Chapter III

. deals with the ethics of modern idealism.”—Int. J. Ethics.

“Is avowedly addressed to those whose interest in life is practical rather than theoretical; its aim is obviously to be practically helpful to such people. It must be owned that to the present critic it seems chiefly to warn off from the realm of philosophy all students of the quality described. It is perhaps not too much to say that both in method and in implied point of view Mr. Sorley’s book is too slight and too old-fashioned to do justice either to recent philosophy or to Professor Sorley’s position in it.” May Gilliland Husband.

+ — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 232. Ja. ‘05. 2340w. (Abstract of book.)

“The qualities of careful and exact thought, of methodical arrangement, and of clear expression are found to characterize the volume.” James Seth.

+ + =Philos. R.= 14: 212. Mr. ‘05. 1560w.

=Soto, Hernando or Fernando de.= Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida; ed. by E. G. Bourne. **$2. Barnes.

“A complete and authoritative ‘Narrative of the career of Hernando De Soto,’ as found in the original documents, chiefly based on the diary of Rodrigo Rangel, his private secretary, together with an account of the great expedition to the Southwest of the United States, translated from Oviedo’s ‘Historia general y natural de las Indias’ by Buckingham Smith. There is an historical introduction by Edward Gaylord Bourne, professor of history in Yale university. The conquest of Florida is told by a knight who was a member of the expedition. Several portraits, hitherto unpublished, of De Soto himself appear in the volume, to which is appended his life and some of his letters.”—R. of Rs.

“Prof. Bourne’s editorship is of the best, and the translation excellent reading.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 190. F. ‘05. 90w.

=Ind.= 58: 726. Mr. 30, ‘05. 130w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 197. Mr. 9, ‘05. 960w.

“A boon alike to the student, to the ordinary reader, even to the romance-loving boy.” F. S. Dellenbaugh.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 65. F. 4, ‘05. 2370w.

“The volumes will be regarded as a valuable and convenient addition to both history and literature.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 96. Ja. 7, ‘05. 130w.

“It would be difficult to find in any language a more direct and forceful account of heroic adventures and careless lust for new sights and strange experiences. Together with the narratives of Coronado’s expedition in the Southwest, an earlier volume of the “Trail makers’ series,” it is the best possible account of the aboriginal condition of the southern United States.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 57. Ja. 12, ‘05. 360w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 814. Je. 17, ‘05. 100w.

=Sousa, John Philip.= Pipetown Sandy. †$1.50. Bobbs.

A story of Pipetown, its boys, its schools, and its grown people. Sandy, the hero, already a leader on the playground, leaves the foot of the class and wins the prize in arithmetic and geography thru the influence of Colonel Franklin’s weak little son whom he makes his friend. Sandy also helps the store keeper to win the widow Foley, and takes an active part in the tragic scenes which follow her worthless husband’s reappearance in Pipetown.

“Here we have the annals of a typical American village told with the simplicity and the charm of a Goldsmith and the added interest of a writer whose intensity of feeling and vivid imagination have enabled him to invest simple life and homely circumstances with compelling fascination.”

+ + =Arena.= 34: 551. N. ‘05. 200w.

“Parts of the story are really human and attractive.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 200w.

“It is difficult to see how it can be of any real value. It cannot contribute to the formation of an exalted taste in literature; and a boy with a good taste already formed would not care much for it.”

— =Outlook.= 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 90w.

=Spalding, Rev. Henry Stanislaus.= Race for Copper island. 85c. Benziger.

This is a boy’s story and tells of the adventures of young Paul Guibeau of Quebec and others who ventured into the Indians’ country in search of the copper mines in the region of the Great lakes. They encounter Iroquois, Hurons, and Miamis, unbroken forests and unknown waters, but after the copper ridge is located, Paul, undaunted, writes to his people, as the volume closes, that he is setting forth with Louis Joliet and Father Marquette to discover “the great river called the Mitchi-sipi.”

=Spalding, Rt. Rev. John Lancaster.= Bishop Spalding year book: comp. by Minnie R. Cowan. **75c. McClurg.

Quotations from the writings of Bishop Spalding for each day of the year.

* + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 60w.

=Spalding, Rt. Rev. John Lancaster.= Religion and art, and other essays, **$1. McClurg.

Besides the title-essay the volume contains, The development of educational ideas in the nineteenth century, The meaning and worth of education, The physician’s calling and education, Social questions.

“The strongest and bravest voice that speaks for righteousness to the people of this country is Bishop Spalding’s. Bishop Spalding’s writings are brave and beautiful and inspiring.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 81: 529. Jl. ‘05. 1050w.

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 93. Ag. 16, ‘05. 210w.

* =Spalding, Phebe Estelle.= Womanhood in art. **$1.50. Elder.

There are in this group of interpretations six of the best known ideal conceptions of womanhood in art; Venus de Milo, Eve, Mona Lisa, Beatrice Cenci, Madonna of the chair and the Sistine Madonna.

* “Any good book that celebrates good art is worth while, so Miss Spalding’s book is welcome.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 15w.

* “The text is intended neither for artists nor students of painting, but for the ordinary observer who is interested merely in the moral significance of the picture, caring nothing for its history or technique. Such criticism leans inevitably towards the fanciful and the sentimental, but it doubtless appeals to a certain class of readers.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 389. D. 1, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Ind.= 59: 1376. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 31. D. ‘05. 40w.

* — =Nation.= 81: 449. N. 30, ‘05. 80w.

* “The book is of the popular sort—full of elemental, moving impressions but marred by insufficient historical and critical reading.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 796. N. 25, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 80w.

=Sparks, Edwin Erle.= Men who made the nation. $1. Macmillan.

The history of the United States from 1760 to 1865 is given biographically in an account of the lives and labors of Benjamin Franklin, Samuel and John Adams, Robert Morris, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Jefferson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and finally Abraham Lincoln.

“On the whole, thanks to the author’s lively style, we get, in a very small compass, a better history than many a historian with a more ambitious method might have produced.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“The process of the evolution of the nation is thus given a biographical character in a novel method of writing history.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 84. F. 11, ‘05. 630w.

=Sparks, Edwin Erle.= United States of America. **$1.35. Putnam.

This is essentially a history of our constitutional evolution, and treats of the great movements in our federal life and “those centralizing or decentralizing factors which have aided or hindered the unification of the states,” of finances, internal improvements, the tariff, slavery, and the constitutional aspects of the Civil war and reconstruction, little space is given to war and war-time events.

“His judgments are acceptable; he shows discrimination in the selection of materials, a fine art in presentation, a vivacious style.” James A. Woodburn.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 883. Jl. ‘05. 810w.

“The purpose is well carried out, and the work is therefore eminently a timely one.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 382. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

“One can hardly call the work a history in the truest sense; it is rather a prose epic of American nationality.”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 418. Je. 16, ‘05. 630w.

“Hardly any former attempt to write our history has taken into account so many of the different forces that have influenced its progress. In fact, the book is a good summary of the best work done on American history. The style is clear and pleasing, except for a tendency to sententious truisms.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 785. Ap. 6, ‘05. 360w.

* + + =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

“On the whole, Dr. Sparks’s interpretation of the subject commends itself to us as sound.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 217. Mr. 16, ‘05. 830w.

“Prof. Sparks’ work is a rather agreeable reaction from the bellicosity which has been so much in vogue with writers of popular histories. Yet we cannot help thinking that Prof. Sparks pays too little attention to military affairs.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 13. Ja. 7, ‘05. 740w.

“Rather a commentary on history. All readers will find the book interesting, and to many it will give a wholly new point of view for the consideration of American history. Dr. Sparks prefers to treat American history as the story of our national expansion. A suitable sub-title of his present work would be, ‘A study of national development.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 756. D. ‘04. 180w.

=Spearman, Frank Hamilton.= Strategy of great railroads. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A volume illustrating the field of railroad competition. The various subjects treated are the Vanderbilt lines, the Pennsylvania system, the Harriman lines, the Hill lines, the fight for Pittsburg, the Gould lines, the Rock Island system, the Atchison, the big granger lines (St. Paul and Northwestern), the rebuilding of an American railroad, the first trans-continental railroad, the early day in railroading.”—Bookm.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 629. My. 20. 1660w.

“He writes with a familiarity with his subject that enlightens, and with a style that entertains and fascinates.” John J. Hasley.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 196. Mr. 16, ‘05. 820w.

“But, after proper allowance has been made for shortcomings attributable to Mr. Spearman’s optimism, it must be said that his book is on the whole, an admirable study of the American railroads of today.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 39. Ja. 12, ‘05. 620w.

=Spears, John Randolph.= David G. Farragut. **$1.25. Jacobs.

This volume is one of the “American crisis biographies” and accurately follows the life of the first American admiral from his birth in a frontier log cabin to his honored death and the erection of his statue in Farragut square. It is the story of years of hard work and ceaseless effort put forth in the service of his country. Maps and charts illustrate the volume.

* “Some of Mr. Spears’ eulogies and comments seem a little far-fetched.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 845. D. 2, ‘05. 520w.

* “May be especially commended to parents in quest of a soundly suggestive as well as really entertaining book for their boys.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

* “The well-known accuracy of Mr. Spears’ writing on historical subjects insures in the present volume a painstaking regard to the facts of history.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 755. D. ‘05. 120w.

* =Speed, John Gilmer.= Horse in America: a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics. **$2. McClure.

This interesting treatise “gives a great deal of information about the various equine types common in the United States. Mr. Speed is merciless in exposing false pedigrees. Some of his comments on origins of famous breeds of American horses will probably be unpalatable to

## partisans of this or that great name in the horse world. Yet on the

whole the book is reassuring to the breeder and admirer of horses.”—R. of Rs.

* “Taken all in all the book should serve its purpose, to interest and forward the breeding of good types.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 706. O. 21, ‘05. 640w.

* “It points out the characteristics of the true thoroughbred with the unerring skill of the expert.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 100w.

=Sperry, Charlotte Grace.= Teddy Sunbeam. **$1. Elder.

Printed in large type upon Teddy Sunbeam’s own gold these “little fables for little housekeepers” point many homely morals. Teddy Sunbeam is wise, and he talks about Princess Lend-a-hand, gives dissertations upon microbes, tells how to sweep, and how to perform a number of other daily duties, but tells it all in such an attractive manner that little folks will be glad to listen. The book is copiously illustrated by Albertine Randall Wheelan.

“Is a nice little book for nice little girls.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 110w.

* “A rather original series of little fables.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 130w.

* =Spielmann, Marion Henry, and Layard, George Somes.= Kate Greenaway. *$6.50. Putnam.

“In half a hundred colored plates and many black-and-white pictures we find beauty and delicacy pre-eminent and child-loveliness rendered with sincerity and sympathy. Such pictures measure a sweet, true soul, and the story of Kate Greenaway’s life and the gentle revelations of her letters and her friendships (the correspondence with John Ruskin most notably) bear out the inference.” (Outlook.) “It is a visit to Miss Greenaway at her home, a view of an active mind at work, a conversation with authors and artists led and directed by one whom they all acknowledged as leader.” (N. Y. Times.)

* “The authors have felt to the full the quaint charm of this art, they do justice to the ‘sweet and fragrant perfume’ that floats about the name of Kate Greenaway.”

+ =Acad.= 68: sup. 9. D. 9, ‘05. 1420w.

* “The peculiar competence of the present writers lies in their eager seizure upon all possible points of interest, and their strong sense of proportion, which assigns to each item its proper space in a volume that has not a dull page or a bit of superfluous ‘padding.’” Edith Kellogg Dunton.

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 437. D. 16, ‘05. 2320w.

* “With some of Messrs. Layard and Spielmann’s opinions we are not at all in agreement.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 394. N. 17, ‘05. 1630w.

* “The book is thus more than an ordinary biography.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 190w.

* “Really charming book.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 120w.

* “One can read with real profit other parts of the book, notably the introductory chapter, and, at the close, Mr. Spielmann’s judgment on Kate Greenaway as artist, delicately worded, enthusiastic yet nicely balanced.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 3. D. 9, ‘05. 1410w.

=Spiers, R. Phene.= Architecture east and west. *$4.50. Scribner.

“This volume of essays, nine in all, and printed in full, is illustrated by a photograph of a medallion portrait, a bas-relief, by Lanteri, and by many architectural views and details, some of them photographic, others made up by the author from different sources or drawn from recognized authorities.”—Nation.

=Ath.= 1905, 1: 439. Ap. 8. 640w.

=Nation.= 80: 421. My. 25, ‘05. 670w.

* “The writer of these essays has the power of making technical matters plain to the reader who has no special knowledge of architecture.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 293. Ag. 26, ‘05. 170w.

=Springer, Frank.= Cleiocrinus. Museum of comparative zoology, Harvard college, Cambridge, Mass.

“A complete paper on one of the oldest of known crinoid genera—Cleiocrinus.... Various authors ... have had great difficulty in placing it in the system of classification.... Mr. Springer does not now establish the family Cleiocrinidæ, in so many words, but ... it is finally concluded that the genus is intermediate between the great groups of flexibilia and camerata; nearest, apparently, to the reteocrinidæ. The memoir is illustrated by a beautiful plate of drawings by K. M. Chapman and E. Ricker, showing not only aspects of cleiocrinus, but also reteocrinus and glyptocrinus for comparison.”—Science.

Reviewed by T. D. A. C.

+ + =Science,= n.s. 21: 388. Mr. 10, ‘05. 420w.

=Squire, Charles.= Mythology of the British islands: an introduction to Celtic myth, legend, poetry, and romance. *$3.50. Scribner.

Under such chapter headings as—The gods of the Gaels, Finn and the Fenians, The war with the giants, The gods of the Britons, The Gaelic Argonauts, The gods as king Arthur’s knights, and The treasures of Britain, are given the legends and traditions of the early inhabitants of the British islands, the Gaelic and the British Celts.

“Altogether, then, Mr. Squire may be congratulated on a partial success. His research does not penetrate into German authorities; he is not fully alive to the anthropological side of the argument; his archaeology is not complete. But he knows and loves his subject within the boundaries presented by these limitations, and he has the peculiar charm of carrying his readers along with him in an attitude of love for the subject.” Laurence Gomme.

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 58. Ja. 21. ‘05. 790w.

“A book which brings together so great a store of knowledge on an obscure and fascinating subject in so readable a fashion is indeed a treasure, and one cannot but praise the author for his work.” Louis H. Gray.

+ + + =Bookm.= 22: 58. S. ‘05. 960w.

“His treatment of this subject is thorough and conscientious, and he has realized his hope of presenting it in a lucid and agreeable form.”

+ + =Nature.= 72: 146. Je. 15, ‘05. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 317. My. 13, ‘05. 240w.

“Mr. Squire has handled his refractory subject very ably, and has made the story of British mythology both lucid and interesting.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 358. Je. 3, ‘05. 1600w.

* “This book supplies a great literary vacuum. From some of the writer’s conclusions scholars may differ.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 4. D. 9, ‘05. 1340w.

=Staley, Edgcumbe.= Raphael; with a short biographical sketch of Raphael Santi or Sanzio; with a list of principal works. $1.25. Warne.

Uniform with a series of monographs on the great masters, the “mode of presenting Raphael’s life’s work is particularly interesting, while so much is being written of his changing place in the rank of the great artists, as ascribed to him by current criticism. One has an opportunity of studying the various forms in which his genius expressed itself: Single figures of saints and angels; biblical and historical subjects; renderings of sacred and profane legends; and portraits. Then, again, there are the various mediums in which the artist worked, as on canvas, and in fresco, etc. In his mural paintings, we see how excellently his composition was fitted to the various exigencies of architectural decoration.” (Int. Studio.)

“An excellent volume of illustrations of Raphael’s work. In the clear, short, and eminently satisfactory account of Raphael’s life the author neither indulges in extravagant praise, nor accepts theories of scant foundation.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 92. Ja. ‘05. 90w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 24: sup. 100. F. ‘05. 200w.

* =Stanwood, Edward.= James Gillespie Blaine. **$1.25. Houghton.

“The scenes and events through which Mr. Blaine moved in the most stirring years of his life are now matters of history, and a clear-cut biography, such as Mr. Stanwood has written makes a capital medium through which the younger generation of American readers and students may be made familiar with the post bellum period of our politics. Mr. Stanwood gives especial attention to those episodes in Blaine’s career which were most frequently represented by his enemies as more or less discreditable ... and ... makes an able defense of Blaine against the attacks of his political opponents.”—R. of Rs.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 712. O. 21, ‘05. 370w.

* “Nevertheless, the biography is in some respects highly valuable, and should be welcome if only for the new material assembled in a scholarly and interesting way.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 270w.

* “Mr. Stanwood has done his subject full justice without overdoing it.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. 9, ‘05. 370w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 755. D. ‘05. 190w.

Statesman’s year-book: statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1905; ed. by J. Scott Keltie and I. P. A. Renwick. *$3. Macmillan.

The 1905 edition of this annual is its forty-second issue and shows extensive enlargement and revision.

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 527. Ap. 29. 360w.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 617. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Nation.= 80: 396. My. 18, ‘05. 190w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 110w.

“Not a page of the book is unnecessary or can be spared.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 410w.

“One of the few reference-books which may accurately be described as indispensable.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 195. My. 20, ‘05. 40w.

“The editor has improved this annual from year to year, and the issue for 1905 is the best yet.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 220w.

“‘The statesman’s year-book’ continues to grow in size, while its arrangement is developed in the direction of completeness and convenience.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 682. My. 6, ‘05. 180w.

=Staunton, Schuyler.= Fate of a crown. $1.50. Reilly & B.

A tale of the revolt which overthrew the monarchy of Dom Pedro in Brazil. The central figure is young Harcliffe who is secretary to Dom Miguel the leader of the revolutionists. His hair-breadth escapes on his way to the home of Miguel in the interior, and the following intrigue and adventure which culminate in the overthrow of the government supply the historical setting of a romance in which the hero supposes himself to be at the mercy of a rival—one who turns out to be a spy, a woman masquerading in men’s attire.

“The character drawing of the book is splendid.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 524. My. 20, ‘05. 550w.

* =Stead, Alfred.= Great Japan; a study of national efficiency. **$2.50. Lane.

“A compilation from Japanese sources of all manner of facts calculated to throw light on the achievements, aspirations, and problems of Japan.... Mr. Stead’s purpose, briefly, is to exhibit the efficiency attained by the Japanese in the various departments of life, and to show how this efficiency springs from the ‘earnest, thinking and eminently practical patriotism of the people.’ With this as a text Lord Rosebery contributes a foreword.”—Lit. D.

* “Mr. Stead’s book largely repeats his work ‘Japan by the Japanese’ published last year.”

— =Ath.= 1905, 2: 792. D. 9. 680w.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 430w.

* “To give a full summary of the volume, which displays many of the characteristics of the encyclopedia and many of the handbook, is quite beyond the limits of a review.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 321. O. 6, ‘05. 3430w.

* “Mr. Stead’s book is one of the most interesting recently produced on the inexhaustible subject of Japan. It does for that country much what Mr. Bryce did for the United States with his ‘American commonwealth.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 851. D. 2, ‘05. 1670w.

* “His work abounds with the exaggeration to be expected from a professional panegyrist.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 596. N. 4, ‘05. 990w.

* “A study, as we said, to begin with, the work has no claim to be, and even as a compilation it might have been better done. A great deal of verbiage might have been omitted, certain crudities of style might have been corrected.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 714. N. 4, ‘05. 2160w.

=Stead, Alfred=, comp. and ed. Japan by the Japanese. **$5. Dodd.

A collection of papers written by many of the high officials of the Japanese government, and native men of well-known literary ability, including Sannomiya, Ito, Inouyé, Oyami, Ariga, Saito, Shibusawa, Naruse, Nitobe, Hozumi, and many others. Among the subjects treated are the army, navy, finance, schools, religion, commerce, politics, art and literature of Japan. There is a preface by the editor and a carefully prepared index.

“It is about as useful as an almanac and not half as good as a dictionary. A desk-book of facts and figures concerning political and economic Japan. Quite unique as a gazetteer.” Wm. Elliot Griffis.

— + =Critic.= 46: 185. F. ‘05. 180w.

“His profound ignorance of the real significance of the work of such men as Sir Ernest Satow, Mr. William G. Aston, Prof. Basil Hall Chamberlain, and Capt. Frank Brinkley is manifest. The bad proofreading and continual misspelling of Japanese names and terms are disgraceful. In its cast and scope, the book seems intended mainly for the British reader. The facts and figures concerning the army, navy, revenue, taxation, and things outward and material are invaluable in their way. In treating of art and literature, the writers correct some errors of foreign writers, but contribute little that is fresh or revealing.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 118. F. 9, ‘05. 1530w.

=Stearns, Frank Preston.= Cambridge sketches. **$1.50. Lippincott.

“Brief biographical sketches of impressive personalities, in the literary, artistic, scientific, and political life of New England.... Agassiz, Lowell, Holmes, Sumner, Andrew, Cranch, Bird, and Howe are but a few of those of whom he writes.... His little volume also includes Emerson’s eulogy of Major George L. Stearns, printed in the Boston ‘Commonwealth’ April 20, 1867.... Sketches of the Harvard of forty and fifty years ago; papers read at various literary centennial celebrations, and notes of life in Rome in the late sixties.”—Outlook.

=Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 90w.

“Contains many true things that are not new and doubtless do not aim at novelty, and also some new things that are not true, however unintentional their falsity. Its chapter on George L. Stevens, the author’s father, is its only noteworthy contribution to biography.”

— + =Dial.= 39: 69. Ag. 1, ‘05. 470w.

“The book is not without interest, but is decidedly untrustworthy.”

+ — — =Nation.= 80: 458. Je. 3, 05. 370w.

“Unfortunately, the book is overweighted with some critical literary generalities which are out of its modest scope and do not add to its readableness.”

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

“Their significance is rather that of warm tributes of respect and admiration.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 191. My. 20, ‘05. 140w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 957. Je. 17, ‘05. 90w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 90w.

=Steindorff, Georg.= Religion of the ancient Egyptians. **$1.50. Putnam.

“Dr. Steindorff undertakes to give—and does give—in a manner to enlighten minds not utterly scholarly an idea of the nature of religion of the ancient Egyptians, and especially he sets out to show how that religion grew and changed and finally decayed.... Legends are related and hymns quoted, and especial attention paid to deliberate attempts of certain rulers to impose new gods upon the people.... The third lecture deals with Egyptian temples and religious ceremonies. Lecture IV. is concerned with the Egyptian magic, and Lecture V. with graves and burials and the Egyptian religion outside of Egypt.”—N. Y. Times.

“Although it is somewhat slight, no fault can be found with Prof. Steindorff’s general arrangement of his subject or with the way he has treated it.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 435. S. 30. 220w.

* “The best brief presentation extant in English of the religion of Egypt.”

+ + + =Bib. World.= 26: 400. N. ‘05. 10w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 597. S. 9, ‘05. 250w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 540. O. 21, ‘05. 350w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Freethinking and plain speaking. *$1.50. Putnam.

“This book ... contains nine chapters which ... were printed in book form some twenty years ago, but that publication for a number of years has been out of print.... Four of the essays deal with subjects connected with theology and religious belief in their bearing on human society; the others are casual or occasional papers called out by literary or historical events of the time.”—Outlook.

“They illustrate a side of the author’s character easily misunderstood. For here he states with the utmost freedom the views on religion which led thoughtless persons to call him an atheist.” Edward Fuller.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 244. S. ‘05. 770w.

“Together these papers make a capital introduction to the lamented author commemorated.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 331. Ap. 27, ‘05. 90w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 600w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1013. Ap. 22, ‘05. 150w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Hobbes. **75c. Macmillan.

This life of the great moral and political English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, is the last of Sir Leslie Stephen’s philosophical biographies. It is divided into four chapters, the first gives Hobbes’s relation to the political and intellectual movements of his time, and his personal characteristics. “The remaining three divisions of the book represent the parts of Hobbes’s philosophy: the World viewed as a material system, subject only to mechanical laws; Man, a body with organs, explicable by the same principles; the State, or body politic, voluntarily formed, and to be governed only by force, hence only by a sovereign power possessed of absolute—i.e., underived and unlimited authority.” (Ind.)

Reviewed by Frances Duncan.

=Critic.= 46: 280. Mr. ‘05. 1030w.

“The present work is hardly a contribution to professional philosophical criticism. But a better introductory book for the general reader could not be desired.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 208. Ja. 26, ‘05. 400w.

“Never have we seen better done the task of writing about philosophy; sometimes there is the air of the blunt, intelligent outsider, but the substance is masterly and it is a true and even great philosopher who is speaking. Sir Leslie Stephen finds for his readers the gratification of many sentences pointed and turned after Hobbes’ own manner, with judgments of the same shrewd sort. There is not a dull ten minutes in the book.” G. C. Rankin.

+ + + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 391. Ap. ‘05. 990w.

“To many readers, as to the present writer, it will seem that the fairest of critics has, after full examination, pronounced judgment, and that his judgment is likely to be final.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 35. Ja. 12, ‘05. 2380w.

=Stephen, Leslie.= Hours in a library. *$6. Putnam.

A new edition of thirty-two critical essays on literary subjects including studies of Macaulay, Charlotte Brontë, Kingsley, Scott, Hawthorne, DeQuincey, Coleridge, Eliot, Crabbe, and others, and essays on the novels of Richardson, Balzac, and Disraeli, Dr. Johnson’s writings, The first Edinburgh reviewers, etc.

+ =Ind.= 59: 816. O. 5, ‘05. 170w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 10. Ja. 5, ‘05. 160w.

“Not strongly bound. Far too many slips in proof-reading. These adventures among masterpieces are ... the adventures of a humorist. They would often seem inadequate to the Dryasdust, they would often baffle the literary mind. Like all strong men, Stephen had his blind spots and his hobbies; his criticism was ... by no means unbiased.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 33. Ja. 21, ‘05. 2490w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 160w.

“One of the most satisfying and pleasing collections of literary essays.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 349. F. 4, ‘05. 60w.

=Stephens, Kate.= American thumb-prints; mettle of our men and women. **$1.50. Lippincott.

Eight essays entitled: Puritans of the West; The university of Hesperus; Two neighbors of St. Louis; The New England woman; A New England abode of the blessed; An up-to-date misogyny; “The gullet science”; Plagiarizing humors of Benjamin Franklin.

“Miss Stephens has wide reading, genuine erudition, humour, and pungent sarcasm all at her command, and she uses them very tellingly.”

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 85. S. ‘05. 340w.

“Instinct with the indescribable and unmistakable buoyancy and vitality of the great West, combined with something of the rich scholarship more often associated with the older East. Possessing as she does a command of excellent English, she does not need to write in polyglot.”

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 420. Je. 16, ‘05. 470w.

“A volume of essays written in so personal and characteristic a style as to make the title quite appropriate.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 639. S. 14, ‘05. 170w.

“They are written in a good English style, and we have found much in them that is worth recording.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 330w.

“A small volume of fresh and courageously written essays by a cultivated Western woman who is not afraid to say what she thinks, and who does think.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 835. Jl. 29, ‘05. 250w.

“A clever book of essays.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 126. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

=Stephens, Louise G. (Katharine, pseud.).= Letters from an Oregon ranch. **$1.25. McClurg.

One of a quartet of middle-aged adventurers tells the experiences of the four in settling upon an Oregon ranch. The labors and discomforts are humorously chronicled, and the whole genial tale breathes its text,—that the novelty and excitement of new fields is rejuvenating to those whose youth is past. A dozen photographic views illustrate the volume.

* “A breezy, rather likable book.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 60w.

=Dial.= 39: 45. Jl. 16, ‘05. 130w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 405. Je. 17, ‘05. 400w.

=Stephens, Robert Neilson.= Flight of Georgiana. †$1.50. Page.

“There is nothing new or original about the story, but it has the lightness and grace characterizing predecessors from Mr. Stephens’s pen, and sword-play to spare. The scene opens at an English inn; the Pretender has failed to win the British crown; his adherents are fleeing for their lives, but, as they fly, pause to make love.”—Outlook.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 278. S. 30, ‘05. 60w.

=Stephens, Thomas,= ed. Child and religion. *$1.50. Putnam.

This volume in the “Crown theological library,” contains eleven essays by eleven prominent theologians. The titles are: The child and heredity; The child and its environment; The child’s capacity for religion; The child and sin; The conversion of children; The religious training of the child in the church of England; The religious training of children in the free churches; Baptists and the children; New church training; The religious training of children among the Jews; and The child and the Bible.

“Those who are grappling with practical problems will find in these essays written from various points of view much that is suggestive and helpful.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 170w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 540. O. 21, ‘05. 440w.

* “The editor has wisely put his best first—that on ‘The child and heredity’ by Professor Jones of Glasgow; it is an acute and interesting piece of writing. Of the other essays we cannot speak so highly.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 533. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 125. Jl. 22, ‘05. 290w.

=Stephenson, Henry Thew.= Shakespeare’s London. **$2. Holt.

A topographical description of London as Shakespeare saw it, compiled largely from contemporary sources, and profusely illustrated from old prints. It gives an introductory sketch of the Elizabethans, an account of the early growth of the city, and a picturesque presentation of St. Paul’s, the water front, the tower, the main highway, the strand, in fact, the London of the 16th century. The book closes with chapters upon theatres, taverns and tavern life in those boisterous days.

“The book may be emphatically recommended to teachers and students no less than to the general reader.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 120w.

* “The volume is compact, and is intended more for the library than for the satchel.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1111. N. 9, ‘05. 160w.

“The book is worthy to have a much fuller index.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 19. Jl. 6, ‘05. 1210w.

“Interesting and apparently correct in its statements.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 356. Je. 3, ‘05. 960w.

“Deserving of high praise from two points of view—in that the study of London in Elizabeth’s day has been carefully and accurately worked out, and in that the description is eminently readable and entertaining.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 110w.

“He has succeeded so far beyond his original intention as to give an exceedingly interesting record of Elizabethan life and times.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 943. Je. 17, ‘05. 80w.

“Good use is made of the descriptions left by contemporary writers.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 125. Jl. ‘05. 40w.

=Stepniak, pseud. (Sergiei Mikhailovich Kravchinskii).= Russian peasantry; their agrarian condition, social life and religion. *$1.25. Dutton.

“A new edition of a book originally published ten years ago by a Russian who knew the economic and social conditions in Russia at first hand, and who passionately looked forward to the changes now taking place. Owing to the death of Stepniak, the book is issued without revision.”—Outlook.

=Acad.= 68: 369. Ap. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“He knew the Russian peasantry as no other man save Tolstoy.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 659. Je. 24, ‘05. 620w.

=Nation.= 80: 331. Ap. 27, ‘05. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 130w.

=Outlook.= 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 60w.

* =Sterling, Sara Hawks.= Shakespeare’s sweetheart. †$2. Jacobs.

Anne Hathaway’s own story as told by herself is a manuscript which Master Jonson is supposed to have hid away in vault beneath the Mermaid. It is a pretty story, and might have been true, did we but know, for who shall say that the young wife of the gallant Will Shakespeare did not follow him to London in boy’s disguise, and take

## part in his plays undiscovered by all save the sharp-eyed queen? And

who shall deny to them the joy of a great love? Still, charming as it is, the story is unsustained by history, and we have long been taught to believe that the suggestions for the plots of Shakespeare’s plays came to him from sources outside his own life experience.

* “On the whole the situation is handled skilfully, and the story is a charming bit of imaginative writing.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 447. D. 16, ‘05. 180w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 892. D. 16, ‘05. 260w.

=Sterne, Laurence.= Complete works; including life by Percy Fitzgerald; ed. by Wilbur L. Cross. 12v. subs. ea. $3.50. Taylor.

“The aim of the publishers is to produce a complete, exact, and definite edition. For this purpose they have obtained much of the material direct from the British museum, while reproductions of letters, and old portraits have been acquired from the descendants of Sterne’s patrons and friends in England.”—Bookm.

“In point of general criticism, perhaps, it is somewhat lacking, but in little else. It collects everything of Sterne’s. P. H. Frye.”

+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 638. Ag. ‘05. 2580w.

“Mr. Wilbur L. Cross has written an entertaining and lucid introduction that adds to the practical worth of the book.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 70w. (Reviews vol. I.)

“Is a genuine definitive edition. The editorial work by Prof. Cross, whether of an introductory character or in the shape of notes, or in the correction of numerous errors or the exclusion of spurious material, is of a high order and speaks well for the gentleman’s scholarship no less than for his just appreciation of the duties of editor. The mechanical features of the edition are in keeping with the editorship. The York edition is the most satisfactory interpretation that we have hitherto seen of him.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 117. F. 25, ‘05. 1130w.

=Sterner, Ira Ibson.= Picture gallery of souls. $1. Badger, R: G.

Sonnets and short poems dedicated “to cosmo-psychic energy,” and arranged under the headings: Introduction to the public; Sinners and society; Sorrow and joy; Lessons from history; Philosophical poems; and Toil and genius.

=Sterrett, James Macbride.= Freedom of authority: essays in apologetics. **$2. Macmillan.

“The book is ... a defence of authority in religion.... The first

## chapter deals with the relation between authority and freedom; the

second and third are a criticism of the positions of the late Auguste Sabatier, of Dr. Harnack and of the Abbé Loisy; the fourth treats of the historical method, and is a defence of the philosophical school against the purely empirical; the remaining four chapters contain Dr. Sterrett’s own conclusions as to the nature of authority and the guidance of the individual Christian.”—Acad.

“The book, as he himself says, is a series of studies rather than a sustained thesis, and, to tell the truth, it is somewhat scrappy and inconclusive.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 852. Ag. 19, ‘05. 1380w.

“His work as a whole is able and it is written with an intensity and enthusiasm of conviction which make it eloquent.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 453. Ag. 24, ‘05. 610w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 345. My. 27, ‘05. 210w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 443. Je. 17, ‘05. 680w.

=Stevens, Frank.= Adventures in Pondland. $1.25. McClurg.

This book combines the charm of a fairy story with the accuracy of a natural history. Jackie and Vi, young nature lovers, are invited by Lemna the fairy queen of the pond, to visit her domain, and altho they go down to the depths of it, the water does not wet them. They make friends with the guardian of the pond, Mr. Natterjack the toad, they learn how to care for their pets, the frogs and goldfish, and they find out all about the life and habits of the pond-people, Master Dragonfly, the tadpoles, newts, spiders and all the rest. At the end of the summer they regretfully leave the pond to its long winter’s sleep.

* + =Acad.= 68: 1287. D. 9, ‘05. 40w.

* + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 576. O. 28. 60w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 432. D. 8, ‘05. 30w.

* “The book ought to give young readers new interest in humble orders of life, and some idea of nature’s adaptation of means to end.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 450. N. 30, ‘05. 140w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 780. N. 18, ‘05. 260w.

* “This is an entertaining and instructive book, suitable for all children who have, if not a pond, at least a rain-water tub at command.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 694. N. 4, ‘05. 110w.

=Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.= Works. per v. $1. Scribner.

A biographical edition of Stevenson which is published in handy volume form, in cloth or limp leather, with thin paper, and clear type. The literary feature of the edition is the series of introductions written by Mrs. Stevenson, each of which gives an intimate account of the circumstances under which the book was written, and throws new light on Stevenson’s life and work.

=Dial.= 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 130w.

* “The text is of course complete and authoritative, and the general form of the volumes makes them much more convenient for actual reading purposes than either of the two expensive subscription editions.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 391. D. 1, ‘05. 100w.

“Good taste and a sense of what is interesting have co-operated in the prefaces with which Mrs. Stevenson has furnished the several volumes. There is nothing which one can reasonably wish had been omitted.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 436. Jl. 1, ‘05. 560w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 500. Jl. 29. ‘05. 140w.

=Outlook.= 80: 447. Je. 17, ‘05. 20w.

“One wishes that the biographical prefaces were fuller and more like those furnished by Mrs. Ritchie to the Biographical edition of Thackeray.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 935. Ag. 12, ‘05. 30w.

=Outlook.= 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 30w.

=Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour.= Child’s garden of verses. $2.50. Scribner.

Jessie Willcox Smith has happily illustrated this new edition of these exquisite and well loved verses. In her black and white text drawings and full-page colored pictures we find the same appealing charm which makes all wanderers in Stevenson’s child’s garden feel that truly

“The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

* + =Dial.= 39: 448. D. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* “The whole conception of the book is in perfect good taste.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1389. D. 14, ‘05. 70w.

* + =Lond.= Times. 4: 408. N. 24, ‘05. 150w.

* “Happy the child who receives this book for a gift, as a source of instruction in taste both for poetry and for art.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 170w.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 744. N. 4, ‘05. 580w.

“It would be difficult to imagine a piece of holiday book-making which might be more complete and perfect.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 574. N. 4, ‘05. 90w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 707. N. 25, ‘05. 40w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 766. D. ‘05. 170w.

=Stewart, Charles David.= Fugitive blacksmith. $1.50. Century.

Two stories which run along side by side; one concerning Finerty, the jovial Irishman and his family, the other the tale of the fugitive blacksmith, as told by his one-time partner, Stumpy, the tramp, in Finerty’s sand house in the railroad yards. The whole is in dialect, and the characters are both witty and interesting. The blacksmith, Bill, a fugitive from justice for the murder of a friend, Tilten, is hounded from place to place, meeting with many exciting adventures, and at last comes across the man he was accused of murdering. Here the devoted Stumpy loses sight of him but later discovers him in health and prosperity and shares his changed fortunes.

“A peculiarly fascinating story.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 569. My. 27, ‘05. 390w.

“Stumpy’s story is well told and worth telling.” G. W. A.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 544. Jl. ‘05. 430w.

“A more diverting story has not appeared in many a long day.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 478. My. ‘05. 290w.

“‘Fugitive blacksmith’ is no unworthy successor to ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn.’”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 393. Ag. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“Any veteran might well be glad and proud to round off even the achievement of a lifetime with a study of human nature such as this story of Mr. Stewart’s ‘Blacksmith’ so interesting in fresh and unexpected ways, so rich in the fruits of keen and kindly observation, and the true artist’s appreciation of much that escapes the untrained eye. If it does not prove a worthily popular favorite it will be the fault of the popular taste and appreciation.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 179. Mr. 25, ‘05. 940w.

“Let no one be deterred from reading the book by dislike of Irish dialect. The first chapter once passed, the human and humorous interest increases rapidly, and it may be added that the dialect itself—to many readers a determent—is consistently and carefully managed. The story is jolly and original.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 705. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

“The whole suffused with humor and not lacking in pathos, and wholly original.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 773. Ap. 1, ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Stewart may not be another Mark Twain, but he doesn’t need to be. He is good enough as he is.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 591. Ap. 15, ‘05. 210w.

“The book is vivified by clever character sketches shrewdly illustrative of life in the grade of society described. The humor of the story is abundant and of a particularly natural sort.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 621. Ap. ‘05. 520w.

=Stewart, Wentworth F.= Evangelistic awakening. *75c. Meth. bk.

“The object of this volume is to give a general view of the present evangelistic situation, to indicate some things that have led up to this condition ... to set forth some fundamental principles which need emphasis, and to outline what are to be, in the author’s judgment, the conditions of the future.”

“As far as it goes it is an excellent book.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 110w.

=Stiles, Henry Reed.= History of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington and of Glastonbury, prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time. 2v. *$25. Grafton press.

“Two ponderous volumes, edited ... from the manuscript of the late Judge Sherman W. Davis. The second volume is entirely genealogical, but in the first, which is really a series of brief historical monographs, occur chapters on such interesting topics as Wethersfield’s share in the French and Indian war, Wethersfield’s share in the American revolution and maritime history.”—Am. Hist. R.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 720. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Stimson, Henry Albert.= Right life and how to live it. **$1.20. Barnes.

“Volume I. in the ‘Right life series.’ An introduction for the book has been written by Dr. Maxwell, superintendent of schools, New York city. The volume is intended for growing boys and girls, as well as to help teachers and parents. It does not, the author says in his preface, propose any new theory of light or advocate any new teaching which might be set aside. ‘It furnishes a harmonious and satisfactory interpretation of life.’”—N. Y. Times.

* “It is sufficiently philosophical in its nature and scientific in its method to meet the intellectual demands of its readers, and to provide a basis for character-building that will stand the strain and criticism of after-life.”

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 9: 779. O. ‘05. 230w.

Reviewed by John Angus MacVannel.

+ + =Educ. R.= 30: 423. N. ‘05. 970w.

“It is clear ... its tone is distinctly hopeful, wholesome and manly.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 616. Mr. 16. ‘05. 190w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 260w.

“A helpful contribution toward the strengthening of a weak point in our educational system. The outlook is comprehensive, on one hand including the fundamental problems of thought simply put, and on the other dealing with the social problems of the day.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 654. Mr. 11, ‘05. 250w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 634. Ap. 22, ‘05. 210w.

=Stodola, Aurel.= Steam turbines; with an appendix on gas turbines and the future of heat engines. *$4.50. Van Nostrand.

This is an English version of the second revised German edition. It includes a treatise on “Gas turbines, and the future of heat engines,” an elementary introduction to the theory of steam turbines for the general reader, and a series of reports of the experiments on the many-stage impulse turbines of Zölly, Rateau, Stumpf, Gelpke, and others.

“This work is by far the best of all relating to this subject in any language. A number of misprints of the German edition have been faithfully reproduced in this translation. The usefulness of the book has been considerably reduced by the faulty translation.” Storm Bull.

+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 527. My. 18, ‘05. 710w.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 219. Jl. 6, ‘05. 770w.

=Stokely, Edith Keeley, and Hurd, Marian Kent.= Miss Billy. †$1.50. Lothrop.

A young philanthropist who “leaves a trail of sanitation, repairing, mending, soap, and jokes behind her.... Anything but perfect, she corrects her own faults briskly, even while she reproves the shortcomings of her neighbors, and steers safely between the priggishness of some heroines of her class and the dullness of those created to listen to the twisted English and logic of their beneficiaries.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Pleasant story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 176. Mr. 18, ‘05. 190w.

“This is an ideal story for young girls—sprightly and full of fun, it teaches, nevertheless, a wholesome lesson in the matters of neighborly love and the overcoming of false pride.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 300. My. 6, ‘05. 480w.

“So pleasantly and humorously is the story told that one never for a minute imagines while reading it that the authors are ‘pointing a moral.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

=Story, Douglas.= Campaign with Kuropatkin. *$3. Lippincott.

An English newspaper correspondent’s account of the campaign in the East, in which he pays handsome tribute to Russia, whose final triumph he considers as assured in spite of the “effective barbarism” of the Japanese soldiers. There are many illustrations taken in the field by the author.

“Instead of military history, we have a book of impressions, individual and general. Making allowance for its partisanship, this volume grows upon one. At first there is a sense of triviality and of irritation; later, a feeling of interest, if not of sympathy, arrives; there is nothing to arouse sympathy.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 196. Mr. 9, ‘05. 1590w.

“An interesting work. Mr. Story might have added as a sub-title: ‘As much as I was able to see of it.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 109. F. 18, ‘05. 1670w.

Story of the Welsh revival. pa. **15c. Revell.

A number of newspaper accounts of the religious awakening in Wales, brought together for the use of those who look for a similar movement in this country.

=Ind.= 58: 897. Ap. 20, ‘05. 60w.

=Stow, George W.= Native races of South Africa. A history of the intrusion of the Hottentots and Bantu into the hunting grounds of the Bushmen, the aborigines of the country. *$6.50. Macmillan.

“The book is scarcely a treatise so much as an encyclopedia of information.... Including an excellent account of the Hottentot immigration and the first waves of the Bantu influx from the North, a sketch of the distribution of the semi-Hottentot tribes ... much information about the Hereros and the little-known races north and west of the Kalahari, as well as a history of the first wars of Moshesh, the Basuto king, and the doings of early filibusters.... But it is primarily a study of the Bushmen, and the tale of one of the cruelest wars of extermination ever waged,—a glimpse into an elder, almost prehistoric, world of naked savagery.”—Spec.

“A rather cumbrous mass of speculations, based on laborious and praiseworthy investigations.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 134. Jl. 29. 1580w.

“For a historian who draws much of his material from native tradition, Mr. Stow is singularly free from speculation. On the social life and habits of the Bushmen, which is the most important part of his work, we know from the highest living authority, Miss Lucy Lloyd, that he is entirely to be trusted.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 278. S. 1, ‘05. 1550w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 492. Jl. 22, ‘05. 350w.

“What he says of the Bushmen, then, can be accepted as probably correct, and as forming a prospectively valuable contribution to the ethnology of South Africa.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 513. Ag. 5, ‘05. 890w.

“In the main his generalizations strike us as accurate and logical. It is as a collection of the data for theory that it is to be prized. On this ground it seems to us a very valuable book.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 225. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1490w.

=Stowe, Harriet Beecher.= Uncle Tom’s cabin, or, Life among the lowly. $1.25. Crowell.

This famous story is now issued as one of the flexible “Thin paper classics” series, with a photogravure frontispiece showing Uncle Tom and Eva as drawn by Charles Copeland.

=Strang, Herbert.= Kobo: a story of the Russo-Japanese war. †$1.50. Putnam.

“Kobo is a Japanese in good social position, who undertakes the perilous duty of a spy. Another prominent character is a young British employee in the Japanese naval service. The adventures and experiences of these and others make ... a vivid dramatic representation of individual doings and happenings in the national tragedy now being enacted in the Far East.”—Outlook.

— + =Critic.= 47: 190. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1483. Je. 29, ‘05. 80w.

“A thorough boy’s tale, on the order of the Henty books.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 200w.

“A dashing, exciting story of the sort that boys are fond of.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 503. F. 25, ‘05. 80w.

Stray leaves from a soul’s book. $1.50. Badger, R. G.

Twelve leaves which give soul-struggles and soul-compensations and show how thru the ages “my soul and I” have strayed and met again.

=Streamer, Col. D., pseud. (Harry Graham).= More misrepresentative men. **$1. Fox.

Col. Streamer adds to his already imposing list of misrepresentative men the names of Robert Burns, William Waldorf Astor, Henry VIII., Alton B. Parker, Euclid, J. M. Barrie, Omar Khayyam, Andrew Carnegie, King Cophetus, Joseph F. Smith and Sherlock Holmes. The volume is humorously illustrated, and is made unique by the author’s foreword which makes bold to claim that visions of the almighty dollar have power to awaken his muse, and the publishers answer which pampers him in his whim for substantial reward.

* + =Dial.= 39: 446. D. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“Shows no exhaustion of his satiric vein.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 80w.

“We are willing to swear that these verses are as good as any the author has written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 748. N. 4, ‘05. 220w.

* =Street, George Edward.= Mount Desert: a history; ed. by S: A. Eliot; with a memorial introd. by Wilbert L. Anderson. **$2.50. Houghton.

“Many who have visited the interesting island of Mount Desert, have wondered what the early history of that region might be.... The first colony in Mount Desert was established by the Jesuit priests at Somesville, in 1613, but was destroyed next year by the English. A century and a half passed before the first permanent settlers came from Massachusetts.... In recent years the island has become one of the favorite summer resorts on our Atlantic coast. The book is well illustrated with views of the island and contains also an excellent map.”—Ind.

* “Is the only history of the island ever written.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1113. N. 9, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 528. O. 28, ‘05. 15w.

=Stringer, Arthur John Arbuthnott.= Lonely O’Malley: a story of boy life. $1.50. Houghton.

“The story of a real boy, who knows all about the secrets of trap-making, and depends upon a vivid imagination for his games. Shunned at first by others of his age, when he comes a stranger to town, he wins his place as a leader by fighting the bully and conducting a wonderful pirate cruise.”—Outlook.

“Entertaining story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 670. O. 14, ‘05. 540w.

=Outlook.= 81: 429. O. 21, ‘05. 50w.

=Strong, Mrs. Isobel (Osbourne).= Girl from home: a story of Honolulu. †$1.50. McClure.

About twenty years ago, when Kalakaua was king in Hawaii, a girl went to the islands and fell in love with a man worth eleven millions. The story tells of her experiences in which many characters, American, British, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiian, play a part.

“The book is best defined as an entertaining volume of travel, sugar-coated with an innocuous little romance, and enlivened with a vein of mild satire.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 600. Ag. ‘05. 240w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 342. My. 27, ‘05. 410w.

* =Strong, Josiah.= Next great awakening. 75c. Baker.

A tenth edition of a volume which makes it its object to show “that the next great spiritual awakening, so profoundly needed to Christianize the new civilization and to lift the nations to a higher plane,” will come when the social teachings of Jesus, so long obscured and forgotten, are “clearly recognized and faithfully preached.” The subject is treated under the headings: The supreme need of the world; The law of spiritual quickening; The kingdom of God; The social laws of Jesus; The social teachings of Jesus not accepted; and The social teachings of Jesus applied will bring social healing and spiritual quickening.

