Chapter XV: Preface (15)

“If placed in the hands of an intelligent person who, by some
anomalous circumstance, had never heard of George Washington, the book
would still—ay perhaps more—appeal to the heart and mind as a splendid
biography of a splendid family.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 740w.

“The story is well arranged, the persons concerned are sufficiently
lifelike and the general effect ... is dignified, and wholesome.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 681. N. 17, ’06. 120w.

“It is a mistake to weary the reader with details of domestic events,
marriages, births, and so on, which have nothing to do with the
story.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 647. N. 24, ’06. 190w.

“Mrs. Fraser has made her book hang together rather more closely than
is the case with most historical novels.”

+ – =Spec.= 97: 442. S. 29, ’06. 490w.

=Fraser, William Alexander.= Thirteen men. †$1.50. Appleton.

Thirteen stories of life in Canada and the East Indies. One of the men
happens to be a fighting ram, one a king cobra, another a coon, and
still another a collie dog, but they claim the reader’s interest no
less than the “squaw-man,” the college-bred man and the Scotch
lumberman.

* * * * *

“One ought not to quarrel with Mr. Fraser’s stories for what they are
not when they are so much that is clever and interesting. For they are
about things that grip the heart, and they march along with a brave,
gay manner that is like a whiff of sea wind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 676. O. 13, ’06. 320w.

“In these stories the matter as well as the manner shows the deadening
influence of facile imitation.”

– =Outlook.= 84: 534. O. 27, ’06. 70w.

=Frazer, James G.= Lectures on the early history of the kingship. *$2.75. Macmillan.

These lectures deal with the early history of kingship, and in
sketching a general theory of its evolution show that “it was as
sagacious magicians rather than valiant warriors that men first gained
kingship.” (Outlook.) The first part of the discussion is introductory
and illustrative of savage beliefs in general, the second part surveys
the field of savage chieftainship and the third part deals with the
classical evidence.

* * * * *

“The points here mentioned detract little from the charm of the work,
and those who turn to these lectures for a foretaste of the new
‘Golden bough’ will find, as of old, skilful exposition of the
argument, allied to elegance of diction and no little learning.”

+ + – =Acad.= 70: 6. Ja. 6, ’06. 1970w.

“He has made a notable contribution to the literature of primitive
sociology.” George Elliott Howard.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 864. Jl. ’06. 1030w.

“It is the effect of a good book not only to teach, but also to
stimulate and suggest, and we think this the best and highest quality
and one that will recommend these lectures to all intelligent readers,
as well as to the learned.”

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 757. D. 2. 1520w.

“In his handling of the Mediterranean religions, whether he is
concerned with legend or with cult, his judgments lack authority and
the impress of special insight or adequate study.” Lewis R. Farnell.

+ + – =Hibbert J.= 4: 928. Jl. ’06. 2360w.

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 7. Ja. 5, ’06. 530w.

“Of Dr. Frazer’s charm of style and literary skill in arranging his
material it is needless to speak, and the points noted above detract
in no way from the interest of the book, which, indeed, might rest its
reputation on the classical material alone.” N. W. T.

+ + – =Nature.= 73: sup. 4. N. 30. ’05. 1490w.

“It would not be hazardous to say that Dr. Frazer has shown himself to
be the most learned of English scholars. Altogether here as elsewhere
in recent years, Dr. Frazer shows himself more ingenious than
convincing.” Joseph Jacobs.

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 10: 921. D. 30, ’05. 990w.

“Not often nowadays does one come upon so ingenious a piece of
original study as these lectures.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 1040. D. 23, ’05. 210w.

“Interesting and suggestive work.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 112. Ja. 27, ’06. 1140w.

=Freeman, Rev. James Edward.= Man and the Master. 75c. Whittaker.

The chapters on the life of the Master “simply deal with certain
phases or aspects of that life and seek to lay emphasis upon cardinal
characteristics” without attempting to set forth any chronological
order.

* * * * *

“While there is nothing in these pages which has not been said before,
there is nothing which does not need to be said again and again, and
it is all said briefly, warmly, impressively.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 92. S. 8, ’06. 60w.

=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor (Wilkins).= Debtor. †$1.50. Harper.

“It is the story itself, with its unlovely incidents too often and too
minutely related, that is disappointing.”

+ – =Acad.= 69: 1176. N. 11, ’05. 380w.

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 860. D. 23. 190w.

“No better book of the honest, old-fashioned kind has appeared this
year.”

+ + =Ind.= 59: 1340. D. 7, ’05. 660w.

“Not worth telling in its bare outlines, it is made into a masterpiece
of Mrs. Freeman’s method.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 217. F. 17, ’06. 430w.

“This is the most unconventional story that Mrs. Freeman has written
... the dénouement is at once artistically and ethically satisfying.”

+ + =Reader.= 7: 227. Ja. ’06. 430w.

“The book is full of little vignettes of village life charmingly
depicted, and the story is well put together.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 1129. D. 30, ’05. 280w.

=Freer, William Bowen.= Philippine experiences of an American teacher; a narrative of work and travel in the Philippine islands. **$1.50. Scribner.

“This is a narrative of three years of teaching and travel in the
Philippines.... It is particularly interesting for the light it throws
on many phases of life and character not noticed to any extent in
other books; and the testimony it furnishes of the real progress of
American educational work in the island is extremely gratifying....
The book is illustrated with reproductions of photographs of scenery
and life.” (Critic.) The author hopes that his book “will result in a
better appreciation of some desirable traits of Filipino character, in
a stronger conviction of the unwisdom of granting at this time, any
greater degree of self-government than the Filipinos already possess,
and in a fuller understanding of the work that is being done in the
public schools in the attempt to fit the people for the eventual
exercise of complete autonomy.”

