The book review digest, Volume 02, 1906
Volume eight in the “Living masters of music” series is the first book
in English on the life and personality of this famous Norwegian composer. “An invalid, he has lived in seclusion in the Far North; a successful pianist, conductor, and composer almost from the beginning of his career, happily married to a cousin who could not only inspire but interpret his songs—in spite of some dark years and some inevitable shadows, he stands for us in the sun; largely as to his career, wholly and radiantly as to his warm personality. The photographs of him from the fifteen-year-old boy to the sixty-year-old man ... are full of charm and of a winning quality that fit absolutely into the character of his music.” (Nation.)
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“There is much new material relating to the personal side of the composer.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 379. Ap. ’06. 60w.
“A sound and sympathetic study of this great son of the North.”
+ + – =Dial.= 41: 18. Jl. 1, ’06. 270w.
“The book is charmingly written, is entertaining from cover to cover, and is sure to become popular with all music lovers. Mr. Finck has the gift of the true biographer, of nowhere obtruding his own personality.” Joseph Sohn.
+ + =Forum.= 37: 526. Ap. ’06. 480w.
=Lit. D.= 32: 200. F. 10, ’06. 710w.
+ + =Nation.= 82: 184. Mr. 1, ’06. 1560w.
“Mr. Finck’s book is an attempt to place him in the very forefront of modern composers. There are interesting biographical details in the book.” Richard Aldrich.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 227. Ap. 7, ’06. 750w.
“In spite of this attitude of fierce worshiper, Mr. Finck has written a very readable as well as useful book. He has succeeded in the first place in filling it with personality. He has, in the second place, brought together much information about Grieg, some old and some new, which has not before been easily accessible.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 82: 520. Mr. 3, ’06. 210w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 604. My. 12, ’06. 60w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 255. F. ’06. 130w.
=Findlater, Jane Helen.= Ladder to the stars. †$1.50. Appleton.
The author “depicts a young woman whose relatives are housekeepers, commercial travelers, clerks, as sex or circumstances decree; and she invests her with spiritual ambitions with which the local minister cannot cope; with social aspirations unintelligible in a circle where human society means nothing beyond class-strata; and with intellectual ideals that cannot be shared by those in whose eyes ‘two years at Mrs. Clumper’s’ are synonymous with a liberal education.”—Lond. Times.
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+ =Acad.= 71: 375. O. 13, ’06. 160w.
“Her picture of middle-class life in a country town is admirably incisive and humorous, and at the same time free from ill-nature. The character of her heroine is less satisfactory.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 509. O. 27. 340w.
“The writer leaves us with a feeling that the ideas which she attributes to her heroine are her own; in other words, the illusion is incomplete. If it had been otherwise the book would have been a triumph of art; as it is, we have a comedy of manners, wise, kindly, and incisive.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 338. O. 5, ’06. 380w.
“In spite of its stilted and sometimes unreal heroine and its several impossible incidents, it will certainly be the exceptional reader who will not find himself very much interested and amused.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 684. O. 20, ’06. 710w.
“The story, of course, is open to the criticism common to all stories which turn on the literary ability of their characters, that the author can give no proof of this ability, and that the reader has to take it on trust.”
+ – =Spec.= 97: 404. S. 22, ’06. 280w.
=Firth, Charles Harding.= Plea for the historical teaching of history: an inaugural lecture delivered on November 9, 1904. *35c. Oxford.
+ =Nation.= 82: 388. My. 10, ’06. 880w.
=Firth, John Benjamin.= Constantine, the first Christian emperor. **$1.35; **$1.60. Putnam.
“On the side of institutions, however, the book is distinctly weak.” Charles H. Haskins.
+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 432. Ja. ’06. 370w.
=Fischer, Louis.= Health-care of the baby: a handbook for mothers and nurses. *75c. Funk.
Under Part 1, General hygiene of the infant, the author gives chapters upon bathing, clothing, training, etc. Part 2, Infant feeding, treats of the various methods of feeding and of infant foods. Part 3. Miscellaneous diseases and emergencies, includes a detailed treatment of the various children’s diseases and a chapter upon accidents.
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+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 760. D. ’06. 40w.
=Fisguill, Richard, pseud. (Richard H. Wilson).= Venus of Cadiz. †$1.50. Holt.
“Read him sympathetically and he will reward you with the next best thing to tears,—a laugh.” Mary Moss.
+ =Atlan.= 97: 50. Ja. ’06. 170w.
=Fish, Carl Russell.= Civil service and the patronage. *$2. Longmans.
+ =Ind.= 60: 799. Ap. 5, ’06. 310w.
“A careful and useful historical study.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 55. Ja. 18, ’06. 350w.
+ + – =Yale R.= 15: 330. N. ’06. 440w.
=Fisher, Clarence Stanley.= Excavations at Nippur; plans, details, and photographs of the buildings, with numerous objects found in them during the excavations of 1889, 1890, 1893–1896, 1899–1900 with descriptive text by Clarence S. Fisher. (Babylonian expedition of the Univ. of Penn.) 6 pts. ea. pt. $2. C. S. Fisher, Rutledge, Delaware co., Pa.
“The entire work comprises some two hundred large folio pages of topographical introduction and descriptive text, abundantly illustrated with cuts and photographs, including some splendid full-page photogravures, besides many folding lithographic plates giving plans and details of the buildings.”—Outlook.
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“Altogether we may heartily congratulate both the University and Mr. Fisher on the first part of a book, which bids fair to be a most valuable contribution to science. We have noticed some typographical errors ... but these are trifles.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 340. S. 22. 1520w. (Review of pt. 1.)
+ + + =Ind.= 60: 685. Mr. 22, ’06. 1450w. (Review of pt. 1.)
=Ind.= 61: 1166. N. 15, ’06. 50w.
“Mr. Fisher certainly deserves great credit for the manner in which he has exhibited the topographical and culture development of Nippur and its temple. In this regard his work constitutes an important contribution to Babylonian archæology, and scholars will await with interest the publication of the remaining five parts, in which, it is to be hoped, more care will be bestowed on the proof reading of the descriptive text.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 308. Ap. 12, ’06. 740w. (Review of pt. 1.)
=Outlook.= 82: 569. Mr. 10, ’06. 150w. (Review of pt. 1.)
=Fitch, (William) Clyde.= Climbers: a play in four acts. **75c. Macmillan.
A new volume in the published edition of the plays of Mr. Fitch. The climbers, which had a considerable degree of success on the stage, is not only a clever satire upon the social climber but contains some well-devised situations, which, altho they lose some of their effectiveness in book form, make good reading.
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“No other play of this author that we have seen so well bears the test of print.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 36. Ja. 20, ’06. 160w.
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 92. Ja. 13, ’06. 50w.
=Fitch, (William) Clyde.= Girl with the green eyes. **75c. Macmillan.
The first appearance in book form of Mr. Fitch’s four-act play.
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+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 743. Je. 16. 80w.
“While far from being a distinguished illustration of the literary drama, the play reads very well—possibly better than it sounds when acted.”
+ =Dial.= 40: 98. F. 1, ’06. 70w.
“Many passages in this smart piece read well, and the study of feminine jealousy it involves has not been surpassed since Colman’s ‘Jealous wife.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 898. D. 16, ’05. 200w.
=Fitch, William Edwards.= Some neglected history of North Carolina, including the battle of Alamance, the first battle of the American revolution. $2. Neale.
“The value of the book lies wholly in the original documents reprinted from the North Carolina Records.” Theodore Clark Smith.
+ – =Atlan.= 98: 705. N. ’06. 210w.
=Fitchett, William Henry.= Unrealized logic of religion; a study in credibilities. *$1.25. Eaton.
The author deals with a wide field, and apparently with unrelated subjects, but his object is to show that “when widely separated points in literature, history, science, philosophy and common life are tried by their relation to religion they instantly fall into logical terms with it.” Under the headings: History; Science; Philosophy; Literature; Spiritual life; and Common life he discusses such subjects as; The logic of the missionary; of our relation to nature; of the infinitesimal; of human speech; of answered prayers; of unproved negatives; and of half-knowledge, in which he gives “examples of the innumerable correspondences which link the spiritual and secular realms together.”
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“It is a very strong book. The author has read widely, thought deeply and knows his ground thoroly.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 823. O. 4, ’06. 170w.
=Lit. D.= 32: 248. F. 17, ’06. 820w.
+ =Outlook.= 82: 572. Mr. 10, ’06. 150w.
“That the words ‘logic’ and ‘logical’ are the most applicable to his reasonings we certainly doubt. A few pages of his book suggest the obvious criticism that there is much more of rhetoric than logic in it. The pertinence of the criticism may be concerned, but it does not derogate from the value of the work.”
+ + – =Spec.= 95: 930. D. 2, ’05. 1640w.
=Fitz, George Wells, and Fitz, Rachel Kent.= Problems of babyhood; building a constitution, forming a character. **$1.25. Holt.
This two-fold study of the controllable aspects of child development furnishes conclusions reached from the standpoint of the physician, the teacher, the mother and the father. “It is hoped that thru its frank and practical treatment of some of the many problems presented by parenthood it may give courage to withstand the criticism of tradition and convention, strength to resist the modern tendency to indulgence, faith to fight for the child’s birthright of a sane mind in a sane body.”
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=R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’06. 70w.
“There is an air of authority, based on experience and the unmistakable certificate of good common sense about ‘Problems of babyhood.’”
+ =World To-Day.= 11: 764. Jl. ’06. 90w.
=FitzGerald, Edward.= Euphranor: a dialogue on youth. *75c. Lane.
“Many will read this charming reprint of a forgotten book not for its educational, but for its literary charm, for in it FitzGerald proved himself a master of the two crafts.”
+ + – =Acad.= 69: 1330. D. 23, ’05. 950w.
=Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington.= Sir Henry Irving: a biography. **$3. Jacobs.
Mr. Fitzgerald’s biography was published during Irving’s life time. This issue includes ten years of added happenings, making it a complete sketch.
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“There is still room, however, for a full critical account of Irving the actor.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ – =Dial.= 41: 384. D. 1, ’06. 360w.
“Mr. Fitzgerald’s volume will hardly be a rival of Bram Stoker’s more elaborated and formal one. At the same time, it has a value that is quite its own.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 140w.
“It would be better if it were a little more conservative and little less discursive.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 398. N. 8, ’06. 890w.
“We commend Mr. Fitzgerald’s biography of Irving to persons who want a handsome book about a great actor, containing the story of his life, told in a kindly way.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 724. N. 3, ’06. 280w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 757. D. ’06. 180w.
=Spec.= 96: 505. Mr. 31, ’06. 100w.
=Fitzgerald, Sybil.= In the track of the Moors. *$6. Dutton.
“Ranging over wide fields of knowledge, it betrays ignorance which should have deterred the writer ... from venturing anywhere near them. Solecisms are sown so thickly that the charitable supposition of printer’s errors cannot cover half the sins. Nevertheless, the writer has observed many things truly, and said some things well.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 46. F. 9, ’06. 590w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 170w.
=Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty.= Life of Granville. 2v. $10. Longmans.
“In every way very competent for it, the biographer has done his work sympathetically.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 666. Ap. ’06. 2350w.
=Blackwood’s M.= 178: 792. D. ’05. 6660w.
“This is not only an interesting and readable book, but, as indeed was to be expected, a permanently valuable contribution to our political history.” Augustine Birrell.
+ + + =Contemporary R.= 88: 769. D. ’05. 6100w.
“It is not, I may add, too political for the reading of any American who loves to read of the history of his own time in England written so absolutely from the inside as is this.” Jeannette L. Gilder.
+ =Critic.= 48: 354. Ap. ’06. 1210w.
“If these two portly volumes cannot lay claim to full equality of style and political insight to John Morley’s monumental work on Gladstone, among the lives of the statesmen of the Victorian era, they may be ranked second, with Charles Stuart Parker’s ‘Sir Robert Peel’ forming a close third.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 741. Mr. 24, ’06. 1090w.
“A work of immense importance in its bearing upon the history of England from 1850 to 1890.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 120w.
“The biographer has done his work well. American readers will find amusement as well as instruction in this excellent biography.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 224. Mr. 15, ’06. 2090w.
=Flammarion, Nicolas Camille.= Thunder and lightning; tr. by Walter Mostyn. **$1.25. Little.
An abridged form of the French work discussing the victim of lightning, atmospheric electricity, the flash and the sound; giving the effect of lightning on mankind, animals, trees and plants, metals, objects, houses, etc.; showing the curious freaks of fireballs, and concluding with a chapter on pictures made by lightning.
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“The translation is exceedingly well done, and we have noticed but one mistake.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 364. Mr. 24. 440w.
=Dial.= 40: 331. My. 16, ’06. 410w.
“Apart from the above mentioned differences the English translation is well done, and will be found very interesting reading.”
+ =Nature.= 73: 196. D. 28, ’05. 210w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 397. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“Seems less concerned to explain the marvelous occurrences by recognized laws than to startle the reader and convince him that there is much that is inexplicable in electricity.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 858. Ap. 14, ’06. 80w.
=Fleming, John Ambrose.= Principles of electric wave telegraphy. *$6.60. Longmans.
A treatise based to a large extent upon the author’s Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts in London. It is a three part work treating respectively of electric oscillations, electric waves, and electric wave telegraphy.
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“The book seems destined to occupy the same place in the field of oscillatory currents as the author’s work on the ‘Alternating current transformer’ did in the field of ordinary alternating currents. It is a book deserving the careful attention of the student, of the physicist, and of the engineer, as well as of the telegrapher.” Samuel Sheldon.
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 54. Jl. 12, ’06. 530w.
“In Dr. Fleming’s book is to be found a treatment of the subject which is exhaustive and thorough both on the theoretical and practical sides. It is a book which has been wanted and will be warmly welcomed.” Maurice Solomon.
+ + + =Nature.= 74: 291. Jl. 26, ’06. 490w.
=Fleming, Walter Lynwood.= Civil war and reconstruction in Alabama. **$5. Macmillan.
“Prof. Fleming’s aim is to trace the course of the civil war in his native state ... particularly in its political and social aspects, from its beginning to the breaking down of reconstruction in 1874.... The book is divided into six sections, treating consecutively: “Secession,” “War times in Alabama,” “The aftermath of war,” “Presidential restoration,” “Congressional reconstruction,” and “Carpetbag and negro rule.” All these phases of the theme are discussed freely and with a wealth of detail and fullness of bibliography that must delight the student’s heart. The general reader will also find much that is new, many a story or party episode told in such a way as to be truly illuminating.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The author’s sympathies are decidedly with the South, but the work is free from bitterness or prejudice, and is on the whole as impartial an account as one can expect from any writer on this subject.” William O. Scroggs.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 943. Jl. ’06. 570w.
“The spirit in which this book is written and the personal equation of the writer are fairly open to criticism. On the whole, the author is to be commended for a scholarly and critical treatment of a most highly important historical epoch.” Charles C. Pickett.
+ + – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 430. Mr. ’06. 1130w.
“The most comprehensive and valuable work of this kind that has yet been written.” James Wilford Garner.
+ + + =Dial.= 40: 150. Mr. 1, ’06. 1040w.
+ =Ind.= 61: 1171. N. 15, ’06. 20w.
“Professor Fleming’s method, for scientific precision and efficiency, could hardly be surpassed, even by a guillotine. Nevertheless, we consider this volume a very important contribution to the history of its period.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 349. Ap. 26, ’06. 1910w.
“It is diffuse, poorly arranged, notwithstanding the elaborate scheme or outline presented in the table of contents. In this the subdivisions seem to be so minute as to become a source of embarrassment to the author. Another difficulty closely allied to this one is the frequent repetition of the same ideas. But despite these blemishes—important though they be—the book is eminently worth while. It is a magazine of information for the general reader.” William E. Dodd.
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 34. Ja. 20, ’06. 1440w.
“An admirable, piece of work.”
+ + =Outlook.= 83: 89. My. 12, ’06. 400w.
Reviewed by David Miller DeWitt.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 535. S. ’06. 1800w.
=Fletcher, Ella Adelia.= Philosophy of rest. 75c. Dodge.
The philosophy of rest is preached in four peaceful little essays which this tranquil philosopher calls; The unrest of our day, The cultivation of soul-force, The ministrations of nature and silence, and To conserve force.
=Flint, Robert.= Socialism. **$2. Lippincott.
A reprint of the work brought out in 1894. “As becomes its author, ‘Socialism’ is a philosophical essay upon cardinal points of doctrine, and does not deal with the history and present position of socialistic speculation or agitation.” (Nation.)
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=Ind.= 61: 1058. N. 1, ’06. 580w.
=Nation.= 83: 348. O. 25, ’06. 80w.
=Outlook.= 84: 287. S. 29, ’06. 240w.
=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= The saint (Il santo): authorized tr.; with introd. by W. R. Thayer. †$1.50. Putnam.
“Piero Maironi, a young Brescian, is summoned from an intrigue with a married woman ... to the deathbed of his wife.... In the little church adjoining the asylum Maironi has a vision which alters the whole course of his life. He leaves the world and adopts the name of Benedetto, but remains a layman and joins no religious order. Driven from the monastery ... he goes forth to preach to the people and is hailed by the peasants as a saint and a miracle-worker. He disclaims miraculous power; and a sick man, who is brought to him to be healed, dies under his roof.... Naturally Benedetto is discarded by his ignorant followers.... And he goes to Rome, where he becomes the leader of a movement for the reform of the church. Naturally, again he comes into conflict with ecclesiastical authority, and ... he is relentlessly pursued by Vatican intrigue ... is practically turned into the streets, but is taken in by an agnostic professor ... in whose house he dies, apparently a failure but foretelling with undying faith the triumph of his cause in the person of his disciples.”—Spec.
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“The English version reads fairly well as a piece of English, but as a translation it is not satisfactory and the author’s meaning is often inadequately represented or even distorted. But it will give the English reader a very fair idea of the book as a whole, and he will miss nothing essential.”
+ – =Acad.= 71: 38. Jl. 14, ’06. 1090w.
“One feels compelled to protest against any confusion of the greatness of ‘Il santo’ as a piece of brilliant polemics, a powerful theological brief, with its worth as a novel. Frankly, it is not a great novel; it is too defective in technique, it lacks on the one hand the rugged simplicity of Verga, on the other the melodious rhythm and artistic proportions of d’Annunzio. Nevertheless, it remains one of the most interesting human documents that have come from Italy in the last quarter century.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + – =Bookm.= 24: 261. N. ’06. 1760w.
“Very acceptable English version now given us.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 41: 281. N. 1, ’06. 1180w.
=Ind.= 61: 1159. N. 15, ’06. 60w.
=Lit. D.= 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“Fogazzaro’s Italian is not the highly poetical medium manipulated by Gabriele d’Annunzio. It is saner, simpler, and more direct, while the wide sympathy, kindness of heart, and light, wholesome humor of Fogazzaro incite, maintain, and develop the reader’s respect.” Walter Littlefield.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 496. Ag. 11, ’06. 2800w.
“The book has gained a place of power among the factors of coming change.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 283. S. 29, ’06. 1430w.
“It appeals to the intelligence and to the religious instincts on every page.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 224. N. ’06. 340w.
“This task [to illustrate in the guise of romance, with a modern St. Francis of Assisi as its central figure, the four ‘spirits of evil’] has been achieved by Signor Fogazzaro with such eloquence, and yet such reverence and restraint, that the action of the Curia in proscribing his work is little short of the inexplicable.”
+ =Spec.= 96: 1043. Je. 30, ’06. 900w.
=Folsom, Justus Watson.= Entomology, with special reference to its biological and economic aspects. *$3. Blakiston.
Although planned primarily for the student this volume is intended also for the general reader, and gives “a comprehensive and concise account of insects.” As a rule only the commonest kinds of insects are referred to in the text, in order that the reader may easily use the text as a guide to personal observation. The anatomy of insects, their physiology, color, relations to plants, other animals, and man, their behavior, distribution, etc., are fully treated and the volume is profusely illustrated and has a bibliography and an index.
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“It is well adapted to general readers who want books on insects more advanced than the small popular works.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 260. Ag. 2, ’06. 120w.
“It easily takes rank not only with the best treatises on entomology, but among those which modern zoological science has produced. The author’s style is simple, concise, and lucid. His treatment of other writers is uniformly generous and just.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 206. S. 6, ’06. 990w.
“Here is an abundance of practically useful as well as interesting knowledge.”
+ + =Outlook.= 83: 814. Ag. 4, ’06. 250w.
“The style is never prolix, and although verbal infelicities are rather too frequent, the meaning is rarely obscure. The book as a whole is excellent, and will be most useful to the general student.” J. G. N.
+ + – =Science=, n.s. 24: 589. N. 9, ’06. 730w.
=Forbush, Rev. William Byron.= Boys’ life of Christ. **$1.25. Funk.
The author has made a strong appeal to boys thru this vivid and natural biography of Jesus. His aim is “to show the manly, heroic, chivalric, intensely real, and vigorously active qualities of Jesus,” to approach the divine Jesus thru the human greatness.
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“The author of this work has written one of the most fascinating stories for the young, apart from all consideration of the subject, that we have read in years.”
+ + =Arena.= 35: 221. F. ’06. 280w.
“It is remarkably well done.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 140. Ja. 20, ’06. 100w.
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 910. Ap. 21, ’06. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 50w.
=Ford, Ellis A.= Challenge of the spirit. **30c. Crowell.
A monograph whose keynote is sounded in the following: “Life itself is revelation,” says Mr. Ford, “in all that I myself have felt or have known through watching others I find the triumph of spirit over sense, the gain on things unseen through the instrumentality of the seen.”
=Ford, Richard.= Letters of Richard Ford. 1797–1858; ed. by Rowland E. Prothero. *$3.50. Dutton.
Mr. Ford’s letters are filled with the inimitable humor that made his guide book to Spain so popular. These letters written in 1830 from Spain to Henry Unwin Addington, then British minister to Madrid, “convey in piquant language Mr. Ford’s first impressions of ‘an original peculiar people, potted for six centuries.’” (Ath.) The editor says “To the artist, the historian, the sportsman, and the antiquary, to the student of dialects, the observer of manners and customs, the lover of art, the man of sentiment, Spain in 1830 offered an enchanting field, an almost untrodden Paradise. In Ford all these interests were combined, not merely as tastes, but as enthusiasms.”
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“Mr. Prothero’s connecting narrative is skilful and clear.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 389. Mr. 31. 870w.
+ =Dial.= 40: 265. Ap. 16, ’06. 360w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 64. F. 23, ’06. 950w.
“A graceful but slight book. Only the ghost of Ford has passed into these pages.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 492. Je. 14, ’06. 430w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 256. Ap. 21, ’06. 650w.
+ =Outlook.= 83: 92. My. 12, ’06. 40w.
“Excellent letters ... edited with the utmost discretion.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 1038. D. 16, ’05. 1290w.
=Fordham, Elias Pym.= Personal narrative of travels in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky; and of a residence in Illinois territory, 1817–1818; ed. with notes, introd. and index by Frederick Austin Ogg. *$3. Clark, A. H.
This manuscript, hitherto unpublished was written anonymously in 1817–18 by a young Englishman who assisted Morris Birkbeck in establishing his Illinois settlement. The journeys are “rich in personalia of early settlers, remarks on contemporary history and politics, state of trade, agriculture, prices, and information on local history not obtainable elsewhere ... and make accessible to historical students much new and important material.”
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“It might be added that Mr. Ogg’s prefatory description of the westward movement during this period, showing the economic condition of both Old and New World under which Fordham made his tour and his observations, is as interesting as anything Fordham wrote.” Edwin E. Sparks.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 150. O. ’06. 4420w.
Reviewed by Theodore Clarke Smith.
=Atlan.= 98: 703. N. ’06. 60w.
+ + =Nation.= 82: 510. Je. 21, ’06. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 357. Je. 2, ’06. 140w.
“It is a most enjoyable narrative, and of real historical importance.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 254. N. ’06. 100w.
“The volume contains much new material on the local history of the region over which Fordham’s travels extended.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 123. Jl. ’06. 100w.
=Foreman, John.= Philippine islands. *$6. Scribner.
