Chapter 8

, Religion—discipline—morals.”

+ =Nation= 105:294 S 13 ‘17 950w

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“The prospective candidate for admission to the academy will find the volume of especial value.”

+ =R of Rs= 55:668 Je ‘17 100w

=St Louis= 15:139 My ‘17

“The book describes the midshipman’s training in all its aspects and its value is heightened by appendices of special value to the prospective candidate for admission and an ample index.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 13 ‘17 300w

“Particularly attractive are the author’s descriptions of the athletic life and recreations of the midshipmen, their games and sporting contests with other bodies. Another chapter which will be widely appreciated is that in which an outline is given of the midshipmen’s

## activities during the practice cruises which the upper classmen in the

academy make annually.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p377 Ag 9 ‘17 500w

=EASSIE, R. M.= Odes to trifles, and other rhymes. *$1.25 Lane 811.08 17-30067

A member of the Canadian expeditionary force makes some humorous observations among the grim happenings of war. He immortalizes the ration biscuit, satirizes the kultur that could so evilly betray its birthright by the “lachrymatory shell,” and eulogizes a pair of sheets but briefly enjoyed on short leave. There are nursery rhymes which parody Mother Goose and there are limericks. The book should not fail to be found in the camp libraries.

“Let me say at once that these ‘Odes to trifles,’ are the very finest things of the sort this war has produced. This Mr Eassie of the Canadian expeditionary force is a humorist of the highest order, is an absolute artist in touching upon the inconsequential of a grim and agonizing piece of business—war.” W. S. B.

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 D 5 ‘17 280w

+ =R of Rs= 57:105 Ja ‘18 30w

“Every stanza gets well home, written with a refreshing air of conviction and a real wit which scintillates the more sharply because not a word of it could be spared.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p371 Ag 2 ‘17 150w

=EAST, ANNA MERRITT.= Kitchenette cookery. il *$1 (7c) Little 641.5 17-14966

Cooking in small quarters is the subject of this book. The first

## chapter considers the utilization of space and the planning of work in

a small kitchen. Other problems of apartment house living—getting meals in a limited time, etc., are given attention. Recipes accompany many of the chapters. Contents: Fitting shelves to space and service; The pots, pans, and containers; The first bill of groceries; Counting costs; Breakfast on a time limit; Lunches at home and by box; Dinners for self and friends; High-pressure dinners; Experiments tried on friends; A bite to eat at bedtime; Half-a-can recipes.

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:432 Jl ‘17

=Cleveland= p111 S ‘17 60w

=Nation= 105:347 S 27 ‘17 40w

=Pratt= p25 O ‘17 10w

“Business women who are loth to give up the privileges of housekeeping will find much helpful planning in this intensive study.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:554 N ‘17 40w

“The volume is made the more fascinating by its attractive pictures of the two-room and kitchenette apartment, whose story it is telling.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 14 ‘17 160w

=EASTMAN, MAX.= Journalism versus art. il *$1 Knopf 814 17-26314

“Four provocative essays republished from the Masses, Vanity Fair, the New Republic and the North American Review, respectively. The initial essay ‘Magazine art’ ‘reflects the feeling and in some places even the thought and language of the artists of the Masses in criticizing the art of the popular commercial magazine.’ Speaking thus for his associates Mr Eastman finds that the monotony of magazine illustration, and its subjection to the ideals of the business office combine to keep this work out of the realm of true art.”—Cleveland

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:341 My ‘17

=Cleveland= p34 Mr ‘17 220w

“Mr Eastman, as an editor, would never think of giving the public what it wants, and he sets himself here to show how journalism, which is only a very democratic and shaggy kind of literature, is corrupting our taste in letters and art.”

=Dial= 62:108 F 8 ‘17 450w

“The papers on magazine writing and lazy verse are but witty remark and schoolboyish platitude and superstition. The others, on magazine art and English spelling, over-expressive of radical opinion, under-expressive of what those opinions clearly mean and marred by a quite shameless preciosity of style and half-way philosophizing, are still healthily stimulating.”

– + =Ind= 90:87 Ap 7 ‘17 50w

“The only thing wrong with this new book by the editor of the Masses is the title. Magazine writing and illustrating is not popularly called journalism, and that is what a great part of the book is about. ... And, by the way, the book is liberally illustrated with some real pictures, most of them from the Masses.” C. M. W.

+ =N Y Call= p14 F 4 ‘17 700w

=Pittsburgh= 22:193 Mr ‘17

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“In his new book Mr Eastman plays the rôles of radical and conservative, or, as he calls them, ‘red’ and ‘white,’ with equal facility. The fact that he uses radical language to enforce conservative truths need not concern us overmuch, for every writer must be allowed some consideration for his normal or abnormal ‘squint’ at life. At all events, Mr Eastman is conservative in most of the theories he advances, or restates in this book.”

=Springf’d Republican= p6 F 6 ‘17 750w

=EASTMAN, REBECCA LANE (HOOPER) (MRS WILLIAM FRANKLIN EASTMAN).= Big little person. il *$1.40 (1½c) Harper 17-24397

Arathea Manning, beautiful but deaf, once rich but when the story opens comparatively poor, is a little woman with a big heart and an undaunted spirit, who lives with her mother in the artists’ colony, just off Third avenue, New York. There is a mystery about Marion Beemis, the friend who saves Arathea’s life on Fifth avenue, and who has plenty of money, but refuses to tell what her occupation is. Two mysterious men also figure in the story; the “Kantwearout man,” who writes newspaper advertisements for a living and letters to Arathea, whom he refuses to meet, for the joy of it; and Gerald Staples, “a dynamo for energy,” with “extraordinary eyes” of a “warm brown,” and hair that “looked as if splendid clean winds had always been blowing through it.” Staples is an inventor who cares nothing for money and does not know who his parents were. He loves Arathea, and so does Arthur Endicott, whose parents have “brought him up in the smartest society and given him more money than is good for anybody.” The story solves all the mysteries and leaves everybody happy in the end.

“Fanciful, idealistic fairy-tale sort of a story with a very charming girl as heroine.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

=Bookm= 46:340 N ‘17 40w

“The author has a sprightly manner of writing which carries us through many situations which told less attractively would immediately proclaim their unreality.”

+ =Boston Transcript= p7 D 22 ‘17 300w

“She is a brave and sweet-tempered heroine, while nearly all the other characters in the book are pleasant people, though, like the plot, they belong to fairy tales rather than to real life.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:388 O 7 ‘17 230w

“The sentiment, if of a stereotyped order, is always appealing and is employed with restraint and in good taste.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 210w

=EATON, WALTER PRICHARD.= Green trails and upland pastures. il *$1.60 (2c) Doubleday 917.4 17-29641

“To my mother whose hand first led me out among the flowers and whose plea was the first I heard in defense of the wild folk of the woods.” This is the dedication of a book that in turn leads the reader out among the flowers and into the haunts of wilderness inhabitants. Sympathy with nature’s every mood and the language to reproduce it delicately or grandly but always atmospherically—this is the secret of the alluring quality of the book. The illustrations are noteworthy,

## particularly those that catch and hold the spirit of King Frost.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:120 Ja ‘18

“For those who love hills and fields and wood paths and all the delights of nature’s green trails, the book is a treasury of exquisite landscapes painted with words in place of the brush.” A. M. Chase

+ =Bookm= 46:336 N ‘17 350w

“A nature-lover’s record of ‘Glacier park wild flowers,’ ‘Neighbors of the winter night,’ ‘Trees,’ ‘Bridges,’ ‘Old boats,’ etc., described in a way to make one see a series of pictures rather than share the author’s moods.”

+ =Cleveland= p133 D ‘17 60w

“Walter Prichard Eaton has written of the world out of doors with all the pictorial charm of a Thoreau.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:217 F ‘18 160w

“The sympathetic tone of the book is well maintained in the colored illustrations of Walter King Stone.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 N 8 ‘17 530w

=EBENTHAL, HILDEGARDE.= Tragedy of a throne. il *$3.50 (4c) Funk 17-24316

The author states in her foreword that she had written this life of Ludwig II of Bavaria “largely with the help of letters and manuscripts the authenticity of which is indisputable,” but she gives no list of authorities used, and there are no references in foot-notes. She tells us that “Ludwig’s association with Wagner will be related in these pages in its true light for perhaps the first time, as will many other episodes”; also that had Ludwig been allowed to do what he wished, “it is more than probable that Europe would have been spared the colossal disasters due to the ambition of that Prussia which he hated throughout his life, and whose victim he became.” There are photogravure portraits of Ludwig II, Richard Wagner, Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria.

“The writer, who appears to be well conversant with the enigmatical reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria, is evidently a person of strong prejudices, one of which is directed against Wagner, and another favorably toward the King. ... That he was more unfortunate than blameworthy she makes quite apparent. ... But we do strongly suspect her judgment of Wagner. Her invective is too vehement to be quite impartial. He is pictured as a demon of almost unbelievable evil. ... Her book is written somewhat too sensationally for serious history. The result of her research and her speculations is interesting.” R. M.

– + =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 25 ‘17 980w

“Supreme value to the student of history. If the details revealed in this book be true, which it seems highly probable that they are, we are furnished with another proof of the thoroughness and the all-embracing character of the Prussian plans for world-dominion and of the menace that they held toward all forms of democracy, for that Ludwig, unbalanced and autocratic as all his tendencies were, represented the real feeling of his countrymen better than did the alien group that brought about his ruin seems fairly certain.”

