Volume I. now issued, covers Abbayne to Carrington.

=Acad.= 68: 623. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 87. Jl. 15. 2560w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 38. Jl. 13, ‘05. 770w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + + =Sat. R.= 99: 671. My. 20, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Gray, Charles H.= Lodowick Carliell. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

Lodowick Carliell was a courtier dramatist of the reigns of Charles I and II. The name of Carliell is a conspicuous one in English literature, having as a later representative Thomas Carlyle. The present work includes a sketch of Carliell’s life, a discussion of his plays, and “The deserving favorite.”

“He has shown a German thoroughness of work.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 574. S. 2, ‘05. 540w.

“This is an interesting contribution to the history of the English drama.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 983. Ag. 19, ‘05. 90w.

=Green, Anna Katharine.= Amethyst box. †75c. Bobbs.

The spiriting away of an amethyst box in which was hidden a tiny vial containing a drop of deadly poison is followed by a sudden death. This furnishes the plot for one of Mrs. Green’s characteristic mystery stories into which is woven a double romance. The volume is uniform with the “Pocket book” series.

* “This American writer ... builds better puzzles and controls her surprises more skilfully than any living sensation writer we can call to mind.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1155. N. 4, ‘05. 350w.

“It is an absorbing story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 324. My. 20, ‘05. 220w.

* “They are utterly improbable, and full of extravagances and absurdities.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 600. N. 4, ‘05. 70w.

=Green, Anna Katharine.= House in the mist. †75c. Bobbs.

The first of these stories, “The house in the mist,” is the tale of vengeance which a wealthy testator wreaks upon his debauched heirs. According to the will they assemble, are apportioned their shares, and then trapped to their death. The harrowing succession of events is relieved only by the escape of the one worthy heir. The other story, “The ruby and the caldron,” shows the steps taken along the wrong scent in recovering a lost ruby.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 386. Je. 17, ‘05. 210w.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 140. My. 13, ‘05. 70w.

=Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 30w.

=Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs).= Millionaire baby. $1.50. Bobbs.

The spiriting away of a baby, the heiress to three fortunes, furnishes a plot for a unique detective story. The detective himself, in the race with others for the fifty thousand dollar reward, narrates the steps that lead up to the mystery-solving stroke,—this latter involving a surprise even for the wily disciple of Sherlock Holmes. The book is illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.

+ — =Acad.= 68: 568. My. 27, ‘05. 340w.

“She is, we think, the best American author of detective tales of the present, and in ‘The millionaire baby’ we have one of her very best books. It is clever in conception and treatment, it holds the interest.”

+ + =Arena.= 33: 340. Mr. ‘05. 260w.

“Granted its fundamental improbability, the plot is skilfully constructed, and the interest of the story is successfully maintained.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 714. Je. 10. 150w.

“As a detective story, ‘The millionaire baby,’ is as clever as anything Anna Katharine Green has written. You will not lay it aside until you know the whole story.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 40. Ja. 21, ‘05. 550w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“As a detective story it is ingenious; as fiction in any other sense it is worthless.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 40w.

“A good story of compelling and sustained interest. Is quite the equal of any of the long line of stories which she has created.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 95. Ja. 15, ‘05. 450w.

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 60w.

=Green, Evelyn Everett-.= Secret of Wold Hall. †$1. McClurg.

The marriage between Marcus Drummond and Lady Marcia Defresne was for the one the fulfillment of a ten-years’ dream—dating back to a moment when a bronzed traveler boy of sixteen rescued a child from her fall over a precipice—for the other, a release for herself and family from pecuniary predicaments. The man loves his wife, and the course of events which awakens her love for him is strongly associated with a mystery. The story has a strong dramatic interest.

=Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly Williams.= With spurs of gold. †$1.50. Little.

The boy and girl whose galaxy of heroes for special worship includes many knights of chivalry will find some absorbing details given here. The work is authentic, based on histories, chronicles and legends, and sets forth such characters as Roland and Oliver, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, the Chevalier Bayard, and Sir Philip Sidney.

“A number of famous poems accompany the excellent prose in which these tales are set.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 60w.

=Greenidge, Abel Henry Jones.= History of Rome during the later republic and early principate. 6 vols. v. I, *$3.50. Dutton.

“The first volume of the six volumes in which Dr. Greenidge plans to compress his history covers some twenty-nine years, from the time of Tiberius Gracchus to the consulship of Marius, B. C. 133 to 104.... In that short period occurred the two agrarian movements, led by Tiberius Gracchus, and, ten years later, by Caius Gracchus, and the Jugurthine war.”—N. Y. Times.

“It will appeal strongly to the general reader ... but it is addressed also to the scholar, as based on the original sources and presenting the results in accordance with the most advanced ideals of history writing.” Joseph H. Drake.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 849. Jl. ‘05. 1310w.

“Both the specialist, who looks for laborious research and painstaking erudition, and the ordinary reader, who sets the main value on perspicuity and brilliancy of narrative, will alike be gratified.” W. A. Goligher.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 545. Jl. ‘05. 860w.

“The present volume sustains his reputation for accuracy and penetration, while proving him to possess gifts of a different order. It discloses a large grasp of facts and a weighty style.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 3200w.

“It may be said at once that Dr. Greenidge revivifies Rome, which had been reduced to the deadness of classicality. He creates the Eternal city in the sixth century of its existence, and with exactness and grace shows us its life, its politics, the causes of its troubles, how it met them, and what the final issue was.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 319. My. 13, ‘05. 1330w.

* =Greenslet, Ferris.= James Russell Lowell, his life and work. **$1.50. Houghton.

“A concise view of the life of Lowell, which the author frankly admits to be mainly based on printed sources, chief among which has naturally been the collection of his letters edited by Charles Eliot Norton; but the work was nevertheless worth doing and is very well done.... The book is illustrated with portraits, local views, etc.”—Critic.

* “The author has made judicious use of his abundant and rich material, his personal additions to which have been considerable and valuable.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 573. D. ‘05. 80w.

* “A little difference of emphasis here and there may suggest itself as possible; but in substance the narrative is exactly what it should be. He writes from a firm critical theory, and knows how to back his own opinions. Yet his speech lacks something of firmness and consistency.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 773. N. 18, ‘05. 1670w.

* “Conspicuously free from provincialism of standards and of feeling, conspicuously competent, dispassionate, and, therefore, authoritative.” Hamilton W. Mabie.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

* “Beyond any other biography recently written among us, this book gives, by its execution, the impression of a distinct addition to the literary resources of our younger authors.” Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 625. N. 11, ‘05. 1520w.

=Gregg, David; Goodrich, William W., and Carney, Sidney Howard, jr.= Makers of the American republic: a series of patriotic lectures. $2. Treat.

Sixteen historical lectures on the early colonists; The Virginians, Pilgrims, Puritans, Hollanders, Scotch, Huguenots, Quakers, and the old-time doctors, lawyers, and ministers. Columbus, Washington, our patriotic dead, and the black forefathers are also treated.

“Characterized for the most part by a degree of intellectual hospitality and breadth of thought rarely found in similar discussions by trinitarian clergymen.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 220. Ag. ‘05. 370w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 190. Jl. ‘05. 30w.

=Gregory, J. C.= Short introduction to the theory of electrolytic dissociation, *50c. Longmans.

“This is a useful little book for those students who, after taking a course of systematic chemistry, wish to know something of the behaviour of electrolytic solutions.” (Nature.) Its four chapters are entitled The condition of dissolved substances; Ions and precipitation; Hydrogen and hydroxyl ions; Electrolytic and general considerations.

“The language and mode of presentation are simple, and although one might take exception to many points of detail, the book, on the whole, should prove a trustworthy guide.”

+ + =Nature.= 71: 606. Ap. 27, ‘05. 100w.

=Grenfell, Bernard Pyne; Drexel, Lucy Wharton; and Hunt, Arthur Surridge,= eds. New sayings of Jesus, and fragments of a lost gospel, from Oxyrhynchus, Part IV. *40c. Oxford.

“The present volume contains for the most part papyri found in the second excavations at Oxyrhynchus in 1903. It will not be as amusing to the general reader as certain of the previous volumes, since it includes but few of the non-legal and non-literary, but excessively human, documents that gave in them such a sparkle of life to the pages of a very dead subject.... The volume contains a goodly number of interesting legal documents, which increase our knowledge of details of Egyptian administration and Graeco-Egyptian law. The number of personal letters is, as we have indicated, very few.”—Nation.

=Nation.= 80: 139. F. 16, ‘05. 990w.

=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason.= Harvest of the sea: a tale of both sides of the Atlantic. **$1. Revell.

Dr. Grenfell, who for twenty years has worked among the deep sea fishermen on both sides of the Atlantic, gives a picture of these men, their lives, and the revolution, social and religious, wrought by the coming of the mission ship among the fishing fleets.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 651. Ag. ‘05, 210w.

+ =Critic.= 46: 471. My. ‘05. 350w.

“Dr. Grenfell’s narrative of the North Sea fishers especially—considered quite without reference to its value as a record of evangelization—is stirring, full of the life and tragedy of the sea. The account of the Labrador men is briefer and less picturesque.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 243. Ap. 15, ‘05. 320w.

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 170w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 508. Ap. 1, ‘05. 360w.

+ + =Reader.= 6: 473. S. ‘05. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Griffith, J. Quintin.= Helps and hints in nursing. *$1.50. Winston.

A text-book for nurses, and a guide for the family which gives the ordinary details of nursing which the doctor wishes carried out in everyday maladies, tells what to do in cases of emergency, gives directions for caring for infants and children, and for preserving the health.

“A practical and sensible book which may be commended to use in families and by all who have to do with illness.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 334. Ag. 7, ‘05. 20w.

=Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick.= Fifty years of public service. *$5. Cassell.

Born in India and entering the English army at the time of the Crimean war, as a mere youth, the author saw military service in Crimea, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Gibraltar, and Abyssinia, and civil service in charge of prisons at Gibraltar, Chatham, and Milbank. This account of his career suggests that the material for his novels and detective stories was taken from life.

=Critic.= 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

“The author’s style has the unstudied fluency of one who is used to writing with the din of the printing-press in his ears and the boy at his side waiting for copy. The book is a worthy addition to the major’s long list of works, grave and gay.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 325. My. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“You would say Major Griffiths had enjoyed his ‘Fifty years of service’ in the living at least as much as you enjoy it in reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 333. My. 20, ‘05. 1410w.

=Griggs, Edward Howard.= Moral education. *$2. Huebsch.

Professor Griggs points out the aim and scope of his work in the following: “a study, as exhaustive as I could make it, of the whole problem of moral culture: its purpose in relation to our society, and all the means through which that purpose can be attained. My aim has been sanity and not novelty, ... to see ‘steadily and whole’ both human life and the process of moral culture that leads to it and make possible the happiest and most helpful living.”

“This volume should be carefully read by every parent and teacher in the land. It is a work at once eminently practical and yet nobly idealistic. He has considered his subject deeply and treats it as only a man of rare insight, a true philosopher and a practical teacher could present a theme.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 330. S. ‘05. 290w.

“He writes with beauty and almost invariably with marked clearness; he develops very instructively and applies to the work of ethical formation the leading results of modern educational investigation.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 81: 126. Ap. ‘05. 580w.

“This book by Mr. Griggs is one of the significant indications of the trend of education in the present time, while in itself it is a decided contribution to the philosophy and method of education. Unlike much of current educational discussion, the parent is not here made subservient to the teacher or entirely ignored.” Leslie Willis Sprague.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 379. Ap. ‘05. 940w.

“The present volume seems to have reached the root of the difficulty which confronts modern educators, for it points out wherein they err by casting aside the old systems and giving entire precedent to new and untried methods. The book is written in a masterly style.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 499. Mr. ‘05. 400w.

“The book addresses itself especially to the teacher, but will be found interesting and helpful to all who are concerned in any way with the rearing of children.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 254. F. ‘05. 120w.

=Gronau, Georg.= Titian. $2. Scribner.

The monograph of the great painter not only tells a graphic story of the artist’s life, but describes the picturesque conditions under which he worked, the emperors, dukes and bishops who gave him commissions, forming a romantic background. The book gives the results of the most recent investigations of the authorship of disputed masterpieces, is copiously illustrated with fifty odd half-tones, has a fine bibliography, and a complete index.

“Is not so specialized a piece of work as is the standard biography by Crowe and Cavalcaselle. It is tersely and vividly written, precisely the book for the general reader.” Royal Cortissoz.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 276. F. ‘05. 320w.

“It is quite up-to-date in its attributions. The side on which their usefulness does not seem to increase or greatly enlighten is that of a new word concerning the technical performances of great colourists, draughtsmen and virile painters. But this lapse Gronau has in common with others who write of artists and their work. Such books as these become, in a sense, a kind of superior guidebook to galleries, palaces and churches, but they are not quite what a student or a connoisseur would desire when wishing to be enlightened on the methods, ways, and practices of a master painter. Present book is excellent of its kind.” Frank Fowler.

+ =Bookm.= 20: 556. F. ‘05. 870w.

“Dr. Gronau’s volume, marked by cautious accuracy and disinterested love of truth, is a model for works of its class. It is a thing of high art in itself, and is certainly the best life of Titian that has appeared.” George Breed Zug.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 320. My. 1, ‘05. 1000w.

=Grout, Abel Joel.= Mosses with hand-lens and microscope. 26. ed. $1.75 A. J. Grout, 306 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, N. Y.

This second edition “which follows the same general plan as the first edition, is expanded to include 169 of the ‘more common and more easily recognized mosses of the northeastern United States,’ as well as fifty-four of the hepaticæ of the same region.... The text contains something like 118 figures and 39 full-page plates.”—Science.

“In the matter of typography and illustrations, the work is so much of an improvement over its predecessor that it deserves special commendation.”

+ + =Science=, n.s. 21: 816. My. 26, ‘05. 230w.

=Grove, Sir George=, ed. Dictionary of music and musicians; new and thoroughly rev. ed.; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. **$5. Macmillan.

In undertaking the revision of Sir George Grove’s dictionary which appeared twenty-five years ago, the editor aims mainly to bring the work down to date. Mr. Maitland, “a man of erudition, good taste and sound judgment, has critical acumen, and while he is inclined to a thoroughly safe conservatism, such critical remarks as have been admitted are for the most part such as are likely to give the reader a general idea of the special characteristics of the musicians dealt with.” (Ind.)

* “If the succeeding volumes contain as many valuable additions and amplifications as the first, the work will suffice for many years to come, and will remain for all time a monument to the learning, patience, and judgment of the editor.” W. J. Henderson.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 851. D. ‘05. 1100w. (Review of v. 1.)

“At last we have an English musical dictionary not only worthy to be compared with the French and German dictionaries, but surpassing them all in the lateness of its information and in its comprehensive scope. Some of the portraits are unworthy of the general high standard.” George P. Upton.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 310. My. 1, ‘05. 2770w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 671. Mr. 23, ‘05. 600w. (Review of vol. I.)

* “Ably and judiciously edited, and it promises to be an indispensable compendium for those who are genuinely interested in music or in music-makers.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The editing has on the whole been admirably done, and ... Mr. Fuller Maitland has amply proved, not only his great ability in dealing with a difficult task, but the foresight of those responsible for his selections.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 226. Jl. 14, ‘05. 2020w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Unquestionably the most valuable work of the kind in English, and at present superior to any other in any language, considering its encyclopaedic character and the substantial quality of its most important articles.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 296. My. 6, ‘05. 1710w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Guiney, Louise Imogen.= Hurrell Froude: memoranda and comments. *$3. Dutton.

