their London homes; that is, from the autumn of 1774 to the spring of
1783. The author has been fortunate enough to obtain new material in
the shape of unpublished letters from the Burney Mss.; and she has
also had the use of a copy of Madame D’Arblay’s ‘Diary and letters’
annotated by a granddaughter of its first editor. By interweaving with
the new matter passages from the ‘Early diary,’ the ‘Memoirs of Dr.
Burney’ and other printed sources dealing with the Burney and Thrale
circle, she has produced a most agreeable volume of handsome
appearance.”—Ath.
* * * * *
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 647. N. 24. 1760w.
“If its pages sometimes repeat what should be a familiar tale, they
also illustrate and supplement it.” S. M. Francis.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 489. O. ’07. 480w.
“Granted the limitations of her method and of her present opportunity,
she deserves nothing but praise for her conscientious and capable
investigation of the resources at her command and for her judicious
selection and arrangement of her well-chosen material.” Edith Kellogg
Dunton.
+ =Dial.= 42: 177. Mr. 16, ’07. 1480w.
“Miss Constance Hill writes of the happy little household with all her
wonted grace, and the book abounds in quotations from diaries and
other documents, hitherto unpublished, and is further enriched with
charming illustrations.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 376. N. 9, ’06. 770w.
“Of the tribe of gentlewomen who are exploiting the eighteenth century
at their ease, Miss Hill is the least amateurish and most
entertaining.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 486. D. 6, ’06. 980w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 200w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 72. F. 2, ’07. 560w.
“Miss Constance Hill has made the happy discovery of a new lode in the
Burney mine.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 742. D. 15, ’06. 960w.
“She has little to tell us that we do not already know. Her stories
have been told a hundred times.”
− =Spec.= 97: 828. N. 24, ’06. 1270w.
=Hill, David Jayne.= History of diplomacy in the international
development of Europe. 6v. ea. **$5. Longmans.
=v. 2.= The establishment of the territorial sovereignty.
“Having shown how the struggle between the Empire and the Papacy gave
room and occasion for the rise of national monarchies, Dr. Hill now
proceeds to trace the evolution of the modern state through the
warring efforts of these monarchies to attain, if not supremacy as
conceived in the earlier ideal of universal dominion, at least
primacy; and their subsequent adjustment to a system of balanced and
co-ordinate power based upon the principle of territorial
sovereignty.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Should take rank among the best of our books of reference.” George L.
Burr.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 617. Ap. ’07. 1130w. (Review of v. 2.)
“In effect, then, Mr. Hill seems to the reviewer to have just arrived
at the true beginning of his task—to have expanded in one volume, and
in all but one chapter of the second, matter that might have been
described and analysed in an introduction of reasonable length.” E. D.
Adams.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 426. Mr. ’07. 1200w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The book is little more than a résumé of general history from a
particular standpoint. We do not say that the thing was not worth
doing, for the book is both readable and accurate, and the author
keeps fairly close to international interests.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 13. Jl. 6. 380w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is perhaps, the most meritorious characteristic of Mr. Hill’s work
that he shows a good sense of proportion.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 258. My. ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 2.)
“As a history of Europe mainly from the point of view of international
relations, Mr. Hill’s work possesses conspicuous merits; but it has
only a very limited value for the student of diplomacy.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is ... a history of diplomacy without the dry and technical
features that usually characterize works indicated by this title.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 178. F. 2, ’07. 330w. (Review of v. 2.)
“By any other name than diplomacy, it would have smelled as much of
the lamp.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 520. Je. 6, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The book covers an interesting period of the world’s history; it is
an honest, able, and well-told story.” Wm. E. Dodd.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 73. F. 9, ’07. 2100w. (Review of v. 2.)
“As before, Dr. Hill’s tone is admirably impartial and his treatment
scholarly. But the promise of that volume is hardly so well fulfilled
in the matter of narrative, which is somewhat lacking in the ease and
freshness exhibited in the account of the crude diplomacy of the
earlier centuries, and is, it seems to us, overburdened with detail.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 331. F. 9, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Misstatements of detail here and there, bear witness of shortcoming.
It represents extraordinarily wide reading in both primary and derived
sources; its matter is set forth always conscientiously and often
effectively. It may be read with profit.” Earle W. Dow.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 711. D. ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The second volume maintains the high scholarly standard set by the
first.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The reader receives the impression that Dr. Hill selected his
subject, set himself to work up the necessary background of history,
and found this so novel and engrossing that he felt it must be
presented, and as a result, lost sight of his central theme.” Guy
Stanton Ford.
− =Yale R.= 16: 105. My. ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
=Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Decisive battles of the law. **$2.25. Harper.
7–33964.
In this volume are described the great legal contests which have
proven to be of the deepest significance in the history of our
country. That the full historic value may be appreciated the scene is
vitalized and peopled with the human beings who dominated it—the
judges, the jury, the witnesses, the lawyers and the laymen. Among the
eight “decisive battles” thus presented are the following: the United
States vs. Callender: a fight for the freedom of the press; The
commonwealth vs. Brown: the prelude to the civil war; and The
impeachment of Andrew Johnson: a historic moot case.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 727. N. 16, ’07. 150w.
“Mr. Hill is not only a well-read lawyer, but also a writer who knows
how to make his narrative clear, direct, and often in a high degree
dramatic.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 589. N. 16, ’07. 220w.
“So well does he succeed in humanizing dry records of legal procedure
that the readers become, as it were, listening spectators. Few writers
upon legal topics have acquired so masterly a skill in narration.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 120w.
=Hill, Frederick Trevor.= Lincoln the lawyer. **$2. Century.
6–34845.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Hill has undoubtedly rendered a conspicuous and important
service.” Floyd R. Mechem.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 12: 673. Ap. ’07. 560w.
“This is an extremely interesting and well-written work, a
contribution of real value to the already voluminous literature
dealing with the life of the great Emancipator. There is one criticism
that we think can be justly made. The author lays far too much stress
and importance, in our judgment, on Lincoln’s legal training, and
attributes a value to it out of all proportion to the proper relation
it bears to the action of the great and single-hearted statesman.”
+ − =Arena.= 37: 215. F. ’07. 330w.
+ =Dial.= 42: 20. Ja. 1, ’07. 300w.
“Mr. Hill has done the public and the profession a favor in showing
how it came about that Mr. Lincoln was one of the great lawyers of
this country.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 440w.
“No one familiar with the qualities which the legal profession demands
and generates in its best representatives needs to be told how much of
Lincoln’s strength in the presidency resulted from that daily exercise
which the practice of law had provided. It is the special virtue of
Mr. Hill’s book that it will bring home to many readers this important
fact, and will help them to realize what a great man and a great
profession may owe to each other.” M. A. DeWolfe Howe.
+ =No. Am.= 183: 1303. D. 21, ’06. 1440w.
=Hill, George Birkbeck.= Letters of George Birkbeck Hill, arranged by
his daughter, Lucy Crump. *$3.50. Longmans.
7–29013.
A subjective view is afforded in these letters of a man whose chief
literary service was rendered thru his edition of Boswell’s Johnson.
Unassuming candor and sincerity create an atmosphere in which can be
made a sympathetic study of the leader and scholar.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Joseph Jastrow.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 78. F. 1, ’07. 1560w.
“His letters, here collected by his daughter, will interest all
readers who care to know something of the man, his life, and his work
from day to day.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 375. N. 9, ’06. 860w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 250w.
“This is one of the best examples that have been given to the public
of that now popular form of biography which allows its subject to
speak for himself by means of letters.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 265. Ag. 24, ’07. 2150w.
=Hill, George Francis.= Historical Greek coins. *$2.50. Macmillan.
6–45173.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We can speak with great satisfaction of the interest of the book,
which is written with caution and sanity.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 173. F. 9. 320w.
=Ind.= 62: 503. F. 28, ’07. 320w.
“As an elementary treatise it presents the subject in a clear,
straightforward style, unhampered by details, yet with some attention
to the historical problems involved. In some cases the reader may be
unwilling to accept the author’s view.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 58. Ja. 17, ’07. 460w.
=Hill, George W.= Collected mathematical works. (Carnegie inst. of
Washington publications.) 4v. ea. $2.50. Carnegie inst.
Dr. Hill’s valuable contributions to practical astronomy are collected
here, covering seventeen hundred pages. Among his best known papers
are those which set forth his theory of the moon’s motion and the
theory of Jupiter and Saturn.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.)
Reviewed by R. A. S.
+ + =Nature.= 73: 409. Mr. 1, ’06. 990w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + =Nature.= 75: 123. D. 6, ’06. 600w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
“It is, indeed, difficult to overstate the interest of the whole
volume—at least, to those occupied in the subjects treated of.” R. A.
S.
+ + =Nature.= 76: 635. O. 24, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 4.)
Reviewed by E. W. B.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 25: 933. Je. 14, ’07. 1840w. (Review of v.
1–4.)
=Hill, Headon, pseud. (Francis Edward Grainger).= The avengers. $1.50.
Dodge, B. W.
To free her lover from an insane asylum, a young heiress searches out
his double, offers him ample remuneration to assume insanity, become
an inmate of the asylum, exchange places with the lover and help the
latter to escape. The one feigning insanity finds the other too
hopelessly mad to execute the commission; so after a few weeks goes
forth himself, weds the girl, who supposes him to be her rescued
lover, and then the complications begin which involve a vendetta meant
for the man shut away in the “refractory cell” but which in reality
menaces the life and happiness of the innocent double. The tangle is
straightened by the death of the real maniac.
* * * * *
“Immaturity marks the treatment of an idea which promises well.”
− + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 695. Je. 1. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 280w.
=Hill, Marion.= Pettison twins. †$1.50. McClure.
6–35942.
A mother, who with the best of intentions strives to bring up her
children according to the rigid ideas put forth in child-study books,
meets with unexpected set backs due to the vigorous personalities of
Rex and Regina, confronting her with problems not dealt by the editor.
A series of amusing stories full of gentle sarcasm is the result.
* * * * *
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.
“We defy any one whose sense of humor is not submerged to resist a
laugh at Marion Hills fun over the Pettison twins and Fanny Y. Cory’s
pictures of them.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 790. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
=Hilliers, Ashton.= Fanshawe of the Fifth; being memoirs of a person of
quality. †$1.50. McClure.
7–4159.
“Those who relish Besant’s novels, with their quiet movement, gentle
sentiment, and abundance of detail, will be apt to like ‘Fanshawe of
the fifth.’ The hero, who tells the story of his own life, is the
younger son of a noble family. Not succeeding in the army, for which
he was intended, he works his way to success through many hardships
and perils. There is plenty of adventure.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 177. O. ’07.
“The episodes Mr. Hilliers handles with great skill, but he is
somewhat at fault in the process of co-ordination. The author’s study
of the period must have been profound, and he has absorbed the spirit
of the times with remarkable ability. His narrative is thus
convincing, except in the London part, which reads almost like a piece
of Dickensian caricature.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 161. F. 9. 210w.
“A book to be cordially commended to the consideration of the
discriminating few.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 498. Jl. ’07. 560w.
“It offers us the real thing, as distinguished from the artificial
fabrication of the novelist who ‘gets up’ his subject.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 61. Ag. 1, ’07. 260w.
“But to be enjoyed, it is a book that must be read at leisure, and
when you are in a congenial mood.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Forum.= 39: 119. Jl. ’07. 390w.
