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=Hutton, Rev. William Holden.= Church and the barbarians; being an outline of the history of the church from A. D. 461 to A. D. 1003. *$1. Macmillan.

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* * * * *

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student.”

– =Sat. R.= 102: 372. S. 22, ’06. 140w.

=Hyde, A. G.= George Herbert and his times. **$2.75. Putnam.

The true George Herbert is the theme of Mr. Hyde’s biography, whose
burden is the reconciliation of the elements of a complex nature. “The
story of Herbert’s ‘spiritual conflicts’ has been told once for all in
the immortal pages of Walton’s ‘Life’; but that golden text requires
for these modern days a good deal of expansion and comment, and this
Mr. Hyde has sought to supply in the book before us. He has taken
pains to collect information about the poet’s environment. He tells
about the condition of Westminster school during Herbert’s boyhood;
about the status and duties of the oratorship which Herbert held at
Cambridge; and he writes chapters upon the church politics of the day
and on the poet’s friends and contemporaries.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

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+ + =Acad.= 71: 390. O. 20, ’06. 1340w.

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as to the chronology of the poems. However, it cannot be said that
these deficiencies make much difference in a popular book. The merit
of Mr. Hyde’s volume is its readableness.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 333. O. 5, ’06. 140w.

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knowledge of Herbert’s life or surroundings. But he has a cultivated
style, is well read in the general field, and from the common sources
has put together a thoroughly entertaining volume. The weakest part of
the book ... is that which pretends to deal with criticism.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 329. O. 18, ’06. 670w.

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+ =Spec.= 97: 444. S. 29, ’06. 300w.

=Hyde, William DeWitt.= College man and the college woman. **$1.50. Houghton.

“A book especially for “people” who are concerned, either as parents
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subjects the college to the tests that the man of plain mind applies
without sophistry, and shows how the college does, or ought to, meet
those tests; it puts into intelligible language the educational ideals
of the enlightened college teacher and administrator; and it states
effectively what the public attitude toward a college in a democracy
should be.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

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+ =Ind.= 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 50w.

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than in the first chapter, occupying less than a page.”

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=Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright.= Trials of Commander McTurk. †$1.50. Dutton.

“Commander McTurk on the Retired list of the United States navy
employs himself in getting “professional experience elsewhere,” really
is struggling to regain lost prestige. His flaxen wig and his red face
“with its thousand tiny wrinkles” are at variance with his modest
claim to art. He is amusingly sketched in graphic, lively style, but
hardly illumined by the vital spark which animated his truculent
predecessor [Captain Kettle].” (Ath.)

* * * * *

=Acad.= 71: 204. S. 1, ’06. 340w.

“The principal blemish in this collection of stories is that it has
not been devised primarily for a volume, but for serial publication.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 270. S. 8. 170w.

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health have every justification for enjoying the cumulative
absurdities of this robustious patriot.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 290. Ag. 24, ’06. 320w.

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Captain Kettle,’ his new work would be hailed, probably as a maker of
reputation.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 550w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Borderland of psychical research. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

The ground of normal and abnormal psychology is covered in this volume
in a manner to prepare the layman for the consideration of supernormal
problems, especially upon the evidential side. The author says “the
work must not be adjudged from the point of view of the trained
psychologist as an effort to help scholars, but from the standpoint of
public education as designed to do what text-books can hardly
undertake.”

* * * * *

“The discussions contained in these 400 pages and more, are long and
diffuse.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 392. N. 8, ’06. 230w.

“It treats perplexing questions conservatively, and with a view to
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and attempts to clear the way.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 629. N. 10, ’06. 250w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Enigmas of psychical research. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

Professor Hyslop looks upon this volume as a supplement to his
“Science and a future life.” He goes over his whole field of the
supernormal, includes an exhaustive discussion on telepathy and
apparitions, and has added much material on crystal gazing,
coincidental dreams, clairvoyance and premonitions, with some
illustrations of mediumistic phenomena.

* * * * *

“The work is a worthy companion volume to ‘Science and a future
life.’”

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“Almost all his evidence had long ago been laid before the curious.
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– =Ath.= 1906, 1: 800. Je. 30. 600w.

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

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in sight.”

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=Nation.= 82: 428. My. 24, ’06. 100w.

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theoretical treatment.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 604. My. 12, ’06. 950w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 128. Jl. ’06. 120w.

=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Problems of philosophy; or, Principles of epistemology and metaphysics. *$5. Macmillan.

“In thirteen chapters Dr. Hyslop discusses, first introductory
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theory of knowledge, thereafter (chapters 9–12) metaphysical theories,
with special reference to ‘materialism’ and ‘spiritualism’; and
finally, (chapter 13) he sums up his results in a general discussion
of the office, the duties, the prospects, and the ethical significance
of philosophy. This final chapter, very readable by itself, even apart
from the rest of the book, is probably the one which the student of
social and of ethical problems will find the most interesting.”—Int.
J. Ethics.

