Chapter II: Preface (2)

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=Arnold, Matthew.= Sohrab and Rustum: ed. for schools and general use by W. P. Trent and W. T. Brewster. *25c. Ginn.

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* * * * *

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* * * * *

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=Asser, Bishop of Sherbourne.= Life of King Alfred, trans. from the text of Stevenson’s edition, with notes, by Albert S. Cook. *50c. Ginn.

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* * * * *

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=Aston, W. G.= Shinto: the way of the gods. *$2. Longmans.

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* * * * *

Reviewed by Henry Preserved Smith.

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=Atherton, Gertrude Franklin (Frank Lin, pseud.).= Travelling thirds. †$1.25. Harper.

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=Atkinson, George Francis.= College textbook of botany. *$2. Holt.

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* * * * *

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=Aubin, Eugene.= Morocco of to-day. *$2. Dutton.

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* * * * *

“His descriptions are vivid; the information he supplies is lucidly
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+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 480. Ap. 21, 370w.

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=Auchincloss, W. S.= Book of Daniel unlocked. *$1. Van Nostrand.

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=Audubon, John Woodhouse.= Audubon’s western journal: 1849–1850. *$3. Clark, A. H.

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* * * * *

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=Austin, Alfred (Lamia, pseud.).= Door of humility. *$1.50. Macmillan.

A poem of 57 cantos in which a poet “is perplexed in youth with some
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=Austin, Louis Frederic.= Points of view; ed, with prefatory note by Clarence Rook. **$1.50. Lane.

Essays selected from the author’s contributions to London newspapers
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pen; but it is also tragic.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

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=Austin, Martha Waddill.= Tristam and Isoult. $1. Badger, R: G.

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=Austin, Mrs. Mary Hunter.= The flock; il. by E. Boyd Smith. **$2. Houghton.

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* * * * *

“The poetic temperament which so well fits Mrs. Austin for writing
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=Austin, Mary.= Isidro. †$1.50. Houghton.

“A not too probable Spanish-American romance gaining color from a
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* * * * *

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=Avery, Elroy McKendree.= History of the United States and its people. In 15 vol. ea. *$6.25. Burrows.

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=Ayer, Mary Allette.= Joys of friendship. **$1. Lee.

A companion volume to the author’s “Daily cheer year book.” The
extracts are arranged under the following sub-headings: The love of
friendship, Companionship, Sympathy, Influence, Immortality of
friendship, and The Divine friendship.

* * * * *

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=Ayres, S. G.= Complete index to the Expositor’s Bible, topical and textual. *$1. Armstrong.

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=Babelon, Ernest.= Manual of oriental antiquities. New ed., with a chapter on the Recent discoveries at Susa. **$2.50. Putnam.

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* * * * *

=Int. Studio.= 29: sup. 85. S. ’06. 480w.

“This added chapter only makes more evident the need of a revision or
rewriting of the whole work.”

– =Nation.= 83: 84. Jl. 26, ’06. 910w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 370. Je. 9, ’06. 520w.

=Bacheller, Irving (Addison).= Silas Strong, emperor of the woods. †$1.50. Harper.

A strong plea for the preservation of our forests. The author says “It
is in no sense a literary performance. It pretends to be nothing more
than a simple account of one summer life, pretty much as it was lived,
in a part of the Adirondacks.” Silas Strong is a woodland philosopher,
and his camp is the scene of the wooing of a wood-nymph by a young
politician. “The incidents include a forest fire, while among the
leading characters is a dog said to be particularly engaging.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 71: 287. S. 22, ’06. 150w.

“Many will be unable to feel either great admiration for, or any
unusual interest in, Silas.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 140w.

+ – =Critic.= 48: 571. Je. ’06. 90w.

“Altogether, it is a book that deserves to be read, and, having been
read, to be pondered.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 984. Je. 30, ’06. 540w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 242. Ap. 14, ’06. 320w.

“Strong, fine-flavored story of the woods.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 150w.

“The actual story is not as impressive as it might be.”

– =Outlook.= 82: 910. Ap. 21, ’06. 130w.

+ – =R. of Rs.= 33: 756. Je. ’06. 100w.

=Bacon, Alice Mabel.= In the land of the gods: some stories of Japan. †$1.50. Houghton.

