Part 2
is Dr. Davis’ portion of the work.
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“While the book as a whole is too heavy for the average high-school work, it will be almost indispensable as a reference work because of its large amount of information, its abundant illustrations, and its helpful suggestions as to the significance of structures and their relationship to one another.”
+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 43: 64. Ja. ’07. 720w.
+ =Nation.= 83: 380. N. 1, ’06. 440w.
“The book can be confidently recommended to students and teachers, and the latter will find the arrangement well worthy of consideration.”
+ =Nature.= 76: 124. Je. 6, ’07. 200w.
“The whole revision has been toward greater precision and succinctness of statement, and has resulted in a more scholarly work.” I. N. Mitchell.
+ + =School R.= 15: 305. Ap. ’07. 850w.
“To ‘touch the high points’ and yet to keep up the connection between them is the difficult task of the writer of an elementary text-book. In some portions of the book before us this has been accomplished, while in others a good deal of matter has been admitted which might well have been left out.” Charles E. Bessey.
+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 144. Ja. 25, ’07. 780w.
=Bernhardi, Frederick von.= Cavalry in future wars. *$3. Dutton.
War 7–19.
“This book was written at the outbreak of the late war in South Africa.... In the course of the first few chapters, Gen. Bernhardi analyzes the functions of the cavalry as modified by the changes that have occurred since the war, and later explains the difficulties which in the future will confront all cavalry operations unless the cavalry leader and his men have been ‘perfected down to the minutest detail.’”—N. Y. Times.
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“His views are entitled to more than ordinary consideration, even though in all his conclusions we may not concur. Perhaps there is no other German soldier so well equipped for handling this subject.” Peter C. Hains.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 606. N. ’07. 440w.
“This book will be read by soldiers, but is needed by a wider public.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 573. N. 10. 1360w.
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 26. Ja. 25, ’07. 560w.
“Gen. von Bernhardi’s ... rank and experience entitle his views to great respect, the more from the earnestness with which he pleads his cause. Barring a few slightly obscure passages, and a faint trace here and there of Teutonic roughness, Mr. Goldman’s translation is smooth and flowing.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 479. My. 23, ’07. 110w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 875. D. 15, ’06. 290w.
“An exhaustive summary.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 257. Ap. 20, ’07. 70w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 50w.
“It may fairly be called the last word on the subject.” Grey Scout.
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 197. F. 16, ’07. 1310w.
=Bernhardt, Sarah.= Memories of my life: being my personal, professional, and social recollections as woman and artist. **$4. Appleton.
7–34323.
The whimsical, rhapsodical, patriotic woman of temperament is revealed in almost every line of these memories. The autobiography “exhibits the true woman in clearer relief than it does the largely mythical superwoman whom it labors to depict. Rich as it is in minor details and vivacious descriptions it adds but little to the common knowledge of the career of the best advertised actress in the world.” (Nation.)
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“In her very characteristic and brightly entertaining memoirs we have on every page the Sarah Bernhardt of the stage, the eccentric and versatile woman of genius, very much as she is already known to the world.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 43: 279. N. 1, ’07. 2150w.
“Self-revelations such as these give, as we think, a real documentary value to this first volume of Sarah Bernhardt’s memoirs, though no doubt the general reader will prefer the narratives of travel and adventure wherein everything appears to be turning around in a mad farandole.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 324. O. 25, ’07. 1600w.
“One of the most successful books ever written. To tell the plain truth, the monstrous egotism of the book greatly weakens the pleasurable impression created by its vivacity, its cleverness, and its abundance of interesting material.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 403. O. 31, ’07. 1140w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
“An invaluable addition to the library, dramatic and otherwise.” Anna Marble.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 733. N. 16, ’07. 2230w.
+ + =Outlook.= 77: 611. N. 23, ’07. 210w.
=Besant, Walter.= Mediaeval London, v. 2: Ecclesiastical. *$7.50. Macmillan.
This second volume of the posthumous work of Walter Besant on “The survey of London” treats of the ecclesiastical life, institutions and influence of the Norman and Plantagenet centuries. The first eight chapters deal with the rise of London’s municipal government.
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“When the nature of the material permits the story is unfolded with agreeable literary effect. We notice here and there a lack of references, usually associated with a passage of minor historical importance. These pages form a good example to tesselated history.”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 113. F. 2, ’07. 1610w. (Review of v. 2.)
“There are various heedless and more or less incorrect statements in the general description of ecclesiastical London, apart from the religious houses. The accounts of hermits and anchorites, as well as of pilgrimage and sanctuary, are insufficient. But enough of adverse criticism has been offered. We cannot help thinking that if Besant had lived a little longer, this portion of his work would have been revised by him or by friends who were competent to aid him.”
− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 157. F. 9. 1710w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Sir Walter Besant’s ‘Mediaeval London’ has unfortunately, found no more capable editor than his ‘London under the Stuarts’ and his ‘London in the time of the Tudors.’ The illustrations are for the most part of real value.” G.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 206. Ja. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is largely a work of paste and scissors, and they have not been applied with intelligence.” M.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 832. O. ’07. 410w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is impossible to regard this volume as a work which Sir Walter Besant would have presented to the public in anything like its present form.”
− + =Nation.= 84: 548. Je. 13, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)
“We select a single passage for quotation, not only because it is significant in itself, but because it gives, we think, a fair idea of the broad and readable way in which this work treats what many might expect to prove a dry-as-dust, antiquarian record—words which precisely describe the exact contrary of the present volume.”
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 374. F. 16, ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Is sure to take its place among popular works on the subject.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 4. F. 23, ’07. 190w. (Review of v. 2.)
+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 115. Ja. 26, ’07. 920w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Bevier, Isabel.= The house; its plan, decoration and care. (Library of home economics.) *$1.25. Am. school of home economics.
6–41738.
“In the early chapters on the development of the house, domestic architecture is shown to be closely allied to the larger problems of state and nation.... Chapters on house planning, construction, decoration and furnishing, and the care of the house follow, and from them may be obtained much useful information. Throughout the book emphasis is laid upon appropriateness, beauty and simplicity of form and color. The book is suggestive to the home builder; plans, materials and cost and the various subdivisions of these are taken up concisely. The home-operator will find here definite suggestions concerning fabrics and furnishings, their cost and durability.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
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“Valuable because of its consideration of basic principles, and of conditions attainable by the average householder.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 160. O. ’07. S.
“For its size this little book contains a great deal of that which tends to raise the standards of the householder and to make the home the real center of national life which the author claims should be its real purpose.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 632. My. ’07. 280w.
=Bevier, Isabel, and Usher, Susannah.= Home economics movement, pt. 1. *75c. Whitcomb & B.
7–5679.
A three-part discussion including Home economics in agricultural colleges and state universities, Cooking schools, and Home economics in the public schools.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.
Bible. Gospel of Barnabas; ed. and tr. by Lonsdale and Laura Ragg, with a facsimile. *$5.25. Oxford.
This manuscript was probably written in the middle of the sixteenth century. It is a “rather careless sixteenth century copy, made by a Venetian scribe, of an earlier and apparently Tuscan document.”
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“The editors deserve the greatest praise for the thoroughness and skill with which they have performed their task. They have been extremely careful in editing the text, and they have supplied an excellent translation, for it is accurate and reads as if it were an original work. They have also written a good introduction, which contains all the information that the reader requires.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 230. Ag. 31. 840w.
“It is to be said that the gospel is interesting reading not only because of its doctrines, as, for example, the view that Paul wrongfully teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus disclaimed Messiahship, that Mohammed is Messiah, not only because of the restraint manifested in the story of the virgin birth, but also because of the positive beauty of some of its sayings and parables.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 261. S. 19, ’07. 940w.
=Bielschowsky, Albert.= Life of Goethe; tr. by W. A. Cooper. 3v ea. **$3.50. Putnam.
=v. 2.= This volume covers the period from the Italian journey to the War of liberation, 1788–1815, comprising the last two chapters of the first volume and the first twelve of the second of the German edition.
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“Mr. Cooper is an American, and he writes ‘American,’ or, at any rate, a dialect of the Anglo-Saxon tongue, which is often forcible and picturesque, but is quite as often not pure English.” Rowland Strong.
+ − =Acad.= 73: 93. N. 2, ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Though Bielschowsky displays remarkable skill in interweaving critical analysis with personal details concerning the poet, yet one who is unfamiliar with the actual works will probably find the chapters devoted to them a trifle dull. After all, these defects are really exaggerations of a good quality—the desire to enter into full sympathy with and understanding of Goethe’s point of view.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 600w. (Review of v. 2.)
“In general it seems that here there is a marked improvement [in the translation]; it is very faithful and at the same time the English is usually free from the influence of the foreign idiom. Occasionally the rendering does not allow for the difference in the connotation of the same word in the two languages.”
+ + − =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 2.)
“It is to begin with, erudite; one feels confident that the author has sifted the enormous mass of material accumulated about every step of Goethe’s career. In the metaphysical parts it is excellent, almost impeccable. We commend heartily the translation of this work and recognize its undoubted value; but we must add frankly that it is in no sense of the word in the tradition of great literature.”
+ + =Ind.= 63: 514. Ag. 29, ’07. 500w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Reviewed by J. Perry Warden.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 464. Jl. 27, ’07. 2210w. (Review of v. 2.)
“The work lacks the supreme test of the biographer as interpreter. In this respect this ‘Life of Goethe’ remains incomplete, but in all else it is a masterly production. Crowning merit of a notable achievement, the biography, with all its scholarly thoroughness, is yet even better adapted to the needs of the general public for which it has been primarily written than to those of the special student.” A. Schade van Westrum.
+ + − =No. Am.= 186: 442. N. ’07. 1640w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Bierer, Everard.= Evolution of religions. **$2. Putnam.
6–42349.
