Chapter XII: Preface (12)

“The author has carried the grouping system to the extreme. Among the
commendable features are the following: the space given to the life of
the people; comparatively few pages given to accounts of the wars; and
the large number of well-executed maps.” J. A. James.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 446. Ja. ’06. 520w.

=Dougherty, John Hampden.= Electoral system of the United States; its history together with a study of the perils that have attended its operations; an analysis of the several efforts by legislation to avert these perils, and a proposed remedy by amendment of the constitution. **$1.50. Putnam.

Mr. Dougherty’s book “deals with the counting of votes for president
and vice-president of the United States. Mr. Dougherty tells the story
of debates over the question and of the settlement of the dispute
between the Senate and House of representatives in 1877; he reviews
the judgments of the Electoral commission in Florida, Louisiana,
Oregon, and South Carolina, and criticises the law of 1877. There are
also discussions of the dangers of the electoral system and the
‘evils’ of the general election ticket system. The book closes with a
remedy and explanation of it.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“While we cannot but think that Mr. Dougherty’s work would have
profited by condensation, particularly in its summaries of the
opinions of members of Congress, its historical merits are both sound
and considerable. So far as he has gone, his work is not likely to
need doing over again.” Wm. MacDonald.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 154. O. ’06. 750w.

“Invaluable as a historical treatise.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 70. Ag. 1, ’06. 400w.

“The one adverse criticism that can be passed upon the book is that
the author’s rigid ideals of historical exposition have led him to
employ such wealth of detail that only the trained scholar will be
able to keep a clear notion of what is essential in the work.”

+ + – =Ind.= 60: 1435. Je. 14, ’06. 310w.

=Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 30w.

“It is a searching review and criticism of the electoral system now in
vogue, and altho it undoubtedly fails to take sufficient account of
the obstacles in the way of radical reform proposed, it is a critique
of no small value in reference to a subject which has hitherto
received too little attention considering its importance to the
Republic.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 33: 124. Jl. 28, ’06. 100w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 85. Jl. 26, ’06. 790w.

“Mr. Dougherty has done an excellent piece of work in pointing out the
evils of the present system.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 288. My. 5, ’06. 770w.

“All will not agree with his proposed remedies for the defects in the
existing method of choosing the National chief executive, but none can
fail to find suggestive value in the successive chapters.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 90. My. 12, ’06. 310w.

=Douglas, James.= Old France in the new world. $2.50. Burrows.

“The book as it stands is well worthy of careful consideration.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 904. Jl. ’06. 780w.

“Despite all that has been written on Quebec, Dr. Douglas manages to
give us a fresh, unhackneyed and characteristic volume.”

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 228. Mr. 15, ’06. 740w.

=Dowd, Alice M.= Our common wild flowers of springtime and autumn. $1.25. Badger, R. G.

While this volume will undoubtedly hold the interest of all young
nature lovers it is intended primarily for school use and to this end
is divided into four parts for use in four successive school years,
and excludes those plants which blossom only during vacation days. The
plants chosen are common to the northeastern part of the United
States, and their classification follows the sequence of families
adopted by the most recent botanical works.

* * * * *

“There is nothing of a scientific value to be derived from the use of
such a text. But judged by the existing standards of nature study as
it actually exists in our schools, the book has much to commend it.”

+ – =Bookm.= 24: 73. S. ’06. 230w.

“We do not feel quite so sure that the writer is a safe guide in
matters of teleology, or the doctrine of final causes.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 77. Jl. 26, ’06. 220w.

“Its author has contrived by careful condensation to pack much
literary and artistic reference and allusion into its small space.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 473. Jl. 28, ’06. 100w.

=Dowden, Edward.= Montaigne. **$1.50. Lippincott.

“Professor Dowden’s volume is by no means contemptible, but it is
unfortunate, like most of this serial piecework, in doing again what
has been better done already.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 809. Ap. 5, ’06. 260w.

=Downey, Edmund.= Charles Lever: his life and his letters. 2v. *$5. Scribner.

The author of “Harry Lorrequer,” and “Charles O’Malley” contributes
somewhat to his own biography, thru letters and autobiographical
prefaces to early stories which primarily show him to be a “typical
good fellow,” with an amount of spring in his temperament and the
power of enjoying life. The social and literary man, with a warm
interest in politics, was a “good husband and father; he was honest
(though his sincerity was sometimes under suspicion from the rapidity
of his conclusions); he was kind; but he always got through more than
he earned, and the result is a record of perpetual struggle to meet
the claims upon him.... His extravagance led to a growing discontent,
which reached unreasonable proportions. He was incapable alike of
correcting his proof-sheets and his indulgences and grew embittered,
unable to keep friends with himself, as the ‘good fellow’ is expected
to do.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“One would think it were an impossible feat to write a dull life of
such an author, and yet, we fear, it has very nearly been accomplished
by Mr. Edmund Downey.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 325. Ap. 7, ’06. 1770w.

“It consists of materials for such a biography, but needs ... rigorous
selection. There is a fair index, but the proof-reading has not been
well done.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 540. My. 5. 2200w.

“On the whole the brilliant passages in these letters are much fewer
than would have been expected.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 625. Ag. ’06. 1350w.

“He wisely decided to base the work almost entirely upon the letters
and other autobiographical material at his disposal, and the result is
very satisfactory, though it might perhaps have been more so if the
matter had been condensed into half the space.”

+ + – =Critic.= 49: 189. Ag. ’06. 290w.

“Not even its careful workmanship gives it the flavor of an ideal
biography. Mr. Downey’s index ... leaves much to be desired.” Percy F.
Bicknell.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 2090w.

“Mr. Downey’s biography is a great improvement on the previous one by
Dr. Fitzpatrick. He is much more careful than his predecessor about
his facts, and he has had the advantage of using new documents.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 147. Ap. 27, ’06. 1780w.

