Chapter 4: , Dissolved continuous current windings; Chapter 5, (2)

=Lea, Henry Charles.= History of the Inquisition of Spain. 4v. v. 1 and 2 ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.

A work built up from a vast amount of material drawn from Spanish
archives. Volume one is chiefly devoted to tracing the rise of the
Inquisition in Spain; volume two discusses the disastrous influence of
the institution upon the rulers who supported it, the people who
suffered under it and the nation that survived it.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 739. Ap. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 1.)

“In style and treatment the book shows to the full the qualities so
long familiar in Mr. Lea’s work—the same wealth of detail, the same
direct dependence on the sources, the same avoidance of polemics and
all rhetorical amplification. It is everywhere the work of one who
still believes that the history of jurisprudence is the history of
civilization.” George L. Burr.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 887. Jl. ’06. 1810w. (Review of v. 1.)

“An accurate and complete survey of the subject.” Franklin Johnson.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 351. Ap. ’06. 180w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Critic.= 48: 382. Ap. ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The book of the year which touches the high-water mark of scholarship
in the flood of European histories is H. C. Lea’s ‘Inquisition in
Spain.’ Once again this man, who is the pride of American scholars,
outdoes the European historians in their own field.”

+ + + =Ind.= 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 40w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 514. O. 13, ’06. 180w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It is refreshing to have at hand a substantial amount of definite
fact in a field where previous writers have given us so much
passionate and unsupported generalization.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 385. My. 10, ’06. 2800w. (Review of v. 1.)

“This severely analytical method of dealing with the subject is
somewhat repellent even to the trained reader.”

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 853. D. 8, ’06. 380w. (Review of v. 1. and
2.)

“His narrative is not dramatic in form. It never even suggests the
theatrical. But it is thoroughly human.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 853. Ap. 14, ’06. 900w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Tells the story with an almost legal dryness of detail, and with an
absence of all appearance of indignation, which he leaves unexpressed
if not suppressed, and which for this reason his readers feel all the
more forcibly.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 633. N. 10, ’06. 440w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Prodigious industry, careful discrimination of material, and a
trained historical faculty have combined to make Mr. Lea’s book
entirely worthy of the high reputation of the author.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 283. Mr. 3, ’06. 500w. (Review of v. 1.)

“This is the first thorough work in English on the Inquisition.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 381. Mr. ’06. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Leacock, Stephen.= Elements of political science. *$1.75. Houghton.

This volume “contains chapters on the recent colonial expansion of the
European states, the dependencies of the United States, the origin and
growth of political parties in the United States, the organization of
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subjects more attention than is usually accorded them in elementary
works of this class.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“The book is accurate and well-informed, but the opinions
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ridiculed by Disraeli in his early days.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 476. O. 20. 450w.

“Mr. Leacock is broad in his grasp and suggestive in his criticism.”

+ + – =Ind.= 61: 256. Ag. 2, ’06. 120w.

“His work as a whole is clear-cut, well written, logically arranged,
and convincing.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 765. Jl. 28, ’06. 320w.

“A useful textbook of the subject, brought well up-to-date.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 253. Ag. ’06. 100w.

“On the whole a fair and impartial spirit pervades the book. The most
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an amount of material that would make several quarto volumes look
respectably corpulent is not an easy one. The result, of necessity, is
of the condensed-food variety. It is almost too strong to be taken
clear by the young student of political science, but will make an
excellent diet when properly diluted with class-room discussion.”
Edward E. Hill.

+ – =School R.= 14: 770. D. ’06. 650w.

=Learned, Ellin Craven (Mrs. Frank Learned) (Priscilla Wakefield, pseud.).= Etiquette of New York to-day. **$1.25. Stokes.

Mrs. Learned writes with authority from experience gained thru
connection with the best society and from an instinctive sense of
courtesy inherited from generations of culture. Invitations, and
answers, formal and informal dinners, luncheons, teas and parties,
cotillions, dinner dances, theatre parties, the table and its
appointments, visiting and the use of cards and wedding preparations,
are among the topics discussed.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 865. D. 15, ’06. 390w.

=Le Braz, Anatole.= Land of pardons; tr. by Francis M. Gostling. *$2. Macmillan.

A translation of the 1900 edition of this work. “The book was a
collection of hitherto unprinted legends of the early Breton saints
supplemented by sympathetic descriptions of the modern ceremonies in
their honor (known as ‘pardons’) which are the last vestiges of the
ancient ‘Feasts of the dead.’” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“We can well sympathize with the translator’s desire to linger over
its pages as a labour of love, and we hope that a speedy call for a
second edition will give her an opportunity of careful revision.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 636. My. 26. 250w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1398. D. 13, ’06. 290w.

“Into its dreamy heart we are taken by the author of this charming
book and by his sympathetic translator, whose labour has been one of
love, and therefore of success.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 248. Jl. 13, ’06. 1390w.

“The translator has performed her task well, but no translation could
hope to render the strange, melancholy charm of M. Le Braz’s lyric
prose.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 284. O. 4, ’06. 120w.

“Only a journalist could put his reader so immediately into the inner
heart of things, only a seasoned traveler would so unconsciously leave
out all the mere husks, and only a poet could write about it all with
such fascination.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 653. O. 6, ’06. 660w.

“His style has that delicacy and dramatic point which are a source of
pleasure in the best French writers.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 429. O. 20, ’06. 160w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 753. D. ’06. 80w.

“Apart from its interest as a full revelation of the religious life of
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+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 764. N. 17, ’06. 420w.