“The particular animus of the author is against the doctrine of the trinity, which assumes altogether too large a place in his survey of the development of religious doctrines.”—Putnam’s.
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“Is amateurish in character, unreliable in statement of fact, incomplete in outlook, and disproportionate in consideration of the phenomena under discussion.”
− =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 70w.
“Shows an excellent spirit, and the greater part of its material is taken from good sources. The title, however, is too large for the contents, and the book suffers somewhat from the author’s insufficient acquaintance with the general history of religions.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 50w.
“Although its author, under his limitations as a layman in the subjects of his criticism, takes himself rather too seriously, the book is written with a sincere interest for a devoutly spiritual religion, and for this is commendable.”
− + =Outlook.= 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 250w.
=Bigelow, Edward Fuller.= Spirit of nature study: a book of social suggestion and sympathy for all who love or teach nature. **$1. Barnes.
7–14642.
“A book of social suggestion and sympathy for all those who love or teach nature.” It is intended to strengthen faith in outdoor education.
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“In which the author has many effective and deserved flings at the stupidity and inanity of much that passes for the study of nature in schools and elsewhere.” George Gladden.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 625. Ag. 5, ’07. 90w.
“[Suggestions that are] sensible enough, and their light personal style would make them effective as informal talks at a teachers’ institute but they cannot be regarded as permanent contributions to the over abundant literature of the subject.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 1354. Je. 6, ’07. 70w.
“The ear-marks of the pedagogue are rather too prominent for the most enjoyable reading.”
− =Nation.= 84: 14. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.
=Bigelow, John.= Peace given as the world giveth. **75c. Baker.
The author writes out of the fulness of a long experience in state craft and diplomacy. He views the Portsmouth peace conference in the light of an “international calamity,” and makes a plea for the “righteousness and wisdom” of war.
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“A remarkable historical document.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 352. Je. 1, ’07. 450w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Cattle-baron’s daughter. †$1.50. Stokes.
6–34082.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“There is some good character drawing but the book cannot lay claim to artistic merit.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Dust of conflict; with il. in color by W. Herbert Dunton. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–7189.
The stormy period just preceding the Spanish-American war furnishes the setting for this story. The hero, “hurried out of England under a cloud,” is wrecked on the coast of Cuba, and in that country becomes a leader of some insurrectionists. “Peril, disaster, and rescue chase each other in such quick and picturesque succession as to give the impression of a grown-up boy’s book.... The military conflicts carry more conviction than the moral one which sets the story in motion.... Yet the moral dilemma is well enough as a means of sending the hero to Cuba and the Cuban part is admirably successful.” (Nation.)
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=Acad.= 72: 168. F. 16, ’07. 310w.
“Not particularly well written but rather lively in interest.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07.
“It is a rattling good story, told briskly and with zest. It lacks subtlety, and is not notable for refinement of diction; but it also lacks dull pages.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 130. F. 2. 160w.
“It would be hard to find a book which is so complete a satire on all the faults of the so-called ‘novel of adventure.’ For the sort of book this present volume typifies there is no legitimate use in literature. Probably it will sell very well, however.” J. Marchand.
− =Bookm.= 25: 429. Je. ’07. 1020w.
“A story which is rich in dramatic interest, and which exhibits remarkable powers of characterization and description.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 350w.
“Though of little artistic merit, is exhilarating reading.” Herbert W. Horwill.
+ − =Forum.= 38: 549. Ap. ’07. 220w.
“The many-sided struggle in Cuba constitutes the strongest part of the novel. In the main, the characters stand well apart from one another, and firmly on their own feet as well.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 360w.
“It is a rattling good story exceedingly well told.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.
“The book is well written and brisk.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 275. Mr. 2, ’07. 170w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Mistress of Bonaventure. *$1. Fenno.
Cattle raising in the Northwest, its difficulties and the dangers from man and nature that beset it, is the burden of this tale. The Canadian mounted police figure in the story which combines love, adventure and practical business. In the end the railroad penetrates that wild country and it finds the rancher hero successful both in love and labor and the frank little mistress of Bonaventure happy in her hero and her prairies.
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=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Bindloss, Harold.= Winston of the prairie. †$1.50. Stokes.
7–29150.
The hero of Mr. Bindloss’ story of the Canadian northwest is a young man under unjust suspicion of murder who has traded names with a man of low caliber and who when he wishes to return to his own name finds it stained with crime. This “impersonation of another man leads to exciting complications, and it is difficult to see how he is going to extricate himself from the false position in which he is placed. But his services to the little farming community, which he teaches to win prosperity out of seeming disaster, are so substantial that when the hour of disentanglement comes, he both clears his name and finds condonation for his deception.” (Dial.)
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“In the wheat-raising region of western Canada, Mr. Bindloss has found a field almost as virgin to the novelist as to the agriculturist, and so subdued it to his purposes that his work will not easily be matched.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 290w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.
“His doings are sufficiently thrilling to while away some dull hours, but the book is not well enough written to commend itself to a reader of particular taste.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 150w.
=Binns, W. Moore.= First century of English porcelain. *$12.50. Lippincott.
6–33521.
After outlining clearly the leading principles of connoisseurship “Mr. Binns relates with great minuteness the story of the evolution of English porcelain, beginning with the foundation of the first factory at Stratford-le-Bow, and passing thence to consider in chronological order the various establishments which in course of time brought the art to a perfection that aroused the admiration even of the most exacting foreign critics, and also of those later manufactories in which was inaugurated the inevitable decadence.” (Int. Studio.) The work is made complete by a chronological schedule of English ceramics and an index.
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+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 488. Ap. 21. 330w.
“The book will be prized as a real art treasure by its fortunate possessors, quite as much as for its store of information.”
+ + =Dial.= 41: 455. D. 16, ’06. 500w.
“A work that will be of great value to collectors and connoisseurs, as well as to all who are interested in what may be called the human side of every successful national industry.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 29: 89. Jl. ’06. 350w.
“While essentially for the collector, the book is written in general, popular phrasing, and the techniques of the art, and some of its secrets are revealed in a pleasantly instructive manner.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 836. D. 1, ’06. 490w.
“The historical side of Mr. Binns’ book is sound as far as it goes; the author has digested a certain number of text-books, and reproduces facts with a commendable air of spontaneity. There are some serious omissions in Mr. Binns’ history.”
+ + − =Sat. R.= 101: 590. My. 12, ’06. 1480w.
=Spec.= 96: 467. Mr. 24, ’06. 300w.
=Birch, Mrs. Lionel.= Stanhope A. Forbes, A. R. A., and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, A. R. W. S.; with 8 reproductions in color and 32 other il. *$1.50. Cassell.
6–45369.
A monograph from the standpoint of personal friendship on two living artists. It reflects the characteristics of two personalities and the environment in which their work has been done.
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“Contains a concise and interesting record, pleasantly tempered by anecdote, of the lives and various works of the two painters of whom it treats.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 707. Je. 9. 440w.
“There is, indeed, not one dull page in the book, and the numerous illustrations are thoroughly representative.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 29: 272. S. ’06. 290w.
“She deserves her readers’ thanks for having filled the record carefully, while avoiding the reproach of overexcitement and an exaggerated sense of the import of her task.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup 25. N. ’06. 710w.
=Birdseye, Clarence Frank.= Individual training in our colleges. **$1.75. Macmillan.
7–18833.
A study of a college student’s problems from the standpoint of the graduate. In his discussion the author deplores the loss of the direct personal influence exerted by professors and instructors over the students of fifty years ago. He deals with the fraternity question and its related problems.
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“His book shows more knowledge, clearer vision, deeper devotion, and more rational hope regarding the American college, than any other book we know of.” Edward O. Sisson.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 285. N. 1, ’07. 940w.
“Upon his own ground the place in our educational machinery which the Greek letter fraternities have already taken and the higher place which, thru the influence of their alumni, they may be made to take, on this ground, Mr. Birdseye speaks with the authority of the constructive reformer and for this reason, if for no other, his book deserves and should receive the careful study of every man who has at heart the welfare of the American college.” F. P. Keppel.
+ + − =Educ. R.= 34: 325. N. ’07. 4300w.
“The book is too long-drawn out, and in parts is repetitious; but it contains much important material in the form of documents and reports, as well as of the author’s own observations.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 281. S. 26, ’07. 190w.
“To make his study effective, the author undertakes to enter the student’s college home life. He searches diligently for facts and deals frankly and candidly with the facts as he finds them.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’07. 170w.
=Birukoff, Paul.= Leo Tolstoy, his life and work. v. 1. **$1.50. Scribner.
6–22384.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“If we are to take ... [the translation] seriously as an attempt to give English readers as intelligible a narrative as that enjoyed by readers of the original, we have to point out that the work has been carelessly done, and that the English reader often finds himself mystified where the Russian finds himself enlightened. When in his old age Tolstoy tells us what he thinks we ought to know of his reminiscences, no one has any right to interpose between him and the English reader. Least of all, has anyone a right to do this anonymously and secretly.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 51. Ja. 12, ’07. 1690w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Bishop, Emily M.= Seventy years young, or The unhabitual way. *$1.20. Huebsch.
7–20745.
A sensible outlook on life whose purpose is “‘to put it into the heads’ of its readers that they can add (1) life to their years and (2) years to their life.” The keynote is the admonition to “keep out of ruts.”
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“A very suggestive, thought-provoking volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 756. D. ’07. 40w.
=Bisland, Elizabeth.= Life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn. 2v. **$6. Houghton.
6–44374.
“Less than one-fifth of this work contains the record of Hearn’s life. The rest is pure Hearn—even more intimate than the books he has written, dealing with the themes which always moved his imagination. His strange origin, his troubled boyhood and years of apprenticeship, his pursuit of the weird, the exotic among tropical peoples, and finally his departure for Japan in 1890 resulting in permanent expatriation, are recorded in more or less brief compass.” Lit. D.
