Chapter 4: , Dissolved continuous current windings; Chapter 5, (3)

“At present ... it is doubtful whether the great mass of his ‘brother
scientists’ will accept him as their spokesman.” Frank Thilly.

– =Phys. R.= 15: 438. Jl. ’06. 1150w.

“The book is an interesting and well-intended but disappointing
attempt to reconcile the categories of exact science and humanistic
idealism.” H. Heath Bawden.

– + =Psychol. Bull.= 3: 353. O. 15, ’06. 720w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 255. F. ’06. 80w.

“It is needless to say that Sir Oliver Lodge is well worth hearing on
such a fascinating subject as the relation of the higher physics to
the phenomena of life.”

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

=Loeb, Jacques.= Dynamics of living matter. *$3. Macmillan.

This volume owes its origin to a series of lectures delivered by the
author at Columbia university in 1902. It is the purpose of the
lectures “to state to what extent we are able to control the phenomena
of development, self preservation, and reproduction.” The chapters are
as follows: Concerning the general chemistry of life phenomena, The
general physical constitution of living matter, On some physical
manifestations of life, The role of electrolytes in the formation and
preservation of living matter, The effects of heat and radiant energy
upon living matter, Heliotropism, Further facts concerning tropisms
and related phenomena, Fertilization, Heredity, and On the dynamics of
regenerative processes.

* * * * *

“The book is in all respects a worthy member of the ‘Columbia
university biological series,’ of which it is the eighth volume. I
could not give it higher praise.” E. T. Brewster.

+ + + =Atlan.= 98: 419. S. ’06. 380w.

“The lectures are readable and instructive, and they are especially
commended to the attention of plant physiologists, who are too apt to
pass over literature not strictly pertaining to plants.”

+ + =Bot. G.= 41: 449. Je. ’06. 270w.

“The present volume, containing a survey of recent work in biology,
may be commended, not to the specialist, for he knows of it already,
but to the sociologist or the theologian—to any scholar, in fact, who
is interested in the fundamental questions of life, and not afraid of
meeting many words that he does not know and cannot find in the
dictionary.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 752. S. 27, ’06. 600w.

=Ind.= 61: 1172. N. 15, ’06. 50w.

“Think what we may of such questions of logic, it is undeniable that
the book is full of the most instructive and extraordinarily
interesting matter, in large part new to all but the most fully
informed, which is presented with great perspicuity, and put in as
simple a form as possible.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 17. Jl. 5, ’06. 980w.

“We may regard the work as a useful counterblast to those who term
themselves neovitalists.”

+ + =Nature.= 74: 631. O. 25, ’06. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 181. Mr. 24, ’06. 150w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 765. Je. ’06. 210w.

“It is a very interesting book which instructs and at the same time
stimulates the reader to independent thinking.” S. J. Meltzer.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 24: 145. Ag. 3, ’06. 1290w.

“Is marred by sneers at psychology and metaphysics.”

+ – =World To-Day.= 11: 764. Jl. ’06. 260w.

=Loeb, Jacques.= Studies in general physiology. 2v. *$7.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

“These two volumes of the Decennial series of the University of
Chicago, bring together in reprint the list of brilliant contributions
which gave to the author his prestige in protoplasmic physiology. They
consist of thirty-eight papers, published through various channels and
in two languages, between the years 1889 and 1902. These are arranged
in the chronological order of their previous publication, beginning
with those on tropisms and ending with those on artificial
parthenogenesis and on the irritability of muscles.”—Bot. Gaz.

* * * * *

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

=Atlan.= 96: 681. N. ’05. 340w.

Reviewed by B. E. Livingston.

+ + =Bot. Gaz.= 40: 75. Jl. ’05. 330w.

“The two volumes of papers collected under this title form one of the
most interesting and suggestive works that have been published on the
subject.”

+ + =Nature.= 73: 195. D. 28, ’05. 530w.

“We have here before us the fruit of a most indefatigable and
ingenious investigator who has done pioneer work in many fields in
biology. These studies will be a source of instruction and stimulation
to many an earnest student in general physiology.” S. J. Meltzer.

+ + + =Science=, n. s. 23: 742. My. 11, ’06. 960w.

=London, Jack.= The game. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“Excellent novelette.” Mary Moss.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 49. Ja. ’06. 90w.

=London, Jack.= Moon face; and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The eight stories which comprise this volume exhibit in quite varied
fields the dramatic quality and virile powers of expression for which
Mr. London is noted.” (Lit. D.) They include besides the title-story;
Planchette, The shadow and the flash, Local color, and All Gold
canyon.

* * * * *

“They are terse, virile to the verge of brutality, and they grip the
mind. The language is fresh and convincing, save for one irritating
phrase, ‘what of’, which Mr. London uses very unsuitably.”

+ – =Acad.= 71: 399. O. 20, ’06. 200w.

“Not nearly so good as they should be—as they might be, if Mr. London
were in less of a hurry.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 477. O. 20. 220w.

“Mr. London, when he errs, does so on the side of flesh; there are
moments even in his most powerful work, when one is prompted to say,
‘That is a false note: human nature is nobler than that!’” Frederic
Taber Cooper.

+ + – =Bookm.= 24: 247. N. ’06. 400w.

“But the quality of these stories indicates either a decline in power
or disposition to live on the unearned increment of his former
reputation, a shocking ethical fault in the apostle of the
proletariat.”

– =Ind.= 61: 698. S. 20, ’06. 130w.

“There is a freshness and originality in these unconventional tales, a
sort of primitive vigor and pulsing life, that lift them above the
average of the short stories that now have such vogue. Here and there,
it is true, his style is disfigured by a grotesque stroke.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 33: 474. O. 6, ’06. 260w.

“These stories present Jack London at his shallowest, but by no means
at his worst. Everything in them even their brutality, is subordinated
to a trivial ingenuity of plot.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 80w.

“Nearly all are below his average level of achievement.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 596. S. 29, ’06. 390w.

