The book review digest, volume 13, 1917 (part 3 of 10)
=DAWSON, WILLIAM JAMES.= Robert Shenstone. *$1.50 (1c) Lane 17-24210
“In the midst of horrors, I have written this tale of joyous and adventurous youth.” The author is the father of Coningsby Dawson, now at the front, who wrote “Carry on.” Robert Shenstone, son of a country school-master, destined by his father for a clergyman, but preferring to be a poet, tells his own story. At sixteen, he is master in a boy’s school on the outskirts of London; later, he becomes secretary to a Mr Heron, an eccentric and a recluse, with a fine taste in literature and art. Shenstone perseveres with his own writing and finally has a play accepted by Henry Irving. Other characters are Robert’s father, who never realizes his own ambitions; his mother, who believes that “the life that gives is so much more than the life that gets”; his widowed aunt, Mrs Tabitha Shanley, to whom “the great thing in life is never to lose the spirit of adventure”; the other masters in the school; Edith Hopper, “lineal descendant of Lilith and Cleopatra,” who tries her wiles on them all; and Lucille Overberg, the beautiful girl, who tempted to renounce life thru fear, because of her mother’s expiation of a crime, finally decides “to accept thankfully the joy of the common day.”
=A L A Bkl= 14:94 D ‘17
“‘Robert Shenstone’ is good. It is good—item one—as the pleasant and leisurely tale of a man’s young life. And it is good—item two—because, in addition to that, it is a mystery story of unusual plot.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:412 O 21 ‘17 1250w
=DAY, HOLMAN FRANCIS.= Where your treasure is; being the personal narrative of Ross Sidney, diver. il *$1.50 (2c) Harper 17-17284
A story of adventure by land and sea. It opens in the small eastern village where Ross Sidney spends his boyhood. He is a poor boy with little prospect in life, and he gives all his youthful adoration to Celene Kingsley, the daughter of the one wealthy man of the community. Circumstances drive him from home and he joins a wrecking crew along the Atlantic coast. When he returns to his home town it is to find Judge Kingsley in a difficulty from which he helps to extricate him. A misunderstanding with Celene, which her father might have explained away, again sends him on his wanderings. This time he goes to the Pacific coast where he ships as a deep sea diver. Here he meets another girl, who proves to be his real treasure, and he sees that his feeling for Celene was only a boyish fancy.
=Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 11 ‘17 380w
+ =Cleveland= p103 S ‘17 50w
“The masculine sort of nonsense, the ‘rattling’ sort. As usual, Mr Day makes spirited work with his men, and tame and perfunctory work with his women. It is a long yarn, somewhat too long to rattle freely from start to finish. ... What one has to complain of is that so much of the fantastic tale is set ashore; for Mr Day’s illusion, his glamour at least, is soaked in salt water.”
+ =Nation= 105:149 Ag 9 ‘17 200w
“It is a full-blooded, hot-headed story, told with all the naïve zest of youth, filled with the slang and the expletives and the picturesque similes of many kinds of hustling life, both honest and dishonest. There are graphic accounts of the diver’s work.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:245 Jl 1 ‘17 570w
“The vigorous language of his sea faring folk is always amusing and in depicting their pursuits, whether ashore or afloat, he is faithfully realistic.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Jl 15 ‘17 420w
=DEAN, RUTH.= Livable house—its garden. (Livable house ser.) il *$2.50 Moffat 716 17-16081
“A companion work to Aymar Embury’s ‘Livable house’ is provided by Ruth Dean in ‘The livable house, its garden.’ In sympathy with the spirit of efficiency, the author aims to combat indifference or ignorance in the development of grounds about the home. A secondary purpose is to aid the amateur landscape architect in avoiding the mistakes into which his ignorance of plant life and values are likely to lead him. ... One hundred photogravures effectively illustrate the results for which the author gives the fullest directions. The book is divided into five sections: The garden as a whole; General planting; The flower garden; Times and seasons, and Garden architecture.”—Springf’d Republican
+ =Cleveland= p113 S ‘17 20w
“Miss Dean is a landscape architect of experience, and her suggestions are invariably practical.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:331 S 9 ‘17 270w
=Pittsburgh= 22:651 O ‘17 20w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 3 ‘17 500w
=DEANE, RICHARD BURTON.= Mounted police life in Canada. il *$1.50 Funk 971.2 17-1608
“From an experience of thirty-one years in the mounted police service, the author gives an account of pioneer days in the great Canadian Northwest and of the feats of daring which invested the force with the glamor of romance.” (A L A Bkl) “A long account is given of the trial of Louis Riel for treason.” (Ath)
“A vigorous, manly style makes the book very readable.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:394 Je ‘17
+ =Ath= p483 O ‘16 20w
=Pratt= p44 O ‘17 30w
+ =Spec= 117:480 O 21 ‘16 160w
“A document which will be invaluable to the historian that is to come of the Last West. It is full of episodes and thronged with personalities, introduced in a soldier style with an occasional touch of the parade rasp, which would help a modern variant of Francis Parkman to many a stirring, significant passage.”
+ =The Times= [London] Lit Sup p463 S 28 ‘16 600w
=DEEPING, WARWICK.= Martin Valliant. *$1.40 (1½c) McBride 17-10202
A historical romance of the time of Richard III. Martin Valliant is a monk. The son of a notorious old fighter, young and full of life and strong of arm, Martin spends his days in a priory, telling his beads and mortifying the flesh to save the soul. His monkish companions, holy men in name only, have laid a plot to try Martin’s virtue. He puts temptation away from him. Then Mellis Dale comes his way. She is a girl, tho a brave one, and alone and beset by enemies, and in taking her part, Martin comes out of his cell and throws off his monk’s robe to become a man.
“Lovers of realism and of nothing but realism will not be pleased with this story. It is not for them. But to those who have the zest of adventure in their souls, to those who believe in the brave old school of fiction that leads man and woman onward through the old world of imminent dangers, it will make an intimate appeal. It is a story without a problem and with no mission but to entertain. And what better mission could it have?” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 28 ‘17 1100w
“With ‘Unrest’ labelled for America ‘Bridge of desire,’ Mr Warwick Deeping recently made a not very happy attempt to pin us down to our own world. There he deliberately threw over the romantic code to which, in his tales of old time, he had dutifully clung. ... He has returned to his machine. ... But the whole thing is a contrivance, rather cynically rigged up by an expert.”
— =Nation= 104:459 Ap 19 ‘17 400w
“Never, unless memory be at fault, has he given us a romance in which, with no abating of swift movement or of the number of thrilling episodes, the characters were at once so human and so likable as are the hero and heroine in this tale.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:94 Mr 18 ‘17 500w
Defenders of democracy; ed. by the Gift book committee of the Militia of mercy.[2] President’s ed il *$2.50 Lane 940.91 17-27863
This anthology of miscellaneous contributions has commendatory forewords by Woodrow Wilson, Lord Northcliffe, Theodore Roosevelt and others. Many countries besides our own are represented in the table of contents, among them Belgium, China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, and Latin America. Among the American contributors are Charles W. Eliot, Mary Austin, Robert W. Chambers, Louis Untermeyer, Fannie Hurst, Amy Lowell, Myron T. Herrick and Amélie Rives. A frontispiece in color by Childe Hassam is one of the pictorial features. The proceeds from the sale of the book go to the aid of needy families of the men of the naval militia.
“Contains much of valuable information, many a stirring paragraph of description, appreciation, or narrative, and, not least surely, more than one challenge to thought.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:540 D 9 ‘17 950w
“There is something here to entertain every one, even if he opens the book with a prejudice against such collections.”
+ =Outlook= 118:32 Ja 2 ‘18 60w
=DE GROOT, CORNELIA.= When I was a girl in Holland. (Children of other lands books) il *75c (2½c) Lothrop 914.92 17-24724
The author of this book for American boys and girls was born in Deersum, a village in the province of Friesland, and there are a number of photographic illustrations showing scenes from this childhood home. She writes of; Our house; How we dressed; Our village school; Some of our games; Our holidays; Farm life; The kermis; Our canal-boats; On skates, etc. When she was twenty-one the author came to America and she now makes her home in California.
“A matter-of-fact account. It is none the less interesting and will give children about eleven or twelve some idea of actualities beyond picturesque wooden shoes and windmills.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:136 Ja ‘18
“The book bears the mark of genuine experience and faithful observation.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 10 ‘17 30w
“Altogether delightful. The illustrations from photographs are well chosen.”
+ =Ind= 92:448 D 1 ‘17 40w
“Her chapters descriptive of Holland are full of color and information, and her literary style is simple and direct.”
+ =Lit D= 55:54 D 8 ‘17 90w
=N Y Times= 22:389 O 7 ‘17 50w
“What a child saw and heard in Holland makes a particularly interesting narrative, and the book will be read by children and older people alike with pleasure.”
+ =Outlook= 117:100 S 19 ‘17 50w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 1 ‘17 110w
=DEJEANS, ELIZABETH (JANES) (MRS SIDNEY BUDGETT).= Tiger’s coat. il *$1.50 (1½c) Bobbs 17-7810
A Nebraska city gives this story its setting but the woman of mystery who is its central character has a background that includes Mexico, Paris and Belgium in the early days of the war. Driven out of the war-ridden countries she comes to Laclasse, presenting herself to Alexander MacAllister as his kinswoman and showing letters that support her story. But one doesn’t know how much of the story is to be believed, and one doesn’t know whether to like or dislike Marie. This is the interest that holds the story together, but it has other points deserving of notice, one of them its excellent character portrayal, another the author’s fairness in her attitude toward the German-Americans of the Middle West.
“A rather lifeless affair of good promise and of weak fulfilment. ... The story may be described as a series of anticlimaxes.”
— =Dial= 62:403 My 3 ‘17 110w
=N Y Times= 22:258 Jl 8 ‘17 180w
“The romance is well built up, and, on the whole, well written, though a trifle feverish in parts.”
+ — =Outlook= 115:668 Ap 11 ‘17 50w
“While the plot is of the stuff from which melodramas are made, the generally good character drawing gives the book substantiality.” R. D. Moore
=Pub W= 91:584 F 17 ‘17 400w
“The story, though not without vigor, is more romantic and less restrained than this author’s previous novel.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 1 ‘17 400w
=DE KOVEN, ANNA (FARWELL) (MRS REGINALD DE KOVEN).= Counts of Gruyère. il *$2 (6c) Duffield 949.4 17-93
The author has written the history of Gruyère, a town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. In a prologue the “little castled city” is described. Then come the following chapters: Origin of the people; Influence of the church; Sovereignty of the House of Savoy; Foreign wars; The Burgundian wars (Count François I); The Burgundian wars (Count Louis); Struggle for succession; Religious reform; The fall of the House of Gruyère; Gruyère without its counts. There is a bibliography of three pages. The book is beautifully illustrated, with a frontispiece in color.
“Mrs de Koven has the instinct for historical narrative, together with a comprehension of the human side of the matter. She shows us how character and historical fact inter-act; she helps us to live in the times of which she writes.” R. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 F 10 ‘17 450w
+ =Ind= 89:273 F 12 ‘17 60w
+ =Lit D= 54:770 Mr 17 ‘17 140w
“Mrs de Koven, who, in addition to her other literary work, established herself a few years ago as a biographical authority upon the life of John Paul Jones, gives fresh proof in this charming volume of her marked gifts as a historian.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:6 Ja 7 ‘17 450w
“The story of the long reign of the Counts of Gruyère is most picturesque. In no other way do we get so clear a picture of feudalism in Switzerland or so graphic an interpretation of its spirit.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:217 F ‘17 110w
=DELAFIELD, E. M.= Zella sees herself. *$1.50 (2c) Knopf (Eng ed 17-24709)
Zella de Kervoyou, child of a French father and English mother, educated in a convent school, “from the time she is seven years old ... is constantly shifting her standards to conform to those of the particular environment in which she happens to find herself. The book is practically the story of the lies, the evasions, the hypocrisies, the heartaches which spring from Zella’s desire to be always charming, agreeable, superior.” (N Y Times)
“It has none of that shallow brilliancy, that self-conscious cleverness, that clap-trap humour, which marks in every age the work of the tribe of gentlemen (and ladies) who write with ease. It turns a clear, warm, smiling gaze on life and interprets it to us in the very act of making us, too, smile at it. That was Jane Austen’s white magic.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:489 D ‘17 550w
“It is a comedy of youth, in the sense in which Jane Austen’s stories may be so called. It has a certain analogy to what was probably also Miss Austen’s first effort, ‘Northanger abbey,’ and in its quiet precision of characterization and dialogue as well as in its well-nigh unerring satirical touch, it measurably suggests the great mistress of British fiction.”
+ =Nation= 105:515 N 8 ‘17 360w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ =Nation= 105:601 N 29 ‘17 90w
“This unusual and complex study of character is told with a lightness and mastery of touch and a delightful, pervasive humor not often met in the ordinary run of novels.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:380 O 7 ‘17 550w
“Miss Delafield has drawn her heroine with sympathetic understanding.”
+ =Sat R= 123:sup4 My 19 ‘17 230w
=DE LA MARE, WALTER JOHN.= Peacock pie. il *$2 Holt 821 (Eng ed 16-21123)
A book of rhymes for children, with illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. There are nonsense verses, romantic tales, and lovely lyrics. Up and down, Boys and girls, Three queer tales, Places and people, Beasts, Witches and fairies, Earth and air, and Songs, are the divisions of the book.
=A L A Bkl= 13:439 Jl ‘17
+ =Ath= p54 Ja ‘17 40w
“Yet even in his poems for children he is more than a poet for children. Each year-laden reader who can look through the magic casement of Mr de la Mare’s verses will see among the shadowy figures that flit about the moon-silvered lanes a tiny ghost that was once himself.” M. M. Frank
+ =Bookm= 46:89 S ‘17 950w
“Mr de la Mare is not an innovator, and his scope is not great; but within his scope he has no superior.” Conrad Aiken
+ =Dial= 63:150 Ag 30 ‘17 160w
“Mostly they are nothing more than the pleasing little fancies which Mr de la Mare can so well conjure out of faery, fashioned with that lyric felicity which is not the least notable attribute of all the Georgians whose names are worth recounting and of Mr de la Mare in special.” J. T. W.
+ =New Repub= 12:279 O 6 ‘17 450w
“Peacock pie was once a royal dish; this book is a royal dish.” Clement Wood
+ =N Y Call= p14 Je 24 ‘17 200w
“One might exhaust lists of adjectives and yet fail to bring the reader the flavor, the awe, the delight, the haunting terror of this collection of verse, ‘Peacock pie.’”
+ =R of Rs= 56:217 Ag ‘17 220w
“From cover to cover, the most captious critic may hardly find a poem that is not a joy to meet and to keep.”
+ =Sat R= 123:232 Mr 10 ‘17 950w
“In the years that have passed since Stevenson brought out his ‘Child’s garden of verses’ we have not seen a prettier book of rhymes for children than this. ... The poet, in this new edition, is fortunate in his sympathetic illustrator, Mr W. Heath Robinson, whose charming designs reflect by turns the gaiety and sentiment of the verses.”
+ =Spec= 118:21 Ja 6 ‘17 200w
“The poetry in these two little volumes is, perhaps, the purest poetry for children that has ever been made; Blake and Stevenson not forgotten.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p604 D 14 ‘16 850w
=DELAND, LORIN FULLER.= At the sign of the dollar, and other essays. *$1.25 (3c) Harper 304 17-8762
The title essay, a discussion of advertising and an appeal for more attention to human nature on the part of those engaged in business, is reprinted from Harper’s Magazine for March, 1917. Some of the other papers have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. The complete table of contents reads: At the sign of the dollar; Football at Harvard and at Yale as seen in 1910; Some have greatness thrust upon them; A plea for the theatrical manager; The Lawrence strike; a study; Concerning X107.
=A L A Bkl= 14:14 O ‘17
=St Louis= 15:183 Je ‘17
“Mr Deland’s study of the Harvard-Yale football situation is one of the most interesting things he has to offer, but it must have been written before Harvard’s string of successes in the last five years. Mr Deland makes it plain that he considers Walter Camp the genius of American football.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 25 ‘17 420w
=DELANO, MRS EDITH (BARNARD).= Tomorrow morning. il *$1.35 (2½c) Houghton 17-25434
This, “a chronicle of the new Eve and the same old Adam,” is the story of the married life of a young couple in the thirties, which, in spite of complications that threaten to make trouble between them, ends happily. Martha, the “new Eve,” devoted both to her children and to social work, discovers that although it is already in the affairs of men and women “tomorrow morning,” “the millennium is a long way off,” and so to keep the love of the “same old Adam,” she models her conduct for a time upon that of the “old Eve.”
=A L A Bkl= 14:130 Ja ‘18
“Martha is an attractive heroine, and little Cecily, whose passion for telling the truth made her a most disconcerting person to have about, a real and amusing child. The life of the little western city in which the action takes place is well portrayed, and the busy life of the modern woman neatly and sanely sketched.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:469 N 11 ‘17 370w
“A domestic comedy written with charm and humor.”
+ =Outlook= 117:510 N 28 ‘17 8w
“Quite aside from the message that it carries, Mrs Delano’s book is interesting for the skill with which she has managed her characters. The study of Bob Ramsey with his blundering, masculine ways, is particularly well done, Martha Ramsey, with her brilliant intellect, her self-control and her uncanny shrewdness, is a little overdrawn.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 11 ‘17 340w
=DELL, ETHEL MAY.= Hundredth chance. il *$1.50 (1c) Putnam 17-10669
The hero of Miss Dell’s latest story is a horse trainer and accustomed to work to win even if he sees only the “hundredth chance” of success. This is all that is his when he loves Maud Brian, the beautiful but penniless daughter of Sir Bernard Brian. But the marriage of her mother to a scoundrel and the dependence of her lame brother cause the girl to accept marriage with him on terms of her own choosing. An added obstacle to the trainer’s hopes is the appearance of Lord Saltash, his employer and the former fiancé of his wife. In spite of the heavy odds against him, his patience and devotion at last break down social differences and win him the deep affection of his wife.
“Readers of popular fiction will no doubt revel in the rough-diamond hero and the plausible villain, the atmosphere of the racing stable, etc.; but the whole has been much better done many times already, and if this sort of book did not continue to appear, classics might receive more attention.”
— =Ath= p311 Je ‘17 100w
“Once the major premise of her story is accepted there is nothing forced or unnatural in the situations themselves.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 S 26 ‘17 330w
“Her method proves that Victorianism is by no means played out, may indeed be rendered freshly effective by a slight tincture of modern ‘frankness’ in the treatment of sex. Her present heroine is the chill, snobbish little prude whom our fathers admired—at least in fiction.”
— =Nation= 105:16 Jl 5 ‘17 250w
“The chief criticism of the book lies, not in its conventional situation and artificial character treatment—for neither of these detract seriously from the simple enjoyment of it as an entertaining story—but in the undeniable and glaring fact that none of its people seem to know the most fundamental standards of behavior or of speech. They irritate and alienate where they should hold the novel reader’s sympathy.”
+ — =N Y Times= 22:202 My 20 ‘17 280w
“A strong and interesting story, developed with skill and good taste, and is by all odds the best the author has ever written.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Jl 8 ‘17 400w
“It is all a wonderfully exciting length of distressing misunderstandings, but we are up-borne throughout by the confident anticipation that Miss Dell will never balk us of a happy ending. ... There is equal certainty, too, that though often dealing with the most delicate and difficult situations Miss Dell will skim over the thin places without ever offending our taste.”
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p236 My 17 ‘17 400w
=DELL, ETHEL MAY.= Safety curtain, and other stories. il *$1.50 (1½c) Putnam 17-29862
The title story of the five in this volume introduces as the principals a man and woman quite out of the ordinary. He is a major in the Indian army—home on leave. She is an elf-like dancer. The safety-curtain that dropped behind her at a moment when the stage is aflame is symbolized by the act of the man whose rescuing of her marks the beginning of a new sensation—that of protection. How, in India whither she goes as a bride, her odd little nature expands in the warmth of the new influence; how ghosts of the past try to rob her of her happiness; and how the strength of the man overcame them is all told in spirited fashion. The other stories are: The experiment; Those who wait; The eleventh hour; The place of honour.
+ =Ath= p679 D ‘17 80w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p542 N 8 ‘17 150w
=DELLENBAUGH, FREDERICK SAMUEL.= George Armstrong Custer. (True stories of great Americans) il *50c (1c) Macmillan 17-1602
Elizabeth B. Custer, herself the author of one of the best known accounts of her husband’s campaigns, has written a preface to this book, commending it for its accuracy and fairness. The story of General Custer’s boyhood is told briefly and this is followed by a very full account of his services in the Civil war and on the plains.
“Written chiefly for young people by a man who knew the West of Custer’s day and was an early explorer of the Grand Canyon.”
+ =Cleveland= p83 Je ‘17 40w
+ =Cleveland= p127 N ‘17 30w
+ =N Y Times= 22:181 My 6 ‘17 60w
+ =R of Rs= 55:442 Ap ‘17 140w
“Gen. Custer’s biographer is a man who knew the West in Custer’s day and who had even less sympathy than honest Custer for the abuses of the Indian agencies where Indians and government were alike robbed by the most flagrant of grafters. ... It is a chapter of national dishonor that Mr Dellenbaugh relates. But the picture of Custer is always that of a hero.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Mr 6 ‘17 300w
=DEL MAR, ALGERNON.= Tube milling; a treatise on the practical application of the tube mill to metallurgical problems. il *$2 McGraw 622.7 17-13102
“The author states that in the preparation of ores for concentration, cyanidation, and flotation, intermediate grinding by conical and cylindrical tube mills will eventually supersede the work now largely done by stamps, rolls, and chilian mills. General principles are discussed and the construction and operation of the different types explained. Chapter 5 deals with the adaptability of wrought iron and alloy steels as materials of construction.”—N Y P L New Tech Bks
=Cleveland= p110 S ‘17 20w
“Mr Del Mar’s book is worth placing in every mill-man’s library, where it will serve as a ready reference for the tube-mill operator.”
+ =Engineering and Mining Journal= 103:1083 Je 16 ‘17 100w
=N Y P L New Tech Bks= p18 Jl ‘17 70w
=Pittsburgh= 22:662 O ‘17 10w
=DENCH, ERNEST ALFRED.= Advertising by motion pictures. *$1.50 Standard pub. co. 659 16-25184
“The use of motion pictures as an advertising medium is not confined to any one business or profession. It is adapted to wholesale as well as to retail business. Moreover, it possesses unique ‘business-pulling’ properties. It has, however, like all methods, limitations. These as well as its far greater number of advantages, Mr Dench sets forth with admirable brevity and candor.”—Boston Transcript
=A L A Bkl= 13:295 Ap ‘17
“Extremely up-to-date book.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 31 ‘17 250w
“Despite a curious belief in the value of slang as a medium for imparting information and ideas, the subject is comprehensively and authoritatively treated.”
+ =Ind= 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 60w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:59 Ap ‘17
Deportation of women and girls from Lille. *50c Doran 940.91 A17-371
A volume containing a translation of “the note addressed by the French government to the governments of neutral powers on the conduct of the German authorities toward the population of the French departments in the occupation of the enemy,” together with “extracts from other documents, annexed to the note, relating to German breaches of international law during 1914, 1915, 1916.” (Title-page) Both French and German documents are presented; also private letters. The title is inexact since the deportations included men and boys as well as women and girls.
=A L A Bkl= 13:395 Je ‘17
“The chief value of this collection lies in the fact that it presents original data with little or no comment. Unlike the many books which have been published on this phase of the war, it is not sensational but aims to be a plain statement of fact.”
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:363 My ‘17 150w
=Cleveland= p58 Ap ‘17 40w
“In the letters it is more than once stated that German officers and soldiers refused to carry out the deportation order and were confined for disobedience within the fortress of Lille.”
=Ind= 90:298 My 12 ‘17 50w
“The entire compilation comprises one of the most striking illustrations of the horrors of war that has yet been published.” J. W.
=N Y Call= p14 Mr 11 ‘17 330w
=DE SÉLINCOURT, HUGH.= Soldier of life. *$1.50 (1½c) Macmillan 17-2025
Outwardly this is a pathological study of a crippled soldier’s mental state, but, more deeply, it cuts down into human nature to reveal the eternal conflict between the great constructive force, love, and the destructive forces that find their final and supreme expression in war. This revelation comes to James Wood thru Corinna Combe, and it comes only after he has struggled against the menace of depression and threatened insanity, after he has failed to find consolation in a common-sense view of life, which urged marriage with a cheerful, trivial, common-sense sort of girl, or comfort in religion. War has been to him a horror and a desecration, and his sanity is saved only when, thru Corinna, he comes to understand its basic origin.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:402 Je ‘17
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ — =Bookm= 45:96 Mr ‘17 400w
“It can scarcely hope to find a universal appeal, but will undoubtedly be of interest to those who enjoy the abnormal.” R. W.
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 F 24 ‘17 300w
+ =Ind= 90:257 My 5 ‘17 70w
“Whatever weakness the book may have as a story, however, it throws raw light, in its picture of the moral and spiritual disintegration which war may bring to the unhappy warrior, upon a common horror which the belligerent world, waving its flags and chorusing its mottoes, chooses to leave in darkness.”
+ — =Nation= 104:369 Mr 29 ‘17 350w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
=Nation= 104:404 Ap 5 ‘17 140w
“It will not be strange if Mr de Sélincourt’s book turns out to have been one of the most significant of all that come out of the war. ... It is the quintessence of war literature. ... It traces the delicate spiritual effects as no other book has yet succeeded in doing. ... You have only to compare it with Mr Britling to get the contrast of its fineness with Wells’s blowsiness of spirit, that utterly pedestrian and easy way in which the re-discoverer of God dresses up again the rumpled soul of middle-class Britain and sets her decently on parade again. ... Mr de Sélincourt, perhaps unconsciously, has done in the novel what Bertrand Russell is saying impersonally.” Randolph Bourne
+ =New Repub= 11:85 My 19 ‘17 1200w
“One cannot read it without being stirred to deeper thought and higher feeling.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:33 F 4 ‘17 500w
“From the very first, its dramatic and analytical power hold the reader’s attention and carry him thru the hero’s struggles with an interest seldom roused by such a subject. It is more plain human than abnormal. ... This is as deeply thoughtful a book as any the war has inspired, and one, besides, of beautiful texture and style.” E. P. Wyckoff
+ =Pub W= 91:587 F 17 ‘17 350w
“‘A soldier of life’ is a thoughtful—almost spiritual—study of the effect of war, and affords food for thought.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 Mr 25 ‘17 460w
“Perhaps its differentia and its most notable merit are its success in expressing high and difficult matters in terms of a mere man and his human affairs, linked by a carefully forged chain of thought and incident to the complete ‘normality’ of the opening chapters.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p560 N 23 ‘16 560w
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:127 Ap ‘17 90w
=DESSON, GEORGES.=[2] Hostage in Germany; auth. tr. by Lee Holt. il *$1.50 Dutton 940.91 (Eng ed War17-84)
“A graphic account, by a distinguished French engineer, of his detention as a hostage in Germany for eleven months, with a number of his compatriots. The hardships and sufferings endured by the party were exceedingly severe. The pretext for the imprisonment was that some German subjects were alleged to have been ill-treated in Morocco. The illustrations show some of the places of confinement.”—Ath
“He records the suffering and misery of his experiences with the relieving brightness and humor that characterized him and his nine companions in their otherwise unendurable imprisonment.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:88 D ‘17
+ =Ath= p258 My ‘17 80w
=Outlook= 117:144 S 26 ‘17 40w
=Pittsburgh= 22:761 N ‘17 60w
=DESTRÉE, JULES.= Britain in arms (French title, L’effort britannique). *$1.50 (3c) Lane 940.91 17-25445
“M. Destrée—a Belgian writer who, during a stay of some months in Italy, came to the conclusion that England’s efforts in the war were not sufficiently realized by our Italian allies, and was thus led to lay the facts before them—has written a French version of ‘Cio che hanno fatto gli Inglesi.’ The translation, by Mr J. Lewis May, is now before us. How England, though anxious for peace, found herself involved in the war; her naval, military, financial, and industrial efforts; the union of kingdom and empire; and the reasons why our Allies should have confidence in England, are some of the topics to which M. Destrée addresses himself.” (Ath) The preface is by Georges Clemenceau.
=A L A Bkl= 14:88 D ‘17
+ =Ath= p475 S ‘17 100w
“If an Englishman had written this book we would regard it as a piece of self-satisfied laudation. Coming from a Frenchman, who has given the widespread patrol work of the British fleet and the astonishing development of the British army careful investigation, the book falls short of overpraise, but is singularly just.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 O 27 ‘17 280w
“The book, by the author’s confession, was hurriedly written; it is propagandist; but its laudable object is to fortify international confidence as ‘a preparation for the better days to come’; and it makes inspiring reading.”
+ =Dial= 63:594 D 6 ‘17 420w
=R of Rs= 56:549 N ‘17 30w
“M. Jules Destrée discovered a suspicion in Italy that England was not ‘pulling her weight’ in the war. It is a suspicion at which we have no right to be angry, for very similar suspicions of Italian slackness have sometimes been entertained in ill-informed circles in England; and this suspicion, in both cases, has been due to misapprehensions arising out of an excusable ignorance. ... He could have got a preface from no more appropriate author than M. Clemenceau, who has frequently insisted, in L’Homme Enchainé, that an estimate of our contribution to the war must take cognizance of work done in the factories as well as in the field.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p302 Je 28 ‘17 750w
=DEWEY, JOHN, and others.= Creative intelligence. *$2 (1½c) Holt 104 17-6640
Eight modern thinkers contribute papers to this volume. The subtitle “Essays in the pragmatic attitude,” indicates that the unity of the work is one of attitude rather than of conclusions. The first essay, by John Dewey, on The need for a recovery of philosophy, serves to introduce those that follow. It is a statement of the pragmatic purpose, to emancipate philosophy from its attachment to traditional problems. “What serious-minded men not engaged in the professional business of philosophy most want to know,” Professor Dewey says, “is what modifications and abandonments of intellectual inheritance are required by the newer industrial, political, and scientific movements.” The remaining essays are concerned with some of the specific applications of philosophy to present-day problems. They are: Reformation of logic, by Addison W. Moore; Intelligence and mathematics, by Harold Chapman Brown; Scientific method and individual thinker, by George H. Mead; Consciousness and psychology, by Boyd H. Bode; The phases of the economic interest, by Henry Waldgrave Stuart; The moral life and the construction of values and standards, by James Hayden Tufts; Value and existence in philosophy, art, and religion, by Horace M. Kallen.
“Some of the essays have appeared in the various philosophical journals.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:423 Jl ‘17
“To the general reader, perhaps the papers on ethics, by Professor Tufts, and economics, by Professor Stuart, will make the widest appeal, though all will enjoy the concluding paper by Dr Kallen.” R. C. Lodge
+ — =Bellman= 22:300 Mr 17 ‘17 470w
“The book is specially noteworthy for its importance as a contribution to American philosophic thought.” F. F. Kelly
+ — =Bookm= 45:181 Ap ‘17 580w
— =Cath World= 105:393 Je ‘17 480w
=Cleveland= p75 Je ‘17 40w
Reviewed by M. C. Otto
* =Dial= 62:348 Ap 19 ‘17 2450w
Reviewed by R. B. Perry
* =Int J Ethics= 28:115 O ‘17 3400w
=N Y Times= 22:141 Ap 15 ‘17 450w
=Pittsburgh= 22:328 Ap ‘17
=Pratt= p6 O ‘17 20w
=Springf’d Republican= p8 F 3 ‘17 30w
“There is not an abundance of good philosophy or good writing in this volume. The contributions of Profs. Dewey and Moore are not without interest as statements of method.”
– + =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 19 ‘17 200w
“‘Creative intelligence,’ in spite of its attractive title, is not a treatise for beginners in humanistic philosophy. Yet there are some who like to begin, as it were, at the top of the pyramid and work down—who like the intellectual tussle of difficult beginnings. To these, and to anyone familiar with the concepts of humanism, ‘Creative intelligence’ is to be recommended. ... In spite of these appreciative remarks, one cannot help sighing for that exposition at once vivid as lightning and picturesque as romance, which William James was always able to provide for anything he had to say.” J: Collier
+ — =Survey= 39:326 D 15 ‘17 600w
=DE WINDT, HARRY.= Russia as I know it. il *$3 Lippincott 914.7 18-1412
“The author was previously employed by the Russian government to investigate (for the benefit of English-speaking people) the Siberian exile system and reported not unfavorably on it. His findings caused controversy in the London press. His book deals mainly with European Russia, although there are separate and interesting chapters on Siberia, Darker Siberia, Frozen Asia, the Crimea, Finland, and last but not least, the Russian army. Mr De Windt also describes the characteristics and life of the Russian people.”—Springf’d Republican
“If Mr De Windt had made the most of his opportunities what splendid material he had ready to his hand! Instead, we are given a superficial account of men and manners, well flavoured with anecdotes of social life and morals, and strongly redolent of the countless excellent restaurants and menus the author was lucky enough to meet with.”
– + =Ath= p342 Jl ‘17 800w
+ =Ath= p364 Jl ‘17 50w
“Interesting as it is, the material shows every evidence of having been collated with less thought of homogeneity than of producing a book that would sell.”
– + =Dial= 63:526 N 22 ‘17 500w
+ =N Y Times= 22:579 D 30 ‘17 150w
“In telling what he has learned of the Russian character by long-continued observation Mr De Windt helps his readers to a clearer understanding of the problems and perplexities which the new Russia is facing at this moment.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:552 N ‘17 80w
“His book is no globe-trotter’s journal, but a considered view of the various facets of Russian life.”
+ =Sat R= 124:250 S 29 ‘17 320w
“We could wish that there had been less about Russia as a playground and more about her political, artistic, and intellectual qualities, but only one who knows Russia as a man of the world could have written this book, and it can therefore be safely recommended as valuable of its kind.”
+ — =Spec= 119:12 Jl 7 ‘17 1500w
“Although the author may be congratulated on having produced a readable work, one questions whether it has its permanent historical value.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 230w
“He can tell as readable a story as anybody could wish to read.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p266 Je 7 ‘17 400w
=DIBBLEE, GEORGE BINNEY.= Germany’s economic position and England’s commercial and industrial policy after the war. *1s Heinemann, London
“This is one of the publications of the Central committee for national patriotic organizations. ... His analysis (to which the first four chapters are devoted) in headed paragraphs, of German industrial expansion, of the influence of the German government and character on industry, and the dangers of German aggression, is impartial and instructive. Mr Dibblee deals with our economic policy after the war in a cautious spirit. He foresees a tariff, but a strictly moderate one, and a moderate duty on corn. ... Among ‘internal measures of defence’ he urges the establishment of a foreign trade office and a system of licenses for employment, transfer of land, company promotion, export of raw material, &c.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“This very shrewd and able little book deserves attention.”
+ =Spec= 118:209 F 17 ‘17 380w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p638 D 28 ‘16 160w
=DICK, JOHN HARRISON=, ed. Garden guide; the amateur gardener’s handbook. il 75c; pa 50c De La Mare 710 17-11482
The publishers claim for this book a larger aim than that indicated by the title. They hope “through its medium to win thousands from crowded city homes to the free air of the open country.” Among the contributors are F. F. Rockwell, A. J. Loveless, and Charles Livingston Bull. The subjects taken up include: Planning the home grounds; Lawns and grass plots; Hedges and fences; Trees and shrubs; The rose garden; Among the hardy flowers; Annuals and biennials; Garden furniture; Fruit for the small garden; Vegetable garden; Pruning, etc. There are numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables.
“Its twenty-four chapters deal in a way easily understood with the many perplexing problems which confront the beginner and often the professional as well. A calendar of operations contains much useful information, while the chapters on garden furniture and accessories will be eagerly absorbed by the reader who is mechanically inclined.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 140w
=DICKINSON, ASA DON, and DICKINSON, HELEN WINSLOW=, eds. Children’s book of patriotic stories; the spirit of ‘76. il *$1.25 (3c) Doubleday 17-25380
Among the stories selected for this volume are: Jabez Rockwell’s powderhorn, by Ralph D. Paine; Old Esther Dudley, by Nathaniel Hawthorne; The battle of Bunker’s Hill, by Washington Irving; The little fifer, by Helen M. Winslow; Paul Revere’s ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; A venture in 1777, by S. Weir Mitchell; The little minute-man, by H. G. Paine; Washington and the spy, by James Fenimore Cooper. For each story there is a brief introductory note and the table of contents indicates the stories suitable for older and for younger children.
“Good reference material for any children’s library.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:172 F ‘18
“A book confessedly more patriotic than historical, since the seeker of sober truth does not interpret the year ‘76 quite in the spirit of ‘76.” J: Walcott
— =Bookm= 46:496 D ‘17 60w
“These are good stories for the children of 1917 to read, both because they are good stories and because, later, the spirit of ‘76 and the spirit of ‘17 will have much in common.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 10 ‘17 30w
“The work of selection has been well done, and the book may be recommended for juvenile libraries, public or private.”
+ =Cath World= 106:551 Ja ‘18 100w
=DICKINSON, GOLDSWORTHY LOWES.= Choice before us. *$2 Dodd (*6s Allen & Unwin, London) 172.4 17-29207
“The author’s purpose is to describe briefly the prospect before the world if the armed international anarchy is to continue, and to be extended and exasperated, after the war. The origin of the war, and our participation in it, are not discussed; though the author is of opinion that we could do ‘no other.’ He seeks to analyse and discuss the presuppositions which underlie militarism, and arguing both that international war as it will be conducted in the future implies the ruin of civilisation, and that it is not ‘inevitable,’ he sketches the kind of reorganization that is both possible and essential if war is not to destroy mankind.” (Ath) “Mr Dickinson nurses the belief, not very strongly it seems to us, that wars may be prevented by a system of international leagues and international councils of conciliation. ... He is quite clear that internationalism can effect nothing unless all the great powers are members of the league. He says plainly that if Germany and Austria are to be left out of this league the thing is hopeless, and there is a vista of wars before us. He also argues with much force that if the Entente powers persist in waging an economic war against the Central European powers, then the economic must be followed by a military war.” (Sat R)
=A L A Bkl= 14:111 Ja ‘18
=Ath= p355 Jl ‘17 110w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:286 N ‘17 150w
+ =Cleveland= p131 D ‘17 60w
“With regard to militarism in England, Mr Lowes Dickinson lays undue stress on an entirely uninfluential and forgotten book by Captain Ross in his attempt to find evidences of militarism in countries other than Germany. The value of the book lies in its appeal to realities; its criticism of unreal standards and ideals.” M. J.
+ — =Int J Ethics= 28:287 Ja ‘18 330w
“On the whole, Mr Dickinson presents a strong case against the militarists. A valuable service performed by the author is his collection of scattered statements made by prominent representatives of the allied nations into a formidable body of militaristic doctrine. It is a dangerous plant in whatever soil it may be rooted.”
+ =Nation= 106:19 Ja 3 ‘18 520w
“All who respect clear thinking, large-hearted zeal, and generous common sense must respect his expression of his views.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:579 D 30 ‘17 1200w
“Every thinking man and woman should read Mr Dickinson’s book, which is a series of powerful arguments, written by a most accomplished disputant, in favour of a combined endeavour by the civilised world to put an end to war. There is, however, one indispensable condition to the success of Mr Dickinson’s ideas—international leagues must be in the hands of responsible statesmen, and not under the control of the secret societies or led by cosmopolitan anarchists.”
=Sat R= 124:129 Ag 18 ‘17 1050w
“We find these books exceedingly exasperating. ... Their theory of joint responsibility, with Germany as the worst sinner because the most completely militarized, ignores the whole history of Prussia as a predatory Power. ... Books like these should be read—for even in the worst of them there is much good sense—though their tone and the attitude of the writers towards the mass of their countrymen make the reading rather repulsive.”
=Spec= 119:189 Ag 25 ‘17 1200w
“The case against militarism—obvious militarism, and the militarism which stalks under the guise of imperialistic policy—has seldom been thought out with keener analysis and closer logic.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 25 ‘17 1150w
“His purpose is so manifestly good, his temper is so reasonable, he is so desirous to see things as they are that even those who differ from some of his conclusions, and the many others who miss in his volume a sense of true proportion, will listen attentively to his argument and agree with much of it. There are many pages in this volume which express admirably the opinions of calm, clear-thinking men as to the outlook and our duties as a nation. ... But the reader who lays down the volume with the sense that he has learned much from it, and who agrees that ‘there are in all countries traditions, interests, prejudices, and illusions making for war,’ may very likely think that there is a want of perspective in the treatment of the subject, and that certain facts, fit to be noted in season, are pushed into undue prominence.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p303 Je 28 ‘17 1800w
=DICKINSON, THOMAS HERBERT.= Contemporary drama of England. (Contemporary drama ser.) *$1.25 (2c) Little 822 17-7563
Beginning with a chapter on The early Victorian theatre, the author covers the whole field from the beginning of the second quarter of the nineteenth century to the present. The chapters following the first are: The decline of the romantic tradition; Adaptation and experiment; Toward a new English theatre; Dramatists of transition; Henry Arthur Jones; Arthur Wing Pinero; The busy nineties; New organization; George Bernard Shaw; Dramatists of the free theatre; The challenge of the future. There is a bibliographical appendix. The author is professor of English in the University of Wisconsin and author of “The case of American drama.”
=A L A Bkl= 14:14 O ‘17
“A book of quite extraordinary merit.” Clayton Hamilton
* + =Bookm= 45:538 Jl ‘17 470w
“In a comprehensive bibliographical appendix is given an index of English plays of the past eighty years, arranged alphabetically by authors, and a list of books and magazine articles on the drama.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 F 17 ‘17 750w
=Pittsburgh= 22:312 Ap ‘17
“The eleventh chapter, on the ‘Free theater,’ and the twelfth, which estimates the dramatic labors of Galsworthy, Hankin, Barrie, Craig, and Barker, will assist both the average theater-patron and the dramatic student in discerning the trend of modern plays and give them a better idea of the aims of modern stage producers.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:662 Je ‘17 100w
=St Louis= 15:182 Je ‘17
“Its historical information is interestingly presented, and it is much more meaty and detailed than many works of the kind. There are a few surprising mistakes. ... In interpretation and criticism Mr Dickinson, while sometimes shrewd and apt, is less satisfactory. He is frequently too abstract, and finespun in his characterizations. ... This is Mr Dickinson at his vaguest, and it would be unfair to judge the book by such instances of strained and pointless criticism. Yet one fears that these sentences are typical of the instruction which Drama league audiences and literary clubs are getting in this country.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 26 ‘17 400w
=DICKINSON, THOMAS HERBERT.= Insurgent theatre. *$1.25 (2½c) Huebsch 792 17-30696
A concise, comprehensive discussion of the artistic and practical sides of the non-commercial theatre. At the outset the point of agreement taken for granted is the conviction on the part of workers that the things of the old theatre must be destroyed and a new theatre be built up in its stead. Without censure against the older order, the writer confines himself to the struggle for the new theatre,—the purposes of those who have started out in revolt; its problems of financial support including experiments in subsidy; the responsibility of audiences to support a theatre intelligently; early experiments showing that the machinery was not ready to carry out the new enterprises; the little theatre; laws that affect management of theatres, for instance, laws against Sunday performances and child-labor; dramatic laboratories; the children’s theatre; some of the pioneers of the insurgent theatre, and a closing chapter on the “Art and outlook of the insurgent theatre.”
Reviewed by Algernon Tassin
=Bookm= 46:347 N ‘17 250w
“It is interesting to compare the attitudes of Professor Dickinson and Cheney. The two volumes make an admirable combination for the theaterlover. ... The question of subsidy, direct and through subscription audiences, is ably handled by Professor Dickinson, as is the relationship of the college to dramatics in the matter of experimentation.” L: Gardy
+ =N Y Call= p15 Ja 12 ‘18 250w
“The book is, perhaps, the most comprehensive exposition that has yet been made of what is generally known as the ‘modern movement.’”
+ =N Y Times= 22:578 D 30 ‘17 160w
+ =R of Rs= 57:108 Ja ‘18 110w
“Mr Dickinson is so familiar not only with the subject of the community theater, but also with the ordinary commercial enterprise and the lore and philosophy of the drama, that he has a background for understanding what he is talking about. No wild beliefs in the efficacy of new amateur theaters to build up a new social stratum in America tinge his views.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 D 6 ‘17 950w
“But this is more than a chronicle of the pioneers and their ventures; it is a clear, balanced and broadminded critique, helpful alike to the play-lover, the actor, the playwright and the producer. The responsibility of the audience is well-defined, the artistic devotion of those who are working out little theaters in town and country is keenly appreciated, and an encouraging outlook for the future is entertained.” M. H. B. Mussey
+ =Survey= 39:447 Ja 19 ‘18 310w
=DICKSON, HARRIS.= Unpopular history of the United States by Uncle Sam himself; as recorded in Uncle Sam’s own words. il *75c (3c) Stokes 355 17-25097
The manuscript of Upton’s “Military policy of the United States,” based on Civil war experience, lay filed and forgotten amongst millions of documents in the archives of the War department for twenty-five years. Then it saw the light. It was published by Mr Dickson. He says, “Every word that I have spoken here you will find in there; it has my official endorsement, printed on my presses, franked thru my mails, and sent free to my people. It’s true gospel, but folks say it doesn’t taste good.” Uncle Sam does the talking and he spares no forcible language to take the brag and bluster out of Americans who complaisantly think our war system is equal to the emergency of today. It is an arraignment of the volunteer service idea underlying military policy and a plea for universal, compulsory military service for both war and peace.
=A L A Bkl= 14:75 D ‘17
=Cleveland= p131 D ‘17 30w
“It is poorly written; the writer, making Uncle Sam the speaker, rips out regular gosh-ding stuff. But the facts are interesting. For one who thrills at military victories, and is ashamed of military defeats, this book is a bit of a tonic. But for one whose interest is in the welfare of the people of the nation, rather than their Prussian prowess, this work is but an interesting sidelight into national psychology.” W: M. Feigenbaum
+ — =N Y Call= p14 O 14 ‘17 500w
“The general effect of having these facts known to the people should be wholesome and in every way stimulating to patriotism and efficiency.”
+ =R of Rs= 57:104 Ja ‘18 70w
=DIDEROT, DENIS.= Early philosophical works; tr. and ed. by Margaret Jourdain. (Open court ser. of classics of science and philosophy) il *$1.25 (2½c) Open ct. 194
This little volume includes the “Philosophic thoughts,” the “Letter on the blind,” together with its “Addition,” and the “Letter on the deaf and dumb,” published with notes and an appendix. In the “Philosophic thoughts” Diderot “still figures as a deist.” The “Letter on the blind” treats both of the theory of vision and of the argument from design, while the “Letter on the deaf and dumb” deals largely with esthetics. The introduction of twenty-five pages is by the translator and editor.
“Diderot’s range is extraordinary, as within this small volume he breaks ground in ethics and aesthetics, in the criticism of religion and of art. ... The ‘Letter on the deaf and dumb’ is full of interesting speculations upon aesthetics, which Lessing afterwards turned to account, and the ‘Philosophic thoughts,’ burnt by the Parliament of Paris in 1746, has still its interest as a breviary of philosophic scepticism.”
+ =Int J Ethics= 27:538 Jl ‘17 220w
“The main philosophical point treated in the volume is the relation between mental development and sensuous endowment, a point on which some diversity of opinion is still maintained. His conclusion is that ‘the state of our organs and our senses has a great influence upon our metaphysics and our morality.’ ... To most modern psychologists Diderot’s principle will seem so manifestly true as scarcely to admit of discussion. Nevertheless, the principle has been called into question recently by the new realists, who argue that the human mind is in immediate contact with objective truth. For the confutation of such views Diderot’s acute observations upon a blind man and a deaf-mute of his acquaintance are not without value at the present time.”
=Nature= 99:343 Je 28 ‘17 230w
“This collection of Diderot’s ‘Early works’ is worthy to be studied in connection with Morley’s book on ‘Diderot and the Encyclopedists,’ but it will be found interesting for its religious and esthetic speculations by all readers of intellectual tastes.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 23 ‘17 170w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p136 Mr 22 ‘17 1250w
=DILNOT, FRANK.= Lloyd George: the man and his story. il *$1 (2c) Harper 17-10671
The author has written of the career of the man who now rules England “with an absoluteness granted to no man, king or statesman, since the British became a nation,” as he himself has watched it. Among the chapters are: The village cobbler who helped the British empire; How Lloyd George became famous at twenty-five; Fighting the lone hand; The daredevil statesman; The first great task; How Lloyd George broke the House of lords; At home and in Downing Street; A champion of war; The alliance with Northcliffe; At high pressure; His inconsistencies; How he became prime minister; The future of Lloyd George. Lloyd George’s Lincoln day message is reprinted in an appendix.
=A L A Bkl= 14:23 O ‘17
“The book will well repay perusal.”
+ =Ath= p473 S ‘17 50w
“Mr Dilnot has given us, not a critical estimate of the great English leader, for that is, at a time when men feel rather than think, impossible, but a clear, journalistic, if you will, and sympathetic account of the man as he appears to a newspaper writer who has had an unusual opportunity for following his career and a capacity for its interpretation. He is frankly an enthusiastic believer in the man and his policies.” J. T. Gerould
=Bellman= 22:438 Ap 21 ‘17 700w
“Our thanks are due to Mr Dilnot for the most plausible picture yet given us of the most extraordinary man of the epoch.” G. I. Colbron
+ =Bookm= 45:415 Je ‘17 1900w
“Mr Dilnot has had first-hand acquaintance with British politics and political leaders for two or three decades, and he has written a substantial book on the dramatic contest over the Lloyd George budget of 1909. The present biography is a simple chronicle, highly laudatory, yet hardly more than the subject seems to demand.”
+ =Dial= 62:529 Je 14 ‘17 300w
“The Prime minister of the British empire has had a career so meteoric and possesses a personality so unusual that biographers are likely to swarm about his story for many a day. Mr Dilnot’s, which is one of the best thus far, is brief, less than 200 pages, but graphic, and aims less to give a conventional account of his life than to present a picture of him that will make understandable his character and career.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:140 Ap 15 ‘17 1100w
“Lloyd George will be chiefly known, we believe, as the friend of the poor, and this is the thread which runs through the volume, especially accentuated as to labor influence.”
+ =Outlook= 116:32 My 2 ‘17 220w
=Pittsburgh= 22:526 Je ‘17 50w
+ =R of Rs= 55:666 Je ‘17 50w
=St Louis= 15:186 Je ‘17
“He writes as a candid friend, and devotes a whole chapter to Mr Lloyd George’s ‘inconsistencies,’ but for all that he contrives to suggest that the history of England for the last ten years has centred in his hero. The future historian will, we think, take a different view.”
– + =Spec= 119:192 Ag 25 ‘17 120w
=Springf’d Republican= p17 My 6 ‘17 550w
=DITCHFIELD, PETER HAMPSON.= England of Shakespeare. il *$2 Dutton (*6s Methuen & co., London) 822.3 (Eng ed 17-17653)
“Mr Ditchfield has provided here a series of pen-sketches depicting in a popular and readable way the England that was Shakespeare’s, its religion, the court, the capital, the poet’s home, travelling, the great country-houses, the navy and army, agriculture and trade, dress, literature, and the drama, the people’s games and sports, the prevalent roguery, vagabondage, and punishments, and the current superstitions, such as beliefs in necromancy, astrology, and witchcraft. The book includes twelve illustrations.”—Ath
=Ath= p201 Ap ‘17 80w
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Jl 7 ‘17 550w
“Every student of Shakespeare, and, indeed, every student of Elizabethan literature, should read this book. It contains much rare and curious information helpful for the interpretation of the literature of the time. We hope that the author, in a second edition, will expurge the offensive expression ‘papists’ which constantly disfigures the pages of his book, and substitute the true appellation ‘Catholic’ instead.”
+ — =Cath World= 106:396 D ‘17 410w
“The kindly country clergyman shows his real quality when he describes what he calls the country of ‘leafy Warwickshire,’ as typical of the rest of rural England in Shakespeare’s time. ‘The England of Shakespeare’ is a book that no lover of Shakespeare can afford not to read.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:318 Ag 26 ‘17 550w
“Making all due allowances for the exigencies of war time, we must still consider Mr Ditchfield curiously careless in small details. Any Latin scholar could make obvious emendations in the lines on p. 200, and there are several misquotations of passages and names that should be familiar as household words. His selections from representative views of the period are the strong point of his book.”
+ — =Sat R= 123:257 Mr 17 ‘17 1250w
“All the main facts are well known already. But Mr Ditchfield retells them with such enthusiasm and in a setting of such pleasant anecdote and quotation that they must make an appeal of freshness even to the mind saturated in seventeenth-century history.”
+ =Spec= 118:415 Ap 7 ‘17 1900w
“Especially graphic are the pen pictures which the author gives of the famous queen herself.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Jl 8 ‘17 250w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p83 F 15 ‘17 100w
=DIVER, MRS KATHERINE HELEN MAUD (MARSHALL).= Unconquered; a romance. il *$1.50 (1½c) Putnam 17-23756
Mrs Diver has written in “Unconquered” a war novel of conventional type. It tells the story of Sir Mark Forsyth’s infatuation for Bel Alison, a selfish young beauty, his return from the war with an injured spine, the exit of the beauty from the scene and the entrance of Sheila Melrose, the sweet young girl who has always loved Sir Mark and who is his mother’s choice for him.
=A L A Bkl= 14:130 Ja ‘18
“As a love-story the book, despite its wordiness, should prove of interest to those who like their war literature flavoured with romance. As an indictment of democratic government it has too much the air of being wise after the event.”
– + =Ath= p596 N ‘17 90w
“Mrs Diver has done this part of her story especially well, for it requires skill to make so vivid and yet so restrained a drawing of those early war days.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 16 ‘18 1450w
=Nation= 106:95 Ja 24 ‘18 170w
“The novel is too long, and the latter part of its drags more than a little, but it is written with sincerity.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:468 N 11 ‘17 500w
“In spite of the thin motif, the book has merits. ... Moreover, in an age overgiven to revolt against anything which makes for a standard or for discipline, it is refreshing to find an advocate of ‘the brave old wisdom of acceptance’ as a philosophy of life.”
+ — =Sat R= 124:311 O 20 ‘17 280w
“As we read the book we live through once again those summer and autumn months of 1914. It is a true picture of the early phases of public opinion in regard to the war, as well as a good love-story.”
+ =Spec= 119:451 O 27 ‘17 750w
“The only touch of individuality anywhere is Bel’s pacifism. The other characters are just puppets trained to make a continual call upon the admiration of the reader. What is still more unfortunate is that Mrs Diver has bespattered her pages with serious discussion in the manner of the most commonplace leading articles of three years ago. ... We are treated by these solemn talkers to all the old truths which have now become truisms, and the old clichés which have become banalities.”
— =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p494 O 11 ‘17 250w
=DIXON, ROYAL.= Human side of birds. il *$1.60 (3½c) Stokes 598.2 17-29555
An original study of birds which characterizes them according to their activities. Some are artists, cliff-dwellers and mound-builders, policemen, dancers, athletes and musicians; while others are scavengers and street cleaners, aviators, fishermen, mimics, ventriloquists and actors. The bird court of justice and the bird beauty parlor also come in for a share of novel treatment. Mr Dixon says, “It should be remembered that birds have a life, a point of view, and a destiny of their own, and that our failure to comprehend them in no way justifies us in concluding that they are in every sense below us in the scale of existence. ... There are birds of as many shades of character and disposition as there are types of people. There are the gay, the sad; the sociable, the reserved; the trustful, the shy; the frank, the deceitful; the honest, the dishonest; the gentle, the violent; the peaceful, the quarrelsome; and so on. However, it should be emphasized that the prevailing note of birddom is one of happiness and good cheer.”