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“The facts of his later life Miss Bisland tells with exactly the brevity and precision with which such facts should be told. Indeed, it is a pleasure to feel that too much praise cannot be given for the ability and reverence with which she has done her work.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 88. Ja. 26, ’07. 1810w.
“It is certain that no letters reveal more vividly or subtly the inner feeling—the essence, one might say—of the writer, than do these.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 9. Ja. ’07.
Reviewed by Paul S. Reinsch.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 607. N. ’07. 1230w.
“Perhaps the worthiest thing to say of these two volumes of some nine hundred pages is that there is not a page too much. Indeed, one page more would have been welcome—containing a bibliography and a glossary of Japanese words.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 126. F. 2. 2170w.
“It is certain, at any rate, that this vivid, affectionate, one might almost say motherly, record of Hearn’s fugitive and feverish life affords a view of him in more illuminating consonance with the quality of his work than any that has been offered by his friends of his own sex.” Ferris Greenslet.
+ + =Atlan.= 99: 261. F. ’07. 7490w.
Reviewed by Harrison Rhodes.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 73. Mr. ’07. 1990w.
=Current Literature.= 42: 49. Ja. ’07. 1890w.
“It would be impossible to give in a few words any adequate impression of the rare quality of the letters that make up the larger part of this book. It is impossible to read them and not feel acquainted with the writer—with the real man behind the mask.” Frederick W. Gookin.
+ + =Dial.= 41: 448. D. 16, ’06. 2370w.
+ + =Ind.= 62: 560. Mr. 7, ’07. 800w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 130w.
“No reader of Hearn’s books can do without this work.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 100w.
“In these days when our shelves are crowded with trivial biographies, it is rare to come across a book so full of human interest, so suggestive, so valuable as a contribution to history as the ‘Life and letters of Lafcadio Hearn.’”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 52. F. 15, ’07. 1440w.
“Of the biographical chapters, it is possible to speak with praise, while admitting considerable reservations. Unquestionably these letters of Hearn’s are among the most interesting that have appeared for a number of years—probably the most valuable since the publication of FitzGerald’s.”
+ + − =Nation.= 83: 464. N. 29, ’06. 1350w.
“The most entertaining, self-revealing, even fascinating literary correspondence published since the death of Robert Louis Stevenson.” James Huneker.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 803. D. 1, ’06. 2380w.
Reviewed by Olivia Howard Dunbar.
+ =No. Am.= 184: 417. F. 15, ’07. 1860w.
“His letters are good to read because they are hearty, spontaneous, lacking in all those reticences and poses with which we are familiar in the correspondence of literary persons of minor note.” H. W. Boynton.
+ + =Putnam.= 1: 636. F. ’07. 500w.
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 110w.
+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 174. F. 9, ’07. 2050w.
+ + =Spec.= 98: 501. Mr. 30, ’07. 1530w.
=Bittinger, Lucy Forney.= German religious life in colonial times. **$1. Lippincott.
7–12674.
An interesting account of the general course of ecclesiastical life among the Germans in America during the Colonial era. The subject is treated under the headings, The Separatists, The church people, The Moravians, The Methodists, The German churches during the Revolution, and it is dealt with in a purely historical manner.
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“Her work shows much care and pains, and full sympathy with its subject.”
+ =Nation.= 84: 498. My. 30, ’07. 100w.
+ =Outlook.= 85: 525. Mr. 2, ’07. 200w.
=Bjorling, Philip R., and Gissing, Frederick T.= Peat: its use and manufacture. **$2. Lippincott.
A practical account of the different methods of preparing peat for commercial purposes and the uses to which peat can be applied. A subject which is claiming more attention as the American coal supply diminishes.
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“It is doubtful if there is possible a more comprehensive view of the field in a small volume than is given in this one. The material is of course largely compiled, but with more detail than one would think possible.”
+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 425. O. 17, ’07. 460w.
+ =Nature.= 76: 562. O. 3, ’07. 1020w.
=Black, Rev. Hugh.= Listening to God: Edinburgh sermons. **$1.25. Revell.
6–42404.
Brief sermons by the professor of practical theology in Union seminary.
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“The sermons are not brilliant, but they are manifestly the expression of the personality and experience of the preacher. And that after all is the only preaching that counts.” Theodore G. Soares.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 711. O. ’07. 140w.
“The sermons are full of ideas, without being in the least sensational, and cannot fail to stimulate thought.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 110w.
=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 40w.
“Some of them put fresh points to their texts, and all of them are characterized by simplicity, earnestness, and moral vigor.”
+ =Outlook.= 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 110w.
=Blackmar, Frank Wilson.= Economics; new ed. *$1.40. Macmillan.
7–12998.
A new edition which extends bibliographies and brings its tables down to date.
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“In preparing his book on economics, the author has obviated both of these general criticisms by stating his problems in a clear and interesting manner, and by placing on the market a text book which is both elementary enough and cheap enough to be accessible to average beginners.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 150. Jl. ’07. 180w.
“Beyond being simply and well written, the book is without any very marked distinguishing characteristic. Its presentation of the doctrine of socialism in chapter 8 is excellent.”
+ =Educ. R.= 33: 535. My. ’07. 70w.
=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 376. Je. ’07. 50w.
“The whole is a moderate and common-sense exposition of the subject, not always set out in the happiest terms.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 646. N. 2, ’07. 110w.
=Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander=, eds., and trs. Philippine islands, 1493–1898. 55 v. ea. *$4. Clark, A. H.
3–6936.
Descriptive note for series in December, 1905.
“There is no other comprehensive treatment of this subject to compare with it. It is a most praiseworthy piece of editorial work.” James A. LeRoy.
+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 912. Jl. ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 39–46.)
+ + =Ind.= 63: 878. O. 10, ’07. 740w. (Review of v. 39–50.)
=Blaisdell, E. Warde.= Animal serials. **$1. Crowell.
6–34712.
In which animals are drawn to express the “foibles, fancies, weaknesses, and conceits that are noticeable in human beings.”
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“A unique and mirth-provoking collection of droll drawing.”
+ =Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 50w.
+ =Dial.= 41: 397. D. 1, ’06. 140w.
=Blake, Mary Elizabeth.= In the harbour of hope. **$1.25. Little.
7–37236.
A volume of verse by one to whom Dr. Holmes once said, “You are one of the birds that must sing.” Her poems touch upon religion, nature, humanity and ideals, and voice the sturdy yet peaceful notes of the simple life.
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=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
=Blake, William.= Letters: together with a life by Frederick Tatham; ed. from the original manuscripts by Archibald G. B. Russell. *$2. Scribner.
7–15910.
From all the material furnished in this “life and letters” one gathers a story of Blake’s life “quite apart from his poetry, his painting and his mysticism, and full of human interest.”
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“A collection of letters as complete as it can be made at present.” A. Clutton-Brock.
+ + =Acad.= 71: 524. N. 24, ’06. 900w.
“No more simple and straightforward letters were ever written, nor any in which an intimate ecstasy has found such immediate expression. The other part of Mr. Russell’s book, the life of Frederick Tatham, is of no literary value, but is invaluable as a document.”
+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 611. N. 17. 910w.
+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 12. Ja. 11, ’07. 120w.
“Mr. Russell’s introduction is written from large knowledge, and is a really valuable essay on Blake as an artist.”
+ + =Nation.= 83: 533. D. 20, ’06. 350w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 150w.
“These letters give us a better idea of the man than any biography.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 708. D. 8, ’06. 500w.
“Mr. Russell has made amends for some want of editorial judgment by restoring the true reading in one line of poetry, misprinted in Gilchrist, and consequently in every edition of the poems.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 826. N. 24, ’06. 680w.
=Blanchard, Amy E.= Four Corners in California. †$1.50. Jacobs.
7–30993.
In which the four Corners go on a trip to California where new scenes and experiences call forth all their young enthusiasm. There are bits of instruction which the young reader may cull from the story.
=Blanchard, Amy E.= Three little cousins. (Little maid ser.) †$1. Jacobs.
7–28974.
One from England, one from the east and one from the west, three little cousins meet for the first time at their aunt’s cottage by the sea. This story tells of the good times they had during a summer together.
=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= Railway children; with drawings by C. E. Brock. †$1.50. Macmillan.
6–34371.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Told with something of the humor and originality of the ‘Would-be-goods’ but overdrawn, inclined, to sensationalism, and not nearly so good.”
− =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.
“It must be confessed, however, that the incidents in ‘The railway children’ are quite as conventionally melodramatic as in many of the American stories.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 34: 763. D. ’06. 270w.
=Bland, Edith (Nesbit) (Mrs. Hubert Bland).= Story of the amulet; with 48 il. by H. R. Millar. $1.50. Dutton.
7–32330.
“Here we have what we may call ‘Alice in Wonderland in excelsis.’ A family of children, whose father has gone as a war correspondent, while their mother is on a health voyage, discover a wonderful creature called a Psammead. By his help, together with the amulet which figures in the title, they are transported to various scenes in the past, after the fashion of the king who lived a life while he was dipping his head in a pail of water. They go to pre-dynastic Egypt, when palaeolithic man was in the Nile valley; they see Babylon, whose queen has an opportunity of expressing her views about social conditions in London; they see the vanished Atlantis, and Julius Caesar when he was in Britain, and then, by a backward leap, a Pharaoh, one of the special devotees of the Amen-Ra.”—Spec.
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“A delightful book, destined to be read and re-read by (or to) her small admirers.”
+ =Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 70w.
“Children who like fairy tales will enjoy the book and unconsciously acquire a certain amount of knowledge.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 206. N. ’07.
“Characteristic of E. Nesbit are skillful delineation of childish individuality and facility in charging the most impossible situation with a current of sweet reasonableness, and these features distinguish ‘The story of the amulet.’”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 70w.
“Very delightful book which is interesting for old as well as young.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 130w.
