Chapter XXXV: Part 3: , The decadence of Venice. The author is the leading historical (2)

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* * * * *

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=Nesbit, Wilbur Dick.= Gentleman ragman; Johnny Thompson’s story of the Emigger. †$1.50. Harper.

The ubiquitous office boy of the village newspaper bursts into print
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* * * * *

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+ =Nation.= 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 170w.

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=Nesbitt, Frances E.= Algeria and Tunis; painted and described by Frances E. Nesbitt. *$6. Macmillan.

Seventy colored illustrations picture scenes which the traveler meets
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“colour in crystal clear.” The accompanying text provides historic and
descriptive bits of interest to the tourist.

* * * * *

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descriptions.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 278. S. 8. 820w.

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worked-over, guide-book information, the volume is unmistakably
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color, and upon whom light and shadow exert their magic power.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 289. O. 4, ’06. 530w.

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+ =Outlook.= 83: 861. Ag. 11, ’06. 100w.

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+ =Sat. R.= 102: 244. Ag. 25, ’06. 170w.

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element of humour, and now and then of sentiment; but all is marked
with a literary touch of unmistakable skill.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 471. O. 6, ’06. 300w.

=Nevill, Dorothy, lady.= Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill. ed. by Ralph Nevill. *$4.20. Longmans.

Lady Dorothy Nevill, daughter of Horatio Walpole, now eighty years
old, goes back in her reminiscences to England of the ’thirties.
“During a long life—she began to keep a diary in 1840—she has known
‘everybody,’ as the phrase goes; has been on the best of terms with
princes, peers, parsons, and peasants; has dabbled in literature and
seen much of literary men and women; has enjoyed political meetings
and race meetings almost equally; has seen every play and made friends
with all the prominent players. But she has never made systematic
notes, or kept a journal for long together, so that her reminiscences
are what they pretend to be—stories or impressions called to mind
after a long lapse of time.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“At the end of the publishing season these reminiscences will probably
be described as the liveliest volume that it has produced. It is
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+ + =Acad.= 71: 413. O. 27, ’06. 1160w.

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drawing-room conversation in its happier moments. They are bright,
charitable, rather inconsequential; and if they sometimes descend to
trivialities, a pointed anecdote soon brings gaiety back again.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 574. N. 10. 1530w.

“A lively picture of the past and a not less vivacious account of some
aspects of the present.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 358. O. 26, ’06. 1110w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 230w.

“The book is full of good things, scattered over its pages without
much regard to order. The part of the ‘Reminiscences’ which, to be
frank, disappoints us is that relating to Lord Beaconsfield.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 550. N. 3, ’06. 1520w.

“It is, then, not as a profound study of men and manners that the
reader will find this volume of reminiscences valuable, but rather as
a series of brilliantly coloured sketches of social life in early and
mid Victorian times.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 788. N. 17, ’06. 1720w.

=Nevinson, Henry Woodd.= Modern slavery. **$2. Harper.

Mr. Nevinson traveled incognito thru the Portuguese province of Angola
in west central Africa for the purpose of discovering the true facts
of the tyrannical slave-trade secretly carried on by the Portuguese in
spite of the Berlin treaty of 1895. The chapters of his book reveal a
dark blot on the page of present-day history, and make a plea to the
just and compassionate for its removal.

* * * * *

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to an end the abominations it pathetically describes, and it ought to
be of considerable service in furthering that object. Incidentally it
supplies much welcome information about the general conditions of life
in this part of Africa.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 762. Je. 23. 840w.

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over-drawn in no particular. The author’s tone is moderate and he
evidently relates the situation exactly as he saw it and not as he
might have seen it.”

+ + =Critic.= 49: 288. S. ’06. 280w.

“Quite apart from its merits as a study of slavery, the book is
fascinating in its descriptions of African life and scenery, and is a
most admirable book of travel.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 998. O. 25, ’06. 370w.

+ + =Nation.= 83: 21. Jl. 5, ’06. 1250w.

“Mr. Nevinson describes in detail and in picturesque and weird
language the wickedness and horrors that he went out to see.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 369. Je. 9, ’06. 1270w.

“His narrative impresses us as the work of a careful, keen, and honest
observer, and while it includes much resting on hearsay, it also
presents evidence that seems imperatively demanding an answer.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 528. Je. 30, ’06. 290w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 123. Jl. ’06. 150w.

=Newcomb, Simon.= Compendium of spherical astronomy with its applications to the determination and reduction of positions of the fixed stars. *$3. Macmillan.

“The first of a projected series having the double purpose of
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special student of the subject, and of serving as a handbook of
convenient reference for the use of the working astronomer in applying
methods and formulæ.... The volume now before us ... is for
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their investigations.... The whole is divided ... into three parts;
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determination of positions of the fixed stars. The nine appendixes
supply a number of handy tables and formulæ.”—Ath.

