interesting man. The author has a strong bias in favor of his subject,
which is not always an advantage to the reader.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 106. F. 23, ’07. 1330w.
“Must at once be ranked among the great biographies of English
statesmen of the nineteenth century. It is one of the class to which
Parker’s ‘Peel,’ and Morley’s ‘Gladstone’ belong. As a literary
achievement its place is alongside the ‘Life of Peel’ rather than
alongside Morley’s ‘Life of Gladstone.’” Edward Porritt.
+ + − =No. Am.= 184: 755. Ap. 5, ’07. 1790w.
“Like most biographers, Mr. Reid paints the character of his hero in
too bright colors, and he claims entirely too much for him as a
statesman.” W. Roy Smith.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 363. Je. ’07. 1060w.
“Durham has found in Mr. Reid a capable and warmly sympathetic
biographer.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 50. Ja. 12, ’07. 2430w.
“As a biographer Mr. Reid is painstaking, industrious, and
inordinately appreciative, but we cannot think that the style he has
adopted was the best in which to write the ‘Life’ of so curious a
personality. His is the old-fashioned type of biography, filled with
moralisings and platitudes, very wordy and very lengthy.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 727. N. 10, ’06. 1830w.
=Reid, Whitelaw.= Greatest fact in modern history. **75c. Crowell.
7–6398.
The greatest fact in modern history which Mr. Reid presents is the
rise and development of the United States from a group of struggling
colonies to its position of commanding power among the nations. He
says two factors operating in American success have been character and
circumstance.
=Reid, William Maxwell.= Story of old Fort Johnson; il. by John Arthur
Maney. **$3. Putnam.
6–34695.
A sketch occasioned by the recent purchase and presentation to the
Montgomery county historical society of old Fort Johnson, the most
historic house in the Mohawk valley to-day. The story closely connects
people and events associated with the famous “first baronial mansion
in New York” with the history of the Mohawk valley.
* * * * *
“An interesting, rambling tale; it is a mixture of history, fiction,
ethnology and gossip.” C. H. Rammelkamp.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 397. Ja. ’07. 500w.
“To the lover of the old, the wild, the picturesque in early American
life, the book will possess charm; to the general reader, it will
supply abundant detail with which to reconstruct a most romantic
period. To the historian, it will offer a reason for doing the work
over again.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 42. Jl. 4, ’07. 400w.
“His facts will be accepted as accurate, and some of them are here
brought together for the first time.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 33: 686. N. 10, ’06. 160w.
“He is well versed in early history, but he should have had the
guidance of hands more accomplished than his own in the art of putting
a book together properly.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 559. D. 27, ’06. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 893. D. 22, ’06. 330w.
“Its chief blemishes are discursiveness, fragmentariness, and
unnecessary repetition; its virtues are enthusiasm, informativeness,
and entertainment.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 680. N. 17, ’06. 140w.
=Reinach, Salomon.= Apollo; tr. from the French by Florence Simmonds.
**$1.50. Scribner.
7–15337.
A new edition, expanded and furnished with editorial matter to date,
of a work which long ago appeared under the title, “The story of art
throughout the ages.” The book comprises twenty-five lectures
delivered by Dr. Reinach during 1902–1903 at the Ècole du Louvre upon
the historic schools of art. There are abundant illustrations and an
ample bibliography. “The original title is restored, and the
additions, concerning British art, are now inclosed in square
brackets, so that one may know when one is reading M. Reinach and when
one is reading Miss Simmonds.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 72: 137. F. 9, ’07. 1250w.
“A second edition ... which is an improvement noon the first.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 418. My. 2, ’07. 210w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 160w.
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 70w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 383. S. ’07. 60w.
“It is a really uncommon achievement.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 464. Mr. 23, ’07. 160w.
=Reinsch, Paul Samuel.= American legislatures and legislative methods.
*$1.25. Century.
7–8279.
A critical exposition of the manner in which the law making
bodies—state and federal—in the United States are organized and
operated.
* * * * *
“All things considered, Professor Reinsch’s volume is an important
addition to the literature of American politics. It is a contribution
both to the understanding of the present situation and to the
establishment of a better method for future studies of a similar
character.” Charles Edward Merriam.
+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 118. Jl. ’07. 700w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07. S.
“As a whole the book is the best presentation of this subject in
limited space which has yet appeared.” Luther F. Witmer.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 615. N. ’07. 460w.
Reviewed by Max West.
+ =Dial.= 43: 120. S. 1, ’07. 700w.
“A most admirable volume of a practical sort.”
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 209. S. ’07. 90w.
“Without a doubt there is room in the citizen’s library for such a
useful and suggestive study of national and state politics.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 998. O. 24, ’07. 630w.
“He finds so many and such serious defects in our system of government
and sees so plainly the forces of selfishness on one hand and of
indifference and ignorance on the other hand, with which reform has to
contend, and he describes both with such clearness that the reader
will be likely to rise from the study of the volume in a discouraged
mood.” Edward Cary.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 1150w.
“In every way the volume is not only informative but suggestive, and
is eminently thorough in treatment.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 130w.
“A work of great value, that marks a distinct advance in scientific
treatment of legislative procedure. He has grasped a principle of
cardinal importance, oversight of which is a common defect in academic
study of political institutions, namely, that the character of
institutions is to be found in their working.” Henry Jones Ford.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 713. D. ’07. 1270w.
“Professor Reinsch’s method of treatment is frankly critical.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 509. Ap. ’07. 140w.
* =Reissig, Carl.= Standard family physician: a practical international
encyclopedia of medicine and hygiene especially prepared for the
household. 2v. $13. Funk.
7–15943.
In this undertaking Professor Reissig has been assisted by Smith Ely
Jelliffe and nearly fifty associate editors. “Taken as a whole, the
work is a commendable effort to lead the layman to take a rational
view of diseases and of ‘the results which may be reasonably expected
from therapeutic measures.’ The opposition to quackery in its various
forms, to all the ‘pathies,’ and to ‘natural’ methods is praiseworthy
and ought to do good.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“While ordinarily such works are likely to do at least as much harm as
good, there seems to be no reason why this one should not prove a
source of benefit in every way to its readers.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1005. O. 24. ’07. 340w.
“In general, it may be said that too little attention is paid to the
emergencies of domestic life, the very conditions where such a book is
most needed in families at a distance from medical aid.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 300w.
Religion of Christ in the twentieth century. **$1.50. Putnam.
6–2998.
“The unnamed author’s theme is the radical question of our time, ‘What
is Christianity?’ and his text is Lessing’s remark, ‘The Christian
religion has been tried for eighteen centuries; the religion of Christ
remains to be tried.’ By the Christian religion is meant a body of
religious doctrine supported by an ecclesiastical organization. The
religion of Christ is the attitude of the spirit toward God and man
that Jesus manifested as controlling his life.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Gerald Birney Smith.
=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 704. O. ’07. 370w.
“The book is a shrewd, discerning critique of regnant forms of piety,
and a discriminating projection of the faith and theology that ought
to come.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1038. N. 1, ’06. 280w.
“These thoughts have been uttered before, but never more clearly or
attractively, and they well express the spirit in which the movement
for the improvement of theology should proceed.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 326. F. 10, ’06. 370w.
* Remco’s. Manual of apartment house service. **$1. McClure.
Under “General instructions” there are rules applicable to every
contingency apt to arise in an apartment building. Such subjects as
the conduct of heating apparatus, the eradication of vermin, the
technicalities of elevators, steam and hot-water boilers and
engineering and sanitary details about the apartment house.
* * * * *
“What a paradise apartment life would be if this book were widely
circulated and its contents enforced.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 536. N. 14, ’07. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Rexford, Eben Eugene.= Four seasons in the garden: with 27 il. and with
decorations by Edward S. Holloway. **$1.50. Lippincott.
7–16936.
Gardening for the home-maker is treated in all its phases by the
“foremost amateur gardener of the United States.” The book treats of
the making and care of the lawn, flowerbeds. back-yard gardens and
window boxes, of the more ambitious garden of the suburbanite and the
country dweller, and concludes with two chapters on village and rural
improvement societies.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 171. O. ’07. S.
“The book is not what its title might indicate—a guide to the seasons
in their order. It is likely to be most serviceable to beginners in
garden making. The author’s language is simple, his style is popular,
and he gives facts and instruction in an easily understood form.”
+ =Dial.= 40: 367. Je. 16, ’07. 410w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 547. D. 12, ’07. 50w.
“A gathering into one unusually attractive volume, from the standpoint
of the maker of books, of all the knowledge which has been coming
piecemeal from this prolific writer on the gentle subject through many
years.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 240w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“It contains clear and definite instruction.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 70w.
=Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.= Dull girl’s destiny. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
The “dull girl” is twenty-six, and inexperienced, yet able to produce
“novels esteemed worthy to rank as a ‘counterblast’ to the plays of
Bernard Shaw.” (Ath.) “However, the interest of the story centres, not
in the question whether the heroine could have written the novels of
Jane Smith, but in the description of contemporary manners and the
amusing sketches which the author gives us of her dramatis personae.”
(Spec.)
* * * * *
“In liveliness and brightness the novel is much above the average.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 723. Je. 15. 190w.
“The heavy artillery of analysis, should not be trained upon an
amiable, unpretentious story of this kind, since its obvious qualities
are neither subtlety nor penetration but a wholesome right-mindedness,
a mild humor, and unfailing good taste.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 168. Ag. 22, ’07. 140w.
“All but two characters are so odious as to arouse the reader’s
personal resentment.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 488. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.
“Although the plot ... invites criticism, still the book is pleasant
and entertaining reading.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 984. Je. 22, ’07. 220w.
=Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.= Thalassa. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author’s innate strain of romanticism would not permit her to
write the evenly sustained story of a simple life which she appears to
have been qualified to do.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 182. Ap. ’07. 400w.
“Its characters and its mystery are alike improbable; but the writer
knows how to tell her story.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 69. F. 2, ’07. 350w.
=Rhead, George Woolliscroft.= Chats on costume; with 117 il. *$2.
Stokes.
W 7–41.
A book which begins with a general survey of the subject and follows
with “brief accounts of the development and history of the tunic,
mantle, doublet and hose, kirtle or petticoat, crinoline, collars and
cuffs, hats, caps and bonnets, dressing of the hair, mustachios and
beard, and boots, shoes, and coverings of the feet.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)
* * * * *
“Felicitously conceived and successfully accomplished. Mr. Rhead is a
pleasant writer, and his facts, quotations, and verses are judiciously
selected.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 246. Mr. 9, ’07. 220w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07.
=Rhead, George Woolliscraft, and Rhead, Frederick Alfred.= Staffordshire
pots and potters. *$6.50. Dodd.
7–38577.
“To the amateur as well as to the expert collector, the book, with its
clear definitions of the peculiarities differentiating the work of one
potter from another, and its wealth of illustrations. some of them in
colour, of the treasures in museums and private collections, will be a
mine of wealth; but it will also appeal forcibly to the antiquarian
and historian, for the authors have made a point of tracing the
condition between the progress of their art and the advance of
civilization.... Especially fascinating is the chapter on the passing
of the Elerses—the predecessors of Wedgwood.”—Int. Studio.
* * * * *
“Might well be called the romance of English ceramic art. so forcibly
realized are the personalities of the craftsmen presented to the
reader, so skillfully are the accounts of their technical triumphs
interwoven with their life stories, and so vividly is the local
colouring of their environment reproduced.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 82. Mr. ’07. 330w.
“The book stands apart from most of the ceramic works published during
recent years by reason of its independence and personal point of
view.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 90. Mr. 22, ’07. 1540w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“The authors are peculiarly fitted for the task they have set
themselves.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 834. D. 14, ’07. 380w.
=Rhead, Louis John.= Bait angling for common fishes. *$1.25. Outing pub.
7–22908.