=Lee, Jennette Barbour (Perry) (Mrs. Gerald Stanley Lee).= Uncle William. †$1. Century.

“Shif’less” Uncle William, sailor and lover of the sea, desired only
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undisturbed. One day to his island off Nova Scotia came an artist to
paint his clouds, his sea and even his rude abode. Uncle William
houses him, steams his clams, fathers him; and a half year later when
word comes from New York that fever has stricken the young painter,
Uncle William goes to him and nurses him back to health. There is a
sweet Russian girl in the tale, and there is Andy, Uncle William’s
crony who maintained that a “a thing o’t to cost more’n the picter of
it.” Uncle William sums up his philosophy of faith in mortals in this
sentiment; “I’d a heap rather trust ’em and get fooled, than not to
trust ’em and hev ’em all right.”

* * * * *

“To my mind, as an antidote for nervous prostration and a general
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shade.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 465. My. ’06. 390w.

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is in, is short, sweet, and to the point.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 248. Ap. 14, ’06. 310w.

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+ =Outlook.= 82: 859. Ap. 14, ’06. 90w.

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+ + =World To-Day.= 11: 766. Jl. ’06. 70w.

=Lee, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget).= Enchanted woods, and other essays on the genius of places. *$1.50. Lane.

“This is a delightfully restful book.”

+ =Arena.= 35: 332. Mr. ’06. 270w.

=Lee, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget).= Hauntings: fantastic stories. **$1.50. Lane.

A new edition of these four subtly devised ghost stories: Amour dure,
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diary form and tells of the tragic adventures of a German professor in
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ruin to all who cross her path, the third has an English setting but
it also has a phantom lover and a family superstition, while the
fourth is the story of a musician who hears a voice from the past with
disastrous results.

* * * * *

“These four curiously interesting stories have a weird fascination
quite unlike any others of their order.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 358. Ap. 14, ’06. 330w.

“We recommend these tales of mystery and romance to those who are a
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+ =Nation.= 82: 510. Je. 21, ’06. 250w.

“The ideas upon which they are constructed are fertile and original,
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 409. Je. 23, ’06. 450w.

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+ =Sat. R.= 101: 592. My. 12, ’06. 190w.

=Spec.= 96: 989. Je. 23, ’06. 170w.

=Lee, Vernon, pseud. (Violet Paget).= Spirit of Rome: leaves from a diary. **$1.50. Lane.

The work of a literary impressionist. These “leaves from a diary” are
“the merest shorthand notes of things felt rather than seen in Rome
and its ‘dintorni,’ during the transient spring visits of many
successive years, by an Englishwoman of keen and rarely cultivated
perceptions, who has passed almost her whole life in some part of
Italy.” (Atlan.)

* * * * *

“The author has done wisely to give these impressions in their
unpolished freshness—unset jewels, but masterpieces in little,
pictures which for beauty and magic may be likened to Rembrandt
etchings.”

+ =Acad.= 69: 1073. O. 14, ’05. 610w.

“Most of the book does not go much beyond what the average sharp
journalist has now learned to write, grammar and all.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 685. N. 18. 180w.

“Contain some of her subtlest and most suggestive word-painting.”

+ – =Atlan.= 97: 559. Ap. ’06. 250w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 478. My. ’06. 50w.

“As a matter of fact, a surer grasp of the ‘spirit’ of Rome can be
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– – =Lit. D.= 32: 623. Ap. 21, ’06. 730w.

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– =Lond. Times.= 4: 339. O. 13, ’05. 330w.

“It is a pity that the book has been given to the public without
eliminating all that is purposeless and inadequate.”

– + =Nation.= 82: 309. Ap. 12, ’06. 400w.

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which we find and which counts.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 217. Ap. 7, ’06. 450w.

“Valuable little volume.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 674. Jl. 21, ’06. 380w.

“Hangers-on of the pre-Raphaelites in the ’seventies might have
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alive.”

– – =Sat. R.= 101: 466. Ap. 14, ’06. 370w.

+ =Spec.= 96: sup. 1016. Je. 30, ’06. 220w.

=Leech, John.= Pictures of life and character. $1.50. Putnam.

“It is a book full of enjoyment.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 89. Ja. ’06. 60w.

=Lees, Rev. G. Robinson.= Village life in Palestine, $1.25. Longmans.

A new edition of a book that “endeavors, by means of a series of
simple but intimate studies of the peasants or Fellaheen of the
villages of Palestine, to put a little life and reality into people’s
conceptions of the scenes and incidents of Old and New Testament
story.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Lees’ book is one of more than common interest, and should appeal
to Bible students in general.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 283. Ag. 26, ’05. 60w.

“The book is full of information and instruction.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 227. F. 10, ’06. 80w.

=Le Gallienne, Richard.= Painted shadows. †$1.50. Little.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 256. Ap. 21, ’06. 500w.

=Legg, Leopold George Wickham=, ed. Select documents illustrative of the history of the French revolution and the constituent assembly. 2v. *$4. Oxford.

“His work, full of interest and research, must rank among standard
books of reference. The arrangement of material, the index, and the
notes are all that can be desired.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 261. Mr. 3. 1130w.

“Mr. Wickham Legge has done good service in editing with conspicuous
care this collection of documents.” J. Holland Rose.

+ + – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 175. Ja. ’06. 850w.

=Legge, Arthur E. J.= The ford. †$1.50. Lane.

“In execution, if not perhaps in conception, this novel is decidedly
above the average.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 1: 42. Ja. 13. 110w.

“The book is simple and genuine, and its style has the touch of poetic
distinction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 154. Mr. 1, ’06. 160w.

