusiasm. There are bits
of instruction which the young reader may cull from the story.
=Blanchard, Amy E.= Three little cousins. (Little maid ser.) †$1.
Jacobs.
7–28974.
One from England, one from the east and one from the west, three
little cousins meet for the first time at their aunt’s cottage by the
sea. This story tells of the good times they had during a summer
together.
=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= Railway children; with
drawings by C. E. Brock. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–34371.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Told with something of the humor and originality of the
‘Would-be-goods’ but overdrawn, inclined, to sensationalism, and not
nearly so good.”
− =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.
“It must be confessed, however, that the incidents in ‘The railway
children’ are quite as conventionally melodramatic as in many of the
American stories.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 34: 763. D. ’06. 270w.
=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= Story of the amulet; with
48 il. by H. R. Millar. $1.50. Dutton.
7–32330.
“Here we have what we may call ‘Alice in Wonderland in excelsis.’ A
family of children, whose father has gone as a war correspondent,
while their mother is on a health voyage, discover a wonderful
creature called a Psammead. By his help, together with the amulet
which figures in the title, they are transported to various scenes in
the past, after the fashion of the king who lived a life while he was
dipping his head in a pail of water. They go to pre-dynastic Egypt,
when palaeolithic man was in the Nile valley; they see Babylon, whose
queen has an opportunity of expressing her views about social
conditions in London; they see the vanished Atlantis, and Julius
Caesar when he was in Britain, and then, by a backward leap, a
Pharaoh, one of the special devotees of the Amen-Ra.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“A delightful book, destined to be read and re-read by (or to) her
small admirers.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 70w.
“Children who like fairy tales will enjoy the book and unconsciously
acquire a certain amount of knowledge.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 206. N. ’07.
“Characteristic of E. Nesbit are skillful delineation of childish
individuality and facility in charging the most impossible situation
with a current of sweet reasonableness, and these features distinguish
‘The story of the amulet.’”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 70w.
“Very delightful book which is interesting for old as well as young.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 130w.
“A fascinating narrative, and one which has beneath the surface a
gentle satire and also a kindly human sympathy.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 180w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
“The general result is a very clever extravaganza, which an
intelligent young person will hardly be able to read without
acquiring, unconsciously, or even against his or her will, a certain
amount of knowledge.”
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 658. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
=Bland, Hubert.= Letters to a daughter. *$1.25. Kennerley.
“A staid book of imaginary letters” in which the writer “instructs a
young woman in that mysterious art, in which all that is subtle, all
that is beautiful, all that is morbid, all that is delicate, all the
all of all, can be expressed—the art of being a woman.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 71: 406. O. 20, ’06. 220w.
“He drags Epicuranism over the ultimate precipice of cynicism, and it
is only because he does it with humor and an eyeglass that we forgive
him. Our admiration in any case must follow him.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 654. N. 24. 350w.
“One thing Alexa’s father did not have, and that was keen sense of
humor, a thing hardly to be forgiven in a letter writer.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 253. Ap. 20, ’07. 400w.
“They are eminently readable. How far the instruction they contain is
suited to the age of their supposed recipient—a girl of nineteen—is
another matter.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 529. O. 13, ’06. 1940w.
=Blunt, Reginald.= Paradise row; or, A broken piece of old Chelsea.
*$3.50. Macmillan.
7–25145.
Being the curious and diverting annals of a famous village street
newly destroyed, together with particulars of sundry notable persons
who in former times dwelt there, to which are added likenesses of the
principal of them and their several houses; the whole collected and
presented by Reginald Blunt.
* * * * *
“Our author’s style does not always please us, and is sometimes
complicated.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 616. N. 17. 480w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 857. D. 8, ’06. 300w.
“He tells his story very agreeably.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 780. D. 22, 06. 220w.
=Boardman, Rosina Cox.= Lilies and orchids. *$2.50. Cooke.
7–24620.
“A guide to those interested in this particular branch of floral and
botanical study, and is of use also to all lovers of wild flowers. The
flower families are illustrated by specimens chosen mainly in the
United States east of the Rockies, but with a few also from Canada and
California.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“A timely and attractive publication.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 60w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 595. Je. 27, ’07. 190w.
“A really unusual book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 60w.
“The color-studies are notable for their exquisite tints and faithful
reproduction of the originals.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 90w.
=Boigne, Comtesse de.= Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne; ed. from the
original ms. by M. Charles Nicoullaud. **$2.50. Scribner.
7–21749.
=v. 1.= “This new collection covers the period extending from the last
days of the old monarchy, through the revolution and the first empire,
to the restoration of the Bourbons by the allied sovereigns of
Europe.... The pages are filled with lively reminiscences and amusing
anecdotes in which figure all the famous folk of this wonderful time,
men and women distinguished in society, politics, and literature, from
Mme. Récamier and Lady Hamilton to Guizot and Lamartine, from
Lafayette to Mme. de Staël.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=v. 2.= “The reminiscences of the Comtesse are continued during the
Hundred days, Napoleon’s return from Elba, the events of Waterloo, and
the restoration down to the year 1819. During this period the Comtesse
returned to England with her father, who was French ambassador.
Anecdotes of the English court and aristocratic society abound, and
much criticism of English manners and customs, pointed by comparisons
with French social and political life, makes highly entertaining
reading.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“These memoirs are exactly what memoirs should be—to be of value and
interest. No attempt is made to write history; there is nothing
pretentious about them, nothing dull.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 532. Je. 1, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A volume which, while here and there open to doubts as to accuracy,
is everywhere attractive.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 64. Jl. 20. 1160w. (Review of v. 1.)
Reviewed by S. M. Francis.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 492. O. ’07. 610w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The translator, modestly anonymous, has succeeded in giving to his
version the agreeable effect of an original work.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 84. Ag. 16, ’07. 1630w. (Review v. 1.)
“This second volume is inferior in interest to the first, owing to the
lesser importance of its subject-matter.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1376. D. 5, ’07. 700w. (Review of v. 2.)
“This volume is one of exceptional readableness.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 271. Ag. 24, ’07. 2480w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The Comtesse de Boigne is a good talker, and we cannot have too much
of her. She is not as piercingly clever as Madame du Deffand, or as
steely in her philosophical content as Madame Geoffrin, or as
sensitive as Madame de Beaumont, or as sensible as Madame d’Epinay.
But she is what the frontispiece tells us—a shrewd, sagacious, witty,
unexaggerative Frenchwoman, with enough heart to serve our turn and
enough experience to make her wise—not enough, perhaps, to make her
lovable. She may have been more trenchant than profound, but to
quarrel with her is impossible.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 188. Je. 14, ’07. 2250w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work contains much distinguished trifling, and is interesting for
desultory reading or as a mine for quotation.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 237. S. 12, ’07. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The appendix is stored with some interesting correspondence, which
the judicious editor has carefully sifted from the text in order to
make the latter coherent. Everywhere his literary skill and historical
knowledge are in evidence but never intrusive.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 509. Ag. 24, ’07. 1330w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Decidedly, these memoirs are among the best and most valuable
published this autumn. No lover of biography and personalia can afford
to forego the pleasure of their perusal. No historian of the period
can ignore them. Incidentally, both will be under deep obligation to
M. Charles Nicoullaud, the editor, whose literary adjustments have
undoubtedly added to the coherence of the book and whose running
commentary and appendices make its authority complete and secure.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 713. N. 9, ’07. 1180w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Delightful reading of their kind.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 370. D. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“What makes these memoirs so interesting is that Madame de Boigne
describes, with pitiless fidelity, the intimate life of three
successive régimes, that of Louis XVI., that of Buonaparte, and that
of Louis XVIII.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 784. Je. 22, ’07. 1620w. (Review of v. 1.)
“She was a shrewd observer, wrote cleverly, and her little cynicisms,
mingled with aristocratic complacency, are extremely amusing.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A readable translation, though it appears to miss the point of one of
Madame de Boigne’s best stories.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 57. Jl. 13, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Bolce, Harold.= New internationalism. **$1.50. Appleton.
7–6637.
The financial and commercial amalgamation of the nations is the
central theme of Mr. Bolce’s discussion. The following comparison
between this book and Miss Jane Addams’ “Newer ideals of peace” is
enlightening: “Mr. Bolce is material; Miss Addams spiritual. He puts
his trust in the development of international trade; she detects the
development of cosmopolitan friendship. One sees, in the financiers
and merchants, the architects of the new internationalism; the other
finds among the feeblest immigrants the harbingers of the new ideals.
But the books are complementary, not contradictory.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“The book is scrappy and somewhat superficial, but clever, interesting
and emphasizes a note that needs emphasis at the present time, that of
reciprocity and the economic interdependence of modern nations.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 118. My. ’07.
+ =Ind.= 62: 855. Ap. 11, ’07. 680w.
“Though written primarily for English readers, it has interest for
American students of the subject, but it does not pretend to be a book
for experts. If it can lay claim to no striking merits, the volume is
also free from striking defects.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 553. Je. 13, ’07. 320w.
“There is nothing visionary or academic about Mr. Bolce’s economics.
His sympathies are all with the men who do things, and he thinks them
competent to teach the closet theorists.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 58. F. 2, ’07. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 50w.
=Bölsche, Wilhelm.= Haeckel; his life and work; tr., with an introd., by
Joseph McCabe. *$4. Jacobs.
6–24940.
A “plain study” of Haeckel’s personality and the growth of his ideas
which is intended in its approximately true appreciation to replace “a
hundred Haeckels grotesque in their unlikeness to each other” which
“circulate in our midst today.”
* * * * *
+ =Current Literature.= 42: 96. Ja. ’07. 1780w.
“The distinguished German biographer brings to his task not merely
literary style and imaginative qualities, but a technical and intimate
knowledge of science in its latest development.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 160w.
“This is an unusually successful work in a difficult field. While we
must give credit to the author for teaching us a great deal of zoology
in a pleasant manner, the most difficult part of his task, he has
hardly done justice to an exceptionally interesting individuality.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 392. Ap. 25, ’07. 790w.
“Prof. W. Bölsche’s study of Ernst Haeckel is, like the frontispiece
of the book, a picture in warm colours. The author is nothing if not
enthusiastic, and indeed no one can think over the achievements of
Haeckel’s life without sharing the author’s admiration for his hero.”
+ =Nature.= 74: 26. My. 10, ’06. 680w.
“In the nature of things—and the German professional point of view and
literary manner—the total is rather hard reading. Yet there is much of
real interest.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 43. Ja. 26, ’07. 1120w.
“Is a model biography for the unprofessional, but cultured reader.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 585. N. 10, ’06. 110w.
“Very lucid and interesting account of this veteran biologist’s life
and work.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 467. O. 6, ’06. 260w.
=Bond, Beverly Waugh, jr.= Monroe mission to France 1794–1796. 50c.
Johns Hopkins.
7–22912.
A detailed account of this important diplomatic incident, which is
based upon the Monroe papers and gives the inner history of the
mission, definitely establishing the circumstances and the motives of
the actors.
=Bonner, Geraldine.= Rich men’s children; il. by C. M. Relyea. †$1.50.
Bobbs.
6–37925.
A western story in which a multimillionaire’s son marries an
adventuress, takes to the mountains to win back his peace of mind,
falls in love with a bonanza king’s daughter and hopes for
developments that will permit an honorable marriage. The way appears
when the former husband of the unfit wife appears, and is a welcome
factor in straightening the tangle.
* * * * *
“Is one of the strongest romances of the year.”
+ + =Arena.= 36: 687. D. ’06. 280w.
“All things considered, it is rather the best piece of fiction that
has yet come from Geraldine Bonner’s pen, the clearest character
drawing, the strongest situations, the most thoroughly human appeal
from first to last.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + − =Bookm.= 26: 78. S. ’07. 710w.
“Miss Bonner’s book is primarily about the children of two of these
bonanza families, but its best and most interesting, parts are those
that treat of the parents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 871. D. 15, ’06. 460w.
=Booth, Mrs. Maud Ballington.= Twilight fairy tales. **$1.25. Putnam.
6–38892.
Mrs. Booth’s tales follow the fortunes of a little boy “who found the
magic land of ‘Maybe’ the more readily for faithfulness in the land of
‘Is,’ and so lived cheek by jowl with fairies when he had behaved
himself properly.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The stories are new and ‘different.’”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 70w.
=Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 22, ’06. 20w.
=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 60w.
“Mrs. Booth writes fluently and gracefully. The pictures are somewhat
strained in effect and badly drawn.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 795. N. 24, ’06. 70w.
=Booth, William H.= Water softening and treatment, condensing plant,
feed pumps, and heaters for steam users and manufacturers; with figs.,
diags. and tables. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
7–4532.
The work is divided into five sections as follows: 1, Treatment of
water by softening, together with the separation of oil and
filtration; 2, Air pumps, condensers, and circulating pumps; 3, Feed
heating and stage heating; 4, Water cooling; and 5, Feed pumps and
injectors.
* * * * *
“From those portions of the book more closely related to its title the
American engineer will learn but little. The methods of analysis given
are inadequate and the forms of softening apparatus described are
evidently less efficient than those in common use in this country.”
George C. Whipple.
− =Engin. N.= 56: 187. Ag. 16, ’06. 190w.
“Altogether, the book contains complete information with respect to
the purification and supply of water to steam boilers, which will be
valuable to users of steam; whilst the first portion on water
softening, will be very useful in indicating the methods by which hard
water may be rendered available for various manufactures requiring
pure water.”
+ + =Nature.= 74: 464. S. 6, ’06. 570w.
=Booth, William Stone.= Practical guide for authors in their relations
with publishers and printers. *50c. Houghton.
7–14814.
“A clear and terse exposition of ‘those questions and difficulties
which may arise during negotiations for the sale of a manuscript to a
publisher, or in the relations which exist between a publisher and an
author after a work has been accepted.’”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Booth writes with authority, having full and very helpful
knowledge of his subject.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 80w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 763. S. 26, ’07. 70w.
“He writes of the practical side of things with sanity and clearness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 50w.
“The best book of its kind we have seen, both for its simplicity and
its comprehensiveness. It is in reality an excellent ‘style-card’ for
printers and proof-readers, as well as a book of directions for
writers.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 359. Ap. 18, ’07. 40w.
“Should prove of great service in making the creators and publishers
of books more often walk the primrose path.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 160w.
“Aside from the scholarly work everywhere evident in the book, there
is an interest not usually associated with books of a similar kind—in
fact Mr. Booth’s book makes entertaining instruction of a very dry
subject.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =School R.= 15: 556. S. ’07. 270w.
=Borden, Spencer.= Arab horse; with preface by Prof. Henry Osborne; il.
**$1.20. Doubleday.
6–36199.
“An interesting history of the animal, both on his native heath and in
the countries to which he has been exported. Considerable space is
given to the Arabs in America; and their pedigrees and history are
interesting to the lovers of the breed.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 83: 393. N. 8, ’06. 50w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 110w.
=Borden, Stephen Whiley.= How to check electricity bills: containing
methods of charging for electricity with directions for reading and
testing electric meters. *50c. McGraw pub.
7–31191.
“The first part of this little volume is given over to a non-technical
definition of a watt, by considering how many watts the common forms
of apparatus use. Chapters are included on general principles of
meters, troubles and systems of charges and discounts.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 57: 555. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
=Bosanquet, Helen (Mrs. Bernard Bosanquet).= Family. *$2.75. Macmillan.
7–11569.
“This book is a sociological study in which the ethical interest is
clearly recognized throughout as the dominant interest. It is the
history of an institution considered as embodying certain moral ideas.
In tracing the development of the family, in examining its various
forms, and in tracing its relation with other institutions, Mrs.
Bosanquet keeps unfalteringly the human point of view. The book is
quite uncontroversial in tone.... The first part is historical.... The
second part treats of the modern family—its bases, economic function,
its constituent parts, its outlook.”—Int. J. Ethics.
* * * * *
“Mrs. Bosanquet gives us a rich collection of truths; but they are not
the whole truth; and without the whole truth the whole picture of the
family becomes distorted,” C. S. Devas.
+ − =Acad.= 71: 573. D. 8, ’06. 1400w.
“Preserving throughout the ethical interest, the optimistic view.
Written in a luminous, easy style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.
“The author has done a valuable work in bringing together the results
of the most careful investigators into the early history of the
institution as well as a study of the modern family.” Emily Fogg
Meade.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 173. Jl. ’07. 450w.
“With an easy, luminous style, ready but unobtrusive humor, and a
warmth that grows into eloquence, almost into passion towards its
close, the book is in its fundamental attitude an admirable
contribution on a most important subject.” Mary Gilliland Husband.
+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 399. Ap. ’07. 740w.
Reviewed by Mary L. Bush.
=J. Philos.= 4: 468. Ag. 15, ’07. 1010w.
“Some chapters compare favorably with anything to be found elsewhere
on the same subjects. Many of the reflections are perhaps not very
profound. There are rather too many formless generalities; the
conclusions lack precision; they do not always escape being
platitudes. Mrs. Bosanquet raises many problems, physical and moral,
only to leave some of them much as she found them. These drawbacks
notwithstanding, there is a rare vein of reflection, there are
delicate observations, perception of circumstances which escape the
eye of the ordinary observer; and we are constantly in the company, if
not of an acute economist, of a moralist who has an eye for much to
which the latter is apt to be blind.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 383. D. 16, ’06. 1400w.
“It should be said that this volume contains occasional passages of
rare eloquence, such as those on p. 160 and onwards, on the very real
and spiritual entity of the family.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 78. N. 22, ’06. 340w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 898. Ap. 20. ’07. 2330w.
“It would be possible to deal rather roughly with various aspects of
family life, but her general tone is one of gentle optimism, and we
are afraid it is the glorified ideal of the family rather than its
materialised form that she traces for us.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 808. D. 29, ’06. 1200w.
“Mrs. Bosanquet’s book is remarkably restrained and uncontroversial in
tone.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 825. N. 24, ’06. 1590w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ =Yale R.= 15: 468. F. ’07. 120w.
=Bose, Jagadis Chunder.= Plant response as a means of physiological
investigation. *$7. Longmans.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A biologically equipped reader with no special knowledge of plant
physiology will experience dazzled admiration for the logical,
progressive way in which the author builds up, not in words, but
actually experiment on experiment, a complete functioning plant from
three simple conceptions. A student of plant physiology, who has some
acquaintance with the main classical ideas of his subject, will feel
at first extreme bewilderment as he peruses this book. It proceeds so
smoothly and logically, and yet it does not start from any place in
the existing ‘corpus’ of knowledge, and never attaches itself with any
firm adherence. This effect of detachment is heightened by the
complete absence of precise references to the work of other
investigators.” F. F. Blackman.
+ − =Nature.= 75: 313. Ja. 31, ’07. 2170w.
=Bottome, Phyllis.= Imperfect gift [a novel]. †$1.50. Dutton.
“The author has taken for her central characters two sisters, one of
whom is obviously and remarkably beautiful; the other is beautiful in
her heart and mind, whilst far from impeccable, and lovably human. The
lives of these two girls are traced from their early childhood, with a
widowed mother in Italy, to their establishment in life in London; and
their characters are developed before our eyes with subtlety and
skill.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The whole book is very unequal and unfinished; the people do not live
or gain the reader’s sympathy, and difficulties are avoided at the
expense of truth.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 393. Ap. 20, ’07. 480w.
“There are 340 pages in it, and not one of them is a page wasted or
spoilt. It is a fine sober piece of literary workmanship, as well as
an entertaining novel.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 468. Ap. 20. 220w.
“The story is smoothly and competently told, and while its basis lies
in the realm of mediocre, respectable fiction, the observation of
detail, if a shade shopworn, is always sufficiently correct and
agreeably expressed to make the whole fairly readable—if no better
novel be at hand.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07, 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 110w.
“The reader will find the story completely satisfactory until the
moment comes when he is told what is the particular talent to which
the heroine is going to devote herself.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 625. Ap. 20, ’07. 200w.
=Boulting, William.= Tasso and his times. *$2.75. Putnam.
A biography full of side-lights on the history of Italy during the
latter part of the sixteenth century. Tasso’s personal history is a
succession of failures and troubles; it is a record of one too weak to
buffet his way among despots and courtiers identified with Italy’s
decline and corruption.
* * * * *
“We may have appeared to have criticised Mr. Boulting severely, but we
have done so because his book seems to deserve careful consideration,
and we desire to recommend it to many readers whom its more
conspicuous merits will instruct and entertain.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 965. O. 5, ’07. 2080w.
“From every point of view, historical, biographical, literary, and
critical, ‘Tasso and his times’ will be found most satisfactory.”
Walter Littlefield.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 598. O. 5, ’07. 1320w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“It is rather because this volume gives us a clear picture of Italy in
the latter part of the sixteenth century than because it is a
biography of Tasso that it will be welcome to a large circle of
readers.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 220w.
“This book, heralded so loudly, is a popular and superficial account,
not so much of Tasso as a poet as of Tasso at court, without a single
note or an allusion in the text to any authority save a reference in
the last chapter to Professor Solerti. Mr. Boulting mistakes the whole
dream and purpose of the Italian renaissance.”
− − =Sat. R.= 104: 397. S. 28, ’07. 1320w.
“Mr. Boulting does a biographer’s duty without partiality, and makes
an effective picture of the man. On Tasso’s poetry Mr. Boulting gives
us some excellent criticism; this is, we think, the best part of his
book. Of the ‘times’ he has much to say. He has gathered materials
with unsparing industry, sometimes, it may be going too far afield,
and bringing back what it might have been better to leave behind.
Still, he has written a very readable book.”
+ + − =Spec.= 99: 402. S. 21, ’07. 230w.
=Boulton, William B.= Thomas Gainsborough, his life, work, friends, and
sitters. *$2.75. McClurg.
This is as complete and comprehensive as a study of every bit of
available material can make it. The interesting stages of
Gainsborough’s development are followed, facts concerning his friends
and the subjects of his portraits are recorded, and a good summary of
the achievements of the artist and the characteristics of the man
fills the last two chapters. The evolution of his genius is also
traced in the forty reproductions of his paintings.
* * * * *
“In spite of unavoidable gaps and deficiencies, even the early
chapters of the book are not dull. He has utilized the accepted
sources of biographical material, marshalling his facts in simple
orderly fashion, and dealing with them in a dignified and yet
thoroughly genial and appreciative way.” Edith Kellogg Dunton.
+ =Dial.= 43: 247. O. 16, ’07. 1140w.
“Mr. Boulton has a very uneven style, and the proofreader is guilty of
several slips, but these little blemishes do not prevent a reader from
enjoying the absence of dryness, one of the common failings of ‘art
books’ in all ages. He feels that he has come perceptibly nearer to an
understanding of the impetuous yet shrewd, Thomas Gainsborough.”
Charles de Kay.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 585. S. 28, ’07. 1430w.
=Bourchier, Dr. Helen.= Darry’s awakening. †$1.50. Warne.
A book for girls which tells the story of a child’s loveless training
among grandparents and aunts who were “doing their duty” by the
daughter of the departed member of their family who had married a man
unfit, so they believed, to be responsible for the child. The father
returns, carries his daughter off to India with him, and there, thrown
upon her own resources, she tries and succeeds in righting a life
whose warped beginnings furnish but poor encouragement.
* * * * *
“This might have been an innocuous book for girls just turning up
their pigtails, had not the author apparently believed Darry’s
truthfulness justifiably wrecked for life by the tinned salmon.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 187. Ag. 29, ’07. 380w.
=Bourke, S. Ten Eyck.= Fables in feathers. il. †$1. Crowell.
7–24036.
Children will be delighted with these fables, which tell them why the
swallow wears a forked tail, why the robin wears a red breast, why the
woodpecker goes a-tapping, why the owl can’t see in the sun, why the
peacock wears eyes on his tail, why the crow’s feathers are black, how
the mocking bird got his name, and how the parrot came to wear a
hooked beak, and why the jackdaw hides everything bright.
=Bousset, Wilhelm.= Jesus; tr. by Janet Penrose Trevelyan; ed. by W. D.
Morrison. *$1.25. Putnam.
6–21195.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“On the whole the work is not extremely radical: it seeks to be
constructive, is written in good spirit.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1571. D. 27, ’06. 390w.
=Bowen, Marjorie.= Master of Stair. †$1.50. McClure.
7–15924.
“A story of Scotland at the close of the seventeenth century, dealing
in the main with a plot to overthrow William of Orange, but more
specifically with the hereditary feud between the clans of Campbell
and Glencoe, and the treachery by which the latter clan was finally
exterminated.”—Bookm.
* * * * *
“The author has a sense of style and a fertile imagination. Against
[several] slips may be set the vivid portraiture of many characters
(those of William of Orange and Lady Dalrymple would redeem a far
worse book) and the general truth of the local colour.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 601. My. 18. 260w.
“While quite distinctly not in the same class with Maurice Hewlett,
she nevertheless shares with him the rather uncommon gift of infusing
the thrill of life into vanished centuries, and making men and women,
long since a handful of dust, seem to us, for the time being living
breathing realities.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 393. Je. ’07. 520w.
“Her second novel is so much more creditable a work that its merits
are in no need of puffery.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 64. Ag. 1, ’07. 170w.
“While we admire her spirit, it is difficult to feel that all this
‘slightly grandiloquent magnificence’ is satisfactory; it is a rich
cloak, but it does not take the place of bones and flesh.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 166. My. 24, ’07. 380w.
“The author has decided descriptive ability. Has also dramatic power.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 362. Je. 8, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 280w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
“Exhibiting a total ignorance of technique, of the rudiments of her
art, she contrives to emerge safely and successfully from all kinds of
difficult situations.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 657. My. 25, ’07. 400w.
=Bowen, Marjorie.= Viper of Milan. $1.50. McClure.
6–41272.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is not so much the clever blending of history and fiction which
makes Miss Bowen’s book remarkable; it is the rare atmosphere of
reality which permeates it.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 487. Ja. ’07. 390w.
“The story makes up in action for the shortcomings of its style.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 140w.
“There is not a philosophical sentence in the book, not a single
appeal to religion, it is simply a gorgeous fairy tale of human life
with a diabolical hero, worked out thru every imaginable irony of
circumstance, and considered within these limitations, it is almost
beyond criticism in style, construction and fascination.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 97. Ja. 10, ’07. 640w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 220w.
=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Her prairie knight, and Rowdy of the
“Cross L.” il. †$1.25. Dillingham.
7–23641.
A reissue of two good western stories. In the former a New York
society girl is influenced by the sky, the air and the plains, to be
true to herself and marry for love rather than for a title. The second
tells of the devotion of a little school teacher of the plains to her
cowboy brother, whose trickery and dishonesty are run to cover by the
man she loves.
* * * * *
“He has a sense of humor, especially in the situations he contrives
and he has written an entertaining story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 515. Ag. 24, ’07. 130w.
=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Range dwellers. †$1.25. Dillingham.
7–6407.
The breezy, dare-devil, son of a San Francisco millionaire tells in
his own amusing way of how he was rusticated on his father’s Montana
cattle ranch, in the hope that it would make a man of him, how he fell
in love with the daughter of a neighboring rancher, who had enjoyed
thirty years of feud and enmity with his father, and how he carried
her off in a motor-car. Altogether he demonstrates that he is a wholly
“good sort” capable of winning the good comradeship of his fellow
cowboys altho handicapped by being “the son and heir.”
* =Boxall, George E.= Awakening of a race. *$2.75. Wessels.
7–32830.
“In this work the author has traced out briefly the tendencies of
thought in civilized countries at the present time with a view to
estimating the probable trend of events in the near future. He notes
the decay of ideals in this and in other civilised lands, and
prophesies a new development of the religious idea. Man, he says,
always has had and always must have a religion as a guide to conduct,
and the lesson we learn from the past is that a new religion grows
gradually out of an older one as man’s knowledge increases. According
to him Christianity has about reached its ultimate capacity for
division, and, as ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand,’ a new
development in religion, based on a scientific view of the world, is
absolutely necessary.”
* * * * *
“A person who dares to jeer at a faith of whose history he has not a
textbook knowledge, who sets his conclusions in matters of
ethnological research against those of the acknowledged leaders of the
science, without so much as a schoolboy’s equipment, calls rather for
contempt than criticism, laughter than logic. When he enters the
domain of sociology and religion he becomes merely ridiculous, and his
essays in the reconstruction of human origins are too silly to be
entirely dull.”
− − =Acad.= 73: 789. Ag. 17, ’07. 2350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Boyles, Kate, and Boyles, Virgil D.= Langford of the Three Bars.
†$1.50. McClurg.
7–15542.
This tale of South Dakota follows the trials of a young ranchman, Paul
Langford, who undertakes to put an end to cattle-rustling in his
section. The county attorney takes up the fight for Langford against
the thieves, and the terrifying happenings that result provide a wild
west thrill for every page. Langford’s energy, determination and sense
of justice win the day finally, tho not without tragedies.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
“Their collaborative work is remarkably smooth and even and shows
little trace of its double authorship.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 190w.
=Brace, Benjamin.= Seventh person. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34686.
Jerry Chambers is a young collegian who as a member of a fraternity is
obliged at the end of his course to perform whatever task might be
outlined in the envelope that he draws from a mysterious black bag.
“Obeying its imperative mandate, against which parental wishes count
for naught, he departs for South America, where in a marvelously short
time he wins great renown, a love affair with a beautiful señorita,
developing meanwhile. The scenes of his subsequent adventures are in
Mexico and the South and West of the country.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“The conclusion is carefully manipulated.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w.
“Mr. Brace has the gift of imagination in a most frantic form.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 11: 831. D. 1, ’06. 390w.
=Bradby, Godfrey Fox.= Great days of Versailles; studies from court life
in the later years of Louis XIV. il. $1.75. Scribner.
7–6786.
Based chiefly upon the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Mme. de
Maintenon and of Madame the Princess Palatine, Mr. Bradby’s picture
serves as “an introduction to the period for those who wish to pursue
a more extensive study of eighteenth century memoirs, and will also be
sufficiently complete and vivid to be of interest and value to those
who have not the time and opportunity for more detailed reading.” (N.
Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Bradby presents a sombre picture of this distinguished formal
period, without any brilliance but with too much care to be at all
disappointing, though at times we wish for the lightness and gaiety of
style which were the feature of his charming story ‘Dick’ and his
flippant farce ‘The Marquis’s eye.’”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 35. Ja. 12, ’07. 770w.
“Mr. Bradby’s book gives a fair account of phases of life and thought
which are now as extinct, and seem almost as remote, as the ways and
usages of the Pharaohs, and in the study of them one can find much
interest and some profit.” James Breck Perkins.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 883. Jl. ’07. 760w.
“On the whole, however, Mr. Bradby’s book is a scholarly and agreeable
piece of light historical reading.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 827. D. 29. 250w.
“Mr. Bradby has overcome the vast difficulties of the subject, and
written a book that makes for learning as well as for amusement—a fine
thing to be able to say, when we consider how very amusing it is! He
has—or he has acquired—the priceless gift of proportion.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 5. Ja. 4, ’07. 850w.
“The value of his work would have been enhanced, perhaps, especially
for those who wish to carry their studies further, if he had more
frequently footnoted his authorities.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. F. 2, ’07. 580w.
“The last few years have seen a great outpouring of books about
history, but it is not often easy to find among them one that is
written in decent English and is evidently a well-arranged epitome of
wide reading as this is.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.
=Bradley, Ernest.= Seven steps to the cross, being seven meditations
suitable for Lent, and more particularly for Good Friday. **60c.
Whittaker.
7–4780.
It is the object of these meditations to “carry a deep spiritual
message on the sufferings of our Lord to those who may hear or read
them.” The seven steps are; The last supper and the new commandment,
Gethsemane, Caiaphas, Herod, Pilate, Out by the Jaffa gate, and
Golgotha.
=Bradley, Shelland.= American girl in India. $1.75. Macmillan.
The experiences of a lively American girl who goes to India
principally to attend the “great Durbar” at Delhi. “She reckons and
guesses with equal aplomb, and has certain idioms of her own
invention, such as ‘I don’t catch right on to the people straight
away,’ and ‘Say, though, I’m shying off the main point,’ not to speak
of a touch here and there of untimely cockney.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“There is of course fiction and fiction—the kind which aspires to be a
fine art (and so seldom, alas! attains its aspirations) and that which
aspires among other small things mainly to amuse (so often failing
too). To the latter class belongs ‘An American girl in India;’ but far
from being a failure, this novel contains so much knowledge of
character, and such a light and sure touch in the sketching of passing
personalities, that we regret the trivialities which condemn it to a
place in the second category.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 345. Ap. 6, ’07. 410w.
“When one has mastered the jargon one finds her an amusing person in a
mild way.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 240w.
“The book is written with a good deal of vivacity, much of it of a
cheap sort, and with facility in the use of the English language.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 130w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Blue ocean’s daughter. †$1.50. Moffat.
7–29001.
“It is about an Amazonian sort of young woman who was born on board
her father’s ship, grew up on it in his company, was as good a sailor
as the skipper, and if need was could fight with swords and pistols as
well as if she had been a man. The time of the story is laid in the
latter part of the revolutionary war and the ship is pursued by an
English frigate. Out of the pursuit and the fight there grow all
manner of exciting incidents.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Has a plethora of strange and exciting incident and is written in his
most rattling style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 584. S. 28, ’07. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Patriots. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–9278.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Strong alike in incident and character-drawing.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 110w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend, and Peple, Edward Henry.= Richard the brazen.
†$1.50. Moffat.
6–28452.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We have a suspicion that the tale, like the Adelphi melodrama, was
written for the gallery, and an American gallery into the bargain.”
− =Acad.= 73: 778. Ag. 10, ’07. 190w.
=Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt.= Bettina. †$1.25. Doubleday.
7–3184.
Of the following ingredients the story is composed: “a genial brother,
a doctor with the orthodox Abernathy manners, a providentially effaced
friend, whose non-appearance causes the case of mistaken identity upon
which the story hinges, and a child of revealing prattle. A railway
wreck, the wise scheme of a self-abnegating nurse, a thunderstorm, an
overdose of medicine—all serve to bring about a happy ending foreseen
from the first.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Not recommended for small library with limited means.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.
“As we read the bright little sketch of American social life, we
forget to cavil at its elaborate setting.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 160w.
“Slight but cleverly handled story.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 100w.
“‘Tis foolish,’ as our friend, Mr. Hennessy, says, but it is told in a
pleasant, sprightly fashion, and it will furnish beguilement for many
readers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. Mr. 2, ’07. 130w.
“The story [is] too slight to make into a book.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 40w.
=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= On reading: an essay. **75c. Duffield.
6–32694.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by William T. Brewster.
=Forum.= 38: 384. Ja. ’07. 1160w.
=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= Reminiscences of my childhood and youth.
**$2.50. Duffield.
6–34030.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Unhappily, however, the translation is not first rate, particularly
in the Englishing of original turns and phrases, nor is the volume
lacking in typographical errors.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 500w.
“It is interesting partly though its naïve and refreshing
candour—partly through its revelation of the narrow parochialism of
Scandinavian life.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 431. D. 28, ’06. 980w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 1040w. (Published by
arrangement with Lond. Times.)
“There is not a dull paragraph, not a single dry-as-dust element in
this highly instructive autobiography, for which I earnestly wish many
readers in this country.” Paul Harboe.
+ + =No. Am.= 183: 917. N. 2, ’06. 1300w.
“The reader of the ‘Reminiscences’ finds Brandes not dry, certainly
not unproductive, but assuredly ‘a creature with thoughts ground
keen.’”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 508. Ja. ’07. 700w.
=Brastow, Lewis O.= Modern pulpit: a study of homiletic sources and
characteristics. **$1.50. Macmillan.
6–35521.
An interpretation of the teaching of our day. The influences that are
at work upon the ministry, the problems that are before it, and the
demands that are urged upon it are all viewed in the light of the
present day unification of the denominations.
* * * * *
“Dr. Brastow, always calm, rational, deep-sighted and analytical, is
especially so in this volume.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + =Arena.= 36: 685. D. ’06. 170w.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
=Atlan.= 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 240w.
“A book about preaching of decided merit.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 50w.
“The notable feature of this volume, however, is not its descriptions
of personalities, but its examination of the more general agencies
that have wrought upon modern preaching, together with its
discrimination of the distinctive qualities in homiletical practice in
the various Protestant nationalities and communions.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 480w.
“Men of all churches will recognize his work as one of remarkable
attractiveness and ability.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 631. N. 10, ’06. 600w.
“Among new works on preaching and the modern pulpit, perhaps the most
noteworthy volume of the past few months is ‘The modern pulpit.’”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 110w.
=Breasted, James Henry.= Ancient records of Egypt: historical documents
from the earliest times to the Persian conquest; collected, edited and
translated with commentary, v. 1–4 ea. *$4; v. 5. Index number. *$2.
Univ. of Chicago press.
6–5480.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In a work of such extent and difficulty there is inevitably much to
criticize: and one cannot in reading it avoid the reflection that six
months of steady revision of the whole of it are required in order to
bring the work up to the high standard at which the author aims and
which is to be looked for from one endowed with his comprehensive
insight. The English throughout is crude, there are many mistakes in
renderings and descriptions, and many hasty judgments.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 116. F. 2, ’07. 1770w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“The translation exhibits the same careful attention to matters of
detail that is everywhere apparent. In wideness of scope, thoroughness
of treatment extending to the minutest details, systematic arrangement
and conscientious scholarship Professor Breasted’s ‘Ancient records’
takes high rank, and it cannot be doubted that it will have a most
important influence upon Egyptological studies in the domains both of
history and philology.” Christopher Johnston.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 858. Jl. ’07. 1720w.
“One half of the corrigenda which Dr. Breasted announces in his fifth
volume are caused by the uncouth and barbarous system of
transliteration which forms the trade-mark of Berlin Egyptology, and
which Dr. Breasted admits must be ignored by the general reader, it
will be seen that he has suffered in no slight degree by his devotion
to his innovating teachers. This is, however, the only fault we have
to find.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 599. My. 18. 1320w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Reviewed by Christopher Johnston.
+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 233. Mr. ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“A great saver of time and energy to the student.”
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 400. My. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A great work ready at hand with one of the best indexes ever
constructed, making every fact available by its comprehensive system
for quick, and easy reference.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
=Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 5.)
“These volumes form a monument of the author-translator, which will
give his name a permanent place in the literature of the subject.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
=Nation.= 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is a monumental work, of which any country might be proud, and the
University of Chicago is to be congratulated upon finding the scholar
to achieve it and providing the means to give it to the world.”
+ + + =Sat. R.= 104: 270. Ag. 31, ’07. 1270w. (Review of v. 5.)
=Breasted, James Henry.= History of Egypt from the earliest times to the
Persian conquest. **$5. Scribner.
5–34978.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Throughout Dr. Breasted writes clearly and lucidly. He tells his
story in a straightforward and spirited manner and, while no detail of
importance is omitted, he is never prolix. This happy combination of
judicious conciseness with ample fulness of treatment is a
distinguishing feature of the book.” Christopher Johnston.
+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 234. Mr. ’07. 560w.
“The best and most readable English history of Egypt.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 260w.
=Brebner, Percy.= Knight of the silver star. *$1. Fenno.
7–34776.
An English traveler slides inadvertently down a mountain side on the
borderland of Russia and finds himself in a strange kingdom where
mediæval customs prevail. Here, welcomed as a heaven sent knight, he
wields a sword in behalf of the beautiful princess, passes safely thru
many wondrous adventures, and at last in a miraculous fashion escapes
from his enemies. He returns to our modern London carrying with him
the princess who, as his wife, remains the one proof of the time when
he tilted for her in the lists wearing the armour of the knights of
the silver star.
=Brebner, Percy James (Christian Lys, pseud.).= Princess Maritza; il. by
Harrison Fisher. $1.50. McBride, T. J.
6–32119.
“It is the old story of the little kingdom and the succession and the
‘peace of Europe’ on the verge of collapse. As in all such stories,
there are tricky ministers, intriguing women, swash-buckler soldiers
and the lovers—a princess and a soldier of fortune.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The incidents are numerous though unconvincing. The personages do not
live, we are indifferent to their fates.”
− =Nation.= 83: 396. N. 8, ’06. 230w.
“Usually, in such stories, there are lay figures, but Mr. Brebner has
injected hot blood into them, and the result is a story, the stirring
action and situations of which may cause Anthony Hope to tremble for
his ‘Zenda’ laurels.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 719. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
=Breed, Charles Blaney, and Hosmer, George Leonard.= Principles and
practice of surveying. $3. Wiley.
6–39471.
“Not a treatise, but a text-book, and an elementary rather than a
comprehensive text-book. They [the authors] deal with the simpler
branches of the surveyor’s work in a clear and simple explanatory
style. The subject is covered in four main divisions, headed,
respectively: Instruments (use, adjustment and care); Surveying
methods: Computations: Plotting: followed by a rather good collection
of tables.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Good manual of the simpler branches of surveying. Especially careful
in pointing out possible sources of error.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 160. O. ’07. S.
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 528. N. 15, ’06. 400w.
“The usual tables complete the volume, which is probably as
satisfactory a text-book under present methods of technical school
instruction in surveying as can be written.” H. N. Ogden.
+ =Science=, n. s. 26: 17. Jl. 5, ’07. 600w.
“The book as a whole is worthy of a place on any beginner’s desk, and
merits success.” Arthur D. Butterfield.
+ + − =Technical Literature.= 1: 222. My. ’07. 1490w.
=Brent, Rt. Rev. Charles Henry.= With God in prayer. **50c. Jacobs.
7–11202.
Bishop Brent’s purpose in writing this little book is to suggest
prayerful thoughts and to promote the prayerful spirit.
=Bridge, Norman.= House health, and other papers. **$1.25. Duffield.
7–29539.
The titles of the papers included in this volume are suggestive: House
health, Human talk, The blind side of the average parent, Some
commencement ideals, A domestic clearing house, The true gospel of
sleep, Some unconceded rights of parents and children, and The trained
nurse and the larger life.
* * * * *
“Contains much good advice, and some that is perhaps not so good
because the counsel of an extremist.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 250w.
“He says so much that is sensible and practical that almost any parent
might find himself chastened and enlightened by a perusal of the
volume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 310w.
=Brierley, J. (“J. B.,” pseud.)= Eternal religion. *$1.40. Whittaker.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His outlook is broad, his sympathies are wide.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 180w.
=Brierley, Jonathan.= Religion and experience. *$1.40. Whittaker.
7–37539.
“The brevity of his essays, rarely exceeding eight pages, commends
them to a world that prefers short sermons, and to preachers who
would learn to say in fifteen or twenty minutes much that will both
hold the attention and stick in the mind afterwards. The standpoint
is that of a devoutly Christian thinker fully responsive to the
intellectual demands of the modern world. The introduction
compresses into a short statement, clear and simple, the modern
argument for experience as the test of reality, whether in science,
philosophy, or religion.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The chief value of the book consists in the facts that the writer
combines a truly liberal with a deeply religious spirit: that he is
steeped in the thoughts of the world’s highest thinkers, ancient and
modern, and that he is able to place their ideas before his readers in
such telling fashion that they may be ‘understanded of the people.’”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 150. F. 9, ’07. 260w.
“The various subjects are well exploited, and the conclusions, while
marked by an optimism that is too easy-going to bear a searching
criticism, are unquestionably honest, kindly, and wholesome.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 125. Ag. 8, ’07. 500w.
“The gifted British essayist ... evidently, as the present volume like
its predecessors shows, reaps a rich-soiled field.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 160w.
=Briggs, Charles Augustus.= Critical and exegetical commentary on the
book of Psalms. 2v. ea. **$3. Scribner.
=v. 2.= This volume contains the commentary on the Psalms from the
fifty-first to the one hundred and fiftieth. “The special student and
the ordinarily intelligent reader are both provided for: the former in
full measure. The latter will find some strikingly new translations
superseding the old.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Is one of the most notable books of the year in the field of
Scripture study.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 406. Je. ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This work is encyclopaedic in character. The introduction, covering
110 pages, is the fullest treatment we have seen on all the questions
that concern a critical study of the Psalter.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The possibility of accidental or deliberate changes of reading must
constantly be remembered in dealing with such a book as the Psalter.
It is in this respect that Dr. Briggs is perhaps deficient, and this
deficiency, for me, throws much doubt on his metrical arrangements of
the psalms. I consider his work of great educational use, and that
even for very advanced students it will save much trouble to have the
book near at hand.” T. K. Cheyne.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 453. Ja. ’07. 3040w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Dr. Briggs is hardly critical enough, nor has he sufficient
experience in the use of all the newest and best methods.” T. K.
Cheyne.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 944. Jl. ’07. 1530w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Dr. Briggs’s ‘Commentary on the Psalms’ is dominated by the author’s
interest in their metrical structure. There is no harm in arranging a
Psalm in strophes and lines, if one so desire, but when enthusiasm for
metre dictates important textual emendations, as is frequently the
case with Dr. Briggs, the matter is more serious.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 330. F. 7, ’07. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Quite up to the highest German standard. No other writer has paid
more attention to poetic structure, and he has used its laws in his
correction of the text.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Much in his volume demands most careful consideration; but we cannot
but think that a verdict of ‘not proven’ will have to be returned on
many of his most confident and dogmatic conclusions as regards both
the text and the development of the Psalter.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 81. Mr. 15, ’07. 2200w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)
“These volumes command respect as a work of immense industry. No
existing commentary on the Psalms can be compared with them for
exhaustive thoroughness.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 61. Jl. 18, ’07. 1150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 763. Mr. 30, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Briggs, Charles Augustus, and Hugel, Friedrich H. von.= Papal
commission and the Pentateuch. *75c. Longmans.
In which the author and his friend Friedrich von Hugel exchange
letters on the decision of the Pontifical commission concerning the
Pentateuch. Professor Briggs expresses his “surprise and grief that
the Commission should have put such a burden on the church, and
restates the critical conclusions as to the composite authorship of
the Pentateuch, as against the Commission’s conclusion that Moses
wrote it, with the use of pre-existing documents and some later
scribal additions. Von Hugel replies, defining the liberty of Catholic
scholarship in the church, agreeing with Professor Briggs as to the
folly of the Commission’s action, even altho approved by the Pope, and
both agree that the decision should not forbid critical research and
freedom.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
=Cath. World.= 84: 707. F. ’07. 1260w.
=Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 410. D. 7, ’06. 770w.
=Nation.= 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 150w.
=Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 150w.
=Brinton, Selwyn.= Correggio. Forty-eight plates with biography.
(Newnes’ art lib.) *$1.25. Warne.
W 7–47.
A biographical sketch, a list of the most celebrated works with
descriptive, critical and historical matter, and forty-eight
half-tones of paintings.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.
Reviewed by Charles de Kay.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 881. D. 22, ’06. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 273. Ap. 27, ’07. 160w.
=Brode, Heinrich.= Tippoo Tib, the story of his career in Central
Africa. *$3. Longmans.
Tippo Tib is an Arab trader well known to all who took an interest in
East Africa or the Congo fifteen or twenty years ago. This sketch is a
transcription made from Tippo Tib’s own story of his life. “He was a
species of African Cortez, brave as a lion, utterly unscrupulous, avid
of wealth, shrewd and masterful. Like the Spanish adventurers, he
accomplished prodigies with a handful of men.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“It is a fascinating chronicle.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 350w.
“A valuable addition to the scanty records of East African history.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 940w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 250. Ap. 20, ’07. 170w.
=Spec.= 98: 904. Je. 8, ’07. 490w.
=Bronson, Walter C.=, comp. English poems. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago
press.
7–29839.
The last volume in a projected series of four, devoted to English
poems. The first volume will include Old English poems in translation,
Middle English poems, specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama and old
ballads; the second will cover the Elizabethan and Caroline periods;
and the third will include poems of the restoration and the eighteenth
century. The present volume is devoted to poetry of the nineteenth
century. The series is designed for use in survey courses covering the
entire field of English literature.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.
“Should be warmly welcomed as [an] adjunct to the work of teaching
English literature in both colleges and secondary schools.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 100w.
“The excellence of the selection of individual poems is beyond
dispute.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 200w.
=Brooke, Emma Frances.= Sir Elyot of the woods. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–15923.
Sir Elyot Ingall of Ingalton, young, handsome, and on the eve of a
literary career, finds his estates hopelessly encumbered and is
obliged to let his manor house and strive by personal effort to keep a
mortgage off his Dower woods, the woods he loves, the trees of which
offer the only source of revenue for him. He struggles against the
woodman’s axe and finds inspiration for his writings in his forest.
When thru a legal tangle it is all but lost to him he recovers it, and
in recovering learns that the girl he loved and trusted had played the
trees false and planned to sacrifice them for the gold she craved. In
his agony his heart returns to his first love thru whom he and his
estate come once more to their own.
* * * * *
“If the whole book did but carry out the promise to be seen in the
opening pages it would be a remarkable and interesting production.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 682. Jl. 13, ’07. 150w.
“As the faults of the novel are popular, they will not interfere with
its circulation.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 693. Je. 8. 230w.
“It lacks but little of achieving distinction of style; it just misses
success in portraying one of those rare women characters that really
count.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 391. Je. ’07. 460w.
“On its merely human side, this is a singularly impressive and
well-managed story; to the lover of trees, who can share in Elyot’s
passion, it is an inexpressibly poignant tragedy.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 800w.
“The book escapes being what it might have been, a notable piece of
work; as written it is nothing but a fairly readable ‘minor novel.’”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 97. Jl. 11, ’07. 180w.
“With a subtler art than that of the descriptive writer, Miss Brooke
contrives to pervade her story with the beauty and sanctity of the
woods, showing them to us through the eyes of her characters, and
keeping them always before us.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 197. Je. 21, ’07. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 120w.
=Brooke, George H.= Story of a football season. **$1. Lippincott.
7–29718.
Steeped in the atmosphere of the athletic field, this story of a
foot-ball season, written with all the life-likeness and authority
which inside knowledge can afford, makes its appeal to every champion
of a college eleven. All the stages of team development are
interestingly set down and gridiron encounters, including the great
end-of-the-season victory are realistically described.
=Brooke, Stopford A.= Life superlative. *$1.50. Am. Unitar.
W 6–183.
A collection of Mr. Brooke’s sermons and addresses which are
characterized by their moral outlook, their grasp of things unseen and
eternal, their practical appeal to the highest and best in human
nature, and a high note of optimism. They are grouped under the
following headings: Religion and conduct, Lessons by the way, Social
problems, The outlook—here and hereafter, The foundations of life and
The city of the soul.
* * * * *
“This is a book good to have on the table for leisure moments and
their opportunities of refreshment for the higher self.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 748. N. 30, ’07. 160w.
+ =Spec.= 96: 545. Ap. 7, ’06. 300w.
=Brookfield, Frances (Mrs. Charles H. E. Brookfield).= Cambridge
“Apostles.” *$5. Scribner.
7–13938.
“A record of the talk and a study of the character of a large group of
gifted people who enlivened their intercourse with one another with
unfailing gaiety of mood and unflagging humor. High spirits and
abounding wit are generally found in the company of men of genius; and
the madness theory of Nordau is set at naught by the sanity and love
of fun of the apostles’ who gave the University of Cambridge
distinction between 1830–1840.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book, indeed, is full of blunders—some due probably to slack
reading of proofs, some to want of familiarity with the details of the
life of the time.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 39. Ja. 12. 1320w.
“An index, whose five pages, however, do not contain all the entries
one might have occasion to look for—not even all the names of persons
mentioned in the work. If the book has still another fault, it may by
the more serious be thought to be an unduly generous inclusion of
pleasant trivialities. However, they entertain—or, if not, they may be
skipped.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + − =Dial.= 12: 134. Mr. 1, ’07. 1500w.
“To one behind the scenes this is not a good book.”
− =Nation.= 84: 205. F. 28, ’07. 890w.
“A few typographical errors disfigure a volume unusually excellent in
its format, a joy to both eye and hand. It is of the nature of an
accolade to be admitted to this elect circle. Mrs. Brookfield’s
readers cannot but have a sense of distinction conferred upon them.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 25. Ja. 19, ’07. 930w.
“It is loosely put together and not always carefully written, but it
is starred with great names and full of delightful glimpses of that
rare kind and quality of society which charms, refreshes, and
liberates.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
+ + − =No. Am.= 181: 528. Mr. 1, ’07. 1470w.
“A more interesting and witty book has not come from the press for a
long time.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 164. Ja. 26, ’07. 1900w.
Reviewed by A. I. du P. Coleman.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 613. Ag. ’07. 1270w.
“We may complain that her proofs have not been read, and that her
pages bristle with inexcusable misprints. We may object that many of
her statements are inaccurate. But, when all deductions are made, we
cannot deny the merit of Mrs. Brookfield’s book, and we have read it
from beginning to end with a pleasure which its faults have done no
more than temper.”
+ + − =Spec.= 97: 988. D. 15, ’06. 1270w.
* =Brooks, Mary Wallace.= A prodigal. $1.25. Badger, R: G.
7–22410.
This story tells how the goodness of a sweet maid reformed the
prodigal son of a brokenhearted minister. It contains reproof for the
unthinking people of the world who lift their voices in popular
condemnation of every son among them who feeds on husks, people who
not only do not offer a more Christian diet but who scoff at those who
have the courage to offer it.
=Broughton, Rhoda.= Waif’s progress. $1.50. Macmillan.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Is no more than a sketch, verging here and there on caricature. It is
light, unpretending, avowedly skimming over the surface of things. It
is amusing to an unusual degree.” Mary Moss.
+ =Atlan.= 99: 117. Ja. ’07. 510w.
=Brown, Alice.= County road. †$1.50. Houghton.
6–33588.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“None of the tales touch upon the darker aspects of life, all are
optimistic in tone, and delicately humorous in treatment.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 612. D. 15, ’06. 160w.
“The title of the book is well chosen, carrying with it a leisurely
pace, happy endings, unforced homely dialect, Yankee talk as it really
is.” Alice Durant Smith.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 598. F. ’07. 920w.
“The people in the book are mainly earth creatures, dimly aware of,
but in no wise intimate with their own mental processes, and they are
handled with insight and unfailing charm.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 443. F. 21, ’07. 220w.
“All lovers of New England studies are cordially advised to read this
collection.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 130w.
=Brown, Arthur J.= Foreign missionary: an incarnation of a world
movement. **$1.50. Revell.
7–23292.
A text-book for the student contemplating going into the field.
“Beginning with a statement of the missionary motive and aim, he
describes simply and clearly the essential qualifications for the
work, then passes on to a detailed account of the missionary’s
relations to the society which sends him out, his duties to it, and
its obligations to him. The principal arguments against foreign
missions are briefly stated and answered, and the book closes with a
striking portrayal of the modern missionary, not as a saint on a
pedestal with a halo about his head, but as ‘preëminently a man of
affairs.’” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“We only regret, and it is our single criticism, that he has not given
some information as to the way in which young English, German, and
Swiss candidates are prepared for missionary work in Asia and Africa.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 303. O. 3, ’07. 380w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 663. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“A thoroughly sane book is a thing of beauty and a joy. Such is Dr.
Brown’s book on missions. This book is especially adapted for two
classes of persons—those who believe in foreign missions and those who
don’t.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 746. N. 23, ’07. 110w.
=Brown, Charles Reynolds.= Main points: a study in Christian belief.
*$1.25. Pilgrim press.
7–19461.
“The present work puts before thoughtful laymen the main points of
evangelical doctrine as now held by what twenty years ago began to be
known as ‘progressive orthodoxy.’ It is for these who desire a
statement of fundamental Christian truths more accordant with modern
thought and experience than what they find in the historic
creeds.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 62: 504. F. 28. ’07. 150w.
“It is a luminous help to the clear thinking that grasps essential
reality. It is also sane in stopping at the line where it is more
reasonable to wait for more light before exploring further. This
quality, however, is not so manifest in its discussion of the divinity
of Christ.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 352. F. 9, ’07. 170w.
=Brown, Charles Reynolds.= Social message of the modern pulpit. **$1.25.
Scribner.
6–32406.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
=Atlan.= 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 110w.
“The main interest in the volume lies in the method by which the
Biblical story of Exodus is made to suggest moral factors in the labor
problems of our own time and land.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ =Dial.= 42: 12. Ja. 1, ’07. 400w.
=Brown, Francis.= Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament. *$8.
Houghton.
Professor Brown has brought an enormous undertaking to its completion,
aided by Professors Driver and Briggs. It is “the most important
contribution to Hebrew lexicography since the ‘Thesaurus.’ When it is
added that the gains of three-quarters of a century in Semitic
philology, in textual criticism, geographical exploration, and
archaeological research, as well as in Biblical exegesis, have been
brought to bear on the lexical problems of the Old Testament, it will
be understood that the lexicon has no need to commend itself by even
the greatest names of former generations.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is, indeed, a veritable thesaurus, and will not fall far short of
meeting the most exacting requirements. It is safe to predict that it
will be a long time before it is superseded; and in the meantime it
will remain what it is now, an indispensable helper.” Charles C.
Torrey.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 510. Jl. ’07. 2990w.
“We regret that the price of this essential dictionary will conduce to
the further neglect of the Hebrew language in our theological
seminaries.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 46. Ja. 3, ’07. 310w.
“Let the place of honor among the religious books of the year be given
to a monument of patient toil and exact and searching scholarship.
Professor Francis Brown’s ‘Hebrew and English lexicon of the old
Testament.’”
+ + + =Ind.= 63: 1235. N. 21, ’07. 130w.
“Scholars of the English tongue have now in their hands an instrument
not only unsurpassed, but unrivalled in any other language.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 595. Je. 27, ’07. 200w.
=Brown, Sir Hanbury.= Irrigation: its principles and practice as a
branch of engineering. *$5. Van Nostrand.
A work of some three hundred pages which sets forth the guiding
principles that should govern the practice of irrigation, and
furnishes illustrations of their application in existing canal
systems. Many of the illustrations have been taken from material
supplied by the irrigation experience of India and Egypt.
=Brown, Helen Dawes.= Mr. Tuckerman’s nieces. †$1.50. Houghton.
7–32838.
Mr. Tuckerman, a professor and bachelor, learns one day that three
nieces have been bequeathed to him. His sense of duty demands that he
open the doors of his colonial home, sacred to study and repose, to
these doubtful western girls. The story tells how they slip into his
home life and soften the callous spots of his nature and by their
freshness and ingenuousness teach him to love youth, and, further, how
this training turns him into the channels of neglected love making.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Brown, Hiram Chellis.= Historical bases of religions, primitive,
Babylonian and Jewish. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.
6–33632.
A chapter on the origin and development of the religious sense,
introduces a study of the Babylonian and Jewish religions. Babylonian
civilization receives friendly, almost enthusiastic treatment. The
chapters on Jewish religion, which occupy over half the volume, give a
résumé of the results of the higher criticism and recent research, and
attempt to prove that Judaism retarded rather than advanced religious
progress.
* * * * *
“Is a well-written but misleading book. It is the product of wide
reading rather than of close study or original investigation.” Kemper
Fullerton.
− + =Am. J. Theol.= 16: 666. O. ’07. 250w.
“We have no opportunity to verify at this time the author’s statement
of historic facts concerning the teachings of the monuments, but
assuming them to be correct we feel that the conclusions drawn
therefrom are not entirely warranted. In our opinion the author lacks
power of historic perspective.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ − =Arena.= 37: 107. Ja. ’07. 870w.
“Throughout the volume the wrong is so mingled with the right, and
there is such a distortion (doubtless unintentional) of the history,
that the general reader may often get an impression not in accordance
with the facts. A proper estimate of Hebraism and Judaism calls for
wider knowledge and a calmer and more Judicial attitude than are to be
found in this volume.”
− =Nation.= 84: 87. Ja. 24, ’07. 540w.
=Outlook.= 84: 677. N. 17, ’06. 160w.
=Brown, John Mason.= Lecture on the law of contracts. $1. John M. Brown,
Washington, D. C.
7–23481.
“The subject-matter of the book was prepared by Mr. Brown for delivery
before the Association of American Government Accountants, the aim and
desire of the author being to correct some of the misconceptions of
law and some of the errors of practice which have so largely
characterized the government contract and those who have had to deal
therewith.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The presentation of the matter—especially those features and branches
with which contractors are so frequently harassed and annoyed—is
exceptionally clear. The language is entirely untechnical and the book
is so arranged as to give the layman a thorough grasp of the main
principles of the law.”
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 668. Je. 13, ’07. 320w.
+ =Technical Literature.= 2: 97. Ag. ’07. 230w.
=Brown, John Pinkney.= Practical arboriculture: how forests influence
climate, control the winds, prevent floods, sustain national prosperity:
a text book for railway engineers, manufacturers, lumbermen and farmers;
how, where and what to plant for the rapid production of lumber,
cross-ties, telegraph poles and other timbers, with original photographs
by the author. $2.50. J. P. Brown, Connersville, Ind.
6–23171.
A thorogoing handbook sufficiently well outlined in the sub-title.
* * * * *
“The work can in no proper sense be called a text-book, since it is
utterly lacking in systematic arrangement, but it will doubtless prove
of no little educational value. It is a pity that the book has no
index, what is called such being merely a table of contents.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 56: 525. N. 15, ’06. 310w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 761. D. ’06. 80w.
=Brown, Katharine Holland.= Dawn. †50c. Crowell.
7–21225.
An overworked surgeon goes to the northern wilds to rest and to avert
a nervous breakdown. While there the miracle of restoration is wrought
thru a night of service to a woman whose life he fought for and won.
=Brown, Kenneth.= Sirocco: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.
6–19771.
“This tale is described as ‘a thrilling story of the Arabian desert;’
and as dealing with the ‘most uncivilized of North African
despotisms.’ It deals with a country existing only in the author’s
rather unbridled imagination. His ‘Sirocco’ is clearly meant to be
Morocco; but, while it may resemble a tourist’s dream of that country,
it is far from resembling the real Moghreb.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“‘Thrilling’ the story may possibly prove to the unfastidious reader
who likes his fiction hot and strong; but its glaring impossibilities,
not to mention improbabilities, will militate against appreciation of
such merits as it possesses. It owes something to the ‘Naulahka,’ but
lacks the artistry of that ingenious extravaganza.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 658. Je. 1. 2860w.
“It is written in a crisp, virile style, and the contrasts between the
Americanisms of the American and the very Oriental situations in which
he finds himself are brought out in a racy and picturesque fashion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 376. Je. 9, ’06. 300w.
=Brown, William Adams.= Christian theology in outline. **$2.50.
Scribner.
6–44353.
A textbook of doctrinal theology for those who feel themselves
attached to the historic forms of faith. “He has succeeded in stating
several of the doctrines of historic Christianity, notably that of the
Trinity, in a manner to relieve dogma of some of its difficulties,
while retaining largely the classic form of expression.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It may be questioned, however, whether Professor Brown is altogether
justified in retaining the orthodox terminology for his modern
doctrine.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 884. O. 10, ’07. 330w.
“Professor Brown is a careful scholar, who has trained himself to
avoid exaggeration, and whose chapters never offer rhetoric in the
place of thought.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 280w.
“This conception of the relation of the Bible to theology, of which
Dr. Brown observes it is not the only source, underlies his entire
work, and gives it distinctive character. It is undeniably the true
conception. In the fidelity, the fullness, and the freedom with which
he has applied it he is not surpassed by any contemporary theologian.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 565. Je. 13, ’07. 1650w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 637. My. ’07. 80w.
=Browne, Edward G.= Literary history of Persia from Firdawsi to Sa’di.
(Lib. of literary history.) $4. Scribner.
7–2590.
The second volume of Professor Browne’s “Literary history of Persia,”
the first volume of which appeared four years ago. The period covered
is from the beginning of the eleventh century to the middle of the
thirteenth, the Golden age of Persian poetry.
* * * * *
“The virtue or the defect of his book is that it is an encyclopaedia
of the results of firsthand research. It is designed for the benefit
of the man of learning rather than for the delectation of the lover of
letters.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 9. Ja. 5, ’07. 1530w.
“Prof. Browne’s translations in verse are generally excellent, but it
is a pity that they are now and then marred by the use of false
rhymes. Altogether this book is a monument of ripe learning and
bounteous exposition.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 822. D. 29. 2520w.
“More generally interesting than its predecessor, although it is not
so weighted by the enormous erudition of the author as to be anything
but light reading.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 110w.
“Is the most important work on Persian literature that has appeared in
years.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 813. D. 1, ’06. 280w.
“In point of workmanship, the book is ill-composed. To the student and
scholar it will be a fund of prolonged delight, and to such the faults
which detract from its literary workmanship will seem almost merits.
The Persian scholar will find it a stout staff to lean on in all
matters of biography, bibliography, and textual apparatus. The ‘mere
reader’ may perhaps wish for a more balanced and consecutive treatment
of the literature, and will probably be alarmed by the sternly
scholarly spelling of the names.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 341. O. 12, ’06. 2190w.
“The author has conscientiously omitted nothing. If ever [the reader]
comes across the name of some obscure ‘littèratur’ of Persia, he will
find all that can be said about him in the Cambridge Professor’s
book.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 114. Ja. 26, ’07. 1090w.
“He deserves hearty thanks for the delightful anecdotes with which his
book is garnished. He has penetrated into the soul of Oriental
story-telling, and he realises, with the East that a fact flies the
further when winged with an epigram. Admirable, too, are his short
biographical notices of his authors, compiled from materials that his
critical sense knows well how to use, and just as admirable are his
appreciations of their works from a Western point of view, and even
from an Eastern.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 19. Ja. 5, ’07. 1570w.
=Browne, George Waldo.= Comrades under Castro; or, Young engineers in
Venezuela. 75c. McKay.
A new edition of the second volume in “The round world series.” It is
an interesting account of the part which two American lads played in
the revolution in Venezuela, being comrades under Castro thruout his
fight to maintain his own against the enemies of his government.
=Browne, J. H. Balfour.= Essays, critical and political. 2v. *$5.
Longmans.
The greater part of these essays appeared in the Westminster review
between the years 1876 and 1886. Among subjects discussed in the
“Political” volume are: Russia, 1877; Afghanistan, 1881; African slave
trade; English supremacy, and England in Egypt. They are principally
valuable for the historical interest of opinions expressed. The
“Critical” volume includes among its subjects Michael Angelo,
Machiavelli, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, Landor, Dickens and
Macready.
* * * * *
“A writer of substantial merit, though hardly of the first rank. He is
too fond of putting his subjects into the box as it were, and
submitting them to a severe cross-examination.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 380. Mr. 30. 590w.
“The ‘Political’ volume is too far outdated to have any particular
value in this twentieth century.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 232. Ap. 1, ’07. 90w.
“The essays on Landor, Dickens, Michael Angelo, and Machiavelli all
show an insight and are written with a force quite out of the common.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 104. Ag. 1, ’07. 330w.
“Harmless in their original form they may have served well enough to
occupy the leisure hours of an aspirant to legal fame, but it is hard
on the reader that they should be forced again upon his notice under
the cover of a name now well known in a sphere not that of
literature.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 528. Ap. 27, ’07. 1200w.
− + =Spec.= 98: 1014. Je. 20, ’07. 210w.
=Browne, Sir Thomas.= Religio medici: Letter to a friend; and Christian
morals; with introd. by C. H. Herford. 35c. Crowell.
Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”
=Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.= Complete poetical works; with a prefatory
note by Robert Browning. ea. $1.25. Crowell.
The complete poetical works of Mrs. Browning uniform with the limp
leather “Thin paper poets.”
=Browning, Oscar.= Fall of Napoleon. *$5. Lane.
7–32141.
“Mr. Browning’s new book is a personal history of Napoleon between the
years 1813 and 1815, and the author does not claim therein to bring to
light new facts, but to summarize the results of other people’s
researches. His book, is, however, more valuable than might be
expected, because he gives for the first time in English a view of
Napoleon’s character and conduct, largely founded upon the work of M.
Albert Sorel, rather different from that generally accepted in this
country.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“As a whole the book is useful. The tale is clearly told but without
the help of maps, and it is told moreover with rare, self-restraint.
The opinions of the author seldom intrude. Is decidedly an advance on
the same author’s work on the youth of his hero.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 482. My. 18, ’07. 610w.
“Taken as a study of the politics of these stirring months, and as a
sketch of by far the strongest actor in the momentous drama, the work
can be highly commended. It is one that the worshippers of Napoleon
will welcome.” Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 138. O. ’07. 820w.
“Mr. Browning begins his story rather abruptly. In another matter of
high significance Mr. Browning’s narrative is unsatisfactory. We refer
to his account of the relations between Napoleon and Pius VII. early
in 1813.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 658. Je. 1. 2860w.
“One noticeable feature of Mr. Browning’s work is the sense of
proportion which he has maintained throughout his treatment of these
singularly troubled years.” Henry E. Bourne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 89. Ag. 16, ’07. 660w.
“Mr. Browning’s narrative is often vivid and interesting, but it is a
pity that inaccuracies and misprints which a little care in revision
would have removed should give an impression of hasty, or, shall we
say, over-facile composition.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 163. My. 24, ’07. 750w.
“Shows no very distinctive merit, save that it is not marred by the
extreme carelessness of his last book on the same subject.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 57. Jl. 18, ’07. 1190w.
“It is in this matter of the physical and mental changes which for
some years had been taking place in Napoleon that Mr. Browning’s book
shows a serious lack, mine of information though it is upon other
matters.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 371. Je. 8, ’07. 580w.
“Our chief criticism of Mr. Browning’s book is that there is too much
mere narrative and too little comment and explanation.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 818. Je. 29, ’07. 500w.
“Without doubt he has produced a book which should have its place in
any library of Napoleonic literature.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 910. Je. 8, ’07. 380w.
=Bruce, Audasia Kimbrough.= Uncle Tom’s cabin of to-day. $1.50. Neale.
6–46250.
The new order of things as it exists today in time of freedom for the
negro is pictured in this sketch of the Berney family, “in the heart
of the black belt of Alabama.”
=Bruce, George A.= Twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer
infantry, 1861–1865. **$2.50. Houghton.
6–18330.
Popularly known as the Harvard regiment because officered by young men
just out of the university, the Twentieth Massachusetts was a part of
the Second corps of the Army of the Potomac. Among the engagements
especially dealt upon are Ball’s Bluff, Fair Oaks, the Seven days’
battles, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and
Spottsylvania.
* * * * *
“One of the best of recent regimental histories. The narrative is full
of valuable sidelights.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 210. O. ’06. 70w.
“This volume deserves large folded maps to replace the meagre ones it
offers, and it is too valuable to remain, like a novel or a fairy
tale, without an index.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 78. Jl. 26, ’06. 630w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 124. Jl. ’06. 70w.
=Bruce, Jerome.= Studies in black and white. $1.50. Neale.
6–43783.
The subtitle states that this is a novel in which are exemplified the
lights and shades in the friendship and trust between black and
white—slave and master—in their intercourse with each other in
antebellum days.
=Bruce, Philip Alexander.= Robert E. Lee. (American crisis biographies.)
**$1.25. Jacobs.
7–29102.
More side-lights are here furnished on the great American sectional
struggle. Following the early life and education, the sketch presents
Lee, the patriot and soldier, fighting gallantly for his convictions,
and, at the war’s close, Lee, the reconciler, whose watchwords were
conciliation, forbearance, and oblivion of the surviving hatreds of
the past.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 193. N. ’07. S.
“We know of no better or fairer statement of the Virginian theory of
constitutional law and secession than that which here prepares the
readers’ mind for Colonel Lee’s resignation of his command in the
United States army, and his refusal of the proffered command of the
northern army of invasion.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1001. O. 24, ’07. 290w.
“It is well worth the few hours required for its perusal. It presents
in brief outline one of the great and tragic figures of world
history.” W: E. Dodd.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 729. N. 16, ’07. 1250w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 635. N. ’07. 100w.
=Brunetiere, Ferdinand.= Honore de Balzac. **$1.50. Lippincott.
6–43793.
The second volume of a series which aims to do for French literature
what has been achieved for the English and American men of letters.
The sketch deals not so much with the biographical facts of Balzac’s
life, as with the elemental points that define, explain and
characterize his work. The life is subordinated to the creative energy
that appeals to the critic and historian of literature.
* * * * *
“In this volume we have an excellent example of M. Brunetière’s work.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 30. Ja. 12, ’07. 1240w.
“Scholarly, of course, in treatment, compact, finished, and readable.
Not equally well translated throughout.”
+ + − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 6. Ja. ’07.
“He has gone over fields trodden by many predecessors, without
discovering either new flowers or new weeds. When we come to specific
judgment on particular novels, M. Brunetière is inclined to be too
arbitrary. It is surprising to find such a critic as M. Brunetière
confusing real persons with the creatures of fiction.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 95. Ja. 26. 1390w.
“Can hardly be disregarded in any study of Balzac’s literary art.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 230w.
“Whoever cares for literary morphology, whoever delights in following
the organic evolution of literary form, will find in Brunetière’s
‘Balzac’ a work of genuine fascination. The book appeals to one with
all the delightful freshness of a work of creative art.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 1030w.
=Ind.= 63: 1229. N. 21, ’07. 140w.
“Less brilliant than the celebrated study by Taine, to which it
frequently refers, this work is marked by the more exhaustive and
comparative criticism made possible by a wider perspective and greater
distance of time.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 280w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 16. Ja. 3, ’07. 850w.
“It is a sober, solid, piece of workmanship, not especially
illuminating, though surprisingly liberal in its attitude toward and
in its judgments of Balzac’s moral influence for a man of Brunetière’s
narrow, hard, and dogmatic temperament. The translation is idiomatic.”
James Huneker.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 902. D. 29, ’06. 280w.
“The book will certainly rouse much controversy. There are whole
chapters that ring like a challenge, and many who will accept the
author’s conclusions will refuse to follow him through the steps of
his demonstrations. Interesting and important as his book is, we feel
that it would have carried farther had its author never become
involved in literary Darwinism.” Christian Gauss.
+ + − =No. Am.= 184: 532. Mr. 1, ’07. 1580w.
“As a piece of writing it lacks grace and ease: but as a piece of
literary analysis nothing so exhaustive, so penetrating, and so
decisive has been written about the author of ‘Père Goriot.’”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 280. F. 2, ’07. 230w.
“Solid and brilliant this monograph is, yet dry, dogmatic, and
partial.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 1: 751. Mr. ’07. 1180w.
=Sat. R.= 104: 83. Jl. 20, ’07. 2180w.
* =Bryant, W. W.= History of astronomy. **$3. Dutton.
“The work contains 345 pages, and after a few words on the early and
primitive notions of antiquity, the first 95 carry the purely
historical (or almost biographical) portion, through Copernicus, Tycho
Brahé, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and his successors in gravitational
astronomy, and Flamsteed and his successors in observational
astronomy, to Herschel, Bessel, and Struve. The different departments
of the science, solar, planetary, cometary, and stellar, are then
successively treated. A chapter is also devoted to observatories and
instruments, and a concluding one to stellar systems and celestial
evolution.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“Altogether this highly interesting book is remarkably free from
inaccuracies; care has evidently been taken all around.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 623. N. 16. 360w.
“Is neither so long as to repel a reader whose time is limited, nor so
short as to be unsatisfactory.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 321. N. 16, ’07. 230w.
=Bryce, James.= Studies in history and jurisprudence. 2v. *$3.50.
Oxford.
A reissue made timely by Mr. Bryce’s recent appointment to the British
embassy at Washington. Thruout his treatment of varied topics there
runs “a common thread, that of comparison between the history and law
of Rome and the history and law of England.”
* * * * *
“The essays ... are weighty studies of fundamental principles.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 50w.
“The distinguishing feature of Mr. Bryce’s temper in the discussion of
the subjects in history and jurisprudence which he has chosen is the
sense he preserves of the actuality of these subjects. He approaches
them as he would matters of current practical interest, say, in the
house of commons, or even in conversation. He is as cautious of
extreme or dogmatic statements as if he expected to be brought to book
by a gentleman on the other side of the table as well informed as
himself.” Edward Cary.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 321. My. 18, ’07. 1150w.
=Buchanan, Alfred.= Real Australia. **$1.50. Jacobs.
Australia’s political, social and intellectual standards are set forth
with some good portrayals of men and women most closely identified
with them. The author knows his Australia, and understands well the
relation between that continent and Great Britain. “The bond is not
one that has grown strong by reason of political adjustments or of
commercial necessities. Its virtue consists in the fact that it has
not been manufactured in the mills of diplomacy. The more it is
tampered with, the weaker it becomes. It is made of impalpable
materials—of such materials as memory, sentiment, self-abnegation,
heredity, pride. To attempt to trim it in one place and to buttress it
in another is to attempt to alter its character and thus bring about
its decay.”
* * * * *
“Rather cynical, inclined to be pessimistic, somewhat too wordy, Mr.
Alfred Buchanan has nevertheless a decided gift of vigorous
expression, and is capable of writing terse and racy English.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 150w.
“Mr. Buchanan’s style is dignified and his narrative informing.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 638. N. ’07. 70w.
“He is not by any means foolishly partial to the land of his adoption.
On the contrary, he is even severely faithful.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 26. Jl. 6, ’07. 300w.
=Buckell, G. T. Teasdale.= Complete English wing shot. *$3.50. McClure.
A complete manual of bird shooting. It covers the subject of weapons
old and new with recommendations of those suited for different kinds
of game; it treats of the breeding and breaking of dogs; and it gives
valuable hints regarding the preparations for the pursuit of game
birds.
* * * * *
“There is much more within the covers of ‘The complete shot’ than its
title would lead one to expect.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 360. S. 28. 1070w.
“The first 200 pages or so of this book, the part on guns and dogs,
seem to us good and useful. They are evidently written out of a long
and practiced experience, and will, no doubt, win the attention they
deserve. But, frankly, the rest of the book does not go very far to
justify so ambitious a title. It is written in a pleasant and natural
style and is admirable journalism; but those, we think, are its
limits.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 275. S. 13, ’07. 1430w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The fact is that what is wanted in a new book about shooting, or any
sport about which much has already been written, is the direct
personal note. This is why Mr. Buckell is so successful in writing
about dogs. He is not less instructive on the various methods of
bringing up pheasants and partridges.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 711. N. 9, ’07. 1500w.
=Buckham, James.= Afield with the seasons. **$1.25. Crowell.
7–23873.
The author reads nature like an open book and imparts the messages
learned with the bloom of truth and poetry still fresh upon them.
Flowers and birds and tiny animals are his friends, and as he wanders
among their haunts he betrays the intimate enthusiasm of the true
nature-lover. The book suggests leisure, the “hurry never” manner of
forming an acquaintance with nature.
* * * * *
“Sympathy without undue philosophy or moralizing characterizes these
meditations.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 359. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
* =Budge, E. A. T. Wallis.= Egyptian Sudan: its history and monuments.
2v. *$10. Lippincott.
7–24130.
A cyclopædic work which on the one hand includes the history of Sudan
from its earliest mention in Egyptian history down to the close of
independent Egyptian rule; and on the other, contains an account of
the temples and other antiquities written after four archaeological
expeditions, during which the author studied these monuments in their
natural surroundings and became acquainted with the people whose
ancestors built them and worshipped in them.
* * * * *
“Few scholars can compete with Dr. Budge in the learning and
opportunities necessary for relating the monumental history of the
Sudan. Dr. Budge is too indifferent to the graces of style, and,
whether from contempt or natural defect, he never allows imagination
or humour to shine in his clear but awkward paragraphs. The
arrangement of the book also might have been better.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 625. My. 25. 2780w.
“What we complain of is that the ideas might have been expressed in a
quarter the space and with twice as much point. A work which is
essential to everyone who wants to know nearly all that is to be known
about a great province which England has rescued from outer barbarism
and is steadily, surely, indomitably leading into the path of
prosperity.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 146. My. 10, ’07. 2230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Combining, as they do, pertinent and luminous observations on travel
with information concerning archaeological research and history, these
books are not less interesting to the general reader than to the
student.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 761. N. 30, ’07. 1490w.
“One of the most valuable books ever written on an African subject.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 744. N. 16, ’07. 1690w.
=Buel, Albert Wells, and Hill, Charles Shattuck.= Reinforced concrete.
2d. ed., rev. and enl. *$5. Eng. news.
6–41296.
This revision includes sixty-five pages of additional matter entirely
accounted for by the two years of progress in methods and their
application.
* * * * *
“The book retains the excellent features of the first edition. The
index is good. In the field it attempts to cover this book should rank
among the standard books and should continue to be of service to
designer, constructor, and general reader.” Arthur N. Talbot.
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 521. N. 15, ’06. 960w.
+ + =Nature.= 73: 458. Mr. 15, ’06. 530w.
=Bullen, Frank T.= Frank Brown, sea apprentice. †$1.50. Dutton.
7–25665.
“It is a good tale, full of action and incident, with a steady
progress of the main theme and the constant growth in character of the
lad of 14, who first steps aboard the Skylark, into the young man of
force and intelligence and dignity, second mate of a fine ship. The
privations, suffering, and hardships of boys who go to sea get no
glossing over from Mr. Bullen’s pen, but he does show not a little
literary skill in making them all help in the evolution of his young
hero’s character and in doing this without making him anything more
than a natural, healthy, right-minded, ambitious boy.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It is the real thing put on paper with authoritative skill.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 970. Ap. 25, ’07. 150w.