+ =Lit D= 55:36 S 29 ‘17 490w

=ECKLES, CLARENCE HENRY, and WARREN, GEORGE FREDERICK.= Dairy farming. (Farm ser.) il *$1.10 Macmillan 637 16-25254

This book discusses breeds of cattle, their selection, management, feeding and ailments; the dairy barn; milk and its products; systems of farming on dairy farms; methods of renting; cost of production; methods of marketing; etc. Mr Eckles is professor of dairy husbandry in the University of Missouri, and Mr Warren, professor of farm management in the New York State college of agriculture, Cornell university.

“Good general, popular treatment from the economic point of view, and the only work to cover this particular field.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:381 Je ‘17

“The modern farmer will find much that will interest him in this book,

## particularly in view of the changing conditions in our country at the

present time. It is, however, chiefly as an aid to the teacher that this book is to be strongly recommended.”

+ =Nature= 99:383 Jl 12 ‘17 270w

“A good text for high schools, written by authorities.”

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:154 My ‘17 9w

=EDDY, SHERWOOD.=[2] With our soldiers in France. il *$1 Assn. press 940.91 17-26978

“This volume is the first book by an American dealing with the American army on the other side. Sherwood Eddy, its author, has just returned from France, where he made a survey of the battle front and ate, slept, worked, played, and marched with General Pershing’s troops in camp, on the road, and in the trenches. And he has written this work, fresh from his actual observations, to set before American readers the plain facts about what the conditions and surroundings of our army in France are and will be, what are the physical and moral dangers our men will have to face, and what is being done and planned to help them pass through the dangers, trials, and strains of the conflict with credit to themselves and to their country. Mr Eddy is connected in an important position with the field work of the Young men’s Christian association and before the war had made an extended tour for work among students in the Balkans, Russia, Turkey, and Germany.”—N Y Times

“‘With our soldiers in France’ preaches a manly religion.”

+ =Ind= 93:72 Ja 12 ‘18 230w

“Mr Eddy’s book is deeply interesting, for it bears the glowing touch of the actual and its message comes straight from trench and camp to home. It ought to have telling effect in bettering American support of the Young men’s Christian association.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:541 D 9 ‘17 580w

“This is the best kind of book to give to the man who will soon be fighting. It will show him what he ought to avoid and it will offer him a welcome at the sign of the red triangle.” Frank Fitt

+ =Pub W= 93:222 Ja 19 ‘18 330w

=EDER, MONTAGUE DAVID.= War-shock; the psycho-neuroses in war psychology and treatment. *$1.75 Blakiston 615.8 (Eng ed SG17-242)

“Dr Eder has earned for himself the right to speak with authority in connection with war shock. For some time he was an officer in the Royal army medical corps, and was medical officer in charge of the psycho-neurological department at Malta. The material for this book is the first 100 consecutive cases of psycho-neurosis encountered.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup

=Ath= p306 Je ‘17 120w

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p239 My 17 ‘17 170w

Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts. il 60c (5c) Butterfield 940.91 17-14687

As a result of a memorial meeting held in Boston, December 11, 1915, a fund was raised for the purpose of sending an “Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts” to serve with the British expeditionary force in France. The nurse sent, Miss Alice L. F. Fitzgerald, gives an account of her first year of service in the form of extracts from diary and letters. The remainder of the little book, about one half, is given up to an account of the imprisonment, trial, and death of Miss Cavell.

“Will interest most readers, we fancy, less for Miss Fitzgerald’s record, interesting as it is, than for the vivid account of the imprisonment and the events following the imprisonment of Miss Cavell. There is a crisp brevity in this relation which reflects the ominous rapidity with which things moved from the moment when the English nurse was put to trial.”

+ =Nation= 105:610 N 29 ‘17 270w

=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 30w

=Pratt= p40 O ‘17 30w

=R of Rs= 55:669 Je ‘17 70w

=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w

=EDWARDS, GEORGE WHARTON.= Vanished halls and cathedrals of France. il *$6 (8c) Penn 914.4 17-30884

“This American artist and tourist long familiar with the ravaged regions of northern France ... describes and pictures the now vanished glories of Reims, Noyon, Arras, Léon, Verdun, St Quentin, and many other towns and villages of which we have been hearing so much, and in so tragic a way, of late. The great tower of Senlis, old St Pierre of Noyon, Gerbeviller’s historic hall, and the keep of Coucy-le-Château are among the vanished splendors that live again under Mr Edwards’s pen and pencil. The volume is printed on specially made paper and richly bound.”—Lit D

=Boston Transcript= p8 D 5 ‘17 630w

+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 120w

+ =Nation= 105:612 N 29 ‘17 60w

“This is a gift book to bring delight to the eyes—and an ache to the heart.”

+ =N Y Times= 23:2 Ja 6 ‘18 350w

“We may well be thankful that an artist of Mr Edwards’s skill has preserved in this book the memories of happier days. Both for pictures and text the volume will prove a most welcome holiday gift to any lover of France.”

+ =Outlook= 117:520 N 28 ‘17 100w

+ =R of Rs= 57:219 F ‘18 70w

=EEKHOUD, GEORGES.= New Carthage (La nouvelle Carthage). *$1.50 (1½c) Duffield 17-17971

The “New Carthage” is Antwerp; Georges Eekhoud is a Flemish novelist, and this novel of his has been crowned by the Belgian Academy. The translation from the French is by Lloyd R. Morris, who also writes an introduction dealing with Eekhoud and his writings, and who says of him: “Like that other great Belgian artist, Constantin Meunier, he celebrates the modern beauty of labor and of the crowd.” “The novel is essentially a record of the life of the whole city. Its protagonist is Antwerp itself, or, more definitely, the proletariat of Antwerp as its life is experienced by Laurent Paridael. The novel is largely autobiographical; Laurent, like Eekhoud himself, is left an orphan at the age of eleven and committed to the care of a wealthy uncle, who, like Eekhoud’s uncle, is a manufacturer of candles.” (Introd.) “Here in this factory, Laurent saw the ugly side of ‘that prosperous industrialism’ of which his exquisite cousin Gina both knew and embodied only ‘the radiant and brilliant aspect.’ It was what he saw in this factory that placed Laurent forever on the side of the laborer. ... This sympathy with the proletariat and his passion for his cousin Gina were the two determining yet to a great extent contradictory factors in his career, uniting absolutely only at the very last, when they joined to bring about the vengeance and the tragedy with which the book ends.” (N Y Times)

“Despite its formlessness and exaggeration it is largely redeemed by its tropically splendid word-pictures and its expression of the social philosophy of a section of the working class which before Eekhoud had been without a spokesman.”

+ — =Cleveland= p132 D ‘17 90w

“He has a great theme, and he knows his city through all its turbulent layers. But he does not fuse the life really into artistic form. One thinks of ‘Germinal,’ and one misses the power and deep reference and social orientation of Zola. One thinks of ‘Pillars of society’ and one misses the cold, cutting subtlety of Ibsen in his exposure of that greed of the capitalist which sweeps away all human consideration. And one thinks of ‘Pelle’ and misses the palpitating mass-life with its hunger, and its pathetic struggle against its masters and the elements.” Randolph Bourne

– + =Dial= 63:343 O 11 ‘17 700w

“The personal side of the story is told with a robust emotionalism that staid persons will find a bit intense and overpowering.”

+ — =Ind= 93:128 Ja 19 ‘18 280w

“If the civilization it depicts was as represented, it is a blessing that it has ceased. Perhaps out of the holocaust of war will come a decenter existence. Nevertheless, we must wonder at the smug Anglo-Saxon prudishness of the translator, who has deleted certain passages because of their frankness. Perhaps the book as a whole should have been deleted.” Clement Wood

— =N Y Call= p15 D 29 ‘17 400w

“In this very capable translation we are given a novel of exceptional interest, the work of the man who stands at the very head and front of Belgian novelists. ... There is a certain robust quality, a certain careless and splendid prodigality, about this novel which reminds one just a little of Dickens and of the authors of that Elizabethan age of which M. Eekhoud has made an especial study. ... It is not, on the whole, a flattering picture which the author has drawn of his native city. Yet beneath all this turbulent life, beneath all the rioting and scheming and money-grabbing and ruthlessness and sensuality, one sees here and there something finer, something akin to the heroism and the loyalty we have learned to associate with the name of Belgium.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:285 Ag 5 ‘17 1550w

=EELLS, ELSIE SPICER (MRS B. G. EELLS).= Fairy tales from Brazil. il *$1.25 (6c) Dodd 17-25892

A publishers’ note says, “As wife of the superintendent of schools in Bahia, the author made a collection of Brazilian folk-lore tales as told by the children themselves during the story-hour at her boarding-school, and by the servants of her household. Many of these stories originated with the Indians of Brazil. A few are the Brazilian versions of stories from the Portuguese. Many others are African in descent and are much after the style of Uncle Remus.” The titles—How night came; How the rabbit lost his tail; How the tiger got his stripes; Why the lamb is meek, etc.,—show that we have here a familiar type of folk tale, but the point to the story in most cases is new and fresh. Some of them have appeared in Little Folks, Kindergarten-Primary Magazine and other papers, and they are well adapted to story telling purposes.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:172 F ‘18

=EGERTON, HUGH EDWARD.=[2] British foreign policy in Europe to the end of the 19th century; a rough outline. *$2 Macmillan 327.4 17-30066

“The object of the book is to show the motives and purposes which have guided British foreign policy and to do so as nearly as possible in the words of the men who have had most influence in shaping the policy. It contains therefore numerous extracts, especially from the speeches and letters of statesmen and diplomats in which they have urged or defended their ideas. ... It is a chronological index to the sources where will be found the best and most authoritative statements of intention and motive made by the men who determined events in this field. ... In the second place the object of the book is frankly a defense of British foreign policy. Professor Egerton is marshalling the evidence which shows ‘that the policy of the country on the whole has been singularly honest and straightforward.’”—Am Hist R

+ =Am Hist R= 23:429 Ja ‘18 580w

“There are indications of haste in the compilation of the work, and the reader may sometimes desiderate a clearer discussion of the principles and issues at stake; but the book is useful for the proper understanding of the historical problem now in process of solution.”