“Without affectation, it has a pleasant flavour of sedate Georgian
prose, and its polish and lucidity reflect the best qualities of that
period.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 45. F. 8, ’07. 450w.
“The plot is interesting and well sustained, and there are several
characters drawn with dramatic insight. It has much quiet charm and is
written in a style of marked distinction.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 235. Ap. 13, ’07. 180w.
“The eighteenth-century manner is well sustained without affectation
or strained elegance, the style being indeed throughout of conspicuous
and consistent treatment. The series of adventures and experiences ...
are admirably conceived and described and the characters, if not
brilliant pieces of portraiture, are effective and real.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 244. F. 23, ’07. 130w.
“The long scenario of Mr. Hilliers’ romance given on his title-page
prepares the reader for something unconventional and unusual, and
these expectations are richly fulfilled in the contents of this
admirably written and engrossing romance.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 335. Mr. 2, ’07. 700w.
=Hillis, Newell Dwight.= Fortune of the republic. **$1.20. Revell.
6–41943.
Sturdy optimism is shown thruout these essays and addresses. In the
course of his travels thru every state and territory of the Union, Dr.
Hillis has found that “‘any darkness there is on the horizon is
morning twilight and not evening twilight.’ This evidence is summed up
in the growth of the religious spirit, the increasing popularization
of education and culture, and the passing of sectionalism. Dr. Hillis
believes that everything points to a still greater America.”
(Outlook.)
* * * * *
“Such thinking and such writing furnish the soil that will forever
produce corruption in business and in politics. Fortunately, it may be
said that the optimism, which the author says has been forced upon him
by much travel and by the pressure of events, is not the kind that the
leading pulpiteers of the country are meeting in their travels and are
being forced by the pressure of events to preach to their
congregations.” William H. Allen.
− − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 428. Mr. ’07. 600w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 180w.
“In a word, his book makes for religious and intellectual betterment
and for a whole-hearted, robust patriotism that must be up and doing.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 44. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 50w.
=Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrat=, ed. Babylonian expedition of the
University of Pennsylvania. Series A. Cuneiform texts. $6. Dept. of
Archaeology of Univ. of Pennsylvania, Phil.
=v. 6. pt. 1.= Legal and business documents from the time of the first
dynasty of Babylon, chiefly from Shippar; by Hermann Ranke. An
interesting collection of tablets preceded by a scholarly
introduction.
=v. 20. pt. 1.= Mathematical, metrological, and chronological tablets
from the temple library of Nippur. This volume contains “an unusually
large number of tablets which may be called the school exercises of a
temple school.... There are over thirty including multiplication
tables, division tables and square roots.... The metrological
texts ... have value. More important is a single tablet containing a
dynastic list of some of the kings of Ur and Isin.”—(Ind.)
* * * * *
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 330. S. 21. 820w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
“[The] work has been done in an exceptionally satisfactory manner.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 44. Ja. 3, ’07. 1540w. (Review of v. 6, pt. 1.)
“The work is done in a thoro and scholarly way with abundant credit to
other scholars as shown by the multitude of citations.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 444. F. 21, ’07. 820w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
“The value of the entire material is impaired because of the lack of
frank and honest statements with regard to the place of discovery and
the environments of that material. So far as the actual publication of
texts is concerned, Professor Hilprecht’s work seems to be admirably
done.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 413. My. 2, ’07. 2600w. (Review of v. 20, pt. 1.)
=Hilty, Carl.= Steps of life, further essays on happiness; tr. by Melvin
Brandow. *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–6159.
Eight helpful essays which “lead toward the things that are unseen and
eternal.” They are entitled, Sin and sorrow, Comfort ye my people, On
the knowledge of men, What is culture? Noble souls, Transcendental
hope, The prolegomena of Christianity, The steps of life.
* * * * *
“In chapters on the knowledge of men, there is a fund of practical
psychology and shrewd observation of a Baconian Quality, but animated
with a tenderness and glow of human sympathy to which Bacon was a
stranger.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 549. Jl. ’07. 560w.
“Many striking passages in his book evoke cordial assent, and some,
equally striking, call forth the opposite. The translation is smooth,
but has a few unidiomatic or awkward expressions, and at least one
slip in grammar.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 188. Mr. 16, ’07. 300w.
=Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 100w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 159. Mr. 16. ’07. 250w.
“The essay upon Transcendental hope is lofty and most stimulating,
reflecting the noblest sentiments, and interpreting life here and
hereafter from the disciplined standpoint of a man acquainted with
sorrow, sin, and victory.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 78. My. 11, ’07. 260w.
=Hinckley, Frank Erastus.= American consular jurisdiction in the Orient.
*$3.50. Lowdermilk.
6–29752.
“An exposition of the system of consular extra-territorial
jurisdiction under which Americans have been permitted to reside and
trade in Oriental countries. In seven chapters—‘Historic forms of
extra-territoriality;’ ‘The United States Oriental treaties;’ ‘Acts of
Congress establishing the system of consular courts;’ ‘Legal rights
under the jurisdiction;’ ‘International tribunals of Egypt;’ ‘The
foreign municipality of Shanghai’, and ‘Grounds for relinquishing
jurisdiction.’”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The style in which the book is written is clear, the statement exact.
The exhaustive footnotes place the source material easily at the
service of one who wishes to consult the original authorities.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 160. Jl. ’07. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 59. F. 2, ’07. 60w.
=Outlook.= 85: 857. Ap. 13, ’07. 370w.
=Hind, Charles Lewis.= Education of an artist. $2.50. Macmillan.
7–19742.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 145. F. 2, ’07. 650w.
=Hinkson, Henry A.= Golden morn. $1.50. Cassell.
The story of a young man fighting ill-health quite as much that a
hated uncle may not inherit his property as for the love of life.
* * * * *
“The story is brightly told and full of incident.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 263. S. 7. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Hinkson, Katharine Tynan.= For Maisie. †$1.25. McClurg.
The title sounds the keynote of this story in which an uncouth foster
father turns all of his courage and indomitable will to the task of
amassing wealth for Maisie. While under his determined hand ruthless
industry obliterates the landmarks that tradition and sentiment hold
dear, yet right is right and integrity rules him. Maisie, obedient,
ambitious, proud-spirited, learns in time that she is kin to the lords
and ladies of the adjoining estates.
* * * * *
“Not one solitary event bears the faintest likeness to anything in
real life. As a mere narrator, however, she is smooth, practised, and
totally unobjectionable.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 400. O. 31, ’07. 230w.
“There is enough action to keep up the reader’s interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 732. N. 16, ’07. 120w.
=Hinkson, Katharine Tynan.= Story of Bawn. †$1.25. McClurg.
7–35216.
Bawn is a young Irish girl whose love affairs form the sum total of
her life affairs. For a time it looks as tho she might be forced into
an undesirable marriage to keep the family skeleton well closeted, but
the sacrifice is not exacted. A trusty red setter and faithful Irish
servants deserve some share of credit in bringing the tale to a happy
close.
* * * * *
=Acad.= 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 150w.
“Not remarkable in any way, but diverting.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 135. My. ’07. ✠
“Is in Mrs. Hinkson’s familiar Irish vein, pleasant, easy, flowing
over the surface of life. We notice that the use of ‘shall’ and ‘will’
is still a difficulty, if not with the author, at least with her
characters.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 160w.
“A good book for those readers who like their novels to be chronicles
of the heart rather than of soul problems, finance, machinery, or
economics.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 342. Ap. 11, ’07. 100w.
“It is told with taste and with some skill in the handling of incident
and with much evident affection for the quiet life, the beautiful
fields, and the contented people of secluded corners of Ireland.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 243. Ap. 13, ’07. 230w.
“Miss Tynan will not increase her reputation by this book.”
− =Spec.= 97: 790. N. 17, ’06. 120w.
=Hirst, Francis Wrigley.= Monopolies, trusts and kartells. *$1. Dutton.
6–14026.
Mr. Hirst contends that competition is still the life of trade and
that the greater trusts restrict output and increase price. As to the
origin of the trust “Mr. Hirst seems to think that in England it is
the child of English law, and that in America it is the child of our
ultra tariff. While the German kartell may have this double
parentage.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
=Nation.= 82: 37. Ja. 11, ’06. 300w.
“Persons who believe that the ‘trust movement’ flourishes in a
free-trade country like England will learn much to their advantage by
perusing the volume in either its English or its American dress.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 70w.
“While in the general discussion of the trust problem Mr. Hirst’s book
will be a helpful factor, it would have been still more helpful had it
included some later information, especially concerning the results of
governmental investigation of monopolies in this country.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 767. Mr. 30, ’07. 550w.
=Hiscox, Gardner Dexter=, ed. Henley’s twentieth century book of
recipes, formulas and processes, containing nearly ten thousand selected
scientific, chemical, technical and household recipes, formulas and
processes for use in the laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the
home. $3 Henley.
7–8246.
A handbook for various processes and recipes needed by every one.
“Such information, for instance, as the formula for photographic
developer, the composition of the various paint-pigments, the
manufacture of glue or of solder, or the thousand and one detailed
bits of information which come up, as the title reads ‘in the
laboratory, the office, the workshop and in the home’—such a book as
this is very useful.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“It seems rather out of its province to endeavor to give in so short a
space as can be allowed to any one article any account of the larger
materials of engineering.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 308. Mr. 14, ’07. 190w.
=Hiscox, Gardner Dexter.= Modern steam engineering, in theory and
practice. $3. Henley.
6–43049.
A complete and practical work for steam-users, electricians, firemen,
and engineers.
* * * * *
“Useful information is contained in this volume, but this information
is accompanied by so many inaccurate statements that the book becomes
of doubtful value.” Storm Bull.
− + =Engin. N.= 57: 665. Je. 13, ’07. 300w.
=Hishida, Seiji G.= International position of Japan as a great power.
*$2.50. Macmillan.
6–23069.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His book, which is based on wide study, is a most useful guide to
British and American readers through a region still imperfectly
explored, and its value is enhanced by his dispassionate treatment of
controversial questions.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 18. Ja. 18, ’07. 1080w.
=Hitchcock, Frederick H.=, ed. Building of a book: a series of practical
articles by experts in the various departments of book making and
distributing with an introd. by Theodore L. De Vinne. **$2. Grafton
press.
6–46354.
Each of the thirty seven chapters constituting this volume is
contributed by a person of authority. The articles together furnish
all the steps thru which books must pass in their making and
distribution.
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 60: 744. Mr. 24, ’06. 70w.
“A very handy book to have on the open shelves in the public library.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 218. Ja. 24, ’07. 120w.
=Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 110w.
“The book may satisfy the curiosity of a good many and prove directly
useful to a few.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 70w.
“For the layman with a natural curiosity as to methods of handling
manuscript and making books this volume should be fascinating in its
very concise and incisive statements.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 200w.
=Spec.= 99: 828. N. 23, ’07. 290w.
=Hoare, J. Douglas.= Arctic exploration. *$3. Dutton.
7–35190.
Thirty-three brief but interesting chapters which tell of the
sufferings and achievements of those heroic men who braved the dangers
of the far North. The work of Hudson, Phipps and Nelson is given, the
successive expeditions of Sir John Franklin and of the searching
parties, the voyages of Hall, Nares, Greeley, Nordenskiold, De Long,
Nansen, Peary, Andree, Wellman, and all the others are described with
well chosen detail. The book is illustrated with some 20 full page
plates.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
“This work is not in any sense complete, nor is it based upon a
scientific study of the constantly increasing collection of Arctic
literature.”
− + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 579. N. 10. 400w.
“Thoroughly good reading.” E. T. Brewster.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 261. Ag. ’07. 20w.
“On the whole the author has given a very satisfactory bird’s-eye view
of his subject.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 280w.
“The accounts of the expeditions, however, are given in somewhat more
detail than those in Greely’s book, and the work certainly has a place
among those readers who have not the original narratives at hand.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1149. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
“Neither in its estimate of researches nor in the analyses of the
different journeys do the pages betray special fitness on the part of
the author. Indeed, a casual glance at the concluding chapters reveals
a carelessness which detracts from the usefulness of the book.”
− =Nation.= 84: 318. Ap. 4, ’07. 280w.
“The book is well adapted either for entertainment or for edification,
as far as it goes.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 298. My. 11, ’07. 210w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 40w.
“The story of all this adventurous travel, with its attendant
hardships and gallantry, is admirably narrated by Mr. Hoare, who
condenses into a single volume the essence of a whole library of polar
literature.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 480w.
=Hobart, George Vere.= Cinders (diary of a drummer); by Wright Bauer.
*75c. Dillingham.
7–9507.
To win a bet a drummer records in diary form all the stories of a
printable kind which he hears in the course of one trip, and they are
exactly what might be expected.
=Hobart, Henry Metcalfe.= Elementary principles of continuous-current
dynamo design. $3. Macmillan.
7–2318.
“The book consists of a series of statements explaining the way in
which a dynamo should be considered as a successful machine or the
reverse, and of a short account of several methods whereby the
designer may himself estimate the first cost. After preliminary
chapters on what may be called the practical theory of the continuous
current dynamo, Mr. Hobart deals at length with those considerations
which form the limits in the design, namely, heating, sparking, and
efficiency.... The book contains a large number of tables in which the
various calculations are set out.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The present book is a model of its class and it is especially adapted
to the use of students or others who desire a working knowledge of
design practice. The mechanical features of the book are excellent.”
Henry H. Norris.
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 523. N. 15, ’06. 640w.
“The value of the book lies in the essential soundness of this
framework, more particularly of the fundamental ideas on which it is
itself based than on the framework itself.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 221. Ja. 3, ’07. 610w.
=Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney.= Morals in evolution: a study in
comparative ethics. 2v. *$5. Holt.
7–11047.
“An encyclopaedic work which is “the outcome of a hundred
specialisms.” The first volume deals with the standard of morality and
the second with its basis. This means that in the first volume the
author considers the lines of conduct that have been approved at
different times among different peoples; in the second, the reasons
that have been, or may be, assigned for this approval. In accordance
with the evolution hypothesis, no line is drawn between human and
animal, or even vegetable intelligence.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
“He has gone over an immense literature; his quotations are apt and
accurate; his interpretations in the main sound. Careless statements
are not common. Naturally some slips are inevitable.” Carl Kelsey.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 180. Jl. ’07. 710w.
“He has dealt with the different phases and stages of human conduct in
a manner that never fails to be lucid and careful; and although he has
occasionally allowed his own particular prejudices to be in evidence,
he has not only described the different moral forces of which he
writes with vigour and learning, but has also criticised them, in the
light of their past and future, in a scientific spirit.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 784. Je. 29. 650w.
“I do not think it is any particular novelty of opinion that
constitutes the importance of this book, but the strength of
conviction, the absolute frankness and directness, the fervour and
power of popular exposition which have brought liberal theology down
from the schools into the market-place.” H. Rashdall.
+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 921. Jl. ’07. 4140w.
“Every page of Mr. Hobhouse’s book furnishes food for reflection. It
is brimful of facts from beginning to end; but his facts are not the
‘disjecta membra’ of a mutilated corpse, but the coherent parts of a
living organism.” G. E. Underhill.
+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 928. Jl. ’07. 2410w.
“Measuring the work by its own standard, which is not that of
originality of theory, one must ascribe to it a unique value as a
collection of the facts upon which any interpretation of morality must
be based. But there is the interpretation and it does rest upon the
facts, and in this consists the essential value of the work.” Norman
Wilde.
+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 183. Mr. 28, ’07. 1930w.
“Mr. Hobhouse spends no time in tilting against what is commonly known
as ‘metaphysics;’ he has culture enough to know that history and
philosophy are not exclusive but complementary, and moreover, that in
the reading of history it is impossible to exclude the philosophical
ideas of the inquirer. In the historical survey Mr. Hobhouse is lucid
and judicious, without any distinctly novel suggestions or original
points of view.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 414. D. 14, ’06. 1750w.
“The criticism of customs and of systems of religion and of ethics is
generally sound; the part played by the higher religions in supporting
moral rules is recognized. The whole discussion is marked by good
sense and the careful collection of data will be very useful to the
student of ethics.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 568. Je. 20, ’07. 940w.
“The wonder of these immense volumes to the lay reader who opens the
covers with trepidation is that they should be so intensely readable.
One cannot but enjoy the curious side lights thrown on our own beliefs
and superstitions. The various references to ghosts for example,
would, if collected, be in themselves most entertaining.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 93. F. 16, ’07. 1590w.
=Outlook.= 85: 523. Mr. 2, ’07. 330w.
“Mr. Hobhouse has produced a very able work, one of the best of its
kind that has appeared in many years. It is a careful, interesting,
and instructive presentation of the subject, giving evidence of wide
reading and characterized by intelligent judgment. It not only gives
us facts, but attempts to see a meaning in them; it not only theorizes
about the course of ethical progress but bases its conclusions upon
human experiences. To be sure, in a discussion covering so broad and
rich a field, there will be many points here and there to which the
student may take exception.” Frank Thilly.
+ + − =Philos. R.= 16: 527. S. ’07. 6000w.
“It would be applying a false measure to estimate [these volumes] by
the amount of information they contain. There is something better than
that, a philosophic grasp of principles. We feel that we are in the
hands of a genuine thinker, whose conclusions we may accept or reject,
but may not neglect.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 400. Mr. 30, ’07. 1150w.
=Hobson, H. Overton.= Helouan; an Egyptian health resort and how to
reach it. $1. Longmans.
A well illustrated guide book to one of the most prominent health
resorts in Egypt. Information about routes, climate, baths, charges,
the golf-links, and other amusements, as well as the many places of
interest is alluringly given.
* * * * *
“It belongs to the class of books that are not books, so we need only
say that it contains all the information which the intending visitor
should require.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 805. D. 22. 230w.
“The information given is extremely practical and reliable, the author
having spent six winters at Helouan.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 21. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
* =Hobson, John Atkinson.= Canada to-day. *$1. Wessels.
7–32187.
Mr. Hobson “handles such questions as the so-called Americanization of
Canada, British Columbian problems, the immigration policy of the
country, the French in Canada, the colonial preference, etc., with
fairness and more than a measure of intelligence. A large portion of
the book is devoted to a discussion of Canada’s fiscal policy, past,
present, and prospective.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“An excellent book.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 476. O. 20. 260w.
“His analysis of the Canadian tariffs and their influence upon the
growth of Canada’s trade with Great Britain and the United States,
respectively, is a valuable addition to the literature of the
subject.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 320w.
* =Hobson, Richmond Pearson.= Buck Jones at Annapolis. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–29590.
Captain Hobson’s own experiences during the days spent at the naval
academy at Annapolis furnish material for a story of “solid
adventure.”
* * * * *
=Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 30w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“It certainly carries a serious impression of absolute truth, which
occasionally deadens into commonplace reality. Yet it is an attractive
story of life at the naval school, and abounds in thrilling events
happening to the hero, a really fine fellow, after he entered the
service.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 311. O. 12, ’07. 90w.
=Hocker, Gustav.= Joseph Haydn; a study of his life and time for youth;
tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. (Life stories for young
people.) **60c. McClurg.
7–30875.
A sketch which reveals all the lovable qualities of a good man and the
scholarly attributes of the master. Haydn’s personality is full of
charm and furnishes an atmosphere which in itself is an invitation to
study the career of the man who created the artistic patterns of the
sonata, the quartette, and the symphony, who also enlarged the scope
of the orchestra and who became the father of instrumental music.
=Hodge, Frederick Webb=, ed. Handbook of American Indians north of
Mexico. 2 pts. pt. 1. $1.25. Supt. of doc.
7–35198.
Treats of all the tribes north of Mexico, including the Eskimo, and
those tribes south of the boundary more or less affiliated with those
in the United States. It has been the aim to give a brief description
of every linguistic stock, confederacy, tribe, subtribe or tribal
division, and settlement known to history or even to tradition, as
well as the origin and derivation of every name treated, whenever such
is known, and to record under each every form of the name, and every
other appellation that could be learned.
* * * * *
“Though confessedly incomplete, the handbook represents a vast amount
of research by an army of observers, and students of ethnography will
look forward to the publication of the second part with keen
anticipation.”
+ − =Nature.= 76: 149. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.
“It is fair to say that in the future, students of the American Indian
must have this manual always at hand. The Bureau and the editor are to
be congratulated upon this publication which is, in a certain sense,
among many contributions to scholarship, the greatest which the Bureau
has yet made.”
+ =Yale R.= 16: 108. My. ’07. 230w.
=Hodges, Rev. George.= Holderness: an account of the beginnings of a New
Hampshire town. *$1.25. Houghton.
7–19786.
A little hundred-page volume in which Dr. Hodges tells the story of “a
typical little New England hill town, named from the Yorkshire
Holderness, and pleasantly situated on Squam lake, not far from
Plymouth, in Grafton county.” He makes interesting personalities of
the men who built up the town. “There is some modern matter relating
to walks and drives and mountain tops, but the main value of the book
is historic, and it is a worthy pendant for Mr. Sanborn’s ‘New
Hampshire.’” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 43: 43. Jl. 16, ’07. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 60w.
=Hodges, Rev. George.= Year of grace. **$1. Whittaker.
6–46334.
A book of sermons whose burden is liberty, enfranchisement of
religious scholarship, the end of fear and the beginning of faith.
* * * * *
“The author has a sense for what is vital in piety, shows himself a
keen observer of the tendencies of modern life, exhibits tact in the
encouragement of spiritual living, and plies the lash on current
foibles pleasantly, wisely and to good effect.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 499. My. 30, ’07. 120w.
“Their clearness and freshness of presentation, and closeness to the
needs of modern thought and life, are such as belong to the best type
of university sermons.”
+ =Outlook.= 6: 480. Je. 29, ’07. 50w.
=Hodges, Rev. George, and Reichert, John.= Administration of an
institutional church: a detailed account of the operation of St.
George’s parish, in the city of New York. **$3. Harper.
6–42355.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 43. F. ’07.
=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 70w.
“Everything connected with the work of the church ... is carefully
described and well illustrated.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 90w.
=Outlook.= 84: 940. D. 15, ’06. 150w.
=Hodgson, Geraldine.= Primitive Christian education. *$1.50. Scribner.
6–41016.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A series of useful essays.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 448. Ja. ’07. 30w.
“The interest and value of this educational work of the primitive
Christians is brought vividly before us; but while admitting its
value, we are inclined to differ from Miss Hodgson as to its
efficacy.” Millicent Mackenzie.
+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 259. Ja. ’07. 460w.
“The materials which the author’s diligence has accumulated are, in
themselves, interesting, but scrappy and ill-digested. Everywhere the
absence of the large furniture of knowledge, which an investigation of
such a subject demands, makes itself felt.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 64. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.
=Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby.= How to identify old Chinese porcelain; with
40 il. 2d ed. *$2. McClurg.
7–2048.
A book for the amateur. It aims “to assist the tyro or the ordinary
collector who may be the fortunate possessor of some fine work upon
Chinese porcelain.” It discusses the glazes and enamels, figures and
symbols, periods and date-marks.
* * * * *
“A careful study of her brief and accurately worded chapters should
enable the beginner to view collections, classify his own specimens,
and buy others, with a fair amount of intelligence; and this is more
than he could do after perusing many more ambitious but less
systematic treatises.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 210w.
=Hoffding, Harald.= Philosophy of religion. *$3. Macmillan.
6–18580.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Apart from the main argument of the book there are many criticisms
and suggestions of real insight and power.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 564. Mr. 7, ’07. 430w.
“And no one who is aware of the perplexities of the religious mood can
read his sympathetic interpretation of its meaning without being
grateful for this balanced and well-ordered statement of his
conclusions.” J. B. Baillie.
+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 371. Ap. ’07. 3870w.
“A work of rare philosophical perspicacity and broad religious
sympathy.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 909. Ap. 21, ’06. 540w.
“We do not think that Professor Hoffding possesses the necessary
qualifications to write a philosophy of religion. He is a
psychologist. He is distinguished in philosophy. But it needs more
than this and other gifts than this to write on Christianity. And
neither the sympathy nor the theological learning requisite is found
in Dr. Hoffding’s book.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 687. Je. 1, ’07. 1890w.
=Hofmann, Ottokar.= Hydrometallurgy of silver, with special reference to
chloridizing roasting of silver ores and the extraction of silver by
hyposulphite and cyanide solutions. $4. Hill pub. co.
7–15483.
“The book is divided into two parts, of which the first deals with
chloridizing roasting of silver ores (154 pages), the second with the
extraction of the silver (174 pages). The author points out in the
preface that in the hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of
silver from complex sulphide ores, the final result depends entirely
on the quality of the roasting.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“On the whole, the book is well written, in an easy and interesting
style, and even if the hypo-sulphite method has seen its day, this
volume will be read with interest.” Bradley Stoughton.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 554. My. 16, ’07. 400w.
=Hogg, Ethel M.= Quintin Hogg: a biography; with a preface by the Duke
of Argyll. *$1.50. Dutton.
A popular edition of the biography of Quintin Hogg which sketches his
life and work in the London slums. See volume one of the BOOK REVIEW
DIGEST.
* * * * *
“The book is too long and contains much that is trivial and unworthy
of publication, but as a whole it is a stimulating account of a noble,
self-sacrificing life.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 360w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 250w.
=Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chlodwig Karl Victor, prince von.= Memoirs
of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst; tr. by G: W. Chrystal.
**$6. Macmillan.
6–44316.
On the stage which is created by these memoirs, Prince Bismarck is
well to the fore. “Prince Hohenlohe says very characteristically that
while Bismarck was in power he dominated all, but after his retirement
other and smaller personalities swelled like sponges. The light shed
on the negotiations preceding the Franco-Prussian war are of
historical value. The account of the plenipotentiaries who met to
discuss what afterward became the Treaty of Berlin is described with
acuteness of vision, and there are many other portions of the book
that cannot fail to command attention.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“Students of politics will no doubt toil conscientiously through the
nine hundred odd pages, but we question whether any one will make this
exploration for pleasure.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 604. D. 15, ’06. 390w.
“The index is as imperfect as is unfortunately usual, but in several
cases shows that slips in the text are not to be attributed to the
translator—except, indeed, that proofs should have been more carefully
corrected.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 734. D. 8. 9970w.
“If the Hohenlohe memoirs do nothing more than arouse men in power to
the sacredness of their trust, they will serve an excellent purpose.”
+ + =Canadian M.= 28: 398. F. ’07. 380w.
“The chief source of regret is that Prince von Hohenlohe did not live
to supervise the preparation of the work; in that case those elements
that have provoked censure would doubtless have been omitted, and the
whole work rounded out into a biography in the ordinary sense of the
term.” Lewis A. Rhoades.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 71. F. 1, ’07. 2400w.
“The experienced old diplomat would unquestionably have excised many
an indiscretion which the editor has allowed to remain—not diplomatic
indiscretions, be it understood, but amusing personalities.”
+ + − =Ind.= 61: 1492. D. 20, ’06. 630w.
“Written in a crisp, epigrammatical style, they present some
interesting flash-lights on the history of Europe during the most
important part of the nineteenth century. There is lack of continuity
in the book, however.”
+ + − =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 200w.
“The instant success of scandal which these memoirs attained has
resulted in obscuring even their true personal interest. The English
translation, so far as we have been able to test it, appears to be
fairly satisfactory. It betrays signs of haste, and the printing,
especially of French is carelessly done.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 511. D. 13, ’06. 1470w.
“Though in the main hard to read, they repay the trouble. It cannot be
honestly said that Chlodwig Prince Hohenlohe shines in its pages
either as man or politician.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 60. F. 2, ’07. 3500w.
“It shares the faults of the German edition—long-windedness and futile
digression—and has a full sufficiency of faults of its own,
particularly in the spelling of German words.” Grace Isabel Colbron.
− =No. Am.= 184: 866. Ap. 19. ’07. 1990w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 616. Mr. 16, ’07. 4130w.
“The greater bulk is of interest only to the special student.” George
Louis Beer.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 1: 764. Mr. ’07. 1440w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 120w.
“Is to be recommended without reserve to all students of European
history not by reason of any startling revelations it contains, for it
contains none, but because it throws much light on a complicated and
important series of events and is the record of an upright, courageous
and far-seeing statesman.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 709. D. 8, ’06. 2590w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 1049. D. 22, ’06. 550w.
* =Hohler, Venetia. (Mrs. Edwin Hohler).= Peter: a Christmas story.
†$1.25. Dutton.
7–31482.
“Little Sir Peter Moberley is as charming as little Lord Fauntleroy,
and Bill, his ugly pet, the huge and gentle bulldog, is one of the
most fascinating of dream-hounds.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The child-lover will delight in ‘Peter;’ we do not feel sure that the
child himself will be greatly attracted.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 732. D. 8. 60w.
“Is worth while.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
* =Holbach, Maude M.= Dalmatia: the land where the East meets the West.
*$1.50. Lane.
A first-hand series of sketches, descriptive and historical of the
principal places along the Dalmatian coast. “The architectural glutton
has an almost unending feast prepared for him.... The same may be said
of all the Mediterranean littoral; but the unique position of this
rich coast peopled by a brave race and the home of successive
civilisations but little changed by modern conquests must of necessity
spell the survival of much that is picturesque and local to the
artist.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“It is so easy to be accurate, careful—and tedious. Mrs. Holbach is
certainly the two former, and narrowly escapes being the last.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 163. N. 23, ’07. 240w.
“One can hardly glance over these fifty or more plates without at once
being seized with a wild desire to start upon an Adriatic trip.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 80w.
“In one or two respects it offers hostages to criticism; the style is
a little unskilful ... the scholarship is sometimes imperfect. But
apart from these blemishes, which can be easily removed, the volume is
attractive and entertaining.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 300w.
“Mrs. Holbach’s account of ‘the land where East meets West’ is
picturesque, her description of its people and places of interest
being admirably supplemented by the numerous illustrations.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 486. O. 19, ’07. 220w.
=Spec.= 99: 673. N. 2, ’07. 210w.
=Holdich, Sir Thomas Hungerford.= Tibet, the mysterious. **$3. Stokes.
6–40557.
“The immediate interest in the Tibetan situation is sufficiently acute
to demand a handbook which will serve both as an introduction to and a
summary of the various expeditions and travels, and of the
geographical and political features of that well-nigh impregnable
land. Such a book is ‘Tibet the mysterious.’ Colonel Holdich, although
not an explorer or traveller in Tibet, has made an exhaustive
investigation of all the literature relating to that country, and has
summarized his studies in an accurate and systematic manner. For those
who wish to plunge ‘in medias res’ concerning Tibet, his book will be
most acceptable.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“A volume in every way worthy of the series.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 130w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 68. Mr. ’07.
“While the casual reader may wish that the names of the places were
less difficult and the different routes less confusing, yet after the
first few chapters the book holds the interest.” Lurena Wilson Tower.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 657. My. ’07. 670w.
“We fear that in the preparation of this volume he did not
sufficiently realize that his acquaintance with the details had become
a little rusty. We mention these circumstances as the only explanation
we can think of for so experienced a geographer lapsing into
inaccuracies.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 50. Ja. 12. 970w.
“These minor errors, however, detract but little from the otherwise
scholarly work of the author, which will be held in high esteem as a
general reference-book for the history of exploration and travel in
Tibet.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 44. Ja. 16, ’07. 440w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 190w.
“The book is marred by repetitions, and in a second edition the author
should avoid as poison the iteration, if not the subjects, of tea,
dogs, and ants.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 15. Jl. 4, 07. 610w.
“The present account is disappointing in that its information is
neither very trustworthy nor up-to-date. It would be pleasant to be
able to congratulate the author on the illustrations, but nearly all
of these we have seen elsewhere before. They are not very closely
connected with the letterpress nor are the landscapes very
characteristic whilst some of them are not what they profess to be.”
L. A. W.
− + =Nature.= 76: 346. Ag. 8, ’07. 880w.
“It is a serious, well-written treatise, worked out from the point of
view of the scientist who would contribute something of practical and
general value and interest. As a reference book of all expeditions
into the ‘forbidden land’ it will be found most comprehensive and
convenient.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 110w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.
* =Holland, Clive.= Old and new Japan; 50 col. pictures by Montagu
Smith. **$5 Dutton.
“The text leads open the way for some specially good illustration; for
Mr. Holland has much to say about the superstitions, legends, and
stories of Japan concerning the national spirit of Japan and her
legendary genesis, concerning Japan’s religions, her Buddhist and
Shinto temples and ancient shrines, concerning the quaint, pathetic,
and beautiful Japanese festivals, concerning Japanese gardens, old and
new, and the life of the country folk.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“An authoritative book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
“This is just the book and these just the illustrations to make one
who has not seen Japan long to see it, and to make the one who has
sojourned in Japan long to return.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 617. N. 23, ’97. 130w.
* =Holland, Clive.= Things seen in Egypt. *75c. Dutton.
W 7–184.
An “expanded Baedeker” containing interesting chapters on Egyptian
life, monuments and scenery.
* * * * *
“A little more study on certain points would have improved the
treatment and given it a greater value.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 410w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 80w.
“Contains much of general interest, and is well written.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 80w.
“It is a handy, convenient size, a small quarto, and altogether a most
attractive little book.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 719. N. 9, ’07. 40w.
=Holland, Clive.= Things seen in Japan. *75c. Dutton.
7–29128.
“A little book about as big as a man’s hand, richly illustrated with
Underwood’s photographs, which is full of chat about things and folk
seen in Dai Nippon.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“A pleasant hour may be spent with this author, who touches only the
surface of things, but that very pleasantly.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 329. F. 7, ’07. 50w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 888. D. 22, ’06. 210w.
“This is a small volume, but it contains admirably arranged and
well-written accounts of much that is essential and characteristic.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 80w.
=Holland, Clive.= Wessex; painted by Walter Tyndale; described by Clive
Holland. *$6. Macmillan.