=Leigh, Oliver.= Edgar Allan Poe: the man, the master, the martyr. $1.25. Morris.

This minute study of the various portraits of Poe, as illustrated by
Mr. Leigh’s own drawings, brings out the various phases of his
character. A transposable face forms the frontispiece, then follow the
wedding year portrait, the profile study, the widower year portrait
and his monument. There are also besides a discussion of his troubles
and his triumphs, critical notes upon his poetical work and methods.

* * * * *

“As a self-constituted authority on the subject he is naturally very
severe with every one else who has ever written about it.”

– =Nation.= 83: 231. S. 13, ’06. 450w.

=Lepicier, Fr. Alexius M.= Unseen world: an exposition of Catholic theology in its relation to modern spiritism. *$1.60. Benziger.

To answer the claims of spiritism that profess ability to communicate
with the outer world, Father Lépicier “sets forth, besides the
teaching of the Church on the existence and nature of the angels, all
the scholastic speculative conclusions concerning the nature of the
angelic mind, the manner in which it acquires knowledge, the extent of
that knowledge, the limitations of the angels’ power over things of
the material cosmos, etc., etc. He then proceeds to unfold a quantity
of similar information concerning the conditions in which the human
soul finds itself with regard to the exercise of its facilities after
death.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

=Cath. World.= 83: 269. My. ’06. 500w.

=Le Roy, James A.= Philippine life in town, and country. **$1.20. Putnam.

“A very sympathetic account of the life of the natives which is
singularly free from prejudice.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 421. Mr. ’06. 290w.

“Differs in style from other volumes of the series, and has many
advantages over the vast number of books upon the Philippines which
have appeared in the English language since 1898.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 198. Mr. 16, ’06. 200w.

“The index is most unworthy a volume like this and is not in any way
indicative of the nuggets contained therein.”

+ + – =Ind.= 60: 571. Mr. 8, ’06. 1010w.

“This sinking of the speculative beneath the objective has peculiar
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almost, if not quite, without exception the observations are
accurately made and always temperately expressed.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 305. Ap. 12, ’06. 1680w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 111. F. 24, ’06. 120w.

“We may give our testimony to the interest of the book, and to the
large and tolerant spirit in which it is written.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 760. My. 12, ’06. 80w.

“To those who are planning to go to the Philippines to engage in some
branch of the public service, this little book should be
indispensable.”

+ =Yale R.= 14: 445. F. ’06. 90w.

=Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Paul.= United States in the twentieth century. **$2. Funk.

The author of this work comes of a family of thinkers and writers,
being the son of Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, and nephew of Anatole
Leroy-Beaulieu. The work is a review from the study of American
documents of the economic resources of the United States at the
beginning of the twentieth century. The work is treated under four
heads: pt. I. The country and the people; pt. II, Rural America; pt.
III, Industrial America; pt. IV. Commercial America.

* * * * *

“It is not too much to say that this is one of the three or four most
important books yet written by Europeans to give to fellow-citizens an
idea of the United States and its possibilities.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 27: 422. Mr. ’06. 430w.

“That he is a foreigner who sees us at a peculiar angle and from a
view-point different from our own, only augments the interest with
which he invests his volume.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 849. Je. ’06. 330w.

“When he ventures, as he occasionally does, a criticism, he offers it
in so friendly a spirit, and gives so many solid reasons for his
opinion, that not even prejudice itself could find cause for
resentment. Exceedingly able and instructive work.”

+ + + =Cath. World.= 84: 107. O. ’06. 1460w.

“M. Leroy-Beaulieu does not go behind the figures of the last census
and his analysis is no more profound than that heard in a smoking-room
after dinner.”

+ – =Critic.= 49: 94. Jl. ’06. 240w.

“The translation seems to have been well made, and though essentially
statistical, the book as a whole may prove interesting to many who are
not statistically inclined.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 55: 318. Mr. 15, ’06. 270w.

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commonwealth,’ and is more exclusively devoted to the commercial and
industrial development of the United States, but is valuable as a
competent and thoro discussion of our progress and problems from the
impartial standpoint of a foreign statistician.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1171. N. 15, ’06. 80w.

“Exhaustive examination of the resources and possibilities of the
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it extremely easy reading, is the deftness with which Mr.
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generalization with an un-Gallican appreciation of the value of facts
and figures.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 31: 999. D. 30, ’05. 850w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 28. Ja. 13, ’06. 270w.

“He writes less as a critic than as an expositor.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 65. F. 3, ’06. 1030w.

“Carefully and admirably translated.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 277. F. 3, ’06. 420w.

“Is valuable not only in itself, but as a basis for other studies.
Great credit is due Mr. Bruce, for the care with which he has made the
translation and for his excellent rendering of French idioms into good
English.”

+ + + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 188. F. 10, ’06. 310w.

“What is perhaps the most noteworthy work on the United States since
the publication of Bryce’s ‘American commonwealth.’”

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 33: 254. F. ’06. 190w.

Lessons of the King made plain to His little ones by a religious of the society of the Holy Child Jesus. Benziger.

Many of the lessons taught by Jesus while on earth are here repeated
and explained in a simple fashion that will instruct and interest
children of the Roman Catholic faith.

=Lester, John C., and Wilson, Daniel Love.= Ku Klux Klan, its origin, growth and disbandment. $1.50. Neale.

The main portion of the book is a reprint of an account of the origin
and growth of this great order of Reconstruction days, first privately
printed twenty-one years ago. Mr. Walter L. Fleming has contributed an
introduction giving side-light information on the Klan and kindred
organizations. There are appendices containing the constitution and
specimens of orders and warnings issued by the Klan.