“A fascinating narrative, and one which has beneath the surface a gentle satire and also a kindly human sympathy.”
+ =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 180w.
+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w.
“The general result is a very clever extravaganza, which an intelligent young person will hardly be able to read without acquiring, unconsciously, or even against his or her will, a certain amount of knowledge.”
+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 658. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
=Bland, Hubert.= Letters to a daughter. *$1.25. Kennerley.
“A staid book of imaginary letters” in which the writer “instructs a young woman in that mysterious art, in which all that is subtle, all that is beautiful, all that is morbid, all that is delicate, all the all of all, can be expressed—the art of being a woman.” (Acad.)
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+ =Acad.= 71: 406. O. 20, ’06. 220w.
“He drags Epicuranism over the ultimate precipice of cynicism, and it is only because he does it with humor and an eyeglass that we forgive him. Our admiration in any case must follow him.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 654. N. 24. 350w.
“One thing Alexa’s father did not have, and that was keen sense of humor, a thing hardly to be forgiven in a letter writer.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 253. Ap. 20, ’07. 400w.
“They are eminently readable. How far the instruction they contain is suited to the age of their supposed recipient—a girl of nineteen—is another matter.”
+ − =Spec.= 97: 529. O. 13, ’06. 1940w.
=Blunt, Reginald.= Paradise row; or, A broken piece of old Chelsea. *$3.50. Macmillan.
7–25145.
Being the curious and diverting annals of a famous village street newly destroyed, together with particulars of sundry notable persons who in former times dwelt there, to which are added likenesses of the principal of them and their several houses; the whole collected and presented by Reginald Blunt.
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“Our author’s style does not always please us, and is sometimes complicated.”
+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 616. N. 17. 480w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 857. D. 8, ’06. 300w.
“He tells his story very agreeably.”
+ =Sat. R.= 102: 780. D. 22, 06. 220w.
=Boardman, Rosina Cox.= Lilies and orchids. *$2.50. Cooke.
7–24620.
“A guide to those interested in this particular branch of floral and botanical study, and is of use also to all lovers of wild flowers. The flower families are illustrated by specimens chosen mainly in the United States east of the Rockies, but with a few also from Canada and California.”—Outlook.
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“A timely and attractive publication.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 60w.
+ =Nation.= 84: 595. Je. 27, ’07. 190w.
“A really unusual book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 410. Je. 22, ’07. 60w.
“The color-studies are notable for their exquisite tints and faithful reproduction of the originals.”
+ + =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 90w.
=Boigne, Comtesse de.= Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne; ed. from the original ms. by M. Charles Nicoullaud. **$2.50. Scribner.
7–21749.
=v. 1.= “This new collection covers the period extending from the last days of the old monarchy, through the revolution and the first empire, to the restoration of the Bourbons by the allied sovereigns of Europe.... The pages are filled with lively reminiscences and amusing anecdotes in which figure all the famous folk of this wonderful time, men and women distinguished in society, politics, and literature, from Mme. Récamier and Lady Hamilton to Guizot and Lamartine, from Lafayette to Mme. de Staël.”—N. Y. Times.
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=v. 2.= “The reminiscences of the Comtesse are continued during the Hundred days, Napoleon’s return from Elba, the events of Waterloo, and the restoration down to the year 1819. During this period the Comtesse returned to England with her father, who was French ambassador. Anecdotes of the English court and aristocratic society abound, and much criticism of English manners and customs, pointed by comparisons with French social and political life, makes highly entertaining reading.”—Sat. R.
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“These memoirs are exactly what memoirs should be—to be of value and interest. No attempt is made to write history; there is nothing pretentious about them, nothing dull.”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 532. Je. 1, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A volume which, while here and there open to doubts as to accuracy, is everywhere attractive.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 64. Jl. 20. 1160w. (Review of v. 1.)
Reviewed by S. M. Francis.
+ =Atlan.= 100: 492. O. ’07. 610w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The translator, modestly anonymous, has succeeded in giving to his version the agreeable effect of an original work.” Percy F. Bicknell.
+ + =Dial.= 43: 84. Ag. 16, ’07. 1630w. (Review v. 1.)
“This second volume is inferior in interest to the first, owing to the lesser importance of its subject-matter.”
+ =Ind.= 63: 1376. D. 5, ’07. 700w. (Review of v. 2.)
“This volume is one of exceptional readableness.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 271. Ag. 24, ’07. 2480w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The Comtesse de Boigne is a good talker, and we cannot have too much of her. She is not as piercingly clever as Madame du Deffand, or as steely in her philosophical content as Madame Geoffrin, or as sensitive as Madame de Beaumont, or as sensible as Madame d’Epinay. But she is what the frontispiece tells us—a shrewd, sagacious, witty, unexaggerative Frenchwoman, with enough heart to serve our turn and enough experience to make her wise—not enough, perhaps, to make her lovable. She may have been more trenchant than profound, but to quarrel with her is impossible.”
+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 188. Je. 14, ’07. 2250w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The work contains much distinguished trifling, and is interesting for desultory reading or as a mine for quotation.”
+ =Nation.= 85: 237. S. 12, ’07. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The appendix is stored with some interesting correspondence, which the judicious editor has carefully sifted from the text in order to make the latter coherent. Everywhere his literary skill and historical knowledge are in evidence but never intrusive.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 509. Ag. 24, ’07. 1330w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Decidedly, these memoirs are among the best and most valuable published this autumn. No lover of biography and personalia can afford to forego the pleasure of their perusal. No historian of the period can ignore them. Incidentally, both will be under deep obligation to M. Charles Nicoullaud, the editor, whose literary adjustments have undoubtedly added to the coherence of the book and whose running commentary and appendices make its authority complete and secure.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 713. N. 9, ’07. 1180w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Delightful reading of their kind.”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 370. D. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“What makes these memoirs so interesting is that Madame de Boigne describes, with pitiless fidelity, the intimate life of three successive régimes, that of Louis XVI., that of Buonaparte, and that of Louis XVIII.”
+ =Sat. R.= 103: 784. Je. 22, ’07. 1620w. (Review of v. 1.)
“She was a shrewd observer, wrote cleverly, and her little cynicisms, mingled with aristocratic complacency, are extremely amusing.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 140w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A readable translation, though it appears to miss the point of one of Madame de Boigne’s best stories.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: 57. Jl. 13, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Bolce, Harold.= New internationalism. **$1.50. Appleton.
7–6637.
The financial and commercial amalgamation of the nations is the central theme of Mr. Bolce’s discussion. The following comparison between this book and Miss Jane Addams’ “Newer ideals of peace” is enlightening: “Mr. Bolce is material; Miss Addams spiritual. He puts his trust in the development of international trade; she detects the development of cosmopolitan friendship. One sees, in the financiers and merchants, the architects of the new internationalism; the other finds among the feeblest immigrants the harbingers of the new ideals. But the books are complementary, not contradictory.” (Ind.)
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“The book is scrappy and somewhat superficial, but clever, interesting and emphasizes a note that needs emphasis at the present time, that of reciprocity and the economic interdependence of modern nations.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 118. My. ’07.
+ =Ind.= 62: 855. Ap. 11, ’07. 680w.
“Though written primarily for English readers, it has interest for American students of the subject, but it does not pretend to be a book for experts. If it can lay claim to no striking merits, the volume is also free from striking defects.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 553. Je. 13, ’07. 320w.
“There is nothing visionary or academic about Mr. Bolce’s economics. His sympathies are all with the men who do things, and he thinks them competent to teach the closet theorists.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 58. F. 2, ’07. 320w.
=R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 50w.
=Bölsche, Wilhelm.= Haeckel; his life and work; tr., with an introd., by Joseph McCabe. *$4. Jacobs.
6–24940.
A “plain study” of Haeckel’s personality and the growth of his ideas which is intended in its approximately true appreciation to replace “a hundred Haeckels grotesque in their unlikeness to each other” which “circulate in our midst today.”
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+ =Current Literature.= 42: 96. Ja. ’07. 1780w.
“The distinguished German biographer brings to his task not merely literary style and imaginative qualities, but a technical and intimate knowledge of science in its latest development.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 160w.
“This is an unusually successful work in a difficult field. While we must give credit to the author for teaching us a great deal of zoology in a pleasant manner, the most difficult part of his task, he has hardly done justice to an exceptionally interesting individuality.”
+ + − =Nation.= 84: 392. Ap. 25, ’07. 790w.
“Prof. W. Bölsche’s study of Ernst Haeckel is, like the frontispiece of the book, a picture in warm colours. The author is nothing if not enthusiastic, and indeed no one can think over the achievements of Haeckel’s life without sharing the author’s admiration for his hero.”
+ =Nature.= 74: 26. My. 10, ’06. 680w.
“In the nature of things—and the German professional point of view and literary manner—the total is rather hard reading. Yet there is much of real interest.”
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 43. Ja. 26, ’07. 1120w.
“Is a model biography for the unprofessional, but cultured reader.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 585. N. 10, ’06. 110w.
“Very lucid and interesting account of this veteran biologist’s life and work.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 467. O. 6, ’06. 260w.
=Bond, Beverly Waugh, jr.= Monroe mission to France 1794–1796. 50c. Johns Hopkins.
7–22912.
A detailed account of this important diplomatic incident, which is based upon the Monroe papers and gives the inner history of the mission, definitely establishing the circumstances and the motives of the actors.
=Bonner, Geraldine.= Rich men’s children; il. by C. M. Relyea. †$1.50. Bobbs.
6–37925.
A western story in which a multimillionaire’s son marries an adventuress, takes to the mountains to win back his peace of mind, falls in love with a bonanza king’s daughter and hopes for developments that will permit an honorable marriage. The way appears when the former husband of the unfit wife appears, and is a welcome factor in straightening the tangle.
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“Is one of the strongest romances of the year.”