6–24919.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“For a guide-book it is too heavy in bulk and too full of irrelevant
matter; for a serious history it is too ill-arranged and indefinite.”
− =Nation.= 83: 224. S. 13, ’06. 300w.
=Spec.= 96: sup. 1011. Je. 30, ’06. 50w.
=Holliday, Carl.= History of southern literature. $2.50. Neale.
6–41030.
The purpose of Mr. Holliday’s volume is “to make a study of the
various literary movements and their results, and to show that the
writings of this section are not merely disconnected efforts of
isolated thinkers, but, rather, the natural, logical, and continuous
productions of a people differing so materially in views and
sentiments from their neighbors on the north that even civil war was
necessary to prevent their becoming separate nations.” The subject is
treated under the following headings: The beginnings, The period of
national consciousness, The revolutionary period, The period of
expansion, The civil war period, and The new South.
* * * * *
“Not to mince words, it contains 400 pages of elegantly printed
platitudes, and little else except an occasional quotation.
Apparently, however, the author has been industrious in the collection
and careful in the verification of his data, and his work, with its
good index and bibliography, should make an excellent reference book
for mere facts.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 170w.
“As a critic he is quite without authority and almost equally lacking
in insight. He makes some astonishing misstatements.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 2. Ja. 5, ’07. 750w.
“Seems to be a carefully prepared work.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 30w.
* =Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies.= Dr. John McLoughlin: the father of
Oregon. *$2.50. Clark, A. H.
7–31427.
A great deal of Oregon’s pioneer history is included in this sketch.
After the coalition of the Northwest company, which McLoughlin had
joined, and the Hudson bay company, he was engaged to manage the
company’s interests in Oregon. His work which finally led up to
American occupation makes an interesting personal account as well as
an informing historical document.
* * * * *
=Lit. D.= 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 390w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 635. N. ’07. 150w.
=Holme, Charles=, ed. Old English country cottages. *$2.50. Lane.
6–45169.
“An attempt to preserve some record of these antique buildings that
form one of the chief charms of rural England. They are dealt with in
the text by counties.... Some 135 pen-and-ink drawings by Mr. Sidney
R. Jones, depicting general views and architectural detail with charm
and marked artistic skill, are scattered through the text; and in
addition there are fifteen beautiful full-page plates in color, after
paintings by Mrs. Allingham and others.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“While no attempt has been made to cover the subject thoroughly, a
most interesting general outline has been achieved.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 396. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
“The two hundred drawings of old English cottages form a record at
once useful and interesting.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 119. Ja. 26, ’07. 440w.
=Holmes, Daniel Henry.= Pedlar’s pack. $5. E. D. North, 4 E. 39th st.,
N. Y.
6–26458.
Ninety clever short poems which the author declares are intended to
help a “tired man to kill a Sunday,” but they are really better than
their mission implies.
* * * * *
=Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 40w.
“It is, indeed, the temperament of the painter blessed with humor, the
temperament of the ‘limb of the spectrum,’ that gives effectiveness to
Mr. Holmes’s work.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 300w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 20w.
=Holmes, Gordon.= Late tenant. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
6–34806.
“A bronze young man who has spent his youth on a Wyoming ranch and has
gone to London to grow rich and famous ‘in the city,’ rents a
furnished apartment in Eddystone Mansions, and there you are. You
smell violets, you hear the swish of trailing garments, you get
tangled up in the most extraordinary ‘affair.’... There are missing
papers to be plotted for, there are serving women to be bribed, there
are mad drives in hansom cabs, with the hero on the driver’s perch and
the speed regulations of the greatest city in the world set at naught.
There are love scenes, hand-to-hand struggles in the dark, dramatic
tableau of marriage settlements interrupted, and a dropping of the
curtain on the tragic finish of a misguided life.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It is a story in the ‘genre’ which Miss Brandon popularized and
which, whatever may be said by the realists, has never entirely lost
favor.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 220w.
“It is, in short, too much like the ordinary mystery story by, say,
Fergus Hume. Yet if you open the book you will read it through unless
something or somebody very important interrupts.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 635. O. 6, ’06. 420w.
“In the present tale he has grown less clever than he was in ‘The
Arncliffe puzzle,’ but he has not ceased to be clever.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
=Holt, Byron W.=, comp. Gold supply and prosperity. *$1. Moody
corporation.
7–26334.
“An able introduction and conclusion by the author, with a symposium
of twenty-two papers by leading authorities on various phases of the
gold supply question, make up an interesting and attractive book. In
summing up the statements in the various papers of this symposium the
following points are brought out: First, that for many years the
output of gold will increase rapidly; second, that, therefore, a
depreciation in the value of gold will inevitably result.... Like
several books, which have appeared during the past few years, the
author takes one item, in this case the gold supply, and attempts to
show that ‘all the ills that flesh is heir to’ arise from this one
cause.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“It is not the part of wisdom to state that all of our problems can be
traced to such an artificial thing as the gold supply. On the whole,
however, the book is well written, and represents a valuable
compilation of knowledge in this field.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 160. Jl. ’07. 290w.
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 560. S. ’07. 240w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 80w.
=Holt, Henry.= On the civic relations. *$1.75. Houghton.
7–18299.
Mr. Holt’s “Talks on civics” has been “much amplified, modernized and
actualized” (Putnam’s) to produce the present revised edition. The
book has been written in the hope of “doing a little something to
develop in young people a character of mind which is proof against
political quackery—especially the quackery which proposes immediate
cures by legislation for the abiding ills resulting from human
weakness and ignorance.”
* * * * *
“Those who do not ‘desire to be deceived’ will find much ‘dry light’
in Mr. Holt’s pages on current and burning questions, concerning which
there is much more of heat than of light in most current discussion.”
Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam.= 3: 231. N. ’67. 330w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.
“The author takes no pains to conceal his real opinion of the
abilities of a very large part of ‘so-called civilized’ mankind,
especially that part that labors with its hands for a living. This
contempt steams up from every page until it nearly suffocates the
appetite of the expectant reader. Yet there is an abundance of food in
Mr. Holt’s book for readers with a suitable digestion.” Edward E.
Hill.
− + =School. R.= 15: 695. N. ’07. 1440w.
=Homans, James Edward.= Self-propelled vehicles: a practical treatise on
the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of
automobiles; with upwards of 500 il. and diagrams. 5th ed., rev. and
enl. $2. Audel.
6–35990.
“The book is thoroughly revised and brought up to date, describing the
latest innovations of the present day practice, while all obsolete
material has been discarded.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The volume is a useful handbook for the owner of an automobile, and
it is also calculated for use as a manual for class instruction.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 161. Jl. ’07. 100w.
“It is a very satisfactory production for the man who wants to know
the ‘why and wherefore’ of the automobile, as designed to-day, and its
proper care and manipulation.”
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 198. F. 14, ’07. 120w.
Homer. Iliad for boys and girls told from Homer in simple language, by
Rev. Alfred J. Church. *$1.50. Macmillan.
7–30639.
To reset classical literature in the language of the child has become
a worthy task of the present day. This juvenile renders the thrilling
incidents of the Trojan war life-like and true to the Iliad’s text.
The illustrations in color are suggestively good.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 208. N. ’07. ✠
“Shows that he understands how to rehearse the classics for childish
minds.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 30w.
“The narrative is suited in every possible way to a child’s
understanding; it is childlike without a trace of childishness; and it
is a rare pleasure for old readers of Professor Church to see that his
zest is as keen as ever, his fact as unfailing, and his instinct for
seizing essentials as swift and true.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 712. N. 9, ’07. 290w.
Homer. Odyssey for boys and girls, told from Homer by the Rev. Alfred J.
Church. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–34824.
A simplified version of the Odyssey, attractive in its illustrations,
which is intended for young readers.
* * * * *
“The style is much more attractive than that of the author’s ‘Story of
the Odyssey.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 21. Ja. ’07. ✠
“Is a model of what such adaptations should be.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 90w.
“The story is intact, and the characters are there, but there is not
much of that bigness for which Homer was noted.”
+ − =Ind.= 61: 1409. D. 22, ’06. 130w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 60w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 822. D. 1, ’06. 70w.
“Mr. Church has no superior in the art of retelling classical stories
so as to interest girls and boys.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 632. N. 10, ’06. 70w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 764. D. ’06. 50w.
“We have taken the precaution of having the book submitted to the true
arbiter of this form of literature,—a boy under five. He has listened
to it with breathless attention and sparkling eyes.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 580. O. 20, ’06. 730w.
=Hone, Nathaniel J.= Manor and manorial records. *$3. Dutton.
6–10492.
“Half Mr. Hone’s book is devoted to a reasonably short account of the
history of the manor, no undue space being given to the dispute
concerning its evolution. With this we have the story of the lord and
his tenants and officers and of their daily life and work as a
community, the illustrations being for the most part already
familiar.... The second half of the book shortly explains the
procedure of the manorial courts, and then gives a very well chosen
series of examples of court rolls, accounts and extents.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“Mr. Hone’s treatise on the manor offers itself rather as a popular
introduction to its history and customs than as an original study of a
subject on which much good ink has been spent. The result is a book
which may be commended especially to those who are entering upon the
study of English topography.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 226. Mr. 10, ’06. 1750w.
“Forms a very suitable introduction for the beginner in the study of
manorial court rolls, of which many are in private hands. The
translations are not in all respects accurate.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 761. Je. 23. 500w.
“Is more general and popular than Dr. Davenport’s volume. The first
half of Mr. Hone’s work is but slight, and seems scarcely worthy of
the large amount of research which he appears to have undertaken.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 693. S. 19, ’07. 410w.
“We can think of no book which presents in a lucid manner a picture of
the mode in which, or the extent to which, our fathers living remote
from London were governed; none at all events which gives abundance of
extracts from original records.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 243. Jl. 6, ’06. 480w.
“The uninitiated reader, should be grateful to Mr. Hone for giving him
an opportunity to obtain a good general idea of old country life
without too severe a mental effort.”
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 497. Ap. 21, ’06. 860w.
=Hood, Thomas.= Poetical works, ed. by Walter Jerrold. *$1.10 Oxford.
“‘The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood’ ... is added to the
excellent Oxford edition of the poets.... Mr. Jerrold has provided a
more comprehensive edition of Hood than has hitherto been available,
searching out from the magazines whatever could be certainly
attributed to him, and adding half a dozen new poems from
manuscript.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“We confess ourselves in general hostile to this mania for making up
insignificant matter and adding to it the works of writers who already
suffer from the preservation of too much that is mediocre. The notes
are capital, and the make-up of the volume attractive.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 220w.
− =Spec.= 98: 90. Ja. 19, ’07. 1790w.
=Hornaday, William Temple.= Camp fires in the Canadian Rockies. **$3.
Scribner.
6–35980.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Perhaps the chief charm of the book is that he manages so faithfully
to convey a sense of the recrudescence of boyish energy and spirits in
staid middle-life, aroused under the stimulus of unusual and
invigorating surroundings.” G. W. L.
+ + =Nature.= 75: 410. Mr. 14, ’07. 1190w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 110w.
“It is the best of advocates for true sport and game preservation.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 60. Ja. 12, ’07. 310w.
=Hornblow, Arthur.= End of the game; il. by A. E. Jameson. †$1.50.
Dillingham.
7–14587.