* * * * *

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 748. Ap. ’06. 60w.

“The book is undoubtedly one of great interest.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 90. F. 10, ’06. 560w.

=LeStrange, Guy.= Lands of the eastern Caliphate, Mesopotamia, Persia and Central Asia, from the Moslem conquest to the time of Timur. *$4. Macmillan.

“It contains much information of value to the student of
civilization.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 462. Ja. ’06. 50w.

“In spite of the immense number of facts which it contains, is not
merely a work of reference, but also deserves to be read for its own
sake.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 729. Je. 16. 300w.

“But it is as difficult to find blemishes as it is easy to discover
merits in a book of which the usefulness to students will be felt not
in one but in many fields of research.” C. R. Beazley.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 561. Jl. ’06. 580w.

=Levasseur, Pierre Emile.= Elements of political economy; tr. by Theodore Marburg. *$1.75. Macmillan.

“In spite of additions and changes made by the translator, it is,
however, essentially a foreign work. It is therefore doubtful whether
the book will prove available for use in American colleges.”

+ – =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 567. S. ’06. 190w.

=Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.).= Story of Paul Jones. †$1.50. Dillingham.

The author of “The Wolfville stories” writes a stirring tale based
upon the true facts of Paul Jones’ life from his boyhood in Scotland
to his death in France. The main stress of the narrative which assumes
the form of an historical romance is placed upon the naval hero’s
service to the American colonies during the Revolutionary war.

* * * * *

“From first to last his book is quick with action, is enlivened by
dialogue in which the atmosphere of the period is preserved, and is
written in a vigorous, pleasing vein.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 482. Je. 23, ’06. 140w.

=Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.).= Sunset trail. †$1.50. Barnes.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1540. D. 28, ’05. 180w.

“Repulsive and dreary as is this picture of primitive Western life,
there is much that is picturesque and entertaining, and of the two
kinds of American novel the Western adventurous is decidedly
preferable to the Eastern ‘cultured’ kind.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 761. Je. 16, ’06. 160w.

=Lewis, Alfred Henry (Dan Quin, pseud.).= Throwback; a romance of the Southwest. $1.50. Outing pub.

The hero of this story “is a tremendously irresistible son and heir of
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requirements for a big, hearty dare-devil who can shoot buffalo, kill
Indians, find treasures, and win the hand of a somewhat indistinctly
drawn heroine. It is a ‘rattling’ story and doubtless portrays with
literary impressionism the life of the old days in the great Southwest
before the buffalo had disappeared and wire fences had turned cowboys
into herdsmen.” (World To-Day.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Lewis’s tale is an odd compound of silliness and brutality.”

– =Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 100w.

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engaging humorous personages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 254. Ap. 21, ’06. 630w.

“It is a little more melodramatic than [‘The Virginian’] and does not
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+ =World To-Day.= 11: 765. Jl. ’06. 140w.

=Libbey, William, and Hoskins, Franklin E.= Jordan valley and Petra. **$6. Putnam.

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 418. Ap. 7. 670w.

“The volumes are a most important addition to the geography of the
east Jordan and Petra regions of Palestine.” H. L. W.

+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 287. O. ’06. 500w.

“Conveys much valuable information for all, from the Bible student to
the mere sportsman, with genial humor sprinkled thruout the pages.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1160. My. 17, ’06. 540w.

+ – =Spec.= 96: sup. 122. Ja. 27, ’06. 370w.

=Liber, Maurice.= Rashi; tr. from the French by Adele Szold. $1. Jewish pub.

Although a fitting testimony to the interest expressed in the recent
eight hundredth anniversary of the death of Rabbi Rashi, this work is
not a product of circumstances. It is designed to take its place as
the second volume in the “Biographies of Jewish worthies” series of
which “Maimonides” was the first. “Jewish history may include minds
more brilliant and works more original than Rashi’s. But it is
incontestable that he is one of those historical personages who afford
a double interest; his own personality is striking and at the same
time he is the representative of a civilization and of a period....
Rashi forms, so to say, an organic part of Jewish history.”

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 33: 764. Je. ’06. 70w.

=Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina.= Randvar, the songsmith: a romance of Norumbega. †$1.50. Harper.

In the days when the Norsemen held their fabled sway in the new world,
Randvar, the songsmith, son of Rolf the Viking and Freya, King
Hildebrand’s daughter, came to love the proud sister of the jarl with
the blood red hair. The story of his love is a story of arms and
adventure and thru it runs the mystic legend of the were-wolf. In the
end the old round tower, which Randvar’s father built for Freya,
claims another royal bride thru whom, and his own valor, Freya’s son
comes to his own estate.

* * * * *

“Is not appreciably better or worse than the same author’s earlier
volumes.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 285. My. ’06. 160w.

“It is a pretty story that Miss Liljencrantz has told, and it has many
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+ =Dial.= 40: 366. Je. 1, ’06. 220w.

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unrealized ambition.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 112. F. 24, ’06. 350w.

“The story is well told and as a pure romance, is well worth reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 571. Mr. ’06. 100w.

=Lillibridge, William Otis.= Ben Blair: the story of a plainsman. †$1.50. McClurg.

“An uneven book, which has some chapters of refreshing strength.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 22: 634. F. ’06. 270w.

“Will at least hold the reader’s attention, tho at the end he may
realize that the book has a touch of the dime novel.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 518. Mr. 1, ’06. 160w.

=Lincoln, Abraham.= Complete works of Abraham Lincoln. 12v. ea. $3.75. Tandy.

