THE
BOOK REVIEW DIGEST
[ANNUAL CUMULATION]
 
VOLUME III
 
BOOK REVIEWS OF 1907 IN ONE ALPHABET

This volume is the third annual cumulation of the Book Review Digest. It includes principally the books of 1907 that have been reviewed by the best book critics in England and America. It aims first to record with unprejudiced exactness the scope, character and subject content of books as they appear, and further, to supplement this descriptive information from month to month with excerpts culled from the best current reviews appearing in forty-seven English and American magazines which give prominence to book criticism, thus furnishing to the librarian a basis for the valuation of books. Frequently the best reviews of a book appear during the year following its publication, so in this volume will be found supplementary excerpts relating to books which were entered in the 1906 annual. It will be observed that a number of entries include only the descriptive note. Reviews for these books have not yet appeared; 1908 will furnish the material for appraisal, and excerpts will be included in current numbers of the digest as fast as reviews are published.

In sending out this annual the publishers wish to emphasize the coöperative phase of the undertaking. From three to six people have been engaged during 1907 in the work of preparing descriptive notes to approximately 2,800 books, and clipping from 1,000 copies of magazines sentences most helpful for book selection. This card-index information furnished to libraries for five dollars per year would cost them many hundred times this sum should they do it themselves. For the time thus given to a valuable and indispensable part of library work the publishers look for an equivalent in the support of libraries all over the country. The justice of the statement “Time is Money” is commensurate with its economic terseness.

• Acad.—Academy. $4. 20 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, London.
• Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review. $4. Macmillan Company. 66 Fifth Ave., New York.
• Am. J. Soc.—American Journal of Sociology. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• Am. J. Theol.—American Journal of Theology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• A. L. A. Bkl.—A. L. A. Booklist. $1. A. L. A. Publishing Board, 34 Newbury St., Boston.
• Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. $6. 36th and Woodland Ave., Philadelphia.
• Arena.—Arena. $2.50. Albert Brandt, Princeton Avenue, Trenton, N. J.
• Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $4. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• Ath.—Athenæum. $4.25. Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London.
• Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass.
• Bib. World.—Biblical World. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Bookm.—Bookman. $2.50. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave, N. Y.
• Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. $5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Cath. World.—Catholic World. $3. 120–122 W. 60th St., New York.
• Critic—Merged into Putnam’s on October 1, 1906.
• Dial.—Dial. $2 Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Blvd., Chicago, Ill.
• Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia University, N. Y.
• El. School T.—Elementary School Teacher. $1.50. University of Chicago Press. Chicago.
• Engin. N.—Engineering News. $5. 220 Broadway, New York.
• Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review. $6. Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row London, E. C.
• Forum.—Forum. $2. Forum Publishing Co., 45 East 42d Street. New York.
• Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. $3. Williams & Norgate, London.
• Ind.—Independent. $2. 130 Fulton St., N. Y.
• Int. J. Ethics.—International Journal of Ethics. $2.50. 1415 Locust St., Philadelphia.
• Int. Studio.—International Studio. $5. John Lane, 110–114 West 32d Street, New York.
• J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• J. Philos.—Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. $3. Science Press, Lancaster, Pa.
• J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. 44–60 East 23d Street, New York.
• Lond. Times.—London Times (literary supplement to weekly edition), London, England.
• Mod. Philol.—Modern Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Ill.
• Nation.—Nation. $3. P O Box 794, New York.
• Nature.—Nature. $6. 66 Fifth Ave., New York.
• N. Y. Times.—New York Times Saturday Review, New York.
• No. Am.—North American Review. $4. North American Review Pub. Co., Franklin Sq., New York.
• Outlook.—Outlook. $3. Outlook Co., 287 4th Ave., New York.
• Philos. R.—Philosophical Review. $3. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
• Phys. R.—Physical Review. $5. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
• Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $3. Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon St., Boston.
• Psychol. Bull.—Psychological Bulletin. $2. 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa.
• Putnam’s—Putnam’s Monthly and the Critic. $3. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 27 & 29 W. 23rd St., New York.
• R. of Rs.—Review of Reviews. $3. Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York.
• Sat. R.—Saturday Review. $7.50. 33 Southampton St. Strand, London.
• School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
• Science, n.s.—Science (new series). $5. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y.
• Spec.—Spectator. $7.50. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London.
• Yale R.—Yale Review. $3. New Haven. Conn.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviations of Publishers’ Names will be found in the Publishers’ Directory at the end of The Cumulative Book Index.

An Asterisk (*) before the price indicates those books sold at a limited discount and commonly known as net books. Books subject to the rules of the American Publishers’ Association are marked by a double asterisk (**) when the bookseller is required to maintain the list price; by a dagger (†) when the maximum discount is fixed at 20 and 10 per cent, as is allowable in the case of fiction.

The plus and minus signs preceding the names of the magazines indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the entire review.

In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.

Books noticed for the first time this month have an asterisk (*) immediately below the author’s name in entry heading.

A Maltese Cross (✠) indicates that the A. L. A. Booklist suggests the books for first purchase. The letter S indicates that the same publication recommends the book for small libraries.

The publications, named above, undoubtedly represent the leading reviews of the English-speaking world. Few libraries are able to subscribe for all and the smaller libraries are supplied with comparatively few of the periodicals from which the digests are to be culled. For this reason the digest will be of greater value to the small libraries, since it places at their disposal, in most convenient form, a vast amount of valuable information about books, which would not otherwise be available.

We shall endeavor to make the descriptive notes so comprehensive, and the digests so full and accurate, that librarians who do not have access to the reviews themselves, will be able to arrive at substantially correct appreciations of the value of the books reviewed.

This is particularly true in regard to the English periodicals, which are practically out of the reach of the ordinary library, we shall endeavor to make the digest of these reviews so complete that there will be little occasion to refer to the original publications.

Aanrud, Hans. Lisbeth Longfrock; trans. from the Norwegian by Laura E. Poulsson. *65c. Ginn.

Norwegian farm life is pictured with quaint detail in this story of Lisbeth, the little peasant who came to Hoel farm as its herd girl and by faithful service won the proud position of head milk maid.

“Gives the best picture we have of Norwegian farm life.”

“A very neat translation of a very pretty little Norwegian story.”

“A simple and delightful story.”

Abailard, Pierre. Abelard and Heloise: the love letters: a poetical rendering, by Ella C. Bennett. **$1.50. Elder.

True only to the sentiment “upon which thread this rosary of love letters has been strung” the author has rendered the letters of Abelard and Heloise in rhyme.

“A sympathetic setting forth in English verse, of the letters of these historic lovers.”

Abbot, Francis Ellingwood. Syllogistic philosophy or prolegomena to science. 2v. **$5. Little.

A posthumous work that represents a life time of study. “The determining principle of the whole structure is that ‘whatever is evolved as consequent must be involved as antecedent.’ The outcome of this ‘principle of absolute logic’ is that personality, in the philosophic sense of the word, is ‘both the source and outcome of all that is,’ and that philosophy at last becomes ‘theology modernized as scientific realism and scientific theism.’” (Outlook.)

“We confess that we have found in his work little to clarify the problems of philosophy and nothing besides the author’s own earnestness and enthusiasm which we can call uplifting. In no way does the book appear to us to be a prolegomena to science or an important contribution to philosophy.”

“The novel terminology once mastered, the new method becomes interesting.”

“They are erudite and earnest, but dogmatic and ineffective. We do not question the earnestness and sincerity which have produced these two volumes, but we do question whether the absolute unit-universal will save his philosophical children from their sins through the message of the syllogistic philosophy.” R. B. C. Johnson.

“Well equipped with wide and careful reading as Dr. Abbot evidently was, he seems to have fallen upon an arid formalism which forces him to serve up afresh, and with reiterated emphasis, many of the contingent features peculiar to idealistic absolutism in the nineteenth century.”

Abbott, David Phelps. Behind the scenes with the mediums. *$1.50. Open ct.

From the point of view of the worker of magic, Mr. Abbott, who is not a medium, reveals all the tricks of the séance. “The ardent believers whose faith no number of exposures can disturb, the skeptics whom no sort of séance has been able to convince, and the scientific investigators toward whom the author is a bit contemptuous, will all find in its pages matter in plenty either interesting or irritating.” (N. Y. Times.)

“All those who have a kind of shamefaced desire to know just what spiritualists do and how they do it will be entertained by his exposures. Even those who go full of faith to consult palmists, clairvoyants, fortune-tellers, and other modern sorcerers, will find him interesting.”

“There will be racy reading for a good many different kinds of people in Mr. Abbott’s leisurely turning inside out of mediumistic tricks.”

Abbott, Rev. Edwin A. Apologia: an explanation and defense. *$1. Macmillan.

“In reply to friendly dissentients from his views, especially as expressed in his previous book, ‘Silanus the Christian,’ the author publishes this ‘explanation and defense’ of them as an introduction to two volumes of a technical and critical character to appear presently. His view of the Biblical miracles is ‘that some are literally true, but in accordance with what are called laws of nature; others are not literally true, but are metaphorical or poetical traditions erroneously taken as literal; others are visions that have been erroneously taken as non-visionary facts.’”—Outlook.

“It may be pointed out that Dr. Abbott’s reason for calling Christ supernatural has nothing to do with the evidence furnished in the New Testament and it is therefore not easy to see why there should be such a waste of interpretation as there is in his books.”

Abbott, Rev. Edwin A. Silanus the Christian. *$2.60. Macmillan.

Dr. Abbott addresses himself to readers who are not ready to accept the miraculous element in the New Testament and who at the same time do not reject the doctrine of Christ’s divinity. He shows that the belief is not rendered impossible by the disbelief. The book is in the form of an autobiography of an educated Roman. “The gist of its teaching—and it is solely intended to teach—is summed up in the 3words of Clemens. It has been said, he tells Silanus, that the religion of the Christians is a person—and nothing more. ‘I should prefer to say the same thing differently. Our religion in a person—and nothing less.’” (Spec.)

“Dr. Abbott’s writing is itself interesting on account of the literary skill with which he presents innumerable points of exposition and criticism, and on account, too, of the beauty and strength of many of its passages.”

“While the book aims to be popular, the author’s wide knowledge and competent scholarship lift his efforts entirely above the level of the usual endeavor to teach Biblical and Christian history by means of fiction.”

“The book is interesting; it is ably written; it is in parts striking; and yet one feels that somehow it misses effect as a whole. And we think that the reason is obvious. Dr. Abbott in writing it had two diverse ends in view and each interfered with the other.”

“It would be unfair to lay stress upon the weaknesses of a really impressive book, and after all they are only prominent in one part of its argument where the writer has been carried away by his own pet theories.”

“As to whether he has succeeded or failed in his religious purpose his readers will no doubt form diametrically opposite conclusions. We think, however that those who are most convinced of his theologic failure will not deny him a literary success. He has written a deeply interesting theological book in the form of a story.”

* Abbott, Katharine M. Old paths and legends of the New England border: Connecticut, Deerfield, and Berkshire. **$3.50. Putnam.

In Miss Abbott’s rambles one may live over again the delights of many of New England’s quaint byways. “She has caught the spirit of New England, and introduces incidentally curious and charming out-of-the-way places, historic spots, Indian legends and New England folklore.” (Ind.)

“She has traced it all with a literary skill which is above the average, and has succeeded in charging her text with animation and entertainment without the loss or historical accuracy.”

Abbott, Lyman. Christ’s secret of happiness. **75c. Crowell.

Eleven essays are included here whose keynote is sounded in the first, “Three kinds of happiness.” “There are three kinds of happiness,” says Dr. Abbott, “pleasure, joy, blessedness. Pleasure is the happiness of the animal nature; joy, of the social nature; blessedness, of the spiritual nature. Pleasure we share with the animals, joy with one another, blessedness with God.”

Abbott, Lyman, ed. Parables. $2.50. Appleton.

A very illuminating introduction shows that Jesus resorted to the parable to allay the wrath which his plain truth-teaching had stirred up against him. “He veiled the truth which unveiled had been rejected with such wrath, and he did so that they might listen to him without perceiving the truth to which they would refuse to listen if they did perceive it.” The scriptural version of the parables follows, with a well-executed illustration here and there suggesting the modern prodigal, the modern foolish virgin and the present-day house builded upon the sand, etc.

Abendschein, Albert. Secret of the old masters. **$1. Appleton.

How did the old masters produce their results? How have these results defied time and atmospheric changes? Twenty-five years of study have been devoted to these questions by the author and “he has proved to his own, and we may say, to our satisfaction, that the great Venetians and Flemings used no mysterious varnishes whatever, their vehicle being plain linseed oil, and their reliance for permanence and brilliancy being plenty of time for drying between successive paintings and upon prolonged exposure to direct sunlight to burn out the excess of oil.” (Nation.)

“Few serious workers in oils, though they omit the book, will fail in the next year or so of coming upon the track of his researches.”

Abhedananda, Swami. India and her people. $1.25. Vedanta.

A book which aims to “give an impartial account of the facts from the stand point of an unbiased historian, and to remove all misunderstandings which prevail among the Americans concerning India and her people.” It sets forth for popular reading phases of Vedanta philosophy. “In this system the people of India, according to the author, find the ultimate truths of all sciences, philosophies, and religions. There are instructive chapters upon the religion of present-day India, the social status and the system of caste, political institutions, education, the influence of Western civilization, and woman’s place in Hindu religion.” (Lit. D.)

“This compact little volume, written in an attractive style, and dealing with the life, philosophy and religion of India should prove a useful addition to the literature of a fascinating and as yet largely unknown subject.”

“From the historical point of view, which is assumed by the Swami, it is to be regretted that the author has not made himself better acquainted with chronology.”

Acton, Sir John. Lectures on modern history; ed. with an introd. by J: N. Figgis, and Reginald Vere Laurence. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“In the present volume we find Acton’s inaugural lecture as Professor, his scheme for ‘The Cambridge modern history,’ and nineteen of his lectures, covering in giant strides the ages of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation. the wars of religion, the rise of political parties, the creation of the Prussian and the Russian powers, and the American revolution.”—Ath.

“Finest and best of all is the noble and ennobling fairness in his treatment of all men and all ages.” G. S. F.

“Great lectures as they are, they still are lectures only—knowledge cut up into sections to last forty-five minutes.”

“The highest form of art in historical writing is that which narrates events without specifying directly the ideals it is sought to convey, and yet does emphatically convey such 4ideals to the reader. Of this form, Lord Acton’s lectures are excellent illustrations; while that on Luther may well stand as an almost perfect example.” E. D. Adams.

Reviewed by P. F. Willert.

“Are at once satisfactory and disappointing.”

“The result is, on the whole, disappointing. To begin with, notes for lectures generally make poor books, and it is so in this case. Again, the subject is too large for the space in which it is treated, and suffers from overcompression.”

“It is, in fact, a primer of history. Every sentence carries with it the conviction of truth, and every page creates an impulse to delve deeper into the subject-matter.” Henry James Forman.

“In the main there can be little question of the soundness of his views, the correctness of his attitude. And, what is not unimportant, the lectures show that, ‘scientific’ historian though he was, he was keenly alive to the human element in history.”

“Those who love the beauty of line, and the mysterious effect of chiaroscuro will enjoy these works to the utmost, and recognize them as masterpieces of the graphic arts.”

“His judgment is always rational and his conclusions invariably just.”

Acton, Sir John. Lord Acton and his circle; ed. by Abbot [Francis Aidan] Gasquet. *$4.50. Longmans.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by E. D. Adams.

“The book is not very accurately printed; some sentences are made unintelligible by errors of punctuation, and a large number of proper names are misspelt.”

“Rather unfortunate introduction.”

Adams, Andy. Reed Anthony, cowman. †$1.50. Houghton.

Autobiographical in form, this book follows in a matter-of-fact way “the career of a young man, who, after serving his four years in the Confederate army, made his way from his native Virginia to Texas, there to become foreman of the ‘cattle drives,’ and so by degrees ranchman and owner of many acres and many herds.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The account of the cowman’s worldly success is, let us admit, by no means free from exaggeration, but the book gives the best picture of the life of the times of any we know, and we heartily recommend it.”

“This ingenuous bit of biography, like the author’s earlier books, will be read not because it is so well done but because it pictures a passing phase of American life.”

“In reading these pages, which bear the stamp of downright honesty, the reader feels that he is in contact with the actual history of an important formative period of national industry—a period which, tho outside of the beaten track of history, is not without significance.”

“The pleasant thing about the narrative is its ingenuousness.”

“In spite of the sameness due to the likeness of one year of the cattle business to any other year, the book is interesting with the interest which belongs somehow and anyhow to all that is genuine.”

Adams, Charles Francis, jr. Three Phi beta kappa addresses. **$1. Houghton.