“The present book is pretty frankly a tract written for boys who have
the sea-craving. It is a random patchwork of selected adventures,
lessons in seamanship, criticism of the methods of captains, owners,
and marine boards, and pious moralizing.”
− =Nation.= 84: 342. Ap. 11, ’07. 200w.
“Young boys without exception, and all old boys who care about sea
yarns, will find the book entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 193. Mr. 30, ’07. 340w.
“As a story strictly speaking the book lacks proportion and
construction; but as a picture of the sailor’s life in port and on
board ship, and a narrative of adventure and incident that might
easily befall a boy apprentice, the book is capital, and will be
relished by young readers.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 120w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 766. Je. ’07. 110w.
“A tale of unflagging interest, admirably told from beginning to end.”
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 656. N. 3, ’06. 700w.
=Bullen, Frank T.= Our heritage—the sea. *$1.50. Dutton.
W 7–129.
Lying back of these essays is “a mass of information and of personal
observation upon the nature, the features, the characteristics, and
the movements of the sea.” “It is intended specifically for the
British public, and the author’s constant aim is to hammer well into
the minds of that public the conviction that the very existence of the
British empire depends upon her sea supremacy, and that this can be
maintained only by a general national interest in the ocean heritage
and a widespread knowledge of all it means to the country.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Bullen has reached that point in the literary career at which the
author begins to think it is necessary to take himself very seriously.
Accordingly whenever he thinks about it he puts on an air of great
profundity. But ordinarily Mr. Bullen forgets his pose as soon as he
gets well warmed to his subject, and writes with almost the simplicity
and clarity which made it possible for even a child to understand and
enjoy his early works.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 460w.
“A peculiarly novel and fascinating volume in a book which is at once
scientific without the burden of scientific nomenclature, and romantic
without being at all a romance.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 744. Ag. 3, ’07. 270w.
“Is solid, competent, and most useful work, and forms an admirable
companion to Mr. Conrad’s more esoteric studies.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 889. D. 1, ’06. 220w.
=Bullock, Charles Jesse.= Selected readings in economics. *$2.25. Ginn.
7–31981.
A volume which supplies collateral reading needed for a general course
of study in economics. “It makes no effort to present selections upon
all the topics treated in such a course, but endeavors merely to
provide supplementary material, historical, descriptive and
theoretical which will enrich the instruction offered.”
* * * * *
“The work is carefully, thoroughly, and serviceably done, and should
respond to a real need, especially in institutions lacking adequate
library facilities.”
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 570. N. ’07. 100w.
=Bullock, Charles Jesse=, ed. Selected readings in public finance.
*$2.25. Ginn.
6–6286.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The studies are very carefully selected. The book is of great value
alike to teachers and students of public finance.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 463. N. ’06. 230w.
=Bulpett, C. W. L.= Picnic party in wildest Africa: being a sketch of a
winter’s trip to some of the unknown waters of the upper Nile. *$3.50.
Longmans.
7–19053.
“The chief object of the expedition was to explore and survey the
Musha and Roma plateaux, which lay to the South of the Akobo, between
that river and Lake Rudolph in Central Africa. That object seems to
have been accomplished with some thoroughness, and in describing the
journey the authors afford their readers a good deal of useful
information.... Starting from Khartoum in January in a flotilla of
launches and boats, they found it possible to navigate the Sobat and
Baro rivers as far as Gambela, on the Abyssinian frontier, and then,
bearing south towards Lake Rudolph, traversed a well-watered and
interesting region of which little is known.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“In the latest account of the marvels of this fascinating country a
great deal of new and suggestive information is offered. Perhaps the
most interesting feature of the volume is the chapter which deals with
Abyssinia.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 207. Ag. 10, ’07. 360w.
“The story of this unusual picnic is told in a very simple and
straightforward way.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 460w.
“They are ... observant of their surroundings, and discourse agreeably
upon their progress and adventures.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 903. Je. 8, ’07. 340w.
=Bumpus, T. Francis.= Cathedrals and churches of northern Italy. *$5.
Pott.
Mr. Bumpus introduces his subject with an instructive essay on Italian
church architecture, after which he proceeds to his field—northern
Italy. “The region Mr. Bumpus covered in his tour is roughly bounded
by Trent on the north, Venice on the east, Ravenna on the south, and
Turin on the west, and includes, besides those cities, Milan, Verona,
Vincenza, Padua, Bologna, and others—some twenty or twenty-five in
all. Each chapter is illustrated with photographs and colored
reproductions of the cathedrals, churches, and basilicas described
therein.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Full of information that he has evidently been at some trouble to
collect, yet his work is unsatisfactory—an almost futile attempt to
explain, to make allowances for, something he has failed altogether to
understand.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 450. O. 12. 1140w.
“Whatever one’s interest in churches, be it devotional, historical, or
artistic, it will be quickened by a perusal of this entertaining and
instructive book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 280w.
“He is sympathetic, taking, it is evident, a keen delight in gorgeous
ritual and ornamentation; and he is sufficiently well read, in
ecclesiastical history. His detailed descriptions ... are always full
of spirit and vigour.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 438. S. 28, ’07. 300w.
=Burbank, Luther.= Training of the human plant. **60c. Century.
7–15628.
Mr. Burbank’s investigation into plant life—“creating new forms,
modifying old ones, adapting others to new conditions, and blending
still others”—has impressed him with the points of similarity between
the development of plant and human life. He shows that the human plant
needs the environment of love, sunshine, air, and nourishing food; he
discusses heredity, predestination, training, growth and character. It
is a sane and earnest treatise on life and its possibilities.
* * * * *
“Speculations in regard to the training of the child sensible as to
recommendations of fresh air, nourishing food, proper environment,
differentiation in training, but illogical at times in the application
of the principles of plant growing, and not important.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07.
“The volume is to be commended to those in charge of old-fashioned
Sunday school libraries.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 151. Jl. ’07. 90w.
“It opens new vistas of thought to parents and teachers. Its every
page is pregnant with suggestions of the gravest importance. It would
be difficult to overestimate its value, and we heartily recommend it
to our readers.”
+ + =Arena.= 38: 110. Jl. ’07. 690w.
“The book appeals to parents just as strongly as to teachers and it
should be very widely read, for it exposes clearly the dangers and
fallacies both of false education and of over-education.”
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 210. S. ’07. 100w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 693. S. 19, ’07. 400w.
“Originally issued in magazine form, the matter in this volume well
deserved separate publication.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 100w.
=Burgess, Gelett.= Heart line. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–32840.
If it were not for the prologue the reader might be mystified over
certain psychic revelations which the hero as palmist and clairvoyant
makes to the heroine concerning her past life and her future. As it
is, the trick of the clear seeing is bared, and one is prepared to
enjoy the human side of this tale of the Golden Gate which deals as
much with the froth of a San Francisco smart set as with the longings
of a so-called charlatan bent upon learning his origin and winning the
girl he loves.
* * * * *
“Is a good love story and something more—a really clever exposition of
the methods of charlatanry among clairvoyants, spiritualistic mediums,
‘healers,’ and other deceivers of the credulous.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 100w.
=Burgess, Gelett.= White cat. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–10048.
A tale which suggests “Double trouble.” The possessor of the dual
personality is a young girl, charming and womanly one day, and
hoidenish and cruel the next. She is under the spell of a hypnotist
who makes use of his power over her to the end of extorting money from
her. A prince in the form of a broad-shouldered young architect is
thrust upon the mercies of the “white cat” as the result of a motor
car accident. His mission, as in the fairy tale of old, is that of
destroying the fatal work of the fairies and annihilating the lower
personality.
* * * * *
“An exciting and rather well written story.” Amy C. Rich.
+ =Arena.= 37: 559. My. ’07. 250w.
“The story is a fascinating one, tho not so interesting as Dr.
Prince’s ‘Dissociation of a personality.’”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 736. Mr. 28, ’07. 270w.
“His imagination runs wild at the last. The book is certainly
entertaining, nevertheless.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 172. Mr. 23, ’07. 490w.
=Outlook.= 86: 118. My. 18, ’07. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 762. Je. ’07. 80w.
=Burkett, Charles William, and Poe, Clarence Hamilton.= Cotton; its
cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton
world. (Farm lib.) **$2. Doubleday.
6–26066.
The complete story of cotton culture. “The value of the book lies in
section II, which contains a description of how the cotton-plant grows
and is grown. To cotton farmers this section alone is worth the price
of the book. It treats of the botanical structure of the plant, seed
selection, environment, climatic conditions, fertilizers, farm tools
required, injurious insects, planting, cultivating, picking, and the
cost of making cotton.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“Much valuable information is conveyed in an interesting way.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 80w.
“The book would be more correctly described by the title of ‘American
cotton,’ for India, Egypt and other cotton fields, and the efforts of
England to widen the source of supply by producing cotton within the
British empire, are little more than subjects for the authors’
derision.”
+ − =Nature.= 75: 27. N. 8, ’06. 1160w.
“The volume is recommended to the attention of those who raise the
staple, or trade in it, or manufacture it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 603. S. 29, ’06. 150w.
“Although the style is of the cheap-magazine variety, the book
contains so much exact and interesting information on every phase of
the cultivation and marketing of cotton that it will be found useful
by the special student. The chapters on cotton manufacture are less
full and satisfactory.”
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 560. S. ’07. 140w.
“It is intended mainly for the expert, but is written in a
popular—occasionally too popular—style, and may be skimmed with
interest by the reader who desires to know the history of cotton.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 909. Je. 8, ’07. 270w.
=Burkitt, Francis Crawford.= Gospel history and its transmission.
*$2.25. Scribner.
7–31392.
“Ten lectures on the origin, mutual relations, and historical value of
the four gospels and the history of their adoption into the canon,
delivered in the spring of 1906.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“It is a book to put into the hands of the nonspecialist who desires
to know something of what scholars are thinking about the gospels; yet
it is not without its measure of service to one who already has done
much reading and reflection on the subject.” Henry Burton Sharman.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 683. O. ’07. 1030w.
“Not one of Mr. Burkitt’s arguments is frivolous, though his
conclusions may sometimes be startling: and his book deserves high
praise as the work of a fearless, competent and reverent critic.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 795. D. 22. 720w.
=Bib. World.= 29: 240. Mr. ’07. 80w.
“The volume is one of the best in English on the sources of
information concerning the life of Christ.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 70w.
=Ind.= 63: 1235. N. 21, ’07. 70w.
“The volume evinces ripe scholarship and good critical judgment.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 83. Ja. 24, ’07. 150w.
“He is always interesting, original, and so ingenious that slower
minds grow alarmed as to what he may not undertake to prove next; but
in this book he is on the whole conservative.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 210. F. 16, ’07. 500w.
=Burland, J. B. Harris.= Gold worshippers. †$1.50. Dillingham.
6–42432.
“What profit hath a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?” fittingly furnishes the text for a sermon, preached, be it
said, in no orthodox way. A band of Chinamen lose thru theft, a little
metal ball, which when touching gold reveals a formula for converting
cheap metals into gold. It comes into the possession of a young
Englishman who is seized with a mania for gold, which, he learns to
his later sorrow, is the curse of the god, Kiao Lung upon the
possessor of the metal globe. His thrilling experiences make a full
chapter of horrors. The book is a travesty on the greed for money and
material power.
=Burne, Sir Owen Tudor.= Memories. *$4.20. Longmans.
7–28493.
Recollections of an old soldier who was in Crimea and was present at
the capture of Lucknow of which he gives a spirited description. “The
reader of Sir Owen Hume’s ‘Memories’ will find ample evidence as to
the large part he took in shaping the external policy of India during
a long period of years.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“He has written a delightful volume of reminiscences which every one
who has the good sense to skip the tedious parts will feel the better
for reading.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 185. F. 23, ’07. 1760w.
“From first to last there is not a disparaging remark or unkind word
about anyone. The author in looking back on his eventful life has
managed to remember only the pleasant incidents, and the consequence
of this general good feeling is that his ‘Memories’ will be read with
unqualified pleasure by those who do not share his political views, as
well as by those who do. The book is certain to secure a wide public.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 247. Mr. 2. 1690w.
“In some respects it is difficult to avoid the feeling that the writer
has missed a great opportunity of producing a really valuable book,
the great authority of which could not have been denied.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 182. Je. 1, ’07. 620w.
“A welcome addition to the numerous works of the same nature which
form so important a part of our modern literature.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 510w.
“We wish that he had been content to avoid a fashion too common in
published diaries, and had not scattered so many ancient jokes and so
much indifferent poetry about his pages. The whole tone and spirit of
the book, in its optimism and kindliness, is instinct with charm, and
there can be no lack of interest in the details of a life so full and
distinguished.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 463. O. 5, ’07. 450w.
=Burnett, Frances Hodgson.= Cozy lion. †60c. Century.
7–29094.
A continuation of the magic of Queen Silverbell which in this instance
reforms a lion and makes him a fit companion for the village
youngsters.
* * * * *
“By far the most delightfully spirited story for young folks.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 40w.
“A nice little children’s story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 120w.
“A jolly invention.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 50w.
=Burnett, Frances Hodgson.= The shuttle. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–29574.
There is much that is food for thought in this tale of the socially
elect of the England and America of today. Reuben Vanderpoel of New
York has added greatly to the millions his father wrested from the new
world, and his two daughters carry that wealth to the old world to
re-build two fine old English estates. The elder daughter, Rosie, is
the victim of a dissipated fortune-hunter who abuses her and neglects
his property. It is left for her sister, Bettina, the best product of
American birth and European schools, to come to her rescue twelve
years later with a clear head and a large bank account. While at work
upon this task she finds that all poor noblemen are not mercenary and
that one is both a man and noble.
* * * * *
“The present author has quite frankly adopted the method of the
chromo-lithograph, with its violent contrasts and over-colored
brightness. But, in spite of the method used, Mrs. Hodgson Burnett has
succeeded in at least endowing her work with some semblance to life.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 145. N. 16, ’07. 600w.
“The last chapters fall off deplorably, being both sentimental and
sensational.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠
“Here and there we notice discrepancies chronological and otherwise.
The story, though rather long drawn out, maintains its interest well.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 140w.
“Fundamentally ‘The shuttle’ is ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ over again.
And be it understood that this is said in a spirit, not of
disparagement, but of candid admiration. For as ‘Little Lord
Fauntleroy’ was good, this book is good, and added to the ‘Fauntleroy’
idea there is a great deal more.” Beverly Stark.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 272. N. ’07. 1150w.
“The story is a long one, and might be shortened to its advantage.”
Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 400w.
“The force of Mrs. Burnett’s book lies in its detail. There is
detailed pathos, detailed joy and grief, detailed melodrama even; but
it is all frankly discussed and accounted for, and the writer’s
knowledge of various kinds of life serves her in good stead.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 325. O. 25, ’07. 550w.
“It is a story which would have a mild interest for most people and
about which nobody could conceivably have much to say. Exception might
be taken to the villain as a shade more diabolical then even the code
of melodrama permits. He is an extravagant caricature of the
sufficiently absurd wicked baronet of legend.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 430w.
“Mrs. Burnett’s plot is stark nonsense, her American father a wierd
exaggeration, her villain a Jack-in-the-box goggling on a coil of
wire—but what of that? She is so kind, so honest, so free and splendid
with her fairy gold, she loves her heroine, she admires her hero with
such thoroughgoing ardor, that we want with all our hearts to make
believe with her.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 625. O. 19, ’07. 1330w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“Mrs. Burnett is a born story-teller, and her best is very good
indeed; it is a pity that her judgment as to what is true art in
fiction is sometimes seriously at fault.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 220w.
“The book indeed is over-loaded with the sociology of two countries,
and we hear far too much about the power of the everlasting dollar.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 190w.
=Burnham, Clara Louise.= Opened shutters. †$1.50. Houghton.
Mrs. Burnham has chosen her favorite summer haunts, the islands of
Casco Bay, for the setting of this story. Silvia Lacey, orphaned and
bitter against her relatives, finally accepts the hospitality of her
mother’s cousin “Thinkright” Johnson, so called because of his faith
in a happy solution of all life’s problems if only one’s thoughts are
right and harmonious. Under the influence of Thinkright’s fine example
of brotherhood love, Silvia scripturally finds herself, thru losing
her rebellious vanity and self-love. An old disused tide-mill with its
closed shutters is symbolic of Silvia’s discordant outlook on life,
but with her transformation even the shutters open and let the
sunlight in.
* * * * *
“It can no more be called a novel than a plate of bread and butter can
be called a meal—even though the bread and butter be good of its
kind.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 168. F. 16, ’07. 120w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 245. D. ’06.
“The heroine of the novel, Sylvia, is one of Mrs. Burnham’s best-drawn
figures. There are some amusing situations in the book, and the humor
is plentiful and genuine.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 813. D. 1, ’06. 240w.
“Is surpassed by none which she has produced in her twenty-five years
of work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 691. O. 20, ’06. 220w.
“It Is written in her own pleasant style, with a strain of symbolism
which reminds one of Mrs. Whitney.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 853. D. 8, ’06. 140w.
=Burr, Anna Robeson.= Jessop bequest. †$1.50. Houghton.
This story intense as it is from the human interest standpoint has a
more vital significance in the warfare between a clergyman who permits
the cloth to shield dishonesty and a frank youth who knows no religion
other than that of high thinking and right living. Bennet Sherrington
conniving with the intimidated Reverend Wynchell tampers with death
records to throw a fortune into the hands of Wynchell’s granddaughter,
Diana Jessop. Anthony Brayne, Sherrington’s secretary, unable to
endure his employer’s trickery leaves him and becomes the champion of
justice through whom the girl’s dignity and honor are spared, the
grandfather’s weakness revealed and Sherrington’s villainy punished.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Burrage, Champlin.= True story of Robert Browne, father of
Congregationalism, including various points hitherto unknown or
misunderstood, with some account of the development of his religious
views. *85c. Oxford.
7–6783.
Some lately discovered manuscripts throw new light upon the history
and views of the founder of Congregationalism which the author offers
as corrective and supplementary to the work of older biographers,
especially Dr. Henry M. Dexter.
* * * * *
“The whole monograph is painstaking and workmanlike.” Williston
Walker.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 419. Ja. ’07. 360w.
Reviewed by Eri B. Hulbert.
=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 346. Ap. ’07. 110w.
“Has the merit of modesty in tone and of brevity and clearness in
method.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 210w.
=Outlook.= 84: 533. O. 27, ’06. 120w.
=Burrage, Henry Sweetser.= Gettysburg and Lincoln: the battle, the
cemetery, and the National park. **$1.50. Putnam.
6–34848.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is clearly written, and should be of much interest to those
who have taken part in the preservation of our most famous
battlefield.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 700. Ap. ’07. 140w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 620. Mr. 14, ’07. 200w.
=Burrill, Katharine.= Loose heads. *$1.25. Dutton.
In these chatty essays “every-day matters, and some others, are
treated with good sense, cheerful philosophy, and literary skill.”
(Dial.) “Rusty needles, Chloe in the kitchen, Joys forever, People who
have nothing to do, are among the titles.”
* * * * *
“Fresh and bright and eminently readable are most of the little
essays.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 188. Mr. 16, ’07. 190w.
“The style is agreeable, but it might be wished that there were fewer
split infinitives.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 103. F. 16, ’07. 230w.
=Burroughs, Dwight.= Jack, the giant killer, jr.; being the thrilling
adventures, authentically told, of a worthy son of the celebrated Jack,
the giant killer. il. †$1. Jacobs.
7–31422.
The mantle of the traditional Jack falls to a worthy successor whose
adventures are no whit less thrilling, only more wholesome. The
adventure entitled “The automobile race” suggests the modern note in
Jack, junior’s experiences.
=Burroughs, John.= Bird and bough. **$1. Houghton.
6–10676.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07.
=Burroughs, John.= Camping and tramping with Roosevelt. **$1. Houghton.
7–31186.
A two-part sketch, the first of which being an account of the camping
trip in the Yellowstone which the President and Mr. Burroughs made
together in the spring of 1903, the second being an account of a visit
to Oyster Bay in which the author gives his impressions of the
President as a nature-lover and observer. He shows how Mr. Roosevelt
can stand calm and unflinching in the path of a charging grizzly, with
the same quality of coolness and determination with which he confronts
predaceous corporations and money powers of the country; he claims for
the President the power of observation “to see minutely and to see
whole;” above all, shows how his interest in wild life is at once
scientific and thoroughly human—making of him the rarest kind of
sportsman.
* * * * *
“The book is as sincere as it is frankly the work of an admirer, but
it is such a tribute as any man might be proud of.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 424. N. 7, ’07. 340w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 712. N. 9, ’07. 1170w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 755. D. ’07. 110w.
=Burrows, Ronald M.= Discoveries in Crete, and their bearing on the
history of ancient civilisation. *$2. Dutton.
7–37534.
Professor Burrows’ book becomes an “Ariadne’s thread in a bewildering
labyrinth.” He “has rendered signal service not only to the public at
large, but also to the cause of archæological research by his little
book. He has read, as it would seem, everything which has been
published concerning the Cretan discoveries, and has had access to a
great deal of information at first hand which has not yet found its
way into print at all. And from this enormous mass of material, which
has been the bewilderment even of many of the elect, he has drawn out
the main threads of argument and has woven them into a work which has
more than the mere colour of cohesion and continuity.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“It is ungracious to cavil at Homeric criticism in a book whose main
object is so well and so modestly achieved. We can say without
hesitation that this little work is almost a necessary introduction to
the unwieldy mass of material with which the author has had to deal.
And if the illustrations are few and far between, they are admirably
chosen.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 674. Jl. 13, ’07. 2140w.
“Prof. Burrows, like Ariadne, offers to the adventurous a clue through
the labyrinth. But, to avail ourselves of it we need the labyrinth
itself—the archæological library.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 46. Jl. 13. 1380w.
“Will be welcomed to a limited circle for its painstaking summary of
the present situation, its impartial balancing of probabilities, and
its valuable bibliography.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 123. S. 1, ’07. 320w.
“It is presumed that his main function is to set forth the results
achieved by the workers; but no man with such a theme can bridle his
tongue, and we may be glad that Burrows has not done so.” Rufus B.
Richardson.
+ + =Ind.= 63: 755. S. 26, ’07. 1170w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 252. S. ’07. 130w.
“It must be also said that those readers who are not able to procure
access to the dozen or more volumes referred to will find this book of
very little use, while those who open it in hope of gaining a
preliminary idea of the subject at small cost of time and money will
almost certainly be disappointed.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 230. Jl. 19, ’07. 1650w.
“Two criticisms may fairly be made upon the book. The English
expression is often careless, and the tone in which the author refers
to views with which he disagrees is unpleasant; what might pass in a
familiar lecture is out of place here.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 329. O. 10, ’07. 2000w.
“He is like editors who write for one another instead of the public.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 518. Ag. 24, ’07, 1300w.
“The book contains much valuable and carefully thought out
ethnological speculation, and, by dint of what he modestly terms
‘balancing probabilities and opening up lines of inquiry,’ Mr. Burrows
gives in practicable volume that adequate guidance which is so
necessary to a study of the complicated racial problems with which the
history of Aegean civilization is bound up.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 751. N. 16, ’07. 330w.
=Burton, Theodore E.= John Sherman. (American statesmen, 2nd ser.)
**$1.25. Houghton.
6–43551.
A close acquaintance with Sherman, also a full understanding of the
public measures with which Sherman was identified lie back of Mr.
Burton’s sketch.
* * * * *
“As a history of national politics in the last quarter-century, the
volume is highly creditable. Criticism is directed against the
editorial plan of the publishers rather than to individual
shortcomings of Mr. Burton.” Davis R. Dewey.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 905. Jl. ’07. 540w.
“A brief, scholarly, readable and wholly admirable work. Ranks as one
of the best accounts of reconstruction finance.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.
“The book is rather hard reading for the ordinary person who has no
great liking for figures and financial history. But it gives a good
account of a real statesman, and a history of several important phases
of our national development during the last half century.”
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 210w.
“It is creditable biography, written by one in full sympathy with the
political ideas of Mr. Sherman, but free, on the whole, from undue
bias.” Eugene B. Patton.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 311. My. ’07. 680w.
“Candor is perhaps the most noteworthy quality displayed by Mr.
Burton—a candor which personal friendship was powerless to eliminate.
And yet the book is sympathetic and its attitude that of one who
sincerely admired Sherman.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 130w.
“Mr. Burton’s plain and unimpassioned style does little to make
Sherman interesting, and his book will not, we fancy, be much read
except for reference.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 360w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 906. D. 29, ’06. 660w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 102. O. ’07. 560w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 380. Mr. ’07. 150w.
=Buskett, Evans Walker.= Fire assaying. *$1.25. Van Nostrand.
7–7504.
A practical treatise on the fire assaying of gold, silver and lead,
including description of the appliances used.
* * * * *
“This little book has nothing against it except its brevity. It is
clearly and concisely written and well illustrated.” Bradley
Stoughton.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 668. Je. 13, ’07. 170w.
=Busquet, Raymond.= Manual of hydraulics; tr. by A. H. Peake. *$2.10.
Longmans.
7–28954.
Rather ancient theories and discussions are included upon such
subjects as Fundamental laws, Flow of liquids in delivery pipes, Flow
of liquids in open canals, Hydraulic engines, and Construction of a
waterfall.
* * * * *
“In the opinion of the reviewer, however, it is an unsafe guide for
both students and engineers.”
− =Engin. N.= 56: 639. D. 13, ’06. 280w.
“The translator appears to have done his work well, and to have given
the meaning of the author in English terms and phrases. The writer
does not know of any book that deals with this subject in so practical
a way as the one under notice.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 29. N. 8, ’06. 390w.
=Bussell, Frederick William.= Christian theology and social progress;
the Bampton lectures for 1905. *$3.50. Dutton.
7–12985.
“The general aim, expressed in the eight statutory lectures, and more
fully developed in the supplement, is to show the identity of interest
which unites the various ideals of Christianity and democracy. The
writer sets himself to prove that society in its advance towards the
goal of social reform is dependent for its sanction and its vital
force alike upon the teaching, the beliefs, the influence of Christian
faith.... Man’s duty in the world—the nature of his being—the motive
power behind its actions—his consequent relations with the state—such
are some of the riddles that demand attention.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“This fascinating, though difficult book is, in the reviewer’s
opinion, the most important contribution to apologetics which has been
published in recent years. It is more interesting, and in some ways
more valuable, than the writings of Abbé Loisy and Father Tyrrell, and
more suggestive even than the work of Dr. Schiller and other
‘humanists,’ of whose school Dr. Bussell is a convinced though
independent member. It is brilliant, paradoxical, amazing, and
ill-arranged.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 434. Ap. 13. 1740w.
“Is the ripe fruit of prolonged reflection and often learned
investigation.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 249. O. 16, ’07. 220w.
“Throughout the book—the original and supplementary lectures—Mr.
Bussell speaks as a scholar, albeit a true churchman, and in discourse
of great charm.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 159. Mr. 16, ’07. 370w.
Reviewed by Joseph O’Connor.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 1410w.
“The whole is a finely wrought piece of literature rather than of
dialectics. One important point deserves criticism: the priority
ascribed, to rights rather than to duties must be contested as a clear
inversion of the ethical relation between the two.”
− + =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 330w.
“With much that is included in this volume we are already familiar;
but there is originality of treatment which marks it as a valuable
contribution on this side of thought.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 429. Ap. 6, ’07. 1590w.
=Butler, Ellis Parker.= Confessions of a daddy; illustrated by Fanny Y.
Cory. 75c. Century.
7–18096.
The “daddy,” “a rank amateur in the baby business” confesses the
heart-breaking blow of the first glance at the wrinkled, red little
thing that the nurse brings for his proud expressions of joy. He
further records the agony of the first “spank” administered after the
“98 per cent of sweetness” grown to twenty-two months, cries all day
for “laim,” and the grief that follows when the discovery is made that
the baby only wanted to say “Now I lay me.” It is the common
experience of all parents told simply and to the point with Mr.
Butler’s inimitable humor that makes the book worth reading.
* * * * *
“There is a certain suspicion of obvious humour here and there; and
some notes, which seem taken from child-life, may please. But the book
is a disappointment.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 403. O. 5. 100w.
“If, as a whole, the volume is not as overwhelmingly funny as his
‘Pigs is pigs,’ it is still a delightful bit of humor.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 122. Ag. 8, ’07. 70w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 477. Je. 29, ’07. 60w.
=Butler, John Wesley.= Mexico coming into light. *35c. West. Meth. bk.
7–14569.
A brief sketch of the physical conditions, inhabitants, pre-colonial
dynasties, sixteenth century tragedy, reform movements, etc., leading
to the Macedonian cry and the planting of the mission.
=Butler, Nicholas Murray.= True and false democracy. **$1. Macmillan.
7–20888.
Dr. Butler’s aim has been to hasten the day when “every member of a
self-governing community has a clear understanding of what democracy
really means and implies, as well as a character strong enough to fix
his own relations to his fellows in accordance with moral principle.”
The three papers discuss respectively True and false democracy,
Education of public opinion, and Democracy and education.
* * * * *
“Three sane and simple addresses.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07.
=Dial.= 43: 43. Jl. 16, ’07. 290w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1309. N. 28, ’07. 570w.
“The papers are admirably phrased and merit thoughtful reading.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 229. S. 12, ’07, 150w.
“The addresses are worthy of their audiences, being considered and
cultured deliverances upon the general topic of the value of knowledge
in politics and the duty of educated men to assume their share in
cultivating a public sentiment which shall distinguish the mob from
the people.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 470w.
“The conversance with affairs which we have just noted as an
indispensable part of the equipment of the modern university president
gives particular point to these thoughtful and suggestive addresses.”
Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 227. N. ’07. 360w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 384. S. ’07. 100w.
“This is a book full of sound sense from beginning to end.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 204. Ag. 10, ’07. 430w.
=Butler, Pierce.= Judah P. Benjamin. (American crisis biographies.)
**$1.25. Jacobs.
7–21376.
A sketch of the life of Judah B. Benjamin, the Jewish lawyer and
statesman who, “after conspicuous success at the bar in this country,
after continuous service in the leadership of the Confederacy, again
achieved the most honorable triumphs at the bar of England.” The
biographer’s main difficulty in approaching his work has been
insufficiency of material upon this great advocate’s private life. A
few letters with such details as members of Mr. Benjamin’s family
could furnish, constitute the information for the personal side of the
sketch. For his public and professional activities ample records make
possible accuracy even to the smallest details.
* * * * *
“The only great contribution of the volume is in its orderly
assembling of materials which are familiar, in detail, to the average
historian.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1000. O. 24, ’07. 200w.
“Mr. Butler has succeeded pretty well in collecting his material, and
nothing of value known to be extant seems to have escaped him. No
attempt is made to portray Mr. Benjamin as a faultless character. But
the true greatness of the man is appreciated and will be felt by all
who read these pages.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 260w.
“His is not a book of any marked literary merit (suffering especially
from an undue tendency to quotation), but it is careful, conscientious
and convincing. With few exceptions, too, it is free from rancor and
partisanship.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 838. Ag. 17, ’07, 420w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 103. O. ’07. 290w.
=Butler, William.= Golfer’s guide; with an introd. by Dr. Macnamara.
*$1. Lippincott.
A thorogoing hand-book of golf for beginners. Uniform with “The
complete bridge player,” and “The complete fisherman.”
=Butler, William Francis.= Lombard communes. *$3.75. Scribner.
7–9819.
“In no very picturesque phrase, but at the same time in easily
understood language, Mr. Butler recounts the history of the
city-states of Lombardy, the rule of the early bishops, the rights of
the communes, the history of Milan, Lombardy’s natural capital, the
first and second Lombard leagues, and the final struggles of the
communes.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book is not a work of research, based upon the original
resources; but it is scholarly and well written. There is, indeed, no
other book in English which covers the ground so satisfactorily.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 917. Jl. ’07. 240w.
“While heartily commending his industry, accuracy, and general level
of attainment, we may fairly warn the reader that his treatment is
such as is ordinarily characterized by the term ‘popular.’ We have
rarely seen a better book written by an Englishman about Italy.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 391. Ap. 25, ’07. 370w.
“The work would be improved by topical side notes giving dates. The
author’s style is clearly intelligible and soberly dignified; it will
win respectful attention, although it may not compel enthusiasm.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 24. Ja. 12, ’07. 520w.
“A book to be read in connection with Symond’s ‘Age of the despots’
has long been a desideratum—a clear and comprehensive account of North
Italy from the Roman times down at least to the middle of the
fourteenth century. Such a book is now at hand in Mr. Butler’s
‘Lombard communes.’”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 190w.
=Butterworth, Hezekiah.= Story of the hymns and tunes, by Theron Brown
and Hezekiah Butterworth. *$1.50. Am. tract.
7–6630.
In this volume have been combined Mr. Butterworth’s “The story of the
hymns” and “The story of the tunes.” There have also been added modern
hymns and tunes that “have won recognition since the books were first
published.”
* * * * *
=Dial.= 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 70w.
“Mr. Butterworth himself passed over his manuscript to Mr. Brown, who
has executed his difficult task not only with sympathy for his
subject, but with no little original research. This work is more
valuable than most popular books on hymns and also more readable.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1209. My. 23, ’07. 180w.
“Many helpful historic and biographic facts are given; nor do the
authors disdain anecdote.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 252. Mr. 14, ’07. 210w.
=Buxton, E. M. Wilmot-.= Stories of early England. (Children’s favorite
classics.) 60c. Crowell.
7–22918.
Tales retold for children which reflect the English and Celtic social
life and manners up to the fifteenth century. Such old favorites are
included as the story of Beowulf, of Cynewulf and Cyneherd, of Alfred
and Guthrum, and of Caedmon; stories of “Old English charms,” of
Richard Lion-Heart, of Olger the Dane and many another. The author has
preserved the glamour of knighthood and chivalry sure to delight the
young reader.
* =Bynner, Witter.= Ode to Harvard. **$1. Small.
7–22080.
This ode limns the impression of a graduate revisiting his Alma mater
in after years. “The poem rises by thoughtful and natural stages from
the discursive and anecdotal early passages to the heightened
concentration of the close, where, with a fine idealism, he evolves
the precise nature of the debt which every man owes to his Alma
mater.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“It is a lengthy composition of jocose patter, lacking in both dignity
and restraint. The miscellaneous poems ... make a somewhat better
impression, although their artistic quality remains inconsiderable.”
Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 230w.
“A poem that succeeds in spite of his deficiencies, by virtue of the
genuineness of its emotional content, and, too, by a certain air of
elegance which comes fresh upon us at every turn and creates a very
distinct impression of the personality of the poet.” William Aspenwall
Bradley.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 539. S. 7, ’07. 500w.
“Clever and sprightly reminiscence is this, yet not altogether born of
a gay insouciance, for the inscrutable light peers out of the jester’s
eyes. His lyrics show the same duality, the light note pierced through
with the poignant.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 367. D. ’07. 130w.
=Byrne, Austin Thomas.= Treatise on highway construction; designed as a
textbook and work of reference for all who may be engaged in the
location, construction, or maintenance of roads, streets, and pavements.
5th ed. $5. Wiley.
7–20713.
The author has set himself to the task of collating the varied mass of
scattered information on highway construction and working it over into
an accessible work of reference. It is the fifth edition revised and
enlarged.
* * * * *
“The book is full of anachronisms and antiquated statements, and the
reader may be unable to separate the ancient from the modern. Parts,
at least, of the book give one the impression that they have been
written hastily and with too little regard for the precision of
statement one naturally expects in engineering books; and the
qualifications necessary to make statements of fact accurate and
reliable are often wanting. It seems a great pity that a book designed
to be a vade-mecum, and otherwise so admirable, should be marred by
such faults. Nevertheless it is a book that should be in the library
of every municipal engineer.” S. Whinery.
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 177. Ag. 15, ’07. 2390w.
C
=Cabell, James Branch.= Gallantry. $2. Harper.
7–32561.
“An eighteenth century dizain in ten comedies with an afterpiece.”
There is romance true to the times of the second George and there is
also much strange love-making in these tales of a day when gallantry
ranked with the arts, when wit was broad and the sword was ready. The
illustrations in color by Howard Pyle add much to the volume.
* * * * *
“His descriptions of the gallant is a bit of very pretty writing in
prose, pleasantly suggestive, as is the versified prologue, of Mr.
Andrew Lang.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 380. D. 1, ’07. 120w.
“We may safely say that while not for an instant comparing with such a
masterpiece as Mr. Hewlett’s ‘Stooping lady,’ it has infinitely more
merit than many such popular successes as, to take one example,
‘Monsieur Beaucaire.’”
+ =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 450w.
“A vigorous romance ... with the swift spirit of love and swords.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Cabot, Mrs. Mary Lyman.= Everyday ethics. $1.25. Holt.
6–33635.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Teachers will find the book a practical and valuable aid.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 118. My. ’07. S.
“Good sound principles, illustrated with a fund of illustrated matter,
mark Mrs. Cabot’s chapters on ethics.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 93. Jl. 27. 110w.
“I suspect this book would not altogether win boys. But let not the
book be altogether condemned, for it is after all one of the best that
are to be met with, so full of the sense of real problems in the real
life of the young of today.” Herbert G. Lord.
+ − =Educ. R.= 34: 103. Je. ’07. 870w.
“This volume is both interesting and suited to actual moral needs.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 760. S. 26, ’07. 300w.
“Throughout, the spirit of the work is wholesome, and the discussions
helpfully suggestive. Particularly noteworthy is the avowed and
fulfilled purpose of avoiding ‘sentimentalism’ and the usual
‘sugar-coated’ moral stories.” A. R. Gifford.
+ =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 507. Jl. ’07. 1720w.
“The success of the author in finding examples from real life is a
chief merit of the book.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 186. Ag. 29, ’07. 160w.
“This book is a distinct contribution to both the science and the art
of ethical instruction.” Anna Garlin Spencer.
+ + =School. R.= 15: 231. Mr. ’07. 1080w.
=Cadbury, Edward; Matheson, M. Cecile, and Shann, George.= Women’s work
and wages: a phase of life in an industrial city. *$1.50. Univ. of
Chicago press.
7–11022.
“A record of investigation and philanthropic effort, principally in
the city of Birmingham. The refrain of the whole is a complaint from
the humanitarian point of view against existing conditions. It is a
tale of honest effort to raise the standard of life.” (Spec.) “The
book deals with conditions of work, life, recreation, and ameliorative
agencies, wages, legislation, home life, recreation, clubs, trade
union, legal minimum wage, and wages boards.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Three of the four aims which the writers of this book set before
themselves have been successfully accomplished.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 157. Ag. 18, ’07. 1210w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07.
“The plan of the present study has been well worked out.” S. P.
Breckinridge.
+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 411. N. ’07. 1230w.
“Contains a goodly array of facts interesting to the economist and
social reformer. The value of these facts would have been considerably
enhanced by a more scientific method of arrangement, and a clearer
view on the part of the writers of the volume touching the kind of
book they were setting themselves to produce.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 140. S. 1. 810w.
“The book is interesting and suggestive, and if it has not furnished
any new or valuable statistical evidence on the subject of the
employment of women, it has succeeded where some of the more detailed
studies have failed—in giving the public a thoroughly readable account
of an important social problem. The book undoubtedly loses in unity
from the fact of its having had three authors, but it must also gain
from the very special knowledge that each of the three possessed.”
Edith Abbott.
+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 563. N. ’07. 870w.
=Nation.= 83: 75. Jl. 26, ’06. 40w.
“The volume we are considering contains a vast amount of suggestive
and instructive material.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 450. Jl. 20, ’07. 1310w.
“The concluding chapter, is for American readers probably the most
valuable portion of the book.” Florence Kelley.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 175. Mr. ’07. 530w.
=Spec.= 97: 540. O. 13, ’06. 100w.
* =Caffin, Charles Henry.= Story of American painting. **$2. Stokes.
7–36959.
A fully illustrated work which “goes back to the earliest painters
working in this country and traces the various influences that have
played upon American art up to the present time. In accordance with
his plan of showing the connection between our art and our national
life and history, he concentrates his attention upon those artists who
best illustrate the effect of these influences.” (Putnam’s.)
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“The text ... shows much detailed observation, an impartial temper,
and an orderly method of procedure that gives it value as a book of
reference.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 359. D. ’07. 600w.
“He praises rather indiscriminately; but considering the difficulty of
the subject ... he has put forth a volume that has surprisingly few
mistakes in it, and in which the laymen will find a great deal of
valuable information.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 760. D. ’07. 90w.
* =Cain, Georges.= Nooks and corners of old Paris; tr. by Frederick
Lawton. *$3.50. Lippincott.
7–37532.
Under the headings, The old city, The isle of Saint-Louis, The left
bank of the Seine, and The right bank of the river, M. Cain has set
forth both the historic and artistic points of the city of by-gone
days. “Though it is in no sense a guidebook, the prospective sojourner
in Paris would do well to read the work, especially if he is at all
interested in noteworthy sights outside the ken of the ordinary
tourist.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The present translation cannot be praised, but the illustrations and
the printing of the volume are admirable, and it thus forms an
excellent gift-book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 548. N. 2. 600w.
“There is nothing aloof or academic in M. Cain’s account of the
landmarks of the Paris of by-gone days; he takes his readers on four
delightful rambles through four divisions of the region that held the
germs of the great city of to-day.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 378. D. 1, ’07. 320w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 350w.
* =Caird, Edward.= Lay sermons and addresses: delivered in the hall of
Balliol college, Oxford. *$2. Macmillan.
“Of the twelve addresses which are here published, the first deals
more especially with the opportunities and duties of college life;
three discuss in a large-hearted way the great themes of national
patriotism and civic service, while the last two, on ‘Immortality’ and
‘The faith of Job,’ touch impressively on the ultimate questions of
Divine justice and human destiny, which lie behind all the creeds. A
sermon on ‘Salvation here and hereafter’ gives the author’s general
view of the nature of the religious ideal and the place of religion in
human life; while the remaining discourses are devoted to the
perennial themes of moral and spiritual experience—‘Freedom and
truth,’ ‘Spiritual development,’ ‘The great decision,’ ‘True purity,’
and ‘Courage.’”—Lond. Times.
* * * * *
“With the sermon-form there goes in Dr. Caird’s discourse the
Christian outlook at its broadest and best.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 609. N. 16. 1520w.
“These discourses ... convey with a grave simplicity the counsels of a
great teacher on the conduct of life, as well as his mature outlook on
the problems of human destiny.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 300. O. 4, ’07. 2260w.
“Addresses himself, with a rare combination of philosophic thought
plainly and practically expressed, ethical keenness and vigor, and a
finished literary style, to thoughtful young men confronted with the
intellectual problems and moral temptations of university life. This
volume should find place in all college libraries.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 170w.
=Caird, Mrs. Mona.= Romantic cities of Provence: il. by Joseph Pennell
and Edward Synge. *$3.75. Scribner.
6–45159.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The excellence of the book lies chiefly in the illustrations.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 441. O. 13. 1290w.
“The reader is brought face to face with the very spirit of the silent
wilderness of stones known as La Cran, and with that of its even more
melancholy neighbour, the deserted Camargue, whilst the idiosyncrasies
of the travellers who are met by the way are humorously touched off.
There is not one dull page in the book.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 240w.
“She is mortally afraid of being dull ... and in her panic lest she
should commit this enormity she becomes chronically playful, almost
depriving herself of the power to say anything simply. It is worse
when Miss Caird is playful about dates. She shares the feminine
tendency to include them in dulness, and only mentions them
apologetically. Let us hasten to add, she takes us to fascinating
places.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 432. D. 29, ’06. 740w.
“It is to the credit of the writer that she has managed to transfer to
her pages something of the charm which lingers about these districts
so unattractive at first sight and so enthralling when closely
studied.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 746. D. 15, ’06. 240w.
“She has an easy style, though rather too abundant in long words and
adjectives. Some of her pages, indeed, remind us of the plain of the
Crau scattered over with stones, which she describes so
picturesquely.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 653. Ap. 27, ’07. 220w.
=Cairns, D. S.= Christianity in the modern world. *$1.25. Armstrong.
7–15937.
Mr. Cairns discusses the mighty principle of Christianity as it has
come thru the centuries, with such settings, mainly dogmatic, as
people’s understandings have afforded, until today it stands for
greater impersonal might with “the line of its hope lying in its power
to moralize the selfishness of the individual by transforming private
interest into the ideal of a common good.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“There can be no doubt that Mr. Cairns’s warning is needed; but his
book is by no means free from an a-priori-coloring.” Gerald Birney
Smith.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 706. O. ’07. 540w.
“These essays exhibit a thoroly modern spirit and both logical and
literary ability of a high order.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 456. Ag. 22, ’07. 400w.
“As a piece of Christian apologetic, the effort of Mr. Cairns is on a
higher plane than that of much recent work.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 270. Mr. 21, ’07. 720w.
“Rarely, if ever, has the subject of the book been better treated.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 42. Ja. 5, ’07. 410w.
=Caldecott, W. Shaw.= Solomon’s temple: its history and its structure.
*$2.50. Union press.
A fresh treatment, the outgrowth of diligent research, which makes the
Biblical narrative its own interpreter, and which dwells at length
upon the architectural details of the Hebrew temple.
* * * * *
“Although we cannot accept all Mr. Caldecott’s conclusions we welcome
his volume as a solid and thoughtful contribution to the subject; he
has boldly departed from the hard, beaten track and struck out an
original line, and his reward will doubtless be an increased interest
in the investigation of the problem he has so vigorously attacked.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 796. Ag. 17, ’07. 850w.
“Though sometimes vivid and even dramatic, it is written in a confused
and repetitive style, and occasionally we find contradictions ... and
some uncertainty in treating of contemporary Egyptian history.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 556. N. 2. 460w.
“On his proper subject, the construction of the temple and the
adjoining palaces, our author has much that is interesting to tell
us.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 235. Ag. 17, ’07. 250w.
=Calhoun, Mary E.= Dorothy’s rabbit stories. †$1. Crowell.
7–24584.
A group of children’s stories which a little southern girl tells to
her kitten Kim. “Neighbor rabbit” figures as a thoroly enjoyable hero,
and seems to bear kinship to Uncle Remus’s “br’er rabbit.”
* * * * *
“For the child of this decade who has not read ‘Uncle Remus,’
‘Dorothy’s rabbit stories’ will prove fascinating.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 766. D. ’07. 60w.
=Calkins, Franklin Wells.= Wooing of Tokala: an intimate tale of the
wild life of the American Indian drawn from camp and trail. †$1.50.
Revell.
7–16943.
“With only a thread of a story in the conventional sense, this is a
thoroughly competent study of a group of Dakotah and Sioux Indians.
Their habits, traditions, and point of view are given with a detail
which though painstaking is never tiresome.” (Nation.) His Tokala is a
creature of her native environment. “He tells you here picturesquely
how this maid was loved and won in the face of at least the usual
allowance of difficulties.” (N. Y. Times.)
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 176. O. ’07. ✠
“He makes his Indians quite plain, as creatures in the toils of
tradition and beliefs which they must obey. His style is clear and
simple, attaining excellent effects by dint of completely avoiding
self-conscious and labored efforts. In fact, the whole book contains
matter of real interest, which is conveyed without parade of knowledge
and with a total absence of trick or mannerism.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 180w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.
“The story is well told, with not a little ingenuity and cleverness in
the construction of the plot and throughout with a simplicity that
adds to its charm.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 300w.
=Calkins, Mary Whiton.= Persistent problems of philosophy: an
introduction to metaphysics through the study of modern systems. *$2.50.
Macmillan.
7–11605.
“The professor of philosophy in Wellesley college has made a most
useful résumé and exposition of the tendencies and doctrines of modern
philosophy since Descartes. The bibliographies are especially good.
Readers who desire to become familiar with the presentation of the
movement called Pragmatism will find here succinct definitions and
helpful references to recent literature on the subject.” (Educ. R.)
“It differs from most introductions of the kind in that it is
historical, and from most histories of philosophy in that it is
critical.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=Educ. R.= 33: 534. My. ’07. 80w.
“The historical and critical portions of the volume are written with a
facile pen. Few recent treatises on philosophy have combined so
constant reference to the sources with so readable an expository
style. The writer exhibits, moreover, a comprehensive acquaintance
with the history of modern thinking, at the same time that she
exercises independent historical judgment.” A. C. Armstrong.
+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 440. Ag. 1, ’07. 1540w.
“Professor Calkins not only criticises, but constructs, and sets forth
her own doctrine with such ability that she should have a
distinguished place among contemporary Hegelians.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 525. Je. 6, ’07. 910w.
“Insight, poise, and a fine blending of clarity with brevity make this
an eminently serviceable book for [serious students]. Such a work, in
addition to her well-wrought ‘Introduction to psychology,’ gives
Professor Calkins a distinction among American women as meritorious as
it is unique.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 437. Je. 22, ’07. 420w.
=Call, Annie Payson.= Everyday living. **$1.25. Stokes.
6–37967.
That the knowledge of God’s law of liberty is power to the person who
will gain it, nay, use it, is the theme running thru Mrs. Call’s dozen
and more essays. There is the note of impersonal freedom which
everybody can catch if he but work. She sets forth working principles,
approved by experiment, which clear away the mists of material
existence.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07. S.
“The statements are so bare as to read like platitudes in many
instances, and the manner is unnecessarily didactic.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 840. D. 1, ’06. 50w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 621. Ag. ’07. 200w.
=Call, Annie Payson.= Heart of good health. **30c. Crowell.
7–21545.
A monologue urging the training for the human body that corresponds to
the progress of the soul in its regeneration. The little volume
belongs to the “What is worth while series.”
=Calthrop, Dion Clayton.= Dance of love. †$1.50. Holt.
7–31413.
A romance of the days of the “dawn of intellect” with scenes shifting
from France to England. It is a tale of a love quest upon which Pipin,
the hero, meets a dozen women. Each one affords the author an
opportunity to draw an individual type of the dame of yesterday. The
dominant qualities of the “eternal feminine” are strikingly portrayed.
* * * * *
“Mr. Calthrop has sacrificed too much to high morality. It will
certainly be much liked by those who value originality of idea and
vivid, poetical expression, and we think that the insatiable readers
of novels, who rather resent these merits, will forgive them in a
short book full of attractive incidents related in an unusual form
with considerable dramatic effect.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: sup. 114. N. 9, ’07. 900w.
“Picturesque charm and a real feeling for romance mark the story.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 580. N. 9. 950w.
“This is a romance to be enjoyed if one happens to be in the right
mood, but one that does not command the reader’s satisfaction.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 180w.
=Calthrop, Dion Clayton.= English costume; painted and described by Dion
Clayton Calthrop. 4v. ea. $2.75. Macmillan.
6–32380.
A history of English costume in four volumes which divide the subject
into as many periods: 1, Early English; 2, Middle ages; 3, Tudor and
Stuart; 4, Georgian. “The colored illustrations will appeal to
everybody, but the little sketches in the letterpress will be
invaluable to the costumier and the stage manager if not to many
tailors and milliners as well. Scattered throughout the four volumes
are also a series of word-pictures, of which mention must be made.”
(Acad.)
* * * * *
“We confess to a preference for his pictures, which, it seems to us,
are a valuable addition to English history, whereas his notes, for all
his system, are at times irritatingly scrappy, and at others
provokingly trivial.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 245. Mr. 9, ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“He still exhibits a flippant style which is out of place in such a
treatise, and he has obviously made careful studies of dress from old
manuscripts and missals.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 370w. (Review of v. 3.)
“We cannot but feel that the author had somewhat tired of his task,
particularly as he devotes a good deal of his space to quotations. The
book is scrappy, and for fuller information we must still go to other
authorities.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 672. Je. 1. 340w. (Review of v. 4.)
“After the enormous amount of research, it is remarkable that he can
handle his subject as lightly as he does. Interesting and readable he
certainly is, in spite of an occasional slip in idiom or construction.
He has a happy faculty for making his costumes live, as it were, in
the times to which they belong.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 57. Ag. 1, ’07. 620w.
“Unfortunately, however, it is impossible entirely to endorse this
very high estimate of a book which, though brightly and humorously
written, does not contain much that is new.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 29: 364. O. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The full-page illustrations in colour are by no means satisfactory,
the artist’s sartorial lore being far superior to his technical skill
and knowledge of the anatomy of the human form. The best drawings in
the book are the small reproductions after the Dightons.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 31: 251. My. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ − =Liv. Age.= 252: 571. Mr. 2, ’07. 660w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.) (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“If he had gone a little further and a little deeper, if he had kept
clear of a certain annoying jauntiness of style, his book, valuable
already, might have been of still greater worth.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 18. Ja. 18. ’07. 660w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)
“As a book of reference it loses half its value from the absence of an
index; as a serious history of clothes it suffers from the author’s
attempt to be sprightly; as a book of entertainment, it is too
learned. Taken as a whole, as a work at once moderately entertaining
to read and moderately useful for study, it may serve a purpose.”
+ − =Nation.= 84. 454. My. 16, ’07. 400w.
“This book will be invaluable to costumers and playwrights and of
delight to the casual reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 300w.
“His facts are in the main accurate, and his research thorough, though
he has a tendency to antedate changes of costume, and his method of
division into reigns involves constant repetition and a too decided
ascription of certain fashions to certain years. He is irritatingly
chary of reference, but this omission is due to the popular design of
the book, which is written throughout in a would-be entertaining way.
If not a really valuable book of reference, still less is it an
amusing book to read, merely as a piece of writing.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 335. S. 15, ’06. 1030w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
=Sat. R.= 103: 88. Ja. 19, ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 766. N. 17, ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 3.)
* =Calthrop, H. C. Hollway-.= Petrarch: his life, work and times.
(Memoir ser.) **$2.75. Putnam.
A popular life of Petrarch which keeps close to his mission as herald
and prophet of the renaissance.
* * * * *
“The book is a work of a ripe scholar, and is evidently the fruit of
years of patient study. Its chief defect is the complete absence of
all references, even to Fracassetti’s standard edition of the letters,
to which, nevertheless, the author acknowledges his supreme
obligation. If we now mention a few points in which our author is
hardly abreast of recent research, it is in no captious spirit, but
with the hope that in the next edition, which must soon be called for,
these slight blemishes may be removed.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 573. N. 9. 1740w.
“An interesting sketch.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Alhambra of Granada. *$15. Lane.
The history which forms the background of this volume covers the
Moslem rule from the reign of Mohammed to the expulsion of the Moors.
“The Alhambra or the Red castle, will ever, in spite of its lamentable
state of decay, take first rank, on account of the combined beauty and
variety of its ornamentation, and the thrilling memories with which it
is associated.... The author lays great stress in the preface to his
first edition on the fact that he has given pride of place to the
pictorial side of his volume, making his chief appeal to the public by
the beauty and variety of the illustrations he has collected, which
include nearly 500 reproductions in black-and-white of details of
architecture, and over 100 in colour of typical decoration.” (Int.
Studio.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Calvert has a profound knowledge of the Alhambra as it is now and
as it was at every stage of its chequered life-story, and he has the
gift of imparting that knowledge in an impressive and satisfying
manner.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 31: 164. Ap. ’07. 310w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Escorial: a historical and descriptive
account of the Spanish royal palace, monastery and mausoleum. (Spanish
ser.) *$1.25. Lane.
7–32150.
In picture and text this proves the first exhaustive English treatment
of the Escorial—the Spanish royal palace, monastery and mausoleum in
one.
* * * * *
“The views of the garden of the Casita de Abajo and of the interior of
the Escorial itself are satisfactory and characteristic; the
photographs of pictures and tapestries are much less effective; while
the reproductions of Alfonso’s ‘Cantigas de Sancta Maria’ and other
literary rarities are on so reduced a scale as to be virtually
useless. Mr. Calvert’s text is compiled from Rotondo’s work, but he
has introduced a considerable number of errors which imply, we fear,
insufficient knowledge of Spanish history and literature.”
− − + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 583. My. 11. 260w.
“The text ... is the merest hack work ... though readable enough. One
may gather from the whole some notion at least of what the Escorial is
like and what it signifies in history.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 480. Ag. 3, ’07. 390w.
=Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 80w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 1008. Je. 29, ’07. 150w.
=Calvert, Albert Frederick.= Seville: an historical and descriptive
account of The pearl of Andalusia. (Spanish ser.) *$1.25. Lane.
7–32150.
One of Mr. Calvert’s series on Spain. Seville, “great because of her
past, and actual because of her vivid present,” (Outlook) is treated
historically with emphasis placed upon the preservation by the
Christians of the memorials of Moslem occupation. There is an account
of the artists of Seville, including, prominently, Murillo. The
illustrations include a view of the city from various points of view,
its buildings, and fully sixty reproductions of famous works of art.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 85: 443. N. 14, ’07. 80w.
“This book should appeal alike to the tourist, artist, archaeologist,
and historical student.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 272. O. 5, ’07. 270w.
“This is a volume of the ‘Spanish series,’ and, as might be expected,
not surpassed—perhaps, one might say equalled—in interest by any
other.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 133. Jl. 27, ’07. 250w.
=Calvert, Albert F., and Hartley, Catherine G.= Prado: a guide and
handbook to the Royal picture gallery at Madrid. (Spanish ser.) *$1.25.
Lane.
One of the first volumes in a series dealing with Spain in its various
aspects, its history its cities and monuments. This one is devoted to
Madrid’s famous “congress of masterpieces”—the Prado. “The text does
no more than tell in a general way something about the painters
represented, name the more famous masterpieces, indicate the division
into schools, and show how these schools, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch,
are represented.” (N. Y. Times.) There are two hundred and twenty-one
illustrations.
* * * * *
“Equally pleasing as the style is the general construction of the
book. I must break a lance, several lances, with authors and producers
with regard to the _excellence_ of the illustrations in this
particular issue.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 622. Je. 29, ’07. 2240w.
“It contains much sound and sympathetic criticism of the principal
pictures in the gallery of the Prado, set forth in a pleasant, sober
style.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 487. O. 19. 590w.
“The chief value of this volume lies in the pictures.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 463. Jl. 27, ’07. 320w.
=Calvert, Thomas Henry.= Regulation of commerce under the federal
constitution. (Studies in constitutional law, v. 3.) $3. Thompson.
7–12250.
This book is based mainly upon an examination of decisions of the
Supreme court of the United States, arranged in such order that
together they make a critical commentary upon a constitutional power.
* * * * *
“The arrangement is logical, the cases well chosen, and the
significant points in decisions clearly formulated. The book lacks
attractiveness for the general reader in the fact that it contains
little else than cases—almost no comment, explanation, or summary.
Neither does it possess sufficient originality to enable it to usurp
the places occupied by its predecessors.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 43. Je. 11, ’07. 290w.
“The law student, the practicing lawyer, the legislator, the man of
affairs, will all find here an orderly presentation of the subject,
with ample references to original decisions.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 267. Ap. 27, ’07. 960w.
“A work of this character should be a digest having the merits which
go to make an index valuable. It should be complete, brief, logically
arranged and clearly stated. These merits the author cannot claim.” E.
Parmalee Prentice.
− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 336. Je. ’07. 510w.
Cambridge modern history; planned by Lord Acton; ed. by A. W. Ward, G.
W. Prothero, and Stanley Leathes. 12v. ea. **$4. Macmillan.
2–26356.
=v. 10.= The restoration.
This volume deals with the principles and problems that occupied
statesmen during “the period of reaction and ebullition which followed
the close of the Napoleonic wars.” (Outlook)
* * * * *
“Many of these essays are excellent and some of them deal with the
subject indicated by the title: others are not up to the standard, and
some have no apparent connection with the theme.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 654. D. 29, ’06. 1330w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The chief section of the book is constituted by Professor Ward’s able
treatment of the war as a whole, in its narrower sense; thorough as is
the writer’s grasp of the field, he has little gift of narration,
leaves no vivid impressions of either men or events, and casts no new
light on problems.” Victor Coffin.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 627. Ap. ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 4.)
“On the whole we may conclude that the volume is, in some respects, a
distinct contribution to the literature of the subject in English, and
in spite of the defects natural to such a work, is likely to prove
very useful for many purposes.” Wilbur C. Abbott.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 143. O. ’07. 1440w. (Review of v. 10.)
“There is altogether too little of the economic and social side of
history in this work.” Wm. E. Lingelbach.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 653. My. ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.)
“This volume has not always triumphed over the tendency to make a
history of these periods of recovery a résumé of names and dates.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 173. Ag. 17. 1880w. (Review of v. 10.)
“It cannot but be acknowledged that no single author in this volume
has succeeded in conveying ideas as Lord Acton, himself has conveyed
them in his lectures.” E. D. Adams.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 223. Ap. 1, ’07. 900w. (Review of v. 4.)
“If there appears less unity in this volume, because there is no great
central figure or theme, it nevertheless possesses sound utility.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 288. N. 1, ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 10.)
“This is incontestably one of the most important, best-written, and
most homogeneous of the volumes of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ that
have appeared so far.” W. E. Rhodes.
+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 807. O. ’07. 730w. (Review of v. 4.)
“A notable feature of the volume—it will remain an exceptional feature
of this particular volume, the editors inform us—are its
bibliographies, especially that of the extant original manuscripts and
contemporary narrative and controversial literature of the Thirty
years’ war, based on the collections in Lord Acton’s library, without
which, indeed, it could not have been compiled.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 1152. My. 16, ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Every library should have it, and the busy scholar who wants facts,
not eloquent fiction, will secure it for reference, but no one will
read it over his evening pipe. In this regard it cannot be esteemed an
equal to the French cooperative work, the ‘Histoire generale,’ which
is always lucid and sometimes interesting.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1313. N. 28, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 10.)
“The chapters are often of great merit, and there are fewer dull
parts, omissions, repetitions, and inconsistencies than in some of the
previous volumes.”
+ + + =Lond. Times.= 6: 226. Jl. 19, ’07. 2610w. (Review of v. 10.)
“Everywhere one finds care, accuracy and a businesslike spirit, which
presents the facts in a clear and coherent way.”
+ + + =Nation.= 85: 166. Ag. 22, ’07. 2590w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ + =Nation.= 85: 327. O. 10, ’07. 1200w. (Review of v. 10.)
“Altogether, it will be seen that I regard the plan of the ‘Cambridge
modern history’ as unsatisfactory. It is a compromise between the
needs of the general reader and the special student.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 13. Ja. 12, ’07. 890w. (Review of v. 4.)
“If the present volume happens to be more than usually dull, it is
because it deals with a period of the world’s history in which the
world was for the most part marking time and preparing the way for
startling developments.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 1830w. (Review of v. 10.)
=Outlook.= 84: 1080. D. 29, ’06. 260w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 747. Ag. 3, ’07. 360w. (Review of v. 10.)
“The development during the first half of the period has been
conscientiously if not entertainingly, described in the ponderous
volume.” G. Louis Beer.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 743. S. ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 10.)
=R. of Rs.= 36: 381. S. ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 10.)
=Sat. R.= 103: 49. Ja. 12, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 749. N. 16, ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 10.)
Cambridge natural history, v. 1. *$4.25. Macmillan.
Ten large volumes will be included in this work which will cover the
natural history of the animal kingdom.
=v. 1.= “The present volume includes four of the lowest groups. The
protozoa are treated by Prof. M. M. Hartog of Queen’s college,
Cork.... The sponges are described by Miss Igerna Sollars, lecturer at
Newnham college.... The extensive and important group of jelly-fishes,
sea-anemones, and hydroids is dealt with by Prof. S. J. Hickson of the
Victoria university of Manchester.... The last group, including
star-fishes, sea-urchins, and their allies, is described by Prof. E.
W. McBride of McGill university, Montreal.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“As a guide to the scientific study of those animals with which it
deals, the whole book can be safely recommended.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 138. My. 3, ’07. 1660w. (Review of v. 1.)
“In attempting to bring together within short compass many scattered
facts the authors of this and of some of the other volumes have failed
both in giving a readable account of the subjects and in
distinguishing between what is important and what is trivial.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 294. Mr. 28, ’07. 540w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Taken in conjunction with the earlier published volumes, the work
seems to fulfil the purpose of providing an intelligible and adequate
survey of the entire animal kingdom without giving undue prominence to
particular groups.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 31. N. 8, ’06. 1330w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The zealous student of animal morphology, or the professional
zoologist anxious to bring his knowledge up to date, will find here a
compendium upon which he can rely.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 3. My. 4, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The different divisions are unevenly balanced as to both matter and
substance, and in two of the divisions at least, the impression is
gained that the author had mainly a book knowledge of the group he was
monographing.” G. N. C.
+ − =Science=, n. s. 26: 44. Jl. 12, ’07. 620w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work in all cases is extremely well done.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 909. Je. 8, ’07. 190w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Campbell, Harry Huse.= Manufacture and properties of iron and steel.
4th ed. $5. Hill pub. co.
7–13501.
A thoroly revised edition brought down to date by the inclusion of
valuable new matter. It is of importance to engineers and students of
metallurgy, and also to “those interested in the economics of one of
the world’s leading industries.”
* * * * *
Review by Henry H. Norris.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 664. Je. 13, ’07. 500w.
“The treatment throughout is that of a thorough master of
metallurgical science, embodying not only sound theoretical
exposition, but including as well specific citations of the best
modern practice. The work ... will be found of exceeding value, not
only to engineers and students of metallurgy, but to those interested
in the economics of one of the world’s leading industries.”
+ =Technical Literature.= 1: 177. Ap. ’07. 550w.
=Campbell, Reginald John.= New theology. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–11604.
A restatement of the essential truth of the Christian religion in
terms of the modern mind. The author gives an outline of his own
personal views, and some of the chapter headings are as follows: God
and the universe, Man in relation to God, The nature of evil, Jesus
the divine man, The eternal Christ, The incarnation of the Son of God,
The atonement, The authority of Scripture, and The church and the
kingdom of God.
* * * * *
“Mr. Campbell displays a vigorous hostility to traditional theological
opinions which will hardly serve to help matters. In many instances,
he cannot escape the charge of having caricatured those doctrines in
order to cast odium upon them.” Gerald Birney Smith.
− =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 705, O. ’07. 490w.
“The weak side of Mr. Campbell’s thinking is his imperfect grasp of
finite personality. He is apt to lose his way in reveries of the
infinite. Mr. Campbell will probably come to see that his new theology
is only a halfway house which cannot be his permanent home.” David
Balsillie.
+ − =Fortnightly R.= 88: 48. Jl. ’07. 7900w.
“One cannot but honour Mr. Campbell for the courage and candour with
which he has addressed himself to what he believes to be one of the
crying needs of the church of to-day. Still I cannot but think that
the root of the evil, which he, as prophet and preacher combats, lies
deeper than he realises.” G. Tyrrell.
+ =Hibbert J.= 5: 917. Jl. ’07. 2270w.
=Ind.= 62: 911. Ap. 18, ’07. 550w.
“He is an earnest preacher, but possesses a heterogeneous mind and is
a bit daft on the doctrine of immanence and on ‘psychic
investigations.’”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1236. N. 21, ’07. 70w.
=Outlook.= 85: 879. Ap. 20, ’07. 300w.
“His volume is interesting, it is intellectually suggestive, but it is
not self-evidently consistent. In short, it confirms the judgment
which we have heretofore expressed, that he is a preacher, not a
theologian.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 257. Je. 1, ’07. 460w.
“A work of unusual clearness.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 637. My. ’07. 110w.
“A really beautiful and fervently Christian book.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 130w.
=Campbell, Reginald John.= New theology sermons. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–33946.
A group of sermons preached from the City Temple pulpit, London, which
teach that cooperation must replace competition, brotherhood must
replace individualism; that the kingdom of love must be realized on
earth.
=Campbell, W. Wilfred.= Canada; described by Wilfred Campbell; painted
by T. Mower Martin. *$6. Macmillan.
W 7–130.
Here are reproduced in picture and text wonders of Canadian scenery
“from Cape Breton to Vancouver island. The same brush has caught the
peculiar charm of the old Acadian country around the Basin of Minas,
with its quaint suggestions of a transplanted Holland: the rugged
beauty of the Gut of Canso; the ancient capital on the St. Lawrence,
with its crowding memories of other days and other ways; the wild
scenery of the Muskoka lakes; the rich coloring of the autumn
prairies; the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies, and the almost
tropical luxuriance of British Columbian valleys.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Campbell lacks the faculty of condensation, and the subjects have
proved too large for him: while Mr. Mower Martin’s part of the book is
almost always happy and suggestive. He indeed, reveals throughout an
amazing lack of perception or discrimination.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 554. Je. 8, ’07. 640w.
“The pictures both in the coloured plates and in letterpress, are to
be commended to those who want a Canadian view of Canada. The
doctrines of the author upon the future of Canada are a little
difficult to understand.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 603. My. 18. 570w.
“The value of this book to the ordinary reader is that it brings
together various kinds of information which without it would have to
be gathered from many sources. Mr. Campbell’s original work is mostly
in the descriptions, many of which are very good.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 118. S. 1, ’07. 670w.
“He has much to say, but somehow has not succeeded in saying it
effectively. The watercolour drawings of Mr. Martin show in a
noticeable degree the defects of his literary collaborator.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 32: 335. O. ’07. 280w.
“In selecting Dr. Wilfred Campbell, the well-known Canadian poet, to
write the descriptive matter for this book, the publishers made on the
whole a commendable choice.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 148. Ag. 15, 510w.
“The ‘description’ let it be said at once, is rather dull reading, in
a style which suggests not so much the guide book as the promoter’s
prospectus, with a dash of that sort of sentiment which is the stock
in trade of the patriotic campaign orator. These pictures are, on the
whole, rather good than bad though, like most pictures of the sort,
they make the colors too bright.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 470w.
“Author and painter have combined happily and successfully in
presenting Canadian life and scenery agreeably and with abundant and
dependable information.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 525. Jl. 6, ’07. 130w.
“On the whole his commentary makes pleasant if not often impressive
reading.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 372. S. 21, ’07. 150w.
“In Mr. Martin Canada has an artist who is well fitted to do her
justice. He has the true sense for both colour and space, and while he
is not afraid of rich and startling contrasts, he always contrives to
give his pictures something of the clearness and delicacy of the
Canadian atmosphere.”
+ + − =Spec.= 99: 197. Ag. 10, ’07. 690w.
=Campbell, Wilfred J.= Ian of the Orcades. †$1.50. Revell.
A tale of the North Sea coast of Scotland in the days of King Robert
Third. “It is full of dark deeds and violence, and the lusts of the
flesh, and we suppose that the author desires to put the picture
forward as a genuine study of the past.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Campbell’s effort cannot compare with the best of the sort. It is
more conventional, more titanic, and somewhat sentimental.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 100w.
“The book is to be valued, not merely as a thrilling tale of bygone
times, but as a curious work of art by which an author has produced
the impression of a chant with words that are common and are musical
simply by imparting into them the meaning of old fancies.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 699. S. 19, ’07. 170w.
“It is a good story, full of adventures and excitements, although
somewhat wordy in the telling.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 517. Ag. 24, ’07. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“There seems to be something like a mist over the whole story.”
− =Spec.= 97: 181. F. 2, ’07. 120w.
=Candee, Helen Churchill.= Decorative styles and periods in the home;
with 177 il. **$2. Stokes.
6–43919.
Furniture makers no less than the collector and general reader will
find instruction in this well-printed and fully illustrated study of
furniture from antiquity thru the Renaissance to the present time.
* * * * *
“A readable and careful study.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 39. F. ’07. S.
“Mrs. Candee is somewhat flamboyant and rhapsodic in her style, and
her taste is more generous than chaste. Mrs. Candee does not seem to
understand the importance and influence of the English
eighteenth-century schools of design.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 450. O. 12. 240w.
“In spite of such fine writing, this book is a valuable one and full
of information.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 698. S. 19, ’07. 220w.
“The text is oddly composed, with unusual turns of language, but it is
intelligible, and the distinction between styles has evidently been
clear to the writer. There is a little too free a treatment of the
periods.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 43. Ja. 10, ’07. 250w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 150w.
=Canfield, Chauncey L.=, ed. Diary of a forty-niner. *$1.25. Shepard,
Morgan.
6–43550.
Questionable as to its authenticity, this volume is a record of life
in a mining-camp on one of the forks of the Yuba river from May 18,
1850, to June 17, 1852.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 731. Ap. ’07. 70w.
“Presents certain phases of a life forever passed, simply,
picturesquely, and vividly, and hence, whether diary or reminiscence,
has interest and historical value.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 293. Mr. 28, ’07. 360w.
=Canfield, Dorothea Frances.= Gunhild: a Norwegian-American episode.
†$1.50. Holt.
7–33199.
There is great strength in this story, and it is so planned that a
beautiful self centered American girl traveling through Norway in
company with a sister, an admirer and an aged aunt, is contrasted
strongly with Gunhild, a Norwegian peasant. This girl, born in
America, a child of the people, shows among her northern snows a depth
of soul that belittles the conventional thought of the society girl;
and the man stirred by something deeper and more profound than his
life has yet known, turns from the girl he might have married to
Gunhild and finds that she too is not for him.
* * * * *
“‘Gunhild’ is her first novel, and a promising one.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 260w.
=Canfield, William Walker.= The spotter: a romance of the oil region.
$1.50. Fenno.
7–27157.
A dramatic tale of the Pennsylvania oil region in which a sturdy
Scotchman who refused to sell his farm to the oil syndicate is the
victim of intrigue. In it are pictured the newly rich in the complete
reaction from financial restraint, smooth-tongued conspirators,
spotters and moonshiners.
* * * * *
“Melodramatic fiction.”
− =Nation.= 85: 401. O. 31, ’07. 280w.
* =Canning, Albert S. G.= Shakespeare studied in six plays. **$4.
Jacobs.
The six plays studied are Othello, Macbeth, King John, Richard II.,
Henry IV., and The merry wives of Windsor. The method is one of
exposition rather than analysis, consisting of a succession of
quotations interspersed with explanatory remarks.
* * * * *
“Its author is a master of the prosaic, nor have we encountered any
other commentator equally skilled in the art of reducing noble poetry
to small beer.”
− =Acad.= 72: 85. Ja. 26, ’07. 1100w.
“We have seldom occasion to examine a more unnecessary book. It
contains no learning and, except in the quotations, no wit; the style
is that of a schoolboy; the general intelligence is barely mediocre.
The few explanatory notes are borrowed from an out-of-date commentary,
and are often inaccurate.”
− − =Nation.= 85: 427. N. 7, ’07. 240w.
“On points of history his adequate comments are fitly introduced. The
unsatisfactoriness of the book results from faults of omissions,
leaving a volume of no little usefulness on its positive side.” George
S. Hellman.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 745. N. 23, ’07. 780w.
“These essays ... are conscientious, but they are nothing more. The
themes upon which Coleridge and Lamb have lavished their genius ...
cry aloud for a more inspired and a more original treatment than that
which Mr. Canning has given them. Nor are the passages selected for
quotation always those which particularly deserve attention and
comment.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 462. O. 5, ’07. 480w.
=Capek, Thomas.= Slovaks of Hungary, Slavs and Panslavism. priv. ptd. T.
Capek, 225 E. 71st St., N. Y.
6–6749.
Including statistical information concerning the American Slovaks;
something of their ambitions and efforts. “Much of the book is taken
up with matters of discontent over the Magyar domination and others of
peculiar concern to the home country.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
* * * * *
“While we have no desire to question the aim and purpose of the
writer, we believe that a greater service would have been performed if
he had aimed to interpret to the American people more of the virtues
and qualities which make the Slovak immigrant a desirable addition to
our population.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 207. Ja. ’07. 460w.
“The book is interesting as containing much information about a
country and people little known, and especially as throwing light upon
the complexities of that wonderful polyglot empire of Francis Joseph.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 506. Ag. 18, ’06. 440w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 508. Ap. ’06. 50w.
=Card, Fred Wallace.= Farm management. (Farm lib.) **$2. Doubleday.
7–12691.
A thoro-going treatment of the subject from the standpoint of business
methods. The discussion includes business accounts, suggestions for
watching markets, time for marketing various products, and adaptation
to local conditions.
* * * * *
“Practical, suggestive, probably the best of the ‘Farm library’ series
yet published.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 118. My. ’07. S.
“A practical book, an intensely practical book, it is, nevertheless,
to a man with the farm bee buzzing in his bonnet, as fascinating as a
Persian tale. The book is unique in agricultural literature.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 260w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 640. My. ’07. 80w.
=Carey, Rosa Nouchette.= Angel of forgiveness. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–31281.
A young girl’s story of her own life from the ago of eight to
eighteen. They are full years, for in them she learns much thru
sickness and suffering, she finds the mother she had always thought
dead in the person of her dearest cousin and brings her back to the
home she had left in her young wife-hood and to the husband who loves
her. Then, when the angel of forgiveness has brought joy to her home
she leaves it, a bride of eighteen, to mother the children of a
husband much her senior and with him to find true happiness.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The way out of the dilemma has been happily contrived by Miss Carey,
and the whole book is pleasant to read.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 672. N. 2, ’07. 140w.
=Carling, George.= Richard Elliott, financier. $1.50. Page.
6–34796.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The atmosphere of greed and treachery is unpleasant from first to
last but for all that the account of these latter-day land-pirates is
absorbing.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 610. Je. 22, ’07. 280w.
=Carling, John R.= By Neva’s waters; being an episode in the secret
history of Alexander the first, czar of all the Russias. †$1.50. Little.
7–21539.
An episode in the secret history of Alexander the first, czar of all
the Russias. There are love and court intrigue in plenty, which center
chiefly about a young English lord whose love affair with the czarina
is in the end forgiven because he did not know she was a wife, and
she, owing to a strange lapse of memory, had forgotten her estate. It
is a book which holds the interest until the last strand of the plot
is untangled.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
=Carlson, John S.= Swedish grammar and reader. *$1.50. Wilson, H. W.
7–23330.
A practical text-book for the school-room and home, which lays no
claim to a purely scientific exposition of the principles of language.
* * * * *
“This is a book that has been much needed, and does for the student of
Swedish what Professor Julius Olson’s similar work does for the
student of Norwegian. The selections which fill the ‘reader’ section
of the volume are judiciously made and of much interest.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 291. N. 1, ’07. 60w.
“A new and thoroughly practical text-book for the elementary study of
Swedish.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 40w.
=Carpenter, Edward Childs.= Code of Victor Jallot: a romance of old New
Orleans. il. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–31421.
A story of the early nineteenth century whose scenes are laid in
Louisiana. A French refugee, a Beau Brummel type of hero with plenty
of sturdier qualities of manhood, fights for the love of “mademoiselle
of the magnolias” and wins.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Carpenter, Frank G.= Foods; or, How the world is fed. *60c. Am. bk.
7–20683.
The first book of a series upon the great industries of the world. It
aims to provide a knowledge of the production and preparation of
foods, and to show how civilization and commerce grew from man’s need
of foods and the exchange of foods between the different nations of
the earth.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 207. N. ’07. ✠
“The boy who has read it will be much better prepared for economic
studies later on than the boy who has never become interested in any
of these things.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 572. S. ’07. 220w.
=Carpenter, Margaret Boyd.= Child in art. $2. Ginn.
A sympathetic treatment of the child in art, with some thirty
reproductions of famous paintings and works of sculpture. The volume
sketches the history of the use of the child in art and shows that the
development of Christianity first brought childhood into prominence.
* * * * *
“The present volume is summary and superficial: the writer has an
unfortunate instinct for the obvious and the trite.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 628. My. 18, ’07. 160w.
“Even if there are omissions, there is also plenty of interest in the
book.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 939. D. 8, ’06. 140w.
=Carpenter, Rolla Clinton.= Experimental engineering and manual for
testing; for engineers and for students in engineering laboratories. 6th
rev. and enl. ed. $6. Wiley.
6–16782.
“The present book is the sixth edition, and is the result of many
revisions and additions by which, as the author states, with the aid
of colleagues and assistants, he has brought the subject down to
present-day requirements.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Despite these rather damaging criticisms, it must be said in
conclusion that the book has many features which make it a valuable
addition to engineering literature. It is to be hoped that, in the
next edition, the author will re-edit the book throughout, correct the
errors, omit such descriptive matter and verbiage as is unnecessary,
add to subjects which are incomplete, and thus produce a model, not
only as regards superficial pretensions, but also as regards real
worth.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 56: 519. N. 15, ’06. 2930w.
=Carr, Sarah Pratt.= Iron way; a tale of the builders of the West.
†$1.50. McClurg.
7–12274.
“A romance of the gold-fever days in California which shifts scene to
follow the course of construction of the Central Pacific railway. The
traditions, heroic deeds and thrilling adventures associated with the
building of this highway across the continent are recorded from the
author’s memory. The book has a buoyant pioneer atmosphere.”
* * * * *
Reviewed by William Morton Payne.
=Dial.= 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 140w.
“One feels that one is reading authentic history, but such is the art
of the writer that the deftly inwoven romance—a captivating love
story—remains the predominant interest. It would appear that the book
is Mrs. Carr’s debut in literature, yet it is written with an ease, a
freshness and a power which many a practised hand would be glad to
have acquired.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 1526. Je. 27, ’07. 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 240. Ap. 13, ’07. 210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
=Carr, W. M.= Open hearth steel castings. $1.50. Penton pub.
7–33981.
