chapter VIII
the author throws over the principle of conservation of energy and assumes that his gas is a dissipative system in which loss of energy occurs by radiation.... In chapters IX and X, Mr. Jeans considers application of the theory of a non-conservative gas, particularly in connection with rates of dissipation of energy and ratios of specific heats. We thus have a definite attempt to break away from traditional methods and boldly introduce the notion of dissipation into the kinetic theory.... In the remaining chapters Mr. Jeans deals with ‘free path phenomena’ such as diffusion, conduction of heat, viscosity, and the escape of gases from planetary atmospheres. In this work he is more on the ordinary lines.”—Nature.
“Misprints and minor errors are delightfully few. The book is a piece of conscientious work by one who has already made valuable contributions to this subject. It belongs rather with the classical work of Burbury and of Boltzmann than with any of the attempts at a simple or more popular presentation.” W. P. Boynton.
+ + + =Astrophys. J.= 22: 224. O. ‘05. 780w.
Reviewed by G. H. Bryan.
=Nature.= 71: 601. Ap. 27, ‘05. 870w.
=Jebb, Richard.= Studies in colonial nationalism. *$3.50. Longmans.
“An attempt ... to present a modern view of imperial evolution, ... the result of three years’ travel and study among the self-governing states of the empire ... which should be studied by all who wish to understand the trend of colonial aspirations, whether they agree with them or not.”—Acad.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 469. Ap. 29, ‘05. 570w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 942. Jl. ‘05. 170w.
“His observations on America, though justly calling attention to many undoubted and serious faults indicate on the whole an exaggerated and distorted view of our public life.” Willard E. Hotchkiss.
+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 607. S. ‘05. 640w.
=Ath.= 1905. 1: 494. Ap. 15. 730w.
“Mr. Jebb’s book has no small originality. His book contains not a few inconsistencies. Almost every page of it is instructive.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 166. My. 26, ‘05. 940w.
“Everything he says is stated with a confidence that dreams not of the possibility of contradiction. This makes the book attractive.” Charles W. Thompson.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 432. Jl. 1, ‘05. 2880w.
“It is essentially a work that will be welcomed, not derided in Canada and Australasia. And that is to say no small thing of its merits, and of the success with which its author has achieved his object.”
+ + + =Spec.= 94: 897. Je. 17, ‘05. 1720w.
=Jefferies, (John) Richard.= Bevis; the story of a boy. $1.50. Button.
A new edition of a book for boys written many years ago and founded upon Mr. Jefferies’ own boy-hood idealized. Mr. E. V. Lucas states in his introduction that it is “a long and eloquent, and, I think, successful argument in favor of the wisdom of leaving boys to themselves, and allowing independence and self-reliance to oust for the time being school books and tutors.”
“‘Bevis’ is a wholesome and delightful book.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 530w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.
“Full of his intimate knowledge of nature, and full also of sympathy with and knowledge of the interests and characteristics of boys.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w.
=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Faith and life. **30c. Crowell.
Under the text “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen” (Heb. xi. 1), Dr. Jefferson discusses the relation which faith bears to life. The booklet is attractively bound in white, with gold lettering and a holly design in green and belongs to the “What is worth while series.”
=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= Minister as prophet, **90c. Crowell.
Originally given as a series of lectures before the Bangor theological seminary, these talks are “clear, luminous, pithy, cogent, full of practical suggestions” for ministers, students and the general public. The following chapters show the minister’s present position in general affairs; The dimension of the work, The three men involved (the physical man, the mental man, the spiritual man). The growing of sermons, Form and manner, The place of dogma in preaching.
“There are many books on the Christian ministry, and few are smaller than this and few more valuable.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 90w.
“The general tone and spirit of these lectures is uplifting, clarifying, and stimulating to high endeavor.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 300w.
=Jelliffe, Smith Ely.= Introduction to pharmacognosy. *$2.50. Saunders.
This is the first adequate English treatment of pharmacognosy, and will be welcomed by the special student. “The work falls into three divisions, animal drugs, vegetable drugs without organic structure, and vegetable drugs with organic structure. The first division is appropriately small, and the last constitutes the major portion of the work. A goodly treatise on each drug is found, embracing references to its origin; discussions of its gross structure, microscopic structure and features recognizable in its powder; and mention of constituent substances present.... Excellent original illustrations accompany a large number of the descriptions.” (Science.)
“The discussions are in the main botanically correct and the style is fairly clear. Imperfections aside, however, it is well within the truth to say that this volume is the nearest approach which has yet appeared towards filling the need of the day in this country.” Charles H. Shaw.
+ + — =Science=, n. s. 21: 625. Ap. 21, ‘05. 290w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= Captain Myles Standish. *$1.20. Century.
A biography of Myles Standish, the Pilgrim’s captain, which tells the story of the people of the Mayflower and of their captain’s service to them as leader, lawgiver, trader, and physician. The account is accurate to the sacrifice of many romantic traditions.
* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 60w.
“It is intended, perhaps, more for youthful than for mature readers, although we imagine it will interest these as well. Is practically a history of the Plymouth settlement.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 490w.
“Mr. Jenks’s account gives an impression of accuracy and care, but it lacks picturesqueness and any romantic quality.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 524. O. 28, ‘05. 70w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 210w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Milton, **$1. Barnes.
Uniform with “The lives of great writers” series this volume contains a popular description of the conditions in England during the reigns of Elizabeth, James, and Charles, of Puritan and Cavalier, and of the life of the blind poet himself and his relation to these surroundings. There is a frontispiece portrait of Milton, a bibliography and a chronological table.
* + =Critic.= 47: 574. D. ‘05. 80w.
“The author is luminous rather than critical, gives a touch of imagination to the accuracy of facts, and inspires with fresh human interest a national movement commonly thought of as only bitter and austere.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 230w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.
“The book is both instructive and readable.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 715. O. 21, ‘05. 270w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.
* “It will be found extremely helpful to an understanding of the Puritan period in English history.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 140w.
=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Shakespeare; with introd. by Hamilton W. Mabie. **$1. Barnes.
“One of the series of ‘Lives of great writers.’ ... This little volume consists of a personal picture of the Stratford boy, and the London actor and man of affairs. There is also a helpful explanation of some of the principal plays, with suggestive comments.”—R. of Rs.
“For the purpose for which it is intended—that is, as a literary substitute for the textual and verbal approach to the subject which has hitherto prevailed—it is to be commended.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 50w.
“The book is readable and will likely give the ordinary reader a much better idea of what the playwriting business was in Elizabeth’s reign, what the work Shakespeare actually did was, than many much more pretentious volumes can do.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 460w.
“Proceeds, as an open-minded student, to unroll a fascinating panorama.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 260w.
“Mr. Jenks has handled his material well.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 58. Ja. 12, ‘05. 670w.
“A new and ‘worth while’ Shakespeare book.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
=Jephson, Lady.= Letters to a debutante. *$1.25. Lippincott.
These letters are addressed to Violet, who is gently told how to be sweet and happy in chapters upon The art of happiness, The need for controlling the tongue, The ethics of dress, On country house visiting, The choice of literature, Are elopements justifiable? Concerning wit, The advisability of friendships with men, and other subjects of interest to the young girl who longs to be a social success.
* + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 20w.
“On the whole, however, the lady gives wholesome enough advice—albeit most of it has been given to other debutantes many times before.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 620. S. 23, ‘05. 450w.
“While Lady Jephson’s form is throughout aphoristic, she lacks the gift of saying the inwardly true thing in memorable words, and that is the particular gift one looks for in a book of this sort.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 502. O. 7, ‘05. 740w.
=Jepson, Edgar.= Lady Noggs, peeress. †$1.50. McClure.
“Lady Noggs, properly called Lady Felicia Grandison, is the small niece and ward of a prime minister, whose peace of mind is continually disturbed by pranks and escapades of the most extraordinary nature.... A background romance between the governess and the secretary is engaging and real by way of contrast.”—Outlook.
“The object of these few remarks is to cordially commend Felicia, within her suitable literary bounds, as a pleasant holiday companion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 328. My. 20, ‘05. 560w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 130w.
=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China in law and commerce. *$2. Macmillan.
From these pages “one may glean not merely knowledge of the political and commercial life of the country, but a better understanding of the Oriental mind. The physical features, the resources, the people of China; the state, provincial, district, town, and family organization, the anomalies between legal theory and business customs, the native banking system, the weights, measures, and currency employed, the Empire’s transportation facilities” (Outlook) are all fully treated.
“Mr. Jernigan is not an inspiring writer. But there is a great deal that is valuable in his book, and his statements are accurate and apposite.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 398. S. 23. 820w.
“A volume which will be indispensable to every student of the civilization of the Far East.”
+ + — =Ind.= 59: 694. S. 21, ‘05. 550w.
“The thing essential in compiling a book of this kind is sympathetic perception, and Mr. Jernigan has evidently cultivated this faculty, during his residence in China, with no little success.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 800w.
“Here in one handy book is choice and exact information, carefully sifted, tested, and arranged concisely and in an orderly manner. There is a good index to this noteworthy book.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 84. Jl. 27, ‘05. 780w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 280w.
“The subjects ... find exhaustive discussion, and ... are treated carefully and intelligently.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 590. Jl. 1, ‘05. 190w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 382. S. 16, ‘05. 220w.
“A scholarly volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 100w.
* “An unpretentious book, containing a large amount of well-selected and well arranged information.”
+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 270w.
=Jernigan, Thomas R.= China’s business methods and policy, *$3.60. Wessels.
