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=Earhart, Lida Belle.= Systematic study in the elementary schools. (Columbia university contributions to education. Teachers college series, no. 18.) $1. Teachers college.
8–22123.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“We commend the book especially to teachers and principals of elementary schools.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 210. F. ’09. 60w.
“Reading this monograph should be helpful to every teacher; but the reader will find difficulty in following the text and the tables which are not most conveniently arranged for ease of reference.” E: F. Buchner.
+ − =El. School T.= 9: 439. Ap. ’09. 300w. =Ind.= 67: 309. Ag. 5, ’09. 70w.
=Earle, Franklin Sumner.= Southern agriculture. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–12779.
“This work has many points of merit to commend it to the schools of the south and will no doubt be widely used as a text-book. It is divided into two parts, the first dealing with general considerations, such as climate, soil, soil management, soil improvement, the growth of plants, insects and diseases, and closes with a chapter on farm policy and management. The second part treats of the chief southern agricultural crops, including grasses and forage crops, fiber crops, tobacco, coffee, fruits, nut crops and forestry, and closes with a short chapter on domestic animals.”—Science.
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“The book will be useful to southern teachers and to farmers especially.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 179. Je. ’08.
“This volume treats agriculture far more broadly than the title would indicate. The soil, its treatment and improvement is dealt with in a full and comprehensive manner. The space given to individual discussions of crops grown in the south ... is especially well handled.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 193. Ja. ’09. 110w.
“The book contains the best account available, within small compass, of the agriculture of the warmer regions of North America and the West Indies, and has in addition many features which will ensure it being of use also in other parts of the world.” W. G. Freeman.
+ =Nature.= 79: 186. D. 17, ’08. 550w.
“There seems to be very little use for devoting twenty-four pages to sugar cane and only sixteen to cotton. It seems that the author is more at home in his studies of tropical agriculture, and though he has done excellent work, many parts of the book read as if the information given were not first hand.” R. J. H. DeLoach.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 32. Ja. 1, ’09. 880w.
=Eastland, Florence Martin.=^{[7]} Matt of the water-front. *60c. West. Meth. bk.
9–12879.
The story of a bright, sturdy little Irish lad who lives in a poor water-front shack, and supports himself out of school hours by gathering and selling driftwood. His adoption into a lawyer’s family and the subsequent discovery that he is the lost heir to an uncle’s fortune are the important happenings in the young hero’s life. It is a story that any parent or teacher would be glad to put into a boy’s hands.
=Eastman, Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa, the Sioux Indian), and Eastman, Elaine Goodale.=^{[11]} Wigwam evenings. †$1.25. Little.
9–26010.
Twenty-seven Indian myths into which enter the favorite ingredients of all fairy lore—invincible heroes, beautiful princesses, wicked witches, magic, etc. The author, a full-blooded Sioux, has produced the tales from his childhood wigwam memories, and in the retelling nothing of the early spell is lost.
=Eaton, Daniel Cady.=^{[8]} Hand book of modern French painting, with 250 illustrations. **$2. Dodd.
9–13980.
“Includes brief biographies of French artists of note as well as many minor men, and criticisms of their work. It also includes a list of the provincial museums of France and their principal possessions, not the least valuable feature of the book.”—N. Y. Times.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.
“His comments are not of the customary guide book character but have a personal touch that makes them interesting, however brief.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 826. O. 7, ’09. 280w. + − =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 23. N. ’09. 50w.
“We can find little to praise. It gives, indeed, a good deal of information in a handy form, but the text is so carelessly printed as to deprive this information of much of its value.”
− =Nation.= 89: 41. Jl. 8, ’09. 380w.
“A work of precisely this character is so much needed as a reference book that it would be welcome were its merits fewer than they are. In general it is a fair and candid statement of a personal point of view.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 426. Jl. 10, ’09. 450w.
“The volume is valuable for any one who intends to have a practical knowledge of modern French art or even intends to ‘do’ intelligently the Louvre, Luxembourg, or any picture gallery containing the works of modern French painters.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 645. N. 20, ’09. 250w.
=Eaton, Isabel Graham.= By the shores of Arcady. $1.25. Outing pub.
9–2777.
The experiences of a bachelor girl artist one summer in the Arcady she had chosen to “restore the wasted tissues of a tired brain.” Surroundings and people reproduced for the reader are touched up in word colors that rival any artist’s effects in oils. Atmosphere abounds, and a varied group of characters pass in gentle procession, while the thread of the story is attached deftly to the fortunes of a little lad who had been kidnapped and who is finally restored to his guardian. Art, the buoyancy of youth, and love mingle in idyllic unity.
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“The lack of interest and vivacity dulls an otherwise good story.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 91. Mr. ’09.
“It is an entertaining, wayward, ingenious little tale, written with a spontaneity of feeling that gives it a good deal of charm.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 134. Mr. 6, ’09. 170w.
=Eaton, Walter Prichard, and Underhill, Elise Morris.=^{[6]} Runaway place. $1.25. Holt.
9–14514.
A May idyl of Manhattan written by a former dramatic critic of the New York Sun. A man out of work and an unknown maid on a vacation meet in Central Park. They waive the formality of an introduction. In this Run-a-way place in the heart of town they meet day after day. Their fairy fancies, whims and childhood spirit of play are tempered with wise grown-up philosophy. They frolic, reason and make love, and chase the bird of happiness to cover; while once possessing it they march away touched by the spirit of Victory who with wings agleam leads General Sherman triumphant down the avenue.
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“A pretty, whimsical tale, for educated readers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09. ✠
“Self-conscious, over-literary, and curiously inartistic medley.”
− =Nation.= 89: 238. S. 9, ’09. 260w.
“Fresh little story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
=Echoes= from the Oxford magazine. (Oxford lib. of prose and poetry.) *90c. Oxford.
“Printed from the second (1890) edition. It is a book of academic humor at its best, a worthy continuation of Calverley, a rich and fine growth which has never taken root on this side of the Atlantic, though Dr. Holmes sometimes came close to it. Some of the best pieces in this collection are parodies of Tennyson and Swinburne and others by Q. (Mr. Quiller-Couch), a clever skit on ‘The art of bowling’ written as a Socratic dialogue by C. T.”—Nation.
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“All the pieces are so good that there is little choice.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 651. D. 31, ’08. 120w.
“The merit of their work lies almost entirely in its high spirits: it would be impossible to find a book of verses more obviously and delightfully youthful.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 305. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
=Eckard, —, and Naundorff, Charles-Louis.=^{[6]} King who never reigned; being memoirs upon Louis XVII; with a preface by Jules Lemaitre, together with introd. and notes by Maurice Vitrac and Arnould Galopin, to which is added Joseph Turquan’s “New light upon the fate of Louis XVII.” *$3.50. McBride, J:
The first part of these memoirs is the Royalist Eckard’s of the Dauphin’s brief life, his captivity and death; the second contains the “revelations” of the pretender, Charles-Louis Naundorff, who in the early nineteenth century claimed to be the Dauphin and to have been rescued from the Temple by certain royalists; the third, “New light upon the fate of Louis XVII,” by Joseph Turquan, contains a new theory concerning the mystery and death of the Dauphin.
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“It would seem that M. Turquan’s evidences are somewhat scanty to cover so considerable an extent of territory. The book, however, has interest and value as an epitome of a famous historic controversy.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 102. Ag. 16, ’09. 200w.
“This work, like those that have gone before it, will simply have the effect of proving that it is useless to expect any complete revelation of the truth concerning, perhaps, the most poignant episode of the Reign of Terror.”
− =Nation.= 89: 187. Ag. 26, ’09. 850w.
“These fragments have been arranged and annotated by the compilers in a thoroughly scholarly and unprejudiced manner, and the translation is particularly good.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 349. Je. 5, ’09. 1250w. + =Spec.= 102: 135. Ja. 23, ’09. 150w.
=Edgar, Madalen G.= Treasury of verse for little children. $2.50. Crowell.
An anthology of verse for children with sympathetic illustrations in black and white. “Its range is wide, including on its serious side Tennyson, Blake, Stevenson, and George MacDonald, and on its humorous, Edward Lear and Judge Parry; while Dr. Watts and Miss Jane Taylor are present, we presume for the due pointing of morals.” (Ath.)
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“An admirable selection, and should be of real value in suggesting early to the infant mind a taste for what is good in verse.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 1: 284. Mr. 7. 120w.
“The main fault we find is that too many pieces of inconspicuous merit have been included, the places of which might well have been filled with better things. A book that is on the whole well arranged and admirably produced.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 505. O. 24. 220w.
Reviewed by M. J. Moses.
=Ind.= 65: 1470. D. 17, ’08. 50w. + =Int. Studio.= 36: 253. Ja. ’09. 60w.
“The inclusions are somewhat strange, showing the compiler more an editor, with personal taste for poetry, than a born anthologist.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 522. N. 26, ’08. 60w. =N. Y. Times.= 13: 702. N. 28, ’08. 80w.
“Containing a goodly number of remarkably well-chosen selections.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 50w.
“An admirable gift-book for young children.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: sup. 12. D. 12, ’08. 50w.
=Edgcumbe, Richard.=^{[12]} Byron: the last phase. *$3. Scribner.
A book that stirs up once more the muddy deeps of Byron’s nature. “The book falls into two parts, the first of which describes his last days in Italy and Greece, and the second discusses the eternal question of his relations with his wife. Most readers will share our preference for the former section, which, indeed, casts much new light upon the most heroic part of an amazing career.... Mr. Edgcumbe traces every detail of these last days, and his chapters are a worthy contribution to that true and final Life of Byron which still remains to be written.” (Spec.)
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“We regard [the first part] of Mr. Edgcumbe’s work as a thoroughly desirable addition to the Byronic literature. Of the second section of his book, one must speak more cautiously.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 850w.
“We suggest that he republish his book with the second portion omitted. The first portion—that dealing with Byron’s last days at Missolonghi—is at any rate quite harmless, if it is not quite necessary.”
− + =Sat. R.= 108: 569. N. 6, ’09. 650w.
“Mr. Edgcumbe’s book, whether or not we accept all his conclusions, is one of great interest for all students of Byron. It is the work of a genuine expert who knows the period intimately, and who, further, has the right discriminating admiration for his subject.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 645. O. 23, ’09. 1700w.
=Edwards, George Wharton.=^{[12]} Holland of to-day. **$6. Moffat.
9–25808.
“More like an ampler and glorified Baedeker reads ‘Holland of to-day,’ written and pictured by Mr. George Wharton Edwards. The tone is less personal and intimate, and the material is largely a collection and abstract from other books. There is more categorical information and less of real knowledge; more facts for the intending traveller and far less lure to take him thither. Yet though its method is mistaken—since it is not a book which one can carry in his pocket or even in his trunk—it does not love its subject less.” (Bookm.) “The plates are not mere illustrations,—they are pictures, each a thing of beauty, and altogether setting forth a view of Holland which is striking, individual, inviting, and impressive.” (Dial.)
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“Both text and illustrations show appreciation and an eye for the picturesque, but are occasionally at fault in matters of detail.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 114. D. ’09.
“Nor, in the list of this season’s beautiful ones are the pictures conspicuously successful. They seem a little dry and lacking in range and grip. Like the book, they are full of information, but they do not make you long to pack your traps.” Algernon Tassin.
+ − =Bookm.= 30: 348. D. ’09. 450w.
“Considered as a picture book, this deserves to be one of the most successful of the season’s output. The text is a confused and confusing mass of detail, the interesting parts jostling the commonplace, the arrangement illogical, a point of view fatally lacking, the effect incoherent.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 460. D. 1, ’09. 300w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 1072. D. 11, ’09. 130w.
“The text consists of a substratum of Baedeker with a fairly plentiful covering of sympathetic personal observation.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 569. D. 9, ’09. 120w.
“The text is comprehensive, condensed, vivacious, and informative. The text seems always well put. Occasionally, however, we meet with some slight disappointment. The arrangement of the subject-matter also leaves something to be desired. But we forget about this in admiration of the capital pictures. Surely none could be more truthful, sympathetic, or graphic.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 833. D. 11, ’09. 260w.
=Edwards, Matilda Barbara Betham-.=^{[11]} French vignettes: a series of dramatic episodes, 1787–1871. *$3. Brentano’s.
A work in which Miss Betham-Edwards has “touched upon a variety of characters and incidents, each of which is interesting and dramatic. Some of these papers are based on more voluminous works recently published on the same subjects, as, for instance, the very charming ‘Duc d’Enghiens’s Love story,’ which is a résumé of the book by M. Jaques de la Faye; while the same thing holds with the paper on the Second empire, for which Hippolyte Magen’s history furnishes the material; while the articles on Mme. Roland and Dr. Guillotine owe their birth to French sources.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The book is written with spirit and force and a keen insight into the Gallic temperament.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 460w. =Sat. R.= 108: 388. S. 25, ’09. 100w.
“The ‘vignettes’ or ‘dramatic episodes’ ... vary a good deal in interest and value. Some are very old stories, without much freshness in the telling; others are almost too deeply marked with political prejudice to be found acceptable in these days of many-sided study and more impartial judgment.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 717. N. 6, ’09. 470w.
=Edwards, Richard Henry=, ed.^{[7]} Labor problem. (Studies in American social conditions, v. 4.) pa. 20c. R: H: Edwards, 237 Langdon st., Madison, Wis.
9–35524.
A concise statement of the factors that have brought about our industrial troubles with suggestions for the difficult solution. He says: “The labor problem admits of no simple solution. It is apparent that no single form of effort is applicable to the wide variety of difficulties involved. The ideal is a far cry. Its achievement will be a long drawn struggle. Accurate justice, industrial democracy, and perfect adjustments will only be approached by many and varied efforts, some coercive and some generous. The human touch and a fair consideration by employers and employes, each for the interests of the other, are perhaps the most pressing needs.”
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 136. My. ’09.
“Judging from the work before us, Mr. Edwards is well fitted for the task he has set himself.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 30w.
“Is perhaps the most carefully thought out of any of the four which have appeared.”
+ =Survey.= 22: 441. Je. 19, ’09. 520w.
=Eells, Rev. Myron.=^{[11]} Marcus Whitman: pathfinder and patriot. *$2.50. Harriman.
9–22997.
“Among the greatest of American pioneers Dr. Eells would place Marcus Whitman, the physician who entered the service of the American mission board in 1835 and with his wife and another married missionary crossed the continent to Washington. Mr. Whitman has left a vivid account of the journey which is inserted in this book. Whitman and his wife with twelve others were massacred by Indians in 1847. Like that of other pioneers, Marcus Whitman’s work had a political significance and led to the annexation of California in 1846.”—Lit. D.
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“A careful reading of the overwhelming mass of evidence in this book ought to put the matter of Whitman’s purpose forever outside the realms of controversy.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1206. N. 25, ’09. 760w.
“The present work adds a new chapter to the history of our country and is valuable both as a record of missionary work and of heroic daring in advancing westward the frontier of civilization.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 200w.
“Dr. Eells’s story is more convincing than any other that has been told.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 547. S. 18, ’09. 290w.
=Egan, Maurice Francis.= Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. †$1.50. Century.
9–7142.
A story of Irish-American life and adventure whose hero smiles, loiters, talks delicious brogue, and reflects calmly on the world and his share of ups and downs. The most disturbing element in an otherwise serene existence is an unsympathetic mother-in-law.
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“A humorous Catholic story in which priests and nuns figure largely.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.
“He entertains us with a rapidly-moving set of situations, illustrating widespread characteristics of clergy and laity as they are to be found everywhere in our towns and cities. Where occasion offers, the Doctor is almost as profuse in his literary allusions as Canon Sheehan himself; but he does not imitate the Canon’s precision and definiteness.”
+ − =Cath. World.= 89: 253. My. ’09. 560w. =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 130w.
“Incidentally Maginnis preaches a jesting and valuable sermon upon the appreciation of truth in art. It is in this spirit that Prof. Egan has written, and that his unpretending little work can be commended to general reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 246. Ap. 17, ’09. 340w.
“There is much humor in the book, and a clever picture of the ways and ideals of both Italians and Irish-Americans.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 20*. My. 1, ’09. 120w.
=Egerton, Hugh Edward.=^{[8]} Canadian constitutional development. *10s. 6d. Murray, John. London.
8–9028.
A narrative that begins with the passing of Canada into British hands after the surrender of Montreal and ends with the union of the provinces and the establishment of the Dominion. “Some coincidence with the ‘Constitutional documents’ by Dr. Doughty and Professor Shortt was unavoidable, but it ceases after 1791; laws are left out, and the despatches, petitions and speeches are given with a short commentary, cautious and instructive. The whole well enables us to understand ‘how it strikes a contemporary.’ We hear the voice of Canada and the voice of those who are trying to govern Canada through all the stages of unsuccessful experiment that ended in confederation.” (Eng. Hist. R.)
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“Almost the only fault that we can find with the book before us concerns the paucity of documents to illustrate the entry in the table of contents of ‘Reciprocity treaty with United States.’”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 760. D. 14. 600w.
Reviewed by J. Bonar.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 581. Jl. ’09. 630w.
“This volume is welcome for its own sake, as being a valuable contribution to history, and as the first fruits of the Beit foundation of Colonial history at Oxford.”
+ =Spec.= 100: 384. Mr. 7, ’08. 200w.
=Eggeling, Otto, and Ehrenberg, Frederick.= Fresh water aquarium and its inhabitants: a guide for the amateur aquarist. (American nature ser. Group 4, Working with nature.) **$2. Holt.
9–571.
Gives full instruction to the amateur concerning an aquarium outfit, the aquatic plants with which it may be supplied, the water creatures that may be assembled to populate it, the feeding of the inmates, fish-hatching, fish maladies and implements for the care and keeping of the aquarium. Abundant illustrations accompany the text.
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“The book, which is well illustrated, is the best practical guide to the aquarium we know.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 366. F. 4, ’09. 100w.
“A well-balanced, clearly written account.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 175. F. 18, ’09. 160w.
“In these days of experimental stations and school laboratories, such a practical guide as this should be very welcome.”
+ =Nature.= 82: 35. N. 11, ’09. 150w.
“Is virtually a textbook, and a highly instructive one, on the subject.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 40. Ja. 23, ’09. 370w.
“The subject is treated in a thorough and practical fashion.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 421. S. 18, ’09. 110w.
=Eggleston, George Cary.=^{[9]} Irene of the mountains: a romance of old Virginia. †$1.50. Lothrop.
9–13427.
Set in the Virginian mountains this story reminds one of “The trail of the lonesome pine.” It portrays, as does Mr. Fox’s novel, the development of a mountain girl who is separated from her family during a period of education and social training. Her special strength and sweetness of character are tested when she refuses to engage herself to the scion of an old Virginia family until he has seen her in her mountain setting surrounded by members of a family counted among “poor white trash.” Mr. Eggleston, who knows his South well portrays in clear cut fashion a shrewish mountain dictator, Judy Peters, Queen of the mountains, whose word on political matters was law to the men of the mountains.
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“He mutilates the story and the reader’s respect for his own intelligence with an unnecessary glossary of manners and customs, and successfully expurgates all local color from his book by a profuse use of quotation marks. Mr. Eggleston, with his heroes and heroines, and of course, a chaperon, ought to be retired to an old Virginia plantation and kept there, pensioned by his readers.”
− =Ind.= 67: 828. O. 7, ’09. 200w.
“A genuine pleasure awaits the reader of ‘Irene of the mountains,’ for no prettier story of southern life has appeared in a long time.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 634. O. 16, ’09. 250w.
“It is a pleasant picture of life in old Virginia in the days before the war. The best work in the story is in the depiction of the lives and characters of the mountaineers.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 613. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.=^{[12]} American princess. $1.50. Sturgis & Walton.
9–25811.
A little kingdom in a remote corner of Europe, a dying ruler, a plot to put a pretender on the throne, the troubles of the right princess and similar elements are ingredients that have been used over and over in story and drama. The American who takes a hand in the game is not new to readers either: but he has a sister who is,—a sister whose striking resemblance to the princess furnishes the chief factor in the plot.
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“Polly and Tom are ‘game,’ and the developments arising from their adventure are both lively and entertaining.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 728. N. 20, ’09. 350w.