“Have all of Mr. London’s recognized vigor and originality.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 337. O. 6, ’06. 30w.

“Shows here and there the author’s power, but will add nothing to his
reputation.”

+ – =World To-Day.= 11: 1222. N. ’06. 50w.

=London, Jack.= Tales of the fish patrol. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“Fairly exciting the stories certainly are.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 287. Mr. 24, ’06. 300w.

“Mr. London’s style has of late shown marked signs of a chastening
process. He progresses. This is better work than ‘The game.’”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 229. F. 24. 170w.

“The author seems to know his subject thoroughly, and he can make
excellent use of his knowledge.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 338. Mr. 17, ’06. 160w.

“All are told with vigour, but they are the kind of tales which any
magazine-writer might have written, and admirers of Mr. London’s work
must confess to some disappointment.”

+ – =Spec.= 97: 98. Jl. 21, ’06. 140w.

=London, Jack.= War of the classes. **$1.50. Macmillan.

“In short, the book may serve a useful purpose by stimulating thought
in readers of independent judgment, but will prove a stumbling block
to the unwary.”

+ – =Charities.= 15: 403. D. 23, ’05. 1310w.

“The economic reasoning, however, is not clear, and there is little
constructive thinking.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 297. My. 1, ’06. 140w.

=London, Jack.= White Fang. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“In “White Fang” Mr. London reverses the “process of retrogression” of
“The call of the wild,” and traces the fortune of a dog which is part
wolf to the time of the redeeming of his brute nature. And the
transition is not without triumphs for the ugly nature within him.
Finally when he merges from his last fight—and there is no more
blood-curdling dog-fight in literature—he is rescued by his
love-master. By this patient, kind man, his brute nature is redeemed,
and for the master he loves he learns to endure the restraints of
civilization.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“The book will be judged inferior to ‘The Call of the Wild’ by
sticklers for ‘strong’ endings; nevertheless it will be more enjoyed
by the mass of readers.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 389. D. 1, ’06. 400w.

“In workmanship it is as good as anything the author has done in this
field, and no one has done better.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1055. N. 1, ’06. 320w.

“This is the kind of thing Jack London does best.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 390w.

“By far the best thing that has come from his pen since ‘The call of
the wild,’ and in some points a better dog story than the latter ever
succeeded in seeming to the present writer.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 764. N. 17, ’06. 650w.

“The subject is one which fits the author’s peculiar gifts admirably
and gives him full scope.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 797. D. 1, ’06. 170w.

“No stronger piece of work in this field has appeared.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 84: 710. N. 24, ’06. 170w.

=London, Jack, and others.= Argonaut stories. 50c. Argonaut pub.

Twenty-two stories contributed by as many writers among whom are Jack
London, Frank Norris, Gwendolen Overton, C. W. Doyle, Robert D. Milne
and Buckey O’Neill.

=Long, Augustus White=, ed. American poems, 1776–1900, with notes and biographies. *90c. Am. bk.

“Mr. Long’s book puts in a volume convenient for class work a good
selection of American poetry, beginning with Freneau and coming down
to the poets of our own day. There are also biographical
introductions, a little critical comment, and notes.”—Bookm.

* * * * *

“We do not criticise [the notes] because they explain what is obvious
... but rather because they often do not explain what is not obvious.”

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 567. Jl. ’06. 380w.

“Has made his selections with discriminating intelligence.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 396. Je. 16, ’06. 90w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 124. Jl. ’06. 40w.

=Long, John Luther.= Heimweh and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The book is worth reading though its contents are of unequal value.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 264. F. 17. ’06. 170w.

=Long, John Luther.= Seffy; a little comedy of country manners. †$1.50. Bobbs.

“All these go to make up a charming book, despite the sordid and
rather coarse phases of life that are especially emphasized in the
early chapters.”

+ – =Arena.= 35: 222. F. ’06. 260w.

“A tender little story, exquisitely told, and full of the delicate
half-tones of human emotions.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 634. F. ’06. 140w.

“The story is slight but fairly interesting.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 573. Je. ’06. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 925. D. 30, ’05. 350w.

– + =Outlook.= 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 70w.

“It is a charming story, charmingly written, with just enough romance
to save it from the bald monotony of reality and enough reality to
prevent it from being hopelessly romantic.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 859. D. 30, 05. 110w.

+ =World To-Day.= 11: 766. Jl. ’06. 50w.

=Long, John Luther.= Way of the gods. †$1.50. Macmillan.

In this story of Japan “the little Samurai—a ‘girl-boy’—born to be a
gentle poet, is educated and inspired to be a soldier of the
Emperor.... Never a warrior in appearance, the spirit and patriotism
of the man carries him honorably through two wars. He succumbs to love
for a Japanese maiden of lowly birth whom he finds in China. He
marries her, and upon that act follow all the tremendous train of
suffering and tragedy in which the two loving souls are engulfed....
Mr. Long is able to make us see from the Japanese point of view, and
reverence the nobility of the lowly maid who sacrificed all for love
and rose to heights of heroism that her beloved Samurai could never
attain.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 791. Je. 30. 180w.

“On close inspection this curious, erratic, exotic bit of fiction
offers a better example of this whole matter of pictorial art in
novels than any other book of the month.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 23: 538. Jl. ’06. 740w.

=Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 80w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 384. Je. 16, ’06. 100w.

“Perhaps ungrateful to complain very bitterly of mere mannerisms when
the matter beneath is altogether admirable.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 451. Jl. 14, ’06. 510w.

“Mr. Long has succeeded in conveying in this romantic yet thoroughly
modern story a fine impression of the marvelous persistence of
hereditary ideals of honor and sacrifice among the Japanese.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 244. My. 26, ’06. 190w.

=Long, William Joseph.= Brier-patch philosophy, by “Peter Rabbit” interpreted by W: J. Long; il. by Charles Copeland. *$1.50. Ginn.

