important books upon the subject ever produced. It is very doubtful
whether there exists elsewhere, in so convenient form, information
relative to the systems of taxation by the different states of this
country.”
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 469. N. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is a mine of information on almost every phase of the
subject and constitutes a notable addition to the scanty literature
dealing with this side of taxation.”
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 565. S. ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Ruete, Frau Emilie.= Memoirs of an Arabian princess; tr. by Lionel
Strachey. **$2.50. Doubleday.
7–29873.
“The ‘Memoirs,’ originally written, during a period of ill-health, for
the future perusal of the author’s children, describe with great
simpleness the Princess of Oman’s childhood in the Sultan’s palace and
subsequently at the home of one of her brothers. The life of the
harem, education of children, female fashions, the position of women
in the East, Arabian suitorship and marriage, social customs,
Mohammedan beliefs and festivals, medical methods, and the system of
slavery are set forth from an intimate point of view.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 340w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Her book is written in the simplest manner, and with a feeling for
the value of picturesque and telling detail, and the two together make
it a vivid picture of a sort of life as distant and as different from
that of the princess’s American readers as if she had come out of the
days of Haroun al Raschid.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 687. O. 26, ’07. 330w.
“A new book containing some interesting intimate revelations of Arab
life.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 60w.
=Ruggles, John.= Recollections of a Lucknow veteran. *$1.50. Longmans.
7–29042.
“This is an interesting and characteristic narrative of the Indian
mutiny by a Lucknow veteran.... The familiar story is given here with
many added incidents by a veteran who looked all these things in the
face, and who retains a keen recollection of them.”—Lit. D.
* * * * *
“It is fresh and spontaneous, commendably brief and modest, and in
many ways a model autobiography.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 360w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 130w.
+ =Spec.= 98: 58. Ja. 12, ’07. 240w.
=Ruhl, Arthur B.= Break in training, and other athletic stories; il. by
Howard Chandler Christy. $1.25. Outing pub.
6–43781.
A reissue of a book first copyrighted in 1900. The present edition
contains a colored frontispiece by Howard Chandler Christy.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 18. Ja. ’07.
“They could not have been written before Kipling, but they are none
the worse for that. We should like to see Kipling beat them. These
stories are clean and wholesome, yet emphatically manly.”
+ + + =Ind.= 62: 738. Mr. 28, ’07. 290w.
“It is a clean book and a healthful book. It is not profound, and it
does not ruffle the waters of psychology. This collection of stories
is noteworthy for its sincerity.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 141. Mr. 9, ’07. 260w.
“Mr. Ruhl’s style of writing suits his subjects very well, as a ‘Break
in training’ pleasantly demonstrates.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 50w.
=Russel, Mrs. Florence Kimball.= A woman’s journey through the
Philippines on a cable ship that linked together the strange lands seen
en route. $2.50. Page.
7–23256.
An interestingly written and fully illustrated book which is chatty
and informing and characterized by truly feminine observation.
* * * * *
“Bright and witty travel-talk.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“She sprinkles her sprightly narrative with much information, some of
it intentional and some of it unconscious, about the native character
and the nature and resources of the islands.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 420w.
=Russell, Charles Edward.= Uprising of the many. **$1.50. Doubleday.
7–23946.
Questions are answered here that grow out of “the threat of a moneyed
autocracy, the passing of wealth, and the power for which wealth
stands, into the hands of a few.” “These chapters, largely a
republication of material that has already appeared in Everybody’s
magazine, form a powerful indictment against the shameless greed of
‘vested interests,’ and exhibit our own country as tolerating,
constitutionally, legally, and by tacit consent, some of the most
outrageous injustices in the history of the world.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“His book is rich in instructive matter.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 270w.
“Has collected an immense amount of information that is of value to
the perplexed student of current economic conditions in this country.
The author’s view is a partizan one and occasionally passes over
fairly obvious defects in the workings of the system of governmental
and municipal control and ownership which he describes.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 578. O. 19, ’07. 390w.
“Altogether while much that he says is really informing, there is so
much that requires to be read with great critical caution that we can
hardly commend his work to the otherwise uninstructed reader.”
− + =Outlook.= 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 260w.
“It is a comprehensive survey of the world movement for the
democratization of industry.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 60w.
=Russell, George William E.= Seeing and hearing. *$2.50. Dutton.
7–37516.
“A volume of mixed gossip and reminiscence.... Mr. Russell knows
English society intimately, and this volume is a sort of chorus
accompanying it throughout its ‘season’ and on its travels. There are
five chapters on the pleasures, or pangs of the table; others on
social changes, purple and fine linen, suburban Sundays, hospitality,
ostentation, publicity versus reticence, etc.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“On the whole, we like Mr. Russell best when he is touching on his
earlier reminiscences.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 450w.
“In ‘Seeing and hearing’ he still further works the vein opened in the
two earlier volumes, but leaves the reader a little disposed to query
whether the vein is not getting worked out.”
− + =Dial.= 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 310w.
“This new book differs from the old in not containing so many
anecdotes, and in being a trifle more reflective, even pensive at
times, but the note is much the same.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 160w.
“His style, less severely academic and chastened than Mr. Benson’s,
has a charm of its own—the charm of the easy, flowing talk of a man of
the world.” A. I. du. P. Coleman.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 220w.
“It has ... an excellent literary touch, and it is full of good
stories, most of which will be new even to readers of Mr. Russell’s
books.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 403. Mr. 30, ’07. 200w.
“It is always easy to read Mr. Russell and it is commonly worth while.
But he writes in haste, and does not always verify his references.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 1410w.
=Russell, Louis Arthur.= Commonplaces of vocal art: a plain statement of
the philosophy of singing. $1. Ditson.
7–23091.
A volume for the singer, teacher and platform speaker which treats of
the philosophy of the voice and of voice use, and offers suggestions
as to the best method of practice for the development of the speaking
voice and the voice in singing.
=Russell, T. Baron.= Hundred years hence; the expectations of an
optimist. *$1.50. McClurg.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Taken in small quantities, Mr. Russell’s prophecy is diverting, but
those who read it continuously may wish that parts of it had been
written in the age predicted by the author, when ‘boredom’ shall have
been abolished.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 40. Ja. 10, ’07. 470w.
=Rutherford, Ernest.= Radioactive transformations; with diagrams.
**$3.50. Scribner.
6–39464.
The Silliman lectures delivered at Yale in 1905. “Some treatment of
radioactivity in general is given, and then a detailed development of
the special subject of the book. This treatment differs only from the
author’s previous expositions in the greater detail in which the
subject is worked out.” (Nature.)
* * * * *
“Although this book is less comprehensive, as far as the general
treatment of radioactive phenomena is concerned, than his previous
work on ‘Radioactivity,’ it is divested of most of the technical terms
which baffle the general reader, and is, in consequence, a book for
both the student and the intelligent layman.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.
“We have the less compunction in thus drawing attention to these
blemishes in what we believe to be a very valuable book that they are
all such as may be easily removed either in the next edition or in the
next public pronouncement Prof. Rutherford may make on the subject.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 18. Ja. 5. 2190w.
+ + + =Nation.= 84: 68. Ja. 17, ’07. 940w.
“The only doubt which can be felt is whether it meets any want which
was not already satisfied by his previous work, ‘Radio-activity.’” R.
J. Strutt.
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 195. D. 27, ’06. 780w.
“Whilst his writings are always authoritative, and therefore welcome
to the student, they have been divested in this volume of most of the
technical and mathematical subtleties which necessarily repel the
general reader in such a book as that of Professor Thomson, and there
is hardly a page which cannot be understood by the intelligent
layman.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 20. Ja. 5, ’07. 820w.
* =Ruville, Albert von.= William Pitt: earl of Chatham. 3v. *$9. Putnam.
After the manner of German scholarship thoro research prepared the way
for Ruville’s life of the “Great commoner.” “On two points he has, we
think, added something valuable to our knowledge of Pitt. He brings
out strongly the share which Pitt was forced to take in the personal
intrigues which seemed so large an element in contemporary politics,
the influence of his connections, of the Grenvilles especially, on his
career, and the extent to which for many years he depended on the
support of the Prince of Wales and the Leicester house party. And.
secondly, Dr. von Ruville succeeds in making Lord Bute’s share in
English politics clearer than it has been made before.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“One does miss, perhaps, now and then, a style and manner rising to a
great occasion, as in the account of Chatham’s last speech in the
lords—where, by the way, he did not die, as pictorial tradition
represents. The fact of translation, though this one is excellently
well done, may account for this, though, to be sure, impressive
writing is not the mark of modern histories.” G. S. S.
+ − =Acad.= 73: 85. N. 2, ’07. 1070w.
“The perusal of his conscientious pages leaves behind it a sense of
disappointment. Dr. von Ruville is, in the first place, destitute of
eloquence. Secondly, he takes but little account of human nature.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 511. O. 26. 890w.
“Will always be of value to the historical student, at any rate as a
mine of information. Throughout it he shows extraordinary wrong-headed
judgment not in the presentation of facts, but in the deductions which
he draws from them.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 329. N. 1, ’07. 1230w.
“It is only when we come to look for breadth of view or width of
treatment, for perception, proportion, sympathy, illumination, in fact
for those larger qualities which make history and biography alive,
that we are driven reluctantly to the conclusion that the book is
unhappily depressing and depreciatory.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 517. D. 5, ’07. 1770w.
“Dr. von Ruville goes through his work after the fashion of a chemist
in his laboratory, weighing, dissolving, calculating, and recording
results with the patient pen of science.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 638. N. 23, ’07. 2420w.
“It is the first history of Chatham which in any way brings together
all the results which may be obtained from manuscripts and printed
material. Save for a few trivial mistakes, the translation is well
done. It is not inspiring; but then the original German has none of
the qualities of eloquence.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 775. N. 16, ’07. 1970w.
=Ryan, John Augustine.= Living wage: its ethical and economic aspects.
*$1. Macmillan.
6–14607.
Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.
“Is a good contribution on a most important subject. All good men
everywhere should welcome this serious attempt to find the ethical and
economic basis of just wages, and be grateful for its sane and dearly
stated findings.” T. J. Riley.
+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 561. Ja. ’07. 860w.
Reviewed by David Y. Thomas.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 234. Ja. ’07. 600w.
Reviewed by W: J. White.
=Charities.= 17: 471. D. 15. ’06. 880w.
“As a whole the work appears to be scholarly. The organization of the
material used is excellent. On the main point however—the validity of
the author’s ethical theory and judgment—the economic student cannot
of course pass judgment.” R. F. Hoxie.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 641. D. ’07. 280w.
“The writer of this book has brought together in clear and readable
form most of the essential arguments which have been offered for his
contention; and he has supplied to trade unions and advocates of
advanced social legislation very telling arguments for their
position.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ =Dial.= 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 370w.
=Ryan, Marah Ellis.= Indian love letters. **$1. McClurg.
7–10045.
The hopeless love of a high-minded Indian for a fair haired girl in
the East chants its sorrow here. Pathos, despair, renunciation, never
impersonal where love is concerned, all stalk by the side of this
stalwart young Indian over the sand dunes of Arizona. It is the old,
old story but is tempered and colored by the strain of Indian poetry
that reflects innate worship of Nature.
* * * * *
“The author has compressed a great deal within a few pages, and has
managed her original and difficult theme with much artistic skill. The
ethnic is one with the romantic element of the letters.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 400w.
* =Ryley, M. Beresford.= Queens of the renaissance. **$2. Small.