Including A college fetich, 1883; Shall Cromwell have a statue? 1902; Some modern college tendencies, 1906. In these addresses Mr. Adams arraigns many of the weaknesses of the present-day college régime. The license of electives leads to the “way of least resistance:” college athletics are but the “overgrowth of the superficiality which rules the curricula,” etc. He offers helpful reform suggestions on the limitation of the number of subjects pursued, on the moral training of the student, and on the breaking down of our large colleges into smaller units.

“While they can hardly be said to make a book of history at the present time, they will certainly be regarded by the future historian of education in the nineteenth century as an important part of his source-material.”

Reviewed by Wm. E. Dodd.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

Adams, Henry. Cassell’s engineers’ handbook; comprising facts and formulae, principles and practice in all branches of engineering. $2.50. McKay.

“Not a mere formula book nor an ordinary student’s text-book, but rather an aide memoire for those who have passed through their elementary training, and are now in practice.”

Adams, I. William. Shibusawa; or, The passing of old Japan; il. by E. Dalton Stevens. †$1.50. Putnam.

“The period selected is the early part of the last century, and the plot revolves about the struggle between the Shogun and the Mikado, ending with the victory and restoration of the latter. Shibusawa, a true Japanese warrior, son of a daimio, fought well both in war and love, and in the end won honors and the maiden of his choice.”—Outlook.

“The story, while for the most part descriptive, with little dialog and only ordinary fancy, lacks snap and fire, while perhaps a good general picture of old Japan.”

“For the most part the people and their actions seem to belong quite in their Japanese frame.”

“The style of the book is somewhat too serious and prolix for a successful artistic effect.”

Adams, Rev. John. Sermons in accents: studies in the Hebrew text: a book for preachers and students. *$1.80. Scribner.

“An attempt to make Hebrew accentuation interesting and helpful to the average preacher and Bible student, for whom Wickes’ treatises are too elaborate and wearisome.”—Bib. World.

5“As an introductory manual preparatory to the use of a more thorough and complete treatment the work may be recommended to the student beginning his studies.”

Adams, John Coleman. Honorable youth. *75c. Universalist pub.

A manual of instruction on life success, how to conceive it, and how to attain it.

* Adams, Joseph Henry. Harper’s electricity book for boys. $1.75. Harper.

A practical, thorogoing, working knowledge of electricity can be obtained from this handbook for boys. “It tells how to make cells and batteries, switches and insulators, armatures, motors and coils. It shows how easily experiments may be made with home-made appliances at small cost. Every-day uses of electricity are explained so that boys will understand and at the same time be stimulated to put forth their own skill and ingenuity.” Numerous cuts of apparatus are given.

Adams, Joseph Henry. Harper’s outdoor book for boys; with contributions by Kirk Munroe, Tappan Adney, Capt. Howard Patterson, Leroy Milton Yale and others. $1.75. Harper.

Instructive, above all things practical, this book is based upon experience, whose aim is to show boys how to do accurately all manner of out-of-door things within their powers. Beginning with the backyard, detailed information is given for such contrivances as pet shelters, windmills, aërial toys; going farther afield the interest centers in coasters, skees, kites, fishing tackle, etc.; then come boat building and boat management; while the fourth part of the book is devoted to camps and camping, tree-huts, brush-houses, etc.

“We have seen no book of the kind so thoroughly practical and so well adapted to its aims as this.”

“No book better suited to develop ingenuity and mechanical ability.”

“It is a reference book that is worth while to have on hand.”

Adams, Oscar Fay. Sicut patribus, and other verse. $1.60. Oscar F. Adams, The Hermitage, Willow st., Bost.

“The title selection is an ode read at the annual meeting of the Tufts chapter of Phi beta kappa in 1902. It is an arraignment of American ‘imperialism,’ touched with that saeva indignatio which has stirred William Vaughn Moody, the late John W. Chadwick, and others of our poets in approaching the same theme. The cathedral poems, filled with the atmosphere of English closes, and reinforced by Mr. Adams’s architectural studies, seem of the entire sheaf to be most truly characteristic.”—N. Y. Times.

“Book of sincere and thoughtful verso.” Wm. M. Payne.

“A collection of correct, derivative pieces in many modes.”

“Throughout the book, indeed, technical variety and facility are to be noted, and if there be few striking lines, there are a certain reflective grace and fine traditions of men and literature.”

Adams, Samuel. Writings of Samuel Adams, ed. by H. A. Cushing. 4v. *$5. Putnam.

v. 2. “The second volume ... covers the years 1770 to 1773.... The volume contains ninety-two pieces in all; of these forty-one are newspaper articles, twenty are reports or memorials prepared in committee, and thirty-one are private letters.”—Nation.

“His private letters, of which Mr. Cushing has made a goodly collection are more illuminative of his character than his public papers. Mr. Cushing shows great industry in locating his material, but is much too sparing in his notes, leaving too many references unexplained. There are errors of dates and names, and a wrong committee of Congress is given in the note to p. 336.”

“Like its predecessors, is a valuable addition to the documentary study of the revolutionary period.”

“By thus carefully collecting and editing these writings, Dr. Cushing has rendered a distinct and meritorious service to American history.” Herbert L. Osgood.

Addams, Jane. Newer ideals of peace. (Citizens’ lib.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

For the dogmatic, even sentimental peace-notions bruited about the world by ardent advocates, Miss Addams substitutes the newer dynamic peace embodying the later humanism, whose meaning is implied in such words as “overcoming” “substituting,” “re-creating,” “readjusting moral values” and “forming new centers of spiritual energy.” She offers the moral substitutes for war that are an outgrowth of a definite national background.

“I think in logical organization this book suffers more than her earlier writing. On the other hand, perhaps, nowhere can one find the social point of view, which we must assume, presented with so much inherent necessity as here.” George Herbert Mead.

“The present book shows the same fresh virile thought, and the happy expression which has characterized her work.”

“This is a very suggestive book. Its one weakness is that, though it does not quite neglect the ethical and spiritual standards of life, it allows them to be overshadowed by the economic and the merely utilitarian.”

“As an immediate and effective solution of the main problem indicated by its title, this treatise may well prove less successful than as a manual of instruction in methods of mutual service and a plea for mutual sympathy and good-will.” Percy F. Bicknell.

“Miss Addams’s observations are so acute, and her criticisms often so well aimed, that her book is worth reading. We cannot but wish, however, that she had ploughed a little deeper, and shown us more clearly how the evils on which she dwells are to be removed.”

6“It is the expression of an exceptional citizen on subjects that concern everybody. Whatever may prove to be its concern for the student of literature, it should be tolerantly read by the student of affairs, for whom it was written.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

“‘Newer ideals of peace’ is not a felicitous title for Jane Addams’s interesting and suggestive volume. It is imperfect because she has studied only one phase of our national life, and, in American fashion ... she draws too large generalizations from her too specialized observations.”

“On the whole, Miss Addams has given us a presentation of the peace argument from a wholly new point of view.”

Addis, Rev. William E. Hebrew religion to the establishment of Judaism under Ezra. *$1.50. Putnam.

A non-technical study of Israel’s religion from the earliest times to the middle of the fifth century B. C. “The sections which treat of the primitive forms of Semitic religion and the early Jahveh worship are of special excellence.” (Nation.) The volume includes a chronological table of Jewish history.

“Well suited to the needs of the nonspecialist reader for whom it is intended.”

“His discussion is marked by the precision that his volumes on the Hexateuch would lead us to expect. While exception may be taken to a few points, they leave the essential value of Mr. Addis’s volume unimpaired.” Crawford H. Toy.

“On the whole, Professor Addis keeps well within the safe ground of established fact, with caution to the reader when opinion is uncertain. His graphic style and ability to render a situation clear in a few words make his essay suitable for popular or general use.”

“We fear we cannot follow him ... in some of his critical assumptions; but yet we can recommend his book.”

Addison, Julia De Wolf. Art of the Dresden gallery. (Art galleries of Europe ser.) *$2. Page.

This sixth volume in “The art galleries of Europe” is Miss Addison’s third contribution to the series. “In the plan it is similar to its predecessors; it consists of notes and observations upon a large number of the finest paintings, both ancient and modern, in the royal collection at Dresden, arranged in schools or grouping together the works of one or two great masters.” (Dial.)

“From beginning to end there is no evidence of any personal knowledge or understanding of the art of painting, there is no lucid explanation of its virtues, no independent analysis of the peculiar charms and merits of a master.”

“The text furnishes as much detail as the ordinary traveller will care for, and he will find it of a more manageable and useful sort than that offered by most guides and catalogues.”

“One might spend half a life-time with catalogues and yet gather less real knowledge than may be pleasantly acquired by a perusal of this book, every essential fact of which is dressed out with episode, anecdote, and pertinent criticism.”

“In the present handy volume the American authoress exhibits the instincts, knowledge and merits of style that characterised her former works.”

Ade, George. In pastures new. †$1.25. McClure.

Mr. Ade’s “pastures new” are chiefly in London and Egypt. He characterizes humorously without his usual slang. “The foibles and follies of tourists, the humbug and charlatanry of those who live off them, the fact that foreign travel has its tiresome side as well as its joys—all these and other phases of ‘being abroad’ are dealt with in an amusing way.” (Outlook.)

“The harmless fun Mr. Ade is capable of producing has been put into it in good measure—wholesome, human, natural fun.”

“Shorn of its glamour of slang, Mr. Ade’s humor turns out to be of thinner substance than we had supposed.”

“We get here fun of the real Ade flavor.”

“The secret of American humour is perhaps to exaggerate and travesty realities with a serious countenance. When this is well done it is amusing: and Mr. Peasley does it well.”

Ade, George. Slim princess. †$1.25. Bobbs.

The slim Princess Kalora of Morovenia is the despair of her father and fat younger sister because there is a Turkish law which reads that the elder must marry first and there is a Turkish preference for fat wives. Kolora is not only slim but spirited and she merrily takes her destiny into her own hands and, assisted by a kindly Fate, succeeds in marrying a venturesome young Pittsburgh millionaire. The story is breezy, clever and full of cheerful irony.

“Is one of the brightest phantasies of the season.”

“Was in his best comic opera mood when he wrote ‘The slim princess.’”

“A highly amusing bit of grotesquery.”

Adventures of Uncle Sam’s sailors by R. E. Peary, A. V. Wadhams, Molly Elliot Seawell, Franklin Matthews, Kirk Munroe and others. (Harper’s adventure ser.) †60c. Harper.

A group of spirited sea stories that shift scene from the Arctic circle to the tropics and from China to Hatteras and the West Indies. The stories mingle wholesome excitement, fascinating fact and entertaining fiction and lend an undertone of courage and endurance.

Adventures of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, by General C: King, J: Habberton, Capt. C: A. Curtis, Lieut. C: D. Rhodes, and others. (Harper’s adventure ser.) †60c. Harper.

How the soldiers of the west cleared the way for civilization, how women and children as well bore their full share of frontier burdens may be seen reflected in these tales of “picturesque incident and thrilling experiences” which while they are usually fiction are based 7upon some incident or actual occurrence. While the volume aims only to be a side-light upon history, it is thoroly suggestive for students who wish to look into records of the regular soldiers.

* Ady, Cecilia M. Milan, the house of Sforza. (Historic states of Italy.) **$3.50. Putnam.

“Not only is the political life of the time of Francesco I. of Milan and the five other dukes of his house who ruled over Milan dealt with, but also the social and commercial impulses of the people, as well as the art and literature of the state. This volume will be followed shortly by ‘Milan: the house of Visconti,’ ‘Naples: the house of Anjou,’ and others on the different Italian states.”—N. Y. Times.

“She is to be congratulated on giving agreeable proof of hereditary talent by her accomplishment of a sufficiently difficult piece of work.”

Ady, Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Henry Ady). Early work of Raphael. 75c. Dutton.

“It gives in readable form the facts of Raphael’s life and career, up to the year 1508, as they are received by the Moreilian school of criticism. Much more than that it hardly pretends to give, and for any detailed appreciation of the artistic qualities of Raphael one must look elsewhere.”—Nation.

Ady, Julia Cartwright. Madame: a life of Henrietta, daughter of Charles I. and Duchess of Orleans. *$2.50. Dutton.

The twenty-six years of the Duchess of Orleans are here sketched with sympathy and insight. The courts of Charles II and Louis XIV, respectively brother and brother-in-law of the unhappy duchess “are here brought before the reader with vivid reality as no romance could reveal them. The characters of the two monarchs, of Madame, and of most of the notables of their time, have fresh light thrown on them by letters preserved in the French ‘Archives du ministères des affaires étrangères’ and documents from state papers on French affairs in the British record office, many of them here published for the first time.” (Outlook.)

“Her work may be recommended to the seeker after diversion and to the historical student alike. Mrs. Ady’s mania for idealizing, while attractive no doubt to many lovers of the beautiful, has the fault of obscurantism.”

“It would be difficult to find a biography less illuminating than this life of the spouse of Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV.”

“When the presentation of fact can be made so absorbingly interesting as Mrs. Ady convincingly proves possible in this volume of memoirs, one is tempted to wonder that the demand for fiction exists.”

Aegidius, Assisiensis. Golden sayings of the Blessed Brother Giles of Assisi; newly tr. and ed., together with a sketch of his life by the Rev. Fr. Paschal Robinson. *$1. Dolphin press. Phil.

“One of the earliest and closest companions of St. Francis of Assisi ... was Brother Aegidius, better known to English readers by his Anglicized name, Giles.... The present volume treasures his ‘Golden sayings’ held in high esteem by the Roman Catholic church, and introduces them by a brief sketch of his life.”—Outlook.

“The ‘Golden sayings’ themselves are of historical value as illustrating the spiritual side of early Franciscan teaching, an aspect hitherto inadequately recognized; and historians will appreciate especially the editor’s scholarly introduction.”

“In the editing and translating of the ‘Sayings,’ Father Paschal displays the erudition and the grasp of historical method which have won him a place in the front rank of the large band of scholars who today have devoted themselves to the study of ‘Franciscana.’”

“Well worthy the careful and pleasing translation ... as well for their sincere and earnest piety as for the singular beauty and picturesqueness of their expression.”

“It is the interest of his quaint personality that imparts interest to his ‘Aurea dicta’ which, to speak frankly, are not of great intrinsic value. But the English enthusiast must not fail to possess himself of Father Robinson’s translation.”

“The little volume is quaint and original and will appeal to many readers.”

“It is well worth reading and reflection by Protestant Christians, often too content with discarding the ascetic form of mediaeval saintliness, and too neglectful to replace it by a form of piety as impressive on the present age as that was on the past.”

Aero club of America. Navigating the air. **$1.50. Doubleday.

Here are given the personal experience of men best known in the field of aerial navigation. The book “contains, in over twenty chapters ... practical and clear accounts of what has been accomplished by many experimenters with kite-sustained aeroplanes, motor-driven balloons, and other dirigible air-ships.” (Outlook.)

“Both text and illustrations will interest the average reader as well as the specialist.”

“There is much in the book to interest the reader, but whether he will glean much knowledge from it is questionable. However, as the purpose of the compilers, apparently, was just that of arousing interest, the book may be considered reasonably successful.”

“Altogether the book, to which but scant justice can be done here, is full of interest and instruction, and the Aero club of America deserves high praise for getting together so much that is fairly authoritative on a subject of such importance.”

Aflalo, Frederick George, ed. Half a century of sport in Hampshire; extracts from the shooting journals of James Edward, second Earl of Malmesbury with a prefatory memoir by his great-grandson, the fifth earl. *$3.75. Scribner.

“The volume is made up of extracts from the ‘Sporting journals’ of James Edward, second earl of Malmesbury.... A memoir of the Earl has been written for the book by the present owner of the title. The Journals cover the 8period from 1798–1840. Besides describing hunts in the Hampshires and the hunting seat of the Earl of Malmesbury, there are also records of trips in Hungary and Austria. The volume is fully illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.

“We cannot say that the editor’s notes and comments on the journals are instructive or much to the point. Even the journals themselves will disappoint the reader who expects anything that can compare with Colonel Hawker’s diaries.”

Aflalo, Frederick George. Sunshine and sport in Florida and the West Indies. **$4. Jacobs.

“This volume is divided into three parts, treating, respectively, of ‘The way there,’ ‘Tarpon-fishing and other sport,’ and, finally, ‘Home by the Spanish main.’ Although fishing was the pole star which held steady through the trip of eleven thousand miles, this Briton had eyes for many other things.”—Nation.

“Mr. Aflalo’s account of the natural history of the tarpon, in so far as it is known, is very thorough and fascinating, and were any further inducements required to persuade fishermen to go west for tarpon it would be found in the pages of this interesting book.”

“Had Mr. Aflalo gathered his impressions at greater leisure, and generalized less from trivial instances, he would have informed his volume with the more genial spirit which we associate with the men who go a-fishing. For we can find no fault with Mr. Aflalo’s story of his tarpon fishing.” H. E. Coblentz.