A handy volume of practical information on how to angle for common and
familiar bottom fishes. A score or more varieties are discussed, carp,
eel, perch, bass, etc., descriptions of their habits are given for the
benefit of amateurs, and the whole is illustrated with drawings by the
author.
* * * * *
=Nation.= 85: 120. Ag. 8, ’07. 380w.
=Rhodes, Harrison.= Flight to Eden: a Florida romance. †$1.50. Holt.
7–30836.
Basil Forrester, London born and bred, finds that there is no place
for him in England after his infidelity to his wife results in her
suicide. He goes to Florida, begins life over, fostering only the
impulses of primitive man. His love for a maiden of the wild impels
him to relinquish every hold upon England. After years have passed he
remembers that the house of Kingstowne must be perpetuated through him
and sends his ten year old son back to be educated to the traditions
of his title.
* * * * *
“There is no question that Mr. Rhodes knows how to portray people and
incidents in a way that forces you to see them. But he has something
still to learn about the unities of construction.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 26: 409. D. ’07. 420w.
“A singular mingling of the crude and the romantic is here.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 545. D. 12, ’07. 140w.
=Outlook.= 87: 828. D. 14, ’07. 120w.
=Rhodes, James Ford.= History of the United States from the compromise
of 1850 to the final restoration of Home rule in the South in 1877. 7v.
v. 6–7. per set, **$17.50. Macmillan.
5–12579.
These concluding volumes of Mr. Rhodes’ history cover the period
1866–1877. “A peculiar claim can be made on behalf of a historian who
writes candidly and yet firmly of the burning of Columbia under
General Sherman, the disputed Hayes-Tilden election, and the whole
melancholy reconstruction period.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“Dr. Rhodes possesses some of the most important qualities of the true
historian. He has the judicial temper and he spares no pains in
accumulating and sifting material. To an English reader he
occasionally seems somewhat prolix though seldom actually tedious.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 793. Ag. 17, ’07. 2120w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“As in volume 5 he finished what is on the whole our best history of
the civil war, so in volume 7 he has finished the best history yet
written of reconstruction. Unfortunately, however, the superlative
does not in this second instance convey nearly so high praise as in
the first. There exist several reasonably good histories of the war,
but until these two volumes appeared there was no work covering the
period of reconstruction which could be commended.” William Garrott
Brown.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 680. Ap. ’07. 2030w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 48. F. ’07. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“It may be stated without fear of successful impeachment, that no
other period of American history has been so well and interestingly
written as the one covered by Mr. Rhodes. Although seven volumes have
been devoted to the history of about thirty years, there is no useless
detail to weary the reader, but a concise, well-balanced story, that
can be followed with unflagging interest by the general student as
well as the specialist.” J. W. Garner.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 435. Mr. ’07. 1060w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)
“His sense of proportion is artistic, as well as his perspective.
Aside from the almost unexampled impartiality of judgment which the
work displays throughout, its most striking characteristics to the lay
leader will be found in its subordination of the literary to the
judicial element.” Bernadotte Perrin.
+ + + =Atlan.= 99: 859. Je. ’07. 5850w. (Review of v. 8 and 7.)
“Dr. Rhodes’s works ... certainly carry the stamp of verisimilitude
and have the force necessary to lure the reader on and invite him to
return.” David Y. Thomas.
+ + + =Dial.= 42: 180. Mr. 16, ’07. 1640w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“The evidence from quantity is abundantly supported by other evidence
that Dr. Rhodes lost interest in his task after he had brought the
story of actual warfare to a close, or perhaps, more exactly, after he
had described the struggle between President Johnson and congress.”
Wm. A. Dunning.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 34: 109. S. ’07. 2160w. (Review of v. 1–7.)
“The greatest historical work that has been written in America—great
not in length alone, but in excellence of scholarship, and the
magnitude and interest of his theme.”
+ + + =Ind.= 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“Within the limits I have tried to indicate it is not easily
overpraised. That, however, breeds regret—regret that once more a work
so excellent as history should not be also excellent as literary art.”
William Garrott Brown.
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 552. Mr. 7, ’07. 2700w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“The work has the rare quality of being dispassionate and yet
interesting.”
+ + + =Lit. D.= 34: 64. Ja. 12, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“Mr. Rhodes is to be congratulated on having accomplished a difficult
and laborious task with something like conspicuous success.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 242. Ag. 9, ’07. 1920w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)
+ + =Nation.= 84: 14. Ja. 3, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“It need hardly be said that these volumes have fully met the
expectations of readers of their predecessors. He has set new
standards in the study of and interpretation of events, in the use of
materials, and in the generosity and kindliness of his estimates of
men.” William E. Dodd.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 4. Ja. 5, ’07. 3460w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)
“Must be deemed pre-eminently the standard work for the period with
which it deals, and a work so exhaustive and so able that it will
probably be long before its supremacy is challenged.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 113. My. 18, ’07. 1760w. (Review of v. 1–7.)
“It seems probable that the general verdict will be that, though
entitled to high praise, they are not in all respects up to the high
standard set by some of the volumes that appeared before them.” Paul
Leland Haworth.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 513. S. ’07. 2710w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“While not strikingly original either in his conceptions of the import
of the events of his period or in the manner in which he sets them
forth, Mr. Rhodes has given us a piece of historical narrative which
will command respect for solidity, fairness, and accuracy.” John
Spencer Bassett.
+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 252. My. ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 5–7.)
+ + + =R. of Rs.= 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“Far the best existing narrative of the events which led up to and
followed the civil war as well as of the war itself, apart from more
merely technical military treatises.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 625. My. 18, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“His one great limitation is that he has not penetrated deeply into
the great underlying forces at work in our history and his judgments
therefore are not always profound or such as will stand the test of
time. Especially well suited for the reference library in our
schools.” Webster Cook.
+ + − =School R.= 15: 716. D. ’07. 670w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
=Spec.= 98: 464. Mr. 23, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
“Other subjects such as finance and currency, commercial crises,
political corruption, the tariff, and the broader economic and social
changes affecting American society are not ignored, as they were not
in the previous volumes; but they are not adequately treated, and the
author shows in his treatment of them none of that breadth of view and
well-balanced judgment which appears in his account of the political
controversies that have to do with slavery, the civil war and the
reconstruction.” G: Stevens Callender.
+ + − =Yale R.= 16: 198. Ag. ’07. 3390w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)
=Rhys, Ernest.= Fairy-gold; il. by Herbert Cole. $2.50. Dutton.
7–35196.
“Mr. Rhys has retold many legends and fairy tales of the semi-mythical
days in England.” (Outlook.) “The first part contains old favorites,
of many of which the editor has found new versions; the second part
consists of shorter fables and stories; and the third of fairy tales,
and poems from Browning, Elia, Keats, Tom Hood and others. The book is
daintily gotten up and Mr. Herbert Cole’s illustrations are
excellent.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“A delight to handle and to read.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 584. D. 8, ’06. 80w.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 112. Ap. ’07.
“This is a book to find welcome.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 13, ’06. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 90w.
“The book is one to please older readers, but none the less for that
will be acceptable to children.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 1083. D. 29, ’06. 80w.
“A very interesting and artistic production.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
=Ribot, Theodule Armand.= Essay on the creative imagination; tr. from
the French, by Albert H. N. Baron. *$1.75. Open ct.
6–32845.
A discussion of the subject under the following heads: Analysis of the
imagination, Development of the imagination, Types of imagination,
Conclusion and Appendices.
* * * * *
“As a manual to a region well worthy of exploration, the volume may be
recommended both in the original and in the present form.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 244. O. 16, ’06. 340w.
“Mr. Baron has done us a service of some value in rendering into
English M. Ribot’s monograph on the creative imagination. The
translation sticks somewhat closely to the original idiom, but this is
a virtue rather than a fault. It forms a valuable addition to the
psychological literature on imagination.” Felix Arnold.
+ + =J. Philos.= 3: 695. D. 6, ’06. 800w.
“Like all its author’s work, it is suggestive and thorough.”
+ + − =Nature.= 76: 196. Je. 27, ’07. 100w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 150w.
=Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell (Hegan).= Captain June. †$1. Century.
7–29097.
The story of a dear little American boy who stays with his Japanese
nurse in her country while his mother is in Manila nursing his sick
father through a fever.
* * * * *
“A charming tale.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 399. O. 5. 100w.
“Told with a certain freshness, although the situation is slight. Mrs.
Rice has done better work.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 60w.
“Very charming.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 60w.
“Pleasantly told.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 50w.
“While in ‘Captain June’ Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice does not write with
quite the same firmness of touch that characterizes the work of the
author of ‘Emmy Lou,’ she, like Mrs. Martin, throws her picture upon
the screen in clear, sharp light and shadow.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 763. D. ’07. 230w.
=Rice, Cale Young.= Night in Avignon [a drama], **50c. McClure.
7–15143.
The theme for Mr. Rice’s drama is “a momentary revolt on the part of
Petrarch from the apparently unresponsive and remote Monna Laura, and
the consequences in which it involves him.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The situation is conceived with an admirable intensity, but it is
worked with such agitation of mood and manner that it fails to be
pleasing or even convincing.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 35. Jl. 11, ’07. 270w.
“Though brief, and slight in detail, as a one-act play must
necessarily be, it is nevertheless so vivid and the fusion is so
complete between the dialogue and action that it embraces in small
compass all the essentials of the drama.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 220. Ap. 6, ’07. 920w.
“Among the recent group of dramatic poets, Mr. Cale Young Rice ... has
done excellent work, particularly worthy of comment on its
architectonic side. Mr. Rice has an instinctive sense of dramatic
relations; his dramas move by first intent and the unity of word and
action is admirably maintained. His work is not without its
immaturities.”
+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 350. Je. ’07. 120w.
=Rice, William de Groot C.=, comp. Book of American humorous verse, lea.
$1.25. Duffield.
7–25551.
An anthology in which the verse of well-known American humorists
appears.
=Rich, Charles Edward.= Voyage with Captain Dynamite. †$1. Barnes.
7–26459.
“The story of three boys who go out from Cottage City in a small yacht
and who are caught in a storm and run down by a larger vessel, a
filibuster. They are rescued by Captain Dynamite, who carries them off
to Cuba. There, having sent word home that they were safe, they take
part in many adventures and do, perhaps, a little more than a boy
outside a book would be able to do. Harry Hamilton rescues Juanita, a
young Cuban girl, who is in prison, and who escapes in his
clothes.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 110w.
“Does not spare adventures, and boy readers will be thrilled by the
excitements provided.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 70w.
=Rich, Walter Herbert.= Feathered game of the Northwest. **$3. Crowell.
7–29864.
The author does not cover the broad field of general ornithology but
narrows his scope to include only groups of birds of special interest
to sportsmen. These he treats in a manner to be of interest also to
the professional ornithologist and to the general reader. Fair
sportsmanship is the keynote, discountenancing record-killing
slaughter. Hunting yarns and bits of hunters’ wisdom gathered here and
there over the gun-barrel mingle with the observations. Nearly ninety
birds are described, located and illustrated in full-page half-tones.
* * * * *
“His descriptions are so good that enjoyment of them need not be
confined to sportsmen.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 418. D. 16, ’07. 100w.
“On the whole, he succeeded in making a thoroughly, reliable and
entertaining volume.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 760. N. 16, ’07. 410w.
“The illustrations which are diagnostic, add considerably to the value
of the volume. Mr. Rich has, however, fallen into the error very
general among artists, of placing his ducks too high out of the water.
On the more technical side we find recent scientific names given
accurately, and the facts concerning life-histories, although of
course mainly drawn from the point of view of the hunter, are
reliable. As literature, the essays are commendable.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 402. O. 31, ’07. 380w.
“Chatty and humorous as well as informing, and well illustrated.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 90w.
* =Richards, Ellen Henrietta.= Sanitation in daily life. *60c. Whitcomb
& B.
7–37734.
A thorogoing manual on sanitation in the home and city based upon the
most approved methods of sanitary science.