The rabbit’s sunny brier patch to which Mr. Long’s readers are invited
is a pleasant place to contemplate “the sweet reasonableness of animal
thinking,” and the associated subject of animal psychology. “If you
care to follow the rabbit’s trail ... he will take you thru the dead
timber of science, thru streets of reason and psychology, thru the
open country of instincts and habits and dawning intelligence, to the
origin of natural religion and the distant glimpse of immortality in
which we are all interested.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Long in this serious piece of work, has made a contribution to
animal study that will have permanent influence. It should be said,
moreover, that the unusually animated illustrations save the book from
being too serious.” May Estelle Cook.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 390. D. 1, ’06. 490w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1057. N. 1, ’06. 220w.

“Plausibility and proof are two very different things, and it is just
in the failure to distinguish carefully between them that Mr. Long has
always shown himself radically weak.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 448. N. 22, ’06. 450w.

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 581. N. 3, ’06. 200w.

=Long, William Joseph.= Northern trails: stories of animal life in the far north. *$1.50. Ginn.

+ + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 863. D. 23. 120w.

“These ‘Northern trails’ lead one through many other evidences of Mr.
Long’s ability as a naturalist.” George Gladden.

+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 89. Mr. ’06. 680w.

“The book would have been much better without the first story—for the
plan is not original; it is ‘written down’ and it lacks reality in
spite of the author’s efforts. But as for the rest, even Mr. Burroughs
will find little in the natural history to object to, and certainly no
one can hold out against the story interest of the chapters, nor the
grace and charm of the style.” Dallas Lore Sharp.

+ + – =Critic.= 48: 122. F. ’06. 150w.

+ =Nature.= 73: 177. D. 21, ’05. 170w.

“There is a certain sameness about his work, but we do not think that
he has written anything better than ‘Northern trails.’”

+ + =Spec.= 95: 1128. D. 30, ’05. 150w.

Long day: a true story of a New York working girl as told by herself. *$1.20. Century.

“This book will do good. It presents a section from the social life of
today with pathetic fidelity.”

+ =Arena.= 35: 332. Mr. ’06. 320w.

“There are innumerable flashes of [humor] in ‘The long day.’” Winthrop
More Daniels.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 841. Je. ’06. 610w.

“As a human document this is an important piece of work.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 95. Ja. ’06. 380w.

“The writer’s tone, even when there is most provocation to heat, is
conspicuously fair and free from hysteria; eminently broad, sane and
hopeful is her view. With its disclosures, its suggestions, and its
hopes, ‘The long day’ is a book that must and will be read.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 82. Ja. 25, ’06. 940w.

“Few novels have such sheer narrative interest as this book: fewer
still combine with such interest so vivid portraiture. The book
abounds, too, with descriptive writing of no mean order.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 805. Ap. 7, ’06. 430w.

=Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.= Poems; with a biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. $1.25. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Thin paper poets,” and contains a sketch of
Longfellow’s life, notes, and a frontispiece.

=Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.= Tales of a wayside inn; with an introd. by Nathan Haskell Dole. 35c. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”

=Loomis, Charles Battell.= Minerva’s manoeuvres: the cheerful facts of a “return to nature.” †$1.50. Barnes.

– =Bookm.= 23: 310. My. ’06. 470w.

=Lord, Eliot; Trenor, John J. D.; and Barrows, Samuel June.= Italian in America. $1.50. Buck.

“Apart from its value as an important contribution towards a correct
statement of the immigration problem, his volume is well worth
reading.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 839. Mr. ’06. 880w.

=Ind.= 61: 156. Jl. 19, ’06. 300w.

=Lord, Walter Frewen.= Mirror of the century. *$1.50. Lane.

Twelve crtical essays each one of which is a study of one of the
following nineteenth-century novelists: Trollope, George Eliot, Jane
Austen, Lytton, Thackeray, Charlotte Brontë, the Kingsleys, Charles
Reade, Beaconsfield and W. E. Norris.

* * * * *

“We find it impossible to realize the standard of ideas which makes
such a judgment as he sets down possible. On every possible occasion
he says the thing that is exactly wrong with a perversity that never
deviates into illuminating criticism.”

– – =Acad.= 70: 424. My. 5, ’06. 1210w.

“Mr. Frewen Lord is a clever talker, whose ambition exceeds his
industry. As a revelation of temperament the volume is not striking.
Is at his best when he has found a quotation upon which to exercise
his humor.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 730. Je. 16. 720w.

+ =Dial.= 41: 91. Ag. 16, ’06. 320w.

“The charm of Mr. Lloyd’s book lies in this very novelty of many of
its ideas, its piquancy of expression, and its revelation of his own
alert and unconventional mind. It is a suggestive and readable book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 356. Je. 2, ’06. 470w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 252. N. ’06. 190w.

“These criticisms are smartly done, and there is plenty of suggestion
in most of them. They are well up to the average papers of the sort.
Of the necessity for them in book form we are not so sure.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 664. My. 26, ’06. 200w.

“They are eminently readable; they are manifestly the result of very
careful work; they are often marked by ingenuity and force. In his
‘Dedicatory letter’ Mr. Lord writes a little wildly.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 794. My. 19, ’06. 470w.

=Lorenz, Daniel Edward.= Mediterranean traveller. *$2.50. Revell.

“It has many illustrations, but is a heavy and cumbrous volume,
decidedly inferior to Baedeker’s in compactness and arrangement.”

– + =Ind.= 60: 871. Ap. 12, ’06,. 50w.

=Lorenz, Hans.= Modern refrigerating machinery; its construction, methods of working, and industrial applications; a guide for engineers and owners of refrigerating plants. *$4. Wiley.

“This book is based on ‘Neuere kuehlmaschinen’ ... and is
systematically arranged in ten chapters, and the matter is treated in
a clear and concise manner. Examples are used to demonstrate the
application of the rules, and by this method, together with the great
number of fine illustrations, even the inexperienced reader can find
advice without waste of time. The metric system of weights and
measures, as used in the German editions, is converted into the system
customary in this country, so that no calculations are
necessary.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The success of this book must be attributed to the acknowledged
competency of the author as well as to the fact that mathematical
treatment is strictly eliminated. The characteristics of Prof.
Lorenz’s work ... are impartiality and copiousness of practical
information.” J. C. Bertsch.