“These two volumes will probably be read when his novels are never
taken from the shelf.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 228. S. 13, ’06. 910w.

“These letters reveal the man. Nothing, in fact, could give posterity
a better idea of the Irish novelist.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 353. Je. 2, ’06. 1950w.

“Mr. Downey’s volumes, however, are avowedly rather a supplement and
corrective than a substitute [for Mr. Fitzpatrick’s Life.]”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 757. Je. 16, ’06. 1260w.

“He kept his fun for his books. We cannot blame him; but his biography
suffers.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 759. My. 12, ’06. 410w.

=Downs, Sarah Elizabeth (Forbush) (Mrs. George Sheldon).= Step by step. †$1.50. Dillingham.

An unusually wholesome, possible story for young people. It sketches
the upward career of an orphan lad who early learns how to operate in
his life a demonstrable principle of success.

=Dowson, Ernest.= Poems, with a memoir by Arthur Symons. *$1.50. Lane.

Reviewed by P. H. Frye.

=Bookm.= 23: 95. Mr. ’06. 280w.

=Doyle, (Arthur) Conan.= Green flag. *50c. Fenno.

A new popular edition of stories of war and sport which include
besides the title story: Captain Sharkey, which recounts certain
adventures in the career of a notorious pirate; The crime of the
brigadier, in which the criminal himself tells of his strange fox
hunt; The Croxley master; The “Slapping Sal”; The lord of Châteaunoir;
The striped chest; A shadow before; The king of the foxes; The three
correspondents; The new catacomb; The début of Bimbashi Joyce; and A
foreign romance.

* * * * *

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 347. Mr. 17, ’06. 110w.

=Doyle, (Arthur) Conan.= Sir Nigel; il. by the Kinneys. †$1.50. McClure.

“Paladin deeds crowd one on another in this story. The plot is highly
colored, and concerns principally three deeds which Nigel swears to
perform before he will return from Brittany to claim the Lady Mary
Buttesthorn. Forced marches and the taking of robbers’ castles, and
joustings for love of fighting, and real battles for the king, all
befall on the way. How young Nigel captured ‘The Red Ferret’ and took
the castle of La Brohiniere, and finally at the battle of Poitiers
took prisoner King John II. of France, thus accomplishing his vows,
and how he was knighted by the ‘Black Prince’ and sent home to get
married is clearly and graphically told in this book.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

+ + =Acad.= 71: 590. D. 8, ’06. 160w.

“He has taken pains with his authorities, and the result is an
unqualified success.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 687. D. 1. 360w.

“As a narrative pure and simple, Sir Nigel deserves unstinted praise.”
Beverly Stark.

+ + =Bookm.= 24: 279. N. ’06. 610w.

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1498. D. 20, ’06. 140w.

“Excellent as the story is in general, it is not flawless—what story
is? The author is not immune from the besetting sin of the Celtic
temperament—exaggeration.”

+ + – =Lit. D.= 33: 555. O. 20, ’06. 270w.

“Nor does Sir Arthur ever quite fall between the two stools of
explanation and action. It is only that the constant jumping from one
to the other is not always deftly executed. But that is our only
criticism. The spirit of the fourteenth century is well interpreted.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 386. D. 16, ’06. 480w.

“As a picture of the times, the book is successful, though the story
does not seem so gripping as ‘The white company.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 631. O. 6, ’06. 320w.

“The novel is not only a spirited story, but a very carefully drawn
picture of the age of chivalry, bringing out both the heroism and the
brutality of that period and interpreting its spirit in its
activities, ideals, dress, and social organization.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 710. N. 24, ’06. 170w.

“He can give you, in short, everything in the time and of the time but
the time itself. That eludes him.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 713. D. 8, ’06. 470w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 938. D. 8, ’06. 180w.

=Dozier, Orion Theophilus.= Poems. $1.25. Neale.

The third edition of Mr. Dozier’s poems including “A galaxy of
southern heroes” and other poems of former publications.

=Dresser, Horatio Willis.= Health and the inner life: an analytical and historical study of spiritual healing theories; with an account of the life and teachings of P. P. Quimby. **$1.35. Putnam.

“Mr. Dresser’s book is primarily devoted to rehabilitating the memory
of Mr. P. P. Quimby whom the author declares to have been the founder
of the new movement in this country.”—Pub. Opin.

* * * * *

“Mr. Dresser’s last book has the great virtue of presenting abstract
truths concretely, in good literary style.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 479. My. ’06. 100w.

=Pub. Opin.= 40: 315. Mr. 10, ’06. 160w.

=Driscoll, Clara.= In the shadow of the Alamo. †$1.50. Putnam.

“Local color rather than plot is the most conspicuous element in these
half-dozen sketches of the San Antonio valley. The spirit of the grim
old Alamo pervades all of them and in one of them, Miss Driscoll tells
once more the tale of soul-stirring bravery forever associated with
its walls.”—Critic.

* * * * *

“Pathos and passion are both to be found in the stories, but it is the
atmosphere which is most delightful.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 286. S. ’06. 80w.

“They stray from probability and lack skill in the telling.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 375. Je. 9, ’06. 130w.

“A lack of literary finish and artistic proportion makes the reading
somewhat tedious.”

– =Outlook.= 83: 481. Je. 23, ’06. 70w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 60w.

=Dubois, Rev. Leo. L.= St. Francis of Assisi, social reformer. *$1. Benziger.

A purely sociological study of St. Francis in which “an effort is made
to describe the steps by which he became a reformer, the work
accomplished by him, the processes of his mind and the traits of his
character as far as these affected his reform work, the racial ideas
and principles on which his reform work was grounded.”

* * * * *

“In many ways it does not compare favorably with the well-known
biography of Sabatier, to which the author gives high praise.”

+ – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 175. Jl. ’06. 60w.

+ + =Cath. World.= 83: 258. Ap. ’06. 430w.

