chapter VI
., which deals with the peculiar characteristics of the later Middle ages.... This
## chapter introduces the treatment of Gothic art, which fills the second
half of the volume. The discussion of it stops with the fourteenth century. There are 66 full-page, half-tone prints and 125 text cuts.”—Nation.
“But while Mr. Lethaby has assimilated the important results of foreign research, he is thoroughly independent in his judgments.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 758. Je. 17. 1260w.
+ + =Critic.= 46: 186. F. ‘05. 130w.
“The treatment is so cursory that the reader often finds little more than a list of monuments. Mr. Lethaby’s book as a whole shows no new grasp of the subject, no general principle or underlying philosophy whereby to coördinate many artistic movements.” George Breed Zug.
— =Dial.= 38: 320. My. 1, ‘05. 430w.
“In Mr. Lethaby’s book we have an admirable summary of the two chief styles of medieval art—the eastward culmination, or Byzantine school, and the western, or Gothic.”
+ =Ind.= 58: 1364. Je. 15, ‘05. 260w.
=Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 16. Mr. ‘05. 50w.
“Two apparent characteristics of Mr. Lethaby are a laudable willingness to take pains, and a marked readiness to adopt positive opinions—to reach final conclusions and avow them.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 339. Ap. 27, ‘05. 1230w.
“His book is crowded with illustrations, yet there is not one too many.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 95. Ja. 7, ‘05. 110w.
“It has one rather serious defect in the lack of clear bibliographical definitions of at least of all the more important books and sources referred to.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 119. Jl. 22, ‘05. 1700w.
“In this book, besides the lucid descriptions of the technical parts of the Gothic architect’s work, there are passages of rare insight into the spirit of mediaeval builders.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 270w.
=Levasseur, Pierre Emile.= Elements of political economy; tr. by Theodore Marburg. *$1.75. Macmillan.
Following practically the four-fold division of this subject, viz., production, distribution, exchange and consumption, M. Levasseur’s work is “characterized by clearness and originality of presentation, forcefulness of treatment, and conservatism of viewpoint.” (Outlook.) The work is inadequate on the subjects of the great industrial and economic questions of the day, monopolistic production, unionism and strikes, etc. There are no indexes and no lists of references.
“It is short, succinct, interesting. It may well be used to supplement other books. The translators’ work is well done.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 110w.
“Lack of logical treatment renders M. Levasseur’s book almost incomprehensible to the beginner, for whom it is evidently intended.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 212. O. 1, ‘05. 180w.
“Levasseur’s ‘Elements’ is fluent, commonplace, eclectic.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 931. O. 19, ‘05. 190w.
“On the whole the work is disappointing. It is decidedly inferior to several good textbooks which already exist in English.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 503. Jl. 29, ‘05. 910w.
“The merits of the original are somewhat dimmed in the present version, wherein the phraseology is at times so awkward as to leave the author’s meaning seriously in doubt.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 591. Jl. 1, ‘05. 360w.
“This work is regarded as valuable chiefly for its sound and well-balanced statements of economic truths, and for its clear discrimination in dealing with new theories.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 70w.
=Levetus, A. S.= Imperial Vienna. *$5. Lane.
An account of the history, tradition and arts of Vienna, according to the sub-title. “The volume ... is both more and less than its subtitle implies. There is a good deal of ‘history’ (141 pages out of the 416), an indefinite amount of ‘tradition,’ and a very little (ten pages) about ‘art, including sculpture and painting under Franz Josef’; but there is, in addition, something about literature, the theatre, dancing, court festivities, society, education, and the life of the common people. And, of course, the guide-book element is all there—description of streets, squares, buildings, monuments, churches, palaces, &c. The whole is enlivened by more than 150 well-selected, and for the most part, very clever illustrations from sketches in charcoal, pencil, and pen and ink.” (Nation).
“An admirable literary and artistic memorial of one of the most interesting of European capitals.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 90w.
“Unfortunately the numerous illustrations by Erwin Puchinger are scarcely equal to the text they supplement; they lack character and atmosphere, and are devoid of the feeling for their subject which is so distinctive a charm of the work of Miss Levetus.”
+ + — =Int. Studio.= 24: 369. F. ‘05. 220w.
“Has consulted good, though not many, sources, and is not sensational in the treatment of her topics. At its best utterly devoid of literary grace, it contains many sentences of almost incredible crudity, and some which make one wonder how they could have escaped the eye of the most careless proof-reader.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 140. F. 16, ‘05. 710w.
=Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.).= Sunset trail. †$1.50. Barnes.
Cattle days, and Dodge City, the crown of the Texas cattle region, furnish the time and place for this breezy story. Bat Masterson, who is a real person, is the hero, and as sheriff has many adventures and shows much courage, finally winning the love of a Boston girl by killing seven Indians before her eyes.
* “The book is not compelling in interest.”
+ — =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 130w.
“Mr. Lewis’s keen wit and almost hypertrophied sense of the ridiculous makes the volume intensely interesting to those who have any well developed humor of their own.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w.
“Except for Mr. Lewis’s ‘manner,’ they are much like other Western tales.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 368. Je. 3, ‘05. 330w.
“These stories have less fun and more gore than Mr. Lewis’s well-known ‘Wolfville days.’”
— =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 110w.
“Interesting adventures they are—full of roughness and readiness and gun play.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 974. Je. 24, ‘05. 210w.
“The story is packed with adventure, and there is so steady a flow of quiet, often grim humor in it that the reader forgets that for once he is not getting his customary scenes of sentiment.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 361. Ag. ‘05. 270w.
=Libbey, William, and Hoskins, Franklin E.= Jordan valley and Petra. **$6. Putnam.
Two volumes containing more than 150 halftones of photographs, record the interesting and instructive features of a journey from Baerut to Jerusalem, covering forty-one days. The first volume gives minute descriptions of the make-up of a caravan, methods of dealing with the natives, the itinerary of the journey, statements as to the history of the places visited, etc. The second volume is devoted to a description of Petra, where for five days the party camped in the heart of the city.
* “Many interesting, unique, and valuable features.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 380. D. 1, ‘05. 750w.
+ + =Nation.= 81: 128. Ag. 10, ‘05. 790w.
“Apart from this unimportant drawback of mixing pulpit and physical geography, however, the book is excellent, and gives a good description of the present condition of the country through which the Israelites passed before they entered the Promised land.”
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 605. S. 16, ‘05. 1290w.
“Apart from its scientific and antiquarian interest, their narrative is enlivened with incident, adventure, and humor.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 450w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 283. Ag. 26, ‘05. 210w.
=Lillibridge, William Otis.= Ben Blair: the story of a plainsman. †$1.50. McClurg.
The author takes Ben Blair, of worse than unknown parentage, starts him along that well trodden road in fiction—Western ranch life, then makes of him a real hero, true to his ideals, a supporter of law and order, a staunch friend, a dauntless lover, and he places this Dakota plowman in triumphant contrast to a New York clubman. While the situations are not new in type, they are certainly new in treatment and strongly handled, and one regrets that the book did not appear sooner, before the constant march of Western writers had won its ground away.
=Lilly, William Samuel.= Studies in religion and literature. *$3.25. Herder.
“A collection of nine essays.... Some of the subjects treated are: ‘What was Shakespeare’s religion?’; ‘A French Shakespeare (Balzac)’; ‘A nineteenth century Savonarola (Lamennais)’; ‘Cardinal Wiseman’s life and work’; and ‘Concerning ghost stories.’”—Cath. World.
“The ground covered is extensive, and the skill and versatility displayed are of the unusual order that we expect from Mr. Lilly. But whatever the topic, or whatever the attitude toward it, Mr. Lilly’s work is always interesting and instructive reading.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 830. Mr. ‘05. 160w.
=Lincoln, Joseph Crosby (Joe Lincoln, pseud.).= Partners of the tide. †$1.50. Barnes.
A Cape Cod story in which “a small boy is adopted on the death of his parents by two maiden kinswomen, goes to school, and falls under the influence of the captain of a vessel in the coasting trade. After some years on board his ship ... they become the joint owners of a wrecking schooner. The interest of the story is pretty well divided between the young fellow’s love for a neighbor and schoolmate and his business success.” (Dial.)
“Without being remarkable, the book inspires a hearty liking.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 70w.
“It is in the sketches of New England character threaded upon the narrative that its chief attractiveness lies.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 90w.
“The book is rural drama of the sort that appeals to the rather old and the rather young.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 123. Ag. 10, ‘05. 290w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
“It is all written in the best sort of sea talk, and is altogether about as good an example of a sea yarn as often gets into print.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 433. Jl. 1, ‘05. 630w.
“Honest fun and oddity of character make the tale lively reading.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 70w.
“A salty story, full of quaint characters with quaint turns of speech.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 974. Je. 24, ‘05. 270w.
Lincoln and Douglas debates; ed. by Archibald Lewis Bouton. *60c. Holt.
Professor Bouton, as a teacher of argumentation has felt the lack of available material illustrative of the thrust-and-parry of actual debate and has prepared these selections to supply the deficiency, choosing them because of their value both as masterpieces of the art of debate and as historical documents. Of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates in the senatorial campaign of 1858 in Illinois, those at Freeport, Galesburgh and Alton are printed here entire, prefaced by Lincoln’s speech of June 16 at Springfield, with which he opened the campaign, and supplemented by the famous Cooper institute address of Feb. 15, 1860. The volume is well annotated for class use.
=Lindsay, Charles Harcourt. (Charles Harcourt, pseud.).= Good form for men. **$1. Winston.
The prescribed code is made the authority for this “guide to conduct and dress on all occasions,” yet the suggestions are flexible enough to include frequent conditions that are outside the scope of established rules. The book is convenient in form and concise in treatment.
“This is probably the most valuable book of the character that has appeared in America.”
+ + + =Arena.= 34: 553. N. ‘05. 180w.
“What he says as a rule is to the point and unexaggerated.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 70w.
“It is written in good faith, if not in good form, and contains hints that should be helpful.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 555. Ag. 26, ‘05. 940w.
* Liquor problem, **$1. Houghton.
“The somewhat celebrated Committee of fifty for the investigation of the liquor problem was organized in 1893, and has since that time through its sub-committees published no less than five volumes embodying the results of its labors. Of these volumes two of considerable size considered the physiological aspects, one was occupied with legislative aspects, one with economic aspects, and one with ‘substitutes for the saloon.’”—N. Y. Times.
* “For the general reader this little book is the most important treatise upon the subject. It should receive wide attention.”
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 749. N. ‘05. 150w.
* “It is unfortunate that this final volume does not make any reference to the experience of the last five years, nor to the sharp criticism made upon the work of the committee.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 871. O. 12, ‘05. 880w.
* “Constitutes, as might be expected from the character of the investigating parties, about as sane a statement of the real conditions of the liquor problem as can be obtained within small compass. The value of the book seems to be chiefly in the papers contributed by Dr. Billings and President Eliot.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 785. N. 18, ‘05. 310w.
* =R. of Rs.= 32: 637. N. ‘05. 160w.
=Litsey, Edwin Carlile.= Race of the swift. †$1.25. Little.
Seven stories of wild animals and the tragedy which follows their trail in their quest of food. The title story tells of the plucky run of a mother fox foraging for her little ones; The robber baron is the story of a feudal hawk; The ghost-coon tells of a coon which was white but not a ghost; The spoiler of the folds, follows the hunt of a gray-wolf; The fight on the tree-bridge is waged between an old raccoon and a little coon-dog; The guardian of the flock is the tragic tale of a sheep dog turned traitor; and The King of the Northern slope depicts the last fight of a great wild cat. The volume is illustrated by Charles L. Bull.
* “The stories have marked individuality, though the subjects of them ... have been treated very often before. Each tale moves rapidly and firmly, with perfect adherence to the facts of animal life, and without sentimentality.” May Estelle Cook.
+ =Dial.= 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.
“These seven tales ... are unusually interesting reading.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 771. N. 11, ‘05. 300w.
=Little, Archibald John.= Far East. *$2. Oxford.
“A volume of that excellent geographical series, ‘The regions of the world.’ ... The book is no mere compilation, but written out of a full experience. Most of the chapters are occupied with China historically and geographically.... The description of the Yangtse valley is especially good and complete, for on this Mr. Little writes with unique knowledge. There are also interesting chapters on Mongolia and Turkestan, and a very good and full account of Tibet and the various approaches to that land.”—Spec.
“The style of the book is everywhere lucid, its thought is everywhere original and stimulating, and even dry geographical details are vivified by their connexion with human history.”
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 361. S. 16, ‘05. 2400w.
“It is the kind of book of which there has been genuine need for some time.”
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 276. N. 1, ‘05. 380w.
“Is a capital illustration of what may be accomplished by judicious condensation. Every sentence counts, and the ultimate result is not a confusing jumble of facts and figures—as it might easily have been—but a clear-cut picture, the details of which are unmistakable.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 626. O. 28, ‘05. 140w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 283. S. 8, ‘05. 1900w.
“We congratulate Mr. Little on having given us a most readable volume, full of information, and yet with that local colouring which is an essential for a book to command the attention of the general reading public.”
+ + =Nature.= 72: 626. O. 26, ‘05. 780w.
“It is an admirable summary of the geography and peoples of the Far East, interesting to read, valuable for reference, and with an abundance of excellent maps that will well repay study.” Cyrus C. Adams.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 705. O. 21, ‘05. 2510w.
“If not technically a geographical expert, Mr. Little possesses quite enough scientific knowledge to enable him to deal intelligently with the problems at issue; while his personal knowledge of the region and people enables him to infuse into his descriptions the special interest at which the ‘Regions of the World’ series aims.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 409. S. 23, ‘05. 1720w.
“Is a most comprehensive and scholarly work, written by one who has a lifelong knowledge of the Far East, and is, in addition, an accomplished geographer.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 528. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.
=Littlefield, Walter=, tr. See =Noussanne, H. de.= Kaiser as he is.
=Livingston, Luther Samuel.= Auction prices of books. 4v. *$40. Dodd.
“The editor of ‘American book-prices current,’ ... not satisfied with that meritorious labor, has undertaken to combine selectively his own series with the English of corresponding title, and with earlier sources antedating both. Of the four quarto volumes to result we have the first—A to Dick, ‘Auction prices of books.’ ... This is one of those enterprises concerning which the bare statement as just made is all-sufficient for the connoisseur.”—Nation.
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 775. Je. 24. 1590w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 264. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1710w. (Review of v. 2.)
* “Mr. Livingston has evidently not spared himself trouble to make this section complete.”
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 604. N. 4. 880w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 352. My. 4, ‘05. 220w.
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 53. Jl. 20, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ + =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3.)
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 360w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 324. My. 20, ‘05. 420w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 497. Jl. 29, ‘05. 550w. (Review of v. 2.)
“More and more, as it nears completion, does Mr. Livingston’s work commend itself to those who have to do with books.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 622. S. 23, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 3.)
* “The value of the work will increase.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 843. D. 2, ‘05. 220w. (Review of v. 4.)
+ + + =Spec.= 94: 947. Je. 24, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)
“There is nothing very remarkable in this portion.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 615. O. 21, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 3.)
=Lloyd, Nelson (McAllister).= Mrs. Radigan: her biography, with that of Miss Pearl Veal and the memoirs of J. Madison, †$1. Scribner.
A satire upon New York social climbers in which Mrs. Radigan climbs, her beautiful sister Pearl climbs with her, and young Jones, the real estate agent, is pulled up hanging to their skirts. The titled Englishman, the complacent bishop and the cotillion leader appear in the story, which overflows with good humor.
“The book is sprightly and clever without being over-clever, and it is written by one who knows his ground.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 477. N. ‘05. 260w.
“The story, being satire, but satire of a kindly nature, is very bright reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 619. S. 23, ‘05. 430w.
“A rather clever satire, varying from the obvious to some delightfully subtle thrusts at modern American society.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 150w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 761. D. ‘05. 100w.
=Locke, William John.= Morals of Marcus Ordeyne. †$1.50. Lane.
A London bachelor, contentedly engaged upon a “History of renaissance morals” whose life is filled by his valet, his cat and Judith, his clever neighbor, comes upon a beautiful oriental child strayed from a Syrian harem and takes her to his home. This girl wakens his slumbering passions, she elopes with a daredevil fellow, but in the end, chastened and developed, returns to Ordeyne.
“His style is delightful, pointed, witty and finished. But for all his admirable craftsmanship there is something wanted, and that an essential—vitality.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 664. Je. 24, ‘05. 420w.
“The chief distinguishing quality of the story, however, is found in the literary and artistic merit rather than in its ethical worth. Clearly it is a tale written to amuse. The author possesses a peculiarly brilliant and finished style.”
+ =Arena.= 34: 107. Jl. ‘05. 430w.
“It is clever throughout, despite the sentimentalism.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 587. My. 13. 280w.
“It is a refreshingly whimsical book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ — =Bookm.= 21: 364. Je. ‘05. 670w.
“The story is intensely interesting from first to last, besides being rich in the sort of literary and scholarly allusiveness that appeals most strongly to the cultivated mind.” William Morton Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 820w.
=Ind.= 59: 335. Ag. 10, ‘05. 60w.
“It is entirely original in conception, and the plot is carried out with great skill. The conversations are particularly clever.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 307. My. 13, ‘05. 710w.
“Unusual, striking, and brilliant to a degree is this story.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 220w.
“The changes of scene are frequent, the note of passion is dominant, and the conclusion, if not unexpected, is gratifying.”
+ — =Reader.= 6: 472. S. ‘05. 190w.
“The story is unconventional, it is interesting, and it is well written.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 812. Je. 17, ‘05. 510w.
=Lockhart, John Gibson.= Life of Robert Burns. *60c. McClurg.
Uniform with the “Library of standard biographies,” this volume contains in handy compact form the text of the edition of 1820. It has been annotated, and an index added for the use of students and readers.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 30w.
=Lockhart, John Gibson.= Life of Sir Walter Scott. *60c. McClurg.
The Lockhart life of Scott has appeared in an abridged form, newly edited with notes for the student’s use. It is uniform with the “Library of standard biographies.”
=Lodge, George Cabot.= Cain: a drama. **$1. Houghton.
A drama dedicated to Jesus of Nazareth. It presents Cain as an heroic defender of free thought, to whom is revealed:
“The power of life, the glory of rebellion. The fire and love of liberty, the pride Of freedom, poverty, solitude, and pain.”
He kills his brother that he may not live to pollute humanity by spiritual bondage, and for the sake of the light he carries, willingly becomes “an outcast from the laws of men.”
“The diction of the poem is almost as severe as its outline, and is sustained throughout at a lofty pitch.” Wm. Morton Payne.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 46. Ja. 16, ‘05. 740w.
“Is a veritable volcano of poetry, pouring out real fire, mingled with smoke and ashes. What Mr. Lodge lacks is the saving sense of humor. He has undoubted force and passion. The whole play gives the impression of reversed dynamics.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 783. Ap. 6, ‘05. 80w.
“His mastery of poetic structure is still imperfect. Yet, when all due abatement has been made, ‘Cain’ is a book of interesting promise. There is here, moreover, in both substance and form, much to reward attention.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 73. Ja. 26, ‘05. 420w.
“Mr. Lodge’s drama is a personal and passionate reading of the story of Cain and Abel, in which Cain is presented as a Biblical Prometheus daring the wrath of heaven to bring light to the souls of men. He is the archetype of the modern free-thinker, while Abel is the cowardly formalist.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 18. Ja. 14, ‘05. 340w.
=London, Jack.= The game. †$1.50. Macmillan.
A story of the prize ring showing two types of fighters,—one a fine specimen of manhood, the other fashioned after the brute order. There is an idyllic romance too, which of course concerns the higher minded boxer and a very human young maiden who grows jealous of her rival “the game.” The author has drawn the savage side with deft realism, both from the participant’s and the spectator’s viewpoint.
“Mr. London has in this book made a very decided advance in the matter of style.”
+ + — =Acad.= 68: 809. Ag. 5, ‘05. 300w.
“This book is simply a good and spirited little report, rather too loud for quiet tastes. There is nothing elemental here; this is sheer street-bred sensuality, if it is anything.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 138. Jl. 29. 300w.
“He has produced at least one story which of its kind seems to the present writer very nearly flawless—‘The game.’”
+ + + =Bookm.= 22:35. S. ‘05. 620w.
“It is of the most banal and ordinary stamp, utterly lacking in the dramatic power with which its author has been credited hitherto.”
— — =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 110w.
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1480. Je. 29, ‘05. 280w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.
“Mr. London seems for the first time unaccountably out of his element and outside of the verities.”
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 528. Ag. 12, ‘05. 730w.
“Mr. London’s stories are never lacking in power, dramatic quality, and picturesqueness, but his love for the strenuous and the tragic has led him to end his story in a way that is fairly brutal.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 837. Jl. 29, ‘05. 80w.
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 140w.
“The description of the fight itself which forms the greater portion of the book is skilfully done. But it is only good journalism.”
+ =Sat. R.= 100: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 160w.
=London, Jack.= The sea wolf. $1.50. Macmillan.