+ + =Engin. N.= 55: 428. Ap. 12, ’06. 3770w.

=Lorimer, George Horace.= False gods. †$1.25. Appleton.

A reporter’s adventure prompted by a laudable greed for first-hand
facts tingles with the excitement of Egyptian mysteries, statues that
seem to possess human power, black cats, supposed crime, all animated
and controlled by a beautiful woman. That he follows up the wrong
train of evidences and makes false steps perturbs his soul but little,
and he is soon back “again serving false gods.”

* * * * *

“Simpkins is well characterized and the story is rather clever in its
way.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 60w.

“We can heartily commend Mr. Lorimer’s book as a stirring story to
read at one sitting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 260. Ap. 21, ’06. 210w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.

=Outlook.= 83: 91. My. 12. ’06. 110w.

=Loring, Andrew=, comp, and ed. Rhymer’s lexicon; with an introd. by George Saintsbury. *$2.50. Dutton.

“We commend this volume heartily to those who need such a book, and
how innumerable are our poets our daily mail shows.”

+ =Ind.= 59: 1542. D. 28, 05. 100w.

=Loti, Pierre, pseud. (Louis Marie Julien Viaud).= Disenchanted; tr. by Clara Bell. †$1.50. Macmillan.

Awaking from the ennui and monotony of their surroundings the women of
the harem are here portrayed with a thirst for knowledge a desire to
let into their life-prisons the breath of a free world without any
confining, artificial requirements. “We have no agonizing feeling that
we are looking on at a bit of real life torn, raw and bleeding, from
actual tragedy. It is sorrow and pain seen through a veiling yashmak,
a tragedy in a dream.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“M. Loti is gently sympathetic, writes charmingly of everything,
paints delightful pictures, but suggests no remedy for sufferings.”

+ – =Acad.= 71: 421. O. 27, ’06. 140w.

“Altogether ‘Disenchanted’ presents a very new view of the Turkish
women.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 757. S. 27, ’06. 650w.

Ind. 61: 1159. N. 15, ’06. 60w.

“The details of the picture are perfectly finished, as we expect of
Loti, but there is a deep note of earnestness in his appeal that shows
profound emotion.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 431. O. 20, ’06. 220w.

“This situation M. Loti has developed in a story of rare delicacy and
beauty, full of refinement and feeling, and sketched in those
sensitive colors, with that extreme sensibility of feeling, which have
made him perhaps the foremost of impressionist writers.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 250w.

=Lottridge, Silas A.= Animal snap-shots and how made. **$2. Holt.

“No nature book has been written for a long time so comfortable in its
general tone as Mr. Lottridge’s.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 94. F. 1, ’06. 350w.

Ind. 60: 804. Ap. 5, ’06. 190w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 151. Ag. 16, ’06. 310w.

“This author is a laureate of the lesser beasts.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 25. Ja. 13, ’06. 410w.

“A practical and convincing manual, easy to be used by any one wishing
to follow the guidance of the author.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1081. D. 30, ’05. 120w.

=Lottridge, Silas A.= Familiar wild animals. *60c. Holt.

Sketches and pictures chosen from the author’s “Animal snapshots” to
help stimulate school children in the direct observation of outdoor
life.

=Lounsberry, Alice.= Wild flower book for young people. **$1.50. Stokes.

A little girl from the city tells in her own way about the beautiful
things which she finds in the country when thru a spring, summer and
autumn she wanders among woods, meadows and swamps. The flowers which
interest her are those common thruout the Northeastern states, and she
learns to love them, to call them by name, and hears many interesting
stories about them from the friends who roam with her in the haunts of
the wild flowers, the butterflies and the birds. There are many
illustrations from photographs of flowers and children.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1406. D. 13, ’06. 130w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 514. O. 13, ’06. 100w.

“A happy combination of story and botany, illustrated.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

“Will be not only a useful but an entertaining book to put in the
hands of any child who loves the out of doors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 110w.

“Miss Lounsberry is at her best when her method is clear and concise,
and her touch is not perfectly adapted to the form she chooses here,
although a great deal of interesting and useful information is thus
conveyed in simple language.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 534. O. 27, ’06. 240w.

“Is poorly written. If a book of this kind were as clearly written as
Gertrude Smith writes her child fiction it would have, we believe,
increased value, for the pages contain many items of information
profitable to childhood.”

+ – =R. of Rs.= 34: 768. D. ’06. 50w.

=Lounsbery, G. Constant.= Love’s testament: a sonnet sequence. **$1.25. Lane.

Eleven groups of six sonnets each classified under, love, absence,
passion, doubt, philosophy, content, separation, solitude,
reconciliation, jealousy and retrospect.

* * * * *

“A few of these sonnets have merit. The pity is that they are
submerged beneath a mass of tedious commonplace.”

– + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 664. Je. 2. 230w.

“The author knows a great deal about the use of words and the
management of the sonnet-form, but of the use of love and the
management of life, she seems deplorably ignorant.”

+ – =Critic.= 49: 51. Jl. ’06. 380w.

“There is much excellent poetry in Mrs. Lounsbery’s volume.” Wm. M.
Payne.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 329. My. 16, ’06. 210w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 144. Ag. ’06. 150w.

“There is little fault to be found with the facility of the verse.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 523. Ag. 25. ’06. 260w.

“A collection of sonnets of real poetic strength and beauty.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 768. Je. ’06. 30w.

“To write a multitude of sonnets on love a man must have a greater
subtlety of thought and feeling than falls to the author’s share.”

– =Spec.= 96: 757. My. 12, ’06. 30w.

=Lowell, James Russell.= Fireside travels; with introd. by William P. Treat. 35c. Crowell.

Uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”

=Lowery, Woodbury.= Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States: Florida. 1562–1574. **$2.50. Putnam.

“Really interesting book.”