+ + =Arena.= 36: 687. D. ’06. 280w.
“All things considered, it is rather the best piece of fiction that has yet come from Geraldine Bonner’s pen, the clearest character drawing, the strongest situations, the most thoroughly human appeal from first to last.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ + − =Bookm.= 26: 78. S. ’07. 710w.
“Miss Bonner’s book is primarily about the children of two of these bonanza families, but its best and most interesting, parts are those that treat of the parents.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 871. D. 15, ’06. 460w.
=Booth, Mrs. Maud Ballington.= Twilight fairy tales. **$1.25. Putnam.
6–38892.
Mrs. Booth’s tales follow the fortunes of a little boy “who found the magic land of ‘Maybe’ the more readily for faithfulness in the land of ‘Is,’ and so lived cheek by jowl with fairies when he had behaved himself properly.” (Nation.)
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“The stories are new and ‘different.’”
+ =Bookm.= 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 70w.
=Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 22, ’06. 20w.
=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.
=N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 60w.
“Mrs. Booth writes fluently and gracefully. The pictures are somewhat strained in effect and badly drawn.”
+ − =Outlook.= 84: 795. N. 24, ’06. 70w.
=Booth, William H.= Water softening and treatment, condensing plant, feed pumps, and heaters for steam users and manufacturers; with figs., diags. and tables. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.
7–4532.
The work is divided into five sections as follows: 1, Treatment of water by softening, together with the separation of oil and filtration; 2, Air pumps, condensers, and circulating pumps; 3, Feed heating and stage heating; 4, Water cooling; and 5, Feed pumps and injectors.
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“From those portions of the book more closely related to its title the American engineer will learn but little. The methods of analysis given are inadequate and the forms of softening apparatus described are evidently less efficient than those in common use in this country.” George C. Whipple.
− =Engin. N.= 56: 187. Ag. 16, ’06. 190w.
“Altogether, the book contains complete information with respect to the purification and supply of water to steam boilers, which will be valuable to users of steam; whilst the first portion on water softening, will be very useful in indicating the methods by which hard water may be rendered available for various manufactures requiring pure water.”
+ + =Nature.= 74: 464. S. 6, ’06. 570w.
=Booth, William Stone.= Practical guide for authors in their relations with publishers and printers. *50c. Houghton.
7–14814.
“A clear and terse exposition of ‘those questions and difficulties which may arise during negotiations for the sale of a manuscript to a publisher, or in the relations which exist between a publisher and an author after a work has been accepted.’”—N. Y. Times.
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“Mr. Booth writes with authority, having full and very helpful knowledge of his subject.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 80w.
+ =Ind.= 63: 763. S. 26, ’07. 70w.
“He writes of the practical side of things with sanity and clearness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 50w.
“The best book of its kind we have seen, both for its simplicity and its comprehensiveness. It is in reality an excellent ‘style-card’ for printers and proof-readers, as well as a book of directions for writers.”
+ + =Nation.= 84: 359. Ap. 18, ’07. 40w.
“Should prove of great service in making the creators and publishers of books more often walk the primrose path.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 160w.
“Aside from the scholarly work everywhere evident in the book, there is an interest not usually associated with books of a similar kind—in fact Mr. Booth’s book makes entertaining instruction of a very dry subject.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ + =School R.= 15: 556. S. ’07. 270w.
=Borden, Spencer.= Arab horse; with preface by Prof. Henry Osborne; il. **$1.20. Doubleday.
6–36199.
“An interesting history of the animal, both on his native heath and in the countries to which he has been exported. Considerable space is given to the Arabs in America; and their pedigrees and history are interesting to the lovers of the breed.”—Nation.
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+ =Nation.= 83: 393. N. 8, ’06. 50w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 110w.
=Borden, Stephen Whiley.= How to check electricity bills: containing methods of charging for electricity with directions for reading and testing electric meters. *50c. McGraw pub.
7–31191.
“The first part of this little volume is given over to a non-technical definition of a watt, by considering how many watts the common forms of apparatus use. Chapters are included on general principles of meters, troubles and systems of charges and discounts.”—Engin. N.
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=Engin. N.= 57: 555. My. 16, ’07. 160w.
=Bosanquet, Helen (Mrs. Bernard Bosanquet).= Family. *$2.75. Macmillan.
7–11569.
“This book is a sociological study in which the ethical interest is clearly recognized throughout as the dominant interest. It is the history of an institution considered as embodying certain moral ideas. In tracing the development of the family, in examining its various forms, and in tracing its relation with other institutions, Mrs. Bosanquet keeps unfalteringly the human point of view. The book is quite uncontroversial in tone.... The first part is historical.... The second part treats of the modern family—its bases, economic function, its constituent parts, its outlook.”—Int. J. Ethics.
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“Mrs. Bosanquet gives us a rich collection of truths; but they are not the whole truth; and without the whole truth the whole picture of the family becomes distorted,” C. S. Devas.
+ − =Acad.= 71: 573. D. 8, ’06. 1400w.
“Preserving throughout the ethical interest, the optimistic view. Written in a luminous, easy style.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.
“The author has done a valuable work in bringing together the results of the most careful investigators into the early history of the institution as well as a study of the modern family.” Emily Fogg Meade.
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 173. Jl. ’07. 450w.
“With an easy, luminous style, ready but unobtrusive humor, and a warmth that grows into eloquence, almost into passion towards its close, the book is in its fundamental attitude an admirable contribution on a most important subject.” Mary Gilliland Husband.
+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 399. Ap. ’07. 740w.
Reviewed by Mary L. Bush.
=J. Philos.= 4: 468. Ag. 15, ’07. 1010w.
“Some chapters compare favorably with anything to be found elsewhere on the same subjects. Many of the reflections are perhaps not very profound. There are rather too many formless generalities; the conclusions lack precision; they do not always escape being platitudes. Mrs. Bosanquet raises many problems, physical and moral, only to leave some of them much as she found them. These drawbacks notwithstanding, there is a rare vein of reflection, there are delicate observations, perception of circumstances which escape the eye of the ordinary observer; and we are constantly in the company, if not of an acute economist, of a moralist who has an eye for much to which the latter is apt to be blind.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 383. D. 16, ’06. 1400w.
“It should be said that this volume contains occasional passages of rare eloquence, such as those on p. 160 and onwards, on the very real and spiritual entity of the family.”
+ + =Nature.= 75: 78. N. 22, ’06. 340w.
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 898. Ap. 20. ’07. 2330w.
“It would be possible to deal rather roughly with various aspects of family life, but her general tone is one of gentle optimism, and we are afraid it is the glorified ideal of the family rather than its materialised form that she traces for us.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 808. D. 29, ’06. 1200w.
“Mrs. Bosanquet’s book is remarkably restrained and uncontroversial in tone.”
+ + =Spec.= 97: 825. N. 24, ’06. 1590w.
“An interesting volume.”
+ =Yale R.= 15: 468. F. ’07. 120w.
=Bose, Jagadis Chunder.= Plant response as a means of physiological investigation. *$7. Longmans.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“A biologically equipped reader with no special knowledge of plant physiology will experience dazzled admiration for the logical, progressive way in which the author builds up, not in words, but actually experiment on experiment, a complete functioning plant from three simple conceptions. A student of plant physiology, who has some acquaintance with the main classical ideas of his subject, will feel at first extreme bewilderment as he peruses this book. It proceeds so smoothly and logically, and yet it does not start from any place in the existing ‘corpus’ of knowledge, and never attaches itself with any firm adherence. This effect of detachment is heightened by the complete absence of precise references to the work of other investigators.” F. F. Blackman.
+ − =Nature.= 75: 313. Ja. 31, ’07. 2170w.
=Bottome, Phyllis.= Imperfect gift [a novel]. †$1.50. Dutton.
“The author has taken for her central characters two sisters, one of whom is obviously and remarkably beautiful; the other is beautiful in her heart and mind, whilst far from impeccable, and lovably human. The lives of these two girls are traced from their early childhood, with a widowed mother in Italy, to their establishment in life in London; and their characters are developed before our eyes with subtlety and skill.”—Ath.
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“The whole book is very unequal and unfinished; the people do not live or gain the reader’s sympathy, and difficulties are avoided at the expense of truth.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 393. Ap. 20, ’07. 480w.
“There are 340 pages in it, and not one of them is a page wasted or spoilt. It is a fine sober piece of literary workmanship, as well as an entertaining novel.”
+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 468. Ap. 20. 220w.
“The story is smoothly and competently told, and while its basis lies in the realm of mediocre, respectable fiction, the observation of detail, if a shade shopworn, is always sufficiently correct and agreeably expressed to make the whole fairly readable—if no better novel be at hand.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07, 260w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 110w.
“The reader will find the story completely satisfactory until the moment comes when he is told what is the particular talent to which the heroine is going to devote herself.”
+ − =Spec.= 98: 625. Ap. 20, ’07. 200w.
=Boulting, William.= Tasso and his times. *$2.75. Putnam.
A biography full of side-lights on the history of Italy during the latter part of the sixteenth century. Tasso’s personal history is a succession of failures and troubles; it is a record of one too weak to buffet his way among despots and courtiers identified with Italy’s decline and corruption.
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“We may have appeared to have criticised Mr. Boulting severely, but we have done so because his book seems to deserve careful consideration, and we desire to recommend it to many readers whom its more conspicuous merits will instruct and entertain.”
+ + − =Acad.= 73: 965. O. 5, ’07. 2080w.
“From every point of view, historical, biographical, literary, and critical, ‘Tasso and his times’ will be found most satisfactory.” Walter Littlefield.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 598. O. 5, ’07. 1320w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.
“It is rather because this volume gives us a clear picture of Italy in the latter part of the sixteenth century than because it is a biography of Tasso that it will be welcome to a large circle of readers.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 220w.