=Elias, Frank.=^{[6]} Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, M. P. 3s.6d. Clarke, James, & co., London.
“The life of the Prime Minister as here set forth is frankly told, and offers more agreeable reading than most such books do. Much early history is brought up which, though forgotten, is worth reviving in the case of so distinguished a career.”—Ath.
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“We congratulate the author on the successful accomplishments of a most difficult task.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 437. Ap. 10. 200w.
“Mr. Elias is not offensive, only dull, and is as accurate and as little inspiring as the ‘Annual register.’ On the whole Mr. Elias can be recommended to anyone who desires to know the bare facts of Mr. Asquith’s career.”
− + =Sat. R.= 107: 634. My. 15, ’09. 170w.
“The biographer has neither a proper view-ground nor adequate data and he is driven to rhapsody, varied by the kind of personal details which adorn the picture papers. Mr. Elias’s book stands out from this class of work as a sober, well-bred narrative, full of sound and well-balanced criticism. We may differ from him, but as a rule we respect his judgment.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 740. My. 8, ’09. 1500w.
=Eliot, Charles William.=^{[10]} Education for efficiency and The new definition of the cultivated man. (Riverside educational monographs.) *35c. Houghton.
9–18049.
Two essays by Ex-President Eliot, the first of which carefully sets forth education for “effective power for work and service” during a healthy and active life; the second, defines the present-day ideal of a cultivated man.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09. =Lit. D.= 39: 175. Jl. 31, ’09. 700w.
“Ought to be read by every teacher, every intelligent parent, and as many young men and young women as can be induced to read it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 430. Jl. 10, ’09. 770w.
=Eliot, Charles William.= University administration. **$1.50. Houghton.
8–32425.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“A timely and noteworthy volume, of permanent value.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 10. Ja. ’09.
“The volume that President Eliot alone could have written is the source of regret,—one that might have really discussed the vital issues upon which not practice alone but sound policy must in the future be based.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 88. F. 1, ’09. 300w.
“There is no question as to the importance of the book, nor of the fact that every one interested in university administration should study it carefully; and yet one must confess that it is strangely one-sided. Barring a few general statements as to the peculiar relation of the tax-supported institutions to the communities which maintain them, there is practically nothing in the book which would not have been included had the title been ‘Harvard university administration.’” F: P. Keppel.
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 94. Ja. ’09. 820w.
“To those who have studied President Eliot’s administration for many years, the book contains nothing that is new, though it restates in admirable form and with much lucidity the Eliot theory of university government. Here is much with which every sound educator will agree. There are opinions which no one outside of Harvard will accept.” H. T. Peck.
+ − =Forum.= 41: 380. Ap. ’09. 1800w.
“These lectures make up the best college president’s handbook that exists. They furnish something which really might be condensed into a code of administrative ethics and expediency.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 983. D. 26, ’08. 400w.
“A book which will long rank as the standard authority on the subject.”
+ =Nature.= 82: 3. N. 4, ’09. 680w.
“Any man of affairs who is interested in university work can rely upon finding President Eliot’s book as snappy and interesting as the report of an expert to a corporation—which is just what the book is in effect.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 766. D. 12, ’08. 600w.
“For the governing and teaching bodies of the higher institutions this can hardly be less than a standard text-book; likewise also for the aspiring young men and women who are fitting for such service.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 382. F. 20, ’09. 270w.
Reviewed by W: De Witt Hyde.
+ =Outlook.= 92: 931. Ag. 21, ’09. 3700w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 120w.
“This volume is therefore an exposition of what Harvard actually is, and the reasons why it is so, in so far as these depend on administrative methods of any sort. The book is the best of reading for college men, and to the college president it is a veritable hand-book full of suggestiveness on every page.” D: S. Jordan.
+ + =Science, n.s.= 29: 145. Ja. 22, ’09. 2350w.
=Elliot, George Francis Scott.= Romance of savage life, describing the life of primitive man, his customs, occupations, language, beliefs, arts, crafts, adventures, games, sports, etc. *$1.50. Lippincott.
8–3131.
A panoramic sketch of British life from Eolithic man who “nearly carried out, as only a society of squirrels and hedgehogs could do, the beautiful ideas of modern socialism” “through the periods of the mammoth hunters, the pony men, and the Picts and the Celts, right up to the Norman conquest of the Anglo-Saxons.” (Ath.)
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“We can recommend Mr. Scott Elliot’s book as filling a gap, and we think it should be useful as a popular handbook on its subject.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 587. N. 9. 340w.
“His ground is safer and more certain in the later chapters; in the earlier he takes risks and guesses a good deal, as must every one with imagination in dealing with such a perplexing and fascinating problem.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 504. O. 24. 420w. =Int. Studio.= 33: 169. D. ’07. 50w.
“Mr. Elliot professes to give references, but these and his list of authors are inadequate. The book will supply excellent reading to an intelligent boy, and may lead him to study the scientific literature of the subject.”
+ − =Nature.= 77: 171. D. 26, ’07. 580w.
“‘The romance of early British life’ is cleverly written by means of a series of stories, in which the manners of successive peoples are rendered with the insight and humour of a Dutch genre painter, and yet with the sober references to authorities that befit a man of science.” G. A. J. C.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 400w. =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 120w.
“Interesting, and even instructive, as the volume is, to a boy it could scarcely seem other than congested and too tightly packed with information.”
+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 747. N. 16, ’07. 180w.
=Ellis, Katharine Ruth.=^{[11]} Wide awake girls in Winsted. †$1.50. Little.
9–25975.
Three of the “Wide awake girls” come, one from Berlin, one from Massachusetts, and one from Washington, to spend the summer with Catherine, the fourth girl at her home in Winsted, a little midwestern town. The town needed a library and the girls, with the help of other friends, undertake the good work of starting one.
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“Not so good as ‘Wide awake girls,’ but decidedly superior to the average girl’s book.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 137. D. ’09. ✠
“There are some very little people in the book who say and do many funny things.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 597. O. 9, ’09. 70w.
=Elson, Henry William.=^{[11]} Child’s guide to American history. (Child’s guide ser., v. 3.) **$1.25. Baker.
9–20755.
“The romance of history in print and picture is here set before us. Dates and statistics are set aside even more completely than they were in the anecdotic annals of him who was the Father of History and had not quite learned the difference between prose and poetry. In a series of picturesque acts and scenes the author unrolls the story of the United States from the landing of the Pilgrims to the excavations at Panama. The pictures partake of the romantic character of the prose and are reproductions from paintings.”—Lit. D.
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“They are simply and entertainingly told and can be read by children of ten: a good library book and of value for teachers’ use as supplementary reading.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 95. N. ’09. ✠
“We would recommend this work to teachers principally as a sort of side dish which may be laid on the table at the intellectual feast furnished by the author’s more complete ‘History of the United States.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 536. O. 2, ’09. 170w.
“The narrative is direct and absorbing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 677. O. 30, ’09. 70w.
=Elson, Henry William.=^{[10]} Star-gazer’s handbook: a brief guide for amateur students of astronomy. *50c. Sturgis & Walton.
A handbook for ready reference that presents not only the general facts of astronomy, but also traces the constellations and includes the mythological stories in connection with them.
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“The book is a valuable addition to educational works on astronomy, and should be in the possession of every teacher who wishes to have an outline, at any rate of the up-to-date theories on this most fascinating subject.” Mary Proctor.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 671. O. 30, ’09. 430w.
=Elson, Robert.=^{[5]} Magnate: a novel. †$1.50. Brentano’s.
A story “founded on the well-worn theme of a nominal marriage, and the gradual growth in the woman of love for the man who has married and adores her. The early days of this commercial king’s beggar-maid amid vulgar surroundings are described with a vigour which carries one through a succession of gilded scenes to the inevitable happy ending.”—Ath.
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“Riots in a luxury of superlatives. The atmosphere of the almighty dollar is overpowering at times.”
− + =Ath.= 1908, 2: 328. S. 19. 100w.
“Is very amusing, and this in spite of the fact that its author designed it to be distinctly serious. It is amusing because of its thoughtfully wrought absurdities.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 216. Ap. 10, ’09. 650w.
“The book is clever, vital, and for a kind of fairy-tale very real in its happenings, though ‘Robert Elson’ is more at home in studies of middle-class life than in scenes of splendour. But he, or she, is interesting and sincere.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 369. S. 19, ’08. 280w.
=Ely, Richard Theodore.= Outlines of economics. *$2. Macmillan.
8–25156.
A revision of the 1893 edition enlarged to meet the requirements of college or university classes. “The work is divided into four books, labeled respectively, ‘Introduction,’ in which are discussed such matters as scope and method, the characteristics of the present economic system, and the evolution of economic society; ‘Principles and problems’ in which are discussed the general problems of political economy, including consumption, production, values and exchange, distribution, and the relation of the state of industry; ‘Public finance’; and the ‘History of economic thought.’ Book 2, on the ‘Principles and problems,’ is naturally the most important part of the work. It is singularly well arranged and lucid.” (Econ. Bull.)
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 276. N. ’08.
“For wealth of material and formality of method, the book is excellent with the historical aspect, of economic society carefully worked out and an interesting chapter devoted to the characteristics of the present economic system.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 270w.
“One of the most sane, practical and up-to-date general works on political economy. The treatment is on the whole critical and authoritative, and a broad, tolerant, truth-loving spirit, pervades the work. In a few instances, it is true, there seems to be wanting something of the impartial spirit that characterizes the volume as a whole, and at times there is a singular narrowness of intellectual outlook, such as one finds where prejudice influences reason.”
+ − =Arena.= 40: 607. D. ’08. 620w.
“This is undoubtedly one of the best text books for college classes now available. It is singularly well arranged, the style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment is free from those personal idiosyncrasies and peculiarities of doctrine which have marred so many of our recent text books. It is the first general text book to appreciate fully and discuss intelligently the varied phases and applications of the principle of diminishing productivity.” T. N. Carver.
+ + =Econ. Bull.= 1: 301. D. ’08. 400w. + =Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 20w.
“A feature of the book to which ... one is inclined to give appreciative comment is its general sanity on most of the burning questions. The chapters discussing money and socialism, in particular, are notably moderate in tone and at the same time really excellent on other grounds. The work of course has its defects.” F. M. Taylor.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 301. My. ’09. 1100w.
“One of the best text-books available for use either in the class-room or by the general reader. It is sufficiently complete and detailed to satisfy the advanced student, and at the same time is so free from cumbersome technicalities as to be intelligible to the beginner.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 300w.
“In its present enlarged form it is a far better work than the original, and it now forms a distinctly valuable addition to the growing list of modern text-books.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 185. Mr. ’09. 80w.
=Embury, Aymar, II.=^{[11]} One hundred country houses; modern American examples. **$3. Century.
9–26473.
A suggestive and authoritative discussion of modern American architecture, its origin, development, uses and abuses, and its possibilities. One hundred country houses are pictured and their peculiarities of architecture described. They are grouped under the heads: New England colonial; Southern colonial; Classic-revival; Dutch colonial; Spanish or mission; Art nouveau; American farm-house; Elizabethan; Modern English; Italian; and Japanesque. The book, ten by eleven inches in size, is handsomely printed and bound.
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“Attractive and comprehensive volume.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 39: sup. 25. N. ’09. 60w.
“The work is only not a mine of suggestiveness and inspiration to architects, but is nowadays almost indispensable to those contemplating the erection of a home.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 776. N. 6, ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Embury has done good service in the preparation of this volume. Among books having similar purposes to serve the volume is a work apart.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 90w.
=Emerson, Edward Randolph.= Beverages, past and present; an historical sketch of their production, together with a study of the customs connected with their use. 2v. **$5. Putnam.
9–690.
Traces the origin and history of beverages both intoxicating and non-intoxicating from the earliest times to the present day, and includes also an account of some of the curious customs connected with their use, as, for instance, in the Dionysian festivals of the Greeks, the banquets of the Romans and the feasts of the Druids of Britain. Drinking in all countries is discussed from mythological times to the present.
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+ =Ind.= 66: 1035. My. 13, ’09. 70w.
“We should say that about everything that is worth knowing about the drinking habits of the world is to be found in this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 87. F. 13, ’09. 470w.
“Thorough historical sketch.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.
=Emerson, Harrington.=^{[11]} Efficiency as a basis for operation and wages. (Works management lib.) $2. Eng. mag.
9–24879.
“The book is not a technical treatise on shop management or on methods of paying labor or on industrial organization or cost-keeping.” (Engin. N.) It is a series of essays relating to such subjects as: National efficiencies; their tendencies and influence; Line and staff organization in industrial concerns; The location and elimination of wastes; The realization of standards in practice; Standard times and bonus.
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“Written in a style peculiarly the author’s own and so involved and profuse in its use of illustrations and figures of speech that one is reminded of another writer of the same surname and far wider fame. There is a great deal of thought-provoking material in the book; but there are frequent statements, particularly in the ‘side remarks,’ which tempt the reader to disagreement and which really have so little to do with the author’s main thought that they had better have been omitted.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 39. O. 14, ’09. 920w.
“A very interesting book which should appeal to every one interested in works management. It is well written, logical and advanced in character and the subject well covered.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 448. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
=Emerson, Ralph Waldo.=^{[12]} Journals; with annotations; ed. by E: W. Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes, v. 1 and 2, 1820–1832. ea. *$1.75. Houghton.
9–29980.
The first two volumes comprising the years from 1820–1832, of the hitherto unpublished journals of Emerson, begun at the age of seventeen and continued for fifty years. The selections from Emerson’s early journals are made in order that the lover of Emerson may see “the youth in his apprenticeship, the priest in his noviciate and in his full office caring for his people.... These journals show the soil out of which Emerson grew, the atmosphere around, his habits and mental food, his doubts, his steady, earnest purpose, and the things he outgrew ... the growth of his literary taste, his style, independence of thought and originality in writing.”
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“No books of the season will exceed these volumes in serious interest for readers of the best American books, or for those who are eager to understand American life, and especially to understand the most spiritual interpreter of that life who has yet appeared.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 877. D. 18, ’09. 2 0w.
=Empedocles.= Fragments of Empedocles; tr. into English verse by W: Ellery Leonard. *$1. Open ct.
8–33413.
A useful manual for the study of Empedocles which in addition to the translation of the “fragments” is furnished with an introduction, a bibliography and twenty-five pages of notes.
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“Taken as a whole, the version is both trustworthy and readable.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 69. Jl. 17. 300w.
“Students and readers unacquainted with Greek will welcome this admirable version of the fragments of Empedocles, which combines to an unusual degree adequate scholarship with poetical feeling and insight.” C. E. Millerd.
+ =Class. Philol.= 4: 465. O. ’09. 300w.
“Dr. William Ellery Leonard has done a notable service to classical literature by publishing ‘The fragments of Empedocles’ in acceptable English verse, accompanied by the original text.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 194. Mr. 16, ’09. 40w.
“This translation of the ‘Fragments of Empedocles’ deserves credit for the extent to which it preserves the exact meaning, together with the beauty and power of the original.” E. H: Johnson.
+ =J. Philos.= 6: 193. Ap. 1, ’09. 450w.
“We congratulate the author on accomplishing well a desirable piece of work.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 305. Mr. 25, ’09. 240w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 337. My. 29, ’09. 80w.
“Whether, however, we form a just judgment of Empedocles or no—and all judgments must be largely conjectural—it is certain that English students owe Dr. Leonard a large debt for placing this excellent edition in their hands. We can warmly recommend it to all who wish to make personal acquaintance with a writer who, if he fails to instruct will at any rate entertain them.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 939. Je. 12, ’09. 870w.
=English= vegetable garden; written by experts.^{[11]} *$3. Scribner.
“Tells how to grow familiar things to the best advantage, and it tells also—there is no chapter more worthy of note—how to grow some things which are not familiar. Here is a list of ‘Vegetables neglected in English gardens.’—cardoon, chicory, salsify and scorzonera, aubergine or egg-plant, and sugar-corn.”—Spec.
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“While not a guide to the American gardener, to the open-minded this will prove a suggestive book.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 333. O. 7, ’09. 980w.
“While no portion of the volume makes a plea for vegetarianism, the recipes for preparing vegetables in novel and appetizing ways will probably be to many readers one of the most valuable features of the book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 489. Ag. 14, ’09. 300w.
“The ‘experts’ who ... are responsible for the text give their information in a rather general and indefinite way, stopping short of really intimate and circumstantial direction in details which, though second nature to the skilled hand, are often the crux of the tiro and the cause of most depressing failures.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 12. Jl. 3, ’09. 1500w.
“This is likely, as one might suppose from the title, to be a most useful volume.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 866. My. 29, ’09. 70w.
=Enock, C. Reginald.=^{[11]} Mexico: its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume. (South American ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–22998.
The sub-title suggests the ground covered by Mr. Enock in his story of Mexico. “The land and the people are put before us with the most careful detail and understanding sympathy. Mr. Enock is by profession a civil and mining engineer, and his chapters on these subjects are especially valuable. He thinks Mexico a coming power and one which English and American capital will do well to consider. He deplores the present tendency to welcome Asiatic immigration, but says that Mexico needs more population, and that it should be recruited from Europe. The tropics are becoming, with increasing knowledge of hygiene and therapeutics, more and more safe for the white races, and Mexico, with her spirit of progress, her courage and determination, is sure of taking the lead among Latin-American countries.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Covers modern conditions as thoroughly and is much less expensive than Martin’s ‘Mexico of the twentieth century.’ Winter’s ‘Mexico and her people of today’ is more popular in style and would prove an acceptable substitute on modern Mexico, but contains much less history.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 114. D. ’09.
“As to the material itself, it has been written by an enthusiast, nor, having read, do we blame the enthusiasm. The volume is really amazing. There is nothing about Mexico that seems to have been left out, and it is as interesting as it is comprehensive.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 513. Ag. 28, ’09. 1300w.
“Mr. Enock is at his best in his descriptions of Mexican life in city and on the road; and his survey of the natural resources, the mineral wealth, and the industrial progress is exhaustive, full of information, and illustrated by an admirable series of photographs.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 560. O. 9, ’09. 610w.
=Enock, C. Reginald.= Peru: its former and present civilisation, history and existing conditions, topography and natural resources, commerce and general development; with an introd. by Martin Hume. *$3. Scribner.
8–31238.
“Sets forth the past and present condition of Peru in a manner which may be of practical value, while sustaining the interest and color which have always tinged our imaginings of that fascinating land. In his former book Mr. Enock dealt with the manner of travel and life in the Andes, with less of an informative side than the present work.” (N. Y. Times.) Some of the topics discussed are: Recent development, Political administration and divisions, the Social system, Orography, Geology, Hydrography, Natural history, Climate, Means of communication, Agricultural and natural products, Mineral wealth, Financial, Industrial, and Commercial conditions.
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“Especially valuable for the chapters on mineral resources and agricultural development. Supplements the author’s ‘Andes and the Amazon’ which covers life and travel in Peru, and is more readable, but less informing.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 102. Ap. ’09.
“Is especially full on Peruvian mineral resources and agricultural development. Serves the purpose of a handbook reasonably well.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 63. Ja. 21, ’09. 90w. =N. Y. Times.= 13: 542. O. 3, ’08. 140w.
=Epstein, Mordecai.=^{[5]} Early history of the Levant company. Dutton.
9–6032.
A study based upon original sources covering “the years of periodic charters from 1581 to 1695 and the period of the permanent charter down to 1640. The appendix, which makes up nearly one-half of the volume, contains early charters, lists of officers, ships, ports, etc.”—J. Pol. Econ.
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“We can only hope that this ‘first instalment,’ as Dr. Epstein calls it, may be speedily followed by an equally careful account of the later fortunes of the company.” E. A. M’A.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 405. Ap. ’09. 570w.
“A distinct contribution to our knowledge of the early history of this company.”
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 238. Ap. ’09. 60w.
“The story is worth telling all through, but perhaps the most interesting part is chap. 10, ‘Pirates, interlopers, and factors.’”
+ =Spec=. 101: 136. Jl. 25, ’08. 280w.
=Escott, Thomas H. S.= Story of British diplomacy; its makers and movements. **$4. Jacobs.