+ =Bookm.= 23: 658. Ag. ’06. 300w.

“One of the most valuable and interesting of recent works on the early
discovery and settlement of our national territory.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 94. Ja. ’06. 80w.

“Mr. Lowery’s book is the most accurate and scientific account yet
written upon this subject.”

+ + + =Ind.= 60: 629. Mr. 15, ’06. 470w.

“A voluminous appendix, exceedingly important for the many difficult
historical and geographical problems treated, completes the
documentary material contained in the numerous footnotes. They bear
witness to the conscientious manner in which Mr. Lowery has undertaken
and carried out his task.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 225. Mr. 15, ’06. 1940w.

=Loyson, Mme. Emilie Jane (Butterfield) Meriman (Mme. Hyacinthe Loyson).= To Jerusalem through the lands of Islam, among Jews, Christians, and Moslems. $2.50. Open ct.

– – =Ind.= 60: 1161. My. 17, ’06. 510w.

=Lubbock, Basil.= Jack Derringer: a tale of deep water. †$1.50. Dutton.

“‘The notorious Yankee skysail-yard clipper “Silas K. Higgins” the
hottest hell-ship under the stars and stripes,’ ... furnishes the
setting for this story which ... is a thrilling romance of the life
lead by ‘shanghaied’ and other seamen in more or less lawless
conditions. Brutal officers, mixed nationalities in the seamen,
fightings, murderings, wreckings, and a fight with albatrosses provide
plenty of exciting episodes before Jack Derringer reaches a peaceful
haven with the woman he loves. Jack is a roving Englishman and his
greatest chum is a certain cowboy who is ‘shanghaied’ on the ‘Higgins’
and plays an important part in the development of the story.” (Sat.
R.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Lubbock has not ‘composed’ his picture at all. There is little
perspective about it, and the very energy and knowledge which he
brings to bear upon every detail sometimes confuse the general
effect.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 359. Ap. 14, ’06. 350w.

“Lacks only the art of the finished craftsman to make of it a
veritable epic of the sea.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 387. Mr. 31. 200w.

=Lit. D.= 33: 157. Ag. 4, ’06. 260w.

“Mr. Lubbock is a descriptive writer with little skill in the arts of
construction and arrangement. The plot, or groundwork of his book, is
slight and conventional.”

– =Lond. Times.= 5: 116. Mr. 30, ’06. 400w.

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

“The thing has all the elements proper to a sea story of the old
school. And it is not bad of its kind.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 439. Jl. 7, ’06. 520w.

“Unwholesome and uncomfortable novel. Vulgarity and cheap melodrama
run riot.”

– – =Outlook.= 83: 386. Je. 16, ’06. 50w.

“It is a spirited, interesting romance. But we should like that
glossary.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 661. My. 26, ’06. 280w.

=Lucas, Charles Prestwood.= Canadian war of 1812. *$4.15. Oxford.

It has been the mission of Mr. Lucas to assist President Roosevelt and
Captain Mahan in redeeming the history of the war of 1812 alike from
“prejudiced treatment and undeserved neglect.” Mr. Lucas views the war
from the Canadian standpoint and “the book is in the strictest sense
‘an installment of Canadian history,’ as Mr. Lucas calls it. The
sources, in the main, are official dispatches. Slight use has been
made of autobiographies, vindications, and ephemeral literature, like
Hull’s ‘Memoirs,’ Wilkinson’s ‘Memoirs,’ and Armstrong’s ‘Notices of
the war.’ The narrative, so far as it deals with upper Canada, is full
and satisfactory. The same can hardly be said of the treatment which
lower Canada receives.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Though not free from defects, a splendid instalment of Canadian
history.”

+ + – =Acad.= 71: 158. Ag. 18, ’06. 570w.

“Mr. Lucas possesses to a remarkable degree the judicial temperament
which is necessary for an historian whose subject is steeped in
controversy.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 241. S. 1. 580w.

“Is always temperate and fair-minded.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 275. Ag. 10, ’06. 1750w.

“His tone throughout is discriminating, and though admiration for the
courage of the loyalists may be said to dominate the narrative as a
whole, it does not lead to special pleading on their behalf or wilful
detraction from the merits of their opponents.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 306. O. 11, ’06. 1280w.

“These maps are not so clear for study of different regions of the
theatre of conflict as are those scattered through Mr. Henry Adams’s
volumes. The narrative, too, lacks the verve and animation which that
of Mr. Adams exhibits. But it is clear and unambiguous.”

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 900. D. 22, ’06. 1510w.

“His chapters contain evidence of much patient research, and the
elaborate details which he has collected have been carefully pieced
together and lucidly arranged. Undoubtedly they supply the student of
war with a much-needed work. To the general reader it will inevitably
seem dull.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 6. O. 13, ’06. 600w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, comp. Friendly town: a little book for the urbane. $1.50. Holt.

This anthology is a companion volume to “The open road.” The London of
playhouses, taverns, cards and music, as well as of sobriety and
sentiment is revealed in glints. Mr. Lucas “begins with winter and
Christmas poems. Sections follow with such characteristic headings as
Friends and the fire, Four-footed friends, The play, The tavern, Good
townsmen, and The post. We find ‘inter alia,’ prose of Pepys, Boswell,
Lamb, George Meredith; verse sentimental by Thackeray, cheerful by
Henley, and the grace of the ‘Greek anthology’ as retained by the
skill of Mr. Mackail.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Is, without qualification, a most delightful and attractive book.”

+ + =Acad.= 69: 1192. N. 18, ’05. 410w.

“There is actually no index, either of authors or of first lines.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 723. N. 25. 230w.

+ =Dial.= 41: 457. D. 16, ’06. 230w.

“A real invention marks ‘The friendly town.’”

+ =Nation.= 81: 484. D. 14, ’05. 170w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 80w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 190w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Life of Charles Lamb. 2v. *$6. Putnam.

“Fitly complements his admirable edition of the ‘Works and letters.’”
H. W. Boynton.