This third edition of Mr. Foreman’s “Political, geographical, ethnographical, social, and commercial history of the Philippine archipelago, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule with an account of the succeeding American insular government” is not only revised and enlarged but contains several chapters upon our administration in the Philippines since February 6, 1899, not found in the earlier editions. The volume is abundantly illustrated.
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“Jumble of facts and fancies, information and misinformation.”
– =Ind.= 61: 514. Ag. 30, ’06. 980w.
“Such a work as this is of scant value to anyone.”
– =Nation.= 83: 201. S. 6, ’06. 350w.
“The author’s knowledge is so broad and complete that even his criticisms (and he does criticise) are likely not to be resented. The work fulfills all that is implied in its sub-title; it is so complete that it is not possible adequately to catalogue its contents in a short notice.” George R. Bishop.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 561. S. 15, ’06. 2230w.
=Forman, Justus Miles.= Buchanan’s wife. †$1.50. Harper.
Beatrix Buchanan, for two years married to a man whom she does not love, finds her lot unbearable. The “droop to her mouth” reveals the state of her mind and incidentally betrays the fact that she had not made the way all sunshine for her husband. Grown cynical and harsh, with the “desperately shy sweetness” entirely crushed having nothing to nourish it, Buchanan disappears one night from the world. The day of Beatrix’ happiness must dawn. She tricks the man she loves by purposely lying when called to identify a body resembling her husband. After her marriage a little “gray tramp” steps into her rose garden with mind as well as lungs gone. It is the pitiable shadow of her husband and in her misery she ministers to him till death. The story is one of a woman’s will dramatically expressed.
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“A preposterous yarn, which has little power to arouse sympathy, and which depends for its effects upon trickiness and crude melodrama.” Wm. M. Payne.
– =Dial.= 41: 242. O. 16, ’06. 200w.
“Really a most remarkable tale, told in a forked lightning literary style, that is very shocking to the reader’s nerves.”
– – =Ind.= 61: 939. O. 18, ’06. 310w.
“Mr. Forman’s new novel has a rather sensational flavor.”
– + =Lit. D.= 33: 429. S. 29, ’06. 400w.
“Nothing and nobody within the covers of the book could possibly have happened; all the same it does grip one’s interest.”
– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 519. Ag. 25, ’06. 210w.
“The weakness of the book lies in its confusion of two literary methods, one objective and melodramatic, the other an analysis of character and its development.”
– + =Outlook.= 84: 140. S. 15, ’06. 190w.
=Forman, Samuel Eagle.= Advanced civics: the spirit, the form, and the functions of the American government. *$1.25. Century.
+ =Bookm.= 22: 643. F. ’06. 120w.
“It offers to the student a large mass of information, clearly expressed, and free from the inaccuracies so common in text books on civics.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 800. Ap. 5, ’06. 80w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 124. Ja. ’06. 90w.
“A valuable handbook for every American citizen, an interesting guide into the field of politics, and an inspiring counselor to duty.” Edward E. Hill.
+ + =School R.= 23: 384. My. ’06. 890w.
=Forrest, Rev. David William.= Authority of Christ. *$2. Scribner.
“The thesis is that Jesus is not to be regarded as authority in matters of literary criticism, to determine the authorship of a Psalm or to decide whether the stories about Abraham are legendary or historical, but that his authority consists purely in his ‘final revelation of religious truth and practice, of “what man is to believe concerning God, and what duties God requires of man.”’”—Nation.
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“Has something of the heaviness which characterizes doctrinal discussions of the older sort. The second chapter of the book, however, on ‘The legitimate extension of Christ’s authority,’ is a valuable bit of arrangement.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 1057. N. 1, ’06. 200w.
+ – =Nation.= 83: 37. Jl. 12, ’06. 250w.
“Dr. Forrest is careful to give a logical completeness to his treatment of his subject.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 643. Ap. 28, ’06. 430w.
=Fosdick, Lucian J.= French blood in America. **$2. Revell.
The first portion of her work is devoted to a survey of the Huguenots prior to their coming to America. Then follow an account of the unsuccessful attempts to found Huguenot colonies in North America, and the story of the beginnings at Plymouth, New Amsterdam, and Virginia.
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=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 208. O. ’06. 40w.
“The purpose of the whole is to exalt the part played by Huguenot exiles and their descendants, but the claims advanced are so boundless and the critical ability displayed so slender as to provoke incredulity.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
– + =Atlan.= 98: 703. N. ’06. 90w.
“By reason of loose arrangement, repetition and undiscriminating admiration we lose a notable chapter of American history. In this wide field, Mr. Fosdick has worked with enthusiasm, tho not with care.”
– + =Ind.= 61: 941. O. 18, ’06. 450w.
“Mr. Fosdick appears to have no sense whatever of historical objectivity. Apart from its anxiety to prove too much this book is a useful recapitulation of what has been accomplished in the United States by people of French Protestant origin.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 171. Ag. 23, ’06. 530w.
“Mr. Fosdick’s book does not rank in scholarship with Douglas Campbell’s almost forgotten book, but it is as good as some other books of ‘claimings’ and will hold its own for some time to come.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 358. Je. 2, ’06. 280w.
“The defects of the book are so serious that we cannot recommend it either as an authoritative or interesting contribution to its subject.”
– =Outlook.= 83: 528. Je. 30, ’06. 270w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 124. Jl. ’06. 130w.
“We cannot help thinking that the book might have been ordered; but it was worth writing, and is certainly worth reading.”
+ – =Spec.= 97: 174. Ag. 4, ’06. 290w.
=Foster, George Burman.= Finality of the Christian religion. *$4. Univ. of Chicago press.
Following an introduction and an historical two parts; “Christianity as authority-religion,” and “Christianity as religion of the moral consciousness of man.” In the first section the rise, development, and disintegration of Christianity as authority-religion is historico-critically traced. In the second section, Christianity as religion of the moral consciousness is defined in antithesis to the extremes of naturalism and clericalism.
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“Taken altogether, his style has so little in common with the ordinary usage of British and American theologians that it is not transparent enough to make the reading of the book a pleasure, unless it be to the narrowest specialist. What ... is the secret of Professor Foster’s success? Plainly, it is the vitality of his constructive idea, and the earnest, almost passionate, manner in which he works out its legitimate outline. He has neglected no important work upon any phase of his subject.” Andrew C. Zenos.
+ + – =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 529. Jl. ’06. 3190w.
“He is too closely dependent upon particular German writers.” P. Gardner.
+ + – =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 535. Jl. ’06. 2100w.
“From the standpoint of a layman, I must confess that the book seems to me too much elaborated in many places.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 324. My. 16, ’06. 530w.
“It is the gravest defect of Professor Foster’s work that he has so much to say by way of approach to his subject, and so little, in proportion, on the subject itself.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 926. Ap. 19, ’06. 1220w.
=Ind.= 61: 1166. N. 15, ’06. 80w.
=Lit. D.= 32: 484. Mr. 31, ’06. 1500w.
=Lit. D.= 32: 573. Ap. 14, ’06. 810w.
“Dr. Foster’s argument is close and learned; not easy to read, but to be studied and pondered over.”
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 289. My. 5, ’06. 370w.
“Both in source and substance this is a significant book, though opening no line of thought quite new.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 86. My. 12, ’06. 850w.
=Foster, John Watson.= Practice of diplomacy. **$3. Houghton.
The audience reached in this work is mainly that made up of men in the diplomatic service of the nation, and the author discusses in an informing manner the utility of the diplomatic service, the duties of diplomats and their rank qualifications, the consular service, the negotiation and framing of treaties, arbitration and international claims.
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“His style is so simple and his chapters are so enlivened with interesting incidents and sensible criticisms that even readers entirely unfamiliar with diplomatic work will have no difficulty in understanding and enjoying him.”
+ + – =Ind.= 61: 1287. N. 29, ’06. 790w.
“Tho technical in part as setting forth the rules and procedure of diplomatic intercourse, it has been prepared for the general reader and, needless to say, it has the literary distinction which characterizes the works of this experienced and able writer on diplomacy.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 767. N. 24, ’06. 250w.
=Fountain, Paul.= Eleven eaglets of the west. **$3. Dutton.
The “eleven eaglets” of the title are the states or territories of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. The work “is the record of several journeys made by the author in the days when the Wild West was, with a few exceptions, still a wilderness. He travelled with a strong party, and was usually, if not always, accompanied by a waggon, which, with infinite labour and astonishing success, was dragged through forests, over rocky heights, and across sandy deserts.... [The book] will have permanent interest as an account of the extreme West as it was forty years ago.” (Ath.)
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“He tells the story of his adventures in a simple, straightforward way, but the conclusions which he sometimes draws from them are not altogether convincing.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 419. Ap. 7. 450w.
“The pictures which he presents of the western states which have already changed so greatly are assuredly worthy of preservation.”
+ =Critic.= 49: 190. Ag. ’06. 140w.
“Any one unfamiliar with that section of the continent would carry away from the perusal of his book a most confused impression of its geographical features, and of either its past or its present social and industrial conditions.”
– =Nation.= 82: 299. Ap. 12, ’06. 200w.
“One sees that the author is an observer of catholicity. His book, though the travels are travels of so long ago, is singularly refreshing. Informing enough also, though you need not pin your faith too utterly to all the things that are said.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 533. S. 1, ’06. 1350w.
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 500. Ap. 21, ’06. 150w.
=Fowler, Rev. Charles Henry.= Missionary addresses. *$1. West. Meth. bk.
A group of seven missionary addresses on the following subjects: Missions and world movements. Our opportunity. The reflex influence of missions. The message, Home and heathen missions contrasted, The field. The supreme need of the heathen and Divinity of the missionary idea.
=Fowler, Ellen Thorneycroft (Mrs. Alfred Laurence Felkin).= The subjection of Isabel Carnaby. †$1.50. Dodd.
The reappearance of Isabel Carnaby, married and happy makes this story a sequel to Mrs. Felkin’s “Concerning Isabel Carnaby.” “First we have our old friend Isabel, who heroically refrains from sacrificing to a purely personal whim the whole of her husband’s political career; secondly, a half-caste girl, married to a good-natured imbecile of an Englishman whom she finds it impossible to love until (in the disguise of a man) she has felt the weight of his, literally, heavy hand; thirdly a parson whose desertion of his wife, arising from a sequence of incredible occurrences, is by her endured with a meekness which is happily as incredible.” (Ath.)
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“In general, the smart and good-natured aphorisms in which the book abounds seem to us as remote from reality as is the framework of the story.”
– + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 634. My. 26. 330w.
“In ‘The subjection of Isabel Carnaby’, Miss Fowler has come almost within sight of the borderland of the masterpieces.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 645. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
“Somewhat long and extremely loquacious new novel. The author is far too deeply engaged in upholding a thesis to linger for long over any of the facts which she chronicles.”
– =Lond. Times.= 5: 170. My. 11, 06. 530w.
“The combination of fun with brilliance is her own, absolutely. Her ceaseless sense of the incongruity of congruities, and vice versa, makes an effect as of punning with ideas. There are a few excellent little sermons in the book, and many evidences that the writer thinks her thoughts in the language of David and Paul.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 640w.
“Mrs. Felkin appears to be a good woman and a loving wife who had nothing particular to say, and in the course of 357 pages has said it very well.”
– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 666. O. 13, ’06. 340w.
“Miss Fowler is an author of irresistible wit and cleverness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 809. D. 1, ’06. 90w.
“This story of her married life is not satisfying, although it is full of those clever generalizations for which the writer has a special gift.”
+ – =Outlook.= 84: 584. N. 3, ’06. 120w.
“The story is neither deep nor vital, but it is entertaining and refreshing.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
“The reader’s feeling of gratitude to her is not due for any subtle analysis of character, but for the brilliant powers of repartee with which she invests her characters.”
+ – =Spec.= 96: 950. Je. 16, ’06. 220w.
=Fowler, Nathaniel Clark, jr.= Starting in life: what each calling offers ambitious boys and young men; il. by Charles Copeland. **$1.50. Little.
Authoritative and practical is this guide to the selection of a calling in life. The author has summoned to his aid successful representatives of each of the thirty different lines of work discussed. The book represents composite opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of all the vocations of life which young men are likely to enter.
=Fowles, George Milton.= Down in Porto Rico. 75c. Meth. bk.
“This is an unpretending little volume, giving in plain, matter-of-fact way a description of the island, its inhabitants, and their characteristics and customs.”—Outlook.
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“His account, moreover, is marked by a strong religious bias.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 363. Je. 1, ’06. 260w.
“It is written in a fair spirit, is neither critical nor eulogistic, but simply descriptive, is free from all affectation of fine writing, but is not characterized by either brilliance of style, pictorial description, or philosophic generalizations.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 284. Je. 2, ’06. 90w.
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 126. O. ’06. 60w.
=France, Jacques Anatole Thibault.= Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard, tr. and introd. by Lafcadio Hearn. †$1.25. Harper.
A new edition of this delightful story of that dear old man, Sylvestre Bonnard, member of the Institute and scholar of world-wide reputation, who has lived a long life in the congenial companionship of his books and his cat, treasuring thru the years the memory of the love of his youth. When he finds the daughter of his Clémentine poor and abused he seeks, with a child-like ignorance of the world’s ways, to help her and in so doing commits his great crime: but by it he gains his point and becomes god-father to Jeanne’s romance and to her children.
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“Even Lafcadio Hearn’s translation can hardly render in English all the charm of this wholly delightful story in which M. France put all the grace of style and delicacy of characterization which are his in his inspired moments.”
+ + =Critic.= 49: 286. S. ’06. 90w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 21. Jl. 1, ’06. 40w.
“The story has had many translators, but of them all the translator of the present edition, Lafcadio Hearn, has been most happy in preserving the elusive fragrance of sentiment in this beautiful old rose-jar of a book.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 397. Ag. 16, ’06. 190w.
=Nation.= 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 50w.
“Mr. Hearn’s skill as a translator is admirably shown in this book. There are some trifling errors of date in the story.”
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 411. Je. 23, ’06. 190w.
=Francis of Assisi, St. (Giovanni Francisco Bernadone Assisi).= Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi, newly tr. into English, with introd. and notes by Father Paschal Robinson. $1. Dolphin press.
“A simple, tasteful volume containing the work of Saint Francis, including a group of six letters translated by Father Paschal Robinson, of the Order of Friars Minor. The translator supplies an introduction which gives some account of the writings, makes some comment on their quality, and gives a brief history of the manuscripts and the various editions. A series of notes, an appendix relating to doubtful, lost, and spurious writings, and a bibliography, with an index, give the volume ... a completeness which many books of this kind lack.”—Outlook.
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=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 739. Ap. ’06. 50w.
“Altogether, the volume is that of a thoroughly devout scholar, and should take the place of much of the well-meaning literature of St. Francis which has become so common of recent years, but has little to commend it except its good intentions.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 146. Mr. 10, ’06. 450w.
+ =Outlook.= 82: 328. F. 10, ’06. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 70w.
“We may pronounce the apparatus of this book to be the best bit of modern work done in English on S. Francis of Assisi. The actual translation is to our mind the least unsatisfactory, as it certainly is the least important, part of the book.”
+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 826. Je. 30, ’06. 320w.
“Father Robinson has done an excellent piece of work, carefully avoiding giving offence to those who, while admiring St. Francis, do not accept the Roman obedience.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 270. Ag. 25, ’06. 240w.
=Frankau, Mrs. Julia (Frank Danby, pseud.).= Sphinx’s lawyer. †$1.50. Stokes.
A story which perpetuates the spirit of a dead man, a “moral lunatic” thru the wife’s unceasing energy to carry on his cult. “Errington Welch-Kennard, the lawyer, is apparently the high priest of a band of admirers who revolve about the ‘sofa-bed’ of Sybil Algernon Heseltine, for the avowed purpose of keeping alive the dead man’s notorious memory. At much damage to his reputation, the hero has stood by her and her husband through their worst days and now consoles the widow with a genuine friendship which the pair are content to let the world misunderstand. Sybil’s revenge upon fate is to draw young men under the blighting influence of her husband’s life and work, but having a real affection for the lawyer, she bestirs herself to find him a wife, judging that at forty, after an unsavoury career which has exhausted his resources, nothing else can secure him safety and happiness.” (Bookm.)
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“The book is irredeemiably vulgar; vulgar in design, vulgar in execution.”
– – =Acad.= 70: 383. Ap. 21, ’06. 180w.
“A mistake both in its motive and its manner.”
– =Ath.= 1906, 1: 542. My. 5. 260w.
“The book is good enough to provoke interest. For the robust, ‘The sphinx’s lawyer’ is not insipid reading; and granted her chosen milieu, Mrs. Frankau does not needlessly offend the timid.” Mary Moss.
+ – =Bookm.= 23: 630. Ag. ’06. 950w.
“Her book is simply bestial in its implications. There is a skill in the exhibition no doubt, but to any right-minded person it is disgusting.”
– – + =Critic.= 49: 285. S. ’06. 300w.
“A clever woman who uses her talent perversely is about what we have learned to think of the writer who calls herself ‘Frank Danby.’” Wm. M. Payne.
– + =Dial.= 41: 114. S. 1, ’06. 240w.
=Lit. D.= 33: 284. S. 1, ’06. 190w.
– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 447. Jl. 14, ’06. 430w.
=Franklin, Benjamin.= Writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed., with a life and introd. by Albert H. Smyth. **$3. Macmillan.
When complete, this ten-volume work will be “almost certain to be the final edition of Franklin’s work and correspondence.” (Outlook.) It is authoritative, and is compiled from original sources, with material arranged in chronological order. The author “has utilized the Franklin papers, obtained in 1903 by the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the famous Stevens collection in the Library of Congress, and the thirteen thousand documents that are the property of the American Philosophical society. He has also ransacked the archives of Great Britain and of four continental nations, and has made many interesting ‘finds.’ Furthermore, he has taken pains to secure accurate transcripts and has corrected more than two thousand errors that had crept into former editions.” (Forum.) Two volumes have thus far appeared.
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“What promises to be the most complete edition of Franklin and one of the most valuable contributions to American historical and literary scholarship. His own labors to add to the materials amassed by his immediate predecessor have evidently been very great and successful.” W. P. Trent.
+ + =Forum.= 37: 404. Ja. ’06. 2630w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Admirable new edition.” Paul Elmer More.
+ + =Ind.= 60: 98. Ja. 11, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
“It would be easy to quarrel with Mr. Smyth for the scantiness and rather vague purpose of his notes. But in other and more essential respects this edition deserves the highest praise. It is far more complete than any hitherto published.”
+ + – =Ind.= 60: 1108. My. 10, ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 4–6.)
=Ind.= 61: 1235. N. 22, ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 8 and 9.)
“As the third general compilation of Franklin’s writings, it must stand against the works of Sparks and Bigelow; and if the promises made are performed, it will surpass in scope and in utility these earlier issues.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 12. Ja. 4, ’06. 620w. (Review of v. 1.)
“In one instance Mr. Smyth has traced the author of two of these rejected essays, and in other instances he omits them because they are ‘dull and trivial.’ The editor’s notes are excellent, but it is puzzling to know how the name of Jarman should have been explained only on its third appearance, and why a reference to Whitefield (p. 234) is allowed to remain concealed in the initials only.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 179. Mr. 1, ’06. 470w. (Review of v. 2.)
“While Mr. Smyth has not found much that was new in this period, his careful observance of textual accuracy much increases the value of what is printed.”
+ + + =Nation.= 82: 429. My. 24, ’06. 300w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ + =Nation.= 82: 511. Je. 21, ’06. 360w. (Review of v. 4.)
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 204. Mr. 31, ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 5.)
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 758. N. 17, ’06. 40w. (Review of v. 8 and 9.)
“In every respect the book is admirably fitted for library use.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ’05. 190w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 180w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 3.)
“As this excellent edition of Franklin’s writings approaches completion its superiority over all former editions is increasingly evident.”
+ + + =R. of Rs.= 34: 125. Jl. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 7.)
=Franklin, Benjamin.= Selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin; ed. by U. Waldo Cutler. 35c. Crowell.
“Its carefully chosen selections should be put by the side of the ‘Autobiography’ on the shelves of the many Americans who are interested in the history and literature of their country, but are unable to allow themselves the luxury of owning either of the two best editions of Franklin’s works.” W. P. Trent.
+ =Forum.= 37: 399. Ja. ’06. 500w.
=Franklin, Benjamin.= Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; printed from the full and authentic text, ed. by William MacDonald. *$1.25. Dutton.
Reviewed by W. P. Trent.
+ + + =Forum.= 37: 400. Ja. ’06. 2520w.
=Franklin, Benjamin.= His life, written by himself; condensed for school use, with notes and a continuation of his life by D. H. Montgomery, with an introd. by W. P. Trent. *40c. Ginn.
The essential portions of Franklin’s autobiography have been retained, to which has been added interesting matter drawn from his other writings. The text is annotated, and of special importance is Professor Trent’s introduction.
=Franklin, Frank George.= Legislative history of naturalization in the United States. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
This study covers the subject of naturalization from the Revolutionary war to 1861 and in it the author has “sought to exhibit the course of opinion” upon the subject “chiefly as it manifested itself in discussion, reports, and legislation at the central forum of American political life.” A good bibliography and index are appended.
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“Unfortunately the scope of the work is too narrow to give it more than a very limited value to the student of citizenship. As a purely ‘legislative history,’ however, there is little to criticize,—except that, it should be brought down to date so as to cover recent legislation.”
+ – =Dial.= 41: 121. S. 1, ’06. 190w.
“The mass of details given by the author ... prevents the mind from clearly grasping the important matter contained in the work. The value and importance of the study, however, cannot be overlooked.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 640. S. 13, ’06. 420w.
“This work presents a careful and exhaustive study.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 483. Ag. 4, ’06. 330w.
“A decidedly useful monograph. The book is not conspicuous for literary graces, its author manifestly being wholly absorbed in the task of accumulating the facts.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 866. Jl. 28, ’06. 180w.
=Frantz, Henri.= French pottery and porcelain. *$2.50. Scribner.
In this late addition to the “Newnes’ library of applied arts,” “The wonderful variety of French ceramics, from the private factory of Hélè de Hengest at Château d’Orion, in the time of Francis I down to the marvels turned out by the Sevres ovens and their extraordinary artistic and useful achievements in crockery in this book molded into a coherent chronicle of events, full of romance and story.... Not a town or a hamlet which produced a marvel of Faience escapes notice. The wonderful Faience violin, a masterpiece of Rouen as well as the polychrome bas-reliefs of Monstiers receive proportional attention in text and illustrations.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The chief objection to the book taken by itself, without comparison with others of the series, is that no attempt is made to carry out the promise of the title. There are signs that the work has been written by some one not familiar with English, or else translated by some one not wholly competent, or not very careful. On the whole, the most important part of the book is its illustrations. These have been made and the examples selected with considerable good taste and thoroughness.”
– – + =Nation.= 83: 40. Jl. 12, ’06. 1130w.
“The volume is most comprehensive, particularly in its records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 329. My. 19, ’06. 280w.
=Fraser, John Foster.= Canada as it is. $2. Cassell.
“This volume is a fair example of modern ‘special correspondent’ book-making. It is clever, confident, readable, and full of salient points and hurried slangy presentations of political situations.” (Spec.) The author “neglects no aspect of the country—the fruit-gardens of Ontario, the factories of Montreal and Toronto, the wheat-fields of Manitoba, the passes of the Rocky mountains, or the lumber forests of British Columbia. Mr. Foster Fraser has looked into every nook and cranny of all these countries with keen journalistic eye, and has swiftly penned his impressions.” (Acad.)
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“The writing is always strong, vigorous, effective. Altogether, this is one of the best books on Canada that has been produced for a long time.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 563. My. 27, ’05. 700w.
“Presents a fairly accurate picture of the Dominion and its policy.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 528. Ap. 29. 180w.
“Gifted with a quick eye, and the wide if not always very deep knowledge of the experienced journalist, he has produced an entirely readable little volume.” Lawrence J. Burpee.
+ – =Dial.= 41: 279. N. 1, ’06. 380w.