“His frank and generous comments reveal a fair-mindedness only too rare in travelers. The volume should appeal to a far wider circle of readers than the ‘English anglers’ for whom the author chiefly intends it.”

“Mr. Aflalo’s chapters on tarpon fishing and alligator hunting are sportsmanlike, and, there being fewer opportunities, show less of a disposition to carp at American customs and institutions that differ from those of the British.”

“There is much shrewd observation in these pages, especially of American life and ways.”

“It is the best thing that we have read from Mr. Aflalo’s pen, and written in his vivid, if flowery style. Mr. Aflalo contributes something to our knowledge of the natural history of the Florida fishes.”

Aimes, Hubert Hillary S. History of slavery in Cuba, 1511–1868. **$2. Putnam.

From a economic, political and social standpoint, this work is an exposition of the Spanish policy governing the slave trade in Cuba; and it throws much light on the historical relations between Spain and her Antillean dependency. A later work is promised dealing with the domestic régime on the island. A bibliography adds to the value of the book.

“In a sense, this is a scholarly work. It is the result of much labor, and is based upon the best authorities, Spanish, French, and English, both documentary and printed. But the narrative in which the author presents the result of his work is something fearful and wonderful in its raw and careless crudeness.”

“On the whole, it can be heartily said that Dr. Aimes has gathered, compiled and addressed into acceptable form an exhaustive chapter of institutional history. He has also done it under a system that makes reference easy and verification available.”

“A work of real value though rather heavy reading.”

“The book is a useful one and the reader will hope with the author that it may aid in solving some of the problems connected with the island.”

Aked, Charles Frederic. Courage of the coward, and other sermons. **$1.25. Revell.

Fourteen sermons, “vitally evangelical in their adaptedness to the spiritually deaf or blind or lame in this year of grace.” (Outlook.)

“They impress us as devout, evangelical, constructive, and sufficiently forceful in thought and earnest in feeling to be called good preaching.”

“The sermons are good. Perhaps he overindulges in poetical quotations, and perhaps an occasional personal note sounds a bit egotistic. But these are small blemishes.”

“Utterly free from conventionalism, fresh in thought and phrase, dynamic with earnest conviction of reality, they speak from the experience of one who knows the world, sees things whole, understands men, and, having thought through their deepest problems, would lend a hand to any who are doubting, erring, falling.”

Albright, Evelyn May. Short-story: its principles and structure. *90c. Macmillan.

The aim of the book is not that of tracing the origin or the development of the short-story, but of setting forth “some standards of appreciation of what is good in story-writing, illustrating by the practice of the master as contrasted with amateurish failures.” Material, the technique of the short story, the plot, movement, emotional element and spirit of the author are all discussed. There is an undertone of sound advice to the would-be writer, and by way of a standard for self-criticism there has been appended a reading list of model short stories.

“It is to the reader rather than the writer that such a book is really useful.”

“Seems to us a very useful book.”

“Miss Albright’s treatment of the subject is more than creditable; it is masterly.”

Alden, Hazel Gillmore. Kingdom of heaven: an instruction in the Catholic faith for children. *$1.20. Church pub. co., N. Y.

A simple, direct and devout story of the Christian year for Catholic children. Its aim is to foster reverence.

Alden, Isabella Macdonald (Pansy, pseud.). Ruth Erskine’s son. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.

Readers who have followed Ruth Erskine thru other Pansy books will be glad to meet her again. She is now the widow of Judge Burnham, and devotes her entire energies to 9the welfare of her son. The story tells of his marriage and the crosses it brings to her, her fortitude and good sense, and the son’s unfailing devotion.

“This is hardly a wholesome book for young people.”

Alexander, De Alva Stanwood. Political history of the state of New York. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Holt.

“The author’s style is clear and vigorous. His narrative is interesting and reveals his firm grasp upon the subject matter, especially as it approaches the later period. Although the work adds little to the actual knowledge of the specialist, it is a distinct advance over the old style of state histories, and will serve the general reader as a reliable and interesting guide through the almost bewildering maze of the politics of New York state.” Herman V. Ames.

“The personal side of New York politics has been over-emphasized. This defect deprives the reader of a feeling of continuity in the narrative of New York’s political history, but while it is a defect, it does not detract seriously from the value of the work.”

“When all possible points of criticism have been raised, his work merits recognition, not merely because it is practically the only occupant of its field, but because it is in several important respects a soundly informing contribution to American historical literature, useful alike to the general reader and to the special student.”

“In spite of a certain monotony which pervades the author’s numerous character sketches, his style has decided merits; in vigor and fluency it far outrivals the older but in many respects more substantial work of Jabez Hammond. The characterizations of men are clearly designed to be eminently fair, although the reader finds little difficulty in discovering the author’s sympathies. The statements of facts are usually careful, but occasional expressions are open to question.” Charles A. Beard.

Alexander, Edward Porter. Military memoirs of a Confederate. **$4. Scribner.

“A critical narrative for soldiers and students of campaigns, rather than a glorification of or an apology for the success or failure in the war.” (R. of Rs.) It is a criticism of the war on both the Federal and Confederate side.

“The narrative is clear and concise, praise is worthily bestowed and criticism generally well taken and temperate. To some of the extremely critical it will be disappointing, in that the maps are not as good and as full as they should be and foot-notes are wanting to show the authority upon which some novel statements are made.” E. A. Carman.

“Aside from its value as a contribution to the records of the civil war the book will be found delightful reading because of its graphic portrayal, its personal reminiscence, its admirable temper.”

“To a layman this book appeals as little short of epoch making in the history of military criticism.” David Y. Thomas.

“Is remarkable for three reasons. First, it is a critical account of which the object ‘is the criticism of each campaign as one would criticise a game of chess only to point out the good and bad plays on each side, and the moves which have influenced the result.’ Second, the work is noteworthy as a contribution from the lower South. Finally, it is the work of one who was a good soldier and is now a sound philosopher as to the political results of the war.” Walter L. Fleming.

“It is unfortunate that so excellent a book should be marred by so inept a conclusion.”

“It is an exceedingly clear and impartial narrative, and is perfectly intelligible to the lay reader. A large amount of entirely new matter is introduced, and many important events are set forth in a new light. The book is likely to take a prominent place among authoritative records of the civil war.”

“No preceding book by a southern soldier surpasses this in good temper, wise discrimination, and graphic portrayal.”

“There have been several works of this kind published by confederate generals and others who knew something of military affairs, but none that the reviewer recalls equals this in fairness, in apparent keenness of observation, in appreciation of the difficulties of the situation on both sides.” Wm. E. Dodd.

“A very valuable and interesting and personal book on the civil war.”

“General Alexander consistently develops from battle to battle the lessons emphasized by the experiences of both sides. His work, indeed, is intended primarily for military students. But it is so constructed as to be of great general interest.”

Alexander, John H: Mosby’s men. $2. Neale.

Mr. Alexander tells how Mosby’s men “played and how they worked and how they fought.” Not a history of Mosby’s command, only a narrative of what an alert young soldier saw of the men and their doings following the spring of 1864.

“The book is interesting for its story-telling qualities alone, and it is not without value as a contribution to the records of the civil war.”

“This book has less of real dramatic quality and less of humor than that by Mr. Munson of which we recently spoke, but is still a readable true story. It is illustrated by many portraits.”

Alger, Horatio, jr. Backwoods boy; or, The boyhood and manhood of Abraham Lincoln. 75c. McKay.

A reissue of an 1883 publication. It is a picture of Lincoln for boys especially, and follows his career from the log cabin to the White house.

Allen, Alexander V. G. Freedom in the church. **$1.50. Macmillan.

The aim of the author is to show that heresy trials such as the one to which Mr. Crapsey was recently subjected are contrary to the principles of the English reformation and the whole spirit of the Anglican church. He considers historically the ordination vows and the various articles of the creed, and shows that their original significance has been lost sight of in the interpretation given them by heresyhunting 10churchmen of to-day, and that the doctrine of the virgin birth in particular has been emphasized out of all proportion to its importance.

“Interesting and timely volume.”

“As a tract for its times, however, this volume presents important considerations on a vital question, and the effort of the author to secure and establish freedom in the church as well as his endeavor to impart correct information as to the history of symbols now in controversy, should secure him wide sympathy.”

“There is of necessity something of what opponents will call special pleading about Dr. Allen’s arguments. But he never falls for a moment into the pitfall of most theological pleaders. He never vilifies his opponents.”

Allen, Grant, and Williamson, George Charles. Cities of northern Italy. $3. Page.

A two volume work, the first of which being devoted to Milan, and the second to Verona, Padua, Bologna, and Ravenna. “The author’s aim is to supply the tourist with such historical and antiquarian information as will add to his understanding and appreciation of the architecture, sculpture, and painting.” (Lit. D.)

“Preferable for library use especially if there are not many good photographs or prints in the library.”

Reviewed by Wallace Rice.

“The scheme is most happy, its execution most charmingly carried out.”

Allen, Horace. Gas and oil engines: a treatise on the design, construction and working of internal-combustion engines. $5. Scientific pub. co., Manchester, Eng.

“A very large part of the book contains more or less elaborate descriptions of a large number of gas and gasoline engines; these descriptions, in general accompanied with good illustrations, are preceded by a consideration of details of the engines, which arrangement seems just opposite to what it ought to be.”—Engin. N.

“In a great many respects it is decidedly inferior to the last editions of Clark and Robinson’s books. In the arrangement of the subject Mr. Allen’s book is very faulty.” Storm Bull.

Allen, John Kermott, ed. Sanitation in the modern home. $2. Domestic engineering.

“Broadly speaking, this book deals with the planning and equipment of houses for health, comfort, and convenience, and for economy of domestic operations. It is designed to be ‘a suggestive guide to the architect and house owner in designing-homes.’”—Engin. N.

“The book contains few technicalities, no illustrations and, sad to relate, no index. It covers a broader field than would be expected from its title, but omits any discussion of sewage disposal for country residences.”

Allen, Philip Loring. America’s awakening: the triumph of righteousness in high places. **$1.25. Revell.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book, written in a popular style, gives the average reader, at practically one sitting, a comprehensive idea of the condition of reform politics at the present day and of what we may expect of permanent good as the result of the movement.”

“Is a good book and especially refreshing because it sails close to the facts and avoids the sins of declamation.”

“A little book which contains in excellent shape a deal of really important information which busy people may have got but hazily from the daily press.”

Allen, William Harvey. Efficient democracy. **$2. Dodd.

A book in which the author “maintains the thesis that to be efficient is more difficult than to be good.... In his book he shows how in various departments of philanthropic educational work such substitution has actually been made.”

“A very fresh and invigorating volume to be read with profit by every social worker.” Carl Kelsey.

“It covers a large and important field, but it does not cover it very well or present it to the best advantage. The idea underlying the book is excellent.”

“His work is vigorous and suggestive, worth the attention of the officers, paid and unpaid, of charitable agencies of all kinds and of our governments. Undirected and misdirected benevolent impulses are common nowadays, and the wide circulation of Mr. Allen’s book would do much to check waste of money and energy and to prevent the discouragement which comes from the failure of good intentions.”

“Undoubtedly the most impressive characteristic of the volume in an intellectual sense is its significance in favor of the validity of the democratic principle of government, which in certain quarters is thought to have been impaired by recent economic developments.”

“The most serious defect ... is found in the first chapter on ‘The goodness fallacy,’ which, briefly stated, argues that it is a false supposition to think a good man will make a capable officer. A very unworthy meaning of goodness is placed in opposition to a somewhat dangerous conception of efficiency.”

“It is a good book, and ought to do good.”

“He writes in a clear, lucid, epigrammatic style, perhaps with too great fondness for epigram. But the volume will be valuable to all men who are doing things if they will select from it what they specifically need, and will be especially valuable to students of the various social activities of our modern life.”

“The common man fails to understand the mental attitude of Mr. Allen who seems to gloat over a statistical table or a graphical curve as a joy in itself, without too much reference to what it is that it proves or indicates.” Montgomery Schuyler.

“An exceedingly well-written little book. The book is full of suggestions to officers and directors of charitable institutions, pastors of churches, and all others who have to do with philanthropic administration.”

11“Straightforward, forcible, clear, and scintillating with wit, it must be understood; it is educative in the highest sense. A copy of this book ought to find its way into the hands of every school board in the land.” J. Paul Goode.

Allen, Willoughby C. Critical and exegetical commentary on the Gospel according to St. Matthew. (International critical commentary.) *$3. Scribner.

For the student who desires to have some understanding of the growth and development of the gospel literature in the first century, A.D., and of the meaning which this particular gospel had for the evangelist and his first readers. “While the author has striven to preserve the distinction between the sphere of the commentator and that of the historian, questions of credibility and theological implication are not entirely avoided, his attitude being for the most part conservative.” (Nation.)

“Partly owing to its formal defect, the book is lacking in breadth of outlook and religious penetration. Hence he has obliged even his most grateful readers to admit that this edition, while marking a distinct advance upon any English work cannot be described by any means as a final commentary upon our first gospel. It is, however, a good book for the advanced student to work with. Sound labor has gone to the making of it, and the very sense of problems in the gospel which it leaves on the mind of the reader will be stimulating, if not satisfying.” James Moffat.

“This important work exhibits the well-known critical qualities of the ‘International series,’ and should claim a leading place among commentaries on the first gospel.”

“A thoro and sane ‘Commentary on Matthew’ which is notable especially for its painstaking interpretation of the Greek text and scholarly observations on the sources and structure of the gospel.”

“The chief merit of the commentary is its painstaking and sympathetic interpretation of the Greek text, without improving observations or wearisome cataloguing of discarded opinions. Especially praiseworthy is his scholarly analysis of the sources of the gospel.”

“The best type of Oxford scholarship is exhibited in this work, conservative, but strongly modified by modern learning.”

“Such examination as we have been able to make of this very complete commentary has gone to show the genuinely critical spirit in which it has been put together.”

Alston, Leonard. Stoic and Christian in the second century: a comparison of the ethical teaching of Marcus Aurelius with that of contemporary and antecedent Christianity. *$1. Longmans.

A scientific, judicial and scholarly treatment. The following are the ethical questions concerning which the two doctrines are compared: Man as a rational and social being. The intellectual virtues. The lower and the higher life of man. Free-will and responsibility. The ultimate aim of virtue, and The relation in Christianity of ethics to religion.

“Mr. Alston is to be thanked for a valuable piece of apologetic work.”

Reviewed by Nathaniel Schmidt.

“Admirable monograph.”

“His treatment of the subject is incomplete in two points: he does not sufficiently distinguish between ethics and religion, and he does not describe the actual moral life of the time in the Christian and non-Christian circles. The little volume is, however, fair and suggestive.”

“His book is especially valuable in the clearness with which he presents the difference in spirit, and in views between the Stoic and Christian systems.”

* Altsheler, Joseph Alexander. Young trailers: a story of early Kentucky. †$1.50. Appleton.

A story of out-of-door life in Kentucky during the early days “when the Indian was a factor to be reckoned with. Henry Ware, son of a pioneer, left the settlement for the wild life of the forest. He became as skilful as an Indian in wood-lore, and was able to defend his own people by beating the Indian in his native forest.” (Outlook.)

“The style of the story is rather heavy, but the matter of it will appeal strongly to boys.”

Ames, Herman Vandenburg, ed. State documents on federal relations: the states and the United States. *$1.75. The Department of history of the University of Pennsylvania; for sale by Longmans.

This volume “includes 155 documents bearing on the relations of the states to the federal government, 1789–1861, and ‘comprises typical papers covering the official action of various states in different sections of the country, relative to the chief political and constitutional issues in our history.’”

“Dr. Ames has done a splendid work in bringing before the student these documents in such a convenient shape.”

Ames, Joseph B. Treasure of the canyon. †$1.50. Holt.

A spirited tale of adventure attending a search for treasure hidden away in Arizona along the grand canyon of the Colorado. A new York collector of antiques sends a party out to hunt for relics of the cliff dwellers, and by accident one of the members comes into possession of papers that locate a vast store of imperial treasures carried off by the Spaniards when they captured the City of Mexico. The balking of their plans by desperadoes but makes the landing of the treasure in New York safety vaults more of a triumph.

Andreas and The fates of the apostles: two Anglo-Saxon narrative poems; ed. with introd., notes, and glossary by G: Philip Krapp. *$2. Ginn.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A good edition of these poems, therfore—and we know of no better edition of any Anglo-Saxon poem than the present—fills a long recognized want. As a matter of detail, it seems to us a mistake to speak of the occasional parallels of the ‘Beowulf’ in the ‘Andreas’ as imitations of the older poem.”

* Andresen, N. P. The republic. (Nat. lib. social science.) Kerr.

