The book review digest, Volume 04, 1908
chapter 4, with choir-screens and rood-lofts. Thus the whole book,
divided into thirteen chapters, offers a useful account of what one needs to know when visiting ancient churches, or when preparing to build and adorn a church.” (Nation.)
* * * * *
“It is in many ways a completion of Parker’s well-known ‘Glossary,’ and a mine of carefully ordered information.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 487. O. 19. 680w.
“The joint authors of this most useful book have managed to invest the driest technical details with an interest that cannot fail to appeal even to those who have never hitherto considered church furniture from any but the prosaic point of view.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 171. Ap. ’08. 220w.
“There is a pleasant mixture of archaeology with modern criticism.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 452. My. 14, ’08. 380w.
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 908. D. 7, ’07. 360w.
=Craddock, Charles Egbert, pseud. (Mary Noailles Murfree).= Fair Mississippian. †$1.50. Houghton.
8–29332.
The hero of Miss Murfree’s new story is a young man who having completed an elaborate course of study abroad is obliged to dismiss temporarily his dream of power on account of his father’s death and shattered fortunes. He turns to pedagogical work and engages in preparing three Southern boys for college. The story is concerned with his life in this home on a cotton plantation, with his thrilling adventures with river pirates and floods, and with his romance in which a widow ten years his senior is the altogether charming heroine.
=Cradle= of the rose. **$1.50. Harper.
8–30708.
Brittany is the scene of this story which bears upon the present church and state crisis in France. The wife of an English ambassador, during the latter’s absence in the Orient on diplomatic business, returns to Brittany, the land of her birth, there receives the homage which her wealth and ancestors command, and, aided by a young Breton nobleman, organizes a Royalist insurrection, is betrayed by a servant, and prefers a watery grave to capture and death at the hands of enemies.
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=Ind.= 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 60w.
“The story is developed skillfully and with constant appreciation for whatever is beautiful or interesting in the Breton country or in its people.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 672. N. 14, ’08. 360w.
=Crane, Walter.= India impressions. $2.50. Macmillan.
8–5823.
A book for the general reader which may serve as “an addendum to the lately published reminiscences” (Dial.) full of anecdotes illustrated by comic drawings.
* * * * *
“The volume may nevertheless be recommended to these who do not desire scientific truth, but rather wish for an artist’s opinion on the beauties of Indian landscape and architecture.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 580. N. 9. 330w.
+ =Dial.= 43: 426. D. 16, ’07. 100w.
“The illustrations by the author could not fail in themselves to make the book attractive.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 34: 172. Ap. ’08. 70w.
“The work is, in short, without sufficient excuse for being, but having been written, does no harm. At any rate the pen-and-ink sketches are new and some of them are funny.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 103. Ja. 30, ’08. 80w.
“An artist with this opportunity of travel has naturally much that is interesting to tell us. About political matters Mr. Crane does not say much, nor does he make us wish that he had been more copious in his deliverances on this subject.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 781. N. 16, ’07. 260w.
=Crapsey, Algernon Sidney.= Re-birth of religion; being an account of the passing of the old and coming of the new dogmatic. **$1.50. Lane.
8–1487.
Dr. Crapsey condemns the current system of religion as antiquated and outworn and substitutes a new system entirely away from Christian creeds. The “new dogmatic will instruct in all that concerns the ethical life, and will seek to bring the soul in contact with that which is good, so that the evil shall not be in the mind at all.”
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=Am. J. Theol.= 12: 674. O. ’08. 40w.
“His work is constructive rather than destructive and is worthy of a place in every library where there is no fear of truth.” R. E. Bisbee.
+ =Arena.= 39: 490. Ap. ’08. 1000w.
“The author is as sure of his ground as he is earnest and courageous, and we cannot otherwise than wish him well; but at several points we find ourselves asking whether we are not escaping from one crassness to fall into another.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 212. Ap. 1, ’08. 400w.
=Ind.= 64: 977. Ap. 30, ’08. 70w.
“Very little is found in these pages which is not often heard, in somewhat less piquant style, from the more liberal pulpits of the orthodox churches.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 125. F. 6, ’08. 170w.
“If the truth be spoken, the book is utterly devoid both of scholarship and of theological insight. It is hardly more than a combination of the commonplace and the untrue. The book abounds in inaccuracies and misstatements. They show loose thinking, lack of scholarship, and carelessness of expression. The volume would attract no attention and would not be worthy of serious notice were it not for the prominence in which circumstances have placed its author.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 746. N. 23, ’07. 520w.
“It appears to us to be characterized in many places by inconsistency, inaccuracy, and superficiality. There is much that is admirable in the volume, especially in the author’s presentation of the doctrine of social salvation, but as an interpretation of the new dogmatic it is inferior to other volumes by other authors of the broad school who have preceded him.”
− + =Outlook.= 87: 876. D. 21. ’67. 630w.
=Crawford, Francis Marion.= Diva’s ruby. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–26829.
Completes the trilogy of which “Fair Margaret” is the first volume and “The primadonna” is the second. Mr. Crawford tells a whole story in his prologue, the while he is affording his tale an artistic preparation. He takes the reader into a ruby mine, where is enacted a weird drama in which an oriental maiden for the love of a golden-bearded Englishman divulges the hidden cave’s secret of rubies, and is deserted for her pains. The plot of the story proper grows out of the theft of a ruby and the final struggle in which the Greek financier, Logotheti, and the American millionaire, Van Torp, do battle for the hand of Margaret.
* * * * *
“She remains one of Mr. Crawford’s most consistently drawn characters.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 602. N. 14. 130w.
“Frankly, it is the best story Mr. Crawford has given us in a number of years.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 261. N. ’08. 650w.
“Is far and away the most readable of the three books devoted to the lady.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1183. N. 19, ’08. 40w.
“Really, there is little to be said of such storytelling as this; an able-bodied, intelligent, grown man ought to be in better business.”
− =Nation.= 87: 466. N. 12, ’08. 400w.
“There is mystery enough for a detective story, love within love, murder, wealth. There are also Crawford’s shrewd and felicitous characterizations, and his sparkling wit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 570. O. 17, ’08. 540w.
“It is possibly the most dramatic tale in the series.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 615. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
“May be read and enjoyed independently or as a sequel to the other members of the trilogy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 180w.
“It is entertaining, and it holds the attention to the very end. It does not belong, however, with Mr. Crawford’s really good work.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 362. O. 17, ’08. 100w.
=Crawford, Francis Marion.= Little city of Hope: a Christmas story. †$1.25. Macmillan.
7–38261.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
* * * * *
“A pretty story, obviously padded.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 18. Ja. ’08. ✠
“A pretty, graceful story.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 728. D. 7. 80w.
+ =Cath. World.= 86: 550. Ja. ’08. 70w.
“Pessimists ought to read it, and optimists will enjoy it.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 429. D. 16, ’07. 90w.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1465. D. 19, ’07. 50w.
“It is a story which will delight both children and grown-ups, it is so exquisitely told.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104. sup. 8. D. 7, ’07. 40w.
=Crawford, Francis Marion.= Primadonna: a sequel to “Fair Margaret.” †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–13275.
A well developed sequel to “Fair Margaret.” Two years have passed and Margaret Donne who made her debut on the lyric stage has become submerged in Margarita da Cordova, a full-fledged primadonna, unspoiled by contact with “coarse-fibered colleagues and cynical impressarios.” Characters of musical Bohemia and men of literary and commercial fame unite to furnish a setting for this heroine, whose character development is consistently drawn to its maturity with due emphasis placed upon the value of temperament.
* * * * *
“Though a story of crime and mystery, it is not, perhaps, the kind of mystery which gives the best scope to Mr. Crawford’s powers.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 505. Ap. 25. 200w.
“The book at best does not rise above the Wilkie Collins type.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 396. Je. ’08. 600w.
“Mr. Crawford is drawing some very real characters in this triptych of portraits.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 101. Jl. 9, ’08. 300w.
“Mr. Crawford’s hand becomes not less deft but more nonchalant as the years go by.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 536. Je. 11, ’08. 650w.
“It would be impossible for Marion Crawford to write anything but a good novel. But in the midst of his spell weaving we seem nowadays to fall on blanks and pauses, digressions and explanations, well written in themselves, but unworthy of the witch-stuff that we have grown to expect from the pen of the much-loved novelist.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 268. My. 9, ’08. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 240w.
“The second half shows relaxation of grip.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 324. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.
“When he is not soliloquizing or moralizing he is very entertaining and bright.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 4: 619. Ag. ’08. 500w.
“There are also occasional lapses into that bad faith with his readers, to intensify their interest or perplexity, which the writer of the sensational should be very careful to avoid.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 601. My. 9, ’08. 600w.
“‘The primadonna’ has not the charm of the best of Mr. Marion Crawford’s novels of modern Italian life, but by its judicious blending of sensational incident with careful character-drawing it makes a wide appeal, and is eminently calculated to maintain the popularity of its indefatigable author.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 425. Mr. 14, ’08. 850w.
=Crawford, Mary Caroline.= Among old New England inns. $2. Page.
7–36234.
Here Miss Crawford tells of her visits to old New England inns and recalls their peculiar part in the public life of “the brave days of old.” It is a matter for special comment that colonial inns were bound up with the church, frequently being located next door to the places of worship. The reasons for this, the “part inns played in early history, their social and political associations, and the odd characters who frequented them” are set forth in chatty and informing manner.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 38. F. ’08.
=Dial.= 43: 427. D. 16, ’07. 140w.
“The book is crowded with interesting lore.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1468. D. 19, ’07. 80w.
+ =Lit. D.= 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 100w.
“All of which Miss Crawford puts down with good taste and diligence.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 79. Ja. 23, ’08. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 9. Ja. 4, ’08. 280w.
“This is one of the many interesting popular books which reproduce the habits of life and the homes of the older America. One of the minor foot-notes to New England history.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 830. D. 14, ’07. 90w.
* =Crawford, Mary Caroline.= St. Botolph’s town: an account of old Boston in colonial days. $2.50. Page.
8–28847.
A history of old Boston from the first settlement down to the revolution which is embodied in a series of portraits of prominent men and women.
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“A work full of zealous research and written in an agreeable style.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 414. D. 1, ’08. 270w.
“There are some repetitions from the former volumes. And the style leaves something to be desired, being, to say the least, neither original nor distinguished.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 519. N. 26, ’08. 220w.
“Handsomely gotten up and written in interesting style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 650. N. 7, ’08. 260w.
=Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd.= Fifteen decisive battles of the world, from Marathon to Waterloo; new ed. $1.25. Harper.
8–30944.
A new edition containing the complete text of Creasy’s “Fifteen decisive battles” and eight additional battles as follows: Quebec, Yorktown, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Sedan, Manila bay, Santiago and Tsu-Shima. The battles are described by well-known historians and are accompanied by chronological lists of important events.
* * * * *
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 675. N. 14, ’08. 500w.
=R. of Rs.= 38: 761. D. ’08. 120w.
=Creed= of Buddha, by the author of “The creed of Christ.” *$1.50. Lane.
8–15891.
“In addition to the several chapters in which the author sets forth and discusses the teachings of Buddha, he enters into a comparison of the view-points of the East and the West.... In another chapter he discusses ‘the bankruptcy of Western thought,’ by which he means that the higher thought of the Western world has come to a point where it no longer has anything to offer in response to its own demands. In the final chapter he sets forward the theory that it remains for Western intellect to borrow and assimilate the ethical ideas of the East and evolve from these ‘a science of the soul’ that will enrich the Western poverty of thought.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“The layman who wishes to get a clear idea of the ethical teaching of Buddha, apart from his philosophy, will find a concise and illuminating discussion and interpretation of ‘The creed of Buddha,’ by this anonymous author.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 303. My. 30, ’08. 220w.
“It is suggestive and stimulating, and even if we doubt its being a correct representation of the philosophy of the Buddha, it contains much that will do the European reader no harm to keep in mind.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 425. O. 3, ’08. 1050w.
=Creel, George.= Quatrains of Christ; preface by Julian Hawthorne. **75c. Elder.
8–22554.
The esoteric meaning of Christ’s life and mission gleams forth from these quatrains which tell the wonderful and radiant story with reverence and spiritual insight. The quatrains “are in form, the Rubaiyat of Omar over again; but save that they are full of veritable poetry they are as different from them in purpose and issue as light is different from shadow.” (Preface.)
* * * * *
=Ind.= 65: 898. O. 15, ’08. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 80w.
“This new poet seems a real interpreter of the religious life.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 566. Mr. 7, ’08. 120w.
=Cresson, William Penn.= Persia; the awakening East. **$3.50. Lippincott.
8–17797.
“The author, who is a prominent architect of Washington. D. C., and a fellow of the Royal geographical society, tells the story of a caravan journey across Persia, old Kurdistan, and the countries of the middle east taken by himself and his brother. His book, however, is more than a description of the country, for he pays especial attention to the political condition of the countries through which he passed, and throws a great deal of light upon the so-called awakening of Persia and upon the diplomatic complications caused by the rivalries and conflicting interests of Russia, England, and Germany in that remote part of the world. The book is profusely illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.
* * * * *
“A volume well written and well illustrated, but Mr. Cresson does not live up to his avowed purpose as indicated by his title and his introductory statements.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 620. N. ’08. 220w.
“The value of the volume is not impaired because its politics, is a little out of date.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 557. S. 3, ’08. 200w.