The author, ex-consul general of the United States at Shanghai, prefaces his book with the statement that he has sought to find “some of the elementary principles which base and influence business and social China and to present them without unnecessary detail.” His papers give a clear and accurate treatment of China’s administrative system, land tenure, sources of revenue, law courts, finances, social regulations, commercial trend, educational and consular systems, and foreign relations.
“There is a want of cohesion about this work; it seems more a collection of papers than a treatise. The work will be found useful when any important event takes place in China in connection either with its foreign or with its internal policy, as a sort of reference-book.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 220w.
=Jervey, Theodore D.= Elder brother. $1.50. Neale.
“A novel in which are presented the vital questions confronting the South growing out of the Reconstruction, and in which the author defines the true relations now existing between the races in the South.” Specifically, it presents the political, social, and economic history of a southern city during this period. There are many characters of all classes but interest centers about two brothers who become social and political leaders.
“The book, if it is not a novel to carry the reader along—it is not that—is an exceedingly valuable, truthful, and interesting study. There is certainly no other picture of the period which approaches it in these vital points.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 528. Ag. 12, ‘05. 730w.
“It is a good picture of conditions—and perhaps, after all, its solution of the problems confronting the South is the only practical one.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 911. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w.
=Jessel, Frederick.= comp. Bibliography of works in English on playing cards and gaming. *$4.40. Longmans.
“Gaming in this sense includes dominoes, conjuring, card-tricks and so forth. Mr. Jessel has described the title of every work he has found, however slight, on cards or gaming; and he has included all books which contain allusions of sufficient importance to be recorded, even works of fiction which depend on gaming for their plots or contain scenes which illustrate the mode of playing some particular game. Periodicals have not been forgotten.... The bibliography is in alphabetical order of the names of authors, but the index at the end enables subjects to be searched for without difficulty.”—Acad.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 646. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.
* “We can recommend it not only to libraries, but also to clubs for card-room reference, and to all who wish for a ready means of finding out what has been written in our language about cards and gaming.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 683. N. 18. 630w.
=Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.
* “Probably as complete as any other in English.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 786. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.
=Jevons, William Stanley.= Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. *$3.25. Macmillan.
“The fragment in a mere outline, but it comes from a master hand and is doubly welcome at a time when the need for restatement of definitions is particularly evident.”—Acad.
“The volume is one that we cordially welcome, and it is bound to meet with the high appreciation of a discriminating public.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 609. Je. 10, ‘05. 1290w.
“Probably much that is already printed would have been greatly revised before it appeared, and yet, imperfect as it is, the careful student of economics will lose a great deal if he does not master this volume.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 362. S. 16. 1470w.
“The book may be said to be well justified, even though it be equally clear that the form and title and bulk of it fall somewhere between the questionable and the indefensible.” H. J. Davenport.
+ — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 600. S. ‘05. 1180w.
“A word of gratitude is due to the editor, who has spared no pains to elucidate what the author left unfinished and obscure.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 780w.
“It cannot be said that the fragments now published offer anything of great value. Mr. Higgs has performed his editorial labors in an admirable manner.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 245. S. 21, ‘05. 1330w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 350w.
* =Jewett, John Howard (Hannah Warner, pseud.).= Con the wizard, †50c. Stokes.
This little volume in the Christmas stocking series, tells how the wizard-bird, Con, changed Teddy Mann and the pets of Mistress May into the form of the man or beast they envied most, and how they were glad, after a time, to be changed back and become themselves again. There are eight illustrations in color by Edward R. Little, and numerous illustrations in black and white by Oliver Herford.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.
Jewish encyclopaedia; ed. by Isidore Singer. 12v. per v. $6. Funk.
Everything which in any way concerns the ancient or modern life of the Jewish people and which has either historical or literary value can be found in this “Descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest time to the present day.” Prepared by more than four hundred scholars and specialists under the direction of Cyrus Adler, I. K. Funk, F. H. Vizeletly and others. There are twelve massive volumes and two thousand illustrations.
“In spite of some minor defects, should prove a valuable work of reference to all interested in Jewish history.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 170. F. 25, ‘05. 880w. (Outlines scope of Vol. VIII.).
“Has much the same merits and defects as its predecessor.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 370w. (Review of Vol. IX.)
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 280w. (Review of v. 10.)
“The enterprise has now gone far enough to leave no doubt that the high standard of excellence set up by the editors will be reached.”
+ + + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 523. Jl. ‘05, 580w. (Review of v. 1-10.)
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 140. Jl. 29. 610w. (Review of v. 9.)
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 239. Ag. 19. 310w. (Review of v. 10.)
+ =Bib. World.= 26: 159. Ag. ‘05. 70w. (Review of v. 10.)
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 577. S. 7, ‘05. 620w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 30w. (Review of v. 9-11.)
* “This encyclopaedia will be essential in any well equipped library.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1484. D. 21, ‘05. 100w. (Review of v. 11.)
“The standard cannot be said to be rising. Still, if only for its wealth of biography, especially English and American, the book is indispensable for reference.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 110w. (Review of Vol. IX.)
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1730w. (Survey of contents of Vol. IX.)
“The tenth volume is as valuable as any of its predecessors.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 480w. (Review of v. 10.)
“As a work of world-wide comprehensiveness this is one to enrich any library.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 190w. (Outlines scope of volume IX).
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 290w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “This great work, the joint product of Jewish and Christian writers, fully sustains its early promise as it nears its completion.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 890. D. 9, ‘05. 230w. (Review of v. 11.)
“Nearly all subjects mentioned [in volume IX] are treated at great length, in good spirit, with thorough scholarship.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 389. Mr. 11, ‘05. 550w.
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 260w. (Review of v. 10.)
* “Volume XI. is exceptionally rich in politico-economic material.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 730. D. 2, ‘05. 320w. (Review of v. 11.)
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 256. F. ‘05. 270w. (Outlines scope of volumes VII and VIII).
* “It can be affirmed without hesitation that, taken as a whole, the work is a contribution to general knowledge which, for the future, will be nothing less than indispensable.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: sup. 790. N. 18, ‘05. 1240w. (Review of v. 8-10.)
=Job, Herbert Keightley.= Wild wings: adventures of a camera-hunter among the larger wild birds of America on land and sea. **$3. Houghton.
A simple story of the author’s conflicts and conquests as he hunted with his camera “the wild hardy birds of the sea, whose strong wings make them masters of the elements.” His search took him from the Magdalen islands to the Florida keys and he gives pictures of pelicans, kittiwakes and gannets, of laughing gulls, cormorants and auks, of plovers brooding their young, and of the great horned owl mothering her owlet. There are 160 of these photographs.
+ + =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 90w.
“No such collection of ‘portraits’ can be found anywhere else.” May Estelle Cook.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 387. Je. 1, ‘05. 440w.
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1251. Je. 11, ‘05. 340w.
“His book should appeal to a large circle of readers, especially the ornithologist, the sportsman, and the nature-lover, as well as the omnipresent camera fiend.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 620w.
* “Despite its somewhat pedantic title, this book is much above the average of works of the same general nature.”
+ + =Nature.= 73: 123. D. 7, ‘05. 500w.
“‘Wild wings’ should not only appeal to nature and bird lovers, but there is much in its pages to interest sportsmen as well.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 389. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.
“Without doubt this book is a contribution to the world’s sanity, while at the same time its science is duly respected.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 410w.
=Outlook.= 80: 395. Je. 10, ‘05. 60w.
“Quite as entertaining as most hunters’ stories.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 180w.
John Van Buren, politician, †$1.50. Harper.
“‘John Van Buren, politician,’ is a young up-state lawyer, who comes to New York, joins Tammany hall, wins the favor of Boss ‘Coulter,’ and is sent to the state legislature, where he is speedily made acquainted with the darker aspects of legislative life. The story of his adventure in politics and of his lovemaking ... is told in a volume that is a curious combination of novel and guide to the sights of New York.”—Outlook.
“The book has no style, and but slight interest considered as a story. Its implied ethics, moreover, are of a highly dubious character.” Wm. M. Payne.
— =Dial.= 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 120w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 166. Mr. 18, ‘05. 360w.
“Were it not for its intimate portrayal of the methods whereby Tammany achieves political success, it would be of little value or interest.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 653. Mr. 11. ‘05. 140w.
“The picture of the sessions of the general assembly at Albany is graphic and possibly true to the life, although the coloring is probably too strong and the lines too heavy.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 150w.
“The book does not preach anything, clean politics or foul; it simply reflects conditions as a keen observer would find them.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 594. O. ‘05. 180w.
* =Johnson, Burges.= Pleasant tragedies of childhood. †$1.50. Harper.
“Experiences more or less tragical to babies and children, but pleasantly told in Mr. Johnson’s verses and humorously depicted in Miss Cory’s sketches. Fathers and mothers will be amused by them, and the juvenile victims—some of them at least—will enjoy the pictures.”—Critic.
* + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 70w.
* + =Dial.= 39: 384. D. 1, ‘05. 220w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 50w.
* “This is an exceedingly attractive picture book.”
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 723. O. 28, ‘05. 90w.
* “One of the really delightful books about children of the present season.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.
* “Some of the verses are very witty.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 90w.
=Johnson, Burges.= Rhymes of little boys. **$1. Crowell.
A truly charming book of little boy verses, which little girls and grown-ups will enjoy also Goin’ barefoot, Bein’ sick; Gettin’ well; Cookin’ things; Makin’ things; Gettin’ washed; and two score others set forth little boy philosophy in little boy language, and following these are some verses to or about little boys, among them an exquisite tribute to Frank R. Stockton. The volume is bound in plaid gingham, with decorative title and end leaves by Mrs. John Carpenter.
