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=Gadow, Hans Friedrich.= Through southern Mexico: an account of the travels of a naturalist. *$6. Scribner.
9–6066.
“The present volume is based on two journeys which [Professor Gadow and his wife] took during the period from June to September in 1902 and 1904, through some of the wilder portions of southern Mexico.... The material includes personal adventures, short dissertations on fauna and flora, and on the human inhabitants, past and present.”—Nation.
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“More attractive to the general reader than Starr’s ‘In Indian Mexico.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 12. S. ’09.
“Dr. Gadow’s book is a valuable contribution to Mexicana, because he went where few have gone, and did what none have done.” F: Starr.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 176. S. 16, ’09. 850w.
“The style is clear, and the author’s observations reveal the keenness of vision of a thoroughly good field naturalist. A more serious defect is the lack of a good index. The seven pages devoted to one are almost wasted.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 633. D. 24, ’08. 670w.
“A collection of scientific observations and speculations of considerable value.” J. W. E.
+ =Nature.= 79: 252. D. 31, ’08. 1300w.
“A fascinating contribution to the travel books of the year.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 754. D. 5, ’08. 90w.
=Gairdner, James.= Lollardy and the reformation in England: an historical survey. 2v. *$6.50. Macmillan.
8–34724.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“Though the facts adduced are almost invariably stated with accuracy, it is not always easy to see how they bear on the main question. No worthy student of the English reformation can feel otherwise than grateful that it has seen the light.” R. B. Merriman.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 573. Ap. ’09. 770w.
“Dr. Gairdner is neither so clear nor so satisfactory in his general remarks as in his criticism of evidence; here and there the work would have gained in clearness by expansion of short judgments. On the other hand, scattered throughout the book there are passages and notes containing corrections and accepted dates and received statements which give us an accomplished authority at his best.” J. P. Whitney.
+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 780. O. ’09. 2350w.
“No student can afford to neglect his book; but the foregoing incidents are only a few out of many which might be quoted to warn the reader that Dr. Gairdner’s bias is sometimes strongest where his tone is most judicial.” G. G. Coulton.
+ − =Hibbert J.= 7: 693. Ap. ’09. 1750w.
“Many of Mr. Gairdner’s chapters are interesting reading, and he has done a real historical service in presenting the point of view of authority in the contest with the new forces that were impelling men to think for themselves and to protest against the abuses and encroachments of the Roman hierarchy.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 866. Ap. 22, ’09. 950w.
“His particular antipathy seems to be directed against the use of the Bible as a source of religious certainty to the individual soul. Even his style, generally dignified and objective, becomes contemptuous and ironical whenever he approaches this side of his subject.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 537. My. 27, ’09. 800w.
“Scholarly and valuable volumes.”
+ =Outlook.= 90: 889. D. 19, ’08. 500w.
“Dr. Gairdner moves among his materials with a veteran’s ease. Diffuse and garrulously innocent of literary artifice, he is yet so learned and so honest that the scandal he causes by looking at things from the point of view of the people he writes about rather than from the conventional Liberal standpoint of the modern historian is almost forgiven him. The present book will be indispensable to students. Yet it has neither unity nor form.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 107: 501. Ap. 17, ’09. 1100w.
=Gale, Zona.=^{[12]} Friendship Village love stories. $1.50. Macmillan.
9–29428.
The little world of Miss Gale’s Friendship Village folk comes into view once more and with it old acquaintances as well as new. The nineteen chapters, any of which is quite complete by itself, are united by a thread of romance—the love of Peter for Miggy; of Peter who “looked as, in another milieu, Shelley might have looked,” and who earns his bread at a cannery and feeds his soul on his violin melody and on the uncertain love of Miggy. There is the charm of personal essay reflection; there is the deft touch of character portrayal. These elements, in a final analysis, account for Miss Gale’s success in depicting the emotions, both simple and complex, of her village friends.
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“Romance in its most engaging form appears and reappears in the midst of capital descriptions of village festivities and kindly neighborings.”
+ =Outlook.= 93: 876. D. 18, ’09. 140w.
=Galsworthy, John.= Fraternity. **$1.35. Putnam.
9–6848.
A book which strikes out from the shoulder at the upper middle class of English people. Hiliary Dallison, a writer, weary with the peace of dullness attending his married estate, contents himself with the little model who posed for his wife’s painting, “The shadow.” The only offset to the passive courage with which the numerous members in two closely related families endure this man’s indiscretions is found in the strenuous cry for cleanliness which a certain busy sanitarian lifts. The man is cured of his folly by the stale smell of violet powder which symbolizes the barrier between human beings and their “shadows.”
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“Though in story form, this serious study of London conditions will not interest the average novel-reader and should not be given to young people.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 113. Ap. ’09.
“As a novel this elaborate study of upper middle-class life and the life of mean streets can hardly be considered a success; while, on the sociological side, it throws no illumination upon the problems of philanthropy or caste.”
− + =Ath.= 1909. 1: 312. Mr. 13. 210w.
“‘Fraternity’ is finely wrought in thought and in art, and one is always aware of a certain finish in the style, in descriptive touch, in plot, in character-study, yet it is in certain ways an overthoughtful, self-conscious art.”
+ − =Atlan.= 103: 706. My. ’09. 1400w.
“Structurally, the book is a remarkable piece of technique. Powerful and thoughtful volume.” F: T. Cooper.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 316. My. ’09. 530w.
“Mr. Galsworthy’s books are not without a gleam of idealism, but it is a gleam too remote and wavering to save them from the legitimate accusation of pessimism.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 46: 369. Je. 1, ’09. 500w.
“There are sound critical grounds for asserting that his new volume, ‘Fraternity,’ is a distinct advance upon all his earlier work.” Philip Tillinghast.
+ =Forum.= 41: 389. Ap. ’09. 1250w. =Ind.= 67: 601. S. 9, ’09. 400w.
“There is no denying the power of this story. Mr. Galsworthy is rapidly taking a place among the foremost of English novelists. It is not exactly the place left vacant by George Gissing, for he lacks the width of view and the humanity of that lamented writer when at his best.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 764. My. 1, ’09. 530w.
“In spite of his desire to make fiction serve a higher master, he has produced a book which, even judged purely on its artistic merits, must rank as one of the most notable of the day.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 466. My. 6, ’09. 680w.
“His realism is infused with poetry, and it deals with universals rather than with localized pettiness. It has warmth and color, and that spiritual exaltation of insight into the heart of humanity which is one of the attributes of genius. In conception and execution ‘Fraternity’ must be justly termed a great novel.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 160. Mr. 20, ’09. 600w.
“Mr. Galsworthy’s latest book must be classed among the best novels this century has so far produced.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 250w.
“In sheer ability the novel ranks very high; the characters are alive, the irony is searching, the imagination is poetical. ‘Fraternity’ is not a tale to amuse the idler. But it makes one think.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 19*. My. 1, ’09. 310w.
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.
=Putnam’s.= 6: 495. Jl. ’09. 430w.
“In the guise of a novel Mr. John Galsworthy has produced a very dangerous and revolutionary book. The book is quite unworthy of the author of ‘The country house’ and ‘A man of property.’ It is closely written and laborious—entirely lacking in spontaneity. In manner it lacks grace or charm. It is a book that gets upon the nerves.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 341. Mr. 13, ’09. 450w.
=Galsworthy, John.=^{[8]} Plays: The silver box, Joy, Strife. **$1.35. Putnam.
9–16204.
Three plays which deal with “the seemingly hopeless conflict of ideal justice with natural instincts. In the ‘Silver box’ a member of Parliament sacrifices a poor man to save the reputation of his son—justice against the paternal instinct; in ‘Joy’ a mother sacrifices to some extent her uncle and even her own daughter to save her lover—justice against the amatory instinct; in ‘Strife’ the two non-compromising and principled representatives of capital and labor are sacrificed to save their women and children—justice against the instinct of self-preservation.”—Nation.
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“They are very readable and equal to the author’s best work.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09.
“For the most part this playwright’s dialogue has a pungency and a naturalness not easily to be overpraised. His style has none of the usual faults. Where he a little fails in realism in his plays is in his handling of the conversation of ‘mean-street’ types.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 79. Jl. 17. 850w. + =Ind.= 67: 931. O. 21, ’09. 150w.
“His plays have, like his novels, the interest of difficulties seriously confronted, vividly experienced. Mr. Galsworthy’s leading ‘dramatis personæ’ are not so much feeble in characterization as in character—which is to be deplored because he is possessed of the seriousness, the idealism, and the irony which go to the creation of tragedy.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 167. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w.
“It is not an easy matter to point out in just what respects these plays are unsatisfactory, or, rather, unsatisfying. He does not preach or theorize, but, when the book is laid aside, the sermon and the theories implied stand out more definitely than do the characters of the plays. This whatever it may be in the novelist, is a fault in the dramatist.”
− + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 477. Ag. 7, 09. 650w.
“His work is thoroughly original and absolutely sincere, and it concerns itself, in an intelligent and vigorous manner, with really important questions which have a vital bearing upon the life of the present time.” Ignotus.
+ =Spec.= 102: 498. Mr. 27, ’09. 1150w.
=Galton, Francis.=^{[6]} Memories of my life. *$3.50. Dutton.
9–35586.
An account of Galton’s scientific achievements combined with the personal aspects of his career. Grandson of Erasmus Darwin and cousin to Charles Darwin, it has been the scientist’s privilege to trace his hereditary tendencies. “This bald, epitomised sketch of the life and activities of Dr. Galton indicates the wide range of his interests and powers. The practical application of scientific principles seems to be always in his mind, never from the point of view of the patentee or exploiter, but invariably disinterestedly, and his eugenic investigations were fired by a burning zeal for the well-being of his fellow-men. The transparent honesty and naïveté of the man are revealed in these straight-forward memories.” (Nature.)
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“His unpretentious and concise chapters have a large interest.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 165. Je. ’09.
“From cover to cover there is not a dull page. It contains many good stories, but also much sound and serious criticism of the scientific life of his day. If fault must be found, it is with Mr. Galton for omitting—perhaps owing to his native shyness—to refer to much of his own work which is not available to ordinary readers.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 613. N. 14. 1700w.
“The straightforwardness and unpretentiousness of Mr. Galton’s book win the reader’s favor and hold his attention to the end. The book has the excellent fault of being shorter than one could have wished.” P. F. Bicknell.
+ =Dial.= 46: 322. My. 16, ’09. 1450w.
“These most interesting ‘Memories,’ written by a man still, at eighty-six, enjoying life, give us the vivid sun-points of the path he traveled.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 482. Ag. 26, ’09. 450w.
“A career of such significance deserves an even more adequate account than that given in these pages.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 542. My. 27, ’09. 800w.
“Those who are interested in the history of the growth of science in this country and in the men who participated in its development will thank Dr. Galton for having provided them with a characteristic account of his own life and of his relations with three generations of men of thought and action.” A. C. Haddon.
+ =Nature.= 79: 181. D. 17, ’08. 1800w.
“A book full of interest for the curious in life and fertile of hints for the thoughtful.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 609. O. 16, ’09. 1300w. + =Spec.= 101: sup. 805. N. 21, ’08. 1450w.
=Gamble, Frederick William.= Animal life. *$2. Dutton.
9–5112.
A survey of animal life from the evolutionary standpoint which is intended for students with a limited knowledge of zoology. “The author begins by contrasting animal and vegetable life, and pointing out the profuse abundance of life on land and in the water. He shows the links that connect the great classes of vertebrate and invertebrate animals.... In animal life the three problems to be solved must include the maintenance of the individual, the development of self, and the progress of the race. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Gamble deals with movement, the quest for food, the need for oxygen, the development of the senses, and with them of organs and a nervous system. The colours of animals, their meanings and origin, are fertile subjects.” (Spec.)
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“Above the average nature book in scientific respects, accurate, fairly interesting, and well illustrated, but sometimes confused in style.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09.
“This is certainly the best book of the kind that has appeared for some time. If its information is in a sense not always new, its facts are true and trustworthy.”
+ =Ath.= 1908, 2: 578. N. 7. 340w.
“This book, the interesting contents of which we have hinted at, will delight all who read it, both those who know much and those who know little. It will charm with its style and with the wonders which it discloses. Sometimes, perhaps, the author’s epigrammatic style makes a difficulty instead of removing one. A contribution not only to science but to literature.” J. A. T.
+ + − =Nature.= 79: 182. D. 17, ’08. 1400w.
“A very handy and clearly written volume on a subject of ever increasing interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 5. Ja. 2, ’09. 280w.
“Mr. Gamble has produced a very readable little book which will suggest matter for thought. For a popular work Mr. Gamble occasionally assumes that his reader has more knowledge than we believe probable. He sometimes also fails to express himself in as clear language as might be desired.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 593. O. 17, ’08. 550w.
=Garland, Hamlin.=^{[10]} Moccasin ranch: a story of Dakota. †$1. Harper.
9–24262.
Into the unbroken west with other settlers a colorless failure from Illinois takes his spirited wife. The result is obvious. She is preyed upon by loneliness and disappointment and turns to a vigorous young land agent first for friendship, then for sympathy, and later for everything her barren existence had denied her. At last he takes her away from her husband’s hut in a terrifying blizzard and they justify themselves on the ground that they really belong to each other by virtue of the little soul that is to come into being through them, a fact which, to their reasoning, morally dissolves her childless marriage. Even the reader feels man-made conventions weakening in the face of the great open prairie and the illimitable sweep of sky.
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“There is a touch of strain in the speech and conduct of these four persons. The moving thing is that atmosphere of place which Mr. Garland knows how to make us breathe.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 433. N. 4, ’09. 400w.
“Mr. Garland has written longer and more important novels than this, but he has written nothing finer or more powerful in its presentation of human passions or more beautiful in style.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 611. O. 16, ’09. 470w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 636. N. ’09. 20w.
=Garman, Charles Edward.=^{[11]} Letters, lectures and addresses of Charles Edward Garman. **$3. Houghton.
9–18055.
A memorial which is “the outcome of a suggestion made to Mrs. Garman on behalf of the class of 1884 of Amherst college, and a committee of the class has co-operated with her in the selection of material and in arranging for its proper publication. Prof. Garman was a teacher of philosophy, and practically all of his literary remains are of the philosophic order. Of this sort is most of the matter in his memorial volume, though there are several interesting letters and a few addresses which are of a different character. A number of tributes and characterizations appear in an appendix, in all of which Prof. Garman is spoken of in terms of great respect.”—N. Y. Times.
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“These collected papers are wonderfully interesting and stimulating. We warmly commend the volume to the study of others besides the hundreds who were Professor Garman’s pupils.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 602. S. 9, ’09. 300w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 460. Jl. 24, ’09. 160w.
=Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane.=^{[9]} Home life in Turkey. *$1.75. Macmillan.
9–35864.
A brief introduction on the origin of the Osmanli Turks is followed by sixteen chapters under the headings: Social life; Religious beliefs and institutions; and Domestic life. A concluding chapter discusses the future of the Osmanli Turks in which the author believes that whatever political changes may be wrought by revolutionized economic conditions it will be long before any considerable changes take place in the social, religious and domestic life of the Turkish people.
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“Not so interesting as either of the previous books in the series.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 73. N. ’09. + =Ind.= 67: 1145. N. 18, ’09. 100w.
“The most comprehensive work of the kind with which we are acquainted.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 166. Jl. 31, ’09. 330w.
=Garnett, Martha (Mrs. R. S. Garnett).=^{[8]} Infamous John Friend. †$1.50. Holt.
9–20137.
A story dealing with Napoleon’s cherished scheme for the invasion of England. “The pictures of life under the Regency at Brighton and elsewhere are very well done, and the combined brilliance and odiousness of the social atmosphere of the time are cleverly indicated. It is, however, impossible to sympathise entirely with any one of the characters.” (Spec.) “The man Friend is a strong artistic character, admirable and lovable in spite of the fact that he is a spy, a traitor, and a blackmailer.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“It offers to a general glance only one single blemish, an episode between subordinate characters of quite irrelevant and needless offensiveness.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 30: 69. S. ’09. 280w.