* * * * *

“The book is especially valuable for the near views that it gives of
the everyday life of the islanders, their manners and customs, and
their personal characteristics.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 217. O. ’06. 80w.

“His story, told with a simplicity that recalls ‘Robinson Crusoe,’
conveys a more vivid and life like picture of life among the Filipinos
than is to be found in more pretentious volumes.”

– + =Cath. World.= 83: 837. S. ’06. 590w.

+ =Critic.= 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 110w.

“The best part of the book is that which describes the methods
employed by the teachers.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 71. Ag. 1, ’06. 410w.

“An easily read, unpretentious, but informative and interesting book.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 995. O. 25, ’06. 440w.

“His work is a valuable one. The book is especially valuable for its
pictures of the home life, the personal characteristics, the customs
of the plain people of the islands. It is a study from the ground up.”
George R. Bishop.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 484. Ag. 4, ’06. 2480w.

“Although his style has no distinction, and is sometimes marred by
carelessness, it is unaffected. The author has shown skill in
selecting the human, the concrete, the picturesque, to present to his
readers, and in giving at the same time the impression that he has
shown the typical.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 335. Je. 9, ’06. 220w.

“This narrative of his work and travel in the islands therefore sheds
more light on the special conditions which we were called on to face
there than all the works of dilettante political economists who have
sought to tell the needs of the islands and the short comings of
American rule.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 541. Ap. 28, ’06. 1140w.

+ =World To-Day.= 11: 763. Jl. ’06. 150w.

=French, Allen.= Pelham and his friend Tim. †$1.50. Little.

A stirring story for boys in which two chums have various exciting
adventures, the chief of which grows out of a mill strike. The tale
teaches wholesome lessons of comradeship and charity.

* * * * *

“Mr. French has infused vigor and action into his pages.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 484. D. 6, ’06. 130w.

“A good, wholesome book for boys, and one that will hold their
interest from the first page to the last.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 683. O. 20, ’06. 150w.

=French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French) (Anne Warner, pseud.).= Seeing France with Uncle John. †$1.50. Century.

France as seen with Uncle John is a veritable scenic railway, for the
lively and loquacious old gentleman drags his two nieces over the
entire map of that interesting country at a rate which makes not only
their sightseeing, but the conduct of their love affairs, of which he
disapproves, a difficult proposition. His running comment upon the
places and things visited is most amusing and forms a clever satire
upon the Uncle John type of American. There is much wit, and under the
wit wisdom, and the traveler may profitably read it not only for
entertainment but as an example of how not to see France.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 170w.

“Falls so far below what she has taught her readers to expect that
even her enemies, if she has any, must be sorry that she has published
it. The book provides merely a mild sort of entertainment.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 846. D. 8, ’06. 320w.

“It is quite impossible to read this little satire by Anne Warner
without laughter.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 676. N. 17, ’06. 180w.

=French, Anne Warner (Mrs. Charles Ellis French).= Susan Clegg and her neighbors’ affairs, †$1. Little.

Susan Clegg once more—nor has she forgotten the little matter of
occupying the gossip-stage’s center, and doing the principal bit of
talking herself. Mrs. Lathrop is as cheerful a listener as ever, and
readily susceptible to Susan’s versions of neighborhood happenings.

* * * * *

“We do not think, however, that the present volume is quite up to the
former short stories by this author, and from our point-of-view it is
very inferior to ‘The rejuvenation of Aunt Mary.’”

+ – =Arena.= 36: 334. S. ’06. 120w.

“Latent pathos, the soul of true humor, is entirely absent from the
book. The author nearly always relies on grotesque situations, and
here her skill is such that the counterfeit often rings like the
current coin.”

– + =Lit. D.= 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 320w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 430. Jl. 7, ’06. 170w.

“Her observations are marked by philosophy as well as wit.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 818. Ag. 4, ’06. 200w.

=French, Lillie Hamilton.= Mrs. Van Twiller’s salon. †$1.50. Pott.

Mrs. Van Twiller gathers about her various types of New York
society—an artist, a scribe of social doings, a professor, a major,
various men of the world, etc.—and dominates the group in
characteristic modern salon fashion.

* * * * *

“An amusing volume on the order of the ‘Potiphar papers.’”

+ =Critic.= 47: 578. D. ’05. 10w.

“The book is not only eminently readable, but very suggestive.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 765. N. 11, ’05. 310w.

=French, Samuel Livingston.= Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863. $2.50. Pub. soc. of New York.

A “concise and effective” history of the movements of the army of the
Potomac whose purpose is to award the honors impartially, and to frame
an absolutely unbiased and correct judgment concerning the various
commanders.

* * * * *

“Purports to set forth ‘an absolutely unbiased and correct judgment
concerning the various commanders.’ The volume consists largely of
extracts from documentary material, which the author uses in such a
way as effectually to thwart the purpose stated above.”

– =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 210. O. ’06. 50w.

“The volume is composed mainly of extracts from official documents and
letters, chosen to bolster up the rather absurd and discredited
positions taken by the author.”

– =Dial.= 41: 42. Jl. 16, ’06. 220w.

“Unfortunately excerpt and comment are jumbled together without
sufficient typographical distinction between the two, and it is often
difficult to tell what is official record and what is Mr. French. The
proofreading, moreover, is frequently of a sort to add to the reader’s
distress. But the matter collated is of the greatest value.”

– + =Ind.= 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 220w.

“He succeeds in shedding considerable new light upon many acts of the
Army of the Potomac and its commanders.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 123. Jl. 2, ’06. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 238. Ap. 14, ’06. 250w.

=Frenssen, Gustav.= Holy land; exclusive authorized tr. of “Hilligenlei;” tr. from the German by Mary Agnes Hamilton. †$1.50. Estes.

