* =Tappan, Eva March.= American hero stories. †$1. Houghton.
6–13065.
Designed for young readers this volume gives “accounts of the most
important of American explorers, from Columbus to Lewis and Clark,
tales of life in five of the early colonies, north and south; lives of
our most famous pioneers, and some stories of war times.” (N. Y.
Times.)
* * * * *
=Dial.= 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 30w.
“Children will find here no end of things that will interest them in
the lives of Magellan, Drake, Stuyvesant, Dolly Madison, Kit Carson,
Davy Crockett, and many others.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 90w.
=Tappan, Eva March.= Short history of England’s literature. *85c.
Houghton.
5–8088.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
Reviewed by John Maxwell Crowe.
+ + =School R.= 14: 698. N. ’06. 230w.
=Tarbell, Ida Minerva.= He knew Lincoln. **50c. McClure.
7–12636.
A brief sketch which Billy Brown, one time druggist at Springfield,
Illinois, gives of the Abraham Lincoln whom he knew, the Lincoln who
used to sit swapping stories with his cronies in Billy’s little store.
It is a vivid picture of the man; pathetic, humorous, but above all
human.
* * * * *
“Although short, and expensive for the number of its pages, it is
worth buying because of its excellence and the universality of its
appeal.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 204. N. ’07.
“It is sure to take its place among the permanent and valued tributes
to the memory of its hero.” Harry James Smith.
+ + =Atlan.= 100: 135. Jl. ’07. 180w.
“A little masterpiece sure to have a place in future collections of
such.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 724. My. 4. ’07. 40w.
“Throughout the recital Miss Tarbell has shown a restraint which is
the finest art.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 188. Mr. 30, ’07. 560w.
“As a piece of art this story belongs with the best of recent American
writing; as a piece of fiction it is so faithful in its interpretation
of the spirit of its subject that it is more veracious than a great
deal of history.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 110w.
“Once in a while a modern writer with enough journalism to be vivid
and vital, and sufficient dignity and scholarship to keep the idea of
a book in mind, gives us a picture of contemporary or bygone character
which is more than mere writing. It is life itself. Miss Ida Tarbell,
it may fairly be said, has done this.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 756. Je. ’07. 110w.
=Tarbell, Mrs. Martha (Treat).= Tarbell’s teachers’ guide to the
International Sunday school lessons for 1906. $1.25. Bobbs.
5–40811.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“For orthodox Sunday-school teachers and workers we know of no work of
equal value.”
+ + =Arena.= 35: 445. Ap. ’06. 190w.
“The teacher who has not access to large library facilities, or time
and training for wide personal study will find in Miss Tarbell’s
‘Guide’ a veritable treasure house.” Henry T. Fowler.
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 70. Ja. ’07. 810w.
=Tarkington, Booth.= His own people. il. **90c. Doubleday.
7–30869.
An Indiana hero in realizing his dream of a European tour succumbs to
the wiles of a bogus countess who shows him a good deal of Europe and
then cheats him out of his last dollar at cards.
* * * * *
“One may criticise it with downright hostility, rail at its staleness,
and deplore its triviality. But always it is impossible to ignore the
fact that it is the work of a writer who, ever and always, at his
worst as at his best, possesses the rare and absolutely indescribable
gift of charm.” Arthur Bartlett Maurice.
+ − =Bookm.= 26: 279. N. ’07. 390w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 614. O. 26, ’07. 380w.
“In this latest novelette of Mr. Tarkington’s there is a little more
intention and a little less brilliancy than we are accustomed to
associate with his work.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 400. O. 31, ’07. 380w.
“Is real comedy and is decidedly interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 190w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
=Taylor, Bert Leston.= Charlatans. †$1.50. Bobbs.
6–30926.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Mr. Taylor’s touch is everywhere light and pleasing: he has the gift
of gentle social satire and the trick of clever dialogue.” Wm. M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 228. Ap. 1, ’07. 180w.
“As fiction the book stands on a par with many of the stories its
author has satirized so freely in the past. It is woefully lacking in
literary distinction, and even in literary promise.”
− =Ind.= 62: 562. Mr. 7, ’07. 270w.
=Taylor, Edward Robeson.= Selected poems. *$2. Robertson.
7–18557.
This selection includes pieces from the author’s two volumes “Visions
and other verse” and “Into the light and other verse,” whose unsold
copies were destroyed in San Francisco’s fire, and also some poems
written since.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 180w.
“The whole book shows everywhere the stamp of the thinker and the
student. A great poet he is not; a true poet, in his degree, he is.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 263. Ag. 30, ’07. 1310w.
=Taylor, Emerson Gifford.= Upper hand. †$1.50. Barnes.
6–24575.
A story of mystery in which the rich man of a New England village, the
pretty girl who in a strange fashion becomes his ward, a pirate, a
fanatical labor leader and others are involved in many exciting
complications which include labor troubles and narrow escapes from
death. There is also a love interest.
* * * * *
“A story which, despite its fantastic character, sustains our interest
to the end.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 63. Ag. 1, ’07. 320w.
“Told with some vigor in the writing but with little charm or literary
grace.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 337. O. 6, ’06. 20w.
“The construction of the book is somewhat loose and episodic.”
− =Ind.= 62: 101. Ja. 10, ’07. 240w.
“When Mr. Taylor learns to take more pains with his work he will find
that it is much better.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 585. S. 22, ’06. 440w.
=Taylor, Henry Charles.= Introduction to the study of agricultural
economics. *$1.25. Macmillan.
5–32900.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 421. Mr. ’07. 220w.
“As a text, however, Professor Taylor’s work fills a need of the time.
Whether we agree with the author’s rather tenuous theories and
laborious mathematical demonstrations or not, we feel that he is
following the right track, in applying economic theory to practical
agriculture in a special treatise. The reader is constantly made aware
that Professor Taylor has wrought with rare patience, industry and
intelligence.” Royal Meeker.
+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 157. Mr. ’07. 700w.
=Taylor, Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-.= Moliere: a biography; with an
introd. by Thomas Frederick Crane. *$3. Duffield.
6–34857.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Except in the account of the death-scene, which (based on Grimarest)
is related with passion, good sense and good feeling, it lacks
inspiration.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 644. My. 25. 540w.
“One may challenge Mr. Chatfield-Taylor’s presentation of his
materials in these and other points, and still assert that his book is
the best that we have so far in English for the general reader who
wishes to know the life and work of the master of comedy.” A. G.
Canfield.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 111. F. 16, ’07. 2130w.
=Taylor, Ida Ashworth.= Queen Hortense and her friends, 1783–1837. 2v.
*$6. Scribner.
A fair-minded study of the life of Napoleon’s step-daughter, Hortense
de Beauharnais. The author says “Hortense has not been permitted to
make her defense to the public. Her confessions, perhaps her
justifications, remain as she left them, unprinted, and it is upon the
data supplied by contemporaries that posterity must form its
conclusions.”
* * * * *
“There was need of a book in English on Queen Hortense. Miss Taylor
has fairly supplied it and incidentally has furnished the best
complete account of her in any language.” George M. Dutcher.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 137. O. ’07. 790w.
“It is a creditable piece of popular biography, founded on a careful
study of the best authorities, and making no concessions to readers
whose sole appetite is for scandal relieved by domestic sentiment.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 6. Jl. 6. 1490w.
“Although Miss Taylor affects the pose of the historian, let not the
unwary be taken in; she clearly has done little else than get together
enough picturesque materials for her purpose.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 100. Ag. 1, ’07. 210w.
“The chief events of Hortense’s life are traced at length in these
two-volumes by a biographer almost too discreet and conscientious for
a task which leads her through such worlds of gossip, back-stair
politics, of queer people and gimcrack pretenders.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 434. S. 28, ’07. 1540w.
=Taylor, J. A.= Robert Southwell, S. J., priest and poet. *70c. Herder.
“A truthful and forcible sketch of the most widely known and most
interesting of the heroic band that gave their lives for the faith
under Elizabeth.”—Cath. World.
* * * * *
“Notwithstanding its aloofness from sympathy with Southwell’s cause,
this short biography does full justice to the holiness of the man, to
his remarkable and winning character; and does not slur over the
baseness of the creatures who hunted him to death. The simple style of
the narrative sets forth, more adequately than would florid periods,
the grandeur of the man and his deeds.”
+ =Cath. World.= 84: 832. Mr. ’07. 500w.
− + =Spec.= 97: 580. O. 20, ’06. 150w.
=Taylor, John W.= Coming of the saints: imaginations and studies in
early church history and tradition. *$3. Dutton.
7–29078.
The story of the journeyings of saints from Palestine to the West in
the early days of the Christian era. Mr. Taylor writes of the comings
of both the Hebrew and the later Greek missionaries, and in his
account he has mingled both history and legend.
* * * * *
“It may not satisfy the technical critics of the writings of the
sub-Apostolic age; but all will admit that it is a well-written,
interesting and discriminating narrative.” J. Charles Cox.
+ =Acad.= 71: 328. O. 6, ’06. 1200w.
“This is no ordinary book. With much patient learning, and careful,
sympathetic study of all the reputed resting-places of the early
saints, Mr. Taylor weaves together the frail but fine threads that
link the Christianity of tradition with the Christianity of the Bible,
and both of these with the histories of Gaul and Britain.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 435. O. 13. 2060w.
“An uncritical use of medieval miracle stories in the attempt to write
history.”
− =Ind.= 62: 1094. My. 9, ’07. 60w.
“If, instead of constructing imaginary histories, he had endeavored to
account for the rise of these legends, he might have added a chapter
to the history of the early English church; as it is, his volume is a
collection of fanciful stories, and nothing more.”
− =Nation.= 84: 14. Jl. 4, ’07. 320w.
“These studies ... are marked by ample learning and good judgment.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 523. Mr. 2, ’07. 280w.
=Taylor, Sedley.= Indebtedness of Handel to works by other composers.
*$4. Putnam.
7–27021.
Two centuries of accumulated evidence go to show that Handel was a
plagiarist. Mr. Taylor brings together the results of the careful
investigation on the part of capable authorities. “The main object of
this book appears to be the presentation, by a simplified process, of
the materials necessary to enable every intelligent person to compare
passages in Handel’s music with the sources from which they have been
derived.” (Sat. R.)
* * * * *
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 841. D. 29. 430w.
“His reasoning is close and exceedingly clever; but he will hardly get
the acquittal for which he seeks in the face of his masterly
presentment of the evidence against the master. The author has turned
out an excellent piece of work, and one with which no student of
Handel can afford to dispense.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 427 D. 21, ’06. 460w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 183. F. 21, ’07. 970w.
Reviewed by Richard Aldrich.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 960w.
Reviewed by Harold E. Gorst.
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 167. F. 9, ’07. 1880w.
=Taylor, Talbot Jones.= Talbot J. Taylor collection: furniture, wood
carving, and other branches of the decorative arts. **$6. Putnam.
6–20689.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 90w.
=Taylor, Walter Herron.= General Lee, his campaigns in Virginia,
1861–1865, with personal reminiscences. *$2. Nusbaum bk.
7–1480.
The author, who served on General Lee’s staff, thruout the war, has
written a clear account of the great battles in which Lee’s army took
part, and has added an appreciative memoir.
* * * * *
“The present writer has undertaken his task in a spirit of fairness
and without a trace of bitterness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 218. F. 9, ’07. 170w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 380. Mr. ’07. 130w.
=Teasdale, Sara.= Sonnets to Duse, and other poems. $1. Badger, R: G.
Nine sonnets which pay exquisite tribute to Eleonora Duse and two
score other poems and sonnets some breathing of love, some singing of
little children and some chanting a hymn of joy with an undernote of
sadness.
* * * * *
“The book is a small, delightful thing, which one is not tempted to
say much about, but to welcome.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 426. O. 5, ’07. 260w.
=Tegner, Esias.= Frithiof saga; tr. from the German of Ferdinand
Schmidt, by George P. Upton. (Life stories for young people.) **60c.
McClurg.
7–31176.