8–34178.
The story of Great Britain’s foreign policy from Pitt to Palmerston. “Mr. Escott has had opportunities of intercourse with those ‘who know,’ and has availed himself of them to good purpose.... The reader will find especially interesting the narrative of the negotiations which ended in the Crimean war.” (Spec.)
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“Mr. Escott has not produced a more solid piece of work than his new book, singularly different in this respect from his latest gossipy volumes. Mr. Escott’s paragraphs and sentences are long and somewhat breathless, but he interests us from the first page to the last. For dates we sigh in vain. Their absence involves some confusion, and leads the author to obscurities, if not mistakes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 1: 781. Je. 27. 1400w.
“There are no new facts and no original reflections in this loose and verbose sketch of English history.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 83. Jl. 18, ’08. 180w.
“It may all be read with interest, though not, we may say, with implicit confidence. There are, too, unaccountable omissions.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 337. S. 5, ’08. 250w.
=Esenwein, J. Berg.=^{[5]} Writing the short-story: a practical handbook on the rise, structure, writing, and sale of the modern short-story. $1.25. Hinds.
9–13414.
Embodies the practical principles of short-story structure as viewed by the magazine editor and as practiced by the best contributor. After a historical introduction on the rise of the short-story and its present place and power the following subjects are treated at length: The nature of the short-story; The structure of the short-story; Preparation for authorship; The manuscript and its market; and Appendices including collections of short-stories, sketches, and tales, representative short-stories, plots, a digest of historical rules applicable to short-story writing, bibliography, etc.
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“More practical than Allbright’s ‘The short story,’ which aims to establish a critical criterion.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 39. O. ’09.
“Mr. Esenwein has approached the short story as an historian, as a maker of textbooks, and as a literary adviser. It is always difficult to ride three horses at once, and in this instance they are not all guided with equal felicity.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 310w.
“While the author does not add much to the criticism of the subject, he does succeed in collecting a good deal of information for the practitioner.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 297. Ag. 5, ’09. 150w.
“If his book is the best, it is partly because it is the latest. But he has analyzed his subject and organized his ideas with unusual vigor and perspicuity.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 12. Jl. 1, ’09. 220w.
“Mr. Esenwein has an admirably logical method in the treatment of his subject and at the same time he writes always in an easy, interesting style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 368. Je. 12, ’09. 220w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 80w.
“The book is eminently practical.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 865. My. 29, ’09. 320w.
=Estabrook, Alma Martin.=^{[5]} Rule of three: a story of Pike’s Peak. $1.25. Small.
9–11256.
The rule of the three Bellas in a bungalow on the side of Pike’s Peak furnishes incidents for this love comedy. Aunt Marianna, supposed to be in Japan, drops in suddenly upon her nephew, Garvin Longstaff, and overcome by the altitude demands Bella whom he had promised to marry within a certain time, now past, as a condition for receiving a large portion of the aunt’s fortune. He rushes out to find a substitute for Bella until she can be hurried on to a wedding which he promises himself shall take place speedily. The first girl he meets refuses to serve; when he returns with the compliant second he finds number one, who had changed her mind, self installed as nurse. By the time the rightful Bella appears, Garvin’s heart is lost to number one. The complications are smoothed out by the united efforts of number one’s grandfather and Aunt Marianna. A little above the average summer “hammock” story.
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“A very pleasant little trifle. The confection is agreeably sentimental, with a saving spice of humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 200w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[7]} Life of the spirit: an introduction to philosophy; tr. from the German by F. L. Pogson. 2d ed., with introductory note by the author. (Crown theological lib., v. 26.) *$1.50. Putnam.
9–10967.
A searching inquiry into the elements of life with a view to reconciling them. The author “aims at developing, not a new category, but a new culture, and holds that it is the privilege of philosophy, by penetrating to what is most inward in human nature, to bring a religious inspiration to bear upon the problem of the world of human labor.” “The author regards a spiritual life a life of insights and affections, as the normal development of man, and affirms that this life must be sustained by a philosophy suited to it. The life gives occasion to the philosophy, and the philosophy justifies and guides the life.” (Dial.)
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“Most stimulating and suggestive and untechnical, but assumes considerable learning and requires close application.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09.
“Deserves attention by reason of its intrinsic merit. Is simple in construction and well sustained in manner of presentation. The style of the book is somewhat diffuse, but it leads us by a sure path to this fundamental notion of an expanding life which is mothering the world and bringing to it a truer and more adequate philosophy.” J: Bascom.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 700w. + =Ind.= 67: 256. Jl. 29, ’09. 240w.
“The book is thoroughly stimulating, and is an admirable synthetic interpretation of modern thought. So far as can be judged from what appears to be an excellent translation, Prof. Eucken’s style is simple, straightforward, and pure.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 95. F. 20, ’09. 1100w.
=Eucken, Rudolf Christof.=^{[10]} Problem of human life as viewed by the great thinkers from Plato to the present time; tr. from the German by Williston S. Hough, and W. R. Boyce Gibson. **$3. Scribner.
9–24685.
A volume of nearly six hundred pages designed to afford historical confirmation of the view that conceptions are determined by life, not life by conceptions. With this as a guiding conviction, the author traverses “the whole spiritual development of the Western world in the hope that the several phases of development and above all, its great personalities will be brought nearer to the personal experience of the reader than is customarily done.” The discussion falls under the following general heads: Hellenism; Christianity; The modern world. The great philosophical thinkers and teachers who influenced trend of thought are treated for each period.
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+ =Dial.= 47: 20. Jl. 1, ’09. 350w. =Nation.= 89: 384. O. 21, ’09. 70w.
“Here is a book, a large and serious book, full of thinking matter as well as reading matter, well written by one who has earned the Nobel prize for literature, well translated by competent American professors, well read by the public of another land. What will the American public answer to this challenge?” J. E. Sampter.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 747. N. 27, ’09. 1500w.
“Welcome is the lesson here educed from the struggles of the past, that human destinies are ruled by spiritual necessities, and that life emerges from its testing in fresher and truer form.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 832. D. 11, ’09. 330w.
“An admirable volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 70w.
=Ewing, James Alfred.= Mechanical production of cold. *$3.25. Putnam.
9–7594.
A reprint of a series of lectures given in 1897 covering “the general principles of refrigeration, air machines, absorption machines, the vapor compression process, trials of refrigerating machines, uses of mechanical refrigeration and applications of extreme cold.”
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“The man who takes an intelligent interest in matters affecting our daily life cannot fail to find in Mr. Ewing’s pages much that will appeal to him. While the book is intended primarily for scientific readers, it is in the main couched in language readily intelligible to the general public.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 570w.
“In his attempt to make the treatment intelligible without unnecessary mathematics, this well-known author has succeeded admirably, and the lecture form makes the work especially pleasing. A book of this kind is much needed among men who would like to know the principles of thermodynamics, but who do not have the knowledge of mathematics necessary to use the ordinary text-books on the subject. On the other hand, it will be of value to engineering students in showing them that the mathematics that they meet with in their course in thermodynamics is simply a convenient means to an end.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 706. D. 19, ’08. 430w.
“It is to be regretted that [C. G. S. units] have not been used throughout the book so as to make it more uniform.” F. H.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 484. F. 25, ’09. 780w.
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=Fabian= essays in socialism, by G: Bernard Shaw and others.^{[6]} *50c. Ball pub.
9–35445.
A new edition of the “Fabian essays in socialism,” with an introductory chapter by Mr. Shaw relating to the Fabian society and its work. “The ruling idea of the book, as described in an introductory essay by the late Prof. William Clarke, is that of inevitable political and industrial evolution—nothing utopian, but an attempted generalization on the lines of modern scientific ideas.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“One of the most important works on socialism.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 119. Ap. ’09.
“The rare citizen who is willing to reason logically as well as feel humanely will find this book most helpful.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1084. My. 20, ’09. 400w.
“One cannot help wishing that in a little book so generally the result of sincere and earnest thinking the blue pencil had been used on Mr Shaw. The book is to be commended to those who wish to get at the heart of the Fabian idea of socialism, to all those, in fact, who take an interest in sociology, whether their views coincide with or are opposed to the ideas promulgated. To the amateur who knows practically nothing of the subject the book offers a very fair résumé of the best data and arguments on its side of the question, presented in clear, concise, and intelligible style.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 206. Ap. 10, ’09. 420w. =Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 280w.
=Fagan, James O.= Confessions of a railroad signalman. **$1. Houghton.
8–25159.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“Has won a right to be heard by mastery of his field and by the devotion of a trained and philosophic mind to a problem of vital significance.” C. R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 548. Ja. ’09. 150w.
“The author is also fortunate in possessing a well-trained mind and he has command of remarkably good English.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 455. Mr. ’09. 310w.
“An exceptionally able book, worthy of the serious attention of every student of the causes of railroad accidents.” E. R. Johnson.
+ =Char.= 21: 509. Ja. 2, ’09. 550w.
“This book serves a useful purpose in keeping the real question before the American public. But in laying the entire blame upon the railroad employee it does this class an injustice and presents only a partial picture of the situation.” F. H. Dixon.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 1: 348. D. ’08. 450w.
“It must command the attention of the traveling public as well as the consideration of the railway man, however the latter may view the opinions of the author.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 19. F. 18, ’09. 950w.
“There can be no doubt that the case he presents is worthy of careful consideration.” L. C. Marshall.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 42. Ja. ’09. 430w.
“A candid consideration of the argument leads the reviewer, at least, to feel that the author himself is not totally unprejudiced. The book is well thought out. The English is excellent and the style calm and clear. It is of interest to everybody.” E. E. Agger.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 147. Mr. ’09. 480w.
=Fagan, James O.=^{[11]} Labor and the railroads. **$1. Houghton.
9–28733.
A vitally important contribution to economic history in which the author treats of the relations between organized labor movements and employers, turning the force of his arguments into concrete railroad problems. His point of view is that of a former employee who believes that the railroad employees are the most important factors in the situation from every point of view. “Their opinions, their policies, their behavior, are the great topics to be considered, socially, financially, and industrially. His chapters are: The industrial dilemma; Labor and railroads; The railroads and education; The railroads and efficiency of service; The railroads and publicity; The case of the Pennsylvania; Labor and responsibility; Labor authority over the railroads.”
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“Vigorous and authoritative essays.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.
=Fairweather, Rev. William.= Background of the gospels; or, Judaism in the period between the Old and New Testaments. (Cunningham lectures, 20th ser.) *$3. Scribner.
9–13620.
A treatment of later Judaism “with special reference to the times of Jesus. Discussions of the Maccabaean struggle, the Herodian age, the Apocalyptic movement, and Hellenistic Judaism constitute the bulk of the work. There is a full bibliography, and numerous critical notes and complete indices conclude the volume.”—Bib. World.
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“While offering thus some general criticism on Mr. Fairweather’s work, we recognize the author’s industry and the admirable spirit of his discussions.” G: H. Gilbert.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 619. O. ’09. 530w.
“An intelligent and comprehensive treatment of later Judaism.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 216. Mr. ’09. 50w.
“The book meets admirably the end for which it seems to have been written, namely, to put in convenient form a large mass of historical, literary, and theological facts pertaining to a neglected but highly important period.” H: B Carré.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 426. D. ’09. 800w.
“A good book ... scholarly but not too technical.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 536. My. 27, ’09. 260w.
“A valuable contribution to religious knowledge.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 71. My. 8, ’09. 200w.
“He is careful, thorough, sound, and shows wide reading: but he lacks vigour and originality in his treatment of the matter he has so laboriously collected, and we get a little tired of his Protestant contempt for Jewish legalism and ecclesiasticism. His work is rather too big and technical for the popular reader, and the specialist will find little in it that he has not found equally well expressed elsewhere; it will remain in the thoroughly respectable class of useful books, but it does not show, or arouse, enthusiasm.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 250. F. 20, ’09. 260w.
“This book deals with Judaism in the period between the two Testaments, and certainly Mr. Fairweather has contrived to fill ‘the blank page’ with wonderfully interesting matter.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 579. Ap. 10. ’09. 1450w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Mental hygiene in every day living. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10654.
A little talk on the subject of “common sense made authoritative” that helps nervous sufferers back to health, makes the timid courageous, teaches the lazy to work, cheers the hopeless, and gives more power to the industrious.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Point of view. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10296.
Urges a healthy, normal, wholesome outlook on life as the initial step to a more competent, more efficient, happier self.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 163. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times=. 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 30w.
=Fallows, Alice Katharine.=^{[5]} Talk on relaxation. (Making the best of things ser.) **35c. McClurg.
9–10655.
A little talk whose spirit is in keeping with the work in practical Christian psychology established by Bishop Fallows in St. Paul’s church, Chicago.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. ✠ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 60w.
=Fallows, Rt. Rev. Samuel.= Health and happiness; or, Religious therapeutics and right living. *$1.50. McClurg.
8–30270.
A book which has grown out of Bishop Fallows’s work in Christian psychology, as he has conducted it in St. Paul’s church, Chicago. It is quite similar to the Emmanuel work in Boston and teaches “faith as a dynamic force, chiefly for the cure of overtaxed nerves. He is for co-operation with the neuropath.” (Ind.)
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=A. L. A.= Bkl. 5: 10. Ja. ’09. =Ind.= 65: 1184. N. 19, ’08. 90w.
=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on capital punishment. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A recent volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series.” It is uniform with the predecessors, and, like them, offers as the chief reason for compilation the manifest need among students, debaters, and club women for material on the subject under treatment which cannot be had in the small libraries of the country.
=Fanning, Clara Elizabeth=, comp.^{[12]} Selected articles on the election of United States senators. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A volume in the “Debaters’ handbook series” which reprints entire or in part the most valuable articles on the subject of the Election of United States senators. The book is for debaters who have small access to material, and includes a full bibliography of the subject.
=Farrar, James M.= Junior congregation. 1884–1908. **$1.20. Funk.
8–29743.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“The book is thoroughly practical.” F. W. Collier.
+ =Arena.= 41: 512. Jl. ’09. 130w.
“The sermons are not very good. Neither are they very bad. The chief merit about them is that they must have been interesting. They are not too condescending nor are they too learned. Other preachers will wonder and admire. Whether they will imitate will depend on their capacity.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 425. F. 25, ’09. 160w.
“Preachers and Sunday-school teachers would find this book distinctly helpful to them.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 106. Ja. 16, ’09. 50w.
=Faunce, William H. P.= Educational ideal in the ministry. **$1.25. Macmillan.
8–32415.
President Faunce’s Lyman Beecher lectures delivered at Yale university. “To the criticism that the work of the clergyman is not properly correlated to modern life Dr. Faunce brings his contention that the real, vital relation of the preacher to the community is that of teacher. Moreover, he contends that preaching, far from being relegated to-day to the background of our modern life, is ‘outside the pulpit more widespread, more vigorous, more effective, and more in demand than at any time during the last hundred years.’ Preaching, he declares, is done perhaps most effectively to-day by college professors, political leaders, judges, diplomats, governors of states, even labor leaders. We are, he contends, living in an age ‘not only of reaction from the crass materialism of which Professor Haeckel is a belated exponent, but an age of unprecedented ethical interest, of altruistic enthusiasm, of a moral passion that overflows all ecclesiastical channels and conventional modes of expression and spreads like a great river nearing the sea.’”—R. of Rs.
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“It is a notable book. It cannot fail to be an inspiration to the ministry.” T. G. Soares.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 481. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“He presents a point of view rather than a compendium of rules and regulations.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 716. My. ’09. 270w.
“One may not agree with the author’s religious points-of-view at all times, but about the practical worth of the volume to those for whom it has been prepared there can be no question.”
+ =Arena.= 41: 510. Jl. ’09. 400w.
Reviewed by G: Hodges.
=Atlan.= 103: 561. Ap. ’09. 100w.
“The book is more an emphasis than a contribution. It deals less with facts than with values and furnishes a broad presentation rather than a prophetic call.” R: H: Edwards.
+ =Char.= 21: 1049. Mr. 6, ’09. 700w.
“The lectures contain robust counsel and vigorous thinking for the theological student of today.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 99. Ja. ’09. 30w.
“It would be a fine thing for the country if this book were read by every minister and every student of theology and every young man who has any thought of the ministry as a profession.” E. S. D.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 116. F. 27, ’09. 500w. + =Outlook.= 91: 584. Mr. 13, ’09. 380w.
“It is seldom, we think, that a presentation of the relation of the clergyman to the life of the world around him has been so graphically, cogently, and convincingly made as Dr. Faunce has done in this volume.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 254. F. ’09. 300w.
=Fauth, Philipp.=^{[9]} Moon in modern astronomy: a summary of twenty years selenographic work and a study of recent problems; tr. by Joseph McCabe, with an introd. by J. Ellard Gore. *$2. Van Nostrand.
8–14716.
“Contains Mr. Fauth’s summary of his twenty years’ selenographic work, together with a discussion of the many problems which face the selenographer of to-day. Mr. Gore’s introduction is purely descriptive of the general classification of lunar features, of which he defines the general terms, thus enabling the non-astronomical reader to study Mr. Fauth’s work with some measure of understanding. The theme of the work is the substantiation of the author’s conclusion that our satellite is covered with a thick layer of ice.”—Nature.
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“The book is carefully prepared and is well worth consideration.” H. E. Buchanan.
+ =Astrophys. J.= 29: 91. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“The work before us places him in the first rank of selenographers.”
+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 74. Jl. 20. 550w. + =Nature.= 77: 195. Ja. 2, ’08. 450w.
“The reader who wishes to learn the meaning of the peculiar riddles scientists are gradually solving regarding the cuneiform writings on the moon’s surface, will welcome this book as a popular exposition of the science of the moon.” Mary Proctor.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 515. Ag. 28, ’09. 1800w.
=Fay, Charles Ryle.= Co-operation at home and abroad; a description and analysis. *$3. Macmillan.
8–33820.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“No other work covers the subject so completely.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 137. My. ’09.
“Without doubt it is the best piece of work ever published in this field of economic investigation.”
+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 194. Ja. ’09. 180w. =Ind.= 67: 196. Jl. 22, ’09. 630w.
“The chief value of the book attaches rather to the detailed description of these undertakings than to any analysis of economic principles involved in the aims and ideals of co-operation.” J. C.
+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 733. D. ’09. 530w.
“His account of the organization and working of cooperative credit is the best general account I have seen and will form a valuable supplement to more detailed works, such as Wolff’s.” J. E. Pope.
+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 153. Mr. ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Fay’s work is indispensable to any one who would be ‘au courant’ with coöperation in Europe.” N. P. Gilman.
+ =Yale R.= 17: 455. F. ’09. 500w.
=Fenollosa, Mary McNeill (Sidney McCall, pseud.).=^{[6]} Red Horse Hill. †$1.50. Little.
9–12084.
A story of even greater dramatic qualities than “Truth Dexter.” A young woman officially notified of the death of her husband who had taken their child and run away with a servant marries, without revealing her past unhappiness, the junior partner in a large milling firm. In a southern town whither they go to build up some declining mill interests, the wife discovers her former husband, a diseased drunkard, and also her child among the frequently flogged child employees of the mill. The terror of the revelation, the suffering for her child’s misery, the unburdening of her secret to her husband, the blow to his pride and his final forgiveness are all elements that are woven into a story whose dominant note is the power for good or evil in the hands of Southern mill owners.
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“Plot is strong but poorly handled.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.
“Represents a type of fiction growing common among us,—melodrama allied to a larger theme and a greater plea.”
+ − =Atlan.= 104: 683. N. ’09. 120w.
“Quite aside from any purpose, the book is interesting. The fact about the book which makes it worth while is a certain passionate intensity, a vibrant quality that seizes upon the reader and will not let him go.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 413. Je. ’09. 970w.
“This idea ... would have made a powerful book had it not been weakened by an hysterical riot of individual emotion on the part of the actors in the drama.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 78. Jl. 22, ’09. 140w.
“If the book were a better novel, however, it might be a better tract as well.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 500w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 376. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Is defective in its building-plan, flat in its ending, over-written in style, too melodramatic to be always effective, but it is a passionate, honest, genuine blow at the hateful evils of child-slavery in mills, and in other ways its insight into human nature is notable.”