“Ten true pictures of fairyfolk and phenomena set in the frame of a
dainty English style.” (Ind.) They illustrate “Japanese beliefs and
traditions which Miss Bacon regards as the sources of the Japanese
qualities and traits which have been so clearly shown the world during
the great crisis of the last two years.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“This book is a ‘Japanese fairy world’ to date, but with something of
Hearn’s witchery of style.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1478. D. 21, ’05. 110w.

“All are worth telling, extremely well told, and full of interest both
for children and for their elders.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 510. D. 21, ’05. 130w.

“There is certainly much pleasure to be had from reading these ten
little stories.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 110. F. 24, ’06. 230w.

“These stories are very happily phrased, full of the spirit of
intuition, and thoroughly sympathetic with the life which they
describe.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 682. N. 18, ’05. 60w.

=Bacon, Mrs. Dolores Harbourg.= King’s divinity. †$1.50. Holt.

They met at a ball given by royalty, he a cousin of royalty, she a
charming American girl. The course of true love is interrupted by
court conventions and obdurate counsellors, but the divinity of love
finally proves itself more than that of majesty.

* * * * *

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 470w.

“Is pleasant reading, but thin in quality and imperfect in its plot
development.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 70w.

=Bacon, Edgar Mayhew, and Wheeler, Andrew Carpenter.= Nation builders: a story. $1. Meth. bk.

An appreciation of the itinerant preachers of Methodism who went out
to possess the American frontier a century ago.

* * * * *

+ =Outlook.= 82: 93. Ja. 13, ’06. 200w.

“It is an inspiring record and the joint authors have well presented
it.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 92. Ja. 20, ’06. 340w.

=Bacon, Edwin Munroe.= Connecticut river, and the valley of the Connecticut; three hundred and fifty miles from mountain to sea: historical and descriptive. **$3.50. Putnam.

Under the headings “Historical,” “The romances of navigation,” and
“The topography of the river and valley” the author has “traced all
the interesting movements and events associated with New England’s
chief river down to the present day.” The book abounds in the
picturesque and traditional no less than in well authorized historical
fact.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 41: 327. N. 16, ’06. 510w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 818. O. 4, ’06. 370w.

“Is a book of notable interest to New-Englanders.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 393. S. 22, ’06. 260w.

“The proportions of the long stretch have been duly considered, and
the narrative, not unlike the river which it portrays, runs
consistently, though compressed within brimming pages, from cover to
cover—a happy concurrence of literary ease and historical severity.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 331. O. 18, ’06. 670w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 140w.

=Bagley, William Chandler.= Educative process. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“Students of schoolcraft and teachers will find that Mr. Bagley’s
elaborate account of the processes of education repays careful study.”

+ =Cath. World.= 82: 555. Ja. ’06. 250w.

“The contribution in this book lies in the careful selection of
biological and physiological principles which have educational
bearings, and which can be seen as such by the average teacher.”
Frederick E. Bolton.

+ + =Psychol. Bull.= 3: 369. N. 15, ’06. 560w.

“What has been especially needed for some time is just such a work as
Dr. Bagley has written. It will be generally agreed that Dr. Bagley
has given us here a sound and scholarly statement of educational
theory.” Edwin G. Dexter.

+ + =School R.= 14: 464. Je. ’06. 460w.

=Bagot, Richard.= Italian lakes; painted by Ella Du Cane, described by Richard Bagot. *$6. Macmillan.

“Mr. Bagot gossips not unpleasantly, if with no great indication of
profound historical research.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 427. Ap. 7. 170w.

“His book contains much valuable and interesting information, but the
pleasure of reading it is somewhat marred by the uncalled-for
apologetic tone adopted throughout, and the ever-recurrent use of the
personal pronoun.”

+ – =Int. Studio.= 27: 373. F. ’06. 200w.

“Charming pictures—with a very inferior text. Indeed it would have
been better had the sketches followed one another and the printed
matter been condensed into notes.”

– + =Lond. Times.= 5: 11. Ja. 12, ’06. 120w.

“We have found this the most pleasing volume of a class of books which
appear now to have a certain vogue.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 14. D. 9, ’05. 180w.

=Bagot, Richard.= Passport. †$1.50. Harper.

“Mr. Bagot’s style is clever and finished. It lacks a definite
clear-cut motive that should give it force and value.”

+ – =Dial.= 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 180w.

=Bailey, Mrs. Alice Ward (A. B. Ward, pseud.).= Roberta and her brothers; il. by Harriet Roosevelt Richards. †$1.50. Little.

A lively story with a wide-awake, ambitious young heroine who is
mother, sister, housekeeper and counsellor in her father’s home. Her
trials, her triumphs, and her longings offer wholesome entertainment
to young readers.