“A ferryboat sinks in the San Francisco harbor, the passengers perish, but Humphrey Van Weyden, critic, æsthete, typical specimen of hyper-civilization, is picked up by the ‘Ghost,’ and compelled by the captain of that ‘hellship’ to become cook’s scullion. Van Weyden is a creature of overdeveloped brain-power, physically a plaything in the hands of Wolf Larsen, the ship’s captain, and thus arises a struggle between the primitive brutalities of the natural man and this last product of the twentieth century.... The plot has further and rather more conventional ramifications, but it is primarily the fight between the beast in man and the man who has worked out the beast that holds our attention, and, secondarily, the overshadowing personality of Wolf Larsen.”—R. of Rs.
“We do not wish to deny the cleverness of much in ‘The sea-wolf,’ but we must protest against this picture of rampant inhumanity and brutality.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 14. Ja. 7, ‘05. 310w.
“This romance is one of the strongest and most original stories by an American novelist that has appeared in recent years. The story though powerful and quite out of the ordinary lines of romance, is not a novel that we can heartily recommend to the general reader.” Amy C. Rich.
+ + =Arena.= 33: 452. Ap. ‘05. 610w.
“Thus the story becomes essentially an account of the development of character under extraordinary conditions, and its aspect as a narrative of adventure is obscured by its aspect as a psychological study. It is not a pleasant tale to read—it is too strongly seasoned to be that,—but it acquires a certain fascination in the course of its telling, and fairly grips the attention in its culminating passages.” W. M. Payne.
+ + — =Dial.= 38: 16. Ja. 1, ‘05. 440w. (Outline of plot).
“Altho thousands read in ‘The sea-wolf’ nothing but an exciting tale, yet the ethical theorem is developed by argument and illustration with a symmetry and completeness rare even in a serious treatise.”
+ + + =Ind.= 58: 39. Ja. 5, ‘05. 820w.
“This latest book is the high-water mark of the author’s power. Virile, forceful, dashing though he has been from the first entry into literature, he can do nothing more memorable than this story of a hellship, manned by brute beasts, under a sea-wolf. It is in the cruelty, the peace, the awfulness, the beauty of the sea, that Mr. London has outdone himself as well as others. The book is not food for babes, but for lovers of the sea. He must own strong nerves who would ship with Wolf Larsen, but the Iliad of the ocean is opened before him.”
+ + + =Reader.= 5: 378. F. ‘05. 600w.
“In depicting that fatal struggle between him and Van Weyden, Mr. London remains entirely impartial. The book is neither a glorification of the ‘overman’ nor of his opposite. We are told of the two, and of their fight for life, with swift directness, with sincerity and strength.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 115. Ja. ‘05. 500w.
=London, Jack.= Tales of the fish patrol. †$1.50. Macmillan.
“The broad bays about San Francisco, and the rivers that run into them, are sources of revenue of fishermen of several diverse nationalities—Chinese, Italians, and Greeks. The life of the fish patrol, whose duty it is to enforce the fishing laws, furnishes plenty of opportunities for adventures, exciting and often dangerous. The stories in this volume describe some of these adventures simply but dramatically.”—Outlook.
“It is ostensibly a book for boys, but it is good reading for others as well.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.
* “Have the freshness and vigor of the sea and not a little of its heroism.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 712. N. 25, ‘05. 110w.
* “The stories have a fresh realism and a curt vigor which show first-hand work.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 140w.
=London, Jack.= War of the classes. **$1.50. Macmillan.
The book is made up of six socialistic studies entitled: “The class struggle,” “The tramp,” “The scab,” “The question of the maximum,” “A review,” “Wanted: a new law of development.” and “How I became a socialist.” It is Mr. London’s purpose, he declares in his preface, to “enlighten, to some slight degree,” the minds of a few capitalists.
“It is an interesting thought-provoking volume, to be read and pondered, but truths and half truths are so interwoven that it is scarcely a safe guide.”
+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 100w.
“It is marred somewhat by repetition and lacks the coherence and cogency of a logical whole. With all these defects, however, the ‘War of the classes’ is no whit inferior in the vigour of its style and the sweep and rapid movement of its thought to any of Jack London’s work.” Robert C. Brooks.
+ + — =Bookm.= 22: 61. S. ‘05. 1990w.
“Some of Mr. London’s best and most lasting work is to be found in these pages. It is regrettable, however, that certain discrepancies in the text have not been more carefully edited.”
+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1190. My. 25, ‘05. 140w.
* “Develops the socialist attitude on modern social antagonisms in his characteristically forcible and striking style.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1158. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 249. Ap. 15, ‘05. 290w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 291. My. 6, ‘05. 550w.
“The essays are full of half-truths, and half-truths that need statement. We advise the student of modern industrial problems to read this book; but to be slow about accepting either its picture of conditions or its proposals for remedies.”
— + =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 520w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 795. My. 20, ‘05. 290w.
+ — =Reader.= 6: 595. O. ‘05. 390w.
+ — =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 130w.
=Loney, S. L.= Elements of trigonometry; with answers. *90c. Macmillan.
This volume “is mainly taken from pt. 1. of the author’s ‘Plane trigonometry,’ and is designed as an easier text-book.”—Nature.
“Altogether an admirable piece of work, and we can pay it no higher compliment than to say it is well on the level of those other text-books for which Professor Loney is so well known.”
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 51. Ja. 14, ‘05. 130w.
“The subject is treated in the usual way, and there is nothing to call for special mention.”
+ =Nature.= 71: 507. Mr. 30, ‘05. 110w.
* =Long, John Luther.= Heimweh and other stories, †$1.50. Macmillan.
“Eight stories, or rather novelettes.... In the first of these, which gives its title to the book, we are told the story of a day labourer and his wife, from the day of their marriage to their death.... ‘The siren’ ... describes a courtship carried on by two bold swimmers, who, at last, swim out too far from land, and are drowned.” (Ath.) The remaining stories are: The loaded gun; Liebereich; “Jupiter Tonans;” “Sis;” Thor’s emerald; and Guile.
* “His aims are right, and so, for the most part, are his methods.”
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 686. N. 18. 280w.
* “Too much sentimentality, not enough humor, and an unfortunate lack of compression. Mr. Long’s ingenuity and facile expression prevent them from being wholly bad.”
+ — =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ‘05. 50w.
* “These stories do not lack imagination, but at times the gayety seems forced, and the conversations are jerkily vivacious.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 90w.
* “He has a sense of atmosphere, his point of view is individual, and he is not without that kindly humour which laughs while it sympathises. But he is terribly sentimental.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 6. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.
* =Long, John Luther.= Miss Cherry Blossom of Tokyo. †$2.50. Lippincott.
A reincarnation of this Japanese romance, in which wide margins, Japanese flowers and fancies which wander across the text, and various full page illustrations, some of which are in color, lend to the interesting story of Sakura-San and the “excellent barbarians” from England and America who play at cross purposes thruout its pages a new and subtle charm.
* “In this and ‘Madame Butterfly’ he is seen at his best.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 20w.
* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 110w.
* “The author has contrasted Oriental and Occidental traits in his well-known style.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1378. D. 14, ‘05. 30w.
* =Nation.= 81: 381. N. 9, ‘05. 80w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.
* “Told with charm and well-rendered Oriental atmosphere.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ‘05. 50w.
* =Long, John Luther.= Seffy; a little comedy of country manners. †$1.50. Bobbs.
Old Baumgarten, a Pennsylvania-German and Maryland farmer, has set his heart upon marrying his great slow going son, Seffy, to a red-headed, tempestuous girl, named Sally, who owns the lands lying between his farm and the railroad. He almost brings this about, but Seffy’s reticence allows another lover to come between him and his sweetheart. Sally marries out of spite and comes to bitterly repent of it, while old Baumgarten curses his son, knocks him down and sends him out into the world where he learns to fight for things and to get them. In the end he comes back to claim all that he lost in his youth.
* + =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.
=Long, William Joseph.= Northern trails: stories of animal life in the far north. *$1.50. Ginn.
“Mr. Long takes the reader with him ... to the barren shores of Labrador and Newfoundland. Wolves, we meet, that guide lost children home, and then disappear into the wilderness; a wild goose that caresses his mate goodbye at the approach of the hunter, before going out to fight for his home and young; and Pequam, of the weasel family, that tempts an Indian to abandon his trail, by killing a deer and leaving it across the track. These animals and many more—whales, polar bears and salmon—are all introduced to us in the midst of their wild, unfrequented haunts. All are endowed with almost human intelligence and reason, after the manner of interpreting their actions which Mr. Long has made so popular.”—Ind.
* “There is a charm about Mr. Long’s book that few writers for children attain.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 150w.
* “His stories have a charm and an excellence of their own.” May Estelle Cook.
+ =Dial.= 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 190w.
“We are willing to let the disputed question of instinct or intelligence go, however, and on the strength of the splendid descriptions of nature and the always evident love of the wild, accord this volume a high place among ‘books of the trail.’”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 873. O. 12, ‘05. 250w.
“Mr. Long assures us of the accuracy of his data, and maintains the reasonableness of his inferences.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 290w.
* “Aside from the controversial side as to whether these eight stories are to be classified as natural history or fiction, these tales of the Northern trails are dull and lifeless.” Mabel Osgood Wright.
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 872. D. 9, ‘05. 560w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.
“His this year’s story is vigorous, delightful, and refreshing.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 601. N. 4, ‘05. 100w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 754. D. ‘05. 130w.
Long day. See =Richardson, Dorothy.=
=Loomis, Charles Battell.= Minerva’s manoeuvres: the cheerful facts of a return to nature. †$1.50. Barnes.
A novel which “recounts the experiences of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vernon and their city-reared colored cook, Minerva, during a summer sojourn in the country.... A fine silk thread of a plot runs through the book, stringing together the many humorous situations.”—Pub. Opin.
* + =Critic.= 47: 478. N. ‘05. 80w.
“It is a good book to read aloud, but only a chapter or two at a time.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 696. S. 21, ‘05. 130w.
* “The unexpected endings of the many humorous situations will keep the reader in a gale of mirth, and when he lays the book down after the last chapter, he will feel that he has found a new friend in Minerva.”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 520w.
* “Is more in the nature of a vaudeville show than anything else, and it is not possible to describe all of the attractions which Mr. Loomis offers. They are surely worth a reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 800. N. 25, ‘05. 460w.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 88. S. 9, ‘05. 50w.
“It is not an uproarious story; its humor is quiet; it possesses the subtle turn which is symptomatic of its author.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 384. S. 16, ‘05. 230w.
=Lord, Eliot; Trenor, John J. D.; and Barrows, Samuel June.= Italian in America. $1.50. Buck.
“The pretty evident purpose of this volume is to reverse the prevailing American prejudice against the Italian as an immigrant and material for United States citizenship.... [It] uses ... the argument ... of statistics, and its authors ... attempt to show first of all that the Italian settler is economically a good thing for the country.... Secondly, they produce evidence that in the particulars of disease and crime he does not supply more than his quota ... and, thirdly, they argue from data which they present that he ... adapts himself very completely ... to American ways of doing and thinking.”—N. Y. Times.
“The book as a whole is general in its treatment, somewhat objectionable because of frequent quotations, and partakes too much of the loose character of magazine articles. The spirit of the book is much to be commended.” Emily Fogg Meade.
+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 609. S. ‘05. 460w.
“The book is optimistic, discriminating and instructive.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 532. My. 18, ‘05. 110w.
“Is of normal simplicity and clearness.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 579. S. 7, ‘05. 120w.
“There is room for believing that ‘The Italian in America’ will be a potent instrument in molding a saner public opinion.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 666. N. 4, ‘05. 800w.
“But the labors of others are here presented in logical sequence and in a sympathetic spirit, resulting in an interesting and readable book. The book is not free from dubious assertions.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 361. My. 4, ‘05. 1040w.
“It will strike many perhaps that Messrs. Lord, Trenor, and Barrows have omitted some essential facts, but both the facts presented and the inferences drawn are interesting in substance—even when the manner of presentation is dry. Taken all together the cumulative evidence for the Italian collected by the authors is impressive.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 259. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1050w.
“Welcome as a wholesome corrective of fallacy and prejudice.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 140. My. 13, ‘05. 460w.
=Lorenz, Daniel Edward.= Mediterranean traveller, *$2.50. Revell.
A compact practical guide-book which covers southern Spain, Morocco, Algiers, the chief cities of northern Africa, Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine, and Egypt. Much historical and general information is given, a bibliography precedes each chapter, and there are many maps and pictures.
“This compact work ‘fills a long felt want.’ The proof reading has not been done by a classical expert.”
+ + — =Critic.= 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 160w.
“The text is in some portions accurate and business-like, but in others it reveals amateurishness, and some inaccuracies and misprints.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 211. Mr. 16, ‘05. 370w.
“The excellence of its method and treatment of the many countries bordering on the great interior sea of Europe are unquestionable.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 260w.
“‘The Mediterranean traveler’ will find here in one volume what elsewhere must be picked out of several.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 451. F. 18. ‘05. 60w.
=Loring, Andrew.= Rhymer’s lexicon; with an introd. by George Saintsbury. *$2.50. Dutton.
“The lexicon is divided into three parts—Finals, Penults, and Antepenults. The words have been grouped according to the accented vowel sound and placed in columns in the alphabetical sequence of the letters which follow this sound.... Each part of the lexicon has fourteen vowel divisions, adopted for reference purposes; and the divisions are enumerated in a table of contents, which also includes key words illustrating the vowel sounds.”—N. Y. Times.
“In size and arrangement it is admirable; it might have been larger still without being any better.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 678. Jl. 1, ‘05. 280w.
+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 623. My. 20. 450w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 409. Je. 17, ‘05. 290w.
“Altogether an able book, full of aid to those who make rhymes.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 531. Ag. 12, ‘05. 320w.
“The arrangement is novel, at first sight a little intricate, but truly scientific.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 694. Jl. 15, ‘05. 100w.
“This may be a very useful book.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 791. My. 27, ‘05. 240w.
=Loring, J. Alden.= Art of preserving animal tracks, $1. J. A. Loring, Owega, Tioga co., N. Y.
“Mr. Loring describes in this pamphlet a very ingenious and apparently effective method of making molds, and from the mold, casts of the tracks of mammals and birds, large and small.... The operation itself is clearly and minutely described, and seemingly could be easily managed by any intelligent boy.”—Outlook.
=Outlook.= 79: 757 Mr. 25, ‘05. 130w.
* =Lothrop, Harriet Mulford Stone (Margaret Sidney, pseud.)= Ben Pepper. †$1.50. Lothrop.
This is the tenth volume in the popular “Little Pepper” series. “The hero is Ben, Mother Pepper’s first-born, her ‘steady-as-a-rock’ boy. Christmas shopping in which the Little Peppers take a lively hand, Christmas philanthropies, the usual quota of accidents and pranks, and, finally, Ben’s decision as to whether he will go to college or enter a business office, ‘beginning at the very bottom,’ are the features of the story.”—Outlook.
* “Mrs. Sidney has made him as interesting as others of the Pepper family.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 708. O. 21, ‘05. 100w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 278. S. 30, ‘05. 70w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 765. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Lott, Noah, pseud.= See =Hobart, George Vere.=
* =Lottridge, Silas A.= Animal snap-shots and how made. **$2. Holt.
A simple narrative concerning the birds and mammals which the author has come to know in the course of various vacations spent in studying and photographing them. The pictures illustrate the facts and some of the series represent the work of years. The object of the book is to arouse, especially in young people, a living interest in the animals about them. There are chapters on the woodchuck, skunk, muskrat, fox, mouse, squirrel, blue bird, robin, bobolink, crow, owl, hawk and others.
=Lovett, W. J.= Complete class book of naval architecture; practical, laying off, theoretical, with numerous il. and nearly 200 full, worked-out answers to recent education department examination questions. *$2.50. Longmans.
“This work is intended primarily for British students attending technical classes.” It “covers the whole field of naval architecture, theoretical and practical.”—Engin. N.
“In this country its field as a text-book will necessarily be limited, and as a reference book its treatment of the various subjects, except elementary ship calculations, is inadequate.” D. W. Taylor.
+ — =Engin. N.= 53: 529. My. 18, ‘05. 1030w.
=Low, Berthe Julienne.= French home cooking. **$1.20. McClure.
The author, tho a Frenchwoman by birth, has lived in this country twenty-five years. She says: “This is not a book for restaurants, hotels, or people who can afford a chef. Most Americans have formed their ideas of French cooking from hotels, restaurants, or formal dinners, and have never known the home cooking, which is more simple and more wholesome. It is also less complicated.... The recipes which I shall give are used in well-to-do families and constitute what is called in French the ‘bonne cuisine bourgeoise.’” She starts with the very arrangement of the kitchen and instructs in those little tricks by which the French are able to obtain distinction and flavor in their cookery.
+ =Critic.= 46: 565. Je. ‘05. 60w.
“Mrs. Low’s formulas are in the main so excellent that it would be invidious to discriminate. Her success is unequivocal and decisive.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 78. Ja. 25, ‘05. 490w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 34. Ja. 21, ‘05. 330w.
=Low, Sidney.= The governance of England. *$2.25. Putnam.
“A well-informed, well-written, and interesting description of the government of Great Britain, beginning with a definition of the British constitution, so difficult of characterization, but explained by Mr. Low in a thoroughly rational and comprehensive way.... Mr. Low gives a very interesting account of the place and function of the prime minister, of the cabinet, of the privy council, of both houses of parliament, and of every other form and function of government in Great Britain.” (Outlook). “The main view of Mr. Low is that of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour, that the power of the house of commons is declining and must continue to decline, while that of the cabinet, and especially of the inner cabinet, is increasing.” (Ath.)
“Is a most able and valuable production, marked, too, by unusual excellence of style. If we name points on which we have doubts as to whether Mr. Low is right, it is with the profound feeling that he has given great attention to a subject in which he evidently takes much interest, and the facts of which, so far as they are generally available, he has mastered.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 79. Ja. 21. 1980w.
“There can be little but praise for the author’s literary style. It is easy, strong and clear, and with a light touch and aptness of allusion that never detract from the weighty theme.” John William Russell.
+ + + =Bookm.= 22: 57. S. ‘05. 1400w.
“There are many clever and some acute observations in the book; but, in our judgment, the view given of the English constitution is superficial, and in some cases erroneous.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 400. My. 18, ‘05. 2010w.
“Very admirable book. The plan of the work is so excellently conceived and executed that only one or two objections are suggested by a first reading. One is to the title. The other objection is to an occasional drop into triviality and the college graduate habit of quoting mere hackneyed phrases and tags from other languages. There are occasional slips in the printing and in the statements. The particular excellence of this work has already been indicated as being an interpretation of the English constitution as it operates to-day. The value of this book is very greatly increased for American readers by the frequent comparisons instituted between the English and American political systems.”
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1650w.
“Probably no book has yet appeared which, in so untechnical and comprehensive a way, places before the reader the elaborate, highly complex, and thoroughly democratic governmental system.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 448. F. 18, ‘05. 200w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
* =Lowell, Mrs. Carrie Thompson=, comp. Art lovers’ treasury; famous pictures described in poems; forty-eight reproductions of famous pictures accompanied by poems of noted writers, with text by Carrie Thompson Lowell. **$1.20. Estes.
“Forty-eight pictures are reproduced in half-tone, and the editor writes a running comment, treating a group of paintings and sculpture under some general heading, such as ‘Mythology in poetry and sculpture,’ ‘Legends of the saints,’ or ‘Pictures translated into verse.’” (Dial.) “An attempt has been made to assemble famous pictures and pieces of sculpture, and to bring into association with these certain poems that have been inspired by the various works of art that are pictured, or which have been written descriptive of them.... Many of the best artists are represented, as well as poets such as Dante, Keats, Browning, Longfellow, Whittier, Markham, and some others.” (Ind.)
* “An excellent companion volume to Miss Singleton’s ‘Great portraits’ is this compilation of Mrs. Lowell.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 30w.
* “Pictures and poetry are thoroughly representative, and the arrangement, though necessarily loose holds the reader’s interest.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 446. D. 16, ‘05. 130w.
* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 100w.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 874. D. 9, ‘05. 150w.
* =Lowery, Woodbury.= Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States: Florida. 1562-1574. **$2.50. Putnam.
“This, the second of Mr. Lowery’s monographs on the history of Spanish colonization within the present limits of the United States, deals with the Florida settlements of the period 1562-1574, and like its predecessors, is based on a careful study of original sources.... An interesting feature is—comprehensive exposition of the tribal organization, characteristics and customs of the Florida Indians. The work contains several maps, more than thirty bibliographical and critical appendices, and a good index.”—Outlook.
* “Scholarly work.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.
* “A treatise not only of prime interest but of solid value, as embodying a broader and more than usually judicial statement of the vexed themes involved.”
+ + — =Lit. D.= 31: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 600w.
* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 786. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.
* “So cautious is he, and so frequent are his references to and citations from authorities, that from the narrative standpoint his
## book is at times arid and tedious. But it is unquestionably of
distinct value to the historical student.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 431. O. 21, ‘05. 340w.
=Lowrie, Rev. Walter.= Gaudium crucis: a meditation for Good Friday upon the seven words from the cross. *90c. Longmans.
Meditations upon mercy, judgment, love, joy and sacrifice, confirmation, accomplishment and duty, and filial trust. The book is designed for those who are unable to attend the Good Friday services, and to assist the clergy in preparing their sermons.
=Outlook.= 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 70w.
* =Loyson, Mme. Emilie Jane (Butterfield) Meriman (Mme. Hyacinthe Loyson).= To Jerusalem through the lands of Islam, among Jews, Christians, and Moslems. $2.50. Open ct.