“This little book is a reprint of a series of articles which were
published in the ‘Iron trade review’ and ‘The foundry,’ in 1905 and
1906. It comprises chapters on: Raw materials for acid and basic
practice and moldings; open hearth furnace construction; fuels and
accessories; manipulation of acid and of basic heats; chemical and
physical tests; relation between chemical composition and physical
properties; blowholes and checks in steel castings; heat treatment and
annealing; repairing with thermit, and cost of equipment.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Each subject is treated briefly and the information given is
well-chosen, useful and accurate, reflecting the author’s own
experience in practice, and utilizing advantageously the small amount
of printed space occupied. It is written in a clear manner and the
greater part of it will be comprehensible even to men who have no
technical education.” Bradley Stoughton.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 79. Jl. 18, ’07. 350w.
=Carrington, Hereward.= Physical phenomena of spiritualism, fraudulent
and genuine. **$2. Turner, H. B.
7–17909.
A brief account of the most important historical phenomena, a
criticism of their evidential value, and a complete exposition of the
methods employed in fraudulently reproducing the same. The book is
mainly devoted to exposing the frauds of professional mediums.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 307. My. 11, ’07. 130w.
“This book is interesting, it is amusing, it is even, in its
revelation of the frauds practised by nearly every professional
medium, revolting. The paramount impression this writer conveys is
that of being a fair and openminded gentleman of excellent balance and
keen intelligence.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 425. Jl. 6, ’07. 550w.
“It is, indeed, a storehouse of raw material from which one may learn
to generalize safely about the psychology of deception.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 790. Ag. 10, ’07. 140w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.
=Carroll, Benajah Harvey.= Political history of Europe from 1815 to
1848, based on continental authorities. $2. Baylor univ. press, Waco,
Texas.
6–13425.
A volume which “is intended to give American students, an accurate if
somewhat succinct account of the course of Post-Napoleonic European
political history,” and “does not pretend to be more than a
compilation from the best and most accessible and usually untranslated
continental authorities.”
* * * * *
“The author was apparently in too great haste to attend much to the
medium of his thoughts. Present and past tenses and conditions are
mixed up indiscriminately, and extraordinary language is indulged in.
Most of it is fairly good, and the characterizations of public men are
at times excellent. But the arrangement is poor and detail is usually
put in where uncalled for; the disjointed sections give little
impression of continuity and do not make clear the general
development; nothing stands out in bold relief.” Victor Coffin.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 947. Jl ’06. 530w.
“The work may have its place as a survey of the history of the period
for an elementary class, but should not have been introduced to the
general public in its present form.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 464. N. ’06. 170w.
“It does not pretend to be based on sources, and apparently the only
authority mentioned is Lord’s ‘Beacon lights of history.’ The book,
however, displays considerable historical reading, and contains a few
useful suggestions and apt quotations. In some respects it is a
literary curiosity; it is written in an English more vigorous than
elegant, and was evidently prepared in great haste.... All things
considered, the book seems to have no justification for its
existence.”
− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 191. Mr. ’07. 170w.
=Carson, William Henry.= Evelyn Van Courtland. $1.50. Fenno.
7–29570.
Jealousy incites Howard Van Courtland to murder his business partner.
Malcolm, a young clerk in their employ, is accused and the story is
mainly concerned with the trial in which Van Courtland’s daughter,
learning of her father’s guilt, is bent upon clearing Malcolm. She
draws information from the prosecuting attorney and passes it on to
the defendant’s counsel, all of which finally proves of no avail until
in a dramatic court-room scene the father confesses his guilt and dies
suddenly. In the end misunderstandings are adjusted and love wins a
hard fought battle.
* * * * *
“Here is another novel hinging on the unwritten law. It is not as
unsavory as some of its kind, and, as its lack of distinction
precludes the probability of a wide circulation, it is not likely to
do any harm.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 230w.
=Cartrie, Count de.= See =La Villeniere, T.-A. T. de la C.=
=Carus, Paul.= Our children; hints from practical experience for parents
and teachers. *$1. Open ct.
7–2052.
Written by “one of the most distinguished exponents of the new
philosophical conception known as monism.” It supplements Froebelism
with the results of recent scientific investigation and advanced
psychological methods. “In the chapter which treats upon the subject
of punishment, we get the key-note to the author’s ethical principles.
Like Tolstoy, and like a greater Teacher, he advocates non-resistance
of evil with evil. Retaliation is condemned, a lie must be overcome by
truth, wrong by right and violence by patience.... Punishment, Dr.
Carus declares, ought to be the ‘consequence of a wrong act which is
brought home to the knowledge and sentiments of the child.’”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“Like Huxley he knows the secret of clothing abstruse subjects in an
attractive garb and his works have a popular appeal. It will prove of
especial interest and value to those engaged in kindergarten work.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 24: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 300w.
“Written in thought-provoking style. The book contains many hints from
practical experience.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 509. Ap. ’07. 40w.
=Carver, Thomas Nixon=, comp. Sociology and social progress. *$2.75.
Ginn.
6–5680.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by R. C. Chapin.
+ =Charities.= 17: 472. D. 15, ’06. 430w.
“A timely and valuable book. The selections from large works, which is
no easy task, are judiciously made. He has supplied an introduction to
it of his own, in which he sets forth as clearly as has ever been done
the true scope and method of sociology. His treatment is thoroughly
sane.” Lester F. Ward.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 27. Ja. 4, ’07. 1110w.
=Cary, Elisabeth Luther.= Works of James McNeill Whistler; a study.
**$4. Moffat.
7–3697.
Not so much a work of ultimate authority and exhaustive knowledge, as
an intelligent and reasoned view of Whistler’s work for the benefit of
the reader of somewhat limited opportunities.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 119. My. ’07.
=Current Literature.= 42: 289. Mr. ’07. 810w.
“As a piece of critical writing, it is eminently sound and true to
right principles. The aptness of Miss Cary’s phraseology is deserving
of more than casual comment. Exception must, however, be taken to one
expression.” Frederick W. Gookin.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 218. Ap. 1, ’07. 1540w.
“A book which comprehensively covers the field of Whistler’s
accomplishments and embodies a perspicuous account of his methods.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1404. D. 22, ’06. 130w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 469. Mr. 23, ’07. 360w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 322. Ap. 4, ’07. 90w.
“In a word, it is a survey of Whistler’s artistic accomplishments,
presented in an elaborate, beautiful, pictorial setting by an author
whose experience has given her rare insight into the mysteries and
functions of artistic expression.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 15, ’06. 190w.
“Miss Cary’s book is admirably adjusted in its aim. It seems ...
equally admirable in its manner and the selection of its matter.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 76. F. 9, ’07. 640w.
“She is admirable alike in the selection of material and in the
non-technical treatment of his inspiration.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 903. Ap. 20, ’07. 210w.
“It is indeed a patient, accurate literalness which chiefly
distinguishes this book. We get the facts, it is true, but in the end
feel somewhat deprived of that spirit which animates and transcends
mere fact—a spirit which Whistler himself possesses in so abounding a
degree and which he would seem to demand of others.” Christian
Brinton.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 125. Ap. ’07. 370w.
=Casson, Herbert Newton.= Romance of steel: the story of a thousand
millionaires. **$2.50. Barnes.
7–25647.
“Not so much a history of the steel industry itself as of the
successive efforts to capitalize that industry and of the personal
careers of the men whose fortunes have been made in steel-making,
although they themselves were in most instances as ignorant of the
industrial processes by which their wealth was gained as the average
man in the street.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“Mr. Casson’s story has the merit of being remarkably inclusive, on
the historic and physical sides, as well as in its personal aspects.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 820. O. 3, ’07. 800w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 428. Jl. 6, ’07. 150w.
“One of the most readable books of the year.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 381. S. ’07. 140w.
=Castle, Mrs. Agnes Sweetman, and Castle, Edgerton.= My merry Rockhurst.
†$1.50. Macmillan.
7–34310.
“Some episodes in the life of Viscount Rockhurst, a friend of King
Charles II. and at one time constable of his majesty’s tower of
London.” These episodes, although they do not form a consecutive
story, all deal with the same reckless, daring cynic, loyal friend and
devoted father. They tell of his fortunes, his misfortunes, his varied
adventures, his struggles with the world and with himself, and all
have as a background the strangely romantic court at which he played
such a conspicuous part.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The tales are so ingeniously and thoroughly welded together that the
book as a whole forms a complete and satisfactory romance.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 130w.
* Cathedrals of England and Wales: their history, architecture and
associations. 2v. $10. Churchman co.
An opportunity is here afforded of becoming acquainted with the
character, the history, the traditions and associations connected with
the cathedrals of southern Britain.
* * * * *
“A sumptuous gift-book and the enterprise of the publishers is to be
commended. They have introduced to the American public a volume which
is a treasury of art, literature, and history.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 310w.
“The present volumes give an entertaining and, for the general reader,
an adequate account and portrayal.” Cameron Mann.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 629. O. 19, ’07. 860w.
Catholic encyclopedia: an international work of reference on the
constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic church;
ed. by Chas. G. Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, Conde B. Pallen, Thomas J.
Shahan, John J. Wynne, assisted by numerous collaborators. 15v. ea. $6.
Appleton, Robert.
7–11606.
An encyclopedia which as it is produced by American Catholic scholars
who have brought to their task the freshness of view and freedom of
inspiration that stamps Catholicism in America may be said to
represent the “ripest and most developed product of Catholic thought.”
(Lit. D.)
=v. 1.= In this first volume are to be found the contributions of over
1,000 men and women of recognized scholarship, representing 27
nationalities.
* * * * *
“Unfortunately, several of the articles are egregiously one-sided;
some others are conspicuously incompetent, and a few display such
violations of a sane and critical spirit that we could hardly believe
our eyes when we read them.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 1150. My. 16, ’07. 1030w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Considered as an achievement of scholarship alone, it will command
attention.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 765. My. 11, ’07. 1410w. (Review of v. 1.)
“In spite of all criticism ... [it] remains a very notable
contribution to science and a remarkable example of American
enterprise.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 267. S. 6, ’07. 2420w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Though this important work has chief value and significance for
Catholics, it contains a great deal of interest to every intelligent
man, and, so far as it is used by non-Catholics, must contribute to
the correcting of erroneous opinions and the breaking down of existing
prejudices.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 566. Je. 20, ’07. 1830w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It will be generally admitted that the work is the best for
themselves that English-speaking Catholics have yet published, and the
most popular and the most interesting one they have ever presented to
the non-Catholic world.” Henry A. Brann.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 233. Ap. 13, ’07. 2340w. (Review of v. 1.)
“On the whole, in spite of the mediævalism of certain portions, and in
spite of occasional lapses from the general level of excellence—lapses
inevitable in any work of the kind—the first volume must be pronounced
fair and sane, and if succeeding volumes maintain the same standard
the work cannot fail to prove exceedingly useful.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 787. Ag. 10, ’07. 2040w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The contributors represent Catholic scholarship in its broadest sense
throughout the world.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 757. Je. ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)
* =Cattelle, Wallis Richard.= The pearl: its story, its charm and its
value. il. **$2. Lippincott.
7–30808.
The story of the pearl is told “from its birth and growth under tropic
seas, through the search for it by dark skinned divers of the Orient
and its journeyings by the hands of men who traffic in precious
things, until it becomes finally the cherished familiar of the great.
Historical and traditional allusions, the sentiment and superstitions,
the romance of ancient and noble associations drawn to it through the
ages, are garnered here and to them added the more prosaic facts which
a merchant’s experience suggests, to enable lovers of the dainty
sea-gem to discriminate.”
=Cautley, C. Holmes.= Millmaster. $1.50. Longmans.
With a setting furnished by a Yorkshire manufacturing village the
reader’s interest is centered in “the upright and self-contained
millmaster and his son, Mark, a character gentler than his father but
as estimable.” (Lond. Times.) A book in which the human element is
strong, the description informing, and which is “stamped with the
hallmark of sincerity.”
* * * * *
“It is something to the credit of the author that he has done what he
evidently set out to do, and those who can master the dialect may like
those parts of the book which fail to attract us.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 130w.
“The author has looked with clear and kindly eyes upon life, and is
concerned only to portray it as it is. The result is a novel of very
real value.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 72. F. 2, ’07. 500w.
“Mr. Cautley’s novel is too long, but there is good stuff in it.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 148. F. 2, ’07. 150w.
=Cellini, Benvenuto.= Life of Benvenuto Cellini; tr. and ed. by John
Addington Symonds, with an introd. to this ed. by Royal Cortissoz. 2v.
**$6. Brentano’s.
6–40203.
This edition is complete enough for the student and artistic enough in
book workmanship for the collector. Besides Mr. Symonds’ introductory
material, Royal Cortissoz presents a “sympathetic though critical”
interpretation of the “discrepancy between Cellini’s personal
forcefulness and artistic achievement.”
* * * * *
“It may be said at once that no more distinguished piece of
book-making has come from an American press for a long while past. The
typography while usually excellent, is not impeccable.”
+ + − =Dial.= 41: 455. D. 16, ’06. 330w.
“A more satisfying edition of this classic autobiography does not
exist in English.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 64. Ja. 12, ’07. 90w.
“This reprint is likely to remain for years the preferable library
edition of these fascinating memoirs.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 150w.
“Altogether the edition presents this classic in a form of such good
taste and solid excellence of workmanship that it will be welcomed by
all lovers of literature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 866. D. 15, ’06. 160w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 114. Ja. ’07. 60w.
=Chadwick, Hector Munro.= Origin of the English nation. (Cambridge
archæological and ethnological ser.) *$2.25. Putnam.
7–29044.
By making use of all branches of ethnological study—history,
tradition, language, custom, religion and antiquities—the author
“deals with the history, social and otherwise of the tribes whose
coming, to put the matter briefly, changed Britain to England.”
(Spec.)
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 709. Ap. ’07. 40w.
“Mr. Chadwick has written a book which no special student of Saxon
England can neglect. But this critical method is open to cavil. In the
first place, the criticism is too linguistic. In the second place,
being linguistic, the criticism lacks principle.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 468. Ap. 20. 480w.
“It is a work for students, and they are not likely to neglect it: but
many years will pass before its results can be incorporated in
textbook and handbook.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 91. Mr. 22, ’07. 820w.
“There was certainly room for such a work, in which all the available
evidence should be carefully considered, and Mr. Chadwick has done
this with the greatest minuteness. In fact, his book suffers to some
extent from over-minute discussion of questions which have at best a
very faint bearing upon the main subject of his inquiry. Another
general criticism which might be made is that Mr. Chadwick is rather
too much given to the common, but very unsatisfactory, process of
drawing a strong conclusion from a series of very weak premises.”
+ − =Nature.= 75: 555. Ap. 11, ’07. 780w.
“The value of the book lies in the healthy spirit of scepticism which
pervades it, and which is the outgrowth of an unusually wide knowledge
of Teutonic philology, literature and archaeology.”
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 550. S. ’07. 180w.
“A very learned and careful work.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 337. Mr. 2, ’07. 220w.
=Chadwick, Rev. John White.= Cap’n Chadwick, Marblehead skipper and
shoemaker. *60c. Am. Unitar.
6–35723.
A portrait, sketched by his son, of a rugged yet unvaryingly tender
hearted New Englander who plied his shoemaker trade in winter and
followed a skipper’s life in summer.
* * * * *
“In spite of some looseness of style the book is spell binding from
start to finish.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ − =Arena.= 37: 111. Ja. ’07. 120w.
“This little biography will be treasured not alone by those who revere
its author’s memory, but by the wider public who will find in it a
sympathetic yet discriminating characterization of a life well worth
telling about, but of a kind not often described outside of fiction.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 93. Ja. 12, ’07. 750w.
=Chamberlin, Georgia Louise, and Kern, Mary Root.= Child religion in
song and story: a manual for use in the Sunday schools or in the home.
$1. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–26993.
Believing in unity in lesson, songs, prayers and memorized texts the
authors of this book have arranged a series of thirty-nine lessons for
children from six to nine in the Sunday school. The development of a
general religious theme is aimed at in each group, and the groups
follow each other in logical arrangement. The book is suggestive
thruout and may be used in the home as well as in the Bible school.
=Chambers, Robert William.= Fighting chance. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–29527.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Deeply interesting as it is, ‘The fighting chance’ is not without
flaws and imperfections.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 121. F. 2, ’07. 370w.
“Mr. Chambers has achieved another success.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 193. F. 16. 180w.
“How far Mr. Chambers is correct in his representation of the ways and
manners of wealthy and ‘exclusive’ New Yorkers, especially of those
who contrive to combine business with pleasure, must be left to the
judgment of critics equipped with expert knowledge; but at any rate it
is brisk and credible.” Herbert W. Horwill.
+ =Forum.= 38: 544. Ap. ’07. 760w.
− =R. of Rs.= 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Chambers has handled a problem, unpleasant in itself, with
exceptional skill and delicacy in this story.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 220. F. 9, ’07. 220w.
=Chambers, Robert William.= Tracer of lost persons. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–20360.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“All the light side of his nature, the fun and the cleverness, go into
such a collection of stories as this, and the world is the better for
getting so much wholesome laughter and tender sentiment.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 345. Ap. 6, ’07. 350w.
“Though cast in the guise of a continuous narrative, this volume
consists in reality of short stories and should be read as such.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 574. My. 11. 140w.
“The humor is quite delicious, and the whole thing is carried through
with great spirit.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 80w.
=Chambers, Robert William.= Tree of heaven. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–17386.
“The occult in everyday affairs is the theme of this new book.... Each
one of the stories of which the volume is composed tells the tale of
some mysterious happening, some supernatural experience, beyond the
power of material reasoning to explain, which comes into the life of
some ordinary everyday man.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 603. Ag. ’07. 360w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 458. Ag. 22, ’07. 140w.
“Trim, carefully upholstered, and perfectly imaginable tales. Very
good of their extravagant kind.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 544. Je. 13, ’07. 110w.
“Some of the separate stories are excellent in their mechanism and in
the way of their telling. Nearly all of them suffer from opulent
adjectivitis. Mr. Chambers too often marches along with his head in
rainbowlike clouds, which he scatters like fragments all over his
pages until the reader fairly longs for a nice gloomy page or two in
which nothing will sparkle or flash or flame or dazzle or
scintillate.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 90w.
=Chambers, Robert W.= Younger set. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–26022.
“In the ‘younger set’ from which he gets his title Mr. Chambers finds
much that is buoyant, much that augurs well for the future of the
social development of New York. His hero is a gentleman and a soldier;
his heroine a clear-eyed pure-minded young girl, the embodiment of
faithfulness, good breeding, and true-heartedness; while there is a
really charming family picture of father, mother, children, and
dogs—Mr. Chambers’s dogs are always capital, by the way. The more
serious purpose of the book is to discuss certain aspects of the
divorce problem.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“It is this vicious, sordid element which, we think, spoils the
genuine love story that runs through the book. But Mr. Chambers is a
clever writer and a close student of character.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 580. N. 9. 250w.
“Under a veil of pseudo-realism can no more disguise its fundamental
melodrama than cottonseed oil can escape notice in a salad dressing.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 26: 163. O. ’07. 630w.
“The treatment is marred by the note of insincerity, and the virtuous
types that the author contrasts with the vicious ones are too unreal
to be taken seriously. It has certain elements of positive excellence,
such as constructive art, poetical elegance of diction, and a
sympathetic touch.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 350w.
“A sort of perverted Sabbath school story about the younger set in New
York society.”
− =Ind.= 63: 756. S. 26, ’07. 950w.
“This argument is the weakness in his story, because it is out of
place, and it is not sustained by the lives of the characters
portrayed.”
− =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 120w.
“The purpose of the novel—the inculcation of the idea that divorce
does not terminate all the obligations of marriage—is clearly and
interestingly evolved, in spite of the exaggerations and
artificialities of expression with which it is at times obscured.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 577. O. 19, ’07. 620w.
“The author has taken plenty of space and filled his stage with more
men and women, girls and boys, than we can enumerate. But they are all
drawn with such skill and knowledge that one closes the book with a
pleasant sense of its abundant vitality, breadth, and charm.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 309. O. 11, ’07. 450w.
=Nation.= 85: 187. Ag. 29, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 535. S. 7, ’07. 670w.
“An absorbing story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The present volume is a genuine piece of work, alive and tingling
with nervous energy, although it is inferior in some respects to Mr.
Chambers’s best work.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 44. S. 7, ’07. 260w.
“It is in more than one respect far more pleasant than the average
novel of American society.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 549. N. 2, ’07. 220w.
=Champlain, Samuel de.= Voyages and explorations of Samuel de Champlain
(1604–1616) narrated by himself; tr. by Annie Nettleton Bourne, together
with the voyage of 1603, reprinted from Purchas his pilgrimes; ed. with
introd. and notes by Edward Gaylord Bourne. 2v. ea. **$1. Barnes.
6–32458.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The translation is readable, the introduction excellent, and the
notes, though not numerous, frequently offer original and valuable
suggestions.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 424. Ja. ’07. 290w.
“A very detailed account, which should be found in any considerable
collection on the early period of American and Canadian history.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07.
“The editing and translation show painstaking care and appreciation of
the work of the author. Disputed points, obscure references and
seeming contradictions are satisfactorily explained in succinct
foot-notes. An index, also, would have been of value.”
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 205. Ja. ’07. 360w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 153. Ja. 17, ’07. 80w.
“The present translation by Mrs. Bourne is a boon to the reading
public as well as a tribute to the great explorer and the acute
observer whose fame grows as the knowledge of his service becomes more
generally known.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 133. Mr. 2, ’07. 960w.
=Champney, Elizabeth W.= Romance of the Italian villas. **$3. Putnam.
7–431.
“From the vast storehouse of Italian legendary lore the author has
collected a dozen or so stories identified with as many villas and has
retold them, mostly in archaic form, so as to present an illusion of
the past.” (N. Y. Times.) “She writes not so much of buildings as of
the romantic and dramatic events which have taken place within their
walls, not to mention other interesting incidents in the lives of
famous people who dwelt there.” (Lit. D.) Numerous fine illustrations
which are reproductions of paintings emphasize the value of the work.
* * * * *
“Carefully selected and delightfully told.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07.
“Will not take high rank either as a collection of tales or a literary
guide-book. The style is undistinguished, and the author’s version of
the histories attaching to the villas of which she writes is tame and
undramatic.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 788. Je. 29. 200w.
“She writes with verve, communicating to her reader the charm she
feels herself.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1152. My. 16, ’07. 130w.
“It is a book such as only careful research could have produced well,
but Mrs. Champney can be trusted to be sure of her ground. Having done
this, she proceeds to write in a manner that is always felicitous.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 90w.
“The reader, for whom many personages of history are perhaps but
names, is brought, as it were, into close intimacy with them in their
very palaces.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 547. Ap. 6, ’07. 250w.
“It is a question whether anyone has the right to change facts even
though they have no securer foundation than legend. These things Mrs.
Champney has done. There is not the slightest doubt that she has
improved the dramatic qualities of several of the stories she has
handled.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 630w.
“Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney has made some very careful selections from
the treasures of Italian legends, and has presented them in a manner
most attractive to foreign readers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. ’06. 210w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 704. N. 24, ’06. 40w.
“With the subjects she has chosen it would be hard not to make a
readable book, and this one is eminently so.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 445. Jl. ’07. 350w.
=Chancellor, Edwin Beresford.= History of the squares of London:
topographical and historical. *$5. Lippincott.
A history of London squares thru time and change with anecdotes of
their famous occupants, omitting present or recent owners. In
interesting succession are presented Berkeley square with its statue
which Herbert Spencer maintained is better than the Venus de Milo;
Grosvenor square with anecdotes of Alvanley and Nelson, Thrale and
Wilkes; Cavendish square, with its reminiscences of the Marquis of
Steyne and Princess Amelia, and Selwyn and Lord Bessborough.
* * * * *
“This book, which Mr. Chancellor has compiled with remarkable skill
and industry, appears at a fitting time.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 12. Jl. 6. 1000w.
“Mr. Chancellor’s account of his style is too modest. There is very
little indeed in his book that can accurately be called ‘dull
enumeration,’ and there are plenty of anecdotes, bits of forgotten
history, and curious reminiscence.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 376. D. 1, ’07. 450w.
“There may be nothing new in it—and indeed it is the kind of book that
can be written only by grace of the books that have preceded it; but
it is never dull, and that is saying much of a work which contains 400
large pages and weighs 3 lb.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 230. Jl. 19, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“A work of considerable research and replete with curious and often
valuable historical information.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 769. N. 30, ’07. 160w.
“Very entertaining is a good deal of the information the author has
piled together about all the principal squares in London.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 21. Jl. 6, ’07. 390w.
=Chandler, Frank Wadleigh.= Literature of roguery. (Types of English
literature ser.) 2v. **$3. Houghton.
7–31996.
The second work of a series whose plan is to deal with all the
important literary forms in English by a division according to types
rather than a division into chronological periods. A concise
description is given of the earlier appearances of the rogue as a
typical figure in the literatures of Spain, France, Germany and
Holland; then follows the rogue of the mediaeval time as he appears in
drama, legend, and jest book, and the rogue of the picaresque novel of
Elizabethan time. Criminal biographies, prison chronicles, drama,
opera, sociological studies, and lyric verse are shown to yield their
rascals, and the authors who have portrayed them are discussed.
* * * * *
“Its greatest charm lies in its peculiar combination of authority with
human interest, of scholarly methods and an imposing bibliography with
a fine sense of proportion,—a large grasp of the matter as a whole and
in its relation to other lines of literary research.” Edith Kellogg
Dunton.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 315. N. 16, ’07. 1920w.
“His work is unique in its scope.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 195. Mr. 30, ’07. 130w.
“Whoever has the courage to plow through or the inspired wisdom to
skip that dismal first volume will find that in the second, beginning
with Defoe and coming down to Thackeray, there is a really interesting
account of the English literature of roguery, punctuated with
pertinent critical remarks, and delivered like a man of this world.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 744. N. 23, ’07. 1400w.
=Channing, Elizabeth Parsons.= Autobiography and diary: gleanings of a
thoughtful life. *$1. Am. Unitar.
7–25238.
A diary kept by the author during more than thirty years. The aim of
Miss Channing’s friends in offering the volume is to lead to a “closer
realization of the value of clear thinking and sincere feeling in
things religious ... to promote reverence for things deep and true,
love for things high and holy, patience in trial, and above all, faith
in God.”
* * * * *
“Her diary is the simple record of a thoughtful mind, essentially
womanly, carrying on homely tasks with patience, yet capable of
sharing in the world’s movements.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 747. N. 30, ’07. 350w.
=Chapin, Anna Alice.= Heart of music: the story of the violin. **$1.60.
Dodd.
6–43758.
“Beginning far back in the region of legend, the story of this most
ancient of all stringed instruments grows from the turtle shell to the
marvel of Stradivarius, and is enthroned as the one perfect thing—‘the
heart of music incarnate and triumphant.’”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 39. F. ’07.
“Her book is good of its kind, replete with curious information, and
well written.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 542. D. 20, ’06. 150w.
“This vivid style and her faculty for choosing and setting forth
lucidly and logically the salient characteristics of an epoch, a
nation, or an individual makes her pages very readable.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 51. Ja. 26, ’07. 570w.
“An attractive book for all passionate lovers of the violin, and yet
one that, by reason of the great mass of facts collected will hold the
attention of students.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 110w.
=Chapman, Frank Michler.= Warblers of North America, by Frank M.
Chapman, with the cooperation of other ornithologists; with 24 full-page
colored pls., il. every species, from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
and Bruce Horsfall, and half-tones of nests and eggs. **$3. Appleton.
7–14643.
“The first untechnical monograph on a single group of American birds,”
including Gerald Thayer’s notes on songs and habits of birds. The
special treatment of the warbler family, each species and subspecies
being taken up in turn, is followed by a list of biographical
references which “rounds out the treatment in a way that leaves
nothing to be desired.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 119. My. ’07.
“To the technical ornithologist, as well as to the amateur with only
the myrtle and yellow warblers on his ‘list,’ this volume will be of
constant use.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 438. My. 9, ’07. 570w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 74. F. 9, ’07. 150w.
“Its plan is easy of grasp and tends to make the book not only a
pleasant reference volume, but gives it a place as a work of permanent
and authoritative value.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 110w.
“Its title would much better have been ‘The wood warblers of North
America,’ for the true warblers, family Sylviidae, also represented in
North America, are not treated at all.” Harry C. Oberholser.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 26: 305. S. 6, ’07. 480w.
=Chapman, J. Wilbur.= S. H. Hadley of Water street: a miracle of grace.
**$1.25. Revell.
6–29045.
The narrative of the thoro evangelization of a man who spent a wild
youth, became a drunkard, thief and gambler, but who after the
transformation devoted twenty years to a useful life.
* * * * *
“Dr. Chapman has yielded somewhat disproportionate space to the
eulogies pronounced over Mr. Hadley at the time of his death.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 59. Ja. 17, ’07. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 850. D. 8, ’06. 190w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 894. D. 8, ’06. 180w.
=Charles, R. H.=, ed. Ethiopic version of the book of Enoch; ed. from 23
Mss., together with the fragmentary Greek and Latin versions. (Anecdota
oxoniensia, Semitis ser., pt. XI.) *$4. Oxford.
The author “holds that parts of the book were originally composed in
Hebrew, parts in Aramaic, and that some at least of the original was
in poetic form. The text is clearly printed and there is an ample
apparatus of variant readings.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“Professor Charles’s long-expected critical text of Enoch constitutes
a marked advance upon previous editions of that important work.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 29: 320. Ap. ’07. 60w.
“In the present careful text and very full apparatus the task seems
done with tolerable finality.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 106. Ja. 31, ’07. 300w.
=Chart, D. A.= Story of Dublin; il. by Henry J. Howard. (Mediaeval towns
ser.) $2. Macmillan.
7–25495.
This is a story of Dublin from the year 150 A.D., in which the author
does his surest work when he reaches mediaeval Dublin with its wealth
of reliable material. He writes of the city, its topography, its
buildings, of the variety and picturesqueness of the outlying country,
of people and incidents; and lends to the whole a historical
background. The illustrations are principally from pen-and-ink
sketches and give value to the work.
* * * * *
“It is unfortunate that in his desire to write a popular tourists’
book Mr. Chart should have spoilt the history which, so far as it
goes, has evidence of a real interest, research, and, we venture to
say, promise of better work.”
− + =Acad.= 73: 942. S. 28, ’07. 820w.
“There are plenty of truths in this book—plenty of learning also; but
there are grave gaps and often annoying inaccuracies.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 34. Jl. 13. 1320w.
“A narrative at once agreeable to read and of historic value.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 791. Ag. 10, ’07. 230w.
=Chaucer, Geoffrey.= Stories from Chaucer, (Children’s favorite
classics.) 60c. Crowell.
7–25660.
A faithful prose rendering of the best of the “Canterbury tales”
written for young readers with the hope of stimulating a later study
of Chaucer in the original text.
* * * * *
“When one re-tells the Canterbury stories, adding to them material
which is not part of them, the result is of doubtful value. Mr.
McSpadden’s introduction is in many ways worthy, and he shows a
sincere effort to retain the spirit of the master genius.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 496. N. 28, ’07. 100w.
“The best that can be said about ... ‘Stories from Chaucer’ ... is
that [it is] a literary impertinence. They are written, it is true ...
with skill and cleverness, and with a limpid style that brings them
quite within the limits of ten-year-old understanding. But why should
mayhem be committed upon the literary body of a subtle, suggestive,
and intellectual poet in order to make a holiday for babes?”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 568. S. 21, ’07. 320w.
=Cheney, John Vance=, ed. Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the
United States from Washington to Polk, from Taylor to Roosevelt. 2v.
*$3. Reilly & B.
6–34849; 6–35584.
Two handsome volumes which print collectively for the first time the
inaugural addresses of our presidents.
* * * * *
“The bindings are simple and chaste, and the presswork
unexceptionable. The addresses themselves form a subject well suited
to be clothed in the form in which they here appear.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 633. My. ’07. 100w.
=Dial.= 40: 133. F. 16, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 2.)
Reviewed by Edward Cary.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 682. O. 20, ’06. 1130w.
=Cheney, Warren.= His wife. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–31211.
A group of Russian peasants among Alaskan snows enact here a drama
impossible in its primitive passions to a more conventional setting.
The wife of Luka dies in the first chapter, and he, crazed by her
loss, wanders away to search for her. He fancies he has found her in
his brother’s promised bride, wins her love, is wounded in the quarrel
with his brother for her possession, and awakes after an illness to a
realization that she is not the much loved wife he has lost. How these
two souls so oddly met, so strangely bound together, work out their
own happiness is the story of the book.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
=Chesson, Nora.= Father Felix’s chronicles; with introd. by W. H.
Chesson. *$1.50. Wessels.
“If ‘Father Felix’s chronicles’ suggest Maurice Hewlett, it is by no
means in the ways of imitation, conscious or involuntary.” (Nation.)
“Father Felix is a priest of the order of St. Benedict in the early
part of the fifteenth century, and he has knowledge, in one way or
another, of the loves and hates and desires and revenges of the men
and women who surround the throne of King Henry IV. The author makes
him tell the story of these vanished people so vividly that the dust
of their passions seems touched with the fire of actual life.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
“She had in fact, assimilated the period as few novelists of to-day
have done. Her tale is somewhat disjointed and episodic, but its
vitality keeps interest for it. It is very learned in the times, but
its learning is never an obsession.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 796. D. 22. 210w.
“It may well be said that the introduction to this remarkable story
will create antagonism. Nevertheless, in spite of this serious
handicap, the book itself shows ability of so rare an order as to
point an instructive difference between a real creation and the flimsy
stuff passing current as historical fiction.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 102. Ag. 1, ’07. 640w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 503. Ag. 17, ’07. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The volume is well worth reading for the vivid picture which it
leaves upon the mind, of life at the beginning of the fifteenth
century.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 60. Ja. 12, ’07. 140w.
=Chesterton, Gilbert Keith.= Charles Dickens. **$1.50. Dodd.
6–34069.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Not a systematic, exhaustive biography, but a suggestive,
appreciative, and at times brilliant tribute to the great author; not
free from paradox or exaggeration, but illuminating and always
entertaining.”
+ + − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
“It is more characteristically frolicsome, less restrained and direct,
than the same author’s study of Browning.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ + − =No. Am.= 183: 1047. N. 16, ’06. 1530w.
“It has the real Dickens’ merit of leaving the reader exhilarated and
on better terms with all the world.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 509. Ja. ’07. 620w.
“Mr. Chesterton’s ‘Dickens’ is the best thing he has done in
criticism.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 634. F. ’07. 620w.
=Childe, Charles P.= Control of a scourge; or, How cancer is curable.
(New lib. of medicine.) *$2.50. Dutton.
7–29144.
“The purpose of the book is to teach that the dread disease of cancer
is curable by operation if taken in time. According to the diagnosis
of Dr. Childe, cancer is, in its earliest stages, entirely a local
disease, at least in many cases the result of local irritation.”
* * * * *
“The most optimistic book on cancer that has perhaps ever come from a
physician of experience without any ulterior motive.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 857. Ap. 11, ’07. 230w.
“Mr. Childe deserves the thanks of the public for his very lucid
explanation of the practical importance of the latest conclusions of
surgery.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 67. Mr. 1, ’07. 680w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 83. Jl. 25, ’07. 350w.
“Whether the subject could not have been dealt with in a quarter of
the space with equally satisfactory results as regards the general
public is a question, many of the details introduced being quite
unnecessary for the average man or woman to know.” R. T. H.
− + =Nature.= 76: 171. Je. 20, ’07. 220w.
“These two hundred pages are the more interesting in that they are
devoid of quackery and are composed in the most simple language, for
the encouragement and enlightenment of the general public.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 149. Mr. 9, ’07. 460w.
“His book is clearly written and neither technical nor sensational.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 250w.
“His book is extremely valuable.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 1012. Je. 29, ’07. 410w.
=Chisholm, Louey.= Enchanted land. Pictures by Katharine Cameron. †$3.
Putnam.
Sixteen fairy tales retold and pictured in color.
* * * * *
“Many of the colour pictures are insipid and leave a great deal to be
desired.”
− =Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 30w.
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 140w.
“Many of the stories will not be familiar, so that the ‘retelling’ is
welcome.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 527. Ja. ’07. 70w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 13, ’06. 20w.
“Special praise is due Miss Katharine Cameron for the coloured
illustrations which reach a high standard of excellence.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 280. Ja. ’07. 40w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
“Miss Katharine Cameron delights in colour and indulges recklessly in
paint, her drawing is feeble, but she occasionally gets some very
pretty and Conderesque effects of colour and decoration.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
“Among the books of old fairy-tales retold, we wish particularly to
call attention to Miss Chisholm’s ‘Enchanted land.’”
+ =Spec.= 97: 939. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
=Chisholm, Louey=, comp. Golden staircase: poems for children. il.
**$2.50. Putnam.
An anthology of child verse whose aim is wholly educative. The best
writers, English and American, who have written poems for children are
included.
* * * * *
“Should have a word of especially appreciative praise, because it
assumes on the part of the child a natural taste for that which is
beautiful, and a natural love for the imaginative.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 250w.
“Admirable anthology.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 627. Ap. 20, ’07. 140w.
=Chittenden, Russell Henry.= Nutrition of man: a course of lectures
delivered before the Lowell institute of Boston. **$3. Stokes.
7–21556.
Professional men, volunteers from the hospital corps of the United
States army, recruits from the ranks of university athletic students
form what has been termed “Professor Chittenden’s starvation squad.”
These lectures give the result of his experiments in putting willing
subjects on half rations and less.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 193. N. ’07.
“This book is one of first-rate importance, not only to the
physiologist and physician as a guide to scientific truth, but also to
the individual, and even to the state.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 45. Jl. 13. 1220w.
“It seems safe to say that this thoroughly revolutionary work will
attract more general popular attention than any other scientific book
has attracted in many years.” Michael Williams.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 329. My. 25, ’07. 2370w.
“It is interesting also to the economist, because for the first time
it bridges in part the gap between human energy and social wealth.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 568. S. ’07. 200w.
=Cholmondeley, Mary.= Prisoners. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34683.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Concocts a melodrama rivaling Ouida at her most inventive, but
proceeds to recount it in a manner not unworthy the chronicler of
‘Cranford,’ or ‘The perpetual curate.’” Mary Moss.
+ − =Atlan.= 99: 118. Ja. ’07. 360w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 110. Ja. ’07. 760w.
“We can only characterize the new book as a disappointment.” Wm. M.
Payne.
− =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 250w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 123. Ja. ’07. 120w.
Christ that is to be, by the author of Pro Christo et ecclesia. **$1.50.
Macmillan.
7–30464.
“A series of successive efforts to think what the gospel of Jesus
really is.” Some of the suggestive channels in which effort is
directed are the following: Our need of reformation, The actions of
Jesus, The doctrine of prayer, Salvation of joy, The use of sin, The
use of pain, Fatalism and asceticism, The devil and his angels, The
scorn of superstition; Mind and disease, Fasting and temptation, and
The sword and the muck-rake.
* * * * *
“This book is full of interest and ideas; it is well, if not too
copiously written; and with many of its main arguments we are in
agreement.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 646. N. 23. 1320w.
“What has been said affords but a very partial glimpse of a laborious
and fascinating discussion of many things—prayers, the ascetic life,
inspiration, demonology, war and the like. Its effect is not only to
stimulate thought but to excite obedience and to spread sincerity.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 306. O. 11, ’07. 1000w.
“Fulfils in a great measure the promise of the earlier work; or
perhaps it would be more accurate to say that some chapters more than
fulfil that promise, while in the others the shadow of modern
superstition darkens the lucidity of the thought.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 751. N. 16, ’07. 500w.
=Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald H. Christie).= Embroidery and tapestry
weaving: a practical text-book of design and workmanship; with drawings
by the author and other. il. $2. Macmillan.
7–35144.
A practical rather than historical handbook. “Of stitches alone, some
forty kinds are here explained and illustrated by clearly drawn
diagrams; methods of work, also amply illustrated, occupy several
chapters; while others are devoted to tools, appliances, materials,
garniture, etc.” (Int. Studio.)
* * * * *
“Practical, clearly written, and well illustrated.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07.
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 840. D. 1, ’06. 60w.
=Christie, William Wallace.= Boiler-waters, scale, corrosion, foaming.
*$3. Van Nostrand.
6–45054.
This work has for its object to furnish steam-users with information
regarding water, its use, and troubles arising from the use of water,
and remedies that may be used or applied; the gain being more
efficient generation of steam. Numerous illustrations accompany the
text.
* * * * *
“Emphasis is given to the injurious properties of hard waters, and the
illustrations of corrosion, boiler scale, etc., are particularly well
set forth. This is by far the most interesting and valuable portion of
the book. The discussion of the chemistry of boiler-waters is
elementary and superficial. The attempt to furnish simple tests for
the use of engineers is far from satisfactory. Some of the best
methods of analysis are not given, while other descriptions are
incomplete. Furthermore, confusion is introduced by the use of many
different methods of stating results. The theory of water softening is
passed over in a few words, but the descriptions of water softening
plants as related to steam making are clear and concise.” G. C.
Whipple.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 86. Ja. 17, ’07. 220w.
“The book is well written and printed; and the material is of great
value, but it would be of greater value if the author, instead of
quoting the opinions of engineers and chemists on disputed points, had
made a more determined attempt to solve the difficult questions.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 60w.
Christmas anthology: carols and poems old and new. **50c. Crowell.
7–20856.
A holiday book which brings together carols and poems which sing of
the true spirit of Christmas, of love, of charity, of peace and good
will to all men.
=Churchill, Winston.= Coniston. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–19776.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Mary Moss.
+ + =Atlan.= 99: 123. Ja. ’07. 440w.
“Reading ‘Coniston’ is very like spending a week in a remote New
England village, stopping one’s newspaper and keeping away from the
post-office.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
+ + =No. Am.= 183: 415. S. 7, ’06. 840w.
=Cipriani, Lisi de.= Cry of defeat. $1.25. Badger.
6–38992.
Under the sub-divisions, The cry of defeat, Words of love and sorrow,
Songs of others, A curious world, and Crumbs, appear a collection of
short poems varying in subject and merit.
* * * * *
“The only obvious technical defects do not prevent the successful
appeal to our sympathies of a sore and wounded spirit, even where the
tone is not only sorrowful but exceedingly morbid.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 431. Jl. 6, ’07. 280w.
=Cipriani, Lisi.= A Tuscan childhood. **$1.25. Century.
7–31991.
With the buoyancy and naïveté of childhood the fourth of seven
children in an Italian patrician family sets down the incidents of
work and play that fixed the bond of allegiance among them. There is
race temperament in abundance, and yet it is the universal nature of
childhood that makes the strongest appeal.
* * * * *
“All in all, a not half bad hour may be spent over the volume, which
can also well be placed on the shelf for consultation during minor
domestic crises.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“It is pleasant reading for an indifferent mood.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 698. N. 2, ’07. 210w.
“Every detail in the book is so perfectly set in its place and so well
told that one feels a new and pleasant sensation in its perusal.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 454. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
=Cirkel, August.= Looking forward. $1.25. Forward pub. co.
6–42899.
“This is a conspicuous contribution to what may be called the
literature of impractical reform. Not for one but for many vital
problems in the contemporary life of the United States does Mr. Cirkel
proffer a solution. In turn he takes up and with remarkable ease
disposes of the issues raised by the growing power of corporations, by
the railway companies, by the insurance revelations, by the relations
between capital and labor, by the spread of the socialistic movement,
and by the necessity of securing an ‘elastic currency.’”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“It is quite true that there is a good deal in his pages to stimulate
thought. But this is far overbalanced by the visionary character of
the author’s principal proposals and by the extremism of many of his
views.”
− + =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 160w.
=Claassen, H.= Beet-sugar manufacture; authorized tr. from the 2d German
ed., by W. T. Hall, and G. W. Rolfe. *$3. Wiley.
6–38550.
“The scope and plan of the book embraces the entire process of
beet-sugar manufacture from the time of the receiving of the beets to
the finished product.”—Science.
* * * * *
“A book which ranks with the very best in the sugar literature of the
day. It is a pleasure to state that [the translators’] work, too, is
everything that could be desired. A few typographical errors and slips
have crept in, but these will unquestionably be noted and corrected in
a future edition, which, no doubt, will soon be warranted.” F. G.
Wiechmann.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 104. Ja. 18, ’07. 590w.
=Claremont, Leopold.= Gem-cutter’s craft. *$5. Macmillan.
7–18824.
“Describes the appearance of the different varieties of gem-stones,
gives an outline of the industry and craft of gem-cutting, tells how
to identify the real and precious article and note the difference
between it and the imitation, and provides an account of how the gems
are mined and made ready for the market either in their first rough
state, after having been freed from the minerals surrounding them, or
when cut and shaped.” (N. Y. Times.) Fully illustrated.
* * * * *
“The history of the gem from its rough state to its cut and polished
final appearance is given with remarkable clearness in this work by a
cutter of jewels, who writes in the first place for cutters.”
+ + =Acad.= 71: 660. D. 29, ’06. 360w.
“The work before us constitutes almost a new departure in the
literature of precious stones.” J. W. J.
+ − =Nature.= 75: 321. Ja. 31, ’07. 1270w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 840. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
=Clark, Andrew=, ed. Shirburn ballads, 1585–1616; ed. from the Ms.
*$3.40. Oxford.
They are all from a manuscript in the library of the Earl of
Macclesfield, at Shirburn castle. “This collection helps to bridge
over the gap between the earlier ballads and those of the
post-Restoration period. The variety offered is considerable; there
are ballads of religion and of politics, festive ballads and ballads
of earthquakes and monsters.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“The notes of Mr. Shirburn are so learned and interesting that we must
admire them in spite of the poetry which they illustrate.” Andrew
Lang.
+ =Acad.= 72: 232. Mr. 9, ’07. 1140w.
“The editor deserves much praise for the pains he has taken to make
this book serviceable to the student of Elizabethan social conditions.
Many pieces both grave and gay, although throwing no light on
institutions or social conditions, yet have an interest to the
historian as indicating the temper of the times.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 923. Jl. ’07. 300w.
“The editor ... has done his work with great care. If we were to find
fault with anything, it would be that he does not always stick to his
antiquarian last.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 727. Je. 15. 370w.
=Dial.= 42: 319. My. 16, ’07. 140w.
=Lond. Times.= 6: 89. Mr. 22, ’07. 1590w.
“Perhaps the greatest importance of the collection is that it bridges
over the gap in ballad-literature between the early ballads as
represented by Prof. F. J. Child’s monumental work and those of the
post-restoration period.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 384. Ap. 25, ’07. 470w.
=Clark, Henry Martyn.= Robert Clark of the Panjab. **$1.75. Revell.
“This volume commemorates the life and work of a pioneer missionary
amidst a fierce and fanatical people, in northwestern India.... The
courage and gentleness, the energy and patience, the self-devotion and
tactfulness of the ideal missionary were all illustrated in him, and
he did not lack ‘the saving grace’ of a sense of humor. The narrative
is blended with sketches of the land and the people, their ways, and
the lights and shadows thence resulting. Especially noticeable are the
indications of an active interest of both officers and privates of the
British army in Christian missions, outrunning a timid policy of the
civil government.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 217. Jl. 12, ’07. 430w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 140w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 723. My. 4, ’07. 450w.
=Clark, Henry W.= Philosophy of Christian experience. *$1.25. Revell.
W 6–328.
Mr. Clark “approaches the problem of religion and the object of
religious belief from the ethical standpoint. He proposes to treat
religion, not as a science of God and his relation to man, but as an
art, the ‘art of character-production.’ His book is itself evidence
that the Christian religion is primarily a mode of life and conduct,
rather than a system of science or philosophy.”—Am. J. Theol.
* * * * *
“Mr. Clark writes eloquently and persuasively. His argument would be
stronger and more complete if he had pointed out in his chapter on
‘Christian self-culture’ how identification with Christ involves for
man the realization of a definite ideal of service and self-sacrifice.
But, on the whole, the book possesses rare merit, having a freshness
of inspiration and a cogency of thought quite unusual among works of
its class.” Henry W. Wright.
+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 358. Ap. ’07. 550w.
“Not often does one find an account of Christian experience which is
ethically and philosophically so sound and luminous.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 287. S. 29, ’06. 200w.
=Clark, Imogen.= Santa Claus’ sweetheart. †$1.25. Dutton.
6–29778.
“Tells how a little maid hailed a passing sleigh, believing it to
contain Santa Claus, heard many wonderful things from the
merry-hearted Irishman who was driving it, and was left by him at a
lumberman’s hut in the forest, where she found her long-lost
father.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A tender little tale of Christmas time, with big type for
encouragement.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 529. Ja. ’07. 30w.
“Something very charming in the way of a tale has been woven.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1309. D. 22, ’06. 100w.
“The incidents are the homely ones of every day life, but they are
told with such a merry tenderness as to bring out all their humor and
all their pathos, and make them glow with that spirit of the Christmas
time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
=Clark, Mrs. Mary Mead.= Corner in India. **$1. Am. Bapt.
7–20732.
“It is a simple story of life-long devotion to the missionary cause,
ending with a hopeful, if somewhat meagre, outlook.” (Nation.)
Thirty-three years of residence in her corner of the world have
brought Mrs. Clark “into contact with many interesting stories of the
home-life of the savages in Burma, of their life at work and at play,
their worship and strange legends, their relationships with
neighboring villages, and, above all, their slow acceptance of the
Christian faith offered to them by the zealous missionaries.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Her book is consequently of interest both to the casual reader who
likes to know about strange people in remote nooks of the world, and
to those readers who are vitally concerned about the spread of the
Christian religion.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 43: 213. O. 1, ’07. 200w.
“Mrs. Clark’s account gains much by its lack of pretence to literary
style.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 120. Ag. 8, ’07. 250w.
* =Clark, Mrs. S. R. Graham.= Gail Weston. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
7–31978.
A story for young readers which follows the struggle of a mother and
her seven children with poverty. The faultfinding mother, a patient,
brave-hearted elder daughter and a loyal son who left his
grandfather’s comfortable home to shoulder his share of family burdens
are the principal actors in the little drama of toil and final
success.
=Clark, Victor S.= Labour movement in Australasia; a study in social
democracy. **$1.50. Holt.
6–43934.
Aims to describe the “history of the political labour party of
Australasia, to analyse its policy and the results of that policy so
far as applied, and at the same time to make clear the difference as
well as the similarities characterising those countries and America,
which must affect the application to our own problem of their
experience.”
* * * * *
“Not quite so interesting as Reeve’s ‘State experiments in Australia
and New Zealand’ or Lloyd’s ‘Newest England’ perhaps, but more
judicial than either, and more carefully prepared than the latter.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
“The book is moderate in tone and is the work of an observer anxious
to give correct impressions, hence students of labor and social
questions will find it a very useful volume, enabling them to
understand the causes and nature of the social evolution of
Australasia.” George B. Mangold.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 230. Ja. ’07. 610w.
“We highly commend the impartial statements of fact to be found in it,
combined as they are with a form and style of exposition rarely to be
met with among writers upon such topics.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 320. Mr. 16. 540w.
“Dr. Clark has given students of this problem a most admirable
statement of the situation in Australasia,—free from bias, well
arranged and comprehensive enough to include the essential facts.” W.
B. Guthrie.
+ + =Charities.= 17: 468. D. 15, ’07. 480w.
“It is refreshing to find an author who is willing to let the facts
speak for themselves without playing tricks on credulous partisans and
furnishing food for prejudice; and in this interesting volume the
author seems to be honestly trying to place the reader in position to
form his own judgment in the presence of the actual situation without
too much prompting as to the conclusions he ought to derive from the
survey.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ =Dial.= 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 370w.
“Written in scientific spirit, with unprejudiced presentation of both
light and shade, composed in orderly manner with the use of clear
unstrained English.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 455. Ag. 22, ’07. 600w.
“Dr. Clark’s discussion of the working of social democracy in
Australasia impresses one as being eminently fair.” John Cummings.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 242. Ap. ’07. 830w.
“Mr. Clark ... is at his best in the chapter dealing with the economic
and social effects of industrial regulation, particularly compulsory
arbitration. Has covered a large field, and has done his work well; to
our knowledge no other writer—in America at least—has brought back
from that economic wonderland so reliable a report of the alleged
marvels wrought in the name of ‘progress.’ His publisher should have
seen to it that the book was provided with a better index.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 364. Ap. 18, ’07. 1670w.
“While much that he says is entirely just and true the general value
of his book seems to me to be much vitiated by important defects and
omissions. There are also in the volume a number of misstatements of
fact, due, doubtless, to misinformation or to insufficient
observation. All in all, Dr. Clark’s account of the labor movement in
Australasia is of more interest and value to the student of theories
than to the practical man of affairs.” Florence Finch Kelly.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 84. F. 9, ’07. 1730w.
“The chief value of the present book, moreover, lies not so much in
its description as in its interpretation of the facts.” Leonard W.
Hatch.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 353. Je. ’07. 850w.
=Clarke, Henry Butler.= Modern Spain, 1815–1898; with a memoir by the
Rev. W. H. Hutton. (Cambridge historical series.) *$2. Putnam.
7–6416.
The posthumous work of a man “of acknowledged competence in matters,
especially literary, pertaining to Spain, whose book is almost the
only, and certainly the best, account in English of the unfortunate
history of that country during the nineteenth century.... Its attitude
is historical and, a special point for readers on this side of the
Atlantic, its presentation of the Cuban question is temperate and
convincing.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 158. F. 9. 760w.
“A few important points are somewhat slurred, as, for instance, the
matter of the Hohenzollern candidacy; the index is poor, and there are
more slips and misprints than is usual in this series, but on the
whole the book may be warmly recommended.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 254. S. 19, ’07. 140w.
“The weakest part of the book appears to be the last pages, in which
the author deals with the loss of the colonies in the war with the
United States.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 81. Ja. 19, ’07. 1200w.
“The present volume is a work of undoubted authority, and exhibits a
complete mastery of the subject in all its details. It is a book
written as it were from within, from a personal knowledge of the
country and the people.”
+ + − =Spec.= 98: 91. Ja. 19, ’07. 410w.
=Clarke, Maud W.= Nature’s own garden. Il. **$6. Dutton.
“The author tells pleasantly, but with somewhat prolix sentiment, the
story of her researches in English fields and woods for the flowers
she has painted.” (Ind.) The volume is handsomely illustrated with
numerous engravings and fifty colored plates of plants in their native
haunts.
* * * * *
“Unfortunately for her book making, she has studied Richard Jefferies
too much. We are grateful to her and to Messrs. Dent for providing us
with another pretty gift book for our gentle, less critical friends.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 506. My. 25, ’07. 1350w.
“Intelligence and thought and knowledge have worked hand in hand; and
we appreciate these so much that we lament the more the lack of
restraint with which the book is written.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 18. Jl. 6. 390w.
“Eyes hungering for beauty are again, as in Jefferies’s enchanting
pages, persuaded to look at things that are near and common, and to
find it there; and herein lies the value of this book.” Sara Andrew
Shafer.
+ =Dial.= 42: 1364. Je. 16, ’07. 1900w.
“It is interesting to a lover of American flowers to see how English
flowers look, for there are very few of the flowers here figured which
grow here, altho many of them are familiar enough in literature.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 180w.
“The manner of the book is personal in tone, colloquial, not always
quite exact in the use of language, but fairly entertaining in the
mass.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 572. Je. 20, ’07. 560w.
“Essentially a book of the gift class, it is a worthy recruit to the
ranks of the nature books, both in concept and execution.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.
“Written by a nature-lover of unusual skill in description as well as
in observing.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22, ’07. 90w.
“The evident pleasure in the subject and in the task of production is
more than usually infectious, and the sermons in aestheticism tend to
disappear as the book progresses.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 340w.
“The text is written in an involved and high-flown style, which may
occasionally puzzle the understanding of many readers.”
− =Spec.= 99: 329. S. 7, ’07. 230w.
=Clausen, George.= Aims and ideals in art. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–15912.
Eight lectures which treat of such subjects as quality in color,
direct brush work, drawing, imagination and the ideal.
* * * * *
“We have much that is obvious and elementary, and see Mr. Clausen
frequently retiring behind the sheltering authority of Reynolds or
Millet or Leonardo.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 650w.
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Clausen is in fact an avowed disciple of Reynolds’s teaching. He
finds in the famous ‘Discourses’ matter of pregnant interest and help
for the student of to-day; and it is no small compliment to his own
lectures that they recall, in their sanity and stimulating power, no
less than in their clear and temperate style, their great example.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 368. N. 2, ’06. 1230w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 158. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.
“He has hardly mastered Reynolds’ critical position. His method is
simply to juxtapose the old and new in happy oblivion of their mutual
exclusions. He has the artist’s lucky knack of seeing only what he
wants to see, and the practical man’s gift of holding contradictory
opinions. If Mr. Clausen brings us but a little way towards the
solution of the problems which he raises, he has at least produced a
modest and charming little book.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 84. Ja. 19, ’07. 1100w.
“The views expressed here are sound and the thought is clear. There
seems to be little wanting that is possessed by the literary critic,
while there is much that only the painter can know.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 257. F. 16, ’07. 1370w.
=Clausen, George.= Six lectures on painting, delivered to the students
of the Royal academy of arts in London. (London lib.) *$1.50. Dutton.
The six lectures include the following: Some early painters; On
lighting and arrangement; On colour; Titian, Velasquez, and Rembrandt;
On landscape and open-air painting; On realism and impressionism.
* * * * *
“Should be put into the hands of every young student.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 60w.
“We applaud Prof. Clausen for appealing straight to the
unself-conscious common sense of his audience, and for not wasting
time in pedantry.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 158. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.
=Clay, Albert Tobias.= Light on the Old Testament from Babel. $2. S. S.
times co.
7–4784.
“A résumé of the material in the Assyro-Babylonian inscriptions which
bears upon the interpretation and understanding of the Hebrew
Scriptures. There is much material included on Babylonian life and
civilization not to be found in other works of this kind.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“This is a valuable addition from a conservative standpoint to the
abundant literature on this subject.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 29: 319. Ap. ’07. 50w.
“The work is so treated that it scarcely at all duplicates the works
previously published.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 444. F. 21, ’07. 200w.
“The text displays a vicious tendency to minimize the changes of
opinion in the field of Hebrew history and religion made necessary by
recent discoveries, and to gloss over the similarities and magnify the
differences between Babylonian conceptions and those of the Biblical
narrative.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 185. Ag. 29, ’07. 190w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.
=Clegg, Thomas Bailey.= Wilderness. †$1.50. Lane.
“This is a story of a great wrong, a bitter hatred, and retribution
complete and merciless enough to satisfy the most remorseless seeker
after justice.... The scene is laid in Australia, a country which Mr.
Clegg has evidently studied to some purpose; the characters are
primitive men with primitive passions.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“Mr. Clegg writes well.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 130w.
“Its fault is that it is too rich in themes, with the result that no
one of them is adequately worked out.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 270w.
“A thoroughly interesting and unconventional piece of work, vigorous
with the spirit of a land still in its youth, so far as the over
refinements of civilization go; and depicting persons and scenes far
enough out of the ordinary to prove uncommonly attractive to the jaded
reader of stories.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 1510w.
=Cleghorn, Sarah N.= Turnpike lady: a tale of Beartown, Vermont,
1768–1796. †$1.25. Holt.
7–30831.
A story literally steeped in the atmosphere of “little nothingnesses”
that make up the life of a family in a Vermont hamlet at the beginning
of the revolution. It’s “an old-time American idyl with the spirit of
locality strong upon it.”
* * * * *
“One recognizes an uncommonly successful writing-down of many of its
present-day idiosyncrasies. For the rest, the story is quite
inoffensive, told in a rambling, artless, unpracticed fashion, that
almost makes one question whether it were not intended as a juvenile.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 240w.
“A pretty story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 681. O. 26, ’07. 110w.
“One feels that the author has real sympathy with her subject and
characters, and that, despite her abrupt and disjointed manner of
telling the tale, it is really worth having.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 70w.
=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= Christian science.
$1.75. Harper.
7–6631.
Mark Twain’s viewpoint is an objective one, humorously critical and
one which characterizes the Christian science faith in the light of a
reversal of the very things which to its followers are possible. He
counts Christian science among the religions of the insane, and
considers Mrs. Eddy in the light of a self-deified mental despot,
which picture is drawn from the author’s interpretation of her acts
and words.
* * * * *
“He does his work coolly and impartially. ‘Christian science’ in the
United States and elsewhere will find the present work offensive, and
regard some portions of the humor which pervades it as little short of
blasphemy.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 466. Ap. 20. 2140w.
+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 244. N. ’07. 760w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 321. Mr. ’07. 2620w.
“Adds nothing to the fame of the author.”
− =Dial.= 42: 190. Mr. 16, ’07. 140w.
“It certainly is extremely funny—in spots.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 40w.
=Lit. D.= 34: 255. F. 16, ’07. 1250w.
“Mark Twain does not attempt a serious examination of the doctrines of
Christian science; probably he thinks it would be useless.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 108. Ap. 5, ’07. 1450w.
“The book is without beginning, middle, or end; it is extremely
repetitious. It cannot be regarded as either a serious or a humorous
contribution to the discussion.”
− =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“From beginning to end Mr. Twain misunderstands where he does not
misstate the beliefs of Christian scientists.” Charles Klein.
− − =No. Am.= 184: 637. Mr. 15, ’07. 2190w.
“His book is much more than a garland of humor. In reality it is much
more. It is a sober, compassionate and very earnest study of a
remarkable system, the achievement of a very gifted woman.” Charles
Johnston.
+ =No. Am.= 184: 641. Mr. 15, ’07. 1580w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 180w.
“Altogether, this book is unfortunate. Uproarious passages in it which
have all Mark Twain’s old drollery and delightful extravagance tell us
that his great comic powers are unimpaired. They wait to be reapplied
successfully.”
− =Spec.= 98: 536. Ap. 6, ’07. 1570w.
=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= Horse’s tale. †$1.
Harper.
7–34780.
Our much loved humorist has done another kindly service to his dumb
brothers in this story of the cavalry horse, Soldier Boy, and the
sunny little girl who loved him and all the world. There is much
amusing satire in the story, but beneath it there throbs a great
hearted kin-feeling for the animals who serve us, and there is a plea
for true recognition of this service in the tragic death of little
Cathy who lays down her life for the horse who has once saved it.
* * * * *
“We feel the throb of the kindest heart in the world beating for the
helpless, whether brute or human, in this book, as in its long line of
predecessors.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 170w.
“The tale will interest both children and grown-ups.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 519. D. 5, ’07. 90w.
“A short story in a rare vein of the author. Tenderness and swift,
unexpected pathos make it notable.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Combining some of the best flavor of Mark Twain’s peculiar humor with
sentiment borrowed partly from standard nursery literature and partly
from the tracts of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 742. N. 23, ’07. 230w.
=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= King Leopold’s
soliloquy: a defense of his Congo rule. 25c. P. R. Warren co., Boston.
5–32801.
With the intention of aiding Congo reform, Mark Twain arraigns
humorously, but none the less scathingly, the shortcomings of King
Leopold in his dominion over the Congo State.
* * * * *
“The great humorist never wielded his pen more pointedly in behalf of
honesty and humanity.”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 198. Ja. ’06. 60w.
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 664. Je. 1. 50w.
“While we are wholly in sympathy with Mark Twain’s purpose, we cannot
approve of his method. The man so soliloquising would not say the
things which the king is made to say, would not quote long passages
which are, in fact, evidence against himself of the most damnatory
kind. It is not a case, we think, in which fiction can be legitimately
used, and as a matter of fact, it is not used with any great subtlety
or art.”
− + =Spec.= 98: 947. Je. 15, ’07. 270w.
=Clements, Frederic Edward.= Plant physiology and ecology. *$2. Holt.
7–25525.
A book intended for use with classes in second-year botany in college
and university. In fifteen chapters the author treats of stimulus and
response, the water of the habitat, adjustment to water, to light, to
temperature, and to gravity, adaptation to water and to light, the
origin of new forms, methods of studying vegetation; the plant
formation, aggregation and migration, competition and ecesis, invasion
and succession, alteration and zanation. The illustrations, consisting
of photographs and line cuts, are many and good.
* * * * *
“Dr. Clements set himself a very difficult task, perhaps an impossible
one, if we do not mistake the trend of recent study. That must be
allowed for. Our main criticism, however, is not upon the choice of
material for a brief treatise; it is against the attitude of mind that
can tolerate vague explanations and invalid reasoning, and against a
treatment of fundamental topics which is ineffective and not in accord
with present knowledge.” C. R. B.
− =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 307. O. ’07. 970w.
“The author writes in a peculiarly lucid and interesting way.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 257. S. 19, ’07. 150w.
“Constitutes a notable addition to the literature of botany in
America.” Charles E. Bessey.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 26: 440. O. 4, ’07. 620w.
=Clerici, Graziano Paolo.= Queen of indiscretions: tragedy of Caroline
of Brunswick, queen of England; tr. by Frederic Chapman. *$7. Lane.
7–19766.
The unpleasant story of Queen Caroline, the much disliked wife of
George IV. is given in detail in this volume. “To speak of her in the
words of the romantic and attractive title of this book as ‘a queen of
indiscretions’ is to put her case very leniently indeed. Knowing that
scandalmongers were constantly busy with her name, she deliberately
did whatever a mind remarkably fertile in expedients could devise to
make herself talked about the more. Finally she left England and spent
six years trailing her little court ... all over Europe and even into
Asia. Much of this time she spent in Italy. And it is to the records
of her stay in that country that Signor Clerici has especially devoted
himself in the preparation of this book.... The illustrations are
numerous and interesting.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Caroline’s life was an astounding romance, and though it is a little
clouded in the sumptuous volume before us by sentiment and pathos
which are not needed, the account is ably given. The numerous
illustrations, which are admirably reproduced from contemporary
portraits and prints, would alone make the book of interest and
value.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 55. Ja. 19, ’07. 850w.
“It cannot be said that any addition of importance has been made to
history. The book will doubtless have its public, and is laudably free
from errors, unless we count as such the statement that Brougham was
ever the ‘leader’ of the Whig party.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 728. D. 8. 1950w.
“The index, by the way, is evidently not the work of an expert. There
is a lack, too, throughout the narrative, of definite acknowledgment
of sources.”
− + =Dial.= 42: 147. Mr. 1, ’07. 300w.
“It has two great merits—really new material and a seriously
historical mind. He himself has brought to his task immense pains,
lucidity, and an impartiality of mind which does not prevent a
definite view from emerging.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 10. Ja. 11, ’07. 870w.
“The book has for its chief attractions a series of illustrations, of
which several are of interest, and some new, if not very important
evidence as to Caroline’s doings in Italy.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 76. F. 3, ’07. 560w.
“Mr. Chapman has produced a very readable version of the original, but
he ought not to have allowed ‘Huskisson’ to have been spelt
‘Hutchinson.’ Nor can we speak in warm terms of his introduction,
which is largely made up of copious extracts from the Malmesbury
diaries and Lady Charlotte Bury, together with much gossip that had
better have been omitted. Some of the illustrations are exceedingly
curious, and the book altogether is worthy of a better subject.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 118. Ja. 26, ’07. 340w.
=Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover.= Fishing and shooting sketches; il. by H:
S. Watson. *$1.25. Outing pub.
6–35962.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The sentences are sometimes long and involved and do not make what is
called ‘easy reading.’”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 40. F. ’07.
“Short and unpretentious chapters, written as they are in a humane and
enlightened spirit, with an occasional touch of humor in its specific
sense, and a delightful prevalence of good humor throughout.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 190w.
=Ind.= 62: 739. Mr. 28, ’07. 90w.
“This is perhaps the nearest approach the public will ever make toward
seeing an autobiography by Mr. Cleveland.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 80w.
“His little book is full of sound, homely philosophy and quaint
humor.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 64. F. 2, ’07. 220w.
=Clouston, Thomas Smith.= Hygiene of mind. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–29074.
“A convenient and sensible handbook, setting forth the doctrines of
sound health of mind.... The nature of brain action, its dependence
upon the muscular, nutritive, and supporting systems, the changes of
state in the several ages of man, the momentous doctrines of heredity,
the special liabilities of the periods of life, the questions of diet
and exercise, the reflex influences of good cheer and
healthy-mindedness—all these are plainly handled.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“The book is a readable and practical contribution to its topic. It
reflects a clinical interest in the workings of the mind, but lacks
the insight into the underlying psychological relations that might
well sharpen the contours and add interest to the details of the
_ensemble_.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 180w.
“His treatment of the management of instincts is particularly good,
and is supremely sane.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 858. Ap. 11, ’07. 180w.
“The greater portion of the volume escapes from the difficulties
incidental to conflict between physics and metaphysics, and is devoted
to giving good advice concerning the physical, moral, and intellectual
training of the young. In this part of his task Dr. Clouston, although
seldom original, is always sensible and instructive.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 383. D. 16, ’06. 910w.
“A book that parents and others will find helpful in its
suggestiveness rather than in definite directions or explicit advice.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 105. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.
“It is sensibly written and backed by a wide experience of the matters
in hand. A good deal of the author’s advice is stated somewhat too
generally to be easily convertible into terms of practice, but the
burden of his theme is clear enough.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 778. D. 22, ’06. 340w.
“His materials are ample, betray wide experience, and on the whole are
thoughtfully and wisely utilised.”
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 390w.
=Cody, Sherwin.= Success in letter-writing, business and social. **75c.
McClurg.
6–24040.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07. S.
=Colby, June Rose.= Literature and life in school. *$1.25. Houghton.
6–41522.
Concerned with the needs of elementary schools this book “aims to show
that literature should be made a vital part of school life—not merely
in the formal instruction, but in many incidental ways and in a
spontaneous rather than a conventional fashion.... An appendix gives
in condensed form suggestions for class and outside reading.”
(Outlook.)
* * * * *
=Dial.= 42: 233. Ap. 1, ’07. 50w.
“The book is well worth reading, not merely by teachers, but by all
who have an interest in the development of the child mind and in the
advance of good taste and right standards in literary study.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
“The style confuses one as to the usefulness of the book. It is a
literary style, whereas it ought to be a scientific style. This gives
it a vague and indirect air, where one has a right to expect
directness and authority.” Porter Lander MacClintock.
− =School R.= 15: 400. My. ’07. 460w.
* =Cole, Timothy.= Old Spanish masters engraved by Timothy Cole, with
historical notes by Charles H. Caffin and comments by the engraver.
**$6. Century.
7–32152.
This work continues the series of reproductions of paintings by old
masters including Old Italian masters, Old Dutch and Flemish masters,
and Old English masters. The enduring value of Mr. Cole’s engravings
has been faithfully imparted to these reproductions while the text
furnishes an interesting story of Spanish art. “Starting at the moment
when Italian art was entering upon the superb achievements of the high
renaissance, it survived the latter’s decay, reached its own
independent climax in the seventeenth century, and received a
supplementary chapter at the end of the eighteenth. As a connected
narrative it may be said to have begun with the birth of a United
States in 1492.”
* * * * *
“The thirty-one examples of his work contained add fresh lustre to his
fame. Though not all of equal excellence, they are as beautiful
artistically as anything he has previously done, and some of them are
quite unsurpassed. Mr. Cole’s skill with the graver shows no sign of
diminution. His line is still as marvellously varied, as virile and
sympathetically expressive, as ever.” Frederick W. Gookin.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 370. D. 1, ’07. 1050w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 80w.
“Mr. Cole’s illustrations of [Velasquez, Ribera, and Zurburan] ... are
too suave, but he has certainly done the world of art a service in his
other reproductions.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 614. N. 23, ’07. 340w.
=Coleridge, Mary E.= Lady on the drawingroom floor. $1.50. Longmans.
7–35195.
“A dreamy prose idyl; the scene, that most unromantic spot, a London
lodginghouse; the persons, a middle-aged spinster and an elderly
bachelor. Yet with these unpromising materials the author succeeds in
awakening sympathetic attention. The pleasant mystification running
through these pages will not bear too close analysis; nor do we feel
inclined to put it to such a test. Lucilla is the name of the heroine.
She is as agreeable as her name, and lives in an atmosphere of
flowers, music, and firelight, with pets as ill-assorted as a
tortoise, a cat, and a parrot.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Interesting, not for its plot, but for the character sketches and
conversation and the originality of the two main characters. Unusually
well written.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07.
“The dreamy and half-mystical charm characteristic of the author is
stamped on every detail of the story, imparting to it an individuality
and persuasiveness of its own.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 730. D. 8. 120w.
“Hers is the method, rare, indeed, among English writers of fiction,
which constructs without letting the reader see the processes of
construction. There is such comedy or tragedy or fantasy on every page
that the reader soon feels that to skip even a single sentence is to
run the risk of missing something essential to the general effect, and
at once to defraud himself and to do injustice to the writer and there
is something of the fineness of thought which is rarely absent from
good work.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 352. O. 19, ’06. 590w.
“This is a frankly sentimental book, without being at all mawkish.
There are no laughs to be gained from it, but many comfortable smiles.
The author’s style has grace and distinction.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 130w.
“It is very well done but was it worth doing?”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 170w.
“A volume in which the delicate simplicity of the style is happily
attuned to the gracious distinction of the author’s thought.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 684. N. 3, ’06. 1070w.
=Colestock, Henry Thomas.= Ministry of David Baldwin. †$1.50. Crowell.
7–10047.
David Baldwin, a young minister, just out of the divinity school,
receives a call to a conservative pulpit in a Minnesota town, one
condition being stipulated, viz., that he shall take with him a wife.
He fulfills the letter of the call, and enters upon a mission full of
stress and opposition. The pillars of his church denounce his ideas on
the inspiration of the Bible, evolution and the higher criticism as
unsound. How he holds to his principles and wins out in the conflict
furnishes an interesting solution to a present day problem.
* * * * *
=Acad.= 72: 368. Ap. 13, ’07. 180w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 240w.
“The author designates his book a novel, but he would be better
justified in calling it a novel once or twice removed.”
− =Nation.= 84: 341. Ap. 11, ’07. 290w.
“The author, having arranged his pieces and set his problems, having
made sundry moves as if he were going to play the game according to
the rules, finally falls back on an act of God for his solution, which
leaves the whole business where it began.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 139. Mr. 9, ’07. 570w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.
“While there are many homely scenes sufficiently true to life in this
tale ... it lacks grace, and fails to awaken complete sympathy for the
somewhat ordinary young preacher.”
− − + =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.
=Collings, Jesse.= Land reform, occupying ownership, peasant
proprietary, and rural education. *$4.20. Longmans.
7–2568.
This volume by “the well-known supporter of Mr. Chamberlain and
president of the Rural laborers’ league ... opens with a discussion of
the principles of the purchase of land bills, introduced into the
house of commons by the author two years ago. Next follow seven
excellent chapters containing a fairly full history of the origin and
growth of the present English land system, and particularly of the
gradual disappearance of peasant proprietorship. Lastly, a third
division of nine chapters sets forth the arguments for and against the
various proposals which have been made for the revival of British
agriculture and the encouragement of small holdings.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Mr. Jesse Collings will carry a larger public with him in his attempt
to supply material for a history of the land question, from the point
of view of the occupying owner, than he will in his definite
proposals.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 128. Ag. 4. 660w.
“Valuable and instructive work.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 270. Ag. 3, ’06. 1420w.
“A book of which certain parts are extremely interesting, though they
appear in somewhat confused array.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 240w.
“Those who are interested in the problem of English land tenure,
whether they agree with Mr. Collings in his main contention or not,
will find his book instructive; those who are interested in rural
education will find it suggestive, and all who are interested in
social and economic problems should find it worth reading.” Henry C.
Taylor.
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 351. Je. ’07. 860w.
=Sat. R.= 102: 808. D. 29, ’06. 1050w.
“Ought to have been wholly authoritative, and yet throughout must be
read with caution.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 682. N. 3, ’06. 730w.
=Collins, Thomas Byard.= New agriculture. $2. Munn.
6–40570.
“A popular outline of the changes which are revolutionizing the
methods of farming and the habits of farm life. The writer maintains
that farm life was never so attractive as it is today, although he
admits that present methods of production and distribution outside the
farm leave much to be desired.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“The book is a treatise rather than an experience and savors
considerably of poetry as well as of business, and he makes some
mistakes. It will be of use, however, to anyone who wishes to easily
inform himself of recent progress in agriculture or cheer that
ever-increasing hope that lies in urban hearts and makes men think of
a farm home.” J. Russell Smith.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 424. Mr. ’07. 360w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 510. Ap. ’07. 120w.
=Collyer, Robert.= Father Taylor. *80c. Am. Unitar.
6–42972.
Father Taylor lived and preached the principles of universal
brotherhood. “An untutored son of nature, rugged of build, endowed
with keen power of wit and repartee, scathing in his rebuke of
everything low or mean, a father to his homeless sailor ‘boys,’ frank,
generous, outspoken, fearless, owning no man his master in thought or
action, lovable always, with an emotional nature generous in all its
impulses, set aflame in the cause of those to whom he devoted his
life, who made use of his Seamen’s Bethel in the port of Boston.”
* * * * *
“In his ‘Father Taylor’ Robert Collyer is at his best.” Robert E.
Bisbee.
+ + =Arena.= 37: 111. Ja. ’07. 300w.
=Colquhoun, Archibald Ross, and Colquhoun, Ethel Maud.= Whirlpool of
Europe, Austria-Hungary and the Habsburgs; with maps, diag. and il.
**$3.50. Dodd.
7–10613.
“Not merely a travel book, nor yet one purely geographical or
political, but a combination of the two.” (R. of Rs.) “In this
‘Whirlpool of Europe’ may be studied the eddying currents of five or
six different races, religions, and national ambitions. Every phase of
European civilization, every question, racial political, or social,
that has agitated Europe in the last two centuries may be here
studied.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“The book is the more important because of the scarcity of material on
Austria available at the present time.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07. S.
“The value of the book—and it is great—does not consist in reply to
the questions which the reader will put, but in the fact that a vast
mass of material helping him to construct answers for himself is to be
found in the pages of Mr. and Mrs. Colquhoun.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 320. Mr. 16. 350w.
“The book is highly interesting to all who wish information about the
problems of the dual monarchy. The shortcomings of the book are in the
conclusions and the observations of the near past and the present-day
life. The intimate knowledge which cannot be taken from books, but
which can be obtained only by an extended sojourn in the country, is
often lacking, and in its place there are categoric statements not
always reliable.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 40. Jl. 4, ’07. 720w.
“As regards political personages and living issues, such as
Pan-Germanism, Pan-Slavism, etc. the volume is instructive and
interesting. Very interesting also is the authoritative account of the
emperor’s personality.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 280w.
“Mr. Colquhoun’s book appears to us to suffer to some extent from the
attempt to cover too much ground; and we believe that it would have
been more useful if he had devoted rather more space to the history of
the last forty years and rather less to that of the Middle Ages.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 89. Mr. 22, ’07. 1430w.
“It is pleasant to lay hands on a serious study of an interesting
problem by writers who can bring to the task the essential historical
perspective and a capacity for making the event of the day relate to
what came before it.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 146. Ag. 15, ’07. 940w.
“As they have immeasurably accomplished their object, they are fairly
entitled to a vote of thanks, even if they have failed to make their
narrative quite as interesting as the picturesqueness of the material
might persuade one to hope it might be.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 293. My. 4, ’07. 970w.
“A distinct contribution of value to political literature.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 613. Jl. 20, ’07. 190w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 636. My. ’07. 120w.
“The chief weakness in the book lies in the want of arrangement, and
an unfortunate tendency to go off at a tangent at any moment. Contains
the makings of an excellent book on Austria-Hungary, but a great deal
of revision and further study is necessary.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 832. My. 25, ’07. 2000w.
* =Colton, Arthur Willis.= Harps hung up in Babylon. **$1.25. Holt.
7–30424.
A lyrical offering whose verse rings on, sings on as do the loosened
strings of his “harp of Babylon.” “Brief, happily-fashioned records of
a mood, such as ‘Let me no more a mendicant’ or ‘To-morrow,’ show his
characteristic touch, but the ‘Canticle of the road’ is perhaps more
delightful, with its marching measure and breath of ozone. Mr.
Colton’s work does not interpret a wide range of experience nor
formulate a philosophy, though the Eastern morality poems are
thoughtful and true in ethics, but it has a touch of its own and a
charm of personality.” (Putnam’s.)
* * * * *
“He did well, however, to associate his collection with the name and
the charm of its opening lyric, for here is as lovely a bit of melody
as one will find in recent poetry.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 366. D. ’07. 240w.
=Colvin, Sir Auckland.= Making of modern Egypt. 3d ed. *$4. Dutton.
6–24922.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A well-written digest of official reports, skillfully edited by a
‘Financial adviser’ who had a fair share in the ‘making.’”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 810w.
=Commander, Lydia Kingsmill.= American idea. $1.50. Barnes.
7–7168.
“In which the following question is considered: “Does the
determination of the American people to establish a small family point
to race suicide or race development?” The author discusses the
question from first hand observation, search and interview and
concludes that unless there is a social adjustment of industrial and
social conditions, race suicide is inevitable.”
* * * * *
“A volume in which one of the gravest questions of the hour is treated
in a most entertaining yet deeply thoughtful and wisely suggestive
manner.”