* * * * *

“Is a book with plenty of life and vim between its covers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 700. O. 27, ’06. 90w.

“The story is wholesome, lively, and sufficiently natural to arouse a
response in the heart of all girl readers.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 431. O. 20, ’06. 120w.

“The characters are nicely differentiated, the expression fresh.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 768. D. ’06. 40w.

=Bailey, Mrs. Alice Ward (A. B. Ward, pseud.).= Sage brush parson. †$1.50. Little.

The sage brush wastes of Nevada furnish the general setting of Mr.
Ward’s story while the particular interest centers in one of the
little towns filled with rough miners. Among these carousing groups
there appears one day an Englishman of deep religious zeal and culture
bent upon the mission of saving souls. The reader’s sympathy is
readily won for the lonely figure, whose apparent asceticism is not
bred in the bone, but the outgrowth of a bitter heart load. The
melodramatic touches are thoroughly in keeping with the locale of the
story-drama.

* * * * *

“This is one of the strongest and most human stories we have read in
months.”

+ =Arena.= 35: 557. My. ’06. 640w.

“It is a good example of how much weakness in a plot and in style may
be pardoned, if the central characters win our affection and hold our
interest.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 29. Mr. ’06. 480w.

“There is much strength in this vivid narrative, combined with humor,
realistic description, and incisive characterization.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 262. Ap. 16, ’06. 250w.

+ – =Ind.= 60: 1224. My. 24, ’06. 430w.

“The style is crisp, virile, incisive; and although there may be
suggestions of Bret Harte, perhaps even of ‘The Virginian’ here and
there, this is yet a new story, strongly told, with a character all
its own.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 340w.

“Logic is not A. B. Ward’s strong point, but she ... writes a readable
story and one that keeps the attention right up to the last word.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 158. Mr. 17, ’06. 1100w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 478. F. 24, ’06. 110w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 187. F. 10, ’06. 130w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 756. Je. ’06. 80w.

=Bailey, Liberty Hyde.= Outlook to nature. **$1.25. Macmillan.

“We see that the writer is a passionate lover of nature with a strain
of the poet in him, but we do not always find his treatment
convincing.”

+ – =Nature.= 74: 315. Ag. 2, ’06. 430w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 383. Mr. ’06. 60w.

=Bailey, Liberty Hyde.= Plant-breeding: being lectures upon the amelioration of domestic plants. **$1.25. Macmillan.

To this fourth edition of his volume in the “Garden craft series,”
Prof. Bailey has added a new chapter on current plant-breeding
practice. “For one who already knows something of garden plants ‘Plant
breeding’ affords a royal road to modern evolutionary doctrine, while
the changes in the text between the first and the present fourth
edition show how rapid has been recent progress in this field.”
(Atlan.)

* * * * *

“Gives a remarkably simple and readable account of current practice in
this department of horticulture, interpreting every process in the
light of recent theory.” E. T. Brewster.

+ + |=Atlan.= 98: 424. S. ’06. 150w.

“Most accomplished writer of pure horticultural English.” Mabel Osgood
Wright.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 448. Jl. 14. ’06. 1190w.

=Bailie, William.= Josiah Warren, the first American anarchist: a sociological study. **$1. Small.

“Warren’s anarchism was of a type different from that exemplified in
the terrorists of today; was, in fact, philosophical anarchism in its
purest form. Upholding the doctrine of the sovereignty of the
individual and the abolition of all government but self-government,
and cherishing the idea that the restraints of government are not
needed to induce each individual to exercise his liberty with due
regard to the rights of others, Warren spent many years in the
endeavor to demonstrate in practice the validity of his
theories.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Those who are interested in the growth of social theories in this
country will welcome this little volume.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 173. Jl. ’06. 90w.

=Critic.= 49: 92. Jl. ’06. 60w.

“The story of the way in which Warren sought to put his teachings into
practice makes entertaining and not unprofitable reading.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 918. Je. 16, ’06. 170w.

“Mr. Bailie doesn’t succeed in conveying any impression of his
personality.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 311. My. 12, 06. 540w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 140. My. 19, ’06. 240w.

=Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 565. S. ’06. 140w.

=Bain, F. W.= Digit of the moon, and other love stories from the Hindoo. $1.50. Putnam.

“As stories of an ancient civilization, these flowery, unhurried tales
have a charm of movement and meaning. As love stores the tales are
pure and ardent, mixing earthly and heavenly motive and passion in the
intimate way of the early world.”