* =Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth.= Grandmother. †75c. Estes.
7–24770.
“A young girl forced by circumstances into marriage with an old man
gave him the loyal gratitude and devotion his kindness merited. She
overcame the hatred of his passionate granddaughter of her own age,
and became the loved ‘Grandmother’ of all the village children for
whom she wove sweet songs and pretty stories. The tragedies of her
inner life were never realized by those about her, but they caused her
to be a benediction to every one who knew her.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Those who enjoyed ‘Captain January,’ (and that means every one, young
or old, that read it) will like Mrs. Richards’s new story,
‘Grandmother.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 110w.
“A sweet and touching story.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 120w.
=Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Howe).= Silver crown: another book of
fables. †$1.25. Little.
6–29779.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 20w.
“Useful to parents, teachers, and librarians, but containing little
for the children themselves.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 54. F. ’07.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 50w.
=Richards, Ralph Coffin.= Railroad accidents, their cause and
prevention. $1. Ralph C. Richards, 215 Jackson boulevard, Chicago.
6–32141.
“A general discussion of various classes of accidents is accompanied
by citations of examples showing how the very accidents in question
had happened to individuals. References to operating rules—which
rules, if followed, would have prevented the accidents in many
instances—are freely made throughout the book, and the rules
themselves are given in an appendix forming the last 15 pages of the
book.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 56: 418. O. 18, ’06. 60w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 70w.
=Richards, William R.= Apostles’ creed in modern worship. **$1.
Scribner.
6–32847.
“An exposition of the creed rather than a defence of it; and the
exposition is spiritual and practical rather than historical and
scholarly.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The book may be considered to represent the best that can be said in
favor of the adoption of the creed by the non-liturgical communions,
though it by no means answers the objections raised against its use in
the controversies over it in England and Germany.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 328. O. 18. ’06. 330w.
“It is not and does not purport to be of value to the critical
student; it will be of aid in giving rational significance to the
creed to those who are accustomed to use it in public worship.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 383. O. 13, ’06. 80w.
=Richardson, Charles.= Chancellorsville campaign: Fredericksburg to
Salem church. $1. Neale.
7–17004.
An account of the battles from Fredericksburg to Salem church and a
description of the battle field, to which is appended a collection of
abstracts from the reports of the operations of the Union army of the
Potomac, covering the entire Chancellorsville campaign.
* * * * *
“Borrows a certain quality of value from the circumstance that it
contains in convenient form the text of President Lincoln’s
correspondence with the egregious Hooker, together with other official
notes of the campaign, and the report of Gen. Lee upon the battle in
which Thomas Jonathan Jackson lost his life. Mr. Richardson’s own
story of that battle is negligible.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 270w.
“Had Colonel Charles Richardson chosen to utilize his personal
experience as the basis for his ‘The Chancellorsville campaign,’ he
might have made an interesting contribution to civil war literature;
but as it is, his narrative is quite negligible. Barring a tedious—and
to readers not familiar with the ground—difficult description of the
scene of conflict, his account of the operations of Early and Sedgwick
about Fredericksburg, displays little originality, and consists for
the most part of quotations from official reports strung together in a
commonplace way.”
− =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22. ’07. 110w.
=Richardson, Charles.= Tales of a warrior: sanguine but not saguinary
for old time people. $1.25. Neale.
7–16755.
Nine simply told tales of the civil war time. Several of them are in
southern dialect, and they deal with the county squire, the soldier,
the old negro, and other southern types.
=Richardson, Frank.= 2835 Mayfair: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.
A detective story which has a double identity mystery in it, and one
in which the author “takes care to discount the criticism that his
story is not credible by making it absolutely impossible.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“Regarded as satire or melodrama, ‘2835 Mayfair’ must be considered
unsatisfactory. There is, however, plenty of ingenuity in the manner
in which Mr. Richardson develops his tale, and his admirers will find
no lack of those inconsequent humours which he has taught them to
expect.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 459. My. 11, ’07. 270w.
− + =Nation.= 85: 234. S. 12, ’07. 330w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 110w.
“Mr. Richardson’s efforts in what may be called his satirical manner
are rather laboured in the present book, which may be best described
as a sensational extravaganza and, as our American cousins would say,
not very successful at that.”
− =Spec.= 99: 333. S. 7, ’07. 150w.
=Richardson, Leon Josiah.= Helps to the reading of classical Latin
poetry. *50c. Ginn.
7–6757.
The book is intended for students of classical Roman poetry, primarily
that of Virgil and Ovid. The book outlines the part that reading
should play in the field of classical study, compares Latin and
English rhythms, and explains simply the nature and structure of Latin
verse, with special reference to the dactylic hexameter and the
elegiac meter.
* * * * *
“In all probability it contains rather more than the average student,
or perhaps even the exceptional student, if he be an undergraduate,
will take the time to read with care. On the other hand, one who is
more advanced will scarcely find here anything that is new to him.
Some of the illustrative material is ... well selected; and the first
twenty pages or so may be read by any one with interest and pleasure.”
H. T. P.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 207. Ap. ’07. 360w.
“A helpful little volume for the sympathetic reader of Latin verse.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 90w.
=Richardson, Rev. Willard S.=, ed. David: warrior, poet, king. il.
$2.50. Appleton.
7–31970.
In this narrative told by means of various passages of scripture,
special stress is laid upon the qualities of the man David, the
frailties over which the might of character triumphed, the friendship
for Jonathan, and the anguish and grief over Absalom. The character
development is traced thru the experience of exile, thru the early
years of opposition to his rule over the two tribes, and thru the
years of prosperity and adversity as king over Israel.
=Rickaby, Rev. Joseph, S. J.= Free will and four English philosophers; a
study of Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Mill. *$1.25. Benziger.
“Father Rickaby believes that, though men are slow to see and loth to
own it, free will still remains the hub and centre of philosophical
speculation. The four philosophers whose views are here criticized are
Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Mill. His method is to quote a passage from
these authors and then discuss it.”—Ath.
* * * * *
=Ath.= 1907, 1: 406. Ap. 6. 330w.
“A long matured volume abounding with acute criticism and close
reasoning. The most original feature of Father Rickaby’s treatment of
the question is his theory on the working of free-will.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 564. Ja. ’07. 330w.
“A vigorous and interesting book.” St. George Stock.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 704. Ap. ’07. 1330w.
=Rickert, (Martha) Edith.= Golden hawk. †$1.50. Baker.
7–15544.
“A modern romance in the picaresque style, steeped in the sunshine of
Provence.... Trillon, the hero, has a lordly disdain for
commercialism.... We meet him ... fascinating the daughter of the
inn-keeper by his audacious flattery, and after a courtship conducted
with lightning rapidity in the teeth of every sort of opposition,
going off to seek his fortune, while his betrothed is left to the
untender mercies of her parents and the priest.... She enters a
nunnery. But the irrepressible Trillon returns from the sea, abducts
his betrothed ... sets himself to perform a labour of Hercules imposed
by the priest as the condition of his consent to the marriage,—the
conversion of a rocky wilderness known as the Pit of Artaban into a
farm. Trillon’s exploits as a farmer ... make a most entertaining
recital; and the final scene, in which he plays the part of a
Provençal Lochinvar, brings a fantastic story to an appropriate
close.”—Spec.
* * * * *
“The only fault we have to find in her work is that it needs pruning.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 216. Mr. 2, ’07. 230w.
“The sort of thing that could easily be turned into operetta.” Harry
James Smith.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 134. Jl. ’07. 330w.
“It is not a book to be judged by ordinary standards; it must be read
indulgently, sympathetically, softly laughed over for the sake of its
fantastic humor, its unexpected mingling of sunshine and of shadow.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 392. Je. ’07. 300w.
“A pretty story, full of surprises for even the seasoned reader of
summer fiction.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 210w.
“Her portraits with all their charm seem sometimes a little stiff,
sometimes over flamboyant But there are fine, airy landscapes in
plenty; the action is spirited throughout; and few of the incidents
fail of the graces of pathos, humour, enthusiasm, and, above all,
imagination.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 70. Mr. 1, ’07. 580w.
“She escapes the danger of letting her picaresque hero seem hackneyed
and mediocre, by tracing his mental processes from within out, here
and there giving a genuine touch of character study, instead of
relying entirely upon description of his fantastic dress and twinkling
hawk-like eyes.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 350w.
“Miss Rickart has undeniable talent, a grace of style, a keen sense of
verbal felicity and skill in reproducing a superficial effect. She has
not yet learned the lesson that to be a real artist one must not go
too far afield from one’s own life and temperament.” Florence
Wilkinson.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 314. My. 18, ’07. 690w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.
“The tale is told with dash and spirit, and has unity of conception.
There is buoyancy and there is color, and the reader’s interest is
swept along impetuously from beginning to end.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 255. Je. 1, ’07. 210w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 765. Je. ’07. 60w.
“The ‘bravura’ style is at times somewhat forced.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 541. Ap. ’07. 640w.
=Rickett, Arthur.= Vagabond in literature. *$1.50. Dutton.
7–35194.
A volume “made up of ‘papers’ on Hazlitt, De Quincey, Walt Whitman.
Robert Louis Stevenson, George Borrow, Henry Thoreau, and Richard
Jefferies.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 104. Ap. ’07.
“These agreeable essays are not epoch-making—how few books are!—but
they offer many a page of good reading, none the worse for being on
well-worn themes.”
− + =Dial.= 42: 146. Mr. 1, ’07. 330w.
=Ind.= 62: 973. Ap. 25, ’07. 630w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 789. D. 1, ’06. 300w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 40w.
=Ricketts, Charles S.= Art of the Prado: a survey of the contents of the
gallery, together with detailed criticisms of its masterpieces and
biographical sketches of the famous painters who produced them. *$2.
Page.
7–30412.
A finely illustrated volume which deals with the paintings of the
Prado—Madrid’s famous treasure house of masterpieces. Here are found
at their best the gold of Titian, the silver of Velasquez. the glow of
Rubens and the magic and awe associated with Rembrandt. In what manner
and to what extent these pictures are an unchallenged “congress of
masterpieces” the author essays to enlighten the reader.
* * * * *
“He understands how to give his criticism a turn which is at once
illuminating and suggestive.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 379. D. 1, ’07. 310w.
“This is a real book, containing real opinions, which may be read with
profit and pleasure by any one who cares for the serious study of
art.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 550. D. 12, ’07. 290w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“At best the book is an excellent and readable guide to a collection
not too widely known, and considered as such the author is deserving
of unqualified attention.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 835. D. 14, ’07. 310w.
=Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 80w.
=Rideal, Samuel.= Sewage and the bacterial purification of sewage. $4.
Wiley.
A third and enlarged edition of a work which “consists chiefly of a
statement of the problem of sewage treatment and of the principles
involved and methods employed in the solution of that problem,
together with a review of some of the large number of experiments on
sewage.... It covers some events and literature well into
1906.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“By means of the present revision, Dr. Rideal’s book becomes the most
up-to-date and the best general work on sewage treatment now
available.”
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 667. Je. 13, ’07. 340w.
“It seems to be generally acknowledged among sanitary engineers that
this work is the most comprehensive treatise on the subject in the
English language, and the appearance of a third edition recently is
only natural in view of the high standing which the book has won.”
+ + =Technical Literature.= 2: 333. O. ’07. 370w. (Reprinted from
Engin. Rec.)
* =Rideout, Henry Milner.= Admiral’s light. †$1.50. Houghton.
7–36092.
The shores of New Brunswick and Maine furnish the setting of a story
in which are brought together a girl reared by Yankee gypsies, a lad,
hungry for things of life, the recluse grandfather who keeps a
lighthouse, an Italian sailor, and a Chinaman whose portion of the
tale is one of mystery. The sea-change of the heroine into something
rich and strange which breathes sacrifice is the absorbing part of the
story.
=Rideout, Henry Milner.= Beached keels. †$1.50. Houghton.