+ − =Outlook.= 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 90w.
“Viewed from the standpoint of the social worker the book is clearly a failure.”
− =Survey.= 22: 689. Ag. 14, ’09. 200w.
=Ferrero, Guglielmo.=^{[6]} Characters and events of Roman history, from Cæsar to Nero; tr. by Frances Lance Ferrero. (Lowell lectures of 1908.) **$2.50. Putnam.
9–14129.
A series of studies of the great men and women of ancient Rome and of critical moments and events in Roman history. Contents: “Corruption” in ancient Rome and its counterpart in modern history; The history and legend of Antony and Cleopatra; The development of Gaul; Nero; Julian and Tiberius; Wine in Roman history; Social development of the Roman Empire; Roman history in modern education. Index.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 11. S. ’09.
“When we come to weigh his claims carefully we find very serious flaws in his work. Learned as he is in Latin literature and history, he lacks that broad culture which is indispensable to a great historian.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 7. Jl. 3. 1000w.
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w.
“It is a pity that the lectures were not translated by someone more familiar with English vocabulary and idiom.” H. S. Jones.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 756. O. ’09. 150w.
“The lectures of Mr. Ferrero still remain suggestive, fascinating, and fresh, altho some readers will be inclined to think that he sometimes seems to be doing in earnest what Whately did in jest, when the latter wrote an essay to prove that such a man as Napoleon never existed.”
+ − =Lit. D.= 39: 207. Ag. 7, ’09. 580w. + − =Nation.= 89: 80. Jl. 22, ’09. 800w.
“There is no present doubt that he leads the writers of his class for interest, originality of view and interpretation, skill in the handling of old and new material, and confidence in his own opinions, however widely they may differ from those of his predecessors. And invariably his work is ‘good reading.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 351. Je. 5, ’09. 1100w.
“Prof. Ferrero, as may be expected, writes entertainingly, and from thorough knowledge of his subjects.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 250w. =Outlook.= 92: 583. Jl. 10, ’09. 500w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 125. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“The book is a manual of sound political thought, as well as a gallery of brilliant pictures. But brilliant and original as Signor Ferrero always is, he is never freakish. His seeming paradoxes are based on sound scholarship, and they carry full conviction.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 513. O. 2, ’09. 2000w.
=Ferrero, Guglielmo.= Greatness and decline of Rome; v. 1 and 2 tr. by Alfred E. Zimmern. v. 3.-5 tr. by H. J. Chaytor. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.
7–25134.
=v. 3.= Fall of an aristocracy.
Continues the narrative from the day of Caesar’s death to the renewal of the second triumvirate. “In other words, it is the narrative of the fall of aristocracy, the bringing to grief of the plans of the Conservatives, who had hoped to obtain so much from the removal of Caesar, and emphasizing the decadence of Rome, which began to be revealed not only in the rottenness of the State itself, but in the fact that Roman leaders began to seek their fortunes abroad.” (N. Y. Times.)
=v. 4.= Rome and Egypt.
Includes the “Persian war of Anthony, the downfall of young Pompey, and the rise of Augustus, from 37 to about 23 B. C., from the fall of Jerusalem into the power of Herod and Sossius to the initiation of constitutional reforms by the new Emperor. The reunion of Anthony and Cleopatra, and their marriage in defiance of the Latin rule of monogamy, the brief existence of a new Egyptian empire, the triumph of Octavianus at Actium, the restoration of the republic, the birth of the empire are its chief subjects.”—N. Y. Times.
=v. 5.= This final volume deals with “The republic of Augustus,” bringing the history down to A. D. 14. “It is Ferrero’s main contention or chief discovery—that Augustus was a sincere supporter of republican ideas and institutions; that he had no imperial ambition; that his every effort was to preserve the supremacy of the Senate, and that only with reluctance and under compulsion did he take upon his own shoulders one burden of state after another.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Authoritative and final, even for a short time, the work cannot be, but it has all the charm of the best historical fiction.” B. Perrin.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 796. Jl. ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Ferrero is a valuable corrective to Mommsen in some respects, and his pages are far more interesting for general reading. The work does not cover half the period the title promises.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09. (Review of v. 5.)
“What distinguishes the work of Ferrero is precisely the brilliancy of his guesses—the satisfactory manner in which they make the epoch live again.” A. C. Howland.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 205. Jl. ’09. 1250w. (Review of v. 1–5.)
“That a book should be so fascinating, even in a translation, is its highest praise, for it implies that its style is not mere polish of diction, but the expression of clear and persuasive thinking. The gravest defect we find here is, as we have said of the third volume, a superficial and somewhat random psychology, which does not appreciate what qualities are consistent, and inconsistent, in human character.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 33. Ja. 9. 2000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“On the whole the work is well done, runs easily, and is throughout very good, if not convincing, reading.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 459. Ap. 17. 1450w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is worth noting that Signor Ferrero is often willing to suppress undoubted facts. Ferrero’s volumes are full of notions which are at least suggestive. They are written with the repressed vivacity of an Italian, who is also a scholar. They do not, however, supersede the work of Mommsen for that portion of Roman history which Mommsen’s volumes cover. At the most, they may be viewed as a corrective.” H. T. Peck.
+ − =Bookm.= 28: 439. Ja. ’09. 1800w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
Reviewed by W. H. Johnson.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 41. Jl. 16, ’09. 850w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It will be read for the undeniable brilliance of its style—albeit this hardly receives sufficient justice at the translator’s hand—for its vivid character-sketches, and for its acute diagnosis of social maladies; but paradox is still the master passion of its author, and paradox is no fit substitute for criticism.” H. S. Jones.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 753. O. ’09. 2700w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“Professor Ferrero’s work reflects the minute investigations of the coin hunters, and the sweat of brain of modern critics.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 46. Ja. 1, ’09. 1100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“No great historical theme has been dealt with in a fashion so striking and interesting as this in many, many years.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 900. D. 12, ’08. 220w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“One of the most attractive features of the work is the way in which he employs the poetic literature of Rome in illustration of the sentiments of the time.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 38: 303. F. 20, ’09. 680w. (Review of v. 4.)
“He is likely, however, to be ingenious rather than convincing. One quality Ferrero has still to show before he can do full justice to the constitutional work of Augustus, namely, a certain legal sense.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 603. D. 17, ’08. 2100w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“If there is anything new, as compared with the work of various others, it is rather in the extreme to which these points are pushed, and we can only say that these extremes are not adequately supported.”
− =Nation.= 88: 491. My. 13, ’09. 900w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A perusal of the pages of ‘The greatness and decline of Rome’ is an aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure. There are no digressions. The story moves with wonderful directness from cause to effect—absolutely devoid of rhetorical ornamentation.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 683. N. 21, ’08. 730w. (Review of v. 3.)
“The translation is competent and more than that, and the history is good reading throughout. There are no dry pages.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 782. D. 19, ’08. 1000w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The volume is perhaps the most interesting of the five.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 175. Mr. 27, ’09. 870w. (Review of v. 5.)
“A fresh charm is imparted to Roman history by the sociological insight and the dramatic touch of this Italian scholar.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 109. Ja. 16, ’09. 1000w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
“Signor Ferrero’s viewpoint throughout the entire work is that of a strictly impartial observer, with no theory to prove.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 123. Ja. ’09. 360w. (Review of v. 1–4.)
“This Italian scholar certainly knows how to make history interesting.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 160w. (Review of v. 5.)
“It is clear that Ferrero has established a claim to be heard on those great questions about Augustus which can be solved, if at all, on general historical grounds, and not by an examination of the ancient evidence.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 260. Ag. 28, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 3–5.)
“It is the work at once of a scholar and of an artist; it is based upon foundations of the most solid erudition, and it is marked on every page by the traces of a brilliant, imaginative, and exceedingly original mind. The work is convincing because it is intensely imaginative.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 20. Ja. 2, ’09. 1850w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)
=Ferry, Ervin Sidney.= Brief course in elementary dynamics for students of engineering. *$1.25. Macmillan.
8–22618.
“A clear, consecutive and consistent development of those laws and principles of dynamics most frequently occurring in the ordinary affairs of life and of widest application in the arts.”—Engin. D.
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“Emphasis has been laid on a thorough knowledge of principles upon which facts depend, rather than on a familiarity with a vast range of different phenomena.”
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 665. D. ’08. 250w.
“A few very unconvincing statements, or awkwardly put definitions, contrast with the clearness and accuracy of the most of the text.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 45. Ap. 15, ’09. 160w.
“It is logically arranged and written in a clear style that students fit for technical education can readily understand.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 58: 448. O. 17, ’08. 230w.
“One of the best class books that has appeared in a long time.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 251. F. 27, ’09. 110w.
“It appears to be an orderly, well-written account of the principles of dynamics, but rather over-burdened with formulæ.” E. G. C.
+ − =Nature.= 80: 95. Mr. 25, ’09. 170w.
=Ffoulkes, Constance Jocelyn, and Maiocchi, Rodolfo.= Vincenzo Foppa of Brescia, founder of the Lombard school. *$25. Lane.
“The text embodies not only the opinions of the authors themselves but also of the most distinguished European critics of the past and present on Foppa and his school. It is moreover enriched with excellent reproductions of a large number of his works, fifteen in photogravure, and supplemented by an index of all the mss. quoted, with translations of some of the more important, a chronological list of his extant paintings, one of those now lost, a place index and a carefully compiled subject one.”—Int. Studio.
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“Skilfully woven into an interesting consecutive narrative. The book is a perfect encyclopaedia of knowledge that will be a mine of wealth to future students.”
+ + =Int. Studio.= 37: 84. Mr. ’09. 350w. =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
“What deserves especial praise is the admirable temper of Miss Ffoulkes’ writing: it is quite free from the barren acrimonies of the partisan and from exaggerated laudation of its subject; it is also lucid and unpretentious in style.” Laurence Binyon.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 389. S. 25, ’09. 420w.
“The writers of this book are enthusiasts for their subject, and have given us a profusion of rather insignificant detail. We could have spared a good deal of this for the sake of a well-reasoned essay on the art of the painter.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 668. Ap. 24, ’09. 150w.
=Field, Claud.=^{[6]} Tales of the Caliphs. *$1. Dutton.
Included in the “Romance of the East” series edited by L. Cranmer-Byng. “The Caliphs who appear in this volume are five: All-Mansur (A. D. 754), who was the Henry VII of Baghdad, and the hero of the famous story of the poem engraved on marble; Al-Mahdi, son of the first (774); Haroun al-Raschid,—here we have the excellent story of Abu’l-Kasim of Basra; Al-Mamoun (Haroun’s son); and Al-Mansour of Cordova. It was Al-Mamoun who wept at his brother’s death, though he had sent to his general in the field a shirt without an opening for the head in answer to the question what he was to do with the captured Prince.” (Spec.)
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=Dial.= 47: 52. Jl. 16, ’09. 40w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 340w.
“Excellent stories these, though probably known to some readers.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 311. F. 20, ’09. 100w.
=Fifty= years of Darwinism: modern aspects of evolution.^{[6]} **$2. Holt.
9–12096.
The eleven essays in this volume reflect the views of as many of the well-known scientists of America upon Darwin’s influence and upon his views of origin. They reveal the enormous development and divergence of biological thought which have been the direct consequence of Darwin’s work. Divergence of thought is the most characteristic quality, for no two of the writers hold quite the same view of the processes of evolution. Some of the papers reflect closely Darwin’s own opinions, both earlier and later, while others are almost diametrically opposed, at least in so far as the methods of origin are concerned. The volume is invaluable as a symposium of American views of evolution.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 154. Je. ’09.
“It is not ‘popular science,’ but it puts things within the reach of laymen who are willing to take thought.”
+ =Bookm.= 29: 590. Ag. ’09. 350w.
“On the whole, however, the papers are clear, concise, and very much to the point.” C. R. B. and W. L. Tower.
+ =Bot. Gaz.= 48: 391. N. ’09. 680w.
“These make an interesting and valuable set of papers, and form a notable demonstration of the flourishing condition of American biological science.” Raymond Pearl.
+ =Dial.= 47: 94. Ag. 16, ’09. 370w. + =Ind.= 67: 480. Ag. 26, ’09. 270w. + =Nation.= 89: 145. Ag. 12, ’09. 1700w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 339. My. 29, ’09. 720w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 383. S. ’09. 200w.
Reviewed by D: S. Jordan.
+ =Science, n.s.= 30: 528. O. 15, ’09. 1000w.
=Figgis, Darrell.=^{[10]} Vision of life: poems; with an introd. by Gilbert K. Chesterton. *$1.25. Lane.
“‘A vision of life’ is but a vision of the broad and strait ways, imagined on lines not altogether novel.”—Ath.
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“Sincerity and a lofty ideal are undoubtedly the key-notes of the book; the author ranges his forces, as Mr. Chesterton observes, ‘on the side of the angels,’ but an ill-controlled preciosity, both verbal and metrical, goes far to discount the power of his message. The technique generally, in which modern verse is usually strong, leaves much to be desired.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 178. Ag. 14. 450w.
“On the whole, and even with the help of Chesterton’s pointer, we fail to see why oblivion should not have remained their portion.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 553. S. 18, ’09. 350w.
“The writer meant well and might have been pardoned much but for the introduction. Yet it is but honest to say that the thought is commonplace throughout and foolish at intervals.”
− =No. Am.= 190: 707. N. ’09. 400w.
“Until he gets rid of certain affectations of archaism and a certain laborious endeavor to liberalise the dictionary of modern poetic speech, he will never give his real gifts as a versifier any chance to appear for what they are.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 322. S. 11, ’09. 270w.
“While promise is not wanting, the author has written very indifferent verse. Far-fetched words do not constitute originality, and sententious platitudes are not the stuff of poetry.”
− =Spec.= 103: 21. Jl. 3, ’09. 60w.
=Figgis, Rev. John Neville.=^{[9]} Gospel and human needs; being the Hulsean lectures delivered before the Univ. of Cambridge, 1908–9; with additions. *$1.25. Longmans.
An attempt “to show that miracles are a help rather than a stumbling block to faith.” “The main thought of his four lectures may be said to be the reassertion of the supernatural in a materialistic age. He will have nothing to do with the apology which minimizes the superhuman nature of the Christian revelation or its expression in the life of Christ and the church.” (Ath.)
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“A distinct and interesting contribution to modern Christian apologetic. There are not a few signs that the lectures were prepared for the press with some haste.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 521. My. 1. 1500w.
“Dr. Figgis’s eloquent and scholarly Hulsean lectures are of absorbing interest. There are minor blemishes in a work which has the real literary flavour, and they can easily be removed in a later edition.” G. E. Ffrench.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 8: 215. O. ’09. 550w.
“He is at his best when criticising critics; his constructive work is not very convincing.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 204. Ag. 14, ’09. 330w.
=Filippi, Filippo de.= Ruwenzori: being an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi, to the snow ranges situated between the equatorial lakes of Central Africa; tr. by Caroline de Filippi. *$8. Dutton.
9–6571.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 749. Je. 26. 1150w.
“Had the explorer told his own story, the book would no doubt have been more lively in style and more vital in content. But these unavoidable defects in the narrative by no means disparage the intrinsic merit of the expedition, which went forth, not for a story, but to discover and catalogue scientific data. And as a record of important scientific discovery, no possible fault can be found with the book. We have never seen more remarkable panoramic pictures of mountain scenery than are here reproduced.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 184. Mr. 16, ’09. 700w.
“As a story of adventure and of triumph over difficulties it will be interesting to the general reader, and as a description of one of the very few unknown spots upon our globe it has a unique scientific importance.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1566. D. 24, ’08. 330w. + =Nation.= 88: 95. Ja. 28, ’09. 920w.
Reviewed by J. W. Gregory.
+ =Nature.= 80: 281. My. 6, ’09. 1100w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 252. F. ’09. 100w.
“A handsome volume which will appeal at once to the scientific climber and the lover of travel literature.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 49. Ja. 9, ’09. 150w.
“Not only is it an enthralling record of exploration and climbing, but there is a mass of valuable scientific material in appendices which is of high value to the geographer. The charm of the book is in the strangeness of the country explored.”
+ + =Spec.= 101: 997. D. 12, ’08. 1550w.
=Fillebrown, Charles Bowdoin.=^{[6]} A B C of taxation; with Boston object lessons, private property in land, and other essays and addresses. **$1.20. Doubleday.
9–5557.
Prepared as a guide revealing the true principle of taxation to the landlord, the rentpayer, and the student of economics. The author treats his subject under the following heads: Part 1, The A B C of taxation; Part 2, Three Boston object lessons in taxation; Part 3, Private property in land, and other essays and addresses; Part 4, Appendix, which includes articles on “Ethics of the single tax,” “Its breadth and catholicity,” “Tolstoy and Henry George,” “A protest against unjust taxation,” “Agreement in political economy,” etc.
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“A fair and clear exposition of the single tax, seemingly well grounded on statistical data.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 164. Je. ’09.
“The book seems to the reviewer to serve three distinctly important purposes, and will be equally welcome for each. In the first place it gives us an authoritative statement, in condensed and interesting form, by a loving disciple, and brilliant writer, of what the Georgian single tax theory ultimately meant to its own creator. It makes a permanent and easily available record of Mr. Fillebrown’s intensive statistical studies of real estate values and rentals in Boston. These are valuable in many connections other than in problems relating to taxation. The third purpose served is to furnish a record of Mr. Fillebrown’s efforts at ‘agreements in political economy.’” C. C. Plehn.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 248. S. ’09. 750w.
“A lucid proposition of George’s teaching about land values. It is cogent in parts as a geometric proposition, tho detailed with some unnecessary repetition. Enthusiasm and cocksureness, qualities which distinguish the genus, Single taxer, appear all thru.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 1093. N. 11, ’09. 340w.
“His harp has but one string, and to him the single tax is the tone dominant in the entire chord of taxation. His book discusses nothing else, but discusses that very well, as though it were the X Y Z of taxation, as well as the A B C.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 243. Ap. 17, ’09. 420w.
“His book is brief, easy to understand, and full of interesting illustrations of the working of taxation in the city of Boston. He states his theory definitely, and maintains it with able arguments, reinforced by evidence in the form of concrete exhibits.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 109. My. 15, ’09. 120w. =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 568. S. ’09. 140w.
“A clever and interesting exposition of the single tax.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 80w.
=Finch, Francis Miles.= Blue and the gray, and other verses; with preliminary word by Andrew D. White. **$1.30. Holt.
9–3883.
A group of verses by a New York man, numbered among the “big-hearted, wise, and witty” sons of Yale. Mr. Andrew D. White says in his “Preliminary word,” “His main pleasure he found in the hills, the woods, the streams of the Cayuga region, and love for these inspired his verse.”
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“With their subdued colouring, their declamatory style, formal even in its informality, and their rigid simplicity of verse-form, they belong to a period in American letters already old-fashioned—the period of the great New Englanders.” Brian Hooker.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 369. Je. ’09. 240w. =Nation.= 88: 439. Ap. 29, ’09. 270w.
“This little volume contains nearly fifty short poems of good quality, none of them, to be sure, revealing the magical touch of inspiration, but all indicative of a good mind, a sound heart, a sense of melody.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 132. Mr. 6, ’09. 230w.
=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[7]} Grieg and his music. **$2.50. Lane.
9–15889.
An amplification of the biography included in the “Living masters of music.” It is practically “a new work, and may be briefly described as an enthusiastic appreciation of the Norwegian master, as composer, executant, conductor, and man. To musicians it will be welcome and valuable on account of its comprehensive analytical studies of different phases of Grieg’s genius, while the general reader will find much to interest him in the biographical and descriptive passages, which are uncommonly rich in personal anecdote, in the observation possible only to intimate friendship, and to the revelations of private correspondence.” (Nation.)
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“Will no doubt remain the standard authority.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 12. S. ’09. + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 250w.
“We may not agree with Mr. Finck in all the claims he makes for his hero, but his arguments are calculated to convince. He has given the earnest and devoted life of Grieg with true regard and understanding; he furnishes a review of the works which is authoritative; and has made an illuminating and enjoyable book.” L: J. Block.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 379. N. 16, ’09. 2000w.