“‘A tour of Christian exploration.’ Pere Hyacinthe and his wife (who is an American) travelled from Algeria to Jerusalem, by way of Arabia and Egypt, and the travels are described in a lively and vigorous style.... The idea of the book is not the travel, so much as the relativity of religions of the peoples studied ... and Madame Hyacinthe Loyson’s point is the universal brotherhood of ... the religions of Allah and Jehovah and the Christian religion. In the co-operation of the three—and in the honouring by modern Christianity of some of the grander and simpler elements of the other two faiths, she sees the regeneration of the world.”—Acad.
* “There is a breadth of view in the book, enthusiasm and some little of that spirit which sees good in ‘every country but its own.’ It will not please theologians, but it may stimulate the thoughts of the ordinary religiously-minded man or woman.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 1237. N. 25, ‘05. 260w.
* “Everywhere in the book there is the intense spiritual earnestness of a good woman holding conferences with the leading representatives of Islam.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 39: 379. D. 1, ‘05. 340w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 384. O. 14, ‘05. 230w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 636. N. ‘05. 60w.
=Lucas, Abner H.= Call of to-day. *50c. Meth. bk.
Sermons preached in the First Methodist Episcopal church, Montclair, N. J. They include: The religion for to-day; Work for to-day; The commanded strength; Joy for the morning; The mighty appeal of usefulness; Re-enlisted strength; and The complete life.
=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, comp. Book of verses for children. $1. Holt.
Some 200 verses which Stevenson, Browning, Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Lewis Carroll, Riley, Longfellow, Scott, Rossetti, and many others have written for little folks are gathered into this delightful volume, with old ballads, rhymes and songs of Christmas.
“Altogether, the little volume is one of the most desirable of such collections (in small space) now to be got at. There seems to be something in it for all good juvenile tastes.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 575. S. 2. ‘05. 230w.
* =Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Life of Charles Lamb. 2v. *$6. Putnam.
Mr. Lucas “has tried as far as possible to keep the story of the life to the words of the original performers and their contemporaries.... At a wave of his hand witness after witness gets up to testify in his own words and tell the reader what he knew of Lamb during the period in question.... We are able to see the actual environment of Lamb between 1815 and 1825, surrounded ... by the normal frequenters of these ‘noctes’ such as George Dyer, Fenwick, Robert Fell, Martin Burney, G. Burnett, Randal Norris, George Dawe, Ayrton, Phillips, Alsager, and Barren Field. The portraits of most of these intimates of the Mitrecourt and Inner Temple-lane are limned with a delicate and artistic curiosity. Lamb is depicted in this circle as he lived.... For all the very happiest things that have ever been said about Lamb the enthusiast will find a happy-hunting-ground in these two volumes.”—Lond. Times.
* “Only once, so far as we have noticed, is he betrayed into something like over-confidence in his minute research.”
+ + — =Acad.= 95: 999. S. 30, ‘05. 1810w.
* “Of the man Charles Lamb—the ‘human mortal,’ as distinguished from the thinker and writer—Mr. Lucas’s pages reflect a true and lively image. He is less successful in reproducing the intellectual features of his subject; while his portraits of certain of Lamb’s contemporaries—notably that of Coleridge—are not far removed from travesty.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 756. D. 2. 880w.
* “Is likely to prove of more importance than the recent edition of ‘The works and letters of Charles and Mary Lamb,’ of which he was the editor. It will not supersede the ‘Life and final memorials’ of Talfourd, but it contains, mainly in the form of letter and anecdote, much of supplementary value, and some matter which is absolutely fresh.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + — =Atlan.= 96: 844. D. ‘05. 1080w.
* “Taking Mr. Lucas’s biography as a whole there is a wealth of entertainment in its pages which it would be difficult to overestimate. The part that we are least sanguine of recommending is the appendix, which seems to us a heavy incubus upon a book which ought to carry not an ounce of superfluous material.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 297. S. 22, ‘05. 2440w.
* “Mr. Lucas has drawn upon a large fund of fresh material, and has so generously told the story of both lives in the language of his subjects that this biography is really an autobiography.” Hamilton W. Mabie.
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 380w.
* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 200w.
* “Above all other things Mr. Lucas’s work is one which abounds in the essential characteristic of biographical work—sympathy. The vast compilation of tiny details of personality and character are not thrown together haphazard but are arranged chronologically, and indexed in a masterly manner.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 820. D. 23, ‘05. 690w.
* “The first really complete and adequate Life of that singularly delightful writer and admirable man.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 653. O. 28, ‘05. 1550w.
=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Wanderer in Holland. *$1.75. Macmillan.
“The combination of Mr. Lucas as narrator with Mr. Herbert Marshall as illustrator has given us a charming volume.... It was a happy idea to intersperse photographs of some of the more famous Dutch pictures. Mr. Lucas is an admirable guide and visitors to Holland could not have a more agreeable commentator on their travels past or future.... He not only abounds in wise and quaint comments himself, but is the cause of our remembering the wisdom of others.”—Sat. R.
“‘A wanderer in Holland’ is, of course, no substitute for Murray or Baedeker, rather is it their essential complement.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 920. S. 9, ‘05. 1050w.
“If the success of a book of travels is to be measured by the travel-fever it excites in the veins of its readers, this volume should have a warm welcome.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2:571. O. 28. 2300w.
“And now we have found all the fault we care to find with this charming guide. To say that it ranks a long way after ‘The inland voyage’ is only to say that Stevenson is dead. We welcome in it a like sense of intimacy—it wears the face of a friend—it talks.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 292. S. 15, ‘05. 1150w.
* “Mr. Lucas makes no pretension to connoisseurship, but his untechnical remarks on pictures are nearly always interesting, and, to one reader at least, prove the most attractive part of his writing.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 150w.
“The fact is Mr. Lucas comes near being in his book exactly what one would like a well-informed and companionable fellow-traveler to be if one were seeing Holland with one’s own eyes.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 725. O. 28, ‘05. 920w.
“In short the book is notable among books of travel and description for its readable qualities and discriminating and individual taste.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 580. N. 4, ‘05. 120w.
* “A book of more than ordinary merit—a book with genuinely original qualities.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 826. D. 23, ‘05. 150w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 755. D. ‘05. 60w.
“As we might have expected from his record, he neither bores nor dogmatises but his book is full of information and not a little wise reflection.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 370w.
“It is as a critic of character and manners and a chronicler of art that Mr. Lucas interprets his function as a guide.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 468. S. 30, ‘05. 1330w.
=Luccock, Rev. Naphtali.= Royalty of Jesus and other sermons. *50c. Meth. bk.
Beauty of thought and simplicity of language mark these sermons which apply the teachings of Christ to the conditions of to-day under the titles: The royalty of Jesus; The fullness of Christ; The power of a surrendered life; The face of Jesus Christ; The brook in the way; The gospel for an opulent civilization; The cry of the disinherited; The song of Moses and of the Lamb.
=Lucian (Lucianus Samosatensis).= Work of Lucian of Samosata; trans, by H. W. Fowler, and F. G. Fowler. 4v. *$4. Oxford.
Four handy volumes in which the translators have happily rendered idiom by idiom and “literary allusions, quotations, and technicalities of law, philosophy, or art are neatly turned to apt analogues. They sound every note in Lucian’s compass, from the mock-heroic serio-satiric eloquence of the Nigrinus, the angry contempt of the False prophet and the Death of Peregrine ... to the solemn trifling of the Fly ... and the demonstration by Socratic induction in the ‘Parasite’ that dining out is better than dining.” (Dial.) The fourth volume contains a list of notes which explain all allusions to classical biography and mythology.
* “The renderings of Messrs. Fowler have all the ease and ‘élan’ of a work originally written in English.” R. Y. Tyrrell.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 846. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1680w.
“Their translation is decidedly good; they have ventured on some daring modernisms, but these we can tolerate if only lightness is secured.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 294. S. 2. 2420w.
“The translation is admirably executed in the freer manner of Jowett’s ‘Plato.’” Paul Shorey.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 233. O. 16, ‘05. 1850w.
“The editors ... deserve high praise for the clearness and vigour of their translations.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 265. Ag. 25, ‘05. 1520w.
“This Fowler translation is a work of high art, for which its authors are to be thanked.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 717. O. 21, ‘05. 610w.
“The translators have with admirable fidelity, vigour, and vivacity reproduced the writings of one whom such a critic as Erasmus reckoned not only among the most entertaining, but also the most instructive, of ancient authors.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 713. N. 4, ‘05. 1870w.
=Lucke, Charles Edward.= Gas-engine design. **$3. Van Nostrand.
“The book is divided into three parts: 1, Power and efficiency, with rules for deciding on the necessary piston displacement; 2, Stresses on the various parts of the engine and also with the various cylinder arrangements as affecting the turning effort and balance; 3, The necessary dimensions of the various parts to resist the stresses with both empirical and theoretical formulæ for the computation.”—Engin. N.
“It is a very notable addition to the literature on the gas engine.” Storm Bull.
+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 526. My. 18, ‘05. 1170w.
=Lützow, Francis, count.= Lectures on the historians of Bohemia. Oxford.
The Ilchester lectures for the year 1904 “have their origin in a wish to do something for the Bohemian cause by illustrating before a foreign audience the wealth of Czechish traditions.... While Count Lützow alludes briefly to his contemporaries, the chief of his attention is devoted to the chronicles of the Middle ages and the era of the Reformation. Here the conditions fixed by a popular course of lectures compel him to be brief in his notice of all save the now famous authorities like Cosmas, Benes of Weitmil, Lawrence of Brezof, Sixt of Ottersdorf, and Paul Skála.... He gives us simply and tersely the results of the most recent research on technical points in conjunction with Palacky’s views on the larger issues.” (Nation.)
“The count, who is a master of our language, goes through the list of Bohemian historians, estimating their merits and furnishing characteristic extracts. These are translated into very clear and succinct English. Excellent book.”
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 710. Je. 10. 1860w.
“To many of our readers we can best convey an impression regarding the style and quality of his work by stating that it resembles a compressed Wattenbach with an element of current political interest added.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 85. Jl. 27, ‘05. 1300w.
=Lyall, Sir Alfred Comyn.= Lord Dufferin, the life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. *$7.50. Scribner.
The life of a man to whom fate gave great opportunities, and who was big enough to handle and hold them. He was a central figure in many of the political events of the last half of the nineteenth century, he served as Governor-general of Canada, Viceroy of India, Ambassador to St. Petersburg, to Constantinople, Rome and France. This biography is compiled from his journal, his letters, and the recollections of his friends.
“But the real value of the book lies in the information it supplies in regard to the great movements in foreign and colonial politics that have been going on during the last thirty years.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 144. F. 18, ‘05. 1580w.
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 201. F. 18. 1560w.
“Making every deduction for the imperfections inseparable from even the best biographies, one reaches the conclusions that here a really great subject has been treated both adequately and effectively.” Lawrence J. Burpee.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 58. Ag. 1, ‘05. 1520w.
=Ind.= 58: 1358. Je. 15, ‘05. 1040w.
* “His book is frank yet discreet, and marked in all its parts by delicacy of perception.”
+ + + =Nation.= 81: 342. O. 26, ‘05. 3370w.
Reviewed by Joseph O’Connor.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 193. Ap. 1, ‘05. 3250w.
“What is to be regarded as the official biography. It is official also in its discreetness—a discreetness at times carried to extremes, dimming perception—and in the highly eulogistic tone maintained throughout. It may safely be said that Sir Alfred, while presenting a work obviously open to criticism, has also presented one of direct value to the historical student, and of interest to the general reader.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 280w.
“Sir Alfred Lyall seems to us to have chosen the best way in which to tell the story of Lord Dufferin’s life.”
+ + =Spec.= 94: 253. F. 18, ‘05. 930w.
=Lydston, G. Frank.= Diseases of society. **$3. Lippincott.
“A study of social conditions in this country. The police criminal, the anarchist, and the large number of moral and physical law-breakers are here discussed. The author also deals with such questions as the oppression of wealth, the rights and wrongs of organized capital and labour, the negro question, and the offences of society at large. The
## book is well illustrated.”—Bookm.
“The style, although brilliant at times, is open to much criticism. It is verbose, often disconnected and rambling. In spite of many blemishes the book is of great value. With the general thesis of the book and a large percentage of the conclusions, the reviewer is in hearty sympathy and heartily commends it to students of social problems.” C. Kelsey.
+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 350. Mr. ‘05. 1040w.
“His examination of the question of crime seems exhaustive, his inferences inevitable.” Albert Warren Ferris.
+ + =Bookm.= 21: 528. Jl. ‘05. 660w.
“While here and there is much that is interesting, although at times crudely presented, the author like many others who write upon the subject errs in trying to prove too much from insufficient premises and newspaper gossip, and this is especially true when he treats of craniometry and physiognomy.” Allan McLane Hamilton.
+ — =Critic.= 47: 183. Ag. ‘05. 1140w.
“It has not the air of a serious book of science, and indeed contains here and there a misplaced facetiousness.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 213. Jl. 27, ‘05. 360w.
“As monographs the parts are incomplete, and the whole is neither sufficiently unified for the ordinary reader, nor clearly cut for the student. Nor is the style attractive.”
— + =Nation.= 81: 63. Jl. 20, ‘05. 680w.
=Pub. Opin.= 38: 57. Ja. 12, ‘05. 600w.
“This is really a study of the vice and crime problem from a medical standpoint.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 255. F. ‘05. 170w.
=Lyle, Eugene P.= Missourian. †$1.50. Doubleday.
Mr. Lyle finds material for his first story within the tottering Empire of Maximilian. The hero is one of Jo. Shelby’s band who, refusing to surrender after the fall of the Confederacy, offered their services to Maximilian in Mexico. Din Driscoll, Missourian, Confederate officer, the “storm center” in every fight, and the exquisite, capricious Jacquelin d’Aumerle, secret emissary of Napoleon on business of state, figure almost grotesquely in a series of thrilling adventures which result from defending each other from intrigue and death. In the end this airy coquette of two imperial courts chooses to find her happiness within the confines of a shut-away Missouri farm.
* “The fact is Mr. Lyle has been absorbed by his material, instead of absorbing it.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 718. N. 25. 200w.
“Here, for instance, is an example of literary over-seasoning, which, far from being exceptional, is fairly characteristic of the book’s style.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ — =Bookm.= 22: 135. O. ‘05. 550w.
“We should be grateful to Mr. Lyle for having given in this novel a new and adequate setting for the American hero of love and war.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 930. O. 19, ‘05. 860w.
“Yet, dramatic, picturesque, brilliant in attack and technique as the book undoubtedly is, the interest in it is largely spectacular.”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 586. O. 21, ‘05. 510w.
“It is crude enough in certain details, but its reading leaves no doubt as to the fact that Mr. Lyle possesses extraordinary vision and power to communicate what his imagination sees.” L. L.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 496. Jl. 29, ‘05. 880w.
* “Admirably fresh and lively tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.
“The history is accurate, but unimportant; the romance is of vast importance and fairly accurate.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 220. Ag. 12, ‘05. 130w.
=Lyman, Olin Linus.= Oliver Hazard Perry and the war on the Lakes. $1.25. Amsterdam.
The brief career of Commodore Perry (1785-1819), midshipman, lieutenant, commander of Lake Erie, and the American squadron in the Mediterranean is given in this volume which is “a eulogy rather than a biography.” (N. Y. Times.)
“As an elementary history the book is good. It should make rather a good ‘reader.’ Mr. Lyman has padded his book tremendously, and has indulged in ‘fine writing’ of the worst sort. The author is very chary of dates.”
+ — — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 275. Ap. 29, ‘05. 370w.
=Lynch, Frederick.= Is life worth living? **30c. Crowell.
A new volume in the “What is worth while series.” A message of comfort showing that life in God’s world is truly worth living, that there is but one answer to the question for those who believe in the life eternal.
=Lytton, Lord Bulwer-.= Last days of Pompeii. $1.25. Crowell.
Uniform with the “Thin paper classics,” this pocket volume is printed on opaque “Bible” paper in large clear type, is bound in limp leather, and contains a frontispiece of the author.
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=Maartens, Maarten (J. M. W. van der Poorten-Schwartz).= My poor relations. †$1.50. Appleton.
Fourteen unpleasant stories of life in a little Dutch village, where the people are degraded and low in mind and morals. In “The mother” Mary Quint vainly struggles to help her son conquer his inherited love of drink. “Jan Hunkum’s money,” “Fair lover,” “The summer Christmas,” “The notary’s love story,” “The banquet,” and the rest, are all horridly true, and are told in a vivid style that makes them almost too real.
“The book is as oppressive as a nightmare.”
— =Critic.= 47: 189. Ag. ‘05. 90w.
“Most of the fourteen stories herein told are pathetic almost to tragedy.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 213. Ap. 8, ‘05. 340w.
“All the stories, while not calculated to make one laugh, will undoubtedly keep one’s interest alive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.
“It would be hard to name a book in which the characters are so uniformly disagreeable as in this collection of short stories.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 858. Ap. 1, ‘05. 170w.
“One may go so far as to compare them to De Maupassant’s though hardly to that master’s best.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 764. Je. ‘05. 120w.
=Mabie, Hamilton Wright.= Fairy tales every child should know. **90c. Doubleday.
Twenty four “once upon a time” fairy tales collected from various countries to amuse and stimulate the imagination of the child of today. They include such familiar stories as, Hans and Gretel, Ali Baba, The golden goose, One eye, two eyes, three eyes, Blue beard, Red riding hood, The ugly duckling, Tom Thumb, Jack the giant killer, Jack and the bean stalk, and Puss in boots.
=Dial.= 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 60w.
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 160w.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 371. Je. 10, ‘05. 260w.
“In one respect the book appears to us defective, in that it does not state by whom the particular version of each of these child classics was written.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 443. Je. 17, ‘05. 260w.
* + — =R. of Rs.= 32: 768. D. ‘05. 80w.
* =Mabie, Hamilton Wright,= ed. Myths every child should know: a selection of the classic myths of all times for young people. **90c. Doubleday.
“This volume is uniform with ‘Fairy tales every child should know.’ It collects for children’s reading and for school use sixteen myth-stories which belong to the world’s literature and appeal to the young imagination. Hawthorne’s ‘Wonder-book’ and ‘Tanglewood tales’ furnish half the material.... Charles Kingsley’s ‘Greek heroes,’ Mr. Brown’s ‘In the days of the giants,’ Mr. A. J. Church’s ‘Stories from Homer,’ Mr. Mabie’s ‘Norse stories,’ and Miss Emerson’s ‘Indian myths’ are the other sources. Mr. Mabie furnishes an introduction.”—Outlook.
* + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 40w.
* “We could wish that Mr. Mabie had put his interesting preface before a more consecutive and less heterogeneous collection.”
* + — =Nation.= 81: 490. D. 14, ‘05. 230w.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 120w.
* “They are rather stiffly told and frequently the style is too difficult and elaborate to be easily understood by children.”
— + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 10. D. 9, ‘05. 110w.
=McAlilly, Alice.= Hilda Lane’s adoptions. $1.50. Meth. bk.
Hilda Lane, kept from the man she loves for twenty years by a war time misunderstanding, adopts a sturdy waif named Robert, and a negro girl, Liberty, and educates them. Liberty grows up to offer her life to white fever sufferers, and Robert, on the eve of a successful career and engaged to marry a lovely southern girl, discovers that there is negro blood in his veins and nobly consecrates his life to the uplifting of the black race. The book is chiefly occupied with the negro question.
=McAlilly, Alice.= Larkins wedding. $1. Moffat.
“An apotheosis of good nature and neighborly kindness. A worthy washerwoman related grammatically to Mrs. Partington arranges the wedding of her daughter. The respect both have won in their town inspires the interested villagers of higher social position to make the pathetic efforts of Mrs. Larkins turn out a happy success. A change in bridegrooms adds to the general jollity, and the two Larkins, mother and daughter, disappear in a haze of prosperity and sentiment.”—Outlook.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10:650. O. 7, ‘05. 340w.
“The story is told with many touches of humor.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 383. O. 14, ‘05. 80w.
=Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st baron.= Essays; ed. by Lady Trevelyan. $6. Putnam.
These six compact little volumes contain nothing but the text of the essays and preface as edited by Lady Trevelyan, the author’s sister. There are several illustrations in each volume—mainly engravings and portraits.
“Edition is as satisfactory for the purposes of the reader of Macaulay as a modest man can desire, handy enough to permit you on occasion to put a volume in your coat pocket and take it with you upon a journey, yet entirely fit for the library shelves. For it sacrifices to compactness not size of type (and the eyes of the reader) but an easily dispensable surplus of margin.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10:92. F. 11, ‘05. 250w.
“Admirably planned for thoroughly comfortable reading, and to take up small space in a library. For a good edition which meets all the requirements of the average reader, and of a size which makes it possible to carry the volumes about when one travels, we do not recall a better edition than this.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 348. F. 4, ‘05. 120w.
=Macbean, L., and Brown, John.= Marjorie Fleming. **$1.40. Putnam.
The famous account of “Pet Marjorie” by Dr. John Brown is here reprinted, with much later information and her journals and letters hitherto unpublished. There are fourteen illustrations, including pictures of the little girl taken alone and with Scott.