6–38551.
Three stories of the sea and shorefolk. The first is a “strange tale
of curious people in an unusual setting; the second, a tragic,
pathetic tale of two brothers; the third, humorous.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)
* * * * *
“All are striking, and more than usually well told.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 18. Ja. ’07. ✠
“Mr. Rideout’s construction is faulty; his stories short as they are,
seem to ramble needlessly. But he has the gift of vividness and a rare
sense of the value of little things; he can paint the crest of a wave
or a trait of character with an admirable terseness.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 24: 691. F. ’07. 330w.
“His fancy is fertile and it imagines large canvases. He almost fills
them, but not quite. It is in dealing with the emotions of his
characters in the powerful situations in which he places them that Mr.
Rideout still falls short: he leaves a little too much to the
collaboration of the reader.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 915. Ap. 18, ’07. 260w.
“‘Wild justice’ stands out with almost startling distinctness against
the pale mediocrity of current magazine fiction.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 190w.
“All of these three tales, but more especially the first have quite
unusual vigor and originality. The author’s chief fault is a somewhat
abrupt manner.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84. 1080. D. 29, ’06. 120w.
=Rideout, Henry Milner.= Siamese cat; il. by Will Grefe. †$1.25.
McClure.
7–15114.
A love story in which a Siamese cat and a pigeon-blood ruby figure
largely. It “swings along at a high speed and there is plenty of
Asiatic coast atmosphere, of the semi-tourist, semi-native sort. The
local color, appears veracious with its mixture of bad smells and pink
mists and ruined temples and calm homicides and pigin English and
poisonings and stabbings while you wait.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“The setting is oriental, and adds not a little to the attractions of
a light, swift-moving ingenious, and altogether entertaining tale.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 180. O. ’07. ✠
“This is a book which tempts the reviewer to cast propriety to the
winds and call it in cold print a thundering good story.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 544. Je. 13, ’07. 380w.
“It is a merry tale, for all its trifling with human life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 360. Je. 4, ’07. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
=Riedl, Frigyes.= History of Hungarian literature. *$1.75. Appleton.
7–2035.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1996.
+ =Acad.= 71: 652. D. 29, ’06. 940w.
“This book with Dr. Reich’s ‘Historical survey of Hungarian
literature’ covers the subject comprehensively.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07.
“An extremely readable volume, exhibiting scholarship without
pedantry, and resisting the temptation to dwell at too great length
upon the formative period of the literature.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 115. E. 16, ’07. 320w.
“This is a remarkable book, as it is the first history of Hungarian
literature in the English language.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 635. S. 12, ’07. 710w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 386. Ap. 25, ’07. 330w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 402. Mr. 30, ’07. 300w.
=Riemer, J.= Shaft-sinking in difficult cases; tr. from the Germ. by J.
W. Brough. *$3.50. Lippincott.
“The volume is confined to a description of means that have to be
resorted to when ordinary methods of sinking cannot be applied on
account of excessive influx of water, the means described being shaft
sinking by hand, boring shafts, the freezing method of sinking, and
the sinking-drum method.” (Nature.) “The book is divided into four
main sections, devoted respectively to (1) Shaft sinking by hand, (2)
Shaft sinking by boring, (3) The freezing method, and (4) The sinking
drum process. Concrete examples are given of the application of each
method. The folding plates in the back of the book amply illustrate
the constructive details involved.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
=Engin. N.= 58. 178. Ag. 15, ’07. 180w.
“It is not a book for elementary students, but one that deserves the
careful study of advanced students and of experienced engineers. The
translation has been carefully made.”
+ + =Nature.= 76: 291. Jl. 25, ’07. 380w.
=Ries, Heinrich.= Clays, their occurrence, properties, and uses, with
especial reference to those of the United States. *$5. Wiley.
6–37212.
“The author treats his subject under the following heads:—The origin
of clay, chemical properties, physical properties, kinds of clay,
methods of mining and manufacture, distribution of clay in the United
States, Fuller’s earth.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“The only work summarizing the scattered literature on American
clays.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 171. O. ’07.
“Notwithstanding defects in matter and manner, Dr. Ries has rendered a
distinct service to ceramics in producing this work. It more nearly
meets the general need than any other English book in the field, and
will doubtless awaken in many aspiring minds an enthusiasm to know
more than the book pretends to tell, and will thus lead to research
and scholarship, which has so far groped in vain for lack of a guide.”
Edward Orton, jr.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 437. Ap. 18, ’07. 1380w.
=J. Geol.= 14: 459. Ag. ’06. 230w.
“This book is very well produced and free from slips.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 411. Mr. 14, ’07. 460w.
“The most comprehensive and evenly balanced, if not the only,
presentation of the subject as a whole that we have.” Eugene A. Smith.
+ + =Science=, n. s. 25: 999. Je. 28, ’07. 1370w.
=Riley, James Whitcomb.= Morning. $1.25. Bobbs.
7–26127.
The keynote of this latest group of Riley poems is struck in the
following:
“Let us see as we have seen—
Where all paths are dewy-green,
And all human-kind are kin—
Let us be as we have been.”
* * * * *
“It is doubtful if his admirers will find in it quite the charm of his
earlier work.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 363. D. ’07. 200w.
=Riley, James Whitcomb.= While the heart beats young. $2.50. Bobbs.
6–36414.
Under this title are included “all the best of Mr. Riley’s
child-verses, with many pictures in color by Ethel Franklin
Betts.”—Dial.
* * * * *
+ − =Dial.= 41: 398. D. 1, ’06. 130w.
“Riley still makes the same heart-felt appeal to the people that he
did more than a quarter of a century ago.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1402. D. 13, ’06. 90w.
=Ripley, William Z.= Railway problems: a collection of reprints with
maps and introd. $2.25. Ginn.
7–6187.
Uniform with “Selections and documents in economics.” While the book
is primarily intended to serve as a college text in the economics of
transportation, it also aims to offer in convenient form for the
general reader and student of American public questions authoritative
information upon this important economic and political question.
* * * * *
“Of use to the interested public, the student, the college instructor,
and the debator.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07. S.
“Is by far the best compendium of papers on railway transportation
that has yet been made.” Emory R. Johnson.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 616. N. ’07. 460w.
“The book is invaluable for college work, and to all who would take up
the history of American railways.” Ralph Albertson.
+ =Arena.= 38: 219. Ag. ’07. 330w.
“We can very heartily commend this book to anyone desiring to make a
study of the economic relations of the railways to the public.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 77. Jl. 18, ’07. 520w.
“Professor Ripley makes it easy for the student to get a view of the
more important of our railway problems.” William Hill.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 435. Jl. ’07. 320w.
“One of the great advantages of the material presented in this volume
for pedagogical purposes is that it deals so largely with debatable
questions. With its aid there should be no difficulty in making
college courses on railway problems interesting as well as
profitable.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 559. S. ’07. 210w.
“Has been edited with great care. The book fully meets the aim of the
editor and is all that can be desired.” Albert I. Frye.
+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 269. Je. ’07. 1050w.
=Ristori, Adelaide.= Memoirs and artistic studies of Adelaide Ristori;
rendered into English by G. Mantellini. **$2.50. Doubleday.
7–26130.
“Besides the biographical matter furnished by Signor Ventura, the
present book of memoirs consists of two parts: in the first, Madame
Ristori gives her reminiscences of her stage career, commencing with
her first appearance before the footlights at the age of two months,
and extending over sixty-three years to her farewell performance,
which was given twenty-two years ago at the New York Academy of music
in a memorable production of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth,’ Edwin Booth
taking the title-role on that occasion. The second part of her Memoirs
is devoted to an analysis of six of the principal parts in her
répertoire: Schiller’s ‘Mary Stuart,’ Giacometti’s ‘Queen Elizabeth,’
Shakespeare’s ‘Lady Macbeth,’ Legouve’s ‘Medea,’ Alfieri’s ‘Myrrha,’
and Racine’s ‘Phaedra.’”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3:171. O. ’07. S.
“To the already published lives of Adelaide Ristori this new edition
of her memoirs, with its appended letters coming down nearly to the
date of her death, is a useful supplement. But there is still room for
a final, full, and critical account of the remarkable actress,
prepared with far more care than the volume under review.” Percy F.
Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 160. S. 16, ’07. 1770w.
“Her autobiography has not literary quality, and it is marred in the
translation by a faulty English that editing might, it would seem,
easily have bettered.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1003. O. 24. ’07. 210w.
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 452. S. 28, ’07. 1200w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 100w.
“Not only is the arrangement of the matter slovenly ... but the
English translation supplied by Signor G. Mantellini reflects but
little credit upon the original composition.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 239. S. 12, ’07. 1000w.
“The work of the translator is utterly inadequate. His mistakes, due
to a very evident lack of familiarity with the conventions and idioms
of the English language, are sometimes ludicrous, sometimes annoying,
sometimes obscuring; and many of them would never have passed even a
moderately good proof-reader, who was compelled to wade through the
ridiculous pi of commas strewn thicker than Vallombrosan leaves.” Anne
Peacock.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 537. S. 7, ’07. 1400w.
“The story of her life is here told in a simple and informal way,
without boasting, but with intelligent appreciation of men and
things.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 132. S. 21, ’07. 200w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 512. O. ’07. 130w.
=Ritchie, Rev. Arthur.= Spiritual studies in St. Luke’s gospel. 2v. *$5.
Young ch.
6–39459.
“The general character of these volumes is homiletical. and their aim
is to feed the altar flame of the consecrated heart.” (Outlook.) “Dr.
Ritchie has arranged his commentary in short sections, and divided
each study into an exposition and a series of three ‘thoughts,’ thus
adapting his work to quick reference and ready comprehension.”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 170w.
=Outlook.= 84: 633. N. 10, ’06. 120w.
=Rivers, W. H. R.= Todas; with il., map and chronological tables.
*$6.50. Macmillan.
7–18149.
The author says that his book is not merely a record of the customs
and beliefs of a people who amount to fewer than a thousand
individuals all told, but is also a demonstration of anthropological
method. These people occupy the well-watered plateau of the Nilgiri
hills in Southern India, and their life, character, customs,
ceremonials and factors upon which their social organization rests are
informingly discussed.
* * * * *
“A work as laborious as it is original.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 551. N. 3. 1350w.
“An exhaustive study.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 317. My. 16, ’07. 360w.
“As an example of scientific method, this is the best socio-religious
monograph of a special community yet published.” A. C. Haddon.
+ + =Hibbert J.= 5: 680. Ap. ’07. 1560w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 406. D. 7, ’06. 960w.
“An admirable study of savage life.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 33. Ja. 10, ’07. 180w.
“Thanks to Dr. Rivers’s energy and care we have a complete and
scientific account of one of the most significant phenomena in the
history of that varied organism, religion. A monument of industry and
care, not without insight, and the results of comparative study, and
is an invaluable record of which Cambridge and the new anthropology
may be proud.” A. E. Crawley.
+ + =Nature.= 75: 462. Mr. 14, ’07. 960w.
“Mr. Rivers’ careful monograph will thus win and retain a central
place, that between the preliminary and more or less amateurish
anthropological observers whose works he practically supersedes, and
the deeper interpretation for which he does so much to prepare.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 113. Ja. 26, ’07. 1380w.
“Mr. Rivers’s learned book will remain the chief authority on the
interesting race with which he deals.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: sup. 120. Ja. 26, ’07. 300w.
=Rives, Hallie Erminie.= Satan Sanderson. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–26018.
Plot and action abound in this story of confused identity. In his
college days, only four years past, the Reverend Harry Sanderson was
known to his fellows as Satan Sanderson. There crosses his path one
day an old associate, Hugh Stires, the degenerate son of St. James’
richest parishioner, and so closely resembling Sanderson as to cause
all the trouble that ensues. The ghosts of the past appear, but are
downed by the invincible might of the young rector. The degenerate
weds the woman Sanderson loves, proves unworthy of her, and throws
himself upon Sanderson’s mercy, and the latter in attempting to save
him meets with an accident that robs him of his memory. The climax and
the fall grow out of the confusion of identity that follows, and a
ne’er-do-well’s one impulse of manhood.