* * * * *

“Professor Hyslop’s style is vigorous and clear. The book will afford
valuable collateral readings in philosophical courses, and even where
instruction takes issue with it, it should prove a healthy foil. In
certain ranges, as the discussion of materialism and spiritualism, it
occupies unique territory.” H. B. Alexander.

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admirable individuality and an unconventionality of procedure which
are obvious and wholesome, even when the views themselves which are
defended, appear to be less original, or even when, to the present
reviewer’s mind, they are least valuable as results. Dr. Hyslop’s
English is often unnecessarily hard to follow, not by reason of mere
technicalities, but by reason of imperfectly constructed sentences.”
Josiah Royce.

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excuse for condemning utterly.”

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between the theory of knowing and the theory of being.” H. N.
Gardiner.

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=Hyslop, James Hervey.= Science and a future life. **$1.50. Turner, H. B.

“Issue must, however be squarely taken with Dr. Hyslop when he denies
the ability of philosophers to do anything in this field.” Frederick
Tracy.

+ – =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 170. Ja. ’06. 530w.

“We wish that he carried more of his logic into his ‘metapsychics,’
and that he expressed himself with more clearness and grace.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 697. D. 1. 1460w.

I

=Ibsen, Henrik.= Letters of Henrik Ibsen; tr. by John Nilsen Laurvik and Mary Morrison. **$2.50. Fox.

Inasmuch as a familiarity with Ibsen’s work is necessary to a full
understanding of the content of his letters, this volume will appeal
most strongly to Ibsen students. The letters show the mental habits
and methods of the great writer; and particularly self-revealing are
those written to Bjornson in which “Brand” may be followed from its
inception; and others to Councillor Hegel, Ibsen’s publisher,
concerning “Peer Gynt”; still others to Hans Christian Andersen,
William Archer, Edmund Gosse, Grieg, and King Charles of Sweden,
covering a correspondence of half a century.

* * * * *

“The valuable features of the letters is the light they throw upon the
character and personality of their writer.”

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“One great charm of the letters is that they were written without any
thought whatever of publication.” Jeannette L. Gilder.

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+ =Ind.= 60: 164. Ja. 18, ’06. 790w.

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nothing of the kind.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 4: 430. D. 8, ’05. 1530w.

+ + =Nation.= 80: 416. My. 25, ’05. 570w.

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proofreading is on the whole satisfactory, certain mistakes should not
have occurred in a book of this kind.”

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“The letters are carefully edited, and the introduction is full of
meat.” James Huneker.

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“It is difficult to overstate the interest of this collection of
Ibsen’s letters. They cover a great variety of subjects, and thus give
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style, and his thoughts, as Polonius would have said, are ‘not
expressed in fancy.’”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 874. Je. 2, ’06. 700w.

=Iles, George.= Inventors at work; with chapters on discovery. **$2.50. Doubleday.

The world, too ready to accept the results of the workings of clever
minds, here has full opportunity to take a near-by view of the
processes which lead to many of the great inventions. Mr. Iles tells
of Bessemer’s great triumph in perfecting his process for steel
making, tells of the production of dynamite by Nobel, the transmission
of speech along a beam of light by Bell, of the incandescent gas
mantle by Von Welsbach, of Edison’s electrical achievements, and
numerous other scientific achievements. The volume is copiously
illustrated.

* * * * *

“One is struck with three qualities not by any means over-common in
works of popular science; first, thoroughness and completeness of
knowledge; secondly, clearness of exposition and regard for the
demands of the nontechnical reader; third, a broad comprehensive view
of the relations of science and invention as evolutions of
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In the house of her friends. $1.50. Cooke.

A story by an anonymous writer which “gives us a singularly intimate
view of what we think must be a unique element in American college
life. It presents the life of the small college from the standpoint,
not of the student, nor of the professor, nor of the graduate, nor of
the outsider, but of the Faculty family that has lived all its days on
the college campus.” (Bookm.) “The plot is simple, the incidents those
of the narrow round of life in a small college, the theme the
old-fashioned one of love, but the book is saturated with life.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The lover of literature will find pleasure in this leisurely writing,
so different from much of our day.” Edward E. Hale, jr.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 632. Ag. ’06. 640w.

“Whatever its defects, ‘In the house of her friends’ is not only a
book of unusual promise but an unusual achievement. The author has the
power to make character seen and felt in the community in which it
moves, to invest it with atmosphere.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 814. Ag. 1, ’06. 410w.

“The story has a most attractive lucidity. You see the characters as
you see a landscape in mountain air.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 226. N. ’06. 290w.

=Indiana state teacher’s association.= In honor of James Whitcomb Riley. 50c. Bobbs.

A group of addresses, in honor of Mr. Riley, made by prominent men at
a special meeting of the Indiana State teachers’ association.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 340. My. 26, ’06. 140w.

“There is no lack of generous estimation of Riley’s poetic power and
genius in the little volume printed in his honor, but through all that
is said runs the strain of affection and hearty friendship, making
altogether a tribute not easily matched in literary annals.” Bliss
Carman.

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=Inge, Rev. William Ralph.= Studies of English mystics: St. Margaret lectures 1905. *$2. Dutton.