Instead of marrying a shallow-minded girl with a two-hundred-thousand
dollar dowery, Roy Marshall chooses to wed his sister’s governess, a
girl whose literary career had been checked by her father’s loss of
money and subsequent death. From an unsuccessful beginning in life on
a New York paper his course is turned into the channel of Pittsburg
steel interests and he rises to a multi-millionaire’s position of
prominence and power. The loose morals that result in his abandoning
and divorcing his wife are astonishingly at variance with his early
integrity; he pays a heavy penalty, and the book has a moral.
* * * * *
“The characters, if somewhat tamely drawn, are good human creatures
and not the flat paper dolls found in the pages of so much current
fiction. It is a thoroughly wholesome story, better for general
purposes perhaps than many novels better written.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 190w.
“The work is creditable—somewhat ‘slow’ and unformed in many of the
earlier portions, but gaining constantly in assurance as it
progresses.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 316. My. 18, ’07. 690w.
=Horne, Herman Harrell.= Psychological principles of education. *$1.75.
Macmillan.
6–26518.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The real strength of Dr. Horne’s book is found in its treatment of
emotional, moral, and religious education; these vital subjects are
handled with breadth, warmth, and frankness, and with an unusually
full comprehension of their supreme importance.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 45. Ja. 16, ’07. 630w.
“Horne’s theoretical assumptions, both in this discussion and thruout
the book seem to me to show evidence of a certain confusion of thought
of so fundamental a nature as to justify notice here. The author has
given to teachers many suggestions of practical value and very likely
an inspiration toward better teaching, but he has not based these
suggestions upon a consistent and accurate system, of psychology.” Guy
Montrose Whipple.
− + =Educ. R.= 34: 317. O. ’07. 1950w.
Reviewed by Charles Hughes Johnston.
+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 478. D. ’07. 5000w.
“One can but regret casting a disparaging word at so admirably written
a book as Horne’s ‘Psychological principles of education;’ but, in
spite of its containing much excellent material and many good
suggestions for practical teaching, it does not present any
particularly original point of view, nor does it mark any advance in
the general field of education psychology.” Irving King.
+ − =School R.= 15: 227. Mr. ’07. 790w.
=Horner, Joseph G.= Modern milling machines: their design, construction
and operation: a handbook for practical men and engineering students.
$4. Henley.
“The author has endeavored to treat the subject, both in the text and
by the illustrations, in such a manner, as will make clear the
essentials of the art, and to provide a book which will be useful to
both the designer and the operator.” (Engin. N.) He “describes very
fully many different types of machines, and probably one of the best
chapters is that dealing with the design and manufacture of
cutters.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The skilled workman as well as the amateur will find much that is
valuable and worth while and little of the usual padding. Any one
collecting a library of shop books should include this volume.” Wm. W.
Bird.
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 160w.
“Chapter 11 is too short, though very interesting; it deals with the
subject of feeds and speeds. We can recommend this volume to all
interested in machine-shop practice. The machines dealt with are of
the latest type, and much useful information will be found scattered
through its pages.” N. J. L.
+ + − =Nature.= 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 460w.
=Horner, Joseph G.= Practical metal turning: a handbook for engineers,
technical students and amateurs. il. $3.50. Henley.
7–19433.
“The work in all its varied forms is discussed, its many tools and
appliances are shown and described and the question of speeds and
feeds for various tools and metals is well treated. A good deal of
valuable information is given regarding the use of high-speed steel
for lathe work.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“While nothing new or especially novel is found, the book as a whole
is well arranged, the illustrations are good, and a copy is worth
owning for those interested in this line of work.” Wm. W. Bird.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 100w.
=Horniman, Roy.= Lord Cammarleigh’s secret; a fairy story of to-day.
†$1.50. Little.
7–34173.
Anthony Brooke, unwilling to battle for bread, hits upon a bold plan.
During his aimless wandering through Grosvenor square he espies Lord
Cammarleigh, whom he knows by reputation, in conversation with a
woman. Brooke observes the restlessness of his eyes and concludes that
he is a man who has a secret, one who is afraid. With none of the
malice of blackmail but spurred on by a fortune-hunter’s necessity of
the things of life, Brooke looked the peer squarely in the eye and
said, “I know your secret.” A private secretaryship, the management of
the household affairs and, in truth of the obdurate Cammarleigh
himself follow for the imposter in a most surprising manner.
* * * * *
“The book abounds with unfeeling fun, culminating in a rhetorical
flourish of impudence. Fortunately for the nerves of the ordinary
reader, the victim of blackmail is a puppet; but the other important
characters are vigorously drawn.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 150w.
“Granted, however, a single initial impossibility, the story goes on
smoothly and naturally enough; and this, we take it, represents a more
artistic method of dealing with the impossible than that which demands
our acceptance of new miracles in every chapter.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 230w.
=Nation.= 85: 417. N. 28, ’07. 210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Mr. Horniman is to be congratulated on a capital idea fully but not
tediously exploited.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 519. O. 26, ’07. 180w.
* =Horsley, Sir Victor A. H., and Sturge, Mary M.= Alcohol and the human
body: an introduction to the study of the subject; with a chapter by
Arthur Newsholme. *$1.50. Macmillan.
An indictment against the use of alcohol in which “its ill effects on
body and mind, on health and strength, on moral action and
intellectual activity, are set forth by argument, by facts, by
figures, by representations, gruesome in outline and hue, of the
morbid conditions which it induces in the chief organs of the human
frame.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“This book is sound literary performance and an earnest tract for the
times but we do not see that it can achieve much.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 600. Je. 22, ’07. 1080w.
=Ind.= 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 320w.
“Though on the main issue we do not feel competent to give
judgment—the conflict of evidence is too great—we are bound to record
the opinion that a book like that under notice is sure to do a great
deal of good, and can hardly do any harm even if it is mistaken in
fact.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
=Horstmann, Henry Charles, and Tousley, Victor Hugo.= Electrical wiring
and construction tables. *$1.50. Drake, F: J.
7–472.
A pocket hand-book for the wire man, contractor, engineer and
architect. “The book contains tables for direct-current calculations,
for alternating-current calculations, for the smallest size of wire
permissible, and for the most economical loss in different
installations. Tables and diagrams are given showing the proper size
of conduits to accommodate different combinations or numbers of wires;
also tables and data for estimating the quantity of material required
for different lines of work.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“Contains much useful information.”
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 89. Ja. 17, ’07. 120w.
=Hoskins, Leander Miller.= Text-book on hydraulics, including an outline
of the theory of turbines. *$2.50. Holt.
6–38547.
A text for the use of instructors of experience and thorough training
in the subject, a work giving the fundamental principles in a clear
and concise form without elaboration.
* * * * *
“As a whole it may be said that the book presents the laws and
theories of hydraulics as they were recognized 20 to 25 years ago.
There is authority for most of its statements in the treatises of that
time, but it can hardly be said to cover the field as we regard it
today.” Gardner S. Williams.
− =Engin. N.= 57: 304. Mr. 14, ’07. 940w.
“The book is distinctly elementary, and as such is well written and
supplied with good examples.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.
“This book will be valuable in training engineering students
possessing a fair knowledge of mathematics to solve any problems in
hydraulics they are likely to meet with in practice, and it will also
furnish them with an insight into the principles on which the working
and efficiency of turbines are based.”
+ =Nature.= 76: 542. S. 26, ’07. 510w.
+ =Technical Literature.= 1: 177. Ap. ’07. 320w.
=Hough, Emerson.= Story of the outlaw: a study of the western desperado.
il. *$1.50. Outing.
7–5705.
Historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of noted border
wars, vigilant movements and armed conflicts on the frontier. It is a
contemplative study of the American desperado as he is, and in spite
of the author’s intention to do away as far as possible with
melodramatic thrills, the character of the subject precludes their
complete elimination.
* * * * *
“Not particularly interesting, but contains material not easily
available elsewhere.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 122. My. ’07.
“It is a concise, clearly-reasoned, well-balanced and admirably
written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature,
and interesting to the average reader.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.
“The pages exhale the smell of blood and hemp. The realism is almost
too raw for literature.”
− + =Lit. D.= 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 280w.
“His book certainly shows no trace of a tendency to exaggeration, but
on the contrary is distinguished by a scrupulously careful moderation
of statement.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 210w.
“It is all interesting and suggestive, as material lifted bodily from
life always is, but a little of it goes a long way.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 748. S. ’07. 270w.
“Mr. Hough’s philosophising is the weak part of his book.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 761. My. 11, ’07. 1950w.
=Hough, Emerson.= Way of a man. $1.50. Outing pub.
7–27615.
The scene of Mr. Hough’s story is once again laid in the west, chiefly
during the time of the westward movement previous to the civil war. It
concerns a young Virginian who, tho bound to an eastern girl, finds
that he loves his companion of many adventures on the great plains.
Their love-making, interrupted for a time by a villainous emissary
from the cotton interests in England, and by the war itself, finally
terminates happily. It has been the wish of the author to show the
effect of a broad strong environment on human beings.
* * * * *
“The style of the hero’s narrative in the opening pages, is too
archaic for the period treated, but becomes more appropriate as the
story goes forward.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 695. N. 9, ’07. 340w.
“Is chiefly of interest in the illustration it affords of several
tendencies in contemporary fiction, as deplorable as they are
conspicuous: the glorification of the violent, the primitive, and the
crude; a sophomorical searching after effects of style; and a habit of
cheap philosophizing.”
− =Nation.= 85: 377. O. 24, ’07. 610w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Hough writes a dignified and forthright sort of tale, which,
although it has a good plot and plenty of incident, yet moves along
quietly and without the clatter-and-bang effect which characterizes so
many novels of action. But this mood seems all the time a little
overstrained, as if he wrote at high pitch and found it rather
painful.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 769. N. 30, ’07. 590w.
“There is plenty of thrill and suspense—possibly a trifle too much.”
− + =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 100w.
=Hough, Romeyn Beck.= Handbook of the trees of the northern states and
Canada, east of the Rocky mountains; photo-descriptive, buck. $8. Hough.
7–31197.
“A new guide-book to the trees of the northern states and Canada
devotes two pages to each species. One page bears a photographic
reproduction showing a group of leaves (both sides) and fruit. The
other page has a photograph of the trunk of the tree, showing the
distinguishing peculiarities of the bark, a small map showing by
shading the range of the tree’s growth, and a short, clear description
of its characteristics.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“We cannot think of an item which would contribute to greater
completeness. Everything that has been attempted seems to have been
well planned and well executed. The book may be commended as
indispensable for public and school libraries, for all students of
trees, and botanical laboratories.” C. R. B.
+ + + =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 384. N. ’07. 460w.
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 30w.
“There is nothing but praise for the work as a whole. This handbook
should be widely useful in nature libraries, schools and colleges.”
+ + + =Nation.= 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 460w.
“The book is admirably adapted for the average person who wants to be
able to tell the trees apart with the least possible study.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 100w.
“These photographs are of unusual excellence and give to this handbook
its distinctive value as a work of reference.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 640. N. ’07. 140w.
=Hough, Theodore, and Sedgwick, William Thompson.= Human mechanism; its
physiology, and hygiene, and the sanitation of its surroundings. *$2.
Ginn.
6–37595.
“This is a textbook of hygiene on new lines. Anatomy, both gross and
microscopic, is reduced to the lowest terms, and the emphasis of the
book, as stated in the preface, is placed on physiology, hygiene, and
sanitation—on function and conduct.”—School R.