“Some dozen years ago appeared ‘The complete works of Lincoln,’ edited
by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, and published by the Century company.
A new edition is now brought out by the Francis D. Tandy company ...
in which are included ‘nearly 20 per cent. more of Lincoln’s own
writings, culled from numerous public and private collections,’ with
explanatory notes to make the significance of the text clear, and with
a series of ‘introductions,’ articles by prominent writers—Greeley,
Sumner, Bancroft, Beecher, Roosevelt, Gilder, and others.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“Enough that is new is brought together in this edition to make it
necessary for every large library to purchase it for students of
Lincoln and his times.” Charles H. Cooper.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 84. Ag. 16, ’06. 1190w. (Review of v. 1–6.)

+ + =Dial.= 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 7–10.)

“A commendable work has been done in collecting these thousands of
scattered bits.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 1105. My. 10, ’06. 140w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“The best edition of the complete works of Abraham Lincoln for a
library is that edited by John E. Nicolay and John Hay.”

+ + + =Ind.= 61: 943. O. 18, ’06. 90w. (Review of v. 7–10.)

=Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 20w.

+ + =Nation.= 82: 177. Mr. 1, ’06. 190w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The portraits continue to present an interesting variety.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 365. My. 3, ’06. 30w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

=Nation.= 83: 11. Jl. 5, ’06. 70w. (Review of v. 5 and 6.)

+ + =Nation.= 83: 347. O. 25, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 7–10.)

Reviewed by Edward Cary.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 125. Mr. 3, ’06. 1140w. (Review of v. 1 and
2.)

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 415. Je. 23, ’06. 140w. (Review of v. 5–6.)

=Lincoln, Charles Z.= Constitutional history of New York from the beginning of the colonial period to the year 1905, showing the origin, development, and judicial construction of the constitution. 5v. $15. Lawyers’ co-op.

“We can best give an idea of what the book is by saying that it is
arranged both historically and by topics. As a whole, it is the
history of the constitution of New York traced from its earliest
sources in Magna charta and the ‘Charter of liberties’ down to its
present form, accompanied by explanations of the political and social
changes underlying its development. But, being arranged also by
subjects and having a whole volume of tables and indices, it is easy
to find either the chronology and rationale of any particular topic
... or what is often of quite as much importance, the part played in
the development of the Constitution by any particular person.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Not only a monument of industry and research, but a useful historical
and legal compilation as well. The author is well qualified for his
task.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 129. Ag. 9, ’06. 570w.

“No effort is made to attract ‘the mind that requires to be tempted to
the study of truth.’ The work is not cast in literary form. It can not
be read through. The highest praise that can be given to it, the
criticism that would gratify the author most highly, is to say that no
one seeking any information about the Constitutions of the state of
New York is likely to consult these volumes in vain.” Robert
Livingston Schuyler.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 562. S. 15, ’06. 1890w.

=Lincoln, Mrs. Jeanie Lincoln Gould.= Javelin of fate. †$1.25. Houghton.

A love story of Civil war times with the “main action centering in
that hot-bed of rebellion, Baltimore.... For years she escapes the
Nemesis of fate, but throughout her brilliant career there is one
motive behind her social activities and political intrigues—the wish
to punish the man who spoiled her youth and robbed her of the capacity
for happiness. At last her opportunity arrives, but old instincts and
old affections assert themselves. She forgives the man and goes to
find her child. Then the javelin strikes her. This is the main thread
of the narrative, which is skilfully interwoven with others less
sombre.” (Dial.) “It is only a very distant echo of the war that
sounds in Mrs. Lincoln’s story. It is mostly the women’s side of the
fray.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Is distinguished from the mass of current fiction by the technical
skill with which it presents a plot that has in itself real movement
and vitality.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 18. Ja. 1, ’06. 160w.

“The best that can be said of ‘A javelin of fate’ is that it contains
all the materials of a good story, but they have not been well put
together.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 10: 877. D. 9, ’05. 380w.

=Lincoln, Joseph Crosby (Joe Lincoln, pseud.).= Mr. Pratt. †$1.50. Barnes.

“There is much rustic humor in this tale by the author of ‘Cap’n Eri,’
and Mr. Pratt is a continuation of the former country philosopher.
That two tired young stock-brokers should elect to follow the rules of
the ‘Natural life’ as laid down in a popular book is not so
incongruous as it might have seemed a few years ago. Mr. Pratt is
engaged as their factotum, and relates their adventures with much
shrewd comment.” (Outlook.) “Whimsical medley of the ‘simple’ and
‘complex’ life.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

+ =Critic.= 49: 286. S. ’06. 60w.

“Mr. Lincoln is particularly enjoyable in ‘Mr. Pratt’ which, altho
evolved from sundry independent short stories, is as coherent and
readable as could be wished.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 124. Jl. 28, ’06. 640w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 387. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 40w.

“The story is absurd, but it is meant to be; it serves its purpose as
a diversion, a gentle satire upon a recent popular fad.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 529. Je. 30, ’06. 100w.

Lincoln and Douglas debates; ed. by Archibald Lewis Bouton. *60c. Holt.

“The book is well edited and gives a good idea of the matter.” E. E.
H., jr.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 529. Ja. ’06. 370w.

=Dial.= 39: 449. D. 16, ’05. 40w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 508. Ap. ’06. 80w.

=Lindsay, Charles Harcourt Ainslee Forbes (Charles Harcourt, pseud.).= Panama: the isthmus and the canal. **$1. Winston.