“It is less a continuous tale than a collection of charming
scenes—simple poetic, realistic—of the lives of humble folk working
and striving in a little harbour town in Holstein. The keynote of the
book is struck by Hule Beiderwand, ever watching for the coming of a
‘brave man who shall bring the whole land beneath his sword until it
is a holy land in deed as in name.’”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Is an exceptionally interesting book, informed throughout with strong
and tender feeling. Miss Hamilton’s translation is excellent,
especially as reproducing the atmosphere of poetry and romance and of
spiritual enthusiasm which is essentially a charm of the original
work.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 332. O. 6, ’06. 150w.

“Recommend it most heartily to all who regard the art of fiction as
something more than a clever spinning of plots and a pleasant
arrangement of words.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 400. O. 6. 180w.

“The fundamental impression which it is the author’s purpose to
produce is created by a long succession of delicate touches, working
upon the subconsciousness of the reader, and gradually combining in
cumulative effect.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + + =Dial.= 41: 282. N. 1, ’06. 860w.

=Lit. D.= 32: 448. Mr. 24, ’06. 1290w.

“With the exception of a few passages which bear evidence of a
struggle with the style of the original, the translator’s painstaking
work has been successful.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 309. O. 11, ’06. 360w.

“Though the preacher Frenssen may justify some chapters by his
seriousness of ethical purpose, the artist can offer no apology for
his offenses against the canons of good taste.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 595. S. 29, ’06. 910w.

=Frenssen, Gustav.= Jorn Uhl; tr. by F. S. Delmer. †$1.50. Estes.

“To quote his own comment on a German landscape, ‘It was all clearly
and finely and most lovingly painted, with a touch of plain rustic
honesty, and a rough, hearty fruitfulness in it.’” Mary Moss.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 54. Ja. ’06. 160w.

“Frenssen tells his story with unique power. He tells it from his own
soul. He is a vivisector of his subject’s soul. He probes to the
primitive spring of action and of feeling. The style is just the
vesture which such truth would seem to demand. It is direct,
primitive, and as a rule, bald. It is also live, searching and
moving.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 318. S. 2, ’05. 1070w.

=Friedenwald, Herbert.= Declaration of independence. **$2. Macmillan.

“Dr. Friedenwald would do well to simplify his style, which is
curiously involved.”

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 422. Ja. ’06. 1000w.

=Friedrich-Friedrich, Emmy von (Emmy von Rhoden, pseud.).= Young violinist; tr. from the 12th ed. of the German of Emma von Rhoden, by Mary E. Ireland. $1. Saalfield.

A pathetic story with a happy ending following the hardships and final
happiness of Mignon Marconi, who, when her father died had as an only
inheritance her beloved violin. She runs away from cruel treatment, is
cared for by a band of traveling musicians and finally becomes the
adopted daughter of a lady bountiful.

=Friswell, Laura Hain.= In the sixties and seventies. **$3.50. Turner, H. B.

“A pleasing volume of personal impressions of literary and social
people of note.... The author is the daughter of an English essayist
and novelist who had agreeable and friendly relations with Thackeray,
Cruikshank, Thomas Cooper the Chartist, Kingsley, and other noted men
of his generation, while Miss Friswell has many anecdotes of her own
acquaintance, Sir Walter Besant, his collaborator, Mr. J. S. Rice, Sir
Henry Stanley, William Black, and many writers of our own
day.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Is unfortunately disfigured by a good deal of triviality; some
egotism, for which, however, the author apologizes handsomely; and one
or two indiscreet passages.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 830. D. 16. 280w.

“As a record of ‘Impressions of literary people and others,’ it is
vivid, rapid, thoroughly entertaining and seldom frivolous, and,
despite occasional carelessness ... generally well written.” Percy F.
Bicknell.

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 188. Mr. 16, ’06. 2240w.

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 770. My. 19, ’06. 200w.

“The contents are not quite worthy of the excellent paper and print of
this handsome volume. They would have been more in place in a
magazine. This is mainly because there is nothing whatever of
political interest and it is usually their politics that make English
memoirs worth reading.”

– + =Nation.= 83: 184. Ag. 30, ’06. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 20. Ja. 13, ’06. 240w.

“Her book is of interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 271. Ap. 28, ’06. 960w.

“The book is cheerful reading, and, while it is occasionally trivial,
is in the main a good specimen of a class of books which entertain
one’s leisure hours in a most satisfactory way.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 521. Mr. 3, ’06. 130w.

“The book is curiously without ‘purple patches’ ... but it is good to
read.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 1091. D. 23, ’05. 260w.

From servitude to service: the history and work of Southern institutions for the education of the negro. *$1.10. Am. Unitar.

“By its freedom from the polemic spirit and by its adherence to actual
facts and conditions, this book is a valuable contribution to our
understanding of what is happening to the negro.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 418. Mr. ’06. 160w.

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 520. Mr. 3, ’06. 210w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 150w.

=Frothingham, Eugenia Brooks.= Evasion. †$1.50. Houghton.

“About two men and a girl. The weak-willed Apollo cheats at cards, and
the strong Antaeus shoulders the blame. The girl marries Apollo out of
pity and to help her family, regretting it only once, but for a long
time.” (Pub. Opin.) “‘The evasion’ contains a plot absorbing enough to
hold one’s attention tensely to the end, but it will be remembered
longer for its vivid portrayal of the lives of the idle rich and the
convincing contrast drawn in its pages between these seemingly useless
members of society and the big majority that counts.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Her style is cosmopolitan and her point of view that of the dweller
in both continents, but her spiritual outlook is of the younger world,
and to the end we are left in doubt whether she is on the side of
authority, or of negation.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 551. Je. 9, ’06. 350w.

“There is much that is admirable about the volume. But the prologue
strikes the wrong note.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 415. Je. ’06. 640w.

“It is so good that one wishes it were better. Miss Frothingham should
studiously avoid the morbid and overstrained effects which are her
most serious menace as a novelist.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 130w.