A study of these types of the renaissance really means a study of the
rapid development of woman’s intellect and fascination thru the
humanist movement in Italy.
* * * * *
“Miss Ryley has done her work well. She writes clearly, and with
gusto, though at times she is led into being gratuitously ornate.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 864. S. 7, ’07. 810w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“The subject necessarily brings the writer and reader into situations
which require tact to be properly dealt with. Here, again, we find
little to commend.”
− + =Spec.= 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 170w.
S
=Sabatier, Paul.= Disestablishment in France. *$1.25. Scribner.
6–21194.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book lacks unity but presents the material in a style both
instructive and clear. It is especially valuable for its presentation
of the causes underlying the contest.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 222. Ja. ’07. 820w.
=Sabin, Louis Carlton.= Cement and concrete. 2d ed., rev. and enl. *$5.
McGraw pub.
7–14245.
“The second edition has been enlarged from 507 to 572 pages, two pages
of which have been added to the chapter on ‘Definitions and
constituents,’ 12 pages to the chapter on ‘Manufacture,’ and the
remainder to a new chapter on ‘Concrete building blocks; their
manufacture and use,’ and to three appendices giving the standard
specifications for cement.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“The book as it now stands is an admirable treatise on concrete as a
material, but must be taken in connection with some reference book of
design and construction to make a complete survey of the field of what
may be called concrete engineering.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 75. Jl. 18, ’07. 450w.
=Sage, William.= By right divine. †$1.50. Little.
7–21363.
Two men contend for political supremacy in their state and for the
love of the heroine, in this political romance. One is the old
Senator, the boss of his state, and the girl he loves is his daughter.
The other is a young man of rigid principles who has been elected
governor, whose growing power with the people menaces the older man’s
prestige, and whose manly courage bids fair to supplant him as first
in his daughter’s heart. The contest is bitterly fought, until honesty
and youth and love triumph.
* * * * *
“Though the element of improbability is at times present, the book as
a whole is very true to life, and as a present-day political study it
ranks with the best romances of recent years.”
+ + − =Arena.= 38: 348. S. ’07. 970w.
“Mr. Sage handles his stock situation skilfully, and gives his story a
certain freshness by various accessory devices.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 64. Ag. 1, ’07. 240w.
=Ind.= 63: 572. S. 5, ’07. 220w.
“It should be noted that all the love passages have a convincing,
manly air, while an underlying sincerity runs through the book and
makes it a most readable and wholesome novel of its class.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 489. O. 5, ’07. 340w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 220w.
=Saglio, Andre.= French furniture. (Library of applied arts.) *$2.50.
Scribner.
W 7–141.
A general history of the subject from the time of the Gauls down thru
the Empire. There are ninety full-page plates, reproduced from
photographs.
* * * * *
“This volume has not many obvious faults, and constitutes a fairly
accurate guide to a study which, however, requires knowledge of the
French tongue.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 172. Je. 1. 300w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 252. S. ’07. 100w.
“He has wished perhaps to make a thoughtful and readable book. The
result is that we are presented with an essay upon the decorative art
of many periods of French history, without being enabled to grasp
firmly the manufacture and the design of any one period.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 289. S. 26, ’07. 510w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13. ’07. 430w.
* =Sakurai, Tadayoshi.= Human bullets: a soldier’s story of Port Arthur;
introd. by Count Okuma; tr. by Masujiro Honda and ed. by Alice M. Bacon.
**$1.25. Houghton.
7–31244.
The actual experiences of the author who was a lieutenant in the
Japanese army. One feels the personal responsibility which every
soldier assumed for the outcome of the war, “the determination, the
devotion to duty and the adaptability which won for the Japanese
soldier such general sympathy and admiration in this country.”
(Bookm.)
* * * * *
“Not only is the work ... the best that we have on fighting, but it
also forms a valuable study of the relations between Buddhist and
Shintu or official Japanese doctrine. The translation appears to be
thoroughly competent.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 616. N. 16. 820w.
“A curious study in race psychology is afforded by this ‘soldier’s
story of Port Arthur’. The book furnishes a striking picture of what
war actually is, even under its most humane aspects. And at a time
when the eyes of the whole world are on Japan, it is worth while to be
told so authoritatively just what manner of fighting man the Japanese
soldier is.” Ward Clark.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 414. D ’07. 580w.
“Considering the great difficulty of finding English phrases to give
the exact meaning of the original, the translation has been very well
done, though occasionally the choice of words is not happy. No review
of the work would be quite complete without some reference to the
colored frontispiece, reproduced from a drawing made by the author
with his left hand after he had lost his right in the war.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 289. N. 1, ’07. 390w.
“The essential interest and the real value of the little book is its
record of the writer’s inner man, not merely of what his bone and
flesh and blood and nerves did and suffered, but of his essential
personality, perfectly exemplified that ‘as a man thinketh so he is.’”
+ =Nation.= 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 400w.
=Salaman, Malcolm Charles.= Old engravers of England in their relation
to contemporary life and art. *$2. Lippincott.
7–6389.
“In a brief compass the author cannot do more than glance at many of
the two hundred and more engravers whom he mentions, but his
description of the principal characters is adequate, and the whole
army is marshalled before the reader in strict relation to the object
of the book.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“This is a novel, interesting and almost romantic book. It clothes the
dry bones of black-and-white prints with human attributes, and makes
them live. The illustrations considering the low price of the book,
are exceptionally good; in fact, some of them may be said to be
remarkably beautiful.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 117. F. 2, ’07. 700w.
“His pages flash with coronets, and sentimental rapture.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 742. D. 8. 310w.
“The volume is indeed, a combination of good things well served.
Gossip and portraiture and art are deftly interlaced, so that the
reading of the pages is no less agreeable than instructive.” Charles
Henry Hart.
+ =Dial.= 43: 60. Ag. 1, ’07. 540w.
“The ideal collector is he who has this instinct, supported by
knowledge, but who has also felt the fascination of looking in at all
the side-doors upon history which old prints open. Mr. Salaman is such
an ideal collector, and so proves himself a true guide for the novice
and a companion of the already wise.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 32: 336. O. ’07. 300w.
“The book makes interesting reading; and yet there is too much of a
certain air of attempted jocosity. An earnest reader will ask for a
more grave and orderly treatment.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 268. S. 19, ’07. 940w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 273. Ap. 27, ’07. 490w.
“If the old prints are worth anyone’s attention first of all because
of their intrinsic merit as works of art, they are worth quite as much
because they link us intimately with the past. A book has always been
needed which should unite these two view points of art and life. At
last it has come.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 290w.
“Mr. Salaman gives a lucid and sufficient account of the engravers,
and one which moreover is quite readable and intelligible to the
inexperienced public. For this reason his book should be of value.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 19. Ja. 5, ’07. 1090w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 398. D. 8, ’06. 200w.
=Saleeby, Caleb Williams.= Worry, the disease of the age. **$1.35.
Stokes.
7–16990.
“Dr. Saleeby apparently conceives worry as a sort of an entity, and he
seems to hold to the old distinction of body and mind. Worry, for him,
can be a cause, and one may gather is rather a cause than a mere
result. And so he gives us instances of how worry can ruin one’s
digestion, with it one’s temper as well, and make one thoroughly and
really ill. This seems to the writer a curious reversal of the
familiar relations of the cart and the horse.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A new volume of double usefulness: from the practical side offering
serviceable hints for what he considers the disease of the age, and
from the theoretical setting in their proper, light the current
notions as to the healthful relations of mind and body.” I. Woodbridge
Riley.
+ + =Bookm.= 26: 410. D. ’07. 1950w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 26. Jl. 6, ’07. 230w.
“A profoundly serious medical consideration with much that is
philosophical in the most practical and helpful way.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 100w.
“He has read widely, he has studied deeply, he has thought out things
for himself, and these are the fruits. Dr. Saleeby is a true
philosopher.” Carl Snyder.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 313. My. 18, ’07. 2110w.
“This is a good book on a grave subject, which it treats in an
all-round discussion on causes and effects, physical and psychical,
from scientific and practical, moral and religious points of view.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
“A noteworthy volume of sociological as well as scientific import.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 125. Jl. ’07. 70w.
“A most capable and thoughtful series of essays.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 1006. Je. 29, ’07. 1110w.
=Salisbury, Rollin D.= Physiography. (American science ser., advanced
course.) *$3.50. Holt.
7–16499.
An important text-book achievement which provides a complete course
for those “who have no purpose of pursuing the study of physical
geography beyond its elements, but who are yet mature enough for work
beyond the grade appropriate for the early years of the secondary
schools.” It outlines the work covered in the University of Chicago in
a twelve weeks’ course.
* * * * *
“The field is thoroughly and consistently explored.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 268. S. 19, ’07. 200w.
“Teachers of physiography will welcome this new book, not only on
account of the large amount of fresh material and the fine
illustrations that it contains, but also because it represents the
accumulated experience and the method of a scientist whose skill as a
teacher is well known and widely appreciated.” L. H. Wood.
+ + =School R.= 15: 621. O. ’07. 1230w.
“Professor Salisbury’s book meets a real want and the character of its
compilation, based as it is, on many years of experience in teaching,
gives the book a completeness far beyond any other physiography
published up to this time.” George Burbank Shattuck.
+ + =Science=, n.s. 26: 830. D. 13, ’07. 510w.
=Salmon, George.= Human element in the gospels: a commentary on the
synoptic narrative; ed. by Newport J. D. White. *$4.50. Dutton.
“By ‘the human element’ is meant, in distinction from divine
revelations, ‘things that can be proved by ordinary historical
testimony’—including, as Dr. Salmon assumes, the miraculous element in
the gospels. His work is essentially devoted to an investigation of
the sources of the gospel story, conducted with a purposed
independence of traditional opinions.... ‘Editorial blunders’ are
found in Matthew, and Luke is found to have ‘taken liberties with the
earlier tradition’ of the resurrection. The Greek text only of the
gospels, substantially that of Wescott and Hort, is given in parallel
columns, beginning with the entrance of Jesus on his public
career.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“While the reader comes upon interesting and suggestive remarks, he
meets with no real or consistent solution.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 640w.
“It is a striking fact that a scholar of the breadth and thoroness of
Dr. Salmon, who gave so many years to this problem, apparently paid no
attention whatever to the works of continental scholars.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 696. S. 19, ’07. 540w.
“The chief usefulness of Dr. Salmon’s book lies in the acumen with
which he discusses particular passages.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 163. My. 24, ’07. 1060w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 600w.
“The critical commentary upon it shows a cultured scholarship and
freedom which prompt to agreement with the author’s regret that he had
not undertaken the study till late in life.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 837. Ag. 17, ’07. 260w.
=Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 200w.
=Salmon, Lucy Maynard.= Progress in the household. **$1.10. Houghton.
6–38548.
Ten essays entitled Recent progress in the study of domestic service,
Education in the household, The relation of college women to domestic
science, Sairey Gamp and Dora Copperfield, Economics and ethics in
domestic service, “Put yourself in his place,” Our kitchen, An
illustrated edition, and The woman’s exchange.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.
“While the author does not offer any universal agent for a lightning
change she does write with knowledge and ability, and her opinion
should have weight with thoughtful women.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 130w.
=Saltus, Edgar Evertson.= Lords of the ghostland: a history of the
ideal. *$1.25. Kennerley.
7–14564.