“Mr. Forbes-Lindsay has done a service in bringing together in one
small volume a large amount of material hitherto scattered through the
American public documents and French company reports. He begins with
the romantic history of the Isthmus when the city of Panama was one of
the richest and most luxurious cities of the New World.... Gives some
interesting figures in regard to the operations of the De Lesseps
company and traces the history of the canal under the receivership,
the New canal company, and the present commission. An appendix
contains an abstract of the Government report on the great canals of
the world. There is a good map and profile of the canal as authorized
by Congress, and a number of half-tones of Panama scenes.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“He has not shown any skill in arranging his material. The volume
contains many repetitions, not a few contradictions, and is generally
incoherent.”

– =Ind.= 61: 460. Ag. 23, ’06. 290w.

– =Nation.= 83: 172. Ag. 23, ’06. 640w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 511. O. ’06. 80w.

=Lindsay, Thomas Martin.= History of the Reformation, v. 1, The reformation in Germany from its beginning to the religious peace of Augsburg. **$2.50. Scribner.

More than a compilation. Dr. Lindsay “has brought out the full
significance of the movement with which he deals by treating it, as it
must be treated, in its social environment, complicated as it was by
the political and economic conditions of the time, as the gradual
outcome of a slow, unconscious process.”—Int. J. Ethics.

* * * * *

“It is not a great book and has not the grip of Creighton nor the ease
of Mr. Armstrong, but it is useful, and will be to many Englishmen an
excellent substitute for Köstlin and D’Aubigné.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 471. O. 20. 1070w. (Review of v. 1.)

“A valuable and comprehensive treatment of the first period of the
Reformation.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 80. Jl. ’06. 10w.

“As a summary of the sources, manner and result of the Reformation, at
once succinct and adequate, this work is quite first rate.” M. A.
Hamilton.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 140. O. ’06. 1140w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The work has many merits, but in our opinion its most distinctive
feature is the careful analysis of social and religious life in
Germany on the eve of the Protestant revolt. On the strength of
first-hand knowledge, excellent arrangement, and thoughtfulness, this
book deserves the most respectful attention. It is well adapted for
use in the senior grades of university teaching.”

+ + + =Nation.= 83: 351. O. 25, ’06. 900w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ + + =Outlook.= 83: 91. My. 12, ’06. 250w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Linville, Henry R., and Kelly, Henry A.= Text-book in general zoology. *$1.50. Ginn.

A text-book for the educational public with suggestions for laboratory
work. The volume is intended for high-school or elementary college
classes and the inductive method is used with each class and phylum of
invertebrate animals. In the first chapter after the remainder of the
Arthropoda are described the other invertebrate phyla follow in a
descending series, ending with Protozoa. Then, beginning with the
fishes, the order ascends to the mammals and closes with man. There
are 233 illustrations.

* * * * *

“It has many original points, and deserves recommendation as one of
the very best books yet published in this line. Every high school and
biological laboratory should have reference copies, even tho some
other book is already adopted as the regular text-book in zoology.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 260. Ag. 2, ’06. 70w.

=Lippincott, Mrs. Sara Jane (Clarke) (Grace Greenwood, pseud.).= Stories from famous ballads; ed. by Caroline Burnite; with il. by Edmund H. Garrett. *50c. Ginn.

“These stories are reprinted in the hope that girls may appreciate the
simplicity and beauty of them and thereby may be led to read the
romantic ballads in their original poetic form.”

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

“The stories tell, in a style of remarkable simplicity and beauty, of
... famous old ballads.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 60w.

=Lippmann, Friedrich.= Engraving and etching: a handbook for the use of students and print collectors. 3d ed. rev. by Dr. Max Lehrs; tr. by Martin Hardie; with 131 il. *$3. Scribner.

Dr. Lehrs has made revisions in keeping with the last century’s
results in modern research, especially along the lines of steel
engraving, lithography and the modern mechanical processes which have
caused a revolution in reproductive arts.

* * * * *

“Is not only comprehensive, but so well written that we scarcely
appreciate, as we read, the industry and learning necessary for such a
task. The chapter on engraving in England is very brief, and not up to
the standard of the rest of the work.”

+ + – =Acad.= 71: 499. N. 17, ’06. 1130w.

“Though the version, on the whole, is spirited and readable, we have
noticed several passages in which the sense of the original has been
missed. In technical matters, however, which set most pitfalls for the
translator of such a handbook, Mr. Hardie’s knowledge has enabled him
to walk warily.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 279. S. 8. 130w.

“The book as it now stands is a fairly complete account of engraving
and etching up to the beginning of the nineteenth century.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 90. N. ’06. 130w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 26. N. ’06. 240w.

“No writer on the subject has so perfectly combined minute historical
accuracy with a sober and just taste.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 358. O. 25, ’06. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 836. D. 1, ’06. 220w.

“Another indispensable book.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 705. N. 24, ’06. 80w.

=Lipsett, Ella Partridge.= Summer in the Apple Tree inn; il. by Mary Wellman. †$1.25. Holt.

Apple Tree inn is a charming play house which a kind Aunt Margaret had
made ready for her group of young visitors. A clever Japanese youth is
the central spirit of all the good times, entertaining his young
charges with Japanese legends, giving motive and setting to their
games, and incidentally teaching the children gentle manners and good
morals.

* * * * *

“A pleasing story for children.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 280w.

=Outlook.= 82: 1006. Ap. 28, ’06. 60w.

Liquor problem. **$1. Houghton.

“The committee, by publishing the results of their study in a single
volume, will gain access to a far wider audience, and will thus induce
many more persons to go more deeply into the evidence by turning back
to the earlier special reports for more prolonged study. No more sane,
balanced and convincing statement of the problem has been made.” C. R.
Henderson.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 578. Ja. ’06. 320w.