“In the spirit of reasonableness in which they write, the best English
mystics of all ages resemble one another. The note of temperateness
persists amid the vicissitudes of creed. This is seen very clearly in
the works of the writers that form the subject of Dr. Inge’s
suggestive studies. Lady Julian, an anchoress of Norwich, and Walter
Hylton, Canon of Thurgarton, represent the mystical side of that
English renaissance of the fourteenth century which is illustrated by
Langland, Wiclif and Chaucer; William Law is the greatest mystical
divine of the age of Pope and Addison; Wordsworth is the poet of the
philosophical mysticism of the Romantic period. Dr. Inge also includes
Robert Browning as a representative English mystic.”—Acad.

* * * * *

=Acad.= 70: 397. Ap. 28, ’06. 1420w.

“Whatever we may think of Dr. Inge’s own conclusions, let us say
distinctly that his analysis of these various writers is always lucid,
tends to understanding and illumination.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 34. Jl. 14. 1530w.

“Dr. Inge treats his subject with sympathy rather than with
enthusiasm.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 217. Jl. 26, ’06. 390w.

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interesting; but the book lacks continuity and coherence.”

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and which is in itself intensely attractive.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 699. Je. 2, ’06. 180w.

=Ingersoll, Ernest.= Island in the air. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“It is really full of information and of the spirit of the pioneer.”

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=Ingersoll, Ernest.= Life of animals: the mammals. **$2. Macmillan.

This is a book upon the mode of life, the history and relationships of
the most familiar and important class of animals, the mammals—covering
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plates, reproductions of photographs and drawings.

* * * * *

“Is worthy of being classed with the best of recent scientific
writings, in popular form.”

+ + =Bookm.= 23: 654. Ag. ’06. 220w.

“It contains just the information about living and extinct species of
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+ + =Ind.= 61: 261. Ag. 2, ’06. 90w.

“An interesting feature of the volume is the large number of
well-selected quotations which give from leading authorities
first-hand information concerning many animals.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 99. Ag. 2, ’06. 180w.

“The biographies, even when very brief, are graphic and stimulatingly
suggestive of deeper research.” Mabel Osgood Wright.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 448. Jl. 14, ’06. 270w.

“It is the best of its class that has appeared up to the present
time.”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 256. N. ’06. 90w.

“When Mr. Ingersoll writes about animals he has few superiors in clear
graphic description.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’06. 60w.

=Ingersoll, Ernest.= Wit of the wild. **$1.20. Dodd.

Mr. Ingersoll’s book “consists of a series of short articles on the
characteristics and habits of mammals, birds and insects, written in
various styles because they were originally written for various
periodicals, but all interesting and reliable. The book may be
regarded as a popular postscript to his excellent work on ‘The life of
mammals,’ published last year, and is particularly adapted for school
and popular libraries.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Interesting comparisons with man’s ways are the most unique feature
of the book.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 388. D. 1, ’06. 150w.

“Mr. Ingersoll can popularize without misrepresenting, and his
chapters on some of the facts and factors of evolution are
comprehensible to anyone, and yet so carefully worded that the most
rigid scientist could not find fault with them.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1056. N. 1, ’06. 200w.

“Among naturalists, Mr. Ingersoll has a place somewhat apart, not so
much for the breadth and minuteness of his knowledge as for a certain
closeness of sympathy and youthfulness of enthusiasm which are
infectious.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 100w.

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“He is an honest and faithful naturalist, and does not let romance run
away with fact.”

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

=Innes, Arthur Donald.= England under the Tudors. *$3 Putnam.

“It is obvious at a glance that the present work possesses a number of
admirable qualities. In the first place the proportions are excellent.
It is totally free from theological bias: it is eminently fair-minded
and just in its conception of the important characters of the period.
A closer examination, however, reveals a wide discrepancy in
knowledge, treatment, and expression between the first part of the
book and the second. A number of minor errors and inaccuracies reveal
his inadequate acquaintance with the recent literature of this period
and his style, in the first part of his book, lacks precision and
definiteness. But the gravest defect of all is the author’s ignorance
of continental affairs from 1485 to the accession of Elizabeth.” Roger
Bigelow Merriman.

* * * * *

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 648. Ap. ’06. 760w.

“In every respect, except in its literary style, it is far superior to
... Mr. Trevelyan’s ‘England under the Stuarts.’” Edward Fuller.

+ + =Bookm.= 23: 288. My. ’06. 440w.

“Innes wisely discarded the stiff chronological method and the purely
narrative style, and adopted a judicious combination of narration and
description.” George L. Beer.

+ + =Critic.= 48: 451. My. ’06. 120w.

“He gives ... everything that the student wants by way of reference.
The narrative itself is written with great judgment and full grasp of
the subject. Moreover it is eminently readable.” James Gairdner.

+ + + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 372. Ap. ’06. 1410w.

“The product of honest labor over authentic materials, well pondered
and fused, with no little literary skill.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 801. Ap. 5, ’06. 650w.

+ + – =Lit. D.= 32: 453. Mr. 24, ’06. 280w.