=Strong, Josiah.= Social progress for 1905. **$1. Baker.

Dr. Strong’s experiment in sending out a 1904 year book and encyclopedia of economic, industrial, social and religious statistics met with such hearty endorsement that he offers a second issue for the new year. It contains more material than the 1904 volume, is more comprehensive, and has profited by solicited suggestions and criticisms.

“As it is, however, no student and no library should be without it.”

— + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 597. S. ‘05. 180w.

“The second issue of the work shows a material advance over the first in usefulness. The amount of matter included is very large, and it is strictly up-to-date.”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 326. My. 1, 05. 60w.

“It is, on the whole, an excellent volume. We note, however, a number of errors, partly due to bad proofreading and partly to faulty handling of the statistical tables.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 1191. My. 25, ‘05. 90w.

+ + =N. Y. Times= 10: 287. Ap. 29, ‘05. 150w.

“A clear improvement is made by the present volume upon its predecessor.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1016. Ap. 22, ‘05. 120w.

“More complete and hence more valuable than ever.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 795. My. 20, ‘05. 170w.

* =Strong, Josiah.= Times and young men. 75c. Baker.

A new popular edition of a book which is an outgrowth of the writer’s personal experience and in which he sets forth his conception of life in the hope that “this volume may fix in the minds of the young men who read it convictions as to the right course of life so deep and immovable that they may be anchored to in the stress of storm.” The table of contents includes chapters upon: The great change in the physical world, and in the world of ideas; Three great laws which never change; The law of service, The law of self-giving or sacrifice, The law of love; The three great laws applied to the social problem, and to personal problems; and The inspiration of the twentieth-century outlook.

=Strunk, William=, ed. See Juliana.

=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.= River’s children, $1. Century.

This “Idyll of the Mississippi” is a series of connected sketches of the negro and creole delta dwellers, where “de ruling lady of dis low valley country, it is not de carnival queen; it is not de first lady at de governor’s mansion.... It is old lady Mississippi.” There is an account of a great flood where “the mother of trouble” received prayers and sacrifices from her superstitious worshippers; and the story of two old negroes who took charge of their “Marse Harold’s” little daughter until his return from the war; finding rest beneath the treacherous waters when they had secured for her a father and a happy future. Many negro songs and superstitions give the story color.

“Written with the charm, the humor, the grace, and the pathos so familiar to all who know the author’s earlier books.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 190. F. ‘05. 30w.

“A sort of pagan worship of the great river Mississippi is the keynote of this somewhat desultory tale of Creoles and negroes in Louisiana.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 43. Ja. 21, ‘05. 210w.

“Mrs. Stuart’s humor, is, for once, overcast by pathos. ‘The river’s children’ is a pearl brought up by a diver, who knows the waters; one that will gain luster as receding years carry farther and farther back, the superstitions, the romance, the melodies that have gathered around the great river.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 377. F. ‘05. 400w.

=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.= Second wooing of Salina Sue and other stories, †$1.25. Harper.

Six short stories of negro life in the far South, entitled, The second wooing of Salina Sue; Minervy’s valentines, Tobe Taylor’s April foolishness; Egypt; Milady; The romance of Chinkapin castle.

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 182. O. ‘05. 230w.

“All the sketches are written in her touching, witty style.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 156. Jl. 20, ‘05. 320w.

“She knows well how to best bring to the surface the exquisite humor and pathos of plantation life.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 278. Ap. 29, ‘06. 530w.

“If Mrs. Stuart strikes no fresh notes in this latest volume, she shows no sign of flagging interest in her themes, or of decline in the naturalness and interest of her style.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 100w.

+ + =Reader.= 6: 362. Ag. ‘05. 290w.

+ + — =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 50w.

=Stubbs, Rt. Rev. William, bishop of Oxford.= Letters of William Stubbs, bishop of Oxford, 1825-1901; ed. by William Holden Hutton. *$4. Dutton.

A volume of letters which show the great bishop and learned historian to have been a man of genial personality and keen wit.

“It is to be hoped that, faithfully as Mr. Hutton has executed his task,—and his interspersed matter is illuminative and indispensable to the best enjoyment of the letters,—that a fuller, more formal biography of Bishop Stubbs may some day be written.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 236. Ap. 1, ‘05. 450w.

“His intercourse with leaders or his church and nation is revealed in these letters, in which his personal characteristics as a Christian pastor, an ecclesiastical statesman, a scholar, a wit, a friend, combine in the portrait of a strong, sincere, and faithful man.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 130w.

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 201. S. 7, ‘05. 3550w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 524. Ag. 5, ‘05. 900w.

* =Sturge, Ernest Adolphus.= Spirit of Japan. The Yurskusha, Tokyo. For sale by author, 101 Scott St., San Francisco.

A Californian’s book of verse devoted to the spirit, legends, historical events, flowers, trees, birds and scenery of Japan.

=Sturgis, Howard Overing.= Belchamber. †$1.50. Putnam.

Lord Belchamber, heir to an old name and to an old estate, is shy, sickly and good, quite out of place in his high position, in an idle and fashionable world, and wishes to renounce it for settlement work. His dissipated brother’s marriage to a vulgar variety actress recalls him to his duty, to his mother and to his name. He is caught by the first clever woman who sets her cap for him and marries her with tragic results.

“‘Belchamber,’ in short, has at once the faults and the freshness of the novelist who has told little but observed much; faults of construction and perspective ... and freshness of sensation and perception.” Edith Wharton.

+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 307. My. ‘05. 1970w.

“Admirably well-written book.” Witter Bynner.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 473. My. ‘05. 650w.

“There is nothing amateurish about either style or construction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 41. Jl. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“There is nothing hopeful or right in the book.”

— — =Ind.= 58: 1071. My. 11, ‘05. 200w.

“There is a sort of old-fashioned touch about some of it, and now and then a suggestion of Thackeray.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 10. ‘05. 690w.

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

“Neither strength nor style is lacking in this quite remarkable analytical study.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 906. Ap. 8, ‘03. 100w.

“It is a wonderfully well written book, so well written that the wonder grows that the author should have chosen such a malodorous subject.”

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 110w.

“‘Belchamber’ is a disagreeable, morbid and decidedly clever novel of aristocratic English life.”

+ — =Reader.= 6: 472. S. ‘05. 280w.

=Sturgis, Russell.= Appreciation of pictures. **$1.50. Baker.

A purely artistical standard of judgment from which to grasp the great arts of design has been defined by Mr. Sturgis in his volumes devoted to sculpture, architecture, and now to pictures. In the present field the work of producing grows complex as “in the matter of picture-making there is the transference of actual form and of appearance of form, to a flat surface.” The subject is treated historically and from the critic’s standpoint, whereas Mr. Poore’s “Pictorial composition” in this same “Popular art series” treats pictures from the artist’s point of view. There are many illustrations reproduced from rare paintings.

* “The pictures are carefully and thoroughly explained, and much unconscious like or dislike of a picture is accounted for by the clear reasoning.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 572. D. ‘05. 90w.

* “Is a good, helpful and instructive book by an authority whose long and careful study of the arts has equipped him with a wealth of knowledge.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

* =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 30. D. ‘05. 200w.

* “Mr. Sturgis’s book is much the more stimulating to one already possessing some knowledge of the subject; Mr. Caffin’s will perhaps be more useful to the beginner. Both will help in the spreading of some notion of what art is.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 509. D. 21. ‘05. 220w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 704. N. 25, ‘05. 80w.

* “Mr. Sturgis has filled the requirements of the situation fully.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 666. N. 18, ‘05. 220w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 751. D. ‘05. 70w.

=Sturgis, Russell.= Appreciation of sculpture. **$1.50. Baker.

To provide a popular work which at the same the student was the prevailing idea in Mr. Sturgis’s “How to judge architecture.” In the same time maintained high standards of criticism for manner, he now offers a work on sculpture, in which he treats the subject in the light of both its architectural and monumental value, dwelling upon the history, the characteristics of the principal schools, and the criticism of standard works; all of which study presents principles of analysis and criticism to be employed in understanding other sculpture. The book is valuable for the student, the traveler and the general reader.

Reviewed by Wm. Walton.

+ + =Architectural Record.= 17: 189. Mr. ‘05. 2610w. (Abstract of book.)

“With the exception of the omission of some interesting technical explanations, which Mr. Sturgis better than most could have given us, the book is a very good and helpful one, and much more instructive as to the difference between good and bad works than the same author’s previous volume on ‘How to judge architecture,’ to which this is a companion.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 95. Ja. 12, ‘05. 560w.

“The book is one that will unfailingly bring to its readers both profit and pleasure.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 16. Mr. ‘05. 270w.

=Sturgis, Russell.= Interdependence of the arts; Scammon lectures, The art institute of Chicago, 1904. *$1.75. McClurg.

Six lectures and 100 illustrations make up this book. Modern judged by ancient art is treated in lectures 1 and 2, first under Representation and sentiment, and second under Decorative effects. The other subjects are—The industrial arts in which form predominates, The industrial arts in which color predominates, Sculpture as used in architecture, and Painting as used in architecture.

“The writer’s views on these subjects are sound, if pedantic and not altogether new; they might have been placed in a form rather more readily understood, for one may turn many pages before he gains any idea of what the author is ‘getting at.’”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 283. S. ‘05. 110w.

* + + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 30. D. ‘05. 140w.

“Reads rather like the slightly revised report of extempore talks than like a formal treatise.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 150. Ag. 17, ‘05. 1160w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 838. Jl. 29, ‘05. 100w.

* =Sturgis, Russell.= Study of the artist’s way of working in various handicrafts and arts of design. 2v. **$15. Dodd.

In this “treatise on the ways in which the artist’s conceptions are formed and take visible shape,” Mr. Sturgis “gives a brief description of the technique of all the arts practised by man or savage down to the nineteenth century ... and even includes in a chapter on the ‘Ignored fine arts’ some discussion of fireworks and illumination, costume, the dance and stage-setting.” (Int. Studio.) There are one hundred and nineteen illustrations.

* “Though the work is copious, each department is despatched succinctly without overburdening detail and not without occasional expression of personal judgments and speculation.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 33. D. ‘05. 150w.

* “A comprehensive work.” C. de K.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 742. N. 4, ‘05. 350w.

Sturmsee: man and man; by the author of Calmire. † $1.50. Macmillan.

The author’s economic theory is that the workingman gets as large a share of the wealth he helps to produce as he actually earns. His story deals with many characters in many classes of society but chiefly with a young German doctor who loves a princess, comes to America, begins at the bottom and becomes reform governor of a western commonwealth; and with the romance of an idle leader of cotillions, and the intense daughter of a plain, blunt manufacturer of tinware.

“In the hands of a great writer it might have been a great book, because the purpose in it is that of painting the manners of men. But then the author launches into deep waters where he is not at home.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 822. Ag. 12, ‘05. 320w.

* “There is too much social philosophy in the book to interest the general reader of fiction. Yet, on the whole, ‘Sturmsee’ abounds in lessons of healthy conservatism and conveys much social information.”

+ — =Cath. World.= 82: 417. D. ‘05. 170w.

“It is not entirely without interest as a story, but it is essentially a book of discussions to which a conversational and picturesque form of exposition gives point and animation.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 41. Jl. 16, ‘05. 980w.

“It is informed with learning and reflection, and its plan is studiously developed. Yet it would be a mistake to call it a novel.”

+ — =Ind.= 59:451. Ag. 24, ‘05. 170w.

“The people in the book ... have (for Utopians) an appeal remarkably human. And not merely human, but romantic. The author never gets down from his hobby. He is always intent to teach you wisdom and demolish economic fallacies.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 370. Je. 10, ‘05. 4070w.

“Has handled his material well or ill according as his readers expect sociology or fiction, for there is something of both and not enough of either.”

— =Pub. Opin.= 39: 60. Jl. 8, ‘05. 140w.

=Sudermann, Hermann.= St. John’s fire; tr. by Grace E. Polk. $1. H. W. Wilson co.

One of three translations of strong new foreign plays appearing in America in the last three years, the other two being Edith Wharton’s translation of Sudermann’s “Joy of Living,” and Coleman’s translation of Maeterlinck’s “Monna Vauna.” The dramatist uses an old German peasant custom of lighting bonfires and dancing round them on St. John’s eve as an allegorical background for his play. The custom dates back to heathen times, and the author in working out his plot makes the fires symbolize the outburst in the human soul, after Christian centuries, of the wild yearnings and primeval passions of the unregenerate man.

=Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 20w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 127. Jl. ‘05. 40w.

“Miss Polk’s translation is at once faithful to the spirit and letter of the original, and to the idiom of our own tongue. It is neither slavish nor careless.” Mary Gray Peck.

+ + + =St. Paul Dispatch.= 8. Ap. 29, ‘05. 810w.

=Suess, Eduard.= Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr. by Hertha B. C. Sollas, 5v. v. I. *$8.35. (*25s.) Oxford.

Volume I. of a five volume edition. “Vol. I., which contains four maps and fifty other illustrations, is divided into two parts. Part I. deals with ‘The movements in the outer crust of the earth’—floods, cyclones, seismic areas, dislocations, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc.;

## Part II. is devoted to ‘The mountain ranges of the earth’—the

‘Northern foreland of the Alpine system,’ ‘The trend-lines of the Alpine system,’ ‘The basin of the Adriatic,’ ‘The Mediterranean,’ the Great desert plateau, the Indian mountains, the mountains of South America, the Antilles, North America, and the mountains separating the continents.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The English version faithfully follows the original, and supplies adequate renderings of the German technical terms.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 82. Jl. 15. 400w.

“No work on geology since the day of Lyell’s ‘Principles’ has exerted so profound an influence upon geological thought as has Suess’s ‘Antlitz der erde,’ and no one has mastered the broad geographical facts that are associated with the science of the earth, the world-concept, in a manner at all comparable with his presentation.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 134. F. 16. ‘05. 430w.

“Excellent translation of the first volume of the work.” J. W. G.

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 193. Je. 29, ‘05. 240w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 121. F. 25, ‘05. 90w.

Super flumina: angling observation of a coarse fisherman, **$1.25. Lane.

“A volume on the art of Isaak Walton.... Among the topics discussed by the ‘fisherman’ are ‘Dashing dace,’ ‘Perches and plants,’ ‘A charge of pike,’ and ‘The club of melancholy.’”—N. Y. Times.

“The book might be summarized briefly as a modern and more erudite revival of Izaak Walton, so gentle and so humane is its attitude towards the finny tribe, so liberal and comprehensive its learning.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 250w.

“Is a book to irritate the curious rather than to please the well-informed or to instruct the ignorant. There is a great deal in this book that the learned angler (the appeal is to no other) may enjoy in spite of its overload of learning.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 860w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 130w.

=Sutro, Emil.= Duality of thought and language: an outline of original research. $1.50. Physio-psychic society.

“The author professes to have made the discovery that there are two voices in man, the one of the larynx and the other of the œsophagus; and that these two possess unique relation to the ‘soul’ element of speech. Tortuous and commonplace repetitions and variations of this theme make up the volume.”—Dial

“Has no claim to consideration except as an example of the confusion which may be the fruit of interest and enthusiasm unfortified by appreciation of what scientific investigation is or what it has accomplished.”

— =Dial.= 38: 22. Ja. 1, ‘05. 100w.

=Nature.= 71: 317. F. 2. ‘05. 95w.

=Sutro, Theodore.= Thirteen chapters of American history, represented by the Edward Moran series of thirteen historical marine paintings. **$1.50. Baker.

Full-page reproductions of Edward Moran’s thirteen famous paintings with a descriptive essay upon each picture, an introduction and a brief biography. Portraits of the artist and his wife, as painted by their nephew, Thomas Sidney Moran, are also given.

“Thirteen excellent half-tone reproductions of scenes connected with the history of the United States by the late well-known marine painter, Edward Moran, coupled with an interesting descriptive essay and prefaced by a careful biography of the artist.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 70w.

“One of the most important books of the late Edward Moran was the series of thirteen marine paintings descriptive of important events in American history. They constitute a collection of impressive beauty, aside from their function of illustrating some of the most striking phases of American history.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 94. Ag. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“The text ... is rather injudicious in tone.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 118. Ag. 10, ‘05. 220w.

“This series of historical pictures is thus of graphic interest to young and old. It has been a happy idea to reproduce them in a book and to accompany them with descriptive essays.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 110w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 330w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 511. O. ‘05. 60w.

* =Suyematsu, K., baron.= Risen sun. **$3. Dutton.

In this collection of addresses, articles, and letters Baron Suyematsu gives to the western world “an impression of Japan both new and authoritative ... he ... has cleverly entitled the book, not ‘The land of the rising sun,’ but ‘The risen sun.’”(Outlook.)

* “‘The risen sun’ would gain in historical accuracy if a perhaps natural bias—or, should we say predisposition?—were eliminated.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1183. N. 11, ‘05. 210w.

* “Altogether Baron Suyematsu’s book is a valuable contribution to history.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 792. D. 9. 450w.

* “The book is a superb piece of polemic, with a refreshingly cool and judicial temper like Franklin’s and with eloquence that reminds us of Beecher.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1479. D. 21, ‘05. 200w.

* =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 40w.

* “The book is somewhat disjointed, patently showing that it is not a unified production. But its text is alike interesting and valuable.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 891. D. 9, ‘05. 180w.

* “The Japanese sun is certainly risen, but when in future, distinguished authorities, such as Baron Suyematsu, relate the story of her progress they will better attain historical truth, if they give some credit where credit is so justly due.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 596. N. 4, ‘05. 550w.

=Swan, Helena.= Girls’ Christian names their history, meaning, and association. $1.50. Dutton.

The author “has undertaken to give the origin of the baptismal names of women common in English-speaking countries, and to each name to add references as to its associations and history.” Her “method of treating a name is to give what she declares are its derivatives, then its derivation in the form of a statement; then to tell of the distinguished women who have borne it, and to give the titles of books wherein the name appears.”—N. Y. Times.

=Nation.= 81: 340. O. 26, ‘05. 310w.

“A book of considerable interest, though of no importance. She has evidently brought more enthusiasm than judgment to her task.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 587. S. 9, ‘05. 610w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 15w.

=Swedenborg, Emanuel.= Four doctrines with the nine questions; tr. by John Faulkner Potts. Am. Swedenborg.

The first volume in a new translation of Swedenborg’s theological writings. “The four doctrines,” first published at Amsterdam in 1763, include the following: I., The doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord, followed by the nine questions, relating to the Lord, the Trinity, and the Holy Spirit; II., The doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning the Holy Scripture; III., The doctrine of life for the New Jerusalem from the ten commandments; IV., The doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning faith. The volume is supplied with full tables of contents, and an index to Biblical texts.

=Ind.= 58: 845. Ap. 13, ‘05. 120w. (Review of vol. I.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 89. F. 11, ‘05. 170w.

“A new translation by a competent scholar. In paper, typography, and binding the volume is all that a library edition should be.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 002. F. 25, ‘05. 100w. (Review of vol. 1.)

=R. of Rs.= 31: 512. Ap. ‘05. 70w. (Review of vol. 1.)

=Sweet, Frank Herbert.= Hobby camp. $1. Pilgrim press.

Kitty, a stenographer with an artistic temperament, is given a vacation by her employers and spends it in Hobby camp with Mrs. Rounds, whose hobby is doughnuts; Zeke, her son, the hobby boy; two college fellows who collect bugs and things; and Mr. Bailey who is writing a woodsy book. They all have adventures, especially Zeke, but the most wonderful things happen to Kitty, for she finds recognition for her drawings and wins the love of a great bear and—someone who is not a bear.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 220w.

=Swift, John N., and Birge, William S.= No surrender. $1.50. Broadway pub.

The story of a “strange voyage in a strange country,” which narrates the stirring adventures of the purloined “Dona Inez,” under her piratical crew. These unlawfully minded seamen undergo almost every experience in the gamut of marine catastrophe while one of its former officers is speeding overland to head off disagreeable contingencies with the Chilean naval department.

=Swift, Jonathan.= Journal to Stella, together with other writings relating to Stella and Vanessa; with the notes of Sir Walter Scott. *$1.25. Scribner.

Swift’s well-known classic is the latest issue in the “Caxton series.” “The compact size, limp lambskin binding, light paper, large clear type, and photogravure frontispiece give an excellent example of modern progress in bookmaking.” (Critic.)

+ =Critic.= 46: 284. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Love’s crosscurrents. $1.50. Harper.

A revived and rechristened work which some years ago appeared in the “Tatler.” “The situation which Mr. Swinburne presents to us is that of four cousins, brought up more or less together, two of whom are women and are married. With each is in love the brother of the other, and behind them all is the old Lady Midhurst, aunt of one pair and grandmother of the other, who plays the part of a shrewd and ill-natured Greek chorus.... The book is a study in calf-love, yet with something noble behind it; and the background is one of dreary country life, worldliness, and cynical old age.” (Spec.)

“A book so studded with quips and witticisms will always repay reading. There is no cleverness shown in bringing the dramatic episodes to a clear and sharp point, and the discrimination between one character and another is so slight as to be almost imperceptible.”

— + — =Acad.= 68: 726. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1490w.

“The prose is among the best that the poet has achieved. It would be hard to exaggerate the concision, the polish, and the perfect prose-rhythm of these letters. The letters as a whole are pungent satire on British morality, its sensual sentiment, and its capacity for whitewashing the moral sepulchre.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 165. Ag. 5. 2420w.

“It is pure comedy, both high-spirited and restrained, both caustic and tender.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 452. N. ‘05. 230w.

“We are not going to hail Mr. Swinburne as a great novelist on the strength of this performance, but may fairly call it a clever, almost brilliant piece of work in a difficult form.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 112. S. 1, ‘05. 580w.

“They will add nothing to Mr. Swinburne’s fame.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 582. S. 7, ‘05. 100w.

“For our part, better than the story, better even than the incisive prologue, we love the dedication with its rioting periods and its kingly courtesies.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 225. Jl. 14, ‘05. 950w.

“As a love-story, the book is entirely ineffective. The style is not peculiarly Swinburnean, but it is naturally more vigorous, more telling than is common with writers of modern fiction.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 147. Ag. 17, ‘05. 510w.

“An agreeable kind of old-fashioned love story is involved in ‘Love’s cross-currents.’”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 465. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1050w.

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 838. Jl. 29, ‘05. 120w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 60w.

“While there is hardly a sentence which we cannot read with pleasure for its literary savour, its prim ironic elegance, there is not a page which we turn with the faintest thrill of curiosity.”

— =Sat. R.= 100: 184. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1090w.

“As a novel, indeed, the book has many faults. There are too many characters, and their relationships are too complex, for the brief introduction to give the reader any clear grasp of the situation.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 157. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1130w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Selected poems, ed. by William Morton Payne. Heath.

A volume in section VI. of the “Belles-lettres” series. The eighty poems selected are printed complete and classified under the headings: odes, poems of paganism and pantheism, selections from Songs before sunrise, lyrics, sonnets, personal poems, and metrical experiments, imitations, and parodies. An introduction, a chronological list of writings, an index of first lines and full notes are included.

“In form and method Mr. Payne’s introduction must be pronounced a model. The selection of poems could hardly be improved upon.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 96. Ag. 3, ‘05. 200w.

“It is as good an anthology of Swinburne as we can expect during the poet’s lifetime. The notes are exactly what the reader desires and needs.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 525. Ag. 12, ‘05. 3980w.

* =Swing, David.= Truths leaf by leaf, with a characterization by Newell Dwight Hillis, and introd. by Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus; also a poem by Dr. Gunsaulus; ed. by Sophie Burt Kimball. $1.50. S. B. Kimball, Chicago.

“When proceedings against David Swing for heresy resulted in his quitting the Presbyterian church, thirty years ago, and forming the Central Congregational church in Chicago, it was a clear gain both for preacher and people. His sermons, attractive in their breadth of view and depth of feeling, and distinguished by their literary quality, drew congregations with an unusually large proportion of men, and were regularly printed in his weekly paper, the ‘Alliance.’ The present volume draws its contents from ‘his most mature and last unpublished writings.’ Characterizations of the beloved preacher by his like-minded successors, Drs. Hillis and Gunsaulus, supply the personal element required for an adequate memorial.”—Outlook.

* “Beauty, spirituality, the value of high ideals in life and thought, fill these inspiring pages.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 314. N. 16, ‘05. 130w.

* + =Outlook.= 80: 887. Ag. 5, ‘05. 100w.

* =Swingle, Calvin F.= Modern locomotive engineering, with questions and answers. $3. Drake, F: J.

A plain practical treatise on the construction, care and management of modern locomotives. “The book is presented in an attractive form in flexible covers. The print is large; the illustrations, of which there are many, are clear, simple, and yet comprehensive.” (Engin. N.)

* “Mr. Swingle has combined between the covers of one book not only much that has been treated of in the many smaller books, but he has also presented considerable other valuable matter in an original and interesting manner.” Arthur M. Waitt.

+ + =Engin. N.= 54: 645. D. 14, ‘05. 1430w.

=Sylvestre, Joshua, ed.= See =Christmas= carols, ancient and modern.

=Symonds, E. M. (George Paston, pseud.).= * B. R. Haydon and his friends. **$3. Dutton.

“Haydon was a man much talked of in his day but little mentioned in our own. As a critic, despite his own sharply cut individuality, his egotism and vanity stood in the way of a proper perspective of men and things. As a painter he had undeniable power, and he used it with knowledge; he was a painter who thought.... The present well-printed volume ... helps more clearly to realize Haydon’s excellencies and limitations.”—Outlook.

* “Miss Symonds is rather too cold a biographer.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1099. O. 21, ‘05. 1550w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 347. O. 20, ‘05. 1590w.

* =Nation.= 81: 509. D. 21, ‘05. 120w.

* “As a book about art, even about the art of a singularly arid time in an arid country George Paston’s Haydon has little value or interest to-day. For its ‘collections and recollections,’ George Paston’s volume is pleasant reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 850. D. 2, ‘05. 1470w.

* + + =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 160w.

* “With such a subject, then, Mr. Paston could not write a dull book, and his ‘Life’ of Haydon does not contain a page that is not alive with a grim comedy or poignant with a yet grimmer tragedy.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 715. N. 4, ‘05. 1290w.

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=Taber, Harry Persons.= Rubaiyat of the commuter: being quatrains concerning the affairs of every day. 25c. John Bridges, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.

“The woes of the commuter, with the 30-second breakfast, the 8:16 train which occasionally goes at 8:32, the futile struggle with two bushels of Peter Henderson’s seeds and the neighbors’ chickens are too feelingly set forth to have been only imagined. The author explains his use of the particular form of verse that he has selected on the ground of its being an obsessive measure.”—Baltimore Sun.

+ =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 240w.

=Taggart, Marion Ames.= Nut brown Joan. †$1.50. Holt.

A story for girls. The heroine, a brown, lanky child of fourteen, dissatisfied with her world, develops into a most attractive young woman, the joy of her father, the relief of her invalid mother, and the confidante and help of her numerous brothers and sisters. There is much wholesome fun, there is trouble, incident, and, above all, real human nature.

“‘Nut-brown Joan’ is to be commended both for its literary merit ... and also for its thoroughly wholesome atmosphere. The volume holds a very practical lesson for young girls, and the lesson is excellently presented.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 411. Je. ‘05. 170w.

“Points a moral at the same time that it tells a very entertaining story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. 130w.

“A wholesome and pretty story.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 94. My. 6, ‘05. 40w.

=Tannenforst, Ursula, pseud.= See =Tilghman, Emily.=

=Tanner, Amy Eliza.= Child: his thinking, feeling and doing. $1.25. Rand.

“A résumé of the child-study literature.... Such topics as these are treated: the problems of physical growth and abnormality; the feelings and ideas of sex; the mental processes; religious and moral ideas; emotions; interests; movements; imitation; language; rhythm; music; drawing and play. At the beginning of each chapter are definite suggestions for collecting data along the line of the chapter. The bibliographies at the close of each chapter are most ample.”—Psychol. Bull.

“For normal or college students who should have some groundwork in general psychology before studying child psychology, Miss Tanner’s

## book is inferior to that of Dr. Kirkpatrick; for general readers it

will prove most serviceable.” Henry Davidson Sheldon.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 272. Ap. 16, ‘05. 150w.

“It is profuse in facts, though sparing in generalizations and conclusions, and can hardly fail to promote a more judicious study of the individual children with whom its readers may have to do.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 142. Ja. 14, ‘05. 80w.

“Without doubt, it is the most complete, systematic and painstaking work of its kind extant. It is certainly unique in its sphere, presenting in convenient and readable form a vast amount of information regarding child life. It should meet with great favor at the hands of those for whom it was written.” Irving King.

+ + + =Psychol. Bull.= 2: 32. Ja. 15, ‘05. 600w.

“There are special chapters that deserve special mention, some because of their merit, such as those treating of ‘Memory,’ ‘Imagination,’ ‘Conception,’ and ‘Reasoning,’ and the chapter on the various forms of ‘Movements’; and others, especially those chapters that deal with the so-called physical nature of the child, that might, with advantage, be replaced in the text or even rewritten.” D. P. MacMillan.

+ — =School R.= 13: 578. S. ‘05. 460w.

+ + =School R.= 13: 648. O. ‘05. 70w.

=Tapp, Sidney C.= Story of Anglo-Saxon institutions; or, The development of constitutional government. **$1.50. Putnam.

“While Mr. Tapp’s book runs along special lines, it is intended for the general reader as well as for the specialist. The writer’s purpose has been to demonstrate from historical facts that the Anglo-Saxon race is the only race that has ever had a true conception of republican institutions, or solved correctly the problem of self-government. It is only fair to say that Mr. Tapp has accomplished his purpose in this book.”—Critic.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 136. Ja. ‘05. 130w.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 384. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

* =Tappan, Eva March=, tr. Golden goose, and other fairy tales; tr. from the Swedish. †$1. Houghton.

Six fairy tales from Scandinavian sources told in simple language. “‘The golden goose,’ which gives the name to the book, is little Rose, the beautiful daughter of a king, whose stepmother, after much cruel treatment, has turned her into a goose.... There is the story of a giant, the roof of whose house was made of sausages; of the good little girl, and the bad in ‘The red and the black box.’ ... There is the simple-minded giant who killed himself, not to be outdone by a small boy, and other stories, all with excellent pictures in black and white, full pages and text, with interesting head pieces.” (N. Y. Times.)

* “Told in an interesting manner.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1386. D. 14, ‘05. 40w.

* “Is a good addition to the useful work she has done for children in other fields.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 489. D. 14, ‘05. 140w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 870. D. 9, ‘05. 210w.

=Tappan, Eva March.= Short history of England’s literature. *85c. Houghton.

“An elementary text-book for high schools, by the head of the English department in the English high school at Worcester, covering English literature from its beginnings in the earliest periods down to the novel of the nineteenth century, with numerous illustrations in the form of portraits, facsimiles of manuscripts, pictures of objects of interest, and with an excellent map in colors.”—Outlook.

=Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 60w.

=Tarbell, Ida Minerva.= History of the Standard oil company. **$5. McClure.

An account of the origin, growth, and influence of this first and greatest of American trusts. The methods by which the corporation gained control of the petroleum output are disclosed, railroad and other interests bearing upon the trust’s development are carefully investigated. The oil regions themselves and the chief characters in this industrial drama are put vividly before us.

“‘The history of the Standard oil company’ is one of the most important contributions that has been made to the vital historical and conscience literature of our opening century. The absorbing interest of the work, the masterly marshaling of facts and the careful handling of details are only surpassed by the judicial spirit that is preëminent throughout the work.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 436. O. ‘05. 6230w.

“It is calm and dispassionate, and calculated to do quite as much if not more good than if it were pitched in a high and noisy key. Is to the present time the most remarkable book of its kind ever written in this country.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 287. Mr. ‘05. 120w.

“The book is a genuine contribution to that knowledge of the real inwardness of things industrial which Americans as a people so lack.” Frank L. McVey.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 313. My. 1, ‘05. 2190w.

“Miss Tarbell’s success, for she has achieved a very distinct success, is in having made her story in its logical simplicity and directness as fascinatingly interesting as it is disagreeable. She has preserved her position as historian and has not abandoned it even temporarily for that of the prosecuting advocate.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 840. Ap. 13, ‘05. 600w.

“This book seems to have been written for the purpose of intensifying the popular hatred. The writer has either a vague conception of the nature of proof, or she is willing to blacken the character of Mr. John D. Rockefeller by insinuation and detraction.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 15. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1970w.

“The value ... lies largely in the fact that the author has no thesis to sustain and is willing to let her readers draw their own conclusions. It is a model of condensed, graphic statement. The dramatic aspects of the story are not lost in the telling, while the arrangement of the materials is convenient for the purposes of the student and the legislator as well as for general reading.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 394. F. 11, ‘05. 2190w.

“The author never gets excited, however exciting her story may become; she sets forth the facts, and to a considerable extent leaves inference and conclusions to her readers. It is, in effect, a liberal education in the fundamentals of the trust problem; it is the Blackstone of the literature that is growing up around this problem, in its entirety the most important of all in commercialized America.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 25. Ja. 5, ‘05. 1140w.

“Is an exhaustive and yet succinct presentation of the rise and development of a great American industry. Her book is in every sense a history—not an economic dissertation.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 248. F. ‘05. 210w.

=Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= Beautiful lady. †$1.25. McClure.

This is the story of a young Italian of high family and low purse, who was forced into shaving his head and using the bald poll as an advertisement for a Parisian ballet. It is also the story of “the beautiful lady” who saw him sitting ignominiously in a café and was sorry for him. Later the young Italian, by reason of his shaved head, secures a position as tutor to a young millionaire, and is able to save the girl who was sorry from an unfortunate marriage and at the same time to make his dashing benefactor happy.

“A mere trifle, but a delightful trifle, which, lacking the dramatic

## action of ‘Monsieur Beaucaire,’ equals it in the originality of its

conception, in its pathos, and surpasses it in its whimsical humour.” Firmin Dredd.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 615. Ag. ‘05. 300w.

“Mr. Tarkington has made us see what might have been done; but he has failed to do it.”

— =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 100w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 580. S. 7, ‘05. 100w.

+ + =Lit. D.= 21: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 440w.

“The sentiment in it is very pretty, and Mr. Booth Tarkington never writes other than gracefully.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 358. Je. 3, ‘05. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 390. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

* “He tells it, too, with the fine artistic flavor distinguishing his ‘Monsieur Beaucaire.’”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 760, D. ‘05. 70w.

* =Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= Conquest of Canaan. †$1.50. Harper.

Canaan is a small Indiana town, a hot bed of personal grudge and prejudice and this story tells of how Joe Louden, returning to Canaan to practice law after years of hard study in New York, finds that his reckless youth and his departure from his home town under a cloud have neither been forgotten nor forgiven. But championed by Ariel Taylor, the one true friend of his boyhood, who has just returned from the study of art in Paris, he succeeds after a hard and upright struggle in conquering circumstances and the prejudices of his townspeople. The love story of these two strongly individual characters is unusual and well handled.

* “It contains some admirable chapters of life in a small, gossipy, spiteful town, and the characters, all of them, including the dog, are alive and interesting, but it is clumsily put together and weakly conventional in the concluding portion.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1153. N. 16, ‘05. 150w.

* “For pure humor in an author, we commend the conversations of the old window owls in the National house.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1480. D. 21, ‘05. 900w.

* “There is no doubt that the book is the best that Mr. Tarkington has yet written.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 827. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “‘The conquest of Canaan’ has not lost the note of refinement, but it has gained in solidity and distinctness of outline, it is an original story in point of plot; it is witty, spirited, romantic, and beautifully human in its spirit.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 708. N. 25, ‘05. 220w.

=Tarkington, (Newton) Booth.= In the arena. $1.50. McClure.

Six short stories of western politics, which deal with reformers and machine politicians, lobbyists, law-makers, office seekers, bosses and voters. The characters are real and vigorous types created by an author who has had practical experience in the game of politics.

“They have no special excellence of any kind, but they are very interesting and clever, and are written with a sound knowledge of the subject with which they deal.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 472. Ap. 29, ‘05. 460w.

“The material is ugly in every case except one; but the telling in each case is good. Mr. Tarkington writes with force and feeling, and has respect for the literary virtue of restraint.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 589. My. 13. 210w.

“There is some very good workmanship in ‘In the arena.’ One lays the book aside with the conviction that the author’s estimate of the situation is a pretty true one, and that he made singularly good use of his experience in Indiana politics.” Perry Enders.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 188. Ap. ‘05. 720w.

“Doubtless, unpretentious as they are, they are among Mr. Tarkington’s best work.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 479. My. ‘05. 80w.

“There is the ring of truth and reality in these stories. The characters are human and interesting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 101. F. 18, ‘05. 790w.

“Decidedly clever and human tales.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 450. F. 18, ‘05. 40w.

“There is no doubt that it will afford much entertainment to those who do not resent a touch of pessimism in comedy.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 709. My. 27, ‘05. 230w.

=Taylor, Alfred Edward.= Elements of metaphysics. *$2.60. Macmillan.

“In the volume under review, Mr. Taylor has given us an exposition of the principles of metaphysics from a point of view which is in the main that of Mr. Bradley.... Mr. Taylor divides his work into four books, the first of which is devoted to a preliminary discussion of the problem, method and subdivision of metaphysics. This is followed by a discussion in Book II. of the general structure of reality.... The remaining books deal with the more special questions involved in the interpretation of nature and the interpretation of life.”—Int. J. Ethics.

“... A full recognition of the many merits of Mr. Taylor’s work, and of the value and suggestiveness of his treatment of various metaphysical topics. His book is certainly one which all who are interested in the present position of metaphysics ought to read.” James Gibson.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 251. Ja. ‘05. 1950w. (Statement of fundamental position of book.)

“Compact and well written book. It is the only English book in recent times treating metaphysical problems with some completeness that is arranged in such a concise and orderly fashion as to permit its being used as a text-book on this subject. It gives evidence not only of the author’s industry and earnestness, but of unusual vigor and acuteness of thought, as well as of a pleasing clearness and definiteness in mode of expression.” J. E. Creighton.

+ + + =Philos. R.= 14: 57. Ja. ‘05. 3090w.

“The strength of Professor Taylor’s book lies not in his constructive ontology but in his clear and masterly analysis of general metaphysical concepts ... and in the fact that the whole treatment is both modern and systematic.” G. T. W. Patrick.

+ + + =Psychol. Bull.= 2: 11. Ja. 15, ‘05. 1840w.

=Taylor, Charles M., jr.= Only a grain of sand; il. by Clare Victor Dwiggins. **$1. Winston.

Into the simple story of the life of one of the sands of the sea is deftly woven both satire and philosophy. It is an autobiography of a little grain that was carried from sea-depths to sea-shore and from there was taken to a dingy building where it passed through a fiery furnace and became a part of a graceful iridescent vase.

* =Taylor, Henry Charles.= Introduction to the study of agricultural economics. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“This is a discussion of economics as applied exclusively to agriculture.... It belongs to the series entitled ‘The citizen’s library of economics, politics, and sociology.’”—Outlook.

* “It discusses principles in a judicial spirit, and presents in concise form, facts that are of significance.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 629. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

* “One of the excellent and useful volumes lately contributed to the ‘Citizen’s library.’”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 637. N. ‘05. 130w.

=Taylor, Marie Hansen (Mrs. Bayard Taylor).= On two continents. **$2.75. Doubleday.

Mrs. Taylor was the daughter of the noted German mathematician and astronomer Hansen, and in this book of memoirs she speaks of her girlhood in Gotha, her meeting with her husband, their marriage, their travels, and of her husband’s literary and diplomatic career. Her book is chatty and entertaining in style, and her anecdotes of the Brownings, the Stoddards, Horace Greeley, the Cary sisters, Thackeray, and other famous men and women of letters with whom she and her husband came in contact are of particular interest.

* “Though she is rather apt to devote four or five pages to an incident for which half a page would be ample, she always rambles pleasantly.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 684. N. 18. 330w.

“Mrs. Taylor writes pleasantly and she has many interesting things to say.” Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 344. O. ‘05. 1860w.

“Altogether, a more agreeable book of its kind could not well be imagined.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + — =Dial.= 39: 200. O. 1, ‘05. 2150w.

“In this book and in no other is to be found the most attractive and sympathetic record of one of the most interesting of all Americans.” L. L.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 514. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1680w.

* “By temperament and association Mrs. Taylor is peculiarly qualified to depict the inner and outer forces that co-operated in the development of her gifted husband’s genius, and his reaction upon his environment.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 713. N. 25, ‘05. 350w.

* “It is of value, not, as one would at first suppose, primarily for its biographical material, but because of the exquisite simplicity of its diction and the charm of the author’s personality.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 828. D. 23, ‘05. 240w.

* + =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 150w.

=Taylor, Mary Imlay.= My lady Clancarty. †$1.50. Little.

A child-wife’s loyalty to her Jacobite husband during his years of absence, and in spite of strong family opposition, furnishes the theme for a spirited romance. Then when he does return incognito he devotes himself to the re-wooing of Lady Betty, fights duels for her, is at the mercy of her whims and fancies, and a father’s Whig prejudices, but finally thru her courage in daring to beg clemency of the king is released from the tower.

“A trifle, but a rather pleasant one.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 163. Mr. 18, ‘05. 300w.

“A pretty romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 70w.

“The characterization is consistent and the relations of character are drawn ‘on scale,’ so that the effect of human display is harmonious. Considered critically, the story is not reasonable or natural any more than other romances of the exaggerated class to which it belongs.”

+ =Reader.= 5: 787. My. ‘05. 460w.

=Taylor, Rev. S. M.= Ministers of the Word and sacraments; lectures on pastoral theology, delivered in King’s college, London, Lent term, 1904. *$1.50. Longmans.

“Archdeacon Taylor prints here some lectures delivered to a class of students preparing for ordination.... His tone is that of a High churchman, but he condemns some of the most objectionable of extremist practices.”—Spec.

“They are full of good sense throughout.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 410. Mr. 18, ‘05. 330w.

=Taylor, Samuel Coleridge-.= Twenty-four negro melodies, transcribed for the piano. $2.50. Ditson.

“There are twenty-four transcriptions of folk-melodies, both African and American, used as themes for compositions in the style of fantasias.”—R. of Rs.

“This is an extremely interesting work.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Ind.= 59: 393. Ag. 17, ‘05. 220w.

“He is well grounded in technique, and he expresses himself with freedom. Although in inventiveness his range seems so far rather limited, he is spontaneous and genuine in what he writes.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 248. My. 27, ‘05. 280w.

“Mr. Coleridge-Taylor has preserved the distinctive traits of these melodies, but has given them form and structure.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 768. Je. ‘05. 80w.

* =Tchaikovsky, Modeste.= Life of Peter Il’ich Tchaikovsky; ed. and abridged from the Russian and German eds. by Rosa Newmarch. *$5. Lane.

This “volume contains many portraits and excellent views of scenes connected with Tchaikovsky’s life, with a striking portrait, and facsimiles of letters written by the musician. The editor has tried to preserve, in spite of the cutting of three volumes to one, the autobiographical character of the work, and has included the series of intimate letters which relates the romantic episode of Tchaikovsky’s life—his friendship of thirteen years for a woman with whom he never exchanged a personal greeting. An account of the composer’s visit to America ... is also included in the form of a diary, kept for the benefit of his relations.”—N. Y. Times.

* “Yet in its kind it possesses great value, not only as a contribution to the psychology of art, but as a most illuminating commentary on Tchaikovsky’s music. We may add that the translation is easy and fluent, and that the volume is well arranged and well illustrated.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 397. N. 17, ‘05. 590w.

* “The book is one of great interest to musical people.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

* “But the present life, containing, as it does, an enormous amount of interesting material, still fails to hold one’s attention for the simple reason that it is too long and is padded out with stuff that ought not to be in any biography. On the whole, the book was more stimulating in its original condition; but in its present form it will serve a future biographer.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 5. N. 18, ‘05. 130w.

* “Must content ourselves with congratulating Mrs. Newmarch on the zeal and intelligence with which she has accomplished her task. Of the delicacy, the candour, and the affection shown by M. Modeste Tchaikovsky it is impossible to speak too highly.” C. L. G.

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 864. N. 25, ‘05. 1400w.

=Tennyson, Hallam, 2d baron.= Alfred, Lord Tennyson: a memoir by his son. **$4. Macmillan.

A new edition which includes in a single volume “all the material in the original issue. There are extracts from a number of unpublished letters and poems; some FitzGerald letters, others to Aubrey de Vere, Rawnsley, and other persons.... The book contains for the most part the account of Lord Tennyson’s life, gleaned either from his letters and poems or from the writings of his friends.... The impressions and general recollections of T. Watts-Dunton, F. W. H. Myers, F. T. Palgrave, the Duke of Argyll, and others, have been put in an appendix, which also contains some notes ... and a very full index besides these, the volume also has a chronology of the books and poems by the poet-laureate.” (N. Y. Times.)

=Dial.= 39: 246. O. 16, ‘05. 60w.

“The entire get-up is free from any suggestion of cheapening.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 278. O. 5, ‘05. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 625. S. 23, ‘05. 250w.

=Outlook.= 81: 428. O. 21, ‘05. 20w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Works. Cornhill ed.; ed. with biography, bibliography, and special introd. by W. P. Trent, and J. Bell Henneman. $37.50. Crowell.

The “Cornhill” Thackeray has achieved a well merited distinction above all recent issues of the great novelist’s works in that it includes material heretofore unclaimed for the author, but conclusively identified as his during recent months of research. There are two thousand pages thruout the various volumes which have never appeared in any set before. The editorial work in charge of Prof. Trent of Columbia college, and Dr. Henneman of the University of the South, includes special introductions to every volume, notes and critical comments of exceptionally high character, a complete bibliography based on the chronology of Thackeray’s life, and a full topical index to the entire set. Aside from the better known novels, are the essays, burlesques, Christmas stories, criticisms of letters and art, quips in Punch, drawings, poems and a new collection of typical personal letters. Among the three hundred and more illustrations are a series of photogravure portraits of the author, and many of Thackeray’s own quaint and whimsical drawings. The books with their substantial bindings, heavy paper and good type, deserve a prominent place among the great book achievements of the day.

“The edition is highly satisfactory, both for completeness and inexpensiveness.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 22. Ja. 1, ‘05. 70w.

“By far the most satisfactory edition of Thackeray we have seen in recent years.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 121. Ja. ‘05. 160w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Henry Esmond. $1.25. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Thin paper classics” series this volume contains the history of Henry Esmond, Esq., with an introduction by J. B. Henneman, and a portrait of Thackeray as a frontispiece.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= History of Henry Esmond: ed. by Hamilton Byron Moore. 60c. Ginn.

An annotated edition of Henry Esmond planned to meet the needs of advanced high schools and elementary college classes. The text is that of the new “Dent edition.”

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Letters to an American family; with an introd. by Lucy D. Baxter and original drawings by Thackeray, **$1.50. Century.

Thackeray the man, with his habits, opinions, prejudices, genial friendship, love for home and his own, lending an active personal charm, fascinates the reader no less than Thackeray the better known objective master of the novel. These letters, all of them heretofore unpublished, were written to various members of a New York family in whose home the novelist was a frequent visitor during his two lecture tours in America. They include mainly, letters written from his lecture points, full of bright, frank comments upon American people and their ways. There are facsimiles of portions of letters, and of Thackeray’s own characteristic drawings.

“Not a line inconsistent with his published writings is to be found. ‘The style’ is emphatically ‘of the man’ himself. The so-called cynicism that sought to mask a tender heart and too expressive face, the great fondness for children and old friends, the gentleness and the whimsical humor,—all these traits and qualities are here revealed in letters as charmingly colloquial as were ever written. The introduction by Miss Lucy W. Baxter strikes just the right note as to revelation and reserve, and enables us to realize the charm of the ‘brown house’ in Second avenue which Thackeray found so potent.”

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 284. Mr. ‘05. 240w.

“The charm of these letters, written in grateful affection to his friends ...”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 187. Mr. 16, ‘05. 890w.

“The half-humorous, half-tender familiarity and freedom of these communications ...”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 502. Mr. ‘05. 390w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 755. D. ‘04. 120w.

“A number of easy conversational and very characteristic missives.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 257. F. 18. ‘05. 970w.

=Thackeray, William Makepeace.= Vanity fair. $1.25. Crowell.