+ + =Arena.= 38: 212. Ag. ’07. 800w.
=Ind.= 62: 562. Mr. 7, ’07. 200w.
“The discussion bears none of the dogmatic traits which usually
characterize subjects of this nature; it is conducted in a fair and
dispassionate manner.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 677. Ap. 27, ’07. 390w.
“Is valuable chiefly for the large amount of first-hand testimony it
contains touching the causes of our falling birthrate.” Edward
Alsworth Ross.
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 544. S. ’07. 310w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 90w.
=Commons, John Rogers.= Proportional representation. 2d ed.; with
chapters on the initiative, the referendum, and primary elections.
**$1.25. Macmillan.
7–21300.
The main portion of the work remains unchanged; in addition to it are
several appendices, embracing articles written by the author since
1896, and dealing with the system of direct primary election, the
initiative and referendum—“measures designed to make popular
government in very reality government by the people, through enabling
the people on the one hand to propose and on the other to veto
legislation.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 442. Jl. ’07. 130w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 254. S. 19, ’07. 180w.
“Certain statistical information might advantageously have been
brought closer to date. We observe, also, a few tabular errors that
should have been corrected.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 835. Ag. 17, ’07. 370w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.
=Commons, John Rogers.= Races and immigrants in America. **$1.50.
Macmillan.
7–17894.
“Prof. Commons believes that the dominant factor in American life,
underlying all our political, legal, economic, ecclesiastical, and
moral problems, is the conflict and assimilation of races. He has
shown how the heterogenous elements that go to make up the American
people have influenced our institutions, pointing out the
characteristics of the various races and nationalities, their part in
self-government, their effect on wealth and its distribution, the
forces of Americanization, and the barriers against inundation.”—N. Y.
Times.
* * * * *
“A popular study with scientific basis.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 162. O. ’07. S.
“The work is scientific as to method and popular in style, and forms a
very useful handbook about the American population.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 122. S. 1, ’07. 340w.
“Well fortified throughout by statistics, and evidencing a wide range
of observation, the great merit of the volume is its sensibleness.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 229. S. 12, ’07. 340w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 100w.
“Prof. Commons has managed to set forth an immense amount of condensed
information about these many-colored threads that have gone into the
weaving of our Joseph’s coat and has found room also to discuss, with
a remarkable breadth of view and an unusual amount of common sense,
the causes of immigration, the instruments of assimilation, and the
effect of the new conditions upon the immigrants.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 427. Jl. 6, ’07. 240w.
“Professor Commons has used the last census to good advantage, and
gives much interesting information as to the constituent elements of
this heterogeneous population, and also regarding the continuous
displacing of one group by another with a lower standard of life.” G.
Louis Beer.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 742. S. ’07. 410w.
“We do not recall another book of its size that presents so much
important and essential information on this vital topic.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 758. Je. ’07. 170w.
=Commons, John Rogers=, ed. Trade unionism and labor problems. *$2.50.
Ginn.
5–34201.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.
+ =Charities.= 17: 470. D. 15, ’06. 370w.
=Compayre, (Jules) Gabriel.= Pioneers in education; tr. by M. E.
Findlay, J. E. Mansion, R. P. Jago and Mary D. Frost. 6v. ea. **90c.
Crowell.
7–32037–32041.
A series of six studies on the rise and growth of popular education as
shown in the efforts of the following pioneer educators: J. J.
Rousseau and education by nature; Herbert Spencer and scientific
education; Pestalozzi and elementary education; Herbart and education
by instruction; Montaigne and education of the judgment, and Horace
Mann and the public-school system of the United States.
* * * * *
“M. Compayré possesses keen insight into the significance of the
educational leaders and their contributions to educational thought,
and both his critical and expository writing about them are most
excellent.”
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 536. D. ’07. 70w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 737. N. 16, ’07. 420w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 140w.
=Comstock, Anna Botsford (Mrs. J: H: Comstock) (Marian Lee, pseud.).=
Confessions to a heathen idol; il. from photographs, by Fred Robinson.
†$1.50. Doubleday.
6–36878.
An irresponsive confidant in the form of an ugly little teak-wood idol
hears the nightly heart-confessions of a woman of forty. Even thru her
puzzled wonderings there is the wholesome sanity of a well-poised
woman who says, “life with all its blisses and sorrows, its ecstasies
and commonplaces, is mightily worth while to us mortals, because, good
or bad, it is ever and always so surprisingly interesting.”
* * * * *
“A refreshingly unusual and whimsical book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 589. F. ’07. 550w.
“The book has in it much to please and interest besides its rather
thin little story. It is written with a refinement of taste and a
distinction of manner that are to be found all too rarely in American
fiction. But it lacks vital connection with life. It is pleasing,
interesting, refined, but purely academic.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 350w.
“It is, in fact, a very good mechanism for telling a love story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
=Comstock, Harriet T.= Meg and the others. †75c. Crowell.
6–25997.
“Seldom have we read a sweeter or more natural and wholesome tale for
little folks of from six to ten years of age than this charming
story.”
+ + =Arena.= 37: 222. F. ’07. 160w.
=Conant, Charles Arthur.= Principles of money and banking. 2v. *$4.
Harper.
5–36153.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a work that marks an epoch and it is a work to influence that
epoch—would that it might have that careful reading and study that it
deserves, for the result would be a better America, because a more
intelligent one!” E. S. Crandon.
+ + =New England M.= 35: 591. Ja. ’07. 2350w.
=Connolly, James Bennet.= Crested seas. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–30867.
A new volume of sea stories is added to Mr. Connolly’s other three.
“Many of the old characters of his previous books appear in new rôles
and scenes; Martin Carr, the good-natured veteran; Tommie Clancy, the
reckless sail carrier; Dan Coleman, the soft-hearted skipper, and such
familiar hands as Peter Kane, Sam Leary and Eddie Foy. To a farmer who
has never seen the ocean these stories would be full of interest, but
to one who knows a seine-heaver from a bite-passer, who realizes what
it is to carry full sail when the water stands to the helmsman’s
waist, and has himself heard the rattle of reef points on a tauted
sail and the groaning of riggings under a press of canvas, these tales
of the sea weave a spell that is difficult to throw off for some
time.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠
“The romance of a sailor’s life is not a new theme, but Connolly has
lived and talked with these rough men of the banks, and has discovered
the softer, sweeter side of their lives.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 944. O. 17, ’07. 310w.
“That the author possesses a real, if not too versatile, narrative
gift is undeniable.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 420w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Mr. Connolly appears to understand the psychological make-up of
sea-faring men, and he is hypercritical who would ask too many
questions of a tale teller who always spins a good yarn and frequently
one that has in it the elements of permanent value.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 683. O. 26, ’07. 470w.
“Has the spirited style that befits the sea tale of danger, romance
and adventure.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
=Connor, Ralph, pseud.= The Doctor; a tale of the Rockies. †$1.50.
Revell.
6–41274.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A rather conventional tale, but will be very popular with readers of
earlier stories by the same author. Like them, it has a strong
religious bias.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07. ✠
“A worthy successor of the ‘Sky-pilot.’”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 10. Ja. 5. 360w.
“But out of the total impression left on me by this story two facts
emerge which seem to have significance of the right sort. One of these
is the religious tone that pervades the book. The other significant
fact is what I am compelled to call the immorality of portions of the
book.” Ward Clark.
+ − =Bookm.= 24: 597. F. ’07. 890w.
“Is written in his usual stringent style and abounds in thrilling
situations.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 737. Mr. 28, ’07. 100w.
“A narrative that throbs with human interest.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 270w.
“Yet there is an artistic weakness, and it lies in the reiterated
appeal to the reader’s finest sentiment.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 150w.
“The plot is a little involved and intricate, and therefore not easy
to follow, and the character drawing is not very strongly marked.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 170w.
=Conrad, Joseph (Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski).= Mirror of the sea.
†$1.50. Harper.
6–37221.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In a manner Mr. Conrad’s book marks an epoch, since it is written in
praise of ships, by a man who has sailed them, whose style and shapes
shall be sailed no more.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 777. D. 22, ’06. 760w.
=Conrad, Joseph.= Secret agent. †$1.50. Harper.
7–29428.
A skilfully written story which looks into the lives of anarchists and
the machinery of their organization. It tells of a secret agent in the
employ of the Russian embassy in London, and of his relations with his
employers, with anarchists, with an inspector of police, and with the
sluggish members of his own family.
* * * * *
“It is a masterly study, the raw material of which would have been
turned into crude melodrama by some writers. Mr. Conrad has made it
the vehicle for some of the most telling characterization he has
accomplished.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 361. S. 28. 630w.
“We approach Mr. Conrad’s ‘The secret agent’ with anticipations that
are not fulfilled.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 200w.
“We do not consider ‘The secret agent’ Mr. Conrad’s masterpiece; it
lacks the free movement of ‘Youth’ and the terrible minuteness of
‘Lord Jim,’ while it offers no scope for the employment of the tender
and warm fancy that made ‘Karain’ so memorable; but it is, we think,
an advance upon ‘Nostromo,’ its immediate predecessor.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 285. S. 20, ’07. 440w.
“The characters stand forth clearly enough, but you cannot get
interested in them till you have gone through the first half of the
volume. This is too heavy a draft on the faith of the reader.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 285. S. 26, ’07. 250w.
“There is, nevertheless, a vast gulf fixed between Mr. Conrad and the
melodramatist, between the human tragedy of ‘The secret agent’ and the
detective story of commerce.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 562. S. 21, ’07. 1230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The book will not compare favorably in narrative and descriptive
ability with some of Mr. Conrad’s early work, but it has, in its
strange way, notable tragic intensity.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 130w.
“In an Idle Reader’s opinion he is the best man at present telling
stories.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 370. D. ’07. 90w.
“There are certain obvious blemishes in this book.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 400. S. 21, ’07. 1690w.
* =Conway, Katherine Eleanor.= In the footprints of the Good Shepherd,
New York, 1857–1907; from the Convent annals and from personal study of
the work. $1.25. Convent of the Good Shepherd. N. Y.
7–21320.
A memorial of the fiftieth anniversary jubilee of the Convent of the
Good Shepherd of New York city. “Besides telling the story of the
convent’s growth, Miss Conway gives an interesting account of the rule
of life practiced by the Sisters, and their methods of treating their
charges, with many touching illustrations of the divine efficacy of
the Good Shepherd’s power.” (Cath. World.)
* * * * *
+ =Cath. World.= 86: 115. O. ’07. 390w.
=Conway, Moncure Daniel.= My pilgrimage to the wise men of the East.
**$3. Houghton.
6–38349.
“This volume which forms a supplement to Mr. Conway’s autobiography,
published last year, contains an account of his travels in India and
recounts conversations with leading Buddhists, Brahmins, Parsees, and
Mohammedans. The religious side of the author is thus brought into
unusual prominence, with the result of considerably enhancing the
interest of the volume.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07.
“His peculiar views upon Christianity may repel or offend some
readers, but the kindly spirit in which he writes of all men and
almost all creeds is attractive, and he deals in loving reverence with
the secrets of the underlying religious life of India.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 690. D. 1. 820w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 202. F. ’07. 2030w.
“The work shows him in the ripeness of his powers, and in the
enjoyment of his fearless independence as a free-thinker, but never
playing the part of a scoffer. His perceptions have lost nothing of
their keenness, his hand has not forgot its cunning and literary
craftsmanship.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 8. Ja. 1, ’07. 2100w.
“Mr. Conway ... is a seer with a vivid poetic imagination, with an
irreverent reverence of his own, and goes through the religions of the
Far East with little concern for anything but what appeals to his own
sense of truth and beauty.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 380w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“Mr. Conway’s acquaintance with Hindu literature is so very vague that
the reader must be warned of the valuelessness of such literary
criticism as his fertile mind offers, for in this respect ignorance is
no bar to his daring. The one note that jars in these recollections of
a venerable teacher is that teacher’s too evident pride in his own
mental superiority.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 110. Ja. 31, ’07. 730w.
“This résumé of his religious beliefs and unbeliefs will appear as
shocking to some of his readers as it will appear illuminating to
others. The seasoned reader and thinker will like it for its evident
sincerity and its suggestiveness, but will not be sufficiently
affected by it one way or another to lose any sleep on account of it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 871. D. 15, ’06. 1340w.
“What value his book has lies in his ability to tell a story,
certainly not in his estimate of conditions.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 761. Mr. 30, ’07. 1200w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 754. D. ’06. 100w.
“Any one interested in questions of morality and religion may
profitably read this volume, if he does not mind having his toes
trodden, even trampled on.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 298. F. 23, ’07. 270w.
=Conway, Sir William Martin.= No Man’s land. *$3. Putnam.
W 6–184.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A model of painstaking research.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 316. Ap. 4, ’07. 580w.
=Conybeare, Frederick Cornwallis, and Stock, St. George.= Selections
from the Septuagint according to the text of Swete. *$1.65. Ginn.
5–36804.
“Brief introductions and copious notes fit these easy historical
selections from the Septuagint for use by college students. The book
should be useful in extending the knowledge of the Old Testament in
Greek.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“It is not only scholarly and clever, but also bright and attractive.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 239. S. 1. 230w.
=Bib. World.= 27: 400. My. ’06. 30w.
“The book is welcome as filling a gap in our list of text-books, but
it is in some respects ... disappointing, and it may well be doubted
whether, as the publishers claim, it is a valuable contribution to a
better understanding of the language of the New Testament.” Clarence
H. Young.
− + =Educ. R.= 33: 534. My. ’07. 300w.
=Cook, Albert E.= Bright side and the other side: what India can teach
us; with introd. by J. G. Haller and W. F. Oldham. *75c. West Meth. bk.
7–13927.
In which the fruits of Mohammedanism are discussed. The study is based
upon a knowledge of the religion’s influence on the life and manners
of its devotees.
=Cook, Albert S.= Higher study of English. *$1. Houghton.
6–38399.
“The aims of the higher study of English rather than the methods is
the purport of Prof. Cook’s recent treatise, and it addresses itself
rather to the advanced and eager student than to the established
teacher.” (Forum.) The book consists of four addresses, The province
of English philology, The teaching of English, The relations of words
to literature, and The aims of graduate study of English. “Yet the
obvious note in all four is a general elevation of standards, both
ethical and aesthetic, throughout the entire curriculum of English—a
broadening and deepening of our national culture through an intensive
appreciation of the best that has been handed down to us in
literature.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Does not solve any problems or reveal any startlingly new point of
view, but it is thoughtful and readable and therefore to be
commended.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 292. Mr. 23, ’07. 260w.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 17. Ja. 1, ’07. 460w.
“As a presentation of an ideal the book could scarcely be surpassed.”
William T. Brewster.
+ + − =Forum.= 38: 391. Ja. ’07. 730w.
“His work appeals to the general reader as well as the teacher.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 10. Ja. 3, ’07. 110w.
“The book is not only richly suggestive to teachers of English, but to
us of the present generation it is especially interesting for its
historical placing of our subject.” Franklin T. Baker.
+ =School R.= 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 380w.
=Cook, E. Wake.= Betterment, individual, social and industrial. **$1.20.
Stokes.
6–40953.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.
=Charities.= 17: 499. D. 15, ’06. 220w.
=Cook, Theodore A.= Eclipse and O’Kelly. *$7. Dutton.
Agr 7–2179.
Eclipse is a horse that has won repeated race-course honors, and
O’Kelly is his owner. Everything is set down “that could possibly be
found out concerning Eclipse, his ancestors, his birth and education,
his achievements, his appearance and measurements, the fate of his
skin and his hoofs and his skeleton, his descendants and what they in
turn have accomplished.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“The book is a monument of thoroughness—also of energy.” G. S. Street.
+ =Acad.= 72: 601. Je. 22, ’07. 1040w.
“We must not hunt for small inaccuracies in a big book. Let us rather
acknowledge frankly that the compiler has put together a standard work
of reference concerning the subject.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 122. Ag. 3. 1070w.
“A volume, with a good deal of information that is quite new and some
stimulating suggestions. Even the smaller sporting library can hardly
dispense with it.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 283. S. 20, ’07. 1090w.
“Mr. Cook has discharged his task entertainingly well, and there is
plenty of enjoyment waiting in his pages.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 510w.
“The task of attempting the visualisation of the manners and the men
of the latter half of the eighteenth century has occupied Mr. Cook
with enthusiasm, and the result is some admirable work. He has pursued
figures and statistics with immense energy and thoroughness. His
figures will doubtless prove of great value to the biologist and
breeder; but the best part of the book has to do with the heroic horse
and the men who saw him race.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 130. Jl. 27, ’07. 1590w.
=Cooper, Francis, pseud.= Financing an enterprise: a manual of
information and suggestion for promoters, investors and business men
generally. 2v. $4. Ronald press, New York.
7–485.
“The work treats of financing an enterprise that is either merely a
development, proposition, or that is a growing concern, or that
demands liquidation. The importance of proper preparation and
presentation of such an enterprise is pointed out and attention called
to the fact that without proper presentation, it is often extremely
difficult to finance an enterprise, while with proper presentation,
enterprises utterly devoid of merit have frequently been financed. The
conditions and methods of financing are lucidly stated and illustrated
with succinct examples.”—Technical Literature.
* * * * *
“This is a book on a subject concerning which few, if any, books have
been written and very little published anywhere. Engineers who have to
do with patented inventions and their commercial exploitation will
also find much instructive and helpful matter in this treatise.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 534. N. 14, ’07. 680w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 60w.
“The writer of this work displays an intimate knowledge of his
subject, evidently, at least considerably, acquired through
experience. His attitude is well balanced, and his discussions take
both sides of the question. He appears to pay equal attention to
advantages and disadvantages, and not to be carried to unjustifiable
extremes in any of his discussion.”
+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 223. My. ’07. 900w.
=Cooper, Lane=, ed. Theories of style with especial reference to prose
composition: essays, excerpts and translations. *$1.10. Macmillan.
7–27343.
Written from a conviction that the link between substance and form,
between knowledge and expression ought never to be broken, this volume
includes a body of literary models, for the most part by masters of
expression, illustrating and reiterating the salient principles of
most good handbooks on English prose composition. The work is
suggestive and of wide scope.
* * * * *
“An interesting contribution to the apparatus for the teaching of
rhetoric.”
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 50w.
=Corbin, John.= Cave man. il. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–14254.
“Specifically, Mr. Corbin’s story concerns a great motor trust and a
rivalry in love, with a pretty opening scene on class day in the yard
at Harvard. The desired and desirable lady names one of the men (who
is old-fashioned enough to be honest) the ‘cave-man.’ The story, which
has many really dramatic moments, shows how love modernized this
‘cave-man’—how he ceased, in the old-fashioned sense, to be honest and
acquired the new higher or financial morality. Mr. Corbin suggests
sardonically that it’s all right—and perhaps it is.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A love-story that has depth and strength, that means more than the
usual pretty, unconvincing obligatory romance in most of the current
novels of this genre.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 339. Ag. 8, ’07. 220w.
“It is a cleverly handled novel portraying a phase of genuine American
life. Ultramodern novels of this type are apt to be disfigured by
smartness, that sin of up-to-date fiction; and it must be said that
‘The cave man’ is not wholly immune from the fault. The habit of
adopting the raw slang in vogue into the pages of a novel ought not to
be encouraged.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 180w.
+ − =Nation.= 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 180w.
“Piquánt, interesting and readable from first to last. The book is a
rarely perfect example of what may be achieved when an able critic
turns novelist at second hand.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 234. Ap. 13, ’07. 610w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 80w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 761. Je. ’07. 60w.
=Cornford, Francis Macdonald.= Thucydides Mythistoricus. *$3. Longmans.
This volume contains not only “a study of the Greek historian who was
a contemporary of Pericles ... but also a theory of history, a study
of the historian’s art from the modern and sophisticated point of
view.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Able and brilliant.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
+ + =Acad.= 72: 311. Mr. 30, ’07. 1280w.
“A book that is easy, even fascinating reading. It did not need his
words of acknowledgment to let us into the secret of Dr. Verrall’s
influence upon his ideas and methods. There is the same evidence of
careful work and profound meditation; there is an approach to Dr.
Verrall’s characteristic brilliancy of presentation; but there is left
in the end the same impression of special pleading.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 152. Jl. ’07. 490w.
“A very delightful book.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 497. Ap. 27. 1900w.
“The challenge implied in Mr. Cornford’s title is maintained in his
book in a fashion which will be stimulating and suggestive even to
those who cannot accept its conclusions.” Paul Shorey.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 202. O. 1, ’07. 2160w.
“Mr. Cornford’s brilliant and suggestive study provides material
help ... towards revising the traditional estimate of Thucydides. Mr.
Cornford does not always carry conviction. In particular, a cautious
student will hesitate to trust himself to the insecure Icarus-flights
of a higher-criticism which treats the sequels to the careers of
Pausanias and Themistocles as ‘rationalized Saga-history influenced by
drama.’”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 195. Je. 21, ’07. 1640w.
“An inspiriting and commendable book.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 272. Ap. 27, ’07. 250w.
“The strong side of Mr. Cornford’s book is as an analysis of
Thucydides’ mind.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 579. N. 9, ’07. 950w.
“With this objection to his title, criticism of Mr. Cornford ends and
admiration begins. We can only indicate Mr. Cornford’s view, and
recommend all students to examine his arguments for themselves. They
will find everywhere much that is instructive, and, however his
apparent paradoxes may at first startle, the substantial truth of his
position will in the end, we think, appear not less remarkable than
its novelty.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 862. Je. 1, ’07. 1430w.
=Cornill, Carl H.= Introduction to the canonical books of the Old
Testament; tr. by G. H. Box. (Theological translation lib.) *$3. Putnam.
A translation of Professor Cornill’s fifth revised edition. The volume
renders to the reader “knowledge which will enable him to understand
the problems of the Old Testament and value the solutions which
scholars have offered.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“There is in our language no single volume on the subject which
contains so much material, and especially which gives such full lists
of relevant writings, as does this book by Prof. Cornill. There is
always danger, however, that the limitations of a short work on a long
subject may make an author dogmatic, and in this respect Prof. Cornill
is not above suspicion.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 439. Ap. 13. 580w.
“The clearness and conciseness of the original are preserved in the
translation, but it is to be regretted that the translator has made
references to previous passages by sections only, which are not noted
at the top of the page and are therefore difficult to find in the
text.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 270w.
“While primarily designed as a handbook for critical students, it is
serviceable in the main points and general lines for intelligent
readers, though unacquainted with Hebrew, in its presentation of Old
Testament critical science at this date, both as to its closed
questions and remaining problems.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 614. Jl. 20, ’07. 180w.
=Cornish, Charles John.= Animal artisans and other studies of birds and
beasts; with a prefatory memoir by his widow; 2 pors. from photographs
and 12 drawings by Patten Wilson. $2.50. Longmans.
7–28981.
“These papers, now for the first time gathered in book form ...
present many interesting phases of animal life, particularly from what
might be called the industrial side, the underlying current being the
existence among other animals than man of distinct arts and crafts by
which they either gain a mere living or provide themselves with
shelter.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The single defect of the book is the absence of an index.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 580. My. 11. 450w.
“One receives the impression that the natural history here recorded is
the outcome of an avocation. It lacks the tension, and the critical
point of view, of the trained scientist.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 366. Je. 16, ’07. 390w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 500w.
“Several of these articles display a lamentable want of knowledge of
scientific zoology on the part of the author. After all, the volume is
perhaps sufficiently accurate to suit the requirements of the readers
to whom it is likely to appeal.”
+ − =Nature.= 75: 437. Mr. 7, ’07. 380w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 80w.
“If the papers in the volume before us are distinguished in any way
from others that went before, we should say that the observation of
the author is more ingenious than ever.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 292. F. 23, ’07. 1600w.
=Corthell, Elmer L.= Allowable pressure on deep foundations. *$1.25.
Wiley.
7–28847.
This work is an amplified form of a paper to the Institution of civil
engineers brought about by Dr. Corthell’s investigation of the subject
relating to the construction of a port at the city of Rozario on the
Panama river.
* * * * *
“The admirable form of the compilation, and the thoroughness with
which the abstracts of published articles have been made, make the
book one of great value.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 80. Jl. 18, ’07. 310w.
=Cory, Vivian (Victoria Cross, pseud.).= Life’s shop window. $1.50.
Kennerley.
7–4158.
With the frankness of Zola, Victoria Cross presents in this novel “the
passions and the emotions and the part they play in the life of a
young girl.” (N. Y. Times.) Imagination substitutes experience in the
delineation of character.
* * * * *
“The book is not even what is known as ‘a picture of life,’ since its
personages are all drawn straight from sensational melodrama and their
humanity is only a semblance, far from convincing.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 80. F. 9, ’07. 490w.
“‘Victoria Cross’ writes in the feverish manner of Miss Corelli, and
much in ‘Life’s shop window’ will remind the reader of that novelist.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.
=Cotes, Everard.= Signs and portents in the Far East. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–29141.
“After a cursory glance at the Japan of today, the author tells of the
Chinese question in British territory, of the situation at Canton, of
missionaries and anti-foreign riots, of Hankow and Peking and other
Chinese cities. Then he takes the reader north to the scene of the
Russo-Japanese war. He describes Port Arthur as it is to-day, and
Mukden, and other places, the names of which were so conspicuous in
newspapers not long ago. Glancing at that country of problems, Korea,
Mr. Cotes devotes several more chapters to Japan and the Japanese.”—N.
Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The book is both brightly written and politically interesting, though
we cannot go with the author in some of his beliefs and the
recommendations based upon them.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 252. Mr. 2. 920w.
“The author has a gift of accurate narration which brings places and
persons clearly before the mental vision of the reader. There is no
attempt at effect; yet, none the less effectiveness is attained.” H.
T. P.
+ + =Bookm.= 25: 422. Je. ’07. 1300w.
“On missionary matters he is more sane and truthful than Mr. Weale.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 757. S. 26, ’07. 550w.
=Lond. Times.= 6: 114. Ap. 12, ’07. 410w.
+ − =Nation.= 85: 60. Jl. 15, ’07. 350w.
“Full of interesting information.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 436. Je. 22, ’07. 230w.
“He enunciates certain theories and offers some suggestions with
regard to the significance of the new activity in China that opens up
an interesting field for speculation.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 654. My. 25, ’07. 1440w.
=Couch, A. T: Quiller-.= From a Cornish window. *$1.50. Dutton.
6–35302.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is apparently a re-hash in book form of various magazine articles,
literary criticisms and reviews.”
− =Sat. R.= 102: 746. D. 15, ’06. 370w.
=Couch, A. T. Quiller- (“Q,” pseud.)= Major Vigoureux. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–30166.
“The major is commandant of a dismantled and half-forgotten naval post
on certain inconsequent islands off the English coast. The garrison
has dwindled to two, and their duties are simply to wait upon the
commandant. He has lost his authority in the islands, and what with
shame and apathy is in a fair way to lose all interest in life.”
(Nation.) A famous singer returns to her island home and becomes the
‘dea ex machina’ of the plot. She “restores to Major Vigoureux his
self-respect and teaches the Lord Proprietor his proper place” besides
performing many another telling service.
* * * * *
“A well written amusing tale.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠
“It is seldom that one can criticize ‘Q.’ in details; but there is
once, if we mistake not, a discrepancy about a tide.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 579. N. 9. 420w.
“His last story is like a chalice of old wine reddened within by all
the fine fires of life and beaded high with immortal love and
courage.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 30w.
“In ‘Major Vigoureux’ ‘Q’ marks time. It is full of good things, we
wish we could think that half the novels of the season would hold so
many; but in itself it lacks the flowing beauty, the unity, what might
almost be called the lyrical, singing quality with which this author,
at his best, lends distinction to his novels.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 285. S. 20, ’07. 410w.
“The tale is a most agreeable literary confection.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 328. O. 10, ’07. 240w.
“On the whole, there is much to enjoy in this tale, although some
readers will object to its lack of definite ending.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 160w.
“The story verges on melodrama and barely escapes tragedy: the ending
lacks definiteness: but ‘Q’ is never commonplace.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
“He limits his scene, but he brings to bear upon it a mind enriched
with wide reading, a pen that is scholarly yet never pedantic, and a
keen eye for the rich possibilities of adventure and romance that
underlie the daily round and common task of modern life.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 488. O. 5, ’07. 750w.
=Couch, A. T. Quiller-.= Pilgrims’ way. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–35145.
“‘The pilgrims’ way’ has a more serious purpose than is usually
associated with anthologies, the selections of prose and verse which
Mr. Quiller-Couch has chosen being definitely arranged with a view to
their suitability to the different stages of life’s journey, beginning
with childhood and ending with death. These selections are charming in
themselves, and they cover a wide range of literature, extending from
the Bible to the work of such very modern authors as Mr. Laurence
Binyon and Maeterlinck.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“A delightful collection.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07.
“The whole makes a most attractive little volume.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 826. D. 29. 180w.
“Unerring good taste is evident throughout the collection. Not the
least of the volume’s charms is the compiler’s fine little prefatory
essay.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 457. D. 16, ’06. 100w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 60w.
“An agreeable little collection made with taste and a certain
daintiness.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 57. Ja. 12, ’07. 150w.
“A very delightful book this.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 733. N. 10, ’06. 80w.
=Couch, A. T. Quiller-.= Poison Island. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–8212.
Some sixteen chapters of this adventure story lead up thru school-boy
escapades, crime, and mystery to the secret of Mortallone island in
the bay of Honduras. The chart containing the plan of the island and
affording the key to the spot of buried treasure after causing a deal
of trouble falls into the hands of a little party who set sail from
Falmouth in quest of the island and its hoard. Mr. Quiller-Couch has
drawn with clever touches the spirit of unanimity which, with
noticeable lack of greed, characterizes the treasure seekers.
* * * * *
“Written with unusual spirit and charm.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07. ✠
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 405. Ap. 6. 340w.
“The author’s happy faculty for sketching eccentric types of character
is exhibited at his best, and we thoroughly enjoy the quaint company
that he provides for us.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 260w.
“After you have laid down the book, no character, no dramatic
situation remains in the memory—nothing but a general impression of
misapplied and wasted cleverness.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 970. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.
“A curious and wholly impossible piece of fiction. Has many points of
interest, but is very uneven on the whole.”
− + =Lit. D.= 34: 639. Ap. 20, ’07. 240w.
“Is a brave, amusing, exciting story, but it is not right ‘Q.’ Seldom
does a story by ‘Q’ lose interest when you know the plot. We regret
that ‘Poison island’ does.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 85. Mr. 15, ’07. 530w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 550w.
“In the end Mr. Quiller-Couch springs some remarkable surprises on his
reader, and the closing incidents are even so bizarre and unnatural
that the reader suspects that the author is laughing in his sleeve at
the credulity of romance-lovers.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 120w.
“There is a lack of spontaneity about it that renders it at times
almost tedious.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 370. Mr. 23, ’07. 200w.
“If he has not the highest creative faculty, he has at least the power
of lending freshness and vitality to time-worn and even hackneyed
themes by the agility of his invention and the picturesqueness of his
_mise-en-scene_.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 624. Ap. 20, ’07. 1250w.
=Couch, A. T: Quiller-.= Sir John Constantine. †$1.50. Scribner.
6–31381.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 144. Mr. 1, ’07. 540w.
“It lacks the breath of the romantic life, and inspires a feeling that
the writer himself has lived chiefly in books and rarely a life of his
own.”
− + =Sat. R.= 103: 54. Ja. 12, ’07. 230w.
=Coulton, George Gordon.= From St. Francis to Dante: a translation of
all that is of primary interest in the chronicle of the Franciscan
Salimbene: (1221–1288) together with notes and il. from other medieval
sources. *$4.20. Scribner.
6–32412.
For this second edition fresh matter from Salimbene’s chronicle has
been added and the notes and appendices have been extended. “For those
who wish to see the seamy side of the middle ages, this is the best
book in English.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Coulton is a far-seeing man and a good writer. What is more
remarkable he contrives to unite a judicial mind with strong
convictions, which lend warmth and interest to his style.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 65. Mr. 1, ’07. 1380w.
“He has read widely in the sources of his period, and is able at every
turn to illustrate Salimbene’s statements.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 244. S. 20, ’06. 1380w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 303. O. 3, ’07. 70w.
“Contains more of the famous chronicle of Fra Salimbene, a Franciscan
friar of the thirteenth century, than has hitherto appeared in print
in English, and for that reason it is a valuable book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 602. S. 20, ’06. 250w.
“He has a great knowledge of his period, considerable attainments, and
a very workmanlike gift of exposition. But unfortunately he is before
all things else a controversialist.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 645. N. 24, ’06. 1350w.
“We would recommend the book, as full of curious information, to every
one who cares to illustrate his Dante studies by a real contemporary
picture of the thirteenth century on its darker side, with all the
peculiarities of its social and religious life.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 725. N. 10, ’06. 1320w.
=Coutts, Francis Burdett.= Heresy of Job; with the inventions of William
Blake. *$2. Lane.
The volume contains “first, introductory matter explaining the
editor’s conception of the poem’s purpose and meaning; second, the
poem itself divided into three parts, Prologue, Debate, and Epilogue;
third, some pages of notes elucidating certain obscurities in the
text; fourth, an appendix containing the speech of Elihu the Buzite;
fifth, a list of commentaries consulted; and, finally, the
‘Illustrations of the Book of Job, invented and engraved by William
Blake,’ and first published in 1825, by Blake himself. Job’s ‘heresy’
consisted not in a denial of God or a rejection of religion, but
rather in a refusal to subscribe to the smug orthodoxy of his three
friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Coutts has succeeded in properly emphasizing one important side
of the argument of Job, but his error consists in mistaking a part for
the whole.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 363. S. 28. 250w.
“An attractive and useful volume.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 255. O. 16, ’07. 320w.
“Scholarly introduction.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 542. S. 7, ’07. 120w.
+ =Outlook.= 87: 133. S. 21, ’07. 220w.
=Coutts, Francis Burdett.= Romance of King Arthur. *$1.50. Lane.
“The romance of King Arthur is here told in four parts—the poem of
‘Uther Pendragon,’ the plays of ‘Merlin’ and ‘Lancelot du Lake,’ and
the poem of ‘The death of Lancelot.’ In his preface the author states
that his ‘sole important variation from the accepted legend’ is to
represent Mordred as the legitimate son of Morgan le Fay, and thus
supply the enchantress with a purely human, and therefore, we may add,
somewhat superfluous, motive for her malevolence towards Arthur.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The whole work is undistinguished and dull. It is all padded out.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 603. Je. 22, ’07. 280w.
“There are some fairly effective ‘curtains,’ but the blank verse is
generally monotonous and rich in commonplaces.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 724. Je. 15. 360w.
“In this volume Mr. Coutts has surprised us. A poet he was known to
be; a lyric poet of some intensity and much art; a philosophic poet
whose work was unified by a coherent, if undogmatic, faith, and
expressed in language as simple as it was profound. The discovery that
he is also a dramatic poet comes unexpected.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 180. Je. 7, ’07. 870w.
“The medium of the whole—idylls and playlets—is blank verse, whereof
the quality at times is excellent. The inspiration, in spite of the
form, is perhaps rather Kipling than Tennyson, and the playlets are
better than the idylls.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 640w.
“Mr. Coutts’s poems, while they are smooth and flowing and show now
and then passages of much beauty or of poetic fervor, are weak and
pale when tested beside the Tennysonian idylls.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 390w.
“Mr. Coutts is a grave writer whose verse moves always with dignity,
and now and then by dint of simplicity and sincerity rises to a
considerable measure of poetry.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 635. N. 2, ’07. 160w.
=Cowan, Samuel.= Last days of Mary Stuart and the journal of Bourgoyne,
her physician. *$3. Lippincott.
Letters of Queen Mary and the journal of her physician are used to
prove her innocence of any complicity in the plotting against
Elizabeth.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The journal was the work of a man of gossipy intellect of something
the same type as that of Boswell and Pepys, and consequently it is
often entertaining, and constantly gives close at hand views of the
domestic life of Mary’s court.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 454. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
“He is a little too partisan and dead-sure to make much of an
historian, but he puts his case with enthusiasm and some skill.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 90w.
“A contribution of importance to the literature of its subject.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 140w.
=Cowley, Abraham.= Essays, plays and sundry verses, v. 2. *$1.50.
Putnam.
7–23868.
“The first volume of Cowley’s Works in the Cambridge English classics
contained all the poems published in the folio which appeared the year
after his death. The second volume, now issued, contains the earlier
writings from the edition of 1637, together with the plays and essays.
The editor, A. R. Waller, is preparing a Supplement of notes,
biographical, bibliographical, and critical.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“A very workmanlike edition.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 29. Ja. 25, ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It cannot be said that this edition, with its reproduction of the old
spelling and its inclusion of so much that is dull, is the best for
the reader who merely desires his comfort, but for the scholar it is
altogether admirable.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 132. F. 7, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)
Reviewed by William A. Bradley.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 222. Ap. 6, ’07. 1990w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Admirable and scholarly edition.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: 95. Ja. 20, ’06. 2300w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Cox, Kenyon.= Painters and sculptors: a second series of old masters
and new. **$2.50. Duffield.
7–31410.
In an introductory essay on “The education of an artist,” Mr. Cox
compares the education afforded by the apprenticeship custom of the
renaissance with that obtainable in the modern art schools and
studios. Following this chapter are six, as follows: The Pollaiuoli,
Painters of the mode, Holbein, The Rembrandt tercentenary, Rodin and
Lord Leighton.
* * * * *
“The appreciations, written in a charming easy style, show the
author’s technical knowledge, his catholicity of taste and judgment.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 193. N. ’07.
“It is a careful and detailed work, which will of course appeal
especially to students of art, the numerous illustrations being
valuable adjuncts to an appreciation of the great masters’ work.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 379. D. 1, ’07. 230w.
“Disclaiming connoisseurship, his scholarship is adequate, while his
insight as a painter, as in the essay on Holbein, at times affords
discoveries that the connoisseurs have missed. Above all, he is
judicious, weighing gingerly his personal admirations. As a whole, the
book lacks the consistency and dignity of the first series.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 525. D. 5, ’07. 820w.
“Mr. Cox has a great faculty of seeing the point, and of making his
readers see it. There is nothing in the volume which an intelligent
lover of art, will not find both intelligible and interesting.”
Montgomery Schuyler.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 630. O. 19, ’07. 950w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 90w.
“From among the many dry details of craftsmanship, all of them of
importance to the practical worker, he selects what will go farthest
toward interpreting for the uninitiated the secrets of a masterpiece
of painting or modelling.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 357. D. ’07. 860w.
“If one wants common sense in criticism, backed by expert knowledge,
he may turn to this beautifully illustrated volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 760. D. ’07. 230w.
=Crabbe, George.= Poems. 3v. v. 3. *$1.50. Putnam.
7–23869.
“This, the concluding volume of Dr. Ward’s masterly edition of
Crabbe’s poems, contains the last eleven books of the ‘Tales of the
hall,’ the ‘Posthumous tales,’ and ‘Miscellaneous verses’ (1780–1829),
which have all been previously printed, but are now for the first time
arranged chronologically; and in addition a quantity of matter
hitherto unpublished. Of the poems thus newly given to the world, four
are of some length—‘Tracy,’ ‘Susan and her lovers,’ ‘The deserted
family’ (which alone is printed in its completeness), and ‘The funeral
of the Squire.’”—Ath.
* * * * *
“This is the way to edit a man’s works, with scholarship and
exhaustive thoroughness.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 118. F. 2, ’07. 350w.
“The ‘completeness’ of the edition must be held the principal
justification for much which is present. The editing of the present
volume—no light task—is as careful and scholarly as ever.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 318. Mr. 16. 430w.
“Dr. Ward does not wear his heart upon his sleeve, and the scheme of
his book, which is purely textual, gives him no opportunity of
confessing his affections.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 193. Je. 21, ’07. 910w.
“For those, if any such there be, who wish to study Crabbe minutely,
Dr. Ward’s carefully collated text, bibliography, and fresh material
will be indispensable. And to the general reader, also, who does not
own the eight-volume edition of 1834, or one of the other early
editions issued by John Murray, the present publication offers Crabbe
in the most comfortable form.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 175. F. 21, ’07. 180w.
=Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree).= Amulet.
†$1.50. Macmillan.
6–37962.
The Great Smoky mountains during the days when the Cherokees roved
over them furnish a background for Miss Murfree’s historical tale. “It
is an interesting record of the lives of some very human men and women
who have been transplanted from England to the savage wilds of the new
world.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.
“Touches of poetic description are frequent in adornment of the
narrative, for in this respect Miss Murfree’s hand has not lost its
cunning, but otherwise the book falls far below the high standard set
in her earlier writings.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 42: 227. Ap. 1, ’07. 180w.
“That which gives the volume a permanent value is the amount of
historical information it contains about Indian customs, religion and
points of view.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 501. F. 28, ’07. 200w.
“There are some fine descriptive passages, and the character-drawing
reveals the firm touch of the practiced artist. It is to the credit of
the writer that she has withstood the temptation to indulge in those
orgies of slaughter which are usually met with in this type of
fiction.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 913. D. 15, ’06. 260w.
“Her present historical romance is a sad affair, perfectly artificial
and unreal from start to finish. It may be historically sound, but
this, other things being equal, is an altogether trivial
consideration.”
− =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 120w.
“Is every whit as good as those stories with which Miss Murfree long
ago established her enviable reputation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 795. D. 1, ’06. 760w.
“The action of the story is somewhat slow, and the characters move
stiffly, while both narrative and descriptive passages are heavily
weighted with words. A knowledge of Indian rites and customs gives
evidence of the author’s careful preparation for her work.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 792. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 20w.
“The interest of the story lies entirely in the author’s realisation
and vivid picture of eighteenth century personages and their
surroundings.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 181. F. 2, ’07. 160w.
=Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree).= Windfall: a
novel. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–15119.
The youthful and breezy manager of a street fair is lured by excursion
rates to take his show to a small town in the Great Smoky mountains,
and upon arrival realizes that he has been duped and that there are
but a handful of people in the county. He sticks it out, however,
becomes involved in the discovery of an illicit still, and
incidentally, wins a bride, and a windfall.
* * * * *
“It is a good, stirring piece of melodrama, with here and there some
characterization of a sort superior to that of many more pretentious
works of fiction—pleasant and entertaining, but marred by
undisciplined verbosity.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 614. N. 16. 150w.
“The writer shows herself still capable of using the old material to
excellent effect, although it would be foolish to deny that she has
worked the vein until it shows signs of exhaustion.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 315. My. 16, ’07. 290w.
“She has written a very clever story with as much of the old fashion
charm as can be preserved now. The story is extraordinary however,
only in the fact that it contains a threehanded heroine. Fortunately
she has not meddled with the Great Smokies, and the book is worth
reading for the descriptions of them which it contains.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 100. Jl. 11, ’07. 420w.
“Gives herself free rein in page upon page of the very dullest
description that ever escaped editorial scissors.”
− =Nation.= 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 390w.
“The writer’s style, ordinarily direct and flexible, is occasionally
marred by serious lapses.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 370w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 80w.
“The plot is simple and somewhat obvious; the situations are not
always logical, and the effect of the story is rather commonplace.”
− =Outlook.= 86: 118. My. 18, ’07. 100w.
=Crafts, Wilbur Fisk.= Practical Christian sociology. **$1.50. Funk.
7–23083.
A revised fourth edition of a series of lectures on moral reforms and
social problems. The subject is treated from the standpoint of the
church, the family and education, capital and labor, and citizenship.
The statistics are brought down to the present time, and the volume is
illustrated with charts and portraits.
* * * * *
“The book is a repository of sociological facts.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 208. S. 5, ’07. 110w.
=Craig, Neville B.= Recollections of an ill-fated expedition to the head
waters of the Madeira river in Brazil; by Neville B. Craig in
co-operation with members of the Madeira and Mamoré association of
Philadelphia. **$4. Lippincott.
7–29709.
“The book before us concerns itself much more with the human interest
of the story, than with the larger issues involved. It is a plain tale
of the adventures, trials and exploits—of the sufferings and
privations—undergone by a party of resolute pioneers—American
engineers, contractors and railway builders in a year of heroic
endeavor in the deadly climate of the Amazon valley.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“This book is as entertaining as a novel. The book is a very welcome
contribution to the history of American engineering enterprise.
Certainly every American engineering school should have a copy of the
book. The young engineer will learn things from it that are found in
none of the standard text-books, but which are even more necessary for
his highest success than anything in his mechanics or chemistry.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 426. O. 17, ’07. 1590w.
“He disclaims any literary qualifications for his task, but his
descriptions of life in the torrid zone are graphic at times and in
reporting observations in natural history he avoids the methods of the
nature faker.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 577. O. 19, ’07. 400w.
“While the completeness and continuity of the story is somewhat
sacrificed to the authenticated veracity of the historical account, it
will, nevertheless, appeal to most lovers of works on travels and
adventure. The greatest value of the book is as a contribution to
engineering literature. It may almost serve as a treatise on
organizing and equipping engineering expeditions for tropical work,
until an authoritative text-book on the subject is available. It
should be read by every engineer and contractor engaged in operations
in tropical countries, and will be of value to many others engaged on
works in distant lands or far from a base of supplies.” Albert Wells
Buel.
+ + − =Technical Literature.= 2: 454. N. ’07. 1000w.
=Craig, W. H.= Life of Lord Chesterfield: an account of the ancestry,
personal character and public services. *$5. Lane.
7–25141.
A sketch which “has materially broadened our knowledge not alone of
Lord Chesterfield, but also of the political and social history of
England during the long period of his life.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The style is on the whole clear and pleasant, and the work well
deserves careful perusal.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 499. Ap. 27. 3080w.
“It is to be hoped that this biography may help its readers to take a
reasonably comprehensive view of a by no means simple personality.” S.
M. Francis.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 490. O. ’07. 410w.
“His apologist, if one may so designate his latest biographer, is
temperate and judicious in tone, and has presented what appears to be
a not too flattering picture of the man.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 56. Ag. 1, ’07. 1270w.
“It is the chief merit of Mr. Craig’s book to show sterling qualities
which Chesterfield was at too much pains in concealing, to reject the
perishable trivialities of his character, and to exhibit him as a
philosophic statesman, not inferior to any of his contemporaries,
except Walpole at one end of his life, and Chatham at the other.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 81. Mr. 15, ’07. 2300w.
“In this elaborate biography Mr. Craig has done an important piece of
work in a competent way. The index is admirably analytical and leaves
nothing to be desired.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 630w.
“The author means to be disinterested, but his animus is occasionally
too much for him. What he has to say is excellent in substance, but
there is a great deal of repetition and digression in the book.” H. W.
Boynton.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 234. N. ’07. 720w.
“Those who wish to satisfy themselves of Mr. Craig’s judicial acumen,
based on knowledge of facts and sympathy with human nature, must read
his story of Lord Chesterfield.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 428. Ap. 6, ’07. 1720w.
=Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa Richards (John Oliver Hobbes, pseud.).=
Dream and the business. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–36053.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 108. Ap. ’07.
Reviewed by Mary Moss.
=Atlan.= 99: 117. Ja. ’07. 50w.
“To this the last of her novels a place must be accorded not far below
that occupied by ‘Robert Orange’ and ‘A school for saints,’ her
unquestioned masterpieces, and it is possibly a more remarkable
production than either of those two in certain respects, as of its
finished style, its economy of material, and its nice dramatic
adjustment.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 310w.
“The book comes nearer to actual life than Mrs. Craigie ever came
before, and it has, moreover, the exquisite effervescing brilliancy
that so distinguished her earliest work and made it command the
instant attention of every reader with an ear for epigram.” Cornelia
Atwood Pratt.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 185. My. ’07. 200w.
=Cram, Ralph Adams.= Gothic quest. **$1.50. Baker.
7–21371.
“Contains a number of lectures and essays that have appeared singly in
various publications, which are here brought together.... They are
mainly a discussion of ecclesiastical architecture from the Gothic
standpoint, or, rather, from the standpoint of the English high
church. Formalism and ritualism seem to hold as high a place in
Christian art, to Mr. Cram’s mind, as do form and abstract beauty in
art generally.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“After all criticism of form and matter, one must feel that what
underlies the volume should be known and appreciated by every
individual or committee or congregation interested in the building of
a Christian shrine, or house of worship, or temple.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 96. Ag. 16, ’07. 310w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 553. S. 14, ’07. 680w.
“Quite rich with plums of wisdom and are filled with a contagious
enthusiasm for the expressiveness of mediaeval art.” Elisabeth Luther
Cary.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 360. D. ’07. 430w.
=Crandall, Charles Lee.= Text-book on geodesy and least squares,
prepared for the use of civil engineering students. $3. Wiley.
6–42921.
“Prof. Crandall is addressing himself primarily to students of Cornell
university and presumably to those who are beginning the study of the
subject and not to professional men engaged in actual work.... The
first few chapters of the book are mainly occupied with the
description of the use and adjustment of instruments in the field. The
next three are devoted to consideration of problems connected with the
figure of the earth.... In the second part, which consists of three
chapters, the author serves up the standing dish of least squares....
The book is well illustrated, and there are some useful tables and
information given in the appendix.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The book is an excellent and well-balanced statement of past and
current practice, prepared with rare good judgment as to the relative
importance of things. It is especially to be commended as being
thoroughly up-to-date. The student, unassisted, will have difficulty
at many points in seeing the relation between the facts presented, for
the reason that the principles involved are not fully and clearly
stated. If the book is supplemented in the class-room by lectures and
references to other books, designed to remedy the defects indicated,
it will be found to be the best book on geodesy now available in
English. The engineer in practice will find it a most excellent and
suggestive reference book.” John F. Hayford.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 85. Ja. 17, ’07. 800w.
“For a text-book to be used by beginners it might be objected that the
author has a little overlaid his treatise with a superfluity of
detail. A greater fault appears to be one of omission. There is too
little, almost nothing, concerning the methods of deriving the
latitude and longitude of a station. The information throughout is
conveyed in a clear and lucid manner, but a little unevenness is
sometimes noticeable, as though the author were uncertain of the
degree of thoroughness with which the several topics should be
treated.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 339. F. 7, ’07. 680w.
=Crane, Robert Treat.= State in constitutional and international law.
(Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science.)
pa. 50c. Johns Hopkins.
7–31399.
A monograph based upon the thesis that the concept of the state in
constitutional law must be discriminated from the concept of the state
in international law.
=Crane, Walter.= An artist’s reminiscences. il. *$5. Macmillan.
7–37525.
Notable literary men and women of the Victorian era people Mr. Crane’s
book, among them Tennyson, Irving, William Morris, Rossetti,
Burne-Jones, Holman Hunt, Stevenson, Henley, Whistler and Leighton. “A
feature of the book is the prominence given to the author’s
socialistic opinions, in which he followed with the devotion of a
pupil and the accuracy of a copyist those of William Morris.” (Lond.
Times.)
* * * * *
“The proof-reader has been careless and many small inaccuracies in
names &c., are to be found. As a document for the student of the
domestic history of our times, an agreeable, chatty volume of
reminiscences for the casual reader and above all as the monument of a
delicate personality, this book has an assured place.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 486. O. 19. 1940w.
“We have a long autobiography, crowded with trivial detail,
interesting, no doubt, to the circle of those immediately concerned,
but not especially enlivening to the world at large. Where detail
would be of interest it is often lacking.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 374. D. 1, ’07. 2000w.
“The story of his own success is modestly revealed. The book shows
that among the many crafts in which Mr. Crane has been interested that
of the writer is not excepted.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 33: 167. D. ’07. 300w.
“If it had been cut down to one third the length, the volume might
have been readable, and in a certain sense valuable. Certain
theatrical autobiographies are the only books that can be compared
with it for self-consciousness.”
− =Lond. Times.= 6: 291. S. 27, ’07. 710w.
“In ‘An artist’s reminiscences’ we have the work and the man
associated for the first time. The result is attractive even
picturesque. If Mr. Crane were a great man the result could hardly be
more satisfactory.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 614. O. 12, ’07. 1850w.
“The work will be of interest to people in many walks of life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“No overweening egotism parades through its pages. But they are
encumbered by recollections of too many unimportant personages. He
makes the further mistake of narrating his own long and eminently
successful career in over-great detail.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 611. N. 23, ’07. 170w.
“It is tantalising to feel how little the writer has told us all in
these pages of the subject about which he knows so much and could
write so well.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 671. N. 2, ’07. 570w.
=Crane, William Edward.= American stationary engineering. $2.
Derry-Collard.
6–35993.
“The author discusses in a very clear manner the defects usually found
in boilers, engines, steam pipes, pumps, and accessories, and notes
the remedies that have been devised to overcome them. The book is, in
fact, a recount of his experience with such machinery, and should
prove useful to stationary engineers, machinists and others who wish
to know how to make engines, boilers, etc., operate correctly, and how
to remedy defects in them when they appear.... The book is concluded
with notes, rules and tables of useful information.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. N.= 56: 522. N. 15, ’06. 200w.
=Cravath, James Raley, and Lansingh, Van Rensselaer.= Practical
illumination. *$3. McGraw pub.
7–17392.
“The authors, in the preface to their book, point out that their
object is ‘to present exact practical information of every-day use on
many points that come up in arranging artificial lighting.’ They make
no attempt to treat of the apparatus for the production of light, but
rather to confine the work to the much neglected subject of how best
to use the light after it is produced. A great many tests are shown
giving information on the light distribution of various illuminants
with different globes, reflectors and shades. Much of this information
has not before been available to the general reader.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Taken all in all the book may be truly said to constitute a real
contribution to the literature of the art of practical illumination.
It goes without saying that it should find a place in the library of
every illuminating engineer. But the illuminating engineer is not the
only one to whom the book will appeal. The authors happily have
presented the subject in such a way that the architect, the contractor
and the central station man will derive much benefit from reading it.”
L. B. Marks.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 549. My. 16, ’07. 1710w.
=Crawford, Francis Marion.= Arethusa. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–33911.
A story of Constantinople in the fourteenth century whose plot is
built up about the expulsion of the usurper Andronicus from the throne
and the restoration of Johannes. Arethusa, who with her foster parents
were objects of Andronicus’ cruelty, sells herself into slavery to
save her foster mother from poverty, is bought by Carlo Zeno the
principal actor in the Johannine faction, and becomes involved in the
plot to re-establish the deposed ruler.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠
“The breathless adventures and the hairbreadth escapes, the scenes of
torture and luxury are all good reading as isolated episodes; but they
hardly go to make a novel worthy of the author.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 613. N. 16. 150w.
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 268. N. ’07. 460w.
“More than once the narrative causes one’s breath to come unevenly—a
sure test of a story of adventure. It would have gone all the better
for the absence of certain over-frequent and rather sententious little
asides, chiefly on the feminine character.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 309. O. 11, ’07. 480w.
“He is merely, as the author of some thirty-five novels should be,
extraordinarily adept, a master of his craft, as a craft.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 496. N. 28, ’07. 450w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“The tale is told with Mr. Crawford’s usual skill and more than his
usual vivacity.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 110w.
“His admitted acquaintance with his subject exempts him from the
imputation of having studied it for a purpose, yet thereby making more
flagrant his transposition of twentieth-century manners and morals
into the corrupt decrepitude of Constantinople in 1376.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 7. O. 19, ’07. 750w.
=Crawford, Francis Marion.= Lady of Rome. †$1.50. Macmillan.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Current Literature.= 42: 228. F. ’07. 850w.
“It has perhaps rather less of plot and rather more of psychology than
the author is wont to give us, but the story has both texture and
strength, besides being thoroughly praiseworthy in its ethical
implications.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 440w.
+ + =Ind.= 62: 501. F. 28, ’07. 220w.
* =Crawford, Francis Marion.= Little city of hope: a Christmas story.
†$1.25. Macmillan.
A touching Christmas story which tells of an inventor’s intense
struggle for a certain scientific triumph, how poverty blocked his way
and how his little son constructed a model city—a miniature of the
college town where the father had been a professor of mathematics—and
wooed and held Hope within its tiny gates. The wife who had sought a
position as governess is the good Christmas angel who makes final
success a possibility.
* * * * *
=Outlook.= 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 70w.
=Crawford, J. H.= From fox’s earth to mountain tarn: days among the wild
animals of Scotland. **$3.50. Lane.
The wild life of Scotland inhabiting the country from Ailsa Crag and
the Tweed to the Shetlands is dealt with in true nature-lover fashion.
Mr. Crawford makes a plea for the preservation of eagles, hawks,
foxes, and various other birds of artificial sport.
* * * * *
“Twenty-one short essays, all interesting and well written, in spite
of a somewhat affected style.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 688. D. 1. 410w.
“Mr. Crawford has a way of saying things that makes one think.” May
Estelle Cook.
+ =Dial.= 41: 388. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 263. Ap. 20, ’07. 320w.
“We find him an instructive and delightful companion, and the range
and minuteness of his knowledge is indisputable.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 489. O. 20, ’06. 850w.
“His style is vigorous. His sentences are short. It contains some
excellent accounts of wild life.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 216. F. 9, ’07. 90w.
=Crawford, William Henry.= Girolamo Savonarola, a prophet of
righteousness. *$1. West. Meth. bk.
7–18143.
This volume in “The men of the kingdom” series aims “to show what
Savonarola was as a man, and what he did as a true prophet of
righteousness.”
* * * * *
“President Crawford ... writes with contagious enthusiasm, though his
style seems far from being as finished and full of color as the
subject demands. It is certainly a far cry from Villari to Mr.
Crawford.”
− + =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 140w.
=Crawfurd, Oswald J. F.= Revelations of Inspector Morgan. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–25506.
Four stories founded on revelations made by a Scotland Yard officer,
“presumably the fruits of his imagination stimulated and impelled by
Scotland Yard narratives to the defence of the professional detective
so long over-shadowed in fiction by the popular and famous amateur.”
(Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“Good detective stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 201. N. ’07.
“Readers will find two of the four stories well up to recent standards
of the kind; while one, ‘The kidnapped children,’ works out a motive
which is as adequate and convincing as it is ingenious and
unexpected.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 519. D. 5, ’07. 360w.
“He gets himself read. Many better story tellers are less lucky.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 584. S. 28, ’07. 640w.
“The not too exacting lover of mystery will find plenty to amuse him
in these studies of crime, though they are somewhat naïve and crude in
their development, and occasionally weak in detail.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 53. Jl. 14, ’06. 90w.
“We cannot say that these stories are better or worse than the flood
of detective fiction which is just now poured so liberally on the
reading public.”
+ − =Spec.= 96: 1044. Je. 30, ’06. 130w.
=Crawshaw, William Henry.= Making of English literature. *$1.25. Heath.
7–16385.
“A compact yet broadly suggestive historical introduction to English
literature for use by students and by general readers.” The subject is
taken up in six successive periods: Paganism and Christianity
449–1066, which treats of Anglo-Saxon poetry; Religion and romance,
1066–1500, which includes the Anglo-Norman period and the age of
Chaucer; Renaissance and reformation, 1500–1660, covering Shakespeare
and Milton; Classicism, 1660–1780, including the times of Dryden, Pope
and Johnson; Individualism 1780–1832, Burns and Wordsworth and
Democracy and science 1832–1892, the age of Tennyson.
* * * * *
“In individual cases ... we may take exception to Mr. Crawshaw’s
critical estimate, but in the main he is to be commended as a sound
guide.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 300. S. 14. 260w.
“The present work is one of the most satisfactory of compendiums. It
is conceived on new lines and in many respects is better adapted for
the student and general reader than any treatise of the kind that we
can recall. The book bears strong evidence of the influence which
Taine has exercised upon contemporaneous literary history and
criticism.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 25. Jl. 6, ’07. 150w.
“The critical pages are to be commended for their sanity, good
judgment, breadth of spirit, and sympathetic comprehension.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 433. Jl. 6, ’07. 260w.
“For the general reader, as well as for the student this is an
illuminating book.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 568. Je. 13, ’07. 280w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 383. S. ’07. 80w.
“Our space does not permit us to go into a detailed analysis of this
splendid book, splendid in its critical acumen, sane judgments,
breadth of spirit, and in catholic sympathy, but we must note a point
or two where we think the author might have improved his book. His
treatment of the drama before Shakespeare, especially the mystery and
morality plays, is inadequate and not compactly grouped. We are of the
opinion, too, that many readers of the book will be inclined to
disagree with Professor Crawshaw in his assigning Pope a place as a
forerunner of the romantic movement. With these manifold excellences
we doubt very much if the volume has the staying qualities necessary
for classroom work. For the general reader it is undoubtedly an
excellent book.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =School R.= 15: 624. O. ’07. 700w.
=Creighton, William Henry. P.= Steam-engine and other heat-motors. $5.
Wiley.
7–8522.
A text for students rather than a reference book for the practicing
engineer. Principles are clearly stated with ample numerical examples
and problems.
* * * * *
“The book is clearly written. Among the illustrations there are rather
too many picked up from the trade catalogues or from other books of
similar nature. These do not always fit in well with the text. But
otherwise, the book is excellent as to the dress given to it by the
publishers.” Storm Bull.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 665. Je. 13, ’07. 1140w.
“An examination of the book shows that it is not a vade mecum of the
steam engine. The author has had in mind the needs of the engineering
student, and the matter is presented in a manner which is intended to
train the student to think.” John J. Flather.
+ + − =Technical Literature.= 2: 457. N. ’07. 930w.
=Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.= White plume. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34687.
Once more the horrors of the massacre of St. Bartholomew lie fresh
upon the pages of a historial romance in which figure Henry of
Navarre, the easy going Marguerite of Valois, the odious Queen-mother,
the Duke of Guise, Philip of Spain, etc. “The story proper begins with
the day of the barricades, where Francis Agnew, an agent entrusted
with high matters by the kings of Scotland and Navarre, is also left
dead. His daughter is aided in her extremity by a certain professor of
the Sorbonne and a gallant young student, John d’Albret, who became
the main actors in a love story, which runs parallel—if such a term
may be used of a tortuous history—with the events of the wars of
religion and the political activities and cruelties of Spanish
inquisitors and statesmen.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“With certain deductions which seem inevitable in respect of style ...
Mr. Crockett has handled a theme of much complexity with vivacity and
skill; and the characterization is in his best form.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 509. O. 27. 260w.
“Mr. Crockett has put his historical facts (duly supplemented by
sentimental inventions) to skilful use, and made the old story quite
readable again.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 144. Mr. 1, ’07. 160w.
“The book reminds us of the elder Dumas, partly because the author has
chosen similar situations in French history upon which to found his
story and partly because he has the old charm for spinning a tale full
of intrigue and wild adventures.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 216. Ja. 24, ’07. 260w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 721. N. 3, ’06. 100w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 811. D. 29, ’06. 150w.
=Croly, Herbert David.= Houses for town or country. **$2. Duffield.
7–28610.
In text and illustration are revealed the tendencies of architecture
in America toward nationalization, and the causes for emancipation
from imitation of foreign models. The typical town house, the typical
country house and the house for all the year are discussed, attractive
ideas are set down concerning the hall and the stairs, the
living-room, the dining-room, the bedroom and the kitchen, and the
house in relation to out-of-doors.
* * * * *
“Anyone wishing to build, remodel, or decorate a house, or to plan a
suitable garden for it, can find something suggestive and to his
purpose ... in ‘Houses for town or country.’”
+ =Dial.= 43: 257. O. 16, ’07. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 579. S. 28, ’07. 130w.
“The inquiring layman can learn much from this exposition of
architectural ideals, however, and if he is thinking of building a
house either in town or country, he will do well to consult these
pages.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 271. O. 5, ’07. 190w.
Reviewed by Elisabeth Luther Cary.
=Putnam’s.= 3: 360. D. ’07. 350w.
=Cromarsh, H. Ripley.= See =Angell, Bryan Mary=.
=Crook, Rev. Isaac.= John Knox: the reformer. *$1. West. Meth. bk.
7–14594.
In this biography of Knox in the “Men of the kingdom” series, the
author has “drawn the reformer out of a cloudy past into a clear
modern vision.”
=Cross, Alfred W. S.= Public baths and wash houses; a treatise on their
planning, design, arrangement, and fitting. *$7.50. Scribner.
7–12686.
A book that is conceived and executed from the view point of the
architect rather than from that of the municipal official or the
sanitarian.
* * * * *
“The volume before us is a commendable one.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 307. Mr. 14, ’07. 440w.
“Unfortunately, the title is misleading in omitting to prefix the
qualifying adjective British. In spite of its limitations, the volume
should be on the shelves of every technical library and of every
architect who is likely to design bath houses.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 383. O. 24, ’07. 940w.
* =Cross, Richard James=, ed. Hundred great poems. **$1.25. Holt.
A hundred poems of the sort of merit that has stood the test of time.
Shakespeare, Herbert, Herrick, Milton, Burns, Wordsworth, Lamb, Moore,
Byron, Shelley, Keats, Hood, Longfellow, the Brownings, and many
others are represented.
* =Crothers, Samuel McChord.= Making of religion. *40c. Am. Unitar.
Mr. Crothers argues less for antiquarian research, for looking back at
our saints and heroes than for looking forward to the unchangeable
vision that has cheered the ages on.
=Crouse, Mary Elizabeth.= Algiers. **$2. Pott.
6–38897.
“A book of impressions is ‘Algiers.’... The author narrates the story
of this morning land where the East and the West have met; goes down
into its life to discover the traces of what has been ... tells the
romance of the palaces, describes the passing of the days, sees
Lazarus in his rags at the gates, the orange peddlers rolled in their
cloaks, asleep on the ground, and gives many glimpses of the native
women whose lives are veiled like their faces.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.
“Charming as this book often is, it does not bring assurance with its
interpretations.”
− + =Nation.= 83: 533. D. 20, ’06. 260w.
“The book was worth writing, the task has been admirably performed and
the pictures have much artistic merit.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 846. D. 3, ’06. 540w.
=Crowell, Norman H.= Sportsman’s primer. $1.25. Outing pub. co.
7–22732.
Both sportsmen and scoffers will enjoy the humor of these satirical
chapters upon football, hunting ducks, automobiling, frog catching,
base ball, tennis, wrestling, angling, golf, dog training, moose
hunting, bear hunting, snipe shooting, whaling and other sports.
=Crozier, John B.= Wheel of wealth, being a reconstruction of the
science and art of political economy on the lines of modern evolution.
$4.50. Longmans.
6–46262.
A three-part work on economics illuminated by the thought “that the
symbol of a revolving wheel is the natural symbol of the reproduction
of wealth, and that the laws of the increase and decrease of wealth,
as well as the immediate deduction therefrom, must be identical with,
and so be transferable from the mathematics of a mechanical wheel of
wealth and the science of political economy.” Part 1, treats of
“Reconstruction;” Part 2, “Free trade and protection;” Part 3, surveys
the “Critical and historical” aspects of the subjects, passing under
review the English and foreign schools.
* * * * *
“So thoroughly is political economy ‘reconstructed’ in this modest
volume, that we fail to recognize the battered, though regenerated,
science. The book is as disproportioned as a monster. Vital economic
problems are completely disregarded, other questions are treated at
excessive length.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 633. My. ’07. 160w.
“Dr. Crozier possesses a bright and generally intelligible, though
perhaps occasionally rather roystering style, great learning and great
industry. It is not a book to be hastily passed by, and should be
studied carefully by those who disagree with it.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 191. F. 16. 1700w.
“Eliminate the wheel; moderate the oratorical rush of the writer;
reduce the book to a half of its length by omitting many explanations
which really obscure, and metaphors which are none the less
superfluous because ingenious; substitute occasionally a short
mathematical formula for an eloquent paragraph and this book would
take a high place in modern economical literature.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 434. D. 28, ’06. 1390w.
“In a work which reconstructs an entire science in a single stroke, it
is an ungrateful task to call attention to such minor defects as
errors of fact and inference; and in a single number of the ‘Nation’
it would be impossible to chronicle more than a small part of Mr.
Crozier’s mistakes. It is only fair to say that the ‘Wheel of wealth,’
like the author’s preceding works, is entertainingly written, and is
an interesting, if not successful, addition to the books that have
undertaken to reform the unregenerate science of political economy.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 155. F. 14, ’07. 1810w.
“Dr. Crozier’s own reconstruction, we confess, we have some difficulty
in appreciating.”
− =Spec.= 97: 176. F. 2, ’07. 1680w.
=Cruickshank, J. W., and Cruickshank, A. M.= Christian Rome. (Grant
Allen’s historical guides.) **$1.25. Wessels.
7–30815.
A small guide to Rome which follows “the lines laid down by Mr. Grant
Allen for his series of historical guide-books, of which the present
volume forms a part. His idea was to concentrate the reader’s
attention only on what is essential, important, and typical. Hence the
compilers have made no attempt to catalogue every church and work of
art connected with Christian Rome.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“In plan than which there are none better.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 162. O. ’07.
“Especially valuable for the Vatican galleries.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1358. Je. 6, ’07. 60w.
“An admirably practical guide.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 525. Jl. 6, ’07. 100w.
=Cruickshank, J. W., and Cruickshank, A. M.= Umbrian cities of Italy.
2v. il. $3. Page.
7–30814.
A guide-book, yet it withholds information about the details of
travel. “The authors’ method is to give a brief history of the region,
and also of each city, from which the traveler may form an idea of the
states of civilization under which the various art treasures of each
locality were produced and of the people who made them. Then follow
descriptions and studies of monuments, churches, museums, and their
contents. The books are not intended to take the place of an ordinary
guide book nor to furnish catalogues of collections. The aim of the
authors has been to supplement these by giving such a background of
history and tradition and of biographical coloring as will make the
objects studied stand out before the traveler full of meaning and
suggestion.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The plans for the identification of particular pictures in lavishly
decorated churches or other buildings should prove very useful.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 383. O. 24, ’07. 130w.
“Through the descriptions are scattered many bits of criticism which
give to them just the personal, companionable note that most travelers
will enjoy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 638. O. 19, ’07. 190w.
=Cruttwell, Maud.= Antonio Pollaiuolo. *$2. Scribner.
7–28946.
A comprehensive review of the work of this famous Italian draughtsman
meets a definite need. “One of Miss Cruttwell’s main objects has been
to draw a clear distinction between the two brothers Antonio and
Piero, whose works are commonly classed together and whom ordinarily
well-informed persons find it difficult to separate in their minds....
The book contains as an appendix all the known ‘documents’ bearing on
the brothers Pollaiuolo, and there is a complete catalogue of their
admitted works.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The illustrations are excellent, and the appendix, consisting of
documents relating to the life, list of works and bibliography, makes
the book of extreme value to students. The latter, however, is not so
free from printer’s errors as is the text.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 208. Mr. 2, ’07. 1170w.
“One of the most scholarly as well as most readable art books issued
in many a day; and no doubt it will long remain the authoritative
treatise on the Pollaiuoli.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1175. N. 14, ’07. 340w.
“A book of permanent value to students.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 38. F. 1, ’07. 1210w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 85. F. 9, ’07. 1270w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.)
“Has permanent value.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 859. Ap. 13, ’07. 260w.
=Cruttwell, Maud.= Guide to the paintings in the Florentine galleries,
the Uffizi, the Pitti, the Accademia. $1.25. Dutton.
7–33970.
Miss Cruttwell has subtracted many of the commonplace guide book
features, among them descriptions, but yet supplies the necessary
facts of information in clear time-saving form. She says that her book
is not a catalog for use in galleries but a reference volume for the
student. It is timely in view of the recent changes made in the three
galleries of Florence.
* * * * *
“Of the miniature ‘reproductions’ with which this neat and handy
volume is illustrated, we cannot speak with unqualified praise.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 672. Je. 1. 410w.
=N. Y. Times=. 12: 551. S. 14, ’07. 90w.
“All the defects of her latest book, however, can be easily removed in
another edition.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 613. Jl. 20, ’07. 380w.
=Cundall, H. M.= Birket Foster, R. W. S. il. *$6. Macmillan.
7–28516.
An artistic and descriptive volume of the life of one of the foremost
representatives of the English school of water color painting. His
landscapes, his studies of peasant and farm life, and his
architectural reproductions all bespeak a genius that has tested its
work by the artist’s standards and found it good. To Americans he is
best known for his illustrations to “Evangeline.”
* * * * *
=Ath.= 1907, 1: 52. Ja. 12. 1200w.
“Its author has had exceptional facilities for dealing successfully
with his subject and has turned them to account with no little tact
and skill.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 31: 81. Mr. ’07. 340w.
“It is a beautifully illustrated, gossipy book, which carries the
reader back to the early days of pictorial journalism in England.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 341. Mr. 2, ’07. 390w.
+ + =Nation.= 84: 322. Ap. 4, ’07. 130w.
“In all this series there is not a more attractive volume.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 76. F. 9, ’07. 450w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 857. Ap. 13, ’07. 140w.
“Somehow we cannot reconcile ourselves to Birket Foster in the form in
which he is here reproduced. Mr. Cundall brings to bear on his work
plenty of enthusiasm of the right kind, and is thoroughly appreciative
of the exquisite art of his man, but the book as a whole leaves us
uncontent.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 780. D. 22, ’06. 110w.
=Cunningham, William.= Wisdom of the wise, three lectures on free trade
imperialism. *60c. Putnam.
6–33507.
“The three ‘wise’ men whose views upon imperialism and trade policy
are discussed in these lectures are Right Hon. R. B. Haldane, Mr. St.
Loe Stachey, and Lord Rosebery.... The first of these essays discusses
English classical free-trade economics.... The second essay is devoted
to a discussion of free-trade imperialism, with reference especially
to Mr. Stachey’s views.... The last essay is a commentary upon Lord
Rosebery’s utterances upon the problem of the unemployed.”—J. Pol.
Econ.
* * * * *
“The analysis is dispassionate, and the author shows a desire to take
his opponents at their best.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 634. My. ’07. 100w.
“There is much interesting economic speculation in these essays. The
argument would, however, be more convincing if less apologetic.”
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 523. O. ’06. 350w.
Reviewed by Alvin S. Johnson.
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 718. D. ’06. 450w.
“Innuendoes against colleagues and political opponents are not atoned
for by pulpit platitudes on religion and political life. Irrelevance
and confusion are worsened, and bettered, when advanced under the
cloak of a distinguished reputation. The role of political pamphleteer
is not, in short, adapted to Dr. Cunningham’s genius.”
− =Spec.= 96: 1042. Je. 30, ’06. 1700w.
=Cunynghame, Henry H. S.= European enamels. (Connoisseur’s lib., no. 9.)
*$6.75. Macmillan.
6–41011.
The third edition of Mr. Cunynghame’s work on enamels, in which he has
included a chapter on a new kind of furnace invented by himself.
* * * * *
“Mr. Cunynghame has absorbed the whole history of his subject and sets
it before us in so convenient and graceful a way as to make his volume
one of the most charming of an excellent series.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 22. Ja. 5, ’07. 300w.
“On questions relating to the history of enamel the author helps us
hardly at all. He supplies only scraps of comment drawn from various
sources. His style is discursive, and at times it is impossible to
take seriously his ideas on art matters generally.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 520. O. 27. 980w.
“A book that will not stand the test of criticism.”
− =Dial.= 42: 230. Ap. 1, ’07. 340w.
“Beautiful and instructive volume.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 225. Jl. 25, ’07. 240w.
“A very interesting, and on the whole, reliable work on the subject.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 184. D. ’06. 450w.
“The worst fault, however, from the connoisseur’s point of view, is
the absence of a bibliography. Credit must be given him for a real
knowledge of materials and processes, and what he has to say on
these ... is extremely valuable.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 370. N. 2, ’06. 460w.
“We close the volume with the feeling that enthusiasm for the art and
knowledge of its character are to be gained by a faithful study of
these pages. The not very attractive photographic plates are at least
useful. It is altogether a good book for the beginner.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 418. My. 2, ’07. 620w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 113. F. 23, ’07. 560w.
“A valuable volume.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 130w.
=Cunynghame, Henry H. S.= Time and clocks: a description of ancient and
modern methods of measuring time. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–11023.
“Mr. Cunynghame, after discussing the subject of time generally,
proceeds to describe the sun-dial, the water-clock (with a notice of
the complication caused by the division of the day into twelve hours),
and sand-glasses. In due course he comes to clocks in their various
forms.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“If Mr. Cunynghame had stuck to his subject, a valuable book might
have resulted, and it need not have been any shorter than the one
actually in hand.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 20. Ja. 5. 500w.
“We rather fear that the reader who has not gone through a course of
dynamics will find it hard to grasp the significance of the various
discussions, despite the clear reasoning and simple examples, whilst
to the science student a greater part of the matter is unnecessary.”
W. E. R.
+ − =Nature.= 75: 269. F. 17, ’07. 160w.
“A very interesting book it is, though in spots disconcertingly
mathematical.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 1090w.
“He is always scientific, and discusses the principle of the technical
contrivances which he describes.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 1051. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
=Curtis, Carleton Clarence.= Nature and development of plants. *$2.50.
Holt.
7–34596.
A work which has less of the text-book aim than that of creating for
the student a viewpoint. It is put forth with the hope that the
discussion “will give the student such comprehension of the subject
that he will come to the lecture room in a proper attitude and that he
will approach his laboratory work with the desire for investigation.”
=Curtis, Natalie=, ed. Indians’ book: an offering by the American
Indians of Indian lore, musical and narrative, to form a record of the
songs and legends of their race. il. **$7.50. Harper.
7–31183.
A most handsomely made book, “undertaken primarily for the Indians, in
the hope that this, their own volume, when placed in the hands of
their children, might help to revive for the younger generation that
sense of the dignity and worth of their race which is the Indian’s
birth-right.” “The book reflects the soul of one of the types of
primitive man.... It is the direct utterance of the Indians
themselves. The red man dictated and the white friend recorded.” The
songs, stories and drawings have been contributed by Indians
themselves.
* * * * *
“To most of its white readers the book will be a revelation of the
vaguely stirring genius and the art, mystic in its intent, spontaneous
in its symbolism, of a child race.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 382. D. 1, ’07. 640w.
“It must be said in general that the poems, stories, and tunes
collected by Miss Curtis have the true aboriginal flavor.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 428. N. 7, ’07. 750w.
“For herself makes claim only to the work of the recorder. But even
the cursory reader will see that she deserves, in addition, much
credit for the noble purpose by which she has been animated, the tact
and patience with which she has carried the work through successfully,
and the painstaking labor which has been involved.” F. F. Kelly.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 646. O. 19, ’07. 1170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
“The appeal of the book is to the lover of folk-lore, to the musician,
to the student of primitive art, and to all who would know about the
Indian character and the Indian traditions.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 558. O. 19, ’07. 160w.
“A noteworthy contribution to the descriptive literature of vanishing
peoples.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 637. N. ’07. 280w.
=Curtis, Newton Martin.= From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: the story of
the Sixteenth New York infantry with personal reminiscences. **$2.
Putnam.
6–27984.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The historian’s research into archives has been faithful and
laborious; but it is more than rivalled by this loving quest of
tear-bedewed letters from the front, and recollections of actual
survivors.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 685. Ag. ’07. 430w.
“In its human interest, a volume like this finds its value and its
justification.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 620. Mr. 14, ’07. 300w.
=Cust, Lionel.= Van Dyck. (Great masters in painting and sculpture.)
$1.75. Macmillan.
W 7–162.
“An abridged and revised version of the exhaustive volume on the life
and work of Van Dyck published six years ago by Mr. Lionel Cust, whose
erudition is now placed within the reach of a wider public.... The
illustrations are well-chosen and adequately reproduced, and though we
could wish the list of paintings included those in private as well as
those in public collections, the book must be pronounced in every way
a worthy addition to a series remarkable for its convenience and
authority.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“As an authoritative account of a painter whose work is richly
represented in this country, Mr. Cust’s condensed volume should find a
place in the library of every connoisseur.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 162. F. 16, ’07. 130w.
“The addition of new facts which have recently come to light bring the
book up to the level of present-day knowledge.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 140w.
* =Cutting, Mrs. Mary Stewart.= Suburban whirl. †$1.25. McClure.
7–33206.
Includes “The suburban whirl” and several shorter sketches which
contain tangible precipitates from every-day happenings in home
routine. The titular story shows how in attempting to solve the
question of providing for three on a slender income two charming young
people try suburban life. “They find themselves speedily caught in the
small local maelstrom of clubs and dinners and subscription dances,
obliged to buy tickets to church festivals and charitable
entertainments, and double their expenditures on personal effects, in
order to live up to their new standards.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“One of the many well-deserved forms of praise that may be offered be
Mrs. Cutting ... is that her instinct for economy of structure is
almost flawless. A larger number [of characters] would have spoiled
the illusion of a small suburban town; a smaller number would not have
conveyed a sense of a social whirl in the suburbs of anywhere else. In
short, she has struck the golden mean, which makes this little story
as admirable for its symmetry as it is for the simple philosophy of
its culmination.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 407. D. ’07. 430w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
D
=Dale, Robert W.= History of English Congregationalism. **$4. Armstrong.