The Frithiof saga which narrates the stirring adventures of Frithiof,
a hero of the Northland and viking of its seas, is “noble, heroic, and
free from exaggerated description or overwrought sentiment.... The
central motives of the saga are his love for King Bele’s daughter,
Ingeborg; the refusal of her brothers to sanction their marriage
because the hero is not of royal birth; her unwilling marriage to the
old King Ring; Frithiof’s exile and final union with Ingeborg.”
=Teller, Charlotte.= The cage. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–9551.
A novel built up along the lines of socialism, with its setting in the
lumber-yard districts of Chicago. A preacher of the gospel whose point
of view is “We must teach these working people to respect the laws of
the land,” a young Austrian socialist whose opinion is, “We must
change the laws so that they can be respected,” an “egotistical
philanthropic employer” and a group of women, subordinating their
ideas to the men whose opinions they respect, occupy the stage of the
drama.
* * * * *
“Aside from [one] rather irritating feature, which savours of
trick-work, the book is a good piece of work, painting in certain
aspects of labour troubles with broad, comprehensive brush strokes.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 25: 184. Ap. ’07. 300w.
“The unaffected style, the ease and strength with which she has put
together the varying phases of a difficult situation so as to produce
a perfect illusion, indicates that she may win high rank among the
writers of the new fiction.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 559. Mr. 7, ’07. 710w.
“It is a readable book rather than a conclusive one; interesting
rather than valuable; a ramble, by turns painful and pleasant, rather
than an arrival.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 267. Mr. 21, ’07. 390w.
“Unlike most American novels the book has in its fibre something
more—indeed, a good deal more—than its bare story. It is evidently the
fruit of a mind and heart that have studied and questioned life in its
nakedness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 143. Mr. 9, ’07. 640w.
* =Tennant, Pamela.= Children and the pictures. $1.50. Macmillan.
Lady Tennant permits the figures in the pictures of the Tennant
collection to come to life, step down from their canvases, and tell
her children tales of the life and times which they helped to make.
“Thus the real children who have been taught to love them in their
frames play with Beppo, Dolores, the Leslie boy, and Charlotte and
Harry Spencer, who tell the story of their kidnapping by the
gipsies.... Lady Crosbie flits by, looking ‘permanently mischievous;’
and Peg Woffington rustles about the passages, sometimes finding the
children a nuisance.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“It is a charming and original idea, which Lady Tennant has carried
out very gracefully.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 651. N. 23. 240w.
=Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 60w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 50w.
=Tenney, Rev. Edward P.= Contrasts in social progress. **$2.50.
Longmans.
7–14562.
The method used in this comparative study of religion “consists,
briefly, in applying the principles of natural selection and the
survival of the fittest to the great religions of the world, with a
view to ascertaining which may justifiably claim pre-eminence on a
basis of concrete services rendered to mankind.” (Outlook.) Social
betterment is used as the basis for the test of conditions which
appear in countries under the sway of Brahmanism, Buddhism,
Confucianism, Mohammedanism and Christianity. “In each case his
examination comprises distinct sociological departments—as, the
condition of women and children, the individual situation,
philanthropic and charitable measures, educational facilities.”
(Outlook.)
* * * * *
“The author manifestly aims to be fair: he uncovers the errors and
evils of Christendom, and praises the virtues and truths of alien
civilizations, and everywhere are the evidences of painstaking
industry in the collection of facts and of expert judgments.” Charles
Richmond Henderson.
+ =Dial.= 43: 249. O. 16, ’07. 300w.
Reviewed by Joseph O’Connor.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 346. Jl. 1, ’07. 410w.
“As developed, Mr. Tenney’s book becomes in some important respects a
mine of valuable information relating to present-day conditions in
various countries; and although it is open to a certain degree of
criticism on the score of imperfect appreciation of the Oriental point
of view, there can be no question that he has satisfactorily made out
his case. A book which the Christian reader will find unusually
hopeful and inspiring.”
+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 835. Ag. 17, ’07. 340w.
* =Terhune, Albert Payson.= Caleb Conover, railroader, il. 50c. Authors
& newspapers assn.
7–11205.
“Vastly more obscure and poor than the Corsican, and in addition
illiterate, Caleb Conover has become by the masterful force of his
natural endowment a ‘Napoleon of finance.’... And it is with his
career as an imperious, despotic and unspeakably corrupt political
boss that Mr. Terhune chiefly concerns himself—tho the militant
railway as a basis and bulwark of Conover’s empire is kept constantly
in sight.”—Ind.
* * * * *
=Ath.= 1907, 2: 547. N. 2. 160w.
“This book is one of the strongest studies ever made of the American
‘Big boss,’ and from beginning to end is increasingly clever and
interesting.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1526. Je. 27, ’07. 230w.
* =Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Ballads and songs. $1.50. Putnam.
Containing “Ballad of Bouillabaisse,” the “Mahogany tree,” the
“Sorrows of Werther,” “At the church gate,” the “Lyra hibernica,” the
“Old friends with new faces.”
* * * * *
“This is one of the ready choice illustrated books of the year.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 395. D. 1, ’06. 240w.
“In make-up the book lacks distinction, and seems moreover, peculiarly
out of harmony with the subject matter.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 567. Mr. 7, ’07. 70w.
“All illustrated by Mr. H. M. Brock with that friendly, graceful
pencil of his. A welcome, simple, neat volume, great riches stored in
a little room.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 378. D. ’06. 70w.
=Thanet, Octave, pseud. (Alice French).= Lion’s share. †$1.50. Bobbs.
7–31229.
The ingredients out of which Miss French compounds her “Lion’s
share” are many and varied: high finance with accompanying
intrigue, kidnapping and consequent detective work, and love and
adventure to suit the most satiated appetite. The hero is a United
States army officer who occupies the centre of the stage and is
champion-in-general. “When the time comes for him either to uphold
the laws and constitution of his country as he has sworn to do, or
protect and aid his relatives in a criminal proceeding, he decides
on the latter course, easing his conscience by resigning his
commission.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Miss French’s book, however, is certainly built on lines calculated
to please the multitude. The book is not a particularly valuable one
and hardly up to Miss French’s standard. Its characters are not
admirable when they are good, and not bad enough to be fascinating
when they are bad.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 570w.
“Although quite convincingly sensational, and, apart from its
entertainment as fiction, it touches suggestively some of the graver
industrial problems of the day.”
+ − =Outlook.= 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 100w.
=Thanet, Octave, pseud. (Alice French).= Man of the hour. †$1.50. Bobbs.
5–26124.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 25. Ja. ’07.
=Thomas, Edward.= Heart of England. *$6. Dutton.
7–25143.
“Rambling descriptive matter, with a sprinkling of poetry and
philosophy, and an occasional backward glance at the ‘old-fashioned
times,’ serve to string some forty-eight colored pictures together.”
(Dial.)
* * * * *
“The fault of the book is that it is written in a style that is much
too affected.”
− + =Acad.= 71: 417. O. 27, ’06. 540w.
“Mr. Thomas suffers from an over-excitation of the colour-sense, and
he indulges in a great deal of fine writing. The process of
reproduction is not kind to Mr. H. L. Richardson’s illustrations, some
of which are pretty; but they bear singularly little relation to the
text.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 735. D. 8. 510w.
=Dial.= 41: 454. D. 16, ’06. 80w.
“Imperceptibly the reader is impressed by the writer who carries him
here and there in and about England and shows him new and old things
with equal charm.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1396. D. 13, ’06. 110w.
“Such a book as Mr. Thomas’s makes one take root in England.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 703. N. 24, ’06. 280w.
“Mr. Thomas possesses in an uncommon degree the primary quality of a
good writer, imagination.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 53. Ja. 12, ’07. 710w.
=Thomas, Henry Wilton.= Sword of wealth. †$1.50. Putnam.
6–42369.
A story of industrial slavery which is set in Northern Italy. “The
capitalist is a Sicilian rogue, the hero is a socialist, and the
rioters are Italian peasants.” (Ind.) Such dramatic incidents are
included as the insurrection of Milan, the assassination of King
Humbert and the radical democratic movement in Italy.
* * * * *
− =Ind.= 62: 739. Mr. 28, ’07. 220w.
“It takes a more practiced hand than Mr. Thomas seems to possess to
combine romance and economics in the same novel.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 906. D. 29, ’06. 380w.
=Thomas, J. M. Lloyd.= Free Catholic church. *80c. Am. Unitar.
Under the essay titles: The catholicity of religion, The fulfilling of
Christianity, An undogmatic church, The importance of doctrine, The
need of symbolism, and The higher churchmanship, the author advocates
a church based on union of spirit which shall meet the demands of our
critical age, and he urges ecclesiastical bodies to “abandon the
treacherous dogmatic principle on which they are now organized and
seek another and firmer foundation.”
* * * * *
“In his brief essay on the establishment of what he calls ‘A free
Catholic church,’ Mr. Lloyd Thomas shows himself if not a fanatic, at
any rate a wholly unpracticed visionary.” A. E. M. F.
− =Acad.= 72: 289. Mr. 23, ’07. 1000w.
=Nation.= 85: 164. Ag. 22, ’07. 190w.
=Thomas, Northcote W.= Kinship organizations and group marriage in
Australia. *$2. Putnam.
7–28949.
“This interesting monograph belongs to the Cambridge archaeological
and ethnological series. It is an endeavor to summarize what is
actually known and understood as to the Australian systems and to
point out the obscure points which need further investigation. It will
be of assistance to all who are studying the history of the
development of the family.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
* * * * *
“Mr. Thomas’s book is a severely critical and much-needed essay in
restraint of the making of hasty theories.” Andrew Lang.
+ + =Acad.= 72: 87. Ja. 26, ’07. 920w.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 70: 168. Jl. ’07. 60w.
“Mr. Thomas ... both is, and seems, sound. No one, indeed, is more
competent than Mr. Thomas to give the world an accurate digest of the
information at present available in regard to the status regulations
affecting marriage amongst the Australians.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 257. Mr. 2. 1180w.
“The author seems to be at his best in the discussion of such a vexed
question as group marriage; the argument is closely reasoned, and
brings out several new points.” A. E. Crawley.
+ + =Nature.= 76: 221. Jl. 4, ’07. 170w.
=Thomas, William I.= Sex and society; studies in the social psychology
of sex. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–7162.
The author says in his preface: “While each study is complete in
itself, the general thesis running through all of them [eight in
number] is the same—that the differences in bodily habit between men
and women particularly the greater strength, restlessness, the motor
aptitude of man, and the more stationary condition of woman, have had
an important influence on social forms and activities, and on the
character and mind of the two sexes.”
* * * * *
“Valuable and stimulating contribution to sociological literature.”
Alfred C. Haddon.
+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 113. Jl. ’07. 2220w.
“A strong, scholarly, well-balanced, and well arranged book.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 131. My. ’07.
=Current Literature.= 42: 445. Ap. ’07. 1770w.
“Professor Thomas moves with an expert discernment, discloses many a
short-coming in prevalent doctrine, and builds up a consistent
objective picture of woman’s sociological status.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 146. Mr. 1, ’07. 370w.
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 561. Mr. 7, ’07. 900w.
“The book has genuine interest for the general reader and makes a
direct appeal to the student of sociology.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 433. Mr. 16, ’07. 410w.
“The data upon which the conclusions rest though drawn from a wide
area of social observation, are admittedly incomplete; but Professor
Thomas is commendably cautious in his inferences, and does not
hesitate to point out the weak spots in the chain of evidence. We do
not imagine that Professor Thomas holds any brief for the so-called
‘rights’ of woman, but he has certainly put the case in an interesting
light.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 309. Ap. 4, ’07. 320w.
“The book is extremely interesting. It is written with clearness and
charm, and in spite of its scientific character, it moves with the
speed and life of a narrative. Prof. Thomas is a sincere and
intelligent man, and his book is a fair and useful addition to the
literature on the subject. Women had better read it with sympathy
rather than hysteria; it will do us good.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 89. F. 16, ’07. 1040w.
=Outlook.= 85: 899. Ap. 20, ’07. 870w.
“In scientific circles the essays will be accepted as presenting many
novel and weighty conclusions on society as seen from a single, but
extremely important, view point.” Robert C. Brooks.