=Dubois, Paul.= Influence of the mind on the body; tr. from the 5th Fr. ed. by L. B. Gallatin. **50c. Funk.

The education of the reason to control physical health is the watch
word of Dr. Dubois’ little volume. In his discussion of the reciprocal
influence which the spirit and body, the moral and the physical, exert
upon each other, he believes that religion can be efficacious only
when it creates a living philosophy in him who practices it, that such
a philosophy has power to order harmony.

=Dubois, Dr. Paul.= Psychic treatment of nervous disorders; tr. from the French by Smith Ely Jelliffe, and William A. White. *$3. Funk.

“He does not make any exaggerated claims.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 574. Mr. 8, ’06. 230w.

=Du Bose, William Porcher.= Gospel in the gospels. **$1.50. Longmans.

“‘The gospel in the gospels’ is their revelation of God in humanity
and of humanity in God. Christianity is described ‘in its largest
sense to be the fulfillment of God in the world through the
fulfillment of the world in God.’ In these three stages are marked—(1)
the gospel of the earthly life of Jesus, the common humanity; (2) the
gospel of the resurrection, expressive of the new power communicated
by Jesus as the conqueror and destroyer of sin and death; (3) the
gospel of the incarnation, presenting the works wrought by Jesus as no
mere act of an exceptional humanity, but a work of God, fulfilling and
completing himself in humanity. These three stages constitute the main
divisions of the work.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The former publications of Professor W. P. Du Bose ... have raised
high expectations, which are justified in this his latest work.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 569. Mr. 10, ’06. 410w.

“The strong point of Mr. Du Bose’s book is, to the mind of the present
writer, that it offers a logical position to metaphysically-minded
persons who are already emotionally and spiritually convinced.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 204. Ag. 11, ’06. 1420w.

=Du Cane, Col. Herbert=, tr. War in South Africa. **$4. Dutton.

An authorized translation of the German official account of the war in
South Africa. Following a four part narrative of the war’s events is a
“Tactical retrospect” of the conflict “in which are considered the
skill of the Boers in the employment of their weapons, the defects of
their methods of fighting, ‘innocuous’ bombardments, misapplied
manoeuvres, the ‘essence’ of war, the difficulties confronting the
offensive, the essential need for mental development.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Colonel DuCane’s translation of the German history has its place
marked in the library of all soldiers who study their profession in a
serious manner.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 19. Ja. 19, ’06. 1750w. (Review of v. 2.)

“While the book is written primarily for military purposes, it serves
admirably as a history of the war for more general reading.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 82. Jl. 26, ’06. 1090w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 108. F. 7, ’06. 250w.

“A book of considerable value to students of military matters, whether
for tactical or historical purposes.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 484. Ag. 4, ’06. 880w.

“The text is clear, sober, and balanced throughout.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 818. Ag. 4, ’06. 60w.

“Admirable translation.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 461. Mr. 24, ’06. 2140w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Duclaux, Mary (Mary Darmesteter) (Agnes Mary Frances Robinson).= Fields of France: little essays in descriptive sociology. $6. Lippincott.

“Those who have wandered much in France will enjoy this book, and
those who have not may by it conceive a desire to do so.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 382. Ap. ’06. 260w.

+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1016. Je. 30, ’06. 140w.

=Dudden, F. Holmes.= Gregory the Great: his place in history and thought. 2v. *$10. Longmans.

A biography which portrays “distinctly the Gregory of his own time.”
(Lond. Times.) The sketch follows a three-fold division: (1) a
detailed history of the life of Pope Gregory the Great; (2) a
systematic exposition of Gregory’s theological opinions; (3) an
account of the political, social and religious characterization of the
Gregorian age. “Mr. Dudden has fairly faced his difficult task, and
his industry has been equal to his courage. The book rests upon a
thorough analysis of the original sources to which, by the way, an
admirable index serves as guide, whether one use the narrative or not.
On the other hand, modern authorities, unfortunately, have been almost
entirely ignored.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“His book is a solid piece of genuine historical work which bears
witness to conscientious and laborious research. So thorough is his
method that he scarcely leaves room for a future writer to add
anything to what will be henceforth the standard work on the subject.”

+ + + =Acad.= 70: 137. F. 10, ’06. 950w.

“It rests everywhere sanely and safely on a personal study of the
sources, guided and corrected by a wide knowledge of the researches of
modern scholars.” George L. Burr.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 635. Ap. ’06. 1100w.

“Mr. Dudden must be congratulated upon the ample and well-devised
scheme of his work. He cannot be congratulated upon his omission of
all reference to the work of other scholars. In the more general field
of thought and theology of the age Mr. Dudden fails, if at all, in
completeness. He does not take a wide enough sweep. Gregory’s mental
peculiarities are treated too much as isolated phenomena. It seems
ungracious to dwell so much upon what is absent from so laborious,
honest and interesting a book. Had Mr. Dudden allowed himself more
time and more liberty of judgment it would have been fully
successful.” E. H. Watson.

+ – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 760. O. ’06. 1560w.

“Adequate knowledge of the things Gregory said and did, and the sound
sense to estimate their value; also an intimate acquaintance with the
men and policies of the pope’s period, and sane historical judgment to
test them, are conspicuous characteristics of Mr. Dudden’s work: and
if the biographer has given us many pages—more than are necessary to
satisfy our bare necessities—we may well forget to grumble, and may
say our grace with thankfulness.” John Herkless.

+ + – =Hibbert J.= 4: 924. Jl. ’06. 2350w.

“The style is clear and without affectation.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 29. Ja. 26, ’06. 1920w.

“Mr. Dudden has succeeded in bringing out in clear relief the truly
constructive aspects of his work, and in leaving on the reader’s mind
an adequate impression of one of the greatest of Christian prelates.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 497. Je. 14, ’06. 1040w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 753. N. 4, ’05. 240w.