+ =Lit. D.= 31: 1000. D. 30, ’05. 230w.

=Baird, Jean K.= Cash three. 60c. Saalfield.

A little lad, as cash boy in a department store, fighting poverty with
his father while his mother’s relatives are trying to find him. The
tale, ending in a happy Christmas, is full of hardships, relieved by a
father’s devotion and a child’s natural cheerfulness.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 895, D. 22, ’06. 30w.

=Baird, Jean K.= Danny. 60c. Saalfield.

Goat Hill, an Irish washerwoman settlement, furnishes the setting of a
story in which Mary Shannon, and Danny, the pride of her heart, are
the principal characters.

=Baker, Abby G., and Ware, Abby H.= Municipal government of the city of New York. *90c. Ginn.

Altho written for eighth grade pupils in the New York schools, much of
the discussion exceeds local interest and offers suggestions for every
city’s government as well as help along the line of preparation for
civil service examinations.

=Baker, Cornelia.= Queen’s page. †$1.25. Bobbs.

“Is one of the most delightful children’s books of the year.” Amy C.
Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 35: 333. Mr. ’06. 190w.

=Baker, Louise R.= Mrs. Pinner’s little girl $1. Jacobs.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 911. D. 23, ’05. 40w.

=Baldwin, May.= Girls of St. Gabriel’s. †$1.25. Lippincott.

+ =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 8. D. 9, ’05. 50w.

=Baldwin, May.= That little limb; il. †$1.25. Jacobs.

A misunderstood, unconsciously naughty little girl lives a riotous
life in her canon uncle’s home until he has to send her away to
school. Her friendship for a young doctor just over the wall who is
her prince and who understands her is the foil for all her childishly
weird thrusts at life and people.

* * * * *

“Is rather a disappointing book.”

– =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 10. D. 9, ’05. 70w.

=Baldwin, Simeon Eben.= American judiciary and judicial system. *$1.25. Century.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 532. Ja. ’06. 60w.

=Baltzell, W. J.= Complete history of music. Presser.

A book for schools, clubs and private reading. “The author begins at
the beginning, with the prehistoric music of Assyrians and Egyptians,
and follows down through Hebrew and Greek music, through the
beginnings of mediaeval music, through the great period of the
polyphonic ecclesiastical composers, and so to the modern schools, and
the most modern schools There are chapters on musical instruments, on
singing, on the origin and development of the opera and of the suite
and sonata.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The most useful and up-to-date history of music in any language.”

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 414. My. 17, ’06. 340w.

“For its purpose, and within its limitations this history is unusually
good, and an uncommon skill has been shown in its compilation and in
the arrangement of its parts.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 271. Ap. 28, ’06. 350w.

“Especially full and informing are the early chapters dealing with the
origin and primitive evolution of music.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 475. F. 24, ’06. 170w.

=Baly, Edward Charles Cyril.= Spectroscopy. *$2.80. Longmans.

“Briefly the volume may be described as an excellent scholarly
compendium of terrestrial spectroscopy brought up to date. The subject
of astrophysics is barely touched upon. Of the seventeen chapters
which the treatment includes, the first seven are devoted to what
might be called ordinary spectroscopic practice, including the theory
and use of the prism and the diffraction grating; the remaining ten
chapters are given to more advanced and special problems, such as
those occurring in the infrared and ultra-violet regions,
spectroscopic sources, the Zeeman effect, spectral series, etc.
Concerning each of these chapters it may be said that the problem is
always definitely stated, the English is clear and simple, and the
references to original sources are ample.”—Astrophys. J.

* * * * *

“The volume as a whole is characterized by a fine perspective and by
always putting the emphasis in the right place. It should find a place
in the library of every student of physical optics.” Henry Clew.

+ + =Astrophys. J.= 23: 170. Mr. ’06. 810w.

“The book, indeed, fills a gap in spectroscopic literature which has
long existed. Notwithstanding the few drawbacks to which attention has
been directed, the book reflects the greatest credit on its author.”

+ + – =Nature.= 73: sup. 9. N. 30, ’05. 680w.

=Bangs, John Kendrick.= R. Holmes & co.: being the remarkable adventures of Raffles Holmes, esq., detective and amateur cracksman by birth. †$1.25. Harper.