An analysis of the social changes that have come and the greater social changes that are 12coming. A four part treatment: part one defines the word justice, and exposes unjust conditions; part two discusses the causes of value; part three outlines the nature and functions of the just state; part four reveals the methods whereby people may acquire possession of their rightful inheritance.

Andrews, Mary R. S. (Mrs. William S. Andrews.) The militants; stories of some parsons, soldiers, and other fighters in the world. †$1.50. Scribner.

Nine stories “of a mystic sentimental inspiration” with charming Kentucky settings and Kentucky heroines.

“A collection of short stories of unequal merit, but all more than ordinarily well done.”

“The volume before us is one of the best collections we have recently seen.”

“Mrs. Andrews is an accomplished storyteller, writing at times with a rhythm and dignity which place her quite above the average. The material of her stories, however, is of most unequal merit, and a slightly defective sense of structure often makes for a too obvious ending.”

“It is all very lightweight of course, and distressingly false from the point of view of moderns cursed with the quality of moral earnestness. But it is quite pretty and entertaining, its saccharine and mystic tendencies relieved by a certain mild and harmless humor.”

“One [story] ... certainly holds a picture almost worthy of comparison with that ideal of a priest, Monseigneur Bienvenu, whose candlesticks and saintliness saved the soul of Hugo’s Jean Valjean. The other tales, morally and otherwise rather less strenuous, are variously stimulating and as admirably written, every one.”

Andrews, Mary R. S. Perfect tribute. **50c. Scribner.

An incident connected with Lincoln’s Gettysburg speech furnishes the motif of this little fictional sketch. “‘The perfect tribute’ on the Gettysburg speech is rendered directly to Lincoln, in a Washington hospital, by a wounded soldier who had read the address in a morning newspaper,—the President having been accidentally called in to draw up a will for the dying man.” (Dial.)

“Leaving veracity out of consideration, it must be confessed that the little story is written with a tenderness of touch and a delicacy of diction which make it delightful reading.” Edwin Erle Sparks.

“The treatment is singularly felicitous.”

“A strong, dramatic, yet very simply told story.”

Angell, Bryan Mary (H. Ripley Cromarsh, pseud.). Secret of the Moor cottage. †$1.25. Small.

A story written by the sister of A. Conan Doyle. The plot holds a mystery which involves a beautiful young woman who had wedded and later killed a villainous Russian count. An unprofessional sleuth is on the track of the tangle, and works out the puzzle only to satisfy a very justifiable curiosity.

“It is certainly not as good as ‘The house on the marsh,’ but it compares very favourably with many modern ‘successes.’”

“A good mystery story with a motive by no means commonplace. The telling of even the darkest doings is in a subdued but not spiritless key, and this serves to bring the book into the desirable category of the comfortable-dreadful.”

“It seems a pity that its author should have chosen the one form of plot that would make her readers immediately note her shortcomings in one direction by instituting invidious comparisons with the work of her famous relative, while she really tells a very good story in a charmingly simple way, and has the desirable knack of peopling her pages with interesting and comprehensible characters.”

Angell, James Rowland. Psychology: an introductory study of the structure and function of human consciousness. *$1.50. Holt.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“It would seem, therefore, that the unique value of this book, as well for the teacher as for the layman, would lie mainly in this catholic account that it gives of the attitude and achievement of the science at the present time. On the whole, and largely in detail, one may say that the book is excellent. It would, however, be much improved as an instrument for teaching psychology if the substance of the topics was more frequently summed in terse formulae.” H. C. Stevens.

Angier, Belle Sumner. Garden book of California; decorations by Spencer Wright. *$2. Elder.

Believing that the garden of the world is California, the author shows its limitless possibilities for genuine and heart-satisfying home-building. The garden as a factor in home-making, garden methods, the planting-time, the culture of all varieties of plants, tree-planting and protection, insecticides and plant diseases, backyard problems, and out-of-door living rooms, all come in for generous attention.

“Tells many things that the new-comer to California, if interested in gardening, will wish to know.”

“The author knows her subject well, is perfectly familiar with the flowers, shrubs and trees that can be well grown under the conditions of irrigation, and her instructions are pertinent, practical and clearly told as the result of much experience and observation. It should be mentioned that the twenty attractive full-page illustrations of California gardening bear no particular relation to the text.”

Angus, Samuel. Sources of the first ten books of Augustine’s De civitate Dei. $1. Univ. library, Princeton, N. J.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It would seem that certain statements in the study of the sources are entirely too dogmatic. The dissertation is a work that will prove of great value to students of Augustine, and there is thus the more reason for regretting the large number of typographical errors.”

13* Annunzio, Gabriele d’. Daughter of Jorio: a pastoral tragedy; tr. by Charlotte Porter, Pietro Isola, and Alice Henry; with an introd. by Miss Porter. *$1.50. Little.

An authorized edition of D’Annunzio’s drama which presents with intense human touches a picture of patriarchal peasant life.

Appleton, Rev. Floyd. Church philanthropy in New York; introd. by Rt. Rev. D. H. Greer. *75c. Whittaker.

The author “has sketched briefly the history of the many Episcopal philanthropic institutions, and on the basis of extensive compilation of statistics he offers suggestions as to promising lines of future activity. The pamphlet is a convenient manual of information concerning a large class of remedial institutions, which have been supported with self-sacrifice and administered with efficiency.”—Nation.

“A valuable book of facts.”

Arabian nights entertainments: the thousand-and-one nights; tr. by Edward William Lane. 4v. ea. *$1. Macmillan.

The Bohn edition of the Lane translation. Professor Stanley Lane-Poole has edited the reprint, and has included about two-thirds of the whole number of tales belonging to the thousand and one nights, as well as Aladdin and Ali Baba which are not a part of the series in Arabic.

“Edited perfectly by Dr. Stanley Lane-Poole, with due care for the convenience of the general reader.”

“It is a scholarly translation and as complete as one can be that is intended for general circulation.”

“The translation of ‘Aladdin’ is sound and vigorous, and in every way more readable style than Lane had at his command. But there is one slip very strange in the past master in Arabic numismatics. Professor Lane-Poole does not seem to have recognized that the ‘Africa’ in this story means Tunis.”

Aria, Mrs. David B. Costume: fanciful, historical and theatrical; il. by Percy Anderson. *$2.50. Macmillan.

“This book is divided into twenty chapters, beginning with some description of costumes and the rudimentary expression of fashion in the classic times and coming down well into the days of the nineteenth century. Each century, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth, is discussed in a separate section. There are also chapters on the garb of peasants in different countries, on Oriental dress, on fancy dress, on the origin and development of the corset, on bridal dress and ceremonial costumes, on dancing dress in all countries, and on theatrical costumes.”—N. Y. Times.

“Mrs. Aria has fairly carried out the promise of her introductory note.”

“The text is often witty and always interesting. Mr. Anderson, the illustrator, can scarcely be overpraised for the excellence of his work.” May Estelle Cook.

“It is a pity that there is no index to what is primarily a book of reference.”

“Mrs. Aria is commonplace and somewhat inconsequent.”

“In short, the book is not a treatise on costume, nor is it of any historical authority; but it may be found suggestive.”

“A vast amount of information on sartorial affairs most charmingly expressed.”

“A considerable amount of painstaking research has been employed in making this book on dress, and Mrs. Aria presents the result in her animated style, lightened by little touches of humor and adorned with numerous flourishes of verbal ingenuity.”

Armitage, F. P. History of chemistry. *$1.60. Longmans.

“The story of some thousand years of almost fruitless labor, followed by two centuries of richest accomplishment.” “It is neither so comprehensive nor so interesting as Meyer’s ‘History of chemistry,’ but will serve its purpose in giving the student a background for his knowledge, and a realization of the difficulties experienced by generations of chemists in formulating the conceptions which now seem so simple and natural.” (Nation.)

“The book is well written and the details judiciously pruned.”

“Like most other histories of the science, this fails to connect with the science of the present day. The book might have been written ten or twenty years ago.”

“We are oppressed with the unscientific slapdash manner in which the author has approached the whole subject of the history of chemistry.”

Armour, Jonathan Ogden. Packers, the private car lines and the people. $1.50. Altemus.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Though professedly an advocate’s presentations on these important questions, it gives the reader the impression of being more straightforward and reliable than much of the ‘unbiased and public-spirited’ criticism does.” William Hill.

“The book as a whole is not convincing.” Frank Haigh Dixon.

Arnim, Mary Annette (Beauchamp), grafin von. Fraulein. Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther. †$1.50. Scribner.

By the author of “Elizabeth and her German garden.” “A German girl writes from Jena to the young Englishman who is at first her lover, and subsequently, after he has broken off the engagement, her friend, and who finally puts an end to the friendship also by insisting on the impossible attempt at renewing their former relations.... Little detached incidents, reminiscences, reflections on life and literature, and so on, form the subject of the letters, which depend for their charm wholly on the personality of the writer.”—Ath.

“It has all the old grace and vivacity, and is free from the suspicion of coldness and heartlessness that occasionally dashed our enjoyment of her earlier books. Her letters are invariably piquant and entertaining, and we may add that they contain much excellent advice and criticism.”

14“It is not very much of a story, but that doesn’t greatly matter, because it is Rose-Marie who really interests us all the while, and because her letters are the most delightful compound of bourgeois realism, sentimental fancy, and delicate humor.” Wm. M. Payne.

“Fraulein Schmidt is a distinct acquisition.”

“It is written with the author’s usual charm.”

“As a work of fiction, the book deserves particular notice for distinction of manner, acuteness of view, and, above all, for the refreshing spirit that animates each letter from the first to the last.”

“Why should we read—with various degrees of pleasure it is true—a whole volume of her meditations which are without form, often shallow, sometimes slipshod, and never inspired? But she writes so freshly and sensibly and happily that to ask for a closer attention to these matters would be like asking a thrush, for example, to whistle a Bach fugue.”

“These letters while slight, make a thoroughly acceptable bit of summer diversion.”

“There are many exquisite passages and there is never anything that is commonplace, never a platitude.”

“Apart from the fun of the book, which may seem somewhat less than usual in the work of this writer, there is really a heart story dealt with in an unusual and unexpected way, while the comments of the quiet but proud Anglo-German Rose-Marie on literature and life are in themselves pungent and discerning.”

“Rose-Marie is the only correspondent worth mentioning who has appeared in fiction since [Glory Quayle], and she is of much finer spiritual fibre, of as much charm and of a better brain-capacity.”

“The dénoûment will not conciliate sentimentalists, and we are by no means sure that it is in strict accordance with experience, but it has both logic and justice to commend it.”

Arnold, Charles London. Cosmos, the soul and God: a monistic interpretation of the facts and findings of science. **$1.20. McClurg.

The author’s all-inclusive philosophy is developed along the following line: “Starting with the established facts of science, seeking the causes of manifested phenomena, tracing the causal series to the very limits of scientific investigation, inevitably finding at the limits of the physical process an effect for which the physical cause can be discovered, and driven to attribute such effect to some agency outside the world of sense, I reach at length the inevitable conclusion that there is a world of which this physical process came, upon which it rests, by which it is energetically sustained; in a word, that the present world is but the phenomenal representation of the forms of cosmic energy.”

Arnold, William Thomas. Roman system of provincial administration to the accession of Constantine the Great; new ed. rev. from the author’s notes by E. S. Shuckburgh. *$2. Macmillan.

A revised edition of a work that is strong in its treatment of the functions of the general and local governments in the provinces, the strong and weak points of Roman rule, the development of imperial policy and the influence of expansion upon domestic politics. An index, a map, and a bibliography are included in the revised edition.

“It was a great loss to scholars that Arnold did not live to revise his work in the way in which he probably would have wished to revise it. More to be regretted still is the editor’s failure to study the great system of Roman military roads, and to make such a résumé of the work of the Limes commissions in Germany and Austria as Koremann has lately drawn up.” Frank Frost Abbott.

“It would be easy to suggest further improvement. With the substantial merits of the first edition, students of Roman history are well acquainted; and they will find the present volume even more serviceable. In its field it has no rival in English.”

“Artifex” and “Opifex,” pseud. Causes of decay in a British industry. *$2.50. Longmans.

A discussion of the English fire-arms industry by two manufacturers who know their subject in all the aspects of its rise and decline. “They see the manufacturer who has brought his craft to the highest pitch of perfection struggling in vain to maintain his position, borne down by the burdens and obstacles which have been placed upon him and are not counterbalanced by any assistance such as his competitors receive.” (Lond. Times.) “The authors claim that the two big causes for the falling off in this trade are: (1) The policy of the English government in not protecting in any way the industry; and (2) the reluctance of the British manufacturer to enter into competition with the so-called ‘modern business methods’ of foreign manufacturers.” (Engin. N.)

“This remarkably well-written book, though without doubt prejudiced and partial in many of its statements, will repay the time and trouble of reading.”

“It may be that in some matters they are not quite at the center of the subject, and incline to make more of their difficulties than of their own defects ... but their analysis of the condition of the trade and the causes which have brought it about cannot be ignored by anyone who has any respect for facts.”

“It should be read and read again by the workmen of England.”

“The authors’ knowledge of the history of their own trade enables them to set out facts that must be new to most of us, but we are not convinced by the economic reasoning which they very modestly and temperately seek to base thereon.”

As the Hague ordains: journal of a Russian prisoner’s wife in Japan. il. **$1.50. Holt.

The diary of the half English wife of a Russian officer. When word comes that her husband has been wounded and taken prisoner by the Japanese she goes to him from St. Petersburg, and from the viewpoint of a nurse in a military hospital learns how, “human, Christian and civilized” is the Japanese treatment of the Russian prisoners. The contrast between the courage and cleanliness of the Japanese and the filth and boorishness of the Russians breaks down the barriers of her prejudices.

15“Perhaps gratitude has somewhat overdrawn the picture, but even so, one prefers this theory to the only possible alternative one, which would suggest that this wholly delightful book is altogether a work of the imagination.” A. Schade van Westrum.

“The ‘diary,’ which was demonstrably written after the facts which it forsees with remarkable clearness, makes vivacious reading, and there are bits in it of the traditional Japan of fine pottery and miniature gardening which are distinctly charming.”

“Perhaps no book has as yet described the Russian prisoner’s life in Japan so graphically and so entertainingly as this book. The thought it sets forth is distinctly masculine, thinly guised in feminine expression. Is it too hasty to suspect that it was really written by some war correspondent, perhaps an American?” K. K. Kawakami.

“The picture is one full of human interest of a varied range.”

“It holds a tremendous human interest.”

Ashley, Percy W. L. Local and central government: a comparative study of England, France, Prussia, and the United States. *$3. Dutton.

This book “is written from the professorial point of view—that is to say, it is not a study at first hand of the working of institutions in the countries named, but in the main a statement of facts compiled from authorities. As such it forms a text-book for political students and a hand-book of reference for teachers, administrators, publicists and politicians.” The three divisions of the work are “the organization of local government in each country ... the historical development of local administration in England, France and Prussia ... the juridical aspects of local government and the relations between local institutions and the central authority in the same country.”

“The literary effect of the work is successful; the elementary exposition is not unduly encumbered, and the chapters dealing with history and with legal relations are given a perfectly definite purpose. There is, even for a work of this kind, too large a number of technical inaccuracies.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.

“The author is accurate and impartial: his work seems to have been slow, and some parts of the book are out of date. Few other faults could be found in Mr. Ashley’s studies. The volume is of high merit, and should be bought and kept for reference. The index is good.”

“It speaks highly for Mr. Ashley as a lecturer that he has produced so readable a volume out of material which in less able hands would have sufficed only for a dry compendium or a useful text-book.”

“It is no easy task to deal clearly, yet in sufficient detail, with all these matters in the moderate compass of the present volume, and it cannot be said that Mr. Ashley has been entirely successful. A certain political bias is discernible here and in other ‘obiter dicta.’”

“Mr. Ashley provides us with an accurate account of the administration, local and central, of England,—a subject which is often little understood even by those who take official part in it. In conclusion, we would specially recommend the chapter on ‘The control of local finance,’ a matter of very vital importance today.”

Askew, Alice, and Askew, Claude Arthur C. Shulamite. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

The Boer country furnishes the scene of a story which forces to the front of its little stage a hard-hearted, narrow-minded old Boer nearing seventy years, Deborah, his child wife, and a young English overseer. The latter’s courtesy and respect, unknown to the girl heretofore, awaken her to sense the sordidness of her lot, and arouse in her a love for the Englishman. To save the girl’s life, he kills the husband, actuated only by the chivalrous motives. When Deborah understands that he will wed the girl awaiting him in England, she resolves to say the word that shall put him into the hands of the authorities and result in his death.

“While it has its obvious shortcomings, it is not a book to be lightly laid aside or quickly forgotten.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“A story which with all its power, lacks grip, because it does not bring conviction with it. It is nevertheless, a striking piece of work, intensely dramatic, sure of a widening circle of interested readers.”