“For so thorough and informing a piece of historical labor it is
wonderfully entertaining.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 655. O. 6, ’06. 2330w.

“An abler apologist than Mr. Dudden it would be impossible to find;
because his defense is indirect and implicit, it is all the more
convincing.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 846. D. 30, ’05. 1670w.

“By reason of its literary merit, its vitalising power over the past,
its successful relation of ancient springs of action to living and
universal movements, and its strictly scientific use of difficult and
often obscure material, will remain the standard work on the spiritual
significance of the sixth century in the West.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 753. My. 12, ’06. 2110w.

=Dudeney, Mrs. Henry E.= Battle of the weak: or, Gossips Green; il. by Paul Hardy. †$1.50. Dillingham.

A story of love of nearly a hundred years ago is set in a scene
furnished by a little town of southern England near the sea. “Quaker
Jay was always a Southerner, passionate and voluble, delighting in
colour, music, and sunshine. Lucy Vernon, in love with love and with
Quaker, and as much a child of the summer and sunshine as he, was
married by arrangement to a husband whose gods were decency,
self-restraint, and domestic order.” (Lond. Times.) From this romantic
chaos unanticipated order finally emerges.

* * * * *

“Lovers of ‘Susan’ will turn eagerly to ‘Gossips Green’, and they will
not be disappointed.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 180w.

“Its author, in true modern fashion, is concerned less with the theme
of the story ... than with the manner of telling it; and this manner,
is in the main, admirable—sympathetic, humorous, artistic, yet
conveying withal a slight suggestion of insincerity.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 362. S. 29. 230w.

“There are many poignant pages in Mrs. Dudeney’s new book, and for
their sake she may be pardoned the palpable effort she had to make at
last to secure a happy ending.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 24: 389. D. ’06. 280w.

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 322. S. 21, ’06. 370w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 833. D. 1, ’06. 490w.

– =Outlook.= 84: 529. O. 27, ’06. 100w.

“The story ... is not always pleasant reading, and it is extremely
difficult to believe in the reality of Quaker Jay, the foundling.”

– =Spec.= 97: 579. O. 20, ’06. 180w.

=Dudley, John William Ward, 1st earl of.= Letters to “Ivy” from the first Earl of Dudley; ed. with introd. and notes, by S. H. Romilly. *$5. Longmans.

“All who are interested in the politics of the period between Pitt’s
death in 1806 and the great Reform bill of 1832 will be delighted with
these letters of Lord Dudley to Mrs. Dugald Stewart.” (Sat. R.)
“Speaking broadly, one-third of the papers may be called unimportant,
since they are but hasty notes illustrating merely the writer’s filial
affection for Mrs. Stewart. The other two-thirds consist of moderately
long epistles—epistles, at any rate, which are long enough to disclose
the nature of Ward’s tastes and mind.... The correspondence here
published runs parallel during the greater part of its course with the
‘Creevy papers,’ and covers some of the ground traversed by the first
volume of Grenville.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The book is efficiently edited ... the one objection that we have to
make against it is its title.”

+ + =Acad.= 69: 1071. O. 14, ’05. 1150w.

“Mr. Romilly’s chapter-prefaces are, in general, excellent, but his
notes are too exclusively political.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 573. O. 28. 2090w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 100. Jl. 12, ’06. 520w.

“In these letters he is seen at his best. They are a rich feast for
all who enjoy the lighter phases of politics, literature, society and
travel.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 440. D. 15, ’05. 2850w.

“The interest attaching to these letters is much greater than that
belonging to the average volume of eighteenth-century correspondence,
and, quite apart from their service in recalling the memory of an
extraordinary man, they bring us much nearer to Dudley himself than do
any of his other writings.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 101. F. 1, ’06. 1650w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 641. S. 30, ’05. 280w.

“As a lively contemporary view of the men and events of that critical
period they possess something of the attraction which belongs to those
of Horace Walpole himself for a period slightly earlier.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 25. Ja. 13, ’06. 1070w.

“Next to their keenness and geniality, their predominant note is
extreme sanity. Written in an easy and affectionate style, and full of
shrewd judgments on politics and society. We cannot praise too highly
the editorial work of Mr. S. H. Romilly.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 100: 593. N. 4, ’05. 1650w.

“Not only are they excellent in themselves, but they reveal a strange
and curiously attractive figure, somewhat of a mystery to his
generation, and almost forgotten nowadays save by diligent students of
memoirs.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 611. O. 21, ’05. 1750w.

=Dudley, M. E.= Tangled threads: a tale of Mormonism. 50c. Badger, R: G.

An anti-mormon poem which in nine cantos of rhymed couplets tells the
direful story of the handsome Mormon Rolland, of the wives he married,
and of his death which finally set them free.

=Duignan, W. H.= Worcestershire place names. *$2.40. Oxford.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 466. Ja. ’06. 30w.

=Duke, Basil W.= Morgan’s cavalry. $2. Neale.

Gen. Duke “who has fought under John Morgan gives some accounts of
various raids in which he took part. His point of view is that of a
Kentucky man who went South; and what is of most interest in the
volume is the description of the straits to which the Kentucky
secession regiments were driven in the last period of the war,
especially after the secession of Lee and Johnston.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It is really a long time since there has come into this office a
Civil-war book affording such unmixed satisfaction.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 123. Jl. 28, ’06. 140w.

=Nation.= 83: 78. Jl. 26, ’06. 70w.

“It contains, moreover, a vast deal of interesting and picturesque
matter—in spite of the fact that Gen. Duke is not always cunning at
narrative—and throws as much light on the actual state of affairs in
the Western army, especially as to the weaknesses of that army, as any
contribution to the subject that we now recall.”

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 465. Jl. 21, ’06. 740w.

“His is a well-written narrative, direct, simple, aglow with human
interest, rich in anecdote, and free from animosity against those who
brought his leader’s and his own efforts to naught. As a military
history it is somewhat open to criticism, but corrective readings can
easily be obtained, and it is undoubtedly deserving of a wide
audience.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 482. Je. 23, ’06. 240w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 253. N. ’06. 50w.