+ — =Ath= p520 O ‘17 140w

“The author has produced a readable, interesting, and useful work, but it is not likely to add to his fame as a historian. The book is to a large extent a compilation and gives evidence of somewhat hurried preparation, as is true of so many of the ‘timely’ books that have been published since 1914.”

+ — =Dial= 64:71 Ja 17 ‘18 600w

“The method which he has adopted has gone far to spoil the interest in his story. He splits up his subject into sections, and constantly harks back chronologically.”

+ — =Spec= 119:270 S 15 ‘17 550w

“Mr Egerton’s sketch of British policy derives a special value from his plan of using, as far as possible, the ‘ipsissima verba’ of statesmen, which gives it an authority it might otherwise seem to lack. The system of extensive quotation has its inevitable drawbacks; there are times when we feel that the uninstructed reader will not see the wood for the trees; and our general impression is that it will be found most useful and instructive by those who already have a fair knowledge of the outlines of European history. It fulfils its purpose, however, excellently well; its tone is impartial, moderate, and wise, and in our opinion it deserves a very wide public.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p483 O 11 ‘17 1700w

=ELBIQUET, pseud.= Supplementary magic. il *$1.25 Dutton 133

“A handbook intended to follow the author’s ‘Textbook of magic,’ and postulating a familiarity with the rudiments of the art as explained in the earlier book. The ‘true secrets’ comprise five principal devices: Repetition, inspection, explanation, intentional errors and abstraction of the attention. ... The early pages are devoted to an explanation of the science of conjuring, and there follows a presentation of new or improved methods of performing sleights. Part 3 is an entertaining discussion of Indian conjuring with a short study of the native conjurer’s methods and a selection from his favorite tricks. ‘A few tricks for all occasions’ are explained at the end. The

## book is amply illustrated.”—Springf’d Republican

“Well written and fully illustrated. The most interesting chapters are devoted to the Indian conjurer.”

+ =Spec= 118:341 Mr 17 ‘17 120w

=Springf’d Republican= p19 My 27 ‘17 170w

=ELLIOT, HUGH SAMUEL ROGER.= Herbert Spencer. il *$2 (3c) Holt (Eng ed 17-26315)

This volume in the Makers of the nineteenth century series is a biography of Spencer and a critique of his philosophy. “Whatever may be thought to-day of the value of Spencer’s writings, no one who wishes to understand the thought of the nineteenth century can neglect him,” says the general editor. The author treats his subject in the following chapters: Life; Character; Philosophy; Introduction to Spencer’s social writings; General summary of “The principles of sociology”; General summary of “The principles of ethics”; Metaphysics and religion; Evolution; Biology; Psychology; Education; Conclusion.

“A sympathetic introduction, with indication of the main positions in the system, and with a plot of the traps that guard those positions, is the most serviceable addition that could be made to Spencerian literature. Mr Elliot has admirably satisfied these requirements.” A. W. Small

+ =Am Hist R= 23:157 O ‘17 1150w

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:352 My ‘17

=Ath= p203 Ap ‘17 90w

“To obtain a clear idea of the Spencerian philosophy is not difficult for the reader who follows its course in the series of epitomes given by Mr Elliot. He has prepared a notable contribution to the history of English philosophy.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 F 10 ‘17 1350w

+ =Cleveland= p83 Je ‘17 40w

“Mr Hugh Elliot has produced a notable work, notable as a biography, notable in its current appeal, notable in the perspective it establishes for viewing a remarkable intellectual career.” Joseph Jastrow

* + =Dial= 63:146 Ag 30 ‘17 2050w

“There is included a helpful bibliography, a chronological table and an index. The frontispiece is from the Burgess portrait.”

=Ind= 91:32 Jl 7 ‘17 200w

=Lit D= 54:1076 Ap 14 ‘17 350w

“The chapters on Spencer’s philosophy and works are as distinctly mediocre as the earlier chapters are extraordinary. The last mentioned are fit to rank high among the best efforts at the portrayal of personality, while the former are no more than a faithful résumé disfigured by incompetent and futile criticism.”

+ — =Nation= 104:578 My 10 ‘17 1200w

“A vigorous and discriminating account of Herbert Spencer’s contributions to modern intellectual development.”

+ =Nature= 99:163 Ap 26 ‘17 320w

“It is in the perspective of the nineteenth century that Mr Elliott has endeavored to set him. ... But he has not mastered the task that a book of this kind must attempt. All that he has to say of Spencer’s life and character he says with admirable vigor. ... It has, indeed, every claim to be considered the best account of its kind as yet in existence. But when Mr Elliott leaves the narrative and comes to a critical statement of doctrine, the volume is of a different calibre. ... His epitome of Spencer’s teaching is not full enough to be useful and too full to be brief. His criticisms rarely go to the root of the matter he discusses. ... One has the conviction that Mr Elliott grew tired of his subject in the second half of his book and simply wrote to finish a work to which he was pledged. ... And I should guess that when Mr Elliott drew up his bibliography he just cast a glance at his shelves and wrote down the titles that he saw there.” H. J. L.

* – + =New Repub= 11:224 Je 23 ‘17 1600w

“Mr Elliot prefaces his examination of the details of Spencer’s scientific and sociological work with a brief and interesting study of the English thinker’s life and character. ... His book is thoroughly interesting as well as valuable, a study of importance from beginning to end.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:119 Ap 1 ‘17 1100w

=Pratt= p48 O ‘17 20w

=R of Rs= 55:667 Je ‘17 130w

“The volume is a welcome and worthy addition to the extremely useful series ‘Makers of the nineteenth century,’ which is being published under the general editorship of Mr Basil Williams. Our readers will remember the earlier volumes: Sir E. Cook’s ‘Delane’ and Lord Charnwood’s ‘Abraham Lincoln.’”

+ =Spec= 118:614 Je 2 ‘17 1600w

“This account of Spencer’s life and writings, while sound in judgment, is a vivid, unhackneyed study, so lucid and genially readable, that even the person who knows little about Spencer and cares less about his philosophy will find himself interested in both Spencer’s life and thought.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Mr 11 ‘17 1350w

“What Mr Elliot admires, and with justice—what his valuable study impressively reveals—is the heroic element in this independent lonely thinker, his steadfast adherence to the search of truth, his courage and faith, his love of liberty, his emancipation from all forms of authority.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p109 Mr 8 ‘17 1450w

=ELLIOTT, CHARLES BURKE.= Philippines; with prefatory note by Elihu Root. 2v il *$9 Bobbs 991.4

v 1 17-25734 v 2 17-23950

“The author of these two stout volumes ... was well fitted for his task. From a seat upon the Supreme bench of Minnesota he was transferred to that of the Philippines. Later he became a member of the governing body of the archipelago, the Philippine commission, and still later was secretary of commerce and police in the government of the islands. ... The two volumes discuss the two important phases of Philippine history. The first brings this history down through the military régime, and includes the record of the operations of the American fleet under Dewey and the capture of the archipelago and the occupation of the city of Manila by the American forces. The second volume takes up the narrative at the close of the military régime and continues to the end of the commission government.”—Boston Transcript

Reviewed by C: H. Cunningham

+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 12:129 F ‘18 1650w

“Judge Elliott attempts no fine writing, he draws no thrilling picture of that early morning battle in Manila bay. Plain, unadorned facts are recorded, without ornamentation, or attempt at picture writing. He has drawn the material for his narrative, quite evidently, from official records and not from the popular accounts of the battle published in the newspapers of the day.” E. J. C.

+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 1100w

“The extent of the field covered in these two volumes is remarkable. The author’s statements of fact and estimates of character are measured and definite. Dr Elliott is fair to all parties. It is well that this definitive history has become available at the time when it may exercise a real influence upon the shaping of policy.”

+ =No Am= 206:954 D ‘17 950w

“Judge Elliott’s work is a permanent contribution to the history of the United States.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:637 D ‘17 750w

=ELLIOTT, F. HAWS.= Trench fighting. il *$1.50 (7c) Houghton 355 17-31265

The author, a captain of the British expeditionary force, covers his subject in the following chapters: History and preliminary entrenching; Styles of trenches and strong posts; Wire entanglements and obstructions; Organization of trench system for defence; Attack in trench warfare; Trench raids; Poison gas and liquid fire; Trench routine: standing orders for the trenches; Trench hygiene; Billeting and training of troops in rear of line; Syllabus of training; Morale. The diagrams are grouped at the end, and an appendix gives a list of officers’ equipment advised for France.