“One of the best of the many treatments that have been given to the subject, exhibiting a close acquaintance with the social and political conditions of the period, and developing a fairly original plot in a thoroughly interesting manner.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 184. S. 16, ’09. 260w.
“It is not a thrilling story but it is worth reading for the sake of getting acquainted with the man John Friend and his wife, Polly.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 478. Ag. 7, ’09. 500w.
“The end of the novel is extremely powerful, but the last chapter is really too brutal in its realism. The novel is interesting as a whole, and the great figures which every now and then pass across the stage are adequately sketched.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 982. Je. 19, ’09. 120w.
=Garrison, Theodosia.=^{[6]} Joy o’ life and other poems. *$1. Kennerley.
9–12911.
The author’s more permanent pieces have been gathered into this volume. “Happiness and sorrow, failure and longing, peace, despair, fantasy, and laughter, all have their word here.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“This exultant note is the dominant one from beginning to end of her volume.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 101. Ag. 16, ’09. 250w.
“There is about it at times a mixture of motives, an anachronism of mood which recalls with a difference Christina Rossetti.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 170w.
“Something as free and lovely, as near to nature as the growth of flowers, lives in this little volume. It is by no means music and flowing line alone that is given in this book. These poems lay hold of your heart, they sing of those experiences which come to us all.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 319. My. 22, ’09. 1100w.
=Garrison, Wendell Phillips.= Letters and memorials of Wendell Phillips Garrison, literary editor of “The Nation,” 1865–1906. *$1.50. The Nation, 20 Vesey St., N. Y.
9–5465.
“The plan of the book is to give a condensed account of his outwardly uneventful life, a few personal tributes from men who knew him well, with selections from his letters to friends and contributors, closing with a few specimens of his published self-expression in verse, in articles, and in addresses. His friend and classmate, Prof. J. H. McDaniels of Hobart college, writes the sympathetic and adequate introduction.”—Nation.
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“Will especially interest older readers of the ‘Nation.’”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 77. Mr. ’09.
“A modest and pleasant picture of a man who did much for good journalism and good criticism in the United States.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 176. Ag. 14. 1800w.
“Is welcome to his numerous former coworkers and admirers, and deserves to be read and studied by many besides.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 50. Jl. 16, ’09. 350w. + =Lit. D.= 39: 208. Ag. 7, ’09. 330w.
“In arrangement, form, and typography, it exhibits a taste which would have satisfied his exacting standards, while in the nicer matter of judgment concerning what to print, one would fain believe that even his fastidious pen could have found nothing here to strike out.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 656. D. 31, ’08. 520w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 325. My. 22, ’09. 600w.
“Give interesting glimpses of the busy life of the literary editor of the ‘Nation.’”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 254. Ag. ’09. 70w.
=Gask, Lilian.=^{[8]} In nature’s school. †$1.50. Crowell.
8–29613.
The story of the adventures of a sensitive young boy who finds his little corner in an orphanage unbearable, runs away to the woods and finds a friend in Nature who takes him with her round the world. The lessons learned in her kingdom of fur and feather are true to scientific fact, and there have been interspersed valuable lessons of love for all living creatures.
=Gaskell, Walter Holbrook.=^{[6]} Origin of vertebrates. *$6. Longmans.
8–34823.
“An extended series of papers which have aimed to convert morphologists to the view that vertebrates are descended from arachnids.”—Science.
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“Whatever be the fate of its main thesis, Gaskell’s book will stimulate research and discussion respecting an interesting and complex problem.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 389. Ap. 15, ’09. 1050w.
“No one can read this book without being impressed with the author’s audacious ingenuity, with his patient following up of clues into remote recesses, and with the good humor with which he holds his ‘unus contra mundum’ position. Whether he is right or wrong, he has written an entertaining book and found out a lot of interesting things by the way.”
+ − =Nature.= 80: 301. My. 13, ’09. 2350w.
“It is hardly fair that the purchaser of this book should believe that he has here a résumé of our knowledge of the ancestry of the vertebrates. He is given merely a one-sided view of the whole intricate problem. The momentous problem of vertebrate beginnings is still ‘on the knees of the gods.’ We gravely doubt whether Gaskell’s book will be of great value in dislodging it.” Bashford Dean.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 29: 816. My. 21, ’09. 950w.
=Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis Aidan.= Black death of 1348 and 1349. 2d ed. *$2. Macmillan.
8–16915.
A reprint of the author’s “Great pestilence” published in 1843. “The work is not changed except for the addition of a preface calling attention to the light thrown on the fourteenth century epidemic by the recent outbreak of the same disease in India and elsewhere. The information given by Father Gasquet on the facts of the great pestilence and the extracts from contemporary records are as interesting and valuable as ever.” (Nation.)
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“It is to be regretted that the opportunity of a new edition was not utilized by the author to correct certain defects which previous reviewers had pointed out.” G: Kriehn.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 569. Ap. ’09. 550w.
“Father Gasquet is in the greater danger of slipping because of his preoccupation with the rehabilitation of the mediæval church.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 138. Ag. 13, ’08. 330w.
=Geden, Alfred S.=^{[7]} Outlines of introduction to the Hebrew Bible. *$3.50. Scribner.
Outlines that treat the subject “from the literary rather than the archaeological point of view. Professor Geden discusses (1) the Hebrew language; (2) the Text of the Old Testament; (3) Hebrew and Greek canons of the Old Testament; (4) Later Hebrew literature; (5) the Versions; (6) the Pentateuch.”—Spec.
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“It may safely be said to constitute the best existing English handbook in this field. In general the volume may be regarded as destined to hold a position as authority and guide in its own sphere corresponding to that unanimously granted to Driver’s ‘Introduction to the literature of the Old Testament’ in its sphere.” J: M. P. Smith.
+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 428. Jl. ’09. 420w.
“Mr. Geden’s book betokens a sympathetic interest in his subject, wide reading, and a more or less independent manner of testing the literary and historical evidence with which he has to deal. His standpoint is that of an intelligent conservatism. Many criticisms might be offered on details in the different chapters. The book is emphatically one which both demands and deserves a thorough revision.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 723. Je. 19. 800w.
“The book thus fills what has long been a vacancy in the company of handy guides to the interpretation of the Old Testament.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 431. Je. ’09. 70w.
“The book is well illustrated, is written in a popular style, commands a subject of keen interest and growing appreciation for the student of the Old Testament, and should have a place in every up-to-date library.” R. H. Mode.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 209. S. ’09. 950w.
“We would express our special appreciation of the last chapter, in which Professor Geden shows an admirable temper, ready to accept the results of research, and at the same time quite free from destructive tendencies.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 587. Ap. 10, ’09. 110w.
=Geil, William Edgar.=^{[12]} Great wall of China. *$5. Sturgis & Walton.
9–29129.
A presentation in which “Mr. Geil shows the wall to us as a boundary between two civilizations, that of the nomad and the herder, and of the agriculturist; as the dividing line in China between the age of fable and that of history, the great Chinese ruler who built it, and who is the hero of this work, the Emperor Chin, destroyed the old books of his people, and forced them to write a new literature in characters that should bring it within the reach of all. But side by side with this antiquarian and historic interest, these pages hold a contemporary, living one, for the author has the knack of giving life in a few phrases to the natives he met and interviewed.”—Ind.
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“His pages reveal no lack of scholarly equipment, abundant accumulation of material, and a first-hand acquaintance with Chinese literature. Mention must be made of the pictures, which are so numerous and so truly illustrative that they are in themselves a vivid presentation of this more than vivid book.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 454. D. 1, ’09. 430w.
“A book of exploration, telling of strange things unknown, it is also an altogether delightful book of travel.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 1143. N. 18, ’09. 250w.
“The gorgeous panorama of Oriental scenery and history which Mr. Geil unrolls in this volume is simply wonderful.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 80w.
“A travel book of extraordinary and absorbing interest.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 758. D. ’09. 150w.
“He has been at pains to collect a great deal of information, legendary, historical and archæological. His style is sensational.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 666. N. 27, ’09. 130w.
=George, William Reuben.=^{[12]} Junior republic; its history and ideals; with an introd. by Thomas M. Osborne. **$1.50. Appleton.
9–31449.
An interesting unfolding of the idea that led Mr. George to the founding of the Junior republic in Freeville, New York, where democracy “that is a political expression of the ‘Golden rule’ is applied;” where the standard is citizenship; where there is taught the sort of “liberty that fits men for liberty.” The chapters cover the whole scheme of industries, government and citizenship training.
=Gephart, William Franklin.=^{[11]} Transportation and industrial development in the Middle West. (Studies in history, economics and public law, v. 34, no. 1.) *$2. Longmans.
9–17969.
A valuable contribution to economic history in which the author confines his investigations mainly to the state of Ohio. The rude craft of the pioneer, the steamboat that made possible commercial activity, the Erie canal, the railways, and finally the interurban railway all mark stages in transportation development a discussion of which he closes with attention to the present movement for the restoration of waterways.
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“Authoritative and careful investigation.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09.
“The book is an interesting and careful investigation, more exhaustive than has been published heretofore, of the evolution of industry in the state of Ohio and of the close relationship between this development and the progress of transportation.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 235. S. 9, ’09. 120w.
=Gerard, Dorothea.=^{[5]} Pomp and circumstance. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.
8–30934.
Vienna and London furnish the setting of this story whose hero is a young diplomat and the heroine the daughter of a Vienna banker forced into bankruptcy thru a wife’s extravagance and his own unsuccessful speculation. The father and daughter lose themselves in London under assumed names and teach languages for a living. Here the hero steps into the story and the course of true love is marred and made by the usual dramatic incidents.
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“Altogether the book will appeal to the general novel reader as one of the best romances of the autumn.”
+ =Arena.= 40: 615. D. ’08. 320w.
“The book is a careful and pleasing piece of work, its sentimentality being redeemed by a delicate touch of humour.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 494. Ap. 24. 120w.
“It is quite an absurd book.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 438. Ap. 3, ’09. 80w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.= Guide to sanitary inspections. 4th ed., entirely rev. and enl. $1.50. Wiley.
9–1605.
Outlines the main features of sanitary inspection work. “Included with the new matter given in this edition is a chapter on the sanitary inspection of public buildings, and another on sanitary surveys of cities and towns. Many question schedules or blank forms for use in recording the results of inspections are presented.” (Engin. N.)
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“Has increased value and wider usefulness.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 120. Ap. ’09.
“While one of its purposes is to instruct owners, managers and tenants in regard to the essentials of healthful buildings and surroundings, it is believed that the book will be also useful to health and sanitary inspectors, to boards of health, to fire department officials, inspectors for insurance companies, and to architects, civil engineers, and building superintendents in general.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 296. Mr. ’09. 200w.
“A great deal of time and space might have been saved by laying down first of all the features of sanitary inspection common to all buildings, and then citing variations for city and country houses, schools, hospitals, etc.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 32. Mr. 18, ’09. 130w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.=^{[7]} Sanitation and sanitary engineering. 2d rev. and enl. ed. $1.50. W: P. Gerhard, 33 Union sq., N. Y.
9–10504.
“The author has here extended some definitions of and notes on the profession and practice of sanitary engineering and on the sanitary engineer in time of epidemics, war, etc., which he published a few years ago. Besides the subjects just mentioned, there are notes on various phases of sanitation between 1850 and 1900, and further notes on the sanitation of Greater New York. A few pages are devoted to some observations on sanitation in Russia made by an army surgeon in Dresden in 1896.”—Engin. N.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 60. O. ’09.
“All citizens have a vital interest in this branch of engineering work and could read this book with profit and pleasure. Health officials will find it a manual of pronounced value.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 666. Je. ’09. 180w. =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 66. My. 13, ’09. 80w. + =Engin. Rec.= 60: 139. Jl. 31, ’09. 200w. + =Nation.= 89: 240. S. 9, ’09. 60w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 363. Je. 12, ’09. 110w.
=Gerhard, William Paul.=^{[7]} Sanitation, water supply and sewage disposal of country houses. $2. Van Nostrand.
9–11275.
Discusses comprehensively the three subjects indicated by the title. First is explained “in a general way the requirements of healthfulness in the country. The soil, the sub-soil, surface drainage, outlook, surroundings, cellars, lighting, heating and ventilation, water supply, sewerage and plumbing, screening to keep out flies and mosquitoes and the care of houses and buildings all receive attention. The second part is devoted to an explanation of the methods of procuring and distributing a suitable water supply, and the third part discusses sewage disposal.”—Engin. Rec.
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“For the use of laymen rather than the profession, offering many valuable hints to builders of country houses.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. ✠
“The treatment throughout is on the whole quite satisfactory, although considerable condensation could probably have been effected to advantage.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 75. Je. 17, ’09. 240w. + =Engin. Rec.= 59: 726. Je. 5, ’09. 200w. + =Nation.= 89: 240. S. 9, ’09. 130w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 420. Jl. 3, ’09. 330w.
=Gibbon, Frederick P.= Lawrences of the Punjab. *$1.50. Dutton.
9–14134.
“‘The Lawrences of the Punjab’ is a valuable addition to the ‘Temple biographies.’ While the title of the book properly embraces four brothers, the author, reasonably enough, devotes himself almost exclusively to the lives of Henry and John Lawrence, those greatest of the many great men who served the East India company. In vivid lines are traced the meteoric paths of the soldier and the civilian.”—N. Y. Times.
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“In Mr. Gibbon’s pages the reader is given a comprehension of the land, the peoples and the problems of India.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 92. Jl. 8, ’09. 240w.
“Mr. Gibbon’s book is precisely what a biography should be—an entertaining recital with an undercurrent of moral suggestion. A better biography than ‘The Lawrences of the Punjab’ it has seldom been our good fortune to read.” Forbes Lindsay.
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 142. Mr. 13, ’09. 310w.
“Mr. Gibbon tells very well the stories with which we are all more or less familiar. But it is in what he tells us of things less commonly known, the patient working of the two men in the days before the Mutiny, that the special value of his volume is to be found.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 137. Ja. 23, ’09. 300w.
=Gibbon, Perceval.= Salvator.^{[5]} †$1.50. Doubleday.
9–8998.
A story which follows the fortunes of two Englishmen, rivals for the love of an earl’s daughter. The one is a sober, landed gentleman of Sussex, loving law and order and the inert force of things established; the other, Salvator, is all for balancing his life on his fingers, dodging between disease and murder, with ruffians for companions and scoundrels for enemies. Mosambique is the hot bed of the revolution and the one object of the author, aside from general entertainment, is the portrayal of the comfortable English respect for authority and the failure of any opposition to it.
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“More than the average story of adventure, well handled, and showing a knowledge of East Africa.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09. ✠
“A book which comes exasperatingly near to being a worthy piece of work.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 646. Ag. ’09. 400w.
“As a story of adventure the book would be commonplace and lacking in artistic finish; but its appeal goes below the surface.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 200w.
“The book is, in fact, charmingly written. One is constantly smiling over its shrewd revelations of human nature. A story, and a mighty good one.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 550w.
=Gibbons, James, cardinal.= Discourses and sermons for every Sunday, and the principal festivals of the year. *$1. Murphy, J:
8–34609.
“Simple, sincere, earnest expositions of the old truths applied to daily life.” (Cath. World.) “The whole result is a collection of discourses adapted to the hearing or reading of the common people. At the same time many important questions are dealt with, in private conduct and in social and civic affairs.” (Lit. D.)
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“The first good quality to be perceived in them is brevity. All sermons, even the dogmatic ones, are largely composed of solid, apposite, practical counsel on the duties and dangers of life.”
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 820. Mr. ’09. 570w.
“There is matter here for instructing the faithful on every day of the year on which the Catholic pastor is expected to speak to his people from altar or pulpit; and the lesson fits every congregation, large or small, throughout the length and breadth of our land.”
+ =Ecclesiastical R.= 40: 372. Mr. ’09. 180w.
“While the sermons are better suited to the Roman-Catholic than to the Protestant mind, they are not without value to readers of all kinds, as dissertations upon common truths by a teacher of positive religious faith and excellent Christian common sense.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 304. F. 20, ’09. 140w.