* * * * *
“The thrills follow thick and fast as in melodrama by Theodore Kremer.
They follow in good sharp English, moreover, with only occasional
tiptoe reaches into preciosity.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 590w.
“Miss Rives writes well, though without much restraint upon her native
luxuriance of expression, and with none whatever upon her
imagination.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 960w.
=Rix, Herbert.= Tent and Testament; a camping tour in Palestine with
some notes on Scripture sites. *$2.50. Scribner.
7–15906.
“This record of a camping tour in Palestine is from the hand of a
scholarly and critical traveler.... Throughout a route which lay in
part aside from the common track of tourists his interest in verifying
Biblical sites and Biblical allusions fully justifies the title of his
record.... The prolonged discussions required by controverted
questions as to Nazareth, Bethlehem, Capernaum, and other localities
are set off into appendices ... and the whole is indexed and
illustrated.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“A thoughtful, well-written, even learned work, far from the vain
outpouring of the tourist. The narrative, though heavily charged with
information, is wonderfully unembarrassed: and the word-pictures which
abound are true to life.... We are sorry that Mr. Rix should have left
so much perishable matter [Protestant theories with regard to holy
places] in a work which has permanent interest.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 351. Mr. 23. 150w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 70w.
“The narrative is sufficiently enlivened with incident and anecdote to
give it continuous interest.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 282. F. 2, ’07. 110w.
“His narrative of travel is that of an intelligent and well-informed
traveller who went without prepossessions and was both able and
willing to weigh evidence. His observations were careful. Now and then
he is able to correct even so great an authority in Palestinian
topography as Dr. George Smith.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 300w.
=Roach, Abby Meguire.= Some successful marriages. †$1.25. Harper.
6–37923.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author is evidently a close observer of human nature and a clever
analyst.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 352. Mr. 22. 180w.
=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= Haunters of the silences. $2. Page.
7–18302.
In the course of these eighteen short stories of the wild, Mr. Roberts
not only introduces us to types of animal life in the earth’s silent
places but takes us down into the depths of the sea to meet the orca,
the shark, the narwhal, and the ocean cuttlefish.
* * * * *
“The book is very well worth buying and keeping for the illustrations
alone, and again it is well worth buying and keeping even had it no
illustrations. It will be a world dull of appreciation which does not
recognize great qualities in this volume.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 106. N. 9. ’07. 620w.
“Charming stories of creatures of the air, the deep sea, of the
northern forests and silent wastes.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 180. O. ’07. ✠
“The book is full of good reading, and it is well written.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 270w.
“It has remained for Mr. Roberts to crystallise into a series of brief
and vibrant character-studies the really salient features of the
horizonless life of the outer worlds.” Thomas Walsh.
+ + =Bookm.= 25: 305. My. ’07. 270w.
“For this large-minded fairness, as well as for other reasons, the
book belongs to the small but fortunately growing class of the best
nature story-books.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 42: 369. Je. 16. ’07. 840w.
“The stories are said to be in a line with accurate natural history.
However, it is not concerning questions of observed facts so much as
the interpretations that scientific men will have a quarrel with the
author of this and with those of similar books.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1001. O. 24, ’07. 350w.
“It is the most ambitious work of the kind that Mr. Roberts has yet
written, and deserves to be placed in the first rank of nature books.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 962. Je. 15, ’07. 400w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 591. Je. 27, ’07. 300w.
“Of these nature writers, as they have come to be called, Mr. C. G. D.
Roberts ... is far the most charming, the most literary, the most
interesting. As for the illustrations by Mr. Bull, they merit an
article in themselves. It is difficult to see how they could be more
full both of imagination and accuracy.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 361. Je. 8, ’07. 1610w.
“He writes of his subjects with sympathy and imagination, while his
descriptions of their ways and hunts are scientifically exact.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.
“He talks about wild life from the standpoint of a man who knows it
well and is also a writer of refinement and of literary instinct.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 478. Je. 29, ’07. 100w.
=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= Heart that knows. $1.50. Page.
6–30929.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Current Literature.= 42: 110. Ja. ’07. 440w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 40w.
=Roberts, Charles George Douglas.= In the deep of the snow; il. by
Denman Fink. †50c. Crowell.
7–21228.
A short Christmas story of the northern frontier in which a
stout-hearted father takes a long snow-shoe journey to bring Santa
Claus to his wilderness cabin.
=Roberts, George Simon.= Historic towns of the Connecticut river valley.
Il. *$3.50. Robson & Adee, Schenectady, N. Y.
6–24568.
“The history of each town is given, some anecdotes of some of its
distinguished sons and their careers told, old houses are described,
landmarks pointed out, and places of historical interest shown.
Pictures, too, are given of houses, sites of buildings, etc., and
there are portraits, views of the town, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The towns are taken up one by one, in an order extending from the
mouth of the river northward. There is, however, little other order;
repetitions are frequent, and in the selection of information to be
included or excluded no clear purpose appears beyond that of
furnishing entertaining reading matter.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 434. Ja. ’07. 60w.
“He writes pleasantly, but he has not written a chronicle, for he has
written loosely. Names are spelled wrongly, dates are awry, and now
and again some statement amazes those familiar with the old towns.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 100. Ja. 10, ’07. 240w.
“Its wealth consists mostly in the assembling of anecdotes, and of
certain of the vital historical facts appertaining to each of the
towns. A more analytic index would have greatly relieved the
congestion of the text, and served to reveal its riches.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 331. O. 18, ’06. 440w.
“The volume is entertaining and authoritative.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 515. Ag. 18, ’06. 380w.
=Roberts, Margaret.= Saint Catherine of Siena and her times; by the
author of “Mademoiselle Mori.” *$2.75. Putnam.
7–10561.
“St. Catherine, surnamed Benincasa, was born in the year 1348 when
Siena lay in the grip of the black death, the daughter of a well-to-do
citizen, a dyer by trade. She grew to be the peacemaker of Italy and
the revered friend of popes and princes. The present narrative of her
life, without being remarkable in any special way, gives a measurably
adequate picture, as biographical pictures go, of this remarkable
woman.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“We have already devoted a considerable amount of space to this
inaccurate book only because it is about the worst specimen of its
class which we have seen.”
− − − =Acad.= 72: 32. Ja. 12, ’07. 1900w.
“An excellent life of Saint Catherine written in a tone as far removed
from blind enthusiasm as from faint-hearted apology.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 178. Ag. 17. 890w.
“Her pages present no evidence of her right to undertake the serious
task in question; rather they give us reason to think that neither the
faculty of clearly and logically presenting facts, nor the power of
sympathetically appreciating Catherine Benincasa, has been granted to
the saint’s latest biographer.”
− =Cath. World.= 86: 254. N. ’07. 100w.
“Miss Roberts ... brings a large store of knowledge and no small
literary skill to her congenial task.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1416. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.
“The way in which this new ‘Life’ of her absorbs one, seeming to
transmit her force and charm, is the best proof of the author’s
excellence. It would, indeed, be hard to find an historical biography
better done.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 65. Mr. 1, ’07. 630w.
“Readable, vivacious life. References to volume and page of the works
quoted are rarely given and, on the whole, one is forced to the
conclusion that the historian’s well-documented life of St. Catherine
is yet to be published. Throughout the book there are evidences of
careless proof-reading.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 224. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w.
“The book, in short, is more interesting than informing. It fails to
leave a distinct impression of St. Catherine.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 10. Ja. 5, ’07. 400w.
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 120w.
Reviewed by A. I. du Pont Coleman.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 1: 629. F. ’07. 630w.
“For one reason or another, perhaps because of some rather lengthy
sentences, the present book has not quite the romantic—one might
almost say the dashing—interest of others on the subject. Still, the
book given to us by the well-known and accomplished author of
‘Mademoiselle Mori’ has very great merits of its own, and it will be
read with interest by all who love the Italy of the fourteenth
century.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 121. Ja. 26, ’07. 230w.
=Roberts, Morley.= Flying Cloud: a story of the sea. $1.50. Page.
7–15115.
Young Jack, the greenhorn, at the opening of this tale leaves his
school and his angry uncle and embarks upon the Flying Cloud to seek
his fortune in Australia. But neither school nor uncle could have
given him the training he received from the brown men of the crew, the
two brave mates, the old Malay bo’s’n, and the captain, the victim of
opium. It is a thrilling tale, the story of how Jack learned the ways
of the sea and the seamen.
* * * * *
“We advise Mr. Roberts to let the sea alone for a while; he will only
anger her by his florid compliments, and she has already a superfluity
of verbose admirers. He can do better than this, and he might do
excellent work if he were content to think a little more and write a
great deal less.”
− =Acad.= 72: 394. Ap. 20, ’07. 260w.
“As story pure and simple has faults. When warmed to his work, he
throws aside all that is pretentious and mannered, sloughs his
colloquialism as a writer, and deals in sound, moving, graphic
English.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 535. My. 4. 180w.
“If the reader can once get over the rhapsodical opening chapters of
this very good tale of the sea, he is probably in no danger of
abandoning the gallant Flying Cloud.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 150w.
“This new marine tale by Mr. Morley Roberts has the tang of authentic
brine and the swift pulse of life in it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 690w.
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 593. My. 11, ’07. 200w.
=Roberts, Morley.= Painted Rock, tales and narratives of Painted Rock,
South Panhandle, Texas, told by Charlie Baker, late of that city and
also of Snyder, Scurry county. †$1.50. Lippincott.
A collection of ten short stories dealing with the citizens of Painted
Rock, their “histories and their affairs.” There is a good deal of
bloodthirsty revenge portrayed, and life seems to be cheap. The
realism and its primitive setting will no doubt prove fascinating to
people who look for the kernel of humanity amongst the waste of
savagery.
* * * * *
“Mr. Roberts’s intimate knowledge of Texas and its people enables him
to reproduce both the atmosphere and the personalities of that strange
country.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 290w.
“This sort of record will ... always be interesting to English
readers.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 351. Mr. 23. 280w.
“Mr. Roberts seems to have caught most admirably the spirit of the
southwest, its ethics, its code of manners, and, best of all, its
inimitable breeziness of speech.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 602. Ag. ’07. 670w.
“The stories (of the familiar Alfred Henry Lewis stuff) in the present
volume seem hardly up to Mr. Roberts’s mark.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 393. Je. 15, ’07. 430w.
=Roberts, Theodore.= Red feathers. $1.50. Page.
7–26602.
A story of the Island of Newfoundland before it had a name, of the
days when chiefs and their warriors made prayers to the sun, the
winds, the frost and the stars, when magicians were abroad in the
land, evil as well as good ones, practicing their witchery to
terrorize or to bless their tribes.
* * * * *
“Mr. Roberts who has much real knowledge of Indian lore, tells his
story in a delightful way that will please both little people and
adults.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 90w.
=Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 90w.
* =Roberts, William.= Sir William Beechey. (Library of art.) *$2.
Scribner.
W 7–140.
The honesty of the work of Beechey is emphasized in this study. “The
task of tracing out the identity of Beechey’s sitters, which included
most of the celebrities of his time has been pursued by Mr. Roberts
with most patient industry and he has unearthed a mass of information
of great value to future biographers. He sifts out carefully different
versions of the same period of the artist’s life, and gives the
evidence in their favour without insisting on the acceptance of one or
the other.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“The book was well worth publishing for its information not only about
Beechey but about many of his distinguished contemporaries.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 602. Je. 22, ’07. 220w.
“This expanded catalog of the work of that rather commonplace
portraitist is both commonplace and dull.”
− =Ind.= 63: 1176. N. 14, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Roberts’s monograph is expository rather than critical, and
particular interest attaches to the chapter of forty pages in which he
gives a series of extracts from Beechey’s account books.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 140w.