+ =R of Rs= 57:102 Ja ‘18 50w

=ELLIOTT, FRANCIS PERRY.= Lend me your name! il *$1.25 (3½c) Reilly & B. 17-16728

“The hero is a young Englishman of title temporarily resident in New York. He is bored with his position and his manner of living; moreover, he harbors a wholesome fear of his strong-minded wife, who holds a tight rein over him however far he wanders from her. During an unsought visit to his bedroom by a famous burglar, the Englishman suggests a change of positions with the yeggman.” (Springf’d Republican) The rest of the book deals with the various amusing complications consequent upon the change.

“If one is willing to abandon consideration of probability and improbability much enjoyment may be found in following these adventures of a noble gentleman in the guise of a burglar. ... The author has a knack of characterization and a very pleasant feeling for summer romance in the open.”

+ =Dial= 63:74 Jl 19 ‘17 100w

“An amusing, if not exactly probable, little farce.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:258 Jl 8 ‘17 280w

“All the characters, the situation, and its path of development are decidedly ‘stagey.’ ... The burglar is slangy and unconsciously humorous, the girl delightful, and the Englishman, while molded according to the stage type Britisher, is naive and likable.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 2 ‘17 280w

=ELLIOTT, LILIAN ELWYN.= Brazil today and tomorrow. il *$2.25 (2½c) Macmillan 918.1 17-10576

The author is literary editor of the Pan-American Magazine. This book, she says, “is the fruit of seven years’ travel in and study of Latin America, and two years’ special work on and in Brazil, where seventeen out of the twenty states were visited.” A survey of the history of Brazil is followed by a chapter of immense interest to the United States on Colonization in Brazil, dealing with the systematic method of inducing and regulating immigration and with the mixture of races. Other chapters take up Social conditions, Transportation, Industries, Currency, The world’s horticultural and medicinal debt to Brazil, Brazil’s exterior commerce. There are a number of illustrations, several maps, a glossary of Brazilian terms and an index.

“Not a travel book, but one which will interest men about to establish or promote business in South America.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:397 Je ‘17

“As a general account of the country—its geography, its history, its people, its industries, its commerce—it has much to commend it, but it very plainly has the common fault of over praise. The book is written to please.” G. B. Roorbach

+ — =Ann Am Acad= 73:233 S ‘17 100w

Reviewed by T: Walsh

+ =Bookm= 45:319 My ‘17 250w

“Its arrangement of material is admirable and a great deal of patient study and research is evident in its pages. There is also an ample consideration of the arts and letters of Brazil that will satisfy the student of these particulars.” T: Walsh

+ =Bookm= 46:607 Ja ‘18 130w

=Boston Transcript= p6 My 12 ‘17 650w

“The book is remarkable for its fairness and kindly tone.”

+ =Cath World= 105:824 S ‘17 200w

“The author’s analysis of the results of colonization is particularly illuminating in view of the present crisis in the provinces of the south, where Teutonic influences predominate.”

+ =Dial= 63:278 S 27 ‘17 350w

“The Brazilian point of view is given by much reference to native papers. Maps and excellent illustrations complete a valuable book.”

+ =Ind= 92:261 N 3 ‘17 70w

“Miss Elliott has a notable faculty for presenting closely condensed material in modest space and at the same time making it interesting. ... Miss Elliott’s book will increase the growing interest in South America. It is copiously illustrated from photographs.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:101 Mr 25 ‘17 700w

+ =Outlook= 116:161 My 23 ‘17 120w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 1 ‘17 330w

+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:184 Je ‘17 70w

=ELLIS, HAVELOCK.= Essays in war-time. *$1.50 (2½c) Houghton 575 (Eng ed 17-13565)

Mr Ellis calls these essays “further studies in the task of social hygiene.” Many of the subjects treated are those on which he has already written much and with which his name is chiefly associated, among them, War and eugenics; War and the birth-rate; Feminism and masculinism; The mental differences of men and women; The conquest of venereal disease; Eugenics and genius; Marriage and divorce; The meaning of the birth-rate; Civilisation and the birth-rate. In many but not all of these, the question of the effects of the war enters into the discussion.

“Readers not familiar with Havelock Ellis’ writings, especially his ‘Task of social hygiene,’ will find this a stimulating, although a somewhat choppy volume. To others the book will neither add to nor detract from Mr Ellis’ reputation as a keen and constructive critic of modern social problems. ... The essay on Birth control is eminently sane and well considered, and is, together with the proposal for the nationalization of medical service, the real contribution of the book.” A. B. Wolfe

+ =Am Econ R= 7:426 Je ‘17 130w

=A L A Bkl= 13:433 Jl ‘17

Reviewed by F. F. Kelly

+ =Bookm= 45:183 Ap ‘17 360w

“The sheaf of essays is bound by a continuity of interest and a consistency of point of view which may be described as a scientific radicalism, challenging the established beliefs when these rest upon tradition rather than upon cogent argument and experience.”

+ =Dial= 62:191 Mr 8 ‘17 230w

“The immediate urgency, as well as the profound intrinsic importance of the subjects of these ‘Essays’ should ensure them attention and discussion; and the writing is delightful in its subtlety and distinction, its wealth of suggestion and implication, and deep quiet humour. The three concluding articles on Birth-control and the close-packed little essay on ‘Marriage and divorce’ are particularly fine, in their characteristically unflinching and beautiful treatment of sexual subjects. ... The essays dealing with the war, though admirable in tone, are less clear and sure in touch than the rest.” F. W. S. Browne

+ =Int J Ethics= 27:406 Ap ‘17 200w

+ =N Y Call= p14 Mr 18 ‘17 300w

=N Y Times= 22:46 F 11 ‘17 700w

“German theories that war is a ‘biological necessity’ have been demolished before now and what Mr Ellis has to say on this subject is neither original nor fresh. It has, however, the much greater merit of being sound and may be read with profit in this country. ... On various questions of eugenics and sexual morality Mr Ellis has much to say. ... While his views are often debatable, his purpose is ethical and not unduly individualistic.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 9 ‘17 600w

Reviewed by Bruno Lasker

+ =Survey= 38:288 Je 30 ‘17 850w

“‘War and the birth-rate’ is a disappointing study. ... The essay throws no clear light upon the momentous question of fact. ... In the essays on ‘Civilisation,’ ‘The birth-rate’ and ‘Birth control,’ Mr Havelock Ellis expounds his militant Malthusianism. We will only say of them that they dwell too much on a few aspects of a many-sided subject.”

– + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p578 D 7 ‘16 850w

=ELLIS, OLIN O., and GAREY, ENOCH BARTON.= Plattsburg manual. il *$2 Century 355 17-10212

A work designed as a handbook for federal training camps. The authors are two officers in the United States army who acted as instructors in the Plattsburg training camp in 1916. Contents: General advice; Physical exercise; School of the soldier; School of the squad; School of the company; Fire superiority; The service of security; Attack and defense; General principles of target practice; Practice march or “hike”; Officers’ reserve corps. In addition there is a supplement with six chapters for “advance work.” The book is fully illustrated and is indexed.

“Simple directions, well illustrated.”

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:375 Je ‘17

“For officers and men, and for all citizens who would see just what learning to be a soldier means.”

=Ind= 90:127 Ap 14 ‘17 20w

“Preparatory manuals are more or less alike, in this if in no other respect, that they all have as their aim one and the same result. The road to this result is shortened by the employment in this book of illustrations showing not only the right, but also the wrong, way of doing certain things. Many of the diagrams, too, will prove helpful, and the text is clear, direct, and simple.”

+ =Nation= 104:636 My 24 ‘17 300w

+ =N Y Br Lib News= 4:67 My ‘17 110w

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p14 Ap ‘17 160w

+ =N Y Times= 22:130 Ap 8 ‘17 190w

=Pittsburgh= 22:276 Ap ‘17

“One of the most timely publications of the spring. ... It is the most elementary and at the same time the most readable guide thru the intricate earlier stages of soldiering that we have seen. The 155 illustrations, mostly from photographs, are an important feature.” R. L.

+ =Pub W= 91:1326 Ap 21 ‘17 150w

=St Louis= 15:189 Je ‘17 20w

“The work was written primarily as a textbook for army training camps, but its usefulness has increased manifold since it was written.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 O 16 ‘17 180w

=ELLMS, JOSEPH WILTON.= Water purification. il *$5 McGraw 628.1 17-13569

“The book begins very logically with water in its relation to public health and comfort. Next, the various means of purification are discussed, and progress in filter construction—particularly, rapid sand filters—is described. The methods of storing and applying chemicals are treated, and there is a chapter on power-plant and miscellaneous equipment. The work also contains chapters relating to the cost of construction and operation of rapid sand filters, etc. ... In the appendix are twelve tables useful to operators of water-purification plants. ... A large part of the work is the result of the author’s own experience. The remainder consists of quotations from published articles, for which there are references, mostly American, at the end of each chapter. Much of the material is new, and the illustrations are modern. ... The use of the book would be greatly facilitated if the index were amplified.”—Engin News-Rec

“The author’s twenty-five years’ experience, beginning in the laboratory of the Massachusetts State board of health and extending through many years at the Louisville and Cincinnati water-works and elsewhere, has qualified him for his well-performed task of writing a treatise on water purification. ... As a whole, the book impresses one with sincerity of purpose and reliability of data. It will be of invaluable assistance to the designer and operator of water-purification plants.”