+ + =Philos. R.= 16: 655. N. ’07. 750w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 621. Ag. ’07. 320w.
=Putnam’s.= 2: 622. Ag. ’07. 270w.
+ =Sat. R.= 104: 174. Ag. 10, ’07. 1250w.
=Thomas, William S.= Hunting big game with gun and with kodak; a record
of personal experiences in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; with
70 il. from original photographs by the author. *$2. Putnam.
7–4834.
In which “Mr. Thomas gives his readers ample variety, hunting the
bighorn and grizzly in British Columbia, the caribou and moose in New
Brunswick and Quebec, and deer in Virginia and Mexico.”—Nation.
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 106. Ap. ’07.
“His camera was apparently unsuited to the work. In comparison with
the recent achievements of Schillings and Hornaday and others in this
field they make a very poor showing.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 90w.
“It is hard to make a flat failure out of an outdoor book, but still
harder to make it a distinguished success. ‘Hunting big game with gun
and kodak,’ comes some distance from either extreme.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 339. Ap. 11, ’07. 250w.
“This charming book, excellently printed and illustrated, has the
value of convincing and picturesque simplicity. By adhering strictly
to an account of personal experiences the author, while limiting the
scope of his narrative has shown himself to be a discriminating and
appreciative observer of nature.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 76. F. 9, ’07. 300w.
“His book is very readable without being remarkable.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 1036. Je. 29, ’07. 180w.
=Thompson, Holland.= From the cotton field to the cotton mill: a study
of the industrial transition in North Carolina. **$1.50. Macmillan.
6–20350.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author gives evidence of thorough familiarity with social and
industrial conditions in the southern states, and his study is a
valuable contribution to the literature descriptive of our industrial
development.” J. C.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 57. Ja. ’07. 230w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 80w.
=Thompson, Mrs. Jeanette May.= Water wonders every child should know.
**$1.10. Doubleday.
7–35227.
“This is an interesting book, because it deals in a very simple and
entertaining way with frost, ice, snow, dew, and running water; and
because it is enriched by many reproductions of beautiful photographs
of crystals taken by Mr. Bentley.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 143. My. ’07. ✠
“This book happily combines adequate knowledge of the subject with a
graphic and entertaining style.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6. ’07. 50w.
=Thompson, R. F. Meysey-.= Hunting catechism. $1.25. Longmans.
Colonel Meysey-Thompson has lived with hounds and horses and hunting
men the greater portion of his life. So he is on familiar ground in
everything pertaining to the etiquette of the hunting field, hunters
and hounds, as also pertaining to habits of the hunted,—of stags,
foxes, and hares.
* * * * *
“A man who does not know most of it before he dreams of riding ‘cross
country’ cannot learn it here, and the work has the aridity of a
schoolbook to one who has had its contents knocked into him years
ago.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 432. Jl. 6, ’07. 470w.
“A most amusing little volume. Although it is nominally intended for
the use of beginners, many who have had some experience of the
hunting-field can learn from it; and if they are above learning, they
cannot fail to be entertained by the anecdotes, recollections, and
reflections which many seasons’ hunting has enabled the author to
sprinkle through the pages.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 1036. Je. 29, ’07. 480w.
* =Thompson, Ralph Wardlaw.= Griffith John, the story of fifty years in
China. *$2. Armstrong.
7–15464.
“While the book sets forth the enthusiasm and optimism of a gifted
missionary working under nineteenth-century conditions, its real value
lies in the fact that it gives the evolution of mission methods under
exterritorialty.”—Ind.
* * * * *
“The book is one of the best ever written for its frank portrayal of
the ups and downs of a great missionary’s aggressive work and his
boundless hope for China.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 942. O. 17, ’07. 260w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 524. Mr. 2, ’07. 260w.
=Thompson, Robert John=, comp. Proofs of life after death. **$1.50.
Turner, H. B.
6–34653.
A symposium embracing opinions as to the future life whose
contributors include scientists, psychical researchers, philosophers,
and spiritualists.
* * * * *
=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 717. O. ’07. 20w.
“In spite of the fact that in a few instances the thinkers who wrote
for the symposium or whose opinions are here cited, have advanced to
more positive grounds since the book was compiled, it is a volume of
real merit, not the least interesting part being the writings of Mr.
Thompson introducing the subject and the different groups of
thinkers.”
+ =Arena.= 86: 671. Je. ’07. 400w.
=Thomson, John Arthur.= Herbert Spencer. *$1. Dutton.
W 6–274.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=Current Literature.= 42: 102. Ja. ’07. 1340w.
=Thomson, W. G.= History of tapestry, from the earliest times until the
present day; with 4 plates in color and numerous il. in black and white.
*$12. Putnam.
7–25516.
A pretentious work on tapestry from the earliest times to the present
day. “Its records throw valuable side-lights on history. In the
present volume we find many more instances than are generally known
where national events have been commemorated and where sovereigns and
princes have paved the way to negotiations and treaties desired by
them by the timely gift of a costly tapestry. Finally, tapestries give
us a wonderfully graphic idea of house construction and decoration, of
folk and home life of old times.” (Outlook.) Over eighty color and
half-tone illustrations enhance the value to students of tapestries.
* * * * *
“We are not sure if the definition of tapestry given by the author is
faultless.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 217. Ag: 24. 1020w.
“It is not only a treasury of information, but so cleverly have the
innumerable details been woven into the narrative that it is readable
as well as interesting.” Frederick W. Goodkin.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 36. Jl. 16, ’07. 1300w.
“Full of interest, full of surprises and always spiced with romance,
and Mr. Thomson has not spoiled the story in its telling.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 1471. Je. 20, ’07. 900w.
“We take leave of the author, then, with admiration of his power as a
faithful draughtsman, and with respect for his diligent search among
original sources of information.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 63. Jl. 18, ’07. 710w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 95. F. 16, ’07. 310w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13. ’07. 190w.
“It is impossible not to grumble especially at the information
withheld by Mr. Thomson.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 104: 52. Jl. 13, ’07. 1240w.
=Thomson, William Hanna.= Brain and personality; or, The physical
relations of the brain to the mind. **$1.20. Dodd.
7–6262.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 131. My. ’07.
“The book is printed in the United States, the illustrations are poor,
and there is no Index.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 260. Mr. 2. 470w.
=Thoreau, Henry David.= Works. Bijou, ed. 5v. $2.50. Crowell.
These five volumes of the selected works of Thoreau are furnished with
introductions by Nathan H. Dole, Annie Russell Marble, and Charles C.
D. Roberts, while Emerson’s biographical sketch prefaces “Excursions.”
* * * * *
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 578. O. 19, ’07. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 542. S. 7, ’07. 120w.
=Thoreau, Henry David.= Writings of Henry David Thoreau. (Walden ed.)
20v. ea. $1.75. Houghton.
A monumental undertaking which becomes an atonement to a mighty soul
for lack of appreciation during the most of life. The first six
volumes include Thoreau’s miscellaneous writings and the remaining
fourteen are devoted to his journal which is published for the first
time. The edition furnishes “a record of the life-work of one whose
observations of the phenomena of nature were most thorough and
untiring and whose descriptions are among the best in literature.”
* * * * *
“On the whole this ‘Walden edition’ is every way satisfactory in its
different forms for different purchasers and prices.” F. B. Sanborn.
+ + − =Dial.= 41: 232. O. 16, ’06. 2880w.
“Have the interest of an autobiography, and will be read for more
light upon one of the most piquant and romantic careers among American
scholars and reformers. For the full understanding of this part of the
copious work, many more notes and explanations are needed than the
editors had room to afford even had they the needful knowledge.” F. B.
Sanborn.
+ + − =Dial.= 42: 107. F. 16, ’07. 2140w. (Review of v. 8–20.)
“If we should quarrel with it for anything it would be for its too
great abundance. Much is trivial, yet much also is of extraordinary
interest.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 56. Ja. 17, ’07. 220w. (Review of v. 11–20.)
“Mr. Torrey is an accomplished writer as well as a well-known
naturalist. His introductions are of a quality rare in such
performances. They are free from the spirit of hero-worship or of
hero-manufacture; now and then they perhaps approach the other
extreme.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 681. O. 20, ’06. (Review of v. 1–10.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 427. Jl. 6, ’07. 990w.
=Thoreau, Henry David.= Cape Cod; with an introd. by Annie R. Marble.
35c. Crowell.
7–37720.
Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”
=Thorndike, Lynn.= Place of magic in the intellectual history of Europe.
*75c. Macmillan.
6–4648.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The book is based on independent study and ... it abundantly proves
its point.” A. G.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 396. Ap. ’07. 350w.
=Thorp, Frank Hall.= Outlines of industrial chemistry: a text-book for
students. 2d ed. *$3.75. Macmillan.
The second edition, revised and enlarged, and including a chapter on
metallurgy. “This work has been prepared for the purpose of comprising
in a single volume of moderate dimensions an outline treatment of the
more important industrial chemical processes.... It is divided into
three parts: Inorganic industries, Organic industries, and
Metallurgy.” (Technical Literature.)
* * * * *
“Gives in one volume a comprehensive and clearly written description
of all branches of chemical industry.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 257. S. 19, ’07. 100w.
“The work is well suited to the instruction of students in engineering
and will be found of value to engineers in all branches, who are often
confronted with problems requiring a knowledge of industrial chemistry
for their solution.”
+ =Technical Literature.= 2: 30. Jl. ’07. 370w.
=Thorpe, William Henry.= Anatomy of bridgework. $2.50. Spon.
7–28955.
A book which treats “of the behavior of bridges under traffic so as to
show the weak points in their design and their effect upon the cost of
maintenance.” (Engin. N.)
* * * * *
“The book will be of relatively small service to American engineers.”
Henry S. Jacoby.
− + =Engin. N.= 57: 436. Ap. 18, ’07. 890w.
+ =Technical Literature.= 1: 224. My. ’07. 280w.
=Throckmorton, Josephine Holt.= Donald MacDonald. $1.25. Murdock McPhee
& Co., 221 Pennsylvania av., Washington, D. C.
7–20710.
In this story which begins at West Point and later depicts army scenes
during the civil war, the characters of two men are brought into sharp
contrast. Red Tracy, the selfish boy who becomes a false lover, a
thief, and an officer untrue to his friends and ashamed of his old
father, is a fitting foil for MacDonald, the best type of gentleman
and soldier.
=Thrum, Thomas G.= Hawaiian folk tales: a collection of native legends;
il. from photographs. **$1.75. McClurg.
7–9782.
In this group are twenty-five folk lore tales contributed by
recognized authorities including Rev. A. O. Forbes, Dr. N. B. Emerson,
J. S. Emerson, Mrs. E. M. Nakuina, Dr. C. M. Hyde and others. The
volume rescues from oblivion tales of mythology, religious functions,
tradition and cosmology, and preserves their native poetic quality.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 132. My. ’07.
+ =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 250w.
“Of this collection some [of the legends] are obviously sophisticated
and treated in a literary manner, others are crude and dry.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 1035. My. 2, ’07. 180w.
=Thruston, Mrs. Lucy (Meacham).= Jenifer. †$1.50. Little.
7–16941.
The Carolina mountains form the setting for this story of the
development of the character of Jenifer, a poor country lad, who
discovers kaolin upon some land which he promptly buys from the needy
owner, who does not suspect its value. This makes him rich and he goes
to the city to see life and there marries Alice the frivolous clerk of
a glove counter. This is but the beginning. How he comes back to his
land, awakes to the responsibility of his position and re-orders his
life, forms the story.
* * * * *
“Is a firm, smooth piece of work, without those early marks of the
amateur.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 635. S. 12, ’07. 190w.
“The plot itself is not very original, but the literary handling of it
is worthy of all praise. Spontaneity and genuine imagination mark the
book, and the descriptions of mountain scenery are admirable.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 62. Jl. 13, ’07. 110w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 130w.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 514. Ag. 24, ’07. 210w.
“As charming and as open to criticism as the vivacious yet irregular
features of a pretty girl.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.
