The book review digest, Volume 02, 1906
Chapter 4, Dissolved continuous current windings; Chapter 5,
Multiphase windings; Chapter 6, The construction of alternating current windings; Chapter 7, The insulation of alternating current windings. The volume is illustrated and contains a list of symbols and an index.
=Kinzbrunner, C.= Continuous current armatures, their winding and construction: a handbook for students, designers and all practical men. *$1.50. Van Nostrand.
“By means of the rules given in this volume, the reader will, if necessary, always be able to design any other winding not actually discussed here. The explanations are given in a very popular manner, so that anybody possessing an elementary knowledge of the principles of continuous current machines should be able to understand them fully.” Chapter 1, is upon the Theory of windings, Chapter 2, The construction of drum windings, Chapter 3, The construction of armatures. The book is well illustrated and indexed.
=Kipling, Rudyard.= Puck of Pook’s hill. †$1.50. Doubleday.
“We are alway persuaded to ‘believe in fairies’ when they bid us listen and look. And so we are quite sure it is true that Puck came to Dan and Una and told them of the ‘old things’ and showed them how to recall the long ago of their ancestors and ours, giving the history of England the most attractive guise that ever the boys and girls could dream of, and incidentally, preaching a few sermons to the powers of the present day.”—Ind.
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“The serious reader may be warned that Mr. Rudyard Kipling is here not quite at his very best. The tales that concern the Roman Centurion are ill-constructed and want cohesion, and those connected with smuggling in later times have been better told before.”
– =Acad.= 71: 327. O. 6, ’06. 510w.
“The machinery of the tales ... is awkward, and even provoking. The story of the ‘Dymchurch flit’ stands alone in its method, style and picturesque beauty. It is an exquisite piece of work unrelated to its predecessors and its successor.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 404. O. 6. 660w.
“There is no doubt that he has gained in his mastery of technique. There is equally no doubt that he has lost immensely in spontaneity and vigor. One reads him now with admiration, but without being in the least swept away by the inimitable dash and force and fire of his earlier and rougher style. His artistry is something exquisite.” Harry Thurston Peck.
+ – =Bookm.= 24: 383. D. ’06. 380w.
+ =Current Literature.= 41: 699. D. ’06. 730w.
+ + =Ind.= 61: 820. O. 4, ’06. 460w.
=Lit. D.= 33: 594. O. 27, ’06. 280w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 90w.
+ + =Living Age.= 251: 569. D. 1, ’06. 2330w. (Reprinted from the Lond. Times.)
“When he first began he was a determined realist, and, though he sometimes dreamed with his eyes open, there was nothing to show that he would ever write a book so full of white magic as this.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 336. O. 5, ’06. 220w.
“Each of the stories is full of life and movement. Taken together however, they have a unity and interest which are marred by separate publication in the magazines. They convey an uncommonly vivid sense of that past which to most of us is hazier than a dream.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 286. O. 4, ’06. 1140w.
“Fairy tales which (minus a serious moral purpose) could have been told as well by many a lesser writer. They could not perhaps have been told quite as well in a purely literary sense by many others, for Mr. Kipling is one of the strongest factors in this hour in the development of the English language.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 593. S. 29, ’06. 1150w.
“Puck and the men he calls to his aid are graphic narrators, there are some effective interludes in verse, and the treatment as a whole is fresh and vital.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 708. N. 24, ’06. 160w.
=Putnam’s.= 1: 384. D. ’06. 130w.
“These stories are at the best but second hand work.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 430. O. 6, ’06. 900w.
“More than once in these columns we have called Mr. Kipling the interpreter to the English-speaking race. Nothing of his writing has ever justified the name better than the volume before us.”
+ + + =Spec.= 97: 538. O. 13, ’06. 1750w.
=Kirk, William.= National labor federations in the United States. 75c. Johns Hopkins.
One of the “University studies in historical and political science.” The three-fold treatment covers the subjects of general labor federations, trades councils and industrial unions.
=Kirkbride, Franklin B., and Sterrett, J. E.= Modern trust company, its function and organization. *$2.50. Macmillan.
A book for the enlightenment of the general public which offers for the first time a full and consistent description of the various lines of work in which a modern trust company engages. It discusses the duties of trust company officers, and the relation of trust companies to the banking community and the public, and gives in detail the most recent methods of organization and accounting for trust companies in their several functions.
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“They have made it possible for the business community to become intimately acquainted with this mighty engine of modern finance. A book well rounded in thought and execution, brief where brevity is advisable and detailed where explanation is desirable.” Thomas Conway, jr.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 439. Mr. ’06. 1040w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 399. F. 15, ’06. 80w.
“Covers the ground with a fullness that leaves little to be desired, and from a sanely conservative viewpoint.”
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 332. Mr. 3, ’06. 120w.
“The care and judgment with which the rest of their work is done, justify the belief that our authors are competent to deal with the broader aspects of their subject. As their book now stands, however, it fails to give us all that we have a right to expect from a comprehensive treatise upon trust companies.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 118. F. 8, ’06. 270w.
“This is a book of practice rather than theory.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 71. F. 3, ’06. 200w.