* “We commend this book, sure that it will become a precious possession.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1098. O. 21, ‘05. 1000w.
“Should be welcomed by all admirers of Dr. Brown’s earlier story of her.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 283. Mr. ‘05. 50w.
+ =Dial.= 38:52. Ja. 16, ‘05. 120w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 3. Ja. 7, ‘05. 390w.
=McCall, Sidney.= Breath of the gods. †$1.50. Little.
Little Yuki, a samurai’s daughter, the last of her honorable race, has been educated in Washington and returns to Japan with the American minister to Tokio, his wife and daughter. Her story is the story of the heart of Japan, the nobility, the love of country, the cruelty; and when she tramples on her own love and the love of the young Frenchman, Pierre, and marries Prince Haganè at the command of her father and the call of her country, she typifies the cheerful sacrifice of the individual to the system, which is, perhaps, the keynote of Japan. The time is that of the present war with Russia, the tragedy is horrid and occidental.
“‘The breath of the gods’ is one of the most artistic novels of the year. We doubt if any American writer has given us a truer or more intimate insight into the life and the spiritual and intellectual concepts of the Japanese than has the author of the ‘Breath of the gods.’”
+ + =Arena.= 34: 331. S. ‘05. 1190w.
“The genre painting, although too crowded with details, is good; but the end is disappointing.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 575. O. 28. 310w.
“In her work one sees an unbounded admiration of traits not fully comprehended, rather than a keen and sympathetic understanding of the Japanese ideals and their visible exponents.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 814. O. 5, ‘05. 150w.
“Putting aside the truth or improbability of the story, the book is interesting in all parts and thrilling in some.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 147. Ag. 17, ‘05. 670w.
“‘The breath of the gods’ is worthy of the author of ‘Truth Dexter.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 364. Je. 3, ‘05. 530w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.
“As a story the book is written in a somewhat hectic and turbulent fashion, and its early promise is hardly fulfilled by the melodrama of its conclusion.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 390. Je. 10. ‘05. 50w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 160. Jl. 29, ‘05. 110w.
+ =Reader.= 6: 358. Ag. ‘05. 210w.
=McCarthy, Justin.= History of our own times. v. 4 and 5. ea. *$1.40. Harper.
“These two volumes conclude the ‘History of our own times,’ begun by Mr. McCarthy some twenty-five years ago. The five volumes taken together cover the entire reign of Queen Victoria.... This work ... is rather a series of essays than a continuous history. All of the important events of the period come in for consideration. The greatest of these for the empire at large was the Boer war.... The interest and value of these volumes rests upon the fact that they are the work of a man who knows intimately what he is writing about.”—N. Y. Times.
“Looking at the work as a whole, we can only describe it as glib, fluent, popular—not by any means as a thoughtful and far-reaching study of men and the events of our time, and of the tendencies of those great movements which they have generated.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 1118. O. 28, ‘05. 1940w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 541. O. 21. 110w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
* “But Mr. McCarthy is always readable, and the entertaining quality of his work will undoubtedly be of value in bringing to the negligent reader some familiarity, at least, with the main features of later English politics.” E. D. Adams.
+ =Dial.= 39: 435. D. 16, ‘05. 1390w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
“It does not read like the work of a man behind the scenes, or tell us anything that we have not already read in the newspapers. Mr. McCarthy writes without any sense of proportion, and freely scamps the essential in order to make room for padding. All that can truthfully be said is that Mr. Justin McCarthy has the trick of being mildly readable even when he is platitudinous and obvious.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 371. N. 3, ‘05. 900w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
“He tells the story in a simple, intelligible way. He is never dry, tedious, discursive, labored, or involved. It is not adverse criticism to say that he has not written a weighty history.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 743. N. 4, ‘05. 1050w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
“He is always interesting, and though sometimes gossipy and sometimes affected by personal prepossessions, he writes with singular fairness of temper. His history is journalistic rather than scientific.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 190w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
* “It is very interesting and of considerable use to students of recent events.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 764. D. 9, ‘05. 160w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
* “We are sorry that we cannot say that it is even a good book of reference, for Mr. McCarthy is not methodical enough, nor detailed enough, nor accurate enough to make himself an authority on facts. The English is slovenly.”
— =Sat. R.= 100: 726. D. 2, ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)
* + — =Spec.= 95: 871. N. 25, ‘05. 300w.
=McCarthy, Justin.= Irishman’s story, **$2.50. Macmillan.
An autobiography giving the author’s experiences in newspaper work, his visits to America, and his parliamentary career (1879-1902), covering the Parnell period with its sudden close and the breaking up of the Nationalist party.
“Historical students who may turn to either of these volumes will be compelled continuously to keep in mind the nationality and political environment of the writers; for with both Davitt and McCarthy every Irishman on the popular side is a patriot, an orator, or a statesman.”
+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 454. Ja. ‘05. 170w.
“A record sufficiently varied and full of incident to have a sure claim on public interest. It would rank with such a narrative as Mr. Riis’s rather than with literary autobiographies, or with intellectual documents like Spencer’s account.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Atlan.= 95: 427. Mr. ‘05. 270w.
“A delightful melange of reminiscence, description, autobiography and anecdote, and will be read with genuine enjoyment.”
+ + =Boston Evening Transcript.= F. 8, ‘05. 820w.
“From first to last these autobiographical chapters have a charm.”
+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1310. Je. 8. 670w.
=McCarthy, Justin Huntly.= Dryad. †$1.50, Harper.
“The hero is the son and heir of Duke Baldwin of Athens, who ruled near the close of the thirteenth century. The heroine, Argathona, is a dryad, who remained in the Eleusinian wood after the gods departed. There are numerous adventures—joustings, conspiracies, battles, enchantments—related with cheerful disregard of everything except the interest of the reader.”—Pub. Opin.
“He has not succeeded in creating the right atmosphere. Mr. McCarthy has found a beautiful theme and in spite of his cleverness has handled it so roughly that he has deprived it of its external charm and has not developed the possibilities of its inherent beauty”
— =Acad.= 68: 366. Ap. 1, ‘05. 570w.
“Mr. McCarthy must be congratulated on having so deftly handled the supernatural that one hardly feels the impossibility of Argathona.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 395. Ap. 1, ‘05. 310w.
“Decidedly the best that Mr. McCarthy has done.”
+ + =Critic.= 47: 285. S. ‘05. 90w.
+ — =Ind.= 58: 958. Ap. 27, ‘05. 240w.
* + — =Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.
“A very readable tale after its own unreal fashion.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 539. Ag. 19, ‘05. 50w.
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 50w.
“Selecting a somewhat vague historical period, he devises an impossible plot, worked out by impossible characters. A rather pleasing piece of make-believe.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 633. Ap. 22, ‘05. 90w.
“It may be said indeed that he has woven in this story a tapestry whose grace of design and exquisite harmony of color all lovers of this kind of story will approve. There is something Tennysonian in the silken softness of his style and in his imagery.”
+ + =Reader.= 6: 120. Je. ‘05. 210w.
“The story is told with Mr. McCarthy’s usual verve and lightness.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 70w.
“Mr. McCarthy contrives to get a real touch of poetry into his descriptions of the forest.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 681. My. 6, ‘05. 140w.
=McCarthy, Justin Huntly.= Lady of Loyalty house. †$1.50. Harper.
“A story of Cromwell’s time, with the brilliant Lady Brilliana Harby as the storm centre. Dangers without end beset the lady and her admirers true and false, the whole ending happily when the clang of wedding bells replaces the clash of swords.”—Critic.
=Critic.= 46: 93. Ja. ‘05. 40w.
“A pretty tale and a merry one. This is mostly a skipping, happy-go-lucky story, a seventeenth century scherzo.”
+ =Reader.= 5: 787. My. ‘05. 330w.
“Is a brisk and breezy romance. There is little or no attempt at historical accuracy or minute coloring, a fact that is quite refreshing. Mr. McCarthy is content to tell a swift and fascinating story, in which effort he succeeds thoroughly.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 119. Ja. ‘05. 110w.
=McCaul, Ethel.= Under the care of the Japanese war office. $1.50. Cassell.
An English woman’s account of her recent visit to Manchuria to inspect the work of the Japanese Red cross society. Their efficient system is given in detail and there are many incidents and descriptions typical of the land and the people.
“Gives many interesting glimpses of the kindly side of war.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 16. Ja. 7, ‘05. 300w.
“Miss McCaul is an honest, straightforward writer, and her book is a tonic.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 170w.
“The practical advantages to be derived from a study of the volume under review cannot be questioned.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 163. Mr. 18, ‘05. 1230w.
“Her letters here collected have in them much of interest, but are overloaded with too detailed narrative of personal experiences.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 453. F. 18, ‘05. 140w.
“Unpretentious, but able and interesting little book. It contains much that is valuable to a student of military medicine.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 54. Ja. 14, ‘05. 100w.
=McClain, Emlin.= Constitutional law in the United States. *$2. Longmans.
“This text book on American constitutional law is published in the “American citizen” series, edited by Prof. Hart.... The classical bibliography and references at the beginning of each chapter together furnish opportunity for a more extended study of the subjects dealt with in the text.... The volume is divided into eight parts ... first ... the System of government.... Part II. explains how the government is organized. Parts III., IV., and V. deal with the nature and scope ... of the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches of the government; Part VI. concerns itself with the relations of the states to each other and to the federal government. The last two parts are on the relations of the individual to the government and on civil rights.”—N. Y. Times.
“It is an able, fresh, vigorous treatment of the subject, handled with assurance and with considerable novelty in method.”
+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
“Covering in a cursory way so vast a field, the book is necessarily in many respects unsatisfactory. It has, however, the decided merit of containing a selected general bibliography, topical bibliographical references for each chapter, an analytical table of contents, and a fairly satisfactory index.”
+ + — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 591. My. ‘05. 220w.
“The volume is very well adapted either for private reading or for classes of civics or history in our schools.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 543. Jl. ‘05. 120w.
“The clear arrangement and concise style, the subordination of detail, and the avoidance of a mere mechanical order in the presentation of topics save it from stereotyped formality or dull abstruseness. On the whole, we should expect to see McClain supplant Cooley to a considerable extent in the schools and colleges.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 449. Jl. 8, ‘05. 750w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 318. S. 2, ‘05. 130w.
=McClellan, Elizabeth.= Historic dress in America, 1607-1800; with an introd. chapter on dress in the Spanish and French settlements in Florida and Louisiana; il. in color, pen and ink, and half-tone by Sophie Steel, **$10; hf. lev. or mor. **$20. Jacobs.
“The work begins with the time of the earliest Spanish occupation of the continent, and concludes with the opening of the nineteenth century. Within this period the dress of men and women, nobles, commoners, and soldiers, is minutely described, the illustrations being from contemporary prints, old portraits and similar authentic sources.”—Reader.
“The text is accompanied by excellent illustrations. Its attempt at completeness and the care used in arrangement suggest that its greatest value is as a book of reference. Therefore it is a matter of regret that references for the large number of quotations are not more frequent.”
+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 715. Ap. ‘05. 130w.
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 649. My. 27. 610w.
“This exhaustive and well illustrated volume on the American dress of the past should hold a position among the most authoritative works on the subject.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 565. Je. ‘05. 110w.
* “A valuable book of reference.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 34. D. ‘05. 70w.
“Nothing approaching the completeness of the present work has yet been offered.”
+ + + =Reader.= 5: 626. Ap. ‘05. 120w.
+ =Spec.= 94: 682. My. 6, ‘05. 270w.
=McClure, Alexander Kelly.= Our presidents and how we make them. $2. Harper.
The present revised edition brings this book of reference down to date. An account of the Roosevelt-Parker campaign is given with a narrative of its various conventions.
“As a whole this is a convenient and reasonably accurate handbook of American national politics, and only here and there does the author make a statement that seems questionable.” H. T. P.
+ + — =Bookm.= 22: 84. S. ‘05. 860w.
“All these summaries, if not very critical in tone, are readable and to the point.”
+ + =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 80w.
“It is not only a valuable record, but also interesting history.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 357. Je. 3, ‘05. 670w.
“The style remains involved and awkward and the diction careless.”
+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 394. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w.
=McCook, Rev. Henry Christopher.= Senator: a threnody. **$1.25. Jacobs.
This poem is a tribute to Marcus Hanna, written by a life-long friend. It is divided into five parts: A prologue of a life; Village scenes; Transformed villagers; A plea for immortality; and The life beyond.
“All conducted with a skill evidencing considerable homiletic experience.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 90w.
=McCrackan, William Denison.= Fair land Tyrol. **$1.60. Page.
An enthusiastic description of “happy Tyrol,” in which are mingled beauty of landscape, and quaint peasant charm: the toymakers and innkeepers of to-day: the patriots and minnesingers of yesterday. The traveller is shown where to find interesting sights and scenes and is given a knowledge of the part that he may understand the Tyrolese of the present. The illustrations are reproduced from photographs.
“The book is readable and interesting.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 791. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w.
+ + — =Ath. 1905=, 2: 173. Ag. 5. 1270w.
“A pleasant account of one of the most delightful of European districts.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
“Readable for itself, and giving an excellent notion of the country, the book is also usable side by side with a guide book, as an intelligent and interesting description of the principal places in the country.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 528. Je. 29, ‘05. 660w.
“As a whole his book is disappointing, childishly enthusiastic, and not at all convincing as either guide book or account of travel in the Tyrol. It is full, however, and one will not go astray in following Mr. McCracken as a guide.”
— + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 294. My. 6, ‘05. 780w.
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 70w.
“There is no distinction about the style, which is sometimes slipshod.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 284. Ag. 26, ‘05. 170w.
+ =Spec.= 95: 126. Jl. 22, ‘05. 90w.
=McCracken, Elizabeth.= Women of America. **$1.50. Macmillan.
As a result of several years of observation of the American woman as she is found in the large towns and small all over the United States, Miss McCracken gives her to us in all her phases, the professional woman and the club woman; her ideals and her achievements.
“This misleading book.... Harmfully sentimental spirit in which the fourteen articles ... are written. No information is offered to the seeker after fact; and for the theorist there is no basis of discussion. The book is simply a rambling series of unilluminating anecdotes, strongly personal without being strongly vital in tone.” O. H. D.
— — =Critic.= 46: 281. Mr. ‘05. 600w.
“The book is often unjust in its criticism, fulsome in its praise, illogical in its attempts at argument. It could not be called a serious contribution to sociological literature, partly because it is a vitascope of photographs from a car window instead of the careful canvasses of a Millet, who has known his subjects long, and loved them well.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 439. F. 23, ‘05. 460w.
“The book has far too wide a title.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 338. Ap. 27, ‘05. 640w.
“Thus, the book is not made up of official statistics, but is the fruit of personal meetings with women and visits to the scenes of their occupations.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 128. Ja. ‘05. 140w.
“The art of making what has appealed to herself appeal to her reader has been mastered by Miss McCracken.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 616. Ap. 29, ‘05. 970w.
=McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.).= Nedra. †$1.50. Dodd.
The elopement of a young couple from Chicago who start for the Philippines via New York and London, travelling as brother and sister, forms the basis of this story which is turned into an amusing extravaganza by a ship wreck in mid-ocean which leaves the hero stranded upon the island of Nedra with a new heroine, a girl whom he has rescued by mistake.
“He has given us the kind of story Americans like, incredible, daring, delightful and a little absurd.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1154. N. 16, ‘05. 80w.
* “Like most of Mr. McCutcheon’s novels, ‘Nedra’ is not a matter for critical appreciation. One may say it is ‘apart’ from it rather than ‘beneath it.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 31: 885. D. 9, ‘05. 420w.
“It belongs to the novels of recreation pure and simple, and well fulfills its purpose of robbing the reader of the sense of time.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.
“The story is lively, entertaining, and very improbable.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 50w.
=McCutcheon, George Barr (Richard Greaves, pseud.).= Purple parasol; with il. by Harrison Fisher, and decorations by C: B. Falls. †$1.25. Dodd.
The owner of a purple parasol, a gray dress and a sailor hat is shadowed by a young lawyer who hopes to pile up evidence for a divorce case against the erring wife of an old husband. The story becomes a romance when the owner of the parasol turns out to be a young and beautiful girl.
+ =Bookm.= 21: 652. Ag. ‘05. 110w.
“Has the merit of lightness and brevity.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 278. Ap. 29, ‘05. 130w.
“A slight and rather foolish story.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 40w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 70w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 70w.
=McCutcheon, John Tinney.= Mysterious stranger and other cartoons. *$1.50. McClure.
Over one hundred and fifty cartoons which have appeared during the past year or so in the Chicago Tribune are gathered into this volume. The author expresses the hope that his drawings “may have a permanent interest because of the great historical importance of the period they encompass” but aside from political matters much space is given to genial take-offs of President Roosevelt as bear-hunter and glad-hander, and satires of child life.
* “As a comic history of our own times they are not without value.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 40w.
* “The cartoons are well worth embodying in a form less transient than the pages of a daily newspaper.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 250w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1379. D. 14, ‘05. 60w.
“Preserves too much that is trivial and vulgar (not in the most odious sense), and would have been the better for a severe screening. On the whole we find the collection rather dreary.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 382. N. 9, 05. 190w.
=MacDonnell, John de Courcy.= King Leopold II., his rule in Belgium and the Congo. *$6. Cassell.
The main object of this book “is to tell once more the story of the origin and progress and methods of government of the Congo Free State, and to refute the charge that Leopold has not fulfilled the pledges made under the Berlin act.” (Nation).
“The writer’s arguments, however, are not convincing, and we wish we could attribute their unreality to ignorance of the subject in hand.”
— — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 584. My. 13. 2800w.
=Nation.= 81: 62. Jl. 20, ‘05. 590w.
“The weakness of the book is its redundancy and its tendency to exalt into great virtues the king’s most commonplace actions. Its attenuated special pleading minimises but does not destroy whatever usefulness as a record it may possess.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.
* =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 290w.
=McDougall, W.= Physiological psychology. *40c. Macmillan.
This “tiny little volume ... presents a clear account ... of the elements of scientific psychology, and is thoroughly up to date.”—Acad.
“Small and unambitious though it be, this book is worth more than the little space it would fill in the library of the student of mind.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 416. Ap. 15, ‘05. 370w.
* =McFadyen, John Edgar.= Introduction to the Old Testament. $1.75. Armstrong.
“Mr. McFadyen sums up accurately and concisely the established results in regard to each book of the Old Testament, avoiding positive assertion where the facts do not warrant it. The inexpert reader will get from this book in a small compass a clear idea of the results of criticism and also of the common-sense method by which they have been arrived at.”—Acad.
* “Mr. McFadyen writes in a most interesting style: and successfully brings out both the human interest and the religious value of the several books.”
+ + =Acad.= 68: 1222. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.
* + + =Outlook.= 81: 889. D. 9, ‘05. 160w.
=MacFarland, Charles Stedman.= Jesus and the prophets; an historical, exegetical, and interpretative discussion of the use of the Old Testament prophecy by Jesus and his attitude towards it. **$1.50. Putnam.
“Holding Jesus to be more than a prophet, Dr. MacFarland sees that he was called to the work of a prophet, to meet a spiritual exigency, as the ancient prophets in their time had done.... As Jesus’ disciples misunderstood the prophets, so they misunderstood and still misunderstand his use of them.” (Outlook.) The author is a Congregational minister.
“No one should hereafter use Dr. Briggs’s or any of the older works on Messianic prophecy as authorities without parallel reference to this newer treatise.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 151. Jl. 20, ‘05. 230w.
* “A careful and scholarly examination of the relation of Jesus to Old Testament prophecy.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.
“Dr. MacFarland’s work is of unusual importance for the setting right and clarifying of erroneous and confused notions, an excellent specimen of the application of critical method for the realization of religious values.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 344. Je. 3, ‘05. 370w.
=Macfarlane, Isabella.= Royal knight: a tale of Nuremburg. †$1.25. Dillingham.
A story of 15th century Nuremburg, and of twin sisters of a poor and widowed mother, one betrothed to a wool-merchant’s son, the other, loved by a young German officer whose father is chief magistrate. Because the girl holds her honor above her love, the magistrate’s son attempts to force her consent by accusing her mother of witchcraft. Imprisonment and torture follow, but thru the loyalty of the daughters and the advent of their champion, who is no other than Emperor Maximilian, all ends happily.
=N. Y. Times.= 10:304. My. 6, ‘05. 290w.
=Macfarlane, Walter.= Laboratory notes on practical metallurgy: being a graduated series of exercises. *80c. Longmans.
“This little book is apparently intended as a first course for beginners in practical work in a metallurgical laboratory.... It consists of a series of practical exercises, all well within the grasp of the average boy, graduated and well arranged with a view of developing the habit of observation.... The student is introduced to furnace work.... The preparation of the ordinary common alloys follows.... Later, the more complex subject of the principles on which the process for the extraction of copper, lead, gold, and silver from their ores depend is dealt with. The book concludes with a few elementary exercises in assaying gold and silver ores, and the analysis of coal and coke.”—Nature.
+ =Engin. N.= 53: 639. Je. 15, ‘05. 170w.
“The book contains much useful information for junior students, and can be recommended for their use.”
+ + — =Nature.= 71: 413. Mr. 2, ‘05. 220w.
=MacGowan, Alice, and Cooke, Grace MacGowan.= Return: a story of the sea islands in 1739. †$1.50. Page.