=Dumas, Alexandre.= Count of Monte Cristo; complete rev. tr. with biographical sketch by Adolphe Cohn. 2v. $2.50. Crowell.

Compactness and utility are foremost among the characteristics that
recommend the thin paper two volume sets. This “Monte Cristo” with its
two thousand pages will occupy no more than two inches of shelf space.
A biographical sketch of Dumas and an introduction make the book
desirable from a student’s viewpoint.

=Dunbar, Agnes B. C.= Dictionary of saintly women. 2v. ea. *$4. Macmillan.

“We have found the references, as far as we have been able to verify
them, exact and correct. No Catholic library ought to be without this
useful work.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 82: 118. Ap. ’06. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Dunbar, Paul Laurence.= Howdy, honey, howdy. **$1.50. Dodd.

“Tho they are songs without notes, they have a lilt by which they sing
themselves for the reader. Mr. Dunbar’s poems are much the better of
the two, but some of the photographs reproduced in ‘Banjo talks’ have
the greater artistic merit.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 284. F. 1, ’06. 250w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 40w.

=Dunbar, Paul Laurence.= Lyrics of sunshine and shadow. **$1. Dodd.

“Every poem in this little collection counts.”

+ =Reader.= 7: 453. Mr. ’06. 250w.

=Duncan, Norman.= Adventures of Billy Topsail. †$1.50. Revell.

The second edition of a book that can delight the heart of a real boy.
The author says “All Newfoundland boys have adventures; but not all
Newfoundland boys survive them.” Billy Topsail is among the lucky
survivors of prank and adventure. He captures a huge devil fish, goes
whaling, is lost on a cliff, runs away to join a sealer, and is
equally ready in calm or gale, high tide or low to beat any
companion’s emergency record. A wholesome book with the right spirit
for boys.

* * * * *

“A rare style marks the book.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 484. D. 6, ’06. 140w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 683. O. 20, ’06. 130w.

=Outlook.= 84: 386. O. 13, ’06. 110w.

“‘The adventures of Billy Topsail’ ... are not in themselves of
absorbing interest, and Mr. Duncan’s style is rather spasmodic and
impressionistic, but they have the virtue of being out of the
ordinary.”

+ – =R. of Rs.= 34: 767. D. ’06. 50w.

=Duncan, Norman.= Mother. †$1.25. Revell.

=Outlook.= 81: 683. N. 18, ’05. 60w.

+ =Reader.= 6: 719. N. ’05. 120w.

=Duncan, Robert Kennedy.= New knowledge: a popular account of the new physics and the new chemistry in their relation to the new theory of matter. **$2. Barnes.

“Is a book on science for the layman that will rank among the best of
its kind.”

+ + =Bookm.= 22: 535. Ja. ’06. 170w.

=Dunham, Curtis.= Golden goblin; or, The Flying Dutchman, junior: a pleasant fantasy for children based on the most fascinating of all undying legends; told in prose and verse; pictures by George F. Kerr. †$1.25. Bobbs.

A fantastic tale of the experiences of two little shipwrecked Dutch
children who were picked up by the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman.
Even the most imaginative child will have to exert himself to keep
pace with the swift panorama of sea adventures.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 60w.

=Duniway, Clyde Augustus.= Development of the freedom of the press in Massachusetts. *$1.50. Longmans.

A monograph which won the Toppan prize of Harvard University in 1897.
“After the preliminary chapter on the control of the press in England,
the author transfers his investigations to Massachusetts, and traces
in chronological order the events which marked the decline of
authority over the press in the New World.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“A valuable addition to the ‘Harvard historical studies’ series in
which it is published.” Andrew McFarland Davis.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 145. O. ’06. 1220w.

Reviewed by Ellis P. Oberholtzer.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 345. S. ’06. 700w.

“Hereafter anyone who wishes to know anything on this subject will
refer to this monograph.” Theodore Clarke Smith.

+ + =Atlan.= 98: 704. N. ’06. 160w.

“Abundant footnotes, with references and appendices, attest the
scholarly investigation, the authoritativeness, and the excellence of
this study of the early press in Massachusetts.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 168. S. 16, ’06. 270w.

“A real contribution to the study of the evolution of liberty in
America.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 20w.

“The development of a free press in the United States has never before
been traced so adequately or so authoritatively.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1232. N. 22, ’06. 670w.

“He comes nearer than any other writer to being the historian of the
free press in the Anglo-Saxon world.”

+ + + =Nation.= 83: 248. S. 20, ’06. 1020w.

“Is in all respects scholarly, authoritative, and interesting.”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 255. N. ’06. 270w.

“Mr. Duniway’s narrative is ... excellent.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 24. Jl. 7, ’06. 190w.

“In Professor Duniway’s excellent monograph a subject requiring
exhaustive research is developed with thoroughness, with logical and
historic continuity, and flanked by a large array of authorities,
personal and documentary.” C. Deming.

+ + =Yale R.= 15: 328. N. ’06. 630w.

=Dunn, Martha Baker.= Cicero in Maine, and other essays. **$1.25. Houghton.

“Rather too self-consciously light and airy in tone.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 70w.

=Dunne, Finley Peter (Martin Dooley).= Dissertations by Mr. Dooley. †$1.50. Harper.

Mr. Dooley’s observations here recorded deal with such thoroly modern
topics as short marriage contracts, automobiles, the Irish question,
oats as food, the Carnegie-Homer controversy, gambling, oratory and
the comforts of travel. He is at his best and Hennesy as ever a
willing foil.

* * * * *

“His present series of dissertations deserves a place with its
forerunners.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 70w.

“He shows no diminution in wisdom or the power to express himself, and
his dissertations are all up to date.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 777. N. 24, ’06. 170w.