The history of the ideal, the genealogy of its overlords, Brahma,
Armuzd, Amon-Râ, Bel-Marduk, Jehovah, Zeus, Jupiter and of the Christ
himself, is here given in a spirit which lifts the veil without
rending it.
* * * * *
“His treatment of each subject is a deft mingling of historical
knowledge, philosophical method and poetic feeling.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 150w.
* =Sanday, Rev. William.= Life of Christ in recent research. *$1.75.
Oxford.
7–33561.
“Certain recent lectures, reviews, and sermons of Professor Sanday’s
have been combined into this volume. It presents a survey of the most
important literature of the past twenty years upon the life and person
of Christ with a special chapter on miracles.”—Bib. World.
* * * * *
“Professor Sanday’s well-known scholarly moderation characterizes the
whole.”
+ =Bib. World.= 30: 480. D. ’07. 50w.
“As a matter of fact, we have another preliminary essay—a survey of
the chief tendencies and the more important conclusions of the
criticism to which the evangelic narratives have been subjected in the
last twenty years. No English writer is so well qualified as Dr.
Sanday to make such a survey. Not only is he himself one of our most
thorough and most cautious critics, but his appetite for German
brochures is insatiable. The charm of the whole book lies in the
receptiveness of its author’s mind.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 322. O. 25, ’07. 1270w.
=Sanders, Frank Knight, and Fowler, Henry Thatcher.= Outlines for the
study of Biblical history and literature; with maps and charts.
(Historical ser. for Bible students, v. 9.) **$1.25. Scribner.
6–39458.
“Intelligent direction for systematic and discriminating study” is the
aim of this book. It meets the needs of four classes of student: (1)
the college student, (2) the graduate student in oriental history, (3)
the student of theology, and (4) the general student of the Bible. The
book covers both the Old and New Testaments, and is divided into four
parts: (1) Hebrew literature and history, reaching from the beginning
to the fall of Jerusalem (586 B. C.); (2) early Jewish history and
literature (586–168 B. C.); (3) later Jewish history and literature
(168 B. C.–135 A. D.); (4) early Christian history and literature.
* * * * *
“If there is one point in which the work does not come up to the
standard laid down by the authors, it is that of answering the
requirements of the graduate student. Otherwise, by a wise use of the
literature assigned and a classification of the material thus procured
there is little doubt that the book will prove very useful and helpful
in filling the blanks in many students minds which should be occupied
by Biblical history.” Ira M. Brice and John M. P. Smith.
+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 141. Ja. ’07. 260w.
“A valuable outline with useful bibliographies which would help small
libraries in purchasing the best books on the subjects treated.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07. S.
+ =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 60w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 462. D. 16, ’06. 60w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.
“As is the case with most works in English covering both the Old and
the New Testaments, the treatment of Old Testament subjects is much
superior.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 33. Ja. 10, ’07. 240w.
“They give ample direction to the most recent works of Biblical
scholars, with strict impartiality toward the supporters of divergent
conclusions.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 839. D. 1, ’06. 130w.
=Sanders, Wilbur E.; McDonald, Bernard; Parlee, Norman W.; and others.=
Mine timbering. $2. Hill pub. co.
7–19426.
A collection of papers which form a series of essays emphasizing many
important details rather than a complete treatise on the subject.
* * * * *
Reviewed by E. J. McCaustland.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 669. Je. 13, ’07. 880w.
=Sanderson, Edgar.= Great Britain in modern Africa. $1.75. Scribner.
7–10993.
“A volume which gathers into easy compass the history and geography of
all the present divisions and governments of Africa.... It treats of
Germany, France, Portugal, and Italy in Africa, as well as of Great
Britain. The only parts left untouched are the western countries in
the Mediterranean.... It is a handbook of information concerning
Africa, including statistics of imports and exports, revenue,
population, and other matters.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 441. O. 13. 640w.
“Mr. Sanderson’s history ... is told with vivacity and exact detail.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 178. F. 21, ’07. 460w.
“Mr. Sanderson’s account of recent events is admirably concise and
comprehensive, and affords an excellent idea of the many-sided
activity of Great Britain from the Cape to Cairo and from Nigeria to
Uganda.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 402. S. 29, ’06. 170w.
=Sanford, P. Gerald.= Nitro-explosives: a practical treatise concerning
the properties, manufacture, and analysis of nitrated substances,
including the fulminates, smokeless powders and celluloid. 2d ed. *$4.
Van Nostrand.
War 7–20.
A work which “for ten years has been a standard authority, and now is
revised and brought up to date. It describes the processes of
manufacture of nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton, picrates, and
fulminates, and gives the methods of analyzing them and testing their
strength.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“The text is too much like the old, with some slight changes and
explanations, and not at all enough reference to the progress in the
manufacture of smokeless powders and insensitive blasting powders.”
Charles F. McKenna
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 83. Ja. 17, ’07. 860w.
=Nation.= 84: 438. My. 9, ’07. 130w.
=Santayana, George.= Life of reason; or, The phases of human progress.
5v. ea. **$1.25. Scribner.
5–5419.
“This book is so wanting in clearness of thought that I doubt whether
it can be of much use to anyone. Throughout the book, Mr. Santayana
makes a great many scattered remarks, which are certainly
‘suggestive,’ and perhaps (as he himself declares to be his object)
‘stimulating,’ but what he says seems to be always mixed with a great
deal that is definitely erroneous, and always imbedded in a mass that
is greatly wanting in clearness.” G. E. Moore.
− =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 248. Ja. ’07. 2500w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“These later volumes, though containing much that would be
interesting, if Professor Santayana had not already made us familiar
with his point of view and characteristic method of treatment, are
something of a disappointment. It is not easy to see exactly for what
class of readers they are intended. Unfortunately the last volume
‘Reason in science’—the only one of the last three volumes in which
the author enters a new field—is perhaps the most disappointing of
all.” Ernest Albee.
− =Philos. R.= 16: 195. Mr. ’07. 3980w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
=Sargent, Dudley Allen.= Physical education. *$1.50. Ginn.
6–37870.
An attempt “to place the training of the body upon the same
educational basis as the training of the intellect.” There are
chapters upon The physical training of the American people; Physical
exercise and longevity; Physical education in colleges, in secondary,
and in elementary schools; and ideals in physical education.
* * * * *
“A valuable contribution to the subject.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 48. F. ’07. S.
“There is much of interest in the volume.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 402. N. 8, ’06. 50w.
=Sargent, Herbert Howland.= Campaign of Santiago de Cuba. 3v. **$5.
McClurg.
7–29604.
A full summary in three volumes of the campaign of our army and navy
at Santiago in 1898. It is compiled from official documents, contains
twelve maps which show the scene of fighting, and above all is
fearless in its “criticism of American arms and in its tributes to the
feats of Spanish valor.”
* * * * *
“The first thorough and complete account of the war between the United
States and the Spanish in Cuba.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 454. O. 26, ’07. 140w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 510. O. ’07. 190w.
=Saunders, Margaret Marshall (“Marshall Saunders”).= Beautiful Joe; with
an introd. by Hezekiah Butterworth. il. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.
7–28456.
A new and enlarged edition of this companion to “Black Beauty.” It is
a dog’s autobiography which teaches a lesson of kindness not only to
dogs but to the entire animal kingdom.
=Savage, William G.= Bacteriological examination of water-supplies.
*$2.50. Blakiston.
Agr 7–1421.
By eliminating elementary matter, and by omitting a part of data early
collected, the author has made his treatise one which covers only the
pertinent phases of the subject.
* * * * *
“Among the many books which have been recently written on the
bacteriology of water, this latest one ... is by all odds the best.
Although it is a comparatively small book, it covers the ground more
thoroughly than any other.” George C. Whipple.
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 661. Je. 13, ’07. 1040w.
“The chapter on the interpretation of results is particularly to be
recommended. The medical officer of health, and the analyst, and the
bacteriologist will find this book a trustworthy and useful guide.” R.
T. Hewlett.
+ + =Nature.= 76: 245. Jl. 11, ’07. 120w.
=Sayce, Rev. Archibald Henry.= Archaeology of the cuneiform
inscriptions: Rhine lectures. *$1.75. Gorham.
The volume “opens with a brief, but excellent account of the method of
decipherment of the cuneiform inscriptions, describes the nature of
the inscriptions found, shows the relation of the Sumerians to Semitic
people, that of the Egyptian to the Babylonian civilization, that of
Palestine to Babylonia, the character of the Hittite people of Asia
Minor, and describes the condition of Canaan before the Exodus.”—Ind.
* * * * *
+ =Acad.= 72: 265. Mr. 16, ’07. 850w.
“The whole forms a sufficiently compact and readable account. Both
these faults (the habit of stating conjectures as facts, and of
catching at any parallel, however wild, which seems to bear out
preconceived conclusions) are very much in evidence in this volume,
and go some way towards spoiling what is one of the most interesting
books that Prof. Sayce has written.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 296. Mr. 9. 1590w.
“Like all of Professor Sayce’s writings, it is very suggestive, broad
in treatment, and the conclusions sometimes rest on insufficient
evidence.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 445. F. 21, ’07. 90w.
“Great mass of information closely packed in this small volume.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 753. Je. 15, ’07. 1040w.
“The story ... is well worth reading; nothing in literary history
surpasses it; Professor Sayce, who has himself had no small part in
its evolution, tells it with admirable clearness. Of course, it is not
by any mean finished.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 220. F. 9, ’07. 340w.
=Schaff, Morris.= Spirit of old West Point. **$3. Houghton.
7–32862.
While there is a personal note sounded thruout this autobiography, it
chronicles the universal experiences of all West Point cadets and so
is important as a historic document. The early experiences of the
newly-arrived youth through physical hardening processes to which he
is subjected give way to the months of patriotic endeavor which result
in the “ever-enduring virtues that characterize the soldier, the
Christian and the gentleman.”
* * * * *
“His love of poetic imagery, his tendency to infuse with life and
feeling the inanimate objects about him, his fondness for drawing
spiritual truths from material facts give to his narrative a higher
beauty and a deeper meaning than we are wont to find in a soldier’s
reminiscences.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 43. 310. N. 16, ’07. 1500w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 875. D. 7, ’07. 410w.
“This book presents an interesting and vivid description of this
discipline, physical, mental, and moral, by which a boy acquires ‘the
ideals of the soldier and the gentleman.’”
+ =Nation.= 85: 499. N. 28, ’07. 920w.
“A volume that has both historical value and picturesque interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 748. N. 28, ’07. 140w.
“Throughout the volume the element of human interest strongly
predominates.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 754. D. ’07. 120w.
=Schaff, Rev. Philip.= History of the Christian church. 5v. v. 5, pt. 1.
**$3.25. Scribner.
=v. 5, pt. 1.= The middle ages from Gregory VII., 1049, to Boniface
VIII., 1294, by David S. Schaff. “The period of the present volume is
that of the papal theocracy and the scholastic theology, the
‘Blüthezeit’ of Catholicism, when it would hardly do to laugh in one’s
sleeve at an encyclical. It was the time also of the rise of the
universities, of the enthusiasm of the crusades, and of the noblest
development of church architecture. The coming historian who writes a
really great history of this period will find the ground well broken
by this honorable endeavor of a son to complete a father’s unfinished
task.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
=Dial.= 43: 322. N. 16, ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 5, pt. 1.)
“General libraries, as well as those of ministers and ecclesiastical
institutions will find the work invaluable for reference.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 945. O. 17, ’07. 420w. (Review of v. 5, pt. 1.)