“This book, heralded so loudly, is a popular and superficial account, not so much of Tasso as a poet as of Tasso at court, without a single note or an allusion in the text to any authority save a reference in the last chapter to Professor Solerti. Mr. Boulting mistakes the whole dream and purpose of the Italian renaissance.”
− − =Sat. R.= 104: 397. S. 28, ’07. 1320w.
“Mr. Boulting does a biographer’s duty without partiality, and makes an effective picture of the man. On Tasso’s poetry Mr. Boulting gives us some excellent criticism; this is, we think, the best part of his book. Of the ‘times’ he has much to say. He has gathered materials with unsparing industry, sometimes, it may be going too far afield, and bringing back what it might have been better to leave behind. Still, he has written a very readable book.”
+ + − =Spec.= 99: 402. S. 21, ’07. 230w.
=Boulton, William B.= Thomas Gainsborough, his life, work, friends, and sitters. *$2.75. McClurg.
This is as complete and comprehensive as a study of every bit of available material can make it. The interesting stages of Gainsborough’s development are followed, facts concerning his friends and the subjects of his portraits are recorded, and a good summary of the achievements of the artist and the characteristics of the man fills the last two chapters. The evolution of his genius is also traced in the forty reproductions of his paintings.
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“In spite of unavoidable gaps and deficiencies, even the early chapters of the book are not dull. He has utilized the accepted sources of biographical material, marshalling his facts in simple orderly fashion, and dealing with them in a dignified and yet thoroughly genial and appreciative way.” Edith Kellogg Dunton.
+ =Dial.= 43: 247. O. 16, ’07. 1140w.
“Mr. Boulton has a very uneven style, and the proofreader is guilty of several slips, but these little blemishes do not prevent a reader from enjoying the absence of dryness, one of the common failings of ‘art books’ in all ages. He feels that he has come perceptibly nearer to an understanding of the impetuous yet shrewd, Thomas Gainsborough.” Charles de Kay.
+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 585. S. 28, ’07. 1430w.
=Bourchier, Dr. Helen.= Darry’s awakening. †$1.50. Warne.
A book for girls which tells the story of a child’s loveless training among grandparents and aunts who were “doing their duty” by the daughter of the departed member of their family who had married a man unfit, so they believed, to be responsible for the child. The father returns, carries his daughter off to India with him, and there, thrown upon her own resources, she tries and succeeds in righting a life whose warped beginnings furnish but poor encouragement.
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“This might have been an innocuous book for girls just turning up their pigtails, had not the author apparently believed Darry’s truthfulness justifiably wrecked for life by the tinned salmon.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 187. Ag. 29, ’07. 380w.
=Bourke, S. Ten Eyck.= Fables in feathers. il. †$1. Crowell.
7–24036.
Children will be delighted with these fables, which tell them why the swallow wears a forked tail, why the robin wears a red breast, why the woodpecker goes a-tapping, why the owl can’t see in the sun, why the peacock wears eyes on his tail, why the crow’s feathers are black, how the mocking bird got his name, and how the parrot came to wear a hooked beak, and why the jackdaw hides everything bright.
=Bousset, Wilhelm.= Jesus; tr. by Janet Penrose Trevelyan; ed. by W. D. Morrison. *$1.25. Putnam.
6–21195.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“On the whole the work is not extremely radical: it seeks to be constructive, is written in good spirit.”
+ =Ind.= 61: 1571. D. 27, ’06. 390w.
=Bowen, Marjorie.= Master of Stair. †$1.50. McClure.
7–15924.
“A story of Scotland at the close of the seventeenth century, dealing in the main with a plot to overthrow William of Orange, but more specifically with the hereditary feud between the clans of Campbell and Glencoe, and the treachery by which the latter clan was finally exterminated.”—Bookm.
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“The author has a sense of style and a fertile imagination. Against [several] slips may be set the vivid portraiture of many characters (those of William of Orange and Lady Dalrymple would redeem a far worse book) and the general truth of the local colour.”
+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 601. My. 18. 260w.
“While quite distinctly not in the same class with Maurice Hewlett, she nevertheless shares with him the rather uncommon gift of infusing the thrill of life into vanished centuries, and making men and women, long since a handful of dust, seem to us, for the time being living breathing realities.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 25: 393. Je. ’07. 520w.
“Her second novel is so much more creditable a work that its merits are in no need of puffery.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 43: 64. Ag. 1, ’07. 170w.
“While we admire her spirit, it is difficult to feel that all this ‘slightly grandiloquent magnificence’ is satisfactory; it is a rich cloak, but it does not take the place of bones and flesh.”
− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 166. My. 24, ’07. 380w.
“The author has decided descriptive ability. Has also dramatic power.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 362. Je. 8, ’07. 320w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 280w.
+ =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.
“Exhibiting a total ignorance of technique, of the rudiments of her art, she contrives to emerge safely and successfully from all kinds of difficult situations.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 657. My. 25, ’07. 400w.
=Bowen, Marjorie.= Viper of Milan. $1.50. McClure.
6–41272.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“It is not so much the clever blending of history and fiction which makes Miss Bowen’s book remarkable; it is the rare atmosphere of reality which permeates it.” Frederic Taber Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 24: 487. Ja. ’07. 390w.
“The story makes up in action for the shortcomings of its style.”
+ − =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 140w.
“There is not a philosophical sentence in the book, not a single appeal to religion, it is simply a gorgeous fairy tale of human life with a diabolical hero, worked out thru every imaginable irony of circumstance, and considered within these limitations, it is almost beyond criticism in style, construction and fascination.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 97. Ja. 10, ’07. 640w.
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 220w.
=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Her prairie knight, and Rowdy of the “Cross L.” il. †$1.25. Dillingham.
7–23641.
A reissue of two good western stories. In the former a New York society girl is influenced by the sky, the air and the plains, to be true to herself and marry for love rather than for a title. The second tells of the devotion of a little school teacher of the plains to her cowboy brother, whose trickery and dishonesty are run to cover by the man she loves.
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“He has a sense of humor, especially in the situations he contrives and he has written an entertaining story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 515. Ag. 24, ’07. 130w.
=Bower, B. M. (B. M. Sinclair).= Range dwellers. †$1.25. Dillingham.
7–6407.
The breezy, dare-devil, son of a San Francisco millionaire tells in his own amusing way of how he was rusticated on his father’s Montana cattle ranch, in the hope that it would make a man of him, how he fell in love with the daughter of a neighboring rancher, who had enjoyed thirty years of feud and enmity with his father, and how he carried her off in a motor-car. Altogether he demonstrates that he is a wholly “good sort” capable of winning the good comradeship of his fellow cowboys altho handicapped by being “the son and heir.”
* =Boxall, George E.= Awakening of a race. *$2.75. Wessels.
7–32830.
“In this work the author has traced out briefly the tendencies of thought in civilized countries at the present time with a view to estimating the probable trend of events in the near future. He notes the decay of ideals in this and in other civilised lands, and prophesies a new development of the religious idea. Man, he says, always has had and always must have a religion as a guide to conduct, and the lesson we learn from the past is that a new religion grows gradually out of an older one as man’s knowledge increases. According to him Christianity has about reached its ultimate capacity for division, and, as ‘a house divided against itself cannot stand,’ a new development in religion, based on a scientific view of the world, is absolutely necessary.”
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“A person who dares to jeer at a faith of whose history he has not a textbook knowledge, who sets his conclusions in matters of ethnological research against those of the acknowledged leaders of the science, without so much as a schoolboy’s equipment, calls rather for contempt than criticism, laughter than logic. When he enters the domain of sociology and religion he becomes merely ridiculous, and his essays in the reconstruction of human origins are too silly to be entirely dull.”
− − =Acad.= 73: 789. Ag. 17, ’07. 2350w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Boyles, Kate, and Boyles, Virgil D.= Langford of the Three Bars. †$1.50. McClurg.
7–15542.
This tale of South Dakota follows the trials of a young ranchman, Paul Langford, who undertakes to put an end to cattle-rustling in his section. The county attorney takes up the fight for Langford against the thieves, and the terrifying happenings that result provide a wild west thrill for every page. Langford’s energy, determination and sense of justice win the day finally, tho not without tragedies.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.
“Their collaborative work is remarkably smooth and even and shows little trace of its double authorship.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 190w.
=Brace, Benjamin.= Seventh person. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–34686.
Jerry Chambers is a young collegian who as a member of a fraternity is obliged at the end of his course to perform whatever task might be outlined in the envelope that he draws from a mysterious black bag. “Obeying its imperative mandate, against which parental wishes count for naught, he departs for South America, where in a marvelously short time he wins great renown, a love affair with a beautiful señorita, developing meanwhile. The scenes of his subsequent adventures are in Mexico and the South and West of the country.” (Ind.)
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“The conclusion is carefully manipulated.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w.
“Mr. Brace has the gift of imagination in a most frantic form.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 11: 831. D. 1, ’06. 390w.
=Bradby, Godfrey Fox.= Great days of Versailles; studies from court life in the later years of Louis XIV. il. $1.75. Scribner.
7–6786.
Based chiefly upon the memoirs of Saint-Simon, the letters of Mme. de Maintenon and of Madame the Princess Palatine, Mr. Bradby’s picture serves as “an introduction to the period for those who wish to pursue a more extensive study of eighteenth century memoirs, and will also be sufficiently complete and vivid to be of interest and value to those who have not the time and opportunity for more detailed reading.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Mr. Bradby presents a sombre picture of this distinguished formal period, without any brilliance but with too much care to be at all disappointing, though at times we wish for the lightness and gaiety of style which were the feature of his charming story ‘Dick’ and his flippant farce ‘The Marquis’s eye.’”
+ − =Acad.= 72: 35. Ja. 12, ’07. 770w.
“Mr. Bradby’s book gives a fair account of phases of life and thought which are now as extinct, and seem almost as remote, as the ways and usages of the Pharaohs, and in the study of them one can find much interest and some profit.” James Breck Perkins.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 883. Jl. ’07. 760w.