“A series of simple, sincere, and earnest sermons.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 640. My. ’09. 30w.
=Gibson, Arnold Hartley.= Hydraulics and its applications. *$5. Van Nostrand.
9–23748.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“The work seems to reflect a stronger interest in the theoretical side of the subject than in the applications, which, if true, will account for certain inequalities of treatment; but as a whole the book is an excellent one, with a character quite its own, and is well worth careful study by any student of the subject.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 735. D. 26, ’08. 600w.
“Mr. Gibson has undoubtedly succeeded in securing not only new material, but in treating it with some novelty. The author of this work exhibits a refreshing element of openmindedness toward the meaning of the various expressions derived for the action of fluids.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 659. D. 31, ’08. 370w.
=Gibson, Charles R.=^{[11]} How telegraphs and telephones work. *75c. Lippincott.
9–21871.
“The very large degree to which the telegraph and telephone enter into the daily life of the community should make this book particularly useful, and it should find a large circle of readers. The book is more or less an amplification of the chapters dealing with this branch in earlier more general books. The subjects covered are telegraphy and telephony, both with wires and without; there is a short chapter on lightning, the reason for the inclusion of which ‘by request’ does not seem clear, and three concluding chapters of a more general character on electrical units and theory. The volume is well printed and illustrated.”—Nature.
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“The work is up to date.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 115. D. ’09.
“An excellent small work.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 336. O. ’09. 40w.
“The present small volume shares the merits of its predecessors.” M. S.
+ =Nature.= 81: 244. Ag. 26, ’09. 150w.
=Gibson, Charles R.=^{[12]} Romance of modern manufacture. *$1.50. Lippincott.
“In clear and interesting chapters Mr. Gibson tells us how textiles are woven, how lace and embroidery are made, and how all these things are washed by machinery. The mowing machine, the locomotive, clocks, and ships, and the ways they are made by modern machinery, are subjects of other chapters; while the sewing machine and the machinery for making thread which it utilizes are also described with equal fulness. The manufacture of steel rails, and of candy, and of bread, and of needles, of paper, and of books, is equally attended to.”—N. Y. Times.
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“The boy who gets the book will add to his stock of general knowledge though he may fall into occasional misconceptions.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 620. N. 20. 200w.
“A very good introduction into this world of mechanical miracles.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 766. D. 4. ’09. 200w.
“Mr. Gibson knows how to set out the steps by which inventive brains have altered the whole tenor of civilisation. Readers will find interesting matter in this volume, though they must not expect the sensations which awaited the discoveries of the processes in photography.”
+ =Spec.= 103: sup. 820. N. 20, ’09. 360w.
=Gibson, Charles R.= Scientific ideas of today. *$1.50. Lippincott. 9–35170
A popular presentation in non-technical language of the nature of matter, electricity, light, heat, energy, color, X-rays, radium, gravitation, etc.
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“Well adapted to the needs of uneducated adult readers wishing elementary information.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 40. F. ’09.
“While in some matters the author has evidently a clear grip of his subject, there are others in which he is as evidently trusting blindly to the conclusions of others, not always with the happiest results. To sum up, then, we think Mr. Gibson’s is an honest, able, and useful book, though perhaps less suited to the beginner than he fancies. Its occasional inaccuracies and too great dependence on authority might cause a person unacquainted with science to conceive many ideas that he would have to get rid of later.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 350. Mr. 20. 1100w.
“Very instructive for the general reader who is more or less interested in the great problems of nature.”
+ =Engin. D.= 5: 176. F. ’09. 200w.
“A marked feature of this book is the number of analogies by which the various actions and interactions are illustrated.” W: E. Rolston.
+ =Nature.= 80: 181. Ap. 15, ’09. 600w.
“Within the understanding of any reader of ordinary intelligence.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 112. F. 27, ’09. 280w.
“This book is one which would justify a favorable estimate from almost any other point of view than that which the present reviewer chooses to take. Many sections of the book are such as to demand a favorable estimate from any point of view.” W. S. Franklin.
− + =Science=, n.s. 29: 937. Je. 11, ’09. 1350w.
=Gibson, Robert Edward Lee.=^{[9]} Miracle of St. Cuthbert, and sonnets. $1. Morton.
9–15513.
The title piece is based on an old English legend that tells of the loss and later recovery of the copy of the Gospels written in honor of St. Cuthbert. Besides there are some seventy sonnets.
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“Volume of refined and unpretentious verse.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 47: 100. Ag. 16, ’09. 150w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 503. Ag. 21, ’09. 150w.
=Gilbert, George Holley.= Acts: the second volume of Luke’s work on the beginnings of Christianity; with interpretative comment. (Bible for home and school.) *75c. Macmillan.
8–37068.
“Mr. Gilbert’s design is ‘to place the results of the best modern Biblical criticism at the disposal of the general reader.’ This purpose is accomplished by a brief introduction to the book, discussing date and authorship, literary character, and historical trustworthiness, followed by interpretative comment on the English text.... The commentary offers explanation wherever it is really needed and trustworthy information from other sources. The series should furnish good text-books for elementary study for either class or private use.”—Nation.
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+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 646. O. ’09. 140w.
“The arrangement, the comment appearing on the same page with the text, is convenient and thoroughly practical. The notes are intelligent and helpful.”
+ =Bib. World.= 33: 141. F. ’09. 50w.
“On the whole the notes are clear and accurate, and as complete as the nature of the present series permitted.” S. J. Case.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 65. Jl. ’09. 300w.
“Professor Gilbert’s introduction to Acts is a model of succinct presentation of critical results, without argument except through clear exposition of cogent facts.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 253. Mr. 11, ’09. 160w.
=Gilbreth, Frank Bunker.=^{[10]} Bricklaying system. *$3. Clark, M. C.
9–20945.
A work whose threefold purpose is: “(a) to put in writing that knowledge which has been handed by word of mouth from journeyman to apprentice for generations; (b) to record methods of handling labor, materials and plant on brickwork that will reduce costs and at the same time enable the first-class workman to receive higher pay; (c) to enable an apprentice to work intelligently from his first day and to become a proficient workman in the shortest possible time.”
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“The book is easily understandable, and should be read by every mason, contractor and builder, as well as by engineers and others interested in building construction.”
+ =Engin. D.= 6: 244. S. ’09. 730w.
“The text, if carefully studied, will materially aid a novice, but a fault common to the books of most experts exists, that of using terms at the start which are explained only very late. The book is a good one for a young architect to study, because he can thereby gain some idea of the technique of the subject, which is essential to the preparation of good designs and proper specifications.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 60: 251. Ag. 28, ’09. 320w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.=^{[11]} Lincoln the leader, and Lincoln’s genius for expression. **$1. Houghton.
9–27351.
The first essay is an appreciation of Lincoln that finds in his literary style the qualities that are traits of his character and thus elements of his leadership; such qualities as humor, candor, sympathy, tact, justice, sincerity, disinterestedness and devotion. The second, shows how Lincoln, striving for no artistic method of expression thru imitation of the masters, yet achieved a clear and forcible style which took color from his noble character and became a thing individual and distinguished, characterized by simplicity and directness.
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“Two discerning essays.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09. ✠
“An intelligent study of the sources of Lincoln’s greatness.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 764. D. 4, ’09. 300w.
=Gilder, Richard Watson.= Poems. $1.50. Houghton.
8–31503.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 12. Ja. ’09.
“Included in the ‘Household’ edition, and well deserving of admission to that choice company.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 48. Ja. 16, ’09. 100w. + =Lit. D.= 37: 984. D. 26, ’08. 60w. + =Nation.= 89: 56. Jl. 15, ’09. 160w.
“He is the laureate of the nation as the civil war made it.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 450w.
“None could fail to find in the volume a real poet, sincere, humble-minded, serious; never dropping to the popular lilt, never failing in large and noble enthusiasms, one who has lived life fully, aware of great issues and alert to chronicle all loveliness.” L. C. Willcox.
+ − =No. Am.= 189: 615. Ap. ’09. 1300w.
“This volume represents in a rare degree both the literary and the moral conscience. It is a striking expression of artistic and intellectual integrity. Perhaps the first quality which one receives from the reading of these poems in succession is that of perfect sincerity.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 64. Ja. 9, ’09. 420w.
“He is pre-eminently a poet’s poet as well as a people’s poet, and his many friends and admirers will welcome this excellent collection, in which they will find such a large proportion of the really good magazine poetry of the past generation.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 508. Ap. ’09. 100w.
=Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau.=^{[9]} Hellas and Hesperia; or, The vitality of Greek studies in America: three lectures. (University of Virginia. Barbour-Page foundation.) *$1. Holt.
9–15085.
Three lectures delivered before the University of Virginia on the quickening of Greek studies: the first, The channels of life, traces analogies between the life of ancient Greece and our own; the second, Greek language and literature, presents some aspects of the Greek language and literature in their relation to the present; the third, Americanism and Hellenism, treats of the affinities of ancient Greek and modern American life.
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“They are pleasant reading, especially for those interested in the classical studies, but are not essential contributions to the subject.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“We don’t care what Professor Gildersleeve writes about, or whether he sticks to his subject. We would follow him, tho his course be as scoliodromic as the track of a rabbit in the morning dew.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 829. O. 7, ’09. 160w.
“Professor Gildersleeve’s University of Virginia lectures, ‘Hellas and Hesperia: or The vitality of Greek studies in America,’ inevitably suggest comparison with Professor Butcher’s ‘Harvard lectures on Greek subjects’ and the late Sir Richard Jebb’s Turnbull lectures on Greek poetry at Johns Hopkins. It is disappointing to find that they do not stand the comparison.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 490. N. 18, ’09. 200w.
“Many folk who have kept themselves modern by using old studies to sharpen their appreciation of new things must find delight in this little book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 330w.
=Gill, Augustus Herman.=^{[7]} Short hand-book of oil analysis. 5th ed., rev. and enl. *$2. Lippincott.
9–4496.
“A concise manual for the analysis of the commonly occurring animal, mineral and vegetable oils and, in addition to describing the methods used in applying physical and chemical tests, gives particulars, regarding their preparation, properties, analytical constants, uses and adulterants. Among the additions made in the present edition are: A description of the new universal vicosimeter; improved methods for the detection of anti-fluorescents, and of applying the spontaneous combustion test; a new chapter on waste fats and oils; a description of the titer test and one for sulphur in burning oils. The sections dealing with the detection of animal and vegetable oils, the treatment of unsaponifable matter, and the turpentines have been entirely rewritten. Other minor changes have been made to bring the text down to date.”—Engin. D.
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+ =Engin. D.= 5: 416. Ap. ’09. 150w.
“One of the comparatively few chemical books, which are simple enough to be taken up without immediately previous preparation, in the intervals of an engineer’s work.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 59. My. 13, ’09. 470w.
“It may be observed that there are some things in which this book may yet be improved. The illustrations are better than none, but not much; and the directions for using flash-test apparatus are not quite as complete as a beginner ought to have.” A. H. Sabin.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 244. Ag. 20, ’09. 300w.
=Gilman, Arthur.= My Cranford: a phase of the quiet life. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–6273.
Hollis, N. H. furnishes the setting for this quiet neighborhood story of gentle spells and mild musings. The town is “literary in its tastes, independent in its ways, of glorious revolutionary renown and the mother of many famous sons.” (Dial.)
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 137. My. ’09.
“The descriptions and reflections and reminiscences are able to stand on their own merits.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 231. Ap. 1, ’09. 260w.
“Nothing more restful could be found than this contemplation of ‘My Cranford.’”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 764. My. 1, ’09. 230w.
“If tragedy, or sin, or even vulgarity, ever invades this Arcadia, Mr. Gilman does not see them; his picture is all of pleasantness and peace.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 260. Ap. 8, ’09. 100w.
“Mr. Gilman has caught the spirit of this simple village life, and in a charming, half-autobiographical vein makes it very real and enticing to the more sophisticated and wearied dweller in cities. It is scarcely an ambitious effort, but the essays are musing and gentle and well worth reading.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 177. Mr. 27, ’09. 430w.
=Gilman, Benjamin Ives.= Hopi songs. (Hemenway southwestern expedition.) *$2. Houghton.
9–17546.
“This story of Hopi, or Moqui, singing completes an inquiry into Pueblo music that was begun by this author in 1891 with a study of Zuni melodies. The volume is divided into three parts. In the first Mr. Gilman makes a scientific study of the Rote-Song of the Hopis. The second part is devoted to an exposition of the phonographic method in the notation of Indian music.... The third and major part of the book is given up to notations of Hopi songs, diagrams, and comments, nearly a score of songs being treated.”—N. Y. Times.
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+ =Nation.= 88: 311. Mr. 25, ’09. 500w. + =N. Y. Times.= 13: 736. D. 5, ’08. 200w.
“The volume represents much careful work and is a valuable contribution to the study of the phonetics of some kinds of Indian singing.” A. C. Fletcher.
+ =Science=, n.s. 29: 977. Je. 18, ’09. 1200w.
=Gilman, Bradley.=^{[11]} Son of the desert. †$1.50. Century.
9–26147.
A story set in Egypt in which the hero is the son of a Bedouin sheik. He is befriended by an American boy traveling for his health, and, in turn, enlists his courage and young strength in the service of the traveler. Together they encounter a fearful sand-storm, are captured by brigands, have a thrilling subterranean experience, and, finally, return unharmed. The author’s descriptions of customs, language and localities are drawn from his own recent observation and experience.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Aspects of modern opera. **$1.25. Lane.
9–3317.
In four chapters entitled The Wagnerian aftermath, A view of Puccini, Strauss’s “Salome”: its art and its morals, and A perfect music drama, the author discusses critically “the aims, artistic methods and actual achievements,” of composers who are dominant in the operatic art of the present day.
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“Mr. Gilman’s book is well worth reading, as it contains matter that will awaken new thoughts and stimulate discussion on musical themes.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 232. Ap. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Mr. Gilman furnishes us with appreciative and discriminating reviews of the development of operatic music since Wagner.”
+ =Ind.= 65: 1185. N. 19, ’08. 160w.
“In the first three sections many interesting observations are made regarding Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, and other composers, but before the reader reaches the middle of the book he will begin to suspect that the author is like a huge spider weaving a web around him and making him a helpless victim by the time the last chapter is reached. It is a clever example of eloquent special pleading. The chapter on Puccini is excellent.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 610. D. 17, ’08. 650w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 54. Ja. 30, ’09. 320w. + =Outlook.= 91: 292. F. 6, ’09. 100w.
=Gilman, Lawrence.= Edward A. MacDowell. *$1.50. Lane.
9–609.
An expansion and completion of the biography which Mr. Gilman wrote four years ago for the “Living masters of music” series. “The biographical part is almost wholly new, and is rich in details that throw an interesting light upon MacDowell’s development, upon the incidents of his life, and especially upon his work as professor of music at Columbia university. There is thoughtful and sympathetic consideration of his character as a man.” (N. Y. Times.)
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 40. F. ’09.
“Mr. Finck’s appreciation of his compositions seems to us at times too laudatory, but it is thoughtful, and therefore interesting.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 52. Jl. 10. 320w. =Dial.= 46: 190. Mr. 16, ’09. 420w. + =Lit. D.= 38: 304. F. 20, ’09. 200w.
“The new volume is in every way a great improvement on its predecessor; it is not only readable, but uncommonly stimulating. One thing, alas! is missing: an index.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 46. Ja. 14, ’09. 900w.
“Superlative praise for MacDowell’s best work does not seem too much to this critic.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 320w.
“We could have chosen no one in America better fitted to write the authoritative biography of our greatest American composer.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 263. Ag. ’09. 330w.
“It is balanced and not uncritical.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 291. F. 6, ’09. 90w.
“There is a lack of balance, of just proportion and clear perspective.” D. G. Mason.
+ − =Putnam’s.= 6: 110. Ap. ’09. 500w. =R. of Rs.= 39: 255. F. ’09. 70w.
=Ginzberg, Louis.=^{[6]} Legends of the Jews; tr. from the German manuscript by Henrietta Szold. $2. Jewish pub.