“The present work, however, is so complete and lucid that it should serve as a standard guide and not only to the public but to students of banking and finance, and deserves wide recognition as an authoritative text-book. The point of view is soundly conservative, and there is little theorizing, concreteness being the distinguishing characteristic throughout.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 82: 93. Ja. 13, ’05. 130w.
“Organizers of such institutions should find this information very helpful. The information is also very important to all who have business dealings with trust companies, however slight.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 382. Mr. ’06. 130w.
=Kittredge, George Lyman.= Old farmer and his almanack. *$2.50. Ware.
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 180. F. 10, ’06. 190w.
=Klein, Charles.= Lion and the mouse; a story of American life novelized from the play by Arthur Hornblow. $1.50. Dillingham.
Mr. Klein’s popular play has been turned by Mr. Hornblow into that most unusual thing a really good novelized drama. The story remains unchanged. The lion, the richest man in the world, tries to revenge himself on a supreme court judge for certain just decisions by involving him in a scandal which threatens his impeachment. Then comes the mouse, the daughter of the judge, who has already written a novel setting forth the character and financial methods of the lion to his disadvantage, and has also won the love of the lion’s only son. Thus armed she is the first of all human creatures who dares to defy the magnate, and she successfully gnaws the cords which tie up the plot and wins happiness for her father, her lover, and, incidentally, herself.
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“In comparison with the rapid action and the terse dialog of the play, the novel seems long-winded and tedious.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 697. S. 20, ’06. 350w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 358. S. 15, ’06. 130w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 220w.
“The book as a separate performance, lacks the vitality and sharp characterization which make the play successful.”
+ – =Outlook.= 84: 141. S. 15, ’06. 240w.
“With its poise, its unity, its swift action, its deep human note, it is certain to find a kindly disposed audience among those who do not care for the theatre.”
+ =World To-Day.= 11: 1222. N. ’06. 220w.
=Klein, Felix.= In the land of the strenuous life. **$2. McClurg.
“From a literary standpoint it is a model of simple, direct narrative.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 238. Ja. ’06. 140w.
“This picturesque book deserves to find as many and as appreciative readers in the country which it describes as it has already found in the land to which it holds up a democratic exemplar.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 40. Jl. 14. 620w.
“His observations on this and other matters were, considering the circumstances, remarkably accurate. The English of the translation is also very good.”
+ + – =Cath. World.= 82: 547. Ja. ’06. 280w.
“The present translation ... is fluent, idiomatic and entirely free from gallicisms. There are a few mistakes, which we should have been inclined to attribute to the printer did they not appear in the index.”
+ + – =Ind.= 60: 1223. My. 24, ’06. 360w.
=Kleiser, Grenville.= How to speak in public. *$1.25. Funk.
A book intended for teachers, students, and orators which is a complete elocutionary manual, comprising numerous exercises for developing the speaking voice, deep breathing, pronunciation, vocal expression, and gesture, also selections for practice from masterpieces of ancient and modern eloquence.
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“The work is especially adapted for self-instruction.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 814. D. 1, ’06. 150w.
=Knowles, Frederick Lawrence.= Love triumphant. **$1. Estes.
Reviewed by P. H. Frye.
+ =Bookm.= 23: 95. Mr. ’06. 110w.
=Knowles, Frederick Milton.= Cheerful year book for engagements and other serious matters. **$1.50. Holt.
“Accompanied by philosophic and moral aphorisms for the instruction of youth the inspiration of maturity and the solace of age, the same being illustrated by tasteful and illuminating pictures by C. F. Lester and the whole being introduced and concluded with profound and edifying remarks by Carolyn Wells.”
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“It is not too much to say that anyone with a sense of humor will enjoy the ‘Cheerful yearbook;’ its jests are merry without being in the least vulgar.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 399. D. 1, ’06. 100w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 70w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 230w.
=Knowles, Robert Edward.= St. Cuthbert’s: a novel. †$1.50. Revell.
“Greater skill in the handling and selection of materials would have made this an interesting—as it is undoubtedly a conscientious—piece of work.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 12. Ja. 6. 110w.
“There is displayed very little skill in story telling, and a ruthless use of the pruning knife among the exuberant growths of rhetoric and sentimentality would have helped the book to a stronger and more fruitful vitality.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 518. Mr. 1, ’06. 260w.
=Knowles, Robert E.= Undertow: a tale of both sides of the sea. †$1.50. Revell.
Caught in the undertow of selfishness a young theologian breasts its fury and wins a hard fought victory in the end. He battles his arch enemy among the self-sacrificing father and mother of the fine old Scotch school, and faithful brother Reuben, he fights it in the midst of graduate studies no less than in London in the church to which he is called. The bitterness of an enemy which leads to a misunderstanding with his wife furnishes the annealing process which his nature needs.
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“This is one of the innumerable novels based on a sentimental perception of right and wrong.”
– =Outlook.= 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 40w.
=Knowling, Rev. Richard John.= Testimony of St. Paul to Christ: as viewed in some of its aspects. *$3 Scribner.
“This important work is divided into three parts: I, The documents and the grounds upon which their use is justified; II, Paul’s testimony in relation to ‘The life’ of the gospels; III. Paul’s testimony in relation to the life of the church. The concluding chapter deals with the literature on the subject published in 1903–5.”—Bib. World.