“A narrative interestingly put, well arranged and with copious
references to the original sources. This volume is valuable both for
the general reader and for the special student.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 677. O. 26. ’07. 120w. (Review of v. 5, pt.
1.)
“It is conspicuous for the qualities which secured to his father
international fame.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 453. O. 26, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 5, pt. 1.)
* =Scharff, R. F.= European animals. *$2.50. Dutton.
An introductory chapter treats of general matters affecting zoological
distribution and the value of land mammals and molluscs as a basis for
zoological geography. Then “beginning with Ireland he describes some
of the most characteristic animals—and, in spite of his title, the
plants—and by tracing them to their original homes, he, little by
little, reveals the past geological changes which have affected that
island.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
=Ath.= 1907, 1: 764. Je. 22. 80w.
“For thoroughness and general scientific worth in its restricted
geographical field, Dr. Scharff’s volume will long remain unequalled.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 450. N. 14, ’07. 550w.
“The volume should be in the library of every naturalist.” R. L.
+ + =Nature.= 76: 441. Ag. 29, ’07. 790w.
“Dr. Scharff’s work contributes to the science a great wealth of facts
and observations collected from many sources. The general reader will
find the subject treated in a manner that is rather beyond him; for
the book is one that must be read with care and concentrated
attention.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 367. S. 14, ’07. 450w.
=Scherer, James Augustin Brown.= What is Japanese morality? *75c. S. S.
times co.
6–43772.
Five essays which discuss Japanese morality. While they do full
justice to Japan’s lofty idealism, they also point out the weak points
in the Oriental code.
* * * * *
“On the whole Dr. Scherer is reasonable and judicial.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 328. F. 7. ’07. 510w.
“Has been able to cram an astonishing amount of information into a
little volume.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 298. Je. 8, ’07. 370w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 108. Ja. ’07. 90w.
=Schiller, Ferdinand Canning Scott.= Studies in humanism. *$3.25.
Macmillan.
7–25524.
“This volume is the most comprehensive and far-reaching exposition of
the new humanism that has appeared, yet the possibilities it suggests
are more fascinating than the theories it definitely develops.” (Ind.)
“What is humanism? And what its Transatlantic cousin, pragmatism? Have
we in either of them a logic or a metaphysic, or both, or neither? Dr.
Schiller does not shirk these questions.” (Ath.) His best constructive
work is the essay on “The making of truth” in which he “disclaims the
notion that truth is created by us out of nothing.”
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 281. Mr. 9. 2020w.
“Whatever we may think of Dr. Schiller’s theory, he has given us an
attractive and stimulating book—marked by acuteness and lucidity.”
Herbert D. Stewart.
+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 938. Jl. ’07. 2320w.
“Is largely controversial. Unfortunately only one side is given, so
the effect is like listening to a man talking into a telephone. Our
enjoyment of the author’s wit is often restrained by the question
whether it is properly deserved.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 797. Ap. 4, ’07. 880w.
“His criticism is always well worth reading. On the other hand, his
own system contains not a few features which will give many pause.”
+ − =Nature.= 76: 220. Jl. 4, ’07. 560w.
“Yet with all his noble rage for concrete truth he is one of the must
abstract of writers. This characteristic makes his latest work ...
pretty stiff and not extravagantly fruitful reading.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 190w.
“The finished and attractive literary style in which he presents the
new humanism manifests its identity, notwithstanding difference, with
the old.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 37. My. 4, ’07. 360w.
“Not only is Dr. Schiller, as we infer, young himself, but he is also
writing for the young.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 420. O. 5, ’07. 2170w.
=Schillings, Carl Georg.= In wildest Africa. *$5. Harper.
7–35387.
Encouraged by the reception of his “With flashlight and rifle,” the
author offers this fresh series of sketches and impressions of
Africa’s wild life, illustrated by 300 photographs or what Dr. Heck
chooses to term “Nature documents.” The chapters reproduce in
description and picture animals of jungle and plains, aiming to
impress readers with the importance of taking active steps to prevent
the complete extermination of wild life.
* * * * *
“For the most part well written, and, we think, particularly well
translated; the style is often narrative, which is specially
attractive to young people, but besides tales of adventure there is
much that deserves serious attention.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 476. O. 19. 620w.
“It brings the lives of African birds and beasts before us with almost
startling accuracy. As a matter of fact, there is a wide divergence
between title and text in this volume; the larger part of the text
deals with matter entirely foreign to the title.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 371. D. 1, ’07. 510w.
“The power of the photograph in revealing the marvels of tropical
scenery has never been so clearly demonstrated as in this volume,
wherein the spirit of adventure is blent with the scientific spirit of
investigation.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 760. N. 16, ’07. 440w.
“Mr. Whyte’s part in the preparation of this volume is admirably done.
So easy is his style and so free from the traces of a foreign language
that one hardly realizes that the writing is a translation.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 333. O. 10, ’07. 620w.
“It is a pity the text—though it contains much information and some
really important matter—is not of commensurate worth. But Dr.
Schillings is a photographer—not a writer.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 595. O. 5, ’07. 1380w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 637. N. ’07. 130w.
“The illustrations in this book are just as notable as those in ‘With
flashlight and rifle.’ And the spirit of the book is the same.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 572. O. 19, ’07. 1550w.
=Schmid, Rudolf.= Scientific creed of a theologian; tr. from the 2nd
German ed. by J. W. Stoughton. *$1.50. Armstrong.
A plea for a mutual understating between science and Christianity in
which the author takes up successively “the subjects of Creation,
Providence, Prayer, Miracles, and the Person of Jesus Christ, he
argues that science and religion nowhere collide, and that the
Christian view is entirely compatible with all proper claims of
science, to which he makes large concessions.” (Outlook.)
* * * * *
Reviewed by Charles R. Barnes.
=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 357. Ap. ’07. 450w.
“His book is mediating in a good sense of the word, and its pages
inspire the reader with a feeling of confidence in the justice, if not
always in the persuasiveness, of the writer’s intellect.” James
Moffat.
+ =Hibbert J.= 5: 468. Ja. ’07. 720w.
=Ind.= 63: 516. Ag. 20, ’07. 60w.
“On the whole it is a useful book to credit to a country which has
sent us too much of the contrary kind.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 377. F. 16, ’07, 190w.
“May be recommended as an admirable handbook on its subject.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 1006. Je. 29, ’07. 410w.
=Schmidt, Ferdinand.= Gudrun, tr. from the German by George P. Upton.
*60c. McClurg.
6–36031.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 22. Ja. ’07. ✠
=Schmidt, Ferdinand.= Herman and Thusnelda; tr. from the German, by
George P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c. McClurg.
7–31226.
This story of the hero of Tuetoberg forest extends from his early days
to his defeat of Varus, the Roman general, in that year which his
victory has celebrated, 9 A.D., and to his union with Thusnelda,
daughter of Segest. With the thrilling incidents of Herman’s life are
side lights upon the customs and superstitions of the day.
=Schmidt, Johann Kaspar (Max Stirner, pseud.).= Ego and his own; tr.
from the German by Steven T. Byington. $1.50. Tucker, B: R.
7–13485.
“The book ... is divided into two parts: first, The man; second, I....
Goethe’s ‘I place my all on nothing,’ ... is Stirner’s keynote to his
egoistic symphony. His ego and not the family is the unit of the
social life.... The world belong to all, but all are I. I alone am
individual proprietor.... He repudiates all laws. Repudiates
competition.... Socialism is a new god, a new abstraction to tyrannize
over the ego.... Stirner was a foe to general ideas. He was an
implacable realist.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“What interests one in Stirner is not his argument, but his audacity.
The book is involved and incoherent, and even curiosity to see what
can be said by an _advocatus diaboli_ will not tempt many to read it.”
− =Ind.= 62: 1091. My. 9, ’07. 860w.
“The English translation of ‘The ego and his own’ is admirable; it is
that of a philologist and a versatile scholar. Stirner’s form is open
to criticism. It is vermicular. His thought is never confused, but he
sees too many sides of his theme, embroiders it with so many
variations, that he repeats himself. He has neither the crystalline
brilliance nor poetic glamour of Nietzsche.” James Huneker.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 249. Ap. 20, ’07. 5430w.
“Max Stirner may shock, may amuse you. But he is bound to set you
thinking.” James Huneker.
+ − =No. Am.= 185: 332. Je. 7, ’07. 2340w.
=Schmidt, Nathaniel.= Prophet of Nazareth. **$2.50. Macmillan.
5–39858.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is difficult to take Schmidt’s arguments seriously. A perusal of
recent studies of the life of Jesus is an instructive discipline in
the estimating of critical theories. Few of them, indeed, can be
accused of the baseless extravagances which appear on the pages of
Professor Schmidt.” H. A. A. Kennedy.
− =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 155. Ja. ’07. 930w.
“A very scholarly, scientific, and iconoclastic, yet reverent,
volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 117. Je. ’07. 160w.
=Schnabel, Carl.= Handbook of metallurgy, tr. by Henry Louis. 2v.
*$6.50. Macmillan.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“It will be seen that the criticisms made are all with the style and
arrangement, rather the matter itself, which is copious and well and
judiciously collected.” Bradley Stoughton.
+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 441. Ap. 18, ’07. 700w. (Review of v. 2)
“The description of the alloys is usually rather meagre, with
curiously slight regard to the work of the last twenty years. In
general, however, the information is full, accurate, and up to date,
and is conveyed in a pleasant, readable manner.”
+ − =Nature.= 75: 486. Mr. 21, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Schofield, Alfred Taylor.= Home life in order. $1.50. Funk.
“This book deals with the anatomy and physiology of the human body,
the elements of hygiene, sick nursing, and first aid. It is written by
one who has had a long and successful experience as a lecturer on all
these subjects, and who is therefore able to speak with authority. The
information conveyed is just of the right sort, and expressed in the
simplest language.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“A few strokes of the pen will easily remedy these small mistakes, and
the book is good and trustworthy in every other respect.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 260. Mr. 2. 310w.
“As the work of a physician of eminence in London, it has scientific
value, but its greater merit is the charmingly intimate and humane
spirit in which it is written.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 98. Jl. 20, ’07. 80w.
“Filled with solid and reliable information useful to all who desire a
knowledge of their physical nature and needs.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 258. Je. 1, ’07. 80w.
=Schofield, William Henry.= English literature, from the Norman conquest
to Chaucer. *$1.50. Macmillan.
6–36418.
This is the first of a two-volume work covering the literary history
of England from the Norman conquest to the time of Elizabeth. “The
book differs in plan from the other volumes in the series, and indeed
from most histories of English literature, in that the author does not
deal with the whole production of each successive period. Instead, he
treats his material according to the different ‘genres,’ tracing
separately the evolution of each.... In the main division of the
work—that which deals with English literature proper—the chapter on
the romance takes the leading place.... The chapters on the tales,
historical, religious, and didactic works, and lyrics in the
vernacular, are thorough and adequate—like the excellent bibliography
which concludes the work.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Both the strength and the weakness of Prof. Schofield’s work may be
expressed by saying that it is written from the point of view of a
‘Professor of comparative literature’ rather than from that of an
expert in the special literature of Middle English.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 94. Ja. 26. 1540w.
“The shortcoming is not in scholarship, for the book is a marvel of
labor both close and discursive, but in maturity.” Frank Jewett
Mather, jr.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 617. Ag. ’07. 1670w.
“It offers an exceptionally thorough treatment of its period, done in
the light of a scholarly tradition that runs from Gaston Paris to
Child, and from Child to Professors Kittredge and Norton.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 260w.
