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

“There can be no question of Professor Orr’s deep religious interest,
his courage, his marvelous grasp of the material of present-day
learning, and his perception of the seriousness of the questions now
pressing for solution; but I do not think that the work under review
can give much help to a man who is seized of the significance of the
great intellectual and religious movements of the present and feels a
sympathetic interest in them.” George Cross.

+ – =Bib. World.= 28: 220. S. ’06. 1290w.

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=Orr, Rev. James.= Problem of the Old Testament considered with reference to recent criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.

“A volume of lectures given at Lake Forest college by Dr. James Orr,
of Glasgow. Dr. Orr represents the conservative view in his attitude
toward modern criticism. The present volume is largely devoted to the
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* * * * *

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material appears to be excellent. We think it is safe to say that
nowhere will the student find in so compact a form an abler
arraignment of the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis, which is Dr. Orr’s
immediate object of attack, than in the present work.” Kemper
Fullerton.

+ + – =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 705. O. ’06. 1720w.

“A comprehensive survey of the chief problems of the Old Testament
from the conservative point of view, but considered with fairness and
candor.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 27: 399. My. ’06. 20w.

+ + =Bibliotheca Sacra.= 63: 374. Ap. ’06. 440w.

“There is no book in English that presents with such fulness and
strength, from the conservative point of view, the problem of the Old
Testament.”

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“Professor Orr is astute, a keen logician, and he has made himself a
thoro master of his material.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1490. Je. 21, ’06. 940w.

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problem is concerned, we take leave to doubt.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 130. Ap. 12, ’06. 1390w.

“The multitudinous points taken by Dr. Orr against the prevailing
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stated his subject thoroughly, though not we cannot but think, with an
open mind; and that he always expresses himself with courtesy and good
taste.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 305. F. 24, ’06. 230w.

=Osborn, Albert.= John Fletcher Hurst: a biography. *$2. Meth. bk.

A biography which is autobiographic in nature so successfully has the
compiler eliminated himself in producing what the Bishop said or what
has been said about him. The sketch touches upon his boyhood,
education, European experiences, ministerial work, and duties as
president of the Drew theological seminary.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Erl B. Hulbert.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 362. Ap. ’06. 90w.

“The task has been performed with equal loyalty and ability, and the
book is every way a fitting memorial of a man of great gifts, high
character, and broad influence.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 285. Mr. ’06. 60w.

“Mr. Osborn’s biography, in a word, is a worthy memorial of a great
Christian and a great American, and a book which should enlarge the
horizon and stimulate to a higher life all into whose hands it falls.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 492. Mr. 31, ’06. 430w.

“The only criticism to be brought against this biography is that the
index is extravagant in its dimensions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 14. Ja. 13, ’06. 520w.

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1039. D. 23, ’05. 160w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 253. F. ’06. 90w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Motormaniacs. [+]75c. Bobbs.

“Pretty little stories they are too, when we are permitted to pause
and enjoy them, and the motormaniacs are always entertaining and
capital company to the end of the run.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 399. O. 20, ’06. 110w.

“The dialogue is comic, and the narrative runs with a swing and zest
which are valuable aids to easy reading.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 100w.

“The book is full of humour and energy.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 497. O. 6, ’06. 110w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Wild justice. †$1.50. Appleton.

Nine stories of life in the South sea islands which take their title
from the first tale. The author spent a number of years among crude
Pacific natives with his step-father Robert Louis Stevenson. His
characters are drawn from these inhabitants “well-meaning but
generally inefficient missionaries, unscrupulous traders, and refugees
and adventurers in search of victims. It is not an edifying life, and
the manly virtues seem to be conspicuously absent.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“They are all good, but of no one of them can it be said that it is
strikingly and exceptionally good.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 510. Ap. 28. 240w.

“The tales all have a swing in the telling and show that the author is
in his own field.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 476. My. ’06. 70w.

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 149. Ap. 27, ’06. 550w.

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+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 197. Mr. 31, ’06. 320w.

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+ – =Outlook.= 82: 859. Ap. 14, ’06. 70w.

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 625. My. 19, ’06. 60w.

=Osgood, Herbert Levi.= American colonies in the 17th century. 2v. **$5. Macmillan.

“As a whole the work is the first adequate account of the origin,
character, and development of the American colonies as institutions of
government and as parts of a great colonial system; and it displays,
on the part of the author wide and deep knowledge of the documentary
evidence for colonial history and rare powers of analysis and
interpretation. In a style remarkably clear, forcible and accurate the
reader will regret the presence of so many cleft infinitives.” Charles
M. Andrews.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 397. Ja. ’06. 3060w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=O’Shea, Michael Vincent.= Dynamic factors in education. *$1.25. Macmillan.