“It may appear invidious to institute a comparison between two books
each of which is admirable in design and workmanship, but, while Mr.
Innes’s volume is quite adequate to the purposes of the series, we
have found it somewhat less carefully wrought than Mr. Davis’s account
of English life under the Normans and Angevins.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 263. Mr 29, ’06. 590w.

“A serious, sincere, direct, and graphic narrative in which Tudor
England stands revealed in all its strength, its weakness, and its
possibilities.”

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“A decidedly spirited and well-balanced account of the period of the
Tudors.”

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“Mr. Innes’s is eminently a workmanlike contribution, with almost a
severe air of business about it from first to last. The writing is
perhaps a little dry and stiff, for Mr. Innes does not let himself get
out of hand.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 271. Mr. 3, ’06. 1530w.

=Ireland, Alleyne.= Far Eastern tropics: studies in the administration of tropical dependencies. **$2. Houghton.

“The humor of the side remarks, the clearness and vigor of the
statements, the excision of extraneous matter will make the volume
popular as well as useful.”

+ + =Reader.= 6: 724. N. ’05. 760w.

=Irving, Edward.= How to know the starry heavens: an invitation to the study of suns and worlds. **$2. Stokes.

“While it contains a large amount of real information, we fear that
the matrix is so bulky that the reader to whom the book is intended to
appeal will find great difficulty in discovering and assimilating the
real facts.”

+ – =Nature.= 73: 196. D. 28, ’05. 180w.

=Irving, Washington.= Selected works. $2.50. Crowell.

+ =Critic.= 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 80w.

+ =Critic.= 49: 286. S. ’06. 80w.

=Irving, Washington.= Rip Van Winkle. **$5. Doubleday.

“As a book we do not think that this edition of ‘Rip Van Winkle’ is
altogether satisfactory, the illustrations being too much dissociated
from the letterpress both in the style of printing and the general
presentment of the work; but as an album of pictures by a great
artist, it is every way commendable, and can but add to the artist’s
well-deserved reputation.”

+ – =Int. Studio.= 27: 279. Ja. ’06. 200w.

“It is not often that works of such high merit as these illustrations
are produced.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 1010. Je. 30, ’06. 240w.

=Irving, Washington.= Sketch-book. 20c. Univ. pub.

Volume sixty-two of the “Standard literature series,” contains the
Sketch-book with introduction, suggestions for critical reading and
notes as edited by Edward E. Hale, jr. The volume is divided into two
parts: Part 1, Stories; Part 2, Essays, and is designed primarily for
school use.

* * * * *

=School R.= 14: 283. Mr. ’06. 20w.

=Irwin, Wallace Admah.= Chinatown ballads. $1.25. Duffield.

Seven “rhymed memories” of Chinatown. While there is here and there
reflected a human strain. “He’s a Chinaman still in ’is yeller heart.”

* * * * *

“Humor is still the predominant quality, but there are touches of grim
tragedy, that, coupled with Mr. Irwin’s metrical fluency, telling
phrase and dramatizing gift, make the book one that cannot only be
read, but reread.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 320w.

“Here we have the hoodlum’s view of the Chinaman, rather cleverly
rendered in rhyme and with a good deal of fun.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 285. S. 29, ’06. 60w.

=World To-Day.= 11: 1220. N. ’06. 50w.

=Irwin, Will.= City that was: a requiem of old San Francisco. *50c. Huebsch.

The author, who has “mingled the wine of her bounding life with the
wine of his youth,” has given to his obituary of old San Francisco the
Arabian nights flavor which makes the reader mourn with him the death
of that gay, light-hearted city of romance. He has re-created for him
her life that was, he has drawn the colored panorama of hill and water
front, Chinatown and “Barbary Coast,” of restaurants and clubs, or
grey mists and orange colored dawn, and he has peopled it with the
beautiful women and hospitable men who lived the “life careless” in
this alluring out-of-doors.

* * * * *

“A description so lovingly written, so full of local colored life,
that we are glad to see it published in book form.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 102. Jl. 12, ’06. 50w.

“Fine, graphic description.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 255. Ag. ’06. 50w.

=Isham, Samuel.= History of American painting. *$5. Macmillan.

“For the student no one could be a more inspiriting or a safer guide
than Mr. Isham is, among the painters who flourished before the middle
of the nineteenth century. Mr. Isham is ... the first to write a
history of American painting on a generous scale, and with modern
research.” Royal Cortissoz.

+ + – =Atlan.= 97: 278. F. ’06. 620w.

“If the present offering is manifestly lacking on the scientific side,
it is at least better printed and better illustrated than any previous
attempt in the same fruitful and absorbing direction.” Christian
Brinton.

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 192. Ap. ’06. 1190w.

“This work leaves little to be desired in the way of healthful and
sound criticism of American painting, if it does leave ‘the history’
of American painting yet to be written.” Charles Henry Hart.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 86. Ag. 16, ’06. 1940w.

“In a word the book is a most notable one, marking an epoch in
American art literature.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 28: 276. My. ’06. 400w.

=Lit. D.= 32: 437. Mr. 24, ’06. 890w.