“The great army of happy folk who need no warning will find its
picture of Boston as accurate as the picture of New York in ‘The house
of mirth.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 199. Mr. 31, ’06. 210w.

“The story is interesting, well constructed, and written with charm
and spirit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 254. Ap. 21, ’06. 560w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

+ – =North American.= 182: 927. Je. ’06. 70w.

“The story is strong, and like many strong things not especially
pleasant.”

+ – =Pub. Opin.= 40: 480. Ap. 14, ’06. 70w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 20w.

=Fuchs, Karl Johannes.= Trade policy of Great Britain and her colonies since 1860, tr. by Constance H. M. Archibald. *$2.50. Macmillan.

“It is marked by so much of a scientific spirit as to be a really
useful aid towards the study of our fiscal history during the period
which it covers.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 643. Ap. 28, ’06. 390w.

=Fuller, Caroline Macomber.= Flight of puss Pandora. †$1.50. Little.

Weejums, the alley cat’s kitten, has a formidable rival in Pandora,
the apartment cat. Miss Fuller’s pets have a way of opening homes and
human hearts for near inspection. But the scrutiny results in lessons
of observation and human kindness.

* * * * *

“An animal tale which will please all children who love cats.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 90w.

=Fuller, Hubert Bruce.= Purchase of Florida; its history and diplomacy. *$2.50. Burrows.

“This elaborate monograph ... was suggested by the author’s conviction
that the epoch identified with the acquisition of Florida and with our
early entanglement with Spain had not received adequate treatment at
the hands of historians, and that a careful elucidation of this period
and of the events which marked the struggle to secure New Orleans and
the Mississippi would contribute a pregnant and interesting chapter in
our national history. For his material Mr. Fuller has gone direct to
original sources.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“The result of these investigations has enabled him to present in a
new light many momentous episodes in the early diplomatic history of
the nation.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 685. N. 10, ’06. 180w.

“Excellent as is Mr. Fuller’s book and valuable as are the new facts
that it contains, it is open to two serious criticisms. The material
upon which it is based is inadequate, and the knowledge which it
displays of European diplomatic situations is insufficient.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 536. D. 20, ’06. 1340w.

“Mr. Fuller’s account of this whole affair is the best we know of.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 757. N. 17, ’06. 1130w.

“Close revision should be had in the event of another edition, and the
work thus be made still more valuable to historical students, who will
undoubtedly welcome it if only because it gives ready access to much
documentary information hitherto not generally available.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 280w.

“A scholarly monograph.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 639. N. ’06. 50w.

=Fuller, Robert Higginson.= Golden hope a story of the time of King Alexander the Great. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The story is told in a style in which care and the exactness of
historical detail are nicely mingled with the charm of genuine
sensitiveness to the romantic situation. The book is a fine story of
adventure.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 722. N. ’05. 170w.

=Fyvie, John.= Some literary eccentrics. **$3. Pott.

Eleven studies whose best present Landor, Hazlitt and George Wither.
The other “eccentrics” are Thomas Day, Crabb Robinson, Douglas
Jerrold, King James I, Sir John Mandeville, Babbage, Beckford and John
Buncle.

* * * * *

“Taken for no more than it professes to be, the book is a good one.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 245. O. 16, ’06. 490w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 665. O. 13, ’06. 1320w.

=Putnam’s.= 1: 383. D. ’06. 130w.

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 699. Je. 2, ’06. 140w.

“They are hardly worth binding up into a book. They add very little to
our knowledge, and they are not a work of a writer alive to the
picturesqueness of the past or sensitive to the harmonies of the
English language.”

– =Spec.= 96: 906. Je. 9, ’06. 1170w.

G

=Gale, Zona.= Romance island. †$1.50. Bobbs.

The charm of this story does not lie in the plot, indeed one does the
book an injustice in sketching the course of St. George’s love affair
with the New York heiress whose father has been made king of Yaque, a
mysterious island in the eastern seas, which has been ruled by
hereditary monarchs since 1050 B. C. and whose civilization is what
the world will be a thousand years from now. St. George, an
ex-newspaper man now a millionaire, meets the heiress thru an attempt
to murder her, and follows her in behalf of his old paper, to Yaque
where she is offered her father’s throne and a royal husband. All
this, however, is merely a framework about which Miss Gale winds a
series of charming fancies. It is a dainty and illusive romance from
cover to cover in which pure sentiment, vivid imagination, practical
newspaper routine, humor, satire and good character drawing are
marvelously blended.

* * * * *

“The story is thrillingly exciting from cover to cover. Those readers
who do not demand the element of probability, or even of possibility,
in their novels, will enjoy ‘Romance island.’” Amy C. Rich.

+ – =Arena.= 36: 688. D. ’06. 170w.

=Galloway, Julia Rebecca.= When the lilacs bloom, and other poems. $1. Badger, R. G.

Songs of springtime give place to poems of feast days, and these to
patriotic themes in this little volume of unpretentious verse.

* * * * *

“There are echoes of many greater poets on the pages, yet sincerity is
manifest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 140w.

=Galloway, Thomas Walton.= First course in zoology: a text-book for secondary schools, normal schools and colleges. *$2.50. Blakiston.

A thorogoing text-book whose plan of treatment has been tested in the
author’s own class room. By its use he has secured good interest and
fine spirit in the study of animals and animal life on the part of
beginners ranging from the third year of the preparatory school to
freshmen in college.

=Gannett, Henry=, =Garrison, Miss Carl Louise=, and =Houston, Edwin James.= Commercial geography. *$1.25. Am. bk.

This three-part text book on trade treats commercial conditions,
commercial products and commercial countries respectively. Numerous
illustrations accompany the text.

* * * * *

“Teachers of geography will find the book most useful.” W. S. J.