“Vanity fair” has been compressed into one small volume of the “Thin paper classics” series, and appears in this handy form without sacrifice of clear type. It contains a frontispiece from a drawing by Frank T. Merrill.

=Thanet, Octave, pseud. (Alice French).= Man of the hour. †$1.50. Bobbs.

Johnny-Ivan Winslow, the man of the hour, is the son of an Iowa plow manufacturer and a Russian princess whose altruistic dreams took shape in championing the Nihilists’ cause. Believing in the redemption of the toiler, this mother’s son throws himself and his money at the feet of struggling strikers, working in the midst of rioters with the best against the worst. The intensity of his subjective relation to his cause records only failure in the end, not because of his inability to stand at the helm, but because of the operation of a wrong principle. There is a steadfast Peggy in the tale whose magnificent faith in the triumph of Johnny over his Ivan theories is fully rewarded.

“This novel considered as fiction merits special notice. It is one of the best romances of the year. As a sociological study, it is impossible to speak in such favorable terms, for though there is much that is fine and true in its spirit, and though we believe that the author desires to be fair and just, she has signally failed at many points.”

+ — =Arena.= 34: 445. O. ‘05. 800w.

“While the story is not lacking in strength, nor in that finer character-drawing that the writer’s previous work has associated with her name, one feels more than once that the plot has been moulded to fit a preconceived thesis.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 133. O. ‘05. 390w.

* “Miss French has given us a book of very genial and human sort, and brought to it a gift of shrewd and sometimes humorous observation, such as comes only after long practice in the art of fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 307. N. 16, ‘05. 660w.

“The latter half of the book is stuffed with not very enlightening discussions of labor problems, and it ends in an absurdly conventional way.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 581. S. 7, ‘05. 140w.

* “Octave Thanet is at her best in depicting children. She loves them in any rank of life, and gets them on paper in all their whimsicality, their straight-to-the-mark directness, their consistent inconsistency.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 450w.

“It is interesting and well developed. Its pages are full of evidences of the author’s keen and kindly study of men and things and of her aptitude for the lively narration of the results of her observations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 590. S. 9, ‘05. 860w.

“Fine in spirit and thoroughly readable also as a story of character and incident. It is not a novel of purpose in the sense that argument is substituted for entertainment.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 135. S. 16, ‘05. 200w.

* “Miss French seems to us to have done as good work in this truly American novel as in her many admirable short stories.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 110. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.

That reminds me: a collection of tales worth telling. **75c. Jacobs.

A collection of jests, anecdotes, and repartee culled from the “Tales worth telling” column of the Philadelphia public ledger.

=Thatcher, Oliver Joseph, and McNeal, Edgar H.= Source book for mediaeval history: selected documents: illustrating the history of Europe in the middle ages. *$1.85. Scribner.

“The documents include ... the charter of the Ministerials of the Archbishop of Cologne, 1154, ... the charter granted by the bishop of Hamburg to the colonists, ‘the Hollanders,’ in 1106; the privilege of Frederick I, ... for the Jews of the Worms, in 1157; the charter given to the Jews of Speyer by the bishop of that city, 1084; a few market charters issued at the time of the freedom of the cities of Germany, several documents illustrating the rebellion of these cities against the lords who governed them, and their acquisition of municipal rights, &c. There are also the important charter of Magdeburg, and some documents concerning the origin of the Rhine league and the early history of the Hanseatic league. An explanatory note, and the names of authorities consulted, precede each document. Following is the charter given to the Jews by the bishop of Speyer.”—N. Y. Times.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 221. Ap. 8, ‘05. 430w. (Survey of contents.)

=Thaw, Alexander Blair.= Inaugural ode. *50c. Brentano’s.

“[This] ode written for the inaugural of President Roosevelt ... breathes the same spirit of desire that the American republic should fulfill its destiny as that destiny has been conceived by the best and finest of its citizens.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 30w.

“It is agreeable to find in a poem for such an occasion an abstract idea conveyed with dignity and free from silly optimism.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 264. Ap. 22, ‘05. 190w.

=Thayer, William Roscoe.= Short history of Venice. **$1.50. Macmillan.

In this one volume the history of Venice is given from the origin of the city in 452 to its fall in 1797. It sets forth the growth of the republic, the greatness of the Venetians and compares Venice and her contemporaries.

“The first chapters of this history leave much to be desired but the final portion of the book is, on the whole, just, admirable and inspiring.”

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 132. O. ‘05. 1930w.

“It is readable and interesting.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1071. My. 11, ‘05. 290w.

“Mr. Thayer’s outline of Venetian history is a vivid sketch of a considerable historical and literary merit. Mr. Thayer is, however, a little too one-sided in his undisguised hostility to the Church.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 192. Je. 16, ‘05. 420w.

“We must relegate small cavils to the background, and speak with warm recognition of the skill, discernment, and idealism which mark this book.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 221. S. 14, ‘05. 2220w.

“We are acquainted with no other writing in the English language, which is a better introduction to a prolonged, serious study of the subject.” Walter Littlefield.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 640w.

“It is open to criticism in almost every essential respect.”

— =Outlook.= 80: 247. My. 27, ‘05. 250w.

“A model ‘Short history of Venice’ has been written by Mr. William Roscoe Thayer.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 765. Je. ‘05. 110w.

“This is a book of considerable value, telling the story of Venice succinctly and lucidly.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 126. Jl. 22, ‘05. 160w.

=Thiers, (Marie Joseph) Louis Adolphe.= Moscow expedition; ed. by Hereford B. George. *$1.25. Oxford.

This is a reprint of an extract of Thiers’s “Histoire du consulat et de l’empire,” which was published between 1845-1862. It follows Thiers’s text in the French but is supplemented by explanatory notes in English, and a personal and geographical index.

“On the whole, however, this volume deserves a cordial welcome. It is the first time that a competent authority has produced a careful and critical commentary on this portion of Thiers’s work.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 82. Ja. 14, 370w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 112. F. 9, ‘05. 140w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 100. Ja. 18, ‘05. 670w.

* =Thirlmere, Rowland.= Letters from Catalonia. 2v. *$6. Brentano’s.

“In addition to attractive descriptions of Ribas, Alcoy, Jativa, and many other places visited by English travellers, the book contains a large amount of information on Spanish politics and most other aspects of Spanish life.”—Ath.

* “The tone and temper of the book are excellent.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 560. My. 6. 630w.

* “Though they make no special appeal to travellers, can be read with pleasure by any one who has a taste for light reading of a miscellaneous nature.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 167. My. 26, ‘05. 680w.

* “But the whole book undoubtedly has character and reality, a record of such sensations, impressions and ideas as lead to essential truth.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 310w.

* “He is a good observer and a good narrator.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 110w.

* “Mr. Thirlmere pays more attention to life than locality, but he never forgets his backgrounds. His thumb-nail portraits, his meditative and fanciful humor, his apt quotation, and his continual cheerfulness leave a very pleasant sensation in the mind.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 921. Je. 24. 210w.

=Thomas, David Yancey.= History of military government in newly acquired territory of the United States. *$2. Macmillan.

“Prof. Thomas discusses, not only the legal status of the new territory and the legal basis for military government, but also presents an account of the actual management of new acquisitions from the time of occupation until the organization of territorial or state governments. Dr. Thomas contents himself with a statement of the facts connected with our military occupation of Porto Rico and the Philippines, and attempts to give no verdict as to the character and accomplishments of the military governments.”—R. of Rs.

“There is failure also to give the general constitutional and legal basis of military government. The manner in which the foot-notes are handled is open to serious criticism. The existence of a monograph of this kind is of doubtful utility, if references are not plentiful and exact. Frequently the details of military government are overlooked or cast aside. The best part of the author’s work is that relating to Florida, New Mexico, and California. These acquisitions have been remarkably well treated and in general the judgment passed upon events is very fair and to the point. Turning to California, we reach the most satisfactory portion of the book. Mr. Thomas has given a comprehensive outline of the government of territory acquired by the United States before the Civil war. His work in that field will undoubtedly stand the test of time, and it is questionable if other writers can add much to the results obtained.” A. H. Carpenter.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 678. Ap. ‘05. 1200w.

“The fullest and most valuable part of the book is that dealing with the four great acquisitions of Louisiana, Florida, New Mexico, and California. The treatment of military rule in other annexed territories ... is much briefer and on the whole less satisfactory. There is probably nowhere in print a better summary of military government in the Philippines and Porto Rico than that given us by Dr. Thomas. The work throughout is based on the best of documentary materials, and these are referred to in the foot-notes with a fair degree of frequency. The index to the work is rather inadequate.” Frederic Austin Ogg.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 145. Mr. 1, ‘05. 800w.

=Thomas, Edith Matilda.= Cassia and other verse. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

The initial poem has a tragic love theme from Zola’s “Rome.” There are poems dealing with the soul struggles met with in life to-day, and over two score sonnets.

* “Her level is a high one, and she seldom falls below it. On the whole, it is higher than that of any other woman who has written poetry in America.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 130w.

“Too reflective a singer for the higher sort of lyrical utterance, but there are touches of distinction upon nearly everything she writes. Plainness of speech and subtlety of thought mark her work, and make it very precious to lovers of the graver kind of verse.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 201. Mr. 16, ‘05. 450w.

=Nation.= 80: 294. Ap. 13, ‘05. 60w.

“Cassia is a most charming poem, but without the splendor, pomp, and grim reality of the ancient city in which the fable had its birth. Miss Thomas is most felicitous on her own ground, spending her abundant and chastened fancy upon the moods that arise from modern and personal associations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 50. Ja. 28. ‘05. 320w.

=Thomas, Edward.= Wales: painted by Robert Fowler; described by E. Thomas. *$6. Macmillan.

A picturesque treatment of Wales with brush and pencil, by Mr. Fowler, with descriptions and quaint tales by Mr. Thomas.

* “Between the illustrations and the letterpress there is absolutely no connexion.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 729. N. 25. 270w.

“The illustrations are excellent; some of great beauty and admirably reproduced in color. Mr. Thomas is flippant and tiresome; in at least one place he is decidedly irreverent.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 480. Jl. 22, ‘05. 410w.

“The color-pictures show a fine, strong sense of distance and perspective, and the artist is also to be praised for his restraint in his color-schemes. The literary part of the work is somewhat rambling and inchoate, and the note of jocosity is at times forced.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 696. Jl. 15, ‘05. 80w.

“The illustrations have some merit. The author’s egoism and style are irritating.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 6. O. 14, ‘05. 120w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 355. S. 9, ‘05. 1450w.

=Thomas, Frederick Moy,= comp. and ed. See =Robinson, John R.= Fifty years of Fleet street.

=Thomas, Theodore.= Theodore Thomas: a musical autobiography; ed. by George P. Upton. 2v. *$6. McClurg.

This work was well under way at the time of Mr. Thomas’ death January 4, 1905. Volume I., entitled “Life work,” tells in the great orchestral leader’s own words of his life, his back-sets, his determined struggles “to make good music popular,” and his final success. Mr. Upton, his friend for thirty years, adds a chapter upon “Last days of Theodore Thomas,” and there is further reminiscence and appreciation. Volume II., “Concert programmes” has an introduction by Mr. Thomas and contains selected programmes covering fifty years, beginning with the Mason chamber concerts and ending with the concerts of the Chicago orchestra. Both volumes are illustrated with portraits and views.

“To students of musical history in particular, as well as all music lovers and musicians, this record of the life and work of Theodore Thomas is of great and permanent value.” Lewis M. Isaacs.

+ + + =Bookm.= 21: 650. Ag. ‘05. 860w.

“The interest of this book naturally centres in the hundred pages or so of the autobiography. These chapters constitute a very matter-of-fact statement, bare of all ornament, and devoid of the slightest literary pretense, yet highly important by virtue of their subject-matter.” William Morton Payne.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 227. Ap. 1, ‘05. 2990w.

“A final record of ‘Works introduced into this country’ by Mr. Thomas is a disappointment and lacks the expected value because of its many inaccuracies and misstatements.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 329. Ag. 10, ‘05. 770w.

* “Is a fascinating record of a noble life. It is accompanied by 1,200 of the great conductor’s programs, a collection of the highest value for its indication of the development of musical taste and appreciation in America.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 40w.

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 359. My. 4, ‘05. 1320w.

“His own writing is a highly characteristic expression of the man, and the book as a whole makes interesting and important contributions to American musical history, and to the knowledge of the part played in it by Theodore Thomas.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 273. Ap. 29, ‘05. 1940w.

+ + + =Reader.= 6: 476. S. ‘05. 550w.

=Thomas, W. H. Griffith.= Apostle Peter: outline studies in his life, character and writings. **$1.25. Revell.

This is a suggestive handbook, which will be of value to anyone who is preparing sermons or lectures on this subject.

“It is well arranged and full.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1014. My. 4, ‘05. 50w.

“His book is of a higher type than many manuals of Bible readings, and abounds in materials for expository addresses.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 447. F. 18, ‘05. 60w.

=Thompson, A. Hamilton=, ed. See =Elton, Isaac.= W. Shakespeare, his family and friends.

=Thompson, Arthur Ripley.= Shipwrecked in Greenland. †$1.50. Little.

A party of four boys and three men, one of whom is a sea captain and another black Caesar the cook, while camping near St. John’s, Newfoundland, find a steamer abandoned and adrift and set out to rescue her passengers and crew. They pass thru many thrilling adventures on the coast of Greenland and Labrador in which icebergs, sunken rocks, an arctic hurricane, shipwreck, fire and other perilous things have a part. They see life as it is lived in the Eskimos’ villages, but in the end the faithful Caesar succeeds in bringing Phil Schuyler safely home to his mother.

* “A capital book for boys and boys’ sisters.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 90w.

“An exciting story of life in the arctic regions based upon fact.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 722. O. 28, ‘05. 100w.

=Thompson, Garrett W.= Threads. †$1.50. Winston.

A tragic tale of an unhappy marriage in which a wife sees only neglect of her interests in her husband’s devotion to his career. Her morbid imagination fraught with jealousy and hatred works her ruin. There is retribution in the visitation of her weakness upon her child. It is a negative lesson of psychological import.

=Thompson, Vance.= Diplomatic mysteries. **$1.50. Lippincott.

“Particular mysteries of which the veil is supposed to be rent away in this case include that of the madness of Ludwig of Bavaria.... Another story purports to relate what really happened when the powers took a hand in Crete and gave that island autonomy.... Yet other stories pretend to tell what really happened during that delightful comedy wherein the crown prince of Germany gave his grandmother Victoria’s ring to Miss Gladys Deacon; yet others are of how President Faure of France came to his end, and how the present great war between Japan and Russia ... was ‘made in England.’”—N. Y. Times.

“Mr. Thompson’s style may never be free from affectation and unnecessary embellishment, but at least he has done far better work than this.”

— =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 90w.

“The book is rather fascinating reading, in spite of the circumstance that the real truth is probably as different from Mr. Thompson’s version as Mr. Thompson’s version is from official history.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 374. Je. 10, ‘05. 390w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 190w.

“The chief thing that they lack, however, is verisimilitude.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 642. Jl. 8, ‘05. 30w.

“The stories themselves are engaging and well told.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 158. Jl. 29, ‘05. 160w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 123. Jl. ‘05. 100w.

=Thonger, Charles.= Book of garden design. (Handbooks of practical gardening, v. 25.) *$1. Lane.

“The author describes somewhat at length the different schools of garden designs.... Advocates first a general spirit of simplicity, avoiding both complexity and eccentricity. Then proceeds with suggestions for selecting or adapting a site, and for laying out drives and paths.... The kitchen-garden and orchard come within this scheme.... The last four chapters are devoted to perennials, aquatic plants, trees, shrubs, and hardy climbers, and include some suggestive lists for practical gardeners.”—Dial.

“Altogether, the little book is quite likely to be useful to those who take their gardening in earnest.” Edith Granger.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 110. S. 1, ‘05. 340w.

“The happier few who have the delightful task before them of making a garden—delightful, but not without trouble—will meet here with everything that they want.”

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 230. Ag. 12, ‘05. 80w.

=Thorndike, Edward L.= Elements of psychology. *$1.50. A. G. Seiler, N. Y.

Prof. James says that this book “is a laboratory manual of the most energetic and continuous kind.” Further, “I defy any teacher or student to go through this book as it is written, and not to carry away an absolutely firsthand acquaintance with the workings of the human mind, and with the realities as distinguished from the pedantries and artificialities of psychology.” Intense concreteness is the watchword thruout the discussion, which falls into three parts; Descriptive psychology, The psychological basis of mental life: physiological psychology, and Dynamic psychology.

“Brings as its distinctive contribution the emphasis upon the practical reaction which the student is induced to make to the principles set before him. The excellence and completeness of the chapters on the nervous system deserve special commendation.”

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 19. Jl. 1, ‘05. 230w.

“This book differs from other brief psychologies in being pre-eminently teachable. The book is distinguished from its rivals by its comprehensiveness and balance.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 695. S. 21, ‘05. 180w.

=Thorndike, Edward Lee.= Introduction to the theory of mental and social measurements. *$1.50. Science press.

“Professor Thorndike has prepared this book primarily as an aid in doing statistical work of the sort required in laboratories of experimental psychology.... It begins simply, and by affording abundant material for the student to practice what the text preaches gradually develops in his capacity to master the more difficult later chapters. The writer makes a point of keeping within the comprehension of young students.... The topics to which most attention is given are the choice of units of measurement; the measurement of individuals, of groups, of differences, of changes, and of relationships; and the reliability of measurements and sources of error. Strong emphasis is laid upon tables of frequency.... The last chapter contains references for further study, and the appendix a multiplication table up to 100x100, a table of square roots up to 1,000, and a collection of miscellaneous problems for additional practice.”—Am. J. Soc.

“In its special field the book is worthy of a man who is a teacher as well as a psychologist.” Wesley C. Mitchell.

+ + =Am. J. Soc.= 10: 697. Mr. ‘05. 600w.

“An extremely practical and well-planned volume.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 52. Ja. 16, ‘05. 130w.

“The author has written in an attractive style ... and has made this one of the best products of his active pen.” Edward Franklin Buchner.

+ + =Educ. R.= 30: 210. S. ‘05. 650w.

=Thorpe, Francis Newton.= Divining rod: a story of the oil regions. †$1.50. Little.

A romance which deals with the early days when oil was discovered in Pennsylvania. It follows the fortunes of a farmer in whom the divining rod which points out his first well awakens a thirst for the wealth to be gained by developing his own land. His daughter is the center of the love motive, but the strength of the story lies in the oil, the crowding out of the small producers by the large, the uncovering of unscrupulous methods, the mad desire for more land, more wells at any price.

* =Outlook.= 81: 939. D. 16, ‘05. 30w.

=Thorpe, Francis Newton.= Short constitutional history of the United States. *$1.75. Little.

A brief “history of the state and federal constitutions, their origins, principles, evolution, and the interpretation of them by the courts.... As an appendix, the constitution of the United States, with citation of cases, is printed. There is a special index to the constitution, giving article, section, and page, as well as a general index to the work at large.... After a rapid survey of the early colonial unions and congresses, and of the Articles of confederation and their defects, there is a short chapter on the making of the constitution, followed by an analysis of The Federalist to show what were and are the fundamental principles of the constitution.”—N. Y. Times.

“The style is not attractive, though not often very bad; the arrangement is unsatisfactory, and the general method of presentation is not telling; the author’s conception of his subject, as in his early volumes on constitutional history, is limited. These faults might be passed over without too serious consideration if the book were accurate in details, and if, with all its apparent weight and sturdiness, it were done with care and circumspection.”

— — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 923. Jl. ‘05. 360w.

“The book is to be especially commended for its well assorted information upon recent constitutions in the various states.” Jesse Macy.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 355. Mr. ‘05. 300w.

“There is a lack of digestion and a want of perspective. This failure to give proper emphasis makes the book sure to fail as a text-book—a use for which the author designed it—except in the hands of a very experienced teacher.”

— + =Ind.= 59: 392. Ag. 17, ‘05. 400w.

* “Exhibits an immense amount of learning on that subject, ill arranged and almost devoid of historical sequence.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1156. N. 16, ‘05. 20w.

“For so small a volume its scope is remarkable; and, notwithstanding the heaviness of his theme, and an occasional involved sentence which detains the reader, the author presents his matter in a manner to hold the interest of even the layman in politics.”

+ + — =Lit. D.= 21: 93. Jl. 15, ‘05. 600w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 172. Mr. 18, ‘05. 810w. (Outline of scope.)

=Thruston, Lucy Meacham.= Girl of Virginia. 75c. Little.

A popular edition of this story of the lovable, light-spirited daughter of a professor of the University of Virginia, and a picture of college life from the towns-people’s point of view.

* =Thurso, John Wolf.= Modern turbine practice and water-power plants. *$4. Van Nostrand.

The author who has designed turbines both in America and in Europe and who has had charge of the hydraulic work in important constructions in Canada, says: “The object of this book is to give such information in regard to modern turbines and their installation as is necessary to the hydraulic engineer in designing a water-power plant, and no attempt has been made to treat of the design of turbines.”

=Thurston, E. Temple.= Apple of Eden. †$1.50. Dodd.

“The celibacy of the Roman Catholic priest; the fact that vows do not make a priest free from temptation; the struggle in a high-minded priest’s nature between right and passion; the serious meaning of duty and renunciation—all these things are clearly set forth. The author has intimate knowledge of the priesthood and has no intention of disrespect to the cloth. Father Tom, the elder of the two priests described, is a capital character—humorous, shrewd, and practical”—Outlook.

+ =Acad.= 68: 105. F. 4, ‘05. 520w.

“It is one of the strongest pieces of psychological fiction that has appeared in English in many a long month.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 268. My. ‘05. 340w.

“In his zeal the author has introduced too many mechanical instances for the proving of his cherished point, permitted himself too many passages of didacticism and argument,—so that his novel, strictly speaking, is spoiled.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 150w.

“It is a story of considerable power, but its frankness exceeds the bounds of what is artistically permissible.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 114. S. 1, ‘05. 110w.

“It is an interesting book and a clever pen picture.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 261. Ap. 22, ‘05. 690w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

“A book of undoubted intellectual force, and one well written in point of style and manner.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1058. Ap. 29, ‘05. 120w.

“He has treated his subject in a bold, firm, unhesitating fashion that lifts it above pruriency and the mire. The literary workmanship is of first quality.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 240. Ag. ‘05. 280w.

=Thurston, Katherine Cecil.= Gambler. †$1.50. Harper.

“The ‘gambler’ is an Irish girl whose father lives fast, gambles frightfully, and dies from an accident in a horse-race. Married to a noble-hearted but tiresome old archaeologist, Clodagh is introduced to some fashionable people in Venice; takes her first plunge into bridge whist and roulette; is solemnly warned by a young man called by his enemies ‘Sir Galahad’ ... withdraws for a time from the giddy whirl; but after her husband’s death plunges into fashionable gambling, compromises herself, though with no evil intentions with a scheming old roué, and is saved from ruin and restored to her eminently respectable lover.”—Outlook.

* “If in no other way, Mrs. Thurston shows plainly that she belongs to the lesser ranks of novelists by the fact that she has not the courage to work out the theme of her newest story to a consistent end.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ — =Critic.= 47: 510. D. ‘05. 300w.

* “The interest of this book is rather theatrical than real, and we could imagine it turned into a highly effective play.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 310. N. 16, ‘05. 200w.

“The defects of Mrs. Thurston’s literary style and the crudity of her methods are more obvious here than in ‘The masquerader.’”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 876. O. 12, ‘05. 140w.

“Is not inferior in interest to her most widely known novel, while it greatly surpasses its predecessor in the vitality of its characters, the cohesion of its plot, the fidelity of both to possibility and its literary art.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 650. O. 7, ‘05. 380w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 140w.

“The moral lesson is obvious, perhaps too obvious. As a story the book will not compare well in force and originality with ‘The masqueraders.’”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 333. O. 7, ‘05. 200w.

* “While it is not likely to run through as many editions as ‘The masquerader,’ it has a higher ambition than that absorbing modern fairy tale in that it tries to present a serious study of character as well as a series of more or less dramatic incidents.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 708. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 110w.

=Thurston, Katherine Cecil.= Masquerader. $1.50. Harper.

The chance meeting in a London fog, of a wealthy member of parliament, who is an opium eater, and a young writer in reduced circumstances, reveals the fact to each that he has a double. This strange revelation is seized upon by the former as a means of providing himself with a political substitute when the craving for the drug is upon him. They change places temporarily with the result that the masquerader wins political distinction and the affections of his double’s alienated wife, who fancies that she has fallen in love with her husband. In the end the drug does its work and the masquerader is made to see that his duty lies in quietly continuing the deception.

“The development of Loder’s character is so well shown and the interest of the story is so great that it is only when the book is finished that we realize the impossibility of the whole thing, an impossibility which militates very strongly against the artistic excellence of the novel.” Mary K. Ford.

+ — =Current Literature.= 38: 321. Ap. ‘05. 1340w.

“The story is so ingeniously told and cleverly constructed that its very boldness is in a measure justified.” W. M. Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 18. Ja. 1, ‘05. 380w.

“The author performs the feat of fitting an impossible plot into the realities of daily life, and doing it in a way that deceives the reader and holds his interest—while he reads. There is a sense of strain about the whole thing—the style, as well as the plot, is artificial.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 155. Ja. 19, ‘05. 320w.

“The quality of the particular adventure is delicate and perilous and the book’s evasion of pitfalls is not less admirable than its more positive qualities. The critical sense of the reader is stilled by the hypnotic and engrossing nature of the narrative. One is delightfully deluded and beguiled.”

+ =Reader.= 5: 259. Ja. ‘05. 290w.

“The ethical problem involved in the secret change of place is solved in a new and eminently sane manner. The gradual disintegration of Chilcote’s character is a strong piece of work, as is likewise the description of Loder’s inner growth.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 119. Ja. ‘05. 120w.

=Thwaites, Reuben Gold=, ed. Early western travels, 1748-1846: a series of annotated reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the aborigines and social and economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of early American settlement. 31v. ea. *$4. Clark, A. H.

Thirty-one volumes containing accurate reprints of rare manuscripts. They have been carefully chosen from the mass of material descriptive of travels in the North American interior which this century of continental expansion (1748-1846) provided, and no manuscript has been included unless it possessed permanent historical value. The result is a series which the casual reader will find interesting, and the historian, teacher and scholar, will find invaluable, as it makes available sources of information without which the development of the West, its history and its people cannot be fully understood. The editor has provided numerous footnotes and an introduction to each volume which contains a biographical sketch of the author, an evaluation of the book reprinted and bibliographical data concerning it. The closing volume is devoted to a complete and exhaustive analytical index to the entire series.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 694. Ap. ‘05. 610w. (Statement of contents of vols. VII-XII.)

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 696. Ap. ‘05. 120w. (Review of vols. XI. and XII.)

* “Like their predecessors are amply and intelligently edited.”

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 955. Jl. ‘05. 110w. (Review of v. 13-15.)

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 227. O. ‘05. 60w. (Review of v. 16-18.)

=Critic.= 46: 95. Ja. ‘05. 80w. (Review of vol. VI.)

“The works included naturally vary in literary merit and attractiveness, but many of them will compare favorably with the better class of modern books of travel, while some, like John Bradbury’s ‘Travels in the interior of America, 1809-11,’ to which vol. V. is devoted, are as fascinating as the best fiction.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 286. Mr. ‘05. 240w. (Reviews vols. I.-V.)

“Much of the material is as entertaining as it is quaint, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by the ordinary reader no less than the specialist.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 383. O. ‘05. 240w. (Review of v. 18.)

“Thus far the whole series of ‘Early western travels’ is worthy of hearty commendation.”

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 611. Mr. 16, ‘05. 830w. (Review of vols. IV-VIII.)

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 691. S. 21, ‘05. 840w. (Review of v. 9-17.)

=Nation.= 80: 152. F. 23, ‘05. 140w. (Review of v. 10.)

=Nation.= 80: 209. Mr. 16, ‘05. 320w. (Review of vols. XI. and XII.)

+ + =Nation.= 81: 198. S. 7, ‘05. 130w. (Review of v. 18.)

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 34. Ja. 21, ‘05. 660w. (Review of v. 10.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 590w. (Condensed narrative of Vol. XI.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 148. Mr. 11, ‘05. 500w. (Review of Vol. XII.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 240. Ap. 8, ‘05. 660w. (Review of vol. XIII.)

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 503. Jl. 29, ‘05. 470w. (Review of v. 14 and 15.)

“He [Mr. Thwaites] leaves out dates.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 532. Ag. 12, ‘05. 400w. (Review of v. 16 and 17.)

“The present editor has done little for it except provide an introduction and make clear a few points. He corrects a month date in a note, but seems unable to insert year dates at all.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 586. S. 9, ‘05. 810w. (Review of v. 18.)

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 1073. Ag. 26, ‘05. 450w. (Review of v. 11.)

“His story is not often thrilling in its manner of telling, but it has some value as a record of early observation of Indian customs and of the primitive life of white pioneers.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 628. N. 11, ‘05. 170w. (Review of v. 13.)

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 870. Je. 3, ‘05. 310w. (Review of v. 10 and 11.)

=Thwing, Eugene.= Man from Red Keg. †$1.50. Dodd.

This tale of the Red Keg lumber region sets well into the foreground the villainy of a country editor whose vicious attacks and blackmailing schemes all but wreck the happiness of a town. The “man from the Red Keg” is one of the many whose reputations have been hammered and slashed by the odious editor of “Chips,” but who determinedly resolves to reform his enemy. He works out his metaphysical problem patiently disregarding the call of his fellow townsmen to deal with the offender summarily, bides his time, and wins his reward.

* “It has all the charm and excitement of an absorbing novel, and the instructive value of a biography.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 260w.

* “The story is not quite as good as its predecessors.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 746. N. 4, ‘05. 140w.

* + — =R. of Rs.= 32: 758. D. ‘05. 90w.

=Tiffany, Mrs. Nina (Moore), and Tiffany, Francis.= Harm Jan Huidekoper. *$2.50. Clarke.

An account of the life of this remarkable Dutch settler, who in 1796 at the age of twenty, landed in New York to seek his fortune and became a pioneer of progress, a philanthropist, and one of the founders of American Unitarianism. There is a full index and genealogy.

“A valuable piece of material for folk-history. Put together from family papers and by several hands, it must be acknowledged that the style of the narrative as a whole has suffered seriously from a literary point of view.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 189. Ag. ‘05. 270w.

“Parts of it have a somewhat archaic air. The appendix on the Holland land company should have some historical value.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 153. F. 23, ‘05. 380w.

“A volume nominally biographical but ... picturing a vanished state of American society.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 203. Ap. 1, ‘05. 260w.

“The book is full of instructive and charming reminiscences of those early days.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 317. My. 13. ‘05. 580w.

=Tigert, John James.= Christianity of Christ and his apostles. 80c. Pub. house of M. E. ch. So.

A book provided as a shelter in the present storm of theological criticism.

=Tilghman, Emily (Ursula Tannenforst, pseud.).= Thistles of Mount Cedar: a story of school-life for girls. †$1.25. Winston.

Life at Mount Cedar seminary is vividly given in this story of its teachers and its students, their pranks, plays, merriment and misfortunes. Interest centres about the group of girls who call themselves “the thistles,” and especially about the wild little Hungarian, Verena.

* — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 860. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.

“It is most refreshing to stumble over a book that can be safely handled by our children, or our sisters, without fear of antagonizing their morals or giving them a false idea of life in general.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 252. Ag. 19, ‘05. 120w.

=Tilley, Arthur Augustus.= Literature of the French renaissance. *$4.50. Macmillan.

“Mr. Tilley takes as his special field of inquiry the period lying between the date of Francis I.’s accession (1515) and the beginning of Malherbe’s movement (1606) to bring back to rule and order the French language and literature, disorganized, as he believed, by the rioters of the preceding century.... He shows a remarkable familiarity, not only with the important, but practically with all documents, literary or historical, accessible to the contemporary student.” (N. Y. Times). There are chapters on Rabelais, Ronsard, and Montaigne.

“Mr. Tilley’s contribution to the history of the movement is one which merits a high place among its fellows. Bibliographies are becoming fairly common in works of reference, but few of them approach those in this book either in accuracy or wide range of subject. The index is hardly so full as might be desirable.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 647. My. 27. 2270w.

“The critical attitude of our author is judicious and eminently safe.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 215. Mr. 16, ‘05. 1420w.

“Thorough and scholarly work. Mr. Tilley’s style, which is singularly arid for one who treats literature, is at its worst in his treatment of Regnier. It is a pleasure, therefore, to turn from it to his conclusion, in which he ably sums up the results of his investigation. It is wholly admirable. In thoroughness and accuracy its supersedes all previous work in this department, and it is invaluable to students of this epoch in France. In evaluating influences, he very often makes much of little.” Christian Gauss.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 17. Ja. 14, ‘05. 3100w.

=Tindolph, Helen Woljeska.= Woman’s confessional. 75c. Life pub.

Epigrammatic extracts from the diary of a woman who was born of a distinguished family in Vienna, came to America and “lived and loved and erred.”

* “All of the epigrams are worth reading, even if one does not always agree. The strong personality is pervasive and attractive.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 70w.

“The smartness of the woman’s sayings is indisputable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 441. Jl. 1, ‘05. 920w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 255. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

=Tipple, Ezra Squier,= ed. See =Asbury, Francis.= Heart of Asbury’s journal.

=Tobin, Agnes.= Flying lesson. **$2. Elder.

“This is a second series of translations from Petrarch—containing ten sonnets, two canzoni, a ballata, and a double sestina.... If they do not succeed in achieving the impossible, that is, in a perfect reproduction of the Petrarchian spirit, they have, at any rate, much of the rare atmosphere which pervades ‘The house of life’ and Rossetti’s translations from the Italian.”—Ath.

“These translations are of great poetical merit.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 108. Jl. 22. 190w.

“They are all vitiated in the same fashion. Some good lines occur, and we would not deny Miss Tobin the poetic gift; but she should not wrestle with Petrarch except in secret.”

— =Nation.= 81: 103. Ag. 3, ‘05. 730w.

* “Nothing since Christina Rossetti has risen so high in the pure beauty of the sonnet form as these renderings of Petrarch’s impassioned lament.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 863. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

=Todd, Mary Ives.= American Abelard and Heloise. $1.50. Grafton.

A young clergyman of orthodox faith, adored by the women of his congregation and respected by the men, falls in love with the daughter of a member of his church, who puts his wife from him because she could not believe in the fall of man. This daughter is like her mother and in his love for her, the young clergyman resigns his charge and starts forth to build up a new religion founded upon the equality of the sexes. The book closes with the sacrifice of love until this creed shall have become a reality.

“After carefully reading the 337 pages of arguments and rather dreary love story, one is inclined to ask of the author, ‘What’s the use?’”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 311. My. 13, ‘05. 260w.

“Mushy contents.”

— =Reader.= 6: 362. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

=Tolstoi, Lyof Nikolaievich.= Anna Karénina. $1.50. Crowell.

This volume is one of the handsome but popular priced “Luxembourg” series, and contains Anna Karénina as translated by Nathan Haskell Dole.

=Tomlinson, Everett Titsworth.= Soldier of the wilderness. †$1.50. Wilde.

Mr. Tomlinson’s third story in his “Colonial series” is based on history centering about the French and Indian war,—the fall of Fort Frontenac and the disaster under Abercrombie at Ticonderoga. The adventures introduce Abercrombie, Howe, Putnam and Montcalm, a young hero Peter van de Bogert, besides hunters, rangers and men prominent in those times.

=Tomson, Arthur.= Jean-François Millet and the Barbizon school. $2.25. Macmillan.

A new and cheaper edition of a book which describes the life of Millet and his relation to the other painters at Barbizon. It also deals with “the life and work of Jules Dupre, Narcisse-Virgilia Diaz, and Theodore Rousseau, and in a chapter on ‘The influence of the romantic school’ are briefly considered Paul Huet, Charles Jacque, Jules Bréton, Monticelli, Bastien-LePage, Adolphe Hervier, Harpignies, and two or three others. The illustrations number fifty-three, and include examples of some of the best known pictures of the artists studied.”—N. Y. Times.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 735. O. 28, ‘05. 310w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 280. S. 30, ‘05. 190w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 704. N. 25, ‘05. 150w.

=Tooker, Lewis Frank.= Under rocking skies. †$1.50. Century.

The captain of a sailing vessel takes his wife and daughter and a young minister on a voyage from the Long island coast to the West Indies. Thomas Medbury, a youth from their home village, who has always loved the girl, seizes the opportunity to ship as mate and in the course of the stormy voyage the captain’s daughter, in the light of great danger, comes to know her own heart.

* “Poet, sailor man, and born storyteller are written large on every page of ‘Under rocking skies,’ and the result is a picture of the sea and life aboard an old-fashioned sailing vessel that charms by its simplicity and absorbs by its vividness and reality.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 803. N. 25, ‘05. 510w.

“Told with not a little spontaneity and incident.”

* + =Outlook.= 81: 336. O. 7, ‘05. 60w.

* “The author develops a very pretty romance and refreshes us with much charming sea-lore.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 763. D. ‘05. 70w.

=Tooley, Sarah A.= Life of Florence Nightingale. *$1.75. Macmillan.

A biography written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the famous mission to Crimea. The story of that two years’ service which made Miss Nightingale’s name a household word throughout the British empire is fully given, and the dignity which her noble and efficient labors give to the hitherto stigmatized profession of nursing is well described. There is a full account of her life from her birth in Florence, 1820, of her childish ministrations to dolls and animals, her labors in field and hospital, her work for the soldier after her return from the front, her friendships, her literary career, and her life at the present day. There are twenty-two illustrations.

Reviewed by Jeanette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 452. My. ‘05. 750w.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 95. Jl. ‘05. 220w.

+ =Nation.= 80: 460. Je. 8, ‘05. 600w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 86. F. 11, ‘05. 1750w. (Condensed narrative of book.)

“The story is here told with enthusiasm and vivacity.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 450. F. 18, ‘05. 70w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 382. Mr. ‘05. 170w.

“The story has been well told by Miss Tooley.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 121. Ja. 28, ‘05. 350w.

=Townsend, Edward Waterman.= Reuben Larkmead. †$1.25. Dillingham.

An unsophisticated young millionaire whose fortune was founded upon western beet sugar, comes east to New York and ingenuously relates his experiences. Ridiculed in society, fleeced in his business transactions, the prey of an army of grafters, he ends by marrying the widowed mother of the girl he failed to win.

“The supine insipidity of the hero destroys whatever interest might have been aroused in him at the beginning of the book. A thin plot of sentimentality runs through this recital of Reuben’s adventures.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 217. Ap. 8, ‘05. 490w.

“A crude social satire.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 30w.

=Townsend, Fitzhugh.= Short course in alternating-current testing. *75c. Van Nostrand.

“Eight sets of experiments are outlined, in each case preceded by a concise discussion of the operating characteristics of the machine in question. They deal with: (1) Properties of circuits; (2) the alternating current generator; (3) the voltage wave of a generator or of a circuit; (4) the transformer (operation, losses and efficiency); (5) the induction motor (operation and efficiency); (6) the synchronous motor (operation and phase characteristic); (7) the rotary converter (operation when driven from either end); and (8) operation of alternators in parallel.”—Engin. N.

=Engin. N.= 53: 182. F. 16, ‘05. 110w.

=Tozer, H. F.=, tr. See =Dante Alighieri.= Divina commedia.

=Tozier, Josephine.= Travelers’ handbook: a manual for Transatlantic tourists. **$1. Funk.

“A little book to be put in the handbag of all who are making their ‘first trip.’ Money values, how to buy tickets, send luggage, to tip the foreign hordes that have to be tipped, to avoid being overcharged by cabmen and hotel clerks ... all these things are intelligently explained, and many little hints given that will grease the wheels of a European trip most acceptably.”—Critic.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 96. Jl. ‘05. 100w.

“Is one of the most intelligent of its kind. We have detected no error worth noticing in the writer’s advice to travellers.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 12. Jl. 6, ‘05. 320w.

“Her book supplements the ordinary guide books admirably.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 495. Jl. 29, ‘05. 480w.

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 696. Jl. 15, ‘05. 80w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 80w.

=Tracy, Louis.= Great mogul. $1.50. Clode, E. J.

The exciting incidents of Mr. Tracy’s new story attend the adventures of two young Englishmen whom fortune has turned loose in the Indian realm of Akbar the Great. Roger Sainton, the giant who is called the man-elephant, and Walter Mobray, quick of wit are a unique pair as they encounter first the favor of Akbar, then the hatred of his son, and finally as they enter the fight for the rescue of the beautiful princess Nur Mahal.

“It will not bear close critical inspection of course—but it will reward reading.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 310. My. 13, ‘05. 620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

Trade unionism and labor problems, ed. by John R. Commons. *$2.50. Ginn.

This volume like Ripley’s “Trusts, pools, and corporations,” is “planned for use specifically as a text-book.... It denotes a deliberate attempt at the application to the teaching of economics of the case system, so long successful in our law books. With this end in view each chapter is intended to illustrate a single, definite, typical phase of the general subject. The primary motive is to further the interests of sound economic teaching with special reference to the study of concrete problems of great public and private interest.” The chapters are selected mainly from economic journals and cover a wide field successfully, while the introduction, index, and cross references render all the material easy of access to the casual reader as well as to the student.

=Train, Arthur.= McAllister and his double. †$1.50. Scribner.

“McAllister’s ‘double’ is a scamp of a valet who gets his master, a blasé clubman, into all sorts of scrapes, and extricates him cleverly at just the right moment.” (Outlook.) Their experiences are here told in eleven independent stories. The volume contains a dozen illustrations.

* “The McAllister stories are entertaining from start to finish, but the other stories in the book, with the possible exception of ‘Extradition’ show a decided falling off.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1232. N. 23, ‘05. 150w.

“The stories are certainly lively and readable in a high degree, and the book is sure to meet with popular success.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 334. O. 7, ‘05. 70w.

* “Is immensely entertaining in an irresponsible sort of way.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 711. N. 25, ‘05. 60w.

=Tremain, Henry Edwin.= Last hours of Sheridan’s cavalry. *$1.50. Bonnell.

“A reprint of war memoranda by a late brevet brigadier-general, major, aide-de-camp in the United States volunteers, originally published in sundry journals, and now reprinted in response to frequent requests, with an additional chapter compiled from official records and an appendix containing further interesting matter. The illustrations are a portrait of Sheridan, a map of the Appomattox campaign, and a picture of the holding up of Lee’s supply train.”—Critic.

=Am. Hist. R.= 10: 719. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Critic.= 46: 95. Ja. ‘05. 70w.

“A sprightly and vivid account of the operations which brought that war to a close. An unusually valuable compilation of contemporary notes. Sheridan’s work in weaving the final toils around the fated Confederacy is here graphically narrated.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 20. Ja. 1, ‘05. 330w.

“Valuable as a historical record, the volume has also the merit of a personal story charmingly and unaffectedly told that will make it of interest not only to the participants in the campaign, but to those thousands of others who like to read the stories of battles fought and victories won. So complete, so personal, and so interesting.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 340w.

=Trench, Rt. Rev. Richard Chenevix.= English, past and present. *75c. Dutton.

“This is a new edition of Archbishop Trench’s well-known book published many years ago. Emendations and corrections are supplied by Dr. A. Smythe Palmer, though surprisingly few of these have been found necessary.”—Outlook.

“The editor has very seldom laid himself open to criticism, and has performed a task which cannot have been light with care, tact, and skill.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 622. My. 20. 430w.

“Dr. Palmer ... has done his work carefully without insulting his author’s memory.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 627. S. 23, ‘05. 310w.

=Outlook.= 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 90w.

=Trent, William P.= Brief history of American literature. *$1.40. Appleton.

A thorogoing text book containing a condensed account of the development of American literature, rather than a series of essays on leading American authors. The study is presented with marginal topics, and has at the end of each chapter a bibliography which has been based upon the equipments of the average school library, and which also contains helps for further study.

“A manual both sound and stimulating.” Charles Sears Baldwin.

+ + =Educ. R.= 29: 317. Mr. ‘05. 920w.

“It is marked by some errors of perspective and emphasis, by a certain indiscriminateness and at the same time a curious timidity of judgment, and also by a peculiar dryness; but it shows also a rather unusual first-hand knowledge of the facts and an equally unusual orderliness and lucidity in disposing of them.”

— + =Ind.= 59: 261. Ag. 3, ‘05. 70w.

“The author has restricted himself to the limitations of immature pupils, and has tactfully written on the level of their comprehension.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 688. Jl. 15, ‘05. 170w.

=Trent, William Peterfield.= Greatness in literature, and other papers. **$1.20. Crowell.

Eight papers which are designed especially for “those interested in the problems that confront the critic and the teacher of literature,” but which will not fail to claim a larger audience by reason of their timeliness, and their sane, wholesome, and thoroly delightful treatment. The first paper takes up the question of, Greatness in literature; the second gives, A word for the smaller authors and for popular judgment; then follow, The aims and methods of literary study; Criticism and faith; Literature and science; Teaching literature; Some remarks on modern book-burning; and The love of poetry.

* “Though Professor Trent is a very clear and fluent writer, there is a certain lack of savor, of closeness of grain, in his style.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 451. N. 30, ‘05. 650w.

=Trent, William Peterfield.= Southern writers. **$1.10. Macmillan.

Altho the Intention Has Been That of Furnishing Supplementary Reading for Students, Professor Trent Has Prepared an Instructive Book for General Use. the Literature of Representative Writers Of the South Has Been Divided Into Three Periods: 1607-1789, the Literature of the Colonies and the Revolution, Including Records Taken From diaries of colonial gentlemen; 1790-1865, the literature of the Old South, including speeches by distinguished southern statesmen; and 1866-1905, the literature of the New South, reflecting the spirit of the literary renaissance.

“Is altogether an admirable piece of editorial workmanship.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 121. S. 1, ‘05. 860w.

Reviewed by Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + =Forum.= 37: 249. O. ‘05. 400w.

“On the whole a praiseworthy effort, and in the main a successful effort, to redeem the South from the charge of actual literary sterility.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 332. Ag. 10, ‘05. 420w.

“The book is open to the criticism that it tends to foster the provincial illusion that the larger the number of names the greater the repute of the locality. For reference it is valuable, and appears to be well done.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 142. Ag. 17, ‘05. 240w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 364. Je. 3, ‘05. 370w.

“May be confidently recommended to all students of American literature, North or South.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 376. Je. 10, ‘05. 440w.

“This volume has a distinct educational quality for the average Northern reader. He will find it in many things of permanent value and much that will delight and inspirit him.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15, ‘05. 110w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 256. Ag. ‘05. 120w.

=Trent, W. P., and Henneman, J. B.=, jt. eds. See =Thackeray, W: M.= Works.

=Trevathen, Charles E.= American thoroughbred. **$2. Macmillan.

“This is the latest volume in the ‘American sportsman’s library.’ ... The author has supplied the book with pictures of some of the best known racers and other ‘thoroughbred’ horses. He opens it with a chapter entitled ‘Whence the American thoroughbred?’”—N. Y. Times.

* + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 682. N. 18. 670w.

=Ind.= 58: 1253. Je. 1, ‘05. 260w.

“An important contribution to our knowledge of the ancestry of the American race horse.”

+ + =Nature.= 72: 395. Ag. 24, ‘05. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 201. Ap. 1, ‘05. 240w.

“Interesting and useful, though ... marred by typographical errors in the names of both horses and owners that ought not to mar such volumes.” Charles Tracy Bronson.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 1320w.

=Trevelyan, George Macaulay.= England under the Stuarts. *$3. Putnam.

This fifth volume of a series of six, covering the history of England from earliest times down to 1875, is the first to be issued. It is written by the grand-nephew of Lord Macaulay, whose influence is noticeable thruout the work. The first two chapters give an account of England at the time of the accession of James I. “He develops at the outset the thesis on which his entire monograph rests—that the significance of the Stuart epoch lies in the fact that whereas the continental people of Europe attained nationality only through military despotism, the English people under the Stuarts solved the same problem unconsciously through a free constitution, manifesting and vindicating itself in the face of monarchial despotism.... His personal portraits are marked by fairness and breadth of view, this being notably the case with the pictures of the first James, the second Charles, Cecil, Laud, Strafford, and Pym. The first Charles and Cromwell are limned less distinctly, being thrust, as it were, into the background of the tremendous upheavals of their day.” (Outlook). “The general purpose of the book is to bring the social and religious aspects into connection with the political.” (Bookm.)