9–14182.
=v. 1.= Bible times and characters from the creation to Jacob. This is the first instalment of a work whose aim is that of gathering from the original sources all Jewish legends, in so far as they refer to Biblical personages and events, and of reproducing them with the greatest attainable completeness and accuracy. Contents: The creation of the world; Adam; The ten commandments; Noah; Abraham; Jacob.
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“These tales are really expressions of the Hebrew mind wrestling with the problems of biblical interpretation and the difficulties of life itself, and offering solutions of all these difficulties as nearly as possible. The arrangement of the tales is excellent and the translation most happy.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 369. Ag. 12, ’09. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A word of special praise is due the translator, for her important share of the work, done so faithfully and acceptably.” A. S. Isaacs.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 443. Jl. 17, ’09. 930w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Gladden, Rev. Washington.=^{[11]} Recollections. **$2. Houghton.
9–28138.
The author announces at the start that his story is simply that of an average American; that its interest will not be found in any exploits of the narrator, but in whatever power he has possessed of looking sympathetically at the things he has seen and of accurately reporting them. “Most readers will agree that the best wine is put before them early.... Dr. Gladden’s memory of the rude early years is not only retentive, but intense and visualizing. The price which poverty had to pay for bread and books is set down with detail that sticks in the mind. For the rest, the ‘Recollections’ are discursive, part autobiography and part contemporary history, and stamped with that broad churchmanship and geniality, combined with the capacity to stand up stoutly for a firm conviction, which we have been accustomed to associate with the author.” (Nation.)
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“Biblical students will appreciate the recollections of the beginning of larger views of the Bible in America.”
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 100w. + =Cath. World.= 90: 389. D. ’09. 500w.
“The chapters describing the nature of the struggle for livelihood and for education, in a family of artisans and farmers seventy years ago, are more interesting than the later ones.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 411. O. 28, ’09. 150w.
“The book is less a biography than an account of the progress of the last half-century by one who has had a very important part in making that progress possible. It is an important foot-note to the history of America in one of its most critical periods. On one important point only has the ‘Outlook’ as an interpreter found itself compelled to differ with Dr. Gladden. In his campaign against what was called ‘tainted money’ we thought, and still think, that he misinterpreted a wide spread popular prejudice, which he shared, for a fundamental ethical principle common to humanity.”
+ − =Outlook.= 93: 766. D. 4, ’09. 1500w.
“Dr. Gladden’s luminous style makes this book of ‘Recollections’ especially attractive.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 754. D. ’09. 160w.
=Glasgow, Ellen Anderson.=^{[6]} Romance of a plain man. $1.50. Macmillan.
9–12083.
Ben Starr, son of an uneducated stone-cutter, at the age of seven or thereabouts is called “common” by a wee lass with red shoes and a drenched white coat who with her mother is storm sent to Benjy’s poor little home for shelter. Tho not quite understanding the haughtily pronounced epithet, Benjy is sensitive to the scorn in the child’s tone. From this moment Benjy’s development begins. He is not brilliant but determined, and taunts and jibes but increase his resolution. From the post of delivery boy for a meat and fruit dealer to the presidency of a railroad his course is one of unremitting hard work. It is nevertheless made a path of joy by the winning of the spirited heroine whose contempt for the boy is transformed into love and honor for the man.
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“One of the author’s best stories.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 187. Je. ’09. ✠
“The author has command of the story-teller’s art, and treats an old theme with a deft hand.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 424. O. 9. 180w.
“The earlier part of the book is worked out with much significant realism of detail; the latter part is more commonplace.”
+ − =Atlan.= 104: 682. N. ’09. 180w.
“Perhaps the simplest as well as the shortest way to define this book is to say that it belongs in the same general class with Professor Robert Herrick’s admirable ‘Memoirs of an American citizen.’” Philip Tillinghast.
+ =Forum.= 41: 616. Je. ’09. 650w.
“The author dramatizes in a perfectly truthful manner the difference between the temperament of an aristocrat and the character of a ‘plain man.’”
+ =Ind.= 67: 423. Ag. 19, ’09. 500w.
“A fine appreciation is shown by the author of the best in both the old aristocracy and the democracy of the plain people.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 102. Jl. 17, ’09. 240w.
“The subtle individuality of the writer invests the most hackneyed themes with a touch of her own originality.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 37. Jl. 8, ’09. 380w.
“Miss Glasgow’s intimate sketches of Southern scenes and people are always interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“Miss Glasgow, as always, has a story to tell, and knows how to tell it. She writes with a fine reserve and with a sure instinct for the dramatic situation and the telling phrase.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 402. Je. 26, ’09. 750w.
“It is a significant contribution to the literary interpretation of the new order in the South.”
+ =Outlook.= 92: 309. Je. 5, ’09. 270w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 635. N. ’09. 50w.
“This is a fine novel, written with delicacy.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 173. Ag. 7, ’09. 170w.
“The book is an interesting specimen of the business novel.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 245. Ag. 14, ’09. 320w.
=Glaspell, Susan.= Glory of the conquered: the story of a great love. †$1.50. Stokes.
9–6277.
A rugged scientist in the Chicago university weds a young artist, a woman who is the embodiment of exquisite femininity. Their dream of happiness ends when the husband thru a careless trick of rubbing his eyes inoculates them with the most virulent germ known to pathology; he becomes blind. There follows a period of struggle during which a mighty man succumbs to his fate; while the wife, all devotion, resolves to take up his laboratory work and be eyes for him. Then he is taken from her, and out of her poignant grief grows a resolution to go back to the soul of things, to fight, to work, to conquer seeming fate, to bring back to her world harmony and the light.
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“An intensely emotional story, but remarkable for its vivid realism and imaginative power.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 147. My. ’09.
“Unfortunately, the story requires more scientific and professional colouring than the author has supplied, but her heroine inspires some touching dialogue.”
− + =Ath.= 1909, 2: 358. S. 25. 130w.
“Frankly, while the attempted symbolism of the last chapter is obvious enough, it must be regarded as a distinct anticlimax to a book that otherwise is the best American novel of the month.” F: T. Cooper.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 317. My. ’09. 1000w.
“Nothing is spared our feelings in this narrative, and nothing but the richness and tenderness of the author’s sympathies makes it tolerable.” W: M. Payne.
+ − =Dial.= 47: 183. S. 16, ’09. 330w.
“There is much that is morbid in Miss Glaspell’s first novel, ‘The glory of the conquered,’ and something that is fine.”
+ − =Ind.= 67: 602. S. 9, ’09. 600w.
“Whoever can appreciate this point of view will find the story well told, even excellently told at times; and possibly be so captivated by its lachrymose lights and shadows that she will even overlook the utter superfluity of Georgia, Joe Tank, and some other characters.”
− + =Nation.= 88: 489. My. 13, ’09. 360w.
“In the telling of the story there is an unusual amount of beauty, grace, imagination, and emotional impressiveness. Unless Susan Glaspell is an assumed name ... ‘The glory of the conquered’ brings forward a new author of fine and notable gifts.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 145. Mr. 13, ’09. 420w.
“It is not often that an author comes forward with a first book so worthy of serious attention as is Miss Glaspell’s notable romance.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“There is something unusually appealing about the scientific professor at the university and his artist wife whose noble passion lifts the story, despite some faults of style, into the class of great novels.”
+ − =R. of Rs.= 39: 760. Je. ’09. 110w.
“The character-drawing is good, and altogether the novel is a piece of sound and conscientious work.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 565. O. 9, ’09. 170w.
=Glover, Terrot Reaveley.=^{[10]} Conflict of religions in the early Roman empire. *$2.50. Scribner.
9–27581.
An elaboration of certain lectures delivered at Mansfield college. “In the foreground is the life of Christ, the simplicity and directness of His example and His teaching.” (Ath.) The author “realizes clearly that Christianity created a new civilisation, and he shows also that it was not the conversion of the empire that destroyed the ancient civilisation.” (Sat. R.)
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“The volume before us does not pretend to completeness. It is even wanting in logical development. We thank him for his studies, and hope to read more of them.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 234. Ag. 28. 630w.
“This volume is, so far as it touches on theological problems, an essentially partisan work. Regarded as a denominational treatise it is worthy of careful attention, if only for the light that it throws on the theological tendencies of modern Nonconformity. Controversial matters apart, the book is interesting. Its author is a good classical scholar, and the chapters that discuss Lucretius, Vergil, and Plutarch make fascinating reading.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 293. S. 4, ’09. 570w.
=Glyn, Elinor.=^{[6]} Elizabeth visits America. †$1.50. Duffield.
9–13919.
A quarrel between Elizabeth and her Lord “Harry” sends him to Africa to shoot big game and her to the States. In a series of letters to her mother she gives with sprightly abandon her impressions of things American from New York to San Francisco. A reconciliation is happily effected upon the last page.
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“It is to be hoped that the Marchioness of Valmond will remain at home in the future if she can not use her eyes and ears to better advantage than she did during her recent visit to America.”
− =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 270w.
“In short, Mrs. Glyn not only used her eyes and her imagination to her own great entertainment during her grand tour of the United States of America, but she has used her pen and her wits very cleverly in telling the Americans what she thinks it will amuse them most to have her say about them. Even when she is cruel she takes care to flatter the pet foibles of all but the grossly pork-prosperous and the smart set already mentioned.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 321. My. 22, ’09. 1000w.
“Makes very readable copy of her recent visit to the United States.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“After Mr. Wells and Mr. Henry James here is Elizabeth, with a picture of America which, if it lacks the philosophy of the one and the artistry of the other, will probably supply an illumination for many who would find more reasoned criticism intellectually inaccessible.”
− =Sat. R.= 107: 728. Je. 5, ’09. 600w.
=Glyn, Margaret H.=^{[5]} Analysis of the evolution of musical form. *$3.50. Longmans.
9–18572.
“Miss Glyn seeks an intelligible basis of music that will afford foundation and breadth of artistic criticism; a truthful, intellectual presentment of the growth of musical form.” (N. Y. Times.) “The chief value lies in the application of the comparative method. Musical evolution in Europe is contrasted with what we know of the development and present condition of the art in Oriental countries, and in this way new light is thrown on various disputed problems.” (Nation.)
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“A book such as the present, which sets one thinking, is valuable, even though one cannot agree in all points with the writer.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 537. My. 1. 850w.
“Frankly and briefly, the theory of Miss Glyn seems to be sound. The musical world will not revise its terminology to suit Miss Glyn, and it does not need to in order to understand her theory. There is not one thought in her pages that could not be expressed with perfect lucidity by the terms in common use.” F: R. Burton.
+ − =Forum.= 42: 270. S. ’09. 470w.
“It cannot be said that this is an entertaining book, or one in which it is easy to follow the author’s course of reasoning at all points. She indulges in an abstruse style of ratiocination which requires pages to explain what a more concrete and imaginative writer would more fully elucidate in as many paragraphs. Yet it is a stimulating and instructive book, which must be commended not only to students—and experts—in musical theory and history, but to composers as well.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 392. Ap. 15, ’09. 750w.
“There is much that is illuminating and suggestive in this book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 275. My. 1, ’09. 770w.
=Godfrey, Elizabeth, pseud. (Jessie Bedford).=^{[7]} Sister of Prince Rupert, Elizabeth, princess palatine, and abbess of Herford. *$4. Lane.
9–27771.
A life of the daughter of the King of Bohemia “decidedly worth reading, for it is that of a sweet and sane soul, despite a personality somewhat stiff and formal. She was essentially noble in spirit. The historical background is thoroughly picturesque, and the other members of her romantic family were adventurous and unusual to the highest degree. From the time that the numerous brothers and sisters played together in the King’s house at Rhenen to their scattered deaths here and there over Europe, the story is brimful of human life, and the writer seems to have hesitated at no trouble to make it complete.”—N. Y. Times.
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“Miss Godfrey’s work has considerable interest; but most of all it will be appreciated as a faithful and sympathetic picture of an unusual type of royal womanhood.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 240. O. 1, ’09. 330w.
“It cannot be denied that this biography has many of the crudities that mark this kind of writing to-day, but it is based on good knowledge of the sources, is, in general, despite its lapses, simply written, and has to its great advantage a thoroughly entertaining subject which is not much known to the ordinary English reader.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 608. Je. 17, ’09. 700w.
“If the author’s style lacks distinction, the book is yet very agreeable reading. The human element is felt and conveyed. The personages of the biography are no cold abstractions, but real men and women.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 338. My. 29, ’09. 1200w.
=Godfrey, Hollis.=^{[10]} For the Norton name. (Young captains of industry.) †$1.25. Little.
9–24949.
The first of a new series of stories for boys entitled “Young captains of industry.” It follows the success of a young college man who puts to the test his inherited resourcefulness and acquired attainments in saving from ruin the Norton glass factory business left in a precarious state at his father’s death.
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“A clear, straightforward and interesting narrative.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 583. O. 2, ’09. 150w.
=Godley, Alfred Denis.= Oxford in the eighteenth century. *$2.25. Putnam.
E9–792.
Aiming to convey some idea of the conditions of life at Oxford in the eighteenth century, the author has chosen from a mass of material the salient aspects of the academic life of the period and presented them in “subject catalog” form. He deals with such subjects as university examinations, college and university teaching, social life in colleges and the amusements of undergraduates. Oxford’s attitude towards politics of the time is also revealed.
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“Oxford still has her wits; and here one of the brightest, whose verse has now delighted a whole generation, comes forth to tell in witty prose the ‘curiosities’ of a bygone age.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 1: 65. Ja. 16. 1500w.
“A charming series of sketches of the academic long ago.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 97. Ja. ’09. 120w.
“Mr. Godley has gone through the material dutifully, he writes with a sense for English rather above the average, he has an attractive theme, but he mars all by the supposition that it is dull to be orderly, and that the reader’s mind cannot dwell on one subject more than five minutes.”
− + =Nation.= 87: 463. N. 12, ’08. 350w.
“To American readers those chapters which show how the undergraduates passed their time will be the most interesting in the book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 20. Ja. 9, ’09. 600w.
“He has brought together in his pleasant Eusebian way most of the chatty information which a hurried and ugly age wants about that leisured and charming old Oxford which is so near us and yet so far away.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 671. N. 28, ’08. 920w.
“Whether he convinces us or not that the university of that maligned epoch was better than we thought it, at least he furnishes us with a good deal of material for forming or revising our judgment.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 946. D. 5, ’08. 1300w.
=Godsal, Philip T.=^{[5]} Storming of London and the Thames valley campaign: a military study of the conquest of Britain by the Angles. 10s. 6d. Harrison & Sons, London.
9–4908.
“An attempt to reconstruct the story of the Anglo-Saxon conquest on the basis of ‘military principles’ and a study of topography and placenames. The conquest, [the author] believes, was undertaken and carried on by a highly organized nation, the Angles, occupying the Baltic shores from Sweden to the Elbe. Their neighbors, the Saxons, played a merely subordinate part as allies.”—Am. Hist. R.
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“The entire work is a series of conjectures and inferences, some of them quite plausible, but most of them highly improbable. To these conjectures the author gives the value of established facts. Evidently such a work can not be regarded as serious history. It rather belongs in that class of writings that we sometimes call historical fiction.” L. M. Larson.
− =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 601. Ap. ’09. 300w. − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 540. O. 31. 880w.
“The author knows nothing of such work as Mr. F. Haverfield’s on the condition of Britain in this age, nor has he any adequate comprehension of the position of the Roman empire in the fifth century. He has no grasp of the succession of tradition, e.g. from Gildas to Bede. Most of the book is built upon ‘a priori’ reasoning from military considerations drawn from warfare of to-day.” T. N.
− =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 606. Jl. ’09. 550w.
“His ample volume gives evidence of long and profound study of the subject and of deep interest in it, and will make an important addition to the historical literature dealing with the overflow of Britain by the Angles and allied tribes.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 32. Ja. 16, ’09. 150w.
“Amid much that is tawdry and turgid there exists, however, considerable skill and ingenuity in the presentation of his case by the author.”
− + =Sat. R.= 107: 533. Ap. 24, ’09. 1000w.