+ =El. School. T.= 6: 439. Ap. ’06. 260w.

+ – =Nation.= 82: 118. F. 8, ’06. 340w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 128. Ja. ’06. 50w.

“One of the faults of this generous inclusiveness is the difficulty in
the logical distribution of emphasis. Some errors have crept in.” J.
Paul Goode.

+ – =School R.= 14: 457. Je. ’06. 930w.

=Gapon, Father George.= Story of my life. *$3. Dutton.

“A valuable and interesting contribution to the history of the Russian
revolutionary movement. All suspicious sensationalism is avoided....
The story of a great organization is convincingly, straightforwardly,
and clearly told.” (Lond. Times.) “The story of Gapon’s boyhood, the
description of the massacre of January, 1905, the account of his
escape are good. So are the pictures, which, though few in number,
give interesting glimpses of Russian life in town and country.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 297. Mr. 10. 500w.

“Told with vigor and deep feeling.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 472. My. ’06. 200w.

“It is instructive also as to the motives and methods of the
revolutionists, and as to the corruption, cruelty, and tyranny of the
autocracy.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 395. Je. 15, ’06. 190w.

“His book is very modest in tone.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 416. D. 1, ’05. 1220w.

“The opportunity thus furnished for the study of a curious character
has considerable value, from a psychological point of view.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 371. My. 3, ’06. 1000w.

“The story of Gapon’s life is told without dates, or without more than
the vaguest reference to time. This deficiency greatly diminishes the
value of the book.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 138. Mr. 3, ’06. 220w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 138. My. 19, ’06. 250w.

=Pub. Opin.= 40: 332. Mr. 17, ’06. 830w.

=Gardenhire, Samuel Major.= Long arm. †$1.50. Harper.

Le Droit Conners, artist from inclination and training,
non-professional detective from pure “love of the game” figures in a
series of fascinating mysteries upon which he brings to bear not
clumsy machine-made discretion and discernment, but a finer quality of
penetration which expresses itself as an original art study well worth
etching. He is an apologist for erring humanity up to the point of a
crime’s outraging even the primal instinct then he becomes pitiless.
There are eight baffling mysteries in the group.

* * * * *

“Personally, we do not find LeDroit Conners as entertaining as Old
Sleuth, although perhaps his methods are more subtle.”

– + =Critic.= 48: 475. My. ’06. 50w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 1166. My. 17, ’06. 120w.

“In every instance the plot is ingeniously and skilfully worked out,
while the ‘dramatis personae’ from Conners himself to the humblest
fourth villain, reflect on Mr. Gardenhire’s part an intimate knowledge
of human nature.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 532. Ap. 7, ’06. 710w.

“All of the stories are good not only from the detective point of
view, but from the novelist’s as well, and their ingenuity by no means
overshadows their human interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 143. Mr. 10, ’06. 640w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 477. F. 24, ’06. 80w.

“This new member of the detective fraternity is quite worthy to
succeed his illustrious predecessors.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 110w.

“The book belongs to that large category which is suitable for reading
in railway trains or in other places of detention; but Le Droit
Conners cannot be called a very noteworthy creation.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 503. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.

=Gardiner, John Hays.= Bible as English literature. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A work which confines its attention to the literary character of the
Bible as it appears in the authorized version, though recognizing and
indorsing the main principles and results of historical criticism.”
(Bib. World.) The larger portion of the book is given to the Bible
itself “in the original tongues,” and the remaining part to the
translations.

* * * * *

“An excellent work of its kind.”

+ =Bib. World.= 28: 351. N. ’06. 30w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 375. N. 1, ’06. 1060w.

“Has a value limited only by the extent of its circulation, which
cannot be too wide. What one particularly enjoys about it is, that
though distinctly scholarly, it is distinctly not academic. It is
literary as distinguished from, and opposed to pedagogic.” Montgomery
Schuyler.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 697. O. 27, ’06. 2650w.

=Gardiner, Ruth Kimball.= Heart of a girl. †$1.50. Barnes.

“All of Mrs. Gardiner’s gifts of intuition, memory, imagination, and
observation have been marshalled in the depiction of Margaret Carlin,
and her years of training in the art of writing stand her in good
stead.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 150w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 80w.

=Gardner, Alice.= Theodore of Studium: his life and times. $3. Longmans.

“Miss Gardner presents her present volume as ‘a sketch of a notable
man, who lived in notable times,’ as one in whose life ‘were focussed
many great historical tendencies which gave their character to the
Churches and the civil societies of the Middle Ages.’” (Am. Hist. R.)
“The iconoclastic controversy, though its history is much less
well-known than that of the great theological controversies which
preceded it, is yet, as Miss Gardner points out, of more practical
interest to us at the present day; and the other conflict in which
Theodore was engaged, that as to the marriage of Constantine, ... was
based upon a true moral principle.... After an introductory chapter
dealing with the earlier history of iconoclasm we have a detailed
narrative of Theodore’s life, followed by an account of his services
to hymnology and calligraphy, translations of some of his hymns, a
short sketch of the succeeding history to 1057, and a bibliography of
Theodore’s works, while the book is embellished by excellent
photographs of the remains of the Studite monastery.” (Eng. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“Miss Gardner is at her best—as is natural in one of her training and
associations—in vivid presentation of the history of the time, yet she
never fails to perceive its psychological bearing upon the
individuality of her subject. In a future edition the author will
doubtless correct some errors and omissions in the index, and a few
mistakes of facts and nomenclature pardonable in an author not
personally acquainted with the Orient.” H. H. Spoer.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 637. Ap. ’06. 1020w.

“Is an attractive narrative, well put together and based upon careful
study, especially of Theodore’s own works.” E. W. Brooks.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 352. Ap. ’06. 940w.