“He has given us not so much a history, in the ordinary sense of the word, as a sustained, and luminous commentary upon history, high-toned and impartial; and the general excellence of its purely literary qualities is, so to speak, picked out by not infrequent passages of real and picturesque eloquence. It is a fine example of selection and condensation.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 135. F. 4. 2780w.

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 330. Mr. 18. 2580w.

“Mr. Trevelyan’s volume is a piece of special pleading throughout.” Edward Puller.

— =Bookm.= 21: 525. Jl. ‘05. 800w.

“By blending fact and analysis, creates a picture impressive in its outline and suggestive in its language and ideas.” E. D. Adams.

+ + + =Dial.= 39: 38. Jl. 16, ‘05. 1860w.

“His style is decidedly rhetorical, quick with sincerity and atmosphere and of a noteworthy picturesqueness. His scholarship is undoubted, wide and careful reading being coupled with a discriminative use of authorities.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 454. Ag. 24, ‘05. 610w.

* “Is one of the best pieces of historical writing that has appeared in recent years.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1157. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“This book brings sound scholarship, sensitiveness of temperament, and breadth of outlook to bear upon an historical theme of perennial importance.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 366. N. 2, ‘05. 1480w.

“The book ... is evidently an attempt to combine what may be called the Green and the Traill methods. The early part of his volume might be termed an abstract of Gardiner, while the latter is merely a summary of Macaulay with improvements. This strict restriction to the political history in the latter part of the book is especially unfortunate. Altogether, Mr. Trevelyan’s treatment of Cromwell is scarcely illuminating, either on the military or the religious side. Allowing for his plan, is carried out with a skill and ability worthy of his family tradition, but the plan, I must still contend, is a faulty one.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 102. F. 18, ‘05. 1840w.

“Succeeds in interpreting the period ... in terms at once attractive and convincing. His style is that of the picturesque school, his treatment that of the philosophic, a combination calculated to produce excellent results. This must be accounted a work of high merit, embodying the results of the latest research and developed along sound lines.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 399. F. 11, ‘05. 330w.

=Trevelyan, Sir George Otto.= American revolution. 3v. ea. *$2. Longmans.

A new edition in three volumes of a work which originally appeared in two parts. It is issued now with a new preface, a portrait of the author, and some revision and rearrangement. “The special features of this history are the fullness with which it brings out English sentiment before and during the Revolutionary period, and the clearness with which it presents the Revolutionary struggle as a part of the great fight for Liberalism in England.” (Outlook.)

“It is certain that, as far as the revision goes, the author has left uncorrected several mistakes of which he had been duly apprised, in all three volumes.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 230. Mr. 23, ‘05. 350w.

“[The revisions] have been performed in a truly careful and judicious manner. “As our recent notice called attention to some uncorrected errors, it is only fair to say that many others in part I. have been expelled.””

+ + =Nation.= 80: 396. My. 18, ‘05. 260w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 855. Ap. 1, ‘05. 110w.

=Trevelyan, Lady=, ed. See =Macaulay, Lord.= Works.

=Trevelyan, R. C.= Birth of Parsifal. *$1.20. Longmans.

“This may be described as a lyrical-dramatic fragment ... the theme of which is drawn from those Graal romances which furnished Wagner’s great music-drama.... The writer’s task is to make us feel the dread and impressiveness of a curse denounced by ... the Graal and its vague ... priestly knighthood; and to move us by the sorrows and interior struggles of the dim figures affected by that curse.”—Acad.

“Mr. Trevelyan has poetic feeling and a measure of accomplishment. But his resources are not equal to the ambitious demands of poetic passion and imagination which he makes upon them.”

— + =Acad.= 68: 171. F. 25, ‘05. 440w.

“Of more than ordinary merit. It is to Mr. Trevelyan’s credit that there are no purple patches.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 620. My. 20. 850w.

“Mr. Trevelyan has used, to his own loss, the dramatic form for a poem that is never dramatic. The poem as a whole will disappoint those who know Mr. Trevelyan’s earlier work.”

— =Lond. Times.= 4: 145. My. 5, ‘05. 410w.

* “If it does not rise to any great heights, at least is free from the faults of much of the blank verse put forth at the present time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 798. N. 25. ‘05. 120w.

=Treves, Sir Frederick.= Other side of the lantern: an account of a commonplace tour around the world. $5. Cassell.

The other side of the lantern, as seen by the king’s physician, is not bright. His story is tinged by the sadness of the scenes he saw by sick beds and in hospitals, but what he saw, he saw clearly and describes with color, charm and reality. He tells of Gibraltar, Crete, Port Said, India, Burma, China and Japan, and gives a few words to America, which he visited on his way home.

“Written throughout with an animation obviously unforced.” J. B. G.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 91. Jl. ‘05. 460w.

“The point of view is that of a cultivated man of the world who is able to set his impressions down in excellent English, and the result is thoroughly readable.” Wallace Rice.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 382. Je. 1, 05. 840w.

“The book is both trivial and ordinary, pictures and all. Those who like the commonplace may enjoy this book.”

— — + =Nation.= 80: 459. Je. 8, ‘05. 280w.

“A book written in terse and epigrammatic style, as full of cleverness as anything written by Kipling, and intensely interesting. But there is nothing deeper in the book than first impressions. It is the best book of travel that has been written for years.” T. H. H.

+ + + =Nature.= 71: 553. Ap. 13, ‘05. 1470w.

“He has at times a very pretty knack of description.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 277. Ap. 29, ‘05. 990w.

“... So vivid are the pictures which the traveller draws for us, so penetrating his criticism of life and manners. It is the chapters on Japan that we find the most interesting part of a highly interesting book. We have to thank Sir Frederick Treves for a quite admirable volume of travel.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 442. Mr. 25. ‘05. 1970w.

Trident and the net: a novel, by the author of The martyrdom of an empress. *$1.50. Harper.

“The book is simply the life-story of a Breton nobleman, of violent passions and astounding inability to avoid the paths of obvious folly. It begins by depicting his unregulated childhood in Brittany, describes his later career as a deserter from the French navy, a wanderer over many seas and lands, and a victim of a vulgar ‘liaison,’ and ends in a squalid lodging-house in New York, where he lies desperately ill of pneumonia.”—Dial.

“We close it with a sense of exasperation at the recklessness of its composition and its wasteful use of what might have been the material of an admirable work.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 207. O. 1, ‘05. 380w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 643. S. 30, ‘05. 590w.

=Outlook.= 81: 283. S. 30, ‘05. 110w.

=Trollope, Anthony.= Autobiography. $1.25. Dodd.

“A new edition of a very interesting book by one of the most industrious and in many ways one of the most successful novelists of the past generation, printed and bound in a style uniform with the excellent edition of Trollope’s novels issued by the same publishers.”—Outlook.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 682. O. 14, ‘05. 450w.

=Outlook.= 81: 523. O. 28, ‘05. 50w.

=Trollope, Henry M.= Life of Molière. Dutton.

Mr. Trollope “has collected his information from unimpeachable sources, he has translated this material into English, combining with it lengthy criticisms upon the plays; and the result is a very bulky volume.... As the book possesses a moderately good index, it forms a useful compendium, a summary of the information at present existing concerning Molière and his immediate entourage.”—Acad.

* “It is not a biography to which a reader will turn again and again for the mere pleasure of reading it; it is almost impossible to read it for long because of its weight, the dull, uninteresting appearance of the page, and more fatal objection still, the heavy, horizontal style in which it is written. The volume would have gained vastly had it been ruthlessly cut down to half its present size.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1193. N. 18, ‘05. 630w.

* “It is with honest regret that a reviewer is forced to record his opinion that this biography of Mr. Trollope’s is not worthy of its theme, and that the biographer has been unable to rise to the height of his subject. So far as the mere compilation of the facts is concerned, it is possible to praise the book, although not without many reservations in matters of detail. But he has not succeeded in casting any new light on the facts, and he has failed totally to evoke the noble figure of Molière himself and to make us realize the real achievements of the greatest of comic dramatists.” Brander Matthews.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 816. D. 2, ‘05. 2310w.

=Troubetzkoy, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess.= Selene. **$1.20. Harper.

A dramatic poem in blank verse which gives a version of the story of Endymion and the moon goddess.

“There seems, to us, in the choice of theme and in its treatment, a true revival of essential poesy, opulent, free, unclouded by psychological problem or symbol-compelling obscurity.” Edith M. Thomas.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 561. Je. ‘05. 850w.

“Through the major part of the long piece the princess has written admirable blank verse.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 18. Jl. 6, ‘05. 480w.

“There is no demand upon intense sympathies, the story is well and swiftly told, and the poetry fulfills at least two-thirds of Milton’s requirement.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 510. Ag. 5, ‘05. 390w.

“The story is told with the real poet’s rapture in rhythm and in delicately tinted phrase. Its cadences are true and songful, its imagery fresh in conception and vista-opening.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 474. S. ‘05. 200w.

=Trow, Charles Edward.= Old shipmasters of Salem, **$2.50. Putnam.

“A plain story, well told, of the old merchant-captains who used to sail square-rigged vessels out of the Massachusetts port to the East Indies, a hundred years or so ago; and of later voyages, down to the decline and extinction of that once-flourishing industry.... The text is freely illustrated. The portraits of some of these marine worthies are of more than passing interest. That of Capt. Joseph Peabody (1757-1844), for instance.... There are several pictures of ships.”—Nation.

“Seems to know little of its connexion with English or American history.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 750. Je. 17. 240w.

“A book containing much curious and interesting matter ... served up with a generous pictorial accompaniment.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 241. Ap. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“As a whole this rambling volume has little to attract and nothing to hold the general reader.”

— =Ind.= 58: 1251. Je. 1, ‘05. 110w.

“The field of narration is not extensive, and the subject is treated with all the fulness it deserves. The writer commands an excellent style.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 191. Mr. 9, ‘05. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 114. F. 25, ‘05. 1560w. (Abstract of contents.)

“The author seems to have made a faithful study of the documentary materials, and the result is a book of no little historical and biographical value.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 372. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

+ =Spec.= 94: 790. My. 27, ‘05. 250w.

=Trumbull, Charles Gallaudet.= Pilgrimage to Jerusalem; Pilgrim’s ed. $2.50. S. S. Times co.

An account is here given of the “cruise of the delegates to the World’s Sunday-school convention held in Jerusalem and of the travels of the members of the party elsewhere.” (Outlook.)

+ =Ind.= 58: 1423. Je. 22, ‘05. 100w.

“Long and over-detailed.”

— + =Outlook.= 79: 504. F. 25, ‘05. 70w.

=Tschudi, Clara.= Maria Sophia, queen of Naples; tr. from the Norwegian by Ethel Harriet Hearn. $2.50. Dutton.

Miss Tschudi now adds a new name to her galaxy of queens. In the present biography, the author misses the fine perspective possible in the case of her “Marie Antoinette,” and “Queen Elizabeth.” Yet she has given a dramatic and sympathetic account with sufficient accuracy to make it acceptable of the woman whom Daudet immortalized after a distinctive fashion in his “Kings in exile.” While on the one hand it seems an indignity to one living to have a panorama of the details of private life thrust before her, the book is of atoning interest as a study of the events leading to the downfall of the Italian Bourbons.

— + =Acad.= 68: 732. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1300w.

“Is rather too slight in substance to make a book of.”

— + =Nation.= 81: 183. Ag. 31, ‘05. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 437. Jl. 1, ‘05. 280w.

“The book is entertaining and has less of cloying sweetness than most women’s books of its brand.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 495. Jl. 29, ‘05. 560w.

“Told about it in not too picturesque phrase, and in sometimes slovenly style—but this may be due to the translator rather than to the author.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 884. Ag. 5, ‘05. 140w.

=Tuckwell, Rev. William.= Reminiscences of a radical parson. $2. Cassell.

“All unconsciously the Radical parson reveals to us in this book a very charming and thoroughly human personality. A college don, a schoolmaster, and then, in later years, the incumbent of a college living, Mr. Tuckwell first attracted public attention by his unconventional methods of working his parish.... He was getting on in years before he delivered his first political speech, though ... he had delivered nearly a thousand orations before he decided to retire.... There are many political reminiscences of Gladstone, and indeed of many other famous men.”—Acad.

“Mr. Tuckwell’s latest volume is full of entertainment.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 360. Ap. 1, ‘05. 830w.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 455. Ap. 15. 1780w.

“The combination of scholarly polish, graceful wit, and hard common sense in the author of this veracious and on the whole convincing narrative, is very pleasing.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 80. Ag. 16, ‘05. 2040w.

“Mr. Tuckwell writes with a vigor and a directness, and a positive candor, and an intensity of conviction that make interesting reading.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 403. Je. 17, ‘05. 1140w.

“With himself the preacher is exceedingly well contented.”

— =Sat. R.= 99: 705. My. 27, ‘05. 1140w.

* + — =Spec.= 95: 688. N. 4, ‘05. 790w.

=Tuker, M. A. R., and Malleson, Hope.= Rome: painted by Alberta Pisa. *$6. Macmillan.

Seventy fine pieces of color-work by Alberta Pisa serve to illustrate the twelve chapters upon Rome, her buildings, catacombs, people, religion and the Roman question before 1870 and since that year.

“It is good to meet with an artist who will see Rome for himself and paint her as he sees her, even though there be some little discrepancy between text and illustrations. Even so, this book is one of the best in all this fine series.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 633. Je. 17, ‘05. 770w.

* “Altogether, it is a book to be read, for breadth of view and depth of sympathy. There is but little complaint to make on the score of inaccuracies.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 620w.

“The text is almost as fascinating as the illustrations.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 420w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 40. Jl. 13, ‘05. 740w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 336. My. 2, ‘05. 290w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 336. My. 20, ‘05. 290w.

“The illustrations are offered as the chief reason for the book’s existence; and they are certainly fascinating. But the text is no less valuable, and is its own excuse for being.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 373. Je. 10, ‘05. 1730w.

“In the main they have the readable quality, and offer a good many acceptable views of the customs, traditions, and daily life of the people of Rome.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 345. Je. 3, ‘05. 270w.

=Turbayne, A. A.= Alphabets and numerals designed and drawn by A. A. Turbayne. *$2. Van Nostrand.

Twenty-seven full-page plates which give “severe readable types” of letters and numbers. They have been designed “for the designer or craftsman to copy, alter, and arrange in their handicraft after their own fancy,” and they are based upon old Roman, Gothic, and Italic forms.

“One of the best books for practical purposes that we have had before us for a long time.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 760. Je. 17. 310w.

“A splendid and inspiring vade mecum for the artistic ‘letterer,’ whether engaged in designing posters, advertisements, or elaborate lettered signs.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 515. Ag. 5, ‘05. 220w.

=Turner, Harry Winthrop, and Hobart, Henry Metcalf.= Insulation of electric machines. $4.50. Macmillan.

This book is “the result of twenty years of practical work.... Among the topics discussed are some properties of insulating materials, the insulation on ‘magnet wires’ employed in armature and field windings, mica and mica compounds, drying insulations, taping machines and tapes and bands, transformer insulation, impregnated cloths and fabrics, oil for insulating, &c. There are a bibliography and an index, a large number of diagrams, plans ... tables and footnotes. The book appears in the ‘Specialists’ series.”—N. Y. Times.

“It will be welcomed by the electrical engineer as a most valuable addition to his library.” Ernest Wilson.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 149. Je. 15, ‘05. 490w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 377. Je. 10, ‘05. 150w.

=Turner, Henry Gyles.= History of the colony of Victoria from its discovery to its absorption into the commonwealth of Australia. $7. Longmans.

“The history begins with an unsuccessful attempt to found a convict settlement at Fort Philip, and carries the story of Victoria down to the end of the nineteenth century.... The municipal history and the astonishing growth of Melbourne ... are particularly well told. The same may be said of the chapters dealing with the discoveries of gold and with the political and social turmoil which the discovery of gold entailed; also of those describing the methods of parceling out government lands, ... the causes of the panic and the financial disasters of 1890-1893, and ... the long-drawn-out agitation which finally led to the establishment of the Australian commonwealth. There is an admirable index.”—Am. Hist. R.

“Mr. Turner’s work is obviously that of an old settler—a labor of love on which many years have been spent. Regarded as such, his history of Victoria is well done, and far above the average of colonial histories written from this standpoint. It is written in a good clear style, and generally carries the marks of much industry and care. While few but specialists will be likely to read Mr. Turner’s two volumes from beginning to end, they contain much that is of value and usefulness to more general students, and especially to students who are interested in the various new phases of democratic government as it has been developed in Victoria.” Edward Porritt.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 676. Ap. ‘05. 600w.

“Mr. Turner is more at home in dealing with politicians than with the natural features of the country, so that, while the early history can be perhaps read with more profit elsewhere, the political story from 1850 downwards is told with great trenchancy and knowledge.” H. E. E.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 829. O. ‘05. 270w.

“Their sustained interest depends on the fact that he is in truth no mere chronicler of passing events, but a reflective historian. It is plainly and frankly critical.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 249. Ag. 4, ‘05. 2000w.

=Turner, Herbert Hall.= Astronomical discovery. *$3. Longmans.

Six papers comprising the matter originally given in a series of lectures at the University of Chicago. Their object is “to illustrate by the study of a few examples, chosen almost at random, the variety in character of astronomical discoveries.” The subjects treated are: “Uranus and Eros,” “The discovery of Neptune,” “Bradley’s discoveries of the aberration of light and of the mutation of the earth’s axis,” “Accidental discoveries,” “Schwabe and the sun spot period,” and “The variation of latitude.”

“The book is readable and interesting; and also accurate and trustworthy, as much ‘readable’ popular science is not. Judged according to its scope and purpose, there is little fault to be found with the book.” C. A. Y.

+ + =Astrophys. J.= 21: 383. My. ‘05. 560w.

“There is ample internal evidence, not only that the lectures were carefully prepared, but also of judicious selection. The second chapter or lecture is probably the least satisfactory in the book.” W. E. P.

+ + =Nature.= 71: 410. Mr. 2, ‘05. 910w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 9. Ja. 7, ‘05. 340w.

“Even to a non-scientific reader, and to the amateur of astronomy the book should prove absorbing.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 126. F. 25, ‘05. 640w.

“Apart from such bearing as it may have on the philosophy of discovery Professor Turner’s book gives excellent accounts of several interesting chapters of astronomic history.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 633. My. 13, ‘05. 1030w.

“Lucid and interesting.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 788. My. 27, ‘05. 30w.

=Tweedie, Ethel B. (Harley) (Mrs. Alec. Tweedie).= Sunny Sicily. *$5. Macmillan.

An Englishwoman’s observations of Sicily, “its rustics and its ruins,” as they now are. Descriptions of real Sicilian eating-houses, market places, lotteries, the Mafia, the superstitions of the evil eye, Sicilian theatres, etc. There is also a brief Sicilian history and an account of various visits to places of interest. The volume is illustrated with photographs and a map.

“Mrs. Tweedie is certainly flippant, with a recklessly slipshod style, many inaccurate statements, and spelling that is peculiar either to her or to her printer. Is valuable as a sort of ‘chatty’ Baedeker, being not only readable, but full of practical hints for the travellers who may be attracted by it to this wonderful island.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 122. F. 9, ‘05. 330w.

“Provides in a very informal and personal way both information and entertainment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 130. Mr. 4, ‘05. 690w.

“Though by no means so erudite, the present volume, in actual information as to present conditions, is worthy of a place alongside that standard work, Mr. Paton’s ‘Picturesque Sicily.’”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 197. Ja. 21, ‘05. 210w.

“She has the delightful, but uncommon, quality of an entertaining style wedded to a real knowledge of how to tell a story.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 70w.

“A brighter and more lively book of travel we have seldom read.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 618. Ap. 29, ‘05. 560w.

=Twigg, Lizzie.= Songs and poems. 60c. Longmans.

“Miss Twigg’s ... muse belongs frankly to Ireland. The hills, the sea, the bogs, the sunset and the dawn, she celebrates in verse that is sincere and frequently moving. She ... sings only the earthly charms of the green island. The sky and the soil breathe beatitudes for her, and she beholds the flowers and cliffs and fields through an atmosphere of golden sentiment.”—N. Y. Times.

+ =Acad.= 68: 678. Jl. 1, ‘05. 90w.

“It takes a well-nigh perfect ear for music to write such verse as this. We may well be glad that it is so spontaneous and unaffected, so free from bookishness and imitative endeavors.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 30: 350 N. 1, ‘05. 290w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 406. Je. 17, ‘05. 500w.

Tybout, Ella Middleton. Wife of the secretary of state. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A story of cosmopolitan Washington of no particular time or administration which weaves mystery into a strange mixture of love, intrigue and credulity. The wife of the secretary of state plays with fire thru her traitorous delivery of valuable state papers into the hands of a Russian diplomat. How she manages to come thru apparently unharmed, and how the count relinquishes his villainy in a very un-Russian like manner are strangely at variance with the expected outcome that might require retributive punishment. The khedive’s opals owned by the secretary’s wife flash a sympathetic accompaniment to her heart moods all thru.

* “It is a story replete with adventure and excitement.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 280w.

* “The conversation is lifelike and the characters are distinctly individualized. An entertaining novel burdened by no especial problem.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 70w.

=Tynan, Katharine.= See =Hinkson, Mrs. Katharine Tynan.=

U

=Ular, Alexander.= Russia from within. **$1.75. Holt.

After announcing in his preface that his book will come as a shock to some very sincere friends of Russia and that the facts he reveals are authentic altho they “do not make pretty reading” the author proceeds to give “a series of brilliant pictures, written manifestly from the standpoint of the revolutionist and lashing furiously the heads of the Russian state.” (Pub. Opin.)

“Though not without its faults, it has the conspicuous merits of being clearly and forcefully written and of leaving a series of definite impressions on the mind of the reader.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 409. N. ‘05. 920w.

“The book is not without value for him who can sift the facts from the fiction and the denunciation; but it is altogether untrustworthy, and cannot but mislead the untrained reader.” Charles H. Cooper.

— =Dial.= 39: 269. N. 1, ‘05. 350w.

“The historical portion is full of inaccuracies. Having warned our readers that Dr. Ular’s statements require confirmation, we must admit that his book is interesting and suggestive, that his knowledge is considerable, that his view of M. Witte’s regime appears to us to be very just, and that the remarkable story of the elaborate ‘oligarchic’ intrigue which eventually led to the war in the Far East certainly contains an element of truth.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 222. Jl. 14, ‘05. 710w.

“People who like to read strong statements couched in language which is plain to the verge of violence at times, and never courteous, will thoroughly enjoy Mr. Ular’s arraignment of everybody and everything in Russia—save, possibly, the revolutionists.”

— — =Nation.= 81: 363. N. 2, ‘05. 2060w.

“The rashness of language which makes the book particularly readable serves, of course, to discredit it as a serious study—but it is infinitely suggestive.”

— + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 635. S. 30, ‘05. 1360w.

— — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 447. S. 30, ‘05. 270w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 150w.

“It is certain Mr. Ular’s readers—if he has any—will not take him sufficiently seriously to experience any shocks but those of contempt.”

— — =Sat. R.= 100: 121. Jl. 22, ‘04. 420w.

“Much of his work is of value, but we confess that his account of the characters of the Emperor and his Court does not convince us. It is so full of a lurid sensationalism that it fails of its purpose.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 340w.

=Underhill, Evelyn.= Gray world. $1.50. Century.

An imaginative story which dwells experimentally upon the transition from life to death, and upon reincarnation. A little slum-child dies in a hospital, carrying a vague consciousness of his earthly existence to the Gray world of spirits. The awful terrors of the new realm crowd in around him until his soul cries for release. So he goes back to the world as the son of a London tradesman—bewildered, as once more a new consciousness dawns, in the process of unifying his former existence, his world of spirits, and the present life. The book follows the development of this being thru the struggle to conquer the Gray world and its depression. The book is unusual, with language and scheme wholly in keeping with the vague, and the unreal which envelop it.

“Her book, then, is not only readable, but gives rise to that intelligent form of gratitude which has been defined as a lively sense of favors to come.”

+ =Atlan.= 95: 698. My. ‘05. 240w.

“A book of unusual imaginative quality, but too morbid to win a general popularity. The volume is a very curious and unique psychological study, along the borderline of madness.”

+ =Bookm.= 21: 183. Ap. ‘05. 660w.

“It is intensely serious, no doubt, but it is also animated and even enlivened by touches of a highly effective humor.” W. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 38: 124. F. 16, ‘05. 1220w.

Reviewed by H. I. Brock.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 540w.

“A weird and fantastic story. The best thing in the book is the pathos of the description of the unrestful ghosts.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 60w.

“The earthly side of the book is as original as the spiritual, though far less attractive.”

+ — =Spec.= 94: 519. Ap. 8, ‘05. 390w.

=Underwood, Earl.= Representing John Marshall & co. †$1. Dillingham.

A genial, slangy, and withal good-hearted drummer “spills” his inmost thoughts into the white pages of this book. He jauntily tells of many happenings so peculiar that as the news of each of them reaches Mame, his queen, she promptly breaks off her engagement. Each chapter chronicles a spicy adventure, a break, a reconciliation, but in the end Mame seems thoroughly convinced that her drummer is a hero.

“It is amusing in its way if taken in small doses.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 602. S. 16, ‘05. 230w.

=United States. Library of Congress.= Catalog of the Gardiner Greene Hubbard collection of engravings; presented to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Lib. of Congress.

“The plan of the compilation was very generous, and included the catalogue proper of engravers, and index of engravers under a chronological scheme, by centuries, an index of artists, a portrait index, and a list of authorities.... The collection was presented to the nation in 1898 by Mrs. Hubbard, and in default of a national art gallery the Library of Congress was the most fitting place of deposit.... The editor of the volume is Arthur Jeffrey Parsons, who is in charge of the collection.”—Nation.

“The catalogue is clearly arranged and carefully written.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 718. Jl. 8, ‘05. 300w.

“No similar catalogue exists of an American collection of engravings; it will, therefore, prove a convenient book of reference for collectors.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 353. My. 4, ‘05. 360w.

=United States. Library of Congress.= Some papers laid before the Continental Congress, 1775. 15c. Supt. of doc.

The papers here published are: The declaration on taking arms, July 6, 1775; Franklin’s Articles of Confederation, July 21, 1775; Reports on the Trade of America, July 21, October 2, and October 13, 1775; Report on Lord North’s motion, and reports on the committees on Recess and Unfinished business.

“The value of the pamphlet lies principally in the care which has been taken to show the evolution of the final document in each case from the first draft through the intermediate forms.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 374. My. 11, ‘05. 140w.

=Upson, Arthur.= City, and other poems. *$1. Macmillan.

In this new edition of “The city,” a poem-drama in which Abgar, King of Edessa, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Tiberius is cured of his infirmity thru a message from the great Healer crucified at Jerusalem, the author has made a few changes which, while they add to the poetic effect of his work, do not detract from the dramatic strength. The volume also includes Octaves in an Oxford garden, written under the spell of the things of which he sings, and some two-score sonnets, upon such widely different topics as Sultan’s bread, Mona Lisa, The Rezzonico palace and our own Wheat elevators and The statue of liberty.

* “Has something of the cool charm that springs from the imitation of Greek models together with appeal that inheres in a Christian theme. It never, however, attains any considerable tragic power.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 40w.

=Upward, Allen.= International spy: secret history of the Russo-Japanese war. †$1.50. Dillingham.

The latest doings of that marvelous man, Monsieur H. V., are chronicled in this volume, in which he himself tells of his adventures when sent to Russia by England in the hope of averting war. He carried a peace message from the Czar to the Mikado, was adopted into the Japanese royal family, returned to Russia and after barely escaping death at the hands of various enemies he succeeded in stealing a torpedo boat from the Kaiser for which he was forgiven when his mission became known. The beautiful and desperate Princess Y— has an important role in this intimate story of courts and rulers.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 707. O. 21, ‘05. 320w.

V

=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= Brothers. †$1.50. Dodd.

These two brothers are each half of a complete whole, they succeed together, each fails alone. Archibald, strong and magnetic, delivers the sermons written by his weak and stammering brother, and by their spiritual and intellectual force he wins Betty Kirtling, who discovers after she has married him, that it is his brother whom she loves.

“It is an exceedingly well-told tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 272. Ap. 22, ‘05. 310w.

“The book is free from annoying defects, has a well-sustained interest, and may be accounted a worthy addition to the season’s output.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 477. S. ‘05. 220w.

=Vacher, Francis.= Food inspector’s handbook. $1.50. Van Nostrand.

The fourth edition of this handbook has been brought down to date and an additional chapter on “Statutory powers” included.

“The author gives sensible advice, and his little volume should be found very useful to those for whom it is written.” C. S.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 243. Jl. 13, ‘05. 320w.

=Valentine, Edward Abram Uffington.= Hecla Sandwith. †$1.50. Bobbs.

This story of a woman of moods, the daughter of a Pennsylvania iron master, who married a young mining engineer, regretted it, left him, and later awoke to the realization that she loved him, is also the story of the mines, the iron workers, and the blast furnace.

“A leisurely and very charming picture of a Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania in 1856.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 785. Jl. 29, ‘05. 330w.

“It is a pleasure to notice a romance of American life so instinct with artistic, literary and scientific excellence as ‘Hecla Sandwith.’ Here speaks the poet, the historian and the psychologist.”

+ + + =Arena.= 34: 106. Jl. ‘05. 800w.

“The chief fault of the book is lack of concentration.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 517. Jl. ‘05. 380w.

“There is too much narrative here. The descriptions of nature are poetic, the minor characters are particularly well drawn, and many of the pictures linger in the memory.”

+ — =Critic.= 46: 479. My. ‘05. 150w.

“The story is a long one, and not firmly knit together. A book that preserves with almost photographic fidelity the manners and customs of a time fully departed.”

+ — =Dial.= 38: 393. Je. 1, ‘05. 140w.

“The book has the merit of careful husbandry in an unworked field, and it is well written; a novel of unusual power and interest.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1482. Je. 29, ‘05. 130w.

“It is unevenly written. But, on the whole, the sense of the art of literature is so high and fine and the adhesion to this sense so accurate and faithful, that the entire result should be greeted as a reawakening among us. There are pages that any novelist, living or dead, might have been glad to claim.” James Lane Allen.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 241. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

“Charming style, keen powers of analysis, and skill in snapshot portraiture as well, characterize this study.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 139. My. 13, ‘05. 30w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 591. Ap. 15, ‘05. 260w.

“His book is full of nature and of human nature: it rings true.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 186. Ag. 5, ‘05. 220w.

=Vance, Louis Joseph.= Terence O’Rourke, gentleman adventurer. †$1.50. Wessels.

Terence O’Rourke, an Irish gentleman and soldier, in the capacity of commissioned defender—tho backed by the courage and chivalry which make an undertaking his own affair—arrays himself in a series of adventures against unscrupulous, even villainous royalty. Thru his quick wit and marked swordsmanship he rights the wrongs of good women, at last winning for himself the love of the princess for whom most of his battles are fought.

+ =Ind.= 59: 697. S. 21, ‘05. 170w.

“Readers of many and varied tastes will delight in the author’s fertile imagination and the ever-ready humor which produces and disposes of Terence’s trials and tribulations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 180w.

“A bit of simple and entertaining romance of the old-fashioned style.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 487. Jl. 22, ‘05. 410w.

“There is plenty of action, humor, and romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15, ‘05. 30w.

=Vandam, Albert Dresden.= Men and manners of the third republic. **$3. Pott.

“In part a posthumous work; a charming review of the principal events of the third republic as seen in the men and events of the times.... We have a glimpse behind the scenes, and ... we are brought into such intimate relations with the actors that we are able to form for ourselves a clear and accurate conception of the motives that caused the movement that led to the establishment of the third republic. We are introduced to Thiers and Gambetta.... But it is idle to mention by names the great Frenchmen who appear in the pages of the work; suffice it to say that none of those who were prominent in the days following the downfall of Louis Napoleon are neglected, much less omitted.”—Baltimore Sun.

“Delightful collection of facts and thoughts.”

+ + =Baltimore Sun.= :8. Mr. 8, ‘05. 500w.

“Much that is here said about the iniquities of French political life may be quite true, and the book, taken in small quantities at a time, is not devoid of a certain interest. But a rigorous criticism would show that the historian must quote it, if at all, with care.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 440w.

=Van de Put, A.= Hispano-Moresque ware of the 15th century. *$4. Lane.

“A contribution to its history and chronology, based upon armorial specimens.” This is a small quarto containing 34 plates illustrating pieces taken from many public and private collections. There is a brief general treatise which, while stating frankly that material for a history is lacking, gives much historical information. There is a full description of some of the plates.

“This is the first orderly and intelligent treatise devoted to it. Goes far to supply the obvious need of a manual.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 121. F. 9, ‘05. 490w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Essays in application. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A group of twelve essays and addresses, which may be generally characterized as the creed or confession of an idealist, and an application of his principles to life.”—Outlook.

* + =Lit. D.= 31: 957. D. 23, ‘05. 750w.

“These essays bear his stamp. They are not written solely for scholars. They are easily understandable, readable, while his ‘sane idealism’ shines through them all.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 749. N. 4, ‘05. 520w.

=Outlook.= 81: 628. N. 11, ‘05. 40w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Fisherman’s luck, and some other uncertain things. †$1.50. Scribner.

“The thirteenth edition of a well-known series of essays arranged in the form of a holiday book illustrated with most agreeable drawings by F. Walter Taylor.” (Critic.) The volume contains beside the title essay: The thrilling moment; Talkability; A wild strawberry; Lovers and landscape; A fatal success; Fishing in books; A Norwegian honeymoon; Who owns the mountains? A lazy, idle book; The open fire; A slumber song.

* + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 30w.

* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 80w.

* + =Nation.= 81: 299. O. 12, ‘05. 40w.

* =Outlook.= 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 30w.

=Van Dyke, Henry=, ed. Little masterpieces of English poetry, by British and American authors; ed. by Henry van Dyke, assisted by Hardin Craig. 6v. ea. **75c; set, **$4.50. Doubleday.

“A companion to the ‘Science,’ ‘Fiction’ and ‘Humor’ series.... For the many ... such a collection as this, wisely selected, and adapted to the limits of both time and purse of the average reader, is of real and not inconsiderable value.” (Outlook.) “In the first of the six little volumes we find ballads old and new, in the second, idyls and stories in verse, and in the four remaining volumes lyrics, odes, sonnets and epigrams; descriptive and reflective verse; and elegies and hymns. Each of these major divisions is subdivided according to subjects. Living poets are excluded.” (Critic.)

* “The principle of arrangement followed in this new one is as excellent as it is novel. As a rule, admirable judgment has been shown in combining these handy volumes, the most remarkable defect being the omission of Shelley’s ‘Adonais.’”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 120w.

* “Dr. van Dyke’s name is a sufficient guarantee of the excellence of the selection.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 682. N. 18, ‘05. 80w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Music and other poems. **$1. Scribner.

A collection of poems which take many forms and follow many themes. The opening “Ode to music” is followed by sonnets, lyrics, and other verses treating of the open, the silent hills, and the hearth and home.

“Dr. Van Dyke’s work is that of a scholar in poetry endowed with a graceful gift of lyric speech.” Ferris Greenslet.

+ + =Atlan.= 96: 420. S. ‘05. 570w.

“They are delicate and graceful in workmanship, the expression of a refined and sensitive poetic instinct rather than the outpourings of a creative mood.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 197. Mr. 16, ‘05. 390w.

“Dr. Van Dyke has nearly every good poetic gift except creative genius.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 384. F. 16, ‘05. 140w.

* “In spite of his popularity even Dr. van Dyke, who attempts to supply our want of a reflective poet, leaves much to be desired in depth and significance.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“There is much that is charming and appealing in these verses. From first to last there is evidence of an unusual gift for verbal music. If they are a little too honeyed, too academic, they are also the production of a skillful artificer in words and of a mind of high culture and high ideals.”

+ + =Reader.= 5: 498. Mr. ‘05. 430w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= School of life, **50c. Scribner.

In this thin little volume is “eloquently expressed an optimism based, not on temperament, but on faith in character, discernment of the spiritual possibilities of life, and sound judgment of ethical values.” (Outlook.)

“The characteristic charm of Dr. van Dyke’s former works is extended to the present volume.”

+ =Bookm.= 21: 328. My. ‘05. 30w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 909. Ap. 8, ‘05. 50w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Spirit of Christmas. **75c. Scribner.

Four essays for the Christmas tide. The first, “A dream story,” shows how power and knowledge are both insufficient to reclaim the world from sin, but that the secret of success lies in greater love; the second, “Christmas giving and Christmas living,” offers helpful suggestions on the spirit of giving; the third, “Christmas keeping,” shows the possible purification in the Christmas thought; and the two Christmas prayers make a plea for the home and the lonely ones.

* + =Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ‘05. 60w.

* “Full of Dr. van Dyke’s spirit of helpfulness, and pervaded by the very human charm of his style.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 838. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

=Van Dyke, Paul.= Renascence portraits. **$2. Scribner.

Professor van Dyke’s survey embraces “the England, Germany, and Italy of the sixteenth century. His concern is primarily with three individuals—Pietro Aretino, the Venetian satirist; Thomas Cromwell, the unscrupulous minister of the still less scrupulous Henry VIII., and the Emperor Maximilian I.—but the standpoint from which they are regarded is such as to necessitate a close examination of their times.”—Outlook.

* “His book appears to have been printed without the proofs being read, though this appearance may be due to the author’s own style, which is vicious.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 852. D. 2, ‘05. 1240w.

* “The results, not the details, of research are here exhibited, and in a setting of idea which gives color and meaning and movement.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 715. N. 25, ‘05. 310w.

=Van Vorst, Marie.= Amanda of the mill: a novel. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A novel with a ‘poor white trash’ mill-girl heroine, and a dissipated labor agitator for hero, does not sound promising.” (Outlook.) It “is clearly meant as a tract on industrial conditions in the new South.... [It] pictures the life of the factory hands in the cotton mills—a life ... which is mainly sickness, suffering and death. There is much in the book to arouse sober thought, and certain passages are rich in description and characterization.” (Pub. Opin.)

“Apart from errors in style, and, here and there, in feeling, there is a capacity to portray life which shows real power.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 240. Mr. 11, ‘05. 230w.

“Is not a strong story, though it shows in places, the wish, if not the power, to say something vital about love and life and death.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 395. Ap. 1. 420w.

Reviewed by Herbert W. Horwill.

+ — =Forum.= 37: 113. Jl. ‘05. 220w.

“Mrs. Van Vorst paints with a strong hand the terrible life in the mills.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 260. Ap. 22, ‘05. 610w.

“Interesting and good work, although its story is improbable and over weighted with propagandist theories and statistics.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 137. My. 13, ‘05. 40w.

“In ‘Amanda of the mill’ she does not control her material; it controls her. Over-seriousness forces her into melodrama, with improbabilities that were never intended.”

— + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 633. Ap. 22, ‘05. 130w.

“An interesting but rather improbable story.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 31: 760. Je. ‘05. 30w.

=Vardon, Harry.= Complete golfer. **$3.50. McClure.

“Mr. Vardon has four times won the open championship of Great Britain and once the American championship. There is no doubt, therefore, that he knows how to play golf; and this book proves that he knows how to tell others how to do it.” (Outlook.) The book is amply illustrated.

“Will be read with unusual interest as being the work of one who is not only original in his methods and fascinating in his style, but also perhaps the most finished and graceful player that has ever lived.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 295. S. 2. 1300w.

“It is a very good book. He never leaves one in doubt as to his meaning, and he brings to the succour of his pen a pleasant geniality and optimism.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 202. Je. 23, ‘05. 530w.

“Vardon’s manner of writing is as straightforward and interesting as his manner of playing golf.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 608. S. 16, ‘05. 250w.

“He has accomplished what has often been called the impossible, the writing of a helpful book in an entertaining manner by one who is an acknowledged expert of the game.” F. W. C.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 652. O. 7, ‘05. 1720w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

“His descriptions of his style are simple, clear, and interesting, and his stories of experiences on the links in this country, England, and Scotland are rarely entertaining. His book is full of valuable hints, not only for the novice, but for the experienced golfer as well.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 88. S. 9, ‘05. 90w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 179. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1270w.

+ + =Spec.= 95: 56. Ag. 5, ‘05. 280w.

=Veblen, Thorstein B.= Theory of business enterprise. **$1.50. Scribner.

“The work deals rather with the methods of modern financiering and the quest of profit rather than with the other less prominent commercial data. If we have to choose between the ten chapters of which the volume consists, we should particularly recommend the last five as appealing more generally to the unbiased reader.... The first five seem rather to lead up to the others, and to be an attempt at more technical and erudite writing. Much is new of what the author says about crises.... The ‘Theory of modern welfare,’ ... the significance for the business world at large of the advance in workingmen’s wages, ... and the theory of wasteful expenditure” are fully treated. “The excellent remarks (pp. 319, 320) about business thinking, and the equally keen observation about the absence of thrift among the modern industrial workmen and its causes (pp. 325-27) are among the most timely in the book.... The points of interest are many, and it is to be regretted that we cannot here call attention to all of them.”—J. Pol. Econ.

“The book lacks the desirable quality of terseness and the writer at times wanders from the main line of his subject. A commendable feature is the formulation of many of his statements in symbols of mathematics, which are not incorporated into the text, but in foot-notes.” John C. Duncan.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 612. My. ‘05. 250w.

“Professor Veblen has a preternaturally vivid insight into the pathological side of business and society: and he follows remorselessly the poisoned tract which his critical scalpel has discovered. And yet, despite the fact that the author’s attitude renders the highest approval of either the scientific or the ethical standpoint impossible, the book is an uncommonly suggestive one. The penetrating glance into certain broad and seamy aspects of our industrial life prompts to a reflective testing of one’s social beliefs and ideals.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 558. Ap. ‘05. 990w.

“Professor Veblen, except in his satiric moods, tends to an oracular and often to a tortuous mode of expression. By reason of its many evidences of keen and profound thought, of a high grade of scholarship and of a breadth and sureness of vision, the book is notable among recent contributions to economics; and tho its usual style is difficult, it is yet penetrated by flashes of inimitable satiric wit that is delightful.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 727. Mr. 30, ‘05. 570w.

“Our objection to this work ... is ... the constant use of terms which to the lay mind seem unnecessarily studied and anachronistic. The excellent qualities of scholarly reasoning and scientific demonstration which characterize this book, besides the author’s wide acquaintance with the existing economic literature....” A. M. Wergeland.

+ + — =J. Pol. Econ.= 13: 115. D. ‘04. 930w.

“Such a theory as is here set forth may impress the readers of sensational magazines: but it is a travesty of economics and an unjust aspersion of our business morality.”

— — =Nation.= 81: 37. Jl. 13, ‘05. 2280w.

Reviewed by Frank Haigh Dixon.

+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 96. My. ‘05. 550w.

=Vesey, Arthur Henry.= Clock and the key. †$1.50. Appleton.

An American girl in modern Venice sets her two lovers the task of bringing to her a casket of jewels which disappeared five centuries before. One man is an Italian duke, the other an American. With the girl as the prize, the search for the jewels soon results in a series of complicated and exciting adventures, but at last by the aid of an old and intricate clock, which is itself the key, the jewels come to the girl, and the girl to the man she loves.

“It is mysterious without being sensational, sparkling without being trashy.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 286. S. ‘05. 80w.

“It really makes a very good mystery story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 140. Mr. 4, ‘05. 370w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 150w.

Views of early New York; with illustrative sketches; prepared for the New York chapter of the colonial order of the Acorn. priv. ptd. Colonial order of the Acorn, N. Y.

This volume “contains six copper plate engravings made by Edwin Davis French from views of New York in the early stages of its history.... ‘These views were selected with care, and graphically represent the gradual growth of the city from the little Dutch trading-post, situated at the Battery, to the more important city depicted in Rollinson’s view of 1801.’ Each view is accompanied by an explanatory sketch from a well-known authority.” (N. Y. Times.)

“The little volume is full of interest to students of New York history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 290w.

=Vigfusson, Gudbrandur, and Powell, Frederick York,= eds and trs. Origines islandicae: a collection of the more important sagas and other native writings relating to the settlement and early history of Iceland. 2v. *$14. Oxford.

These volumes are divided into five books: “Landnámabok—the book of the land-taking.... Islandingabok (Libellus islandorum) a collection of notes made in the eleventh or twelfth century ... relating to the old law and customs of the Norsemen settled in Iceland.... Tales and legends relating to the conversion and early church history of Iceland, Sagas relating to the history of Iceland during the first two centuries ... divided into four sections, which treat of the South, the West, the North, and the East quarters respectively.... Sagas relating to the exploring voyages of Icelanders.... All or nearly all of this matter has, we think, been printed before in Iceland or in Denmark, but much of it is now accessible only in books that have become scarce, and in texts far from accurate.”—Nation.

* “The present work is by no means free from some of the faults which marked its predecessor, the ‘Corpus poeticum boreale’; but fortunately the comparison of the two works will hold for the merits as well as the defects.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 646. N. 11. 2650w.

Reviewed by W. P. Ker.

* + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 20: 779. O. ‘05. 1080w.

* “Deeply as we must regret the loss of these two distinguished men before completing their work, the book as it stands is one of great value, and will doubtless find a place on the shelves of every university library and of every scholar of the old Northern literature. The translation is clear, direct, and simple, slightly archaic as is right.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 260. S. 28, ‘05. 2910w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 577. S. 2, ‘05. 250w.

* “In this case the peculiar gifts of mediaeval temperament and curious linguistic knowledge of the English translator have given us a translation equally spirited and faithful on the whole, often very near the picturesque quality of the original and yet good honest idiomatic English prose.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 627. N. 11, ‘05. 2020w.

=Villard, Henry.= Memoirs of Henry Villard, journalist and financier, 1835-1900. 2v. **$5. Houghton.

Henry Villard landed in New York in 1853, a mere boy, without friends, money, or a knowledge of English. After suffering almost incredible hardships, he finally succeeded as a journalist, representing the N. Y. Tribune as war correspondent during the Civil war. His memoirs contain valuable accounts of battles, estimates of the commanders, and personal descriptions of Lincoln and others. Later he left journalism for finance, attaining eminence in this calling also.

“What separates it from other books of its class is that it is a characteristic illustration of American possibilities.” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

+ + =Atlan.= 95: 131. Ja. ‘05. 810w.

=Villari, Luigi=, ed. Balkan question. *$3. Dutton.

A symposium on the Macedonian question, past, present, and future. Its object is to draw the attention of Englishmen to the situation in the Balkans, to show that Turkey cannot be reformed from within and that the time is ripe to bring about European control. There are chapters by English writers on the various aspects of the problem, and by French and Italian writers on the attitude and duty of their respective countries.

=Critic.= 47: 410. N. ‘05. 460w.

“To be sure, it is a piece of liberal propaganda and tells only one side of the story, but it is nevertheless a lucid explanation of a very complicated situation.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 751. S. 28, ‘05. 540w.

“There is, in the book before us, considerable repetition, an occasional contradiction, and some diversity, not only as to points of view, but as to such minor matters as the spelling of geographical and proper nouns.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 424. My. 25, ‘05. 1340w.

“It is a most informing and interesting volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 650w.

“We know of no other volume exhibiting the subject so comprehensively and so clearly from the pro-Macedonian standpoint.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 757. Mr. 25, ‘05. 200w.

“Undoubtedly the most instructive two chapters are those by Mr. Valentine Chirol and Mr. Bourchier.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 634. My. 13, ‘05. 1020w.

=Villari, Luigi.= Russia under the great shadow. **$3.50. Pott.

“Unless all the auguries should prove false, the war in the Far East should mark the transition of Russia from the Middle ages to the twentieth century, from the Eastern to the Western world, from barbarism to civilization,” gives the keynote of Mr. Villari’s optimism which characterizes this work, altho he brings the reader face to face with the dark facts of present conditions. One of the strongest chapters in the book is that in the industrial development of Russia whose conclusion proves that “M. de Witte’s scheme of making agricultural Russia an industrial country was a mistake both politically and economically.” (Sat. R.)

“The book is so good that we find little to say about it. The only point upon which we find Mr. Villari inclined to go wrong concerns the defects of the Eastern church.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 747. Je. 17. 480w.

“If it does not claim to be a very profound study, it is, nevertheless, a very pleasant book to read, and contains much interesting, and even valuable information.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 222. Jl. 14, ‘05. 500w.

“Mr. Villari has written an excellent account of the Czar’s empire in war-time.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 542. Ag. 19, ‘05. 2310w.

“The work itself strikes us less as that of an observant traveller than a compilation of material taken from well-known standard works.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 121. Jl. 22, ‘05. 700w.