The conflicting traits and characteristics of Raffles and of Sherlock
Holmes are strangely blended in this new hero, Raffles Holmes, who
introduces himself as the grandson of the famous cracksman and the son
of the great detective. His history and adventures as recorded by
Jenkins, who is his Dr. Watson and his Bunny in one, are highly
amusing. In the double capacity of thief and detective he enjoys a
successful and spectacular career, for while the Raffles in him
perpetually cries “Take” the Holmes in him thunders “Restore” and he
does both to his own advantage.

* * * * *

+ =Critic.= 49: 284. S. ’06. 90w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 435. Jl. 7, ’06. 200w.

“A parody needs to be remarkably well done to secure the forgiveness
of the admirers of the original. It is to be feared that Mr. Bangs
must go unforgiven.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 910. Ag. 18, ’06. 110w.

=Banks, Rev. Louis Albert.= Great promises of the Bible. $1.50. Meth. bk.

This is the fourth volume of a quartette, the first three of which are
“The great sinners of the Bible,” “The great saints of the Bible,”
“The great portraits of the Bible.” There are thirty sermons which
comprise a complete survey of the Bible promises including the promise
of a new heart, forgiveness, answers to prayer, sleep, home of the
soul, victory, morning and immortality.

=Barbey, Frederic.= Friend of Marie Antoinette (Lady Atkyns). *$3. Dutton.

“Lady Atkyns an English actress, lived in France long enough to
acquire violent Royalist sentiments, and to be presented to the lovely
queen Marie Antoinette, to whose cause she forever swore allegiance.
Her recently discovered correspondence reopens the puzzle of the
disappearance of the Dauphin. However, the case remains as completely
unsolved as ever.... Lady Atkyns seems to have been a monomaniac of
very generous impulses, who was the dupe of excited French Royalists,
and they appeared as eager for English gold as for the rescue of their
king.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“A most disappointing book. Indeed, one is tempted to ask oneself,
when wading through the excellent translation of M. Barbey’s work
whether that distinguished writer really made the best of his
material.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 401. Ap. 28, ’06. 790w.

“The translation is, as a whole, very tolerably executed.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 507. Ap. 28, 2430w.

“Although M. Barbey is a good compiler of evidence, he has no gift for
vividness.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 132. Ap. 12, ’06. 1460w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 257. Ap. 21, ’06. 1460w. (Reprinted from
Lond. Times.)

“There are more exclamatory passages by the author than authentic
quotations from Lady Atkyns’s letters.”

– =Outlook.= 83: 481. Je. 23, ’06. 210w.

“It is a pretty romance anyway, and a few words at least of it might
be given as a foot note to the history of France.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 730. Je. 9, ’06. 300w.

– =Spec.= 97: 235. Ag. 18, ’06. 1510w.

=Barbour, Mrs. Anna Maynard.= Breakers ahead. †$1.50. Lippincott.

This story outlines the life of a “sublime egoist.” A young
Englishman, Thomas Macavoy Denning, leaves home because he has been
expelled from school, and comes to America with the resolve to make in
the new world, single-handed, a name which shall equal his father’s in
the old. He succeeds in so far as wealth and position are concerned,
by sheer will, force, and self confidence he succeeds financially; but
on the eve of his political triumph, just as his election as governor
of a western state seems assured, the results of a lax past, of a
period when he sowed wild oats rises up to defeat him—and his was not
a soul which could bear defeat.

* * * * *

“The effect as a whole is not convincing. The author’s style is rather
stilted and the dialogue is somewhat less than natural.”

– =Critic.= 49: 284. S. ’06. 160w.

“Otherwise the story is exceptionally well put together, and rises
steadily toward a climax of interest that proves fairly enthralling.”
Wm. M. Payne.

+ – =Dial.= 41: 38. Jl. 16, ’06. 230w.

=Ind.= 61: 213. Jl. 26, ’06. 50w.

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

=Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Crimson sweater. †$1.50. Century.

Life at the Ferry Hill school as Roy Porter, brother of Porter of the
Harvard eleven, found it, forms an interesting study of the smallness
and the breadth of various boy natures as well as a series of pictures
of football, hockey, cross country runs, boat racing, base-ball, and
other sports as they were played there. Harry, daughter of the
head-master, furnishes a wholesome girl element and is Roy’s comrade
thru the various ups and downs that made up his school life from the
time when, as a boy, he rescued her pet rabbit, to the time when,
having won his place as leader of the school, he is carried on the
shoulders of his triumphant classmates at the close of the game in
which Ferry Hill at last beat Hammond.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 83: 484. D. 6, ’06. 110w.

