Volume I covered the period of Greek philosophy previous to Socrates,

volumes II. and III. contain a discussion of Socrates, his life, his followers, and the great philosophical movement which he fathered; also an account of Plato and his philosophy. 13 chapters are given wholly to a critical analysis of the course and structure of Plato’s works.

“It will admirably serve the purpose of the general reader who is interested in philosophy as an element in the history of human culture. And for the technical student who has mastered some of the more rigorous treatises, it will be useful in completing and vivifying his picture of the great thinkers of Greece.” Walter G. Everett.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 123. O. ‘05. 560 w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)

“It may be said with confidence that Prof. Gomperz has succeeded admirably in accomplishing his design of composing ‘a comprehensive picture’ of the development of Greek thought, in which the historical setting of the narrative, the background of the picture, is ‘not unduly contracted.’ It is written in a vigorous, lively style.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 520. Ap. 29. 2690w. (Review of v. 1-3.)

“It offers not merely a cold technical enumeration of the tenets of the Greek philosophers, but a broad and rational discussion of the permanent significance of each great thought as it presents itself in historical sequence.” Paul Shorey.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 31. Jl. 16, ‘05. 3110w.

“Mr. Berry, like Mr. Magnus, has managed to give his translation the air of real English, and his version is on the whole a great improvement on the curiously abrupt and disjointed style of the original German. It is his moderation, his avoidance of extreme views, that makes Professor Gomperz so satisfactory a critic. The proof-reading of the English translation is far from perfect.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 442. Je. 1, ‘05. 1550w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)

“The arguments are concisely stated. A rich subject, it is richly treated by this veteran scholar.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. (Review of Vols. II. and III.)

“In his last two volumes Professor Gomperz proves himself to be a thinker and a writer of distinction.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 596. My. 6, ‘05. 1940w.

=Goodhart, Simon P.= See =Sidis, Boris=, jt. auth.

=Goodhue, Isabel.= Good things and graces. **50c. Elder.

The following recipe shows the character of the group: Hygienic bread, Mix together the flour of love, made from the whole kernel (giving the all-inclusive flavor and quality); the leaven of spirit; the salt of common sense; the water of life appreciated. Let this rise in the encouraging atmosphere of patience. Knead and mold in the silence. Butter with cheerfulness, and serve to the entire family.

* “In both form and spirit it is a thorough-going holiday booklet.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

* “The book is better than its outward appearance suggests, and is not one to be thrown aside after a single reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 130w.

* “The idea is cleverly carried out, and the directions for breakfast food, game pie, deviled tongue, and so on, are often witty as well as admonitory.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 110w.

=Goodloe, Carter.= At the foot of the Rockies. †$1.50. Scribner.

“Capital short stories of Canadian military and social life in the Northwest, with Indian customs and superstitions as the background.”—Outlook.

“While lacking in individuality, are yet pleasantly readable.”

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 87. S. ‘05. 330w.

“In her treatment, as well as in her situations, Miss Goodloe is rather too markedly Kiplingesque.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 220w.

“The tales have originality and force, with the added element of quiet humor.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 244. My. 27, ‘05. 40w.

=Goodnow, Frank Johnson.= City government in the United States. *$1.25. Century.

Professor Goodnow of Columbia university contributes this volume to “The American state series.” He is known for his authoritative works on “Municipal home rule,” and “Municipal problems.” “In the present work, the author confines himself almost exclusively to a study of American conditions, and at the same time broadens the scope of the inquiry so as to embrace the entire field of city government, so far as that is regarded from the viewpoint of organization and structure.” (R. of Rs.)

“Professor Goodnow’s book will be found eminently readable and useful as a text.” James T. Young.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 348. Mr. ‘05. 670w.

Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.

=Atlan.= 95: 554. Ap. ‘05. 420w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 100w.

* =Goodnow, Frank Johnson.= Principles of administrative law of the United States. *$3. Putnam.

“In his ‘Comparative administrative law,’ published twelve years ago, Professor Goodnow gave an analysis of the administrative system, national and local, of the United States, England, France, and Germany. The rapid growth of the public interest in our system was thought by Professor Goodnow a sufficient justification for a new book giving a fuller account of American conditions, with special emphasis upon the legal side.”—Dial.