“In the lives of his painters, Mr. Isham, so far as we can judge, is
accurate, and his biographical and critical notices are interesting.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 22. Ja. 19, ’06. 750w.

“This survey of the history of American painting becomes peculiarly
readable as well as valuable because of the high lights everywhere
thrown on the narrative.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 854. Ap. 14, ’06. 1490w.

“If we may criticise the extent of the work, its intent is more than
gratifying.”

+ + – =Pub. Opin.= 39: 852. D. 30, ’05. 650w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 123. Ja. ’06. 320w.

=Ivins, William Mills.= Soul of the people: a New year’s sermon. **60c. Century.

A buoyant, optimistic view of man’s present possibilities in working
out his own salvation, and, in consequence, that of the nation.
“Better than is to-day has never been” strikes the keynote that Dr.
Ivins sounds out against the lethargy and incompetency which would
shift the responsibility of duty to other shoulders.

J

=Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams.= Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map. **$4. Macmillan.

Professor Jackson, the chief American authority on the Indo-Iraman
language considers Persia from one central point of view, viz., the
religion of Zoroaster, and the Magi. It gives an idea of the life of
the people and their history, and also an account of Transcaspia and
Turkestan, as the route of the author carried him on into the heart of
Asia, Mero, Bokara and Samarkand.

* * * * *

“Is the best possible guide to Persia that anyone could desire.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 84: 415. D. ’06. 210w.

“There is little of importance in the shah’s domains in the field of
scholarship and literature which Professor Jackson does not touch.”
Wallace Rice.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 110w.

“In all, he has given us one of the most instructive and equally one
of the most interesting and unusual books of travel and research that
have appeared of late years.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 938. O. 18, ’06. 990w.

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 270w.

“A masterpiece of its kind. It is one of the really notable books of
the year.”

+ + + =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 90w.

“The book is not very fully indexed, but is profusely and well
illustrated, and provided with an excellent map. Some slight errors,
perhaps inseparable from so short a sojourn, are observable.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 376. N. 1, ’06. 1340w.

“Is of equal value to the student of present day politics, manners,
and customs, and to the student of history archæology, and religion.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 796. N. 24, ’06. 320w.

“This exhaustive work ... combines in a happy manner, and in no less
happy measure, the interests of the scholar with those of the
traveller.”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 379. D. ’06. 140w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 640. N. ’06. 80w.

=Jackson, Charles Tenney.= Loser’s luck. †$1.50. Holt.

“This lively book may be described as a blend of Bret Harte and Mr.
Richard Harding Davis, and the mixture is commendable.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 17. Ja. 1, ’06. 200w.

=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= By love’s sweet rule: a story for girls, [+]75c. Winston.

The life of a lonely girl of fourteen living with her “papa checa” and
stern Aunt Mathilda undergoes a joyous transformation when Aunt
Mathilda leaves and Margaret Drake full of youth and sunshine takes
her place.

=Jackson, Mrs. Gabrielle Emilie Snow.= Wee Winkles and Snowball. †$1.25. Harper.

Wee Winkles, who is almost six and a half, Wideawake, who is more than
two years older, and Snowball, who is a pet pony and does not have
birthdays, are the really important characters in this story which
teaches kindness and love toward animals and describes in detail how a
pet pony should be cared for, harnessed and driven. Lest the book
should seem too instructive there are picnics and plays, Christmas
frolics and other things to hold the youthful interest.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 110w.

=Jacobs, William Wymark.= Captains all. †$1.50. Scribner.

“Mr. Jacobs makes the sayings and the doings of a certain type of
English low-life irresistibly funny in the telling.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 90w.

“Are thankful for it and chuckle delightedly as we read.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 112. Ja. 11, ’06. 160w.

“Each contains some new and unexpected twist of its own that makes it
irresistible, and they are all tempting morsels of good cheer.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 53. Ja. 27, ’06. 860w.

“A series of short stories in Mr. Jacob’s best vein.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 30w.

=James, George Wharton.= In and out of the old missions of California: an historical and pictorial account of the Franciscan missions. *$3. Little.

“An extremely valuable work. The author has given us a clear and
concise description of the different missions.” Amy C. Rich.

+ + =Arena.= 35: 329. Mr. ’06. 850w.

“Is a thoroughly satisfying book. The author’s historical account of
the various discoveries, expeditions, and foundations is painstaking
and accurate, his defense of the padres and their methods is generous,
his love of the Indians whole-souled and his indignation at the past
and present treatment by our government passionate but just.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 835. Mr. ’06. 290w.

“The book is marred by over-much sentimental rhetoric.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 382. Ap. ’06. 110w.

“This vivid and graphic description of the California missions is
rendered particularly valuable by the presentation of several features
in connection with them which have not been touched upon by previous
writers.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 876. Ap. 12, ’06. 150w.

“His book is undoubtedly a notable addition to our historical
literature, and viewed whether as history pure and simple, as an
indictment of our Indian policy, or as a contribution to the study of
American art, will be found of distinct value.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 453. Mr. 24, 06. 500w.