“Whether, however, we agree or disagree with Miss Gardner’s estimate
of the merits of the controversy, we can be wholly grateful to her for
a work which submits the documents to a fresh examination and draws
from them an account so lucid, so discreet and readable, of a
little-known age.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 192. My. 25, ’06. 1120w.

“This is above all a scholarly work. With all her skill in handling
her topic she has not succeeded in turning out an interesting book.”
W. v. S.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 482. Ag. 4, ’06. 1430w.

“This is a very learned work, if somewhat marred in execution by the
writer’s prepossessions.”

+ + – =Spec.= 95: 764. N. 11, ’05. 390w.

=Gardner, Percy.= Grammar of Greek art. **$1.75. Macmillan.

=Outlook.= 83: 688. Jl. 21, ’06. 250w.

=Gardner, William.= Life of Stephen A. Douglas. $1.50. Eastern pub.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 480. Ja. ’06. 100w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 344. F. 8, ’06. 60w.

=Garland, Hamlin.= Witch’s gold; il. by W. L. Taylor, with colored decoration by H. A. Linnell. †$1.50. Doubleday.

A recast of “The spirit of Sweetwater.” It has been restored from its
cut down serial form to meet the more expensive requirements of a
holiday edition.

* * * * *

“In its present form is a simple healthful love-tale of the West,
adapted to beguile an idle hour.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 90w.

“The story does not represent Mr. Garland at his best; it is simply an
amiable frontier romance, altogether barren of the grim power of
‘Main-travelled roads.’”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 228. S. 13, ’06. 390w.

“The tale probably most attractive in a cruder and more elusive form,
suffers in the lengthening.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 581. S. 22, ’06. 550w.

=Outlook.= 84: 338. O. 6, ’06. 220w.

=Garnett, W. H. Stuart.= Turbines. *$2.75. Macmillan.

This volume “while written with a view to interest amateurs, calls
special attention to those points and problems deserving the more
particular notice of students. It has been the author’s object to
trace the development of the science of turbines as it appears to have
grown in the minds of the inventors responsible for its material
manifestations. The two parts into which the book is divided deal
respectively, with water and steam turbines. Appendices contain
tables, notes on the ‘Behavior of gas,’ some mathematical principles,
and other matter. There are eighty-three illustrations in the
book.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It is a popular work of a most excellent sort—the sort that is
calculated to instruct rather than merely to interest or amuse, and in
which the instruction is given in such plain and simple terms that it
can be understood by the non-technical reader. On the whole the book
is one which we can heartily recommend to American purchasers.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 52. Jl. 12, ’06. 480w.

“A book which will do much, it is probable, to make the layman take a
more intelligent interest in this the latest and most striking
development of the skill of the mechanical engineer.”

+ + =Nature.= 75: 53. N. 15, ’06. 380w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 443. Jl. 7, ’06. 270w.

=Garrett, John Henry.= Idyllic Avon: being a simple description of the Avon from Tewkesbury to above Stratford-on-Avon; with songs and pictures of the river and its neighborhood. **$3. Putnam.

A fifty mile pilgrimage which the author and some companions made up
Shakespeare’s Avon. “With songs and anecdotes and riverside pictures,
John Henry Garrett has written a half-personal, half-historical volume
to show that the Avon has other personalities than that of
Shakespeare, other towns of interest than Stratford.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is pathetic that a man who can make such good pictures and write
pretty good prose should be tempted into making such very bad verse.”
Anna Benneson McMahan.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 201. O. 1, ’06. 180w.

“Will be a valuable guide for anyone who wishes to follow his steps.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 638. S. 13, ’06. 160w.

“Is one of the most thorough of its kind.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 349. O. 25, ’06. 280w.

“All in all, he has written a delightful book—anecdotal, historic,
poetic, and especially personal and intimate.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 656. O. 6, ’06. 490w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 30w.

“We hear about the history, about the antiquities of the country,
about its natural beauties, about the inhabitants and their manners
and customs, and hear it in such a way and in such proportions that we
are never tired. It is not a book to criticise; it is one to enjoy.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 338. S. 8, ’06. 310w.

=Garriott, E. B.= Long-range weather forecasts. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.

“The bulletin is a formal denunciation on the part of the Government’s
meteorological bureau, of weather forecasters and forecasts that
pretend to describe the main features of the weather for long periods
ahead: periods much longer than those covered by the geographical
progression of storms, floods, cold waves, and the like across the
corresponding areas of observation.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The bulletin may serve many an engineer as an interesting bit of
reading for hours of relaxation.”

+ =Engin. N.= 53: 532. My. 18, ’06. 330w.

=Garrison, William Lloyd.= Words of Garrison. **$1.25. Houghton.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 480. Ja. ’06. 160w.

“With what Garrison said and with what he did, admirably summarized,
the reader is now provided with something worthy of the name of ‘A
reformer’s handbook.’” M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 116. Ja. ’06. 170w.

“It is impossible to believe that a richer selection could not have
been compiled, even if also this were attained partly by omission of
what is here presented.”

+ – =Ind.= 59: 1344. D. 7, ’05. 280w.

=Gasiorowski, Waclaw.= Napoleon’s love story; tr. by the Count de Soissons. $1.50. Dutton.

The romantic relations between Madame Walewska and Napoleon furnish
the subject for this novel, written by a follower, of the school of
Sienkiewicz. “The scenes are in Warsaw, Vienna, Paris. The plot shows
how the Polish patriots sought to use the emperor’s interest in Mary
for their own ends, and for those ends inspired in a noble and tender
girl a sort of sacrificial fire—a sacrificial fire which was
transfigured in due time to something quite different.” (N. Y. Times.)
“The central, all-compelling figure of the book is Napoleon; whether
present or absent he is the determining force, the master-spirit in
whom everyone is merged.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“We have read every word of the story with the greatest pleasure and
interest.”