“A theory, like a soldier, may be a good servant but a bad master, and we fancy most people will declare that Major Godsal has been mastered by his. We have certainly found it very interesting.”
− + =Spec.= 102: 342. F. 27, ’09. 1650w.
=Going, Charles Buxton.= Star-glow and song. **$1.20. Harper.
9–9808.
Among these eighty varied poems are poems of nature, love, hero-worship, subliminal fancy, sleepy-time melodies, and songs of the sea.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 165. Je. ’09.
“It is easy to say that it is good average magazine-poetry, workmanlike, earnest, and uninspired; but that sounds like faint praise; and the book deserves no condemnation. In its two hundred pages there is not a banal thought nor a slovenly line.” Brian Hooker.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 369. Je. ’09. 250w. − =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 57. My. 13, ’09. 430w.
“These verses are marked by clear thought, a terse, compressed, yet perfectly lucid expression, born, it may be, of two or three writers whose manner still holds the public attention.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 367. Ag. 12, ’09. 320w. + =Nation.= 89: 54. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 503. Ag. 21, ’09. 250w.
“In his collection entitled ‘Star-glow and song’ there is a good deal of lyric and dramatic fervor.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 123. Jl. ’09. 40w.
=Goll, August.=^{[12]} Criminal types in Shakespeare; tr. by Mrs. Charles Weekes. *5s. Methuen, London.
The reason why the problem of the criminal is still unsolved is set forth in Mr. Goll’s introduction. “Society never seriously takes the trouble to penetrate the shell of the criminal’s actions, or find the path to his soul. He represents to the public simply a danger to be feared, to the jurist a crime to be punished, to the prison authorities a sin to be purged, and to no one is he a human being to be understood. Mr. Goll goes into the ‘why’ and ‘wherefore.’ He dissects and analyses the types he takes from the immortal genius of Shakespeare, puts them under a microscope, and shows step by step the minds at work, till one gets a new insight into criminal methods, and studies the poet’s characters in a new light.” (Spec.)
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“Practically Mr. Goll’s book does not enlighten as much, but as a literary study of a set of Shakespearean characters it is worth reading.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 572. N. 6, ’09. 300w.
“To all students of criminology this book should appeal; to all lovers of Skakespeare it should be a companion volume, for it is written by a student capable of exhibiting many of the poet’s characters in a new light. In addition, it is full of things that will entertain the general reader.”
+ =Spec.= 102: 980. Je. 19, ’09. 650w.
=Gomme, E. E. C.=, tr.^{[10]} Anglo-Saxon chronicle. *$2. Macmillan.
W9–269.
“The problem of making this work, in its various recensions, fully accessible to readers unacquainted with Old English, is not altogether easy. Mr. Gomme has adopted what seems on the whole the most satisfactory plan. He has translated the text of the Parker ms. (A) so far as it extends, inserting the additional or materially divergent entries of the other mss. in their chronological place, with due indication of their sources, and giving the minor variations, so far as they are significant in the foot-notes. After the year 1070, where the Parker ms. ends, the Peterborough chronicle (ms. E) takes its place as the basis of the translation, the variants and additions of other mss. being inserted under the respective years.”—Ath.
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=Am. Hist. R.= 15: 206. O. ’09. 40w.
“We think the translator has made an unfortunate mistake in leaving the Latin passages in that language. The translation, so far as we have compared it with the original, is substantially correct. It is very literal, often to the sacrifice of modern English idiom. Now and then the literal rendering is positively misleading. The first foot-note is copied verbatim from Mr. Plummer’s edition, the important correction at the end of that volume having been overlooked.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 151. Ag. 7. 400w.
“We can only thank Mr. Gomme for making this work accessible to ordinary students at a modest price. His volume is furnished with excellent notes and index, and his translation, though a critic ignorant of Anglo-Saxon cannot judge of its scholarship, is eminently readable.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 382. S. 11, ’09. 1250w.
=Goodnow, Frank Johnson.=^{[9]} Municipal government. **$3. Century.
9–23987.
A thorogoing handbook which aims both to treat the historical development of the city institutions in western Europe and to discover the characteristics that distinguish the social conditions of modern urban population, in the hope that help may be obtained in the solution of the problems presented by city life.
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“The best now in the field either for the student or the general reader. Not so detailed as Fairlie’s ‘Municipal administration’ but more readable; Munro’s ‘Government of European cities’ is more complete for foreign governments.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09.
“Professor Goodnow has drawn an outline so harmonious and well proportioned as to form a text-book of non-partizan and masterly completeness.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 537. O. 2, ’09. 420w.
“Almost half Mr. Goodnow’s book is devoted to subjects outside the range of Mr. Munro’s book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 642. O. 23, ’09. 630w. =Outlook.= 93: 90. S. 18, ’09. 1450w.
“Those students and general readers who are familiar with Professor Goodnow’s book on ‘City government in the United States’ will find the present more comprehensive treatment of the subject extremely interesting as well as practically helpful.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 512. O. ’09. 110w.
=Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson=, ed.^{[7]} Epistle to the Hebrews. *50c. Macmillan.
8–31485.
“The series of handy commentaries on the Old and New Testament of which this is the first volume to appear is addressed to the general reader seeking to put at his disposal the results of the best modern scholarship. The revised version of 1881 occupies the upper part of the page, the somewhat full comment standing below. In the introduction Hebrews is held to have been addresses to Roman Christians in the later years of Domitian.”—Bib. World.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 646. O. ’09. 140w. + =Bib. World.= 32: 440. D. ’08. 70w.
“The notes are compact and fairly comprehensive, the philological, historical, and theological phases of the study all receiving due attention. The comments also offer a more minute subdivision of the subject-matter than that given in the paragraph headings of the text.” S. J. Case.
+ =Bib. World.= 34: 64. Jl. ’09. 200w. + =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 60w.
“It is to be commended for the purpose designed.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 152. Ja. 21, ’09. 60w.
=Goodwin, Maud Wilder.=^{[10]} Veronica Playfair. †$1.50. Little.
9–24958.
The story of a spirited young woman of the shire of Somerset who is taken to London to have her hoydenish ways mended. The time is that of Pope, Lady Mary Montagu, Benjamin Franklin and Dean Swift, and the author takes occasion to set his heroine down at Twickenham to see how she will deport herself among the distinguished literary folk. Certain chapters connected with the heroine’s romance portray the social life of Bath in its heyday.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 90. N. ’09. ✠ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 584. O. 2, ’09. 350w.
=Gordon, Rev. George Angier.=^{[10]} Religion and miracle. **$1.30. Houghton.
9–27433.
Five lectures delivered on the Nathaniel W. Taylor foundation at Yale university. Five lectures whose aim in a broad sense is that of contributing toward the final emancipation of the fundamental beliefs of Christianity from the cycle of signs and wonders. The author says: “I am concerned to show that where miracle has ceased to be regarded as true, Christianity remains in its essence entire; that the fortune of religion is not to be identified with the fortune of miracle; that the message of Jesus Christ to this world is independent of miracle.” Contents: The issue defined; Belief in God and miracle; Jesus Christ and miracle; The Christian life and miracle; An eternal gospel.
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=Bib. World.= 34: 431. D. ’09. 60w. =R. of Rs.= 40: 761. D. ’09. 100w.
=Gordon, H. Laing.=^{[11]} Modern mother: a guide to girlhood, motherhood and infancy. $2. Fenno.
A work that turns the attention of the mother to the rational means of preparing the body for its functions and of maintaining health during and after their performance. Prevention is the key note of the study.
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“‘The modern mother’ is absolutely sane and wholesome, and should be put in the hands of all who are likely to be the mothers of America. We recommend the work very highly.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 960. N. 27, ’09. 200w.
=Gordon, Kate.=^{[11]} Esthetics. *$1.50. Holt.
9–25958.
A text-book whose object is (1) to give to students a concise statement of some of the most important facts about esthetic experience and artistic activity and (2) to stimulate among students some interest in the experimental treatment of esthetic problems.
=Gordon, Lina Duff (Mrs. Aubrey Waterfield).= Home life in Italy: letters from the Apennines. **$1.75. Macmillan.
8–35752.
From the vantage point of an empty castle among the Carrara mountains the author has studied the people of Lunigiana, and has given “a succession of sketches, often dramatic in form, which have the cumulative effect of conveying a true idea of the characters and customs.” (Spec.)
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“A thoroughly enjoyable, yet informing book.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08. ✠
“One of the most delightful books of gossip about life in Italy that we have ever read. It has in itself, perhaps, but little claim to be called literature; it is without form, or any sort of order or construction.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 538. O. 31. 700w.
“The chief merit of the book is its somewhat piquant way of describing the daily household incidents, those that involve the doings and sayings of children and servants, the marketing, the hours in the garden, etc., such minor but interesting things as we welcome in the well-written letters of a personal friend.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 231. Ap. 1, ’09. 250w.
“A book that represents the real home life in the Italian Apennines.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1461. D. 17, ’08. 120w.
“Mrs. Waterfield shows us all sides without prejudice or controversy, and with unfailing good humor. Here is the best book of the kind we have seen for a long time.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 196. F. 25, ’09. 210w.
“What a delightful picture we have here of the life of this particular little corner!” Charlotte Harwood.
+ =Putnam’s.= 6: 238. My. ’09. 480w.
“Indeed, we have but one quarrel with her—her treatment of the country priest and of the actual religion of the country as she seems to have seen it. We strongly recommend every lover of Italy to read this book. It is excellent and it is absolutely true. But we must draw the reader’s attention to the last chapter, ‘Cherubina’s diary.’”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 424. O. 3, ’08. 900w.
“It is agreeable and graceful from beginning to end. But, unfortunately, her experience leaves out a very large slice of Italian life, and that the most notable in recent history.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 542. O. 10, ’08. 1700w.
=Gordon-Smith, Richard.= Ancient tales and folklore of Japan. *$6. Macmillan.
9–8402.
These stories have been transcribed from voluminous diaries which the author has kept during twenty-five years of travel in many lands, and particularly during nine spent in Japan on a mission of collecting for the British museum’s department of natural history. “His pursuits have brought him into contact with all sorts of people—the fisher, the farmer, the priest, the doctor—and from these he has gathered and set down a wealth of folklore and legend.” (Nation.)
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“In spite of its gloom and weirdness, the effect of this volume is not entirely sorrowful. In one respect he has not satisfied our anticipations. His title led us to hope for special chapters on native rites and customs, on superstitions, games and songs, but on these topics we must be content with scattered allusions. Apart from this omission Mr. Smith has treated us liberally.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 698. Je. 12. 700w.
“We miss an introductory chapter, which should discuss the origin of the tales, their relation to western folk-lore, and their place in modern Japanese life.”
+ − =Dial.= 46: 144. Mr. 1, ’09. 240w.
“Many of them are new to Eastern readers, and most of them will be found interesting to students of folk-lore and lovers of old-world myths.”
+ =Int. Studio.= 37: 169. Ap. ’09. 140w.
“Mr. Smith writes the stories down in a straightforward manner ... with sufficient honest skill to keep the curiosity awake through a good many pages. It is a book to read at intervals, and not straight through. The illustrations vary greatly also in execution, and as a body are more interesting than correct. Altogether, the book can be recommended as one of the most attractive recent works of which Japan has been the theme.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 627. D. 24, ’08. 240w.
“A very beautiful book, which will come under the head of fairy tales for children or folk lore tales for any one.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 757. D. 5, ’08. 90w. =R. of Rs.= 39: 128. Ja. ’09. 30w.
“I think that the chief delight of this book is its pictures.” Lord Dunsany.
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 472. O. 16, ’09. 1400w.
“The first thing that attracts our admiration in this volume is the illustrations. They are excellent reproductions of Japanese art.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 314. Ag. 28, ’09. 470w.
=Gorky, Maxim.= The spy: the story of a superfluous man. $1.50. Huebsch.
8–33904.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“He offers us a series of extremely interesting pictures of this proscribed nook of Russian life.” Abraham Cahan.
+ − =Bookm.= 29: 90. Mr. ’09. 1300w.
“It is well for the world to know these facts, and here we have no vain exhibition of ugly pictures, no frivolous retailing of salacious incidents, no silly and purposeless ‘Three weeks’ tantalizing the appetite.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 201. Ja. 28, ’09. 360w.
“The translator has completed his task in a workmanlike manner, and, moreover, has succeeded in communicating much of the spirit and temperament of the original.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 121. Ja. ’09. 160w.
“The book gives the picture of Russian life which the British public desires, and its longueurs and inconsecutiveness will probably be condoned in consequence.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 798. D. 26, ’08. 130w.
=Gostling, Frances M.=^{[10]} Bretons at home; with an introd. by Anatole Le Braz. **$2.50. McClurg.
9–35859.
Six years of leisurely wandering thru Brittany prepared the author for this sympathetic portrayal of Breton life and character. He dips into the history, their legendary lore and quaint superstitions, and shows how even to-day the Bretons are a people upon whom old traditions, old customs and old views of life have a tenacious hold.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. ✠
“It is an excellent work of its kind, and the kind is almost unique.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 755. Je. 26. 800w. =Lit. D.= 39: 1073. D. 11, ’09. 130w.
“Thus heralded and adorned, Mrs. Gostling’s book itself is a little disappointing. Possibly, the wide range of her reading and her interests has tended to impair the unity and effectiveness of Mrs. Gostling’s book. She makes too great a demand upon the flexibility of her reader’s mind.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 575. D. 9, ’09. 480w.
“Why cannot an American write such books? She is tremendously up, speaking generally, on anthropology and folk-lore, and her suggestions and interpretations are illuminating.”
+ =No. Am.= 190: 840. D. ’09. 150w.
“Mrs. Gostling’s recent book on Brittany and the Bretons is one of the best that has been published in English.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 384. S. 11, ’09. 500w.
=Gould, George Milbry.=^{[8]} Righthandedness and lefthandedness; with chapters treating of the writing posture, the rule of the road, etc. **$1.25. Lippincott.
8–16710.
“The book’s eight chapters, two of which are reprinted from ‘Biographic clinics,’ and the others collected from medical and scientific journals, treat chiefly of writing and the writing-posture in relation to the eyes and to spinal curvature, with useful advice and information in other kindred matters.” (Dial.) They are as follows: The origin of righthandedness: Why is a particular child righthanded or lefthanded? The rule of the road; Study of a case of two-handed synchronous writing; Visual function the cause of slanted handwriting; Its relation to school hygiene, school desks, malposture, spinal curvature, and myopia; The pathologic results of righteyedness and lefteyedness; A patient’s struggle for right-eye function; and The nomenclature of dextral, sinistral, and attentional organs and functions.
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“In Dr. Gould’s book the eminent oculist clearly, and for the first time so far as we know, shows the part played by the eye in determining which shall be the dominant hand and foot.”
+ =Dial.= 45: 118. S. 1, ’08. 350w.
“That the right or left hand should come to be used exclusively for all highly specialized actions, as a consequence of the right or left eye being more nearly emmetropic than the other, seems to the reviewer to be untenable for several reasons.” H. C. Stevens.
− + =Science=, n.s. 30: 182. Ag. 6, ’09. 1250w.
=Grace’s= Earthwork tables. $5. Spon.
“These tables give contents in cubic yards of ground on uniform transverse slope and uniform longitudinal grade, for lengths of one chain (66 ft.), roadway widths of 12, 15, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 30 and 50 ft. and side slopes of 1/4 on 1, 1/2 on 1, 1 on 1, and 1–1/2 on 1.”—Engin. N.
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“For the limited field they cover, the tables should be of great value, as they are remarkably clear and concise, but the additional transformation from 66 ft. chains to 100 ft. stations necessary for American practice will somewhat hamper their usefulness in this country.”
+ − =Engin. N.= 59: sup. 541. My. 14, ’08. 100w.
“A book that will be useful to railway engineers wherever the British chain is the unit of measurement.”
+ − =Engin. Rec.= 58: 679. D. 12, ’08. 170w.
=Graham, David.= Grammar of philosophy. *$2.50. Scribner.