“Mr Dixon has a fertile imagination, but he also has a wide knowledge of nature and he is very enthusiastic.” N. H. D.
+ — =Boston Transcript= p3 D 15 ‘17 950w
“It contains much curious information, scientific and historic, and some that is neither, in a strict sense, but is none the less readable.”
+ =Dial= 63:537 N 22 ‘17 180w
“Colored plates and many photographs add to the attractiveness of the pleasantly chatty and at times quaintly imaginative papers.”
+ =Ind= 91:189 Ag 4 ‘17 30w
“It is a very interesting book and one which ought to open the eyes and sharpen the perceptions of most people to whom a tree is just a tree. The last chapter, on ‘Trees and civilization,’ is full of facts, eloquently presented, to show how great is the necessity that the human world and the tree world should co-operate for the good of civilization.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:289 Ag 5 ‘17 450w
“The book has a unique interest. The pictures are excellent.”
+ =Outlook= 117:577 D 5 ‘17 50w
+ =Pratt= p19 O ‘17 20w
=DIXON, ROYAL, and FITCH, FRANKLYN EVERETT.= Human side of trees; wonders of the tree world. il *$1.60 (4c) Stokes 582 17-10453
“Man is the highest form of animal life and the trees are the highest form of vegetable life. They have much in common,” say the authors of this book. It is a companion volume to “The human side of plants” and its purpose is “to present the trees as living, lovable personalities—working and playing in a world quite as real and vital as our own; and possessing many habits and attributes which we often imagine are exclusively human.” Among the chapters are: Trees that build cities; Trees with a personality; Tree physiology; Trees that are fashionable; Trees with a college education; Trees and their business methods. There are over thirty illustrations, some of them in color.
“The illustrations are good and facts are authentic, but scientists may take exception to the method of presentation.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:381 Je ‘17
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 3 ‘17 380w
=N Y Br Lib News= 5:76 My ‘17
+ =Outlook= 115:761 Ap 25 ‘17 30w
+ =R of Rs= 55:665 Je ‘17 230w
“The book is, of course, rather entertaining than scientific, but the devices which it employs are legitimate apart from their object in interesting the student in a further pursuit of the science of dendrology.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 My 4 ‘17 130w
=DIXON, WILLIAM MACNEILE.= British navy at war. il *75c (3c) Houghton 940.91 18-1524
The professor of English language and literature in the University of Glasgow has given a graphic account of the work of the British navy during the war. He considers The war at sea—New problems—German tactics; tells of The ocean battles—Coronel and the Falkland Isles; of the North sea battles—the Dogger Bank and Jutland; of the work of the Submarines; of Blockade and bombardment; pays a tribute to the Grand fleet and ends with a summary of What the British navy has done for the world. The author acknowledges his indebtedness to the correspondence columns of the Times and to the Cornhill and other magazines for a number of descriptive quotations.
“Before the United States entered the great war we heard now and then that question of unpardonable ignorance: ‘What is the British fleet doing?’ ... The author has with remarkable brevity and brilliancy told the real story of the British navy in the recent war. It thrills the reader, and it is as authentic as it is inspiring.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 15 ‘17 700w
“Every word of it makes interesting reading; and not a small part of the pleasure the book imparts, is due to the author’s clear and flowing style.”
+ =Cath World= 106:265 N ‘17 250w
+ =Ind= 92:301 N 10 ‘17 70w
“As a chronology of events it is of considerable value.” J. W.
+ =N Y Call= p14 S 9 ‘17 170w
=N Y Call= p14 S 16 ‘17 300w
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 20w
=R of Rs= 56:325 S ‘17 40w
“This is a handy little book for the general reader who finds it hard to keep in mind a connected account of British naval operations simply from reading the papers. But if one is looking for a critical analysis of these operations, one must turn elsewhere. As history it is simply a hymn of praise.” W: O. Stevens
– + =Yale R= n s 7:418 Ja ‘18 950w
=DOBBS, ELLA VICTORIA.= Illustrative handwork for elementary school subjects. il *$1.10 Macmillan 371.3 17-13974
This desk manual discusses “the use of sand tables, pictures, and construction work in developing a clear understanding of history, geography and literature.” (Ind) “There are about twenty selected projects in detail besides lists of projects carried out by fifth, sixth and seventh grades.” (School Arts Magazine)
+ =Ind= 91:294 Ag 25 ‘17 70w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:103 Jl ‘17
“Every classroom teacher should have this manual on her desk.”
+ =School Arts Magazine= 17:44 S ‘17 120w
=DODGE, HENRY IRVING.= Skinner’s baby. *$1.25 (3c) Houghton 17-25433
The Skinners had distinctly “arrived” since the first dress-suit was bought but husband and wife are still dividing “fifty-fifty.” How would it be over the baby? Would he be Skinner’s or Honey’s? He was to be a “regular boy.” So much was agreed. And a “regular boy” must have “a clean mind, a stout heart, and a strong body.” Could they make him one by working together or must each do a separate part? It took some adjusting but in the end it was “fifty-fifty” still. For his mother taught him to pray while his father showed him the way to the old swimming-pool and to the use of the boxing-gloves. And together husband and wife solved the puzzles that will fall to the share of, if not every reader, at least to every reader’s neighbor.
=A L A Bkl= 14:131 Ja ‘18
“The little tale is amusing, and the account of Skinner’s dreams before the baby came at once funny and pathetic. Baby Skinner himself is no supernaturally virtuous cherub, but a sturdy youngster, energetic, inquisitive, and possessed of that appalling logic which some children wield, to the utter dismay of those who endeavor to cope with them.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:500 N 25 ‘17 210w
=DODGE, LOUIS.= Children of the desert. *$1.35 (2½c) Scribner 17-7927
This is the story of Harboro and Sylvia. Harboro was forty when he met Sylvia. He had led the adventurous life of a railroad man in the Southwest and in Mexico. He was solid and substantial, a very rock of firmness and integrity. Sylvia was—there is no other word for her—a light woman. Harboro married her, knowing nothing of her past, and the men who did know and the woman who suspected kept silent out of respect for Harboro. Out of such a situation tragedy must inevitably come. The amazing thing about the story is the appealing sweetness of Sylvia. As the author draws her character, it is impossible wholly to condemn her. The action is played out in two towns that face one another across the Rio Grande.
“Mr Dodge makes both the woman and the man wholly plausible, and it is obvious that he seeks to present them as the victims of an inexorable fate.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Mr 21 ‘17 350w
“A work of intense concentration and elimination. ... The author has shown in this latest novel an underlying strength and determination that ought to carry him a long way, and that should also lead him to overcome the looseness of writing that is such a blot upon his careful structure.”
+ — =Dial= 62:402 My 3 ‘17 330w
“The author of ‘Bonnie May’ has written another book. And a greater difference can scarcely be imagined than that which exists between Louis Dodge’s first published novel and this second book which has just appeared. ‘Children of the desert’ is a study of character and of a problem which has been studied before and which will probably be studied for many a long year to come; it is set in the crudity and the wildness of Mexican border life; it is profoundly simple; and it is sheer tragedy.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:83 Mr 11 ‘17 700w
“While it is remarkably restrained in tone, free from gunfire and all traces of flashiness, some of its vital features belong to melodrama, and its dénouement, tho tragic in Hardy’s second best manner, is brought about by a potently melodramatic device. On the one hand the book inspires serious comparisons; and on the other it makes one wonder whether it is justified beyond the furnishing of an evening’s excitement.” Joseph Mosher
=Pub W= 91:972 Mr 17 ‘17 500w
“Louis Dodge’s purpose in portraying the type of woman whose behavior is the central thread of ‘Children of the desert’ is not clear. Her portrayal proves nothing more valuable than it is possible for a human being to be without moral sense. Mr Dodge handles his theme with considerable skill, but his instinct to drown the novelist in the essayist will not down.”
– + =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 30 ‘17 220w
Domestic service, by an old servant; with a preface by Mrs George Wemyss. il *$1 (4½c) Houghton 647 17-24417
“This is not a manual of domestic service, but recollections, reflections, and advice to young servants by an old servant who has been in nineteen situations—nine in Scotland, and ten in England—covering a period of fifty-two years.” (Ath) “It gives a realistic picture of life as it is lived and thought about by the typical well-behaved, well-treated servant of the old school, rather prosily contented in the lot whereto God has called her, happy to be remembered in the blessings of a considerate master or mistress.” (Springf’d Republican)
“The ‘old servant’s’ account, which is carefully edited, is a pleasing record of good feeling on the side both of employers and employed.”
=Ath= p411 Ag ‘17 60w
“It is a delight to read this simple, moving record. There is emphasis in each chapter on the enduring value of loyalty in every walk of life.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:555 N ‘17 40w
“With all proper respect for the virtue of contentment there is genuine pathos in the sheeplike quality of the nameless author’s devotion to duty. The editor of the book has shown doubtful wisdom or kindness in leaving the author’s English at its original loose ends.”
=Springf’d Republican= p15 Jl 29 ‘17 160w
=DOMINIAN, LEON.= Frontiers of language and nationality in Europe. il *$3 Holt 940 17-15963
“This book is submitted as a study in applied geography. Its preparation grew out of a desire to trace the connection existing between linguistic areas in Europe and the subdivision of the continent into nations. The endeavor has been made to show that language exerts a strong formative influence on nationality because words express thoughts and ideals. But underlying the currents of national feeling, or of speech, is found the persistent action of the land, or geography. ... Upon these foundations, linguistic frontiers deserve recognition as the symbol of the divide between distinct sets of economic and social conditions.” (Preface) The author is a graduate of Robert college, Constantinople, and he has given particular attention to the Turkish situation because of its importance in the whole European entanglement. The book is an outgrowth of a series of articles written for the Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. The several colored maps of the book have been prepared under the direction of the American geographical society, and Dr Madison Grant, its president, has written the introduction.
“Seems qualified to become a standard source of information on the topics in the field it covers.” C. D.
+ =Am Econ R= 7:841 D ‘17 60w
“A full linguistic atlas of Europe is a desideratum, and the author has come so near to supplying it that one regrets he did not go further and include many more of the available but scattered linguistic maps of different sections. In matters touching the character, history, and relationship of languages, there are not a few remarks which savor of uncritical popular philology, some merely naïve in expression, some positively erroneous. But these do not seriously affect the main purpose and value of the book.” C. D. Buck
+ — =Am Hist R= 23:171 O ‘17 900w
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:19 O ‘17
“When the author leaves the task of analysis to outline the application of what racial and linguistic conditions he considers the proper bases for boundary-making and their application to present-day political problems, his discussion becomes less convincing.” C. L. Jones
+ — =Ann Am Acad= 73:238 S ‘17 450w
Reviewed by Albert Schinz
+ =Bookm= 46:293 N ‘17 550w
“Excellent maps, showing in colors the distribution of peoples, and also showing-languages having political significance, greatly aid in presenting the results of the author’s study. ... In size, type, illustrations and mechanical work the book is excellent.” H. S. K.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 6 ‘17 450w
+ =Cleveland= p115 S ‘17 30w
“The author is decidedly at his best in treating of the racial situation in Turkey.”
+ =Ind= 91:265 Ag 18 ‘17 120w
“The material here gathered is of great value to the student of history, diplomacy, and language, and this service does not depend upon the author’s theories and solutions.”
+ =Lit D= 55:43 O 13 ‘17 370w
“Mr Dominian is well-fitted to perform his task because of his familiarity with European languages, geography, and politics; and his work is a valuable contribution to that large mass of data, literary and otherwise, which undoubtedly will play an important part in the readjustment of national boundaries in Europe at the termination of the war.”
+ =Nation= 105:637 D 6 ‘17 850w
“Supplies a pressing need. In any circumstances the appearance of this book would have been an event of importance to scholars since it is by far the most competent work on the subject available in English. Just now its practical value is so great that it ought not to become a scholar’s monopoly.” A. J.
+ =New Repub= 11:337 Jl 21 ‘17 1050w
“The author deserves a special word of commendation for the impartial attitude of mind with which he has faced his facts and endeavored to give to each one its full significance.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:256 Jl 8 ‘17 430w
+ =Outlook= 116:451 Jl 18 ‘17 150w
=Pittsburgh= 22:760 N ‘17 50w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Jl 15 ‘17 700w
“Anyone who thinks it will be quite easy to adjust boundaries after this war so as to insure stable equilibrium through any simple formula like ‘respect for the rights of small nationalities’ should read this careful and scholarly study.” K. H. Claghorn
+ =Survey= 38:553 S 22 ‘17 500w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p599 D 6 ‘17 130w
“The book is full of learning interestingly expressed, cleverly arranged, and adequately illustrated with typical photographs and careful maps, in one of which he is at pains to leave uncoloured the uninhabited areas, a lesson in accuracy to be learned by many ethnographical cartographers. East of the Aegean, however, Mr Dominian’s work is more open to criticism than when he deals with Europe.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p611 D 13 ‘17 2000w
=DONHAM, S. AGNES.= Marketing and housework manual. il *$1.50 Little 640 17-31012
Here is offered the benefit of twenty years of study and experiment in scientific household management. The instruction covers the following phases of home activity: General rules for marketing; Marketing charts; Menu making; Menu and order sheets; How to select foods—what the body needs; Food inventory; The cellar and laundry; The kitchen and kitchen pantry; The dining room, pantry and dish washing; The dining room and table service; The living room; The chambers and bed making; The bathroom and storage closets; General cleaning—sweeping, dusting; To open and close a house; House inspections; Small repairs, plumbing troubles; The reading of gas and electric meters; Program of work; Household pests.
=DORLAND, WILLIAM ALEXANDER NEWMAN.=[2] Sum of feminine achievement. *$1.50 Stratford co. 396 17-24822
A critical and analytical study of woman’s contribution to the intellectual progress of the world. This is “the century of the women,” the writer avers, “The course of development of the education of women has been by cycles, and at the present time there appears to have been reached an unusual wave, sweeping on the movement with unusual force and energy.” The chapter headings suggest the scope of the volume: Genius and femininity; A galaxy of talent; The mentality of famous men and women compared; The achievements of women in youth and old age; The sum of feminine achievement; Woman’s contribution to science; The feminine side of art; Woman in literature; The intellectual correlation of the sexes. An alphabetical table is appended of the famous women of modern times.
=Pittsburgh= 22:765 N ‘17 80w
=DORR, MRS RHETA (CHILDE).=[2] Inside the Russian revolution. il *$1.50 (2c) Macmillan 947 17-31172
A clearly written, popular, first hand account of the dramatic happenings in Russia, during the past few months of revolution and upheaval. Liberal, democratic inclinations furnish the writer standards of measurement and criticism. She points out the underlying aims of the Bolsheviki or Maximalists and comments upon their unfitness for leadership. Among the events which she reviews are the July revolution, the striking activities of Mareea Botchkareva, the modern Joan d’Arc who commanded the Battalion of death, the treachery of Rasputin and his tragic death, the part that Anna Virubova played in the revolutionary drama, the passing of the Romanoffs and the leadership of Kerensky. The closing chapters consider Russia’s greatest needs—leadership, education, wholesome popular amusements, soda fountains—and venture a conjecture or two concerning what could happen in Russia next. At the moment when the Bolsheviki are attracting favorable notice many of Mrs Dorr’s statements and prophecies seem obsolete.
“Does not reflect the changed conditions.”
– + =Boston Transcript= p7 D 26 ‘17 240w
“An important book of the Russian situation and events leading to it.”
+ =Ind= 93:151 Ja 26 ‘18 30w
“It furnishes most excellent reading for the host of half-baked reformers who imagine that the world can be created anew overnight, and deserves a wide circulation both among these and among readers who take a saner point of view.”
+ =Outlook= 118:68 Ja 9 ‘18 100w
=R of Rs= 57:214 F ‘18 100w
“Vivid and most instructive narrative. Mrs Dorr’s book is an excellent piece of reporting.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 4 ‘18 730w
=DORSEY, GEORGE AMOS.= Young Low. *$1.50 (1c) Doran 17-18356
It is for the most part the life of an average young American under average conditions that the author describes. Young Low spends his boyhood and youth in a small town in Ohio. His home is the commonplace, middle-class home, his parents are not without understanding of boy nature, and his childhood is on the whole happy. Yet in two matters, religion and sex, the handicap of his early training remains with him for many years, if not for life. Much of the latter half of the story has to do with the agencies that were helpful in overcoming the effects of his narrow training in religion and his utter lack of training in regard to sex. The person who helped clarify his ideas on this question was Alexandra Lanflere. This woman, who stood in a relation to him that his early standards would have condemned, is represented as the best and finest influence that had come into his life.
“The publishers announce that ‘you have never read a book like this. You have never read so frank a revelation of a young man’s life—a boyhood and youth intensely American, both in ancestry and surroundings.’ This exaggerates matters a little, since we may recall a number of stories of recent years which approach this one in realism of setting and ‘frankness,’ not to say grossness, of detail. Part 1 of this book gives an uncommonly vivid picture of certain aspects of childhood and boyhood in a small Ohio community. We have already had such a picture, frank without grossness, in Mr Howells’s ‘A boy’s town,’ and the two pictures might well be compared as illustrating the difference between protestant and catholic methods of literary art.” H. W. Boynton
— =Bookm= 45:646 Ag ‘17 450w
“There is nothing more remarkable in the story than the way in which the author gets under the mental attitude of Young Low and makes us see its naturalness and its inevitability.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 S 22 ‘17 850w
“It is unfortunate that the really excellent presentation of matter should be marred by a vast amount of modern Freudian dogma, which has not yet worked down to reasonable proportions.”
+ — =Dial= 63:163 Ag 30 ‘17 200w
“Here, for a recent American example, is the ‘Young Low’ of a ‘new’ writer who essays to be extremely American in the continental manner—or, it is more just to say, in the continental mood. It refreshingly lacks the Russo-Gallic accent which our bold young ‘realists’ so frequently affect. It has an excellent autobiographical style, free from bookishness on the one hand and from the conventionalized vernacular of the magazines on the other.”
– + =Nation= 105:177 Ag 16 ‘17 600w
“The story has the faults that are inherent in its method. ... Nevertheless, it is an interesting tale, written with vigor and sincerity and a wide and varied knowledge of American life. ... The author’s sense of character is stronger than his ability in its portrayal. ... He writes with plainness of language upon the sexual impulses, inhibitions, experiences, and knowledge of the boy, the adolescent, and the young man, but there is in all his pages no taint of the lascivious. ... Artistically the finest feature of the book is the sense of the urge of dynamic forces in American life, in both society in general and in the individual.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:230 Je 17 ‘17 750w
=DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH.= Eternal husband, and other stories. (Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, v. 8) *$1.50 (1c) Macmillan 17-17080
Three stories newly translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett are included in this volume: The eternal husband; The double; A gentle spirit. In the first story a woman is characterized as “one of those women who are born to be unfaithful wives.” The woman herself is dead at the opening of the story, which thereafter has to do chiefly with a man who had once been her lover and his relations with her husband. The husband is he who is characterized in the title, a man who all his life is a husband and nothing more. He is the complementary type to the woman referred to.
“Confused, occasionally incoherent in style.”
— =Cleveland= p103 S ‘17 30w
“All of Dostoevsky’s qualities are in this latest volume, ‘The eternal husband.’ But so concentrated are they that the Dostoevsky novice would better begin with that poignant, but less extravagant, story, ‘The insulted and injured,’ or that epic of frustrated aspiration, ‘The brothers Karamazov.’ ... Such stories as in ‘The eternal husband’, however fantastic the problems of the soul, get deeply into us. We cannot ignore them, we cannot take them irresponsibly. We cannot read them for amusement, or even in detachment, as we can our classics. We forget our categories, our standards, our notions of human nature. All we feel is that we are tracing the current of life itself. ... If we are strong enough to hear him, this is the decisive force we need on our American creative outlook.” Randolph Bourne
+ =Dial= 63:24 Je 28 ‘17 1500w
“‘The eternal husband’ and ‘The double’ are over long, and loosely constructed. They are both excellent studies of the abnormal, as is usual Dostoevsky; but they possess one quality which is not at all usual with him, or indeed with any other Russian novelist—the quality of humor. An ironic and rather sneering humor, to be sure, but still undoubtedly humor.”
+ — =Ind= 93:150 Ja 26 ‘18 150w
+ =R of Rs= 56:102 Jl ‘17 150w
“The three long short-stories that make up this volume hardly rank with the best of Dostoevsky’s work—although they belong to the greatest period of his genius—but they are interesting as illustrating his methods. ... ‘The eternal husband’ is a powerful psychological study of a man of unpleasant type. ... The second story in the volume. ‘The double,’ is the least successful, but the last, ‘The gentle spirit,’ which deals with a man’s sensations after his wife’s death, is unforgettable.”
+ =Sat R= 123:343 Ap 14 ‘17 600w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p91 F 22 ‘17 1750w
“‘The double,’ was published the same year as ‘Poor folk,’ but not even Mrs Garnett and Dostoievski together can make it worth reading. ‘The eternal husband’ is a later work, and the exceedingly powerful close atones for much indifferent matter in the course of the story.” W: L. Phelps
– + =Yale R= n s 7:188 O ‘17 190w
=DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH.= Gambler, and other stories; from the Russian by Constance Garnett. *$1.50 (lc) Macmillan
The ninth volume of Mrs Garnett’s translation of the works of Dostoevsky. It contains three stories, “The gambler,” “Poor people,” and “The landlady.” The title story follows the fortunes of a poor Russian tutor at a German resort where the roulette table furnished the main diversion—nay more, obsession. The best of him is his love of Polina. Under his eye she debases herself. Disillusionment leaves him easy prey for the fitful caprice of the roulette board. He is drawn into the vortex when the reader leaves him. “Poor people” portrays the struggles of folk of humble life. The story is told in a series of letters between an elderly clerk and a young girl who turns from him to marry a prosperous tradesman. The third tale, “The landlady,” tells the symbolic story of a luckless student who was baffled in liberating the girl he loved from the prison house that bound her.
+ =Ind= 93:151 Ja 26 ‘18 220w
“Had Dostoevsky never written anything else these stories would suffice to give him rank among the great writers. They are not ‘pleasant’ tales, they are tales of the kind described by the quotation which heads ‘Poor people,’ tales that ‘unearth all sorts of unpleasant things,’ and therefore the lovers of sugary fiction will do well to avoid them. But those who care for human nature and for the art of writing will find them distinctly fascinating.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:516 D 2 ‘17 1300w
“The first story in particular seems to us to have a sharpness and clearness of outline which is sometimes lacking in the author’s more elaborate works.”
+ =Outlook= 117:614 D 12 ‘17 80w
“Mrs Garnett is one of the two best translators from the Russian that live to-day, but even she cannot make ‘The gambler, and other stories’ anything but dull. It is at least pleasant to have in our hands a trustworthy and complete translation of the tales.”
– + =Sat R= 124:311 O 20 ‘17 70w
“‘The gambler’ is evidently based on a French model, and the humor is forced and metallic, as if the author were not really interested in his theme. The best story in the book is Dostoevsky’s first work, ‘Poor people.’”
– + =Spec= 119:359 O 6 ‘17 920w
“‘The gambler’ will throw a good deal of light upon the processes of the mind whose powers seem almost beyond analysis in such works as ‘The idiot’ and ‘The brothers Karamazov.’ If we call it second rate compared with these, we mean chiefly that it impresses us as a sketch flung off at tremendous and almost inarticulate speed by a writer of such abundant power that even into this trifle, this scribbled and dashed-off fragment, the fire of genius has been breathed.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p489 O 11 ‘17 1100w
=DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH.= Pages from the journal of an author; tr. by S. Koteliansky and J. Middleton Murry. (Modern Russian library) *$1.25 (5c) Luce, J: W. 891.7 (Eng ed 17-20968)
This book contains two selections. Of the first, “The dream of a queer fellow,” Mr Murry in his introduction says, “It is an epitome of the problems which tormented him.” With this dream allegory is included the speech on Pushkin, delivered on June 8, 1880 at the meeting of the Society of lovers of Russian literature, with additional notes.
=Cleveland= p64 My ‘17 70w
“The little story or essay of sombre intensity is a key to Dostoevsky’s works.” Nellie Poorman
=Dial= 62:481 My 31 ‘17 800w
“In the beatific vision described with such felicitous simplicity in ‘The dream of a queer fellow,’ the quintessence of Dostoevsky’s questionings, desolation, strivings and mental sufferings is revealed. One gets the strange feeling that he is telling truths beyond which there are no others.” D: Rosenstein
+ =N Y Call= p14 Jl 29 ‘17 2300w
=DOTY, ALVAH HUNT.= Good health; how to get it and how to keep it. il *$1.50 (2c) Appleton 613 17-19827
This book by the former health officer of the port of New York tells the layman, in simple terms, how to get well and how to keep well. “It has been the aim of the author to include in this book the essential and salient points in the construction of the body and function of its various parts; also to discuss public health problems, the maintenance of individual physical well-being, the means by which infectious diseases are transmitted and how they may be prevented, the importance of pure air, good water and nourishing food, as well as other matters connected with the subject of hygiene.” (Preface) The last chapter deals with “Prompt aid to the injured.”
“No better or more authoritative book of this sort has appeared. It is thorough in its treatment of the subject, accurate in its statements and considers with much detail every phase of the question. Dr Doty takes nothing for granted as to how much his readers may know already.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:541 D 9 ‘17 470w
=R of Rs= 56:555 N ‘17 50w
=DOTY, MADELEINE ZABRISKIE.= Short rations: an American woman in Germany, 1915-1916. il *$1.50 (3c) Century 940.91 17-8352
An account of two visits to the warring countries. “It is the story of what happens at home when men go to war,” says the author. She adds a significant paragraph in explanation of her title: “While the men at the front slaughter one another, at home the mothers and children, the sick, the aged, the prisoners, are starved spiritually, intellectually, and physically. Life becomes a fight for existence, a struggle for one’s self and not for humanity.” The first visit was made at the time of the Woman’s peace conference at The Hague. The second was made in 1916. Of particular interest is the account of the second visit to Germany.
“A popular and moving appeal for a speedy cessation of war.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:345 My ‘17
=Ath= p368 Jl ‘17 200w
=Boston Transcript= p7 Ap 4 ‘17 550w
“An emotional book, obviously overdrawn, but moving in the extreme.”
=Cleveland= p82 Je ‘17 70w
“By means of a very feminine degree of intuition, a journalistic sense of observation, a telegraphic style, and a purely American sense of humor, Miss Doty has achieved one of the most suggestive reports of conditions inside the German empire that it has been our fortune to see.”
+ =Dial= 62:484 My 31 ‘17 370w
“If Miss Doty had entered Germany less prejudiced against the government and the people and with some knowledge of the German language—she was entirely dependent upon interpreters—her book would have gained much in authority. At the same time her experiences are interesting, often exciting, and they are told with eagerness and zest.”
+ — =Nation= 105:129 Ag 2 ‘17 200w
“In spite of the false vividness and fore-shortening of reality that is at a premium in American newspaper offices, in spite of occasional ‘worked up’ sentimentalism and a rather cheap-jewelry style, in spite of trivialities fused with basic interpretations in a common amalgam, ‘Short rations’ is a moving book. Miss Doty has a real passion for life, the woman’s horror at wasted flesh and broken bodies.”
+ – — =New Repub= 10:sup3 Ap 21 ‘17 400w
“It is, so far as we know, the best account yet written by any woman on the subjects dealt with.” Joshua Wanhope
+ =N Y Call= p15 Ap 15 ‘17 350w
+ =N Y Times= 22:98 Mr 18 ‘17 380w
– + =Spec= 119:390 O 13 ‘17 80w
“Her views are not official. Therein lies their value. But the danger is that, moving largely among the people who have suffered most acutely from the war, she has given a one-sided picture. ... Miss Doty’s treatment of details is so incisive and vivid that the reader seems to share her experiences. Possibly in the long run her tone may strike one as slightly high-pitched.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p6 Mr 27 ‘17 1000w
“The present volume belongs to that category of books whose chief raison d’etre is the reluctance of many educated persons to throw away notes made during travel and copies of letters written home. ... Not knowing the German language well, Miss Doty got a good many false impressions, and hands on some hearsay of doubtful authenticity.” B. L.
— =Survey= 38:174 My 19 ‘17 280w
“She writes vivaciously, and observes shrewdly where minor matters are concerned; but her vision of the larger issues is sadly blurred by sentimental tears.”
– + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p308 Je 28 ‘17 670w
=DOUBLEDAY, NELTJE BLANCHAN (DE GRAFF) (MRS FRANK NELSON DOUBLEDAY) (NELTJE BLANCHAN, pseud.).= Birds worth knowing. (Little nature lib.; Worth knowing ser.) il *$1.60 (2½c) Doubleday 598.2 17-13205
The author has made selections from four of her previous books, “Bird neighbors,” “Birds that hunt and are hunted,” “How to attract the birds,” and “Birds every child should know.” Her aim has been to include in this single volume the “birds most worth knowing.” There are forty-eight illustrations in color, provided by the National association of Audubon societies.
“The descriptive tables make the book more useful for bird study than ‘Birds every child should know,’ although, because the birds are grouped under families rather than colors, it has more worth as general interesting information than as an aid to identification. Illustrations are colored but are not as good as those of the other books. Color key and index.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:457 Jl ‘17
+ =Ind= 91:109 Jl 21 ‘17 60w
“There is a very interesting and informing introductory chapter on ‘What birds do for us,’ that tells concisely their many activities in insect destruction and their consequent commercial value to man.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:254 Jl 8 ‘17 140w
“Compact, but not skeletonized, condensation of a book that has already won its place.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 8 ‘17 110w
=DOUBLEDAY, NELTJE BLANCHAN (DE GRAFF) (MRS FRANK NELSON DOUBLEDAY) (NELTJE BLANCHAN, pseud.).= Wild flowers worth knowing. (Little nature lib.; Worth knowing ser.) il *$1.60 (2½c) Doubleday 580 17-13204
This volume of the Little nature library has been adapted from the author’s “Nature’s garden” by Asa Don Dickinson. The flowers are arranged in families, the nomenclature and classification of Gray’s “New manual of botany” as revised by Professors Robinson and Fernald, being used. There are over forty illustrations in color.
=A L A Bkl= 13:457 Jl ‘17
“Well printed, well illustrated, and admirably adapted for home and school use.”
+ =Outlook= 116:116 My 16 ‘17 30w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 8 ‘17 110w
=DOUBLEDAY, ROMAN.= Green Tree mystery, il *$1.40 Appleton 17-24164
“Upon the body of a man found dead by the roadside is a notebook in which is written a confession that he has killed the deservedly unpopular rich man of the village. The search for an adequate motive opens up so many possibilities that the daughter of the murdered man employs a detective to discover the truth. The solution will come as a surprise to most readers.”—Cleveland
“The interest is well sustained.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:94 D ‘17
“A conventional detective story, following its tangled clues with indifference to anything but the pursuit in hand, and making a very pretty chase of it.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:342 N ‘17 30w
+ =Cleveland= p128 N ‘17 70w
“Its interest is largely due to the skill with which the author keeps the reader guessing as to the outcome.”
+ =Dial= 64:78 Ja 17 ‘18 30w
“The little tale is entertaining and sufficiently baffling.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:413 O 21 ‘17 250w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p13 D 30 ‘17 160w
=DOVER, ALFRED T.= Electric traction; a treatise on the application of electric power to tramways and railways. il *$5.50 Macmillan 621.3 17-19497
“The author of this book is a lecturer on electric traction at the Battersea Polytechnic, London, and the text is about what one would expect to find in a comprehensive course of lectures on electric traction. The style is appropriate to such a lecture course. In preparing the material for a wider audience Mr Dover had in mind that the book would be useful to engineers as well as to advanced students. A considerable number of illustrations of present practice are naturally drawn from that of Great Britain and the Continent, but American railways have by no means been neglected. The fundamental principles are, of course, applicable everywhere. The author has treated the main subject with the following topics as subdivisions: Mechanics of train movement; motors; control; auxiliary apparatus; rolling stock; detailed study of train movement; track and overhead construction, and distributing systems and substations. He has not tried to cover generating stations and transmission lines. ... The book is profusely illustrated with pictures and diagrams, covers direct-current and alternating-current railways, contains a great deal of comment as well as descriptive matter, and should prove a valuable reference work.”—Elec World
“Noteworthy are the line drawings especially those showing the details of electric locomotives.”
=Bul N Y Pub Library= 21:483 Jl ‘17 80w
=Cleveland= p93 Jl ‘17 60w
+ =Elec World= 70:216 Ag 4 ‘17 480w
“We congratulate the author on having succeeded in writing a treatise which engineers and advanced students will find most useful. He is evidently well read in the literature of the subject, most of which is published in the Proceedings of various engineering societies and technical journals, both in this country and abroad, and is therefore inaccessible to many. ... We have satisfactorily checked some of the calculations, and the book is laudably free from misprints. ... The numerous references form a useful feature of the book.” A. Russell
+ =Nature= 99:341 Je 28 ‘17 1200w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:105 Jl ‘17
“Noteworthy are the line drawings, especially those showing the details of electric locomotives.”
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p9 Ap ‘17 100w
=Pittsburgh= 22:658 O ‘17 20w
=DOWD, EMMA C.= Polly and the princess. il [2] *$1.35 (1½c) Houghton 17-29865
The June Holiday home is a sort of glorified old ladies’ home. Little Polly is a young philanthropist who, because she is Dr Dudley’s daughter, is a privileged visitor at the home. She interests herself in the group of women, singling out for special attention, Juanita Sterling, a sweet, neurotic woman of forty-one, whose youth and charm were still with her in spite of the loveless loneliness that had tried to rob her of both. Polly must have been born with the reformer’s spirit and more than average tact. She was too young to have developed them. She puts to shame many an institution manager and makes a substantial contribution to desirable constructive methods on the human side of institution management. And what of her Miss Nita? Polly caps the program of happiness which she puts into action in the home by a real romance. She sees a prince overcome the dragon superintendent of the home and carry off the princess. What better ending could her lively imagination picture?
=DOWDEN, EDWARD; GARNETT, RICHARD, and ROSSETTI, WILLIAM MICHAEL.= Letters about Shelley; interchanged by three friends; ed., with an introd., by R. S. Garnett. *$2 (3c) Doran (Eng ed 17-30909)
“The three friends were brought together by their common interest in Shelley, an interest not merely in his poetry, but in every detail of his life. Mr Rossetti and Professor Dowden both wrote lives of Shelley. Dr Garnett meant to write one, and was always collecting materials for it; but he was too busy in the British museum ever to do so. Still, to the other two he was the great authority on Shelley, always ready to help them with his knowledge.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) The letters, the first of which is dated 1869 and the last 1906, have been brought together by the cooperation of Mr W. M. Rossetti, Mrs Dowden, and the editor, the eldest son of third correspondent. The introduction, by R. S. and M. Garnett, gives brief biographies of the three letter-writers.
“Although in recent years we have had many books about Shelley, it is doubtful if we have had any at all comparable to the compilation of letters made from the correspondence of these three Shelley workers and enthusiasts. ... In its way, their book is a revelation of the art of biography making.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 O 17 ‘17 1500w
=Cleveland= p133 D ‘17 70w
“It comprises the greater part of the correspondence of three notable authorities on the poet, and reflects the broad-minded interest of each in literature and life in general. The most important general fact to be elicited from them is that of Dowden’s independence of the poet’s family. These letters show clearly that he followed his own opinion in essentials.”
+ =Dial= 63:645 D 20 ‘17 400w
“The letters interchanged by Dowden, Garnett and Rossetti communicate something that a biography can hardly communicate; they tell something of the spirit in which such work ought to be done; they make the reader collaborate in imagination with the biographer—make him an apprentice to a master.”
+ =No Am= 206:956 D ‘17 670w
“They contain some interesting matter in regard to Shelley, as well as speculations on the meaning of Shakespeare’s ‘Sonnets’ and other literary problems.”
+ =Spec= 119:145 Ag 11 ‘17 90w
“An interest which produces relations so charming must be good in itself; and the record of it puts one in love with human nature, even though it may sometimes set one smiling at the minute labours of the scholar and his mysterious, incorporeal passions.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p331 Jl 12 ‘17 980w
=DOWNER, EARL BISHOP.= Highway of death. il *$1.50 Davis 940.91 16-21959
“When the last battle of the war is fought and the casualties are figured up it is not likely that the doctors, nurses and hospital assistants who have sacrificed their lives will be forgotten. ... Dr Downer gives many enlightening facts about them. Among other things he describes the makeshift accommodations where, with inadequate help, the doctors have been forced to undertake almost impossible tasks. ... Dr Downer had unusual facilities of studying this momentous conflict. During a nine-months’ stay in Belgrade he saw the varied changes of occupation of that embattled city.”—Springf’d Republican
=Cleveland= p159 D ‘16 40w
=St Louis= 15:3 Ja ‘17
“The book, which is unusually interesting as a record of real experiences, is illustrated with many photographs taken by the author himself.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 25 ‘17 200w
=DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN.= His last bow; a reminiscence of Sherlock Holmes. *$1.35 (2c) Doran 17-28603
The inventor of Mr Sherlock Holmes and of Dr Watson has again given us a series of sketches relating their detective experiences. Seven of the eight sketches have, however, as Dr Watson states in his preface, lain long in his portfolio. The incidents narrated date back to 1892. The last adventure, from which the book takes its title, occurred on August 2, 1914. In it Sherlock Holmes has placed his genius at the service of his country for the undoing of the agents of the Kaiser. Contents: The adventure of Wisteria Lodge; The adventure of the cardboard box; The adventure of the red circle; The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans; The adventure of the dying detective; The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; The adventure of the devil’s foot; His last bow.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17
“Every story is told with the author’s admirable mastery of the narrative art; but it cannot be said that all the riddles worked out by the great detective are, intellectually, worthy of his immense reputation.”
+ — =Ath= p680 D ‘17 180w
“‘The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax’ and ‘The adventure of the devil’s foot’ reveal Sir Arthur at his best, although this cannot be said of the opening stories in the collection. But the detective story writer must have his ups and downs, and the creator of Sherlock Holmes can easily stand ahead of any of his rivals or imitators.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 O 27 ‘17 1550w
=Cleveland= p132 D ‘17 30w
+ =Dial= 64:78 Ja 17 ‘18 70w
+ =Ind= 92:385 N 24 ‘17 100w
“It is a good curtain for our hero, and we are not sure that Sir Conan would not be wise to leave him ‘at that.’”
+ =Nation= 105:694 D 20 ‘17 200w
“These new stories are written with as much vigor and spontaneity as if they had been composed in the first flush of the author’s delight in his creation of that notable character. The formula in accordance with which the tales are written, of course, varies little, but the tales themselves are as interesting, as full of ingenuity and unexpected developments, as were the earliest of the adventures in which Dr Watson assisted Mr Sherlock Holmes.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:433 O 28 ‘17 1050w
“The story of the European war that gives the volume its title is quite the weakest and most obviously forced of the whole lot. ... The sheer horror and yet convincing explanation of the apparently inexplicable in ‘The adventure of the devil’s foot’ has not been matched by Doyle since ‘The adventure of the speckled band.’” Fremont Rider
+ =Pub W= 92:2026 D 8 ‘17 270w
“As for the stories, their impressiveness is somewhat impaired by the frequency with which they end in a confession. The best of them, to our way of thinking, is the tale of the abstraction and recovery of some important documents from the admiralty.”
+ — =Spec= 119:718 D 15 ‘17 600w
“Notwithstanding that the episodes comprising the volume have something of a common atmosphere and a predetermined course of development, the situations are sufficiently diverse to give a keen edge to the reader’s anticipation. The author shows wisdom in not placing the action in the present and giving Holmes a hand in ferreting out war plots.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 11 ‘17 260w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p516 O 25 ‘17 500w
=DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN.= History of the great war. v 2 *$2 (3c) Doran 940.91 17-21928
=v 2= The British campaign in France and Flanders, 1915.
“This second volume of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s history of the war relates exclusively to the campaign of 1915. The author roughly divides the three years of war into ‘the year of defence, the year of equilibrium, and the year of attack’; and the events of the second were naturally less dramatic than those which more nearly followed the outbreak of war. Nevertheless the present volume comprises narratives of the engagements at Neuve Chapelle and Hill 60; the second battle of Ypres; the conflicts at Richebourg, Festubert, and in the trenches of Hooge; and the long-drawn-out fighting at Loos. The occasions are described when the Germans first used poison gas and the flame of burning petrol, and there is incidental reference to the torpedoing of the Lusitania. From beginning to end the volume is an unadorned but impressive record of gallantry and ‘grit’ on the part of the troops engaged.”—Ath
=A L A Bkl= 14:53 N ‘17
+ =Ath= p420 Ag ‘17 150w
“This is an important book. It bears evidence of much research and has an authoritative tone. So far as is possible at this stage, it is real history. Such a work will be read with more interest in England than in America. The evolutions of the Durham light infantry and the First royal Irish will naturally appeal more to those who know them than to us who do not. But the book as a whole leaves a powerful impression hardly to be obtained from any other work thus far published.”
+ =Dial= 63:592 D 6 ‘17 300w
=Ind= 92:60 O 6 ‘17 150w
“While the events of the year 1915, in view of all that has happened since, seem nowadays rather like ancient history, it is only by the careful reading in cold blood of such painstakingly written accounts of what actually took place that we can arrive at a correct estimate of the great struggle in its earlier stages.”
+ =Lit D= 55:46 D 29 ‘17 370w
“It is somewhat of a pity that more illuminating maps have not been provided for an otherwise important and notable historical volume.”
+ — =New Repub= 13:sup18 N 17 ‘17 180w
+ =R of Rs= 57:214 F ‘18 50w
“In his first volume the author described the doings of the British Army in France and Flanders during 1914, and he is able to say in the preface to his second volume which is before us that no serious correction has been made of any of the facts in the first volume. That is a proud statement for any writer to be able to make in the circumstances. We can premise that Sir A. Conan Doyle will be able to say the same thing of his second volume, and be able to say it in an even higher degree, because when an author has established his reputation for correctness, and for a safe and just handling of his material, information flows into him. That is his proper reward. We imagine that Sir A. Conan Doyle has been freely given official information, and certainly we have read nothing about the second battle of Ypres and Loos which can compare for completeness with the narratives in the second volume.”
+ =Spec= 118:88 Jl 28 ‘17 1350w
“The narrative reduces itself to a catalogue of the doings of battalions, of the names of the individuals who principally distinguished themselves, and of the casualties of different units. Probably Sir Arthur, knowing the limitations of his material, attempted no more than this; and we may say at once that he has been successful in weaving his scanty matter into a lively and spirited story.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p338 Jl 19 ‘17 1600w
=DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS.= Handbook of the new thought. *$1.25 (3c) Putnam 131 17-13214
In his exposition of new thought, which forms the first chapter, the author differentiates it from Christian science, the Emmanuel movement, etc. The author says, “The ‘old’ thought against which the ‘new’ reacts is any form of authority, whether medical or ecclesiastical, in so far as physicians and churches keep people in subjection to creeds.” The second chapter gives a historical sketch of the movement. This is followed by chapters on: The silent method; Estimate; The mental theory of disease; Reconstruction; Practical suggestions.
=A L A Bkl= 13:423 Jl ‘17
“Will, no doubt, be helpful to many readers but it is a baffling attempt to show that theories do not matter, so long as one has the right ‘point of view.’ Its logic is distressingly confusing to one who has been contaminated by materialist science; but there must be something in it, since Mr Dresser’s books—more than a dozen of them—are widely read by all sorts and conditions of men and women.”
– + =Ind= 91:512 S 29 ‘17 80w
“Is to be especially commended to those who desire a brief but comprehensive view of the nature, history, and aims of the movement. No one is better qualified than Dr Dresser to present an authoritative account of the new thought, both because of his long association with it and also because of his very reasonable and even empirical way of looking at the whole subject.”
+ =Nation= 105:698 D 20 ‘17 400w
“Does away with misunderstanding.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:106 Jl ‘17 100w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p432 S 6 ‘17 80w
=DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS=, ed. Spirit of the new thought. *$1.25 (2½c) Crowell 131 17-14165
Twenty-two messages from original leaders of new thought. The editor contributes an introduction which traces the movement from its beginning, showing that the term was first used in 1895 as the name of a little periodical issued in Melrose, Mass., and later by the adherents who practiced mental healing. The influence of Quinby upon the movement is traced and the essential difference between new thought and Christian science is pointed out. Some of the essays are: The gospel of healing; Can disease be entirely destroyed? The disease of apprehensiveness; Concentration; Is mental science enough? Criticisms of the new thought; The metaphysical movement; The new thought today; The laws of divine healing.
=Nation= 105:698 D 20 ‘17 230w
“This greatly needed volume should dispel a widely prevalent misunderstanding and neglect of the revival of primitive Christianity now advancing under the banner of new thought.”
+ =Outlook= 117:144 S 26 ‘17 150w
“Nearly all of the essays have a bearing on the life of everyday and are vivified by a spirit of helpfulness and optimism.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:106 Jl ‘17 60w
=DRESSER, HORATIO WILLIS.= Victorious faith; moral ideals in war time. *$1 (2c) Harper 172.4 17-24116
A helpful analysis of the modification of duties which the changing order of the things in the world today makes imperative. Some old philosophies must be scrapped according to the Shavian method and created new; while others must be readjusted to meet new conditions. We need a new method of thought to face new conditions with efficient hope. The mind must be alert to seek amidst present confusion new signs of the eternal values. The discussion offers constructive suggestions for meeting the new problems of the day which demand poise as a basis for service and an inner life that will be efficient. Contents: The sources of faith; Tendencies of the age; The psychology of war; The higher resistance; The moral values; The new idea of God; Christianity in war-time; The pathway of faith; Spiritual democracy.
“The author offers a constructive faith which may help the world work its way to a final spiritual democracy.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:73 D ‘17
=Bookm= 46:290 N ‘17 20w
“The viewpoints of the essays are finely optimistic. Strength-giving to those whose faith in Christianity needs strengthening. Splendidly vivifying to those Americans who ‘creditably or discreditably’ felt they had no share in the world war, before April, 1917.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 3 ‘17 340w
+ =Outlook= 117:184 O 3 ‘17 150w
=DROWN, EDWARD STAPLES.= Apostles’ creed to-day. (Church principles for lay people) *$1 (4c) Macmillan 238 17-3743
In his first chapter the author asks the question: Is a creed a restraint on religious liberty? His consideration of the nature of freedom leads him to the conclusion that “Freedom exists in proportion as the community has come to a true realisation of itself, and has expressed itself in true laws. Freedom consists in fight relation to law.” He finds the Apostles’ creed a true expression of man’s relation to God and therefore a guarantee to religious freedom. The five chapters of the book are: Creeds and liberty; The origin and character of the Apostles’ creed; The creed and the Bible; The interpretation of the Apostles’ creed to-day; The value and use of the creed to-day.
“The author summarizes Dr McGiffert’s theory of the origin of the creed; and then seeks to reinterpret its clauses in terms of modern thought.”
=Ind= 90:474 Je 9 ‘17 50w
“The book is an earnest contribution from the Episcopal church to conservative theological thought.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Mr 16 ‘17 520w
=DRUMMOND, HAMILTON.= Greater than the greatest. *$1.50 Dutton A17-1641
“A tale of the thirteenth century struggle between emperor and pope. It is not a story of men and women whose lives merely touched the great events of the time, but of those great events themselves and of the people who actually played the leading parts therein. Across the stage of Mr Drummond’s book go pope and emperor, cardinal and warrior of mediaeval Rome. ... The heroine of the novel is Bianca Pandone, a beautiful girl of the Marches, whose uncle, risen to eminence as a cardinal, forgets her and her poverty until he needs a tool for his ambitious schemes.”—N Y Times
+ =Boston Transcript= p12 Ap 7 ‘17 200w
“A harmless romance. ... It lacks imaginative power, and so makes no deep impression.”
=Ind= 90:594 Je 30 ‘17 50w
+ =Nation= 104:460 Ap 19 ‘17 200w
“The story has the prime characteristic of a good historical novel; it presents an atmosphere. And it has a quality, besides, that is not always found in stories of adventures—its characters are exceedingly well-drawn.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:178 My 6 ‘17 350w
“A workmanlike historical tale.”
+ =Outlook= 115:622 Ap 4 ‘17 10w
=DRYDEN, JAMES.= Poultry breeding and management, il *$1.60 (1½c) Judd 636.5 16-23156
The author teaches poultry husbandry in the Oregon agricultural college. The book is planned for the student and for the practical poultry farmer. Contents: Historical aspect; Evolution of modern fowl; Modern development of industry; Classification of breeds; Origin and description of breeds; Principles of poultry breeding; Problem of higher fecundity; Systems of poultry farming; Housing of poultry; Kind of house to build; Fundamentals of feeding; Common poultry foods; Methods of feeding; Methods of hatching chickens; Artificial brooding; Marketing eggs and poultry; Diseases and parasites of fowls. The book is fully illustrated.
“A reliable, popular yet scientific treatment.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:295 Ap ‘17
=DUBNOV, SEMEN MARKOVICH.= History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, from the earliest times until the present day; tr. from the Russian by I. Friedlaender. 2v v 1 $1.50 (1c) Jewish pub. 296 (16-16352)
=v 1= This is the first of two volumes covering the history of the Jews in Russia and Poland. The Russian work of which it is a translation was prepared, Mr Friedlaender says, especially for the Jewish publication society of America. The author had treated the subject earlier in a general history of the Jewish people in three volumes, and that work has been drawn on in preparing the present work. Volume one carries the history down to the death of Alexander I in 1825 with chapters on: The Jewish Diaspora in eastern Europe; The Jewish colonies in Poland and Lithuania; The autonomous center in Poland at its zenith (1501-1648); The inner life of Polish Jewry at its zenith; The autonomous center in Poland during its decline (1648-1772); The inner life of Polish Jewry during the period of decline; The Russian quarantine against the Jews (till 1772); Polish Jewry during the period of the partitions; The beginnings of the Russian regime; The “enlightened absolutism” of Alexander I; The inner life of Russian Jewry during the period of ‘enlightened absolutism’; The last years of Alexander I.
“It is surprising and disappointing that in a work of this kind there is no attempt made to discuss in an impartial and in an intelligent manner the Jewish problem, which is neither simple nor one-sided. ... Although authorities are not always quoted there is no reason to question the author’s accuracy and honesty and one may accept his statements of fact. The work is valuable so far as it goes; but the reader cannot help wishing that the author had gone deeper and had given something more than mere information. The translator seems to have done his work well, and it is probably not his fault that the book does not read more easily.”
+ — =Am Hist R= 22:626 Ap ‘17 500w
“A full account, by the best authority on the subject, of the political conditions under which the Jews have lived. ... It is much more detailed than Friedlaender’s ‘Jews of Russia and Poland’ and is valuable to anyone interested in the subject.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:329 My ‘17
+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 60w
=N Y Br Lib News= 3:167 N ‘16
=Pittsburgh= 21:516 N ‘16
+ =R of Rs= 54:458 O ‘16 100w
=DUBOIS, JAMES T., AND MATHEWS, GERTRUDE SINGLETON.= Galusha A. Grow, father of the homestead law. il *$1.75 Houghton 17-11003
“Galusha A. Grow, while never occupying a place in the front rank of American statesmen, was yet a prominent man during the Civil war—he was speaker of the national House of representatives in 1861 and 1862—and the years immediately preceding it. ... Before the passage of Mr Grow’s ‘Homestead act,’ the public lands had been sold by the government to speculators, who disposed of them, sometimes at extortionate profits, to the needy settlers. ... After years of setbacks and disappointments, Mr Grow’s measure finally passed in 1861. Before that time, however, it had become inextricably mixed up with the Kansas-Nebraska and slavery questions. In the opinion of President Lincoln, the ‘Homestead’ act was the most beneficent legislation ever passed by a law-making body.”—Springf’d Republican
“As a life of Grow this book will hardly justify itself, for its basis is too slight; but as a sketch of a portion of the history of the public domain it will have a use.” F: L. Paxson
– + =Am Hist R= 23:221 O ‘17 500w
+ =Lit D= 54:1423 My 12 ‘17 700w
=Pittsburgh= 22:525 Je ‘17 40w
“An important contribution to American biography, and a highly readable book as well. ... Not the least interesting part of this readable volume is that relating to the services of Mr Grow as speaker in Congress during the troublous days of the Civil war.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 My 21 ‘17 400w
=DUFF, JAMES DUFF=, ed. Russian realities and problems. *$1.50 (3c) Putnam 914.7 (Eng ed 17-13746)
“This very able and illuminating little book contains six lectures delivered at the last Cambridge summer meeting by Paul Milyoukov, New Russia’s foreign minister; Peter Struve, the economist; Roman Dmowski, the Polish leader; Lappo-Danilevsky, the historian; and Dr Harold Williams, the Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, whose knowledge of Russian languages and manners is unsurpassed by any native. ... Mr Struve’s parallel between Russia and America as two vast and but partly developed countries in the colonial stage is extremely suggestive.”—Spec
“We have never read anything half so good, on ‘The nationalities of Russia,’ as Dr Williams’s clear and impartial statement of a stupendous problem, of which the Finnish and Polish questions are but fragments. ... Every one who wants to understand Russia should make a point of reading this remarkable book.”
+ =Spec= 118:493 Ap 28 ‘17 320w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p171 Ap 12 ‘17 1000w
=DUFFERIN AND AVA, HARIOT GEORGINA (HAMILTON) HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, dowager marchioness of.= My Russian and Turkish journals. il *$3.75 Scribner (*10s 6d Murray, London) 17-2676
“The author’s letters to her mother, written in the years 1879-84, are the material of which this book is composed. The late Lord Dufferin during the period in question was at first ambassador to Russia, and later at Constantinople; but the letters relate only to the social life in the embassies and to the writer’s personal experiences in the countries visited. Germany was one of these; and accounts are given of visits to the Emperor William I and the late Prince Bismarck. Lord and Lady Dufferin were in Petrograd at the time of the assassination of the Emperor Alexander II, whose funeral obsequies are described.”—Ath
“Lady Dufferin would feel either amused or horrified to think that these journals were to be submitted to critical review; or that they were to be estimated for anything other than what they really are: a casual record of the trivial commonplaces of an ambassador’s household. ... We are quite disposed to take this book in the spirit in which it is offered, as a somewhat unusual memento for a war subscription.” C. E. Fryer
=Am Hist R= 22:901 Jl ‘17 330w
“The letters are quite pleasant reading, and many celebrities figure in the volume: among them, Sir Richard Francis (then Mr) Burton, George Augustus Sala, Sir Archibald Alison, Baker Pasha, and Madame Schliemann, wife of the archæologist and explorer.”
+ =Ath= p49 Ja ‘17 220w
“The portions of the journals visualizing Turkish life give a succession of pictures seldom presented; visits to various harems, Turkish dinner parties, weddings, etc. which few foreigners see.” F. B.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 My 9 ‘17 800w
“Pleasant accounts of personal experiences and social life.”
+ =Cleveland= p116 S ‘17 40w
“It is difficult to convey an adequate idea of the delicately archaic flavor of these letters from a period presenting such a sharp contrast to the present one in Russia and Turkey. Their chief interest, however, is in the brightly reflected personality of a gracious lady.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:378 O 7 ‘17 570w
“Particularly valuable for its detailed but interesting information concerning the customs and ceremonies of ‘high life’ in these countries.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:670 O ‘17 30w
=Pratt= p46 O ‘17 20w
+ =Spec= 118:241 F 24 ‘17 130w
“Lady Dufferin has deliberately confined herself to the externals of ambassadorial life.”