* * * * *

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first edition, have made their appearance, but none of those noted are
likely to cause the reader any great difficulty.” F. H. Seares.

+ + – =Astrophys. J.= 24: 305. N. ’06. 840w.

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especially desirable in a treatise of this kind.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 245. S. 1. 630w.

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the first time, and all of it by a master hand. Of the value of the
book to the student, especially to the beginner, we are more
doubtful.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 375. N. 9, ’06. 760w.

“We do not know a more excellent book on its subject.” P. H. C.

+ =Nature.= 74: 379. Ag. 16, ’06. 820w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 383. S. ’06. 40w.

“This work is too technical for review in our columns, and we need
only say that, for the purpose of the astronomer, it fully comes up to
the expectations raised by Professor Newcomb’s great reputation.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 61. Jl. 14, ’06. 240w.

=Newcomb, Simon.= Side-lights on astronomy; and kindred fields of popular science: essays and addresses. **$2. Harper.

Twenty-one popular essays and addresses dealing with the structure,
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subjects, are here gathered together under such chapter headings as:
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Life in the universe, How the planets are weighed, The fairyland of
geometry, Can we make it rain? The relation of scientific method to
social progress, and The outlook for the flying machine. The volume
has two dozen illustrations and a good index.

* * * * *

=Current Literature.= 41: 688. D. ’06. 580w.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 250w.

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trustworthy idea of the present state of astronomical knowledge and of
the problems which still baffle the astronomer.”

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=Newman, Ernest.= Musical studies: essays. *$1.50. Lane.

“Mr. Newman’s groupings of principles and motives are on a broad and
comprehensive scale, and are free from the ambiguity that mars so many
works on musical criticism.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 160. Mr. 1, ’06. 90w.

=Newman, John Henry, cardinal.= Addresses to Cardinal Newman, with his re- Neville. *$1.50. Longmans.

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dignity. The letter of Cardinal Nina offering the hat, and Newman’s
reply, as well as his letter to the pope, are given in English, while
the Italian and Latin forms are found in an appendix.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

+ =Cath. World.= 82: 702. F. ’06. 190w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 328. O. 6, ’05. 540w.

“No student of Cardinal Newman should neglect this book.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 122. Ja. 27, ’06. 310w.

Nibelungenlied; translated by John Storer Cobb. *$2. Small.

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=Nicholson, Meredith.= House of a thousand candles. †$1.50. Bobbs.

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+ =Arena.= 35: 110. Ja. ’06. 290w.

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+ – =Bookm.= 22: 495. Ja. ’06. 350w.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

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+ =Pub. Opin.= 39: 859. D. 30, ’05. 150w.

=Nicholson, Meredith.= Poems. *$1.25. Bobbs.

Three score lyric poems which touch the chords of memory, of hope, of
love and happiness and sorrow.

“Now ’tis the violins that loudest cry,
And now in saddest key the ’cellos sigh.
··········
Chords that are love and life, and even the sharp,
Hard pain of death—chords of the golden harp.”

* * * * *

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thousand candles.’” Amy C. Rich.

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+ =Nation.= 83: 144. Ag. 16, ’06. 190w.

=Nicolay, Helen.= Boys’ life of Abraham Lincoln. †$1.50. Century.

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by his secretaries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, well illustrated and
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will appeal to all young Americans who are some day to become
citizens.

* * * * *

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+ + =Ind.= 61: 1409. D. 13, ’06. 70w.

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use has been made of anecdotes.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 33: 646. N. 3, ’06. 70w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 70w.

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+ + =Outlook.= 84: 580. N. 3, ’06. 250w.

=Nicoll, William Robertson (Claudius Clear, pseud.).= Key of the blue closet, a volume of clever essays on life and conduct, men, books and affairs. **$1.40. Dodd.

Thirty essays stimulated largely by personal recollections include
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of Jane Austen,” “The art of packing,” “The tragedy of first numbers,”
and “The key of the blue closet.”

* * * * *

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which at least the fault of dullness can never be brought.” Elizabeth
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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 887. D. 22, ’06. 120w.

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+ =Outlook.= 84: 794. N. 24, ’06. 120w.

=Nicolls, William Jasper.= Coal catechism. **$2. Jacobs.

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various stages of the origin, development and uses of coal until a
full knowledge of the subject has been obtained.

=Nielsen, Frederik.= History of the papacy in the XIXth century. **$7.50. Dutton.