“May the book in its new form continue the good work begun in the old.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1141. N. 18, ’09. 360w.
“This is a fascinating biography—sympathetic and calling up the reader’s sympathy.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 330w.
“The book is a full and satisfying one, whether considered in its critical or biographical aspect, and certainly does full justice to its subject.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 611. Je. 17, ’09. 1100w.
“Mr. Finck had the advantage of a long personal friendship with him, which has given him command of material contributing notably to the picturesqueness and accuracy of his account, and giving information about the genesis of some of his works.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 356. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.
“We have in Mr. Finck’s book an excellent and authoritative biography.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 264. Ag. ’09. 500w.
“We cannot admit that Mr. Finck has succeeded in revealing to the public what he calls ‘the greater Grieg.’ But none the less we welcome the book for the fresh and pleasant light that it sheds on the personality of a delightful little master.” C. L. G.
+ − =Spec.= 103: 460. S. 25, ’09. 1200w.
=Finck, Henry Theophilus.=^{[12]} Success in music and how it is won; with a chapter on tempo rubato by Ignace Jan Paderewski. **$2. Scribner.
9–28946.
A sort of symposium in which many of the world’s greatest singers, pianists, violinists, and teachers tell the secrets of their success. The author’s personal conversation with many of them, letters and various other sources have furnished material from which he has constructed the “Gradus ad Parnassum,” and has shown the labored process of ascent. The divisions of the work are: Music, money, and happiness; Successful singers; Great pianists; Four types of violinists; Teachers, parents and pupils.
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=Ind.= 67: 1142. N. 18, ’09. 50w.
“The volume has the merit of presenting a steady ‘crescendo’ of interest.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 551. D. 2, ’09. 950w.
“Such details of the public and private lives of musicians have always had attraction for many people, and this book will be found no exception. But Mr. Finck gives much more in his own comments and observations, in his criticisms, interpretations, and deductions that come on every page.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 768. D. 4, ’09. 470w.
=Finley, John H., and Sanderson, John F.= American executive and executive methods. (Am. state ser.) **$1.25. Century.
8–33813.
The last of eight volumes which together furnish complete information concerning the manner in which the governmental agencies are organized and administered. This volume sketches the organization and mode of constituting the American state and federal executive power, contrasting the federal or unified type with the state or distributed type of organization. The legal powers of each of the three departments of the executive are defined and some illustrative judicial decisions are included.
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“The distinctive feature of the work is the marked emphasis laid upon the administrative as opposed to the political functions of the executive departments of government. The book reflects somewhat the defects inherent in a work of dual authorship. A number of minor errors have been noticed but the work has, on the whole, been performed with commendable accuracy. The personal views of the authors are sound and discriminating.” M. S. Brown.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 619. Ap. ’09. 420w.
“Written from a too strictly legal attitude to have as large general value as the earlier volumes in this series.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 76. Mr. ’09.
“There is less unity in this book than could be desired, though the limitations of space explain many of the omissions which could easily have been avoided in a larger work. The treatment of the power of appointment and removal is disappointing. Legal decisions one after another leave the reader confused as to what is the actual condition. A similar criticism applies to the discussion of state boards and commissions. After going through the chapter the reader knows what agencies there are, but not what they do. The treatment of the various branches of the subject is too brief to satisfy the advanced student.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 426. S. ’09. 250w.
“Nothing new or startling is developed in the volume. It is instructive though rather dry reading.” R. E. Bisbee.
+ − =Arena.= 41: 396. Mr. ’09. 100w.
“An important addition to our literature of politics. The treatment is inductive and historical, and eminently practical.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 315. M. ’09. 50w. =Engin. Rec.= 59: 166. F. 6, ’09. 150w.
“The broad distinction is noted that exists between the state governor and the president in actual power and influence, owing to the disintegration of executive power in the state, but the vast importance of the consequences does not receive due appreciation. In the sections relating to the national executive one could desire that there should be a fuller consideration of what might be called the prerogative powers of the office.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 560w.
“The authors begin their book like an orthodox history and end it like a political pamphlet. Apparently the subject ran away with the writers. It is a sort of citizen’s manual of government which would do good if ‘read, learned, and inwardly digested’ by men in public life in any capacity.” E: A. Bradford.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 37. Ja. 23, ’09. 1400w.
“A full and accurate book on this subject has been long needed, and has at length appeared.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 583. Mr. 13, ’09. 320w. =R. of Rs.= 39: 381. Mr. ’09. 100w.
=Finn, Frank.=^{[5]} World’s birds: a simple and popular classification of the birds of the world. 5s. Hutchinson, London.
“After an excellent, but very short, introduction, he begins with the American vultures (Catharditæ), goes through all the families in order, and ends with the woodpeckers (Picidæ). A great quantity of accurate and compressed information is given under headings such as size, form, plumage, young, nest, eggs, incubation, courtship, food, gait, flight, note, disposition, and habits, economic qualities, captivity, distribution, and important species. Mr. Finn is already well known as a writer on popular ornithology who is also a trustworthy authority.”—Spec.
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“Whatever merits this scheme of decentralization may possess, they are considerably discounted by the inevitable lack of cohesion between the separate units. Apart from these considerations, we have nothing but praise for this excellent handbook. The practical form in which the information relating to each family is given is admirable, and it is wonderful how much is contained in such a small compass:”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 201. F. 13. 500w.
“It is distinctly unfortunate that Mr. Finn did not follow the methods of the alphabetical system in its entirety on the lines of Montagu and Newton. If we set aside these incongruities, the book gives a fairly good popular idea of the numerous families of birds.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 374. Mr. 20, ’09. 280w.
“We cannot help thinking that Mr. Finn would have produced an equally handy and a more satisfactory little book of reference if he had dealt with the birds of the world in systematic instead of alphabetic order. The mass of facts collected, digested, and arranged in these two hundred pages is amazing.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: sup. 158. Ja. 30, ’09. 200w.
=Finot, Jean.=^{[9]} Philosophy of long life; tr. from the French by Harry Roberts. **$2.50. Lane.
9–17309.
“The first portion of the essay is a disquisition on longevity.... The mysteries of longevity are dwelt upon in a spirit in which mysticism is blended with science, and while the author furnishes us with ‘means for prolonging life,’ he tells us that one of the main means is the exercise of the will, for in the exercise of the will is to be found the cure of old age and the power of prolonging bodily existence to an almost indefinite period.... The second part of the book deals with the body when it has passed beyond the farthest limit of longevity.... Mr. Finot’s religion of the grave casts a phosphorescent light over the tomb which is bright and beautiful if not satisfying.”—Lit. D.
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“This is a delightful book if it be read as one reads ‘The anatomy of melancholy,’ the ‘Pseudodoxia epidemica,’ or Wanley’s ‘Wonders of the little world.’ Indeed, M. Finot’s scientific equipment is of the slenderest in spite of all his parade of knowledge. The translation is good as a whole but Mr. Harry Roberts does not seem to have much more scientific knowledge than his author.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 129. Jl. 31. 350w.
“Mr. Finot is a scientific man and a subtle philosopher and he seems to enjoy playing around his subject with quick and clever dialectic skill without attempting to prove anything except the obvious.”
− + =Lit. D.= 39: 350. S. 4, ’09. 430w.
“Turning to the mystery of death, M. Finot puts a guess in the place of every wanting fact.”
− =Nation.= 88: 634. Je. 24, ’09. 450w.
“It may be that Mr. Finot spreads over a little too wide scientific field to give anything more substantial than an imaginative and optimistic gleaning of many more or less closely correlated facts, apprehended with more or less accuracy. At all events, his book is interesting.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 449. Jl. 24, ’09. 1300w.
“On the scientific side, M. Finot’s book has not the merits of Professor Metchnikoff’s. It has few technicalities; it is popular; and the treatment is essentially literary. M. Metchnikoff is a great expert. M. Finot is not; we doubt if he is more than a clever Frenchman exercising a literary gift on a promising topic.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 140. Jl. 31, ’09. 900w.
“Probably the most practically interesting part of the volume will be found in what the author has to say about results actually accomplished in the direction of longevity.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 941. Je. 12, ’09. 450w.
=Fisher, Mary.=^{[11]} Journal of a recluse; tr. from the original French. **$1.25. Crowell.
9–25177.
An unsigned autobiography that divulges the suffering of a hungry, wounded heart in its search for a cure in solitude and work. It is the story of a man who had lived broadly, traveled extensively and suffered deeply; a man of high ideals, fine perception, and unquenchable courage, whose bitter experiences but sweetened his nature and cleared his vision. He comments on education, marriage, woman’s place and religion—all with a broad spirit of fairness and tolerance. The cold facts of a human document are softened and glorified by an atmosphere full of sunlight and the “odor of pines and wild flowers.”
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“The recital of the earlier years of the recluse is uninteresting—we would almost say stupid. Dramatic, forceful moments are not wanting, but a tone of self-sufficiency disagreeably obtrudes itself at times.”
− + =Lit. D.= 39: 683. O. 23, ’09. 280w.
“You quickly make up your mind that it is not to be accepted at its face value as a veritable bit of autobiography, but it is really a piece of sentimental fiction.” H. W. Boynton.
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 633. O. 23, ’09. 100w.
“The book has the charm of the unhackneyed.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 705. N. 13, ’09. 470w.
“In its simplicity and directness it suggests Rousseau or Amiel.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 639. N. ’09. 60w.
=Fitch (William) Clyde.=^{[12]} Wave of life: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.
The only novel of Mr. Fitch, written in 1890. It is a drawing-room story, mainly of the tangled loves of two young women and two men, and of the tragic outcome. To one studying the evolution of Mr. Fitch’s literary success the book has value; for it affords the opportunity of marking the progress in logical arrangement of material and in artistic form achieved by the playwright along the course from this early story to his latest play. A tribute to Mr. Fitch’s genius of friendship prefaces the story.
=Fitzhugh, Percy Keese.= King Time; or, The mystical land of the hours. $1.25. Caldwell.
9–7338.
The dream visit of a little boy to the kingdom of Father Time where his curiosity to find out what becomes of the ticked-off hours and minutes is abundantly satisfied. He meets the imps who represent hours, minutes and jiffies, visits their homes, and witnesses a war between the Duke of Procrastination and Father Time.
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“A fairy book of original conception.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 601. D. 17, ’08. 100w.
“[This] little story in verse and prose will be an attractive gift for the juvenile reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 742. D. 5, ’08. 100w.
=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=.^{[5]} Chapters on Spanish literature. *7s. 6d. Constable, London.
9–18715.
A review in ten chapters of nearly eight centuries of Spanish literature from the Cid to the novelists of to-day.
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“We have no hesitation in saying that this volume forms the most valuable English contribution to Spanish letters since the same author gave us his ‘History of Spanish literature.’”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 338. Mr. 20. 1200w.
“The verified translations are smooth and elegant, and the work is rendered complete by a good index.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 899. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s lectures on Cervantes and on the Spanish dramatists are worthy of their subject, and are remarkable for a sanity of criticism and appreciation which his predecessors have not always possessed; and the chapter on modern novelists gives a satisfactory outline of the revival of Spanish fiction from Fernán Caballero to Pérez Galdós and Pardo Bazan.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 499. Ap. 17, ’09. 800w.
“A deep learning perpetually enlivened by lightning-flashes of humour, a critical analysing spirit united with a breadth of insight due to wide sympathy and knowledge of the literatures of many other countries, combine to form a very striking work,—a work that will delight Spanish scholars, and appeal also to the more general reader.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 636. Ap. 24, ’09. 1100w.
=Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James=, tr.^{[5]} Nun ensign; a translation of “La monja alférez.” 7s. 6d. Unwin, T. Fisher, London.
The extraordinary adventures of Catalina de Erauso, the Basque novice, who at fifteen ran away from a convent, converted her nun’s robe into a man’s attire and “sallied forth to seek her fortune.... The astounding history of this extraordinary woman with the soul of a swashbuckler and the manners of a bravo, how she took service with a merchant, how she killed three men, to say nothing of her own brother whom she unwittingly slew in fair fight, and how, after many other adventures, she sailed for the New World and there fought against the Indians, all is told us in Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly’s translation of this old tale.” (Int. Studio.)
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“A volume which will prove welcome alike to students of Spanish literature and English readers who can appreciate a stirring record of adventure, unadorned by art and uninterrupted by sentiment.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 816. D. 26. 400w.
“The many reproductions are unfortunately far too small.”
+ − =Int. Studio.= 36: 251. Ja. ’09. 250w.
“A translation with a learned introduction and copious notes.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 64. Ja. 21, ’09. 150w.
=Flack, Horace Edgar.= Adoption of the fourteenth amendment. (Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science. Extra v. 26.) $2. Johns Hopkins.
8–35972.
“This is an excellent study of the purpose of the fourteenth amendment. The conclusion is not new—that the Supreme court in its later interpretations of the amendment nullified what was the almost unanimous belief of national and state legislatures as well as of the people at large as to what change had been made in our constitution. Mr. Flack has presented in detail the historical evidence justifying this conclusion. The discussion begins with the Freedmen’s bureau and Civil rights bills, then the amendment itself, prompted by the same motives as these bills, is attacked.... The last chapter discusses the Congressional interpretations placed upon the amendment just after its adoption.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
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“The book will be very useful to every serious student of reconstruction. There is a wholesome spirit of restraint and caution about the book and its statements of fact are to be relied on. A single slip has been noted: on page 251 Senator Thurman is said to have been ‘later Vice-President of the United States.’” W. A. D.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 625. Ap. ’09. 370w.
“Mr. Flack is to be congratulated on the way he has handled his subject. He has confined himself strictly to the subject in hand and has given us the best compilation of the historical evidence as to the purpose of the fourteenth amendment which is now available.” C. L. Jones.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 471. Mr. ’09. 380w.
“There is plenty of evidence of a patient and devoted industry in the preparation of the work; but the standpoint is biased and the treatment often unfair.”
− =Ind.= 66: 485. Mr. 4, ’09. 80w.
“Is constructed altogether too much according to the rules of the scientific school of history writing to enjoy any wide circulation; and, moreover, its subject is one in which the average man of the present generation is not vitally interested. But there can be no question of its helpfulness to the student of American history.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 774. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.
=Fleming, John Ambrose.= Elementary manual of radio-telegraphy and radio-telephony for students and operators. *$2. Longmans.
W8–192.
“The author has endeavored to present such information as will enable readers who have a knowledge of the elementary facts of electricity and magnetism to follow intelligently the practical development of the subject, and fit them for the study of more advanced works. Purely historical matter has been omitted as far as possible, and the mathematical reasoning introduced is limited to the use of simple operations and expressions.”—Engin. D.
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=Engin. D.= 5: 58. Ja. ’09. 200w. =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 27. Mr. 18, ’09. 500w.
“The majority of those who are engaged or who seek engagement in this work are hardly to be expected to have any desire to pursue its study into its more difficult theoretical parts; to such the present volume will prove an adequate guide. To others it will serve as a useful introduction to its more comprehensive predecessor.” Maurice Solomon.
+ =Nature.= 80: 65. Mr. 18, ’09. 380w.
“Besides its uses as a hand-book for operators and an introduction to the more advanced treatises for students, the manual will serve as a valuable supplement to the author’s ‘Principles of electric wave telegraphy’ until a new edition of the larger work shall become necessary.” G. W. Nasmyth.
+ =Phys. R.= 29: 88. Jl. ’09. 350w.
=Fletcher, Charles R. L.=^{[5]} Historical portraits: Richard II to Henry Wriothesley, 1400–1600; The lives by C. R. L. Fletcher; The portraits chosen by Emery Walker; with an introd. on the history of portraiture in England. *$2.90. Oxford.
9–24668.
A collection of one hundred and three biographies. “This volume, like all previous works of the kind, begins with Richard II, for the sufficient reason that portrait-painting was practically unknown in England before the opening of the fifteenth century. It is interesting here to trace the development of the art, from faces that to our eyes seem conventional and without much individuality, down to Holbein, who is the dominant artist of the collection.” (Nation.)
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“Of the arrangement of the portraits, however, some criticism can fairly be made. The written accompaniment to the illustrations falls much below the selection of portraits in scholarly characteristics.”
+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 121. O. ’09. 600w.
“The lives are brief but sufficient.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 394. Ap. 15, ’09. 200w.
“It is in every way a most interesting book. We venture, however, to differ from the statement which makes Queen Mary wholly responsible for the persecutions of her reign.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 467. Mr. 20, ’09. 170w.
=Fletcher, Joseph Smith.= Harvest moon. $1.50. McBride, J:
A story set in Yorkshire which deals with illicit love, the penalty, and the development of the wronged woman amid tribulation.
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“This is a well-written novel pitched in a minor key.”
+ =Arena.= 41: 90. Ja. ’09. 170w.
“The story is told with delicacy, but a false note is struck at the reunion of the parents.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 177. Ag. 15. 220w.
=Flete, John.=^{[11]} History of Westminster abbey; ed. by J. A. Robinson. (Notes and documents relating to Westminster abbey, v. 2.) *$2. Putnam.
9–22201.
“Flete, who was the only mediæval writer to attempt a history of the Abbey, was a monk of the house from 1420 to 1465.... A trustworthy text of the old monk’s history has now for the first time been put forth by Dean Robinson. He makes no profession of annotating the text, but he supplies some useful introductory remarks on the growth of the legend of the consecration of the church by St. Peter (in the spirit); the authenticity of certain of the royal charters and papal bulls; the relics and indulgences; the effigies of the Norman abbots; and the ancient tapestries of the choir. An attempt has also been made to correct Flete’s obvious inaccuracies in the chronology of the abbots.”—Ath.
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“From an historical point of view the most valuable of the present manuscripts of the Dean and Chapter.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 432. O. 9. 250w.
“The task by which he has laid under obligation every student of the history of the abbey is the edition of Flete’s history, which forms the volume before us.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 112. Jl. 24, ’09. 280w.
=Flexner, Abraham.= American college: a criticism. **$1. Century.
8–30713.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 287. D. ’08.
“Mr. Flexner has done well to call attention to these problems in college life, although there may be some justifiable doubt as to the value of suggestions given by a man who has not been a college teacher himself. These problems need discussion and this volume has the merit of stating the issue in a manner both clear and interesting.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 456. Mr. ’09. 230w.
“We hope every one actively interested in American educational institutions will read this book.” F. W. Collier.
+ =Arena.= 41: 86. Ja. ’09. 540w.
“If Mr. Flexner was aware of this [an error], then his reasoning is decidedly disingenuous. If, on the other hand, he was not aware of it, then why on earth had he the presumption to write a book on the subject of the American college?” H. T. Peck.
− =Bookm.= 28: 592. F. ’09. 220w.
“The whole forms an admirable and timely criticism of an important factor in the American problem, and one upon which a good deal more remains to be said and to be thought and done.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 23. Ja. 1, ’09. 400w.
“The book before us is, so far as we recall, the most keen and searching analysis of the actual present status of our educational system that has anywhere appeared.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 5. Ja. 14, ’09. 760w.
“This book is a real contribution to the subject. Mr. Flexner is iconoclastic, and yet at the same time constructive and his book will find a response in the minds of many who have given careful thought to the situation.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 385. Mr. 6, ’09. 360w.
“Mr. Flexner’s over-coloring of the picture may be well excused if it shall rouse college authorities out of a lazy satisfaction with inadequate results.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 629. D. 24. ’08. 1100w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 233. Ap. 10, ’09. 900w.
“This is a book whose significance is not grasped at a cursory reading; it invites close analysis, and though the first impression is distinctly pessimistic, there is disclosed in its pages an abundant idealism despite the unsparing criticism of college shortcomings.” Julius Sachs.
+ =School R.= 17: 274. Ap. ’09. 840w.
=Floy, Henry.=^{[6]} High-tension underground electric cables; a practical treatise for engineers. $2. Electrical pub. co.
9–9542.
“Mr. Floy has built up this book from a series of papers contributed to the ‘Electric world’ in the fall of 1908. The book summarizes experience and gives data based on the practice of many engineers who have been responsible for the installation and maintenance of high-tension underground, power-transmission lines. The argument of the book is that service by cable is more reliable than by aerial conductors and that the cost is often so low as to make the installation of cables economical in many locations where they are not demanded.”—Engin. N.