* “The volume is a notable contribution to the literature of public law, and will prove of great use, not only to students, but also to officials in the actual work of administration. But to the writer there appears to be a few omissions of importance, some of which would probably indicate a defect in our constitutional law.” David Y. Thomas.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 304. N. 16, ‘05. 1410w.

* “By his masterly grasp of the subject and his power of lucid exposition Prof. Goodnow has rendered great service to students and administrative officers. He has also made a distinct contribution to political science.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 776. N. 18, ‘05. 330w.

=Goodwin, Maud Wilder.= Claims and counterclaims. †$1.50. Doubleday.

A young physician, the hero of Mrs. Goodwin’s story, has been rescued from death by a young man for whom he conceives a strong dislike. The situation becomes complicated by the fact that both men love the same girl, and Dr. Dilke is called upon by the father of the girl to endorse the character of a dishonest rival. “How to adjust the heroic savior of one’s life with the counterclaim of truth and of loyalty to a woman beloved is the problem Mrs. Goodwin’s hero has to solve.” (N. Y. Times.).

“One can hardly help feeling that in ‘Claims and counterclaims’ Mrs. Maud Wilder Goodwin has not done justice to a motif and scheme which were very good. Mrs. Goodwin botches her climaxes by improbability or cumbrous narration.”

— + =Lit. D.= 31: 666. N. 4, ‘05. 620w.

“Its unique plot, its life-like characters, its brilliant execution in both dialogue and movement, are all crowned by a novel’s raison d’etre—its absorbing interest.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 542. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1260w.

=Gordon, Armistead C.= Gift of the morning star. $1.50. Funk.

“He that overcometh ... I will give him the morning star.” The blood of a French mother flowing warm in the veins of her Dunker son sends him out in the world at the age of forty to seek his fortune, his whole being crying out against the repressed life of silent labor on the farm with which his older brother and sister are content. He wins his fortune as a boomer, he loses it in a single night, and in the end comes home again self conquered and content with his Dunker life and his Dunker sweetheart.

“Mr. Gordon has made his book of somewhat incongruous material.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 550w.

“A truly original story of Dunkard character. His pictures have all the vividness of reality.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 192. My. 20, ‘05. 100w.

“A forcible and an original tale.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 150w.

=Gordon, John Brown.= Reminiscences of the civil war. $1.50. Scribner.

“A new and moderate-priced edition of one of the very best of Southern books of reminiscences, written by a famous Southern soldier.”—Outlook.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 717. O. 21, ‘05. 140w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, ‘05. 20w.

=Goss, Charles Frederick.= Husband, wife and home. **$1. Vir.

A collection of forty-six sketches from life. “Such titles as True wife or married mistress, Curing your partner’s faults, Observing conventionalities, A good word for the ‘bad boy,’ Ability of parents to see a joke, Humanizing the beast, Nerve strain, indicate the extent of the field, and it is well dotted with pithy anecdotes and amusing stories. The whole is pervaded by strong and pure moral feeling.” (Pub. Opin.)

“A book of good advice to husbands and wives, easy to read, not so easy to follow, but worth reading and worthy to be followed.”

+ =Bib. World.= 26: 400. N. ‘05. 20w.

“Wide experience and keen observation of real life yield material which is treated with plain common sense, good wit, and no lack of humor.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 790. Jl. 22, ‘05. 180w.

=Gosse, Edmund William.= Coventry Patmore. **$1. Scribner.

This fourth volume of the “Literary lives series,” contains a sketch of the poet’s life by one who knew him well in his later years. There is an account of his childhood, his life in London, and his later years, with a description of his personality, his work, and an estimate of his place in the world of letters.

=Acad.= 68: 265. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1190w.

“His volume is not without its limitations. But it is, on the whole, able, at times brilliant. Among Mr. Gosse’s faults dulness has no place. His book shows discriminating taste.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 389. Ap. 1. 3560w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

=Atlan.= 96: 278. Ag. ‘05. 420w.

“Mr. Gosse’s biography is highly interesting; explaining much that is mysterious in Patmore’s poetry through the strange personality of the poet, the biographer adds something of distinct value to the critical estimate. But his conclusions are at least open to debate.”

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 272. Ap. 16, ‘05. 360w.