* * * * *
“First half of the book ... avoids unnecessary details, but omits
nothing essential. It is so lucidly written that the wayfaring man
will have to be a terrible fool if he does not understand it. We can
award to [the second] part no higher praise than to say that it is as
excellent as the preliminary physiological portion. It teems with
sound practical common-sense; it points out convincingly, avoiding too
great technicality, the scientific reason for their [the authors’]
faith.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 318. Ja. 31, ’07. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 50w.
“It seems to be altogether the best work upon the subject for use
either as a textbook or for private reading.” Joseph E. Raycroft.
+ + =School R.= 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 310w.
=Houghton, Louise (Seymour).= Hebrew life and thought; being
interpretative studies in the literature of Israel. *$1.50. Univ. of
Chicago press.
6–22298.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“One is disappointed that he finds no attempt at the unity of purpose,
except to entertain the reader, indicated in the title of the book. We
are glad to find that each lecture has a definite purpose, and some of
them are admirably treated.” Ira M. Price and John M. P. Smith.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 150. Ja. ’07. 260w.
“The aim of the book is good. It breathes a profound faith. Its author
loves the Bible all the more because it is not only a book of
religious instruction, but appeals to her as literature in the way the
‘Iliad’ or ‘Odyssey’ does. The defects of the book are occasional
extravagances of statement, too great an effort to make out biblical
laws and family life superior to anything else in antiquity, and an
artificial interpretation of such books as Canticles and Ruth.”
+ − =Bib. World.= 29: 72. Ja. ’07. 720w.
“Mrs. Houghton writes with enthusiasm and _con amore_, and if we were
able to name a defect it would be a certain light passing over the
limitations and defects of Old Testament morals and belief.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 160w.
=Houghton, Louise (Seymour).= Russian grandmother’s wonder tales.
†$1.50. Scribner.
6–32363.
“Louise Seymour Houghton openly confesses to having been prompted by
‘Uncle Remus’ in her mode of treating ‘The Russian grandmother’s
wonder tales,’ a collection revealing the simple life of the
Slavonians; at the same time in a short preface the author indicates
analogies which reveal how close in contact legends of different lands
often are. The book is excellently printed and effectively illustrated
by W. T. Benda.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“An excellent collection from authentic sources.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 219. N. ’06.
“Since Slavonic-tales do not seem yet to be ‘vieux jeu,’ we recommend
this charming little work as a gift-book.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 14. Ja. 5. 210w.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 40w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 22, ’06. 70w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.
“The tales are exceedingly well written.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 100w.
“A fascinating little volume.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 512. O. ’06. 30w.
* =Houston, Edwin James.= Discovery of the North Pole. [*]$1. Winston.
7–23532.
The second of three volumes in the “North Pole series.” Andree and
Eric, two American boys, are the heroes who pass thru thrilling
adventures and exciting situations while they are learning many facts
of modern scientific discoveries.
* =Hovey, Richard.= Holy graal, and other fragments by Richard Hovey;
being the uncompleted parts of the Arthurian dramas; ed. with introd.
and notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey, and a preface by Bliss Carman. $1.25.
Duffield.
Fragments of the Arthurian legends which are presented for the sake of
the psychological problem involved rather than for their historic and
picturesque value as poetic material or for the sake of their glamour
and romance. From notes, jottings, and outlines set down in note books
or upon scraps of paper, Mrs. Hovey has completed the work of her
husband who left it unfinished.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’67. 30w.
“An inestimable service has been rendered to the memory of Richard
Hovey by the publication of ‘The holy graal and other fragments’ of
the uncompleted Arthurian dramas; not so much by virtue of the new
material which they contain for this is slight, as for the
illumination thrown upon the whole scheme of the projected cycle by
the introduction and notes of Mrs. Hovey.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 365. D. ’07. 430w.
=Howard, Burt Estes.= German empire. **$2. Macmillan.
6–34863.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 68. Mr. ’07.
“The work makes up in solidity for whatever it lacks in interest. As a
whole the book is a serious and concise summary of value in itself and
a basis for wider study.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 216. Ja. ’07. 380w.
“We have examined no better book for the American student of German
institutions.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + =Arena.= 37: 216. F. ’07. 150w.
“Will probably rank among the standard briefer treatises of the
Germans. The only criticism worth mentioning relates to the title of
this book, which is misleading, since the work relates almost entirely
to a single aspect of the German Empire, its constitution.” J. W.
Garner.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 105. F. 16, ’07. 1290w.
“It is, indeed, a defect of the book that it does not present us with
a living picture of how the various organs of the constitution perform
their functions. Dr. Howard has obviously based his book upon
extensive research, and possesses the great merit of writing clearly
on legal subjects.” W. M.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 412. Ap. ’07. 360w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 37. Ja. 19, ’07. 310w.
“The text, though specifically juristical, and not, except in place,
historical, never falls under the influence of Dr. Dryasdust; it is
laboriously accurate, and supported by excellent explanatory notes,
which our daily lecturers on foreign affairs should study.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 141. Ja. 26, ’07. 2430w.
=Howard, Earl Dean.= Cause and extent of the recent industrial progress
of Germany. (Hart, Schaffner and Marx prize essays in economics.) **$1.
Houghton.
7–13001.
The book “is divided into two parts, the first of which treats of the
extent of Germany’s recent industrial progress; and the second, the
causes. Industrial progress in general is defined in an introductory
chapter, as the ‘increase in the amount of goods produced and
transported, and the improvement of methods by which this increased
production is accomplished.’ The course of this development since the
industrial revolution is briefly reviewed.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 166. O. ’07. S.
“It is a concise, clearly reasoned, well balanced and admirably
written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature,
and interesting to the average reader.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.
=Dial.= 43: 69. Ag. 1, ’07. 150w.
“It is a careful and discriminating study, and undoubtedly offers the
best concise discussion of its subject that has yet appeared.” O. D.
Skelton.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 562. N. ’07. 300w.
“It cannot be said that Mr. Howard has made any substantial
contribution to our knowledge of the subject.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.
“There is no questioning the intrinsic value of his work, which
assuredly makes for a clearer understanding of modern Germany and her
people.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22, ’07. 500w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 50w.
“The book is well worth perusal, and it does not detract from its
value if we add that it is for the most part, and properly so, a
careful and moderate exposition of the obvious.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 540w.
=Howard, George Bronson.= Norroy, diplomatic agent; il. by Gordon Ross.
$1.50. Saalfield.
7–5683.
Seven diplomatic detective adventures in which Yorke Norroy figures as
secret agent of the United States. He always has in his possession the
means to foil his opponent in the big international games being
played, and the analysis of his method of securing the trump card
reveals shrewd practical imagination at work and the adroit handling
of resulting situations.
* * * * *
“The seven stories are good reading at any time, and particularly when
the mind longs for diversion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 381. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
=Howard, John Raymond=, ed. Prose you ought to know. **$1.50. Revell.
The editor’s “aim in the present volume is to gather, from a wide
range of authorship and subject-matter, a series of brief excerpts,
each of which shall be typical of its author’s best style, and,
besides exciting a momentary interest, shall ‘at least hint at the
richness of an essay, a tale, a history, an oration.’”—Dial.
* * * * *
“Has been edited ... with an intelligence and originality that will
make it acceptable even to the avowed enemy of the ordinary book of
extracts.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 460. D: 16, ’06. 220w.
“The selections he makes are brief and numerous rather than few and
choice.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 31. Ja. 19, ’07. 280w.
=Howard, Newman.= Christian trilogy. 3v. ea. *$1.25. Dutton.
“Religions may come and go; the forms of morality may change, and what
is right in one age and clime be wrong in another; but the essential
virtue remains the same—nothing else than faithfulness to what a man
holds to be right. That is the idea running through the three plays
which Mr. Newman Howard calls his ‘Christian trilogy.’... Kiartan was,
externally, true to his false friend; Savonarola to his false city;
Minervina and Crispus, Constantine’s discarded wife and son, to their
false husband, wife, and emperor. In each case there lies behind the
occasion, the sense of honor, the conviction of the necessity for
truth to an ideal of right.”—Lond. Times.
* * * * *
“Mr. Newman Howard’s ‘Christian trilogy’ is real poetry and it is real
drama. Mr. Howard’s work is so fine that it seems captious to point
out what we feel to be a defect in it. Though in each of his dramas,
tragedy is implied in the character of the chief personage, too much
of the action is controlled by the persistent malignity of another
individual. Free from most of the tricks of the playwright, Mr. Howard
still relies too much on his villain.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 1560w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“Starting with the essential idea, he develops it broadly, simply,
even severely, preserving always the distinction between what is
theatrical and what is dramatic.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 345. O. 12, ’06. 1580w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“The work of Newman Howard which has but lately made its way to us,
though published first some years ago in England, evinces a dramatic
talent of a high order, but a talent not yet wholly disciplined.”
Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 350. Je. ’07. 360w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
=v. 1.= Kiartan the Icelander: a tragedy.
The motif of the first part of the trilogy is the introduction of
Christianity into Iceland.
* * * * *
“In ‘Kiartan the Icelander’ his very care for local colour and
characteristic expression makes his meaning sometimes not easy to
follow. Possibly in the theatre this difficulty would disappear,
though we cannot help feeling that he has been so intent on making his
people tenth century Icelanders that they lose something of their
probability as men and women.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
=v. 2.= Savonarola: a city’s tragedy.
A drama filled with the “forlorn anti-pagan hope of Savonarola.” Its
interest is centered in “the public career of the Frate, the dramatic
incident of the Trial by fire and the tragic spectacle of the
Execution.”
* * * * *
“Without any sacrifice of dramatic propriety he has so arranged that
you see not only people but their surroundings. As a result, the play
is full of the stir and colour of mediaeval Italy. Indeed, though he
has handled the central theme in a masterly manner, what will delight
most readers is the extraordinary sense of atmosphere created by the
minor characters.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
“In ‘Savonarola,’ Mr. Howard’s more recent drama, the lack of sharp
definition in the plot and dialogue is much more apparent than in
‘Kiartan,’ since all the rival factions and orders, civil and
religious, of that turbulent period are represented in the play and by
their machinations so involve the plot that it is difficult to keep
the various characters and their allegiance distinct.” Jessie B.
Rittenhouse.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 350. Je. ’07. 360w.
=v. 3.= Constantine the great: a tragedy.
7–18134.
The establishment of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman
empire furnishes the key-note of the third part of the trilogy. “In
this play Mr. Howard gets his background, his atmosphere, mainly by a
single figure; that of the little degenerate Fabius. By an almost
savage piece of irony, Fabius is made the victim of the plot to murder
Constantine. The state of paganism at the period of the play is
admirably indicated by the priests of Demeter with their pitiful
machinery for working an apparition of the goddess Proserpine. Bombo
is one of the best clowns out of Shakespeare.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“Mr. Howard reaches his highest level of workmanship in ‘Constantine
the great.’ The chief characters stand out with something of the
objective reality of sculpture but with all the life and movement of
human beings. The dialog is reduced to its bare essentials, and
because no word is allowed for its own sake, every word is not only
significant but decorative, so that the texture of the verse is as if
woven of some precious metal.”
+ + − =Acad.= 71: 469. N. 10, ’06. 390w.
“When we have put together all the poetical achievements of this
tragedy, when we have set them beside its mastery of dramatic speech
and structure and when we have dispassionately weighed against these
excellencies its defects, we cannot hesitate to place it among all but
the highest English dramatic poetry.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 398. O. 6. 2160w.