This volume is in two parts, the first, a sketch of Hurrell Froude and his life, consisting mainly of letters and journals, the second, a collection of comments upon him and his connection with the Oxford movement. Outside of those interested in English religious movements, Hurrell Froude, brother of the historian, and John Henry Newman’s most intimate friend, is perhaps little known, and this book gives in detail the man’s influence upon his associates and the religious movements of his time, as well as his personality and character.

“The author’s style is not always unintelligible and precious, and by dint of a great deal of quotation we are brought fairly near to that strange inspirer of Newman.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 656. My. 27. 230w.

“It is a work of unusually distinguished merit. In the first place, Miss Guiney allows Hurrell Froude to tell his own story. And a second feature of this book which calls for praise is that in the pages which the biographer has written herself, the style is splendid.”

+ + + =Cath World.= 80: 826. Mr. ‘05. 580w.

“As a whole the book lacks literary unity, but it is initiative and gives an intimate glimpse into a circle of singularly real and fervent men. Valuable it is as being illustrative of a phase of the nineteenth century.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 381. O. ‘05. 380w.

“She has brought to her task abundant sympathy and much careful preparation. If her judgment is at fault, she has furnished us the means of correcting it in no halting fashion. Her collection of comments is no mere device for confirming her own views.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 214. Mr. 16, ‘05. 2090w.

“Miss Guiney’s book, which she does not call a biography, though in effect it is one, is a sympathetic account of his life, his character, and his work.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 602. S. 16, ‘05. 380w.

“The editing has been done sympathetically, and, in spite of the opportunity offered for the exercise of a rich and rather over-refined literary style, with restraint.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 400. F. 11, ‘05. 390w.

=Spec.= 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 320w.

=Gulick, Sidney Lewis.= Evolution of the Japanese. **$2. Revell.

A fourth edition, revised and enlarged. “It contains a new preface and numerous changes in the text, which have been turned into notes and placed at the end of the chapters to which they belong.” (N. Y. Times.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 370w.

=Gulick, Sidney Lewis.= White peril in the Far East. **$1. Revell.

The author, an American missionary who has lived long in Eastern Asia, discusses the significance of the Russo-Japanese war, which he considers a turning point in the world’s history. He holds that there is no cause to fear the yellow peril, that Japan is western in spirit and civilization, but that the white peril menaces the Orient to-day.

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 559. My. 6. 260w.

“While in no way profound, it is rich in novel and suggestive points of view. It contains one of the best statements of the real causes of the war with Russia yet published, and gives an interpretation of the Japanese attitude toward the conflict that is agreeably clear, concise, and illuminating.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 356. My. 16, ‘05. 580w.

“A concise, clear and comprehensive presentation of the national and international interests involved in present movements and tendencies, viewed as growing from the past.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 910. Ap. 8, ‘05. 120w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 280w.

“Is a model of compactness and illumination.”

+ + + =Reader.= 6: 591. O. ‘05. 280w.

=Gunsaulus, Frank W.= Paths to power; Central church sermons. *$1.25. Revell.

The first group of Dr. Gunsaulus’ sermons to be published. They emphasize his right to be classed with such men as Beecher, Brooks and Spurgeon. “But to feel their power one must surrender for the time to the speaker’s wand and not dissolve the spell by a critical mood.” (Outlook.)

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 150w.

=Gwynn, Stephen.= Thomas Moore. **75c. Macmillan.

The author, who is already known as a novelist and a critic of English-Irish literature, is also an Irishman and consequently found an unusually happy subject in Thomas Moore. The romantic rise of Moore from the Dublin grocery store to London’s rank and fashion is detailed. The critical estimate of his work is fully given, and his part in the last century’s remarkable advance in poetical technique is enlarged upon.

“His life is excellently set forth in this volume, the author having evidently put before him as the object of his task the painting of a faithful portrait. Mr. Gwynn has added considerably to his already very considerable repute by this capital little book, in which he does justice to his subject and to himself.” W. Teignmouth Shore.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 79. Ja. 28, ‘05. 710w.

“Mr. Gwynn had accomplished no easy task with tact and literary skill, if not with accuracy.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 327. Mr. 18. 2340w.

“A sympathetic treatment of the man and his works.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 20w.

“Mr. Gwynn’s book is compact with information and well-balanced criticism.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 70. Ag. 1, ‘05. 450w.

“Delightful little volume.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1128. My. 18, ‘05. 330w.

+ =Nation.= 80: 253. Mr. 30, ‘05. 610w.

“Considered as a portrayal of Moore’s character, this book of Mr. Gwynn’s is adequate and satisfactory. It is not, however, eminently successful in evoking for the imagination the world in which the poet lived. As a literary estimate, while it neither observes its subject from a new angle, nor throws new light upon it, it is upon the whole a thoroughly competent and workmanlike performance—an orderly, trustworthy, and comprehensive statement of the established critical opinions regarding Moore’s poetry and prose. Mr. Gwynn has shown himself a safe, if neither a brilliant nor remarkably painstaking critic.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 97. F. 18. ‘05. 2580w.

“Mr. Gwynn has given us an eminently readable book.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 251. F. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“Mr. Gwynn’s estimate of Moore is the most noteworthy thing in the volume.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 214. F. 11, ‘05. 370w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

“We feel that Mr. Gwynn is making quite a nice and workmanlike book to fill a supposed cap in a respectable series; we admire his visible yet sober efforts to impart a tinge of enthusiasm.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 740. Je. 3, ‘05. 2180w.

“Mr. Gwynne, who has done his work with much skill and sympathy, has never allowed his judgment to be influenced.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 555. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1890w.

=Gwynne, Paul.= Bandolero, †$1.50. Dodd.

A book which gives a vivid picture of Spanish peasant life. The story concerns the only son of the Marquis de Bazan who is kidnapped by his father’s enemy, a “bandolero,” and brought up on an Andalusian farm. The boy falls in love with his playmate, the bandit’s daughter, and altho her father violently opposes their marriage, he at last not only gives his consent but sacrifices his life for the son of his enemy. Altho the plot is melodramatic, the scenes of country life are homely and humorous.

“The romance is thoroughly interesting, and has a considerable degree of literary charm.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 208. O. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“A good melodramatic novel. The author must know his Spain far better than most men.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 191. Mr. 25. ‘05. 300w.

“As has been said by some one, Mr. Gwynne knows the Spanish peasant as well as Miss Wilkins knows the New England farmer. It is this part of this book, as it was with his former story, which attracts us in Mr. Gwynne’s work. The plot of the story ... seems to us on the melodramatic order and less worthy of praise.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 704. Mr. 18, ‘05. 180w.

“A logical, well-atmosphered story whose interest is steadily sustained and whose denouement is satisfactory.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 473. S. ‘05. 180w.

“Mr. Gwynne has painted for us the large sun-lit landscape of the Andalusian plains and the slow comedy of village life with a certainty of touch and a depth of colour which are entirely admirable. But apart from merits of atmosphere and scenery, he has a very stirring story to tell and much excellent character-drawing. Mr. Gwynne, though he deals with the favourite constituents of melodrama, is always a serious novelist, and his characters are as carefully studied as his plot. Mr. Gwynne has found a field in which he need fear no rival, and we welcome a book so full of freshness and vitality.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 90. Ja. 21, ‘05. 400w.

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=Haeckel, Ernest Heinrich Philipp August.= Evolution of man: a popular scientific study; tr. by Joseph McCabe. *$10. Putnam.

The present translation has been made from “the fifth (enlarged) edition of the German work. The abstruse and puzzling phenomena of embryology occupy the whole first volume.... The second volume is devoted to the vexed problem of our ancestry—beginning with the lowest forms of life and working upwards thru ‘Our worm-like ancestors,’ ‘Our fish-like ancestors,’ ‘Our five-toed ancestors,’ and ‘Our ape-like ancestors.’ But besides these we have some luminous chapters on the evolution of the nervous system, sense organs, vascular system, and so on. A summary on the ‘results of anthropogeny’ closes the book.” (Acad.)

Reviewed by W. P. Pycraft.

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 489. My. 6, ‘05. 1680w.

* “As always, he is prodigious of learning, fertile alike in illuminating suggestion and extraordinary new words; and as always, totally at sea as to what may reasonably be said in a popular book.” E. T. Brewster.

+ + — =Atlan.= 96: 682. N. ‘05. 410w.

* “A translation which is, on the whole, excellent.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 512. D. 21, ‘05. 360w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 224. Ap. 8, ‘05. 330w.

“The broad fact of development and the main details of the process are undeniably given by Prof. Haeckel with a wealth of illustration and a positiveness of statement which aids both understanding and memory, even if it somewhat obscures the complexity of the problem and the insecurity of the conclusions to which one is lead.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 569. S. 2, ‘05. 1660w.

“It is unfortunate that more care has not been taken with the translation and proof-reading, in the latter especially with regard to proper names. On the whole, however, the translation is readable and set forth in idiomatic English.” J. P. McM.

+ + — =Science=, n.s. 22: 137. Ag. 4, ‘05. 1550w.

=Haeckel, Ernest Heinrich.= Wonders of life. *$2. Harper.

This volume is supplementary to the author’s “Riddle of the universe,” and is an answer to the thousands of letters and the many published attacks the first work called forth. It contains a quantity of biological information and is probably too technical to be popular. “His whole method of argument is based on the continuity of life, the unity of nature, and his metaphysics grows out of his biology. The book is divided into four parts, in which he treats respectively of the knowledge, the nature, the functions and the history of life. Altho he is now in his seventy-second year he has not lost the skill in classification and terminology which has given him his special reputation, and he uses effectively the tabular form and parallel columns to elucidate his theories and to contrast them with those of his opponents.” (Ind.)

“The chapters on ‘Forms of life,’ ‘Monera,’ and ‘Nutrition’ are written by a master in these fields and tend to compensate for the enormous mass of paralogisms and unproved assertions that constitute perhaps the greater part of the remaining chapters.” C. W. Saleeby.

+ — =Acad.= 68: 82. Ja. 28, ‘05. 700w.

“Yet the book must be respected for its learning, and is absorbing even when not convincing.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 383. Ap. ‘05. 130w.

“The book is translated into good English, but there are various slips or misprints in names and technical terms.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 232. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1000w.

=Ind.= 58: 206. Ja. 26, ‘05. 1130w.

“It [the translation] is on the whole clear and vigorous, but it betrays inexpertness. The translator has not the vaguest idea of what he is translating. Defective proofreading.... This book expresses the sincere convictions of a veteran who has done much for biology.”

+ — =Nature.= 71: 313. F. 2, ‘05. 1550w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 270w.

“Notwithstanding this obscurity in parts, the whole book is fairly clear as to its tendency.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 570. S. 2, ‘05. 1210w.

=Outlook.= 79: 505. F. 25, ‘05. 390w.

“After one wades through this terrible terminology of the scientific philosopher he is gratified, however, to find that he has been led always to a clear conclusion. Such is the nature of the question that much depends on the original bias of the reader.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 214. F. 11, ‘05. 860w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 383. Mr. ‘05. 100w.

“Has been well translated by Mr. Joseph McCabe.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 788. My. 27, ‘05. 200w.

“On the whole we find it disappointing. In the present book we got a mass of biological information, often of the most obscure kind, set forth with all the ability of an acknowledged master in this branch of science: but in conjunction with this we get a considerable quantity of loose thinking of a kind which passes for philosophical often presented in a very superficial manner.”

+ — =The Westminster R.= 163: 103. Ja. ‘05 530w.

=Haenssgen, Oswald H.= Suction gas. $1. Gas engine pub.

“Written, according to the author, to supply the lack, in this country, of information on the subject of suction gas producers, and more briefly of their first cost, cost of running and possible utility and development.”—Engin. N.

Reviewed by Alfred B. Forstall.

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 184. F. 16, ‘05. 220w.

=Hafiz, Mohammed Shems-ed-Din.= Odes from the Divan of. Freely rendered from literal translations by Richard Le Gallienne. *$1.50. Page.

“Hafiz has the epicureanism of Omar Khayyam without his philosophy. He sings of nothing but wine and love.... Mr. Le Gallienne has not merely translated, he has transmuted the odes into true English poetry, and any one but an antiquarian will prefer to read them in this form rather than in the literal versions.”—Ind.

“In short, while Mr. Le Gallienne has not found much more to tell us in this than in his last Persian study, he has not shown any greater poetical merit; but, on the contrary, by his more ambitious metrical scheme and greater dependence upon himself, he has been led into worse technical blunders.”

— =Acad.= 68: 1123. O. 28, ‘05. 980w.

“The only fault we have to find with Mr. Le Gallienne is that he is inclined to make his task easy by diluting his poetry until it flows freely. With more pains he might have kept more of the terseness and spirit of the original.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 687. S. 14, ‘05. 540w.

“His work is frankly not a translation by a scholar, but a poet’s version of another poet. Jarring notes like these are the more discordant when one thinks of the beauty of so much of his version, and remembers the undoubted ability of Mr. Le Gallienne.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 665. N. 4, ‘05. 710w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 330w.

“Many of these odes have the lyrical quality, and that while they may not be in all points acceptable to Oriental scholars, they give to the reader sufficiently well the effect of Persian imagery and the essence of the poet’s feeling.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 44. S. 2, ‘05. 220w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 511. O. ‘05. 120w.

=Haggard, Andrew Charles Parker.= Silver Bells, †$1.50. Page.

Stories of hunting and fishing abound in this tale of a man who leaves home and friends for the care free life of the Canadian Indians. Silver Bells, an Indian girl, is the heroine.

“Col. Haggard has gone back to Fenimore Cooper for his model in this story. The story may amuse boys, perhaps.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 347. My. 27, ‘05. 370w.

=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Ayesha: the return of “She.” †$1.50. Doubleday.

In this sequel to “She.” the book which thrilled and fascinated twenty years ago, “Holly and Leo search full sixteen years for Ayesha and find her at last, the priestess of a strange religion, half Isis-worship, half fire-worship, on a lonely mountain in no man’s land at the back of beyond, there are hair-breadth escapes from avalanches and from mad Khans who hunt people to death with bloodhounds, mysterious doings in great temples and on the roof of the world, fierce battles, in which nature fights for Ayesha against her old foe Amenartas.... And Leo Vincey having won, after many an ordeal, his bride, dies on the eve of bliss and Ayesha herself, now half goddess, half weak and wilful woman, passes away from the earth forever.” (Lond. Times.)

“Not all the wishes that we could form of submitting our imagination to that of the author result in a moment of illusion.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1026. O. 7, ‘05. 260w.

“‘Ayesha’ fails to exercise the fascination of ‘She’; and the reason must, perhaps, be sought, not in Mr. Haggard, but in ourselves. ‘Ayesha’ deserves indeed a vogue only second to that of her previous incarnation.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905. 2: 538. O. 21. 230w.

“Has our taste changed and our discrimination grown keener through the intervening years, or has the pen of Mr. Haggard lost its magic?” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 22:236. N. ‘05. 510w.

“If the reader will lay aside doubt and scepticism for the old ready belief, he cannot fail to feel again the old pleasure, the old interests, and the old thrills.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 140w.

