Chapter XVII: Preface (17)

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“‘The Riviera’ furnishes Mr. Baring-Gould’s facile pen with a subject
full of variety. Whatever the theme, it seems to be equally at home.”

+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 645. Ap. 28, ’06. 170w.

=Graham, George Washington.= Mecklenburg declaration of independence, May 20, 1775, and lives of its signers. $1.50. Neale.

A monograph upon the Mecklenburg declaration of independence which was
read before the Scotch-Irish society of America in June of 1895. It
has been enlarged and revised to meet the requirements of publication
in book form.

* * * * *

“Will be found decidedly interesting. It is not equally convincing,
for, altho it must be conceded that he adduces more documentary
evidence than did any of his predecessors, Dr. Graham, has, like them,
seen fit to rely largely on the testimony of assumption and hearsay
already made familiar through their efforts but inadmissible in the
court of history.”

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– =Nation.= 82: 475. Je. 7, ’06. 1360w.

“The work, as an effort to validate the document, is one of
supererogation. As a historical monograph by a high authority,
however, it deserves to be read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 360. Je. 2, ’06. 460w.

=Graham, Harry (Col. D. Streamer, pseud.).= Misrepresentative women. $1. Duffield.

In “this villainous collection of abominable verse” this modest author
sings merrily of Eve, Lady Godiva, Marie Corelli, Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, Mrs. Grundy, Dame Rumor, and other good souls who have achieved
fame in one way or another; then he passes on to, The self-made father
to the ready-made son, and other extraneous matter.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 100w.

“The point of view as well as the lines are nevertheless clever enough
to cover a multitude of shortcomings in technique and mere
construction.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 1399. D. 13, ’06. 50w.

“Harry Graham’s jingles about ‘Misrepresentative women’ are in the
same vein as those in his previous volumes of comic verse, and it
bears some evidence that the vein has been slightly overworked.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 160w.

“Is the best kind of fooling.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 931. D. 8, ’06. 110w.

=Granger, Anna D.= Skat and how to play it. $1. Matthews.

Miss Granger has prepared the first real American treatise on skat,
and offers the student the fundamental principles that govern the
game.

=Grant, Percy Stickney.= Ad matrem, and other poems. Kimball.

“Something akin to Miltonic richness meets us in the outset of ‘Ad
Matrem,’ in the lines depicting the rout of the Greek godheads, before
the Lux mundi shining over Judean hills.” (Critic.) “The collection of
poems is not large, but it is stamped throughout with elevation of
tone, dignity, and often charm of manner.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

Reviewed by Edith M. Thomas.

+ =Critic.= 48: 272. Mr. ’06. 260w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 277. Ap. 28, ’06. 160w.

“It shows unusual feeling for the resources of difficult meters and
unusual skill in handling them.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 283. Je. 2, ’06. 500w.

=Grant, Robert.= Law-breakers and other stories. †$1.25. Scribner.

Besides the title story there are six others in the group,—“George and
the dragon,” “An exchange of courtesies,” “The romance of a soul,”
“Against his judgment,” “A surrender,” and “Across the way.” They
“belong to the literature of exposure.... Each story has a definite
problem, or rather thesis, clearly stated and logically argued.... The
question argued in the title story is one that might well form a topic
for a debating society. It is this: Is a man who cheats the custom
house officer so fundamentally untrustworthy in character that a good
woman should not trust her life to him? For the particulars in the
case and the verdict of the author we must refer our readers to the
book.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“The impression of the entire collection is one of discouragement.”
Mary Moss.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 435. Je. ’06. 690w.

“Is a distinctly stimulating book.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 60w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 1047. My. 3, ’06. 170w.

“Upon the whole, they do not measure up to what we have learned to
expect from him.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 334. My. 26, ’06. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.

“As a whole the stories will strike most readers as not up to the
level of Judge Grant’s best work.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 814. Ag. 4, ’06. 130w.

=Grant, Robert.= Orchid. †$1.25. Scribner.

“You merely feel that he is stating a condition, never that he tells
you the story of one person or group of people.” Mary Moss.

+ – =Atlan.= 97: 52. Ja. ’06. 270w.

“The book, though it contains an appalling story, is written with
persiflage and an irony, which is, from first to last, carefully
concealed.”

+ =Reader.= 6: 91. Je. ’05. 720w.

=Gratacap, Louis Pope.= World as intention: a contribution to teleology. *$1.25. Eaton.

“The volume is written in a serious, straightforward manner.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 165. Ja. ’06. 170w.

=Graves, Algernon=, comp. Royal academy of arts. per v. *$11. Macmillan.

“It deserves to rank with such an enterprise as the ‘Dictionary of
national biography.’ to which, indeed it is a complement, and like it,
should be in every institution, public or private, worthy of the name
of library.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 342. S. 9. 2180w. (Review of v. 2.)

“On the whole, however, Mr. Graves is continuing to perform his
onerous task with every reasonable care, and the more frequently one
refers to his volumes the more valuable do they seem.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 205. F. 17. 2960w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 705. Je. 9. 2030w. (Review of v. 5.)

“We have noticed a good many slight slips, which are probably the
fault, not of Mr. Graves, but of the compiler of the original
catalogues.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 79. Jl. 21. 1730w. (Review of v. 6.)

“As a work of reference for the historian, whether dealing with the
Academy or with any one of a tremendous company of artists, this
handsomely printed compilation commends the warmest praise.” Royal
Cortissoz.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 273. F. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Every page, indeed, bears witness to the painstaking accuracy with
which the thousands of references have been extracted from the
records.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 28: 276. My. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 2–4.)

“We have said enough to indicate the curious interest of these
laborious volumes. Much might have been added, both as to the earlier
and the modern men.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 66. F. 23, ’06. 1480w.

“Has all the interest of the first.”