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin. Ancestors. †$1.75. Harper.

A rising English politician suddenly finds himself put out of the race in the House of commons by coming into a peerage with its accompanying seat among the lords. A young American girl, a distant cousin, with ambitions and temperament akin to his own urges him to start life all over in her own California. “Once safe in California, the story proceeds breathlessly. Notwithstanding all the descriptions, all the lenses which have been turned on that exotic city, [San Francisco] she still is able to give a picture of untarnished freshness. The story reaches its climax in the dramatic scenes of the San Francisco earthquake.” (Nation.)

“It is long, but contains a good deal—sometimes vividly said—concerning institutions and people that should interest not merely novelreaders but also thoughtful persons in both countries.”

“The story is made fairly tedious by endless passages of analysis and discussion, and its inordinate length is not justified by a corresponding richness of invention and imagination. Of its style there is not much to say. It exhibits rawness rather than refinement, and is almost wholly devoid of charm.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The contrast between the English and their American cousins is shrewdly drawn, sophisticated and as lacking in kindness as one may expect from an author who places wit before humor, and who is incapable of understanding the pathos of being human either in this country or in England.”

“We can only touch upon the comparatively minor characters. Lady Victoria Gwynne, half great lady, half libertine, is perhaps the only failure. The whole execution is carried as far as anything that Mrs. Atherton has yet attempted.”

“That Mrs. Atherton’s manner at times is somewhat rough cannot be denied. Thoughtful she is, and in a way penetrating, though quite without subtlety and grasping things more violently than is always to the taste of the over sensitive.”

“Clever dialogue, sharp analysis, and unexpected turns of plot place it in Mrs. Atherton’s best vein.”

16“Most of the characters ... have one phase in common. They are self-conscious and analytical. They see themselves, as it were, in a mirror, and it is with their eyes fixed on the reflection that they move. It is, then, the thinker in her reader that Mrs. Atherton arouses. Her descriptive powers are strong and individual. She gives us pictures of London, of San Francisco, and of the death throes of that city vivid as paintings, startling as a vitascope. She is not so happy in conveying an effect of the cataclysm on the people. They remain too self-conscious, they converse too much, they see themselves experiencing the experience.”

“If only her technique of construction equalled her frank and clear-eyed understanding of human nature she might be unhesitatingly placed very high among the exponents of the best realism.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“Admirable and distinctly entertaining story.”

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Frank Lin, pseud.). Rezánov; il. in water-colors. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.

A historical romance of the early days of California, which chiefly concerns Rezánov, a Russian diplomat, and Concha Arguello, daughter of the Commandante of the Presidio. “Amid the splendidly picturesque environment of the same California landscape which Belasco recently has turned to such excellent use in his play a ‘Rose of the Rancho,’ the story marches vigorously to its predestined close and the proud Russian succumbs to fever and privation on his return from an adventurous expedition.” (Cur. Lit.)

“Is not the most interesting of Mrs. Atherton’s books: it is, however, in our opinion, the best written and the most carefully studied work of hers which we have had the pleasure of seeing.”

“If Mrs. Atherton has not succeeded in making [the lovers] absolutely alive to us, she has invested their love story with unusual charm and interest.”

“A story which is, in many respects, conventional and—for all its heroics—rather lifeless.”

“There are qualities in ‘Rezánov’ that we are accustomed to admire in Mrs. Atherton’s work, the vivid characterisation, the colour and beauty of the setting, the especial charm of the Californian atmosphere, but it is very far from being a great book, or even a first-rate book of its kind, clever as it undeniably is.”

“With these deductions, there is much to admire in her spirited reconstitution of life on the Pacific coast a hundred years ago.”

* Atkey, Bertram. Folk of the wild. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

“A book of the forests, the moors and the mountains, of the beasts of the silent places, their lives, their doings and their deaths.”

Audubon, John Woodhouse. Audubon’s western journal: 1849–1850. *$3. Clark, A. H.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“We are somewhat surprised that a geographic expert like its editor, Professor Frank H. Hodder, should have allowed the path of the party in 1849 to be recorded upon a base map that could not possibly have been accurate at a period earlier than 1853.”

Auerbach, Berthold. On the heights; translated from the German by Simon A. Stern. $1.50. Holt.

A new edition of this ever interesting tale of German life in court and cottage.

“No feature of Auerbach’s literary mastership is more admirable than the delicacy and ingenuity with which he has woven the fortunes of the royal house of Bavaria into the fabric of his great novel ‘Auf der hohe.’ The untangling of this complicated web adds zest to both history and fiction.” W. H. Carruth.

Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus. Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; tr. by George Long. 35c. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”

Austin, Mrs. Mary Hunter. The flock; il. by E. Boyd Smith. **$2. Houghton.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“There is hardly a page without its incident, information, or picturesque descriptions; to turn a leaf too hastily is to miss some interesting fact or vivid picture.”

“The narrative is picturesque and full of color, and the pictures and sketches really illustrate the text.”

“‘The flock’ is a book which the driven scientific man may read for recreation and information at once. There is much keen observation, much shrewd suggestion, and no end of delight in ‘The flock.’ And trained in the scientific method or not, Mrs. Austin is honest and truthful as one may be. That is, she tells only what to her eye and ear and mind comes with the seeming of truth.” Vernon L. Kellogg.

“There is a smack of R. L. Stevenson about the book, though rather in the subject than in the style, which leans towards the pretentious. But as a literary work it is vivid.”

Avebury, John Lubbock, 1st baron. On municipal and national trading. $1. Macmillan.

An argument against municipal trading. The author shows that municipal trade increases local expenditure and local indebtedness, gives rise to awkward labor problems, seriously interferes with private enterprise and our foreign commerce, and that by reducing the demand for labor it has not only injured the ratepayers generally, but especially the working classes.

“His book, it hardly need be said, is an able presentation of his subject. While less partisan and more dignified than Mr. Porter, Lord Avebury is seldom thoroughly judicial in his treatment of his subject.”

“All thru the book Lord Avebury shows an amazing fondness for irresponsible writers and a curious shyness of official figures.”

“The materials appear to have been gathered hastily, and are thrown together in slap-dash fashion.”

17“One commendable feature of the book is its definiteness. The reader who seeks a clear, brief statement of the arguments against municipal trading cannot find the case more satisfactorily stated than in Lord Avebury’s book.” Wm. Hill.

“A useful handbook for those who may have to debate the subject on public platforms.”

Avery, Elroy McKendree. History of the United States and its people. In 15 vol. ea. *$6.25. Burrows.

v. 3. “Volume three is devoted to what has been happily termed a neglected period of American history,—a period extending through the latter part of the seventeenth to well toward the meridian of the eighteenth century. Behind it lay the stirring, strenuous and oftentimes intensely exciting period that marked the colonization of the new world and the struggle for a firm foothold,—a struggle that sometimes meant war with Indians, sometimes conflict with rival nations, and ever the fierce battle to subjugate the soil and wring from it more than was needed to supply food, raiment and shelter for the isolated bands on the wilderness frontiers of the new world.”—Arena.

“Mr. Avery has aimed at and achieved ‘readability,’ and at the same time there is little doubt that this will be the standard record of United States history.”

“We have detected but one actual inaccuracy—an understatement of Oglethorpe’s age. The American writer’s handling of some portions strikes us as hardly adequate.”

“On the whole the volume is superior to its predecessor. The sense of proportion is better developed.” Wm. R. Shepherd.

“The strong feature of this volume, as of its predecessor, is—aside from the work of the publishers—the accuracy and detail of the author’s narrative. Certain of its limitations are also among those of the earlier volumes and seem, therefore, likely to characterize the entire work. They are: First, the author’s lack of assured perspective and his consequent inability to impart emphasis, selection and organization to his work; secondly, his attempts to vary the monotony inevitable in a narrative devoid of the above mentioned qualities by constant recourse to the phraseology of others or to awkward trivialities; and thirdly, his disposition to abdicate to others the historian’s essential function of passing judgment, without at the same time distinguishing at all between the purely personal opinions of those whom he quotes and their documental verdicts.”

“We are fully gratified to find that it fully maintains the high standard set in the preceding volumes. Dealing as it does with this largely neglected period, is of special interest to students of history.”

“The colonial history of the Jerseys is usually regarded as prosaic in the extreme; but Mr. Avery has discovered in it points of dramatic interest, and has spared no pains to reveal them to us.” Anna Heloise Abel.

“At times there is revealed, often in opening and closing paragraphs, a knack of rapid and effective description. But the body of the chapter is liable to be disjointed and unimportant. The work lacks conscious certainty of judgment and too often seems to be impartial from caution rather than conviction.”

“Dr. Avery’s narrative grows more praiseworthy as it proceeds, while his style is less stilted and freer from mannerisms and fine writing than was the case with the first volume.”

“It is pleasant to find, also, that Mr. Avery has profited by earlier criticisms—developing, for example, far more clearly than before the relationship between the early upbuilding of America and the stirring events transpiring in Europe.”

“Its methods are more like those of the old, with a little less insistence on style. In respect of its material make-up Avery’s work is one of the most notable books ever printed in America, and no doubt the most notable in American history.” John Spencer Bassett.

“Dr. Avery’s style illumines the annals of those primitive times, sustaining the reader’s interest.”

Axon, William E. A. Cobden as a citizen: a chapter in Manchester history. *$6. Wessels.

Including a facsimile of Cobden’s pamphlet “Incorporate your borough,” with an introduction recording his career as a municipal reformer, and a Cobden bibliography.

“A little volume which all admirers and students of Cobden will desire to possess.”

Ayer, Mary Allette, ed. Heart melodies. **$1. Lothrop.

The compiler has culled from works of prose and poetry both well-known and obscure these brief quotations chosen because they are helpful and cheering.

Bacheller, Irving A. Eben Holden’s last day a-fishing. †50c. Harper.

Two pictures of an old favorite are presented in this slight volume; one of fishing on a June day and the other of Christmas-time in Eben Holden’s old-fashioned country home. He is still the kind, wise, humorous companion of earlier days.

Bacon, Edwin Munroe. Connecticut river, and the valley of the Connecticut. **$3.50. Putnam.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The familiar story is well told and gives the lie afresh to the complaint that picturesque America is lacking in historical associations. A few minor slips occur.” Kate M. Cone.

18Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam. Domestic adventures. †$1. Scribner.

“The present story sets forth both the erotic and culinary experiences of three bachelor girls from New York, who decide that their combined resources justify the setting up of a modest establishment in the suburbs somewhere ‘out Greenwich way.’”—Bookm.

“Here is something to be strongly recommended as a panacea for the peculiarly debilitating effects of the servant problem. Somewhat in the form of a diary presumably jotted down from day to day, but occasional lapses into a reminiscent mood, as of one writing it up several years later, considerably disturb the continuity and befog the chatty atmosphere.” G. W. Adams.

“Mrs. Bacon has scored so often by virtue of sheer hard cleverness that it is not to be wondered at if the note grows yet harder and thinner as time goes on.”

“The plot is of soap-bubble texture ... and the whole is told with abundant humor in a style of exceptional simplicity and good taste.”

“The book is full of fun.”

“A mild plot is cleverly managed by the author.”

Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.) In high places. †$1.50. Doubleday.

The “high places” are the risky elevations from which scrupulous and unscrupulous actors in high finance manipulate the money market. A business woman of to-day occupies the center of the stage.

“‘In high places,’ in fact, inspires a hope that Mrs. Bacon may go on rather than back, that she may succeed in ridding herself of the shopworn, obvious side of her talent and by clearing her mind of a residue of stock phrases and characters, leave it free to receive her own unhackneyed and genuine impressions.”

“In many respects the novel is disagreeable—in some unnecessarily so—but the plea that it is true to life can be supported, without doubt.”

Bacon, Mrs. Mary Schell (Dolores Bacon, pseud.), ed. Songs every child should know. **90c. Doubleday.

More than a hundred songs with music are grouped here. They include songs of sentiment, folk song, cradle songs, songs of war, national hymns, nonsense songs, patriotic songs, Shakesperian songs and miscellaneous songs. Introductory notes to each song add enlightenment for the child.

“The judgment used in the selection of these songs is as good as the taste displayed is broad and catholic.”

“Such a book should be graded rather than arranged artificially into groups. Mrs. Bacon is too generous, though her idea is excellent.”

“One of the best books in the ‘Every child should know’ series.”

Badger, George Henry. Water-star. *80c. Am. Unitar.

Four essays, The water-star, Landscape of the soul, The haunts of the hind, and Do we see nature? In the first one the water lily is used for a lesson. The author shows that in sending forth above the surface of the water so wonderful a flower the roots do quiet work in the murky depths; so in life, if crowning success be attained, there lies back of it the commonplace pegging away at stale duties.

Bagley, William Chandler. Classroom management: its principles and technique. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“Useful to any teacher who has not solved all his practical problems, and particularly valuable to the young teacher. The great virtue of the book is its actuality; its material has been gathered mainly from experience and observation. The writer constantly sums up the best expert opinion upon the question in hand.... The contents of the book may be suggested by a few of the chapter titles: ‘The daily program,’ ‘Hygienic conditions in the school-room,’ ‘Order and discipline,’ ‘Penalties,’ ‘The problem of attention.’”—Dial.

“The thought is sane and illuminating throughout, and the form is always clear and strong. We know of no other book that will bring more varied and abundant help to the teacher in actual hand-grips with his task.”

“While the book is written primarily for students of education in schools and colleges, it will be helpful to all teachers and will appeal to the most thoughtful and ambitious.”

“The high standpoint of the author is strikingly evident in his noble chapter on ‘The ethics of schoolcraft,’ whose seven pages, separately printed, are well worth wide distribution among teachers at public expense.”

Bagot, Richard. Temptation. †$1.50. Macmillan.

Italy furnishes the stage, and her people the actors for this study in psychology. A very unhappy Italian woman moved by the sinister fascination of an ancestor’s homicidal act of killing her lover by poison resorts to the same means to rid herself of a husband whom she loathes. “Ugo, the hapless count, his wife Cristina, the Duchess of San Felice, and Fabrizio, the guilty cousin, are all human figures.” (Ath.)

“Mr. Bagot observes keenly, but a little hastily; he is rather sharp than wise in his judgments, and his people are drawn without the subtle shades which would make them interesting in themselves.”

“It is a powerful drama, and discloses Mr. Bagot at his best.”

“Like Mr. Crawford, also Mr. Bagot never lets you forget that he is writing of an alien race, with habits and temperaments and language quite foreign to that of the Anglo-Saxon; and yet, at the same time, he interprets them so skilfully that the sum total of your impressions is rather that of the brotherhood of the two races than of the gulf between them.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

“Mr. Bagot spends so much care on the few characters whom he introduces, and offers so close an explanation of their motives, that we are prepared both for greater vigour of action and greater subtlety of speech. But he seldom drops his attitude of the grave observer pondering wide issues. In any case, however, it is an interesting book; you lay it down not infrequently, but you open it with respect.”

19“The facts are bald enough, but they are interpreted with much skill.”

“There are few gleams of fascination in ‘Temptation’.”

“That which may be most cordially praised in this novel is the author’s evidently exact and always interesting depiction of Italian country life and social customs and manners.”

“Although the main theme of the story is gloomy, there are many pleasant passages. The book is always interesting.”

“Though ‘Temptation’ cannot be pronounced a pleasant book, the author must be acquitted of any desire to palter with the principles of right and wrong.”

Bailey, Edgar H. S. Text-book of sanitary and applied chemistry; or, The chemistry of water, air, and food. *$1.40. Macmillan.

In which the author emphasizes the fact that a knowledge of the relations of health to pure air, unpolluted water, and wholesome food will greatly improve sanitary conditions of students as well as people at large. Part 1 discusses air and fuel in their relation to heating and ventilation, lighting by the various agents now in use, water supply and purification, and disposal of household waste. Part 2 deals with food, food-materials, food accessories, preservatives, beverages and dietaries.

“Professor Bailey has brought together much of the material which he has used for his lectures on domestic economy in the University of Kansas, and made of it a practical class textbook.”

Reviewed by Ellen H. Richards.

“The field covered by the work is so very great that it is hardly to be expected that thoroughness can be attained in a book of 345 small pages. There are many things in the book which will interest the student reader, but he must remember that it is essentially elementary.”

* Bailey, Elmer James. Novels of George Meredith: a study. **$1.25. Scribner.

In five chapters Mr. Bailey deals with the development of Meredith’s genius, the best known characters in his stories, and the analogies between his work and that of his predecessors.

“Neither the style nor the matter is of a kind to inspire confidence. The new and interesting part of the book is a sketch of Meredith’s influence upon other novelists.”

“The volume can be used as a companion to Trevelyan’s work on Meredith’s poetry and philosophy.”