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“Of Dr. Knowling’s learning and ability there can be no question; he is moreover, thoroughly well up in the latest results of criticism, and although he apparently regards critics who are nothing but critics as opponents of Christianity, he usually states their opinions fairly. It is in the second and third parts that Dr. Knowling is revealed as the apologist with a very thin veneer of criticism.”
+ – =Acad.= 70: 524. Je. 2, 06. 1060w.
Reviewed by George H. Gilbert.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 725. O. ’06. 1180w.
“His weight of learning presses heavily on the reader, if not on the writer.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 103. Ja. 27. 530w.
=Bib. World.= 27: 79. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“It must be admitted that the book has the fault of its virtue. It reveals the processes of an able and learned mind defending what is held to be the truth, rather than seeking the truth.” William H. Ryder.
+ – =Bib. World.= 28: 156. Ag. ’06. 1080w.
=Lond. Times.= 4: 427. D. 8, ’05. 1330w.
“As a summary and an appreciation of the present fruits of scholarly work on a fourth part of the new Testament such a work is of uncommon value.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 377. F. 17, ’06. 260w.
“If one were to criticise Dr. Knowling’s book, it would be not for lack of learning, but for lack of proportion. The impression remains that in all these five hundred pages the real essence of the problem is hardly touched upon.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 273. S. 1, ’06. 1150w.
=Spec.= 95: 1086. D. 23, ’05. 280w.
=Knox, George H.= Thoughts that inspire. 2v. *$1.70. Personal help.
An anthology under classified headings of bits of wisdom, advice and admonition culled from the writings of men and women of all ages.
=Knox, George William.= Spirit of the Orient. *$1.50. Crowell.
In the face of the great changes that are confronting an awakening East, these well illustrated studies by Professor Knox will be welcomed as gratifying additions to the many studies of the Orient which have recently appeared. Beginning with an introductory chapter upon America and the East, Professor Knox takes up first the American point of view, then the Asiatic point of view, and then passes on to a discussion of India, China, and Japan dividing the discussion of each into, Its people and customs, and, Its spirit and problems, and closing with a chapter upon, The new world. The whole forms a fund of Occidental entertainment and enlightenment.
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“Scholarly philosophical work.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 328. N. 16, ’06. 300w.
“No abler book on the mind of Asia has yet appeared.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1113. N. 8, ’06. 460w.
“In writing about India, China, and Japan he approaches the subjective attitude more closely than is usual with Occidental writers.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 640. N. ’06. 90w.
=Knuth, Paul.= Handbook of flower pollination; based upon Hermann Müller’s work, The fertilization of flowers by insects; tr. by J. R. Ainsworth Davis, v. I. Introduction and literature. *$5.75. Oxford.
“This is a text-book not for students, but for professors.... The original first volume consisted entirely of an introduction and bibliography; the introduction, however, is complete in itself, and gives a mass of ordered detail about the highly complex relations between insects and flowers.... In the translation ... the bibliography of flower pollination forms one useful list, of which the references have been specially revised by Dr. Fritsch to ensure accuracy. To the text the editor has added several useful notes indicating matters of importance that have arisen since Knuth’s work was completed. In the arrangement of the text as well as the many text figures the original is followed.”—Ath.
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“The present volume is the first of the three comprising Knuth’s masterly work, which is by far the most comprehensive on its subject, and of world-wide renown. Not only is the text index omitted, but also the equally essential index of subjects appended to the bibliography in the original.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 305. S. 15. 680w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + – =Bot. G.= 42: 494. D. ’06. 360w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The compendious treatise entitled ‘Introduction’ in this first volume, is beyond question, the best presentation of the matter of flower-pollination by insects yet given in an English dress.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 270. S. 27, ’06. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“English readers will welcome the present work, incorporating as it does the great mass of research on floral biology which has been carried out in recent years. The translator has done his work well on the whole. We must, however, direct attention to a few instances of faulty rendering.” F. D.
+ + – =Nature.= 74: 605. O. 18, ’06. 720w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Kobbe, Gustav.= Famous American songs. il. **$1.50. Crowell.
Lovers of the sentiment and tradition, that enter into the making of our few timetested American songs will prize this book. Mr. Kobbé, musical critic and writer, tells how each song happened to be written, where it was first sung, and gives interesting incidents in careers of the writers. The songs of the group are: Home, sweet home, Old folks at home, Dixie, Ben Bolt, Star-spangled banner, Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia and America.
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+ =Dial.= 41: 395. D. 1, ’06. 190w.
=Nation.= 83: 446. N. 22, ’06. 210w.
“The book contains a wealth of curious information gathered from many recondite sources.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 377. D. ’06. 140w.
=Kobbé, Gustav.= Famous actors and their homes. $1.50. Little.
“There is both new material in Mr. Kobbe’s book and old material adapted to new points of view.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 93. Ja. 20, ’06. 70w.
=Kobbé, Gustav.= Wagner and his Isolde. **$1. Dodd.
“The story is such a fascinating one that, in spite of Mr. Kobbe’s limitations in the direction of tact, good taste and good English, he who begins it will not lay the book aside until he has finished the last page.”
+ – =Ind.= 59: 1349. D. 7, ’05. 330w.