“‘Ayesha’ is not ‘She,’ and the lovers of ‘She’ are a little stiffer in the mental joints.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 329. O. 6, ‘05. 460w.

“No doubt, allowing for the disillusionment of years, this sequel is as well-wrought as its original. Probably it is even superior geographically, ethnologically, theologically, and pyro-technically.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 310w.

=Pub. Opin.= 39:572. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.

* “‘Ayesha,’ continuing ‘She,’ betokens no weariness and no decay.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 762. D. ‘05. 70w.

“The novel shows fine imagination, but it is surely an artistic mistake to throw doubt on the reincarnation story which readers of ‘She’ were bound to accept.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 595. N. 4, ‘05. 880w.

“As in all Mr. Haggard’s stories, there are some admirable adventures, and the tale is told with much skill.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 657. O. 28, ‘05. 370w.

=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Gardener’s year. *$4. Longmans.

There are two gardens described in this book, one on the eastern shore of Suffolk, where the author, by planting a certain beach-grass, has successfully checked the inroads of the sea, and the other at Ditchingham, where he has three acres under cultivation. He has six glass houses and two ponds in which he grows aquatic plants. With the assistance of two gardeners he raises fruit, vegetables and flowers, making a specialty of orchids. There are 25 illustrations from photographs.

“In the volume under notice he details his joys and sorrows as a gardener in a manner which is well nigh certain to prove very acceptable to the vast army of garden lovers.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 60. Ja. 21, ‘05. 630w.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 503. Ap. 15. 350w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 296. Ap. 13, ‘05. 920w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 553. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1840w.

=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Poor and the land; being a report of the Salvation army colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England; with a scheme of national land settlement, and an introduction by H. Rider Haggard. 75c. Longmans.

By permission of the British government, Mr. Haggard’s report to parliament of the results of his investigation of the Salvation army colonies is re-printed in book form. It contains full descriptions of these colonies with reports of conversations with the colonists, letters, etc., and is illustrated from photographs.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 440w.

“Any one who believes in state-aided emigration as a cure for some of our graver social evils will be grateful to Mr. Haggard for his thorough investigation of the question and his thoughtful proposals towards a solution.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 354. S. 9, ‘05. 1580w.

=Haile, Martin.= Mary of Modena, her life and letters. *$4. Dutton.

“The biography of the ‘fascinating’ princess—the only Italian queen who ever shared the English throne—as it appears in her own letters and the dispatches and letters of her contemporaries.... The volume is illustrated with photogravures.”—N. Y. Times.

* “A valuable addition to the history of her time.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1197. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.

“But it is heaped together rather than written, and the author has no gift of historical portraiture. Here and there interesting facts emerge; there is, alas, no life in the whole.”

— + =Lond. Times.= 4: 361. O. 27, ‘05. 720w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 340w.

“An interesting book on the life of a young woman of little importance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 759. N. 11, ‘05. 840w.

* “Is a sympathetic survey of Mary’s life. The interest is both historic and sentimental.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

“The one source of regret is that Mr. Haile, manifestly tireless in research and an adept in converting the results of research into narrative has not preserved a judicial attitude.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 250w.

=Haines, Alice Calhoun.= See =Knipe, Emilie Benson.=

=Haines, Alice Calhoun.= See =Mar, Alice.=

* =Haines, Henry Stevens.= Restrictive railway legislation. **$1.25. Macmillan.

This volume is made up of twelve lectures given by the author in April and May, 1905, at the Boston university school of law, “the purpose being to present the manner in which legislation and judicial decisions have affected the operations of railway corporations in their relations to the public.”

* “Perhaps the most interesting portion of Col. Haines’s book, and a unique and valuable record to the student, is the historical matter which it contains.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 54: 533. N. 16, ‘05. 930w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.

* “The author discusses in an academic spirit, and without heat, questions which are the subject of very heated discussion by the press and by public men. The volume will be valuable to all students of this subject whether they deal with it from the point of view of the publicist or of the railroad manager.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 190w.

* “Conservative discussions of the whole question, conducted in a judicial temper.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 938. D. 16, ‘05. 120w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 637. N. ‘05. 80w.

=Haines, Jennie Day=, comp. Sovereign woman versus mere man: a medley of quotation. **$1. Elder.

In these well chosen quotations from writers of both sexes and many ages the compiler has compared and contrasted man and woman in various phases and stages of their being. The left hand page applies to sovereign woman, the one facing it to mere man, and they are presented as heroines and heroes, spinsters and bachelors, wives and husbands, and as related to love, matrimony, fads, fame, ways, work, religion and many other things. The marginal decorations and general get up make the volume an attractive gift-book.

* “The quotations, which are of very miscellaneous authorship, possess more than a superficial aptness, and there is a refreshing absence of that attempt at epigrammatic smartness which spoils most books of this type.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 80w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1384. D. 14, ‘05. 120w.

=Hains, Thornton Jenkins.= Black barque. †$1.50. Page.

The adventures of a sailor aboard the slave-ship, Gentle Hand, on her last cruise in the year 1815, form the subject of this new romance of the sea.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 519. Jl. ‘05. 130w.

“In spite of its exaggerations, it is probable that one does not get from this story a very erroneous idea of slave ships, as they were in 1815.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 315. My. 13, ‘05. 610w.

“Language somewhat surprising for the rough character he makes himself out to be.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 906. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.

“Mr. Hains’s story—one of pure adventure—is vivid and exciting.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 473. S. ‘05. 90w.

* + =Sat. R.= 100: 600. N. 4, ‘05. 180w.

=Haldane, J. W. C.= Life as an engineer; its lights, shades and prospects. *$2. Spon.

“This volume would make an excellent present for a lad with a taste for mechanics, or for a young man thinking of an engineer’s occupation.... The reader learns something not only of the marvels of machinery ... but of the likelihood of earning a living in this particular line.... The author has given an autobiographical form to his book, relating his experiences at various great centres of industry, as at Glasgow and at Birkenhead.”—Spec.

=Spec.= 94: 147. Ja. 28, ‘05. 300w.

=Hale, Edward Everett.= Man without a country. *25c. Little.

A new edition of a story “written in the darkest period of the Civil war to show what love of country is.” A young army officer, court-martialed for treason charges, curses the United States and wishes that he may never hear its name again. As punishment his wish is granted, and for fifty years he is “a man without a country.” He is carried on one long cruise after another by government vessels and barred from hearing or seeing a word from home.

=Hale, Edward Everett=, jr. Dramatists of to-day. *$1.50. Holt.

Rostand, Hauptmann, Sudermann, Pinero, Shaw, Phillips, Maeterlinck: being an informal discussion of their significant work. This book is exactly what it declares itself to be in the fore-going sub-title, but in its informal discussion is matter of much interest, for the dramatists and their dramas are discussed from the viewpoint of both literature and the stage. They and their works are chatted about and compared in a fireside fashion that makes the reader feel as tho he had entertained a pleasing and instructive guest, one who can vividly revive memories of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” “L’Aiglon,” “Die versunkene glocke,” “Magda,” “Sweet lavender,” “The second Mrs. Tanqueray,” “Candida,” “Paolo and Francesca,” and “Ulysses.”

“These papers are what is called readable: chatty, urbane, a little ostentatiously inconsequent, perhaps, and familiar not always in the best sense.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Atlan.= 95: 842. Je. ‘05. 580w.

“Strangely immature judgments and ... oddly egotistic digressions from which the author forgets to return. He has an amazing capacity for misunderstanding the things he writes about.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

— — =Critic.= 47: 90. Jl. ‘05. 160w.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 357. My. 16, ‘05. 240w.

“An amiable and quite unacademic vagueness is ... the chief characteristic. His English style leaves much to be improved.”

— =Nation.= 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 249. Ap. 15, ‘05. 290w.

“His little book, modest in style and also in spirit, is a fresh and entertaining piece of writing.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 138. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 127. Jl. ‘05. 50w.

=Hale, Harris Grafton.= Who then is this? a study of the personality of Jesus. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.

“The personality of Jesus is exhibited as in a normally human development, attaining thru communion with God a transcendence beyond all measure of comparison. The work avoids technical theology, but its Christological view is clearly of the Ritschlian type. Mr. Hale is a Congregational minister.”—Outlook.

“Not without attractiveness from a literary point of view.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 151. Jl. 20, ‘05. 160w.

“This is, on the whole, a strong book. The method of the work is inductive, and its style is clear and vigorous.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 196. My. 20, ‘05. 140w.

=Hale, William.= Dauntless viking. $1.50. Badger.

The foreword states that “this story of the Gloucester fisheries is a conscientious study of the local life and color as it actually exists.” It follows the fortunes of a young viking who comes to America and casts his lot among the fishermen of Cape Ann, and is told in the broken English of the sons of Norway. It describes a hard life and does not close upon a happy ending, but lets the hero win success and happiness, and then ends grimly.

=Hall, Charles Cuthbert.= Christian belief interpreted by Christian experience. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

These lectures were delivered in India, Ceylon and Japan on the Barrows foundation, 1902-1903, and are now submitted to Western readers in book form that they may see “the manner and style of the work done in India for Indians.” Written in that spirit of broad sympathy which is essential if the Christian would successfully approach the non-Christian mind, they appeal to all creeds, to all ages, to all seekers after God.

“The foremost merit of President Hall’s ‘Barrows lectures’ is their supreme tact, their gracious Christian courtesy.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 752. S. 28, ‘05. 490w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 558. Ag. 26, ‘05. 140w.

“The tone of the book is ironic and characterized by the true Christian spirit of a broad catholicity.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 413. S. 23, ‘05. 530w.

=Hall, Edward.= Henry VIII.; with an introd. by C: Whibley. 2v. *$12. Grafton press.

This text is reprinted from the folio edition of 1550. In its quaint English it gives an account of the social rather than the political phases of the reign of the “high and prudent prince, King Henry the Eighth, the indubitate flower, and very heire” of Lancaster and York. It gives a brilliant and interesting picture of the early 16th century, it narrates faithfully, but lets many great heads go to the block without comment. It was safer so in those times.

“Admirable alike in print, paper, format, style, and introduction.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 9. Ja. 7, 1030w.

“This present book disarms critics, so far as concerns Hall’s gift of seeing things, and of using a dignified old English which now and then ... rises to something like splendour.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 291. F. 25, ‘05. 1620w.

* =Hall, Jennie.= Men of old Greece. †$1.50. Little.

Four chapters graphically sketching history and biography are “Leonidas,” “Themistocles,” in which this hero is set in the midst of the events that led up to the victories of Marathon and Salamis, “Phidias and the Parthenon,” and “Socrates.” The illustrations include eight full-page plates and a number of drawings suggestive of types, customs and dress.

* “Makes good reading for the boys of to-day.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 911. D. 23, ‘05. 220w.

=Hall, R. N., and Neal, W. G.= Great Zimbabwe, Mashonaland, Rhodesia. *$6. Dutton.

“This is a detailed account of two years’ (1902-1904) examination work on behalf of the government of Rhodesia.... Mr. Hall writes briefly on the area of the ruins, burial places of the old colonists, absence of inscriptions, two periods of gold manufacture, the Elliptical temple, the Acropolis ruins.... Chapters are given to the Acropolis, the people, their customs, manners, religions and habits, the ruins, ancient architecture, relics and finds, the Elliptical temple, etc.... The volume is profusely illustrated from drawings and photographs.”—N. Y. Times.

“However fascinating these researches into hoary antiquity may be, the great value of Mr. Hall’s work consists in its ample and careful description of the ruins as they are, and in the plans and photographs which illustrate it.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 501. Ap. 15. 1250w. + =Nation.= 80: 507. Je. 22, ‘05. 610w. =N. Y. Times.= 10: 185. Mr. 25, ‘05. 390w.

“In the main his account is intended for the archæologist rather than for the general reader.”

+ =Outlook.= 80:139. My. 13, ‘05. 330w.

=Halsey, R. T. H.= Boston port bill as pictured by a contemporary London cartoonist. Grolier club.

“Through the associations of the remarkable series of cartoons described and beautifully reproduced the author is led to tell directly or incidentally almost everything that is known about the Port bill ... [He] traces, through little-known letters, newspaper accounts, and pamphlets, public and private opinion about the Port bill both in England and America.... Five of the mezzotint cartoons ... were the work of one man, Philip Dawe, a pupil of Hogarth.... Other humorous mezzotints ... were put forth by anonymous cartoonists, and the subject is further fitly illustrated by portraits from contemporary prints and pictures of statues and famous historical buildings.”—Outlook.

+ + =Outlook.= 79:907. Ap. 8, ‘05. 580w.

=Halstead, George Bruce.= Rational geometry. $1.75. Wiley.

Altho Euclid still holds its place as the one authoritative text book on geometry, modern criticism tends to make pure reason the only court of appeal, and doubts the reliability of the intuition of our senses. This “Rational geometry” upholds this view, using points, lines and planes as the names of things, the physical conception of which is not necessary. “The object is to deduce the conclusions which follow from certain assumed relations between these things, so that if the relations hold, the conclusions follow, whatever these things may be. Space is the totality of these things; its properties are solely logical, and varied in character according to the assumed fundamental relations. These assumed relations which develop space concepts that are apparently in accord with vision constitute the modern foundations of Euclidean space.” (Science). At a hasty glance the book does not appear to differ from ordinary text-books, diagrams are given, but not as essential to the argument. Altho the method of development is new, all the school propositions of both plane and solid geometry are eventually developed.

* Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

=Atlan.= 96: 682. N. ‘05. 180w.

“The aim of modern rational geometry is to pass from premise to conclusion solely by the force of reason. Mr. Halstead is the first to write an elementary text-book, which adopts a modern view, and in this respect his ‘Rational geometry’ is epoch-making. It seems as if the present text-book ought not to be above the heads of the average elementary students, and that it should serve to develop logical power as well as practical geometrical ideas.” Arthur S. Hathaway.

+ + =Science,= n. s. 21: 183. F. 3, ‘05. 1090w.

=Hamilton, Sylla W.= Forsaking all others: a story of Sherman’s march through Georgia. $1.50. Neale.

A Union soldier, by persistent kindness to a fiery daughter of the South wins her, and makes her see that though her home lies devastated in the wake of Sherman’s army, and her childhood’s lover lies dead upon the battle field, a great right has grown out of these many wrongs. The book gives a vivid picture of Georgia’s sufferings during the war, and of the brutality of Sherman’s men.

=Hammond, Captain Harold.= Pinkey Perkins: just a boy. †$1.50. Century.

Wholesome fun pervades this story of Pinkey, the boy, his pranks, his love affairs, and his troubles. The reader’s sympathy is wholly with him in his contests with an over-zealous teacher, in his celebration of April fool’s day, and July fourth, and in his encounters with old Hostetters, for Pinkey is always quick-witted, and never malicious.

“Is a little different from most boys’ books. He is never monotonous, however.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 722. O. 28, ‘05. 150w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.

=Hammond, Mrs. L. H.= Master-word, †$1.50 Macmillan.

A story of Tennessee, which treats of the race question. Viry, whose mother is three parts white and whose father is a Southern gentleman, feels the call of the white race but is doomed to be relegated to the black. Loathing any affiliation with them, she is one of them, and the slight arguments used by her dead father’s wife, who forgives her husband and nobly tries to do her duty by his alien child, neither help her nor solve the problem. There are other characters and an account of the development of the phosphate region.