“Much of this is set forth attractively in Mr. Fraser’s little book.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 266. Mr. 29, ’06. 1550w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 17. Ja. 13, ’06. 810w.
“In short, Mr. Foster Fraser’s book on the Dominion is both strong and weak in the sense in which his previous work on the United States was strong and weak. There is an undoubted fascination in the cocksure statements conveyed through short, crisp, though occasionally jerky sentences.”
+ + – =Spec.= 95: 502. O. 7, ’05. 460w.
=Fraser, John Foster.= Pictures from the Balkans. $2. Cassell.
The author’s wanderings led him from Belgrade thru Servia, across the Turkish frontier, thru Albania and various parts of Macedonia, Bulgaria, in and out thru cities and wild mountainous country. He tells, in a pleasing fashion of the people and things which he encountered, of the strange medley of nations, governments and religions, of all the contending forces which go to make up that whirlpool known as the Balkans. Forty full page plates from photographs illustrate the volume.
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“The author’s impartiality leads him into a certain amount of contradiction.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 606. My. 19. 570w.
“Mr. Fraser ... contrives to convey a considerable amount of information in an entertaining form, which makes no very exacting demands upon the attention of the reader.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 187. My. 25, ’06. 550w.
“When he avoids politics and mingles with the people and restrains his air of British indifference and intolerance, he is quite charming—particularly in his descriptions of gardens and tobacco-fields and where other elements of natural scenery arouse his artistic instincts.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 597. S. 29, ’06. 2320w.
=Fraser, Mary (Crawford) (Mrs. Hugh Fraser).= In the shadow of the Lord: a romance of the Washingtons. †$1.50. Holt.
Mary Ball who repulsed an unworthy Scottish lover became the second wife of Augustine Washington and sailed with him to Virginia. It is the account of these happenings that opens this romance of the Washingtons. “In due course George is born, and it is his early life which forms the chief interest of the book. He makes an attractive, but somewhat pedantic young hero, but is, indeed, too difficult a subject for Mrs. Fraser, who writes with far more sympathy of his father, a fine old gentleman, and of his mother, a woman who lived and died ‘in the shadow of the Lord,’ than she does of the young lad.” (Lond. Times.)
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“The characterization, which is the mainstay of such a book, is excellent throughout.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 473. O. 20. 260w.
“Mrs. Fraser’s portrait of Washington hardly fills the frame of one’s ideal. Upon the whole, however, the novel is a creditable and interesting picture of colonial days.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 33: 767. N. 24, ’06. 290w.
“She is too ponderous in her study of child life.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 338. O. 5, ’06. 420w.
“If placed in the hands of an intelligent person who, by some anomalous circumstance, had never heard of George Washington, the book would still—ay perhaps more—appeal to the heart and mind as a splendid biography of a splendid family.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 740w.
“The story is well arranged, the persons concerned are sufficiently lifelike and the general effect ... is dignified, and wholesome.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 681. N. 17, ’06. 120w.
“It is a mistake to weary the reader with details of domestic events, marriages, births, and so on, which have nothing to do with the story.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 647. N. 24, ’06. 190w.
“Mrs. Fraser has made her book hang together rather more closely than is the case with most historical novels.”
+ – =Spec.= 97: 442. S. 29, ’06. 490w.
=Fraser, William Alexander.= Thirteen men. †$1.50. Appleton.
Thirteen stories of life in Canada and the East Indies. One of the men happens to be a fighting ram, one a king cobra, another a coon, and still another a collie dog, but they claim the reader’s interest no less than the “squaw-man,” the college-bred man and the Scotch lumberman.
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“One ought not to quarrel with Mr. Fraser’s stories for what they are not when they are so much that is clever and interesting. For they are about things that grip the heart, and they march along with a brave, gay manner that is like a whiff of sea wind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 320w.
“In these stories the matter as well as the manner shows the deadening influence of facile imitation.”
– =Outlook.= 84: 534. O. 27, ’06. 70w.
=Frazer, James G.= Lectures on the early history of the kingship. *$2.75. Macmillan.
These lectures deal with the early history of kingship, and in sketching a general theory of its evolution show that “it was as sagacious magicians rather than valiant warriors that men first gained kingship.” (Outlook.) The first part of the discussion is introductory and illustrative of savage beliefs in general, the second part surveys the field of savage chieftainship and the third part deals with the classical evidence.
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“The points here mentioned detract little from the charm of the work, and those who turn to these lectures for a foretaste of the new ‘Golden bough’ will find, as of old, skilful exposition of the argument, allied to elegance of diction and no little learning.”
+ + – =Acad.= 70: 6. Ja. 6, ’06. 1970w.
“He has made a notable contribution to the literature of primitive sociology.” George Elliott Howard.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 864. Jl. ’06. 1030w.
“It is the effect of a good book not only to teach, but also to stimulate and suggest, and we think this the best and highest quality and one that will recommend these lectures to all intelligent readers, as well as to the learned.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 757. D. 2. 1520w.
“In his handling of the Mediterranean religions, whether he is concerned with legend or with cult, his judgments lack authority and the impress of special insight or adequate study.” Lewis R. Farnell.
+ + – =Hibbert J.= 4: 928. Jl. ’06. 2360w.
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 7. Ja. 5, ’06. 530w.
“Of Dr. Frazer’s charm of style and literary skill in arranging his material it is needless to speak, and the points noted above detract in no way from the interest of the book, which, indeed, might rest its reputation on the classical material alone.” N. W. T.
+ + – =Nature.= 73: sup. 4. N. 30. ’05. 1490w.
“It would not be hazardous to say that Dr. Frazer has shown himself to be the most learned of English scholars. Altogether here as elsewhere in recent years, Dr. Frazer shows himself more ingenious than convincing.” Joseph Jacobs.
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 10: 921. D. 30, ’05. 990w.
“Not often nowadays does one come upon so ingenious a piece of original study as these lectures.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 1040. D. 23, ’05. 210w.
“Interesting and suggestive work.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 112. Ja. 27, ’06. 1140w.
=Freeman, Rev. James Edward.= Man and the Master. 75c. Whittaker.
The chapters on the life of the Master “simply deal with certain phases or aspects of that life and seek to lay emphasis upon cardinal characteristics” without attempting to set forth any chronological order.
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“While there is nothing in these pages which has not been said before, there is nothing which does not need to be said again and again, and it is all said briefly, warmly, impressively.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 92. S. 8, ’06. 60w.
=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor (Wilkins).= Debtor. †$1.50. Harper.
“It is the story itself, with its unlovely incidents too often and too minutely related, that is disappointing.”
+ – =Acad.= 69: 1176. N. 11, ’05. 380w.
+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 860. D. 23. 190w.
“No better book of the honest, old-fashioned kind has appeared this year.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 1340. D. 7, ’05. 660w.
“Not worth telling in its bare outlines, it is made into a masterpiece of Mrs. Freeman’s method.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 217. F. 17, ’06. 430w.
“This is the most unconventional story that Mrs. Freeman has written ... the dénouement is at once artistically and ethically satisfying.”
+ + =Reader.= 7: 227. Ja. ’06. 430w.
“The book is full of little vignettes of village life charmingly depicted, and the story is well put together.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 1129. D. 30, ’05. 280w.
=Freer, William Bowen.= Philippine experiences of an American teacher; a narrative of work and travel in the Philippine islands. **$1.50. Scribner.
“This is a narrative of three years of teaching and travel in the Philippines.... It is particularly interesting for the light it throws on many phases of life and character not noticed to any extent in other books; and the testimony it furnishes of the real progress of American educational work in the island is extremely gratifying.... The book is illustrated with reproductions of photographs of scenery and life.” (Critic.) The author hopes that his book “will result in a better appreciation of some desirable traits of Filipino character, in a stronger conviction of the unwisdom of granting at this time, any greater degree of self-government than the Filipinos already possess, and in a fuller understanding of the work that is being done in the public schools in the attempt to fit the people for the eventual exercise of complete autonomy.”
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“The book is especially valuable for the near views that it gives of the everyday life of the islanders, their manners and customs, and their personal characteristics.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 217. O. ’06. 80w.
“His story, told with a simplicity that recalls ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ conveys a more vivid and life like picture of life among the Filipinos than is to be found in more pretentious volumes.”
– + =Cath. World.= 83: 837. S. ’06. 590w.
+ =Critic.= 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 110w.
“The best part of the book is that which describes the methods employed by the teachers.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 71. Ag. 1, ’06. 410w.
“An easily read, unpretentious, but informative and interesting book.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 995. O. 25, ’06. 440w.
“His work is a valuable one. The book is especially valuable for its pictures of the home life, the personal characteristics, the customs of the plain people of the islands. It is a study from the ground up.” George R. Bishop.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 484. Ag. 4, ’06. 2480w.
“Although his style has no distinction, and is sometimes marred by carelessness, it is unaffected. The author has shown skill in selecting the human, the concrete, the picturesque, to present to his readers, and in giving at the same time the impression that he has shown the typical.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 335. Je. 9, ’06. 220w.
“This narrative of his work and travel in the islands therefore sheds more light on the special conditions which we were called on to face there than all the works of dilettante political economists who have sought to tell the needs of the islands and the short comings of American rule.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 541. Ap. 28, ’06. 1140w.
+ =World To-Day.= 11: 763. Jl. ’06. 150w.
=French, Allen.= Pelham and his friend Tim. †$1.50. Little.
A stirring story for boys in which two chums have various exciting adventures, the chief of which grows out of a mill strike. The tale teaches wholesome lessons of comradeship and charity.
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“Mr. French has infused vigor and action into his pages.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 484. D. 6, ’06. 130w.
“A good, wholesome book for boys, and one that will hold their interest from the first page to the last.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 683. O. 20, ’06. 150w.
=French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French) (Anne Warner, pseud.).= Seeing France with Uncle John. †$1.50. Century.
France as seen with Uncle John is a veritable scenic railway, for the lively and loquacious old gentleman drags his two nieces over the entire map of that interesting country at a rate which makes not only their sightseeing, but the conduct of their love affairs, of which he disapproves, a difficult proposition. His running comment upon the places and things visited is most amusing and forms a clever satire upon the Uncle John type of American. There is much wit, and under the wit wisdom, and the traveler may profitably read it not only for entertainment but as an example of how not to see France.
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Falls so far below what she has taught her readers to expect that even her enemies, if she has any, must be sorry that she has published it. The book provides merely a mild sort of entertainment.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 320w.
“It is quite impossible to read this little satire by Anne Warner without laughter.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 676. N. 17, ’06. 180w.
=French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French).= Susan Clegg and her neighbors’ affairs, †$1. Little.
Susan Clegg once more—nor has she forgotten the little matter of occupying the gossip-stage’s center, and doing the principal bit of talking herself. Mrs. Lathrop is as cheerful a listener as ever, and readily susceptible to Susan’s versions of neighborhood happenings.
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“We do not think, however, that the present volume is quite up to the former short stories by this author, and from our point-of-view it is very inferior to ‘The rejuvenation of Aunt Mary.’”
+ – =Arena.= 36: 334. S. ’06. 120w.
“Latent pathos, the soul of true humor, is entirely absent from the book. The author nearly always relies on grotesque situations, and here her skill is such that the counterfeit often rings like the current coin.”
– + =Lit. D.= 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 320w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 430. Jl. 7, ’06. 170w.
“Her observations are marked by philosophy as well as wit.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 818. Ag. 4, ’06. 200w.
=French, Lillie Hamilton.= Mrs. Van Twiller’s salon. †$1.50. Pott.
Mrs. Van Twiller gathers about her various types of New York society—an artist, a scribe of social doings, a professor, a major, various men of the world, etc.—and dominates the group in characteristic modern salon fashion.
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“An amusing volume on the order of the ‘Potiphar papers.’”
+ =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ’05. 10w.
“The book is not only eminently readable, but very suggestive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ’05. 310w.
=French, Samuel Livingston.= Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863. $2.50. Pub. soc. of New York.
A “concise and effective” history of the movements of the army of the Potomac whose purpose is to award the honors impartially, and to frame an absolutely unbiased and correct judgment concerning the various commanders.
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“Purports to set forth ‘an absolutely unbiased and correct judgment concerning the various commanders.’ The volume consists largely of extracts from documentary material, which the author uses in such a way as effectually to thwart the purpose stated above.”
– =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 210. O. ’06. 50w.
“The volume is composed mainly of extracts from official documents and letters, chosen to bolster up the rather absurd and discredited positions taken by the author.”
– =Dial.= 41: 42. Jl. 16, ’06. 220w.
“Unfortunately excerpt and comment are jumbled together without sufficient typographical distinction between the two, and it is often difficult to tell what is official record and what is Mr. French. The proofreading, moreover, is frequently of a sort to add to the reader’s distress. But the matter collated is of the greatest value.”
– + =Ind.= 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 220w.
“He succeeds in shedding considerable new light upon many acts of the Army of the Potomac and its commanders.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 123. Jl. 2, ’06. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 238. Ap. 14, ’06. 250w.
=Frenssen, Gustav.= Holy land; exclusive authorized tr. of “Hilligenlei;” tr. from the German by Mary Agnes Hamilton. †$1.50. Estes.
“It is less a continuous tale than a collection of charming scenes—simple poetic, realistic—of the lives of humble folk working and striving in a little harbour town in Holstein. The keynote of the book is struck by Hule Beiderwand, ever watching for the coming of a ‘brave man who shall bring the whole land beneath his sword until it is a holy land in deed as in name.’”—Acad.
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“Is an exceptionally interesting book, informed throughout with strong and tender feeling. Miss Hamilton’s translation is excellent, especially as reproducing the atmosphere of poetry and romance and of spiritual enthusiasm which is essentially a charm of the original work.”
+ + =Acad.= 71: 332. O. 6, ’06. 150w.
“Recommend it most heartily to all who regard the art of fiction as something more than a clever spinning of plots and a pleasant arrangement of words.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 400. O. 6. 180w.
“The fundamental impression which it is the author’s purpose to produce is created by a long succession of delicate touches, working upon the subconsciousness of the reader, and gradually combining in cumulative effect.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ + + =Dial.= 41: 282. N. 1, ’06. 860w.
=Lit. D.= 32: 448. Mr. 24, ’06. 1290w.
“With the exception of a few passages which bear evidence of a struggle with the style of the original, the translator’s painstaking work has been successful.”
+ + – =Nation.= 83: 309. O. 11, ’06. 360w.
“Though the preacher Frenssen may justify some chapters by his seriousness of ethical purpose, the artist can offer no apology for his offenses against the canons of good taste.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 595. S. 29, ’06. 910w.
=Frenssen, Gustav.= Jorn Uhl; tr. by F. S. Delmer. †$1.50. Estes.
“To quote his own comment on a German landscape, ‘It was all clearly and finely and most lovingly painted, with a touch of plain rustic honesty, and a rough, hearty fruitfulness in it.’” Mary Moss.
+ =Atlan.= 97: 54. Ja. ’06. 160w.
“Frenssen tells his story with unique power. He tells it from his own soul. He is a vivisector of his subject’s soul. He probes to the primitive spring of action and of feeling. The style is just the vesture which such truth would seem to demand. It is direct, primitive, and as a rule, bald. It is also live, searching and moving.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 318. S. 2, ’05. 1070w.
=Friedenwald, Herbert.= Declaration of independence. **$2. Macmillan.
“Dr. Friedenwald would do well to simplify his style, which is curiously involved.”
+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 422. Ja. ’06. 1000w.
=Friedrich-Friedrich, Emmy von (Emmy von Rhoden, pseud.).= Young violinist; tr. from the 12th ed. of the German of Emma von Rhoden, by Mary E. Ireland. $1. Saalfield.
A pathetic story with a happy ending following the hardships and final happiness of Mignon Marconi, who, when her father died had as an only inheritance her beloved violin. She runs away from cruel treatment, is cared for by a band of traveling musicians and finally becomes the adopted daughter of a lady bountiful.
=Friswell, Laura Hain.= In the sixties and seventies. **$3.50. Turner, H. B.
“A pleasing volume of personal impressions of literary and social people of note.... The author is the daughter of an English essayist and novelist who had agreeable and friendly relations with Thackeray, Cruikshank, Thomas Cooper the Chartist, Kingsley, and other noted men of his generation, while Miss Friswell has many anecdotes of her own acquaintance, Sir Walter Besant, his collaborator, Mr. J. S. Rice, Sir Henry Stanley, William Black, and many writers of our own day.”—Outlook.
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“Is unfortunately disfigured by a good deal of triviality; some egotism, for which, however, the author apologizes handsomely; and one or two indiscreet passages.”
+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 830. D. 16. 280w.
“As a record of ‘Impressions of literary people and others,’ it is vivid, rapid, thoroughly entertaining and seldom frivolous, and, despite occasional carelessness ... generally well written.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + – =Dial.= 40: 188. Mr. 16, ’06. 2240w.
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 770. My. 19, ’06. 200w.
“The contents are not quite worthy of the excellent paper and print of this handsome volume. They would have been more in place in a magazine. This is mainly because there is nothing whatever of political interest and it is usually their politics that make English memoirs worth reading.”
– + =Nation.= 83: 184. Ag. 30, ’06. 420w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 20. Ja. 13, ’06. 240w.
“Her book is of interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 271. Ap. 28, ’06. 960w.
“The book is cheerful reading, and, while it is occasionally trivial, is in the main a good specimen of a class of books which entertain one’s leisure hours in a most satisfactory way.”
+ =Outlook.= 82: 521. Mr. 3, ’06. 130w.
“The book is curiously without ‘purple patches’ ... but it is good to read.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 1091. D. 23, ’05. 260w.
From servitude to service: the history and work of Southern institutions for the education of the negro. *$1.10. Am. Unitar.
“By its freedom from the polemic spirit and by its adherence to actual facts and conditions, this book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of what is happening to the negro.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 418. Mr. ’06. 160w.
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 520. Mr. 3, ’06. 210w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 150w.
=Frothingham, Eugenia Brooks.= Evasion. †$1.50. Houghton.
“About two men and a girl. The weak-willed Apollo cheats at cards, and the strong Antaeus shoulders the blame. The girl marries Apollo out of pity and to help her family, regretting it only once, but for a long time.” (Pub. Opin.) “‘The evasion’ contains a plot absorbing enough to hold one’s attention tensely to the end, but it will be remembered longer for its vivid portrayal of the lives of the idle rich and the convincing contrast drawn in its pages between these seemingly useless members of society and the big majority that counts.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Her style is cosmopolitan and her point of view that of the dweller in both continents, but her spiritual outlook is of the younger world, and to the end we are left in doubt whether she is on the side of authority, or of negation.”
+ – =Acad.= 70: 551. Je. 9, ’06. 350w.
“There is much that is admirable about the volume. But the prologue strikes the wrong note.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ – =Bookm.= 23: 415. Je. ’06. 640w.
“It is so good that one wishes it were better. Miss Frothingham should studiously avoid the morbid and overstrained effects which are her most serious menace as a novelist.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 130w.
“The great army of happy folk who need no warning will find its picture of Boston as accurate as the picture of New York in ‘The house of mirth.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 199. Mr. 31, ’06. 210w.
“The story is interesting, well constructed, and written with charm and spirit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 254. Ap. 21, ’06. 560w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ – =North American.= 182: 927. Je. ’06. 70w.
“The story is strong, and like many strong things not especially pleasant.”
+ – =Pub. Opin.= 40: 480. Ap. 14, ’06. 70w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 20w.
=Fuchs, Karl Johannes.= Trade policy of Great Britain and her colonies since 1860, tr. by Constance H. M. Archibald. *$2.50. Macmillan.
“It is marked by so much of a scientific spirit as to be a really useful aid towards the study of our fiscal history during the period which it covers.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 643. Ap. 28, ’06. 390w.
=Fuller, Caroline Macomber.= Flight of puss Pandora. †$1.50. Little.
Weejums, the alley cat’s kitten, has a formidable rival in Pandora, the apartment cat. Miss Fuller’s pets have a way of opening homes and human hearts for near inspection. But the scrutiny results in lessons of observation and human kindness.
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“An animal tale which will please all children who love cats.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 90w.
=Fuller, Hubert Bruce.= Purchase of Florida; its history and diplomacy. *$2.50. Burrows.
“This elaborate monograph ... was suggested by the author’s conviction that the epoch identified with the acquisition of Florida and with our early entanglement with Spain had not received adequate treatment at the hands of historians, and that a careful elucidation of this period and of the events which marked the struggle to secure New Orleans and the Mississippi would contribute a pregnant and interesting chapter in our national history. For his material Mr. Fuller has gone direct to original sources.”—Lit. D.
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“The result of these investigations has enabled him to present in a new light many momentous episodes in the early diplomatic history of the nation.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 685. N. 10, ’06. 180w.
“Excellent as is Mr. Fuller’s book and valuable as are the new facts that it contains, it is open to two serious criticisms. The material upon which it is based is inadequate, and the knowledge which it displays of European diplomatic situations is insufficient.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 536. D. 20, ’06. 1340w.
“Mr. Fuller’s account of this whole affair is the best we know of.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 757. N. 17, ’06. 1130w.
“Close revision should be had in the event of another edition, and the work thus be made still more valuable to historical students, who will undoubtedly welcome it if only because it gives ready access to much documentary information hitherto not generally available.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 280w.
“A scholarly monograph.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 639. N. ’06. 50w.
=Fuller, Robert Higginson.= Golden hope a story of the time of King Alexander the Great. †$1.50. Macmillan.
“The story is told in a style in which care and the exactness of historical detail are nicely mingled with the charm of genuine sensitiveness to the romantic situation. The book is a fine story of adventure.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 722. N. ’05. 170w.
=Fyvie, John.= Some literary eccentrics. **$3. Pott.
Eleven studies whose best present Landor, Hazlitt and George Wither. The other “eccentrics” are Thomas Day, Crabb Robinson, Douglas Jerrold, King James I, Sir John Mandeville, Babbage, Beckford and John Buncle.
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“Taken for no more than it professes to be, the book is a good one.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 245. O. 16, ’06. 490w.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 665. O. 13, ’06. 1320w.
=Putnam’s.= 1: 383. D. ’06. 130w.
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 699. Je. 2, ’06. 140w.
“They are hardly worth binding up into a book. They add very little to our knowledge, and they are not a work of a writer alive to the picturesqueness of the past or sensitive to the harmonies of the English language.”
– =Spec.= 96: 906. Je. 9, ’06. 1170w.
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=Gale, Zona.= Romance island. †$1.50. Bobbs.
The charm of this story does not lie in the plot, indeed one does the book an injustice in sketching the course of St. George’s love affair with the New York heiress whose father has been made king of Yaque, a mysterious island in the eastern seas, which has been ruled by hereditary monarchs since 1050 B. C. and whose civilization is what the world will be a thousand years from now. St. George, an ex-newspaper man now a millionaire, meets the heiress thru an attempt to murder her, and follows her in behalf of his old paper, to Yaque where she is offered her father’s throne and a royal husband. All this, however, is merely a framework about which Miss Gale winds a series of charming fancies. It is a dainty and illusive romance from cover to cover in which pure sentiment, vivid imagination, practical newspaper routine, humor, satire and good character drawing are marvelously blended.
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“The story is thrillingly exciting from cover to cover. Those readers who do not demand the element of probability, or even of possibility, in their novels, will enjoy ‘Romance island.’” Amy C. Rich.
+ – =Arena.= 36: 688. D. ’06. 170w.
=Galloway, Julia Rebecca.= When the lilacs bloom, and other poems. $1. Badger, R. G.
Songs of springtime give place to poems of feast days, and these to patriotic themes in this little volume of unpretentious verse.
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“There are echoes of many greater poets on the pages, yet sincerity is manifest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 140w.
=Galloway, Thomas Walton.= First course in zoology: a text-book for secondary schools, normal schools and colleges. *$2.50. Blakiston.
A thorogoing text-book whose plan of treatment has been tested in the author’s own class room. By its use he has secured good interest and fine spirit in the study of animals and animal life on the part of beginners ranging from the third year of the preparatory school to freshmen in college.