“Notwithstanding the somewhat superficial character of the book, it is instructive, and the author’s style makes it easy reading, while the photographic illustrations add much to its interest and attractiveness. We regret that there is neither map nor index.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 189. Ag. 27, ’08. 650w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 316. Je. 6, ’08. 150w.
“While not so exhaustive, scholarly, or authoritative as is Professor Jackson’s recently published book, Mr. Cresson’s may prove to be even more popularly instructive; certainly it is a good preparatory book to read before attempting the other.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 623. Jl. 18, ’08. 450w.
“Well and interestingly written account of the present condition of the Shah’s empire.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 509. O. ’08. 110w.
=Crocker, Francis Bacon.= Dynamo-electric machinery: an authoritative treatise on the theory, constructive details, calculation, characteristic curves, and design of dynamo-electric machinery. $1.50. American school of correspondence.
8–23578.
“The book is intended for correspondence instruction, and is well arranged for this purpose. There are four sections to the book covering the fundamental principles and various classes of generators, calculations and characteristic curves. A valuable feature of the work is a well-selected list of problems relating to the design, construction and operation of such generators, appropriate solutions being given in outline.”—Engin. Rec.
* * * * *
“Good as his previous work has been, he may be said in this work to have crystallized clearly and summarized succinctly the fruitful results of study, practice and didactic disquisition, and is to be congratulated upon a book that to a certain extent does him justice and that cannot fail to be a helpful guide to the aspiring electrical engineer.”
+ =Elec. World.= 52: 362. Ag. 15, ’08. 370w.
“Anyone who is seeking a lucid and logical presentation of the very elements of the design of direct-current generators will not be disappointed with this text.”
+ =Engin. N.= 60: 320. S. 17, ’08. 500w.
“Overlooking [several] shortcomings, the book may be considered as an excellent elementary text relating to standard low-speed direct-current generators.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 306. S. 12, ’08. 280w.
=Crockett, Charles Winthrop.= Methods for earthwork computations. *$1.50. Wiley.
8–10844.
“The author formulates a series of rules by means of which the terms requisite for the numerical computation of volumes by the prismoidal formula and the average end area method may be written directly from the notes, without any intermediate steps and without drawing any figures, the symbolized form of the rules enabling the computer to apply them without difficulty.”—Engin. D.
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=Engin. D.= 3: 651. Je. ’08. 230w.
“The book as a whole presents the subject of the computation of earthwork quite clearly and fully. The rules derived could be more readily understood by the student if expressed in words as well as by formulas, as the notation used in some of the special cases is not evident even by reference to the summary. In general, however, the statements are clearly made and the methods easily followed.” C: L. Crandall.
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 186. Ag. 13, ’08. 640w.
=Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.= Deep moat grange. †$1.50. Appleton.
8–9175.
A tale of murder and mystery with a north of England setting.
* * * * *
“Great skill is shown in the handling of so numerous a company. We fancy, however, in spite of this and the excellence of the local colouring, that the tragic element is a trifle too lurid.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 476. Ap. 18. 150w.
“A soufflé of slang and shudders.”
− =Ind.= 65: 101. Jl. 9, ’08. 150w.
“The plot is well managed and the style is sprightly and vivid, although Mr. Crockett is prone, as usual, to be amazingly long-winded and to use three times as many words as are necessary for the telling of his story.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 256. My. 2, ’08. 180w.
“A crazy tale about crazy people.”
− =Outlook.= 88: 839. Ap. 11, ’08. 40w.
=Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.= Iron lord. (English title, Vida; or, The iron lord of Kirktown.) il. 75c. Cupples & L.
8–274.
An unscrupulous ironmaster sends his wife and daughter to sea with orders for the ship to be scuttled at a suitable moment. The child is rescued and unknown to her father grows to womanhood in his mining village. The story introduces a variety of characters and situations that are more or less identified with the final achievement of the father’s repentance.
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“Let the reader read if he chooses. The book will not injure his feeblest virtues, but do not let him purchase it under the impression that he is buying one of S. R. Crockett’s dark o’ the moon tales.”
− =Ind.= 65: 210. Jl. 23, ’08. 320w.
“The plot of the story, if its sequence of incidents can be called a plot, is loose and struggling, and conventional enough to be worthy of the respect due to age. There are a number of exciting incidents very well related, and there are some excellent scenes portraying the life and work of the employes of the Incubus mines. These last are, indeed, the best part of the book.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 188. Ap. 4, ’08. 350w.
“Is it possible that Mr. Crockett is trying how far a well-established favourite can presume on the indulgence of the fiction-reading public? Mr. Crockett has a masterful way of picturing women and their ways that recalls Charles Reade, and the dialogue is as vigorous as ever.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 533. O. 12, ’07. 200w.
* =Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.= Redcap adventures. †$1.75. Macmillan.
8–24454.
A continuation of “Red cap tales.” They are drawn from “Ivanhoe,” “The fortunes of Nigel,” “Quentin Durward,” “The pirate,” and “A legend of Montrose,” the portions being retold in a manner simple enough to interest children.
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“Will be sure to hold his young readers.” K. L. M.
+ =Bookm.= 28: 387. D. ’08. 50w.
“The connecting links are excellent, while the stories are told with spirit.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 551. D. 3, ’08. 60w.
“The volume is attractive in every way. For itself, and as a foretaste of the great teller of tales, whom many people do still read, the book is most acceptable.”
+ =Spec.= 101: sup. 707. N. 7, ’08. 160w.
=Cromer, Earl of.= Modern Egypt. 2v. **$6. Macmillan.
8–8125.
A two-volume work which sets forth “how this ancient land has been policed, financed, and irrigated after the latest European models.” (Lit. D.) It makes its appeal to the Englishman for its detailed story of General Gordon and his mission to Khartoum; to the student of history for the light thrown on European diplomacy and politics; to the student of political science for the manner of solving difficult problems and handling troublesome policies; to the student of ethnology for the light thrown upon the race development question.
* * * * *
=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 133. My. ’08.
“Earl Cromer’s volumes are at once thorough, scholarly and sympathetic.” C. L. Jones.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 725. My. ’08. 600w.
“He writes with a largeness of view, a generosity of temper, and a sense of responsibility which belong characteristically to the man who has been at the helm of Egypt through his eventful and fruitful quarter of a century.”
+ + =Ath.= 1908, 1: 345. Mr. 21. 1750w.
“The opinions of so acute and well-informed a statesman, even when not on the scene, are of great value.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 376. Mr. 28. 3300w.
“It is and will continue to be the most reliable and illuminating history of a momentous epoch in British foreign politics.” J: W: Russell.
+ + =Bookm.= 27: 492. Jl. ’08. 1350w.
“No one has [told the story of English rule] so well, as Lord Cromer.” J. W. Garner.
+ =Dial.= 44: 237. Ap. 16, ’08. 1300w.
“Since the days of Cæsar, Lord Cromer is the first great ruler who has written his own story in such vigorous, clear and noble language.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 747. Ap. 2, ’08. 1200w.
“It is the highest tribute we can pay to this book to declare that he has manifestly carried out his noble purpose and he has related his experiences with modesty, succinctness, and eloquence.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 36: 490. Ap. 4, ’08. 850w.
“Teachers of English would do well to weigh the style of these volumes. A master of lucid statement and apt phrase, able to convey his thought vividly and precisely in language which yet attracts no more attention to itself than the dress of a woman of perfect taste. The book is so noteworthy because the intellect and the character which have gone to its making are so exceptional.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 235. Mr. 12, ’08. 1550w.
“We are confident that Lord Cromer’s book, as a whole, would have left a better impression upon candid minds had he refrained from his too evidently labored attempt to justify his course in respect to the governor generalship appointment and the Zobeir episode.” C. R. Miller.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 149. Mr. 21, ’08. 5000w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 336. Je. 13, ’08. 270w.
“Should be read and re-read by all who have aught to do with the government of dependent races.”
+ + =Outlook.= 89: 346. Je. 13, ’08. 2550w.
“His story of his achievements is well worth reading, well worth studying.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 493. Jl. ’08. 500w.
“The chapters dealing with the financial and economic reforms in Egypt are most interesting, and the whole is one of the most noteworthy historical works of the past decade.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 508. Ap. ’08. 350w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 637. My. ’08. 70w.
“Without attempting to pose as a political philosopher, he yet gives us ... a number of principles of political action, which are all marked by that sanity and simplicity of judgment, that broad and masculine good sense, which has been the foundation of his success.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 105: 374. Mr. 21, ’08. 3200w.
“Valuable in a high degree from the historical side.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 374. Mr. 7, ’08. 2400w.
“He sees how the oriental mind works, and takes the necessary steps to keep his own mind free from either prejudice or entanglement. [The book] is throughout written, not only with the force, directness, and good sense which would be expected from its author, but also with no little insight and literary charm.”
+ + =Spec.= 100: 420. Mr. 14, ’08. 2000w.
=Cronson, Bernard.= Pupil self-government: its theory and practice. *90c. Macmillan.
7–36886.
The scheme for pupil self-government as outlined, developed and operated by a New York principal. Ethical as well as civic training is insured through the author’s methods. The book is fully illustrated, and furnished with blank pages for notes.
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“Not entirely satisfactory because of its scrappy character, but suggestive and especially useful as there are no other books on the subject and only occasional brief magazine articles.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 175. Je. ’08.
“The principal who is interested in the subject will find in this book a very definite statement as to methods and as to conditions essential for success.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 399. Ap. 30, ’08. 110w.
=Crooker, Rev. Joseph Henry.= Church of today: a plea. *75c. Pilgrim press.
8–12536.
A practical treatment of the church problem, of the obstacles in the way of the attainment of the church’s ideals, of religion as a corporate life, of the church’s contribution to modern life and inspiration, and of the functions of the church as a social institution.
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“Though the author is a liberal thinker, his work is quite conservative in tone. It is a strong, able and earnest plea for closer union of men and women for the carrying forward of the fundamental truths of religion and the elevation of society to a higher and nobler plane of existence.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 390. O. ’08. 300w.
“Is remarkable both for comprehensiveness and sobriety. The author works up to the line of truth, and rarely if ever transcends it.”
+ + =Dial.= 44: 381. Je. 16, ’08. 370w.
“A modern and candid statement of the problem before the church.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 756. Je. ’08. 160w.
=Cross, Victoria.= Religion of Evelyn Hastings. $1.50. Kennerley.
Evelyn Hastings’ religion evolved from childhood and girlhood experiences is the religion of living, constant prayer. It is materialistic inasmuch as it limits the omnipotence of God, and it permits of dream communion with absent loved ones.
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=N. Y. Times.= 13: 613. O. 24, ’08. 250w.
* =Crothers, Samuel McChord.= By the Christmas fire. **$1.25. Houghton.
8–33150.
A collection of wise and humorous essays by the author of “The gentle reader” and “The pardoner’s wallet,” which will incite in the reader as he smiles and chuckles a feeling of peace and good will toward all his fellows. Besides the Bayonet-poker, Christmas and the literature of disillusion, Christmas and the spirit of democracy, with their hopeful and kindly Christmas philosophy, the book contains the essays, The ignominy of being grown-up and On being a doctrinaire.
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“A new volume of those charming, humorous, observant papers of his, which often lead one nowhere in particular, but benefit him none the less all the way.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1173. N. 19, ’08. 80w.
“Although the spirit of Dr. Crother’s style is optimistic and hopeful, there is an undercurrent of whimsical warning for the contented.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 200w.
“One finds a wealth of entertainment which is not the less delightful because it carries with it an abundance of intellectual profit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 750. D. 5, ’08. 150w.
“Is quite good enough to take its place in the ‘Standard library of pleasant books’ which some wise publisher will some day bring out.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 661. N. 28, ’08. 60w.
=Crouch, Frances.= Feminine finance. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
7–36412.
Here are set forth in amusing fashion the high-handed methods to which two bachelor maids resort in bringing about the payment of a promissory note which an unfortunate woman holds against her cousin.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“Entertainment of the lightest variety may be found by easily pleased readers.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 843. D. 21, ’07. 100w.
=Crowninshield, Francis W.= Manners for the metropolis: an entrance key to the fantastic life of the 400. **$1. Appleton.
8–31014.
A humorous Baedeker to the social realm. It contains concise rules of deportment for all the more important social ceremonies—“from a tete-à-tete to a betrothal, a picnic to a funeral, a partié-carrée to a divorce, an ushers’ dinner to a Turkish bath, and a piano recital to a rout. It also contains excellent advice on the choice of a motor car, a summer residence, a wife, or a brand of cigar.” (Preface.)
=Crowninshield, Frederic.= Under the laurel. **$1.50. Dodd.
7–34589.
A book of poems divided into three groups as follows: Miscellaneous poems, Sonnets, and Character studies and narrative poems.
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“Contain little that is distinctive, such qualities of sincerity and imagination as they do possess are much obscured by faulty expression.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 795. D. 21. 310w.
“It is a source of real joy to meet with a collection deserving, as does Mr. Crowninshield’s, a generous welcome from the world of culture.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 875. D. 7, ’07. 200w.
“He is not sure enough of his rhythms, and is somewhat too fond of unusual words to set the sensuous chords within us vibrating, but, as a seeker after the meaning of life, perplexed at times, often indignant, always courageous, he stands notably apart from the crowd.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 590. D. 26, ’07. 260w.