Bailey, Liberty Hyde, ed. Cyclopedia of American agriculture: a popular survey of agricultural conditions, practices and ideals in the United States and Canada. 4v. $5. Macmillan.

A work whose purpose is to sift the literature in which scientific farming finds expression and to “embody its most important and permanent results.” (N. Y. Times.)

v. 1. Deals with “Farms.” Discusses agricultural regions, their soils, temperature; the selection, laying out and culture of farms; farm machinery irrigation, sanitation, etc.

v. 2. Considers the subject of crops under three divisions: “the first deals with the plant in general, its life processes, its response to such stimuli as artificial light, weak poisons, and electricity, insects and diseases which harm it, plant breeding and introduction, the management of weeds, crop rotation and crop yields. Part second describes the manufacture of various crop products from pickles to denatured alcohol. The third section, which is a general discussion, alphabetically arranged, of American farm crops, fills the main portion of the volume.” (N. Y. Times.)

“A monumental work of interest to a much larger class than farmers only.”

“Is indispensable to public and reference libraries, and it should be extensively purchased for circulating and school libraries in the rural districts.”

“A truly magnificent, coherent and exhaustive work.”

Bailey, Temple. Judy. †$1.50. Little.

Two motherless girls of contrasting types are joint heroines in this story. One happy hearted girl who had been brought up on fresh air, simple food, sunshine and flowers teaches the other child, cloyed with things of life to the point of youthful ennui, a wholesome life lesson.

Bailey, William Bacon. Modern social conditions. $3. Century.

“The field covered by this volume is part of that treated in Mayo-Smith’s ‘Statistics and sociology.’ The first chapter is an elementary treatise on the history of statistics. The other chapters give statistical information in relation to sex, age, conjugal conditions, births, marriage, death and the growth of population.”—Am. J. Soc.

“The author has rendered a service to students by bringing up the figures as nearly as possible to date.” C. R. H.

“Judged intrinsically the book not only justifies its appearance, but strongly commends itself to the use of every student of demography. The author’s style is simple, and the volume is crowded with information. In fact the data are often compelled to speak too largely for themselves. A stronger emphasis upon their interpretation and practical bearing would have heightened the interest of the book. On the other hand, the theoretical discussion avoids all irritating mathematical complexities.” George B. Mangold.

“It is undoubtedly the most excellent compilation of more or less familiar population statistics that has been done by an American. Yet the question may be seriously raised as to the essential value of such treatises for the student of social conditions. Several sections are included in the treatise under consideration, which are abstruse and difficult, and ... the reader is not led up carefully to a full comprehension of those sections.” J. C.

20“I am compelled to conclude that the book is not based upon the best authorities, that the authorities followed have not been used critically, and that it is not an adequate presentation of the present condition of American vital statistics.” Walter F. Wilcox.

“As a text for students, its most serious fault is the constant resort to an off-hand, ready-made explanation of every conceivable situation. Comments are too facile and correlations too readily assumed. The style of the book is loose in the extreme.” D. C. Wells.

Baillie, James Black. Outline of the idealistic construction of experience. *$2.75. Macmillan.

The general purpose of this volume “is to expound the essential principles of British Neo-Hegelianism in fairly systematic fashion and with reference to the present problems of philosophy.” (Philos. R.)

“The book will not be found easy even by the trained student of philosophy, but we know no English work in which there has been a more successful effort to give clear and convincing meaning to those abstract phrases in which alone idealist doctrines can be expounded.”

“Its debt to the ‘Phanomenologie des Geistes’ is so avowedly extensive, and yet its hold upon modern problems—psychological and epistemological, social and religious—is so vital, that the reader is hardly able to say whether the work is strongest as a fresh treatment of these problems or as an exposition of Hegel; the fact being that it is both things—the one because it is the other.” J. W. Scott.

“If his object is to make an effective appeal to common sense and the scientific mind, we are inclined to think that his method is not well chosen for the purpose. To render Hegel is one thing, to do the work of the great idealists ‘all over again’ is another. Each is sufficiently difficult by itself, and they would be best attempted independently; to combine the two in a single volume is almost to court disaster.”

“The book is as accurate, in nearly all essential respects, as it is dry and colorless; and it is really helpful in assisting one to think out again the idealistic problem and its solution. But it fails exactly where Mr. Haldane’s Gifford lectures (1902–4) were so preëminently successful,—in impressing the reader with the very important bearing of modern idealism upon the most recent problems of science and philosophy, as well as upon the more practical but not less perplexing, problems of modern life.” Ernest Albee.

“In this lucid volume the profound difficulties that underlie an idealistic theory of experience are analyzed with great elaboration, and the idealistic position placed in a new and more helpful environment.”

Baily, J. T. Herbert. Emma, Lady Hamilton; a biographical essay with a catalogue of her published portraits. *$3.50. Stokes.

A record of Lady Hamilton, the prominence of whose pictorial phase but emphasizes the avenue thru which she made so many conquests, namely, her beauty. The text serves only as a setting for the pictures.

“Mr. Baily’s narrative, short and readable, is apologetic and even warmly eulogistic in tone, and may well be supplemented and corrected by some less favorable presentation of the famous courtesan.” Percy F. Bicknell.

“Although the book is not an authoritative life or a critical essay on her portraiture, it is quite the best pictorial record.”

Baker, Cornelia. Court jester; with il. by Margaret E. Webb and Margaret H. Deveneau. †$1.25. Bobbs.

The story of the journey of the Princess Marguerite to Spain to become the wife of the son of Ferdinand and Isabella.

“Well-told and interesting but too drawn out to hold the average child’s attention throughout.”

“A book well worth while. The publishers are to be congratulated on this successful collaboration.”

“A well-written historical novel for children. The illustrations ... are excellent in portrayal of character and costume.”

Baker, Ernest A. History in fiction. 2v. *$1.50. Dutton.

An enlargement of an earlier work, “Guide to the best fiction.” It is classified, arranged and indexed for the convenience of the student. “Its two small volumes deal, the first with English historical fiction, the second with American and foreign subjects.... The general arrangement is chronological under the various countries, but a novel and acceptable feature is that, wherever possible, there is added, in the fashion of a foot-note, information about fiction actually written in the time treated by the books in the regular text.” (Outlook.)

“These two volumes are the result of an enormous amount of labor well expended. The brief notes appended by Mr. Baker to the titles of the books he enumerates are generally informing, and occasionally not without a touch of humour.” A. Schade van Westrum.

“So far as we have tested the accuracy and inclusiveness of the work, it seems capital, and a special word of praise should be given for the index.”

“Very carefully compiled catalogue.”

Baker, Etta Anthony. Youngsters of Centerville. il. †$1.50. Holt.

Stories for children which deal with real boys and girls, their games, their pranks, their school and their faith in each other. There is wholesome patriotic sentiment in the doings of these youngsters, the sort that any school boy may profit by.

Baker, George Pierce. Development of Shakespeare as a dramatist. *$1.75. Macmillan.

A comprehensive modern analysis of Shakespeare’s growth as a playwright. Comprehensive, inasmuch as it omits no step of the great dramatist’s development, and modern “in the generous citations from the most recent critics of the drama in England, France, and America; in the omission of the well-known facts of Shakespeare’s life, and the disregard of the familiar quibbles over the text.” (N. Y. Times.) “The illustrations constitute a valuable feature of the book. They embrace the most authentic maps of Elizabethan London, all illustrations 21that throw light on the construction of the Elizabethan stage, and many other things that help us to an understanding of the drama of the period.” (Nation.)

“The book may well be read in conjunction with Professor Raleigh’s, as supplying precisely the information which is lacking in that.” Edward Fuller.

“The book throws more light on Shakespeare’s intellectual and artistic development than many others written with less regard for external conditions and for the part other playwrights played in preparing the way for Shakespeare.”

“There are certain points in Professor Baker’s study that one is tempted to disagree with; but on the whole his book is extremely valuable because of the sound common sense of his attitude toward the playwright and his work.” Walter Clayton.

“We wish to recommend the general sanity of Professor Baker’s work and his thorough sympathy with his author.”

“The enthusiastic analyst gets the better of that poetic sense so desirable in the Shakespearean critic. Excepting this limitation, however, the viewpoint of the book is wholly admirable, and a lover of the poet’s plays cannot fail to extract from it both profit and inspiration.”

“His conclusions may seem radical to readers who are not familiar with the more recent discussions; but they are in accord substantially with those held by nearly all later investigators.” Brander Matthews.

“This study ... is full of light and leading in the confusion of uneducated opinion.”

“It is to be regarded as an exceptionally interesting and valuable addition to recent Shakespeare literature.” Wm. J. Rolfe.

Baker, James Hutchins. American problems; essays and addresses. **$1.20. Longmans.

In which American ideals are depicted and problems of sociology and education discussed. “The main emphasis is laid on moral ideals, and on moral culture as ‘the corner-stone of all culture.’” (Outlook.)

“Professor Baker’s style is clear and pleasing, his large range of illustrations are aptly applied while the general tone of the work is vigorous and even inspiring.”

“The author firmly believes that the world is growing better on the whole, and sets forth his belief in an interesting if not strikingly original manner.” Max West.

“The only distinction of the book is its style, which has a crispness and vigor that many readers, especially such as are neither thoughtful nor well read, will doubtless find attractive.”

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

“If it lacks style, it is also without pedantry—a virtue not to be despised in this day of the making of many books.” Edward C. Elliott.

Baker, John Cordis, ed. American country homes and their gardens; introd. by Donn Barber. $5. Winston.

“A folio of over two hundred pages, whose plates exhibit the best features of nearly fifty American country-places, scattered from Maine to California and from Massachusetts to North Carolina. The owners’ and architects’ names are generally given, and a plan of the estate often supplements the pictures of its most attractive aspects. All of the houses are of the more pretentious kind of country-seat, such as ‘Blair Eyrie’ at Bar Harbor and ‘Biltmore’ at Asheville; but they are artistic rather than showy, and prospective builders may get many hints from the book, even though they may be working on a much smaller and less ambitious scale.”—Dial.

“Mr. Donn Barber packs into three pages a tremendous amount of information about the status and development of American architecture and landscape gardening, and puts the reader in the way of appreciating and profiting by the pictures.”

Baker, Louise R. Bettie Porter, boardwalk committee. †$1.50. Jacobs.

A wholesome story for girls which tells of the enterprise of a group of girls in a country town who undertake the building of a board walk. It contains a lesson for the easily discouraged.

“Is a little out of the ordinary run of stories.”

Baldwin, James Mark. Mental development in the child and the race: methods and processes, with figs. and diagrams. 3d ed. *$2.25. Macmillan.

Third edition with improvements and enlargements.

“Professor Baldwin’s book deserves high commendation even though one cannot agree in all details with the particular theory of mental development which he sets forth. The book gathers together a wealth of data regarding mental development, and is so well grounded upon biological facts and principles that one who is not a specialist in genetic psychology hesitates to criticise it. Nevertheless, the particular theory of mental development which Professor Baldwin champions—the imitation theory—seems to the writer decidedly weak at certain points.” Charles A. Ellwood.

“One thing that impresses the reader most favorably, apart from the obviously astute observation of the author, is his personal attitude of interest and appreciation. Analytic though his study of children must be, it contains a notable trait of appreciative humanity.”

“As a book of genesis, biological and psychological, the present work is of distinctive and permanent value.”

Baldwin, James Mark. Social and ethical interpretations in mental development: a study on social psychology. *$2.60. Macmillan.

“The whole argument of Professor Baldwin’s book is that society is a product of self-consciousness; that it depends in all phases of its evolution upon the development of the self-thought. Accordingly, he finds the matter of social organization to be thoughts; and he denies that animal associations constitute true societies, since animals do not possess self-consciousness.”—Am. J. Soc.

22“In spite of all criticisms, however, Professor Baldwin’s book is an invaluable one to every student of sociology, and it remains, up to the present, the only systematic attempt in the English language to apply modern genetic and functional psychology to the interpretation of social organization and evolution.” Charles A. Ellwood.

“It is a book for students, and should be approached in a purely studious spirit, as the matter will require gradual assimilation and cannot well be hastily scanned.”

Baldwin, James Mark. Thought and things: a study of the development and meaning of thought or genetic logic. 3v. v. I. *$2.75. Macmillan.

The first volume treats of “Functional logic” or “Genetic theory of knowledge.” The author looks upon it as “an inductive, psychological, genetic research into the actual movement of the function of thought.”

“We opened this volume in the expectation of an intellectual treat; we close it with a feeling of disappointment.”

“It is a work of much learning and research, and of very considerable interest.” J. S. Mackenzie.

“I cannot see that anything is gained by [his] methodology; on the contrary, I think this method is largely responsible for an excessive complexity of details, a lack of simplicity, directness, clearness and thorough system in the handling of the subject-matter. The other embarrassment I have suffered in reading this book is due to the author’s terminology. I do not make these criticisms without having at the same time a very great willingness to record my fullest appreciation of a notable book, one that cannot fail to add to its author’s already splendid reputation, and one which will enlarge not a little our knowledge in a great field of science.” John E. Russell.

“We will say at once that this is a most earnest, profound, laborious, systematic analysis of cognition, such as cannot fail to be of continual utility to students of psychology. But this does not mean that the work is fundamentally sound; for the imperfection that belongs to all human works necessarily appears in a philosophical doctrine in the form of error.”

“The terminology of the book is not of the simplest but behind it one finds that the writer, has something true and important to say.”

“Doubtless some of these perplexities represent, as usual, the reviewer’s ‘personal equation’ and some may disappear in the other volumes. At all events ... the significance of the aim, the standpoint and general method of the treatment, together with the suggestive special features mentioned and others unmentioned, make the work a notable one.” A. W. Moore.

“Seriously, we protest against the German and American tendency to turn divine philosophy into a jargon comprehensible only to an inner ring.”

“The methodological difficulties of the subject are unusually great and have been handled with a remarkable degree or success.” G. A. Tawney.

Baldwin, May. Peg’s adventures in Paris: a school tale. †$1.50. Dutton.

The adventures of a “high spirited, good-hearted, but much spoilt young lady” who “rides roughshod over the few rules and regulations of the particularly undisciplinary pensionnat in which she is placed, and eventually finds herself in a French court of law.” (Ath.)

“Points of difference in matters social and educational are well brought out, but ‘Madame’ is considerably overdrawn, and careless revision has permitted numerous errors in French to pass.”

“It is told in a sprightly manner, and the incidents follow so rapidly upon one another’s heels that a very lively interest is maintained through all its 400 pages.”

“Tells of an almost fatiguingly sprightly young woman whose ‘adventures’ are stimulating but rather improbably thick upon the ground.”

Balzac, Honore de. Père Goriot; ed. with introd. and notes by R. L. Sanderson. *80c. Heath.

A student’s edition of Père Goriot uniform with Heath’s “Modern language series” and supplied with generous editorial material.

Banks, Louis Albert. Sinner and his friends. **$1.30. Funk.

This volume of thirty evangelistic sermons represents Dr. Banks’ mature thought characterized by force and unerring judgment.

Barber, Edwin Atlee. Salt glazed stoneware. (Primers of industrial art, v. 2.) **90c. Doubleday.

An authoritative treatment which “attempts to clear certain disputed points and correct some long-accepted traditions of ceramic writers which have been found to be erroneous. The characteristics of real salt glazed stoneware are briefly outlined and the origin of its manufacture related. The three divisions in the volume take up the stonewares of Germany and the low countries and other continental centres, the salt glazed wares of England—Fulham, Nottingham, Staffordshire, and Lambeth—and the stoneware of the United States.”—N. Y. Times.

Barber, Edwin Atlee. Tin enamelled pottery: maiolica, delft, and other stanniferous faience. (Art primer. Pennsylvania museum and school of industrial art, Phila.) **90c. Doubleday.

The first of a series designed to furnish in condensed form reliable information based on the latest discoveries relating to various industrial arts. In this first volume “descriptions are given of the maiolica of Italy, Spain, and Mexico; the delft wares of Holland and England, and the stanniferous faience of France, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. The pottery of the United States also comes in for brief consideration. A list is added of marks on pottery that are most familiar. Preceding the index is a table giving the principal features of tin enameled pottery in the different countries named in the volume.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The latest handbook of pottery usually reflects in epitome the taste of collectors of thirty years ago—a defect, if it is such, from which Dr. Barber’s monographs are not free.”

23“An authoritative work; indeed, so far as we know, it is the first complete work on the subject.”

Barbour, Ralph Henry. Crimson sweater. †$1.50. Century.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“While not so satisfactory as some of the earlier stories of school life by the same author, it is wholesome, fairly well written, and will certainly be liked by boys.”

“The best he has done.”

* Barbour, Ralph Henry. Holly: the romance of a southern girl. †$2. Lippincott.