=Gannett, Henry=, =Garrison, Miss Carl Louise=, and =Houston, Edwin James.= Commercial geography. *$1.25. Am. bk.
This three-part text book on trade treats commercial conditions, commercial products and commercial countries respectively. Numerous illustrations accompany the text.
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“Teachers of geography will find the book most useful.” W. S. J.
+ =El. School. T.= 6: 439. Ap. ’06. 260w.
+ – =Nation.= 82: 118. F. 8, ’06. 340w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 128. Ja. ’06. 50w.
“One of the faults of this generous inclusiveness is the difficulty in the logical distribution of emphasis. Some errors have crept in.” J. Paul Goode.
+ – =School R.= 14: 457. Je. ’06. 930w.
=Gapon, Father George.= Story of my life. *$3. Dutton.
“A valuable and interesting contribution to the history of the Russian revolutionary movement. All suspicious sensationalism is avoided.... The story of a great organization is convincingly, straightforwardly, and clearly told.” (Lond. Times.) “The story of Gapon’s boyhood, the description of the massacre of January, 1905, the account of his escape are good. So are the pictures, which, though few in number, give interesting glimpses of Russian life in town and country.” (N. Y. Times.)
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+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 297. Mr. 10. 500w.
“Told with vigor and deep feeling.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 472. My. ’06. 200w.
“It is instructive also as to the motives and methods of the revolutionists, and as to the corruption, cruelty, and tyranny of the autocracy.”
+ =Dial.= 40: 395. Je. 15, ’06. 190w.
“His book is very modest in tone.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 416. D. 1, ’05. 1220w.
“The opportunity thus furnished for the study of a curious character has considerable value, from a psychological point of view.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 371. My. 3, ’06. 1000w.
“The story of Gapon’s life is told without dates, or without more than the vaguest reference to time. This deficiency greatly diminishes the value of the book.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 138. Mr. 3, ’06. 220w.
+ =Outlook.= 83: 138. My. 19, ’06. 250w.
=Pub. Opin.= 40: 332. Mr. 17, ’06. 830w.
=Gardenhire, Samuel Major.= Long arm. †$1.50. Harper.
Le Droit Conners, artist from inclination and training, non-professional detective from pure “love of the game” figures in a series of fascinating mysteries upon which he brings to bear not clumsy machine-made discretion and discernment, but a finer quality of penetration which expresses itself as an original art study well worth etching. He is an apologist for erring humanity up to the point of a crime’s outraging even the primal instinct then he becomes pitiless. There are eight baffling mysteries in the group.
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“Personally, we do not find LeDroit Conners as entertaining as Old Sleuth, although perhaps his methods are more subtle.”
– + =Critic.= 48: 475. My. ’06. 50w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 1166. My. 17, ’06. 120w.
“In every instance the plot is ingeniously and skilfully worked out, while the ‘dramatis personae’ from Conners himself to the humblest fourth villain, reflect on Mr. Gardenhire’s part an intimate knowledge of human nature.”
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 532. Ap. 7, ’06. 710w.
“All of the stories are good not only from the detective point of view, but from the novelist’s as well, and their ingenuity by no means overshadows their human interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 143. Mr. 10, ’06. 640w.
+ =Outlook.= 82: 477. F. 24, ’06. 80w.
“This new member of the detective fraternity is quite worthy to succeed his illustrious predecessors.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 110w.
“The book belongs to that large category which is suitable for reading in railway trains or in other places of detention; but Le Droit Conners cannot be called a very noteworthy creation.”
+ – =Spec.= 96: 503. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.
=Gardiner, John Hays.= Bible as English literature. **$1.50. Scribner.
“A work which confines its attention to the literary character of the Bible as it appears in the authorized version, though recognizing and indorsing the main principles and results of historical criticism.” (Bib. World.) The larger portion of the book is given to the Bible itself “in the original tongues,” and the remaining part to the translations.
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“An excellent work of its kind.”
+ =Bib. World.= 28: 351. N. ’06. 30w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 375. N. 1, ’06. 1060w.
“Has a value limited only by the extent of its circulation, which cannot be too wide. What one particularly enjoys about it is, that though distinctly scholarly, it is distinctly not academic. It is literary as distinguished from, and opposed to pedagogic.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 697. O. 27, ’06. 2650w.
=Gardiner, Ruth Kimball.= Heart of a girl. †$1.50. Barnes.
“All of Mrs. Gardiner’s gifts of intuition, memory, imagination, and observation have been marshalled in the depiction of Margaret Carlin, and her years of training in the art of writing stand her in good stead.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 150w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 80w.
=Gardner, Alice.= Theodore of Studium: his life and times. $3. Longmans.
“Miss Gardner presents her present volume as ‘a sketch of a notable man, who lived in notable times,’ as one in whose life ‘were focussed many great historical tendencies which gave their character to the Churches and the civil societies of the Middle Ages.’” (Am. Hist. R.) “The iconoclastic controversy, though its history is much less well-known than that of the great theological controversies which preceded it, is yet, as Miss Gardner points out, of more practical interest to us at the present day; and the other conflict in which Theodore was engaged, that as to the marriage of Constantine, ... was based upon a true moral principle.... After an introductory chapter dealing with the earlier history of iconoclasm we have a detailed narrative of Theodore’s life, followed by an account of his services to hymnology and calligraphy, translations of some of his hymns, a short sketch of the succeeding history to 1057, and a bibliography of Theodore’s works, while the book is embellished by excellent photographs of the remains of the Studite monastery.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
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“Miss Gardner is at her best—as is natural in one of her training and associations—in vivid presentation of the history of the time, yet she never fails to perceive its psychological bearing upon the individuality of her subject. In a future edition the author will doubtless correct some errors and omissions in the index, and a few mistakes of facts and nomenclature pardonable in an author not personally acquainted with the Orient.” H. H. Spoer.
+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 637. Ap. ’06. 1020w.
“Is an attractive narrative, well put together and based upon careful study, especially of Theodore’s own works.” E. W. Brooks.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 352. Ap. ’06. 940w.
“Whether, however, we agree or disagree with Miss Gardner’s estimate of the merits of the controversy, we can be wholly grateful to her for a work which submits the documents to a fresh examination and draws from them an account so lucid, so discreet and readable, of a little-known age.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 192. My. 25, ’06. 1120w.
“This is above all a scholarly work. With all her skill in handling her topic she has not succeeded in turning out an interesting book.” W. v. S.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 482. Ag. 4, ’06. 1430w.
“This is a very learned work, if somewhat marred in execution by the writer’s prepossessions.”
+ + – =Spec.= 95: 764. N. 11, ’05. 390w.
=Gardner, Percy.= Grammar of Greek art. **$1.75. Macmillan.
=Outlook.= 83: 688. Jl. 21, ’06. 250w.
=Gardner, William.= Life of Stephen A. Douglas. $1.50. Eastern pub.
=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 480. Ja. ’06. 100w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 344. F. 8, ’06. 60w.
=Garland, Hamlin.= Witch’s gold; il. by W. L. Taylor, with colored decoration by H. A. Linnell. †$1.50. Doubleday.
A recast of “The spirit of Sweetwater.” It has been restored from its cut down serial form to meet the more expensive requirements of a holiday edition.
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“In its present form is a simple healthful love-tale of the West, adapted to beguile an idle hour.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 90w.
“The story does not represent Mr. Garland at his best; it is simply an amiable frontier romance, altogether barren of the grim power of ‘Main-travelled roads.’”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 228. S. 13, ’06. 390w.
“The tale probably most attractive in a cruder and more elusive form, suffers in the lengthening.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 581. S. 22, ’06. 550w.
=Outlook.= 84: 338. O. 6, ’06. 220w.
=Garnett, W. H. Stuart.= Turbines. *$2.75. Macmillan.
This volume “while written with a view to interest amateurs, calls special attention to those points and problems deserving the more particular notice of students. It has been the author’s object to trace the development of the science of turbines as it appears to have grown in the minds of the inventors responsible for its material manifestations. The two parts into which the book is divided deal respectively, with water and steam turbines. Appendices contain tables, notes on the ‘Behavior of gas,’ some mathematical principles, and other matter. There are eighty-three illustrations in the book.”—N. Y. Times.
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“It is a popular work of a most excellent sort—the sort that is calculated to instruct rather than merely to interest or amuse, and in which the instruction is given in such plain and simple terms that it can be understood by the non-technical reader. On the whole the book is one which we can heartily recommend to American purchasers.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 52. Jl. 12, ’06. 480w.
“A book which will do much, it is probable, to make the layman take a more intelligent interest in this the latest and most striking development of the skill of the mechanical engineer.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 53. N. 15, ’06. 380w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 443. Jl. 7, ’06. 270w.
=Garrett, John Henry.= Idyllic Avon: being a simple description of the Avon from Tewkesbury to above Stratford-on-Avon; with songs and pictures of the river and its neighborhood. **$3. Putnam.
A fifty mile pilgrimage which the author and some companions made up Shakespeare’s Avon. “With songs and anecdotes and riverside pictures, John Henry Garrett has written a half-personal, half-historical volume to show that the Avon has other personalities than that of Shakespeare, other towns of interest than Stratford.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“It is pathetic that a man who can make such good pictures and write pretty good prose should be tempted into making such very bad verse.” Anna Benneson McMahan.
+ + – =Dial.= 41: 201. O. 1, ’06. 180w.
“Will be a valuable guide for anyone who wishes to follow his steps.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 160w.
“Is one of the most thorough of its kind.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 349. O. 25, ’06. 280w.
“All in all, he has written a delightful book—anecdotal, historic, poetic, and especially personal and intimate.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 656. O. 6, ’06. 490w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 30w.
“We hear about the history, about the antiquities of the country, about its natural beauties, about the inhabitants and their manners and customs, and hear it in such a way and in such proportions that we are never tired. It is not a book to criticise; it is one to enjoy.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 338. S. 8, ’06. 310w.
=Garriott, E. B.= Long-range weather forecasts. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.
“The bulletin is a formal denunciation on the part of the Government’s meteorological bureau, of weather forecasters and forecasts that pretend to describe the main features of the weather for long periods ahead: periods much longer than those covered by the geographical progression of storms, floods, cold waves, and the like across the corresponding areas of observation.”—Engin. N.
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“The bulletin may serve many an engineer as an interesting bit of reading for hours of relaxation.”
+ =Engin. N.= 53: 532. My. 18, ’06. 330w.
=Garrison, William Lloyd.= Words of Garrison. **$1.25. Houghton.
=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 480. Ja. ’06. 160w.
“With what Garrison said and with what he did, admirably summarized, the reader is now provided with something worthy of the name of ‘A reformer’s handbook.’” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
+ =Atlan.= 97: 116. Ja. ’06. 170w.
“It is impossible to believe that a richer selection could not have been compiled, even if also this were attained partly by omission of what is here presented.”
+ – =Ind.= 59: 1344. D. 7, ’05. 280w.
=Gasiorowski, Waclaw.= Napoleon’s love story; tr. by the Count de Soissons. $1.50. Dutton.
The romantic relations between Madame Walewska and Napoleon furnish the subject for this novel, written by a follower, of the school of Sienkiewicz. “The scenes are in Warsaw, Vienna, Paris. The plot shows how the Polish patriots sought to use the emperor’s interest in Mary for their own ends, and for those ends inspired in a noble and tender girl a sort of sacrificial fire—a sacrificial fire which was transfigured in due time to something quite different.” (N. Y. Times.) “The central, all-compelling figure of the book is Napoleon; whether present or absent he is the determining force, the master-spirit in whom everyone is merged.” (Acad.)
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“We have read every word of the story with the greatest pleasure and interest.”
+ =Acad.= 69: 686. Jl. 1, ’05. 530w.
“The translation is well done, but for a certain spasmodic method of conversation and a few slips of idiom.”
+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 42. Jl. 8. 230w.
“This romance is chiefly remarkable for its length, caused by a remorseless spinning out of dialogue and elaboration of descriptive detail.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 40: 153. Mr. 1, ’06. 150w.
=Ind.= 61: 522. Ag. 30, ’06. 330w.
=Nation.= 82: 117. F. 8, ’06. 70w.
“Even a translation rendered utterly inadequate by a purely mechanical knowledge of the English tongue fails to conceal the fine skill and dramatic power of the author and the romantic and human interest of the story.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 30. Ja. 20, ’06. 430w.
“It is too long and treats of an unpleasant theme ... but it is a strong piece of work, with passages of rare dramatic power and some fine characterizations.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 276. F. 3, ’06. 180w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 767. Je. 16, ’06. 60w.
“The novel is very long-winded, full of somewhat tedious conversations: the dialogues translated do not run at all easily, and for an understanding of the intrigues which surround the heroine a knowledge of Polish politics is required which few Englishmen possess.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 100: 251. Ag. 19, ’05. 410w.
“M. Gasiorowski, in short, has shown delicacy as well as power in his treatment of a difficult theme.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 359. S. 9, ’05. 820w.
=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Works of Mrs. Gaskell. 8v. ea. $1.50. Putnam.
There will be eight volumes to complete the “Knutsford edition” of Mrs. Gaskell’s works. The old favorites are being recast in modern book form and the preparation is in progress under the editorial supervision of Dr. Adolphus W. Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, who contributes a general introduction to the issue and a special one to each volume based upon material of important biographical and critical interest. The volumes are as follows, “Mary Barton;” “Cranford;” “Ruth;” “North and South;” “My Lady Ludlow;” “Sylvia’s lovers;” “Cousin Phyllis;” “A dark night’s work;” etc.; and “Wives and daughters.”
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+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 300. S. 15. 300w.
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 334. S. 22. 100w.
“The ‘Knutsford edition’ of the works of Mrs. Gaskell, to which we had looked forward eagerly, is, it must be confessed something of a disappointment. The paper is so thin that the print shows through from one side to another. ‘The Life of Charlotte Bronte’ is omitted ... the introductions, though breathing a very sympathetic spirit of admiration, contain little that we did not know already.”
– =Lond. Times.= 5: 312. S. 14, ’06. 2630w.
“This attractive edition, is substantial and tasteful without being too elaborate.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 683. N. 17, ’06. 170w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 150w.
“The ‘Knutsford edition,’ well printed and in convenient-shaped volumes, will prove a real godsend both to those who have not read Mrs. Gaskell, and to the older generation who are anxious to revive their memories of her pure and admirable style.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 437. S. 29, ’06. 1650w.
=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Cranford; ed. with an introd. and annotations by William E. Simonds. 30c. Ginn.
A student’s edition of “Cranford” prepared for college entrance purposes.
=Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis A.= Henry the Third and the church. *$4. Macmillan.
“Dr. Gasquet shows a wide acquaintance with the sources for this period, and seldom makes serious mistakes, but there is evidence here and there that he has hardly concerned himself sufficiently with the criticism of the authorities which he had used, while there are also to be found some indications either of unfamiliarity with the details of thirteenth-century history or of carelessness in passing his book through the press.” T. F. Tout.
+ + – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 780. O. ’06. 1000w.
=Gates, Eleanor (Mrs. Richard Walton Tully).= Plow-woman. †$1.50. McClure.
“Two girls with their crippled father come up from Texas to settle on a ‘section’ in Dakota. One, the plow-woman has to be the man of the family, and her strong body and brave, steadfast spirit carry her nobly through many hardships. The evil intrigues of the man who asserted a prior claim to their section, the dangerous outbreak of Indian captives from the near-by fort, the menace of disorderly ‘Shanty town’ filled with camp followers, all combine to prevent anything like monotony in the active lives of three Lancasters.”—Outlook.
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“Ingenuity is one of the author’s conspicuous endowments. Situation after situation keeps interest expectant up to the last. No less is her skill in definition of character, although here and there a bit may be judged out of drawing.”
+ + – =Nation.= 83: 374, N. 1, ’06. 450w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 674. O. 13, ’06. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 180w.
“Altogether the varied group of men and women, the graphic descriptions of scenery and conditions in the West, indicate the unusual powers of the author, and her wisdom in writing about what she knows so well.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 210w.
=Gates, Errett.= Disciples of Christ. **$1. Baker.
“This is the first adequate statement of the history of the Disciples of Christ since the Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, published in 1868. Will be counted a distinct contribution, not merely to the understanding of the Disciples of Christ, but of the religious life of America as well.” E. S. Ames.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 361. Ap. ’06. 330w.
“This is the first real history of this religious body. It is written in a clear style, with impartial judgment.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 27: 320. Ap. ’06. 60w.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 939. D. 16, ’05. 80w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 90w.
=Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner).= Little Red, white and blue; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.
The author of the “Live dolls” series has offered in this story book for children a delightful sketch of an army captain’s child. Her babyhood loyalty to the stars and stripes furnishes a bright lesson in patriotism.
=Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner).= Live dolls’ house party; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.
In continuation of the “Live dolls” doings Mrs. Gates tells of a doll’s house party in the little town of Dollville, the hostess being the queen of the dolls. A pretty story, prettily told, with enough of doll romance to satisfy the most imaginative child.
=Gaussen, Alice C. C.= Woman of wit and wisdom: a memoir of Elizabeth Carter, one of the “Bas-bleu” society. *$3. Dutton.
All those who care to know more of eighteenth-century literature and life in England will be interested in this sketch of the long and uneventful life of the scholar, linguist, and translator of Epictetus. “It has been made chiefly through the unpublished letters and papers possessed by members of the family today and by the Carter institute at Deal where Elizabeth Carter lived. Johnson, Fanny Burney and Richardson appear in these pages.... Poulteney was another friend of hers.” (Sat. R.)
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“Miss Gaussen’s book is disappointing: her narrative is so desultory and broken that we have found it difficult to derive a clear impression of the central figure.”
– =Acad.= 70: 496. My. 26, ’06. 660w.
“Miss Gaussen has made little of excellent material.”
+ – – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 442. Ap. 14. 920w.
Reviewed by J. H. Lobban.
=Blackwood’s M.= 180: 462. O. ’06. 4110w.
“Her volume is handy and attractive and shows evidence of zeal and industry.”
+ =Dial.= 41: 168. S. 16, ’06. 470w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 141. Ap. 20, ’06. 960w.
“Rather a flimsy volume.”
– =Nation.= 83: 141. Ag. 16, ’06. 830w.
“Is an easy and pleasant sketch. On the whole the memoir is well worth reading.”
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 730. Je. 9, ’06. 240w.
=Gauthiers-Villars, Henry, and Tremisot, G.= Enchanted automobile; tr. from the French by Mary J. Safford. $1. Page.
In this addition to the “Roses of Saint Elizabeth series,” is told the story of Coco and Touton, the twin boy and girl of King Crystal IX of Bohemia, who lived a long time ago in the days of the fairies. The twins were ignorant little things and hated study until one day they went out into the world in the enchanter Merlin’s wonderful automobile and there they met many interesting people and learned the true value of work.
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=N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 60w.
=Gautier, Theophile.= Russia, by Theophile Gautier, and by other distinguished French travelers and writers of note; tr. from the French, with an additional chapter upon the struggle for supremacy in the Far East, by Florence MacIntyre Tyson. 2v. **$5. Winston.
“In general, it may be said that it stands the test of time wonderfully well.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 102. F. 1, ’06. 1350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 82. F. 10, ’06. 310w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 113. Ja. ’06. 100w.
=Gaye, R. K.= Platonic conception of immortality and its connexion with the theory of ideas. *$1.50. Macmillan.
+ – =Quarterly R.= 204: 63. Ja. ’06. 190w.
+ + =Spec.= 97: 23. Jl. 7, ’06. 110w.
=Gayley, Charles Mills, and Young, Clement C.= Principles and progress in English poetry. $1.10. Macmillan.
“Everything may be readily pronounced excellent; many of the ideas stated or implied are debatable ... but everything is well and carefully done. It is a book that any student of literature will find useful.” Edward E. Hale, jr.
+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 102. Mr. ’06. 1110w.
=Geffroy, Gustave.= National gallery (London); with an introd. by Sir Walter Armstrong. ¼ vel. *$10. Warne.
“Is a book of intelligent and pleasant talk. Printed in handier form and with better illustrations, ... it would make a first-rate popular guide; but under the circumstances it is unlikely to deprive Mr. Edward T. Cook’s well-known volume of its vogue.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ – =Atlan.= 97: 282. F. ’06. 60w.
“(His) method has the merit of keeping the text within reasonable limits ... but it does not bring the collection vividly before one and fails to give a measure of the extraordinary variety of the old masters brought together in this particular one of London’s museums.” Charles de Kay.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 325. My. 19, ’06. 1390w.
“M. Geffroy’s brief introduction is pleasant and unpretentious, and marked with knowledge and good sense. A handy book of reference.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 80w.
=Geiermann, Rev. P.= Manual of theology for the laity: being a brief, clear and systematic exposition of the reason and authority of religion and a practical guide-book for all of good-will. *60c. Benziger.
The plan followed in this volume is first, to investigate the fundamental ideas of religion as proposed by reason and history; second, to study the revealed religion both in its supernatural truths and in its divinely ordained practice; and third, to show how the true religion of to-day logically follows from these two premises.
=Geikie, James.= Structural and field geology for students of pure and applied science. *$4. Van Nostrand.
“The different chapters seem of unequal value.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 260. Mr. 29, ’06. 160w.
=Geil, William Edgar.= Yankee in pigmy land. **$1.50. Dodd.
In his bright, fully illustrated narrative of a journey across Africa from Mombasa through the great pigmy forest to Banana, Mr. Geil touches mainly upon the lion hunters, the sleeping sickness and its victims, the lost caravan, nights alone with savages, the greatest wild-game region of the earth, The Congo rule, the work of missionaries including a biographical sketch of Bishop Tucker, and the “Land of laughter” itself with its tiny inhabitants and their simple life.
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“Both text and pictures are tremendously realistic, and, to be frank, excite both disgust and pity.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 477. My. ’06. 250w.
“The real value of his journey lies in his account of the home and habits of the little brown Tom Thumbs of the great Pigmy forest.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 233. Ap. 1, ’06. 380w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 874. Ap. 12, ’06. 120w.
“A narrative that never flags, dealing in a fresh way even with the homes of which much has already been said by others.”
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 254. F. 17, ’06. 130w.
“The humor in which he indulges in his narrative is carried too far and becomes wearisome.”
+ – =Nation.= 81: 525. D. 28, ’05. 380w.
=George, Henry, jr.= Menace of privilege: a study of the dangers to the republic from the existence of a favored class. **$1.50. Macmillan.
The author “begins with the assertion that ours is a land of inequality, and, proceeding to an analysis of that inequality, he distinguishes between various types of ‘princes of privilege.’ A somewhat pessimistic chapter describes the physical, mental and moral deterioration of the masses. Mr. George devotes a chapter to the danger of unionism, and several chapters to what he calls weapons of privilege, chiefly the use of the courts, and corruption in politics. The proposed remedy of all these inequalities and wrongs, as one would naturally infer from Mr. George’s well-known predilections, is to be found in the single tax.”—R. of Rs.
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“The book is clear in presentation and logical arrangement. It is a valuable contribution to the study of our social and industrial problems—a book of unusual merit and interest.” Scott E. W. Bedford.
+ + – =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 851. My. ’06. 490w.
“One need not agree with all the conclusions of the author to profit by his arguments. The volume deserves careful study.”
+ + – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 418. Mr. ’06. 300w.
“No more important work dealing with the grave problems that confront the American republic to-day has appeared in months than Mr. George’s strong, clear and logical work.”
+ + =Arena.= 35: 438. Ap. ’06. 4700w.
“In the analysis of social conditions, it is not a whit in advance of ‘Progress and poverty.’” Winthrop More Daniels.
– =Atlan.= 97: 844. Je. ’06. 460w.
“Mr. George’s book is to be chiefly condemned, not because it is essentially an aggregation of all sorts of material, largely gathered from newspapers and magazines, but because this miscellaneous stuff has been arrayed and employed, with no little rhetorical skill and dexterity, to simulate an honest investigation and a comprehensive discussion of the great questions with which the author professes to deal.” R. W. Raymond.
– – =Cassier’s M.= 29: 510. Ap. ’06. 2680w.