In a stirring romance the authors reproduce people and scenes of colonial South Carolina and Georgia. In it Diana Chaters, the belle of Charleston, and a young Virginian of the historic family of Marshall figure prominently. This heroine, “the heartless coquette, is publicly jilted as the result of a brutal wager. How she takes her shame, and how she builds it into her life, is told by the authors with skill and upon somewhat new lines.” (Outlook.)
“‘Return’ is a capital love-story, one of the very best romantic novels of the year.”
+ + =Arena.= 34: 447. O. ‘05. 600w.
* “For the most part the story develops naturally, the characters have actual personality, and the savour of romance is well maintained.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 607. N. 4. 220w.
“The book is written in an excellent literary style.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 98. Jl. 13, ‘05. 240w.
“A capital tale of love and adventure.”
+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 329. O. 6, ‘05. 420w.
“A book of fresh, wholesome romance.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 410w.
“A love-story with plenty of color and movement. It is all very well done, vivid, dramatic; but the story is too overcrowded with characters; there are too many side issues. Not a little excision as well as condensation would have greatly improved a vigorous story.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 195. Ap. 1, ‘05. 180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
“A story with original strength and some novel situations. The characters are admirably individualized, the action is lively, and the whole picture excellently drawn.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 858. Ap. 1. ‘05. 90w.
“‘Return’ is a well told tale, and interesting from the first line.”
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 170w.
“It is difficult to conceive of a story in which the element of picturesqueness enters more effectively.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 240. Ag. ‘05. 220w.
=MacGrath, Harold.= Enchantment. †75c. Bobbs.
A group of Mr. MacGrath’s short stories which abound in daringly novel situations. The five are “A night’s enchantment.” the adventure of the lady in the closed carriage, “The blind madonna,” the adventure of the golden louis, “No Cinderella,” the adventure of the satin slipper, “Two candidates,” the adventure in love and politics, and “The enchanted hat,” the adventure of my lady’s letter.
“Without being in any way remarkable ... will provide amusement and entertainment.”
+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 80w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 380. Je. 10, ‘05. 110w.
“Is a collection of five of Mr. MacGrath’s stories—good ones too.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 70w.
* =MacGrath, Harold.= Hearts and masks. †$1.50. Bobbs.
The sprightly record of a night’s adventure in which the principal
## participants bent upon attending a masked ball thru a fluke are
mistaken for clever thieves. The plot which thickens about the innocent imposters for a time, and which is later cleared up, furnishes an exciting hour for the most sated fiction appetite.
* “Constructed with an art that holds the reader’s interest from the first page to the last.”
+ =Dial.= 36: 445. D. 16, ‘05. 180w.
* “It is a book to be read in a half hour, but it contains adventure enough to last a lifetime.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 885. D. 9, ‘05. 300w.
=MacGrath, Harold.= Princess elopes. †75c. Bobbs.
The chief figures in this story of rapid action are the madcap Princess of Barscheit, her grumpy uncle intent upon a suitable marriage for her, and a young American medical student. The American consul tells the story of a series of adventures capped by the princess’s escape from marrying the redfaced Prince of Doppelkinn. That she finds the young American with her on this journey is certainly not distressing to her, and that he turns out to be the long lost heir of Doppelkinn and a much worthier suitor than the father are facts which atone for her matrimonial hardships.
+ =Dial.= 38: 394. Je. 1, ‘05. 100w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 309. My. 13, ‘05. 510w.
“This tale ... will be found altogether diverting, if not convincingly real.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 142. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 40w.
=Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von.= Handbook of Greek and Roman sculpture, to accompany a collection of reproductions of Greek and Roman sculpture. *$1.50. Bureau of University travel.
“Dr. von Mach’s book is not a ‘handbook’ in the ordinary sense of the word, but a descriptive catalogue of five hundred plates and forty-five text illustrations representing works of Greek and Roman sculpture.... The description and discussion of each work is preceded by a note giving the material, place, and date of discovery when known, museum or other collection in which the work is now preserved, and some bibliographical information.”—Nation.
“The author shows in this book the excellencies of his former work. He states his conclusions boldly and independently.”
+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1365. Je. 15, ‘05. 530w.
“Certainly Dr. von Mach’s style leaves much to be desired. While we cannot recommend Dr. von Mach as a perfectly wise guide to such as wish to know Greek art, we are glad to express our belief that the university prints, accompanied by this handbook, will be of great service to the student.”
+ — =Nation.= 80: 417. My. 25, ‘05. 1220w.
=McIvor, Allan, pseud.= Overlord. $1.50. W. Ritchie.
This story of the peons of Canada is a frankly unhistorical tale of the freeing of Canada from England in a great war in which the “Habitans” and serfs under the leadership of the overlord defeat “Pitchener,” the English general. The overlord, aside from his feudal ownership along the upper St. Lawrence, owns several United States railroads, consequently the president, tho ostensibly neutral, aids him, and in return receives Canada as a gift from his grateful hands when England is finally defeated.
“A history which is frankly fictitious. The most surprising thing in the book is the bitterness toward England and the English.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 44. Ja. 5, ‘05. 370w.
“In this curiously heaped up and involved lot of fiction are a vast number of tags and ends of stories and undigested ideas, the winnowing of which would be hopeless here. It’s a very long, queer book.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 84. F. 11, ‘05. 470w. (Outline of plot).
=Mackaye, Harold Steele.= Winged helmet. †$1.50. Page.
France in the sixteenth century when Charles of Bourbon was rebelling against Francis I. is the setting. The story is one of fighting and adventure, of a nobleman who ill-uses his lady, and of my lady’s maid who saves her mistress from Saracen slavery by luring a villain into quicksand, and does other daring things. In the end the lord and lady are reconciled and the maid reaps as her reward the title of Lady of Ravelle.
“An improbable tale, convincing as we read.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 158. Jl. 20, ‘05. 100w.
“A light romance—rather under average weight in fact. Nor in spite of the wings on the helmet and the out-of-the-common incidents mentioned, does it make up in spirit what it lacks in baser qualities. It cannot carry even its own feathery self as a gallant should.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 149. Mr. 11, ‘05. 370w.
“A spirited romance of the Weymanesque school. Characters and scenes are well imagined and the story ingeniously contrived; but the flow is unpleasantly interrupted by repeated transitions from the usual narrative form to diary extracts and the like.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 762. Mr. 25, ‘05. 50w.
=Pub. Opin.= 38: 943. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.
=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Fenris, the wolf: a tragedy. **$1.25. Macmillan.
“Fenris the wolf, son of Odin, troubles the serenity of Heaven with his barkings of defiance, and with his wolfish desires for Freyja, the betrothed of his brother Baldur. In the prologue, Odin ordains that Fenris, Baldur, Freyja and himself shall leave their heavenly estate and become four mortals. The action of the play consists in the conversion of Fenris to charity and human love.... The action passes before rune-stones in the northern forest at daybreak or twilight, in prison chambers and by deep forest pools.”—Nation.
+ =Critic.= 47: 288. S. ‘05. 100w.
“There is much beauty in Mr. Mackaye’s work, beauty of poetry and thought; he is strong, tender and imaginative, and the more we study his play, the more we wish either that it were not a play at all or that we might see it acted.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 283. S. 8, ‘05. 340w.
“As a whole the play fails a little of tragic impressiveness precisely because of a certain forcing of the note. It is, nevertheless, a poetic venture, of a sincerity and magnitude for which there can be nothing but admiration.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 460w.
=McKean, Thomas.= Vortex. †$1.50. Lippincott.
The serenity of two lives—Anna of the Titian red hair, and her artist husband Paul—is jeopardized by a scheming Jesuit who plots to get possession of the wife’s fortune for the Church. He uses as a foil Elena, an actress, who serves as a model for Paul’s masterpiece Spring. In the swirl of complications Father Lamian’s real relations to Elena come to light, showing a misspent youth and a deeply designing nature.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 631. S. 23, ‘05. 270w.
“The story is weak and poorly written, annoyingly commonplace in expression, and quite unnecessary.”
— — =Outlook.= 81: 283. S. 30, ‘05. 30w.
=McKechnie, William Sharp.= Magna carta: a commentary on the great charter of King John. *$4.50. Macmillan.
“Each chapter of ‘Magna carta’ is given in its original Latin, with an English version by Dr. McKechnie following it in smaller type, after which comes the commentary. The book includes a select bibliography and a list of the authorities consulted by the author, a general index, and an index to statutes. In appendices are documents relative to or illustrative of King John’s Magna carta.”—N. Y. Times.
“One feels compelled to state that although for want of something better this work will undoubtedly be consulted, nevertheless taken as a whole it cannot be regarded as of more than mediocre value.” Henry Lewis Cannon.
+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 137. O. ‘05. 920w.
“A scholarly and authoritative work based on the results of the latest critical research, devoid of rhetorical flourish and meeting the requirements of the lawyer and the historian. The book is well planned. We are grateful to our author for clearing up the problems of Magna Carta in so scholarly and definitive a fashion.”
+ + + =Ind.= 59: 635. S. 14, ‘05. 830w.
* “Very readable book.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.
“He has given us what will long remain as the standard work on Magna Carta, a book remarkable alike for its solid learning, its fertility in suggestion, and its characteristic note of moderation and sweet reasonableness.”
+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 152. My. 12, ‘05. 1810w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 281. Ap. 29, ‘05. 270w.
“The first exhaustive commentator on ‘Magna carta’ since the days of Richard Thompson.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 280w.
“We should be disposed to dismiss his book as nothing more than a text-book of unusual thoroughness were it not for one saving merit. Mr. McKechnie is not afraid of discussing an abstract and complicated question.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 250. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1170w.
“His conclusions, like his style, are not always inspired, or beyond criticism or revision.”
+ + — =Spec.= 94: 642. Ap. 29, ‘05. 2120w.
=McKibben, Julia Baldwin.= Miriam. $1.25. Meth. bk.
Miriam, whose birth is hid in mystery, is brought up as a slave in an old-fashioned southern household. She is freed by her master, and educated in the north where no none knows of the taint in her blood. After bravely renouncing love and happiness, confessing to her lover and friends the truth, she learns that by birth she is an honored daughter in the home where she was once a slave.
* “A story of the old South of no literary value, and as foreign to fact as many others that have been written on similar lines.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 50w.
=Mackie, Pauline Bradford.= Girl and the kaiser. †$1.50. Bobbs.
The presence of the kaiser upon the pages of this simple little love story lends a certain dignity and makes the plot possible, but has no real historical significance. Wilhelmina, who has been brought up in America, comes to Germany to visit her uncle, the Admiral von Uhland, and his pleasure loving French wife. Here she meets two young naval officers, and upon the occasion of the kaiser’s visit to her uncle she learns of the strict paternalism practiced in the German army and navy, and that a rich wife is essential to a poor officer. This is where the denouement comes in. In the end the kaiser, who has taken a fancy to her, in his favorite role of destiny, points out to her the sensible road where she finds both wealth and love.
“Is a charmingly bright and unconventional story. Though by no means a great story, is one of the most clever little romances of the season.”
+ + =Arena.= 33: 339. Mr. ‘05. 250w.
=McKinley, Albert Edward.= Suffrage franchise in the thirteen English colonies in America. $2.50. Ginn.
The purpose of the author has been “to present the dynamic or developmental aspect of the subject, rather than the analytic; he has not been content with a mere summary of the suffrage qualifications in the several colonies, but has endeavored to trace the growth of the colonial ideals and practices respecting the elective franchise.”
“Mr. McKinley’s volume is full of interest. Taken in connection with Mr. Bishop’s ‘History of elections in the colonies,’ the whole ground seems thoroughly covered.” F. W. S.
+ + + =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 134. Jl. ‘05. 230w.
“In general there is shown the most conservative scholarship. The immense amount of material consulted, the care in the verification of its vast number of mere facts, and the patience shown in the organization of the mass of data, calls forth the highest praise for the author’s scholarship.” John L. Conger.
+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 608. My. ‘05. 530w.
=McKinley, Charles E.= Educational evangelism: the religious discipline for youth. *$1.25. Pilgrim press.
Clergymen, and all who are interested in the religious training of boys and girls from 16 to 20 will find much of value in this essay, which discusses the religious needs of youth and gives suggestions as to how the church may meet them.
“It is one of the most sensible and thoughtful presentations of what the spiritual discipline of youth should be, both through the pulpit and in the school, that has recently appeared. He shows himself an original thinker, a man of insight, and a true lover of youth.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1012. My. 4, ‘05. 110w.
“Though a small book, this is full of judicious thought well worthy of thoughtful consideration.”
+ + =Outlook.= 79: 759. Mr. 25, ‘05. 150w.
=McKinley, William.= Tariff. $1.75. Putnam.
“The essay was written in 1896, when Mr. McKinley was governor of Ohio, and while the information he had gained as chairman of the ways and means committee was still fresh in mind. Naturally the legislative and political aspects of the tariff are the ones to which most attention is given. The author recognizes his difficulty of dealing with the subject in a non-partisan way, but states, ‘It has been my honest endeavor to do justice to all directly participating in the events narrated. It has been my aim to present as completely as possible a review of proposed tariff legislation since the close of the Civil war to the present time, as well as a sketch of the measures actually enacted, to the end that the student may observe the trend and purpose of the leading political parties in respect to this economic question.’”—Ann. Am. Acad.
“The essay was intended for general readers and its merits fully justify its being put into book form.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 133. Ja. ‘05. 240w.
=McLain, John Scudder.= Alaska and the Klondike. **$2. McClure.
The author, who is editor of the Minneapolis Journal, accompanied a special sub-committee of the Senate committee on territories to Alaska in the summer of 1903 and in a series of articles for his paper discussed the resources and possibilities of the country. These articles now appear in book form revised, and including statistical information on commercial and industrial operations down to 1904.
“His book is conservatively written, is interesting and seems to be believable.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 592. S. ‘05. 420w.
“It is the most complete and also the most trustworthy book of its class that has appeared up to the present time.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 191. Ag. ‘05. 70w.
“The book should serve for a long time ... in the capacity of an authoritative reference work.” Wallace Rice.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 385. Je. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“A clear picture of Alaska—its history, population, occupations, resources, and problems.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 428. S. 23, ‘05. 660w.
“Few of his statements can be designated as erroneous, and these are mostly of slight importance.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 19. Jl. 6, ‘05. 890w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 280w.
“An exceedingly interesting book of travel, which ... justifies the claims of the publishers that it has practically the accuracy and trustworthiness of a public document.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 294. My. 6, ‘05. 1810w.
“Not only an entertaining record of travel, but a compact statement of the conditions, resources, and needs of the territory. Unquestionably the ground is not fully covered, but the amount of information derivable from the work is such that for all general purposes the treatment is adequate.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 92. My. 6, ‘05. 210w.
“The present treatise is the best that has so far appeared. It is broadly comprehensive.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 220w.
+ =Reader.= 6: 595. O. ‘05. 260w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
=McMahon, Anna Benneson=, ed. See =Shelley, Percy Bysshe.=
=McManus, Thomas J. Luke.= Boy and the outlaw. $1.50. Grafton press.
The author, whose boyhood was spent in Harper’s Ferry, where he witnessed the famous raid of John Brown, has woven his recollections of that time into a story in which a Virginia boy discovers a wounded mulatto, one of Brown’s men, the day after the raid, and attempts to conceal the outlaw from the authorities. The resulting adventures comprise the story, in which a Virginia squire, a doctor, a young lawyer and others figure.
“A story that moves swiftly and directly and contains a good deal of pleasant humor and excellent character-drawing.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 117. Ja. ‘05. 70w.
=Macphail, Andrew.= Essays in Puritanism. **$1.50. Houghton.
Taking Jonathan Edwards, John Winthrop, Margaret Fuller, Walt Whitman and John Wesley as the subjects of his essays, the author has written a series of sketches which give a better picture of the individual types than of Puritanism.
“An uncommonly readable and instructive book.”
+ + =Dial.= 39: 43. Jl. 16, ‘05. 440w.
+ — =Ind.= 59: 818. O. 5, ‘05. 150w.
“He mingles with his sharp and sometimes acrid treatment of Puritanism a good deal of sound and discriminating comment on its more attractive side, but on both sides of his view of Puritanism he leaves an impression that he has not very thoroughly worked the matter out.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 280. Ap. 29. ‘05. 650w.
“These essays are bright, readable, entertaining, but they are also sometimes smart and a trifle flippant in style, and, in their dealing with philosophical thought, superficial. His view, no less than his style, is journalistic.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.
“His book has many attractions; one of them is the pertinence with which he makes reflections, called forth in the first instance by the past, apply to the present. And he has a way of discerning the real greatness of the men whom he describes.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 294. F. 25, ‘05. 230w.
=Macquoid, Mrs. Katharine Sarah Gadsden.= Pictures in Umbria. *$1.50. Scribner.
“This is a volume of purely ‘impressions de voyage’ by an intelligent observing woman inspired by the history and landscape of Umbria.... The author has a distinct liking for showing the life of the people by describing their physical characteristics and relating their conversation, and by throwing these things in contrast with the characteristics of the ancient race.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 823. Ag. 12, ‘05. 530w.
* “This one is neither too historic nor too artistic to suit many tastes.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 60w.
“The text is so trite and prosaic that it gives the impression of being written merely for the sake of furnishing a setting for the fifty original illustrations.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 117. S. 1, ‘05. 160w.
* “Written in a bright and picturesque style, and full of interesting anecdotes.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 183. D. ‘05. 110w.
“When all has been said, the illustrations are by far the most interesting features of the book. It is worth publishing for them alone.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 129. Ag. 10, ‘05. 380w.
“The book will form an entertaining companion for the fireside tourist, for it is intimately written in unadorned, direct narrative style.” Walter Littlefield.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 130w.
=Macquoid, Percy.= History of English furniture. 20 pts. v. I, pts. 1-3. per pt. *$2.50. Putnam.
“The history has been divided into four parts: ‘The age of oak,’ comprising furniture from 1500 to 1660; ‘The age of walnut,’ from 1660 to 1720, showing the varied influences of the Restoration and Dutch designers; ‘The age of mahogany,’ lasting from 1720 to 1770, in which the introduction from France of fresh ideas in design clearly marked another change, and ‘The composite age,’ from 1770 to 1820, inspired by an affectation of all things classical, combined with an unbalanced taste.... There are nearly 1000 illustrations in the entire work, and sixty of these are in the exact colors of the originals.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + — =Ath.= 1905. 1: 631. My. 20. 730w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This book will be valuable, not only to lovers of old furniture, but to art students interested in wood-carving.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 155. Jl. 20, ‘05. 560w. (Reviews v. 1., pt. 1.)
+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 273. My. ‘05. 230w. (Reviews vol. I., pts. 1-2.)
+ =Nation.= 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 240w. (Reviews vol. I., pt. 1.)
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 251. Ap. 15, ‘05. 350w. (Reviews vol. I, pts. 1-3.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 541. Ag. 19, ‘05. 490w. (Review of v. 1. pts. 4 and 5; v. 2, pt. 6.)
* “It is unnecessary to add anything to what we have already said concerning the importance and elegance of this work, which is absolutely unsurpassed in its field.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 150w. (Review of v. 2, pts. 6 and 7.)
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 833. D. 2, ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 2.)
* =McSpadden, Joseph Walker.= Stories from Wagner. (Children’s favorite classics.) 60c; (Astor lib.) 60c; (Waldorf lib.) 75c; (Handy volume classics.) limp lea. 75c; pocket ed. 35c. Crowell.
“The stories considered in this little volume are; Four from the ‘Ring’ dramas, also ‘Parsifal, the pure,’ ‘Lohengrin, the swan knight,’ ‘Tannhauser, the knight of song,’ ‘The master singers,’ ‘Rienzi, the last of the tribunes,’ ‘The flying Dutchman,’ and ‘Tristan and Isolde.’”—R. of Rs.
* “For the non-musical as legend and fairytale, for the young music lover who has still in anticipation the Wagner music drama, it is a capital little book.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 150w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 60w.
* =McVickar, Henry Whitney.= Reptiles. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The story is based upon a wager made by three men that in five years after marriage they will feel the same devotion to their wives that they felt before marriage. Two, a wealthy young Englishman and an American clergyman, were for the affirmative, one, a clever young cynic, for the negative. When the bets were called, the clergyman was prepared to pay the full amount like a man of honor, the young Englishman to compromise with a third, but the cynic refused to take the money, because he, too, lost, since he still loved his wife.”—N. Y. Times.
* “The story is told in a rather impressionistic style, which frequently leaves something to be desired.”
— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 794. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.
* “A thoroughly disagreeable novel.”
— =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 40w.
=Macy, Jesse.= Party organization and machinery. *$1.25. Century.
Party organization is described in its relation to presidential, congressional, and senatorial leadership. Professor Macy traces party development pathologically rather than historically from its real beginning in Jefferson’s administration, as a township or county organization, up through state, congressional, and national committees. The development of the committees is given, Tammany, and the differing party management in various states are fully treated.
“Students of political and constitutional history will find it of great service ... because it treats the problems wisely and brings home to the reader forcibly the significance of party organization as a fact.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 948. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
“Prof. Macy deals with his subjects sympathetically. The mode of presentation is concrete.” F. I. Herriott.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 606. My. ‘05. 650w.
Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.
=Atlan.= 95: 552. Ap. ‘05. 300w.
“This study in political pathology will be a welcome addition to the books available to the student of political science. There seems to be nothing omitted from this little hand-book that any student of party methods or management could possibly wish to know.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 660w.
“Survey is very broad. As a rule, Professor Macy is direct and explicit but he is not always consistent, and we note occasional slips liable to lead to misconstruction of his position. Whatever there is of error, however, is not sufficient to vitiate the value of his work.”
+ — =Outlook.= 78: 1043. D. 24, ‘04. 290w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 761. D. ‘04. 230w.
=Madison, James.= Writings; ed. by Gaillard Hunt. v. 5, 1787-1790. subs. *$5. Putnam.
“Mr. Hunt’s third and fourth volumes, consisting chiefly of Madison’s notes of debates in the Federal convention, brought us down to the date of its adjournment in September, 1787. The present volume carries us but two years and a half farther.... Of a hundred and eight letters printed by Mr. Hunt there are only a dozen that have not been printed before.... Six came from the Madison papers, two from the collections of the New York library, two from the Virginia historical society, one from a North Carolina source, and one, a letter of some interest written to Philip Mazzei, was once the property of Guizot and is now in a private collection in Berlin.... Madison’s speeches in the Virginia convention occupy nearly a fourth of the volume. His speeches in the first two sessions of the First congress, running to nearly as great extent, are also given.”—Am. Hist. R.
“Mr. Hunt’s annotations are apposite and intelligent.” J. Franklin Jameson.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 691. Ap. ‘05. 330w.
“It is a disagreeable task to criticise a volume which shows so much care and intelligent arrangement, but there is evidence of some hasty proofreading, or perhaps of slovenly copying. The notes are full and judicious.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 271. Ap. 6. ‘05. 560w.
* =Maeterlinck, Maurice.= Old-fashioned flowers, and other out-of-door studies. **$1.20. Dodd.
“Half a dozen studies of flowers in colors by Mr. Charles B. Falls, and attractive type, paper, and binding lend to the small volume an air of distinction which matches the unusual quality of M. Maeterlinck’s style. Flowers, like animals, have distinct personalities for M. Maeterlinck, but his frequent personifications are aesthetically justified by the real feeling that they express.”—Dial.
* “A delightful ‘little volume of nature sketches.’”
+ =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.
* “A little volume of his most subtle and characteristic essays.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 836. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.
* “Characterized by the singular beauty of Maeterlinck’s style, the tinge of mysticism, and the interpretation of thought by sentiment which have given all his books subtle individuality.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 442. D. 16, ‘05. 40w.
=Magnay, Sir William, 2d baronet.= Prince of lovers. †$1.50. Little.
A story founded upon the secret chronicles of two states lying in the midst of the Hungarian forest. The time is after the close of the Thirty years’ war, when some two hundred of these independent states existed in Germany. The princess of one state is about to be betrothed, against her will, to the heir of the other, when the heir disappears. Disguised as a young lieutenant, he comes to her father’s court and wins her love. After nearly losing his life and his throne in a series of daring adventures, he elopes with the princess and comes to his own. A crafty chancellor, a soldier of fortune, and an unscrupulous villain add to the plot.
“His story is commonplace, and the telling always undistinguished.”
— =Acad.= 68: 736. Jl. 15, ‘05. 260w.
+ =Ath. 1905,= 1: 746. Je. 17. 110w.
“Is full of exciting incident and of well-marked characters.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 330w.
“The romance is not a bad specimen of its type.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 90w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 714. My. 6, ‘05. 250w.
“To label this novel as old-fashioned, is to pay a compliment, not cast a slur. It is to say that the author has taken pains and time, that his creation is shapely, and dignified.”
+ =Reader.= 6: 119. Je. ‘05. 390w.
=Magnus, Hugo.= Superstition in medicine; tr. from the German by Julius L. Salinger. **$1. Funk.
A history of the erroneous ideas and fanciful beliefs that have prevailed in the world with regard to sickness and its cure from the days of ancient Rome to the present time.
=Mahaffy, John Pentland.= Progress of Hellenism in Alexander’s empire. $1. Univ. of Chicago press.
In a series of lectures, which represent the compendium of a long and brilliant development of human nature, the author addresses not only the general reader who wishes to know something of the expansion of Greek ideas toward the East, but the specialist who needs general views of the whole into a corner of which his particular field fits. He treats Xenophon as the precursor of Hellenism, and brings the influences down to the part they perform in modern Christianity.
“There is little in the book (beyond novelty of presentation) which cannot be found elsewhere. It is less excusable that it treats too exclusively of problems of the author’s own raising, too little of those current at the present time.” W. S. Ferguson.
+ — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 189. O. ‘05. 310w.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 420. Je. 16, ‘05. 480w.
“Such occasional indistinctness does not, however, detract appreciably from the general luminousness of the picture, from the inspiriting nerve and freshness which we learnt long ago to associate with Dr. Mahaffy’s utterances and which show no signs of failing.” E. B.
+ + — =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 822. O. ‘05. 320w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 159. My. 19, ‘05. 560w.
“Dr. Mahaffy has made a mistake in attempting to deal in so small a compass with so vast a question as the spread of Hellenism.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 344. S. 9, ‘05. 1420w.
“They are readable and discursive, but they would not convey a very clear impression of the period which they profess to describe to any save finished scholars.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 353. S. 9, ‘05. 1400w.
=Mahan, Alfred Thayer.= Sea power in its relations to the war of 1812. 2v. **$7. Little.
The authoritative and widely directed study of Captain Mahan on the influence of sea power upon history has resulted in a series of most important volumes. In turning his attention to this phase of the War of 1812, he has brought to light some entirely new material from government and private documents, has treated with special clearness the subject of the imprisonment of American seamen, and has given emphasis to the records of American privateers. The author traces the train of causes of the war from 1651, in order to make clear Great Britain’s course. The work is strongly bound and illustrated.
“No one who reads his latest work will hesitate to say that it is in all respects worthy to rank on the same level as its predecessors. The vein is as rich as ever, and it is worked with no abatement of skill and no diminution of profitable output. He is occasionally prolix, and the construction of his sentences is sometimes clumsy and involved.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 366. N. 3, ‘05. 2760w.
* “His discussion of the conditions which caused the war is the best we know of anywhere.”
+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 777. N. 18, ‘05. 1160w.
* “But whatever its defects, ‘Sea power in its relations to the war of 1812’ must be rated, like its distinguished predecessors, a substantial contribution to the history of naval warfare and a suggestive exposition of the force of the doctrine of ‘preparedness.’”
+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 831. D. 2, ‘05. 940w.
=Mahler, Arthur.= Paintings of the Louvre; Italian and Spanish, in collaboration with Carlos Blacker and W: A. Slater. **$2. Doubleday.
“A handbook of the Italian and Spanish sections of the celebrated art gallery, and includes also a history of the art of Italy from the early workers in the Byzantine manner to the Renaissance, while the
## part devoted to the Spanish schools is given up mainly to Velasquez
and Murillo. The illustrations show examples of the work of these artists as well as of Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and others.”—N. Y. Times.
“The illustrations are numerous, but too much reduced and too indistinctly printed to do more than remind one how inadequately they represent the originals.”
— =Acad.= 68: 1111. O. 21, ‘05. 340w.
+ — =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 70w.
* “The criticism is of the old school, Vasari’s pleasing tales being repeated with an apparent obliviousness of the incredulity into which they have fallen through the researches of such moderns as Berensen, Fry, and others.”
+ — =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 80w.
“The book, as embodying the latest results of research, is to be relied on. The criticism is unoriginal and often extremely commonplace. It is well arranged, the English is smooth.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 278. O. 5, ‘05. 190w.
“The only charge to be brought against his text is the overstudious avoidance of anything like emphasis. The final chapter on Spanish paintings shares the merits of the others—clearness, simplicity, intelligence.” L. L.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 637. S. 30, ‘05. 1030w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 511. O. ‘05. 60w.
* “The historical, biographical, and technical constituents of this commentary are quite readable.”
+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ‘05. 490w.
* =Maitland, John Alexander Fuller.= Joseph Joachim. *$1. Lane.
This volume in the “Living masters of music” series “is only some sixty pages in length and is divided into five sections dealing with Joachim’s career, violin playing, teaching, influence, compositions, each of which is necessarily summarized in the briefest manner.... Having quickly disposed of the facts of his career, there is space found for interesting personal reflections upon the playing and influence of Joachim. His character, moral and artistic, which is one, is well summed up.”—Acad.
* “Is a good specimen of condensed biography.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 476. N. ‘05. 110w.
* + =Nation.= 81: 304. O. 12, ‘05. 450w.
=Maitland, J. A. Fuller=, ed. See =Grove, George.=
=Major, Charles.= Yolanda, maid of Burgundy. * †$1.50. Macmillan.
“The time is when Edward IV. reigned in England, and Louis XI. sat upon the French throne. Then Charles of Burgundy, styled Charles the bad, was feared as the richest and most powerful prince in the country, and it was Mary, his beautiful and gentle daughter, who was the pawn that the wicked prince would have gladly sacrificed for his own ambitious aims.... It is a story bristling with intrigue and adventure, with meetings after dark, and love and scorn and villainy and fine ladies traveling unattended, and mystery galore, and always through it all runs the theme of love—the love of a brave man for a beautiful girl.”—N. Y. Times.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.
* “A readable story, though not a high literary achievement.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 711. N. 25, ‘05. 110w.
* “Is a very good story of its kind.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 796. D. 16, ‘05. 210w.
* “Charles Major once more shines through brilliant incapacity when he attempts ‘Yolande.’”
— =R. of Rs.= 32: 761. D. ‘05. 70w.
=Malcolm, Napier.= Five years in a Persian town. *$3. Dutton.
“This is an interesting description of Yezd, ‘in the very center of Central Persia,’ where the author was for some time engaged in missionary work, and enjoyed unusual opportunities of mixing with all sorts and conditions of people. The experience of such a stay as he says apologetically, is not a traveler’s experience, but what of that?... the sympathetic picture of Yezd scenery, life, and manners which he has drawn with minute and vivid accuracy is as memorable as it is rare.”—Ath.
“The real value of ‘Five years in a Persian town’ lies in the sympathetic study of native character and modes of thought. In this respect Mr. Malcolm will not easily be surpassed, combining, as he does, keen insight and a curious subtlety of imagination with an incisive style relieved by delightful touches of dry humor.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 69. Jl. 15. 1680w.
“A keen, but quiet and unobtrusive, sense of the humorous aspects of things runs thru the author’s pictures of Yezdi life and enhances the attractiveness of the volume.”
+ =Ind.= 59: 1112. N. 9, ‘05. 190w.
“The book fulfils its purpose excellently, and makes a fair guess at some Persian characteristics.”
+ =Nation.= 81: 286. O. 5, ‘05. 650w.
“Mr. Malcolm has given us a very interesting, amusing and instructive account of Persian life.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 530. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.
* =Mallock, William Hurrell.= Reconstruction of religious belief. **$1.75. Harper.
“Mr. Mallock attempts to aid ‘the thoughtful man of to-day,’ either ‘in justifying his old belief by supplying it with new foundations, or in building up some new belief which may possibly take its place.’ Mr. Mallock demonstrates that, when science has said its last word, it inevitably leaves us in some region outside itself in which ‘an intellectual solution of the contradiction between scientific and religious principles must be found.’”—R. of Rs.
* “Science can never find a complete explanation of phenomena. The attempt to show that it can, and to dispense with philosophy, is the cardinal error of Mr. Mallock’s book; it finally leads him to pure scepticism, from which he jumps into blind credulity. Much of the book is of considerable value. The whole of the third part, in which the case for scientific agnosticism is criticised, is admirable,
## particularly the demonstration that chance has no real existence.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 1171. N. 11, ‘05. 2190w.
* “It is a good book to be read at a single sitting, like a good novel. To say that it is interesting, well written, and appropriate to the times, is to offer it the merest justice; but to describe it as a complete success is perhaps going too far. Perhaps it would be more successful if it were less complete.” T. D. A. Cockerell.
+ + =Dial.= 39: 440. D. 16, ‘05. 1470w.
* “The soundest part of Mr. Mallock will be found in the considerations which he develops in his earlier chapters rather than in the more pretentious ‘solution’ which he proclaims in his concluding book.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 355. O. 27, ‘05. 1920w.
* “Mr. Mallock offers nothing really new in his argument, but it derives a novel coloring from its relations to recent scientific views, and piquancy from his wit and humor. The book is brightly written and the thought is throughout interesting. The proof-reading leaves something to be desired.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 451. N. 30, ‘05. 1020w.
* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 752. D. ‘05. 100w.
* “He is doing good service not only to the cause of religious apology, but to society, and above all, to truth, which has suffered long and much from the timidity of science to push its conclusions to logical issue.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 5. O. 14, ‘05. 1860w.
=Mann, Henry.= Adam Clarke. $1. Popular book co.
“A narrative of the experiences of a family of British emigrants to the United States in cotton mill, iron foundry, coal mine, and other fields of labor.” The author, whose work as a newspaper man has brought him in contact with the phases of life treated in this story, tells of the abuses at the immigrant office, and scores the protectionists, the settlement workers, the Pittsburg militia, and the Pennsylvania railroad. The many hardships suffered by all of their class are vividly detailed as the history of the Clarke family progresses.
“The ferocity of the painted picture is such that nobody is likely to take it as a literal transcription of conditions—but nobody who knows the city or human nature will doubt the existence of a substantial basis for some of the author’s fury. To be sure he is a partisan, and as is the way of partisans, his eye is single and fixed. Well-informed and well-balanced people may read it with profit. It might be less good for incipient anarchists.”
(Outline of plan).
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 52. Ja. 28, ‘05. 1180w.
“As a novel the work calls for no consideration, but it is deserving of attention as an obviously sincere attempt to present the grievances and sufferings of the poor in a manner that will quicken sympathy to
## action. Unfortunately, ... the writer, through ignoring the reverse
side of the shield and through undoubted exaggeration, tends to repel rather than attract the thoughtful reader, and to inflame rather than broaden the thoughtless.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 651. Mr. 11, ‘05. 90w.
=Mann, Hugh.= Bound and Free: two dramas. *50c. Badger, R: G.
An argument for sex-emancipation, for doing away with marriage, the family, the home as they exist to-day. The author calls the dramas which illustrate his point Bound, and Free, he makes the chief characters in each declare that they can love many men, or women, as the case may be, at the same time and in the same way, but can love but one supremely, their soulmate. Most conventional people will consider this book immoral.
* =Mannix, Mary Ella.= Children of Cupa. 45c. Benziger.
A pathetic story of the eviction of the Cupa Indians from their home in California on the Warner ranch, told in connection with the experiences of a family of campers who spent six weeks of the last summer the Indians remained on their ancestral lands at the Hot Springs on the old reservation, and learned to know the people and to sympathize with them, and to understand their life and the part the missions played in it.
=Manzoni, Alessandro.= Sacred hymns [Gl’ inni sacri] and the Napoleonic ode [Il cinque maggio] of Alexander Manzoni; tr. by Joel Foote Bingham. *$3. Oxford.
The translator has aimed “to give the exact sense of the author.” The Italian texts are also given in the appendix and there is a portrait of Manzoni, a biographical preface, as well as historical introductions and critical notes.
“Dr. Bingham’s translations are painstaking, and, if one knows the original, one can recognize that he has given an equivalent for many of Manzoni’s thoughts; but the metrical charm and the poetry have evaporated. Whoever desires a complete outfit of notes and critical opinions on Manzoni’s hymns and ode will find them in this book.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 211. Mr. 16, ‘05. 390w.
“We have nothing with this rendering.”
— =Sat. R.= 99: 676. My. 20, ‘05. 140w.
* =Mar, Alice=, il. Japanese child life, with new stories and verses by Alice Calhoun Haines. †$1.50. Stokes.
The strange faces, quaint costumes, odd games, amusements and occupations of the little Japanese children are prettily set forth in picture and verse. There are eight full-page illustrations in color.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 894. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.
* “The stories and little poems have grace, quaintness, and charm.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 1039. D. 23, ‘05. 90w.
=Marble, Annie Russell.= Books in their seasons. **30c. Crowell.
Uniform with the “What is worth while series,” this little volume pleads for not “the gentle reader,” but “the sane reader,” suggests some authors and books, and asks the reader in his own further choosing to follow nature’s moods and seasons, to read books fitting to the time, and in harmony with the outer world.
=Marchmont, Arthur William.= Courier of fortune. †$1.50. Stokes.
“The story is placed in a town known as Morvaix, ruled badly, viciously, by one Duke de Rochelle. Reports of the misrule reach the ears of the Duke de Bourbon, the suzerain lord, and he sends his son Gerard secretly to investigate the charges. This Gerard does, and a remarkable chain of circumstances so adjusts matters that the young man falls in love, and is loved in return by the very girl that de Rochelle means to make his own. Here is fire and tinder in plenty.”—Pub. Opin.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.
=Pub. Opin.= 39: 27. Jl. 1, ‘05. 90w.
* =Marden, Orison Swett.= Choosing a career. **$1. Bobbs.
The founder and editor of “Success” has prepared a volume which will undoubtedly prove valuable to all those who need practical aid in selecting a life-work. In part one, he discusses the considerations which are related to the choice of a life-calling, such as parental influence, environment, health, money making, and the temperamental and mental qualities which different lines of work demand. Part second. Suggestions as to possible careers, contains sound advice and helpful suggestions by men and women whose choice has brought them success in their various callings. Twenty-eight different trades and professions are treated in as many chapters. The book is illustrated with the photographs of some of those who have chosen wisely.
* =Marden, Orison Swett.= Making of a man. †$1.25. Lothrop.
“The cheerful philosophy that Dr. Marden has preached in previous books he insists upon in this which consists of a series of talks especially intended for young men. Examples of the world’s heroes are cited, the world’s leaders of thought are liberally quoted, anecdotes are given; and thus, by precept, illustration, and in symposium of opinions, Dr. Marden reinforces his own teachings in regard to perseverance, ‘self-honor,’ courage, self control, money, success, ‘Moral daring,’ and kindred subjects.”—Outlook.
* + =Outlook.= 81: 281. S. 30, ‘05. 80w.
* “He preaches self-control, determination, rectitude, industry, thoroughness, courage—and who would gainsay him?”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 400w.
* “Dr. Marden’s style is full of inspiration and suggestion.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 60w.
=Margoliouth, David Samuel.= Mohammed, the rise of Islam. **$1.35. Putnam.
This fortieth volume in the “Heroes of the nations” series, “gives first a survey of the conditions of Arabia and Arab life at the time when Mohammed first appeared.... The biography of the prophet consists largely in following the military, political, and religious campaigns with which he spread the religion of Islam, and which Mr. Margoliouth traces in detail.... His genius, according to this biographer, was equal to the emergencies, but not too great for them.” (N. Y. Times.)
+ =Dial.= 39: 312. N. 16, ‘05. 310w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 660. O. 7, ‘05. 510w.
“Apart from the dragoon-like treatment of the question of the prophet’s sincerity and of all phases of his religious development, and despite defects of verbosity and discursiveness, the book is of no uncertain value.”
+ — =Outlook.= 81: 527. O. 28, ‘05. 230w.
* =Marks, G. Croyden.= Hydraulic power engineering. *$3.50. Van Nostrand.
In this second edition the author has enlarged the work for the purpose of including some examples of new developments connected with hydraulic pressing and lifting machinery, and introducing illustrations of typical valves and machines. The text has also been fully revised.
=Marriott, Charles.= Genevra. $1.50. Appleton.
This is more than a character study, it is also a soul study of a girl of twenty-nine whose young days have been spent quietly on a Cumberland farm. Hopelessly out of touch with the simple folk around her, she turns to poetry as an emotional outlet and has written a number of magazine poems and is publishing a book of verses when the story opens. The young artist, Leonard Morris, wakes all the slumbering fires of her nature, she is gloriously happy and her poems sing of it; when she finds that he fails to understand her, her publisher is the first to detect it in the new note of her work. It is a single hearted story of loyalty to love and to work. There are some good minor characters, her commonplace and ungenial family are drawn with pathetic humor.
“Her life-story is a tapestry of severe design and sombre hue.” W. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 38: 17. Ja. 1, ‘05. 230w.
“It is not an exceptionally original theme, but it is not that it easily lends itself to dramatic situations, strong character contrasts, and the expression of vivid emotions—all valuable adjuncts in novel making—and the author of Genevra has used every one of them to good advantage, besides giving ample evidence of his being the possessor of the same subtle force and style that rendered his previous book notable.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 16. Ja. 7. ‘05 1070w.
=Marshall, Archibald.= House of Merrilees. †$1.50. Turner.
A mystery surrounds the house of Merrilees. Its master dies suddenly, his body disappears and with it his fortune which he had converted into jewels. The mistress of Merrilees had died abroad some years before, and it was given out that their infant son died with her. A young cousin takes possession of both the estates and the mystery and discovers the real heir in the person of his best friend. There is also a love interest.
“Mr. Marshall has conceived a sufficiently ingenious plot for his novel of mystery; but he does not succeed in gripping the attention and holding it from the start to the gasp of satisfied excitement at the finish.”
+ — =Acad.= 68: 198. Mr. 4, ‘05. 200w.