“Shrewd and whimsically humorous as ever in many of his recent remarks
on questions and sensations of the day, in others Mr. Dooley seems
rather heavy-handed, and the old-time Archery road machinery creaks a
little here and there.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 110w.

=Dunning, Harry Westbrook.= To-day on the Nile. *$2.50. Pott.

This book was “written primarily for the benefit of prospective
tourists.... The Boston Transcript concisely sums it up, in saying:
‘The volume is at once a history and description of the country, and a
guide-book, valuable and interesting in each of these respects.’...
When the traveler starts he would be well advised to drop a copy of
Dr. Dunning’s book into his steamer-trunk.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“Contains not a little substantial information, and affords a graphic
view of modern Egypt.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 331. Mr. 3, ’06. 190w.

“Popular but scholarly chapters on Egyptian history and mythology.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 33. Ja. 18, ’06. 270w.

=Dunning, William Archibald.= History of political theories from Luther to Montesquieu. **$2.50. Macmillan.

“The history of political theories has exceptional interest, and the
recent English literature devoted to it, already comprising a
considerable number of volumes, includes no work more noteworthy than
that of Professor Dunning.” Alfred H. Lloyd.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 368. Ja. ’06. 1660w.

“If I were to venture to name the distinguishing excellence of this
volume, I should say that it is the fine sense of proportion that
guides the author in the distribution and arrangement of his ponderous
material.” I. A. Loos.

+ + + =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 575. Ja. ’06. 740w.

“For one who desires a general survey of the ideas of political
writers of the period, the book will fill a long-felt want, but there
is a decided lack of critical analysis, which, to the student of
political institutions, leaves much to be desired.” Ward W. Pierson.

+ – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 428. Mr. ’06. 860w.

“For a bird’s-eye view of the subject it could scarcely be surpassed.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 297. Mr. 10. 130w.

+ + – =Ind.= 60: 339. F. 8, ’06. 830w.

“Professor Dunning’s volume covers ground which has often been before
traversed, and sometimes with much greater attention to detail, and,
it must be admitted, with greater learning.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 258. Jl. 20, ’06. 900w.

“This second volume on the ‘History of political theory,’ like the
first by the same author, is a credit to American scholarship.” Isaac
Althaus Loos.

+ + =Yale R.= 15: 319. N. ’06. 1130w.

=Dunton, Theodore Watts-.= Coming of love, Rhona Boswell’s story and other poems. *$2. Lane.

The seventh and enlarged edition of Mr. Watts-Dunton’s “Coming of
love” includes in addition to the poems of previous editions those
that had been “lent to friends in manuscript and mislaid” among them,
“Haymaking song,” and “The haunted girl.”

* * * * *

“The freshness of this poem is amazing, almost as amazing as its
audacity and simplicity. This poem is a triumph of artistry.” J. S.

+ + =Acad.= 70: 225. Mr. 10, ’06. 1720w.

“It is in structure, as well as imaginative quality, one of the most
original poems written during the past century.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 256. Mr. 3. 2270w.

“As interesting as the story itself, is the prefatory explanation by
the author as to the growth and final evolution of ‘The coming of
love’ as it now stands.” Edith M. Thomas.

+ =Critic.= 49: 218. S. ’06. 480w.

+ – =Nation.= 82: 326. Ap. 19, ’06. 310w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 206. Ap. 7, ’06. 1660w.

=Durham, M. Edith.= Burden of the Balkans. $4. Longmans.

+ =Spec.= 96: 227. F. 10, ’06. 60w.

=Durstan, Mrs. Georgia Roberts.= Candle light; il. by Katharine H. Greenland. $1.25. Saalfield.

The imaginative child and his dreams, the active child and his busy
work and play are portrayed in rhyme and color for little people.

* * * * *

“A series of child verse with agreeable qualities.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1411. D. 13, ’06. 30w.

+ – =R. of Rs.= 34: 765. D. ’06. 120w.

=Dyer, G. W.= Democracy in the South before the Civil war. $1. Pub. house of the M. E. ch. So.

“A strong protest against the theory usually advocated by our
historians, that affairs in the South in ante-bellum times were
largely controlled by an oligarchy of slave-holders, who kept down the
average white man, who made labor disdained, who kept the South
agricultural, while the great mass of the people were idle,
illiterate, and lazy.”—Am. J. Soc.

* * * * *

“While its substance is of very uneven value, the style and thought
are vigorous, and the book deserves attention as a product of its
time.” Ulrich B. Phillips.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 715. Ap. ’06. 450w.

“The syllabus suggests a most interesting line of work, which, if
carried out without prejudice or passion, of which unfortunately there
are traces, ought to yield results of great value to the student of
American social and economic history.” J. W. Shepardson.

+ – =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 699. Mr. ’06. 180w.

“Some of his statements are, to say the least, open to question, and
more of his conclusions. Nevertheless, its general thesis is sound.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 89. My. 12, ’06. 90w.

=Dyer, Henry.= Dai Nippon: a study in national evolution. *$3.50. Scribner.

“The book is interesting, modern, and very thoughtful; having the
outlook of a man of scientific training, who is yet conscious of the
deeper currents of individual and racial life.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 338. S. ’06. 380w.

=Dyer, Thomas Finninger Thiselton-.= Folklore of women, as illustrated by legendary and traditionary tales, folk-rhymes, proverbial sayings, superstitions, etc. **$1.50. McClurg.

An anthology, concise and classified, of the proverbial sayings,
folk-rhymes, superstitions, and traditionary lore associated with
women.

* * * * *

“He displays as usual a great industry and a minute knowledge. But his
work would be more illuminating if he had chosen fewer facts, and
written of each one with more suggestion and fancy.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 494. O. 20, ’06. 140w.

E

=Eastman, Henry Parker.= Negro, his origin, history and destiny. $2. Roxburgh pub.