=Konkle, Burton Alva.= Life and speeches of Thomas Williams, orator, statesman and jurist, 1806–1872. 2v. $6. Campion & co.
“Mr. Williams, as is well known, was a founder of the Whig and Republican parties, and also a lawyer and jurist of eminence. His career and his speeches naturally and necessarily form no insignificant part of the national history, and they are ably and fully described and presented in these volumes, to which Senator Knox of Pennsylvania contributes an introduction.”—Critic.
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Reviewed by David Miller DeWitt.
+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 697. Ap. ’06. 880w.
“This is one of the most important works on the momentous period before and during the Civil war.”
+ + =Critic.= 48: 284. Mr. ’06. 80w.
“The two volumes seem passably free from errata.” Edwin E. Sparks.
+ =Dial.= 40: 229. Ap. 1, ’06. 1150w.
“A book that is neither very interesting nor very useful.”
– =Nation.= 83: 106. Ag. 2, ’06. 680w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 263. Ap. 21, ’06. 230w.
– =Outlook.= 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 190w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 764. Je. ’06. 100w.
=Koopman, Harry Lyman.= At the gates of the century. 75c. Everett press.
“The metrical diversions of a score of years—mostly bits of verse—are collected into a volume [in which] neatly epigrammatic couplets and quatrains abound.”—Dial.
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Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
=Dial.= 41: 207. O. 1, ’06. 160w.
“There is little in Mr. Koopman’s slender but pithy book to arouse any other sentiment than admiration for his gift of compact, suggestive phrase.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 326. Ap. 19, ’06. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 290w.
=Kramer, Harold M.= Hearts and the cross. †$1.50. Lothrop.
A young minister of many creeds wanders into a Hoosier community, is befriended by a good old Indiana family, and assumes the double role of farm hand and minister. He becomes involved in political and neighborhood feuds and it develops that he is a pardoned convict and that long ago in Florida he bound an elder daughter of the house by what was supposed to be a mock marriage to the dissolute wretch who deserted her. However the untangled plot clears his character, the weakness of the past is forgotten in the strength of the present, and he wins the love of a younger daughter whom he has all along confused with the elder sister and wins also the respect of the community.
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“‘Wholesome’ is the adjective that best expresses the quality of the book; and that quality is its chief charm. Talent it surely displays, but as yet it is the talent of the amateur, crude in spots, and more or less immature.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 656. O. 6, ’06. 130w.
“A dramatic story with a mystery in it which keeps the interest alive to the very last.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 90w.
“A thoroughly commonplace story.”
– =Outlook.= 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 4w.
=Kuhn, Franz.= Barbarossa, tr. from the German, by George P. Upton. *60c. McClurg.
This little volume in the “Life stories for young people” series sketches the great events in the life of Frederick I in a simple but vigorous style that will appeal to all wide-awake children.
=Kuhns, (Levi) Oscar.= Saint Francis of Assisi. **50c. Crowell.
A picture of Saint Francis of Assisi which shows a “gentle spirit, humble and patient, yet kind and courteous, renouncing all earthly riches, knowledge, and glory filled with the triple love for God, for nature, and for man.”
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=Ladd, George Trumbull.= Philosophy of religion: critical and speculative treatise of man’s religious experience and development in the light of modern science and reflective thinking. 2v. **$7. Scribner.
“The present work presents at considerable length the facts of man’s religious experience, the origin and development of religion in various races, and the relation of religion to other departments of human life, and this treatment of phenomenology of religion is followed by a criticism of the conceptions and tenets of spiritual experience from the point of view of modern science and philosophy. It aims to be a quite free and scientific treatise of the total religious life and religious development of humanity, but its chief interest is to prove philosophically that theism is entirely tenable and also demonstrable by the instruments in the hands of philosophy.”—Ind.
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“The work is erudite and encyclopaedic, even heavily so at times; but the vital dialectic of his discussions, and the living search for truth that dominates the whole work, will make it of intense interest to the student of the subject. We regard it as an enriching contribution to the developing science of religion.” Herbert Alden Youtz.
+ + – =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 366. Ap. ’06. 1790w.
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 6. Jl. 7. 740w.
+ + + =Bibliotheca Sacra.= 63: 364. Ap. ’06. 3090w.
“He writes in an irenic spirit, and always with constructive aim, but he is sometimes more abstruse than is needful and more than a trifle prolix.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 688. Mr. 22, ’06. 200w.
“What impresses the thoughtful reader of Professor Ladd’s volumes is the thoroughness with which they canvass practically the whole field of discussion. It is difficult to decide on what ground he is strongest, whether in history, anthropology, psychology or general philosophy. In each field he treads familiar ground and pronounces sane and rational judgments.” A. T. Ormond.
+ + + =J. Philos.= 3: 522. S. 13, ’06. 2290w.
“The description of the religious phenomena is, with a few exceptions, accurate. Throughout the book there are suggestive remarks. The great extent of the field traversed, and the author’s anxiety to make his positions clear, lead to a good deal of repetition. An undue amount of space seems to be given to the review of early religious phenomena.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 229. Mr. 15, ’06. 1060w.
“A massive work admirable both in analysis and synthesis, candid in its recognition of difficulties remaining to be solved.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 47. Ja. 6, ’06. 540w.