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=Engin. D.= 5: 543. My. ’09. 200w.
“The book is clearly written and well arranged.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 53. Ap. 15, ’09. 440w.
=Fluegel, Maurice.=^{[7]} Humanity, benevolence and charity legislation of the Pentateuch and the Talmud. *$2. H. Fluegel & co., Baltimore, Md.
8–21636.
Aims to prove the originality of the Mosaic laws and their superiority, social and economic, over those of the Hammurabi code.
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“The book would be more convincing if it were less declamatory, and if the author had not attempted to strengthen his position by blaming and accusing those who think differently. The book suffers, also, from prolixity. In spite of these and other defects, those portions of the book which treat of the purely economic teachings of the Hebrews are of value and will be found useful to the student of economics. The reader gets an impression of a book written in haste, to order and piece-meal, and there are errors which cannot be explained by carelessness alone.” F. F. Rosenblatt.
− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 145. Mr. ’09. 800w.
“We have taken a few points in which our author’s statements seem doubtful, but we wish to give the heartiest welcome to his book.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 784. My. 15, ’09. 380w.
=Flynt, Joseph.= My life; with an introd. by Arthur Symons. *$2. Outing pub.
8–30135.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 299. D. ’08. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 130w.
“Looked at as an extraordinarily interesting story of an extraordinary man,—a born tramp and wanderer, the book is well worth while.” L. E. Palmer.
+ =Char.= 21: 992. F. 20, ’09. 550w.
“The book answers many of the questions that his other works inevitably raise, and it rounds out a unique character and a unique accomplishment.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 219. F. 6, ’09. 450w.
“The value of his work is in the clear, unrefracted light which it sheds, not over civilization on a romantic truancy, but over civilization going quietly, furtively to the dogs.” S. P. Sherman.
+ =Nation.= 88: 188. F. 25, ’09. 3300w.
“Nothing, seemingly, is exaggerated, and naught set down in malice—even against himself.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 496. Ja. ’09. 530w.
=Foltz, El Bie Kean.= Federal civil service as a career: a manual for applicants for positions and those in the civil service of the nation. **$1.50. Putnam.
9–7065.
A manual on the workings of the governmental machinery for the use of young men aspiring to Federal civil service appointments, for the holder of such positions, for the educator and for the citizen. It deals with government organization, government business methods, the merit system, preparation, examination, appointment, salaries, opportunities, the nation’s problems, government service as a career and as a stepping stone, faults and ethics, women in government service, and the college graduate in public life.
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“A useful manual presenting the general subject in a practical, concise manner.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 103. Ap. ’09. + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 181. Jl. ’09. 170w.
“All through the volume on its ‘higher side,’ Mr. Foltz falls short. He gives no adequate account of the newer fields of public service and how to reach them as e.g., the consular service; and his conception of the real meaning and duty of public life is vague. Yet the book is useful and need not be despised.” H. P. Willis.
+ − =Econ. Bull.= 2: 276. S. ’09. 650w. + =Educ. R.= 38: 315. O. ’09. 50w.
“It contains a multitude of pertinent facts, concisely stated and arranged with a view to practical use.”
+ =Engin. D.= 4: 542. My. ’09. 140w. + =Ind.= 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 260w. =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 653. N. ’09. 70w.
“The style is marred by journalistic fustian.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 99. Jl. 29, ’09. 110w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 274. My. 1, ’09. 240w.
“To all who are seeking admission to the federal service this book will prove a useful manual. It states in a readable way the essential facts an applicant for any kind of Washington clerkship most needs to know, and even after the appointment is secured the appointee will find many of the chapters helpful in beginning his work.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 510. Ap. ’09. 200w.
=Folwell, William Watts.= Minnesota the North star state. (American commonwealths.) *$1.25. Houghton.
8–29356.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“The frequent use of slang phrases is not commendable, though they lend a sort of raciness to the style that will doubtless be pleasing to many. The conspicuous use of uncommon words and phrases is suggestive of a certain staginess that is not a usual accompaniment of serious scholarship. There is no bibliography. Anyone who reads this little book with care will have a fairly good understanding of the history of Minnesota. Although without confirmation elsewhere one cannot be quite sure just how much is fact and how much fiction, yet, in the main, it seems to be trustworthy.”
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 631. Ap. ’09. 430w.
“Not only the most concise, but the most complete history of Minnesota that has yet been written.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 11. Ja. ’09.
“The history and development of Minnesota may be taken as typical of the Northwest, and the volume has for this reason a general interest that is added to the intrinsic interest of the story. The book has been carefully and skilfully written.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 115. F. 16, ’09. 350w.
“It is at best but a disconnected chronicle, made somewhat less interesting than might have been the case by the author’s failure to discover any organic unity in the state’s progress and by his inability to clothe his facts in attractive and graceful style.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 214. S. 2, ’09. 430w.
“It is the best written book on the subject, and is the most trustworthy. Through it all runs a stern and healthy morality, characteristic of the man. His comments on public men and measures are open and fearless. The book, within the limitations set by the series, is satisfactory and entirely commendable.”
+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 24: 557. S. ’09. 210w. =R. of Rs.= 39: 124. Ja. ’09. 80w.
=Folwell, William Watts.=^{[12]} University addresses. *$1. Wilson, H. W.
A volume containing four important addresses delivered by Dr. Folwell, the first president of Minnesota’s university. The first, “Inaugural address,” was delivered in 1869 to commemorate the foundation of the University in Minnesota; the second, “The Minnesota plan,” was the principal address made before the National educational association held in Minneapolis in 1875; the third, “The secularization of education,” addressed to the National educational association in Saratoga in 1882, is a counter argument to check the sentiment of those days that institutions were “Godless” and “infidel”; the fourth, “The civic education,” was delivered as a baccalaureate address in 1884.
=Forbes, George.=^{[12]} History of astronomy. (History of the sciences.) **75c. Putnam.
9–29873.
A new volume in a series that aims to present for the information of the general public a historic record of the great divisions of science. This pocket history is not a treatise on practical or theoretical astronomy, neither a complete descriptive astronomy nor a book on speculative astronomy. It is “an attempt to trace the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of astronomical discovery, and, by recognising the different points of view of the different ages, to give due credit even to the ancients.”
=Ford, Julia Ellsworth.=^{[12]} Simeon Solomon; an appreciation. F: F. Sherman, 42 W. 39th st., N. Y.
9–29393.
An appreciation of Simeon Solomon, a contemporary of Rossetti, Swinburne and Burne-Jones with twenty-three reproductions of his drawings and a partial list of his works. “The wonderful promise of his early work was never fulfilled; the same vivid imagination that marks his drawings became, in his daily life, a restless fancy that led him into all sorts of dissipation, wrecked his friendships, and brought his career to a tragic close.... Except possibly in a dominant note of sadness, the artist’s marred life does not in any way affect his work, which suggests that of Burne-Jones, at the same time that it is strongly original.” (Dial.)
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“Both the drawings and the poem will well repay the attention which Mrs. Ford asks for them, and which her competent criticism and well-proportioned exposition do much to focus.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 464. D. 1, ’09. 300w. =Ind.= 67: 984. O. 28, ’09. 210w.
=Ford, Sewell.=^{[5]} Cherub Devine. $1.50. Kennerley.
9–10791.
There is a strain of Shorty McCabe in Mr. Ford’s new hero. He has been toned down to prove fit, questionably so at times, to mingle with aristocrats. He finally wins a countess after various adventures that reveal the sturdy qualities that had stood him in good stead thru the many vicissitudes from errand boy to Wall Street magnate.
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“A cheerful and extravagant tale.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 55. O. ’09.
“Mr. Ford has made this unique situation quite plausible, and out of it has woven a string of amusing developments. In the humor of caricature, of both character and situation, he has a genuine gift, to which he gives free play in this entertaining story.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 275. My. 1, ’09. 170w.
“The story as a whole is clean, clever, and bubbling with humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 373. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Ford, Sewell.=^{[12]} Honk, Honk!! Shorty McCabe at the wheel. 50c. Kennerley.
In which Shorty McCabe is heard to say to his wife after her remark that it is a pity that he can’t run a car: “Yes, or play the zither, or walk a slack wire. And think how handy I’d be around the house if I’d added practical plumbin’ and shoe cobblin’ to my other accomplishments.” Then unexpectedly he is persuaded to try his hand at being his own “shuffer”; with what success, these brief chapters relate.
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=N. Y. Times.= 14: 760. D. 4, ’09. 160w.
=Forder, Archibald.=^{[11]} Ventures among the Arabs, in desert, tent, and town. *$1. Gospel pub. house.
The narrative of the experiences of a missionary among the Ishmaelites of Moab, Edom, and Arabia. “The purpose of his book, he says, is to arouse interest in the Arabians that shall result in more vigorous efforts to make them a Christian people. He holds that their greatest need is to be freed from the bonds of Mohammedism, which, in his view, contains nothing that is ennobling or helpful to social or domestic life.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Is a stirring narrative yet told with becoming modesty.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 604. S. 9, ’09. 250w.
“A readable story of his experiences in desert, town, and tent.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 230w.
=Forman, Justus Miles.=^{[8]} Jason: a romance. †$1.50. Harper.
9–13923.
A Paris setting is chosen for this tale of modern chivalry. The Jason in question is a marquis descended from noted French ancestors, a man admired of women and respected of men. For the love of a beautiful woman he starts out upon the quest of finding her brother who had suddenly dropped from the face of his Paris world and concerning whose welfare grave fears possessed his family. Treachery and foul play attend his quest—a medley of happenings in which the boy is rescued and at the end of which Jason finds that the “one woman” is fickle and that one superior to her makes the discovery less poignant.
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“Without distinction either in plot or workmanship, but will interest the average novel reader.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 26. S. ’09.
“This pleasant novel, which, though it once or twice touches the fringe of the demi-monde, is a clean and clever story.”
+ =Cath. World.= 90: 101. O. ’09. 350w.
“It is an intensely Parisian story, written by one who knows intimately and loves deeply the cheerful City of Light.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 387. N. 16, ’09. 200w.
“Very readable, an admirable bit for a hammock and a lazy day.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 492. Ag. 14, ’09. 280w.
=Forman, Samuel Eagle.= Essentials in civil government: a text-book for use in schools. *60c. Am. bk.
9–14831.
A book valuable in starting pupils “at the top of the grammar school and at the bottom of the high school” on the road to good citizenship. Its aim is less to teach facts than “to establish political ideals and to indoctrinate in notions of civic morality.”
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“A very simple, straightforward introduction to the study of civil government.”
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 99. Je. ’09. 20w. =Ind.= 67: 304. Ag. 5, ’09. 40w.
=Forrest, George William.=^{[8]} Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain. *18s. Blackwood, London.
9–29613.
Aims not “to lay before the public a series of private correspondence connected by a thin thread of narrative, but to write a biography in the strictest sense of the word.” It seeks to present justly a man at the fore in English frontier expeditions and Indian mutiny “in whom was united to a remarkable degree the burning desire to fight individually any number of our foes, coupled with such sincere pity and compassion for the vanquished, as we find in all records and opinions of Neville Chamberlain’s character.” (Sat. R.) In addition Mr. Forrest has “given us an admirable history of the First Afghan war, of the Second Sikh war, and has told the story which never palls, the story of Delhi and its siege.” (Spec.)
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“Mr. Forrest has written a model biography of a soldier whose services to his country have hitherto received a good deal less than their due recognition.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 5. Jl. 3. 160w.
“It contains the most readable account of the British disasters in Afghanistan.” Sir Evelyn Wood.
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 74. Jl. 17, ’09. 2000w.
“The book should be read both by those who in these latter days wish to learn the secret of British rule in India, and by those, all the world over, who love to hear of ‘mighty men and dreadful derring dooers.’”
+ =Spec.= 102: 977. Je. 19, ’09. 2000w.
=Forsslund, Louise.= Old lady number 31. †$1. Century.
9–7140.
A story full of pathos and gentle humor is this of two old people who mortgage their small property for mining stock, lose everything, sell their few possessions at auction, and realize enough to send the wife to the “old ladies’” home while the husband faces the poor house. How Abe is adopted by the “old ladies,” how he becomes “old lady number 31,” how he deports himself to miss the sting of humiliation, and ushers in a reign of harmony and good will in the home, how eventually the mining stock brings modest wealth, and how they stay on at the home—is all delightfully set down.
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“Short story, humorous and pathetic.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 149. My. ’09. ✠
“Miss Forsslund has sacrificed much in the narrative, but always the right things. With all this there is imported an exquisite honesty finer than mere realism.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 419. Ap. 22, ’09. 220w.
“A quaint and curious sentimental invention. Because the pathos of the situation is redeemed with gentle humor, and in spite of the fact that the dialogue is couched in the dialect appropriated in fiction to the Long Island ’longshore folk, it is not nearly so maudlin an affair as the circumstances seem to call for.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 199. Ap. 3, ’09. 380w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 150w.
“The book might be expected to have some features of social interest. It hasn’t.” B. L. Israels.
− =Survey.= 22: 622. Ag. 7, ’09. 30w.
=Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-.=^{[8]} Military needs and military policy; with an introd. by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts. *3s. 6d. Smith, Elder, London.
9–14812.
Deals with the army, “but contains some references to naval matters, and many to the need for treating the two services in a common policy. An appendix on volunteer crews for local torpedo-boat stations is of high value, and its proposals are applicable to certain special cases (such as that of Jersey) which have not received sufficient consideration. A passage in which the writer contrasts ‘British methods—naval and military,’ might be used as a text for statesmen.”—Ath.
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“There is a tendency in the volume which we should not notice but for the fact that it may militate against the eventual success of those reforming views with regard to the army to which Arnold-Forster gave the last years of his life. The main lines of reform, as well as the details which were his own, are, all through the book, ‘my plan.’”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 337. Mr. 20. 1700w.
“Generally we consider this book of great value. It places before the public the naked truth; and we trust that in the interest of the nation it will be widely read.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 818. Je. 26, ’09. 900w.
=Forsyth, David.=^{[10]} Children in health and disease. *$3. Blakiston.
E9–1189.
“Dr. David Forsyth writes for the physiologist, the psychologist, the schoolmaster, the medical officer of health, the school inspector, the health missioner, and the medical man.... He recognizes that if the teachers of boys have still much to learn, the teachers of girls are in still greater need of instruction; for to a woman housekeeping and child-rearing are of far greater importance than book learning.... The later chapters, dealing with the illnesses of children, their diagnosis and treatment are the direct outcome of Dr. Forsyth’s own experience.”—Ath.
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“The more it is studied and its teachings laid to heart, the better it will be for the nation. Dr. Forsyth puts forward no extreme views, because his wealth of knowledge about childlife enables him to survey the whole subject from the broad standpoint of common sense.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 269. S. 4. 180w.
“This volume should appeal to a large number of readers, medical and lay, and its publication at the present time is opportune, for it brings a sane and experienced judgment to the assistance of those who in a public or private capacity are striving to solve the problems with which it deals.”
+ =Nature.= 81: 454. O. 14, ’09. 520w.
“Dr. Forsyth has collected a quantity of facts which will certainly be useful to students of school hygiene in general. But it is too long, and many pages are devoted to matter so obvious that it is hard to pardon the author for burdening his text with it; while elsewhere one encounters subjects which, in the detail accorded to them, can only appeal to physicians. Nevertheless, we may welcome the book, for it is an earnest of newly awakened public interest in what can claim to be one of the most urgent problems of the time.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 354. S. 18, ’09. 1100w.
=Foster, Eugene Clifford.=^{[8]} Boy and the church. *75c. S. S. times co.
9–18013.
Deals with the questions concerning the boy who is under some form of religious training rather than with the reclamation of boys. The aim is to determine the relationship between the boy and his adult advisers and to learn how the church touches him at certain points in his experience.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09. ✠
“A capital little book of practical advice for grown-ups in their well-meant efforts to be of help to boys.”
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 216. S. ’09. 20w.
=Foster, George Burman.=^{[5]} Function of religion in man’s struggle for existence. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.
9–12412.
Cleaving to the “sunnier side of doubt” the author addresses principally people who have outgrown the traditional church faith, and who for various reasons have given up church going. He shows that in the history of the doctrine of the soul there have been three epochs, in each of which the psychology of the period has assimilated itself to the method and controlling concept of the natural science of the era, and that in turn the thought of God has been determined by the psychologist. He discusses the place of religion in experience, the stages in the pilgrimage from the lower to the higher development, and the place or function of the Great Man in religion.
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“I cannot help feeling that Professor Foster’s book would have been more successful, even than it has been, in its splendidly practical and helpful purpose, had he faced more squarely the one really fundamental question of religion.” J. B. Pratt.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 473. Jl. ’09. 1000w. + =Bib. World.= 33: 432. Je. ’09. 90w.
“The title of Professor Foster’s apologia for theological liberalism cannot be justified either by the contents of the book or by its method. As a matter of fact, its discussion of religion is more rhetorical than scientific.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 123. Ag. 5, ’09. 650w. =Outlook.= 92: 530. Jl. 3, ’09. 550w.
“His work bears the mark of the hasty preparation, he admits. So good a purpose needed more careful execution.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 40: 761. D. ’09. 90w.
=Foster, Horatio A.= Electrical engineer’s pocket-book: a handbook of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers; with the collaboration of eminent specialists. 5th ed. $5. Van Nostrand.
8–19614.
This fifth edition, completely revised and enlarged, contains 600 pages more than previous editions. New sections are included on electrolysis, wireless telegraphy, resonance, electric automobiles, Röntgen rays and power requirements of machinery.
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“The book is one that cannot be omitted from the consideration of those whose duties lie along electrical lines.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 54. Ja. ’09. 370w.
“Apart from a few minor defects, which it is very difficult to avoid in a compilation of this kind, the tables appear to be trustworthy, and are readily referred to by the aid of an excellent and complete index.” E. W. M.
+ − =Nature.= 80: 365. My. 27, ’09. 140w.
“The amount of information given in condensed form is simply enormous, and certainly the compiler deserves the thanks of all who use the book for making the information so readily available.” F. B.
+ − =Phys. R.= 28: 231. Mr. ’09. 200w.
=Foster, John.= Shakespeare word-book: being a glossary of archaic forms and varied usages of words employed by Shakespeare. *$3. Dutton.
9–8400.
Aims to help the student to “fix upon the precise meaning of the dramatist’s diverse and often puzzling use” of words as Shakespeare employed them. “It is a laborious and comprehensive work, compiled from various annotated editions of the poet, and the notes of such authorities as Nares, Halliwell, Dyce, and Skeat.” (Nation.)
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“Many [words] are included which bear the same meaning they have nowadays, and consequently there can be no valid reason for their inclusion. By the judicious excision of words of this description the 735 pages in this volume would have been reduced to more reasonable proportions. It is only fair to add that much of the work would have been impossible without the help of the many who have gone before.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 387. Mr. 27. 750w.
“It appears to have let some doubtful words slip thru altogether.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 91. Jl. 8, ’09. 150w.
“Upon a cursory comparison with earlier publications, it seems to be both full and accurate. Like many other commentaries of a similar kind, it is likely to reject the obvious and simple meaning in favor of one that is more abstruse or far-fetched, while some of its distinctions of meaning are so slight as to be unimportant or altogether fanciful: but its explanations of obsolete words and phrases, its parallel quotations, and copious references will make it very useful to all younger students of the text and to many of more advanced experience.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 284. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
“There is a great deal of really valuable information in the book. It is a handy volume to have on the library shelves, even if there is a good concordance there, also.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 101. F. 20, ’09. 280w.
“It is a summary of the conclusions which scholars have reached regarding the varied uses of English words in the Shakespearean plays, with abundant illustrations of those uses.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 816. Ap. 10, ’09. 200w.
=Foster, Joshua James.= Chats on old miniatures. *$2. Stokes.
9–35043.
“The book in the main, though not exclusively, deals with miniatures painted and owned in England, but its historic value is greatly enhanced by the concluding chapter, which gives an excellent account of the miniatures in the exhibition of works of art of the eighteenth century held at the French national library in 1906.”—N. Y. Times.