+ + + =Nation.= 81: 240. S. 21, ’05. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It will take its place among the indispensable works of reference.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 340. Mr. 17, ’06. 530w. (Review of v. 2–4.)

=Gray, Charles H.= Lodowick Carliell. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

“His work is deserving of all praise.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 28. Ja. 6. 280w.

=Gray, John Thompson.= Kentucky chronicle. $1.50. Neale.

“Among the Virginia emigrants to The Falls, was Reginald Thornton, a
stately, kindly gentleman of the old school.” He established himself
at Lastlands, a few miles from The Falls, and it is the life of his
children, his grandchildren, their friends and enemies that goes to
make up this chronicle which is “more than a romance, it is a wisdom
book.”

=Gray, Maxwell, pseud. (Mary Gleed Tuttiett.)= Great refusal. †$1.50. Appleton.

“The ‘great refusal’ is made by the hero, who renounces wealth and
position to become a common workingman, and eventually embarks in a
socialistic venture having for its object the establishment of a
Utopian commonwealth in Africa. These are not his only sacrifices, for
love also is cast aside, and it is not until the end of much suffering
that his early passion is replaced by one fixed upon far surer
foundations. The characterization is excellent, alike of the two
women, the devoted hero, and his masterful father, whose money seems
to the son too tainted for legitimate enjoyment.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The author fails chiefly because she has not defined exactly what she
would be at. In regard to the condition of the poor, her hero is an
ignoramus.”

– + =Acad.= 70: 173. F. 24, ’06. 1440w.

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 416. Ap. 7. 270w.

– =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 140w.

“A singularly charming and appealing book. The style of the novel,
also, is natural as to dialogue, and charmingly allusive as to
description.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 155. Mr. 1, ’06. 210w.

“The tale is a really thoughtful one, written with a purpose; but
buried so deeply beneath value the motive at its true worth.”

– + =Lond. Times.= 5: 52. F. 16, ’06. 170w.

“Upon the whole, however, the characters are consistent with
themselves, and the author shows her art by being just to all of
them.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 146. Mr. 10, ’06. 1350w.

“The best thing in the novel is the rapid-fire exchange of
sociological epigrams and paradoxes between a group of Oxford
undergraduates.”

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 569. Mr. 10, ’06. 160w.

“The book is certainly above the average in readability as well as in
ideals; and though the workmanship does not always reach the level of
the conception, the main part of the story amply repays the reader for
wading through what must be acknowledged to be the extreme dullness of
the first two or three chapters.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 426. Mr. 17, ’06. 350w.

Gray mist, a novel; by the author of “The martyrdom of an empress.” **$1.50. Harper.

The fleecy grayness of a Breton mist permeates this story of Pierrek,
the child who is sent by the sea to the empty arms of a woman whose
wits are wandering because of the loss of her own baby boy. With true
Breton faith in the miraculous he is considered hers, grows to manhood
on the Breton cliffs, marries the girl of his choice, becomes a loving
husband, and a happy father, only to learn thru a woman’s jealousy
that his mother of mothers is not his own and that his wife is his own
sister. Then indeed the grey mist envelops him and he goes back to the
gray sea leaving those he loves in sorrow and facing a hopeless future
which the impenetrable mists of life and death envelope like a shroud.

* * * * *

“It cannot be called satisfactory as a whole, and the conclusion is
too annoying to be tragic.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 614. N. 17. 300w.

“The whole tone of the present volume is as false as possible—little
short of maudlin.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 771. N. 24. ’06. 240w.

“A pleasantly written story, but it is curiously deficient in the
dramatic quality which justifies a tragic ending, and there is every
reason for averting the final catastrophe.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 892. D. 8, ’06. 70w.

=Greely, Adolphus Washington.= Handbook of Polar discoveries. $1.50. Little.

Following the topical method of treatment, General Greely has compiled
from original narratives “such data of accomplished results as may
subserve the inquiries of the busy man who often wishes to know what,
when, and where, rather than how.” All important Arctic geographic
additions to knowledge are given as well as the more important
scientific investigations. The table of contents includes; Early
Northwest voyages to 1750, Nova Zembla, The northeast passage,
Spitzbergen, Behring strait, The northwest passage, Franklin’s last
voyages, North-polar voyages, The islands of the Siberian ocean, Franz
Josef land, The Antarctic regions in general, and chapters upon the
African, Australian, Pacific and American quadrants.

* * * * *

“It is a great public service to have these voluminous narratives
studied, digested, criticised and reported by the foremost authority
on the subject.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1117. N. 8, ’06. 120w.

“A few ... serious misstatements or misprints ... have crept in as the
result of imperfect revision of the earlier text.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 493. D. 6, ’06. 490w.

“It is the polar vade mecum in English.” Cyrus C. Adams.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 845. D. 8, ’06. 340w.

=Green, Allen Ayrault.= Good fairy and the bunnies; 11 full-page il. in col. and 10 chapter headings by Frank Richardson. $1.50. McClurg.

The purpose of this story is to relieve the grief of boys and girls
who lose pets by suggesting to their minds the possibility that the
good animals of the earth are, after death transported to a beautiful
land on a star above.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 61: 1411. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 752. N. 17, ’06. 90w.

“There are plenty of pictures in colors ... but their style is not of
the best.”

– =R. of Rs.= 34: 766. D. ’06. 20w.

=Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs).= Circular study. *50c. Fenno.

A popular edition of a story which appeared first in 1900. It is a
mystery story whose crime, discovered to have been committed in self
defense, involves a dramatic tale of revenge and love.

* * * * *

+ – =Nation.= 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 110w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 70w.

=Green, Anna Katharine (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs).= Woman in the alcove. †$1.50. Bobbs.