“Whatever the merits of Professor Schofield’s book, it is not
particularly clear or easy reading.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 452. Ag. 22, ’07. 540w.
“Tho of less interest to the general reader than to the special
student, is to the latter fairly indispensable, in spite of its
decided unevenness, as a contribution to the history of a period which
has never been treated either quite thoroughly or satisfactorily.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 80w.
“Mr. Schofield has not always succeeded in keeping the illusion of
life and progress: we imagine that his work will be found more
interesting as a book of reference than as a history to read through.
The book is full of instruction, written with a delight in learning
which comes out more clearly the more the argument is tested,”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 11. Ja. 11, ’07. 1240w.
“In literary execution there is considerable unevenness. Parts are
admirably written; for example, the introduction, distinguished by its
freshness of treatment and breadth of view, the general discussion of
the matter of Britain, and the chapter on religious works. On the
other hand, the style, as we have intimated, betrays lassitude in the
concluding sections of the chapter on romance and in some pages of the
chapter on Anglo-Latin literature. On the whole, however, the work is
excellent.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 443. N. 22, ’06. 1530w.
“To most readers the most interesting part will be the romance,
Arthurian and other; but whatever the subject it will be found
adequately treated.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 792. N. 17, ’07. 230w.
=Scholl, John William.= Ode to the Russian people. $1. Badger, R. G.
7–10040.
An ode to Russia’s millions which cries not only “evolution” but
“revolution.”
=Scholz, R. F., and Hornbeck, S. K.= Oxford and the Rhodes scholarships;
with list of Rhodes scholars and other information complete to the end
of January, 1907. *85c. Oxford.
7–26974.
Information of a statistical nature required by those who contemplate
trying for a Rhodes scholarship.
* * * * *
+ =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.
“A useful little volume.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 337. Mr. 2, ’07. 160w.
=Schuen, Rev. Joseph.= Outlines of sermons for young men and young
women. *$2. Benziger.
6–23286.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“They treat important topics in a practical fashion suited to the
needs of the people.”
+ =Cath. World.= 84: 548. Ja. ’07. 90w.
=Schultz, James Willard.= My life as an Indian: the story of a red woman
and a white man in the lodges of the Blackfeet; il. from photographs
mostly by George B. Grinnell. **$1.50. Doubleday.
7–6737.
“An intimate revelation of the domestic life of the Blackfoot Indians
by a man who married into the tribe and lived many years with them.
Reads like a romance from beginning to end, not the least interesting
part of it being the traditions and bits of old stories retold by the
author with simplicity and real charm. Published originally as a
serial in ‘Forest and stream,’ under the title of ‘In the lodges of
the Blackfeet’ and the pseudonym W. B. Anderson.”—A. L. A. Bkl.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 105. Ap. ’07. S.
“The value of the book is its record of a state of society which has
now passed.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 787. Je. 29. 280w.
“The author has inherited the Indian’s native eloquence along with his
tastes and ideals, and his story is one of the most authoritative and
interesting revelations of Indian life that we have seen.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 470. Mr. 23, ’07. 330w.
“This trader is evidently plagued, like many others, by the presence
of a secondary personality under imperfect control. His narrative is
perpetually disturbed by the emergence of an invader, an unclean
spirit in the shape of a literary person, a lover of the heroic, the
romantic, the Arcadian, quite a gifted literary person too.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 222. Jl. 12, ’07. 970w.
“Through the straightforward and unaffected manner in which he
pictures his life, the reader learns more about the nature of the
Indians among whom Mr. Schultz has lived than in the most elaborate
scientific treatises.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 339. Ap. 11, ’07. 220w.
“Should be widely circulated, if only to correct mistaken impressions
of what the Indians were before the buffalo disappeared; and what they
still may be under the guidance of honest and generous Indian agents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 125. Mr. 2, ’07. 490w.
“There are all sorts of humorous and other anecdotes, told in a
literary manner.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 426. Jl. ’07. 130w.
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 304. S. 7, ’07. 730w.
“Furnish the truest and most sympathetic records of the inner and
domestic life of the Indian of the plains.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 134. Jl. 27. ’07. 350w.
* =Schurz, Carl.= Reminiscences of Carl Schurz. il. 2v. **$6. McClure.
7–36232.
Reminiscences that are important for their German-American quality.
“There are two characteristics of this attractive autobiography which
should commend it to the study of the general reader. It is in the
first place the account of an individual brought up with all the
advantages of German education, amid all the associations of
monarchism, and with prospects of success in his own country, whose
convictions and predilections drove him into the arms of American
republicanism.... In the second place, it throws a new light on the
events of recent American history.” (Lit. D.)
* * * * *
“With the externals of this work one might easily pick a few quarrels.
Either the proofreading has been lamentably careless in a considerable
number of instances, or else bad editorial judgment has religiously
followed mere slips of the pen in the original manuscript. All this,
however, cannot seriously detract from the value of the really great
biographical works of recent years.” W. H. Johnson.
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 413. D. 16, ’07. 2320w.
“The whole character of the work is one of frank and easy
self-revelation. It is full of personal anecdote, personal adventure,
personal opinion. Those who take it up are not likely to put it aside
until they have read the whole of it, and, indeed, it is well worth
reading both as a source of interest and an inspiration.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 876. D. 7, ’07. 950w.
=Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 120w.
“They throw much light on the stormy politics of the time, on the
characters and attainments of the leaders on either side, and on the
temper and methods of party action. It is not too much to say that
Lincoln cannot fully be known without this study.” Edward Cary.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 832. D. 14, ’07. 1900w.
“To most of us this book reveals a new phase in his character in that
it is pervaded with a gentle humor, with a shrewd discrimination as to
men’s character and motives, and a power of direct and forcible
narration which is rare indeed. The work will take a high place in the
literature of biography and reminiscence.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 613. N. 23, ’07. 230w.
“He enjoyed intimate personal acquaintance with a remarkably large
number of American soldiers and statesmen. For that reason and because
of the clarity and grace of his literary style these volumes of
reminiscences by Mr. Schurz are of surpassing interest.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 753. D. ’07. 250w.
* =Schuster, Ernest Joseph.= Principles of German civil law. *$4.15.
Oxford.
7–26411.
Here Dr. Schuster has presented to English readers the entire private
or civil law of the German empire. “The immediate and practical
purpose of the book is to aid the English lawyer in dealing with
conflicts of law; and for this reason the German rules of
international private law are set forth and compared with the English
in connection with the matters in which choice of law has most often
to be made. The author’s chief purpose, however, is ... to aid in
placing the study of the English law on a higher plane.” (Pol. Sci.
Q.)
* * * * *
“This is an admirable book, well calculated to promote the serious
study of comparative law and to give a trustworthy account of the
great work accomplished by the juridical science of Germany. He has
carried out his purpose with great acuteness and learning.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 130. Ap. 26, ’07. 1370w.
“Dr. Schuster has done his work so well that his book is to be
recommended to English, American and German lawyers. In helping
Anglo-American and German lawyers to understand one another Dr.
Schuster has not only facilitated the exchange of useful ideas, but
has enabled the lawyers of each country to gain a better understanding
of their own technical terms.” Rudolph Leonhard.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 723. D. ’07. 530w.
“One of the most useful of studies for the young lawyer whose interest
in law is not yet confined to turning up books for his cases, would be
to read Mr. Schuster’s admirable book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 212. Ag. 17, ’07. 220w.
=Schuyler, Montgomery.= Westward the course of empire: “out West” and
“back East” on the first trip of the Los Angeles limited; reprinted with
additions from the N. Y. Times. **$1.25. Putnam.
6–42436.
An account of a trip across the continent in less than a fortnight, to
which the author has added under the head of “Consideration by the
way,” four suggestive chapters upon: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,
and Triumphant democracy.
* * * * *
“Writes philosophically and out of a full mind.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 106. Ja. 19, ’07. 80w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 119. Ap. ’07. 160w.
=Schuyler, William=, tr. and ed. Under Pontius Pilate. †$1.50. Funk.
6–36184.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is all done reverently enough, and can be read; but there is an
effort at modernization in the attitude of the characters, and in the
style there is more than one elapse of taste.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 464. N. 29, ’06. 240w.
“Considering the perennial interest of the subject and the skill and
discretion of this treatment, one would expect for ‘Under Pontius
Pilate’ a success, from the publisher’s point of view, by no means
likely to exhaust itself with the season of the first publication.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 886. D. 22. ’06. 1130w.
=Scollard, Clinton.= Easter-song; lyrics and ballads of the joy of
springtime. $3.50. George W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y.
6–11539.
A collection of half a hundred lyrics and ballads, all of which sing
of the gladness which comes in “The green o’ the year.”
* * * * *
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
=Dial.= 42: 253. Ap. 16, ’07. 180w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 431. Jl. 6, ’07. 270w.
“It is gentle April verse, not riotous nor riant ... full of delicate
perception and expression.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 121. Ap. ’07. 200w.
=Scott, Dixon.= Liverpool. il. (Color books ser.) *$2.50. Macmillan.
Liverpool is described by Mr. Scott and pictured by J. Hamilton Hay.
It is “an attempt to mirror the vital aspect which the city presents
to the world today rather than to offer a rechauffé of the past.”
* * * * *
“The plates in colour are far above those usually found in books of
this series, and while not doing full justice to Mr. Hay’s powers,
they at least attest the quality of his colour and the purity of its
application. Mr. Scott’s style, unlike his Liverpool, though
‘variegated and distracted,’ fails to be ‘puissant and concerted.’”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 840. Ag. 31, ’07. 760w.
“We cannot call the book a success, for it conveys nothing very
definite to the mind of the reader.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 308. S. 14. 810w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“The book is somewhat fatiguing. Sometimes, too, it lapses into
something that a hostile observer might call silliness.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 370. S. 14, ’07. 400w.
=Scott, Ernest F.= Fourth gospel: its purpose and theology. *$2.
Scribner.
7–36975.
A work which “is wholly concerned with the literary form, the purpose,
and the theology of ‘John.’... A twofold purpose is seen in it;
primarily, the expression of a profound personal religion, and at the
same time the adjustment of it intellectually to a new age and
environment, in the reconciliation of Hebraic with Hellenic
ideas.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Thoughtful and stimulating book.” James S. Riggs.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 535. Jl. ’07. 1280w.
=Ath.= 1907, 1: 437. Ap. 13. 760w.
“A thorough study.”
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 239. Mr. ’07. 50w.
“Perhaps it is best to take Mr. Scott as he has taken John (whether
rightly remains to be seen)—a combination of streams of thought which
can hardly be harmonized, and which leads to inconsistencies of
thinking and direct contradictions of expression.” Frank Grant Lewis.
+ − =Bib. World.= 30: 235. S. ’07. 1180w.
“A more complete and enlightening presentation of the Johannine
theology has not been produced in recent years, and to one who would
work his way into the thought and spirit of the fourth gospel no
better guide could be recommended.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 452. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.
“The most valuable treatise on the Gospel of John that has appeared in
recent years.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1235. N. 21, ’07. 100w.
“It is the merit of Mr. Scott both to have made clear the profitable
line of study in connection with the Gospel of John, and also to have
exhibited some valuable results of endeavor of this sort.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 540w.
“This is a fresh work of the first rank among the many on its
subject.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 281. F. 2, ’07. 450w.