“It is the first compassionate, intelligent interpretation ever written by any white person, North or South, of that pathetic class of men and women who suffer the loneliness and humiliation of a peculiar condition. The sympathetic attitude of the book merits all praise, and it is a story full of incident and interest.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 902. Ap. 20, ‘05. 470w.

“The author has written with sincerity and with a high purpose; and, although there are things regrettable in her book, and she has fallen short of her aim, she has done some admirable work, and has achieved a striking story, quite out of the ordinary.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 130. Mr. 4, ‘05. 790w.

“The story is unusual in its nobility of spirit and its sanity.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 773. Ap. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“It is admirably constructed and well carried out save for a somewhat forced and over-pathetic conclusion.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 713. My. 6, ‘05. 100w.

“‘The master-word’ is a book that stands far above the average of contemporary fiction.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 245w.

=Hampson, W. J.= Radium explained. **50c. Dodd.

“This little book ... will ... serve a useful purpose in giving an elementary acquaintance with the subject of radio-activity, so far as that is accessible to those with little scientific knowledge.... Probably one of the most valuable chapters in the book is that on the medical aspects of radium.”—Nature.

“The language is simple and clear and should be comprehensible to any one with the ordinary knowledge of chemistry and physics.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1366. Je. 15, ‘05. 140w.

— — =Nation.= 81: 33. Jl. 13, ‘05. 160w.

“The explanations given of the experimental properties of radium are, so far as we have observed, clear and accurate.” R. J. S.

+ + — =Nature.= 71: 530. Ap. 6, ‘05. 610w.

“As a preparation for the further study of the new element, or for those who wish merely to keep well abreast of the world to-day, his little volume has an important place.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 442. Jl. 1, ‘05. 310w.

=Outlook.= 80: 447. Je. 17, ‘05. 30w.

“Dr. Hampson has a fine sense of value and proportion, both in subject matter and style.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 470w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 294. F. 25, ‘05. 180w.

=Hanauer, J. E.= Tales told in Palestine; ed. by H. G. Mitchell, *$1.25. Jennings.

A collection of folk-lore stories of ancient and modern Palestine, gathered by a long-time resident of that land, and a contributor to the publication of the Palestine exploration fund. The folk-tales fall into five groups: “Anecdotes more or less historical,” “Legends of saints and heroes,” “Stories of modern miracles,” “Tales embodying popular superstitions,” and “Specimens of oriental wit and wisdom.” There are a few helpful notes and numerous illustrations.

“As entertaining as any book of travel could be. Its combinations of shrewdness and superstition, naiveté and astuteness, its worldly wit and wisdom so other-worldly than our own, furnish an agreeable and wholesome mental recreation for a leisure hour.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 145. Ja. 14, ‘05. 80w.

“Charming weird folk-lore tales.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 250. F. ‘05. 60w.

=Hanchett, Henry Granger.= Art of the musician: a guide to the intelligent appreciation of music, **$1.50 Macmillan.

The purpose of this book is “to supply the demand of those mature lovers of music who wish to understand the aims and purposes of a composer, some of the methods of his work, and to get some ground for fairly judging his attainments and results. It aims to supply such information as should make concert-going more satisfactory, listening to music more intelligent, and that may assist in elevating the standards of church, theatrical and popular music.”

“Undoubtedly there is need of books of this kind, but it is to be feared that this one will not accomplish its excellent object, because of the author’s diffuseness and lack of lucidity.”

— =Critic.= 46: 480. My. ‘05. 90w.

“A unique and useful book, and one which goes far to demonstrate his theory that music can be thoroughly and usefully taught without teaching the art of performance.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 419. Je. 16, ‘05. 420w.

“In short, it is a treatise on how to listen to music that he gives us, and it is a very good one.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 693. S. 21, ‘05. 640w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 410w.

“And while Mr. Hanchett may not have got to the bottom of all that he discusses, much of what he says is useful and much will be illuminating to the intelligent student who follows him through his discourse and scrutinizes the examples he gives.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 410w.

“Useful, however, as this book is sure to be, it is not free from certain evident defects.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 343. Je. 3, ‘05. 400w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 835. My. 27, ‘05. 250w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 510. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Hancock, Harrie Irving, and Higashi, Katsukuma.= Complete Kano jiu-jitsu, *$4.50. Putnam.

The Kano system of jiu-jitsu, the official jiu-jitsu of the Japanese government is dealt with in this volume. It also contains chapters on the serious and fatal blows and on kuatsu, the Japanese science of the restoration of life.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 383. O. ‘05. 100w.

“Beyond doubt, it is the most comprehensive work on the subject in England.” Adachi Kinnosuké.

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 389. Ag. 17, ‘05. 140w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 118. Ag. 10, ‘05. 230w.

“The volume is the most helpful and comprehensive treatise on jiu-jitsu that has yet been published.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 571. S. 2, ‘05. 1130w.

“A manual of the most approved form of the Japanese art of combat.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 836. Jl. 29, ‘05. 60w.

“So far as we have examined, every trick is sufficiently pictured and explained.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 415. S. 23, ‘05. 550w.

=Spec.= 95: 263. Ag. 19, ‘05. 30w.

=Hancock, Harrie Irving.= Physical culture life: a guide for all who seek the simple laws of abounding health, **$1.25. Putnam.

The purpose of this book is “to represent in a clear and succinct way, the real aims and methods of the physical culture movement that is marching onward in England and the United States.” The reader is urged to follow “the plain and easily learned laws of physical culture.” and is told how to exercise the individual muscles of his body, and how much depends upon water and fresh air. The volume is well illustrated.

Reviewed by Eustace Miles.

— + =Acad.= 68: 491. My. 6, ‘05. 760w.

+ =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 80w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 271. Ag. 3, ‘05. 40w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 260w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 140w.

=Hand, James Edward=, ed. Ideals of science and faith: essays by various authors. **$1.60. Longmans.

A series of ten essays, each from a different hand, and divided into two groups. The first six are included under the general title, “Approaches through science and education,” and deal “with the possible contemporary relations between science and religion (relations of an ironical nature) from the standpoint of the lay expert.” (Science). They are as follows: Physics, Sir O. Lodge; Biology, J. A. Thompson; Psychology, J. H. Muirhead; Sociology, V. V. Branford; Ethics, B. Russell; General and technical education, P. Geddes. The second group, entitled “Approaches through faith,” presents the clerical standpoint in its various phases as follows: The Presbyterian approach, J. Kelman; A Church of England approach, R. Payne; The church as seen from the outside, P. N. Waggett; The Church of Rome, W. Ward.

=Atlan.= 95: 702, My. ‘05. 640w.

“Is conceived after an admirable plan. The minority of essays, which are good, are so thoroughly good, that they lift the work up to a high rank as a sadly-needed eirenicon.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 80: 675. F. ‘05. 1150w.

“A rather prosy introduction. The essays are of various degrees of merit.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 87. F. 1, ‘05. 640w.

“It deserves to be commended. A very remarkable series.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 41. Ja. 5, ‘05. 970w. (Summary of book.)

Reviewed by Charles M. Bakewell.

* + =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 105. O. ‘05. 3530w.

“The plan of the work is novel, even daring, and conjures up piquant expectancy. No doubt the work is tentative, not conclusive. The collection remains notable and has everything to recommend it to reflective men, no matter on which side of the fence their main pre-suppositions happen to lie.” R. M. Wenley.

+ + — =Science,= n.s. 21: 26. Ja. 26, ‘05. 760w.

* =Handel, George Frederick.= Songs and airs; ed. by Ebenezer Prout. pa. $1.50; cl. $2.50. Ditson.

The two volumes of Handel’s songs, one for high voice, the other for low, are recent additions to “The musicians library.” The songs in each are prefaced by a sketch of Handel’s life and a brief note on his different compositions.

* =Hanotaux, Gabriel.= Contemporary France, tr. from the French. 4v. ea. *$3.75. Putnam.

This “record of the inner diplomacy of the great powers of Europe during the last thirty years” is issued in four volumes, each complete in itself. The political figures of each period are brilliantly described. Volume I. France in 1870-1873, treats of the Franco-Prussian war and the close of the second empire; Volume II., France in 1874-1878, gives the history of the Broglie cabinets together with the attempt to restore the monarchy. Volume III., covers 1879-1889 and Volume IV., 1890-Dec. 31, 1900.

* “The part of the volume which deals with art and letters strikes us as poor.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 541. O. 21. 260w. (Review of v. 2.)

* “The most interesting chapters are perhaps those which attempt to survey the soul of France, as it expressed itself in literature and the arts in the years succeeding the war.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 385. N. 10, ‘05. 630w. (Review v. 2.)

* “The second volume of M. Hanotaux’s monumental work emphasizes the good qualities of its predecessor. First of all, the narration bears the marks of intimate experience. The volume is thus a distinct and notable contribution to history.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 240w. (Review v. 2.)

* =Harben, William Nathaniel.= Pole Baker; a novel. †$1.50. Harper.

Another story of northern Georgia of which Pole Baker, who has already appeared as a humorous character in “Abner Daniel,” is the central figure. He is here made not only humorous but forceful and even dramatic and he tells many good yarns and plays an important part in the love affair of an unsteady young merchant and a girl named Cynthia.

* “A somewhat crude if spirited story. There is no part of the narrative that impresses one either with its reality or its charm. As a novel, it cannot be considered a success.”

— =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “The translations given of the sadness and splendor of married love, the whimsical veracity of the whole conception, shows this to be the author’s best work in fiction so far.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1228. N. 23, ‘05. 210w.

* “If they are occasionally innocently coarse they are yet very truly and forcibly moral in intention.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 100w.

=Harbottle, Thomas Benfield.= Dictionary of battles from the earliest date to the present time. *$2. Dutton.

This book is a companion volume to “Dictionary of historical allusions.” The author, who has compiled several excellent dictionaries of quotations, died while this work was going to press, so the proof-reading and indexing was done by Colonel P. H. Dalbiac, who had collaborated with him in earlier works. The book is brought close to date—there are five entries under the heading Russo-Japanese war.

“The more modern battles are more efficiently dealt with than the ancient, and we look in vain for any mention of the wars of the ancient Egyptians, Assyrians, and Israelites. With this exception the book is adequate.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 35. Ja. 14, ‘05. 140w.

“It is a handy compendium, but must be used with caution. Too many details are given to insure freedom from error.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 140w.

“A little more pains on his part, however, would have improved his book exceedingly. The location of the various battlefields is invariably omitted.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 322. My. 20, ‘05. 310w.

“Such a book has an evident if rather limited scope of usefulness.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 90w.

“We have fairly tested the Dictionary of battles and have not found it wanting.”

+ + =The Westminister Review.= 163: 233. F. ‘05. 160w.

* =Hardy, Rev. Edward John.= John Chinaman at home, **$2.50. Scribner.

The author “for over three years was chaplain to His Majesty’s forces at Hong Kong.... His volume is a very medley of things Chinese,—Chinese cities with their local peculiarities; Chinese food, medicine, clothes, houses and gardens, servants and laborers; customs of marriage, burial, and mourning; Chinese boys, women, and girls, their manners, education, punishments; religions, superstitions, spirits, monks and priests, foreign missionaries, New Year devotions and rites, government,—and much more.”—Dial.

* “A simple-minded, chatty and amusing work.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1111. O. 21, ‘05. 120w.

* “For one who contemplates a hurried journey through the lands of the ‘Son of Heaven,’ Mr. Hardy’s book will be a most acceptable eye-opener to Chinese characteristics.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 379. D. 1, ‘05. 320w.

* “To write so readable a book on China, in a vein both sympathetic and critical, is in itself no mean feat.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 505. D. 21, ‘05. 430w.

* “The author’s style is extremely readable and vivacious. His book contains a great deal of real information.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 577. N. 4, ‘05. 150w.

* “If the author is not always judicial in his conclusions nor strictly accurate in his statements, he is very readable and gives a fair all-round view of the Chinaman that is slowly being transformed by the very agencies he is here shown to despise.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 598. N. 4, ‘05. 940w.

* =Hare, Christopher.= Dante the wayfarer. *$2.50. Scribner.

“As the author remarks in his preface, Dante’s great poem is ‘a marvellous record of travel,’ and the book follows his journeys from first to last, recording, as the poet does, all the varied incidents of his wayfaring, his observations of man and beast and bird, the vicissitudes of climate and weather, and whatever else, however trifling, could enter into the itinerary.”—Critic.

* “In this book ‘he’ has many times miswritten, mismetred, and misinterpreted his author. Sometimes it appears that he is merely careless or genuinely ignorant; at others that he is wilful. Indeed the inception of the book seems due to wilfulness.”

— + =Acad.= 68: 1075. O. 14, ‘05. 1030w.

* “How much this record must illustrate the poem one would hardly imagine before reading the book.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “Tourists intending to visit the places he describes cannot do better than secure his book. As an authority on Dante—that is another matter.” Walter Littlefield.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 848. D. 2, ‘05. 940w.

* “It has a delicate biographical flavor, is not without critical value, and may be commended alike to students of the master and to those who have yet to penetrate the depths with him, and with him ascend the heights.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 716. N. 25, ‘05. 210w.

* “If the author’s first idea is not new, he has carried it out entirely on his own lines, and in an attractive manner.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: sup. 789. N. 18, ‘05. 1410w.

* =Harland, Marion, pseud. (Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune), and Van de Water, Virginia.= Everyday etiquette. **$1. Bobbs.

A practical manual of social usages which sets forth the “Gospel of Conventionality” for the especial benefit of those who thru changed fortune find themselves in a new social environment. There are chapters upon such subjects as; invitations, calls, letter-writing, weddings, the debutante, the chaperon, gifts, mourning, the table, etiquette at home and in public, the church, and mistress and maid. The book does not cover a brilliant social season, but it is a helpful volume for the home and concerns itself with daily conduct and modest entertainment.

=Harnack, (Carl Gustav) Adolf.= Expansion of Christianity in the first three centuries; tr. and ed. by James Moffatt. 2v. *$3. Putnam.

“Dr. Moffatt ... is a competent translator of Prof. Harnack’s notable work. Since its publication in Germany in 1902 the book has commanded attention; and as it is the first exhaustive history of the Christian mission, it is well that it should be in the hands of those English readers whose ignorance of German does not interfere with their interest in the beginnings of Christianity and the advance of the early church.... One of the most valuable parts of Prof. Harnack’s book is that which deals with the extension of Christianity down to 325 A. D.”—Ath.

* “It is the best account that we have yet had of the way in which Christianity spread over the civilized world. Where the book is disappointing is in its attempted explanation of the remarkable way in which Christianity spread, and in its inadequate treatment of external influences.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 1258. D. 2, ‘05. 670w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It hardly requires to be said of any work by Prof. Harnack that it is marked by richness of historical detail; and it may be confidently asserted that this one will maintain his high reputation as an ecclesiastical historian.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905. 2: 463. O. 1730w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

* “It is an indispensable work of reference as to Christian activities in that period.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1159. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“It has many of the characteristic defects of the author, but it has also, in a very marked degree, his particular merits; it is vigorous, original, full of life, and, above all, draws its material straight from the original sources.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 298. S. 22, ‘05. 1330w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Much of this is now ‘common form,’ after the researches of Schürer, not to speak of the now antiquated work of Dollinger, but Harnack puts his points with less pedantry than the former, and with better equipped scholarship than the latter. Yet much will be new even to the expert student.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 364. Je. 3, ‘05. 580w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The subject of course is interesting; the treatment is not, except to those who dig deeply into theology.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 676. O. 14, ‘05. 220w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 370w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + =Spec.= 95: 656. O. 28, ‘05. 1590w.