A mystery story which runs a rapid and exciting course to the
inevitable solution opens upon a brilliant private ball. A gorgeously
appareled woman with a diamond on her breast too vivid for most women
is murdered in an alcove, and the gem hidden in the woman’s gloves is
discovered later in the possession of innocent Rita Van Arsdale. Her
lover is accused of the deed, and the interest of the story becomes
identified with this determined young woman’s efforts to free him from
the charge of guilt.

* * * * *

“It is one of the best of Anna Katharine Green’s detective novels and
displays all the remarkable ingenuity that marks the best work of the
famous author of ‘The Leavenworth case.’”

+ =Arena.= 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 190w.

=Critic.= 49: 93. Jl. ’06. 80w.

“One does not look for character drawing or social analysis in such
books, but it requires no small skill to write them as acceptably as
does Mrs. Green, who pleases her large constituency well.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 338. Ag. 9, ’06. 130w.

“Anna Katharine Green’s hand has assuredly lost its cunning if ‘The
woman in the alcove’ is to be accepted as the criterion of her present
workmanship.”

– =Lit. D.= 32: 918. Ja. 16, ’06. 120w.

“One of the most fascinating books of its kind, superior in content,
it seems to us, to either ‘The filigree ball’ or ‘The millionaire
baby,’ and as absorbing in the reading as those or any of their
predecessors.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 293. My. 5, ’06. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.

“This is a fairly good detective story, but not the best.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 142. My. 19, ’06. 60w.

+ =Spec.= 96: 950. Je. 16, ’06. 150w.

=Green, Evelyn Everett-.= Secret of Wold Hall. †$1. McClurg.

“It belongs to the innocuous class of respectable mediocrities, and is
not bad to rest one’s mind upon.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 4. Ja. 6, ’06. 200w.

=Greene, Charles Ezra.= Structural mechanics, comprising the strength and resistance of materials and elements of structural design; with examples and problems. *$2.50. Wiley.

“Published in 1897, this book has become well known. It stands
intermediate between the ordinary textbook on Mechanics of materials
and such books as Johnson’s Framed structures.... The book is
evidently framed for use; and one who has studied mechanics and has
the general fundamentals fixed in his mind will, in the shortest time,
find out what to do, or the information necessary for action.... The
new edition, now under review, contains 240 pages, whereas the 1897
(first) edition contained 268 pages; this, too, notwithstanding the
insertion of explanatory and introductory sentences in various parts
of the text.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The chief feature of the book is compactness of treatment without
sacrifice of clearness of statement.” W. Kendrick Hatt.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 55: 74. Ja. 18, ’06. 2060w.

=Greene, Cordelia Agnes.= Art of keeping well; with a biography by Elizabeth P. Gordon. **$1.25. Dodd.

A memorial volume by virtue of the sketch of Dr. Greene’s life to
which the last half of the book is devoted. “The part contributed by
Dr. Greene contains some eighteen articles on subjects connected
rather with hygiene than with medicine, all of them supporting the
title given to the book.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 228. Ap. 7, ’06. 230w.

“A sensible book of advice.”

=Outlook.= 82: 715. Mr. 24, ’06. 80w.

=Greene, Frances N., and Kirk, Dolly Williams.= With spurs of gold. †$1.50. Little.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 104. F. 17, ’06. 260w.

=Greene, Maria Louise.= Development of religious liberty in Connecticut. **$2. Houghton.

“A welcome and creditable addition to the small list of valuable works
on American ecclesiastical history.... The chief bones of contention
in Connecticut were, of course, the Halfway Covenant and the Saybrook
Platform; and to the development of these great statements, and of the
controversies which centered round them, Miss Greene pays detailed and
patient attention.... The bibliography lists the principal
authorities, including much contemporary material hitherto little
used.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Careful and scholarly treatise.”

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 687. Ap. ’06. 620w.

Reviewed by Eri B. Hulbert.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 358. Ap. ’06. 430w.

“With much learning and insight into the meaning of events, with a
lucid style and without prejudice, Dr. Greene has written a valuable
religious history of Connecticut.” George Hodges.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 413. Mr. ’06. 330w.

+ + =Critic.= 48: 477. My. ’06. 120w.

“The treatment of this subject is admirable, and is a distinct
contribution to the history of our national development. The placing
of the references to authorities in the appendix seems to us an
objectionable arrangement.”

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 73. Ag. 1, ’06. 170w.

“Miss Greene is neither partial nor hostile, and her work, if it errs
somewhat in feeling, is well stored with facts.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 201. Mr. 8, ’06. 310w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 120w.

“The volume as a whole is one to be welcomed by students of
Connecticut history.” Williston Walker.

+ =Yale R.= 15: 96. My. ’06. 480w.

=Greene, Robert.= Plays and poems; ed. by J. Churton Collins. 2v. *$6. Oxford.

Prof. Collins says, “I determined to spare no pains to make this
edition, so far at least as the text was concerned, a final one.” “It
preserves the original spelling not even removing the confusion of i
and j, of u and v. Such indications of scene and stage business as the
editor contributes himself, or as he takes over from Dyce, he sets
apart in brackets. He transcribes in full from the Alleyn treasures at
Dulwich, the manuscript part from which the actor studied Orlando in
Greene’s ‘Orlando Furioso,’ a most interesting fragment, which sheds
light on the customs of the Elizabethan playhouses. He collects all
the songs out of Greene’s novels. He discusses in detail, with full
knowledge and with robust common sense, all the many uncertainties
connected with the biography and with the bibliography of his author.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Although, the value and interest of this research is unquestionable,
we must yet take exception to Dr. Churton Collin’s arrangement of the
actual text of the plays. The general introduction is long and
learned; but it is in many respects disappointing. The special
introductions are, however, of marked importance.”

+ – =Acad.= 69: 1252. D. 2, ’05. 1430w.