“In his shorter pieces, where he is more narrowly impelled by his idea, he is most nearly successful.” Christian Gauss.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 290. My. 23, ’08. 250w.
=Crozier, Alfred Owen.= The magnet. †$1.50. Funk.
8–1779.
A novel which embodies the Wilmington lawyer’s methods of winning out in a campaign against predatory wealth now looking for its greatest triumph in a central government bank. Mr. Crozier’s aim is not to injure Wall street’s useful and harmless business but to purge it of its dangerous powers and practices, to end margin gambling, and the demand for usurious interest rates. The book thrills with such problems, and portrays a tigerish, conscienceless Wall street magnate pitted against an honest, daring, invincible United States senator. The battle is to the strong—the strong in courage and principle.
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“‘The magnet’ is a book that should be bought, read and circulated by every patriotic American between now and the coming election. This we say in spite of the author’s amazing protection views and in spite of his failure to realize that the more the government seeks to regulate criminal corporations, the more those corporations will debauch politics for the sake of the enormous revenue that can be wrested from the people so long as they control the regulating force of government and are able to continue their career of lawlessness.” B. O. Flower.
+ + − =Arena.= 39: 479. Ap. ’08. 5300w.
“His moral purpose in exposing financial iniquities in high places is deep-seated and throughout the story it remains persuasive.”
+ =Lit. D.= 36: 417. Mr. 21, ’08. 200w.
“Of course it should never have been written under the head of fiction ... but as a treatise on stock gambling the book has genuine force, and perhaps is even not without its message.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 251. My. 2, ’08. 100w.
=Cruttwell, Maud.= Guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence: a critical catalogue with quotations from Vasari. (Art collections of Europe ser.) *$1.25. Dutton.
8–18753.
A critical guide book, illustrated with numerous miniature reproductions of pictures and frescoes.
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+ =Ind.= 64: 1300. Je. 4, ’08. 40w.
“It is a painstaking and apparently accurate piece of work, and should prove of great value to the traveller interested in art.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 41. Jl. 9, ’08. 80w.
“The criticism is helpful to the tyro as well as to the advanced student.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 624. Jl. 18, ’08. 300w.
=Cuenot, G.= Deformations of railroad tracks, and the means for remedying them. *$2. Railway gazette.
8–3513.
“Gives the results of many experiments on the lines of the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean railway. The deformations studied include creeping, the reduction of gauge on tangents, the spreading of gauge on curves, the compression of tie at its supports, the tearing out of screw spikes, the poor holding of the joints, and the vertical deformation of the rail.” Engin. Rec.
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“The various matters are discussed scientifically and in detail. The mechanical work on the book is rather poor. The translation is also somewhat awkward at times. A more serious matter is the entire omission of an index.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 661. D. 12, ’07. 700w.
“The monograph is such a valuable contribution to the subject of track deformation that it deserves a very careful study.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 56: 721. D. 28, ’07. 430w.
* =Culbreth, David M. R.= University of Virginia: memories of her student-life and professors. *$5. Neale.
A volume of reminiscences written by a “casual alumnus” who entered the University of Virginia in 1872. He gives intimate pictures of the working of the inner life of the institution—of its class room and debating society, social and religious life, of its students and professors, and its environment and ideals. Across the whole moves the spirit of Jefferson, its founder and supporter.
=Cunningham, Brysson.= Treatise on the principles and practice of harbour engineering; with 18 pl. and 220 il. in the text. *$5. Lippincott.
8–21779.
“The book on ‘Harbor engineering’ is introduced by an historical chapter tracing the growth of navigation with its necessary concomitant, the harbor.... The second chapter is devoted to harbor design and the effect upon such design of the configuration of the land, the tides and winds and the climatic conditions of the place. The next six chapters take up the methods and materials of harbor construction.... Finally a chapter is given to channel demarcation, signals and lighthouses.”—Engin. N.
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“To the profession in general the discussion of the behavior of structural materials in and about sea-water will be the most valuable part of the book. In particular the study of the effect of sea-water on concrete is worthy of separate publication.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 59: 650. Je. 11, ’08. 430w.
=Curle, Richard H. P.= Aspects of George Meredith. il. *$2. Dutton.
8–16941.
After an introduction which estimates Meredith as novelist and poet and defines afresh idealism, realism and poetry, the author deals with the following subjects: Meredith’s personality explained by atmosphere and style, Philosophy of nature, Lyrical view of nature, Philosophic conception of social problems, Insight into character, The eloquence of Meredith, etc.
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+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 449. Ap. 11. 200w.
“A blend of fun and poetry, and, especially, youth.” F. M. Colby.
+ − =Bookm.= 27: 454. Jl. ’08. 120w.
“Mr. Curle’s careful nuances of definition at times weary the reader without pleasurably enlightening him.”
+ − =Dial.= 45: 18. Jl. 1, ’08. 350w.
“Much, perhaps most, of Mr. Curle’s philosophy is true enough, and not a little of his criticism is substantial and helpful; but, judging the book as a whole, we frankly do not take pleasure in this tone of literary religiosity.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 464. My. 21, ’08. 400w.
“There is nothing much to ridicule in Mr. Curle’s book, and much to honestly admire. The analyses of the various novels are suggestive and illuminative.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 231. Ap. 18, ’08. 700w.
=Currency= problem and the present financial situation: a series of addresses delivered at Columbia university, 1907–1908. *$1.50. Macmillan.
8–8335.
A series of addresses thru which run “an unexpected harmony of thought, and a close agreement not only as to the ultimate ideal to be attained in our financial relations, but as to the next step to be taken in the legislative reform of our currency.” (J. Pol. Econ.) See Cumulative book index for contents.
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“No more timely or important treatment of the problems which now confront the American people has appeared anywhere than will be found in this volume.”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 520. My. ’08. 100w.
“Some of the most prominent men of affairs in New York have contributed to the volume and it is evident that they are speaking out of the fulness of practical experience, and have thought deeply on various subtle points of theory.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 463. Jl. ’08. 160w.
=Curriculum= of the elementary school; reprinted from Teachers college record. (v. 7, nos. 1 and 4; v. 8. nos. 1, 3 and 4.) $2. Teachers college, Columbia univ.
A curriculum for the first seven grades of the public school. “As an indication of how means may be adjusted to ends, of how teachers of widely differing temperaments may be united in purpose, and of how a norm may be utilized to direct concerted action throughout a large institution, the study of the curriculum herein given is particularly worthy of attention.”
=Curtin, Jeremiah.= Mongols: a history; with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. **$3. Little.
7–40050.
Mr. Curtin’s panoramic view is epic in its sweep of “vital historical events” which have had so large a share in aiding or marring the development of Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a closely written, illuminating history of the rise of the Mongol empire and its decadence, popular in treatment yet scholarly in its authenticity and choice of material.
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“Notwithstanding the imperfections of this work ... it puts before the public the outlines, at least, of an epic of such wonderful interest and which is so little known to us, that we must be thankful that it has seen the light.” W. W. Rockhill.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 562. Ap. ’08. 850w.
“Nothing in this volume is so readable as the seven animated pages of ‘Foreword.’”
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 12: 528. Jl. ’08. 100w.
“A scholarly, comprehensive, authentic work upon the rise and fall of the Mongolian empire.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 133. My. ’08.
“The volume is one of the most important historical works of recent years.”
+ + =Arena.= 39: 497. Ap. ’08. 900w.
“Valuable to the ordinary reader, and with its index and map will be a useful addition to the library. In its composition, Mr. Curtin has followed the bent of his genius; but it cannot accurately be called a history.” W: E. Griffis.
+ =Dial.= 44: 178. Mr. 16, ’08. 850w.
“Will be eagerly read, particularly at the present time, as a contribution of first importance to the literature which aids us to comprehend, if not to understand, the Orient.”
+ =Educ. R.= 35: 207. F. ’08. 80w.
“It fulfills none of the conditions demanded by modern historical methods. Fact and fable are mingled without any attempt at criticism and without reference to sources, and the essential relations of cause and effect are entirely ignored. It is a monotonous and repulsive narrative of battles and sieges, devastation and slaughter.”
− =Ind.= 65: 789. O. 1, ’08. 340w.
“One can not say that this is the ideal book on the Mongols, and yet it is probably the best single work on the subject yet published in English.”
+ + − =Lit. D.= 36: 95. Ja. 18, ’08. 520w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 50w.
“Complexity is an almost insuperable fault of the book from the unlearned reader’s point of view, though chapters like that which deals with the so-called Assassin commonwealth ... are of great interest, and the whole volume is of immense value.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 31. Ja. 18, ’08. 1900w.
“Written by a great scholar, one who knew Asiatic history as have few.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 650. Mr. 21, ’08. 1500w.
“A noteworthy contribution to American scholarship.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 37: 252. F. ’08. 230w.
=Curtin, Jeremiah.= Mongols in Russia. **$3. Little.
8–30035.
A continuation of “The Mongols.” Beginning with a detailed history of Russia previous to the Mongol invasion, the author proceeds to a study of the domination of the Mongols in Russia after their expulsion from China by the founders of the Ming dynasty. From the Mongol invasion the history continues thru two hundred and forty years of Mongol rule and oppression to the breakup of the Golden Horde at Sarai in 1505.
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“Fills a gap in English historic literature and fills it well.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 37: 850. D. 5, ’08. 320w.
“When you have waded through the 481 pages you have no more ordered idea of the relations of Russian and Mongol than you had when you opened the volume, though you have perhaps learned many names and incidents.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 669. N. 14, ’08. 1300w.
=Curtis, Carlton Clarence.= Nature and development of plants. **$2.50. Holt.
7–34596.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
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“That this book successfully meets the demand intended to be supplied by the author is certain, and this is abundant justification for anyone who has the courage to run the gauntlet with a new book.” R. H. Pond.
+ + − =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 455. D. ’07. 590w.
“The author, meanwhile avoiding the more technical sides of his subject, carries his argument forward in a style so clear and simple that the most inexperienced reader may easily follow the fascinating story.”
+ =Dial.= 44: 215. Ap. 1, ’08. 270w.
“Quite the best general text-book of botany that has recently come to our attention. The book is beautifully made as well as well proportioned, clearly written, and attractively illustrated.”
+ + =Educ. R.= 36: 208. S. ’08. 50w.
“A careful examination has shown the treatise to be trustworthy. It is, moreover, interesting, and it should be very useful.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 222. Mr. 5, ’08. 130w.
“Dr. Curtis has produced an excellent and readable book which may be confidently recommended for the use of junior classes in this country.” J. B. F.
+ =Nature.= 77: 436. Mr. 12, ’08. 350w.
=Curwood, James Oliver.= Courage of Captain Plum. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–30131.
A stirring tale of the Mormon colony on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan. At the center of the plot lies the perfidy of James Jesse Strang who as self proclaimed king ruled the island during the administration of Franklin Pierce. Captain Plum, who visits the island in the interests of righting a grievance of piracy, is plunged into the thick of a revolt, and, at the peril of death, snatches two persecuted young women from the meshes of the Mormon net.
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“The tale is well told and abounds in exciting, melodramatic scenes.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 484. N. ’08. 250w.
“Mr. Curwood is to be congratulated upon having utilized an insignificant crumb of national history for the making of a well-constructed and interesting tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 657. N. 7, ’08. 320w.
* =Curwood, James Oliver.= Wolf hunters: a tale of adventure in the wilderness. †$1.50. Bobbs.
8–20578.
A thrilling tale of adventure in the Canadian wilderness. A young half-breed, his tenderfoot friend, and a toughened Indian pathfinder, share perilous dangers in the north country during a winter of trapping, wolf hunting and Indian fighting. The gruesome find of a cabin containing the skeletons of two men, who from all evidences, had fought to death, results in the discovery of the location of a gold mine. The author ends his story with the return to the post. The hunt for the gold mine, postponed until spring, would furnish good material for a sequel.
=Cushing, Otho.= Teddyssey. $1. Life pub.
7–33618.
Humorous drawings after the “mock heroic order” which picture eleven episodes in the life of President Roosevelt.
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“The President is the subject of perennial interest to all good Americans, and whatever may be their political affiliations they will find Mr. Cushing’s pictorial account of the particularly strenuous moments in a strenuous career entertaining and possibly not without food for thought.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 430. D. 16, ’07. 70w.
Reviewed by W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1469. D. 19, ’07. 40w.
=Cuthell, Edith E.= Wilhelmina, margravine of Baireuth. 2v. *$6. Appleton.
6–33598.
A biography of Wilhelmina, sister of Frederick the Great. “Miss Cuthell follows the fortunes of her heroine, using for the most part the Margravine’s own pencil, as traced in her memoirs and in her voluminous correspondence with the king, her brother, and with her literary father-confessor Voltaire.” (Sat. R.)
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“Miss Cuthell, although her method is at times too crude and colloquial to be altogether pleasing, has given us a picturesque and readable account of a woman who is invariably interesting.”
+ − =Acad.= 70: 35. Ja. 13, ’06. 1700w.
“These deductions [poor style and deplorable Latin] from the value of an entertaining and not unimportant historical biography are regrettable, especially as most of them might have been avoided by a little more care in the correction of the press.”
+ − =Ath.= 1905, 2: 858. D. 23. 1230w.