=Robertson, Alexander.= Discourses on the history, art and customs of
Venice. *$3. Scribner.
A group of discourses which contain interesting information as to the
religion of the early Venetians. The volume “is remarkable for two
things—its seventy-three half tones reproduced from some of the most
attractive photographs that we have yet seen of modern Venice and the
attempt of the author to read into Venetian monuments Presbyterian
texts as to their inspiration, building, and perpetuation.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
+ − =Nation.= 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 130w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 294. My. 1, ’07. 520w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 524. Jl. 6, ’07. 120w.
* =Robertson, Archibald Thomas.= Epochs in the life of Jesus: a study of
development and struggle in the Messiah’s work. **$1. Scribner.
7–35611.
“These lectures, delivered at a Missouri summer assembly in 1906,
present in popular form the main facts of Jesus’ life. The writer
seeks to give ‘a straight-forward constructive discussion of the
career of Jesus as set forth in the Gospels’ putting the emphasis upon
the pivotal points in the movement of Jesus’ ministry, and avoiding
critical discussion.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“The point of view is conservative.”
+ =Bib. World.= 30: 480. D. ’07. 60w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Robertson, James Peter.= Personal adventures and anecdotes of an old
officer. **$3.50. Longmans.
An octogenarian’s reminiscences of deathdealing adventures. In spite
of the fact that his mother predicted early death unless he reformed,
Colonel Robertson is hale and hearty at the age of eighty-four. “The
volume is full of good stories, telling anecdotes, gallant exploits
and hair-breadth adventures, related in a manner which at once
fascinates and compels admiration for the old officer and his
comrades. Like Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir John French, and Sir Henry
Hildyard, Colonel Robertson was a middy before he took to soldiering,
and a love for the sea and life afloat bore fruit in many stirring
episodes in his subsequent career, while to the credit of the seaman’s
instinct thus early imparted may be placed that readiness of resource
so frequently exhibited during the vicissitudes of his military
life.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“Our readers will find it as exciting as any adventure story, and
described with a naturalness and simplicity as delightful as they are
unusual.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 36. Ja. 12, ’07. 1730w.
“An eminently readable and entertaining book.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 287. Mr. 9. 560w.
“The startling exploits with which the book is packed ... make the
ordinary sensational novel seem tame in comparison.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 548. Ap. 6, ’07. 450w.
“Something exciting, of one sort or another, happens in nearly every
paragraph. And it is all told with a naive sort of charm, in blunt,
simple, and straightforward statement, with no more attempt at
literary embellishment than you would find in a Quartermaster’s
report. And the narrative gains much in interest and dignity by this
soldierly simplicity in the telling of it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 540w.
“Colonel Robertson writes with energy and natural force, and his
anecdotes are lively as his adventures.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 22. Ja. 5, ’07. 80w.
“Colonel Robertson leaves us with a most agreeable impression of
soldierly qualities.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 24. Ja. 5, ’07. 380w.
=Robertson, John Mackinnon.= Short history of free thought, ancient and
modern. 2d ed. 2v. *$6. Putnam.
W 7–14.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“On the whole this is an excellent book, and yet it has one
characteristic—for the author perhaps, an unavoidable one—that may
limit its usefulness. It is written with a purpose additional to the
scientific recording and explaining of facts, namely, to spread
free-thought as above defined.” Carveth Read.
+ + − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 513. Jl. ’07. 1480w.
“He writes in narrative style and enlivens his thesis with humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 139. Mr. 3, ’06. 90w.
“It is desirable to caution the unwary reader against accepting too
confidingly his conclusions; but the skill with which he marshals the
luminous points in a difficult subject is worthy of all praise.”
Edward Fuller.
+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 127. Ap. ’07. 1200w.
=Robertson, Louis Alexander.= Through painted panes, and other poems.
*$1.50. Robertson.
7–16926.
Consists chiefly of poems reprinted from earlier volumes, the plates
of which were lost at the time of the San Francisco destruction.
“Resurgam,” a new poem of the collection, grew out of the earthquakes
ravages, and contains a prophecy for the rearing of earth’s fairest
city where the old one stood.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 130w.
=Robins, Elizabeth (C. E. Raimond, pseud.).= The convert. †$1.50.
Macmillan.
7–35623.
“The convert” is not merely a novel, it is a strong plea for woman’s
suffrage. The work of the suffragettes of London with their open air
meetings in squares and on wharfs crowded with rude and unsympathetic
mobs is glaringly described until the heroine, if not the reader, is
drawn over to them and their cause. The heroine, now a splendid woman
moving in society’s inner circle, was, when a young girl, deceived by
the man she loved and led to sacrifice the child which was to have
been hers. Now, with this burning loss in her heart and the cause of
down trodden woman strong in her soul, she meets the man once more
and, closing the past forever, gives him to the girl he now loves but
asks in return his help in the cause, that by helping other women he
may expiate his guilt toward one.
* * * * *
“Extremely clever and well written.”
+ =Acad.= 73: sup. 113. N. 9, ’07. 320w.
“The play was said to have had its dramatic movements; but the novel
is one long welter of talk.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 649. N. 23. 130w.
“A sterling example of the bigger, worthier sort of book.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 406. D. ’07. 770w.
=Ind.= 63: 1437. D. 12, ’07. 230w.
“With the fullest admiration for much that is good in ‘The convert,’
we regard it as an opportunity missed, not only by Miss Robins the
novelist, but by Miss Robins the advocate of female suffrage.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 317. O. 18, ’07. 660w.
“It is a strong book in many senses of the word. It is difficult,
however, to speak of ‘The convert,’ as a novel. The conditions
portrayed in the book, however, are British rather than American, and
thus in this country ‘The convert’ will make its appeal to the
critical judgment more as a work of fiction than as a brilliant and
possibly accurate account of a burning political question.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 727. N. 16, ’07. 1300w.
“An interesting book written with skill.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 180w.
“Its weakness as a novel lies in the fact that this girl had such an
extraordinary past that she is not a typical figure.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. N. 16. ’07. 180w.
“Successful as a story it is not, and it may be doubted whether is
makes any serious contribution to the literature of the struggle.”
− =Spec.= 99: 827. N. 23, ’07. 270w.
=Robinson, Charles Mulford.= Modern civic art. **$3. Putnam.
3–13052.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by Lewis E. Palmer.
+ + =Charities.= 17: 509. D. 15, ’06. 1100w.
=Robinson, James Harvey.= Readings in European history. Abridged ed.
*$1.50. Ginn.
6–6250.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =Bookm.= 23: 455. Je. ’06. 190w.
=Robinson, William.= English flower garden and home grounds. 10th ed.
*$6. Scribner.
A volume of nearly a thousand pages which sets forth the design and
arrangement shown by existing examples of gardens in Great Britain and
Ireland, followed by a description of the plants, shrubs for the
open-air garden and their culture.
* * * * *
“To those who love to plan their own pleasure-grounds and make their
own choice of plants, this is one of the best treatises within reach.
It is moreover, written in such a pleasing style that it might even
serve to wean from idleness those who now depute to professional
gardeners the task of selection and care of plants.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 149. Ag. 15, ’07. 390w.
“Exhaustive, detailed authoritative, and immensely practical, this
book is one that has come to be regarded as indispensable to every man
having such a piece of work in hand.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 210w.
=Robinson, William.= Garden beautiful: home woods, home landscape. *$4.
Scribner.
Agr 7–1170.
A book of good counsel particularly for those who own large estates.
The reader is told how to beautify his grounds, and the treatment of
both forests and flower gardens is considered in detail. A plant
dictionary is appended.
* * * * *
“The author has a final chapter defending his use of common English
names of plants and trees; and here we must differ with him.” Edith
Granger.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 367. Je. 16, ’97. 550w.
“This book is most valuable in England, as it is written for that
climate, but his careful list of trees with directions where each
should be planted, his list of shrubs, and the true love of nature
that runs thru the book will make it one that owners of woodlands or
large estates will enjoy and find useful in spite of the mustard and
pepper with which it is highly seasoned.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 500. F. 28, ’07. 420w.
“Mr. Robinson is an attractive writer, who knows how to put sound
advice in a telling form.... The only trouble with his books is the
marked tendency to repetition.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 208. F. 28, ’07. 250w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 160w.
=Outlook.= 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 40w.
“Undoubtedly the best modern book of reference for flower gardens.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 210. F. 16, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Robinson’s chapters are full of interesting suggestions about
landscape gardening. He can give some practical as well as aesthetic
advice, moreover, to owners of woodlands and parks.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 583. N. 9, ’07. 170w.
=Spec.= 99: 714. N. 9, ’07. 580w.
=Robinson, William Henry.= Golden palace of Neverland. il. †$1.50.
Dutton.
7–21222.
“Mr. Robinson’s story tells of the transporting of a girl and boy to a
fairy island on a magic raft. Numerous exciting adventures befall them
there, leading them into the society of gnomes and other interesting
beings; also into Mother Goose’s domain, where they encounter
well-known friends, such as Tom the piper’s son, Little Jack Horner,
etc.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“An excellent new fairy story book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 80w.
=Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 60w.
=Roche, Francis Everard.= Exodus: an epic on liberty. $1.50. Badger, R:
G.
6–16205.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is lacking, in poetic elevation, although it has seriousness and
animation.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 75. F. 9, ’07. 90w.
=Rodd, Sir James Rennell.= Princes of Achaia and the chronicles of
Morea: a study of Greece in the middle ages. 2v. *$7. Longmans.
7–29135.
What Gibbon would not undertake Sir Rennell Rodd has accomplished,
namely to give life and form to the “obscure and various dynasties
that rose and fell on the continent or in the isles.” “There is a
clear-cut introduction dealing with historical authorities. A readable
account of the fourth crusade, including the sack of Constantinople
and the partition of the empire, is given as a sort of prologue....
The history from the time of Otho of Brunswick to the Greek
restoration is summarized as an epilogue. There are three appendices,
the third of which contains helpful genealogical tables; also a
map ... and an index.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“It may safely be said that the volumes under notice are valuable for
the parts relating to the Morea though they show traces of haste
elsewhere. If the author could find time to cut the two volumes down
to one, omitting such parts as have no immediate connection with his
subject and revising the rest, his book would be improved and have a
distinctly greater historical value.” Edwin Pears.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 130. O. ’07. 1710w.
“It is a conscientious and critical work. The author does not strain
after effects, though he is fully alive to the interest of his
subject.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 375. Mr. 30. 960w.
“Our author has spared no effort to reach available sources, or to
make his results perfectly clear. The style is simple and direct.” F.
B. R. Hellems.
+ =Dial.= 42: 306. My. 16, ’07. 2850w.
“Sir Rennell Rodd possesses almost every qualification for writing the
history of Frankish Greece.” W. Miller.
+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 570. Jl. ’07. 1060w.
“Though this history of medieval Achaia has certain limitations which
the specialist will detect, it is based on sound and large
foundations.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 82. Mr. 15, ’07. 1080w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 342. My. 25, ’07. 380w.
“As a narrative his work is not likely to be superseded. Unfortunately
the most interesting part of the book comes first.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 334. Mr. 16, ’07. 1910w.
“A coherent narrative such as has not been offered to us before in
English, though we do not forget Finlay.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 371. Mr. 9, ’07. 1600w.
+ + =Yale R.= 16: 224. Ag. ’07. 420w.
=Rodocanachi, Emmanuel.= Roman capitol in ancient and modern times. *$1.
Dutton.
7–29082.
In which are considered the citadel, the temples, the senatorial
palace, the palace of the conservators and the museum. “The first part
tells the story from the foundation of the city down to the sixth
century. At this time a period of darkness set in. The place was
practically forgotten. Then in the eleventh century it emerged again
into light. The second part tells the story of the locality as it was
in the period of the revival.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“It must be admitted that the task of translating the mass of
ill-digested material of which the book consists cannot have been
otherwise than tiresome, but the shortcomings of the translation make
the work in its present form still more tiresome to read.”