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“His ‘chats’ are no mere gossip, but constitute a small handbook on miniatures which we can heartily recommend to those about to start collecting.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 564. N. 6. 370w.
“Contains a great amount of interesting information in a small space.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1186. N. 19, ’08. 40w.
“The book is filled with information of great value to the collector as well as to the general reader.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1458. D. 17, ’08. 60w.
“Amongst the many experts who have recently published books on miniatures, Mr. Foster takes high rank on account of his insight into the peculiarities of technique and appreciation of the difficulties with which the exponents of the beautiful art have to contend.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 38: 79. Jl. ’09. 100w.
“For the serious student of the history of miniature painting there is much of interest in the text. To one whose interest in miniatures is just beginning ... the book should prove exceedingly useful.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 789. D. 19, ’08. 540w.
“No notice can give any idea of the charm of the volume.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 160. Ja. 30, ’09. 320w.
=Foster, Maximillian.= Corrie who? †$1.50. Small.
8–30937.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“The book is amazingly clever of its kind.”
− + =Atlan.= 103: 704. My. ’09. 300w.
“This is a fairly well-written mystery story, but it is much too long and would gain greatly in strength if cut down at least one-third.” A. C. Rich.
+ − =Arena.= 40: 616. D. ’08. 200w.
“It is a story of mystery, handled very skilfully.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 605. D. 17, ’08. 250w.
“An unusually good story, cleverly worked out and well written.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 800. D. 26, ’08. 330w.
=Foster, William.=^{[8]} English factories in India, 1622–1623. *$4.15. Oxford.
8–20865.
“The main events dealt with are the capture of Ormus by the English, and the retaliatory measures taken by the agents of the company which secured from the Mogul compensation for past injuries and more favourable terms for the future. The volume is full of complaints of the treatment of the English by the Dutch.” (Eng. Hist. R.) “Of the calendared documents a majority deal with the activities of the company on the west coast of India, some tell of the attempts to secure more trade on the east coast, near Madras, and of the failures of the English in the Far East; and others give much valuable information in regard to important events in the internal history of the Mogul Empire.” (Nation.)
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“The excellent introduction provided by the editor and the useful index are good guides to the topics here treated.” A. L. P. Dennis.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 380. Ja. ’09. 550w.
“First and last, the student is again indebted to Mr. Foster for his excellent work as editor.” A. L. P. Dennis.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 135. O. ’09. 650w.
Reviewed by H. E. E.
=Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 196. Ja. ’09. 460w.
Reviewed by H. E. E.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 833. O. ’09. 200w.
“Documents [are] calendared with discrimination and indexed with care in this volume.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 98. Jl. 29, ’09. 300w.
=Foundations= of reform.^{[7]} *10s. 6d. Simpkin, Marshall & co., London.
Contains papers read before the Defence association and reprints from the Times and the National review bearing chiefly on army reforms, national defence and allied questions. “The details of certain campaigns, which are pertinent to the consideration of England’s insular position and liability to invasion, are dealt with minutely. Prominent amongst these is the Danish campaign of 1864.” (Sat. R.)
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“In most matters that are more important than such detail, students of the art of war will agree with Col. Repington.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 717. D. 5. 580w.
“As a collection of instances which show up the dangers by which we are encompassed through our haphazard manner of regarding our national responsibilities the work must always remain a most valuable handbook.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 692. My. 29, ’09. 450w.
“We must be content with commending to our readers this very full statement.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 1003. D. 12, ’08. 100w.
=Fournier D’Albe, Edmund.= New light on immortality. *$1.75. Longmans.
8–34723.
A book which “welds into a synthetic whole some arguments based on physics and physiology, with others drawn from spiritism, to prove the existence of the life beyond.” (Cath. World.) “Fournier frankly turns back to materialism, pure and simple. Upon the observations of continuity and of various grades of complexity in nature and life, he bases the assumption of the existence of attenuated, unobservable forms of matter which pervade the living body, and which still persist after death in forms which are of the essence of the individual during life.” (Nation.)
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“The scholastic will find himself muttering repeatedly an uncompromising ‘nego majorem,’ or ‘nego conclusionem,’ though he cannot fail to be interested at the ingenuity of some of the speculations.”
− =Cath. World.= 88: 687. F. ’09. 320w.
“His conclusions prove to be entirely unworthy of serious consideration.” H. R. M.
− =Nation.= 87: 658. D. 31, ’08. 380w.
“It is a curious phase of human thought which can ignore metaphysics, morality, and faith, and base its ultimate consolations on the apparition of Katie King.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 213. F. 13, ’09. 1400w.
=Fowler, Charles Evan.=^{[8]} Law and business of engineering and contracting. *$2.50. McGraw.
9–6036.
“Not an extended treatise on specifications or contract law, but rather an instruction book to young engineers regarding the difficulties that beset contract work and the methods to avoid them.” (Engin. N.) The chapters based on a course of lectures delivered by the author to the engineering students of the University of Washington deal with the relation between engineer and contractor, specimens of ordinary and special forms of contracts and specifications, inspection of engineering structures, methods of estimating and bidding on work and upon the organization of contracting companies.
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“Not so extensive as Johnson’s ‘Engineering contracts and specifications,’ but practical and up to date.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 165. Je. ’09. =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 34. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
“The book is quite elementary, but undergraduate civil engineering students will find it a decidedly valuable introduction to an important feature of their future work.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 60: 251. Ag. 28, ’09. 550w.
=Fowler, William Warde.= Social life at Rome in the age of Cicero. **$2.25. Macmillan.
9–5190.
A book which meets a longfelt want by supplying a picture of life and manners, of education, morals and religion in the age of Cicero. The letters of Cicero, more than nine hundred in number, have been to the author a “rich treasure-house.” His chapters are suggestive of his plan of treatment: Topographical, The lower population, The men of business and their methods, The governing aristocracy, Marriage and the Roman lady, The education of the upper classes, The slave population, The house of the rich man in town and country, The daily life of the well-to-do, Holidays and public amusement, and Religion.
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“The book will probably not be superseded for many years, and it deserves a place among the reference manuals of all students of sociology and economics as well as among those of students of classical antiquity.” S. B. P.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 795. Jl. ’09. 480w.
“A scholarly yet very readable work, of value to students but also of interest to the educated reader.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 103. Ap. ’09.
“We make these criticisms of detail because we have found the book excellent reading, and have noticed in it much that will be new to readers, and seems to us eminently true.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 552. My. 8. 1200w.
“He depicts Roman life in the last years of the republic in a manner at once interesting and informing.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 357. My. ’09. 50w.
“The work is admirably done, and the book will be of lively interest both to the general reader and to the special student of Roman life. The main criticism which one is inclined to make of it is that it deals almost exclusively with the upper classes.” F. F. Abbott.
+ − =Class. J.= 5: 45. N. ’09. 550w.
“For the general reader the treatment is adequate throughout: and to the student the volume may be recommended just as cordially, with the suggestion that he will often find in it a starting-point rather than a resting-place.” F. B. R. Hellems.
+ =Dial.= 47: 17. Jl. 1, ’09. 1800w.
“We find, as in all that Mr. W. Warde Fowler writes, the wealth and aptitude of illustration which spring from intimate knowledge of his subject, the ripeness of observation born of leisurely and independent thinking, and the admirable lucidity of expression which is his own.” H. S. J.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 603. Jl. ’09. 330w. + =Ind.= 67: 300. Ag. 5, ’09. 80w.
“He writes with sympathy and grace and has filled a gap in the library of Latin criticism and commentary which has long been deplored.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 537. O. 2, ’09. 770w.
“It is a popular book in the best sense of that term.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 215. S. 2, ’09. 1000w.
“The book is interesting and valuable, not only to the student but to the general reader. Its pages are livelier than those of many novels, and Mr. Fowler’s style is so pleasantly simple that the reading is a delight.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 133. Mr. 6, ’09. 1500w.
“So far as we can judge, he has succeeded, as few English scholars could, in presenting us with a perfectly faithful and vivid picture of Roman society at one of the great crises in history.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 498. Ap. 17, ’09. 1600w.
“It fails the student exactly where he most needs help and guidance.”
− + =Spec.= 103: 134. Jl. 24, ’09. 1000w.
=Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles.=^{[8]} Complete guide to heraldry. *$4. Dodge.
9–23803.
A comprehensive guide to the law and practice of heraldry. “The intricacies of the subject mystifying to most of those who have not made a special study of it, are explained with admirable lucidity. The interest as well as the utility of the work is considerably enhanced by the coloured plates and multitudinous designs which Mr. Graham Johnston, Herald painter to the Lyon court, has executed expressly for it.” (Int. Studio.)
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“The subject is as exhaustively treated as anyone outside the Heralds’ college could wish.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 336. Je. ’09. 100w.
“The book naturally contains a vast deal of curious information as to the pictorial side of heraldry, much about the Garter king of arms and the Lyon and the Ulster and the rest who have charge in such matters in the United Kingdom under the crown.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 512. Ag. 28, ’09. 850w.
“Here indeed are all the familiar errors of the handbooks masked in their familiar nonsense-language, a tongue which would have puzzled the mediæval knight as much as it confuses the pedant of the twentieth century.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 817. Je. ’09. 1600w.
“Valuable and most interesting.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 615. Ap. 17, ’09. 500w.
=Francis, Alexander.=^{[11]} Americans: an impression. **$2. Appleton.
9–22216.
Equally as frank and friendly in his comments about Americans as Mr. Price Collier was in his impressions of the English, Mr. Francis is prepared, he declares, “to undertake the defense of Americans against themselves and of Americans against the world, and to prove, when occasion shall offer, that the prevalent opinion that America has a double dose of the original sin of materialism is the result of partial observation and mistaken judgment, and is due, in large measure, to the fallacious theory that a people which has proved itself practical and efficient in handling actualities must needs be devoid of spiritual vision, energy, and power.” His attention is confined to America’s social questions; of politics he has little to say.
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“Although more serious studies than those in H. G. Wells’ ‘Future in America’ they lack the flashes of insight and suggestiveness which distinguish those essays.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 72. N. ’09.
“It lacks all those engaging qualities which an essay on international impressionism needs so much more than it needs a sound judgment. For with a sound judgment the impressionist would decide not to write it at all.”
− =Bookm.= 30: 326. D. ’09. 930w.
“The matter does not seem new and the manner is not distinctive. No American reviewer will lay hands on so friendly a book save in the way of kindness, but the hands of most readers will not be laid on it long.” F. M. Colby.
− =Forum.= 42: 477. N. ’09. 1100w.
“A globetrotter of such a range should see national life in proper perspective, and Mr. Francis does show a freedom from that insular narrowness which has sometimes spoiled the work of British critics of America. Least effective is the chapter on Race prejudice, which treats quite superficially America’s most distressing and complex problem.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 1208. N. 25, ’09. 300w.
“He has strictures to make upon certain aspects of American life: but his opinion of it in the large is sympathetic and optimistic.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 561. S. 25, ’09. 1600w.
=Frank, Henry.=^{[12]} Modern light on immortality: being an original excursion into historical research and scientific discovery, pointing to a new solution of the problem. *$1.85. Sherman, French & co.
9–20216.
A book that “surveys all history, all biology, and all philosophy in its quest after evidence concerning the problem of life after death.”—Nation.
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“Since the author has no first-hand and little accurate knowledge in any of these provinces and manifests no sense for the distinction between guessing and reasoning, his book, which is written in pretentious and ungrammatical English, has only the merit of earnestness and of independence of traditional opinions.”
− =Nation.= 89: 519. N. 25, ’09. 70w.
“There is much in this volume which will stimulate rational thought and inquiry, even if it falls far short of offering anything positive. The author is to be commended for his industry, impartiality, and the generally successful way in which he handles his facts.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 622. O. 23, ’09. 1250w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 762. D. ’09. 80w.
=Frankau, Mrs. Julia (Frank Danby, pseud.).=^{[5]} Sebastian. (Eng. title, Incompleat Etonian). $1.50. Macmillan.
9–9253.
The study of the heart of a boy in which are traceable the same courage of conviction and independent development that one finds in the author’s “Heart of a child.” Sebastian is the son of mismated parents. The mother is distant and resigned; the father is a living apology for having asked so superior a woman to marry him. When the son at nineteen takes matters into his own hands, leaves Oxford, goes into business with his father and relieves him of the tired strain, he outrages his mother’s ambition but brings solace to a dying man. The mother’s eyes are opened to real living thru the uncompromising struggle of the boy, which is not, however, free from mistakes and suffering.
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“With this wavering as to goal is combined an unevenness in execution, running all the way from the construction of plot, and the delineation of character, into the sentence-structure.”
+ − =Atlan.= 104: 684. N. ’09. 250w.
“Mrs. Frankau has begged the issue; but one does not seriously mind it because the real solution is sufficiently obvious. Only we sincerely hope that in her future books she will revert to her earlier attitude of indifference to the public and absorption in her art for art’s sake.” Philip Tillinghast.
+ − =Forum.= 41: 482. My. ’09. 3000w. =Ind.= 66: 1343. Je. 17, ’09. 60w.
“She is interesting at all times, and, unlike the novelist Vanessa, her men and women are more than mere pen-and-ink puppets.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 230w.
“Is not in all respects a ‘pleasant’ story, but it is perfectly wholesome.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 583. Je. 10, ’09. 300w.
“Mrs. Frankau’s work in this book is curiously uneven. Sometimes she goes unseeingly past such obvious falsities or weaknesses that the reader marvels at her blindness to them. And again she creates scenes of remarkable force and truth. As a whole the book is a keen study of one sort of maternal feeling.’”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 270. My. 1, ’09. 480w.
“Compared with a score of the novels of the day, ‘Sebastian’ is worth while; it is when it is set beside its delightful predecessor that it fails to satisfy.”
+ − =Outlook.= 92: 390. Je. 19, ’09. 200w.
“An atmosphere of the consulting-room pervades the book, for which mentally or morally there are no compensations. The hero himself is a prig, and as a prig is quite courageously treated, and the best tribute to Frank Danby’s talent is the fact that one can read his story, however reluctantly, to the end. Is dreary from an absence of effective charm in any one of its characters.”
− + =Sat. R.= 107: 529. Ap. 24, ’09. 540w.
“The book is never dull, and is always cleverly, although often carelessly, written. But the pleasure it affords is intermittent, and the reader will close it with a slight feeling of dissatisfaction.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 671. Ap. 24, ’09. 240w.
=Fraser, David.=^{[8]} Short cut to India. *$5. Scribner.
9–17248.
“Gives an excellent account of the state of the Baghdad railway, of the reasons why construction has not been continued, and of the international significance of the line.” (Sat. R.) “The geographical interest of the book is considerable, for less is known of those regions in Asia Minor or Turkey in Asia, east of Aleppo and forming the northern part of Mesopotamia, than of the more remote deserts of Chinese Turkistan; whilst the description of the country passed through bears witness alike to the power of observation possessed by the traveller and his capacity for recording results.” (Ath.)
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“Special interest—personal, geographical, and political—attaches to ‘The short cut to India.’”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 405. Ap. 3. 300w.
“So far as his chapters touch on politics, [the book] is already out of date. His book, however, does not depend for its value on political considerations.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: sup. 6. Jl. 17, ’09. 200w.
“It is safe to say that Mr. David Fraser’s story of his travels along the route of the Baghdad railway will be read as widely as any book of the kind that has been published for a long time.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 423. Mr. 13, ’09. 1400w.
=Fraser, John Foster.=^{[11]} Quaint subjects of the king. *$1.75. Cassell.
9–19601.
A peep into the by places of the earth over which the British flag floats, with an inquiry into the customs and habits of the people who dwell there. “Africa, with as usual ‘aliquid novi,’ Australia, the Pacific Archipelagoes, North America, India are among the countries which contribute quotas of the strange and the picturesque. A book that is full of strange things, and amply illustrated.” (Spec.)
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“Written in rather flippant, reportorial style and not based entirely on first-hand information, it nevertheless contains sufficient curious material to be useful in a public library. Not so comprehensive or authoritative as Keane’s ‘World’s peoples.’ but more popular.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09. ✠
“This volume is, in its way, full of imperial interest. Mr. Fraser takes us to many places in the ‘wide, wide world,’ and shows us our brothers and sisters. He writes from considerable experience of his own, and he has gone to other sources of knowledge.”
+ =Spec.= 102: sup. 1009. Je. 26, ’09. 100w.
=Fraser, Mary (Crawford) (Mrs. Hugh Fraser).= Heart of a geisha. †$2. Putnam.
8–31464.
The story of a Japanese girl who by a bewildering, fascinating dance beguiled an officer into sparing her lover who was under arrest.
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“Sweetly pathetic story of a Japanese dancing girl.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 464. D. 16, ’08. 60w.
“A fascinating story of Japan.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 80w.
“Pretty little tale of a by-gone time. The story is not embellished by the drawings and marginal decorations.”
+ − =Outlook.= 90: 751. N. 28, ’08. 200w.
“Mrs. Fraser has done no better work in fiction than this moving and dramatic little tale.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 495. Ja. ’09. 150w.
“A well-sustained little story of Japanese social and political life which makes pleasant reading.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 122. Ja. ’09. 40w.
=Frazer, James George.=^{[5]} Psyche’s task. *80c. Macmillan.
“An expanded version of an evening discourse delivered by [the author] at the Royal institution. His theme is the soul of good in things superstitious and he declares that the folk-lorist, like Psyche, has to separate the nourishing grain out of the rubbish heaps of savage custom.”—Nation.
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“This new book is indeed short, but also very long, in the sense of the famous aphorism of Hippocrates: ‘Life is short, but art long.’”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 443. Ap. 10. 950w. =Dial.= 46: 407. Je. 16, ’09. 220w.
“The whole essay is as interesting reading as it is instructive and consolatory doctrine.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 360. Ap. 8, ’09. 170w. =Sat. R.= 108: 144. Jl. 31, ’09. 180w.
=Freeman, Mary Eleanor (Wilkins).=^{[11]} Winning lady and others. †$1.25. Harper.
9–27999.
Eleven stories of every day life, the first one of which, the title story, being a portrayal of the agony suffered by a naturally upright woman who cheats at bridge for the coveted first prize and bitterly repents her wrong-doing. During the humiliating adjustment that follows, she finds that the woman who ought to have won, cheated too, desiring the second prize, a set of Shakespeare, above the first, a cut-glass punch bowl; whereupon it transpires that the Shakespeare and the bowl were both among the dollar-and-something bargains, and that they proved irresistible to the hostess.
=French, Anne Warner.=^{[5]} In a mysterious way. †$1.50. Little.
9–10498.
In the background of Mrs. French’s story are her favorite “near neighbors,” one a sort of leaner, the other the cheerful, energetic, capable woman of many activities, whose constant refrain, “He moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform,” “fits everything and accounts for everything.” Embodying the spirit of this refrain in the “new life” sense is portrayed the young woman contemplating marriage with a man who, as the result of an accident, has only a brief span of life before him. Her spiritual development permits her to believe that bodies and what they suffer do not count: that love is eternal. When death separates them before the marriage takes place, there is an immediate and conscious reincarnation. The soul of the man regenerates a sin-burdened wayfarer, and so serves a needed end; but as for friendship between the new man and the young woman, it is torture to the bereft woman and she goes her own way.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 186. Je. ’09.
“Overflows with humor.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 689. Ag. ’09. 80w.
“Mrs. French has not succeeded in presenting a story sufficiently clear and coherent to make plain just what its message may have been. In the minor characters, Mrs. French comes into her own.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 319. My. 22, ’09. 200w.
=French, Anne Warner.=^{[11]} Your child and mine. †$1.50. Little.
9–25821.
Twenty-one stories for little people or grown-ups whose aim is to teach child values—the values that are bound to expand and develop into strong manhood and womanhood qualities. Mrs. French proves herself a past-master at covering the years from babyhood to the altar within the bounds of a few pages, and doing it so comprehensively as to include the chief conditioning factors of development.
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“Although the charming preface is ‘For children only,’ some of the tales, certainly might be labeled ‘for grown-ups only,’ while all have under the surface an appeal to the mature reader.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 718. N. 30, ’09. 170w.