“Except where it touches on the English marriages and, on the war, the book is very interesting, though it is written in a vulgar, slipshod style that seriously mars its attractiveness and sometimes, as in the symbolic allusion to music at the outset, degenerates into pure nonsense. Some of the illustrations are good.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 44. F. 9, ’06. 1170w.
“Miss Cuthell has performed a valuable service to literature in presenting in vivid and masculine English a new life of the Margravine of Baireuth, who will always remain one of the most fascinating characters in history.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 90. F. 15, ’08. 620w.
“As a biography the book is inclined to err on the side of length, and the style is occasionally slipshod, while a number of obvious blunders should be corrected, but the author deserves praise for giving us a thorough and always brightly written account of a really interesting personality.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 101: 82. Ja. 20, ’06. 2860w.
“The ideal biographer should be first artisan, then artist. Miss Cuthell shows well in the former capacity by her skill in quarrying the extensive material of her subject and her industrious archival researches in Berlin and London, and also by her examinations of certain controversial questions touching the authenticity of the Margravine’s memoirs. But as artist the lady leaves something to desire.”
+ − =Spec.= 96: 621. Ap. 21, ’06. 2400w.
=Cutting, Mrs. Mary Stewart.= Suburban whirl. †$1.25. McClure.
7–33206.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
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“Seems almost too purposeful for the caliber of the characters involved.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 312. F. 6, ’08. 120w.
“There is a similarity about Mrs. Cutting’s suburban ladies that makes them seem as if they had been cut out after the same pattern and provided with different coloring and wardrobes.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 6. Ja. 4, ’08. 390w.
“The author’s humorous appreciation of certain disadvantages of such place of residence enliven her serious and forceful consideration of some of the causes that make for marital infelicity in town and country.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 828. D. 14, ’07. 70w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 126. Ja. ’08. 160w.
=Cutting, Mary Stewart.= The wayfarers. †$1.50. McClure.
8–19022.
Another story dealing with the problems of married life. The lure of wealth induces a young suburbanite to assume a trying factory managership under a coarse, greedy taskmaster. It is the shadow of the struggle to “make good” that darkens the home for a time and in this half-light the true-as-steel character of the wife is revealed and the essential manhood of the husband.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 244. O. ’08. ✠
“It is full of careful portraiture, luminous little flashes of sympathetic understanding ... but according to the strict requirements of construction, the novel as a whole lacks cohesion.” F: T. Cooper.
− + =Bookm.= 27: 576. Ag. ’08. 760w.
“She presents understandingly both sides of a very intricate problem of human existence.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 550. S. 3, ’08. 90w.
“A book of close appeal to those who study life and to those who live.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 289. S. 24, ’08. 330w.
“Mrs. Cutting presents a set of exasperating characters in her clever novel and casts them in a domestic drama that is distinctly depressing and at times extremely harrowing.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 380. Jl. 4, ’08. 660w.
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=Daggett, Stuart.= Railroad reorganization. (Harvard economic studies, v. 4.) **$2. Houghton.
8–15469.
“This four-hundred-page work is the result of an investigation extending over a period of several years, during which the author collected, classified, and carefully studied the facts concerning a large number of railroad reorganizations. Nine chapters are devoted to the study of the reorganization of some of the greatest railroad systems in this country.... The tenth and concluding chapter constitutes a general treatment of railway reorganizations in which are framed rules and general principles deduced from the preceding study.”—J. Pol. Econ.
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“Mr. Daggett’s work on ‘Railroad reorganization’ is doing an inestimable service in discussing one of the most recondite as well as most important phases of railway management—and mismanagement.” J: J. Halsey.
+ =Dial.= 45: 165. S. 16, ’08. 980w.
“The work should be of great aid to the investor who is involved in any of the current reorganizations, as well as an important source of materials for class-room study.” T: W. Mitchell.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 535. O. ’08. 1800w.
“While these studies show great attention to accuracy of statement and an unusual grasp of the sources of information, yet the reader is not burdened with unnecessary detail. Excellent judgment has been displayed in the selection of the significant events and in the omission of irrelevant material. Too much praise cannot be ascribed to this scholarly book. It approaches the study of corporation finance from the right direction.” F. H. Dixon.
+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 23: 721. D. ’08. 1100w.
=Dahlgren, Ulric, and Kepner, William Allison.= Text-book of the principles of animal histology. *$3.75. Macmillan.
8–19603.
“After seven introductory chapters dealing with protoplasm, the cell, multicellular organization viewed from the phylogenetic and from the ontogenetic standpoints, mitosis and amitosis, epithelium and glands, connecting, supporting and filling tissues, there are taken up in order, tissues for the production of motion, electricity, light and heat; tissues connected with circulation, sensation, pigmentation, alimentation, ductless glands; tissues concerned with respiration, gas secretion, excretion, protection, reproduction, accessory reproductive tissues and tissues for the nourishment of the young.”—Science.
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“The most careful scrutiny reveals almost no defects. It easily takes first place among histologies, chiefly because of the invaluable comparative element.”
+ + =Nation.= 87: 144. Ag. 13, ’08. 480w.
“The work as a whole is much more than a text-book, for it contains a large amount of original observation here published for the first time. This applies to every chapter, but particularly to those which deal with the production of light and electricity, and with the sense organs. In the opinion of the writer the most serious criticism of the work for use as a text-book is that it ‘falls between two stools’; it can be used advantageously only by advanced students who have had a pretty thorough training in zoology, while much of the material described is quite inaccessible to average classes.” E. G. Conklin.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 28: 520. O. 16, ’08. 1150w.
=Dalliba, Gerda.= Earth poem and other poems; with an introd. by Edwin Markham. **$2. Putnam.
8–25379.
“An earth poem” sets forth man’s needs, capabilities and progress thru long eons of evolution from materialism to spiritual understanding. “In the first part, Children of sod, man is seen in his mere sense-hunger and earth-wrestle; in the second part, Children of air, man begins to wonder over life and to send his restless heart across the stars; in the last part, Children of sun, man dreams of the long purpose of God and fares forth in daring adventures of spirit.” (Edwin Markham’s introd.)
=Darwin, Leonard.= Municipal ownership. *$1.25. Dutton.
8–16481.
A series of four lectures delivered at Harvard in 1905 which reveal England’s attitude towards the relations of taxation, wages, direct employment, and subjects allied to the question of public ownership. He maintains that the great evil of municipal ownership lies in the indirect results of municipal employment, and shows the influence a local policy exerted even by a small body of municipal employees. “His own remedy for existing evils is not municipal ownership, but a continuance of the system of private ownership, with insistence on short-term franchises and wise restrictions.” (Outlook.)
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“Recommended for libraries which do not have Major Darwin’s larger work entitled ‘Municipal trading.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.
“Attempting to present the arguments, both for and against municipal ownership, it fails to command the respect of either advocates or opponents of increased functions for the municipality, nor does it deal with the subject in a sufficiently scholarly manner to raise it above the necessity of taking sides.”
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 442. S. ’08. 160w.
“We take pleasure in commending the book as a fair presentation of most of the stronger of the arguments against municipal ownership, while at the same time reviewing, often with approval, some of the arguments for municipal ownership.”
+ =Engin. N.= 59: 542. My. 14, ’08. 600w.
“With a naive generosity he supplies his own reductio ad absurdum.”
− =Ind.= 65: 722. S. 24, ’08. 400w.
“As well worth reading as an example of scholarly argument as to obtain a concise statement of opinion from the most unprejudiced and authoritative writer on the subject of municipal ownership.”
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 389. Je. ’08. 100w.
“Dr. Darwin’s treatment is far less partisan and far more convincing than Professor Meyer’s. It may fairly be described as a calm and judicious discussion, having for its object the pointing out of better ways of controlling public utilities than have obtained in the past.”
+ + =Outlook.= 88: 563. Mr. 7, ’08. 270w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 383. Mr. ’08. 60w.
“Mr. Darwin is so well known as a great fighter against municipal extravagance that his views must be of interest. Disappointingly here he comes to no conclusion, and consequently gives little help in solving what has now become an essentially practical question. He treats the question of municipal corruption too complacently.”
− =Sat. R.= 104: 801. D. 28, ’07. 570w.
“Contains scholarly and dispassionate arguments.”
+ =Spec.= 100: sup. 640. Ap. 25, ’08. 1800w.
=Dasent, Arthur Irwin.= John Thadeus Delane, 1817–1879, editor of “The London times”: his life and correspondence; compiled from hitherto unpublished letters by his nephew, Arthur Irwin Dasent. 2v. *$7.50. Scribner.
8–20731.
A sketch of the working life of Delane who at the age of twenty-three became editor of The London times—“a biography which, unlike some others, keeps documentary evidence carefully separate from gossip.” (Ath.) “We ascribe his ascendancy in politics and society to the fact that he was an honourable English gentleman, endowed with a double dose of mother-wit, and, placed by accident in a commanding position, with the strength to be just, to tell the truth, and, above all, to be master of his own house.... It is surely a rare combination of moral qualities that makes a man loved and hated, feared and trusted, and that made John Delane ‘the greatest editor the world has ever seen, or is ever likely to see.’” (Sat. R.)
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“In editing his uncle’s correspondence Mr. Dasent, we consider, should have been much more liberal with foot-notes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 501. Ap. 25. 1800w.
“An extremely clear picture of an extraordinary man.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Bookm.= 28: 43. S. ’08. 1400w.
“Written in a style that comes so near to being good as almost to tantalize the reader. We must bestow a word of praise upon the excellent index and occasional footnotes, and the two clear portraits of Delane.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ − =Dial.= 45: 56. Ag. 1, ’08. 1850w.
“To pass swiftly over the defects of these volumes, they are diffuse and padded, yet leave much lacking. We are let very little into the inner life of Delane.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 467. My. 21, ’08. 1350w.
“Of eulogy there is no lack, even if it is not always discriminating.” E: Porritt.
+ − =No. Am.= 188: 296. Ag. ’08. 1750w.
“It is, indeed, something more than a biography, for Delane was so conspicuous a part of the history of his time that Mr. Dasent necessarily reviews that history in considerable detail.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 626. Jl. 18, ’08. 480w.
“The biography of such a man is bound to be of absorbing interest; and Mr. Dasent’s only difficulty has been that of selection.”
+ =Sat. R.= 105: 533. Ap. 25, ’08. 2400w.
“Mr. Dasent’s style is not light nor easy; he distracts the reader with numerous unnecessary footnotes, and he has not bent the materials to his will, but has rather let them take charge of him. The tokens of his industry, however, are everywhere, and nothing can disguise the instructiveness of these volumes.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 619. Ap. 18, ’08. 1850w.
=Daulton, Agnes McClelland.= Fritzi, or The Princess Perhaps, il. †$1.50. Century.
8–8100.
A story for children whose little heroine loses her mother in a New York accident, and, too young to remember her home and father in Germany, is taken by a blind musician and his wife, who develop her young genius for the violin and train her in matters of self reliance. Later she becomes the temporary possession of a palmist who deserts her; then chance drops her into a Staten Island “eyrie” with a nest full of frolicsome boys and girls. Here she experiences her first home happiness, and thru the aid of her kind friends finds her long-lost father.
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“Is written with such knowledge of human nature of all ages that it will appeal to their elders quite as much as to the youthful members of the family.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 304. My. 30, ’08. 100w.
“Mrs. Daulton has a charming narrative style, and manages to make her readers as much in love with the characters she draws as they were with Fritzi.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 85. My. 9, ’08. 150w.
=Davenport, Cyril James.= Book: its history and development. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–18737.
Written from the craftsman’s point of view, this study begins with a chapter on Early records in which the author follows the steps in the evolution of true writing from the chaos of inscription. In like manner he follows the steps that mark the evolution of bindings, paper, type and printing, and illustrations: after which are chapters devoted to the perfection and ornamentation of bindings, and to book-binding materials and tools. There is a bibliography following each chapter, and an index at the end of the book.
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“Probably no other Englishman possesses so wide and detailed a knowledge of the history of bookbinding and the commercial and artistic development of the art. On other aspects of his subject he writes with much less authority, and occasionally with some confusion of thought.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 449. Ap. 11. 370w.
“The volume is remarkably free from technical terms, and the interested reader who desires to inform himself as to the history and development of book-making, as well as the many processes through which a volume passes, cannot afford to miss this excellent contribution.”
+ =Bookm.= 28: 51. S. ’08. 200w.
+ =Dial.= 45: 170. S. 16, ’08. 300w.
“All lovers of books may find pleasure in this skillful but untechnical account of their history and manufacture. Mr. Davenport’s style is clear and attractive, and the book is profusely illustrated in the best meaning of the word.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 462. Ag. 22, ’08. 300w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 384. S. ’08. 50w.
=Davenport, Cyril J. H.= Jewellery. (Little books on art.) *$1. McClurg.
A twenty-five page introduction tells something of the work of Eligius, the patron saint of jewellery, and of Cellini; of early jewellery in various countries; and of the treatment of precious stones. The chapters of the body of the book are: Necklaces; Pendants; Diadems; Earrings, nose-rings, labrets; Bracelets; Finger rings; Pins and brooches. Bibliography and index.
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“Is as general in its application, and as critical in its comparison of the habits of many nations and many times, as could be desired.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 110w.
“Has the double value of practical usefulness to the craftsman and interest to the general reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 656. N. 7, ’08. 380w.
* =Davenport, Cyril James.= Miniatures, ancient and modern. (Little books on art.) *$1. McClurg.