“Though he says too little about Patmore’s prose essays, which have singular merits of style, his attractive little volume, with its excellent illustrations, can be recommended to all to whom the more exhaustive Life by Mr. Champneys is not accessible.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 399. My. 18, ‘05. 2210w.

“A delightful little book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1780w.

“A well-balanced and interesting biography. There is a careful, sympathetic, but entirely clear-sighted estimate of Patmore’s poetic gifts and of the value of his work.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 652. Mr. 11, ‘05. 220w.

“Having the helpfulness neither of hostility nor of enthusiasm, and being needlessly apologetic both for Patmore’s domesticity and his mysticism.”

— =Sat. R.= 99: 597. My. 6, ‘05. 1050w.

=Gosse, Edmund William.= French profiles. *$1.60. Dodd.

Sketches of French writers nearly all of whom are still living or only lately dead. They are given “in profile” not “from the front” or “from a direct and complete point of view,” and are chiefly “snap-shots, as it were, at authors in the course of their progress.”

“Biography and criticism are deftly blended into an intermediate something and the last thing that the reader need apprehend is to be bored.” Richard Garnett.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 78. Ja. 28, ‘05. 700w.

* “Mr. Gosse owed it to his readers to rewrite and revise more diligently. But his book is an agreeable and profitable one.” Edward Fuller.

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 568. D. ‘05. 530w.

“It is far from being an indispensable book, but it is decidedly a useful one.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 624. S. 23, ‘05. 700w.

“A successful book, very agreeable to read, and more likely than any we have lately seen on the subject to attract that difficult creature, the general reader. If not infallible the book is full of interest. Any one who cares at all for French literature, and does not mind a little intellectual irritation, will read it both with pleasure and advantage.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 676. My. 6, ‘05. 1480w.

* =Gosse, Edmund William.= Sir Thomas Browne. **75c. Macmillan.

This volume in the “English men of letters” series, a monograph on Sir Thomas Browne, “bears every sign of care and of minute and skillful investigation. Browne himself is set before us with fullness of detail, his work is analysed with scholarly patience.... Browne was that rare favorite of the gods, a happy man of genius. His serene and serious mind was ever preoccupied with high, impersonal, ‘un-mating things.’ His daily life was that of a fond husband and father; a perfect friend; an alert citizen; a busy and successful doctor. But ... no man of letters ever tasted more deeply the lonely and exquisite gratifications known to the vividly inquiring, experimentalizing mind.” (Lond. Times.)

* “Mr. Gosse has made a careful study of the materials at his disposal and in a comparatively short space embodies all that is known of the famous writer and physician. The faults of the book lie on the surface and may be briefly dismissed.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 1070. O. 14, ‘05. 1500w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

* + =Atlan.= 96: 842. D. ‘05. 310w.

* “To put it crudely, what we miss in Mr. Gosse’s estimate of Browne is a feeling of pleasure. This is a very skilful biography; very intelligent criticism; but it is not the fine, the suggestive, the liberal, and illuminating criticism which we expected from a writer of Mr. Edmund Gosse’s accomplishments.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 333. O. 13, ‘05. 3250w.

* + — =Nation.= 81: 486. D. 14, ‘05. 3140w.

* + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 4. N. 18, ‘05. 890w.

=Gould, George Milbry.= Biographic clinics. v. 3. Essays concerning the influence of visual function pathologic and physiologic upon the health of patients. *$1. Blakiston.

These essays fully cover the ground indicated by the subject, and in them numerous common ailments are unhesitatingly traced to defective eyesight, and much good advice is given for school children and men engaged in literary or clerical work, all of which is borne out by illustrations from life. The technical terms used in the table of contents need not alarm the casual reader, who will find the text clear and easily understood.

=Gower, Edward Frederick Leveson.= Bygone years. *$3.50. Dutton.

Memoirs written by the Honorable F. Leveson-Gower in his 86th year. As he never kept a diary, he chats merrily from memory of well-known people and things he has met with in the course of his long life.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 706. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1030w.

“The author’s style is pleasant, though singularly familiar.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 710. Je. 10. 1110w.

Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 346. O. ‘05. 1180w.

“Good humor, good sense, good birth and breeding, an entire absence of airs and pretensions, these are among the qualities that commend him to the reader.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 211. O. 1, ‘05. 390w.