“The total impression is that of a great drama which the author is opening to our vision rather than that of a chain or web of speculative notions. This concreteness, which is pervasive of the entire work, is perhaps its greatest merit. One can only wish that the evidential logic of it had been wrought out rather more systematically.” George A. Coe.
+ + – =Philos. R.= 15: 528. S. ’06. 3300w.
Reviewed by E. S. Ames.
=Psychol. Bull.= 3: 411. D. 15, ’06. 1020w.
=Laking, Guy Francis.= Furniture of Windsor castle, by Guy Francis Laking, Keeper of the king’s armory; published by command of His Majesty King Edward VII. 35c. Dutton.
“In preparing this deeply interesting and richly illustrated account of the most beautiful and typical examples of the furniture in Windsor castle—a worthy companion of that on the armours from the same pen—the scholarly editor has wisely adopted the historical method.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: 371. F. ’06. 510w.
“Although it claims no great learning and displays no great acumen in the description of the pieces, it still gives information that is worth having.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 206. Mr. 6, ’06. 1960w.
=Lamb, Charles.= Essays of Elia, 1st series; selected and edited with an introduction and notes by George A. Wauchope. *40c. Ginn.
A selection containing about thirty of the most popular essays well annotated.
=Lamb, Charles and Mary.= Works and letters. v. 6 and 7. *$2.25. Putnam.
Reviewed by Sidney T. Irwin.
=Quarterly R.= 204: 163. Ja. ’06. 1760w. (Review of v. 1–7.)
=Lamb, Mrs. Edith M.= What the baby needs. $1. Nunn & co.
Complete instruction and suggestions for the care of a baby.
=Lancaster, G. B.= Sons o’ men. †$1.50. Doubleday.
“Another collection of curious, faraway, exotic tales with a touch of real distinction both in theme and treatment.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + =Bookm.= 22: 493. Ja. ’06. 420w.
“Of the faults the most noticeable are in the form of grammatical errors. But the author’s ability is unquestionable and the stories are good.”
+ – =Ind.= 59: 1540. D. 28, ’05. 210w.
=Lancaster, G. B.= The spur. †$1.50. Doubleday.
“Any one who knows aught of Australian or Island life, of sheep farms, or copra gatherers and traders, will respond to this vivid writing, as those who know India used to respond to Kipling.” (Outlook.) “The spur to smite was a cool, calculating man of the world named Haddington, and the spurred smiter an Australian youth who had it in him to be something of a Kipling. Detecting merit in the boy’s literary beginnings, Haddington induced him to sell himself to him for seven years.... The book is the story of Kin’s struggle as an honest, clean, impulsive, brave fellow under this contract and his futile efforts to free himself from it.” (Lond. Times.)
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+ – =Acad.= 69: 1177. N. 11, ’05. 330w.
“The author unfortunately falls into a certain exasperating preciosity of style which interferes seriously with the reader’s enjoyment.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’08. 130w.
“A strong novel, and holds the reader until the grewsome end.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 1434. Je. 14, ’06. 230w.
– + =Ind.= 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 140w.
“Is impaired also by some confusion and want of order in its episodes, and an excess of that virile, almost brutal, kind of writing. But it is a striking book, having much force and directness of phrase, and in the earlier parts some vivid effects of atmosphere.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 4: 329. O. 6, ’05. 230w.
“A story which grows more moving and more intense as it builds toward its climax.” H. I. Brock.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 253. Ap. 21, ’06. 920w.
“The words sting, the people live, and the story is a story.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 200w.
“A unique story, marked by much strength, but somewhat marred by the unrelieved wickedness of one man.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 1006. Ap. 28, ’06. 80w.
“A story of intense action.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 661. My. 26, ’06. 120w.
=Lane, Anna Eichberg Ring (Mrs. John Lane).= Champagne standard. **$1.50. Lane.
“‘The champagne standard’ is the title of the first seventeen essays in which Mrs. John Lane describes, satirises, and, perhaps it should be added, counsels what we may call the ‘upper middle class.’... Mrs. Lane, who describes herself as ‘an exiled American sister,’ fills her pages with wisdom and wit. She writes from an American—or, rather from a transplanted American—standpoint, and this gives a fresh force and meaning to her words.... A cook who disdains to be spoken to through a tube, and a housemaid who will not take notice after noon, but promptly gives it herself next morning.... The conductor who bids you hurry up, the host, the ‘saleslady’ who makes you wait while she discusses things in general with a colleague, the verger in a fashionable church—this last is peculiarly American—are specimens.”—Spec.
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“Mrs. Lane may congratulate herself on having that blessed sense of humour which is one of the most valuable possessions in life. In any case English-women should be grateful to her for writing them this delightful, candid book, which is full of original and bright ideas.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 136. F. 10, ’06. 900w.
“Mrs. Lane’s style is admirably suited to the racy and ephemeral matter which these papers contain, and she treats each topic with such freshness and originality that the book is as entertaining as it is suggestive.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 197. F. 17. 220w.
“Spontaneous wit united with keen judgment makes this volume a delightful one.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 470. My. ’06. 200w.
+ =Dial.= 40: 200. Mr. 16, ’06. 400w.
“In ‘The champagne standard’ Mrs. John Lane has carried the art of prattle (on paper) to a point of rare perfection.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 54. F. 16, ’06. 450w.