An introductory chapter treats of miniature painting of antiquity, following which are three chapters devoted to English miniatures, one on foreign miniatures, one on enamels and one on wax miniatures. Illustrations, bibliography and index.
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“A sound explanation of this minute and delicate portrait painting. It is desirable that the title of his book should be changed so as to describe more exactly its contents.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 170w.
“Combines artistic criticism with practical detail in an extraordinarily compact form.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 340w.
=Davenport, Eugene.= Principles of breeding: a treatise on thremmatology; or, The principles and practices involved in the economic improvement of domesticated animals and plants; with appendix by H. L. Rietz. $2.50. Ginn.
7–32122.
Seeks its audience among the students of agriculture in colleges and experiment stations and practical breeders upon the farm. It aims to define the problems involved in animal and plant improvement, to free the subject from the prejudice and tradition that have always befogged it, to bring to the study whatever facts are known to biological science, to recognize and define present limitations of knowledge and to indicate directions from which understanding is to come. It urges exact methods of study and practice.
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“The only book published on the general subject of reading.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.
“The index is very full. Prof. Davenport is to be congratulated on so happily combining scientific accuracy with practical advice.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 166. Ag. 20, ’08. 380w.
“If it has failings the book has great merit.”
+ + − =Nature.= 78: 51. My. 21, ’08. 650w.
=Davenport, Herbert Joseph.= Value and distribution: a critical and constructive study. *$3.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
8–6683.
The author explains that there is nothing new in his entrepreneur point of view in the computation of costs and in the analysis of the process by which distributive shares are assigned, that it need be only “clearly distinguished, consistently held and fully developed.” To this end he rids the science of the doctrines that do not belong to it and selects, articulates and expands the necessary propositions bearing upon the subjects of value, demand and cost.
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“This is an excellent technical book on economic theory which, while it is exceedingly well done and ought to be in all libraries large enough to buy books for the academic student of economics, is beyond the understanding of the general public.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 176. Je. ’08.
“A lengthy and ponderous volume leading to no practical conclusions. It is certain that he has placed before the economic world a book which will be read only by a few because of its difficult phraseology, unnecessary indulgence in detail quotations and involved investigations into the questions which do not concern even the average economist.” Scott Nearing.
− =Ann. Am. Acad.= 32: 631. N. ’08. 260w.
“The chief objection to the author’s own views are that they lean too much in the direction of the impressionistic school of economics which frequently mistakes figures of speech for facts, and the quantitative expression of a thing, or, rather, the expression of the quantity of a thing for the thing itself.” T. N. Carver.
− + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 115. Je. ’08. 600w.
“This book, the reviewer believes, will in future years rank as the best and ripest fruit of a period of intensive critical study of economic theory.” A. S. Johnson.
+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 380. Je. ’08. 2350w.
“It is the irony of fate that the work must be a sealed book except to that inconsiderable number of trained economists who have followed the windings of the higher economic analysis of the past two decades. To read the book is altogether too much like trying to follow Lasker playing three games of chess at the same time.”
− =Nation.= 87: 416. O. 29, ’08. 460w.
“The book is profound and technical and not well suited to popular reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 222. Ap. 11, ’08. 350w.
“Undoubtedly an original and in some ways a stimulating work, it is unduly elaborate, distressingly wordy, and cumbered with a most formidable terminology.”
− + =Outlook.= 89: 264. My. 30, ’08. 330w.
=Univ. Rec.= 12: 161. Ap. ’08. 400w.
=Davey, John.= Tree doctor: the care of trees and plants. *$2. Saalfield.
7–36735.
A book of judicious advice and instruction based upon a study of trees, their injuries, diseases and methods of preservation.
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“From first to last, the author presents the whole matter just as an enthusiastic tree-doctor might talk to a sympathetic audience. But we must express regret that so good a book should be without index or even table of contents. Even the two hundred photographic reproductions, most of them good and well-chosen, cannot make up for this unnecessary defect.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 383. Ap. 23, ’08. 250w.
“Some readers may be disappointed that Mr. Davey does not go more thoroughly into the science of tree doctoring, but what the volume lacks in this respect is more than compensated for in the well-directed appeal for intelligent education in the principles of tree life instead of merely emotional admiration.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 174. Mr. 28, ’08. 350w.
=Davidson, Augusta M. C.= Present-day Japan. *$1.50. Scribner.
“Founded upon a study of the ethical forces and the national religion of the Japanese, their daily goings in and comings out,—their social life, and their amusements.” (Dial.) It touches “lightly the surface of Japanese life, or if seriously attempting to enter the arcana of thought and inheritance, shows little acquaintance with the historic monuments or the native literature except through translations. For this very reason, it may be, the work will be attractive to those who prefer to know about the Japan of to-day and do not care to probe phenomena for reasons. The text is based on letters written at the time and on the spot, and afterwards topically arranged.” (Nation.)
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“There are few books about Japan more illuminating and entertaining than this one.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =Dial.= 44: 346. Je. 1, ’08. 500w.
“As sympathy is itself a key to interpretation, many of the popular customs, festivals, and daily acts are made more intelligible to us by this educated English woman than by the average traveler who writes.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 444. My. 14, ’08. 180w.
“Her book is reminiscent of letters written from foreign lands for publication in a village weekly newspaper.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 331. Je. 13, ’08. 160w.
=Davidson, Lillias Campbell.= Catherine of Braganca: infanta of Portugal and queen consort of England. *$5. Dutton.
8–21033.
Five hundred pages which aim to “trace the blameless life of Catherine of Bragança and to unfold the wrappings that leave long hidden the character refined and ennobled by much unnecessary suffering; to unwind webs, and to disentangle threads.” It is a biography based upon long research, and becomes a defense and an apology for the life of the unhappy queen of Charles the second.
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“We have felt bound to call attention to the lapses in taste and judgment which are the outstanding features of a book claiming notice as a serious contribution to historical learning.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 174. Ag. 15. 2000w.
+ − =Nation.= 87: 214. S. 3, ’08. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 355. Je. 20, ’08. 300w.
“The book should take its place alongside those other books of good women, Maud Jerrold’s ‘Vittoria Colonna,’ for instance, and Sidney Lee’s ‘Queen Victoria.’”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 316. O. 10, ’08. 430w.
“Mrs. Davidson’s book gives an excellent, picturesque account of England, and especially of London during Charles’s reign. We think a biographer’s chief end has been successfully reached: Catherine herself is and remains the central figure.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 234. Ag. 15, ’08. 1550w.
=Davies, F. H.= Electric power and traction. (Westminster ser.) *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–21956.
This book is intended to appeal to members of trades allied with electrical engineering. “Four chapters deal with the generation and distribution of power.... Two chapters are devoted to D. C. and A. C. motors, and their principles are expounded.... The chapters on the application of electric power are the best in the book, and the advantages of electric driving are clearly brought out.... The last ten chapters of the book are devoted to electric traction.” (Nature.)
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+ =Engin. D.= 4: 54. Jl. ’08. 270w.
“It is devoted to English methods and machinery when the minor, but notable, departures from well-known American practice are noted.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 60: 191. Ag. 13, ’08. 640w.
“It contains a good deal of sound practical information, and can be recommended to the class of readers for whom it is intended.”
+ + − =Nature.= 77: 74. N. 28, ’07. 660w.
“It covers practical ground, and at the same time is technical enough to meet with the approval of those who are fairly well grounded in the study of electrical science.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 584. O. 17, ’08. 60w.
=Davies, Randall.= English society of the eighteenth century in contemporary art. (Portfolio monographs.) *$2. Dutton.
7–37521.
To the impressions of eighteenth century society gained from books and letters, Mr. Davies has added the “oddities and characteristic features” that the art of the century reveals. He sees the eighteenth century thru the paintings of Hogarth, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Copley, Zoffany, Rolandson, Stubbs and others.
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“The idea of this volume is a good one, and the result should not be missed by anyone interested in old manners and old pictures.”
+ =Acad.= 73: 162. N. 23, ’07. 240w.
“From the scanty materials at his disposal, he has succeeded in producing an agreeable book.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 661. N. 23. 640w.
“May be called a happy vade mecum for readers of the novels and letters of the period. It is not an erudite book. The charm of the book lies in the parallel reproduction of eighteenth century life in text and illustration.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 170w.
“Throws an interesting light on the gay life of a time in English history that was far from being commonplace.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 836. D. 14, ’07. 70w
“His book is something of a curiosity in literature, and is worth having, not only because of the pictures, which are beautifully reproduced, but because the chapters in which the phases of the day are described have been written with knowledge and sympathy.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 590. N. 16, ’07. 170w.
=Davies, Randall, and Hunt, Cecil=, comps. Stories of the English artists from Vandyck to Turner. $3. Duffield.
A book for the general reader not well versed in art but who may be “interested to learn what manner of men they were who founded the art of painting in England or who worthily sustained the traditions of their greater predecessors.” The man himself is the theme in each instance; so there are given personal details, anecdotes, scraps of gossip, and bits of conversation to guide the reader in forming an idea of the character, habits and thoughts of the painters introduced.
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“Within the narrow field chosen the work is acceptably accomplished by the free and acknowledged use of material gathered by others. It is, therefore, not surprising to find an almost equal meed of praise bestowed upon each artist in turn, and the uninformed reader will have to look elsewhere for anything like discrimination.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 726. D. 5, ’08. 400w.
=Davis, Charles Belmont.= Stage door. †$1.50. Scribner.
8–15297.
Ten stories of New York stage life. “The stories are alike in taking their savor from the stage, and generally develop the idea that the people of the theatre are much like other folks, having their own failings, to be sure, but developing unsuspected virtues under trial as well.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Realistic and well written stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 218. Je. ’08. ✠
“The author’s study is the triumph of atmosphere, the triumph of environment.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 515. Je. 4, ’08. 450w.
“The tales are slender in texture, but they are entertaining, with much atmosphere of newspaper life as well as dramatic, and both touched with the pen of a familiar.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 306. My. 30, ’08. 250w.
“Stories which have originality, plot-invention, and unusual skill in narrative.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 40w.
“Without preoccupying himself overmuch with the graces of style, Mr. Davis creates a very satisfactory and convincing atmosphere for the up-to-date characters introduced in these clever tales.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 110w.
=Davis, Charles H. S.= Consumption: its prevention and cure without medicine. *$1. Treat.
A new edition which contains additional chapters on bovine tuberculosis, the use of milk, general tuberculosis, marriage and offspring, and a list of institutions in the United States where tuberculosis patients are received.
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=R. of Rs.= 38: 510. O. ’08. 80w.
=Davis, George Breckenridge.= Elements of international law: with an account of its origin, sources and historical development. 3d ed. $3. Harper.
8–23585.
The third edition of a text-book for students into which have been incorporated the results of the work of the second Peace conference. The appendix includes the texts of the several treaties and declarations concluded at the Hague, on October 18, 1907, and such notation and comment as will enable them to be understood readily. A number of chapters have been recast and amplified.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 276. N. ’08.
“Mr. Davis has put under obligation not only every student of law, but every publicist and newspaper editor who needs a reliable book of reference on the international questions of the hour.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 469. O. 3, ’08. 230w.
=Davis, Nathaniel Newnham-.= Gourmet’s guide to Europe. 2d ed. *$1.50. Brentano’s.
The second edition of a book devoted to the interests of the epicurean tourist through Europe. There are directions for luxury-loving people concerning where to eat, what to eat and what to avoid.
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“Should be appreciated by many travellers.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 447. Ap. 11. 120w.
“The greater part of our way lies through a succession of menus and national tastes that is instructive, interesting, and valuable from the practical point of view, but lacks the touch that makes literature.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 71. Jl. 23, ’08. 330w.
“A veritable masterwork of its own genre.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 389. Jl. 11, ’08. 970w.
=Davis, Richard Harding.= Congo and coasts of Africa. **$1.50. Scribner.
7–37527.
Mr. Davis records what he saw and heard in the Congo region, picturing much of the former and vouching astutely for the latter. He writes entertainingly of the Berlin conference, the “stewardship” of King Leopold, the failure of the latter to fulfil the letter of his promises, and the resulting present state and outlook of the Congo situation.
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“Written in the author’s usual graphic style. Will appeal to some readers, familiar with his other books, who would not read a valuable and reliable work on the subject.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 39. F. ’08.
“The reader who wishes to be entertained will find this book one hard to lay down. He who reads to get information on the subjects covered by the title will be greatly disappointed.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 500. Mr. ’08. 180w.
“A ‘good work’ in other than a literary sense.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 180. Ag. 15. 780w.
+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 823. Mr. ’08. 270w.
“This is an interesting record.” E. D. Jones.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 1: 134. Je. ’08. 320w.
“It certainly contains nothing that is new or authoritative.”
+ − =Ind.= 64: 1289. Je. 4, ’08. 100w.
“Has made no noticeable contribution to our knowledge of a question on which issue has been joined so sharply. Even as journalism the book is slovenly.”
− =Nation.= 85: 564. D. 19, ’07. 270w.
“His ignorance of the political history and origin of the Congo Free State is abysmal, and the amount of his geographical misinformation stupendous.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 827. D. 14, ’07. 1120w.
“Has made a very readable travel book out of his experiences in equatorial Africa.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 37: 117. Ja. ’08. 70w.