“Is full of shrewd observation and vivid description, and is admirably illustrated.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 130w.

=Villiers, Frederic.= Port Arthur: three months with the besiegers. *$2.50. Longmans.

An English war correspondent’s story of three months with the Japanese army before Port Arthur. It is a vivid and stirring account as far as it goes, but unfortunately the author left the army two months before the actual fall of the fortress.

“Mr. Villiers’ impressions ... form a series of word-pictures which, although at times they are somewhat disjointed, make interesting reading, and this, too, despite the irritating and frequently recurring fact that unimportant and somewhat egotistical information about the writer and his field companions is unnecessarily obtruded upon the attention of the reader.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 174. F. 25, ‘05. 550w.

“The text is brightly written, in a vein altogether cheerful.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 275. Ap. 16, ‘05. 150w.

“It is simply the diary of an experienced observer.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 316. Ap. 20, ‘05. 3650w.

“It is as a study of human nature exposed to exceptional conditions that it holds the interest of the reader from the first page to the last.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 260. Ap. 22, ‘05. 760w.

“Taken only for what it claims to be—a picturesque, gossipy narrative of personal observation and experience—the book is enjoyable.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 653. Mr. 11, ‘05. 120w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 467. Mr. 25, ‘05. 690w.

“The narrative throughout is written with a cheerful good feeling and fairness which command respect.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 405. Mr. 18, ‘05. 130w.

=Vilmorin-Andrieux, et cie.= Vegetable garden. *$4.50. Dutton.

“The new issue of the English version of Mm. Vilmorin-Andrieux’ vegetable encyclopedia makes a volume of nearly 800 pages.... The book shows its mixed origin inevitably: the general notes on culture are chiefly founded on the practice of the Paris market-gardens; and these are followed by directions in smaller type intended for British conditions. There is bewildering choice of varieties of every root and herb—French, German, Italian, or American.... The botanical and historical information is rather disproportionate to the cultural directions.... Small woodcuts illustrate the book.”—Sat. R.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 815. Ag. 5, ‘05. 190w.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 280. Ag. 26. 320w.

* “With Professor Bailey’s valuable ‘Cyclopaedia,’ and with this minor cyclopaedia supplementing that, our gardeners, professional and amateur, are well equipped.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 472. D. 7, ‘05. 560w.

“The book will probably be of more value to the experienced gardener than to the beginner.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 45. S. 2, ‘05. 50w.

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 155. Jl. 29, ‘05. 400w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 250w.

=Vincent, Marvin R.=, tr. See =Dante, A.= Inferno.

=Vinogradoff, Paul.= Growth of the manor. *$2.50. Macmillan.

A volume based upon lectures given at Oxford in the summer of 1904, and addressed primarily to students of general history. The author gives a full treatment of manorial origins; he states in his preface: “All periods of English history had their bearing on the life of the manor. Some germs of manorial institutions may be found in the Celtic age; the Roman occupation of the island had undoubtedly a powerful influence on its economic arrangements; the old English period is marked by the full development of the rural township; the feudal epoch finds the manor at its height; the dissolution of the manor forms one of the processes by which modern commercial intercourse was brought about.”

“His method and the mastery of the details of his subject combine to produce a notable book; but we confess to disappointment that he did not pursue to a greater extent the test of comparative polity. Broad as it is in outline, it is full to the highest degree of the most valuable details. A mass of material brought together and classified in a manner which must remain of permanent value.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 125. F. 11, ‘05. 780w.

“On the whole, Dr. Vinogradoff is not convincing in his argument.”

— + =Lond. Times.= 4: 322. O. 6, ‘05. 1050w.

“This power of brilliant scientific intuition in individual instances, along with his vast general erudition, is what makes Vinogradoff so admirable. He is preëminently a ‘case historian.’ But the power of summation, of vividly portraying the march of change in its broad currents, he does not possess.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 223. S. 14, ‘05. 1490w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 105. F. 18, ‘05. 330w.

“In handling a subject that promises so much Dr. Vinogradoff has displayed an accuracy rare among holders of British professorships.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 315. My. 13, ‘05. 290w.

“Scholars will not find it easy to accept Dr. Vinogradoff’s conclusions in full, but all will perceive in his treatise an illuminating contribution to a difficult problem.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 652. Mr. 11, ‘05. 300w.

“Dr. Vinogradoff in stating his case has also carefully set forth the views of those who differ from him, and the result is a book of singular value as well as of extraordinary fascination.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 594. Ap. 22, ‘05. 2250w.

=Vitelleschi, Marchesa.= Romance of Savoy. *$7.50. Dutton.

The romantic rise of the House of Savoy is sketched from its subservient position under the insolent protection of the King of France to an independent state worthy of the respect of the whole of Europe. Two important personages are the center of development, Victor Amadeus II., Duke of Savoy, and Anna Maria of Orleans, granddaughter of Charles I.

“Certain peculiarities of diction betray deficient knowledge of English on the part of the author or the translator, if it has been found necessary to call in the latter.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 488. Ap. 15. 1800w.

“If she had not attempted to prove too much, to dwell too strongly on the importance to Savoy of its connection with the Stuarts, her book would have been more convincing.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 533. Ag. 12, ‘05. 1050w.

“She has been an industrious worker, and has unearthed from the papers put at her disposition some interesting things relative to a picturesque period in Italian history. She has also, however, unearthed some things of rather doubtful permanent worth, and the printing of these at times clouds the clearness of her narrative.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 984. Ag. 19, ‘05. 280w.

=Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred.= Emile Zola, novelist and reformer. **$3.50. Lane.

A life of Zola by his authorized translator, the son of one of his first publishers. Zola’s school days at Aix, his youth in Paris, his position with the publisher Hachette, his connection with the Dreyfus episode, and the history of his writings, particularly the long Rougon-Manquart cycle, are given in full. There is much of his contracts with publishers and theatrical managers, and the business detail incident to his work.

“Not one of the five hundred and fifty pages that make up this life is out of place.”

+ + =Critic.= 46: 188. F. ‘05. 120w.

“In some respects Mr. Vizetelly’s ‘Zola’ is a satisfactory, and is likely to remain for some time a definitive work. With regard to the facts of Zola’s career there is probably no one capable of speaking with more authority than Mr. Vizetelly. The book is unnecessarily crowded with ‘shop.’”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 266. F. 2, ‘05. 700w.

* “Tho wanting in conclusion and proportion, is likely to be for some time an authoritative source for the facts of the novelist’s life.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 1162. N. 16, ‘05. 70w.

=Vizetelly, Francis (Frank) Horace.= Preparation of manuscripts for the printer. *75c. Funk.

A series of directions to authors as to the manner of preparing copy and correcting proofs with suggestions on submitting manuscripts for publication.

* “It contains much useful information and sound advice from a man of experience in the publishing world.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 837. D. 2, ‘05. 50w.

* “Altogether, this is likely to be a useful book.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 934. D. 2, ‘05. 130w.

=Von Horn, W. D.= See =Oertel, Phillipp Friedrich Wilhelm.=

=Vries, Hugo de.= Species and varieties: their origin by mutation; lectures delivered at the University of California; ed. by Daniel Trembly MacDougal. *$5. Open ct.

“The present work consists of twenty-eight lectures arranged in six groups. The first lecture is an introduction dealing with ‘Theories of evolution’ and ‘Methods of investigation.’ ... The second division of lectures (II.-IV.) deals with ‘Elementary species in nature.’ ... In lectures V.-XV., the author presents the evidence to show that ‘varieties’ are produced either by the loss of some marked peculiarity, or by latent characters becoming active, or by the acquisition of others that are already present in allied species.... Lectures XVI.-XXIV. Although the author tested many species, only one, the evening primrose, Œnothera, gave positive, mutating, results. He finds that the various mutations obtained from this species take place with a great degree of regularity. Very simple rules of general validity, he assumes, govern the whole phenomenon.... Lectures XXV.-XXVIII. There is selection of two kinds, between species and between varieties.”—Philos. R.

“‘Species and varieties,’ then, within the field of natural science, is clearly the book of the year. On the practical side it gives unity and significance to the random observations of every lover of plants. On the theoretical side, the work articulates with Mendel’s old doctrine of the unit character, the heredity atom which either is, or is not, and never splits in passing from one generation to the next.” E. T. Brewster.

+ + + =Atlan.= 96: 683. N. ‘05. 850w.

“‘The greatest contribution since Darwin’ is the universal testimony.” H. C. Cowles.

+ + + =Bot. G.= 40: 148. Ag. ‘05. 900w.

+ + + =Ind.= 58: 1187. My. 25, ‘05. 810w.

“The book is, considering its bulk, very free from misprints.” A. D.

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 314. Ag. 3, ‘05. 1560w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 605. Mr. 4, ‘05. 100w.

“Evidently the work of de Vries may well prove to be an epoch-making contribution to the advance of knowledge.” Edward G. Spaulding.

+ + =Philos. R.= 14: 354. My. ‘05. 2760w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 344. Mr. 4, ‘05. 970w.

“The great service of de Vries’s work is that, being founded on experimentation, it challenges to experimentation as the only judge of its merits. As to the literary qualities of the book, one has first to praise the general method of exposition. It is quite a model.” C. B. Davenport.

+ + + =Science=, n.s. 22: 369. S. 22, ‘05. 2800w.

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=Wack, Henry Wellington.= Romance of Victor Hugo and Juliette Drouet. **$1.50. Putnam.

A bundle of letters written to Hugo by Madame Drouet in 1851 and discovered by Mr. Wack on a ramble thru the island of Guernsey, forms the basis of this book. An introduction by M. François Coppée, the story of the relations of the poet and Juliette for fifty years and of the poet’s life at Hauteville house by Mr. Wack, and many illustrations complete the volume.

Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 509. Je. ‘05. 790w.

“His book is quite without adequate raison d’etre.”

— =Dial.= 38: 357. My. 16, ‘05. 530w.

“The introduction by François Coppée is especially interesting not only on account of the view that it furnishes of Hugo as seen by an enthusiastic young poet, but because of its literary excellence and the charming delicacy with which he has related his experiences.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 42. Jl. 6, ‘05. 330w.

“One more superfluous example of literary indiscretion.”

— =Nation.= 80: 352. My. 4, ‘05. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“The literary value of this book lies in the charming introduction by François Coppée; the human interest, in the conscientious work of the author, who, however, is sometimes in danger of beating his gold leaf out too thin.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1061. Ap. 29, ‘05. 170w.

“Mr. Wellington Wack proves such a pretty apologist that we can easily persuade ourselves that we are not reading scandal at all, but a ‘worthy literary record.’”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 836. My. 27, ‘05. 340w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 124. Jl. ‘05. 90w.

=Wack, Henry Wellington.= Story of the Congo Free State. **$3.50. Putnam.

“Social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in central Africa. After personal research among the documents in the administration office, to which he was given free access by the king of the Belgians, the author presents this volume as a true and complete history of the affairs of the Congo Free State. The work is profusely illustrated with characteristic sketches.”—Bookm.

“His refutation of the British charges is so violent that, considering the sources of his information, the argument is not convincing.”

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 595. My. ‘05. 180w.

“But apart from its value as a plea for the equity and wisdom of King Leopold’s administration, the book has an interest which makes a strong appeal to the general reader.”

+ + — =Cath. World.= 82: 126. O. ‘05. 620w.

“We heartily thank the author for the abundant documents, pictures, statistics, appendices, and index even more than for his narrative, which, while liable for discount as a statement of truth, is rich in facts.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 96. Jl. ‘05. 440w.

“As a polemic it is plain that ... Mr. Wack writes from a prejudiced, anti-British standpoint.”

— + =Ind.= 59: 390. Ag. 17, ‘05. 300w.

“The most interesting as well as the most trustworthy feature of the

## book is its profuse photographic illustration.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 276. Ap. 6, ‘05. 940w.

“Mr. Wack’s book, however, seems to be ‘the real thing,’ and is the most complete work on the subject that has yet appeared.” James Gustavus Whiteley.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 129. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1710w.

“He makes it evident at the very outset that he did not approach his task with an altogether unbiased mind. If his monograph fails as a refutation, it is not, however without value as contributing useful information in regard to the history and resources of the Free State.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 761. Mr. 25, ‘05. 280w.

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 38: 465. Mr. 25, ‘05. 970w.

=Waddell, Charles Carey.= Van Suyden sapphires. †$1.50. Dodd.

Miss Gwendolen Bramblestone, one of the guests, at Mrs. Van Suyden’s country place for a week-end house party, becomes implicated in a mysterious jewel robbery. The story follows her efforts to establish her innocence and to recover the gems. Her Scotch lover, the “gentleman burglar,” and an ex-jockey detective add to the plot and to the character interest.

“Exceedingly interesting tale in spite of its thinning out toward the end.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 347 My. 27. ‘05. 560w.

“An absorbing story from start to finish.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 391. Je. 17. ‘05. 160w.

“The plot is most ingenious.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 144. My. 13, ‘05. 130w.

=Waddell, Laurence Austine.= Lhasa and its mysteries; with a record of the expedition of 1903-4. *$6. Dutton.

This detailed account of the expedition to Lhasa is written by the chief medical officer of the military escort which accompanied Sir Francis Younghusband. There is an historical introduction, and there are diagrams, plans, maps, and illustrations from photographs taken by the author.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 423. Ap. 8. 2210w.

“His book is decidedly interesting. It contains a great deal of new matter regarding the country. The author has seen a great deal, but he does not impress us as a man of a scholarly, independent, and broadly cultivated mind.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 484. Je. 15, ‘05. 2760w.

“In the matter of authoritative backgrounds, at all events, Col. Waddell’s book on the Lhasa mission and its antecedents is the most complete which has so far appeared.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1640w.

“Inferior in literary quality to both Mr. Landon’s ‘The opening of Tibet’ and Mr. Candler’s ‘The unveiling of Lhasa,’ it deals with the subject more broadly and intimately than either.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 241. My. 27, ‘05. 1920w.

“We may therefore accept the statement made in ‘Lhasa and its mysteries’ as an authoritative description, so far as opportunity allowed, of the inner life of the people.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 56. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1990w.

“He writes with clearness and grace, he has an eye for the picturesque and curious, and he provides a variety of information in which every type of reader may find something to his taste. The only blemish is an occasional tendency to egotism.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 320. S. 2, ‘05. 1370w.

=Waddington, Mary Alsop King.= Italian letters of a diplomat’s wife. **$2.50. Scribner.

The first part of the book gives an account of a visit to Italy in 1880, just after Monsieur Waddington had resigned the premiership of France, while part 2, Italy revisited, depicts Rome twenty years later, after Monsieur Waddington’s death, and describes a new pope and a new king and queen. The letters give glimpses of society and notables, of state and social functions, of Italian skies and gardens.

“We feel we cannot have too many books like this—the expression of a cultivated, well-bred, cosmopolitan, and always kindly and good-natured mind.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 443. Ap. 22, ‘05. 1500w.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 938. Jl. ‘05. 60w.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 494. Ap. 15. 770w.

“The present volume of Madame Waddington’s letters makes a most interesting and intimate history of social life in Italy during the past quarter of a century.” Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 506. Je. ‘05. 780w.

“The book as a whole, though entertaining, hardly equals its predecessor in interest.”

+ =Dial.= 38: 357. My. 16, ‘03. 460w.

“They are just such letters as one would like to get if he had a friend at court, personal, chatty and unaffected.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1070. My. 11, ‘05. 170w.

“The book has its defects. But, after all, what we absolutely demand in a book of this kind is that it shall be interesting; and interesting the book is, and full of the atmosphere of Italy.”

+ + — =Nation.= 80: 418. My. 25, ‘05. 1270w.

“Mme. Waddington in Italy is not perhaps Mme. Waddington at her best.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 212. Ap. 8, ‘05. 1230w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 220w.

“What the later volume lacks in unity it amply makes up in variety. Madame Waddington writes familiarly, but her books are singularly free from trivialities and gossip, and one looks in vain for anything like malice or scandal.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 240w.

“Mme. Waddington’s book is among neither the best nor the worst of its class.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 836. My. 27, ‘05. 330w.

+ + =Reader.= 6: 596. O. ‘05. 260w.

“The stream of pleasant babble flows along so easily and briskly and vividly that only a veritable churl could refuse to be vastly entertained.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 186. Ag. 5, ‘05. 710w.

* =Wade, Blanche Elizabeth.= Garden in pink. **$1.75. McClurg.

“Best of All” was blessed not only with a fertile imagination but with a husband, “The Other One,” who entered delightedly into all her schemes, and together they turned an old fashioned Italian garden into a pink garden filling it with all the things that bloom pink and gazing at it thru rose colored glasses. Here they and Best of All’s sister, called “The Prevaricator,” because she wrote stories, whiled away much of a happy summer. A dozen garden photographs printed on thin paper and mounted on separate pages, also various border designs drawn by Lucy Fitch Perkins, and printed in pink and green, create a real pink garden atmosphere.

* “A novelty in garden books.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 385. D. 1, ‘05. 270w.

* “A charming volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 832. D. 2, ‘05. 210w.

* + =Outlook.= 81: 1038. D. 23, ‘05. 90w.

=Wade, Mrs. Mary Hazelton (Blanchard).= Coming of the white men: stories of how our country was discovered. †75c. Wilde.

This is the first volume in a series known as “Uncle Sam’s old-time stories.” It aims to interest young readers in the beginnings of American history, and to arouse patriotism. The present narrative covers the period from the time when the Norsemen set foot upon our soil down to the establishing of the Maryland colony.

=Wade, Mrs. Mary Hazelton (Blanchard).= Ten big Indians. †$1. Wilde.

A companion volume of “Ten little Indians.” This sketch includes the chiefs and leaders of the tribes from which the ten little Indians were drawn. The qualities of the red men and the different periods of American history and different sections of the country are represented while the author shows that thru such means as bravery, oratory, cunning and in a few instances kindness, these braves won power and prominence.

=Wagner, Charles.= Busy life; or, The conquest of energy; tr. from the French by G: Moorhead. 60c. Ogilvie.

A book of moral teaching intended to instill into the minds of the readers the desire for the real things of life, among which there is none comparable to energy, which is virtue itself, stimulating in us and in others, life, joy, and hope.

* =Wagner, Charles.= Justice; tr. from the French by Mary Louise Hendee. **$1. McClure.

“‘A disposition to unfairness, bad faith, and evil speaking, is abroad in every field,’ says the author in his preface, ‘and a matter over which men do not contend at daggers drawn, is hard to find.’ To counteract this evil, the little book teaches the lesson of sweet reasonableness and Christian charity.” (Dial.) The contents include: The birth of righteousness; Dominion and voluntary service; Mine and thine; Science and faith; The love of country—Humanity; The churches—The church—Religious justice; Society and the individual social justice; The religious conception of work.

* “Fluent and apparently careful translation. These new chapters contain little that is essentially new to those familiar with the volumes that have preceded.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 244. O. 16, ‘05. 320w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 636. S. 30, ‘05. 650w.

=Wagner, Charles.= My appeal to America; being my first address to an American audience. **50c. McClure.

An appeal for active goodness and the “simple life,” with an introduction by Dr. Lyman Abbott, and notes and appendices. The profits of the book are to go to a fund to furnish a site for a church of which Mr. Wagner is to be the pastor.

“In remarkably lucid English, occasionally quaint, and always naïvely serious, even when expressive of a saving sense of humor.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 706. Mr. 18, ‘05. 120w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 383. Mr. ‘05. 60w.

=Wagner, Charles.= On life’s threshold: talks to young people on character and conduct; tr. by Edna St. John. **$1. McClure.

“In talking to young people ... is it necessary to ... be genuine, direct and simple. In this respect these talks are excellent, and can profitably be studied as models by many of our preachers and teachers. The ethical instruction is developed by a process of reasoning instead of being based on dogma and authority, and is not even very definitely Christian, so there ought not to be any objection to the use of the

## book in the public school of any locality.”—Ind.

“Pastor Wagner’s power lies in the fact that he is not ashamed to put commonplaces in plain language.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 729. Mr. 30, ‘05. 140w.

“The volume is a careful guidebook to everyday life.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 478. S. ‘05. 220w.

“Another little volume of thought-provoking, cheerful philosophy.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 512. Ap. ‘03. 100w.

=Wagner, Richard.= Selections from the music dramas of Richard Wagner; arranged for the piano by Otto Singer. $1.50. Ditson.

A late addition to the “Musician’s library.” The excerpts are not difficult for the amateur and include representative parts of eleven operas from “Rienzi” to “Parsifal.”

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 422. Je. 16, ‘05. 90w.

“The Wagner book is altogether the most satisfactory collection of excerpts from the works of that musical Titan that we have ever seen. The selection is wise and comprehensive. Mr. Aldrich’s preface is all that such a foreword should be.”

+ + + =Ind.= 59: 393. Ag. 17, ‘05. 90w.

=Wagner, Richard.= Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck; tr. by W. Ashton Ellis. $4. Scribner.

“The world is indebted to Mathilde Wesendonck for two great achievements—she inspired the composition of ‘Tristan and Isolde,’ and she thereby forced the composer to defer the completion of the ‘Ring des Nibelungen’ until his powers were in their full maturity. This remarkable collection of letters, first published after the death of the lady, which took place in 1902, is another fruit of their relationship. What the nature or that relationship was, we do not propose to discuss.... Its only importance for us consists in its artistic results.”—Lond. Times.

“No lover of the greatest modern master of music should fail to read them.” Jeanette L. Gilder.

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 216. S. ‘05. 1050w.

“If the work has been performed conscientiously,—that is, if there has been no improper discrimination in the selection from private correspondence, nothing omitted which would tend to develop the real character of the man,—the plan is unobjectionable, even admirable, as it brings the man himself very near to the reader.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 118. S. 1, ‘05. 520w.

“To Mr. Ashton Ellis’s fashion of translating we cannot altogether reconcile ourselves. The translator, however, deserves the greatest praise for the careful way in which he has annotated the letters and for the interesting dissertations which he has prefixed and appended to them.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 174. Je. 9, ‘05. 2150w.

“The peculiarities of Wagner’s style are to a considerable extent reflected in the English version.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 126. Ag. 10, ‘05. 790w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 369. Je. 10, ‘05. 240w.

[Mr. Ellis] “produces English prose that is as gnarled as Wagner’s German. It is not often that the inner workings of genius have been so illumined.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 624. S. 23, ‘05. 670w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 255. Ag. ‘05. 60w.

=Wakefield, Frank H.= Marriage—limited. $1.50. Neale.

The setting of this story is in a future time when a seven year marriage contract is in vogue. This contract may be renewed at its expiration, or the parties to it may form new contracts. No one may marry more than five times, and all children are brought up and educated by the state. The plot concerns a murder and a robbery and some clever detective work, but these things seem commonplace, and it is the unique state of society that is exciting.

=Walker, Ernest.= Beethoven. $1. Brentano’s.

The third volume in “The music of the masters” series is a Beethoven handbook which gives a sketch, with suggestive motives, of his principal compositions, including choral music, vocal music, stage music, orchestral works, solo instrument music, chamber music, and piano-forte music. The closing chapter gives a composite view of his music as a whole, showing both his creative genius and reflected qualities.

“The author has confined himself to criticism which is often of a very striking and suggestive kind.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 235. Jl. 21, ‘05. 600w.

“On the whole one must admit him to be a sane and safe guide and suggestive withal.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 464. Je. 8, ‘05. 150w.

“On the whole, Mr. Walker’s analyses and discussions are enlightened and sympathetic.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 355. Je. 3, ‘05. 440w.

=Wallace, Alfred Russel.= My life: a record of events and opinion. *$6. Dodd.

“No one would guess this to be the work of an octogenarian.... There is no sign of diminished vigour, whether in the earlier part, which is written almost entirely from memory, or in the latter, which is largely devoted to a trenchant defence of socialism, spiritualism, and other darling fads of his old age. The book may be divided into four sections, which will doubtless appeal with varying force to different readers. First we have boyhood and adolescence—the student; then the famous expeditions to South America and the Malay archipelago—the naturalist and collector; thirdly, the scientific and literary work at home, the intercourse and correspondence with eminent contemporaries—the evolutionist; lastly, the struggle with economic problems of modern life—the socialist and reformer.”—Lond. Times.

“Dr. Wallace has been his own recording angel, and those who peruse the record cannot but pronounce it well and truly written.” W. P. Pycraft.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1119. O. 28, ‘05. 1870w.

* “Mr. Wallace’s narrative in other words, can hardly be called a model of conciseness. Still its wonderful candour wins ample forgiveness for its prolixity.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 649. N. 11. 1040w.

“He writes with the crystalline simplicity that belongs to a sincere and candid mind, that invests even trivial things with interest, and continues to charm when wit and fancy, unless they be of a very high order, seem faded or forced.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 348. O. 20, ‘05. 2550w.

“While we fully recognize the very extensive variety and importance in many respects of Dr. Wallace’s career we cannot but think he has followed an undesirable precedent in rivalling Spencer’s self-expansiveness. We cannot imagine any reader who will not find the greater part of it worth the reading.”

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 526. O. 21, ‘05. 1670w.

=Wallace, Dillon.= Lure of the Labrador wild. **$1.50. Revell.

The account of an exploring expedition into the unknown wilds of Labrador in the summer of 1903. The trip was undertaken by Leonidas Hubbard, jr., who perished from hunger and exhaustion, the author and a half-breed Cree Indian as guide. The story is a pitiful one of hardship and disappointment. The party set out with inadequate provisions, and an insufficient knowledge of the country, and having caught but a glimpse of Lake Michikaman, ragged and starving they were forced to turn back; winter closed in upon them, Hubbard succumbed, and Wallace barely escaped with his life. The story is told simply and graphically, and the author while depicting its horrors admits that he still feels the lure of the wild saying: “The smoke of the camp-fire is in my blood. The fragrance of the forest is in my nostrils. Perhaps it is God’s will that I finish the work of exploration that Hubbard began.” There are a number of illustrations from photographs and three original and accurate maps.

“It is one of the most interesting accounts of exploration we have seen.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 596. My. ‘05. 70w.

“Seldom has a story of hardship bravely endured been told so movingly.” J. B. G.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 472 My. ‘05. 210w.

=Nation.= 80: 256. Mr. 30, ‘05. 910w. (Condensed narrative.)

“It is a homely and pitiful story of enterprise, disappointment, and starvation. Its manifest moral is that it does not do to start wrong if you would go exploring.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 98. F. 18, ‘05. 1620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 170w.

“It is a wonderfully interesting record, told in a simple and straightforward manner.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 706. Mr. 18, ‘05. 220w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 717. My. 6. ‘05. 180w.

“Presents, in a graphic, literary style, the tragic story.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 381. Mr. ‘05. 160w.

“It is a vivid, painful, and admirably written account of an exploring expedition into that inhospitable wilderness.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 918. Je. 24. ‘05. 340w.

=Wallace, Sir Donald Mackenzie.= Russia. $5. Holt.

An entirely new and much enlarged edition of a work first published in 1877. It has been revised and in great part rewritten, bringing the history of Russia and her people down to May 1905. The noblesse, and the policy of the central government receive adequate treatment, while the story of the lower classes, the traders, parish priests, peasants, burghers, cossacks, and serfs, their life, customs, local government, religion, and the great national movements which affect them, is told in detail and in the light of a full knowledge derived from long residence among them.

“The book has thus been brought up to date, without sacrificing any of its wisdom, or the political insight and the sane and temperate views which have continued for a quarter of a century to give it a leading value.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 719. Jl. 8, ‘05. 190w.

“The most important part of the new book consists in the account of the revolutionary movement and in the general considerations contained in the last chapter. Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace writes with real information, and is, alone among the hosts of writers on Russia whose books are just now coming out, to be trusted as a man of authority.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 37. Jl. 8. 1990w.

“It covers a much broader field than M. Ular even thinks of attempting.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 410. N. ‘05. 230w.

“As a masterly attempt to facilitate one nation’s understanding of another, ‘Russia’ stands in the same class as Mr. Bodley’s ‘France’ and Mr. Bryce’s ‘American commonwealth.’”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 205. Je. 30, ‘05. 2940w.

“A book of extreme value on a remarkably difficult subject has been rendered invaluable nay, indispensable—for those who wish clearly to understand present conditions and future possibilities in the realm of the Tsar.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 170. Ag. 24, ‘05. 1110w.

“Almost every subject is treated of in a method in keeping with its nature.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 603. S. 16, ‘05. 1150w.

“Is the finished product of a man who in every respect is competent to deal in a masterly manner with his subject.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 446. S. 30, ‘05. 170w.

“The work is a large and exhaustive one. It is regarded by many Russians as the best work about their country ever written by a foreigner.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 190w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 341. S. 9, ‘05. 1480w.

“Sir Donald Wallace writes of modern parties with a serene impartiality, and a clearness and fulness which are only too rare in works on the subject. We may differ from the author’s conclusions, but we are compelled to respect them; and since he gives his data frankly and fairly, he provides the reader, if he be mistaken, with materials for an independent judgment.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 1030w.

=Waller, Mary Ella.= Daughter of the rich. †$1.50. Little.

A favorite among young readers whose popularity demands a new edition to which Ellen Bernard Thompson has contributed six full-page illustrations.

=Waller, Mary Ella.= Sanna. †$1.50. Harper.

“The heroine is the center of an admiring circle of homely Nantucket folk, one of the vivid blossoms that glow in the fresh salt breezes. Each character in the story is distinctly individualized, and humor and pathos mingle in their shrewd talk. Somewhat apart, but always sympathetic with the village people, are the members of the Torrence family, within whose bounds are found the seeds that ripen into tragedy and give a dramatic touch to the well-managed plot.”—Outlook.

=Ind.= 59: 209. Jl. 27, ‘05. 150w.

“The author’s art falls below her invention. Nevertheless, ‘Sanna’ is a well-written, wholesome, breezy tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 319. My. 13, ‘05. 360w.

“Altogether this is a novel quite above the average in construction and sustained interest.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 110w.

* =Wallis, Louis.= Egoism: a study in the social premises of religion, $1. Univ. of Chicago press.

The author discusses the proposition that “egoism is the only ‘force’ propelling the social machine,” which thesis he demonstrates by evidence drawn from biblical history; he further maintains that the historical criticism of the Bible must be made in the light of sociology; finally, he shows the practical bearing of this on the present social problems.

=Walpole, Horace.= Letters chronologically arranged and ed. with notes and indices, by Mrs. Paget Toynbee. 16v. ea. *$2; set, *$32. Oxford.

Twelve of these sixteen volumes have been published to date. They contain the letters in as complete form as possible, giving four hundred letters not included in the “Latest edition of collected letters,” and which have never before been printed. There is additional annotation and an exhaustive index. The edition is illustrated by fifty portraits in photogravure, and three facsimiles of original letters.

=Acad.= 68: 195. Mr. 4, ‘05. 1210w. (Review of v. 9-12.)

“It is sufficient to say that there is no indication that the editor has become weary in her work, for the foot-notes still contain ample information and represent much labor.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 708. Ap. ‘05. 110w. (Review of vols. IX-XII.)

“The value of Mrs. Toynbee’s work ... does not lie in fresh discoveries so much as in the patient devotion with which she has sifted and sorted the whole correspondence. The notes ... are unobtrusive, and admirable in clarity and conciseness, and, as editing goes, this collection of letters could not be bettered.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 40. Ja. 14. 1440w. (Reviews vols. IX.-XII.)

“It is superfluous to repeat how eminently Mrs. Toynbee’s edition of Walpole overtops all others. To render it supremely enduring it needs but one addition ... a companion volume of annotations. Mrs. Toynbee’s too chary annotation is always pertinent.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 231. Mr. 23, ‘05. 1810w. (Review of vols. IX-XII.)

“This edition of Mrs. Paget Toynbee’s is as complete as possible, and otherwise as pleasing and attractive as an edition can be made.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 140w.

* + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 898. D. 16, ‘05. 170w. (Review of v. 13-15.)

“If these letters, then, have not all the airy volatility and gay sparkle of Walpole’s earlier days, it is still astonishing how he retains his freshness and wit, and these volumes yield to none in their interest.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 748. My. 20, ‘05. 2060w. (Re-review of v. 9-12.)

=Walpole, Spencer Horatio.= History of twenty-five years, 1855-1881. 2v. $10. Longmans.

The author, who held official positions in the war and post-office departments from 1858 to 1899, is the only English writer who has had the advantage of being in active service in Downing street while engaged in historical research. “The better acquainted a student is with the other histories of the middle years of the nineteenth century the greater is his indebtedness to Sir Spencer Walpole for the many little asides in which he introduces new material, based not on books, official or non-official, but on his own personal experience, and on information which he acquired first hand during his long and distinguished career in the British civil service.... His history covers Europe, and to a large extent the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and the over-sea possessions of Great Britain. He cites an authority for every statement he makes; and his authorities, appended as foot-notes, show that there are few sources—British, American or European—on which he has not drawn.... The first hundred pages in the second volume are devoted to the War of the rebellion and to the attitude of England to the Federal and Confederate governments.” (Ind.)

“The style is commonplace and diffuse. At times it is wordy in the extreme. The marshaling of all this material has been excellently managed.”

+ + — =Ind.= 58: 436. F. 23, ‘05. 900w.

* =Walters, Henry Beauchamp.= History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman; based on the work of Samuel Birch. 2v. *$15. Scribner.

“The first adequate treatment the history of ancient pottery received was in the two volumes of Dr. Samuel Birch, published in 1857.... Since Birch’s death, in 1885, so much new material has been gathered that a further revision of his work has been demanded.... The results of this revision and extension of Dr. Birch’s work are two sumptuous volumes of considerably more than five hundred pages each, well provided with indexes, and bibliographies.” (Dial). “We have ... in the two volumes seventeen chapters devoted to Greek vases and their decoration, and one chapter devoted to ‘Etruscan and South Italian pottery’; five chapters on Roman pottery, by which is meant the pottery of Italy under the Roman rule; and, finally, brief mention of earthenware found in Britain, Gaul, and Germany, but evidently of the Roman Imperial epoch.... There are sixty-nine plates and many are in color.... There are, moreover, two hundred and fifty text illustrations.”—Nation.

* “Mr. Walters has provided us with an instalment which is likely for many years to prove a most valuable work of reference for those branches of the subject which he includes in his survey. Almost every page attests the care and thoroughness with which published authorities have been consulted.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905. 2: 475. O. 7. 890w.

Reviewed by Arthur Howard Noll.

* + + =Dial.= 39: 301. N. 16, ‘05. 1280w.

* “The new publication is practically a complete summary of everything now known of classic ceramic art, no source of information, English or foreign, having been neglected.”

+ + + =Int. Studio.= 27: 88. N. ‘05. 470w.

* + + =Nation.= 81: 283. O. 5. ‘05. 1530w.

* “Other and more expensive volumes have surpassed it in beauty of illustrations; none in its exhaustive and logical treatment of ancient pottery and the true and complete meaning of the fragments which have come down to us.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 862. D. 2, ‘05. 450w.

* “The defects in these volumes arise principally from the narrow outlook with which they are written. Upon the whole, it is perhaps surprising that the attempt to condense so vast an accumulation of material into the form of a handbook has been so nearly crowned with success; especially as it has been made at a moment when the questions of the early history of the art are yet in solution and cannot be summarised without danger.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 613. O. 21, ‘05. 1300w.

=Waltz, Elizabeth Cherry.= Ancient landmark. †$1.50. McClure.

A romance of Kentucky which deals with the question of divorce. There is a much-abused heroine, the object of a husband’s violence when the drug habit is upon him, into whose head never entered the idea of divorce. “But Lucien Beardsley arose upon the horizon. A Virginian by birth, a cosmopolitan by education, a man of modern ideas.... Lucien found in the unhappy Dulcie a cousin many times removed, and undertook to champion her cause, to upset the ancient landmark, to establish the new custom of divorce, and to launch the grief-stricken Dulcinea upon a new and glittering sea of happiness.” (N. Y. Times.)

* + =Ind.= 59: 1229. N. 23, ‘05. 150w.

“Mrs. Waltz is a born writer of sensational fiction, and carries her reader triumphantly through scenes that would be intolerable from a less vigorous hand.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 368. N. 2, ‘05. 340w.

“Many of the personages are drawn with vitality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 650. O. 7, ‘05. 300w.

“An exciting story from start to finish.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 380. O. 14, ‘05. 50w.

Wampum library of American literature; ed. by Brander Matthews. **$1.40. Longmans.

These three volumes form the beginning of a series which when completed will illustrate the development of the various forms of American literature. Each volume treats of a single species, tracing the evolution of this definite form and presenting in chronological sequence typical examples chosen from the writings of American authors born prior to 1850. Volume I, “American short stories,” edited by Charles Sears Baldwin, contains a comprehensive introduction, and selected stories which he divides into two periods, the “tentative” and the “new form.” Under the former are selections from Irving, Austin, Hall, and Pike; under the latter, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Poe, Willis, Kirkland, O’Brien, Hart, Webster, Taylor, Bunner, and Frederic. Volume II, “American literary criticism,” edited by William Morton Payne, deals with the development of the critical spirit in American literature. The introduction shows literary insight and critical ability and ranks with the essays which follow. The essays selected are entirely upon literary themes, and include selections from Dana, Ripley, Emerson, Poe, Ossoli, Lowell, Whitman, Whipple, Stedman, Howells, Lanier, and James. Volume III, “American familiar verse,” edited by Brander Matthews, who is also editing the edition as a whole, contains a, lengthy introduction which defines Familiar verse as—“the lyric of commingled sentiment and playfulness, which is more generally and more carelessly called vers de société.” A rather catholic choice of authors follows—Freneau, J. Q. Adams, Moore, Irving, Bryant, Halleck, Drake, Whittier, Longfellow, Holmes, Saxe, Lowell, Stoddard, Stedman, Aldrich, and many others.

“Two compilations, which are fitted to serve a good purpose in advance English classes.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 80: 832. Mr. ‘05. 390w. (Reviews vols. I. and II.)

“If the succeeding volumes are as capably edited as the three now published, the series will prove of great value in the historical study of our literature. From the character of these three volumes it is evident that the series when complete will place in their proper proportions the successive steps in the evolution of these distinct literary forms. The one unfortunate feature in the general plan of the library is the arbitrary restriction which prohibits a selection from any ~living~ American writers whose birth has occurred since December 31, 1850.” W. E. Simonds.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 13. Ja. 1, ‘05. 1350w.

“The ~genre~ of familiar verse is so well adapted to this particular purpose, and Mr. Matthews has shown such skill in selection, that his own volume will probably bear the test of time as the standard anthology. The value of the illustrative material in the others is more doubtful.” G. R. Carpenter.

+ + =Educ. R.= 29: 424. Ap. ‘05. 490w. (Reviews vols. I.-III.)

=R. of Rs.= 31: 250. F. ‘05. 290w.

=Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Mrs. Herbert D. Ward).= Trixy. $1.50. Houghton.

This story, which is a dramatic argument against vivisection, has for its heroine Trixy, a performing French poodle, who, barely escaping death on the dissecting table, confronts the accused physician in court. The human interest centers about this young scientist who loses the affections of the woman he loves, and eventually his own life, by his experiments. A young lawyer, an active defender of little dogs and kittens, wins the hand of the girl who could not trust herself to the vivisectionist.

“Clever artist as she is, we are not prepared to say that she has avoided many an ignominious descent into the pathetic.”

+ — =Cath. World.= 80: 833. Mr. ‘05. 290w.

“We do not propose to consider it as a story, but as a tract, for that is what it is chiefly in the author’s mind. In this case ... we question whether the charity which she gives to beasts does not make her forget the charity due to human beings. But Mrs. Ward goes so far as to make a superstitious use of natural scenery to enforce her warning against vivisection.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 99. Ja. 12, ‘05. 850w.

=Ward, H. Marshall.= Trees: a handbook of forest botany for the woodlands and the laboratory. 6 vol. ea. *$1.50. Macmillan.

The author has prepared this series as a text-book for all who need a guide to their studies. The text is clear and simple and each volume is provided with diagnostic tables devised for use in the field. The series includes, Birds and twigs; Leaves; Flowers and inflorescences: Fruits and seeds; Seedlings; and The habit and conformation of the tree as a whole.

“The book has evidently been compiled with great care. Its value, then, to the student, forester or other, is beyond question.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 280. Ag. 26, 480w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The book is not only an excellent text-book In forest botany, but is a capital study in pedagogy as well.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 414. My. 25, ‘05. 420w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Is, like the earlier volumes in the series, thoroughly interesting and accurate.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 360. N. 2, ‘05. 100w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The work will be found indispensable to those students who wish to make an expert study of forest botany. At the same time it is expressed in language so clear and devoid of technicalities that the amateur who wishes to know something about our trees and shrubs will find this one of the most useful guides to which he can turn.”

+ + + =Nature.= 71: 291. Ja. 26, ‘05. 620w. (Reviews vols. I. and II.)

“There is also a very useful and exhaustive index at the end of the book.”

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 482. S. 14, ‘05. 410w. (Review of v. 3.)

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 437. Jl. 1, ‘05. 270w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Ward, H. Snowden.= Canterbury pilgrimages. *$1.75. Lippincott.

“The interest of the book centers around two great tragedies: the fall of Thomas the archbishop, and the fall of Thomas the martyr. These are bound up with a part of a still greater tragedy: the collapse of a grand religious movement, which, with all its human imperfections and short-comings, had done a noble work for those who had needed it most, the poor, the weak, the suffering.” The text has been improved by many illustrations of churches, shrines and relics, and sketches of the “pilgrims’ way.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 130w.

“Altogether it is an interesting excursion through historical lore for the illustration of a significant feature of mediaeval English life that Chaucer has kept in permanent remembrance.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 620. S. 28, ‘05. 840w.

=Ward, John.= Our Sudan: its pyramids and progress. *$8.40. Scribner.

The author gives his reader the privilege of skipping the letterpress and looking at his seven hundred illustrations. This picture book of Soudanese snap-shots is accompanied by chapters “which give interesting if not exactly novel, accounts of events and sundry episodes in the story of the African continent during the last fifty centuries, combined with details of explorations and military expeditions to remote spots during the last fifty years.” (Sat. R.)

“There can be no doubt of its interest or its future popularity.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 557. My. 6. 430w.

“It is pieced together in so haphazard a manner and with such contempt for all sense of proportion that it can hardly be viewed as a serious guide to anybody. Mr. Ward makes many needless mistakes.”

— — + =Sat. R.= 100: 23. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1160w.

+ + =Spec.= 94: 559. Ap. 15, ‘05. 210w.

=Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold (Mrs. Thomas Humphry Ward).= Marriage of William Ashe. †$1.50. Harper.

A novel presenting the political and social order existing in London a hundred years ago. William Ashe, a rising young statesman of English solidity and force, falls in love with Lady Kitty, beautiful, eighteen, just released from a French convent, and neglected by a mother of doubtful reputation. He marries her and she leads him gayly from one scandal to another, ridiculing his influential friends, making enemies of the prime minister, Lord Parham and his wife, and capping all by writing a bitterly real satire upon the social set in which her marriage has placed her. A fragile, captivating creature of varying moods, with an hereditary moral madness in her blood, she holds our interest, excites our pity, and dominates the book. But there are other characters; William’s mother, the strong aristocratic Englishwoman, Mary Lyster, cold, narrow, and selfishly hard, and Geoffrey Cliffe—a villain with a dash of genius, whose power over Kitty began with her desire to penetrate the secret history of a man whose poems filled her with a thrilling sense of feeling and passion beyond her ken.

“It is one of the best that Mrs. Humphry Ward has written, the chief fault of it being the wearisome middle. The work is not organically built up, and though the interest revives towards the end we still feel that the book is imperfect. One can well understand that it would have been twice as good if Mrs. Humphry Ward possessed the saving gift of humour, but she takes many things in life and particularly her own sex much too seriously.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 227. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1570w.

“It is not in any real sense a remarkable book. There is little or nothing in it that has not been given before both by the writer herself and by others. The hand of the experienced literary artist is visible—too visible in fact.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 332. Mr. 18. 730w.

“Considered not as a problem, but simply as a study in incompatibility, ‘The marriage of William Ashe’ is a piece of subtle and delicate workmanship.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + — =Bookm.= 21: 269. My. ‘05. 500w.

“In spite of its lack of humor the book is never dull.” C. Harwood.

+ =Critic.= 46: 472. My. ‘05. 640w.

“The interest of the work is sustained, rising to an effective dramatic climax, and subsiding into the pathos of a closing scene of deathbed repentance and forgiveness.” William Morton Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 310w.

“The first and most obvious complaint is against the strange and confusing method with which Mrs. Ward uses the motive of her story.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + — =Forum.= 37: 100. Jl. ‘05. 1470w.

“It must be admitted that ‘The marriage of William Ashe,’ which is her latest, is likewise her strongest book. As usual in Mrs. Ward’s stories, as the end approaches, the interest proportionally deepens. The outcome is unpredictable. Never was the advantage of Mrs. Ward’s method of composition more fully demonstrated than in ‘The marriage of William Ashe.’ The crisis is balanced with absolute nicety: the weight of a hair will turn the scales. The minor characters of Mrs. Ward’s story are drawn with subtlety and power. All in all, ‘The marriage of William Ashe’ is to be regarded as an achievement of consummate art.” C. H. Gaines.

+ + + =Harper’s Weekly.= 49: 392. Mr. 18, ‘05. 2060w.

“It is in the adequate presentation and interpretation of Lady Kitty that the author has achieved probably her greatest success as a literary artist.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 668. Mr. 23, ‘05. 1290w.

* “Is the most notable book of the year, and will perhaps be the only one to survive.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1152. N. 16, ‘05. 160w.

+ — =Nation.= 80: 336. Ap. 27, ‘05. 1710w.

“Like a rich personality ‘The marriage of William Ashe’ yields itself more and more, as one knows it better. It reveals new depth and beauty with each reading; one appreciates how superbly the author has triumphed over unusual difficulties of situation and of character; and with what noble conclusions she has charged a story which might easily have sunk into a moral morass. Its place is with the books that do not die. Its author stands among the few living writers of fiction to whom the Immortals have passed the torch.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 146. Mr. 11, ‘05. 1680w.

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

“One of those solid, thorough, able and workmanlike novels in which Mrs. Ward has dealt with some of the most serious matters of experience and has proved her right to claim a first position among the novelists of the day. The story needs condensation in the closing chapters, and suffers from lack of humor.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 771. Ap. 1, ‘05. 300w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 549. Ap. 8, ‘05. 400w.

“The book expresses, doubtless, the flower of her talent. It is full of sweet flavors. It has literary beauty of a high order. ‘The marriage of William Ashe’ is not a great story or a vigorous one. It is an absorbing one.”

+ + — =Reader.= 5: 783. My. ‘05. 920w.

“Is one of the few stories of which a measure, at least, of endurance may be predicted.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 756. Je. ‘05. 350w.

“The book, in short, has the drawbacks not only of a ~roman à clef~, but of a composite photograph. The most attractive and brilliant of all of Mrs. Humphry Ward’s novels. The fine literary quality of her work remains, the reader is once more charmed by the restrained eloquence of her descriptions, and impressed by the penetrating analysis of characters so essentially complex as those of Lady Kitty and Geoffrey Cliffe. But along with these familiar excellencies one notes a marked improvement in technique, a livelier movement in the handling of incident and dialogue,—in short, a greater ease, skill, and charm in presentation.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 443. Mr. 25, ‘05. 2020w.

=Ward, Wilfrid Philip.= Aubrey de Vere. *$4.60. Longmans.

A memoir, based on his unpublished diaries and correspondence of Aubrey de Vere by his literary executor. The story of a long and rather uneventful life is told largely by the Irish poet himself, revealing his own mind and temperament, and giving graphic descriptions of contemporary great men, Gladstone, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Newman, Browning. His gradual change of religious belief which brought him from the English church to Rome, his work during the famine of 1846-7, and the service done for Ireland by his voice and pen, are given in detail.

“The editor has based his work on diaries and letters, and has spread a feast for the lover of literature where no crude surfeit reigns.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 189. Ag. ‘05. 180w.

“Sufficient to give a true picture of the man himself. Yet not the least of the reader’s reward comes from his more intimate knowledge of a pure and unselfish life, lived largely in the service of his fellows; a poet who here reveals himself most fully as the patriot and friend.” Clark S. Northrup.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 7. Ja. 1, ‘05. 1760w.

“The literary workmanship is all that could be desired.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 39. Ap. ‘05. 360w.

“Quite sustains his reputation as a master in the difficult and delicate art of the biographer.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 290. F. 25, ‘05. 1680w.