“In view of the writer’s evident enthusiasm, it is to be regretted
that his manner of presenting the subject has a certain quality of
dryness.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 3. Ja. 6, ’06. 440w.

“The plan followed by Mr. James is excellent.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 220w.

“A fresh treatment of a theme about which much has been written.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 114. Ja. ’06. 100w.

=James, George Wharton.= Story of Scraggles; il. from drawings by Sears Gallagher and from photographs. †$1. Little.

Scraggle’s autobiography is a record of sweet bird life. Mr. James
befriended this little, weak, scraggly sparrow, made a pet of it, and
finally interpreted its thoughts as he set them down in his “Story.”

* * * * *

“The book is written in the fascinating style of this wizard with
words.”

+ + =Arena.= 36: 684. D. ’06. 200w.

“The three stories of individual animals—‘Scraggles,’ ‘Shaggycoat,’
and ‘White Fang’—are destined for popularity, with scarcely a choice
as to which best deserves it.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 389. D. 1, ’06. 130w.

=Outlook.= 34: 534. O. 27, ’06. 70w.

=James, Henry.= English hours. *$5. Houghton.

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 578. O. 28. 440w.

“Even the most hardened reviewer will get genuine pleasure from its
pages.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 470. My. ’06. 160w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 44. Ja. 4, ’06. 120w.

+ + =Nation.= 81: 528. D. 28, ’05. 820w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 330w.

“Reasons for liking ‘English hours’ are as plentiful as blackberries.”

+ + =Reader.= 7: 336. F. ’06. 730w.

“With all respect to the critics, somehow we find Mr. James at his
best in these impressionistic sketches rather than in some of his much
more lauded novels.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 121. Ja. ’06. 120w.

“Mr. James seldom praises without some qualifying, and more than
qualifying, blame. And somehow his blame is much more pungently and
intelligibly expressed than his praise.”

+ – =Spec.= 95: 933. D. 2, ’05. 250w.

=James, Henry.= Question of our speech: The lesson of Balzac; two lectures. **$1. Houghton.

+ =Critic.= 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 190w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 44. Ja. 4, ’06. 1040w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 121. Ja. ’06. 100w.

=Jane, Frederick T.= Heresies of sea power. *$4. Longmans.

A book which preaches the doctrine of hatred and declares “a crude
desire to kill the enemy seems ever to have been a most valuable
asset.” Part 1, contains much ancient naval history. In Part 2,
Problems that sea-power does not solve, are discussed and there are
chapters upon the guerre de course, commerce, defence, bases, secrecy
and press law, the colonies, etc. Part 3, sets forth the trend of
naval evolution as regards ships and men, and examines the qualities
which go to constitute fitness to win.

* * * * *

“A book which is interesting, but does not exactly correspond to the
promise of the title. The book has at least the merit that, whether
sound or not, it will make the sailors who may read it apply thought
to certain important points.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 698. Je. 9. 1130w.

“We have no doubt but that Mr. Jane could write a good book if he
chose, but in this case we are constrained to say that he has not
chosen to do so.”

– =Lond. Times.= 5: 290. Ag. 24, ’06. 810w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 447. Jl. 14, ’06. 1090w.

– – =Sat. R.= 102: 270. S. 1, ’06. 1460w.

=Janssen, Johannes.= History of the German people at the close of the middle ages; tr. from the German by A. M. Christie, v. 7–8. *$6.25; v. 9–10, *$6.25. Herder.

Volumes seven and eight cover the period between the years 1550 and
1580, recording such events as the religious conference at Worms in
1557, the Diet of Augsburg in 1559, the Grumbach-Gotha conspiracy for
a Lutheran empire, the effects in Germany of the religious wars in
France and the Netherlands, the war against the Turks, the
establishment and progress of the Jesuits in Germany and the final
sessions and general effect of the Council of Trent. Volumes nine and
ten “cover the comparatively brief period from 1580, the year of the
proclamation of the famous Formula of Concord, to the beginning of the
Thirty years’ war—a period that included the Cologne catastrophe, the
introduction of the Gregorian calendar, the rise and fall of the
Calvinist Chancellor Krell. The four convents’ dispute, the
regrettable incident of Donauwörth and the great Julich Cleves
wrangle.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“As in the previous volumes, Dr. Janssen’s method of treating the
events just touched upon is to allow the contemporary documents and
records as far as possible to tell their own story in their own words.
The system is an excellent one in many ways. It gives a vividness, a
reality to the narrative that are invaluable. The author has too
little of the dramatic instinct which no great historian has wholly
lacked.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 102: 834. S. 15, ’06. 1480w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.)

=Janvier, Margaret Thompson (Margaret Vandegrift, pseud.).= Umbrellas to mend. $1.50. Badger.

This fantastic little story is really an airy satire in which King
Arthur, in order that he may annex a neighbor kingdom and acquire a
sufficient range to fire his birthday cannon, urges the marriage of
his daughter to the heir apparent. The princess, however, is a leader
in the Current events club and strongminded; she leaves the court and
wanders about in disguise for two years accompanied by her aunt.
Meanwhile the prince goes in search of her in the guise of an umbrella
mender, and in the end the princess accepts the prince but not the
kingdom.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 326. My. 19, ’06. 230w.