* “The naïveté of small-boy egotisms, generosities, rivalries, has never been, and, it would seem to us, could never be, better done than in Mr. Johnson’s clever and sympathetic verses.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 576. D. ‘05. 150w.
* “This volume is sure to win for its author a wider appreciation of his really unique work.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 50w.
“The introductory poems strike a note of tenderness and reverence of unusual purity and beauty.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 529. O. 28, ‘05. 120w.
* “We like his verse for its insight, literal though it often is.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 60w.
* =Johnson, Clifton=, ed. Oak-tree fairy book; il. by Willard Bonte. $1.75. Little.
Here are the old favorites reproduced in wholesome form with the savagery, harrowing details and abnormal pathos eliminated, and with the charm retained.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1385. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 60w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 481. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.
=Johnson, Owen.= In the name of liberty. $1.50. Century.
A story of the French revolution in which the personal struggles of the actors are silhouetted against the greater struggle of the nation in the background. Barabant, a young enthusiast, allies himself with the Girondins and falls with them, to be saved from the guillotine only by the sacrifice of Nicole, a flower-girl, whom he has made his wife in prison, and who gives up her life for his. The course of the story runs subjectively close to the people; their whims, their morbid curiosity, their unrestrained impulse and anger, and their hatred for the aristocrats distort their vision thru the bloody days of the terror which is followed in grewsome detail.
“Mr. Johnson has devised a fresh and unhackneyed story, with a heroine quite apart from the usual types.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 80w.
“Owen Johnson has written a good story, with several unusual points about it that entitle it to notice.” Priscilla Leonard.
+ + =Current Literature.= 38: 371. Ap. ‘05. 1440w.
“A fresh and interesting view of a subject that would seem to have been exhausted of all novelty. One can but admire the cleverness with which he has made reality and fiction supplement and sustain each other while keeping the reader’s attention wholly engrossed by the very simple and pathetic love story of Nicole and Barabant. A vivid and vigorous handling of a subject that has been used to the point of threadbareness.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 133. Mr. 4, ‘05. 610w.
“A rather unusually spirited tale. Mr. Johnson has created two or three flesh-and-blood characters, has put them into trying crises, and has made them work out their own moral salvation or ruin as they respond or fail to respond to the test. The book has life and energy.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 90w.
“The sure touch of the confident master is lacking. There is over-emphasis, a too great insistence on the individual when the mass should have been brought into the foreground. Viewed as a whole the
## book is an effective piece of word painting.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 710w.
“Mr. Johnson’s story has merits of its own unborrowed from Dickens or any one else. One of them is a saving sanity of expression.”
+ + =Reader.= 5: 618. Ap. ‘05. 370w.
“Well and swiftly told, and probably of breathless interest to the unsophisticated mind.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 30w.
=Johnson, Sidona Viola.= Short history of Oregon, **$1. McClurg.
This book covers the early discoveries, the Lewis and Clark explorations, settlement, government, Indian wars, and progress. In concise form it gives a full account of that interesting region. It is illustrated with numerous halftones.
“A short but comprehensive account of the state.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 60w.
=Johnson, William Henry.= French pathfinders in North America. $1.50. Little.
The author has made his narrative suitable in every respect to young readers. He tells of the discoveries and adventures of such men as Cartier, Jean Ribaut, Rene de Laudonnière, Champlain, Nicollet, Joliet, La Salle, and Father Hennepin, in an interesting fashion, basing his story, upon standard authorities; he has provided notes upon Indian tribal connections and customs, and introductory chapters which deal with the origin and distribution of the Indian race and give a view of Indian society.
* =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 20w.
* “Mr. Johnson’s descriptions of the great French explorers are calculated to serve the purposes he had in view and to stimulate curiosity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 781. N. 18, ‘05. 450w.
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.
=Johnson, William Henry.= Sir Galahad of New France, †$1.50. Turner, H. B.
This romantic story of a young Frenchman, who, lost and alone in the new world, is befriended by an Indian girl who leads him back to his people and in whom he awakens such intellect and religious fervor, that he comes to love her and takes her back to France and makes her his wife, is based upon the attempts of the French Huguenots to settle America in the sixteenth century. The historical element, however, is subordinated to the forest love story.
* + =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 10w.
* + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 300w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 130w.
=Johnson, Wolcott.= An old man’s idyl. *$1. McClurg.
A homey story, an autobiography in scattered diary form, in which a husband and father tells of his late love, his happy marriage, his honeymoon in Europe, and the birth of his two little girls who grow up, are educated, and finally marry, leaving him to look back over a long life which they and their mother rounded out into a perfect idyl, and a prayer.
“This old man’s little ‘idyl’ has a peculiarly reminiscent, speculative flavor which now and then recalls Ik Marvel and George William Curtis and others of that school of amiable and dearly beloved dreamers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 372. Je. 10. ‘05. 220w.
“The story is not an intellectual one. It is not an intense one. Tenderness and sanity, good will and unaffected English make the progress of the recital agreeable and almost imperceptible. Mr. Johnson is to be congratulated upon the sincerity and simplicity of this unpretentious little volume.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 106. Je. ‘05. 230w.
=Johnston, Charles, and Spencer, Carita.= Ireland’s story; a short history of Ireland for schools, reading circles, and general readers. **$1.40; school ed. *$1.10. Houghton.
Beginning with the legendary past, this volume follows the history of Ireland down to modern times. In the discussions the authors touch upon the Irish church, home rule, land purchase, the Irish in America, on the continent, and in the British empire. The Irish literary revival is fully treated and there is a closing section on the derivation of Irish names. The book is illustrated with views, portraits and maps.
“Written in a quiet, almost gentle style, the narrative moves calmly forward and is easily followed. The treatment is sufficiently fair and charitable to satisfy any reader in whom the virtue of tolerance is properly developed.” Laurence M. Larson.
+ + — =Dial.= 38: 411. Je. 16, ‘05. 590w.
“The writers of the present work have managed to condense a vast amount of information into their sketch of some 400 pages.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 96. Ag. 3, ‘05. 250w.
“The first five chapters ... absolutely worthless for any purpose whatever. The rest of the volume, however, appears to be of some value.”
+ — =N. Y.= Times. 10: 354. Je. 3, ‘05. 590w.
“A well-arranged outline history of Ireland. The authors, while frankly revealing both their political and their religious sympathies, write with moderation and fair-mindedness.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 90w.
“All in all, this volume gives an excellent epitome of Irish history.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 253. Ag. ‘05. 150w.
“A book which ought to have a place in the libraries of our high schools.”
+ + =School R.= 13: 440. My. ‘05. 70w.
=Johnston, Rev. John Octavius.= Life and letters of Henry Parry Liddon, canon of St. Paul’s cathedral and sometime Ireland professor of exegesis in the University of Oxford. $5. Longmans.
A detailed and sympathetic account of the life and character of the late Dean Liddon, strict ritualist and devoted Puseyite who was almost constantly involved in controversy. It is a faithful record of unfaltering devotion to duty and his steady advancement to well-earned success; his friendly relations with Gladstone and Salisbury and his refusal to accept a bishopric from either; his success as a pulpit orator; his famous sermons; his pleasing personality, high scholarship and untiring energy.
“A worthy addition to the literature of biography.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 234. Ap. 1, ‘05. 2020w.
=Spec.= 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 400w.
=Jones, Amanda Theodosia.= Rubáiyát of Solomon, and other poems. $1.25. Alden bros.
One-third of this new volume of poems “is given up to versification, in the familiar rubáiyát form, of certain of the sayings of Solomon and Koheleth.... It is elsewhere in Miss Jones’s volume that we must look for her most meritorious verse. We find it, for example, in the group of ‘Kansas bird songs,’ in the lyrics of childhood, the tender personal tributes, and the pieces that touch on contemporary history.” (Dial.)
“It can truly be said that she has looked upon the sun and has been undismayed; for, at intervals ... the clear voice of this fearless and fiery-hearted Deborah has been heard and heeded by those who may be reckoned as the jealous custodians of the gates of song.” Edith M. Thomas.
+ + =Critic.= 47: 412. N. ‘05. 1650w.
“There is in the book always a first-hand view of nature,—often a touch of mysticism. Some of the experiments are not fortunate, but now and again there is a narrative poem, or a lyric that clings to the memory.”
+ + — =Critic.= 47: 414. N. ‘05. 290w.
“After a long silence, Miss Jones has put forth a new volume of poems, which may perhaps secure for her work something of the appreciation which has long been its due.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 39: 275. N. 1, ‘05. 480w.
* “The variety of achievement in this modest volume is in pleasing contrast to that offered in most collections of its size.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 802. N. 25, ‘05. 360w.
* =Jones, E. Griffith-.= Economics of Jesus; or, Work and wages in the kingdom of God. *35c. Meth. bk.
A study of the money parables,—“a series of problems arising out of the deep-seated and manifold inequalities of life.” The little volume belongs to the “Freedom of faith” series.
=Jones, Henry Arthur.= Manoeuvres of Jane: an original comedy in four acts. **75c. Macmillan.
“Mr. Nangle, a wealthy widower, places his wilful daughter in charge of Mrs. Beechinor, retired matron of a young ladies’ boarding-school, in the hope that she will transfer her affections from a man who is in moderate circumstances to Lord Bapchild, a nephew of Mrs. Beechinor’s, Jane arranges matters to suit herself and marries the man whom she loves.”—Bookm.