“These volumes ... are written from a point of view which the English
editor, Dr. Arthur J. Mason, of Cambridge likens to ‘that of a
large-minded and statesmanlike High Churchman among ourselves.’ The
first volume extends to the death of Pius VII. in 1823, the second to
the death of Pius IX. in 1878. A third volume, soon to follow, covers
the pontificate of Leo XIII. The historian goes back to the beginning
of the eighteenth century, when the first fight for ‘the Pope’s
infallibility, which was the pith and marrow of the whole contention,’
was won by the Jesuits against the Gallican Jansenists. The subsequent
history, which he relates down to the adoption of that dogma by the
Vatican council in 1870, might be summarized as the ‘Modern
development of ultramontanism into papal autocracy.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“In the execution of his task Nielsen chiefly falls short, in our
judgment, by a deficient sense of proportion.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 1349. D. 6, ’06. 880w.

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Cambridge, England, will be received with interest by scholars.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 768. N. 24, ’06. 360w.

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but somewhat lacking in the broad views of the course and tendency of
events which make the narrative instructive to the general reader.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 680. N. 17, ’06. 390w.

=Nitobe, Inazo.= Bushido: the soul of Japan. **$1.25. Putnam.

“A singularly suggestive and winning little book.” Alonzo K. Parker.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 191. Ja. ’06. 500w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 94. Ja. ’06. 80w.

+ =Psychol. Bull.= 3: 238. Jl. 15, ’06. 100w.

=Nordau, Max Simon (Südfeld).= Dwarf’s spectacles and other fairy tales, tr. from the German by Mary J. Safford. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The translation, by Mary J. Safford, is bald and not very attractive,
and the illustrations are poor—in some cases positively bad.”

– + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 893. D. 30. 480w.

=North, Simon Newton Dexter.= “Old Greek,” an old-time professor in an old-fashioned college; a memoir of Edward North, with selections from his lectures. **$3.50. McClure.

“The book is a delightful picture of the man and the teacher.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 120w.

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=Norton, William Harmon.= Elements of geology. *$1.40. Ginn.

The present work “is the outcome of the need of a text-book of very
simple outline, in which causes and their consequences should be knit
together as closely as possible.” The author therefore “departs from
the common usage, which subdivides geology into a number of
departments,—dynamical, structural, physiographic and historical, and
to treat in immediate connection with each geological process the land
forms and the rock structures which it has produced.”

=Noyes, Ella.= Casentino and its story. **$3.50. Dutton.

To the region of the upper Arno, a retreat of reminiscence associated
with the names of St. Francis and Dante, the author has lent an
atmosphere “rich in breadth and dignity, in warmth and simplicity.”
(Ath.) “She pioneers us with praiseworthy skill and clearness through
the tangled maze of feuds and crimes which make up the mediaeval
history of the Casentino; and more especially, through the Chronicles
of the Counts of Guidi, who were the rulers of that region.” (Lond.
Times.) There are twenty-live full page illustrations in color, and
many line drawings by Miss Dora Noyes.

* * * * *

“Miss Noyes has carried out her undertaking with unequal success. The
arrangement of the book is unfortunate. Miss Noyes writes with obvious
and sincere enthusiasm and apparently, a thorough knowledge of the
ground over which she has taken us. But as a writer of ‘landscapes’
she does not succeed. The chapter on the home life of the peasants,
their religious observances and their work in the fields is
admirable.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 86. Ja. 27, ’06. 1440w.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 5. Ja. 13. 320w.

“The author’s work is worthy of its charming dress. She is full of
poetic feeling and knows how to express it.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 113. Ap. ’06. 290w.

“Unfortunately this enthusiasm, and the luxury of indulging a very
lively historical imagination, have betrayed the author into
generalizations and theories that a scientific analysis of history
will not always justify.”

– + =Dial.= 40: 131. F. 16, ’06. 280w.

=Ind.= 59: 1377. D. 14, ’05. 60w.

“The writer’s part is scholarly and literary, showing both conscience
and ability.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 11. Ja. 12, ’06. 520w.

“She has an unusual talent for making pen pictures of scenery vivid,
and she seems to have overlooked none of the literary, artistic, or
historical memorabilia of the valley. If at times her material is spun
rather thin, that is a defect inevitable in works of this kind.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 54. Ja. 18, ’06. 260w.

“Miss Noyes knows the Casentino thoroughly, and imparts her knowledge
graciously and attractively. Her book is thoroughly readable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 24. Ja. 13, ’06. 1080w.

=Outlook.= 81: 705. N. 2, ’05. 60w.

“Though succinct it is never dull, and by the skilful handling of her
considerable knowledge, the author has made an intricate subject
plain.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 530. Ap. 28, ’06. 470w.

=Noyes, Walter Chadwick.= American railroad rates. **$1.50. Little.

“Judge Noyes’s book is sound in principle, impartial in spirit, and
clear in statement, but its value is lessened by the fact that it is
in greater part an elementary presentation of what has been more fully
stated by more than one previous writer.” Emory R. Johnson.

+ – =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 184. Jl. ’06. 1090w.

“So central is his theme that the book easily takes high rank in our
American literature of railway economics.” Winthrop More Daniels.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 847. Je. ’06. 370w.