− =Acad.= 72: 189. F. 23, ’07. 510w.
“The translation is faithful, but not attractive. We notice a good
many misprints. The shortcomings of the book do not seriously
interfere with its general interest and usefulness.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 546. My. 4. 500w.
“It is, of course, scholarly and scientific—too much so, perhaps, for
the traveler who has neither time nor inclination for a minute
examination of the antiquities, buildings and ruins of the famous
hill; for such as have, the volume cannot be excelled.”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 90w.
“At first sight the book, with its multitudinous footnotes and wealth
of historical erudition, may appear to be more acceptable by the
student than by the ordinary reader. For the special kind of reader
mentioned as being bodily on the capitol it must be invaluable, being
a guide book informed with this peculiar charm, that, although no
information is omitted which the pilgrim might be expected to possess
already, the style conveys a delicate compliment in being far above
the comprehension of the vulgar ignoramus.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 169. Mr. 23, ’07. 1210w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 544. O. 13, ’06. 80w.
=Roe, Fred.= Old oak furniture. **$3. McClurg.
The author says “If any apology is needed for what may be termed old
oak worship, I may say that the final aim of art is—or ought to
be—beauty, and that the cult of old oak is really only one aspect of
the pursuit of beauty.” He discusses English archaic rarities, Gothic
styles of medieval time, styles of the renaissance and after, oaken
chairs and stools before the renaissance, coffers and chests,
cupboards and sideboards, bedsteads and cradles, panelling and filled
furniture, furniture with hiding-places, vicissitudes of old
furniture, and forgeries in old oak.
* * * * *
+ =Dial.= 43: 384. D. 1, ’07. 260w.
“Written rather for the inexperienced than the expert, his book will
be an excellent aid to the neophyte; but it also contains much new
information of value even to the accomplished antiquarian.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 279. Ja. ’06. 130w.
=Rogers, Arthur Kenyon.= Religious conception of the world; an essay in
constructive philosophy. **$1.50. Macmillan.
7–5078.
“In the opening lines of his introduction the author tells us that he
set out to defend a view of the world which is frankly religious and
theistic.... With grace and skill he discusses the eternal problems of
philosophy regarding the relation of God and nature, God and man, the
purely metaphysical question concerning the nature of God. In plain
language he tries to explain the greatest historical mystery, the
permission of evil on the part of God. He also dwells at some length
on the problems of freedom and immortality.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“Treats of religion in a logical and constructive manner. Despite the
abstract nature of the topics, the author uses simple language,
carefully avoiding the technical expressions of the philosophical
schools.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 856. Ap. 11, ’07. 820w.
“An acutely and cautiously reasoned work. It is addressed to earnest
thinkers, it presumes patient consideration, and may weary those who
are disinclined to intellectual exercise.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 622. Mr. 16, ’07. 420w.
“Perhaps the strongest chapters in the book are those devoted to
theism proper. A less satisfactory part of the book is that dealing
with the foundations and validity of knowledge.” H. W. Wright.
+ + − =Philos. R.= 16: 555. S. ’07. 700w.
=Rogers, Arthur Kenyon.= Student’s history of philosophy. *$2.
Macmillan.
7–27624.
A new edition whose revision includes some corrected errors of fact,
“a large number of mistakes of judgment,” says the author, “and
infelicities of expression.” The exposition itself has also been
rewritten, references have been added in connection with quoted
passages, and the bibliographies have been brought down to date.
* * * * *
“Is not in any sense noteworthy and the author’s style is decidedly
heavy.”
− =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 70w.
“Next to the comprehensiveness of the treatment and the clearness of
the exposition, the most remarkable characteristic of the book is the
accuracy of the bibliography.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 398. O. 31, ’07. 390w.
• =Rogers, Gertrude.= Cobwebs. $1. Badger, R. G.
7–26605.
A little book of dainty verse whose silvery texture is enhanced by the
sunshine of youth, buoyancy and possibility.
* * * * *
“A pale distillation of old poetic symbols.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 110w.
=Rogers, Robert Cameron.= Rosary and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.
6–32395.
Four classical idyls in blank verse.
* * * * *
“Are distinctly out of the common. But the talent of Mr. Rogers is for
the most part lyrical, and a very charming talent it is.” Wm. M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 41: 205. O. 1, ’06. 390w.
“With all its variety and intelligence, the volume just misses
distinction, chiefly, we should guess, because of a certain limitation
of sentiment and because the life in it has been strained through too
many books.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’07. 210w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 30w.
=Roller, Frank W.= Electric and magnetic measurements and measuring
instruments. *$3.50. McGraw pub.
7–6710.
“A summary of the instruments and methods used or proposed for all
kinds of measurements of electrical and magnetic quantities.”—Engin.
N.
* * * * *
“It is not a treatise that will be useful to a student, unless
accompanied by very careful directions from a competent instructor.
The descriptions appear to be accurate and a vast amount of
information is rendered accessible.” Henry H. Morris.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 439. Ap. 18, ’07. 660w.
=Rollins, Frank West.= What can a young man do? **$1.50. Little.
7–32570.
Over fifty possible careers are here sketched for the benefit of the
young man with his life work before him. There are chapters upon the
professions, various branches of business, politics, consular service,
the sailor, the actor, the chauffeur, the farmer and many other ways
of earning a living.
* * * * *
“The book will be read with interest and profit by the heads of
families and by their sons who are about to choose their life work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 711. N. 9. ’07. 170w.
* =Rollins, Montgomery.= Money and investments: a reference book for the
use of those desiring information in the handling of money or the
investment thereof. *$2. Estes.
7–31980.
“The object of the book is essentially to furnish to the layman
information about the simple forms of financial transactions, to
explain the slang of the stock market, and to guide him in his
investments. The foreword of 36 pages gives a general review of the
financial situation with suggestions to investors. The remaining 436
pages are in the form of an encyclopedia, with headings alphabetically
arranged.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“We have received many letters lately from our subscribers asking us
to recommend an elementary book of finance. The present volume ...
seems to fill the bill.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1437. D. 12, ’07. 270w.
“Is a workmanlike compilation of little financial essays, cast in
dictionary form. The book is rather suitable for reference than for
counsel in action.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 110w.
=Romanes, Ethel (Mrs. George John Romanes).= Story of Port Royal. *$5.
Dutton.
7–28621.
“An attempt to give an account of the remarkable religious movement
known as Port-Royal—which ... in the seventeenth century ... touched
French life at almost every point.”—Lond. Times.
* * * * *
“We cannot commend the style of the writing. The sentences are jerky
and the paragraphs disjointed. There is a running comment of religious
and moral sententiousness which is both irritating and tedious. We
have, however, nothing but praise for Mrs. Romanes’s industry and
enthusiasm for her subject.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 696. Je. 8. 940w.
“Sainte-Beuve’s great book, ‘Port Royal,’ is, as every one knows, the
one supreme work on the subject. No substitute for it exists in
English, nor can we honestly say that Mrs. Romanes’s book will occupy
that place. It is written in a rambling, inconclusive style, which
wanders from subject to subject, from biographical sketches of the
principal actors in the story to long theological disquisitions and
back again in a way which is most confusing to the reader.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 113. Ap. 12, ’07. 2000w.
“It is to be regretted that Mrs. Romanes did not submit her manuscript
to somebody competent to correct her French.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 571. Je. 20, ’07. 550w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 252. Ap. 20, ’07. 140w.
“Perhaps her seemingly unnecessary fullness of detail is essential to
give a complete picture, but occasionally one feels that the text
might have been condensed. This, however, if it be a blemish, is
certainly a minor one. Her volume is to be heartily commended to all
students of religious development.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“Mrs. Romanes has dealt with it sympathetically, if occasionally her
observations are rather English and conventional.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 273. Ag. 31, ’07. 690w.
=Rook, Clarence.= Switzerland, the country and its people; painted by
Effie Jardine. *$6. Putnam.
7–26626.
Mr. Rook “gives us neither an arid chronological history nor a
descriptive guide-book, but takes up chapter by chapter for broad
intelligent treatment such subjects as ‘Swiss patriotism,’ ‘The growth
of a republic,’ ‘The Swiss government,’ ‘Popular control,’ ‘Winter
sports,’ ‘The Swiss as engineers.’”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“The artist’s little pictures are very much like what one has been
used to in similar books. She is more successful, to our mind, with
lowlands and street scenes than with the high Alps, and with summer
scenes than with winter. Mr. Rook writes in a cheerful journalistic
style, without more regard for accuracy in details than that style
tolerates. On the main facts of Swiss history and institutions he is
usually correct.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 500. Ap. 27. 1260w.
“We were very much surprised to find Mr. Rook’s part of this book not
only readable, but interesting, even informing, tho not burdened with
statistics.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 802. Ap. 4, ’07. 260w.
“It is one of the most entertaining and instructive of the season’s
books of travel.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 24: 724. My. 4, ’07. 240w.
“About the text there is nothing heavy. In a style which is both easy
and graceful, Mr. Rook introduces his reader to the admirable
government and fine characteristics of the sturdy Swiss.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 571. Je. 20. ’07. 570w.
“In several well-considered chapters the government of Switzerland is
very adequately treated, and there are some suggestive comparisons
between Swiss methods of government and those of other nations.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 274. Ap. 27, ’07. 310w.
“With very few exceptions these pictures can be cordially praised.
Each subject, whether serious or light, is treated in appropriate vein
and with evidence of knowledge and discrimination.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 814. Ap. 6, ’07. 150w.
Reviewed by Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 400w.
“Mr. Rook is a lively and picturesque writer, and we have never come
across a more readable account of the rise and progress of the Swiss
confederation.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 434. Ap. 6, ’07. 250w.
“A volume which is bound both to please and to profit.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 337. Mr. 2, ’07. 140w.
=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Good hunting in pursuit of big game in the West.
$1. Harper.
7–6650.
These true stories of big-game hunting in the West are written for
young people, especially for young hunters. The tales are told wholly
from the sportsman’s point of view and over-sympathetic little readers
of the modern animal story may not enjoy these triumphant hunts which
meant death to: the wapiti or round horned elk, a cattle-killing bear,
a Christmas buck, the timber-wolf, the prong-buck, or the white goat.
The volume closes with some sound advice upon ranching.
* * * * *
“It is eminently suited for its purpose, as its tone is sportsmanlike
and the descriptions are in well-chosen words.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 575. My. 11. 90w.
“Full of wholesome advice on hunting and ranching.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 140w.
“Spirited papers.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 290w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 639. My. ’07. 90w.
=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Square deal. $1. Allendale press.
6–36925.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Ind.= 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 70w.
=Root, Edward Clary.= Unseen jury: a novel; with il. by Phillipps Ward.
†$1.50. Stokes.
7–9546.
The father of a girl with two lovers is found dead in a stream. All
evidence points to the guilt of the dissipated lover whose suit had
been repeatedly rejected by the father. When conviction seems
imminent, the other lover, a lawyer, takes up the defense, wins the
case and the free man goes back to the girl only to learn that his
rival is her choice.
* * * * *
“Detective stories involving murder mysteries do not seem likely to
offer anything agreeably new. But in this respect a pleasant surprise
awaits the reader of ‘The unseen jury.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 286. My. ’07. 440w.
“The theme is an interesting one, and the author has handled his plot
fairly well. Mr. Root could also have improved the story not a little
by judicious condensation. And the manuscript has been edited with
shocking carelessness.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 310w.
=Root, Elihu.= Citizen’s part in government. (Yale lectures on the
responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.
7–22700.
“Secretary Root discusses (1) the task inherited or assumed by members
of the governing body in a democracy; (2) the function of political
parties as agencies of the governing body; (3) the duties of the
citizens as a member of a political party; and (4) the grounds for
encouragement.”—R. of Rs.