“The situations are the work of an undoubted expert, and the dialog is skilfully written. Now that Oscar Wilde is dead, Mr. Jones has only one equal in England, the Ibsenized Pinero.”
+ =Ind.= 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 140w.
“It reads well, although the literary form emphasizes the fact that it is really more of a farce than a comedy.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 30w.
=Jones, Henry Arthur.= Mrs. Dane’s defence. **75c. Macmillan.
This four-act play was given in New York in the years 1901-1902. It concerns a woman with a past and a skilful lawyer who forces the truth from Mrs. Dane.
“Undeniably clever.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1060. Ap. 29, ‘05. 20w.
=Jones, Rev. J. D.= Elims of life, and other sermons. *$1. Revell.
“These are discourses by a prominent Congregational pastor in England.... The spiritual and ethical element predominates, the form is plain and lucid, the aim is practical.”—Outlook.
+ =Outlook.= 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 100w.
=Jones, Jenkin Lloyd.= Dying message of Paracelsus. pa. 50c. Unity pub.
“Appropriate as an Easter gift, and dedicated as such by the [author] to his Browning classes, is this elegantly printed pamphlet, illustrated by Albrecht Dürer’s picture of ‘Melancholia.’ ... A few paragraphs of Mr. Jones’s lecture on Paracelsus accompany Browning’s text as introduction and commentary.”—Outlook.
=Outlook.= 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.
=Jones, Paul.= Commercial power of Congress. $5. priv. ptd. C. S. Nathan, N. Y.
The object of this book “is to trace the history and show the present authoritative interpretation of that pregnant declaration of the constitution of the United States: ‘Congress shall have power ... to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.’” (N. Y. Times.) Present interest centers about the application of this provision to trusts and railway rates.
“It is carefully done, but lacks a table of cases.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 258. S. 28, ‘05. 80w.
“It bears evidence of a lot of painstaking work, is written in a style excellent for its purpose, and offers very few of those slips of the pen or the proofreader that are apt to invade in force the pages of the amateur.”
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 312. My. 13, ‘05. 900w.
=Jones, Rufus Matthew.= Social law in the spiritual world, **$1.25. Winston.
“While the title at once suggests the famous work of the late Henry Drummond, and the book is in a way an attempt to deal with the same problems as those discussed in his Natural law in the spiritual world,’ Professor Jones is concerned rather with the psychological aspects of the subject than with the biological. In his view, there is a greater stress to-day in the psychological than in the so-called natural sciences.”—R. of Rs.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 134. Mr. 4, ‘05. 120w. (Outlines scope).
“Professor Jones very tersely sums up the present-day meaning of personality and social relationship. His discussion of the modern religious problem is from a somewhat novel point of view.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 253. F. ‘05. 180w.
=Jones, Samuel Milton.= Letters of labor and love. **$1. Bobbs.
Thirty-eight letters originally dictated by Mayor Jones, Golden Rule Jones, to his stenographer and delivered to his women with their wages. Each letter begins, Dear Friends, and closes, Very faithfully yours, and in each the master and man meet on common ground as brothers. Equality, coöperation, harmony, fellowship, patriotism and even picnics and vacations are advocated in these letters, and many other subjects of general interest are discussed.
=Jonson, Ben.= Plays and poems, *$1.25. imp. Scribner.
“This latest addition to the irresistible ‘Caxton’ series is the representative work of Jonson as a dramatist and as a poet.... The frontispieces and the title-pages in this series ... are often as in the case of this volume, admirable pieces of typographical and illustrative work.”—Outlook.
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 858. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.
=Jonson, Ben.= Devil is an ass; ed. with introduction, notes and glossary by William Savage Johnson. $2. Holt.
A contribution to the “Yale studies in English.”
=Jonson, Ben.= Poetaster; a thesis presented to the faculty of the graduate school of Yale univ. in candidacy for the degree of Dr. of philosophy; ed. by Herbert S. Mallory. $2.50; pa. $2. Holt.
This 27th volume in the “Yale studies of English” series, contains the text of the play, a long critical introduction, notes, glossary, bibliography, and index.
=Jonson, Ben.= Staple of news: a thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate school of Yale univ. in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of philosophy; ed. by Dr. De Winter. $2.50; pa. $2. Holt.
This twenty-eighth volume in the “Yale studies of English” series contains the critical text of Jonson’s play, with elaborate notes, a glossary, and an introduction.
=Dial.= 38: 276. Ap. 16, ‘05. 150w.
“The least satisfactory part of the work is that devoted to bibliography, which contains, as usual, a number of inaccuracies.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 922. Je. 24, ‘05. 300w.
=Jonson, G. C. Ashton.= Handbook to Chopin’s works, **$1.50. Doubleday.
“A sort of a ‘musical Baedeker.’ ... It has been the author’s aim to make his book equally useful and helpful to concert-goers, for whom it forms a permanent analytical programme, to pianists, and to those amateurs of music who can now, owing to the pianola, pursue for the first time a systematic and co-ordinated study of Chopin’s works.... A brief account is given of each composition.... The volume opens with a brief sketch of Chopin’s life, which is followed by short preliminary chapters on various aspects of his work.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Ingram A. Pyle.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 238. Ap. 1, ‘05. 350w.
“An exceptionally valuable book, which every devotee of pianoforte music should have at hand for daily reference.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 290w.
“It is likely to be a useful compilation for hurried reference.” Richard Aldrich.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 309. My. 13, ‘05. 110w.
=Jordan, David Starr.= Guide to the study of fishes. 2v. **$12. Holt.
Dr. Jordan’s work is encyclopedic in its scope, and “treats of the fish from all the varied points of view of the different branches of ichthyology. In general, all the traits of the fish are discussed, those which the fish shares with other animals most briefly, those which relate to the evolution of the group, and the divergence of its various classes and orders most fully. The extinct forms are restored to their place in the series and discussed along with those still extant.” (Dial.)
“The most comprehensive treatise on American ichthyology.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 84. Ag. 16, ‘05. 1680w.
“There is no thorough classification or system. The table of contents of the chapters make matters only worse. A single page with an outline of the arrangement would be a boon.” H. C.
+ + — =Nature.= 72: 625. O. 26, ‘05. 1600w.
=Jordan, Kate (Mrs. F. M. Vermilye).= Time the comedian. †$1.50. Appleton.
A man who was about to elope with a woman who is to desert for him her husband and child is shocked on the eve of their departure by the suicide of the husband with one of his wife’s guilty letters in his hand. He will not marry her now, but gives her a liberal allowance, and years later when he has come to love her daughter, his old letters to her mother keep them forever apart.
* “The characters are well drawn and the plot worked out logically ... and the story is written with a sureness of touch and a briskness that keeps the interest unflagging throughout.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 90w.
“A bright, entertaining society novel, not without a moral for light, frivolous, and selfish people of both sexes.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 60w.
Jubilee gems of the Visitation order. Sisters of the visitation of Holy Mary. *$1. Christian press.
“The present publication aims successfully at giving, in clear and simple language, an authentic account of the foundation of the order, and a picture of the ideals which have obtained in the community and borne fruit in the saintly lives of its members.... It will help to fill the lamentable lack of books suitable for Catholic school premiums.”—Cath. World.
“The volume is well gotten up and attractively written.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 406. Je. ‘05. 350w.
=Judd, Sylvester.= History of Hadley, including the early history of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Mass. *$6. H. R. Huntting & co., Springfield, Mass.
This work was originally published in 1863. It is now reprinted with an introduction by Geo. Sheldon and family genealogies by Lucius M. Boltwood.
“Introduction is, by the way, decidedly more interesting than Mr. Judd’s ‘History.’”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 399. S. 23. 320w.
“His compilation is replete with authentic information as to manners and customs, and is highly browsable.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 198. S. 7, ‘05. 330w.
“The new edition will find a wider field than the first met, and should create and fill a demand for itself.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 541. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1010w.
Judith: an old English epic fragment, ed. by Albert S. Cook. 40c. Heath.
This volume is section I of the “Belles-lettres” series contains the text of Judith, passages from the Vulgate Judith, an introduction, bibliography, and glossary.
* =Judson, Frederick Newton.= Law of interstate commerce and its federal regulation. *$5. Flood, T. H.
“The volume is divided into two parts, the first part, comprising about one-fourth of the book, deals briefly with the power of the federal government over interstate commerce and with the statutes that have been enacted in the exercise of that power. Part two discusses in more detail the interstate commerce act of 1887, the anti-trust law of 1890, the safety appliance legislation of 1893 and 1896, and various other minor acts of legislation regarding interstate commerce. The latter part of the book is devoted to the presentation of information regarding ‘procedure before the Interstate commerce commission.’” (Ann. Am. Acad.)
* “The volume is systematically arranged, it is well proportioned and carefully written. It is both a good treatise and a valuable book of reference. Neither the lawyer nor the economist interested in transportation can afford to neglect part two of Mr. Judson’s book.” Emory R. Johnson.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 756. N. ‘05. 310w.
* “Mr. Judson has a good power of statement, and his volume is a valuable addition to the literature of the subject.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 247. S. 21, ‘05. 230w.
Juliana, ed. by William Strunk. 40c. Heath.
A volume in section I of the “Belles-lettres” series, English literature from its beginning to the year 1100. The original text of the Exeter manuscript is given, all deviations being indicated in the variants. An introduction discusses the text, the author, and the legend, and complete notes, bibliography, and glossary are provided.