=Warden, Florence.= House by the river, $1. Ogilvie.

A thrilling story of mystery and intrigue which turns on the theft of curios and paintings from a valuable collection. The owner himself is in the conspiracy to defraud an insurance company.

=Ware, William.= Aurelian, a tale of the Roman empire in the Third century. $1.50. Crowell.

The Luxembourg library offers in single volume edition, handsomely bound and fully illustrated, some notable work of fiction that ranks among the world’s masterpieces. “Aurelian” is one of the four late additions to this series.

=Warner, Anne.= See =French, A. W.=

=Warner, Charles Dudley.= Complete writings; * ed. by Thomas R. Lounsbury. 15v. ea. $2. Am. pub. co., Hartford, Conn.

The complete works of Charles Dudley Warner, with a biographical sketch appear in this handsome “Backlog” edition. “The volumes are of the right size, simply bound, the paper and the typography expressing the high quality of the work which this set of books preserves in permanent form.” (Outlook.)

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 583. D. ‘05. 160w. (Review of v. 12-15.)

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 463. Jl. 15, ‘05. (Review of v. 9-15.)

* “Everything has been done by the publishers of this edition to give Mr. Warner’s work the dignity and refinement of form which it deserves. Professor Lounsbury contributes to the series a biography which is characteristically clear, vivacious, and illuminating.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 440. Je. 17, ‘05. 970w.

=Warner, George H.= Jewish spectre. **$1.50. Doubleday.

The author strips himself entirely of race prejudice and almost whimsically creates from myth, from history, from literature and present day tendencies a composite Israel stamped with characteristics of imagination and fact. “The reader does not at once find out what the ‘spectre’ is. At first it seems to be a spectral fear that the Jew is to crowd out all competitors in the struggle for existence.... Later it comes out that the really troublesome ‘spectre’ in the writer’s mind is the domain of religious speculation.” (Outlook.)

* =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 25w.

* “Mr. Warner negatives too much and constructs too little.” Edith J. Rich.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 302. N. 16, ‘05. 1360w.

“The merit of the book is that it sincerely attempts to put into a single volume a literary view of a very difficult subject.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 991. O. 26, ‘05. 530w.

“A sort of hotch-potch of anecdote and quotation, legend and fact, held together by a strain of comment, now ironical, now impassioned, which is not likely to convince, but is generally diverting.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 617. S. 23, ‘05. 350w.

“The book is cleverly written, and makes many good hits at shining marks of folly; but that it is, as announced, ‘an extraordinary’ book, except in wrongheadedness, does not appear.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 334. O. 7, ‘05. 300w.

“Yet with all it is a strangely suggestive book, reassuring to any man who feels that America is becoming the New Jerusalem, full of careful study and hasty deduction, full of leads which the author does not work to a conclusion, full of surprises and odds and ends of valuable information—and full of contempt.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 602. N. 4, ‘05. 430w.

=Warner, Horace Everett.= Ethics of force. 50c. Pub. for the International Union by Ginn.

This little volume contains, in revised form, a series of five papers read before the Ethical Club of Washington, D. C., just prior to and after the Spanish war. The titles of the papers are The ethics of heroism, The ethics of patriotism, Can war be defended on the authority of Christ? Can war be defended on grounds of reason? and Some objections.

“Although the book is somewhat academic in tone, it is worth reading.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 118. O. ‘05. 370w.

“This is the sort of a thoughtful volume on the subject that should be placed on the reading-lists of our public schools.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 414. S. 23, ‘05. 340w.

=Warwick, Charles Franklin.= Mirabeau and the French revolution. **$2.50. Lippincott.

“This is the well-written story of the most extraordinary character of the most extraordinary scene in the drama of modern history, the storm-center of that scene till his death.”—Outlook.

“It has all the failings and the qualities of the writing of the enthusiastic amateur.”

+ — — =Acad.= 68: 778. Jl. 29, ‘05. 690w.

“It is neither a satisfactory biography of Mirabeau, nor a clear, sound and well connected synthesis of the early Revolution.” Fred Morrow Fling.

— — =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 157. O. ‘05. 950w.

“Considered as reading matter, the book offers nothing new.”

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 86. S. ‘05. 270w.

“We learn nothing new about Mirabeau or the French revolution; the style is sometimes absurd.”

+ — — =Critic.= 47: 192. Ag. ‘05. 130w.

=Dial.= 39: 119. S. 1, ‘05. 250w.

“Has neither scholarship nor style to recommend it. The style of the

## book is melodramatic.”

— — — =Ind.= 59: 817. O. 5, ‘05. 320w.

“It would be a mistake, however to dismiss it as of slight worth. It has some very positive merits. The task of exploring the voluminous literature treating of the French revolution is no light one, and Mr. Warwick must be credited with having considerably facilitated the exploration in respect to the period he reviews.”

+ + — =Lit. D.= 31: 498. O. 7, ‘05.

+ + — =Lit. D.= 31: 498. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.

“Apart from a certain number of verdicts upon individual characters, his text contains little that is distinctive. On the other hand it is of much higher quality than most of the illustrations which accompany it. The book is undeniably amateurish.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 242. S. 21, ‘05. 410w.

“There is no great distinction in his style, little compelling fire in his accounts of people and events; not much subtlety in his judgments. He is sometimes prolix and sometimes repeats himself. Clarity and intelligibility are the merits of the book; and they are valuable qualities.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 340. My. 27, ‘05. 1850w.

“Mr. Warwick has made effective use of the best authorities in his account both of the tragic scene and of the masterful actor.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 246. My. 27, ‘05. 50w.

“Mr. Warwick faces his subject fairly.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 26. Jl. 1, ‘05. 270w.

“It has the distinctive merit of being at once a biography and a history,—a graphic narrative of events not less than a just, adequate and exceptionally suggestive estimate of a great historical figure.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 597. O. ‘05. 200w.

“An incisive study of the part played by Mirabeau in the French revolution.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 124. Jl. ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Warwick’s book on Mirabeau is passable enough. But it contains absolutely nothing new in fact so far as we have observed, and it is certainly not distinguished for form or point of view or imagination.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 849. Je. 24, ‘05. 260w.

=Washburn, William Tucker.= First stone, and other stories. $1. Fenno.

These seventeen short stories are as varied in tone as in subject. One is a dramatic scene in the rooms of a danseuse, another is a story of Madagascar, a third treats of Mormonism, and a fourth concerns a most unfaithful wife.

=Washington, Booker Taliaferro.= Tuskegee and its people: their ideals and achievements. *$2. Appleton.

A volume prepared by the officers and former students of the normal and industrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala., under the editorial direction of Booker T. Washington, who writes an introduction. The problem of negro education is treated from the inside by the intelligent negro. Seventeen autobiographical sketches are furnished by Tuskegee graduates who are now following various occupations.

“It is an unanswerable argument against the critics of the Tuskegee movement in particular and of the education of the negro in general.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 41. Jl. 13, ‘05. 1190w.

“If the stories are marked by a complacency pardonable under the circumstances, and if they fail to prove quite all their authors think they do prove for negro progress, yet they are not uninstructive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 465. Jl. 15, ‘05. 400w.

“The writing is unpretentious and therefore the more forcible.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 936. Ag. 12, ‘05. 180w.

* =Washington, George.= Washington: principal state papers, $1. Century.

This volume in the “Thumb nail” series “is uniform with the early copies of this series which is a small vest-pocket edition richly bound in embossed leather. This volume contains W. E. H. Lecky’s famous essay on ‘The character of Washington’ taken from his ‘History of England in the eighteenth century,’ ‘Washington’s farewell address to the people of the United States,’ his ‘Address to the officers in 1783,’ his ‘Circular letter addressed to the governors of all the states on disbanding the army,’ his ‘Farewell orders to the armies of the United States,’ and his ‘Inaugural address to both houses of congress.’”—Arena.

* + =Arena.= 34: 665. D. ‘05. 290w.

* “Excellent in point of literary discrimination and value.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 731. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.

=Washington, George.= Washington and the West. **$2. Century.

A volume which contains the diary kept by Washington in September, 1784, during his journey into the Ohio basin in the interest of a commercial union between the Great lakes and the Potomac river. Mr. Hulbert’s commentary shows Washington to be an active, wide-awake practical man of affairs which is a little-known and less-appreciated phase of his character.

* “It is a valuable addition to the literature dealing with Washington, the man and the statesman.”

+ + =Arena.= 34: 663. D. ‘05. 410w.

* “An interesting and valuable book, somewhat too strongly colored by certain prejudices which affected the editor from the beginning of his task.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 446. N. 30, ‘05. 480w.

“Mr. Hulbert’s notes, therefore, are as interesting to read as the diary.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 743. N. 4, ‘05. 460w.

“This is a valuable portrait of Washington in an aspect comparatively disregarded hitherto, a portrait drawn by himself.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 432. O. 21, ‘05. 200w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 634. N. 11, ‘05. 250w.

* + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 110w.

* =Wasson, George Savary.= Green shay. †$1.50. Houghton.

“The scene of action ... is almost entirely on the shore and in the harbor, though the strenuous life of the open sea is always in the background exerting its powerful influence on the actors and the drama. The author is attempting to show the evil ways into which many of the fishing communities have fallen, and their need of moral and spiritual help.”—Outlook.

* “The thread of the story is not very distinct. The humor of the book is good, however, though here and there a little underdone, in seasoning and overdone in cooking.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 876. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

* “As a tract the book makes a strong appeal; as a story it limps a little and lacks freshness of conception and treatment; as a portrayal of character it is delightfully quaint and humorous.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 710. N. 25, ‘05. 120w.

=Waters, N. McGee.= Young man’s religion and his father’s faith. **90c. Crowell.

Eight practical talks which endeavor to reconcile the old thought and the new. On the ground that altho our conception of the Bible has changed and broadened the book itself is the same, the author declares that the young man who believes in the theory of evolution and questions the infallibility of the Bible differs from the faith of his fathers only in nonessentials and that altho our creeds may be new they seek to define the ways of the same loving God.

* =Waters, Thomas Franklin.= Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay colony; with seven appendices. *$5. Ipswich historical soc., Ipswich, Mass.

The author states in his preface: “I have tried to tell accurately but in readable fashion the story of the builders of our town; their homes and home life, their employments, their Sabbath keeping, their love of learning, their administration of town affairs, their stern delusions, their heroism in war, and in resistance to tyranny.” Ipswich was a typical New England town founded in 1623, and this detailed history has been prepared largely from original town documents, facsimiles of several of which are given.

* “Takes its place in the front rank of its class, and can hardly be praised too highly for diligent research, candor, taste, style, and construction.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 429. N. 23, ‘05. 820w.

* “An interesting history of an interesting New England town.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 666. O. 14, ‘05. 590w. (Review of pts. 1 and 2.)

* =Watkinson, William L.= Inspiration in common life. *35c. Meth. bk.

A series of helpful suggestions which prove that every man’s possible happiness is the direct outgrowth of the appreciation and development of his hidden worthiness. The volume is uniform with the “Freedom of faith” series.

=Watson, Edward Willard.= Old lamps and new, and other verses; also, By Gaza’s gate, a cantata, $1. Fisher.

Under the divisions, Old lamps and new, and A forgotten idyl, the author gives us dainty verses, nearly all of which sing of love; some of the gladness of it, some of its pathos. By Gaza’s gate—a cantata, closes the volume. It is sung by Samson, Delilah, and a chorus; the words are based on the text of the Polychrome Bible.

=Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott.= Hurricane island. $1.50. Doubleday.

A young English doctor tells the story of his experiences on the yacht of a German prince. The prince, accompanied by his sister, is eloping with a French actress; they all bear assumed names, but the crew discover the truth, realize that there is great treasure stored in the hold, and mutiny, bloodshed and murder follow. The whole account is exciting, but hardly cheerful, save for the love story of the doctor and the princess.

“The thing is done with such an air of assurance, the characters are so carefully developed and sustained, that we accept it all, in a spirit of meek credulity, and even after a period of sober second thought admit that it is one of the best sustained stories of rattling adventure that has appeared in many a month.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 21: 184. Ap. ‘05. 370w.

“This is a very stirring story, and is almost as good as Robert Louis Stevenson could have made it.” William Morton Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 388. Je. 1, ‘05. 190w.

“Has skilfully combined all the ingredients that go to make what boys pronounce a ‘rattling good story.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 132. Mr. 4, ‘05. 240w.

“For literary qualities it is vastly inferior to Mr. Watson’s ‘Galloping Dick,’ but as a lively story of action it is exciting even if improbable.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 253. Mr. 11, ‘05. 60w.

“It is ridiculous, impossible, and altogether unallied to anything that any of us is acquainted with in this severely practical world; probably it is for that reason that it is so absorbedly interesting for a quiet evening.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 392. Mr. 11, ‘05. 210w.

“Is a capital romance of love and piracy ... and delightfully related.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 762. Je. ‘05. 70w.

* =Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott.= Twisted eglantine. †$1.50. Appleton.

“A fascinating story of the time when George IV. was Prince of Wales. The leading man character is another Beau Brummel, quite well drawn; the freshness, beauty, and grace of the heroine are deftly impressed upon the reader.” (Outlook.) “Sir Piers had no scruples in asking Barbara Garraway, the Hampshire squire’s daughter, to be his mistress; when he found that he had misread her character, he had no scruples in carrying his efforts to make her his wife to the point of abducting her to his country seat.” (Lond. Times.)

* “The Beau is the book, and our interest in the book ceases when the Beau begins to prance like any sensational hero.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 927. S. 9, ‘05. 460w.

* “The book thus falls somewhere between the mere romance and the novel of character. The period is well realized; the story is interesting and exciting; but this painful sounding of a shallow type delays its movements, and forbids the happy surrender of judgment which is the condition of enjoying a romance.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 287. S. 8, ‘05. 400w.

* “Mr. Marriott Watson has put his best work into ‘Twisted eglantine,’ and has scored a distinct triumph in Sir Piers Blakiston—an achievement, we should imagine, of no small difficulty.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 783. N. 18, ‘05. 400w.

* “It has passages which may be distasteful to some readers.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 50w.

=Watson, Thomas Edward.= Bethany: a story of the old South. $1.50. Appleton.

Bethany, a village in middle Georgia, is the scene of a novel which describes southern life during the period immediately preceding and during the earlier years of the Civil war. The author is a well-known writer of both biography and history and his present work is almost an autobiography, for he tells of the old South as he knew it in his boyhood. The greater part of the book is taken up with the comparison of Toombs and Stephens, their characters and the issues for which they stood. The slavery question is discussed freely, but while showing a burning loyalty to the South, there is no bitterness toward the North.

“A novel of a rambling sort, although the element of truth is much larger than the element of invention. The fire-eating southerner has not often been exhibited, in either history or fiction, more truthfully and vividly than in the present work. We fear that Mr. Watson is still sadly in need of reconstruction.” W. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 127. F. 16, ‘05. 480w.

“Is scarcely a novel at all. It is history localized and presented from the deliberately provincial point of view. Is probably more nearly veracious than any picture of southern life ever given by a southern author. It is a brilliant interpretation, based upon impressions received with the vividness of adoring youth, and written out with the restraint and judgment of a mature mind. Mr. Watson’s literary style is not always good, is often too insolently local in phrasing, but it is always graphic and honest.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 209. Ja. 26, ‘05. 600w.

=Watson, William.= Poems; ed. by J. A. Spender. 2v. *$2.50. Lane.

In this new edition of his works, the author “has made several alterations, even in his greater poems, changes which tend undoubtedly to perfect the original. The two volumes before us are not large, though they contain a good many poems not to be found in the ‘Collected works.’” (Spec.) The poems are critical, philosophical, and political.

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 328. Mr. 18. 2460w.

* “This is such an edition of a poet’s work as one usually waits for till the author has ceased to be, or at least to write.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 160w.

* “An edition that is nearly all that could be wished.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 506. D. 21, ‘05. 640w.

“We would make but one censorious comment. The political verses should have been kept out.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 217. F. 11, ‘05. 1370w.

* =Watson, William.= Prayer, *35c. Meth. bk.

In this little volume uniform with the “Freedom of faith” series, the author discusses the nature, purpose, conditions, difficulties, and gain of prayer.

* =Way, Thomas R. and Dennis, G. R.= Art of James McNeill Whistler: an appreciation. $2. Macmillan.

A third and cheaper edition of a book which “contains chapters on Whistler’s various styles and subjects, with many illustrations, some of them in color, and a single chapter on the artist as a writer. It is not a life of Whistler; it is an appreciation merely.”—N. Y. Times.

* “The new edition is an excellent compact little book, not differing except in outward details from its predecessors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 471. Jl. 15, ‘05. 260w.

* “Their method is rather eulogistic than critical.”

+ — =Outlook.= 80: 690. Jl. 15, ‘05. 30w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 80w.

=Wayne, Charles Stokes.= Prince to order. †$1.50. Lane.

A young Wall street broker, Carey Grey, wakes up one morning to find himself in Paris with a new name, new friends, and his black hair and beard bleached yellow. It develops that he has come under the power of an old phrenologist and chemist who is passing him off as the crown prince of the small kingdom of Budaria, whose king is dying. Grey has come to himself because the old scientist’s power is weakened by a fatal illness, but he keeps up the delusion in order to trap the other conspirators. The complications are many; Grey learns that he has been forced to embezzle from his own New York firm while under this strange influence and his friends believe him dead and dishonored; it is only after many adventures that he vindicates his honor, and re-wins his American fiancée.

“Its treatment lacks distinction, but the tale has one or two features of originality. It is not a bad specimen of its class: lively, entertaining and tolerably ingenious.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 778. Je. 24. 290w.

“Here we have still another modification of the Zenda story and one which shows ingenuity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 393. Je. 17, ‘05. 120w.

=Pub. Opin.= 38: 714. My. 6, ‘05. 150w.

“The colors in which this comedy are dressed are over strong, but the comedy itself is fairly consistent and interesting.”

+ — =Reader.= 6: 474. S. ‘05. 180w.

“The initial idea in this story is quite promising. The book is amusing.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 25. Jl. 1, ‘05. 300w.

* =Webster, Jean.= Wheat princess. †$1.50, Century.

The wheat princess, an American girl whose father has cornered the wheat market, is living with her aunt and her uncle, who is a philanthropist, in an old villa on the outskirts of Rome. The wheat famine tells heavily upon the Italian peasants; the newspapers blazon her father’s name, the peasants rise in hot indignation, with cries of “Wheat! wheat!” and her uncle, who has given so much for them, is besieged in his luxurious villa. In the end the Americans, their altruistic plans laid low, return to America, but the troublous times among the poor of Italy have brought to the big hearted wheat princess the love of her uncle’s friend, the man who has shared his unselfish dreams.

* “An entertaining and well-written story upon somewhat novel lines.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 684. N. 18, ‘05. 100w.

* “Strong, graphic, truthful.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 796. D. 16, ‘05. 160w.

=Webster, John.= White devil and The duchess of Malfy; ed. by Martin W. Sampson. *60c. Heath.

A volume of the Belles-lettres series. The play-wright’s two masterpieces, “The white devil,” and “The duchess of Malfy,” in critical text with the original spelling. An introduction and critical notes are included among the editorial helps.

=Weingartner, (Paul) Felix.= Symphony since Beethoven; tr. by Maude Barrows Dutton. $1. Ditson.

This book about modern symphonies, by the conductor of the Berlin royal symphony concerts, and of the Kaim orchestra, is in its second German edition. “He holds that no other symphonies comparable to those of Beethoven in lofty grandeur, deep significance and perfection of beauty, have ever been composed.... He has small praise for the successors of the god of his idolatry in the symphony: a kindly word for Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bruckner; condemnation for Schumann and Brahms; mere cursory mention of Tschaikoffsky, Dvorak, Rubinstein, Borodin, Raff, Goldmark, Saint-Saens, César Franck and Sinding ... Favoring criticism on Berlioz and Liszt for their symphonic poems.... Discussion of Richard Strauss, whose earlier tone-poems the author says he admires, but whose later, and greater works he cannot appreciate.” (Ind.)

“An interesting and stimulating essay, albeit so short as to be fragmentary in parts. The translation of this essay into English was worth while, but one regrets that it was not more skilfully done.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 43. Ja. 5, ‘05. 300w.

“A sympathetic study.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 30: 761. D. ‘04. 100w.

=Weir, Irene.= Greek painters’ art. *$3. Ginn.

“This book aims to bring together as much information as possible from ancient and modern literature, from the reports of archæologists, and from the study of specimens in museums and elsewhere, in regard to all that relates to color as used by the Greek painters of old. The book is amply illustrated.”—Outlook.

“Miss Weir possesses a delightful enthusiasm for the Greek painters’ art, supported by knowledge of ancient and modern archæological writings as well as familiarity with art works.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 150w.

— =Ind.= 59: 40. Jl. 6, ‘05. 340w.

“A decidedly interesting if somewhat formal story of the least generally comprehended of the arts of Greece.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 89. Je. ‘05. 290w.

“A curiously offhand and chatty book upon one of the most difficult subjects known to the archæologist.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 312. Ap. 20, ‘05. 390w.

“It is a most important addition to the popular literature of the subject. Its scheme is as original as it is entertaining.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 276. Ap. 29, ‘05. 590w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1059. Ap. 29, ‘05. 390w.

“Miss Irene Weir has ... rendered art students an incalculable service in giving them the advantage of the new light which modern discoveries have thrown upon the lost art of Greek painting.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 835. My. 27, ‘05. 300w.

“Although we have to recognize how little we know, we are able to find an account of that little in the present volume.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 261. Ag. 19, ‘05. 150w.

=Weiss, Bernard.= Religion of the New Testament; tr. from the Germ. by G: H. Schodde. *$2. Funk.

The object of the book is “to give a ‘brief but clear’ answer to the question, what is the religion of the New Testament?... The book is divided into three parts. In part I, Dr. Weiss describes the suppositions or conditions of the redemption described in the New Testament. In part II, he discusses the redemption in Christ proper. Here the subjects discussed are the redemptive acts of God. In the third part he treats of the realization of redemption in the individual and in the congregation, in the present and in the world to come.”—N. Y. Times.

“With all his splendid exegetical and critical qualities, Professor Weiss does not write in the spirit of the historian. But this is the only serious general criticism one feels compelled to pass upon what is, in fact, a remarkably able work.” S. M.

+ + — =Bib. World.= 26: 392. N. ‘05. 620w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 153. Mr. 11, ‘05. 280w.

“As an exegete Dr. Weiss excels. Men of all schools will find something to learn from it.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1478. Je. 29, ‘05. 250w.

“His treatment of the subject is thoroughly objective, and strongly conservative. A somewhat less close adherence to the style of the original would have made many sentences of this translation easier reading for the unlearned, for whom the author intended it.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 240w.

=Wells, Amos Russell.= That they all may be one. **75c. Funk.

A plea that Christ’s wish that “His followers might be kept from schism, and that His church might be maintained in perfect unity,” may be realized in the unification of denominations. To this end the author advocates union Bible schools and pastorates, and under such chapter headings as, Working together; The search for truth; Churches and men; Church union and patriotism, he finally arrives at, The united church of Christ.

“It is not so incoherent as its typographical form would indicate.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 530. O. 28, ‘05. 20w.

=Wells, Carolyn.= Dorrance domain; a story. †$1.50. Wilde.

Four energetic Dorrances left to the care of their Grandmother Dorrance once wealthy, now skilfully supporting a large family on a small annuity, bemoan their boarding house existence which seems an unbearable hardship after the free life in their Fifty-eighth street home. A part of the Grandfather’s legacy was the Dorrance domain, a rambling summer hotel, which was not easily disposed of and which these daring children propose opening and running for a season. The success of their scheme and the enjoyment which the novel experiment afforded them are told in Miss Wells’ usual sprightly and humorous manner.

* “Miss Wells is just the writer to make it the kind worth reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 895. D. 16, ‘05. 120w.

=Outlook.= 81: 575. N. 4, ‘05. 40w.

=Wells, Carolyn.= Patty in the city. †$1.25. Dodd.

The friends of “Patty at home” will find her quite as delightful to know amid the conditions of New York life, where “she resides in an apartment overlooking Central park, attends a fashionable school, makes new friends, and keeps her old ones.” (Outlook.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 648. S. 30, ‘05. 220w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 578. N. 4, ‘05. 70w.

* =Wells, Carolyn.= Satire anthology. **$1.25. Scribner.

“Beginning with the ancients (Aristophanes, Horace, and Juvenal) ... the selections work down to such very modern exemplars of the species as Mr. Owen Seaman and Mr. Gelett Burgess. Sprinkled through the list of authors we note such out-of-the-way names as those of Ruteboeuf, Abraham à Sancta Clara, Villon, and Béranger. The collection is, however, mainly one of English verse, from the Elizabethans on.”—Dial.

* “The selections, from innumerable authors, have been made with skill; but certain of the pieces from very minor modern authors might have been spared in favor of some omitted bits from Lowell and Holmes, both of whom are rather inadequately represented.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 150w.

* “May safely be depended upon to provide both amusement and instruction.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 450. D. 16, ‘05. 100w.

* “It is ungracious to find fault where there is so much of good. We are glad to get the anthology as it stands.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 905. D. 16, ‘05. 610w.

* “Contains most of the representative and well-known bits of this sort of literature.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 640. N. ‘05. 70w.

=Wells, Carolyn, and Taber, Harry Persons.= Matrimonial bureau. †$1.50. Houghton.

The story of a girl who, weary of “waiting for the prince,” sees her maid happily married thru the agency of a matrimonial bureau, and decides to start one of her own. She invites a cousin, who invites a friend, who invites another friend, and they all stay all summer. Everybody falls in love at cross purposes, a beautiful stranger arrives to confuse confusion, and it is all very complicated and amusing, but is untangled in the end.

“The efforts of a New England spinster to be a machine god are amusing and some of the conversations hang together well.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 70w.

“We have never read a more improbable tale, and not often one that so completely failed to amuse.”

— — — =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 220w.

“The small volume is packed with jokes of the kind visible without a glass.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 203. Ap. 1, ‘05. 40w.

“Here and there are some love scenes very human, very delicately wrought. Briefly, ‘The matrimonial bureau’ is like the ‘Summer girl,’ passing fair, fair but passing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 214. Ap. 8, ‘05. 330w.

“It is an excellent book for summer reading, being as light as air.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 392. Je. 17, ‘05. 130w.

“A book of the slightest sort, hardly comedy, more accurately described perhaps as a summer farce.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 1014. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w.

“As a literary soufflé, light, well-flavored and well-browned, this little story will be a tasty addition to the midsummer feast of reading.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 359. Ag. ‘05. 190w.

=Wells, Herbert George.= Kipps: a monograph. †$1.50. Scribner.

“An uneducated, awkward, and uncultivated clerk in a London draper’s establishment suddenly has a large fortune left him, attempts to get into high society, is made use of and swindled right and left, but finally has the courage to break away, to marry the girl of his choice, even though she be a servant girl, and to live his own life. In the end fortune smiles on him a second time, but now in moderation, and he is left a happy, contented husband and father; and, by a twist of Mr. Wells’ whimsical fancy, is made the proprietor of a bookshop which he manages on the theory that ‘one book is about as good as another.’”—Outlook.

“The book, in fact, has a purpose, but that purpose is not allowed to interfere with its vivacity; and ‘Kipps’ is, indeed, the most amusing book and at the same time the tenderest book that Mr. Wells has ever written.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1129. O. 28, ‘05. 900w.

* “He has set aside the speculations of scientific imagination, and deals with warm human life to-day. This is the work which was designed for him in the end, and we cannot doubt that he will continue to devote himself to it.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 681. N. 18. 650w.

“Deals with his subject in a strong, broad manner, intensified by his understanding of such detail of life as the minor incidents of retail trade.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 478. N. ‘05. 50w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1113. N. 9, ‘05. 220w.

“The merit of the novel, however, is not in the story, but in the observation. He never, for a single page, fails to be amusing.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 358. O. 27, ‘05. 780w.

“Is a humorous story, but it is not a trifling one, and though it deals largely with humble folk, it has to do, in a broad and forceful way, with much of the seriousness of life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 649. O. 7, ‘05. 500w.

“The story in its substance is rather sordid and dull.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 382. O. 14, ‘05. 170w.

“Kipps, indeed, carries a social question to be long pondered, and the author’s side-talks are an important contribution to the old but never-ended discussion.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 633. N. 11, ‘05. 290w.

* “Is another triumph in the art of presenting character.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 759. D. ‘05. 100w.

* “Mr. Wells, as usual, writes cleverly, brilliantly, wittily.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 658. N. 18, ‘05. 820w.

* “We have found Kipps in many ways the most human and sympathetic of Mr. Wells’s stories.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 718. N. 4, ‘05. 1060w.

=Wells, Herbert George.= Modern Utopia. *$1.50. Scribner.

Mr. Wells departs from the Utopia-makers of the past in that his Utopia is a world-state using a universal language. The author deals “with strictly modern and current conditions, and imagines a new state of society, whose social basis has been improved and whose social problems have been settled.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Seems to us to mark an advance even on the high level of excellence which Mr. Wells had before attained.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 414. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1290w.

* “We can discover nothing in this sample, however, that goes beyond good-natured satire of conditions which none would be so poor as to defend.” A. W. S.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 430. N. ‘05. 250w.

“There has been no work of this importance published for the last thirty years.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 519. Ap. 29. 2450w.

“The form he has chosen for ‘A modern Utopia’ is exceedingly unfortunate. The essay appended ... is a contribution of real value to the theory of thinking and written in a style as witty and original as that of Professor James.”

— + =Ind.= 58: 1307. Je. 8, ‘05. 740w.

“Mr. Wells meant this work as a very serious one. Many readers of it will find its perusal trying, and will fail to realize, as proper compensation for the task of reading the same, whatever grist it offers for the mind.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 427. S. 23, ‘05. 990w.

“Mr. Wells’s Utopia is far the most interesting, imaginative, and possible of all the Utopias written since the inventions and discoveries of science began to colour our conceptions of the future.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 144. My. 5, ‘05. 1650w.

“In the present book Mr. Wells has become still more moderate and practicable and hopeful, without in the least derogating from his ingenuity and originality.” F. C. S. S.

+ + =Nature.= 72: 337. Ag. 10, ‘05. 1280w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 300w.

“It is carefully thought out and reasoned, and holds together much better than the ideal commonwealths imagined by his predecessors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 342. My. 27, ‘05. 1340w.

“The method of presentation adopted is exceedingly happy.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 345. Je. 3, ‘05. 310w.

“It is an admirable piece of literature and a book of unlimited suggestiveness. As literature and as philosophy, ‘A modern Utopia’ is Mr. Wells’ masterpiece.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 764. Je. ‘05. 220w.

“The book, both in matter and in form, has been carefully studied and thought out. Mr. Wells’s book seems hardly likely to rank as, or to remain, a classic Utopia.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 610. O. 21, ‘05. 2040w.

=Wells, Herbert George.= Twelve stories and a dream. †$1.50. Scribner.

In this volume of stories Mr. Wells “has but rarely any prophetic or scientific axe to grind. His stories deal with the marvelous under many aspects, but always in the light of his half-joyous, half-whimsical humor.” (R. of Rs.)

“None of them is equal to the best of his former tales, but there are some that are very amusing and some quite gruesome.”

+ — =Ind.= 58: 1308. Je. 8, ‘05. 100w.

“Enough have surely been mentioned to show the varied entertainment which Mr. Wells offers and to indicate our opinion that he has never offered any better.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 327. My. 20, ‘05. 590w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 395. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“In at least half of these stories Mr. Wells is seen at his best.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 1062. Ap. 29, ‘05. 160w.

“‘Twelve stories and a dream’ will not lower Mr. Wells’ reputation as an imaginative writer, which his previous volumes probably did.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 763. Je. ‘05. 80w.

=Welsh, Charles=, ed. See Famous battles of the Nineteenth century.

=Wendell, Barrett.= Temper of the 17th century in English literature. **$1.50. Scribner.

“Prof. Barrett Wendell, of the English department at Harvard university, has gathered his lectures on English literature, delivered on the Clark foundation at Trinity college, Cambridge (1902-‘03), into a volume.... These are the first regular lectures concerning English literature ever given by an American at an English university. Together, they are practically a literary study of the age of Dryden. The purpose in these lectures was, he declares, to indicate the manner in which the national temper of England, as revealed in seventeenth-century literature, ‘changed from a temper ancestrally common to modern England, and to modern America, and became, before the century closed, something which later time must recognize as distinctly, specifically, English.”—R. of Rs.

“Prof. Wendell is always interesting, whether we agree with him or not, and the Clark lectures ... have much good matter in them, with perhaps as much that is by no means so good.”

+ + — =Critic.= 47: 92. Jl. ‘05. 190w.

“Smoothness of style ... Though this volume is of such high merit that it will take a place at once as one of the recognized authorities on its subject, it is not likely that all its positions will be accepted without a demur.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + — =Forum.= 36: 407. Ja. ‘05. 1970w.

“The title of this book is more philosophical than the contents warrant; instead of obtaining one final impression, we remember the separate remarks—often wise, suggestive and illuminating—on separate authors.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 1016. My. 4, ‘05. 260w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 250. F. ‘05. 130w.

“Its author seems wholly destitute of any pretension to critical discernment. The diction and style, as might be expected, are on a par with the rest of the book. It is scandalous that a great university like Cambridge should tolerate such standards of information and criticism as this volume exhibits.”

— — — =Sat. R.= 99: 704. My. 27, ‘05. 1960w.

=Wertheimer, Edward von.= Duke of Reichstadt. **$5. Lane.

Dr. Wertheimer’s monograph on the Duke of Reichstadt makes use of a vast deal of new biographical material. The study covers the political setting of the life in detail, painstakingly going over the whole piece of statecraft involved in Napoleon’s Austrian marriage, dwelling at length upon the influence which the alliance exerted upon the policy of Napoleon and of his opponents. The short uneventful life of Napoleon’s son is of less interest than the stirring history which the father tried to shape for the glory of a permanent kingdom. “It is to the fact that he was his father’s son that the fame of the Duke of Reichstadt is due ... the shadow of a great name surrounds him, and historical writers record and discuss his every act as if he had been a real king, instead of merely the If, Yes, and Perhaps of Modern European history.” (N. Y. Times.)

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 1124. O. 28, ‘05. 1780w.

“As a rule, however, the narrative runs easily—perhaps more so than is the case with most translations.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 536. O. 21, 2040w.

* “The translation, on the whole, is very satisfactory, though there are occasional lapses into awkwardness or obscurity. Here and there one may question the justice of Dr. Wertheimer’s remarks. But these and a few other blemishes do not detract from the value of a most careful and interesting work, which presents the first complete and authoritative account of the life of this unfortunate prince.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 337. O. 13, ‘05. 1360w.

“Mr. de Wertheimer’s book is a valuable contribution to historical knowledge. The author’s style, however, is somewhat confused, and his judgment is far from critical.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 386. N. 9, ‘05. 1050w.

“He has scraped everything together, sorted it out, sifted it, and arranged it in what must be acknowledged to be an interesting story. The matter is not important, however. The English translation of Mr. de Wertheimer’s book is good.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 669. O. 14, ‘05. 860w.

* “It is as interesting as it is valuable as a contribution to a strangely neglected period of European history.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.

* “Dr. Wertheimer has chosen wisely to present the details of a sad career with the fulness, the accuracy, and the impartiality of a scholar.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 869. N. 25, ‘05. 1410w.

=West, George Stephen.= Treatise on the British freshwater algae. *$3.50. Macmillan.

“Certainly there is no book upon any phase of cryptogamic botany for which there has been so much need, and for which the demand in recent years, has been so great, as one dealing comprehensively with the freshwater algæ.... A good general discussion of the methods of multiplication and reproduction in algæ, together with a reference to the question of polymorphism and a rather full exposition of the

## particular theories of the author regarding phylogeny, precedes the

specific treatment of the six classes, Rhodophyceæ, Phaeophyceæ, Chlorophyceæ, Heterokonteæ, Bacillarieæ, and Myxophyceæ.... The book is fully illustrated and too much cannot be said for the successful effort to secure new and accurate drawings of not only the more recently described genera, but for the older forms as well.”—Science.

“The work has been thoroughly done throughout, and its value is greatly increased by an exhaustive index. The plates are sufficiently characteristic for most identifications, and the descriptions and keys are good.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 93. F. 2, ‘05. 90w.

“Is particularly well qualified to write such a book. The need of a treatise upon the freshwater algæ has been referred to; that this book will come as near to filling such a need as one of its scope, written by one man, could possibly be expected, is all that is necessary to say regarding its worth.” George T. Moore.

+ + + =Science=, n.s. 21: 184. F. 3, ‘05. 900w.

=West, W. K.= George Frederick Watts. $1.25. Warne.

A biographical sketch of Watts by W. K. West, with an essay on his art, and an outline of the sixty-five pictures reproduced in the book, by Romualdo Pantini.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 205. Ap. 1, ‘05. 230w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 856. Ap. 1, ‘05. 60w.

=Westcott, Rev. Frank Nash.= Church and the good Samaritan; mission addresses to men. **$1. Whittaker.

A series of Lent addresses to men. They include The lawyer’s question, The Jericho road, The priest and the Samaritan, The Samaritan and the Jew, The wayside inn, The two pence.

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 758. Mr. 25, ‘05. 60w.

* =Westcott, Frank N.= Heart of catholicity. $1. Young churchman.

A defence of the conception of the church which is held by the “high church” party of the Anglican communion. It regards the church as a divine institution let down from above, the dispenser of truth and salvation as against the view held by the members of that communion in common with other protestants that the church is a historic growth which has developed out of human needs and which is seeking truth and salvation. The author means by “catholicity” the former conception of the church, but the term ought to be big enough to include both views.

=Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 150w.

=Westrup, Margaret.= Coming of Billy. $1.25. Harper.

“Billy’s coming will be a pleasure to readers of all ages, for Billy is a delightful addition to the real small boys of fiction. His parents send him from India to Rose Cottage, England, where he is a source of continual surprises, not always agreeable to his maiden aunts. He takes a hand in the love affairs of the ‘youngest and prettiest’ Miss Primrose.”—Outlook.

“The reviewer fancies that the whole book is much more likely to interest mature, and even elderly readers, than children.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 432. S. 30. 230w.

“A delightfully humorous story that is told with a wholly charming grace and simplicity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 710. O. 21, ‘05. 470w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 134. S. 16, ‘05. 70w.

=Weyman, Stanley John.= Starvecrow farm. †$1.50. Longmans.

“The story is placed in the early part of the last century; the heroine, engaged to one man, elopes with another, on whose head there is a price. The couple are captured the day of their flight from the girl’s home, but the man escapes, leaving the girl in the hands of the law. The world thinks her an accomplice, and as her family repudiates her, she has to fight her battle alone.”—Pub. Opin.

“A novel that is likely to be read with delight on a wet day in a country house or on a railway journey.”

+ — =Acad.= 68: 1025. O. 7, ‘05. 320w.

“It is as good as any of those which have preceded it from the same pen, and to say this is to pay it a high compliment.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 396. S. 23. 420w.

“Its structure is rather flabby. Looking back over the book, we feel that we ought to have been more excited over it than we were; but the truth is that Mr. Weyman is both wordy and a little uncertain.”

— =Lond. Times.= 4: 295. S. 15, ‘05. 510w.

“It goes—goes a-cantering and takes you along with it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 707. O. 21, ‘05. 440w.

* “Like the others, a thoroughly readable story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 150w.

— =Outlook.= 81: 579. N. 4, ‘05. 100w.

“In ‘Starvecrow farm’ there are the same easy flow of narrative, the lively dialogue, the dramatic sense, and the well-developed plot which characterize all that this author does.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 573. O. 28, ‘05. 110w.

“As a vigorous, wholesome, and well-constructed tale it deserves to win wide acceptance.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 434. S. 23, ‘05. 740w.

=Whall, C. W.= Stained-glass work. **$1.50. Appleton.

A simple text-book, which the author has written “in a gossipy style, using very few technical terms and explaining every seemingly difficult passage, just as though he were giving oral instruction.” (N. Y. Times.) There are photographic reproductions of windows in English churches, and many diagrams.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 474. Jl. 15, ‘05. 390w.

+ + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 352. S. 9, ‘05. 200w.

=Wharton, Edith Newbold (Jones).= House of mirth. †$1.50. Scribner.

A society novel, cruel in its reality. Lily Bart, beautiful and twenty-nine, the orphaned child of a New York merchant, feels her whole being calling for the stamp of permanent possession upon the luxury which she has always enjoyed at the hands of her friends. Relentlessly the author enmeshes her in the toils of debt incurred at bridge; in scandal, the price of a trip upon a friend’s yacht; and, almost in a loveless marriage,—only the wealthy Rosedale himself recoils from it when society no longer smiles upon Miss Bart. She is dropped from stage to stage of society, the unhappy victim of circumstance and environment, but holding the reader’s full sympathy thru an innate nobility which is submerged but never eliminated. The end is hard—but could it all have ended otherwise?

“Mrs. Wharton has done many good things—she has never done anything better than this. Her dialogue is clever, fresh and sparkling; she has a fine discrimination—a natural, unstudied discrimination—in the use of words; and her style is graceful and fluent.”

+ + + =Acad.= 68: 1155. N. 4, ‘05. 330w.

* “It is a pitiful story, told with restraint and insight and not a little subtlety.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 718. N. 25. 160w.

* “As a piece of artistic creation, it falls short of supreme excellence.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 509. D. ‘05. 580w.

“She still has a fine manner, but it is like the fine gowns of her heroines, a fashion of the times for interpreting decadent symptoms in human nature. What she says will not last, because it is simply the fashionable drawing of ephemeral types and still more ephemeral sentiments.”

+ — =Ind.= 59: 150. Jl. 20, ‘05. 820w.

+ — =Ind.= 59: 1151. N. 16, ‘05. 250w.

* “Miss Bart is a blend of Becky Sharp and Gwendolen Harleth. She is not as compellingly human as the one, nor as inspiring as the other. Frankly, Mrs. Wharton has surpassed George Eliot in this theme. Not only is Lily Bart more congenial and better, as a human variation, than Gwendolen or Becky, but Mrs. Wharton’s style is more plastic and seductive than that of Mrs. Lewes.”

+ + =Lit.= D. 31: 886. D. 9, ‘05. 820w.

* “A dozen other novels of the year are good; but this book is really good. What Mrs. Wharton appears to lack is in a word the creative gift at its fullest. She sees with certainty and her hand is as sure as her eye. But with the richest imaginations something takes place beyond this.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 421. D. 1, ‘05. 790w.

* “A feeling for fair play obliges us to protest Mrs. Wharton’s picture as a prejudiced one, yet it is not consciously unveracious. Though depressing, it is not wholly unprofitable.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 447. N. 30, ‘05. 1100w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 824. D. 2, ‘05. 190w.

“The story is the product of the most carefully calculated, the most skilfully handled, artistic values and effects; but the workmanship is the manner, not the substance of the novel. A story of such integrity of insight and of workmanship is an achievement of high importance in American life.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 81: 404. O. 21, ‘05. 1590w.

* “It is by all odds the greatest novel of recent years.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 796. D. 16, ‘05. 490w.

* “We have touched only the main theme, which like the whole story, is worked out in a manner to stamp the writer a genius, and give her name a place in the history of American literature.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 757. D. ‘05. 380w.

“Her reputation will certainly not suffer any decline by the publication of her new novel.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 657. O. 28, ‘05. 660w.

=Wharton, Edith Newbold (Jones).= Italian backgrounds; il. by E. C. Peixotto. **$2.50. Scribner.

Mrs. Wharton says, “As with the study of Italian pictures, so it is with Italy herself. The country is divided not in partes tres, but in two; a foreground and a background. The foreground is the property of the guidebook and of its product, the mechanical sightseers; the background, that of the dawdler, the dreamer, and the serious student of Italy.” The nine chapters are—An Alpine posting inn, A midsummer week’s dream, The sanctuaries of the Pennine Alps, What the hermits saw, A Tuscan shrine, Sub umbra liliorum. March in Italy, Picturesque Milan, and Italian backgrounds: then there are twelve illustrations reproduced from Peixotto pictures.

“The book is written with genuine knowledge, with large and generous sympathy, and in excellent English.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 798. Ag. 5, ‘05. 1220w.

“Her style is extraordinarily good, but her thought is pedantic and inhuman.” G. R. Carpenter.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 609. Ag. ‘05. 550w.

“Has an air of spontaneity, as well as of competence, an irresistible grace, countless descriptive felicities, and the fervent glow of a genuine enthusiasm.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 287. S. ‘05. 150w.

“Through this traveller’s story runs a fine thread of scholarship, of savoir faire, of cosmopolitanism, not easily to be matched in travel-literature. The book has what we call distinction of style, as impossible to resist as to define.” Anna Benneson McMahan.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 351. My. 16, ‘05. 930w.

+ =Ind.= 58: 1311. Je. 8, ‘05. 190w.

“When Mrs. Wharton leaves the countryside and speaks of pictures and sculpture, she is apt to be less satisfactory. She is almost too impartial in her appreciation.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 215. Jl. 7, ‘05. 640w.

“Mrs. Wharton has many unusual qualifications for writing on the art of Italy in its many phases, among others a brilliant style, historic research and a catholicity of taste.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 508. Je. 22, ‘05. 910w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 265. Ap. 22, ‘05. 270w.

“Like the text, they [the illustrations] press the ‘culture’ of elusive expression very near to the vanishing point.” Walter Littlefield.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 588. S. 9, ‘05. 940w.

“This attractive quarto shows the combination of thorough knowledge based on original research, ability to enter into and value different aspects of life and different forms of art, and a finished and suggestive style.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 643. Jl. 8, ‘05. 250w.

“The book is full of exquisite impressions concerning matters not to be found in the guide books.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 597. O. ‘05. 220w.

“An intimate acquaintance with Italian art and nature, an insight into southern life, and an exquisite literary style,—all of which belong to this writer—are necessary for such a study.”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

“A great deal of charming description is scattered through this volume.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 470. S. 30. ‘05. 2560w.

=Wharton, Edith.= Italian villas and their gardens; il. with pictures by Maxfield Parrish, and by photographs. **$6. Century.

To come so absolutely under the spell of Italy’s garden-magic as is possible thru Mrs. Wharton’s word exposition and Mr. Parrish’s color interpretation, is almost as rare a privilege for the traveler who has visited those haunts as for the stay-at-home tourist. Magic which in its first supernatural impression defies analysis, often yields to laws of formation in the sober moments of consideration. Thus does Mrs. Wharton show that the seemingly spontaneous glory of Italian gardens is, after all, the result of garden-craft which the architects of the Renaissance resolved into a three-fold problem: adaptation of the garden to the architectural lines of the house it adjoins; adaptation to the requirements of the inmates of a house, in the sense of providing shady walks, sunny bowling-greens, parterres and orchards, all conveniently accessible; and, lastly, adaptation to the landscape around. There are fifty illustrations, in color and in black and white by Maxfield Parrish. Months of close observation and sympathetic study have been devoted to the large undertaking and the harmony with the subject matter which the De Vinne press has wrought into the book workmanship is exquisite.

“Mr. Parrish has performed his part of the task in a delightful and satisfactory way. The impression, the atmosphere, created by the illustrations, is not sustained in the text.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 166. F. ‘05. 1260w.

“The text is well written and contains much information concerning the villas and gardens selected for treatment.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 179. Ap. ‘05. 150w.

“This is a notable volume, all the more so from the archæological and historical associations which it recalls.”

+ + =Spec.= 94: 118. Ja. 28, ‘05. 70w.

=Wheeler, Candace Thurber (Mrs. Thomas M.).= Doubledarling and the dream spinner. †$1.50. Fox.

Doubledarling is a little girl “twice as good and twice as beautiful as other children.” When she tells her father how her little discarded red shoes led her in the night to the land where the old shoes go, he promises her a dream machine which will tell her wonderful stories all night long; and on Christmas morning her dream spinner hangs on a peg by her bed ticking out story after story to her. The book tells about these dreams and also of Doubledarling’s waking hours, her friends and her pets. One regrets the commonplace realism which lets an ordinary burglar finally make away with the dream spinner. Dora Wheeler Keith has illustrated the volume.

* + =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 50w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 381. O. 14, ‘05. 60w.

=Wheeler, Everett Pepperell.= Daniel Webster, the expounder of the constitution. **$1.50. Putnam.