+ + + =Critic.= 48: 27. Ja. ’06. 4760w.

+ + + =Current Literature.= 40: 511. My. ’06. 640w.

“As Mr. Lucas has shown himself to be the ideal editor and annotator
in his recently-published seven-volume edition of Lamb’s works, so
here he demonstrated his unequalled qualifications as a compiler of
all discoverable material bearing on the life-history of his chosen
author. A few slight errors of execution, amid so much excellence of
design, may be noted for correction in a second edition.” Percy F.
Bicknell.

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 6. Ja. 1, ’06. 2470w.

“Never has more elaborate care been manifest in biography than under
Mr. Lucas’s most patient superintendence and competent companionship.
The one defect that must be mentioned ... is the insistent
preoccupation with Lamb’s enslavement to drink and tobacco.”

+ + – =Ind.= 60: 338. F. 8, ’06. 890w.

“Every shred of available material that may throw the faintest light
upon the poet or his associates is turned and returned, until there
remains apparently little or nothing to be unearthed in future.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1163. N. 15, ’06. 110w.

“Mr. Lucas writes in the long run with more light than warmth.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 304. Ap. 12, ’06. 2090w.

“Will be a mine of riches for those who care for one of the most
interesting groups of writers of the last century.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 960. D. 23, ’05. 1140w.

Reviewed by Sidney T. Irwin.

+ + + =Quarterly R.= 204: 177. Ja. ’06. 1970w.

“His book is a noteworthy contribution to literary memorabilia.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 118. Ja. ’06. 260w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Listener’s lure: a Kensington comedy. †$1.50. Macmillan.

The story of “how Lynn Haberton was in love with his ward and
secretary, Edith Graham, but thought he was too old and dry for her;
how he sent her to London as companion to a charming old lady
surrounded with cranks; how every man she met proposed to her, and in
the end how she married her guardian” (Acad.) is told by means of a
general correspondence among a group of people attached to the chief
characters.

* * * * *

“You can turn back again and open where you will, sure of finding
something amusing or interesting, some clever touch of character or
some shrewd piece of wisdom.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 160w.

“Mr. Lucas seems to have been afraid to trust to his own design, and
to have borrowed the sentiment of his book from conventions. He is,
however, full of wit and wisdom.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 473. O. 20. 330w.

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 329. S. 28, ’06. 580w.

“A bit of good comedy.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 353. O. 25, ’06. 230w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 667. O. 13, ’06. 270w.

“Especial joy may be found in these pages by any American who knows
England and her people.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 430. O. 20, ’06. 160w.

“In his hands the form so familiar to our fathers affords opportunity
for reflection on many subjects, for much clever comment on people and
society, and for a very pretty play of wit; and the story goes on its
way to a happy ending, as it ought.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 120w.

“Attractive as are the characters in the book, the main interest lies
in the delightful things that are said by the way. Mr. Lucas is
essentially an essayist.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 432. O. 6, ’06. 410w.

“‘Listener’s lure’ is the work of a genuine humorist who is not afraid
on occasion to be serious; it has lent freshness and charm to a mode
of narration which too often makes for irritation; and it is marked by
that enviable quality of sympathy which makes a friend of every
reader.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 542. O. 13, ’06. 1150w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Wanderer in Holland. *$2. Macmillan.

“The text is literary, chatty, easily read and quickly enjoyed.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 454. F. 22, ’06. 300w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Wanderer in London. **$1.75. Macmillan.

“Mr. Lucas ... gives us his own London. A very odd place it is, full
of odd characters, odd animals, odd entertainments, odds and ends of
every description. The ordinary ‘sights’ do not belong to it.” (Lond.
Times.) “He knows and tells all the associations of localities; he
takes one into a hundred odd corners; he is in sympathetic touch with
living Londoners of all classes and occupations. The fascination of
London, he tells us, that which the traveler must come to see, is
London men and women, her millions of men and women.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“The book abounds in out-of-the-way bits of information. The
digressions are entertaining. The index is unsatisfactory.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 512. O. 27. 940w.

“Past and present are allied with the strongest ties of association
and charm of literary treatment.” Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 41: 391. D. 1, ’06. 180w.

“Londoners ... are all writ down by their fellow-citizen with a charm,
a sympathy, a friendly enthusiasm that will go far to make them forget
the misplaced compassion of country folk.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 320. S. 21, ’06. 1690w.

“A well-qualified personal book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

“To read ‘A wanderer in London’ is like taking long tramps through all
parts of the city with a companion who knows all the interesting
things and places and people and has something wise or gay or genial
to say about all of them.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 825. D. 1, ’06. 490w.

“Mr. Lucas spends proportionately too much time in the picture
galleries. One can hardly hope to find a better way of reviving
impressions and seeing things in a new setting than through this
cheerful and friendly volume.”

+ + – =Outlook.= 84: 432. O. 20, ’06. 230w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 639. N. ’06. 80w.

“Mr. Lucas’ wanderings will very likely be popular. There is so much
in them that gives pleasure to the many who read everything except
literature.”

– =Sat. R.= 102: 518. O. 27, ’06. 940w.

=Luccock, Naphtali.= Royalty of Jesus. *50c. Meth. bk.

A group of eight sermons preached by the pastor of the Union Methodist
Episcopal church of St. Louis, teaching that “through free
intelligence, an enlightened conscience, a righteous will, and a heart
aglow with love, Christ lives and reigns in human affairs.”

=Luce, Morton.= Handbook to the works of William Shakespeare. $1.75. Macmillan.

“A series of introductions to the separate works, taken
chronologically, fills the bulk of the volume, the remaining contents
being chapters of history, biography and bibliography, with
discussions of Shakespeare’s art, philosophy and metrics.” (Dial.)
“Mr. Luce’s volume is something more than a handbook; it is a
criticism and an esthetic too. Not only does it contain all the
generally accepted facts with regard to Shakespeare, together with the
general consensus of critical opinion, but it also propounds a number
of original or at least novel, ideas and dramatic theories of its
own.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Has collected a good deal of value as to the sources of the plays and
poems, the extant testimony concerning them, and the circumstance of
their appearance. He has not the gift of arrangement. The compiler
does not apparently know, what true conciseness (a quality essential
in a single book about the whole of Shakespeare) means.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906. 2: 210. Ag. 25. 101Ow.