8–26258.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“The most stimulating thing about the book is its confidence that it outlines the way of truth. It is a vigorous galvanizing of the common-sense theory of knowledge, exhibited with a fair degree of originality.” H. A. Youtz.
+ =Am. J. Theol.= 13: 313. Ap. ’09. 210w.
“Anything more violent than his mode of argument we have seldom read.”
− =Ath.= 1908, 2: 786. D. 19. 120w.
“It never seems to have occurred to him that the advice he so freely offers to others might be retorted on himself—‘he is to be most strenuously recommended to retain his seat in golden silence.’”
− =Ind.= 66: 706. Ap. 1, ’09. 270w.
“Not only is the title of this book misleading—for it gives no analysis of scientific method, and is merely a defense of the attitude of ‘common sense’ in philosophy—but there is so little argument in it, and so much abuse, that the philosophical student will hardly care to spend much time with it.” W. H. Sheldon.
− =Philos. R.= 18: 236. Mr. ’09. 120w.
=Grainger, M. Allerdale.=^{[11]} Woodsmen of the West. $2.50. Longmans.
9–7388.
Partly autobiographical. “Mr. Grainger goes to Vancouver, becomes a ‘logger,’ and writes a narrative of ‘logging’ in those fretted inlets between Vancouver Island and the mainland, and writes it in the language of ‘loggers.’ His writing falls on your ear, as you say the words over to yourself, like a burst of conversation from a bar-room in the West. It seems very casual. But as you read on you become conscious that Mr. Grainger has really got his language and his ideas very well in hand; he makes his impressions as with the cut of an axe and with no waste of material.” (Spec.)
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 40. O. ’09.
“If literature is the art of using the right words in the right way to produce particular effects—and what else can it or ought it to mean?—Mr. Grainger has performed a literary feat. The narrative is real, and necessarily true.”
+ =Spec.= 101: 945. D. 5, ’08. 2650w.
=Grant, Robert. Chippendales.= †$1.50. Scribner.
9–9472.
A story which “shows the Old Brahmin Boston in the painful process of being engulfed by the modern Boston of commerce—a Boston which has little reverence for Harvard college, cares not a rap for the anti-slavery tradition and is as ignorant of the ethical standards which go with the New England conscience as the rest of commercial America.”—N. Y. Times.
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“A clever, laborious, lengthy study; of interest to only a small proportion of readers.”
+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 148. My. ’09.
“Nothing is clearer than that the story as a whole has a kind of solidity and effectiveness. This is no more due to novelty of plot than to happiness of style.” H. W. Boynton.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 309. My. ’09. 800w.
“We have no doubt whatever that it is a contribution to our literature worth the attention of the thoughtful, and likely to be valued fifty years hence more highly than it will be valued to-day.” W: M. Payne.
+ =Dial.= 46: 370. Je. 1, ’09. 850w. =Ind.= 66: 920. Ap. 29, ’09. 300w.
“It is a substantial novel, and in this day of flimsy fiction it is refreshing to be able to make a comment of this sort.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 208. Ag. 7, ’09. 150w.
“Judge Grant has here produced another of his careful, somewhat laborious studies of American life. He has no brilliancy or adroitness of style. His effectiveness is due rather to the working of a quiet and steady intelligence. He knows what he is driving at, and arrives, as it were, by force of sheer assiduity. One or two contradictions of detail may be noted.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 363. Ap. 8, ’09. 780w.
“Is, once you get into it, an interesting and human story about interesting and human people. Mr. Grant’s methods are somewhat laborious and overconscientious.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 198. Ap. 3, ’09. 950w.
“The book is admirable of its kind.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 374. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“The action is dramatic and the plot convincing. Because it is a study of real people its humor is appealing and its grasp of human frailties both amusing and instructive.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 60w.
=Grant, W. L.=^{[5]} Acts of the Privy council of England. (Colonial ser.) v. 1. 1613–1680; ed. by W. L. Grant and James Munro, under the general supervision of Almeric W. Fitzroy, clerk of the Privy council. Wyman & sons, London.
“When completed, the five volumes covering the period from 1613 to 1783, will be as indispensable as are the ‘Calendars of state papers’ or the ‘Reports of the historical manuscripts commission’ and will take their place in the same class as the ‘Journals of the continental congress.’ Their value will lie not so much in the additional information furnished as in the view they will give of the Privy council at work and of the business that came into its hands for adjustment or adjudication.” (Am. Hist. R.)
=v. 1.= “In the pages of this volume there is a great deal of detailed narrative that relates to the continental and West Indian colonies, to Hudson’s bay and to South America. Scores of entries relate to the fisheries, the tobacco industry, plantation trade, merchant shipping, transportation of criminals, and the operation of the navigation acts.” (Am. Hist. R.) There are also governors’ commissions, details of annulling the Virginia company charter, letters to governors from the Council, entries of manifests and cargoes, and many reports relating to the Council’s business.
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“Messrs. Grant and Munro, the editors, have done their work with excellent judgment and great thoroughness and in text and preface have left little to be desired.” C: M. Andrews.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 590. Ap. ’09. 760w.
“Read in conjunction with the State paper series, domestic and colonial, this series will be most valuable to students, who will find their work lightened by efficient indexing, clear arrangement, and admirable editing.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 180. Ag. 14. 260w.
“They have however endeavoured, they say, to give in every case the essentials in the words of the original and to condense only the verbiage, and they appear to have done their work admirably.” H. Lambert.
+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 799. O. ’09. 520w.
“Among the publications of the British government few are likely to be of greater importance for colonial history than the projected series of ‘Acts of the Privy council, colonial.’”
+ =Nation.= 88: 488. My. 13, ’09. 820w.
=Graves, Alfred Perceval.=^{[8]} Irish poems. 2v. *$1.50; lea. *$2.25. Macmillan.
9–3415; 9–3414.
The first volume contains the songs of Gael and A Gaelic story-telling; the second, Countryside songs and Songs and ballads.
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“He has a humour of his own, which may or may not be Irish—spontaneous and wholesome, if at times a trifle thin—and a keen ear for the musical possibilities of verse.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 570. N. 7. 420w.
“Racy, perhaps, rather than homely—at all events they are bound to seem so to the Yankee—are Mr. Graves’s ‘Irish poems.’ They have quite a different tang from ordinary Anglo-Irish poetry, while preserving all the shrewdness, naïveté, and mischievousness of their country.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 55. Jl. 15, ’09. 200w.
“Beyond the use of Irish names, stories and phrases, and an occasional imitation of the popular song, we see nothing essential which is not to be found in many a book of verse which is not Anglo-Irish. The narrative poems are lively and of the kind that is best in recitation. But as the narratives need recitation, so the lyrics need a tune.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 106: 115. Jl. 25, ’08. 220w.
“Given a tune and a rhyming lexicon and few men would be unequal to writing a book like this, had they the courage to face the boredom of it.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 672. N. 28, ’08. 100w.
“To the critic one of the most interesting features of Mr. Graves’s work is its catholicity. The true magic often escapes him, and though his literalness is the accurate tradition of popular verse, it sometimes prevents him from writing poetry.”
+ − =Spec.= 101: 543. O. 10, ’08. 1100w.
=Graves, Frank Pierrepont.=^{[5]} History of education before the middle ages. **$1.10. Macmillan.
9–4932.
Traces the development of the ideals and aims which have dominated and shaped the education of the human race from the dawn of history down to the fall of the Roman power in the West. “This study makes two facts plain: (1) that education, whether in uncivilized or civilized society, has always aimed at preparation for life through adjustment of the individual to the social order into which he was born; (2) that in this process social progress has resulted from the development of individualism wherever permitted. Thus the experience of the race lays down the two lines on which sound educational method must base its further processes.” (Outlook.)
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“Professor Graves’s book is well written. Its statements are as plausible as could be expected of such a succession of affirmations and generalization about 2000 years of history, four or five civilizations, and three or four literatures. He seems to have consulted the recent authorities to which reference is made in the notes for supplementary reading at the end of each chapter. The book is a good one of its kind.” Paul Shorey.
+ =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 194. O. ’09. 370w.
“A full, scholarly text, mainly of interest to educators.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 138. My. ’09.
“The volume has the merit of stating succinctly the achievements of the various nations. The field is too big, however, for one man to cover satisfactorily in one volume.”
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 34: 181. Jl. ’09. 110w.
“It is too little for a new scholarly interpretation of the period, and is too great to be of much practical use to the student of education in school and college. The book is well done, however, and shows abundant scholarship in spite of the fact that it appears to fall between two stools.”
+ − =Educ. R.= 37: 424. Ap. ’09. 80w.
“Dr. Graves is more careful than most such writers as to his historical facts but he fails as a literary artist in making the characteristics of each educational system stand out with sufficient distinctness strongly to impress elementary students. Considered in all respects, however, the book will rank high among histories of education.” E. A. Kirkpatrick.
+ − =El. School T.= 9: 484. My. ’09. 660w. + =Ind.= 67: 310. Ag. 5, ’09. 30w.
“The plan is well carried out.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 412. Ap. 22, ’09. 110w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 523. S. 4, ’09. 400w. + =Outlook.= 91: 865. Ap. 17, ’09. 170w.
“Professor Graves has produced a book which gives evidence on every page of his ripe scholarship, breadth of view, and keen discrimination between significant things and mere detail.” F: E. Bolton.
+ =School R.= 17: 656. N. ’09. 450w.
=Gray, Asa.= Gray’s new manual of botany: a handbook of the flowering plants and ferns of the central and northwestern United States and adjacent Canada; rearranged and extensively rev. by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson and Merritt Lyndon Fernald. 7th ed. *$2.50. Am. bk.
8–27398.
“An edition of Gray’s manual presenting the following changes: (1) a change in the geographical limits, namely by excluding the region west of the 96th meridian instead of the 100th, and in extending northeastward to include the maritime provinces and a portion of Quebec and Ontario; (2) the sequence of the families, which for the most part is in accordance with the system of Eichler as elaborated by Engler and Prantl; (3) the removal of the keys leading to the species, in the case of most of the larger genera, from the body of the text to a position immediately preceding the specific descriptions; (4) the introduction of numerous text—or marginal figures; and finally (5) in the use of a different system of nomenclature, namely the strict observance of the Vienna code, or the nomenclatorial rules adopted at the International congress held at Vienna in 1905.” (Bot. Gaz.)
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“In its revised form will continue its usefulness as a convenient, reliable guide.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 277. N. ’08. ✠
“The value of this work as a text-book should not be overlooked. The discriminating text and complementary illustrations present the subject-matter in a satisfactory way for teaching purposes. The illustrations themselves are for the most part insufficient for the hasty determination of the species by the student, and they can be used to advantage only in connection with the brief but clear descriptions. In this regard the book has no equal. Thoroughly revised to date, incorporating the verified results of recent years of research, and fully accords with the most advanced and universally accepted views of taxonomy.” J. M. Greenman.
+ =Bot. Gaz.= 47: 153. F. ’09. 680w. + =Educ. R.= 37: 208. F. ’09. 40w. + =Ind.= 67: 301. Ag. 5, ’09. 100w.
“A convenient and scholarly work, fully abreast of the times.”
+ =Nation.= 87: 366. O. 15, ’08. 260w. + =Nature.= 79: 457. F. 18, ’09. 350w.
“In closing this very general notice of this important addition to the literature of systematic botany we wish to record our opinion that this is the right kind of a revision of such a standard work.” C: E. Bessey.
+ =Science=, n.s. 28: 688. N. 13, ’08. 760w.
“The writer cannot believe but that the illustrations of species published in connection with the ‘Manual’ will do away with most of the usefulness it may have had as a training subject preliminary to advanced studies upon plant life.” H: L. Bolley.
− =Science=, n.s. 29: 182. Ja. 29, ’09. 850w.
=Gray, B. Kirkman.=^{[6]} Philanthropy and the state. 7s.6d. King, P. S., & son, London.
9–14963.
“It is to be regretted that the author could not have lived to complete the work, for much of this book is fragmentary—a mere skeleton of the topics intended for further discussion. A wide range of subjects is treated. Part 1, called the ‘Transition in thought,’ is an interesting résumé of the developments of the nineteenth century in the realm of philanthropy in England. The relation of the philanthropist to political measures; the new problems of city life; the administration of the poor law; the development of the charity or organization society are typical chapter heads.... In Part 2, ‘The intervention of the state,’ the author points out various activities undertaken by the state in England. The insane, prisoner’s aid movements, juvenile offenders, reformatories, inebriate homes, hospitals, tuberculosis, public health, widows, children, the aged are all considered.... In an appendix the value of social agitation is considered and the different types of agitators described.”—Ann. Am. Acad.
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Reviewed by C. R. Henderson.
+ =Am. J. Soc.= 14: 843. My. ’09. 180w.
“Few more readable volumes on social problems have come to the reviewer’s notice than this. No one will agree with all the author’s ideas. There is a charm about the style, a freshness in presentation of topics that constantly holds the attention of the reader. The book is to be highly commended to all who wish to know recent developments in English philanthropy.” Carl Kelsey.
+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 730. My. ’09. 470w.
“To ponder over the course of events in other lands, the tendencies and principles they represent and the temper they have resulted from and in, is a valuable exercise for all who are helping to work out or to formulate a social philosophy for America in the twentieth century; and to all such Mr. Gray’s book will be full of interest and suggestiveness.” Lillian Brandt.
+ =Econ. Bull.= 2: 256. S. ’09. 1650w.
“There is value in the presentation of even so incomplete a study as this of the appropriation of governmental machinery by this idea of social obligation.” S. P. B.
+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 17: 648. N. ’09. 870w.
“We may not agree with the view there set out, but we acknowledge the importance of the issues raised and the moderation with which they are presented.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: 59. Jl. 10, ’09. 250w.
“The historical treatment in the book is admirable, and the entire volume is interesting and suggestive.” W: B. Bailey.
+ − =Yale R.= 18: 97. My. ’09. 1200w.
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[6]} Handbook of Alaska: its resources, products, and attractions. **$2. Scribner.
9–13911.
A handbook which the Alaska-Yukon exposition makes especially timely. It assembles the widely scattered and reliable Alaska data of current interest offering a “clear, brief summary of such definite and accurate information as may be of interest to the student or of value to the man of action.” It includes such phases of Alaskan affairs as may concern those interested in the development of the country, those who plan journeys to Alaska for business, pleasure, or research, as well as for those interested in commercial ventures or permanent residence there.
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“Not so readable as Higginson’s ‘Alaska’ but a valuable reference volume.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.
“General Greely has performed a task, in writing this handbook, that will be of great service to tourists and prospectors, and will do much to remove our general ignorance about Alaska.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 47: 233. O. 1, ’09. 370w.
“General Greely’s ‘Handbook’ is useful in bringing us down to solid earth and giving plain facts and figures.”
+ =Ind.= 66: 1246. Je. 3, ’09. 160w.
“The standard works of geographic reference are full of errors and omissions which this book has been the first to correct and supply.”
+ =Lit. D.= 39: 441. S. 18, ’09. 300w.
“To the too often untrustworthy Alaskan literature Gen. Greely’s book is a welcome contribution.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 259. S. 16, ’09. 530w.
“There is none who can speak with greater authority than Major Gen. Greely whose ‘Handbook’ tells in simple, straightforward style, untainted by the exaggerations of the enthusiast or the writer for effect the story of what has been done in Alaska, what conditions prevail there now, and what are the territory’s commercial prospects.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 352. Je. 5, ’09. 950w.
“Any one will find the volume interesting. It is also authoritative and exhaustive.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 375. Je. 12, ’09. 200w.
“There is no book in print that so fully summarizes the latest facts regarding that wonderful country as does General Greely’s handbook.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 40: 126. Jl. ’09. 180w. + =Spec.= 103: 284. Ag. 21, ’09. 170w.
=Greely, Adolphus Washington.=^{[12]} Handbook of polar discoveries; new ed. **$1.50. Little.
9–31028.
Includes, in addition to the former text, the latest discoveries by Cook, Peary and Shackleton, covered in the new chapters on “The conquest of the North pole” and “The South pole quest.” General Greely is non-partisan in his discussion of the Cook-Peary controversy.