“We think that it is hardly possible for the case to be put more
fully, more clearly, or more temperately than in the volume before us;
and though we may disagree with its arguments and conclusions we
cannot but admire the admirable way in which they are presented.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 304. S. 7, ’07. 1410w.
=Scott, G. Firth.= Romance of polar exploration; interesting
descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic adventure from the earliest time to
the voyage of the “Discovery.” *$1.50. Lippincott.
6–35304.
This book ably sustains the claim of its title. It gives the story of
the explorations toward both poles in a fashion not only interesting
but historically exact.
* * * * *
“Is a slight affair, milk for babes.” E. T. Brewster.
− =Atlan.= 100: 261. Ag. ’07. 40w.
“We may compare Mr. Scott’s book on polar exploration with the
original records, and it will stand the test. It covers both the
arctic and antarctic regions, and may be commended to any reader as a
compilation that tells in a way that interests the story of many
leading incidents in polar research.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 50w.
=Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. D. 8, ’06. 40w.
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 657. N. 2, ’06. 180w.
=Scott, John Reed.= Beatrix of Clare. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–18101.
England in the time of Richard III, forms the setting for this tale of
romance and adventure which takes place close about the throne.
Beatrix, beauty, heiress, and countess of Clare is won by the young
knight and courtier De Lacy beneath the friendly smiles of both king
and queen, while their love affair is troubled by abduction and
bloodshed, and influenced by the great events which stir the kingdom
and even threaten the crown.
* * * * *
“Rather better than the average of its kind.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 204. N. ’07.
“Done with a freshness and a verve that makes one forgive the familiar
situations, and well-worn devices, and for an idle hour quite enjoy
the knight’s tempestuous wooing of his wilful lady.”
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 602. Ag. ’07. 320w.
“In manner and sentiment is poor stuff, and about as unreal as
possible.” Wm. M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 43: 63. Ag. 1, ’07. 130w.
“The book abounds in royal gossip.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 402. Ag. 15, ’07. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“It is a good story, as historical romances go.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 525. Ag. 31, ’07. 820w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 110w.
=Scott, John Reed.= Colonel of the Red huzzars. †$1.50. Lippincott.
6–21386.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The story is impossible but more readable than most, and it is well
printed and illustrated, full of bright dialogue, and has for heroine
the most outrageous flirt since Rosalind.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 192. F. 23, ’07. 140w.
=Scott, Leroy.= To him that hath. †$1.50. Doubleday.
7–23303.
“The story turns on the heroic self-sacrifice of a young man, David
Aldrich, who, at the death of his best friend, the Rev. Philip Morton,
finds out that the latter was hopelessly in the toils of an
adventuress, who had blackmailed him out of $5,000.... Aldrich assumes
the theft himself and goes to prison for four years.... It is a tract
on prison discipline, the reformation of the criminal, the uplifting,
physical, mental and moral of the masses, and the greed of wealth,
thinly veneered with ‘heart interest.’”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It is the simple directness of the narrative, as well as the reality
of the types depicted, that holds you to the end.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 26: 164. O. ’07. 310w.
“The plot of the novel is forced ... and the action is over
melodramatic, but it is a particularly striking production for all
that, and its essential pathos is relieved by much subsidiary
incident, and even by touches of genuine humor.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 253. O. 16, ’07. 310w.
“Mr. Scott is a hero worshiper of martyred manhood among the poor and
unfortunate, a writer who compels admiration and attention by his
friendliness to the friendless and by the sanity of his conclusions
concerning some sociological problems, rather than by literary
ability.”
+ − =Ind.= 63: 817. O. 3, ’07. 620w.
“Far more important than its literary merit implies.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w.
“It is written with much effort and earnestness; and it is fairly
entertaining. The author is not without a sense of humor. But when all
is said, fiction makes a poor appearance in the pulpit; and most books
of this sort are neither good stories nor good sermons.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 540w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“That which gives Mr. Scott’s book the vitality and strength which it
unquestionably possesses is his ability to make one see these luckless
types ... as his hero saw them.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 44. S. 7, ’07. 450w.
“It is good story-telling genius to get theory into the reader without
his knowing it.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 238. N. ’07. 710w.
=Scott, M. H. Baillie.= Houses and gardens. *$12. Scribner.
7–33972.
“We have here the fruits of an exceptionally wide and varied
experience in the planning, decoration and equipment of houses of all
dimensions, from small week-end cottages to large country houses both
in England and abroad. This volume testifies eloquently to the fact
that, besides being an architect equipped with an ample fund of
scientific knowledge, Mr. Scott is also an artist possessing a mature
understanding of the proper relations of use and beauty; and the aim
of this work is to show what possibilities of beauty are present in
the construction of a house.”—Int. Studio.
* * * * *
“In many ways this is a surprising volume. Its most striking feature
is the skill of the draughtsmanship, particularly in the coloured
plates. Much of it is well written, with eloquent passages and not a
few well-turned epigrams, but more is equally dull, with the same idea
reiterated in chapter after chapter in almost identical words.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 704. Je. 8. 360w.
“It is to be hoped that a valuable treatise such as this will meet
with that wide recognition which it deserves.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 31: 83. Mr. ’07. 200w.
“There is, on the whole, so much of good suggestion; of good taste,
and of common sense in the book, that one easily overlooks minor
deficiencies.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 106. Ag. 1, ’07. 730w.
=Scott, Sir Walter.= Quentin Durward; ed. by R. W. Bruere. *50c. Ginn.
7–7198.
An edition designed for the use of high schools and academies. It is
equipped with ample editorial helps.
=Scratton, Howell.= Fortuna filly. $1.50. Luce, J: W.
The Fortuna filly is a horse of rare promise and this story, while it
is a romance, centers about the race track and the training stables,
and concerns races and trainers so exclusively that the love affair of
the owner’s daughter and the young lawyer who in the end wins his wife
and a fortune on the Fortuna filly, is thrust into the background.
* * * * *
“Food, drink, and horse are the delightful ingredients of this
innocent idyl.”
− =Nation.= 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 570w.
=Scripture, Edward Wheeler.= Researches in experimental phonetics; the
study of speech curves. (Carnegie inst. of Washington. Pub. no. 44.) pa.
$2. Carnegie inst.
7–2321.
“The groundwork of the results of Dr. Scripture’s recent work abroad,
in the laboratories organized at Munich, Berlin and Zurich. Save for
illustrative examples from the records, the present volume deals
almost exclusively with methods; nearly all of the last fifty pages
are taken up with tables, some of which appear for the first time, and
should prove most helpful to other investigators along these
lines.”—Science.
* * * * *
=Ind.= 63: 223. Jl. 25, ’07. 420w.
“We congratulate Dr. Scripture on the production of a splendid
monograph. It might have been improved by fuller bibliographical
details, and perhaps by a more adequate recognition of the work of
others.” John G. McKendrick.
+ + − =Nature.= 75: 392. F. 21, ’07. 2530w.
“Perhaps the main objection to the work is that the correctness of the
original gramophone records has been taken too much on faith.”
Frederic Lyman Wells.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 26: 170. Ag. 9, ’07. 740w.
=Scudder, Vida Dutton.= Disciple of a saint: being the imaginary
biography of Raniero di Landoccio dei Pagliaresi. $1.50. Dutton.
W 7–125.
“This ‘imaginary biography’ of Neri di Landoccio, secretary of Saint
Catherine of Siena is ... a book full of human interest.... Of story,
in the ordinary sense, except such as is furnished by the background
of actual recorded events, there is little.... The drama is a drama of
‘soul-states.’ Yet, if the chief interest is psychological, this is
not through inability on the part of the author to present the
material side of things: Siena in the throes of the plague-epidemic
and the papal court at Avignon are vividly set before the
reader.”—Ath.
* * * * *
“The author’s familiarity with her period is pleasantly apparent, and
her characters, although they speak a language happily free from
deliberate archaisms, fairly represent their century.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 659. Je. 1. 240w.
“Perhaps, despite the author’s deft allusions and unmistakable
accuracy, the historian will not be content.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 825. S. ’07. 710w.
“A noteworthy success in a most difficult form of writing. In the
dialogue, the most difficult part of an historical romance, Miss
Scudder has achieved a distinct success. Her diction, however, is at
times decidedly overstrained.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 567. Je. 20, ’07, 640w.
“All through the exquisitely elaborated story there are a reserve, a
dignity of expression, and a comprehension of the required attitude of
mind that are refreshing to the thoughtful reader.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 160w.
Sea stories, retold from St. Nicholas. (Geographical stories.) *65c.
Century.
7–29583.
Jack London, Güstav Kobbé, George Kennan, Tudor Jenks and a good many
others tell of exciting sea-happenings with a good bit of general
information about divers, light-houses, tidal waves, etc.
=Seabrook, Phœbe Hamilton.= Daughter of the Confederacy: a story of the
old South and the new. $1.50. Neale.
6–43778.
“Unlike the majority of novels of the war period, this one does not
dwell upon the horrors of camp and field, of prison and hospital, but
upon the daily life of a family left to the so-called slighter horrors
of inactivity, anxiety and starvation.”
=Seaver, Richard W.= To Christ through criticism. (Donellan lectures,
1905–6.) **$1.50. Scribner.
The burden of these lectures is “Justification of the new theology and
defence of critical principles and results as not hostile to devout
life.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“A reverent and thoughtful discussion of the Gospel miracles in the
light of modern criticism.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 390. Mr. 14, ’07. 40w.
=Nation.= 84: 265. Mr. 21, ’07. 100w.
=Seawell, Molly Elliott.= Loves of the lady Arabella. †$1.50. Bobbs:
6–36177.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A readable enough little tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 62. F. 2, ’07. 500w.
“This old-fashioned romance, with its familiar types and conventional
action, is charming because of its literary style and generally
artistic workmanship. Mr. Underwood’s illustrations are a little
stiff, and crude in color.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 30w.
=Seawell, Molly Elliott.= Secret of Toni; il. by George Brehm. †$1.50.
Appleton.
7–5687.
“The story of a dirty, lazy, little boy whose only friends are a nice
clean little boy and a tin soldier to whom he tells all his trouble.
The boys grow up as friends, and both become soldiers who have ups and
downs enough to interest the reader to the happy end.”—A. L. A. Bkl.
* * * * *
“The plot is absurd, but there is a certain freshness about it that
many fiction readers will enjoy.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 79. Mr. ’07. ✠
“A rather thin, unsubstantial little tale. But ... one feels no
resentment toward it, for the childhood portion is really quite
enjoyable.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 90. Mr. ’07. 270w.
“Toni, the hero of the present novel, need not fear comparison with
any of the cherub group that we heretofore have met in Miss Seawell’s
pages.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 548. Ap. 6, ’07. 310w.
“A sprightly story, well constructed and vivaciously told.
Notwithstanding the numerous books which Miss Seawell has written, she
has not yet learned what literary virtues are to be gained by an
occasional due reserve of statement.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 99. F. 16, ’07. 270w.
=Sedgwick, Anne Douglas.= Fountain sealed. †$1.50. Century.
7–30436.
A character study of three distinct types. A mother whose peace of
mind was constantly assailed by a selfish husband exploiting all the
proprieties of life decides to live apart from him. She goes abroad
and makes a cozy drawingroom the center of a warmth which she radiates
after the fashion of her own serenity, sincerity and dignity. The
daughter, devoted to the father, furnishes the second type. At his
death the mother returns to find her daughter an arrogant, selfish,
heartless girl unable to detect values. The third type is honest Jack
Pennington whose integrity but reveals more convincingly the girl’s
shallowness and the mother’s patient unselfishness.