“Prof. Collins cannot be charged with an excess of enthusiasm in this
venture. There are signs of weariness in the attempt to correct and
improve upon his predecessors.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 471. Ap. 21. 1740w.

“In fulness and accuracy it is, as it should be, up to the level which
has long been required in the case of the Greek and Latin classics,
and, we might add also, in the case of writers of the mediaeval
period. The notes especially are replete with learning.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 410. My. 17, ’06. 2240w.

“It is pleasant to be able to welcome the ‘Greene’ of Prof. Churton
Collins as a worthy companion to the ‘Kyd’ of Prof. Boas.” Brander
Matthews.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 222. Ap. 7, ’06. 1590w.

“What we are glad of is the opportunity of reading him at large in so
delightful a text.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 261. Mr. 3, ’06. 1990w.

+ + – =Spec.= 96: 537. Ap. 7, ’06. 1200w.

=Greene, Sarah P. McLean.= Power Lot. †$1.50. Baker.

Power Lot, God Help Us is the full name of this bleak little Nova
Scotia hamlet, and the story of its people as Captain Jim, a sailor on
the Bay of Fundy, tells it, is quaint and very human. The main plot,
concerns Robert Hilton, a dissolute youth who has been wasting his
inherited wealth in New York and who is marooned by the family doctor
upon these windswept cliffs, and Mary, the girl whom Captain Jim
himself loved but could not win. The regeneration of Robert thru work
and right living finally brings out his real character and makes him
worthy of both Mary and his great wealth, and to show how this is
accomplished the rugged life of the coast inhabitants and their
constant fight against poverty is pictured with sympathy and humor.

* * * * *

“So much of the psychology of ‘Power lot’ is true, and not without
interest, whether the reformation of the hero be credible or
otherwise.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 756. S. 27, ’06. 380w.

“Whole chapters might be omitted with advantage, but the story itself
is a real story, full of quaint turns of humor and sentiment, and told
with a peculiar eloquence and a strong feeling for dramatic effect.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 553. S. 8, ’06. 600w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 239. S. 22, ’06. 70w.

=Putnam’s.= 1: 319. D. ’06. 50w.

=Greenidge, Abel Hendy Jones.= History of Rome during the later republic and early principate. 6 vols. v. I, *$3.50. Dutton.

“The work is disappointing as a whole from its lack of directness,
proportion, and continuity.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 414. Ap. 7. 890w.

=Greenshields, E. B.= Landscape painting and modern Dutch artists. **$2. Baker.

A history of landscape painting from the awakening of art in the
thirteenth century to the recent French impressionists and the modern
revival in Holland. The author’s object is to lead the art student to
separate the “thought and the personal vision” of the master from the
great technical skill which is the servant that makes possible its
expression on canvas. This detachment leads to the subjective study
that interprets individuality.

* * * * *

“The text is concise and to the point.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 377. Ap. ’06. 90w.

“Mr. Greenshields, who has established himself as an authority on the
artists under discussion, has approached his task with ardor, and has
assembled his material with an eye keen both to the true and the
interesting.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 300. My. 1, ’06. 300w.

“This is largely composed of somewhat imperfectly fused essays,
neither profound nor novel, but agreeably written and giving
information that will be helpful to many in teaching them how to see
pictures.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 805. Ap. 5, ’06. 210w.

=Nation.= 82: 279. Ap. 5, ’06. 150w.

“A pleasing typographical as well as convenient feature of the book
will be found in its marginal notes.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 245. Ap. 14, ’06. 560w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 671. Jl. 21, ’06. 70w.

=Pub. Opin.= 40: 542. Ap. 28, ’06. 140w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 767. Je. ’06. 50w.

“Without adding anything fresh to our knowledge, the writer gives an
excellent summary of the rise and development of landscape painting
from early Renaissance times to the present day.”

+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1011. Je. 30, ’06. 130w.

=Greenslet, Ferris.= James Russell Lowell, his life and work. **$1.50. Houghton.

“It is the more surprising therefore, that a man who is steeped in
Lowell should on occasion himself write so vilely.”

– + =Acad.= 70: 201. Mr. 3, ’06. 1100w.

“There is a manifest danger that some of the merits of substance may
be hidden by the tricks of manner. The genuine merits are so many and
so positive that it would be the greatest of pities for the
apprehensive reader too quickly to take alarm and lose the benefits of
Mr. Greenslet’s searching study of Lowell the man and the writer.” M.
A. De Wolfe Howe.

+ + – =Atlan.= 97: 111. Ja. ’06. 740w.

“A compact record of this many-sided life and a really judicial
discussion of the poet’s place in literature—the first essentially
critical biography of Lowell yet attempted.” W. E. Simonds.

+ + + =Dial.= 40: 119. F. 16, ’06. 1290w.

“The book as a whole is well done, the smaller details being handled
with fondness for such details, and the critical notes touching all
the sensitive points.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 286. F. 1, ’06. 300w.

“A very painstaking and creditable, but uninspired, monograph.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 101. Mr. 23, ’06. 570w.

“It is hardly possible to speak too highly of Mr. Greenslet’s
performance. In addition to an unusually ample literary outfit, he
possesses the critic’s instinct and insight, and his almost unfailing
touchstone.”

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 180. Mr. 1, ’06. 2130w.

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 205. Mr. 8, ’06. 2130w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 119. Ja. ’06. 40w.

“Mr. Greenslet’s book is an excellent performance. A better portrait
of the man one could not wish to see.”

+ + + =Spec.= 96: 228. F. 10, ’06. 610w.

=Greenwood, James Mickleborough=, ed. Successful teaching: fifteen studies by practical teachers; prize winners in the national educational contest of 1905; with an introd. by J. M. Greenwood. *$1. Funk.