+ =Acad.= 69: 686. Jl. 1, ’05. 530w.

“The translation is well done, but for a certain spasmodic method of
conversation and a few slips of idiom.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 42. Jl. 8. 230w.

“This romance is chiefly remarkable for its length, caused by a
remorseless spinning out of dialogue and elaboration of descriptive
detail.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 153. Mr. 1, ’06. 150w.

=Ind.= 61: 522. Ag. 30, ’06. 330w.

=Nation.= 82: 117. F. 8, ’06. 70w.

“Even a translation rendered utterly inadequate by a purely mechanical
knowledge of the English tongue fails to conceal the fine skill and
dramatic power of the author and the romantic and human interest of
the story.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 30. Ja. 20, ’06. 430w.

“It is too long and treats of an unpleasant theme ... but it is a
strong piece of work, with passages of rare dramatic power and some
fine characterizations.”

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 276. F. 3, ’06. 180w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 767. Je. 16, ’06. 60w.

“The novel is very long-winded, full of somewhat tedious
conversations: the dialogues translated do not run at all easily, and
for an understanding of the intrigues which surround the heroine a
knowledge of Polish politics is required which few Englishmen
possess.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 100: 251. Ag. 19, ’05. 410w.

“M. Gasiorowski, in short, has shown delicacy as well as power in his
treatment of a difficult theme.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 359. S. 9, ’05. 820w.

=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Works of Mrs. Gaskell. 8v. ea. $1.50. Putnam.

There will be eight volumes to complete the “Knutsford edition” of
Mrs. Gaskell’s works. The old favorites are being recast in modern
book form and the preparation is in progress under the editorial
supervision of Dr. Adolphus W. Ward, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge,
who contributes a general introduction to the issue and a special one
to each volume based upon material of important biographical and
critical interest. The volumes are as follows, “Mary Barton;”
“Cranford;” “Ruth;” “North and South;” “My Lady Ludlow;” “Sylvia’s
lovers;” “Cousin Phyllis;” “A dark night’s work;” etc.; and “Wives and
daughters.”

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 300. S. 15. 300w.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 334. S. 22. 100w.

“The ‘Knutsford edition’ of the works of Mrs. Gaskell, to which we had
looked forward eagerly, is, it must be confessed something of a
disappointment. The paper is so thin that the print shows through from
one side to another. ‘The Life of Charlotte Bronte’ is omitted ... the
introductions, though breathing a very sympathetic spirit of
admiration, contain little that we did not know already.”

– =Lond. Times.= 5: 312. S. 14, ’06. 2630w.

“This attractive edition, is substantial and tasteful without being
too elaborate.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 683. N. 17, ’06. 170w.

+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 150w.

“The ‘Knutsford edition,’ well printed and in convenient-shaped
volumes, will prove a real godsend both to those who have not read
Mrs. Gaskell, and to the older generation who are anxious to revive
their memories of her pure and admirable style.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 437. S. 29, ’06. 1650w.

=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Cranford; ed. with an introd. and annotations by William E. Simonds. 30c. Ginn.

A student’s edition of “Cranford” prepared for college entrance
purposes.

=Gasquet, Rt. Rev. Francis A.= Henry the Third and the church. *$4. Macmillan.

“Dr. Gasquet shows a wide acquaintance with the sources for this
period, and seldom makes serious mistakes, but there is evidence here
and there that he has hardly concerned himself sufficiently with the
criticism of the authorities which he had used, while there are also
to be found some indications either of unfamiliarity with the details
of thirteenth-century history or of carelessness in passing his book
through the press.” T. F. Tout.

+ + – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 780. O. ’06. 1000w.

=Gates, Eleanor (Mrs. Richard Walton Tully).= Plow-woman. †$1.50. McClure.

“Two girls with their crippled father come up from Texas to settle
on a ‘section’ in Dakota. One, the plow-woman has to be the man of
the family, and her strong body and brave, steadfast spirit carry
her nobly through many hardships. The evil intrigues of the man
who asserted a prior claim to their section, the dangerous
outbreak of Indian captives from the near-by fort, the menace of
disorderly ‘Shanty town’ filled with camp followers, all combine
to prevent anything like monotony in the active lives of three
Lancasters.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Ingenuity is one of the author’s conspicuous endowments. Situation
after situation keeps interest expectant up to the last. No less is
her skill in definition of character, although here and there a bit
may be judged out of drawing.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 374, N. 1, ’06. 450w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 674. O. 13, ’06. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 180w.

“Altogether the varied group of men and women, the graphic
descriptions of scenery and conditions in the West, indicate the
unusual powers of the author, and her wisdom in writing about what she
knows so well.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 210w.

=Gates, Errett.= Disciples of Christ. **$1. Baker.

“This is the first adequate statement of the history of the Disciples
of Christ since the Memoirs of Alexander Campbell, published in 1868.
Will be counted a distinct contribution, not merely to the
understanding of the Disciples of Christ, but of the religious life of
America as well.” E. S. Ames.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 361. Ap. ’06. 330w.

“This is the first real history of this religious body. It is written
in a clear style, with impartial judgment.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 27: 320. Ap. ’06. 60w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 939. D. 16, ’05. 80w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 90w.

=Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner).= Little Red, white and blue; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.

The author of the “Live dolls” series has offered in this story book
for children a delightful sketch of an army captain’s child. Her
babyhood loyalty to the stars and stripes furnishes a bright lesson in
patriotism.

=Gates, Mrs. Josephine (Scribner).= Live dolls’ house party; il. by Virginia Keep. †$1.25. Bobbs.

In continuation of the “Live dolls” doings Mrs. Gates tells of a
doll’s house party in the little town of Dollville, the hostess being
the queen of the dolls. A pretty story, prettily told, with enough of
doll romance to satisfy the most imaginative child.