=Davis, Richard Harding.= Vera the medium. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–17791.
Whether Stephen Hallowell, at the point of death, shall return his millions to their rightful owner or leave them to a charitable institution—the latter being the scheme of a legal adviser to throw the control of the fortune into his own unscrupulous hands—is to be decided during a séance conducted by Vera the medium. She has been instructed to decide in favor of the tricksters, but under the influence of the man who had bared to her view the falsity of her life, at the crucial moment of the séance, she repudiates the fraud and dishonesty of her seamy profession.
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“Of more than ordinary interest, written in the author’s best style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 218. Je. ’08.
“There is in it scarcely a trace of Mr. Davis’s former power of vivid narration.”
− =Ind.= 65: 213. Jl. 23, ’08. 60w.
“The material is not of a durable kind, but it is well-tailored.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 579. Je. 25, ’08. 360w.
“The book has a certain interest, but it is of an artificial and not elevated sort. Possibly the book’s strongest merit is the distaste it inspires with the sort of life which it describes.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 13: 354. Je. 20, ’08. 330w.
“Must be regarded as a short story of double the average length rather than as a novel. So looked at, it has pith, life, and plot interest.”
+ − =Outlook.= 89: 532. Jl. 4, ’08. 80w.
“The movement is as brisk and the style as crisp as usual.” Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 4: 622. Ag. ’08. 120w.
=Davis, Theodore M.= Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou. *$12.50. Dutton.
8–20521.
Including The finding of the tomb, by Theodore M. Davis; Notes on Iouiya and Touiyou, by Gaston Maspero; Description of the objects found in the tomb, by Percy E. Newberry; and Illustrations of the objects, by Howard Carter.
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“Perhaps the most important part of the book [is] in the shape of a catalogue with full descriptions of the different objects found in the tomb from the capable pen of Prof. Newberry. One of the handsomest publications we have seen for some time.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 724. D. 7. 1150w.
“The publication takes its place at once as a valuable contribution and as a definitive work.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 17. Ja. 2, ’08. 410w.
=Dawson, Mrs. Nelson.= Enamels. (Little books on art.) *$1. McClurg.
A helpful little volume for the handicraft student and general reader. An introduction touching briefly upon the origin, history and development of enameling precedes the following chapters: Cloisonné enamels; Champlevé enamels; Painted enamels; Oriental enamels; Irish enamels; and Modern enamels. A list of books and articles on enamels and an index complete the volume.
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“This breach in logical sequence is a matter of regret, for nothing is more to be desired than a treatise which shall insist upon the unity of design and of processes between East and West, the middle ages and modern times. In short, the value of the book ceases with page 140, and the close of the discussion of European enamels.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 558. D. 3, ’08. 360w.
“The history and the description of different methods are given with care and spirit.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 684. N. 21, ’08. 220w.
=Dawson, William James.= Prophet in Babylon: a story of social service. †$1.50.
Revell. 7–31420.
John Gaunt, the rector of a prosperous New York church, awakens from the preaching which has been along the line of least resistance, “speaks out, consequently incurring the wrath of his fat flock, and finally [goes] out into the highways and byways,—according to his Master’s bidding,—and establishes a great, unselfish League of universal service, a new social force, that ‘League of universal service, whose emblem is the cross, whose motto is the union of all who love in the service of all who suffer.’” (R. of Rs.)
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“It is not without flaws in treatment and taste, and to some readers will be unconvincing, but its sincerity and strength will as certainly attract others.”
− + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 708. My. ’08. 100w.
“Dr. Dawson ... seems to be suffering from religious, if not moral, megalomania. The methods used for his propaganda are evangelistic, sensational, and meretricious. And we cannot think Dr. Dawson’s novel a serious contribution to the solution of the question.”
− =Ind.= 64: 370. F. 13, ’08. 620w.
“A serious attempt to express in the form of fiction the upshot of his speculations as to the connection between religion and modern life.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 106. Ja. 30, ’08. 700w.
“This story will be widely read, and with good desert. It will miss its appeal to a certain class of minds because of the strain of mysticism and miraculousness that runs thru it. The Hellenists will be repelled by its abounding Hebraism. But on the whole it is well suited to find the hearts of all those who love a story of purpose and moral passion.” C: Ferguson. “I have read every word of it, and I doubt if anyone who starts the book can help going through it to the end. It is strong, vital, and it handles a great theme that is bound to attract attention and do good.” C: H. Parkhurst. “I think so much of Dr. Dawson’s book that I have already recommended it to my congregation as a good book to read, and I expect personally to give away quite a number of copies of it.” P. S. Grant.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 857. D. 28, ’07. 3350w.
“Dramatic situations, striking personalities, pathetic and tragic incidents, domestic love and sacrifice, are interwoven with literary skill, and the whole is suffused with religious passion and enthusiasm for humanity.”
+ + =Outlook.= 87: 874. D. 21, ’07. 350w.
“The whole story shows Dr. Dawson’s keen analysis of character, his sympathetic and high-minded idealism, and his fine English style.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 120w.
“We do not assert Dr. Dawson’s novel to shine forth as a literary masterpiece; far from this we could point out bad flaws in treatment, technique, taste. But we do affirm that here before us lies a book inspiring and uplifting through its clean, direct sincerity, integrity, virility.”
+ + − =R. of Rs.= 37: 127. Ja. ’08. 360w.
=Day, Clive.= History of commerce. (Longmans’ commercial text-books.) *$2. Longmans.
7–22933.
Professor Clive “begins his story with thirty pages on antiquities, but gets down to serious business in his description of medieval commerce—town, sea and levant trade, gilds, fairs, economic theory and exploration. Modern commerce begins with the opening of the sea routes, and here our author reviews the origins of commercial enterprise, mercantilism and the development of credit—taking up each European nation after a general survey of economic principles. The industrial revolution—machinery, international trade and recent economic transformations—receives the proportion of space which its importance warrants, and for the benefit of the American student nearly one-third of the volume is devoted to the commercial history of the United States.” (Ind.)
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“The best general treatise on the subject in English.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 39. F. ’08.
“This is the best single-volume treatise that has thus far appeared in English on the history of commerce. From the bibliographical standpoint the book is a model.” E. R. Johnson.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 31: 517. Mr. ’08. 400w.
“Writing as he does from a great university in the United States, he takes a point of view which coincides with that of his own country, but those who are not his fellow-citizens may also read his volume with pleasure and advantage.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 820. D. 28. 730w.
“A work of this kind, in the production of which the author has had but little help from similar attempts by predecessors in the endeavor, cannot be expected to attain anything like perfection before it reaches a second or a third, or even a fourth edition, a success to which this one will, no doubt, attain.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 548. Ja. ’08. 470w.
“Will undoubtedly take front rank in the all too meager text-book literature of the subject, tho one cannot help regretting that the author, who is well equipped for the task, had not undertaken a more monumental work. The chief features of the book are excellence of arrangement, proportion, clearness of presentation and extensive bibliographical apparatus.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14. ’07. 160w.
“Some shortcomings may be noticed. The author, in pitching the key of his discourse, sometimes strikes too low. Some indefiniteness is permissible in so general a text, yet it would often be a good investment to have the exact fact.” J. P. Goode.
+ + − =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 309. My. ’08. 900w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 376. Je. 8, ’07. 120w.
“This work is an interesting specimen of the new textbooks which the subject requires.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 590w.
=Day, Holman Francis.= Eagle badge; or The Skokums of the Allagash. †$1.25. Harper.
8–29336.
The Maine lumber tracts are once more the scene of a wilderness sketch which is a companion piece to “King spruce.” The young hero is a gritty lad who joins a driving crew, who by hard knocks develops the muscle and alacrity necessary for facing a jam’s toils and perils, and who eventually thru heroic service succeeds the retiring Andy Tedd as master of the drive.
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“Boys who like stories of out-of-door adventure will be apt to read this tale of the Maine forests a second time. The story is wholesome.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 650. N. 7, ’08. 160w.
=Day, Holman Francis.= King Spruce: a novel. †$1.50. Harper.
8–11702.
A strong story of the Maine timber regions in which Dwight Wade, a young college man, invincible in the might of essential manhood, is pitted against a timber-baron personified in King Spruce. For daring to love the magnate’s daughter, Wade receives from him only anathemas and curses. He plunges into the hard life of the woods, where his winning struggles against fire and flood, tyrants and bosses, treachery in ambush and in the open elicit the “well done” alike of friend and foe.
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“The descriptions are vivid, the situations often verge on the melodramatic, and the love story is inadequate.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08.
“It is too much technical speech for easy reading, but we do not need to understand all the terms employed to enjoy the tale, which is both virile and exciting.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 44: 349. Je. 1, ’08. 270w.
“Mr. Day’s story stands up like a mountain peak among lesser fellows for its large proportions and virile treatment.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 537. Je. 18, ’08. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 40w.
“It has the breath of the woods in it, not nature faking woods, but the real thing, and is moreover an excellent tale, with love that suits the wild setting, rough humor and a philosophy that has the merit of vitality. There is a sense of bigness about it, whether of muscle or environment; a deep breath taken into lusty lungs, the full sound of a man’s voice.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 254. My. 2, ’08. 150w.
“Like all Mr. Day’s stories and poems, it is fresh and is inspired by honest love of the woods and the woods-people. It is sure to be widely read.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 40. My. 2, ’08. 120w.
=Day, James Roscoe.= Raid on prosperity. **$1.50. Appleton.
7–36714.
Descriptive note and excerpts in Dec. 1907.
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“Presents a side of the vital question of trusts on which little is written, and is, therefore, useful for debates particularly.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 39. F. ’08.
“The chancellor of the Syracuse university has made himself a foremost champion of the Standard oil company and its confederates, with the result that public antagonism has roused his temper, and his style has become furious. Dr. Day must produce a substitute policy more consistent with economic progress and actual conditions if he is to command the respect we would fain give to all college presidents.”
− =Ind.= 64: 418. F. 20, ’08. 300w.
“It is not argument at all. It is extreme glorification on the one hand, and bitter denunciation on the other.”
− =Nation.= 86: 290. Mr. 26, ’08. 550w.
=Putnam’s.= 3: 754. Mr. ’08. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 254. F. ’08. 100w.
=Day, Lewis Forman.= Enameling: a comparative account of the development and practice of the art. *$3. Scribner.
W8–71.
“In this volume enameling is dealt with from its historic rather than from its technical point of view. Mr. Day treats the beginnings of the art in early times as the result of the goldsmith calling in the glassmaker to help him. The different varieties of Champlevé, Cloisonné, Limoges, and other enamels are all clearly described in separate chapters of the book.” (Spec.) “To quote almost his own words, he has sought to put in a handy, readable, and intelligible shape the gist of what he has learnt from the works of many able specialists; to write a book for the beginner which shall smooth his way to understanding; and to point out the progress of one of the most ancient of the arts.” (Ath.)
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“Mr. Lewis Day ... avoids, on the one hand, the appearance—it is often no more—of great learning; on the other, triviality and misleading platitude.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 805. D. 21. 870w.
=Int. Studio.= 33: 337. F. ’08. 50w.
“In this book he has produced a model work of its kind.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 499. My. 28, ’08. 200w.
+ =Spec.= 100: 1004. Je. 27, ’08. 70w.
=Dean, Sara.= Travers: a story of the San Francisco earthquake. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–24768.
Travers, driven from service as a British army officer under suspicion of theft, tires of braving the odium of his accusation and determines to reap the profits of his reputation. He turns burglar and is in the act of robbing a Palace hotel guest of her diamonds when the earthquake shocks him to his better senses and effects a moral revolution. He rescues the girl, administers to her wants during the days following, and even wins her love through service.
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“That the author has a big theme, one may even say without fear of contradiction, a tremendous theme, becomes evident before we are a third of the way through the volume. That she has handled certain phases of it with real power and an intelligent recognition of what she is trying to do must also be conceded. And if, at the end, we are forced to admit that the plot was bigger than the execution of it, that is not to the author’s discredit, because only one of the giants among the makers of fiction could have told that story as it deserves to have been told.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 27: 101. Mr. ’08. 700w.
“The relation of the man and the girl, however fancifully brought about, is a sound and credible one. In short, though the tale is not of power, it is of interest both as a story and a document.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 153. F. 13, ’08. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 87. F. 15, ’08. 330w.
=Dearmer, Mabel White (Mrs. Percy Dearmer).= The sisters. (English title, The alien sisters.) †$1.50. McClure.
8–8089.
“The two sisters of the title are daughters of one father; one the delicately nurtured and fine-natured child of a wife of supreme sweetness and beauty of character; the other the illegitimate daughter of a vulgar and avaricious courtesan, who is presented only too realistically. The two love the same man. Hypnotism and the subliminal consciousness are dragged in to give a modern touch.”—Outlook.
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“With bolder handling the story, which is full of incident, might well have been dramatic; from a coarser pen it would certainly have been offensive; but Mrs. Dearmer’s work is neither the one nor the other. The plot is evolved with too great elaboration of detail to be specially effective.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 413. Ap. 4. 200w.
“The scenes that hurt are not introduced in the detestably ‘knowing and showing’ manner of lesser novels, but a greater writer, we think, would have conveyed the moral with less offence.”
− + =Nation.= 86: 468. My. 21, ’08. 300w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 210. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“The study of the two characters is detailed and interesting. The story is told with much strength and skill and shows a good deal of power.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 266. My. 9, ’08. 80w.