“The volume is worth the attention of those who delight in the pleasant gossip of a genial and generous-hearted man of vast experience and wide information.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 988. O. 26, ‘05. 240w.

“His book is like him, and it will therefore attract and give pleasure to a large number of readers.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 1130w.

+ =Nation.= 81: 220. S. 14, ‘05. 620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 660w.

“It is never dull: it is never absorbing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 568. Ag. 26, ‘05. 470w.

“The book is characterized by good sense and wit and an agreeable conversational style.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 43. S. 2, ‘05. 260w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1070w.

=Grafton, Rt. Rev. Charles Chapman.= Christian and Catholic. *$1.50. Longmans.

“The aim of the good bishop ... is ‘not controversial’ but to help souls who are in honest doubt to come into closer union with Christ ... The mass of Christians ... he designates as ‘the sects’ in distinction from ‘the church’ ... To secede from the Anglican church to the Roman is pronounced to be ‘the most terrible sin we believe a Christian man can commit.’”—Outlook.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 330. Ag. 10, ‘05. 70w.

=Outlook.= 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w.

=Grant, Mrs. Colquhoun.= Mother of czars. *$3.50. (*12s.) Dutton.

“This ‘Mother of czars’ was the princess Dorothea of Würtemberg who married the Czarevitch Paul, son of Catherine II.... The czar’s two sons were Alexander I. and Nicholas I.... Mrs. Grant’s book consists largely of details of a tour made by the Grand Duke Paul and his wife during the years 1780-81. The most enjoyable time was spent in France.”—Spec.

“A very innocuous sketch of the wife of Paul I. of Russia.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 70w.

“Neither as a study of personality nor as an historical monograph can this volume be praised with much heartiness.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 166. Ag. 24, ‘05. 480w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 329. My. 20, ‘05. 270w.

“Here related in an agreeable, sympathetic, unpretentious way.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 393. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w.

“With merits as an entertainment this book is marred as an authoritative portrayal of local colour by certain inaccuracies.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 309. S. 2, ‘05. 1130w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 719. My. 13. ‘05. 250w.

=Grant, Robert.= Orchid. †$1.25. Scribner.

The orchid is a society belle in a set where money counts for everything. She marries a wealthy man whom she does not love, then comes to care for a poor man, secures a divorce and the custody of her child, which she later relinquishes to the father in return for two million dollars, and is thereby established once more upon a secure social foundation.

“Clever as it is in its scenes, its dialogues, its enjoyable diversity of types, the real merit of the little volume lies not so much in what it actually gives as in what it suggests. ‘The orchid’ is an interesting example of a psychological problem, worked out along lines almost purely realistic.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 365. Je. ‘05. 480w.

“The novel is as empty of psychological content as a headline. In this novel his style seems to be even more hard and colorless than formerly, his phrasing even more stereotyped and inaccurate.” O. H. D.

— — =Critic.= 47: 90. Jl. ‘05. 750w.

“Judge Grant’s characters are like chessmen: they are well defined and they move in a straightforward and logical manner. This simile does not imply that his characters are wooden, or that the situation lacks complexity.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 220w.

“Told ... in this accomplished writer’s crispest and most interesting style.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 800w.

“It is a story which not only makes one think, but holds the interest as well.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.

“A more thoroughgoing study of feminine selfishness and lawlessness is not to be found in American fiction.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 772. Ap. 1, ‘05. 90w.

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 796. My. 20, ‘05. 170w.

“Judge Grant’s sure touch and craftmanship are here, but ‘The orchid’ is hardly a worthy successor to ‘The undercurrent.’”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 120w.

=Grant, Robert.= Undercurrent. $1.50. Scribner.

“His theme is the very modern problem of the divorce evil, and he shows us how the undercurrent of emotion eventually triumphs over reason, and sweeps away the intellectual objections which stand in the path of a woman’s happiness. The situation is subtly handled, and one of the oldest of stories thereby acquires new distinction. It is the familiar story of marriage without much thought, the husband’s rapid development into a vulgar brute, and his final desertion of wife and children. Then the right man appears upon the scene, and the deserted wife is torn by the conflict between desire and duty. The plea of duty is voiced by the representatives of church and society, and their argument convinces her intellect, yet it takes only a slight mishap to the man whom she loves to bring about her surrender.”—Dial.