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p570 N 30 ‘16 1600w
“Her journals, though entirely without intellectual distinction, are filled with agreeable gossip, and portraits of world-figures; her detailed account of dining with Bismarck is well worth reading.” W: L. Phelps
+ =Yale R= n s 7:187 O ‘17 120w
=DUGARD, HENRY.= Battle of Verdun; tr. by F. Appleby Holt. il *$1.50 (3c) Dodd 940.91 (Eng ed 17-8208)
The time covered in this account of the battle of Verdun is from February 21 to May 7. As an introduction to the battle proper there are two brief chapters on Verdun and its past and Verdun during the war. These are followed by The Crown prince’s battle; The choice of ground; The battlefield; The French positions; The assaulting army; Before the battle; The first shock; etc. The closing chapter, The German attitude, gives a poll of the German press. There is a folding map as frontispiece.
=A L A Bkl= 14:53 N ‘17
“A complete and on the whole dispassionate history of the battle.”
+ =Cleveland= p86 Jl ‘17 40w
+ =N Y Times= 22:323 S 2 ‘17 140w
=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 10w
=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w
+ =Spec= 118:105 Ja 27 ‘17 50w
=DUNBAR, CHARLES FRANKLIN.=[2] Theory and history of banking *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 332 17-31428
A third edition, revised and enlarged by Oliver M. W. Sprague. It contains three new chapters, those on Foreign exchange, Central banks and The Federal reserve banking system. Two chapters of the former edition have been dropped, the one on Combined reserves and that on the Bank of Amsterdam. The chapter on Daily redemption has been merged with the chapter on Bank-notes. The writer states that emphasis on the interdependence of all the banks of a country in the regular conduct of business of banking is the most fundamental difference between this and the earlier editions.
=DUNCAN, FRANCES (MRS JOHN LEROY MANNING).= Joyous art of gardening. il *$1.75 (3½c) Scribner 716 17-12144
“This little book is designed to serve as first aid to the beginning gardener. It is arranged to be of use especially to the owner of the small place who plans and makes his own garden, and whose means and time are not unlimited. ... Therefore, only those plants which are surest to grow are properly within the compass of this book.” (Preface) Parts of the book are reprinted from the Century Magazine, Ladies’ Home Journal, Country Life in America, and other periodicals. Among the chapters are: In praise of gardening; Suburban gardening; Fitting the garden to the house; The garden in town; The back-yard fence; The use and abuse of the pergola; Why gardens go wrong; The old-fashioned garden. The author is a member of the council of the Woman’s national farm and garden association.
“It will be particularly useful to the owner of a small place whose means and time are not unlimited.”
+ =Agricultural Digest= 2:505 Je ‘17 200w
“Besides good advice on operation and cultivation, it gives information on pergolas, lattices, and trellises, cold frames, hotbeds and garden seats and their arrangement.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:48 N ‘17
“Clear and reliable working directions for the beginning amateur whose ground, means, and time are alike limited.”
+ =Cleveland= p113 S ‘17 50w
+ =Dial= 63:68 Jl 19 ‘17 300w
“The feature of the book is its treatment of details often overlooked or mistreated, and its emphasis on the unpretentious, restful qualities that lie within the compass of any plot, be it small or large.”
+ =Ind= 90:554 Je 23 ‘17 130w
“Frankly a handbook. ... It is practical, it does not presuppose a great amount of knowledge on the part of the gardener; it assumes only the love of plants and the desire for them. It is detailed; it gives actual concrete directions, outlines a garden calendar, takes up the fine points of many a specific inquiry. It is admirably inclusive. ... It is a most excellent book.”
+ + =N Y Times= 22:187 My 13 ‘17 350w
=Pratt= p29 O ‘17 10w
“It has a literary quality that puts it rather outside the class of ordinary gardening manuals or handbooks. Miss Duncan has adopted a certain informality of treatment that makes her book doubly interesting to the amateur for whom it was written.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:664 Je ‘17 130w
=St Louis= 15:176 Je ‘17
“A book of first-aid to the amateur. ... While it is but one of many such volumes it is sure to be one of the most popular.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 3 ‘17 250w
=DUNCAN-JONES, ARTHUR STUART.= Ordered liberty; or, An Englishman’s belief in his church. *$1.25 (4c) Longmans 283 A17-1509
Based upon the Hulsean lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge, 1916-1917. It is a forward looking justification of the church and Christianity in which the writer reviews the true character of the Anglican communion. He considers the question under various aspects: as sharing in the Divine foundation and continuous life of the people of God; as part of that great priesthood of humanity which is the Catholic church; as emerging from the Roman government of western Christendom and making a bold national experiment in the way of religion; as adhering to its ideals of faith; and as developing, in the face of difficulties, out of the origins of the past, a permanent stronghold of truth and righteousness for the union and triumph of the people of God. A very modern note is struck in the author’s linking socialism in its broadly spiritual aspect with Christianity as the two great “driving powers which can turn the ideal for which the world longs into faith.”
“A timely little book. It is interesting, clear and thoughtful. The temperate tone and the evident desire to understand differences and contribute a constructive program give it a message that many will read with profit.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 16 ‘17 550w
=DUNHAM, MELBOURNE KEITH.= Automobile welding with the oxy-acetylene flame. il $1 (3c) Henley 682 16-22111
“A practical treatise, covering the repairing of automobiles by welding, with a non-technical explanation of the principles to be guided by in the successful welding of the various metals.” (Title-page) The preface says further, “The workman who can successfully weld all automobile parts is capable of welding anything, since in the construction of the automobile practically every commercial metal is used. The principles of automobile welding are applicable to all kinds of welding.” Contents: Apparatus knowledge; Shop equipment and initial procedure; Cast iron; Aluminum; Steel; Malleable iron, copper, brass, bronze; Carbon burning and other uses of oxygen and acetylene; How to figure cost of welding.
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p11 Jl ‘17 50w
“Practical, simply written work, of wider application than to automobile welding.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:321 Ap ‘17 30w
=DUNN, BYRON ARCHIBALD.= Boy scouts of the Shenandoah. (Young Virginians ser.) il *$1.10 McClurg 16-20109
“‘The Boy scouts of the Shenandoah’ is the first of a new series of Civil war stories for boys. ... The volume follows the adventures of Robert Hunter, who represents the Virginian aristocracy and Jim Kidder, a young mountaineer. The two boys are independent scouts with the Union army, and their adventures are many and thrilling.”—Springf’d Republican
“This is the type of book that contains much information, and evidently the author’s desire has been to verify his historical statements, for there are many foot-notes throughout the book.”
+ =Lit D= 53:1561 D 9 ‘16 110w
=R of Rs= 55:108 Ja ‘17 20w
=Springf’d Republican= p15 F 11 ‘17 80w
=DUNN, WALDO HILARY.= English biography. (Channels of English literature) *$1.50 Dutton 920 17-4579
“Prof. Dunn considers his subject both chronologically and analytically. His conclusion regarding ‘true biography’ is that its aims ‘include a record of facts combined with some portrayal of character.’ Biography, he says, ‘may be said to develop in proportion to the degree of accuracy attained in the presentation of mere facts; the measure of its detachment from panegyric, or other didactic intention, and the extent to which it recognizes truth of character portrayal as its first duty.’ ... Prof. Dunn wisely takes a broad view of his subject matter, even if he is somewhat rigid in his definitions. He notes that the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn must be reckoned as biographical, as, of course, must the journals of Wesley, Fox and Scott. Fiction’s debt to biography is considered.”—Springf’d Republican
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:399 Je ‘17
“In general, Professor Dunn’s survey of the entire course of English biography is thorough and unprejudiced.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 Mr 24 ‘17 630w
“The treatment is not only historical, but includes some valuable definitions of the function and place of biography in letters, and its relation to other subjects, notably fiction and also some excellent critical material on specific biographies. The unattractive make-up and fine print of the book will affect its popularity.”
+ — =Cleveland= p104 S ‘17 100w
“It does for English biography what another pioneer work of a few years ago did for autobiography; we mean Mrs Burr’s treatise on that theme. ... In its appended matter and its index the book maintains the scholarly system with which it begins. It is a useful manual.”
+ =Dial= 62:532 Je 14 ‘17 200w
“It is no mere chronicle of names, but rather a thoughtful and interesting analysis of the true function of biography as a literary art. ... It is a book which has much matter for reflection both for the critic and for the composer of biography, fiction, and history.”
+ =Nation= 104:554 My 3 ‘17 100w
“Professor Dunn is to be congratulated for his able work, done with no previously written volumes to serve as standards. Indeed, with his skillful scholarship, interesting writing, and careful organization of his material, he may well be said to have established such a standard. ‘English biography’ stands the test of comparison with the best scholarly work yet done by American or foreign writers.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:191 My 13 ‘17 550w
“Prof. Dunn’s book affords proof of the richness and large extent of English biographical works, and should encourage the public to enlarge its reading in an entertaining and highly profitable department of letters.”
=Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 1 ‘17 780w
=DUNSANY, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX PLUNKETT, 18th baron.= Plays of gods and men. *$1.50 Luce, J: W. 822 17-13749
Four of Lord Dunsany’s plays are included in this volume: The tents of the Arabs; The laughter of the gods; The queen’s enemies; and A night at an inn. The first of these, Edward Bierstadt in his recent study of Lord Dunsany says, is the only one of his plays that contains anything nearly approaching a love story. It appeared in the Smart Set for March, 1915 and was produced at the Arts and crafts theater in Detroit in 1916. “A night at an inn” was published by The Sun-Wise Turn, inc., in 1916 and has been played, as has “The queen’s enemies,” by the Neighborhood Players of New York city.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:49 N ‘17
“‘A night at an inn’ is the only one that does not seem too poetical to be in prose. The ideality which is the basis demands, at least in part, a metrical form for the others. Prose belongs to realism.”
+ — =Ath= p412 Ag ‘17 250w
“‘A night at an inn’ is the climax of terror in the collection, but for sheer beauty there is none of these plays to compare with the poetic charm of ‘The tents of the Arabs,’ which is one of the most beautiful things which Lord Dunsany has ever written.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 18 ‘17 1250w
“Reading these plays, one marvels at the simplicity of their action and wonders if Lord Dunsany will be able much longer to follow the vein that has proved so golden, with results so large and, it may be said, so monotonous.”
+ — =NY Times= 22:286 Ag 5 ‘17 160w
“‘The laughter of the gods’ is written with the delicate satire characteristic of the author, and the subtle horror in ‘A night at an inn’ will, we think, make it difficult for the reader to put it aside until the last word has been read.”
+ =Spec= 119:222 S 1 ‘17 80w
“We do not know that ‘A night at an inn’ has ever been acted in England, and we hardly like to say that we wish it could be, because to see it would inevitably mean a sleepless night to follow. Nothing since ‘The ghost stories of an antiquary’ has frightened us quite so uncannily. ‘The queen’s enemies’ is not among his best plays. The scene might be effective on the stage: in the book all seems too carefully arranged.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p343 Jl 19 ‘17 1450w
=DU PLESSIS, JOHANNES.= Thrice through the Dark continent. il *$4.50 (3c) Longmans 916 17-27663
The author is a professor in the theological seminary of the Dutch Reformed church in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This “record of journeyings across Africa during the years 1913-1916” is largely an account of his travels between mission stations and of the work among the natives carried on by the various societies and institutions. Two journeys across Central Africa form the basis of the narrative. Among the chapters are: Kumasi and its heroes; Along the Gold coast; Ten days in South Kamerun; Travels in the two Nigerias; In the French sphere of influence; From the Shari to the Ubangi; In north Congoland; The Nile and its reservoirs; Through British East Africa; To the Mountains of the Moon. The book is fully illustrated and there is a folding map.
“The author says little of politics or the war, but describes the country and the natives in a fresh and interesting way.”
+ =Spec= 119:529 N 10 ‘17 200w
“He has, indeed, gathered into one volume a mass of information about very many missions which cannot be got elsewhere. He may be credited with a fair degree of impartiality, quite as much as any man of strong theological convictions can be expected to exercise. ... For the rest, he presents many details of African travel in wild regions which, if the type is not novel, are always full of variety and incident. In spite of a stilted pomposity of style which he is never able to abandon, Mr du Plessis reveals himself most engagingly in his pages as a ‘voortrekker’ of the real old sturdy Dutch stock.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p449 S 20 ‘17 1500w
=DURAND, WILLIAM FREDERICK.= Practical marine engineering for marine engineers and students; with aids for applicants for marine engineers’ licenses; 4th ed., rev. and enl., by C: W. Dyson. il $6 Van Nostrand; for sale by Marine engineering, 461 8th av., N.Y. 621.12
“The first edition of this book was written by Prof. W. F. Durand. ... A second and then a third part were subsequently added. In the present edition Captain Dyson has combined the three independent parts into a consecutive whole, besides adding new material. The book is devoted mostly to marine engines and their many auxiliaries for driving ships and making them habitable. There are also chapters on engineering materials, fuels and computations for engineers.”—Engin News-Rec
+ =Engin News-Rec= 78:153 Ap 19 ‘17 90w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:106 Jl ‘17
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:450 My ‘17 40w (Reprinted from International Marine Engineering p190 Ap ‘17)
“Excellent book for the engineer or novice who may be preparing for examination for a marine engineer’s license. The treatment is as plain and non-mathematical as possible. The greatly increased interest in marine engineering renders this new edition of the best American practical book on the subject particularly timely.”
+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Ja ‘18 70w
=DURANT, WILLIAM JAMES.= Philosophy and the social problem. *$1.50 (2½c) Macmillan 301 17-24304
The author is an instructor in philosophy connected with Columbia university. “The purpose of this essay is to show: first, that the social problem has been the basic concern of many of the greater philosophers; second, that an approach to the social problem through philosophy is the first condition of even a moderately successful treatment of this problem; and third, that an approach to philosophy through the social problem is indispensable to the revitalization of philosophy. By ‘philosophy’ we shall understand a study of experience as a whole, or of a portion of experience in relation to the whole. By the ‘social problem’ we shall understand, simply and very broadly, the problem of reducing human misery by modifying social institutions.” (Introd.) In Part 1, “Historical approach,” Mr Durant considers Socrates, Plato, Bacon, Spinoza and Nietzsche in order to see what there is in their views on the social problem “that can help us to understand our own situation today.” Part 2 is entitled “Suggestions,” but the author states that he is “proposing no solutions.”
Reviewed by C. E. Ayres
=Am J Soc= 23:544 Ja ‘18 470w
=A L A Bkl= 14:112 Ja ‘18
“Accurate, concise and very disappointing book. The author writes with a crisp, effective style; he seems to possess a gift for summary. ... In this somewhat futile Socratic discussion the pros too accurately balance the cons; there is little left to go on with.” Archibald Henderson
– + =Bookm= 46:277 N ‘17 230w
“The author says things that need repeating, and he says them eloquently and earnestly. ... I fear, however, that his plan of campaign, if followed, would only get philosophy the reputation of being a gadding busy-body, meddling in everybody’s business, having none of her own.” M. C. Otto
– + =Dial= 63:449 N 8 ‘17 1800w
“Dr Durant has an earnestness of manner, a flowing vigor of expression and a skill in summary which makes his book readable even for the man who has never turned his attention to problems of philosophy.”
+ =Ind= 92:262 N 3 ‘17 100w
“Dr Will Durant, though an instructor in philosophy, holds philosophy in very low esteem indeed—this being, in fact, one of the amusing phenomena that have sprung from the Deweyesque brand of pragmatism.”
— =Nation= 105:490 N 1 ‘17 500w
“Part 1 of Dr Durant’s volume is so well done that there cannot be but regret for its brevity. For a little space he has shown these masterly thinkers as kin to us, and, had he pursued this part of the work farther, he would have given us a most significant volume.”
+ =N Y Call= p14 N 11 ‘17 450w
“The chief value of the book lies in its call to rescue philosophy from the calm death of social ineffectiveness. It is to be feared, however, that in order to make out his case, Mr Durant has in some instances made his philosophers a bit too modern. It is rather a strained interpretation, for example, to read into the Socratic ‘virtue of wisdom’ an endorsement of psychoanalysis.” H: Neumann
+ — =Survey= 39:445 Ja 19 ‘18 300w
=DURELL, A. J. V.= Principles and practice of the system of control over parliamentary grants. *21s John Hogg, London 351.72
“This work, by the chief paymaster at the War office, with a foreword by Sir Charles Harris, assistant financial secretary, War office, deals authoritatively with the important subject of the control of public expenditure. The main divisions of the book are concerned with the House of commons, the parliamentary standing committees, the comptroller and auditor-general, the treasury, and the accounting department. ... There are copious references throughout the book to parliamentary papers containing reports of the public accounts committee and estimates committee, and to authorities dealing with public finance and kindred matters.”—Ath
“The author has presented the facts in such a manner that the volume is likely to become a standard work of reference upon the expenditure of public money.”
+ =Ath= p464 S ‘17 120w
“The book opens with its only weak section—a sketch of the constitutional aspect of the financial system, derived from secondary authorities that are somewhat out of date. When Colonel Durell turns to review the present financial system he is clearly in his own element. With the detailed analysis in the last two chapters of the control exercised by the treasury and the function of the accounting department, nothing comparable has yet appeared publicly in print.”
+ — =Sat R= 124:209 S 15 ‘17 1500w
“Colonel Durell sets out in detail the steps taken during the nineteenth century to secure effective machinery for parliamentary control.”
* + =Spec= 119:219 S 1 ‘17 930w
=DURET, THEODORE.= Whistler. il *$3.75 Lippincott 17-12506
“Theodore Duret’s book on Whistler, which appeared a number of years ago in the original French edition, has been translated by Frank Rutter, and makes a welcome addition to the mass of literature that has been forming for the last thirty years about the salient figure of the American master. Duret knew Whistler well, and adds to his natural carefulness in statement the lively note of personal adventure. ... Duret brought to his task, however, more than the mere data of a conscientious reporter or the pleasant gossip of an acquaintance; he is initiated in the craftsmanship of which he writes, and is an appreciative critic of the painter’s achievement.”—N Y Times
=A L A Bkl= 13:436 Jl ‘17
“The great merit of this biographical study is its terse and orderly presentation of the essentials and the omission of all those superfluities which so often obscure the really important features of a biography. ... The translation is accompanied by [32] capital reproductions of many of Whistler’s most important works.”
+ =Int Studio= 61:99 Ap ‘17 150w
+ =N Y Times= 22:95 Mr 18 ‘17 230w
“Naturally M. Duret writes somewhat in the vein of a second at a duel. Whistler’s career was so much a progress of deliberate pugnacity that any record of it is inevitably one of blows, given and courted. As these encounters so often centred upon the artist’s work there is a certain piquancy in the opportunity of refreshing our individual judgments upon this, furnished by the many and wholly admirable reproductions with which the volume is illustrated.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:366 My ‘17 170w (Reprinted from English Review ‘17)
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:512 Je ‘17 50w
“M. Duret, who was a lifelong friend, steers a mid-course between those who, like Mr Menpes, record with gusto every incident of mud-slinging and vanity, and the large and detailed volumes of Mr Pennell, in which everything is recorded and the hero can do no wrong.”
=Spec= 118:391 Mr 31 ‘17 400w
“As a sketch of Whistler’s chequered history, with its struggles, attacks, financial hardships, and final success, this book is fairly adequate, and certainly makes interesting reading. ... But those who wish to follow and understand Whistler’s technique in painting and etching, and to realize the amount of hard honest labour that underlay those performances of his that seem so slight and easy, will do well, when they read M. Duret, to turn back to the more precise volume of Mr and Mrs Pennell.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p77 F 15 ‘17 700w
=DURHAM, HARRY WILLIAM.= Saws: their care and treatment. il *$2.50 (4c) Van Nostrand 621.93 A17-1554
The object of this work is “to provide a reliable book of reference for those who are learning the art of saw fitting, or who may be interested in the proper methods of sharpening and keeping saws in order.” (Preface) The author states that he has found no modern work in English treating of the subject with the exception of certain trade publications. He has attempted to select the best methods from among the many he has observed in practice, but has been careful not to lay down hard and fast rules. Among the topics covered are: Particulars of reciprocating saws; Particulars of circular saws; Sharpening saws by hand filing; Saw-sharpening machines; Setting the teeth of saws; The saw-sharpening room.
=DWIGHT, HARRY GRISWOLD.= Persian miniatures. il *$3 (3c) Doubleday 915.5 17-26877
A travel book by the author of “Stamboul nights” which touches lightly and whimsically the things of Persia that draw the traveler thither,—its cities, its structures, its scenery, its peoples and its indefinable oriental magic. “About rug books” is an interesting and encouraging chapter for those who think despairingly that the Persian rug is passing. The writer believes that there is no more danger of the Persian rug becoming a thing of the past than the oil painting. He says that under mud roofs, not available for the department store buyer, there are being woven carpets quite as good as came from the looms of Abbas the Great. “Social life in Hamadan, descriptions of home apparatus, humorous appreciation of personality, of every kindred, every tribe, sly Pepys-like analysis of high local and imported dignitaries, merry, human, homey stories of everyday life of foreigners in Persia, incidents of adventure and misadventure, make up most of this volume.” (Boston Transcript)
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:91 D ‘17
“An amazingly modern book of travel. No roses and nightingales, no bulbuls nor tropical scents and sounds, no humbug of any kind does Mr Dwight deceive us with in his descriptions of Iran. He does impart the beauty of the treeless land, he does make real and recognizable even for an unimaginative reader, the joy to be found in strange appearances of life, and in the different and admirable in architecture. The quality of the book cries in the market place to be imparted, to be shared, to be read aloud with a mutual enjoyer, even its last learned chapter on Avicenna.” M. C. S.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 14 ‘17 720w
“The present volume has all the atmosphere of charm and oriental coloring that its title would lead one to expect. The intimate description of the author’s sojourn in a Persian town will go far toward making us familiar with an ancient and engaging people.”
+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 130w
“It would be a grave belittling, however, of a book that has in it much of valuable information, the fruit of careful research, to emphasize only its charm of style and its vividness of description. ... The author is blest with the ability to offer a great deal of information, nay more, to correct mistakes in less well-informed writings, without a trace of pedantry.”
+ =N Y Times= 23:20 Ja 20 ‘18 850w
“Mr Dwight brings to his new work the ability to be graphic, whimsical, and always readable.”
+ =Outlook= 117:519 N 28 ‘17 40w
=DYER, WALTER ALDEN.= Creators of decorative styles. il *$3 (8½c) Doubleday 749 17-28460
A survey of the decorative periods in England from 1600 to 1800. It is the plan of the writer to consider the lives and personalities of the leaders of artistic thought in England, tracing, at the same time, the contemporary development of styles in the cognate arts. These leaders are: Inigo Jones; Daniel Marot; Sir Christopher Wren; Grinling Gibbons; Jean Tijou; Thomas Chippendale; Sir William Chambers; Robert Adam; Josiah Wedgwood; George Hepplewhite; and Thomas Sheraton. Illustrations reproduce many original pieces of furniture to be found in the Metropolitan museum of art.
“The trouble with the book before us, so far as trouble exists, is that Mr Dyer has not succeeded altogether in a vital synthesis of his critical and biographical material. It is only fair to say that the data available on the personal side seems prevailingly very scant. Especially worth while are the chapters on Tijou, the little-known French master of ironwork, a domesticated English worker, and Wedgwood, the famed creator of designs in pottery.” R: Burton
+ — =Bookm= 46:479 D ‘17 320w
“Mr Dyer, who has of late made a specialty of writing upon this attractive subject and who has undoubtedly done much in the formation of a revived taste for the beautiful has produced here a work of superior excellence. A large number of well executed illustrations adds to the value of the work.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 500w
“A thoro knowledge of just such facts as this book presents will go a long way towards giving to your house that ‘indefinable air’ of charm and culture and a still more desirable quality—restfulness.” Ruth Stanley-Brown
+ =Pub W= 92:1389 O 20 ‘17 330w
=DYER, WALTER ALDEN.= Five Babbitts at Bonnyacres. il *$1.30 (2c) Holt 17-25085
A very up-to-date country-life story in which Farmers’ bulletins play an important part. It is written for young folks, but older people who are interested in farming and in rural problems will also enjoy it. The Babbitts are a city family who go back-to-the-land. The story carries them thru two years of their experiment on a Massachusetts farm, and leaves them satisfied and happy, and well started on the road to success. There are four Babbitts to begin with; the fifth member, who is added to the family later, is a young boy who comes to them as a state ward. His development under a more fortunate environment than he has before known is an interesting study.
“The Babbitts never accomplish superhuman deeds on the soil; their crops are not abnormal. The story goes through two seasons, and there is a steady increase in results, due to the pluck and splendid spirit of the family.”
+ =Lit D= 55:54 D 8 ‘17 160w
“Mr Dyer evidently means his story to be a practical handbook of how such a farm should be treated in order to make it a moderately paying investment. ... The fictional interest with which he has invested it by means of the Babbitt family makes it an entertaining yarn, for Mr Dyer writes always with charm and humor and sanity.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:401 O 14 ‘17 250w
=DYSON, G.= Grenade fighting. il *50c Doran 355 17-29564
A small manual on the training and tactics of grenadiers. The author is late brigade grenadier officer of the British expeditionary force. Part 1 of the book gives Preliminary notes; Part 2, Notes on training and organisation. There are seven diagrams by way of illustration.
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=EARLE, RALPH.= Life at the U.S. naval academy; the making of the American naval officer. il *$2 (4c) Putnam 355.07 17-10208
The purpose of this book is “to explain the methods adopted at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to give the midshipmen of our navy a thorough theoretical and practical grounding in the knowledge of the many subjects that the naval profession demands.” (Preface) Contents: Historical sketch; The candidate; The new midshipman; Organization; Academic work; Examinations; Practical instruction and drills; Religion, discipline, morale; Physical training and medical care; Athletics; Recreation; The practice cruises; The postgraduate; Grounds and buildings; The ensign. Courses of study, etc. are outlined in appendixes. The author is head of the Department of ordnance and gunnery in the Naval academy, and the book has an introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:375 Je ‘17
“An interesting, graphic, and well-illustrated account.”
+ =Ath= p464 S ‘17 100w
“Clear and accurate, but not calculated to arouse in boys an enthusiasm for this arm of the service.”
+ — =Cleveland= p102 S ‘17 30w
“The parent or guardian will be particularly impressed by Chapter 8, Religion—discipline—morals.”
+ =Nation= 105:294 S 13 ‘17 950w
+ =New Repub= 10:385 Ap 28 ‘17 150w
“The prospective candidate for admission to the academy will find the volume of especial value.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:668 Je ‘17 100w
=St Louis= 15:139 My ‘17
“The book describes the midshipman’s training in all its aspects and its value is heightened by appendices of special value to the prospective candidate for admission and an ample index.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 13 ‘17 300w
“Particularly attractive are the author’s descriptions of the athletic life and recreations of the midshipmen, their games and sporting contests with other bodies. Another chapter which will be widely appreciated is that in which an outline is given of the midshipmen’s activities during the practice cruises which the upper classmen in the academy make annually.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p377 Ag 9 ‘17 500w
=EASSIE, R. M.= Odes to trifles, and other rhymes. *$1.25 Lane 811.08 17-30067
A member of the Canadian expeditionary force makes some humorous observations among the grim happenings of war. He immortalizes the ration biscuit, satirizes the kultur that could so evilly betray its birthright by the “lachrymatory shell,” and eulogizes a pair of sheets but briefly enjoyed on short leave. There are nursery rhymes which parody Mother Goose and there are limericks. The book should not fail to be found in the camp libraries.
“Let me say at once that these ‘Odes to trifles,’ are the very finest things of the sort this war has produced. This Mr Eassie of the Canadian expeditionary force is a humorist of the highest order, is an absolute artist in touching upon the inconsequential of a grim and agonizing piece of business—war.” W. S. B.
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 D 5 ‘17 280w
+ =R of Rs= 57:105 Ja ‘18 30w
“Every stanza gets well home, written with a refreshing air of conviction and a real wit which scintillates the more sharply because not a word of it could be spared.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p371 Ag 2 ‘17 150w
=EAST, ANNA MERRITT.= Kitchenette cookery. il *$1 (7c) Little 641.5 17-14966
Cooking in small quarters is the subject of this book. The first chapter considers the utilization of space and the planning of work in a small kitchen. Other problems of apartment house living—getting meals in a limited time, etc., are given attention. Recipes accompany many of the chapters. Contents: Fitting shelves to space and service; The pots, pans, and containers; The first bill of groceries; Counting costs; Breakfast on a time limit; Lunches at home and by box; Dinners for self and friends; High-pressure dinners; Experiments tried on friends; A bite to eat at bedtime; Half-a-can recipes.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:432 Jl ‘17
=Cleveland= p111 S ‘17 60w
=Nation= 105:347 S 27 ‘17 40w
=Pratt= p25 O ‘17 10w
“Business women who are loth to give up the privileges of housekeeping will find much helpful planning in this intensive study.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:554 N ‘17 40w
“The volume is made the more fascinating by its attractive pictures of the two-room and kitchenette apartment, whose story it is telling.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 14 ‘17 160w
=EASTMAN, MAX.= Journalism versus art. il *$1 Knopf 814 17-26314
“Four provocative essays republished from the Masses, Vanity Fair, the New Republic and the North American Review, respectively. The initial essay ‘Magazine art’ ‘reflects the feeling and in some places even the thought and language of the artists of the Masses in criticizing the art of the popular commercial magazine.’ Speaking thus for his associates Mr Eastman finds that the monotony of magazine illustration, and its subjection to the ideals of the business office combine to keep this work out of the realm of true art.”—Cleveland
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:341 My ‘17
=Cleveland= p34 Mr ‘17 220w
“Mr Eastman, as an editor, would never think of giving the public what it wants, and he sets himself here to show how journalism, which is only a very democratic and shaggy kind of literature, is corrupting our taste in letters and art.”
=Dial= 62:108 F 8 ‘17 450w
“The papers on magazine writing and lazy verse are but witty remark and schoolboyish platitude and superstition. The others, on magazine art and English spelling, over-expressive of radical opinion, under-expressive of what those opinions clearly mean and marred by a quite shameless preciosity of style and half-way philosophizing, are still healthily stimulating.”
– + =Ind= 90:87 Ap 7 ‘17 50w
“The only thing wrong with this new book by the editor of the Masses is the title. Magazine writing and illustrating is not popularly called journalism, and that is what a great part of the book is about. ... And, by the way, the book is liberally illustrated with some real pictures, most of them from the Masses.” C. M. W.
+ =N Y Call= p14 F 4 ‘17 700w
=Pittsburgh= 22:193 Mr ‘17
+ =Pratt= p6 O ‘17 30w
“In his new book Mr Eastman plays the rôles of radical and conservative, or, as he calls them, ‘red’ and ‘white,’ with equal facility. The fact that he uses radical language to enforce conservative truths need not concern us overmuch, for every writer must be allowed some consideration for his normal or abnormal ‘squint’ at life. At all events, Mr Eastman is conservative in most of the theories he advances, or restates in this book.”
=Springf’d Republican= p6 F 6 ‘17 750w
=EASTMAN, REBECCA LANE (HOOPER) (MRS WILLIAM FRANKLIN EASTMAN).= Big little person. il *$1.40 (1½c) Harper 17-24397
Arathea Manning, beautiful but deaf, once rich but when the story opens comparatively poor, is a little woman with a big heart and an undaunted spirit, who lives with her mother in the artists’ colony, just off Third avenue, New York. There is a mystery about Marion Beemis, the friend who saves Arathea’s life on Fifth avenue, and who has plenty of money, but refuses to tell what her occupation is. Two mysterious men also figure in the story; the “Kantwearout man,” who writes newspaper advertisements for a living and letters to Arathea, whom he refuses to meet, for the joy of it; and Gerald Staples, “a dynamo for energy,” with “extraordinary eyes” of a “warm brown,” and hair that “looked as if splendid clean winds had always been blowing through it.” Staples is an inventor who cares nothing for money and does not know who his parents were. He loves Arathea, and so does Arthur Endicott, whose parents have “brought him up in the smartest society and given him more money than is good for anybody.” The story solves all the mysteries and leaves everybody happy in the end.
“Fanciful, idealistic fairy-tale sort of a story with a very charming girl as heroine.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
=Bookm= 46:340 N ‘17 40w
“The author has a sprightly manner of writing which carries us through many situations which told less attractively would immediately proclaim their unreality.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 D 22 ‘17 300w
“She is a brave and sweet-tempered heroine, while nearly all the other characters in the book are pleasant people, though, like the plot, they belong to fairy tales rather than to real life.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:388 O 7 ‘17 230w
“The sentiment, if of a stereotyped order, is always appealing and is employed with restraint and in good taste.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 210w
=EATON, WALTER PRICHARD.= Green trails and upland pastures. il *$1.60 (2c) Doubleday 917.4 17-29641
“To my mother whose hand first led me out among the flowers and whose plea was the first I heard in defense of the wild folk of the woods.” This is the dedication of a book that in turn leads the reader out among the flowers and into the haunts of wilderness inhabitants. Sympathy with nature’s every mood and the language to reproduce it delicately or grandly but always atmospherically—this is the secret of the alluring quality of the book. The illustrations are noteworthy, particularly those that catch and hold the spirit of King Frost.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:120 Ja ‘18
“For those who love hills and fields and wood paths and all the delights of nature’s green trails, the book is a treasury of exquisite landscapes painted with words in place of the brush.” A. M. Chase
+ =Bookm= 46:336 N ‘17 350w
“A nature-lover’s record of ‘Glacier park wild flowers,’ ‘Neighbors of the winter night,’ ‘Trees,’ ‘Bridges,’ ‘Old boats,’ etc., described in a way to make one see a series of pictures rather than share the author’s moods.”
+ =Cleveland= p133 D ‘17 60w
“Walter Prichard Eaton has written of the world out of doors with all the pictorial charm of a Thoreau.”
+ =R of Rs= 57:217 F ‘18 160w
“The sympathetic tone of the book is well maintained in the colored illustrations of Walter King Stone.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 N 8 ‘17 530w
=EBENTHAL, HILDEGARDE.= Tragedy of a throne. il *$3.50 (4c) Funk 17-24316
The author states in her foreword that she had written this life of Ludwig II of Bavaria “largely with the help of letters and manuscripts the authenticity of which is indisputable,” but she gives no list of authorities used, and there are no references in foot-notes. She tells us that “Ludwig’s association with Wagner will be related in these pages in its true light for perhaps the first time, as will many other episodes”; also that had Ludwig been allowed to do what he wished, “it is more than probable that Europe would have been spared the colossal disasters due to the ambition of that Prussia which he hated throughout his life, and whose victim he became.” There are photogravure portraits of Ludwig II, Richard Wagner, Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Prince Luitpold, regent of Bavaria.
“The writer, who appears to be well conversant with the enigmatical reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria, is evidently a person of strong prejudices, one of which is directed against Wagner, and another favorably toward the King. ... That he was more unfortunate than blameworthy she makes quite apparent. ... But we do strongly suspect her judgment of Wagner. Her invective is too vehement to be quite impartial. He is pictured as a demon of almost unbelievable evil. ... Her book is written somewhat too sensationally for serious history. The result of her research and her speculations is interesting.” R. M.
– + =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 25 ‘17 980w
“Supreme value to the student of history. If the details revealed in this book be true, which it seems highly probable that they are, we are furnished with another proof of the thoroughness and the all-embracing character of the Prussian plans for world-dominion and of the menace that they held toward all forms of democracy, for that Ludwig, unbalanced and autocratic as all his tendencies were, represented the real feeling of his countrymen better than did the alien group that brought about his ruin seems fairly certain.”
+ =Lit D= 55:36 S 29 ‘17 490w
=ECKLES, CLARENCE HENRY, and WARREN, GEORGE FREDERICK.= Dairy farming. (Farm ser.) il *$1.10 Macmillan 637 16-25254
This book discusses breeds of cattle, their selection, management, feeding and ailments; the dairy barn; milk and its products; systems of farming on dairy farms; methods of renting; cost of production; methods of marketing; etc. Mr Eckles is professor of dairy husbandry in the University of Missouri, and Mr Warren, professor of farm management in the New York State college of agriculture, Cornell university.
“Good general, popular treatment from the economic point of view, and the only work to cover this particular field.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:381 Je ‘17
“The modern farmer will find much that will interest him in this book, particularly in view of the changing conditions in our country at the present time. It is, however, chiefly as an aid to the teacher that this book is to be strongly recommended.”
+ =Nature= 99:383 Jl 12 ‘17 270w
“A good text for high schools, written by authorities.”
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:154 My ‘17 9w
=EDDY, SHERWOOD.=[2] With our soldiers in France. il *$1 Assn. press 940.91 17-26978
“This volume is the first book by an American dealing with the American army on the other side. Sherwood Eddy, its author, has just returned from France, where he made a survey of the battle front and ate, slept, worked, played, and marched with General Pershing’s troops in camp, on the road, and in the trenches. And he has written this work, fresh from his actual observations, to set before American readers the plain facts about what the conditions and surroundings of our army in France are and will be, what are the physical and moral dangers our men will have to face, and what is being done and planned to help them pass through the dangers, trials, and strains of the conflict with credit to themselves and to their country. Mr Eddy is connected in an important position with the field work of the Young men’s Christian association and before the war had made an extended tour for work among students in the Balkans, Russia, Turkey, and Germany.”—N Y Times
“‘With our soldiers in France’ preaches a manly religion.”
+ =Ind= 93:72 Ja 12 ‘18 230w
“Mr Eddy’s book is deeply interesting, for it bears the glowing touch of the actual and its message comes straight from trench and camp to home. It ought to have telling effect in bettering American support of the Young men’s Christian association.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:541 D 9 ‘17 580w
“This is the best kind of book to give to the man who will soon be fighting. It will show him what he ought to avoid and it will offer him a welcome at the sign of the red triangle.” Frank Fitt
+ =Pub W= 93:222 Ja 19 ‘18 330w
=EDER, MONTAGUE DAVID.= War-shock; the psycho-neuroses in war psychology and treatment. *$1.75 Blakiston 615.8 (Eng ed SG17-242)
“Dr Eder has earned for himself the right to speak with authority in connection with war shock. For some time he was an officer in the Royal army medical corps, and was medical officer in charge of the psycho-neurological department at Malta. The material for this book is the first 100 consecutive cases of psycho-neurosis encountered.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
=Ath= p306 Je ‘17 120w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p239 My 17 ‘17 170w
Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts. il 60c (5c) Butterfield 940.91 17-14687
As a result of a memorial meeting held in Boston, December 11, 1915, a fund was raised for the purpose of sending an “Edith Cavell nurse from Massachusetts” to serve with the British expeditionary force in France. The nurse sent, Miss Alice L. F. Fitzgerald, gives an account of her first year of service in the form of extracts from diary and letters. The remainder of the little book, about one half, is given up to an account of the imprisonment, trial, and death of Miss Cavell.
“Will interest most readers, we fancy, less for Miss Fitzgerald’s record, interesting as it is, than for the vivid account of the imprisonment and the events following the imprisonment of Miss Cavell. There is a crisp brevity in this relation which reflects the ominous rapidity with which things moved from the moment when the English nurse was put to trial.”
+ =Nation= 105:610 N 29 ‘17 270w
=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 30w
=Pratt= p40 O ‘17 30w
=R of Rs= 55:669 Je ‘17 70w
=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w
=EDWARDS, GEORGE WHARTON.= Vanished halls and cathedrals of France. il *$6 (8c) Penn 914.4 17-30884
“This American artist and tourist long familiar with the ravaged regions of northern France ... describes and pictures the now vanished glories of Reims, Noyon, Arras, Léon, Verdun, St Quentin, and many other towns and villages of which we have been hearing so much, and in so tragic a way, of late. The great tower of Senlis, old St Pierre of Noyon, Gerbeviller’s historic hall, and the keep of Coucy-le-Château are among the vanished splendors that live again under Mr Edwards’s pen and pencil. The volume is printed on specially made paper and richly bound.”—Lit D
=Boston Transcript= p8 D 5 ‘17 630w
+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 120w
+ =Nation= 105:612 N 29 ‘17 60w
“This is a gift book to bring delight to the eyes—and an ache to the heart.”
+ =N Y Times= 23:2 Ja 6 ‘18 350w
“We may well be thankful that an artist of Mr Edwards’s skill has preserved in this book the memories of happier days. Both for pictures and text the volume will prove a most welcome holiday gift to any lover of France.”
+ =Outlook= 117:520 N 28 ‘17 100w
+ =R of Rs= 57:219 F ‘18 70w
=EEKHOUD, GEORGES.= New Carthage (La nouvelle Carthage). *$1.50 (1½c) Duffield 17-17971
The “New Carthage” is Antwerp; Georges Eekhoud is a Flemish novelist, and this novel of his has been crowned by the Belgian Academy. The translation from the French is by Lloyd R. Morris, who also writes an introduction dealing with Eekhoud and his writings, and who says of him: “Like that other great Belgian artist, Constantin Meunier, he celebrates the modern beauty of labor and of the crowd.” “The novel is essentially a record of the life of the whole city. Its protagonist is Antwerp itself, or, more definitely, the proletariat of Antwerp as its life is experienced by Laurent Paridael. The novel is largely autobiographical; Laurent, like Eekhoud himself, is left an orphan at the age of eleven and committed to the care of a wealthy uncle, who, like Eekhoud’s uncle, is a manufacturer of candles.” (Introd.) “Here in this factory, Laurent saw the ugly side of ‘that prosperous industrialism’ of which his exquisite cousin Gina both knew and embodied only ‘the radiant and brilliant aspect.’ It was what he saw in this factory that placed Laurent forever on the side of the laborer. ... This sympathy with the proletariat and his passion for his cousin Gina were the two determining yet to a great extent contradictory factors in his career, uniting absolutely only at the very last, when they joined to bring about the vengeance and the tragedy with which the book ends.” (N Y Times)
“Despite its formlessness and exaggeration it is largely redeemed by its tropically splendid word-pictures and its expression of the social philosophy of a section of the working class which before Eekhoud had been without a spokesman.”
+ — =Cleveland= p132 D ‘17 90w
“He has a great theme, and he knows his city through all its turbulent layers. But he does not fuse the life really into artistic form. One thinks of ‘Germinal,’ and one misses the power and deep reference and social orientation of Zola. One thinks of ‘Pillars of society’ and one misses the cold, cutting subtlety of Ibsen in his exposure of that greed of the capitalist which sweeps away all human consideration. And one thinks of ‘Pelle’ and misses the palpitating mass-life with its hunger, and its pathetic struggle against its masters and the elements.” Randolph Bourne
– + =Dial= 63:343 O 11 ‘17 700w
“The personal side of the story is told with a robust emotionalism that staid persons will find a bit intense and overpowering.”
+ — =Ind= 93:128 Ja 19 ‘18 280w
“If the civilization it depicts was as represented, it is a blessing that it has ceased. Perhaps out of the holocaust of war will come a decenter existence. Nevertheless, we must wonder at the smug Anglo-Saxon prudishness of the translator, who has deleted certain passages because of their frankness. Perhaps the book as a whole should have been deleted.” Clement Wood
— =N Y Call= p15 D 29 ‘17 400w
“In this very capable translation we are given a novel of exceptional interest, the work of the man who stands at the very head and front of Belgian novelists. ... There is a certain robust quality, a certain careless and splendid prodigality, about this novel which reminds one just a little of Dickens and of the authors of that Elizabethan age of which M. Eekhoud has made an especial study. ... It is not, on the whole, a flattering picture which the author has drawn of his native city. Yet beneath all this turbulent life, beneath all the rioting and scheming and money-grabbing and ruthlessness and sensuality, one sees here and there something finer, something akin to the heroism and the loyalty we have learned to associate with the name of Belgium.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:285 Ag 5 ‘17 1550w
=EELLS, ELSIE SPICER (MRS B. G. EELLS).= Fairy tales from Brazil. il *$1.25 (6c) Dodd 17-25892
A publishers’ note says, “As wife of the superintendent of schools in Bahia, the author made a collection of Brazilian folk-lore tales as told by the children themselves during the story-hour at her boarding-school, and by the servants of her household. Many of these stories originated with the Indians of Brazil. A few are the Brazilian versions of stories from the Portuguese. Many others are African in descent and are much after the style of Uncle Remus.” The titles—How night came; How the rabbit lost his tail; How the tiger got his stripes; Why the lamb is meek, etc.,—show that we have here a familiar type of folk tale, but the point to the story in most cases is new and fresh. Some of them have appeared in Little Folks, Kindergarten-Primary Magazine and other papers, and they are well adapted to story telling purposes.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:172 F ‘18
=EGERTON, HUGH EDWARD.=[2] British foreign policy in Europe to the end of the 19th century; a rough outline. *$2 Macmillan 327.4 17-30066
“The object of the book is to show the motives and purposes which have guided British foreign policy and to do so as nearly as possible in the words of the men who have had most influence in shaping the policy. It contains therefore numerous extracts, especially from the speeches and letters of statesmen and diplomats in which they have urged or defended their ideas. ... It is a chronological index to the sources where will be found the best and most authoritative statements of intention and motive made by the men who determined events in this field. ... In the second place the object of the book is frankly a defense of British foreign policy. Professor Egerton is marshalling the evidence which shows ‘that the policy of the country on the whole has been singularly honest and straightforward.’”—Am Hist R
+ =Am Hist R= 23:429 Ja ‘18 580w
“There are indications of haste in the compilation of the work, and the reader may sometimes desiderate a clearer discussion of the principles and issues at stake; but the book is useful for the proper understanding of the historical problem now in process of solution.”
+ — =Ath= p520 O ‘17 140w
“The author has produced a readable, interesting, and useful work, but it is not likely to add to his fame as a historian. The book is to a large extent a compilation and gives evidence of somewhat hurried preparation, as is true of so many of the ‘timely’ books that have been published since 1914.”
+ — =Dial= 64:71 Ja 17 ‘18 600w
“The method which he has adopted has gone far to spoil the interest in his story. He splits up his subject into sections, and constantly harks back chronologically.”
+ — =Spec= 119:270 S 15 ‘17 550w
“Mr Egerton’s sketch of British policy derives a special value from his plan of using, as far as possible, the ‘ipsissima verba’ of statesmen, which gives it an authority it might otherwise seem to lack. The system of extensive quotation has its inevitable drawbacks; there are times when we feel that the uninstructed reader will not see the wood for the trees; and our general impression is that it will be found most useful and instructive by those who already have a fair knowledge of the outlines of European history. It fulfils its purpose, however, excellently well; its tone is impartial, moderate, and wise, and in our opinion it deserves a very wide public.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p483 O 11 ‘17 1700w
=ELBIQUET, pseud.= Supplementary magic. il *$1.25 Dutton 133
“A handbook intended to follow the author’s ‘Textbook of magic,’ and postulating a familiarity with the rudiments of the art as explained in the earlier book. The ‘true secrets’ comprise five principal devices: Repetition, inspection, explanation, intentional errors and abstraction of the attention. ... The early pages are devoted to an explanation of the science of conjuring, and there follows a presentation of new or improved methods of performing sleights. Part 3 is an entertaining discussion of Indian conjuring with a short study of the native conjurer’s methods and a selection from his favorite tricks. ‘A few tricks for all occasions’ are explained at the end. The book is amply illustrated.”—Springf’d Republican
“Well written and fully illustrated. The most interesting chapters are devoted to the Indian conjurer.”
+ =Spec= 118:341 Mr 17 ‘17 120w
=Springf’d Republican= p19 My 27 ‘17 170w
=ELLIOT, HUGH SAMUEL ROGER.= Herbert Spencer. il *$2 (3c) Holt (Eng ed 17-26315)
This volume in the Makers of the nineteenth century series is a biography of Spencer and a critique of his philosophy. “Whatever may be thought to-day of the value of Spencer’s writings, no one who wishes to understand the thought of the nineteenth century can neglect him,” says the general editor. The author treats his subject in the following chapters: Life; Character; Philosophy; Introduction to Spencer’s social writings; General summary of “The principles of sociology”; General summary of “The principles of ethics”; Metaphysics and religion; Evolution; Biology; Psychology; Education; Conclusion.
“A sympathetic introduction, with indication of the main positions in the system, and with a plot of the traps that guard those positions, is the most serviceable addition that could be made to Spencerian literature. Mr Elliot has admirably satisfied these requirements.” A. W. Small
+ =Am Hist R= 23:157 O ‘17 1150w
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:352 My ‘17
=Ath= p203 Ap ‘17 90w
“To obtain a clear idea of the Spencerian philosophy is not difficult for the reader who follows its course in the series of epitomes given by Mr Elliot. He has prepared a notable contribution to the history of English philosophy.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 F 10 ‘17 1350w
+ =Cleveland= p83 Je ‘17 40w
“Mr Hugh Elliot has produced a notable work, notable as a biography, notable in its current appeal, notable in the perspective it establishes for viewing a remarkable intellectual career.” Joseph Jastrow
* + =Dial= 63:146 Ag 30 ‘17 2050w
“There is included a helpful bibliography, a chronological table and an index. The frontispiece is from the Burgess portrait.”
=Ind= 91:32 Jl 7 ‘17 200w
=Lit D= 54:1076 Ap 14 ‘17 350w
“The chapters on Spencer’s philosophy and works are as distinctly mediocre as the earlier chapters are extraordinary. The last mentioned are fit to rank high among the best efforts at the portrayal of personality, while the former are no more than a faithful résumé disfigured by incompetent and futile criticism.”
+ — =Nation= 104:578 My 10 ‘17 1200w
“A vigorous and discriminating account of Herbert Spencer’s contributions to modern intellectual development.”
+ =Nature= 99:163 Ap 26 ‘17 320w
“It is in the perspective of the nineteenth century that Mr Elliott has endeavored to set him. ... But he has not mastered the task that a book of this kind must attempt. All that he has to say of Spencer’s life and character he says with admirable vigor. ... It has, indeed, every claim to be considered the best account of its kind as yet in existence. But when Mr Elliott leaves the narrative and comes to a critical statement of doctrine, the volume is of a different calibre. ... His epitome of Spencer’s teaching is not full enough to be useful and too full to be brief. His criticisms rarely go to the root of the matter he discusses. ... One has the conviction that Mr Elliott grew tired of his subject in the second half of his book and simply wrote to finish a work to which he was pledged. ... And I should guess that when Mr Elliott drew up his bibliography he just cast a glance at his shelves and wrote down the titles that he saw there.” H. J. L.
* – + =New Repub= 11:224 Je 23 ‘17 1600w
“Mr Elliot prefaces his examination of the details of Spencer’s scientific and sociological work with a brief and interesting study of the English thinker’s life and character. ... His book is thoroughly interesting as well as valuable, a study of importance from beginning to end.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:119 Ap 1 ‘17 1100w
=Pratt= p48 O ‘17 20w
=R of Rs= 55:667 Je ‘17 130w
“The volume is a welcome and worthy addition to the extremely useful series ‘Makers of the nineteenth century,’ which is being published under the general editorship of Mr Basil Williams. Our readers will remember the earlier volumes: Sir E. Cook’s ‘Delane’ and Lord Charnwood’s ‘Abraham Lincoln.’”
+ =Spec= 118:614 Je 2 ‘17 1600w
“This account of Spencer’s life and writings, while sound in judgment, is a vivid, unhackneyed study, so lucid and genially readable, that even the person who knows little about Spencer and cares less about his philosophy will find himself interested in both Spencer’s life and thought.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Mr 11 ‘17 1350w
“What Mr Elliot admires, and with justice—what his valuable study impressively reveals—is the heroic element in this independent lonely thinker, his steadfast adherence to the search of truth, his courage and faith, his love of liberty, his emancipation from all forms of authority.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p109 Mr 8 ‘17 1450w
=ELLIOTT, CHARLES BURKE.= Philippines; with prefatory note by Elihu Root. 2v il *$9 Bobbs 991.4
v 1 17-25734 v 2 17-23950
“The author of these two stout volumes ... was well fitted for his task. From a seat upon the Supreme bench of Minnesota he was transferred to that of the Philippines. Later he became a member of the governing body of the archipelago, the Philippine commission, and still later was secretary of commerce and police in the government of the islands. ... The two volumes discuss the two important phases of Philippine history. The first brings this history down through the military régime, and includes the record of the operations of the American fleet under Dewey and the capture of the archipelago and the occupation of the city of Manila by the American forces. The second volume takes up the narrative at the close of the military régime and continues to the end of the commission government.”—Boston Transcript
Reviewed by C: H. Cunningham
+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 12:129 F ‘18 1650w
“Judge Elliott attempts no fine writing, he draws no thrilling picture of that early morning battle in Manila bay. Plain, unadorned facts are recorded, without ornamentation, or attempt at picture writing. He has drawn the material for his narrative, quite evidently, from official records and not from the popular accounts of the battle published in the newspapers of the day.” E. J. C.
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 1100w
“The extent of the field covered in these two volumes is remarkable. The author’s statements of fact and estimates of character are measured and definite. Dr Elliott is fair to all parties. It is well that this definitive history has become available at the time when it may exercise a real influence upon the shaping of policy.”
+ =No Am= 206:954 D ‘17 950w
“Judge Elliott’s work is a permanent contribution to the history of the United States.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:637 D ‘17 750w
=ELLIOTT, F. HAWS.= Trench fighting. il *$1.50 (7c) Houghton 355 17-31265
The author, a captain of the British expeditionary force, covers his subject in the following chapters: History and preliminary entrenching; Styles of trenches and strong posts; Wire entanglements and obstructions; Organization of trench system for defence; Attack in trench warfare; Trench raids; Poison gas and liquid fire; Trench routine: standing orders for the trenches; Trench hygiene; Billeting and training of troops in rear of line; Syllabus of training; Morale. The diagrams are grouped at the end, and an appendix gives a list of officers’ equipment advised for France.
+ =R of Rs= 57:102 Ja ‘18 50w
=ELLIOTT, FRANCIS PERRY.= Lend me your name! il *$1.25 (3½c) Reilly & B. 17-16728
“The hero is a young Englishman of title temporarily resident in New York. He is bored with his position and his manner of living; moreover, he harbors a wholesome fear of his strong-minded wife, who holds a tight rein over him however far he wanders from her. During an unsought visit to his bedroom by a famous burglar, the Englishman suggests a change of positions with the yeggman.” (Springf’d Republican) The rest of the book deals with the various amusing complications consequent upon the change.
“If one is willing to abandon consideration of probability and improbability much enjoyment may be found in following these adventures of a noble gentleman in the guise of a burglar. ... The author has a knack of characterization and a very pleasant feeling for summer romance in the open.”
+ =Dial= 63:74 Jl 19 ‘17 100w
“An amusing, if not exactly probable, little farce.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:258 Jl 8 ‘17 280w
“All the characters, the situation, and its path of development are decidedly ‘stagey.’ ... The burglar is slangy and unconsciously humorous, the girl delightful, and the Englishman, while molded according to the stage type Britisher, is naive and likable.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 2 ‘17 280w
=ELLIOTT, LILIAN ELWYN.= Brazil today and tomorrow. il *$2.25 (2½c) Macmillan 918.1 17-10576
The author is literary editor of the Pan-American Magazine. This book, she says, “is the fruit of seven years’ travel in and study of Latin America, and two years’ special work on and in Brazil, where seventeen out of the twenty states were visited.” A survey of the history of Brazil is followed by a chapter of immense interest to the United States on Colonization in Brazil, dealing with the systematic method of inducing and regulating immigration and with the mixture of races. Other chapters take up Social conditions, Transportation, Industries, Currency, The world’s horticultural and medicinal debt to Brazil, Brazil’s exterior commerce. There are a number of illustrations, several maps, a glossary of Brazilian terms and an index.