“Although the book was intended primarily for boys, the wholesome,
outdoorsy girl will find it just as interesting on account of the
hearty friendship between the boy and one of his girl schoolmates.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 683. O. 20, ’06. 140w.

“It is perfectly safe to predict a large reading for this book among
American schoolboys.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 80w.

=Barbour, Ralph Henry.= Maid in Arcady. †$2. Lippincott.

An aimless Vertumnus drifts into Arcady and beholds Clytie, a daughter
of the gods. He gazes spellbound. So begins a tale of love which has
the stamp of Olympia upon it, but which in reality is very modern
after all, and, true to the adage, does not run smoothly. Believing
that she is Laura Devereaux the girl whom his friend loves, he takes
himself miserably away striving to forget that he had ever stumbled
into Arcady. After a long and weary waiting he discovers his mistake
and a happy ending ensues.

* * * * *

“The new story is longer and somewhat more substantial than its
predecessors, but equally graceful and amusing.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 397. D. 1, ’06. 170w.

“The story is graceful and more spirited than one would expect from
the emphasis given to its externals.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 539. D. 20, ’06. 100w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 130w.

=Bard, Emile.= Chinese life in town and country. **$1.20. Putnam.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: sup. 3. F. 2, ’06. 150w.

=Barine, Arvede, pseud. (Cecile Vincens) (Mrs. Charles Vincens).= Louis XIV. and La Grande Mademoiselle. **$3. Putnam.

The present story continues the career of La Grande Mademoiselle where
the author’s “The youth of La Grande Mademoiselle” dropped it, just at
the close of the Fronde,—that protest of the French nobility against
centralization. Mme. Barine’s heroine was related to Louis XIII., was
the richest heiress in France, and aspired to be an empress, a
political power and a nun. “Her mad vagaries and misguided impulses”
furnish material for a comic as well as a tragic study of a
fascinating period.

* * * * *

“It is a book of striking interest, and the rendering is tolerably
well done, though it retains French idiom too much, and gives us
occasionally but jerky English.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 262. Mr. 3. 70w.

“The proof of the merit of Mme. Barine’s work lies in the fact that
one is eager to read it in spite of the very bad translation. To a
subject replete with picturesque interest Mme. Barine has done full
justice.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 471. My. ’06. 220w.

“The narrative has all the vivacity of fiction, though at the same
time its historical care and accuracy are evident at every turn. The
translation, which is anonymous, is easy and unaffected.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 96. F. 1, ’06. 250w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 41. Jl. 5, ’06. 250w.

+ – =Nation.= 82: 10. Ja. 4, ’06. 100w.

“Is, to say the very least, vastly entertaining.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 66. F. 3, ’06. 1280w.

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 324. F. 10, ’06. 270w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 70w.

“There is a lack of delicacy in some of the passages, which the
translator would have shown better taste either by omitting or toning
down, but the sketch given of the court and its manners is admirably
drawn, and the pathos of the often ridiculous adventures of the
heroine is well brought out.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 757. Je. 16, ’06. 880w.

“The story may be read at length in these pages, admirably told by the
author, so far as a deplorable translation permits us to appreciate
it.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 265. F. 17, ’06. 470w.

=Barnard, William Francis.= Moods of life: poems of varied feeling. $1. The Rooks press.

A hundred and some poems which portray the grave as well as the gay
moods of life.

* * * * *

Reviewed by William M. Payne.

– + =Dial.= 41: 208. O. 1, ’06. 310w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. ’06. 50w.

=Barnes, James.= Outside the law. †$1.50. Appleton.

“A detective story with the detective left out.” (Outlook.) Lorrimer,
a man of great wealth, imparts to an old servant the secret process by
which he can reproduce the works of old engravers with great fidelity.
The servant’s treachery in joining a band of counterfeiters starts a
series of situations which implicate the innocent Lorrimer, and weave
a relentless mesh about him.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 897. D. 16, ’05. 330w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 90w.

=Barr, Mrs. Amelia Edith Huddleston.= Cecilia’s lovers. †$1.50. Dodd.

A companion book to Mrs. Barr’s “Trinity bells.” New York life of
to-day is portrayed, but Cecilia’s “Quakeress benefactor and Quaker
home are the most pleasing and realistic features of the book. Her
worldly friends and lovers are by no means satisfying to the reader.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“As regards the literary quality of the book there is not much to be
said, but it is bright and pleasant, and likely enough to find
readers.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 662. Je. 2. 170w.