“Of the two books, the broader, as the title denotes, is that of Mr.
Haines, the more intensive and special is that of Judge Noyes.” H.
Parker Willis.

+ + =Dial.= 40: 82. F. 1, ’06. 1470w.

“While there is little that is new in Judge Noyes’s exposition of the
principles underlying railway practice, the material is presented with
a directness and lucidity that entitle the book to a very high rank in
the literature on the subject.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 282. F. 1, ’06. 150w.

“It may be said that it is as a whole the best balanced book on the
subject that the present controversy has evoked.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 203. Mr. 8, ’06. 660w.

“We know of no book which will give the lay reader so clear and so
authoritative a statement of the fundamental legal principles which
must govern in the determination of the pending question concerning
government regulation of railway rates as Judge Noyes’s volume.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 937. D. 16, ’05. 410w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 124. Ja. ’06. 210w.

=Nugent, Meredith.= New games and amusements for young and old alike. **$1.50. Doubleday.

Mr. Nugent creates for the boy of ten a magic world and makes of his
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in the clouds, how to make sunshine engines, and how to have a circus
on a kite string. There are numerous illustrations made by the author
and his collaborator, Victor J. Smedley.

* * * * *

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+ =Dial.= 40: 52. Ja. 16, ’06. 110w.

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=Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.= Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, tr. by Fanny Bandelier. **$1. Barnes.

“This translation, by Mrs. Bandelier, has been made with much care,
and will replace that of Buckingham Smith ... as the authoritative
English version of the earliest detailed account of the Gulf states.”

+ + =Nation.= 81: 524. D. 28, ’05. 390w.

O

=O., A. V.= “Jack” by a religious of the Society of the Holy Child. 45c. Benziger.

A true story of how Jack, in the course of a mischievous and
adventurous boyhood, changed in the estimation of his friends from an
addition to the family which they could not decide whether “to deplore
or be proud of,” to “a Christian, a hero, and a gentleman.”

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Columbus, the discoverer. **$1. Harper.

In sketching the life of Columbus for the “Heroes of American history”
series, special effort has been made to accentuate the well verified
facts in the great discoverer’s career. Meagre facts only are recorded
of his youth, but from his arrival at the “hospitable portal of La
Rabida” the narrative proceeds on surer authority. The author shows
the character of Columbus in public and private relations, and
possesses him with the attributes which render him a worthy hero for
sane worship.

* * * * *

“A life of the great discoverer well calculated to interest young
people in his personality.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 473. My. ’06. 80w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

“Mr. Ober’s book has one great charm, however, which bursts out
occasionally in a way that whets the appetite for more. He has
apparently followed in the footsteps of Columbus.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 144. Mr. 10, ’06. 820w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 507. Ap. ’06. 70w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Ferdinand De Soto, and the invasion of Florida. **$1. Harper.

Uniform with the “Heroes of American history” series. A vivid
portrayal of the varying fortunes of De Soto and his band which lends
the charm of romance to the historical facts of the memorable
expedition. The book is illustrated with reproductions of old pictures
and a map showing the course of De Soto’s journeys thru Mexico,
Florida and Cuba.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 513. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

“A capital account of the life of this particular hero, but with it
there may seem to the fastidious reader to be rather too much of the
fanciful.”

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 384. O. 13, ’06. 90w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 759. D. ’06. 30w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Hernando Cortés, conqueror of Mexico. **$1. Harper.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 478. Ja. ’06. 30w.

“A readable biography.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 80w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Pizarro and the conquest of Peru. **$1. Harper.

The latest volume in the “Heroes of American history” series. The
account is a full one of the man, who with a mere handful of soldiers
invaded and made conquest of the Inca’s stronghold in Peru. The volume
of less than three hundred pages condenses a great deal of material
which has heretofore existed only in a bulky unabridged form.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 483. Ag. 4, ’06. 430w.

“Mr. Ober has condensed, edited, and presented in attractive form the
essentials of history, and, having given himself to the study of early
Spanish America, seems a competent guide.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 387. Je. 16, ’06. 80w.

“A good deal of information hitherto only accessible in bulky
histories has been condensed and made entertaining in this volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 125. Jl. ’06. 120w.

=Ober, Frederick Albion.= Vasco Nunez de Balboa. **$1. Harper.

In continuation of the “heroes of American history” series. Mr. Ober
offers a sketch of Balboa whose valorous exploits are tinged with
fascinating romance. The various stages of his career show him a
penniless adventurer, self-elected governor of Darien, savior of the
settlement when on the point of dissolution, subjugator of the
caciques, discoverer of the Pacific, servant of the king, and builder
of the first brigantines that ploughed the waters of the Southern
ocean. Finally as traitor to his sovereign he is executed in the town
he had unwearyingly helped to found.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1408. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 513. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 759. D. ’06. 30w.