Fifteen essays which “are intended to help teachers in their daily
work; to give them broader views of teaching certain subjects, better
methods of presentation, and deeper insight into the thoughts,
feelings, emotions, desires, passions, and aspirations of a developing
human soul.”

* * * * *

“The book will prove valuable as an additional book of reference to
teachers who have available the more systematic and exhaustive
treatises.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 296. N. ’06. 140w.

“The contributions are of varying merit, tho on the whole excellent.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 936. O. 18, 06. 90w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 384. S. ’06. 50w.

=Grey, Edward C. W.= St. Giles’s of the lepers. $1.50. Longmans.

This large London parish took its name from the hospital for lepers
founded by the queen of Henry I. The author who labored here for
thirty years sketches the history and describes the recent attempts to
uplift the people who are sheltered within its limits. Among the most
interesting chapters are those which tell of the author’s experiences
as a Guardian of the poor, and his account of the founding of the
Boys’ institute.

* * * * *

“Had [Mr. Grey’s] life been spared, the few errors we have come across
would doubtless have been corrected, and his work, as a book of
reference, rendered more valuable by the addition of an index.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 477. Ap. 21. 590w.

“His reminiscences are not so valuable as his history, but they round
out a book unpretending, but very interesting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 893. D. 16, ’05. 620w.

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 180. F. 10, ’06. 130w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 872. N. 25, ’05. 330w.

=Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick.= Passenger from Calais. †$1.25. Page.

This story which records a series of adventures that begin in a
sleeping-car between Calais and Basle, and come to an end on the north
African shore as sprightly as one could wish. Briefly told, Lord
Blackadder divorces his wife. She wishes to escape with her child whom
the father also cares to possess. In order to facilitate her flight by
confusing the confidential agents who might follow her, she and her
twin sister gowned alike, and accompanied by maids closely resembling
one another journey in different directions, the one with the child
and the other with a dummy. The flight and the pursuit give rise to
numerous exciting situations.

* * * * *

“The trouble with ‘The passenger from Calais’ ... is the lack of a
certain magnetic something which in the story of mystery leads the
reader onward more or less breathless, through a mass of details
cunningly arranged to impede his progress and inflame his curiosity.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 81. F. 10, ’06. 280w.

=Grinnell, William Morton.= Social theories and social facts. **$1. Putnam.

A discussion of the subject of the economic and social conditions of
to-day with the following chapter headings: Natural and artificial
laws; Trusts; Competition; Socialism; Legislation; Labor; The Cost of
living; Course of wages; Railway rates. “The chief value in Mr.
Grinnell’s book is that it points out the difference between political
and industrial socialism and in so doing emphasizes both the true
function and the real value of the corporation as a contrivance for
the distribution of wealth.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Nowadays it is comparatively rare to find anyone holding so
consistently a laissez faire policy as does the author in this little
volume.”

+ – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 419. Mr. ’06. 150w.

“It is not a closely reasoned exposition, nor one characterized by
breadth of view. The facts are not critically examined to determine
their real meaning, and they are not always accurate. Occasionally
sweeping statements are made as if the facts were well established.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 150w.

Reviewed by Charles Richmond Henderson.

=Dial.= 40: 297. My. 1, ’06. 150w.

“It is impossible to find in the book a central idea or a consistent
standpoint.”

– =Ind.= 60: 1286. My. 31, 06. 130w.

“It is unfortunate that the author of this book, by his assumptions,
extravagances and inaccuracies, not to say errors, impairs the worth
of a work which contains some very valuable suggestions.”

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 572. Mr. 10, ’06. 490w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 509. Ap. ’06. 90w.

=Grove, Sir George.= Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians; new ed. thoroughly rev. and greatly enlarged; ed. by J. A. Fuller Maitland. 5v. ea. **$5. Macmillan.

+ + + =Acad.= 70: 483. My. 19, ’06. 700w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is, of course, impossible for Mr. Maitland to verify every
statement made in old articles and in those of new contributors.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 458. Ap. 14. 1000w. (Review of v. 2.)

“No exception can be taken to the scholarly character both of the
revised and the new matter.”

+ + + =Dial.= 40: 267. Ap. 16, ’06. 330w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Americans do not receive quite as full treatment as might have been
asked for them legitimately in a book intended just as largely for the
American as for the British market.”

+ + – =Ind.= 61: 155. Jl. 19, ’06. 480w.

“In dealing with matters of smaller importance the level reached and
sustained is a high one. The work has been conspicuously well done, as
regards both editing and production ... we have been hard put to
discover flaws.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 134. Ap. 12, ’06. 2620w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The shortcomings of the new ‘Grove’ are few compared with its many
sterling qualities.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 413. My. 17, ’06. 580w. (Review of v. 2.)

“There is a table of corrections of errors in the first volume at the
end of this, and there will doubtless be more corrections in the third
volume.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 253. Ap. 21, ’06. 1110w. (Review of v. 2.)

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 33: 510. Ap. ’06. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Grundy, Mabel Barnes-.= Hazel of Heatherland. †$1.50. Baker.

Hazel of Heatherland is a head-strong young heroine whose refractory
doings are refreshing and forgivable. Her whims form a sort of
froufrou of caprice against the background of Robert Underwick’s
plain, sturdy qualities. The romance of these two is aided by clever
Aunt Menelophe who is not so much a match-maker as a tactful student
of “fluffy bits of inanity.” So she characterizes some women, and
would be of service to them.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 160. Mr. 17, ’06. 270w.

“The author evidently knows rural England as well as how to write a
pleasing story.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 908. Ap. 21, ’06. 90w.

“Is freshly and amusingly written.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 601. My. 6, ’06. 140w.

=Guerber, Helene Adeline.= How to prepare for Europe. **$2. Dodd.