“The pseudo-scientific character of so-called temperance instruction
in the public schools is unmasked. The remedial aspect of the matter
is treated with breadth and sanity.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 843. Je. ’06. 280w.

“While it will undoubtedly prove useful, it should not take the place
of the larger books as a source of information.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 203. Mr. 16, ’06. 90w.

=Little, Alicia Bewicke. (Mrs. Archibald John Little).= Round about my Peking garden. **$5. Lippincott.

“In her knowledge of the real China, Mrs. Archibald Little admittedly
stands unrivalled among living European women.... She has ... genuine
love and sympathy for China and its people—a trait which, it is
perhaps unnecessary to say, is not universal among European residents
in the country. ‘Round about my Peking garden’ may be described as a
collection of sketches of North China.... By way of the Peking
palaces, temples, etc., Mrs. Little takes us to the Ming tombs, the
Western tombs, the Mongolian Grass Land, the seaside resorts near
Peking, and even to Port Arthur. This is the geographical distribution
... of the sketches. With regard to time, they all appear to be dated
about the period of the last occupation of Peking by the allied
troops.... It is copiously illustrated from photographs.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Little’s manner of writing is generally pleasant. She has a
genuine instinct for description, and excels therein. She is apt to
mar her picturesque passages by a tendency to moralizing and emotional
apostrophe.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 14. Ja. 6. 890w.

“Altogether the book is to be commended quite without qualification.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 478. My. ’06. 160w.

+ =Nation.= 82: 145. F. 15, ’06. 660w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 28. Ja. 13, ’06. 510w.

“‘Gush’ is the prevailing note, and Mrs. Little should not be regarded
as a trustworthy guide.”

– =Sat. R.= 101: 242. F. 24, ’06. 800w.

=Little, Archibald John.= Far East. *$2. Oxford.

“It is hardly a book for the average reader, but rather for the
scientific traveller, who takes careful notes by the way.”

+ + =Bookm.= 23: 339. My. ’06. 320w.

“Trustworthy in its general physiographic statements and so rich in
maps, sketches, and diagrams, and all well indexed.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 287. Mr. ’06. 180w.

=Little, Frances.= Lady of the decoration. †$1. Century.

With an unhappy married life behind her, a young Kentucky widow who
had never missed a Derby since she was old enough to know a bay from a
sorrel suddenly accepts an offer to go to Japan and teach in a mission
school. Her letters home make the story, whose chief interest centers
in a romance that grows out of her love for the man who she had
supposed was lost to her. There are bits of Japanese life given with
sprightly touches.

* * * * *

“Contains an odd mixture of fact, fun, opinions, vivid impressions,
and sentiment. Unfortunately the sentiment is very much overdone, but
the book is fresh and unconventional and well worth reading.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 480. My. 19, ’06. 260w.

“The descriptive portions of the book produce on the whole a strong
effect of reality.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 510. Ap. 28. 130w.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

=Bookm.= 23: 417. Je. ’06. 170w.

“It has somewhat of the thing that gave the ‘Saxe-Holm’ stories their
success a generation ago; that popularized the first novel or two of
the late Maria Louise Pool; that on a higher literary plane, gave the
work of the Brontës its lasting value.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 119. Ag. ’06. 490w.

+ – =Nation.= 82: 434. My. 24, ’06. 420w.

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 360. Je. 2, ’06. 330w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 285. Je. 2, ’06. 180w.

“A bright story about equally compounded of humor, philosophy,
description and love.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 639. My. 19, ’06. 20w.

“A piece of rather tiresome gush.”

– =Sat. R.= 101: 625. My. 19, ’06. 80w.

“The reader would generally be very grateful if the book had been so
planned as to give a little more fact and a little less sentimental
reflection.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 676. Ap. 28, ’06. 390w.

=Livingston, Luther Samuel.= Auction prices of books. 4v. *$40. Dodd.

“Mr. Livingston’s concluding volume is the most important of all.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 295. Mr. 10. 1040w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

+ + + =Outlook.= 83: 812. Ag. 4, ’06. 870w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

=Spec.= 96: 188. F. 3, ’06. 100w. (Review of v. 4.)

=Lloyd, Henry Demarest.= Man, the social creator. **$2. Doubleday.

“A collection of addresses delivered by the late Henry D. Lloyd during
the ten years preceding his death, and now brought together in a
volume.... The main thesis of the present book is indicated by the
title, namely, that man is creating, out of the divine potentialities
of his own nature, the social life and institutions which are, for a
large body of thinkers to-day, the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ upon earth. The
book is also understood to embody the author’s religious beliefs....
Everywhere we find optimism—evil interpreted as good in the making,
and the future heralded as a mighty advance upon the present.”—Dial.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 41: 43. Jl. 16, ’06. 210w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 699. S. 20, ’06. 360w.

=Lit. D.= 32: 838. Je. 2, ’06. 1010w.

“The strength of this book is in its affirmations; its weakness is in
its denials. When it is specific it is persuasive; when it deals with
generalizations it invites doubt if not actual contradiction.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 83: 863. Ag. 11, ’06. 390w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 100w.

=Lloyd, Nelson (McAllister).= Mrs. Radigan: her biography, with that of Miss Pearl Veal and the memoirs of J. Madison Mudison. †$1. Scribner.

“‘Mrs. Radigan’ is another book exposing New York society, but in so
jocose and headlong a way as not to make much impression until one
pauses to reflect how true to life and perspicacious Mr. Lloyd has
been.” G. W. A.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 108. Mr. ’06. 260w.