A book by one of England’s most commanding nonconformists which is
written for Congregationalists but which will interest “Episcopalians
and Presbyterians especially, as well as all Americans to whom the
development of religious freedom and the delimitation of the spheres
of church and state form an attractive subject.” (Outlook.) “He tells
the life-history of a cause which suffered contempt and cruel
oppression, and of which he was the latest—and the most
eloquent—exponent.... So much only of political history is given as is
absolutely necessary for his purpose.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“By this book the author has erected a worthy monument to his own
memory; but it must not be forgotten that without another’s labour it
would never have seen the light. The manner in which the work of
arrangement, of revision, of completion, and of illustration has been
performed by his son demands separate, if brief recognition. In
discretion, taste, and literary ability it is altogether admirable.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 567. My. 11. 2030w.
“Let us say at once that for thoroughness of treatment and for
exactness of detail there is no work known to us on this subject which
approaches the volume now produced by Principal Dale out of the
materials which his father left.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 92. Mr. 22, ’07. 1300w.
“For a historical understanding of the peculiarities of religious life
in England this history is eminently instructive.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 748. Ag. 3, ’07. 320w.
“In taking leave of a very able book we cannot but express our
thankfulness that Professor Dale has been able to preserve unimpaired
for the students of church history a valuable work which might have
lost much by the too early death of its author.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 1310w.
=D’Alton, Rev. John A.= History of Ireland from the earliest times to
the present day. 3v. v. 2, from 1547 to 1782. *$3. Benziger.
Covers the ground from the earliest period down to the present day,
and “aims not to contribute anything original in the way of research
or criticism, but to produce a popular history by judicious selection
of the best materials that his predecessors have furnished.” (Cath.
World.)
* * * * *
“Being both a learned and an honest man, he seldom misstates facts,
and is ready to face them as he understands them; but one cannot read
twenty pages of the book without feeling that he is a Roman Catholic,
and takes the standpoint of that church as his own. These flaws do not
prevent the book before us from contrasting very favorably with
various Irish histories which have come under our notice.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 628. My. 25. 1560w. (Review of v. 2.)
“He is simple, clear, and at times, picturesque. The temper of the
work is fairly critical, though not unfrequently our author does not
acquaint his readers with the existence of an opinion at variance with
the one he favors.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 248. My. ’07. 480w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Father D’Alton has few graces of style, but he is workmanlike, and is
wise to avoid rhetoric. On the whole, what impresses us most is his
impartiality; he desires to get at the truth and tell it plainly. His
view would be broader if he had entered more closely into English
history.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 620. My. 18, ’07. 1570w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Dalton, William.= Dalton’s complete bridge. **$1.25. Stokes.
6–30000.
The most recent and authoritative work on bridge, written by the great
British expert.
* * * * *
“We are still waiting for the Cavendish of bridge, but books like this
help to pave the way for his arrival.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 99. Jl. 28. 550w.
“A treatise which leaves nothing to be desired on the score of
thoroughness.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 463. D. 16, ’06. 50w.
+ − =Nation.= 83: 393. N. 8, ’06. 100w.
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 866. D. 15, ’06. 90w.
=Daly, Thomas Augustine.= Canzoni. *$1. Catholic standard and times pub.
co.
6–38398.
“Mr. T. A. Daly’s dagoes, his darkies, and his Irishmen all satisfy
one’s sense of verity. Of the dialect verses in this volume, those
dealing with the humor and sentiment of the humble Italian life in our
large cities make up the larger portion.... In his Irish verses there
is something of the quality of Samuel Lover, an Old World flavor in
the wit and lilt as well.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Daly is happy, likewise, in his poems of love and home, which are
always true and sound. What is most admirable throughout the volume is
the union of wit, humor, or sprightliness, as the case may be, with a
genuine respect for all that is pure, sweet, tender, manly, and
noble.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 547. Jl. ’07. 860w.
“Contains some unusually good light verse, mostly dialect, part of it
Irish, part Italian. Both are handled skillfully.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1497. D. 20, ’06. 250w.
“The pervading wholesome spirit particularly commends this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 270w.
=Dampier, William.= Voyages, ed. by John Masefield. 2v. *$7.50. Dutton.
7–26474.
“A new and attractive edition in two volumes, with portrait, maps, and
a brief sketch of Dampier’s life of the editor.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 72: 187. F. 23, ’07. 1860w.
“The ‘Voyages’ here presented in two handy volumes, at a comparatively
low price, are full of popular interest and romance. They are far more
stirring reading than many a belauded work of modern fiction.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 300w.
“In Mr. Masefield’s reprint the type is clear and the editing
generally excellent. The introductory memoir might indeed have been
fuller for Admiral Smyth’s standard biographical sketch in the United
service journal is now seventy years old, and no longer easy to find.
From Mr. Masefield’s index we miss several entries, among them the
name of Selkirk.” Lane Cooper.
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 205. O. 1, ’07. 2420w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 160w.
“A carefully annotated edition.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 148. F. 2, ’07. 240w.
=Dana, John Cotton, and Kent, Henry W.= Literature of libraries in the
17th and 18th centuries. 6v. *$12. McClurg.
=v. 3 and 4.= These volumes of this series deal respectively with “The
life of Sir Thomas Bodley, written by himself, together with the first
draft of the statutes of the public library at Oxon,” and “Two tracts
on the founding and maintaining of parochial libraries in Scotland,”
by James Kirkwood.
=v. 5.= This is “A brief outline of the history of libraries” by
Justus Lipsius, translated from the second edition, the last from the
hand of the author, by John Cotton Dana. The library of Osymandyas of
Egypt is the first to be mentioned, then follows the brief history of
other Egyptian libraries, of Grecian and of Roman collections. Two
chapters in closing are devoted to historic library decoration, book
cases, shelves, tables and seats.
=v. 6.= The concluding volume of this series is entitled “News from
France,” or “A description of the library of Cardinal Mazarin,”
preceded by “The surrender of the library,” two tracts written by
Gabriel Naudé.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 616. N. 16. 290w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)
Reviewed by Laurence Burnham.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 639. F. ’07. 390w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The contents of the last volumes easily sustain the high standard of
the previous books in the series and indeed are of even greater
interest to the layman as well as the librarian.” Laurence Burnham.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 101. S. ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 3–6.)
“As a whole, this series promises to be a delight to the bibliophile
as well as to the librarian.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 73. F. 1, ’07. 1350w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
+ =Dial.= 43: 41. Jl. 16, ’07. 450w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)
“Both volumes will have antiquarian value for those engaged in library
pursuits to-day. And the dignified sketch of Bodley’s life has also a
general human interest.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 243. Mr. 14, ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
+ =Nation.= 84: 564. Je. 20, ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 5 and
6.)
=Dane, John Colin.= Champion: the story of a motor-car; il. by W. E.
Webster. †$1.50. Dillingham.
7–15596.
The autobiography of a motor-car, which is full of the love,
adventure, and treachery of its several possessors. “The difference
between this and the well-known autobiography of a horse, ‘Black
Beauty,’ is in some respects typical of the changes in our own time
since the mid-Victorian era.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“It is crude and sensational, but the story moves forward with spirit,
and certain exciting scenes in it are well realized; for instance,
that in the great motor-car race in France.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 536. My. 4. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.
=Daniels, Frank T.= A text-book of topographical drawing. (Technical
drawing ser.) *$1.50. Heath.
7–8517.
“The first chapter deals briefly and concisely with the instruments
and materials required in topographic drafting. The next two chapters
take up the subject of paper and of plotting. The remaining chapters
take up the subjects of drafting and the symbols used in drafting
topographic maps, in ink and in colors, and the methods of
representing surface form. This is followed by a brief treatise on
earthwork and earthwork computation.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Here is a book that makes a field of its own, and for which there is
a place on shelves of all engineers and surveyors who have to do with
topographic drafting. The book is concisely and clearly written. In
reviewing so well written a text-book it seems ungracious to be
critical over trifles.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 78. Jl. 18, ’07. 750w.
=Danneel, Heinrich.= Electrochemistry; v. 1, Theoretical
electrochemistry and its physico-chemical foundations; tr. from the
Sammlung Göschen by Edmund S. Merriam. *$1.25. Wiley.
7–7516.
=v 1.= Treats of the modern theories of electrochemistry, as well as
their physicochemical foundations. Explains the terms work, current,
and voltage, and discusses gas laws, osmotic pressure, theory of
electrolytic dissociation and conductivity, ionic theory,
electromotive force, the galvanic current, polarization, electrolysis
and the electron theory.
* * * * *
“The average student who is called upon to study the ionic theory will
obtain, we venture to think, a better grip of the subject by a study
of Danneel’s book than from that of Abegg. The latter book treats the
subject more fully but Danneel’s style is more interesting, and he
leaves none of the salient facts out.”
+ + =Nature.= 76: 380. Ag. 15, ’07. 200w. (Review of pt. 1.)
“This volume ... contains a surprising amount of fact and information
within a very small compass. The translation is vigorous and clear.”
Arthur B. Lamb.
+ + − =Science=, n. s. 26: 170. Ag. 9, ’07. 260w. (Review of pt. 1.)
=Dante Alighieri.= Divine comedy and The new life; ed. with introd. and
notes by Oscar Kuhns, lea. $1.25. Crowell.
An edition uniform with the “Thin paper poets,” which with its
introduction, bibliography and notes will serve to give a new impulse
to the study of Dante.
=Dargan, Olive Tilford.= Lords and lovers and other dramas. **$1.50.
Scribner.
“‘Lords and lovers’ is a romantic play in two parts of the time of
Henry III. of England. It is as readable ... as a good novel, while it
has the added charm of workmanlike and impressive blank verse and of
dramatic situations, possibly not actable, yet conceived with a fine
theatrical unction.... The second play, ‘The Shepherd,’ is in prose.
It is a powerful presentation of contemporary Russian life, conceived
with real force and imagination, though weakened as a work of art—as
is also the concluding play, ‘The Siege,’—by an obvious concession to
the desire of the sentimental reader for a measurably happy
consummation.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Such verse as this leaves no room for criticism. It bears the visible
mark of the divine gift, and there is no poet of our time who might
not be proud to claim it for his own.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 253. Ap. 16, ’07. 540w.
+ − =Nation.= 83: 439. N. 22, ’06. 570w.
Reviewed by Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 30. Ja. 19, ’07. 880w.
“Mrs. Dargan is a poet, not a great one, because not original, though
she is decidedly individual.” James Huneker.
+ =No. Am.= 184: 190. Ja. 18, ’07. 1410w.
“If one were asked to say wherein the chief weakness lay, one would
feel that one had acquired no new or individual point of view from the
reading, and that there was no serious comment upon life.” Louise
Collier Willcox.
+ − =No. Am.= 186: 95. S. ’07. 280w.
“There are abundant signs of immaturity in the first book of plays,
and only a very young writer would have attempted the dramatization of
such a character and experience as Poe’s; but there are also
indisputable marks of original force of mind and imagination; the
quality of promise which comes from strength and vitality rather than
from facility and sensibility.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 328. F. 9, ’07. 1320w.
“[The reader] cannot be unconscious of certain defects of plot. Mrs.
Dargan’s great strength lies in the personality with which she invests
her characters and in her remarkable command of blank verse.” Jessie
B. Rittenhouse.
+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 349. Je. ’07. 300w.
=Davenport, Charles Benedict.= Inheritance in poultry. pa. $1. Carnegie
inst.
6–27702.
Mr. Davenport has made an application of Mendelian principles to
inheritance similar to that carried out by Saunders, Hurst and Bateson
in England. “In part, however, he has studied different characters and
races, and has been able to add many new and important facts to those
already known. The present work is, however, to be looked upon rather
as a preliminary—a first installment of the extensive experiments
under way at Cold Spring Harbor.” (Science.)
* * * * *
“This is a valuable addition to the rapidly-increasing literature
dealing with the subject of inheritance. There are a few marks of
carelessness in the text.” F. A. D.
+ + − =Nature.= 74: 583. O. 11, ’06. 330w.
“The facts are presented with admirable clearness and conciseness, and
despite the large number of details that the subject demands the
matter is handled in a very attractive way.” T. H. Morgan.
+ + + =Science=, n. s. 25: 464. Mr. 22, ’07. 1220w.
=Davenport, Frances Gardiner.= Economic development of a Norfolk manor,
1086–1565. *$3. Putnam.
6–37953.
The subject of Miss Davenport’s study has been the court rolls of the
manor of Forncett, near Norwich, which formed a part of the estate of
the Earls of Norfolk. She carries it thru five centuries, and affords
her readers an opportunity to follow in Forncett’s complex history the
agricultural history of a great part of England.
* * * * *
“With no theory to establish and no prejudice to maintain, she
gathered all the information that could be procured relating to a
single Norfolk manor, arranged it logically, and thus furnished a
contribution to our knowledge of medieval economic conditions that is
thoroughly trustworthy.” Thomas Walker Page.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 609. Ap. ’07. 720w.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 153. Jl. ’07. 330w.
“This is an extremely unpretentious, but none the less very remarkable
piece of work. We commend specially to the attention of students the
map of Forncett which accompanies this book.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 125. Ag. 4. 810w.
“The care with which the author has done her work is worthy of all
praise. Her calculations and tables are correct to a fraction. This
accuracy of inquiry bears fruit in a series of results with which
every student of economic history will have to reckon. The writer is
not so safe a guide in regard to the social and legal side of the
inquiry, and this is due partly to her insufficient use of the help to
be obtained from comparison with kindred cases.” P. Vinogradoff.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 154. Ja. ’07. 1370w.
+ + =Ind.= 63: 692. S. 19, ’07. 260w.
“This essay publishes the results of painstaking and scholarly
original research.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 59. Ja. ’07. 80w.
“In the certainty and precision of statement that comes from an
unusual knowledge of the minute detail of her subject lies the value
of Miss Davenport’s study of Forncett.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 267. S. 27, ’06. 480w.
“Valuable as an analysis of a typical community.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 101. F. 16, ’07. 60w.
“Though it leaves many questions unanswered, and though in some
respects the picture is not as clear as we might wish—the sokeman
still remaining something of a puzzle—we can but feel content with a
work that is in the highest degree painstaking and scholarly.” Charles
M. Andrews.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 726. D. ’07. 1060w.
“The full value of it will appear only as other studies of a similar
kind are published with which comparisons may be made. Meanwhile it
remains a model of the way in which such work should be done. The
material has been collected and examined with painstaking
thoroughness, and has been written up with admirable discrimination.”
C. D.
+ + =Yale R.= 16: 211. Ag. ’07. 720w.
=Davey, Richard Patrick Boyle.= Pageant of London; with 40 il. in color
by John Fulleylove. 2v. *$5. Pott.
W 6–228.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The whole book is inaccurate and slipshod. Mr. Fulleylove’s charming
illustrations deserved a better surrounding.” C. L. K.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 206. Ja. ’07. 370w.
=Davidson, Gladys.= Stories from the operas. 2d ser. *$1.25. Lippincott.
Here “Wagner is represented by only two of his operas—‘Parsifal’ and
‘Die Meistersinger.’ Of the other operas whose stories are told by
her, four—Gounod’s ‘Philemon and Baucis,’ Meyerbeer’s ‘Star of the
north,’ Halévy’s ‘The Jewess,’ and Bellini’s ‘La sonnambula’—have
practically disappeared from the stage, while a fifth, Tchaikovsky’s
‘Eugene Onegin,’ has never become acclimated outside of Russia. The
others in the list are popular favorites of today and likely to remain
so for some time. Their plots are told by the author in the form of
short stories without reference to the stage or the music.”—Nation.
* * * * *
=Nation.= 85: 404. O. 31, ’07. 100w.
“The value of the book might have been materially increased had the
author boiled down each plot-story and given us all the standard
operas instead of merely a selected number.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 677. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
=Davidson, John.= Holiday and other poems. *$1. Dutton.
The technical experiments which the form of Mr. Davidson’s poetry
abounds in, are fully in keeping with the venturesomeness of his
themes and ideas. “He has nothing to do with civilization, except to
denounce and defy it; his self-chosen part is that of the upsetter of
all equanimities, the denier of all commonly accepted creeds,
conventions, and traditions.” (Lond. Times.) “The very title of the
book is manifold in its meaning. Life is a holiday, and the holiday of
holidays is the final liberty torn by the spirit out of its material
servitudes.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“It is evident that what he lacks mostly is discipline and that
austerity and economy of language which go with it. The fault looks
straight out of the verse, and it is equally noticeable in his essay,
which rambles over the whole universe of thought, touching on many
things of which Mr. Davidson speaks with no authority and yet
containing many interesting and suggestive things. Here we have
extravagance both of thought and expression. It is the outpouring of
an uncurbed, undisciplined, and vain mind.”
− + =Acad.= 71: 77. Jl. 28, ’06. 2000w.
“This volume ought to win for Mr. Davidson the wider audience that he
deserves. But his anarchic violence and metaphysical eccentricity are
still rocks of offence, and he is not the sort of man who is easily
taught or tamed.”
+ − =Ath.= 1966, 2: 151. Ag. 11. 1990w.
“In the closing passage of this ‘Note,’ Mr. Davidson, after a tribute
to Poe, enlarges upon America in general, and makes it evident that he
has been ‘seeing things.’” Wm. M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 42: 254. Ap. 16, ’07. 240w.
“His essay is a most stimulating and interesting piece of work. With
all its eccentricities, it does the most useful thing criticism can
do: it increases our sense of the greatness of poetry.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 281. Ag. 17, ’06. 1550w.
+ − =Nation.= 84: 200. F. 28, ’07. 180w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 172. Mr. 23, ’07. 640w.
“In his prose, however, as in his verse, Mr. Davidson betrays a touch
of rodomontade, a want of balance, and the vice of self-consciousness.
He disappoints by a certain want of grip. His hands seem ever to be
sliding over a hard surface. This criticism, none the less, must not
be taken as disparagement. If not the poet of the future, he is a
forerunner—one of the minor prophets.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 304. S. 8, ’06. 1460w.
“Mr. Davidson’s fault is that he is inclined at times to torture his
fancy into conceits. He can draw wonderful little vignettes of
landscape; but he can also describe nature in a way so painfully
‘literary’ that our teeth are set on edge. Colour, imagination, and
fire are rarely absent from his lines, and above all he has the
singer’s supreme gift of the infallible ear.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 296. S. 1, ’06. 340w.
=Davidson, Thomas.= Philosophy of Goethe’s Faust; ed. by Charles M.
Bakewell. *60c. Ginn.
6–45070.
Mr. Davidson tells in these six lectures what the poem has come to
mean to him, and has sought to lay bare its “philosophical or ethical
skeleton.” Speaking of the poem, he says: “Its content, I believe, is
the entire spiritual movement toward individual emancipation, composed
of the Teutonic reformation and the Italian Renaissance in all their
history, scope, and consequences.”
* * * * *
“The merit of the book is that it presents an individual point of
view, and is not merely a gathering from the opinions of previous
critics and commentators; while its defects arise, to some extent at
least, from this very quality of independence. However, many of Mr.
Davidson’s ideas are interesting, and some of his remarks on single
passages are really thoughtful and illuminating, although his work,
taken in its entirety, is, we think more acceptable as an exposition
of his own philosophy than of Goethe’s.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 153. Ag. 10. 390w.
“The book is too slight to deal thoroughly with ‘Faust’ or its
philosophy, and many a reader will be more interested in what Mr.
Davidson betrays of his own opinions than in what he says about
Goethe’s.” G. Santayana.
+ − =J. Philos.= 14: 106. F. 14, ’07. 880w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 74. Mr. 8, ’07. 1660w.
“It would almost seem that Mr. Davidson has done his work as guide too
thoroughly. He overloads his interpretations with meanings, he scents
symbolism everywhere, and constructs a philosophy of ‘Faust’ which,
though interesting and instructive in itself, can hardly be proved to
have been in the poet’s mind. It holds the reader’s interest from
beginning to end, and arouses in him a keen desire to take up his
‘Faust’ again, which is, after all, the most important function of a
book of this kind.” Frank Thilly.
+ + − =Philos. R.= 16: 552. S. ’07. 360w.
=Davidson, William L.= Stoic creed. *$1.75. Scribner.
“The book is divided into three main ‘sections,’ followed by an
appendix on ‘Pragmatism and humanism.’ The first section deals with
‘Moulding influences and leaders of the school,’ and shows how
stoicism is mainly derived, on its ethical side, from the impulse of
Socrates and the sophists. The second section, on ‘Stoic science and
speculation,’ contains chapters dealing with the conception of
philosophy, the logic and epistemology, the physics and cosmology, of
the school, concluding with a chapter on the atomic theory of Epicurus
in its relation to stoicism. The third section has for its title
‘Morality and religion,’ and occupies about half the book. It
contains, in addition to a detailed exposition of the ethical system
and its relation to cynicism, some useful pages of criticism, in which
the defects of the system are indicated; and an interesting chapter
entitled ‘Present-day value of stoicism,’ in which the dicta of
eminent moderns, such as M. Arnold and Renan, concerning the stoic
moralists are examined and appreciated.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“On the present-day value of stoicism and on its aspects as the
precursor of much modern theory, Professor Davidson writes admirably
in his excellent volume. It is no dry-as-dust treatise compact of
dates and uncompromising facts. It is a sympathetic study of the
history and development of the stoic philosophy which no student can
afford to neglect.”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 918. S. 21, ’07. 770w.
“The book shows a competent knowledge of the subject and a gift of
clear exposition. Occasionally, however, the writing is rather loose.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 37. Jl. 13. 400w.
“A most important chapter in the history of thought on the great
problems of the world is embodied in this discriminating and
interesting volume.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 836. Ag. 17, ’07. 320w.
=Davies, A. C. Fox-.= Dangerville, inheritance. †$1.50. Lane.
6–40211.
“This differs from most other detective tales in being the story of a
mystery rather than the glorification of a detective. It also differs
from them in keeping the solution from even the reader until the last
page. Lord and Lady Dangerville seem to have been magnetised to
attract mysteries, and mysteries of no mean radius.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“For the lovers of Sherlock Holmes ‘The Dangerville inheritance’ will
be a fine detective story; but as an unusual drama of human life, and
as an excellently told history it will have a more discriminating
audience.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 553. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
“The whole story is too preposterous to be taken seriously.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 25: 393. Je. ’07. 280w.
“The final outcome is slightly irritating from its shock to one’s
sense of probability.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 237. Ap. 13, ’07. 90w.
=Davies, A. C. Fox-.= Mauleverer murders. †$1.50. Lane.
7–27614.
Mystery and plot abound in this story. “The heroine leads a double
life, and is suspected of leading a triple or quadruple one. Sums like
£150,000 are juggled with airily as feathers; the properties include
bicycles, revolvers, knotted cords, strychnine, (wholesale,) perfumed
handkerchiefs, half-destroyed letters, watches stopped at dreadfully
significant hours, and the southern European kingdom of
Moritania—royal line extinct. There is a detective who is not likely
to displace Sergeant Cuff or Mr. Sherlock Holmes in our affections.”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Beginning with the title, the author furnishes us with a thrill if
not in every line, certainly on every page. The plot does not unfold;
it rolls up and accumulates like a snowball.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 320w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 210. Ag. 17, ’07. 170w.
“As a detective story the book suffers a little from the same thread
of interest not being sustained all through. The end of the story is
brutally horrible, and we are not convinced by the author’s production
of the real criminal.”
− =Spec.= 99: 298. Ag. 31, ’07. 160w.
=Davis, Grace T.= Hero tales of congregational history. *$1. Pilgrim
press.
7–3702.
“The characters sketched in this volume are all illustrious in the
history of the Congregational churches for nearly three centuries. As
pioneers of religion and civilization, and as builders of
institutions, their names have gone into our national history, and
their lives deserve the commemoration here bestowed. It is intended
especially for adolescent readers, and is effectively
illustrated.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 62: 505. F. 28, ’07. 90w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 60w.
=Davis, Hayne=, ed. Among the world’s peace-makers: an epitome of the
Interparliamentary union. $1.50. Progressive pub. co.
An epitome of the Interparliamentary union, with sketches of eminent
members of this international house of representatives and of
progressive people who are promoting the plan for permanent peace
which this union of lawmakers has espoused.
* * * * *
“Will be to the future historian a trustworthy and most fruitful
source of information.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 238. Ap. 13, ’07. 720w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 639. My. ’07. 110w.
=Davis, Henry William Charles.= England under the Normans and the
Angevins. *$3. Putnam.
6–1101.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Ch.-V. Langlois.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 150. Ja. ’07. 1210w.
=Davis, Latham.= Shakespeare, England’s Ulysses: the masque of Love’s
labor’s won, or The enacted will; dramatized from the sonnets of 1609.
*$3. Stechert.
The masque, whose text is the sonnets of 1609, is really a legal
document whose sole purpose is to convey and re-establish by a will
the authorship of our Shakespearian literature. “The name of the new
heir to the Shakespearian mantle, as revealed by the ‘star-like’
acrostic that ‘stands fix’d’ at the termination of the dramatis
personæ is that of ... Robert Devereux, second Earl of Essex.”
* * * * *
“It is a queer book, an unreadable one, and to the ordinary mind quite
unintelligible, but it is a book and it is printed, and it will
comfortably amaze a few of the credulous. There’s not a bit of harm in
it.”
− − + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 220. My. 18, ’07. 200w.
=Davis, Mrs. Mary Evelyn M.= Price of silence; with il. by Griswold
Tyng. †$1.50. Houghton.
7–11208.
New Orleans furnishes the setting for this romance whose prologue
deals with civil war times. “Then the tale passes over the intervening
years to the present time and concerns itself with the love and
complications of a grandniece of the mansions’s chatelaine, a son of
the Union officer who commanded the looting provost guard, and young
relatives and friends of the heroine.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07. ✠
“Its interest is cleverly maintained, and its colouring is vivid and
pleasing.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 786. Je. 29. 140w.
“The story is told with unfailing animation, and pictures with great
fidelity the traits of the old French society now rapidly passing from
view as a distinctive element in the life of the ancient city of
Bienville.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 280w.
“We suspect that the story is of a sort to be widely read, and to be
generally taken, at least in the North, for a true and pleasing
picture of southern types and southern life. We protest against such
acceptance of it, and decline to believe that this colonel-myth is
anything but a travesty of the truth.”
− =Nation.= 84: 544. Je. 13, ’07. 370w.
“It is very curious that an author who can write as well and with as
much taste as Mrs. Davis should be so entirely lacking in artistic
instinct. There is much in her book that is very charming. And along
with it is much that is deplorably clumsy and grotesque.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 242. Ap. 13, ’07. 310w.
“The book is unsatisfactory, both as a picture of the times with which
it deals and as a story.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 369. S. 21, ’07. 90w.
=Davis, Michael M.= Gabriel Tarde: an essay in sociological theory. $1.
Michael M. Davis, 791 West End av., N. Y.
6–46265.
An analysis of M. Tarde’s system. “After reviewing and summarizing
Tarde’s positions the author introduces some evidence to show that
Tarde only partly understood the role of imitation and has
consequently over-estimated it. The criticism is well taken. So, too,
is the criticism based upon Tarde’s neglect or ignorance of the work
of others which might have saved some missteps. The author gives him
great credit for original and suggestive discussions.” (Ann. Am.
Acad.)
* * * * *
“A piece of clean critical workmanship. Mr. Davis is to be
congratulated upon the catholicity of his discussion.” Albion W.
Small.
+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 125. Jl. ’06. 450w.
“Students of social theory will find this monograph of interest and
value.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 154. Jl. ’07. 140w.
=Davis, Norah.= World’s warrant; with a frontispiece by F. C. Yohn.
†$1.50. Houghton.
7–13951.
“Briefly, it is the endeavor to get a wife by advertisement, and the
resulting tangle in the lives of a number of persons whose characters,
cultivation, and position in the world would ordinarily remove them
far from any such complications.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Miss Davis merits notice chiefly from her treating the South as a
live country, inhabited by contemporary human beings, and not by a set
of conventional lay figures left over from the tragedy of the last
generation.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My 30, ’07. 250w.
“Miss Davis has evolved a plot of unusual ingenuity and dotted it with
situations that are striking and unexpected. A good many of them must
be taken at a gulp if they are taken at all. The author has developed
the plot very cleverly.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 299. My. 11, ’07. 310w.
“Miss Davis not only makes very real both the atmosphere of somnolent
Dixieland and the rattle and bustle and determined energy that are
waking it up, but she also has the knack of weaving a plot and the
ability to invent incidents and situations and to depict character.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 349. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
=Davis, Richard Harding.= Real soldiers of fortune. **$1.50. Scribner.
6–42911.
Mr. Davis sketches “the kind of man who in any walk of life makes his
own fortune, who, when he sees it come, leaps to meet it and turns it
to his advantage.” The group includes Gen. William Walker, Baron
Harden-Hickey, General MacIver, Winston Spencer Churchill, Capt. Philo
Norton McGiffen, and Major Burnham.
* * * * *
“Written with the author’s usual spirit and dash.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 8. Ja. ’07. S.
“A collection of biographical sketches of unequal merit.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 380. Mr. 30. 680w.
“The remarkable deeds of six remarkable men, told by a writer also
accounted remarkable, furnish reading that should be and is remarkably
interesting.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 83. F. 1, ’07. 230w.
“The exploits and adventures of these real soldiers of fortune are not
a whit less interesting or astonishing than those of Mr. Davis’s ideal
soldier of fortune.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 190w.
“Adventurous spirits are presented in the narrative, with anecdote,
episode, and adventure, which reads like the wildest romance, and yet
through the care of the author is not dissociated from the historical
events in which these men played important, but, for the most part,
thankless rôles.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 150w.
“The spirit and dash with which these biographical sketches are
written will certainly attract young readers.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 90w.
“Mr. Davis’ study of Walker, the filibuster king, has resulted in a
real contribution to our knowledge of that strange character, and many
Americans, young and old, will read this new estimate of Walker with a
fresh interest.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 230w.
“The best sketch in the book is that of ‘Major Burnham, chief of
scouts.’”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 465. O. 5, ’07. 410w.
=Davis, Richard Harding.= Scarlet car. †$1.25. Scribner.
7–22818.
These sprightly stories, three in number, are brimful of adventure. A
large red motor car furnishes the possibilities of romance which
involves the affections of a charming Beatrice, young Peabody whom she
drops unceremoniously, and Billy Winthrop, “the right man” of the
scarlet car. “Knowing Mr. Davis’s taking ways where proper figured men
and pretty women are concerned, and his ingenuity in finding
interesting situations for them—noble, manly attributes for the men,
graceful, girlish tricks for the women, sentiment for both—you do not
need to be told any more details of the story of the scarlet car. You
will find out for yourself.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“A light, bright, little story for an idle hour or two.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 176. O. ’07. ✠
“Why should Mr. Davis, a man who knows Gallegher, make himself the
literary chauffeur of such merely sleek, well-fed supernumeraries?”
+ =Ind.= 63: 761. S. 26, ’07. 180w.
“The amusing incidents which happen by the way are appropriate to the
undisguisedly farcical nature of the whole affair.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 102. Ag. 1, ’07. 260w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
“Mr. Davis is not at his best in ‘The scarlet car.’ It is very
distinctly destined for the most careless of summer readers. Frederick
Dow Steele’s pictures are excellent.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 419. Je. 29, ’07. 610w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“An extravaganza-like tale, in which love, motoring, and adventure are
carelessly mingled with a quite modern infusion of humor.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 40w.
=Davis, William Stearns.= Victor of Salamis: a tale of the days of
Xerxes, Leonidas, and Themistocles. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–15591.
This piece of historical fiction deals with the invasion of Greece by
the Persians under Xerxes. Altho many of the characters are fictitious
and the love story is purely imaginary, the scenes are apparently true
to the times, and Athens and Sparta are made to tremble before the
invader as history tells us they trembled, while her heroes of the
hour play the glorious parts which history says they played. Perhaps
the best chapters are those descriptive of Thermopylae and Salamis.
* * * * *
“Interest is well sustained by the incidents of war and fortunes of
love.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 176. O. ’07. ✠
“We think that Mr. Davis might have been a little more careful in his
proper names.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 724. Je. 15. 250w.
“Knowledge and deep sympathy combine to make the book something more
than readable, which is perhaps all that was to be expected of it.”
Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 63. Ag. 1, ’07. 260w.
“It is a particularly grim story of war, with amply abundant details
to satisfy, even to satiate, the most bloodthirsty reader who ever
frequented a circulating library.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 327. My. 18, ’07. 240w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 170w.
“The leading historical personages are made to appear real men.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 90w.
“The weakness of the book is in some details, which count, it may be,
for more than they are worth.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 234. Ag. 17, ’07. 170w.
=Dawson, Alec J.= The message. †$1.50. Estes.
A novel with a purpose which presumes to command a 1940 view point.
“His standpoint is frankly imperial, and even partisan. He assumes
that the trend of the present government is towards weakness and
sentimentalism and the neglect of national interests; and from that
postulate he has developed a pretty pickle for the country it governs.
The Germans land in force on the coasts of East Anglia, and in an
almost incredibly short time Great Britain is at their mercy.
Thereafter comes the rebuilding—the re-edification which is implied in
the title. This tack is initially undertaken by Canadian preachers,
and indeed the entire regeneration comes from the colonies.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“What remains of highest value in the story is the human current of
interest, which is maintained from the first.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 501. Ap. 27. 420w.
“Is for the most part rather frankly boresome, with here and there a
welcome oasis of something distinctly better, something that seems
almost worthy of the author of ‘Hidden manna.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 26: 81. S. ’07. 310w.
“Mr. Dawson is afire with patriotic purpose, but he is so didactic as
to be at times dull.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 658. Je. 25, ’07. 260w.
“The whole book moves briskly, and is exciting reading, although in
the earlier part anything but exhilarating.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 802. My. 18, ’07. 220w.
=Dawson, Coningsby William.= Worker, and other poems. **$1.25.
Macmillan.
6–41523.
The distinctive notes of Mr. Dawson’s verse are “passionate sympathy
with contemporaneous experiences and conditions, ardent feeling, and a
forcible though sometimes unmusical expression.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The author of these poems possesses genuine lyrical feeling, and his
thought, where abstract themes are dispensed with, is graceful and not
too reminiscent. A more serious flaw is the tendency, constantly
noticeable, to manufacture refrains, as it were, in season and out. By
multiplying instances of this device, the author has gone far to
defeat his own object, and incidentally, to disfigure a book of
considerable promise.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 725. Je. 15. 310w.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 255. Ap. 16, ’07. 280w.
“Shows something of James Thomson’s poignant view of the world,
something also of a pre-Raphaelite savor of phrase, but it is only
intermittently visited by any real spell of verbal magic and
compelling mood.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 70w.
“One reads this excellently cadenced verse, where never a note jars,
but cannot recover it when lost to the ear. A certain tenuous,
immaterial atmosphere pervades it all, leaving one uncertain as to
what Mr. Dawson has said, or what has been won from his personal
relation to life. Mr. Dawson is a poet of white light, but life is
multi-colored.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 30. Ja. 19, ’07. 350w.
“His poetry is, so to speak, too close to the age in which it is
written. For that reason it is likely to be heard, for it is the voice
of the moment; for the same reason it is not likely to endure. It
would be unjust to Mr. Dawson, however, to give the impression that he
is simply a journalist in verse. Interesting and significant volume of
verse.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 373. F. 16, ’07. 360w.
=Dawson, Nelson.= Goldsmiths’ and silversmiths’ work. (Connoisseur’s
lib.) *$7.50. Putnam.
7–37522.
“As befits the subject, this volume is beautifully printed and richly
illustrated. It is intended not so much for the craftsman and worker
in gold or silver as for the collector and art lover. Beginning with
the gold and silver ore in the ground, the author follows the history
of the manufacture of ornaments and articles of use in the precious
metals from the very earliest dates, far back of the Greek and Roman
period, down to our own times, with a specially full description of
such little-known periods as that of the Irish metal-workers and of
the early English renaissance.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“There is really not one dull page in a publication that will no doubt
appeal alike to the antiquarian, the student of ecclesiastical
history, the artist and the craftsman.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 33: 167. D. ’07. 340w.
“On the historical side it is a little elementary; on the practical
and artistic side it has the interesting personal touch that is only
to be found in the notes of a man who knows from experience what the
artist aims at, what means he employs, and what difficulties he has to
face and overcome.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 282. S. 20, ’07. 490w.
=Outlook.= 87: 359. O. 19, ’07. 100w.
=Spec.= 99: 336. S. 7, ’07. 60w.
=Dawson, William Harbutt.= German workman: a study in national
efficiency. *$1.50. Scribner.
6–23711.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A very readable account of that splendid system of ‘social policy’ by
means of which the health and efficiency of the workman have been
promoted as by no other people in the history of the race.” Charles
Richmond Henderson.
+ =Dial.= 43: 249. O. 16, ’07. 190w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 643. D. ’06. 610w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 31. Ja. 19, ’07. 1000w.
=Day, Emily Foster (Mrs. Frank R. Day).= Princess of Manoa. **$1.50.
Elder.
6–45043.
Nine sketches from the folk-lore of Hawaii. Brown paper, black type,
and full page illustrations in sepia, make a unique book daring in its
oddity.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 41: 456. D. 16, ’06. 60w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1500. D. 20, ’06. 70w.
“The legends of old Hawaii are rich in romance and piquant charm, and
Emily Foster Day puts into graceful English a few of the most
interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 40w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 867. D. 15, ’06. 90w.
“Very simply and sympathetically told, and in excellent taste.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 70w.
=Day, Holman Francis.= Rainy day railroad war. †$1. Barnes.
6–27347.
A story for boys which “relates the history of a fight over the
building of a railway through the timber lands of Maine. The young
hero is an assistant engineer, and develops in this contest
resourcefulness and courage.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Only fairly well done, but will be interesting to boys.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 20. Ja. ’07.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 60w.
“A spirited and vigorous story for boys.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 239. S. 22, ’06. 80w.
=Day, James Roscoe.= Raid on prosperity. **$1.50. Appleton.
7–36714.
Chancellor Day, the champion of corporate business, shows how trusts
are logical, natural and consistent with the developing interests of
the “new age.” He discusses corporations, the distribution of wealth,
organized charity, tainted money and labor unions. Several interesting
chapters are devoted to a defence of the Standard oil company.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Decharme, Paul.= Euripides and the spirit of his dramas; tr. by James
Loeb. **$3. Macmillan.
6–5711.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As a book of reference for the contents of Euripides’s plays, or a
collection of passages bearing upon certain topics, Professor
Decharme’s work will unquestionably be found useful; but for an
introduction to the spirit of Euripides we should rather refer the
student to Croiset, Dr. Murray, or Dr. Verrall.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 143. F. 2. 360w.
=Deeping, Warwick.= Woman’s war. †$1.50. Harper.
7–20869.
The story of the contentions of two women whose husbands are rival
doctors in a little English town. And in this game of chess, so
maliciously carried on by the blacks, it is the queen that centers her
energies, in the king’s behalf, on check-mating the king of the
whites. The darkest moment for the white men is when the queen of the
blacks attacks the castle of the white king’s reputation and sweeps it
from the board, and it is only by steadily pushing a white pawn step
by step to the king-row that the king and queen of the whites redeem
the castle and check-mate the black king.
* * * * *
“In the effort to give greater life to the central figures the minor
ones appear to have been neglected. Nevertheless we do not hesitate to
commend the book.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 11. Jl. 6. 100w.
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 77. S. ’07. 1370w.
“Having chosen a painful but live contemporary theme, he proceeds to
treat it with a childish superficiality.”
− =Nation.= 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 260w.
“A clever and forceful book this, but not entertaining, and hard as
nails.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 50w.
“As a whole, both in seriousness of conception and in success of
execution, the novel must be pronounced to have attained a high level
of merit.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 202. Ag. 10, ’07. 340w.
=De Garmo, Charles.= Principles of secondary education: the studies.
*$1.25. Macmillan.
7–6800.
The fundamental principles of American secondary education are here
set forth in the form of a text book for college and university
classes. The object being “to reveal thru an analysis of the content
of the studies themselves their inherent and comparative educational
value, and upon a basis of the values thus established to determine
the best possible combination of the studies into the various
curricula now demanded by democratic society.” A second object is to
show how secondary education can most effectively perform its proper
functions.
* * * * *
“It is evident that such a systematic treatment by an authority so
competent and respected as Professor De Garmo will be welcomed by
students of education in America, and particularly by teachers of the
principles of secondary education, who will find the book invaluable
as text-book and reference.” Edward O. Sisson.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 287. N. 1, ’07. 900w.
“The greatest value of the volume before us lies in the stimulus that
it affords for classroom-work. An urgent need of this work, if it is
to be truly serviceable, is a more extensive bibliography than the
present meager references furnish.” Julius Sachs.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 34: 421. N. ’07. 1160w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 234. S. 12, ’07. 290w.
“So far as regards the distinctive study of secondary education, it
must be said that Dr. De Garmo’s book is the first in the field. The
name of the author and the title will arouse general interest in the
volume, and this interest will be sustained by the contents.”
Nathaniel Butler.
+ + =School. R.= 15: 472. Je. ’07. 1000w.
=De Lancey, Magdalene (Hall), lady.= A week at Waterloo in 1815. *$1.50.
Dutton.
7–8229.
“Lady de Lancey gives an account of the wound received by her husband
at the great battle, of the agony of suspense caused to her as the
varying news came filtering through to her at Antwerp, and of the way
in which she tended him in a cottage in Mont St. Jean. The story is
one of genuine pathos, which is, if that could be possible, enhanced
by the fact that they had been married less than three months....
Letters by Walter Scott and Dickens add interest to the volume.”—Ath.
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 71: 11. Jl. 7, ’06. 610w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07. S.
“The narrative is touching in its simplicity, and occasionally gives
new and startling glimpses into the horrors of war.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 70. Jl. 21. 430w.
=Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 830. O. ’06. 160w.
“Lady De Lancey’s book is, however, literature, worthy to stand beside
Lucy Hutchinson’s life of her colonel and Margaret of Newcastle’s life
of her lord.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 263. Je. 2, ’07. 310w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 86. Jl. 21, ’06. 110w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 64. Jl. 14, ’06. 270w.
=Deland, Ellen Douglas.= Friendship of Anne. †$1.50. Wilde.
7–26962.
A boarding school story for girls which pictures the weaknesses, hopes
and aims of some very true-to-life girls.
=Deland, Mrs. Margaret Wade (Campbell).= Awakening of Helena Richie.
†$1.50. Harper.
6–24158.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Our nearest equivalent to the old-fashioned English novel.” Mary
Moss.
+ + =Atlan.= 99: 124. Ja. ’07. 580w.
“Helena Richie herself is faintly, thinly conceived. Her consciousness
is too elementary to feel seriously about, and one only wonders that
such grave events can hang themselves upon so slight a character.”
Louise Collier Willcox.
+ − =No. Am.= 183: 547. S. 21, ’06. 1180w.
+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 125. Ja. ’07. 280w.
=Deland, Margaret W. C.= Encore. †$1.50. Harper.
7–32562.
A slight story of Margaret Deland’s favorite spot, Old Chester. When
Letty Morris and Alfred Price tried in early youth to elope, the good
Dr. Lavendar, whom they sought to unite them, withdrew for a moment
and sent a message to the parents of the runaways. Their day of bliss
was over. The encore is the repetition of the love-making after fifty
years, and this time it is dissenting children who make the way hard;
but Dr. Lavendar comes to the rescue and this time lends his clerical
aid.
* * * * *
“This prettily bound and illustrated edition of one of the most
charming of the Old Chester chronicles is, we suppose, aimed at the
holiday public. We hope it will hit the mark.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The tale is told with delightful ease and humor.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 60w.
=De La Pasture, Elizabeth (Bonham).= Catherine of Calais; new ed. $1.50.
Dutton.
7–28454.
“Catherine is a girl of quiet charm and of lifelong devotion to an
ideal of romance. She quite takes hold of the readers heart, and he is
glad that she loves to the end the stately, handsome, conscientious
husband she has awesomely admired as a girl, and that she never
penetrates the secret that he is essentially a dull and commonplace
gentleman. In contrast to Catherine there are two capitally drawn
elderly women, one of infernal temper and overbearing self-approval,
the other of indolent and self-indulgent temperament, but exceedingly
clever in character-reading and in social comment.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Readers who like little star-trimmed heroines who give the impression
of having moonbeam toes and of being incapable but good will enjoy
this story. The interest of the story depends upon what the characters
say, not what they do.”
− =Ind.= 63: 573. S. 5, ’07. 190w.
“Catherine is, in fact, a silly and meek and dutiful and loving little
creature, one of the Amelia Sedleys who do not become extinct in life,
whether they are to be found in fiction or not.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 544. Je. 13, ’07. 240w.
“It is pleasant to be able to acknowledge so clean and sweet a book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 500w.
“To those who love a simple story, simply told, but with true
sentiment and gentle grace, we highly commend this new novel. The
story entertains but does not excite; it affords a refreshing contrast
both to the problem novel and to the cloak-and-sword romance.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 160w.
=De La Pasture, Elizabeth.= Lonely lady of Grosvenor square. †$1.50.
Dutton.
6–41709.
The lonely lady is a pretty country bred girl of twenty-five who comes
to Grosvenor square as the guest of a great-aunt and stays there after
her aunt’s death to watch over the estate which is an inheritance of
her twin brother who is in active service in Africa. The account of
how she tries to do honor to her name and position by following the
social code of her country rector’s wife, and how from the dull
loneliness of London state and formality she is rescued by her distant
cousin the Duke, forms a pretty old fashioned love story.
* * * * *
“The author writes as gracefully and as easily as ever—almost too
easily—and her touch both in humor and pathos is light and sure.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 144. F. 9, ’07. 270w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07. ✠
“The characters are well drawn and natural, and the narrative has
sufficient vitality to sustain the reader’s interest.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 192. F. 16. 280w.
“The very genuine charm of this quiet and refreshing story of
present-day London is its simple unassuming naturalness.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 181. Ap. ’07. 600w.
“A book of manners and sentiments; it touches only the surface of
life, but it is agreeably written and proves mildly entertaining.” Wm.
M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 226. Ap. 1, ’07. 220w.
“‘Charming’ is the word that attaches itself instinctively to her
work; it may not be the highest praise, but in this case it implies
popularity as well.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 37. F. 1, ’07. 390w.
=Nation.= 84: 291. Mr. 28, ’07. 120w.
“A story that in its sweetness and wholesomeness and simple unaffected
pathos forms a refreshing contrast to the morbid and unpleasant
matters with which fictionmakers frequently feel themselves obliged to
deal.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 99. F. 16, ’07. 990w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 280w.
“The book would be nothing if it were not for its genuine humor, which
is none the less welcome because it is not boisterous.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 160w.
“Mrs. de la Pasture’s powers as a narrator are considerable: and this
story is a thoroughly pleasant though not a very robust example of her
manner.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 244. F. 23, ’07. 90w.
“The book is not quite on the level of ‘Peter’s mother’ but it is
sufficiently amusing to rank among the most pleasing novels of the
season.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 258. F. 16, ’07. 160w.
=Delehaye, H.= Legends of the saints: an introduction to hagiography;
from the French, tr. by Mrs. V. M. Crawford. (Westminster lib.) *$1.20.
Longmans.
A two-part work whose purpose is to show the application of the
ordinary rules and methods of historical criticism to hagiographical
criticism. The first treats of hagiography; the second, of the
relation of paganism to Christianity.
* * * * *
“For the elucidation of the first part the author has peculiar and
rare qualifications. The other part of his book is not so good. M.
Delehaye also makes it evident in his book that he is but imperfectly
acquainted with some subjects on which he pronounces an opinion.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 326. S. 21. 1570w.
“Historical students will find the work to be a fine example of sound,
conservative, scientific method.”
+ =Cath. World.= 86: 259. N. ’07. 760w.
=Deming, Philander.= Story of a pathfinder. **$1.25. Houghton.
7–17047.
In this volume Mr. Deming “gathers up some loose threads of
autobiography and romance.... The six chapters or sections are chiefly
reprints from ... periodicals. Opening with an account of his rise to
the dignity and emoluments of a court stenographer, Mr. Deming goes on
to relate how he wrote his first successful story, then gives a few
tastes of his quality as a narrator of fiction, and concludes with
another bit of autobiographic reminiscence.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“His style, easy and conversational, is attractive; and the plots of
his tales, which have the touch of real life, are ingenious without
being involved, and all end with a fine-conceived and unexpected
stroke that pleasingly caps the already well-developed climax.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 19. Jl. 1, ’07. 330w.
“After reading his little volume, full of unobtrusive sincerity and
penetrated with that sort of poetry which marks the evening of certain
lives, one feels in contact with one of those rare personalities which
give biography its chief charm.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 97. Jl. 20, ’07. 400w.
“Although written at a much later date, both his stories and preface
bear rather the impress of the fifties than of the postbellum
newspaper world. It is the atmosphere of Greeley’s Memoirs, with all
the mildness and restraint of what might be called the middle
Victorian period in American fiction.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 568. Je. 20, ’07. 170w.
=De Montmorency, J. E. G.= Thomas a Kempis. *$2.25. Putnam.
7–11046.
“The mooted question of its authorship is here critically discussed,
and its authenticity fairly demonstrated; its structure is analyzed,
and the various sources shown from which its author drew; lists and
accounts of its manuscripts and printed editions are given; many fine
illustrations, including some facsimile pages, are added; full
recognition is shown to the work of Thomas’s fellow-mystics.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Mr. de Montmorency has an axe to grind—and sharpens it on á Kempis.
He sets up a distinction between the visible or official church, and
the invisible church, existing within the official church of which it
is truly the vital and Catholic part. With the needful caution, the
reader will find Mr. de Montmorency’s handling of the book full of
suggestion and matter for reflection. In treating purely evidential
questions, such as the authorship, he is sane and dispassionate
enough.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 67. Ja. 19. 1300w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1415. Je. 13, ’07. 100w.
“Mr. de Montmorency is full of enthusiasm for Thomas á Kempis and his
book and his zeal is according to knowledge; but his knowledge is not
always displayed with discretion. He could find it in his heart to
spend it all upon us.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 429. D. 28, ’06. 860w.
=Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 110w.
“Mr. Montmorency might have been with advantage at greater pains to
organize his book, which is obviously a labor of love.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 887. D. 22, ’06. 1230w.
“It is a timely and helpful commentary upon a great recreative and
reconstructive movement.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 44. Ja. 5, ’07. 300w.
“Mr. de Montmorency has given us the results of the most recent
investigations, lucidly stated and with an absence of ‘parti pris’
which is worthy of high praise.” A. I. du Pont Coleman.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 630. F. ’07. 240w.
“Mr. de Montmorency’s general observations about this wonderful book
are pregnant and excellent.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 431. Ap. 6, ’07. 750w.
“Interesting and learned book.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 178. F. 2, ’07. 1510w.
=De Morgan, John.= In lighter vein. **$1.50. Elder.
7–24148.
An anthology of witty sayings and anecdotes of prominent people from
Elizabeth to our own Mark Twain and Roosevelt. It is designed for
relaxation.
* * * * *
“It contains some good jokes and some dull ones, some that we never
heard and some that we are glad to have recalled to memory.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 576. S. 5, ’07. 60w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 150w.
=De Morgan, William.= Alice-for-short: a dichronism. †$1.75. Holt.
7–20515.
Alice-for-short, six years old and timid, bravely plods thru a London
fog with a jug of beer. She breaks the jug, which accident brings to
her side a protector, who, a little later, when the drunk-sodden
parents die, rescues her from the basement of an old house in Soho and
places her in the care of his sister. The chief interest of the tale
lies in the development of the child in intimate portrayal, the simple
life-likeness of characters, and the sure tho delayed consummation of
the romance. There are ghosts and mysteries in the plot which seems to
be a sensitive conscience’s concession to the veteran novel-reader
rather than a scheme vitally necessary to the character-drawing.
* * * * *
“We applaud Mr. De Morgan in that whatever he writes is instinct with
an infinite knowledge of humanity, with a subtle and tender humor, and
an exquisite skill in characterisation.”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 658. Jl. 6, ’07. 1080w.
“The story is disconnected, and slow in movement, full of humor, and
shows exquisite skill in characterization.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 177. O. ’07. ✠
“Before the two hundredth [page] is reached a falling off in the
quality of the work must be noted, and a serious shrinkage in the warp
and woof of the fabric. The author has been perhaps just a little too
sure of his readers, just a little too palpably in love with his
creatures.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 10. Jl. 6. 310w.
“You have come in contact with a rarely engaging personality which, by
some alchemy defying analysis, is capable of being seized and passed
on through the medium of cold print.” Mary Moss.
+ + =Bookm.= 25: 519. Jl. ’07. 1230w.
“Only a crabbed partisan of the formal could place his hand upon his
heart and sincerely aver that he would willingly spare any of these
irrelevancies. They add salt and savour to a novel which even without
them would be reckoned a remarkable example of the art of fiction at
its noblest.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 375. Je. 16, ’07. 1000w.
+ + =Ind.= 63: 397. Ag. 15, ’07. 890w.
“Is disappointing after ‘Joseph Vance.’”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 30w.
“This ripeness of vision constitutes Mr. De Morgan’s charm. He has
lived to see, to see tolerantly, tho not without feeling.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 272. Ag. 24, ’07. 600w.
“When the 563 very closely printed pages are finished, it seems
incredible that the story should have been made to fill them. The odd
thing is that we have not been bored.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 181. Je. 7, ’07. 740w.
“There is no denying that Mr. De Morgan’s humor now and then
degenerates into mere facetiousness, or that his familiar prolixity
becomes at times mere garrulousness. Yet one cannot help liking M. De
Morgan, even when he is most trying. The writer has, we should say, a
sensitive conscience in the matter of plot—a desire to give the reader
his money’s worth of that staple—but an instinctive contempt for it
for its own sake. What really interests him is his persons and his
talk about them.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 522. Je. 6, ’07. 870w.
“To the present reviewer at any rate it seems that Mr. De Morgan has
somehow been able to see us, not as we see ourselves, but in a certain
perspective belonging properly to a next generation. Of the literary
quality of Mr. De Morgan’s work it is impossible to speak without a
degree of enthusiasm which might invite suspicion of incoherence.
These stories differ from those of the old masters not in manner but
in matter.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 363. Je. 8, ’07. 1620w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 80w.
“After all the truth about such a book as ‘Alice-for-short’ may be
said in a sentence. It is in great qualities that it is deficient—and
how often may great qualities be found? And it is in the lesser, but
not negligible ones—in wise comment, deft workmanship, in humor,
fancifulness and charm—that it is satisfyingly replete.” Olivia Howard
Dunbar.
+ − =No. Am.= 186: 449. N. ’07. 1350w.
“Mr. De Morgan is not an imitator of Dickens, but he has certain
things in common with Dickens, and one is that we, not grudgingly but
cordially forgive him traits that would damn utterly a lesser genius.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 475. Je. 29, ’07. 540w.
“Is interminably long and too nebulous to talk about.”
+ − =Putnam’s.= 3: 112. O. ’07. 210w.
“The book is indeed an excellent example of the manner without the
matter of Mr. Thackeray. Here are all the faults in method in spite of
which he was great.”
− + =Sat. R.= 104: 54. Jl. 13, ’07. 460w.
“This new story will establish his right, we think, to be accepted
without further hesitation as a very considerable novelist.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 96. Jl. 20, ’07. 1310w.
=De Morgan, William Frend.= Joseph Vance: an ill-written autobiography.
†$1.50. Holt.
6–25695.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Current Literature.= 42: 344. Mr. ’07. 1050w.
“Singularly rich, mellow, and human narrative, which is garrulous in
the genial sense, and as effective as it is unpretending.” Wm. M.
Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 13. Ja. ’07. 440w.
“A book that must take its place, by virtue of its tenderness and
pathos, its wit and humor, its love of human kind, and its virile
characterization, as the first great English novel that has appeared
in the twentieth century.” Lewis Melville.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 395. Je. 15, ’07. 1080w.
“Is probably the only book of its kind that the present generation
will offer; therefore the most may as well be made of the temperate,
mellow, elderly enjoyment it affords.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ =No. Am.= 183: 1187. D. 7, ’06. 1460w.
=Putnam’s.= 3: 112. O. ’07. 390w.
=Denk, Victor Martin Otto (Otto von Schaching, pseud.).= Bell foundry.
45c. Benziger.
7–21531.
Gerold, a young bell founder on his way from Italy to his home in
Bavaria encounters Gatterer, a noted bell founder of the Tyrol and
stops to work in his foundry. Thru a series of rough and bloody
incidents it is discovered that Gatterer and his workmen are a gang of
villains who plunder and murder all who travel thru their forest. As a
result of this discovery Elizabeth, who has passed as his daughter, is
restored to the name and position of which the highwaymen robbed her
and becomes the bride of Gerold.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 511. Ag. 24, ’07. 110w.
=Dennett, R. E.= At the back of the black man’s mind; or, Notes on the
kingly office in West Africa. *$3.25. Macmillan.
7–13004.
Mr. Dennett writes out of the fulness of a wide experience among the
Bavili both as a private resident and as an official. About
three-quarters of the book under review deals with the hierarchy of
kings and chiefs, the laws, social organization, marriage, birth, and
death customs, psychology and philosophy of the Bavili; the remainder
of the book treats with much the same subjects as they have been
observed by the author in Benin. Finally, there is a valuable appendix
by Bishop James Johnson on the religious beliefs and social laws of
the Yoruba people.
* * * * *
“The evident sincerity of the writer and his sympathetic appeal on
behalf of a better understanding of the black man must commend him
both to those whose interest in the backward races of mankind is
purely scientific and to those who desire to understand the negro for
his own sake.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 634. My. ’07. 380w.
“With a little more sense of method, the value of [his] contribution
to science might have been doubled.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 832. D. 29. 1260w.
“Not the least interesting part of this curious book is the appendix,
which contains extracts from the writings of two educated negroes ...
and it must be confessed that they are easier to follow than Mr.
Dennett when he sets himself to explain native symbolism.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 43. F. 8, ’07. 280w.
“The reviewer cannot accept Mr. Dennett’s etymology of the Bantu
phrases he attempts to explain. It is such a valuable contribution to
ethnology that one could almost wish a second edition might be brought
out with revised and reasonable orthography.”
+ − =Nature.= 75: 248. F. 10, ’07. 840w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 907. D. 29, ’06. 230w.
“All students will be grateful to Mr. Dennett for the care and labour
which he has expended in collecting and recording [the beliefs and
customs] although some may wish that he could have carried out his
task in a simpler and less perplexing fashion.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 622. My. 18, ’07. 1460w.
=Dennis, James Shepard.= Christian missions and social progress. v. 3.
**$2.50. Revell.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is impracticable here to give any conception of the wealth of this
material or of the skill with which it is arranged and presented.” C.
R. Henderson.
+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 569. Ja. ’07. 330w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Dr. Dennis has furnished an arsenal, well stored with weapons of many
kinds, but all effective for both offensive and defensive warfare.” A.
K. Parker.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 362. Ap. ’07. 510w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Whether as a description of Christian missions or as a source book
for students of social progress, this work is invaluable.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 465. N. ’06. 360w. (Review of v. 3.)
“Crowded with information concerning the beneficent results of
missions.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 505. F. 28, ’07. 50w. (Review of v. 3.)
“All that was said in the previous notice as to the author’s breadth
of view and catholicity of interest, as well as of the superlative
worth of the work as a missionary apologetic, is even more true of
this volume. Notwithstanding defects, these volumes will stand for
years to come as a witness to the manifoldness and beneficent
character of one of the most helpful social factors of the less
enlightened lands.” Harlan P. Beach.
+ − =Yale R.= 15: 457. F. ’07. 1150w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Denslow, William Wallace, and Bragdon, Dudley A.= Billy Bounce:
pictures by Denslow. *$1.50. Dillingham.
6–34681.
The adventures of a messenger boy whose inflated rubber suit sends him
bouncing through the air with astonishing ease and rapidity. He visits
the land of bogie men, bugbears and ghosts, and exposes them to
youthful readers as entirely harmless.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
“A whimsical and comical tale.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 60w.
“The wit of this book is vaudeville wit and not meant for analysis. Of
Mr. Denslow’s illustrations, however, it may be said that the coloring
is less crude than in his previous books.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 765. D. ’06. 70w.
=Densmore, Emmet.= Sex equality. **$1.50. Funk.
7–32183.
Dr. Densmore’s theories are based upon the teachings of Darwin,
Spencer, and modern exponents of the doctrine of evolution. The book
teaches that women are more intuitive, refined, unselfish and
spiritual than men, but are inferior to them in initiative, resource,
power and breadth of view; that these mental differences are not
fundamental nor the result of sex but are caused by environment and
heredity. The book makes a strong plea for extending democracy into
all phases of human life.
=Derby, George=, comp. Conspectus of American biography; being an
analytical summary of American history and biography, containing also
the complete indexes of The national cyclopaedia of American biography.
$10. White.
6–38537.
“This substantial volume of nearly eight hundred pages contains, in
indexed or tabular form, an enormous number of facts so arranged as to
make it a helpful book of reference.” (Dial.) It includes lists of men
prominent in public or private office; it tabulates poems, plays and
novels in which historical characters figure; there is a catalogue of
public statutes in the United States, a collection of “notable
sayings,” an “anniversary calendar,” and a list of “founders of
American families and their descendants.”
* * * * *
“There are sins of omission as well as of commission. Yet the volume
will be found useful for reference.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 926. Jl. ’07. 180w.
=Dial.= 42: 259. Ap. 16, ’07. 240w.
“Mr. Derby’s work is as important as that of an explorer who opens up
a new country for industrial and commercial activity. The treasures
were there. Mr. Derby has made them available for all.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 430w.
=Derr, Louis.= Photography for students of physics and chemistry.
*$1.40. Macmillan.
7–471.
“This book is eminently not for the perusal of the ‘snap-shot camera
man,’ unless he be an ardent amateur and profoundly interested in the
scientific possibilities and details of his subject.... The book is
divided into eighteen chapters dealing with the camera and all its
accessories. It includes articles on lenses, photo-chemical action,
development and developers, fixing, washing, and drying,
intensification and reduction, halation and reversal, printing
processes, lantern slides and shutter exposures.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“He may have suited his book to the needs of his students, but the
result to a stranger presents itself as a very uneven treatment of the
subject.” C. J.
+ − =Nature.= 75: sup. 6. Mr. 14, ’07. 670w.
“The language is simple and the diagrams assist materially in the
exposition. The book should have unquestionable value for the class of
readers designated in the title—and for others bent individually on
experimental investigation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 37. Ja. 19, ’07. 250w.
=De Selincourt, Beryl, and Henderson, May Sturge.= Venice. il. **$3.50;
ed. de luxe, **$7.50. Dodd.
7–31989.
A generous amount of fresh material has been discovered for this much
pictured city. “The illustrations, after the water-colours of Mr.
Barratt, who has lived for many years in the city of the lagoons and
is familiar with her in all her moods, are real triumphs of
reproduction, interpreting with rare fidelity the delicate atmospheric
effects that are the chief charm of the originals.” (Int. Studio.)
* * * * *
“They have treated it both from the art and literary point of view
with a certain amount of freshness.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 167. Ag. ’07. 310w.
“There are many admirable descriptive touches; and if nothing is set
in a new light, that is probably because a city which has been studied
and re-studied by so many lovers is familiar now to all the world. Mr.
Barratt’s illustrations are exceedingly successful, and add materially
to the attractiveness of the book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 820. Je. 29, ’07. 260w.
=De Selincourt, Hugh.= Boy’s marriage. †$1.50. Lane.
“Beverley Teruel, nicknamed Girlie because of his lack of
sophistication, shortly after leaving Oxford marries the girl of his
father’s choice.” (N. Y. Times.) “Beverley flies into a morbid
suspicion of the purity of his perfectly healthy passion. He seeks
solace in a platonic affection for a literary woman, finds it
difficult to exist without her, disobeys her by rushing to London to
see her, and, when severely snubbed, falls an easy victim to the wiles
of a woman of the town. During his absence Eva has been making
discoveries which impel her towards a whole-hearted bid for her
husband’s vanished affection. But it is too late. Innocence has given
place to morbidity, and everything ends as, granting the premisses, it
must end, miserably.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“The workmanship of the book, though sensitive, is sometimes feeble.
There is a good deal of superfluous detail, and the lines are not
always clear. But the choice and development of the theme show
courage, humour, and a severe logic which promise well.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 611. D. 15, ’06. 440w.
“It is mainly for the promise in the book that we commend it.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 190w.
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 120. F. 23, ’07. 160w.
=De Selincourt, Hugh.= Strongest plume. †$1.50. Lane.
“In ‘The strongest plume’ Mr. de Selincourt tackles in characteristic
fashion the problem of the girl who in conventional phrase ‘goes
wrong’ before her marriage.... The man to whom she is engaged is a
very ordinary, common-place prig, quite incapable of understanding the
real nature of the girl who has given herself to him. He is perfectly
ready, indeed anxious, to do ‘the right thing’ and marry her as soon
as possible, but he is at no pains to disguise his personal feeling
that Joan is really a ‘fallen’ woman. She resents his attitude ...
comes gradually to the realisation that it has all been a terrible
mistake. She comes to see that she has no love for him at all, and
that marriage, so far from setting everything right, will only be an
added wrong.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“In his study of the girl’s mental development, in the fidelity of his
psychological analysis, Mr. de Selincourt almost touches greatness.
His delineation bears the unmistakable stamp of truth. It carries
conviction.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 696. Jl. 20, ’07. 780w.
“The portraiture is much superior to the knowledge of life displayed.
Mr. De Sélincourt’s cynicism is still that of youth, without an
adequate basis; but though we find the work immature, we remain
confident that he will yet write a fine story.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 36. Jl. 13. 150w.
“He writes well, and he has a notable gift for the analysis of
character. But at present he does not escape dulness; he gives the
impression of distinction, and leaves us cold.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 258. Ag. 23, ’07. 270w.
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 150w.
“Its chief characters have been pressed into the service and
illustration of a theory, as the reader is constantly made to feel.
This compulsion makes them shadowy and ineffectual, and it cannot even
be said that they are pleasant shades.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 177. Ag. 10, ’07. 160w.
=Deussen, Paul.= Outline of the Vedanta system of philosophy according
to Shankara; tr. by J. H. Woods and C. B. Runkle. **$1. Grafton press.
6–35998.
The Vedanta philosophy which grew out of the teachings of the
Upanishads represents the common belief of nearly all thoughtful
Hindus. Following a brief introduction which gives the fundamental
idea of the system, Mr. Deussen discusses the Vedanta’s teaching
regarding theology, cosmology, psychology, migration of the soul and
emancipation.
* * * * *
“The name of Dr. Woods, who has studied the Hindu systems with Deussen
at Kiel as well as with native pundits in India, is a sufficient
guaranty of the accuracy of the rendering both of German and of
Sanskrit technical terms. It will be a convenience, especially to
those who give university courses in Hindu philosophy, to have this
compendium accessible in English.” Arthur O. Lovejoy.
+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 23. Ja. 3, ’07. 700w.
“It is the best exposition of the chief school of Hindu metaphysics
obtainable in brief compass.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 240w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 842. D. 1. ’06. 180w.
=Devine, E. J.= Training of Silas. $1.25. Benziger.
7–2759.
A Roman Catholic story which brings a “purse-proud plebeian
millionaire to a realization that there is a greater end to be
considered than the possession of wealth.”
* * * * *
“It has a strongly didactic purpose, which is gracefully draped in a
thin suit of fiction.”
+ =Cath. World.= 84: 835. Mr. ’07. 160w.
=Dewar, Douglas.= Bombay ducks: an account of some of the every-day
birds and beasts found in a naturalist’s Eldorado. *$5. Lane.
Agr 6–1634.
With less of a scientific smack than the title suggests, Mr. Dewar
writes of the birds and small animals of India. Excellent
illustrations which are Captain Fayrer’s photographs reproduced on
“unglazed and tonal paper give a Japanese effect which is quite
unusual and well worthy of imitation.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“The little essays or articles are pleasantly written, and the
descriptions are in essentials correct.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 98. Jl. 28. 480w.
“The style is piquant and refreshing.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 41: 388. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
“Without in any way questioning the ornithological value of Mr.
Dewar’s work, it is in the literary side of the volume, the facility
of expression, easy narrative style, and genial satire, that the worth
of the book lies.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 640w.
“Mr. Dewar is a naturalist and a good observer.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 19. Jl. 7, ’06. 220w.
=Dewhurst, Frederic Eli.= Investment of truth. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago
press.
7–23074.
A posthumous volume of sermons “for unemotional and meditative people,
especially those who are a little troubled by religious uncertainty.”
(Ind.)
* * * * *
“Dr. Dewhurst was a man of unusual gifts, among which were religious
insight and the faculty of clear speech. He was not a noisy prophet,
but he could make a chosen text ring with truth from which one could
not escape.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 885. O. 10, ’07. 90w.
“Mr. Dewhurst’s appeal is to the few, but to these he appeals
strongly.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 208. S. 5, ’07. 140w.
=De Windt, Harry.= Through savage Europe; being a narrative of a journey
throughout the Balkan states and European Russia. **$3. Lippincott.
7–29080.
This is a vivid account of a journey taken as correspondent to the
Westminster gazette through Montenegro, Herzegovina, Bosnia, Servia,
Bulgaria, Roumania, Southern Russia and the Caucasus. “He found the
remoter districts hotbeds of outlawry and brigandage, where the
traveler must needs take his life in his hand. Yet these same Balkans,
he avers, can boast of cities which ‘are miniature replicas of London
and Paris,’ civilized centers having very little in common with the
country as a whole.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“The book is to be commended, but rather to those who have not read
recent works dealing with the same subjects than to those who may have
had enough of them already.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 224. F. 23. 190w.
“The distinctive merit of this book lies in the fact that the author
visited these same countries a generation ago, and consequently is
competent to gauge the various lines of progress made in these
everchanging hot-beds of European discord.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 42: 374. Je. 16, ’07. 220w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 61. Jl. 13, ’07. 630w.
“A pleasant chatty account.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 478. Ag. 3, ’07. 220w.
“A vivacious account of travel and observation.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 567. Je. 13, 07. 280w.
“Mr. Harry De Windt has written several very interesting and informing
books of travel, but none more attractive than this.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 340. Mr. 16, ’07. 280w.
“A most entertaining volume.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 765. My. 11, ’07. 380w.
=Dewsnup, Ernest Ritson, ed.= Railway organization and working: a series
of lectures delivered before the railway classes of the University of
Chicago. *$2. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–41297.
A series of twenty-five papers or lectures that were delivered by
prominent railway officials bearing upon the traffic, auditing, and
operating of the American railway.
* * * * *
“An admirable book in spite of its being a collection.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 8. Ja. ’07.
“The papers are of high average excellence and the volume constitutes
a most welcome addition to the scanty literature dealing with the
management of railway traffic.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 209. Ja. ’07. 200w.
“The book should be placed in every reference library used by railway
employees; and any young engineer in railway service will find it
worth while to read the book, since it will aid him to gain a broader
outlook upon the industry in which he is playing a part.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 664. Je. 13, ’07. 260w.
“The volume contains remarkably few repetitions, considering the
manner of its construction, and few of the contributors have failed to
observe the limits of their special subjects. I believe everyone
interested in railways will enjoy it. And everyone who reads it will
profit by it.” Balhasar H. Meyer.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 244. Ap. ’07. 470w.
“It will be found of great practical service to students. The
treatment of the subject is plain and untechnical.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 547. Ap. 6, ’07. 260w.
=Dickins, Frederick Victor.= Primitive and mediaeval Japanese texts,
Romanized and translated into English. 2 v. *$6.75. Oxford.
7–29200–29201.
The two hundred and sixty-four lays of which the anthology consists
are “Japanese proper, not Chino-Japanese.” “They have a character of
their own, giving the impression of lovely and delicate workmanship.
Mr. Dickins has translated in vol. i, some short mediaeval lays; the
Preface to ‘The garner of Japanese verse old and new;’ the Mime of
Takasago; and ‘The story of the old bamboo wicker-worker,’ the
earliest work of fiction in Japanese or any Ural-Altaic tongue. Volume
ii, is not for the general reader but for students of the Japanese
language, containing the text of the Lays romanised, and a short
grammar, with glossary and index.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“He has done with splendid success the task which he has set himself.”
R. Y. Tyrrell.
+ + =Acad.= 72: 54. Ja. 19, ’07. 1500w.
“These two volumes, apart from their interest to the general reader,
comprise in themselves all that is necessary for very considerable
progress in the direct knowledge of the older Japanese literature.
They take high rank among scholarly works on Japan, and will be the
indispensable companion of the serious student.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 576. N. 10. 1340w.
“Altogether, one has in these two volumes a sufficient apparatus for
the study of the mind of pre-Mongolian Japan.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 292. Mr. 28, ’07. 730w.
=Spec.= 97: 686. N. 3, ’06. 50w.
=Dickinson, F. A.= Big game shooting on the equator; with introd. by Sir
C: Norton Eliot. **$4. Lane.
“In brief, the volume is largely a note-book of observations on the
various species of game, their habitat, appearance, size, color,
habits, and head measurements, jotted down in the curtest and most
uninteresting terms imaginable. Should any hunter of big game
anticipate a sporting pilgrimage to Africa, however, Captain
Dickinson’s book will offer him some additional information on the
rarer kinds of game in the East African country.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“It is all written in a straightforward, sensible way, without any
attempt at word-painting or fine phrasing. All who are going to East
Africa on a hunting trip should read it for the value of its advice,
and all who have already enjoyed the experience for the memories it
may evoke.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 107. N. 9, ’07. 700w.
“Were it not for the excellent illustrations, and for the summaries of
the game regulations of the British East African Protectorate and the
German East African Protectorate, the book would have but little
intrinsic value.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 213. O. 1, ’07. 150w.
“As regards his claim ... of accuracy, a little more care might have
laid a better foundation for it. We have mentioned these few blemishes
because this book is likely to be largely consulted by intending big
game shooters, and because otherwise it is so trustworthy an authority
on the subject. To the general public the volume is likely to commend
itself highly by its excellent photographs and its breezy, amusing,
and interesting style.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 308. O. 11, ’07. 960w.
“Capt. Dickinson writes in tabloid style. He wastes no words, and his
crisp, short sentences do their duty, and have done, with the
clearness and precision of a military command.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 535. S. 7, ’07. 540w.
“Nothing could be more useful than some of his recommendations. The
style is one of the oddest that we have met with for many days. It is
slangy to a degree far beyond what is usual even in smoking-room
gossip. The curious thing is that he can write exceedingly well when
he tries.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 750. N. 16, ’07. 400w.
=Dickinson, Goldsworthy Lowes.= From king to king. **$1. McClure.
7–12876.
For this American edition the work appearing in England in 1891 has
been rewritten and revised. “Aims at presenting ‘The tragedy of the
Puritan revolution’ in a series of dramatic scenes or dialogues. ‘The
pages that follow,’ writes Mr. Dickinson in his reprinted preface to
the first edition, ‘contain an attempt to state, in a concrete form,
certain universal aspects of a particular period of history. The
tragedy lies in a conflict of reforming energy with actual men and
institutions; and it has been the object of the author to delineate
vividly the characters of leading actors in the struggle, their ideals
and the distortion of these, as reflected in the current of events.’”
(N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“All criticism of the work must return to the question of the success
of the dramatic dialogue as an essay form. On the whole, one finds
himself inclined to decide that the experiment is successful; for the
dialogue has enabled our author to realize his hope of effectively
setting forth the clash of the individual with a movement. And yet
there is a little reserve about one’s commendation of the book as a
whole. In the first place, it can appeal only to a much narrower
circle than most of Mr. Dickinson’s other productions. In the second
place, there are occasional suggestions of the cold literary
exercise.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 115. S. 1, ’07. 1500w.
“One of the most satisfactory books of closet drama of the extreme
type that we have lately seen.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 35. Jl. 11, ’07. 440w.
Reviewed by Cleveland Palmer.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 153. Mr. 16, ’07. 3280w.
“There is a wealth of poetic feeling and command of noble diction
doubtless hitherto unsuspected in Mr. Dickinson.” Christian Gauss.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 240w.
=Dietzgen, Joseph.= Positive outcome of philosophy, tr. by Ernest
Untermann. $1. Kerr.
6–38881.
The three principal works of Dietzgen, “The nature of human brain
work,” “Letters in logic,” and “The positive outcome of philosophy,”
are included in this volume, which brings within the reach of American
students the work of one of the greatest writers on socialist
philosophy.
* * * * *
=Am. J. Soc.= 12: 564. Ja. ’07. 390w.
Reviewed by Franklin H. Giddings.
=Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 262. Ja. ’07. 450w.
=Dillon, Edward.= Glass. (Connoisseur’s lib.) *$7.50. Putnam.
7–15911.
“The first half a dozen chapters are devoted to primitive and early
glass down to the middle ages.... There are also Assyrian cylinders of
glass and an Assyrian cone of the beautiful emerald glass. Other
chapters tell of medieval treatises on glass, of Saracenic enameled
glass, of Venetian glass, whether enameled or otherwise, and that of
the renaissance, French, Spanish and Netherlandish. Two chapters are
devoted to German, two to English and one to Dutch glass; Persia,
India and China together supply material for another chapter; while
the final pages are devoted to contemporary glass.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Mr. Dillon’s book should aid in the improvement of taste. His work is
ably written.”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 5. O. 12, ’07. 1940w.
“The book is technical enough to be useful to the student, and full
enough of history, romantic suggestion and beautiful illustrations to
hold the attention of the untrained person with artistic impulses who
is beginning to take an interest in glass.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 226. Jl. 25, ’07. 280w.
“It is a compilation, of course; but it will for a long time hold its
place as the best and most authoritative general account of the
subject to be found in English, or perhaps in any language.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 142. My. 3, ’07. 490w.
“We cannot blame a book or work of art for not being what it does not
pretend to be, but a large volume with the general title ‘Glass’ may
be called to account if it gives no hint of the interesting things
which are being done in our time.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 193. Ag. 29, ’07. 1450w.
“The text is written in an interesting style, as by a man intensely
interested in his task, and shows exhaustive study and thorough
mastery of the subject.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 150w.
=Dinsmore, Rev. Charles Allen.= Atonement in literature and life.
**$1.50. Houghton.
6–45133.
“This is a philosophical rather than a literary dissertation on ...
the idea of sin, retribution, and reconciliation. Assuming that
literature is life in its highest expression, Mr. Dinsmore undertakes
to show that it is this idea of offence and subsequent reconciliation
which gives their value to some of the great masterpieces of
literature—Homer’s Iliad; the plays of Aeschylus and Sophocles; the
Divina Comedia; Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Richard III., The winter’s
tale, Henry VIII., and The tempest; Paradise lost; Adam Bede; The
scarlet letter; and some other classics.”—Cath. World.
* * * * *
“The book is written in a style worthy of the subject, and is
singularly interesting from its dealing with masters in literature.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 437. Ap. 13. 810w.
“This study is in fine contrast with the manner in which the people
who belong to the ‘art for art’s sake’ school treat the great
masterpieces of literature.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 258. My. ’07. 190w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 63. F. 2, ’07. 300w.
=Outlook.= 85: 375. F. 16, ’07. 340w.
=Ditchfield, Rev. Peter H.= Parish clerk; with 31 il. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–27625.
A methodical record of the duties, the quaint ways, and the peculiar
manners of the race of English parish clerks. This functionary “is
studied in his substance and in his accidents, and every trait of
character is illustrated and anecdotes drawn from the literature and
experience and folklore of centuries. These stories by themselves
would make the fortune of an ‘encyclopædia of wit,’ and by bringing
them together Mr. Ditchfield has certainly added to the gaiety of the
nation.” (Lond. Times.)
* * * * *
“The chapters themselves are badly arranged, repetitions are frequent;
the style is jerky and colorless; and anecdotes have been dragged in
with little regard to probability. It is little more than a
scrap-book.”
− =Acad.= 72: 362. Ap. 13, ’07. 1310w.
“In the chapter that deals with the antiquity of the office and its
duties in mediaeval days, Mr. Ditchfield might, with advantage, have
exercised just a little more care.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 534. My. 4. 1030w.
+ =Dial.= 43: 95. Ag. 16, ’07. 350w.
“The book is a useful addition to the history of English
ecclesiastical institutions.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 700. S. 19, ’07. 100w.
“A book about parish clerks which, we should think, must be
exhaustive.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 124. Ap. 19, ’07. 1330w.
“May be commended as a work of curious erudition and as a storehouse
of capital anecdotes.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 420. N. 7, ’07. 150w.
“It makes a fascinating record, brimful of human nature, not by any
means destitute of human failings, nor yet of lovely and gentle
traits.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 477. Ag. 3, ’07. 1910w.
“Mr. Ditchfield has much that is entertaining to say about the
subject, one which is entirely to his liking. He tells many curious
things about the office and many more, still more curious, about the
holder of it.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 752. N. 16, ’07. 330w.
=Ditmars, Raymond Lee.= Reptile book. **$4. Doubleday.
7–10051.
“A comprehensive, popularized work on the structure and habits of the
turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards, and snakes which inhabit
the United States and Northern Mexico.” “But it is more than a popular
book, for it is a gold mine of information for the zoologist.”—Ind.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 119. My. ’07.
“It is a great book, well planned, clearly written, popular and yet
scientific.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 799. Ap. 4, ’07. 950w.