=Harold, Childe=, pseud. See =Field, Edward Salisbury.=

=Harper, Vincent.= Mortgage on the brain. †$1.50. Doubleday.

“The strange woman who is the central personage of this queer story has three distinct personalities.... [She] is Lady Torbeth, the cultivated, self-centered, high-minded wife of a British peer.... She is also a Miss Errington, neurotic and erotic, and a Miss Leighton, sentimental and innocent.... The problem is to expel the two superfluous personalities from the brain of Lady Torbeth. This is accomplished by ... the employment of radio-activity, electricity, hypnotism, and mumbo-jumbo jargon.”—N. Y. Times.

“The story is almost plausible. It is deeply interesting, even thrilling.” Albert Warren Ferris.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 67. S. ‘05. 1200w.

— =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 80w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 576. S. 7, ‘05. 200w.

“As a story Mr. Harper’s novel is ill-constructed and unsatisfactory.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 248. Ap. 15, ‘05. 600w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 60w.

“Mr. Harper weaves a strange and fascinating web of incidents, somewhat bewildering in its shifting, glimmering improbability, but none the less suggestive and taking.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 763. Je. ‘05. 80w.

=Harper, William Rainey.= Critical and exegetical commentary on Amos and Hosea. **$3. Scribner.

“Dr. Harper is in thorough sympathy with the modern analytical method of the study of the Bible. He correctly says that the reconstruction of the text is the first duty of a commentator in the study of such writers as Amos and Hosea.... He also recognizes the profound moral and spiritual significance of the Old Testament history.”—Outlook.

“It is painstaking, accurate and thorough in scholarship, fair and sound in judgment, full and impartial in the statement of contrary opinion, and mindful of its text. In general, President Harper represents the view of the modern critical scholarship. His views on many particular passages will be questioned.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1131. My. 18, ‘05. 580w.

* “President Harper’s ‘Amos and Hosea’ fully sustains the reputation of American Old Testament scholarship, and are the best and fullest exposition of those most important prophets.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“But taken as a whole his book combines thorough technical scholarship with large measure of ethical and spiritual insight, and we think his ‘Commentary on Amos and Hosea’ will take its place among the best in this very excellent series.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 340w.

* “Professor W. R. Harper’s commentary on these two prophets is the fullest that has appeared in English. Our chief complaint is that it is too full; the original scripture lies almost buried under the mass of authorities and opinions.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 1300w.

=Harper, William Rainey.= Priestly element in the Old Testament: an aid to historical study for use in advanced Bible classes. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

A revised and enlarged edition of Dr. Harper’s work in which there are new chapters upon the Literature of worship, legal, historical, hymnal, and on the Permanent value of the priestly element.

“It is a valuable aid to the historical study of the worship, ritual and laws of the Old Testament and is especially full in its references to authorities.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1131. My. 18, ‘05. 50w.

“As a standard type of excellence among manuals for Biblical study this volume, available for various methods of teaching, is unsurpassed.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 900. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w.

=Harper, William Rainey.= Prophetic element in the Old Testament, $1. Univ. of Chicago press.

These studies are intended primarily for students in colleges or theological seminaries, but the author has endeavored to make them suitable also for advanced classes in Sunday schools. Part 1, covers The general scope of the prophetic element in the Old Testament; Part 2, The history of prophecy through Hosea. The studies are concise and scientific in treatment. Appendices include A table of important dates, A chronological table of the religious life of Israel, The prophetic vocabulary, and An analysis of the Hexateuch.

“It is a complete guide to this period of prophetic work. Its method is inductive and constructive.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 26: 398. N. ‘05. 70w.

“This is the needed complement to Dr. Harper’s work on ‘The priestly element.’”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.

=Harper, William Rainey.= Religion and the higher life: talks to students. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

Religion as presented by President Harper in these talks to students is an attractive but very serious thing, to be gotten and kept only by the bravest struggle. He summons his hearers to meet the peculiar and tremendous responsibilities which rest upon them as college men, and tells them with an almost fatherly sympathy and undertone of pleading how religion will help them in a most practical way to meet the sufferings and temptations which await them. Noteworthy are the chapter on Our intellectual difficulties, in which he shows that doubts are not inconsistent with the Christian life, but are in fact inevitable, and the chapter entitled Bible study and religious life, in which he argues that the supreme spiritual value of the Bible is independent of the literary and historical criticism to which it is properly subjected.

“The sympathy with young life is unmistakable. The altruistic spirit breathes through every address. The treatment of religious difficulties is robust and sensible.”

+ + =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 603. Jl. ‘05. 440w.

=Atlan.= 95: 706. My. ‘05. 200w.

“His moral counsels, admonitions, and warnings are simple and straightforward, his tone is natural, his language without pretence.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 81: 125. Ap. ‘05. 350w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 253. F. ‘05. 100w. (States doctrine of essays.)

=Harper, William Rainey.= Trend in higher education. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

Dr. Harper presents a series of observations which have been made along the way towards the yet unreached goal of a formulated philosophy of the trend in higher education. He shows that the conspicuous elements which characterize the movement—among them college self-government, freedom from ecclesiastical control, and right of free utterance—all point towards the “growing democratization of higher educational work.” Some of the chapters are, “The university and democracy,” “Some present tendencies of popular education,” “The university and religious education,” “Waste in higher education,” “Dependence of the West upon the East,” “The business side of the university,” “Are school teachers underpaid?” “Why are there fewer students for the ministry?” “University training for a business career,” “Coeducation,” etc.

“The articles, with the exception of some brief occasional addresses, are vital and frank almost to the point of bluntness. The treatment is fair, and no attempt is made to criticize a particular institution by insinuation. Dr. Harper takes a vigorous and business-like attitude, modern but not radical.” Henry Davidson Sheldon.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 271. Ap. 16, ‘05. 2210w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 273. Ag. 3, ‘05. 60w.

“He makes no attempt to deal with the subject in a systematic way; the papers are somewhat desultory and disconnected.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 259. Ag. 11, ‘05. 880w.

“On the whole the book is that of a man of learning of no very pronounced views, who may be called an educational opportunist.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 259. S. 28, ‘05. 360w.

“The value of the book and the chief interest of it consists in the total effect of the assembled material.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 164. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1130w.

“What gives most vital value to the volume is its discussion of what the university and the church have to do with the problems of democracy and religion, as well as with those of education. Such criticisms from such a source cannot be waived aside; they may be thought too sweeping; exceptions exist; but Dr. Harper’s ‘record of observations here and there’ is a needed reveille.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 761. Mr. 25, ‘05. 220w.

=Harriman, Karl Edwin.= Girl and the deal. †$1.25. Jacobs.

On his journey across the continent from Boston to San Francisco, a young Harvard man wins the girl he loves and learns thru her to understand the spirit of the West. With the girl he wins her “Uncle Jack” the capitalist whose support for one of his father’s business ventures he has come so far to seek. There is a detailed account of the trip over the Santa Fé and a description of the Grand canyon.

“The note of personality in the author’s pictures of things Western is the best feature of the story, which for the rest, lacks something of high-bred delicacy in its portrayal of young love and is of the slightest texture.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 478. Jl. 22, ‘05. 190w.

=Harris, Charles.= Pro fide: a defence of natural and revealed religion. *$3. Dutton.

“The author, an accomplished theologian of the Anglican church, has written for intelligent laymen, as well as for the clergy and students preparing for the ministry. He is well versed in the literature of his subject, whether hostile or friendly to his purpose of vindicating the rationality of Christian theology. His standpoint is indicated by his belief that the sayings of Jesus to his disciples ‘undoubtedly confer a supernatural authority of some kind’ upon the Church.”—Outlook.

“While his work in a number of points fails of meeting the full demand of a strictly scientific apologetic, its spirit is admirable. Its full repertory of the evidences and arguments advanced by parties in the great debate presents materials for independent judgment as well as for views for which he contends.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 694. Jl. 15, ‘05. 220w.

“Mr. Harris’ text-book on Christian apologetics like Mr. Pullan’s on early Church history, will be extremely useful to those who are already on his side and are in need of a short, clear, able statement of their case; but we doubt whether it would convince an opponent.”

+ — =Sat R.= 100: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 240w.

=Harris, J. Henry.= Fishers. $1.50. Lane.

A poor fishing-village in Cornwall forms the setting of this novel, and the narrow views of the simple, superstitious fisher-folk are strongly contrasted with the broad-minded outlook of Uncle Zack, who is a progressive power, and a wholly charming character. The romance of the story is furnished by Robert Pendean the son of a successful Wall street speculator. Robert, while at Harvard develops a taste for Utopian social ideals and his father gives him five million dollars and sends him to Europe in the hope that he will acquire a taste for “high finance.” He drifts into Cornwall, falls in love with Mary Vaughan, and these two, to the joy of Uncle Zack, develop a co-operative enterprise among the fishermen and build a model fishing village near the dilapidated old town.

“A thoughtful and well-written novel, a romance in which the common life of a poor fishing village is invested with rare charm, while with a few exceptions the ethical ideals evinced are wholesome. It is to us a matter of much surprise to find a writer who while not evincing the bravery of thought or grasp of fundamental principles that mark the writings of advanced economists and practical idealists among modern social philosophers, is nevertheless far in advance of many conventional religious, ethical and social teachers, striving to justify the gaining of wealth through speculation in Wall street.”

+ — =Arena.= 33: 108. Ja. ‘05. 920w. (Story of plot.)

=Harris, Joel Chandler (Uncle Remus, pseud.).= Told by Uncle Remus, †$2. McClure.

The inimitable Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox are just as entertaining as ever in this new series of escapades in spite of the fact that Uncle Remus says “I done got so ol’ dat my min’ flutters like a bird in de bush.” The book is characteristically illustrated by A. B. Frost, Frank Verbeck and J. M. Condé.

* =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 25w.

* “Permeated by the same sly humor that has given Uncle Remus his unique position among lovers of good stories.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 444. D. 16, ‘05. 190w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

* “Shows the familiar vein unexhausted.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 130w.

* “Joel Chandler Harris’s new Remus stories are as full of the humor and charm of negro lore as ever.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 864. D. 2, ‘05. 610w.

* “It is the same old Uncle Remus, and the same old marvelous tales of animal lore, full of gentle humor and kindly negro wisdom.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 753. D. ‘05. 60w.

=Harrison, Edith Ogden (Mrs. Carter Henry).= Moon princess. **$1.25. McClurg.

The youngest and most beautiful of the princesses of the moon asks as a boon of her moon-queen mother that she and her brother, the sun prince Dorian, may spend their honeymoon upon the earth. They and their retinue pass down a silver ladder made for them by the moon sprites, and visit all parts of the earth and the caves of the ocean. They are told about the little dwellers of the marsh, and the rainbow sisters, and hear stories of the jewelled beach, the lost ocean, the princess Sunset and many others. The book is full of fanciful conceits and is charmingly illustrated in color by Lucy Fitch Perkins.

* “A nice new fairy story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 190w.

* “A simply told and prettily fanciful tale.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 20w.

=Harrison, Frederic.= Chatham, **$1.25. Macmillan.

“Fundamentally out of sympathy with the work which is Chatham’s chief glory—the creation of the British empire” (Spec.), Mr. Harrison follows Pitt’s career “through the long years in opposition, through the days of savage attacks upon Walpole, upon ‘the brilliant Carteret, the vacillating Pulteney, the tricky Newcastle,’ the king’s ‘Hanoverian policy,’ the rivalries in the Commons with Henry Fox and Murray, who was later Lord Mansfield; the tenure of the Pay office and the marvel of Pitt’s perfect honesty, the support of the Pelham ministry (and certain inconsistencies thereto appertaining), till at last, in 1756, ‘the terrible cornet of horse,’ the bugbear of governments, became ‘First minister,’ though under the nominal leadership of the Duke of Devonshire.” (N. Y. Times.)

“A life of William Pitt, the elder, without sympathy and without conviction.”

— — =Acad.= 68: 267. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1830w.

“Mr. Harrison brings much freshness of treatment to bear upon Chatham’s career, particularly during its earlier periods. A singularly dignified portrait of a figure of lonely majesty.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 394. Ap. 1. 1480w.

“With all its brevity, Mr. Harrison’s study of the elder Pitt is as would be expected, of the most finished character.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 277. Ag. ‘05. 310w.

“Mr. Harrison is no indiscriminate eulogist.”

+ =Bookm.= 21: 527. Jl. ‘05. 200w.

“A compact but comprehensive biography of the great statesman.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Frederic Harrison’s monograph, however, is for the present the best study there is of Chatham.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 96. Jl. 13, ‘05. 600w.

“No one who has dealt of late with the career of the Great Commoner has shown a deeper admiration of his nobler and more positive qualities.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 266. S. 28, ‘05. 1400w.

“Mr. Harrison begins dryly enough, but in the end he has managed to convey to his reader something—a vital something—of his own feeling for the bigness, the nobility, the splendor of the man and his ideas.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 196. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1420w.

“Mr. Harrison has painted Pitt in language which, without bringing the great commoner from the pedestal whereon posterity has placed him, enables us to measure him in due proportion both as man and as statesman.” H. Addington Bruce.

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 384. Je 10, ‘05. 2620w.

“Mr. Harrison has pierced the veil of mystery that shrouded the great Chatham and shown him as he must have been.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“Mr. Harrison had a magnificent opportunity, but English readers when they wish a short satisfactory account of Chatham in their own tongue must still rely on Macaulay’s two superb essays supplemented by Mr. Walford Green’s recent admirable and sober biography.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 632. My. 13, ‘05. 810w.

“Mr. Harrison has produced an interesting and spirited book, but it is disfigured by this fatal lack of sympathy and in consequence by a tone of petty and irrelevant criticism.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 512. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1330w.

=Hart, Albert Bushnell=, ed. American nation: a history from original sources by associated scholars. v. 1-5. *$9; v. 6-10. *$9. Harper.

This series, of which the present volumes form the first section, is to contain twenty-six volumes with one volume of index and one of maps. Section one is in five volumes. Vol. I., The European background of American history, by E. P. Cheney: vol. II., Basis of American history, by Livingston Farrand; vol. III., Spain in America, by E. G. Bourne; vol. IV., England in America, by Lyon G. Tyler; vol. V., Colonial self-government, by Charles M. Andrews; vol. VI., Provincial America, by Evarts B. Green: vol. VII., France in America, by Reuben G. Thwaites. With frontispieces and maps.

“Not without shortcomings ... (the faults of omission), this work is charmingly simple, direct, and comprehensive. The work must therefore prove a boon to schools and to the general public, which have too long been at the mercy of the hobby-rider and the sensation-monger. It is conservative and refreshingly healthy in tone throughout.” W. H. Holmes.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 638. Ap. ‘05. 1060w. (Review of vol. II.)