=Green, Alice S. A. (Stopford) (Mrs. John Richard Green).= Making of Ireland and its undoing, 1200–1600. *$2.50. Macmillan.
9–5223.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“It is the absence of constructive plan and definite statement that is the greatest weakness of Mrs. Green’s historical work. We wander around in a maze of somewhat incoherent assertions and detached illustrations and receive a general impression rather than a set of clear notions. An equally serious defect is the lack of a bibliography. Mrs. Green, in other words, gives her readers no real information as to what part of her narrative is solidly based, and what part is derived from doubtful or worthless testimony. But after all technical objections have been made this work must be recognized as being of serious value as a learned, original and sympathetic contribution to the history of Ireland.” E: P. Cheyney.
+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 14: 341. Ja. ’09. 900w.
“Her latest work throws a flood of new light upon the story of four centuries. Mrs. Green has done a splendid work in her scholarly refutation of this legend and in giving to the English-speaking peoples this noble picture of pre-reformation Ireland.” A. H. Atteridge.
+ =Cath. World.= 88: 671. F. ’09. 3000w.
“Throughout large sections of this book, indeed, there is hardly a passage which is not turned, often quite unjustifiably, to the discredit of England.” G. H. Orpen.
− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 24: 129. Ja. ’09. 2350w.
“The book utterly fails to convince.”
− =Nation.= 88: 20. Ja. 7, ’09. 630w.
=Green, Helen.= Maison de Shine: more stories of the actors’ boarding house. $1.25. Dodge, B. W.
8–32338.
Vaudeville “artists” off the stage are portrayed here. The author gives intimate pictures of these mummers, stripped of the tinsel, and set against the background of a cheap boarding house.
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“Like so many distinctly humorous books, the volume should be read in installments; otherwise it will pall on the reader.”
+ − =Arena.= 41: 607. Ag. ’09. 100w.
“Unfortunately, our author has added nothing to the value of her rough material. The sketches move on in a succession of absurd plots and silly situations delineated in the spirit of what is known professionally as ‘slap-stick’ humor.”
− =Nation.= 88: 143. F. 11, ’09. 140w.
“In reading ‘The maison de Shine’ we spend more time wondering whether such beings are possible than in interesting ourselves in their fortunes.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 685. N. 21, ’08. 250w. =N. Y. Times.= 13: 743. D. 5, ’08. 140w.
=Greene, Frances Nimmo.=^{[10]} Into the night: a story of New Orleans. **$1.20. Crowell.
9–24256.
New Orleans immediately after the assassination of Mayor Hennessy by the Mafia furnishes the setting for this exciting and mysterious detective story. The black hand of the Mafia lurks menacingly behind every incident and the strong hearted hero is all but baffled by it in his efforts to do justice to his own honor and to win the woman he loves. Through the story flits a power for evil in the unusual guise of a beautiful, erratic young girl. When at last her origin and birthright are explained the tangles of the story untwine themselves and the whole sad tale of murder, love, hate and revenge is made clear.
=Greene, Homer.= Lincoln conscript. †$1.50. Houghton.
9–10028.
The story of a copperhead who refused to respond when drafted into the northern army. Finally “like Saul of Tarsus, breathing out threatenings and slaughter” he went into the presence of the overmastering Lincoln, there learned from him the supreme lesson of the Union’s prime importance over the factional pride of the south, and emerged a Lincoln conscript.
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“Presents very well the attitude of the southern sympathizers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 190. Je. ’09.
“A very readable story.”
+ =Cath. World.= 89: 548. Jl. ’09. 150w.
“As it assumes all the points in dispute as indisputable, it may fail to appeal to the other side quite so utterly as the author intends. Is sufficiently interesting.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 242. Ap. 17, ’09. 160w.
=Greenwood, Alice Drayton.=^{[10]} Lives of the Hanoverian queens of England: Sophia Dorothea of Celle; Caroline of Ansbach. *$3.50. Macmillan.
9–23999.
=v. 1.= Portraits of two queens projected from the background of England in the days of the two Georges when kingly ideals were confined to “blunt honesty, to a certain sense of justice without mercy and to personal courage.” The pleasure-loving wife of George I is sketched true to her discreditable life and elicits only “contemptuous pity”; and Queen Caroline clever and virtuous enough is shown to lose ground thru lack of refinement. “The domestic life of the two heroines, the family quarrels, the court intrigues and the court pageants—these form the main part of the book.” (Sat. R.)
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“Accurate and unpredjudiced studies.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 74. N. ’09. (Review of v. 1.)
“This is the first instalment of a continuation of Miss Strickland’s ‘Lives of the queens of England.’ In the more solid historical qualities, industrious research and critical treatment of authorities, the later work will be found to compare favourably with the earlier; whilst in point of style Mrs. Greenwood at the least holds her own. A few slips in detail may be noted.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 2: 173. Ag. 14. 1500w. (Review of v. 1.)
“If the sequel is as well studied and written as the part before us, the whole will make a valuable work.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 410. O. 28, ’09. 830w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Miss Greenwood has given us a very readable book, written in a clear and forcible style. She has taken every pains to make her work accurate and thorough; her judgment is sound and sober; she avoids the besetting temptation of the biographer to belaud her heroines, and in her preface she gives us a very useful criticism of her authorities.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 319. S. 11, ’09. 1400w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Not of the first importance, either as biography or as literature. At the same time, the volume is inevitably full of interest.”
+ − =Spec.= 103: sup. 487. O. 2, ’09. 470w. (Review of v. 1.)
=Greenwood, Granville George.=^{[8]} In re Shakespeare: Beeching vs. Greenwood; rejoinder on behalf of the defendant. **$1. Lane.
9–22020.
A reply to Canon Beeching in which the author’s legal training is much in evidence. He gives clearly and compactly points concerning Shakespeare’s antecedents, education and literary achievements.
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=Bookm.= 29: 633. Ag. ’09. 10w.
“There can be no question that Mr. Greenwood’s fervor as a controversialist leads him into strange ways. Nor does his exceedingly lame explanation, in an appendix, of his supposed discourteous references to Mr. Sidney Lee increase a reader’s willingness to accept him as a whole-souled searcher for truth.”
− =Nation.= 89: 147. Ag. 12, ’09. 280w. =N. Y. Times.= 14: 302. My. 15, ’09. 60w.
=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason.=^{[7]} Adrift on an ice-pan. **75c. Houghton.
9–16853.
In this little volume of less than a hundred pages Dr. Grenfell gives a graphic account of one perilous night spent in company with his dogs on an ice-pan. Besides furnishing an impressionistic picture of Newfoundland sish ice and the islands of snow covered slabs or pans which furnish temporary safety to one caught in the lake of mush it is also a human document that reveals the unafraid determination with which a strong man uses every device to prolong life. A brief sketch of Dr. Grenfell’s life written by Clarence John Blake prefaces the volume.
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“An absorbing, graphic narrative that will interest readers of all ages.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠
“The doctor tells an ideal story of his adventure, a simple, straightforward, vital story, which exhibits not only the perils he encountered and the efforts he made to overcome them, but also the thoughts that passed through his mind as hour after hour went by and hope of escape from his ice pan grew fainter and fainter.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 440. Jl. 17, ’09. 800w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 253. Ag. ’09. 60w.
=Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, and others.=^{[12]} Labrador. *$2.25. Macmillan.
9–28564.
Dr. Grenfell argues in his foreword that the same scientific zeal which has reclaimed deserts, has acclimatized fruit and vegetables to Dakota frosts, is able to find a solution for lifting the almost Stygian darkness that hangs over the resources of Labrador. His five hundred page volume covers Labrador’s meager history, routes to Labrador, its physiography, geology, people of the coast, Indians, missions, fishing industry, birds and flora. Appendices, six in all, follow the main text and include articles by authoritative writers on the following subjects: Insects of Labrador; The marine crustacea; The mollusks; List of mammals; List of birds; List of crustacea on the Labrador coast.
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“The book reveals an almost unknown country and will be indispensable to tourists and students.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 116. D. ’09.
“Dr. Grenfell supplies a need that has long been felt for a volume containing a full and adequate account of the country, its natural resources, the climatic conditions, and its people.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 658. O. 23, ’09. 60w.
=Grew, Edwin Sharpe.= Romance of modern geology. (Romance ser.) *$1.50. Lippincott.
9–2079.
Describes in language simple and exact enough for a child to understand the making of the earth, with an account of prehistoric animal life. It “takes up the formation of the earth in early ages and the development of life and deals with the forces of wind and wave and internal heat that are still at work upon it, explaining what these forces do and how they act and giving many instances of their efficiency.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“He discourses ... in a way that shows him to possess clearness, brightness and accuracy. There are minor matters in the book which unquestionably admit of improvement.”
+ − =Ath.= 1908, 2: 765. D. 12. 300w.
“Many of the chapters are somewhat speculative for a work that seeks to convince the reader of a romance of ordinary things. The literary style is so direct and agreeable that few will open the book without wishing to read further.” G. A. J. C.
+ − =Nature.= 79: 131. D. 3, ’08. 450w.
“Intended primarily as supplementary reading in connection with school work, [this series] will appeal equally to those no longer of school age who enjoy scientific reading, but like it made interesting.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 13: 774. D. 12, ’08. 140w.
=Grey, Zane.=^{[7]} Short stop. †$1.25. McClurg.
9–18159.
A transcript from life on the diamond. The young hero tiring of his factory grind starts out to win fame and fortune as a professional ball player. His hard knocks at the start are followed by such success as clean sportsmanship, courage and honesty ought to win. The story is told by one intimately acquainted with the game and players and contains a helpful handling of the Sunday-game situation.
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“The story is full of ‘go’ and ought to find many readers at this particular season.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 481. Ag. 7, ’09. 120w.
=Gribble, Francis Henry.=^{[12]} Chateaubriand and his court of women. *$3.75. Scribner.
A work that introduces a good deal of fresh material. “Here in his brilliant, gossipy style are the illuminating comments, the shrewd interpretations of attitudinising or of one-sided evidence, the piquant and protean trick of allusion to racy episodes to come, and—above all—the sprightly Gallic use of the suggestive dash, handled like the fan of La Pompadour or a mantilla of Spain; all with the light touch of the accomplished and resourceful anecdotist.” (Bookm.)
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“In these sparkling and critical pages Mr. Gribble, as may be divined from his title, keeps his customary way.” Algernon Tassin.
+ =Bookm.= 30: 388. D. ’09. 1750w.
“A readable and far from superfluous volume.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 458. D. 1, ’09. 250w.
“An excellent book on an extraordinary man.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 634. O. 23, ’09. 500w.
“They [the members of the ‘Court’] are all there to be discovered by anyone foolish enough to read the book.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 568. N. 6, ’09. 800w.
=Gribble, Francis Henry.= Geneva; painted by J. Hardwicke Lewis and May Hardwicke Lewis. (Colour books.) *$2. Macmillan.
W8–188
A companion volume to “Montreux” and “Liége” in which “the history of this ancient city is given, something of its literature and science, its men of letters, its songs and squibs, its religion and its romanticism.” (Ind.)
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+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 374. Mr. 27. 530w.
“The chief charm of the book lies in the twenty colored illustrations.” W. G. Bowdoin.
+ =Ind.= 65: 1461. D. 17, ’08. 50w.
“The present volume is entertaining, but would have been more of a unit if, in such chapters as those on Ferney and Coppet, he had told more of the places and less of their famous owners. The illustrations are ... fair work but a little lacking in distinction.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 577. D. 10, ’08. 100w.
“An account of [Geneva’s picturesque] history which redeems it from the ‘dry-as-dust’ description too often found in guide-books.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 23. Ja. 2, ’09. 300w.
“Mr. Gribble writes amusingly with an eye to anecdote, and quaintly turns some of his notes into chapters two pages long.”
+ =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 60w.
=Grierson, Francis.=^{[6]} Valley of shadows: recollections of the Lincoln country, 1858–1863. **$2. Houghton.
9–10292.
“The ‘valley of shadows’ is the period of trial which preceded the issuing of President Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation in 1863, with which the old order passed away never to return. What that order was on the prairies with their log cabins, vast plains which have since then been cut up into farms, or dotted with cities, Mr. Grierson describes in style scarcely to be rivaled in grace, color, and poetic feeling.... We venture to predict that this portrait will strike the reader’s mind as Balzac’s portrait of Dante strikes those who study it.”—Lit. D.
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09.
“He is a mystic and an idealist. He goes to the heart of things and sees them stripped of their masks and robings. He has the poet’s art of divination, and thus he is able to give an epic quality to a volume of as charming reminiscences as we have read in years.” B. O. Flower.
+ =Arena.= 41: 498. Jl. ’09. 7700w.
“The fact of Mr. Grierson’s foreign birth and rather cosmopolitan course of life gives to these impressions of his a certain peculiar value and interest.”
+ =Dial.= 47: 186. S. 16, ’09. 250w.
“This is a remarkable book, written by a remarkable man. A vivid and fascinating account.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 851. My. 15, ’09. 400w.
“The book, as a whole, does not hang well together. It is a matter of sincere regret that a work which makes, in a large part, so welcome an addition to autobiographical literature should not have been more consistently carried out.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 585. Je. 10, ’09. 400w.
“The interest is as breathless as in any novel written in many a day, though this is no novel. Still less, however, is it a book of reminiscences, as that term is generally understood.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 498. Ag. 21, ’09. 1200w.
“A welcome addition to the Lincolniana of the anniversary season.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 763. Je. ’09. 120w.
=Griffin, Grace Gardner.=^{[5]} Writings on American history, 1906. *$2.50. Macmillan.
8–29891.
“An annual bibliography of writings on American history similar to those for European publications, which students have found so useful has long been a want unsupplied. This book is the result of a movement to resume a series begun for 1902 and 1903 but discontinued because of lack of support. Funds are now in hand which guarantee the publication of the summary yearly for the years 1907–1911 inclusive.” (Ann. Am. Acad.) The sections are: America in general; United States (with period, state and subject divisions); British America; Latin America; Pacific islands. Periodical articles, government documents and parts of books are included.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 104. Ap. ’09.
“The work of compilation bears the marks of careful scholarship.”
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 457. Mr. ’09. 120w.
“There is ample room for a publication of this kind, and it should receive adequate popular support.”
+ =Nation.= 88: 604. Je. 17, ’09. 230w.
=Griffin, Grace Gardner=, comp.^{[6]} Writings on American history, 1907: a bibliography of books and articles on United States and Canadian history published during the year 1907, with some memoranda on other portions of America. *$2.50. Macmillan.
A bibliography which includes all books and articles however brief which contain anything of value to the history of the continental United States and Canada.
=Griffis, William Elliot.= Story of New Netherland. **$1.25. Houghton.
9–9529.
A popular and picturesque narrative of the Netherlands in America from 1607–1909. The author’s thoro equipment for his task makes his work broad and authoritative. Here are ‘local color’ and trustworthy narratives. “The Dutch settlement, the English conquest, the change of loyalties and languages, the long struggle against British State-Churchism, the victory of Dutch tolerance, the abiding influence of federalism in government, and the persistent survival of social customs, that have influenced the whole nation, are vividly set forth in rapid movement and thirty brief chapters.”
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“The author has avowedly purposed making a serious contribution to our knowledge of New Netherland history but the book can justify no such pretension. A critical spirit is wholly lacking. The meagre historical narrative is interspersed with much matter of merely antiquarian interest and the author’s frequent generalizations.” S. G. Nissenson.
− =Am. Hist. R.= 15: 185. O. ’09. 300w.
“Supplies the need for a volume briefer and more popular than the extensive literature on which it is based; useful for young readers.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 166. Je. ’09. ✠
“Mr. Griffis’s story is worth telling and he tells it very well.” Montgomery Schuyler.
+ =Bookm.= 29: 533. Jl. ’09. 1300w.
“The writer has dressed the historical facts of his story, rather trivial and uninteresting many of them, in a readable style, and he has given much valuable and interesting information on the social life in New Netherland.”
+ =Dial.= 46: 408. Je. 16, ’09. 120w.