=Thureau-Dangin, Paul.= Saint Bernardine of Siena; tr. by Baroness G.
von Hugel. *$1.50. Dutton.
W 7–28.
“Two centuries after St. Francis of Assisi, his followers labored for
a revival of religion contemporaneously with the revival of learning
known as the Renaissance. A leading promoter of it was the saintly
preacher of whom this volume is a memorial. An account of the moral
and civic anarchy of the time forms the historical setting of the
story of the revivalist’s missionary life, the popular enthusiasm he
kindled, his trials with ecclesiastical opponents, his sermons, and,
finally, of the two orders of the Franciscan brotherhood, from the
less to the more rigorous of which he went over.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“Admirable life.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 201. O. ’06. 90w.
“Two temptations seem to beset the biographers of a saint: one is to
idealize the subject, ... and the other is to attribute to Divine
intervention every extraordinary event associated in any way with his
career. The volume before us, because it contains but few evidences of
these imperfections, merits special commendation.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 838. S. ’07. 260w.
“By the time M. Thureau-Dangin’s French has been transmuted into the
Baroness’s English, the sayings of the saint are often barely
recognizable.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 224. Mr. 7, ’07. 750w.
“The volume which tells of his life will be chiefly interesting to
students and to the devout,”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 10. Ja. 5, ’07. 230w.
=Outlook.= 84: 681. N. 17, ’06. 130w.
“A delightful book. It is characterized by a limpid felicity of style,
a quiet power of objective presentment, complete sympathy with its
subject, and a serene impartiality which, however—a great gift
this—takes none of the fire and life out of the book. Of the Baroness
von Hugel’s translation we can say that it is eminently readable and
writ in passable English. But it bristles in inaccuracies, and the
translator’s fear of being fettered by the original causes her at
times to take undue liberties with the text.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 102: 402. S. 29, ’06. 380w.
+ =Spec.= 97: 24. Jl. 7, ’06. 280w.
=Thurston, Ernest Temple.= Katherine. †$1.50. Harper.
7–11213.
Katherine Crichton marries a big-hearted, broad-minded man whose work
principles she does not understand, and therefore nurses unhappiness
as a result of fancied neglect. An accident results in a physical
state that promises her only two years of life, and she determines to
give herself up to happiness and the romance which had been denied
her. How her husband spares her the ignominy of dishonor and restores
her to her home is handled with keen perception and an understanding
of genuine nobility of heart.
* * * * *
“Men and women do not speak and think as Mr. Thurston writes. Of the
evolution of Katherine we see nothing; what we see of the evolution of
Mr. Thurston does not inspire us with any confidence as to his future.
His characters bear much the same relation to life as do the emerald
woods in a penny shooting-gallery.”
− =Acad.= 72: 273. Mr. 16, ’07. 340w.
“Mr. Thurston continues to display a familiarity with feminine
psychology which is unusual in English fiction. Will no doubt soon
shed his Meredithian manner. At present he has a bad attack.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 317. Mr. 16. 300w.
“‘Katherine’ differs from his earlier books in portraying Protestant
England rather than Catholic Ireland; but it conveys the same
impression of being the outcome of direct, keen observation of
flesh-and-blood men and women.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 283. My. ’07. 510w.
“This story, weighted with much futile philosophizing, is not exactly
edifying, and its dulness is relieved by few flashes of brilliancy.”
Wm. M. Payne.
− =Dial.= 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 280w.
“Mr. Thurston takes it out of the class to which it apparently
belonged, and cloaks it with the dignity of a grave psychological
problem.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Forum.= 39: 116. Jl. ’07. 350w.
“It is characteristic of the horror-minded present that a writer like
Mr. Thurston should dramatize the diagnosis of cancer and call it a
romance.”
− =Ind.= 62: 1529. Je. 27, ’07. 210w.
“The most striking and most interesting thing about Mr. Thurston’s
book is the manner in which it is written.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 216. Ap. 6, ’07. 930w.
=Thurston, Ernest Temple.= Traffic, the story of a faithful woman.
†$1.50. Dillingham.
6–29093.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“As in ‘The apple of Eden,’ Mr. Thurston dissects deep and pitilessly
as the modern Frenchman: but even in this candidly repellant theme, he
keeps a certain fervor which makes his work worth while for adult
readers of firm nerves and serious mind.” Mary Moss.
+ − =Atlan.= 99: 116. Ja. ’07. 420w.
=Thurston, Katherine Cecil.= Mystics, il. †$1.25. Harper.
7–14253.
A strong young man loving life and freedom serves an ascetic uncle for
seven years. The uncle dies bequeathing his vast wealth to a sect
known as the Mystics. A sense of deep wrong leads the nephew to
violate the uncle’s dying request to guard the sacred book of the sect
until it could be turned over to one of the leaders. He copies it word
for word, finds that the Mystics look forward to the appearing of a
prophet, decides to play the rôle himself and to appear at the proper
moment, his one aim being to secure the money out of which these
people had defrauded him. His course leads to a dramatic though
logical dénouement.
* * * * *
“The characters are mere puppets without a semblance of life, and the
episodes of the story are vague and loosely put together.”
− =Acad.= 72: 416. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.
“She has taken her public too cheaply.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 535. My. 1. 190w.
“The story is not only short, but jejune and projected on a low level;
though it may be granted, freely, that the presentation is powerful,
the few characters well marked, and the plot simple and logically
worked out.”
− + =Cath. World.= 85: 550. Jl. ’07. 580w.
“The wild improbability of the plot and the essentially childish
nature of the whole story make it barren as a subject for criticism.”
− =Lit. D.= 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 80w.
“Mrs. Thurston possesses imagination and a laudable desire to skip the
dull parts; explanations, for instance.”
− =Nation.= 84: 389. Ap. 25, ’07. 280w.
“Is rather a disappointment to those who have read ‘The gambler’ and
‘The masquerader.’”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 353. Je. 1, ’07. 190w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 170w.
“A piece of manufacture and not particularly interesting at that.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 116. My. 18, ’07. 220w.
“It might have been written by an incompetent understudy so far as
interest is concerned, and no amount of oxygen in the reader’s blood
can make it seem to him other than hopelessly wooden.” Vernon Atwood.
− =Putnam’s.= 2: 616. Ag. ’07. 130w.
“The contents are so vapid and drearily profitless that it seems
unfair to seek a type for them in any semblance to humanity.”
− =Sat. R.= 103: 529. Ap. 27, ’07. 410w.
=Thwaites, Reuben Gold, ed.= Early western travels, 1748–1846; a series
of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary
volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic
conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early
American settlement. 31v. ea. *$4. Clark, A. H.
4–6902.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“These volumes, as is usual in the series, are well edited. The
reviewer suspects—only suspects because he has not been able to
compare the reprint with the original edition—that there are a few
errors in proof-reading; but these would not be worth mentioning were
it not for the high standard already set for the workmanship of the
series.”
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 430. Ja. ’07. 450w. (Review of v. 18 and
19.)
“Continue to reach the standard of value and interest found in the
earlier issues.”
+ + + =Ind.= 61: 878. O. 11, ’06. 1180w. (Review of v. 18–24.)
“Is the most valuable of the five or six volumes published in the
series this year.” Webster Cook.
+ + =School R.= 15: 712. D. ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 25.)
=Thwing, Rev. Charles Franklin.= History of higher education in America.
**$3. Appleton.
6–35963.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 106. Ap. ’07.
“One cannot but regret that the author has not seen fit to describe
the highest type of university as it exists today in this country, and
to present a view of higher education in its latest and finest aspects
with the particularity and appreciation which he devotes to its
beginnings in the early colonial days.” J. B. P.
+ − =Educ. R.= 33: 87. Ja. ’07. 700w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 117. Ja. ’07. 170w.
“An eminently readable and human account of the history of higher
education with especial attention to the story of the older colleges.”
J. H. T.
+ =School R.= 15: 239. Mr. ’07. 330w.
=Tilley, Arthur Augustus.= François Rabelais. (French men of letters, v.
3.) **$1.50. Lippincott.
7–29040.
A biographical and critical study of Rabelais written for the “French
men of letters” series. The author’s familiarity with his subject and
his comprehensive study of sources, have resulted in an authoritative
narrative which assumes less knowledge on the part of readers than as
tho it had been written for Frenchmen.
* * * * *
“Let it be said at once, and with all frankness, that it is the very
work to be consulted by anyone who wants to be well instructed in the
known facts concerning Rabelais. It is when we cease to consider facts
and dates and such matters that Mr. Tilley becomes tiresome and quite
ineffectual.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 133. N. 16, ’07. 1870w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 390w.
+ =Outlook.= 87: 612. N. 23, ’07. 260w.
=Tillson, Benjamin Richards.= Complete automobile instructor. $1.50.
Wiley.
7–1971.
A timely companion for every one who drives a car, containing over six
hundred questions with answers. It covers the ground of the
principles, the operation and the care of gasoline automobiles.
* * * * *
“The possession of the book obviates the necessity for the new car
owner’s ‘cramming’ with a mass of befuddling details at the outset,
and enables him gradually to acquire a working knowledge of his
machine as necessity demands it.”
+ =Engin. N.= 57: 555. My. 16, ’07. 250w.
=Nation.= 84: 152. F. 14, ’07. 30w.
“Of the crop of automobile instruction books that have appeared in the
last two or three years this seems to us the one the automobile owner
who knows little of mechanics will find it easiest to master.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 180w.
=Tinney, W. H.= Gold mining machinery; its selection, arrangement and
installation: a practical handbook for the use of mine managers and
engineers, with a chapter on the preparation of estimates of cost. *$5.
Van Nostrand.
The volume includes a concise treatment of steam generation, water
motors, gas and oil engines, engine erection, the various kinds of
pumps adapted to mining work, winding machinery, air compressors, air
drills, reduction of ores, transmission of power by shafting belts,
compressed air and electricity, transport, piping, joints, etc.
* * * * *
Reviewed by Walter R. Crane.
− + =Engin. N.= 57: 88. Ja. 17, ’07. 1080w.
“Mr. Tinney’s production fails in its purpose, for it is out of date
and superficial.”
− =Nature.= 76: 7. My. 2, ’07. 130w.
=Titsworth, Alfred Alexander.= Elements of mechanical drawing. *$1.25.
Wiley.
6–35444.
“This book is divided into two parts. In the first part, for
beginners, the various drawing instruments in common use are
described, and a series of exercises is given to illustrate the use of
each of the instruments. The rest of this section is devoted to
examples in simple projection, to intersections, of solids, and
development of surfaces. Part 2, for more advanced students, comprises
problems in descriptive geometry, isometric projection, oblique
projection, shadows, and perspective work, and concludes with a series
of problems.”—Nature.
* * * * *
“Its mechanical make-up is unusually neat.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 56: 521. N. 15, ’06. 50w.
=Nature.= 75: 172. D. 20, ’06. 120w.
* =Tittle, Walter.= First Nantucket tea party, il. **$2. Doubleday.
7–38632.
“This is a letter written in 1754 by Ruth Starbuck Wentworth to her
mother. Besides relating the amusing story of the first teabrewing
that ever took place on Nantucket, it traces the romance of Ruth
Wentworth and Captain Morris, which began and ended while the letter
was being written in those delightful daily portions that our
grandmothers used to indite as painstakingly as they did their other
daily stints.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“A curious little document.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 432. D. 16, ’07. 130w.
“The illuminated illustrations and decorations by Walter Tittle,
reproducing the style of some medieval manuscript, form an admirably
appropriate setting to the pretty little colonial romance.”
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 920. D. 14, ’07. 100w.
=Toch, Maximilian.= Chemistry and technology of mixed paints. *$3. Van
Nostrand.
7–2131.
“Intended for the student in chemistry who desires to familiarize
himself with paint, or the inquirer who desires a better knowledge of
the subject, or for the paint manufacturer and paint chemist as a work
of reference.” “The whole effect of the book will be towards
improvement of manufacture and in the mutual relations between makers
and users.... The microphotographs are excellent, and inserted on
calendered paper, the print is large and clear, paper good, binding
attractive.” (Technical Literature.)