“The book is prepared with knowledge and judgment, and seems to be,
with the possible exception of Professor Dowden’s similar work, the
best single volume available for a fairly close and detailed study of
the poet. Certainly, the amount of matter packed within a small
compass is remarkable.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 43. Jl. 16, ’06. 120w.

“It is suggestive, stimulating and to the lover of Shakespeare,
thoroly readable.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 758. S. 27, ’06. 290w.

“Seems to be accurate in statement and sound in its literary
judgments, generally speaking. The author’s plan leads to a good deal
of repetition, which might have been avoided by a better arrangement.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 489. Je. 14, ’06. 240w.

“Mr. Luce is no blind worshipper, and his criticism is of excellent
quality. He has laid students of Shakespeare under very considerable
obligations.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 912. Je. 9, ’06. 180w.

=Lucian (Lucianus Samosatensis).= Work of Lucian of Samosata; trans. by H. W. Fowler, and F. G. Fowler. 4v. *$4. Oxford.

“The versions are very readable and at the same time bear comparison
with the Greek text.” John C. Rolfe.

+ + =Bookm.= 23: 214. Ap. ’06. 940w.

=Ludlow, James Meeker.= Sir Raoul: a tale of the theft of an empire. †$1.50. Revell.

“‘Sir Raoul,’ is a story of the fourth crusade, and of its diversion,
through Venetian intrigue, from its primary object to the raid upon
Constantinople, which resulted in the brief restoration of the Emperor
Alexius, the temporary union of the Greek and Roman churches, and the
establishment of the Latin empire of the East under Baldwin.... Mr.
Ludlow’s hero is a youthful knight of the Black forest, who suffers
disgrace early in his career, and is given out for dead, but who in
reality remains very much alive and participates, under an assumed
name, in the exciting happenings with which the romance is
concerned.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The interest is sustained at a high pitch throughout, and the
author’s knowledge of his subject seems to embrace both the broad
historical issues of the period and a diversity of curious matters of
detail. A neat and pointed style provides the story with an added
element of attractiveness.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 16. Ja. 1, ’06. 240w.

“The technique is somewhat imperfect, but the manners, the
superstitions, the barbarism, of the time are faithfully portrayed.
The plot is ingenious, the action vigorous, the turning-points
extraordinary.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 631. N. 11, ’05. 100w.

=Lützow, Francis, count.= Lectures on the historians of Bohemia. *$1.75. Oxford.

Reviewed by A. W. W.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 197. Ja. ’06. 530w.

=Lyle, Eugene P.= Missourian. †$1.50. Doubleday.

“Mr. Lyle possesses true creative vision and power.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 230w.

“The details of this book are so complex as very often to be tedious.
The book will be read only for its historical interest.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 465. Mr. 24, ’06. 270w.

=Lyman, Henry Munson.= Hawaiian yesterdays. **$2. McClurg.

Chapters from a boy’s life in the Sandwich Islands in the early days.
The boy is the son of a missionary and was born in Hilo in 1835. His
sketch, autobiographical in nature, is set in the primitive
surroundings of pioneer life, and touches upon his education, upon the
possible stimulation to piety and scholarship, upon adventures in this
ocean country, upon the tropical splendors and upon the civilization
among the natives.

* * * * *

+ =Critic.= 49: 96. Jl. ’06. 100w.

“From cover to cover the book is entertaining.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ =Dial.= 40: 223. Ap. 1, ’06. 1580w.

“Some interesting reminiscences, tho too largely of a personal
nature.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 1167. My. 17, ’06. 60w.

“It is a work that charms and attracts.”

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 917. Je. 16, ’06. 700w.

“Our chief criticism is that the narrative seems to terminate somewhat
abruptly, leaving the curiosity and interest it awakens not wholly
satisfied.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 128. Ag. 9, ’06. 430w.

“These reminiscences throw not a little light on religious,
educational, and political conditions during the troublous period of
Hawaiian history.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 382. S. ’06. 50w.

=Lyman, Olin Linus.= Micky: a novel. $1.50. Badger, R: G.

Michael O’Byrn, a tattered knight of the road, saunters into the
office of the Daily courier importuning the city editor for a chance
to show his mettle. From the first “write-up”—a dramatic portrayal of
a slum fight—Micky scores triumphs. His special task becomes that of
unearthing the corrupt schemes of a political boss and a group of
graft-practicing associates. Tho success is his, the bitter
consequences of his yielding to a fondness for drink, together with
the tragic ending of his brief romance compel him to cut himself
adrift and once more became a wanderer.

* * * * *

“There is a great deal of the ‘atmosphere’ of newspapers in the book,
and considerable of the ‘chaff’ and back talk supposed to exist among
‘the boys,’ which is all more or less according to truth.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 32. Ja. 20, ’06. 240w.

=Lynde, Francis.= Quickening. $1.50. Bobbs.

Under the narrow religious influence of his mother, young Tom Jeff,
with the quicker blood of his non-religious father flowing fast in his
veins, tries hard to make of himself a minister, and failing, finds in
his father’s iron business a broad field of action. But he grounds his
life upon those early material teachings and becomes thru struggle and
temptation a true hero worthy of Ardea’s love, a conqueror of
circumstance and of himself. The characters of the fiery old Major to
whom the north is still the enemy’s country, of young Farley, who is
almost too conventional a villain, and of the mountaineers and
ironworkers who play a large part in the story are strongly drawn.

* * * * *

“There is some admirable character drawing and there are some very
graphic and life-like scenes, but for the general novel reader perhaps
the greatest charm will be found in the exciting and dramatic
situations of the story.”

+ =Arena.= 36: 107. Jl. ’06. 140w.