“The notes have been most carefully edited, the type is clear, and the notes and glossary are adequate.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 529. Ap. 29. 340w.
=Jungman, Beatrice.= Norway: text by Beatrice Jungman; with 75 il. in col. by Nico Jungman. *$6. Macmillan.
“Mrs. Jungman does not concern herself ... with the past history of Norway, except with a few of its legends; nor does she allude to the present unsettled state of its politics. But the fact of Norwegian unrest ... makes ... an interesting background to her brilliant series of passing impressions.... Mr. Jungman is a charming artist, ... and he has done nothing more attractive than these portraits of Norwegian girls and children.... His sketches of Norwegian landscape are also most characteristic.”—Spec.
“She is always readable,—partly, no doubt, because she is so absolutely unpretentious; and the book is a welcome addition to an interesting and valuable series.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 645. Je. 17, ‘05. 430w.
“The limited scope of his work suffers considerably by comparison with the comprehensive title of the book.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 791. Je. 24. 660w.
“The ‘text’ is friendly gossip about a trip in Norway, quite natural, with no straining after effect. The colour of the pictures is gay; it is too vivid for our liking.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 748. Je. 3, ‘05. 110w.
“Mrs. Jungman’s ‘text’ is quite as interesting, in its way as her husband’s pictures.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 922. Je. 24, ‘05. 270w.
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=Kasson, John A.= Evolution of the constitution of the United States of America and history of the Monroe doctrine. **$1.50. Houghton.
An edition in a form convenient for the general reader of a work published in memorial volumes, at a high price, in 1887 for the Constitutional centennial commission. “Mr. Kasson gives a clear but condensed recital of the conditions preliminary to the original ‘Confederacy:’ a statement of the infirmities and ineffectiveness of the Articles of confederation; the recognition of the failure of those articles by the patriots of the revolution; the successive steps by which they sought the consent of the states to a general convention to provide a substitute government; and finally the manner in which they accomplished the organization of a nation.” (R. of Rs.)
Reviewed by C. L. Raper.
+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 340. Mr. ‘05. 150w.
“This ought to be a good handbook for beginners, but is not a lawbook, and does not cover the field occupied by such a book as Cooley’s well-known treatise.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 188. Ag. 31, ‘05. 900w.
Reviewed by R. L. S.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 67. F. 4, ‘05. 530w.(States scope of book).
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 247. F. ‘05. 150w. (States scope of book).
=Katherine, pseud.= See =Stephens, Louise G.=
=Kaye, Percy Lewis.= English colonial administration under Lord Clarendon, 1660-1667. 50c. Hopkins.
In his monograph, Dr. Kaye presents colonial administration under the following heads: The official colonial system, The Royal charters of Connecticut and Rhode Island, The founding of Carolina and the conquest of New Netherland, The Royal commissioners in New England and Results.
=Keats, John.= Poems; ed. with an introd. and notes by E. de Selincourt. $2.25. Dodd.
“Mr. de Selincourt has wisely left the significant irregularities of orthography as Keats left them; and he has grouped the poems in a logical and significant order, relegating to an appendix certain nonsense rhymes and doggerel ditties that have stood hitherto side by side with ‘La Belle sans merci’ and the ‘Ode to Malta.’ The text stands midway of an introduction and a body of notes that preserve an even-handed balance between ideal and textual criticism.”—Nation.
* “The prefatory study is the result of much original and painstaking research and the notes leave no clue to the sources of the poet’s ideas untouched.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 326. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1420w.
“In the mean time we commend most heartily to the public his introduction and notes to this edition.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 534. O. 21. 3260w.
* “It is safe to say that no one who has this new edition will feel the need of any other: to that extent at least it is definitive.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 150w.
“Is likely to stand as the best edition of the poet for the critical student of poetry as a fine art.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 383. N. 9, ‘05. 310w.
“His industry is commonly attended with judgment. And so his effort ... has yet been a real success. It is complete if he has succeeded in producing the ‘definitive’ edition of Keats. And it seems that it has really done that.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 705. O. 21, ‘05. 1140w.
“The notes are so full as to class this volume with texts for the expert rather than for the ordinary reader.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 120w.
=Keen, William Williams.= Addresses and other papers. *$3.75. Saunders.
The truth about modern surgery told by a master surgeon is of value both to the members of the medical profession and the general reader. Dr. Keen treats the historical and antiquarian aspects of practical anatomy, covers the ground of modern surgery, shows the position of the medical college to-day, its mission and needs, and closes with an address on “The surgical reminiscences of the Civil war.”
“The subjects are discussed in excellent English, and with exactness, though without the technical language.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 484. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1280w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 511. Ag. 5, ‘05. 220w.
“These papers are of interest chiefly to physicians and surgeons; but some of them are of value to readers outside of the medical profession.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 590. Jl. 1, ‘05. 120w.
=Keith, Marian.= Duncan Polite, the watchman of Glenoro. †$1.50. Revell.
Pathos and humor are skilfully blended in this story of a small Canadian town where English, Irish, High and Lowland Scotch are found. Duncan McDonald, called the polite to distinguish him from all the other McDonalds, is the hero of the tale which concerns the discord which a young and modern minister engenders in an old kirk, where he wins a youthful following in spite of the elders’ aversion to all new things.
“It is a fresh, clean story, likely to interest young people in spite of the prayerful tension in the atmosphere of the tale.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 986. O. 26, ‘05. 60w.
“Anyhow, it wad hae made a bonnie, wee short story.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 470w.
=Kellogg, Vernon.= American insects. **$5. Holt.
“This volume aims to provide a general, systematic account of the principal insect families as they exist in America, written with the greatest regard for scientific accuracy and thoroughness, but in such a way as to interest the average intelligent reader. A chapter on ‘Insects and disease,’ giving an account of the researches which have determined beyond any question the part played by mosquitoes in the spread of malaria and yellow fever, is of special timeliness just now.”—Outlook.
“We have in this simple volume a whole library of insect lore, brought into convenient compass, abundantly illustrated and clearly printed.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 383. O. ‘05. 110w.
“Readable and profusely illustrated, it gives a great amount of information about the insects of this country, in such a manner that it is available to any intelligent person. With all its merits, Prof. Kellogg’s book is a little too much of a compilation to be ideally satisfactory.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
+ + — =Dial.= 39: 164. S. 16, ‘05. 690w.
“It seems that nothing needed to make this a complete guide to the study of our American insects has been omitted. The style of the book is in general popular and adapted to the average intelligent reader.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1112. N. 9, ‘05. 340w.
“In general, entomologists will agree with the schemes of classification.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 207. S. 7, ‘05. 690w.
“Not only is an excellent reference book, but ... contains much interesting reading for any nature-lover.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 43. S. 2, ‘05. 100w.
“The minor defects noted detract little from its real value, and Professor Kellogg’s volume will be welcomed as one of the best general text-books on the subject covered.” C. L. Marlatt
+ + — =Science=, n.s. 22: 563. N. 3, ‘05. 1160w.
=Kellor, Frances A.= Out of work. **$1.25. Putnam.
“Miss Kellor’s previous studies of convict women and correctional institutions gave her an admirable preparation for the investigation of employment bureaus.” (Am. J. Soc.) Her researches have been carried on in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, with the result that her material is first hand. She discusses the employment agencies, their treatment of the unemployed, and their influence upon homes and business. The last chapter is devoted to state and municipal laws.
“No previous study has accumulated such a wealth of information on this vital problem. The author has very properly aimed to give a clear and adequate statement of the entire situation and has dealt out advice sparingly. Yet she has probably suggested about all the measures for betterment which give any promise of immediate usefulness.” C. R. Henderson.
+ + + =Am. J. Soc.= 10: 558. Ja. ‘05. 110w.
“The work is well done. This volume should command the attention of housekeepers and employers generally, as well as students, for it indicates that the reign of graft is not confined to political positions, and the corrupting influences of many agencies are clearly set forth.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 131. Ja. ‘05. 220w.
“It is an admirable piece of work. The work thorough and well-planned; and the facts stated in an impartial and interesting manner; simple and entertaining as well as scientifically valuable.” Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 279. Mr. ‘05. 580w.
Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 156. Mr. 1, ‘05. 160w.
“The volume is worthy of high praise and it should be widely read.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 99. Jl. 13, ‘05. 290w.
Reviewed by S. P. B.
+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 295. Mr. ‘05. 530w.
“An interesting study of employment agencies. The value of Miss Kellor’s book lies largely in the undoubted authenticity of the information on which it is based. The book should be read by all who are interested in reforming the abuses of employment agencies in American cities.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 760. D. ‘04. 190w.
=Kelly, Myra.= Little citizens. †$1.50. McClure.
Miss Kelly’s narrative had to do with a “polyglot brood of future Americans,” children of the New York east side Jewish colony. She “shows us these little citizens at work and play in a New York school. Their parents are pedlars, seamstresses, and costermongers.... They are timid, ignorant, unwashed. But the children they send shrewdly and faithfully to school ... are enchanting. Of course they are naughty. Miss Kelly is at once too honest and too artistic to write stories about little saints.... But they are clever, affectionate, and teachable.... They speak an odd dialect that we take to be a graft of the Yiddish on American; and at school their ways are most humorous and entertaining.” (Acad.)
“Miss Myra Kelly’s ‘Little citizens’ are as strange to us as the countries of their birth, and their charm is partly the charm of novelty. She has presented them with originality and freshness and with a convincing sympathy.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 336. Mr. 25, ‘05. 480w.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 189. F. ‘05. 90w.