Reviewed by W. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 15. Ja. 1, ‘05. 440w. (Statement of theme.)

“The opposing claims of church and state to the regulation of marriage have never been more interestingly presented than in the debate between the rector and the lawyer in this book.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1008. My. 4, ‘05. 190w.

“As a carefully considered, well-rounded, unimpassioned treatment, this book deserves attentive reading and deep pondering. The legal clearness with which Judge Grant has analyzed the question, and the thoroughness and skill with which he has embodied all its aspects in the individual characters and the action of the story, make ‘The undercurrent’ a constructive master-piece. Its interest is timely, therefore, rather than literary, and its value practical and ethical, not artistic. Neither of these facts, nevertheless, derogates from its literary importance. A notable literary expression of conviction among the books of its day.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 254. Ja. ‘05. 550w.

“Deals with two insistent problems of American society—the problem of enormous wealth and the problem of divorce. Judge Grant treats both with calmness and sanity. The characters and the story by means of which Judge Grant illustrates his views are thoroughly attractive from the point of view of literature. ‘The undercurrent’ is first of all a novel, and an excellent one, and only secondarily a book of purpose.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 118. Ja. ‘05. 210w.

“A sane and two-sided view of this problem. The author is master of many of the secret traits of woman’s nature, he rises with dramatic force to a crisis, and his method is always wholesome. But one must regret his excessive use of monologue, as though he could not let his characters interpret themselves.” J. R. Ormond.

+ + — =South Atlantic Quarterly.= 4: 96. Ja. ‘05. 140w.

=Granville, W. A.= Elements of differential and integral calculus. $2.50. Ginn.

To meet the need of a modern text-book on calculus which is at once rigorous and elementary, is the rather difficult task of the author. “On the one hand it is necessary to avoid the worthless and even vicious forms of reasoning which mar so many elementary treatises and which are simply intolerable to one educated according to modern standards of rigor. On the other hand, the author must not introduce subtleties of reasoning and logical refinements beyond the needs and comprehension of those who are to use the book. The volume under review is an attempt to solve this problem.” (Science).

“Its first quality is clearness; its second, judicious accentuation. The ground notions are admirably handled, and throughout, the nature and limitations of important theorems are conscientiously indicated.” C. J. Keyser.

+ + + =Educ. R.= 29: 208. F. ‘05. 250w.

“This is a book the main object of which seems to be to enable the student to acquire a knowledge of the subject with little or no assistance from a teacher; and, after a very careful study of it, we are enabled to say that the work is admirably constructed for the purpose.” George M. Minchin.

+ + — =Nature.= 72: 26. My. 11, ‘05. 670w.

“In perusing Dr. Granville’s book one feels throughout that the author has in mind the requirements of modern rigor. We believe the present volume is eminently a safe book to put in the hands of the beginner. He will get no false notions which afterwards will have to be eradicated, with much difficulty; he will, on the other hand, acquire a considerable acquaintance with the principles of the calculus and a good working knowledge of its methods. The relatively few blemishes in this work, the reviewer is glad to state, will be removed in the next edition.” James Pierpont.

+ + — =Science=, n.s. 21: 64. Ja. 13, ‘05. 1180w.

“As well in its scope as in its spirit, the work is distinctly more than its author modestly styles it ‘essentially a drill book.’” Cassius J. Keyser.

+ + + =Science=, n.s. 22: 115. Jl. 28, ‘05. 150w.

=Gratacap, Lewis Pope.= World as intention: a contribution to teleology, *$1.25. Eaton.

“Under this title the author exhibits the movement which the world shows towards a purposed end. His aim is to help perplexed thinkers out of a state of mind which can neither get on without religion, nor get on with much that is claimed in the name of religion.”—Outlook.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 336. My. 20, ‘05. 360w.

“Mr. Gratacap is certainly an independent and vigorous thinker; though his reading has evidently been more thorough in scientific lines than in philosophical. For lack of proportionate equipment in the latter his contribution to the problems of modern thought is hardly equal to the need.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 400w.

=Graves, Algernon=, comp. Royal academy of arts. v. I. *$11. Macmillan.

This “complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904,” is compiled with the sanction of the president and council of the Royal academy. The artists’ names are arranged alphabetically and their works are listed under their names.