=French, George.=^{[7]} Art and science of advertising. *$2. Sherman, French & co.
9–5894.
Mr. French “contends that the man who devotes himself to the advertising business is a professional man in the same sense and to the same extent as is a lawyer, minister, doctor, architect, engineer, or teacher.... It was part of Mr. French’s purpose in writing his book to show how the advertising business may be placed upon the scientific plane where he thinks it belongs.” (N. Y. Times.) “Emphasis on artistic taste in advertising chiefly distinguishes this book from other writings on advertising which the past few months have brought forth.” (J. Pol. Econ.)
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“A well-proportioned work based on many years’ practice and study.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 12. S. ’09.
“Contains many helpful hints and suggestions for workers in this busy field of modern commercial life.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 185. S. 16, ’09. 330w.
“The author, too, seems to be at his best when he is discussing this same artistic aspect of the advertising problem. At other times his style often suggests the would-be essayist, and manner struggles to cover a paucity of matter.”
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 385. Je. ’09. 100w.
“All will agree that his book contains excellent advice and sound precepts for those who pay for advertising and those who write and place advertisements.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 289. My. 8, ’09. 350w.
=French, Lillie Hamilton.= House dignified: its design, its arrangement, and its decoration. **$5. Putnam.
8–28317.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“Lovers of beautiful and spacious houses will find their knowledge and enjoyment increased by the volume, while those who are content with more humble dwelling places can learn from its expert criticism much which they can apply to their own uses.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 467. D. 16, ’08. 160w.
“The text is more useful than the illustrations in practical directions.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 4. Ja. 2, ’09. 280w.
“Midas cannot go far wrong in building his golden house, so long as he has the text and illustrations of this handsome book to guide him.”
+ =Putnam’s.= 5: 495. Ja. ’09. 200w. =Spec.= 101: 1003. D. 12, ’08. 110w.
=Frénilly, Auguste François F.= Recollections of Baron de Frénilly, peer of France, 1768–1828; ed., with introd. and notes by Arthur Chuquet. *$3. Putnam.
9–17249.
Of definite historical interest these memoirs throw light upon the last days of the ‘ancien régime,’ upon France of the revolutionary period and of the restoration. The Baron was “a man of quick and alert mind, possessed of true Gallic humor, a thorough aristocrat, and with an easy conversational style eminently suited to the sort of book he was occupying his last rather lonely years in writing, these memoirs rank among the most delightful which the French have given the world.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“Once begun, will probably be read to the last page, and if read will not soon be forgotten nor regarded as without historical interest. The translator has been able to an unusual degree to preserve the liveliness of the original.” H: E. Bourne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 178. S. 16, ’09. 1000w.
“Most delightful and entertaining volume.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 473. Mr. 20, ’09. 700w. + =Nation.= 89: 160. Ag. 19, ’09. 360w.
“It would be difficult to find more charming reading than the volume of reminiscence, anecdote, and history written for his own amusement by the Baron de Frénilly. Whatsoever he touches upon lives for the reader in lively fashion, and the volume brims with a personality peculiarly winning.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 125. Mr. 6, ’09. 1450w.
“Is of extreme interest in its delineation of the life of a class who resented but ignored the world-shaking events amid which they were compelled to live.”
+ =Sat. R.= 107: 792. Je. 19, ’09. 120w.
“It is not a little to be regretted that neither editor nor translator gives us any bibliographical information about these ‘Recollections.’”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 670. Ap. 24, ’09. 430w.
=Friedländer, Ludwig.= Roman life and manners under the early empire. 2v. ea. *$1.50. Dutton.
8–37054.
“An authorized translation of the seventh edition of Ludwig Friedländer’s ‘Sittengeschichte Roms.’... The first volume translated by Leonard A. Magnus, has just been issued: the second volume translated by J. H. Freese, will be ready for publication early this year. Prof. Friedländer says that the text of the new edition of his classic work is essentially the same as that of the sixth edition; but at the request of his publisher in Germany he has omitted the footnotes and excursus and has supplemented, shortened, corrected and amplified many passages. Among the portions of the work subjected to revision he mentions those dealing with Christianity and belief in immortality.”—N. Y. Times.
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“It is seldom that we have to complain of the last edition of a German work being chosen for translation into English; but in the present case it is distinctly a misfortune. The seventh edition omits all the foot-notes (even references to authorities) and appendixes which are among the most instructive and valuable parts of the original book. Without these an intelligent reader is at a loss to know what weight of authority even Dr. Friedländer has for many curious facts which occur on almost every page.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 616. My. 22. 800w. (Review of v. 1.)
“We cannot congratulate the translator, Mr. L. A. Magnus, on the success of his work, for his renderings are often singularly infelicitous.” H. S. J.
− =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 183. Ja. ’09. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A book packed with information attractively presented.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1178. N. 19, ’08. 20w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The style of the book is choppy, not in good impressive paragraphs.”
+ − =Ind.= 66: 150. Ja. 21, ’09. 500w. (Review of v. 1.) =N. Y. Times.= 14: 12. Ja. 2, ’09. 130w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The book is vastly entertaining as well as most informing.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 489. Ag. 14, ’09. 480w. (Review of v. 2.)
“This is one of those companionable books which one can open at any point in its series of topics to occupy a leisure half-hour entertainingly and profitably.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 865. Ap. 17, ’09. 170w. (Review of v. 1.) + =Outlook.= 93: 277. O. 2, ’09. 400w. (Review of v. 2.)
=Friend, John Albert Newton.=^{[12]} Theory of valency. (Text-books of physical chemistry.) *$1.60. Longmans.
9–18465.
The latest addition to the “Text-books of physical chemistry.” “The first thirteen pages are of the nature of an historical introduction. This is followed by thirty-eight pages devoted to the theory of valency, valency and the periodic law, the valency of carbon, and Thiele’s theory. Ten further chapters covering sixty-nine pages are then devoted to a somewhat detailed discussion of the valency of the elements contained in each of the groups of the periodic system. Finally, forty-three pages are taken up in the consideration of Werner’s theory, electro-chemical theories, and the physical cause and nature of valency.” (Science.)
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“It is to be heartily welcomed for there is no English treatise, and no very recent German one, dealing with the important subject of valency. The author’s exposition is careful and thorough.” J. C. P.
+ =Nature.= 80: 395. Je. 3, ’09. 580w.
“The introduction and the discussion of the various theories of valency form by far the best portions of the book.” L: Kahlenberg.
+ =Science=, n.s. 30: 648. N. 5, ’09. 450w.
=Frobenius, Leo.= Childhood of man; tr. by A. H. Keane. *$3. Lippincott.
9–2054.
A popular account of the lives, customs, and thoughts of the primitive races of mankind. “In a succession of chapters he talks of adornment, tattooing, tests of manhood, the communication of ideas by dress, gestures, drums; and pictures of funeral ceremonies, worship of skulls and ancestors, the adventures of the souls of the dead, the origin of the world, the theft of fire, the stone and iron ages, cannibals, and war. On all these things he discourses in a lively and familiar way, with many shrewd observations.” (Nation.)
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“The author’s desire to popularize his subject sometimes leads him to the verge of the frivolous.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 697. Je. 12. 700w.
“This unevenness of importance in the topics treated is a defect in the book. His best material and his real value in discussion is in the African and Melanesian field. He is at his worst in discussing American themes.” F: Starr.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 71. Ag. 1, ’09. 730w.
“It is a book to put into the hands of young people, even children and may be characterized as an unpretentious but masterly summary of its subject.”
+ =Lit. D.= 37: 810. N. 28, ’08. 900w.
“Not much of what he communicates is new, but his treatment of his subjects is fresh and suggestive.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 582. D. 10, ’08. 500w.
“It cannot be said that there is much sequence or arrangement in these studies such as would fit them to constitute in their entirety a treatise or a text-book. The whole constitutes a splendid work of reference, and one of interest to the general reader. The translation is satisfactory.”
+ − =Yale R.= 17: 459. F. ’09. 250w.
=Frost, Thomas Gold.=^{[11]} Man of destiny. $1.50. Gramercy pub.
9–23729.
In this novel, under the thin disguise of the name Samuel Burton, is traced the career of Grant from boyhood days to the age of 44. “The change of name has left the narrator free to provide dialogue, letters, and, above all, a ‘love interest’ departing widely from the facts of Grant’s life and character as stern history knows them.” (Nation.)
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“He has a love for his theme, and he means well by it. He has written out of a commendable enthusiasm for a great figure of our near past. The author evidently did not know quite what he intended it to be ‘primarily.’ Eventually, it is an odd mixture of fact, fiction, and panegyric.”
− + =Nation.= 89: 381. O. 21, ’09. 350w.
“Allowing a certain amount of poetic (or historic) license to the author, we think it unfair that he should have allowed his hero to become enamored of so shallow a damsel as the Sallie Custis of the story.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 14: 504. Ag. 21, ’09. 200w.
=Frothingham, Arthur Lincoln, jr.= Monuments of Christian Rome, from Constantine to the renaissance. (Handbooks of archæology and antiquities.) **$2.25. Macmillan.
8–36410.
“The historical sketch contained in the first eight chapters is a history of the city, with the changes it underwent in the reigns of Constantine and his successors, after the Gothic invasion, under the Byzantine influence, as a Carlovingian city and in the dark age from the death of Pope Formosus in 896 to the accession of Pope Leo IX, in 1049, by the fire of Robert Guiscard, under the great mediæval popes, and during the papal exile. This survey of the city, derived from a careful and exhaustive study of the documentary history and from years of exploration in situ, enables the author to present, in the second part of his volume, some fascinating chapters on basilicas, campanili, cloisters, civil and military architecture, sculpture and painting, with accounts of some of the Roman artists and of art in the Roman province and the artistic influence of Rome.”—Dial.
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“The only single book covering the period, and valuable as a reference work, but unattractive in style.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 77. Mr. ’09.
“These and other corrections of the same modest importance must not be taken as reducing the value of the volume. Prof. Frothingham is proof against serious criticism.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 591. My. 15. 1000w.
“The book is of inestimable value as an archæological handbook.”
+ + =Dial.= 46: 143. Mr. 1, ’09. 370w.
“The second section of the book is not only an invaluable vade-mecum for the student of archeology on the spot, but a mine of information for the general student of history.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1085. My. 20, ’09. 350w.
“For the space which the author has allotted to the treatment of his subject we consider the mass of information furnished to be marvelous. Whether for the tour or the study this book will prove of exceptional value to those who consult it. The whole work impresses us as scholarly and complete and as well adapted for the class-room as for private reading.”
+ + =Lit. D.= 38: 304. F. 20, ’09. 200w.
“To his writing Arthur L. Frothingham has brought wide and thorough knowledge, ardent interest, and the ability to take the comprehensive philosophical view, as well as to study detail.”
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 808. D. 26, ’08. 320w.
“The plan of the present volume is simple and admirable.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 775. Ap. 3, ’09. 300w.
“Mr. Frothingham’s book is not a handbook as are other handbooks. It is a really interesting study of Roman mediæval art, written by a man who has lived in Rome and worked in Rome, and written of Rome not because he wishes to say something but because he has something to say.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 170. Ag. 7, ’09. 850w.
“This is a book which the traveller will find very interesting if he desires to trace the building of the Christian churches out of the ruins of the Imperial city.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 689. O. 30, ’09. 270w.
=Fry, William Henry.=^{[8]} New Hampshire as a royal province. (Columbia university studies in history, economics and public law, v. 29, no. 2.) *$3. Longmans.
9–2759.
Deals with the colonial history of New Hampshire under the following heads: The executive; The legislature; The land system; Finance; Justice; Military affairs.
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“The work in its entirety presents a view of colonial New Hampshire which will add a valuable contribution to its history and will afford fresh evidence of the abundance and value of the material which the author has found available for his present undertaking.” A. S. B.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 854. Jl. ’09. 380w.
“A careful treatment.” J. P. Bretz.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 130. Je. ’09. 480w.
“Deals with the constitutional history of the Province in a very careful and elaborate manner. The absence of an index is a drawback to the usefulness of the volume.” H. E. E.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 619. Jl. ’09. 60w.
=Frye, William Edward.= After Waterloo: reminiscences of European travel, 1815–1819; ed., with a preface and notes by Salomon Reinach. *10s. 6d. W. Heinemann, 21 Bedford st., W. C., London.
9–17187.
A reprint of a volume that appeared after Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo. “Major Frye’s descriptions and observations relate for the most part to the various objects of interest which the ordinary traveler of his time was apt to encounter as he moved about in the Continental states. The Major gives us minute accounts of his visits to German, French, Italian, Swiss, Austrian, and Belgian cities, which are rather entertaining, because of the contrasts they suggest between his time and our own, in respect to means of locomotion, hotel methods and prices, municipal practices, and the manners and customs of the people. A more important portion of the Major’s book bears upon the politics of Europe in that period when the allied armies were endeavoring to accomplish the downfall of Napoleon.”
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“We thank Mr. Salomon Reinach for presenting to the world a diary which gains high interest by his notes.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 678. N. 28. 900w.
“An interesting post-Napoleonic document.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1142. My. 27, ’09. 90w.
“He is often naïve, but still this account of his travels is pleasant reading.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 411. Ap. 22, ’09. 280w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 560w.
“His psychology, when politics are put aside, is not uninteresting.”
− + =Sat. R.= 107: 276. F. 27, ’09. 1350w.
“Mr. Reinach has written an introduction to the book which is brief and unfortunate. The bigotry and hypocrisy of the Major are evident on every page in his book, and it is clear that Mr. Reinach is insufficiently acquainted with English history or with the aims and achievements of English Toryism.”
− =Spec.= 102: 98. Ja. 16, ’09. 1700w.
=Fuller, Hubert Bruce.=^{[10]} Speakers of the House. **$2. Little.
9–28103.
A brief, dispassionate story of the development of power by the presiding officer of the lower House of Congress from 1789, when the Speaker was merely a moderator, to the present day when the same officer is the most potent factor in American legislative life. The history is preceded by an introductory chapter wherein is traced the origin and development of this office in England and colonial America.
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“Less valuable and scholarly than Follett’s ‘Speaker of the House of representatives,’ but covers a later period and is better adapted for public library use.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.
“The book improves decidedly when recent congressional history is reached.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 603. N. 09. 200w.
“A well-knit presentation of the history of the speaker’s office.”
+ =Cath. World.= 90: 391 D. ’09. 620w.
“Those to whom history is not merely past politics, but past gossip, past anecdote, and past scandal, will enjoy this book.”
− =Dial.= 47: 339. N. 1, ’09. 200w.
“The book will undoubtedly find a place in the unacademic and readable literature of American politics.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1092. N. 11, ’09. 600w.
“The book has been very well put together.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 635. O. 16, ’09. 210w.
“Errors of taste and style should not obscure the fact that the book is extraordinarily interesting; that it fills a want, that it is valuable, and that in the main the author has performed his task with great skill. It is entirely non-partisan in tone.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 626. O. 23, ’09. 1450w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 637. N. ’09. 90w.
=Furlong, Charles Wellington.=^{[12]} Gateway to the Sahara: observations and experiences in Tripoli. **$2.50. Scribner.
9–25983.
An informing book on Tripoli and Tripolitania. It includes “an insight into this most native of the Barbary capitals, its odd and fascinating customs, industries, and incidents; a view of those strange and interesting people who inhabit the oases and table-lands of Tripolitania, their primitive methods and patriarchal life; a narrative of some personal adventures which occurred during a trip alone with Arabs over some two hundred miles of the great Sahara: and a description of the daily life and vicissitudes of the camel and the Sahara caravans, of the trails over which they travel, and of the great wastes which surround them.”
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 73. N. ’09. ✠
“There is real insight into the unique fascination of the most unspoiled of the Barbary capitals, pictures, full of color and atmosphere, of its life and of the strange peoples who inhabit the oases and plateaus of Tripoli.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 461. D. 1, ’09. 230w.
“The book has local color, it is excellently written, the mixed population, its strange ways and methods of thought, as they reveal themselves to the unbeliever, receiving as much attention as the country itself.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1042. N. 4, ’09. 210w.
“Mr. Furlong’s readable narrative is accompanied by many admirable illustrations.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 558. N. 6, ’09. 200w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 759. D. ’09. 100w. + =Spec.= 103: 796. N. 13, ’09. 190w.
=Futrelle, Jacques.=^{[10]} Diamond master. †$1. Bobbs.
9–27746.
When a young man proves to New York’s greatest diamond experts that he has in his possession enough diamonds to flood the market and when these diamonds are perfect and often duplicates of the great diamonds of the world, the experts are naturally excited. They have this young man shadowed by detectives and there are many interesting complications involving much mystery and even murder. When everything is at last made clear and the young man explains that his diamonds are manufactured, the secret process is already lost, and the danger to the diamond market past.
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“An entertaining tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 653. O. 23, ’09. 10w.
“A breathlessly, interesting tale.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 783. D. 11, ’09. 270w.
=Futrelle, Jacques.=^{[6]} Elusive Isabel. †$1.50. Bobbs.
9–13428.
A story that deals with an international plot of war in which the “elusive Isabel” is a delicate and vital instrument. It involves the determination of the Latin countries to unite in ending the sway of England and the United States, and to dominate the world—socially, spiritually, commercially and artistically. How an American secret service man foils the plan, how he also falls in love with the woman who engineered the compact is told convincingly and with not a little verve.
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“There is a lot of good detective work done in it of the romantic kind.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 425. Ag. 19, ’09. 130w.
“Mr. Futrelle certainly has a knack of making a tangled skein and unraveling it quite simply. The atmosphere of the story—whether it be real or not—takes the reader out of himself and away from his conceived notions of Washington as a ‘city of evasion and conventionalities.’”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 337. My. 29, ’09. 280w.
=Fyvie, John.=^{[5]} Tragedy queens of the Georgian era. *$4. Dutton.
9–22022.
Traces the “personal and artistic” career of the following actresses of the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth century: Elizabeth Barry; Anne Bracegirdle; Anne Oldfield; Mary Porter; Susannah Cibber; Hannah Pritchard; Mary Anne Yates; Anne Crawford; Elizabeth Pope; Elizabeth Inchbald; Sarah Siddons; Julia Glover; and Eliza O’Neill.
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“The book necessarily savors somewhat of the scandalous chronicle, but is attractive, on the whole instructive, and furnishes information hitherto only obtainable from scattered sources.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 73. N. ’09.
“He furnishes in one attractive and, on the whole, instructive book, information hitherto obtainable only in a long course of miscellaneous reading.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 446. Ap. 29, ’09. 700w.
“Of each actress there is a good biographical sketch, full of gossip and anecdote.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 270. My. 1, ’09. 920w.
=Fyvie, John.=^{[11]} Wits, beaux and beauties of the Georgian era. *$4. Lane.
Eight essays “illustrating social England in the eighteenth century.... They take the form of biographical sketches with the emphasis placed on the social aspects of life. Some of these were well worth writing: the introductory essay on Samuel Foote, the ‘English Aristophanes,’ is particularly interesting not only as a vigorous defence of the actor-dramatist, but also for the light that it sheds on the world that Foote satirized on the London stage. The author supports his conclusions by quoting liberally from Foote’s plays.”—Dial.
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“A pleasant and instructive piece of work. If his style is not greatly alluring, it is at all events lucid and sober; and although he may not touch bed-rock on all occasions in his historical research, he marshalls his facts industriously and avoids serious mistakes.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 63. Jl. 17. 1050w.
“Mr. Fyvie’s work contains little that is new or original. His work is throughout a very readable one; the English is delightful, though at times somewhat informal.”
+ − =Dial.= 47: 289. O. 16, ’09. 270w.
“Mr. Fyvie’s chapters will be lively reading for those who are not too familiar with their themes; they will sound pretty stale to those who have kept up at all with the recent anecdotal literature of the eighteenth century. Mr. Fyvie writes conscientiously and with a fair degree of vivacity.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 385. O. 21, ’09. 230w.
“Mr. Fyvie’s book—which, by the way, contains a surprising number of typographical errors which careful proof-reading should have eliminated—is an admirable example of condensed literature, fortunately unknown to the period of which he writes.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 592. O. 9, ’09. 1150w.