* * * * *
“It is a vigorous and stimulating book, well worth addition to Bishop
Goodsell’s list.” Edward A. Bradley.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 830w.
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 226. N. ’07. 310w.
“Mr. Root’s sensible and well-proportioned treatment of these topics
is precisely what is needed by the young American who aspires to have
a real part in making the political conditions around him better.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 382. S. ’07. 290w.
=Root, Jean Christie (Mrs. J. H. Root).= Does God comfort? by one who
has greatly needed to know. **30c. Crowell.
6–18575.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 60w.
=Root, Robert Kilburn.= Poetry of Chaucer: a guide to its study and
appreciation. **$1.50. Houghton.
6–34823.
The author’s purpose has been “to put his readers in possession of the
most recent results of Chaucerian research, which are at present
widely scattered in learned periodicals. The scanty facts that have
been unearthed about Chaucer’s biography, the chronology of his works,
the sources to which he was indebted for his material—for, like
Shakespeare and Molière, Chaucer took his own wherever he found it—and
the social conditions and surroundings amid which and for which the
poet wrote are amply set forth.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 104. Ap. ’07.
“This interesting study avoids both the iridescent foam of clever but
shallow appreciation and the dead calm of unanimated learning.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 46. Ja. 16, ’07. 300w.
“Especially to be commended is his conservatism in rejecting the
ingenious speculations which have recently aimed at revolutionizing
the generally accepted chronology of Chaucer’s poems. Like most books
that issue from American universities, it is perhaps too didactic in
aim, and the shadow of orthodoxy at times hangs a little heavily over
its pages.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 390w.
“It is written with learning and from a sane and sympathetic point of
view.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 737. N. 10, ’06. 940w.
=Ropes, James Hardy.= Apostolic age in the light of modern criticism.
**$1.50. Scribner.
6–14529.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is constructive in method, conservative in treatment, clear
in style. An excellent supplement to Kent’s ‘Origin and permanent
value of the Old Testament.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 128. My. ’07.
“The interpretation of the Acts in ... Dr. Ropes’s Apostolic age ...
is a living and breathing matter, a real thing, seeking honestly and
earnestly for truth, and bringing us the truth thus found with all
frank generosity.” George Hodges.
+ =Atlan.= 99: 565. Ap. ’07. 210w.
“The general tendency of the book is distinctly orthodox. It is from
such contributions to the subject that real progress may be hoped.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 24. Jl. 7. ’06. 90w.
=Rose, Arthur Richard.= Common sense hell. **$1. Dillingham.
6–6895.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 196. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.
* =Rose, Elise Whitlock.= Cathedrals and cloisters of midland France;
il. by Vida Hunt Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
“Together the volumes contain four photogravures and two hundred
half-tone illustrations picturing the churches of central France,
whose architecture is differentiated from that to the north and south
by the dominance of the Byzantine influence. Miss Rose has already
written of the south of France cathedrals; and the new books are bound
uniformly with the others, and follow a similar method.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“Architectural beauty, historical associations, and human interest are
all considered, and accuracy rather than popularity is the author’s
aim.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 110w.
=Nation.= 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 60w.
“The book is almost as pleasant to read as to look at, being quite
competent on the technical side and betraying the same artistic
sensibility in text as in pictures.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 828. D. 14, ’07. 560w.
=Rose, Elise W.= Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France: with
il. from original photographs by Vida H. Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
6–45154.
In which are arrayed artistic and historic charms of the cathedral and
monasteries chiefly of Provence, Languedoc and Gascony. “This work
aims to allure the curious traveller. It is not technical, and its
historical side is not very systematic. Yet the author preserves a
just sense of proportion.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.
“Only those who know intimately the south of France can appreciate the
amount of trouble that has gone to the making of this book, and the
excellence of the photographs by which it is illustrated.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 488. O. 19. 170w.
“She writes impersonally but informally, employs few technicalities,
and describes and criticises in a general way rather than in detail.
For the stay-at-home reader also these volumes will prove somewhat too
diffuse to hold his interest.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 345. Je. 1, ’07. 320w.
“The author struggles rather helplessly with general historical and
archaeological questions in the opening pages, and is often uncertain
and inexpert in the use of language, but manages, nevertheless, with
the help of many fine illustrations, to convey the charm.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 83. Ja. 24, ’07. 480w.
“Miss Francis’s work as a photographer is characteristic of technical
ability, artistic selection of models, and a thorough knowledge of the
subjects photographed.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 160w.
“A delightful book. One can hardly imagine a more fascinating sort of
collaboration.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 94. F. 16, ’07. 330w.
“The work is more attractive because of its apparent spontaneity of
production.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 703. N. 24, ’06. 90w.
“It is evident that loving and conscientious thought and ample time
have been given to the making of these volumes, which are full of
interest, architectural, historical and picturesque.” Charlotte
Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 260w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 40w.
“One of the best books we have read for many a day.”
+ + − =Spec.= 98: 620. Ap. 20, ’07. 1520w.
=Rose, John Holland.= Development of the European nations, 1870–1900.
2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.
5–34973.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As essays, these volumes, apart from certain evidence of haste, would
hold a high place; as serious history they do not appear, to the
present writer, at least, to attain to the standard of historical
writing set by Mr. Rose in his other work, nor indeed that reached by
other work in the same field.” William E. Lingelbach.
− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 485. N. ’06. 760w.
=Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of.= Lord Randolph
Churchill. **$2.25. Harper.
6–38396.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“By far the most lucid contribution to the political literature of the
past few years.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 133. F. 9, ’07. 430w.
“Costs too much for the amount or value of the material in it.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 14. Ja. ’07.
“With all deductions made, however, it is a lifelike as well as
brilliantly attractive portrait that Lord Rosebery has sketched in
this book.” Edward Clark Marsh.
+ + − =Bookm.= 24: 439. Ja. ’07. 1540w.
“Is especially valuable for its candid tone and its critical
judgment.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 114. F. 16, ’07. 350w.
“Lord Rosebery’s brilliant style and sparkling epigrams are admirably
displayed in this study. Lord Rosebery’s book is full of charm, and
one who begins it will not lay it aside until the end is reached.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 207. F. ’07. 240w.
+ + =Ind.= 62: 499. F. 28, ’07. 770w.
Reviewed by Gertrude Atherton.
+ + =No. Am.= 184: 87. Ja. 4, ’07. 2030w.
“A fascinating study, absorbingly interesting from first to last. And
yet, because of the anomalous attitude of the author toward the
subject of his essay, it leaves an impression that is decidedly
unpleasant.” Horatio S. Krans.
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1077. D. 29, ’06. 750w.
Reviewed by George Louis Beer.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 762. Mr. ’07. 1380w.
=Rosenberg, E.= Electrical engineering: an elementary text-book; tr. by
W. W. Haldane Gee and Carl Kinzbrunner; authorized ed. rev. and brought
down to date for the American market by E. B. Raymond; new enl. rev. ed.
*$2. Wiley.
7–970.
“The author aims to describe in concise form and in simple
non-mathematical language the important applications of the electric
current. The underlying principles were stated and briefly illustrated
in an easy conversational style, the evident attempt being to write as
one would have spoken in addressing his audience in person. The scope
of the book covers the construction and operation of direct and
alternating current generators and motors, electric lighting and power
transmission.”—Engin. N.
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“The revision has improved the work as a text-book for schools and has
not made it inaccessible to the general reader, as he can pass over
these pages without losing the general plan. It covers the same ground
as ‘Electrical engineering,’ by Slingo and Brooker, and is one of the
very few books in which the attempt is made to do so much in a small
space. The general make-up of the volume shows plainly the way in
which it has been built; in fact, the ‘patching’ is quite evident.”
Henry H. Norris.
+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 196. F. 14, ’07. 610w.
* =Rosengarten, Joseph George.= French colonists and exiles in the
United States. **$1. Lippincott.
7–30856.
An important undertaking in a field heretofore only partially covered.
The author has gathered together from the works of recognized
historians facts about the French colonists and the Huguenots which
show how much “character and ability they brought to the United
States.”
=Ross, Denman Waldo.= Theory of pure design: harmony, balance, rhythm.
**$2.50. Houghton.
7–15335.
“A notable attempt to show the mathematical origin and structure of
the plastic arts.... [it] deals principally with harmony, balance and
rhythm.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The reasoning is clear and in most respects convincing; it would be
entirely so but for a false note at the outset, in a definition of
harmony which virtually makes it synonymous with unity and takes no
note of the accordance of correlations.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 215. O. 1, ’07. 350w.
“The impression given by a reading of Professor Ross’s volume is a
singular one. Each definition seems precise, each paragraph logical,
and the sequence of ideas seems clear, the argument convincing, yet
one goes on the end with an increasing dissatisfaction, a growing
sense that something is wrong.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 506. My. 30, ’07. 2270w.
“Endless discussion is invited by every point he makes. There is no
doubt, however, that perusal of his volumes will stimulate the faculty
of artistic precision in production and criticism.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 450w.
=Ross, Edward Alsworth.= Foundations of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.
5–15556.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.
+ =Charities.= 17: 473. D. 15, ’07. 590w.
“No brief review, however, can do justice to the masterly manner in
which most of these topics have been handled. Excellent as the book
is, one receives the impression that it will hardly serve as the
foundations of a science. It is rather a collection of carefully
selected materials for such foundations. But ‘Foundations of
sociology’ is something more than a scientific treatise. It is a piece
of literature—and that it is good literature few would deny.” Alvin S.
Johnson.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 33: 208. F. ’07. 1080w.
* =Ross, Edward Alsworth.= Sin and society: an analysis of latter-day
iniquity; with a letter from President Roosevelt. **$1. Houghton.
7–36978.
“Professor Ross’ book is less an arraignment of the dictator-sinner,
hiding behind corporations, than an exhortation to society in general
to educate itself to know when our own democracy is outraged, and to
the individual in particular to spend less time in painting Utopias
and more in making good the things he has led his fellow men to expect
of him. The discussion is pragmatistic.”
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=R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 180w.
=Rossetti, William Michael.= Some reminiscences of William Michael
Rossetti. 2v. *$10. Scribner.
6–45370.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is a wonder that with his vast opportunities Mr. Rossetti did not
make a more readable book. The trouble is he has not the dramatic
gift; he has little feeling for portraiture.” James Huneker.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 15. Ja. 12, ’07. 2240w.
Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 507. Ja. ’07. 570w.
“No one can put down these reminiscences without a feeling of
kindliness and respect for the writer, which in these days of
‘revelations’ and disclosures is no small praise.”
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 570w.
* =Round, Douglass.= Date of St. Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. *60c.
Putnam.
“It is urged that Galatians was written from Antioch before the
Council at Jerusalem and the second missionary journey, that is about
49–50 A. D. The argument is especially directed against certain
elements in Ramsay’s position.”—Bib. World.
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=Bib. World.= 29: 479. Je. ’07. 30w.
“We neither assent nor dissent, but welcome the very reasonable and
moderate tone of the writer.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 379. Mr. 9, ’07. 110w.
Round the world: a series of interesting illustrated articles on a great
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The great Arizona desert, Plowing in many lands, A word about Turkey,
The grape and raisin industry in the United States, The capitol at
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School-days in Egypt.
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=Cath. World.= 85: 690. Ag. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Rowe, Eleanor.= Practical wood-carving: a book for the student, carver,
teacher, designer, and architect. *$3. Lane.
W 7–124.
“The implements and woods employed, the various methods of work,
Gothic, Renaissance, and pierced carving, are treated in successive
chapters, amply illustrated, concluding with an instructive discussion
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artistic development.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 279. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.
“No one who reads this book can help being the wiser, for it is clear
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by reproductions of old and new work.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 722. My. 4, ’07. 150w.
=Rowntree, Joseph, and Sherwell, Arthur.= Taxation of the liquor trade,
v. 1, *$3.25. Macmillan.
6–17254.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.