“His books are enthusiastic and they are picturesque, sufficient unto their purpose.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 144. Jl. 15, ’09. 100w.
“It is a pity that so good a book is marred by these amateurish touches.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 628. Je. 24, ’09. 270w.
“The chief fault to be found with the book is that the author has not treated with sufficient completeness the social and economic life of the manors.”
+ − =N. Y. Times.= 14: 318. My. 22, ’09. 300w. + =R. of Rs.= 39: 768. Je. ’09. 150w.
=Grisewood, Robert Norman.=^{[10]} Zarlah, the Martian. $1. Fenno.
9–22948.
A scientist, while experimenting with electricity in the effort of finding a substitute for glass, suddenly discovers that he is in communication with Mars. The figure of the Martian appears on a screen and a clever bit of apparatus makes possible communication between the two. The scientist learns that Mars is a sort of dreamed-of Utopia, and that the Martian knows the secret of soul transportation which he is willing to impart to the inhabitant of Earth. Then ensue a journey to Mars and a romance that involves the Martian maiden Zarlah.
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=N. Y. Times.= 14: 538. S. 11, ’09. 230w.
=Groton, William M.=, ed. Sunday school teacher’s manual: designed as an aid to teachers in preparing Sunday-school lessons. **$1. Jacobs.
9–2533.
Eleven men have collaborated in producing this manual whose purpose is not only to furnish instruction in approved methods of preparing and teaching the lesson, but also to impart the information concerning the Scriptures and the church which often lies beyond his immediate reach.
=Guggisberg, Mrs. Lilian Decima (Moore), and Guggisberg, Frederick Gordon.=^{[6]} We two in West Africa. *$3.50. Scribner.
9–18476.
A joint account of interesting observations made by Major Guggisberg and his wife in West Africa. “The plan they hit upon was to pool their impressions and present them as though they all had been formed in the mind of the new-comer to the Gold Coast.... We should make the wife responsible for about all the book contains that is descriptive of the Gold Coast people and their ways of living; for the solid facts and the philosophical and political comment we should hold ourselves indebted to the Major.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“An authoritative and entertaining contribution to the literature of the Gold Coast.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.
“Happily combines the freshness of first impressions with the insight acquired by long residence.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 614. My. 22. 320w.
“It has enough merit of its own—though of a very personal kind—to commend it as a worthy addition to our well-filled shelf books on Africa.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 46: 366. Je. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Many trivial details, especially of camp-life, are recorded, which make it at times somewhat wearisome reading.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 166. Ag. 19, ’09. 520w.
“A book that will be entertaining and valuable to anybody who cares to know what sort of property Great Britain owns on the west shore of the dark continent.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 342. My. 29, ’09. 400w.
“Mrs. Guggisberg’s account of what she saw and did on the coast, in Kumasi, and in parts of Ashanti where no white woman, hardly a white man, had ever been seen before, is most entertaining and fresh.”
+ =Sat. R.= 108: 142. Jl. 31, ’09. 250w.
=Guinness, Geraldine.= Peru: its story, people and religion; with a preface by Alexander Macalester of Cambridge univ. **$2.50. Revell.
9–11989.
“Besides her investigations into the educational and social conditions prevalent at the present day in Peru Miss Guinness devotes a considerable portion of her book to a review of the religious situation in that country. Her chief and avowed interest, in fact, is with the Protestant missionaries, and to them she appeals for active co-operation in the educational and religious advancement for which she believes the Peruvians are especially ripe at this time.”—N. Y. Times.
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“A book which in spite of its offensive tone of gushing religiosity, contains an element of human interest. The best thing in the volume, however, is the illustrations.”
+ − =Nation.= 88: 384. Ap. 15, ’09. 80w.
“Supplies a much-needed picture of the land of the Incas as it is to-day, while furnishing besides an appreciative sketch of the Peruvians as they lived before and immediately following the Spanish conquest. The book is well filled with charmingly told anecdotes, illustrative of native Peruvian life and manners. The descriptions of travel, also, are excellent and furnish a piquant setting to the more serious subjects whose treatment forms the bulk of the work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 161. Mr. 20, ’09. 830w.
“She evidently possesses a keen power of observation, a good deal of enthusiasm, and the faculty for writing a stirring, poetically worded account of an interesting people. The facts are well grouped and the Peruvian people are made to glow with life before the reader.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 509. Ap. ’09. 120w.
“The book is worth consideration.”
+ − =Spec.= 102: 65. Ja. 9, ’09. 60w.
=Gulick, Luther Halsey.= Mind and work. **$1.20. Doubleday.
8–26028.
Points out “the vital relation between one’s mind and the daily work.” The chapters are: The habit of success, What is real, Resolutions good and bad, Mental effects of a flat top desk, Thinking that arrives, Put it on paper, Management of the feelings, The time to quit, Fatigue and character, Will-fatigue, Rest the will, Will-economy, The need of adequate work, Handicaps, The spirit of the game.
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“Stimulating, practical talks, popular yet based on sound knowledge and a sound sense of values.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08. ✠
“Dr. Gulick has translated into concise, every-day terms the great principles underlying right thinking and doing.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 220. F. 6, ’09. 360w.
“A refreshingly optimistic study of many subjects which will appeal not only to the teacher, but also to the layman. His psychology is, in the main, sound, although his desire to express himself in colloquial language at times leads him astray. His indebtedness to Prof. William James, which is evident throughout the book, might well have been more often acknowledged.”
+ − =Nation.= 87: 584. D. 10, ’08. 200w.
“The pages shine with vigor, optimism, sanity. It is an inspiring book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 244. Ap. 17, ’09. 220w.
“No one could have a better stimulant or a more sensible corrective than this book.”
+ =Outlook.= 91: 338. F. 13, ’09. 120w.
“[It has] sprightly style and vigorous thought.”
+ =R. of Rs.= 39: 127. Ja. ’09. 80w.
=Gulick, Luther Halsey, and Ayres, Leonard P.= Medical inspection of schools. $1. Charities pub. com.
8–31120.
Descriptive note in December, 1908.
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“A valuable manual.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 4: 288. D. ’08.
“On the whole this volume not only makes it clear that America is behind Europe in safe-guarding the physical health and vigor of the pupils in its schools, but will go far toward remedying that defect.” J. S. Hiatt.
+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 33: 731. My. ’09. 430w.
“Few more helpful and suggestive books for teachers and school officers have recently come to our notice.”
+ =Educ. R.= 37: 100. Ja. ’09. 60w.
Reviewed by Theodore Henkels.
+ =Educ. R.= 38: 93. Je. ’09. 1000w. + =N. Y. Times.= 14: 48. Ja. 23, ’09. 260w.
“In general it ought to be said that this book fulfills the mission which the authors designed and announced in its preface. Should be in the hands of every schoolman and every public spirited person who aims to take a broad view of the mission of public-school education.” D. P. MacMillan.
+ =School R.= 17: 721. D. ’09. 1500w.
=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Angel. †$1.50. Dillingham.
8–29738.
The author aims “to show that, by means of processes of which we have at present but little idea, a man may be drained and emptied under special circumstances, of himself and the influences of his past life, and be made as a vessel for the special impouring of the Holy Spirit.” “One Joseph, an intellectual atheist, is converted to Christianity by a miracle in the Welsh mountains, opens a campaign of righteousness in London (emptying a musical-comedy theatre by denunciation of the performance from a private box), and finally, so far as we can make out, is caught up to Heaven.” (Sat. R.)
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“There is a certain amount of scrappy thinking and a large amount of exaggeration and intolerance.”
− =N. Y. Times.= 13: 751. D. 5, ’08. 220w.
“Mr. Thorne, if he must write stories of this sort, would be better advised to verify his Bible quotations and avoid such a phrase as ‘Blessed be him that cometh in the name of the Lord’ than to write a pseudo-philosophical preface.”
− =Sat. R.= 106: 765. D. 19, ’08. 120w.
=Gull, Cyril A. E. R. (Guy Thorne, pseud.).=^{[12]} The socialist. **$1.35. Putnam.
9–31022.
“Mr. Thorne gives us an undergraduate duke, kidnapped in a London slum, and rescued by a brilliant dramatist of socialistic views. Of course the duke turns socialist, and marries a gifted actress who takes leading parts in socialist plays, and has a very uncomfortable life. But then he escaped marriage with a beautiful and very patrician daughter of a pompous peer-bishop, and as the duke was a young cub (though Mr. Thorne does not know this) the lady was well out of it.”—Sat. R.
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“The events are dramatic, and, whatever may be one’s views on socialism, the novel is full of interest.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 694. N. 6, ’09. 420w.
“The story is heavily splashed with highly altruistic idealism, and is rather amusing in ways that the author does not intend.”
− =Sat. R.= 108: 294. S. 4, ’09. 110w.
=Gummere, Francis Barton=, ed. and tr.^{[8]} Oldest English epic: Beowulf, Finnsburg, Waldere, Deor, Widsith, and the German Hildebrand; tr. in the original meter by Francis Gummere. *$1.10. Macmillan.
9–10486.
A superior translation made from the original meters accompanied by introduction and notes. “For it demonstrates beyond cavil that this study is pursued here most diligently, not alone as a linguistic discipline, but in equal measure for whatever it may offer of cultural and literary value.” (Nation.)
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=A. L. A. Bkl.= 5: 167. Je. ’09.
“Prof. Gummere will hardly claim to be considered as a poet; and if his work is to be fairly judged, it must be regarded simply as an attempt to enable the unlearned reader—with some exercise of imagination on his own part—to gain a tolerably correct idea of what the old English epic was like in form and substance. Considered from this point of view, the book is entitled to some commendation.”
+ =Ath.= 1909, 2: 151. Ag. 7. 650w.
“The introduction and notes furnished by the translator render the present work doubly valuable as a complete and compendious guidebook to a somewhat obscure department of English literature.”
+ =Lit. D.= 38: 900. My. 22, ’09. 180w.
“We estimate [it] to be the most significant of all recent American contributions to the study of Old English. To wide and accurate scholarship—the notes evidence a mastery of the most recent monographs—Professor Gummere joins a facile expression wholly out of the common. In truth, if Professor Gummere has any chronic weakness, it is in the use of the pleonastic introductory and and but.”
+ − =Nation.= 89: 79. Jl. 22, ’09. 1100w. + =R. of Rs.= 40: 255. Ag. ’09. 30w.
“Mr. Gummere has caught the tone and spirit of Beowulf very happily. The notes will prove useful.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 65. Jl. 10, ’09. 120w.
=Gunther, Charles Godfrey.=^{[11]} Electro-magnetic ore separation. *$3. Hill pub. co.
9–15412.
“This is a practical book, which purports to include only material of present commercial importance. It is a compilation, plus information gathered by correspondence, and data of the writer’s own observation. The treatment of the subject matter is as follows: a brief statement of general principles, description of separators for strongly magnetic materials, of separators for feebly magnetic materials, concentration of magnetic iron ore, separation of pyrite from blende, of siderite from blende, and miscellaneous separations.”—Engin. N.
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“The best book available, considering only methods that are of present commercial importance and excluding all irrelevant matter.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 41. O. ’09.
“The whole impression given by the book is that it is incomplete. The work is technically valuable and useful because of the carefulness with which it is compiled, but limited in its usefulness as a book of instruction or information on the subject of electro-magnetic ore separation in general.” J. W. Richards.
+ − =Engin. N.= 62: sup. 16. Ag. 12, ’09. 200w.
=Guthrie, Arthur.=^{[11]} Letters from France and Italy. **$1.25. McClurg.
9–35863.
In these letters may be found the record of “two employers of leisure” who embark upon a fresh venture, go south with the sun and take their “whimseys and their walks abroad.” It is to the spirit of leisure combined with the author’s clever touch that the record owes its special interest. “He does not spend too much space upon the big, important things that every traveler sees, and he seasons them well with amusing little stories and observations and experiences, and he has a knack of hitting off a bit of truth or an opinion in a terse sentence that is always satisfying, even though one may not agree because of the air of satisfaction with which he does it. There are many illustrations in line drawings or from photographs by George Houston.” (N. Y. Times.)
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“They depend for their entertaining quality less on the description of scenery and sights than on the individuality of the author’s viewpoint and the originality of his comments.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 75. N. ’09.
“Arthur Guthrie is emphatically a good traveller, being sparing of comment on the standard sights and whimsically sensitive to the casual encounters of the road. The manner is old-fashioned, and, perhaps, the more agreeable for that.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 570. D. 9, ’09. 180w.
“Very entertaining to read. The personal note is dominant through these, but always in a genial, companionable sort of way, with many a touch of whimsey or of humor.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 596. O. 9, ’09. 160w.
=Guttmann, Oskar.=^{[7]} Manufacture of explosives: twenty years’ progress: four Cantor lectures delivered at the Royal society of arts in Nov. and Dec. 1908. *$1.10. Macmillan.
War9–42.
“A continuation or, perhaps, an appendix to the earlier book, bringing the practice down to the present time.” (Engin. N.) “Lecture 1 deals with black powder and other nitrate mixtures, chlorate mixtures, ‘metallic’ explosives, picric acid, picrates and trinitrotoluol; lecture 2 with nitro-glycerine, dynamites, guncotton and nitro-starch; lecture 3 with smokeless and flameless powders, fulminates, detonators and fuses, safety explosives and their use, particularly in mines; lecture 4 with the use of nitrocellulose in other industries, the construction, lighting and inspection of factories, accidents and precautions to be taken, the merits and demerits of explosives, stability of explosives and stabilizing agents, and finishes with a prophecy regarding the powder of the future.” (Science.)
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“It should be valuable to the explosives expert as a concise résumé of modern development of the art, though it cannot be of great interest to the novice who is anxious to learn something of the underlying principles of that art.”
+ =Engin. N.= 61: sup. 61. My. 13, ’09. 110w.
“Will be found exceedingly interesting and suggestive.”
+ =Engin. Rec.= 59: 789. Je. 19, ’09. 200w.
“A useful addendum to the larger work.” J. S. S. B.
+ =Nature.= 80: 272. My. 6, ’09. 550w.
“The book is filled with information, much of which is quite up to date, and it bristles with references, a large part of which are to British patents. A defect is in its limited use of American sources, patent or other readily accessible literature. It is more than a compilation, for it is thoughtful, critical and sometimes controversial. Every one of the many who possess the parent volumes must also acquire this and they will be pleased to have done so.” C: E. Munroe.
+ − =Science=, n.s. 30: 26. Jl. 2, ’09. 1250w.
=Gwynn, Stephen Lucius.=^{[8]} Holiday in Connemara. *$2. Macmillan.
9–35783.
A guide book “for the most part more concerned with good fishing waters than with economic and social considerations. Connemara, one of the Gaelic strongholds of the island, is a fascinating country, full of interest to the student of the Irish question. Mr. Gwynn introduces a miscellany of information, derived from old chronicles, as to the ancient lords of the country, and proffers some statistics of more modern origin as to its present state.”—N. Y. Times.
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+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 6: 13. S. ’09. ✠
“A very readable volume. There is a great deal of detailed geography, which becomes a weariness to the reader.”
+ − =Ath.= 1909, 1: 671. Je. 5. 570w.
“His book gives us a medley of land-lore, folk-lore, and fishing-lore, with a dash here and there of economic wisdom.” H. E. Coblentz.
+ =Dial.= 47: 235. O. 1, ’09. 250w.
“Exceptionally well worth a reader’s while.”
+ =Ind.= 67: 372. Ag. 12, ’09. 110w.
“It is written by an Irishman with humor and sympathy and intimate knowledge.”
+ =Nation.= 89: 331. O. 7, ’09. 150w.
“Is scarcely more than a glorified guide book.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 14: 476. Ag. 7, ’09. 350w.
“The price is 10s. 6d., but about 9s. 6d. worth is journalism, that is, a product of necessities other than literary. The other shilling’s worth arises from the author’s own mind and feeling.”
+ − =Sat. R.= 108: 24. Jl. 3, ’09. 350w.
“Has some charming descriptions of Irish life and Irish manners and Irish sport.”
+ =Spec.= 103: 247. S. 4, ’09. 630w.