=Lloyd, Nelson (McAllister).= Six Stars; stories. †$1.50. Scribner.

Six Stars is a little village hidden away in a Pennsylvania mountain
valley. The stories are pitched in the quiet monotonous key which the
valley-folk sound in their uneventful lives. “There are some passages
of serious feeling and indications of currents of passion, but in the
main the tales are gently humorous, with a taste of dialect but
without its abuse, and with a true perception of what is interesting
and worth recording in the lives of simple people.” (Outlook.)

+ – =Critic.= 48: 572. Je. ’06. 100w.

“Is a book to read aloud, if you can for laughter, to some
appreciative listener; it is one of the pleasures that are increased
by dividing. The book is homey and wholesome as a red-clover field in
full bloom, and is just the sort of literature that the nerve-weary
need.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 222. Jl. 26, ’06. 150w.

“Mr. Lloyd’s way with his rustics has an undoubted charm.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 289. My. 5, ’06. 470w.

“A dozen or more admirable short stories.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 910. Ap. 21, ’06. 110w.

=Locke, William John.= Beloved vagabond. †$1.50. Lane.

Who he is and what manner of vagabond he is may be gleaned from the
following: “One who though a gentleman and a scholar, has become a
peripatetic philosopher, a roadside humorist, and the delight of cafés
of the Latin quarter.” (Outlook.) He picks up a little boy out of the
gutter, adopts him, wanders with him all over Europe for the sake of
the child’s education. This is the record of their pilgrimage told by
the boy years afterward.

* * * * *

“The book is a little masterpiece, possessed of that exquisite charm
and refined simplicity which are connected with French writers of the
best period.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 445. N. 3, ’06. 250w.

Reviewed by Amy C. Rich.

=Arena.= 36: 687. D. ’06. 330w.

“Mr. Locke’s new novel is less a novel than a study in temperament.
The tale is picaresque in character, and is maintained with great
spirit and gusto.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 2: 613. N. 17. 270w.

“Mr. Locke should not be judged by his ‘Beloved vagabond’ alone.”

– =Nation.= 83: 375. N. 1, ’06. 260w.

“As a novel the book is unique in its method and its treatment of the
subject, while its intellectual flavor and its large and tolerant
presentation of life make it constantly enjoyable from first page to
last.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 740. N. 10, ’06. 530w.

“The author shows artistic courage and literary skill in thus
following human nature rather than the ordinary conventions of romance
and sentiment.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 580. N. 3, ’06. 130w.

“One may shrink from the realism with which some phases of our
delightful vagabond’s life is depicted, but one is fascinated by the
overflowing humor of his talk and by the free open-air spirit of the
road with which the book is pervaded.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 711. N. 24, ’06. 180w.

=Locke, William John.= Morals of Marcus Ordeyne. †$1.50. Lane.

“It is brisk, witty, gay, even, with a minor modulation for relief.”
Mary Moss.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 57. Ja. ’06. 400w.

=Lodge, George Cabot.= Great adventure: sonnets. **$1. Houghton.

A volume of sonnets whose themes are Life, Love and Death. The
twenty-five sonnets under the heading “Death” are dedicated to the
memory of Trumbull Stickney.

* * * * *

“High praise must be given to the thoughtful and imaginative qualities
of Mr. Lodge’s verse.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 126. F. 16, ’06. 300w.

+ =Nation.= 81: 507. D. 21, ’05. 300w.

“There is dignity and even nobility in many of them and there are
occasional lines of great verbal felicity and real power, so that the
apparently unnecessary lapses are the more teasing.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 400w.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

+ + – =North American.= 182: 759. My. ’06. 180w.

=Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph.= Life and matter. **$1. Putnam.

A reply to Professor Haeckel’s “Riddle of the universe,” intended to
“act as an antidote against the destructive and speculative portions
of Professor Haeckel’s interesting and widely read work.” The author
“holds that life belongs to a separate order of existence from the
material world, on which it depends for phenomenal manifestation, and
on which it reacts according to laws as yet undiscovered, though
discoverable.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“One could wish that ‘Life and matter’ were somewhat less
controversial in form, that it somewhat less obviously grew out of
separate articles and addresses, still more could one wish that the
discussion were less condensed, for the book is but a little one: one
could not ask for a more penetrating criticism of current opinions by
a great scientist who is as little given to serving idols of the cave
as of the market place.” E. T. Brewster.

+ – =Atlan.= 98: 421. S. ’06. 580w.

“Besides fulfilling its immediate object, will serve as a complete
reply to Mr. Mallock, and a host of less distinguished thinkers.”

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 393. Je. ’06. 920w.

=Critic.= 48: 378. Ap. ’06. 160w.

“The main value of the book is, after all, the fact that Professor
Haeckel’s theories enable Sir Oliver Lodge to present us with a most
interesting study of the relation between life and matter. No higher
praise could be given Sir Oliver Lodge’s book than to say that it is a
strong assertion of the rights of human experience as against
artificial dogma, the product of abstraction.” Charles F. Clogher.

+ + =Hibbert J.= 4: 699. Ap. ’06. 3950w.

=Lond. Times.= 5: 41. F. 9, ’06. 520w.

“The arrangement of the various topics is not always the best
possible. Apart from these slight defects the book deserves hearty
commendation.”

+ + – =Nature.= 74: 78. My. 24, ’06. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 862. D. 2, ’05. 300w.

“While Professor Haeckel’s errors are exposed, the solid part of his
work receives an extension into a fruitful field of scientific
inquiry.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 941. D. 16, ’05. 110w.