* * * * *
“The workmanship is excellent and to those readers who enjoy a
ruthless dissection, skilfully done, the book will be worth while. Of
plot there is scarcely anything.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 204. N. ’07.
“The best of many good qualities is the spirit in which it is written.
A finished piece of true comedy.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 341. N. 8, ’07. 550w.
“The plain citizen, the clamorer for a simple story, will not take
kindly to ‘A fountain sealed.’ On the other hand, the reader who is
attracted by the subtle in style and substance, who likes a maximum of
soul-searching with a minimum of ‘scene,’ will find it a mine of
interest, and will have the further satisfaction of perceiving that a
novel may deal with the subtleties, yet be unquestionably clean.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 580w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“It is such a moving, vivid, illuminating picture of the kind of
tragedy that everywhere dignifies human life, that it can but make a
wide appeal.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 694. N. 2, ’07. 560w.
“It will add to Miss Sedgwick’s already secure reputation, and give
much real pleasure to thoughtful readers.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 340w.
“Its admirable character-drawing, and its distinction of style, will
add to a reputation already secure.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 40w.
“Well-wrought and engrossing story.”
+ + − =Spec.= 99: 780. N. 16, ’07. 1200w.
=Sedgwick, Mrs. Mabel (Cabot).= Garden month by month. **$4. Stokes.
7–15329.
A new plan is employed in this practical volume. “On each page there
are six vertical columns under the month in which the flower blossoms.
The first column gives the color, the next the English name, the next
the botanical name, the next the description and method of culture,
propagation and origin, and then the height and situation in the
garden, and finally, the duration of the blooming. These are
illustrated by over 200 ... engravings from photographs of growing
plants.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
“The index is full and carefully made. Altogether. this is a most
valuable book for the shelves devoted to one’s garden library, in a
location handy for reference.” Edith Granger.
+ =Dial.= 42: 368. Je. 16, ’07. 590w.
“There is in it no nonsense of fine writing and poetical quotations.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 972. Ap. 25, ’07. 130w.
“We should suppose it might remain a standard for many years.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 132. Jl. 27, ’07. 110w.
+ =Nation.= 85: 547. D. 12, ’07. 110w.
“It is an intelligent and amplified catalogue of the plants described,
and its painstaking sincerity and infinite care of detail should give
it a place on the reference shelf of garden books.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 1060w.
“The beginner in this delightful pursuit would probably find some of
the simpler and less exhaustive garden books more helpful and not so
bewildering.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 118. My. 18, ’07. 200w.
=Segur, Marquis de.= Julie de Lespinasse; tr. from the French by P. H.
Lee Warner. *$2.50. Holt.
7–37963.
The letters of Mademoiselle de Lespinasse not only form a human
document that reveals a tortured existence but are a symbol of the
revolution accomplished in contemporary thought during her period,
viz., “the change of the age of reason into the age of passion and
sentimental license.” The author had access to archives heretofore
unattainable which cleared up facts regarding the early life of
Mademoiselle Lespinasse, her education, relations with the Marquis de
Mora, and the public and worldly side of her character. The sketch
embodies its negative lesson chiefly in this intense woman’s blind
adoration for Count de Guibert. Her suffering strikes the universal
note, and she pays the full retributive price for her wrong-doing.
* * * * *
“The book is a model of wise biography. The translation is on the
whole, good and clear; but it is marred by occasional lapses which
should certainly be amended before the second edition is produced.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 265. Mr. 16, ’07. 770w.
“[The translation] is characterized ... by inelegance, and not
infrequently by mis-representation of the original.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 177. Ag. 17. 190w.
“At last we have an authoritative, and, it would seem, a definitive
life of that most interesting [Julie de Lespinasse].” S. M. Francis.
+ + =Atlan.= 100: 491. O. ’07. 280w.
“The Marquis de Segur has brought enough personal interest and
enthusiasm to his work to counteract largely his lack of constructive
literary ability.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 67. Ag. 1, ’07. 360w.
“Though ample and interesting, contributes but little of real weight
to a familiar story.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 503. Je. 30, ’07. 420w.
“Probably comes as near telling the truth about this remarkable woman
as any sentimental biography written long after the death of the
subject can be expected to come.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 285. My. 4, ’07. 1100w.
=Outlook.= 86: 480. Je. 29, ’07. 300w.
“More than one book has been written around her, but this simple
record of her life by the Marquis de Segur is by far the most
interesting of them all.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 80w.
“This book was really worth translating.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 110w.
=Seignobos, (Michel Jean) Charles.= History of ancient civilization; tr.
and ed. by Arthur Herbert Wilde. *$1.25. Scribner.
6–32375.
=v. 1.= An English version of a well-known French text book designed
for use in secondary schools. Volume 1 covers a period from
pre-historic times down to the third century of our era.
* * * * *
=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 957. Jl. ’06. 30w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)
“Is the most satisfactory history of civilization that has yet
appeared.” J. W. Moncrief.
+ + + =Bib. World.= 30: 238. S. ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A plain straightforward account.... The translation seems to have
been carefully made, and the editor’s notes, though not numerous, are
of distinct value. Nevertheless, the book is something of a
disappointment. In his effort to cover the entire field the author has
naturally been compelled to include a great deal that is already found
in the high-school text-book.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 47. Ja. 16, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is a sorry, dry-as-dust, uninteresting, and unprofitable
compilation.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 520. O. 26, ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Seitz, Don Carlos.= Discoveries in every-day Europe. **$1.25. Harper.
7–29537.
Little details that eminate from the store of a traveler’s latent
impressions, the sort that fill the chinks of the memory but that are
seldom offered to the stay-at-home tourist. In his shrewdly observant
fashion, entertainingly humorous, the author tells the reader things
worth remembering, and things that can be remembered for their very
epigrammatic clearness. For instance, he says, “Ice is regarded with
superstitious reverence in Italy, France and England. Common waiters
are not allowed to touch the precious product. Instead, the head
waiter hands it out in infinitesimal fragments with a pair of
sugar-tongs.” The marginal illustrations are suggestive of the book’s
humor.
* * * * *
“The ordinary reader will find in it a great deal more about Europe
that would interest him than he gets in the usual ponderous book of
travel.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 642. O. 19, ’07. 160w.
“Alert, humorous, and irrepressible.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.
=Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson.= Principles of economics; with special
reference to American conditions. 2d ed. *$2.25. Longmans.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In the present reviewer’s opinion, Professor Seligman’s volume is
likely to prove of more value to the teacher of economics than to the
beginner in the subject for whose benefit primarily it was written.
This is not because of any lack of clearness or other defects of
style. It is due rather to the fact that the author has attempted to
cover too much ground and to introduce the student to too great a
variety of subjects.” M. B. Hammond.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 36. Ja. 16, ’07. 2910w.
=Selleck, Willard Chamberlain.= New appreciation of the Bible: a study
of the spiritual outcome of Biblical criticism. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago
press.
7–11195.
An attempt to popularize some of the results of scholarship. It aims
to do three things: first, to state, briefly but clearly and
accurately the principal conclusions of modern learning regarding the
Bible; second, to show the enhanced values, ethical and religious,
which the Bible exhibits thru the new views of its nature thus
developed, and lastly, to point out practical ways in which it may be
used in consonance with such conclusions and such views.
* * * * *
“A most useful and valuable book.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 105. F. ’07. S.
=Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 90w.
+ =Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.
“Readers of his careful chapters will have little to unlearn if they
pursue their studies further.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 210w.
“The book is an excellent combination of the conservative spirit with
the radical method in a constructive treatment of its subject.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 282. F. 2, ’07. 180w.
=Selous, Frederick Courteney.= Recent hunting trips in British North
America. *$5. imp. Scribner.
“Mr. Selous divides his book into short chapters, each dealing with an
expedition to various parts of the country. Thus he begins with a
moose hunt in the forests of Central Canada, goes on to Newfoundland
after woodland caribou, and visits St. John’s lake, the Macmillan
river, Yukon territory, and other places, finding sport, and adding
trophies to what must be one of the largest collections ever made by a
single person.” (Ath.) “One last chapter is devoted to outfit, food,
etc., all excellent practical hints.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Is sure of a cordial welcome for many reasons.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 122. Ag. 3. 680w.
Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 43: 212. O. 1, ’07. 630w.
“There is one quality about all Selous’s books which will win the
attention of his readers: he is preeminently honest and sincere. There
is no fine writing, no exaggeration: all his descriptions of
adventures bear the hall-mark of truth.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 189. Ag. ’07. 1340w.
“The book at large, while, of course, of much more interest to the
British (or American) sportsman than to the casual reader whose tastes
have not been developed that way, has a good deal, of the charm of its
kind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 760w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“Mr. Selous’s account of his daily doings is a plain, straightforward
narrative which will be invaluable to those who follow him, into these
northern wilds. He also gives much interesting information about the
aspect of the country, the fauna, the habits of beavers, the races of
wild sheep in North America, and the big game generally.”
+ + =Spec.= 99: 366. S. 14, ’07. 520w.
* =Seneca, Lucius Annæus.= Tragedies of Seneca; tr. into English verse,
to which have been appended comparative analyses of the corresponding
Greek and Roman plays, and a mythological index. by Frank Justus Miller.
*$3. Univ. of Chicago press.
Aside from the fact that Seneca’s tragedies serve as the only
connecting link between ancient and modern tragedy, the plays are of
value and interest as independent dramatic literature of merit, and
also as an illustration of the literary characteristics of the age of
Nero. The author has aimed to present to the English reader all of the
values accruing from a study of these plays except the benefit to be
derived from reading them in the original.
* =Sergeant, Philip Walsingham.= Last empress of the French. **$3.50.
Lippincott.
A contribution to history. “The book begins, as careful biographies
should begin, with a due account of Eugénie’s grandparents, leading up
to the birth of Eugénie, her early days, and eventual marriage with
Napoleon III., through the machinations of her mother and the help of
her own beauty.” (Acad.)
* * * * *
“The present book is a painstaking collection of facts about the life
of the Empress Eugénie, written without enthusiasm and without
distinction. From one point of view it is an improving book, from
another a very blasphemy against that most mysterious, most sacred of
all things—life.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 841. Ag. 31, ’07. 960w.
“If not treated as history may be commended.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 2: 208. Ag. 24. 910w.
“Agreeably written, clearly printed, and handsomely illustrated, the
book is worthy of its subject. It shows, too, care and painstaking
research in its preparation; but one might have expected that the
restraint imposed upon the biography by the Empress Eugénie’s being
still alive would have been offset by the advantage of some little
help from her in the clearing up of certain obscurities in her
eventful history.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 420. D. 16, ’07. 410w.
“The book is well done, and the portraits and views are well
selected.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14. ’07. 90w.
“It is, as may be supposed, a difficult subject which Mr. Sergeant has
elected to treat; and he must be allowed the credit of having
accomplished his task with success.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 753. N. 16, ’07. 180w.
=Seton, Grace Gallatin Thompson (Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton).= Nimrod’s
wife. **$1.75. Doubleday.
7–18186.
An account of the author’s life in the open while accompanying her
artist-author husband on his trips in search of copy rather than game.
Many interesting feminine side lights are thrown upon experiences of
camp and travel while there is much good advice to women as to proper
dress and equipment.
* * * * *
“This is a book to read; if you like books about hunting, without any
adventures which give a distinct thrill.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 107. N. 9, ’07. 250w.