“Not a travel book, but one which will interest men about to establish or promote business in South America.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:397 Je ‘17
“As a general account of the country—its geography, its history, its people, its industries, its commerce—it has much to commend it, but it very plainly has the common fault of over praise. The book is written to please.” G. B. Roorbach
+ — =Ann Am Acad= 73:233 S ‘17 100w
Reviewed by T: Walsh
+ =Bookm= 45:319 My ‘17 250w
“Its arrangement of material is admirable and a great deal of patient study and research is evident in its pages. There is also an ample consideration of the arts and letters of Brazil that will satisfy the student of these particulars.” T: Walsh
+ =Bookm= 46:607 Ja ‘18 130w
=Boston Transcript= p6 My 12 ‘17 650w
“The book is remarkable for its fairness and kindly tone.”
+ =Cath World= 105:824 S ‘17 200w
“The author’s analysis of the results of colonization is particularly illuminating in view of the present crisis in the provinces of the south, where Teutonic influences predominate.”
+ =Dial= 63:278 S 27 ‘17 350w
“The Brazilian point of view is given by much reference to native papers. Maps and excellent illustrations complete a valuable book.”
+ =Ind= 92:261 N 3 ‘17 70w
“Miss Elliott has a notable faculty for presenting closely condensed material in modest space and at the same time making it interesting. ... Miss Elliott’s book will increase the growing interest in South America. It is copiously illustrated from photographs.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:101 Mr 25 ‘17 700w
+ =Outlook= 116:161 My 23 ‘17 120w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 1 ‘17 330w
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:184 Je ‘17 70w
=ELLIS, HAVELOCK.= Essays in war-time. *$1.50 (2½c) Houghton 575 (Eng ed 17-13565)
Mr Ellis calls these essays “further studies in the task of social hygiene.” Many of the subjects treated are those on which he has already written much and with which his name is chiefly associated, among them, War and eugenics; War and the birth-rate; Feminism and masculinism; The mental differences of men and women; The conquest of venereal disease; Eugenics and genius; Marriage and divorce; The meaning of the birth-rate; Civilisation and the birth-rate. In many but not all of these, the question of the effects of the war enters into the discussion.
“Readers not familiar with Havelock Ellis’ writings, especially his ‘Task of social hygiene,’ will find this a stimulating, although a somewhat choppy volume. To others the book will neither add to nor detract from Mr Ellis’ reputation as a keen and constructive critic of modern social problems. ... The essay on Birth control is eminently sane and well considered, and is, together with the proposal for the nationalization of medical service, the real contribution of the book.” A. B. Wolfe
+ =Am Econ R= 7:426 Je ‘17 130w
=A L A Bkl= 13:433 Jl ‘17
Reviewed by F. F. Kelly
+ =Bookm= 45:183 Ap ‘17 360w
“The sheaf of essays is bound by a continuity of interest and a consistency of point of view which may be described as a scientific radicalism, challenging the established beliefs when these rest upon tradition rather than upon cogent argument and experience.”
+ =Dial= 62:191 Mr 8 ‘17 230w
“The immediate urgency, as well as the profound intrinsic importance of the subjects of these ‘Essays’ should ensure them attention and discussion; and the writing is delightful in its subtlety and distinction, its wealth of suggestion and implication, and deep quiet humour. The three concluding articles on Birth-control and the close-packed little essay on ‘Marriage and divorce’ are particularly fine, in their characteristically unflinching and beautiful treatment of sexual subjects. ... The essays dealing with the war, though admirable in tone, are less clear and sure in touch than the rest.” F. W. S. Browne
+ =Int J Ethics= 27:406 Ap ‘17 200w
+ =N Y Call= p14 Mr 18 ‘17 300w
=N Y Times= 22:46 F 11 ‘17 700w
“German theories that war is a ‘biological necessity’ have been demolished before now and what Mr Ellis has to say on this subject is neither original nor fresh. It has, however, the much greater merit of being sound and may be read with profit in this country. ... On various questions of eugenics and sexual morality Mr Ellis has much to say. ... While his views are often debatable, his purpose is ethical and not unduly individualistic.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 9 ‘17 600w
Reviewed by Bruno Lasker
+ =Survey= 38:288 Je 30 ‘17 850w
“‘War and the birth-rate’ is a disappointing study. ... The essay throws no clear light upon the momentous question of fact. ... In the essays on ‘Civilisation,’ ‘The birth-rate’ and ‘Birth control,’ Mr Havelock Ellis expounds his militant Malthusianism. We will only say of them that they dwell too much on a few aspects of a many-sided subject.”
– + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p578 D 7 ‘16 850w
=ELLIS, OLIN O., and GAREY, ENOCH BARTON.= Plattsburg manual. il *$2 Century 355 17-10212
A work designed as a handbook for federal training camps. The authors are two officers in the United States army who acted as instructors in the Plattsburg training camp in 1916. Contents: General advice; Physical exercise; School of the soldier; School of the squad; School of the company; Fire superiority; The service of security; Attack and defense; General principles of target practice; Practice march or “hike”; Officers’ reserve corps. In addition there is a supplement with six chapters for “advance work.” The book is fully illustrated and is indexed.
“Simple directions, well illustrated.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:375 Je ‘17
“For officers and men, and for all citizens who would see just what learning to be a soldier means.”
=Ind= 90:127 Ap 14 ‘17 20w
“Preparatory manuals are more or less alike, in this if in no other respect, that they all have as their aim one and the same result. The road to this result is shortened by the employment in this book of illustrations showing not only the right, but also the wrong, way of doing certain things. Many of the diagrams, too, will prove helpful, and the text is clear, direct, and simple.”
+ =Nation= 104:636 My 24 ‘17 300w
+ =N Y Br Lib News= 4:67 My ‘17 110w
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p14 Ap ‘17 160w
+ =N Y Times= 22:130 Ap 8 ‘17 190w
=Pittsburgh= 22:276 Ap ‘17
“One of the most timely publications of the spring. ... It is the most elementary and at the same time the most readable guide thru the intricate earlier stages of soldiering that we have seen. The 155 illustrations, mostly from photographs, are an important feature.” R. L.
+ =Pub W= 91:1326 Ap 21 ‘17 150w
=St Louis= 15:189 Je ‘17 20w
“The work was written primarily as a textbook for army training camps, but its usefulness has increased manifold since it was written.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 O 16 ‘17 180w
=ELLMS, JOSEPH WILTON.= Water purification. il *$5 McGraw 628.1 17-13569
“The book begins very logically with water in its relation to public health and comfort. Next, the various means of purification are discussed, and progress in filter construction—particularly, rapid sand filters—is described. The methods of storing and applying chemicals are treated, and there is a chapter on power-plant and miscellaneous equipment. The work also contains chapters relating to the cost of construction and operation of rapid sand filters, etc. ... In the appendix are twelve tables useful to operators of water-purification plants. ... A large part of the work is the result of the author’s own experience. The remainder consists of quotations from published articles, for which there are references, mostly American, at the end of each chapter. Much of the material is new, and the illustrations are modern. ... The use of the book would be greatly facilitated if the index were amplified.”—Engin News-Rec
“The author’s twenty-five years’ experience, beginning in the laboratory of the Massachusetts State board of health and extending through many years at the Louisville and Cincinnati water-works and elsewhere, has qualified him for his well-performed task of writing a treatise on water purification. ... As a whole, the book impresses one with sincerity of purpose and reliability of data. It will be of invaluable assistance to the designer and operator of water-purification plants.”
* + =Engin News-Rec= 79:129 Jl 19 ‘17 500w
“The arrangement of the descriptive matter in logical order, so that a clear idea may be had of each process as a whole as well as in its details, has been carried out very successfully, and the descriptions are full and clear without being profuse.”
+ =Municipal Journal= 42:805 Je 14 ‘17 380w
“The reading references at the chapter endings are especially noteworthy.”
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p8 Jl ‘17 60w
=ELLWOOD, CHARLES ABRAM.= Introduction to social psychology. *$2 (2c) Appleton 301 17-11579
Society is defined by Professor Ellwood as “that form of collective life which is carried on by means of mental interaction.” It follows from this definition that the psychological element is fundamental in any study of social life. It is from this point of view that he approaches his subject in this book. Contents: Social psychology, its relations and methods; Organic evolution and social evolution; Human nature and human society; The nature of social unity [two chapters]; The nature of social continuity; Social change under normal conditions; Social change under abnormal conditions; Instinct and intelligence in the social life; Imitation and suggestion in the social life; Sympathy and consciousness of kind in the social life; Social order; Social progress; The nature of society.
“There is a catholicity about the author’s thinking that will be a wholesome corrective for one-sidedness in teacher or students; there is not only a willingness to see strength as well as weakness in divergent opinions but also a desire to gain the strength of each in some inclusive conception. The real limitation of the book for teaching purposes is its abstractness.” W. H. Heck
+ — =Am Econ R= 7:839 D ‘17 400w
“These chapters [chapters 4-8] are easily the best part of the volume and furnish an excellent presentation of social psychology proper. The third division, the remaining chapters, seem more like appendixes explaining and amplifying certain topics of the volume, but in themselves they form no unity and do not carry forward to a conclusion the main argument of the work.” J. Q. Dealey
+ — =Am J Soc= 23:255 S ‘17 450w
=A L A Bkl= 14:5 O ‘17
“In a study of the forces which unite society, Professor Ellwood has not overlooked consciousness of kind, or imitation, or sympathy, or any of the factors which have been put forward by certain writers as alone able to account for the cohesion of social groups. In his system he has made a niche into which each one of these forces finds its place. It is this broad-minded treatment of the subject which makes this volume so well fitted for the needs of the student in the social sciences who wishes a broad outlook upon this field.” W: B. Bailey
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:770 N ‘17 270w
“Throughout the author sanely holds that the intellect is the supreme instrument of adaptation in the social life; and as instruments the intellect and its ideas are the means by which social progress can be rationally planned.” Archibald Henderson
+ =Bookm= 46:276 N ‘17 250w
“Thoroughly adequate when judged by classroom standards, the volume can hardly be said to be notable. Yet it is generally unfair to criticize textbooks by the standards of notable contributions.”
+ =Dial= 63:167 Ag 30 ‘17 250w
“A simplification of Professor Ellwood’s Sociology in its psychological aspects.’”
=Ind= 91:108 Jl 21 ‘17 60w
“We can recall no other contemporary sociological work of the psychological order which makes a saner and clearer presentation of its case. The criticism here to be passed does not concern form or detail: it has to do with the general matter of leaning so heavily upon psychology. ... The pretensions of psychology, as here set forth or implied, make one think of the historian who claimed for history everything man had ever done on earth—astronomy, bacteriology, and all the rest.”
* + – =Nation= 106:68 Ja 17 ‘18 1200w
“A competent and scientific, but rather dull book.”
+ — =New Repub= 13:sup20 N 17 ‘17 140w
“It is written in a sedate, leisurely style, and luckily the author has not succumbed to the manner that has invaded even psychology of playing for the snappy phrase, the thrill of paradox.” F. M.
+ =N Y Call= p15 N 11 ‘17 280w
=R of Rs= 56:440 O ‘17 100w
=St Louis= 15:320 S ‘17 10w
“The book will repay careful reading. It is exact and careful of statement, and is in all ways a suggestive and constructive study of social psychology.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 My 31 ‘17 320w
“Professor Ellwood’s book, however, will remain rather for the special student of psychology and sociology than for the general reader.” M. M. Davis, jr.
+ — =Survey= 39:272 D 1 ‘17 400w
=ELMER, MANUEL CONRAD.= Technique of social surveys. *$1 World co., Lawrence, Kan. 309.1 17-18991
“This book devotes itself to two main questions: the kind of facts to be gathered in social surveys and the use to be made of them, the greater and more valuable part of the publication being devoted to the former. This includes discussions and questionnaires relating to a rather wide range of topics having to do with social welfare, the more important among them being population and vital statistics, educational agencies, recreation and amusement, industry and labor conditions, disease and health measures, housing, public utilities, transportation and storage, distribution of wealth, political organization, taxes, charities, courts, childcare, defectives, juvenile and adult crime, and religious activities.”—Survey
“The author has made his book thoroughly practical and it will be of distinct usefulness to those for whom it was written.”
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:792 N ‘17 90w
“While the book has the weakness of many others on the same subject, namely, its dwelling too briefly upon the purpose in and reasons for collecting the mass of facts called for, and of instructing too little in the interpretation and methods of using the facts, it nevertheless has suggestions for the surveyor and will be of use to individuals, clubs and other groups of citizens who wish, perhaps, not so much to make a survey as to become intelligent upon social conditions in their own community.” S. M. Harrison
+ — =Survey= 39:271 D 1 ‘17 320w
=ELY, RICHARD THEODORE,[2] and others.=[2] Foundations of national prosperity. *$2 Macmillan 338 17-30136
Four college professors, three of political economy, and one of geology, have collaborated in this work whose sub-title is “studies in the conservation of permanent national resources.” Part 1, by Professor Ely, deals with the more general aspects of the subject, bringing it particularly into relation to economic theory, and terminating with a consideration of conservation policies. In part 2 Prof. Ralph H. Hess discusses the relation of conservation to economic evolution and shows that each stage in economic evolution must have its own conservation policies. Part 3, by Prof. Charles K. Leith, deals with minerals which present peculiar problems in conservation. Part 4, contributed by Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver, deals with the human resources, for which natural resources exist.
“In part 4, Professor Carver approaches the subject from several new and unexpected angles.”
+ =R of Rs= 57:220 F ‘18 170w
“Prof. Carver has produced a clean and vigorous chapter, as has Prof. Leith. Their hard facts are balanced by the progressive theorizing of Prof. Ely and Prof. Hess. One cannot but feel that it would be more valuable as a treatise had its scope been confined to conservation in the directly material sense in which we use the term when we speak of conservation of natural resources.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ja 28 ‘18 530w
=ELY, RICHARD THEODORE, and others.= Outlines of economics. 3d rev ed *$2.10 Macmillan 330 16-19484
“The third edition of Professor Ely’s much used text is now available. The past eight years have been fruitful of changes in economic thought and in economic activity. It was to take account of these that the present revision was undertaken. This has involved the rewriting of many parts of the work. The discussion of underlying principles has been expanded; two chapters—on Business organization and on Economic activities of municipalities—have been omitted as such; one on Labor legislation has been added, and the sequence of others has been altered. All of these changes make for greater unity of treatment in a work that already showed distinctively serviceable qualities.”—Ann Am Acad
“The meager index of the second edition is very much enlarged and correspondingly more helpful. The ‘references’ appended to chapters have been revised and account taken of recent literature. But the lists of questions are often unchanged or are shortened. ... Final conclusions from reviewing this book are that the text while maintaining its identity has yet grown not in size only but in character and maturity; that it has been successful in including a vast amount of new material, in taking account of recent developments, and in thoroughly revising all sections. If not up to date today, it is as near being so as we can expect in these days of rapid development. Criticisms are due to the inclusion of controversial matter; to the attempt to be all inclusive; to a strain of revolutionary philosophy; and to the fact that the text is written from the standpoint of the subject and of scholarship rather than with an eye single to the student and the class-room.” C: E. Persons
* + =Am Econ R= 7:98 Mr ‘17 2050w
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:273 Mr ‘17
+ =Ann Am Acad= 70:326 Mr ‘17 90w
+ =Nation= 104:556 My 3 ‘17 270w
“It differs from the older editions in that its scope is much wider, and it includes, in addition to the theoretical considerations, a great deal of what goes under the name of applied economics. In this it resembles Professor Taussig’s work on the same subject published a few years ago. Both books mark the departure from the old college textbooks in economics, which dealt exclusively with theoretical considerations of the problems of production, distribution and exchange. ... The volume is well arranged for teaching purposes.” A. L. Trachtenberg
+ =N Y Call= p14 Mr 4 ‘17 600w
“It is a sign of the times when such a standard and authoritative book as this requires such revision for its third edition that it was not possible to use the old type.”
+ =N Y Times= 21:488 N 12 ‘16 130w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 7 ‘17 160w
=EMBURY, AYMAR.= Livable house—its plan and design. il *$2.50 Moffat 728.6 17-14400
“The book contains 100 photographs of different types of houses, together with many detail drawings of interior plans of the same, which demonstrate, as they are intended to do, that a high standard of architectural merit is possible in a small house when good taste and good judgment prevail.”—Springf’d Republican
“An interesting and suggestive ‘first book.’”
+ =Cleveland= p97 Jl ‘17 50w
“The book is both attractive and suggestive.”
+ =Outlook= 116:412 Jl 11 ‘17 80w
“Since the cost of building material and labor have advanced by leaps during the past year and a half, Mr Embury’s statements of cost prices require revision.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 27 ‘17 350w
=EMERSON, EDWARD WALDO.= Henry Thoreau as remembered by a young friend. il *$1.25 (6½c) Houghton 17-19701
The author is a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thoreau had the run of the Emerson house, and was to the children “the best kind of an older brother.” Twenty-seven years ago, Dr Emerson tells us, he was moved to write a lecture on Thoreau, because of “the want of knowledge and understanding, not only of his character, but of the events of his life,” and of “the false impressions given by accredited writers who really knew him hardly at all.” Lowell’s essay on Thoreau is mentioned as “having unhappily prejudiced many persons.” This book is the outgrowth of that early lecture, and is based, not only on Dr Emerson’s own youthful recollections, but on the recollections of the Concord people whom he, as a physician, has had the opportunity to know.
=A L A Bkl= 14:57 N ‘17
“Of Thoreau’s experience as a teacher, of his work in the pencil-making industry founded by his father, of his life in Concord and acquaintance with its people of greater and less celebrity and of no celebrity at all, we learn much in Dr Emerson’s few and unpretentious pages. ... They solve many puzzles about his life, his doings and his character.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 1350w
“These illuminating glimpses of a strongly marked and splendidly independent but too often misunderstood personality are a welcome addition to the rather meagre literary product called forth by the Thoreau centennial. In this little book Thoreau the idealist stands justified for his refusal to devote the best years of his life to pencil-making and money-getting.”
+ =Dial= 63:401 O 25 ‘17 200w
“In these few pages we see the author of ‘Walden’ at his best and, we feel convinced, as he really was.”
+ =Ind= 91:476 S 22 ‘17 100w
“It is a long way from the stoical Thoreau of Emerson’s ‘Memoir’ to the ‘simple, gentle, friendly, and amusing’ Thoreau of his son’s ‘Henry Thoreau as remembered by a young friend.’ ... If the point of view is slightly distorted, at least there is compensation in the really winning personality that rises into life as we read these pages.”
+ — =Nation= 105:205 Ag 23 ‘17 300w
“A rather muddled sketch of Thoreau’s life, with a wealth of significant incidents that throw a more human halo about that rich personality.” Max Lustig
+ — =N Y Call= p14 Ag 26 ‘17 320w
+ =Outlook= 116:626 Ag 22 ‘17 80w
“Dr Emerson succeeds in demolishing common misconceptions of Thoreau as an idler, misanthropist, and rather inconsistent fanatic ... and demonstrates that he deserved the pretty general love and respect of the Old Concord with which this little book credits him.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 AS 16 ‘17 430w
=EMERTON, EPHRAIM.= Beginnings of modern Europe (1250-1450). maps $1.80 (1c) Ginn 940.4 17-25735
The period which is the subject of study in this volume is the transition period between the time when Europe was committed to feudalism and the Roman church, and that of the modern Europe of independent national states and religious toleration. The thread of the narrative aims to be the working out, consciously in literature and unconsciously thru social and political conflict, of the idea that individuals or bodies of men voluntarily united in a common interest might, if they pleased, speak and act for themselves. Slight emphasis is put upon theological aspects, political, social and intellectual movements being the main consideration. Contents: The principle of the modern state; The new empire; The new papacy; The rise of a middle class; The Italian republics to 1300; The Hundred years’ war; The age of the councils; The age of the despots in Italy; The renaissance in Italy; The northern renaissance.
=Boston Transcript= p8 N 21 ‘17 210w
“Nothing but praise can be said of this most admirable treatment of European history. Professor Emerton avoids the bizarre which is so tempting to some of the popular writers on medieval history and institutions, and he will be found a safe and sound guide thru a fascinating field.”
+ =Educ R= 54:529 D ‘17 70w
“If one is looking for a masterly treatment of the transition from mediaeval to modern times, such will be found in this book. His method involves a certain amount of repetition, which, by the way, is beneficial rather than detrimental in this case by showing the close interrelation of the historical movements considered. The book contains a number of valuable colored maps.”
+ =School R= 26:69 Ja ‘18 380w
=EMPEY, ARTHUR GUY.= “Over the top.” il *$1.50 (2c) Putnam 940.91 17-15575
An account of trench warfare “somewhere in France” by an American who served for a year and a half in the British army as bomber, machine gunner, etc., until he fell wounded and after four months in the American women’s war hospital in England, was discharged as physically unfit for further war service. Empey says: “I have tried to tell my experiences in the language of Tommy sitting on the fire step of a front-line trench on the Western Front—just as he would tell his mate next him what was happening at a different part of the line.” “Tommy’s dictionary of the trenches” (unofficial) fills the last thirty-five pages.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:19 O ‘17
“Through it all there breathes the spirit of buoyancy and optimism that is characteristically American. It is all an unconscious piece of quite wonderful writing.”
+ =Cath World= 106:258 N ‘17 330w
+ =Cleveland= p101 S ‘17 70w
“For once the publisher’s urgent description does not exaggerate; for in this unpretentious volume is caught at last the soul of Tommy Atkins.”
+ =Dial= 63:114 Ag 16 ‘17 480w
“One of the very best soldier books of the war.”
+ =Ind= 91:184 Ag 4 ‘17 400w
+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 190w
“There have been several such books, but this is different from them all and one feels that for the average fighting man, it is truer than the others. ... In no other book that has come from the front has there been so much of soldier humor. ... Prospective soldiers can learn here pretty nearly just what is awaiting them, in both incident and sensation.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:239 Je 24 ‘17 1000w
“Many of our readers must have heard Captain Empey tell his war experiences from the platform. He writes exactly as he talks—clearly, incisively, in the language of the trenches.”
+ =Outlook= 116:489 Jl 25 ‘17 150w
=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 10w
=Pratt= p39 O ‘17 10w
“Few personal records of service have given us so much genuine pleasure as this one—whether for the overflowing cheeriness and the simple intimacy and the keen humour of its style, or for the real feeling which beats all through it.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p639 D 20 ‘17 270w
Empire and the future. *75c Macmillan 325.3 17-15171
“A slim volume containing a series of lectures delivered in the University of London, King’s college. Mr Steel-Maitland contributes an introduction. Dr M. E. Sadler deals with ‘The universities and the war.’ Sir Charles Lucas treats of ‘Empire and democracy.’ The Master of Balliol discourses on ‘The people and the duties of empire.’ ‘Imperial administration’ is in the capable hands of Dr H. A. L. Fisher. Mr Philip Kerr is on his own ground, dealing with ‘Commonwealth and empire.’ The volume is fittingly closed by Mr G. R. Parkin’s address on ‘The duty of the empire to the world.’”—Ath
“There is no single work we would more strongly recommend to those interested in the future of the British commonwealth than this little volume. Indeed, we regard it as an excellent introduction to the study of the problems of imperial reconstruction. It contains no cut-and-dried schemes; its value lies rather in providing a background for schemes of reconstruction.”
+ =Ath= p88 F ‘17 700w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:39 Mr ‘17
=St Louis= 15:314 S ‘17 10w
“From one important standpoint it is a book to be welcomed: it comes from men who are profoundly in earnest, and who wish to grow into the needs of a most difficult new time. Their desire is to educate themselves, as well as to help those who know less than they do. On the other hand, they do not yet know how to coax great subjects through the prejudices of uneducated middle-age. ... It is a book for political clubs and for university students. The subjects chosen are too widespread to be generally useful at the present moment.”
+ — =Sat R= 122:509 N 25 ‘16 1350w
Reviewed by the Earl of Cromer
+ =Spec= 117:656 N 25 ‘16 1600w
“These lectures are anything but academic. Throughout they are the live words of men who speak of great things to listeners as keenly interested as themselves.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p543 N 16 ‘16 1000w
Empty house. il *$1.40 (2½c) Macmillan 17-17515
“The theme of this novel is the need of sex-fulfilment for the American wife, through motherhood. The wife in evidence, who is her own witness and judge, has grown up, under the example of her own mother’s fate, in the fear of maternity. She dreads marriage for what it threatens, and will not marry until it is understood that she is to have no children. Between herself and her young husband exists a possible basis of friendship as well as that passionate relation which is to go through the inevitable phases. ‘The need of a world of men’ asserts itself for the husband: the wife is left to her own resources, her clothes, her bridge, her idle-restless occupations of the servanted and childless city-woman. Her husband remains her preoccupation, while his work more and more absorbs him. In her will to possess him, she begins to prey upon him; in the end, by her exactions and by her secret and disastrous interference with his career, she brings about his ruin and his death. And it is all traceable to that ‘over-sexed’ condition of the American woman which, according to the German scientist of the story, condemns her, in default of motherhood, to destroy her mate.”—Nation
“These people have the breath of life in them, are real as the action is real, however slightly both may be outlined.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:96 S ‘17 540w
“With her abstract theories of married life the writer of ‘The empty house’ gives us all food for discussion. But like many novels with a purpose it is totally one-sided. ... Were we to surmise concerning the writer of this novel we might say that she is herself unmarried. The days of her childhood are described convincingly, but the post-matrimonial discussions lack conviction and sincerity.” D. F. G.
– + =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 490w
“It is a vivacious story with an air of determination to speak out and tell the truth. What it tells is interesting. But after all it does not tell very much. The manner is sometimes irritating, if the reader is over-sensitive to literary manner. In trying to sound human and natural the author makes an unnecessary sacrifice of sentence-construction.” J: Macy
+ — =Dial= 63:113 Ag 16 ‘17 120w
“A special plea, if you like, but vigorously embodied in a tale well told.”
+ =Nation= 105:247 S 6 ‘17 310w
“We are almost tempted to say that it is many years since we have read anything so trivial published by a reputable house. ... The style is scrappy and lacking entirely in any literary qualities.” M. G. S.
— =N Y Call= p14 S 2 ‘17 250w
“Notwithstanding the irritating style and the wearying repetitions, the author contrives to put a good deal of emotional suspense and some dramatic situations into the story. But it really wasn’t necessary, for the convincingness of the tale, to make the teller of it seem quite such an uncurbed fool.”
— =N Y Times= 22:265 Jl 15 ‘17 730w
“An incisive yet moving study of feminine tendencies—some limited and morbid, others general and human. There is bitterness in the exposition of one type of American women, described by a foreign scientific observer.”
=Outlook= 116:556 Ag 8 ‘17 70w
=ENDELL, FRITZ AUGUST GOTTFRIED.= Old tavern signs; an excursion in the history of hospitality. il *$5 Houghton 394 16-24700
“Mr Endell confesses in his ‘Old tavern signs’ that his love of the subject is his only apology for his bold undertaking of writing about it. First it was the filigree quality and the beauty of the delicate tracery of the wrought-iron signs in the picturesque villages of southern Germany that attracted his attention; then their deep, symbolic significance exerted its influence more and more over his mind, and tempted him at last to follow their history back until he could discover its multifarious relations to the thought and feeling of earlier generations. ... Poetical and political signs are treated at length, and the English sign and its peculiarities are fully described. Not the least interesting part of the book are the pictures, some of them copies of old prints. The author has added a bibliography and index to make his work complete.”—Boston Transcript
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 D 27 ‘16 700w
“A notable book of a rather unusual kind, ... which the author himself lavishly illustrated with drawings of much quaintness and charm. ... The edition is limited to 550 copies.”
+ =Dial= 61:544 D 14 ‘16 130w
“If it were not for the date in the imprint and a few scattered allusions, one would almost swear that this book had been composed in the eighteenth century. It seems to be pervaded by the kindly, unworldly sentiment of the vanished Germany of little states, such as Thackeray hardly caricatured in Pumpernickel, and Stevenson made the scene of Prince Otto’s adventures. Over all is the atmosphere one feels in the illustrations to Hans Andersen. Nowhere is the modern, scientific spirit.”
+ =Nation= 104:372 Mr 29 ‘17 550w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:15 Ja ‘17
“A book at once erudite and whimsical, entertaining in its style and illuminating in its account of the social life of former times.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:131 F ‘17 30w
=ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS.= Complaint of peace. *50c (2½c) Open ct. 172.4 17-14169
“This translation of the ‘Querela pacis’ of Erasmus is reprinted from a rare old English version. It is probably the 1802 reprint of the translation made by T. Paynell but published anonymously.” (Publishers’ preface) Erasmus, even in the sixteenth century, pictures Peace as seeking a refuge in vain with the common people, with kings, with scholars and with the religious. He dwells upon the incompatibility of war with Christianity, and argues that “there is scarcely any peace so unjust, but it is preferable, upon the whole, to the justest war,” but states that he is to be understood as speaking of the unjustifiable wars that Christians wage with Christians, and not of the purely defensive wars necessary to repel the violence of invaders.
“The essay is noteworthy as an appealing presentation of the arguments for peace.”
+ =Ath= p589 N ‘17 200w
“Every argument that has been advanced by the lovers of peace against militarism and its attendant horrors is cogently stated in this quaint document.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:331 S ‘17 100w
“This translation is welcome for other things than its abstract wisdom. It is welcome for its gentle irony and for the modulated richness of the English. The book would be admirable for reading in the schools.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 6 ‘17 1100w
“What Erasmus has to say is still not only readable, but worth reading. War is the most disastrous of human crimes and follies, and anything that helps us to understand that is good and useful. Provided that we also understand—what Erasmus only shows for one moment a glimpse of understanding—that it may be the most urgent of human duties.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p448 S 20 ‘17 1550w
=ERICHSEN, ERICH.= Forced to fight; the tale of a Schleswig Dane. *$1.25 (3c) McBride 940.91 (Eng ed 17-15580)
The author tells this story as it was told him by a young soldier returned from the war. “He told me,” says the author, “sometimes calmly and sometimes with excitement, about all those experiences that had whitened his hair and worn out his body, and made him an old man, though he had not yet completed his twenty-seventh year. I am telling his story as he told it to me. The words are mine but all that gives life to them, the moods and thoughts, the hopes and sufferings, the abasement of the soul and the horror of the mind—all these are his.” It is the terrible story of one who endured all of the horrors of war without any of the sustainment of a conviction of right. After the invasion of Belgium, in which he took part, the narrator was transferred to East Prussia, a region similarly devastated. The book is translated from the Danish by Ingeborg Lund.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:19 O ‘17
=Pratt= p40 O ‘17 40w
=ERVINE, ST JOHN GREER.= Changing winds. *$1.60 (1c) Macmillan 17-9813
The mettle of the young men who are giving their lives in this war and the irretrievable loss suffered by any nation that goes to war are brought home by this novel. It is the story of four boys, friends from schooldays. It is a story filled with the joy and eagerness and tragic seriousness of youth, with its big ambitions and easy achievements and its plans for the reformation of the world. War does not enter into these plans. The war is something that happens; but it cuts across every other claim and takes the four, one after the other. The war is a calamity that breaks suddenly, but the Irish revolution which also enters into the story, gives warnings of its approach. There is hardly a phase of the complicated Irish problem that is not touched on in the course of the novel. Henry Quinn, one of the four, is Irish and it is to him that events are most closely related, but the most vital personality in the group is Gilbert Farlow, killed in Gallipoli. The book is dedicated to the memory of Rupert Brooke.
“One of the women and the sex interest she arouses will be disapproved of by some readers, though few such would read the book.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:449 Jl ‘17
“The character-drawing throughout is of a high standard, but the chief interest of the book lies in the discussions between the quartet of young men, which range over nearly all the questions of the day. ... the position of labour, the war, Irish affairs, including the rebellion, etc. ... The book will appeal mostly to the unsophisticated.”
+ — =Ath= p253 My ‘17 210w
“A story of uncommon range and power.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 45:411 Je ‘17 670w
“Despite Mr Ervine’s chaotic methods, despite his annoying habit of playing havoc with the passing of time, despite his rapid shifting backward and forward through the years and his consequent chronological disorder, despite the wordiness and trivial episodes in a story that for its full effect should be brisk and compact, he has written in ‘Changing winds’ a novel that demands attention and that is certain to arouse discussion. We do not regret its length and we do not hasten towards its end. ... Anyone who has read ‘Mr Britling sees it through’ will be eager for another view of the English attitude as reflected in Mr Ervine’s agile mind.” E. F. E.
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 11 ‘17 1400w
“A monument of industry rather than talent. ... ‘Changing winds’ suggests the book of a writer who has attempted to immerse himself in his subject, but has not absorbed its implications. It is the work of a man who does not quite feel the life he portrays.”
— =Dial= 62:443 My 17 ‘17 180w
+ =Ind= 91:183 Ag 4 ‘17 200w
“An interpretation full of insight, and rich in human sympathy.”
+ =Nation= 104:601 My 17 ‘17 570w
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
+ =Nation= 105:600 N 29 ‘17 130w
“So far, then, as Mr Ervine has allowed his discipleship to H. G. Wells to lead him into discussing universal military service, factory organization, machine industry, etc., he has been badly bamboozled. You have to be a Meredith or at any rate a Wells to overflow into these =creative fictional discussions=, and where Mr Ervine has attempted this he is tin painted to look like steel. ... The utilization of contemporary personages and contemporary events gives ‘Changing winds’ an excitingness that has a sort of suggestion of genius. There are certain tricks about the book, however, that impair this impression. ... Though not written in the first person, ‘Changing winds’ is hot from =first-hand= experience, an empiric version of reality.” F. H.
* + – =New Repub= 10:326 Ap 14 ‘17 2100w
“Mr Ervine’s new book is by all odds the biggest piece of work he has done.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:113 Ap 1 ‘17 550w
“The author has one pervading purpose, namely, to make his readers see Ireland and Irishmen as they are. ... The picture of the recent Irish revolution included in the story is admirably done, and is both touching and dramatic.”
+ =Outlook= 115:710 Ap 18 ‘17 140w
“The title was taken from the sonnet, ‘The dead,’ by Rupert Brooke, to whom the author has dedicated the story.” M. A. S.
=St Louis= 15:184 Je ‘17 20w
“‘Changing winds’ may perhaps be not unfairly described as a set of variations on the theme of Mr St John Ervine’s book, ‘Sir Edward Carson and the Ulster movement,’ in which there was very little about Sir Edward Carson but a great deal about Ulstermen, young and old. ... The pictures of life in London are enlivened by some caustic portraits, under thin disguises, of well-known figures in the world of letters.”
+ =Spec= 118:567 My 19 ‘17 530w
“The most interesting modern Irish novel that we can remember. ... The Londoner and the Dubliner, particularly the former, will have no difficulty in recognizing numerous real people in the thinnest disguises, many of them hit off with amusing malice. ... The book is all youth and enthusiasm, and it is written by a man who obviously loves Ireland and loves England too. That is what makes it so good a presentation of the issue between the two countries.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p187 Ap 19 ‘17 600w
=ESENWEIN, JOSEPH BERG.= Writing for the magazines. *$1.50 Home correspondence school 808 16-26010
“The Writer’s library already contains books on short story writing, photo play writing, writing for vaudeville, verse writing and play writing. Its manifest object is the compiling of a series of helpful and practical textbooks which shall answer the numerous questions which writers want to ask and which no one has time to answer for them. Four things Mr Esenwein considers essential to success in writing—having something to say, knowing how different editors wish it said, knowing how to shape material and knowing the markets.”—Boston Transcript
=A L A Bkl= 13:161 Ja ‘17
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 F 28 ‘17 200w
“‘How to do it’ books are always slightly amusing, but in ‘Writing for the magazines’ J. B. Esenwein gives intelligent practical advice as to what the editor wants.”
+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 30w
+ =Lit D= 54:569 Mr 3 ‘17 50w
=Pittsburgh= 22:56 Ja ‘17
=ESENWEIN, JOSEPH BERG, and STOCKARD, MARIETTA.= Children’s stories, and how to tell them. (Writer’s library) *$1.50 (2½c) Home correspondence school 372.6 18-781
Professor Esenwein is head of the literary faculty of the Home correspondence school, Springfield, Mass., and Miss Stockard is connected with the Wilson normal school, Washington, D.C. The authors attempt to give “a clear statement of the various methods used successfully by story-tellers,” and, from these methods, to deduce certain simple foundation-principles “so as to help the student of the art to understand the material he has to work with, the forms in which it may be cast, various successful methods of presentation, the limitations of his hearers, and the ends he is justified in seeking to gain.” (Foreword) All this is covered in the eleven chapters of part 1, each chapter being followed by “Suggestions for study and discussion.” Part 2 consists of “Fifty stories to tell to children.” These include among others animal, Bible, patriot, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and hero stories. Part 3 gives eight suggestive “Reading and reference lists,” such as “Source-books for the storyteller,” “Books on literary study and its value,” etc. A list of publishers’ addresses is given.
“Now, the important and joyous thing about this excellent new book is that it indicates a reiterated faith on the part of the authors and publishers that story telling is an important factor in life.”
+ =Ind= 92:444 D 1 ‘17 30w
=St Louis= 15:422 D ‘17 30w
=ESSEN, LÉON VAN DER.= Invasion and the war in Belgium; with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict. il *15s T. Fisher Unwin, London 940.91 (Eng ed 17-17104)
“‘Our aim,’ writes Professor van der Essen, ‘has been to give for the first time a connected account and a complete survey of all the events of the German invasion and of the war in Belgium from the attack on Liège till after the battle of the Yser. ... We have always referred to our sources to enable the reader to control our evidence.’ ... The account of the military operations is drawn chiefly from three sources—the official report of the Belgium general staff; a compilation by a Belgian officer entitled ‘Les pages de gloire de l’armée Belge’; and reprinted articles from the newspaper Le XXme. Siècle.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) The author was professor of history at the University of Louvain.
“The fullest and best account of the invasion of Belgium that we have yet seen. ... This book shows in detail what the Belgians did. ... The author gives a clear and dispassionate account of the siege and fall of Antwerp.”
+ =Spec= 118:675 Je 16 ‘17 270w
“The translation falls below the ordinary standard of translations from the French. It is about upon a level with them; but that level is not high. ... We must confess to some disappointment with the critical methods of the author. We cannot always share his confidence in his authorities. ... Professor van der Essen is also very loose in his reckoning of casualties. ... From a military point of view, therefore, we cannot regard this book as of any great value; and yet we welcome it and commend it heartily to the English reader.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p242 My 24 ‘17 1200w
=EVANS, CARADOC.= My people. 4th ed *$1.35 Duffield (Eng ed 16-20112)
“Mr Caradoc Evans’s tales have a comparatively novel setting as an addition to their many purely literary merits. ... The peasants of West Wales are the characters and the neighborhood centring around Capel Sion the scene of all these stories. ... Many of the tales in this volume are sketches, perhaps, rather than stories, but they are every one of them interesting. The quaint dialect is fascinating, the whole point of view of these people redolent of the soil of which they are practically a part.” (N Y Times) The first English edition appeared in 1915.
=N Y Br Lib News= 5:74 My ‘17
“This is not in any way what can be called a pleasant book. It is realism, grim and stark. Realism of that type one usually associates with Russian fiction. ... Yet because he is a genuine and not a pseudo realist, every here and there appears some individual through whose character there runs a thread of pure gold. ... The tales are not without touches of comedy.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:222 Je 10 ‘17 620w
=Pittsburgh= 21:483 N ‘16
=EVERSLEY, GEORGE JOHN SHAW-LEFEVRE, 1st baron.= Turkish empire: its growth and decay. il *$3 (2c) Dodd 949.6 (Eng ed 17-29198)
“In the course of his long life Lord Eversley has witnessed the greater part of the events which have resulted in the expulsion of the Turks. So far back as in 1855 and 1857, he spent some time at Constantinople, and travelled in Bulgaria and Greece, and later, in 1890 and 1895, he revisited these countries and was able to compare their condition with what he recollected from his former visits. In a single volume, in a compact and popular form, he has given not a complete history of the Turkish empire, but a description of the processes by which it was aggregated, under the first ten great sultans, and has since been in great part dismembered under their twenty-six degenerate successors. In the latter part of his volume, Lord Eversley has drawn from his own experience, and puts on record his conversations with Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and the Ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid.” (Publishers’ note) The book is divided into two parts: The growth of empire, and The decay of empire. There are three maps.
“Lord Eversley knows Turkey well, and is therefore able to write informatively upon the causes which led to the rise of that once great and flourishing nation, and to its subsequent decline and dismemberment. This is a book which should be widely read, especially at the present period.”
+ =Ath= p530 O ‘17 90w
“This very readable and interesting book was written to meet the need of a clear-cut historical interpretation of the forces of disintegration in Turkey. Intentionally of secular rather than academic appeal, it is not the result of independent research, but is based mainly on the great work of von Hammer, the German historian, although many other authorities have been drawn upon for new historical evidence.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:576 D 23 ‘17 550w
“Lord Eversley’s intention to be fair is evident on every page; but, knowing nothing personally of the Asiatic side of Turkey, he has given too much faith to English writers with a grudge against it, who in their turn have given too much faith to eastern Christian writers of a bygone age. Lord Eversley is fairer in his judgment of the Turks, it may be said at once, than any other British author of his standpoint.”
+ — =Sat R= 124:309 O 20 ‘17 1100w
+ =Spec= 119:716 D 15 ‘17 1100w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p467 S 27 ‘17 70w
“The Turk has been a failure, and Lord Eversley’s book enables the reader to review with comparative brevity the career of this idle apprentice among the nations. It is interesting and useful to have the main points of Ottoman history with some garnishment of picturesque or arresting detail set forth so handily as in the present volume, but the reader could wish that more attention had been given to the spelling of names and the identification of persons; nor should the capture of Athens and the subsequent strangling of Franco degli Acciajuoli, the last reigning Duke of Athens and Lord of Thebes, be represented as the destruction of the last spark of Greek independence.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p471 O 4 ‘17 1900w
=EWERS, HANNS HEINZ.= Edgar Allan Poe; tr. by Adèle Lewisohn. *60c (7c) Huebsch 17-2710
This essay on Poe is translated from the German. Its author was born in Düsseldorf in 1871 and he has, the translator tells us, lived in almost all the countries of the world. He spent some time in India, finding himself deeply in sympathy with its mysticism. The translator says, “At a time when Poe was comparatively little understood Ewers was his most sympathetic German interpreter. He is able to mirror the soul of Poe because they are intellectual kinsmen.”
Reviewed by H: B. Fuller
=Dial= 62:433 My 17 ‘17 1200w
“The swift, delicate, precise sentences give no sense of translation. ... Ewers’s enthusiastic study, rather his pean in praise of Poe, is a distinct contribution to our growing critical literature on the poet.”
+ =Ind= 89:115 Ja 15 ‘17 100w
— =Nation= 104:410 Ap 5 ‘17 220w
=St Louis= 15:119 Ap ‘17
“Only a German could allow a criticism of Poe to degenerate into a vitriolic attack upon everything English. This is just what happened to Hanns Heinz Ewer’s essay on Poe.”
— =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 5 ‘17 400w
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=FABRE, JEAN HENRI CASIMIR.= Insect adventures; selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs entomologiques,” retold for young people by Louise Seymour Hasbrouck. il *$2 (3c) Dodd 595.7 17-31000
Fabre was a French school-teacher of whom an English critic said: “He is the wisest man, and the best read in the book of nature, of whom the centuries have left us any record.” Chapter seventeen of the volume gives an interesting sketch of his early years and incidentally shows what problems the French pedagogue had to meet back in the last century. The book makes a big appeal to the young imagination in such expressions as the caddis-worm “pirates,” the “insect submarines,” and the “spider’s telegraph wires.” His life stories of familiar insects will prove fascinating because he touches into life the human quality; because instead of ripping up an animal and turning it into an object of horror and pity in the dissecting room he studies it alive “under the blue sky to the song of the cicadas.”
“After reading what he has to say about the mysteries of the spider, we feel as we did after reading Maeterlinck’s incomparable ‘Life of the bee.’ His books should be received with the appreciation they deserve. They are written by a great lover of nature who happened to be a great scientist as well.”
+ =Lit D= 55:54 D 8 ‘17 140w
“Will give young people a new interest in the natural life around them.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:571 D 23 ‘17 50w
“The great virtue of Fabre as an author for children is that he teaches the habit of patient and precise observation. There should, then, be a welcome for ‘Insect adventures.’”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 80w
=FABRE, JEAN HENRI CASIMIR.= Life of the grasshopper; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. *$1.50 (1½c) Dodd 595.7 17-9824
The translator says, “I have ventured in the present volume to gather together, under the somewhat loose and inaccurate title of ‘The life of the grasshopper,’ the essays scattered over the ‘Souvenirs entomologiques’ that treat of grasshoppers, crickets, locusts and such insects as the cicada, or cigale, the mantis and the cuckoo-spit, or, to adopt the author’s happier and more euphonious term, the foamy cicadella. They exhaust the number of the orthopterous and homopterous insects discussed by Henri Fabre.” Some of the chapters have appeared in a translation by Bernard Miall, published with the title “Social life in the insect world.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:336 My ‘17
+ =Dial= 63:214 S 13 ‘17 290w
“This volume attests his delicacy of observation, his humor of description, his unequaled and astonishing patience.”
+ =Lit D= 56:40 Ja 12 ‘18 90w
“It goes without saying that we have here, once more, all the sincerity, sagacity, keen sight and insight, and the ripe ‘human’ flavor that have already made a half-dozen volumes of Fabre popular in translation.”
* + =Nation= 105:155 Ag 9 ‘17 100w
“In this book, as always, Fabre’s interest centers in instinct; but here as elsewhere, in spite of the accumulation of accurately determined data, he makes no contribution to the solution of the problem of the essential nature of instinct. One loves Fabre for his inveterate aversion to the intricate panoply of modern scientific research, but one sees him as the last of his race.” E. S. S.
+ =New Repub= 12:165 S 8 ‘17 950w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 Ap 27 ‘17 220w
=FABRE, JEAN HENRI CASIMIR.= Story-book of science. il *$2 (2c) Century 504 17-25300
This volume, translated from the nineteenth French edition by Florence Constable Bicknell, is one of a series of elementary science works written by the eminent French naturalist in the belief that the truths of nature could be made more interesting than fiction to young people. The translator says, “The identity of the ‘Uncle Paul,’ who ... plays the story-teller’s part, is not hard to guess; and the young people who gather about him to listen to his true stories ... are, without doubt, the author’s own children, in whose companionship he delighted and whose education he conducted with wise solicitude.” The stories are not limited to the insect life which engrossed so much of the author’s attention. The wonders of the rocks, the planets, the flowers and fruits and of the sea are disclosed to the children’s eager minds.
“Delightful for reading aloud as they will interest grown folk as well as some of the older boys and girls.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:100 D ‘17
Reviewed by J: Walcott
+ =Bookm= 46:497 D ‘17 110w
“The author’s wide grasp of scientific facts has been no barrier in making a book for young readers that endows these facts with the witchery of fairy lore.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 10 ‘17 30w
“It should prove an invaluable book for growing children: a book of reference in answering intelligently numerous and constant queries of childhood.”
+ =Lit D= 56:39 Ja 26 ‘18 190w
“Curiosity and the love of story are here blended in just proportions. Miss Bicknell has furnished a competent English translation and the Century company has done its share by publishing it on good paper in admirably clear type.”
+ =New Repub= 13:104 N 24 ‘17 170w
“We owe a debt of thanks to translator and publisher who have put into our hands in English words Fabre’s stories of sciences for children. For to his well-known charm of style and his knowledge, Fabre adds an understanding of the child’s mind.” Maud Thompson
+ =N Y Call= p15 N 11 ‘17 550w
=FABRE D’OLIVET, ANTOINE=, tr. Golden verses of Pythagoras; done into English by Nayán Louise Redfield. il *$3 (3½c) Putnam 182 17-9234
Fabre d’Olivet, an eighteenth century philosopher, translated the “Golden verses of Pythagoras” into French, with “a discourse upon the essence and form of poetry among the principal peoples of the earth” as a preface. He also wrote a more extended “Examination of the golden verses,” which was first published in 1813. For the present volume Miss Redfield has translated both these discourses, and she presents also, in addition to the Greek and French versions, an English translation of the “Golden verses.”
“In the ‘Golden verses of Pythagoras’ Fabre d’Olivet illustrates at the same time a philosophical insight which amounts to genius, and a self-centred frenzy of purpose which touches genius on the one hand and insanity on the other. The general effect of self-hypnosis is furthered by a fluency and warmth of style in the original which Miss Redfield admirably succeeds in retaining in her translation.” R. W.
=Boston Transcript= p9 Mr 31 ‘17 450w
“Fabre d’Olivet died in 1825. At no time have orthodox scholars taken him and his attempts to recover what is called the ancient wisdom seriously. His theories, however, have been popularized by M. Édouard Schurer in his cinematic survey of religions, ‘Les grands initiés,’ and have had considerable success.”
=Dial= 62:406 My 3 ‘17 340w
+ =Lit D= 55:38 N 3 ‘17 300w
— =Nation= 104:765 Je 28 ‘17 600w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:78 My ‘17
“The translator has preserved a capable, selective vision and sympathetic understanding of the high content and beauty of the Pythagorean teachings.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:323 S 2 ‘17 450w
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 O 28 ‘17 350w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p570 N 22 ‘17 70w
=FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS.= Laugh and live. il *$1 (3c) Britton pub. 174 17-13235
These nineteen essays in the vein of Pollyanna are by a popular star of the “movies,” who chats cheerfully on such topics as: Building up a personality; Cleanliness of body and mind; Physical and mental preparedness, etc.
+ =Lit D= 55:33 S 1 ‘17 50w
“Mr Fairbanks talks his honest heart out in this book. He takes you into his confidence, talks to you as man to man, quite like Billy Sunday chatting with God. ... Success is his god, a sleek, smiling fetish. He voices and radiates the desire of America. ... His is the quintessential creed of a society that perhaps nothing short of war and calamity can galvanize into a realization of the swollen hollowness of its egotism.”
— =New Repub= 12:113 Ag 25 ‘17 650w
“As for success, he sums it up: ‘We find that a sound body, a good mind, an honest purpose, and a lack of fear are the essential elements of success.’ That is a large order, certainly! But just as certainly it is sane and wholesome. That is where the merit of Mr Fairbanks’s book lies for his readers; he puts a tremendous amount of breeziness into excellent platitudes.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:382 O 7 ‘17 700w
=FAIRCHILD, HENRY PRATT.=[2] Outline of applied sociology. *$1.75 (2c) Macmillan 302 17-50
For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.
“The larger contribution of Professor Fairchild’s book to the textbook literature of sociology is in its clear presentation of the relationships between wages, working conditions, efficiency, housing, and the more specific aspects of the problem of living standards and social welfare. No other general textbook goes so fully into these matters, and yet they are not here discussed from a merely descriptive or analytical standpoint. Conclusions and implications are most carefully drawn from the data presented.” L. L. Bernard
+ =Am Econ R= 7:601 S ‘17 460w
“As to weaknesses, the reviewer finds only those which naturally might be expected to follow from the tremendous size of the task which the author has undertaken. It is a contribution to a comprehensive consideration of social life and progress on the part of the person who is beginning a scientific study of society.” E. S. Bogardus
+ =Am J Soc= 23:269 S ‘17 500w
“A fresh and independent treatment, developed in a scholarly yet popular way, and suggestive to students in connection with other books on the subject, though the theoretical background, to some critics, seems quite inadequate.”
+ — =A L A Bkl= 13:288 Ap ‘17
“The esthetic life is scantily treated. To the intellectual life are allotted barely two pages on education, while science, the most powerful intellectual force, is entirely ignored. Religion, by which the author seems to mean Christianity, is treated from the conventional, up-to-date Christian point of view. Much emphasis [is put] upon the abnormal and pathological aspects of social life. The principal defect of this book is that it utterly ignores biology and psychology.” Maurice Parmelee
– + =Ann Am Acad= 72:243 Jl ‘17 400w
+ =Ind= 91:137 Jl 28 ‘17 70w
“An excellent text for the college classroom. The student will find in it unevasive information or controverted questions, and a commonsense guidance at every turn. It is a book, nevertheless, that will make intellectual trouble. Every teacher that uses it will ask, and in his own way will answer, the question, whether the subject-matter here presented is in any proper sense sociology, either pure or applied.”
+ — =Nation= 105:272 S 6 ‘17 620w
“The style is simple, clear, and thoroughly readable.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:58 F 18 ‘17 250w
“His treatment of specific topics may be regarded as more summary than that of other writers in this field, but there is a compensating advantage in the emphasis placed upon the analysis and classification of social facts, each in its relation to a comprehensive whole.”
+ — =R of Rs= 55:443 Ap ‘17 160w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Mr 16 ‘17 320w
“In ignoring the separate treatment of cross sections of human experience and action, and in compassing the sphere of man’s whole human environment, this text-book is distinctive. The book is noteworthy for its inclusion and very direct dealing with so many pressing phases of present social development. Its references and supplementary readings, together with a good index, add to its value.” Graham Taylor
+ =Survey= 38:573 S 29 ‘17 310w
=FALES, JANE.= Dressmaking; a manual for schools and colleges. il *$1.50 Scribner 646 17-1600
“Part 1 presents the development of costume from the standpoint of history and design. Part 2 considers the materials which are used in dressmaking, and discusses the economic value of various fibers and fabrics. Part 3 treats design and technique in pattern-making and dressmaking.”—School R
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:336 My ‘17 (Reprinted from Open Shelf, Cleveland)
“Contains more material on costume and on textile manufacture than Baldt’s ‘Clothing for women,’ and less instruction on the more elementary details of garment construction. Both books have much material on pattern drafting and the use of commercial paper patterns. An unusually complete bibliography and index add to the usefulness of the book.”
+ =Cleveland= p41 Mr ‘17 70w
“Will be valuable to home dressmakers as well as to class students.”
+ =Ind= 91:267 Ag 18 ‘17 60w
=Pittsburgh= 22:666 O ‘17 10w
=Pratt= p25 O ‘17 20w
“The author is director of the department of textiles and clothing in Teachers college, Columbia university.”
=St Louis= 15:113 Ap ‘17 16w
+ =School Arts Magazine= 16:356 Ap ‘17 100w
“The text is a distinct acquisition to the literature of home economics.”
+ =School R= 25:302 Ap ‘17 50w
=FALL, DELOS.= Science for beginners. (New-world science ser.) il $1.20 (1c) World bk. co. 502
A first book in general science intended for intermediate schools and junior high schools. It is based on the principle that, to gain the best results, the pupil must collect his own material and learn to draw his own conclusions. “The teacher is asked to keep in mind that the chief purpose of this book is not to give the pupils a large amount of information, but rather to introduce them to a method through the use of which they will acquire the habit of gaining information for themselves.” (Preface) The first chapter discusses Science and the scientific method; the second, What the young scientist must learn to do. These are followed by chapters on: Matter and its forms; Some properties of matter; Changes in matter; Oxygen: the active element; Hydrogen and its compounds; A study of water, etc. The author, now professor of chemistry in Albion college, was formerly state superintendent of public instruction in Michigan.
