Book 3 of James MacKaye’s “Economy of happiness” is published

separately, in inexpensive form because of its greater popular interest, the hope being that the reprint may reach a wider circle of readers than would care for the larger work.

=Mackaye, Mrs. James Steele.= Pride and prejudice: a play founded on Jane Austen’s novel. $1.25. Duffield.

A four-act play founded upon Jane Austen’s eighteenth century novel.

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“Few of the peculiar excellences of the book survive in the play, in which the lack of action, or of anything like real dramatic interest, until the very end, is only too apparent.”

– + =Nation.= 83: 291. O. 4, ’06. 120w.

“A pleasing play.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 385. O. 13, ’06. 120w.

“So far as the literary side is concerned, Mrs. Mackaye has done her work well.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 378. D. ’06. 90w.

=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Fenris, the wolf: a tragedy. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

+ – =North American.= 182: 753. My. ’06. 170w.

=McKechnie, William Sharp.= Magna carta: a commentary on the great charter of King John. *$4.50. Macmillan.

“Mr. McKechnie may justly claim to have provided us with a most adequate commentary on Magna Carta. His notes ... show that he is widely read in the literature of his subject; and they are admirably lucid. The book will be the more useful because it is mainly a summary of the researches and theories of the best modern critics.” H. W. C. Davis.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 150. Ja. ’06. 880w.

“The most detailed and satisfactory examination of Magna Carta.”

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 16. Ja. 4. ’06. 1570w.

=McKim, Rev. Randolph Harrison.= Problem of the Pentateuch. **$1. Longmans.

“Lectures in reply to the ‘higher criticism’ of the Bible.... The attractiveness of Dr. McKim’s book for the general reader, not particularly interested in homiletical literature or the disputes of theology, lies in its well-sustained tone of urbanity and its fairness to the ‘higher critics.’ Dr. McKim does not hesitate to state their arguments clearly. His own argument is interesting merely as a revelation of the theories of the Pentateuch put forth by persons who deny the inspiration and Mosaic origin of the five books.”—N. Y. Times.

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=Bib. World.= 28. 79. Jl. ’06. 50w.

“Doubtless every serious reader who picks up this book will find that his curiosity has been aroused rather than that his mind has been set at rest. But, for its scope, this brief volume is fairly well put together.”

+ + – =Cath. World.= 83: 833. S. ’06. 510w.

=Lit. D.= 32: 945. Je. 23, ’06. 1540w.

“Despite the pains he has taken in the investigation of these matters, it cannot be said that he has comprehended the case put forward by historical criticism.”

– =Nation.= 83: 142. Ag. 16, ’06. 460w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 356. Je. 2, ’06. 340w.

=McKinley, Albert Edward.= Suffrage franchise in the thirteen English colonies in America. $2.50. Ginn.

“Mr. McKinley’s book must of necessity become the standard authority on this subject. The only lack is a bibliography.” Edward Porritt.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 403. Ja. ’06. 1630w.

=MacKinnon, James.= History of modern liberty. set, **$10. Longmans.

“The first volume consists of chapters chiefly on the governmental institutions of the countries that once formed the Western Roman empire; the second consists of chapters on the course of the reformation in England and Scotland, France and Germany, with a brief chapter of twelve pages on Spain in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A single chapter on mediaeval political thought ‘in relation to liberty,’ which closes the first volume, is balanced in the second by one on the writers on political theory in the sixteenth century. For the rest, the strict adherence to geographical divisions forbids an international and comparative treatment, and no continuity of subject or idea is maintained.”—Ath.

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“Taken all in all, his book is both readable and instructive. It may safely be commended to all whose enthusiasm for liberty needs a stimulant.”

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 876. Jl. ’06. 950w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Had the writer been willing to use more care and restraint, he could have produced a better book, for he has zeal and industry, a wide range of interest and knowledge, ambition and ability.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 538. My. 5. 1620w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)

“It may be seriously questioned whether the usefulness if the work would not have been increased by the topical method of treatment rather than the chronological. Professor MacKinnon’s style in places is characterized by lucidity of statement, forcefulness of expression, and even by brilliancy; but too often the detail which mars his discussions is dry and prolix.” James Wilford Garner.