* * * * *
“Authoritative. Contains much useful information. Only book on the
subject.”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 173. O. ’07.
“Taken as a whole, the book will be found instructive and useful.
Naturally, it does not give away trade secrets, but on the other hand,
it contains much that is very little known by the general public, and
it will well repay careful study.” Robert Job.
+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 552. My. 16, ’07. 1570w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 79 F. 9. ’07. 60w.
“Altogether, a credit and an ornament to American technological
literature.” Joseph W. Richards.
+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 224. My. ’07. 520w.
=Todd, Charles Burr.= In olde Massachusetts. **$1.50. Grafton press.
7–23474.
In these sketches of old times and places during the early days of the
commonwealth are included descriptions of Cambridge in midsummer, a
day in Lexington, autumn days in Quincy, Marblehead scenes, Martha’s
Vineyard, and tales of Nantucket’s first tea-party, wrecks and
wrecking, historic Deerfield, Pittsfield, the Hoosac tunnel, Lenox,
and other historic places, many of which are pictured by photographs.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 43: 123. S. 1, ’07. 290w.
“An entertaining volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 637. N. ’07. 60w.
=Todd, Margaret Georgina (Graham Travers, pseud.).= Growth. †$1.50.
Holt.
7–17048.
The growth, not only of Dugald Dalgleish, the hero, the son of an
obscure nonconformist minister, who from a student at the University
of Edinburgh develops into a popular preacher, but also the growth,
mental and spiritual, of his friend Thatcher, who becomes a priest of
Rome, is chronicled in the course of this tale of inward struggle.
Judith Lemaistre, the big doctor, the woman Dugald marries, and many
other characters worth knowing, take their leisurely way thru the
story, which with its religious background and earnest Scotch
atmosphere is very different from the usual novel of today.
* * * * *
“We honestly admire the author’s thoroughness and all-round fairness
of view. The tone is dignified and sincere, the story gravely
interesting; it is also, though we say it with regret, many pages too
long.”
+ − =Acad.= 71: 526. N. 24, ’06. 160w.
“There is little plot in the story, but it is written with care, and
bears the signs of good workmanship on every page.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 768. D. 15. 120w.
“Out of all this diverse material we get a picture of human life that
grows fairly absorbing in its interest as we proceed, a dramatic
structure in which the claims of both spirit and sense are allowed, a
residual philosophy that is shaped to fine intellectual issues, yet
which keeps all the time in close contact with the world of practical
affairs.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 251. O. 16, ’07. 340w.
=Nation.= 85: 307. O. 3, ’07. 320w.
“The characters all stand out very vividly, each one strongly
individualized. And they are interesting people to meet in the pages
of a story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 301. My. 11, ’07. 590w.
“The picture of student life is particularly appealing in respect of
certain characteristic natural qualities.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.
“The story is too serious to attract the regular novel reader, and
perhaps too much occupied with past questions to absorb the lovers of
problems, but it is a well-constructed, interesting bit of work.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 117. My. 18, ’07. 180w.
“It is a relief, after the slight and sketchy specimens of fiction
which are published as complete novels, to come across a piece of
conscientious and detailed work, even if that work is not completely
successful.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 938. D. 8, ’06. 300w.
=Toffteen, Olaf A.= Ancient chronology. Pt. 1. Published for the
Oriental society of the Western Theological seminary. *$2.50. Univ. of
Chicago press.
7–36124.
A volume which covers the ancient chronology of Palestine, Assyria,
Babylonia, and Egypt down to 1050 B. C. The first chapter treats
biblical chronology solely on the basis of the dates furnished by the
Bible, taking them at their face value, and without any inquiry,
either into the age of the documents, or into their historicity; the
second chapter contains a full treatment of the ancient history of
these countries; and the third is devoted to Egyptian chronology.
* * * * *
“An interesting work designed to defend traditional views. It presents
a wealth of material, many new interpretations of fact, and original
conclusions. The work is marred by many inexcusable errors in
spelling.”
+ + − =Bib. World.= 30: 479. D. ’07. 30w.
“The treatment of monumental sources is careful, and the general
conclusions do not contradict the more sane and conservative scholars,
to whose investigations he has added much that is of value.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1316. N. 28, ’07. 250w.
=Tolstoy, Leo.= Tolstoy on Shakespeare: a critical essay on Shakespeare;
tr. by V. Tchertkoff; followed by Shakespeare’s attitude to the working
classes, by Ernest Crosby, and a letter from G. Bernard Shaw. *75c.
Funk.
7–14638.
Full of disagreement with the “universal adulation,” in fact,
iconoclastic thruout, Tolstoy argues, among other things, that
Shakespeare is lacking in the very point of excellence that by general
consensus of the world’s opinion earned for him the right to be called
an imperial genius, namely, delineation of character.
* * * * *
“The orthodox must consign this book to perdition, and anathematize
its author as a literary iconoclast steeped in guilt inexpressible.”
− =Cath. World.= 84: 836. Mr. ’97. 630w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 46. Ja. ’07. 2460w.
“No doubt such critical onslaughts upon our accepted standards of
literary achievement, as those contained in this little volume, serve
a useful purpose, if only by arousing us from a conventional and lazy
acquiescence in fundamental matters of literary taste, which receive
from us all too little consideration.”
− =Ind.= 62: 441. F. 21, ’07. 970w.
=Lit. D.= 34: 218. F. 9, ’07. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 850. D. 8, ’06. 1160w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 253. F. ’07. 80w.
* =Tolstoy, Leo.= Twenty-three tales from Tolstoy; selected and tr. by
Louise and Aylmer Maude. *75c. Funk.
These twenty-three stories are arranged under seven heads: Tales for
children, published about 1872 when Tolstoy was interested in the
education of peasant children; Popular stories, including What men
live by; A fairy tale, which contains Tolstoy’s indictment of
militarism and commercialism; Stories written to pictures, intended to
help the sale of cheap reproductions of good drawings; Folk-tales
retold; Adaptations from the French; and Stories given to aid the
persecuted Jews.
=Tomalin, H. F.= Three vagabonds in Friesland with a yacht and camera.
*$3. Dutton.
“A book which is frankly described in its introduction as a ‘book
of photographs, with letterpress obligato,’ records a vagabond
trip through Friesland, a little frequented part of North
Holland.”—Outlook.
* * * * *
“It will take rank amongst the best illustrated volumes of travel that
have recently appeared.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 32: 251. S. ’07. 430w.
“Charming account of a June outing in northern Holland.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 263. S. 19, ’07. 690w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.
“The photographs are remarkable both from an artistic and a technical
point of view, and illustrate the life and people of one of the most
picturesque districts in Europe. The ‘obligato,’ too, is rather well
played.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 258. Je. 1, ’07. 60w.
“They are cheery fellows and capital company, and Mr. Marshall’s
numerous photographs of the scenes, and especially of the natives, are
deserving of praise.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 434. Ap. 6, ’07. 110w.
=Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.= Marching against the Iroquois. †$1.50.
Houghton.
6–37600.
A tale based upon General Sullivan’s expedition against the Iroquois
in the Mohawk valley in the year 1779.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 143. My. ’07.
“It is a combination of history and fiction that the young people will
find both instructive and entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 822. D. 1, ’06. 60w.
=Tompkins, Herbert W.= In Constable’s country; with many reproductions
from his paintings. *$4. Dutton.
More a transcript of impressions, penned, in the first instance, by
the wayside than an essay on Constable and his art.
* * * * *
“A gossipy chronicle of unimportant wanderings, readable because the
author has written of what interested himself.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 779. D. 15. 380w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 454. D. 16, ’06. 180w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1397. D. 13, ’06. 90w.
“Mr. Tompkins gives us no formal essay on Constable, but instead, the
more instructive, informal illumination contained in a transcript of
impressions written, in the first instance, by the wayside.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 891. D. 8, ’06. 390w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 682. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
=Tonge, James.= Principles and practice of coal mining. *$1.60.
Macmillan.
“A compact, comprehensive, and not too technical treatise covering the
entire field of coal production.... The illustrations, both
photographic and diagrammatic, are comprehensive, and serve well to
illuminate the descriptive matter. At the end of each chapter is a
series of questions bearing upon it, as on aid to fixing the subject
matter thereof in the memory of the student.”—Engin. N.
* * * * *
“It is adapted to use as a lighter text-book for students intending to
specialize in mining engineering, and is so written as to be equally
well adapted to the needs of the practical miner who may wish to
qualify for higher and more responsible positions in the coal-mining
industry.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 297. S. 12, ’07. 330w.
“These varied subjects are dealt with in a thoroughly practical
manner, and although necessarily brief, the descriptions are well up
to date.”
+ =Nature.= 75: 364. F. 14, ’07. 530w.
=Toothaker, Charles Robinson.= Commercial raw materials. $1.25. Ginn.
A comprehensive and conveniently arranged handbook describing briefly
the important materials which enter into the commerce of the
world—such as cotton, sugar, woods, rubber, silk, iron and coal.
* * * * *
“The book is distinctly a book of facts, with no attempt to bring out
the causal side of production or trade. Hence the volume can only be a
supplementary reference text, a present help in trouble; and it is not
intended as a class book.” Richard Elwood Dodge.
+ =Educ. R.= 34: 534. D. ’07. 170w.
=Topliff, Samuel.= Topliff’s travels: letters from abroad in the years
1828 and 1829; ed. with a memoir and notes by Ethel Stanwood Bolton. $2.
Boston Athenaeum.
7–6782.
The letters of a “typical hard-working American” written during his
travels in England, Scotland, Holland, France, Spain and Italy during
1828–29, including a visit to Lafayette at his chateau Lagrange. “His
travels are of interest because few Americans in his day indulged in
such pleasures.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 724. Ap. ’07. 70w.
“He was an accurate observer, writing in the formal and stately style
of the age, though he often condescended to waggishness on such
subjects as leapyear and matrimony, and had clearly a liberal spice of
the Old Adam in his composition.”
+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 165. F. 9. 440w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 226. Mr. 7, ’07. 580w.
=Torrence, Frederic Ridgely.= Abelard and Heloise. **$1.25. Scribner.
7–8253.
In this poetic drama “there are four acts, the first two being
separated from the others by a score of years. The first half of the
work gives us the Paris school and Fulbert’s villa, the second half of
Paraclete and Chalons. The dramatic handling of the story is spirited
and rapid.”—Dial.
* * * * *
“To his close study of the sources we owe the thousand vivid
historical details that are woven into the vigorous give and take of
the dialogue with fine, dramatic and poetic effect. In the matter of
structure, however, there is a question whether Mr. Torrence’s play
has not lost its effectiveness through his endeavor to give the whole
story as it is in the books.” Ferris Greenslet.
+ − =Atlan.= 100: 847. D. ’07. 620w.
“It is not without infelicities, verbal and rhythmical, but its
movement is, on the whole, stately and impressive.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 42: 252. Ap. 17, ’07. 640w.
“Nor can it be said that the poet’s style has changed for the better.
There is a general air of strain; his metaphors frequently pall before
he has done with them, and his metre has a way of being so free as to
be crabbed.” H. W. Boynton.
− + =No. Am.= 185: 86. My. 3, ’07. 1440w.
“Is disappointing when one reflects upon what one demands of so high a
theme. The ejaculatory method of speech in the first twenty pages is
nothing less than exasperating, and one wonders if no one will ever
stand still long enough to utter a finished sentence. The character of
Abelard is so weak and vacillating as to make the love of Heloise seem
unworthy.” Louise Collier Willcox.
− =No. Am.= 186: 96. S. ’07. 120w.
“The difficulties presented by this famous love story are so great as
to be almost insuperable. Mr. Torrence has met them with courage and
with tact.”
+ − =Outlook.= 86: 453. Je. 29, ’07. 500w.
“The character of Heloise seems illogical and there are certain points
in the conception of the plot which might be challenged, as poetry it
is full of exquisite passages and has the choice, uncommon beauty, the
distinction, of Mr. Torrence’s art.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 349. Je. ’07. 230w.