“It has been the author’s object to show that in the early years of a
child’s school life, ‘motor expression’ in his teaching is ‘essential
to all learning.’ He has endeavored to indicate mainly in outline,
‘how the requirements of dynamic education can be provided for in all
departments of school work.’ Further, he says in his preface, ‘I have
sought to point out that there is a definite order in which the motor
powers develop, and that in our instruction we will achieve the
highest success only as we conform quite closely to this order.’”—N.
Y. Times.

* * * * *

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interesting.”

+ – =Bookm.= 23: 654. Ag. ’06. 180w.

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author’s resolution to the contrary, it is burdened with methods of
investigation, where results alone should be given.” Edward O. Sisson.

– – =Dial.= 41: 89. Ag. 16, ’06. 580w.

“A fair and comprehensive book. It is sound psychology sensibly
applied.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 201. Mr. 31, ’06. 310w.

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“It is admirably suited to be a handbook for advanced classes who
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guidebook and then following up the literature of the subject. The
style is so clear and the treatment so concrete and inductive that the
general reader will understand most of it. One of Professor O’Shea’s
chief contributions is in selecting those laws and phenomena that have
an educational application and clearly showing the application.”
Frederick E. Bolton.

+ + =Psychol. Bull.= 3: 367. N. 15, ’06. 510w.

“Is not epoch marking; it is in part what has been said before by
other writers, but it has two virtues—it is reasonably complete, and
it is of great importance.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 639. My. 19, ’06. 90w.

“On the whole, we know of no more satisfactory discussion of what is
thus far known of the evolution of motor control, its relation to
education, and of the place of the manual arts in education.”

+ + =School R.= 14: 459. Je. ’06. 510w.

“The style is not so overburdened with ‘educational jargon’ as to
interfere with the enjoyment and edification of the general reader.”

+ =World To-Day.= 11: 764. Jl. ’06. 240w.

=Osler, William.= Counsels and ideals; from the writings of William Osler. **$1.25. Houghton.

In culling selections from his less technical lectures and addresses,
Dr. Osler aims to offer “individual influence” and “inspiration” to
the student or general reader. “Wise counsels abound in this
volume—counsels inspired by high ideals and wide experience. The real
man whom they present is no more like the individual whose words were
so travestied by the press on a recent occasion as to threaten the
dictionary-makers with a new word, ‘oslerize,’ than the caricature of
the political cartoonist is like its original.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A book which may be read with pleasure and lasting profit, not only
by every member of the medical profession, but also by the general
public. Dr. Camac has made his selection with judgment.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 301. Mr. 10. 730w.

+ =Critic.= 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 190w.

“What most impresses one on examining this selection from forty-seven
of the author’s fugitive pieces is not only the professional and
practical wisdom displayed, and the breadth of view revealed, but also
the wide reading in writers not commonly held to be a necessary part
of a doctor’s library.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 93. F. 1, ’06. 390w.

+ + =Ind.= 60: 929. Ap. 19, ’06. 340w.

“They afford very interesting reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 18. Ja. 13, ’06. 680w.

“What he writes, however, is of household, individual interest, and it
is presented in a manner which causes facts to breathe eloquence and
conviction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 48. Ja. 27, ’06. 350w.

“To dip into these pages anywhere is to meet with a thoughtful,
strong, and sagacious man.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 140. Ja. 20, ’06. 130w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 256. F. ’06. 90w.

=Ostwald, Wilhelm.= Conversations on chemistry. Pt. 1, General chemistry; authorized tr. by Elizabeth Catherine Ramsay, $1.50; Pt. 2, Chemistry of the most important elements and compounds; authorized tr. by Stuart K. Turnbull, $2. Wiley.

The authorized translation of Ostwald’s “Die schule der chemie.”
Addressed distinctly to elementary pupils, the subject is presented in
dialogue, the conversations taking place between master and pupil.
Such subjects are treated as substance, properties, solution, melting
and freezing, density, compounds, elements, oxygen, hydrogen,
nitrogen, air, etc.

* * * * *

“Miss Ramsay has done her work with much skill, and has made the
dialogue not less natural and vivacious than it is in the original.”

+ + =Nature.= 72: 364. Ag. 17, ’05. 330w. (Review of pt. 1.)

“Most points are worked out with great ingenuity and address to an
entirely logical conclusion. The allusion to things and phenomena of
real human interest and the suppression of pedantry are also to be
warmly commended. The actual work of translation has, on the whole,
been well done.” A. S.

+ + – =Nature.= 74: 173. Je. 21, ’06. 570w. (Review of pt. 2.)

“The chief value of the book, must lie, therefore, in showing
something of the spirit and the methods best adapted for arousing the
interest of the young pupils in elementary science.” William
McPherson.

+ =Science=, n.s. 22: 829. D. 22, 05. 220w. (Review of pt. 1.)

=Ostwald, Wilhelm.= Individuality and immortality: the Ingersoll lectures, 1906. **75c. Houghton.