“The text is a notable addition to popular herpetological literature,
but we cannot agree with the author that this field is a gap which
‘has steadily remained unchanged.’”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 504. My. 30, ’07. 680w.
“Mr. Ditmars has done his task excellently. He writes out of a large
and intimate knowledge, and in a clear, intelligible style.” Cameron
Mann.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 281. My. 4, ’07. 920w.
=Dix, Beulah Marie.= Merrylips; il. by Frank T. Merrill. $1.50.
Macmillan.
6–34081.
A story dedicated “to every little girl who has wished for an hour to
be a little boy.” The child heroine figures in exciting adventures
among Roundheads and Cavaliers during Cromwell’s time, masquerading
for a time as a boy among the King’s soldiers.
* * * * *
“The story is excellent in atmosphere and has more incident and plot
than the author’s previous works.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 250. D. ’06. ✠
+ =Ind.= 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 130w.
“A most attractive tale for young people. Should it fall into the
hands of the elders it will surely be read at a sitting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 668. O. 13, ’06. 180w.
“This story has decidedly finer literary flavor than most books for
children or about children.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 531. O. 27, ’06. 110w.
=Dix, Edwin Asa.= Prophet’s Landing: a novel. †$1.50. Scribner.
7–12634.
The rigor of monopoly in the early seventies in its iconoclastic
treatment of the cherished idols of sentiment furnishes the motif of
this story. A department store proprietor becomes a magnate thru the
exercise of mighty business genius minus heart. His octopus methods
work havoc in hearts and homes in Prophet’s Landing, and the events
which follow one another in rapid succession show the ultimate
futility of greed, tho it shelter itself under the moral law.
* * * * *
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07. ✠
“The story is entitled to a place in the honorable line of our New
England fiction.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 339. Ag. 8, ’07. 240w.
“The characters in this wholesome novel are strongly drawn. A simple
tho powerful love-story traverses it, and there are interesting
descriptions of New England life.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 841. My. 25, ’07. 280w.
“A good, obvious tract, which might be more serviceable than
literature of a higher order, if it could conceivably be held before
the eyes of the wicked shopkeeper and the wickeder railroad man.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 523. Je. 6, ’07. 320w.
“It may be doubtful whether a strong and able man would ever repent in
quite the spectacular manner in which Mr. Dix, accomplishes his hero’s
reform ... but the book does present a salutary lesson on modern
business methods.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 420. Je. 29, ’07. 230w.
“The story is unpretentious, but distinctively effective; and its
humor and sentiment give it variety and dramatic vitality.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 116. My. 19, ’07. 370w.
=Dix, Morgan=, ed. History of Trinity church in the city of New York.
4v. **$5. Putnam.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Dr. Dix has been thorough in his search for documents and careful in
their use, and his work will be invaluable to students of the matters
with which it deals.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
=Dix, William Frederick.= Face in the girandole: a romance of old
furniture. **$2. Moffat.
6–39023.
Mr. Dix makes an asset of his hobby for old furniture in this charming
book. “‘The face in the girandole’ sets forth something of the joys,
something of the sorrows of an old furniture collector. Into it he has
incidentally but skilfully woven just a dash of romance as a foil, and
this added touch will make it appeal to others besides those who
collect furniture.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“It is a novelette that almost anybody might like to spend an idle
hour upon.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 180w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1400. D. 22, ’06. 130w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 539. D. 20, ’06. 150w.
“For the most part it is pleasantly and faithfully done.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 360w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 840. D. 1, ’06. 70w.
=Dix, William Frederick.= Lost princess. †$1.50. Moffat.
7–26021.
“A direct descendant of the novel of imaginary principalities and
imaginable adventures rendered popular by Mr. Anthony Hope.... The
recipe for this kind of story calls for several manufactured
geographical names, a group of appropriate gentlemen and ladies, all
superlatively beautiful, brave, good or wicked, and then a rush and
tumble of extraordinary events, ending in poetic justice for all
concerned.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The first chapter really makes one look for something new, but things
soon settle down into the old familiar lines.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 579. S. 28, ’07. 230w.
=Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 110w.
=Dixon, Thomas, jr.= Traitor. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–24587.
The third novel in Mr. Dixon’s trilogy of reconstruction of which “The
leopard’s spots” and “The clansman” were the first two. It deals with
“the dissolution of the Ku Klux Klan and the attempt of unscrupulous
men after its dissolution to use its garb and methods for personal
ends.” (Outlook.) “It provides a secret panel and a secret passage,
ghosts, a murder in the midst of the revelry of a masked ball of Ku
Kluxes; a young man robbed of his heritage, and a young woman with
coquettish curls and a Dolly Varden, who is a daughter of the thief.
It makes this willful young woman suspect the young man of the
murder—’twas the thief, her father, who perished by the assassin’s
hand—and shows her fiercely set upon bringing him to the gallows by
making him fall in love with herself, and, therefore, confidential
enough to confess all.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The book cries out for the stage—the Third avenue stage. It is as
full of situations, thrills, climaxes, ‘curtains,’ as a home of
melodrama is of gallery gods.” Ward Clark.
− =Bookm.= 26: 83. S. ’07. 1020w.
“The book is at least remarkable as a psychological phenomenon, for it
is probably the first time a man has so successfully interpreted
himself into the character of an historical, palpitating female.”
− =Ind.= 63: 762. S. 26, ’07. 110w.
“There are not lacking some dramatic scenes in the course of the
story, but as a defense of government by means of the Invisible Empire
the author manifestly defeats his own purpose.”
− + =Lit. D.= 35: 451. S. 28, ’07. 480w.
“From a literary point of view there is much in common between Mr.
Lawson and Mr. Dixon. In fact, both are yellow journalists.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 475. Ag. 3, ’07. 1350w.
“This tale, like its predecessors, seems to us ill written and almost
hysterically high-keyed in expression.”
− =Outlook.= 86: 832. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.
=Dodd, Helen C.= Healthful farmhouse, by a farmer’s wife; with an
introd. by Ellen H. Richards. *60c. Whitcomb & B.
6–45718.
A book written for the average farmer’s wife from the point of view of
one who does all her own cooking, dishwashing, sweeping, and laundry
work, yet runs a lawn mower and cares for the flower beds about the
house, and does much work in the vegetable garden. It proves that art
may be combined with the ideas of utility and sanitation.
* * * * *
“An admirable little book full of practical ideas.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 41. F. ’07. S.
+ =Ind.= 62: 678. Mr. 21, ’07. 80w.
=Dodge, Walter P.= Real Sir Richard Burton. *$1.80. Wessels.
Mr. Dodge’s biography was inspired by a desire “to overthrow the
destructive criticism of Burton contained in the ‘Life’ by Thomas
Wright.” “By confining himself not without a sense of proportion, to
Burton’s main exploits, Mr. Dodge is able to skim over several
pitfalls in which a fuller biography is likely to be enmeshed, and his
reticence over certain threadbare controversies is welcome.” (Lond.
Times.)
* * * * *
“His ‘Real Sir Richard Burton’ is no Sir Richard Burton at all, but an
abstraction who made certain journeys and wrote certain books. He
settles no vexed questions and produces no new information.”
− =Acad.= 72: 627. Je. 29, ’07. 420w.
“Is actually a panegyric rather than a biography. To original research
or critical acumen it can make little claim, nor does the author
appear to have had any personal acquaintance with the subject of his
sketch.” Percy F. Bicknell.
− =Dial.= 43: 114. S. 1, ’07. 1530w.
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 330w.
“Mr. Dodge is too passionate an admirer to be a good biographer. He
sacrifices personality to achievement lest by chance he admit
something to his hero’s discredit. In the case of Burton such caution
is superfluous.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 489. Ag. 10, ’07. 380w.
=Dole, Charles Fletcher.= Hope of immortality; our reasons for it. *75c.
Crowell.
6–34260.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“This is as far as any thinker of any age has ever reached, the final
word for the present.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + =Arena.= 37: 110. Ja. ’07. 620w.
“Dr. Dole has handled a hard subject in a thoughtful, sympathetic
fashion.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 10. Ja. 3, ’07. 260w.
=Dole, Charles Fletcher.= Spirit of democracy. **$1.25. Crowell.
6–26499.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 119. My. ’07.
“A most readable book.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 209. Ja. ’07. 270w.
“It is specially to be commended to young men and women who have not
yet learned the value, the possibilities, and the triumphs of a true
democracy.” I. C. Barrows.
+ + =Charities.= 17: 461. D. 15, ’06. 2790w.
“Of course the treatment of so many subjects in one small volume must
necessarily be superficial and unsatisfactory.” Max West.
− =Dial.= 43: 122. S. 1, ’07. 320w.
“It is a reasonable and thoughtful presentation of some of the most
pressing problems in our contemporary political life.”
+ =Educ. R.= 33: 207. F. ’07. 70w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 124. F. ’07. 220w.
=Dole, Nathan Haskell=, comp. and tr. Russian fairy book. †$2. Crowell.
7–24600.
Seven stories on which a child’s imagination may feed, full of
adventure, humor, mystery and magic. They are Vasilisa the beauty, The
Bright-Hawk’s feather, Ivan and the gray wolf, The little sister and
little brother, The white duckling, Marya Morevna, and The frog-queen.
* * * * *
“The stories are in the nature of folk-lore, and are all good.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 40w.
“Opens a new and fascinating vista to lovers of stories that are full
of original beauty and the naïve appeal of ancient folk-lore.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 70w.
“The illustrations allure on account of their novelty. However, in the
tales there is little or no freshness of subject-matter or style.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 40w.
=Donaldson, James.= Woman, her position and influence in ancient Greece
and Rome, and among the early Christians. *$1.60. Longmans.
W 7–73.
“The book gives one a clear picture of the various ideals in regard to
woman which prevailed through the Greek, Roman and early Christian
times, and of how the women measured up to them.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Dr. Donaldson’s readable little book is perhaps quite as useful as a
work of more solid erudition would be.” Paul Shorey.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 121. O. ’07. 620w.
“For the most part, a lucid and excellently written summary of the
salient facts which may be gathered from the scattered and often
conflicting testimonies available to us. He has a wide knowledge of
the German writers who have done the ‘spade-work’ of the subject, but
he has also an advantage they generally lack—a clear and attractive
style.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 248. Mr. 2. 4360w.
“We conclude by recording the impression of sanity and clarity
produced alike by the first and second reading of this modest work.
Occasionally we might quarrel about a nuance of interpretation or of
presentation. The essential parts are readable and instructive; the
whole is valuable.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 86. Ag. 16, ’07. 1200w.
“His statements were based on sound scholarship, and were made with
unusual caution, so that he could publish them in book form with the
addition here and there of footnotes embodying certain modern
discussions.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 521. Je. 6, ’07. 1510w.
“It has the buoyancy and freshness of a spring day, a frank love of
beauty, an invincible conviction that the generous and fine is the
real and important side of human nature.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 201. Ap. 6, ’07. 1550w.
“For the most part, his work is rather a series of suggestive essays
on comparatively well-known facts than a fresh contribution to
knowledge. As such, however, it has great value, and the author
exhibits exactly the learning, insight, and judgment which we need for
the full investigation of a difficult but fascinating subject.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 500. Mr. 30, ’07. 1750w.
=Dos Passos, John R.= American lawyer as he was—as he is—as he can be.
*$1.75. Banks.
7–2440.
“In this work Mr. Dos Passos discusses in broad outline what he
conceives to be the real mission of the lawyer in society, his
relation to the government of which he is a citizen, and his clearly
defined duties in that relation.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 61. F. 2, ’07. 420w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 509. Ap. ’07. 120w.
=Doubleday, Nellie Blanchan (Neltje Blanchan, pseud.).= Birds that every
child should know: the East; 63 pages of photographs from life. (Every
child should know series.) **$1.20. Doubleday.
7–7517.
While primarily for children this book interests other bird-lovers as
well. “Nearly a hundred species are described and talked about in an
informal, interesting way, technicalities being avoided as much as
possible, perhaps too much for convenience of identification.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“A very good book for children, or to use with children, for
supplementary work. Does not supplant Chapman’s ‘Birdlife’ as an
identification book, and one might hesitate to choose it in preference
to Olive Thorne Miller’s two books for teaching purposes, but is
superior for reading.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 111. Ap. ’07.
“A book charmingly written and copiously illustrated.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 20w.
“Mrs. Doubleday occasionally ‘talks down’ to her readers in a way that
a child who has got beyond the Mother Goose stage and is proud of it
would be apt to resent.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 564. Mr. 7, ’07. 140w.
“One of the most attractive bird-books that we have seen.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 547. Ap. 6, ’07. 180w.
“The chief criticism is the number of these facts which is crowded
into each short essay. Slips are few, and the book, as a whole, is
well up to the standard set by the numerous pictures, which is very
high.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 295. Mr. 28, ’07. 280w.
“One feels that it would be fine to make the personal acquaintance of
the author—and that is saying much. Here is an author who knows the
calls of the woodland as a man might know his multiplication table.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 227. Ap. 6, ’07. 440w.
“A pleasant, chatty little book.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 37. My. 4, ’07. 140w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 639. My. ’07. 70w.
* =Downes, Alfred M.= Fire-fighters and their pets. il. †$1.50. Harper.
Here one finds described the bravery of the guardians of modern life,
their allegiance to the great machine called the Fire department, the
training, the discipline of the men and horses, and for the gentler
part, the devotion of the men to their pets.
=Dowson, Joseph Emerson.= Producer gas. *$3. Longmans.
7–25693.
A discussion of the theory of producer gas, the practical results
obtained, best means of securing them, and the use and application of
producer gas.
* * * * *
“It is evident all through the book that the authors are thoroughly
conversant with the actual working of apparatus for both the
production and use of producer gas, and their book meets the needs of
persons handling such plants better than any of the other books on the
subject with which the reviewer is acquainted.” Alfred E. Forstall.
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 306. Mr. 14, ’07. 700w.
=Doyle, (Arthur) Conan.= Sir Nigel; il. by the Kinneys. †$1.50. McClure.
6–34805.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Current Literature.= 42: 228. F. ’07. 700w.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
=Dial.= 42: 14. Ja. 1, ’07. 130w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 126. Ja. ’07. 120w.
=Doyle, J. A.= Colonies under the House of Hanover. $3.50. Holt.
2–11920.
The fifth volume in Mr. Doyle’s “English colonies in America.” It
deals collectively with the whole body of colonies from the accession
of the House of Hanover to the beginning of those disputes which ended
in separation from the mother country.
* * * * *
+ + =Acad.= 72: 184. F. 23, ’07. 760w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.
“Mr. Doyle’s work compares favourably with the new French volume of
Prof. Schefer in which are discussed many of the same ‘Colonial
problems.’”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 99. Ja. 26. 730w.
“A work as unique as it is valuable, for a one-volume history of the
colonies under the House of Hanover has, we believe, no mate.”
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 98. Jl. 11, ’07. 520w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1232. N. 21, ’07. 20w.
+ + − =Lit. D.= 34: 841. My. 25, ’07. 480w.
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 59. F. 22, ’07. 1060w.
“It is evident that Mr. Doyle’s last volumes are no better than those
that preceded them, and will do nothing to re-establish the reputation
of his earlier work.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 399. O. 31, ’07. 1050w.
Reviewed by Robert Livingston Schuyler.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 444. Jl. 13, ’07. 1150w.
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 969. Ag. 31, ’07. 390w.
“His final volume is far more fragmentary and inadequate than any of
its predecessors.”
− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 506. S. ’07. 900w.
“Mr. Doyle seems quite content to accept, without further
investigation on his own part, what he finds ready to his hand in the
books of American writers on colonial history, and has neglected much
first-hand authority (or its equivalent) of which he should most
certainly have known.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 813. Je. 29, ’07. 2430w.
“Far more important than Mr. Doyle’s misapprehensions as to the social
condition of Virginia is his bland acceptance of the ‘Yankee
convention’ regarding education in the colony.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 18. Jl. 6, ’07. 2370w.
“The book swarms with misprints and errors in citation. Mr. Doyle’s
style is pleasing in the main and often spirited and graphic—far more
so than that of the usual chronicler of colonial annals.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 50. Jl. 13, ’07. 2620w.
=Doyle, J. A.= Middle colonies. $3.50. Holt.
2–11920.
The fourth volume in Mr. Doyle’s “English colonies in America” deals
with the history of the Middle colonies down to the accession of the
House of Hanover, coincident with the disappearance of Penn from the
field of colonial politics.
* * * * *
+ + =Acad.= 72: 184. F. 23, ’07. 760w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 98. Jl. 11, ’07. 520w.
“There is no fairer view of American colonial development than that
contained in the five bulky volumes of Mr. Doyle.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1232. N. 21, ’07. 20w.
+ + − =Lit. D.= 34: 841. My. 25, ’07. 480w.
“It is safe to say that no one can hereafter write about or study the
colonial period of American history without reckoning with, and
constantly referring to, Mr. Doyle’s work.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 59. F. 22, ’07. 1060w.
“In organizing and distributing his data Mr. Doyle followed very
conventional models, and in the work before us has neglected some of
the most essential portions of our history.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 399. O. 31, ’07. 1050w.
“But although specialists will find fault with him for inaccuracies,
the great value of the work is unquestionable. It is regrettable that
the indexes have not been better made.” Robert Livingston Schuyler.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 444. Jl. 13, ’07. 1150w.
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 969. Ag. 31, ’07. 390w.
“In the volume upon the middle colonies the treatment is to a degree
systematic and in some parts quite detailed. Much the same method is
followed as was apparent in the earlier instalments of the work. But
the writer’s chief fault lies in his failure to grasp, or at least to
set forth, the significance of our colonial history as a whole.”
Herbert L. Osgood.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 506. S. ’07. 900w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Doyle has made the most of his material. He never lets us forget
that if his picture is crowded with a mass of insignificant detail,
its outlines are large.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 494. Ap. 20, ’07. 1690w.
Draught of the blue, together with An essence of the dusk; tr. from the
original manuscript by Francis William Bain. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–6406.
A volume of love stories translated from the original Hindoo
manuscripts by the author of “A digit of the moon.” “The title, as he
tells us in his charming introduction, signifies in some occult way
the new moon, the lotus, and the blue eyes of a girl.... The book is
pure sublimated fancy, where Western ideals appear in the delicate
garb of Eastern mysticism.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“There is a very genuine pleasure in reading the two curious tales
that make up this new volume, because they are not only fascinating in
themselves, as specimens of delicate and involved mysticism, but
because they are so abundantly and unmistakably saturated with the
spirit of the Orient.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 25: 90. Mr. ’07. 260w.
“The English of the version is singularly fluent, simple, and
graceful.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 140w.
“They breathe a delicacy and fragrance of sentiment that are as
entrancing as they are foreign to the literature to which the author
modestly claims to be indebted, and they are rendered in English that
charms with its pure music.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 480w.
“It is superfluous to praise the charm of Mr. Bain’s style. He writes
the English of a scholar and an artist.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: 465. Mr. 24, ’06. 380w.
=Dreiser, Theodore.= Sister Carrie. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
A reissue of a realistic novel which first appeared in 1900. “It is
the direct, unflinching, pitiless history of the physical and moral
ruin of one more fool, for the sake of a woman who did not care—a
pretty, self-centred, passionless thing, who indifferently suffers his
presence while he is useful to her—and then climbs over the wreck of
his life in her hasty escape from the mire into which she has helped
to sink him.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Dreiser is no stylist. He merely writes with great simplicity and
quiet force of life as he sees and understands it. The only adverse
criticism which it seems worth while to make ... is in regard to its
rather colourless and misleading title.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 287. My. ’07. 430w.
“It is a book very much worth reading. But as about a lady one might
be excused for noticing that a costume dating seven years back was a
trifle out of fashion, so in the case of Mr. Theodore Dreiser’s story,
one may perhaps be pardoned for feeling strongly, as one begins to
read, that the stock tricks of the realistic method, even in 1900
somewhat discredited, now almost fatally fail to impress or to move.
He moves both the intellect and the heart—a considerable achievement.”
Harrison Rhodes.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 298. My. ’07. 1260w.
“There are two reasons why ‘Sister Carrie’ is a book to be recommended
in spite of its boldness of theme. First of all for the sake of its
truthfulness, the frankness of its portrayal of a widespread type.
Secondly it is a pitiless, unsparing portrayal of a man’s ruin.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Forum.= 39: 117. Jl. ’07. 550w.
“We do not recommend the book to the fastidious reader, or the one who
clings to ‘old-fashioned ideas.’”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 350w.
“‘Sister Carrie’ is a book to be reckoned with, just as the social
conditions—or defects—on which it rests must be reckoned with.” Joseph
Hornor Coates.
+ =No. Am.= 186: 288. O. ’07. 1500w.
=Dresslar, Fletcher B.= Superstition and education. pa. $2.50. Univ. of
Cal.
7–29553.
An interesting tabulation of superstitions gathered from students in
two California normal schools. With each superstition furnished, the
student was asked to express belief, partial belief, or disbelief. The
results are classified and presented statistically.
=Dial.= 43: 172. S. 16, ’07. 150w.
=Dressler, Friedrich August.= Moltke in his home. *$2. Dutton.
7–29134.
A sketch of Moltke written, by a musician. “The book has little to do
with the creator of the modern German army. Instead it emphasizes the
domestic side of the Field-Marshall’s character, his charming home
life, his simplicity and refinement.... We learn to know, not only
Moltke more familiarly, but also other Germans—the emperors, Bismarck,
Richard Wagner, for instance.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Herr Dressler tells us nothing very new, and a good deal of what he
has to say is very small beer, yet his book is interesting because he
has excellent opportunities, as a musician in great favour, of
observing Moltke in every respect of private life.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 139. F. 9, ’07. 320w.
“The book will interest musicians, and also admirers of quiet family
life.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 98. Ja. 26. 60w.
“Herr Dressler’s story, charming in its simplicity and the
whole-hearted devotion, is adequately translated by Mrs. Charles
Edward Barrett-Lennard.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 46. F. 8, ’07. 480w.
“The picture of life in the Moltke home is full of the homeliest
German flavor, the quaint figure of the marshall himself as fresh and
vivid and human as possible. A monument to the musician-author’s
harmless vanity and his deep affection for the great man in whose
glory he sunned himself.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 670w.
=Outlook.= 86: 76. My. 11, ’07. 240w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 259. F. 16, ’07. 320w.
=Drew, Gilman A.= Laboratory manual of invertebrate zoölogy. *$1.25.
Saunders.
7–21555.
A manual prepared in conjunction with the members of the zoölogical
staff of the Marine biological laboratory in Wood’s Hole. “The
invertebrates are here considered under twelve headings, and detailed
directions are given for the study of each division. Following this,
come suggestions and questions in regard to allied form.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“This book possesses the unusual qualification of originality and
great practical value. From a pedagogical point of view, the manual
answers all requirements.”
+ + + =Nation.= 85: 258. S. 19, ’07. 240w.
“A rather careful reading of several sections reveals no serious
faults, while typographical errors are few.” J. S. Kingsley.
+ + − =Science=, n. s. 26: 250. Ag. 23, ’07. 410w.
=Driver, Rev. Samuel Rolles.= Book of the prophet Jeremiah: a revised
translation, with introd. and short explanations. *$1.50. Scribner.
7–15938.
“The aim of Dr. Driver’s book as he tells us is ‘to assist an ordinary
educated reader to read the Book of Jeremiah intelligently and to
understand the gist and scope of its different parts.’ To this end a
new translation is given which aims to be ‘idiomatic, dignified,
accurate, and clear.’ This aim is attained. An introductory sketch of
the life of Jeremiah and a characterization of his style is given and
brief notes at the foot of the page and in an appendix supply the most
needed elucidations of the text.”—Am. J. Theol.
* * * * *
“The book is a good illustration of the author’s well-known caution in
the matter of literary and textual criticism.” Kemper Fullerton.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 668. O. ’07. 180w.
“A very useful handbook.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 678. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.
“The reader with an ordinary education may read the book
intelligently.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 61. F. 2, ’07. 30w.
“It all looks so simple and easy that we cannot help asking why no one
ever did it before; but the very simplicity is the sign of the master
mind.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 531. Ap. 27, ’07. 110w.
=Druce, George C.= Dillenian herbaria: an account of the Dillenius
collections in the Herbarium of the University of Oxford, together with
a biographical sketch of Dillenius, selections from his correspondence,
notes, etc.; ed., with introd. by S. H. Vines. *$4.15. Oxford.
“Mr. Druce has drawn up this account of the collections left by
Dillenius, and has critically examined the specimens preserved as
vouchers, illuminating many doubtful passages in the third edition of
Ray’s ‘Synopsis,’ and practically disposing of the dubious entries
which have troubled many subsequent botanists. For studies of this
character the facilities offered at the Botanic garden, Oxford, are
extremely good, and only to be excelled by the Sloane volumes in the
department of botany, Cromwell road.... The introduction by Prof.
Vines is an appreciative essay on the position of Dillenius as regards
his contemporaries; then, with a single page of preface, Mr. Druce
gives a life of Dillenius and bibliography.”
* * * * *
“The technical account of these three herbaria would not in itself be
interesting to the general reader, were it not for the sundry
introductory notes and fragments of letters. But these fragments have
the charm which clings to a great part of eighteenth-century science,
and carry one back to the days when naturalists did not confine
themselves to single and restricted fields.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 148. Ag. 15, ’07. 700w.
“This volume is a valuable contribution to the history of the botanic
preeminence of Oxford in the first half of the eighteenth century.” B.
D. J.
+ =Nature.= 76: 289. Jl. 25, ’07. 690w.
=Drummond, Henry.= Natural law in the spiritual world. 35c. Crowell.
A reprint uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”
=Dry, Wakeling.= Giacomo Puccini. (Living masters of music.) *$1. Lane.
7–14600.
The man and his history are sketched as fully as is possible in the
case of a “living master.” The author offers an analysis of Puccini’s
operas down to and including “Madame Butterfly.” There are portraits
of the composer, views of his various dwelling places and facsimiles
of his musical autographs.
* * * * *
“Personal intercourse with the composer has enabled the writer to give
point and life to his narration of certain events in the life of
Puccini.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 841. D. 29. 130w.
“A biographer should, of course, be sympathetic to his subject, but
critical insight would make the book more helpful to those who have
not arrived at his standpoint. This attitude and the fact that it is
evidently very hastily written—a haste which too often shows itself in
the use of slipshod English and badly corrected proof-sheets—make the
first chapters, which are biographical and include some personal
reminiscences, the most interesting reading.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 378. N. 9, ’06. 580w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 541. D. 20, ’06. 670w.
“Mr. Wakeling Dry possesses little distinction as a writer, and his
book is a purely journalistic compilation.” Richard Aldrich.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 290w.
=DuBois, Elizabeth Hichman.= Stress accent in Latin poetry. **$1.25.
Macmillan.
6–30472.
Dr. Du Bois’ aim has been “to establish an explanation of the purely
quantitative Latin poetry which shall reconcile the opposing views as
to an apparent clash between word accent and verse accent.” Her work
“consists of ninety-six pages only, but every paragraph is closely
reasoned, and the writer supports her argument in each case with
copious quotations.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“We are inclined, indeed, to say that Miss du Bois attributes too much
importance to accent as an element in language. We find it difficult
to believe that any one will be nearer to scholarship for studying
Miss du Bois’s book, though we do not deny that she may render service
incidentally.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 667. D. 29, ’06. 560w.
“We have said nothing of the thoroughness and breadth of the author’s
scholarship, to which, however, each page of this monograph bears
abundant witness.” Harry Thurston Peck.
+ + + =Bookm.= 24: 265. N. ’06. 1530w.
=Dial.= 41: 287. N. 1, ’06. 50w.
“The little book of ninety-six pages fairly justifies Professor Peck’s
imprimatur, notwithstanding a too frequent looseness of statement,
careless proof reading, and the small ratio of original discussion to
mere summarizing of the views of others.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 534. D. 20, ’06. 110w.
“All the authorities on the subject have been carefully scrutinized
and are duly cited, and the book is full of evidence of the most
elaborate and careful research on the part of the author into a region
of classical scholarship which is practically unexplored by the
average Latinist.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 4. F. 23, ’07. 260w.
=DuBois, Patterson.= Culture of justice: a mode of moral education and
social reform. **75c. Dodd.
7–16993.
“Justice is here presented as the root-principle of the moral
life—_the_, rather than, as the Greek and Roman philosophy esteemed
it, _a_ cardinal virtue.... Wisdom and justice, as Plato taught, are
mutually involved and inseparable. This is finely exemplified in Mr.
Du Bois’s treatment of ‘the culture of justice.’ His ‘basal rule of
practice is to _think justice_—to do this as an acquired _habit of
mind_.’... Mr. Du Bois draws largely upon facts both of adult and
childish experience to illustrate by discriminating criticism what
justice is and is not, both in large matters and in small, down to
keeping dirty shoes off of car-seats.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“If there is any better book on this subject in our language than this
small volume, we would like to know it. To magistrates and lawyers, to
teachers and parents, to all who care for progressive morality, social
and personal, this admirable treatise cannot be too strongly
commended.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 86: 611. Jl. 20, ’07. 280w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 30w.
=Du Bose, Horace M.= Symbol of Methodism; being an inquiry into the
history, authority, inclusions, and uses of the twenty-five articles;
with introduction by Bishop E. E. Hoss. $1. Pub. house M. E. ch. So.
7–22109.
A frank treatment which refutes the charge of inadequacy brought to
bear upon the Confessional articles of Methodism, and contributes to a
correct understanding of the present doctrinal situation.
=DuBose, William P.= Gospel according to St. Paul. **$1.50. Longmans.
7–11043.
“Humanity, he says, ‘was predestined for the gospel in the sense that
the gospel, which is Jesus Christ himself, is the natural, more than
natural, supernatural or ultimate highest natural end or completion,
and so predestination, of humanity.’ His work is designed to emphasise
the divinity of Christ. ‘I bow,’ he says, ‘not only before the work of
Jesus Christ as truly God’s, but the worker in Jesus Christ as truly
God.’ This was, he thinks, Paul’s gospel.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“We agree heartily with Dr. Du Bose’s interpretation of Paul as far as
we understand it. But we find it hard reading, and the interpretator
of Paul should make his interpretation easy reading to the thoughtful
reader.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 76. My. 11, ’07. 390w.
=Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 130w.
* =Duckworth, Lawrence.= Encyclopaedia of marine law. $2. Pitman.
An encyclopaedia including the main principles of marine law. The
latest authorities have been consulted, and the latest statutes and
decisions are incorporated in the text. The volume makes an appeal to
all who deal with shipping in any shape or form.
=Duer, Elizabeth.= Prince goes fishing. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–35453.
“The story, one of ‘yesterday,’ has a familiar background in the
mythical European kingdom. There is the prince who has the not
unnatural wish to study the princess selected as his bride; as to the
Princess Hélène, she fills well the part of an adorable heroine. What
befalls this royal pair is sufficiently diverting, and the life at the
toy court of Palatina is also amusingly described.”—Ind.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 108. Ap. ’07.
“The novel will while away a leisure hour or so very pleasantly.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w.
“Really it is a very entertaining little story, very cleverly put
together, and not without a pretty wit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 750. N. 17, ’06. 530w.
“The dialogue is vivacious, and many of the situations are cleverly
managed.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 430. O. 20, ’06. 110w.
=Duff, Edward G.= Printers, stationers, and bookbinders of Westminster
and London from 1476 to 1535. *$1.50. Putnam.
7–7493.
“In these lectures the first half-century of book-making in England is
covered. The Westminster printers, Caxton, Wynken de Worde, and
Notary; the London printers, Pynson, Lettou, and William de Machlinia;
foreign printers and the books they made for the English market; the
early English bookbinders—these are some of the subjects touched upon.
The lectures are narrative in form, not technical, and are filled with
interesting allusions and notes on old printers and their ways, old
books, and old bindings.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The Act of 1534 was passed, we may imagine, not (as was professed)
for the protection of printing, but in the interest of the royal
censorship of the press. The one may be defended and the other
condemned with excellent reason, but to defend and condemn them on the
grounds put forward by Mr. Duff seems to us a curious aberration in an
otherwise very sane and scholarly book.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 37. Ja. 12, ’07. 690w.
“His knowledge of early English printing and bookbinding is probably
unequalled, and his power of putting his material into an attractive
and interesting form is very great. We congratulate booklovers on this
important addition to their library.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 225. F. 23. 610w.
“They are in the nature of outlines of that larger work on the history
and development of printing in England which is yet to be written.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 461. N. 29, ’06. 330w.
“Without questioning the author’s knowledge or the value of his
contributions to the history of English printing, on this point alone
it is not unjust to ascribe his reasons for the deterioration of
protected bookmaking to his zeal as a free trader. This is a matter of
history, and Mr. Duff should not have caused its misinterpretation to
form the one blemish on an otherwise important and valuable work.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 44. Ja. 26, ’07. 470w.
=Duff, Mildred.= Novelties and how to make them. 50c. Jacobs.
7–29717.
Hints and helps in providing pleasant occupation for young and old.
Directions are included for making every thing from an ark full of
animals to furniture.
=Duke, Basil W.= Morgan’s cavalry. $2. Neale.
6–18975.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Ath.= 1907, 1: 470. Ap. 20. 310w.
=Ind.= 62: 1166. My. 30, ’07. 90w.
=Spec.= 99: 397. S. 21, ’07. 430w.
=Duley, G. Wilson.= Dream of hell. $1. Badger.
6–46743.
“The poem is not geographical but psychological, having for its object
the teaching of retributive justice, and how utterly nugatory is self
justification.”
=Dumas, Alexandre.= Novels, 10v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.
The ten volumes of Dumas’s novels included in this set are Monte
Cristo, two volumes, Marguerite de Valois, Dame de Monsoreau,
Forty-five guardsmen, Three musketeers, Twenty years after, Vicomte de
Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere and Man in the iron mask. They are
uniform with the thin paper sets and each volume contains an
introduction and frontispiece.
* * * * *
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 110w.
=Dumas, Alexandre.= My memoirs; tr. by E. M. Waller, with an introd by
Andrew Lang. 6v. ea. $1.75. Macmillan.
The first appearance of this work in English. This initial volume
deals with the first nineteen years of Dumas’ life chiefly spent at
Villers-Cotterets. “He was beyond doubt a lazy boy, hugely fond of
bird-snaring and of hunting, and it is with accounts of these
pastimes, related with the charm of a poet, the skill of a dramatist
and the knowledge of a woodsman, that some of the best chapters of
these memoirs are occupied.” (N. Y. Times.) The central historical
figure of this volume is Napoleon under whom Dumas’ father served in
various campaigns.
=v. 2.= The second volume continues the biography thru the days of the
drudgery of a clerkship to Dumas’ emancipation when on “the threshhold
of success, he is surrounded by his new-found friends of literature
and the drama.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“A most entertaining book. The translation is easy and fluent, but the
last sentence of the book reads oddly.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 518. O. 26. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)
“No element of completeness and accuracy should be wanting in the
present English form.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 655. N. 2, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A series of chapters of unending and ever varying interest.” George
S. Hellman.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 613. O. 12, ’07. 760w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Everything is preserved, even the nauseating passages that may be
characteristic of their writer but can only disgust readers of any
delicacy. Aside from this the ‘Memoirs’ form an admirable addition to
our biographical literature.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 610. N. 23, ’07. 430w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“No book that we know of beats these memoirs for a vivid, thrilling
account of the state of France from 1812 to 1815. Scientific history
may have its corrections to make, but the general impression is not to
be effaced.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 637. N. 2, ’07. 1280w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Dunbar, Paul Laurence.= Joggin’ erlong. **$1.50. Dodd.
6–37888.
“‘Joggin’ erlong’ and other dialect poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar are
here bound in attractive form and illustrated with good photographs of
negro life.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Will add nothing to the laurels won by the young negro poet.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 732. Mr. 28, ’07. 240w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 841. D. 1, ’06. 50w.
* =Dunbar, William.= Poems of William Dunbar; with introd., notes and
glossary by H. Bellyse Baildon. *$2. Putnam.
A book intended for the ordinary reader or student which throws much
light upon the life and poetry of this fifteenth century Scottish
poet.
* * * * *
“Mr. Bellyse Baildon has given us an excellent edition with an
admirable preface, most suggestive notes, and a useful vocabulary.
Lovers of poetry are greatly indebted to him.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 717. Jl. 27, ’07. 1700w.
“We are not so ready to allow that it will be useful to ‘the ordinary
reader or student.’”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 332. S. 21. 540w.
“Mr. Baildon acknowledges his obligations to the Scottish and German
savants who have edited Dunbar. His own work contains quite as much
erudition as the ardent reader of poetry requires in a light and handy
volume.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 253. Ag. 23, ’07. 1360w.
“Prof. Schipper’s complaint that the text and glossary are taken
bodily from his work appears substantially justified; and one may add
that whatever value the notes possess is in the main due to the same
authority. As it is, we have, of course, a good text and glossary,
and, in the main, adequate notes, but discredited by the circumstances
which we have just recited. Various passages in both introduction and
notes cast doubt on the editor’s philological knowledge.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 469. N. 21, ’07. 350w.
“All the assistance that can be given has been supplied by Mr.
Baildon, a glossary being the chief of the reader’s help.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 62. Jl. 13, ’07. 260w.
=Duncan, Norman.= Cruise of the “Shining Light.” †$1.50. Harper.
7–15117.
The skipper of the Will-o’-the-Wisp steers his craft upon a reef in a
furious gale, drowning seven men and surrendering his own life in
order that the “pot o’ money” in the undertaking may “make a
gentleman” of his little Dannie. He hastily bequeaths Dannie to Nick
Top, a ship-mate, charging him to “fetch un up as his mother would
have un grow.” True to his oath, Nick, the seamed and scarred survivor
of many wrecks, assumes the education of Dannie, comes to love him and
to abhor the rascality and the crime involved in securing the “pot o’
money.” “I’ll not be sorry—not even in hell—for I’ll think o’ the
years when you was a wee little lad, an’ I’ll be content t’ remember.”
“A story of mystery, of love, of quaint humor and vigorous action.”
* * * * *
“The characters are real, the action vigorous, the mystery really
illusive, the love theme well handled, and all is touched with a
quaint and delightful humor.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07. ✠
“This is distinctly the most ambitious, and, we think the best, book
that Mr. Duncan has written. The matter is original, and the whole is
entertaining, despite the fact that the author overdoes such locutions
as ‘the boy that was I’ to an extent which sometimes becomes
irritating.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 547. N. 2. 170w.
“An achievement that marks a long forward stride in Mr. Duncan’s
career.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Forum.= 39: 118. Jl. ’07. 440w.
“To the accentuated reappearance in this book of the unmodern style
which characterized Dr. Luke we are less reconciled. A romance
beautiful and strong. If inwoven with the quaintness of an older
literature, its style is none the less an unfailing delight, so lucid,
so vivid, so picturesque, so infused with the quality of charm that
among contemporary writers of fiction in English few outrank Mr.
Duncan in literary technique. Mr. Duncan’s fool almost persuades us
that his creator belongs in the glorious company of geniuses.”
+ + − =Ind.= 63: 101. Jl. 11, ’07. 610w.
“A novel that may truly be said to make waste paper of much modern
fiction.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.
“May lay definite claim to be considered as a real book, that
indefinable result of original personal impulse and conservative
literary tradition.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 478. My. 25, ’07. 360w.
“If old Nicholas Top does not become a permanent member of the honor
roll in fiction it will be a marvelous case of non-appreciation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 302. My. 11, ’07. 930w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
“The cruise with Norman Duncan as skipper is invigorating, and it ends
in a sunny haven.” Philip Loring Allen.
+ =No. Am.= 185: 328. Je. 7, ’07. 1440w.
=Duncan, Robert Kennedy.= Chemistry of commerce: a simple interpretation
of some new chemistry in its relation to modern industry. **$2. Harper.
7–31986.
A work which directs the attention of educated lay-folk to science in
its subservience to the practical needs of the human race. The author
develops the theory that modern science is applicable to the economy
and progress of manufacturing and agricultural operations. He shows,
among other illustrations of his theory, how the fixation of nitrogen
and how industrial alcohol may operate to increase the success of a
series of operations to which they are applied.
* * * * *
“It is a book for the open shelves of the public reading-room and one
that the manufacturer and business man will profit by perusing, for it
contains information on a great variety of topics impossible to get
elsewhere in such convenient form.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 823. O. 3, ’07. 290w.
“Has explained in a clear and interesting way many of the chemical
processes used in the manufacture of common and uncommon things.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 30w.
“This book has the rare qualification of being needed, for nowhere
else can the average reader find recent discoveries and manufacturing
processes so clearly and accurately explained.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 430w.
“To a reader who is not over-fastidious as regards literary style, or
whose sensitiveness has been dulled by daily perusal of the journalism
of Kansas there is much in this book to interest and amuse.”
− =Nature.= 77: 49. N. 21, ’07. 2250w.
“A book full of appeal to the lay reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Mr. Duncan’s book sets out some of the triumphs of science in this
direction in a manner to fire the imaginations of students and men of
affairs alike.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 718. N. 9, ’07. 470w.
=Dunham, Edith.= Fifty flower friends with familiar faces: a field book
for boys and girls. $1.50. Lothrop.
7–17393.
Fifty wild flowers are described and pictured in this volume which not
only gives an accurate description of each plant, tells where to find
it, but adds little sketches and quotations from flower poems, which
will awaken interest in each flower’s distinct personality.
* * * * *
“The boy or girl into whose hands this book is placed can hardly fail
to acquire a real and lasting interest in our every-day wild flowers.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 100w.
“The grown-ups of the family will find many things that possibly had
escaped their attention.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 130w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’07. 90w.
* =Dunmore, Walter T.= Ship subsidies: an economic study of the policy
of subsidizing merchant marines. **$1. Houghton.
The subject of ship subsidies is considered by Mr. Dunmore from an
unprejudiced, non-partisan standpoint, and he endeavors to decide what
is the best policy from the point of view of the commercial and
economic interests of the United States; and also what is best,
considering the question in its bearing on the national defense. The
study is well tabulated and is provided with a bibliography of books
and articles consulted.
=Dunn, Robert.= Shameless diary of an explorer; with il. from
photographs by the author. *$1.50. Outing pub.
7–21274.
Mr. Dunn “was one of a party that strove to reach the summit of Mount
McKinley, crowned with everlasting snow and ice in the sub-arctic
solitudes of Alaska. Day by day he kept a diary of the movements and
adventures of the party, noting the smallest details. After the
unsuccessful attempt had ended, and those concerned in it had returned
to civilization, the idea of publishing the diary occurred to its
author, and he determined to lay before the public an unvarnished
tale.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“The author might advantageously have omitted some of the profanity
and coarseness which he has retained, but apart from this blemish the
book is a vivid account of exploring the strange wilds of the remote
northwest.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 20. Jl. 1, ’07. 200w.
“As with many a predecessor, the result of his self-conscious
determination to avoid the posing of which he imagines all others
guilty has been his perhaps unconscious transformation into the worst
sort of poseur himself. None the less, the volume contains here and
there a bit of effective description.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 82. Jl. 25, ’07. 590w.
=Dunne, Finley Peter (Martin Dooley).= Dissertations by Mr. Dooley.
†$1.50. Harper.
6–38400.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 8. Ja. ’07.
“As a whole the Dooley philosophy is a work of excellent innuendo, of
polished and admirably concealed artistry.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 380w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 390w.
“Beneath his joyous gift of extravagant ridicule, he is perhaps the
wisest man now writing, and America should be very proud of him.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 14. Ja. 11, ’07. 340w.
“The quality of the entertainment furnished by the new volume is quite
on a level with that of its predecessors; indeed, in some respects it
is better, in that it is less parochial in outlook and terminology,
and consequently appeals to a wider audience.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 93. Ja. 19, ’07. 990w.
=Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Windham Thomas, 4th earl of.= Outlook in
Ireland: case for devolution and conciliation. *$3. Dutton.
“Lord Dunraven makes, in measured and fit language, a strong case for
the moderate fashion in which Irish affairs have been approached by
the committee known by his name.”—Ath.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 224. F. 23. 110w.
“Lord Dunraven’s book has an inevitable air of being born out of due
time.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 142. Ag. 15, ’07. 230w.
“The book is a statesmanlike consideration of the present status of
affairs in Ireland and of the most pressing needs of the unhappy isle,
and a masterly plea for fair play, friendliness, tolerance, and
justice on both sides of the Irish channel.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 414. Je. 29, ’07. 1410w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 742. Ag. 3, ’07. 1680w.
“From the beginning to the end of his book there is hardly a chapter
in which he does not either shut his eyes to palpable facts, or at
least regard them through some distorting medium of national
prejudice, with the result that, however well intended his advice, it
will scarcely commend itself to those who have given calm
consideration to the Irish problem.”
− − + =Spec.= 98: 290. F. 23, ’07. 2020w.
=During, Stella M.= Disinherited; with a frontispiece by Paula B. M.
Himmelsbach. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–20512.
Set in England this story with its tangled threads and continuous
action shows how an inheritance proved a pitfall. A naive,
unconscionable girl marries the gouty old Sir Peter—of a less
irascible temperament, tho in many points not unlike Sheridan’s Sir
Peter—and does it to save herself from the battle for bread. After the
sudden death of Sir Peter a daughter is born, and the mother, finding
that the bulk of the estate had been willed to a nephew, begins a long
series of sham proceedings which, to hold the property for herself,
require that the child be brought up as a boy. At sixteen the child
takes things into her own hands, apparently drowns, reappears as a
twin sister who, so the fiction ran, had for family reasons been sent
to California in infancy, restores to the cousin his property, falls
in love with this cousin, and, heart-broken because it is not returned
and because she has all thru life served only as her mother’s tool,
drowns herself. Plot and counter-plot abound.
* * * * *
“The ultra crudities of the opening, where Avice makes her entrance
into society, so little prepare the reader for any display of
ingenuity that the latter absurdities prove a rather welcome relief.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 79. Jl. 25, ’07. 220w.
* =Durland, Kellogg.= Red reign: the true story of an adventurous year
in Russia. il. **$2. Century.
7–32827.
Russia of today as an American sees it. Mr. Durland spent a
twelve-month traveling thru European Russia, Poland, the Caucasus, and
a part of western Siberia. Mr. Durland’s presentations are not only
picturesque descriptions of a traveler, nor yet merely thrilling
stories of an active journalist, but contain accurate and
authoritative observations on the social, economic and political
conditions of the country. The volume is fully illustrated.
=Dutton, Maude Barrows.= Little stories of Germany. *40c. Am. bk. co.
7–6771.
“Separate stories arranged so as to form a connected account of the
history of Germany, beginning with the mythological heroes and
extending to Kaiser Wilhelm. There are stories of the great masters of
music and painting, as well as of kings and warriors, of the invention
of printing as well as of the conquest of land.”—A. L. A. Bkl.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 139. My. ’07. ✠
=Dye, Eva Emery.= McDonald of Oregon; a tale of two shores. †$1.50.
McClurg.
6–33578.
A story which “deals first with the occupation of Oregon by American
settlers, and later with McDonald’s expedition to Japan, undertaken in
a spirit of adventure, and resulting in the Perry expedition, of such
international consequence.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Although the narrative is based ... upon an exhaustive examination of
historical material, the volume can hardly be ranked as a historical
publication.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 479. Ja. ’07. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 230w.
“There is so much vitality in the material upon which this book is
based, and the writer expresses herself with such enthusiasm, that the
volume holds the interest in spite of the fact that it is too loosely
knit for a historical novel, and lacks the unity of a good biography.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 80w.
“This is history where the substantial facts are so woven with romance
and restored to vitality by vivid imagination as to give atmosphere,
color and life.”
+ =World To-Day.= 11: 1221. N. ’06. 90w.
E
=Earle, Mrs. C. W.= Letters to young and old. *$2.50. Dutton.
Letters such as Mrs. Earle has been accustomed to write to her friends
and family are here collected into a volume which covers a wide field
of interest. The seven sections include letters from Germany, letters
upon gardening, health, diet, children, art, and life in general.
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 72: 39. Ja. 12, ’07. 320w.
“Altogether, it is a delightful, gossiping olla podrida.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 260w.
“Here is a novel and clever idea in bookmaking.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 197. Mr. 30, ’07. 220w.
“Those who liked her three books of potpourri will find it
interesting, but no one to whom the three former volumes did not
appeal should even try to read this one.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 18. Ja. 5, ’07. 780w.
=East, Alfred.= Art of landscape painting in oil color. *$3. Lippincott.
“Mr. East has not attempted in this book to write of landscape
painting in its elementary stages. His aim has been rather to give the
already qualified student an insight into certain truths which have
been revealed to him in his own practice of the art. To correct a
false attitude towards nature, and to help the reader to understand
the importance of technique, has been the aim of this book. It is
illustrated by eight landscapes and a page of studies of effects in
colour, and many halftone pictures, chiefly from the painter’s works;
also an admirable selection from those pencil sketches in which he
excels.”—Int. Studio.
* * * * *
“The letterpress is somewhat elementary. The book is redeemed,
however, by a genuine love for the subject.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 779. D. 15. 390w.
“We cannot think of any painter who could be a better guide than Mr.
East. He is not contemptuous of the beginner, and he has a literary
faculty which enables him to explain his meaning very clearly.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 363. F. ’07. 360w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 520w.
“This work should be of great use to many a student, amateur and
artist. Mr. East writes with distinctness, and has the power of making
his reader understand clearly the various processes, mental and
technical, which he uses for the construction of a landscape.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 542. Ap. 6, ’07. 290w.
* =Eastman, Charles Alexander.= Old Indian days. †$1.50. McClure.
7–33219.
The chivalry of the Indian warrior and the womanliness of the Indian
woman are subjects which Mr. Eastman sets forth with authority and
sentiment. In an idealized sense his tales become more “than mere
narrations of savage exploits and records of the legends and
traditions, beliefs and practices, of a primitive people.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“We feel personally grateful for the refreshment afforded by more than
one exquisitely idyllic tale among the dozen, or so in his volume.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 120w.
* =Eckstorm, Mrs. Fannie (Hardy).= David Libbey, Penobscot woodsman and
river-driver. *60c. Am. Unitar.
7–23501.
Another figure for the galaxy of “true American types.” David Libbey
is a Maine woodsman who “met all the demands of son, husband, father,
brother, friend, citizen and soldier, and yet had time for
self-education, for æsthetic culture, and for the exercise of a talent
by no means meagre.”
=Eddy, Arthur Jerome.= Tales of a small town by one who lived there.
†$1.50. Lippincott.
7–30989.
The small town element is here in the fact that every one knows the
business of everyone else be it the lawyer who connives to secure the
drunkard’s farm through his wife before she has actually determined on
a divorce suit, or the adventurous young minx with the peroxide hair
who flirts with her uncle and her staid next door neighbor to the
distress of their wives. The stories are interesting although not
wholly pleasing for the admirable traits of the villagers are
subordinated to their unlovely ones.
=Edwardes, Marian=, comp. Summary of the literatures of modern Europe
(England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain); from the origins to 1400.
*$2.50. Dutton.
7–20970.
“The work is essentially an annotated and classified bibliography,
with references to the most authoritative scholarly discussions of the
writings included. It presents an immense mass of historical and
critical information in a form that is both compact and convenient for
use.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“In spite of these ... defects ... the compilation is distinctly
serviceable. With careful revision it might be made indispensable.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 789. Je. 29. 870w.
+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 120w.
“Enough has been said, we believe, to show how defective this work is,
notwithstanding its occasionally useful citations of recent
literature.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 469. O. 21, ’07. 460w.
“A very careful and painstaking work, and should be found useful by
students.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 80w.
=Edwards, A. Herbage.= Kakemono: Japanese sketches. *$1.75. McClurg.
7–29123.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A complete view of Japan, the book does not give; the unpleasant
features are left for others to portray. But that omission makes it
the more agreeable to read.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 330w.
“A series of slight sketches, more ambitious than successful.”
− =Nation.= 85: 80. Jl. 25, ’07. 30w.
=Edwards, Matilda Betham-.= Literary rambles in France. il. *$2.50
McClurg.
7–36931.
Miss Betham-Edwards, who gave us a few years ago “Home-life in
France,” now gives equally intimate glimpses of the personality of
some of the French men and women of letters. Some of the suggestive
chapter headings are: Flaubert’s literary workshop, On the track of
Balzac—Limoges. The genesis of Eugènie Grandet, In the footsteps of
George Sand, Brantôme and The story of the Marseillaise.
* * * * *
“She gives with perfect success the atmosphere of the places and
people that she writes about. That is, we imagine, all that she set
out to do, and in any case all that was needed.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 698. Jl. 20, ’07. 510w.
“Is in our opinion one of the best of her long series of monographs on
French life and scenery. Her tendency to facile literary allusion
takes her readers far from the scene she is describing. This is
destructive of the French atmosphere which ought to characterize her
books of travel.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 757. Je. 22. 780w.
“It is a pleasure to discover that [it] belongs, not to the appalling
multitude of ‘popular guides,’ but to the small and delightful company
of artistic and illuminating travellers’ sketches. They have, in the
first place, the note of spontaneity.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 370w.
“There never was a more staunch champion of Protestantism than Miss
Betham-Edwards; and we take leave to think that a writer who hardly
acknowledges any other religion in France cannot be said to know
France thoroughly.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 266. Ag. 24, ’07. 1200w.
=Edwards, Owen.= Short history of Wales. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.
A brief history of only a little over a hundred pages for those who
have never read any Welsh history.
* * * * *
“The pages on Wales at the present time are unquestionably the most
interesting. The style is simple, lucid, and picturesque. Those for
whom the book is primarily intended—readers ignorant of Welsh and
Latin—will be led to knowledge of pleasant paths.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 150w.
“His attitude is still that of the North Walian. Despite such trifling
blemishes the book is excellent.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 658. My. 25, ’07. 500w.
=Edwards, William Seymour.= Through Scandinavia to Moscow. **$1.50.
Clarke.
6–37647.
Entertaining observations made by Mr. Edwards as he and his bride
traveled in five weeks thru Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, to St.
Petersburg and back to London by way of Berlin, Hamburg, and
Amsterdam. The account is given in the form of letters written by the
author to his father and is illustrated with snap shots taken en
route.
* * * * *
“The personal touches and impressions—interesting incidents well
told—make an unusually attractive account of a traveler’s experiences.
Here and there an occasional careless statement threatens to shatter
the reader’s faith in the accuracy of the book as a whole. On the
whole the book is worth reading. Its story is pleasantly told, with
many interesting items well worth remembering.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 230w.
“Commonplace in many respects.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 82. F. 1, ’07. 390w.
“A simple, straightforward account.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 576. Mr. 9, ’07. 810w.
=Eeden, Frederik van.= Quest. $1.50. Luce, J. W.
7–15321.
The symbolism which abounds in this book reminds one of Ibsen. A
little boy seeks diligently from fairy guides a solution to the riddle
of the universe and its manifold manifestations. As he grows older his
desire for understanding is no less keen but for the fairy thoughts of
imagination are substituted the troll-ideas of grotesque human
realities. Finally among the sordid commonplaces he falls in with a
companion who is a “modern reincarnation of the Christ.” There is a
very human love tale, the romance of the imaginative Johannes and
Marjon, a little circus girl.
* * * * *
“A remarkable work of sustained fancy, the book presents no new
‘Weltanschauung,’ it brings no new message. Dr. van Eeden has dreamt a
dream, he has not seen a vision. The translation is on the whole,
admirable.” A. Schade van Westrum.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 296. My. ’07. 1540w.
“‘The quest’ as a romance is, by reason of its loose construction and
its generally feeble character drawing, a negligible quantity. As a
work of philosophy it is suggestive, but tautological and obscure. As
a social study on the other hand, it possesses exceptional value; is,
in fact, one of the most comprehensive arraignments of the hypocrisy
and corruption of the age that has yet been written.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 99. Jl. 11, ’07. 480w.
“There is much jog-trot indeterminate narrative as well as much
didacticism, in the third part.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 610w.
“The things that hold and charm are the glimpses of the quaint mind of
‘de kleine Johannes’—little John—the scenes from Dutch life, the
pictures of the mountebanks’ way, the hints of things good and bad
that stirred our little John; the flights of fancy, now gracious and
now horribly gruesome; the homely simplicity of the narrative of the
hero’s love affairs. Almost equally pleasing is much of the homelier
satire. But there is other satire that falls dully on the mind like
the rhapsodies of Markus the prophet.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 154. Mr. 16, ’07. 720w.
“Weary wastes of long-drawn-out commonplace separate the brilliant and
beautiful passages. Pages of puerile, pottering pedantic dialogue that
might have stepped out of a Rollo book discourage the interest. The
result is a work diffuse and discursive—not to say sprawling—and
obscure.” Alvan F. Sanborn.
− =No. Am.= 185: 79. My. 3, 07. 1510w.
“The writer’s intentions are obviously excellent and his philosophy
sound. To Dutch readers his performance is doubtless excellent as
well, but to us it is so involved, prolix and tiresome as to be
absolutely impossible. The barriers between our minds and his book are
quite impassable.”
− + =Putnam’s.= 3: 111. O. ’07. 240w.
“Delicately fanciful, and deeply spiritual besides, ‘The quest’ merits
wide attention.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 30w.
=Eggleston, George Cary.= Jack Shelby; a story of the Indiana
back-woods. †$1.50. Lothrop.
6–20455.
An exciting tale of the adventurous pioneer days of 1836.
* * * * *
“Not well written, but gives an interesting, and probably accurate
picture of pioneer life.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.
“Is of a good kind and well done.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 30w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 768. D. ’06. 50w.
=Eggleston, George Cary.= Love is the sum of it all: a plantation
romance. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.
7–32710.
A plantation romance whose scene is laid in Virginia following the
reconstruction period. “Warren Rhett, the hero, is a young Virginian,
enlightened, enfranchised, energized by education in the north and a
cosmopolitan experience as a bridge builder, not solely as the lover
of the good and beautiful heroine.” (N. Y. Times.) The heroine is the
daughter of a sculptor; the love-making is uninterrupted in Warren’s
step-mother’s home where he is recuperating and incidentally rescuing
the plantation from decay and bankruptcy.
* * * * *
“On the whole, the book is wholesome as well as pretty. If there is
not a deal of excitement in it, there is plenty of suggestive
observation.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 480w.
“As a social critic, Mr. Eggleston has nothing new or important to
say. He does not even say what he has to say well. As a novel it is
impossible to praise it.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 540w.
=Elbe, Louis.= Future life in the light of ancient wisdom and modern
science. **$1.20. McClurg.
6–9285.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 41. F. ’07.
=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.= Hilma; il. by Harrison Fisher and
Martin Justice. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–9545.
“This book belongs in that class of which Anthony Hope’s ‘Prisoner of
Zenda’ is the prototype. A brave and resourceful American is thrown
into the dynastic plots of a petty imaginary nation in eastern Europe,
and plots and counterplots develop in rapid and thrilling succession.
One does not need to guess that the American foils the political
villains who try to keep Princess Hilma from her throne, nor that he
loves the beautiful young queen, and that both sacrifice love to
duty.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The author has studied the ‘Prisoner of Zenda’ carefully, and has
tried to produce another one; even the ‘Dolly dialogue’ form of
conversation is attempted. The result written in American language is
terrible.”
− =Acad.= 73: 996. O. 5, ’07. 120w.
“Perhaps above the average of its kind.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07.
“Nobody needs quarrel with the story merely because it is an
imitation. The important thing is that it is a good one.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 476. O. 19. 150w.
“The story is told in nervous and sometimes ungrammatical English, and
its nomenclature rivals that of ‘Graustark’ for weirdness.” Wm. M.
Payne.
− =Dial.= 42: 314. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
“A particular trouble is that the dialogue ... is tremendously labored
and disconcertingly pointless. The author, with all the industry and
good will in the world, lacks both the necessary invention and the
highly desirable knowledge of the hearts of men and women.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 159. Mr. 16, ’07. 460w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
“The tale is built up in a workmanlike way, and has a reasonable
number of thrills and sudden turns.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 120w.
=Eliot, Sir Charles Norton E.= Letters from the Far East. *$2.40.
Longmans.
7–30811.
“This volume consists of letters originally published in the
Westminster gazette during a recent visit to China and Japan,
undertaken with the special object of studying the languages and
creeds of those countries and the development which Buddhism has
undergone.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The volume is one of singular interest, but displays a fanciful and
slightly paradoxical intellect. The author’s reflections upon
Mohammedanism and his panegyric on Hinduism will startle readers, but
provoke reflection to a higher degree than do most works of travel.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 408. Ap. 6. 1010w.
“Among the chapters on China those descriptive of Canton, Peking, and
Chinese literature will be found particularly entertaining. The value
of the book would have much increased by an index. There are sixteen
illustrations, very good reproductions of photographs.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 371. Je. 8, ’07. 540w.
“A studious and thoughtful examination of many sides of Far Eastern
thought and life, written by a thoroughly competent observer. The book
has not yet been written about Far Eastern matters that does not
challenge criticism or controversy on points; but it is rare to find
one so little provocative in that respect and so greatly instructive
as this collection of letters.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 561. My. 4, ’07. 1050w.
“Among the numerous works that have been devoted of recent years to
the problems of the Far East, his unpretentious little book takes a
very high place.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 21. Jl. 6, ’07. 1400w.
=Eliot, Charles W.= Four American leaders. *80c. Am. Unitar.
6–42960.
Commemorative addresses on Franklin, Washington, Channing and Emerson,
which present the four Americans from the point of view of their
intellectual contributions in shaping the political, moral, and
intellectual trend of the Republic.
* * * * *
“Inspiring addresses.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 120. My. ’07.
“While the book contains suggestions apt to stir up antagonism in
certain minds, and while we are made to feel that the author’s
sympathies are at times misplaced and that he lacks something of the
spirit of the true prophet, we must confess to the beauty of his
style, his true sense of proportion and his fine analytical powers
within certain limitations.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ − =Arena.= 37: 110. Ja. ’07. 120w.
“We have rarely read a book which could inspire a more profound
respect for what is lastingly noble in humanity than this.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 330w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. O. 1, ’06. 80w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 42. Ja. 26, ’07. 370w.
“These papers are written—all of them—in the lucid, direct and
vigorous style which we have come to associate with their author, and
will be sure of the careful and respectful attention to which
everything that comes from his strong, well-disciplined, well-stored
and independent mind is entitled.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 111. Ap. ’07. 1010w.
=Eliot, Charles W.= Great riches. **75c. Crowell.
6–34713.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 210. Ja. ’07. 90w.
“President Eliot may be a great executive officer, but we cannot count
him among great and true thinkers.”
− =Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 180w.
=Cath. World.= 85: 401. Je. ’07. 420w.
“It treats a topic of unmistakable importance and large public
interest in a spirit of sane and hopeful Americanism.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 99. Ja. ’07. 430w.
“The economic analysis seems to be faulty. The writer assumes that the
riches of to-day are of a new kind, which carry with them no visible
responsibility.”
− + =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 637. D. ’06. 320w.
=Eliot, George.= Romola; historically il. and ed., with introd. and
notes, by Guido Biagi. 2v. *$3. McClurg.
6–42367.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The illustrations, 160 in all, are well reproduced. Furthermore, they
are for the most part adequately described, and in every case are, for
their own sakes, worth possessing; but many of them are wholly
irrelevant, or are made so by being recklessly misplaced.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 57. Ja. 17, ’07. 390w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 88. F. 9, ’07. 660w.
=Outlook.= 85: 47. Ja. 5, ’07. 120w.
“The letter-press is excellent, and the whole work has a scholarly
character.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 100w.
=Elkington, Ernest Way.= Savage South seas; painted by N. H. Hardy,
described by E. Way Elkington. *$6. Macmillan.
A volume whose text and illustrations are devoted to the native
peoples of British New Guinea, the Solomon islands and the New
Hebrides. The text “describes the appearance, customs, habits,
characteristics and prospects of the savage natives, with some account
of their past history, shows how little real impression the
missionaries have made upon them, tells what the islands offer to the
white man who is willing to work, and succeeds fairly well in giving
an idea of the subtle charm which the South Sea islands can exercise
over the Anglo-Saxon.” (N. Y. Times.) The illustrations “representing
every phase of native life, industries, amusements, and religious
ceremonies, as well as the pile houses and the scenery, enable one
very vividly to realize it.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is the most beautiful of the ‘colour books’ that we have seen, and
excels the majority of them by far in the excellence of its letter
press.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 861. S. 7, ’07. 1230w.
“It is a good book of a bad kind—the usual kind; there are hundreds of
the sort, but few, we may add, so well executed, for the author has
avoided many faults into which he might have fallen—the enthusiasms,
the prolixities, and the vulgarities which are common to the kind.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 202. Ag. 24. 720w.
“The authoritative tone and the evidently intimate knowledge of native
customs are proof positive of something beyond a cursory observation
of life among the islanders.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 377. D. 1, ’07. 220w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 349. O. 17, ’07. 390w.
“In this book the illustrations so far exceed the text in importance
and quality that little need to be said concerning the latter, which
contains many inaccuracies and misprints, is written in poor English,
and generally falls far below the level of other volumes contained in
this series.” C. G. S.
+ − =Nature.= 76: 541. S. 26, ’07. 470w.
“It is written entertainingly, with plenty of anecdote interspersed.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 140w.
“The artist has given us many accurate drawings of the genuine native
in his appropriate setting. Nor does he sacrifice accuracy of detail
for mere pictorial effect; thus the student may feel confident in
trusting his details of ornament, dress, house-structure and the like,
indeed in some instances new facts are incidentally given to the
student in the plates. The letterpress is a chatty compilation of no
value to the serious student, as it is full of mistakes of various
kinds and there is no evidence that Mr. Elkington has visited the
places of which he writes.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 210. Ag. 17, ’07. 360w.
* =Elliot, George F. S.= Chile: its history and development, natural
features, products, commerce, and present condition; with an introd. by
Martin Hume. *$3. Scribner.
A history of Chile with full description of existing conditions. “Mr.
Scott Elliot deals principally with the romantic history of his
favourite republic. The adventures of President O’Higgins and of
Cochrane have formed the theme of many well-told tales. O’Higgins was
the natural son of Ambrose Higgins, Marquis de Osorno, Viceroy of
Peru.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 549. N. 2. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The illustrations are selected with but slight regard for the text,
and in several cases are put where they mar the author’s work. Those
who wish to know the natural features and economic conditions of the
country will be able to learn more than they can carry away in their
minds, for Mr. Elliot is a naturalist as well as an observer of
industrial and political phenomena. Of the historical portion of the
work we must be content with saying that the author does not seem to
us to do justice to the work of the church in Chile.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 639. N. 23, ’07. 720w.
=Elliott, Delia Buford.= Adele Hamilton. $1.25. Neale.
7–14586.
A story of a little more than a hundred pages which tells of the
bravery of a southern woman who at her husband’s death finds herself
penniless, and takes her five children to California hoping that in a
new country away from surroundings that would remind her of her former
abundance she may fight her financial battle and win.
=Elliott, Emilia.= Joan of Juniper inn. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–27610.
A cheerful, wholesome story peopled with true-to-life boys and girls
who have real experiences and who are bubbling over with innocent fun.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 90w.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Deerfoot in the forest. †$1. Winston.
5–28020.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“This series of adventures ... will convince his admirers that his
vitality is undiminished.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 607. D. 15, ’06. 50w.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Hunt of the white elephant. †$1. Winston.
6–26188.
A sequel to “River and jungle,” in which the hero of the latter sets
out with a native guide to capture a white elephant. Before the quest
is successfully terminated thrilling adventure is furnished by an
exciting tiger hunt, an encounter with a wild buffalo, and
interference from thieving natives. From the first page to the last it
is full of exciting situations.
* * * * *
“Is one of Ellis’ very best tales, being written in a spirited manner
and replete with exciting adventures so dear to the vivid and hungry
imagination of the child.”
+ + =Arena.= 37: 222. F. ’07. 270w.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Lost in the forbidden land. †$1. Winston.
6–26192.
One of three volumes in the “Foreign adventure series.” It is a
thrilling account of the dangers that two Americans encountered while
attempting to trace the Pilcomayo river in South America to the
Paraguay. Even Yankee ingenuity fails at times when set to baffle so
formidable an enemy as the Tobas Indians.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Robert E. Bisbee.
− =Arena.= 38: 320. Ag. ’07. 200w.
=Nation.= 83: 513. D. 13, ’06. 70w.
* =Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Queen of the clouds. †$1. Winston.
7–23712.
The last in the three-volume “Paddle your own canoe” series. There is
in this story plenty to whet the appetite of an adventure-loving
lad—mystery, a brave sailor boy as hero, a shipwreck, the discovery of
pirates’ gold, treachery, a search extending to India, wild beasts of
the jungle, the Sepoy rebellion, the escape and return.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= River and jungle. †$1. Winston.
6–26479.
Indo-China is the scene of Dudley Mason’s experiences which befall him
on his way thru the jungle to his father, a missionary in the interior
of Siam. Tigers, crocodiles, snakes, wild Indians and elephants make
the way one of perils and hair-breadth escapes.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester (Seward D. Lisle, pseud.).= Seth Jones of New
Hampshire. †$1.25. Dillingham.
7–6405.
A reprint of a dime-novel published nearly 50 years ago, which
supports the claim made by the author in his introduction that dime
novel literature not only was not immoral but was good reading for the
young. Seth Jones is a border hero and his story is one of scalpings
and bloodshed, of rescued maidens and daring escapades.
* * * * *
“It is such a story as the most fastidious of telegraph boys would not
hesitate to put his _imprimatur_ upon.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 639. Ap. 20. ’07. 340w.
“We cheerfully testify that it is innocuous, simple, free from moral
taint, as little sensational as is humanly possible for a book with
Indians, a kidnapped maiden, and a hunter with a coonskin cap to be.
Is a very mild case of Fenimore Cooper and water.”
− + =Outlook.= 85: 718. Mr. 23. ’07. 240w.
=Ellis, Edward Sylvester, and Chipman, William Pendleton.= Cruise of the
Firefly, †75c. Winston.
6–21383.
An adventurous tale in which a boat race between the clubs of two
rival institutions secures for the winners a two months’ camping trip
north from the Maine coast. The exciting experiences of the race in
which plots are foiled, and the later cruise fairly bristling with
thrilling experiences, furnish rare entertainment for a wide-awake
boy.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 80w.
=Ellis, Edwin J.= Real Blake. **$3.50. McClure.
“Mr. Ellis gives us an immense amount of information, heaped in
bewildering fashion, and ticketed with labels and comments which can
hardly fail to increase that bewilderment.” (Ath.) “Readers will
naturally want to know what new material Mr. Ellis presents them with,
not already in Gilchrist. He prints in full for the first time ‘The
island in the moon,’ Blake’s squib upon the literary folk he met at
the Mathews’s house.... All Blake’s comments on Lavater are given,
instead of the selection printed by Gilchrist. But of course the main
difference between the two lives is Mr. Ellis’s insistence on the
mystical side of Blake.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“There is a great deal that is interesting and valuable in Mr. Ellis’s
book: but it is not well composed, the writing is slovenly, and it has
other serious faults which will assuredly prevent it from superseding
Gilchrist, in spite of a much completer understanding of Blake’s mind
and ideas.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 232. Mr. 9, ’07. 1360w.
“It is written to do honour to Blake and to explain him, but it
requires both correction and explanation before it can do either.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 598. My. 18. 2130w.
“If Mr. Symons writes from the point of view of ultra-romanticism, Mr.
Ellis speaks from the region of spirit-rapping and table-turning. He
has produced a book that is almost a model of what a biography ought
not to be.”
− − =Nation.= 85: 401. O. 31, ’07. 750w.
“Mr. Ellis worships Blake, and he seems to have attracted to himself
several of his idol’s less amiable qualities, his arrogance, his
carelessness in writing and his intolerance; these characteristics are
obvious, not only in the preface, but more or less throughout the
book.”
− + =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 8. F. 23, ’07. 320w.
=Ellis, George.= Modern practical carpentry for the use of workmen,
builders, architects, and engineers. *$5. Industrial.
“A practical discussion of the methods and practices connected with
the heavier kinds of carpentry work. It treats of the subject as seen
in England, where wood work is used to a much greater extent than in
this country. However, the discussions on shoring, scaffolding, tunnel
and bridge centering and coffer dams are of universal
interest.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 306. Mr. 14, ’07. 330w.
=Ellis, George William, and Morris, John Emery.= King Philip’s war;
based on the archives and records of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode
Island and Connecticut, and contemporary letters and accounts with
biographical and topographical notes. **$2. Grafton press.
6–43914.
To this account of King Philip’s war “Mr. Ellis has contributed the
narrative with the references, and Mr. Morris has supplied the
biographical foot-notes, the local descriptions, and the
illustrations.” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“A history of King Philip’s war, which should be both readable and
trustworthy, has long been desired by students of early New England.
The volume under review meets these requirements, being based upon
careful research and written in clear narrative style. The volume is
singularly free from errors or misquotations from authorities.”
Clarence S. Brigham.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 696. Ap. ’07. 400w.
“A scholarly history of the last struggle of an expiring race, rather
than a successful study of an important episode in the conquest of the
continent.” Carl Russell Fish.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 655. My. ’07. 250w.
“The genealogical interest of Mr. Morris has resulted in a collection
of biographical details that must make the book valuable to all
tracers of New England ancestry. Indeed, one criticism of the book as
a book lies in its multiplicity of names and explanatory notes.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 390w.
=Elton, Oliver.= Frederick York Powell: a life and selection from his
letters and occasional writings. 2v. *$6.75. Oxford.
7–18309.
Two interesting volumes upon a man of large personality and profound
knowledge, who for years, as tutor and professor, exercised great
influence over the young men of Oxford and London. The first volume is
devoted to memoirs and letters, and the second to writings.
* * * * *
“Mr. Elton has failed partly because failure was inevitable, partly
because of a certain lack of sympathy with his subject; but he has one
quality which is also his main defect—a fine impartiality.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 32. Ja. 12, ’07. 1280w.
“The many-sidedness of the man has been well brought out; the
attractive nature of his personality is excellently displayed; the
facts of his career are correctly noted; his fugitive work has been
tastefully brought together; and all the friends of York Powell—and he
had a genius for friendship—will be grateful to Mr. Elton for placing
this memorial of their departed friend in their hands.” H. Morse
Stephens.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 648. Ap. ’07. 2100w.
“An appreciation which is rich on every page with a just and
sympathetic understanding of the man’s nature.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 821. D. 29. 2400w.
“The book brings out with fine judgment and skill Powell’s love for
literature, folklore and art, but is less successful in showing that
history was his special province.”
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 204. Ja. ’07. 230w.
“Mr. Elton’s book would have been much improved by the compression
necessary to bring it into a narrower compass.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 424. D. 21, ’06. 2440w.
“The present memoir is clever and interesting, but somewhat too
diffuse. A valuable, vivid record of a life which deserves to be held
in memory and honor.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 311. Ap. 4, ’07. 2440w.
“The book is a master tonic.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 775. D. 22, ’06. 1340w.
“The life of York Powell was bound to be written, and it could
scarcely have fallen into better hands.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 55. Ja. 12, ’07. 1720w.
=Emanuel, Walter.= Dogs of war. †$1.25. Scribner.
7–15118.
One thoroughbred and a number of mongrels constitute a group pledged
to “attack at sight all thoroughbreds who give themselves airs or
offer insult to plebeian canines.” “Ears,” the aristocratic spaniel
tells the story, which is accompanied by Mr. Cecil Aldin’s humorous
drawings.
* * * * *
“The episodes enshrined in these pages bear and repay intimate study.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 731. D. 8. 70w.
“His greatest failing as a raconteur is his lack of humor.”
+ − =Dial.= 41: 460. D. 16, ’06. 230w.
“The collaboration is quite perfect, and it is always impossible to
consider the story apart from the pictures. Possibly the drawings are
a bit cleverer than the text, although there is much amusing matter in
the dog biography.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 43. Ja. 5, ’07. 70w.
Emerald and Ermine: a tale of the Argoät by the author of “The martyrdom
of an empress.” *$1.50 Harper.
7–33591.
About the slim figure of a young widowed duchess of an old estate in
Brittany, the author has woven a strong and dramatic plot using as a
background the sturdy peasant life of the Argoät. The estate, in the
event of the remarriage of the duchess, reverts to her husband’s
degenerate cousin, and he to gain it, conspires to trap her into
matrimony. His villainy succeeds, but she finds true love and
happiness and he receives the coveted revenues only to find them poor
comfort and devoid of joy.
* * * * *
“A tale steeped in the color and fragrance of woodland Brittany,
characterized by a mysterious plot and rare charm of atmosphere.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Emerson, Edward Waldo.= Life and letters of Charles Russell Lowell,
captain Sixth United States cavalry, colonel Second Massachusetts
cavalry, brigadier-general, United States volunteers. **$2. Houghton.
7–15315.
“This volume consists of a brief but adequate biography of the young
soldier; of judicious selections from his correspondence, and of very
full, discriminating notes upon both the life and the letters.”—N. Y.
Times.
* * * * *
“While Mr. Emerson’s intense admiration for his hero is very plain he
writes always with restraint, good taste, and the best judgment.” J.
K. Hosmer.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 161. O. ’07. 580w.
“Doubly excellent in its admiration and its restraint.” Henry Dwight
Sedgwick.
+ + =Atlan.= 100: 278. Ag. ’07. 2470w.
“Abundant notes supplement both the lifestudy and the letters; to
these notes are confided many of the most intimate revelations of the
young soldier’s personality. The student of American history and
literature may well be grateful for this record, so directly and fully
told, of a life which is as inspiring in memory as it was in
companionship.” Annie Russell Marble.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 10. Jl. 1, ’07. 1800w.
=Ind.= 63: 883. O. 10, ’07. 420w.
“There can be no doubt that Mr. Emerson has created a distinct
impression of General Lowell’s superb endowment of character,
justifying that attitude of reverend adoration he inspired in his own
immediate circle.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 534. O. 12, ’07. 220w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 526. Je. 6, ’07. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 70w.
“The letters are especially valuable for their portrayal of a
beautiful and dignified character, and they also give many suggestive
sketches of prominent statesmen and soldiers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 327. My. 18, ’07. 400w.
“An admirably typical American life, worthily told in the narrative,
not less worthily when the letters of its subject are left to tell the
story.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 101. O. ’07. 450w.
Engineering index annual for 1906; comp. by J. B. Johnson. *$2. Eng.
Mag.
An inclusive guide to engineering literature which does away with the
alphabetical arrangement of its former volumes. “In the present annual
volume all items have been grouped according to eight grand divisions:
Civil engineering; Electrical engineering; Industrial economy; Marine
and naval engineering; Mechanical engineering; Mining and metallurgy;
Railway engineering; and Street and electric railways. Each of these
is subdivided into a number of heads.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 556. My. 16, ’07. 710w.
English music. *$1.25. Scribner.
6–38907.
These seventeen lectures were delivered by well-known artists and
musical writers at the time of the tercentenary of the existence of
the “Worshipful company of musicians” during June, 1904. They
illustrate the historical significance of the ancient instruments and
books then on exhibition. “The lectures are brief and attractive
essays; several are more than a résumé of what the historians have
written, and offer some interesting points more or less novel.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
“We close the book with but one regret; that it possessed so kindly
and lenient an editor as Mr. Crowest seems to have been. A little more
severity might have turned out a work better fitted to bear the
hardships of an unsympathetic world.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 281. S. 22, ’06. 1760w.
Reviewed by Josiah Renick Smith.
+ =Dial.= 42: 11. Ja. 1, ’07. 200w.
“An exceptionally valuable contribution to musical literature.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 564. D. 27, ’06. 500w.
“They are necessarily rather disjointed as musical history, but are
likely to fulfill a good purpose in clearing up ideas, generally
vague, which many people hold concerning ancient instruments and some
of the ancient music and its composers.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 762. N. 17, ’06. 700w.
=Erskine, John.= Actæon, and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.
6–46756.
A book of verses, songs and sonnets which show a lyric gift and true
poetic feeling.
* * * * *
“A series of poetical exercises, wholly derivative in merit, and of
slight significance.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 110w.
“His work is more notable for form than for substance; the most vital
note in it is its fine sense of the apostolic tradition in poetry, its
sentiment of poetic scholarship.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 199. F. 28, ’07. 350w.
“Mr. Erskine has written much that is good since ‘Actaeon,’ but he
seems for the most part to have fallen upon a more personal and minor
strain.” William Aspenwall Bradley.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 132. Mr. 2, ’07. 500w.
=Escott, Thomas H. S.= Society in the country house, *$4. Jacobs.
“In sixteen lengthy chapters Mr. Escott conducts his readers to as
many groups of country houses, tracing the rise of each great family,
characterizing its most interesting representatives and most famous
visitors, drawing upon a store of racy anecdote and curious legend,
and fully substantiating his claim that the country house has
associations with the spiritual, literary, and social movements of the
nation, which are even stronger than those more picturesque and
popularly recognized bonds which unite it with the chase, the turf,
and the stage.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“We prefer to take the book as a cheerful jumble of interesting
side-lights on people and events, the value of which consists in its
mirroring the passing phases of thought in the fashion and speech of
the time. It is left to the reader to supply his own perspective, and
to select the grain from the inevitable chaff of anecdote and
genealogy.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 34. Ja. 12, ’07. 720w.