“This is at once a tribute to the genius of Daniel Webster and a handy manual to the decisions which, following Webster’s arguments before the United States Supreme court, have molded the constitution to make it adequate to our needs. While Mr. Wheeler’s chief concern is with the constitutional questions laid before the court, he is not unmindful of the senatorial side of Webster’s career from the constitutional standpoint, and chapters are given over to the replies of Calhoun and Hayne, involving the nature of the republic, and to the famous ‘Seventh of March’ speech, which brought such disappointment to the enemies of slavery.... Interest is heightened by the inclusion of hitherto unpublished accounts of several of the more important cases, and by an appreciative study of Webster as a lawyer.”—Outlook.

=Am. Hist.= R. 10: 717. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

“Its manifest position as a special pleader for Mr. Webster’s memory. Is particularly desirable as giving us new light on old subjects through its first publication of many facts which aid to a clearer view of the principles of the constitution.”

+ + =Boston Evening Transcript.= F. 8, ‘05. 550w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 130. Mr. 4, ‘05. 950w.

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 399. F. 11, ‘05. 130w.

=Yale R.= 14: 229. Ag. ‘05. 100w.

=Whelpley, James Davenport.= Problem of the immigrant. *$3. Dutton.

A brief discussion, with a summary of conditions, laws and regulations governing the movement of population to and from the British empire, the United States, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, and Scandinavia.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 242. Mr. 11, ‘05. 260w.

* “Such data is not easily accessible to the average student or legislator, and the volume will be of great service.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 753. N. ‘05. 110w.

“A useful work of reference. Such frantic statements as these are a serious disfigurement in a book professing claims to accuracy.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 45. Jl. 8. 430w.

“This hasty ‘book of the hour,’ for such it evidently is, interests in parts, particularly in its emphasis upon emigration as a matter of international concern.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 578. S. 7, ‘05. 180w.

“His summaries seem excellent and correct. The observations and brief discussions with which he accompanies them are illuminating and to the point.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 33. Jl. 13, ‘05. 270w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 313. My. 13, ‘05. 200w.

“The book is more useful than any other bearing on the same subject.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 452. Jl. 8, ‘05. 720w.

“Mr. Whelpley’s careful study of the general problem of emigration and immigration throughout Europe, our colonies, and the United States will be found a particularly useful addition to a class of recent books that is now somewhat extensive.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 99: 710. My. 27, ‘05. 340w.

“Mr. Whelpley’s ideas are worthy of respect, and the materials which he has provided should be invaluable to the political student.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 434. S. 23, ‘05. 510w.

* Where the road led and other stories. $1.25. Benziger.

Twenty-eight Roman Catholic stories written by fourteen Roman Catholic authors. The stories are love stories, but some are of filial love, some of maternal love, and some of the love of religion. The authors include Anna T. Sadlier; Mary T. Waggaman; Magdalen G. Rock; Mary E. Mannix; and Mary G. Bonesteel.

=Whibley, Charles.= Literary portraits. *$2.50. Scribner.

Essays on Rabelais, Phillippe de Comines, Philemon, Holland, Montaigne, The library of an old scholar (the poet William Drummond), Robert Burton, and Jacques Casanova.

“The appreciation is clear and just, and the author is to be congratulated on the decision and delicacy of his touch and the simplicity of his style. The average of the volume is fully up to that high standard of culture which is evident in all Mr. Whibley’s published works.” Frank Schloesser.

+ + =Acad.= 68: 13. Ja. 7, ‘05. 600w.

“The level of performance here is singularly even and singularly high.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 78. Ja. 14. 580w.

“There is perhaps little art in the various portraits, and there is certainly no pretence at originality; but there is sympathetic understanding, and thorough and conscientious labor.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 475. My. ‘05. 170w.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 323. My. 1. ‘05. 930w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 153. Mr. 11, ‘05. 360w.

“‘Literary portraits’ shows marked ability and is to be classed among the books of criticism of the higher standard.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 198. Ap. 1, ‘05. 1020w.

“Mr. Whibley has finished these portraits with a skillful and graceful pen. Readers in a critical mood and readers for entertainment will both find his work attractive.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 760. Mr. 25, ‘05. 160w.

“We miss the illuminating phrase. The fresh judgment and the historical setting is often wholly omitted. Mr. Whibley has ‘the practiced hand,’ and is apt to be content with that amount of accomplishment.”

— + =Sat. R.= 99: 637. My. 13, ‘05. 180w.

“This seems to us the best of Mr. Whibley’s volumes of essays, the most mature in style and thought, and the most attractive in subject-matter. He has studied each of his writers with a minute care and has read deeply in contemporary literature, so that they are presented to us in the true setting of their age. His judgments have now the sanity which can only come from a full experience and a full enjoyment of a wide field of literature. His style ... has acquired a body and force which it did not always possess, and his essays are admirable, if for nothing else, for their mastery of clear, graceful, and vigorous prose. Sometimes his comment is a little over-strained.”

+ + + =Spec.= 94: 87. Ja. 21, ‘05. 1830w.

=Whibley, Leonard=, ed. See =Companion= to Greek studies.

=Whiffen, Edwin T.= Samson marrying, Samson at Timnah, Samson Hybristes, Samson blinded: four dramatic poems. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

These four dramatic poems deal with four dramatic incidents in the life of Samson. The first tells of Samson’s revenge upon the Philistine youths who, at his wedding-feast, illtreat his father and win from his bride the solution to a certain riddle. The second tells of further revenge upon the Philistines and includes the setting of foxes and fire brands among their corn and vineyards. In the third drama Samson is tried before the elders of Judah, and his mother reveals to him his divinely appointed mission—to free his people. In the fourth the action centers about the effort of Delilah to discover the secret of his strength and closes with Samson blind and a captive.

=Whitaker, Herman.= Probationer, and other stories. †$1.25. Harper.

Thirteen short stories of life in northwestern Canada. “Most of them deal with the days when the factors and commissioners of the Hudson bay company were the lords of the land, and ruled with an iron hand. The history of the great fur company is full of romance, and there is a peculiar fascination about life in those northern regions.” (Outlook.)

“Some of his stories are thrilling, some humorous, some tame. In narrative Mr. Whittaker has a good deal of manner—too much, and not always his own.”

+ — =Nation.= 80: 442. Je. 1, ‘05. 260w.

“A book which is unusually vigorous and suggestive.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 213. Ap. 8, ‘05. 770w.

“The stories are full of strength and vigor and the atmosphere of the woods.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 858. Ap. 1, ‘05. 80w.

“No one has so pictured the life of the trappers and traders of that country since Gilbert Parker wrote of ‘Pretty Pierre’ and his people.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 713. My. 6, ‘05. 120w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 761. Je. ‘05. 70w.

=White, Andrew Dickson.= Autobiography of Andrew D. White. **$7.50. Century.

A record of diplomatic service which began in 1854 when Mr. White went to St. Petersburg as attaché of the American legation, and ended when on his seventieth birthday, 1902, he resigned his duties as ambassador to Germany. The two volumes contain an account of his work as state senator, as a college professor, and finally, president of Cornell, as a commissioner to Santo Domingo, and the Paris exposition (1878), as minister to Germany and Russia, as a member of the Venezuelan boundary commission, and president of the American delegation at the peace conference of the Hague (1899). There are descriptions of the emperor of Germany and Czar Nicholas II, and their courts, and many anecdotes and crisp comments. The man, his life, his many fields of labor, and the great men and events with which he came in contact, are all set forth in detail.

“The value of the volumes seems chiefly to arise from the charmingly simple tale of personal experience told by a man of wisdom and insight, a tale told with considerable literary skill.”

+ + + =Am. Hist R.= 10: 925. Jl. ‘05. 470w.

“In ‘The autobiography of Andrew D. White’ we have one of the most brilliant, interesting, instructive and in many ways important works of recent decades. These examples will be sufficient to illustrate the reckless character of our author’s statements whenever the facts run counter to his prejudices and views which in later years he has imbibed from the privileged interests and reactionary influences that have environed him.”

+ + — =Arena.= 34: 97. Jl. ‘05. 7000w.

“The volumes are full of interest for the general reader, but so ill arranged that those may be repelled who by better construction would have been attracted.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 589. My. 13. 880w.

“Its interest is due not to any novelty of fact, for the entire book is an open page of history, but to an instinct or habit of truthfulness that pervades its pages like an atmosphere.” Theodore T. Munger.

+ + + =Atlan.= 96: 556. O. ‘05. 7900w.

Reviewed by John W. Russell.

+ + + =Bookm.= 21: 603. Ag. ‘05. 1460w.

“I have found this a most readable book from cover to cover, the story of a strenuous life told with simple directness.” Jeanette L. Gilder.

+ + =Critic.= 46: 449. My. ‘05. 1460w.

“In arrangement the work is a model. By his skill in the selection of material, and by his admirably lucid and even style, the author has made every page intensely interesting.” Clark S. Northrup.

+ + + =Dial.= 38: 260. Ap. 16, ‘05. 1780w.

“To the student of the problems of higher education in America, Dr. White’s ‘Autobiography,’ full as it is of matters of general interest, should prove especially interesting and important.” Clark S. Northup.

+ + =Educ. R.= 30: 101. Je. ‘05. 1030w.

“Altogether this is a full book, with something for everybody, putting one in touch on many sides with modern times; an adequate narrative of an exceptional career.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 812. O. 5, ‘05. 1080w.

“A better account of the founding of Cornell, of which he was so long the honored and successful head, has never been given, and perhaps in no other of his pages do we see so clearly the practical idealism, which, running throughout his life story like a golden thread, makes it so well worth the telling.”

+ + + =Lit. D.= 31: 187. Ag. 5, ‘05. 630w.

“Viewed as a narrative the book is excellent, and only needs more continuity; viewed as a collection of essays, it is naturally inadequate.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 149. My. 12, ‘05. 2680w.

“By the side of the recent contributions of Hoar, Stillman, Newcomb, Dwight, Le Conte, Villard, and Conway, the autobiography of White will hold an honored place.”

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 272. Ap. 6, ‘05. 2110w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 121. F. 25, ‘05. 180w.

“Nor does it possess that intimate charm which has made a literary classic of more than one ingenuous personal narrative. There is little in these two volumes which can fail to interest the serious reader in one way or another.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 321. My. 20, ‘05. 1410w.

“If he is not entirely without prejudice of egotism, he displays those qualities after the manner of great men.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w.

“These volumes ... have a value for all his countrymen not surpassed by any American autobiography within our knowledge.” James M. Whiton.

+ + + =Outlook.= 80: 132. My. 13, ‘05. 5600w.

“Mr. White is an octogenarian, with a full life behind him, but two hundred pages would have been ample space for it.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 28. Jl. 1, ‘05. 160w.

“It is eminently characteristic of its country of origin.”

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 51. Ag. 8, ‘05. 740w.

“There is a want of continuity. Repetitions occur, and sometimes when they were unintended. He has written a book to interest all who are interested in the modern world.” Simeon E. Baldwin.

+ + — =Yale R.= 14: 210. Ag. ‘05. 1770w.

=White, C. V.= Peace conference: poem. $1. Badger, R: G.

This poem is dedicated to the American delegates of the International peace conference, which met at the Hague, May 18, 1899. It sets forth the harm which war has done thruout history, and declares that the time for universal peace is here. It closes with the prayer,

“Lord God endow Us with thy blessings now, And plenteous peace the whole world o’er Establish thou forevermore.”

=White, Fred M.= Crimson blind. $1.50. Fenno.

The strands of this story are marvelously twisted. A villain, a fiend in human shape, has plunged his family into dishonor to gain his ends, but by the aid of a clever doctor, whose future had also been involved in the general ruin, a young novelist who applies fiction methods to the case, and a girl cousin who feigns death in order to be free to solve the mystery, the whole is ferreted out, bit by bit. It is an ingenious plot with manifold complications.

“This is a really fine sensational novel.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 735. Jl. 15, ‘05. 230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 320. My. 13, ‘05. 210w.

=White, George.= Practical course of instruction in personal magnetism, telepathy, and hypnotism. $1.25. Dutton.

A practical course of instruction setting forth the manner in which any student may acquire powers over himself, over his fellow men, and even over time and space.

— =Acad.= 68: 683. Jl. 1, ‘05. 740w.

Reviewed by Pendennis.

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 430. Jl. 1, ‘05. 680w.

=White, T. Hyler.= Petrol motor and motor cars: a handbook for engineers, designers, and draughtsmen. *$1.40. Longmans.

A book which the author feels is needed, because recent automobile literature has not been written for the benefit of designers. Practical rules for the design of the essential parts of motors and motor cars are given, accompanied by figures. There are tables of various kinds to facilitate calculations and to convert English units into metric measures. The illustrations are good, but are not drawn to a given scale.

“The formulas which are given seem to be of a rational nature; but to the reviewer it seems a fault that the derivation of the same are never given. The author discusses at various places the several alternatives for the many parts of a modern automobile; he gives his reason for his choice very clearly and never uses superfluous words, for which fact he deserves praise. Of course it ought not to be necessary to state that it is not always possible to agree with his conclusions. As a book for the special purpose of helping the designers of these engines it appears to the reviewer that it is the best existing book in the English language, notwithstanding the criticisms which have been made above.” Storm Bull.

+ + — =Engin. N.= 53: 186. F. 16, ‘05. 750w.

=White, W. Hale.= John Bunyan. **$1. Scribner.

This is the third volume in the Literary lives series which aims to furnish biographical and critical estimates. It treats of Bunyan’s life and characteristics. “Bunyan is not altogether the representation of Puritanism ... the qualification necessary in order to understand and properly value him is not theological learning, nor in fact any kind of learning or literary skill, but the experience of life, with its hopes and fears, bright day and black night.” “Pilgrim’s progress” is fully treated and there are lesser studies of “Grace abounding,” the “Life and death of Mr. Badman,” and “The holy war.”

“If the reader would spend the amount of time required to read this

## book in the careful perusal of any one of Bunyan’s great pieces, he

would probably catch more of the spirit of the Bedford dreamer, and gain a clearer and higher conception of his genius, than these pages by Mr. White are able to furnish.”

— =Am. J. of Theol.= 9: 377. Ap. ‘05. 140w.

* “The writer does with success what he has to do, and imagines very well the personality of the great John.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 368. Mr. 25. 230w.

“The final chapter is a very unsatisfactory treatment of ‘Bunyan and Puritanism.’”

+ — =Bib. World.= 25: 316. Ap. ‘05. 80w.

“A very interesting study. Mr. White has so many admirable things to say of the man and the spirit of his writings that one regrets that he should have devoted so much of his space to a detailed summary of Bunyan’s principal works.”

+ + =Contemporary R.= 87: 299. F. ‘05. 920w.

“The book proves to be a sympathetic, even a devout, study of its interesting theme.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 119. S. 1, ‘05. 340w.

+ — =Nation.= 80: 79. Ja. 26, ‘05. 940w.

“An interesting and well written biography. But it lacks background. The picture of the times is inadequate.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 246. Ja. 28, ‘05. 190w.

“Mr. White has made us see Bunyan the man, and through him the great, sober, deadly earnest English folk, of whom he was the interpreter.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 126. Ja. ‘05. 80w.

=Whitefield, George.= Selected sermons; ed. with introd. and notes, by Rev. A. R. Buckland. **50c. Union press.

The text of this volume is with some slight changes that of the “Sermons on important subjects” published in 1828. The six sermons are entitled—The necessity and benefits of religious society, Regeneration, A penitent heart the best New Year’s gift, The almost Christian, Glorifying God in the fire, and Jacob’s ladder.

=Whiting, Lilian.= Florence of Landor. **$2.50. Little.

Lilian Whiting weaves a charm into the living drama that was set in the scenic enchantment of Florence during the period of Walter Savage Landor. She draws the Florence still vital with color, the romance, the tragedy and passionate exaltation and despair of the fifteenth century, and shows the sympathetic common interests of the English and American colony including permanently the Brownings and the Trollopes, and welcoming as visitors from time to time, George Eliot, Frances Power Cobbe, Frederick Tennyson and a number of the Brook farm men and women. The book creates the author’s usual ideal atmosphere, and is handsomely illustrated from photographs.

* + =Critic.= 47: 581. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “There are so many good things in Miss Whiting’s book, that the pity is all the greater that the writer has never acquired the literary virtues of restraint and selection.”

+ — =Dial.= 39: 443. D. 16, ‘05. 370w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 835. D. 2, ‘05. 230w.

* “Uses a great mass of material with fine discretion. At times her pen seems to flag, and she repeats from mere weariness; but far oftener she shows the nice discrimination of the true critic and the grace of the trained writer.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 834. D. 2, ‘05. 280w.

* + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 826. D. 23, ‘05. 180w.

=Whiting, Lilian.= Joy that no man taketh from you. **50c. Little.

The realization of the Kingdom of Heaven in the hearts of men right now and here through the great power of love is the problem which Lilian Whiting meets. This joy may be achieved by the soul “so that neither death nor privation nor loss nor disappointment, not trial in any of its innumerable forms, shall dim its radiance or diminish its energy.”

=Whiting, Lilian.= Outlook beautiful. *$1.25. Little.

In chapters entitled The delusion of death, Realizing the ideal, Friendship as a divine relation, The ethereal world, The supreme purpose of Jesus, An inward stillness. The miracle moment may dawn on any hour, Miss Whiting sets forth her convictions regarding the relation of this life to the life eternal.

“It is unusually rich in helpful thought for those who enjoy transcendental and broadly religious discussions.”

+ + =Arena.= 34: 330. S. ‘05. 320w.

“The book is entirely characteristic of the author, and as such will recommend itself to her considerable public.”

+ + =Critic.= 47: 283. S. ‘05. 40w.

“It is a rhapsody, a carnival of spiritual joy.” David Saville Muzzey.

+ — =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 526. Jl. ‘05. 70w.

“She weaves a fabric not overstrong, but light, and firm enough for every-day uses.”

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

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 61. Jl. 8, ‘05. 90w.

“Her philosophy and style are very stimulating and suggestive.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 254. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

* =Whitney, Caspar.= Jungle trails and jungle people; travel, adventure and observation in the Far East. **$3. Scribner.

“Recent travels in the Far East, in India, Sumatra, Malay, and Siam.... The record of a trip prompted by the lust of adventure, and by the desire to see strange lands and strange peoples, and to hunt strange animals. Mr. Whitney has caught the trick of making a little human interest enhance the vivid story of some thrilling or stirring hunting adventure.... Hunters or servants, enlighten us as to the mental and moral habits of the natives of the countries described.”—Dial.

* “Mr. Whitney has written a volume of travel and adventure that will make his name conspicuous among American hunters.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 378. D. 1, ‘05. 380w.

* “If he had been less journalistic in style and the printer more careful, the reader’s pleasure would have been increased. Mr. Whitney has given us a pleasing account of a region little known to the white man.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 770w.

* “Is a most interesting and informing volume.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 706. O. 21, ‘05. 570w.

* “His descriptions of some of his guides and hunters are intensely diverting. He makes very real the life in the jungle.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 717. N. 25, ‘05. 160w.

=Whitney, Helen Hay.= Sonnets and songs. **$1.20. Harper.

“All the sonnets and most of the songs give evidence both of temperament and of the study of the older poets, and frequently attain a richness of tone that neither could have accomplished without the other.” (Nation.) “Their mood is chiefly that of quiet wistfulness, touched by the fears and sorrows of uncertain human fate, but open also to the influences of wholesome joy and unaffected sentiment.” (N. Y. Times.)

“Every one of which is a finished bit of art. The work is of so even an excellence that it offers little room for choice.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 275. N. 1, ‘05. 480w.

“Love poems, of a passion and sincere subtlety that are none too common.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 303. O. 12, ‘05. 300w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 656. O. 7, ‘05. 660w.

=Whitney, Mrs. Helen Hay.= Verses for Jock and Joan. †$1.50. Fox.

The marginal drawings and the many full page pictures in color by Charlotte Harding, with which this volume of little-folk’s verses is illustrated make it an unusually attractive giftbook.

* “A pretty book with graceful verses and dainty illustrations.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 584. D. ‘05. 10w.

* “Challenges comparison with Betty Sage’s ‘Rhymes of real children’ of a year ago. The verse is correspondingly humorous, perhaps a trifle more sophisticated.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 503. D. 21, ‘05. 60w.

* “The verses are not without point, but are entirely lacking in that ‘turn of the phrase’ which makes the verses of Stevenson or Lewis Carroll dwell in the memory of a child.”

+ — =R. of Rs.= 32: 767. D. ‘05. 110w.

=Whitson, John Harvey.= Barbara, a woman of the West. 75c. Little.

A new popular edition of a story which follows the fortunes of a young woman in search of her ne’er-do-well husband. He has some claim to literary attainments, starts off on a tour of fortune hunting, and becomes mentally deranged. The scenes shift from Kansas plains to Cripple Creek, thence to San Diego, and the story ends happily despite the fact that Barbara’s Enoch Arden reappears after her second marriage.

=Whitson, John H.= Justin Wingate, ranchman. †$1.50. Little.

Life in the West, where the interests of the ranchman and the farmer are at war is shown thru the medium of story characters. The hero who enters the fight in the Colorado legislature, the doctor who sacrifices all for the unworthy woman who was once his wife, the rancher, choleric but honest, and the son who disgraces him, stand out clearly in the scenes of love, political strife and danger.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 21: 367. Je. ‘05. 160w.

=Dial.= 38: 392. Je. 1, ‘05. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 272. Ap. 22, ‘05. 80w.

“Is a wonderfully vivid presentation of the largeness of Western horizons. Mr. Whitson is not so happy in his love stories as in his politics and adventure.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 374. Je. 10, ‘05. 360w.

=Outlook.= 80: 246. My 27, ‘05. 40w.

Who’s who, 1905; an annual biographical dictionary. *$2. Macmillan.

A book of biographic data about living Englishmen. This edition contains over seventeen thousand biographies, each of which has been submitted for personal revision.

+ + + =Critic.= 46: 96. Ja. ‘05. 50w.

+ + + =Int. Studio.= 24: 370. F. ‘05. 60w.

+ + + =Nation.= 80: 32. Ja. 12, ‘05. 90w.

“Improved in arrangement.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 79: 197, Ja. 21, ‘05. 60w.

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 31: 532. Ap. ‘05. 70w.

=Whyte, Rev. Alexander.= Apostle Paul. *$1. Jennings.

Sixteen lectures upon the apostle Paul, which follow his life and form a comprehensive study of him as preacher, pastor, man of prayer, and chief of sinners, from the first lecture, Paul as a student, to the last, Paul the aged. Five sermons, and an appreciation of Walter Marshall are also included in the volume.

=Whyte, Rev. Alexander.= Walk, conversation and character of Jesus Christ our Lord. $1.50. Revell.

Addresses offered to the multitude which are “innocent of criticism, but beautifully devout and sweet.” (Outlook.)

“Is composed of original, somewhat visionary, studies of the life of Christ.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 331. Ag. 10, ‘05. 50w.

“Is a simple in thought, not obtrusively original, and expressive of a genuine personal religion.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 936. Ag. 12, ‘05. 80w.

=Wiborg, Frank.= Commercial traveller in South America; being the experiences and impressions of an American business man on a trip through Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the Argentine and Brazil. **$1. McClure.

“Mr. Wiborg’s business trip around the coast and across the continent of South America is ... an individual view of a business proposition, and is made readable by descriptions—a business man’s descriptions—of the beauty of the country, and enlivened by some travelling ‘anecdotes.’ A well-drawn map elucidates the whole considerably and makes a very unified piece of work.”—Pub. Opin.

“Its descriptions of the country where conditions have changed rapidly have some value because of their freshness and of the writer’s candid expression of an alert business man’s ideas.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 716. O. 21, ‘05. 620w.

“Principally as a plea for more intimate business relations between the north and south continents of this hemisphere the work is of value.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 448. S. 30, ‘05. 110w.

=Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Smith) (Mrs. G. C. Riggs).= Rose o’ the river. †$1.25. Houghton.

The simple story of Rose, a country girl, “a fragile pink rose blossoming on the river’s brink,” and Stephen Waterman, a sturdy young farmer who lives on the other side of the Saco, is prettily told in this volume. Rose’s fancy for a city man interrupts their love for a time, but in the end she returns happily to Stephen. As a background for the slight plot, Mrs. Wiggin gives us the dangerous trade of the lumberman, and the river, a thing of beauty, strength and passion.

“Mrs. Wiggin has contributed a charming picture to the ever-increasing gallery that shows us American country life.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 1008. S. 30, ‘05. 330w.

* “This is a rather slight and mildly interesting story.”

+ — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 642. N. 11. 190w.

“With a slight plot and commonplace incident, the author, through her clever delineation of Maine manners and peculiarities, makes up an amusing story that may be read in a couple of hours.”

+ =Cath. World.= 82: 266. N. ‘05. 210w.

* “The originality and humor that belong to Mrs. Wiggin’s best work are altogether lacking. In spite of a certain rather specious charm, ‘Rose o’ the river’ must be classed with the pot-boilers.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 579. D. ‘05. 70w.

“A pretty story, pleasantly told by Mrs. Wiggin in her usual limpid style.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 989. O. 26, ‘05. 130w.

* “It is ‘manufactured’ from the start, and the attempt to bestow ‘color’ and stir emotion are cruelly patent, tho perfectly null.”

— =Lit. D.= 31: 797. N. 25, ‘05. 360w.

“Rose is a pretty girl, and her story is a pretty story with a pretty moral.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 305. S. 22, ‘05. 200w.

* “‘Rose o’ the river’ is as slender a tale as ever walked into print on the merits of an author’s name.”

— =Nation.= 81: 488. D. 14, ‘05. 120w.

“The story is written with a graceful sprightliness which is always part of Mrs. Wiggin’s stories, but beside those other two [Rebecca and Penelope] Rose simply cannot live.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 635. S. 30, ‘05. 240w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 822. D. 2, ‘05. 100w.

“The author, as is usual with her, keeps well on the right side of the line that divides sentiment from sentimentality.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 335. O. 7, ‘05. 80w.

* “It is certainly inferior to the author’s usual excellent work.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 600. N. 4, ‘05. 80w.

“Her shrewdness and humour act as antiseptics to her strong vein of sentiment. She is tender without being effusive, reticent without any taint of priggishness, entertaining without resort to extravagance of facetiousness.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 570. O. 14, ‘05. 850w.

=Wight, Emily Carter.= Denim elephant; il. in colours. †50c. Stokes.

This little volume in the “Christmas stocking” series presents in a succession of colored pictures and their accompanying text an episode in the life of the denim elephant which belonged to the baby and interfered with the rest of the farmyard, the woolen rabbit, tin cat, china pig, rubber dog, cotton goose, and wooden cow, which belonged to Edith and Philip.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 894. D. 16, ‘05. 200w.

=Wilbrandt, Adolf.= New humanity; or, The Easter island; tr. by Dr. A. S Rappoport. $1.50. Lippincott.

Helmut Adler, an enthusiast and the hero of this story, is modeled after Nietzsche. He has a plan for improving the human race by taking a few chosen followers to a secluded isle where they may rear a perfect race. He loses his reason and dies, and his daughter and her lover decide that the island of perfection can exist only in their own souls.

“But we have seldom seen a worse piece of work as translation than the volume before us.”

— — =Acad.= 68: 567. My. 27, ‘05. 960w.

“The story is told with a certain morbid power, but drags heavily in the telling, and is only moderately successful in the delineation of the several types of character which people its pages.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 41. Jl. 16, ‘05. 160w.

“If the book is doctrinal and the doctrines heavy, it is not therefore a heavy book. On the contrary, there is so much sincerity in each point of view, combined with so much lightness of pen, that it is even absorbing reading; the way is tortuous, indeed, but not slimy.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 148. Ag. 17, ‘05. 780w.

“The translation is sufficiently clear to carry the meaning of the German writer to the English reader. It is certainly not a work of literary art, but that does not matter.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 376. Je. 10. ‘05. 540w.

=Wilde, Oscar Fingall O’Flahertie Wills.= De profundis. **$1.25. Putnam.

A masterpiece of literary expression penned by Oscar Wilde during his detention in Reading jail, and the last prose he ever wrote. Into it he has put his bitterness in his downfall, his misery in the first two months of prison discipline, and the final triumph of a chastened spirit, a conviction that “there is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try to make into a spiritualizing of the soul.”

“He has added to our literature a work which from its intrinsic value is sure to command the attention of thinking men, from its style the admiration of literary artists, from the tragedy of which it records a part the pity of human hearts.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 397. Ap. 1. 1070w.

“The essay has ... great literary charm, and possesses unquestioned authenticity as a contribution toward the comprehension of the abnormal and in many ways inexplicable psychology of its author.”

+ + =Dial.= 38: 359. My. 16, ‘05. 330w.

“‘De profundis’ is one of the orchids of literature. As a self-revelation, for it is sincere even in its manifestation of his fundamental insincerity, this little book ranks with the ‘Confessions of Rousseau’ and the ‘Journal of Amiel.’ Both from its style and as a study in abnormal psychology ‘De profundis’ is one of the most noteworthy and interesting books that have appeared for a long time.”

+ + =Ind.= 58: 842. Ap. 13, ‘05. 920w.

* “Is one of the saddest, most terrible, yet most fascinating books of recent times.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1161. N. 16, ‘05. 30w.

“It is one of the most sincere, of all self-revelations, and will go far towards setting Oscar Wilde’s memory right with the world for which he affected to care so little.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 58. Jl. 20, ‘05. 1800w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 205. Ap. 1, ‘05. 450w.

“The analysis of sorrow, which occupies a considerable part of the volume, is without question, worthy of living and doubtless will live. Least of all its qualities should this book be commended for its literary style and yet for its style alone it is worthy of reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 388. Je. 17, ‘05. 240w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 592. Ap. 15, ‘05. 470w.

=Wilde, Oscar.= Intentions. *$1.50. Brentano’s.

Four essays which gayly and ruthlessly assail what we have thought were truths, and give us others in their place. The decay of lying, defends lying as a fine art; Pen, pencil and poison, is an artistic appreciation of that prince of poisoners, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright; The critic as artist, in dialogue form, is divided into two parts containing some remarks upon the importance of doing nothing, and upon the importance of discussing every thing. The concluding essay, The truth of masks, is styled A note on illusion.

* “Disciple-wise, the editor of the present reprint is rather zealous than judicious in his manner of introducing the text.” H. W. Boynton.

+ — =Atlan.= 96: 847. D. ‘05. 600w.

* “‘Intentions’ is an interesting book to the student of literature; it contains much that is well put; but even its virtues are vitiated by a false conception of the real meaning of life.” Edward Fuller.

+ — =Critic.= 47: 568. D. ‘05. 390w.

=Dial.= 39: 213. O. 1, ‘05. 50w.

=Wilder, Marshall Pinckney.= Sunny side of the street. **$1.20. Funk.

Recollections of some 300 more or less well known people with whom the jester-author has come in contact. Three presidents, a king, and various great preachers, actors, politicians and soldiers contribute to the “garland of blossoms” plucked from “the gardens of humor and pathos” in the weaving of which the author modestly claims as his own merely “the string that binds them together.”

“Cannot fail to interest the many friends of the author. Mr. Wilder’s writing is on a par with his speaking.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 50w.

“The loquacity of the author, his well-known success in ‘getting around,’ his chatty tone, make a very cheerful book.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 580w.

“He tells many good stories. He nearly always lives up to his doctrine of amiability. We can recommend his book as cheerful reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 452. Jl. 8, ‘05. 360w.

“The dense personal fog that surrounds this work casts diminutive shadows on the sunny side, and many of the anecdotes of which the book is composed savor of spice and antiquity.”

— =Pub. Opin.= 39: 383. S. 16, ‘05. 150w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 255. Ag. ‘05. 50w.

=Wiley, Harley Rupert.= Treatise on pharmacal jurisprudence, with a thesis on the law in general. $2.50. Hicks-Judd.

This text-book is “A pioneer in its peculiar field” and aims to give “a presentation of the principles, with a collection of the leading cases, which define the legal aspects” of the profession of pharmacy. Over 200 cases are cited and the ground defined is fully covered.

* =Wiley, Sara King.= Alcestis and other poems. **75c. Macmillan.

“A priestess of classic song comes with two-fold, precious offering, in this presentation of Iphegeneia, that flower of Argos ... and in the retold story of Alcestis, whom Hercules brings back from the gates of death.”—Critic.

* “A beautiful and welcome work, shone upon as by the white light of Greek art, has been contributed in this volume to the poetry of the year.” Edith M. Thomas.

+ =Critic.= 47: 511. D. ‘05. 130w.

* “Mrs. Drummond’s treatment of the fables has no very novel features, but she has realized its mood very vividly, and made of it a compact and moving little drama.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ‘05. 50w.

* =Wilkins, Augustus Samuel.= Roman education. *60c. Macmillan.

“In ninety-two pages the whole system of Roman education is presented.... Dr. Wilkins divides the story of Roman education into two periods: the ‘purely national stage, when as yet there was no outside influence,’ and the effects of Greek influence from the middle of the third century, B.C. onwards on ‘the distinct departments of literary—or what we might call now secondary—education,’ and in the higher training of rhetoric and philosophy.... In four chapters, ‘Education in the ‘early republic,’ Education under Greek influence,’ ‘Elementary schools and studies,’ and ‘Higher studies—rhetoric and philosophy,’ he gives all the information that can be possibly discovered on record and the natural inferences from it.... The final

## chapter deals with the Endowment of education in ancient Rome.”—Acad.

* “There are few teachers who will not benefit by it; few interested in any way in education who will not read it with pleasure and profit.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 966. D. 16, ‘05. 910w.

* “We know no other work to which one could go for so complete and accurate an exposition of what is known about Roman education.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 395. S. 23. 1760w.

* + =Lond. Times.= 4: 317. S. 29, ‘05. 360w.

* “It contains in six chapters and a hundred pages all that is really known upon this subject, and it is the best compendium which we have seen. Its style is pleasant, and the method of treatment makes the book easy to read.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 402. N. 16, ‘05. 170w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 683. O. 14, ‘05. 230w.

* “The present volume offers a singularly clear, accurate, and trustworthy statement of the somewhat scanty information that is to be found in Roman writers on the subject of education.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 817. N. 18, ‘05. 1750w.

=Wilkins, Philip A.= History of the Victoria cross. *$6. Dutton.

This volume contains an account of “the 520 conspicuous acts of bravery which have called for as many bestowals of the decoration, instituted in 1856 and made retroactive for the Crimean war. These plain tales are accompanied by a remarkably large number (392) of portraits of the recipients; by statutory and narrative appendices; by a table of awards of the cross by branches of the service; and by a personal index.” (Nation.)

“The scheme has been very carefully and soberly carried out.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 290. Ap. 13, ‘05. 220w.

“A very interesting account of the 520 men who have won the cross.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 340. My. 27, ‘05. 1030w.

“Though we must confess that some of the narratives are somewhat bald, and that the author has neglected many excellent opportunities, Mr. Wilkins’s records are interesting.”

+ — =Spec.= 95: 158. Jl. 29, ‘05. 150w.

* =Wilkins, William Henry.= Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. **$5. Longmans.

“For more than a century there has been no moral doubt of the marriage of Maria Fitzherbert and George IV. of Great Britain. For the last seventy years it has been practically certain that the proof of that marriage was deposited in Coutts’s bank, in London ... [these papers] ... King Edward placed at the disposal of the author of this volume, and thus enabled him to prove conclusively that Mrs. Fitzherbert was the wife of George, Prince of Wales, later George IV.... Although he writes as a partisan of Mrs. Fitzherbert, he is fair-minded enough to write of the king: ... ‘His faults were many and grave, but ... there must have been some good in him or a good woman would not have loved him.”—N. Y. Times.

* “In his Life of Mrs. Fitzherbert he has reached a higher level, both as regards literary excellence and in the interest attaching to his subject.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 1219. N. 25, ‘05. 1930w.

* “Mr. Wilkins displays his usual lucidity in narrative and firm grasp of his subject. These things [errors] do not detract materially from the merit of Mr. Wilkins’s well-written and historically important work.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 716. N. 25. 1860w.

* “If Mr. Wilkins’s ideas are not remarkable, nor his style brilliant, he may be congratulated upon having accomplished the task he set himself by clearing the memory of an injured woman.”

+ — =Lond. Times.= 4: 393. N. 17, ‘05. 1920w.

* “Mr. Wilkins has handled his material ably, making a book at once interesting and valuable.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 160w.

* “Mr. Wilkins has made a very complete biography of Mrs. Fitzherbert.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 870. D. 9, ‘05. 650w.

* “The book is fustian from beginning to end, and is not at all below Mr. Wilkins’ form.”

— + =Sat. R.= 100: 722. D. 2, ‘05. 1850w.

* “It is easy in such a work to fall into the role of mere purveyor of scandal, but Mr. Wilkins never loses sight of his main theme, and the

## book is primarily a study of character. If now and then he seems to

speak from a brief, on the whole he sticks soberly to facts, and his comments are generally fair and convincing. He has performed a delicate task with good taste and good sense, and has produced what is not only a volume of entertaining gossip, but a solid contribution to the history of the epoch.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: sup. 788. N. 18, ‘05. 1480w.

=Wilkinson, Kosmo.= Personal story of the upper house. *$3. Dutton.

The main purpose of this book is to set forth “how the peers of England, from being an estate of the realm, grew into an independent parliamentary assembly; how and by what personal agencies the hereditary chamber became in a sense the parent of the elective; on what issues, by what degrees, it co-operated with other agencies to establish the house of commons; how then, from seeing in that chamber its natural ally, if not its political offspring, the upper house gradually discovered in the lower a rival and a foe.”

“He has undoubtedly succeeded in his intention of writing what is most likely to find acceptance with those who read to be interested as well as informed.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 391. Ap. 8, ‘05. 660w.

“Is a good book of gossip about the Lords, in which there are plenty of stories and few mistakes.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 1: 335. Mr. 18. 160W.

“There is no partisanship in his estimates and judgments. There are some really masterly characterizations, especially among those of later times. References to authorities are few and far between, and here and there he makes statements which seem to need the support of good authorities.”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 335. Ag. 10, ‘05. 550w.

“Mr. Wilkinson writes agreeably. He also shows a considerable range of reading.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 120. Ag. 10, ‘05. 400w.

“A book that is neither pure history nor pure gossip, and yet comes near to being both.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 1680w.

“As history the value of the work is, to be sure, of rather negative character.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 131. S. 16, ‘05. 1680w.

“In his concluding pages Mr. Wilkinson is obviously hampered by the fact that he is dealing with events and men too near our own time, and writes too much in the style of the professional parliamentary lobbyist. But this book as a whole is a most valuable addition to the series of useful manuals to which it belongs, and is perhaps the most readable of them all.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 916. Je. 24, ‘05. 2290w.

=Wilkinson, William Cleaver.= Modern masters of pulpit discourse. **$1.60. Funk.

Criticisms and appreciations of the foremost preachers of France, England and America. “As critical sketches of homiletic art they have a special value for every preacher who is, as he should be, a student of the art.” (Outlook.)

“The author evidently enjoyed writing it. But. personally, we prefer the ‘formless infelicity’ of Newman.”

— =Ath.= 1905, 2: 399. S. 23. 410w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 754. S. 28. ‘05. 90w.

“For the general reader there is enough of warm life in them.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 293. Je. 10. ‘05. 160w.

“The essays are all eminently readable, and have the appearance of carefully formed judgments.”

+ + — =Spec.= 95: 262. Ag. 19, ‘05. 280w.

=Williams, Henry Smith=, ed. See =Historian’s= history of the world.

=Williams, Henry Smith, and Williams, Edward Huntington.= History of science. 5v. Harper.

“The plan followed by the editor in chief and his collaborator (Dr. Edward H. Williams) is to give a brief biography of the scientific men to whose labors the world of to-day is indebted, prefacing these biographies by a brief account of the beginnings of science and connecting them by references to the circumstances amid which each investigator worked.... In his second volume Dr. Williams carries on his story through the dark ages, among the Arabians, the most famous investigators of their time, into the western world, giving the biographies and telling of the labors of astronomers, physicists, physicians, down to Franklin and Linnaeus.... In the last three volumes Dr. Williams treats of the development of the physical sciences, of the chemical and biological sciences, and of the present aspects of science.”—N. Y. Times.

“Inevitably, the murmuring shallows of science are more in evidence than its silent deeps; its thaumaturgics than its revelations. All this is somewhat trying to the student. For the student, however, there is already no lack of adequate works in this field; he should be the last to begrudge to the general reader the one book which best meets his demands.” E. T. Brewster.

— + =Atlan.= 96: 690. N. ‘05. 390w.

“He has diligently collected an abundance of material of an encyclopedic kind. His treatment of many topics is disproportionate and cloudy. Some of the blunders are inexcusable.”

— — + =Ind.= 58: 381. F. 16, ‘05. 570w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 56. Ja. 28, ‘05. 440w. (Outlines scope and contents).

“Without many noticeable omissions or slurring of important events. The story he tells, dry as it might be under certain circumstances, is fascinating as told by Dr. Williams. The volume might almost be a history of modern British science alone; to Dr. Williams apparently, American contributions to the subject are merely incidental. Proof-reading is careless. Inconsistent in the spelling. An index of little value makes part of the last volume; the work is worthy of a good one.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 99. F. 18, ‘05. 1190w.

“Error is by no means absent, and some of the defects which the work betrays are surprising, but, viewing it in the large, it must be agreed that its excellencies far outweigh its faults and that it is of genuine value to both student and general reader. The style is picturesque, fluent, and clear. Altogether, the fifth volume, in striking contrast to its predecessors, must be accounted ill advised and weak.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 79: 956. Ap. 15, ‘05. 1030w.

* =Williams, Hugh Noel.= Queens of the French stage. *$2.50. Scribner.

“A set of biographical essays entitled ‘Queens of the French stage,’ which cover the period from Louis XIV to the Revolution, beginning with Armande Béjart (Molière’s wife) and ending with the celebrated, and notorious Clairon.” (Nation.) “Mr. Williams gives both the ‘backstairs’ and the theatrical biography of his subjects.... The picture is not a pleasant one, for the book resolves itself into the story of liaisons, jealousies, infidelities, intrigues, and scandals in high life and low.... The book, a substantial volume of some three hundred and fifty quarto pages, is pleasantly illustrated with eight or ten full-page half-tone reproductions after contemporary drawings or paintings.” (Dial.)

* “Culled from many sources, these gossiping lives of six actresses make very entertaining reading.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 70w.

* “Written in a clear vigorous style, the book makes interesting, if not very stimulating reading.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 443. D. 16, ‘05. 280w.

* “The volume is readable and accurate in most matters save that of French quotations, in which elementary blunders are altogether too frequent.”

+ — =Nation.= 81: 424. N. 23, ‘05. 140w.

* “The author’s not inconsiderable learning, tact, taste, and elegant literary style, actually do honor to the careers of the ladies whose portraits painted by famous contemporary brushes are among the art treasures of the world.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ‘05. 430w.

=Williams, John Rogers.= Handbook of Princeton. **$1.50. Grafton press.

Dr. Woodrow Wilson has written a sympathetic introduction to this volume which “in very good taste describes most of the interesting objects and places of patriotic association in that university town of Revolutionary memories.... The book is fully illustrated for the eye of the absent.” (Nation.)

+ =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 30w.

“Except in one or two very minor matters, the accounts here given are accurate and sympathetic.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 143. Ag. 17, ‘05. 140w.

“A very readable manual.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 70w.

=Williams, Theodore C.= Elegies of Tibullus. $1.25. Badger, R. G.

The consolations of a Roman lover done into English verse. Twenty-four elegies of books I., II., III., and two short pieces of book IV., in the translation of which the author has “always been faithful to the thought and spirit of the original except in the few passages where euphemism was required.”

“A free but exquisite translation.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 94. Ag. 16, ‘05. 50w.

“Though it is in no sense a slavish rendering, it does present the substance of Tibullus with remarkable fidelity.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 304. O. 12, ‘05. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 678. O. 14, ‘05. 30w.

=Williams, William Henry.= Specimens of the Elizabethan drama from Lyly to Shirley, A.D. 1580-A.D. 1642. *$1.90. Oxford.

“Nearly a hundred typical and representative scenes, complete in themselves, have been selected.... A short appreciation is prefixed to each section, notes being added.”—Dial.

“Mr. Williams does not in our judgment always do the best with the material that his plan leaves him.”

— =Acad.= 68: 521. My. 13, ‘05. 560w.

“It is pervaded by the atmosphere of ripe literary scholarship.”

+ + + =Critic.= 47: 288. S. ‘05. 150w.

=Dial.= 38: 277. Ap. 16, ‘05. 60w.

=Dial.= 39: 20. Jl. 1, ‘05. 60w.

“In all substantial matters—connecting introductions, notes, and text—(so far as we have, tested it) his work as an editor seems to be well executed.”

+ + — =Nation.= 81: 105. Ag. 3, ‘05. 820w.

“The specimens are generally well chosen, though it is easy to complain of some omissions.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 99: 637. My. 13, ‘05. 420w.

=Williamson, C. N., and A. M.= Lightning conductor. †$1.50. Holt.

The popularity of “the strange adventures of a motor-car” has warranted this revised and enlarged edition, including a frontispiece by Eliot Keen, and sixteen full-page illustrations from photographs of the scenes of the story in France, Spain and Italy.

=Williamson, Charles Norris, and Williamson, Mrs. Alice Muriel.= My friend the chauffeur. †$1.50. McClure.

This book “relates the incidents of a motor-car trip through southern Europe of two young Englishmen (one a lord masquerading as a chauffeur), and three American women, a widow of thirty-nine masquerading as twenty-eight, her daughter of seventeen, masquerading, for her mother’s sake, as thirteen, and her niece, an heiress, masquerading as a poor relation. A prince, poor but dishonest, masquerading as a man of property and honor, hovers around as the villain of the piece.” (Outlook.)

+ =Acad.= 68: 1008. S. 30, ‘05. 370w.

“Altogether a bright and pleasing story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 651. O. 7, ‘05. 330w.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 429. O. 21, ‘05. 160w.

“There is a certain charm and pleasantness in this work, which inclines one to approbation, though, truth to tell, there is but little solid merit in it.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 345. S. 9, ‘05. 220w.

=Williamson, Charles Norris and Alice Muriel.= Princess passes: romance of a motor car. $1.50. Holt.

A traveling love story, half of which takes place in the automobile of the heroine of “The lightning conductor”; the other half is an Alpine walking tour. Lord Lane, lately jilted, finds consolation in a delightful boy, his “little pal,” whom he meets in his travels, and whom he later discovers to be an American heiress, the Mercedes for whom the Winston’s car was named. The story wanders over northern France, Switzerland, and the Italian lakes, ending at Monte Carlo.

“This story is so delightful that we are not disposed to carp over-much at the impossibility of its central situation.” William Morton Payne.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 389. Je. 1, ‘05. 150w.

“It seems almost too slender to be gravely criticised in matters of plot, character-drawing, and the like. Its staple is sheer, wholesome fun, brisk and bubbling, but not loud or crude.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ =Forum.= 37: 111. Jl. ‘05. 120w.

“The descriptions of the road are unusually good and the breath of the high Alps is in the book.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 392. Ag. 17, ‘05. 110w.

“If the story taxes belief, the characters are lifelike enough to satisfy any novel reader in good standing.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 378. My. 11, ‘05. 310w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 20: 180. Mr. 25, ‘05. 530w.

“Is, if anything, more saturated with the sunshine and fun of automobile adventure than ‘The lightning conductor.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 394. Je. 17, ‘05. 200w.

“There is a pretty little romance in the book, and delightful descriptions of scenery, castles, quaint inns, and travel by donkey.”

+ =Outlook.= 79: 1015. Ap. 22, ‘05. 220w.

=Williamson, James M.= Life and times of St. Boniface. *$2. Oxford.

“Dr. Williamson gives us, in a sufficiently readable and popular manner, the life of the Englishman who, in the turmoil of the eighth century, was raised by fortune and his own merits to the primacy of the church in Germany.”—Acad.

+ =Acad.= 68: 33. Ja. 14, ‘05. 190w.

=Willis, Henry Parker.= Our Philippine problem: a study of American colonial policy. $1.50. Holt.

“A review of our experience as a nation in governing the Philippine islands and an appreciation of the main elements of the Philippine problem as it now presents itself.” There is a frank discussion of civil government, civil service, legal and judicial systems, constabulary, political parties, the church, American education in the islands, social conditions, and kindred subjects, all treated from the view point of an “anti-imperialist.”

* “It needs to be stated at the beginning that this book is frankly critical of our Philippine policy, and particularly of the administration thereof. Further perusal and analysis of the book will convince many readers, perhaps unwillingly, too, that the criticisms and charges it contains are not only serious and grave in the extreme, but that their authenticity seems unquestionable. In style it is unusually readable and entertaining.” J. E. Conner.