“Most painful in character, and the undoubted intellectual ability of the author, and even her genuine moral intention, do not compensate the reader for the sorrow and suffering he is called on vicariously to suffer.”
− =Outlook.= 88: 838. Ap. 11, ’08. 100w.
“Mrs. Dearmer’s new novel, though its ultimate lessons are sound enough, probes the seamy side of nature too deeply to suit the requirements of all readers, and cannot be recommended without reserves.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 674. Ap. 25, ’08. 550w.
=Deeping, (George) Warwick.= Bertrand of Brittany. †$1.50. Harper.
8–12223.
This is a story of mediaeval adventure. The hero is the neglected son of an unloving mother who blasts his youth with her heartless taunts. The faith and trust of a little maid of seven spurs him on at last to a vindication of himself in a tournament at Rennes. After that through the changing fortunes of war Bertrand carries with him this memory which causes him to perform deeds of heroism by which his manhood is finally triumphantly revealed.
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“The book gives a faithful picture of the times, but is neither inspired nor has it much atmosphere.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08.
“Mr. Deeping has a good story to tell and he tells it well.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 724. Je. 13. 90w.
“This is the author’s success that he has created an illusion of the life in ancient Brittany that is faithful to the modern imagination of that period.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 149. Jl. 16, ’08. 340w.
“It has a certain youthful gusto which should commend it to the honest citizen.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 141. Ag. 13, ’08. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 211. Ap. 11, ’08. 30w.
“The action is rapid, and the coloring rich and vivid. Warwick Deeping does this sort of thing better than he does stories of modern life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 266. My. 9, ’08. 100w.
=R. of Rs.= 37: 764. Je. ’08. 80w.
=Deering, John Richard.= Lee and his cause; or, The why and how of the war between the states. *$1.50. Neale.
7–41770.
Historical items “more or less involved in the solution of questions which have arisen as to the rightfulness of secession; the origin and conduct of its cause; the character, motives and sentiments of the people who espoused and defended it as well as of those who forced them to fields of blood.” (Preface.)
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“The book belongs to that increasing group of works by Confederate veterans in which, thru iteration and allusion to the perfect character of General Lee, the attempt is made to save the South from infamy in history.”
− =Ind.= 65: 1067. N. 5, ’08. 200w.
“Perhaps this little volume of memorial day sentiment and of countless purple patches made up of fancy and fact, is not entirely worthless.”
− =Nation.= 86: 557. Je. 18, ’08. 80w.
=De Guerin, E. W.= Malice of the stars. †$1.50. Lane.
A woman somewhat inclined towards a crooked path is wooed and won by a man who believes her to be good and honest. “Thankful to be rescued from all that impended, she was a good wife, and a good mother both to their own children and to his by a former marriage. But finally came the time of revelation and retribution for the misdeeds of her youth. Then her husband’s love saved the day, and out of something that came near to being wreckage for every one concerned, his devotion wrought a salvation that turned out to be ‘somehow good.’” (N. Y. Times.)
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“There is much that is good in this story and a little that is bad. It is written with a charming humour and a real and sympathetic knowledge of, at any rate, womankind. The plot is weak and sensational and smacks strongly of a serial in a halfpenny paper, and even a marked unconventionality of treatment ... does not save it from mediocrity.”
+ − =Acad.= 73: 298. D. 28, ’07. 100w.
“He offers us no little entertainment: a story of mystery and complexity of motives, of unhappy passion and abiding repentance, woven around a plot of cunning structure, told, too, with much delightful humour and some real insight into human character. Defects of style ... will, we trust, be remedied in future volumes from the same pen.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 684. N. 30. 90w.
“Related with much lifelikeness and with a certain mastery of touch and charm of manner that make it a very readable tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 100. F. 22, ’08. 250w.
=Deland, Ellen Douglas.= Friendship of Anne. †$1.50. Wilde.
7–26962.
Descriptive note in Dec. 1907.
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“Here is the generous one, the impulsive one, the good one, the shoddy one. With such characters it is not a surprise to find the narrative developing mechanically—a striving to be clever.” M. J. Moses.
− =Ind.= 63: 1483. D. 19, ’07. 70w.
“It is very interestingly told; the characters depicted in it are natural and are developed in a lifelike manner. There is plenty of incident, and the author evidently understands girls and school-girl life thoroughly.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 828. D. 14, ’07. 90w.
=Deland, Margaret Wade.= R. J.’s mother, and some other people. †$1.50. Harper.
8–15300.
Six short stories as follows: R. J.’s mother, The Mormon, Many waters, The house of Rimmon, A black drop, and The white feather. Here are portrayed the simple tho deep things of common experience that lie close to universal suffering and awaken in the reader a sense of sympathy and kinship.
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“None, with the possible exception of the title story, comes up to her best work.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 219. Je. ’08. ✠
“Skill and invention are shown in all but one of the six stories.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 695. Je. 6. 150w.
“If ‘R. J.’s mother’ has its shortcomings, they are more than offset by the fine workmanship in such a story as ‘Many waters.’” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 27: 577. Ag. ’08. 570w.
“The tear they bring to the easy eye is not, one reflects, a tear to be proud of. The fact of artifice is too readily apparent, the means employed too patent.”
− =Nation.= 86: 580. Je. 25, ’08. 360w.
“The stories may be taken very seriously by serious persons, or they may be read merely for their interest by the frivolous. But the tales will live in memory even as did the story of Helena Ritchie’s temptation and her triumph.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 326. Je. 13, ’08. 600w.
“The new volume holds a bit of quiet tragedy, more than a hint of comedy, and an insight into silent grief and an outlook upon final joy.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 337. Je. 13, ’08. 170w.
+ =Outlook.= 89: 957. Ag. 22, ’08. 40w.
“A book of delightful short stories.”
+ − =Spec.= 100: 980. Je. 20, ’08. 220w.
=De La Pasture, Elizabeth.= Deborah of Tods. †$1.50. Dutton.
8–23924.
An American edition of the author’s first book written before “Peter’s mother” and “The lonely lady of Grosvenor square.” “A self-reliant Devonshire young woman, who owns and works her own farm, marries an elderly Major, a typical clubman and worldling. Under the glamour of the fact that he knew her father as a brother officer, and even lent him money, poor Deborah takes her Major for a noble soul. The tale of her disillusionment is told with simplicity, and she is to the end a wholesome, large-hearted, lovable woman.” (Outlook.)
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“The character is unusual and well drawn, and the delicacy and refinement of the author’s earlier stories are prominent.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 268. N. ’08. ✠
“In stories like this, with their naïve waiver of those psychological and pathological problems which encumber our fiction, there is much to content and soothe, if not profoundly edify, the old-fashioned reader who resents, now and then, the increasing claims of the story-teller to be guide and philosopher as well as friend.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 195. F. 27, ’08. 500w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 87. F. 15, ’08. 130w.
“There is, however, no sign of immaturity in the workmanship, no indication of extreme youth in the tale as a whole—unless a certain sober freshness, a clear-eyed idealism be thus accepted. The entire novel leaves behind it a scent as sweet and comfortable as wild herbs and balsam, young grass and ripe fruit.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 118. F. 29, ’08. 300w.
“A little compression would have improved the book.”
+ =Outlook.= 88: 512. F. 29, ’08. 130w.
=De la Pasture, Mrs. Elizabeth Bonham.= Grey knight. †$1.50. Dutton.
8–15880.
The story of a titled Englishman of sixty who weds the woman of thirty-three who in the capacity of trained nurse had cared for him thru a critical illness. Family oppositions and misunderstandings run their course before affairs are turned into a placid channel. “The most attractive parts of the story are the descriptions of the Welsh country in which most of the action passes, and of the fine old Norman castle which is the property of Sir Harry Gwynne, the elderly hero.” (Spec.)
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“The descriptions of Wales and of life in an old manor house are good.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 220. Je. ’08. ✠
“Though constructed from unpromising materials, the story has much of Mrs. de la Pasture’s usual charm.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 505. Ap. 25. 130w.
“Depends for its interest on delineation of character rather than on construction of plot.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 27: 398. Je. ’08. 400w.
+ − =Nation.= 87: 236. S. 10, ’08. 250w.
“An excellent field for her delicate scrutiny of human motives in the everyday relations of life.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 337. Je. 13, ’08. 270w.
“The author has proved herself so unmistakably serious by her previous work as to deepen the sense of disappointment in her lack of craftsmanship.” E. L. Cary.
− + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 391. Jl. 11, ’08. 1350w.
“The sketches of the ordinary persons in the book are drawn with Mrs. de la Pasture’s accustomed skill, and the whole volume is eminently readable.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 834. My. 23, ’08. 250w.
=De la Pasture, Elizabeth.= Unlucky family. il. †$1.50. Dutton.
8–8101.
Thirteen members constitute the family whose misfortunes are amusingly set down in this story. They inherit a country estate and a deal of money and enter upon a course of blunders in assuming the responsibilities of their luxurious surroundings “with dukes and admirals and mayors as calling neighbors.” (Nation.)
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“The humor is rather English, and of the kind that will be irresistible to one and tiresome to another, as humor is apt to be, English or American.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 155. My. ’08. ✠
“Her gifts of delicate humour and characterization are thrown away in the region of broad farce, and the conjunction with Mr. E. T. Reed seems to us unfortunate.”
− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 728. D. 7. 100w.
“Capital fun.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 33: 253. Ja. ’08. 50w.
“The series of ridiculous contretemps involved have the kind of virtual plausibility which distinguishes good nonsense from mere inanity.”
+ =Nation.= 86: 427. My. 7, ’08. 170w.
“A humorous story which smiles and chuckles.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 266. My. 9, ’08. 100w.
“A diverting blend of extravaganza and reality.”
+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. D. 7, ’07. 150w.
“Of course, neither the story nor the pictures can be said to have much to do with life or nature; but this does not prevent them from being amusing.”
+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 903. D. 7, ’07. 150w.
=De la Ramée, Louise (Ouida, pseud.).= Helianthus. †$1.50. Macmillan.
8–26831.
Ouida’s last story, published, as she left it, in its incomplete form. Helianthus is a land, supposedly Italy, in which is enacted an international drama whose poignant note is liberty. The characters include the royal family; the action turns on the situation of Prince Elim, the people’s idol, when he finds himself brought by accident into the direct succession to the throne at a time when he is engrossed in the cause of the revolutionists. Many rulers of Europe figure in the story.
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“Resembles her earlier books in many of its flamboyant qualities, its exaggeration, but also in its revelation of a continued power of a beautiful talent.”
+ − =Ind.= 65: 1182. N. 19, ’08. 80w.
“In spite of defects, perhaps because of them, it smacks of ‘Ouida’ on every page, and is another interesting revelation of her remarkable talent.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 442. N. 5, ’08. 700w.
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 616. O. 24, ’08. 30w.
=De La Warr, Constance, countess.= Twice crowned queen. *$3. Appleton.
7–42478.
The life story of Anne Duchess of Brittany, wife first of Charles VIII. of France and afterwards of Louis XII. Her rather dull life takes something of color from its settings, but first to last she was conceded to be a great lady.
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“Although Lady De La Warr has made diligent use of the best available material, the result of her efforts is a somewhat pale presentment.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 610. N. 17. 1570w.
“The Countess De La Warr is not a very lively historian, though she describes the costumes and trappings worn at pageants with great accuracy and particularity, and records faithfully all the essential facts.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 470w.
“Lady De La Warr has written a pleasant and careful monograph vividly reproducing contemporary life, on one of the most interesting personalities of the period when the Borgias reigned at Rome.”
+ =Spec.= 99: 871. N. 30, ’07. 780w.
=Deledda, Grazia.= Ashes; tr. from the Italian by Helen. H. Colvill. †$1.50. Lane.
A Sardinian story of peasant life in which the hero, illegitimate of birth and deserted by his mother, is brought up in his father’s household. “He grows up ardent, ambitious, and idealistic, the two great aims of his life being to win a position which shall enable him to marry his patron’s daughter, and to find and reclaim the mother who had deserted him in his childhood. The conflict of these aims makes up the drama of ‘Ashes.’” (Nation.)
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“A profoundly melancholy book, but its sadness is tempered by many passages of great idyllic charm, and it would be unjust to call it morbid.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 634. My. 23. 200w.
“Most readers will feel that the story wanders through its fascinating setting too slowly, with too many dreamy pauses and backward looks. It is, as a whole, a readable and adequate rendering of ‘Cenere.’”
− + =Nation.= 86: 579. Je. 25, ’08. 340w.
“Is tense with the tragedies born of love and of hate and of the destiny man makes for himself.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 267. My. 9, ’08. 50w.
* =Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel.= Canyon voyage: the narrative of the second Powell expedition down the Green-Colorado river from Wyoming, and the explorations on land, in the years 1871 and 1872. **$3.50. Putnam.
8–30303.
A narrative of a government expedition which is practically a continuation of the author’s “Romance of the Colorado river.” It contains the full story of the Powell’s second expedition under the direction of the Smithsonian institution, and gives the daily experiences and actual camp life of the explorers at the same time furnishing in its accuracy of statement a trustworthy guide for navigating the river as far as Kanab canyon. The book is handsomely illustrated.
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 639. O. 31, ’08. 260w.
=De Morgan, William Frend.= Somehow good. †$1.75. Holt.
8–4365.