A popular handbook “How to prepare for Europe” is a “comprehensive
work written in a popular vein. There are chapters on the history of
each country, its literature and art, a vocabulary in six languages,
bibliographies of history, art, travel, etc., and other material for
the European traveler.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The tourist should by all means secure this book as a supplement to
his indispensable Baedeker.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 394. Je. 16, ’06. 260w.

“These bibliographies would have been more useful, if price,
publisher, and some indication of their relative value had been
given.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 871. Ap. 12, ’06. 70w.

“A useful little book that need not be depreciated as over-ambitious,
since it is light in the hand and most compact and clearly printed.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 365. My. 3, ’06. 420w.

“A useful handbook, covering a different field from any single volume
of which we know.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 908. Ap. 21, ’06. 80w.

=Guerville, A. B. de.= New Egypt. **$5. Dutton.

“A book of description combining history, geography, and travel.... M.
de Guerville has found that there really is a new Egypt, and that,
moreover, it is quite willing to be studied and analyzed.” (R. of Rs.)
“For the most part the illustrations in the present work are portraits
of well known natives, types, and scenes, as well as pictures of
English and French personages connected with Egypt’s recent history.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“If scandal is more amusing to his mind than politics, we do not blame
him, for the scandal adds colour and merriment to his narrative. Nor
should it be forgotten that his observation is as honest as it is
quick.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 279. Mr. 24, ’06. 130w.

“A very entertaining book, which no one who concerns himself with
things Egyptian can afford to pass by.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 420. Ap. 7. 590w.

“We commend the book for its valuable information, for its pungent
style, and for its sprightly gossip about things Egyptian.” H. E.
Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 40: 235. Ap. 1, ’06. 360w.

“His account of the rapid advance of civilization into the Sudan will
be as surprising as it is interesting to most readers.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 873. Ap. 12, ’06. 150w.

“A book as readable by reason of its style as by its intrinsic merit.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 370. My. 3, ’06. 1820w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 62. F. 3, ’06. 320w.

“On the whole, the book is one of the best on its subject yet
published.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 190w.

“Despite occasional blemishes, the book is worth reading.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 82: 522. Mr. 3, ’06. 350w.

“Entertainingly written.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 381. Mr. ’06. 130w.

=Guinan, Rev. Joseph.= Soggarth Aroon. $1.25. Benziger.

Chapters from the experiences of an Irish country curate, first
appearing in the “Ave Maria” and now amended and enlarged.

=Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Lost cause. †$1.50. Putnam.

Mr. Thorne’s preface states: “‘Protestantism’ within the church is a
lost cause, it is dying, and for just this reason the clamor is
loudest, the misrepresentation more furious and envenomed.... The
author ... attacks those of the extreme ‘Protestants’ whom he believes
to be insincere and who rebel against the truth for their own ends....
Finally, the noisiest ‘Protestants’ are hitting the Church as hard as
they can. The author has endeavored to hit back as hard as he can.”
The book treats this theme with dramatic intensity.

* * * * *

“Mr. Guy Thorne is not very skilful at handling even the small craft
he has set sail in. His devices are of the easy and conventional order
and his people lack vitality and breadth of human souls. His book is
not one to be regarded except as a warning and example of the
sacrifice of literature to opinion.”

– =Acad.= 69: 821. Ag. 12, ’05. 920w.

– =Ath.= 1905, 2: 171. Ag. 5. 280w.

“The venom of the book is, upon the whole, confined to its preface,
and it portrays some exalted Christian characters, and at times a
spirit truly catholic, in the accepted sense of the term.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 114. F. 24, ’06. 520w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 153. F. 3, ’06. 90w.

=Gull, Cyril Arthur Ranger (Guy Thorne, pseud.).= Made in His image. †$1.50. Jacobs.

How Charles Bosanquet, minister of industrial affairs, framed a
measure which settled for a time the problem of the great army of the
unemployable in London, and what came of it, is the burden of this
story. First the starving masses are drawn, hideous, menacing,
parasites upon the working poor; then comes the minister’s solution;
those whom the courts deem unfit for society are to be made slaves for
life. This is the beginning of that awful thing, the slave colony in
the Cornish hinterland at which the Christian world stood aghast. Thru
all this a love story is developed. Bosanquet and his old friend, John
Hazel, now his political opponent, both love Muriel, an active worker
in the anti-slavery league. And then the day comes when the slaves
break loose!

* * * * *

“Strange though its theme and remarkable the treatment, this novel
shows its greatest touch of genius in its ending.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 240w.

=Gunne, Evelyn.= Silver trail; poems. $1.25. Badger, R. G.

The author has followed her silver trail to learn its mystery. Her
verse goes hither and yon for themes, sometimes beyond the mountain,
to the sunset, more often far afield. The lines all breathe
possibility, hope, buoyancy.

=Gunsaulus, Frank W.= Paths to power; Central church sermons. *$1.25. Revell.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1541. D. 28, ’05. 180w.

=Gwatkin, Henry Melville.= Eye for spiritual things: and other sermons. *$1.50. Scribner.

“Some twenty-eight sermons.... English sermons of the best type....
The ... volume ranges over a wide class of subjects, though no theme
is handled which is not of importance in the religious life. The point
of view is indicated in the following sentence: ‘The knowledge of God
is not to be learned by sacrificing reason to feeling, or feeling to
reason, by ascetic observance or by orthodox belief; it is given
freely to all that purify themselves with all the force of heart and
soul and mind.’”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Strong and thoughtful sermons.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 160. Ag. ’06. 10w.

“They are chaste and dignified, orderly and quiet, without screaming
for oratorical effect, conveying a happy sensation of established
faith and power held in reserve.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 36. Jl. 12, ’06. 210w.