“It is a challenge clothed with dignity, as well as a plan of reform that is not devoid of charm. If the work may serve to awaken the public seriously to the tendencies which are so fraught with danger, one will readily pardon the faults of logic and exaggerated inferences which it contains.”
+ – =Cath. World.= 83: 829. S. ’06. 700w.
“This is an able, sincere and elaborate indictment of modern society, resting fundamentally on the highly questionable assertion that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 350w.
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 297. My. 1, ’06. 230w.
=Engin. N.= 55: 317. Mr. 15, ’06. 890w.
+ – =Ind.= 60: 1047. My. 3, ’06. 340w.
“In detail, his pages contain little or nothing that will be new to the careful observer of prevailing conditions, or the student of contemporary magazines and newspapers from which he has derived most of his abundant illustrative material.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 733. My. 12, ’06. 610w.
“In developing his thesis, Mr. George has given us a book of first-rate interest and importance. It is written forcefully and brilliantly, and, merely as good reading, it will take a high place in the literature of economic and political discussion. As a picture of present-day conditions it is a remarkable piece of description and analysis.” Franklin H. Giddings.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 61. F. 3, ’06. 1990w.
“The style is excellent, the spirit earnest, the
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 760. Mr. 31, ’06. 980w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 255. F. ’06. 130w.
=Geronimo (Apache chief).= Geronimo’s story of his life; taken down and edited by S. M. Barrett. **$1.50. Duffield.
The atmosphere of legend and incident pervades this story of Geronimo, the seventy-seven-year old Apache chief. He begins his story with the account of the origin of the Apaches. “One finds in these grandiose legends traces of the familiar mythical cosmogonies of the East, and it might be of advantage if scholars gave them more attention.” Geronimo’s object in telling his life story is to secure freedom and justice for his people.
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“The narrative of the fierce old chief’s bloody career in his struggle with the invading whites is a moving one, and is as full of exciting and picturesque incident as any of Cooper’s novels. It is told with that wealth of imagery for which the Indian is noted.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 645. N. 3, ’06. 240w.
“His story is simple, straight-forward, and interesting, and should find a large number of readers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 750. N. 17, ’06. 600w.
“It goes without saying that the old chief has an interesting autobiography, and the work is further important as giving the Indian side of a long and notable controversy with our government.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 756. D. ’06. 120w.
=Gerould, Gordon Hall.= Sir Guy of Warwick. $1. Rand.
“A fine old story of knighthood, recast and retold in plain modern English for those who find the ancient romances archaic and stilted to read.”—Outlook.
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+ =Critic.= 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 70w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 936. Ag. 12, ’05. 20w.
=Gerstacker, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian.= Germelshausen; tr. from the German by Clara M. Lathrop. *50c. Crowell.
In this quaint little German classic, which has been excellently translated, a young artist in the course of his wanderings in the forest, comes upon a beautiful girl who is waiting on the highway for a lover who never comes. She leads him into her village where he sups, dances, and falls in love with her. But just before midnight she takes him into the outskirts of the town and leaves him,—until the hour shall strike. Then, when it is too late, he discovers that the village was Germelshausen, which lies forever sunk in the swamp save for one day in a hundred years when it comes to life, and this was the day, the village has sunk again, and Gertrude is lost to him forever.
=Gettemy, Charles Ferris.= True story of Paul Revere. **$1.50. Little.
Reviewed by M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
+ =Atlan.= 97: 112. Ja. ’06. 200w.
“The book is a fine example of acute historical criticism, not cynically applied to overthrowing the basis for a healthy patriotic sentiment, but good naturedly correcting the facts, while leaving the sentiment intact.”
+ =Ind.= 40: 929. Ap. 19, ’06. 390w.
“Mr. Gettemy’s reserved but commendable study does not probe deep, but it is truthful and scrupulous in its intent. He has not, however, over-stated his indebtedness to E. H. Goss’s previous work.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 124. Ag. 9, ’06. 1300w.
=Gibbon, Perceval.= Vrouw Grobelaar and her leading cases. †$1.50. McClure.
In this new volume of tales the author “deals with the back-world of Boer superstition, the kind of story we may believe to be told round winter fires on lonely farms. The Vrouw Grobelaar, the narrator, will capture the affections of every reader with her shrewd common sense, her sharp tongue and trenchant philosophy of life.... The tales themselves range over every variety of subject, from the idyllic to the purely horrible.” (Spec.) The collection includes The king of the baboons, Piet Naude’s trek, The sacrifice, Vasco’s sweetheart, Avenger of blood. A good end, Her own story.
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“His English is as plain as the English of the Bible, and the Boer men are like the men of the Old Testament.”
+ =Acad.= 69: 126. D. 2, ’05, 310w.
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 832. D. 16. 1030w.
“On the whole ‘Vrouw Grobelaar’ presents the most gripping and vision-enlarging group of stories since Kipling’s ‘Plain tales from the hills.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 32: 734. My. 12, ’06. 530w.
“Some transplantations and an occasional forgetfulness to make the old narrator speak in character are not a serious detraction from the attraction of the stories. They are deftly woven together; and the humour of the vrouw and the liveliness of her little circle qualify their love of horror.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 433. D. 8, ’05. 460w.
“In ‘Vrouw Grobelaar’ lies waiting a genuine sensation for the lover of short Stories. Unless the reviewer is at fault, they will recall to the reader the hour wherein he tasted his first Maupassant, and that other hour when the new Kipling swam into his ken.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 480w.
“In the light they throw upon a unique people, the Vrouw Grobelaar’s leading cases are worthy of careful reading. They are full of informing hints as to the Dutch of the Transvaal, their attitude towards the Kafirs, their mingled superstitions and piety, their courage and obstinacy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 350w.
– + =R. of Rs.= 33: 756. Je. ’06. 90w.
“The Leading cases which long observation of her would have supplied as guides to conduct cover most sides of South African life.”
+ =Sat. R.= 100: 785. D. 16, ’05. 280w.
“Altogether, it is a collection to be heartily commended, for to most readers it will open up a new world, and the style and method are those of a true artist in fiction.”
+ =Spec.= 96: 152. Ja. 27, ’06. 260w.
=Gibson, Charles.= Among French inns: the story of a pilgrimage to characteristic spots of rural France. **$1.60. Page.
“The guide-book information with which the story is interrupted, is generally sound.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 10. Ja. 4, ’06. 140w.
“A substantial volume which might well serve as a guide to travelers eager to get off the beaten tracks and to see France in its most characteristic features; and is also a very readable and interesting volume.”
+ =Outlook.= 82: 45. Ja. 6, ’06. 180w.
+ =Spec.= 96: 795. My. 19, ’06. 280w.
=Gibson, Charles Dana.= Our neighbors. **$4.20. Scribner.
“The present volume is a worthy companion to those that have preceded it.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 279. Ja. ’06. 160w.
=Gibson, Charlotte Chaffee.= In eastern wonderlands. †$1.50. Little.
What all writers who know the east are doing for a grown-up world to-day the author has tried to do for little people, she has helped them to an understanding of what is to be found nowadays in eastern lands by describing a real trip around the world as taken by three real children. She has deftly blended those things which interest with those things which instruct, and has illustrated her account with photographs, until Japan, China, Ceylon, India, the Red sea and Egypt lose their vague outlines and become as familiar to her little readers as they did to Alice, Fred and Charlotte who saw them all.
=Gifford, Mrs. Augusta Hale.= Italy, her people and their story. **$1.40. Lothrop.
A popular history of the beginning, rise, development, and progress of Italy from the time of Romulus down to the reign of Victor Emanuel III.
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“The history is given with considerable attention to details and altogether the volume is of exceptional value, both from its historical accuracy and its popular style.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 156. Mr. 1, ’06. 530w.
“It has little of the literary distinction of the other, pays inadequate regard to the dignity of historical writing, and is not always as critical as could be desired. Nevertheless, it, too, conveys much substantial information in respect to the past and present of the Sunny Peninsula and its vein is ... decidedly entertaining.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 171. F. 3, ’06. 160w.
“A readable volume. In the latter part, written in Italy and under the direct influence of contemporaneous conditions, she very often succeeds in giving us observations and impressions which bring her narrative to a commendable, authoritative, and vital end.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 114. F. 24, ’06. 540w.
“This volume may find popular acceptance. As a discriminating writer, however, the author is open to criticism.”
+ – =Outlook.= 81: 577. N. 4, ’05. 90w.
“For the person who has not time to take up history in a professional way and who wishes to get a fairly comprehensive idea of the Italian situation, Mrs. Gifford’s book will be a valuable auxiliary.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 410. Mr. 31, ’06. 220w.
“A well-sustained, complete history of Italy.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 120. Ja. ’06. 90w.
=Gilbert, Charles Benajah.= School and its life. $1.25. Silver.
“This volume, the fruit of wide experience both as a teacher and school superintendent, deals with life rather than the mechanism of schools. It conceives of teaching as a spiritual process, of education as the wholesome development and adaptation of life to its environment, and finds the conditions of successful teaching in conforming to the common laws of life and growth. Its aim is to secure to children the educative influence of a natural, sane, and wholesome school life as a part of the larger world-life. Its successive chapters discuss the vital problems arising in the management and organization of schools and school systems.”—Outlook.
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“A sane, practical, and comprehensive work on school management.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 73. S. ’06. 280w.
=Ind.= 61: 262. Ag. 2, ’06. 40w.
+ =Outlook.= 83: 816. Ag. 4, ’06. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 384. S. ’06. 90w.
=Gilbert, Rosa Mulholland (Lady John Thomas Gilbert).= Life of Sir John T. Gilbert. $5. Longmans.
Lord Gilbert’s unusually fortunate career is felicitously sketched by his wife. “Copious correspondence, embracing letters from scholars, historians, archæologists, Irish Franciscans in Rome and in Portugal, noblemen, and public officials enliven the narrative, and, incidentally, bear witness to the conscientious, painstaking method of the historian.... The curtain that screens the sanctities of domestic life is drawn aside just enough to give us a glimpse of the fine, noble, sunny gentleman, an earnest Catholic, of high culture and simple tastes, ambitious only of a competence sufficient to guarantee him the opportunity to prosecute his work of study and composition, which he loved, not for the fame that it brought him, but for itself.” (Cath. World.)
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“Well-written and delicate panegyric of a notable man.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 859. D. 23. 1160w.
“Lady Gilbert has discharged her task with excellent taste.”
+ =Cath. World.= 83: 402. Je. ’06. 660w.
“His widow, besides giving some account of her husband’s career, prints copious selections from his correspondence, with the object of illustrating the character of his work, and the interest of his ‘unusual and many-sided personality.’ We do not think Lady Gilbert has been very successful in achieving this object.”
– + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 623. Jl. ’06. 260w.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 532. S. 1, ’06. 590w.
“We have never taken up a ‘life’ so distended by trivial and ephemeral letters.”
– =Sat. R.= 101: 730. Je. 9, ’06. 230w.
“The facts are here, but they should have been put together for readers who will not, and indeed cannot, search for them. We see the pictures of a single-minded-worker, but have but a vague idea of what he actually did.”
– + =Spec.= 96: 387. Mr. 10, ’06. 350w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.= Book of music: poems. **$1. Century.
“For though I can no music make, I trust Here’s proof I love it.”
Such does Mr. Gilder vouchsafe in the opening lines of his prelude. There are about thirty poems which show the “love that in him burns for the fair lady of Melody.” There are tributes to Mme. Essepoff, Paderewski. Macdowell, Beethoven, Rubenstein and others, there are lines to Handel’s Largo, the violin, and the ’cello, and there is a poet of music’s appreciation of the Music at twilight, in moonlight and in darkness.
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+ =Nation.= 83: 395. N. 8, ’06. 130w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 613. O. 6, ’06. 400w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.= In the heights. *$1. Century.
“Few know as well as he how to find the fitting word or a felicitous phrase with which to celebrate a friend, or a cause, or a memory.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 40: 125. F. 16, ’06. 310w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ + =North American.= 182: 756. My. ’06. 230w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 50w.
=Gilliam, Charles Frederic.= Victorious defeat: the story of a franchise. $1.50. Roxburgh pub.
A political novel which deals with the rights of the laboring classes. Robert Barker, champion of the people, loves Irene, the daughter of Judge Henly who is pitted against him in a political contest. Irene is torn between her duty to her father and her love for the masterful young leader, who, her sense of honor tells her, is in the right. The election results in a defeat for the judge and his constituents, but a defeat which the losers themselves count victorious in the end.
=Gillman, Henry.= Hassan: a fellah. [+]75c. Little.
A new popular edition of this story which appeared in 1898.
=Gilman, Daniel Coit.= Launching of a university. **$2.50. Dodd.
A volume of papers and addresses, nearly a third of which are devoted to the founding and early years of Johns Hopkins University, and the remainder to educational addresses delivered on occasions such as the Yale Bi-Centennial and the dedication of the Princeton library building.
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“In one respect, the reader of historical proclivities may be inclined to find fault with ‘The launching of a university.’ President Gilman resolutely keeps back all references to the occasional misfortunes and unpleasantnesses which harassed him and his colleagues.” Robert C. Brooks.
+ + – =Bookm.= 24: 358. D. ’06. 1020w.
+ + =Critic.= 48: 479. My. ’06. 240w.
Reviewed by F. B. R. Hellems.
+ + – =Dial.= 40: 289. My. 1, ’06. 2320w.
“Cicero would have given his approval to this book.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 1104. My. 10, ’06. 230w.
“Taken as a whole, President Gilman’s book is notable alike as a history of the university with which he was so long connected, as a discussion of some vital questions of the day, and as a contribution to the story of American educational progress.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 531. Ap. 7, ’06. 810w.
=Nation.= 82: 240. Mr. 22, ’06. 140w.
+ + =Nature.= 74: 123. Je. 7, ’06. 880w.
Reviewed by Edward Cary.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 157. Mr. 17, ’06. 1320w.
“It is a rich ‘sheaf of remembrances’ that he has preserved in noteworthy reminiscences and characterizations of gifted men, set forth in finished literary form with here and there a gem of pleasantry and wit.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 717. Mr. 24, ’06. 260w.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Edward MacDowell. *$1. Lane.
An eighty page monograph of the “American Grieg” uniform with the “Living masters of music” series. “That MacDowell is, ‘in a singularly complete sense the poet of the natural world,’ yet no less the ‘instrument of human emotion;’ that the range of his emotional expression is astonishing; that he has a remarkable gift for extremely compact expression; that his music is ‘touched with the deep and wistful tenderness, the primeval nostalgia;’ that much of its charm lies in its spontaneity and the utter lack of self-consciousness; that no musician has felt the spell of the ocean as has MacDowell ... these and other characteristic points, Mr. Gilman dwells on, thus giving his readers as good an idea of the music as can be obtained without hearing it.” (Nation.)
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“In spite of some annoyances of style, a love of high-sounding but little meaning words and phrases, Mr. Gilman manages to depict the character of his subject’s work in such a way as to convey a distinct impression.”
+ – =Acad.= 70: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 310w.
“Mr. Gilman has given a sympathetic and reasonably comprehensive account of his life and work.”
+ =Critic.= 49: 189. Ag. ’06. 100w.
“The least satisfactory of Mr. Gilman’s chapters is that on the songs, the most satisfactory that on the sonatas. It is to be regretted that no bibliographic note has been appended.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 268. Mr. 29, ’06. 990w.
“He has written in a high-pitched key of praise. His book would be more agreeable reading if he would improve his style, which is ‘precieux’ in the extreme.” Richard Aldrich.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 227. Ap. 7, ’06. 560w.
“Mr. Gilman deserves all credit for his abstention from irrelevant personalities. The value of this sympathetic essay is considerably impaired by the laboured preciosity of its style.”
+ – =Spec.= 95: 1041. D. 16, ’05. 170w.
=Gilpin, Sidney.= Sam Bough, R. S. A.: some account of his life and works. $3. Macmillan.
“Sam Bough was a true Bohemian, who lived from hand to mouth, and threw away his best chances of worldly success for the sake of the indulgence of some passing whim.” (Int. Studio.) It is as a Cumberland painter of types native to his district that he demands recognition, and the biographer has produced from letters, anecdotes and personal estimates, a sympathetic sketch of the man and the artist.
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“Nor are these documents remarkable except for the constant recurrence of a certain breezy jocularity, which doubtless was delightful to those who were in a position to appreciate the point of it.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 272. Mr. 3. 300w.
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 279. Ja. ’06. 150w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 728. O. 28, ’05. 300w.
+ – =Sat. R.= 100: 689. N. 25, ’05. 70w.
“It is an interesting record of a man of versatile powers. There are scarcely as many good stories in it as one might expect.”
+ – =Spec.= 96: sup. 125. Ja. 27, ’06. 160w.
=Gilson, Roy Rolfe.= Katrina: a story. †$1.50. Baker.
“The quaintly humorous middle-aged newspaper worker whose ability as a writer is joined with whimsical peculiarities of character, finds in the little girl Katrina, whom he accidentally meets, the child of the girl he loved many years ago. His friendship with the little girl and his care of her and her optimistic and intellectual but unpractical father make a delightful narrative.”—Outlook.
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“He combines a sympathetic understanding of the young child’s point of view with an equally rare understanding of the sorrows and disillusions of age.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 247. N. ’06. 440w.
“The author has such use of his faculties as a bird has of its wings in mid air, and he has told his story with that whimsical, bright movement of the mind which accounts in part for its indescribable charm and grace.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1499. D. 20, ’06. 290w.
“A tale full of naiveté and tenderness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 33: 913. D. 15, ’06. 120w.
“A satisfactory bit of writing.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 484. D. 6, ’06. 130w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 120w.
“It is written with a certain tenderness and quiet humor which may almost be said to give it distinction.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 384. O. 13, ’06. 100w.
=Gilson, Roy Rolfe.= Miss Primrose. $1.25. Harper.
The simple sweetness of Letitia Primrose, whose life was one long sacrifice of service to her father, to other people’s children, and finally to another woman’s home, gives to the book its dainty charm, while the characters of David, the boy who dreamed of Rugby, Butters, the editor who printed her father’s classic poems in the village paper, and others who came under the spell of her sweet innocent personality give to the story both young life and humor.
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“The book is almost wholly devoid of plot, and although it is written with no little literary skill, the average reader will find it lacking in interest.”
– + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 67. Jl. 21. 210w.
“The story as a whole is rather cloying.”
– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 192. Mr. 31, ’06. 470w.
“There are gentle pathos and quaint humor to be found throughout.”
+ =Outlook.= 82: 718. Mr. 24, ’06. 50w.
=Gissing, George Robert.= House of cobwebs and other stories. $1.50. Dutton.
“The fifteen stories included in this posthumous volume are prefaced by an introductory survey of the work of their lamented author [by Mr. Thomas Seccombe].... The stories themselves, slight as is their texture, are ‘admirable specimens of Gissing’s own genre.’ They manifest the delicate tenderness of his feeling not for, but with those to whom life has not been kind.... As Dickens was the novelist of the recognized poor, Gissing is the novelist of those poorer poor who belong of right to another class.”—N. Y. Times.
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+ + – =Acad.= 70: 479. My. 19, ’06. 880w.
“But what is certain, and is rendered positive by this book, is that he had little artistic sense of the short story. These are mere blotches of feeling, studies of atmosphere; they are never stories. They might have found their use in corners of a long novel. They have neither beginning nor ending, only being; and they might well leave off before or after their conclusion. Never was there a more glaring lack of the ‘dramatic’ than in Mr. Gissing.”
– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 10. Jl. 7. 490w.
“Mr. Seccombe has prefaced this volume of remains ... with a discriminating essay of considerable biographical and critical interest.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 208. Je. 8, ’06. 1100w.
“The observation in these sketches is originally fine, and then highly selective; the English of great purity and incisiveness; and, that a certain thinness of tone and lack of humor are necessary results of gruelling personal experience with the matter in hand. It is a book for those who love impeccable workmanship.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 246. S. 20, ’06. 450w.
“The volume is well worth making one’s own, not only because of these last characteristic sketches by a dear and vanquished hand, but because of Mr. Seccombe’s illuminating essay, invaluable to all who care to enter into an intimate comprehension of Gissing’s novels as related to their author.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 519. Ag. 25, ’06. 950w.
“To us this collection of short stories is more valuable for the excellent and readable introductory survey of Gissing’s work, written by Mr. Thomas Seccombe, than for the stories themselves, although some of the latter are wrought out with care and have literary form.”
+ – =Outlook.= 84: 44. S. 1, ’06. 170w.
“In point of workmanship, observation, and the philosophy of life which they set forth they show him at his best and sanest.”
+ =Spec.= 96: 835. My. 26, ’06. 1070w.
=Gladden, Rev. Washington.= Christianity and socialism. *$1. Meth. bk.
“Full of good advice to both employers and employed, and he endeavors to reconcile their differences in a truly irenic spirit.” Edward Fuller.
+ =Critic.= 48: 214. Mr. ’06. 330w.
“Like all Dr. Gladden’s utterances, these discourses are characterized by what has been well termed ‘sanctified common sense’ and are thoroughly stimulating and suggestive.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 238. Ap. 1, ’06. 310w.
“It were well if all clerical pronouncements on social questions were marked by Dr. Gladden’s thoroness of information and his earnest sympathy with the problems of the men who work.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 156. Jl. 19, ’06. 120w.
=Yale R.= 14: 444. F. ’06. 80w.
=Gladden, Rev. Washington.= The new idolatry, and other discussions. **$1.20. McClure.
“A volume of discussions in protest against commercializing of government, of education, and of religion; against the growing tendency in church and state to worship power and forget the interests of justice and freedom; against the dethronement of God and the enthronement of Mammon.” The contents include the new idolatry; Tainted money; Standard oil and foreign missions; Shall ill-gotten gains be sought for Christian purposes? The ethics of luxurious expenditure; The church and the nation; Religion and democracy; Rights and duties; The new century and the new nation; The Prince of life.
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“One does not have to agree with all that is said to appreciate the importance of the subjects discussed.”
+ + – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 419. Mr. ’06. 110w.
“The essays are really adapted only for oral delivery. They verge upon platitude and will scarcely stimulate thought.”
– =Critic.= 48: 470. My. ’06. 60w.
+ =Dial.= 40: 131. F. 16, ’06. 270w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 20. Ja. 13, ’06. 710w.
“Its spirit and lessons are both needed by the American people.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 1087 D. 30, ’05. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 124. Ja. ’06. 120w.
=Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson.= Wheel of life. †$1.50. Doubleday.
Miss Glasgow has taken a plunge with Mrs. Wharton into the very thick of New York’s smart set life. She throws upon her society screen a complexity of types, which with ingenious detachment appear at one time pathetically human, again beggarly moral, and most often impersonally conventional. “The three women represent as many types; Gerty a mondaine of the better sort ... holding her silken skirts above the soil of scandal, and underneath a mocking mask, keeping a pinioned soul; Connie Adams, a silly moth, fluttering in endless gayeties outside the more exclusive circles ... and the cloisteral Laura, not only a genius, but a consummate flower of womanhood. Of the men, Perry Bridewell and Arnold Kemper are not unlike—pleasure-seeking men of the clubs.... Bridewell is not much more than a well-groomed, handsome body; Kemper is Bridewell with intellect added. Adams, on the contrary, is the absorbed man of letters ... caring for no pleasure outside his work.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“The average level of the tale is extraordinarily high, but it does not rise to anything that matters very much anywhere.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 416. Ap. 7. 270w.
“‘The wheel of life’ is a serious attempt. If it be only partially successful (as compared with the great works of all time), the quality of success is of the best, it is not cheap. The essentials are there.” Mary Moss.
+ =Bookm.= 23: 91. Mr. ’06. 1890w.
“It is a pity that Miss Glasgow’s humor does not shine forth more abundantly; her work needs it.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ – =Critic.= 48: 435. My. ’06. 460w.
“As compared with ‘The deliverance’ for example, this work is an inferior production.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ – =Dial.= 40: 156. Mr. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Miss Glasgow’s stories of her native South were better, and the little group of Southerners ... are decidedly the best thing in it.”
+ =Ind.= 60: 284. F. 1, ’06. 440w.