+ – =Critic.= 48: 573. Je. ’06. 140w.

“The story is pleasant and genuine.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 262. Ap. 16, ’06. 130w.

+ – =Ind.= 60: 1488. Je. 21, ’06. 120w.

“Considering all, Mr. Lynde has not done ill.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 159. Mr. 17, ’06. 600w.

“Has something of a swing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 386. Je. 16. ’06. 160w.

“More than usual skill in analysis of motive and description of
complex character is to be found in this tale of modern life.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 571. Mr. 10, ’06. 110w.

“It is a distinctly human, veracious, and altogether readable story.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 346. Mr. 17, ’06. 170w.

=Lyon, D. B.= Musical geography. $2 per doz.; ea. 25c. Wilson, H. W.

“A little musical geography with sense and song to bind hard names in
silver chains for boys and girls,” which was first published in 1851
is here rejuvenated and retold.

=Lyttleton, Rev. Edward.= Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. *$3.50. Longmans.

“The book, as Mr. Lyttleton tells us in the preface, is not a complete
work, for it deals only with the actual precepts recorded in the three
chapters of St. Matthew’s Gospel. Scarcely anything is said about such
controversial subjects as the relation between the Matthoean and Lukan
reports; nor does it touch on critical and textual questions except
when they seem to be bound up with the interpretation of the words. It
is ‘intended for those thoughtful students who wish to get hold of the
meaning of the words as they are handed down.’”—Int. J. Ethics.

* * * * *

“These studies are the work of a clear, strong thinker, who is in deep
sympathy with his subject.” David Phillips.

+ + =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 498. Jl. ’06. 1000w.

“The writer’s method is a little diffuse, a little wanting in the
power to grip a thought with a terse expression. For the high
earnestness of the book there can be nothing but praise; but Mr.
Lyttleton must be content to compress his material.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 4: 439. D. 15, ’05. 490w.

M

=Maartens, Maarten (Jozua Marius Willem Schwartz).= Healers. †$1.50. Appleton.

The healing of mind and body is dealt with in this novel in which
nearly every character stands for some variety of scientific or
religious opinion. Chief among them are “Professor Baron Lisse, of
Leyden, the great bacteriologist in religion a conforming Protestant
skeptic; his wife, a poet, converted, in the course of the story, to
Roman Catholicism; their son Edward, who from childhood has hated his
father’s vivisection, and who wins fame as a follower of Charcot; Sir
James Graye, an idiot on whose skull Edward operates, enabling him to
regain sufficient reason to learn the wickedness of the world and
escape from it by suicide ... Kenneth Graye, James’s devoted uncle and
guardian, who—so far as we understand mental ailments—went mad because
he believed madness to be hereditary in his family, and recovered his
sanity, partly on receiving proof that it was not, completely on
receiving proof that he had misjudged a tragic event in his own life.”
(Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“Is a striking, interesting book, not altogether satisfactory, but one
that all should read.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 160. F. 17, ’06. 310w.

“This is a story one can read twice on first acquaintance, to use a
Hiberianism.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 323. Mr. 17. 390w.

“It is a complex book, with a great deal in it worth reading slowly
and thoughtfully.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 416. Je. ’06. 390w.

“There are many brilliant passages in the book, but as a whole it
leaves a confused impression upon the mind of the reader.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 475. My. ’06. 130w.

“We are thus bound to repudiate the book in its would-be serious
aspect, and fall back upon the entertaining invention, the acute
characterization, and the combined humor and pathos that it offers.”
Wm. M. Payne.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 264. Ap. 16, ’06. 260w.

“His wanderings from one prickly topic to another sorely tries the
patience. Yet he never bores. He has too keen a sense of humor and of
human interest.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 624. Ap. 21, ’06. 500w.

“The novel is not strongly constructed; our interest is asked for one
character and suddenly shifted elsewhere, and the several stories
touch each other but slightly. That defect—if defect it be—is inherent
in a novel of this kind. For the truth is that, in spite of Mr.
Maartens’s care, his humour and his power of expressing character,
this is not a novel of persons but of opinions. The fortunes of
persons may be settled, happily or unhappily; thought goes on.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 52. F. 16, ’06. 630w.

“The characters in ‘The healers’ are real people battling with real
forces, no two agreeing. Maarten Maartens is not a serious singer, but
he sings of serious things.” Stephen Chalmers.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 130. Mr. 3, ’06. 1000w.

“The men and women described are alive and interesting in an unusual
degree.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 759. Mr. 31, ’06. 130w.

=Mabie, Hamilton Wright.= Great word. **$1. Dodd.

In a group of twenty-one essays, “Mr. Mabie has written broadly and
wisely and deeply of love, not as Michelet did, mixing grossness and
delicacy of thought together, but with all daintiness and fineness of
touch, so that the issue is fine.” (N. Y. Times.) “For,” says the
author, “there is no word infinity and immortality in any language,
divine or human, save the word love; for nothing save love has compass
enough to hold and to express the life of the gods.”

* * * * *

“This book, like his others, will be valued for its sane and charming
conservatism.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 379. Ap. ’06. 70w.

+ + – =Ind.= 60: 112. Ja. 11, ’06. 250w.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 10: 878. D. 9, ’05. 280w.

=Outlook.= 81: 889. D. 9, ’05. 30w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 256. F. ’06. 20w.

=Mabie, Hamilton Wright=, ed. Myths every child should know: a selection of the classic myths of all times for young people. **90c. Doubleday.

“The book is well suited for both home and school reading.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 92. Ja. ’06. 30w.

=McAdoo, William.= Guarding a great city. **$2. Harper.

Mr. McAdoo, formerly commissioner of police in New York city, takes a
courageous stand in presenting in detail the inner workings of the
police system of that great city. He discusses, with suggestions for
reform, in their sociological, political and economic aspects the
problems which grow out of the supervision of vice and crime. The
chapters on “Police imposters and fakirs,” “The East side,” and “The
poolroom evil” are especially revelatory.

* * * * *