“On the whole, however, Mr. Bradby’s book is a scholarly and agreeable piece of light historical reading.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 827. D. 29. 250w.
“Mr. Bradby has overcome the vast difficulties of the subject, and written a book that makes for learning as well as for amusement—a fine thing to be able to say, when we consider how very amusing it is! He has—or he has acquired—the priceless gift of proportion.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 5. Ja. 4, ’07. 850w.
“The value of his work would have been enhanced, perhaps, especially for those who wish to carry their studies further, if he had more frequently footnoted his authorities.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. F. 2, ’07. 580w.
“The last few years have seen a great outpouring of books about history, but it is not often easy to find among them one that is written in decent English and is evidently a well-arranged epitome of wide reading as this is.”
+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.
=Bradley, Ernest.= Seven steps to the cross, being seven meditations suitable for Lent, and more particularly for Good Friday. **60c. Whittaker.
7–4780.
It is the object of these meditations to “carry a deep spiritual message on the sufferings of our Lord to those who may hear or read them.” The seven steps are; The last supper and the new commandment, Gethsemane, Caiaphas, Herod, Pilate, Out by the Jaffa gate, and Golgotha.
=Bradley, Shelland.= American girl in India. $1.75. Macmillan.
The experiences of a lively American girl who goes to India principally to attend the “great Durbar” at Delhi. “She reckons and guesses with equal aplomb, and has certain idioms of her own invention, such as ‘I don’t catch right on to the people straight away,’ and ‘Say, though, I’m shying off the main point,’ not to speak of a touch here and there of untimely cockney.” (Nation.)
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“There is of course fiction and fiction—the kind which aspires to be a fine art (and so seldom, alas! attains its aspirations) and that which aspires among other small things mainly to amuse (so often failing too). To the latter class belongs ‘An American girl in India;’ but far from being a failure, this novel contains so much knowledge of character, and such a light and sure touch in the sketching of passing personalities, that we regret the trivialities which condemn it to a place in the second category.”
− + =Acad.= 72: 345. Ap. 6, ’07. 410w.
“When one has mastered the jargon one finds her an amusing person in a mild way.”
+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 240w.
“The book is written with a good deal of vivacity, much of it of a cheap sort, and with facility in the use of the English language.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 130w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Blue ocean’s daughter. †$1.50. Moffat.
7–29001.
“It is about an Amazonian sort of young woman who was born on board her father’s ship, grew up on it in his company, was as good a sailor as the skipper, and if need was could fight with swords and pistols as well as if she had been a man. The time of the story is laid in the latter part of the revolutionary war and the ship is pursued by an English frigate. Out of the pursuit and the fight there grow all manner of exciting incidents.”—N. Y. Times.
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“Has a plethora of strange and exciting incident and is written in his most rattling style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 584. S. 28, ’07. 170w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend.= Patriots. †$1.50. Dodd.
6–9278.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Strong alike in incident and character-drawing.”
+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 767. D. 15. 110w.
=Brady, Cyrus Townsend, and Peple, Edward Henry.= Richard the brazen. †$1.50. Moffat.
6–28452.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“We have a suspicion that the tale, like the Adelphi melodrama, was written for the gallery, and an American gallery into the bargain.”
− =Acad.= 73: 778. Ag. 10, ’07. 190w.
=Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt.= Bettina. †$1.25. Doubleday.
7–3184.
Of the following ingredients the story is composed: “a genial brother, a doctor with the orthodox Abernathy manners, a providentially effaced friend, whose non-appearance causes the case of mistaken identity upon which the story hinges, and a child of revealing prattle. A railway wreck, the wise scheme of a self-abnegating nurse, a thunderstorm, an overdose of medicine—all serve to bring about a happy ending foreseen from the first.”—N. Y. Times.
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“Not recommended for small library with limited means.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.
“As we read the bright little sketch of American social life, we forget to cavil at its elaborate setting.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 513. O. 26. 160w.
“Slight but cleverly handled story.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 100w.
“‘Tis foolish,’ as our friend, Mr. Hennessy, says, but it is told in a pleasant, sprightly fashion, and it will furnish beguilement for many readers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 67. Mr. 2, ’07. 130w.
“The story [is] too slight to make into a book.”
− =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 40w.
=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= On reading: an essay. **75c. Duffield.
6–32694.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
Reviewed by William T. Brewster.
=Forum.= 38: 384. Ja. ’07. 1160w.
=Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen.= Reminiscences of my childhood and youth. **$2.50. Duffield.
6–34030.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“Unhappily, however, the translation is not first rate, particularly in the Englishing of original turns and phrases, nor is the volume lacking in typographical errors.”
+ − =Ind.= 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 500w.
“It is interesting partly though its naïve and refreshing candour—partly through its revelation of the narrow parochialism of Scandinavian life.”
+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 431. D. 28, ’06. 980w.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 1040w. (Published by arrangement with Lond. Times.)
“There is not a dull paragraph, not a single dry-as-dust element in this highly instructive autobiography, for which I earnestly wish many readers in this country.” Paul Harboe.
+ + =No. Am.= 183: 917. N. 2, ’06. 1300w.
“The reader of the ‘Reminiscences’ finds Brandes not dry, certainly not unproductive, but assuredly ‘a creature with thoughts ground keen.’”
+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 508. Ja. ’07. 700w.
=Brastow, Lewis O.= Modern pulpit: a study of homiletic sources and characteristics. **$1.50. Macmillan.
6–35521.
An interpretation of the teaching of our day. The influences that are at work upon the ministry, the problems that are before it, and the demands that are urged upon it are all viewed in the light of the present day unification of the denominations.
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“Dr. Brastow, always calm, rational, deep-sighted and analytical, is especially so in this volume.” Robert E. Bisbee.
+ + =Arena.= 36: 685. D. ’06. 170w.
Reviewed by George Hodges.
=Atlan.= 99: 562. Ap. ’07. 240w.
“A book about preaching of decided merit.”
+ + =Ind.= 61: 1118. N. 8, ’06. 50w.
“The notable feature of this volume, however, is not its descriptions of personalities, but its examination of the more general agencies that have wrought upon modern preaching, together with its discrimination of the distinctive qualities in homiletical practice in the various Protestant nationalities and communions.”
+ =Nation.= 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 480w.
“Men of all churches will recognize his work as one of remarkable attractiveness and ability.”
+ + =Outlook.= 84: 631. N. 10, ’06. 600w.
“Among new works on preaching and the modern pulpit, perhaps the most noteworthy volume of the past few months is ‘The modern pulpit.’”
+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 110w.
=Breasted, James Henry.= Ancient records of Egypt: historical documents from the earliest times to the Persian conquest; collected, edited and translated with commentary, v. 1–4 ea. *$4; v. 5. Index number. *$2. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–5480.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“In a work of such extent and difficulty there is inevitably much to criticize: and one cannot in reading it avoid the reflection that six months of steady revision of the whole of it are required in order to bring the work up to the high standard at which the author aims and which is to be looked for from one endowed with his comprehensive insight. The English throughout is crude, there are many mistakes in renderings and descriptions, and many hasty judgments.”
+ + − =Acad.= 72: 116. F. 2, ’07. 1770w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“The translation exhibits the same careful attention to matters of detail that is everywhere apparent. In wideness of scope, thoroughness of treatment extending to the minutest details, systematic arrangement and conscientious scholarship Professor Breasted’s ‘Ancient records’ takes high rank, and it cannot be doubted that it will have a most important influence upon Egyptological studies in the domains both of history and philology.” Christopher Johnston.
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 858. Jl. ’07. 1720w.
“One half of the corrigenda which Dr. Breasted announces in his fifth volume are caused by the uncouth and barbarous system of transliteration which forms the trade-mark of Berlin Egyptology, and which Dr. Breasted admits must be ignored by the general reader, it will be seen that he has suffered in no slight degree by his devotion to his innovating teachers. This is, however, the only fault we have to find.”
+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 599. My. 18. 1320w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Reviewed by Christopher Johnston.
+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 233. Mr. ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“A great saver of time and energy to the student.”
+ =Bib. World.= 29: 400. My. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A great work ready at hand with one of the best indexes ever constructed, making every fact available by its comprehensive system for quick, and easy reference.”
+ =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
=Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 5.)
“These volumes form a monument of the author-translator, which will give his name a permanent place in the literature of the subject.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 370w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
=Nation.= 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is a monumental work, of which any country might be proud, and the University of Chicago is to be congratulated upon finding the scholar to achieve it and providing the means to give it to the world.”
+ + + =Sat. R.= 104: 270. Ag. 31, ’07. 1270w. (Review of v. 5.)
=Breasted, James Henry.= History of Egypt from the earliest times to the Persian conquest. **$5. Scribner.
5–34978.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Throughout Dr. Breasted writes clearly and lucidly. He tells his story in a straightforward and spirited manner and, while no detail of importance is omitted, he is never prolix. This happy combination of judicious conciseness with ample fulness of treatment is a distinguishing feature of the book.” Christopher Johnston.
+ + + =Bib. World.= 29: 234. Mr. ’07. 560w.
“The best and most readable English history of Egypt.”
+ + + =Nation.= 83: 558. D. 27, ’06. 260w.
=Brebner, Percy.= Knight of the silver star. *$1. Fenno.
7–34776.
An English traveler slides inadvertently down a mountain side on the borderland of Russia and finds himself in a strange kingdom where mediæval customs prevail. Here, welcomed as a heaven sent knight, he wields a sword in behalf of the beautiful princess, passes safely thru many wondrous adventures, and at last in a miraculous fashion escapes from his enemies. He returns to our modern London carrying with him the princess who, as his wife, remains the one proof of the time when he tilted for her in the lists wearing the armour of the knights of the silver star.