“In many respects no better introduction to American history could be desired. It seems, moreover accurate in a degree very unusual in general statements covering so wide a field. It is on the side of omissions that the book can be most seriously criticized.” Victor Coffin.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 858. Jl. ‘05. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Dr. Tyler is particularly happy in tracing beginnings. The great fault of the book is Dr. Tyler’s bias against the Puritan and for the cavalier. On the whole Dr. Tyler’s treatment leaves an impression of slightness. Dr. Andrews keeps to the historical point of view ... and his vision is sane and comprehensive. Dr. Andrews has accomplished a great task worthily. It means something not merely to scholarship but even to the comity of nations that at last we have a popular history of our colonial era, untainted by provincialism. Dr. Andrews is always clear and most always forceful; but I venture to call attention to a few errors and weaknesses.” Willis Mason West.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 869. Jl. ‘05. 3440w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)

* “Judging by the first series, the history will be, when complete, a monumental work fitted to stand comparison with similar productions of the English and German students.” Carl Kelsey.

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 753. N. ‘05. 600w. (Review of v. 1-5.)

“A series of well-written monographs of undoubted value. Professor Cheney [in vol I] presents such a basis for the study of beginnings of American history that the general reader is under large debt for the information thus put in readable and compact form. Within the scope of his treatment [vol II], however, he has given us a satisfactory piece of work. [Vol. III.] Like the rest of the works, rather written down to what the author considers the standard of public intelligence. Nevertheless it views its subject with a breadth and force that make the treatment commendable. [Vol. V.] Accurate and interesting. The style of the monographs is in general rather dry, and yet it is readable and interesting to those who use the volumes for study.”

+ + + =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 1120w.

“The author of this volume [vol. I] has had a difficult task, and has done it admirably. The story is told delightfully and with care; but the necessity for compression causes occasionally a lack of clearness. The author [of vol. II] himself informs us that his task has been one of condensation, and the results are especially evident in the first third of the volume, which is somewhat below the general average of interest. The chief service of this portion of the book will be its suggestiveness and the references in Professor Farrand’s excellent bibliography. The many striking summaries of events and characterizations of individuals which one finds throughout the book [in vol III]. [In vol. IV] President Tyler has given us a scrupulously fair and a very interesting work. The author gives us no detailed study of institutional growth, but a general narrative. Here one inevitably compares President Tyler’s work with that of the late Mr. Fiske, with results not at all to the disadvantage of President Tyler. [Vol. V]. This is very certainly the best general account of this period that has yet appeared. One feels that the author not only has intimate acquaintance with the old sources, but also has been fortunate enough to reach considerable new material. Professor Andrews is especially to be congratulated upon the catholic view of colonial history that he presents to us. As successful as his descriptions of institutions is the author’s delineation of personality. We must not omit commendation of the bibliographical matter appended to each volume. Volumes like that of Professor Bourne will take their place as standard works. For the general reader, ... the work will prove a mine of information interestingly told, well arranged, and attractively published.” St. George L. Sioussat.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 190. Mr. 16, ‘05. 3050w.

* “The editor of the coöperative history of which these volumes form a part deserves congratulation upon the success with which the process of ‘linking,’ which here is so very necessary, has been carried out.” St. George Sioussat.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 236. O. 16, ‘05. 2100w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

* “However, from the standpoint of critical scholarship, the authors leave American history very much as they found it. The cooperative plan has precluded a consistent and systematic treatment of the development of British colonial policy and American commercial interests, and the economic analysis is not keen or original.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 872. O. 12, ‘05. 770w. (Review of v. 6-10.)

* “Tho the series cannot escape some of the limitations of the monographic method, yet it has already taken the place which it will hold for many years of the most important reference history of our country.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 1-10.)

“Never fail to be direct and lucid. The value of the series as a whole can hardly be overestimated.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 304. S. 22, ‘05. 3340w. (Review of v. 1-5.)

“Taking the five volumes as a whole, the general verdict must be one of cordial approval. All the writers have succeeded in attaining brevity and compactness without falling into an elementary style, while the volumes of Professor Bourne and Professor Andrews must be given high rank as substantive contributions in their respective fields. The literary form, though in no case striking, is meritorious and of fairly even quality.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 96. F. 2, ‘05. 2440w. (Review of v. 1-5.)

* “As a condensed account of a peculiarly difficult period, written in the light of modern historical scholarship, the volume is a commendable piece of work, and a worthy addition to the series in which it appears.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 306. O. 12, ‘05. 1200w. (Review of v. 6.)

“He has made a careful and discriminating use of his material, and apart from a useful text has given us a valuable critical essay on the authorities.” Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 480. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1110w. (Review of v. 6.)

“Prof. Thwaites, while hardly possessed of a fascinating style, is always readable. His work is brief, clear, and always to the point.” R. L. S.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 573. S. 2, ‘05. 860w. (Review of v. 7.)

“Prof. Howard’s work compares favorably with the best volumes of the ‘American nation’ series that have yet appeared.” R. L. S.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 621. S. 23, ‘05. 980w. (Review of v. 8.)

* “Prof. Van Tyne has succeeded in turning out a fresh, original, and, considering the limitations of space imposed, an adequate history of the Revolution.” R. L. S.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 680. O. 14, ‘05. 760w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 837. Jl. 29, ‘05. 230w. (Review of v. 7.)

“A survey at once broad and specific, and of high value to the student desirous of obtaining the latest word of modern research. It is as a helpful work of reference rather than as a ‘popular’ history, in the usual acceptation of the term, ... it will deservedly win a place on the library shelves.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 38. S. 2, ‘05. 1790w. (Review of v. 1-6).

“Like Professor Van Tyne—and, for that matter, like almost all the writers who have as yet contributed to the series—[Mr. McLaughlin] shows a firm grasp of detail and perspective, and his exposition is such as to leave all that is salient impressed on the scholar’s mind.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 331. O. 7, ‘05. 400w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)

Reviewed by H. Addington Bruce.

+ + — =Reader.= 6: 588. O. ‘05. 560w. (Review of v. 1-5.)

* “The scheme of the history is on the whole good, though we are bound to say that some of the writing is uninspired, and not in the same rank of literary production as much of the work by American writers in the volume of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ dealing with the United States.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 694. N. 4, ‘05. 700w. (Review of v. 1-5.)

=Hart, Albert Bushnell.= Essentials in American history (from the discovery to the present day). *$1.50. Am. bk.

This is one of a series of text books which includes a volume each on ancient, medieval, modern, and English history. “The volumes are intended for use in secondary schools, and contain lists of references and topical questions, but apart from this pedagogic machinery they have little in common with the ordinary schoolbook. The authors have addressed themselves avowedly only to those things which have been vital and significant to the development of the civilizations treated respectively in the several works.” (Outlook.)

“The somewhat original grouping of topics in the Colonial period is the book’s most distinguishing feature. Upon the whole this work of Professor Hart deserves commendation and should meet with a cordial welcome among a wide circle of teachers.” Frank Greene Bates.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 166. O. ‘05. 1240w.

“While the historic narrative is necessarily compact and free from all attempts at rhetorical writing or dramatic presentation, the books are essentially selective in that they purposely omit confusing details.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 442. Je. 17. ‘05. 70w.

* =Hart, Jerome.= Levantine log book. **$2. Longmans.

All the reverence with which one likes to approach the Holy Land is shattered by the genially sarcastic observations which the author makes upon all his observant eyes saw in the Levant. His Levant includes Stamboul, Smyrna, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Cairo, Luxor, Thebes, Alexandria and other places naturally included in this itinerary, and his log book is a record of cheerful disillusionment, but the pictures he draws are amusing enough to compensate for the shock his revelations bring. The volume is illustrated with photographs, many of which were taken by the author.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “A gossipy, vivacious account of travel.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 941. D. 16, ‘05. 30w.

* =Harte, Francis Bret.= Her letter, His answer, and Her last letter. $2. Houghton.

“For the present reprint, these old favorites have been literally, as the title-page has it, ‘pictured’ by Mr. Arthur I. Keller.... The illustrations, a few more in number than the stanzas, are in color or in tint, some from wash-drawings and others from pen-and-ink sketches. They catch both the humor and the sentiment of the verses, and the artist has not forgotten that the life of Poverty Flat is now a full generation behind us.”—Dial.

* + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “‘Her letter’ is certainly one of the artistic triumphs of the season’s output.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 190w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 381. N. 9, ‘05. 90w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 712. O. 21, ‘05. 220w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.

=Hartley, Charles Gasquoine.= Pictures in the Tate gallery. *$3.50. Dutton.

A study, with twenty reproductions, of the famous gallery presented to the British nation by Sir Henry Tate. There is a general summary of modern English art; the treatment is by epochs represented in the gallery.

“The brief essays ... are well written and instructive ... and the illustrations are thoroughly representative.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 25: 273. My. ‘05. 160w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 252. F. ‘05. 90w.

“A general summary of modern English art written in a popular manner, and as such may prove a useful book, for there is discrimination in the criticism.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 115. Ja. 28, ‘05. 40w.

* =Harwood, Edith.= Notable pictures in Florence. *$1.50. Dutton.

The author “aims to help the uninitiated in art matters.... Miss Harwood arranges her artists alphabetically, giving us some account of their lives and their most important works, and telling where these are to be found, with small illustrations, good only for assistance in remembering the compositions. She includes the principal artists represented in the Belle Arti, the Uffizi, and the Pitti, along with frescoes in the churches.”—Nation.

* “The book is good to read, full of interesting historical detail, and ample in quotations from writers ancient and modern in prose and verse.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 402. N. 16, ‘05. 270w.

* “The pleasure it has given the writer to set down her impressions may do something toward removing the suggestion that the book lacks a good reason for existence.” Chas. de Kay.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 741. N. 4, ‘05. 220w.

* “A book distinctly better than the customary ‘center-table’ variety, the text is better than the pictures, but that is not saying that the text is either original or adequate enough.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 25, ‘05. 50w.

=Harwood, W. S.= New creations in plant life: an authoritative account of the life and work of Luther Burbank. **$1.75. Macmillan.

“Following the brief account of Mr. Burbank’s career down to the present time. Mr. Harwood has a chapter on his methods of work in general. He then passes on to a discussion of the individual creations of the breeder, describing the trees created by him, the amaryllis and the poppy, the potato and pomato, lilies, plums, and prunes, the ‘Shasta’ daisy, cacti, breeding plants for perfumes, etc. There are also chapters on breeding and grafting and the commercial aspect of the work; a description of a day with Mr. Burbank, and his personality. The volume is profusely illustrated from photographs.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Given reasonably clear English and logical presentation, the actual information in this book could be condensed into a magazine article.” C. R. B.

+ — =Bot. G.= 40: 459. D. ‘05. 600w.

* + =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 80w.

“Here and there the style is a little difficult to follow. We can recommend this volume as a readable and truthful description of a remarkable career.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 388. N. 9, ‘05. 510w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 709. O. 21, ‘05. 290w.

* “Contains the most complete and comprehensive account of Mr. Burbank’s great achievements, his methods of work, and his personality. His book is eminently readable.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 1039. D. 23, ‘05. 250w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 754. D. ‘05. 130w.

=Hatch, Ernest Frederick George.= Far Eastern impressions. *$1.40. McClurg.

Impressions of Japan, Korea and China, being the author’s recollections of a tour of those countries made some three years ago. His memory is fortified by facts and opinions collected at the time in his note books and the whole is cast in narrative form. While the industrial and political aspects receive first attention, the historical and social phases are fully and fairly presented and the book will undoubtedly fulfill its object of further stimulating public interest in the great Far Eastern problem. There are three maps and eighty-eight illustrations from photographs.

* “Mr. Hatch’s impressions are not mere chance gatherings and ill-digested glimpses; they are acute and weighty observations upon the things that appeal to a business man interested in politics. The volume is well indexed, well illustrated, and written in a clear and forcible style.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 378. D. 1, ‘05. 390w.

* “A capital book for the investor and fortune seeker.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1479. D. 21, ‘05. 90w.

* “The illustrations seem about as valuable as the text, for little of purely original matter of any great importance enters into the book, which is rather too rich in quotations.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 445. N. 30, ‘05. 290w.

* “The book is an interesting one to read in connection with Lord Curzon’s and Mr. Norman’s much larger and exhaustive volumes on the same subjects.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 80w.

=Hatch, F. H., and Corstorphine, George Stewart.= Geology of South Africa. *$7. Macmillan.

“The book is divided into five parts. Part I deals with the pre-Karroo rocks.... The Karroo rocks are adequately dealt with in part II.... The coastal system, including the Uitenhage and Umtavuna Cretaceous rocks, profusely illustrated with typical fossils, occupies part III.... Part IV briefly discusses the igneous rocks of doubtful position.... Part V discusses the correlation of the South African strata.”—Nature.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 278. Ag. 26. 1460w.

“The volume might be more truthfully entitled ‘A geognostic account of British South Africa.’ Thus regarded the work is good and should prove of much practical value.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 266. Ag. 25, ‘05. 1510w.

“The authors have certainly succeeded in their self-imposed task ‘to correlate and systematise the valuable results of both official and private work.’” W. G.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 346. Ag. 10, ‘05. 980w.

“Admirable summary provided by these two most competent geologists.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 374. S. 16, ‘05. 1620w.

=Spec.= 95: 198. Ag. 5, ‘05. 180w.

=Hatch, Louis Clinton.= Administration of the American revolutionary army. **$1.50. Longmans.

A monograph, “Harvard historical series X,” which first treats of the evolution of the Continental army and discusses the relation between Congress and the commander-in-chief. There are also chapters on “Appointment and promotion” of officers, setting forth the states’ jealousies; “Foreign officers;” “Pay and half-pay,” the real contrasted with the apparent pay of the soldiers; “Supplying the army,” its mismanagement and the suffering at Valley Forge; “Newburg addresses;” and “Mutiny of 1786, and disbandment of the army.”

“A valuable chapter on the subject of the ‘Appointment and promotion’ of officers, showing the jealousy of the members of Congress for the rights of their states. The chapter on ‘Foreign officers’ is the least valuable in the volume, adding little to the account in Tower’s ‘Lafayette’ and that in Wharton’s ‘Diplomatic correspondence.’ The following chapter, on ‘Pay and half-pay,’ is, on the other hand, a real contribution. ‘Supplying the army,’ the mismanagement in the feeding and clothing of the army, and the consequent suffering at Valley Forge is, on the whole, the most accurate account we have, and is stated with moderation and without sentimentality. The ‘Newburg addresses’ in the following chapter are, however, treated in a fuller and more conclusive manner. The book is well organized and well written. It is a source study of high merit. There is a valuable bibliography and a good index.” C. H. Van Tyne.

+ + =Am. Hist.= R. 10: 401. Ja. ‘05. 730w.

* =Hatzfeldt, Paul.= Hatzfeldt letters: letters of Count Paul Hatzfeldt to his wife; written from the headquarters of the King of Prussia, 1870-71; tr. from the French by J. L. Bashford. *$4. Dutton.

“The Countess ... says in her introduction that the letters ‘throw so much light on the great events of 1870-1’ as well as on the character of the writer, that she thinks they will be ‘interesting to many people who only know hitherto of Count Hatzfeldt’s public services.’ ... Candor, however, compels one to deny the accuracy of the first statement.... Count Paul was not behind the scenes in those great events ... his letters ... were merely family letters.... As to throwing light on the diplomat’s character, they may do that; but merely that he loved his family, wanted to be with them.... The letters were written almost daily—sometimes more than one a day—from Aug. 2, 1870, to March 6, 1871, those from and after Oct. 7, being dated from Versailles.”—N. Y. Times.

* “While, however, a little more care in editing might have avoided some blemishes, we welcome the volume as throwing light on many historical characters and events. The index is unfortunately poor, though fairly accurate as far as it goes. There are a few errors in the text.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 499. O. 14. 1490w.