“Is not up to Miss Glasgow’s level, but this seems largely due to her trespassing upon an alien field.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 491. Mr. 31, ’06. 690w.
“Its reach is greater than that of its predecessors; its author has gone down into the deep places, and the distinction, the lift that is all its own is that in the last analysis it is the apotheosis of goodness.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 32. Ja. 20, ’06. 2210w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ + =North American.= 182: 922. Je. ’06. 400w.
“There are broader contrasts of character than in ‘The house of mirth,’ though not quite the same sureness of touch, the same sense of intimacy with the most illusive aspects of a well-defined though loosely ordered social group.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 756. Mr. 31, ’06. 320w.
“All of these [four groups of characters] are faithfully and well wrought, and each adds its increment of genuine substance to the sum total effect of an admirable book.”
+ =Reader.= 7: 448. Mr. ’06. 680w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 80w.
+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 625. My. 19, ’06. 100w.
“The novel is a study of manners, and is extremely clever, very subtile, and slightly disagreeable.”
+ – =Spec.= 96: 718. My. 5, ’06. 310w.
=Glyn, Elinor (Mrs. Clayton Glyn).= Beyond the rocks. †$1.50. Harper.
Danger ground is trodden from the first page to the last in Mrs. Glyn’s story of hearts. Theodosia Fitzgerald, young and beautiful, marries Josiah Brown, rich but fifty and stupid. In spite of her attempt to be faithful she falls in love with an English lord and the ardent love of the two runs a riotous course in the face of conventionality and duty.
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“Mrs. Glyn’s picture of the unscrupulous, sensual, bridge-playing set would give a ludicrously false impression, both of that set and of English society in general, to any reader who was unable to correct it by his own observation. Nor is Mrs. Glyn much happier with more reputable people.”
– =Acad.= 70: 503. My. 26, ’06. 380w.
“Lack of good taste and deficiency in technique are serious handicaps, and in fact this novel is drawn back by them from the domain of good art into the republic of the second-rate.”
– =Ath.= 1906, 1: 634. My. 26. 230w.
“All the parents who were in doubt about letting their debutante daughters browse upon ‘The visits of Elizabeth’ may turn them loose upon ‘Beyond the rocks’ without a twinge of misgiving.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 396. N. 8, ’06. 450w.
“The whole moral atmosphere of the book is of a decidedly unwholesome and vitiated character.”
– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 771. N. 24, ’06. 960w.
“Continues to be sprightly in her manner, but her latest story moves in conventional grooves, its characters are mere puppets, its plot is thin, and its emotionalism feeble.”
– + =Outlook.= 84: 676. N. 17, ’06. 40w.
=Goddard, Dwight.= Eminent engineers: brief biographies of thirty-two of the inventors and engineers who did most to further mechanical progress. *$1.50. Derry-Collard co.
“In selecting the 32 subjects for these biographies, the honors were equally divided between American and European engineers. The American sketches are headed by Benjamin Franklin and John Fitch, and concluded by James B. Eads. Arkwright, Newcomen and Watt head the Europeans, and Bessemer and Sir William Siemens close the list.... In selecting the names, the object was to include men who had ‘accomplished something of importance in the development and application of power and machinery.’”—Engin. N.
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“The volume, as a whole, brings together, in convenient and readable form, brief biographies of men whose careers are of interest to every engineer.”
+ =Engin. N.= 55: 433. Ap. 12, ’06. 140w.
“Mr. Goddard’s English is careless, but he has written a book of interest.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 401. Je. 16, ’06. 180w.
=Godfrey, Edward.= Structural engineering, bk. 1. Tables. $2.50. E: Godfrey. Monongahela bank bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.
The author “has selected the most necessary elements of the ‘Pocket companion,’ of ‘Osborn’s tables’ and of other similar works, put some of the material into improved form, and added an equal amount of new matter, comprising diagrams, tables and drawings.”—Engin. N.
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“Is in many respects distinctly ahead of anything yet published in the English language. As a whole, the book represents a very useful collection of structural tables, and a very compact one. But its varied contents are so heterogeneously mixed up, so lacking all orderly arrangement, as to excite one’s surprise.”
+ + – =Engin. N.= 55: 193. F. 15, ’06. 300w.
=Godfrey, Elizabeth, pseud. (Jessie Bedford).= Bridal of Anstace. †$1.50. Lane.
“Love, battling with race and religion, is the foundation of Elizabeth Godfrey’s latest romance. At the outset of her story London is astounded by the marriage of an English girl Anstace, with the Count Basil Leonides. The wedding is performed with the ceremony of the Orthodox Greek church. In the midst of the reception that follows, the bridegroom receives a telegram. He reads it, and without showing it to his bride, begs her to prepare for instant departure. While she is making her preparations, however, he slips from the house alone and disappears. Why he went, and where, the sudden reappearance of the earlier wife whom he thought dead, and all that followed therefrom makes up the substance of the story.”—N. Y. Times.
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“Miss Godfrey tells her story in easy, flowing style, and handles her unwieldy cast skilfully.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 599. Je. 23, ’06. 100w.
“The picture shows experience of life, powers of reflection, and a simple and flowing style which would cover more sins than are to be found here.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 9. Jl. 7, ’06. 270w.
“A plot somewhat over intense and morbid is relieved in this novel by much delightful character-study.”
– + =Critic.= 49: 286. S. ’06. 200w.
“It would be easy to pick holes in Miss Elizabeth Godfrey’s novel. No amount of uncertainty of handling in minor matters, or allegiance divided between observation and convention, can destroy our pleasure in the gentle light that beams through an engaging, almost a childlike story.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 226. Je. 22, ’06. 320w.
“Manners, customs, and pronunciations come in with the breath of research in their garments. But these easily-seen inequalities do not prevail over the fine and interesting features of the story. In construction and in omission, it is the most masterly novel Miss Godfrey has yet written.”
+ + – =Nation.= 83: 15. Jl. 5, ’06. 530w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.
“Though most of the characters are well drawn and the style of writing is attractive, the fascination lies in the fact that the mystery is not solved until almost the last chapter.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 435. Jl. 7, ’06. 170w.
+ – =Spec.= 97: 63. Jl. 14, ’06. 150w.
=Gomperz, Theodor.= Greek thinkers: a history of ancient philosophy, v. 2 and 3. ea. *$4. Scribner.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
+ + =Atlan.= 97: 415. Mr. ’06. 420w.
“I do not wish to lay down these learned, stimulating, and eloquently written volumes without saying that their writer, in a degree true of no other historian, has understood how to take the history of Greek thought out of its isolation, to relate it to the whole culture of the Greeks, and to illuminate it by the civilization of modern times.” Wm. A. Hammond.
+ + =Philos. R.= 15: 83. Ja. ’06. 1600w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)
+ + + =Quarterly R.= 204: 63. Ja. ’06. 570w. (Review of v. 1–3.)
=Goode, John.= Recollections of a lifetime, by John Goode of Virginia. $2. Neale.
Mr. Goode was a member of the secession convention of Virginia, the Confederate congress and the congress of the United States. His reminiscences, aside from including interesting phases of his life as lawyer, soldier, and statesman, give helpful side lights on the men and affairs of war times.
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=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 214. O. ’06. 50w.
“Even the general public will find much to entertain, if it reads far enough.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 366. Je. 9, ’06. 200w.
“Outside of the instances mentioned and some good anecdotes, there is little that will repay either the general reader or the historian in search of material.”
– + =Outlook.= 83: 53. Je. 30, ’06. 240w.
+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 253. N. ’06. 80w.
=Goodhue, Isabel.= Good things and graces. **50c. Elder.
“Has a flavor that escapes many a more pretentious effort of its class.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 95. Ja. ’06. 30w.
=Goodloe, Carter.= At the foot of the Rockies. †$1.50. Scribner.
“Good as the stories are in themselves, they have gained much in the telling; for Miss Goodloe has just the right dramatic and artistic touch.”
+ + =Critic.= 48: 190. F. ’06. 90w.
=Goodnow, Frank Johnson.= Principles of administrative law of the United States. *$3. Putnam.
“It is the only book dealing with the entire scope of the subject.” Isidor Loeb.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 174. Mr. ’06. 1220w.
“Work presents a breadth of view and a freedom from dogmatism which entitle it to a high rank in the literature of political science.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 799. Ap. 5, ’06. 370w.
“In a certain sense he has made the subject his own; but he has not made it ours.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 105. Ag. 2, ’06. 1040w.
“The most serious defect in a work which is otherwise little exposed to criticism, and should win wide favor both among students and the general educated public, is the fact that, no attempt is made to examine the application of administrative principles to the government of the Territories and dependencies of the United States.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 84: 37. S. 1, ’06. 750w.
“We have as a result a comprehensive discussion of administrative organization in the United States, in which the organization of the general, State, and local governments, the relation of the officials to the public, and the forms of control over official action are analyzed with a degree of clearness and force which give to the work a high position in the literature of American politics.” L. S. Rowe.
+ + =Yale R.= 15: 97. My. ’06. 290w.
=Goodrich, Arthur Frederick.= Balance of power: a novel. $1.50. Outing pub.
This novel “deals with a factory situation and the rise of a strong young man whose ability is characterized by the word ‘inevitable’; but the excellence of the book is in its fiber ... and a statement of the plot conveys but little.” (Outlook.) “Among the characters which are many and diversified, the most interesting, probably, is the bluff old colonel who is a sort of self appointed oracle of the town. This Yankee Mars struts through the book with the air of a man who has smelt powder and who knows a thing or two, and the way in which he imposes what he calls his opinions upon the yokels of Hampstead is very wonderful.” (Lit. D.)
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“A good, readable story, and an interesting contribution to that modern type of American fiction which depicts our keen, progressive industrial life, alongside of the life of society and of the home.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 249. N. ’06. 270w.
+ – =Lit. D.= 33: 473. O. 6, ’06. 160w.
“Mr. Arthur Goodrich had a good story to tell. He has told it very cleverly, too, although with overmuch coquetry with his plot in the first third of the book.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 669. O. 13, ’06. 470w.
“It is one of the truest studies of the phase of American life of which it treats that have been made in fiction, and also one of the most interesting of the novels of the season.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 100w.
“The novel is overcrowded. There is excellent material, but too much of it. Yet there are evidences of marked ability—occasional touches which reveal the fine creative instinct.”
+ – =Outlook.= 84: 335. O. 6, ’06. 160w.
“The combination of industrialism and politics and love makes a book which rises above the level of most of its contemporaries.”
+ + =World To-Day.= 11: 1221. N. ’06. 160w.
=Gordon, William Clark.= Social ideals of Alfred Tennyson as related to his time. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
Following an introductory chapter on Literature and social science in which the author and literature he treats Social conditions in England in the time of Tennyson, Tennyson’s idea of man, Tennyson’s idea of woman, The family, Society, Social institutions, and Democracy and progress. Restating the main points of his summary and conclusions.
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“His book is a creditable summary of the forces and conditions prevalent in Great Britain while Tennyson was writing.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 391. O. 20, ’06. 740w.
“It is a painstaking production, provided with many extracts and many more for reference.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 94. Ag. 16, ’06. 50w.
“As a thesis for the doctorate this essay is an instructive example of the bewildering effect of a study of sociology.”
– + =Nation.= 83: 190. Ag. 30, ’06. 670w.
“Really Mr. Gordon expresses himself very well, and most of what he says is true, but mayn’t we hope that a plain man reading his favorite poet may yet be permitted to do his own thinking?”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 657. O. 6, ’06. 500w.
=Gorky, Maxim, pseud. (Alicksel Maximovitch Preschkov).= Creatures that once were men: a story; tr. from the Russian by J. K. M. Shirazi, with an introd. by G. K. Chesterton. 75c. Funk.
Mr. Chesterton in his introduction says: “This story is a test case of the Russian manner, for it is in itself a study of decay, a study of failure, and a study of old age.” “Gorky’s tale is pessimistic and contains all the hard, realistic word-painting which is characteristic of him.” (Ath.)
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“Story one can hardly call it. It is just one of Gorky’s photographs.”
+ – =Acad.= 68: 280. Mr. 18, ’05. 1090w.
“Mr. Shirazi has rendered his author fairly well; perhaps he uses a little too much slang. The foot-notes are also meagre.”
+ – =Ath.= 1905, 1: 335. Mr. 18. 210w.
=Ind.= 61: 398. Ag. 16, ’06. 300w.
“We have enjoyed Mr. Chesterton’s fifteen pages, however, much more than Maxim Gorky’s ninety-four. Anything more dismal ... we have never seen.”
+ – =Spec.= 94: 373. Mr. 11, ’05. 160w.
=Goschen, George Joachim.= Essays and addresses on economic questions. $5. Longmans.
A statement of Lord Goschen’s economic creed as a business man and a statesman, besides being a survey of all the most important economic aspects of English history during the period covered, 1865–1893. “The most important ‘pieces’ in the present volume are not of a philosophical character, but are devoted to the discussion of specific remedies for specific economic evils.” (Lond. Times.)
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“We confidently recommend this volume to every student of economics and political science.”
+ + =Acad.= 70: 58. Ja. 20, ’06. 1820w.
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 719. N. 25. 660w.
“Lord Goschen’s ‘Introductory notes’ will probably attract more attention than the essays to which they are prefixed.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 4: 354. O. 27, ’05. 1360w.
“In all of them he shows that firm grasp both of facts and of principles that has characterized his economic writing.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 228. Mr. 15, ’06. 1160w.
+ =Sat. R.= 100: 753. D. 9, ’05. 1720w.
“In all of [the various essays] will be found, combined with the gift of lucid and forcible expression, the sagacity and almost excessive caution, the careful attention to facts and the skillful analysis of figures to which the public is accustomed in their author.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 759. N. 11, ’05. 1480w.
=Gosse, Edmund William=, ed. British portrait painters and engravers of the eighteenth century, Kneller to Reynolds. *$50; *$70. Goupil.
This volume “is not so much a history of the subject as it is a collection of plates after those mezzotints, ‘plain and colored,’ in which the enchanting portraits painted by fashionable artists who were also men of genius, were reproduced with an elegance and skill unsurpassed by the originals.... Mr. Gosse’s text provides an instructive accompaniment to the illustrations, but it is as a picture gallery in little that this will find its appreciative public.”—Atlan.
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“The introductory essay on the status of the portrait painter during the eighteenth century has afforded Mr. Gosse a theme to which his wide knowledge of eighteenth-century literature has enabled him to do full justice.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 902. D. 30. 1240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The plates in their turn are so well made that in some, if not in all cases, they actually rival the qualities of the mezzotints from which they are taken.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ + =Atlan.= 97: 270. F. ’06. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A perfectly adequate introduction.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 397. F. 15, ’06. 680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is not very easy to say on what principle the illustrations are here chosen, and it certainly would have been better to arrange them according to the painters than to group them alphabetically according to the name of the subject. Mr. Gosse’s essay has two great merits. It is extremely readable, and it brings out with remarkable clearness the extraordinary change that passed over the position of the portrait painter after the advent of Reynolds.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 30. Ja. 26, ’06. 940w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Gosse, Edmund William.= Coventry Patmore. **$1. Scribner.
Reviewed by George Trobridge.
=Westminster R.= 165: 76. Ja. ’06. 7860w.
=Gosse, Edmund William.= French profiles. *$1.60. Dodd.
“All in all, Mr. Gosse’s ‘French profiles’ is a volume to strengthen the present ‘entente cordiale’ between English and French by contributing towards mutual understanding and appreciation.” Arthur G. Canfield.
+ + =Dial.= 40: 13. Ja. 1, ’06. 1850w.
=Gosse, Edmund William.= Sir Thomas Browne. **75c. Macmillan.
“To the master of exquisite expression Mr. Gosse does complete justice in the last and best chapter of a book which deserves warm praise for its judicial temper and fine insight.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 827. D. 16. 2580w.
“An admirably balanced estimate of the author of the ‘Religio medici.’”
+ + =Contemporary R.= 88: 906. D. ’05. 850w.
“It has been prepared with excellent taste and judgment.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 50w.
“Where Mr. Gosse fails in his estimate is in not sufficiently recognizing the essentially poetic quality of Browne’s work, apart from mere form or style. The absence of a bibliography is the grievous fault this book shares with the other volumes of the same series.”
+ – =Dial.= 40: 237. Ap. 1, ’06. 350w.
“Is not particularly interesting.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 1491. Je. 21, ’06. 220w.
“It presents its subject in so attractive a light that one who has never read Sir Thomas Browne’s books will turn to them with eager interest, and one already acquainted with them will reread them with a new zest.” Horatio S. Kranz.
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 4. Ja. 6, ’06. 2820w.
=Gougar, Mrs. Helen Mar Jackson.= Forty thousand miles of world wandering. $3. Helen M. Gougar, Lafayette, Ind.
The author’s recent tour of the world has furnished a wealth of travel material out of which she has constructed with great accuracy an informing, popular work of interest to the traveler who has covered the ground no less than the stay-at-home book tourist. The present-day phases of life and institutions appeal to her rather than the dead and buried aspects. In keeping with the heavy paper, clear type and handsome binding are numerous fine illustrations.
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“This volume will not prove disappointing, and we can heartily and conscientiously recommend it to our readers.”
+ + =Arena.= 35: 215. F. ’06. 4180w.
=Gould, George Milbry.= Biographic clinics. v. 3. Essays concerning the influence of visual function pathologic and physiologic upon the health of patients. *$1. Blakiston.
+ =Outlook.= 82: 475. F. 24, ’06. 180w.
=Gould, Rev. Sabine Baring-.= Book of the Rhine from Cleve to Mainz; 8 il. in col. by Trevor Hadden and 48 other il. *$2. Macmillan.
“No attempt has been made to describe objects of interest that would be visited by the traveler or to give a complete history of the Rhine. Mr. Gould has attempted to supply information concerning ‘sights’ and the meaning and purpose of the objects as well as legends about them.... A good deal of the text deals with the history of the principal cities, taking up only the most significant events of their past and connecting these as closely as possible with their present condition and importance.”—N. Y. Times.
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“Mr. Baring-Gould is severely historical. When he does tell us a story, he is careful to say at the end that it is a fable; and he disproves it with dates. His book is a treasure-house of dates.”
+ + – =Acad.= 71: 306. S. 29, ’06. 1090w.
“In a rather happy-go-lucky fashion, but always pleasantly and entertainingly, he discourses of kings and bishops, robber-bands, altar-pieces, vintages, and various other matters. It would be very easy to point out inaccuracies here and there, but it would be unfair to judge such a book from the severely scientific standpoint.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 212. Ag. 25. 260w.
“All told very simply and directly and in a dry-as-dust manner which will probably prevent the book from finding many readers except those who take the journey which it describes.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 624. O. 6, ’06. 260w.
“Mr. Baring-Gould’s book is, as all admirers of his genius would wish it to be, eminently characteristic. He has a keen eye for Nature, and a keener for objects of interest, archaeological and historical, and also a considerable gift of satire, for which, it must be allowed, Germany affords not a few occasions.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 498. O. 6, ’06. 240w.
=Gould, Rev. Sabine Baring-.= Book of the Riviera. **$1.50. Dutton.
Beginning with Provence the author lures his readers on to Le Gai Saber, then to Marseilles, Aix, Toulon, Hyères, Draguignan, Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Mentone, San Remo, Alassio, and other places by the way, ending at Savona, describing the charm of each town, giving hints to travelers, telling little stories of the natives, and interspersing all with well chosen bits of history, literature and sentiment. Forty good photographs of scenery illustrate the volume.
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“A good map and a better index would greatly improve this book.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 12. Ja. 6. 850w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 72. Ag. 1, ’06. 280w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 872. Ap. 12, ’06. 80w.
+ – =Nation.= 82: 414. My. 17, ’06. 920w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 99. F. 17, ’06. 500w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 508. Ap. ’06. 40w.
“‘The Riviera’ furnishes Mr. Baring-Gould’s facile pen with a subject full of variety. Whatever the theme, it seems to be equally at home.”
+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 645. Ap. 28, ’06. 170w.
=Graham, George Washington.= Mecklenburg declaration of independence, May 20, 1775, and lives of its signers. $1.50. Neale.
A monograph upon the Mecklenburg declaration of independence which was read before the Scotch-Irish society of America in June of 1895. It has been enlarged and revised to meet the requirements of publication in book form.
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“Will be found decidedly interesting. It is not equally convincing, for, altho it must be conceded that he adduces more documentary evidence than did any of his predecessors, Dr. Graham, has, like them, seen fit to rely largely on the testimony of assumption and hearsay already made familiar through their efforts but inadmissible in the court of history.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 801. My. 26, ’06. 1860w.
– =Nation.= 82: 475. Je. 7, ’06. 1360w.
“The work, as an effort to validate the document, is one of supererogation. As a historical monograph by a high authority, however, it deserves to be read.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 360. Je. 2, ’06. 460w.
=Graham, Harry (Col. D. Streamer, pseud.).= Misrepresentative women. $1. Duffield.
In “this villainous collection of abominable verse” this modest author sings merrily of Eve, Lady Godiva, Marie Corelli, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, Mrs. Grundy, Dame Rumor, and other good souls who have achieved fame in one way or another; then he passes on to, The self-made father to the ready-made son, and other extraneous matter.
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+ =Dial.= 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 100w.
“The point of view as well as the lines are nevertheless clever enough to cover a multitude of shortcomings in technique and mere construction.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 1399. D. 13, ’06. 50w.
“Harry Graham’s jingles about ‘Misrepresentative women’ are in the same vein as those in his previous volumes of comic verse, and it bears some evidence that the vein has been slightly overworked.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 160w.
“Is the best kind of fooling.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 931. D. 8, ’06. 110w.
=Granger, Anna D.= Skat and how to play it. $1. Matthews.
Miss Granger has prepared the first real American treatise on skat, and offers the student the fundamental principles that govern the game.
=Grant, Percy Stickney.= Ad matrem, and other poems. Kimball.
“Something akin to Miltonic richness meets us in the outset of ‘Ad Matrem,’ in the lines depicting the rout of the Greek godheads, before the Lux mundi shining over Judean hills.” (Critic.) “The collection of poems is not large, but it is stamped throughout with elevation of tone, dignity, and often charm of manner.” (Outlook.)
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Reviewed by Edith M. Thomas.
+ =Critic.= 48: 272. Mr. ’06. 260w.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 277. Ap. 28, ’06. 160w.
“It shows unusual feeling for the resources of difficult meters and unusual skill in handling them.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 283. Je. 2, ’06. 500w.
=Grant, Robert.= Law-breakers and other stories. †$1.25. Scribner.
Besides the title story there are six others in the group,—“George and the dragon,” “An exchange of courtesies,” “The romance of a soul,” “Against his judgment,” “A surrender,” and “Across the way.” They “belong to the literature of exposure.... Each story has a definite problem, or rather thesis, clearly stated and logically argued.... The question argued in the title story is one that might well form a topic for a debating society. It is this: Is a man who cheats the custom house officer so fundamentally untrustworthy in character that a good woman should not trust her life to him? For the particulars in the case and the verdict of the author we must refer our readers to the book.” (Ind.)
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“The impression of the entire collection is one of discouragement.” Mary Moss.
+ – =Bookm.= 23: 435. Je. ’06. 690w.
“Is a distinctly stimulating book.”
+ =Critic.= 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 60w.
+ =Ind.= 60: 1047. My. 3, ’06. 170w.
“Upon the whole, they do not measure up to what we have learned to expect from him.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 334. My. 26, ’06. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.
“As a whole the stories will strike most readers as not up to the level of Judge Grant’s best work.”
+ – =Outlook.= 83: 814. Ag. 4, ’06. 130w.
=Grant, Robert.= Orchid. †$1.25. Scribner.
“You merely feel that he is stating a condition, never that he tells you the story of one person or group of people.” Mary Moss.
+ – =Atlan.= 97: 52. Ja. ’06. 270w.
“The book, though it contains an appalling story, is written with persiflage and an irony, which is, from first to last, carefully concealed.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 91. Je. ’05. 720w.
=Gratacap, Louis Pope.= World as intention: a contribution to teleology. *$1.25. Eaton.
“The volume is written in a serious, straightforward manner.”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 165. Ja. ’06. 170w.