* + =Engin News-Rec= 79:129 Jl 19 ‘17 500w

“The arrangement of the descriptive matter in logical order, so that a clear idea may be had of each process as a whole as well as in its details, has been carried out very successfully, and the descriptions are full and clear without being profuse.”

+ =Municipal Journal= 42:805 Je 14 ‘17 380w

“The reading references at the chapter endings are especially noteworthy.”

+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p8 Jl ‘17 60w

=ELLWOOD, CHARLES ABRAM.= Introduction to social psychology. *$2 (2c) Appleton 301 17-11579

Society is defined by Professor Ellwood as “that form of collective life which is carried on by means of mental interaction.” It follows from this definition that the psychological element is fundamental in any study of social life. It is from this point of view that he approaches his subject in this book. Contents: Social psychology, its relations and methods; Organic evolution and social evolution; Human nature and human society; The nature of social unity [two chapters]; The nature of social continuity; Social change under normal conditions; Social change under abnormal conditions; Instinct and intelligence in the social life; Imitation and suggestion in the social life; Sympathy and consciousness of kind in the social life; Social order; Social progress; The nature of society.

“There is a catholicity about the author’s thinking that will be a wholesome corrective for one-sidedness in teacher or students; there is not only a willingness to see strength as well as weakness in divergent opinions but also a desire to gain the strength of each in some inclusive conception. The real limitation of the book for teaching purposes is its abstractness.” W. H. Heck

+ — =Am Econ R= 7:839 D ‘17 400w

“These chapters [chapters 4-8] are easily the best part of the volume and furnish an excellent presentation of social psychology proper. The third division, the remaining chapters, seem more like appendixes explaining and amplifying certain topics of the volume, but in themselves they form no unity and do not carry forward to a conclusion the main argument of the work.” J. Q. Dealey

+ — =Am J Soc= 23:255 S ‘17 450w

=A L A Bkl= 14:5 O ‘17

“In a study of the forces which unite society, Professor Ellwood has not overlooked consciousness of kind, or imitation, or sympathy, or any of the factors which have been put forward by certain writers as alone able to account for the cohesion of social groups. In his system he has made a niche into which each one of these forces finds its place. It is this broad-minded treatment of the subject which makes this volume so well fitted for the needs of the student in the social sciences who wishes a broad outlook upon this field.” W: B. Bailey

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:770 N ‘17 270w

“Throughout the author sanely holds that the intellect is the supreme instrument of adaptation in the social life; and as instruments the intellect and its ideas are the means by which social progress can be rationally planned.” Archibald Henderson

+ =Bookm= 46:276 N ‘17 250w

“Thoroughly adequate when judged by classroom standards, the volume can hardly be said to be notable. Yet it is generally unfair to criticize textbooks by the standards of notable contributions.”

+ =Dial= 63:167 Ag 30 ‘17 250w

“A simplification of Professor Ellwood’s Sociology in its psychological aspects.’”

=Ind= 91:108 Jl 21 ‘17 60w

“We can recall no other contemporary sociological work of the psychological order which makes a saner and clearer presentation of its case. The criticism here to be passed does not concern form or detail: it has to do with the general matter of leaning so heavily upon psychology. ... The pretensions of psychology, as here set forth or implied, make one think of the historian who claimed for history everything man had ever done on earth—astronomy, bacteriology, and all the rest.”

* + – =Nation= 106:68 Ja 17 ‘18 1200w

“A competent and scientific, but rather dull book.”

+ — =New Repub= 13:sup20 N 17 ‘17 140w

“It is written in a sedate, leisurely style, and luckily the author has not succumbed to the manner that has invaded even psychology of playing for the snappy phrase, the thrill of paradox.” F. M.

+ =N Y Call= p15 N 11 ‘17 280w

=R of Rs= 56:440 O ‘17 100w

=St Louis= 15:320 S ‘17 10w

“The book will repay careful reading. It is exact and careful of statement, and is in all ways a suggestive and constructive study of social psychology.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 My 31 ‘17 320w

“Professor Ellwood’s book, however, will remain rather for the special student of psychology and sociology than for the general reader.” M. M. Davis, jr.

+ — =Survey= 39:272 D 1 ‘17 400w

=ELMER, MANUEL CONRAD.= Technique of social surveys. *$1 World co., Lawrence, Kan. 309.1 17-18991

“This book devotes itself to two main questions: the kind of facts to be gathered in social surveys and the use to be made of them, the greater and more valuable part of the publication being devoted to the former. This includes discussions and questionnaires relating to a rather wide range of topics having to do with social welfare, the more important among them being population and vital statistics, educational agencies, recreation and amusement, industry and labor conditions, disease and health measures, housing, public utilities, transportation and storage, distribution of wealth, political organization, taxes, charities, courts, childcare, defectives, juvenile and adult crime, and religious activities.”—Survey

“The author has made his book thoroughly practical and it will be of distinct usefulness to those for whom it was written.”

+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:792 N ‘17 90w

“While the book has the weakness of many others on the same subject, namely, its dwelling too briefly upon the purpose in and reasons for collecting the mass of facts called for, and of instructing too little in the interpretation and methods of using the facts, it nevertheless has suggestions for the surveyor and will be of use to individuals, clubs and other groups of citizens who wish, perhaps, not so much to make a survey as to become intelligent upon social conditions in their own community.” S. M. Harrison

+ — =Survey= 39:271 D 1 ‘17 320w

=ELY, RICHARD THEODORE,[2] and others.=[2] Foundations of national prosperity. *$2 Macmillan 338 17-30136

Four college professors, three of political economy, and one of geology, have collaborated in this work whose sub-title is “studies in the conservation of permanent national resources.” Part 1, by Professor Ely, deals with the more general aspects of the subject, bringing it particularly into relation to economic theory, and terminating with a consideration of conservation policies. In part 2 Prof. Ralph H. Hess discusses the relation of conservation to economic evolution and shows that each stage in economic evolution must have its own conservation policies. Part 3, by Prof. Charles K. Leith, deals with minerals which present peculiar problems in conservation.

## Part 4, contributed by Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver, deals with the human

resources, for which natural resources exist.

“In part 4, Professor Carver approaches the subject from several new and unexpected angles.”

+ =R of Rs= 57:220 F ‘18 170w

“Prof. Carver has produced a clean and vigorous chapter, as has Prof. Leith. Their hard facts are balanced by the progressive theorizing of Prof. Ely and Prof. Hess. One cannot but feel that it would be more valuable as a treatise had its scope been confined to conservation in the directly material sense in which we use the term when we speak of conservation of natural resources.”

+ — =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 28 ‘18 530w

=ELY, RICHARD THEODORE, and others.= Outlines of economics. 3d rev ed *$2.10 Macmillan 330 16-19484

“The third edition of Professor Ely’s much used text is now available. The past eight years have been fruitful of changes in economic thought and in economic activity. It was to take account of these that the present revision was undertaken. This has involved the rewriting of many parts of the work. The discussion of underlying principles has been expanded; two chapters—on Business organization and on Economic

## activities of municipalities—have been omitted as such; one on Labor

legislation has been added, and the sequence of others has been altered. All of these changes make for greater unity of treatment in a work that already showed distinctively serviceable qualities.”—Ann Am Acad

“The meager index of the second edition is very much enlarged and correspondingly more helpful. The ‘references’ appended to chapters have been revised and account taken of recent literature. But the lists of questions are often unchanged or are shortened. ... Final conclusions from reviewing this book are that the text while maintaining its identity has yet grown not in size only but in character and maturity; that it has been successful in including a vast amount of new material, in taking account of recent developments, and in thoroughly revising all sections. If not up to date today, it is as near being so as we can expect in these days of rapid development. Criticisms are due to the inclusion of controversial matter; to the attempt to be all inclusive; to a strain of revolutionary philosophy; and to the fact that the text is written from the standpoint of the subject and of scholarship rather than with an eye single to the student and the class-room.” C: E. Persons

* + =Am Econ R= 7:98 Mr ‘17 2050w

+ =A L A Bkl= 13:273 Mr ‘17

+ =Ann Am Acad= 70:326 Mr ‘17 90w

+ =Nation= 104:556 My 3 ‘17 270w

“It differs from the older editions in that its scope is much wider, and it includes, in addition to the theoretical considerations, a great deal of what goes under the name of applied economics. In this it resembles Professor Taussig’s work on the same subject published a few years ago. Both books mark the departure from the old college textbooks in economics, which dealt exclusively with theoretical considerations of the problems of production, distribution and exchange. ... The volume is well arranged for teaching purposes.” A. L. Trachtenberg

+ =N Y Call= p14 Mr 4 ‘17 600w

“It is a sign of the times when such a standard and authoritative book as this requires such revision for its third edition that it was not possible to use the old type.”

+ =N Y Times= 21:488 N 12 ‘16 130w

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 7 ‘17 160w

=EMBURY, AYMAR.= Livable house—its plan and design. il *$2.50 Moffat 728.6 17-14400

“The book contains 100 photographs of different types of houses, together with many detail drawings of interior plans of the same, which demonstrate, as they are intended to do, that a high standard of architectural merit is possible in a small house when good taste and good judgment prevail.”—Springf’d Republican

“An interesting and suggestive ‘first book.’”