“For real insight into the child mind with its misconceptions and limitations, so hard for an adult to understand, these stories are only equalled by those of ‘Emmy Lou.’”
+ + + =Ind.= 58: 502. Mr. 2, ‘05. 210w.
“They pile up material for the future, and are in the present prodigiously amusing.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 260w.
“In the representation of their terrible manners, their extraordinary dialect and their oriental warmth of heart, the author shows keen observation, delightful humor, and no mean order of creative talent. Miss Kelly’s book is amusing, and it is unconsciously, unintentionally, and therefore delightfully, instructive. The dialect is picturesquely and easily handled.”
+ + + =Reader.= 5: 623. Ap. ‘05. 380w.
“The volume may be highly recommended as containing sketches of an original and attractive kind.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 754. My. 20, ‘05. 150w.
=Kendrick, A. F.= English embroidery. *$2.50. Scribner.
“A well-illustrated guide for students and collectors to the history of art embroidery in England from the middle ages down to the eighteenth century, with descriptions of the important examples of this work that have been preserved.”—Outlook.
“He writes, moreover, from a liberal and genuinely artistic standpoint, and is not carried away by a love of mere curiosity.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 760. Je. 17. 500w.
“It is seldom that a book on a special subject is so interesting and readable throughout.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 60. Jl. 20, ‘05. 1350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 300w.
=Outlook.= 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 40w.
=Kennedy, John Pendleton=, ed. Journals of the house of burgesses of Virginia, 1773-1776. *$10. Putnam.
The publication of these documents by the Library board of Richmond will be welcomed by all students of this most interesting period in Virginia’s history. The editor has provided a valuable introduction containing numerous extracts from contemporary newspapers and unpublished “Broadsides.” The letters and minutes of the Colonial Committee of Correspondence are appended to the Journal of each year.
“The work of editing the volume has been ably done.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 44. Jl. 16, ‘05. 440w.
“A very satisfactory introduction.”
+ + + =Lit. D.= 31: 585. O. 21, ‘05. 340w.
“The editor, John Pendleton Kennedy, State Librarian, has performed his task with judgment, and the result is highly creditable to the state.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 144. Ag. 17, ‘05. 770w.
=Kennedy, Sidney Robinson.= Lodestar. †$1.50. Macmillan.
In their rambles thru the Connecticut hills, two friends, a novelist and a painter, meet a refined and well educated country girl, with whom they both fall in love. A great-hearted millionaire enters the story, and there are many amusing complications.
“One of the pleasantest of summer books.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 395. Ag. 17, ‘05. 60w.
“Something of a disappointment.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 680w.
“Clever and readable novel.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 100w.
=Kent, Arminie Thomas.= Otia; ed. by Harold Hodge. **$1.25. Lane.
Some thirty essays, and critical reviews reprinted from various magazines, and about twenty poems, serious, sentimental and satiric, which were written between 1881 and the author’s death in 1903.
“The book intrinsically strikes us as a failure.”
— =Acad.= 68: 80. Ja. 28, ‘05. 690w.
“In treating a writer who pays such attention to the small points of style, and who incidentally sneers at ‘the shallower sort of American scholars,’ an American reviewer feels justified in pointing out minute defects.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 45. Jl. 16, ‘05. 540w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 215. Ap. 8, ‘05. 260w.
“Among the essays, the best, we think, are those which deal with the technique of literature. Of the poems, we should place first the sonnet to the memory of Lord Beaconsfield, where the form leaves very little to be desired.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 93. Ja. 21, ‘05. 70w.
=Kent, Charles Foster=, ed. Israel’s historical and biographical narratives, from the establishment of the Hebrew kingdom to the end of the Maccabean struggle. **$2.75. Scribner.
“Professor Kent has undertaken the bold task of rearranging the writings of the Old Testament in their logical and chronological order. The aim is not merely to arrange the books, but to break them up into their component parts, and to indicate the sources from which they were originally drawn, presenting in a practical and intelligible form, the results of modern critical research. ‘The student’s Old Testament’ is to be divided into six volumes:—(1) ‘Narratives of the beginning of Hebrew history’; (2) ‘Historical and biographical narratives’; (3) ‘Prophetic sermons, epistles, and apocalypses’; (4) ‘Laws and traditional precedents,’ (5) ‘Songs, psalms, and prayers;’ (6) ‘Proverbs and didactic poems.’ The work is intended for general readers, not for specialists only.”—Lond. Times.
“Results of very various degrees of certainty are embodied in his volume. But his work will be invaluable to the student who uses it with discrimination.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 270. Ag. 25, ‘05. 1060w.
“It is a credit to the university served by Professor Kent.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 692. Jl. 15, ‘05. 500w.
=Kent, Charles Foster.= Narratives of the beginnings of Hebrew history, from the creation to the establishment of the Hebrew kingdom. **$2.75. Scribner.
Impelled by the demands for a constructive presentation of the facts regarding the literature of the Old Testament, Professor Kent has undertaken a series of six volumes presenting successively the narrative of the beginnings of Hebrew history, historical and biographical narratives, prophetic sermons, epistles and apocalypses, laws and traditional precedents, songs, psalms, prayers, proverbs, and didactic poems; thus covering the entire Old Testament. This first volume, “The student’s Old Testament,” is a modern and scholarly translation, with a systematic, logical classification of the early narratives found in the books from Genesis to Ruth. Various versions of the ancient stories are presented side by side, so that they can be read like the gospels of the New Testament, in their original form.
“Its information is full and eminently trustworthy. In the notes the editor is careful not to be over-dogmatic.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 140. Jl. 29. 530w.
“Its scholarly character, its conservative and constructive spirit, its admirable rendering of the text, its ample helps for proper interpretation, and its large promise of good things to come in the subsequent volumes, assures the reader that a most serviceable work has been added to the apparatus for biblical study.” H. L. W.
+ + =Bib. World.= 25: 309. Ap. ‘05. 1020w.
=Ker, William Paton.= Dark ages, **$1.50. Scribner.
“Professor Ker, of University college, London, presents, under special title of ‘The dark ages,’ the first volume of a series of ‘Periods of European literature,’ to be edited by Professor Saintsbury.... He begins with an attempt to define this much-abused term.... Chronologically he limits his period by the decline of Roman culture on the one hand and the year 1100 on the other.... In the second chapter, ‘The elements,’ we are given a general survey of the whole period.... The main body of the volume is then divided into two parts, treating respectively the ‘Latin authors,’ and ‘The Teutonic languages’; and a short final chapter on the literature of Ireland and Wales completes what is at best but a hasty survey of a vast field.”—Am. Hist. R.
“There are enough learned references here to challenge the literary expert at every turn. Indeed, we can hardly see how any one can understand this book to whom the things it deals with are not already perfectly familiar. To such a one it offers a somewhat confused résumé of matters he should know already. For the young student it is far too abstruse, and for the general reader it lacks the unity and concentration which alone can command his attention. Mr. Ker’s bane is fine writing; he has a certain sense of humor that now and then is useful, but it leads him into long ways around where directness and compactness are prime necessities.” E. E.
+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 628. Ap. ‘05. 410w.
“By wise selection of his materials, lucid exposition, and occasional happy characterization, he maintains the interest even of those who are prepared to find the Dark ages pretty dull and unprofitable. Of actual error we think the work will be found to contain very little.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 382. My. 11, ‘05. 940w.
=Kerr, Robert Pollok.= Blue flag: or, The Covenanters who contended for Christ’s crown and covenant. 75c. Presbyterian com.
The origin and history of the Covenanters is accurately and stirringly presented in this little book which is intended for class study in Sunday schools and young people’s societies. To this end a series of questions is given at the close of the volume.
* =Kerst, Friedrich,= comp. Beethoven: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words: tr. and ed. by H: E: Krehbiel. *$1. Huebsch.
Much of the material used for compiling this Beethoven handbook has been drawn from letters, reports of conversations, and diaries heretofore unavailable. The author has classified his cullings under appropriate chapter headings, and they serve to enlighten Beethoven lovers upon the great composer’s spiritual, philosophical and human observations.
* =Kerst, Friedrich,= comp. Mozart: the man and the artist, as revealed in his own words; tr. and ed. by H: E: Krehbiel. *$1. Huebsch.
From material gleaned here and there, the author has pieced together “an autobiography of Mozart written without conscious purpose, and for that reason peculiarly winning, illuminating and convincing. The outward things in Mozart’s life are all but ignored in it, but there is a frank and full disclosure of the great musician’s artistic, intellectual and moral character, made in his own words.”
* =Kester, Vaughan.= Fortunes of the Landrays. †$1.50. McClure.
This story “begins and ends in an Ohio town, and is essentially a picture of life in that community; but the adventures of certain of its characters take us at times to the far West with the forty-niners—to Salt Lake City in the early days of Brigham Young, to the closing scenes of the Civil war, and to the prairies of Kansas. The story is one of three generations, not only of the Landrays, but of the other families with whose fortunes theirs are associated.”—Dial.
* “On the whole, a solid and capable story, with flashes of brilliancy.”
+ — =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 70w.
* “A novel whose interest, although complicated, is remarkably well sustained. Its faults of incoherency do not prevent it from being a fairly readable production.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ — =Dial.= 39: 309. N. 16, ‘05. 240w.
* “The chief merit of the story lies in its character drawing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.
* “This story is unsatisfactory. There is good work in it; but the general scheme is weak. Characterization is one of Mr. Kester’s strongest qualities.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 633. N. 11, ‘05. 220w.