“The intention of the author in writing this book has been to reveal
and demonstrate beyond all question the origin of the negro; to trace
his history from the beginning to the present, and to state what he
believes to be the true solution of the race problem.” The work
contains a reply to “The negro, a beast.”

=Easton, H. T.= Money, exchange, and banking, in their practical, theoretical, and legal aspects. $1.75. Pitman.

A complete manual for bank officials, business men and students of
commerce. “The nature and use of money, the mechanism of exchange, and
the development of banking in various parts of the world—but with
special reference to England and the money market—are fully explained.
But, in addition, the organization of a bank, the duties of its
various officials, and the manner in which the books of a bank are
kept and the balance sheet prepared are dealt with.” The legal side of
banking and the most important points in connection with bills of
exchange, cheques, and the relationship between banker and customer
are carefully considered.

* * * * *

“Mr. Easton’s book appeals neither to the theorist nor to the
accomplished banker, but to the average student of such matters, and
it will serve his purpose well.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 130w.

=Easton, M. G.= House by the bridge. †$1.50. Lane.

Transplanted from sunshiny regiment life in India to a gloomy English
home steeped in a skilfully guarded mystery, the sensitive heroine of
this tale grows wise among people who “appear either to have mated
with the wrong person or suffered troubles of the heart.” The tragic
element of the story is fully offset by a romantic interest that grows
up about Joan and guides her interests into pleasanter ways.

* * * * *

“The book shows great promise of better things to come. Like many
modern novels it has far too much plot.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 310. Mr. 31, ’06. 280w.

“The ’prentice hand betrays itself in an exuberance of incident and
coincidence which gives a sense of overcrowding. The plot is, however,
well constructed, and the mystery successfully sustained.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 446. Ap. 14. 140w.

“Here is a story done all in gray and brown and black, with scarcely a
gleam of sunshine.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

– =Bookm.= 23: 541. Jl. ’06. 310w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 296. My. 5, ’06. 270w.

=Eckel, Edwin C.= Cements, limes and plasters: their materials, manufacture, and properties. *$6. Wiley.

“It is probably one of the most complete treatises which has been
published up to the present day on this subject.”

+ + + =Nature.= 73: 457. Mr. 15, ’06. 470w.

=Edgar, Madalen G.= Stories from Scottish history. 60c. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Children’s favorite classics.” A bright series of
narratives based on Scott’s “Tales of a grandfather,” running
continuously from the struggle for freedom under Wallace and Bruce to
the union of the crowns.

* * * * *

“It is well, however, for the reader to bear in mind the fact that Sir
Walter Scott was a Tory and his historical tales are sometimes
strongly tinged with the deep reactionary prejudices he entertained.”

+ – =Arena.= 36: 572. N. ’06. 180w.

=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 30w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 80w.

=Edghill, E. A.= Inquiry into the evidential value of prophecy: being the Hulsean prize essay for 1904; with preface by Rt. Rev. H. E. Ryle. $2. Macmillan.

“An accomplished scholar, at present a young Anglican curate, presents
in this volume both the maximum and the minimum estimate of the
validity of the prophecies relating to the Messiah of the Hebrew hope,
which conservatively applied criticism may be well considered to
justify.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 299. S. 15. 660w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 579. Jl. 7, ’06. 160w.

“His book is not only a conscientious and well-reasoned presentation
of his own point of view; it will also assure his readers, whatever
their own prepossessions, of the adherence of the best instructed
among the younger clergy to the ancient lines of the faith.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 551. N. 3, ’06. 1060w.

=Edwards, A. Harbage.= Kakemono: Japanese sketches. *$1.75. McClurg.

Reverently and simply the author sets before us these dainty sketches
of Japan and her people, her faith, her art, her gods, and the heart
of her. They are dedicated “To my teachers, the people of Japan,” and
they breathe the spirit of the cherry blossoms and whisper to our
modern commercialism of a something we have lost, or never gained.
“‘What is the soul of Japan?’ asked the poet. ‘It is the mountain
cherry-tree in the morning sun.’ But a soul so simple, the civilized
nations, of course, disdain.”

* * * * *

“Written with reverence and without adulation.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 510. My. 26, ’06. 430w.

“Pleasantly written sketches. These pictures are drawn with restraint
of colour and line and display no little insight into Japanese life.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 513. Ap. 28. 430w.

“His is a book of tender meditations, of sympathetic insight. He has
made a mosaic out of his many brief chapters which glistens with
beauty and has a peculiar charm.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1113. N. 8, ’06. 340w.

“While he sees temple and landscape with something of a painter’s
vision, his style is too self-conscious and aesthetic to be a source
of pleasure.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 150w.

=Edwards, Tryon.= Our country; historic and picturesque. $4. Perrien-Keydel co., Detroit, Mich.

A complete story of our country’s development and progress from the
first discovery by the Northmen to the present time, embellished by
many hundreds of engravings illustrative of war and historic incidents
and the grandeur of American scenery.

=Egan, Maurice Francis.= Ghost in Hamlet, and other essays in comparative literature. **$1. McClurg.

There are ten essays in this volume. The ghost in Hamlet, Some phases
of Shakespearian Interpretation, Some pedagogical uses of Shakespeare,
Lyrism in Shakespeare’s comedies, The puzzle of Hamlet, The greatest
of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, Imitators of Shakespeare, The
comparative method in literature, A definition of literature, and The
ebb and flow of romance.

* * * * *

“He has a felicitous knack of presenting in an original manner,
established judgments of first-class criticism. And he has the gift of
the born teacher, which is to know how to present his ideas luminously
to his readers and his audience. This excellent little volume is
replete with suggestion and information for those who, without some
commentator, are not always equipped to extract a full share of profit
and pleasure from the mines of literature.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 103. O. ’06. 1140w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 569. Je. ’06. 190w.

“Is a book of real vitality. Dr. Egan’s style ... is not quite worthy
of his theme.”