“The conception—a rare failing—is superior to the art or technique.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 207. F. 16, ’07. 280w.
“We cannot praise Mr. Howard more highly than by saying that he is one
of the very few living poets who stand in the great tradition. It is a
book which every lover of good poetry must read and cherish.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 930. D. 8, ’06. 230w.
* =Howard, Oliver Otis.= Autobiography. 2v. **$5. Baker.
7–35640.
The volume “takes us once more to the familiar battlefields, shows how
campaigns were fought and won and lost, and describes in detail the
efforts of the government, after peace had been restored, to relieve
the emancipated but helpless slaves whom the war had set at
liberty.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“He takes the reader delightfully into his confidence, and writes with
an astonishing recollection of detail. An autobiography at once so
full of incident and so free from matters of small importance has
rarely been produced.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 244. O. 16, ’07. 1800w.
“Bulks large on the shelf, but so interesting that the reader will not
regret the magnitude.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 609. N. 23, ’07. 410w.
* =Howden, J. R.= Boys’ book of locomotives. $2. McClure.
An informing book for young readers which traces with many
accompanying illustrations the evolution of the steam engine from its
beginning to its replacement by the electric locomotive.
* * * * *
“The book will tempt old as well as young.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 40w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 50w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 767. D. ’07. 90w.
=Howe, Frederic Clemson.= British city: the beginnings of democracy.
**$1.50. Scribner.
7–21305.
A companion to Mr. Howe’s study of the American city. It is not only
an exposition full of historical and statistical detail but is a
critical discussion of the workings of the British city and of the
lessons contained “for the solution of parallel, but by no means
identical, American problems.” The author’s strictly economic point of
view accounts for all the motives of a commonwealth’s interests, he
has become “convinced that it is the economic environment that creates
and controls man’s activities as well as his attitude of mind.”
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 166. O. ’07.
“No social reformer can afford to be without this volume.” B. O.
Flower.
+ + + =Arena.= 38: 200. Ag. ’07. 3260w.
“The book contains a good deal of information, not all of it full or
pertinent, but it is not presented with especial attractiveness or
force.”
− + =Educ. R.= 34: 430. N. ’07. 70w.
“In spite of these numerous mistakes and misconceptions, Mr. Howe has
formed some very sound and well-grounded opinions as to the working of
British institutions.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 880. O. 10, ’07. 420w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 441. Jl. ’07. 210w.
“Mr. Howe never lets himself forget that he is writing for American
readers and the contrast which he draws between municipal conditions
in the two countries is really the book’s most valuable and
illuminating feature.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 81. Jl. 25, ’07. 1220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 376. Je. 8, ’07. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 547. S. 14, ’07. 530w.
=Howe, Frederic Clemson.= City: the hope of democracy. **$1.50.
Scribner.
5–33225.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Lewis E. Palmer.
=Charities.= 17: 511. D. 15, ’06. 630w.
“For our part, we believe that in his main principles the author is
right, as also in many of his applications of those principles to
judge the success or failure of the British city. We also believe that
he carries some of his theories too far.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 533. N. 14, ’07. 1240w.
“Writes as a propagandist rather than as a student. The work is
interesting in style, stimulating in thought and treatment, hopeful in
tone, and is well worth a careful reading by the student of municipal
affairs.” Clinton Rogers Woodruff.
+ − =Yale R.= 15: 463. F. ’07. 710w.
=Howe, Frederic Clemson.= Confessions of a monopolist. *$1. Public pub.
6–32427.
An autobiography “showing how easily a man of medium capacity and no
scruples can accumulate a fortune by exploiting public franchises and
‘playing Wall street.’” (N. Y. Times.) “Never before has a work
appeared in which the methods of the high financiers and political
bosses have been more clearly exposed. Here the reader is made to see
how certain feats that appear from before the footlights as little
short of miraculous are performed. Here he sees how by learning the
rules of the game a modern high financier is able to divert the wealth
of thousands into the till of the crafty monopolists; how, in short,
the thousands are made to labor for the few just as actually as in the
days of the feudal lords the serfs slaved for the barons. And here he
sees how politics are made the handmaid of the modern plutocracy in
its attempt to enslave labor while destroying the soul of democracy.”
(Arena.)
* * * * *
“It is far and away the finest political satire on present-day
American politics,—a book that every thinking patriotic citizen should
read.”
+ + =Arena.= 36: 680. D. ’06. 950w.
“It is not pleasant reading—it is too true to life, though possibly
somewhat exaggerated or unnaturally concentrated either for artistic
effect or for the sake of argument.” Max West.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 121. S. 1, ’07. 310w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 125. F. ’07. 120w.
“The little volume is both interesting and instructive, whether
regarded as a vade mecum for those desirous of practising the new high
finance, or as an addition to the horrors which our professional
purifiers have revealed in order to reform them.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 595. S. 29, ’06. 240w.
=Howe, Malverd Abijah.= Symmetrical masonry arches, including natural
stone, plain concrete and reinforced concrete arches; for the use of
technical schools, engineers and computers in designing arches according
to the elastic theory. $2.50. Wiley.
6–33609.
“In the first chapter, fundamental formulas for the elastic arch are
derived; in the second chapter, symmetrical arches without hinges and
of constant or variable section, are considered.... In chapter 3 the
author applies the theory in detail to a segmental circular arch of
constant section and also to a reinforced-concrete arch.... The last
chapter of the book is devoted to drawings of typical arches. An
appendix is given on the physical properties of stone and concrete and
data for about five hundred masonry arch bridges.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The book is a strong, sound handling of a difficult subject. The one
criticism that can be made of the theory developments in the book is
that they are a little too condensed.” Wm. Cain.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 56: 522. N. 15, ’06. 980w.
=Howe, Samuel Gridley.= Letters and journals of Samuel Gridley Howe; ed.
by his daughter, Laura E. Richards; with notes and a preface by F. B.
Sanborn. 3v. ea. **$3. Estes.
6–38340.
=v. 1.= Following a brief story of his early years, Mrs. Richards has
sketched her father’s life from his letters and journals written in
Greece during his espousal of that country’s fight for independence.
“The book gives a convincing picture of the conditions of Greece at
the time of the war of independence, and introduces us to an American
working among these conditions who was a credit to his country for
firmness of character, coolness of judgment, disinterestedness, and
humanity.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Full of facts and judgments of high historical value. There was
hardly a keener eye on Greek affairs than Howe’s; hardly a man of any
age who saw so much and interpreted it so well. His incisive judgments
of men have, in the main, stood the test of time. Apart from the
historical value of this volume, it takes rank with the very best
Greek travels of that day.” J. Irving Manatt.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 640. Ap. ’07. 1040w. (Review of v. 1.)
“If they are to be regarded as historical materials, they require much
more annotation to make them generally comprehensible. Their omissions
are too serious to give them much weight as a contemporary record of
events.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 189. F. 16. 2090w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Mrs. Richards’s prefatory and interspersed notes add no little to the
value and completeness of the book as a detailed account of her
father’s eventful young manhood.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 187. Mr. 16, ’07. 350w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The letters and journals are written in a spirited fashion, but are
lacking in notable incident, and deal with few personalities who are
of interest to any except special students of this period of European
history.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is readable throughout.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 51. F. 15, ’07. 550w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Mrs. Richards would probably be well advised were she to use the
pruning knife more freely in succeeding volumes. There is no index,
and the printing and production of the book leave much to be desired.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 248. Mr. 14, ’07. 680w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 113. Ja. ’07. 110w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 276. Mr. 2, ’07. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This is an interesting volume, but the reader need not consider
himself bound to go thru it from cover to cover.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 652. Ap. 27, ’07. 400w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Howell, George.= Labour legislation, labour movements, and labour
leaders. 2d ed. 2v. *$2.50. Dutton.
A new edition of a work which serves to throw light on the nature,
aims and methods of trade-unionism.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 60: 1287. My. 31, ’06. 50w.
“He chronicles a great deal not to be found in other histories, and
his book fills a gap for England which needs filling for ourselves.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 176. Mr. 24, ’06. 500w.
“It is marred by fragmentariness, by repetitions, and by unpolished
style, but its merits are so conspicuous that it deserves the
thoughtful consideration of every student of economic and social
questions.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 675. N. 17, ’06. 580w.
=Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 181. Mr. ’07. 70w.
=Howell, James.= Familiar letters of James Howell; with an introd. by
Agnes Repplier. 2v. $6; Special ltd. ed. 4v. *$15. Houghton.
7–15871.
An attractive new edition of letters which “speak for themselves, and
surely no reader will pine for erudite guidance through the maze of
curious anecdote, lively narrative, and characteristically intimate
comment and reflection which Howell has constructed, writing always
crisply and lucidly, in accordance with his belief that a letter
should be ‘short-coated and closely couch’d’ and should ‘not preach
but epistolize.’” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“The letters themselves ... possess all the charm and gossipy interest
of their time that the letters of Horace Walpole contained a century
later.” Laurence Burnham.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 101. S. ’07. 360w. (Review of 4 v. ed.)
+ + =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 430w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
“In her pleasant way Miss Repplier brings out, by incident and
characterization, the qualities which have made his letters the
constant reading of lovers of literature since they first appeared.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 357. O. 19, ’07. 280w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
“It is a book that seems as fresh to-day as when it was written nearly
three centuries ago, and, though it may never be popular, it will
always be valued by the discriminating few.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 446. Jl. ’07. 700w. (Review of 4 v. ed.)
“The wide careless world will pay little attention to these volumes,
but they will have their own sure welcome.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 233. N. ’97. 830w. (Review of 2 v. ed.)
=Howells, William Dean.= Between the dark and the daylight. †$1.50.
Harper.
7–34775.
Of the seven tales told by old friends at the club four are
psychological romances, stories of that mental borderland suggested by
the book’s title. “A sleep and a forgetting” tells of a strange lapse
of memory in a young girl; “The eidolons of Brooks Alford” concerns
the visions of a broken down professor and the pretty widow who
disperses them; “A memory that worked over time” is a confusion of
memory and imagination; and “A case of metaphantasmia” enters into the
question of dream-transference. The three stories which conclude the
book, “Editha,” “Braybridge’s offer,” and “The chick of the Easter
egg” are plain day-light stories, a protest against war, a speculation
as to the average proposal, and an amusing Easter comedy.
* * * * *
Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 275. N. ’07. 1000w.
“They are queer and creepy without being exactly supernatural.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 150w.
“The stories are graceful social pictures written with charm and
humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“We can only congratulate ourselves that he does not sit before his
fire enjoying it all to himself, as he might be tempted to do.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 190w.
“All the stories are full of delightful reading. They would not be Mr.
Howells’s if they were not.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 717. N. 9, ’07. 210w.
=Howells, William Dean.= Certain delightful English towns, with glimpses
of the pleasant country between. **$3. Harper.
6–38895.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is only a Stevenson or a Howells who could achieve fascination for
[this task]. But Mr. Howells is triumphantly successful. The American
humor, which has always been attuned, in Mr. Howells, to a delicate
strain, becomes tender whimsicality. We know no one who writes more
beautifully in modern English.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907. 1: 435. Ap. 13. 1040w.
“How dare we use anything so rough and rude as the downright word
praise of anything so delicate?”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 100. Mr. 29, ’07. 1590w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 450. Mr. 23, ’07. 1560w.
=Howells, William Dean.= Through the eye of the needle. †$1.50. Harper.
7–15545.