“This is an excellent story of a mystery so well and so artistically concealed that the final disclosure gives rise to a feeling of pleasure, not only at the nature of the surprise, but also at its inevitableness.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 555. My. 6, 180w.
* “It all makes exciting reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 861. D. 2, ‘05. 260w.
* “Is surprisingly good reading.”
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 700. N. 25, ‘05. 90w.
“Mr. Marshall is quite entertaining, his imagination is lively, and possibly he may regard the novel as a huge joke.”
+ =Sat. R.= 99: 745. Je. 3, ‘05. 260w.
“The book will while away an unoccupied hour very pleasantly.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 718. My. 13, ‘05. 160w.
=Marshall, Beatrice.= Queen’s knight errant. †$1.50. Dutton.
A romance of the days of Raleigh and the virgin queen. A little girl is washed ashore in Devon on the land of a recluse alchemist named Vidal. A neighboring esquire takes charge of the child and brings her up with his own sons. The romance of this waif who turns out to be Vidal’s sister, and one of these sons is woven about Raleigh’s love affair with Mrs. Throgmorton, their secret marriage, and the anger of the queen.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 204. Ap. 1, ‘05. 660w.
“Too high-flown in style to suit the present taste.”
— =Outlook.= 79: 452. F. 18, ‘05. 20w.
* =Marsland, Frank.= Occupations in life; a fund of practical information and business advice for boys and young men. $1.50. C. E. Fitchett, 57 Warren st. N. Y.
The author who is a mercantile reporter with the Bradstreet company, draws easily upon his fund of professional experience in offering business counsel to young men. The advice emphasizes an early selection of life work, a careful use of spare hours for promoting interests along special lines of work, and a better understanding of conditions in the business world and the world of occupations.
* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 586. S. 9, ‘05. 300w.
=Martin, Edward Sanford.= Courtship of a careful man. †$1.25. Harper.
“A collection of short stories of New York life, having a peculiar quality of their own. Quite modern in effect, they have a background of good breeding distinctly American. The conversations among different members of the families represented are clever, and exhibit a complete and happy knowledge of the world.”—Outlook.
“In this latest book we find Mr. Martin in rather lighter vein than is his wont, but as always, excellent company.”
+ =Bookm.= 21: 545. Jl. ‘05. 240w.
* “Clever and disappointing book.” Frances Duncan.
+ — =Critic.= 47: 454. N. ‘05. 260w.
“Few writers of fiction can be reproached with too light a touch, but we should say that Mr. Martin is one of them.”
— + =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 470w.
“The entire collection of stories is delightfully light, breezy, and easy and attractive reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 272. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.
“Both the author’s style and his characters may be fitly described as alluring.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 1058. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w.
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 100w.
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 60w.
=Martin, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilbert.= Homer Martin; a reminiscence. *$1.50. W: Macbeth, N. Y.
This beautiful memorial gives us but a slight glimpse into the life of the author’s artist husband, whose landscapes, into which he has put his best self, she feels are better able to interpret him than she. It is illustrated by half tone reproductions of Martin’s better known paintings.
“In the distinction of its perfect English, its reserve where there might have been enthusiasm, and its sincerity where there was room for flattery, it is a very model for biographers.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 550. Ja. ‘05. 150w.
“This little sketch was well worth doing. While very modestly done, Martin’s claims to greatness are fully presented.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 252. F. ‘05. 70w.
=Martin, Helen Reimensnyder.= Sabina, a story of the Amish. $1.25. Century.
Sabina, a pretty Amish maid with wistful eyes, is haunted by a face of strange ugliness which appears from time to time as a warning of impending disaster to herself or family. A young artist comes to her home as a summer boarder, and Sabina falls in love with him. Everything points towards tragedy, but the face and her infatuation for the artist are alike banished by a fever, and she returns to her people and her Amish lover. The real charm of the story lies in the Pennsylvania-German dialect and the local color.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 644. S. 30, ‘05. 260w.
+ =Outlook.= 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 120w.
“Although the characters of Sabina and Tillie are similar, although there is practically the same atmosphere and environment, the second
## book does not equal the first.”
+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 573. O. 28, ‘05. 130w.
=Martin, Hiram=, ed. See =Smet, Father Pierre-Jean de.= Life, letters and travels of.
=Martindell, Mrs. Charlotte S.= Diary of a bride. **$1. Crowell.
“If I must choose between dusting unread books and reading undusted ones, may the wise fates help me always to choose the latter. I hate dusty, grimy books and shall make a desperate effort both to read and dust.” So says this bride, and she is as good as her word to establish in her home making and her heart-keeping an admirable poise.
=Martineau, James.= Tides of the Spirit. *$1. Am. Unitar.
“Selections from the writings of James Martineau. The book is edited by the Rev. Alfred Lazenby, who contributes a sympathetic introduction—an essay on ‘the master who first opened mine eyes to the spiritual realities of life and taught me to see the divine within the human.’”—Dial.
=Dial.= 38: 396. Je. 1, ‘05. 60w.
=Marvin, Frederic Rowland.= Companionship of books, and other papers. **$1.50. Putnam.
The author has collected in this volume many papers upon as many subjects all of which show the touch of one who has lived a scholar’s life. The title essay calls the reader’s attention to the author’s chosen friends in the world of books, then follows an essay on autograph treasures, and one called Modern builders of air-castles, which treats of the Brook farm experiment. Papers upon matters historical, literary, and religious, follow. The varied subjects and the brevity of their treatment make the book one which may be profitably picked up in odd leisure moments.
* “It is a frightful hodge podge of subjects, but one may find a number of things of more or less curious interest in the heterogeneous mass.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 917. D. 23, ‘05. 300w.
* Mary the queen. 50c. Benziger.
A story of the virgin Mary for little people.
=Maskell, Alfred.= Ivories. $6.75. Putnam.
A notable addition to the “Connoisseur’s library.” The author traces his subject to every land in every period. He discusses the achievement of the earliest dynasties of Assyria and Egypt, shows the high place of the Byzantine work, devotes a chapter to Japanese and Chinese ivory sculpture, treats some of the technical phases of carving, and concludes with a chapter on the nineteenth century and present day products of the art. There are numerous beautiful illustrations in photogravure and half tone.
+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 247. Ag. 19. 1540w.
“The first compendious account in any language of the progress of ivory carving thru-out the world’s history. A high standard of excellence is set in this book; it cannot fail to take rank at once as the authoritative work upon the subject of which it treats.” Frederick W. Goodkin.
+ + + =Dial.= 39: 239. O. 16, ‘05. 1750w.
“The present volume will be found satisfactory and very comprehensive.”
+ + =Ind.= 59:696. S. 21, ‘05. 240w.
“If he could have trusted our capacity and interest a little further he would have given us both less and more, and his book might perhaps have gained something in coherence, completeness, and proportion.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 284. S. 8, ‘05. 1120w.
“While our praise, therefore, cannot be very hearty, this still remains the largest book of the sort, with the most complete display of pictures.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 171. Ag. 24, ‘05. 1070w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 466. Jl. 15, ‘05. 500w.
“In all his chapters, however, along with much technical information, Mr. Maskell enlightens the reader with keen and original observations on the significance of the various epochs.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 693. Jl. 15, ‘05. 170w.
“One of the excellent features of this learned book is the manner in which the information has been presented. Clearness of thought and arrangement is to be found throughout.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 18. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1490w.
=Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley.= Truants. $1.50. Harper.
An exciting story of London life in which the truants are a young married couple living with the rich and domineering father of the husband. To escape this tyranny the young man leaves his wife and sets forth to carve a new fortune for her and for himself. He at last joins the Foreign legion in Africa and wins distinction, but is called home by the news that his foolish young wife has fallen into the clutches of an adventurer. The real interest lies in the character of Pamela Mardale and her lover who protect and assist the truants and thereby find their own happiness.
“There is a good deal of variety about this romance, but it is not a very organic piece of work. The best part of it is that devoted to the Foreign legion, of which the author seems to have made a special study. It is fairly new ground for the average reader.” W. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 38: 17. Ja. 1, ‘05. 270w.
“He writes in a prosaic manner of the most romantic passions.”
— =Ind.= 59: 216. Jl. 27, ‘05. 80w.
“‘The truants’ is a departure from two established canons of art: that the heroine must be interesting, and the motif adequate. The author’s style has distinction, color and restraint; his product is fiction to be read, not fiction manufactured to be sold.”
+ + =Reader.= 5: 254. Ja. ‘05. 420w.
“Sure to awaken the reader’s interest.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 120w.
=Mason, Arthur James.= Historic martyrs of the primitive church. *$3.20. Longmans.
The author “has aimed to present nothing which may not be relied upon as historically true.... He has endeavored, he writes, to present the stories of the acts of the martyrs during the first three centuries of Christianity in a plain and straightforward manner, with only such explanations and illustrations as the ordinary reader may require; he has omitted lengthy discussions, unnecessary dates, questions of genuineness, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
+ + =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 230w.
=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 938. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
“The narratives are set forth in graphic form, and Dr. Mason has accomplished a most interesting task.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 653. My. 27. 460w.
“Mr. Mason writes of them with tender sympathy, devout veneration, and scholarly competence.”
+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 397. Je. ‘05. 210w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 224. Ap. 8, ‘05. 160w.
“Has brought together in a sifted and trustworthy form the chief records of the passion of the primitive martyrs.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 810. Je. 17, ‘05. 1270w.
“A most valuable contribution to the history of Christian life.”
+ + + =Spec.= 95: 198. Ag. 5, ‘05. 340w.
=Mason, Daniel Gregory.= Beethoven and his forerunners. **$2. Macmillan.
Dr. Mason, who sent out his “From Grieg to Brahms” two years ago, has now rendered the musical world another distinct service. “It has been said of Dr. Daniel Gregory Mason that he often ‘expresses what one has felt, but never quite formulated.’” The book “opens with a chapter on ‘The periods of musical history,’ touches on ‘Palestrina and the music of mysticism’ and ‘The principles of pure music,’ followed by biographical and critical studies of Hadyn, Mozart, and Beethoven.” (Dial.)
“Displays that firm grasp of the subject which makes it interesting as well as valuable reading for the student. There is a chord of sincerity in all that Dr. Mason writes; and while he is never pedantic, his work shows remarkable insight into the origin and development of musical works.” Ingram A. Pyle.
+ + =Dial.= 38: 237. Ap. 1, ‘05. 390w.
“The book itself is altogether a better book—a more creditable piece of writing than its predecessor.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 41. Jl. 6, ‘05. 410w.
“The author has a happy gift of turning a phrase so that it is easily remembered, and a still more valuable gift of a right judgment, which makes his phrases helpful and not misleading.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 195. Je. 16, ‘05. 300w.
+ + =Nation.= 80: 380. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.
“It is doubtful if this book of Mr. Mason’s will prove as valuable or find as wide acceptance as his earlier one. Mr. Mason ... gives much that is valuable in the contemporary discussion of music.” Richard Aldrich.
+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 308. My. 13, ‘05. 530w.
“One of the few writers of to-day who can see the philosophy of musical development in its relation to the general progress of the world, and can, moreover, write about this in an entertaining way. The touch is that of one who not only knows but feels his theme in its greatness.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 252. F. ‘05. 110w.
* =Masson, Thomas Lansing (Tom Masson).= Corner in women. **$1.60. Moffat.
“A collection of more or less humorous sketches furnished to periodicals, and especially to ‘Life,’ in recent times, and well supplied with short stories, fables, epigrams, squibs, jokes, and humorous verse, with a Gibson girl cover and many other pictures.”—Outlook.
* + =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 20w.
* “All the ‘follies’ are clever, and there is plenty of variety in both subject and manner of treatment.”
+ =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 80w.
* + + =Ind.= 59: 1383. D. 14, ‘05. 90w.
* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ‘05. 160w.
* “Like all other books of its kind, this volume suffers from what might be called unstable humorous equilibrium, but it contains many really funny things.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.
* =Masterman, Charles Frederick Gurney.= In peril of change: essays written in time of tranquility. *$1.50. Huebsch.
“Mr. Masterman ... attempts to describe the tendencies of English civilization, to estimate the nature of its dominant ideals, and to point out recent changes which have occurred in these, the nature of the foundation upon which they rest, and the likelihood of catastrophes in the future. That he is also filled with a passionate sense of the injustice of the system which both creates and evangelizes the slums, and with a hatred for the idols of the marketplace, is evident on every page and lends pathos to much of his writing.”—Ath.
* “A good deal of it is mere journalism. With the modern journalist’s eye for effect and instinct for phrasing, Mr. Masterman has also a good deal of his love of sweeping statements. It is just this lack of balance, this emotionalism, which we think injures the writer’s style. His rhetoric is too monotonous, and his pathos too recurrent, to be effective. In our opinion, then, the book is clever, interesting, and useful, but hardly great. At the same time we welcome its appearance.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 38. Jl. 8. 1430w.
* “He has studied the life of the poor closely, and has pleaded their cause with passionate conviction. He has moreover all the gifts of a very persuasive writer, and his style, always easy and attractive, rises sometimes to heights of a real eloquence. Mr. Masterman’s defects are the defects of his qualities.”
+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 376. S. 16, ‘05. 1480w.
* “Nobility of temper; catholicity of personal; literary, and religious, though hardly of political appreciation; and frequently a striking felicity of phrase are among the notes of Mr. Masterman’s essays.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 355. S. 9, ‘05. 1260w.
=Matarazzo, Francisco.= Chronicles of the city of Perugia, 1492-1503, tr. by Edward S. Morgan. *$1.25. Dutton.
“Matarazzo tells the story of Perugia under the rule of the Baglioni, that clan of full-limbed men and lovely women, whose delicate complexions and golden locks filled and dazzled him with such a sense of their more than human beauty that he almost forgot their crimes in his fervid, well-nigh amorous, worship of their splendor and their strength. Such is the chronicle which Mr. Morgan has ventured to do into English; and it is hardly too much to say that the English is as good as the Italian.”—Nation.
+ + + =Acad.= 68: 634. Je. 17, ‘05. 1250w.
* “Mr. Morgan’s translation, as a piece of English, is most admirably done; the archaic flavor he has imparted to the story has a distinct charm. There is one complaint to be lodged against him, however: we think he should have put his readers in a position where they would be better able to judge of Matarazzo’s veracity.”
+ + — =Cath. World.= 82: 412. D. ‘05. 530w.
“A fascinating picture of the moral, social and religious conditions of society in a typical Italian city during the Renaissance.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 190w.
“We have never seen a translation which has more completely caught the spirit of the original.”
+ + + =Nation.= 80: 522. Je. 29, ‘05. 140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 365. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.
“A careful English translation.” Walter Littlefield.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 170w.
“In these chronicles, Matarazzo ... displays a clear, picturesque style. He is sometimes garrulous, it is true, but seldom prolix.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
=Mather, Persis.= Counsels of a worldly godmother. †$1.50. Houghton.
“We cannot imagine a goddaughter who would not turn a grateful ear to the tactful ‘Counsels of a worldly godmother,’ by Mrs. Mather. The witty and diplomatic woman of the world, who here attempts to direct a debutante to the right path to genuine social success, is not in any undesirable sense of the word ‘worldly.’ She stands for the best that Society with a large S is capable of producing, and she points to the way of attaining that best and of escaping the pitfalls of sham, snobbery, notoriety, and ostentation. While her counsels are addressed primarily to those who are striving to get on in society, they can be followed with advantage by all aspirants to sweet and gracious womanhood.”—Pub. Opin.
“No less wise than witty are these ‘Counsels of a worldly godmother.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 724. O. 28, ‘05. 550w.
“While she never appeals to a particularly high motive or sets up a lofty ideal, the common sense and the sparkle of her curtain lectures may attract notice when more serious writing would fail.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 100w.
+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 636. N. 11, ‘05. 180w.
=Mathew, Frank.= Ireland; painted by Francis Walker; described by Frank Mathew. *$6. Macmillan.
Subjective views of the country taken by an artist in colors and another in words. The book “is no more than a quiet introduction to Ireland” without statistics and without wrangling. “We find a sympathy with the poor, a love of wild nature, an appreciation of modest perfections, an absence of all ill-temper or rancour which are rare and refreshing in a book about Ireland.” (Ath.)
“On the whole the geography is accurate, and the painter’s sketches are in their outline so also. We cannot lay down this interesting book without the feeling that it is in many senses over-coloured.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 216. Ag. 12. 840w.
“Ireland is a sadder, grayer country than Mr. Mathew has described or Mr. Walker painted.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 201. S. 7, ‘05. 460w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 399. Je. 17, ‘05. 360w.
=R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 130w.
“He is not always accurate. But he knows his history, and he makes it interesting to others.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 813. Je. 17, ‘05. 280w.
=Mathews, Frances Aymar.= Billy Duane. †$1.50. Dodd.
A story of politics and society in New York, which concerns an estranged couple. Billy Duane, the mayor, turns his Madison avenue house into political headquarters in his wife’s absence. Mrs. Billy objects to rough politicians and cigar stumps, but is fond of roulette at any cost and is discovered at the game when a dress-making establishment is raided by the police. The affairs of the Duanes and numerous friends of their type form the plot, which works out happily, ending with a reconciliation.
“With the flashes of inspiration characteristic of this writer. The
## book is written on a more pretentious scale than its author’s ability
in character-drawing seems to warrant.”
+ — =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05. 30w.
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 173. Mr. 18, ‘05. 570w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.
“A style that is a composite of ‘The duchess’ and certain more modern and strenuous American writers.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 70w.
“It lacks neither rapid movement nor interesting central theme, but is written in an irritating staccato style ... which makes it hard to read.”
+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 759. Je. ‘05. 70w.
=Mathews, Frances Aymar.= Marquise’s millions. **$1. Funk.
An American girl in France, direct heir to her aunts’ immense estate, learns that it has been the life long intention of these relatives to bequeath their millions to “The Nineteenth Louis” when he should return to France and to his rights. She contrives with the aid of an ambitious mother and a scheming lover to have the latter impersonate the long absent Louis and win the fortune. Finally, her honor asserts itself, she discloses the intrigue, and starts out to battle with life alone.
* “This is a romantic little tale of devotion to the Bourbon cause, light, readable and effective rather than well written.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 1033. O. 7, ‘05. 310w.
=Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
“This is a sprightly tale.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 342. My. 27, ‘05. 490w.
“An original situation which the author has devised and cleverly made much of.”
+ =Outlook.= 80: 141. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
“A really delightful story.”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 60w.
=Mathews, Shailer.= Messianic hope in the New Testament. *$2.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
“The messianic hope of the Pharisees is formulated as a criterion for historical interpretation. With its aid a study is made of the messianic ideas of Jesus, the New Testament doctrine of judgment and justification through faith; the messiahship of Jesus as the basis of the apostolic theodicy; the messianic age and its forerunner the gift of the spirit; the resurrection of the body; the coming of the kingdom; the ‘consummation.’ As a conclusion there is shown the distinction between the essential and the formal elements of historical Christianity made possible by such an investigation.”—Pub.’s note.
* “A very able treatment of this theme, conservative in spirit, yet thoro in research.”
+ + =Ind.= 58: 1160. N. 16, ‘05. 50w.
“Is the best monograph on the subject with which we are acquainted.”
+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 982. Ag. 19, ‘05. 620w.
+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 220. Ag. 12, ‘05. 360w.
=Mathot, R. E.= Gas engines and producer gas plants. tr. from the French by Waldemar B. Kaempffert. $2.50. Henley.
A practical treatise setting forth the principles of gas engines and producer design, the selection and installation of an engine, conditions of perfect operation, producer gas engines and their possibilities, the care of gas engines and producer gas plants, with a chapter on volatile hydrocarbon and oil engines.
“The original is very clearly written and the translator has succeeded in preserving this clearness.” Storm Bull.
+ + + =Engin. N.= 53: 527. My. 10, ‘05. 280w.
=Matthews, (James) Brander=, ed. American familiar verse. See Wampum library of American literature. v. 3.
=Matthews, (James) Brander.= Recreations of an anthologist. **$1. Dodd.
Eleven brief papers, by-products of the author’s work upon his four anthologies. There are essays upon “Unwritten books.” “Seed corn for stories,” “American epigrams,” “Carols of cookery,” “Recipes in rhyme,” “The uncollected poems of H. C. Bunner,” and “The strangest feat in modern magic.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 96. Ja. ‘05. 50w.
“A volume of pleasant literary essays.”
+ + =Dial.= 38: 54. Ja. 16, ‘05. 70w.
“Entertaining little volume.”
+ =Nation.= 80: 197. Mr. 9, ‘05. 600w.
=Matthews, Mary Anderson.= Love vs. law. $1.50. Broadway pub.
The interestingly sketched career of a young Wellesley graduate who returns to her Missouri home and determines to study law. This fair Portia is admitted to the bar, conducts many a successful case, becomes an advocate of equal rights, but withal loses not for a moment her girlish winsomeness nor womanly courage. Eventually she becomes wholly reconciled to the part that Cupid plays in staying the progress of her profession.
=Mauclair, Camille.= Auguste Rodin; the man, his ideas, his work. $4. Dutton.
In this account of the sculptor and his work, the sculptor speaks for himself and his admiring biographer speaks for him; between them we are given a view of the methods of Rodin, and his valuable views upon the education of other sculptors.