A very pretty southern romance in which Holly Wayne, eighteen and a true daughter of the confederacy, is wooed by Robert Winthrop, thirty-eight and a northerner. The book is a holiday offering from its very name to its full-page colored illustrations and the blue and gold binding.

“Being longer and more ambitious than his previous efforts, it is natural that it should not be quite so well finished. Nevertheless ‘Holly’ is a pretty story.”

Barbour, Ralph Henry. Maid in Arcady. †$2. Lippincott.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This is a commonplace little volume which strives to be idyllic. The story and the marginal photographs are equally inartistic and lacking in suggestive quality.”

* Barbour, Ralph Henry. Tom, Dick and Harriet. †$1.50. Century.

The final syllable of the last name in this trio is responsible for the element of dignity which added to the rollicking abandon implied in “Tom, Dick and Harry” makes as wholesome a tale as any young reader could wish. Ferry Hill is once more the scene of schoolwork and play, and especially true to life is the account of a track meet between Ferry Hill and Hammond with a victory for the former which means the winning of a much needed endowment fund.

“The book is worth reading.”

Barclay, Armiger. King makers. †$1.50. Small.

The kingmakers are certain financiers who, for business reasons, undertake to put a new king on the throne of Sergia, one of those misty European kingdoms at which Russia glowers and England looks askance. While this is being accomplished two pretty love stories are worked out and, the revolution safely over, an English girl is persuaded to ascend the throne with the young king, and his princess cousin is left free to marry the Irish officer she loves. But there is much fighting and intrigue and much chagrin for the kingmakers before all this is safely brought about.

“As long as invention can produce stories as good as this, we shall not greatly object to them on the score of being mere variants upon a well-worn theme.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The author of ‘The kingmakers’ has really written a battle which is worth while.”

Barine, Arvede, pseud. (Mrs. Charles Vincens). Life of Alfred de Musset; done into English by Charles C. Hayden. Il. subs. Hill, E. C.

“Arvède Barine’s little book shows a curious grasp of essentials in both biography and criticism. In the former she presents only that which influenced or found expression in the poet’s verse and prose; in the latter she preserves sufficient contemporary criticism which is essential in defining de Musset’s place today in French letters, rightly conjecturing that the future will still further qualify and reduce the essential fragments of to-day.”—N. Y. Times.

“Creditable English version. Mr. Barine had access to intimate sources, and his work is marked by literary finish and sympathetic insight into the extraordinary epoch of French romanticism.”

“The account of the liaison with George Sand, on which his life turns and which might prove an attraction for the desultory reader, is anything but satisfactory from any point of view. Nor is the translation itself, though well enough in general, such a masterpiece of English as to merit a setting quite so luxurious.”

Barine, Arvede, pseud. (Mrs. Charles Vincens). Princesses and court ladies; authorized Eng. version. **$3. Putnam.

The third of the author’s series on the lives of royalties translated from the French. The five women who are sketched here and who played parts in the history of Europe are Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin; Christina of Sweden; the Duchess of Maine, granddaughter of Le Grand Condé; the Margravine of Bayreuth, Frederick the Great’s sister; and “An Arab princess.”

“It is unfortunately only one more instance of the poor standard of translation now prevalent.”

“Writes in a popular style that does not obtrude its background of scholarship, but nevertheless depends upon it to avoid any suspicion of cheapness or superficiality.”

“The text is vivacious and sprightly, and is heightened by many interesting pictures.”

“It is as vivid as a gypsy dance, as entertaining as a fairy tale.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

“The chapter on ‘An Arab princess’ ... is as interesting a piece of biography as we have seen for some time.”

“A very attractive style which, we are glad to say, is adequately represented in the translation.”

Barker, Ernest. Political thought of Plato and Aristotle. $3.50. Putnam.

“Two most desirable qualities appear in Mr. Barker’s exposition—a just perception of parts as related to the whole, and insight into the spirit within the letter.”—Nation.

“Mr. Barker is to be congratulated on having taken so broad a view of his subject.”

“Mr. Barker’s book is not only particularly competent, but in every respect a masterly presentation of its subject. Mr. Barker’s book 24is much more than a contribution to an understanding of Greek political thought; it is an admirable text-book on political science, as well as an admirable popularization (in the best sense) of the best theory, both of ancient and modern.” Sydney Ball.

“A lucid, sane, and rightly proportioned presentation of the entire subject, scholarly but free from excess of erudition and extravagance of hypothesis, philosophical but not expressed in equivocal Hegelian verbosity or pseudo-scientific sociological terminology, apt and suggestive in the use of modern illustrations without strained and fantastic analogies.”

“Mr. Barker’s work is no mere translation, it is a masterly exposition of the two chief constructive thinkers of ancient civilization. The universities to which we look for future statesmen may be congratulated on the addition of this volume to their apparatus for political studies.”

“As a whole is a satisfactory, truthful and interesting treatment of its subject, and should find readers wherever political science in its historical aspects receives attention.” Wm. A. Dunning.

“Mr. Barker has many of the qualifications for an excellent critic, but he does not possess the art of presenting a luminous running analysis. He has given generously of his deep study, and written a book that will be necessary to future students of Greek philosophy.”

“Illuminating volume.”

Barker, J. Ellis. Rise and decline of the Netherlands: a political and economic history and a study in practical statesmanship. *$3.50. Dutton.

“It is a political pamphlet, in which the author makes use of material professedly furnished by the history of the Dutch republic for the purpose of a long invective against the evils of democratic and party government, and especially against the particular form of government which exists in Great Britain. Mr. Ellis Barker also writes undisguisedly as an advocate holding a brief on behalf of the necessity of Great Britain’s adoption of a strong imperialist and federal policy based on the maintenance of a powerful navy and army.”—Lond. Times.

“Mr. Barker’s book will itself divide men into two parties: tariff reformers will applaud its conclusions, whilst free traders will say that the colours are laid on thickly for the very party purpose which Mr. Barker denounces.”

“The over-abundance of quotations, apt and inapt alike, are wearisome and weaken the argument which contains some wheat to a large proportion of chaff.”

“By the historian it can be safely passed over. Even for the general reader of moderate historical training it will be of little value.”

“In style he certainly does not approach Motley, nor does he impress the reader with the feeling of a first-hand contact with the fresh sources of information opened up of recent years. But our chief objection is to having our history bent to the shape of a political tract. Considered as a history, the book is too evidently biassed not to inspire suspicion; as a political tract it is twenty times too long.”

“Mr. Barker’s style is bright and vivid. His references to authorities are numerous, and there is an excellent analytical index of thirty-six pages. The book is well worth reading by Americans interested in the study of national federation and state-rights.” William Elliot Griffis.

“Despite his claim to originality and freshness many pages have an antiquated air. On the whole, a vigorous, suggestive book. Despite the author’s limitations, it provokes thought.”

“With the aim that Mr. Ellis Barker sets before him it is possible to be in entire sympathy and at the same time to hold that his arguments are unsound and untrustworthy, because they are based on false premises and bad history. It is, in short, evident throughout this book that the author has failed to make himself acquainted with the intricate machinery of the Netherland system of government on which he dogmatizes.”

“From an artistic as well as from an historic point of view there are very grave defects in Mr. Barker’s volume. Petty inconsistencies in reasoning, repetitions of statement, and above all the over-abundance of citation, all combine to make it tiresome reading.”

“Mr. Barker writes with the firmness and steady conviction of a man who is perfectly sure, in his own mind, of the ground he stands on, and his style is remarkably lucid, forceful, and incisive.”

“Although intended as a stirring appeal to the people of England, it is written throughout from the view-point of an uncompromising critic of popular government and all its ways.”

“One of the most fascinating bits of historical interpretation we have read for some time.”

“We are not concerned here to argue the merits or defects of Mr. Barker’s political and economic creed with reference to current controversies, but the wearisome reiteration of it in season and out of season in what professes to be a sober historical narrative is fatal to the very object that he himself desires.”

“The warmest devotee of Clio in her traditional garments must admit the writer’s thorough familiarity with the best literature of his subject, the high intellectual tone of his ideas and generalizations, and the polish of his epigrammatic style, reflections, and warnings that give many of his pages a verve and colour of which his great American predecessor [Motley] would not have been ashamed.”

Barksdale, Emily Woodson. Stella Hope. $1.50. Neale.

Stella Hope is early left an orphan and lives, like Cinderella, in the home of an austere aunt and her three daughters. To this house comes a wealthy invalid cousin and his companion, who after being snubbed as a paid assistant by the socially ambitious family, is discovered to be a cousin and joint-heir. A number of love stories combine to create the plot and bring to each character deserved reward or punishment.

Barnes, Howard Turner. Ice formation, with special reference to anchor-ice and frazil. $3. Wiley.

The book deals with the problems of physics which the ice-packs of the St. Lawrence give rise to. The ice-formations known as sheet-or-surface-ice, frazil-ice, and anchor-ice are discussed in relation to their mode of formation, general appearance, position they occupy in the river, and the effects they produce.

“The subject-matter of Professor Barnes’ book is of unusual interest, and as a pioneer work of the author’s effort deserves the more 25consideration. That the arrangement of the matter and the progression of the argument are sometimes lacking in directness, and that at a few points the language is a bit awkward, is therefore of minor import. To our view a serious fault of the book is its total silence on the subject of trouble with ice at water-works intakes.”

Barnett, T. Ratcliffe. Blessed ministry of childhood. *50c. West. Meth. bk.

The lessons that a little child can teach to “scholars of the heart rather than to the scholar of the head—to wayfaring men and women ... who look out upon life with wistful eyes, desiring to know God, to win goodness, and to learn patience amid the shadows.”

Barr, Martin W. King of Thomond. †$1.25. Turner, H. B.

The pitiful tale of an insane patient’s life written by herself during her perfectly lucid moments. A joyless childhood, a lonely girlhood, and the speedy wrecking of the happiness that finally dawned for her, produce a wail on every page. It forms an intense human document.

“A weird tale, apparently half in and half out of the region of reality. It is quite as fantastic and as full of creepy horrors as such a tale might be expected to be.”

Barr, Robert (Luke Sharp, pseud.). Rock in the Baltic. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.

“The ‘rock’ is used as a prison by those supposed monsters of iniquity the Russian Grand Dukes, and there, in process of time, two enthusiastic seekers for trouble, one a young Englishman and the other a titled Russian, are incarcerated. Finally they are taken away on a yacht, on which two American girls are conveniently placed.”—Ind.

“This is a commonplace book written in a commonplace way about commonplace people.”

“It is not often that the elusive grace and humor of modern girlhood are so well reproduced as they are in these pages.”

“Reads as if it had been written against time.”

Barrett, Howard. Management of children. *$2. Dutton.

“Treats of the physical care of infants and children, in both disease and health, from the time of birth into and past the early teens. All of the usual problems of food, drink, clothing, and sleep, the ordinary diseases, contagious and other, to which children are liable; accidents, malformations, and many possibilities of unusual disease are discussed in a plain, common sense, untechnical way for the enlightenment and guidance of those who have the immediate care of the young.”—N. Y. Times.

“We offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Barrett, and we may add, to those for whom he writes.”

Barrie, J. M. Little minister. $1.25. Crowell.

A thin paper edition with limp leather binding which contains a reproduced photograph of Maude Adams.

Barrington, Emilie Isabel (Mrs. Russell Barrington). Life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. 2v. *$10.50. Macmillan.

“This work is said to have the approval of the family of the late President of the Royal Academy, and may be considered authoritative, if not official. A friendship existed between Frederick Leighton and the author for more than thirty years, and so the pages which deal with personal characteristics will be found peculiarly intimate.... The book includes Leighton’s diary, covering a period of fifty years, and among the mass of interesting correspondence incorporated is to be found a number of letters from George Eliot, Ruskin, Browning, Henry Greville, and Charles Dickens. Besides many of Leighton’s finest works reproduced especially for this publication are several fac-simile drawings and paintings never before published.”—N. Y. Times.

“Unsatisfactory as biography, these volumes are entirely valueless as criticism. Instead of disentangling the real merits of Leighton’s work from less admirable characteristics, Mrs. Barrington vaguely couples him with Phidias and the old masters, and urges claims so absurd as to tax severely the patience and perseverance of all educated readers.”

“It is disfigured by one or two hasty figures of speech ... and the printer’s reader has been unusually neglectful of his duties. It is a pity to leave such blemishes on a book of sterling value, indispensable to all students of modern English life and art.”

“Unfortunately Mrs. Barrington is not as skilful in arranging and adapting her material as she has been industrious in collecting it.” Edith Kellogg Dunton.

“Interesting as are many of Leighton’s letters, and multifarious as are the details with which the book is filled, the reader would have been able to gather a truer impression of Leighton, his development, his artistic character, and his work as an administrator if the biographer had been more rigorous in selecting and had been a better critic.”

“It cannot be called a worthy monument to its subject. Its author has little critical acumen or severity of taste; it is rambling and repetitious; padded with much matter of little interest as presented; marred by mistranslations of foreign tongues, misunderstanding of technical terms, faulty transcription of proper names, and careless proofreading.”

“On the whole the book disappoints one in the lack of letters from the interesting people Leighton knew. A more serious matter is the failure of the biographer to offer a plausible pen-portrait of Leighton, or even to allow him to describe himself.” Charles de Kay.

“Small points and insignificant matters are grossly inflated, but the real issue is never faced. The flawless impeccable Leighton remains so to the last, though we are not told why he was, or, what is rather more important, why he was really not so.” Christian Brinton.

Barron, Elwyn Alfred. Marcel Levignet. †$1.50. Duffield.

“A detective story laid in Paris and including all the elements needed for profound sensation. The author is skilled in keeping apparently tangled threads in his hands, and unties several hard knots with all the ease of a practiced novel writer.” (Outlook.) “The hero is a sort 26of modern Cyrano de Bergerac.... He is bon vivant, editor, amateur detective, student of life as it is lived. His kinship with Cyrano is sentimental.” (N. Y. Times.)

“A refreshing variant on the old detective story. To readers of a certain vein, in fact, ‘Marcel Levignet’ will furnish a particularly agreeable light evening’s pastime.”

“The tone of the story is essentially French—sentiment, situation, and characters, and most especially the climax.”

“As fantastic as the generality of detective stories, ‘Marcel Levignet’ differs from said generality in being readable by grown-up persons.”

Barry, Richard Hayes. Events man; being an account of the adventures of Stanley Washburn, American war correspondent. **$1.25. Moffat.

In which Mr. Barry records some of Mr. Washburn’s adventures on a newspaper dispatch-boat between Corea and Port Arthur during the first part of the war between Russia and Japan.

“The story is rich or tiresome in detail, according to taste, but is an exciting picture of conditions in war time on the water around Port Arthur.”

“The book has evidently been written in a great hurry, not even time enough having been given to have the chapter headings all spelt correctly.”

“The author indulges himself in a diction so plentifully sprinkled with slang that it often becomes unintelligible to the reader accustomed to ordinary English. It is a story full of dogged perseverance and unbounded pluck, and it was well worth telling.”

“On the whole the good ‘stuff’ ... far outweighs the bad. The story is a bit of real life; vivid, strong and picturesque. It remains to be recorded that the proof reading of the volume is unbelievably bad.”

“Mr. Barry may always be counted upon for graphic power.”

Bartholomew, John George, ed. Atlas of the world’s commerce. *$8. Scribner.

A new series of maps, with descriptive text and diagrams showing products, imports, exports, commercial conditions, and economic statistics of the countries of the world, compiled from the latest official returns at the Edinburgh geographical institute.

“So excellent is the idea, and so good the execution by devices of colorings and diagrams, that whoever wants information of this description can hardly be directed to a better source for satisfaction. This cordial recognition of the volume’s merits must be accompanied with regrets that the figures are some years old, and that all figures of this sort are incomplete and contradictory.”

Barton, Clara. Story of my childhood. 50c. Baker.

A simply told story of the childhood of Clara Barton, which is really written for the school children of the country after repeated appeals from them for bits of her early life.

“Is as wonderful as its writer: it is extremely interesting, and yet it hardly touches on those aptitudes and activities that all the world associates with her remarkable personality.”

“Will be found interesting to all persons who have followed her beneficent career.”

Barton, George. Mystery of Cleverly. 85c. Benziger.

A story in which the example of the hero finally wins to a manly life a good-for-nothing son of an indulgent father.

Barton, James Levi. Missionary and his critics. **$1. Revell.

In which the author has brought together a “large number of testimonies favorable to missions and missionaries from witnesses of competence and character.” (Ind.)

“It deserves a place among the books of reference found in every well-furnished editorial library. It is not only an enlightening but a thoroughly interesting book, and greatly needed also.”

“Rev. James L. Barton has admirably infused into readable form the opinion of different nationalities, particularly in the Orient, as to the worth of Christian missions.”

Barton, Mrs. Marion T. Experiment in perfection. †$1.50. Doubleday.