=Graves, Algernon=, comp. Royal academy of arts. per v. *$11. Macmillan.
“It deserves to rank with such an enterprise as the ‘Dictionary of national biography.’ to which, indeed it is a complement, and like it, should be in every institution, public or private, worthy of the name of library.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 342. S. 9. 2180w. (Review of v. 2.)
“On the whole, however, Mr. Graves is continuing to perform his onerous task with every reasonable care, and the more frequently one refers to his volumes the more valuable do they seem.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 205. F. 17. 2960w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 705. Je. 9. 2030w. (Review of v. 5.)
“We have noticed a good many slight slips, which are probably the fault, not of Mr. Graves, but of the compiler of the original catalogues.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 79. Jl. 21. 1730w. (Review of v. 6.)
“As a work of reference for the historian, whether dealing with the Academy or with any one of a tremendous company of artists, this handsomely printed compilation commends the warmest praise.” Royal Cortissoz.
+ + =Atlan.= 97: 273. F. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Every page, indeed, bears witness to the painstaking accuracy with which the thousands of references have been extracted from the records.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 28: 276. My. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 2–4.)
“We have said enough to indicate the curious interest of these laborious volumes. Much might have been added, both as to the earlier and the modern men.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 66. F. 23, ’06. 1480w.
“Has all the interest of the first.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ’05. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It will take its place among the indispensable works of reference.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 340. Mr. 17, ’06. 530w. (Review of v. 2–4.)
=Gray, Charles H.= Lodowick Carliell. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
“His work is deserving of all praise.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 28. Ja. 6. 280w.
=Gray, John Thompson.= Kentucky chronicle. $1.50. Neale.
“Among the Virginia emigrants to The Falls, was Reginald Thornton, a stately, kindly gentleman of the old school.” He established himself at Lastlands, a few miles from The Falls, and it is the life of his children, his grandchildren, their friends and enemies that goes to make up this chronicle which is “more than a romance, it is a wisdom book.”
=Gray, Maxwell, pseud. (Mary Gleed Tuttiett.)= Great refusal. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The ‘great refusal’ is made by the hero, who renounces wealth and position to become a common workingman, and eventually embarks in a socialistic venture having for its object the establishment of a Utopian commonwealth in Africa. These are not his only sacrifices, for love also is cast aside, and it is not until the end of much suffering that his early passion is replaced by one fixed upon far surer foundations. The characterization is excellent, alike of the two women, the devoted hero, and his masterful father, whose money seems to the son too tainted for legitimate enjoyment.”—Dial.
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“The author fails chiefly because she has not defined exactly what she would be at. In regard to the condition of the poor, her hero is an ignoramus.”
– + =Acad.= 70: 173. F. 24, ’06. 1440w.
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 416. Ap. 7. 270w.
– =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 140w.
“A singularly charming and appealing book. The style of the novel, also, is natural as to dialogue, and charmingly allusive as to description.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 40: 155. Mr. 1, ’06. 210w.
“The tale is a really thoughtful one, written with a purpose; but buried so deeply beneath value the motive at its true worth.”
– + =Lond. Times.= 5: 52. F. 16, ’06. 170w.
“Upon the whole, however, the characters are consistent with themselves, and the author shows her art by being just to all of them.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 146. Mr. 10, ’06. 1350w.
“The best thing in the novel is the rapid-fire exchange of sociological epigrams and paradoxes between a group of Oxford undergraduates.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 569. Mr. 10, ’06. 160w.
“The book is certainly above the average in readability as well as in ideals; and though the workmanship does not always reach the level of the conception, the main part of the story amply repays the reader for wading through what must be acknowledged to be the extreme dullness of the first two or three chapters.”
+ – =Spec.= 96: 426. Mr. 17, ’06. 350w.
Gray mist, a novel; by the author of “The martyrdom of an empress.” **$1.50. Harper.
The fleecy grayness of a Breton mist permeates this story of Pierrek, the child who is sent by the sea to the empty arms of a woman whose wits are wandering because of the loss of her own baby boy. With true Breton faith in the miraculous he is considered hers, grows to manhood on the Breton cliffs, marries the girl of his choice, becomes a loving husband, and a happy father, only to learn thru a woman’s jealousy that his mother of mothers is not his own and that his wife is his own sister. Then indeed the grey mist envelops him and he goes back to the gray sea leaving those he loves in sorrow and facing a hopeless future which the impenetrable mists of life and death envelope like a shroud.
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“It cannot be called satisfactory as a whole, and the conclusion is too annoying to be tragic.”
– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 614. N. 17. 300w.
“The whole tone of the present volume is as false as possible—little short of maudlin.”
– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 771. N. 24. ’06. 240w.
“A pleasantly written story, but it is curiously deficient in the dramatic quality which justifies a tragic ending, and there is every reason for averting the final catastrophe.”
+ – =Outlook.= 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.= Handbook of Polar discoveries. $1.50. Little.
Following the topical method of treatment, General Greely has compiled from original narratives “such data of accomplished results as may subserve the inquiries of the busy man who often wishes to know what, when, and where, rather than how.” All important Arctic geographic additions to knowledge are given as well as the more important scientific investigations. The table of contents includes; Early Northwest voyages to 1750, Nova Zembla, The northeast passage, Spitzbergen, Behring strait, The northwest passage, Franklin’s last voyages, North-polar voyages, The islands of the Siberian ocean, Franz Josef land, The Antarctic regions in general, and chapters upon the African, Australian, Pacific and American quadrants.
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“It is a great public service to have these voluminous narratives studied, digested, criticised and reported by the foremost authority on the subject.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1117. N. 8, ’06. 120w.
“A few ... serious misstatements or misprints ... have crept in as the result of imperfect revision of the earlier text.”
+ + – =Nation.= 83: 493. D. 6, ’06. 490w.
“It is the polar vade mecum in English.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 845. D. 8, ’06. 340w.
=Green, Allen Ayrault.= Good fairy and the bunnies; 11 full-page il. in col. and 10 chapter headings by Frank Richardson. $1.50. McClurg.
The purpose of this story is to relieve the grief of boys and girls who lose pets by suggesting to their minds the possibility that the good animals of the earth are, after death transported to a beautiful land on a star above.
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=Ind.= 61: 1411. D. 13, ’06. 20w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 752. N. 17, ’06. 90w.
“There are plenty of pictures in colors ... but their style is not of the best.”
– =R. of Rs.= 34: 766. D. ’06. 20w.
=Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs).= Circular study. *50c. Fenno.
A popular edition of a story which appeared first in 1900. It is a mystery story whose crime, discovered to have been committed in self defense, involves a dramatic tale of revenge and love.
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+ – =Nation.= 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 110w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 70w.
=Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs).= Woman in the alcove. †$1.50. Bobbs.
A mystery story which runs a rapid and exciting course to the inevitable solution opens upon a brilliant private ball. A gorgeously appareled woman with a diamond on her breast too vivid for most women is murdered in an alcove, and the gem hidden in the woman’s gloves is discovered later in the possession of innocent Rita Van Arsdale. Her lover is accused of the deed, and the interest of the story becomes identified with this determined young woman’s efforts to free him from the charge of guilt.
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“It is one of the best of Anna Katharine Green’s detective novels and displays all the remarkable ingenuity that marks the best work of the famous author of ‘The Leavenworth case.’”
+ =Arena.= 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 190w.
=Critic.= 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 80w.
“One does not look for character drawing or social analysis in such books, but it requires no small skill to write them as acceptably as does Mrs. Green, who pleases her large constituency well.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 338. Ag. 9, ’06. 130w.
“Anna Katharine Green’s hand has assuredly lost its cunning if ‘The woman in the alcove’ is to be accepted as the criterion of her present workmanship.”
– =Lit. D.= 32: 918. Ja. 16, ’06. 120w.
“One of the most fascinating books of its kind, superior in content, it seems to us, to either ‘The filigree ball’ or ‘The millionaire baby,’ and as absorbing in the reading as those or any of their predecessors.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.
“This is a fairly good detective story, but not the best.”
+ =Outlook.= 83: 142. My. 19, ’06. 60w.
+ =Spec.= 96: 950. Je. 16, ’06. 150w.
=Green, Evelyn Everett-.= Secret of Wold Hall. †$1. McClurg.
“It belongs to the innocuous class of respectable mediocrities, and is not bad to rest one’s mind upon.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 4. Ja. 6, ’06. 200w.
=Greene, Charles Ezra.= Structural mechanics, comprising the strength and resistance of materials and elements of structural design; with examples and problems. *$2.50. Wiley.
“Published in 1897, this book has become well known. It stands intermediate between the ordinary textbook on Mechanics of materials and such books as Johnson’s Framed structures.... The book is evidently framed for use; and one who has studied mechanics and has the general fundamentals fixed in his mind will, in the shortest time, find out what to do, or the information necessary for action.... The new edition, now under review, contains 240 pages, whereas the 1897 (first) edition contained 268 pages; this, too, notwithstanding the insertion of explanatory and introductory sentences in various parts of the text.”—Engin. N.
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“The chief feature of the book is compactness of treatment without sacrifice of clearness of statement.” W. Kendrick Hatt.
+ + + =Engin. N.= 55: 74. Ja. 18, ’06. 2060w.
=Greene, Cordelia Agnes.= Art of keeping well; with a biography by Elizabeth P. Gordon. **$1.25. Dodd.
A memorial volume by virtue of the sketch of Dr. Greene’s life to which the last half of the book is devoted. “The part contributed by Dr. Greene contains some eighteen articles on subjects connected rather with hygiene than with medicine, all of them supporting the title given to the book.” (N. Y. Times.)
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 228. Ap. 7, ’06. 230w.
“A sensible book of advice.”
=Outlook.= 82: 715. Mr. 24, ’06. 80w.
=Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly Williams.= With spurs of gold. †$1.50. Little.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 104. F. 17, ’06. 260w.
=Greene, Maria Louise.= Development of religious liberty in Connecticut. **$2. Houghton.
“A welcome and creditable addition to the small list of valuable works on American ecclesiastical history.... The chief bones of contention in Connecticut were, of course, the Halfway Covenant and the Saybrook Platform; and to the development of these great statements, and of the controversies which centered round them, Miss Greene pays detailed and patient attention.... The bibliography lists the principal authorities, including much contemporary material hitherto little used.”—Nation.
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“Careful and scholarly treatise.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 687. Ap. ’06. 620w.
Reviewed by Eri B. Hulbert.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 358. Ap. ’06. 430w.
“With much learning and insight into the meaning of events, with a lucid style and without prejudice, Dr. Greene has written a valuable religious history of Connecticut.” George Hodges.
+ + =Atlan.= 97: 413. Mr. ’06. 330w.
+ + =Critic.= 48: 477. My. ’06. 120w.
“The treatment of this subject is admirable, and is a distinct contribution to the history of our national development. The placing of the references to authorities in the appendix seems to us an objectionable arrangement.”
+ + – =Dial.= 41: 73. Ag. 1, ’06. 170w.
“Miss Greene is neither partial nor hostile, and her work, if it errs somewhat in feeling, is well stored with facts.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 201. Mr. 8, ’06. 310w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 120w.
“The volume as a whole is one to be welcomed by students of Connecticut history.” Williston Walker.
+ =Yale R.= 15: 96. My. ’06. 480w.
=Greene, Robert.= Plays and poems; ed. by J. Churton Collins. 2v. *$6. Oxford.
Prof. Collins says, “I determined to spare no pains to make this edition, so far at least as the text was concerned, a final one.” “It preserves the original spelling not even removing the confusion of i and j, of u and v. Such indications of scene and stage business as the editor contributes himself, or as he takes over from Dyce, he sets apart in brackets. He transcribes in full from the Alleyn treasures at Dulwich, the manuscript part from which the actor studied Orlando in Greene’s ‘Orlando Furioso,’ a most interesting fragment, which sheds light on the customs of the Elizabethan playhouses. He collects all the songs out of Greene’s novels. He discusses in detail, with full knowledge and with robust common sense, all the many uncertainties connected with the biography and with the bibliography of his author.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Although, the value and interest of this research is unquestionable, we must yet take exception to Dr. Churton Collin’s arrangement of the actual text of the plays. The general introduction is long and learned; but it is in many respects disappointing. The special introductions are, however, of marked importance.”
+ – =Acad.= 69: 1252. D. 2, ’05. 1430w.
“Prof. Collins cannot be charged with an excess of enthusiasm in this venture. There are signs of weariness in the attempt to correct and improve upon his predecessors.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 471. Ap. 21. 1740w.
“In fulness and accuracy it is, as it should be, up to the level which has long been required in the case of the Greek and Latin classics, and, we might add also, in the case of writers of the mediaeval period. The notes especially are replete with learning.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 410. My. 17, ’06. 2240w.
“It is pleasant to be able to welcome the ‘Greene’ of Prof. Churton Collins as a worthy companion to the ‘Kyd’ of Prof. Boas.” Brander Matthews.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 222. Ap. 7, ’06. 1590w.
“What we are glad of is the opportunity of reading him at large in so delightful a text.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 261. Mr. 3, ’06. 1990w.
+ + – =Spec.= 96: 537. Ap. 7, ’06. 1200w.
=Greene, Sarah P. McLean.= Power Lot. †$1.50. Baker.
Power Lot, God Help Us is the full name of this bleak little Nova Scotia hamlet, and the story of its people as Captain Jim, a sailor on the Bay of Fundy, tells it, is quaint and very human. The main plot, concerns Robert Hilton, a dissolute youth who has been wasting his inherited wealth in New York and who is marooned by the family doctor upon these windswept cliffs, and Mary, the girl whom Captain Jim himself loved but could not win. The regeneration of Robert thru work and right living finally brings out his real character and makes him worthy of both Mary and his great wealth, and to show how this is accomplished the rugged life of the coast inhabitants and their constant fight against poverty is pictured with sympathy and humor.
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“So much of the psychology of ‘Power lot’ is true, and not without interest, whether the reformation of the hero be credible or otherwise.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 756. S. 27, ’06. 380w.
“Whole chapters might be omitted with advantage, but the story itself is a real story, full of quaint turns of humor and sentiment, and told with a peculiar eloquence and a strong feeling for dramatic effect.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 553. S. 8, ’06. 600w.
+ =Outlook.= 84: 239. S. 22, ’06. 70w.
=Putnam’s.= 1: 319. D. ’06. 50w.
=Greenidge, Abel Hendy Jones.= History of Rome during the later republic and early principate. 6 vols. v. I, *$3.50. Dutton.
“The work is disappointing as a whole from its lack of directness, proportion, and continuity.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 414. Ap. 7. 890w.
=Greenshields, E. B.= Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists. **$2. Baker.
A history of landscape painting from the awakening of art in the thirteenth century to the recent French impressionists and the modern revival in Holland. The author’s object is to lead the art student to separate the “thought and the personal vision” of the master from the great technical skill which is the servant that makes possible its expression on canvas. This detachment leads to the subjective study that interprets individuality.
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“The text is concise and to the point.”
+ =Critic.= 48: 377. Ap. ’06. 90w.
“Mr. Greenshields, who has established himself as an authority on the artists under discussion, has approached his task with ardor, and has assembled his material with an eye keen both to the true and the interesting.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 300. My. 1, ’06. 300w.
“This is largely composed of somewhat imperfectly fused essays, neither profound nor novel, but agreeably written and giving information that will be helpful to many in teaching them how to see pictures.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 805. Ap. 5, ’06. 210w.
=Nation.= 82: 279. Ap. 5, ’06. 150w.
“A pleasing typographical as well as convenient feature of the book will be found in its marginal notes.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 245. Ap. 14, ’06. 560w.
+ =Outlook.= 83: 671. Jl. 21, ’06. 70w.
=Pub. Opin.= 40: 542. Ap. 28, ’06. 140w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 767. Je. ’06. 50w.
“Without adding anything fresh to our knowledge, the writer gives an excellent summary of the rise and development of landscape painting from early Renaissance times to the present day.”
+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1011. Je. 30, ’06. 130w.
=Greenslet, Ferris.= James Russell Lowell, his life and work. **$1.50. Houghton.
“It is the more surprising therefore, that a man who is steeped in Lowell should on occasion himself write so vilely.”
– + =Acad.= 70: 201. Mr. 3, ’06. 1100w.
“There is a manifest danger that some of the merits of substance may be hidden by the tricks of manner. The genuine merits are so many and so positive that it would be the greatest of pities for the apprehensive reader too quickly to take alarm and lose the benefits of Mr. Greenslet’s searching study of Lowell the man and the writer.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.
+ + – =Atlan.= 97: 111. Ja. ’06. 740w.
“A compact record of this many-sided life and a really judicial discussion of the poet’s place in literature—the first essentially critical biography of Lowell yet attempted.” W. E. Simonds.
+ + + =Dial.= 40: 119. F. 16, ’06. 1290w.
“The book as a whole is well done, the smaller details being handled with fondness for such details, and the critical notes touching all the sensitive points.”
+ =Ind.= 60: 286. F. 1, ’06. 300w.
“A very painstaking and creditable, but uninspired, monograph.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 101. Mr. 23, ’06. 570w.
“It is hardly possible to speak too highly of Mr. Greenslet’s performance. In addition to an unusually ample literary outfit, he possesses the critic’s instinct and insight, and his almost unfailing touchstone.”
+ + + =Nation.= 82: 180. Mr. 1, ’06. 2130w.
+ + + =Nation.= 82: 205. Mr. 8, ’06. 2130w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 119. Ja. ’06. 40w.
“Mr. Greenslet’s book is an excellent performance. A better portrait of the man one could not wish to see.”
+ + + =Spec.= 96: 228. F. 10, ’06. 610w.
=Greenwood, James Mickleborough=, ed. Successful teaching: fifteen studies by practical teachers; prize winners in the national educational contest of 1905; with an introd. by J. M. Greenwood. *$1. Funk.
Fifteen essays which “are intended to help teachers in their daily work; to give them broader views of teaching certain subjects, better methods of presentation, and deeper insight into the thoughts, feelings, emotions, desires, passions, and aspirations of a developing human soul.”
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“The book will prove valuable as an additional book of reference to teachers who have available the more systematic and exhaustive treatises.”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 296. N. ’06. 140w.
“The contributions are of varying merit, tho on the whole excellent.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 936. O. 18, 06. 90w.
=R. of Rs.= 34: 384. S. ’06. 50w.
=Grey, Edward C. W.= St. Giles’s of the lepers. $1.50. Longmans.
This large London parish took its name from the hospital for lepers founded by the queen of Henry I. The author who labored here for thirty years sketches the history and describes the recent attempts to uplift the people who are sheltered within its limits. Among the most interesting chapters are those which tell of the author’s experiences as a Guardian of the poor, and his account of the founding of the Boys’ institute.
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“Had [Mr. Grey’s] life been spared, the few errors we have come across would doubtless have been corrected, and his work, as a book of reference, rendered more valuable by the addition of an index.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 477. Ap. 21. 590w.
“His reminiscences are not so valuable as his history, but they round out a book unpretending, but very interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 893. D. 16, ’05. 620w.
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 180. F. 10, ’06. 130w.
+ =Spec.= 95: 872. N. 25, ’05. 330w.
=Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick.= Passenger from Calais. †$1.25. Page.
This story which records a series of adventures that begin in a sleeping-car between Calais and Basle, and come to an end on the north African shore as sprightly as one could wish. Briefly told, Lord Blackadder divorces his wife. She wishes to escape with her child whom the father also cares to possess. In order to facilitate her flight by confusing the confidential agents who might follow her, she and her twin sister gowned alike, and accompanied by maids closely resembling one another journey in different directions, the one with the child and the other with a dummy. The flight and the pursuit give rise to numerous exciting situations.
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“The trouble with ‘The passenger from Calais’ ... is the lack of a certain magnetic something which in the story of mystery leads the reader onward more or less breathless, through a mass of details cunningly arranged to impede his progress and inflame his curiosity.”
– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 81. F. 10, ’06. 280w.
=Grinnell, William Morton.= Social theories and social facts. **$1. Putnam.
A discussion of the subject of the economic and social conditions of to-day with the following chapter headings: Natural and artificial laws; Trusts; Competition; Socialism; Legislation; Labor; The Cost of living; Course of wages; Railway rates. “The chief value in Mr. Grinnell’s book is that it points out the difference between political and industrial socialism and in so doing emphasizes both the true function and the real value of the corporation as a contrivance for the distribution of wealth.” (Outlook.)
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“Nowadays it is comparatively rare to find anyone holding so consistently a laissez faire policy as does the author in this little volume.”
+ – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 419. Mr. ’06. 150w.
“It is not a closely reasoned exposition, nor one characterized by breadth of view. The facts are not critically examined to determine their real meaning, and they are not always accurate. Occasionally sweeping statements are made as if the facts were well established.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 150w.
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
=Dial.= 40: 297. My. 1, ’06. 150w.
“It is impossible to find in the book a central idea or a consistent standpoint.”
– =Ind.= 60: 1286. My. 31, 06. 130w.
“It is unfortunate that the author of this book, by his assumptions, extravagances and inaccuracies, not to say errors, impairs the worth of a work which contains some very valuable suggestions.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 572. Mr. 10, ’06. 490w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 90w.
=Grove, Sir George.= Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians; new ed. thoroughly rev. and greatly enlarged; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. 5v. ea. **$5. Macmillan.
+ + + =Acad.= 70: 483. My. 19, ’06. 700w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is, of course, impossible for Mr. Maitland to verify every statement made in old articles and in those of new contributors.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 458. Ap. 14. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)
“No exception can be taken to the scholarly character both of the revised and the new matter.”
+ + + =Dial.= 40: 267. Ap. 16, ’06. 330w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Americans do not receive quite as full treatment as might have been asked for them legitimately in a book intended just as largely for the American as for the British market.”
+ + – =Ind.= 61: 155. Jl. 19, ’06. 480w.
“In dealing with matters of smaller importance the level reached and sustained is a high one. The work has been conspicuously well done, as regards both editing and production ... we have been hard put to discover flaws.”
+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 134. Ap. 12, ’06. 2620w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The shortcomings of the new ‘Grove’ are few compared with its many sterling qualities.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 413. My. 17, ’06. 580w. (Review of v. 2.)
“There is a table of corrections of errors in the first volume at the end of this, and there will doubtless be more corrections in the third volume.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 253. Ap. 21, ’06. 1110w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ + + =R. of Rs.= 33: 510. Ap. ’06. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Grundy, Mabel Barnes-.= Hazel of Heatherland. †$1.50. Baker.
Hazel of Heatherland is a head-strong young heroine whose refractory doings are refreshing and forgivable. Her whims form a sort of froufrou of caprice against the background of Robert Underwick’s plain, sturdy qualities. The romance of these two is aided by clever Aunt Menelophe who is not so much a match-maker as a tactful student of “fluffy bits of inanity.” So she characterizes some women, and would be of service to them.
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 160. Mr. 17, ’06. 270w.
“The author evidently knows rural England as well as how to write a pleasing story.”
+ =Outlook.= 82: 908. Ap. 21, ’06. 90w.
“Is freshly and amusingly written.”
+ =Sat. R.= 99: 601. My. 6, ’06. 140w.
=Guerber, Helene Adeline.= How to prepare for Europe. **$2. Dodd.
A popular handbook “How to prepare for Europe” is a “comprehensive work written in a popular vein. There are chapters on the history of each country, its literature and art, a vocabulary in six languages, bibliographies of history, art, travel, etc., and other material for the European traveler.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“The tourist should by all means secure this book as a supplement to his indispensable Baedeker.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 394. Je. 16, ’06. 260w.
“These bibliographies would have been more useful, if price, publisher, and some indication of their relative value had been given.”
+ – =Ind.= 60: 871. Ap. 12, ’06. 70w.
“A useful little book that need not be depreciated as over-ambitious, since it is light in the hand and most compact and clearly printed.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 365. My. 3, ’06. 420w.
“A useful handbook, covering a different field from any single volume of which we know.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 908. Ap. 21, ’06. 80w.
=Guerville, A. B. de.= New Egypt. **$5. Dutton.