=Ketcham, Heber D.= Certainty of the kingdom and other sermons. The Methodist pulpit. Second series, *50c. Meth. bk.
In the hope that the ways of God may be made more plain to his readers, the author offers these eight sermons entitled, The certainty of the kingdom, Our sonship, The will, the pivot of destiny. The unveiled vision, Paul, the preacher, and Life’s procession of the seasons.
=Key, A. Cooper-.= Primer of explosives, for the use of local inspectors and dealers. *35c. Macmillan.
“The author gives a short description of the manufacture of the chief explosives, but its great value will be found in the sections devoted to special risks with each class, the methods of storing and packing, and a particularly useful chapter on the general construction and management of a store, the destruction of explosives, etc. It is certain that a careful study of the book by local inspectors will lead to a better understanding of the whole question of explosives.... For those traders and users who have the handling of these goods after they have left the manufactory the book should be equally valuable.”—Nature.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 962. S. 16, ‘05. 130w.
“Is what such a handbook should be.”
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 369. S. 16. 250w.
“This little book should prove to be of great value to those for whose benefit it has been mainly written.” J. S. S. B.
+ + =Nature.= 72: 507. S. 21, ‘05. 220w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 638. S. 30, ‘05. 220w.
=Khan,—(Hadji), and Sparroy, Wilfrid.= With the pilgrims to Mecca, *$3.50. Lane.
An account of Mr. Khan’s journey to Mecca in 1902 as a special correspondent of the Morning Post. The author is a Mohammedan and speaks Arabic fluently. He tells of the various rites and ceremonies which must be performed by the pilgrims, and of their strange religious feasts and festivals. There are also chapters upon bazaars and social life in the holy city, the whole being enlivened by the original humor of the author’s guide. There is a closing chapter upon the slave market by Mr. Sparroy.
“A book which gives perhaps the most vivid and picturesque account of the great pilgrimage which has ever been written in English, compared with which the well known narratives of Burckhardt and Burton are dry, jejune and colourless. For vigour of style and picturesque treatment of Hadji Khan may be compared with the famous traveller, Palgrave, with the latter’s tendency to embroider the narrative at the expense of accuracy.”
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 329. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1240w.
“A welcome book for our libraries.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 565. Je. ‘05. 220w.
“No portion of the book lacks interest for the curiously inclined, and it is admirably and graphically written.” Wallace Rice.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 383. Je. 1, ‘05. 580w.
“It is unfortunate that little reliance can be put on our author’s accuracy. With the pictures of society and trade in Mecca it is different; these are most lively in color and give every appearance of truth.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 319. Ap. 20, ‘05. 560w.
“For an insight into the mind of the Oriental, and more particularly of the followers of the prophet, with the ceremonies of his faith, we know of nothing equal to the work under notice.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 165. Mr. 18, ‘05. 820w.
“Every detail of the ‘pilgrim’s progress’ from his arrival at Jeddah is minutely set forth, and that with a force and local colour that increases one’s interest.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 315. S. 2, ‘05. 300w.
=Kielland, Alexander L.= Professor Lovedahl; tr. from the Norwegian, by Rebecca Blair Flandrau. *$1.25. Turner, H. B.
“A romance from the Northland. The love of money and power lead to the downfall of a society man and to the gradual ruin of a whole community. The author aims to put corruption and cant in their proper places.”—Bookm.
“A story pre-eminently Scandinavian in its matter, inspiration, and outcome. Nobody in it is happy; few people in it are good. It is all horribly futile and Scandinavian.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 36. Ja. 21, ‘05. 250w. (Outline of plot).
=Kildare, Owen.= My Mamie Rose: the story of my regeneration. $1. Baker.
A popular edition of this autobiography of a child of the Bowery, a newsboy, a “beer slinger” in a notorious dive, a pugilist, one who could not read or write until he was thirty, who now at thirty-eight earns his living by his pen, and upholds the cause of right. It is the story of how this development of the real man in him came about thru the influence of his Mamie Rose, the little school teacher who died on the eve of their marriage, and also, tho perhaps he would not admit it, thru the influence of his pal, the bull pup Bill.
“‘My Mamie Rose’ is a true love story, a human document and a photograph of slum life as it is to-day. Its effect will be to demolish theories of environment and to inspire the settlement worker with greater hope.”
+ + =Reader.= 6: 975. S. ‘05. 280w.
=Kinealy, John Henry.= Centrifugal fans: a theoretical and practical treatise on fans for moving air in large quantities at comparatively low pressures. *$5. Spon.
“This compact little treatise is devoted mainly to the theory of centrifugal fans. There is included in it, however, a brief outline showing the evolution of the present usual commercial type of centrifugal fan and some practical information concerning the less common types, such as the cone type, running without a casing, and disk or propeller fans. The work is primarily devoted, however, to the ordinary commercial fan for use in heating and ventilating work or for mechanical draught.”—Engin. N.
“It is difficult to see how this work can be of material value to the practicing engineer.” D. W. Taylor.
— =Engin. N.= 53: 644. Je. 15, ‘05. 2060w.
=King, Charles.= Medal of honor: a story of peace and war. *$1.25. Hobart.
This is not one of General King’s garrison stories, altho it is of course a story of the army. Its hero, Ronald Fane, who wins the medal of honor and the girl he loves, is first an instructor at West Point, and after active service against the Apaches becomes instructor in military tactics at a western university. There are many complications and the plot is skilfully tangled and skilfully straightened out again.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 409. Je. 17, ‘05. 380w.
* =King, Charles Francis.= Soldier’s trial. $1.50. Hobart.
A sub-title declares that this novel is, “an episode in the canteen crusade,” and it does set forth the army sentiment against the well meaning outsiders who defeated the ends of temperance by abolishing the canteen; but the book is largely concerned with a garrison scandal caused by a beautiful Spanish girl with two husbands and many lovers. There are several unsavory episodes and the book draws, perhaps, a less pleasing picture of army life than any of General King’s army stories.
=King, Henry Churchill.= Personal and ideal elements in education. **$1.50. Macmillan.
“President King writes for the scholar a conservative interpretation of the results gained by men like Coe, Starbuck, and Leuba in their researches concerning psychology of conversion and allied themes.... The chapters were first delivered as papers before religious conventions.... The volume contains President King’s inaugural address, another plea for the retention of the old-time college course.”—Dial.
Reviewed by Henry D. Sheldon.
=Dial.= 38: 272. Ap. 16, ‘05. 130w.
* “His plea for less of the mechanical and more of the personal in education is worth the attention of teachers and of all interested in the methods which are at this moment forming the future citizen.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 818. O. 5, ‘05. 180w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 511. Ap. ‘05. 90w.
=King, Henry Churchill.= Rational living: some practical inferences from modern psychology, **$1.25. Macmillan.
“President King ... has brought together the ‘four great emphases’ of psychological study in popular form, and pointed out their direct practical bearing on the conduct of life. For the satisfaction of those who have not at hand the works of the masters in psychology, he quotes these freely, so that the reader may judge of the adequacy of the grounds on which are based the practical counsels which they suggest for rational living in respect to growth, character, happiness, and influence. In conclusion it is shown that ‘just these ideal conditions to which psychology leads us Christ declares to be actual.’”—Outlook.
* “A serious and amazingly comprehensive study.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 582. D. ‘05. 100w.
“The peculiar merit of President King’s work is that he has presented the fundamental facts of psychology, together with the practical counsels which they impose for a life in rational accord with our nature, more comprehensively and completely than any preceding writer.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 529. O. 28, ‘05. 200w.
Kingdom of Siam. See =Carter, A. Cecil=, ed.
=Kingsbury, Sara.= Atonement, $1. Eastern pub.
The sweat shop, the college settlement, and the college itself, each points its own moral in this story of Marion, the niece of a millionaire, who turns from a life of luxury to work among the poor. Her self sacrifice, however, is not rewarded by personal happiness for, in the renunciation of Roger, her betrothed, she suffers equally with him as he works out his expiation for the betrayal of a daughter of the sweat-shop, who was employed in his great department store.
=Kingsley, Charles.= Hypatia. $1.25. Crowell.
A new volume in that pleasing pocket edition: the “Thin paper classics.”
=Kingsley, Mrs. Florence (Morse).= Resurrection of Miss Cynthia. †$1.50. Dodd.
Miss Cynthia, a spinster of thirty-three, who has lived a narrow, cramped little life is told by her doctor that, owing to an affection of the lungs, she has only one more year to live. Instead of repining she decides to make her last days happy ones so she throws off all the traditions of her house, discards black for bright colors, and goes out to enjoy light and sunshine. As a result she finds both health and an old lover.
* “Clever and pleasant tale.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 758. D. 2. 240w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 651. O. 7. ‘05. 290w.
=Kinzbrunner, Charles.= Testing the continuous current machine in laboratories and test-rooms: a practical work for students and engineers. $2. Wiley.
“This work is a laboratory manual giving detailed instruction for carrying out numerous experiments upon direct current machines. The author has had constantly in mind the necessity of planning the exercises with a view to their practical application and has endeavored to make the book useful to engineers as well as to students.”—Engin. N.
“It is a pleasure to commend Mr. Kinzbrunner’s manual to American readers and to state that it deserves to be classed with the somewhat similar works of Nichols, Swenson, and Frankenfield, and other well-known writers of electrical laboratory manuals.” Henry H. Norris.
+ + + =Engin.= N. 53: 638. Je. 15. ‘05. 820w.
=Kipling, Rudyard.= Seven seas. * *$2. Appleton.