“They have real originality and independence of thought, a fine power
of description, and an eloquence which is free from mere rhetoric; on
the other hand he drags in controversy sometimes when it is not
necessary, and it is just when he denounces dogma and tradition and
the Roman Church that he deteriorates and tends to become
commonplace.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 699. Je. 2, ’06. 190w.

=Gwatkin, Henry Melville.= Knowledge of God. 2v. *$3.75. Scribner.

“These volumes present in rearranged form the Gifford lectures at
Edinburgh in 1904 and 1905 by the Professor of Ecclesiastical history
in Cambridge, England. What man has discovered concerning God through
God’s revelation of himself to man is the theme given by the title.
The first series discusses the reality and character of such a
revelation and discovery of God in the universe and in man. The second
series is devoted to a historico-critical survey of its development
from the stage of primitive religion to the present.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book is studded with memorable phrases and incisive comments, and
rises at times to serene and lofty eloquence. The value of the book is
that it is a sort of philosophy of history by a man intimately
acquainted with every detail of the subject, and entirely free from
the bias of the ecclesiastic. We cannot help thinking that Prof.
Gwatkin would have strengthened his book by a more sympathetic
attitude. For all that it is stimulating, and by its very decision,
useful, and above all things, interesting and brilliant.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 265. S. 8. 1450w.

=Lond. Times.= 5: 274. Ag. 10, ’06. 1540w.

“With the work as a whole one must confess to disappointment. Dr.
Gwatkin would appear to be most broad and tolerant in many respects,
but his manner toward Roman Catholics is sometimes offensive.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 310. O. 11, ’06. 540w.

“Whatever defects may be attributed to his work, its philosophic
thought and warmth of feeling make it a worthy continuation of the
work of his predecessors in the Gifford lectureship.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 711. Ag. 18, ’06. 520w.

“It is a pity that the value of these lectures is seriously
compromised by a singular inability to do justice to any form of
Christian thought except the Evangelical.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 489. O. 20, ’06. 1820w.

H

=Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August.= Last words on evolution: a popular retrospect and summary; tr. from 2nd ed. by Joseph McCabe. *$1. Eckler.

Three lectures which reiterate Professor Haeckel’s views of human life
and destiny as affected by the doctrine of evolution. They are as
follows: The controversy about creation, The struggle over our
genealogical tree and The controversy over the soul.

=Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 80w.

=Ind.= 61: 1291. N. 29, ’06. 480w.

=Nature.= 74: 27. My. 10, ’06. 330w.

=Spec.= 97: sup. 467. O. 6, ’06. 300w.

=Hagar, Frank Nichols.= American family: a sociological problem. $1.50 Univ. pub. soc.

“The author brings to his task the special training of a lawyer and
considerable reading in the history of institutions. He discusses sex,
theories of primitive and historical forms of domestic life, the
decadence of the Yankees, occupations of women, matrimonial law,
divorce, free love, education, industrial influences, democracy....
The volume illustrates the fact that men with legal training can
render a valuable service to sociology by calling attention to the
obstacles which the law itself presents when it is no longer fitted to
contemporary conditions.”—Am. J. Soc.

* * * * *

“It is a serious work with a conservative purpose. Perhaps the most
useful and instructive parts are the discussions of the decadence in
the Yankee stock, the danger of foreign inundation, and the law of
property affecting husband and wife.” C. R. Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 703. Mr. ’06. 300w.

“Dispatching many of the grave questions connected with the family in
sweeping generalizations, the author is too generally loose, vague,
and incoherent. His wide discursiveness has resulted in a work lacking
in due proportion and unity.”

– + =Cath. World.= 82: 415. D. ’05. 770w.

“It is a decidedly interesting and by no means contemptible argument.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 527. Ag. 12, ’05. 580w.

=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Ayesha: the return of “She.” †$1.50. Doubleday.

=Dial.= 40: 20. Ja. 1, ’06. 150w.

+ – =Ind.= 59: 1537. D. 28, ’05. 250w.

=Haggard, (Henry) Rider.= Poor and the land; being a report of the Salvation army colonies in the United States and at Hadleigh, England; with a scheme of national land settlement, and an introduction by H. Rider Haggard. 75c. Longmans.

“The report deserves a wide reading here, and careful consideration.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 236. Ja. ’06. 160w.

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 333. S. 9. 840w.

Reviewed by Winthrop More Daniels.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 843. Je. ’06. 390w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1538. D. 28, ’06. 320w.

=Quarterly R.= 204: 243. Ja. ’06. 1600w.

=Haggard, Henry Rider.= Spirit of Bambatse; a romance. †$1.50. Longmans.

The ingredients out of which H. Rider Haggard’s story is compounded
are “Zulu warriors, buried treasure, underground passages, a standard
villain, an English maiden of surpassing beauty and bravery, much
hypnotism on the part of the villain, and considerable sonorous
prophecy on the part of an ancient native priest.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Here is the old touch, the old fascination; and the tale—a constant
stream of excitement—ends as such tales should end, happily.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 266. S. 15, ’06. 160w.

“A story bristling with adventure and thoroly readable. It reminds us
of ‘King Solomon’s mines’ and certain other of Mr. Haggard’s stories
but that may be its best passport to popularity.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 330. S. 22. 120w.

=Lond. Times.= 5: 329. S. 28, ’06. 330w.

– =Nation.= 83: 287. O. 4, ’06. 190w.

“The man who likes his interest kept at white heat and who doesn’t
mind having his feelings harrowed a bit, will find in this book plenty
of the diversion and entertainment he seeks.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 594. S. 29, ’06. 410w.

“Mr. Rider Haggard is treading an old road with wonderful buoyancy.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 433. O. 6, ’06. 230w.

=Haile, Martin.= Mary of Modena, her life and letters. *$4. Dutton.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 465. Ja. ’06. 30w.