“The first half of this volume treats of elementary chemistry, the latter part of elementary physics. There is a smattering of biological material treated from the standpoint of chemistry. Chapter nineteen, on ‘The potato,’ is the only one with a title suggestive of living things. The book has many good features. It attempts drill in the scientific method of thinking, and some of the exercises are in problem form, though most of them are demonstrations of facts stated in the text and afford little opportunity for reflective thinking. The book impresses one as an attempt on the part of an enthusiastic chemist to pre-empt some time in the first year science for his favorite subject.”
+ – — =School R= 26:67 Ja ‘18 550w
Fall of the Romanoffs.[2] il *$5 Dutton 947 (Eng ed 18-540)
“This new volume, by the anonymous author of the remarkably opportune ‘Russian court memoirs, 1914-16,’ published last March on the morrow of the revolution, purports to show how the ex-Empress and Rasputin between them were responsible for the downfall of the autocracy.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) “Believing that the weakness of the Czar and the evil influence of the Czarina made the downfall of the royal family inevitable, the writer still holds that a greater effort should have been made to avoid actual abdication, and that even if the Romanoffs themselves were banished a reformed monarchy would be the proper and wise form of government for Russia. ... The writer deplores the fall of Milukoff and laments the rise of the Social Democrats with Kerensky—although expressing admiration of that leader himself.” (N Y Times)
“Written frankly from the monarchist’s point of view, the book offers none the less most interesting information, and no little food for thought. The book devotes a good deal of space to the recital of superstitions, and it is impossible to avoid suspicion that the anonymous author is markedly prejudiced. No one could call the volume authoritative. But it is exceedingly interesting from beginning to end.”
+ — =N Y Times= 23:2 Ja 6 ‘18 1300w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p557 N 15 ‘17 130w
=FALLON, JOHN TIERNAN=, ed.[2] How to make concrete garden furniture and accessories. il *$1.50 (5c) McBride 693 17-17213
The preface traces the history of concrete as a building material, showing that its use dates from early antiquity. The seven chapters of the book are devoted to: The selection and testing of material; How to proportion and mix the materials; Making forms and placing the concrete; How to make garden walks, steps and other simple utilities; How to make sundials, benches and swimming pools; Bird baths, lanterns, pottery and water gardens; Making concrete garden frames and garden rollers. There are nineteen half-tone plates and numerous illustrations in the text.
“Deals in general with more elaborate construction than most other books on the subject.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:755 N ‘17 40w
=FALLS, DE WITT CLINTON.= Army and navy information. il *$1 Dutton 355 17-29353
The author, an officer of the New York national guard, has brought together information relating to the uniforms, organization, arms and equipment of the warring powers. The book is illustrated with six colored plates and thirty line cuts by the author.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:112 Ja ‘18
“This timely and useful little reference book is something no one can afford to do without today.”
+ =Cath World= 106:555 Ja ‘18 40w
“As a handy reference, this book will be found serviceable to civilians as well as soldiers, and all those who write about the war.”
+ =Ind= 92:343 N 17 ‘17 50w
+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= Ja ‘18 50w
+ =R of Rs= 56:550 N ‘17 60w
=FANNING, CLARA ELIZABETH=, comp. Selected articles on capital punishment. (Debaters’ handbook ser.) 3d and rev ed *$1.25 (1c) Wilson, H. W. 016.343 17-12266
This is the third edition of a debaters’ handbook published first in 1909. The second edition was issued in 1913. The explanatory note says, “The third edition varies from the second in two parts. The bibliography has had references inserted in all its divisions to bring it up to date. New pages have been added at the end of the book with selected articles grouped as general, affirmative and negative. Since the arguments have undergone no material change in three years, the chief service of this section is in making accessible several magazine articles and pamphlets not found in the average library.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:457 Jl ‘17
+ =R of Rs= 56:109 Jl ‘17 180w
+ =Survey= 38:361 Jl 21 ‘17 50w
=FARIS, JOHN THOMSON.= Old roads out of Philadelphia. il *$4 Lippincott 917.48 17-28890
“It would be hard to find anywhere in America roads richer in historical interest than those that lead out from Philadelphia, and John T. Faris in his book has told the story of them well. He takes his readers along the King’s highway to Wilmington, over the Baltimore turnpike, the Gulph road, the turnpikes to Westchester and Lancaster, the old Germantown road, the road to Bethlehem, the Ridge road to Perkiomen, the old York road, and that to Bristol and Trenton. On each one he tells about the famous historical events that happened along its way, the important men and women who have traversed it, points out the features of local interest both now and during former times, and mentions its beauties of landscape.” (N Y Times) “A photographer went with him on many of his journeys of exploration, providing the illustrations, one hundred and seventeen in number, which accompany the text.” (Lit D)
“So far as relates to the eleven roads and their surroundings, Mr Faris has done his work well. The writer of this review has lived in part of this territory since his boyhood and can testify to the substantial accuracy and, in general, the judiciousness of the selection of material for his descriptions.” I: Sharpless
+ =Am Hist R= 23:439 Ja ‘18 430w
=A L A Bkl= 14:91 D ‘17
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 7 ‘17 350w
“With much curious lore has the subject been enriched, showing diligence and no little original research in the treatment.”
+ =Dial= 63:528 N 22 ‘17 160w
“The book will add immensely to the pleasure and interest of Philadelphians who motor and walk in the neighborhood of their city, and it will have its appeal also for lovers of the historical and the picturesque everywhere.”
+ =Lit D= 55:41 D 8 ‘17 160w
+ =N Y Times= 22:482 N 18 ‘17 200w
+ =Outlook= 117:576 D 5 ‘17 40w
=Pittsburgh= 22:824 D ‘17 30w
“A good companion volume to Mr Lippincott’s book [’Early Philadelphia’].”
+ =R of Rs= 57:103 Ja ‘18 90w
“There are many pleasant discoveries for the traveler along these roads out of Philadelphia with Mr Faris as guide.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 O 7 ‘17 700w
=FARMER, FRANK MALCOLM.= Electrical measurements in practice. il *$4 McGraw 537.7 17-17201
“The author is the head of one of the best-known commercial testing staffs in the country, and throughout the book the topics are presented from the practical standpoint of the tester. Descriptions of instruments and methods of employment alternate.” (Engin News-Rec) “The book is divided into sixteen chapters dealing with the following subjects: Introductory, galvanometers, continuous emf. measurements, continuous-current measurements, alternating emf. measurements, alternating-current measurements, resistance reactance and impedance measurements, power measurements, energy measurements, maximum-demand instruments, inductance measurements, capacitance measurements, frequency and slip measurements, wave-form determinations, magnetic measurements, curve-drawing instruments.” (Elec World) The book has 230 illustrations and diagrams.
“Mr Farmer’s descriptions are concise and clear, but he does not compare the several methods of making any one of the numerous electrical measurements as fully as might be desired. The book will, however, be useful to anyone who has electrical testing to do, in furnishing him with several practical plans for making any desired measurement.”
+ — =Electric Railway Journal= 50:44 Jl 7 ‘17 140w
“This is an excellent and timely text and reference book on electrical measurements from the industrial viewpoint. There are various excellent treatises available on the principles and physical relations of electrical measurements, but there are very few which deal with electrical measurements as they have to be made in electrical engineering laboratories for the purposes of the industry. ... The treatment is clear, thorough, practical and up to date. The chapter on maximum demand instruments is particularly timely.”
+ =Elec World= 70:312 Ag 18 ‘17 140w
“The particular audience addressed by Mr Farmer is of course largely composed of electrical engineers. But his book is of considerable use in the libraries of a larger group of engineers, particularly those dealing with hydroelectric work, because ultimately the performance of their generating and transmission installations have to be tested by well-tried instruments and practices of the electrical test laboratory, more or less modified to suit field conditions. ... The sections on power and energy measurements and on maximum-demand and curve-drawing instruments are of conspicuous merit.”
+ =Engin News-Rec= 79:128 Jl 19 ‘17 130w
+ =N Y P L New Tech Bks= p7 Jl ‘17 60w
=Pittsburgh= 22:658 O ‘17
=Pratt= p22 O ‘17 40w
=FARNOL, JEFFERY.= Definite object; a romance of New York. il *$1.50 (1½c) Little 17-15972
Geoffrey Ravenslee was suffering from the boredom of too much money. Life offered him a variety of diversions but no definite object. A young amateur burglar, attempting to break into his house, brings the needed change. Geoffrey decides that instead of turning young Spike over to the authorities, he will accompany him to his home in lower New York and see something of life from another angle. He finds all that he has been looking for,—adventure, of course, and with it romance; for Spike, the would-be burglar, proves to be the adored younger brother of a very lovely sister.
=A L A Bkl= 14:26 O ‘17
+ — =Ath= p527 O ‘17 130w
“Nothing could be more unreal in the midst of realities than Mr Farnol’s latest novel. Although its scene is New York, although its characters are New Yorkers, although its time is the present, its atmosphere is the atmosphere of ‘The broad highway,’ ‘The amateur gentleman’ and ‘Beltane the smith.’ ... It need not, however, be imagined for an instant that ‘The definite object’ is any the less diverting because we cannot believe a word of it. ... But readers will not be disappointed, for they will find in it a romantic world of the same element and variety that have made the appealing charm of all his other novels.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 9 ‘17 1250w
“Some of the character drawing—the pompous butler Brimberly, the loquacious Old ‘Un, and the shrewish Mrs Ann Angelina Trapes—is as good as Dickens at his best.”
+ =Cath World= 105:837 S ‘17 160w
=Ind= 91:35 Jl 7 ‘17 40w
“Mr Farnol, his publishers inform us, knew the New York slum life at first hand, during the time of his obscure activities as a scene-painter, ere fame found him. One may say enough of this book, perhaps, in saying that it shows the sort of fidelity to detail and falsity of color and perspective which are still to be found upon the flies and backdrops of melodrama.”
— =Nation= 105:15 Jl 5 ‘17 330w
“The book is romance, not realism, and very delightful and entertaining romance, too, with plenty of incident, any amount of ardent lovemaking, more than one hairbreadth escape, and several fist fights of the most energetic, not to say violent character.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:213 Je 3 ‘17 750w
“Mr Farnol’s knowledge of New York slang is astonishingly accurate and up to date. Frankly, his characters would be more agreeable if they were not so voluble—one cannot see the story for the words. But Mr Farnol has a large following of readers, and they will find fun and action in this romance, despite this criticism.”
=Outlook= 116:198 My 30 ‘17 60w
=Sat R= 124:373 N 10 ‘17 400w
=Springf’d Republican= p13 Je 17 ‘17 400w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p430 S 6 ‘17 400w
=FARRAR, GILBERT POWDERLY.= Typography of advertisements that pay. il *$2.25 Appleton 659 17-18351
This book “discusses type and combinations of type, blank spaces in which cuts and text appear as islands or peninsulas, the various kinds of effective illustrations, serious and comic, and it reproduces dozens of more or less effective examples, ... distributed according to a general classification as the Forceful educational, the Passive educational, the Hand-lettered, the Poster, the Character and the Comic, the Small space, the Mail order and the Department store.”—Boston Transcript
“Takes up the mechanical side of advertising and goes into more detail than Sherbow’s ‘Making type work’ in that it discusses the picture and engraving side, hand lettering and borders. Has many more examples than Sherbow.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:45 N ‘17
“Mr Farrar’s book is admirably adapted to classroom work because of its good arrangement, well-chosen illustrations, and its simple manner of presenting technical material. A peculiar virtue of the book is that the type faces are placed in close relationship to the advertisements that employ them. An excellent chapter is that entitled Putting the advertisement together. The chapter on Making the message quick and sure is a most excellent treatment of the employment of types for the essential purpose of making clear what you have to say.” J. W. Piercy
+ =Ann Am Acad= 74:295 N ‘17 250w
“Full of excellent suggestions, wise advice, and practical help.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 8 ‘17 250w
=Cleveland= p112 S ‘17 10w
“There are few firms that could not improve their advertising—and their sales—by observing some of the principles of lettering and type set forth in this useful book.”
+ =Ind= 91:441 S 15 ‘17 120w
“This useful volume supplies a very definite need among advertising men and printers.” P. B.
+ =St Louis= 15:366 O ‘17 30w
=FARRER, JAMES ANSON.= Monarchy in politics. *$3 (3c) Dodd 942.07 (Eng ed 18-388)
“An impartial inquiry into the actual practical working of constitutional monarchy in England during the reigns of George III, George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria, as illustrated by the evidence of the letters, memoirs, diaries, and speeches of contemporary statesmen, and especially of the letters of those sovereigns themselves to their ministers, or others, in respect of the chief foreign and domestic problems of their reigns. The writer’s endeavour has been to glean from as wide a field as possible of the best contemporary sources the chief evidence that bears on the position of the crown in our system of government.” (Publisher’s note) A three-page bibliography of the chief works consulted is included in the front of the volume, following the table of contents.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:113 Ja ‘18
+ =Ath= p671 D ‘17 360w
“Mr Farrer has demonstrated to foreign students of British government a fact which they are too prone to disregard, namely, that while the legal powers of the monarch may have dwindled down to almost nothing, the personal influence of a strong-willed sovereign may still prove to be a factor of great consequence. No student of modern European history or of English government can afford to overlook this volume.”
+ — =Nation= 106:93 Ja 24 ‘18 800w
“There are one or two inaccuracies of names and dates; but we can recommend the book to serious readers, who wish to examine historically the exercise of kingly power by the house of Hanover. The part of Mr Farrer’s book to which most readers will turn with greatest attention is his account of the intervention in politics of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.”
+ =Sat R= 124:483 D 15 ‘17 1550w
“Mr Farrer has chosen the method of telling an almost consecutive story out of the letters and memoirs of the chief actors, and done it with no little skill, for his book contains a quantity of information which, though not new, was well worth bringing together, while it is at the same time quite entertaining.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p548 N 15 ‘17 850w
=FARRÈRE, CLAUDE, pseud. (CHARLES BARGONE).= Man who killed; tr. by Magdalen C. Schuyler. *$1.50 Brentano’s 17-29736
“Pera, where the Orient apes European streets and shops and manners, ... and across the Golden Horn, Stamboul, its minarets and domes rising like white bubbles over the grass-grown Turkish cemeteries. In this curious setting is enacted the little drama, whose principal characters are a French military attaché, an English ‘Director of the Ottoman debt,’ his wife, his Scotch mistress, and a secretary of the Russian embassy. ... M. Farrère has written his narrative as though it were a group of notes from the journal of the attaché, the chief protagonist. ... His journal presents both his fascinating personal adventure and his reaction to the apparently placid and actually fermenting life about him.”—N Y Times
“M. Farrère has what so many of our contemporary writers lack—intellectual sophistication and good taste. Dramatic reserve, intelligent characterization, and an exotic background, painted with beauty and understanding, make a strange tale plausible and worth the reading.”
+ =Dial= 63:597 D 6 ‘17 180w
“The impressiveness of the story is created not so much by the plausibility of the situation as by a style which even translation does not destroy. The title alone seems unfortunate, for it might be the caption for any cheap thriller, but the novel is the work of a clever technician and a well-informed teller of tales.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:452 N 4 ‘17 350w
=FAULKNER, HAROLD UNDERWOOD.= Chartism and the churches; a study in democracy. (Columbia univ. studies in history, economics and public law) pa *$1.25 Longmans 16-25225
This work “is a study of the attitude of the churches to Chartism, and of the attitude of the Chartists toward the churches, particularly toward the Established Church of England, which in the early days of the Chartist movement was, as a national institution intended primarily for the service of the people, at its lowest ebb. ... Mr Faulkner’s book is a venture into a field that hitherto had been quite unexplored either by English or American writers.”—Ind
“The work reveals most extensive use of the voluminous literature of the subject, is interesting and free from bias. The indexing is inadequate. The chief defect of this study is in its failure to make connection with anti-ecclesiastic and anti-clerical influences which in the period preceding Chartism had come to be widespread through Owenism.” H. E. Mills
+ — =Am Econ R= 7:607 S ‘17 250w
“A book of which the full value is not stated when it has been said that it is an excellent, almost indispensable companion volume to those of Messrs Rosenblatt and Slosson. It is a distinct contribution also to the history of the Established church, the Roman Catholic church, and the Nonconformist or free churches of England and Scotland in the first ten or fifteen years of Queen Victoria’s reign. It deals with an aspect of organized Christianity in Great Britain which has been generally ignored by church historians, and scarcely mentioned by the general historians of the nineteenth century.” E: Porritt
+ =Am Hist R= 22:651 Ap ‘17 250w
“There can be no complete understanding of the unbroken success of the trade union movement, the coöperative movement, and the friendly societies movement in England, or even a full realization of the causes which have combined to give England the most politically independent and the best politically educated working-class of any country in the world, without some knowledge of the Chartist movement, of the type of men who were its leaders, and of the influences—political, social and industrial—that were bred of the long working-class agitation of the middle years of the nineteenth century.” E: Porritt
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:340 My ‘17 650w
“A book that is more than a contribution to political history. It is a book that has its value and its obvious lesson for organized Christianity in the United States and Canada as well as in England.” E: Porritt
+ =Ind= 89:232 F 5 ‘17 120w
=J Pol Econ= 25:635 Je ‘17 190w
“Gives a lively picture of the give-and-take of the free-thinking Chartists and the ultra-conservative middle-class churchmen. How the ‘Christian socialists’—Frederick Denison Maurice, Charles Kingsley, Archdeacon Hare, Thomas Hughes and their associates—put a sort of bridge over the chasm by encouraging popular education and practical philanthropy is interestingly told.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 18 ‘17 220w
“It may confidently be asserted that no serious student of the social and economic history of Great Britain during the nineteenth century can afford to miss any one of these three books [on Chartism].” I. C. Hannah
+ =Survey= 38:288 Je 30 ‘17 200w
=FAULKNER, HERBERT WALDRON.= Mysteries of the flowers. il *$2 (4½c) Stokes 581 17-12041
In simple, untechnical language the author explains blossom structure, using the wild flowers of the eastern United States as his examples. The adaptation of structure to cross fertilization by means of insects is his central theme. There are chapters on: Pistillate flowers and staminate flowers; Perfect flowers; Floral mechanisms; Orchids; The wind and the flowers; Self-fertilised flowers; Effort and accomplishment; Seed sowing. The illustrations are from drawings and paintings by the author. A number of them are in color.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:10 O ‘17
“His study is, however, deeper than merely botanical and presents the flowers as being living, breathing personalities, striving as do human beings to attain what is to each the ultimate of life. Through his sympathetic study and rare insight, we also see their ‘intimate daily life,’” F. B.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 My 19 ‘17 600w
+ =Ind= 90:381 My 26 ‘17 130w
“It is the intimate relation between author and subject that attracts the reader in this vivified botany, which is as good for the lay reader as for the student and interesting to both.”
+ =Lit D= 56:42 Ja 12 ‘18 150w
“The ‘study’ is made so attractive, and the book is so thoroughly readable, that both children and grown folk will delight in the pages that have in them so much, not only of botanical lore, but of the actual vitality of the plants’ being.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:191 My 13 ‘17 80w
+ =R of Rs= 55:664 Je ‘17 90w
=FAXON, FREDERICK WINTHROP=, ed. Annual magazine subject-index, 1916; including as pt. 2, The dramatic index, 1916. *$8.50 Boston bk. 050
“This, the tenth volume of the Magazine subject-index, follows the same plan as the previous annuals, and furnishes a subject-index to the less common American and English periodicals.” (Preface) New periodicals added are: American-Irish Historical Society Journal; International Review of Missions; Trail and Timberline, and Biblical Review. The magazine index constitutes part 1 of the volume. Part 2 contains the Dramatic index for 1916, to which is added an appendix giving a list of Dramatic books and plays (in English) published during 1916.
=FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN AMERICA.= Library of Christian cooperation. 6v *$5; ea *$1 Missionary education movement 206 17-10987
The reports of the third quadrennial meeting of the Federal council of the churches of Christ in America, held in St Louis in December, 1916, are presented in these six volumes. Volume 1, The churches of Christ in council, prepared by Charles S. Macfarland, general secretary, is a general report, giving the official record of the proceedings of the Council. Volumes 2 and 3, prepared by Mr Macfarland and Sidney L. Gulick are devoted to The church and international relations, presenting the report of the Commission on peace and arbitration. The activities of the Commission on peace and arbitration, the independent peace activities of the constituent bodies and other religious groups, and the activities of the Church peace union and other cooperating bodies are covered, and volume 3 closes with discussions of The duty of the churches of America in the light of national and of world conditions. The subject of international problems is continued in volume 4, with the report of the Commission on relations with Japan. Volume 5 is devoted to Christian cooperation and world redemption and consists of the reports of several special committees. Volume 6, prepared by Henry H. Meyer, deals with Cooperation in Christian education.
“As a record of proceedings the volumes are cumbered with much matter which is of little interest to the ordinary reader, or even to the student of social and ecclesiastical movements. Volume 5 carries the largest measure of value to the ordinary Christian worker and the church.” A. W. Anthony
+ — =Am J Theol= 21:623 O ‘17 500w
=A L A Bkl= 13:423 Jl ‘17
“Any comparison of the relative importance of the books would be unfair, for each has its own remarkable value. As unique and significant as any is the report on Christian education. The set makes a permanent contribution to the history of American Christianity.”
+ =Bib World= 50:125 Ag ‘17 200w
“The fourth volume [on Japan] is a very able and frank discussion of a delicate question.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Jl 3 ‘17 330w
“The second, third and fourth volumes contain a splendid summary of the peculiar problems facing the American church because of the war in Europe, and are a thrilling call to the proclamation of the gospel of peace.”
+ =Ind= 91:513 S 29 ‘17 240w
=FENOLLOSA, ERNEST FRANCISCO, and POUND, EZRA LOOMIS.= Noh; or, Accomplishment; a study of the classical stage of Japan. *$2.75 Knopf 895
This volume includes translations of fifteen examples of the “Noh” or classical drama of Japan, which arose in the fifteenth century of our era, came near to perishing at the revolution of 1868, and is now “the pride and pleasure of the cultivated element of Japan.” “In a prefatory note the English author states that the ‘vision and the plan’ are the late Ernest Fenollosa’s, that in the prose portion of the book he (Mr Ezra Pound) has ‘had but the part of literary executor,’ and that in the plays his work has been ‘that of translator who has found all the heavy work done for him, and who has had but the pleasure of arranging beauty into the words.’” (Ath) Mr Fenollosa, who served as Imperial commissioner of arts in Japan and was in close touch with Mr Umèwaka Minoru, the official hereditary master of Noh ceremonies in the Shogun’s household, contributes a concise essay on the origins and development of the Noh drama. “In the appendixes and elsewhere are numerous details concerning the care and selection of costumes, the masks used, and the like; and at the end of the book is an attempt to record some of the music of one of the plays.” (Ath)
=Ath= p100 F ‘17 250w
“Mr Pound, in his notes and comments, writes with his usual unceremonious directness. ... And as the volume is made by the Clarks, of Edinburgh, a ‘serious’ house, one notes, with gratification, an almost complete suppression of Mr Pound’s tendency toward typographical willfulnesses and eccentricities.” H: B. Fuller
=Dial= 63:209 S 13 ‘17 900w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:135 S ‘17 50w
“When we have read ‘Noh; or, Accomplishment,’ our first feeling is that of gratitude to Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound for bringing this remote but serious and beautiful art so close to us. On Fenollosa’s part it meant the devoted labor of more than twenty years. Ezra Pound has given a shorter term of labor, but he is one with Fenollosa in his loyalty to the spirit of ‘Noh.’”
+ =N Y Times= 22:576 D 23 ‘17 850w
=Pittsburgh= 22:747 N ‘17 100w
“A curious thing about the plays is their diction. We know not if it be because Mr Pound is steeped in the works of Maeterlinck, the school of Synge, and the poetry of Mr Yeats, but certain it is that in phraseology and dialogue they continually remind one of these authors. ... We in the West are not in a position, with the data available, to arrive at a full appreciation of ‘Noh.’ ... But we may gain some perception at least of the delicacy, the lofty idealism, and the noble hopefulness which are among the essential qualities of an art that, in Fenollosa’s words, ‘has been a purification of the Japanese soul for 400 years.’”
* =Sat R= 123:527 Je 9 ‘17 1350w
“Mr Pound describes the Japanese classical drama as in form approaching most nearly to the Greek plays. But it is, we think, a very slight resemblance, and certainly in spirit and expression it is peculiarly individual. There is about it a simplicity such as is to be found in a Hans Andersen fairy-tale, a wealth of imagery reminding us of the Celtic drama, and again a dignity of imagination which is like nothing so much as some of the work of the Hebrew poets. ... Mr Pound’s translation is admirable in most respects, but we wish that he did not show a tendency to be influenced by the vocabulary of the Celtic drama.”
+ — =Spec= 118:543 My 12 ‘17 750w
“The uninitiated foreigner is enabled by Mr Pound’s mastery of beautiful diction to appreciate the alternately wistful and proud appeal of these ghostly masterpieces. ... Two points of cardinal interest are emphasized and driven home by this vivacious rendering of archaic compositions—their intense humanity and their indifference to realism.”
* + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p41 Ja 25 ‘17 1550w
=FERBER, EDNA.= Fanny herself. il *$1.40 (1½c) Stokes 17-25431
Fanny Brandeis, like Miss Ferber’s Emma McChesney, was a successful business woman. Her mother, Molly Brandeis, who, after her husband’s death, ran Brandeis’ Bazaar in the little middle western town of Winnebago, was also a good business woman, but she died of pneumonia, brought on by overwork, when Fanny was twenty-four. Then Fanny, swayed by “a bitter sorrow, and ambition, and resentment” made up her mind to crush out sympathy and unselfishness and the artistic impulse in herself, and to mold herself into “a hard, keen-eyed resolute woman, whose godhead was to be success, and to whom success would mean money and position.” She went to work in the Haynes-Cooper mail order house, where she made good, and in a few years was earning her $10,000. Then she had to choose between a still greater business success with Michael Fenger, former manager of the Haynes-Cooper concern, and a chance to develop her talent as a cartoonist and to marry Clarence Heyl, who had loved her for years, and who did not see the real values of life in terms of cash. Other characters are Father Fitzpatrick, the Catholic priest in Winnebago; Ella Monahan, buyer for the glove department of Haynes-Cooper; and Fanny’s brother, Theodore, the young violinist, to secure whose musical education Mrs Brandeis and her daughter had made such sacrifices. Emma McChesney also plays a very slight part in the story.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17
Reviewed by H. W. Boynton
=Bookm= 46:341 N ‘17 70w
“An element in the story which we are seldom allowed to forget is the racial one. With all the recent emphasis upon the Jew in literature, it is hard to call to mind a story which so fully developed those distinctly higher attributes of the Jew. ... Fanny Brandeis becomes, as we read the story, something more than an individual character. She becomes typical of that slaying of the ideal for the material which is going on day after day in thousands of Fanny Brandeises all over the United States.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 N 17 ‘17 1000w
=Cleveland= p128 N ‘17 50w
“The most serious, extended and dignified of Miss Ferber’s books. Its first half, in particular, is quite the best work that the creator of Emma McChesney has done.”
+ =Dial= 63:463 N 8 ‘17 260w
=Nation= 105:431 O 18 ‘17 400w
“It is Molly Brandeis who, with the little town of Winnebago, Wis., makes this story of ‘Fanny herself’ worth while.”
+ — =NY Times= 22:380 O 7 ‘17 800w
“A notable advance in the author’s previous fiction work.”
+ =Outlook= 117:386 N 7 ‘17 70w
“Yet there were here and there discerning readers who failed to find in them [the Emma McChesney stories] a fulfilment of the promise offered in ‘Dawn O’Hara.’ For this reason there should be much rejoicing over Miss Ferber’s new volume and second novel. And the fact that she has produced her effects out of practically the same well-worn, almost shabby stage properties of her earlier stories, is perhaps the most conclusive evidence that she has this time arisen from mere talent to something containing a lurking spark of what, for lack of a better word one may call genius.” F: T. Cooper
+ =Pub W= 93:208 Ja 19 ‘18 360w
“Fanny’s mother is a striking creation, and her personality goes a long way toward lifting the story above the commonplace.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 4 ‘17 450w
=FERGUSON, JOHN DE LANCEY.= American literature in Spain. (Columbia univ. studies in English and comparative literature) *$1.50 (2c) Columbia univ. press 810 17-263
“Systematic study of the European reputations of American authors is a thing of recent date,” says the author. His purpose in this book is to make such a study with respect to Spain. The chief source of knowledge of American literature in Spain, he finds, has been France. There have been a few exceptions in which communication between the literatures of the two countries has been direct, notable among them the case of Irving, whose relations with Spain were personal. Another way of entry has been thru Spanish America. Chapters of the book are devoted to Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Prescott, Emerson, Whitman. The bibliography is pronounced by the author the most important part of the work.
+ =Cath World= 105:107 Ap ‘17 350w
“Regarding his work as a dissertation for the doctorate, one is disposed to be severe upon this contribution to scholarship: it deals chiefly with the exuberant and bombastic opinions of men whose words are without value; it is devoid of philosophical conclusions; further, we do not recall reading a dissertation whose body was so compactly made up of quotation.”
— =Nation= 104:552 My 3 ‘17 400w
=Springf’d Republican= p6 Ap 18 ‘17 450w
=FERNALD, ROBERT HEYWOOD, and ORROK, GEORGE ALEXANDER.= Engineering of power plants. il *$4 McGraw 621 16-24435
“To the worthy treatises on power-plant engineering of Gebhardt, Hutton, Hubbard and others, these eminent authors have added an equally worthy volume. The new book is of great interest to industrial-plant owners and engineers, as the treatment is both by description and discussion and introduces specific data at every turn. All kinds of power are touched on, though steam and internal-combustion plants are naturally given the most space.” (Engin News-Rec) Of the two authors, the first is professor of dynamical engineering in the University of Pennsylvania, the second is a consulting engineer in New York city.
“Useful in connection with Gebhardt (4th ed. Booklist 10:80 O ‘13) but will not replace that standard work.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:204 F ‘17
+ =Engin News-Rec= 78:363 My 17 ‘17 70w
“Is a happy medium of practice and theory that has been greatly lacking in books of this nature. ... Does not cover details of design or operation of the different parts of power plant equipment ... but considers the power plant as a whole from the standpoint of economical power production.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:451 My ‘17 50w (Reprinted from National Engineer p149 Ap ‘17)
=FERNAU, HERMANN.= Coming democracy. *$2 (2c) Button 940.91 17-24321
Herr Fernau, a German democrat and pacifist and author of “Because I am a German,” published the original German version of his present book in Berne, Switzerland, under the title “Durch!... zur demokratie,” before the Russian revolution and the entry of the United States into the war. “The whole of this new book is devoted to the thesis that war now, as always, springs from a false and perverted form of internal government—a form of government to which he gives the name of a ‘dynasty’; the form under which the whole welfare of the people is subordinated to a small ruling caste or family; external war has always been and will always remain the chief weapon by which the dynasty maintains authority over its own people, and the only means by which it can be overthrown is defeat in war.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup) Herr Fernau preaches “Germany for the Germans,” and hopes for a defeat of the German arms as the best way of realizing this. “For what would happen if we Germans emerged victorious from this war? Our victory would only mean a strengthening of the dynastic principle of arbitrary power all along the line. Those of us who bewail the political backwardness of our Fatherland must realize that a ‘German’ victory would prolong this backward condition for centuries. And not only Germany but the whole of Europe would have to suffer the consequences.”
=A L A Bkl= 14:123 Ja ‘18
“He writes rather in anger than in sorrow; and, since he is a German, he would be more conciliating and convincing if he were less vehement and intemperate in his language.”
– + =Ath= p517 O ‘17 250w
Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston
=Bookm= 46:286 N ‘17 30w
“The author clearly shows what indeed only a native German could show, the very strong differences and opposition between the German people and their rulers.”
+ =Cath World= 106:389 D ‘17 400w
“He sincerely believes, in common with many Americans, that wars will cease with the disappearance of dynasties. If his book will enforce this illusion, its present value is questionable.” V. T. Thayer
— =Dial= 63:515 N 22 ‘17 1050w
+ =Ind= 91:512 S 29 ‘17 130w
“There is little that is new, in these bitter and even cynical pages, for the reader who has kept moderately well abreast of the anti-German literature of the war. Moreover, destructive criticism, especially when forged in great heat, may easily go too far. Indeed, a reading of the book suggests the extremely useful service that would be rendered if some one who knows Germany and its people as well as Mr Fernau does would point out just what the Germans could do, under their existing constitution, to bring about the régime of popular government which President Wilson, for example, believes to be a prerequisite to peace.”
– + =Nation= 105:516 N 8 ‘17 330w
“Herr Fernau has given us a most remarkable work, a most powerful and convincing analysis of past German history.” J. W.
+ =N Y Call= p14 S 23 ‘17 700w
“‘The coming democracy’ is an astounding book, so unexpected is it to find such clear, keen insight into German conditions, such fearless presentation of facts, such merciless, sardonic, biting humor in statements coming from a German source.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:396 O 14 ‘17 1050w
+ =R of Rs= 56:550 N ‘17 90w
“For the most part, Fernau’s logic is inexorable, but here and there he is guilty of a curious fallacy, as when, for instance, he holds dynasties exclusively responsible for the horrors of war, and also declares that the ideal of fighting for a fatherland perished with the Greeks.”
+ — =Sat R= 124:229 S 22 ‘17 1050w
“Hermann Fernau is a true patriot, a passionate lover of the German people and of the old German fatherland. ... A considerable part of his book is given up to showing, as only a German brought up under the system can appreciate and show, how a small ambitious group of men may, by means of it, control absolutely the souls, minds, and bodies of a great nation. ... His analysis of the German constitution should be studied by those who still believe that the German people have any active share in the government of their country.”
+ =Spec= 119:217 S 1 ‘17 1850w
“The book is one of the most important contributions to the literature of the war. The subject and matter, is, indeed, not new, but it is put in a new light. ... The translation is excellent.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p398 Ag 23 ‘17 2050w
=FERRI, ENRICO.= Criminal sociology. (Modern-criminal science ser.) *$5 Little 364 17-13931
This book by “the first of living criminal sociologists,” is divided into four parts: Data of criminal anthropology; Data of criminal statistics; Positive theory of penal responsibility; Practical reforms. “Signor Ferri, who belongs to the so-called positive school of criminology, is a scientific socialist; moreover, he utterly demolishes the orthodox theory of freedom of the will. He regards all crime as a social disease which must be treated as every other disease is treated: clinically. Mild forms need only a change of diet or environment with very little if any medicine of the law; the contagious cases must be isolated as we isolate smallpox and diphtheria until there is a perfect cure or until it is proved that there is no cure possible. He recognizes that many criminals are insane, hopelessly insane. His own belief is that the penalty of death is advisable in the instances where an insane criminal is dangerous to society; but that is immaterial. Protection of the community in which criminals are found is the one vital thing.” (Boston Transcript) The book, first published in Italian in 1880, is translated by Joseph I. Kelly and John Lisle; edited by William W. Smithers; and has introductions by Charles A. Ellwood and Quincy A. Myers.
“An important book for college and special reference libraries.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:75 D ‘17
“This volume gives one of the best pictures of the changes through which criminal sociology has passed in the last half century.” W: B. Bailey
+ — =Am Pol Sci R= 11:772 N ‘17 240w
“No one today can make a pretense of familiarity with the modern sciences of criminology who has not read this work. If criticisms are to be made of the Italian school, they should be made on the basis of the ideas here set forth. The American institute has rendered a great service to English civilization by the translation of this book.” J. P. Lichtenberger
+ =Ann Am Acad= 74:303 N ‘17 380w
“It may be that the author of this volume is (as certainly he makes it abundantly evident that he thinks he is) the greatest living authority on criminology, but he is so rambunctiously controversial that he overloads his treatise with a vast mass of perfectly unnecessary arguments directed against every person who has ever dared to enter this great field. ... It is much to be desired that a greatly shortened summary of Signor Ferri’s constructive philosophy of crime might be extricated from his bulky volume, eliminating entirely the controversial portions and leaving only the pure gold of his admirable doctrine, based on his actual observations.” N. H. D.
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 8 ‘17 1150w
“Enrico Ferri, is a positivist of the Italian school, who holds that crime is a biologic and social abnormality, produced in part at least by extra-social forces. ... His hatred of religion breathes on every page. ... We regret very much that the American institute cannot find American scholars to write on these topics objectively, instead of translating works nearly forty years old of anti-Christian bigots.”
— =Cath World= 105:548 Jl ‘17 300w
“This book still remains the most distinguished general contribution to the subject of criminology, though much of its data and some of its conclusions are now out of date.” L. L. Bernard
+ =Dial= 63:338 O 11 ‘17 1000w
+ =Lit D= 55:45 O 13 ‘17 500w
=R of Rs= 56:440 O ‘17 70w
“One of the most valuable volumes in a useful series. Ferri’s classification of criminals appears to us now somewhat overlapping and difficult to establish in given cases by practicable tests.” K. H. Claghorn
+ — =Survey= 39:47 O 13 ‘17 350w
=FETTER, FRANK ALBERT.= Economics. 2v v 2 *$1.75 Century 330
=v 2= Modern economic problems.
“A year ago there appeared a book by Professor Fetter dealing with the broader economic principles of value and distribution. This is now followed by a volume entirely devoted to the treatment of practical problems which furnish concrete illustrations and applications of the principles developed in the earlier volume. These are grouped under the following heads: Resources and economic organization; Money and prices; Banking and insurance; Tariff and taxation; Problems of the wage system, and Problems of industrial organization. The two books are intended to cover a complete course in economics, but they are so arranged that they may be used separately.”—R of Rs
“The sentiment of the book is thoroughly modern and progressive, but the policies advocated are based upon scientific principles throughout rather than upon the popular reform policies of the hour. The wisdom of confining references to other works, and bibliographical material in general, to a separate manual, may be questioned. Many readers of the text will, presumably, never see the ‘Manual’ but still will need guidance to further study of those problems in which they are particularly interested.” W. I. K.
+ =Ann Am Acad= 71:234 My ‘17 230w
“The reviewer knows of no other economic text book where the application of principles to practical problems is more successfully made. The result is that much merely confusing descriptive material is eliminated, and what remains is solid and stimulating. From this point of view, the book will probably make a strong appeal to the teacher, to the student and to the general reader.” E. E. Agger
+ =Educ R= 54:90 Je ‘17 780w
“This work is, in a sense, a sequel to a book published by the same author a year ago. ... It will repay careful study because it dispels a number of popular fallacies and because, as has been said, it offers an excellent introduction to the more modern method of dealing with economic phenomena.”
+ =Ind= 89:507 Mr 19 ‘17 180w
“Professor Fetter’s discussion is clear and well-informed, and his conclusions are temperate and suggestive.”
+ =Nation= 104:557 My 3 ‘17 100w
=R of Rs= 55:220 F ‘17 100w
=FICKE, ARTHUR DAVISON.= April elegy. *$1.25 Kennerley 811 17-12484
“An April elegy,” the poem that fills the first half of this book, is a verse narrative, telling the story of two lovers who fail ever to recapture the passionate beauty of their first meeting. The remainder of the book is taken up with three groups of poems: Seven Japanese paintings; Lyrics; Café sketches. Some of the poems have appeared in the Little Review, Poetry, Century, Midland, and other magazines.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:439 Jl ‘17
“Unlike some of his fellow poets of the new school, however, Mr Ficke has a genuine gift of poetic expression; he has, too, a disciplined metrical skill that shows to advantage in his handling both of the ordered verse forms and of free verse; finally, he always has something to say and says it intelligibly. ... In all his work it is when Mr Ficke is most purely lyrical that he is most delightful.” R. T. T.
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 18 ‘17 1000w
“The poems mingle bald realism and free verse with imaginative and lyric beauty. In intellectual content, they are subtle and at times difficult of interpretation. Mr Ficke is best known from his ‘Sonnets of a portrait painter’ and as an interpreter of Japanese art.”
=Cleveland= p74 Je ‘17 80w
“The whole-hearted sentimentalism of ‘An April elegy’ will certainly recommend it to many, though scarcely to those readers whom Mr Ficke’s real powers and previous performance fit him to address.” Odell Shepard
– + =Dial= 63:341 O 11 ‘17 380w
“In eight sonnets of his new volume the proud and sombre note of Mr Ficke’s ‘Sonnets of a portrait-painter’ is audible in renewed vigor and beauty. Next in merit to these poems, I should place, I think, ‘Seven Japanese paintings.’ ‘An April elegy’ is equally unworthy of its associates and its parentage.” O. W. Firkins
+ – — =Nation= 105:245 S 6 ‘17 300w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:78 My ‘17 60w
“Full of impassioned beauty, rich restraint, and romantic appeal.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:168 Ap 29 ‘17 300w
+ =R of Rs= 56:105 Jl ‘17 80w
“Verily, this is a book for a diverse public or for a single reader with very catholic taste. Mr Ficke at times reaches the Pierian hights of the old school, and at times approaches the gutter depths of much of the new.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 4 ‘17 450w
=FIELD, CLIFTON COUTARD.= Retail buying. (Harper’s retail business ser.) *$1.25 (2½c) Harper 658 17-21788
The author, recently instructor in merchandizing in the University of Wisconsin, has also held positions with Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago, and James McCreery & Co., of New York. His book aims to give “a simple and readable explanation of what is best to-day in buying principles and practice.” (Editor’s introd.) Contents: The merchant as a buyer; Merchandise; Buying practice; Stock systems.
“A book list of descriptive material issued by manufacturers will be suggestive to librarians who wish to build up a working trade collection.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:45 N ‘17
=Cleveland= p112 S ‘17 20w
“Gives many convenient hints as to kinds and qualities of commodities, especially in the clothing trades.”
+ =Ind= 91:441 S 15 ‘17 60w
“The style is matter of fact, almost laconic. There is an element of stiffness and bluntness in it that appears to arise from lack of practice in writing. The discussion, however, is clear and usually simple. The real contribution in this book is to be found in part 3, entitled ‘Buying practice.’ It is just here that an undeveloped field was entered.” C. S. Duncan
+ — =J Pol Econ= 25:1053 D ‘17 1200w
=Pittsburgh= 22:758 N ‘17 40w
“Instructive reading for any one connected with retail buying or selling.”
+ =Quar List New Tech Bks= O ‘17 90w
=FIELD, LOUISE MAUNSELL.= Little gods laugh. il *$1.40 (2c) Little 17-23975
In this story of New York society Miss Field has given us a picture of the development of a high-minded young woman of good family, who, bred to position and ease, finds herself obliged to make her own way in the world. The refreshing side of the story is in its normality. Nita Wynne, through the interest of friends, uses and develops her natural abilities and though she, of course, loses leisure, she does not in any way lose her proper position. But her experiences do teach her to view life whole rather than from the narrow angle of her girlhood.
“The story is told with dignity and charm.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 O 31 ‘17 150w
=Cleveland= p128 N ‘17 70w
“There is some clever characterization, but that is not a sufficient excuse for the addition of one more novel to the already overlong list of American mediocrities.”
– + =Dial= 63:354 O 11 ‘17 50w
“It is a real achievement of the author that Nita is never a prig. In her most intolerant moments there is something likeable, and very human, about her. The characters and incidents of the book are interesting and its theme is thoroughly wholesome and sane.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:333 S 9 ‘17 450w
Fifes and drums; a collection of poems of America at war. (Vigilantes books) *$1 Doran 811.08 17-18155
“The Vigilantes’ headquarters are in New York, its members are authors, artists and other professional workers, and its purposes are thus described: ‘To arouse the country to a realization of the importance of the problems confronting the American people. To awaken and cultivate in the youth of the country a sense of public service and an intelligent interest in citizenship and national problems. To work vigorously for preparedness, mental, moral, and physical.’” (Boston Transcript) “These poems, written under the immediate stress of great events by the Vigilantes, furnish a striking record of the emotional reactions of the American people during the fortnight preceding and the six weeks following the declaration of war.” (Foreword) Some of the contributors are Amelia Josephine Burr, Don Marquis, Clinton Scollard, Wallace Irwin, Edith M. Thomas, George E. Woodberry, Cale Young Rice, Theodosia Garrison, Percy MacKaye and Hermann Hagedorn.
“Their literary excellence is very high. It would be easy to forgive much under the circumstances, but there is nothing to forgive. ... To single out a single poem in any collection as superlatively the best is usually futile and an invitation to violent argument, but we have no reluctance to place Miss Garrison’s ‘April 2nd’ at the head.” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 27 ‘17 1000w
“The whole anthology carries a glowing atmosphere of enthusiasm, every page breathing the wide range of high human emotion which is brought into being during the stress of wartime.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:287 Ag 5 ‘17 260w
=Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 180w
=FIGGIS, JOHN NEVILLE.= Some defects in English religion, and other sermons. (Handbooks of Catholic faith and practice) *$1 (3½c) Young ch. 252
The defects in English religion to which the author devotes the first four sermons in this book are Sentimentalism, Legalism, Cowardice, and Complacency. This series of sermons was preached in Grosvenor chapel, Mayfair, in August, 1916. Among the other sermons in the volume is a group on The mysteries of love, preached as a Lenten series.
“A master of the philosophic ideas of history, and equally at home with Bernard Shaw or Nietzsche and the significant movements of today in letters, Dr Figgis is a preacher of an unusual sort.”
+ =Sat R= 123:260 Mr 17 ‘17 370w
=FIGGIS, JOHN NEVILLE.= Will to freedom; or, The gospel of Nietzsche and the gospel of Christ. *$1.25 Scribner 193 17-15172
“Dr Figgis, who is a member of the Community of the Resurrection, a religious order of the Church of England, was invited to deliver the Gov. Bross lectures at Lake Forest university in Illinois in 1915, and made the German philosopher his subject.” (Springf’d Republican) “In the lectures he aims at correcting some prevalent misconceptions as to Nietzsche and his influence in Germany. The six lectures deal in turn with ‘Nietzsche the man,’ ‘The gospel of Nietzsche,’ ‘Nietzsche and Christianity,’ ‘Nietzsche’s originality,’ ‘The charm of Nietzsche,’ and ‘The danger and the significance of Nietzsche.’ In particular Dr Figgis insists that, unlike Stirner, Nietzsche did not teach egotism, but rather a religion of valour involving the sacrifice of immediate desire to an ideal of nobility; egotism being, indeed, in direct opposition to some of Nietzche’s most important principles, such as natural asceticism, the sacrifice of ages in order to speed the superman, the raising of the type of man. But while endeavouring to set before us a reconsideration of much of Nietzsche’s position in a more favourable light than the controversialists of recent years generally allow, Dr Figgis protests equally against those who argue that because Nietzsche in his later years held and loudly expressed anti-Russian views therefore modern Germany was not deeply influenced by him.” (The Times [London] Lit Sup)
Reviewed by W. C. A. Wallar
=Am J Theol= 22:150 Ja ‘18 650w
=A L A Bkl= 14:39 N ‘17
+ =Ath= p462 S ‘17 180w
“There may be, however, some doubt whether many who call themselves Christian would accept Dr Figgis’s statement that they ‘assert the will to freedom.’ That is the weakness of the book; for it is only too easy to make out that anything that is true or good is Christian.”
+ — =Ath= p508 O ‘17 550w
“For the reader who has not time for the writings of Nietzsche but who would like to know what it is all about, this is the book.”
+ =Bib World= 50:254 O ‘17 700w
Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston
+ =Bookm= 46:290 N ‘17 30w
+ =Cleveland= p105 S ‘17 50w
“The discussion is pitched in a key so much lower than Nietzsche’s own writing, and is conducted in such obvious and pedestrian terms that the many quotations blaze across the page with a heat that seems almost to shrivel the unfortunate commentator. What Dr Figgis has done here is to make the common mistake of confusing a diagnosis with an ethics. The common mind seems unable to keep from confounding Nietzsche’s analysis of what is with his ideal of what ought to be. ... The book must be credited, however, with what is perhaps the best short sketch of Nietzsche’s life to be found in English.” Randolph Bourne
– + =Dial= 63:389 O 25 ‘17 1200w
“A book of real weight and of philosophic power.”
+ =Educ R= 54:528 D ‘17 100w
“The relation of Nietzsche to contemporary thought and particularly to Christianity, as well as to the prevailing ideals in Germany, is well brought out in Dr Figgis’ book.”
+ =Ind= 92:109 O 13 ‘17 380w
“His study of Nietzsche is able, fresh and sympathetic. Perhaps because he is under Nietzsche’s charm, he does not quite come to grips with his subject.” M. J.
+ — =Int J Ethics= 28:287 Ja ‘18 280w
“We can not praise too highly this exposition. It is unbiased, fair, and square. No debatable characterization of the subject lacks chapter and verse from Nietzsche’s writings.”
+ =Lit D= 55:39 S 15 ‘17 430w
“The title gives a sufficient intimation of Dr Figgis’s purpose, but one could wish that he had followed this purpose a little more tenaciously. As a matter of fact, the best part of the book is the exposition of Nietzsche’s philosophy before the author enters upon his critical comparison.”
+ =Nation= 105:323 S 20 ‘17 350w
“It would be difficult for any Christian reviewer to excel Dr Figgis in combining just criticism of an iconoclastic atheist with so impartial an appreciation of his merits.”
+ =Outlook= 117:260 O 17 ‘17 160w
=Pittsburgh= 22:699 O ‘17 20w
=Pratt= p6 O ‘17
“Dr Figgis’s books have an unusual circulation, which they deserve. Christianity has few apologists of equal power, for he is not only learned in divinity, he is also an historian and a philosopher who keeps in touch with the spirit of his time. He knows the latest book of Mr Bernard Shaw as well as of the Modernists. ... Nietzsche is much more talked about than read, and Dr Figgis does well in adding to his lectures typical specimens of his writings and the views of the best critics on them.”
+ =Sat R= 124:188 S 8 ‘17 1300w
“The analysis Dr Figgis offers in these lectures is at once the most painstaking and the most convincing we have seen.”
+ =Spec= 119:270 S 15 ‘17 1450w
“Dr Figgis approaches his subject fairly and judiciously, though hardly with the freedom from preoccupation which is essential to a complete comprehension of Nietzsche. ... He devotes much space to the progress of Nietzschian ideas in modern German.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 650w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p383 Ag 9 ‘17 170w
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p388 Ag 16 ‘17 1450w
=FILLEBROWN, CHARLES BOWDOIN.= Principles of natural taxation; showing the origin and progress of plans for the payment of all public expenses from economic rent. il $1.50 McClurg 336.2 17-5160
Of part 1 of this book Mr Fillebrown is compiler; of part 2, author. Part 1 is a compilation, the object of which is “to trace the metamorphosis of the land question into the rent question; of the equal right to land into the joint right to the rent of land, etc.” The authors represented in this progression are, Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Patrick Edward Dove, Edwin Burgess, Sir John Macdonell, Henry George, Rev Edward McGlynn and Thomas G. Shearman. For each of these a biographical sketch with an estimate of the man’s importance to the single tax movement is provided. Part 2 has chapters on: A burdenless tax; Land; Taxation and housing, etc. The preface says, “While this volume is a revision and enlargement of ‘A single tax handbook for 1913,’ which it was thought might reappear at intervals, it is issued with the idea of permanence, as representing the best authorities, early and late, upon the development of the idea.”
“The book will prove a very useful single-tax document, and Mr Fillebrown has performed a real service to economists in calling attention to the need for a redistribution of emphasis in discussing certain aspects of the single tax. As is perhaps to be expected, where the material has been gathered from scattered sources, an occasional slip in statement has crept in.” R. M. Haig
+ — =Am Econ R= 7:894 D ‘17 350w
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:41 N ‘17
=Ann Am Acad= 73:236 S ‘17 240w
“For a full exposition of the subject, we have seen few books equal to Mr Fillebrown’s latest effort.” Alexander MacKendrick
+ =Masses= 9:32 S ‘17 1050w
“The second part of Mr Fillebrown’s book contains the kind of polemic for the single tax with which readers of his former publications, and of single-tax propaganda generally, are familiar. There is much in it that is plausible, much even that is sound; but there is also a great admixture of shallow assumption as well as an ignoring of vital difficulties.”
+ — =Nation= 104:656 My 31 ‘17 1000w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:58 Ap ‘17
=St Louis= 15:169 Je ‘17 30w
“Particularly interesting chapters are ‘The professors and the single tax,’ disclosing incidentally how much the professors are like the man in the street in missing the essential point of the doctrine, and ‘A catechism of natural taxation,’ carefully revised by the best authorities to meet the inquirer’s questions with the best possible answers.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p11 Ja 27 ‘18 380w
=FILSINGER, ERNST B.= Exporting to Latin America; with a foreword by Leo S. Rowe. *$3 Appleton 382 16-17440
For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.
“Two qualities in Mr Filsinger’s book stand out as noteworthy: it is specific and it is comprehensive. When to this statement I add that it is distinctly a business man’s book, written by a business man who still has the student’s knack of covering a subject fully and expressing himself clearly, it may easily be understood that this is one of the best publications on Latin America that has been placed on the American market. ... Among the many writers on Latin American trade Mr Filsinger seems to be almost the discoverer of the effective work being done by the Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, to which he devotes considerable, but by no means excessive, space. ... It would certainly pay every prospective exporter to have a copy not in his library but on his desk for constant reference and study.” E. E. Pratt
* + =Am Econ R= 7:122 Mr ‘17 1050w
“An especially interesting chapter is that on Export commission houses and agents. ... Mr Filsinger’s outline of the function of the export commission house is followed with the chapter on Traveling salesmen, general and local agents, which is of particular interest to manufacturers desiring to market their product by direct representation overseas. This includes suggestions as to obtaining foreign agents by correspondence. ... This book is a valuable addition to a quite substantial bibliography developed by the painstaking work of Hough, Aughinbaugh and other students of Latin-American trade problems.” R. H. Patchin
+ =Ann Am Acad= 71:227 My ‘17 650w
“Of unusual practical value is the appendix. This contains, besides other important information, a detailed description of each of the Latin American countries, including language, newspapers, currency, with American equivalents, weights and measures, postage, location, area, and physical characteristics, population, purchasing power, railways and transportation, resources, industries, mines, principal cities, best methods of canvassing the country and the articles most needed. In another part of the appendix he gives the typical advertising rates in Latin American export journals, the principal directories of the Latin American republics, and the principal banks of the large cities.”
+ =Nation= 104:369 Mr 29 ‘17 1350w
“Manufacturers and merchants anxious to discover and improve foreign trade opportunities will find of particular interest the chapters on Latin-American correspondence, Banking documents, Credits, Catalogues and quotations, Parcel post and mail order business, but the subjects covered extend to practically all the questions that business men are compelled to ask in advertising new lines.”
+ =New Repub= 11:167 Je 9 ‘17 400w
“The work of a man who is president of the Filsinger-Boette shoe company and consul of Costa Rica and Ecuador in St Louis, and who was formerly president and commissioner to Latin-America of the Latin-American foreign trade association. Incidentally Mr Filsinger is the husband of Sara Teasdale, the poet. ... The book is plainly the most valuable of its kind that has yet been published.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 F 23 ‘17 200w
=FINCK, HENRY THEOPHILUS.= Richard Strauss; the man and his works. il *$2.50 (3c) Little 17-26876
A carefully prepared life of the first great realist in music who “has done for programme music what Wagner did for the opera.” Besides the story of Strauss’s life and a number of reliable anecdotes, there is an estimate of his place in the history of music, and a full description, with critical comments, of his more important compositions including all the tone poems and operas which have been launched with so much interest and success. A sympathetic appreciation of “Richard Strauss: seer and idealist” is contributed by Percy Grainger who sees the inborn effortless greatness of a man who is a genius of the purely inspirational order.