“In a green and gold cover, with an old-fashioned ship on it riding high before the wind, reappears this famous volume of verse by the unofficial laureate of Great Britain. The pages are adorned with decorative borders in green.”—Critic.
* + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 40w.
* + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 70w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.
=Kirk, William Frederick.= Norsk nightingale: being the lyrics of a “Lumberyack.” **75c. Small.
“Faithful Norsk-English dialect, Western slang, cleverness in rhyme and structure, and odd incongruity of familiar stories put in a queer form—all help to make the poems amusing in a new fashion.”—Outlook.
“Novelty and freshness, and no little ingenuity as a parodist, salute us in this volume of dialect verse.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 384. O. ‘05. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 585. S. 9, ‘05. 190w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 60w.
=Kiser, S. E.= Charles the chauffeur. $1. Stokes.
“The story of the social and financial aspirations of a well-meaning and very able young chauffeur, who never killed anyone unless he had to in order to make a certain run, and who would handle a machine as few chauffeurs can.... The story, told by Charles himself and frequently spelled phonetically, abounds in descriptions of a highly diverting nature.”—N. Y. Times.
“For those who enjoy humor of a broad up-to-date kind this will be just the kind of story they will like.”
+ =Sat. R.= 10: 342. Je. 10, ‘05. 270w.
=Kitton, Frederic George.= Dickens country. $2. Macmillan.
A volume in the “Pilgrimage” series. A brief biography of the novelist which, in following his life, gives with the places, persons and incidents mentioned the part each played in his stories. There are fifty full-page illustrations in half-tone, including pictures of Dickens himself and of the places connected with him.
“In ‘The Dickens country’ we have a work worthy of the subject and of the writer. Wherever he [Dickens pilgrim] may list to go, he should carry this book with him—a sure and faithful guide, and a pleasant travelling-companion.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 126. F. 11, ‘05. 1140w.
“The work has been done so faithfully and so fully that it need never be attempted again.”
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 169. S. 16, ‘05. 430w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 156. Mr. 11. ‘05. 280w.
“The book is coherent and accurate.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 168. Mr. 18, ‘05. 870w.
“He had thoroughly mastered the subject, and wrote out of a well-filled mind.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 923. Je. 24, ‘05. 220w.
=Kittredge, George Lyman.= Old farmer and his almanack. *$2.50. Ware.
Some observations on life and manners in New England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert B. Thomas’s “Farmer’s Almanack”; together with extracts, curious, instructive, and entertaining, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter.
“There are, indeed, not a few purple patches sewed into this crazy-quilt, but they are hid from our eyes unless we find clues in the capacious index.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 507. Je. 22, ‘05. 1080w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 217. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1160w.
“A highly interesting book.”
+ =Spec.= 95: 436. S. 28, ‘05. 240w.
=Klein, Felix.= In the land of the strenuous life. **$2. McClurg.
Kindly impressions of the United States, its institutions and its people by one whose object was to see and describe the things of our land which might serve as profitable examples to his “poor beloved France.” The Abbe visited New York, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis and the World’s fair, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia, and also saw something of Canada. His volume is dedicated to President Roosevelt and is an author’s translation of his successful French work.
* + =Critic.= 47: 580. D. ‘05. 110w.
“The good literary style of the English version, made by the Abbé himself, and the highly entertaining character of the narrative, will no doubt make it a favorite in this country also.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + — =Dial.= 39: 162. S. 16, ‘05. 2210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 719. O. 21, ‘05. 210w.
“The wit and brilliancy that shine upon every page, and illuminate the acute judgments made by Abbé Klein, give a unique charm to the record, and will attract many readers.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 270w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 754. D. ‘05. 190w.
=Knapp, Oswald G.=, ed. Artist’s love story. *$3.50. Longmans.
The letters of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mrs. Siddons, and Maria and Sally Siddons help to tell the story of the love affairs of the artist and the two daughters of the great actress. Both girls died early of consumption and Lawrence died a bachelor, but lived to break other hearts. The book is illustrated with lithographs and facsimiles taken from drawings and portraits done by Lawrence.
+ =Dial.= 38: 130. F. 16, ‘05. 270w.
“Its peculiar value consists in the light it casts upon an age when people cultivated and enjoyed their emotions more than they did wisdom or intelligence.”
+ + =Ind.= 68: 612. Mr. 16, ‘05. 860w.
=Knight, William A.= Retrospects. Vol. I. *$2.25. Scribner.
“Any book from the pen of Dr. William Knight, the Wordsworth scholar and St. Andrews professor, is sure to be richly worth the reading.... After noting, in his preface, the indisputable benefit to be derived from communion, whether personal or thru books, with ‘characters that are strong, original, exalted and benign, that are many sided, fertile-minded and ideal,’ he says a word condemnatory of that distorted presentation of a man’s life which is not seldom found in the so-called critical biography.” (Dial). “Professor Knight ... adds to fuller and more formal accounts of his literary contemporaries odds and ends of which he has had personal knowledge.” (N. Y. Times). Among the most interestingly discussed are Carlyle, Browning, Frederick D. Maurice, and Matthew Arnold. A second volume is promised.
“Is a treat. Without conscious idealization, therefore, or any embroidery or amplification of plain facts and spoken words, Professor Knight has produced some chapters of fragmentary biography that are as fascinating as they are convincing, their very charm indeed largely lying in their evident truthfulness and their admirable restraint.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 117. F. 16, ‘05. 2760w. (Survey of contents).
“‘Retrospects’ is, on the whole too much involved in the academic and professionally literary point of view to inspire such interest as a more human account of the same people must needs call forth.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 29. Ja. 14, ‘05. 840w. (Survey of contents).
* =Knipe, Emilie Benson=, il. Girls and boys: with new stories and verses by Alice Calhoun Haines. †$1.50. Stokes.
Pictures and verses of present day American children at home and at play. There are eight full-page illustrations in colors.
=Knowles, Frederick Lawrence.= Love triumphant. **$1. Estes.
A volume containing ninety poems, grouped into five sections and singing of human love, divine love, love triumphant over guilt, and love of country.
“In Mr. Knowles’ poems we find the imaginative genius of the true poet, the grace of the accomplished versifier and the prophet’s high and noble appeal to the reason and sense of right in man, all in so eminent a degree that his work holds for us a special charm.”
+ + + =Arena.= 33: 557. My. ‘05. 3050w.
“Graceful workmanship.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 199. Mr. 16, ‘05. 240w.
“Mr. Knowles’s volume contains some very good verses. But there are also some very bad ones.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 1016. My. 4, ‘05. 150w.
* + — =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.
“The illustrations are all very well reproduced, and beneath each one a full description, with sizes, etc., is given, a most useful feature, making reference and identification easy.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 82. Mr. ‘05. 150w.
=Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 64. My. ‘05. 180w.
“Mr. Knowles, while not disdaining the graces of rhythm and rime, and while taking the most sweet and serious things of life as subject matter, yet contrives to give a strain of real music that comes refreshingly, and to voice the themes that carry swift appeal to the heart.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 730w.
“As one reads on through the book and rereads, the rhetorical virtuosity becomes more obvious and the poetry less.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 280w.
“He gives us flashing poetic thoughts, but he cannot show them in such beauty as to move the soul. He is at his best in expression when, abandoning the labored incentive of the magazine demand, he tells simply some little story with feeling in it.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 135. Ja. 26, ‘05. 640w.
=Knowles, Robert Edward.= St. Cuthbert’s: a novel. †$1.50. Revell.
“The pastor of a large Presbyterian church in Canada gives here in semi-romantic form the story of his parish. Most of his characters speak Scotch dialect.” (Outlook.) A love story of which the clergyman’s daughter, Margaret, is the heroine, runs thru the book.
* “He has given us the best study of mingled pathos and humor that we have read for several years.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1264. D. 2, ‘05. 320w.
“The book is not without passages rich in humor and pathos, but it is too didactic, and in some particulars lacks the restraint which many readers would naturally expect of a clerical pen.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 60w.
“The interest and value of the book lie in its revelation of Scottish traits, in its author’s appreciation of a noble bedrock of granite character underlying the soil infertile of the flowers of speech.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 726. O. 28, ‘05. 220w.
=Knowles, W. Pitcairn.= Dutch pottery and porcelain. *$2.50. Scribner.
A guide to the collector and student in attributing specimens to the correct maker and factory and period. The author is himself a connoisseur and famous collector, and “tells us the alphabet from which pottery and the different makes of porcelain are constructed. Then, by the aid of a few historical facts, he creates a Dutch atmosphere. When we are sufficiently acclimatised he traces the development of the industry from the time when the potter-baker accepted the assistance of the seller of clay and went into partnership with the potter-turner, till he finally collaborated with the potter-painter, and the porcelain factory came into existence.” (Acad.) The volume belongs to the “Newnes library series.”
“Our author is a reliable, as well as an entertaining guide.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 79. Ja. 28, ‘05. 460w.
+ + =Nation.= 80: 466. Je. 8, ‘05. 840w.
“His knowledge of the literature and history of the Dutch art is put at the disposal of his readers in a simple and engaging way, aided by beautiful colored plates of many museum pieces.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 908. Ap. 8, ‘05. 190w.
=Knox, George William.= Japanese life in town and country. **$1.20. Putnam.
“After an introductory chapter on ‘The point of view,’ notable for its liberal-minded common sense, Dr. Knox reviews briefly, but clearly and interestingly, the history of Japan from the traditionary period down to the present time. Chapters VI and VII are taken up with Buddhism and Confucianism;