“Though M. Mauclair is rather the advocate than the critic, his book, if only for the many quotations from the master’s conversations, is of genuine interest.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 407. Ap. 1. 1360w.
“A precise though rather over-eulogistic statement of Rodin’s personality and work, and a study of the artist’s psychology and its application to his personal ideas upon the technical principles of sculpture and his methods of work.”
+ + — =Critic.= 46: 563. Je. ‘05. 160w.
“M. Mauclair is ... a violent partisan.”
+ + — =Nation.= 80: 439. Je. 1, ‘05. 590w.
“M. Camille Mauclair does not leave us with the feeling that we know the man Rodin.” Charles de Kay.
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 257. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1630w.
“From its pages a just appreciation of the artist can be gained.”
+ + =Spec.= 95: 227. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1340w.
=Maude, Aylmer.= The Doukhobors. $1.50. Funk.
Mr. Maude, who made the arrangements with the Canadian government which led to the migration of the Doukhobors to Canada, and who thru his keen sympathy with the work of Tolstoi was early drawn into a close study of this peculiar people, is especially fitted to write such a work. It contains a history of the Doukhobors, and traces their connection in the past with the Lollards, Anabaptists, Quakers and other sects. It also gives a vivid account of their migration to Canada, and of the famous “pilgrimage” in 1902, which was finally checked by the Canadian government. The author finds in the waywardness of so strange a sect, in their lack of appreciation of the favor granted by the Canadians, a proof that Tolstoi, sincere and earnest and far-seeing as he is, is yet not infallible in point of judgment. Incidental to his account of “The Christian commune of universal brotherhood” Mr. Maude also takes a stand for individual ownership of property. The book, he says, is a public apology for his having helped, however unwillingly, to mislead the Canadian government as to the nature and religion of the people he has settled among them.
=Acad.= 68: 608. Je. 10, ‘05. 810w.
“To Mr. Elkinton’s book that of Mr. Maude may justly be looked upon as a pendant.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 103. Jl. 22. 1190w.
“The disconnectedness and lack of sequence in his chapters ... and the large amount of irrelevant matter make the book something of a conundrum to the reader until he reaches the final chapter.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 213. Jl. 27, ‘05. 460w.
“At last we have a work from which the student of sociological experiments and systems, as well as the ordinary laymen, can obtain a fair, clear, and sufficiently complete conception of the truly ‘peculiar’ Russian sectarians about whom so much that is prejudiced or erroneous has been written.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 212. Mr. 16, ‘05. 2180w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 69. F. 4, ‘05. 1470w. (Abstract of book).
“Although not very well put together, is an extremely interesting study of ‘a peculiar people.’”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 401. F. 11, ‘05. 410w.
“His book is not so good as it should be from a deficiency in the need of perspective; or perhaps a readiness to use up old material.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 635. My. 13, ‘05. 700w.
=Spec.= 94: 519. Ap. 8, ‘05. 560w.
=Maule, Francis I.= Only letters. **$1. Jacobs.
“In the approaching season of the American exodus to Europe, this gay record of pleasant travel, written by an intelligent man to his brother, will prove a welcome addition to the books set aside to read on the steamship. From England, Russia, Egypt, and here and there between, the writer gathered impressions.”—Outlook.
“He is gifted with an extraordinary vocabulary, keen perceptions, and a vast treasury of real American humor, sometimes a trifle exasperating, but never by any chance dull.”
+ =Outlook.= 79: 961. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w.
=Maurer, Edward R.= Technical mechanics. $4. Wiley.
“The author shows close sympathy with the point of view of the beginner, and appreciation of the fact that at certain points the conventional treatment of fundamental principles fails to meet the need of the ordinary student. As features of Maurer’s book may be mentioned the emphasis everywhere given to the vector nature of the qualities dealt with, the parallel treatment of graphical and analytical methods in statics, the admirable chapter on work and energy, and the satisfactory treatment of the subject of units.”—Science.
“As a sound and practical text-book for the use of students of engineering Professor Maurer’s book possesses high merit. The exposition is nearly always concise. The soundness of the logic is rarely open to question.” L. M. Hoskins.
+ + + =Science=, n.s. 21: 302. F. 24, ‘05. 1300w.
=Maxwell, Donald.= Log of the Griffin: the story of a cruise from the Alps to the Thames. **$2.50. Lane.
The adventures on land and sea of a strange craft built in the Alps, and carried by wagon to Lake Zurich. She sailed the Rhine, and the East Scheldt, and arrived at the mouth of the Thames on board a steamer. The log is illustrated by a hundred or more sketches of the unique cruise.
“An agreeable novelty in the well-worn ways of European travel.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 286. Mr. ‘05. 70w.
“Without being in any way a serious work, the narrative commends itself as well-told, veracious, original; while in its artistic aspect the book is beautiful.” Wallace Rice.
+ =Dial.= 38: 89. F. 1, ‘05. 200w.
“The account of the evolution of the queer craft and of its adventures cannot fail to amuse, if it does not instruct.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 130w.
“Capital reading.”
+ + =Nation.= 80: 78. Ja. 26, ‘05. 340w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 16. Ja. 7, ‘05. 370w. (Condensed narrative.)
=Maxwell, Joseph.= Metapsychical phenomena, tr. by J. I. Finch. $3.50. Putnam.
The method and observation of “physical” manifestations are given chiefly, such as “table-turning,” “rapping,” and “levitation.” There is a preface by Charles Richet, and also an introduction by Sir Oliver Lodge. An additional chapter gives a complex case by Professor Richet, and an account of some recently observed phenomena by the translator.
“One leaves Dr. Maxwell’s book with a perfect conviction of his honesty, some hesitation about his logic, and entire certainty that his records will have no weight with sceptics; but then he does not seem to expect to produce any effect on them.” Andrew Lang.
+ — =Acad.= 68: 898. S. 2, ‘05. 1210w.
— =Ath.= 1905, 1: 693. Je. 3. 1570w.
“It should be said that, in spite of its size, Dr. Maxwell’s book is eminently readable, although the translator has admitted a good many disfiguring gallicisms.”
+ + — =Nation.= 81: 285. O. 5, ‘05. 780w.
“Modern in its research. It has a well-balanced scientific skill.” Pendennis.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 429. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1200w.
“Interesting as is his book, it cannot well be deemed a weighty addition to the literature on this fascinating but elusive subject.”
+ — =Outlook.= 80: 694. Jl. 15, ‘05. 210w.
“The effect produced on the mind is mainly cumulative, but by reason of the manifest sincerity of the author and his competency and experience as an observer, its importance as a contribution towards the study of this neglected Cinderella among sciences is unquestionably very high.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 249. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1220w.
— =Spec.= 95: 496. O. 7, ‘05. 2230w.
=Maxwell, W. B.= Ragged messenger. **$1.20. Putnam.
“A sensational novel, in which the hero, a minister of the church, for the sake of his conviction, gives up his parish and preaches on the street and in the slums of London. A large fortune comes to him, all of which he gives to the poor. He is unrewarded for his sacrifices. The heroine, a beautiful woman, is an adventuress”.—Bookm.
“The book is carefully written, both in matter of style and development of the plot. The idea of the story is original, and the book as a whole is unusually vigorous and impressive.”
+ + =Critic.= 46: 189. F. ‘05. 80w.
“The reader gets the impression that he is listening to a man talking to himself.”
+ — =Ind.= 58: 786. Ap. 6, ‘05. 300w.
“As a study in modern phases this story must be considered something more than remarkable. The phases themselves are more than remarkable, the motive almost fantastic in spite of the realistic modern London setting. The yeast of fate brews and works in the whole, and makes of these elements a climax so melodramatic as to seem almost inspired. But it is melodrama pathologically inevitable. One may read the books and ponder on the meaning of faith, science, and common sense, or one may think chiefly of the story—one of humanity probed pretty deep—one somewhat daringly planned, but one which shows strength and a seeing eye.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 70. F. 4, ‘05. 520w.
“A powerful story.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 50w.
=Maxwell, W. B.= Vivien. †$1.50. Appleton.
“The story is told entirely from the point of view of the heroine.... The hero of the book is a cheerfully profligate earl (the villain being gloomily profligate), who is awakened to the seriousness of life when the heroine repels his advances, and he succeeds to a dukedom.... At the end of five hundred and fifty closely printed pages the duke repents of his sin and marries the heroine, who is discovered to possess ‘the golden current, the divine fire,’ which can apparently only be derived from ancestors whose names are in the peerage.”—Spec.
“Mr. Maxwell has other admirable qualities, notably a keen instinct for character, a sense of humour, and many craftsmanlike devices for rendering that humour effective.”
+ =Acad.= 68: 856. Ag. 19, ‘05. 890w.
“The first half of the story is better than the last, for in the last we approach very close to sentimental melodrama. It rings feminine.”
+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 267. Ag. 26. 640w.
“In general, Mr. Maxwell seems to miss the finer point of characterization. For all that, there are passages in his book, even in the fairy tale part of it, which stir the feelings. He has humour; he is master of his words, and he can retain his reader’s attention through a very long and unevenly handled story.”
+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 262. Ag. 18, ‘05. 340w.
“Another story almost as extraordinary and possibly even more intense in its holding power [than ‘The ragged messenger.’]” H. I. Brock.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 760. N. 11, ‘05. 1160w.
“A novel of more than usual interest and strength.”
+ + =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 90w.
“It is the product, not of a philosopher, but of a clever reporter, an emotional wordy piece of work owing its success to cheap sentiment, a fine journalistic style, highly coloured and verbose, effective characterisation, and detailed and no doubt accurate accounts of life.”
+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 378. S. 16, ‘05. 410w.
“The book is fluently written, and judged by its own standard, is clever.”
+ — =Spec.= 95: 323. S. 2, ‘05. 330w.
=Maybrick, Florence Elizabeth (Chandler).= Mrs. Maybrick’s own story. **$1.20. Funk.
The author tells the story of her life from the time of her arrest for the murder of her husband, through the course of her trial, and the fifteen years imprisonment which terminated December, 1903. The recital is womanly and pathetic without a trace of bitterness. A legal digest of the case is appended.
“Such a tale cannot help being morbid, but in the main it rings true. To those who have an interest in prison life it will not fail to be of value, yet for the ordinary reader it would be a book worth while avoiding.”
+ =Critic.= 46: 92. Ja. ‘05. 80w.
=Nation.= 80: 32. Ja. 12, ‘05. 130w.
+ + =New England Magazine,= n.s. 31: 622. Ja. ‘05. 5830w. (Condensed narrative of book.)
“There is no bitterness in the book, but it is a strong indictment of British justice, and points out the crying need for a British court of appeals in criminal cases.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 127. Ja. ‘05. 220w.
=Meeker, Royal.= History of shipping subsidies. *$1. Published for the American economic association by the Macmillan co.
Part one deals with shipping subsidies historically under the sub-divisions: Great Britain; France; Germany; Italy; Austro-Hungary; Japan; Other countries; and United States. Part two concerns the Theory of subsidies and is divided into: Theoretical arguments; Popular arguments for subsidy; Political arguments for subsidy; and Ethical considerations. There is also a bibliography and an index.
=Meigs, William Montgomery.= Life of Thomas H. Benton. **$2. Lippincott.
A life of a distinguished statesman of the middle period by one who has made a thoro study of his career. The biography contains accounts of the many historical events with which the great Missourian was connected, such as the admission of his state into the Union, and the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency. His service as United States senator, his love of the Union, and his personal influence upon the Democrats of his state are dwelt upon.
“A readable account of the Missourian’s career.”
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 947. Jl. ‘05. 20w.
“Meigs appeals to the student by a more judicial and critical attitude. There is hardly an overstatement or a serious error to be found.” W. H. Mace.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 176. O. ‘05. 650w.
“This must be reckoned the most complete and authoritative biography of Benton.”
+ + + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 60w.
“The author has consulted most of the available authorities on Benton, and has gathered much material from hitherto unknown sources. The work is the best life of Benton yet produced.”
+ + + =Dial.= 38: 239. Ap. 1, ‘05. 600w.
“It is a highly praiseworthy study of the great Missourian, sincere, thorough and judicial.”
+ + =Ind.= 59: 214. Jl. 27, ‘05. 170w.
“Lacking in dramatic arrangement and wanting in painstaking accuracy of statement.”
+ — =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 60w.
“Mr. Meigs’s narrative is diffuse but vivacious, and abounds in anecdote and illustration. It gives an unusually clear and comprehensive survey of a signally useful and pure-minded man.”
+ + — =Lit. D.= 21: 94. Jl. 15, ‘05. 640w.
“There was distinctly room for a one-volume biography of Senator Benton. [Mr. Roosevelt’s biography in the American statesmen series] gives a picture of Benton superior to any which can be found in Mr. Meigs’s book. The greatest praise that we can award the latter is to say that it is the result of painstaking and laborious investigation and it will be of considerable value to students of history. The material, unfortunately, is put together with very little literary skill, and the style is certainly not such as to attract the general reading public. It is highly regrettable that Mr. Meigs cannot make us take the interest in the character of his picturesque subject which he tells he himself feels.”
+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 67. F. 4, ‘05. 1080w.
“More ambitious in scope than successful in accomplishment. Altogether, we have read the work with distinct feelings of disappointment, the disappointment being heightened by the reflection that the author has undoubtedly grasped Benton’s historical importance, and that had he but bestowed on the execution of his task the care evident in gathering of materials, he would have given us a biography well worth while.”
+ — =Outlook.= 79: 400. F. 11, ‘05. 400w.
=R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 150w.
=Meili, Frederick.= International civil and commercial law as founded upon theory, legislation and practice, tr. by A. R. Kuhn. **$3. Macmillan.
“The author was a delegate from Switzerland to the Hague international conferences, and this very thorough discussion was at least in part suggested by those conferences. The book of course deals with international private law as distinguished from international public law, and is in the main concerned with the continental views of this branch of jurisprudence.” (Outlook). “Mr. Kuhn has not only translated the work, but has supplemented it with additions from American and English law. Very useful lists, annotations, and bibliographies complete the work.” (R. of Rs.)
“It is a convenient, if not very skilfully planned survey of the whole field. The information which it furnishes as to bibliography is not the least recommendation of the book. But the omissions are far from few.”
+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 270. Ag. 25, ‘05. 340w.
“Its exactness of method and thoroughness of research evidently make it a work of lasting value to the jurist accustomed to deal with large legal topics in a scientific manner.”
+ + =Outlook.= 80: 444. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.
“Professor Meili has written a very useful book for students of comparative politics, as well as for lawyers.”
+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 351. S. 9, ‘05. 500w.
“A very handy and valuable legal work.”
+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 110w.
=Mellor, J. W.= Crystallization of iron and steel: an introduction to the study of metallography. *$1.60. Longmans.
“It is certainly a convenience to possess such a book.... In six short and lucid chapters—originally lectures delivered in 1904 to the engineering students of the Staffordshire county technical classes of the Newcastle high school—we are taken from a well-put statement of what is known respecting the solidification and cooling of alloys in general to the consideration of the phenomena recognized in iron and steel in particular, and, lastly, to practical directions for the due preparations of specimens for microscopic examination.”—Ath.
“It must be regarded as an ‘ad interim’ report only. Looking at Dr. Mellor’s little volume in this light, we have nothing but praise to award it.”
+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 310. S. 2. 540w.
* “This second chapter is the only unsatisfactory one of the book. Confining himself to limited space, the writer has sacrificed conciseness to mere brevity. The two predominant features of the book as a whole are the great concentration of information into a small space, and the interesting manner in which it is presented, which latter never fails to attract. This clouding of the main issue by the introduction of data not absolutely necessary is one of the principal weaknesses of the book. When all has been said, this book is the best popular introduction to the study of metallography that we have.”
+ + — =Engin. N.= 54: 528. N. 16, ‘05. 1690w.
“The presentation is without bias, and each theory and method is described and examined as clearly and fairly as the author’s evident lack of practical acquaintance with the subject as a whole will permit.” A. McWilliam.
— + =Nature.= 72: 532. S. 28, ‘05. 610w.
=Melville, Lewis.= Thackeray country. $2. Macmillan.
A volume in the “Pilgrimage series.” “Mr. Melville treats of those localities which are of primary interest to those who are acquainted with the life and writings of the great novelist. He deals with Thackeray’s London homes and the features and associations of their neighborhood; his homes in Paris, and other places on the European continent, and in America. Special attention is paid to those places that form a background of the scenes of Thackeray’s novels. Biographical information is also supplied connected with the novelist’s residences from his arrival in England from India at the age of six until his death in 1863. The volume contains fifty full-page illustrations mostly from original photographs by C. W. Barnes Ward.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The author has not tackled his task in the right spirit or performed it in the right way; all that he has given us is a rather disconnected short life of Thackeray. There are many distinct mistakes. A large portion of the book has not anything to do with its supposed subject. It is a poor production.”
— — =Acad.= 68: 84. Ja. 28, ‘05. 230w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 105. F. 18, ‘05. 370w.
“He has written an interesting book, which will please the reader the more, the better he knows the author.”
+ =Spec.= 94: 223. F. 11, ‘05. 190w.
=Menpes, Dorothy.= Brittany. *$6. Macmillan.
“The latest of the ‘Menpes books’ is devoted to ‘Brittany.’ Mr. Mortimer Menpes has made a specialty of traveling with a water-color box and a literary daughter, and the results of these travels appear each year in time for the holiday trade.” (Nation.) There are some seventy-five illustrations, and they show different parts of Northern France—peasants, scenes in the markets, street scenes, etc.
“Her best descriptions, her brightest sketches, are spoilt for the reader by unnecessary blots of sloppiness.”
+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 312. S. 2. 160w.
“Text and illustrations have a common facility and a common lack of seriousness which is welcome, or the reverse, according to one’s point of view.”
+ — =Nation.= 81: 279. O. ‘05. 240w.
=N. Y. Times.= 10: 501. Jl. 29, ‘05. 260w.
=Meredith, Katharine Mary Cheever (Johanna Staats).= Wing of love. †$1. McClure.
“A charming child in this book, and a nice young journalist chap, her staunch friend from the day she and her mother find their way to the top floor of the New York lodging house where he and two other bachelors have their abode. This friendship is quite disinterested, the mother receiving only courteous attentions from him, his heart being in another’s keeping—facts concerning which subsequently develop very prettily to connect them with his romance.”—Outlook.
“The chief fault in its development lies in the fact that, instead of making it a short story, she has padded her little tale until it has lost much of its charm.”
— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 380 Je. 10. ‘05. 310w.
+ =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 80w.
=Merington, Marguerite.= Cranford: a play. $1.25. Fox.
A comedy in three acts made from Mrs. Gaskell’s well-known story of the same name. The full charm of the story is retained in the dramatization.
* “Written with Miss Merington’s usual sprightliness.”
+ =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 40w.
“A not unskillful dramatization for amateur theatricals of Mrs. Gaskell’s ever fresh and delightful tale.”
+ =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 15w.
=Merriman, Charles Eustace.= Self-made man’s wife: her letters to her son: being the woman’s view of certain famous correspondence. †$1.50. Putnam.
“In her letters the mother advises her son on the treatment of his wife, on the retention of his ideals, on the writing of books and on the reading of them, on quarreling and making up, on the fallacy and folly of aphorisms, adages, and other epigrammatic usages, on economy in households, and a number of other living topics, and aptly illustrates her points by instances taken from her own domestic experiences or observations of the experiences of her neighbors.”—N. Y. Times.
“Upon the whole these letters are tedious and disappointing.”
— =Acad.= 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 150w.
+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 591. My. 13. 300w.
“A cup of cambric tea is this book.”
— =Critic.= 47: 94. Jl. ‘05. 90w.
“If they are not as entertaining as those of her husband it is only perhaps because the reader has already consumed two volumes of his epistolary lore and is perhaps a trifle satiated.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 530w.
“The number of old jokes and the weary waste of platitudes in this book are positively depressing.”
— =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 50w.
“The letters have a masculine ring. They exhibit a terse expression, a worldly acumen, a sense of humor, and an anecdotal wealth, that strongly resemble the style of the self-made man.”
+ + =Reader.= 6: 118. Je. ‘05. 440w.
=Merriman, Mansfield.= Mechanics of materials. $5. Wiley.
A tenth edition, re-written and enlarged, of this text-book which “deals with the elastic and, to a limited extent, with the plastic properties of materials of construction and the application of the laws of strength of materials to the simple machine parts and structures. The treatment is essentially theoretical.”—Nature.
* “The present book is in some respects an excellent treatise. The first point which strikes a reader is the great looseness of terminology. The author has an aggravating way of describing a thing at first very crudely and inaccurately, but without any reservations, giving a revised statement much later on and a further revision later still, and this in the case of quite simple matters.”
+ + — =Nature.= 73: 25. N. 9, ‘05. 1180w.
=Merriman, Mansfield, and Jacoby, Henry Sylvester.= Text-book on roof and bridges, pt. 1, Stresses in simple trusses. $2.50. Wiley.
“Those ... who are familiar with the first edition of this book, published in 1888, will hardly recognize the present volume as being a revision of the same book.... We now have the dead load stresses, the live load stresses and the stresses due to wind and other causes treated in separate chapters for the common forms of simple trusses. The fifth chapter takes up the consideration of long-span bridges....
## Chapter VI . discusses portal bracing, sway and lateral bracing and
plate girder design.