“The volume is delightful and contains many things to laugh over—and afterwards to think over seriously.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 149. Mr. 10, ’06. 870w.
“Mrs. Lane’s papers are light, agreeable fare for those who want to know about certain sections of society, their follies and trifles, and her book was made to be read.”
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 404. Mr. 31, ’06. 170w.
“The whole book is thoroughly worth reading.”
+ =Spec.= 96: 306. F. 24, ’06. 300w.
=Lane, Elinor Macartney.= All for the love of a lady; 6 full-page il. by Arthur Becher. †$1.25. Appleton.
“A tale of chivalrous love and dastardly conspiracy told with the grace that we should expect from the author of ‘Nancy Stair.’” (Ind.) Lady Iseult of Castle Carfrae has a quartette of lovers—two of whom are little Scotch lads of nine who swear fealty to their lady and defend her in the absence of her favored lover. “Incidentally the story is furnished with a villain, and a faithful old retainer in the person of a Scotch lawyer, who, by the help of the two dauntless midgets, rescues the maid from her danger and restores her to her true love.” (Outlook.)
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“The sketch is one of the best things the author has written.”
+ =Critic.= 49: 190. Ag. ’06. 40w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 1377. Je. 7, ’06. 100w.
“Every one of the six characters is marvelously well defined, there is much humor, much delightful talk, and a reality and naturalness about it all that speaks much for the writer’s skill—even genius.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 327. My. 19, ’06. 360w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 100w.
“There is much wit and many clever scenes in the story.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 243. My. 26, ’06. 170w.
=Lang, Andrew.= John Knox and the reformation. *$3.50. Longmans.
“Its ‘saeva indignatio’ may not always be earnest, but the work is a painful contribution to the literature of exposure.” Francis A. Christie.
+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 371. Ja. ’06. 1230w.
“The book is rather a criticism of other biographies than a biography itself, and herein lie at once its value and its limitations. Yet the book has many merits, though it is not free from casual errors. It should always be read with the ordinary lives of Knox, and should not be read without one or the other of them.” A. F. Pollard.
– + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 163. Ja. ’06. 1100w.
“In a life of Knox his blunders as an historian and his vagaries as a politician must have a place, but that must be at least a little lower than the place set apart for his work as a reformer and his policy as an ecclesiastical statesman. And, when his words and actions are subjected to criticism, the toleration of history demands that these should be seen in light of the sixteenth century.” John Herkless.
– + =Hibbert J.= 3: 819. Jl. ’06. 2380w.
“He has let rather too much cleverness and subtlety creep into his book.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 287. Ap. 5, ’06. 1220w.
=Lang, Andrew.= New collected rhymes. *$1.25. Longmans.
“Mr. Lang’s “New collected rhymes” are an epitome of his work in verse. The volume contains ballads and folk-songs and parodies, topical rhymes on life and literature, and lyrics on angling, on cricket, and on Prince Charlie.” (Spec.)
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+ =Ath.= 1906. 1: 195. F. 17. 720w.
Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 40: 327. My. 16, ’06. 340w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 149. Ap. 27, ’06. 240w.
“His ‘New collected rhymes’ have the metrical facility and grace, the urbane humor, that make his ‘Ballads of books’ of such pleasant memory.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 326. Ap. 19, ’06. 260w.
Reviewed by Florence Wilkinson.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 225. Ap. 7, ’06. 440w.
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 126. O. ’06. 220w.
+ =Spec.= 96: 262. F. 17, ’06. 320w.
=Lang, Andrew.= Oxford. *$1.50. Lippincott.
“If ever a topic would have appealed to him, surely it would be this. Yet the impression left after perusal is of put-together chapters.”
– =Critic.= 48: 284. Mr. ’06. 100w.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 24. Ja. 1, ’06. 130w.
– + =Ind.= 61: 1160. N. 15, ’06. 140w.
=Lang, Andrew=, ed. Red romance book. **$1.60. Longmans.
+ =Cath. World.= 82: 564. Ja. ’06. 180w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 432. D. 8, ’05. 130w.
=Lang, Andrew.= Secret of the totem. $3. Longmans.
This present work is a sequel to Mr. Lang’s “Social origins and primal law” published three years ago. It “deals with the obscure beginnings of society so far as these can be traced in the organization—or want of organization—found in the lowest savage tribes, those of Australia. These, as is well known, are organized on the totem system, by which a certain number of individuals are bound together by belief in their common descent from a common ancestor, generally of an animal nature, and known as the totem.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Mr. Lang has given us in this work a skilful exposition of a complicated subject. Totemism is more often talked about than understood, and Mr. Lang’s accuracy in the use of terms may, incidentally, serve as a corrective to the wilder spirits who see totemism everywhere.”
+ + =Acad.= 69: 1195. N. 18, ’05. 1130w.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 421. Mr. ’06. 210w.
“He has made a distinct advance towards the solution of many difficult problems. Mr. Lang’s method of dealing with his argument is altogether admirable. It is clear, consistent, and logical.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 726. N. 25. 1720w.
+ =Dial.= 40: 265. Ap. 16, ’06. 410w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 14. Ja. 12, ’06. 720w.