* “In fact, so far as the public is concerned, the translation is far better than the letters themselves.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 764. N. 11, ‘05. 660w.

* + =Sat. R.= 100: 754. D. 9, ‘05. 1090w.

=Havell, E. B.= Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri, and the neighborhood. *$1.50. Longmans.

The object of this volume is “to assist those who visit, or have visited, Agra to an intelligent understanding of one of the greatest epochs of Indian art.” The author, who is the principal of the government school of art at Calcutta, gives a brief historical introduction followed by a detailed treatment of the buildings and tombs at and about Agra. There are 14 illustrations in half-tone from photographs, four plans, an index and footnotes.

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6. ‘05. 110w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 479. Jl. 22, ‘05. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 9. Ja. 7, ‘05. 240w.

“The book appears to be at least as good as most books of its kind and better than many.”

=Hawkins, Anthony Hope (Anthony Hope, pseud.).= Servant of the public. †$1.50. Stokes.

A story not of the stage, but of an actress: a character study of Ora Pinsent, a creature of whim and folly, and ever behind the failure she makes of living and the cloud her attractive, clinging, and uncertain personality casts over those who cross her path, is the glory of her triumph behind the footlights. There is slight reference to her public career, but its success seems measured by the detailed failure of her private life.

“We cannot regard ‘A servant of the public’ as other than a failure. It is sufficiently interesting to wile away an hour or two, but not so interesting as to fulfil the promise to which the early career of its author gave rise.”

— + =Acad.= 68: 1025. O. 7, ‘05. 820w.

“Marks an improvement in some ways on ‘Double harness.’ The canvas is less crowded, and the attempt to unravel cross-purposes and conflicting motives is less strenuous yet more successful.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 396. S. 23. 590w.

“One of the few heroines of this season’s fiction that will not easily be forgotten.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + + =Bookm.= 22: 234. N. ‘05. 350w.

* “The ostensibly piquant history of Miss Ora Pinsent is, after all, dull reading.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 140w.

* “The story is written in a vein of grave comedy, pleasing but not stirring in effect. Its half-dozen chief characters are delicately defined, while its diction is an acceptable compound of natural dialogue, engaging description, and agreeable social philosophy.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 310. N. 16, ‘05. 220w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1151. N. 16, ‘05. 180w.

* “Altho the plot is a little tenuous, yet Mr. Hope treats it with much solidity.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 886. D. 9, ‘05. 570w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 287. S. 8, ‘05. 910w.

“There is a sound as well as subtle philosophy to be read between the lines of this unusual book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 602. S. 16, ‘05. 880w.

“As a clever study of a character often met with in real life, but not so often attempted in fiction, this story offers unusual attractions.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 220w.

* “As an analysis of a temperament and an artistic presentment of individual problems the novel is wrought out with skill and ability.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 710. N. 25, ‘05. 140w.

“Mr. Hope’s fine comedy manner has no better example than ‘A servant of the public.’ Lacking the dramatic vitality of ‘Double harness,’ this story is almost as interesting, for it deals, keenly, good-humoredly, with that fascinating subject, the dramatic instincts of a woman.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 633. N. 11, ‘05. 320w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 50w.

“The finish of the story illustrated an art of which Anthony Hope is attaining real control. He gives by a very delicate succession of blunting touches, an admirable imitation of the dulling effect of time.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 376. S. 16, ‘05. 630w.

“Subject to the limitations of his theme, in the choice of which we are ready to admit that opportunity as well as temperament may have been a governing factor, we have little but praise for the skill, the tact, and the subtlety with which Mr. Anthony Hope has handled it.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 395. S. 16, ‘05. 1160w.

=Hawks, Wells.= Red wagon stories; or, Tales told under the tent. 50c; pa. 25c. Ottenheimer.

In “these realistic sketches, reminiscent of traveling circus days, ... the men who make the great show go, the bill poster, the press agent, the boss canvasman, the bandmaster, and the ticket seller, give us, in their rough and ready manner, a cheery view of their good-humored personalities in the breezy stories they relate when seated around the ring bark between performances.... In all there are eleven stories.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 277. Ap. 29, ‘05. 140w.

=Hawthorne, Hildegarde.= Poems. $1. Badger, R. G.

A little volume of delicate poems by the granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 566. Je. ‘05. 160w.

Reviewed by William Morton Payne.

+ =Dial.= 38: 201. Mr. 16, ‘05. 140w.

“A graceful lyric gift, a vein of pretty fancy, and a habitual mood of ideality are very little inconvenienced by disturbing mental processes.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 150w.

“In Miss Hawthorne’s work a certain respect for the purity of the poetic impulse is invariably felt. She neither trifles nor bungles with her art, but approaches it sincerely and with intelligence. Her verse, therefore, even when it is of the slightest, has a delicate, veracious property that charms.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 250w.

=Hawthorne, Nathaniel.= Marble faun. $1.25. Crowell.

A volume of the “Thin paper classics,” with an introduction by Katharine Lee Bates, and a frontispiece showing the Grand Salon, in the Capitoline Museum.

=Hay, Helen.= See =Whitney, Mrs. Helen Hay.=

=Hayden, Arthur.= Chats on old furniture: a practical guide for collectors. **$2. Stokes.

The author “begins with a bibliography, and follows this with a glossary.... He then proceeds to deal separately with various periods of style. The first chapter is given to the French renaissance, the second to the English, the Jacobean and Queen Anne styles, and the styles of the successive Louises, with that of the empire. Finally we have an account of the famous English makers. Each chapter has an appendix of recent sale-prices.”—Spec.

“Is an admirable compendium of all that has been written on the subject.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 272. Mr. 18, ‘05. 900w.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 377. Mr. 25. 490w.

+ + — =Sat. R.= 99: 846. Je. 24, ‘05. 200w.

“A useful and instructive volume.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 333. Mr. 4, ‘05. 110w.

=Hayes, Helen.= Her memory book. $2. Harper.

An elaborately decorated volume of blank pages in which a young girl may keep a record of her social life, her “coming-out” party, dinners, teas, balls, card parties, and out of door sports, there is even space for samples of her favorite gowns and newspaper notices; the final page is headed by a wee winged figure with veil, and orange wreath.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 387. D. 1, ‘05. 180w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 701. O. 14, ‘05. 280w.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 279. S. 30, ‘05. 30w.

=Hazlitt, William Carew,= ed. Faiths and folklore. *$6. Scribner.

“This is really a new edition of Brand and Ellis’s ‘Popular antiquities of Great Britain,’ but it is now for the first time alphabetically arranged—an immense improvement—and has also been enlarged and improved. The title, as given above, sufficiently indicates the classes of topics treated.”—Outlook.

“The author has collected a good deal of folklore, which it is useful to possess in alphabetical order, but many of the entries would have been improved by revision.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 39. Jl. 8. 1710w.

“Mr. Hazlitt has added some material to the old book, but neither in quantity nor in quality is it worth while. Most of it is newspaper clippings culled at random, and both in arrangement and in subject shows no sense of proportion or definite plan.”

— =Dial.= 39: 119. S. 1, ‘05. 320w.

“The work is a rarely quaint storehouse of legend, allusion, antiquarian information, and bygone usages.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 95. Ja. 7. ‘05. 60w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 924. Je. 24, ‘05. 420w.

=Healy, Patrick Joseph.= Valerian persecution: a study of the relations between church and state in the third century, A. D. **$1.50. Houghton.

An historical monograph, which is not a sectarian work, but which sets forth in the light of recent investigation, the true history of this period in which the early Christians suffered much at the hands of the Roman state.

* “The character of Dr. Healy’s work may be briefly indicated by saying that, while it satisfies the exacting standards to which the modern writer of history must conform, it will not fail to fascinate the intelligent reader who takes up a book of history, not for severe study, but partly for instruction, partly for entertainment. Clear alike by its methodic arrangement and its simple style, lively and vivid without falling into the rhetorical, the narrative flows smoothly on, and, though abounding in detail, never becomes tedious or monotonous.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 403. D. ‘05. 1070w.

* “Painstaking as he has been in piecing together his material, he does not always seem to have understood the sphere to which the statements he copied down applied. This will not prevent his book’s being useful to a large circle of readers to whom the sources from which he draws are not accessible.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 374. N. 3, ‘05. 540w.

“Dr. Healy’s work is not everywhere selfconsistent.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 346. O. 26, ‘05. 1100w.

“A carefully written monograph.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 385. O. 14, ‘05. 140w.

=Hearn, Lafcadio.= Exotics and retrospectives. Shadowings. A. Japanese miscellany. In ghostly Japan, ea. $1.25. Little.

The general title, “Stories and sketches of Japan,” includes in popular form four volumes of the short papers written during the last few years of the author’s life. The volume entitled “A Japanese miscellany,” “would have fitted,” says the N. Y. Times, “the whole series excellently well for it is altogether Japanese.... Bits of antiquarian and ethnological investigation; little papers of research in all kinds of interesting matters relating to the people whom the author loved so well; Japanese stories retold from curious old Japanese books, with Mr. Hearn’s own version of traits and occurrences that have come under his observation; a few of the exquisitely artistic and suggestive tales, impressions, descriptions, which no one but a Hearn could write—these fill the four volumes with such a wealth of entertaining as well as valuable material that, in reading them, one constantly marvels how any one man found time or patience to gather and assimilate it all into one such orderly shape.”

“He does not so much attempt to define, as to convey by means of his charmingly expressed and equally charmingly conceived ideas, some notion of the other half of the world, and the ideals as well as the daily life of the East.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 40. Ap. ‘05. 230w.

“Together they offer an extraordinary variety of apercus of Japanese character and customs and beliefs, subtly apprehended, and expressed in a style infused with sympathy, phantasy, and color.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 68. Ja. 26, ‘05. 330w.

“It is here that we gain some idea of the painstaking study, for infinite capacity for details, the special sympathy and appreciation that formed the solid basis of that wonderful power of vivid portrayal and poetic fancy that have made all of Mr. Hearn’s work unique and delightful. Certainly no one can afford to miss the insight into the very spirit of Japan, which is to be gained from these books. He, more than any other English writer, was fitted to be their prophet, and he nobly began his task, even if he did not have opportunity to complete it.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 68. F. 4, ‘05. 1010w.

=Hearn, Lafcadio.= Japan. **$2. Macmillan.

The author, an American journalist, son of a Greek mother and an Irish father, took a Japanese name and a Japanese wife and lived the life of a native teacher, in order to interpret sympathetically the Japanese mind and its products to the Western world. Altho frankly devoted to the country, he surpasses her enemies in admiringly laying bare the realities. “One cannot quote, one must read this work. It shows the Japanese under his armor, modern science. The Japanese, outwardly, are ruled by treaties, diplomacy, governments, codes, imperial diet, armies, and battleships—all modern and external. Inwardly they—that is, forty-nine millions of them—are governed by ghosts. The graveyard is the true dictator. It is ever their ‘illustrious ancestors’ who achieve victories.” (Critic).

“Probably three greater errors were never compressed into a single sentence than this from p. 27: ‘The real religion of Japan, the religion still professed in one form or another by the entire nation, is that cult which has been the foundation of all civilized religion and of all civilized society—ancestor-worship.’ The close and frequent points of influence which religion exercised upon politics and morality in Japan can nowhere else be so well studied as here.” E. Buckley.

+ + — =Am. J. Soc.= 10: 545. Ja. ‘05. 2460w.

“Is a classic in science, a wonder of interpretation. It is the product of long years of thought, of keenest perception, of marvellous comprehension. Hearn outdoes the missionaries in dogmatism, exceeds even the hostile propagandist in telling the naked truth. His book is a re-reading of all Japanese history, a sociological appraisement of the value of Japanese civilization, and a warning against intolerant propaganda of any sort whatever.” W. E. Griffis.

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 185. F. ‘05. 710w.

“Both the prose and the poetry of Japanese life are infused into Mr. Hearn’s charming pages. Nobody, so far as we know, has given a better description of the fascination which Japanese life has at first for such as enter into its true spirit, and of its gradual disappearance. The swan-song of a very striking writer.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 54. Ja. 14, ‘05. 530w.

=Hearn, Lafcadio.= Letters from the raven. *$5. Mintie press.

In this volume of letters and poems, Hearn tells of his life in the South, gives his views on the negro question, and his impressions of Memphis, New Orleans, and New York. The verses are both light and serious, and there are translations from negro and Creole love songs.

=Hearn, Lafcadio.= Romance of the Milky Way, and other studies and stories. **$1.25. Houghton.

“This small posthumous volume ... presents half a dozen ... graceful trifles, all but two Japanese in theme, preceded by a short biographical and appreciative notice ... by Mr. Ferris Greenslet. ‘With the exception of a body of familiar letters now in process of collection,’ says this editor, ‘the present volume contains all of Hearn’s writing that he left uncollected in the magazines or in manuscripts of a sufficient ripeness for publication.’”—Dial.

* “The last work of Lafcadio Hearn lacks nothing of that delicacy of expression, of that beauty and depth of thought which caused his earlier books to be sought after and cherished by the ‘many who are yet the few.’”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1257. D. 2, ‘05. 850w.

“The exquisite art of Hearn’s pen stamps the little book as a notable one.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 276. N. 1, ‘05. 580w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1478. D. 21, ‘05. 160w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 510. D. 21, ‘05. 400w.

=Heath, Dudley.= Miniatures. *$6.75 Putnam.

“The chief object of the book is to present a historical account of the art which shall be suggestive and stimulating to further study and appreciation rather than to attempt an exhaustive catalog or an authoritative guide for the specialist.”—Ind.

“Mr. Heath has done his work with exceptional thoroughness and skill. The closing pages are given up to ‘Foreign portrait miniaturists’ and we read of Italy, Germany, and France, but not a word of America or the United States.” Charles Henry Hart.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 202. O. 1, ‘05. 1960w.

“Mr. Heath has taken up the consideration of his subject with enthusiastic zeal as well as with discrimination.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 394. Ag. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“The present volume has been designed on too ambitious a pattern.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 276. S. 1, ‘05. 940w.

=Heath, William.= Heath’s memoirs of the American war: ed. by Rufus Rockwell Wilson, **$2.50. Wessels.

“This is the third and decidedly the most important of the ‘Source books of American history’ thus far issued under the direction of Rufus Rockwell Wilson. General Heath’s memoirs, which were originally published in 1798, and, so far as we are aware, have hitherto been reprinted only in a limited edition, are of direct value to the student of the war of the Revolution, constituting a first-hand account of many of the operations connected therewith, and assisting to an appreciation of the men and conditions of the period. The author served as a major-general in the American army throughout the long conflict, his military activity dating from the battle of Concord, where he took part in the harrying of the retreating British.”—Outlook.

“The editor’s introduction, notes, and appendixes are excellent in their way.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 285. Mr. ‘05. 80w.

“The book is of value also for its accounts of the disposition of Burgoyne after his surrender, of Arnold’s treason, and of the surrender of Cornwallis.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 204. Mr. 16, ‘05. 170w.

“His diary is, as stated, gossipy, redolent of army life and its trifling incidents. Well worth rescuing from the dusty obscurity of library shelves.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 220. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1740w.

“In its present form it should command a wide audience, its value to the modern student being increased by the intelligent annotations of its present editor.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 95. Ja. 7, ‘05. 340w.

“In this new dress ... these memoirs form a valuable addition to our source books of American history.”