The story of a young woman “of great beauty, much intensity of character, and an unfortunate penchant for logic on all occasions, who starts out with the idea that all she needs to round out her life to perfection is one woman friend and one man friend, both, of course absolutely without the flaws to which human flesh is commonly heir.” Her perfection system has its vulnerable points, and is mutilated in part by an estrangement, an unfortunate love affair, and a second marriage.

“About the best that can be said for it is that its author possesses the story-telling instinct without the still more important possession of a story worth telling.”

“The working out of the story shows skill and insight, and the reader is always interested. But there is a repellant hardness in Persis, and certainly an improbability in the episode upon which the friendship between the girls hangs.”

Bashford, James Whitford. China and Methodism. *35c. West. Meth. bk.

A brief outline which will enable American Methodists to understand the problem which confronts them and to make preparation for a suitable participation in the centennial celebration of the founding of Protestant missions in China which will occur in Shanghai, April 25 to May 6, 1907.

Bashore, Harvey Brown. Outlines of practical sanitation, for students, physicians, and sanitarians. *$1.25. Wiley.

Improved sanitation with regard to habitations; water, milk and food supplies; the collection and disposal of waste; schools and cars. There are chapters on vital statistics, municipal, rural and suburban sanitation, and personal hygiene.

27“Clear, convincing, and simple; but, covering as it does so wide a range of subjects in 198 pages, is of course, only suggestive.”

“Within the limits indicated by its sub-title, this is one of the best and most practical books on sanitation that has ever come to our attention. Perhaps it is surprising that in attempting to cover so wide a range of subjects in a popular manner, more slips and questionable statements were not made.”

“The book should be found useful as a means of imparting sound ideas of the laws of healthy living to teachers and citizens.”

Baskerville, Beatrice C. Polish Jew: his social and economic value. *$2.50. Macmillan.

Eight years’ residence and study in Poland lie back of Miss Baskerville’s presentation of the Jew of that country. She throws light upon the Polish Jew immigrant by revealing the conditions of his native economic and social environment.

“The author is very frankly unfavorably impressed by the Jews, and, although it is to be hoped she has exaggerated the dark side of the situation, her volume is of great importance. The style is good and the thought clear.”

“Such a book as this deserves a hearty welcome, and for valuable matter contributed on Poland—a country very little known—it may be classed with that of Dr. George Brandes, which appeared a short time ago.”

“Would have enhanced value if the author ... would have shown more sympathy with the population she describes.”

“It is so obvious that she knows a great deal that we cannot help regretting a certain lack of clearness in the impression which her book produces. It would almost seem as though Miss Baskerville had unconsciously written rather for a Polish than for an English public.”

“The substantial truth is there, but it is truth without sympathy, and with much distortion. By itself the volume would be open to severe censure on the point; but as a study of the restless Hebrew energy that is so active in stirring Slav indifference and hesitation towards fruitful action, it serves its purpose.”

“What she has to say is, in the first place, interesting in itself. In the second place it can hardly fail to throw light upon some of the problems which immigration (too rapid for easy digestion by our own not too settled civilization) is fastening upon the United States.”

“Her immediate contact with the representatives of parties, as well as with actual facts and events in Poland, enables the writer to speak with authority.”

“An elaborate, dispassionate study.”

“It has the very rare merit among its contemporaries of being impartial both from a Russian and a Jewish standpoint. From a political point of view, in connexion with the present struggle of revolutionary parties for power, the chapters on the strikes and the Bund contain facts little known outside Russia; facts particularly instructive for the serious and unprejudiced reader.”

Bastian, Henry C. Evolution of life. *$2.50. Dutton.

“A detailed and somewhat belated statement of his side of the controversy over the spontaneous generation of life, which followed the publication, in 1872, of his book on ‘The Beginnings of life.’”—Dial.

“Ingenious and striking some of the new experiments cited certainly are; but it will be very difficult to find any biologist who will be convinced that they demonstrate the truth of the conclusion drawn from them by Dr. Bastian.” Raymond Pearl.

“With practically all the eminent bacteriologists of the world flatly denying such a postulate of spontaneous generation, we can only add, in deference to Dr. Bastian’s evident sincerity, that his experiments must be at fault in some way; there is some loop-hole unguarded.”

“It is impossible not to admire the author’s strong desire to get at the truth, the courage of his convictions, and his incomparable good humour.” J. A. T.

Batcheller, Mrs. Tryphosa Bates. Glimpses of Italian court life: happy days in Italia adorata. **$4.80. Doubleday.

“Dedicated by permission to Queen Helena, this sumptuous book is a worthy record of an American woman’s visit to Italy, of her experiences in aristocratic social circles of Rome, and of her impressions of the natural and artistic wonders of the Peninsula. Her story is told in letters written to friends at home, a literary form well adapted to books of this kind, and giving opportunities for naïve description and impressions caught on the wing.”—Lit. D.

“The personal note is therefore strong, and the narrative is rambling, informal, and thoroughly readable.”

“The book would have been improved by more careful editing.”

“Of special interest and value are her comments on and appraisement of the various vocal teachers in the eternal city.”

“The personal tone is so strenuously evident throughout that it becomes wearisome. The book is ingenuously written.”

Bates, Arlo. Talks on teaching literature **$1.30. Houghton.

“Talks founded on lectures delivered before the Summer school of the University of Illinois in 1905. Concerns the problems, conditions, and some difficulties of the subject, the inspirational use of literature, the study of prose and of the novel, criticism, literary workmanship, literary biography, and voluntary reading.”—A. L. A. Bkl.

“It is a very interesting and suggestive book, and we particularly recommend to the teachers into whose hands it falls the chapter which tells how Blake’s ‘Tiger’ was brought by the 28author within the comprehension of a boy of eight. We have rarely seen as sensible a book upon the subject with which it deals.”

“The suggestions and criticisms contained in this volume will be found extremely helpful to school and college teachers of English subjects.”

“The virtue of Professor Bates is that his remarks and experiences are always copious and illuminating. As such, the book should be read by every teacher, if for no other reason than the fresh and invigorating common-sense with which Prof. Bates approaches his subject. It is not an easy book, however. Occasionally Prof. Bates’s earnestness leads him to fall into a mild fremescence of style not good for clearness. But mainly the book is excellent.” William T. Brewster.

“The points about which those in the main agreeing with Professor Bates are most likely to feel a little dissatisfied with the book are his suggestion that vocabulary be studied independent of context, and his failure to recognize in his discussion, though he doubtless recognizes in his own mind, the difference between the psychology of the adolescent and that of the child.” William Morse Cole.

Bates, Carroll Lund. The Master; a rosary of Christian verse, il. $1. Badger, R. G.

Sixteen poems whose themes are drawn from incidents in the life of Christ.

“Some fairly good and illustrated by well-chosen half-tones.”

Bates, David Homer. Lincoln in the telegraph office. **$2. Century.

Mr. Bates was manager of the War department telegraph office from 1861 to 1866. This book is one of reminiscences in which Lincoln plays an important part, being an almost daily visitor to the office where cipher despatches were sent and received during the war.

“His account of happenings in the telegraph-office during the strenuous days of the war is Well ordered in arrangement and simply and naturally written.”

“It cannot be said that Mr. Bates’s book of reminiscence is very important, but it is certainly fresh and original, and contains not a few incidents of Washington life and some stories about Lincoln himself which are decidedly worth preservation.”

“Aside from the revelations that he makes of Lincoln’s relations with the military telegraph corps during war time, Mr. Bates imparts in his books a great deal of information concerning important military movements.”

Bates, Katharine Lee. From Gretna Green to Land’s End: a literary journey in England. **$2. Crowell.

In which the author visits the Border, the Lake country and the heart of England and reviews, with many a fresh allusion, the connection which historic places have with tradition, story and song. The work is based upon wide reading and careful observation.

“A book that readers who look forward to a trip abroad will enjoy and that returned travellers will thoroughly appreciate.”

“As she hurls herself through the length and breadth of England, easily making two moves to any other pilgrim’s one, she pours out a lively stream of fact and comment that keeps the reader amused and only too well instructed. The information, literary and historical, is thoroughly got up.”

“She has a keen sense of the picturesque and the worth-while, and she knows well how to find color in what might appear but gray to others.”

Battersby, Harry F. P. Avenging hour. †$1.50. Appleton.

A novel which involves an unusual treatment of a man’s seduction of the wife of another. “We follow the progress of this rapid lovemaking not only without disgust but with entire sympathy. The man and woman we feel are not mad or bad but only intensely human—winning personalities of great charm. The author has managed to convey a sense of that intuitive power which in a flash makes people recognise their true affinities.” (Sat. R.)

“The teller of this story disguises its essential repulsiveness by a skillful use of the casuistry of sentiment and the grace of literary composition.” Wm. M. Payne.

“The book has many good points, but unfortunately they do not counteract its unpleasant features.”

“Mr. Battersby has done a daring and remarkable thing and his book should place him high among contemporary novelists.”

Baxter, William, jr. Switchboards for power, light and railway service, direct and alternating current, high and low tension. $1.50. Derry-Collard co.

“In the first third of the book the way in which switchboards are connected for single generator and multiple generator plants, and also for the three-wire system, is shown.... Somewhat over a third of the book following the matter just mentioned is devoted to switchboards in actual practice.... The remaining portion of the volume is devoted to switches, circuit breakers, and lightning arresters.”—Engin. N.

“With the exception of [three] omissions ... the book is an ideal one from a didactic standpoint.”

Bayley, R. Child. Complete photographer. $3.50. McClure.

A guide to photography which deals thoroly with the science of photography from its earliest beginnings to its most recent developments and adaptations.

“The completeness of his book, however, lies more in the fact that scarcely a single point is left untouched, than that any particular point is exhaustively treated; and in this respect the work, admittedly, does not challenge comparison with cheaper specialised brochures already on the market. Of many good pictures it would be invidious to mention a few; but it may safely be said that their praiseworthy selection and adequate printing will give the book a great value.”

“The book is much in advance of most works in completeness and attractiveness.”

“As an historical review of photography it seems to merit its title, the whole subject being treated with a great deal of method. For the beginner ‘Complete photographer’ should serve as a textbook, and he will do well to follow the author’s advice.”

29“There is hardly a difficulty which besets the practice of photography, on which valuable advice is not given in it.”

“There are some opinions with which we do not agree. To those who know enough about photography to appreciate it, and there must be a very large number of persons so qualified, the volume will prove both entertaining and instructive.”

“The book treats of the subject thoroughly and is of value to the beginner as well as the expert.”

“The book is clearly written and the descriptions are easily followed, and not too technical, each particular subject being dealt with in a separate chapter in a most thorough and practical manner.”

“It is as an art that Mr. Bayley prefers to deal with his fascinating hobby, and his book should meet a widely felt want in this respect.”

Beale, Harriet S. B. Stories from the Old Testament for children. il. $2. Duffield.

A sure help to mothers and Sunday school teachers who wish to present Old Testament characters in an attractive light with nothing lacking of the historical and religious significance. The book is interestingly illustrated.

“The Old Testament is practically retold in a way to interest children.”

“For a book which might be kept in a household and referred to every other Sunday, the volume seems well compiled, though we think the author has unnecessarily preserved the phraseology of the Bible. We would suggest that since her narrative is in the language of today, the conversation should be also; it would then seem truer to the child reader.”

Beale, Joseph Henry, jr., and Wyman, Bruce. Law of railroad rate regulation, with special reference to American legislation. *$6. Nagel.

“This is a legal treatise of twelve hundred pages. It contains the full text of the Interstate commerce act and decisions of both of the courts and of the commission under this act, as well as a discussion of the general principles of public service law and the primary obligations of these in public employments, particularly of carriers. In brief, it covers comprehensively the whole law, both common and statutory, with respect to railway rate regulation.”—Outlook.

“The book appears to us a valuable addition to the editor’s library, and with its companion book of ‘Selected cases’ on the same general subject, to be well nigh indispensable to the lawyer who has to deal with this subject.”

“The authors intrude some assertions not supported—and in some cases not supportable—by citations of authorities. But Professors Beale and Wyman have been wofully betrayed by him who compiled the index. Lawyers will be dismayed to find the text rendered so inaccessible. The impression left by the book is of hasty compilation and absence of just proportion.” Roberts Walker.

Beard, Charles Austin. Introduction to the English historians. *$1.60. Macmillan.

“In this book Mr. Beard tries to solve a problem very real to teachers of large history classes—the twofold problem of introducing each member of the class to a number of great authorities on special periods and topics at the same time, and of securing a critical examination of the materials in the class-room. His work differs from the well-known source-books in that it consists of excerpts from the secondary sources only: e. g., Maitland, Freeman, and Stubbs. Thirty-six authors are represented and a larger number of works. The difficulty of making a wise selection from abundant materials is recognized and fairly met. Each chapter is prefaced by a brief, explanatory statement concerning the citation, which is divided into sections with topical headings. These form a brief, clear analysis.... A short bibliographical note concludes each chapter, and an index at the end of the volume gives easy access to the material.” (Am. Hist. R.)

“A collection of this kind is open to two serious objections: (1) the subject matter is in a sense ‘pre-digested’ ... (2) the personality of the author becomes blurred.” C. T. Wyckoff.

“An excellent reference book. Nothing else like it available at present.”

“The usefulness of the volume should be considerable. The extracts are all well within the grasp of college students, and the larger number can be profitably used in secondary schools. To teachers the book will be of service as a guide in the selection of suitable matter for collateral reading, while for the many schools which lack access to good libraries the volume will be a real boon.” William MacDonald.

“Both from the pedagogical and the research points of view the volume deserves unqualified commendation. It is intelligently discriminating in its selections, liberal and mature in its comment, and in its arrangement it shows the results of thoro scholarship and fruitful classroom experience. It should save both teachers and students of English history a vast amount of labor and time.”

“Even outside Mr. Beard’s own classroom it is an open question how far such a collection will find a following. We are inclined to think his selections somewhat severe for college freshmen.”

“The good effect of its use would probably overbalance any counter tendencies.”

“Time alone can demonstrate the success of his experiment from the pedagogical point of view, but there can be no doubt as to the value.”

Beard, Daniel Carter. Field and forest handy book: new ideas for out of doors. $2. Scribner.

In furnishing to boys a year-around guide for equipping themselves for out-of-door pursuits Mr. Beard has drawn only upon his own outing experiences. “The book is not a ‘re-hash’ of old ‘stunts,’ but is full of brand-new things, cleverly arranged according to the seasons to which they are appropriate.” Some of the problems solved are: How to cross a stream on a log, How to make a bridge for swift waters, How to make a real hunter’s clothes and moccasins, and How to build a real log house.

“The material is almost wholly new.”

“It is simply indispensable to any wide-awake, real boy.”

“There is nothing, from airships to flying birds, from boating to camping, from loghouse to snowhouse, that has escaped this born sportsman of our time.”

30“A treasure for all boys and not without its use for men.”

“The boy or man who has heard the ‘call of the wild’ will do well to entrust himself to Mr. Beard’s guidance.”

Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia Belle. Things worth doing and how to do them. $2. Scribner.

Clear directions accompanied by pen drawings are given for all manner of clever things at home. The book is designed for girls, and one part is devoted to things for parties, shows and entertainments, and the other to things for home, gift days and fairs.

“The ideas are novel and easy to make, for the authors are thoroughly practical and actually make the things they describe.”

Beardsley, Rufus C. Design and construction of hydroelectric plants; including a special treatment of the design of dams. *$5. McGraw pub.

“This work presents in a very thorough and practical manner the method of the design and construction of hydro-electric power plants, taking up in detail, in the order in which they are met by the practical engineer, most of those points which must be considered in designing or constructing a complete waterpower development. The purpose of the work seems to be to give to the designing engineer, in as short and as concise manner as possible the method in which the various problems are attacked, including under each topic most of the data and tables which he is required to use in connection therewith.”—Engin. N.

“Altogether the book will be found to contain much of value to the student and to teachers and will be a valuable addition to the engineer’s reference library.” A. W. M.

Beare, John Isaac. Greek theories of elementary cognition, from Alcmæon to Aristotle. *$4.15. Oxford.

“This volume deals with the various theories entertained in regard to the five senses, sensation in general, and lastly the Sensus Communis, and its method is under each head to give as consistent a view as possible of what was severally taught by Alcmaeon, Empedocles, Democritus, Anaxagoras, Diogenes of Appollonia, Plato, and Aristotle.”—Nature.

“Mr. Beare’s scholarship is sound.”

“The statement is very clear, the discussion of disputed points scholarly, the facts are well arranged, and the literature—to judge from the foot-notes and the list of books consulted—seems to have been thoroughly studied; although one misses a reference to one recent work on the ‘De anima’—that of Rodier, whose commentary, if not his translation, has been regarded by competent judges as indispensable. On every account this volume is to be commended to those interested in the development of theories of sense-perception.”