“The somewhat arrogant claim of the title is not modified by what Mr. Lang says in the course of this rather dull volume.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 455. My. 31, ’06. 770w.
“Truth to tell, he is wandering somewhat out of his sphere in dealing with the subject at all. One gets the impression that he has simply manipulated the materials and theories of others instead of producing a new one out of the materials himself.” Joseph Jacobs.
– =N. Y. Times.= 10: 922. D. 30, ’05. 900w.
Reviewed by Franklin H. Giddings.
+ – =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 724. D. ’06. 390w.
“For the first time we have a consecutive presentation of his views concerning the origin and early evolution of totemism.”
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 270. Mr. 3, ’06. 1500w.
“The treatment is detailed, technical, and except to the specialist, very dry.”
+ – =Yale R.= 15: 338. N. ’06. 160w.
=Lang, Andrew.= Sir Walter Scott. **$1. Scribner.
Thoro familiarity with Scott’s life and surroundings, with all the Abbotsford Mss., and with the details of Scottish life and history, has equipped Mr. Lang for an undertaking that does not claim to rival Lockhart’s, only to compress “the essence of Lockhart’s great book into small space, with a few additions from other sources.”
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“We venture to think that Scott’s admirers will find much that is new and more that is freshly put in this biography, which is permeated by a sympathy and understanding of which praise would be an impertinence. There is only one aspect of the book to which we would draw attention, and that in the way of homologating rather than criticising what is said.”
+ + – =Acad.= 70: 280. Mr. 24, ’06. 950w.
“We have one complaint to make: it is really too bad of experts like Mr. Lang and his publishers to produce a book without an index.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 413. Ap. 7. 1680w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
+ =Atlan.= 98: 279. Ag. ’06. 570w.
“Mr. Lang is capable of being irritating, but he is never prosy. This book is probably all the better for its purpose because it has not the property of high finish.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Bookm.= 23: 432. Je. ’06. 1340w.
+ =Critic.= 49: 49. Jl. ’06. 450w.
“Lang’s biography, for a brief one, is very full of details without being encyclopaedically dry.”
+ =Dial.= 40: 394. Je. 16, ’06. 380w.
“Mr. Lang’s chief contribution in this volume is to our collection of epigrams, and to our stock of somewhat buoyant common sense. Except in the matter of condensing Lockhart, it is a bit difficult to see what addition the book makes to our convenience.” William T. Brewster.
+ =Forum.= 38: 101. Jl. ’06. 620w.
“It is altogether too conscious of the authorities that have preceded it to be as satisfactory a substitute, as it pretends, to a reader who knows nothing about them.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 1164. My. 17, ’06. 120w.
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 474. Mr. 31, ’06. 1240w.
“Mr. Lang’s book is pre-eminently, if not exclusively, for advanced readers—those who know their Lockhart and are fairly familiar with what has been written on the subject since 1837. In this present book ... in spite of all its fine qualities, there is some oddity or other upon almost every other page.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 121. Ap. 6, ’06. 2140w.
Reviewed by Florence Wilkinson.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 224. Ap. 7, ’06. 3080w.
“Thanks to his study of the history of Scotland he has turned new and true lights on many contested points, and he enlivens with anecdote and personal reminiscence the romance of the Borders he knows so well.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 49. Jl. 14, ’06. 790w.
“Mr. Lang’s criticisms are invariably interesting, partly because they are invariably characteristic, and are what are known in the loose journalese of the day as ‘sidelights.’”
+ =Spec.= 97: 203. Ag. 11, ’06. 970w.
=Lankester, Edwin Ray.= Extinct animals. *$1.75. Holt.
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 899. D. 30. 900w.
+ + =Critic.= 48: 96. Ja. ’06. 110w.
“The work is authoritative, quite up to date, and on the whole one of the best popular accounts of the life of the ancient world in print.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 238. Ap. 1, ’06. 230w.
“The book will be interesting and perfectly intelligible to children of high-school age, but even the general reader of mature years will find much to claim the interest.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 261. Ag. 2, ’06. 80w.
+ =Spec.= 96: 425. Mr. 17. ’06. 80w.
=Lansdale, Maria Horner.= Châteaux of Touraine; il. with pictures by Jules Guérin, and by photographs. **$6. Century.
In text, illustrations, and workmanship this volume furnishes the same excellencies that characterized Mrs. Wharton’s “Italian villas” with the Parrish pictures, to which it is a companion volume. Accuracy and authority stamp the sketches of these twelve Touraine chateaux. The charm which casts a spell over pilgrims from every quarter of the globe, says the author, is born of a variety of causes, their captivating beauty, their architectural interest, the loveliness of the surrounding country and the halo of historical associations in which each is wrapped. There are sixteen wash drawings by Jules Guérin besides over forty reproductions in black and tint of photographs.
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“Her facts are accurate and authoritative, and at the same time picturesquely presented.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 470w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1398. D. 13, ’06. 190w.
“The subjects are well suited to a hand trained in architectural rendering. And the artist has here as elsewhere found himself at ease in restriction to flat tones of a few low-keyed colours. He shows imagination in these sketches and a cleverness in atmospheric feeling.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 22. N. ’06. 530w.