+ + + =Reader.= 5: 626. Ap. ‘05. 330w.

=Heigh, John.= House of cards. †$150. Macmillan.

The pen-name John Heigh has aroused genuine curiosity among the lovers of a “morsel of mystery.” “The corrupt league between business and politics is the leading note, but the strength and grace of the story lie in the narrative of the life and portrayal of the character of Kriemhild West, of the friendship of Eliot and Cards, of the bluff, hearty and honest personality of John Heigh.” (Ind.)

“The style is epigrammatic without being laboured, the dramatic situations are handled with artistic restraint, and a vein of quiet humor runs all through the book.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 236. Ag. 19. 220w.

“Written in an exasperating style. There is very little story about the book but instead a great deal of shrewd comment and incisive characterization.” Wm. M. Payne.

— + =Dial.= 39: 209. O. 1, ‘05. 400w.

“An exceptionally bright and striking story. He has the art of telling a story, of putting each incident, rightly proportioned, in its proper place, of making his characters speak for themselves and justify their existence.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 452. Ag. 24, ‘05. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.

“It is not often that a lesson of serious import is conveyed in fiction with such delicacy of style, charm of humour, and literary effectiveness as here.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 692. Jl. 15, ‘05. 140w.

“Bricks of humor, satire, pathos, a couple of tragedy keystones, and all these joined with the mortar of realism into a magnificent edifice, built upon the rocks of cleverness.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 140w.

=Heilprin, Angelo.= Tower of Pelee. **$3. Lippincott.

Professor Heilprin, of the Yale scientific school, and author of “Mont Pelée and the tragedy of Martinique,” was in Martinique at the time of the great eruption in the summer of 1902 and has visited the islands twice since that time, ascending Pelee many times. This volume is an illustrated study of the great West Indian volcano, and the strange tower of lava which rose so mysteriously from the crater’s mouth, and crumbled away in constantly falling fragments. He also gives the after-history of the tower and explanations of the phenomena.

“An important contribution to our knowledge of the ways of volcanoes. The book is written with more care than preceding volumes from the same hand.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 203. Mr. 16, ‘05. 240w.

“It is in the wide and sympathetic interest stirred by the tragic fate of St. Pierre that Professor Heilprin’s volume finds its justification. Author is a man of versatile scientific attainment, a general naturalist and geographer rather than a geologist or volcanologist, and with the journalist’s eye for the effective (albeit not always essential or accurate) details. A tendency to introduce irrelevant matter. In giving the results of Prof. Moissan’s analysis of fumerole gases from St. Pierre, the author curiously omits nitrogen which formed 55 per cent of the whole.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 137. F. 16, ‘05. 1730w. (Abstract of contents.)

Reviewed by J. S. F.

+ =Nature.= 72: 101. Je. 1, ‘05. 170w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 531. Ag. 12, ‘05. 490w.

=Outlook.= 79: 145. Ja. 14, ‘05. 100w.

“His study is both scientific and popular.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 251. F. ‘05. 100w.

“The illustrations, indeed, can hardly be matched, so effective is their representation of the volcanic phenomena.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 170w.

* =Helm, W. H.= Aspects of Balzac. **$1. Pott.

“The greater part of the book is reprinted from the ‘Empire review.’ ... Two articles run through the women and men of Balzac, and another deals with Balzac’s idea of the English and his admiration for various English authors. In ‘Balzac and Dickens’ essential differences between the French realist and the ‘respectable English author’ are well indicated.... In ‘Literary references in Balzac’ ... the influence of Sterne and Richardson is rightly pointed out.”—Ath.

* “He gossips freely and with abundance of humour (which seems occasionally introduced for the purpose of mollifying the general reader) concerning the characters in Balzac’s immense world, and sets down the main conclusions about the novelist which most expert readers have reached.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 493. Ap. 15. 260w.

* “It contains entertaining information about the novelist and his novels, presented in a clear, direct, offhand manner, which agreeably does not exact too much patience from the reader.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 838. D. 2. ‘05. 530w.

=Henderson, Charles Hanford.= Children of good fortune: an essay in morals. **$1.30. Houghton.

The philosophy that preaches salvation thru good fortune is set forth under the headings: The problem; Human conduct; Right and wrong; Efficiency; Worth; The moral person; Individual morality; The cardinal virtues; The doctrine of automatic goodness; Social welfare; The morality of the four institutions; Occupations; Immediacy; The moral outlook.

* “The work is written in a charming style, and possesses keen penetration and moral insight.” W. C. Keirstead.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 781. O. ‘05. 880w.

* + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 798. D. 9. 390w.

“Mr. Henderson’s books, moreover, are not written from strange heights which none but the moral philosopher can scale. They are clear and simple, showing a rare firsthand knowledge of the larger life. They combine to an unusual extent the attitudes of the observer and the experimentalist; they are at once dispassionate and enthusiastic.” Edith J. R. Isaacs.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 354. My. 16, 05. 1840w.

“At all events the book is good reading, fit to stimulate thought and apt even to produce effects upon conduct itself.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 460. Jl. 8, ‘05. 640w.

“Such a book is a moral tonic.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 343. Je. 3, ‘05. 450w.

“Dr. Henderson’s book is stimulating, and represents an interesting attempt to provide a working basis for moral conduct.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 100w.

=Henderson, Charles Richmond, and others.= Modern methods of charity. **$3.50. Macmillan.

An account of the public and private systems of relief in the principal countries of Europe, the British empire, and the United States; also a special treatment of Jewish charities. It is a book for active workers in any field of philanthropy, as well as for students.

=Acad.= 68: 151. F. 18, ‘05. 350w.

* “It is not philosophy, it is not theory; but it is a foundation upon which theory and philosophy may be erected. It is the product of the hardest and most tedious delving, searching, translating, comparing and verifying.” Ernest P. Bicknell.

+ + — =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 426. N. ‘05. 790w.

“Encyclopaedic compend.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 556. Ap. ‘05. 710w.

“The book is almost encyclopaedic in character, and hence more likely to be referred to on special topics than to be read through as a treatise. The volume has too many details which are not digested and which are not of valuable significance, and altogether too many statements which do not convey clear and helpful ideas; while some information that should be found in it is unhappily lacking.... The misleading generalizations which the editor has allowed to appear at frequent intervals throughout the volume.” B.

+ — =Charities.= 14: 639. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1870w.

Reviewed by Max West.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 269. Ap. 16, ‘05. 560w.

“We regret to say, the editor seems to have a very inadequate conception of the comparative method of study and of scientific methods in general.”

— — =Nation.= 80: 422. My. 25, ‘05. 960w.

“It is a scientific study in what we may call the methodology of public relief for public poverty.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 902. Ap. 8, ‘05. 340w.

“A useful compendium.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 130w.

=Henderson, George Francis Robert.= Science of war; ed. by Neil Malcolm. *$4. Longmans.

The author of “Stonewall Jackson” called the Herbert Spencer of military tactics was a master of the theory and practice of the art of war. This collection of essays and lectures which separately have been regarded as authoritative along their respective lines of thought, treat such subjects as “War,” “Strategy,” “The tactical employment of cavalry,” “Tactics of the three arms combined,” “Training of the infantry for the attack,” “Military criticism and modern tactics,” etc. The fourteen essays are preceded by a memoir by Col. Henderson’s staunch admirer and patron, Lord Roberts.

“Henderson is at his best in driving home with quiet persistence, and with the help of countless apt examples, the lessons of pure military warfare.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 728. Jl. 15, ‘05. 810w.

“In the present volume there are many contradictions. So, too as regards style itself.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 687. Je. 3, 670w.

“Reading them we get the real measure of the man; we realize the extraordinary compass of his knowledge, the wise way in which he looked on professional things, his power to put before his hearers or his readers matter for deep thought, and repaying any amount of thought bestowed on them.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 200. Je. 23, ‘05. 2270w.

“It is rare for the reviewer to open the pages of a book in which there is so little to criticise, so much to admire.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 346. O. 26, 05. 730w.

“Those in the volume before us are minor only in the matter of quantity, not at all in that of quality.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 660. O. 7, ‘05. 1020w.

“An admirable contribution to the serious study of the art of war.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 100: 153. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1580w.

=Henderson, Henry F.= Religious controversies of Scotland. *$1.75. imp. Scribner.

“The story of the dozen storms that differences of opinion have generated in the Scottish church during the last two centuries.... Some of the chapters in this volume relate to recent contentions about the higher criticism; others to conflicts equally serious in their time, but now forgotten.”—Outlook.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 761. Mr. 25, ‘05. 120w.

“Generally. Mr. Henderson has treated a very difficult subject in a satisfactory way.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 755. My. 20, ‘05. 300w.

=Henderson, Howard.= Ethics and etiquette of the pulpit, pew, parish, press and platform. $1. H. A. Schroetter, Covington, Ky.

A second revised edition of this manual of manners for ministers and members, which may prove helpful to those who have had no home training and who know nothing of common social usages.

=Henderson, John.= West Indies; painted by A. L. Forrest; described by John Henderson. *$6. Macmillan.

The text deals almost wholly with Jamaica and its people, chiefly its negroes. Much information upon the flora, the commerce, and various matters of interest to the tourist are given. The illustrations are done in color.

“Mr. Forrest has done better in this volume than he did in its predecessor, ‘Morocco.’ Mr. Henderson’s text falls considerably short of the artistic level of its illustrations.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 217. Ag. 12. 260w.

“Their joint work is a very attractive book. Its illustrations are charming. Mr. Henderson’s descriptive chapters are not to be taken too seriously; they are light, bright, and rapid, not to say slap-dash here and there, and they display, as is only to be expected, not a few of the defects of those attractive qualities.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 199. Je. 23, ‘05. 580w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 200w.

“The book is very interesting, and within the limits which we think we have found, is valuable as a study of some of the phases of subtropical America.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 451. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1410w.

“The pictures of negro types are full of character and individuality. The reproductions are unusually good. The text of the book consists of the observations of a traveler, chatty and genial, but not penetrating to any great depth.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 696. Jl. 15, ‘05. 60w.

* =Henderson, R. S.= Earthwork tables. 2 pts. $1.50. Eng. news.

This useful book of tables is divided into two parts: Part I. Preliminary earthwork tables, giving cubic yards per 100 feet for level sections, to which is added a graphical method of estimating quantities from a profile. Part II. Earthwork tables, giving the volume in cubic yards of prismoids 100 feet long by the average end area method.

* “The reviewer knows of no other similar table that equals it for range.” Halbert P. Gillette.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 54: 650. D. 14, ‘05. 640w.

=Henderson, William James.= Pipes and timbrels. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

“A new volume of poems.... Pictures, music, dreams, and reminiscences of the classic world are the flowers that grow in Mr. Henderson’s garden, and from these he makes a most acceptable bouquet of the pretty old-time ‘mixed’ variety.”—N. Y. Times.

“There are poems in blank verse, sonnets, songs, and in all the meter is good, in some excellent. There is thought in all the poems, and it is poetic thought.” Eltweed Pomeroy.

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 219. Ag. ‘05. 280w.

“A certain compliance with the rules of prosody, a flavor of the sentiment of poetry, an inspiration toward the best, characterize these verses.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 566. Je. ‘05. 60w.

Review by W: M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 67. Ag. ‘05. 240w.

“Contains many lovely lines and a few successful technical experiments.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 265. Ap. 22, ‘05. 300w.

* =Henry, Arthur.= Lodgings in town. †$1.50. Barnes.

“To interest yourself in others, to go with the tide of the great city and observe closely every possible condition, is Mr. Henry’s recipe for happiness. Add to this an especial care for one person in particular—like Nancy—and the picture is complete. The faith that kept firm hold of the youth who began his New York life possessed of one clean collar and a poem must be the kind that moves mountains. Particularly good are the descriptions of the office where Nancy worked and the Baxter street lodgings where she and her poet lived.”—Outlook.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 527. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 663. N. 18, ‘05. 350w.

=Henry, Arthur.= Unwritten law. †$1.50. Barnes.

The purpose of this book is to show how, in our modern social system, ignorance of the laws themselves and of the crime done in breaking them often leads to tragedy. A German engraver, who loses his savings thru the speculations of his banker, sets innocently to work to support his family by engraving bank notes for himself, the result is Sing Sing. One daughter, simple and unlearned, comes to grief, while her sophisticated and selfish sister marries well. The book treats of both the upper and the lower classes, and of the many problems of modern life. The setting is New York.

“Handful of tragedies in the guise of a novel.”

— =Acad.= 68: 759. Jl. 22, ‘05. 420w.

“The book is animated by a fine seriousness, a single-minded sincerity, which pertain to the best and highest in American art and thought. It exhibits a certain crudeness, a certain toughness of fiber, which may militate against its right appreciation by the fastidious.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 778. Je. 24. 750w.

* “Is an encouraging example of that best sort of realism. The style is simple, at times almost to the point of baldness. It will inevitably provoke discussion; it will arouse some antagonism; but it cannot fail to make people think.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 267. My. ‘05. 980w.

“There is no kind of excuse for the excessively plain speaking in which this book indulges. It impresses one as the work of a reporter rather than that of a constructive novelist.” Wm. M. Payne.

— — =Dial.= 39: 115. S. 1, ‘05. 200w.

“The book has, perhaps, no merely literary merit, it is crude in plot and exhibits much bad taste in incident, but it has a certain sincerity in strength, and a vividness, too, in places.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 220. Ap. 8, ‘05. 710w.

=Henry, O., pseud. (Sydney Porter).= Cabbages and kings. $1.50. McClure.

The author, who has lived many years among the people of the South American republics, draws upon his fund of experience in this breezy story which recounts the adventures of an energetic American in the land of popular revolutions. “The characters range from the native brown-skinned maiden to the daughter of an American banker, and from a peon to an absconding president. The game proceeds much like a rattling good comic opera—and the characters have many opportunities to spin yarns of the kind that have already made famous the name of ‘O. Henry.’” (Pub. note.).

“A book of very unusual interest and cleverness. The general popularity will necessarily be limited by the fact that it is essentially a man’s book. A number of the chapters might be taken bodily from the book and held up as admirable examples of short-story telling.” Stanhope Searles.

+ =Bookm.= 20: 561. F. ‘05. 530w.

+ =Critic.= 46: 189. F. ‘05. 90w.

“The inimitably breezy style of story telling is retained in the main episodes. Has weakened the structure of the whole. The characters, so delightful in the original stories become less real, less convincing on their new stage.”

— + =Ind.= 58: 328. F. 9, ‘05. 210w.

“Pure burlesque, but lively, ingenious, and slangily humorous, South American intrigue, Yankee resource, the colossal impudence of the American fakir, and the romance of unusual love complications, are all worked together into a semi-connected story, parts of which have been already used as magazine tales.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 94. Ja. 7, ‘05. 50w.

=Herbert, George.= English works, newly arranged and annotated and considered in relation to his life, by G. Herbert Palmer. 3v. *$6. Houghton.

“Herbert, though a minor poet, is established in English literature as are few minor poets of the seventeenth century. His poems have been constantly reprinted for general readers.... The form of this edition is altogether admirable. The print is clear and restful to the eye, the margins are wide ... and the volumes comfortable to hold. The notes to the poems are printed opposite to the poems, so that one has the poem on the right-hand page, the corresponding notes on the left-hand. The illustrations are interesting and apt. The portrait of Herbert published here, for the first time as the frontispiece to