=Torrey, Bradford.= Friends on the shelf. **$1.25. Houghton.
6–36033.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 75. Mr. ’07.
“Endowed with sound taste, and a fine literary touch, he pronounces,
in a desultory review of the man’s life or work, much sound
common-sense judgment upon his methods or his productions.”
+ =Cath. World.= 84: 638. Mr. ’07. 480w.
“Some little matters to quarrel over might easily be singled out.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 145. Mr. 1, ’07. 470w.
=Putnam’s.= 1: 637. F. ’07. 670w.
=Tosi, Pier Francesco.= Observations on the florid song; or, Sentiments
on the ancient and modern singers; written in Italian; tr. into English
by Mr. Galliard. *$1.75. Scribner.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Tosi, like most of the men of his day, is witty and garrulous even
when he is most earnest about his subject, and in the very racy
contemporary translation he makes capital reading.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 22. Ja. 18, ’07. 590w.
=Tout, Thomas Frederick.= Advanced history of Great Britain from the
earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria. *$1.50. Longmans.
W 7–13.
A book which “serves a double purpose. It belongs to a series designed
for school use.... But it is also a most convenient volume of easy
reference.... The maps are abundant and simple, and there are a number
of genealogical and other tables, including a list of ministers and
governments since 1689.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“He weighs and sifts his evidence with the aim of writing history, not
a pleasant mixture of facts and fancies; and he never lets his
enthusiasm get the better of his judgment. As a history for students
who are within a year or so of leaving school we do not hesitate to
say that Professor Tout’s is the best obtainable at the present day.”
+ =Acad.= 72: 65. Ja. 19, ’07. 220w.
“The maps are the best for their purpose which the writer has ever
encountered in a text-book. The scholarship displayed in the book must
be heartily commended. The information is drawn from the best primary
and secondary sources and is used with great discrimination. In only
two points has the present reviewer found anything to criticize.”
Ralph C. H. Catterall.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 193. O. ’07. 950w.
“The bibliographies given are altogether too short and unsatisfactory
for an advanced history. In this respect the book leaves much to be
desired. As a chronicle of events the work is well done.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 168. Jl. ’07. 130w.
“It is abundantly provided with maps and genealogical tables, and has
all the well-known merits of his scholastic work.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 654. N. 24. 70w.
“The narrative is pointed and succinct, but broad enough to include a
clear account of political and constitutional changes.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 132. F. 7, ’07. 90w.
“The complicated politics of Charles II.’s reign are set forth with
special clearness.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 302. S. 1, ’06. 280w.
* =Tower, Walter S.= History of the American whale fishery.
(Publications of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Series of political economy
and public law, no. 20.) $1.50. Winston.
7–19443.
This work which appeals to both historians and economists gives a
“comprehensive review of the origin and development of the whaling
industry from colonial times to the present. The volume has its
particular value in the fact that it is the only complete history of
its kind both as regards time and treatment. As the author pointed
out, the latest work on the subject in question appeared in 1876 but
the discussion was superficial, especially of the whole period after
1815.” (Yale R.)
* * * * *
“An exceedingly valuable work. Every library will desire to own this
book, and economists and historians will wish to have the volume upon
the shelves of their private collections.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 603. N. ’07. 170w.
+ =Yale R.= 16: 226. Ag. ’07. 140w.
=Tower, William Lawrence.= Investigation of evolution in chrysomelid
beetles of the genus leptinotarsa. (Carnegie institution of Washington
publications, no. 48. Station for experimental evolution. Paper no. 4.)
$3.25. Carnegie inst.
7–9833.
“This genus embraces forty-three species, of which the best known is
the common potato beetle. Starting with the distribution of the group,
Professor Tower passes to individual variation in color pattern, size,
and shape: he discusses the structure, ontogeny, and phylogeny of
coloration in these and other insects; experimental modification of
the colors and the significance of the various hues and patterns, both
in the larvae and adults; the normal habits and instincts of these
beetles; details of interesting selection experiments in breeding and
the production of new races; and a final chapter on the relation of
all the results obtained to the problem of the origin of
species.”—Nation.
* * * * *
“Not only does it extend our knowledge of evolution along the old
lines of research, but now for the first time do we have clear cases
of the modification of the germ plasm by external conditions.”
+ + + =Ind.= 63: 398. Ag. 15, ’07. 240w.
“The thoroughness of the work and clearness of exposition inspire
confidence in the results and conclusions. It is a valuable
contribution to the literature of evolution.”
+ + + =Nation.= 84: 228. Mr. 7, ’07. 250w.
“It is of the first importance to every biologist.” T. D. A.
Cockerell.
+ + + =Science=, n.s. 26: 71. Jl. 19, ’07. 2170w.
=Townsend, Charles Wendell.= Along the Labrador coast. †$1.50. Estes.
7–20631.
“The journey which this book records was undertaken chiefly for the
study of birds, but the author became greatly interested in the
scenery, the geology, the flowers and trees, the fish and fishermen,
the Eskimos and Eskimo dogs, the Hudson bay company’s posts, the
Moravians, and Dr. Grenfell’s mission.” (R. of Rs.) The author writes
of Labrador “merely as an interested visitor and amateur
ornithologist.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 198. N. ’07.
“The simple narrative makes enjoyable reading and admirably
supplements the more technical ‘Birds of Labrador,’ which Dr. Townsend
has published.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 450. N. 14, ’07. 270w.
“A straightforward and pleasant narrative of a summer vacation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 510w.
“Both text and pictures form a distinct contribution to our knowledge
of Labrador life and scenery.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 126. Jl. ’07. 120w.
=Townsend, Edward Waterman.= Beaver Creek farm. †$1.25. Appleton.
7–29726.
A city lad’s experiences while rusticating at his grandfather’s farm,
where he meets a country boy who teaches him the wholesome wonders of
country life.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
+ =Outlook.= 87: 371. O. 12, ’07. 50w.
=Townsend, Edward Waterman.= Our constitution: why and how it was made,
who made it, and what it is. **$1.50. Moffat.
6–38915.
“A popular review of our great instrument of government.... After a
brief review of the previous experiences of the colonies with
self-government, the various movements toward union are described, and
the familiar struggles and compromises which finally ended in our
present constitution. A discussion of the amendments concludes the
text proper. A last chapter and an appendix include the chief
documents, English and colonial, which form the background of the
history of our present constitution.”—Acad.
* * * * *
“In the light of its object it should be said that on the whole the
work is entertainingly written and will furnish an easy introduction
to the study of the constitution to a class of readers who would be
repelled by a work of greater scholastic pretensions.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 225. Ja. ’07. 300w.
“As a whole ... the book should be of service, as it is clear, compact
and expressed in a fairly interesting manner.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 162. Jl. 18, ’07. 230w.
=Townsend, John Wilson.= Kentuckians in history and literature. $2.
Neale.
7–29721.
A love for Kentucky’s history, traditions and literature has prompted
the researches which have resulted in this volume of side-lights. The
galaxy includes poets, novelists, lawyers, warriors and statesmen.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 508. S. 28, ’07. 110w.
* =Tozier, Josephine.= Spring fortnight in France. **$2. Dodd.
7–31243.
The journeys which Angela Victoria, thirty-six and alone, makes thru
central France are strung upon a thread of romance and are only the
more captivating for that reason. “In her own charming fashion, she
visits Le Mans, Poitiers, Carcassonne, Arles, Tarascon, and half a
dozen other cities of southern France, and many excellent
illustrations from photographs show characteristic views of them.”
(Dial.)
* * * * *
“A sprightly combination of romantic fiction and traveller’s
impressions.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 378. D. 1, ’07. 190w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 743. N. 23, ’07. 100w.
“Josephine Tozier, besides knowing her France, is gifted with
vivacity, and imparts all the information we want in most engaging
style.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 498. N. 2, ’07. 220w.
=Tozier, Josephine=, comp. Travelers’ handbook; new and rev. ed. **$1.
Funk.
7–17665.
This manual for transatlantic tourists “is not concerned with
descriptions of sights and tours, but is full of practical advice as
to the customs of the various countries, their coinage, tramways,
railroad guides, fees, food, etc. Much of the information is intended
for American women.” (Ind.)
* * * * *
+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 150w.
=Lit. D.= 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 30w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 126. Jl. ’07. 30w.
* =Tracy, John Clayton.= Plane surveying: a text-book and pocket manual.
$3. Wiley.
7–33942.
A complete manual for students. “In plan it is a text-book and pocket
manual combined, while in scope its aim is not to cover the whole
field of surveying, but to treat with thoroughness fundamental
principles and methods. As a text-book, it deals with the theory of
surveying, while as a manual it gives many practical suggestions and
directions which are usually left for oral instruction.” (Tech. Lit.)
* * * * *
“Prof. Tracy has written a book of great value to the surveyor, both
in his student days and in the first years of his practice.”
+ =Engin. N.= 58: 569. D. 12, ’07. 730w.
=Technical Literature.= 2: 458. N. ’07. 760w.
=Tracy, Louis.= Captain of the Kansas. $1.50. Clode, E. J.
7–6181.
Mr. Tracy uses his well-tested ingredients again,—the sea, shipwreck,
fights with cannibals, hairbreadth escapes, etc. “He has valiantly
succeeded in making the primary colours once more effective. Even in
Chile the black angel whose disciple puts sticks of dynamite among the
coals of a seagoing steamer is not ill-served. The voyage of that
steamer is a triumph of pyrotechnical narrative, assisted by a map....
Peril from cannibals obliges a physician to reserve a bullet for the
heroine, but Ossa on Pelion could not have flattened the good cherub
who looked after her and her lover.” (Ath.)
* * * * *
“If heartiness can freshen a stale phrase, Mr. Tracy’s romance may be
described as a thrilling novel of adventure.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 120w.
“Everybody in the book is a live human being, and they are all carried
along by the skillful story teller who has a very neat and effective
style and a happy knack of characterization.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 91. F. 16. ’07. 770w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 210w.
“As a sea-story the book is capital, as a novel it is nothing.”
+ − =Outlook.= 85: 718. Mr. 23, ’07. 90w.
* =Train, Arthur Cheney.= Mortmain. †$1.50. Appleton.
7–33597.
Eight stories, each of which deals with some sort of adventure. “‘A
man hunt’ seems the modern New York equivalent for the complicated
expeditions with which du Boisgobe thrilled Paris in the seventies;
but ‘A study of sociology,’ with its sinister termination, gives a
welcome glimpse of Mr. Train’s special knowledge, and approaches more
nearly to the realistic interest of ‘A prisoner at the bar.’”
(Nation.)
* * * * *
“Within their obvious limits, these stories are good. They are quick,
lively, ingenious, better written than the majority of their class,
more competently worked out, less childish.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 160w.
“[There is] piquancy which will commend the group to the most
indifferent reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 743. N. 23, ’07. 240w.
=Train, Arthur Cheney.= Prisoner at the bar: side-lights on the
administration of criminal justice. **$2. Scribner.
6–43223.
“The object of Mr. Train’s book is to give a concrete idea of the
actual administration of criminal justice in large cities. The book is
by no means an academic essay in criminology, but the result of actual
observation and experience, the author having been associated for some
years with District Attorney Jerome as prosecutor in the criminal
courts of New York city.”
* * * * *
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 75. Mr. ’07.
“It is not too much to say that this volume is easily one of the most
important books on penology of the last decade.” Carl Kelsey.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 235. Ja. ’07. 590w.
“He has written an authoritative description of the machinery of
criminal justice and has done his work so well that even he who runs
may see the wheels go ’round.” Frederick Trevor Hill.
+ + =Bookm.= 24: 484. Ja. ’07. 840w.
“Although thoroughly serious in purpose, he lightens his chapters with
amusing anecdote and thus gives us an entertaining as well as a
strikingly suggestive book.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 200w.
“Let no one think that because Mr. Train has written a book lightly
readable and brimming with humor that it has no significance.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1269. My. 30. ’07. 360w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 64. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.
“An instructive and interesting account of the actual administration
of criminal law in the largest of American cities.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 202. Je. 28, ’07. 1010w.