+ – =Dial.= 40: 298. My. 1, ’06. 630w.

“If the book is not strongly original, it is interesting, and not
without its importance to current literary discussion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 269. Ap. 28, ’06. 970w.

“He is never dull or commonplace. With his criticism as a whole most
readers will be in sympathy, because it is founded on common sense,
largely free from vagaries, and based on knowledge of life rather than
on theories of life.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 142. My. 19, ’06. 410w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Blind alleys. $1.50. Lothrop.

The characters who find themselves groping in the “blind alleys” of
modern New York life as they strive honestly to be helpful to those
less fortunate are a young newspaper man who has become separated from
the wife he loves, a young doctor who received funds for his education
from some mysterious source and knows not his own parentage, a
fabulously wealthy spinster and the girl who passes as her ward, and
others who are hedged about by circumstances more or less unusual. The
story of their various complications and how they are finally
straightened out is given in great detail.

* * * * *

“No doubt the book will appeal to those who are interested in
settlement work and in civic philanthropy in general.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 513. O. 13, ’06. 270w.

“The characters of the story are lifelike and typical.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 90w.

“Mr. Eggleston’s story has not the smallest relation to life. Two
merits, however, it has: It is readable, and many of the opinions
expressed in the conversations ... are striking and suggestive.”

– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 656. O. 6, ’06. 690w.

“It tells a good story with a wholesome love interest, and it is full
of situations and incidents that suggest and stimulate thought.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 80w.

=Outlook.= 84: 792. N. 24, ’06. 50w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Life in the eighteenth century. **$1.20. Barnes.

“In this companion volume to ‘Our first century,’ Mr. Eggleston
carries his story through the eighteenth century. The plan pursued is
essentially the same as in the first book, the author seeking to give
his narrative as human a meaning as possible, and merely touching upon
the events which are treated at length in the conventional school
history.”—Pub. Opin.

* * * * *

“The author has dealt too largely in generalities, included too much
vain repetition of the matter contained in the very volumes to which
this one should be auxiliary, and omitted too many of the picturesque
minor details which more than anything else reveal what the life of
any past epoch really was.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 86. F. 10, ’06. 430w.

“The new road, which Mr. Eggleston seeks to break, is interesting, and
there can be no doubt that as a preparation for more serious work
‘Life in the eighteenth century’ is of value.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 316. Mr. 10, ’06. 90w.

=Eichendorff, Joseph Karl Benedikt, freiherr von.= Happy-go-lucky; or leaves from the life of a good for nothing; tr. from the German by Mrs. A. L. Wister; il. in color. $2. Lippincott.

A merry youth with the “Wanderlust” upon him follows woodland trails,
scales mountains, dreams of his Lady fair and plays his beloved
fiddle. The sketch is of his tramps and chance acquaintances.

* * * * *

“Many readers will enjoy these ‘leaves from the life of a
good-for-nothing’ in their new garb.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 461. D. 16, ’06. 110w.

“Mrs. A. L. Wister has made an excellent translation of this charming
German story of irresponsibility and genius.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 90w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 100w.

=Elbé, Louis.= Future life in the light of ancient wisdom and modern science. **$1.20. McClurg.

This is a translation of a book which has been creating wide comment
thruout France under the title “La vie future.” With great care and
exactness M. Elbé has arranged a plain statement of the discoveries,
theories, and ideas of the greatest investigators, together with his
own views and comments, and a mass of authentic information regarding
the beliefs of the primitive races. The two parts into which the
treatment is divided are Ideas of the survival as considered by the
primitive races, and Deductions drawn from the fundamental sciences.

* * * * *

“A noteworthy book.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 809. Ap. 7, ’06. 220w.

“A work of scientific importance and of reverent philosophical
treatment.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 32: 765. Je. ’06. 70w.

Elements of practical pedagogy, by the brothers of the Christian schools. La Salle bureau of supplies, N. Y.

This volume “treats as fully as may be done in a small book, every
side of elementary education—the principles of which regulate the
physical, the mental, and the moral development of the young; the
school and its organization; the equipment, the duties, and the
methods of the teacher; the special methods proper to the teaching of
the various branches. The treatment of each topic is systematic,
minute, and, above all, practical.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

+ =Cath. World.= 82: 117. Ap. ’06. 640w.

“All students of pedagogy will welcome the appearance of this little
volume.” Thomas Edward Shields.

+ =School R.= 14: 541. S. ’06. 720w.

=Eliot, Charles William.= Great riches. **75c. Crowell.

President Eliot’s judicial mind with its eminent fairness is in
evidence thruout this well organized discussion. He emphasizes the
obligations as well as the powers and privileges of moneyed people,
and believes that the only safeguard for the rich man against
suspicion and adverse judgments is publicity for his methods and
results.

* * * * *

“We sincerely thank Dr. Eliot for his brilliant essay, and shall be
greatly pleased to meet him again, carrying on his earnest endeavor to
maintain the standard of plain living and high thinking.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 615. N. 17. 880w.

=Eliot, Charles William.= Happy life. 75c. Crowell.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 126. Ja. ’06. 70w.

=Eliot, George, pseud. (Mrs. Mary Ann Evans (Lewes) Cross).= Romola; historically il. and ed., with introd. and notes, by Guido Biagi. 2v. *$3. McClurg.

The edition is made valuable by the hundred and sixty illustrations
which make a historical background for the story. They have been
carefully selected by Dr. Biagi, librarian of the Laurentian library
at Florence, who also contributes an introduction on “The making of
the romance.” He has found it interesting “to attempt an
investigation, new, curious and engrossing, of the historical
foundation upon which is based this work of art and fiction, to try to
discover the hidden scaffolding which supports it, and see what
materials have been employed in its making.”

* * * * *

+ + =Dial.= 41: 456. D. 16, ’06. 220w.

=Eliot, George.= Silas Marner. $2. Dutton.