“M. Guérin’s fine water-colour drawings, with their extreme simplicity, absence of realism and touch of conventionalism, are full of delicate suggestion and decorative feeling—excellent examples of what book illustration should be.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 185. D. ’06. 400w.
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 120w.
“Is surely one of the best of all the handsome gift books of this season.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 769. N. 24, ’06. 360w.
“Is one of the most elaborate travel books appearing this season.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 200w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 703. N. 24, ’06. 130w.
“If the text serves as an admirable guidebook, the illustrations render it worthy to be called a glorified one.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 379. D. ’06. 190w.
“Miss Lansdale’s touch is easy and interesting.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 753. D. ’06. 80w.
“Miss Lansdale describes their features and tells their story with a freshness which saves her chapters from falling into the rut of a guide-book.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 618. N. 17, ’06. 160w.
“The book is agreeably written, and full of historical and antiquarian information.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 765. N. 17, ’06. 290w.
=Larned, Josephus Nelson.= Books, culture and character. **$1. Houghton.
Seven addresses delivered at various times since the year 1883 are connected here, and offer the sound advice of one interested in the active problems of education. They are as follows; A familiar talk about books, The test of quality in books, Hints as to reading, The mission and the missionaries of the book, Good and evil from the printing press, Public libraries and public education, School reading versus school training of history.
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“With his wonted clearness and force, and in English that it is a delight to read, Mr. Larned ... emphasizes the urgent necessity of spreading the culture of good literature among the people at large.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 327. N. 16, ’06. 380w.
“It is the kind of book about books that cannot be accused of dilettantism, a book informed with wholesome and fine feeling which also has much merit of the kind as literary—which is also informed; that is with taste.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 804. D. 1, ’06. 1270w.
=Larned, Josephus Nelson.= Seventy centuries of the life of mankind, 2v. $4.50. C. A. Nichols co., Springfield, Mass.
“He may be right, but his is not the judicial tone of Ranke or Stubbs. Nor does his list of authorities show very extensive reading even in the secondary sources, and it is confined to works in English. Yet his book is to be praised: it is an accurate and lucid summary of the chief events in world-history put forth in an attractive form.” George M. Wrong.
+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 707. Ap. ’06. 520w.
=Latham, Charles.= Gardens of Italy: a series of over 300 illustrations from photographs of the most famous examples of Italian gardens, with descriptive text by E. March Phillipps. 2v. $18. Scribner.
“It would be difficult to better the photographs, and the letterpress is interesting and readable.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 938. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
=Lathbury, Clarence.= Balanced life. $1. Nunc Licet press.
“This is one of the best recent works which seeks to strengthen and round out character by stimulating the inner life and impressing on the mind in a realizing sense the omnipotence and omnipresence of Good.” (Arena.) The contents include: The return to nature; Rhythm of the universe; In the stream of power; The white line of the dawn; Built without hands; The highway of the spirit; The central melody; The great amens; Oil in our lamps; Vision and patience; Thoughts that find us young.
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“The author’s style is clear. He makes his thought easily understood, though he is somewhat redundant at times. Barring this defect the style is, on the whole, excellent and the thought well calculated to strengthen, purify and upbuild the character of the reader.”
+ + – =Arena.= 35: 107. Ja. ’06. 310w.
+ =Dial.= 39: 171. S. 16, ’05. 160w.
=Lathrop, Elise.= Where Shakespeare set his stage; decorations by G. W. Hood. **$2. Pott.
Twelve Shakespeare plays are described with respect to scene, appearance of characters and periods in which they lived, and the sources of the plots. The author bases her study upon visits to the localities which are reproduced in text and illustrations.
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“No harm will be done to readers who confine themselves to the illustrations, but the letter press is capable of conveying many misleading ideas to uninformed youth.”
– + =Nation.= 83: 330. O. 18, ’06. 160w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 757. N. 17, ’06. 250w.
=Lathrop, John R. T.= How a man grows. $1.25. Meth. bk.
The development of man is traced thru a series of stages indicated by the following chapter headings: The problem stated, The data of philosophy, Cosmic ethics, Christian ethics, Cosmic regeneration, Christian regeneration, Forces in man’s becoming, Certainties in religion, Religion, The religion of the future, The coronation of man.
=Latrobe, Benjamin Henry.= Journal of Latrobe. *$3.50. Appleton.
The notes and sketches of an architect, naturalist and traveler in the United States from 1796 to 1820. Following a biographical introduction by J. H. B. Latrobe are chapters on Virginia and its people; a visit to Washington at Mt. Vernon; Philadelphia, and the construction of the water works in the Schuylkill for the city’s water supply; the building of the national capitol and the designing of the navy yard, St. John’s church, and Christ church; and New Orleans and its people.
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=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 477. Ja. ’06. 80w.
+ + =Critic.= 48: 285. Mr. ’06. 140w.
“Should find an honored place in every library.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 387. My. 10, ’06, 410w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 5. Ja. 6, ’06. 470w.
“This journal is now a valuable source-book of American history, particularly on the social side. His observations are also highly entertaining, for he had a keen sense of the interesting.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 941. D. 16, ’05. 240w.
“The most interesting passages in his journal are the shrewd characterizations of men and manners.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 290w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 130w.
=Laut, Agnes Christina.= Vikings of the Pacific. **$2. Macmillan.