“Mr. Haile has told the story fully, and with a judicious use of
documents.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 661. Je. 2. 760w.

“The author of this biography has made good use of the wealth of
materials which in recent years have become available for his
purpose.”

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 397. Je. ’06. 330w.

“While clearly in sympathy with his subject, Mr. Haile writes in a
calm, temperate manner, and has produced a readable biography.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 332. My. 16, ’06. 310w.

“Is a distinct addition to the historical literature of the close of
the Stuart era.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1285. My. 31, ’06. 290w.

“Mr. Haile has done as well as he could do on behalf of his heroine,
and several of the documents he includes are well worth exhuming.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 530. D. 28, ’05. 540w.

+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1007. Je. 30, ’06. 2370w.

=Haines, Henry Stevens.= Restrictive railway legislation. **$1.25. Macmillan.

Reviewed by H. Parker Willis.

+ + =Dial.= 40: 83. F. 1, ’06. 680w.

“On the whole it is an exceedingly lucid and fair-minded review of the
railway situation in its present-day aspects.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 281. F. 1, ’06. 150w.

“The breadth of view manifested in his analysis of problems is not
always found in men who are doing things.”

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 122. F. ’06. 390w.

“Where he speaks as a technical expert, he is surest of his ground.
Where he essays a theory of reasonable rates, he is weakest. Where,
finally, he attempts a philosophic resume of the underlying forces
which have been operative in our railroad history, he attains a very
high degree of success.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 204. Mr. 8, ’06. 970w.

Reviewed by Frank Haigh Dixon.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 150. Mr. ’06. 760w.

“Mr. Haines has written one of the best treatises on this bothersome
and much-discussed problem which we have seen in recent years. His
book is to be recommended to all who desire an unprejudiced view.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 218. F. 17, ’06. 320w.

=Hains, Thornton Jenkins.= Voyage of the Arrow to the China seas: its adventures and perils, including its capture by sea vultures from the Countess of Warwick as set down by William Gore, chief mate. $1.50. Page.

A tale of thrilling sea-adventure thru which runs the romance of the
Arrow’s first mate and the captain’s niece. The reader is subjectively
a part of the boat’s company, breathes the salt air, enjoys the rough,
out-spoken ways of the captain, delights in the Irish grit of Larry
O’Toole and enters into the thick of the fight with the convict
pirates. There is swift action in the narrative, and many a strong
dramatic climax.

* * * * *

“It is written with feeling and conviction, without gross negligence
of truth, and with a swing and zest which should commend it
particularly to young people.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 150w.

“That the author of this tale knows the ocean and the men who sail
upon it is undeniable, and he writes with a zest reminding one of Mr
Clark Russell, though he has not that novelist’s literary skill.”

– + =Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 110w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 376. Je. 9, ’06. 230w.

=Haldane, Elizabeth S.= Descartes: his life and times. $4.50. Dutton.

“Miss Haldane has hit upon a fortunate analysis of the life of
Descartes, and its distribution under three general heads: His
education, from 1596 to 1612; his ‘Wanderjahre,’ from 1612 to 1628,
spent in seeing the world, in travel and warfare, and, finally, what
may be called his constructive period, ‘after his warfare was over,
and this dates from 1628 to 1650.’... In tracing his experience in
each of the periods Miss Haldane gives much and very intelligent
attention to the environment, historical and personal, in which it was
passed; and this has the merit not only of bringing out more
distinctly the true picture of Descartes, but of rendering the general
reader, for whom obviously the work is done, more at home with the
man, since he is realized in his surroundings.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“If Miss Haldane’s ‘Life of Descartes’ smacks rather of a description
of genius in a dressing gown, what it lacks in breadth of outlook it
certainly gains in possessing the personal note, no small merit when
we consider how comparatively uneventful was the philosopher’s
history.”

+ + – =Acad.= 71: 82. Jl. 28, ’06. 660w.

“Miss Haldane has given us the standard life of Descartes. Its
interest is not merely biographical, for it throws light on many
points of difficulty in Descartes’s philosophy, and on his relations
to the philosophers and scientists of his time.” R. Latta.

+ + =Hibbert J.= 5: 205. O. ’06. 1580w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1538. D. 28, ’05. 320w.

“Is by far the fullest and most interesting account of Descartes’s
life and times in English.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 35. F. 2, ’06. 1640w.

“The nature and character of the man are insufficiently considered.
The style of the book is easy and unperiodical; a little too much so,
perhaps.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 242. Mr. 22, ’06. 1870w.

“It is Descartes the man that appeals to her, and she traces the
course of his experience and development patiently, minutely, with
sympathy, and with simplicity that verges on the naïve. The style is
unaffected, direct, almost colloquial.” Edward Cary.

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 77. F. 10, ’06. 1380w.

“Has finely told the story of the honest, constructive skeptic.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 568. Mr. 10, ’06. 150w.

“Miss Haldane’s interesting biography of Descartes will be welcomed by
the student of philosophy as well as by the general reader.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 402. S. 22, ’06. 1630w.

=Haldane, Joseph.= Old Cronnak. $1.50. Decker pub.

Here the muck-raker is at work and brings to view the evil side of
life as it defies the code of the moral law. Incontinence is bared for
the negative lesson’s sake, and characters are set forth which do not
easily find their way into books. Yet in the midst of all this shines
the strong, pure love of Joseph Haldane and Alice Carter, which forms
the main thread of the story.

=Hale, Edward Everett.= Man without a country. $1. Century.

Uniform with the “Thumb-nail series” this volume contains an
introduction and the author’s preface to the edition of 1897.

=Hale, Edward Everett.= Man without a country. **50c. Crowell.

A holiday edition of Mr. Hale’s great lesson in patriotism.

=Hale, Edward Everett.= Tarry at home travels; il. **$2.50. Macmillan.