=O’Brien, William.= Recollections. **$3.50. Macmillan.

“It is a charming and finely touched description of the career of a
young Irishman of genius in a time of stress and storm.”

+ =Acad.= 69: 1330. D. 23, ’05. 670w.

“He tells his tale modestly and sincerely, without striving to put his
best foot foremost and without any trace of bitterness towards
opponents.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 83: 107. Ap. ’06. 990w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 380. Ap. ’06. 110w.

“Mr. O’Brien’s book takes rank with Mr. Justin McCarthy’s
politico-autobiographical reminiscences. While its scope is narrower,
its vividness is more intense. The author at times writes, as it were,
with his very heart’s blood; and thus writing he cannot fail to
command a reading.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + + =Dial.= 40: 37. Ja. 16, ’06. 1910w.

“Lacks the historic value which attaches to Mr. Michael Davitt’s ‘Fall
of feudalism.’”

+ =Ind.= 60: 930. Ap. 19, ’06. 380w.

“They constitute in fact a human document wherein may be read not
merely the personal characteristics of their author, but the
predominating traits of his countrymen.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 453. Mr. 24, ’06. 470w.

“Unfortunately, too. Mr. O’Brien is throughout careless about dates,
and the index is little help to anybody who wishes to follow in a
serious spirit a rambling and disjointed story.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 4: 439. D. 15, ’05. 1710w.

“The book will be read with interest by all who have lived through
those days and who are interested in Irish affairs.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 120. F. 8, ’06. 320w.

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 59. Ja. 13, ’06. 450w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 115. Ja. ’06. 110w.

“So long as Mr. O’Brien keeps to personal touches, and to his
delightful Irish humor and sentiment, we find him a very pleasant
storyteller.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 493. Ap. 21, ’06. 1550w.

“Both in tone and style the book is a pleasant one, and every one who
wishes to form a clear idea of the Nationalist case against the
British Government from 1865 to 1883 should make a point of studying
it though unquestionably it requires careful checking from other
sources.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 302. F. 24, ’06. 1640w.

=Ogden, Horatio Nelson.= Child in the church. 25c. Meth. bk.

The order for the administration of baptism to infants according to
the discipline and usage of the Methodist Episcopal church, together
with the duties of parents, the apostles’ creed, and the catechism,
make up this booklet, which has as a frontispiece a blank certificate
of baptism. The volume forms a dainty baptismal gift.

=O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.= Don-a-dreams: a story of love and youth. †$1.50. Century.

The practical, everyday world seems a very sordid thing to one who
follows the story of this dreamer of dreams, who from nursery
make-believes and childish day dreams passes into a youth of ideals
and is left in his early manhood still a visionary but with many
dreams come true. With a skilful touch Don is put before us;
misunderstood by a commonplace father, an acknowledged failure at a
practical college course, a failure in New York where he tries to make
a living as a super at a second class theatre or at anything else, he
suddenly blossoms into a recognized genius as a writer of plays. And
through years of struggle, from earliest childhood, his love for
Margaret, his ideal, burns like a white flame, and in return she loves
him, marries him and makes him happy, altho like the rest of the
world, she may not always understand him.

* * * * *

“All the earlier part of the book is shadowy, and hardly prepares us
for the vivid, admirable picture of life in New York that comes
later.”

+ – =Acad.= 71: 527. N. 24, ’06. 190w.

“It is a book of fine fibre in purpose and execution, romantic,
touching, amusing.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 333. O. 18, ’06. 460w.

“‘Don-a-dreams’ is his first novel, but Mr. O’Higgins has made no
mistake in his new departure.” Otis Notman.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 623. O. 6, ’06. 550w.

“It is all very tenderly and charmingly told, and we like it better
because our dreamer is not of those who think wallowing in the mire
synonymous with ‘knowing life.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 705. O. 27, ’06. 400w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 200w.

“Its consistent literary quality lifts it far above the level of
ordinary fiction.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 840. D. 1, ’06. 100w.

=O’Higgins, Harvey Jerrold.= Smoke-eaters. $1.50. Century.

Reviewed by Mary Moss.

+ + =Atlan.= 97: 47. Ja. ’06. 140w.

=Okakura-Kakuzo.= Book of tea. **$1.50. Duffield.

These essays relate to tea, not as a beverage but as an aesthetic
symbol. “Within the pages of this volume is condensed the whole
philosophy of tea, together with its history, poetry, symbolism and a
synopsis of its relation to religion and art as they exist in Japan.
The author writes with sympathy ... and with a graceful felicity of
expression.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1906, 2: 512. O. 27. 160w.

“Charming group of essays.” Frederick W. Gookin.

+ =Dial.= 41: 105. S. 1, ’06. 1260w.

“What ‘Sartor resartus’ is to the realm of the utilitarian ‘The book
of tea’ is to the realm of the esthetic.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 461. Ag. 23, ’06. 280w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 128. Jl. ’06. 50w.