“We hope that Mr. Escott’s future volumes of pleasant reminiscences
may have the advantage of a ‘checker’ who will do the drudgery and the
index, and leave the writer free to please us without calling down the
cantankerous critic.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 98. Ja. 26. 960w.
“Mr. Escott pursues his subject with a leisurely thoroughness that is
characteristically British, but his style is crisp and nervous enough
to hold the reader’s interest.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 254. O. 16, ’07. 410w.
“It is so cumbersome as to make us long once again for the old days of
two and three volumes. A book of gossip that cannot be held in the
hands as one leans back in a chair is a publisher’s mistake. Wherever
the book is opened some eminent name meets the eye, with an anecdote
attached to it; and what more can be said?”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 15. Ja. 11, ’07. 280w.
=Espy, Ella Gray.= What will the answer be? $1.50. Neale.
7–20705.
The question concerns the future of Jo, the child of the orphanage who
has felt the influence of Miss Jane, who gave her life to charity and
who has also lived in an adopted home and seen something of love and
its possibilities. The reader is left to draw his own conclusions as
to Jo’s decision for public service or matrimony.
=Evans, Edward Payson.= Criminal prosecution and capital punishment of
animals. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–28640.
A study of the curious methods of mediaeval and modern penology
relating to the prosecution and punishment of animals.
* * * * *
=Nation.= 85: 208. S. 5, ’07. 330w.
“The author has succeeded in making an extremely readable and in a
sense a learned volume, one which is a welcome addition to the
curiosities of literature.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 310w.
=Evans, Edwin.= Tchaikovsky. (Master musicians.) $1.25. Dutton.
7–10577.
The part of this work is devoted to the composer as a man is based
upon the biography of the Tchaikovsky published with his letters by
his brother Modest. The greater portion of the study is devoted to a
critical survey of the musician and his works including an estimate of
the relative values of his operas. “A valuable feature of Mr. Evans’s
book is a chronological table of Tchaikovsky’s compositions.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 840. D. 29. 240w.
+ − =Nation.= 83: 564. D. 27, ’06. 250w.
“Of the man and his work the book presents a useful summary treatment,
though it rarely rises to a very high order of criticism.” Richard
Aldrich.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 600w.
=Evelyn, John.= Diary of John Evelyn; ed. with notes by Austin Dobson.
3v. *$8. Macmillan.
The bicentenary of John Evelyn’s death has served to produce some good
reprints of his diary. This one edited by Mr. Dobson contains an
informing biographical introduction and helpful notes. “Its long
chronicle extends over an unbroken period of more than sixty years,
dating from the stormy days which preceded the Commonwealth to the
early time of Queen Anne. During all this age—‘an age,’ as his epitaph
puts it, ‘of extraordinary events and revolutions’—Evelyn was quietly,
briefly, methodically noting what seemed to him worthy of remembrance.
His desire for knowledge was insatiable, his sympathies wide, and his
tastes catholic.”
* * * * *
“Such a book as his ‘Diary,’ then, cannot be too often reprinted, nor
do we know a better edition than this, skilfully edited by Mr. Austin
Dobson.”
+ + =Acad.= 71: 567. D. 8, ’06. 1730w.
“The reader of the ‘Diary’ is supplied with an ample commentary as he
goes along, which will be of infinite service in elucidation of
biographical and historical points. Indeed, we cannot imagine the work
better done.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906. 2: 765. D. 15. 980w.
“But what gives Mr. Dobson’s edition its importance is less its text
than its ‘editorial equipment.’” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Dial.= 41: 451. D. 16, ’06. 500w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 389. N. 23, ’06. 2200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 852. D. 8, ’06. 1780w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.)
“Among various editions of Evelyn none surpasses in convenience,
editorial thoroughness, and beauty of form this edition, in three
volumes, presented with a combination of simplicity and elegance that
mark only the best book-making.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 85: 480. F. 23, ’07. 430w.
“A fine edition ... for which we cannot thank Mr. Dobson too much.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 526. Ap. 27, ’07. 1790w.
“The introduction which he has prefixed to this edition of the Diary,
is an admirable summary of Evelyn’s life, and supplies as careful an
appreciation of the diarist’s character and work as could be desired.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 60 Ja. 12, ’07. 300w.
=Ewald, Carl.= Spider and other tales; tr. from the Danish by Alexander
Teixeira de Mattos. †$1. Scribner.
7–15116.
“Pleasant, readable little stories about animals and plants, in which
insects and flowers and birds, and even clouds and dewdrops are made
to talk as if they were human beings.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“This little book of fables deserves to be added to the permanent
library of childhood.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 523. Je. 6, ’07. 240w.
“He has a simple, naive style, which makes his work very suitable for
supplementary reading on nature subjects for young children, while
older people can read his stories with pleasure because of the purity
and perfection of his literary method.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 433. Jl. 6, ’07. 250w.
=Ewell, Alice Maude.= Long time ago; in Virginia and Maryland with a
glimpse of old England. il. $1.50. Neale.
7–26957.
Nine good stories of revolutionary and colonial times told by a lady
and dame of long ago.
F
=Fairbanks, Arthur.= Mythology of Greece and Rome, presented with
special reference to its influence on literature. *$1.50. Appleton.
7–6167.
The purpose of this book is “to illustrate the wide-reaching influence
of Greek myths first on the Latin poets, and, mainly through the Latin
poets, on later writers.” There are numerous illustrations taken from
ancient works of art.
* * * * *
“The author is progressive, yet conservative and judicious, and has
produced a useful book.”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 716. O. ’07. 170w.
=Dial.= 42: 117. F. 16, ’07. 80w.
“A scholarly and complete presentation for school and college use.”
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 105. Je. ’07. 20w.
“The distinct merit of the book is not that which is emphasized on the
title-page; it is, rather, the fact that the ancient stories are told
by a professional student of mythology who is familiar with the
results of recent investigation.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 230w.
=Fairlie, John Archibald.= Local government in counties, towns and
villages. *$1.25. Century.
6–23708.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A handy and valuable compendium. The volume is, however, subject to
serious criticism because of the mode or style of presentation.” F. I.
Herriott.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 424. Mr. ’07. 650w.
“He has compacted into comparatively few pages a wealth of information
on his subject. Teachers and students of civil government in all parts
of the country should find considerable use for the volume.” James A.
Woodburn.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 153. Mr. ’07. 610w.
=Fallow, Lance.= Silverleaf and oak. $1.25. Macmillan.
The poems inspired by South Africa, the poems of the imperialistic
voyager, are perhaps the best in this volume, which includes among
others; The Southern cross; Spirit of hidden places, Day and night
up-country, A Cape homestead, and a poem on the churchyard at Durban.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 167. S. 16, ’07. 250w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 250w.
“He is apt to fall into banal cadences, and he is much under the
influence of Mr. Kipling. The last verse of the poem on the churchyard
at Durban seems to us to be the highest point reached by Mr. Fallow’s
muse, and is no mean elevation.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 931. D. 8, ’06. 110w.
=Fanning, Clara E.=, comp. Selected articles on the enlargement of the
United States navy. *$1. Wilson, H. W.
7–29552.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 80w.
* =Fanshawe, Anne, lady.= Memoirs of Ann Lady Fanshawe, wife of the
Right Hon. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600–’72; reprinted from the
original manuscript in the possession of Mr. Evelyn J. Fanshawe of
Parsloes. il. *$5. Lane.
Of special interest as a family history rather than of value as a side
light on social or political history of the time. “The most noteworthy
part of the present edition is the elaborate notes, occupying far the
larger part of the volume and giving full information about every
thing and every person in any way alluded to by Lady Fanshawe.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“The editing of memoirs is a difficult task at best, but we have no
hesitation in saying that these ‘Memoirs’ have been edited as they
deserve. and they deserve well.”
+ + =Acad.= 73: 943. S. 28, ’07. 1680w.
“These small blemishes count for nothing in comparison with the
sterling merits of the book, which we feel confident will long
maintain its place as the standard edition of the ‘Memoirs.’”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 437. O. 12. 1230w.
“The book remains curious, delightful as far as Lady Fanshawe is
concerned, elaborate and admirable so far as we can absorb her
editor.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 234. Jl. 26, ’07. 1260w.
“The book must remain a standard work of reference for students of the
period.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 425. N. 7, ’07. 610w.
“We are bound to say that most of Lady Fanshawe’s matter is dry stuff.
But to all connected with the family this book, admirably printed, and
illustrated ought to appeal.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 150w.
“The ‘Memoirs’ can make no claim to be a work of great literary merit,
but though Lady Fanshawe was not a stylist, there is a directness
about her writing that saves it from being wearisome.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 402. S. 21, ’07. 260w.
=Farnol, Jeffery.= My lady Caprice. il. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–31282.
“A love idyl of the summertime. A healthy and active young boy plays a
very important part in bringing together a couple of lovers in spite
of a very worldly peeress.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The Imp is decidedly the most ingenious and interesting person in the
book.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 381. D. 1, ’07. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Should anyone read the book they will find it like rock candy—a
thread to which sugar adheres.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 676. O. 26, ’07. 320w.
“Gay romance.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 100w.
=Farnsworth, Charles Hubert=, comp. Songs for schools; with
accompaniments written by Harvey Worthington Loomis and B. D. Allen.
*60c. Macmillan.
“Mr. Farnsworth has performed a much-needed service to public school
music by collecting in one volume, well printed and bound and sold at
a moderate price, the best of the traditional songs suitable for
children’s voices. One finds here the more important national tunes,
beautiful melodies of Stephen C. Foster ... fine old English,
Scottish, Irish, and Welsh folk songs, a few college songs, and a good
selection of hymn tunes.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“One of the best books of school music ever issued, and occupies a
place of its own.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 161. F. 14, ’07. 210w.
“Mr. Loomis’s accompaniments show imagination and much technical
skill, though in some instances one might question whether he has not
elaborated his treatment more than is in keeping with the ruggedly
simple nature of the melodies. On the whole, this book is a long step
in advance in the literature of school music.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 766. Mr. 30, ’07. 330w.
=Farrer, James Anson.= Literary forgeries; with an introd. by Andrew
Lang. $2.25. Longmans.
7–26421.
With the avowed purpose of giving some idea of the large space which
literary forgery occupies in the history and development of the race
the author discusses forgeries of ancient books like the “Letters of
Phalaris” and the “Consolatio” of Cicero, the works of C. J. Bertram,
Psalmanazar, the Eikon Basiliké, Chatterton’s Rowley poems, Launder’s
attempts to discredit the originality of Milton, the Shakespeareana of
Ireland, and other forgeries.
* * * * *
“Mr. Farrer has written an excellent book on a most interesting
subject. It is Mr. Farrer’s worst fault that he has included some
ingenious persons in his book, who are grievously out of place.
Forgery is far too strong a word, for instance, to apply to
Chatterton.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 234. Mr. 9, ’07. 1540w.
“Mr. J. A. Farrer has given us a curious and entertaining book,
distinguished generally for the lucidity of its reasoning. It clearly
is not intended to be a contribution to learning, since it lacks an
index.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 289. Mr. 9. 630w.
“If we are to judge the book by this grandiose purpose, it cannot be
called a complete success. The reader who will decline to gauge the
book by its author’s professed purpose will find it a very enjoyable
ramble through an attractive by-way of literature.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 256. My. ’07. 470w.
“A quaint, lively, discursive book, a sort of Newgate calendar in the
sphere of letters. Mr. Lang’s artistic introduction is full of
himself, and therefore delightful.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 60. F. 22, ’07. 1850w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 389. Je. 15, ’07. 1380w.
“Mr. Farrer, whom Mr. Lang introduces to the public in his best style,
has written a very readable book.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 505. Mr. 30, ’07. 340w.
=Faversham, Mrs. Julie (Opp).= Squaw man; a novel adapted from the play
by Edward Milton Royle. †$1.50. Harper.
6–45695.
The characters in this story, adapted from the play, are a degenerate
head of the house of Kerhill, the mother whose whole aim in life is to
preserve intact the honor and dignity of her house, Jim Wynnegate,
cousin to the Earl of Kerhill, and Diana, the latter’s wife. The
scenes shift from London to the plains of western America, whither Jim
goes to serve out a term of self-imposed exile, having assumed his
cousin’s guilt of theft to save the Kerhill honor. The dramatic
element predominates in love scenes, wild-west quarrels, and in the
tragedy of devotion.
* * * * *
“A pretty story, rapid in action, with some bright dialogue, but
crudely written.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.
“The story is here told with spirit, and the narrative is full of
variety and interest.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 120w.
“People who have been unable to see the play may find the book not
devoid of the appeal which kept the drama on Broadway for almost an
entire season.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 400w.
Favorite fairy tales; the childhood choice of representative men and
women, illustrated by Peter Newell. **$3. Harper.
7–34176.
An especially attractive volume of such old favorites as Cinderella,
Beauty and the beast, The sleeping beauty, Jack and the bean stalk,
Jack the giant killer, etc. Marginal decorations, sixteen full-page
illustrations and a white fiber binding lettered in gold make the book
a beautiful holiday gift.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 86: 496. N. 28, ’07. 110w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 1340w.
“The sixteen included are certainly among the best. Mr. Newell’s
illustrations are, of course, delightful.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 150w.
=Fea, Allan.= Some beauties of the seventeenth century; with 82 il.
**$4. Brentano’s.
Seventeen chapters, each of which is devoted to the personal history
of some famous beauty or group of beauties most of whom belong to
Whitehall in the days of the Restoration. “The facts about the various
women—and the author has evidently been at some pains to obtain real
facts to the best of his ability—are set forth in a simple narrative
vein, making no injudicious pleas in defense of their actions and no
superfluous attacks on the evident immorality of many characters.” (N.
Y. Times.)
* * * * *
+ − =Nation.= 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 210w.
“Though not to be classed among strictly literary works, has the
interest of a clever compilation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.
=Fenollosa, Mary McNeil (Mrs. Ernest F. Fenollosa) (Sidney McCall,
pseud.).= Dragon painter. †$1.50. Little.
6–37204.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07. ✠
Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 489. Ja. ’07. 760w.
“The characters of the romance belong to screens or fans; it is the
Japan of the popular imagination, and the scenes are effective in a
sense, but there is nothing fine or interpretative about the writer’s
touch.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 50w.
=Fernald, Chester B.= John Kendry’s idea. $1.50. Outing.
7–24157.
John Kendry’s idea embodied in such sentiments as “one’s aim should be
to live as a conscious part of the whole continuous performance,” and
“the one thing true of all life in motion, and the prime instinct of a
live man is to go somewhere and do something” is best fostered in the
wild free mountain-side surroundings which form much of this story’s
setting. At times his idea is submerged in the deadly atmosphere of
Chinatown. The pendulum swings between these two environments. On the
heights he knows the companionship of a finely-wrought woman, at the
foot of the mountain he confronts conventionality, inanities, nay
more, plot and villainy.
* * * * *
“It is a story of many startling surprises; in fact, there is an
ambush upon nearly every page; that anything like it ever happened, or
could happen, we greatly doubt, but that does not prevent its being a
highly readable melodrama with a style that comes near to exhibiting
distinction.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 310w.
“This is a lively novel of adventure without any of the sacrifices
usually considered necessary in stories of this type. Also his
characters, if a trifle heavily emphasized at times, still talk and
behave as real human beings might conceivably comport themselves under
such startling circumstances.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 380w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 510w.
“His new book has some new interesting glimpses of Chinatown in San
Francisco but it is too involved in plot and too improbable in
incident to be altogether satisfying.”
− + =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 50w.
=Ferrero, Guglielmo.= Greatness and decline of Rome; tr. by Alfred E.
Zimmern. 2v. *$5.25. Putnam.
7–25134.
Two volumes which contain “a history of the age of Caesar, from the
death of Sulla to the Ides of March.” “To the author of these volumes
history is drama, with its characters, its passions, its plot and its
setting—above all with its exquisite irony, the analytical
foreknowledge of a Greek tragedy-chorus of which he is the leader.
Roman history is no longer a weary catalogue of wars and laws, of
risings and assassinations, sprinkled with names which by their very
schoolday familiarity have become meaningless. Still less is it the
blind hero-worship of a single personality to whom is ascribed a
purpose and ambition beyond all human likelihood.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“Signor Ferrero is a looker-on at this game of cross-purposes, who can
use the eyes of his mind. He overlooks all the hands at once, and his
book is the result of his observation, not of the platitudes of
result, but of the human elements of process. In reading this book of
his, we must feel that it is not the game that matters, but the
players. If he completes his scheme as worthily as he has begun it, he
will have written a more living, a more actual, history of Rome than
any we have encountered up to now, and we can only hope for him and
for ourselves that the task of translation may remain in Mr. Zimmern’s
hands.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 479. My. 18, ’07. 1350w.
“A fresh and vigorous treatment of a great subject, with a new
handling of the evidence, which is not indeed increased, but estimated
afresh. The whole book, though on a trite subject, is very stimulating
even in its vagaries.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 720. Je. 15. 1240w.
“Signor Ferrero is no safe guide in matters where sober historical
criticism is needed. It must be added that in its English dress his
work has many blemishes for which we must hold the translator
responsible.” H. Stuart Jones.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 763. O. ’07. 1220w.
“The chief defect of the book is the inclination to disparage the
deeds of Cæsar.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 998. O. 24, ’07. 830w.
“The reader ... cannot help being struck by the force with which
Signor Ferrero puts his argument, and the admirable way in which he
supports it from authorities. Other merits in the work can only be
named, the insight into the social life and psychology of the Roman
people, the full justice done to Lucullus and Cicero, and the
excellent appendices. Mr. Zimmern has done his work most admirably,
and has succeeded in reproducing, in a great measure, the vivacity of
the original.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 210. Jl. 5, ’07. 1940w.
“His work is generously planned; it rests upon a familiarity with the
ancient sources of information. It has literary quality and at times
brilliancy.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 305. O. 3, ’07. 6000w.
“Dr. Ferrero argues his points with learning, ability, and entire
familiarity with his facts. His thoughtful work is an important
contribution to the literature of Roman history, and not less so
because it is by an old Italian and based extensively upon the results
of Italian scholarship.” Robert Livingston Schuyler.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 415. Je. 29, ’07. 940w.
“However familiar with Roman history one may be, he will find an
attractive freshness throughout these volumes.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 746. Ag. 3, ’07. 470w.
“One of the most noteworthy works of classical analytical history of
recent years.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 110w.
“The work of Signor Ferrero, to-day the foremost of Italian
historians, is in a large measure justified. For he has something to
say, though it is often hard to dig it out. He belongs to the newer
school of historians, who trace not the conscious purpose of the hero,
but the inevitable march of circumstances and tendencies.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 718. Je. 8, ’07. 1590w.
=Fiala, Anthony.= Fighting the polar ice. **$3.80. Doubleday.
6–44309.
In recording a two years’ fight with polar opposition north of the
81st parallel there are bound to be sensationally dramatic adventures.
“It is a record of disaster and defeat. The expedition which was sent
out by William H. Ziegler in 1903 to reach the pole from a land base
in Franz Josef Land, lost its ship, made three attempts to cross the
polar pack by sledge, none of which lasted more than two or three
days, and returned home. The main achievements of the expedition were
a reconnoissance by Mr. Porter in Zichy Land, and a series of
meteorological observations conducted by Sergeant Long.” (Bookm.)
* * * * *
“Although it does not contribute materially to the fund of Arctic
knowledge, nor offer much in the way of adventure, it will be found
popular with readers of exploration.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 41. F. ’07.
“Defects notwithstanding, the volume is a valuable record of a
singularly luckless expedition.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 445. Ap. 13. 1050w.
Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 261. Ag. ’07. 60w.
“The passages in the narrative which are likely to inspire popular
interest are the leader’s description of a fall into a crevasse and
Mr. Porter’s lively account of a tough sledge-journey.” Albert White
Vorse.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 480. Ja. ’07. 1190w.
“Is doubtless the most interesting story of polar exploration yet
written in this country.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 185. Mr. 16, ’07. 1500w.
=Ind.= 61: 1403. D. 22, ’06. 90w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1149. My. 16, ’07. 420w.
“This is the most elaborate and richly illustrated record of polar
explorations since Nansen’s books.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 310w.
“Mr. Fiala’s volume is admirably illustrated and his maps are clear
and fairly accurate; but he is too much oppressed with his troubles
and with a strong sense of his responsibilities to be an entertaining
writer.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 115. Ap. 12, ’07. 490w.
“Mr. Fiala’s book, while not contributing materially to the fund of
Arctic knowledge, and while not supplying much in the way of
adventure, may yet be found enjoyable by those who find in Arctic
literature perennial charm. The proof revision is not perfect.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 44. Ja. 10, ’07. 780w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
“The volume is well-written. The glow of imagination is diffused
through the narrative and the facts worth telling are well told. Few
descriptions of arctic work, conditions, and experience have been more
permeated with readable quality. Some of these experiences are of the
first order of interest.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 25. Ja. 19, ’07. 1890w.
“Although unsuccessful in his quest of the Pole, the brilliant young
leader of this expedition is to be congratulated on his distinct
addition to the general fund of knowledge concerning the Arctic
regions.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 108. Ja. ’07. 120w.
“We cannot approve of some of the word pictures. They are obviously
not scientific.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 150w.
=Ficke, Arthur Davison.= Happy princess and other poems. †$1. Small.
7–14629.
The title poem which is a poetical romance occupies the first part of
this volume, it is followed by seven poems upon Fancy in the later
days, The return to Avon, To sleep and other subjects. Fifteen poems
grouped under the head of Pilgrim verses, and evidently inspired by
Oriental wanderings complete the contents.
* * * * *
“Mr. Ficke has to learn what to leave out, and to recognize that even
in poetic style the happy phrase is that which flies like an arrow to
the goal, not that which plays about the mark like a garden-hose,
however charming the rainbow tints that sparkle in its spray.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 280w.
“The title poem, written from a mind saturated with Tennyson,
Browning, and Keats, contains many good lines and some fine images and
premises better things to some in spite of such rhymes as ‘dawn’ and
‘on,’ and ‘love’ and ‘of.’”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 255. Ap. 20, ’07. 190w.
“There is an engaging wistfulness about it and often a rare sense of
beauty. The verse does not in all cases show fulfillment, but promise
always.” Christian Gauss.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w.
=Fidler, Henry.= Notes on construction in mild steel; arr. for the use
of junior draughtsmen in the architectural and engineering professions;
with il. from working drawings, diagrams, and tables. (Longmans’ civil
engineering ser.) *$5. Longmans.
7–26472.
A book for the junior draughtsman which is intended to aid him in
“bridging the gap between the stress sheet and a working drawing that
shall successfully pass the ordeal of criticism in the shops during
construction and in the field during the erection of the structure.
His plan definitely excludes any computations arising out of the
application of mechanics to design, although hints are occasionally
given as to theoretic considerations.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“While many useful hints are given to the designer regarding various
details as influenced by practical conditions, some are very general
and indefinite in character. The range of illustrative examples seems
to be too narrow to accomplish the author’s purpose. A comparative
discussion of different details used for similar structures would
materially enhance its value to the young designer or draftsman. In
this respect the latter part of the chapter on columns is decidedly
the most valuable.” Henry S. Jacoby.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 305. Mr. 14, ’07. 730w.
=Field, Walter Taylor.= Fingerposts to children’s reading. **$1.
McClurg.
7–11993.
These essays aim to interest parents, teachers, librarians,
Sunday-school workers and all who are concerned with the education of
children. The problem met is that of introducing a child to eminent
writers through their simpler works.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 120. My. ’07. S.
“One criticism of a general nature: the child in the author’s mind’s
eye would seem to be rather precocious or priggish or both.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 228. Ap. 1, ’07. 280w.
“Is admirably planned to awaken parents to the crying need of the best
books in the home, and to give practical guidance in their selection.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 140. My. 25, ’07. 150w.
“An unusually useful book for parents who have children just beginning
their education.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 60w.
=Findlater, Jane Helen.= Ladder to the stars. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–32359.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 150w.
“She knows her story well, and she knows her people, and draws the
vulgar, convention-ridden, lower middle class with their dull and
sordid lives, made up so exclusively of raiment and food, with a
certain truthful if incisive cruelty.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 442. F. 21, ’07. 200w.
=Finn, Frank.= Ornithological and other oddities. **$5. Lane.
“A collection of thirty-eight short articles, which have appeared in
various English publications. All but six deal with birds, and some of
the subjects are of unusual interest.” (Nation.) “The author’s aim has
been to bring together all the out-of-the-way facts about the
creatures he writes about, and his choice of instances has been a very
happy one. The chapter on the ‘Toilet of birds’ may serve as a sample.
Herein he discusses the uses of the birds’ oil-gland, or as he calls
it, ‘pomatum-pot,’ and the still more curious ‘powder-puff’ and
‘comb.’” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“There is not a dull line in the whole volume, while the illustrations
are remarkably good.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 508. My. 25, ’07. 410w.
“Few of the separate sketches, touching as they do merely the fringe
of the subject under discussion, run any risk of exhausting either it
or the reader. Being drawn mainly from the aviculturist’s point of
view rather than from that of the field naturalist, they should appeal
specially to frequenters of zoological gardens and museums.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 580. My. 11. 900w.
“The width of his knowledge gives some of his essays unusual
distinction.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 380w.
“The most valuable portion is that dealing with the birds of India, a
country where Mr. Finn has spent many years.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 356. O. 17, ’07. 310w.
“Despite its title, which we cannot regard as other than cheap, Mr.
Finn’s book is not to be passed over by anyone interested in
observation and fond of birds. Distinguished by a note of
individuality in the observations that are recorded and the
speculations they give rise to.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 20. Jl. 6, ’07. 580w.
“It is to be wished that Mr. Finn would embody in fuller and more
connected form the observations and experience which this book
communicates in a series of more or less closely related
reminiscences.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 457. O. 5, ’07. 1560w.
=Finnemore, John.= Jack Haydon’s quest. †$1.50. Lippincott.
A blood curdling tale “about a mining engineer, an expert on rubies,
who, with a magnificent ruby in his pocket, was on his way home from
India when he suddenly dropped out of sight in Brindisi. Thereupon his
son and two adventurous friends, believing him to have been kidnapped
and carried back ... to a remote part of India by a wicked native ...
started out to rescue him. And if there is any sort of danger, by
wind, or waves, or wild beasts, or wicked men, through which they did
not wade up to their chins, it is merely because there was not room in
the book’s 300 pages for another incident.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Experiences in Burma, which Mr. Finnemore recounts with skill.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 607. D. 15, ’06. 20w.
“Barring a marked tendency to verbosity, it is a well-told tale.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 894. D. 22, ’06. 210w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 7. D. 8, ’06. 120w.
=Finot, Jean.= Race prejudice, tr. by Florence Wade-Evans. $3. Dutton.
7–13005.
“M. Finot argues for national peace and fraternity and endeavors to
find argument and reason for universal brotherhood in the underlying
principles and traits of our common humanity.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“For larger libraries only.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 163. O. ’07.
“The general thesis of the writer is sound. Some of the individual
illustrations and bits of evidence are probably overdrawn or not
understood. His discussion of the situation of the negro in the United
States is scarcely fair.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 155. Jl. ’07. 320w.
“On the whole M. Finot’s work reads smoothly in its English version.
His employment of the destructive method to wreck the conclusions of
anthropologists must be pronounced more entertaining than convincing.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 770. D. 15. 220w.
“The net impression of the volume is that of an able but somewhat too
zealous special pleading for a cause that certainly makes a
philanthropic appeal.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 230. Ap. 1, ’07. 310w.
“The book is from first to last uncritical; there is no careful
weighing or discrimination of authorities.”
− =Lond. Times.= 6: 75. Mr. 8, ’07. 910w.
“M. Finot’s volume, while it does not escape the exaggeration natural
to an enthusiastic advocate, contains much matter that is of interest
to students of international relations and racial history.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 592. Je. 27, ’07. 910w.
“We observe a few instances of the entire misapprehension of things in
this country. The only ground for adverse criticism [of the
translation] is in the fact that in some cases French words are
retained for which there are fairly adequate equivalents in English.
The work is one which urgently demands an index, the absence of which
is much to be regretted.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 750w.
“Upon some questions of fact, with which the writer of this paragraph
is familiar, the author has certainly failed to tell the whole truth
with impartiality. While recognizing these drawbacks, we commend this
book to the thoughtful consideration of all students of the race
problem. It is far from furnishing a solution of that problem, but it
throws no inconsiderable amount of light upon it.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 452. O. 26, ’07. 840w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 140w.
=Fischer, George Alexander.= This labyrinthine life: a tale of the
Arizona desert. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
7–11590.
The aim of this book which portrays the struggles of a tuberculosis
colony in Arizona is to present camp-life as it is, so that the
invalid can judge as to whether he is in a position to undertake it;
to show to the humanitarian and the sociologist that really great
results in saving life and in relieving suffering can be achieved by a
very moderate outlay; to indicate that it is the duty of the United
States government to take the subject in hand following private
initiative.
* * * * *
=Lit. D.= 34: 469. Mr. 23, ’07. 230w.
“Although any effort to arouse interest in the care of consumption is
entitled to respect, when a treatise of this kind masquerades as
fiction, it is as fiction that it must be judged. From this point of
view ‘This labyrinthine life’ lacks the vitality of the dime novel
without greatly surpassing it in probability or workmanship.”
− =Nation.= 84: 246. Mr. 14, ’07. 450w.
“Mr. Fischer has managed to make out of his material a readable tale
that is half novel, half a series of sketches, and wholly a
disquisition upon consumption and its treatment in the desert region.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 462. Jl. 27, ’07. 140w.
=Fisher, Clarence Stanley.= Excavations at Nippur. (Babylonian
expedition of the Univ. of Penn.) 6 pts. ea. pt. $2. C. S. Fisher,
Rutledge, Delaware co., Pa.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 446. Ja. ’07. 60w.
=Fisher, George Park.= The reformation. Rev. ed. *$2.50. Scribner.
6–11660.
“The book has been reset in clearer type; the notes and the excellent
bibliography show keen interest in the publications of the past ten
years; tho it must be confessed that the literature of the previous
twenty find a scantier recognition. The text shows many minor changes,
but as the title-page states, it is simply a revision.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“[The opinion of the reader of it] will necessarily be favorable, for
it has long held a high place, in spite of a certain timidity in
dealing with controverted points, an apologetic tone, which might
suggest, though erroneously, that the convictions of the author are
wavering and weak.” Franklin Johnson.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 341. Ap. ’07. 160w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1470. Je. 20. ’07. 100w.
=Fisher, Gertrude Adams.= Woman alone in the heart of Japan. $2.50.
Page.
6–39433.
The author with only her camera for company ventured into the remotest
corners of Japan and tells in an entertaining fashion of her
experiences in the smaller villages and towns where western
civilization has not yet penetrated.
* * * * *
“We can only conclude that the authoress was employed by a yellow
editor to paint the boldest of yellow races in her lividest colours.
Her pages are lively, graphic, good-tempered—but never beautiful.”
− =Acad.= 73: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 300w.
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 180. Ag. 17. 340w.
“Her book is more frank and outspoken than the books of most men
regarding this much visited land, and impressions may be obtained from
it that are hardly to be gained from any other recent work.” Wallace
Rice.
+ =Dial.= 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 170w.
=Spec.= 99: 262. Ag. 24, ’07. 50w.
=Fisher, Irving.= Nature of capital and income. *$3. Macmillan.
6–32431.
“In five divisions Prof. Fisher treats of the fundamental concepts of
capital and income, capital and income separately, then together, and,
finally, there are summaries of the different divisions in the last
two chapters. Like other books on the subject, such topics as wealth,
property, utility, earnings, etc., are dealt with.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It must be said that while Professor Fisher presents his arguments in
defense of his conceptions of capital and income with force as well as
with confidence, it is doubtful whether they will carry conviction to
any mind not already prejudiced in their favor.” Henry R. Seager.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 175. Jl. ’07. 2350w.
“Of little interest to the average citizen. We believe this work of
Professor Fisher’s will tend only to add to the general confusion in
political science.” Robert E. Bisbee.
− − =Arena.= 36: 685. D. ’06. 260w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 737. Mr. 28, ’07. 390w.
“In point of thorough workmanship and nice finish, the volume stands
in refreshing contrast to much—we had almost said most—of the economic
writing in these days of unlimited license to produce undigested and
undigestible literature. So workmanlike is his performance that it is
with regret that we are unable to rate the work more highly as a
contribution to economic theory. Highest praise should be given to the
author’s discussion of capital and income accounts and of capital and
income summation.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 346. Ap. 11, ’07. 950w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 653. O. 6, ’06. 280w.
“The ‘dreary science’ has seldom received a breezier contribution, or
one of more original treatment.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 235. Ap. 13, ’07. 1370w.
“Has not only a scientific interest for the theoretical student of
economics, but also a human and vital interest for the accountant and
the business man.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 632. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
* =Fisk, George Mygatt.= International commercial policies, with special
reference to the United States: a text book. (Citizen’s lib.) *$1.25.
Macmillan.
A thorogoing hand-book which provides in a form available for students
of economics and general readers a systematic treatment of the
politics of international commerce. The author discusses the
development of modern commercial politics, including free trade,
protection, customs in all their phases, commercial treaties, public
trade promoting institutions and navigation politics.
=Fisk, May Isabel.= Talking woman. Il. †$1.25. Harper.
7–20962.
Quite as tho he had in reality met this procession of chatterers and
been “talked to death” does the reader lay down Mrs. Fisk’s book of
monologues. It isn’t the woman with the forgivable little foible, but
the voluble one who parades her own selfish interests to the exclusion
of all others. The invalid, At the theatre, The new baby, A woman
inquiring about trains, An afternoon call, The boardinghouse keeper
and Her first trip abroad are suggestive of humorous as well as
true-to-life possibilities for hits.
* * * * *
“Amusing but trivial.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 20w.
=Fitch, Michael Hendrick.= Physical basis of mind and morals. $1. Kerr.
6–38885.
“A primer of socialism ... which makes an effective appeal to
untrained thinkers, and for that reason deserves consideration by
every one interested in exerting counter influence.”—Am. J. Soc.
* * * * *
“On the whole, it must be said that, though the book abounds with
sensible remarks and just criticisms of present social conditions, it
is an example of that pseudo-science which has brought disrepute upon
the social sciences among men of scientific training; and that the
less of such books with scientific pretensions we have published, the
better it will be for the social sciences.” A. W. S.
− + =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 565. Ja. ’07. 200w.
Reviewed by Franklin H. Giddings.
=Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 264. Ja. ’07. 90w.
=Fitch, William Clyde.= Her own way: a play in four acts. **75c.
Macmillan.
7–17031.
The clever four act comedy which Maxine Elliott made famous is now
brought out in book form, dedicated to the actress who created
Georgiana Carley and endeared her wilful personality to all who
watched her romping with her brother’s children, or successfully
directing her own love affairs despite the intervention of fate and
family.
=Fitch, (William) Clyde.= The truth; a play in four acts. **75c.
Macmillan.
7–21331.
Becky Warder, in whom has been born and bred the habit of petty
falsehood, learns in the course of these four acts to speak the truth.
She fibs to her husband, whom she adores, about hats, about her
gambler father’s needs, and finally about her meetings with Jack
Lindon, the man from whom her best friend has separated. The net of
white lies closes about her, her much enduring husband ceases to
believe in her, and in her trouble she comes to realize the truth is
essential to happiness.
* * * * *
“A good play to ‘read ’round’ in a literary club.”
+ =Ind.= 63. 700. S. 19, ’07. 60w.
* =Fitzpatrick, Sir James Percy.= Jock of the Bushveld. **$1.60.
Longmans.
The story of a brindled bull-terrier’s life and death, in which the
development of dog-intelligence goes hand in hand with realistic
dogfights and terrifying brutality. Many passages show the distinction
between a real love of nature and a mere sportman’s interest in game.
“Among the more exciting episodes are the killing of the ‘old
crocodile’, the adventure with the leopard and the baboons, and that
of the koodoo cow, in which Jock received the kick that nearly killed
him, and left him stone-deaf for the rest of his days.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“The narrative has all the freshness and charm of a transcript of real
life. Though it is strong meat for the little ones, boys of a larger
growth and adults will find it difficult to lay the book aside till
the last page has been reached.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 515. O. 26. 460w.
“To children it can be whole-heartedly recommended. By that select
audience of older people who have been long waiting for a South
African classic it will be welcomed with surprise and delight.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 322. O. 25, ’07. 1080w.
“Here is one of the really worth while books, one of the books which
have the truth of life and nature in them.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 190w.
=Fleming, Walter Lynwood.= Documentary history of reconstruction,
political, military, social, educational, and industrial, 1865 to the
present time. 2v. $10. Clark, A. H.
6–39739.
=v. 1.= The first of two volumes whose purpose is to make some of the
sources relating to the political, military, social, religious,
educational, and industrial history of the reconstruction period more
easily accessible to the student and the general reader. “The six
chapters of this first volume deal with the South after the war,
theories of reconstruction, reconstruction by the president, race and
labor problems, the Freedman’s bureau and bank, and Congressional
reconstruction. It covers the years 1865–1868. Every chapter has a
brief historical introduction, a topical bibliography and a collection
of extracts grouped in analytical array.” (Ind.)
=v. 2.= The second volume of this documentary history “gives ample
material to illuminate actual conditions under the Reconstruction
governments, with special reference to race relations, political
morality, and economic, educational, and religious matters during the
carpet-bag régime, and the final undoing of Reconstruction.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“The work has the limitations which are inseparable from all
source-books of limited size, but it also has what many source books
have not, namely, interest.” J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 700. Ap. ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The material throughout is interesting and valuable.” J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 166. O. ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Little can be said in the way of criticism upon the text of the
book.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 390w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The verdict is that Dr. Fleming has produced a very fair and candid
work which will be of great help to all who wish to get a first hand
idea of the great and enduring problems arising out of the civil war
and subsequent conditions.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 156. Jl. ’07. 390w. (Review of v. 2.)
“On the whole, the work is very creditable to both publisher and
editor. However, one can regret that there were not a few more
editor’s notes. In several cases, these were really necessary to throw
light on the documents used.” David Y. Thomas.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 10. Ja. 1, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1.)
“To any one who wishes to make a thorough study of reconstruction,
these volumes will be invaluable.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 290. My. 1, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Professor Fleming’s collection will be invaluable to him when he
comes to write his own great history of reconstruction. It can never
be of fundamental value to another scholar.”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 96. Ja. 10, ’07. 690w. (Review of v. 1.)
“As a massing together of illustrative material for future historical
work it is of extreme value.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 1267. My. 30, ’07. 80w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Ind.= 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Like so many others, he succeeds better as a delver for historical
material than as a writer of history. Not unlikely, his true vocation
is to such work as went to the making of these volumes.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 938. D. 15, ’06. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The most serious defect, as it seems to me, appears in the author’s
readiness to accept current popular account of certain important facts
without that thorough investigation of them, which he might have
given.” Guy Stevens Callendar.
+ + − =Yale R.= 16: 205. Ag. ’07. 1030w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
=Fletcher, Charles R. L.= Introductory history of England, v. 2, From
Henry VII. to the restoration. *$2. Dutton.
A history for boys. “With remarkable skill Mr. Fletcher contrives to
illustrate with the minimum of dry material those clear and balanced
generalizations which form the main value of history as a school
study. Problems and situations are summed up with the necessary
concentration which the older text-books lacked, yet for the most part
with scholarly precision.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“In spite of these unconventional views, on the whole Mr. Fletcher’s
book is a valuable addition to our school literature, it is the
outcome of the new historical school and puts the different personages
before us in a way not to be found in any other school history.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 73. Je. 15, ’07. 940w.
“The only blot on his book is the colloquialism, not to say the
‘slang,’ which mars many passages.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 66. Jl. 20. 490w.
“To Mr. Goldwin Smith alone, in his history of England, can we compare
Mr. Fletcher for his gift of luminous succinctness. He has also the
invaluable power of keeping the thread—the artist’s eye for what is
salient. He gives us the bones that we ask for, but he does not forget
to clothe them with life.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 256. Ag. 23, ’07. 1990w.
“Mr. Fletcher’s work has but two defects. He hates therefore to waste
words, but he must sedulously avoid the temptation to make use of
allusive compression. In the next place, there exists a possibility
that our author may fail, as most of us do, to see exactly where his
own strength lies.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 210. S. 5, ’07. 1680w.
“The book is full of independent yet well-reasoned and generally
reasonable opinion, and is illuminated by many excellent phrases.”
+ + − =Spec.= 98: 902. Je. 8, ’07. 1850w.
=Fletcher, Stevenson W.= Soils, how to handle and improve them. (Farm
lib.) **$2. Doubleday.
7–6647.
The author says, “This book is an attempt to set forth the important
facts about the soil in a plain and untechnical manner. It is not a
contribution to agricultural science, but an interpretation of it.” A
popular treatment dealing with the nature and management of soils,
soil water, soil builders, benefits of tillage, objects and methods of
plowing, harrowing and cultivating, rolling, planking, hoeing,
drainage, irrigation, fertilizers, etc.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.
“It is to be regretted, however, that the author has in many cases
sacrificed accuracy to happiness of statement; that in the avoidance
of technical terms and the use of everyday ones, he has not always
succeeded in choosing such as were truly synonymous. Had his
manuscripts been overhauled at certain points by a chemist, and at
others by a biologist, it would have been the better.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.
“A simple, direct, and comprehensive statement, serviceable for class
use, but offered mainly for the better instruction of the vast
American multitude of men, engaged in different branches of farming.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 50w.
“It is not altogether with equanimity that we view the recent habit of
publishers to push American text-books of agriculture in this country.
This preliminary grumble over, we can honestly recommend Professor
Fletcher’s book as containing a well-reasoned practical account of the
nature and benefit of such operations as ploughing, subsoiling, and
cultivating.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 85. Jl. 20, ’07. 500w.
“A book which, by reason of its excellent illustrations as well as its
facts is a useful addition to current agricultural literature.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 294. Ag. 31, ’07. 1860w.
=Fling, Fred Morrow.= Source book of Greek history. *$1. Heath.
7–15133.
The author has aimed “to make a collection of sources that would
reflect the life and thought of the Greek people, and, to some degree
the evolution of that life and thought.” The extracts from Greek
literature and the full page photographs of objects of Greek art
chosen will be of use to the teacher as a means of introducing the
pupil to Greek literature and art, and will also prove valuable as
illustrative material when supplemented by narrative history.
* * * * *
“Altogether, it is a work of a helpful and needed sort, particularly
well edited.”
+ + =Dial.= 43: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 60w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 232. S. 12, ’07. 450w.
=Flint, Robert.= Socialism. **$2. Lippincott.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a keen, scholarly, comprehensive work, and presents arguments
which no socialist can afford to pass by unchallenged. It contains
however, one rather serious fault as a present-day document: more than
half of it was written fifteen years ago, when the conservative
socialists were less important in their class than they now are.”
Eunice Follansbee.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 111. F. 16, ’07. 370w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 151. Mr. 9, ’07. 150w.
=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= Patriot; tr. from the Italian with an introd. by
M. Prichard-Agnetti. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–444.
“The patriot” is a “vivid portrayal of social life in Italy in 1848,
the year of the tidal wave of revolution. This was the period when
Italian patriotism burned fiercest, the period when the idea of a
united Italy was born in the national consciousness. It is the epoch
of his country’s martyrdom which the novelist describes in these
throbbing pages—the ten years of ‘deadly, cold, and awful silence
stretching from the disastrous field of Novara to the glorious days of
Magenta, Solferino, and San Martino (1849–59).’”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“The translation is excellent.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 78. Mr. ’07.
+ =Ind.= 62: 673. Mr. 21. ’07. 120w.
“It is the epoch of storm and stress when the iron hand of Austria
prest most heavily upon Italian aspirations. It is no figure of speech
to say that Fogazzaro’s characters are real. They are reality itself,
palpitating with life, and are perfect types of that Italian
patriotism which in our time founded a great nation.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 220w.
“The translation is admirably vigorous and idiomatic, a true
conveyance, one surmises, of a forthright and undecorated original.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 60. Ja. 17, ’07. 380w.
“The movement of the story is uneven, but the foreigner will hardly
perceive that this unevenness is due to reality, but will deem it an
artistic blemish.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 43. Ja. 26, ’07. 670w.
“As to the English edition of the ‘Antico,’ though the vigorous
translation may tally with the dictionary, it does not always preserve
the novelist’s originality of expression and atmosphere.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 764. Mr. 30, ’07. 460w.
“The story [is] rather diffuse and ill-balanced, however affecting.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 764. Je. ’07. 120w.
=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= The saint (Il santo): authorized tr.; with introd.
by W. R. Thayer. †$1.50. Putnam.
6–30924.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is of course the most important religious novel of the year, though,
to be frank, it is less a novel than a protest. Purely as fiction it
lags far behind his earlier work.” Mary Moss.
+ + − =Atlan.= 99: 116. Ja. ’07. 310w.
“‘The saint’ stirs up in the heart so much that is worthy and generous
that one is apt to look leniently upon its technical shortcomings.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 121. Ja. ’07. 230w.
=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= The sinner, tr. from the Italian by M.
Prichard-Agnetti. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–18183.
The soul of Piero Maironi, the sinner, is rent thruout these pages by
the conflict within him of sensuality and asceticism. His young wife
is living, but in an asylum hopelessly insane. He strives to be true
to her memory but is beset by temptations of the flesh until in his
spiritual struggle he develops a religious mania which leads him to
give his wealth to the poor and devote his life to God. His sufferings
are thrown upon a background of the Italian, political, social and
religious life of today.
* * * * *
“It must be acknowledged that Miss Prichard-Agnetti’s task has been a
hard one, and she has acquitted herself, if not as well as possible,
at least very fairly. The author’s masterly faculty of delineating
character is displayed in the studies, not only of the important
personages of his story, but of household dependants and all the many
minor characters of the book.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 394. Ap. 20, ’07. 890w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 177. O. ’07.
“Allowing for the inevitable loss that must result thru even a good
translation from the delicate, impassioned Italian into the sterner,
less flexible English, Fogazzaro’s novel is still a masterpiece.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w.
=Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 300w.
“The title is rather misleading, since the author has apparently
intended to represent not so much the moral life of an individual as
the working forces distinctive of a period.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 121. Ag. 8, ’07. 470w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 351. Je. 1, ’07. 970w.
“As far as general interest as opposed to Italian interest in
concerned, ‘The sinner’ far surpasses its predecessor, ‘The
patriot’—‘Piccolo Mondo Antico.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.
“A work of art both high and clean. It is the first half of a
two-volume novel, a work of power, which needs to be read entire.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 609. Jl. 20, ’07. 360w.
“The work is veritably great.” Vernon Atwood.
+ + + =Putnam’s.= 2: 620. Ag. ’07. 490w.
=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= Woman; translated from the Italian by F. Thorold
Dickson. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–32327.
The action of this novel, filled with a strange mixture of spiritual
discernment, theories of reincarnation, and the idea of the vendetta,
takes place at a castle hermitage owned by the count Caesar d’Ormengo.
There falls to the count the care of a beautiful niece Mariana, morbid
in fancies and self-analysis. She learns from a secret compartment in
her escritoire that she is the reincarnation of an ancestor who went
mad in those very walls because of inhuman treatment, and who commands
that the one whose eyes shall fall upon the memorandum of her agony
find the way for revenge. Involved in the scheme of vendetta are the
count, Corrodo Silla, a young secretary whose life is linked to
Mariana’s as the reincarnated lover, a German secretary and his
daughter. The story waxes horrible as Mariana executes her mission of
vengeance: she causes the death of the count, kills Silla and drowns
herself. But through all is inexorable fate, to which, not conscious
of her own power to baffle it, she yields.
* * * * *
“In bare outline the story would appear merely a morbid tragedy. It is
the treatment of Fogoazzaro that redeems and gives to it distinction.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 338. Ap. 6, ’07. 1400w.
“An experiment in mystic melodrama which is only saved at times from
sinking to the level of pure sensationalism by the author’s fine
delineation of certain personages.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 502. Ap. 27. 370w.
“The translation is in excellent, idiomatic English.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 545. Je. 13, ’07. 90w.
“The translation by Mr. F. Thorold Dickson is unusually good; but ‘The
woman’ will hardly have the popularity of ‘The saint,’ even at this
second attempt.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 504. Mr. 30, ’07. 280w.
=Follows, George Herbert.= Universal dictionary of mechanical drawing.
*$1. Eng. news.
6–42948.
“Mr. Follows bases his dictionary on the fundamental proposition that
‘Mechanical drawing is a language,’ with analogies to the English
language, ‘for the positive conveying of exact information,’ and he
defines its alphabet or lines, its words or views, and its books, or
complete drawings. Numerous good examples are given of the uses and
customs of the language (to continue the analogy) which are shown in
22 full page reproductions of standard drawings.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“Taken as a whole the book is a distinct step towards standardizing
the usages and practice of mechanical drawing.” George O. Oriok.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 88. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.
Foolish almanak for anuther year. 75c. Luce, J: W.
6–43522.
This almanac is “the furst cinc the introdukshun ov the muk-rake in
magazeen gardning, and the speling reform ov our languig by Theodor
Rosyfelt.”
* * * * *
“Shows no falling off from the excellent standard of foolishness set
by its predecessor last year.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 130w.
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 40w.
=Foord, J.= Decorative plant and flower studies for the use of artists,
designers, students, and others, containing 40 col. plates; with
prefatory note by Lewis F. Day. *$12. Scribner.
Miss Foord’s “second series of full plates and analytical details,
showing the pictorial elements in forty plants. The whole plant, the
striking features of the branches, the details of inflorescence, the
structure of the bud and flowers, and so on, are presented
faithfully.” (Nation.) “Each subject is illustrated by a full-page
coloured plate and numerous drawings of details in black and white,
the former reproduced by a French stencil process as was the case with
the first series.” (Int. Studio.)
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 704. Je. 8. 350w.
“Though intended primarily for artists and designers, the beauty of
the plates makes the volume one to be enjoyed for its aesthetic
quality alone.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 229. Ap. 1, ’07. 320w.
“We may say at once that excellent as were her first series of
drawings, those now published show a distinct improvement.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 277. Ja. ’07. 380w.
“The volume can be heartily commended to designers as a safe
reference-book, and probably students, likewise, can get good out of
it; but just how flower-artists themselves are to be helped by it is
another matter. No book ought to stand between an artist and the
plants he sees.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 252. Mr. 14, ’07. 490w.
=Forbush, William Byron.= Boy’s life of Christ. Teachers’ ed. $1.25.
Funk.
To the original edition of this life of Christ have been added notes,
an index, and a section devoted to a series of suggestions and
questions bearing on the text. It makes a complete text book for the
teacher’s use.
=Forbush, William Byron.= Ecclesiastes in the metre of Omar, with an
introductory essay on Ecclesiastes and the Rubaiyat. **$1.25. Houghton.
6–28480.
“It is not so much a consecutive rendering of the words of Koheleth as
an imaginative construction of the Rubáiyat he might have written,
made by a very eclectic assembling of words, phrases, and images from
the Scripture, woven to a single texture and skillfully colored and
cadenced to resemble the manner of FitzGerald.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The metrical version of Ecclesiastes is a piece of clever work, and
furnishes many touches of genuine poetic insight.”
+ =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 60w.
“It is adapted rather to those of sufficient literary training to read
a book by its feeling and atmosphere, as one listens to music.” George
F. Genung.
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 477. Je. ’07. 650w.
“But forbearance ceases to be a virtue when called upon to applaud the
forcing of any other piece of literature into the justly famed form of
Omar’s quatrain.”
− + =Ind.= 63: 101. Jl. 11, ’07. 200w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 68. Mr. 1. ’07. 210w.
“Despite some roughness, a successful bit of work—in its sympathetic
insight as well as in its technical ability.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 395. N. 8, ’06. 290w.
“Our one complaint is that many of the phrases in the original are in
themselves poetry of so pure a quality that any other version seems
odd and irreverent.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 179. F. 2, ’07. 120w.
=Ford, James L.= Wooing of Folly. †$1.50. Appleton.
6–34804.
“Folly is the daughter of a miner, who, having ‘struck it rich,’ comes
to New York with the money and the ambition to ‘move’ among the Four
Hundred. It is not a pleasant story, altho the heroine escapes into
the arms of the right man. The purpose of the book is to expose the
methods by which social sharks of New York live at the expense of
their victims.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“He writes well and venomously.”
+ − =Ind.= 61: 1352. D. 6, ’06. 180w.
“The book is neatly named, and the slight plot is well handled, but
the whole would have gained in general interest as well as humor had
it been based on a more sympathetic observation.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 584. N. 3, ’06. 180w.
=Ford, Jeremiah D. M., and Ford, Mary A.=, eds. Romances of chivalry in
Italian verse: selections with introduction and notes. *$2. Holt.
6–23070.
“From these specimens one can trace (1) the development of the
romantic epic as a literary genre; (2) the growth of the Orlando
story; (3) the characteristic qualities of Pulci, Boiardo, Berni,
Ariosto and Tasso. There are also fragments of the early ‘Orlando’ and
of the ‘Libro volgar.’”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The selections have been made with excellent judgment.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 186. Ag. 30, ’06. 220w.
“Have well realized their aim to furnish appropriate reading material
relating to this period.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 76. My. 11, ’07. 140w.
=Ford, Sewell.= Truegate of Mogador, and other Cedarton folks. †$1.50.
Scribner.
7–35042.
Twelve amusing tales including besides the title-story; Of such as
spin not, The king gander of sea-dog shoal, Captain’s folly, Across a
picket fence, “Shiner” Liddel’s revel, The impressing of Looney Fipps,
Seed to the sower, Julius, The romance of Windy Bill, The ride for his
life, and Through the Needle’s eye. There are eight illustrations.
* * * * *
“Vary greatly as to subject and value, but all are written with humor
and occasional pathos.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07.
“Mr. Ford produces his artistic effects and wins the reader’s interest
more by his portrayal of character, which is all done in sharp,
vigorous outlines, and by his swift, vivid touch in setting forth
backgrounds and surroundings than by the stories he has to tell.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 744. N. 10, ’06. 180w.
=Foreman, John.= Philippine islands. 3d ed. *$6. Scribner.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Like the rest of the book, the new part has scarcely a page free from
important errors (not to mention vital omissions). The bad arrangement
and lack of revision involves much duplication, which the index but
poorly remedies. The orthography is sometimes freakish, and Spanish
terms are sometimes mistranslated. The statistical tables are very
inaccurate in places; the chronological table also, as well is
incomplete.” James A. LeRoy.
− − − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 388. Ja. ’07. 1660w.
“The volume is both lucid and impartial. It is, indeed, written in a
spirit too purely academic to be altogether interesting.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 842. D. 1, ’06. 560w.
=Forman, Justus Miles.= Stumbling block. †$1.50. Harper.
7–24156.
David Rivers is wrested from his young love-making by old Robert
Henley, a self-constituted guardian, and is sent away to develop a
promising literary talent. The success and failure of an impersonally
detached ambition become the keynote of the story. Rosemary Crewe whom
David left behind is the embodiment of the strong love motif of the
tale while Violet Winter, the fascinating New York woman whom he
marries, is the stumbling block. Violet contemplates full reparation
to David in allowing a threatening disease to go unoperated upon. How
complete may have been her sacrifice is left entirely to the reader’s
imagination.
* * * * *
“The style is distinguished, and the undercurrent of passion
delicately handled. The hero, perhaps, is hardly worthy of the
devotion he inspires; but the work should be successful as a study
character.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 362. S. 28. 280w.
+ − =Ind.= 63: 761. S. 26, ’07. 150w.
“Mr. Forman’s practise in writing novels is shown in his easy
management of technical construction. His ideas have become mature;
and his way of expressing them remains quite the most curious that is
seen in any fictionist addressing the American reader. Rosemary is a
dream heroine, faultless in all points. If only Mr. Forman applied the
taste that chose her to his manner of writing, he would have written
naturally, not corruptly, in a London patois, which is neither the
King’s English nor that of William Dean Howells.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 451. S. 28, ’07. 520w.
“This novel belongs to that class turned out in quantity every year,
to which no possible objection should be made, if—merely this—if any
one can discover the smallest reason for reading them.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 102. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.
“The story has some idyllic and romantic passages which are pleasant
enough reading in their way—though it is all very artificial—but
two-thirds of the book is distressingly dreary and futile.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w.
“Original, but not really jolly.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 90w.
=Forrest, Rev. David William.= Authority of Christ. *$2. Scribner.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“An exceedingly able treatment of an all-important theme.” H. A. A.
Kennedy.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 157. Ja. ’07. 180w.
“This book is reverent and conservative. It concedes considerable to
modern criticism, and will probably be read with profit by a section
of the church whose orthodoxy would preclude a more thorough
discussion. But it has no new message, it makes no real addition to
biblical or dogmatic theology, and I doubt if it proves of great value
to the scholarly world.” W. C. Keirstead.
+ − =Bib. World.= 29: 154. F. ’07. 1080w.
=Forrest, J. Dorsey.= Development of western civilization: a study in
ethical, economic, and political evolution. *$2. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–20984.
A history in which the course of social evolution is traced. The
analysis of the conditioning facts of European social history is made
on the basis of their ethical, economic and political values. The work
is the outgrowth of a demand for a fit setting of present-day
development and conditions, and has entailed a vast amount of careful
selection of materials.
* * * * *
“The author’s method and treatment offer little ground for objection.
What there is of it must be a matter of difference of emphasis rather
than attack upon fundamentals. The thing of real moment is that he has
given a new and important elucidation of the continuity of history.”
John H. Coney.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 117. O. ’07. 990w.
“If he had not stated its purpose in the preface no one would have
ever discovered it.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1122. N. 7, ’07. 290w.
“He fails to develop clearly the origins of modern states, the
specific contributions of the renaissance and the reformation and the
continuing activity of the religious and ethical impulse after the
breakdown in the authority of the church. This last, indeed, is the
most serious blemish in his scholarly work.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 473. Je. 29, ’07. 510w.
“It is unfortunate that the author’s style falls below the dignity of
his conception, the careful marshalling of his authorities and the
breadth of his learning.”
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 548. S. ’07. 250w.
“The book is of value, not because it makes any substantial
contributions to our knowledge of the past, but because it does
reiterate the reasonable demand that our knowledge of the past should
be put in such form that it can be used to explain the processes of
social development, and to illuminate the problems of the present.” C.
D.
+ + − =Yale. R.= 16: 323. N. ’07. 660w.
=Forster, H. O. Arnold.= Army in 1906: a policy and a vindication. *$4.
Dutton.
War 7–45.
A two-part survey dealing first with the problems and measures brought
before Parliament by the author from October 1903, to December, 1906,
as representation of the War department in the House of Commons;
second with the impressions which the writer has been led to form of
some of the more important of the British military problems.
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 683. D. 1. 3350w.
“Will no doubt be serviceable to American students of military economy
who are desirous of knowing just how the British army stood before Mr.
Haldane brought out his latest scheme of reform.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 636. S. 12, ’07. 180w.
“It is much to be regretted that a clever man who has enjoyed such
exceptional opportunities for studying the administration of the army
as a Minister of the Crown should not have been able to clear his mind
of the dust and heat of contemporary politics and past controversies,
and should not have treated his whole subject in the same spirit as
that in which he has approached the question of the artillery.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 5: 406. D. 7, ’06. 1870w.
“Those civilians and military men who are endeavoring to study the
various schemes should not fail to add Mr. Arnold-Forster’s book to
their libraries—special pleading though it be for a régime and policy
of the past.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 12. Ja. 5, ’07. 350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 80w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 110w.
“Whatever the views we may hold on the desirability of Mr.
Arnold-Forster’s venture, there can be no question that an exceedingly
interesting volume is the outcome. The book is unfortunately marred by
the expression of some of the unduly arrogant sentiments to which Mr.
Arnold-Forster is prone.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 740. D. 15, ’06. 1970w.
“Whether we agree with his view or no, his attack on the
linked-battalion system is extremely well argued, while his impartial
examination of arguments for and against an experiment with a Second
line field artillery is of first rate importance.”
− + =Spec.= 98: 254. F. 16, ’07. 2260w.
=Foss, Sam Walter.= Songs of the average man. **$1.20. Lothrop.
7–28179.
Plain poems for plain people. They strike the popular note, need no
interpretation, and are written for the people who do the world’s
work. Librarians who assembled at Narragansett Pier will remember “The
song of the library staff” included in the group.
=Foster, Agness Greene.= You, and some others. **60c. Elder.
7–29536.
A little booklet of verse which sings of truth triumphant, of love the
way and God the light.
=Foster, Frank Hugh.= Genetic history of the New England theology. *$2.
Univ. of Chicago press.
7–8502.
A genetic history and not a mere record of opinion, in which are
traced the rise, course and culmination of New England theology as a
distinct school of thought. The concluding chapter discloses the
secret of its collapse which began in 1880.
* * * * *
“He has achieved a notable success. His analysis of the contributions
of the several leaders of the movement is keen, his judgments are
fair, and his grasp of the stream of thought as a whole and in its
relation to the life of the nation is clearly evident.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 97. Jl. 11, ’07. 520w.
“Prof. Foster has appreciated his subject, and bestowed upon it the
labor and pains which its importance deserves. His criticism of the
work and writings of the successive theologians is clear and
penetrating.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 459. My. 16, ’07. 670w.
“We miss, perhaps, the eager insight into certain meritorious aspects
of the abandoned theology which characterized, for instance, Phillips
Brooks’s book on Jonathan Edwards, but we are impressed by the
conscientiousness of the trained historian.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 240w.
“Some unguarded expressions ... raise doubt whether he has yet fully
freed himself from the pull of the system whose collapse he records.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 120. My. 18, ’07. 440w.
=Foster, George Burman.= Finality of the Christian religion. *$4. Univ.
of Chicago press.
6–5947.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Every serious thinker ... may not accept all the solutions offered
here, but at least he can form no judgment which is worthy of the
respect of intelligent men unless he has weighed these in relation to
his other beliefs.” C. A. Beckwith.
+ + =Bib. World.= 29: 315. Ap. ’07. 1010w.
“In the volume under consideration one finds a combination of a
genuinely philosophical and scientific temper with a warmth of
religious feeling that makes the problems discussed living issues, and
that gives a reasonable ground for the hope that in his constructive
treatment the author will find a satisfactory solution of the problem
which he has set himself.” Amy E. Tanner.
+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 253. Ja. ’07. 1670w.
=Foster, John Watson.= Practice of diplomacy. **$3. Houghton.
6–39718.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As a whole, it must be said that the book is a very successful
presentation of the field the author sets out to discuss.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 210. Ja. ’07. 610w.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 186. Mr. ’07. 170w.
“This is a pleasing, sensible, and useful book. If one were to pick
flaws at all, it would be in regard to some of the references to
European practices and personalities.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 87. Ja. 24, ’07. 390w.
“A commendable feature of the work under review is that it clearly
states not only general diplomatic questions but indicates some that
are liable to become acute or perilous and that its author suggests
solutions that seem eminently reasonable.” George R. Bishop.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 318. My. 18, ’07. 3210w.
“Historically valuable, as well as interesting to the general reader.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 43. Ja. 5, ’07. 280w.
“There is little to criticise in the book either as regards the point
of view or the content.” J. W. Garner.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 137. Mr. ’07. 790w.
“It cannot fail to be of much interest to every American who takes an
active interest in the affairs of the world.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 110w.
=Foster, William.= English factories in India, 1618–1621: a calendar of
documents in the India office, British museum and Public record office;
published under the patronage of His Majesty’s secretary of state for
India in council. *$4.15. Oxford.
A sequel to the documents appearing in the six volumes of “Letters
received by the East India company from its servants in the East.”
“International rivalry, oriental politics, the economics of Asia, and
the conduct of Europeans under alien conditions, can all be studied to
advantage in Mr. Foster’s book. The student of American exploration
and history will find much to interest him.... Here he can find
further light on the character of Sir Thomas Dale, trace the later
voyages of Martin Pring, his successor in command of the East Indian
fleet, or learn of the work of William Boffin in the tropics.... Here
are made clear both the varied interests and the unity of British
expansion in the early seventeenth century.” (Am. Hist. R.)
* * * * *
“These are rich additions to the earlier Calendar of state papers,
East Indies, for which the student has long been indebted to Mr.
Sainsbury.” Alfred L. P. Dennis.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 879. Jl. ’07. 750w.
=Nation.= 84: 384. Ap. 25, ’07. 420w.
=Fournier, d’Albe, Edmund Edward.= Electron theory: a popular
introduction to the new theory of electricity and magnetism; with a
preface by G. Johnstone Stoney. *$1.50. Longmans.
7–11034.
A book which attempts in an elementary manner the consistent
application of the all-embracing electron theory to the whole range of
electro-magnetic phenomena. “A plea for the recognition of electricity
as a fundamental natural quantity, and the addition of its unit, the
electron, to the three fundamental units of length, mass, and time, of
which all dimensional formulas are composed.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“On the whole the book may be heartily commended as a well-executed
attempt to grapple with a new and difficult subject.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 585. N. 10. 1590w.
“Fournier d’Albe writes perfect English, agreeably and lucidly: and
his book could be mastered by an intelligent boy. It would be easier
to read, however, if the author would not interrupt his train of
thought with paragraphs and even pages whose substance, however
essential to the whole theory, forms no part of the matter he is
endeavoring to communicate in the particular context.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 205. F. 28, ’07. 680w.
“A glance at the table of contents of this book is sufficient to show
that it fills an acute want at the present time. In making this
attempt, the author is to be congratulated both on the choice of his
subject and the skill and originality he has displayed in
accomplishing it. It is a relief to find that the treatment, though
popular, is to the point, and little or nothing is said of these vague
and vast speculations as to the ultimate constitution of matter which
have unfortunately become identified with the words ‘the electronic
theory.’” F. S.
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 292. Ja. 24, ’07. 660w.
“A lucid popular account of the main outlines of the electron theory
as it exists at the present day.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 20. Ja. 5, ’07. 120w.
=Fowler, Nathaniel Clark, jr.= Starting in life: what each calling
offers ambitious boys and young men; il. by Charles Copeland. **$1.50.
Little.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In view of the excellent purpose of the book, and of the general
success with which that purpose is carried out, it may be unimportant
to point out the slight defects of arrangement which we find in it.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 767. Mr. 30, ’07. 250w.
=Fowler, William H.= Steam boilers and supplementary appliances: a
practical treatise on their construction, equipment and working. $5.
Scientific pub.
“The book does not differ materially from others of its class, but it
is largely devoted to English types of boilers which are but little
known in this country.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“On the whole, the book may be considered a useful work of reference
for those interested in the subject, but it will not take the place of
any of the standard American works.”—William Kent.
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 420. O. 17, ’07. 910w.
=Fowles, George Milton.= Down in Porto Rico. *75c. Meth. bk.
6–13696.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Too scanty to be of much value to a student, but accurate so far as
it goes, and interesting to the ordinary reader of travel.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 42. F. ’07. S.
=Fox, John, jr.= Knight of the Cumberland, il. by F. C. Yohn. †$1.
Scribner.
6–37963.
Mr. Fox has created “the very model of a story” (Nation) out of
ingredients a little old and a little new. His knight is a “quaint,
picturesque conception, a moonshiner’s son who seems to have been born
out of his class or out of his century.” (N. Y. Times.) His heroine is
known as “The Blight” because “nor man nor woman nor sixteen-hand-high
mule could resist her.” (Nation.) There is an unusual commingling of
tournament, duel, and very American stump-speaking. “And it is this
very incongruity which renders the tale fascinating.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“Attractive and original tale.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 612. D. 15, ’06. 170w.
“Light, delightful little story.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 246. D. ’06. ✠
“The whole story makes glad the sense of symmetry, compact as it is of
fun, manners, and motives, as they flourish in the land that we almost
think of as created by Mr. Fox.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 441. N. 22, ’06. 180w.
“The story is a delight both in conception and literary execution.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 771. N. 24, ’06. 480w.
“It bears the mark of Mr. Fox’s charming talent, the fresh feeling,
the naïve directness, the sympathy with everything that it touches.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 710. N. 24, ’06. 80w.
“Is but a pretty sketch that takes an hour in reading and leaves the
fiction-hunger quite unappeased.” Vernon Atwood.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 616. Ag. ’07. 170w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 126. Ja. ’07. 30w.
“The work is of the slightest possible texture.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 244. F. 23, ’07. 140w.
=Francis of Assisi, St. (Giovanni Francisco Bernadone Assisi).= Little
flowers of the glorious Messer St. Francis and of his friars; tr. by W.
Heywood; with an introd. by A. G. F. Howell. 35c. Crowell.
This translation of a succession of incidents in the great work of St.
Francis and his friars is uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Heywood’s rendering is far and away the best and most complete of
those before the public, and he omits nothing that can make it useful
or easy of reference.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 14. Ja. 5. 210w.
“Mr. Heywood’s translation strikes us as admirably done upon the
whole, and it takes strength from the fact that he is, so far as we
are aware, the first translator to keep before him and to use the
Latin original of the ‘Fioretti.’”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 340. S. 14, ’07. 500w.
=Francis of Assisi, St. (Giovanni Francisco Bernadone Assisi).= Writings
of Saint Francis of Assisi, newly tr. into English, with introd. and
notes by Father Paschal Robinson. *$1. Dolphin press.
6–717.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A very useful and trustworthy version. Occasionally wanting in
perspective.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 180w.
“Father Paschal’s work is a finished piece of historical criticism. He
has gone to the sources, and brought to bear on their elucidation an
intimate knowledge of all the later literature of the subject.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 83: 257. My. ’06. 480w.
“The English translation is almost as good as a critical edition. Both
translators have a thorough knowledge of the recent literature of the
subject, and where they touch on controversial points they both show
modesty, good temper, and sound judgment.” A. G. L.
+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 195. Ja. ’07. 180w.
“Excellent translation of the writings of S. Francis, with its
scholarly preface and valuable critical apparatus.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 4. F. 23, ’07. 60w.
“That St. Francis was a man of genius no one who thinks about this
history of Christianity can possibly doubt; but the common estimate of
his genius will not be enhanced by reading Father Paschal Robinson’s
edition of his writings.”
− =Spec.= 98: sup. 652. Ap. 27, ’07. 310w.
=Francke, Kuno.= German ideals of today, and other essays on German
Culture. **$1.50. Houghton.
7–15142.
This volume is made up of a series of essays and sketches on German
culture and the higher life of the German people, which have appeared
from time to time from Professor Francke’s pen, in a number of
American magazines and one or two German periodicals. He admits that
‘the temper of the papers is frankly propagandist.’ They aim ‘to
arouse sympathy with German views of public life, education,
literature and art, and they try to set forth some German achievements
in various fields of higher activity.’—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“The style is easy, the spirit broad, the treatment interesting.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 164. O. ’07.
“In the thought which they contain, rather than in the style of Prof.
Kuno Francke, lies the chief value of these essays and lectures.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 632. S. 12, ’07. 1180w.
Reviewed by G: Louis Beer.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 741. S. ’07. 250w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 120w.
=Frank, Henry.= Kingdom of love. *$1. Fenno.
7–24829.
Part 1 of this group of essays treats of love as a cosmic principle,
the mother principle, the social principle, and deific principle and
as the healing grace. Part 2 embraces some thirty and more essays on
“Contemplations of life’s ideals.” “The human being is as
comprehensive as humanity, potent as Deity, vast as the infinite, in
prophecy and promise” is the note sounded thruout.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.
=Frank, Ulrich, pseud. (Frau Ulla [Hirschfeld] Wolff).= Simon
Eickelkatz: The patriarch; two stories of Jewish life; tr. from the
German. $1.50. Jewish pub.
7–12639.
The first of these stories is a pathetic tale of an aged Jew who had
spent his life with a wife who despised him, and had seen his only son
forsake his faith. The fact that this son had become a great
philosopher and teacher did not dull his disappointment and he tells
the story of his life as he has seen it sadly from time to time to the
doctor who attends him during his last days and who gains much from
him both in thought and inspiration. The second story. The patriarch,
is a Jewish romance but it is also a picture of Jewish family life
with its strong religious feeling and prejudices.
* * * * *
“The tales are well translated into clear, idiomatic English. Although
lacking in incident, being rather chronicles of thought than stories
of action, they will repay in more ways than one a careful reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 432. Jl. 6, ’07. 210w.
=Franklin, Benjamin.= Writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed.,
with a life and introd. by Albert H: Smyth, 10v. ea. **$3. Macmillan.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is the leading contribution of the year to American biography. Mr.
Smyth’s work as editor was dignified and suitable, while the new
papers which he unearthed were of considerable number and importance.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 1–10)
=Lit. D.= 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 10.)
“The editing is exact and the text is clearly an improvement on
previous editions, though the novelties are few in number.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 555. D. 27, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 8.)
“Mr. Smyth has given only the outlines of a biography, making his
chapters convenient pegs on which to hang material discovered since
his earlier volumes were published. Some of this material is very
interesting.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 309. Ap. 4, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 10.)
=Franklin, Benjamin.= Franklin year book; maxims and morals from the
great philosopher; comp, by Wallace Rice. **$1. McClurg.
7–33926.
A bit of Franklin wisdom for every day in the year.
=Franklin, Frank George.= Legislative history of naturalization in the
United States from the Revolutionary war to 1861. *$1.50. Univ. of
Chicago press.
6–20847.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We regret that it does not cover completely a subject which it covers
so well partially. There is no other book, however, which covers the
subject at all.” Gaillard Hunt.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 402. Ja. ’07. 720w.
“Altogether the book is a very unsatisfactory treatment of the
subject.” David Y. Thomas.
− =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 556. Ja. ’07. 790w.
“The book has been written especially for the jurist and the
legislator, but its clear style will also make it of interest to the
‘general’ reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 331. My. 19, ’06. 70w.
=Fraprie, Frank Roy.= Among Bavarian inns. $2. Page.
6–41527.
An account of little journeys to Bavarian highlands and to various
quaint inns and hostelries in and out of the ancient towns, together
with reminiscences of student and artist life in Munich. The volume is
illustrated by a series of photographs of much merit well produced.
* * * * *
“The descriptive and historical matter will interest both past and
prospective travellers.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 453. D. 16, ’06. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 784. N. 24, ’06. 190w.
=Fraser, Edward.= Enemy at Trafalgar. *$3.50. Dutton.
7–28489.
“In the ‘Enemy at Trafalgar’, Edward Fraser has collected picturesque
details of the great battle obtained from French and Spanish sources.
The treatment is anecdotic, and is reinforced by a number of
illustrations and portraits. One or two of the plans reproduced are of
some interest for the controversy as to Nelson’s tactics, though the
question is not dealt with in the text.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“An important contribution to the literature of the Trafalgar
campaign.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 196. O. ’06. 40w.
“The translations are for the most part satisfactory. We should
without reserve thank Mr. Fraser for his interesting and important
contribution to Trafalgar literature, were it not that he and his
publishers are guilty of the sin of issuing this book—full as it is of
matter bearing on recent controversy and living problems—with a most
insufficient index, one scarcely deserving the name.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 121. Ag. 4. 2480w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1314. N. 28, ’07. 280w.
“An excellent study of the battle and its circumstances from the point
of view of Nelson’s gallant adversaries. It is written throughout with
all the vigour of the author of ‘Famous fighters of the fleet.’”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 234. Je. 29, ’06. 630w.
=Nation.= 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 60w.
“A book which no student of the naval history of Great Britain can
afford to ignore. The portraits are not creditable, the sacrifice to
economy having been too great. There is an adequate index.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 150. Mr. 9, ’07. 660w.
“A novel idea, and its manner of execution throws light on the last
great naval combat between France and England.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 80w.
“Mr. Fraser’s account of the battle compiled from French and Spanish
records will be very useful to check the numerous versions, good, bad,
and indifferent, now in existence which have had to rely more or less
on British sources for their information. The plates add considerably
to the attraction of this fascinating and useful book.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 176. Ag. 11, ’06. 1060w.
=Fraser, John Foster.= Red Russia. **$1.75. Lane.
7–29041.
Mr. Fraser has given an impressionistic picture of various phases of
modern Russia. “It is the terrible story of the revolutionary terror
from below in its struggle with the reactionary terror from above.
There are some very striking illustrations.” (R. of Rs.)
* * * * *
“A convincing, vigorous description of Russia as it is today.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 164. O. ’07. S.
“May be commended despite a slight tendency towards sensationalism.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 539. My. 4. 200w.
“It is a journalistic piece of work, and that not of the highest
kind.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 332. O. 10, ’07. 130w.
“The scene is incontrovertibly, convincingly described in these
hurried, disorderly memoranda. Mr. Fraser has ... travelled all over
the country, and he tells what he saw, without much evident feeling,
without much sympathy with anybody, but with great vigor of narration.
The value of the book is not in its conclusions. Its value is in the
self-certified accuracy of its picture of life and conditions in the
Czar’s realm to-day.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 401. Je. 22, ’07. 2110w.
Reviewed by G: Louis Beer.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 743. S. ’07. 300w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 40w.
“Is more than a mere chronicle of bloodshed, and chapters like that
descriptive of the great fair at Nijni-Novgorod are as valuable an aid
to a clear understanding of the complexities of the Russian problem as
those which deal with riot and massacre.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 203. Ag. 10, ’07. 280w.
=Fraser, Mary (Crawford) (Mrs. Hugh Fraser).= In the shadow of the Lord:
a romance of the Washingtons. †$1.50. Holt.
6–32360.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07.
“Mrs. Fraser has not succeeded so well with her novel of the life and
times of Mary Washington as she did with her Japanese stories.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.
“Is told with spirit and vivacity by a woman who has something to
communicate and knows how.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 119. Ja. ’07. 290w.
=Fraser, Robert.= Three men and a maid. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
7–16753.
“A country squire and his most villainous cousin, a vicar and his
nephew, an innkeeper’s two handsome daughters, a scoundrelly lawyer or
two, and a most excellently drawn detective furnish the personnel of
the narrative, the special recommendation of which is that it is not
put in the first person, and has not a visible trace of the tiresomely
wise deductions and logical puzzle-reading that are the ordinary
accompaniments of the detective story.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Another of those ‘first books’ that turn up at pleasant intervals on
the reviewer’s table and fairly amaze him with their all-around
excellence of plot construction, and style, and their utter lack of
any sign that would indicate a novice as their author.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 250. Ap. 20, ’07. 680w.
“An ingenious and absorbing and tantalizing mystery story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.
=Fraser, William Alexander.= Lone furrow. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–6653.
The thread of gold running through Mr. Fraser’s self-styled “homespun
web” is a broken-hearted wife whose husband, a young Scotch clergyman,
deserted her. “With its leisureliness, its element of mystery (in the
vulgar sense), and its prevailing atmosphere of religious inquiry, it
recalls some of the later stories of George Macdonald.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“To put it kindly, not one of his happy efforts.” Frederick Taber
Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 25: 89. Mr. ’07. 420w.
“It is hardly more than a vigorous statement of an interesting
situation followed by a prolonged and rambling commentary upon that
situation.”
− =Nation.= 84: 157. F. 14, ’07. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 92. F. 16, ’07. 210w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 620. Ag. ’07. 90w.
=Frazar, M. D.= Practical European guide: preparation, costs, routes and
sightseeing. **$1. Turner, H. B.
7–16759.
Mr. Frazar has brought eighteen years of experience to his task of
offering condensed information to the European traveler. He offers
enlightenment on the following points; How to travel, Steamship lines
and the voyage, The arrival in Europe, Some attractive routes,
European railway fares, What to see, Guidebooks, Hotel-rates, Final
suggestions.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 50w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 60w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’07. 50w.
=Frazer, James George.= Adonis, Attis, Osiris: studies in the history of
Oriental religion. *$3.25. Macmillan.
7–15462.
“Mr. Frazer’s thesis is that the oriental religions here studied are
based upon harvest rites which were intended to insure the fertility
of the soil by methods of imitative magic.... Such a book as this
ought to be of very great value to the student of the history of
philosophy, for it was the blending of these eastern faiths with
neo-platonism which formed the soil out of which Christianity
arose.”—J. Philos.
* * * * *
“Dr. Frazer is read no less for his learning than for his style, and
his latest book will not be found wanting in any of the qualities
which lent charm to his former work.”
+ + =Acad.= 71: 569. D. 8, ’06. 1280w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 446. Ja. ’07. 30w.
“These fascinating studies ... require ... no further recommendation
from the reviewer. But there are also perpetual phases like ‘may
probably be,’ ‘seem to indicate’; etc., which produce in the reader a
feeling of vagueness and uncertainty.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 540. N. 3. 1500w.
“The exposition displays the erudition, both literary and
archaeological, that we are familiar with in Dr. Frazer’s writings;
also, in spite of certain irrelevant chapters a more orderly method
and relevance than he usually observes. His exposition of the great
religious idea of the death and resurrection of the God is clear and
sound and rests on solid evidence. Of much less value are the
sociological hypotheses that he associates with the religious facts.
Here the weakness of his work and method is most manifest. In spite of
certain defects and hasty assumptions this book well deserves success
and a grateful recognition.” Lewis R. Farnell.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 687. Ap. ’07. 1590w.