=Brebner, Percy James (Christian Lys, pseud.).= Princess Maritza; il. by Harrison Fisher. $1.50. McBride, T. J.
6–32119.
“It is the old story of the little kingdom and the succession and the ‘peace of Europe’ on the verge of collapse. As in all such stories, there are tricky ministers, intriguing women, swash-buckler soldiers and the lovers—a princess and a soldier of fortune.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The incidents are numerous though unconvincing. The personages do not live, we are indifferent to their fates.”
− =Nation.= 83: 396. N. 8, ’06. 230w.
“Usually, in such stories, there are lay figures, but Mr. Brebner has injected hot blood into them, and the result is a story, the stirring action and situations of which may cause Anthony Hope to tremble for his ‘Zenda’ laurels.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 719. N. 3, ’06. 200w.
=Breed, Charles Blaney, and Hosmer, George Leonard.= Principles and practice of surveying. $3. Wiley.
6–39471.
“Not a treatise, but a text-book, and an elementary rather than a comprehensive text-book. They [the authors] deal with the simpler branches of the surveyor’s work in a clear and simple explanatory style. The subject is covered in four main divisions, headed, respectively: Instruments (use, adjustment and care); Surveying methods: Computations: Plotting: followed by a rather good collection of tables.”—Engin. N.
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“Good manual of the simpler branches of surveying. Especially careful in pointing out possible sources of error.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 160. O. ’07. S.
+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 528. N. 15, ’06. 400w.
“The usual tables complete the volume, which is probably as satisfactory a text-book under present methods of technical school instruction in surveying as can be written.” H. N. Ogden.
+ =Science=, n. s. 26: 17. Jl. 5, ’07. 600w.
“The book as a whole is worthy of a place on any beginner’s desk, and merits success.” Arthur D. Butterfield.
+ + − =Technical Literature.= 1: 222. My. ’07. 1490w.
=Brent, Rt. Rev. Charles Henry.= With God in prayer. **50c. Jacobs.
7–11202.
Bishop Brent’s purpose in writing this little book is to suggest prayerful thoughts and to promote the prayerful spirit.
=Bridge, Norman.= House health, and other papers. **$1.25. Duffield.
7–29539.
The titles of the papers included in this volume are suggestive: House health, Human talk, The blind side of the average parent, Some commencement ideals, A domestic clearing house, The true gospel of sleep, Some unconceded rights of parents and children, and The trained nurse and the larger life.
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“Contains much good advice, and some that is perhaps not so good because the counsel of an extremist.”
+ − =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 250w.
“He says so much that is sensible and practical that almost any parent might find himself chastened and enlightened by a perusal of the volume.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 310w.
=Brierley, J. (“J. B.,” pseud.)= Eternal religion. *$1.40. Whittaker.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“His outlook is broad, his sympathies are wide.”
+ + =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 180w.
=Brierley, Jonathan.= Religion and experience. *$1.40. Whittaker.
7–37539.
“The brevity of his essays, rarely exceeding eight pages, commends them to a world that prefers short sermons, and to preachers who would learn to say in fifteen or twenty minutes much that will both hold the attention and stick in the mind afterwards. The standpoint is that of a devoutly Christian thinker fully responsive to the intellectual demands of the modern world. The introduction compresses into a short statement, clear and simple, the modern argument for experience as the test of reality, whether in science, philosophy, or religion.”—Outlook.
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“The chief value of the book consists in the facts that the writer combines a truly liberal with a deeply religious spirit: that he is steeped in the thoughts of the world’s highest thinkers, ancient and modern, and that he is able to place their ideas before his readers in such telling fashion that they may be ‘understanded of the people.’”
+ + =Acad.= 72: 150. F. 9, ’07. 260w.
“The various subjects are well exploited, and the conclusions, while marked by an optimism that is too easy-going to bear a searching criticism, are unquestionably honest, kindly, and wholesome.”
+ − =Nation.= 85: 125. Ag. 8, ’07. 500w.
“The gifted British essayist ... evidently, as the present volume like its predecessors shows, reaps a rich-soiled field.”
+ =Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 160w.
=Briggs, Charles Augustus.= Critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Psalms. 2v. ea. **$3. Scribner.
=v. 2.= This volume contains the commentary on the Psalms from the fifty-first to the one hundred and fiftieth. “The special student and the ordinarily intelligent reader are both provided for: the former in full measure. The latter will find some strikingly new translations superseding the old.” (Outlook.)
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“Is one of the most notable books of the year in the field of Scripture study.”
+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 406. Je. ’07. 380w. (Review of v. 1.)
“This work is encyclopaedic in character. The introduction, covering 110 pages, is the fullest treatment we have seen on all the questions that concern a critical study of the Psalter.”
+ + =Dial.= 42: 115. F. 16, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“The possibility of accidental or deliberate changes of reading must constantly be remembered in dealing with such a book as the Psalter. It is in this respect that Dr. Briggs is perhaps deficient, and this deficiency, for me, throws much doubt on his metrical arrangements of the psalms. I consider his work of great educational use, and that even for very advanced students it will save much trouble to have the book near at hand.” T. K. Cheyne.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 453. Ja. ’07. 3040w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Dr. Briggs is hardly critical enough, nor has he sufficient experience in the use of all the newest and best methods.” T. K. Cheyne.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 944. Jl. ’07. 1530w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Dr. Briggs’s ‘Commentary on the Psalms’ is dominated by the author’s interest in their metrical structure. There is no harm in arranging a Psalm in strophes and lines, if one so desire, but when enthusiasm for metre dictates important textual emendations, as is frequently the case with Dr. Briggs, the matter is more serious.”
− + =Ind.= 62: 330. F. 7, ’07. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Quite up to the highest German standard. No other writer has paid more attention to poetic structure, and he has used its laws in his correction of the text.”
+ =Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“Much in his volume demands most careful consideration; but we cannot but think that a verdict of ‘not proven’ will have to be returned on many of his most confident and dogmatic conclusions as regards both the text and the development of the Psalter.”
+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 81. Mr. 15, ’07. 2200w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
“These volumes command respect as a work of immense industry. No existing commentary on the Psalms can be compared with them for exhaustive thoroughness.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 61. Jl. 18, ’07. 1150w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ + =Outlook.= 85: 763. Mr. 30, ’07. 150w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Briggs, Charles Augustus, and Hugel, Friedrich H. von.= Papal commission and the Pentateuch. *75c. Longmans.
In which the author and his friend Friedrich von Hugel exchange letters on the decision of the Pontifical commission concerning the Pentateuch. Professor Briggs expresses his “surprise and grief that the Commission should have put such a burden on the church, and restates the critical conclusions as to the composite authorship of the Pentateuch, as against the Commission’s conclusion that Moses wrote it, with the use of pre-existing documents and some later scribal additions. Von Hugel replies, defining the liberty of Catholic scholarship in the church, agreeing with Professor Briggs as to the folly of the Commission’s action, even altho approved by the Pope, and both agree that the decision should not forbid critical research and freedom.” (Ind.)
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=Cath. World.= 84: 707. F. ’07. 1260w.
=Ind.= 62: 974. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.
=Lond. Times.= 5: 410. D. 7, ’06. 770w.
=Nation.= 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 150w.
=Outlook.= 85: 143. Ja. 19, ’07. 150w.
=Brinton, Selwyn.= Correggio. Forty-eight plates with biography. (Newnes’ art lib.) *$1.25. Warne.
W 7–47.
A biographical sketch, a list of the most celebrated works with descriptive, critical and historical matter, and forty-eight half-tones of paintings.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.
Reviewed by Charles de Kay.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 881. D. 22, ’06. 200w.
=N. Y. Times.= 12: 273. Ap. 27, ’07. 160w.
=Brode, Heinrich.= Tippoo Tib, the story of his career in Central Africa. *$3. Longmans.
Tippo Tib is an Arab trader well known to all who took an interest in East Africa or the Congo fifteen or twenty years ago. This sketch is a transcription made from Tippo Tib’s own story of his life. “He was a species of African Cortez, brave as a lion, utterly unscrupulous, avid of wealth, shrewd and masterful. Like the Spanish adventurers, he accomplished prodigies with a handful of men.” (Lit. D.)
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“It is a fascinating chronicle.”
+ =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 350w.
“A valuable addition to the scanty records of East African history.”
+ + =Nation.= 85: 58. Jl. 18, ’07. 940w.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 250. Ap. 20, ’07. 170w.
=Spec.= 98: 904. Je. 8, ’07. 490w.
=Bronson, Walter C.=, comp. English poems. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
7–29839.
The last volume in a projected series of four, devoted to English poems. The first volume will include Old English poems in translation, Middle English poems, specimens of the pre-Elizabethan drama and old ballads; the second will cover the Elizabethan and Caroline periods; and the third will include poems of the restoration and the eighteenth century. The present volume is devoted to poetry of the nineteenth century. The series is designed for use in survey courses covering the entire field of English literature.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07.
“Should be warmly welcomed as [an] adjunct to the work of teaching English literature in both colleges and secondary schools.”
+ =Dial.= 43: 214. O. 1, ’07. 100w.
“The excellence of the selection of individual poems is beyond dispute.”
+ =Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 200w.
=Brooke, Emma Frances.= Sir Elyot of the woods. †$1.50. Duffield.
7–15923.
Sir Elyot Ingall of Ingalton, young, handsome, and on the eve of a literary career, finds his estates hopelessly encumbered and is obliged to let his manor house and strive by personal effort to keep a mortgage off his Dower woods, the woods he loves, the trees of which offer the only source of revenue for him. He struggles against the woodman’s axe and finds inspiration for his writings in his forest. When thru a legal tangle it is all but lost to him he recovers it, and in recovering learns that the girl he loved and trusted had played the trees false and planned to sacrifice them for the gold she craved. In his agony his heart returns to his first love thru whom he and his estate come once more to their own.
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“If the whole