=Okey, Thomas.= Story of Paris. $2. Macmillan.

“The greater part of the 400–odd pages of this volume are taken up
with the story of the city from its beginnings as a Gallo-Roman camp
to its expansive latter days. The last pages contain generous
descriptions of the landmarks, museums, galleries, churches, and
theatres of the present.” (N. Y. Times.) “It is not too much praise to
say that the book supplements the information contained in Baedeker,
and supplies as well a background for the greater enjoyment of such
volumes as Theodore Child’s ‘The praise of Paris,’ Richard Whiteing’s
‘Paris of to-day,’ of Amicis’s ‘Ricordi di Parigi.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=Ind.= 61: 753. S. 27, ’06. 170w.

“The guide is a curious cross between a Baedeker and a Hare, without
the satisfying definiteness of the former or the charm of the latter.”

– =Nation.= 83: 167. Ag. 23, ’06. 240w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 130w.

“The intending visitor to Paris could hardly have a more valuable vade
mecum than Mr. Okey’s little volume.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 673. Jl. 21, ’06. 100w.

“We are glad to be able to commend highly this little book which fully
maintains the high standard which the volumes in this series nearly
always attain.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 277. S. 1, ’06. 190w.

“The historical, literary, and artistic aspects of the city are
worthily treated.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 65. Jl. 14, ’06. 60w.

=Oliver, Frederick Scott.= Alexander Hamilton: an essay on American union. *$3.75. Putnam.

The work of an Englishman which gives an estimate of Alexander
Hamilton’s character and presents a record of political and historical
conditions in the United States in Hamilton’s day. “Mr. Oliver calls
his work an essay on American union; but it is far more than that. At
bottom it is a grave and singularly eloquent plea for the great union
of a close and lofty and disinterested Imperialism. And it is an
immense compliment to Mr. Oliver to say that his conclusions and his
exhortations are worthy of having been directly inspired by such a
figure as Alexander Hamilton.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“A very thoughtful and clever essay on the life and work of Alexander
Hamilton.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 39. Jl. 14. 470w.

“Tho the book has some marked blemishes, it is so filled with deep and
original thinking that it is worthy the careful attention of every
student of Hamilton and our early political history. It is written in
an interesting, cultured style, which at times becomes brilliant.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 1117. N. 8, ’06. 470w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 20w.

“He has depicted Hamilton with force and clearness, with humour, with
sympathy and charm. He has treated a big subject in a large and
masterly way. No book has appeared lately which conveys a more
valuable lesson or one more tactfully and skilfully unfolded.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 165. My. 11, ’06. 3340w.

“To our minds, his narrative is by far the most interesting and vivid
account that has yet been published; but, being neither a publicist
nor an economist ... he is positively disqualified from the task of
estimating Hamilton’s work.”

+ + – =Nation.= 83: 204. S. 6, ’06. 1770w.

“There are some errors of fact, due perhaps to faulty proof reading,
but the worst fault is the author’s bias and distortion of facts,
which frequently make his conclusions valueless.” R. L. Schuyler.

– – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 357. Je. 2, ’06. 1120w.

“As a portrait of Hamilton the work exhibits most of the defects
inherent in all admittedly partisan productions, and it further
suffers from the animus apparent in the treatment of those within as
well as without the Federalist party who placed themselves in
opposition to ‘the little lion.’ But his is a singularly fresh and in
many respects a singularly charming study, distinctive alike in point
of view, in method, and in style.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 204. N. 3, ’06. 450w.

“Mr. Oliver’s book seems to us the most brilliant piece of political
biography which has appeared in England for many years. A clear and
vigorous style, wit, urbanity, a high sense of the picturesque, and a
remarkable power of character-drawing raise much of it to the rank of
a literary masterpiece.”

+ + – =Spec.= 97: 58. Jl. 14, ’06. 2040w.

=Olmsted, Stanley=, Nonchalante. †$1.25. Holt.

Student life, especially the life of two American students in a German
university town, is cleverly handled in this story, and the nonchalant
heroine, with musical aspirations, is well suited to her surroundings.
The book presents a phase, a passing episode, interesting and amusing,
but superficial in that it deals with that frivolous side of things
which is so typical of student days. The cafés, the theatres, the
bleak boarding houses are well drawn, and poor Fraulein Mittelini’s
tragic struggle for fame is really worthy of sympathy.

* * * * *

“The author has succeeded ... in giving [the heroine] some genuine
fascination. The style is too obviously imitative of that of Mr.
James.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 476. My. ’06. 50w.

“The grip of the book is the grip of Miss Bilton—but it is
entertaining even when she is off the stage.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 287. My. 5, ’06. 540w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 160w.

– =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 100w.

=Oman, Charles William Chadwick.= Inaugural lecture on the study of history delivered on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1906. *35c. Oxford.