“Stimulating to musicians who do understand Strauss; and, for mere bewildered music lovers who do not, it will serve to foster at least an ‘intelligent ignorance.’”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:83 D ‘17
“This is a useful survey of the external facts touching the life and musical compositions of Richard Strauss. But it does not, on the whole, suggest that it has been a labor of love. Mr Finck makes it abundantly clear that his reason for writing the book was rather the fact that Strauss is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of living composers than that he himself considers him to be such. And the general tone of Mr Finck’s book is blasé, sometimes yawningly so.” E: Sapir
+ – — =Dial= 63:584 D 6 ‘17 1900w
“Not only the biggest but also the most interesting and the most valuable work on this composer yet produced in English. If the book contained only this sort of intensely personal dislike, paraded as an attempt to determine Strauss’s place in the history of music, it would be of small worth. But it contains a deal of more profitable matter.”
+ — =Ind= 92:385 N 24 ‘17 350w
+ =Lit D= 55:42 D 8 ‘17 240w
“It is a big book in more senses than one. ... To be sure, all the thrice-familiar Finckian critical stigmata are present; his Wagner worship and the clamorous praise of Rubinstein, Grieg, Paderewski, Liszt, MacDowell, and Percy Grainger. ... Mr Finck’s musical enthusiasms are always exhilarating, and while his study of Strauss is not as significant as his ‘Life of Wagner’—the best biography in English—we must remember the difference in the career of the two men. Wagner’s life, like his music, was dramatic. The life thus far of Strauss has been almost commonplace.” J. G. Huneker
+ — =Nation= 105:462 O 25 ‘17 1550w
“This biography of Strauss the composer has the quality of sprightliness to an exceptional degree—partly, no doubt, because of its subject.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:551 N ‘17 150w
=FINDLATER, MARY, and FINDLATER, JANE HELEN.= Seen and heard before and after 1914. *$1.50 Dutton 17-26479
“There are six stories in this book—the stories of Scottish life that the Misses Findlater know so well how to tell—and the coming of the war divides them square in half. This in itself gives the book added value as a picture of the conflict’s far reactions. For the war came to the Scotch villages of the Highlands and changed the face of life for the village folk. And the things that were ‘seen and heard’ after Aug. 1, 1914, were very different from the Highland happenings of the hills and villages in the months before. ... The first story is of the wandering tinkers of the Highlands, and of the claim of their gypsy life upon all the tinker ‘clan.’ ... The second story is a strange bit of Highland pathos. ‘When Johnny comes marching home’ is a human little tale of a village ne’er-do-well, who lost his chance of manhood, but the second war story is full of whimsical humor and sweetness. Jane Findlater has written all the tales but one—the last, ‘Real estate,’ longer than most of the others, and rich in human understanding and charm.”—N Y Times
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:449 Jl ‘17
“The stories are written with the same feeling for words and situations which has previously distinguished the work of these two authors. They show life within a very narrow radius, but the stamp of truth is on all they write.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 2 ‘17 1250w
+ =Dial= 62:527 Je 14 ‘17 150w
+ =Ind= 91:353 S 1 ‘17 60w
“Jane Findlater’s writing has the charm of an older time. ... What we really get in ‘The little tinker’ is more like the scene of a Dutch master, incident and atmosphere and character projected upon a tiny canvas, with sympathy but without sentimentalism. The stories written after the war are less happy.”
+ =Nation= 104:632 My 24 ‘17 180w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:74 My ‘17 30w
“A lovable, human book.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:186 My 13 ‘17 300w
+ =Spec= 118:175 F 10 ‘17 1600w
“As always with these writers, it is not the story in itself but the shrewd and intuitive handling of its elements which gives marked individuality to the work.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p572 N 30 ‘16 570w
=FIRTH, JOHN BENJAMIN.= Highways and byways in Nottinghamshire. (Highways and byways ser.) il *$2 Macmillan 914.2 (Eng ed 17-7460)
“To an excellent series this is a most readable addition. Mr Firth writes well and has accumulated a mass of curious information. The chapters on Nottingham and Newark and the parts they played on opposite sides in the civil war, the account of Southwell and its ancient minster, the elaborate description of the dukeries—Welbeck, Clumber, and Thoresby, all set in the remains of Sherwood Forest—are the chief features. Robin Hood is cautiously handled. Byron in poverty at Southwell and in transient splendour at Newstead is another picturesque figure.”—Spec
“Gives fewer descriptions of scenery than other books in this series.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:397 Je ‘17
+ =Dial= 62:531 Je 14 ‘17 130w
“The book is crammed with information, yet it is written with an ease and grace that any novelist might envy.”
+ =Nation= 104:373 Mr 29 ‘17 190w
“The book is profusely and beautifully illustrated, and the large-scale maps will be invaluable to the explorer of the byways of Nottinghamshire.”
+ =Nature= 99:4 Mr 1 ‘17 300w
“Especially interesting in its relation to several of the best-known families of England.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:556 My ‘17 40w
“There has scarcely been a better book in the series, and one can often dip into his ‘Nottinghamshire’ with pleasure and relief. It is a book to enjoy, and the hours given to it will not be wasted. Mr Griggs’s illustrations are often delightful too. Some of his drawings of domestic architecture—notably of old houses in the city of Nottingham—are very nearly as good as Prout, and we much like his Southwell minster, west front.”
+ =Sat R= 123:sup10 Mr 31 ‘17 150w
=Spec= 118:141 F 3 ‘17 140w
“For Americans no other town of Nottinghamshire can have so great appeal as Scrooby. For Scrooby was the home of William Brewster, the Pilgrim father, and the little band of Brownists met usually at Brewster’s house. ... Mr Firth’s spirited pen traces the features of Nottinghamshire towns, and revives much entertaining local history.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 F 25 ‘17 1350w
“A book like this brings strongly home to the reader the tides of change which have helped to mould the most placid English landscapes.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p53 F 1 ‘17 1300w
=FISH, ADA Z.= American Red cross text-book on home dietetics. il *$1 Blakiston 641.5 17-6350
“The author of ‘Home dietetics’ has emphasized the means of avoiding illness rather than the ways of catering to it. She has suggested very concisely the important principles involved in the cooking of food, and so far as possible has illustrated these principles by directions for the preparation of common articles of diet.”—Survey
=A L A Bkl= 13:336 My ‘17
“A unique and valuable feature of the book is the emphasis placed on the importance of hygiene which should be observed in the handling of food to prevent the spread of disease.” L. H. G.
+ =Survey= 38:75 Ap 21 ‘17 120w
=FISHER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.= Francis Thompson; essays. il $1 (15c) Franklin pub. co., Canton, O. 821 17-17070
A short sketch of the life and an appreciation of the poetry of a rare spirit whose genius is the nacre covering the grains of hardship as a pearl was produced for poetry. While after years were kinder to him than the early period of cruel hardship, he was broken in health and died at the age of forty-eight. The late Benjamin Fisher was a sympathetic student of Thompson’s poetry and hoped thru his essays to interest many in the clear quality of Thompson’s poetical gifts.
“Students of Francis Thompson’s poetry will find interest in this attractively bound little book.”
+ =Dial= 63:409 O 25 ‘17 170w
“Of flowery and figurative language, this tiny book possesses real critical grasp, and has itself real beauties of phrase that make us curious to see that earlier work, ‘Life harmonies,’ praised of Alice Meynell.”
+ =Ind= 91:514 S 29 ‘17 50w
=FISHER, DOROTHEA FRANCES (CANFIELD) (MRS JOHN REDWOOD FISHER).= Understood Betsy. il *$1.30 (3c) Holt 17-23050
“Betsy has been brought up from infancy by her Aunt Frances, a maiden lady past her first youth who has deluged the child with love and anxiety and determination to ‘understand’ her. And so at the age of nine she has been ‘understood’ into an anaemic, morbid, neurotic, egotistic condition that saps her rightful enjoyment of childhood and undermines the promise of useful womanhood. ... A sudden upheaval in Aunt Frances’s family makes it necessary for Betsy to be sent along to relatives who live on a farm in Vermont. And there life takes on a very different complexion. Nobody tries to ‘understand’ her, nobody pays attention to any of the things that caused Aunt Frances to cuddle and care for her as if she were an infant. Instead, they put responsibilities upon her for herself and others, expect her to amuse herself and in general to be an upstanding, self-reliant little girl.”—N Y Times
“Published in St Nicholas.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:26 O ‘17
“The one girls’ story of the season which seems to have the qualities that make for permanence—Miss Alcott’s qualities, say, of warm feeling, golden common sense, and ease and simplicity of style.” J: Walcott
+ =Bookm= 46:499 D ‘17 120w
“Betsy is the concrete example of so much that Mrs Fisher has written on child training, that we are obliged once again to remark the skill with which a true story teller can reveal her morals while she is telling a thoroughly interesting story.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 S 12 ‘17 1250w
“The book is intended primarily for children, but Mrs Fisher with her usual insight has touched upon a modern tendency in education with an irony that will be appreciated by their elders.”
+ =Dial= 63:403 O 25 ‘17 100w
+ =Ind= 91:514 S 29 ‘17 70w
“It is a story for a child—or for the child-lover with many suggestions in child-development and training quite suited to a teacher.”
+ =Lit D= 55:48 D 29 ‘17 210w
“Dorothy Canfield is always extraordinarily likable, even if she has grown troublingly wistful, and doubtful about cities. ... Her wistfulness for pioneer conditions saps a necessary confidence in cities in a way her Montessori mother did not. But is it, after all, a book for children? Would it not be, of itself, just a little bit of an Aunt Frances?”
+ =New Repub= 12:166 S 8 ‘17 300w
“It has ostensibly been written for children, but we should be sorry for any adult who could not enjoy it. ... As a gift to a little nine or ten year old girl who reads easily, we cannot recommend anything more charming and worth while than ‘Understood Betsy.’” M. G. S.
+ + =N Y Call= p15 S 30 ‘17 340w
“This story about a little girl will be read with pleasure by people who are small and young, while people who are larger and older also will read it with pleasure combined, if they have humor and sense, with profit. ... The scene is that section of New England where Mrs Fisher has made her home for a number of years, and the people are the same sturdy Vermonters whom she has put into her short stories about ‘Hillsboro people.’ She interprets the New England character with truth and verve.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:294 Ag 12 ‘17 800w
“A charming and entertaining little story.”
+ =Outlook= 117:26 S 5 ‘17 170w
“As a story pure and simple, it is delightful, a mine of fun, wisdom and common sense.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:557 N ‘17 150w
“A most delightful narrative. The reader feels an impulsive affection for Aunt Abigail, Uncle Henry and Cousin Ann.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 230w
=FISHER, GEORGE JOHN, and BERRY, ELMER.= Physical effects of smoking; preliminary experimental studies. *$1 Assn. press 613 17-12837
Dr Fisher is connected with the International committee of the Y. M. C. A., and Professor Berry is professor of physiology in the International Y. M. C. A. college at Springfield, Mass. Professor Berry states that “the material here brought together represents an effort to secure definite experimental data regarding the effects of smoking,” that the work, covering researches conducted 1914-16, has been done as graduation theses under his direction, and that it is presented as “entirely preliminary and tentative.” The subjects were “normal, healthy, athletic fellows between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-five.” The experimenters returned results remarkable for their uniformity and general consistency, showing that smoking raises the heart rate and blood pressure, that it markedly delays the return of the heart rate to normal after exercise, and that it impairs the neuro-muscular control as indicated by delicate finger exercises and gross muscular coordinations. There is a bibliography of eight pages.
=A L A Bkl= 13:433 Jl ‘17
“With rare good judgment the authors refrain from conclusions, and rest their case upon a simple statement of recorded facts, not claiming infallibility but presenting their results so that the reader arrives at his own conclusions. The book is an excellent short story to put into the hands of school teachers and high-school boys.” Haven Emerson, M.D.
+ =Survey= 39:370 D 29 ‘17 400w
=FISHER, MARY.= The Treloars. *$1.35 (1c) Crowell 17-13953
“The scene is California. The Treloars, who live in the country near Berkeley, are a family of high cultivation and of warm humanity. The father is a brilliant man who has ceased to be a parson because he can no longer conform to the creed of the church. ... Hard by lives his friend, who is also a detached philosopher—of another school. Their chief recreation is in controversy. Treloar has three grown children. One of the daughters, Catherine, has brains enough only for the hard and selfish part of the modern feminist practice. Margaret, the other, is a woman of intellect and character. Her brother Dick holds the centre of her stage, and responds to her devotion. We meet her at the moment when Dick is about to try his fledgling wings at journalism. In the city he presently meets an enchantress, an actress of none too savoury past. The wrecking of his sister’s happiness and a luckless marriage are the result. He is released before the total crippling of his life, and after an illuminating experience [at] the war-front, achieves a real union with the girl he should have married in the first place; to Margaret also the chances of war have brought a fitting mate.”—Bookm
“A book of scope and power by a hand fresh at story-making. Readers who like swift action may find the conduct of the narrative too leisurely. By others, the digressions and discussions which fill so many of these pages may be regarded as the cream of the book.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:209 O ‘17 370w
“What a godsend the war has been to lazy or unimaginative novelists! With it they can cut every Gordian knot.”
— =Dial= 63:463 N 8 ‘17 140w
“The book’s fault is talk, tho much of it is Interesting enough and clever. But there is too much of it.”
+ — =Lit D= 55:39 O 27 ‘17 240w
“A book of uncommon flavor: to begin with, its style instead of falling in with modern fashions of briskness or nonchalance, takes its own time and goes its own way, with a faint suggestiveness, perhaps, of George Eliot rather than any later writer. It is the medium of an intelligence both sympathetic and scholarly, interpreting character in the light of present conditions.”
+ =Nation= 105:371 O 4 ‘17 350w
“‘The Treloars’ belongs to a class of novels written not because the author has a story to tell, but because he has views to ventilate, theories to expound, a fund of information of which to disburden himself. ... Although well written, showing wide reading, and expressing forcible opinions upon nearly all the subjects now agitating the public mind, ‘The Treloars’ does not take hold of the reader. The characters seem to have been created to hold long conversations upon every conceivable topic, ... while certain of the situations are almost amusing in their improbability.”
+ — =N Y Times= 22:266 Jl 15 ‘17 200w
=FISK, EUGENE LYMAN.= Alcohol. *$1 Funk 178 17-20843
“A non-scientific discussion for the general reader of the deleterious effect of alcohol. Divided into three parts, it discusses its relation to life insurance, to physiology, and human efficiency. Supplementary notes give views of Great Britain, Russia and France and the attitude of the American medical profession.” (A L A Bkl) The contents appeared first in the form of articles in the Atlantic Monthly.
=A L A Bkl= 14:73 D ‘17
“Modest and yet most important volume. It would be a good thing for America and the world if his pages could be carried in the knapsack of every soldier, at home and abroad, and studied by every citizen of our country.”
+ =Lit D= 55:46 D 1 ‘17 280w
“It is too slight, too dogmatic, and too evidently written to maintain a theory.”
— =Outlook= 117:285 O 24 ‘17 60w
=FISKE, MINNIE MADDERN (MRS HARRISON GREY FISKE).= Mrs Fiske; her views on actors, acting, and the problems of production; recorded by Alexander Woolcott. il *$2 (6c) Century 792 17-29247
Witty, spontaneous, unconventional bits of theatre wisdom dropped over the tea cups by one of the foremost producers, directors and actresses of the present day and recorded out of the long memory of the dramatic critic of the New York Times. The seven chapters set forth Mrs Fiske’s theory of the theatre,—a theory which has been evolving thru years of honest, sincere progress towards the goal which the world has seen her brilliantly achieve. Deductions are interpolated with interesting comment on the portrayal of certain of her well known rôles. The book is full of inspiration and food for thought and study for young actors, while for the theatre goer who never misses a Fiske play it will serve as a review of her successes.
“Expensive for its value to the average library.”
+ — =A L A Bkl= 14:118 Ja ‘18
“Mr Woolcott is an adept prompter; he usually sets the scene piquantly; fills the pauses neatly; gives Mrs Fiske her head, as it were, while his memory sits elastic in the saddle; and generally conducts himself as a beaming Boswell, save for a tendency to the simpering and airy phrases of literary and artistic youth at tea in the college across the Charles. As for Mrs Fiske herself, she courses through the conversations like Delilah in Milton’s chorus, ‘bedecked, ornate, and gay.’”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p12 O 24 ‘17 2800w
“No one could doubt the authenticity of these repeated conversations, for they are so consistent with her life and seem so possessed of her personality as to make one see the lift of her head, the whimsical light in her eye, and visualize the touch and gesture of her personality.”
+ =Lit D= 55:50 D 1 ‘17 170w
“Woolcott expresses the hope that some day Mrs Fiske will write her own book. It is here seconded, for it must be admitted that there is a feeling, especially in the opening chapters, that just when the actress is about to say something really vital, the writer interrupts her train of thought.” L: Gardy
+ — =NY Call= p15 D 29 ‘17 580w
“The book is full of interesting exposition, nuggets of wisdom, conclusions clearly thought out and forcibly presented. No one who is in the least interested in the theatre can fail to find the book fascinating and stimulating.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:578 D 30 ‘17 360w
+ =R of Rs= 57:108 Ja ‘18 110w
“The public needs not be told that Mrs Fiske is no ordinary theatrical celebrity, and there will be general expectation that a book of her views, if authentically reproduced, will be an individual and entertaining book. It is.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 25 ‘17 550w
=FITCH, GEORGE.= Twenty-four; where I took them and what they did to me. il *$1.25 (5c) Little 17-1930
George Fitch once went to Europe with twenty-four girls, winners in a newspaper circulation contest, in his charge. As he puts it, “Some reporters go to war, some have to jump out of balloons in patent parachutes, and some have to take parties of young and beautiful girls to Europe. It’s all in the game.” In this book he has given his own humorous version of the expedition.
“Appeared in Ladies’ Home Journal.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:315 Ap ‘17
“As a ‘cheer-up’ story to amuse girls of sixteen, we recommend the book heartily. For older readers it is a little too thin, and the situation is a bit overworked. ... The end drags.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 28 ‘17 120w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:24 F ‘17
“Very amusing.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:13 Ja 14 ‘17 300w
“The story emphasizes the loss sustained in the death of the kindly humorist.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 F 25 ‘17 200w
=FITZMAURICE, GEORGE.= Five plays. *$1.25 Little 822 (Eng ed 15-5685)
“‘Five plays,’ by George Fitzmaurice, the Irish folk-dramatist, carry one into the midst of life in the Irish countryside. They are ‘The pie-dish,’ the story of an old Irishman who worked twenty years molding a fine pie dish and died cursing God because he wouldn’t let him live long enough to finish it; ‘The country dressmaker,’ ‘The magic glasses,’ ‘The dandy dolls,’ and a strong play, ‘The moonlighter,’ which pictures the peculiar conditions that nurture violence and revolutions in Ireland. The scene is the period of the agrarian revolt. Peter Guerin, the leading character, is a splendid type of an old Fenian.” (R of Rs) The book was first published by Maunsel (London and Dublin) in 1914.
=A L A Bkl= 14:49 N ‘17
“Mr Fitzmaurice is a connecting link between the earlier and the later writers of the Irish dramatic movement. In his technique, he is a contemporary Irish dramatist; in his simpler point of view and freer imagination, he is a true son of the pioneers. His vivid dialogue and character-drawing surpass most contemporary work. For sheer beauty, either of thought or expression, he does not equal his predecessors. As a realist, he writes in the modern vein; as a fantast, in the spirit of the earlier men. ... These ‘Five plays’ justify the hope that, if only the Abbey theatre will cease trying to be a Hibernian branch of Drury Lane, it can still produce real Irish dramatists.” Williams Haynes
+ — =Dial= 63:208 S 13 ‘17 820w
+ =Ind= 91:189 Ag 4 ‘17 50w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:86 Je ‘17
“Fitzmaurice’s dialect has a richness of idiom that surpasses the familiar and monotonous Kiltartan, a gusty blowing freshness that is typically Irish, yet unlike that of Synge, or Colum, or the work of any other Irish folk-dramatist.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:662 Je ‘17 140w
=FLANDRAU, GRACE HODGSON.= Cousin Julia. *$1.40 (1½c) Appleton 17-22295
This is the story of a family in a middle western town. “Cousin Julia,” wife of a successful business man, is a social climber with two beautiful daughters, Virginia and Louise. Virginia, the finer and cleverer of the two, is, though she herself is ignorant of the fact for many years, an adopted daughter. Other characters are Félix de Lorme, a French marquis, who marries Louise, but falls in love with Virginia; Tom Collingsworth, a rich and rather commonplace young business man, who is Virginia’s other lover; Frau von Ernst, Virginia’s elderly friend; and Bob Tillinghurst, in the United States diplomatic service, and his wife Violet.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17
“A painstaking care for details of characterization distinguishes ‘Cousin Julia.’”
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 700w
“Yet the book is more than readable; its charming pictures of the Middle West and its sardonic understanding of the Cinderella background of ‘les nouveaux’ help to point a shrewd moral.”
+ — =Dial= 63:353 O 11 ‘17 150w
“Written with sincerity. ... Interesting, principally because of the well-drawn figure of Julia. The Frenchman, Félix de Lorme, ‘an amateur of everything, of letters, of science, of love’ is also well done, and so is the small-natured and commonplace Louise. ... The picture of middle western society is amusingly presented.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:343 S 16 ‘17 320w
=FLEAGLE, FRED K.= Social problems in Porto Rico. $1 (3c) Heath 917.29 17-17543
A collection of data on the social problems of Porto Rico which the author brought together in the course of his work in rural sociology in the University of Porto Rico. Contents: Population; The jíbaro; Overpopulation; The family; Rural housing conditions; Woman and child labor; Industries; The land problem and unemployment; Poverty; Sickness and disease; Crime; Intemperance; Juvenile delinquents; Rural schools; The school and the community; Relation of the teacher to the community; Present-day rural school movements; Physical development and longevity.
=Ind= 92:487 D 8 ‘17 40w
“This book is a specific and not a general picture, and by no means an attractive one. But it satisfies a thirst for information that has been growing with those who hear constantly of the great poverty in Porto Rico. ... It may also assist some in a position to do so to set their shoulders to the task of amelioration—a task that needs more American shoulders.”
+ =Nation= 105:430 O 18 ‘17 1300w
+ =R of Rs= 57:221 F ‘18 140w
“‘Social problems in Porto Rico’ is short and to the point, almost to the extent of being dogmatic. It is well worth reading.” S. B. Grubbs
+ =Survey= 39:202 N 24 ‘17 400w
=FLECKER, JAMES ELROY.= Collected poems. il *$2 Doubleday 821 17-26316
James Elroy Flecker was a young English poet who died in 1915. J. C. Squire, who was with him at Oxford has edited his poems, contributing a biographical introduction to the volume. He had published four books of verse: “The bridge of fire,” 1907; “Forty-two poems,” 1911; “The golden journey to Samarkand,” 1913; “The old ships,” 1915. It is from these volumes that the present collection is reprinted, with twenty new poems added. The poems are arranged in two groups, Juvenilia, and Later poems, and they follow roughly a chronological order.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:341 My ‘17
“It has been the fate, and perhaps the happy fate, of many English poets to die young. ... Great as was the promise of Middleton and Brooke, it is the death of Flecker that is perhaps our most grievous loss.”
+ =Ath= p527 N ‘16 1300w
=Boston Transcript= p7 F 24 ‘17 300w
“Poems of a young Englishman who died in 1915 at the age of thirty, and who belonged to the so-called Parnassian school—a group of seekers after perfection of form and the objective interpretation of beauty, represented in France by de Heredia and Leconte de Lisle.”
+ =Cleveland= p65 My ‘17 210w
“His achievement in verse is consistently high, but no single poem stands out as specially memorable.” Odell Shepard
+ =Dial= 63:19 Je 28 ‘17 180w
“He is almost the only upholder of art for art’s sake who can justify his practice to the unbeliever.” O. W. Firkins
+ =Nation= 106:90 Ja 24 ‘18 450w
“His family was Austrian, and perhaps it was because of such affiliation that he was attracted to eastern romance. ... He did a thing more difficult than the bringing back of an eastern glamour—(the glamour is there in The ballad of Iskander, and The golden journey to Samarkand)—he brought into contemporary poetry metres that suggest and may actually be derived from oriental verse. ... Except James Clarence Mangan no other poet has been able to weave English into such exotic patterns.” Padraic Colum
* + =New Repub= 10:sup12 Ap 21 ‘17 1250w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:62 Ap ‘17
“There are a hundred interesting aspects of the man and his work which space forbids us to attempt. Like Rupert Brooke, he greatened to the last.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:77 Mr 4 ‘17 850w
+ =Sat R= 122:485 N 18 ‘16 1400w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 22 ‘17 800w
“His achievement is unlikely to occupy the industrious commentator, or to become the esoteric nucleus of a learned society. If it live, it will be because beauty created in words cannot easily die.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p457 S 28 ‘16 3600w
=FLEMING, GUY.= Diplomat. *$1.50 Longmans
“A picture of early 19th-century social and political life as seen in the family of a Yorkshire squire rich in sons who follow various careers, and a daughter who becomes a countess. But Guy Fleming, a novelist of considerable gifts, concentrates mainly on the career of the fourth son, which culminates in a long residence in a foreign capital. Upon his journals the story is supposed to be based.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“Written in the leisurely Trollope manner.”
+ =Dial= 62:482 My 31 ‘17 120w
=Ind= 91:353 S 1 ‘17 40w
“There are sundry crimes, all vividly depicted, but leaving the reader disposed to wonder why it was worth while to write—and to write so well—a novel containing no character enlisting much sympathy and with but one scene that really touches the heart; a novel which, with all its merits, leaves the reader cold.”
– + =N Y Times= 22:131 Ap 8 ‘17 250w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p626 D 21 ‘16 70w
“Mr Fleming is so interesting that it is a pity his unweeded rhythmless style should make him so difficult to read.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p5 Ja 4 ‘17 580w
=FLEMING, GUY.= Off with the old love; a war story. *$1.50 (2c) Longmans 17-21972
“Though toward the end the scene of the story is shifted to France, to the trenches, and the hospitals, it is at Ravenscroft [in England] that most of the action takes place, and very many of the numerous characters live. ... The plot is an intricate one, with a lost daughter, a murder, an elopement, and no less than three love stories, not to mention several past romances, to increase its complications.”—N Y Times
“There are touches of comedy and two or three amusing characters in the book ... while the author’s intermittent comments are usually clever, often pungent, sometimes satiric, and always entertaining. The quiet restrained style has a good deal of charm. ... There is too much of the pleasantness and placidity in the book; at the end, one feels that persons such as the author has drawn, placed in situations such as those in which he has chosen to place them, would have been a good deal less comfortable than his various characters finally were.”
– + =N Y Times= 22:303 Ag 19 ‘17 580w
“Mr Fleming makes all the people in his new book subject to a great variety of coincidences, and when it is all over one feels that they and their surroundings have been a good deal wrenched to make them fit his little stage. ... The war does little to influence the course of the plays except that it provides a fanciful background for a series of coincidences and a target at which Mr Fleming aims a number of rather inapposite and bitter sayings.”
– + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p316 Jl 5 ‘17 450w
=FLETCHER, ALFRED CHARLES BENSON.= From job to job around the world. il *$2 (3c) Dodd 910 17-25257
Mr Fletcher, a graduate of the University of California, tells in this book how he started with his fare paid from San Francisco to Honolulu and a five dollar gold piece in his pocket, and worked his way around the world in three years. He visited Hawaii, Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, Ceylon, India, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Europe, England, Norway, Spitzbergen, Sweden, and finally crossed the Atlantic to America. Mr Ralph J. Richardson, who was equally short of funds, was the author’s traveling companion on part of the trip, and took the photographs from which the book is illustrated. The narrative was originally published in the Wide World Magazine.
“A buoyant, high-spirited account of personal adventure, with graphic pictures of places and people. Illustrated with good photographs.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:92 D ‘17
“A very entertaining story he spins, not only about the world, or such considerable portions as he visited, but also about the calm assurance and readiness of American boys to make themselves at home in strange places and under remarkable conditions.” A. M. Chase
+ =Bookm= 46:334 N ‘17 90w
“His account of his adventures comes, in vivacity and shrewd observation and humorous description, a close second to Mark Twain’s Innocents abroad.’” N. H. D.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 12 ‘18 520w
“Boyishly light-hearted but rather crude narrative.”
+ — =Cleveland= p138 D ‘17 70w
=N Y Evening Post= p1 O 13 ‘17 1800w
“Most of the traveling was done third class or steerage, a fact that affords interesting reading because so few American travelers choose to go in this fashion.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:574 D 23 ‘17 300w
=St Louis= 15:430 D ‘17 10w
=FLETCHER, CHARLES BRUNSDON.= New Pacific; British policy and German aims; with a preface by Viscount Bryce, and a foreword by the Right Hon. W. M. Hughes. *$3 Macmillan 325.3
“‘The new Pacific’ is an Australian’s review of British and German dealings in the Pacific ocean, a lucid exposure of German methods and German designs, a statement of Pacific problems present and future, and an account of some representative Britons who have shaped history in those southern seas. The author, Mr Brunsdon Fletcher, is a leading journalist in Australia, associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“In this volume, to which Lord Bryce and the Prime minister of Australia have contributed some introductory pages, the author gives a clear and interesting exposition of German policy and aims in the Pacific, and of the long-growing misgivings on the part of Australians respecting the aggressive tendencies of their German neighbours.”
+ =Ath= p247 My ‘17 80w
=Cleveland= p99 Jl ‘17 70w
“His indictment of German aims amounts to very little. ... None the less, the book deserves the attention of American students of the whole political situation. The United States has large interests in the Pacific.”
+ — =Nation= 105:42 Jl 12 ‘17 750w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:109 Jl ‘17
“We advise every one who wants to understand what Australia looks for in the terms of peace to read this book.”
+ =Spec= 118:590 My 26 ‘17 1300w
“Mr Brunsdon Fletcher has had access to first-hand information, written and oral, from the best sources; he has presented and arranged his facts with practised skill, grouping them round well-known characters; and the result is a book of singular interest and substantial value. ... If ‘The new Pacific’ had no other recommendation, it would be valuable as illustrating very forcibly and with much picturesqueness the great and much underrated influence which missionaries have had upon the onward movement of the British empire.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p147 Mr 29 ‘17 2100w
=FLOURNOY, THÉODORE.= Philosophy of William James; auth. tr. by Edwin B. Holt and W: James, jr. il *$1.30 (3c) Holt 191 17-6639
The author of this interpretation of William James’s philosophy is a professor in the faculty of sciences at the University of Geneva. The book itself is based on lectures which, delivered in 1910, were intended, in a way, as a memorial. In his first chapter the author makes some interesting observations on the importance of James’s artistic temperament. “He was a born psychologist and a psychologist of genius precisely because of this artistic insight, which in him, by a rare exception, was combined with the exact scientific spirit.” The chapters that follow take up in turn: Early environment; Rejection of monism; Pragmatism; Radical empiricism; Pluralism; Tychism; Meliorism and moralism; Theism; The will to believe; Summary and conclusion. A review of “The varieties of religious experience,” from the Revue Philosophique, is reprinted in an appendix.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:373 Je ‘17
“This study of the philosophy of James is admitted by many to be the best that has been written upon the philosopher and is now translated into English by two men who personally and professionally are especially well fitted to be just both to James and to Professor Flournoy. ... It reminds us of the work of James himself in its very readable character.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 28 ‘17 350w
“It is clearly and simply written and furnishes an admirable introduction to the study of William James—quite the best that we have seen. And it is, moreover, a book that will be read with equal pleasure and profit by those already familiar with his work.”
+ =Nation= 104:462 Ap 19 ‘17 1000w
“Written in so simple a style that even those unversed in philosophical technology need not feel doubtful concerning it.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:141 Ap 15 ‘17 270w
=St Louis= 15:135 My ‘17 14w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 19 ‘17 290w
* + =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p376 Ag 9 ‘17 1750w
=FLOWERS, MONTAVILLE.= Japanese conquest of American opinion. *$1.50 (2c) Doran 325.7 17-3170
The author believes that the Japanese are carrying on a systematic campaign to win over American public opinion. The objects to be gained are: “The removal of restrictions on immigration; the rights of naturalisation, American citizenship, and of intermarriage with the white race; the overthrow of all anti-Asiatic land legislation in western states; the rapid acquisition of those lands; and all that follows.” The book is issued as a warning to America and as an offset to the writings of Sidney Gulick, H. A. Millis and others, deemed by the author vicious. The book consists of three parts: The Japanese problem; Forces and methods of the Japanese conquest; Bases of opinion, old and new.
“Will be useful in debate work.”
=Cleveland= p53 Ap ‘17 30w
“The temper of Mr Flowers is not altogether admirable. He is sometimes narrow and often vituperative; but he is, as we have noted, sincere and his contribution to the discussion of the ‘Japanese problem’ is worthy the careful attention of those who differ most widely from him.”
=N Y Times= 22:36 F 4 ‘17 650w
“His discussion is valuable solely as a presentation of an extreme point of view held by a number which, it may be supposed, increases geometrically as the Pacific coast draws nearer.”
=Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 8 ‘17 130w
“We have heard much of Mr Flowers and his diatribes against the Japanese and his dreadful arraignment of such men as Sidney L. Gulick, Hamilton Holt, the late H. W. Mabie, the present reviewer and others. ... The pith of Mr Flowers’ argument is in an outcry against amalgamation. His peculiar ideas as to philosophy, history and ethnology are largely his own. ... He should have furnished an index for students of his closely printed and rather bulky work, so rich in fallacies.” W: E. Griffis
— =Survey= 37:699 Mr 17 ‘17 200w
=FOERSTER, NORMAN, and PIERSON, WILLIAM WHATLEY=, eds. American ideals. *$1.25 Houghton 815 17-25284
Under the heads of Liberty and union, State and nation, American democracy, American foreign policy, and Foreign opinion of the United States, are brought together certain essays, addresses and state papers that express ideals of statesmen and of men of letters from Thomas Jefferson to Woodrow Wilson, from Alexis de Tocqueville to Alfred J. Balfour. The authors refer to the collection as “expressions of our national and international conscience” on ideals, policies and political tendencies of our country.
=A L A Bkl= 14:121 Ja ‘18
“Ushered in by Mr Woodbury’s splendid sonnet, ‘Our first century,’ these selections challenge as well as inspire.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 O 17 ‘17 270w
“The purpose of the volume is evident and praiseworthy. It might well be adopted as a school reader. But for the public at large, outside the schools, it is valuable, for it brings together the finest utterances on a theme of vital importance, many of them not easily accessible.” J. B. Landfield
+ =Educ R= 55:75 Ja ‘18 600w
“The selections are judiciously made and we believe that the book should prove useful in the inculcation of a thoughtful and intelligent patriotism among the rising generation.”
+ =Ind= 92:193 O 27 ‘17 70w
=R of Rs= 56:549 N ‘17 60w
=FOGARTY, KATE HAMMOND.= Story of Montana. il *$1 (1½c) Barnes 978.6 16-16737
This story of Montana was written “to meet the demand for a suitable textbook for schools, and also for the many lovers of Montana who wish to become familiar with the main facts of its early as well as present-day history without having to consult many separate volumes.” (Preface) The book is made up of ten chapters: Early explorers in Montana; The Indians; The fur trade; Visitors to the posts; The missionaries to the Indians; The first settlers; The soldiers in Montana; Development of the state; Transformation of the Indians; National problems in Montana. The national problems treated in this last chapter are Irrigation, Dry-land farming and Forestry.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Ja 31 ‘17 110w
“Intended as a text-book for the public schools, ‘The story of Montana’ also makes its appeal to the adult reader.”
+ =R of Rs= 54:683 D ‘16 50w
=FOOTE, JOHN TAINTOR.= Dumb-Bell of Brookfield. il *$1.35 Appleton 17-6535
“One need not be an enthusiast about hunting dogs or dogs in general to appreciate and thoroughly enjoy half a dozen stories, all related, that are grouped in this volume. Dumb-Bell appears first as a runt of a puppy, the son of the late champion setter, but so insignificant as to be ‘a stone despised by the builders, that is made the head of the corner.’ His anonymous triumph puts him instantly on the throne of his father, as told in the first story. Later chapters have to do partly with his own career and partly with his owners and other people and dogs at Brookfield.”—Springf’d Republican
“Full of pathos and humor, they show a complete understanding of dogs without making them in the least human. Good for reading aloud.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:315 Ap ‘17
+ =N Y Times= 22:136 Ap 15 ‘17 200w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 29 ‘17 150w
“Somewhat out of the ordinary. Appeared in American Magazine.”
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:158 My ‘17 20w
=FOOTE, MRS MARY (HALLOCK).= Edith Bonham. *$1.50 (2c) Houghton 17-8582
The friendship between two women is the foundation of this story. One of them marries and goes out into the unknown West. (The time of the story is fully a generation ago.) Here the other, Edith Bonham, follows her some years later, intending to make her home there and to help in caring for her friend’s children. She arrives just in time to learn of Anne’s death. For the sake of the children, she remains, resolved to make up as best she can for their loss. She at first wholly misunderstands her friend’s husband, a quiet man of deep feeling and few words. But in time a sympathetic understanding breaks down the barriers and they are drawn together.
“Distinctly a woman’s book, one of the few which interpret the best American types.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:402 Je ‘17
“The reader may find himself (if not herself) in a rather impatient mood before all the misapprehensions and mystifications of a fairly simple situation are permitted to be cleared up. Mrs Foote’s style, as always, with its quiet clarity, offers grateful refreshment to ears which may be a trifle weary of the din and ‘punch’ of the current literary mode.” H. W. Boynton
+ — =Bookm= 45:648 Ag ‘17 350w
“Will probably be considered her most appealing novel. Mrs Foote writes with the method of the great novelists of an earlier generation. There is nothing of sketchiness in her literary product. Her characters are limned with delightful attention to details.” H. S. K.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 21 ‘17 550w
“A detailed leisurely story with a few excellent characterizations but with what seems to be a wilful and superfluous piling up of barriers between the two chief characters.”
+ — =Cleveland= p63 My ‘17 50w
“Mrs Foote is one of our veteran novelists and she knows her business. I ask, however, with due respect whether the book should not end on page 321, whether the postscript is not superfluous.” J: Macy
+ — =Dial= 63:113 Ag 16 ‘17 100w
“So much for the crude substance of the book: its merit lies elsewhere, in the quiet and sure rendering of that substance by a delicate womanly hand.”
+ =Nation= 105:40 Jl 12 ‘17 500w
“The story has the human appeal and sure touch in dealing with life found always in Mrs Foote’s work.”
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:158 My ‘17 50w
For France; ed. by C: Hanson Towne. il *$2.50 Doubleday 940.91 17-29466
Tributes to France in story, poem and song, from the hearts of a notable group of America’s authors, painters, musicians, sculptors and actors. The offerings are all short, with a note of deep loyalty and affection for the people who from ‘76-‘83 sent us their money and their men under the leadership of their Lafayette and Rochambeau. The chapters, full of sympathy, and of the sense of debt we owe, have a heartening message for the heroic, dry-eyed patriots who have been shaken to the depths with sorrow; while for Americans they serve as a new spur to fight the harder for justice, humanity, liberty, democracy.
Reviewed by Albert Schinz
+ =Bookm= 46:292 N ‘17 150w
“While there is much repetition of sentiment in it, and while some of the writers are so emotional and temperamentally strung that they are unable to give vision to their words, there are, nevertheless, a number of notable and significant contributions. Such, for example, is Mr Owen Wister’s address in French. But from the standpoint of literary permanence the volume is sorely lacking.”
+ — =Ind= 92:561 D 22 ‘17 140w
“It is amazing simply as a collection of names, if nothing more. The volume strikes a lofty note as a work of art—art with a purpose, certainly. A peculiarly rich and beautiful tribute to France.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:476 N 18 ‘17 850w
“It appears to us that the theme has appealed to the writers and artists and that there is little or nothing in the volume that is not inspired by very genuine feeling.”
+ =Outlook= 117:521 N 28 ‘17 90w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 N 23 ‘17 410w
For the right; essays and addresses by members of the “Fight for right movement.” *$1.50 Putnam (*5s T. Fisher Unwin, London) 940.91 (Eng ed 17-3139)
“A series of addresses, which were delivered at King’s college, London, to explain the principles for which the Allies are fighting and to show how they may be established in the life of nations when the peace settlement has been made. The aim of the Fight for right movement is to keep these ideals before the nation, and prevent it from being diverted by ‘minor questions of trade and territory and retaliation.’ The authors of the papers included in the present volume are Lord Bryce, Sir Henry Newbolt, Mr Maurice Hewlett, Mr Wilfrid Ward, Dr Robert Bridges, Dr L. P. Jacks, Prof. Gilbert Murray, Prof. Ramsay Muir, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr Philip Kerr, Mr A. F. Whyte, Mr H. Wickham Steed, the Rev. W. Temple, Evelyn Underbill, Mr Arthur Boutwood, and M. Painlevé.” (Ath) There is a three-page bibliography for Mr A. F. Whyte’s lecture, “The outlook of a good European.”
=Ath= p584 D ‘16 130w
“We, too, have learned, ever since the second of April last, how much harder is the task, how much greater is the sacrifice we have undertaken than we at first supposed. So it comes about that the words of this book, which were meant for England, seem made for us.”
+ =Nation= 105:228 Ag 30 ‘17 380w
“‘For the right’ would make uncomfortable reading for the German Chancellor; it would cause him to search his conscience. Our publicists, now busy with the stale and futile ‘barbarian’ whipper-up of public feeling, might learn from this even-tempered volume how to put democratic driving-force behind the complex realities of a liberal peace.”
+ =New Repub= 10:303 Ap 7 ‘17 400w
=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 130w
=FORBES, JOHN MAXWELL.= Doubloons—and the girl. il *$1.25 (1½c) Sully & Kleinteich 17-10668
A tale of treasure hunting. The discovery of an old Spanish pirate’s chart has the usual effect on the imagination of the finders. No one who has a pirate’s chart in his possession can rest easy until he is aboard ship and on his way after the treasure. In this case the search party consists of two old men, one of them the captain, two young men, and one girl, the captain’s daughter. The mate, a one-eyed seaman who has discovered the purpose of the expedition, is the villain who all but destroys the success of the expedition. The island on which the treasure is buried is volcanic, and eruptions and earthquakes are added to mutiny to give color to the tale.
=Boston Transcript= p6 My 2 ‘17 200w
“The tale is related with some spirit, and is not unentertaining.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:138 Ap 15 ‘17 200w
“A lively, though conventional tale.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 20 ‘17 200w
=FORBES, NEVILL.= Russian grammar. 2d ed rev and enl *$2 Oxford 491.7 17-13555
“Dr Forbes’s ‘Russian grammar’ is timely. ... Dr Forbes seems to have made a point of omitting those rules which, although accepted in standard grammars, are nevertheless subject to numerous exceptions. Russian grammar can safely undergo this process of simplification to a considerable extent. ... Perhaps the greatest difficulty presented by the Russian language lies in the aspects of the verb. ... The author’s treatment of this part of the subject is particularly thorough.”—Ath
“The book is intended for the use of students working with a teacher or those who, working alone, wish to learn to read. It seems to us admirably suited for its purpose. ... We believe that those who have already an elementary knowledge of the subject will find the ‘Grammar’ excellent.”
+ =Ath= 1915, 1:161 F 20 480w
“The interest in Russia that has grown up during the present war has produced a large number of grammars and handbooks to the Russian language. The fullest and most scientific of these books is Mr Nevill Forbes’s.”
+ =St Louis= 15:140 My ‘17 40w (Reprinted from Modern Language Review)
=FORBES, NEVILL=, ed. Third Russian book. *$1 Oxford 491.7 (Eng ed 18-383)
A reader of selections, supplementing the language teaching of the “First Russian book” and the “Second Russian book.” “Four notable men of letters are represented in Mr Forbes’s ‘Third Russian book’: Aksakov, aristocrat, naturalist, sportsman, and author: Grigorovitch, painter, novelist, and art-critic; Herzen, philosopher, historian, reformer, and exile; and Saltykov, satirist. The text is clear, and plentifully provided with foot-notes.” (Ath)
=Ath= p305 Je ‘17 40w
“The notes are good, though somewhat needlessly full on the simpler passages and scanty on those more difficult; the vocabulary is adequate and carefully prepared. The weak point of the volume is in the choice of material. ... No one of the authors represented is of the very first rank, and of the five selections two are the opening chapters of novels. It is a model of neat, careful printing.”
– + =Nation= 105:266 S 6 ‘17 150w
=FORBES, WALDO EMERSON.= Cycles of personal belief. *$1.25 (3c) Houghton 121 17-10884
The cycle of personal belief which the author traces comprises a process of illusion, disillusion, and reillusion. Disillusion cannot be permanent because of the soul’s craving for positive elements. “Thought, phoenix-like, begins perpetually to create new beliefs, to build, to affirm, and to renew the world.” But belief, after all, plays little practical part in our lives, for we discover that a perception of truth does not guarantee an obedience to truth. There is another cycle, growing out of experience, that follows the cycle of belief. The stages of this the author terms generation, degeneration and regeneration. But he does not imply that, even with regeneration, a permanent goal is reached: “Our moments of peace are given for the reception of new visions, and these, however gently the hint at first is given, are each and all incentive to action. Human life embosomed in paradise at one pole plunges into turmoil at the other. The struggle is not over, the problems are not solved.”
“Mr Waldo Emerson Forbes has succeeded in cultivating something of the style both of thought and of expression which one finds in the writings of the great essayist, his grandfather, whom his name brings to mind.”
+ =Nation= 105:152 Ag 9 ‘17 230w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:94 Je ‘17
=Pratt= p6 O ‘17 10w
+ =St Louis= 15:167 Je ‘17 10w
=FORD, SEWELL.= Wilt thou, Torchy. il *$1.35 (2c) Clode, E: J. 17-5451
Sewell Ford’s clever stories, told in the latest up-to-the-minute vernacular, seem to lose none of their popularity and Torchy is a hero who rivals Shorty McCabe in public favor. This book contains seventeen new stories, reprinted from Every Week. Torchy relates his own adventures, telling of his progress upward in the Corrugated trust company, and of his mishaps and final success in courtship under the keen and not encouraging eye of “Auntie.”
“Will be popular.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:353 My ‘17
“Torchy is still the unique creation of Mr Ford’s brain and it is to be hoped that the advancing years will not materially change him, it being taken for granted that more of his delightfully humorous tales will soon be forthcoming to give pleasure to young and old.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 28 ‘17 230w
+ =N Y Times= 22:80 Mr 4 ‘17 150w
Reviewed by E. P. Wyckoff
+ =Pub W= 91:968 Mr 17 ‘17 450w
=FORDYCE, CLAUDE POWELL.= Touring afoot. (Outing handbooks) il *80c (3c) Outing pub. 796 17-4213
A three mile walk daily in the interests of health is the author’s advice, given in the first chapter. The man who has kept himself in trim thru this daily exercise will be ready for the longer tramps discussed in the remainder of the book. The author writes of: Hitting the trail; Going in “light”; Woods walking with a pack; Map reading; Packs and packing; Footwear; Efficient cruising shelters; Camp making; The outdoor bed question; Choosing the light weight mess kit; The ration list; Health hints for hikers; Winter travel afoot.
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:218 Jl ‘17 50w
=FORNARO, CARLO DE.=[2] Modern purgatory. *$1.25 (4c) Kennerley 365 17-31926
“This book is a record of the prison experiences of Carlo de Fornaro, artist, writer, editor, revolutionary. It is a record of experiences in the famous Tombs prison, in New York city, and in the New York city penitentiary on Blackwell’s Island.” (Introd.) The offense against the laws of the state of New York on which the author was convicted was criminal libel against Diaz, then president of Mexico. If the reader does not see the relation between facts and consequences as set forth in the introduction, he must accept the situation as another evidence of the strange and wonderful ways of justice in our land. The book itself is a narrative of daily prison life told without bitterness and with only unspoken condemnation of a heartless and futile system.
“Mr Fornaro’s is not what the Puritan calls a pleasant book. But it possesses the rare degree of truth that one finds more often in Russian than in American writing. His is the most vivid, concrete description of the mediaeval survival in the heart of our modern cities, and the most realistic illustration of the need for such reform as Mr Osborne has instituted that has yet appeared.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p4 D 15 ‘17 380w
“The book is interesting, but neither subtle nor detailed enough to rank as literature. He paints at all times with the artist’s love of a picture, never with the scientist’s love of accurate statement.” W. D. Lane
+ — =Survey= 39:469 Ja 26 ‘18 450w
=FORSTNER, GEORG GÜNTHER, freiherr von.= Journal of submarine commander von Forstner; tr. by Mrs Russell Codman. il *$1 (5½c) Houghton 940.91 18-8
This translation of the journal of a German submarine commander appears in book form with an introduction by John Hays Hammond, jr., who writes of “The challenge to naval supremacy.” In her foreword the translator says, “The following pages form an abridged translation of a book published in 1916 by freiherr von Forstner, commander of the first German U-boat. ... Many repetitions and trivial incidents have been omitted in this translation; but, in order to express the personality of the author, the rendering has been as literal as possible, and it shows the strange mixture of sentimentality and ferocity peculiar to the psychology of the Germans.” In part the work is a personal account, in part a technical description of the activities of a submarine. There are seven illustrations from photographs.
“Gives American readers a good opportunity to get the German conception of the deadly efficiency of their favorite sea weapon.”
+ =R of Rs= 57:101 Ja ‘18 70w
=FORSYTH, PETER TAYLOR.= Justification of God. (Studies in theology) *90c (1c) Scribner 231 17-9816
“Lectures for war-time on a Christian theodicy” is the sub-title of this book, and the unfamiliar word is defined as “the attempt to adjust the ways of God to conscience.” Contents: Overture and outline; The expectations of popular religion and their fate; The problems: revelation and teleology; Metaphysic and redemption; What is redemption? Salvation theological but not systematic; The failure of the church as an international authority; Teleology acute in a theodicy; Philosophical theodicy; The eternal cruciality of the cross for destiny; Saving judgment; History and judgment; The conquest of time by eternity; Bibliography.
“It is a pity the book could not have been written in simpler style. To understand it will be far beyond the average layman, and parts of it will puzzle the theologian. Taken as a whole, however, the purpose of the author is clear and his reasoning conclusive.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 S 12 ‘17 180w
=N Y Times= 22:500 N 25 ‘17 50w
=FORTESCUE, GRANVILLE ROLAND.=[2] France bears the burden. il *$1.25 (3c) Macmillan 940.91 17-30748
This book devoted to France and her part in the war consists of chapters on: The glory of France; Monsieur Poilu of Paris; Verdun, the battle epic; In the Argonne; In the stream of the Somme fighting; The business of war; The flying fighters; Thoughts on shrapnel and tanks; Who pays for the war? The burden France has borne. In a letter, reprinted as a foreword, M. André Tardieu says to the author: “That which, in my opinion, gives special value to your book on France in war time, is that you have not been content only to gather therein the excellent articles sent by you from Paris and the front to the Washington Post, but you also, from your observations and experiences, develop a picture of the whole subject. Yours is the work of the historian.” Major Fortescue is author of “At the front with three armies,” and other works.
“Full appreciation of France is revealed on every page of Mr Fortescue’s book. One might almost complain that his praise of France and her brave men implies a discrimination against the British and American troops.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 2 ‘18 200w
“Much above the average level of the descriptive war books now appearing.” Joshua Wanhope
+ =N Y Call= p14 D 29 ‘17 320w
+ =Outlook= 118:32 Ja 2 ‘18 50w
=FOSDICK, HARRY EMERSON.= Challenge of the present crisis. *50c (3c) Assn. press 172.4 17-28192
A message for all who are asking these questions: In what mood shall a Christian, or for that matter an idealist of any kind, face the catastrophe? With what considerations and insights can he support his faith and hope? How can he harmonize his ideals with his necessities of action in a time of war? His answer gives reasons for accepting the present crisis as a challenge and concludes with: “The present war is an appalling commentary upon our failure to fulfil or even to acknowledge our obligations. We have seen our duty in too little terms; we have but dimly understood what the Master wanted of us. We are challenged to understand it now; the call is written in lines of fire on the map of the world; and we shall be renegade, indeed, if we do not now accept before it is too late the opportunity for international service which this war reveals.”
“A sane and thoughtful consideration of the relations of war and Christianity.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:74 D ‘17
=FOSTER, MAXIMILIAN.= Shoestrings. il *$1.40 Appleton 17-6533
“It is concerned primarily with the ambitions and the adventures of J. Lester Tams, who began his career as a bundle boy in a San Francisco department store and after many years of struggle had achieved eminence as a floorwalker. ... Mr Tams’s purpose in life was to become a gentleman. To that end he toiled, to that end he studied—books of etiquette were the subjects of his mental effort, and to that end he had in sixteen years succeeded in saving the sum of $1,700. Then came a lucky plunge—a splashing bucket shop plunge, it was—in war stocks; and Mr Tams and every one else in Mrs Tams’s boarding house got rich.”—N Y Times
“Full of funny character sketches, and good for reading aloud. Appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:315 Ap ‘17
=Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 1 ‘17 120w
“Emphatically a tale to amuse an idle hour. And a most amusing tale it is.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:155 Ap 15 ‘17 200w
=FOSTER, ROBERT FREDERICK.= Foster’s pirate bridge; the latest development of auction bridge, with the full code of the official laws. il *$1.50 (3½c) Dutton 795 17-4824
The aim of this book is “to set before the reader a complete description and exposition of the latest candidate for public favor in the realm of cards, without assuming on the reader’s part any previous knowledge of similar games, although it is naturally expected that the largest appeal will be to those who are already familiar with auction bridge. The author has endeavored to explain the logic of the bidding as clearly as possible, illustrating the more interesting situations by hands from actual play.” (Preface) The author is an authority who has issued a number of other works on bridge.
“The first book to describe this latest development of auction bridge.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:339 My ‘17
“In addition to a clear setting-forth of this new development in auction and its laws, Mr Foster has included in ‘Pirate bridge’ many chapters of great use to all auction players, his skill at play and his ability to teach being equally well-established in the card-loving world.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 16 ‘17 390w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:75 My ‘17
=R of Rs= 56:332 S ‘17 60w
=St Louis= 15:150 My ‘17 14w
=Springf’d Republican= p6 Jl 31 ‘17 130w
“Written with all the skill and thoroughness and lucidity of style which we should expect from one of the ‘old masters.’ ... Mr Foster, in his chapters on tactics, proves, we think, that the game contains some interesting new opportunities for cleverness alike in the declarations, the acceptances, and the play of the hand; but at the same time we also think that, in proportion to their offering themselves to the clever player only, they spoil the game, and make it distinctly inferior to auction for nine people out of ten.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p504 O 18 ‘17 1650w
=FOSTER, ROBERT FREDERICK=, ed. Hoyle up-to-date; the official rules of card games. *$1 (1c) Sully & Kleinteich 795 A17-393
This work was first copyrighted in 1897 and it has run thru many editions. The whist rules are by Walter H. Barney; the poker rules by David A. Curtis.