“A set of most interesting sidelights on the actual administration of
criminal justice in our large cities. The voice is the voice of the
expert, though the hand is rather that of the journalist.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 250w.
“The book as a whole belongs to the same class as Mr. Francis
Wellman’s ‘Art of cross-examination.’”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 280w.
“Mr. Train’s greatest service, perhaps, lies in his showing partly
intentionally but partly unconsciously, the extent to which we
tolerate mediaeval methods ill-adapted to modern conditions, and the
extent to which, in practice at least, we hold the mediaeval theory
that vengeance is the object of punishment.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 574. S. ’07. 190w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 510. Ap. ’07. 160w.
“We hope that Mr. Train’s book will meet the reception in this country
which it deserves.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 128. Jl. 27, ’07. 1980w.
=Trask, Kate Nichols.= In my lady’s garden; pages from the diary of Sir
John Elwynne. **$1. Lane.
7–6766.
A love idyl whose background is a tangle of fragrance. The capricious
Mary is wooed by the staid Sir John and is simply waiting for him to
conquer her caprice. When the conquest is made the feminine question
comes, “O, Jack, why did you let us waste so much time?”
* * * * *
“The fragrance and beauty of the English garden in May are in the
book. There is wisdom in it, too.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 144. My. 9, ’07. 130w.
=Trask, Kate Nichols.= Night and morning. **$1.25. Lane.
A side-light on the divorce problem. It upholds the “higher inner law
of love itself which in itself is the highest freedom,” and which is
“a Beatitude rather than a law.” It “is the story of the woman taken
in adultery retold in picturesquely colored blank verse, with the
imaginative addition of the personality of her lover, a ‘subtle Greek’
Leonidas.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“Its development and constructive power indicate a mind of very
uncommon order. There is a continuous upbuilding of interest until the
last words are spoken. The poem is didactic, but its artistic form is
preserved, in spite of the extreme difficulty of the situation which
might easily have resulted in the art being, at all events, obscured
by theological discussion.” D. Frangcon-Davies.
+ + =Arena.= 37: 556. My. ’07. 2730w.
“The story is told with picturesque beauty and adorned with happy
imagery. Avowedly a didactic composition, the poem is nevertheless
deeply moving, and its spiritual message is high and clear.” Wm. M.
Payne.
+ =Dial.= 42: 254. Ap. 16, ’07. 130w.
“The mood of the poem is admirable throughout, and the workmanship
respectable.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 395. N. 8, ’06. 150w.
“Here and there an occasional false quantity is found, but the poem,
as a whole, is of surpassing beauty and Miltonic dignity. This quality
of its verse and the high quality of its philosophy should destine
‘Night and morning’ to become immortal.” U. W.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 617. O. 6, ’06. 800w.
=Traubel, Horace.= With Walt Whitman in Camden: (March 28–July 14,
1888). **$3. Small.
6–6242.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Is as revealing in character as it is unconventional in its literary
make-up.”
+ =Arena.= 37: 325. Mr. ’07. 1860w.
=Treffry, Elford Eveleigh=, comp. Stokes’ encyclopedia of familiar
quotations. **$2.25. Stokes.
6–46744.
“A work that can be easily consulted for phrases and sentiments, as
the quotations are arranged under subjects. A general index gives the
usual reference for every important word in every quotation, making it
available for fugitive line or passage. The author index, with its
long list of mere page references to authors, is of little value. An
effort has been made to include quotations by modern authors, Kipling,
Hay, Roosevelt, Stedman, Henry Van Dyke, and others.”—A. L. A. Bkl.
* * * * *
“The work will supplement but not replace Hoyt’s ‘Cyclopaedia of
practical quotations’ and Bartlett’s ‘Familiar quotations.’”
+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 75. Mr. ’07.
+ =Dial.= 42: 20. Ja. 1, ’07. 60w.
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 510. Mr. 30, ’07. 170w.
=Trent, William P., and Henneman, John B.=, comps. Best American tales.
35c. Crowell.
7–25511.
Tales from Irving, Hawthorne, Poe, Fitz-James O’Brien, and Edward
Everett Hale have been selected for this addition to the “Handy volume
classics.”
=Trevelyan, George Macaulay.= Garibaldi’s defence of the Roman republic.
*$2, Longmans.
7–21750.
“This volume has to do with Mazzini’s short-lived Roman republic in
1849.... The volume is divided into three parts, the first ... tells
the story of Garibaldi’s childhood at Nice, of his adventurous life in
South America, and his romantic marriage ... of the condition of the
Roman states from 1815 to 1846, and of the reform movements and
democratic protests. This prepares the way for part second, which
describes the defense of Rome, and part third, which treats of
Garibaldi’s retreat and escape.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“It is at once illuminated by enthusiasm and clarified by faithful
scholarship. It is a worthy English monument to one of the noblest
periods in the life of a noble nation.” H. S.
+ + =Acad.= 72: 455. My. 11, ’07. 1260w.
“He deserves the warmest thanks for his picture of a period which
suits excellently his vivid style.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 39. Jl. 13. 780w.
“Mr. Trevelyan does not display much knowledge of Italy as she is
to-day.” W. Miller.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 816. O. ’07. 390w.
“A book of literary distinction and genuine utility.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 420w.
“It is to be hoped that a serious historical work, at once so
authoritative, so well written, and so romantic, will do much to
dispel the popular illusion that history must needs be ‘dull.’”
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 130. Ap. 26, ’07. 2300w.
“It is when he enters into communion with the soul of his hero that
Mr. Trevelyan is at his best, and that is to say that he excells at a
point where even the greatest historians have failed.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 569. Je. 20, ’07. 830w.
“The author’s attitude is that of sympathetic admiration, but he does
not permit enthusiasm to blind him to the mistakes and errors of his
hero.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 308. My. 11, ’07. 450w.
“We wish that Mr. Trevelyan would write another volume like this, of
exceptional merit, recounting Garibaldi’s later triumphs.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 341. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.
“An interesting and scholarly—a rare juxtaposition of
adjectives—account of this strenuous patriot’s heroic defence of the
short-lived Roman republic.” G: Louis Beer.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 743. S. ’07. 110w.
“Mr. Trevelyan has walked over every inch of the ground; he has
described the country and the military problem in a clear and
picturesque narrative.”
+ =Spec.= 98: 619. Ap. 20, ’07. 2350w.
=Trine, Ralph Waldo.= In the fire of the heart. **$1. McClure.
7–4378.
The author “has collected a vast quantity of statistics and quotable
facts upon social conditions in America and woven them together in the
web of his own enthusiasm for humanity.” (Outlook.) The subjects are
as follows: With the people: a revelation; The conditions that hold
among us; As time deals with nations; As to government; A great
people’s movement; Public utilities for the public good; Labor and its
uniting power; Agencies whereby we shall secure the people’s greatest
good; The great nation; and The life of the higher beauty and power.
* * * * *
“With strong moral undertone, the book presents rather strikingly a
number of the vital facts of our modern industrial system and the
problems resulting from it.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 169. Jl. ’07. 230w.
“This work is a very important addition to the rapidly growing
literature of social progress that is emanating from our younger men
of clear mental vision, of heart and of conscience.”
+ + =Arena.= 37: 328. Mr. ’07. 1310w.
“The simple reassertion of opinions is not proof of their soundness,
and the reader can easily discover that the arguments on one side are
here urged without much consideration of those on the other side. With
the ethical ideals of the author it would be difficult to take issue.”
Charles Richmond Henderson.
− + =Dial.= 42: 287. My. 1, ’07. 130w.
“A deep and fervent sympathy with the toilers characterizes the book.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 455. Ag. 22, ’07. 290w.
“Abounds in suggestive ideas bearing upon present-day life.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 178. F. 2, ’07. 180w.
=Outlook.= 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 230w.
=Trine, Ralph Waldo.= This mystical life of ours; a book of suggestive
thoughts for each week through the year. **$1. Crowell.
7–29412.
An even fifty-two helpful thoughts selected from the works of Dr.
Trine. They exhort the one striving for success to come into harmony
with the higher laws and forces, to come into league and to work in
conjunction with them, for only then is the wayfarer in a position to
test and to be benefited by the “ever present Help.”
* * * * *
+ =Outlook.= 87: 453. O. 26, ’07. 80w.
=Trobridge, George.= Emanuel Swedenborg: his life, teachings, and
influence. 25c. Warne.
A reliable life of Swedenborg which “is not only a mine of original
information, but provides the means of correcting many current
misconceptions concerning this remarkable man.”
=Trow, Cora Welles.= Parliamentarian. 75c. Wessels.
6–16228.
A manual of parliamentary procedure, extemporaneous speaking and
informal debate.
=Trowbridge, William Rutherford Hayes, jr.= Court beauties of old
Whitehall: historiettes of the restoration. *$3.75. Scribner.
7–2574.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Merely a superfluous piece of book making, badly done. Its style is
journalese of a poor type”
− =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 50w.
=Trumbull, William.= Evolution and religion: a parent’s talk with his
children concerning the moral side of evolution. **$1.25. Grafton press.
7–17356.
In these brief religious talks on evolution the author touches upon
all the great facts of life, in a simple, wholesome way that will
prepare the child mind for larger and more scientific works upon
prolonged infancy, race survival, government, human beliefs, animal
worship, selection, and the hundred other topics here suggested.
=Tucker, T. G.= Life in ancient Athens: the social and public life of a
classical Athenian from day to day. *$1.25. Macmillan.
7–4807.
Athens during the hey-day of its classical period is portrayed, the
time when Athenian life stood for vigorous vitality and unblemished
character. It is mainly of the things that have been too well
preserved in antiquities for time to efface that Mr. Tucker writes;
actual events, actual buildings; knowledge of manners, customs,
ideals; of Attic virtues, vices, weaknesses, humors, drolleries; and
knowledge of what law and society allowed.
* * * * *
“If we must criticise, we would cast a doubt upon the statement that
the Athenians were a mixed race. We can find no evidence of an Achaean
strain in their ancestry. Nor do we hold that the Greek tongue was a
Homeric importation. And to speak of the Propylæa as a ‘triumphal
arch’ is surely misleading to the novice in these matters. Apart from
these points, our only quarrel with Professor Tucker is the complete
absence of all references.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 188. F. 23, ’07. 560w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 706. Ap. ’07. 40w.
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 132. My. ’07.
“On the whole, the volume achieves its modest aim, which at once
disarms criticism; but it rather suffers from the inevitable
comparison with some of the other members of the same series.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 148. Mr. 1, ’07. 210w.
“Humor bubbles up from time to time. It is perhaps ungracious to note
errors. What are they compared with the Attic salt of the author which
leaves a pleasant taste?”
+ + − =Ind.= 62: 1414. Je. 13, ’07. 480w.
“It is no easy matter with a book to make an ancient people live
again. For either the writer’s learning clouds his sense of style to
the dusty detriment of the reader’s interest, or love of style,
dangerously liable to profit by lack of industry, is indulged in at
the expense of solid learning. But Prof. Tucker of the University of
Melbourne has fairly steered between that Scylla and this Charbydis.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 85. F. 9, ’07. 1420w.
“Nothing can be found covering so satisfactorily and completely the
subject here treated as does this book.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 331. F. 9, ’07. 200w.
“A most instructive and illuminating book.”
+ + =Spec.= 98: 379. Mr. 9, ’07. 290w.
=Tuker, M. A. R.= Cambridge; painted by William Matthison. *$6.
Macmillan.
A “businesslike” volume which in addition to descriptive information
which one desires is the “inspiration which we expect in one who
writes about an ancient home of learning, haunted by the associations
of great names.” (Spec.) “The origin and history of the schools of
Cambridge, an account of their social and intellectual life, and of
their distinguished graduates, together with seventy-seven full-page
illustrations in color of the colleges and grounds, painted by William
Matthison are the principal features of the work.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“Miss Tuker has put a quart of solid information into her pint pot,
but her text is as a whole much above the standard hitherto reached in
these ‘colour’ books.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 787. Je. 29. 400w.