+ =Cleveland= p97 Jl ‘17 50w

“The book is both attractive and suggestive.”

+ =Outlook= 116:412 Jl 11 ‘17 80w

“Since the cost of building material and labor have advanced by leaps during the past year and a half, Mr Embury’s statements of cost prices require revision.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 27 ‘17 350w

=EMERSON, EDWARD WALDO.= Henry Thoreau as remembered by a young friend. il *$1.25 (6½c) Houghton 17-19701

The author is a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau had the run of the Emerson house, and was to the children “the best kind of an older brother.” Twenty-seven years ago, Dr Emerson tells us, he was moved to write a lecture on Thoreau, because of “the want of knowledge and understanding, not only of his character, but of the events of his life,” and of “the false impressions given by accredited writers who really knew him hardly at all.” Lowell’s essay on Thoreau is mentioned as “having unhappily prejudiced many persons.” This book is the outgrowth of that early lecture, and is based, not only on Dr Emerson’s own youthful recollections, but on the recollections of the Concord people whom he, as a physician, has had the opportunity to know.

=A L A Bkl= 14:57 N ‘17

“Of Thoreau’s experience as a teacher, of his work in the pencil-making industry founded by his father, of his life in Concord and acquaintance with its people of greater and less celebrity and of no celebrity at all, we learn much in Dr Emerson’s few and unpretentious pages. ... They solve many puzzles about his life, his doings and his character.” E. F. E.

+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 1350w

“These illuminating glimpses of a strongly marked and splendidly independent but too often misunderstood personality are a welcome addition to the rather meagre literary product called forth by the Thoreau centennial. In this little book Thoreau the idealist stands justified for his refusal to devote the best years of his life to pencil-making and money-getting.”

+ =Dial= 63:401 O 25 ‘17 200w

“In these few pages we see the author of ‘Walden’ at his best and, we feel convinced, as he really was.”

+ =Ind= 91:476 S 22 ‘17 100w

“It is a long way from the stoical Thoreau of Emerson’s ‘Memoir’ to the ‘simple, gentle, friendly, and amusing’ Thoreau of his son’s ‘Henry Thoreau as remembered by a young friend.’ ... If the point of view is slightly distorted, at least there is compensation in the really winning personality that rises into life as we read these pages.”

+ — =Nation= 105:205 Ag 23 ‘17 300w

“A rather muddled sketch of Thoreau’s life, with a wealth of significant incidents that throw a more human halo about that rich personality.” Max Lustig

+ — =N Y Call= p14 Ag 26 ‘17 320w

+ =Outlook= 116:626 Ag 22 ‘17 80w

“Dr Emerson succeeds in demolishing common misconceptions of Thoreau as an idler, misanthropist, and rather inconsistent fanatic ... and demonstrates that he deserved the pretty general love and respect of the Old Concord with which this little book credits him.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 AS 16 ‘17 430w

=EMERTON, EPHRAIM.= Beginnings of modern Europe (1250-1450). maps $1.80 (1c) Ginn 940.4 17-25735

The period which is the subject of study in this volume is the transition period between the time when Europe was committed to feudalism and the Roman church, and that of the modern Europe of independent national states and religious toleration. The thread of the narrative aims to be the working out, consciously in literature and unconsciously thru social and political conflict, of the idea that individuals or bodies of men voluntarily united in a common interest might, if they pleased, speak and act for themselves. Slight emphasis is put upon theological aspects, political, social and intellectual movements being the main consideration. Contents: The principle of the modern state; The new empire; The new papacy; The rise of a middle class; The Italian republics to 1300; The Hundred years’ war; The age of the councils; The age of the despots in Italy; The renaissance in Italy; The northern renaissance.

=Boston Transcript= p8 N 21 ‘17 210w

“Nothing but praise can be said of this most admirable treatment of European history. Professor Emerton avoids the bizarre which is so tempting to some of the popular writers on medieval history and institutions, and he will be found a safe and sound guide thru a fascinating field.”

+ =Educ R= 54:529 D ‘17 70w

“If one is looking for a masterly treatment of the transition from mediaeval to modern times, such will be found in this book. His method involves a certain amount of repetition, which, by the way, is beneficial rather than detrimental in this case by showing the close interrelation of the historical movements considered. The book contains a number of valuable colored maps.”

+ =School R= 26:69 Ja ‘18 380w

=EMPEY, ARTHUR GUY.= “Over the top.” il *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 940.91 17-15575

An account of trench warfare “somewhere in France” by an American who served for a year and a half in the British army as bomber, machine gunner, etc., until he fell wounded and after four months in the American women’s war hospital in England, was discharged as physically unfit for further war service. Empey says: “I have tried to tell my experiences in the language of Tommy sitting on the fire step of a front-line trench on the Western Front—just as he would tell his mate next him what was happening at a different part of the line.” “Tommy’s dictionary of the trenches” (unofficial) fills the last thirty-five pages.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:19 O ‘17

“Through it all there breathes the spirit of buoyancy and optimism that is characteristically American. It is all an unconscious piece of quite wonderful writing.”

+ =Cath World= 106:258 N ‘17 330w

+ =Cleveland= p101 S ‘17 70w

“For once the publisher’s urgent description does not exaggerate; for in this unpretentious volume is caught at last the soul of Tommy Atkins.”

+ =Dial= 63:114 Ag 16 ‘17 480w

“One of the very best soldier books of the war.”

+ =Ind= 91:184 Ag 4 ‘17 400w

+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 190w

“There have been several such books, but this is different from them all and one feels that for the average fighting man, it is truer than the others. ... In no other book that has come from the front has there been so much of soldier humor. ... Prospective soldiers can learn here pretty nearly just what is awaiting them, in both incident and sensation.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:239 Je 24 ‘17 1000w

“Many of our readers must have heard Captain Empey tell his war experiences from the platform. He writes exactly as he talks—clearly, incisively, in the language of the trenches.”

+ =Outlook= 116:489 Jl 25 ‘17 150w

=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 10w

=Pratt= p39 O ‘17 10w

“Few personal records of service have given us so much genuine pleasure as this one—whether for the overflowing cheeriness and the simple intimacy and the keen humour of its style, or for the real feeling which beats all through it.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p639 D 20 ‘17 270w

Empire and the future. *75c Macmillan 325.3 17-15171

“A slim volume containing a series of lectures delivered in the University of London, King’s college. Mr Steel-Maitland contributes an introduction. Dr M. E. Sadler deals with ‘The universities and the war.’ Sir Charles Lucas treats of ‘Empire and democracy.’ The Master of Balliol discourses on ‘The people and the duties of empire.’ ‘Imperial administration’ is in the capable hands of Dr H. A. L. Fisher. Mr Philip Kerr is on his own ground, dealing with ‘Commonwealth and empire.’ The volume is fittingly closed by Mr G. R. Parkin’s address on ‘The duty of the empire to the world.’”—Ath

“There is no single work we would more strongly recommend to those interested in the future of the British commonwealth than this little volume. Indeed, we regard it as an excellent introduction to the study of the problems of imperial reconstruction. It contains no cut-and-dried schemes; its value lies rather in providing a background for schemes of reconstruction.”

+ =Ath= p88 F ‘17 700w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:39 Mr ‘17

=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w

“From one important standpoint it is a book to be welcomed: it comes from men who are profoundly in earnest, and who wish to grow into the needs of a most difficult new time. Their desire is to educate themselves, as well as to help those who know less than they do. On the other hand, they do not yet know how to coax great subjects through the prejudices of uneducated middle-age. ... It is a book for political clubs and for university students. The subjects chosen are too widespread to be generally useful at the present moment.”

+ — =Sat R= 122:509 N 25 ‘16 1350w

Reviewed by the Earl of Cromer

+ =Spec= 117:656 N 25 ‘16 1600w

“These lectures are anything but academic. Throughout they are the live words of men who speak of great things to listeners as keenly interested as themselves.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p543 N 16 ‘16 1000w

Empty house. il *$1.40 (2½c) Macmillan 17-17515

“The theme of this novel is the need of sex-fulfilment for the American wife, through motherhood. The wife in evidence, who is her own witness and judge, has grown up, under the example of her own mother’s fate, in the fear of maternity. She dreads marriage for what it threatens, and will not marry until it is understood that she is to have no children. Between herself and her young husband exists a possible basis of friendship as well as that passionate relation which is to go through the inevitable phases. ‘The need of a world of men’ asserts itself for the husband: the wife is left to her own resources, her clothes, her bridge, her idle-restless occupations of the servanted and childless city-woman. Her husband remains her preoccupation, while his work more and more absorbs him. In her will to possess him, she begins to prey upon him; in the end, by her exactions and by her secret and disastrous interference with his career, she brings about his ruin and his death. And it is all traceable to that ‘over-sexed’ condition of the American woman which, according to the German scientist of the story, condemns her, in default of motherhood, to destroy her mate.”—Nation

“These people have the breath of life in them, are real as the action is real, however slightly both may be outlined.” H. W. Boynton

+ =Bookm= 46:96 S ‘17 540w

“With her abstract theories of married life the writer of ‘The empty house’ gives us all food for discussion. But like many novels with a purpose it is totally one-sided. ... Were we to surmise concerning the writer of this novel we might say that she is herself unmarried. The days of her childhood are described convincingly, but the post-matrimonial discussions lack conviction and sincerity.” D. F. G.