+ – =Dial.= 41: 31. Jl. 16, ’06. 1180w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Dr. Mackinnon has, we fear, somewhat fluctuating ideas as to the exact scope of his theme. It is the result of much careful study, especially in French historical literature, and it is marked by a sanity of judgment and a true love of freedom of which Dr. Mackinnon desires to be the historian.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 215. Je. 15, ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The author is on the whole judicious and scholarly without attaining real distinction. His book will not add to our sum of knowledge and will not open new avenues of thought.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 457. My. 31, ’06. 570w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“They contain much of interest and value, but yet they fall short of what we should wish the story of human liberty to be.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 559. My. 5, ’06. 1490w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The serious defect of the work, however, is that it lacks organization. The process of the development of liberty is not clearly delineated. On the whole, the work despite its shortcomings, must be pronounced a notable one.” George L. Scherger.

+ + – =Yale R.= 15: 219. Ag. ’06. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=McLaws, Emily Lafayette.= Maid of Athens. †$1.50. Little.

A romance based upon Byron’s brief wooing of Lady Thyrza Riga, the Maid of Athens, whom he immortalized in verse. Count Riga gives his life for Greece, and Countess Riga rather than fall into the hands of the Turks slays herself, while the child Thyrza was sent to Constantinople and was brought up at court by a renegade uncle. Here Byron found her, and was seriously minded in his love-making, but a rival Turkish suitor brought disaster through a forged letter. Lady Thyrza’s death, and later Byron’s passing away at Messolonghi bring the story to a tragic close.

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“Exceptionally well written and giving delightful glimpses of Turkish and Greek life.” Amy C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 160w.

– =Ind.= 60: 1488. Je. 21, ’06. 120w.

“It cannot be said that Miss McLaws reflects much of the Byronic heat and light, while her Oriental atmosphere is distinctly of a kind never made in the East.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 151. Mr. 10, ’06. 310w.

– =Outlook.= 82: 810. Ap. 7, ’06. 40w.

“On the whole this is a better piece of work than either ‘Jezebel’ or ‘When the land was young.’”

+ =World To-Day.= 11: 766. Jl. ’06. 140w.

=MacLean, Frank.= Henry Moore, R. A. *$1.25. Scribner.

“This volume in “The makers of British art” series is a thoroly workmanlike ‘life,’ narrating the details of Moore’s rather uneventful career, describing and characterizing all his works of importance and certainly in its estimate of those works, doing full justice to the painter—comparatively few of whose pictures have been seen on this side of the Atlantic. Numerous halftone blocks help to give some faint idea of the man’s power and versatility in depicting his chosen theme.... A final chapter touches briefly but illuminatingly on the work of the few noteworthy painters of the sea with whom Henry Moore was contemporary—John Brett, Whistler, Claude Monet, Mesdag—and several lesser British marine artists.” (Ind.)

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“Doubtless will long remain the standard biography of England’s foremost marine painter.”

+ + + =Ind.= 61: 817. O. 4, ’06. 150w.

“An interesting analysis is made of Moore’s work in marine painting.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 29: sup. 83. S. ’06. 320w.

“A sound and unpretentious piece of work which will supply all the information that the general reader will care for about this thoroughly competent if not quite great painter.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 138. F. 15, ’06. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 142. Mr. 10, ’06. 300w.

=McMahan, Anna Benneson=, ed. With Byron in Italy; being a selection of the poems and letters of Lord Byron which have to do with his life in Italy from 1816 to 1823. **$1.40. McClurg.

From the letters and poems of Byron, written during the most mature and productive period of his life while under the spell of the Italy that he loved and that loved him in return, the editor has made wise selection and she has arranged the chosen parts chronologically, and illustrated them with sixty reproductions from photographs.

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+ =Dial.= 41: 459. D. 16, ’06. 270w.

=Ind.= 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 120w.

“The alluring title of this book will not disappoint lovers of Byron.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 110w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 533. D. 20, ’06. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 310w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 256. N. ’06. 80w.

=MacManus, Anna (Mrs. Seumas) (Ethna Carbery, pseud.).= Four winds of Eirinn. **75c. Funk.

This posthumous book of verse is indeed a legacy to all who love Ireland. The poems ring with strong-heart energy and anticipation, and in their buoyancy teach fine lessons of loyalty and patriotism to the land of Erin.

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“A small but precious volume.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 329. My. 16, ’06. 320w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 80w.

=McMaster, John Bach.= History of the people of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil war. v. 6, 1830–1842. **$2.50. Appleton.