In this lecture on the teaching and study of history the Chichele
professor “perceives the great virtues of the tutorial system. He
recognizes a fact which is often overlooked by zealous reformers, that
no system of teaching can flourish which does not meet the wants of
the learners; and this general truth is in a particular sense
applicable to the universities of England.... The fact ‘that must be
faced is, that Oxford is a place of education as well as a place of
research,’—these words strike the real keynote of Professor Oman’s
inaugural address.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It is remarkable for several characteristics and for a good deal of
courage. From start to finish it is lively; the writing, while it is
occasionally of great dignity is sometimes brilliant and even
humorous.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 322. Mr. 17. 1100w.

+ =Nation.= 82: 388. My. 10, ’06. 1100w.

=Omar Khayyam.= Rubaiyat: a new metrical version; rendered into English from various Persian sources, by George Roe, with introd. and notes. **$1.50. McClurg.

The translation adopts a middle course between the versions of Omar
which sacrifice the letter to the requirements of good verse and those
which in order to be literal, sacrifice the spirit to the letter.

* * * * *

=Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 70w.

=Omond, George William Thomson.= Bruges and West Flanders; painted by Amedee Forestier; described by G. W. T. Omond. *$3. Macmillan.

In the main Mr. Omond treats his subject historically, but even from
this point of view, he catches the spirit of sentiment and romance.
“Each one of these quaint, often-despoiled towns has remaining some
romantic relics and picturesque buildings—belfry, market-place, Hotel
de Ville—old gateways, or churches enriched with paintings.”
(Outlook.) “And what Mr. Omond so successfully does for Bruge-LaMorte,
he also does for the other towns of West Flanders—Ypres, Furnes,
Nieuport—revivifying them with the story of a glorious past.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 754. S. 27, ’06. 160w.

+ – =Nation.= 82: 279. Ap. 5, ’06. 80w.

“He has been deeply touched by the ruined greatness that surrounds
prosperous Ostend and would show others how they may come under the
spell.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 145. Mr. 10, ’06. 870w.

“While the text of the book is not remarkable in any way, it is
written in clear, simple style.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 715. Mr. 24, ’06. 340w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 508. Ap. ’06. 120w.

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 664. My. 26, ’06. 320w.

=Oppenheim, E. Phillips.= Maker of history. †$1.50. Little.

The plot of Mr. Oppenheim’s new story with a mystery grows out of an
episode in which an English youth actually witnesses a meeting between
the Czar of Russia and the Emperor of Germany, and turns up in Paris
with a loose sheet of a treaty between the two, relative to an attack
upon England. How this same Englishman is hidden away in Paris by
spies, and why his sister is also abducted, and what sympathies stir
one Sir George Duncombe to action in their behalf furnish motive power
for a lively story.

* * * * *

“Is a capital story filled with mysterious and exciting happenings,
but one regrets to see Mr. Oppenheim writing down to this level after
he has shown that he is capable of such work as ‘A prince of
sinners.’” Amy C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 35: 447. Ap. ’06. 330w.

“It is an amazing medley, highly characteristic of the author. Without
trenching on politics, one may be permitted to doubt the wisdom just
now of accentuating the jealousies of nations.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 432. S. 30. 190w.

“In substance, of course, it is merely a sort of exalted dime novel.
But is written with such admirable restraint, such a matter-of-fact
style, as though the events were being chronicled for the columns of a
conservative daily newspaper, that you are cleverly led on from mild
curiosity to a breathless sort of interest.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 22: 633. F. ’06. 560w.

“This stirring story is told with neatness and dispatch.” Wm. M.
Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 154. Mr. 1, ’06. 250w.

“Mr. Oppenheim handles his material cleverly and makes of it a good
story of adventure.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1166. My. 17, ’06. 300w.

“The story is told with the vim and dash characteristic of Mr.
Oppenheim’s work, and is one of the best tales he has yet produced.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 332. Mr. 3, ’06. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 925. D. 30, ’05. 90w.

“The story proceeds with cumulative interest to the end. The love
interest of the story is secondary, but good, although the character
drawing is occasionally exaggerated.” Stephen Chalmers.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 15. Ja. 13, ’06. 820w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 385. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.

“Altogether the romance is an exceptionally good specimen of
sensational story-telling.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 231. Ja. 27, ’06. 150w.

“It is all nonsense, but it is not boring nonsense.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 8. O. 14, ’05. 420w.

+ – =Spec.= 95: 571. O. 14, ’05. 130w.

=Oppenheim, Edward Phillips.= Man and his kingdom. †$1.50. Little.