“A book of description combining history, geography, and travel.... M. de Guerville has found that there really is a new Egypt, and that, moreover, it is quite willing to be studied and analyzed.” (R. of Rs.) “For the most part the illustrations in the present work are portraits of well known natives, types, and scenes, as well as pictures of English and French personages connected with Egypt’s recent history.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“If scandal is more amusing to his mind than politics, we do not blame him, for the scandal adds colour and merriment to his narrative. Nor should it be forgotten that his observation is as honest as it is quick.”
+ =Acad.= 70: 279. Mr. 24, ’06. 130w.
“A very entertaining book, which no one who concerns himself with things Egyptian can afford to pass by.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 420. Ap. 7. 590w.
“We commend the book for its valuable information, for its pungent style, and for its sprightly gossip about things Egyptian.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =Dial.= 40: 235. Ap. 1, ’06. 360w.
“His account of the rapid advance of civilization into the Sudan will be as surprising as it is interesting to most readers.”
+ =Ind.= 60: 873. Ap. 12, ’06. 150w.
“A book as readable by reason of its style as by its intrinsic merit.”
+ + =Nation.= 82: 370. My. 3, ’06. 1820w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 62. F. 3, ’06. 320w.
“On the whole, the book is one of the best on its subject yet published.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 190w.
“Despite occasional blemishes, the book is worth reading.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 82: 522. Mr. 3, ’06. 350w.
“Entertainingly written.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 381. Mr. ’06. 130w.
=Guinan, Rev. Joseph.= Soggarth Aroon. $1.25. Benziger.
Chapters from the experiences of an Irish country curate, first appearing in the “Ave Maria” and now amended and enlarged.
=Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Lost cause. †$1.50. Putnam.
Mr. Thorne’s preface states: “‘Protestantism’ within the church is a lost cause, it is dying, and for just this reason the clamor is loudest, the misrepresentation more furious and envenomed.... The author ... attacks those of the extreme ‘Protestants’ whom he believes to be insincere and who rebel against the truth for their own ends.... Finally, the noisiest ‘Protestants’ are hitting the Church as hard as they can. The author has endeavored to hit back as hard as he can.” The book treats this theme with dramatic intensity.
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“Mr. Guy Thorne is not very skilful at handling even the small craft he has set sail in. His devices are of the easy and conventional order and his people lack vitality and breadth of human souls. His book is not one to be regarded except as a warning and example of the sacrifice of literature to opinion.”
– =Acad.= 69: 821. Ag. 12, ’05. 920w.
– =Ath.= 1905, 2: 171. Ag. 5. 280w.
“The venom of the book is, upon the whole, confined to its preface, and it portrays some exalted Christian characters, and at times a spirit truly catholic, in the accepted sense of the term.”
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 114. F. 24, ’06. 520w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 90w.
=Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Made in His image. †$1.50. Jacobs.
How Charles Bosanquet, minister of industrial affairs, framed a measure which settled for a time the problem of the great army of the unemployable in London, and what came of it, is the burden of this story. First the starving masses are drawn, hideous, menacing, parasites upon the working poor; then comes the minister’s solution; those whom the courts deem unfit for society are to be made slaves for life. This is the beginning of that awful thing, the slave colony in the Cornish hinterland at which the Christian world stood aghast. Thru all this a love story is developed. Bosanquet and his old friend, John Hazel, now his political opponent, both love Muriel, an active worker in the anti-slavery league. And then the day comes when the slaves break loose!
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“Strange though its theme and remarkable the treatment, this novel shows its greatest touch of genius in its ending.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 240w.
=Gunne, Evelyn.= Silver trail; poems. $1.25. Badger, R. G.
The author has followed her silver trail to learn its mystery. Her verse goes hither and yon for themes, sometimes beyond the mountain, to the sunset, more often far afield. The lines all breathe possibility, hope, buoyancy.
=Gunsaulus, Frank W.= Paths to power; Central church sermons. *$1.25. Revell.
+ =Ind.= 59: 1541. D. 28, ’05. 180w.
=Gwatkin, Henry Melville.= Eye for spiritual things: and other sermons. *$1.50. Scribner.
“Some twenty-eight sermons.... English sermons of the best type.... The ... volume ranges over a wide class of subjects, though no theme is handled which is not of importance in the religious life. The point of view is indicated in the following sentence: ‘The knowledge of God is not to be learned by sacrificing reason to feeling, or feeling to reason, by ascetic observance or by orthodox belief; it is given freely to all that purify themselves with all the force of heart and soul and mind.’”—Nation.
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“Strong and thoughtful sermons.”
+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 160. Ag. ’06. 10w.
“They are chaste and dignified, orderly and quiet, without screaming for oratorical effect, conveying a happy sensation of established faith and power held in reserve.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 36. Jl. 12, ’06. 210w.
“They have real originality and independence of thought, a fine power of description, and an eloquence which is free from mere rhetoric; on the other hand he drags in controversy sometimes when it is not necessary, and it is just when he denounces dogma and tradition and the Roman Church that he deteriorates and tends to become commonplace.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 699. Je. 2, ’06. 190w.
=Gwatkin, Henry Melville.= Knowledge of God. 2v. *$3.75. Scribner.
“These volumes present in rearranged form the Gifford lectures at Edinburgh in 1904 and 1905 by the Professor of Ecclesiastical history in Cambridge, England. What man has discovered concerning God through God’s revelation of himself to man is the theme given by the title. The first series discusses the reality and character of such a revelation and discovery of God in the universe and in man. The second series is devoted to a historico-critical survey of its development from the stage of primitive religion to the present.”—Outlook.
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“The book is studded with memorable phrases and incisive comments, and rises at times to serene and lofty eloquence. The value of the book is that it is a sort of philosophy of history by a man intimately acquainted with every detail of the subject, and entirely free from the bias of the ecclesiastic. We cannot help thinking that Prof. Gwatkin would have strengthened his book by a more sympathetic attitude. For all that it is stimulating, and by its very decision, useful, and above all things, interesting and brilliant.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 265. S. 8. 1450w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 274. Ag. 10, ’06. 1540w.
“With the work as a whole one must confess to disappointment. Dr. Gwatkin would appear to be most broad and tolerant in many respects, but his manner toward Roman Catholics is sometimes offensive.”
+ – =Nation.= 83: 310. O. 11, ’06. 540w.
“Whatever defects may be attributed to his work, its philosophic thought and warmth of feeling make it a worthy continuation of the work of his predecessors in the Gifford lectureship.”
+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 711. Ag. 18, ’06. 520w.
“It is a pity that the value of these lectures is seriously compromised by a singular inability to do justice to any form of Christian thought except the Evangelical.”
+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 489. O. 20, ’06. 1820w.
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=Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August.= Last words on evolution: a popular retrospect and summary; tr. from 2nd ed. by Joseph McCabe. *$1. Eckler.
Three lectures which reiterate Professor Haeckel’s views of human life and destiny as affected by the doctrine of evolution. They are as follows: The controversy about creation, The struggle over our genealogical tree and The controversy over the soul.
=Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 80w.
=Ind.= 61: 1291. N. 29, ’06. 480w.
=Nature.= 74: 27. My. 10, ’06. 330w.
=Spec.= 97: sup. 467. O. 6, ’06. 300w.
=Hagar, Frank Nichols.= American family: a sociological problem. $1.50 Univ. pub. soc.
“The author brings to his task the special training of a lawyer and considerable reading in the history of institutions. He discusses sex, theories of primitive and historical forms of domestic life, the decadence of the Yankees, occupations of women, matrimonial law, divorce, free love, education, industrial influences, democracy.... The volume illustrates the fact that men with legal training can render a valuable service to sociology by calling attention to the obstacles which the law itself presents when it is no longer fitted to contemporary conditions.”—Am. J. Soc.
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“It is a serious work with a conservative purpose. Perhaps the most useful and instructive parts are the discussions of the decadence in the Yankee stock, the danger of foreign inundation, and the law of property affecting husband and wife.” C. R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 703. Mr. ’06. 300w.
“Dispatching many of the grave questions connected with the family in sweeping generalizations, the author is too generally loose, vague, and incoherent. His wide discursiveness has resulted in a work lacking in due proportion and unity.”
– + =Cath. World.= 82: 415. D. ’05. 770w.
“It is a decidedly interesting and by no means contemptible argument.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 527. Ag. 12, ’05. 580w.
=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Ayesha: the return of “She.” †$1.50. Doubleday.
=Dial.= 40: 20. Ja. 1, ’06. 150w.
+ – =Ind.= 59: 1537. D. 28, ’05. 250w.
=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Poor and the land; being a report of the Salvation army colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England; with a scheme of national land settlement, and an introduction by H. Rider Haggard. 75c. Longmans.
“The report deserves a wide reading here, and careful consideration.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 236. Ja. ’06. 160w.
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 333. S. 9. 840w.
Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.
+ =Atlan.= 97: 843. Je. ’06. 390w.
+ =Ind.= 59: 1538. D. 28, ’06. 320w.
=Quarterly R.= 204: 243. Ja. ’06. 1600w.
=Haggard, Henry Rider.= Spirit of Bambatse; a romance. †$1.50. Longmans.
The ingredients out of which H. Rider Haggard’s story is compounded are “Zulu warriors, buried treasure, underground passages, a standard villain, an English maiden of surpassing beauty and bravery, much hypnotism on the part of the villain, and considerable sonorous prophecy on the part of an ancient native priest.” (Ath.)
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“Here is the old touch, the old fascination; and the tale—a constant stream of excitement—ends as such tales should end, happily.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 266. S. 15, ’06. 160w.
“A story bristling with adventure and thoroly readable. It reminds us of ‘King Solomon’s mines’ and certain other of Mr. Haggard’s stories but that may be its best passport to popularity.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 330. S. 22. 120w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 329. S. 28, ’06. 330w.
– =Nation.= 83: 287. O. 4, ’06. 190w.
“The man who likes his interest kept at white heat and who doesn’t mind having his feelings harrowed a bit, will find in this book plenty of the diversion and entertainment he seeks.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 594. S. 29, ’06. 410w.
“Mr. Rider Haggard is treading an old road with wonderful buoyancy.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 433. O. 6, ’06. 230w.
=Haile, Martin.= Mary of Modena, her life and letters. *$4. Dutton.
=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 465. Ja. ’06. 30w.
“Mr. Haile has told the story fully, and with a judicious use of documents.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 661. Je. 2. 760w.
“The author of this biography has made good use of the wealth of materials which in recent years have become available for his purpose.”
+ =Cath. World.= 83: 397. Je. ’06. 330w.
“While clearly in sympathy with his subject, Mr. Haile writes in a calm, temperate manner, and has produced a readable biography.”
+ + =Dial.= 40: 332. My. 16, ’06. 310w.
“Is a distinct addition to the historical literature of the close of the Stuart era.”
+ =Ind.= 60: 1285. My. 31, ’06. 290w.
“Mr. Haile has done as well as he could do on behalf of his heroine, and several of the documents he includes are well worth exhuming.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 530. D. 28, ’05. 540w.
+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1007. Je. 30, ’06. 2370w.
=Haines, Henry Stevens.= Restrictive railway legislation. **$1.25. Macmillan.
Reviewed by H. Parker Willis.
+ + =Dial.= 40: 83. F. 1, ’06. 680w.
“On the whole it is an exceedingly lucid and fair-minded review of the railway situation in its present-day aspects.”
+ + =Ind.= 60: 281. F. 1, ’06. 150w.
“The breadth of view manifested in his analysis of problems is not always found in men who are doing things.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 122. F. ’06. 390w.
“Where he speaks as a technical expert, he is surest of his ground. Where he essays a theory of reasonable rates, he is weakest. Where, finally, he attempts a philosophic resume of the underlying forces which have been operative in our railroad history, he attains a very high degree of success.”
+ + – =Nation.= 82: 204. Mr. 8, ’06. 970w.
Reviewed by Frank Haigh Dixon.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 150. Mr. ’06. 760w.
“Mr. Haines has written one of the best treatises on this bothersome and much-discussed problem which we have seen in recent years. His book is to be recommended to all who desire an unprejudiced view.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 218. F. 17, ’06. 320w.
=Hains, Thornton Jenkins.= Voyage of the Arrow to the China seas: its adventures and perils, including its capture by sea vultures from the Countess of Warwick as set down by William Gore, chief mate. $1.50. Page.
A tale of thrilling sea-adventure thru which runs the romance of the Arrow’s first mate and the captain’s niece. The reader is subjectively a part of the boat’s company, breathes the salt air, enjoys the rough, out-spoken ways of the captain, delights in the Irish grit of Larry O’Toole and enters into the thick of the fight with the convict pirates. There is swift action in the narrative, and many a strong dramatic climax.
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“It is written with feeling and conviction, without gross negligence of truth, and with a swing and zest which should commend it particularly to young people.”
+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 150w.
“That the author of this tale knows the ocean and the men who sail upon it is undeniable, and he writes with a zest reminding one of Mr Clark Russell, though he has not that novelist’s literary skill.”
– + =Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 110w.
+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 376. Je. 9, ’06. 230w.
=Haldane, Elizabeth S.= Descartes: his life and times. $4.50. Dutton.
“Miss Haldane has hit upon a fortunate analysis of the life of Descartes, and its distribution under three general heads: His education, from 1596 to 1612; his ‘Wanderjahre,’ from 1612 to 1628, spent in seeing the world, in travel and warfare, and, finally, what may be called his constructive period, ‘after his warfare was over, and this dates from 1628 to 1650.’... In tracing his experience in each of the periods Miss Haldane gives much and very intelligent attention to the environment, historical and personal, in which it was passed; and this has the merit not only of bringing out more distinctly the true picture of Descartes, but of rendering the general reader, for whom obviously the work is done, more at home with the man, since he is realized in his surroundings.”—N. Y. Times.
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“If Miss Haldane’s ‘Life of Descartes’ smacks rather of a description of genius in a dressing gown, what it lacks in breadth of outlook it certainly gains in possessing the personal note, no small merit when we consider how comparatively uneventful was the philosopher’s history.”
+ + – =Acad.= 71: 82. Jl. 28, ’06. 660w.
“Miss Haldane has given us the standard life of Descartes. Its interest is not merely biographical, for it throws light on many points of difficulty in Descartes’s philosophy, and on his relations to the philosophers and scientists of his time.” R. Latta.
+ + =Hibbert J.= 5: 205. O. ’06. 1580w.
+ =Ind.= 59: 1538. D. 28, ’05. 320w.
“Is by far the fullest and most interesting account of Descartes’s life and times in English.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 35. F. 2, ’06. 1640w.
“The nature and character of the man are insufficiently considered. The style of the book is easy and unperiodical; a little too much so, perhaps.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 242. Mr. 22, ’06. 1870w.
“It is Descartes the man that appeals to her, and she traces the course of his experience and development patiently, minutely, with sympathy, and with simplicity that verges on the naïve. The style is unaffected, direct, almost colloquial.” Edward Cary.
+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 77. F. 10, ’06. 1380w.
“Has finely told the story of the honest, constructive skeptic.”
+ =Outlook.= 82: 568. Mr. 10, ’06. 150w.
“Miss Haldane’s interesting biography of Descartes will be welcomed by the student of philosophy as well as by the general reader.”
+ =Spec.= 97: 402. S. 22, ’06. 1630w.
=Haldane, Joseph.= Old Cronnak. $1.50. Decker pub.
Here the muck-raker is at work and brings to view the evil side of life as it defies the code of the moral law. Incontinence is bared for the negative lesson’s sake, and characters are set forth which do not easily find their way into books. Yet in the midst of all this shines the strong, pure love of Joseph Haldane and Alice Carter, which forms the main thread of the story.
=Hale, Edward Everett.= Man without a country. $1. Century.
Uniform with the “Thumb-nail series” this volume contains an introduction and the author’s preface to the edition of 1897.
=Hale, Edward Everett.= Man without a country. **50c. Crowell.
A holiday edition of Mr. Hale’s great lesson in patriotism.
=Hale, Edward Everett.= Tarry at home travels; il. **$2.50. Macmillan.
Dr. Hale’s description serves as a field glass to the ordinary observer. These travels are concerned with New England mainly, with an exception made of the state of New York and of the city of Washington. “It is a talkative sort of book, with bits of description and bits of history and bits of geology and bits of agricultural and horticultural information and bits of biography all run in together and fused into a coherent whole by Mr. Hale’s long knowledge of men and events and his active participation in the life of his time.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“It contains much that is old—old enough, for the most part, to have become new again to Dr. Hale’s readers; and it is laden with reminiscences from a day more remote in feeling than in time.” Wallace Rice.
+ =Dial.= 41: 390. D. 1, ’06. 250w.
+ – =Nation.= 83: 398. N. 8, ’06. 330w.
“Rapid as has been his survey, he has said more things and opened more avenues of interest and stimulated the reader’s thought more than do most books of travel either at home or abroad.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 843. D. 1, ’06. 340w.
=Hale, Louise Closser.= Motor car divorce. †$1.50. Dodd.
Peggy Ward fostering notions from her club that preaches “liberty of thought,” “wider horizon,” and “freedom after ten years from the tyrant man,” has a whim for divorce and is humored in it by her husband. “Hence ‘A motor car divorce.’ It was in this clever way the author found a peg on which to hang the description of a tour in Europe.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Lacks coherence as a piece of fiction.”
+ – =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 60w.
“The chief ingredients thereof are modern slang, trivial humor, frothy sentiment, and pickings of a guide-book information.” Wm. M. Payne.
– =Dial.= 40: 366. Je. 1, ’06. 110w.
“Her work is filled with a kind of wit that is delightful because it is real humor, and more because it is really womanly.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 239. Ap. 14, ’06. 510w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.
“A gay and rather foolish tale.”
+ – =Outlook.= 82: 858. Ap. 14, ’06. 80w.
=Sat. R.= 102: 53. Jl. 14, ’06. 120w.
=Hall, Charles Cuthbert.= Christian belief interpreted by Christian experience. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
“Even as a study in homiletics no minister should lose sight of this volume.” W. Douglas Mackenzie.
+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 376. Ap. ’06. 830w.
=R. of Rs.= 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 30w.
=Hall, Charles Cuthbert.= Universal elements of the Christian religion: an attempt to interpret contemporary religious conditions. **$1.25. Revell.
Six lectures delivered before Vanderbilt University, dealing with religious conditions as distinguished from theological systems. “In these lectures Dr. Hall has tried to discover the deeper tendency of the religious thinking of the present time, in which the critical movement, the modern view of the Bible, the declining interest in sectarianism, the increased cosmopolitanism, and the large reconception of world Christianization are powerful elements. He speaks from the point of view of one holding the Pauline and Johannine view of the Person and work of our blessed Lord.” (N. Y. Times.)
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Reviewed by Clarence Augustine Beckwith.
=Am. J. Theol.= 10: 373. Ap. ’06. 1460w.
“They contain an arraignment of sectarianism as earnest as it is gracious, and a plea for church unity full of noble and convincing eloquence.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1498. D. 20, ’06. 270w.
“Dr. Hall’s lectures are not only pervaded by this spirit of open-mindedness ... but no less by that spirit of devotion which is so distinctly characteristic of oriental thinking, and so often, unhappily, lacking in our occidental thinking.”
+ + =Outlook.= 82: 39. Ja. 6, ’06. 1510w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ’05. 200w.
=Hall, Clare H.= Chemistry of paints and paint vehicles. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
“The general scheme which the author has attempted to follow is to take up in Chapter 1 the elementary constituents of paints with the quantitative methods for their determination; in Chapter 2 the dry materials entering into the manufacture of paints with a short description of their physical properties and the separation of their elementary constituents by methods given in Chapter 1; in Chapter 3 the analysis of samples consisting of a mixture of two or more of the raw materials described in Chapter 2; in Chapter 4 an interpretation of results previously obtained where it is desired to duplicate the sample analyzed; and finally in Chapter 5, descriptions and methods for determining the purity of paint vehicles.”
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“The scope of the volume is indeed extremely limited, since it deals with the examination of only a few common pigments, and by no means exhaustively even with these; about some vehicles and diluents the information to be found in these pages is less meagre. This little book, with all its imperfections and its immaturity, is not destitute of merit.”
+ – =Nature.= 75: 4. N. 1, ’06. 640w.
=Hall, Florence Howe.= Social usages at Washington. **$1. Harper.
The social usages of Washington, the seat of federal government and the home of a large official world, differ in many important respects from those of the rest of the country and these differences are made clear in this little volume which “covers not only the fixed etiquette of official circles but also the new social issues that have come up under the Roosevelt administration.” It will prove of value to all visitors at the national capital who wish to enjoy its public functions and meet its public people without being entangled in the intricacies of its etiquette.
=Hall, H. Fielding.= People at school. $3. Macmillan.
Mr. Hall says: “Some years ago I wrote ‘The soul of a people.’ It was an attempt to understand the Burmese, to see them as they do themselves, to describe their religion and its effect on them. This book is also concerned with the Burmese.... This is of the outer life, of success and failure, of progress and retrogression judged as nations judge each other.”
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+ =Acad.= 70: 450. My. 12, ’06. 630w.
“‘A people at school’ will never, we think, attain the popularity of ‘The soul of a people:’ the tonic is never sought like the sweet. But it deserves to be read in conjunction with the other book, and no one can read it without learning much about some ten millions of our fellow-subjects.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 322. Mr. 17. 1340w.
“The work has little literary charm, but it is sane, lucid and instructive.”
+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 770. My. 10, ’06. 130w.
“Interesting if not very exhaustive, nor always entirely convincing.”
+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 162. My. 4, ’06. 880w.
“Despite ... errors of fact and judgment and the decline in style as compared with the previous volume, there is an honesty in Mr. Hall which makes his studies attractive, and it is always refreshing to get a first-hand impression.”
+ – =Nation.= 82: 372. My. 3, ’06. 680w.
“That this book is rather suggestive than conclusive is one of its charms, and no one who cares for the mysterious and vanishing East should fail to read this study of a people at school.” Archibald R. Colquhoun.
+ – =Nature.= 74: sup. 7. My. 3, ’06. 930w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 156. Mr. 10, ’06. 240w.
“If there be any to whom the secret of England’s genius of empire is still hidden—in spite of all that Mr. Kipling has done to reveal it—the unenlightened one has only to read understandingly H. Fielding Hall’s ‘A people at school.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 288. My. 5, ’06. 1460w.
+ =Sat. R.= 101: 760. Je. 16, ’06. 820w.
=Hall, Henry Foljambe=, ed. Napoleon’s notes on English history made on the eve of the French revolution; illustrated from contemporary historians and refreshed from the findings of later research. **$3. Dutton.
Of Napoleon as a student of eighteenth century history, the compiler says: “Napoleon’s almost invariably right judgment seems marvelous, and his verdicts, generally the very opposite of those of his author, who kept to the orthodox ruts of eighteenth century opinion, are those of a hundred years later.” Further Mr. Hall discusses the “note books,” and furnishes notes on Napoleon’s probable authorities—Barron, Rapin, and Carte.
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+ =Acad.= 70: 203. Mr. 3, ’06. 550w.
“Mr. Foljambe Hall appended very complete notes to this volume, respecting the manner in which Bonaparte used his authorities; and it is here, of course, that the chief value of the book lies. On certain topics, perhaps, the notes are needlessly full, and we have noticed occasional slips.”
+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 710w.
“Nowhere are they illuminated by any of that prodigious precocity which hero-worshippers like to find. There are, however, some entertaining passages.”
+ – =Ind.= 61: 43. Jl. 5, ’06. 360w.
“The value of the book is not in the editor’s work, but entirely in the translation.”
+ =Nation.= 82: 62. Ja. 18, ’06. 490w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 876. D. 9, ’05. 820w.
“Mr. Hall’s own observations are original and instructive, albeit not always as critical as could be desired.”
+ – =Outlook.= 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 120w.
“Napoleon’s notes are worth reading for their own sake; as given in this volume, with abundant—if not superabundant—and minute explanations, they constitute a most valuable survey of a most important portion of British history.”
+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 646. Ap. 28, ’06. 530w.
=Hall, Prescott F.= Immigration and its effects upon the United States. *$1.50. Holt.