=Gaussen, Alice C. C.= Woman of wit and wisdom: a memoir of Elizabeth Carter, one of the “Bas-bleu” society. *$3. Dutton.

All those who care to know more of eighteenth-century literature and
life in England will be interested in this sketch of the long and
uneventful life of the scholar, linguist, and translator of Epictetus.
“It has been made chiefly through the unpublished letters and papers
possessed by members of the family today and by the Carter institute
at Deal where Elizabeth Carter lived. Johnson, Fanny Burney and
Richardson appear in these pages.... Poulteney was another friend of
hers.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“Miss Gaussen’s book is disappointing: her narrative is so desultory
and broken that we have found it difficult to derive a clear
impression of the central figure.”

– =Acad.= 70: 496. My. 26, ’06. 660w.

“Miss Gaussen has made little of excellent material.”

+ – – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 442. Ap. 14. 920w.

Reviewed by J. H. Lobban.

=Blackwood’s M.= 180: 462. O. ’06. 4110w.

“Her volume is handy and attractive and shows evidence of zeal and
industry.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 168. S. 16, ’06. 470w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 141. Ap. 20, ’06. 960w.

“Rather a flimsy volume.”

– =Nation.= 83: 141. Ag. 16, ’06. 830w.

“Is an easy and pleasant sketch. On the whole the memoir is well worth
reading.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 730. Je. 9, ’06. 240w.

=Gauthiers-Villars, Henry, and Tremisot, G.= Enchanted automobile; tr. from the French by Mary J. Safford. $1. Page.

In this addition to the “Roses of Saint Elizabeth series,” is told the
story of Coco and Touton, the twin boy and girl of King Crystal IX of
Bohemia, who lived a long time ago in the days of the fairies. The
twins were ignorant little things and hated study until one day they
went out into the world in the enchanter Merlin’s wonderful automobile
and there they met many interesting people and learned the true value
of work.

* * * * *

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

=Gautier, Theophile.= Russia, by Theophile Gautier, and by other distinguished French travelers and writers of note; tr. from the French, with an additional chapter upon the struggle for supremacy in the Far East, by Florence MacIntyre Tyson. 2v. **$5. Winston.

“In general, it may be said that it stands the test of time
wonderfully well.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 102. F. 1, ’06. 1350w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 82. F. 10, ’06. 310w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 113. Ja. ’06. 100w.

=Gaye, R. K.= Platonic conception of immortality and its connexion with the theory of ideas. *$1.50. Macmillan.

+ – =Quarterly R.= 204: 63. Ja. ’06. 190w.

+ + =Spec.= 97: 23. Jl. 7, ’06. 110w.

=Gayley, Charles Mills, and Young, Clement C.= Principles and progress in English poetry. $1.10. Macmillan.

“Everything may be readily pronounced excellent; many of the ideas
stated or implied are debatable ... but everything is well and
carefully done. It is a book that any student of literature will find
useful.” Edward E. Hale, jr.

+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 102. Mr. ’06. 1110w.

=Geffroy, Gustave.= National gallery (London); with an introd. by Sir Walter Armstrong. ¼ vel. *$10. Warne.

“Is a book of intelligent and pleasant talk. Printed in handier form
and with better illustrations, ... it would make a first-rate popular
guide; but under the circumstances it is unlikely to deprive Mr.
Edward T. Cook’s well-known volume of its vogue.” Royal Cortissoz.

+ – =Atlan.= 97: 282. F. ’06. 60w.

“(His) method has the merit of keeping the text within reasonable
limits ... but it does not bring the collection vividly before one and
fails to give a measure of the extraordinary variety of the old
masters brought together in this particular one of London’s museums.”
Charles de Kay.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 325. My. 19, ’06. 1390w.

“M. Geffroy’s brief introduction is pleasant and unpretentious, and
marked with knowledge and good sense. A handy book of reference.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 80w.

=Geiermann, Rev. P.= Manual of theology for the laity: being a brief, clear and systematic exposition of the reason and authority of religion and a practical guide-book for all of good-will. *60c. Benziger.

The plan followed in this volume is first, to investigate the
fundamental ideas of religion as proposed by reason and history;
second, to study the revealed religion both in its supernatural truths
and in its divinely ordained practice; and third, to show how the true
religion of to-day logically follows from these two premises.

=Geikie, James.= Structural and field geology for students of pure and applied science. *$4. Van Nostrand.

“The different chapters seem of unequal value.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 260. Mr. 29, ’06. 160w.

=Geil, William Edgar.= Yankee in pigmy land. **$1.50. Dodd.

In his bright, fully illustrated narrative of a journey across Africa
from Mombasa through the great pigmy forest to Banana, Mr. Geil
touches mainly upon the lion hunters, the sleeping sickness and its
victims, the lost caravan, nights alone with savages, the greatest
wild-game region of the earth, The Congo rule, the work of
missionaries including a biographical sketch of Bishop Tucker, and the
“Land of laughter” itself with its tiny inhabitants and their simple
life.

* * * * *

“Both text and pictures are tremendously realistic, and, to be frank,
excite both disgust and pity.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 477. My. ’06. 250w.

“The real value of his journey lies in his account of the home and
habits of the little brown Tom Thumbs of the great Pigmy forest.” H.
E. Coblentz.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 233. Ap. 1, ’06. 380w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 874. Ap. 12, ’06. 120w.

“A narrative that never flags, dealing in a fresh way even with the
homes of which much has already been said by others.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 254. F. 17, ’06. 130w.

“The humor in which he indulges in his narrative is carried too far
and becomes wearisome.”

+ – =Nation.= 81: 525. D. 28, ’05. 380w.

=George, Henry, jr.= Menace of privilege: a study of the dangers to the republic from the existence of a favored class. **$1.50. Macmillan.