A headstrong girl had gone from London to India to marry a young officer. On her way she falls into evil hands and is betrayed. She continues her journey, marries her lover who is awaiting her; after the ceremony, the truth of her wrong to him becomes known and a separation follows. After nearly twenty years of absence from his wife, during a complete suspension of memory and loss of identity, the husband, thru an accident, finds shelter in the wife’s home, now in London. At this point the story opens, and is an intimate analysis of the peculiar situations that would attend such a lapse of memory no less than a handling of the Magdalene’s wrong, from the standpoint of him who for spiritual charity’s sake would not cast the stone rather than from the scribes’ and Pharisees’ condemnatory point of view.
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“It is characterized by deliberation, quiet, often quaint, humor, remarkable character drawing, and delightful literary style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 87. Mr. ’08.
“The book has real charm. One of the good things in it is the description of a London fog. This is so well done that the seasoned Londoner may almost catch his breath.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 252. F. 29. 500w.
“‘Somehow good’ makes me fully aware of Mr. De Morgan’s as a solid corporeal head and shoulders, set square and calm above the fiddling impatience and impotence which shrills its wares in the popular market place of letters.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Bookm.= 27: 176. Ap. ’08. 1050w.
“The plot, while simple in one sense, is extremely ingenious and complicated in another. And the writer’s style—simple and natural, freighted alternately with rich humor and warm-hearted philosophy—is so enjoyable on its own account that it makes garrulity a virtue, and gives point to the most pointless of digressions.” W: M. Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 44: 132. Mr. 1, ’08. 970w.
“The book is not one to be swallowed at a gulp like most novels of the day. It is to be leisurely sipped, so as to enjoy the flavor. Every paragraph has its charm, and after reading it one wants to read it aloud to those few friends who share one’s own good taste in literature.”
+ + =Ind.= 64: 369. F. 13, ’08. 860w.
“The fact that we have to record is that on this theme Mr. De Morgan has written a book as sound, as sweet, as wholesome, as wise, as any in the range of fiction.”
+ + =Nation.= 86: 152. F. 13, ’08. 900w.
“If you are of those that know not Joseph, the son of Christopher (builder, drains promptly attended to) and Alice that was short for Alicia, yet love your Thackeray, you may chance it safely enough—and have your reward. If you know Joseph and Alice you do not need to be told anything more.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 67. F. 8, ’08. 1150w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 337. Je. 13, ’08. 250w.
“Those who like leisurely narrative, shrewd observation, and gentle satire will find the novel mellow and quietly entertaining. It is a book to read at one’s ease, not to rush through in order to kill an idle hour.”
+ − =Outlook.= 88: 511. F. 20, ’08. 300w.
“An extraordinary example of creative power.” E. L. Cary.
+ + =Putnam’s.= 4: 617. Ag. ’08. 350w.
“Though granting his style to be lightly touched by Meredithian eccentricity, one must avow of this man that the distinction belongs to him of having written some real English literature.”
+ + − =R. of Rs.= 37: 767. Je. ’08. 150w.
“It is formless, it is prolix, it is magnificently old-fashioned, it is built up on improbabilities and coincidences.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 105: 241. F. 22, ’08. 450w.
“To define the secret of Mr. De Morgan’s success is not easy. But we should be inclined to attribute it, first and foremost, to his unfeigned and wholehearted enjoyment in the exercise of his great gifts as a born storyteller. He loves his characters.... He is an inveterate optimist.... He is an _improvisatore_ with a touch of the clairvoyant; and as he is entirely on the side of the angels, and at the same time a most entertaining companion, the popularity of such a benefactor may be welcomed without misgiving or reserve.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 230. F. 8, ’08. 570w.
=Dennis, Rev. James Shepard.= New horoscope of missions. (The John H. Converse lectures on missions, 1907.) **$1. Revell.
8–15498.
Lectures which summarize from a missionary point of view the significance of the awakening and development in principal mission fields. The titles are as follows: A new world consciousness; Strategic aspects of the missionary outlook; A new cloud of witnesses; Fresh annals of the kingdom; The message of Christianity to other religions. Index.
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+ =Ind.= 65: 782. O. 1, ’08. 130w.
“Such a book as this should be put especially into decadent churches, of which there are far too many. It might rouse them from shameful stagnation.”
+ =Outlook.= 89: 628. Jl. 18, ’08. 140w.
“Students of the subject will find interesting and valuable this summary.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 128. Jl. ’08. 60w.
* =Dennistoun, James.= Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino; illustrating the arms, art and literature of Italy from 1440–1630; new ed., with notes by Edward Hutton. 3v. **$12. Lane.
Reprinted verbatim in the original three-volume form. While finding most of Dennistoun’s facts sound, the editor disagrees as to critical estimates. “In the divisions dealing with art Mr. Hutton has found it necessary frequently to disagree both with the facts and views expressed by Dennistoun. When the work was first published, it was these divisions which called forth most praise from critics, but many of the opinions he gave utterance to, especially those concerning modern tendencies, will fail to find general acceptance now.” (Int. Studio.)
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“The work as a whole, containing as it does much matter of interest that cannot easily be found elsewhere, will prove a desirable acquisition to the library of the student of Italian history.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 36: 166. D. ’08. 400w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 621. O. 24, ’08. 40w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 200w.
“Mr. Hutton’s notes, written as they are with wide knowledge and with the greater steadiness of the present day, add so much to the value of the work as to increase one’s regret that he did not produce an original volume. Pleader though he may be, and not always in the best cause, Dennistoun is still a charming writer.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 669. N. 28, ’08. 1500w.
“Dennistoun’s book is valuable chiefly as a storehouse of curious and varied information, collected with great industry from a multitude of out-of-the-way sources; and it has the additional merit of being written in a distinguished and pleasant, though a slightly pompous, style. As Mr. Hutton points out, the chapters upon art are the weakest part of the book. Not only do they suffer from inevitable deficiencies in knowledge, but their whole point of view strikes the modern reader as curiously out of date.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 838. N. 21, ’08. 1100w.
=Denys, Nicolas.= Description and natural history of the coasts of North America (Acadia); tr. and ed., with a memoir of the author, collateral documents, and a reprint of the original, by W: F. Ganong. (Publications of the Champlain society, v. 2.) Champlain society, Toronto.
8–19184.
One of a series of reprints elucidating the history of French exploration and occupation of what is now British North America.
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“We are under especial obligations to Professor Ganong for this excellent translation of Denys’s work, and for the painstaking and scholarly manner in which he has accomplished his difficult task. Some readers will doubtless wish that the bracketed English words intended to clear passages from ambiguity, as well as the French words likewise in brackets, which are readily found in the French text, had been left out altogether or placed at the bottom of the page, leaving the page clear. These however are minor blemishes in a good piece of work.” J. P. Baxter.
+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 161. O. ’08. 830w.
“Denys gives admirable simple descriptions.” J. P. W.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 23: 828. O. ’08. 150w.
“Denys’s book possesses no charm of style; but his omnivorous eye and his painstaking, businesslike method of observation and narrative have resulted in a mass of information in regard to the geography, resources, and fauna of the old Acadia.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 467. N. 12, ’08. 800w.
=Spec.= 101: sup. 713. N. 7, ’08. 150w.
=De Saix, Tyler.= Man without a head. †$1.50. Moffat.
8–22800.
A detective story which “has to do with two murders widely separated in time and place, but strikingly similar in method. The victim’s head is removed with surgical skill and taken away by the murderer. In each case a respectable and honored gentleman is suspected of the crime, but each time he has disappeared.” (Outlook.)
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“It is good of its class.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 213. S. 3, ’08. 160w.
“It is not only ingenious to the _nth_ degree, but it is written with a knowledge of human nature and a touch of imagination rarely found in these stories of murder and mystery.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 500. S. 12, ’08. 270w.
“The story is gruesome but readable.”
+ − =Outlook.= 90: 135. S. 19, ’08. 100w.
=De Selincourt, Hugh.= Great Ralegh; being the life and times of Sir Walter Ralegh. (Memoir ser. v. 40.) *$3.50. Putnam.
8–34204.
Written for the general reader this biography aims “to make the character of Ralegh live again, and draw a picture of the times in as lively a manner as the author sees it.” “There are several chapters in the book which alone would make its perusal worth while—particularly the chapters dealing with the friendship of Ralegh and Spenser, Ralegh’s trial, and his life in the Tower.” (Outlook.)
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“On the whole, the volume must be pronounced a most readable contribution to the lighter side of Elizabethan history; and some peculiarities of style and taste should not be allowed to depreciate the excellent work of selection, and, we may add, criticism, which it represents.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 327. S. 19. 880w.
“The liveliness with which the story is told will recommend it to one already familiar with the facts.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 256. O. 16, ’08. 260w.
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 566. O. 17, ’08. 320w.
“A book which is written professedly for the general reader rather than for the special student must be judged as a piece of literature, and as such the present work is typical of the times in its failure to distinguish between vivacity and a cheap smartness and between legitimate illustration and irrelevance.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 498. N. 19, ’08. 750w.
“It is not critical ... and it is spun out to an unconscionable length. Yet it is impossible to read it without real enjoyment, so full is it of ‘atmosphere,’ so rich in philosophic touches and flashes of terse, vivid characterization.”
+ − =Outlook.= 90: 456. O. 24, ’08. 250w.
“We cannot say that the author before us has added anything of value to the controversy. He gives us no new facts.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 5. O. 24, ’08. 1950w.
=De Selincourt, Hugh.= High adventure. †$1.50. Lane.
“In intention, this is a delicate and very serious study of an idealistic temperament perplexed by the facts of sex till, under the stress of an innocent love and marriage, the problem solves itself.”—Nation.
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“The disjointed quotations from the classics have an air of being dragged in, and the various specimens of gush would come more aptly from the lips of an Early Victorian maiden than an advanced folk here portrayed.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 204. Ag. 22. 150w.
“From no point of view can much be said for it as a novel.”
− =Nation.= 87: 389. O. 22, ’08. 350w.
“Mr. De Selincourt is a very thoughtful writer. He is, indeed, rather too thoughtful, like his hero, who is apt occasionally to bore us with his perpetual concern about his state of mind and his lack of purpose.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 582. N. 7, ’08. 90w.
=Desmond, Harry W., and Frohne, H. W.= Building a home. **$1.80. Baker.
8–35360.
A book of fundamental advice for the layman about to build. In a thoroly practical manner the authors discuss the selection of a site, the respective duties of architect and builder, materials, methods of construction, details of equipment, drainage, plumbing, heating, ventilating, and decoration.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 177. Je. ’08. ✠
“The book is a strong presentation of the architect’s side of the case.”
+ − =Dial.= 44: 382. Je. 16, ’08. 400w.
“The work seems to us indispensable to a home seeker who intends to build for himself.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 562. O. 17, ’08. 150w.
“In general, it may be said that estimates of cost can scarcely be held to be of value.”
+ − =Nation.= 86: 475. My. 21, ’08. 200w.
“A book brimming full of sensible, practical, and most wholesome advice.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 281. My. 16, ’08. 180w.
“A book which will be invaluable to any one who purposes to build a home now or hopes to do so at some future time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 337. Je. 13, ’08. 250w.
“The suggestions made are practical and based upon sound architectural principles.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 38: 127. Jl. ’08. 70w.
* =Dewe, Rev. Juhl Adalbert.= History of economics; or, Economics as a factor in the making of history. *$1.50. Benziger.
8–14737.
“An elementary textbook on general economic history, and economic thought.... The writer declares that the influences which shape the events of history, may be summed up under three categories: physical surroundings, religion, and economics; and he seeks to show how the first and last named (for religion is rather slighted) have affected history from Greek and Roman times to the present.” J. Pol. Econ.
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“It is scarcely adequate as a history of economics; there is too much vagueness in the facts collected; their significance and correlation are not brought out with the fullness required by even an introductory scientific study of economics.”
− + =Cath. World.= 87: 553. Jl. ’08. 100w.
“It will be of service as a companion to the ordinary textbooks in which, especially in the older ones, this feature is almost entirely neglected.”
− + =Cath. World.= 88: 263. N. ’08. 120w.
“His style is clear and succinct, and his scholarship admirable. The book may be found valuable either for general reading or for a textbook.”
+ =Educ. R.= 36: 424. N. ’08. 80w.
“It would be difficult to say much in favor of the volume. Though of the most elementary character, it shows a lack, not only of scholarship, but even a fair knowledge and grasp of the subject, besides being poorly written, especially as regards arrangement.”
− =J. Pol. Econ.= 16: 635. N. ’08. 120w.
=De Weese, Truman A.= Principles of practical publicity; being a treatise on the art of advertising. 2d ed. **$2. Jacobs.
8–31176.
A valuable practical complement to W. D. Scott’s “Psychology of advertising.” It is a treatise on the successful adaptation of advertising to all lines of commercial enterprise. “Its aim is to cover the broad field of commercial publicity, showing the relation of advertising to modern business without elaborating any abstruse or far-fetched theories that are advanced to explain its influence upon the public mind.” (Preface.)
=N. Y. Times.= 13: 627. O. 24, ’08. 60w.
=Dewey, John, and Tufts, James Hayden.= Ethics. *$2. Holt.
8–22532.
A text whose significance lies in its effort to awaken a vital conviction of the genuine reality of moral problems and the value of reflective thought in dealing with them objectively and definitely.