Love, intrigue and revolution in a South American state make a riotous
setting for Mr. Oppenheim’s story. The man of the hour is a wealthy
young Englishman who sides neither with the revolutionists nor yet
with the president’s party, but is a friend to both. His Beau Desir, a
fertile valley near the town, with two hundred Englishmen to till it
would fain express the temper of his neutrality, but the disquieting
elements of the town creep into it. There are lively quarrels,
attempted murders, and thrilling escapes, all of which have local
color and atmosphere.

=Oppenheim, E. Phillips.= Master mummer. †$1.50. Little.

“Mr. Oppenheim has trodden a beaten path when, it would seem from his
earlier success in invention, he might have struck out afresh for
himself.”

+ – =Reader.= 7: 562. Ap. ’06. 180w.

=Oppenheim, Edward Phillips.= Millionaire of yesterday. †$1.50. Little.

A new illustrated edition of Mr. Oppenheim’s story that gives a vivid
picture of two men, widely divergent types, one an invincible hero,
the other a leaner, in the African bush making a grim fight for life
and fortune.

=Oppenheim, Lassa.= International law. *$6.50. Longmans.

+ =Edinburgh R.= 203: 471. Ap. ’06. 8240w.

“The best and most important part of this system is his rule of giving
his readers the law as it is, and not as it ought to be. This,
combined with his natural impartiality, makes his book an extremely
fair and rational one.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 373. My. 3, ’06. 460w.

“The arrangement is clear and logical, and the matter of the work is,
so far as we have examined it, fully up to date, and presented with
acumen and moderation.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 544. Ap. 7, ’06. 280w.

=Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness.= I will repay. †$1.50. Lippincott.

The scenes of Baroness Orczy’s dramatic tale are enacted in the
terrible days of the French revolution. Ten years before its reign of
terror, Juliette Marny is compelled by her father to take a vow to
bring about the ruin and death of Paul Déroulède, the man who, tho
against his will, had killed her brother in a duel. So much for the
prologue. When the story opens, the revolution is well under way.
Déroulède is a popular leader. Juliette, housed with his mother for
safety, loves him, yet is obedient to relentless Fate which is
dragging her to the fulfillment of her vow. She denounces him to the
terrorists, and in attempting to undo her treachery brings both
herself and Déroulède under the Merlin suspect law. Their escape from
France closes a chapter of thrilling incidents.

* * * * *

“There are not so many characters to stage in this book as in a former
success of the same author’s, dealing, like this with revolutionary
Paris, and we find less variety of scene, less incident: but the same
dramatic power is abundantly demonstrated.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 2: 579. N. 10. 150w.

“It is, in truth, a very fair story of its semihistoric wholly
respectable sort.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 539. D. 20, ’06. 390w.

“The story is full of exciting situations and thrilling moments.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 100w.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 869. D. 15, ’06. 630w.

– + =Sat. R.= 102: 648. N. 24, ’06. 90w.

=Orczy, Baroness.= Scarlet pimpernel. †$1.50. Putnam.

“A brilliantly vivid story abounding in dramatic incident.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 476. My. ’06. 80w.

=Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness.= Son of the people: a romance of the Hungarian plains. †$1.50. Putnam.

The old story of the rich and handsome peasant who wins the hand of an
impoverished nobleman’s daughter against her will and later, by
proving his nobility of soul, turns her scorn to love, is given a
charming Hungarian setting in this romance of the plains. The peasant
life and character are strongly contrasted with the traditional pride
of the nobility; the lines of caste are well portrayed, the priest,
the Jew, the aristocrat, and the son of the soil, the thrift of the
peasant, the prodigality of the lord are all interwoven with the love
story.

* * * * *

“It is sentimental and of a conventional type, but the setting is new,
and so it takes on a novel air.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 227. F. 24. 260w.

“It is a strong and attractive piece of work, vivid in description and
characterization, dramatic in action.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 41: 241. O. 16, ’06. 230w.

“The story is well told, and as interesting as any other thrice told
tale.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 825. O. 4, ’06. 110w.

“This really interesting book is hurt by wordiness and repetitions of
good effects, yet not unto destruction.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 59. Jl. 19, ’06. 430w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 383. Je. 16, ’06. 110w.

“Judicious condensation and elimination would have greatly improved
and strengthened ‘A son of the people,’ but it has decided merits as
it is.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 506. Ag. 18, ’06. 490w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 224. N. ’06. 160w.

“The book interests and attracts despite the poverty of the plot.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 244. F. 24, ’06. 200w.

=Orr, Rev. James.= God’s image in man and its defacement in the light of modern ideals. **$1.75. Armstrong.

Professor Orr discusses “the conflict between the Biblical and the
modern view of man—his nature, origin, and primitive condition, his
sinfulness and the divine redemption from it. The difference between
the so-called Biblical and the modern views is that the former
regards God’s image in man as aboriginal, the latter regards it as
ultimate. Man’s redemption from sin, therefore, the former regards
as a reconstructive work, the latter as constructive or
evolutionary.”—Outlook.

* * * * *