part II. carries the date thru the early years of Rome to the period

when fable is merged in history; part III. consists of a group of stories partly Italian in origin, partly Greek, yet “essentially are Latin in spirit and treatment.”

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+ =Critic.= 49: 96. Jl. ’06. 100w.

=Dial.= 40: 302. My. 1, ’06. 50w.

“The author would have done better, we think, to have kept her book free from any dependence upon the previous reading of her ‘Old tales from Greece.’”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 365. My. 3, ’06. 170w.

“If a comparison were to be made between Alice Zimmern and other authors who have been moved to do similar things, it is that the former is conspicuous for the tactful respect she pays juvenile intelligence.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 341. My. 26, ’06. 330w.

“It would not be easy to conceive of a better or more gracefully written book of the kind, which is in every respect an admirable companion volume to ‘Tales of old Greece.’”

+ + =Spec.= 95: sup. 907. D. 2, ’05. 90w.

=Zueblin, Charles.= Decade of civic development. *$1.25. Univ. of Chicago press.

A sketch of the “civic renascence” in America “is not merely a chronicle of civic development for the last decade. Its tone is hortatory and also prophetic.” (School R.) Under the following chapter headings, there is material for teachers to use in awakening the “civic consciousness” in pupils: The new civic spirit, The training of the citizen, The making of the city, “The White city” and after, Metropolitan Boston, Greater New York, The Harrisburg plan, Washington, old and new, The return to nature.

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“The well-founded optimism of the book, the attractive record of fact, the revelation of correlation and co-ordination, and the fascinating glimpses of realizable possibility give this little volume a place of unusual value.” E. G. Routzahn.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 188. Jl. ’06. 290w.

“The book is optimistic in tone, and is well worth the perusal of those who have bewailed the failure of American municipal government.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 424. Mr. ’06. 110w.

“Refreshingly interesting.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 200. Mr. 16, ’06. 370w.

“In mechanical execution and in subject-matter the book is exceedingly attractive. It is a book for the student of society, the teacher, and the general reader.” Nathaniel Butler.

+ + =School R.= 14: 67. Ja. ’06. 370w.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 32, changed “experiences in contain” to “experiences and contain”. 2. P. 79, changed “Socialpolitik” to “Sozialpolitik”. 3. P. 120, “The style is excellent, the spirit earnest, the” was truncated in source. 4. P. 138, “This is a compilation of explicit and prac-” was truncated in source. 5. P. 183, “criticism of three current conceptions of” was truncated in source. 6. P. 243, changed “Instituto Italiano d’arts grafichi” to “Istituto Italiano d’arts grafiche”. 7. P. 253, “to Cardinal Newman, with his re-” was truncated in source. 8. P. 332, “day for him against the deep treachery that a” was truncated in source. 9. 336, “and fascinating—he gives a most at-” was truncated in source. 10. Table of Contents added by transcriber. 11. Please note that the publisher split hyphenated surnames. The portion after the hyphen was listed before the forename. The portion before the split was listed after the forenames with a hyphen. E.g. E. Burton-Brown was listed as =Brown, E. Burton-.= 12. Removed the bold markup from book titles with no author listed. This is to be consistent with book titles with authors listed. Also the publisher was inconsistent in the book title markup—usually only the first word but sometimes the entire title. 13. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 14. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 15. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 16. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 17. Did not use a hanging indent in book description in text version. This is to aid with electronic processing.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Book Review Digest, Volume II, 1906, by Various