“Written in a spirited manner, pervaded by enthusiasm for outdoor
life, a love of adventure, and a cheerful, wholesome philosophy.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 181. O. ’07.
“It is bright, unconventional narrative, and would be better if the
writing were more coherent and less ‘highfalutin.’ But it is agreeable
enough.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 617. N. 16. 130w.
“Offers another study of feminine self-consciousness, superimposed, in
this instance, upon a perverted and, and at times, amusingly naïve
hero-worship.” George Gladden.
− =Bookm.= 25: 623. Ag. ’07. 140w.
“We can unreservedly praise her for her quick wit and catching humor,
for her thorough-going sportsman-like manner, and for the literary
graces of good composition.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 43: 212. O. 1, ’07. 380w.
“The views of Nimrod’s wife partake still of the charm of comparative
novelty.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“Certainly with safety and entire truthfulness it may be affirmed of
Mrs. Thompson Seton’s animal anecdotes that they are at least good
reading—and that in these intimate and formal records of camp life and
travel she has so well preserved the atmosphere of close companionship
with woods and waters that, even to the uninitiated, what is after all
the chief charm of sport with gun and rod is made quite clear.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 210w.
Seven sages of Rome, ed. from the manuscripts with introduction, notes
and glossary, by Killis Campbell. *$2.25. Ginn.
7–5077.
Besides the text, which follows the Cotton MS., this volume, one of
the “Albion series of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English poetry,” contains
an exhaustive introduction which discusses the early history of The
seven sages, the Oriental, European, and English versions, and gives a
list of originals and analogues. Full notes, a glossary and index
complete the volume.
* * * * *
“We congratulate Prof. Campbell on the skill and care displayed in
this edition, which students of ‘comparative literature’ will find of
great use.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 536. My. 4. 370w.
“The text is an important one in the history of stories and a new
edition was obviously needed. This want has just been supplied in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner by Prof. Killis Campbell.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 454. My. 16, ’07. 280w.
=Severy, Melvin Linwood.= Gillette’s social redemption. Il. **$2.50.
Turner, H. B.
7–18591.
A review of world-wide conditions as they exist to-day, offering an
entirely new suggestion for the remedy of the evils they exhibit. Mr.
Severy but gives expression to Mr. Gillette’s ingenious plan for the
amelioration of the ever-increasing ills of the existing social
system,—a plan which combines the best of the single tax scheme, the
best of socialism with the best part of our present system as it
exists to-day.
* * * * *
“Sensational ‘stories’ from daily newspapers, even of the ‘yellow’
type, are seriously treated as historical materials, without rational
criticism. All the muckrakers are here invited to unload their
unsavory burdens, and the result is a sort of literary
dumping-ground.” Charles Richmond Henderson.
− =Dial.= 43: 250. O. 16, ’07. 190w.
“One could wish, however, for less material and a better sorting of
what is used.”
− =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14, ’07. 250w.
=Lit. D.= 35: 490. O. 5, ’07. 410w.
“It may be that some of the world’s scandals are omitted from this
large and handsome book, of whose paper and print it is possible to
speak well.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 500w.
=R. of Rs.= 36: 125. Jl. ’07. 160w.
=Sewell, Tyson.= Construction of dynamos, (alternating and direct
current): a textbook for students, engineer-constructors, and
electricians-in-charge. *$3. Van Nostrand.
A text-book for students and apprentices in electrical engineering as
well as helpful to civil, mechanical and other engineers. The earlier
chapters are devoted to an exposition of the fundamental principles of
direct and single phase alternating currents, and their bearing on the
subject, of dynamos; the effects of polyphase currents being treated
later on as an introduction to polyphase alternators.
* * * * *
“A great deal of good information is given, but there is a lack of
perspective the reader being left in doubt as to what is the standard
practice.” Henry H. Norris.
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 423. O. 17, ’07. 370w.
“A perusal of Mr. Sewell’s book will leave the reader with the
impression that the designer of dynamos will learn nothing from it,
and that the student may with equal advantage read any of the previous
publications treating of the dynamo in a popular style.” Gisbert Kapp.
+ − =Nature.= 76: 217. Jl. 4. ’07. 1190w.
=Technical Literature.= 2: 582. D. ’07. 160w.
=Seymour, Frederick H. A.= Saunterings in Spain. **$3. Dutton.
7–35147.
The “saunterings” include Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Cordova, Seville,
and Granada. “The introduction giving an historical sketch of the
Moorish occupation of Spain is a noteworthy tribute to remarkable
people who shed light upon European art and science at a time when
Europe was ‘in that slough of despond which we term “the dark ages.”’”
(Sat. R.) “The book is essentially for the journey and not the
fireside.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“The historical sketch is good and concise, the description
commonplace, superficial and too personal.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07.
“[The reader] should guard himself against too implicit an acceptance
of all the dicta it contains. A spirit of recklessness may be found at
work at various points in the main narrative.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 193. F. 16. 980w.
“The book is more deeply laden with useful knowledge than most, the
studies of the art galleries in Spain being particularly close and
appreciative.” Wallace Rice.
+ =Dial.= 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 210w.
“The illustrations are so fine that they almost make up for the
shortcomings of the text.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 170w.
“Perhaps the most interesting chapters of the book, in which there is
not one dull page, are those on the Alhambra.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 278. Ja. ’07. 280w.
“Mr. Seymour ... is not a saunterer at all, but the cicerone, with
much of the dryness and ponderosity of the guild, but informing, and
if not so suggestive as Mr. Williams, far more valuable as a guide.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 39. Ja. 10, ’07. 1040w.
=Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 270w.
=Seymour, Frederick H. A.= Siena and her artists. *$1.50. Jacobs.
7–38017.
A dissertation upon Sienese art as exemplified in her architecture,
sculpture and painting. “General Seymour does not write as a
specialist. He eschews technical language, and contents himself with
setting down in simple terms the impressions produced upon him by
study of the works of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the Lorenzetti, Taddeo di
Bartolo, and their disciples and successors. It is interesting to
note, from the records of these impressions, how strong an appeal to
the modern mind may be made by an art which has deliberately adhered
to a set of rigid conventions, if only it possesses the fundamental
qualities of beauty and sincerity.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“A book for the amateur—yes! Unimportant, but redeemed by enthusiasm
and headlong interest in the subject.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 673. Je. 15, ’07. 310w.
“The unpretending volume before us contains nothing for the scholar or
the art-critic, but it will be welcome to the ordinary traveller
visiting Siena for the first time, and desiring counsel as to how he
may most profitably spend his leisure there.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 412. O. 5. 440w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 690. O. 26, ’07. 60w.
“Another book which will be useful to the visitor to Italy who wishes
for criticisms of pictures not too learned or technical.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 1007. Je. 27, ’07. 30w.
=Seymour, Thomas Day.= Life in the Homeric age. *$4. Macmillan.
7–36949.
Based upon a study of the Homeric poems, this book deals with the life
and times as reflected in the poet’s language. Hence it is
philological rather than archaeological. The importance of the
undertaking to the modern reader lies in the fact that Homer’s picture
of the life of his age is the earliest account extant of the culture
from which our own is a true lineal descendant. The cosmography and
geography of the country are studied, the family, education, dress,
food, slavery, trade, sea life and ships, agriculture, animals,
worship, arms and war.
* * * * *
“Very learned and extremely readable book, which we heartily recommend
both to scholars and to the general reader.” R. T. Tyrrell.
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 181. N. 30, ’07. 1250w.
“Is an admirable addition to a scholar’s bookshelves. There is little
doubt that this work is exhaustive and accurate enough to satisfy all
but the keenest departmental specialists.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 510. O. 26. 1530w.
“The work seems too detailed for a younger student, while for the
advanced worker it ought to embody more results from archaeology and
the increasingly important science of anthropology. Again, one is
compelled to notice a regrettable lack of proportion, a habit of
repetition that might be called otiose if one did not know the
over-conscientious author, and a constant recurrence of a negative
method elucidation.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 311. N. 16, ’07. 3100w.
“No one can doubt that it is definitive.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1059. O. 31, ’07. 680w.
“A more complete guide to the knowledge of life’s externals in the
Homeric age we have never met with.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 320w.
“There is all through a certain lack of precision of view in this
book.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 420w.
“The present volume will be an indispensable work of reference in
public and college libraries and a handsome ornament to private
collections. But we fear that it is too bulky and too expensive for
the students who need it in their reading of Homer.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 472. N. 21, ’07. 2220w.
“In a broad sense one might call this work of opulent learning a
sociological commentary upon the Bible of ancient Greece.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 357. O. 19, ’07. 290w.
=Shackleton, Robert, and Shackleton, Mrs. Elizabeth.= Quest of the
colonial. **$2.40. Century.
7–30414.
While the chapters of this book are the personal experiences of two
enthusiastic homemakers in quest of the useful, beautiful and
interesting articles of colonial furniture and bric-a-brac, they
afford generous information concerning colonial furniture of every
kind, and offer helpful suggestions in the matter of selection.
* * * * *
“It contains a great deal of definite and accurately stated
information for the amateur collector, besides many anecdotes
calculated to quicken his enthusiasm and arouse his envy and
admiration.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 383. D. 1, ’07. 310w.
“It is rare that one finds a book that deals so accurately with facts
pertaining to the furnishing of our forefathers and at the same time
uses dry data with sufficient cunning to make a charming readable
tale.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 170w.
=Lit. D.= 35: 919. D. 14, ’07. 90w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 40w.
“No one who has the slightest love of the old could fail to gain
sincere pleasure from the reading of this book.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 359. O. 19, ’07. 120w.
=Shakespeare, William.= Complete dramatic and poetic works; ed. from the
text of the early quartos and the first folio by William A. Neilson. $3.
Houghton.
6–38336.
Uniform with “Cambridge poets,” this volume shares with the others of
the series the excellencies of book making. Professor Neilson’s
“radical procedure in frankly adopting a modern punctuation will
probably please readers, if they notice it, and raise questions among
scholars. His rearrangement of the plays according to chronology
within the three well-recognized divisions of comedies, histories, and
tragedies, by which ‘Tempest’ appears as the seventeenth instead of
the first play, is likely to give qualms to readers rather than to
scholars. Both innovations seem to me to be worth trying, and it is
needless to approve the small amount of textual apparatus in such an
edition and the consequent saving of space for a good glossary.”
(Forum.)
* * * * *
“We recommend it most cordially to the scholar, the student, and the
general reader.”
+ =Cath. World.= 85: 262. My. ’07. 170w.
“Calls for a word of hearty praise.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 20. Ja. 1, ’07. 60w.
“Professor Neilson ... has done a real service in his one volume of
Shakespeare. His critical introduction and textual notes are very
admirable.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 210. S. ’07. 50w.
“No more attractive single-volume edition exists.” W. P. Trent.
+ + + =Forum.= 38: 379. Ja. ’07. 480w.
+ + + =Ind.= 62: 622. Mr. 14, ’07. 270w.
+ + + =Lit. D.= 34: 264. F. 16, ’07. 190w.
“This new edition by Prof. Neilson is easily the best single-volume
edition that has yet been published.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 41. Ja. 26, ’07. 1340w.
“In every way the volume is suited for the use of the general reader
and for a place on his library shelf.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 210w.
“These textual variations are the merest trifles after all, and
detract nothing from the general merit of the book, which is
unquestionably the best one-volume edition of Shakespeare that has
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=Shakespeare, William.= First folio Shakespeare; ed. with notes, introd.
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