+ — =Ann. Am. Acad.= 26: 761. N. ‘05. 1070w.

* “Is a careful ‘study of American colonial policy,’ well deserving the attention of the politician and historian. The author is thoroughly master of his subject.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 646. N. 11. 300w.

* =Critic.= 47: 479. N. ‘05. 80w.

“Mr. Willis somewhat prejudices his case as an impartial critic by the expression of his own adverse opinion in the preliminary chapter, before he has presented his evidence to his readers. No modern government has ever been more severely impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors against the spirit of the institutions of its people, than has the government at Washington in these chapters.” John J. Halsey.

— =Dial.= 39: 271. N. 1, ‘05. 370w.

Reviewed by George R. Bishop.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 633. S. 30, ‘05. 2720w.

“The serious defect of the book is that it is not what it purports to be. It is really an almost unqualified accusation against the American government, not only of unfitness and failure, but of prejudice, insincerity, and sordidness.”

— — =Outlook.= 81: 89. S. 9, ‘05. 510w.

* + — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 667. N. 18, ‘05. 240w.

* =R. of Rs.= 32: 639. N. ‘05. 150w.

=Willoughby, William Franklin.= Territories and dependencies of the United States: their government and administration. *$1.25. Century.

The seventh volume in the “American state series.” The field covered in Dr. Willoughby’s discussion is that of the actual policy and the

## action taken by the United States in respect to the government and

administration of the various dependent territories which have successively come under its sovereignty, and the conferring of political rights upon their inhabitants.

* “Mr. Willoughby’s volume will repay careful study.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 471. D. 7, ‘05. 480w.

Reviewed by Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 464. Jl. 15, ‘05. 1140w.

“Generally speaking, the treatment is concise yet thorough.”

+ + =Outlook.= 80: 695. Jl. 15, ‘05. 110w.

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 317. S. 2, ‘05. 190w.

=R. of Rs.= 32: 510. O. ‘05. 90w.

* =Willson, Robert Newton.= American boy and the social evil: from a physician’s standpoint. $1. Winston.

Four plain talks—originally delivered to students and now published by Dr. Willson “for the purpose of more widely introducing a difficult and delicate subject in a plain but thoroughly clean way.” The talks are: The nobility of boyhood: the boy’s part in life’s problem, delivered to the boys of Philadelphia during the summer of 1904, at the request of the department of public health and charities; Clean living: a problem of school and college days, a talk to the students of the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 10, 1903; The social evil in America and The relation of the citizen to the social evil, addresses to the students of the Union Theological seminary, April, 1905.

* =Wilson, Bingham Thoburn.= Village of Hide and seek. $1.25. Consolidated retail booksellers.

The village of Hide and seek lies at the end of a perilous cliff journey over which Aunt Twaddles, a fat, coarse-skirted witch of the mountains, conducts two children in search of pennyroyal. In her own realm the witch is transformed into a beautiful fairy queen of the dolls, and with her brother Santa Claus furnishes rare entertainment for the visitors.

* + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 911. D. 23, ‘05. 200w.

=Wilson, Calvin Dill.= Making the most of ourselves. **$1. McClure.

This series of talks for young people is broad in its scope and includes fifty chapters of helpful advice upon subjects which may be included under such headings as education, deportment, religion, work and spiritual development. The boy or girl who reads these discourses carefully, and heeds them cannot go far wrong in big or little things.

=Wilson, Ella Calista.= Pedagogues and parents. **$1.25. Holt.

It has been the author’s purpose to show the possibilities within the power of a parent of supplementing the work of the teacher, to show what is distinctly the teacher’s work and what the parent’s duty and privilege. “The pedagogue studies the laws of childhood; the parent, the temperament and needs of his particular child; the school-teacher advances the children in regiment, lock-step; the parent in their natural gait, in their strugglings and self-directed sprawlings.” The

## book is humorously dedicated among others to parents “whose concern

for their dear little ones makes them so irregularly bold that they dare consult their own reason in the education of their children, rather than wholly to rely upon old customs.”

“It is not a treatise. Its historical chapters meander and are cheerful and chatty. Of the ideals of the past it gives amusing glimpses. A book to set tongues and pens to wagging, a book to read from preface to finis with the relish of combat or agreement. Whether you deny or assent, you are bound to laugh.” Adele Marie Shaw.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 81. F. 11, ‘05. 2140w.

“The book is witty, full of wholesome advice to parents and to teachers, and is just the kind of reading for the interested mothers in our women’s clubs.”

+ + =School R.= 13: 200*. F. ‘05. 230w.

=Wilson, Floyd Baker.= Man limitless. $1.25. Fenno.

In eleven papers treating of such subjects as love, work, memory, suggestion, and accomplishment, is given a metaphysical and psychic study of the possibilities of man, unlimited power resident in one’s selfhood, which may be made use of thru discipline.

“Mr. Wilson’s cry is: Down with the chains! Down with limitations! And he succeeds in persuading us fully that there is no need for any of these.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 188. Ag. 5, ‘05. 70w.

=Wilson, Harry Leon.= Boss of little Arcady. †$1.50. Lothrop.

“Mr. Wilson writes of an Illinois village just before and just after the great war, of a shy boy who adored a schoolgirl with two yellow braids tied with a scarlet ribbon, of another boy who was not shy, of a marriage and a going-away to the stricken field with a sad little miniature inside a blue coat.... He writes of black Clem, who came from Virginia, and was ‘Miss Cah’line’s pus’nal property,’ in spite of the Emancipation proclamation ... of ‘Miss Caroline’ herself ... Miss Caroline’s daughter, Katharine Lansdale ... and Jim, a setter dog.”—N. Y. Times.

“It is a whimsical book that Mr. Wilson has given us this time, a book that is scarcely a novel at all, in the accepted sense, a book that drags somewhat at the start, at the same time that it is surreptitiously fastening its hold on you.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ — =Bookm.= 22: 134. O. ‘05. 370w.

“His new book has leisurely ease of movement and a humor that is simply captivating.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 39: 209. O. 1, ‘05. 250w.

“A picture of the Western town more truthful, because more affectionately touched with misty hues of the imagination, than are the raw splotches of ‘local color’ miscalled ‘novels of the West.’”

+ + — =Ind.= 59: 579. S. 7, ‘05. 400w.

“The scheme of writing the novel in four books is a lazy one that disturbs the unities. We want the illusion of all the balls in the air at once.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 586. O. 21, ‘05. 420w.

“It is a fine thing of its kind, and will please many, the pleasing of whom is worth a man’s time and trouble.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 539. Ag. 19, ‘05. 900w.

* “A delightfully human, kindly and refreshing tale.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 823. D. 2, ‘05. 170w.

“There is real pleasure to be derived from its perusal if too much is not expected in the way of incident and action.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 80: 1073. Ag. 26, ‘05. 90w.

=Wilson, James Grant.= Thackeray in the United States, 1852-3, 1855-6. 2v. **$10. Dodd.

A two-volume account of Thackeray’s visits to the United States. His lecture course on the English humorists and the Georges are described, and various anecdotes, conversations and letters are given. There is a bibliographical list of the writings of Thackeray published in the United States, followed by Thackerayana, and the numerous mentions of him in periodicals. There are twenty-six portraits of Thackeray, many of his drawings, and several facsimiles of letters.

“Small faults are easily found, and though the book may not be as learned as possible, it is surely one that should have distinct popularity.”

+ + — =Critic.= 46: 188. F. ‘05. 110w.

Reviewed by M. F.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 189. Mr. 16, ‘05. 900w.

“American readers will find in these two volumes nothing to complain of everything to correct an ancient notion we all had that Thackeray was cynical.”

+ =Ind.= 58: 1308. Je. 8. ‘05. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 6. Ja. 7, ‘05. 1460w.

=R. of Rs.= 31: 249. F. ‘05. 70w.

“Two garrulous and amiable volumes.”

+ =Spec.= 94: 256. F. 18, ‘05. 1380w.

=Wilson, William Robert Anthony.= Knot of blue. †$1.50. Little.

This is not an historical romance altho the scene is laid in old Quebec. The heroine, the ward of the governor, and the hero, her childhood playmate, are both the victims of the wicked plots of the villain thru whom the hero is made to appear faithless to both his country and his love. There are many thrilling scenes, enacted by many players, but in the end each wins his true deserts.

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 402. Je. 17, ‘05. 330w.

“A story of love and adventure, full of movement and romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 80: 193. My. 20, ‘05. 50w.

=Winkley, Jonathan Wingate.= John Brown, the hero: personal reminiscences, *85c. West, J. H.

The author was a boy in Kansas in 1856, and there came in contact with the great abolitionist hero. The object of his little book is to throw some side light upon John Brown’s character, and he gives some new historical material, and recounts adventures in which he was too young to participate except as an eye witness. There is an introduction by Frank B. Sanborn. The illustrations include a representation of a bust of John Brown and two views of the Adair cabin.

=Am. Hist R.= 10: 719. Ap. ‘05. 50w.

“We are glad Dr. Winkley has set down his personal experiences and impressions in so interesting and vivid a manner.”

+ =Arena.= 33: 672. Je. ‘05. 160w.

“Although the matter of the book is slender in amount, and spread thin by both author and printer, and although the glimpses we get of John Brown are few and fleeting, the publishers are still within the truth in announcing that ‘The book has the interest of a romance,’ and that ‘the young will read it as if it were especially “a story for boys,” and the old will find in it matters to revive their enthusiasm.’”

+ =Dial.= 38: 240. Ap. 1, ‘05. 290w.

“Another slight, and wholly unpretentious volume, quickly read.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10:150. Mr. 11, ‘05. 400w.

=Winslow, Charles Edward Amory.= Elements of applied microscopy: a text-book for beginners. $1.50. Wiley.

A presentation of the elements of microscopic study under the headings: Function and parts of the microscope. Manipulation of the microscope, The mounting and preparation of objects for the microscope, Micrometry, and the camera lucida, The microscopy of the common starches, Foods and drugs and their adulterants, The examination of textile fibers, The microscopy of paper, The microscope in medicine and sanitation, Forensic microscopy, Microchemistry, Petrography and metallography.

“Mr. Winslow’s text is practical.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 53: 295. Mr. 16, ‘05. 460w.

=Winter, Alice.= Prize to the hardy. $1.50. Bobbs.

Mrs. Winter’s story of early Minnesota days is built up around a successful financial magnate of a typical western town, his daughter, in whose veins flows a trace of the blood of Indian chiefs,—a very modern, very feminine, very human specimen of lovable young womanhood, a young Maineite who demonstrates his fitness to be called the “hardy,” and his rival, the near approach to a contemptible villain. There are close range views of the typical Swede farmer, dips into the hardships to be endured in the small Dakota towns, and a thrilling picture of a forest fire’s devastation. The local coloring thruout is consistent and characteristic.

“Told in a spirited manner. It is a story that will appeal to the general reader in search of a pleasing and somewhat exciting love-tale.”

+ =Arena.= 34: 221. Ag. ‘05. 250w.

“The book is not incapably written. The book’s greatest fault is its utter lack of originality.”

+ — =Critic.= 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 90w.

“In short, without being remarkable in any special way, ‘The prize to the hardy’ is a good readable, human story, and cleverly written at that.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 244. Ap. 15, ‘05. 370w.

+ =Outlook.= 79: 708. Mr. 18, ‘05. 90w.

=Wise, John Sergeant.= Lion’s skin. †$1.50. Doubleday.

On the surface the book is the story of a certain Powhatan Carrington, who bore arms in his ‘teens for the Confederacy, and became a Richmond lawyer and politician. On turning Republican he found himself so unpopular among his townspeople, that he removed to New York, where he and his northern wife prospered exceedingly. Underneath is an analysis of the conditions of the South since the Civil war, and a political history of Virginia from the first steps in reconstruction to the election of the governor in 1885.

“‘The lion’s skin’ spells information rather than diversion.”

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 651. Ag. ‘05. 270w.

“In this book there is far more history than fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 39: 42. Jl. 16, ‘05. 290w.

— =Ind.= 58: 1132. My. 18, ‘05. 320w.

“As a novel Mr. Wise’s book, while it contains some excellent material will not hold the average reader’s attention. But it only ostensibly a novel. It is rather a personal explanation, and as such will interest persons who know who Mr. Wise is.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 630w.

“Mr. Wise cannot be accounted a success as a novelist, but as a historian he is clear and forceful, and his book calls for careful consideration.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 857. Ap. 1, ‘05. 320w.

“As a piece of fiction the book is a negligible quantity, but as the narrative account of the movement of events and the development and importance of the predominant feelings in the South before, during, and immediately after the war it is a worthy contribution to our Civil war literature.”

— + + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 713. My. 6, ‘05. 160w.

“A new kind of reconstruction story, cleverly weaving together fact and fiction, and discussing the negro problem frankly and impressively.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 31: 508. Ap. ‘05. 160w.

* =Wishart, Alfred Wesley.= Primary facts in religious thought. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

Seven essays, intended to state in a simple and practical manner the essential principles of religion, and to clear it from confusion arising from theological changes and historical criticism.

* “They are well adapted by their brevity and simplicity to the need of the average man. If they fall short in any point, it is in not recognizing the essential identity of religion and morality beneath their superficial differences.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 891. D. 9, ‘05. 170w.

=Wisser, John P., and Gauss, Henry C.=, comps. Military and naval dictionary. 50c. Hamersley.

Authentic and clearly worded definitions of all terms used in the United States army and navy, with a well-defined statement of the powers of each department of the United States government and the duties of all government officials.

“The work has been condensed into a small handbook, and constitutes a handy volume of reference, the words selected having been clearly defined in simple English. It will be of use not only to the general reader unfamiliar with the terms who wishes to learn their meaning, but also for the Navy, Army, the National guard, the Naval reserve, and others interested in military matters.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 165. Mr. 18, ‘05. 200w.

=Witchell, Charles Anderson.= Nature’s story for the year. $1.25. Wessels.

Under such chapter headings as—The universal strife, Signs of spring, April days, May muses, June joys, An August song, Signs of autumn, and Wintry days, is given the story of the denizens of nature’s own land, the thickets and the tree tops; history of a year and what the changing seasons bring to the things that creep and fly.

* =Wittigschlager, Wilhelmina.= Minna, wife of the young rabbi. $1.50. Consolidated retail booksellers.

Minna, a beautiful girl of unknown parentage, born among poor Russian Jews, is forced to marry when only thirteen years old a man whom she has never seen. The morning after her marriage she runs away from her bridegroom and leads a wandering life buffeted by fate and humanity hither and yon, caring for her little son as best she may. She comes to America, but later returns to Russia as an anarchist, only to discover, upon the assassination of Alexander II., that the czar she has plotted to kill is her father. She is sent to Siberia, but is pardoned, and in the end is reunited to her husband, whom she has come to love. This is but a small part of an exciting story, which gives a remarkably vivid and most unflattering picture of the Russian Jew.

* =Wolf, Edmund Jacob.= Higher rock: sermons, addresses, and articles; comp. by a committee of the Board of publication. $1.50. Lutheran pub. soc.

A memorial edition of Dr. Wolf’s sermons, papers and addresses. “They are the ripe fruit of a thoughtful and scholarly mind. Laymen and ministers alike will find the book not only readable but clear and profitable.”

=Woljeska, Helen.= See =Tindolph, Helen Woljeska.=

=Wollant, Gregoire de.= Land of the rising sun; tr. from the Russian by the author, with the assistance of Madame de Wollant. $1.50. Neale.

“The first portion of M. de Wollant’s study is a short description of the Japanese islands, following which there is a historical sketch of the people and an outline of the history of Christianity in Japan. Part two contains the author’s impressions of the Japan to-day, impressions which were derived from trips to northern as well as southern Japan. The descriptions of the people and of the public and domestic life are well considered, and in addition M. de Wollant appends some interesting observations on economic and financial Japan.”—Pub. Opin.

“While he evidently aims to be accurate and impartial, his observations and opinions are naturally colored by his nationality, but we nevertheless find the book very interesting.”

+ — =Critic.= 47: 478. N. ‘05. 180w.

“Where he has occasion to refer to authorities his choice is usually the best, and his personal comments on contemporary conditions reveal an observer of such insight that it is a matter for regret that he has not often seen fit to delve a little deeper beneath the surface which he portrays so admirably.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 625. O. 28, ‘05. 280w.

“An interesting and impartial book on Japan. The book is decidedly worth reading.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 606. S. 16, ‘05. 1370w.

“A Russian’s estimate of Japan is interesting. It is especially interesting, as in the present case, when it is given by a clever, keen-sighted Russian.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 430w.

“The narrative is lacking in literary merit and is at times incoherent, but as the book is a translation, a great many of the faults of style and composition may be due to that fact.”

+ — =Pub. Opin.= 39: 479. O. 7, ‘05. 130w.

=Wollaston, Arthur Naylor.= Sword of Islam. *$3. Dutton.

“This book is an enlargement of the author’s previous work, ‘Half-hours with Muhammad.’ The first half of the book gives the story of Mohammed’s life and teaching, the early history of Islam, and a sketch of the dynasties under which Islamic civilization reached its highest development: the second half is devoted to a description of the more important tenets of the Mohammedan faith and the beliefs of the various sects into which Islam is divided.”—Spec.

“Such statements are inexcusable, all being devoid of foundation beyond popular misconception due to ignorance.”

— =Acad.= 68: 800. Ag. 5, ‘05. 980w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 751. S. 28, ‘05. 160w.

“This volume may stimulate an interest which it cannot satisfy.”

— =Nation.= 81: 199. S. 7, ‘05. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 317. My. 12, ‘05. 270w.

“He has done his work of choosing and mingling in an able manner. Mr. Wollaston has made a connected story out of many diverse books and articles. The result of his work we consider valuable, as being many riches in a little space.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 450. Jl. 8, ‘05. 1590w.

+ =Outlook.= 80: 839. Jl. 29, ‘05. 40w.

“‘The sword of Islam’ may serve a purpose as a book of reference for the general reader; but it can hardly ‘awaken an interest in the history of a religion and its followers.’”

+ =Spec.= 94: 790. My. 27, ‘05. 560w.

=Wood, Charles Seely.= Camp fires on the Scioto. †$1.50. Wilde.

The third story in Mr. Wood’s series on the opening up of the Northwest territory. It is based on the historical records of surveys made after the Indians had been driven to the northwest. The hardy courage of these government surveyors forms the undertone of the tale, which in particular sketches the heroism of Morris Patterson, a lad who had been orphaned by the cruelty of the Indians, and who resolves to take his father’s place in the company at Massie’s Station on the Ohio river, and to support his little sister.

=Wood, Eugene.= Back home. †$1.50. McClure.

Stories which will carry all those who, in childhood, have known the country, thankfully back to the old school-house, the Sabbath-school, the swimming hole, the county fair, the circus and the many other things of youth which were once delightfully real and now seem delightfully funny. The illustrations by A. B. Frost add greatly to the book.

* “His style, too, is that of the tricky journalist, and not of the literary artist. That Mr. Wood is not lacking in ability, whatever may be his deficiences in taste, is shown by the sustained excellence of one chapter, ‘The firemen’s tournament.’”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 798. N. 25, ‘05. 660w.

“The human touch that makes the whole world kin is to be felt in these homely, humorous sketches.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 380. O. 14, ‘05. 160w.

“They are well worth reading two or three times over.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 506. O. 14, ‘05. 220w.

=Wood, Henry.= Life more abundant: scriptural truth in modern application. **$1.20. Lothrop.

“The burden of Mr. Wood’s attempt here is to free the Bible from the old, hard, literal infallibility which has at once hidden its deeper spiritual meaning from its friends and been the most telling weapon in the hands of hostile critics.”—Pub. Opin.

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 234. S. 23, ‘05. 200w.

“Those who are familiar with the inspiring, optimistic tone always struck by Henry Wood in his various writings on new thought topics will not be disappointed in this, his latest volume.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 39: 476. O. 7, ‘05. 490w.

=Wood, T. Martin.= Drawings of Sir E. Burne-Jones. *$2.50. Scribner.

An importation of the Newnes set of drawings with an introductory essay by Mr. Wood. There are forty-seven illustrations, mostly reproductions of studies for “The Aenid,” “The masque of Cupid,” designs for windows, two or three characters from Tennyson, “The nativity,” and “The entombment,” “The dream,” “The car of love,” “The sirens,” children, hands, a wing, etc. The frontispiece presents a study in red chalk. There are several other pictures in tints, mounted on harmonizing paper. The others are in half-tone. The cover design is printed in three colors from a drawing by Granville Fell.

“Scholarly essay. Carefully selected and well reproduced, though in a few cases losing something of their charm through over-reduction, the drawings here collected include typical examples of a great variety.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 25: 180. Ap. ‘05. 260w.

=Int. Studio.= 25: sup. 63. My. ‘05. 190w.

“An altogether satisfactory publication not only for the reason that great pains have been taken to present the drawings through various processes in a striking and intelligent manner, but also because we have these reproductions preceded by an excellent essay by T. Martin Wood, who writes with utter frankness concerning the artist’s draughtsmanship, its development and the feats it achieved.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 178. Mr. 25, ‘05. 260w.

* =Wood, T. Martin.= Drawings of Rossetti. *$2.50. Scribner.

“This year’s addition to the ‘Modern master draughtsmen’ series ... is an ideal study, both in text and illustration, of a distinctive phase of a great artist’s work.... There is an interesting discussion of the proper critical attitude from which to approach Rossetti’s work, and the fifty drawings reproduced in the present volume are treated as illustrative material for various theses, thus receiving considerable detailed attention.... Many are printed in tint and mounted upon rough paper of a harmonizing shade. They represent all stages of work, from the rough sketch to the elaborate highly-finished drawing that was so characteristic of Rossetti’s genius.”—Dial.

* “The introductory comment ... is a discriminating and illuminating piece of criticism.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 383. D. 1, ‘05. 280w.

* “Valuable addition to the Newnes series.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: sup. 33. D. ‘05. 210w.

=Wood, Walter Birbeck, and Edmonds, James Edward.= History of the Civil war in the United States, 1861-1865. *$3.50. Putnam.

This history of the civil war was written by two officers of the British army, from an impartial English point of view. “Mr. Spenser Wilkinson in a short introduction commends this book because he is convinced ‘that the true nature of war and its relation to national life can be learned from a study of the American Civil war as a whole.’ ... It tells why and how the war was fought, and though there is much in it which the general public may read with profit and interest, its detail and wealth of maps show that it is intended rather for the specialist.” (Sat. R.)

* “Whatever may be the cause of the want of clearness, which we have named, it deprives the book of some of that value which, given its accuracy, would otherwise have attached to it, as a text-book. We have to congratulate our authors upon their index, the compilation of which has evidently been most careful, to the great advantage of the volume.”

+ + — =Ath.= 1905, 2: 431. S. 30. 1070w.

* “It would have been all the more welcome if they had attempted less, and omitted some of the many details with which they load their pages.”

+ + — =Lond. Times.= 4: 317. S. 29, ‘05. 720w.

* “The authors are scrupulously fair. They have kept a good proportion in their narrative. But they very certainly have not, as Mr. Spenser Wilkinson would have us believe, produced an authoritative military pronouncement on the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 511. D. 21, ‘05. 1030w.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 713. O. 21, ‘05. 240w.

+ + — =Sat. R.= 100: 412. S. 23, ‘05. 290w.

=Woodman, H. Rea.= Noahs afloat. $1.50. Neale.

A jocular account of the voyage of the ark, which begins with the third day out and ends when the Noahs and the stowaway, John Smith, have packed up their belongings and are ready to land. The book is largely taken up with humorous family discussions of up-to-date subjects. Some lively incidents are furnished by the animals.

“It is carefully written, and those who like this kind of humor may like it very much.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 457. Jl. 8, ‘05. 600w.

=Woodward, William Harrison.= Desiderius Erasmus concerning the aim and method of education. *$1.30. Macmillan.

“This study of the life work of Erasmus as an educator is characterized by ... thoroughness, lucidity, and sympathy.... Erasmus as sketched here is not an altogether attractive personality.”—Int. J. Ethics.

“To inquirers into the origins of modern culture, and to students of the history of education generally, this book will prove invaluable.” R. E. Hughes.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 15: 390. Ap. ‘05. 700w.

Working men’s college, 1854-1904. See =Davies, J. Llewelyn=, ed.

=Workman, William Hunter, and Workman, Fanny Bullock.= Through town and jungle: fourteen thousand miles a-wheel among the temples and peoples of the Indian plain. *$5. Scribner.

A book devoted to the “temples and people of India,” giving studies of the six styles of Indian architecture, the Buddhist, Indian-Aryan, Jain, Dravidian, Chalukyan, and Mohammedan, and the innumerable variety of people and adventures encountered “from Cape Comorin to the Himalayas and beyond.” There are over two hundred illustrations.

“It is a worthy record of a remarkable journey.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 1: 334. Mr. 18. 1580w.

“It would be most unfair to deny the value of the material, both textual and pictorial, here gathered together, however unsystematized, or the fact that no other recent work on India gives any such general impression of the Indian peoples and architectures.” Wallace Rice.

+ + — =Dial.= 38: 383. Je. 1, ‘05. 580w.

“The incidents and excitements, as well as the studious results, of this trip are well told.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 269. Ap. 6, ‘05. 340w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 188. Mr. 25, ‘05. 1280w.

“The narrative does not quite justify one’s expectations. In spite of their unusual powers of endurance, these seasoned travellers found a good deal to grumble about.”

+ — =Sat. R.= 100: 346. S. 9, ‘05. 260w.

=Wright, John, pseud.= See =Bourne, R. William.=

=Wright, Louise Wigfall (Mrs. D. Giraud Wright).= Southern girl in ‘61: the wartime memories of a Confederate senator’s daughter. **$2.75. Doubleday.

“The narrative begins in Texas, continues through the author’s child-life in Washington; and, during her school days in Boston, carries the thread of the public story rather than her own, reproducing letters showing progress of events in the South. She reached Richmond just after the battle of Manassas; her record ends with Kirby Smith’s surrender; prominent men and women are introduced in incident, anecdote, and by portrait.”—Outlook.

* + =Critic.= 47: 575. D. ‘05. 90w.

“The volume under review has an interest and value that the social histories have not.” Walter L. Fleming.

+ + =Dial.= 39: 269 N. 1, ‘05. 920w.

“These books are really worth while, if for no other purpose but to show how ridiculously fallacious are the Southern heroines made up by writers like Cyrus Townsend Brady and George Gary Eggleston.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 986. O. 26, ‘05. 100w.

* “A girl sees only the surface of things, and what she does not understand she is not likely to remember, nearly half a century later. So the recollections are about what one should expect. They are pleasing, although often thin.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 405. N. 16, ‘05. 1890w.

“Not even a tag of poor verse ... can rob ‘A southern girl in ‘61’ of its literary quality or historical value, its pathos, and its fine humanity.” L. L.

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 558. Ag. 26, ‘05. 1160w.

* “Mrs. Wright’s book is decidedly one to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 820. D. 2, ‘05. 120w.

“The book has a substantial interest that only the author could supply, and some of the correspondence introduced has the value of historical documents.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 282. S. 30, 05. 200w.

* “‘The feminine spirit of the Confederacy,’ which has been made one of the chapter titles of this book, is cleverly interpreted by this writer, who was actually a part of the stirring scenes which she narrates.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 756. D. ‘05. 160w.

=Wright, W. Aldis=, ed. See =Ascham, Roger.= English works.

=Wright, William Burnet.= Cities of Paul: * beacons of the past rekindled for the present. **$1.10. Houghton.

A study of the cities of Tarsus, Tyana, Ancyra, Philippi, Old and New Corinth, Ephesus, Colossai, and Thessalonica, which not only shows the setting of the Apostle’s life and helps to our understanding of the Pauline epistles, but points out that the Apostle encountered the same vices, social, political, and commercial, that threaten our own municipalities today, and shows how he dealt with them.

* =N. Y. Times.= 10: 851. D. 2, ‘05. 180w.

* “With such a purpose Dr. Wright has put his ample knowledge to a highly instructive as well as entertaining use.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 887. D. 9, ‘05. 100w.

=Wylie, Edna Edwards.= Ward of the sewing-circle, †$1. Little.

Orphaned Johnny Beal becomes the little “human hand-me-down” of the Smithville sewing-circle. Each member takes charge of him for two months at a time, and with all the divided management, it is no wonder that the little fellow jumbles his various parting injunctions. His only solace is Tab, his cat which kind fate smuggles past the wrathy spots in his foster mothers’ tempers.

=Wyllie, William Lionel, and Wyllie, M. A.= London to the Nore; painted and described by W. L. and M. A. Wyllie. *$6. Macmillan.

This volume “deals with territory between the metropolis and the sea, and is included in the ‘Beautiful book’ series.... It is described by Mrs Wyllie and the many colored pictures and other sketches are by W. L. Wyllie, A. R. A. The party ‘does’ London to the Nore, along the Thames, and the Medway to Rochester. The book is made up of a series of traveler’s impressions with what might be called a partly historical and partly contemporaneous background.”—N. Y. Times.

“In Mr. Wyllie’s pictures in ‘London to the Nore,’ we are struck chiefly by the wholesome sentiment and the microscopic eye. Mrs. Wyllie’s text is a too frivolous accompaniment.”

+ + — =Acad.= 68: 779. Jl. 29, ‘05. 400w.

* “Amongst the many delightful publications resulting from the happy collaboration of an artist and author that have recently appeared, high rank must certainly be given to ‘London to the Nore,’ with its sympathetic interpretations of typical river scenes and vivid word-pictures of their environment.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 27: 182. D. ‘05. 190w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 255. Ag. 11, ‘05. 520w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 485. Jl. 22, ‘05. 350w.

“In every way a most delightful book.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 159. Jl. 29, ‘05. 410w.

=Wyman, Rev. Henry H.= Certainty in religion. 50c; 10c. Columbus press.

“Father Wyman has met many doubters in his long missionary career, and this book is a summary of his most persuasive arguments with them. It will serve, we trust, as a manual for many other zealous priests.”—Cath. World.

“A book of really convincing power.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 81: 251. My. ‘05. 380w.

Y

=Yechton, Barbara, pseud. (Lydia Farrington Krause).= Some adventures of Jack and Jill. †$1.50. Dodd.

“A pretty story of a group of English children who lived in Santa Cruz, West Indies. Little Jill, the narrator, looks up to her brother Jack with loving admiration. The mischief they get into and the honest way they get out make delightful reading.”—Outlook.

* “The story is well told.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 20w.

* “It is a good story for boys and girls, any one in fact.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 795. N. 25, ‘05. 210w.

* “Refinement and gentleness characterize this wholesome chronicle of childish thoughts and doings.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 430. O. 21, ‘05. 60w.

Yellow war, by “O.” **$1.20. McClure.

Dramatic episodes of the war in the Far East are given here with a touch of imagination which only adds to their reality: we see things as the yellow men must see them. There are scenes of war on sea and land, scenes at the front, and at home, most of which tell of the systematic subordination and sacrifice of the individual to the system.

“It is a book which gives an excellent idea of the actors in the war.”

+ + =Acad.= 68: 172. F. 25, ‘05. 320w.

“There is much idealization rather than a precise report, and the result is an impression even more veritable than the others have been able to convey, notwithstanding a certain sense of the fiction that is truer than mere fact.” Wallace Rice.

+ + =Dial.= 38: 417. Je. 16, ‘05. 890w.

“On its face a collection of detached recitals, many of them thrilling, but not incredible, this volume, when carefully read, reveals more than tales of adventure. The anonymous writer is clearly distrustful and unsympathetic, but he tries to be impartial.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 204. S. 7, ‘05. 1480w.

“On the whole, it is a book of blood-stirring reading—a sort of prose glory song of the wonderful little yellow man.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 262. Ap. 22, ‘05. 550w.

“Remarkable for their vividness and intensity.”

+ + =Outlook.= 79: 1062. Ap. 29, ‘05. 280w.

“It is quite likely that this fiction is a truer picture in spirit of the Japanese than much of the fact we have been fed on.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 38: 755. My. 13, ‘05. 360w.

“It is a word panorama of its great battles and sieges by one who has studied the characters of the men of the two nations engaged in it. The style of this narrative is highly direct and intense, full of life and color.”

+ + + =Reader.= 6: 597. O. ‘05. 180w.

“The merely literary merits of his book are great. Most of the book can only be described as lurid; and yet the author writes simply, is never rhetorical, and clearly labours to be temperate and exact. The

## book is not impartial, sometimes it is palpably unfair, and now and

then it is impossibly fantastic. But at its best it comes nearer a kind of genius than any war correspondence we remember.”

+ + — =Spec.= 94: 405. Mr. 18, ‘05. 800w.

=Young, Egerton Ryerson.= Hector my dog. $1.50. Wilde.

Hector grows very human to the animal lover as with a high degree of intelligence he records his dog thoughts and narrates his Northland adventures. Particularly interesting is the author’s suggestion that the devotion and loyalty which a dog renders his master must be preserved as a part of all good in the final reckoning.

* “Knows his subject and its surroundings thoroughly.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 821. D. 2, ‘05. 90w.

* “He has written some excellent descriptions of sledge-trips and other characteristic experiences of that frozen country, but his book, as a whole, is marred by a touch of sentimentality and a tendency to point a moral.”

+ — =Outlook.= 81: 718. N. 25, ‘05. 100w.

* “There is plenty of adventure and danger, animal jealousy and human love. The book is pleasant—fascinating indeed—and morally healthy.”

+ =Spec.= 95: sup. 907. D. 2, ‘05. 60w.

=Young, Janet=, comp. Psychological yearbook. **$1. Elder.

Quotations showing the laws, the ways, the means, the methods, for gaining lasting health, happiness, peace and prosperity.

=Young, Jeremiah Simeon.= Political and constitutional study of the Cumberland road. $1. Univ. of Chicago press.

“The introductory chapters on the early transportation difficulties and the first roads to the West are a most convenient summary of that interesting problem in our early economic history. The two following chapters on the genesis of the Cumberland road, its location, construction and administration, will be welcomed by everyone who has had to lecture on the subject. The long constitutional controversy is clearly outlined, taking up the question of eminent domain, jurisdiction, Monroe’s veto, and the final surrender of the road to the states through which the road passed.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

“The treatment is in the main historical. The style of the author is both good and bad. It is clear, but marred by numerous repetitions of lines and even paragraphs, giving us the impression that the chapters were written at widely separated times. There is, moreover, an unfortunate failure of correspondence at times between the text and citations. The book is a very readable and logical discussion of a most interesting subject. It is marred, however, by certain faults of style and inaccuracies in details.” Alonzo H. Tuttle.

+ + — =Am. Hist. R.= 10: 696. Ap. ‘05. 330w.

“This is an admirable little monograph, a source study of a constitutional question of great historical significance. The monographic study will greatly aid the general historian in getting a sure grasp of the main questions involved.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 25: 346. Mr. ‘05. 130w.

=Younghusband, Francis Edward.= Heart of a continent. *$2. Scribner.

This narrative of travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi desert, thru the Himalayas, the Pamirs, and Hunza, 1884-1894, was issued several years ago, and is now republished in cheaper form, owing to the renewed interest which recent events have awakened in both Colonel Younghusband and the entire region traversed. At the time of this expedition Manchuria was practically a closed country, Russia had not thought of occupying it, and the account is one of thoro pioneer explorations, of interesting experiences and observations on the people and the general conditions. There are half a dozen illustrations.

“For full details of their remarkable journey, Mr. James’s book must be consulted; but the brief account of it given by Col. Younghusband is sufficiently full for ordinary purposes, and is replete with both interesting and valuable information.”

+ + =Nation.= 80: 157. F. 23, ‘05. 1960w.

=Ystridde, G.= Three dukes. **$1.20. Putnam.

“A story portraying life among the upper classes of Russia. A pretty English girl accepts the position as a governess to two grown daughters of an eccentric Russian nobleman. The mother is very anxious to get her daughters married. Three dukes are attracted by the beauty of the governess and the fancied dowries of her pupils, but the path of love is very rugged.”—Bookm.

“Nowhere is there a glimpse of the author’s self, the book is as free from personal feeling and bias as a police report. She records what she has seen and heard, and her photographs of scenes and people bear the stamp of truth and individuality.”

— =Acad.= 68: 150. F. 18, ‘05. 230w.

“A vivacious and readable picture of Russian life, containing a good many sharply drawn characters who sound as if they had human prototypes.”

+ =Critic.= 46: 564. Je. ‘05. 50w.

“The genuineness of the local coloring is undeniable, and the deft manipulation of both characters and incident shows unusual talent. The book has a charm. The interest is kept up throughout.” W. M. Payne.

+ — =Dial.= 38: 125. F. 16. ‘05. 210w.

“To an English speaking, American thinking reader much of it seems futile and much else of it dull. Similarly all of it seems to lack that sense of humor which is nothing more or less than a sense of proportion.”

— =N. Y. Times.= 10: 20. Ja. 14, ‘05. 400w.

Z

* =Zacher, Albert.= Rome as an art city. *$1. Scribner.

A volume in “The Langham series of art monographs.” “This little book gives a rapid but comprehensive survey of the art of Rome, piloting the reader with considerable skill through the successive phases—classical, Christian, renaissance—down to the present day, and leaving him at last in a position ‘to distinguish the characteristic note in her art, and to divine the secret of its world-wide reputation.’ ... The scheme of the book is suitably assisted by a few photographs of typical buildings and pictures.”—Ath.

* “The general tone is modest.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 730. N. 25. 160w.

* “It is surprising to find the amount of information he has got into this narrow space.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 408. N. 16, ‘05. 430w.

=Zangwill, Israel.= Celibates’ club, being the united stories of the bachelors’ club and the old maids’ club. †$1.50. Macmillan.

Genial stories of how the old maids’ and bachelors’ clubs came to be united. A dramatic critic married in order to have some one handy to make use of the second complimentary ticket, and then the theatres began to send but one ticket. An epicure married his bad cook that he might be free “to hire a good one.” Young Dickray married the daughter of his father’s ghost in a spirit of atonement; this is not as weird as it sounds. There are many other stories in the same vein.

Reviewed by G. W. Adams.

+ — =Bookm.= 21: 312. My. ‘05. 520w.

“‘The celibates’ is not to be stolidly masticated—it is tabasco rather than oatmeal porridge, and should be used accordingly.”

+ =Critic.= 47: 452. N. ‘05. 780w.

“The author’s humor is not all British any more than that of George Bernard Shaw.”

+ — =Lit. D.= 31: 498. O. 7. ‘05. 340w.

“Is a collection of extravagant tales and character sketches. But the

## book is no better than an exhibition of the journalistic talent for

writing up exhaustively from the slightest foundation of facts or fancy.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 441. Je. 1, ‘05. 570w.

“It is clever—only too clever, witty, lively, cynical, even sentimental. Yet, after its fashion, human also. Above all, it is Mr. Zangwill’s own.”

+ — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 194. Ap. 1, ‘05. 650w.

“Whimsicality too elaborate and often forced is made to take the place of humor, with the result that the reader is often puzzled and sometimes wearied.”

+ — =Outlook.= 79: 960. Ap. 15, ‘05. 80w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 38: 716. My. 6, ‘05. 500w.

“All the stories abound in wit and humor in detail, and ... some of the verses are brilliant.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 31: 758. Je. ‘05. 220w.

=Ziémssen, Ludwig.= Johann Sebastian Bach; tr. from the German by George P. Upton. **60c. McClurg.

The life of Bach, contrary to most artists’ careers, manifests no repression of spontaneous, all-around development. “He was an affectionate father, laboring manfully and incessantly to support a large family; a good citizen ... a musician without an equal in the profundity of his knowledge and the richness of his productions; the founder of modern music, the master of the organ, a composer of the highest forms of sacred music; a plain humble man.” This view of the man fills the volume which belongs to “Life stories for young people.”

* “The story is well told, with commendable fidelity to fact, and the translation is exceedingly good.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 100w.

=Zilliacus, Konni.= Russian revolutionary movement: a history of the various uprisings from the beginning. *$2.50. Dutton.

“M. Zilliacus writes primarily for Finlanders, who have no à priori sympathy with Russian democracy, and require to be convinced that the cause of their nation is bound up with the larger cause of reform. He therefore gives a summary of recent history, showing the steps in the development of the autocracy, the consequent misgovernment, and the elements in the state which have now been arrayed against it.”—Spec.

* “We are able for this and other reasons to commend this volume.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 142. Jl. 29. 560w.

“The account is of absorbing interest, and may well be read by all who desire to obtain an inside view of the underlying causes of present conditions in Russia.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 313. N. 16, ‘05. 400w.

* “He claims to have misrepresented no facts, and to have verified them, so far as possible, by reference to other than revolutionary sources, a claim which appears to us to be thoroughly well-founded.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 243. Jl. 28, ‘05. 580w.

“He frankly sympathizes with the revolutionists. But his general statements are abundantly supported by specific facts.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 728. O. ‘05. 400w.

“A word of praise is due the unnamed translator, whose version is smooth, flowing, and altogether readable.”

+ + — =Outlook.= 81: 630. N. 11, ‘05. 220w.

“The book is conspicuous by a rare moderation of tone.”

+ + + =Spec.= 95: 152. Jl. 29, ‘05. 230w.

=Zimmer, George Frederick.= Mechanical handling of material. *$10. Van Nostrand.

This is the first book written in English devoted to the subject of mechanical loading and transportation of materials. It treats of elevators and conveyors of various kinds, of ropeways and cableways, grab buckets, dump cars, unloading by coal tips, automatic weighing machines, floor and silo warehouses for grain, cantilever cranes, etc. There are 542 illustrations.

“The scarcity of data and the apparent unreliability of some of the data given form the most disappointing feature of this volume. There are many otherwise good illustrations whose value is greatly reduced by the absence of dimensions.”

+ — =Engin. N.= 53: 637. Je. 15, ‘05. 1240w.

“The book will be indispensable to all engineering firms, consulting engineers, and architects who have to deal with this important question.” T. H. B.

+ + + =Nature.= 72: 290. Jl. 27, ‘05. 810w.

=Ziwet, Alexander.= Elements of theoretical mechanics. *$4. Macmillan.

This is a revised edition of “An elementary treatise on theoretical mechanics,” by the junior professor of mathematics in the University of Michigan, and is intended especially for students of engineering. Kinemetics, statics, and kinetics are the main divisions of the book, which states in its preface: “This work is not a treatise on applied mechanics, the application being merely used to illustrate the general principles and to give the student an idea of the uses to which mechanics can be put.”

“Is an excellent introduction to the science of analytical mechanics. His exposition is in general sound and logical.” L. M. Hoskins.

+ + + =Science=, n. s. 21: 302. F. 24, ‘05. 1120w.

=Zola, Emile.= Selections; ed. by A. G. Cameron. *80c. Holt.

In choosing these selections the editor has endeavored to illustrate Zola’s “patriotic, sociological, and descriptive sides, expressed in the mastery of his style and literary workmanship.” The text includes L’Attaque du Moulin, Le grand Michu, Le paradis des chats, Les Halles, L’Ile du diable, and nine other selections. An English introduction, notes and bibliography fits the book for student use.

+ + =Critic.= 47: 475. N. ‘05. 90w.

“It would have been better if Mr. Cameron had given the source from which he took each of the pieces he has chosen.”

+ + — =N. Y. Times.= 10: 396. Je. 17, ‘05. 290w.

=Zollinger, Gulielma, pseud. (William Zachary Gladwin).= Widow O’Callaghan’s boys. $1.50. McClurg.

Widow O’Callaghan’s boys have lost not a whit of their popularity during the seven years since their first appearance. The brave cheerful struggle of the mother in launching seven boys upon useful careers is as refreshing and helpful as ever. Mrs. O’Callaghan brought her boys up on the teaching that “The Lord niver puts little b’ys and big jobs together. He gives the little b’y a chance at the little jobs, and them as does the little jobs faithful gets to be able to be the men that does big jobs easy.”

* + =Critic.= 47: 577. D. ‘05. 30w.

* “Quite inimitable in Mrs. O’Callahan’s Irish way of putting things, which furnishes the salt to the solid nutriment of the story.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 407. N. 16, ‘05. 150w.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Please note that the publisher split hyphenated last names. The portion after the hyphen was listed before the forename. The portion before the split was listed after the forenames with a hyphen. E.g. E. Burton-Brown was listed as =Brown, E. Burton-.= 2. Removed the bold markup from book titles with no author listed. This is to be consistent with book titles with authors listed. Also the publisher was inconsistent in the book title markup--usually only the first word but sometimes the entire title. 3. Included “and” in the authors bold markup to be consistent with majority practice in this book. 4. Added missing “A” heading on p. 1. 5. Changed “feeling” to “feelings” on p. 4. 6. The initial digit in 940w on p. 11 was illegible 7. “Kryburg” on p. 31 is listed as “Kyrburg” in Wikipedia. 8. Removed the misplaced phrase “rank of the church” from p. 31. 9. The volume numbers are missing for the “Baltimore Sun” on pp. 44, 88, 212, 288, and 327. 10. Changed “take” to “taken” on p. 44. 11. Added “be” after “to” on p. 47. 12. Changed “Is” to “As” on p. 53. 13. Changed “con-methods” to “methods” on p. 54. 14. Changed “breath” to “breathe” on p. 68. 15. Added “, ‘05” after “Jl. 22” on p. 72. 16. Changed “become” to “becomes” on p. 82. 17. The volume number is missing for the “Boston Evening Transcript” on p. 90. 18. Changed “is” to “as” on p. 91. 19. Changed “in” to “is” on p. 102. 20. Changed “fact” to “face” on p. 107. 21. Added “is” after “it” on p. 116. 22. Changed “come” to “came” on p. 124. 23. Changed “has” to “have” on p. 134. 24. The “Westminster Review” on p. 171 is missing date and number of words. 25. On p. 177 there is some text missing between “hand” and “sovereign”. The missing text may be “handled that the” per Internet. 26. Changed “view” to “(Review” on p. 192. 27. Changed “his” to “her” on p. 214. 28. Changed “with” for “will” on p. 231. 29. The last two digits of the “Nation” number of words entry on p. 284 were missing. 30. Changed “passed” to “pass” on p. 322. 31. Reversed the two lines after “the student was the prevailing idea in Mr. Stur-” on p. 338. 32. Changed “a count” to “account” on p. 357. 33. Reversed the two lines after “It is as a study of human nature exposed to” on p. 363. 34. Changed “parts” to “part” on p. 375. 35. Removed duplicate second “Spec.” review on p. 376. 36. Changed “or” to “of” on p. 379. 37. Silently corrected typographical errors. 38. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 39. Did not use a hanging indent in book description in text version. This is to aid with electronic processing described below. 40. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 41. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 42. Enclosed spaced font in ~tildes~.

The structure is

a) information about the book, b) publisher's blurb (or excerpt from a review), c) review information including rating.

The text has been formatted to hopefully make it easier for a programmer to extract the data.

## Book information

Are preceeded by two blank lines.

Are not indented in order to assist with extraction.

Generally follow the format: =Author.= Book title. Price. Publisher.

Some listings did not include an author. As previously mentioned, bold format was removed form the book titles to assist with extraction.

Authors titles and honorifics were placed within the bold (=) markup.

Person job titles such as editor or translator were placed outside the bold markup just before the book title.

Occasionally additional information such as translator or editor are included after the book title and before the price.

Many listings are cross references (“See”) to another place in this digest.

Publisher's blurb (or excerpt from a review)

Are wrapped paragraphs indented two spaces.

If there are two paragraphs following the book information then the first one is generally the publishers blurb.

Subsequent paragraphs until the next book are exerpts from reviews.

Review information including rating was formatted as follows

Asterisk (if any) indented one space.

Plus and minus ratings (if any) occupying the fourth through eighth positions, right justified.

Abbreviated magazine title enclosed in equals ‘=’ signs beginning at the tenth position then the reference data follows.

In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.(Quoted from Other Abbreviation section.)

Word count (if any) is included as the last item of data in the reference.

## Book information extraction regex example:

Probably needs to be a two step process:

Step 1 extract the works where the author is listed, for example:

regex: (?<=\n{3})[\* ]{0,2}\=([^=]+?)\=

output: Author: $1

Step 2 extract the works without listed authors, e.g.:

regex: (?<=\S\n{3})[\* ]{0,2}([A-Z][^\=\d\$\*†]+?) [\*\†\d]

output: Title: $1

The full solution of capturing the title and publisher are left to the user.