“Formerly published in paper binding at 25c, by the United States playing card company. While the paper is poor and the type small, it is useful as containing the official rules of all card games, revised to date.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:363 My ‘17
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:75 My ‘17
=St Louis= 15:181 Je ‘17 10w
“While the new edition in the main is singularly complete, one fails to note in the discussion of stud poker the generally accepted rule that four-flush beats a pair, although otherwise the poker section presents an admirable survey of the American game.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 15 ‘17 60w
=FOSTER, WILLIAM TRUFANT.= Argumentation and debating. rev ed *$1.40 Houghton 808.5 17-23795
A revised edition whose changes have been based upon suggestions from more than a hundred college teachers who have used the book as a textbook. “The aim of the revised edition is to present the essentials of argumentation and debating as simply as possible, following the order in which the difficulties arise in actual practice. The order is psychological rather than logical. The point of view is that of the student rather than that of the instructor.” (Preface)
=A L A Bkl= 14:66 N ‘17
“Fresh and timely illustrations bring the book down to date. Moreover, the Houghton Mifflin Co. has produced a book well-nigh mechanically perfect in form and appearance.” E. F. Guyer and R. L. Lyman
+ =School R= 25:611 O ‘17 50w
=FOSTER, WILLIAM TRUFANT.= Should students study? *50c (3c) Harper 378 17-9712
The president of Reed college questions the time-old assertion that it is the “college life” that counts. Is there any relation between a high grade of scholarship in college and success in after-life? He brings forward some interesting statistics that bear on the question. Contents: College life; Differences—east and west; College life and college studies; Promise and performance; Success in studies and in life; Genius as a substitute for study; Thinking by proxy; Should specialists specialize? Ultimately practical studies.
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:376 Je ‘17
“It would be interesting to hear what so skilful a pleader as Mr Foster might say on the subject of adapting colleges more closely than now to the manifold needs of the time. But it would be unfair to imply that this book is not a stimulating one. It carries its points with force, and it is written in a style that is pungent and at times brilliant.”
+ =Dial= 63:69 Jl 19 ‘17 280w
“A telling little review, excellent to put in the hands of careless freshmen and indifferent parents.”
+ =Ind= 90:518 Je 16 ‘17 40w
=St Louis= 15:140 My ‘17 9w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ap 24 ‘17 500w
=FOWLER, HENRY THATCHER.= Origin and growth of the Hebrew religion. (Handbooks of ethics and religion) *$1 Univ. of Chicago press 296 16-25219
“A book written for the general student. The author says: ‘The present volume is designed to offer a guide for study rather than simply a new essay or treatise upon the history of Israel’s religion.’ The principal source book for this field of investigation is the Old Testament. He gives a very brief chronological outline of Hebrew history; and a similar outline of the Hebrew literature from the beginnings ‘before 1040 B. C.’ to the Mishnah, about 200 A. D. Preceding the text of each chapter are given the references to the biblical materials, and at the close of each chapter are given the names of books for supplementary reading.”—Boston Transcript
“The main themes of the book are allowed to stand out clearly so that they can be grasped without difficulty, and the summary at the close gathers up the results of the previous studies succinctly and forcibly. A definite impression is thus left upon the reader’s mind, and this is most desirable. This impression will enable him to proceed farther into biblical studies with a correct sense of direction.” Kemper Fullerton
+ =Am J Theol= 21:610 O ‘17 680w
“The present writer belongs to the progressive group, and has a vital sympathy for religious ideals and struggles of the true prophets of the Hebrews. ... For a clear and concise exposition and guide for the general student of Israel’s religion this is one of the best works published.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 Mr 28 ‘17 450w
“One of the best hand books on the subject for college classes or other groups of advanced Bible students. It is especially to be commended for its readableness and clear presentation of the various stages thru which the Old Testament religion advanced to its final expression in Judaism.”
+ =Ind= 90:517 Je 16 ‘17 60w
“His discrimination between the higher and lower sides of Old Testament ideas enables him to express distinctly his sympathy with the better thought of the prophets and psalmists, and so to guide the student into an intelligent view of the development of the Israelitish conscience.”
+ =Nation= 105:725 D 27 ‘17 130w
“While Prof. Fowler applies the results of higher criticism and research he does it so wisely and unobtrusively that the story is enriched, instead of erased.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 9 ‘17 270w
=FOWLER, NATHANIEL CLARK, jr.= Grasping opportunity. *75c (2c) Sully & Kleinteich 174 17-10888
“Mr Fowler has had considerable experience in training young people for positions in the business world, and in the course of his experience has analyzed the major reasons for success or failure. These he gives in his book, which is largely written in conversational form.”—Springf’d Republican
“Of value to inexperienced young people.”
+ =Cleveland= p76 Je ‘17 50w
“Admirable, straight-from-the-shoulder advice to young people who are, or are about to be associated with the business world.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Jl 8 ‘17 150w
=FOWLER, WILLIAM WARDE.= Essays in brief for war-time. *90c Longmans 824 (Eng ed 17-13920)
“Papers, ‘nearly all written during the early stress of the battle at Verdun,’ dealing with topics as diverse as ‘Birds at the front in France,’ ‘An old-fashioned recreation,’ ‘Civis Germanus sum,’ and ‘Two ideal school-masters.’”—Ath
+ =Ath= p43 Ja ‘17 80w
=Pratt= p37 O ‘17 20w
“They are just what one wants for an odd half-hour. The first essay recalls old Fuller’s ‘Good thoughts in bad times,’ which he wrote to soothe his troubled spirit during the civil war; it ought to be reprinted now.”
+ =Spec= 117:589 N 11 ‘16 170w
“The essayist, with his mellow wisdom and kindly humor, is a master of his art.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p475 O 5 ‘16 1050w
=FOX, EDWARD LYELL.= New Gethsemane. il *60c (9c) McBride 17-25121
This is the story of Anhalt, the cobbler of Oberammergau and the Christus of the Passion play, who, believing it wrong to kill, refused to answer the call to the colors, and was shot. The episode is pure fiction. The story was first published in 1916 in the Woman’s World.
“An excellent little story for Christians who happen to be pacifists. It is fiction, of course, but exceedingly well used to point a moral and adorn a tale.” Joshua Wanhope
+ =N Y Call= p14 O 28 ‘17 320w
“It is regrettable that the author should deal so largely with Anhalt’s conduct, with the obvious action rather than with the complexities of Anhalt’s dreadful struggle with himself. It is a simple tale, told with the simplicity due rather to omission than to careful pruning.”
=N Y Times= 22:414 O 21 ‘17 110w
=FOX, EDWARD LYELL.= Wilhelm Hohenzollern & co. il *$1.50 (2½c) McBride 940.91 17-15168
Mr Fox is an American newspaper correspondent and author of “Behind the scenes in warring Germany.” He has made three trips to Germany during the war and seems to have been afforded opportunity for gathering a good deal of information. He gives a gossipy account of the Kaiser, the Crown prince, and the men who surround them, followed by a chapter entitled “Inside the iron ring,” which deals with the supply of food and of materials needed in war industries, and a final chapter entitled “Why we are fighting Germany.” The chapter on “The Kaiser and the Big Three,” (Bethmann-Hollweg, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff) is of special interest at present.
“His book gains value more from the fact that his opportunity was unique than that his writing is good. It is not good; it is sensational, imaginative (to speak mildly), but amazingly interesting. ... In spite of his flights of fancy, his judgment of people is fairly correct. Much of what he says is a repetition of previous surmises and rumors and commonplace observations, but his outlook is in the main fresh and original.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 30 ‘17 520w
“Character sketches, somewhat in Sunday supplement style. The author’s estimate of the Kaiser will seem to many to err on the side of leniency.”
+ — =Cleveland= p101 S ‘17 50w
“All the way he is, or tries to be, the cool, calm, impartial investigator. And he is rewarded for this admirable attitude by having produced an admirable book.” J. W.
+ =N Y Call= p15 Ag 19 ‘17 500w
=Pittsburgh= 22:672 O ‘17 50w
=FOX, JOHN (WILLIAM).= In Happy Valley. il *$1.35 (5c) Scribner 17-25585
Ten short stories of the Kentucky mountaineers, six of which appeared in Scribner’s Magazine in 1917. Contents: The courtship of Allaphair; The compact of Christopher; The Lord’s own level; The Marquise of Queensberry; His last Christmas gift; The angel from Viper; The pope of the Big Sandy; The goddess of Happy Valley; The battle-prayer of Parson Small; The Christmas tree on Pigeon.
=A L A Bkl= 14:95 D ‘17
“These are good stories and affecting stories, with the advantage of a quaint setting and atmosphere; they are, I suppose, less true to ‘life’ than to that wistful dream of life which is called sentiment.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:341 N ‘17 120w
“In these stories we have Mr Fox at his best.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 N 21 ‘17 510w
“The best story in the collection is ‘His last Christmas gift,’ a grim little masterpiece softened by a touch that almost brings tears. The other tales lack somewhat in compactness and unity, but there is enough interesting material, warmly and humanly presented, to make them all very good reading.”
+ — =Cath World= 106:694 F ‘18 100w
“The inspiration that he seemed to draw from those earlier days at the Gap, when the mountains were really what one imagines the mountains to be, is somewhat dimmed. But the point is that he sees below the surface into the real lives of his people, and that he enriches mere incident with the warmth that comes from an appreciation of the values from which it springs.”
+ — =Dial= 63:464 N 8 ‘17 280w
“Mr Fox knows how to capture the sometimes primitive instinct and passions of the hard-working, impoverished lives of the people of Happy Valley. Mr Fox has made these people lovable in this happy addition to his work.”
+ =New Repub= 13:56 N 10 ‘17 110w
+ =N Y Times= 22:366 S 30 ‘17 400w
“It is his first book for some years and, altho collected from the magazines, a re-reading is merely like greeting old friends, not like being bored by tiresome acquaintances. You get much the same pleasure out of re-reading the story of the fight between Ham Cage and King Camp, refereed by the little school teacher according to what she could remember of the Marquis of Queensberry rules, that you do from re-reading a favorite bit of Thackeray.” E. P. Wyckoff
+ =Pub W= 92:1376 O 20 ‘17 330w
“But whatever its tone, each story graphically pictures some phase of life, habit or scene in this well-nigh alien colony in the backwater of American life.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 220w
=FRANCE, ANATOLE, pseud. (JACQUES ANATOLE THIBAULT).= Human tragedy; a tr. by Alfred Allinson. il *$3 (11½c) Lane 17-29339
A holiday edition of the translation of a story contained in the series “Le puits de Sainte-Claire.” The translation was previously published in Chapman’s English edition of the Works of Anatole France, 1909. It is the story of Fra Giovanni, who, inspired by the example of St Francis, took the vows of poverty and lived “humble and despised, his soul a garden of flowers fenced about with walls.” As did Adam of old he eats of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil offered to him by the adversary. The evil spirit subtly appears in many guises, drawing his net tight about his victim until Giovanni cries out: “Thru you it is I suffer, and I love you. I love you because you are my misery and my pride, my joy and my sorrow, the splendour and the cruelty of things created, because you are desire and speculation, and because you have made me like unto yourself.” The story becomes a parable of the universal human tragedy of thought.
“The illustrations are extremely original and well suited to M. France’s deeply satirical imitation of a saint’s chronicle. It is a delectable book.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 9 ‘18 400w
“Will probably be welcomed chiefly for the excellent English into which it has been rendered and for the interesting full-color illustrations by the Russian artist Michel Sevier, whose style suggests Bakst and the Moscow art theatre.”
+ =Dial= 63:531 N 22 ‘17 190w
“Besides the involved picturesque, and highly poetic thought and expression of Mr France, we have the unusual colored illustrations of Sevier, which are also mystical. They add much to the book’s attractiveness.”
+ =Lit D= 55:42 D 8 ‘17 160w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:74 My ‘17
“This well-translated fanciful tale, superbly illustrated, shows Anatole France in a characteristic mood.”
+ =Outlook= 117:510 N 28 ‘17 10w
“The volume may appeal to people of artistic temperament; both text and paintings are bizarre.”
+ — =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 1 ‘17 110w
=FRANCK, HARRY ALVERSON.= Vagabonding down the Andes. il *$4 (1½c) Century 918 17-25452
The author of “A vagabond journey around the world,” etc., spent four years traveling in Mexico, Central and South America. A considerable portion of this journey was made on foot. The present book deals with the author’s tramp down the ridge of the Andes to Buenos Aires. He tells us that his purpose “was primarily to study the ways of the common people,” that too many of the books on Latin America have whitewashed everything and that he is interested “only in giving as faithful a picture as possible.” He warns us that he has “taken for granted in the reader a certain basic knowledge of South America,” and also that “this is no tale of adventures.” The numerous illustrations are from photographs by the author and there is a map showing the route.
“Not so gay as his former books, but contains an immense amount of useful information.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:92 D ‘17
“Although the author refers to his journey as vagabonding and to himself as a vagabond, his book reveals him as a keen-eyed, observant traveller with a fund of dry Yankee humour and common sense. The volume therefore is not only a rare record of endurance and adventure in out-of-the-way places, but in addition is a valuable contribution to our knowledge of the Andes and the Andeans.” A. M. Chase
+ =Bookm= 46:334 N ‘17 450w
“Not a tale of adventure but unwhitewashed pictures of the fantastic everyday life of Latin Americans.”
+ =Cleveland= p138 D ‘17 70w
+ =Lit D= 55:42 D 8 ‘17 190w
“Franck’s books justify the day-to-day diary form; he is a master of detail, of local vignettes, of discriminate minutiæ. The photographs taken by this literary vagabond are excellent and appropriate to the text. The omission of an index is quite inexcusable, and reduces the value of the book to that derived from a mere casual reading.”
+ — =Nation= 106:20 Ja 3 ‘18 290w
“The book makes a fine antidote to the top-hat, frock-coat style of grandiloquence about South America, favored by chambers of commerce and explorers who keep within a five minutes’ radius of the best hotels in Buenos Aires, Valparaiso and Rio de Janeiro.”
+ =New Repub= 13:sup18 N 17 ‘17 220w
“There are two particulars in which the volume might easily be improved; one is the addition of an index, the other is the omission of the illustrations, or most of them. They add little except bulk. Those who delight in real adventure will find it here in plenty. Those who want social information of a kind studiously omitted from most volumes will find much of it scattered through more than 600 pages.” F. M.
+ — =N Y Call= p15 D 2 ‘17 550w
“Mr Franck has written a book of immense value. The reader soon comes to trust his report of conditions, so far as he saw them. ... His reports of chance conversations alone are worth reading the book for.”
+ =N Y Sun= p6 O 6 ‘17 1350w
“A brilliant, colorful, enthralling story of adventure this volume is beyond doubt the most entertaining work on South America that has yet appeared in the English language—or in any other, for that matter.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:460 N 11 ‘17 1850w
“He tells, as charitably as possible, how he found the Latin American, and if in the telling many praiseworthy things are overshadowed by the less laudable, his impressions at least have the virtue of frankness.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:759 N ‘17 100w
“The present reviewer would not have missed this book for a whole week’s salary and he’s going to turn right around and read it again.” Robert Lynd
+ =Pub W= 92:810 S 15 ‘17 500w
+ =R of Rs= 56:551 N ‘17 150w
“A most entertaining book, full of color, adventure and incident.” P. B.
+ =St Louis= 15:431 D ‘17 20w
“He has made a book full of interest, one filled with vivid pictures of life and scenery for which we are indebted to both his pen and his camera. Text and picture supplement each other admirably.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 8 ‘17 1450w
=FRANK, WALDO DAVID.= Unwelcome man. *$1.50 (1½c) Little 17-2340
He was an unwelcome child. Born the fifth son in a family of eight, he was wanted by nobody. His father openly disliked him. His brothers and sisters never made a place for him. His mother, tho she loved him with a fierce maternal tenderness that tried to atone for her lack of joy at his birth, never understood him. He was a sensitive child, always conscious of his anomalous position in the family life. The story is a study of his childhood and youth. In college as in his home, he is out of place. He leaves before the end of his senior year to go into business, where he loses himself in the stream of mediocrity.
“The style of ‘The unwelcome man’, like its philosophy, is a thing to be consciously accepted or surmounted if one is to read the book at all. It is pretentious, formal, often inflated, sometimes turgid. ... The book with all its realism of scene and episode is less a story than a parable; and it is a parable based upon despair.” H. W. Boynton
– + =Bookm= 45:205 Ap ‘17 470w
“The story naturally is not a happy one. Indeed, its situation of selfish introspection comes perilously near being wearisome if not actually depressing at times. But technically, as an analysis of character, it is distinctly admirable.” F. B.
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 Ja 13 ‘17 550w
“The vitality of Mr Frank’s conception is shown by the fact that it provides a concrete touchstone for most of the problems of our contemporary civilization. ... Is it a successful work of art? Rather an extremely interesting than a successful one.” Van Wyck Brooks
+ — =Dial= 62:244 Mr 22 ‘17 1000w
“Philosophizing pessimism.”
=Nation= 104:269 Mr 8 ‘17 450w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:24 F ‘17
“The book contains a good many ideas, is somewhat out of the ordinary, and has evidently been written for its own sake.”
+ — =N Y Times= 22:89 Mr 11 ‘17 410w
“An unusually able first novel by an author whom America should note carefully. American to the core, it challenges comparison with the work of such men as Theodore Dreiser and Ernest Poole. In fact, from its relentless realism, one easily guesses that Mr Frank is a close student of Dreiser—tho he has not copied that writer’s sexual obsession.” Robert Lynd
+ =Pub W= 91:204 Ja 20 ‘17 550w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Mr 18 ‘17 330w
=FRANKLIN, WILLIAM SUDDARDS, and MACNUTT, BARRY.= General physics; an elementary treatise on natural philosophy. il *$2.75 McGraw 530 17-7555
“The subtitle of this book is the key to the contents. It is intentionally a somewhat dilute philosophical discussion of those natural phenomena whose study we commonly include under ‘physics.’ ... The book runs the whole gamut of classical physics, covering mechanics, dynamics, hydraulics, heat, electricity, magnetism, light and sound. There is nothing particularly strange encountered, except in the discussion on thermodynamics, where great attention is paid to entropy.” (Engin N) “Little space is given to the atomic theory. There are excellent bibliographies and an explanatory chapter on mathematics.” (Ind)
“The authors endeavor to show that entropy is a measurable property of a substance and that the different values of such measured property, before and after a thermodynamic degeneration, measure the sweeping process. The authors’ approach is very acceptable indeed to people who have a considerable knowledge of physics and an inherent and sustained interest in the science, but it will be an extremely difficult, if not an impossible, task to try to make young students absorb this line of reasoning.”
+ =Engin N= 77:435 Mr 15 ‘17 350w
“An unusually good elementary textbook for colleges and technical schools. The authors have the power of clear, concise statement.”
+ =Ind= 90:382 My 26 ‘17 50w
=Pittsburgh= 22:335 Ap ‘17 40w
=FRANKS, THETTA (QUAY) (MRS ROBERT A. FRANKS).= Household organization for war service. *$1 (8c) Putnam 640 17-14701
The author has written books on “Efficiency in the household,” “The reward of thrift,” etc. This small book offers a general discussion of the need for better household organization rather than specific suggestions or plans. A list of helpful books for the household is given at the close.
=A L A Bkl= 14:45 N ‘17
“An excellent and timely little book.”
+ =Cleveland= p87 Jl ‘17 50w
“American housewives are so used to advice introduced by genial assurances of their ignorance, stupidity and selfishness that the laying of most national defects on their kitchen door stones will not in the least affect their appreciation of these very practical and suggestive pages.”
+ =Ind= 91:136 Jl 28 ‘17 60w
+ =N Y Times= 22:246 Jl 1 ‘17 380w
“Many of these suggestions are as sensible and helpful in peace times as in war.”
+ =R of Rs= 56:214 Ag ‘17 30w
=St Louis= 15:331 S ‘17 20w
=FRANKS, THETTA (QUAY) (MRS ROBERT A. FRANKS).= Margin of happiness; the reward of thrift. il *$1.50 (3½c) Putnam 640 17-18488
“This book is the outcome of a series of informal talks which Mrs Franks gave before a large class of women in the Oranges, N. J., organized to study business methods of administering a household, intelligent and economic buying of food, its proper cooking, and the value to health of a balanced ration. [It aims] to set forth woman’s work in the household as a profession which ought to be prepared for as zealously as a man prepares for the profession which is to be his lifework and its duties discharged with as much satisfaction in the ability to do so efficiently and successfully. ... An appendix contains an account of the plan on which the classes mentioned above were carried on, an alphabetical ‘grocery list’ which gives concise information and advice as to each article, and a list of ‘helpful books.’”—N Y Times
=Am Econ R= 7:902 D ‘17 60w
+ =Ind= 91:353 S 1 ‘17 80w
“It is, in effect, a complete manual or guidebook for students on household subjects and written in a style adapted to students of all ages. To be the ideal housewife here described will make necessary cooperation on the part of husbands, for it involves a separate bank-account and a real business partnership.”
+ =Lit D= 55:53 D 1 ‘17 180w
“Mrs Franks writes with eloquence and with that knowledge of her theme that comes from much study, much thought, and much experience.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:246 Jl 1 ‘17 350w
“Of great use to all housekeepers and to every one who believes in thrift and in conserving the food supply of the nation.”
=R of Rs= 56:331 S ‘17 130w
“Similar in purpose to Frederick’s ‘The new housekeeping,’ but less definite in its information and covering a little different field.”
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 14:29 Ja ‘18 80w
=FREEMAN, JOHN.= Moderns; essays in literary criticism. *$1.75 Crowell 820.4 (Eng ed 17-26878)
Contents: George Bernard Shaw; H. G. Wells; Thomas Hardy; Maurice Maeterlinck; Henry James; Joseph Conrad; Coventry Patmore and Francis Thompson; Robert Bridges.
“Discerning and readable, the usefulness of the compact discussions of the authors’ works is somewhat lessened because there is no index.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:86 D ‘17
“The author’s survey is acute and well-balanced, showing a sound general knowledge of his material and a well-defined individual standard of taste. His own style inclines to the parenthetical, enlivened with many well-turned phrases.”
=Ath= p43 Ja ‘17 80w
+ — =Ath= p85 F ‘17 350w
=Boston Transcript= p7 Jl 25 ‘17 1150w
+ =Dial= 63:164 Ag 30 ‘17 300w
“In matters of form and style he is less acute than elsewhere—he speaks, for example, with undue contempt of Mr Shaw’s prose as prose and with extravagant admiration of Mr Hardy’s verse as verse; and he finds poetical felicities in Patmore and Robert Bridges which few will share with him. He is strong in his applications of common-sense and the emotions attendant upon it to the paradox, the bombast, and the sentimental flummery of our fashionable contemporaries. ... Mr Freeman is at his best and happiest in his recognitions of spiritual values.”
+ — =Nation= 105:296 S 13 ‘17 410w
=R of Rs= 56:553 N ‘17 30w
=FREEMAN, MRS MARY ELEANOR (WILKINS), and KINGSLEY, MRS FLORENCE (MORSE).= Alabaster box. il *$1.50 Appleton 17-9348
“The people of Brookville, a characteristic little New England village, did not recognize how beautiful was the alabaster box when one came bearing it among them and wished to pour all its contents at their feet. ... Miss Lydia Orr is an appealing heroine whose unusual character is realized in a strong and vital but delicate portraiture. All the years of her girlhood she has fed her inner self upon the dream of going back to Brookville with plenty of money wherewith to repay to the villagers in one way or another the money they had once lost through her father. And at last it becomes possible. But she finds his memory so hated and all the villagers still dwelling so angrily upon the wrong he had done them that she has difficulty in carrying out her scheme.”—N Y Times
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:403 Je ‘17
“It is a pity that Mrs Freeman should lend her name and her left hand to work so shallow and perfunctory as this.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:93 S ‘17 380w
“Miss Wilkins needs to reëstablish her reputation after this. ‘An alabaster box’ will satisfy only those who do not know her past work. Except for those bits in it that signify a familiar skill that lingers in the memory, it is unworthy of the name it bears on its title-page. Certainly Miss Wilkins should henceforth get along without a collaborator.” E. F. E.
– + =H Boston Transcript= p12 Ap 7 ‘17 1200w
+ =Dial= 62:527 Je 14 ‘17 120w
“Two love stories add to the real interest we feel in very real fictional personalities. A healthy American story.”
+ =Ind= 90:471 Je 9 ‘17 110w
“Mrs Freeman’s delicate touch in the limning of character is often in evidence, especially in the portrayal of the heroine, but the general effect of the story is more suggestive of Mrs Kingsley’s work than of Mrs Freeman’s.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:114 Ap 1 ‘17 420w
Reviewed by Frank O’Neil
+ =Pub W= 91:970 Mr 17 ‘17 520w
“The story is highly interesting, and the several characters are delightfully portrayed.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 22 ‘17 330w
“The moral is made palatable by the cleverly drawn village life and characters, and two stories of young love.”
=Wis Lib Bul= 13:158 My ‘17 50w
=FREESE, JOHN HENRY=, comp. New pocket dictionary of the English and Russian languages; English-Russian. *$2 Dutton 491.7
“The dictionary is preceded by an introduction explaining the use of the prepositional prefixes and giving valuable lists of the nominal and adjectival suffixes; also by notes on the phonetic laws, the aspects and pronunciation, with a large-type picture of the alphabet.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“When a book represents a distinct advance over any previous work of similar character, it is not altogether pleasant to point out its weaker sides. This is emphatically true of ‘A new pocket dictionary of the English and Russian languages.’”
+ – — =Nation= 105:265 S 6 ‘17 370w
“Cheap, well-printed, and compendious.”
+ =Spec= 117:269 S 2 ‘16 120w
“Admirable in every respect. The dictionary is very full, and no important words seem to have been omitted; moreover, all parts of verbs which are at all different from the infinitive and all parts of nouns which are different from the nominative singular are given, an innovation for which novices will be extremely grateful.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p329 Jl 13 ‘16 280w
=FRENCH, ALLEN.= At Plattsburg. *$1.35 (2c) Scribner 17-13200
The daily life of a Plattsburg recruit is described in a series of letters. The preface states that the letters are based on personal experience and that the author’s purpose in writing them was to give a “general picture of the fun and work at a training camp.” But while based on fact the narrative is thrown into fiction form, with a bit of love interest added for good measure.
“Written with patriotic fervor and with a slight story and a vein of romance.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:376 Je ‘17
“The writer’s style is lively and entertaining.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 My 19 ‘17 130w
“It is a play-time Plattsburg which Mr French has described so agreeably,—a Plattsburg already past,—a stepping-stone toward the universal American army, which in turn will do away with all such effervescences. That old Plattsburg was unique, and a unique success.”
+ =Dial= 62:528 Je 14 ‘17 450w
+ =Ind= 90:473 Je 9 ‘17 100w
“It is what the ‘rookie’ does at Plattsburg, and perhaps even more, it is what Plattsburg does in the life and thought of the rookie, that gives the book not only its value but its charm. ... But perhaps its chief value lies in the specific following of the Plattsburg program from the camp’s assembly to its break up at the end of the famous hike. ... A book which many Americans will want to read just now.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:178 My 6 ‘17 730w
“Mr French puts into Private Godwin’s letters enough of the philosophy of preparedness as it unfolds to Plattsburg students to make the book as valuable from such an angle as it is interesting as a story.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 10 ‘17 500w
=FRENCH, ALLEN.= Golden Eagle. il *$1.25 (3c) Century 17-24399
A book that will be popular with boys and girls who understand sail boats. The “Golden Eagle” is a trophy that goes to the winner of a boat race. Three young people, Howard Winslow, his sister Ruth, and Fred Barnes are tied for first place and a third race, which is to decide the matter, is pending when the trophy disappears. The search for it and its recovery, a rescue from a wrecked boat, and the great race itself are the main incidents of the story.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:100 D ‘17
“It has a good ethical tone. The illustrations are appropriate.”
+ =Ind= 92:447 D 1 ‘17 30w
“Allen French has proved himself ere this a popular writer of breezy stories for young folks, and ‘The Golden Eagle’ will increase his popularity.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 11 ‘17 140w
=FRENCH, ALLEN.= Hiding-places. *$1.35 (1½c) Scribner 17-8201
Great wealth of treasure lay hidden somewhere on the two farms. An old buccaneer ancestor, seventy years earlier, had taken this method of leaving his wealth to his descendants. In the form of precious gems, he had concealed it in various hiding places. His will gave faint clues and stated clearly that finders were to be keepers. In order that the finders should always be members of the family, it became imperative that trespassing should be forbidden, that hired labor should be dispensed with and that guests should be chosen with care. At the time of this story the farms are in the possession of two cousins. Not for forty years has there been any discovery of treasure. Then Binney Hartwell, son of one of the cousins, finds one of the hidden boxes. Unhappiness, ill-luck and family dissension follow, but the disclosure of the final hiding place restores harmony.
=A L A Bkl= 13:358 My ‘17
“A kind of romance which would be contemptible if it were done cheaply; but it is done very well indeed, with, for good measure, some touches of genuine characterisation—a thing which cannot fairly be demanded of the pure romancer.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 45:313 My ‘17 350w
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 29 ‘17 300w
“To say that the tale is exciting is to pay slight tribute to a novel containing so clever a plot and such excellent characterizations as those of the hero, his mother, and his cousin. Mr French has set out to write a story, but in accomplishing his end he has shown respect for his public and himself.”
+ =Dial= 62:314 Ap 5 ‘17 200w
“A good story, well contrived and well told, and it shows that its author, whose first novel it is, has the story-teller’s instinct.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:94 Mr 18 ‘17 450w
“A tale worth reading.”
+ =Outlook= 115:622 Ap 4 ‘17 40w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 My 13 ‘17 450w
+ =Wis Lib Bul= 13:158 My ‘17 60w
=FRENCH, GEORGE.= How to advertise; a guide to designing, laying out, and composing advertisements; pub. for the Associated advertising clubs of the world. il *$2 (4c) Doubleday 659 17-6656
“The object of this book is to suggest how advertising may be made more effective by making it more attractive—giving it more ‘attention value.’” (Preface) Contents: What the advertisement must do; The personal equation; The human interest appeal; Advertising display; The appeal of the display; “What has art got to do with advertising?” What is art? The all-type advertisement; Type; The illustrated advertisement; Illustrations; The decorative advertisement; Decorations; Optics and the advertisement; The form of the advertisement; Getting the copy ready; Assembling the units; In conclusion. The book is well illustrated, with twenty-six halftone plates and numerous line drawings.
=A L A Bkl= 14:45 N ‘17
“Its general spirit is to develop the critical factor of the advertiser himself. The book will have a worthy place in every business man’s library.” H. W. H.
+ =Ann Am Acad= 73:231 S ‘17 160w
“What he says of advertising as a business force is both authoritative and helpful. The citation of concrete examples, good and bad, increases the book’s value.”
+ =Ind= 90:556 Je 23 ‘17 70w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:59 Ap ‘17
=Pittsburgh= 22:523 Je ‘17
“The author is editor of the Advertising News.”
=St Louis= 15:144 My ‘17 30w
“The book is meant for a particular class of readers rather than the public, but in its own field it is bound to rank high.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 2 ‘17 250w
=FREUND, ERNST.= Standards of American legislation; an estimate of restrictive and constructive factors. *$1.50 Univ. of Chicago press 342.7 17-10698
“On its concrete side, the present work may be said to be a continuation of the standard treatise, ‘Police power,’ by the same author. It is an expansion of a series of lectures delivered at Johns Hopkins university. ... The object sought ‘is to suggest the possibility of supplementing the established doctrine of constitutional law which enforces legislative norms through ex post facto review and negation, by a system of positive principles that should guide and control the making of statutes, and give a more definite meaning and content to the concept of due process of law.’” (Int J Ethics) The table of contents is followed by a summary of the contents. The introduction cites a number of cases that illustrate the changed attitude of the courts toward social legislation, and touches on the movement for judicial recall. The chapters then take up: Historic changes of policy and the modern concept of social legislation; The common law and public policy; The tasks and hazards of legislation; Constitutional provisions; Judicial doctrines; The meaning of principle in legislation; Constructive factors. The author is professor of jurisprudence and public law in the University of Chicago.
Reviewed by A. B. Hall
+ =Am J Soc= 23:540 Ja ‘18 1150w
“Professor Freund’s purpose is to estimate the factors by the aid of which a system of constructive principles of legislation may be built up. This purpose distinguishes his book at once from such an excellent treatise as Jethro Brown’s ‘The underlying principles of modern legislation,’ which deals, not with principles of legislation as Professor Freund defines the term, but with policy, and from Chester Lloyd Jones’s valuable ‘Statute law making in the United States,’ which deals exclusively with legislative practice.” A. N. Holcombe
+ =Am Pol Sci R= 11:580 Ag ‘17 620w
“A book which, in a lucid and uninvolved manner traces the development of the policies of modern legislation in the exercise of what must be recognized as ‘a political and not strictly judicial function.’”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 23 ‘17 210w
“The field occupied by Professor Freund is a new one in nearly all its avenues of approach; and it is extremely fortunate that a writer of his wide professorial experience, and interest, in the subject, has undertaken to publish the results of his research and reflection. ... From the adverse side, we believe the title does not accurately represent the matters treated, and yet we would have great difficulty in suggesting another. The index is not altogether satisfactory. ... This defect is in part relieved by a chapter summary.” Albert Kocourek
* + — =Int J Ethics= 28:123 O ‘17 1600w
Reviewed by H. W. Ballantine
+ =J Pol Econ= 25:1050 D ‘17 1000w
=Pittsburgh= 22:765 N ‘17 60w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 Je 28 ‘17 550w
“It stimulates thought and suggests further studies. It is a work which jurists and constitutional lawyers will read with profit; however, it will also interest the layman who appreciates the increasing importance of statute law.” E. E. Witte
+ =Survey= 39:45 O 13 ‘17 330w
=FREYTAG, GUSTAV.= Doctor Luther; tr. by G. C. L. Riemer. il *$1 (3c) Lutheran pub. soc. 16-16678
Freytag’s work on Martin Luther is one of his “Pictures of the German past,” five historical volumes written and published between 1859 and 1867. The work consists of four chapters: At the beginning of the 16th century; Struggles in the soul of a young man and his entrance into the monastery; Out of monastic confinement into battle; Doctor Luther. These are followed by biographic and geographic notes and a table of dates. A brief sketch of the author is included by way of preface.
+ =Ind= 89:274 F 12 ‘17 40w
From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles. (Soldiers’ tales of the great war) *60c (2c) Dutton 940.91 (Eng ed 17-3142)
The Dartmouth of the title is the British naval training college of that name. The young cadet whose story is told here was a boy of barely sixteen. His narrative was written while at home on sick leave in December, 1915, and has been edited for publication by his mother, who has made the necessary alterations in names of officers, ships, etc., leaving the boy’s story as nearly as possible as he wrote it. His experiences included rescue from death after his ship had been sunk.
+ =Cath World= 105:697 Ag ‘17 230w
+ =Ind= 90:297 My 12 ‘17 50w
“Full of interest, simply but vividly told.”
+ =Nation= 104:412 Ap 5 ‘17 260w
“The reader cannot fail to note in the book the strange gradual maturity that came in that year to this child of fifteen. ‘From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles’ is one of the unique personal records from this war.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:78 Mr 4 ‘17 550w
=Pratt= p42 Ap ‘17 10w
=R of Rs= 55:445 Ap ‘17 40w
“Make-up and binding very poor.”
=Wis Lib Bul= 13:123 Ap ‘17 50w
=FROTHINGHAM, EUGENIA BROOKS.= Way of the wind. *$1.40 (3c) Houghton 17-6326
An unusual love story, the theme of which is the attachment between an older woman and a man who is little more than a boy. Janet Eversly is past thirty when she first meets Edgar Chilworth, a boy in the early twenties. She is the guest of his sister in the New Hampshire hills, and it is Fanny Chilworth’s harshness in her treatment of the wayward, reckless youth that first draws Janet toward him. He is touched by Janet’s pity, and before they are aware, tenderness on the one side and gratitude on the other have merged into love. The situation is worked out slowly, with many failures on Edgar’s part and sorely-tried faith on Janet’s.
“Not necessary, seems to be founded on false psychology.”
— =A L A Bkl= 13:403 Je ‘17
“The author has accomplished something very much worth while when she has drawn this portrait of Edgar Chilworth. ... On account of this character study the story is exceptionally praiseworthy as well as being psychologically interesting.” D. L. M.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 Mr 10 ‘17 950w
— =New Repub= 10:sup22 Ap 21 ‘17 300w
+ =N Y Times= 22:138 Ap 15 ‘17 340w
=FROTHINGHAM, PAUL REVERE.= Confusion of tongues. *$1.25 Houghton 170 17-10441
“A volume of essay-sermons that deal not directly with the great war, but that touch various aspects of life affected by it. None of the discourses would be the same except for the colossal tragedy across the sea. They represent an attempt to ease a little the present mental strain, to restore the confidence of people, and to lead the mind back to the everlasting verities of life and duty. The title of the book is intended to symbolize the far-reaching effect of the European camps along the battlefront.” (Boston Transcript) “Contents: A confusion of tongues; The conduct of life; A motto; The little book; Making the best of things; How to choose; The ‘if’ and ‘though’ of faith; Extra pennies; The departure into Egypt; Unshaken things.” (N Y Br Lib News) The author has been the minister of the Arlington Street church (Unitarian), Boston, since 1900.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 My 23 ‘17 170w
+ =Dial= 63:535 N 22 ‘17 150w
“There is something a little out of the ordinary in the quiet sanity of Paul Revere Frothingham’s volume of essay-sermons.”
+ =Nation= 105:72 Jl 19 ‘17 280w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:94 Je ‘17
+ =R of Rs= 56:330 S ‘17 80w
“Wholesome and helpful as these brief essays are in encouraging the cultivation of personal rectitude and hopefulness, they fall far short of measuring the shock which faith has suffered under the heel of war in Christendom.” G. T.
– + =Survey= 38:574 S 29 ‘17 140w
=FRYER, EUGÉNIE MARY.= Hill-towns of France. il *$2.50 Dutton 914.4 17-30063
“This book is a story of wanderings among the picturesque hill-towns of France in times of peace. These hill-towns, the traveller-author tells us, are of four distinct types: first, the large town, commanded and protected by the turrets and massive towers of its walls and citadel; second, the feudal castle, the residence of some great lord about whose walls a straggling town has grown up; third, the fortified town, communal in character, which, governed by no over-lord and possessed of no castle, yet protects itself from invasion by fortifying its houses and its churches also; and fourth, the monastic hill-town, its defences built primarily to defend a shrine. ... In tracing the history of these four types of hill towns in France, the writer has traced the welding of these divergent strands into a united whole, which comprises the French nation of today.”—Boston Transcript
“A pleasant book, with fine illustrations of some of the most picturesque spots of France, such illustrations as would almost provide an excuse for dispensing with reading the text.” Albert Schinz
+ =Bookm= 46:292 N ‘17 230w
“The descriptive style of the narrative is picturesque and vigorous.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p7 D 1 ‘17 320w
“Most of the articles are reprints of papers from former publications, but the collection makes a handy reference volume.”
+ =Lit D= 56:39 Ja 12 ‘18 150w
“Her book furnishes a new viewpoint from which to approach France and French life and history.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:579 D 30 ‘17 200w
+ =Outlook= 117:654 D 19 ‘17 70w
+ =R of Rs= 57:219 F ‘18 40w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 8 ‘17 100w
=FRYER, MRS JANE (EAYRE).= Mary Frances first aid book. (Mary Frances story instruction handbook ser.) il *$1 Winston 614 16-24933
“‘The Mary Frances first aid book,’ is a combination of story with information. ... It is printed in colors with fifty colored illustrations and has a ready reference list of ordinary accidents and illnesses, with approved home remedies, alphabetically arranged. ... The children who are the chief characters are entrusted with a group of doll patients on whom they practice what they learn about bandages and liniments, and the cure for burns and other injuries.”—Springf’d Republican
“Of use to smaller Camp fire girls.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:407 Je ‘17
“It is to be regretted that the author, a member of the New Jersey Women’s division, National preparedness association, has by much of her context infused the pages with the spirit of militarism and ‘flag waving.’ Otherwise the book has many valuable points and may be commended, especially for its illustrations and generally fine make-up.” M. G. S.
+ — =N Y Call= p14 Ap 15 ‘17 120w
“At the present moment a practical first-aid book like this should be very popular.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Ap 15 ‘17 120w
=FUESS, CLAUDE MOORE.= Old New England school. il *$4 (3c) Houghton 373 17-13971
A history of Phillips academy, Andover, founded in 1778. Among the chapters are: A Puritan family; The founders; The founding of a school; An eighteenth-century pedagogue; The founding of Andover theological seminary; The School and the Hill in the mid-century; Student societies and enterprises; Some baseball stories; Football and its heroes; Phillips academy in the twentieth century. The volume is well illustrated.
“More feasible for libraries if it had been condensed and sold at half the price.”
+ — =A L A Bkl= 14:75 D ‘17
“The mere fact that Oliver Wendell Holmes was there fitted for college, as we know from his own pen, is enough to make the academy and its history objects of unfailing interest.”
+ =Dial= 63:408 O 25 ‘17 200w
+ =Ind= 91:296 Ag 25 ‘17 70w
“For those not directly interested in the academy it affords a glimpse into those pioneer days of American institutions of learning that were over full of history ‘in the making.’”
+ =Lit D= 55:33 S 1 ‘17 600w
“The institution stands today as about the best known and perhaps without exception the most effectively equipped secondary school of America. ... We cannot avoid the feeling that Mr Fuess falls somewhat short of the proper degree of sympathy and understanding in dealing with the earlier history of the school, and especially with such a character as that of Principal Samuel H. Taylor. ... Aside from reservations which some may feel inclined to make on the point just mentioned, the author has done his work well and has written a chapter in the history of American education which should have a wide reading.”
+ =Nation= 105:68 Jl 19 ‘17 1250w
+ =N Y Times= 22:582 D 30 ‘17 340w
=Pittsburgh= 22:692 O ‘17
“Much of what he has brought to light is of significance not merely as the record of a school but as New England social history.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 Je 14 ‘17 1100w
=FULLER, SIR BAMPFYLDE.= Man as he is; essays in a new psychology. *$2.50 Stokes 150 (Eng ed 17-13409)
“Retired from a distinguished career in India, Sir Bampfylde Fuller has devoted himself to psychological studies and has already published (in addition to two books on India) a work of value called ‘Life and human nature.’ He now gives us what may be called a contribution to the study of human impulses; for in these developing into rational choice and based on memory—the excellences of memory being the chief mark of man’s predominance over other animals—he finds the key to the human mind and conduct.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
+ =Ath= p473 O ‘16 80w
“The first chapter, however, is too brief a statement of principles to form a really adequate introduction to the ambitiously planned inquiry.”
+ — =NY Times= 22:402 O 14 ‘17 500w
“His treatment of man in these essays is wholly as ‘the paragon of animals.’ Nothing turns on any specific difference, any spiritual element which distinguishes man from animal. But there is no tone of brutality in the book, no cynicism, no Nietzsche nonsense, and we mark frequently with a certain amusement the conventional and even commonplace morality which pervades its rigid realistic and positive analysis of man purely as a terrestrial creature.”
=Sat R= 123:322 Ap 7 ‘17 500w
“The book contains much acute analysis based not only on reflection, but on a singularly wide acquaintance with men and affairs.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p491 O 12 ‘16 110w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p555 N 23 ‘16 1050w
=FULLER, HENRY BLAKE.= Lines long and short. *$1.25 Houghton 811 17-4572
A volume of “biographical sketches in various rhythms.” Mr Fuller has told twenty stories in free verse, analyzing motives and exposing shams with something of the keen satire of the “Spoon River anthology” but with less of its sordidness. Some of the poems are reprinted from Poetry, the Chicago Tribune and the New Republic.
“Without Edgar Lee Masters’s power to burn to the quick with the caustic of satire, he has yet the trained, clear-seeing eyes of the psychologist, the sense of human values of the novelist, and his people are real and unforgettable. The man who put off living until life would have none of him, stands out in particular relief.” J. B. Rittenhouse
+ — =Bookm= 46:439 D ‘17 110w
“Mr Fuller is more rhythmical than Mr Masters. But though he has a spice of cynicism, his work is tempered with wit, and while he makes fun not only of his subjects and of himself, he has something worth telling and not one of his ‘little stories’ lacks zest. They are well worth reading.” N. H. D.
+ =Boston Transcript= p9 Mr 7 ‘17 550w
+ =Cleveland= p65 My ‘17 60w
Reviewed by R. M. Lovett
=Dial= 62:300 Ap 5 ‘17 1200w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:62 Ap ‘17
=FULTON, MAURICE GARLAND=, ed. Southern life in southern literature. il 80c Ginn 810.8 17-6667
Selections from southern literature, arranged in three parts: The old South in literature; Poetry of the Civil war; The new South in literature. The editor says, “My attempt has been not merely to show the value of literary effort in the South as absolute achievement but also to emphasize its importance as a record of southern life and character.” Essayists, poets, story writers and humorists are included. In selecting from recent novelists and story writers the author has limited himself, with one exception, “to the five pioneers in the new development of fiction in the eighties.” These are George W. Cable, Joel Chandler Harris, Mary N. Murfree, Thomas Nelson Page and James Lane Allen. The exception is O. Henry.
+ =School R= 25:302 Ap ‘17 30w
“Should be an acceptable book for supplementary reading in any high school, but particularly in the South, where its historical element would naturally make the greatest appeal and would serve as an excellent approach to the book. As a whole, the book is well organized, satisfactory in the point of notes, both explanatory and biographical, and commendable for the selection of subject-matter.” E. F. Geyer and R. L. Lyman
+ =School R= 25:609 O ‘17 90w
=FURNISS, HENRY SANDERSON=, ed. Industrial outlook. *3s 6d Chatto & Windus, London (Eng ed 17-4219)
“A collection of nine essays, edited by the principal of Ruskin college, who speaks of ‘the control of industry’ as the keynote of the book, so far as it has one. ... The contributors are G. W. Daniels, lecturer on economics in the University of Manchester; H. Clay; J. R. Taylor, lecturer in the University of Leeds; W. Piercy and T. E. Gregory, both lecturers at the London school of economics; A. W. Ashby, assistant in the Institute for research in agricultural economics at Oxford; and W. H. Pringle. Assistance has been received in the preparation of the book from Professor E. Cannan and Mr A. E. Zimmern.”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
“The writers have not a common point of view or a common terminology or a common way of approach. ... A book such as this cannot be judged as a book—each essay must be taken separately and judged for what it is in itself without reference to the rest. There are at least two essays which are really admirable; that of Mr Henry Clay on ‘The war and the status of the wage-earner,’ and that of Mr J. R. Taylor on ‘Labour organization.’ ... These two chapters should be read by everybody who really desires to understand the labour movement and the point of view of the trade unionist of to-day. Mr Ashby’s chapter on ‘The rural problem’ is also excellent, ... and should be an excellent tonic for all those who still have sentimental aspirations after the small holding or the peasant proprietor.”
+ — =Ath= p347 Jl ‘17 780w
“Mr Taylor’s account of the new tendencies in trade unionism and the rise of the great industrial union, like the National union of railwaymen, as contrasted with the older craft unions, is especially interesting and valuable.”
+ =Spec= 119:193 Ag 25 ‘17 150w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p34 Ja 18 ‘17 170w
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=GADE, JOHN ALLYNE.= Charles the Twelfth, king of Sweden. il *$3 (2½c) Houghton 16-22250
For descriptive note see Annual for 1916.
“Hitherto Voltaire’s ‘Charles XII,’ of unstated literary charm, and the late R. Nisbet Bain’s useful sketch in the Heroes of the nations series have been the only attempts to write, in a non-Scandinavian tongue, the story career of one of the most picturesque and striking figures in modern history. Now comes Mr Gade, ... who has assumed the role of translator of the contemporaneous manuscripts of one Carl Gustafson Klingspor, devoted follower and companion in arms of the king. While the ‘translator’ provides an index and a very considerable bibliography, abounding in Scandinavian titles, his manner of writing, his soaring enthusiasm, and his penchant for dramatic effect suggest the historical novelist rather than the orthodox historical biographer. ... Those who, in spite of the grim realities of the present conflict, still yearn for a true tale of military adventure, in the main well told, will welcome this book; but it still leaves the way open for an exhaustive critical biography. The volume is handsomely bound and printed, while of errors there are comparatively few, though 1588 should be 1688 (p. 22).” A. L. C.
=Am Hist R= 22:705 Ap ‘17 400w
“Charles XII of Sweden has ever furnished an inspiring theme to writers of the most different stamp—from the keen contemporary Voltaire to the manly and tender Verner V. Heidenstam in our own days. Mr John A. Gade has hit upon the device of writing a book purporting to be a translation of the manuscript of one Colonel Klingspor. ... In most other respects Mr Gade is credible enough, fortified and enlivened as his account is with the contemporary observations and anecdotes now accessible in a number of published journals of the Carolines. The recently published five volumes of memoirs of soldiers under Charles, edited by Quennerstadäd, seem to have been especially drawn upon. ... In but one respect does there appear to be uncertainty of planning. For whom in particular was this eloquent account written? For youths to be fired with a noble emulation of a great character, so one would judge from the general tone of the book, which lays the greatest stress on the Spartan virtues. But if so, why the salacious anecdotes, e.g., about August the Strong, told in contrast though they be?... The book is well illustrated with portraits and plates. There is one altogether unserviceable map.”
=Nation= 104:495 Ap 26 ‘17 420w
=Springf’d Republican= p8 Ap 26 ‘17 400w
=GAGER, CHARLES STUART.= Fundamentals of botany. il *$1.50 Blakiston 581 16-19673
“Gager’s text is evidently intended as a guide for an introductory, cultural course for college students, which shall at the same time serve as a foundational one for students who are to pursue the subject further. ... Part I (Introduction) deals with the organs of the cormophyte and the structure of the cell. Part 2 (The vegetative functions of plants) includes chapters on the loss of water, absorption of water, the path of liquids in the plant, nutrition, fermentation, respiration, growth, and adjustment to surroundings. ... The 26 chapters of part 3 (Structure and life histories) include discussions of the life histories of a considerable number of types, especially of the mosses, ferns, and flowering plants.”—Bot Gaz
“The book is abundantly illustrated with 434 figures, a good share of which are original drawings or halftones. While the appearance, for example, of such illustrations as figs. 127, 198, 263, and 286 is to be welcomed, the same cannot justly be said of some others.”
+ =Bot Gaz= 63:324 Ap ‘17 400w
“Excellent text-book by director of the Brooklyn botanic garden. Presents some original ideas in the teaching of botany. Very fully illustrated.”
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:41 Ja ‘17 20w
“It will be noted that although a physiologist in outlook, he has properly emphasized the historical and structural point of view so often and so deplorably neglected by the cultivators of disembodied plant physiology. The author obviously considers that living matter is to be studied ‘in vita’ rather than ‘in vitro’ (whether in glass models or merely in chemical glass-ware).” F. C. Jeffrey
+ =Science= n s 46:617 D 21 ‘17 750w
=GAINES, RUTH LOUISE, and READ, GEORGIA WILLIS.= Village shield. il *$1.50 (3½c) Dutton 17-13622
Florence Converse, editor of the “Little schoolmates” series, writes an introductory “Letter to the one who reads this book” in which she says that this present day story of Porfiria and Ramon is a story of “real Mexicans; not the fierce and noisy men who are fighting and quarreling among themselves and sometimes with us ... but the Indians of pure blood, descendants or successors of the Aztec people.” Translations and explanations of terms used in the text are not given in footnotes but in eight pages of “Notes” at the end of the story.
“Well illustrated with historic pictures taken from old books of travel. Will interest older children.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:29 O ‘17
“It is rich in local color and rather too rich in Spanish phrases inserted to enhance that color.”
+ — =Ind= 92:260 N 3 ‘17 40w
“It is a weaker and feminine story of the type popular in the Rover series, the Boy scout books, and the like. The illustrations, too, taken outright from Mexican books of travel of the early forties and fifties, are quite untrue to Mexican life today. And yet it is harmless enough, and might be absorbing to a child.” C. W.
=N Y Call= p15 Je 24 ‘17 180w
“The story is told with skill. ... The illustrations, of which four are colored plates, deserve a word of mention because of their historic and artistic interest. The twelve full-page pictures are from famous books of travel in Mexico of more than half a century ago, while more than a score of tailpieces and medallions have been redrawn from the picture-writings of the Mexican Indians, some of them antedating the Spanish conquest.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:249 Jl 1 ‘17 800w
“While written for children, has interest for the older reader.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 D 9 ‘17 290w
=GAIRDNER, WILLIAM HENRY TEMPLE.= Egyptian colloquial Arabic; a conversation grammar and reader. il *12s 6d Heffer, Cambridge, England 492.7
“Mr Gairdner, of the Church missionary society, who is the superintendent of Arabic studies at the Cairo study centre, has done a great service ... by preparing this practical conversation grammar and reader of the spoken language of the people. He discards the Arabic symbols for a modified Roman alphabet.” (Spec) “He has endeavoured to apply to Egyptian Arabic some of the modern methods used in teaching languages. Disconnected sentences, verb conjugations and paradigms, and grammatical rules preceding each exercise, have been omitted. For the last-named Mr Gairdner has substituted leading questions, which will enable students themselves to deduce the grammar illustrated by the subject-matter of each section. An advocate of direct methods, Mr Gairdner from the outset uses Arabic as the medium of instruction; and he gives good reasons for the particular system of Romic symbols adopted. The book contains tables of Egyptian-Arabic sounds, and of the consonants, vowels, and diphthongs; exercises in sound-drill and practice in reading; and a vocabulary of the chief words occurring in the reader.” (Ath) Mr Gairdner has been assisted by Sheikh Kurayyim Sallam.
+ =Ath= p409 Ag ‘17 130w
“The book is, in its way, almost as epoch-making as that of Spitta; it shows, for all its modernity, very careful scholarship and it may be thoroughly recommended. The home-staying Arabist will probably get good results by combining it with Spitta’s ‘Contes Arabes.’”
+ =Nation= 105:491 N 1 ‘17 350w
+ =Spec= 118:94 Jl 28 ‘17 90w
=GALBRAITH, ANNA MARY.= Personal hygiene and physical training for women. 2d ed rev il *$2.25 (2c) Saunders 613 17-2511
For this second edition the chapter on Digestion and nutrition has been rewritten to bring it into conformity with present day knowledge of the nutritive value of foods, etc. Chapter 1 on The wisdom of physical efficiency has been revised to include the results of statistical studies made by the author. A section on dancing, with plates and description of simple steps, has been added.
=A L A Bkl= 13:273 Mr ‘17
=GALE, ZONA.= Daughter of the morning. il *$1.40 (2½c) Bobbs 17-28848
“Cosma Wakely was a village girl of twenty years, in speech, manner, and environment the antipodes of everything that culture stands for. Her story, told by herself, begins as ungrammatically and crudely as the character demands. But during a morning’s walk she meets a stranger whose talk with her changes at once all her personal ideals and her entire outlook upon life. Obeying the hint he has given her in regard to seeking wider horizons, she breaks her engagement with a country lover, and, taking with her the wife and child of a drunken brute, seeks employment in the city. There her great beauty subjects her to the usual peril from predacious man, but, saving herself by her quick wits, she soon enters a career of triumph, and is sent to school. ... She becomes secretary to the very man who first planted within her the seeds of ambition; and of course, of course—we easily guess the rest.”—N Y Times
=A L A Bkl= 14:131 Ja ‘18
“‘A daughter of the morning’ must be set down as a ‘fact story,’ good enough for those that like their sociology, as well as their advertising, in tract form, but not to be considered from the viewpoint of fiction.”
– + =Dial= 63:531 N 22 ‘17 170w
+ =Ind= 92:604 D 29 ‘17 50w
“The superficial philosophy and the weak love interest may appeal to the sentimental high school girl. But the note of protest against the sterility and lack of promise that country life offers to a girl redeems the book from many of its faults.”