=Jastrow, Joseph.= Subconscious. **$2.50. Houghton.

“The plan upon which the volume is organized is simple and natural. An
opening series of chapters describes certain of the principles of
normal psychology which are most pertinent to the understanding of the
operations of the subconscious. This is followed by a group of
chapters upon the abnormal variants of conscious process in so far as
these are relevant to the main subject of the book and in so far as
they fall short of actual insanity. The final portion of the book is
devoted to an exposition of the theoretical deductions which the
author advances on the basis of the preceding parts of his
work.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The style is pleasant, and, save in a few passages of philosophizing,
lucid. The index is satisfactory. What we do not find satisfactory is
this: there exists a large body of evidence, confessedly well
recorded, which cannot be paid for in the currency of official
psychology, while that currency defrays the expenses of other familiar
experiences.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 482. O. 20. 1430w.

“He is always a practical westerner the teacher of college classes,
for whom the abnormal and the uncanny serve but to explain the
commonplace.” E. T. Brewster.

+ =Atlan.= 98: 425. S. ’06. 130w.

“For the psychologist the main value of the work will be in the
compendious account which it furnishes of a large and significant
group of related phenomena and its able exposition of a definite and
frank attitude toward these phenomena. This attitude may be designated
as that of impersonal empirical science. His pages are always
picturesque and interesting, but the psychologist sometimes wishes
that he would speak the language more technically. We must be
sincerely grateful for an admirable achievement in a field calling
loudly for such a piece of work.” James R. Angell.

+ =Dial.= 41: 106. S 1, ’06. 1900w.

“The book ... can hardly be accorded unreserved commendation. It is
far too diffuse and consequently far too long. And on the theoretic
side also the work is not remarkable for any great lucidity, strength,
and insight.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 310w.

“His work is a valuable contribution to the subject. Occasionally the
treatment is a little prolix.”

+ + – =Nature.= 74: 535. S. 27, ’06. 470w.

“The ‘excursions into the abnormal field’ are not only the most
interesting but the most valuable portions of his work.” L. C.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 499. Ag. 11, ’06. 650w.

“Very readable and sane book.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 912. Ag. 18, ’06. 380w.

=Jaures, Jean Leon.= Studies in socialism; tr. with an introd. by Mildred Minturn. **$1. Putnam.

“The growing strength of socialism on both continents gives even its
internal discussions of theory and tactics a general interest....
These ‘studies in socialism,’ present a well-rounded exposition of the
French leader’s views.... The four papers in the first section
‘Socialism and life,’ show us the aggressive and fundamentally
revolutionary Collectivist.... Those in the second and longer section,
entitled ‘Revolutionary evolution,’ deal with questions of Socialist
method. Some of them have now only a historical interest; others,
especially those in which the writer combats the semi-Anarchistic
ideals of the anti-Parliamentary socialists, the advocates of the
general strike, are as timely now as when they were written in
1901.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“The whole making probably the best work that has appeared for general
readers in search of a brief yet thoroughly intelligible presentation
of the Socialistic philosophy.”

+ + + =Arena.= 36: 428. O. ’06. 9290w.

“The chief value of the volume lies not in the introduction named upon
the title-page, but in Mr. Macdonald’s short ‘Editorial note,’ the
five pages of which contain an interesting personal pronouncement upon
the future of the labour party in this country.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 543. My. 5. 280w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 637. S. 13, ’06. 700w.

Reviewed by Edward A. Bradford.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 432. Jl. 7, ’06. 2390w.

“The radical defect of this volume as literature is that it is
composed of essays and addresses put forth at different times and for
different specific purposes. A common spirit animates them; a common
philosophy underlies them. But such a collection of fragments cannot
adequately give what the American student of social problems wants, a
clear and coherent statement of modern constructive socialism.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 806. Ag. 4, ’06. 710w.

“One of the greatest merits of this book is its freedom from the
intolerant spirit which even the greatest socialistic writers display
toward fellow socialists who disagree with them on matters of
practical policy.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 564. S. ’06. 200w.

– =Spec.= 97: 299. S. 1, ’06. 660w.

=Jefferson, Charles Edward.= World’s Christmas tree. **75c. Crowell.

A plea to those who, in celebrating Christmas, remember their friends
and all those near and dear to them but forget humanity, and the one
for whom Christmas day is named. By gifts the author means not only
material things but offerings of time, of kindness, of a happy face
and a joyous spirit, such benefactions to society such gifts hung on
the world’s Christmas tree, will truly celebrate the birthday of
Jesus.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1402. D. 13, ’06. 50w.

=Jefferson, Thomas.= Letters and addresses of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by William B. Parker and Jonas Viles. 56c. Unit bk.

An edition based largely upon the complete works of Thomas Jefferson
published under the auspices of the Jefferson memorial society.

* * * * *

“These books are a positive boon for teachers of history in our
schools.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 97. F. 1, ’06. 70w.

+ + =Lit. D.= 22: 254. F. 17, ’06. 100w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 36. Ja. 20, ’06. 160w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 256. F. ’06. 40w.

=Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple.= Citizenship and the schools. $1.25. Holt.

A volume of addresses and essays which aim to give “our teachers the
viewpoint of social and political betterment as their chief aim in
teaching.” The essays, which are all upon the nature of public life
and public duty and the best methods of training children to become
useful citizens, are entitled: Training for citizenship, The social
basis of education, The making of citizens, Relation of the public
schools to business, Education for commerce: the far East, Free speech
in American universities, Critique of educational values, Policy of
the state toward education, and Schoolbook legislation.

* * * * *

“The book is somewhat marred by repetition ... but the ideas it
presents are so vital, and yet so generally neglected, that they
deserve repetition in many volumes such as the one Prof. Jenks has
given us.” R. C. B.

+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 653. Ag. ’06. 320w.

+ =Dial.= 41: 212. O. 1, ’06. 180w.

“Sane and readable essays.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 30w.

“The subjects treated are peculiarly adapted to the present period and
would seem to embrace a wider field than that inferred in the title.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 358. S. 15, ’06. 230w.

=Nation.= 83: 76. Jl. 26, ’06. 110w.

“The book is so good and has in it so much that is intelligent and
helpful as to the exceedingly important subject of which it treats,
that it seems a pity that it has not been more thoroughly worked out
and presented in a more orderly and symmetrical manner.” Edward Cary.

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 481. Ag. 4, 06. 1440w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 1004. Ag. 25, ’06. 80w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 130w.

“The reader may not agree with all of Professor Jenks’s conclusions,
but he cannot fail to be inspired by the spirit of these addresses and
essays.” Edward E. Hill.

+ + – =School R.= 14: 764. D. ’06. 580w.

=Jenks, Tudor.= In the days of Milton. **$1. Barnes.

“The book is well adapted to promote the study of Milton, and the
author has appended an excellent bibliography for that purpose.”

+ =Bookm.= 23: 659. Ag. ’06. 390w.

=Jepson, Edgar.= Lady Noggs, peeress. †$1.50. McClure.

“These stories are amusing.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 182. F. 24, ’06. 180w.

“Mr. Jepson has done much better.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 166. F. 10. 230w.

“It is excellent trifling, and the most stolid reader must surely
succumb to the fascinations of the gracious little figure who carries
all before her in Mr. Jepson’s story.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 273. Mr. 3, ’06. 340w.

“The spectacle of the highest officer of State reduced to helplessness
by an imp of twelve years old might seem essentially farcical, but Mr.
Jepson contrives to invest it with charm as well as humour.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 100. Ja. 20, ’06. 750w.

=Jespersen, (Jens) Otto (Harry).= Growth and structure of the English language. *$1. Stechert.

“The aim of the author is to characterise the chief peculiarities of
the English language. He attempts to connect the teachings of
linguistic history with the chief events in the general history of the
English people, and to show the relation of language to national
character. His plan is to first give a rapid sketch of the language of
our own days, especially as it strikes a foreigner. Then he enters
upon the history of the language, describes its connection with the
other languages of the Indo-Germanic family, and traces the various
foreign influences it has undergone. Last, he gives an account of its
own internal development.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“This is a good book. It would form an excellent introduction to the
historical study of the English language. The writer is not merely a
swallower of other men’s formulas. There is an independent play of
thought in Professor Jespersen’s exposition which is not so very
common in the work of philologists.” A. L. Mayhew.

+ =Acad.= 71: 127. Ag. 11, ’06. 1590w.

“The style of this excellent work displays a correctness and ease
which would be highly creditable to a native scholar, and are
marvelous in the case of a foreigner, while the matter and method
evince adequate mastery of the intricate subject.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 331. S. 2. 770w.

“It is the work of a competent scholar, widely familiar with English
and American literature, and written in the light of most modern
linguistic science.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 121. S. 1, ’06. 80w.

“Careful and scholarly history.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 640. N. ’06. 60w.

Reviewed by O. F. Emerson.

+ – =School R.= 14: 312. Ap. ’06. 600w.

=Jevons, Herbert Stanley.= Essays on economics. *$1.60. Macmillan.

“The author assumes that nothing is known regarding utility, labor,
exchange and capital, rent and production and endeavors to arrive at
the laws, regulating them by reason rather than by experience or
authority. Especially novel is the attempt to treat these topics by
the diagrammatic method like Euclidian problems.”—N.Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Mr. Jevons fortunately possesses a bright and attractive style.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 449. Ap. 14. 620w.

“Novelty of treatment rather than of matter is the attraction of this
book. The book is of high quality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 127. Mr. 3, ’06. 200w.

“However little one may be disposed to accept many of the author’s
views, one must recognize in this little book a quality of vigorous
thought and of definite expression which is unfortunately rare in much
of current economic writing.”

+ – =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 566. S. ’06. 180w.

=Jevons, William Stanley.= Principles of economics: a fragment of a treatise on the industrial mechanism of society and other papers. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“Altogether, these fragments are good to read, for their vigour, their
justice, their sanity and their humour.”