“As compared with the first series of studies destined to be
incorporated in the new edition of the ‘Golden bough,’ the ‘Lectures
on the early history of the kingship,’ published last winter, the
argument in the present volume is conducted with more reserve, and the
conclusions are advanced with more caution. Mr. Frazer writes with
rare literary skill.” Wendell T. Bush.
+ =J. Philos.= 4: 21. Ja. 3, ’07. 1150w.
“We would suggest that, when the matter of this book comes to be
incorporated in ‘The golden bough’, Dr. Frazer should make somewhat
clearer what he conceives to be the relations of ‘the god of Ibreez’,
Sandan, and the Baal of Tarsus respectively.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 342. O. 12, ’07. 1200w.
“Whether we agree with his conclusions or not, the work is an
important contribution to the study of ancient oriental religions and
will have to be reckoned with in all future researches into the
subject. The French lucidity of treatment, the full and excellent
index, and the attractive style, make it singularly easy to read and
understand. And the mass of material collected and co-ordinated in it
will be a mine for other investigators to quarry. In some passages,
more especially in the descriptions of scenery, the language rises to
an oratorical height rarely met with in scientific books.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 53. Jl. 13, ’07. 1900w.
=Free, Richard.= On the wall. †$1.50. Lane.
Stories of London’s East End told by a young vicar. “The reader who
makes acquaintance with the life-tragedy of Granley, artisan, atheist,
poet, bravely enduring domestic martyrdom and saving his wife’s good
name, will not go away disappointed.” (Sat. R.) “Occasional hits at
superficial and arm’s-length charity will be appreciated by people who
have been annoyed by such efforts.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Americans will find ‘On the wall’ most amusing. The stories offer
entertainment of a very whole-hearted admirable sort.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“There is no affectation about these short stories, and there is much
strength and also insight into the humanity common to us all.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 100w.
“These sketches ... are oddly unequal.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 242. Ag. 24, ’07. 120w.
=Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins.= By the light of the soul. †$1.50. Harper.
7–5069.
In some strange byways of life is the fragile heroine of Mrs.
Freeman’s story led. Motherless at an early age, she is soon to become
a temperamental prey to a cold, dispassionate self-loving step-mother.
A most illogical occurrence in the form of an untimely marriage upsets
whatever of repose her young years were fostering. The only leavening
influences in her bare life are the pathetic devotion of a loyal, tho
weak, father and the child love of the little half-sister, Evelyn.
* * * * *
“A study in self-sacrifice, containing unusually strong and delicate
delineation of New England character, and next-to-impossible
situations.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.
“Viewed from an artistic as well as human point of view, Maria’s story
is sadder than it should be, and leaves the reader with a sense of
dissatisfaction which detracts not a little from his pleasure.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 160. F. 9. 360w.
“It seems to me to exemplify all that the temperamental novel should
not be.” Harry James Smith.
− =Atlan.= 100: 132. Jl. ’07. 280w.
“In some years of novel-reading I cannot recall a more complete
disappointment than this book has given me.” Edward Clark Marsh.
− =Bookm.= 25: 81. Mr. ’07. 1110w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 460. Ap. ’07. 990w.
“The story has no real ending. As to the people involved in this
drama, it is plain that Mrs. Freeman herself has not reached a clear
conception of either their personal appearance or their character. The
representation of Maria’s character is of a piece with the other
vaguenesses and self-contradictions.” Herbert W. Horwill.
− + =Forum.= 38: 538. Ap. ’07. 1410w.
“The theme required a bigger philosophy of life than Mrs. Freeman
could bring to bear upon the subject, and the end is lamentably
unconvincing and unsatisfactory.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 443. F. 21, ’07. 260w.
“She has perhaps sounded deeper levels of the human heart than
hitherto.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 250w.
“We recommend the novel very cordially as a piece of delicate and
understanding work and also as an interesting story; but the reader
must expect a monochrome and rather a hard one.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 30. Ja. 25, ’07. 300w.
“If the present work lacks the unity and beauty of a ‘New England
nun,’ at least in it she is seeking an enlarged horizon and rather
receiving fresh impressions than remaining satisfied to repeat those
already used.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 110. Ja. 31, ’07. 530w.
“The story is told with its author’s accustomed skill. Mrs. Freeman
brings some of her characters vividly before the reader with the skill
in detail for which she is noted.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 300w.
“There is an effect of carefully wrought, delicate embroidery about
the new novel.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 200w.
“The amount of spirituality under which the characters in English
novels will fairly reel is borne lightheartedly by Mrs. Freeman’s
latest heroine.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 186. My. ’07. 310w.
=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor (Wilkins) (Mrs. Charles M. Freeman).= Doc
Gordon. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.
6–25689.
“The interest ... lies in the fresh illustration of the old question,
should a moral and spiritual monster, abnormal in subtlety and
wickedness be allowed to exist to the menace of the common good?
Again, is it a crime, or at least justifiable to cut short the
intolerable agony of a dying human creature, if the conscience upholds
the deed? These problems play an important part in the story of Dr.
Gordon, a man naturally charitable and broadminded, but warped by an
evil influence out of his original happy attitude towards life.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“Although she has the magic touch that adorns every subject she writes
about, it must be admitted she has no peculiar gift for melodramatic
fiction. ‘Doctor Gordon’ is a capital story, with scenes and
characters out of the common run.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 310w.
“A stocking is not a stocking when it has been raveled, but merely a
skein of crumpled thread; just so, this book holds attention while one
reads it, but having finished, it seems a rather poor affair as
compared with some of Mrs. Freeman’s other stories.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 158. Ja. 17, ’07. 500w.
=Lit. D.= 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 120w.
=Lond. Times.= 6: 119. Ap. 12, ’07. 320w.
“Miss Wilkins’ delicate talent is incongruous with the wildness of her
plot. Altogether, we look back regretfully to the middle-aged lovers
and the engaging pet cats of the author’s earlier stories.”
− + =Sat. R.= 103: 498. Ap. 20, ’07. 130w.
=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor.= Fair Lavinia and others. †$1.25. Harper.
7–34778.
Under the titles: The fair Lavinia, Amarina’s roses, Eglantina, The
pink shawls, The willow ware, The secret, The gold, and The underling,
Mrs. Freeman presents the village life she knows so well how to
picture and shows us the very hearts of the village folks who take
part in those homely little comedies and tragedies.
* * * * *
“Delicate and amusing sketches of village life with charm of sentiment
and grace of narrative.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 711. N. 9, ’07. 450w.
“The stories are like old-fashioned shell cameos; the flush of life
and beauty shows through the carefully fashioned faces.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 120w.
=French, Allen.= Book of vegetables and garden herbs: a practical
handbook and planting table for the vegetable gardener. **$1.75.
Macmillan.
7–16935.
A book intended for seedsmen and their customers, that both may get
full benefit from the seeds, the latter in good crops, the former in
continued custom. Mr. French gives a summary of the uses, culture and
virtues of each plant included; sowing-directions regarding distance
of rows from each other, of seeds in the row, depth of planting, etc.;
thinning, fertilizing, transplanting and picking.
* * * * *
“Does not replace Bailey’s ‘Principles of vegetable growing’ but is an
excellent companion to it, and more attractive in form.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 164. O. ’07.
+ =Nation.= 84: 18. Jl. 4, ’07. 500w.
“The directions are simple, with no chance to go wrong.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 140w.
“An excellent guide.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 208. Je 1, ’07. 80w.
“A new garden handbook of great value to the amateur.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 127. Jl. ’07. 80w.
=French, Allen.= Pelham and his friend Tim. †$1.50. Little.
6–32675.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 30w.
=French, Anne Warner.= Seeing France with Uncle John. †$1.50. Century.
6–34808.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 108. Ap. ’07.
“It can confidently be recommended to admirers of Mr. Jerome K.
Jerome.”
+ =Ath.= 1906. 2: 830. D. 29. 60w.
− =R. of Rs.= 35: 127. Ja. ’07. 50w.
=French, Anne Warner.= Susan Clegg and a man in the house, il. †$1.50.
Little.
7–31418.
Susan Clegg tries her hand at boarding an editor. Of him she says:
“Seems Elijah is so smart that he’ll be offered a place on one of the
biggest city papers in a little while, but in the mean time he’s just
lost the place that he did have on one of the smallest ones.” As ever,
Susan in no weak fashion expresses her opinions to Mrs. Lathrop. She
gives her impressions of the young editor, his flute playing, of the
women who ran the club women’s biennial and of the democratic and
republican parties.
* * * * *
“In the present volume Susan Clegg is undeniably tiresome. She talks
so unremittingly, and always in the same strain.”
− =Lit. D.= 35: 796. N. 23, ’07. 190w.
“To be recommended heartily to people who may have found refreshment
in ‘Three men in a boat,’ ‘Chimmie Fadden,’ or the sea worthies of W.
W. Jacobs.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“It is a rare pleasure to find a book so wholesome, so amusingly
philosophical and so full of the real quality of things that last.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 690. O. 26, ’07. 140w.
* =French, Arthur Willard, and Ives, Howard Chapin.= Stereotomy. 2d ed.
$2.50. Wiley.
A second edition, with few changes, of a work appearing in 1903.
* * * * *
“The book remains a well-written compilation of method and example in
stone-cutting and is serviceable alike for self-study and for use in
the class-room. The work of revision in preparing this edition has not
been very extensive. Some minor lapses were overlooked.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 420. O. 17, ’07. 200w.
“The subject-matter covers a wide range and includes everything that
the student is likely to have need for in his future work.”
+ =Technical Literature.= 2: 460. N. ’07. 490w.
=French, Lester G.= Steam turbines, practice and theory. $3. Technical
press, Brattleboro, Vt.
7–9802.
“A book for the student and practicing engineer which contains a
discussion of steam turbines and principles, and early steam turbine
patents. “A number of chapters give detailed descriptions of all the
important turbines now in use in this country and in Europe.” Then
follow chapters upon Steam and its properties, Notes on efficiency and
design. The commercial aspect of the turbine, Care and management,
Condensing apparatus for high vacuum.... The last chapter of the book
treats of the Marine turbine.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“There is nothing very original in it; but quite a little useful
information ... has been given place in the book. The weakest part of
the book is ... the theoretical part. The book is, on the whole, a
very satisfactory one.” Storm Bull.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 442. Ap. 18, ’07. 500w.
“This is an unusually satisfactory book in which theory and
well-chosen practice are judiciously balanced, and unnecessary
amplification avoided.”
+ + =Technical Literature.= 2: 457. N. ’07. 300w.
=Frenssen, Gustav.= Holy land; exclusive authorized tr. of
“Hilligenlei;” tr. from the German by Mary Agnes Hamilton. †$1.50.
Estes.
6–32857.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book will never be popular in America, it is safe to say, for
several reasons. It is, like a German sentence, long-winded, involved,
and cumbrous. ‘Holyland’ contains several passages which make it unfit
for the youthful, and even many older readers will find them
offensive. And because we are in a very different stage of theological
thought from Germany, the religious purpose of the novel will fail to
arouse either the enthusiasm or the antagonism that it has in
Germany.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 154. Ja. 17, ’07. 740w.
+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 70w.
=Frenssen, Gustav.= Three comrades; tr. from the German by L.
Winstanley. †$1.50. Estes.
7–20513.
“An every-day sort of story of ordinary life in Germany. At the
opening of the book the three comrades are three 10–year-old boys in
the days of the Franco-German war. Later they are carried on into
manhood, they separate, and each goes his own way. After a time each
is so hampered by his faults of character that he is on the brink of
failure. Then, at the crisis of their misfortune, they are reunited
and together they are able to avert the threatened disaster.” (N. Y.
Times.) “Its value consists in the beauty of one or two of its
episodes, in some admirable pictures of land and sea by the Holstein
coast, and perhaps above all in the personality of the author.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“As a story it is confused and incoherent, and its presentation of
character though wonderfully vivid at times, can never be called a
complete success. With all its shortcomings, it was worthy of being
presented to an English public, and we must add a word of cordial
praise concerning the manner in which this has been done. The
anonymous translation is of unusual excellence.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 787. Je. 29. 170w.
“The story is powerful and sympathetic, and its characters interesting
and human.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.
“There is much charm in the simplicity of the story, both in plot and
style and the vividness with which the author portrays scenes and
characters makes it very life-like.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 180w.
* =Friedrichs, Hulda.= Romance of the Salvation army; with introd. by
General Booth. il. *$1.25. Cassell.
“These sketches exhibit the Army at work in Great Britain, and ‘on the
march’ through the world. Its rescue work, training of officers,
‘self-denial week’, and farm colony are described with affecting
illustrative experiences. The future of the Army seems secure, though
its great General must pass away. Religious enthusiasm for a divine
end, coupled with a sagacious, practical use of means, is the lesson
of its career to the churches.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
+ =Outlook.= 87: 580. N. 16, ’07. 160w.
“Miss Friedrichs writes well and with restraint, and illustrates her
narrative, as the history of the Salvation army is best illustrated,
by anecdotes of its individual triumphs. In short, it is a history
that almost any reader may peruse with pleasure, for the human
interest of the movement, to say nothing of that attaching to so many
of its workers, is undeniable.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 639. N. 2, ’07. 250w.
=Friedman, Isaac Kahn.= The radical. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–30992.
“The ‘radical’ is a Chicagoan who, beginning life as a butcher’s
driver, later becomes a political leader and tries to reform the
senate.” (N. Y. Times.) “He is a man of the people, homely, a dreamer,
yet powerful, in some of his traits seems to be modeled upon Lincoln.
His aim is democratic, and so far as this book goes he seems to fail
of attaining it.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
“He is well-equipped with the facts of political life, and with the
social sympathies needed for their effective interpretation. The
present book, in the detail of its workmanship, is not as finished a
production as the author’s previous writings would lead us to expect.”
Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 260w.
“Were it not that an unmistakable earnestness of conviction pervades
this novel, one’s inclination would be to let it pass unmentioned, for
a more ineffective attempt at bending language to the uses of art
rarely falls under the reviewer’s eye.”
− =Nation.= 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The subject is intricate and may account for the somewhat
over-involved style of writing, which leaves anything but a clear
impression in the reader’s mind.”
− =Outlook.= 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 100w.
=Fry, Henry Davidson.= Maternity. $1.50. Neale.
7–34609.
A book for the lay reader, the medical student and the trained nurse
which attacks ignorance and superstition and leaves healthful
enlightenment in their place.
=Fuller, Caroline M.= Brunhilde’s paying guest. †$1.50. Century.
7–26461.
The modern Brunhilde of the story is the daughter and only surviving
member of an impoverished southern household. Two charming cousins
share her duties of hostess when she admits a few “paying guests” to
her home. Among them is a young northerner who wars with the spirited
valkyr, falls in love with her, and continues to quarrel. It is a
pathetic picture of southern aristocracy doing battle with poverty, it
is a romance of young strength, of maids and their lovers, set in a
delightful southern garden.
* * * * *
“While her conversations are occasionally ‘bright,’ they invariably
sound rather like the badinage overheard in trolley cars.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 260. S. 19, ’07. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“A bright, entertaining story for an idle hour, and one that leaves no
unpleasant impression.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 90w.
=Fuller, Hubert Bruce.= Purchase of Florida; its history and diplomacy.
*$2.50. Burrows.
6–32122.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Fuller has failed to give us a clear account of the unusually
intricate transactions with which his book must deal, and this failure
is chiefly owing to his sins of omission.”
− =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 404. Ja. ’07. 1240w.
“The chief defect of the book lies in its paucity of references. The
author has brought out a good deal of new and interesting matter for
which he has given no authority whatever.”
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 320w.
“In his earnest desire to deal fairly with all, he occasionally falls
into the opposite error of doing something less than justice to his
own country.” H. Addington Bruce.
+ − =No. Am.= 183: 920. N. 2, ’06. 1230w.
“The book shows evidence of pretty thorough research; but it ought not
to be necessary at this late day, to remind the investigator that the
historian—and this volume will appeal to the historian rather than to
the general reader—demands foot-note references to sources and
authorities. Such references are too sparingly given. In some cases
they are lacking where they are particularly desirable.” David Y.
Thomas.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 140. Mr. ’07. 470w.
=Fullerton, George Stuart.= An introduction to philosophy. *$1.60.
Macmillan.
6–37866.
The following embodies the purpose of the book: “To point out what the
world philosophy is made to cover in the higher branches of learning;
to explain the nature of reflective or philosophical thinking and to
show how it differs from common thought and from science; to give a
general view of the main problems with which philosophers have dealt;
to give an account of some of the more important types of
philosophical doctrine which have arisen out of the consideration of
such problems; to indicate the relation of philosophy to ‘science and
to the other sciences;’ and to show that the study of philosophy, is
of value to us all, and to give some practical admonitions on spirit
and method.”
* * * * *
“Mr. Fullerton has an expository style which is admirably simple and
clear, and his preliminary definition of philosophy is as free as
possible from the objection that he has assumed a controversial
philosophical standpoint.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 407. Ap. 6. 230w.
“We know of no other book in English that can compare with this one as
a manual to help the beginner over the difficulties which beset him in
his first adventure into the unfamiliar world of metaphysical
abstractions.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 827. Mr. ’07. 670w.
“The book might be called ‘a condensed encyclopedia of the moral and
mental sciences.’”
+ =Ind.= 62: 857. Ap. 11, ’07. 140w.
“Like his larger ‘System’ it is likely not only to inform, instruct
and practice the student in philosophical reflection, but also to
interest and entertain him. Moreover, it contains many practical
suggestions to both the teacher and the student well calculated to
clear the ground and the air, giving to the undertaking of the young
philosopher a wide sweep of open territory and a wholesome
atmosphere.” G. A. Tawney.
+ =J. Philos.= 4: 356. Je. 20, ’07. 1400w.
“It has many of the defects which were noticeable in the larger
treatise. The logical divisions are imperfect, and the several parts
of the work are not well articulated. Professor Fullerton writes,
however, very intelligibly, and uses few technical terms. The volume
would be more useful, if there were fuller references in it to the
philosophical theories of the later French and German authors.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 109. Ja. 31. ’07. 350w.
“The first half of the book is the best prolegomena to metaphysics
that we know for students who come entirely fresh to the subject.”
+ + − =Spec.= 99: sup. 463. O. 5, ’07. 370w.
=Funk, Rev. Isaac Kaufman.= Psychic riddle. **$1. Funk.
7–8500.
“A remarkably clear and conservative study of the subject of psychic
phenomena, with citations of a number of noteworthy experiences.”—R.
of Rs.
* * * * *
“Dr. Funk lightens the book by many jokes and by some humor which is
of Scotch character. For one thing, his sincerity shines out, and he
refuses to allow an apology by a zealous defender which would
compromise his intellectual honesty.” George W. Gilmore.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 555. Jl. ’07. 280w.
“The general reader will find the entire volume as fascinating and
compelling as romance, and to any person interested in psychical
research it will be far more interesting than a well written novel.”
+ =Arena.= 36: 668. Je. ’07. 1330w.
“Anybody familiar with the volumes of Myers, or even with the little
book of Lapponi, will find that Dr. Funk has paid little attention to
systematic arrangement of his data and analysis of the various factors
of the problems with which he deals.”
− =Cath. World.= 86: 253. N. ’07. 340w.
“His purpose has been well executed.”
+ =Dial.= 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 290w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 112. F. 23, ’07. 280w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 180w.
=Futrelle, Jacques.= Thinking machine. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–9843.
A book of reprinted stories whose theme in each instance is a
marvelous exploit of Prof. Van Dusen. “You may now read—or re-read—how
Prof. Van Dusen accomplished an experimental jail delivery for himself
under circumstances the most ingeniously prearranged for that
purpose ... how Prof. Van Dusen ascertained the identity of a man who
had mislaid all consciousness of his personality, name, and nativity;
how he solved the riddle of a bank burglary, and by sniffing the
perfume on a handkerchief traced the crime to a particularly pretty
and attractive young woman.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“They are quite ingenious in their way, and those who like this sort
of thing will find them fair examples of their kind. They are not
altogether devoid of literary merit.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 147. N. 16, ’07. 80w.
“If, after the reading is over, one still ranks them below the
adventures of Sherlock Holmes, it is because the latter have greater
realism and accord more closely with the conditions of actual life.”
Rafford Pyke.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 433. Je. ’07. 500w.
+ − =Nation.= 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 280w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 340w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.
“The author’s ingenuity is great, but the element of probability is
not always maintained.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 30w.
=Fyfe, W. T.= Edinburgh under Sir Walter Scott; with an introd. by R. S.
Rait. *$3. Dutton.
7–19482.
The well known incidents of Scott’s life here afford “some guiding
lines for grouping of varied details.” These details relate much that
is entertaining concerning “the simple, happy social life of
Edinburgh’s best society, with its curious mixture of formal manners
and informal customs.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The personal element is made much of, and many pleasing character
sketches, with some good anecdotes, are given. Of all books, this one
should have had an index.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 44. Jl. 16, ’07. 170w.
“We find nothing, or nothing of interest in Mr. Fyfe’s book, with
which we have not always been familiar. Mr. Fyfe has not written the
history of Scott nor has he contributed original matter from documents
to his superfluous restatement of Lockhart’s biography of Sir Walter.”
− − =Lond. Times.= 6: 6. Ja. 4, ’07. 1000w.
“A useful supplement to Lockhart and the ‘Letters’ and ‘Journals’.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 141. Ag. 15, ’07. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 36. Ja. 19, ’07. 340w.
“Mr. Fyfe has a gift of presenting vividly what he writes by virtue of
being simple and direct. To read his book is like going back a hundred
years and spending a day in old-time Edinburgh.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 372. Je. 8, ’07. 480w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 130w.
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 57. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
“No fuller or better picture of that brilliant half-century of life in
Edinburgh which approximately lasted from the death of Samuel Johnson
in 1784 to that of Walter Scott in 1832 has ever been given to the
public than that presented in this volume. Singularly, if not even
paradoxically too, the value of the picture is due quite as much to
the faults as to the excellences of the artist.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 483. O. 5, ’07. 1550w.
=Fynn, Arthur John.= American Indian as a product of environment; with
special reference to the Pueblos. **$1.50. Little.
7–34805.
A volume for the general reader rather than for the student of
anthropology, in which no attempt at “profundity of exhaustiveness”
has been made. It is a first-hand study and contains chapters on:
Plants, animals and man; Concerning the aborigines of the western
continent in general; Pueblo lands and homes; Food and clothing;
Government and social life; Education; Industries, arts and sciences;
Religion; Games and festivals.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 671. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Fyvie, John.= Comedy queens of the Georgian era. *$4. Dutton.
7–18122.
“A light, gossipy account of some of the leading actresses of the
eighteenth and the early years of the nineteenth centuries. It is well
illustrated by photogravure process. Among Mr. Fyvie’s queens are
Lavinia Fenton and Elizabeth Farren. That the habit of peers marrying
actresses is not modern is shown by these lively chapters.”—Sat. R.
* * * * *
“Mr. Fyvie is a little too reticent to be a good scandalmonger, and a
little too technical to be a good historian of the stage; and his
sketches, though written from an independent point of view and clearly
the result of much original study of his subjects, offer little that
is new on the details of their private lives, and nothing on the
subject of their professional careers.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 1460w.
“There is wit, and genial humor and philosophy, with occasional
cynicism, in these jottings.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 188. Mr. 16, ’07. 270w.
“It is disappointing to read through this volume and to feel that the
only result has been to learn a deal of scandal.”
− =Ind.= 63: 947. O. 17, ’07. 220w.
“It is only fair to say that his book, as a rule, shows a praiseworthy
desire for accuracy, a careful sifting of a great mass of contemporary
evidence, and a quick eye for significant facts. Of course, he has
nothing, or very little, that is new to tell, but he creates a certain
impression of freshness by drawing liberally from sources of
information not in common use.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 112. Ja. 31, ’07. 900w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 19. Ja. 12, ’07. 280w.
“It is readable, but Mr. Fyvie is not to be commended for bringing to
light in the twentieth century the old scandalous theatrical
chronicles of the eighteenth.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 250w.
“We might perhaps have been spared a little of the scandal, and one
would prefer as a matter of proportion and taste, that there should
have been less about these actresses’ private lives and more about
their public careers and their manner of acting. The book will not
rank with the recent memoirs of David Garrick by Mrs. Parsons.”
− + =Outlook.= 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 130w.
Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 476. Jl. ’07. 210w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 507. Ap. ’07. 60w.
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 56. Ja. 12, ’07. 140w.
G
=G., A. E.= Whistler: notes and footnotes and other memoranda. $2.50.
Collector and art critic.
“In the Whistler part of the book the author discusses the painter as
a man of letters, as a realist, as a master of the lithograph, as a
draughtsman, and the Whistler memorial exhibition held in Boston in
1904.... Following the Whistler Notes and footnotes’ come discussions
of grotesques by Leonardo, Puvis de Chavannes as a caricaturist,
Arthur Symons on Aubrey Beardsley, a bookplate by Otho Cushing, the
colored etchings of Bernard Boutet de Monvel, the art of Everett
Shinn, the English caricaturists, a ‘note’ on Childe Hassam, and some
notable criticism.” (N. Y. Times.) Nine tinted plates share the honors
with the text.
* * * * *
“Mr. Gallatin’s notes are thoughtful and suggestive, and have the
merit of brevity.”
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 340w.
Reviewed by Christian Brinton.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 60w.
=Gainsborough, Thomas.= Drawings. *$2.50. Scribner.
Uniform with the other volumes of the “Drawings of the great masters”
series, this volume contains 44 drawings by Gainsborough printed in
various tints, with a number mounted on dark colored backgrounds.
These are prefaced with a brief introduction by Lord Ronald Sutherland
Gower.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 40w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 53. D. ’06. 130w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 837. D. 1, ’06. 240w.
=Outlook.= 84: 705. N. 24, ’06. 70w.
=Gairns, J. F.= Locomotive compounding and superheating: a practical
text-book for the use of railway and locomotive engineers, students and
draughtsmen. *$3. Lippincott.
7–32868.
A help to the understanding of both compounding and superheating, and
an aid in preparing the way to a choice or design of those types of
locomotives best suited for the region and traffic to be handled.
* * * * *
“It is to be regretted that the author seems not to have fully
appreciated the rapidly-growing economic and operating importance of
superheating for locomotives, and hence did not go thoroughly into the
theory and practice on the subject. Mr. Gairns gives us probably the
best book on compound locomotives which has appeared since
Barnes-Woods in 1892. As a whole, the book is worthy of a place upon
the railway engineer’s and locomotive designer’s shelves.” H. Wade
Hibbard.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 291. S. 12, ’07. 2400w.
=Gale, Zona.= Loves of Pelleas and Etarre. †$1.50. Macmillan.
7–30832.
Every year of Pelleas and Etarre’s fifty together has heaped new
graces upon them thru the ministry of love. They are two who never
have known that youth had gone because love staid. They are never
happier than when making the conditions of young love-making brighter.
For, hand in hand they wander in fancy thru lanes and gardens of long
ago of which the lanes and gardens of to-day are but a continuation. A
most delightful story which attributes to love the alchemy power of
effacing time and change.
* * * * *
“The story is told with quaint humor and much delicacy.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 201. N. ’07.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“She sees the little things in life that make what is called
atmosphere, and she is able to paint her mind’s pictures clearly for
the restricted vision of the rest of us.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 570w.
“To all who know the hidden sources of human joy and have neither
grown old in cynicism nor gray in utilitarianism. Miss Gale’s charming
love stories, full of fresh feeling and grace of style, will be a
draught from the fountain of youth.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 150w.
=Gallon, Tom.= Cruise of the make-believes. †$1.50. Little.
7–32034.
A romantic idyl of a modern prince and a beggar maid. The girl drudges
in a poor quarter of London to support a shiftless father and brother,
but she dreams and keeps her soul alive by a make-believe Eden. A
young millionaire becomes interested in her and in trying to help her
tangles things sadly. The father and brother drain him financially,
the girl he would help is made unhappy; but in the end he is fortunate
enough to lose his money and in love and poverty he and Bessie find a
real land of make-believe.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
=Gallon, Tom.= Tinman. †$1.50. Small.
A young artist deliberately murders the slanderer of Barbara Patton,
the woman he loves, gives himself up, covers the real motive of his
crime and is imprisoned for life. After twenty years he is freed only
to be drawn into a reenactment of the crime for the sake of Barbara’s
daughter. Thruout the entire dramatic course of the tale the love
motif is strongest, it sounds out above the grim note of crime,
suffering and domineering will.
* * * * *
“The first portion of the book, though somewhat lurid in method, would
have made a strong and unusual short story; but the further
development of events ... conveys an unmistakable flavour of nothing
higher or nobler than the typical dime novel.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
− =Bookm.= 26: 165. O. ’07. 220w.
“Notwithstanding an important manner, ‘Tinman’ has only been strung
out to store size by the ingenious device of repeating the heroine’s
adventures in the person of her daughter, merely giving a happier
outcome to the fortunes of Barbara number two.”
− =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 310w.
“Is about as dolefully sensational as anything that has hitherto come
from his feverish pen.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 481. Je. 15, ’07. 210w.
“The plot of the story is complicated and well managed, and
notwithstanding the dark and lurid coloring, the tale holds the
reader’s interest from the start.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 190w.
“A gleam or two of brightness would have vastly improved the story.
But that the reader is held by the situations and that those
situations are ingeniously thought out cannot be denied.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 60w.
=Galloway, Thomas Walton.= First course in zoology: a text-book for
secondary schools, normal schools and colleges. *$2.50. Blakiston.
6–35707.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In point of careful balance and commonsense use of questions, few
recent text-books bear comparison with this volume.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 389. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.
“For the average school course the book includes too much, and too
difficult work; while for the college course it seems to fall as far
short. For the normal school, and this is probably the grade of work
more directly aimed at by the author, the book would seem to be well
suited. Of actual errors in statement of facts or principles there
seem to be relatively few.” C. W. H.
+ − =Science=, n. s. 24: 719. D. 7, ’06. 1120w.
“It is evident that a good deal of thought and effort have gone into
its making, and it has consequently a degree of character and
individuality which is rare among the members of its genus.” S. J. H.
+ + =Science=, n. s. 26: 715. N. 22, ’07. 600w.
=Galsworthy, John.= Country house. †$1.50. Putnam.
7–15919.
“Two graphic pictures of the racecourse are all that [the author]
gives of definite action; the remainder of the book is concerned with
the entry into the self-deluding community of Worsted Skeynes of a
natural, lawless passion which, attacking one of its members,
exercises a paralyzing effect upon the whole.... The portraiture in
the author’s gallery will reward the attention of all who love the
mirror of truth.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“His work has many qualities of greatness: but it is not yet great. A
slight tendency to bitterness and to sentimentality is the one blemish
in an extraordinarily well-written, well-observed piece of work.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 251. Mr. 9, ’07. 560w.
“Occasionally, in an effort to extract the last drain of satire from a
situation, Mr. Galsworthy is biting and mordant to an almost painful
degree. His insight is keen, and he seems to enjoy the irony
underlying the affairs of men.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 348. Mr. 23. 340w.
“It is a wonderful, vivid and detailed picture of stolid and
complacent British conservatism, a consistent worship of the God of
things as they are.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 25: 497. Jl. ’07. 760w.
“Mr. Galsworthy’s forte lies in depicting traditional prejudices, and
the types which represent them, rather than in the creation of
individual characters.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 680. Ag. ’07. 270w.
“Few novelists are as successful as Mr. Galsworthy in adapting their
means to their purposes, with the result, as in the present instance,
of giving vivid reality to a group of commonplace people and of
reproducing the very atmosphere of the scenes in which they move.” Wm.
M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 230w.
“The pervading tone of indulgent irony justifies the classification of
this volume with the fiction which in a true sense is a criticism of
life.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Forum.= 39: 114. Jl. ’07. 740w.
“Is a better novel, better constructed and better written, than either
‘The island Pharisees’ or ‘The man of property,’ its plot especially,
while still apparently slight, being in reality of much firmer and
closer texture.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 96. Jl. 11, ’07. 460w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Galsworthy has not produced a real hero. He has given us his
Troilus. Let us hope that in his next novel he will give us his
Hamlet.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 77. Mr. 8, ’07. 1150w.
“The development of the story is workmanlike and plausible, and the
whole is unfolded in a brisk, competent narrative, with savor and
discretion, through the medium of a perfectly satisfactory style.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 414. My. 2, ’07. 390w.
Reviewed by Lewis Melville.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 394. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“The faults of this unusual and interesting novel lie upon its
surface. For the sake of Mr. Pendyce alone ‘The country house’ is well
worth more than one reading.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 451. Jl. 20, ’07. 430w.
“When his characters come to develop some consciousness, one of
another, when they come to be more closely and significantly linked
together, this brilliant portrayer of manners may easily come to
produce something of permanent value.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ =No. Am.= 185: 777. Ag. 2, ’07. 1430w.
“Clever beyond anything we have seen lately is this most artistic
story. We could wish it were happier.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 180w.
“He is far from being detached and indifferent toward human nature in
its finer manifestations, even if he does choose to make us feel its
beauty chiefly by delineating the sordid, pathetic opposite.” Cornelia
Atwood Pratt.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 186. My. ’07. 110w.
“Here is not a mere slice of life, a personal affair, a particular
instance; it is a slice from a nation, a base of interests, an
enduring condition. It is, of course, the central problem in a book of
the kind to prevent undue domination either of the situation or of the
story, and the author, conscious perhaps that in a previous work he
permitted the situation to dictate terms to him, has in this been too
much inclined to restrict its scope.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 433. Ap. 6, ’07. 500w.
“He has devoted a great deal of skill and energy to the presentation
of three or four characters who are especially designed to win, not
only the sympathy, but even the affection of the reader. It is true
that perhaps the most admirable and delightful of all is a spaniel....
John, an adorable personage; indeed, many readers would rather share a
dog-biscuit with him than eat six courses in the company of the
squire’s guests.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 503. Mr. 30, ’07. 800w.
=Galsworthy, John.= Man of property. †$1.50. Putnam.
6–42370.
“A rather unusually thoughtful novel of English social life, which
deals in a large, intelligent way with the development of character,
the sordidness of wealth without graciousness, and the narrowness of
upper middle class London society a generation or so ago.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book is remarkable: it has strength without the least taint of
sensation; and is written with a finish that is both rare and
delightful. Two points only are there to which we take exception: that
Mr. Galsworthy at times lingers unnecessarily over the Forsytes; and
that he has, in one passage at least, mistaken brutality for
strength.”
+ + − =Acad.= 70: 309. Mr. 31, ’06. 440w.
“There is a story of a kind, connecting the long series of carefully
finished pictures. But the pictures, the characterization, are the
main thing. They are minute, vivid, and steadily interesting. The
whole is a sound and equable piece of work, deserving high praise.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 446. Ap. 14. 340w.
“A novel of this character is new; it shows thought and determination
and an unflagging alertness with its companion, ease, that make Mr.
Galsworthy’s career a matter of some importance to English fiction.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 116. Mr. 30, ’06. 430w.
“His style is admirable, his humor incisive, and his description of
the less pleasant characters in his books splendid; but he lacks
tenderness. He sees all weeds in the garden, and in his vision the
rose is scarcely visible for the thorns.” Lewis Melville.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 394. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“Altogether a novel well worth the reading.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 100w.
“Mr. Galsworthy’s grip on the point of view of Forsyte and his way of
action, is something quite terrible. To read a chapter about Soames
Forsyte, the typical ‘man of property,’ is to feel oneself literally
gasping for oxygen at the end of it. It is not an especially pleasant
experience, but it occasions a profound respect for the writer who
brings it about.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 185. My. ’07. 520w.
“A novel at once so able that it cannot be overlooked, and so ugly in
places that it cannot be recommended without a serious caution.”
+ − =Spec.= 96: 587. Ap. 14, ’06. 1270w.
=Galton, Arthur.= Church and state in France, 1300–1907. *$3.50.
Longmans.
W 7–107.
“Mr. Galton ... begins his exposition with the struggle between Philip
the Fair and Boniface VIII., where he finds the seeds of Gallicanism.
He traces their development through the sixteenth century, till the
growth reached its full expansion in the eighteenth. When he enters on
the revolutionary period he devotes a great deal of attention to the
Constitution Civile, ... He treats, with amplitude, the genesis,
character, and scope of the Concordat, and, very properly, with more
brevity, the course of events through the restoration, the second
republic and the second empire. The last chapter, about eight-five
pages, relates the campaign during the third republic down to the law
of separation.”—Cath. World.
* * * * *
“It is a lack of the historic sense which is the fault of the Rev. Mr.
Galton’s work on the relations between church and state in France. He
has written an elaborate pamphlet rather than an historical study.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 337. Ap. 6, ’07. 1780w.
“The book is one which on literary grounds we cannot commend.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 840w.
“Mr. Galton’s book is of considerable value, as far as it is an
exposition of historic fact. Nor is it valueless, as far as it is an
interpretation of these facts, for it provides a good subject for any
one who would study the influence of prejudice in the writing of
history.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 396. Je. ’07. 1350w.
“The subject is treated of with splendid knowledge, with a fine sense
of coherence and proportion, and with a style that is altogether
captivating.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 317. My. 18, ’07. 740w.
“He has an exceptional amount of historical learning ... as well as a
pithy and lucid style. His toleration is noticeable.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 716. My. 4, ’07. 1650w.
=Gambier, J. W.= Links in my life on land and sea. **$3.50. Dutton.
A career which began its adventures in the Baltic fleet during the
Crimean war, subsequently continued in Norfolk Island, Rio de Janeiro,
Egypt, Cyprus, New Zealand, the Andaman Islands, New Caledonia, China
and Japan. After his retirement Captain Gambier acted as correspondent
for the London “Times” during the Russo-Turkish war.
* * * * *
“To read his book is to imagine oneself in the privacy of Captain
Gambier’s smokingroom, listening to very pleasant after-dinner
gossip.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 634. D. 22, ’06. 560w.
“A lively volume written in a sprightly style.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 404. O. 6. 320w.
“Commander J. W. Gambier is an unconventional writer; and the rules of
grammar are included among the conventions which he overrides. That
matters little, however, for he is a breezy writer, with plenty of
stories to tell. The book is one to be read by all who enjoy
rollicking relations of adventure.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 322. S. 21, ’06. 470w.
“He writes in a free off-hand manner, and is frequently unrefined,
even to coarseness. If the book has literary merit, we have failed to
discover it; or any mark of distinction. The author’s comments are, as
a rule, commonplace.”
− =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 360w.
=Gamble, William.= Straight talks on business. **$1. Jacobs.
7–27365.
Talks for the young man contemplating a business career, for one who
is unafraid to think, to work, to sacrifice, who looks upon business
not as a pastime, nor as an unpleasant necessity, but as a human duty.
The advice has grown out of the experiences of a man who has followed
a strenuous business life. He claims no new business philosophy, but
puts principles which time has tested into new form better suited to
present day needs.
* * * * *
“Though unquestionably ‘straight,’ the advice is rather platitudinous
than subtle, and is too informal and discursive to have any
considerable technological value.”
− + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 501. O. ’07. 80w.
Games book for boys and girls; a volume of old and new pastimes. $2.50.
Dutton.
7–35045.
A volume “full of directions for playing scores of indoor games and
pastimes for the playground. There are also directions for the
collection and preservation of plants, ferns, and seaside objects, for
the care of home pets, for indoor gardening, for the making of toys,
the tying of knots of many sorts, and for the doing of many other
interesting things.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 21. Ja. ’07.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 80w.
=Gant, L. W.= Elements of electric traction for motormen and others.
*$2.50. Van Nostrand.
A practical handbook intended to serve as an introduction to the more
advanced works on electric traction and to supplement various existing
handbooks for motormen and others.
* * * * *
“The style is readable and as clear as could be expected in view of
the limited space, the large range of topics, and the presumably
meager preparation of the reader. The book lacks attractive
illustrations.” Henry H. Norris.
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 422. O. 17, ’07. 460w.
=Gardiner, John Hays.= Bible as English literature. **$1.50. Scribner.
6–33638.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Perhaps the most interesting and theologically suggestive section of
Professor Gardiner’s work is that devoted to the wisdom literature of
the New Testament epistles.” Kemper Fullerton.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 667. O. ’07. 590w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.
“An admirable manual for the use of students.”
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 80w.
“Professor Gardiner brings to his task an acquaintance with the
accepted results of historical criticism and instead of rhapsodizing
upon a few selected passages of rhythmical scripture, he investigates
the complex sources of that literary charm which it is easier to
praise than understand.” John R. Slater.
+ + − =Bib. World.= 30: 234. S. ’07. 650w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 81. Ja. ’07. 1760w.
“From the beginning to the end of the author’s discussion of his great
subject, the treatment of it is not only intelligent and reverent; it
is singularly vital and inspiring.” M. H. Turk.
+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 316. Mr. ’07. 810w.
“Prof. Gardiner is occasionally led to press his conclusions further
than his facts will warrant.” William T. Brewster.
+ + − =Forum.= 38: 386. Ja. ’07. 1480w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 789. Ap. 6, ’07. 1390w.
=Gardner, Edmund G.= King of court poets; a study of the work, life and
times of Lodovico Ariosto. *$4. Dutton.
7–6794.
In which Mr. Gardner has combined a sequel to his “Dukes and poets in
Ferrara” with a somewhat full study of the life and works of Lodovico
Ariosto.
* * * * *
+ + =Acad.= 71: 569. D. 8, ’06. 1030w.
“Mr. Gardner takes a good deal of pains with his authorities, and puts
his information together as well as can be expected of any one except
a highly trained historian in dealing with that complicated time. The
main fault of the book is a certain tendency to verbosity.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 69. Ja. 19. 1510w.
“The chapters dealing with the poetry of Ariosto are pleasing, but on
the whole rather inconclusive. The style of the book is without
distinction, and it occasionally lapses into elegance.”
− + =Dial.= 42: 84. F. 1, ’07. 150w.
“The work of Mr. Gardner is not only a biography of Ariosto, and the
finest biography of the author of the ‘Orlando furioso’ that has yet
appeared in English, but it contains a complete and luminous picture
of the political and literary condition of Ferrara from 1500 to 1530.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 430w.
“The work is admirably done, most useful for reference; but it is
laboured, and there are barren spaces in which the dry bones of
history do not live.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 350. O. 19, ’06. 2270w.
“Different portions of the book, as they deal with political or
literary history, read as if they belonged to different studies, and
were bound together by mistake.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 593. Je. 27. ’07. 1010w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 701. O. 27. ’06. 1830w. (Reprinted from
Lond. Times.)
“Is a book in which the scholar may find more to his purpose than the
reader who, without any very keen appetite for detailed history and
unimportant biographical detail, reads for pleasure and for general
information.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1078. D. 29, ’06. 420w.
“It is with a very sure hand, with all the sobriety of a scholar,
albeit not untinged with the agreeable glow of an admirer, that Mr.
Gardner writes of Alfonso I. ... and Ludovico Ariosto.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 679. D. 1, ’06. 880w.
=Gardner, Percy.= Growth of Christianity. $1.75. Macmillan.
“The theme of the present volume, which is in the form of ten popular
lectures, is the relations of Christianity with the various forms of
culture and thought with which it has come into contact. The germ of
Christianity is found in the Lord’s prayer, and specifically in the
petition, ‘Thy will be done,’ and its essential spirit is defined
accordingly as a passionate devotion to the will of God as operative
in the world.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“No one can read Professor Gardner’s book without respect. It is
earnest and lucid, and bears witness of the profound scholarship of
its author.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 31. O. 19, ’07. 780w.
“His new book is an able and striking interpretation of the history of
the church, from a somewhat unusual point of view.”
+ =Bib. World.= 30: 80. Jl. ’07. 60w.
“The scope and purpose of the book, cast originally for popular
lectures, do not allow space for anything more than drawing the broad
obvious outlines. When, however, this is done by anyone as deep-versed
in antiquity as Dr. Gardner, there is something in the summary
presentation by which even professed students may have their vision
cleared.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 250. Ag. 16, ’07. 800w.
“Dr. Gardner has surveyed the growth and progress of the Christian
faith from a very interesting point of view.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 331. O. 10, ’07. 700w.
“The reader will see therefore, that the author’s view of Christian
doctrine is not quite that of the ordinary orthodox Churchman. The
strongest part of the book is ... where he is displaying his splendid
knowledge of Greek and Roman antiquities and their bearing on church
life and belief.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. S. 28, ’07. 380w.
=Garland, Hamlin.= Long trail. †$1.25. Harper.
7–15590.
A narrative of the hardships of Jack Henderson, a Minnesota boy, in
company with two master-trailers, who together brave the dangers of
the old Telegraph trail to the Yukon gold fields. “Cold and heat,
hunger and thirst, the love of gold, and the rivalry of fierce men go
to make up the vivid and varied life.”
* * * * *
“Interesting to men and boys especially.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 201. N. ’07.
“This is an excellent book for a boy’s holiday reading, thoroughly
wholesome and stimulating, and in no part dull.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 634. My. 25. 100w.
“Has the healthful, breezy traits that mark Mr. Garland’s other
western tales.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.
“It is perfectly safe, however, to say that if ‘The long trail’ does
prove to contain the quality which tickles youthful palates, it may be
given to the young without a shade of misgiving as to their finding it
entirely wholesome provender.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 160w.
“The striking quality of this new book ... is the startling and
realistic effect of its utter simplicity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 321. My. 18, ’07. 350w.
=Garland, Hamlin.= Money magic: a novel. †$1.50. Harper.
7–32322.
By the magic of money, Bertha, a true type of the girl of the new
West, is lifted from the hot office of her mother’s wayside hotel to
the giddy heights of mistress of a millionaire’s establishment. This
change of fortune however, brings with it a helpless old cripple of a
husband, an ex-gambler whom she had pluckily married out of loyalty
when she thought him dying. Her story is one of development and
character expansion under these strange conditions until she is at
last free to call her own that happiness which she has so long and
nobly denied herself.
* * * * *
“By some the story may be thought a trifle too long; but it is good
stirring narrative thruout, and the development of character through
incident and emotional crises is highly interesting.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 200w.
“Is far and away the best and most significant novel that Mr. Garland
has written in many years. It has perspective, it is firm of plot,
rich in colour, full of movement, unflaggingly interesting, its
characters are deftly and understandingly individualised—it has the
semblance of life.” A. Schade van Westrum.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 417. D. ’07. 690w.
“There is a certain amount of truth in this narrative, and fairly
effective characterizations, although the latter must be described as
crude rather than subtle. Mr. Garland, has done much better work than
this, and will, we trust, do it again.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 240w.
“His people, however, will disappoint the expectations raised in their
favor, and will, somehow, show coarse streaks in their composition of
which the author is hopelessly unconscious.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14, ’07. 350w.
=Nation.= 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 230w.
“An interesting study of the mixed life in a western city.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 160w.
=Garland, James Smith.= New England town law: a digest of statutes and
decisions concerning towns and town officers. *$6.50. Boston bk.
6–31416.
“This valuable volume consists of two very distinct parts. The first
eighty-three pages are taken up with in an interesting review of the
origin, development and present status of the New England town. The
second part of the book presents the first systematic compilation of
the laws of the New England states in relation to towns and town
government.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“Intended mainly to serve a practical purpose.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 723. Ap. ’07. 40w.
“The volume is an excellent beginning in a sort of work in which as
yet but little has been accomplished in the United States.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 213. Ja. ’07. 380w.
“The introduction ... is of interest to many persons other than the
officers and lawyers who will use the body of the work.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 509. D. 13, ’06. 140w.
“A complete, although succinctly written and compactly arranged,
compendium of the law of the different states of New England relating
to towns and town government.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 384. O. 13, ’06. 90w.
=Garratt, Herbert A.= Principles of mechanism: being a short treatise on
the kinematics and dynamics of machines. $1.10. Longmans.
“A book for students who are under the guidance of an instructor,
rather than a complete treatise for general use. It is divided into
two general parts, Kinematics of machines and Dynamics of machines. In
the former the principles of the forms of mechanisms are considered,
no attention being given to the efficiencies of such mechanisms, to
the masses moved or to the forces exerted. In the latter part, the
dynamics of certain simple mechanical motions are considered.”—Engin.
N.
* * * * *
“For the class-room work, as a text to be supplemented by extensive
lectures, the book has a use, but it is not complete enough for the
general student. Too much has been left out for the purpose of
affording ‘a clear perception of the anatomy of the skeleton.’” Amasa
Trowbridge.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 308. Mr. 14, ’07. 260w.
=Garrick, David.= Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick; ed.
by G: Pierce Baker. *$7.50. Houghton.
7–26122.
Some forty letters and manuscripts are included with an interesting
reproduction of portions of the marriage agreement between Garrick and
Mlle. Violette. “If of somewhat less moment than the author deems it
as a contribution to Garrick lore, it will nevertheless be sought
eagerly by theatrical connoisseurs for the excellence of its
typography and the beauty of its illustrations, which show the great
actor at different periods of his life and in various characters, and
afford material for an interesting study in physiognomy. Several of
the portraits will be new to most readers.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“In lack of an index, page-headings to show who is being addressed by
the writer would have been very welcome; sometimes it is impossible to
determine this without some search, or to ascertain at once the
probable date of a letter.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 201. O. 1, ’07. 1610w.
“With Mr. Baker the work of editing evidently has been a labor of
love, as is proved by his ample explanatory notes, but it is unlikely
that the ordinary reader will find in the letters the significance
which the editor seems to attach to them.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 380. O. 24, ’07. 540w.
“This volume of hitherto unpublished letters contains a sufficiently
interesting collection to make it worth owning, although not a few of
the epistles, as one invariably finds in the books of
‘correspondence,’ suggest no particular reason for publication beyond
their signature and quaint style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 611. O. 12, ’07. 790w.
=Garrod, H. W.= Religion of all good men, and other studies in Christian
ethics. **$1.20. McClure.
6–42406.
In the main a paradoxical contention that Jesus never claimed to be
the Messiah.
* * * * *
− =Ath.= 1906, 1: 697. Je. 9. 820w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 208. F. ’07. 1930w.
“I think that the worth of the book very far outweighs such faults as
it may possess—these latter being, indeed, such necessary
accompaniments of perfect straightforwardness that we could not wish
them absent. It will do any man good to read such virile words,—and if
they harm him, he is not worthy to withstand the gods.” T. D. A.
Cockerell.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 79. F. 1, ’07. 1280w.
Reviewed by St. George Stock.
− =Hibbert J.= 4: 945. Jl. ’06. 1300w.
“The spectacle of a sincere man disavowing Christianity because it is
not good enough is sufficiently novel to pique one’s interest, and
whoso is drawn by curiosity to Mr. Garrod’s pages will find his
attention kept alert.”
− + =Ind.= 63: 221. Jl. 25, ’07. 340w.
“The title of the book is distinctly attractive, and the book itself
is decidedly interesting. There is learning in it, and undoubted
ability behind it. Written from a frankly naturalistic standpoint, it
is singularly free from bitterness and narrowness.” James Lindsay.
+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 108. O. ’07. 1770w.
“This thesis Mrs. Garrod defends with much skill and it can scarcely
be denied that important truth at least lies close beside his
propositions.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 270. Mr. 21, ’07. 380w.
“These ‘studies in Christian ethics’ one chapter of which gives this
volume its attractive but quickly disappointing title, are not such as
to call for serious consideration.”
− =Outlook.= 84: 942. D. 15, ’06. 140w.
“A volume of five attractively written essays on religious subjects.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 50w.
“He has written a smart book, in which the flippant theology is not
meant perhaps to be taken very seriously. But was it worth while
printing these essays merely to make elderly dons’ flesh creep? What
he takes for audacity and courage may be regarded by his readers as
only impudence.”
− + =Sat. R.= 101: 759. Je. 16, ’06. 950w.
=Garst, Rev. Henry.= Otterbein university. *75c. Un. breth.
The story of the founding of a Christian college, the evolution of the
thoughts, opinions, convictions that are back of its material growth
and progress.
=Garvie, Alfred Ernest.= Guide to preachers. *$1.50. Armstrong.
“Laymen who would qualify themselves to preach acceptably and
effectively—and there is need of many such—will find this an eminently
helpful book. It covers the whole subject—the Biblical, doctrinal,
homiletical, rhetorical conditions of preaching and reasoning suitable
to the needs of the modern world. Such subsidiary matters as language,
literary style, elocution, and delivery receive proportionate
treatment.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Its counsels are in harmony with sound scholarship and conform to
good taste.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 100w.
“There is no other book that so well meets the present want.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 44. Ja. 5, ’07. 120w.
=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Works of Mrs. Gaskell.
8v. ea. $1.50. Putnam.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ + =Acad.= 71: 519. N. 24, ’06. 1500w. (Review of v. 1–8.)
“The edition, with its informing introductions, will take its place in
all well-constituted libraries.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 801. D. 22. 110w. (Review of v. 7 and 8.)
+ + =Nation.= 84: 221. Mr. 7. 130w. (Review of v. 4–8.)
“Excellent new dress.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 331. Ap. 11. ’07. 3370w. (Review of v. 1–8.)
“Dr. Ward ... has performed his task with exquisite taste, grace, and
zeal.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 878. D. 15, ’06. 450w. (Review of v. 1–8.)
=Gates, Eleanor.= Good-night; il. by Arthur Rackham. †50c. Crowell.
7–20865.
The quaint story of a very human parrot that scattered the padre’s
fuchsias but fought desperately with the cat to save a little canary’s
life.
=Gates, Eleanor.= Plow-woman. †$1.50. McClure.
6–34690.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“This is decidedly a book to read.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 317. Mr. 16. 210w.
“Is a capital story, in spite of an indulgence in contrast amounting
almost to an abuse.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 24: 490. Ja. ’07. 360w.
“There is distinction, refreshment and reality about her descriptions
of the Dakota prairie, an original charm also about Dallas, the
plow-woman, so long as she follows the lean mule in the brown furrow,
but that is the best that can be said.”
+ − =Ind.= 61: 1570. D. 27, ’06. 300w.
=Gates, Herbert Wright.= Life of Jesus: a manual for teachers. 75c.
Univ. of Chicago press.
7–36267.
A manual designed to accompany the outline course on the life of Jesus
which has been prepared for intermediate grades of the Bible school.
* * * * *
“The ‘Manual’ and ‘Note book’ taken together promise to be a valuable
aid in teaching the life of Christ to children.”
+ =Bib. World.= 28: 352. N. ’07. 110w.
“Deserves commendation.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 516. D. 5, ’07. 130w.
=Gayley, Charles Mills.= Plays of our forefathers. **$3.50. Duffield.
7–30422.
An account of the origin and development of the early miracle and
morality plays of which “Everyman” has become so famous an example,
illustrated with reproductions of old wood-cuts. The author’s
scholarship is everywhere in evidence as well as his keen delight in
histrionism, for, he says, “to laugh and weep, to worship and to revel
for a season, in the manner and spirit of our ancestors, were
infinitely more pleasing than the pride of controversy or the pursuit
of scientific ends.”
* * * * *
“His book is not only one to be commended to the scholar but to be
enjoyed by the general reader.” Lewis A. Rhoades.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 282. N. 1, ’07. 970w.
“As a reference work, it is hard to exceed this for completeness, but
its interest is for the specialist alone.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1311. N. 28, ’07. 710w.
“A charming book, which may be recommended to the general reader as
the best introduction to the subject at the same time that it
possesses a value for the specialist.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 523. D. 5, ’07. 800w.
“He has made a good book which every one interested in the theatre
will be glad to own, and the borrowing fiend loathe to return.” Anna
Marble.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 616. O. 12, ’07. 220w.
=Genung, John Franklin.= Hebrew literature of wisdom in the light of
to-day: a synthesis. **$2. Houghton.
6–39461.
An interpretation of the inner and spiritual menacing of Proverbs, Job
and Ecclesiastes which can be applied to the life of to-day.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 42. F. ’07.
“The style sometimes offends a severe taste, and we had rather not
believe that monstrosities like ‘factual’ belong to the literary idiom
of to-day—or to-morrow.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 589. Je. 27, ’07. 190w.
“Presented in a thoroughly readable and interesting form.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 298. Je. 8, ’07. 330w.
=Genung, John Franklin.= The idylls and the ages. **75c. Crowell.
7–26418.
A companion study to “Stevenson’s attitude to life.” It is an inquiry
into the permanent value of Tennyson’s epic “The idylls of the king.”
The primary aim of this volume “is neither eulogy nor criticism, but
what Walter Pater has taught us to call appreciation.”
* * * * *
“Our quarrel with it is chiefly for its literary cant and esoteric
eloquence, its lack of the prose point of view.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 498. N. 28, ’07. 180w.
=George, 2d duke of Cambridge.= George duke of Cambridge: a memoir of
his private life based on the journals and correspondence of His Royal
Highness, ed. by Edgar Sheppard. 2v. *$7. Longmans.
7–28494.
“Born a few years after Waterloo, in 1819, the Duke of Cambridge lived
in four reigns, and was actually present at two coronations. At the
time of his birth he was the first direct descendant of George III.,
and but for the birth of the Princess Victoria, a few months later
than his own he might have reigned as George V., and there is good
reason to suppose that he would have proved an excellent sovereign.
This memoir not only tells the story of a long life of usefulness and
honor, but it also reveals with much clearness an interesting and
lovable personality, and gives us, incidentally, many suggestive
portraits of military and political leaders.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“Dr. Edgar Sheppard might have done well to condense the ‘memoirs of
his private life’ into one volume instead of filling two.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 591. D. 1, ’06. 1840w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 400. N. 30, ’06. 1610w.
“The editor has done his work with taste and discretion. The portraits
are interesting, and there is a satisfactory index.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 40. Ja. 19, ’07. 1100w.
“The book has some interest and even value, but these scarcely
correspond to its size and what we may even describe as its
pretensions.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 58. Ja. 12, ’07. 530w.
=George, Henry, jr.= Romance of John Bainbridge. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–37965.
Part of the incidents in Mr. George’s story are taken from the life of
his late father. “Being the son of his father and also himself, it was
doubtless inevitable that Mr. George should attempt to make out of his
novel a lesson in economics. His theme is the iniquity of giving
public service franchises to private individuals or corporations, and
the resultant political corruption.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Dealing as this novel does with the questions which are pressing for
immediate solution, makes it one of the really important romances for
all reformers and patriots to read.”
+ + =Arena.= 37: 100. Ja. ’07. 3990w.
“This is a wholesome novel of the life of to-day. It is we believe,
the author’s first long work of fiction, altho there is nothing in the
style to indicate this fact.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 170w.
=Nation.= 83: 391. D. 8, ’06. 40w.
“He might have cut and slashed and blue penciled a fourth of his copy
with advantage to the rest. Wrapped up in the plot of Mr. George’s
novel there is a good story, an exceedingly good story.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 903. D. 29, ’06. 380w.
“While there are parts of the story that too thinly for artistic
effect disguise the especial message that Mr. George feels himself
commissioned to utter, the tale is well told and worth telling.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 46. Ja. 5, ’07. 170w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 30w.
=Geronimo (Apache chief).= Geronimo’s story of his life; taken down and
edited by S. M. Barrett. **$1.50. Duffield.
6–35725.
Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 67. Mr. ’07. S.
=Gibbs, Josiah W.= Scientific papers of J. Willard Gibbs. 2v. v. 1. *$5;
v. 2. *$4. Longmans.
Agr 7–1540.
Professor Gibbs’s scattered papers on scientific subjects have been
collected and published in two imposing volumes. The first includes
his papers on the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances and on
thermodynamics; the second contains twenty-one papers, chief among
which are those occupied with the author’s calculus called “vector
analysis.”
* * * * *
“For profound thought and power of generalization and abstract
formulation no American scientist has equaled Willard Gibbs.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 50w.
“The work of Gibbs may be said to round off the constructive stage of
one of the most far-reaching scientific advances of the nineteenth
century—the unravelling of the formal scheme of relations which guides
the transformation of dead matter, as it is now set forth in the
doctrine of thermodynamics.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 90. Mr. 22, ’07. 1960w.
“In every way (except by an index) recommends itself to the liking of
friends of American science.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 92. Ja. 24, ’07. 710w.
“The papers have been edited with great care by Henry Andrews Bumstead
and Ralph Gibbs van Name, and the former, in the biographical notice
prefixed, discusses with knowledge the scientific work done by Willard
Gibbs and gives a clear-cut picture of the man himself.” C. G. K.
+ + =Nature.= 75: 361. F. 14, ’07. 1340w.
=Gibbs, Philip.= Men and women of the French revolution. *$7.
Lippincott.
7–8230.
Not a history but a psychological study of some of the actors in the
great drama, so arranged that the thread of the narrative is not
confused or lost.
* * * * *
“A readable, but rather sketchy account of a number of the leading
personages of that period.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 513. O. 27. 330w.
“In thus deviating from the beaten path of history and giving rather
free play to his own fancy in this ‘psychological study,’ the author
has produced a work more attractive in some respects than the formal
chronicles of the period.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 41: 385. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
“Mr. Gibbs has succeeded in producing a book that is more readable
(especially to those who dote on adjectives) than our old friend
Dryasdust’s, but there is a certain persistent striving for dramatic
effect and high phrases that gives the narrative a false note very
often.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 971. Ap. 25, ’07. 540w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 80w.
“Although the value of Mr. Gibbs’s work is seriously impaired by an
extremely florid and somewhat popular style, it is to some extent
redeemed by his dramatic power, while in spite of some inaccuracies it
is manifestly clear that he has obtained his information from no
second hand sources.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 38. F. 1, ’07. 780w.
“The book, though somewhat grandiose in style, is just the sort to
spur on an indolent reader to make the acquaintance of other, and
possibly more accurate, works on the French revolution. But the
inaccuracies are manifold and distressing, and not the less so that,
in some cases, they seem to be the result of pure carelessness.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 135. F. 7, ’07. 870w.
“Its style is popular, vivid and realistic. Mr. Gibbs has a command of
strong epithets, and knows how to describe what his imagination
presents to him.”
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 766. N. 17, ’06. 180w.
* =Gibson, Charles R.= Romance of modern photography. **$1.50.
Lippincott.
No attempt is made in this volume “to offer suggestions to the
picture-taker, but again step by step the growth of the art is
discussed through the changes, from daguerrotypes to the latest
improved methods; and from the toy known as the zoetrope—with which
children used to amuse themselves—to the latest moving picture.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
=Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 70w.
“We have found some of the most interesting pages in Mr. Gibson’s book
to be those describing the processes of reproduction for
illustrations. A great deal of space and pains have been devoted to
colour-photography and its difficulties, and some of this description
has not attracted us much. Once or twice, in the earlier pages, Mr.
Gibson might have been a little clearer if he had been a little more
categorical.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 639. N. 2, ’07. 750w.
=Gibson, Thomas.= Pitfalls of speculation. *$1. Moody pub.
6–33639.
“The author of this little treatise undertakes to demonstrate that
business methods are applicable to speculation, and that, when so
applied, speculation itself becomes a ‘safe business.’... Chapters are
devoted to Ignorance and over-speculation, Manipulation, Accidents,
Business methods in speculation, Market technicalities, Tips,
Mechanical speculation, Short selling, What 500 speculative accounts
showed, Grain speculation, and Suggestions as to intelligent methods.
The book treats mainly of speculative deals on margins, which are
regarded as entirely legitimate forms of speculative trading.”—J. Pol.
Econ.
* * * * *
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 59. Ja. ’07. 100w.
“Mr. Gibson’s reasons against speculating are unanswerable, but we
part company with him in the idea that he can teach successful
speculation to any considerable number of scholars.” Edward A.
Bradford.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 754. N. 17, ’06. 1640w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 80w.
* =Gibson, W. R. Boyce.= Rudolph Eucken’s philosophy of life. 2d ed.
*$1.40. Macmillan.
This second edition includes an appendix dealing with Professor
Eucken’s doctrine of “activism” whose difference from pragmatism is
explained in the following: “The pragmatism which has lately made so
much headway, especially among English-speaking peoples, is more
inclined to shape the world and life in accordance with human
conditions and human needs, than to invest spiritual activity with an
independence in relation to these, and apply its standards to the
testing and sifting of the whole content of our human life.”
* * * * *
“In point of form the book suffers manifestly from the circumstances
of its origin. In spirit and tone, however, it is attractive, and the
reader can hardly fail to be favourably impressed by the competence of
the author for his task, both in the matter of zeal and of knowledge.”
Alexander Mair.
+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 124. O. ’07. 790w. (Review of 1st ed.)
“An excellent statement of Eucken’s practical philosophy.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 326. O. 10, ’07. 200w. (Review of 2d ed.)
“But whether or not we assent to the author’s conclusions concerning
the future influence of Eucken’s philosophy, this statement of it
should find many readers, as a very compact and useful résumé of the
interesting and stimulating point of view.” Edmund H. Hollands.
+ − =Philos. R.= 16: 548. S. ’07. 950w. (Review of 1st ed.)
=Giddings, Franklin Henry=, ed. Readings in descriptive and historical
sociology. *$1.60. Macmillan.
6–39002.
“Mainly illustrative of sociological theory as given in his preceding
works, and also in part an expansion of that theory. Its framework is
an elaborate outline of theory given in definitions and propositions.
Its filling is composed of select readings illustrative of this,
gathered from all times and from peoples in every stage of social
development, as found in literature and laws, official records,
legends, and newspapers.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The reviewer wishes to add that while these remarks are mainly
critical in character, they express rather the deep interest which he
has in the fundamental issues which Professor Giddings’ book raises
than any desire to ignore the many positive merits which the book has,
and which will certainly secure it a wide reading among those who are
interested in the sources of sociological theory and in the author’s
own theory of their value and interpretation for a science of
society.” H. Heath Bawden.
+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 845. My. ’07. 3900w.
“It is much more than its title indicates, for it contains, besides a
careful selection of readings, an outline of sociological theory
which, in many particulars, is new and interesting.” Charles A.
Ellwood.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 232. Ja. ’07. 630w.
Reviewed by R. C. Chapin.
+ =Charities.= 17: 472. D. 15, ’06. 430w.
“The selections cover a wide field and show extensive and patient
research. The greater part of these would probably be unavailable for
the general student were he obliged to go to the sources himself.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 250w.
“The puzzle seems to be: Fit these extracts, if you can, into the
author’s general scheme of sociological classification and
terminology. The value of it all we shall leave to those who have the
courage to try it.”
− =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 450w.
=Outlook.= 84: 894. D. 8, ’06. 260w.
“The book will be of great value to the isolated student and teacher.”
+ + =Yale R.= 15: 467. F. ’07. 220w.
=Gilbert, Charles Benajah.= School and its life. $1.25. Silver.
6–21911.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The fact that the book lacks continuity diminishes its value, but the
treatment of some subjects ... shows a grasp of the real situation and
a breadth of vision born only of real contact with a great system of
schools. The benefits of co-operation applied to parent, teacher, and
pupil are clearly shown.” J. Stanley Brown.
+ − =El. School T.= 7: 368. F. ’07. 220w.
“This book, it seems to me, is one of the significant educational
contributions of the year. What makes it significant is in large part
the rare combination of philosophic insight with a wealth of practical
experience.” Irving E. Miller.
+ + =School R.= 15: 228. Mr. ’07. 780w.
=Gilbert, George Holley.= Short history of Christianity in the apostolic
age. $1. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–41055.
“This is a proper sequel to ‘Constructive studies on the life of
Christ’ by Professors Burton and Mathews.... That work was based on
the gospels; this is concerned with the remainder of the New
Testament. Its successive portions first narrate events and comment
upon them, then propose questions and suggestions for study, with
supplementary topics and references to literature.... The volume is
finely illustrated.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The material is conveniently divided, and interestingly and ably
treated.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 40w.
=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 50w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 141. Ja. 19, ’07. 180w.
=Gilbert, Nelson Rust.= Affair at Pine Court: a tale of the Adirondacks.
†$1.50. Lippincott.
7–30455.
A fashionable house party at a New Yorker’s country home in the
Adirondacks is made the scene of this tale of love, mystery and
adventure. A Pomeranian count arouses the greed of the humble natives
by exhibiting the wonderful “Lens of the Grau” in the presence of his
host’s butler. These envious enemies of the rich pleasure seekers at
the court put the house in a state of siege during which each guest
displays his or her real character and all ends in safety and
happiness.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Gilchrist, Alexander.= Life of William Blake; ed. with introd. by W.
Graham Robertson, il. *$3.50. Lane.
W 6–375.
A reprint of a standard source for facts and personal interpretation
of Blake’s life. To the illustrations appearing in the original
edition, Mr. Robertson has added a number of colour prints, drawings,
etc. from his own notable Blake collection, thus emphasizing
particularly the fame of Blake the painter.
* * * * *
Reviewed by A. Clutton-Brock.
+ + =Acad.= 71: 524. N. 24, ’06. 900w.
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 828. D. 29. 240w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 169. F. ’07. 1100w.
+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 282. Ja. ’07. 690w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 84. Jl. ’07. 210w.
=Lond. Times.= 6: 12. Ja. 11, ’07. 1370w.
“This reprint is admirable from the point of view of the general
reader, and, by reason of its illustrations, necessary also to the
special student.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 160w.
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 708. D. 8, ’06. 340w.
+ + =Spec.= 97: 826. N. 24, ’06. 230w.
=Gilchrist, Edward.= Tiles from a porcelain tower. *$1.25. Riverside
press, Cambridge, Mass.
6–45067.
A volume of verse chief among whose poems are “those more expressly
from the Porcelain tower, ‘the pride and symbol of Cathay,’ wherein
the decaying splendors of the East are expressed with both imagination
and humor.” (Nation.) There are also included some translations from
the Greek, Danish, Russian and the Chinese.
* * * * *
“The lyrics of a reflective mind, but their flow is far from musical—a
defect due in part to the frequent collocation of ill-matched
vocables, and in part to the fact that the movement is too much
clogged with ideas.” Wm. M. Payne.
− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 210w.
“Mr. Gilchrist has plainly done a good deal of rather virile thinking,
and as he has made his ingeniously plotted verse the vehicle rather
for his notion than for his moods, his work has much of the peculiar
pithiness that marked the work of the concettists in their less
fantastic vein.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 200. F. 28, ’07. 340w.
* =Gilder, Richard Watson.= Fire divine. **$1. Century.
7–32109.
This volume adds sixty new pieces to the poetry of the author,
including memorial verses on Carl Schurz, George Macdonald, Josephine
Shaw Lowell, Emma Lazarus, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich; poems to music
and musicians; and a requiem for Augustus Saint-Gaudens, entitled
“Under the stars.”
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
=Gillespie, G. Curtis.= Rumford fireplaces, and how they are made. $2.
Comstock, W: T.
7–11989.
“A reprint of Count Rumford’s essay on Fireplaces is here accompanied
by a discussion of the same subject by Mr. Gillespie. In the course of
his discussion ... Mr. Gillespie introduced a number or drawings and
sketches of his own, illustrating fireplaces designed by him, of the
so-called Rumford type ... also mantels of his own design, and
reproductions of views of a large number of fireplaces, andirons, and
the like, both mediaeval and modern.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 57: 436. Ap. 18, ’07. 90w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 154. Mr. 16, ’07. 110w.
=Technical Literature.= 1: 224. My. ’07. 60w.
=Gilman, Bradley.= Open secret of Nazareth. **$1. Crowell.
6–26086.
“Ten letters written by Bartimaeus, whose eyes were opened, to Thomas,
a seeker after truth.” A traveler in the Holy Land writes his
impressions and conviction to a friend at home. “‘The open secret’
which Jesus strove to impart—the truth which, however evident, eludes
so many—is that of the Consecrated will—the active endeavor on all the
small or serious occasions presenting themselves at the cross-roads of
daily life to identify one’s self with the divine will of pure
goodness to all our fellows.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“It is suffused with devotional feeling and animated with poetic
imagination, but clear in moral insight.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 532. O. 27, ’06. 180w.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Music of to-morrow, and other studies. *$1.25. Lane.
7–10576.
Mr. Gilman “attempts to prophesy what will be the general character of
the music of the next half-century. He admits the temerity of the
attempt, but argues boldly and convincingly. His broad general dictum
is that the permanent elements of the music of the future will have to
do with ‘that region of experience which lies over the borderland of
our spiritual consciousness.’ It will forsake the ‘incessant
exploitation of the dynamic element in life’ and urge us to listen for
‘the vibrations of the spirit beneath.’”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“The general impression left by this book is that on the whole the
title has been well chosen. Mr. Lawrence Gilman gives expression to
some interesting ideas about music held by himself in common with
enthusiastic modern thinkers.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 126. F. 2, ’07. 440w.
“The best written and conceived essay in Mr. Gilman’s interesting
little volume is that devoted to Claude Debussy, the poet and dreamer.
I do not care much for his Liszt essay. It does not dig enough into
the subject. Mr. Gilman’s book is interesting, at times gracefully
written, and strives to understand the music of to-day. This latter
quality is in itself a critical feat, for in critic-land we usually
face the setting sun.” James Huneker.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 32. Mr. ’07. 1120w.
Reviewed by Josiah Renick Smith.
+ =Dial.= 42: 224. Ap. 1, ’07. 180w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 518. D. 13, ’06. 340w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 869. D. 15, ’06. 490w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 100w.
=Spec.= 98: 139. Ja. 26, ’07. 930w.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Strauss’ “Salome;” a guide to the opera; with
musical il. *$1. Lane.
7–18584.
A guide containing a description of the drama, a full analysis of
Strauss’s score, also musical illustration and examples.
* * * * *
=Current Literature.= 42: 294. Mr. ’07. 2410w.
=Dial.= 42: 118. F. 16, ’07. 40w.
“It will be a useful guide for those who desire to reach below the
surface of Strauss’s remarkable book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 31. Ja. 19, ’07. 180w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.
* =Giry, Arthur, and Reville, Andre.= Emancipation of the mediaeval
towns; tr. and ed. by Frank Greene Bates and Paul Emerson Titsworth.
(Historical miscellany.) pa. 50c. Holt.
7–20319.
A translation of chapter 8 of the second volume of Lavisse and
Rambaud’s ‘Histoire générale.’ It covers in four chapters the rise of
towns in France: The origins, The communal revolution, The communes
and Towns of burgessy and new towns.
* * * * *
“In this terse, closely compact monograph no space has been devoted to
fine writing. We have here a concise and clearly intelligible account
of those communities in the middle ages which were the precursors of
our modern commonwealths.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 230w.
“In its field it is unsurpassed; and the general student will learn
more by studying the vivid picture which it presents than he could
hope to learn by attacking at the start the whole question of
municipal organization, in all its uncertainties and complexities. The
translators have done their work well; especially do they deserve
commendation for accepting frankly the terms for which there is really
no English equivalent.”
+ + =Yale R.= 16: 334. N. ’07. 140w.
=Given, John La Porte.= Making a newspaper. **$1.50. Holt.
7–16382.
“A detailed account of the business, editorial, reportorial, and
manufacturing organization of the daily newspaper in a large city.”
The author’s deductions are made from his own large newspaper
experience. He shows how editors gain their information and how all
classes of civilization contribute consciously or unconsciously, to
the daily record of happenings. In addition to chapters covering the
general workings of the newspaper, he discusses such subjects as
preparing for journalism, getting a situation, prizes in journalism,
with the printers, and the money-making department.
* * * * *
“Interesting, apparently trustworthy, journalistic in style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 165. O. ’07. S.
“Clearly and forcibly written for the most part, but somewhat
painfully devoid of idealism.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 261. S. 7. 1880w.
“Interesting and seemingly trustworthy account of all branches of his
profession.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 18. Jl. 1. ’07. 310w.
“The book will occupy a place on the literary journalist’s shelf
beside Mr. E. L. Shuman’s ‘Practical journalism,’ and, while it will
not wholly supersede the Chicagoan’s brisk lively compendium, it
possesses the peculiar merit of giving the most comprehensive and
thorogoing account of New York newspaper making that has so far found
its way into print.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 399. Ag. 15. ’07. 380w.
“Within its lines it is excellent.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 97. Jl. 20, ’07. 70w.
“Mr. Given’s style is clear and trenchant, his phrases well chosen,
and the entire book is good reading for any one.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 190. Ag. 29, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 139. Mr. 9, ’07. 180w.
“He understands his subject, or as much of it as he has cared to write
about, as well as any one man could be expected to understand it, and
his writing is lucid.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 287. My. 4, ’07. 200w.
=Glazier, Richard.= Manual of historic ornament. *$2. Scribner.
A second edition revised and enlarged. It is surprising how many
examples of the ornament of past ages in many countries “have been
collected together in this book, with its clear pen drawings. These
include not only architecture, but glass, silver, ivory, carpets,
furniture, china, and sculpture. There is a running commentary which
clearly indicates the main outlines of the subject.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Useful handbook.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 58. D. ’06. 250w.
“For a book devoted avowedly to ‘ornament’ there is an unexpected
amount of care and thoughtful analysis given to architecture in the
larger sense of construction, disposition, and ordonnance. There is no
index of consequence. On this account one doubts the practical utility
of the book. The general tendency of the book is to be praised.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 345. Ap. 11, ’07. 390w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 542. Ap. 6, ’07. 80w.
=Gloag, M. R.= Book of English gardens; il. by Katharine Montagu Wyatt.
$2. Macmillan.
7–2583.
An introductory sketch of gardening “from Eden onwards” precedes a
description of thirteen famous English “out-of-door drawingrooms.”
Among them are Abbotsbury, Beckett, Sutton Place, Brownsea Island and
Wrest Park. “The author has interwoven with her various descriptions
and appreciations historical and genealogical facts agreeable to a
gossiping palate.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“The writing is easy and unpretentious; and the illustrations are
effective.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 621. N. 17. 210w.
“The book is full of laboriously collected information connected with
the family history of the owners of the famous houses and gardens in
England. They are the homes and gardens of the titled rich. The book
has the interest of an old curio.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 501. F. 28, ’07. 210w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 277. Ja. ’07. 250w.
“It is more than possible that the text of this attractive volume was
written to fit the pictures, and hence it is not surprising that there
is a misfit here and there. But despite the imperfect coördination,
the treatment is admirable in its way.”
+ − =Nation.= 84:208. F. 28, ’07. 300w.
“Such a volume needs no recommendation.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 407. S. 22, ’06. 100w.
=Glyn, Elinor.= Three weeks. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–21536.
A brief story which is an exaltation of sensuous fascination into an
affair of the soul and which casts the moral law to the four winds of
heaven. A titled young Englishman is sent away from home to be cured
of his love for a rural English girl with red hands. In Paris he meets
and falls in love with the queen of a Russian dependency, “infinitely
sinuous and attractive” who is residing at his hotel incognito. They
yield entirely to the sway of their love which the author’s art aims
to transform into the poetry of sentiment. They suffer the agony of it
in separation followed by tragedy.
* * * * *
“She is too desperately anxious to shock her middle-class readers and
impress them with upholstery of her high-born heroine. The result is
that you laugh a little and yawn a little and are not shocked at all,
but only rather bored by a vulgar and extremely silly story.”
− =Acad.= 72: 635. Je. 29, ’07. 320w.
“It is not in the least amusing, and the sentiments it evokes in
others are both cynical and disagreeable.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 755. Je. 22. 200w.
“‘Misrepresentation and misunderstanding’ are bound to be her portion,
because she has slapped down a host of immaturities on the most
perilous of subjects, making the venture bravely with a limited
capital of expression and insight.”
− =Lit. D.= 35: 613. O. 26, ’07. 310w.
“The whole leaves a bewildering doubt—has Elinor Glyn become perfectly
indifferent to her reputation or, by any mischance, is she beginning
to take herself seriously?”
− =Nation.= 85: 328. O. 10, ’07. 170w.
“Ethics may require that a tale be lewd; but it’s a crime for it to be
stupid.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 580. S. 28, ’07. 640w.
“She sets out to write a story of mere animal passion, but she
succumbed to the atmosphere of the moral idea, which is still
characteristic of literature in these islands, and she ended in a
melodrama.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 754. Je. 15, ’07. 570w.
=Godkin, Edwin Lawrence.= Life and letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin; ed.
by Rollo Ogden. 2v. **$4. Macmillan.
7–12877.
An interesting biography written by one who knew Mr. Godkin personally
and who writes appreciatively of the many phases of the man who left
Ireland in his youth, was for 35 years a conspicuous figure in New
York journalism, and exercised a great influence in American political
and social life. The story of his life naturally throws many side
lights upon the men and politics of his day.
* * * * *
“It is unfortunate that the arrangement of the display is so
defective. There is no table of contents and no outline of topics. The
division into chapters might as well have been omitted, or else made
to mean something. The index seems imperfect, and worst of all, the
chronology of the story is ofttimes in a hopeless jumble.” Charles H.
Levermore.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 168. O. ’07. 950w.
“It has rarely been our pleasure to read a work at once so interesting
and valuable as this.” Charles Lee Raper.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 612. N. ’07. 1080w.
“The reader is now and then admitted with fair discretion into the
privacies of Godkin’s life. But the book hardly, perhaps, does justice
to its subject, and a slipshod index in no way atones for the absence
of a table of the contents of its ill-arranged chapters.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 752. Je. 22. 1750w.
Reviewed by M. A. de Wolfe Howe.
+ + =Atlan.= 100: 421. S. ’07. 2160w.