– + =New Repub= 13:158 D 8 ‘17 100w
“All the details of this impossible story are as far removed from things as they are as is the history of its heroine. Miss Gale scores, in that, despite the unrealities of her tale, and its being somewhat overloaded with her theories, she has made it interesting.”
– + =N Y Times= 22:517 D 2 ‘17 460w
“With the gentle simplicity and sincerity so characteristic of Miss Gale’s work, she has said here many fundamental truths. She has clothed them with a gently appealing human touch that will carry the lesson far.” G. I. Colbron
+ =Pub W= 92:1375 O 20 ‘17 460w
“As a novel the book holds its reader closely; as a novel with a purpose it is to be classed among the worth-while books of 1917.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p19 D 2 ‘17 300w
=GALLATIN, ALBERT EUGENE.= Paul Manship; a critical essay on his sculpture and an iconography. il *$5 Lane 735 17-12503
“The future of sculpture [in America] at present lies in the hands of some half dozen acknowledged artists and many others who are gradually winning a reputation. One of the few who has gone ‘over the top’ although quite a young man, is Paul Manship. ... In clear, concise terms, the author has summed up the art of Manship and placed him where he belongs. That is an art in itself. Further than this the dainty little volume contains a very complete iconography, accompanied by eight full-page illustrations, thoroughly representative pieces of sculpture having been selected for the purpose.” (Int Studio) The book, which is of a few pages only other than the illustrations, was printed at the Merrymount press, Boston, in an edition of one hundred and fifty copies.
“The author is a past master in iconography, and employs a terse epigrammatic phraseology which clothes well his very individual views upon the artists of his choice.”
+ =Int Studio= 62:65 S ‘17 230w
=Pittsburgh= 22:512 Je ‘17
=GALLICHAN, CATHERINE GASQUOINE (HARTLEY) (MRS WALTER M. GALLICHAN).= Motherhood and the relationships of the sexes. *$2.50 (2½c) Dodd 176 17-14556
This book, which the author had had in mind for some time, has been written and published during the war, because she believes that it has a vital bearing on present conditions in England. On the one hand, she sees the need of building up the population of a decimated country, on the other, she sees women crowding into occupations that are inimical to motherhood. She says, “The object of my book is two-fold. First, to put forward a fresh plea for assigning that high value to motherhood in practice which at present it receives only in words. ... In the second place, I wish to set forth what seem to be the chief causes that hitherto have hindered motherhood and bound my sex from the full enjoyment of life; and to suggest that the reason ... is due to women’s own actions, to their absurdly wrong education and entire misunderstanding of the sexual life.” The four parts of the book following the Introduction, which treats of the effects of the war, are: The maternal instinct in the making; The primitive family; Motherhood and the relationships of the sexes; Sexual education. There is a bibliography of several pages at the close.
=A L A Bkl= 14:41 N ‘17
“The whole book is an impassioned plea for enlightened motherhood, a reverence for and conservation of human life by women such as men and governments have never given it. It is a terrific indictment, not of the individual mother, but of the evils of civilisation.” Edna Kenton
+ =Bookm= 46:345 N ‘17 600w
=Cleveland= p124 N ‘17 70w
“She represents the older, motherly feminism with its rather self-conscious responsibility and its weakness in referring to criteria of biological science where only an artistic sense of personal relations should rule. Much unity and sanctity, the psychologists are discovering, could pass from the family without hurting it. Mrs Gallichan’s book moves too much in the realm of conventionalized emotions.” Randolph Bourne
+ — =Dial= 63:103 Ag 16 ‘17 450w
“In this new book she brings her very thorough equipment as a scholar and a thinker to bear upon the conditions which the world must face as the result of the effects of the great war upon the race. Her work, therefore, is very timely and, although it is written with reference only to the British Isles, almost all that she says is quite as applicable to the United States.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:262 Jl 15 ‘17 550w
=Pittsburgh= 22:700 O ‘17 20w
“Child welfare workers who believe that ‘the welfare of the child is the one consideration that matters,’ will find much to interest them in this volume, especially the discussion of infant mortality, its relation to the employment of mothers and other prenatal conditions.” B. F. Johnson, M.D.
+ =Survey= 38:371 Jl 28 ‘17 370w
“Readers of it will find that on a good many sides of the question she has something cogent to say; but they will get a little impatient with the large amount of space devoted to the sex life of animals and of primitive man. The lessons of war are at the moment much more interesting than any theories drawn from biology or anthropology.”
+ — =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p300 Je 21 ‘17 550w
=GALLISHAW, JOHN, and LYNCH, WILLIAM.= Man in the ranks. *$1 (8c) Houghton 355 17-24714
This book of advice for new recruits is written by a soldier who was at Gallipoli in 1915 and a sergeant instructor of the Plattsburg training camp. The advice is given under the headings: Getting started right; The first days in camp; Marksmanship; Keeping fit; A successful soldier; A talk on personal conduct; Tips from the trenches. There is a list of “Things to remember not to forget.” A number of pages at the end are left blank to be used as a diary, and a place is provided for addresses.
=GALSWORTHY, JOHN.= Beyond. *$1.50 (1½c) Scribner 17-22092
When “Gyp” Winton was flowering into womanhood she overheard it said that Major Winton, her straight-thinking, straight-riding guardian was indeed her father. That knowledge influenced her attitude toward the world of society she was about to enter. He had answered her question about it simply and directly: “Yes, Gyp; your mother and I loved each other.” To Gyp, then, honesty, her music, and love were the three things needful. Against her father’s wishes she married Fiorsen, the gifted, moody, intemperate, wholly selfish Swedish violinist, only to discover later that their union was founded on passion on his side and a mistaken infatuation on hers. With all her strength she tried to keep the bargain she had made, but when he broke his marriage vow and in a fit of ungovernable temper maltreated their child, she left him and went back to her father and that simpler outdoor life to which she had been bred. Dreading the English divorce court, she did not legally free herself, and, when later, Bryan Summerhay came into her life and won her passionate affection she gave herself to him, believing that to her had come such undying love as she had seen her father hold for the mother who had died at her child’s birth. The weight of the past and oncoming tragedy in the book is relieved only by Gyp’s love for her daughter and Major Winton’s unquestioned, unflinching devotion to them both.
“Mr Galsworthy’s latest novel is quite readable—and disappointing, because we expected something which we could strongly praise or severely criticize.”
– + =Ath= p527 O ‘17 60w
“Half concealed by his cold and reserved manner lurks, to put it frankly, the sex obsession of the sceptical bachelor.” H. W. Boynton
— =Bookm= 46:339 N ‘17 180w
“Although problems of sex have been utilized by Mr Galsworthy in the making of his novels, never before has he been so obsessed by them as in ‘Beyond.’ But for the graces of its style, ‘Beyond’ would be utterly negligible.” E. F. E.
– + =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 25 ‘17 1600w
“Those who see in the story only a sensational appeal to our sexual emotions miss the theme. It is the gospel according to Browning. Stake everything and pocket your losses without whimpering. Stoicism is an old philosophy, often enough repeated in abstract terms. The novelist here has shown real people, dominated by passion, terribly hurt by it, then dominant over their sorrow, and not so small as to indulge in regrets. It is a superb piece of work.” J: Macy
+ =Dial= 63:272 S 27 ‘17 1600w
“It is an inconclusive book, and for that reason lacks the greatness that compels the reader’s sympathy for the actors in the tragedy.”
+ — =Ind= 91:473 S 22 ‘17 160w
“Mr Galsworthy is not a treader in the gross and miry ways of sex; if he were, ‘The dark flower’ would have seemed to some of us a book less damnable. He is that more insidious influence, an eloquent and honest pleader from false premises.”
— =Nation= 105:292 S 13 ‘17 700w
“‘Beyond’ shows his usual firmness of structure and grace of style, but it adds nothing to his interpretation of life, does nothing to broaden or sweeten it.” H. W. Boynton
– + =Nation= 105:600 N 29 ‘17 110w
“As a Galsworthy performance, a novel out of the man who wrote ‘The island Pharisees’ and ‘Fraternity’ and ‘Strife’ and ‘Justice’ and ‘The mob’ and ‘A commentary’ and ‘The silver box,’ it is one of the most extraordinary bits of degeneracy, literary degeneracy, that was ever exposed. It is more facile than his other stories. It is quick and neat and fluent. It is dramatic. But its texture shows a complacency and flabbiness so amazing that one who sees the dedication to Thomas Hardy is inclined to look the other way.” F. H.
— =New Repub= 12:194 S 15 ‘17 1750w
“Poor fare from the author of ‘Justice’ and the ‘Man of property.’ One leaves the book with a feeling of futility.” F. J. K.
— =N Y Call= p15 N 18 ‘17 950w
“The story carries the reader on by the tense interest of its conflict of souls, their struggles to harmonize themselves with one another, and the breaking out from the self-imposed bonds now of one and now of another.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:310 Ag 26 ‘17 1300w
“Of the essential indecency of Gyp’s course, its human and spiritual malfeasance, its blend of sentimentality and obtuseness, Mr Galsworthy reveals no consciousness. One has small affection for Fiorsen. But even the unlovable may justifiably resent betrayal; and it is our main quarrel with Mr Galsworthy that he seems to have no perception of the case that might be made out—that must be made out—for Fiorsen. Mr Galsworthy used to have a shrewd and vibrant sense of humor. It would not formerly have been easy to impeach him for artless banalities, for economy of thought, for undistinguished writing.” Lawrence Gilman
— =No Am= 206:628 O ‘17 1700w
“In quality and literary texture and in the apparently easy but really artful way in which the interest is sustained this novel has not been excelled by anything Mr Galsworthy has done. It is hard, however, to see what social conclusion is suggested or intended.”
+ — =Outlook= 117:64 S 12 ‘17 150w
“The book is inferior to the author’s best work.”
— =Pittsburgh= 22:749 N ‘17 40w
“We confess to having been perfectly bored by Mr John Galsworthy’s last novel.”
— =Sat R= 124:208 S 15 ‘17 650w
“We wish that he would widen his view of life in his fiction as he has done in his plays, but we gladly recognize the high literary merit, the skilful construction, the play of humour and fancy, the adroit management of the chief situations in this new novel, which is in some respects the best that he has produced.”
+ — =Spec= 119:272 S 15 ‘17 520w
“In Mr Galsworthy’s new novel the people fill us with alarm, because they appear all more or less under the influence of the great narcotic and therefore not quite responsible for their actions. They have been out hunting all day for so many generations that they are now perpetually in this evening condition of physical well-being and spiritual simplicity. This of course, is an exaggeration, but some theory of the kind must be fabricated to explain this rather queer book, ‘Beyond.’”
— =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p415 Ag 30 ‘17 1450w
=GAMEWELL, MRS MARY NINDE (PORTER).= Gateway to China; pictures of Shanghai. il *$1.50 Revell 915.1 17-206
“‘The gateway to China’ is a descriptive work on Shanghai. The idea of a gateway comes from the investment of the city by France and Great Britain and the cosmopolitan character of its population. Each feature of the city’s history, from the time that Great Britain opened it as a port by treaty in 1842 to the present, passes in review. Police department, shops, schools, rickshas, streets, houses, hospitals, sanitation, press, factories, customs, present and ancient, are described from the standpoint of a resident rather than a visitor.”—Springf’d Republican
“An uncommonly vivid piece of descriptive writing.”
+ =Ind= 88:410 D 4 ‘16 70w
=Springf’d Republican= p6 F 6 ‘17 130w
“The book is decidedly interesting and entertaining.” Gertrude Seymour
+ =Survey= 37:614 F 24 ‘17 250w
=GANONG, WILLIAM FRANCIS.= Textbook of botany for colleges. il *$2.50 Macmillan 580 17-22350
“The course outlined in this book is specifically designed as ‘an introductory course in botany,’ as ‘a part of a general education, and not as a preparation for a professional botanical career.’ ... Professor Ganong has not felt responsible for telling all known botanical facts about each topic discussed, since he has attempted rather to present major truths with enough morphological details to give a clear setting to the major truth.”—School R
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:295 Ap ‘17
+ =Bot Gaz= 63:323 Ap ‘17 300w
“Prof. Ganong’s treatment is somewhat unconventional. The text makes easy reading, and is facilitated by a large number of good figures; but there is sometimes a suggestion of scrappiness.”
+ =Nature= 99:261 My 31 ‘17 550w
“The book is an excellent contribution to our rapidly growing list of available texts for college botany and is the outcome of years of successful experience in teaching botany in a college [Smith] whose general courses in that science have become well known because of their effectiveness and attractiveness.” O. W. Caldwell
+ =School R= 24:778 D ‘16 600w
=GARDINER, ALFRED G. (ALPHA OF THE PLOUGH, pseud.).= Pebbles on the shore. (Wayfarer’s library) *50c Dutton 824
A series of essays first published in England. “Contents: On choosing a name; On letter-writing; On reading in bed; On cats and dogs; On seeing visions; On black sheep; The village and the war; On umbrella morals; On talking to one’s self; On Boswell and his miracle; On seeing ourselves; On the English spirit; On falling in love; On living again; On points of view; On the guinea stamp; On the dislike of lawyers; On the cheerfulness of the blind; On thoughts at fifty; On the philosophy of hats; On seeing London; On the intelligent golf ball; On a prisoner of war; On the world we live in; In praise of walking, etc.” (N Y Br Lib News)
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:121 Ja ‘18
=Ath= p675 D ‘17 30w
=Boston Transcript= p7 Je 30 ‘17 750w
+ =Ind= 91:189 Ag 4 ‘17 90w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:123 Ag ‘17
+ =Spec= 119:sup549 N 17 ‘17 30w
“He has a knack of being genially discursive without being trivial and of bringing a certain elevation of mind to bear upon his subject that shows his similarity to E. V. Lucas. The charm, the gentle modulated style is there. ... There is something to give pleasure on every page.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p10 Je 21 ‘17 1050w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 20 ‘17 950w
“Papers by a writer who has to the full the gift of ‘causerie.’ ... Mr Brock’s excellent pen and ink and head and tail pieces are a great addition.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p519 O 25 ‘17 40w
=GARDNER, LUCY=, ed. Hope for society; essays on social reconstruction after the war. *3s G. Bell & sons, London 330.4 (Eng ed 17-18995)
“These twelve essays were delivered as lectures at the Interdenominational summer school held at Swanwick, Derbyshire, from June 24 to July 3, 1916. The Bishop of Oxford contributes an essay on ‘The hope for society.’; and there are papers by Mr J. St G. Heath (’The new social conscience as to use of income’), Mr J. A. Hobson (’Industrial and financial conditions after the war’), Mr C. Roden Buxton (’The land question after the war’), Sir Hugh Bell (’Trade-union regulations: the employer’s point of view’), Mrs Pethick Lawrence (’The new outlook of the woman’s movement’), Miss Margaret Bondfield (’The position of women in industry’), and others.”—Ath
+ =Ath= p95 F ‘17 130w
“Mr Christopher Turnor’s paper on the development of English life is especially valuable. On the social side, the papers contain many suggestions which deserve consideration in the reconstruction period.” M. J.
+ =Int J Ethics= 27:539 Jl ‘17 100w
+ =Spec= 118:276 Mr 3 ‘17 200w
“The real educational value of these lectures is that they do not deal solely with collective measures of amelioration. ... Mr Clutton Brock, in his denunciation of the trash of civilization passed off as art—‘hankering after Bondstreet’ he calls it—goes to the heart of the matter when, with silence as to big legislative measures, he says, ‘If you want to make anybody good, make yourself.’”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p278 Je 14 ‘17 1350w
=GAREY, ENOCH BARTON, and ELLIS, OLIN O.= Junior Plattsburg manual. il *$1.50 Century 355 17-26655
The authors of the “Plattsburg manual,” captains in the United States infantry who were instructors in the Plattsburg training camp in 1916, have prepared this textbook on physical and military training for the use of the preparatory, public, and high schools of the United States. “Its further purpose is to assist in developing all young men of this country into good, efficient and patriotic citizens.” (Preface) Major-general John F. O’Ryan, chairman of the military training commission of the State of New York, draws attention in a foreword to the military and physical drill now legally required in the New York state schools and especially commends the clear style of the authors in setting forth the schools of the soldier, squads, and company, and the arrangement of the 250 illustrations by which it is shown how to do and how not to do the essential things. The chapter on Physical development can be of use to all. The chapters on Marching and camping and First aid to the injured with their practical directions will be widely read. The large type and clear printing are to be especially commended.
“Well illustrated.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:5 O ‘17
“Many excellent illustrations and diagrams make the directions in the text easy to follow.”
+ =Cleveland= p119 N ‘17 20w
=Lit D= 55:54 D 8 ‘17 110w
=N Y P L New Tech= Bks p14 Jl ‘17 20w
+ =N Y Times= 22:379 O 7 ‘17 170w
=Pittsburgh= 22:695 O ‘17 50w
=Quar List New Tech Bks= O ‘17 30w
=GARIS, HOWARD ROGER.= Venture boys afloat; or, The wreck of the Fausta. il *$1.25 (2c) Harper 17-28657
Tom Ware, Dick Parker and Harry Nolan, three boys who live in a Hudson river town, are saving money to buy a motor boat. Their plan is to cruise up and down the river. But an invitation from Tom’s uncle, a seaman, takes them on a much more ambitious voyage, down the Atlantic coast. This trip is taken for pleasure, but in Tom’s heart is the hope that they may overtake his father’s wrecked schooner, the “Fausta,” now derelict somewhere in southern waters, and his hope is rewarded after an exciting race with a government derelict destroyer. Incidentally the boys learn something of American history. The book is the first of a series.
Reviewed by J: Walcott
=Bookm= 46:498 D ‘17 80w
=N Y Times= 22:466 N 11 ‘17 150w
=GARLAND, HAMLIN.= Son of the middle border. il *$1.60 Macmillan 17-22272
“‘A son of the middle border’ is Mr Garland’s view of himself and of the life he encountered along a vista that has seen one era after another of American progress give place to its successor. It is, moreover, a story of the advance of an American boy which is none the less miraculous because it has been repeated so often in our history. ... He was born in 1860 and his infancy and early childhood coincided with the most critical period in American history. His father, who had come to Wisconsin from Maine, after three years of work in Boston, enlisted in the Union army in 1863, and among the boy’s earliest recollections is the memory of his return. ... Scene after scene of his childhood, face after face out of a past rich in recollections, Mr Garland brings before us, as his father restlessly moved westward from Wisconsin to Minnesota, from Minnesota to Iowa, and from Iowa to Dakota. ... With his brother Franklin he went on his adventure into the east. ... This was in 1883, when Mr Garland was twenty-three years of age. His real invasion of Boston came a little later. ... For nearly ten years he was a Bostonian, winning his way against obstacles that would have daunted many a less ambitious young man. ... Finally he became a professional man of letters.”—Boston Transcript
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:57 N ‘17
“So understanding and skilful a portrayal of characteristic spiritual values gives the book added importance, makes it a contribution to our social history that is well worth while. As autobiography, it is an original and distinctive piece of work and illustrates the possibilities of varied and unique treatment to be found in the writing of American biography.” F. F. Kelly
+ =Bookm= 46:327 N ‘17 430w
“‘A son of the middle border’ has all the charm of the novels and short stories by Mr Garland and other writers which have depicted the valiant struggles of the ambitious boy who is able to look beyond the border of the world of his upbringing. ... Valuable and encouraging is his story, but it is more than that. It is a contribution to American autobiographical literature,” E. F. E.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ag 29 ‘17 1750w
“Mr Garland is unusually successful in his portraits of his father and mother. A notable memorial of a bygone phase of American life.”
+ =Cleveland= p126 N ‘17 90w
“A biography must necessarily be a life seen thru a temperament and experiences that would have been a matter of course or even interesting to a ‘born farmer,’ or a biologist revolted the bookish lad whose tastes were cultural and never agricultural. And the man with a real love for the farm does not write books about it. With this reservation ‘A son of the middle border’ seems to us a great and a true book; a contribution to our annals of the settlement of our country.”
+ =Ind= 92:256 N 3 ‘17 830w
“There are hardly enough life and inspiration in the narrative to warrant its being so long, but its directness and honest purpose deserve a reading, altho it is a life much like many other lives.”
+ — =Lit D= 55:42 O 27 ‘17 120w
+ =Lit D= 56:36 Ja 26 ‘18 140w
“The autobiographer is a rarer bird than the novelist; and we believe that this record may take its place among the handful of American classics of its kind.”
+ — =Nation= 105:719 D 27 ‘17 1650w
“Mr Garland’s best work, like ‘Main-travelled roads,’ was built directly out of the stones of his autobiographical quarry. But how much more vivid and alluring is the quarry than the constructed short stories and novels. The inventive writer, after long struggling with stiff fictional forms, suddenly discovers himself as his own best artistic form and material and bursts out into the freshest of self-revelations, without self-consciousness and yet with an insight that makes silly the legend that the American has no talent for introspection and resents its expression.” R. B.
+ =New Repub= 12:333 O 20 ‘17 2900w
“In all the region of autobiography, so far as I know it, I do not know quite the like of Mr Garland’s story of his life, and I should rank it with the very greatest of that kind in literature. ... As you read it you realize it the memorial of a generation, of a whole order of American experience; as you review it you perceive it an epic of such mood and make as has not been imagined before.” W: D. Howells
+ =N Y Times= 22:309 Ag 26 ‘17 3200w
“Nothing could be more American than the mingling of practicality and idealism that is felt everywhere in the story. Nothing could be more wholesome in these times than the lesson of intellectual honesty and large sympathy which is implicit in it.”
+ =No Am= 206:796 N ‘17 480w
“An autobiography with the fascination of romance, and in a measure the form of fiction. ... It is a book well worth reading and rereading.”
+ =Outlook= 117:100 S 19 ‘17 50w
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:743 N ‘17 60w
“Those who lived in rural Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas during those days will remark the striking fidelity of the picture. There were so many Garland families in the border movement of the ‘60’s, ‘70’s, and ‘80’s of the last century!”
+ =R of Rs= 56:439 O ‘17 140w
“Mr Garland has written a book deserving of a wide reading, and likely to get it by virtue of the style in which it is written. The narrative flows easily—a little diffusely, in fact—with a great fund of incidents, keen observations and incisive, albeit idealized portraits of character. Perhaps the best work in the last of those categories is the picture of his mother. She represents a memorable type of American womanhood—tender mother, brave, uncomplaining pioneer woman and splendid wife.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 S 23 ‘17 3600w
=GARRISON, MRS THEODOSIA (PICKERING).= Dreamers, and other poems. *$1.25 Doran 811 17-28183
This is a collection of lyrical poems previously printed in seventeen different periodicals. Seven Irish poems are given at the end of the book, under the title “Songs of himself.”
“The verse of Theodosia Garrison is restful; it is a retreat, a haven from the tumult of today’s singing. She invites you to partake of her quiet dreams and unpretentious fancies, much as a friend invites you to the hearthside to pass a tranquil evening. If one is not thrilled, one is at least soothed by her hospitality. Little by little you become aware of something in the experience that has a fineness and distinction of its own.” W. S. B.
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 N 7 ‘17 630w
Reviewed by Conrad Aiken
— =Dial= 63:513 N 22 ‘17 400w
“In her ‘Dreamers, and other poems’ Theodosia Garrison has given us some of her best work.”
+ =Lit D= 56:34 Ja 5 ‘18 200w
=GARVIN, JOHN WILLIAM=, ed. Canadian poets and poetry. il *$3 Stokes 811.08 17-10982
An anthology of Canadian verse with brief biographical sketches of the fifty-one authors represented. The editor says of these authors: “Many of their poems are indigenous to the soil,—vitally, healthfully Canadian; others are tinged with the legendary and mythical lore of older lands; but all are of Canada, inasmuch as the writers have lived in this country, and have been influenced by its history and atmosphere at a formative period of their lives.” Among those whose names are somewhat widely known outside their own country are: Charles G. D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, William Henry Drummond, Isabel Ecclestone Mackay, Marjorie L. C. Pickthall, Arthur Stringer and Robert W. Service.
“About twenty of these poets are not included in the ‘Oxford book of Canadian verse’ (Booklist 10:385 Je ‘14), which includes the work of one hundred poets from earliest colonial days down to the present. Libraries having the ‘Oxford book’ will not need this unless there is special interest.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:390 Je ‘17
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:62 Ap ‘17 140w
+ =N Y Times= 22:124 Ap 1 ‘17 350w
=GATES, ELEANOR (MRS FREDERICK FERDINAND MOORE).= Apron-strings. *$1.35 (2c) Sully & Kleinteich 17-29731
The two central figures in this story are Mrs Milo and her daughter Sue. Mrs Milo is the type of mother described by the author in a prefatory note: “The kind that does not plan for, or want, a child, but, having borne one, invariably takes the high air of martyrdom feeling that she has rendered the supreme service, and that, henceforth, nothing is too good for her.” Her demands on her daughter have kept the girl from marriage, and as a woman of forty-five, Sue is finding what satisfaction she can in mothering an orphanage. In the end she finds a more intimate happiness in adopting one of the children for her own.
“As a character study, built around the leading character, the book presents reasonable claim to favorable notice. Mrs Milo, the managing and domineering mother, is a real literary creation.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ja 2 ‘18 260w
“Miss Gates’s theme is an interesting one, but she treats it sentimentally and thereby fails to give it the effectiveness which is its due.”
– + =N Y Times= 22:490 N 25 ‘17 470w
=GATES, HERBERT WRIGHT.=[2] Recreation and the church. (Principles and methods of religious education) il *$1 (3c) Univ. of Chicago press 261 17-15665
There has been started a strong movement in the direction of making churches social centers. The experiments enlarged upon in this volume show the value of the wider use of churches. The writer who is director of religious education in the Brick church institute, Rochester, N.Y., contends that there is no more potent influence or favorable approach to the inner life of childhood and youth than is found in recreational interests and activities. He shows the religious educational value of play, shows how to go about studying the recreational needs of a community, offers a constructive recreational program, gives some typical church programs and devotes a chapter to equipment and organization.
=A L A Bkl= 14:156 F ‘18
“A bibliography of play and recreation enhances the value of this very useful handbook, which cannot fail to increase the efficiency of educational and recreational workers in the church and elsewhere.” G. T.
+ =Survey= 39:327 D 15 ‘17 240w
=GAUTIER, JUDITH.= Memoirs of a white elephant; tr. from the French by S. A. B. Harvey. il *$1.50 (3½c) Duffield 16-23442
Judith Gautier, who was joint author with Pierre Loti of “The daughter of heaven,” is an authority on oriental lore. She has written this book for children, allowing “Iravata,” the white elephant, to tell his own story.
“Well told and unaffected.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:269 Mr ‘17
+ =Lit D= 53:1562 D 9 ‘16 100w
“The excellent illustrations are the work of L. H. Smith and S. B. Kite.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:102 Ja ‘17 60w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 D 2 ‘16 160w
=GAYLEY, CHARLES MILLS.=[2] Shakespeare and the founders of liberty in America. *$1.50 (2c) Macmillan 822.3 18-3
The writer says: “In this period of conflict, the sternest that the world has known, when we have joined heart and hand with Great Britain, it may profit Americans to recall how essentially at one with Englishmen we have always been in everything that counts. That the speech, the poetry, of the race are ours and theirs in common, we know—they are Shakespeare. But that the institutions, the law and the liberty, the democracy administered by the fittest, are not only theirs and ours in common, but are derived from Shakespeare’s England, and are Shakespeare, too, we do not generally know or, if we have known, we do not always remember.” The chapter headings suggest how the writer has pursued his novel idea: The foundations of liberty in America; Shakespeare and the liberals of the Virginia company; The tempest and an unpublished letter from Virginia; The leader of the liberal movement—Sir Edwin Sandys; Richard Hooker and the principles of American liberty; Shakespeare’s views of the individual in relation to the state; Shakespeare and Hooker; The heritage in common: England, America, France; The meaning for us today.
“His association of Shakspeare with these ideas [suggested by chapter headings] of course takes it for granted that whenever any of his characters speak in the plays, there speak also the inmost thoughts and beliefs of the dramatist. This is a supposition too often made to prove that a dramatist or a poet is first of all a propagandist or a preacher when as a matter of fact he is neither. It overlooks the first principles of imaginative writing—that a poem, a play or a novel is a work written to present a certain phase of life in artistic form and not to promulgate a theory. If Shakspeare was preaching democracy in his plays then so much the less Shakspeare he. Despite the undoubted ingenuity and historical interest of Professor Gayley’s arguments there are many of us who will remain perfectly willing to look upon Shakspeare as a man who wrote his plays with no other thought than to have them receive the approval and applause of the Elizabethan public.” E. F. E.
– + =Boston Transcript= p11 D 12 ‘17 830w
=R of Rs= 57:216 F ‘18 90w
=GEARY, BLANCHE.= Handbook of the association cafeteria. il pa 50c Y.W.C.A. 642 17-20661
This handbook gives the purpose of a Y.W.C.A. cafeteria and outlines its organization, including committees, selection of premises, general equipment, staff and employees, menu, service and cleaning. It treats of business administration and under the heading Points in policy advises on such subjects as Emergency fund, Eight hour day, Outside business, etc. The book is compiled by those who know the needs of the workers whom the cafeteria is to serve and can detail clearly methods for meeting them.
=GEHRS, JOHN HENRY.= Productive agriculture. il *$1 Macmillan 630 17-14154
“The purpose of this book is to meet the need and the demand for a text that will standardize seventh- and eighth-grade agriculture. ... Topics relating to productive agriculture and not topics about agriculture are given chief consideration. ... The book contains a section of from four to eight chapters in length on each of the following big topics: ‘Farm crops,’ ‘Animal husbandry,’ ‘Soils,’ ‘Horticulture,’ and ‘Farm management.’ There is also a brief bibliography of material relating to each of these large topics. The laboratory exercises at the end of each chapter ... can be done with a minimum amount of schoolroom equipment, the farm itself furnishing the requisite laboratory.” (School R) The author is associate professor of agriculture of the Warrensburg State normal school, Warrensburg, Mo.
+ =Ind= 91:265 Ag 16 ‘17 40w
=St Louis= 15:330 S ‘17
“Anyone interested in texts in agriculture adapted to grades seven and eight or to the junior high school will be well paid for the time and effort required to give this book a careful consideration.”
+ =School R= 25:532 S ‘17 180w
=GEIKIE, SIR ARCHIBALD.= Birds of Shakespeare. il *$1.25 Macmillan 822.3 (Eng ed 17-13372)
“In this charming essay the veteran geologist collects Shakespeare’s references to birds, of which he names at least fifty species, and shows once more how intimate a knowledge of wild nature he had acquired in the woods and lanes of leafy Warwickshire.”—Spec
=Ath= p432 S ‘16 90w
“It is all that it claims to be, and will fill a vacant place on the shelves of those who do not possess Mr J. E. Harting’s standard work.”
+ =Nature= 98:147 O 28 ‘16 480w
=N Y Br Lib News= 4:40 Mr ‘17
=Sat R= 123:sup10 Mr 31 ‘17 120w
“Twenty excellent woodcuts from Saunders’s ‘Manual of British birds’ illustrate the book.”
+ =Spec= 117:419 O 7 ‘16 70w
“This little book is enticing; one to be read by all who love either birds or Shakespeare or both.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p426 S 7 ‘16 1300w
=GEIL, WILLIAM EDGAR.= Adventures in the African jungle hunting pigmies. il *$1.35 (2c) Doubleday 17-8202
This book for boys is one of the volumes of “The true adventure series.” The author is an explorer of note and the story is based on first-hand acquaintance with Africa. Billy Benson, a boy of about sixteen, accompanies his uncle on an exploring expedition into the heart of Africa. Their object is to discover a band of pigmies, supposed to inhabit a part of the jungle. Lions, leopards, elephants and other natives of the African forest play a part in their adventures. The young hero is refreshingly boyish. No feats of impossible prowess are attributed to him, and never does he outdo his uncle, the noted explorer, in sagacity or achievement.
=GENEVOIX, MAURICE.= ‘Neath Verdun; tr. by H. Grahame Richards. *$1.60 (2½c) Stokes 940.91 (Eng ed 17-26253)
The author of this book was a second-year student at the École normale, Paris, in 1914. His book is a day-by-day account of the first months of the war, from August to October, 1914. Ernest Lavisse says in his introduction: “He supplies us with an invaluable picture of the war. In the first place, the writer is endowed with astonishing powers of observation; he sees all in a glance, he hears everything. The intense power of concentration he possesses enables him instantly to seize upon all essentials of a particular incident or scene, and so to harmonize them as to produce a picture true to life.”
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:306 Ap ‘17
+ =Boston Transcript= p8 F 14 ‘17 250w
“His book is one of the real contributions of the war’s writing. For here, for us to read and learn from, is something of the war itself.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:34 F 4 ‘17 600w
“Perhaps it is well that the ghastly side of the war should not be tucked away as though it did not exist. Horror is treated here with a French power of rhetoric and insistence.”
+ =Spec= 118:105 Ja 27 ‘17 150w
=GEORGE, HEREFORD BROOKE.= Genealogical tables illustrative of modern history. 5th ed, rev and enl *$2.50 Oxford 929.7 16-22139
“The ‘Genealogical tables illustrative of modern history’ first published by the late Rev. Hereford B. George more than forty years ago have long acquired and deserved an established position as a work of reference. They now appear in a fifth edition, revised and enlarged by Mr J. R. H. Weaver. The enlargement consists mainly in the continuation of the reigning houses down to their last changes and the insertion of their younger members; there is also added a list of the presidents of the United States of America.”—Eng Hist R
“The size of the print and the general openness of the tables make them easy to consult and the book should enter upon a further career of usefulness.”
+ =Am Hist R= 22:435 Ja ‘17 200w
“The work of correction has been carefully done: we have looked for facts omitted in the earlier editions and have found them duly inserted. ... In the first three editions the tables were folded and mounted on guards, and the book was easy to handle; now that the tables are bound up flat and the book requires 2 ft. 8 in. of space to open out, it cannot be described as convenient for practical use.” R. L. P.
* + =Eng Hist R= 31:660 O ‘16 450w
=GEPHART, WILLIAM FRANKLIN.= Principles of insurance. 2v ea *$1.50 (1½c) Macmillan 368 17-2500
“A discussion of life and fire insurance offered for classroom use in schools and colleges. ... The author has had experience in the insurance business and in association with insurance organizations, as well as in teaching.” (R of Rs) “There are two volumes, devoted, respectively, to Life insurance and Fire insurance, the former replacing the author’s well-known earlier work, devoted mainly to life insurance, which has now been thoroughly revised, amplified, and brought down to date. The volume on fire insurance contains twelve chapters in which are treated such pertinent topics as the economics and business organization of fire insurance, hazards, rates and rating problems, the nature of the contract, adjustment of losses, fire protection, and the relation of the state to insurance.” (Nation)
“Mr Gephart has well met the problem. His book is simple and readable and yet broad, and adequate to give not only an understanding of the fundamental principles but a great deal of the practical business side. The book avoids a difficulty which sometimes occurs when those outside of the business attempt to write about it: namely, the difficulty of supporting theories which, for practical reasons, are unworkable. The arrangement is a little unfortunate.” W. M. Strong
+ — =Am Econ R= 7:670 S ‘17 1100w (Review of v 1)
“It would be too much to claim that the author has entirely mastered a subject of which the depths have by no means been sounded by those who spend their lives in the work or that all of his statements would pass without challenge from underwriters, but it is certain that he has written a clear, interesting, and admirably balanced study of the principles of fire insurance.” W. E. Mallalieu
+ — =Am Econ R= 7:672 S ‘17 900w (Review of v 2)
+ =A L A Bkl= 13:376 Je ‘17
“The volume on life insurance is on the whole a contribution to the subject, the various topics being carefully arranged and the exposition clear. One may seriously object, however, to the issuance of a revised edition which does not follow the progress in the business in certain directions. The volume on fire insurance appears to possess certain serious defects as well as commendable features. The strongest criticism which can be advanced, viewing it in the light of a text, is its seeming lack of plan and arrangement of chapters. Prior to his work no adequate description of some of the more recent developments of the business was available. He has therefore rendered a service in producing a relatively up-to-date textbook. Secondly, he has incorporated to a greater degree than any other writer a discussion of fire insurance from the social viewpoint.” Robert Riegel
+ — =Ann Am Acad= 74:296 N ‘17 400w
“Though adapted to the purposes of the general reader, the business man, and the student, the volumes will, in all probability, find their chief use as textbooks, for which they seem excellently adapted. At the close of the various chapters are lists of references covering the main topics treated, and each volume contains a carefully selected general bibliography, including the standard works on both life and fire insurance.”
+ =Nation= 104:245 Mr 1 ‘17 230w
“Those seeking and those selling insurance would profit by this conservative statement of principles which fit the reader for his individual decision of moot points, which are frankly indicated and argued fairly.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:174 Ap 29 ‘17 180w
“Heretofore it has been difficult to obtain material on this subject in convenient form for educational purposes. Most of it has been confined to government documents, official reports of insurance companies, published addresses, and pamphlets.”
+ =R of Rs= 55:443 Ap ‘17 70w
“The author is professor of economics in Washington university.”
=St Louis= 15:139 My ‘17 9w
“There are interesting chapters on the economics, business organization and, last but not least, the immense historic development of the insurance business.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Ag 30 ‘17 110w
=GÉRALDY, PAUL.= The war, Madame ...; tr. by Barton Blake. *75c (5c) Scribner 17-8886
This little story is merely an account of one day in the life of a French soldier who, after thirteen months of service, returns to Paris. His sensations on again finding himself in his loved city are described, and in conversations with two of his women friends scenes from the front are pictured.
“A lively, graceful, quite irresponsible and unreflecting narrative of a young soldier’s last day of leave in Paris before returning to the front to be killed.” C. M. Francis
+ =Bookm= 46:451 D ‘17 140w
“As we read his pages, we understand more clearly than ever before how it is possible for men to go through the ghastly struggle and not come out thoroughly embittered. ... This account seems to approach nearer to the probable mean of reality than any of the many war books that have already been written.”
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 Ap 4 ‘17 770w
“So different is it from the France and the Paris of which correspondents and returning war-workers of one sort or another have told us that, since it is written by a Frenchman, one marvels and wonders whether he is a better observer and a truer reporter than they.”
=N Y Times= 22:172 Ap 29 ‘17 300w
=St Louis= 15:314 S 17 30w
=GERARD, JAMES WATSON.= My four years in Germany. il *$2 (2c) Doran 940.91 17-25143
The late ambassador to the German imperial court has written this account of his four years experience to prove to America that “we are in this war because we were forced into it,” and that “unless Germany is beaten the whole world will be compelled to turn itself into an armed camp, until the German autocracy either brings every nation under its dominion or is forever wiped out as a form of government.” (Foreword) Mr Gerard tells us about the political system in Germany, German militarism, German commerce, the Kaiser, the Crown prince, and various high officials of the government, and about his own diplomatic work, though he is necessarily silent on many things connected with this work. Some of the chapters are: Psychology and causes which prepared the nation for war; At Kiel just before the war; Prisoners of war; War charities; and The German people in war. There are a number of illustrations and several facsimile reproductions of documents, among them one of the much discussed telegram which the Kaiser gave Ambassador Gerard for transmission to President Wilson. The material of the book has appeared in the Philadelphia Ledger and the New York American.
“One must remember that the author has written for a large audience. From this point of view, Mr Gerard’s light treatment is quite justified, as are also the journalistic, popular style, the frequent use of the personal pronoun, and perhaps even the reproductions of court invitations. For such a presentation will appeal to millions who would ignore a more formidable treatise. Unfortunately the mechanics of the book are poorly handled.” B. E. Schmitt
+ — =Am Hist R= 23:398 Ja ‘18 1650w
=A L A Bkl= 14:56 N ‘17
“His book is a candid, unadorned, and convincing account of what has been going on in Germany during the war. His record is welcome in this permanent form.”
+ =Ath= p683 D ‘17 190w
Reviewed by C. H. P. Thurston
=Bookm= 46:286 N ‘17 50w
+ — =Cleveland= p130 D ‘17 140w
+ =Dial= 63:460 N 8 ‘17 230w
“From a literary point of view the book is a queer mixture, much of it the sort of thing that ordinary tourists turn out by the volume, part of diplomatic secrets of the highest importance which nobody else could have known. The book is poorly composed and carelessly revised, but that does not detract from its importance as a historical document of the first order.”
+ — =Ind= 92:486 D 8 ‘17 1250w
“It is in every respect an important historical document, despite the chatty and easy style in which it is written, and throws an illuminating light upon many dark places in European diplomacy and modes of thought. His book will furnish convincing proof, if any American still feels the need of proof, of the sinister intentions of the ruling powers in Germany, and of their utter disregard of all recognized conventions, ethical or political, in an effort to attain their ambitions.”
+ =Lit D= 55:34 O 27 ‘17 1800w
+ =Lit D= 55:43 D 8 ‘17 250w
“We think the telling of this story was a service to the American people; and at a time when there is so much to be read that this is distinctly one of the books to be chosen. The description of German government and institutions is excellent; it would be difficult for the ordinary reader to find anywhere a better popular account. The most important chapters relate to diplomatic affairs, and to the attitude of Germany towards the American people.”
+ =Nation= 105:484 N 1 ‘17 1750w
“In Mr Gerard’s remarkable book there is an enlightening chapter which reveals, to some extent, how organised capital in Germany, aided by the state, is still seeking to dominate the world.” T. E. Thorpe
+ =Nature= 100:361 Ja 10 ‘18 1900w
“All this variety gives the book, inevitably, a certain scrappiness of effect, but vastly increases its interest and value as a report upon another nation. Its report, by necessity, is one of superficial observation. Mr Gerard nowhere makes pretense of profound study of the German people or their affairs.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:378 O 7 ‘17 1000w
=Pittsburgh= 22:762 N ‘17 50w
“Considering its source and timeliness, such a book would in any event have real significance, but there is a danger that the general reading public will seek that significance in the wrong place. The real value of what Mr Gerard has to tell us lies entirely aside from the personal equation. ... Spicy as this book is, it leaves a somewhat tantalizing impression that the author has reserved a good deal of his most piquant matter for publication some time in the dim future.” F: T. Cooper
+ =Pub W= 92:1383 O 20 ‘17 600w
“The volume carries with it its own justification. ... There is a straightforward sincerity about this book that must impress all readers. While it condemns Germany, it does not appeal to the spirit of hatred.” A. S.
+ =R of Rs= 56:528 N ‘17 800w
+ =Spec= 119:572 N 17 ‘17 170w
“The book is of more value from a historical viewpoint than as mere literature. The author has something to tell that the public wants to know and in such case substance takes precedence of form.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 4 ‘17 800w
“To English readers the most interesting pages in the book will probably be those in which the ambassador relates his efforts to alleviate the lot of British prisoners.”
+ =The Times [London] Lit Sup= p547 N 15 ‘17 950w
German deserter’s war experience; tr. by J. Koettgen. *$1 (1½c) Huebsch 940.91 17-13674
The author is a German Socialist and anti-militarist, who after fourteen months of fighting in Belgium and France escaped into Holland and came to America. His story was first published in the New Yorker Volkszeitung. He describes the entry into Belgium, the advance and retreat at the Marne, the beginning of trench warfare, the famous Christmas truce, etc. The translator says, “The chief value of this soldier’s narrative lies in his destructive, annihilating criticism of the romance and fabled virtues of war.” The author, in concluding, says, “Today I have recovered sufficiently to take up again in the ranks of the American Socialists the fight against capitalism. ... A relentless struggle to the bitter end is necessary to show the ruling war-provoking caste who is the stronger, so that it no longer may be in the power of that class to provoke such a murderous war as that in which the working-class of Europe is now bleeding to death.”
“Written with a strong anti-militarist and socialist bias.”
=A L A Bkl= 13:443 Jl ‘17
“The writer’s deep hatred of war and all its works, not only the actual bloodshed and cruelty, but also the unnatural and humiliating relations of men to officers in the German army itself, speaks in every page. The whole story is told with the vividness that comes of recent deep and indelible impressions of soul-stirring experiences.”
+ =Dial= 63:401 O 25 ‘17 160w
“He accuses his officers of both deliberate cruelty and cowardice, giving instances in the advance on the Marne, and flight from it, to sustain his charges. This part of his book is an astounding revelation. He asserts on several occasions the men refused to obey orders to shoot wounded enemy soldiers and helpless civilians, and were more tortured than punished for such insubordination.”
+ =Ind= 90:472 Je 9 ‘17 200w
“It will rekindle our determination not to become swamped in the war to the point where we forget our chief purpose—not defeat of Germany so much as defeat of war as an institution. ... ‘A German deserter’s war experience,’ with its directness and almost clumsy sincerity, is a chastening and thrilling book for all of us, but it is as a symbol of revolt that one will not wish to forget it.” H. S.
+ =New Repub= 11:193 Je 16 ‘17 1050w
“The volume is the output of a very keen observer, a man who kept his wits about him in every possible situation and was able to recount what he saw afterwards. ... The volume is one of the best descriptive works that we have yet seen on this subject. ... Much praise is due the translator, Comrade J. Koettgen, for a careful and yet spirited account of war as seen through the eyes of a Socialist participant.” J. W.
+ =N Y Call= p14 My 20 ‘17 1050w
=N Y Times= 22:306 Ag 19 ‘17 120w
=Pittsburgh= 22:681 O ‘17 50w
=Pratt= p40 O ‘17 40w
“The writer is a man of the people, a foreman miner, and tells his story straightforwardly, intelligently and without conscious art. ... Of widest interest are the detailed descriptions of the advance thru Belgium, the battle of the Marne and the retreat. There have been numerous accounts of these events by French witnesses and by newspaper men who have repeated the tales of participants, but, except for the official German account, this book is the first to come from that side.”
+ =Pub W= 91:210 Ja 20 ‘17 150w
=R of Rs= 55:668 Je ‘17 80w
“Whether true or not—and the balance swings in favor of the affirmative, it is an absorbing story.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p6 Je 13 ‘17 280w
=The Times [London] Lit Sup= p596 D 6 ‘17 650w
=GEROULD, GORDON HALL.= Peter Sanders, retired. *$1.50 (1½c) Scribner 17-11709
When his gambling house in New York was closed down, Peter Sanders became a wanderer. He was a gentleman of quiet tastes, and a lover of books, with a leaning toward the classics. He meets adventures in various parts of Europe, but his inclinations call him back to America, even tho his return means the hiding of his identity under a false name. Accompanied by his faithful servant, Henry, he becomes familiar with corners of his native land before unknown to him. He makes new friends too and comes to think better of his fellow men than he had in the old days when he saw them only thru a gambler’s eyes. Finally when he is reinstated in New York, it is to find that he has become a new man and that the old ways no longer hold any charm for him.
“A leisurely tale ‘gay without vapidity and adventurous without sensationalism.’”
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:60 N ‘17
“What we assist at is a gradual change in point of view and emphasis rather than a radical change of character.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 45:410 Je ‘17 650w
“This Mr Silcox is a very credible old gentleman. ... The thing that is not quite believable is Peter Sanders. ... We feel sure that, although many a novelist has done worse, Mr Gerould could have done far better.”
+ — =Boston Transcript= p6 Je 13 ‘17 300w
“Thoroughly to enjoy it, one should know that Mr Gerould is a college professor; his interest in ex-gamblers gains piquancy from this fact.”
+ =Dial= 63:73 Jl 19 ‘17 330w
“The story (which is not, we suspect, without its foundation in fact) is in its way a romance, and long before we are done with him we have formed a proper romantic affection for its stout and aging hero.”
+ =Nation= 104:580 My 10 ‘17 350w
“The novel is written with a sense of irony which gives it a certain pungency.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:163 Ap 22 ‘17 300w
“The story is well written and gently humorous. The resemblance of Mr Sanders to a noted New York gambler lately deceased is striking.”
+ =Outlook= 116:32 My 2 ‘17 60w
+ =Springf’d Republican= p8 My 8 ‘17 400w
=GEROULD, KATHARINE (FULLERTON) (MRS GORDON HALL GEROULD).= Change of air. il *$1.25 Scribner 17-25861
“The book opens with a scene in the drawing rooms of Miss Cordelia Wheaton. Miss Wheaton, a rich woman, had a very large number of poor friends, and she had sent for them all to come to her house on a certain day. There they sit at the beginning of the first chapter; ‘and they waited, unprotesting; for they were all poor.’ At last, when the rooms are full, Miss Wheaton appears and makes the surprising announcement that she has decided to divide the greater part of her fortune among them at once, instead of doing it in her will. Each is to receive a certain sum—how much no one of the others will ever know. She carries out her plan, and the effect of this ‘windfall’ upon the lives and characters of some few of her beneficiaries, and ultimately upon Miss Wheaton herself, form the theme—or perhaps it would be better to say the themes—of the book.”—N Y Times
=A L A Bkl= 14:131 Ja ‘18
“To Walter Leaven we owe the story’s rescue from bitter comedy to a finale of exquisite romance. It is his figure, treading devotedly towards its goal of self-realisation through self-devotion, that makes a story out of what might otherwise have been a mere group of satirical episodes.” H. W. Boynton
+ =Bookm= 46:691 F ‘18 590w
+ =Nation= 105:695 D 20 ‘17 220w
“Though there are frequent fine penetrations in her account of people, and a sharp wit to clinch the penetration, she has a constant tendency to substitute the values of polite society for the values that a genuine artist would discern. Her bristling smartness, her complaisance, her snobbishness, are difficult traits to tolerate in a novelist of manners.”
+ — =New Repub= 13:223 D 22 ‘17 650w
“The book is very short, very clever, very cynical.”
+ — =NY Times= 22:394 O 14 ‘17 800w
“A good story idea only moderately well carried out.”
+ — =Outlook= 117:386 N 7 ‘17 50w
+ =Pittsburgh= 22:749 N ‘17 30w
Reviewed by Doris Webb
+ =Pub W= 92:2028 D 8 ‘17 280w
“It is all very brilliant, but one shudders to see life chiseled with such delicate scalpels and with so sure and unashamed a pagan touch.”
– + =Springf’d Republican= p17 N 18 ‘17 480w
=GERRISH, FREDERIC HENRY.= Sex-hygiene; a talk to college boys. (Present day problems ser.) *60c (8c) Badger, R: G. 612.6 17-13326
“In 1911 there was given to Bowdoin college a fund the income of which was to be devoted to the instruction of the students in the proper relations of the sexes. As a part of this instruction the following lecture has been given to the freshman class of each succeeding year. It has been given, also, in a number of other institutions for the education of young men and boys.” (Preface) The lecturer is professor emeritus of surgery at Bowdoin college, and author of several standard medical books.
=Cleveland= p91 Jl ‘17 50w
“One of the most useful books of its kind. ... It is plain and direct and is without an excess of detail. ... Bowdoin college has announced that it is going to give a copy to every member of each freshman class from now on.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p15 Ag 26 ‘17 130w
=GERSTENBERG, CHARLES W., and JOHNSON, WALTER SEELY.= Organization and control. (Modern business, v. 3) il Alexander Hamilton inst. 658 17-1816
“‘Organization and control’ deals not with the internal management and control of business units, but rather with the external organization and ownership of industrial enterprises and the control of their business policies. In other words, this is not a work on business management, but on the structure of the business unit. ... The book approaches the subject largely from the legal standpoint, although there is nothing of a technical legal nature in the content. ... The closing chapters deal with the questions growing out of concentration and combination in business. In them the author examines the causes that have led up to the present high degree of centralized control, traces the evolution of the ‘trust’ through the various forms which it has taken and outlines the advantages resulting from industrial consolidation. Illegal combinations are discussed and the book closes with a history of the law of monopolies and an analysis of recent legislation on the trust question.”—Am Econ R
“It presents the subject in a remarkably clear and readable manner, illuminates the material with a number of well-selected business forms, and arouses interest by suggestive questions on hypothetical corporate problems.” F. E. Armstrong
+ =Am Econ R= 7:648 S ‘17 380w
=Pratt= p23 Jl ‘17
=GERSTER, ARPAD GEYZA CHARLES.=[2] Recollections of a New York surgeon. il $3.50 Hoeber 17-29633
“Born in Hungary in 1848, Dr Gerster came to this country in 1873 and settled for practice in New York city. His family origin was Swiss and his forebears were sturdy peasants or burghers, who did not fail to do their part in freeing Europe from the feudal subjection to the Hapsburg and Burgundian overlords. ... He writes of the public service of his ancestors—of John Gerster of Kaufbeuren who held various offices in the Basel city government prior to 1532, when he was pensioned, of Ottmar Gerster, who commanded the peasant army in the war waged against Abbot Ulrich VIII of Sankt Gallen to gain liberation from the overlordship of the monastery. ... In 1866 Gerster entered the University of Vienna as a medical student. There he remained seven years and went through all the experiences of student life, including the duel requirements. ... His surgical practice in New York began in a very humble way, and for some years was confined to work among the very poor. Later he won renown and wealth. The closing section of his book is devoted to ‘diversions.’”—Boston Transcript
“And he writes delightfully of music, sketching, wood-carving and etching.” H. S. K.
+ =Boston Transcript= p6 N 14 ‘17 650w
“Throughout the book there is evident a genial, eager personality whose keen interest in the world and all its people, in nature and all her manifestations, has filled the days of his life with enjoyment. Particularly wholesome reading will the book be for young medical students and practitioners.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:573 D 23 ‘17 480w
=GIBBONS, MRS HELEN DAVENPORT (BROWN).= Red rugs of Tarsus. *$1.25 (3c) Century 956 17-10364
An account of the Armenian massacre of 1909. The author, with her husband, Herbert Adams Gibbons, was spending the year 1909 in Tarsus and teaching in a mission school. Since then she has tried to put the experience of that year out of her mind. “But,” she says, “recent events in Armenia brought it all back again. My indignation, and a sense of duty and of pity, transcended all personal feelings. I lived again that night in Tarsus, when we—seven defenseless women, our one foreign man ... and 4,800 Armenians waited our turn at the hands of the Kurds.” The story is told from the letters written at that time to her mother in America.
+ =A L A Bkl= 14:22 O ‘17
“She gives bright and humorous descriptions of her new experiences, which, however, soon cease to be merely amusing. The horror of an Armenian massacre converts the airy narrative into a grim recital of terrible deeds.”
+ =Dial= 62:447 My 17 ‘17 200w
“Unfortunately many of these letters to Mrs Gibbons’ mother contain information which must have interested her mother greatly, but which will seem irrelevant to the public, or trivial, when thought of in relation to such great happenings.”
=Ind= 91:78 Jl 14 ‘17 70w
+ =Lit D= 54:2006 Je 30 ‘17 150w
“A fine and significant book. ... Of the moments of her own peril Mrs Gibbons has written with a simplicity, almost an unconsciousness, that is magnificently fine and dramatic to read, now that it is all over, and she and her husband were saved. But the record as a whole, including those terrible hours with the rest, is one of stark, close, immediate realities, known and faced. The book will give the American reader food for more than one kind of thought.”
+ =N Y Times= 22:201 My 20 ‘17 500w
“A very vital, realistic, graphic portrayal of one of the terrible tragedies of modern history.”
+ =Outlook= 116:627 Ag 22 ‘17 60w
=Pittsburgh= 22:527 Je ‘17 50w
=St Louis= 15:186 Je ‘17
“The deposition of Abdul Hamid and the triumph of the Young Turks occurred while the family was at Mersina, and the popular impression that the new régime was more tolerant is contradicted by what Mrs Gibbons writes of the early days of its intolerance.”
+ =Springf’d Republican= p17 Je 24 ‘17 450w
=GIBBONS, HERBERT ADAMS.= Reconstruction of Poland and the Near East; problems of peace. *$1 (3c) Century 940.91 17-21742