– + =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 490w

“It is a vivacious story with an air of determination to speak out and tell the truth. What it tells is interesting. But after all it does not tell very much. The manner is sometimes irritating, if the reader is over-sensitive to literary manner. In trying to sound human and natural the author makes an unnecessary sacrifice of sentence-construction.” J: Macy

+ — =Dial= 63:113 Ag 16 ‘17 120w

“A special plea, if you like, but vigorously embodied in a tale well told.”

+ =Nation= 105:247 S 6 ‘17 310w

“We are almost tempted to say that it is many years since we have read anything so trivial published by a reputable house. ... The style is scrappy and lacking entirely in any literary qualities.” M. G. S.

— =N Y Call= p14 S 2 ‘17 250w

“Notwithstanding the irritating style and the wearying repetitions, the author contrives to put a good deal of emotional suspense and some dramatic situations into the story. But it really wasn’t necessary, for the convincingness of the tale, to make the teller of it seem quite such an uncurbed fool.”

— =N Y Times= 22:265 Jl 15 ‘17 730w

“An incisive yet moving study of feminine tendencies—some limited and morbid, others general and human. There is bitterness in the exposition of one type of American women, described by a foreign scientific observer.”

=Outlook= 116:556 Ag 8 ‘17 70w

=ENDELL, FRITZ AUGUST GOTTFRIED.= Old tavern signs; an excursion in the history of hospitality. il *$5 Houghton 394 16-24700

“Mr Endell confesses in his ‘Old tavern signs’ that his love of the subject is his only apology for his bold undertaking of writing about it. First it was the filigree quality and the beauty of the delicate tracery of the wrought-iron signs in the picturesque villages of southern Germany that attracted his attention; then their deep, symbolic significance exerted its influence more and more over his mind, and tempted him at last to follow their history back until he could discover its multifarious relations to the thought and feeling of earlier generations. ... Poetical and political signs are treated at length, and the English sign and its peculiarities are fully described. Not the least interesting part of the book are the pictures, some of them copies of old prints. The author has added a bibliography and index to make his work complete.”—Boston Transcript

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 27 ‘16 700w

“A notable book of a rather unusual kind, ... which the author himself lavishly illustrated with drawings of much quaintness and charm. ... The edition is limited to 550 copies.”

+ =Dial= 61:544 D 14 ‘16 130w

“If it were not for the date in the imprint and a few scattered allusions, one would almost swear that this book had been composed in the eighteenth century. It seems to be pervaded by the kindly, unworldly sentiment of the vanished Germany of little states, such as Thackeray hardly caricatured in Pumpernickel, and Stevenson made the scene of Prince Otto’s adventures. Over all is the atmosphere one feels in the illustrations to Hans Andersen. Nowhere is the modern, scientific spirit.”

+ =Nation= 104:372 Mr 29 ‘17 550w

=N Y Br Lib News= 4:15 Ja ‘17

“A book at once erudite and whimsical, entertaining in its style and illuminating in its account of the social life of former times.”

+ =Pittsburgh= 22:131 F ‘17 30w

=ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS.= Complaint of peace. *50c (2½c) Open ct. 172.4 17-14169

“This translation of the ‘Querela pacis’ of Erasmus is reprinted from a rare old English version. It is probably the 1802 reprint of the translation made by T. Paynell but published anonymously.” (Publishers’ preface) Erasmus, even in the sixteenth century, pictures Peace as seeking a refuge in vain with the common people, with kings, with scholars and with the religious. He dwells upon the incompatibility of war with Christianity, and argues that “there is scarcely any peace so unjust, but it is preferable, upon the whole, to the justest war,” but states that he is to be understood as speaking of the unjustifiable wars that Christians wage with Christians, and not of the purely defensive wars necessary to repel the violence of invaders.

“The essay is noteworthy as an appealing presentation of the arguments for peace.”

+ =Ath= p589 N ‘17 200w

“Every argument that has been advanced by the lovers of peace against militarism and its attendant horrors is cogently stated in this quaint document.”

+ =R of Rs= 56:331 S ‘17 100w

“This translation is welcome for other things than its abstract wisdom. It is welcome for its gentle irony and for the modulated richness of the English. The book would be admirable for reading in the schools.”

+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 6 ‘17 1100w

“What Erasmus has to say is still not only readable, but worth reading. War is the most disastrous of human crimes and follies, and anything that helps us to understand that is good and useful. Provided that we also understand—what Erasmus only shows for one moment a glimpse of understanding—that it may be the most urgent of human duties.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p448 S 20 ‘17 1550w

=ERICHSEN, ERICH.= Forced to fight; the tale of a Schleswig Dane. *$1.25 (3c) McBride 940.91 (Eng ed 17-15580)

The author tells this story as it was told him by a young soldier returned from the war. “He told me,” says the author, “sometimes calmly and sometimes with excitement, about all those experiences that had whitened his hair and worn out his body, and made him an old man, though he had not yet completed his twenty-seventh year. I am telling his story as he told it to me. The words are mine but all that gives life to them, the moods and thoughts, the hopes and sufferings, the abasement of the soul and the horror of the mind—all these are his.” It is the terrible story of one who endured all of the horrors of war without any of the sustainment of a conviction of right. After the invasion of Belgium, in which he took part, the narrator was transferred to East Prussia, a region similarly devastated. The book is translated from the Danish by Ingeborg Lund.

+ =A L A Bkl= 14:19 O ‘17

=Pratt= p40 O ‘17 40w

=ERVINE, ST JOHN GREER.= Changing winds. *$1.60 (1c) Macmillan 17-9813

The mettle of the young men who are giving their lives in this war and the irretrievable loss suffered by any nation that goes to war are brought home by this novel. It is the story of four boys, friends from schooldays. It is a story filled with the joy and eagerness and tragic seriousness of youth, with its big ambitions and easy achievements and its plans for the reformation of the world. War does not enter into these plans. The war is something that happens; but it cuts across every other claim and takes the four, one after the other. The war is a calamity that breaks suddenly, but the Irish revolution which also enters into the story, gives warnings of its approach. There is hardly a phase of the complicated Irish problem that is not touched on in the course of the novel. Henry Quinn, one of the four, is Irish and it is to him that events are most closely related, but the most vital personality in the group is Gilbert Farlow, killed in Gallipoli. The

## book is dedicated to the memory of Rupert Brooke.

“One of the women and the sex interest she arouses will be disapproved of by some readers, though few such would read the book.”

=A L A Bkl= 13:449 Jl ‘17

“The character-drawing throughout is of a high standard, but the chief interest of the book lies in the discussions between the quartet of young men, which range over nearly all the questions of the day. ... the position of labour, the war, Irish affairs, including the rebellion, etc. ... The book will appeal mostly to the unsophisticated.”

+ — =Ath= p253 My ‘17 210w

“A story of uncommon range and power.” H. W. Boynton

+ =Bookm= 45:411 Je ‘17 670w

“Despite Mr Ervine’s chaotic methods, despite his annoying habit of playing havoc with the passing of time, despite his rapid shifting backward and forward through the years and his consequent chronological disorder, despite the wordiness and trivial episodes in a story that for its full effect should be brisk and compact, he has written in ‘Changing winds’ a novel that demands attention and that is certain to arouse discussion. We do not regret its length and we do not hasten towards its end. ... Anyone who has read ‘Mr Britling sees it through’ will be eager for another view of the English attitude as reflected in Mr Ervine’s agile mind.” E. F. E.

+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 11 ‘17 1400w

“A monument of industry rather than talent. ... ‘Changing winds’ suggests the book of a writer who has attempted to immerse himself in his subject, but has not absorbed its implications. It is the work of a man who does not quite feel the life he portrays.”

— =Dial= 62:443 My 17 ‘17 180w

+ =Ind= 91:183 Ag 4 ‘17 200w

“An interpretation full of insight, and rich in human sympathy.”

+ =Nation= 104:601 My 17 ‘17 570w

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton

+ =Nation= 105:600 N 29 ‘17 130w

“So far, then, as Mr Ervine has allowed his discipleship to H. G. Wells to lead him into discussing universal military service, factory organization, machine industry, etc., he has been badly bamboozled. You have to be a Meredith or at any rate a Wells to overflow into these =creative fictional discussions=, and where Mr Ervine has attempted this he is tin painted to look like steel. ... The utilization of contemporary personages and contemporary events gives ‘Changing winds’ an excitingness that has a sort of suggestion of genius. There are certain tricks about the book, however, that impair this impression. ... Though not written in the first person, ‘Changing winds’ is hot from =first-hand= experience, an empiric version of reality.” F. H.

* + – =New Repub= 10:326 Ap 14 ‘17 2100w

“Mr Ervine’s new book is by all odds the biggest piece of work he has done.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:113 Ap 1 ‘17 550w

“The author has one pervading purpose, namely, to make his readers see Ireland and Irishmen as they are. ... The picture of the recent Irish revolution included in the story is admirably done, and is both touching and dramatic.”

+ =Outlook= 115:710 Ap 18 ‘17 140w

“The title was taken from the sonnet, ‘The dead,’ by Rupert Brooke, to whom the author has dedicated the story.” M. A. S.

=St Louis= 15:184 Je ‘17 20w

“‘Changing winds’ may perhaps be not unfairly described as a set of variations on the theme of Mr St John Ervine’s book, ‘Sir Edward Carson and the Ulster movement,’ in which there was very little about Sir Edward Carson but a great deal about Ulstermen, young and old. ... The pictures of life in London are enlivened by some caustic portraits, under thin disguises, of well-known figures in the world of letters.”