“If Mr. Tuker chose to write a reference book instead of evoking a
spirit, perhaps there is nothing to say except that he has performed
his task well.” May Estelle Cook.
+ − =Dial.= 43: 119. S. 1, ’07. 450w.
“Contains nearly a hundred colored illustrations, as to the excellence
of which tastes will doubtless differ. The text, however, may be
commended as an intelligent and careful exposition of the mysteries of
an English university, sound, discriminating, and readable.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 41. Jl. 11, ’07. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 430. Jl. 6, ’07. 180w.
“The pity is that this middle portion has not been expanded to shut
out both the beginning and end of the book.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 372. S. 21, ’07. 320w.
“Topics that have been handled not once or twice only before become
fresh under the author’s vigorous treatment. And a new topic, which
has hitherto been but casually referred to, receives the full
attention which it requires. The pictures themselves are very
attractive, finely finished, and always pleasant to look at. One might
say that the imaginative element is wanting. We see the places to the
very best advantage, but there is no hint of anything more. There is
nothing Turneresque about them.”
+ + − =Spec.= 98: 868. Je. 1, ’07. 340w.
=Tunison, Joseph Salathiel.= Dramatic traditions of the dark ages.
*$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–18809.
Mr. Tunison’s aim is “to popularize the investigations of the learned,
cumbrous, and eccentric Sathas, who sought to show that whatever
dramatic tendencies appeared in western Europe during the middle ages
were directly inspired by Byzantium.” (Nation.) “The book is a mine of
interesting facts about social, religious, and literary life, as
connected with or influencing the stage, during the centuries of the
Christian era.” (N. Y. Times.)
* * * * *
“It is obvious, then, that Mr. Tunison’s evidence cannot always be
accepted without examination. But the book is ... distinctly
interesting and valuable. It is the work of a scholarly and
independent mind; but unfortunately the lack of sound methods produces
as strange results in literary history as it used to produce in
etymology.” John Matthews Manly.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 124. O. ’07. 1200w.
“The author commands plain facts enough to make up a useful popular
history of dramatic tendencies in Byzantium and the Western empire,
but owing to his vitiated method, he merely gives the impression of
being widely misinformed.”
− + =Nation.= 85: 287. S. 26, ’07. 1100w.
“Mr. Tunison has the skill and liveliness of method which enable him
to marshall this wonderful array of facts which he has got together
into a readable thesis of mingled narrative and argument. His own
vigorous intellectual personality, evident in the assurance with which
he sets forth his surmises, convictions, and arguments, gives a
pleasurable tang to his scholarly production.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 300w.
=Turgenieff, Ivan Sergieevitch.= Novels and stories of Ivan Turgenieff;
tr. from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood. 14v. English ed. in 16v. ea.
$1.25. Scribner.
A complete translation of Turgénieff’s works, “The present version by
Miss Hapgood is more extended [than Mrs. Garnett’s] as it includes all
the well-known works, with the addition of a few writings of minor
importance which had not been before translated.” (Ath.) Mr. Henry
James has furnished the set with an introduction which is “a
sympathetic study of the great author as a man.” (Spec.)
* * * * *
“On the whole, the translation is distinctly good.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 70. Ja. 20. 1000w. (Review of v. 1–16)
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 842. My. 25, ’07. 60w. (Review of “Smoke.”)
“In any proper sense of the word, Turgénieff is one of the most real
of writers. We feel, though we cannot test the feeling as we could in
the case of a story of English life, that the characters are truly
drawn, that their creator knows a great deal more about them than they
know about themselves, and that they are at once individuals and
types.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 285. Ag. 24, ’06. 2000w. (Review of v. 1–16.)
Reviewed by S. Strunsky.
=Nation.= 85: 488. N. 28, ’07. 2690w. (Review of v. 1–14.)
“A great service to the younger generation of readers.” Florence Finch
Kelley.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 339. My. 25, ’07. 1400w. (Review of v.
1–16.)
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 9–14.)
“Miss Hapgood knows Turgénieff as thoroughly as she knows the language
in which he has written.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 475. Je. 29, ’07. 190w. (Review of v. 1–8.)
“The translator, an accomplished Russian scholar, appears to have done
her work as well as possible”
+ =Spec.= 96: 222. F. 10, ’06. 1770w. (Review of v. 1–16.)
=Turner, George Frederic.= Frost and friendship. †$1.50. Little.
At the court of his friend, King Karl of Grimland, a rich young
Englishman, a draper’s son encounters an amazing series of adventures
and in the end, of course, wins a wife. Winter sports, tobogganing,
and curling furnish amusement and also play their part in the drama in
which frost and friendship melt beneath the warmth of love.
* * * * *
“Comes dangerously near the superfluous.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906. 2: 651. N. 24. 140w.
− + =Nation.= 84: 291. Mr. 28, ’07. 280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 101. F. 16, ’07. 260w.
“There are exciting incidents, but improbabilities end by becoming
absurdities.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 779. F. 23, ’07. 60w.
=Tuttle, Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester.= Reminiscences of a missionary
bishop. **$2. Whittaker.
6–28227.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The author records his experiences with no word of complaint for the
hardships he was called upon to endure, and his book cannot fail to be
an inspiration to the younger members of the ministry of his church,
to whom he gives useful advice upon a variety of topics.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 247. Ap. 17, ’07. 720w.
=Tweedie, Ethel B. (Harley) (Mrs. Alec Tweedie).= Maker of modern
Mexico: Porfirio Diaz. *$5. Lane.
6–16716.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“The style is clear and entertaining, and, though the numerous byways
through which the author leads us, destroy the logical arrangement and
proportion of the book, still she tells us much that is welcome
concerning Mexico which it would have been necessary to omit had she
confined herself more strictly to her subject.” Chester Lloyd Jones.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 423. Mr. ’07. 500w.
=Twelvetrees, W. Noble.= Concrete-steel buildings; being a companion
volume to the treatise on Concrete-steel. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“In this book, detailed accounts are given of various buildings in
reinforced concrete which have been built in Europe and America, the
original data for which have for the most part appeared in the
technical press. The descriptions are very complete, entering into all
the details of design and construction, and are very well illustrated
with numerous drawings and photographs.”—Engin N.
* * * * *
“The book presents a very satisfactory compilation. Great care has
been taken to acknowledge all indebtedness to British publications; to
French, German and American authors small consideration is shown.”
+ + − =Engin. N.= 58. 182. Ag. 15, ’07. 340w.
“An excellent index adds much to the value of this book for reference
purposes, which will prove a welcome addition to the library of every
architect and civil engineer.” T. H. B.
+ + =Nature.= 76: 516. S. 19, ’07. 330w.
=Tybout, Ella Middleton.= The smuggler. †$1.50. Lippincott.
7–31227.
Three American girls seek refuge from hayfever on a Canadian island
and instead of passing an uneventful summer they find themselves
involved in a series of strange happenings by a band of clever
smugglers who pose as their friends and use them as a blind to pass
their ill-gotten goods over the border. The story is told in a
sprightly fashion and there is a pretty love tale and two not so
pretty but more dramatic. All in all, it is an interesting novel with
a pleasing mixture of love, mystery, adventure, tragedy and humor.
* * * * *
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Tylee, Edward Sydney.= Trumpet and flag, and other poems of war and
peace. *$1.25. Putnam.
These poems are largely upon present day topics and include among
others “After Vereeniging,” studies of “Bismarck” and “Rhodes,” an
elegy on Queen Victoria, “The drummer,” The salute, Balliol college
chapel, Somersetshire dialect poems, and Sculling at midnight.
* * * * *
“The verse is smooth and pleasing, although its themes are often
grim.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 167. S. 16, ’07. 140w.
“Mr. Tylee’s more ambitious pieces have a certain careful timeliness,
a skilful obviousness that gives them rather the attraction of an
eloquent leading article than of poetry.”
+ − =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 250w.
“Mr. Tylee’s chief fault is that he is a little inclined to monotony
both in rhythm and imagery.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 296. S. 1, ’06. 370w.
* =Tyler, John Mason.= Growth and education. **$1.50. Houghton.
7–22411.
The author evidently agrees with Spencer that “man’s first duty is to
become a good animal.” “While the book deals mainly with bodily growth
and development, the writer is led naturally by his subject into the
field of moral and intellectual culture. He recognizes the importance
of character-forming agencies in all periods, but justly emphasizes
the high school as the time of final determination.” (Dial.)
* * * * *
“Professor Tyler’s recent book ... comes, with rather unusual
authority on account of the high scientific standing of the writer,
and it is enriched by a broad view of the subject, and a certain
warmth of treatment which adds greatly to the value of a book intended
for teachers. We recommend it heartily to the library of every
teacher.” Edward O. Sisson.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 287. N. 1, ’07. 400w.
“To the defects and mistakes of current educational practice, this
enlightening volume brings sound scientific and practical
correctives.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 747. Ag. 3, ’07. 420w.
* =Tyndale, Walter.= Below the cataracts. il. **$3–50. Lippincott.
“Mr. Walter Tyndale is a painter who has spent some years at work in
the Nile valley and is interested in both the mysterious beauty of the
ancient monuments and in the picturesqueness of the Egyptian life of
to-day. Cairo with its winding streets, beautiful mosques, and
tempting bazaars, Thebes with its tombs and temples, and Karnak with
its wonderful wall-inscriptions and reliefs, furnish most of the
material for the sixty beautiful colored plates and the chapters of
description and personal reminiscence of travel in Egypt which make up
his recently published volume ‘Below the cataracts.’”—Dial.
* * * * *
=Dial.= 43: 426. D. 16, ’07. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
* =Tyrrell, Rev. George.= Much-abused letter. *90c. Longmans.
7–15463.
In this volume Father Tyrrell explains and defends his letter to a
perplexed scientist which resulted in the Pope’s recent encyclical and
caused Tyrrell’s excommunication from the church.
* * * * *
“Its essence is certainly radical, and is intended to meet the
esoteric needs. And it is an illustration—very important and
interesting—of a movement of thought in the Catholic as well as the
Protestant church.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 250w.
=Outlook.= 87: 564. N. 16, ’07. 1000w.
=Tyrrell, Rev. George.= Through Scylla and Charybdis; or, The old
theology and the new. *$1.50. Longmans.
An exposition by a broad and spiritually minded Catholic upon both the
dogmatic and the political position of priests. “It deals with the
difference between revelation and theology, and leaves the reader with
the impression that in Father Tyrrell’s mind dogma can now only be
accepted metaphorically, as the changing expression of the truth,—as
if one were to say, for instance, that remorse is a revelation and
hell a metaphor, forgiveness a revelation and absolution a metaphor.”
(Spec.)
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religion altogether go by the board.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 395. O. 5. 1320w.
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Protestants also, many of whom need some of its lessons.”
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=Underwood, Rev. John Levi.= Women of the confederacy. $2. Neale.
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=Underwood, Loring.= Garden and its accessories. **$2. Little.
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individuality of the maker and the character of the corner to be
developed and adorned. Heavy plate paper and some charming
illustrations add attractiveness to the instruction of the text.
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=Upton, George Putnam.= Standard operas: their plots, their music, and
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=Ussher, Sir Thomas, and Glover, John R.= Napoleon’s last voyages; being
the diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, R. N., K. C. B. (on board the
Undaunted), and John R. Glover, secretary to Rear-admiral Cockburn (on
board the Northumberland); new ed., with introd. and notes by J. Holland
Rose. *$3. Scribner.
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his slow progress to his prison-island, the other gives the history of
his reign at Elba.”—Sat. R.
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=Uzanne, Louis Octave.= Ingres. (Newnes’ art lib., no. 23.) *$1.25.
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=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= Face of clay: an interpretation. †$1.50.
Dodd.
6–24581.
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clearly before us.” Mary K. Ford.
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intrinsic interest.”
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=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= Her son: a chronicle of love. †$1.50. Dodd.
7–31481.
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man whom she was engaged to marry. The compromising situations that
arise from her determination to shield the boy leave in the reader’s
mind “two ideas: first, a strong doubt as to the wisdom of too much
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point of view of expediency, of the open and straightforward course of
action.” (Bookm.)
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