+ =Spec= 118:567 My 19 ‘17 530w

“The most interesting modern Irish novel that we can remember. ... The Londoner and the Dubliner, particularly the former, will have no difficulty in recognizing numerous real people in the thinnest disguises, many of them hit off with amusing malice. ... The book is all youth and enthusiasm, and it is written by a man who obviously loves Ireland and loves England too. That is what makes it so good a presentation of the issue between the two countries.”

+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p187 Ap 19 ‘17 600w

=ESENWEIN, JOSEPH BERG.= Writing for the magazines. *$1.50 Home correspondence school 808 16-26010

“The Writer’s library already contains books on short story writing, photo play writing, writing for vaudeville, verse writing and play writing. Its manifest object is the compiling of a series of helpful and practical textbooks which shall answer the numerous questions which writers want to ask and which no one has time to answer for them. Four things Mr Esenwein considers essential to success in writing—having something to say, knowing how different editors wish it said, knowing how to shape material and knowing the markets.”—Boston Transcript

=A L A Bkl= 13:161 Ja ‘17

+ =Boston Transcript= p8 F 28 ‘17 200w

“‘How to do it’ books are always slightly amusing, but in ‘Writing for the magazines’ J. B. Esenwein gives intelligent practical advice as to what the editor wants.”

+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 30w

+ =Lit D= 54:569 Mr 3 ‘17 50w

=Pittsburgh= 22:56 Ja ‘17

=ESENWEIN, JOSEPH BERG, and STOCKARD, MARIETTA.= Children’s stories, and how to tell them. (Writer’s library) *$1.50 (2½c) Home correspondence school 372.6 18-781

Professor Esenwein is head of the literary faculty of the Home correspondence school, Springfield, Mass., and Miss Stockard is connected with the Wilson normal school, Washington, D.C. The authors attempt to give “a clear statement of the various methods used successfully by story-tellers,” and, from these methods, to deduce certain simple foundation-principles “so as to help the student of the art to understand the material he has to work with, the forms in which it may be cast, various successful methods of presentation, the limitations of his hearers, and the ends he is justified in seeking to gain.” (Foreword) All this is covered in the eleven chapters of part 1, each chapter being followed by “Suggestions for study and discussion.” Part 2 consists of “Fifty stories to tell to children.” These include among others animal, Bible, patriot, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and hero stories. Part 3 gives eight suggestive “Reading and reference lists,” such as “Source-books for the storyteller,” “Books on literary study and its value,” etc. A list of publishers’ addresses is given.

“Now, the important and joyous thing about this excellent new book is that it indicates a reiterated faith on the part of the authors and publishers that story telling is an important factor in life.”

+ =Ind= 92:444 D 1 ‘17 30w

=St Louis= 15:422 D ‘17 30w

=ESSEN, LÉON VAN DER.= Invasion and the war in Belgium; with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict. il *15s T. Fisher Unwin, London 940.91 (Eng ed 17-17104)

“‘Our aim,’ writes Professor van der Essen, ‘has been to give for the first time a connected account and a complete survey of all the events of the German invasion and of the war in Belgium from the attack on Liège till after the battle of the Yser. ... We have always referred to our sources to enable the reader to control our evidence.’ ... The account of the military operations is drawn chiefly from three sources—the official report of the Belgium general staff; a compilation by a Belgian officer entitled ‘Les pages de gloire de l’armée Belge’; and reprinted articles from the newspaper Le XXme. Siècle.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) The author was professor of history at the University of Louvain.

“The fullest and best account of the invasion of Belgium that we have yet seen. ... This book shows in detail what the Belgians did. ... The author gives a clear and dispassionate account of the siege and fall of Antwerp.”

+ =Spec= 118:675 Je 16 ‘17 270w

“The translation falls below the ordinary standard of translations from the French. It is about upon a level with them; but that level is not high. ... We must confess to some disappointment with the critical methods of the author. We cannot always share his confidence in his authorities. ... Professor van der Essen is also very loose in his reckoning of casualties. ... From a military point of view, therefore, we cannot regard this book as of any great value; and yet we welcome it and commend it heartily to the English reader.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p242 My 24 ‘17 1200w

=EVANS, CARADOC.= My people. 4th ed *$1.35 Duffield (Eng ed 16-20112)

“Mr Caradoc Evans’s tales have a comparatively novel setting as an addition to their many purely literary merits. ... The peasants of West Wales are the characters and the neighborhood centring around Capel Sion the scene of all these stories. ... Many of the tales in this volume are sketches, perhaps, rather than stories, but they are every one of them interesting. The quaint dialect is fascinating, the whole point of view of these people redolent of the soil of which they are practically a part.” (N Y Times) The first English edition appeared in 1915.

=N Y Br Lib News= 5:74 My ‘17

“This is not in any way what can be called a pleasant book. It is realism, grim and stark. Realism of that type one usually associates with Russian fiction. ... Yet because he is a genuine and not a pseudo realist, every here and there appears some individual through whose character there runs a thread of pure gold. ... The tales are not without touches of comedy.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:222 Je 10 ‘17 620w

=Pittsburgh= 21:483 N ‘16

=EVERSLEY, GEORGE JOHN SHAW-LEFEVRE, 1st baron.= Turkish empire: its growth and decay. il *$3 (2c) Dodd 949.6 (Eng ed 17-29198)

“In the course of his long life Lord Eversley has witnessed the greater part of the events which have resulted in the expulsion of the Turks. So far back as in 1855 and 1857, he spent some time at Constantinople, and travelled in Bulgaria and Greece, and later, in 1890 and 1895, he revisited these countries and was able to compare their condition with what he recollected from his former visits. In a single volume, in a compact and popular form, he has given not a complete history of the Turkish empire, but a description of the processes by which it was aggregated, under the first ten great sultans, and has since been in great part dismembered under their twenty-six degenerate successors. In the latter part of his volume, Lord Eversley has drawn from his own experience, and puts on record his conversations with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and the Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid.” (Publishers’ note) The book is divided into two parts: The growth of empire, and The decay of empire. There are three maps.

“Lord Eversley knows Turkey well, and is therefore able to write informatively upon the causes which led to the rise of that once great and flourishing nation, and to its subsequent decline and dismemberment. This is a book which should be widely read, especially at the present period.”

+ =Ath= p530 O ‘17 90w

“This very readable and interesting book was written to meet the need of a clear-cut historical interpretation of the forces of disintegration in Turkey. Intentionally of secular rather than academic appeal, it is not the result of independent research, but is based mainly on the great work of von Hammer, the German historian, although many other authorities have been drawn upon for new historical evidence.”

+ =N Y Times= 22:576 D 23 ‘17 550w

“Lord Eversley’s intention to be fair is evident on every page; but, knowing nothing personally of the Asiatic side of Turkey, he has given too much faith to English writers with a grudge against it, who in their turn have given too much faith to eastern Christian writers of a bygone age. Lord Eversley is fairer in his judgment of the Turks, it may be said at once, than any other British author of his standpoint.”

+ — =Sat R= 124:309 O 20 ‘17 1100w

+ =Spec= 119:716 D 15 ‘17 1100w

=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p467 S 27 ‘17 70w

“The Turk has been a failure, and Lord Eversley’s book enables the reader to review with comparative brevity the career of this idle apprentice among the nations. It is interesting and useful to have the main points of Ottoman history with some garnishment of picturesque or arresting detail set forth so handily as in the present volume, but the reader could wish that more attention had been given to the spelling of names and the identification of persons; nor should the capture of Athens and the subsequent strangling of Franco degli Acciajuoli, the last reigning Duke of Athens and Lord of Thebes, be represented as the destruction of the last spark of Greek independence.”

+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p471 O 4 ‘17 1900w

=EWERS, HANNS HEINZ.= Edgar Allan Poe; tr. by Adèle Lewisohn. *60c (7c) Huebsch 17-2710

This essay on Poe is translated from the German. Its author was born in Düsseldorf in 1871 and he has, the translator tells us, lived in almost all the countries of the world. He spent some time in India, finding himself deeply in sympathy with its mysticism. The translator says, “At a time when Poe was comparatively little understood Ewers was his most sympathetic German interpreter. He is able to mirror the soul of Poe because they are intellectual kinsmen.”

Reviewed by H: B. Fuller

=Dial= 62:433 My 17 ‘17 1200w

“The swift, delicate, precise sentences give no sense of translation. ... Ewers’s enthusiastic study, rather his pean in praise of Poe, is a distinct contribution to our growing critical literature on the poet.”

+ =Ind= 89:115 Ja 15 ‘17 100w

— =Nation= 104:410 Ap 5 ‘17 220w

=St Louis= 15:119 Ap ‘17

“Only a German could allow a criticism of Poe to degenerate into a vitriolic attack upon everything English. This is just what happened to Hanns Heinz Ewer’s essay on Poe.”

— =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 5 ‘17 400w

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=FABRE, JEAN HENRI CASIMIR.= Insect adventures; selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs entomologiques,” retold for young people by Louise Seymour Hasbrouck. il *$2 (3c) Dodd 595.7 17-31000

Fabre was a French school-teacher of whom an English critic said: “He is the wisest man, and the best read in the book of nature, of whom the centuries have left us any record.”