Professor Ostwald, professor of chemistry at the university of
Leipzig, treats the question scientifically. “At the very outset, the
lecturer calls attention to the fact that our knowledge ‘is an
incomplete piece of patchwork;’” but, he adds, “each one is bound to
make the best possible use of it, such as it is, never forgetting that
it may at any time be superseded by new discoveries or ideas. In this
truly scientific spirit, very remote from the dogmatism of the
churches, Professor Ostwald proceeds to consider what immortality may
be supposed to be, and what reasons we have for believing it.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“The chief value of this work is in showing the attitude which the
scientifically trained mind tends to take to those problems where the
clear principles and positive methods of the physical sciences do not
obtain.” W. C. Keirstead.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 555. Jl. ’06. 560w.

“The discussion is an interesting one, both from its statement of
scientific views and from the glimpse it affords of the mind of the
author. It is, nevertheless, strangely incomplete, almost ignoring the
deeper questions at issue.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 228. Ap. 1, ’06. 1680w.

“It is an exceedingly interesting discourse, and quite up to date,
scientifically speaking; it is full of fine moral thoughts, but it
contains very little Christian consolation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 116. F. 24, ’06. 230w.

– =Outlook.= 82: 716. Mr. 24, ’06. 150w.

=Ottley, Rev. Robert Lawrence.= Religion of Israel: a historical sketch. *$1. Macmillan.

“It is a readable outline of the history from a modern point of view,
chiefly at second-hand.” George F. Moore.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 144. Ja. ’06. 70w.

=Outram, James.= In the heart of the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Macmillan.

“His counsel is sound, and his knowledge reaches far. The volume was
well worth writing.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 13. Ja. 6. 560w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 94. Ja. ’06. 20w.

+ + =Ind.= 60: 457. F. 22, ’06. 420w.

“He has succeeded in producing a useful piece of work, which brings
together an account of all that has been accomplished in the Canadian
Rockies by himself and by other kindred spirits.” G. W. L.

+ + – =Nature.= 73: 362. F. 15, ’06. 720w.

“The book is written by a man who has his soul in the story.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 210w.

P

“=P., Q.=” How-to buy life insurance. **$1.20. Doubleday.

A book that “has been written and published in the interest of the
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policies in the market and the relative advantages of each.” (R. of
Rs.)

* * * * *

“As a practical guide to the policyholder desirous of figuring out for
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because of the comparative tables and specimen blanks given in the
appendix. These could be considerably improved upon in certain
respects, but they are a distinct advance over what has been furnished
by most other books on the subject.”

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 117. S. 1, ’06. 350w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 408. Je. 23, ’06. 720w.

“It is a helpful and suggestive manual.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 80w.

=Page, Curtis Hidden=, ed. Chief American poets: selected poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell, Whitman, and Lanier. *$1.75. Houghton.

“The selections have been made with good taste and judgment and the
notes are ample and to the point.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 90w.

+ + =Dial.= 40: 96. F. 1, ’06. 150w.

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 158. F. 22, ’06. 170w.

“Such a book would be a great convenience for the use of a class
studying American literature.”

+ =School R.= 14: 233. Mr. ’06. 100w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= Negro: the southerner’s problem. **$1.25. Scribner.

“These essays are characterized by a sanity of spirit and a
painstaking thoroughness.” C: A. Elwood.

+ =Am. J. Soc.= 11: 698. Mr. ’06. 440w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 88. My. 12, ’06. 510w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= On Newfound river. †$1.50. Scribner.

“In the story we meet ... the Southern life of an earlier day:
hot-tempered men and gracious women, trusty slaves, negro-hunting
whites, the grocery-store-town-meeting, and the open-air court of
justice. The love-story, however, is the thing and is young, Arcadian,
rough-running, happily arriving. Mr. Page explains that it is a story
enlarged; explicitly not a novel, but ‘a love story, pure and simple,’
and such it will be found.”—Nation.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 40w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 130w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 858. D. 8, ’06. 80w.

“A delicate, finished specimen of its author’s art.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 332. O. 18, ’06. 170w.

“It is a story pure and sweet amid the poisonous blossoms of fiction
that nowadays spring thick, an idyll of loyalty and of love, thrilled
through and through with ‘the tender grace of a day that is dead.’”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 744. N. 10, ’06. 440w.

“The most appreciative comment that can be made on this story is that
he has not spoiled it; the old charm still lingers.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 709. N. 24, ’06. 80w.

=Paine, Albert Bigelow.= Little garden calendar for boys and girls. $1. Altemus.

“This is one of the best children’s books in recent years. It is
bright and entertaining and while holding the interest of the young in
the story that is told, it imparts a vast fund of information which
every child should know.”

+ + =Arena.= 35: 222. F. ’06. 320w.

=Paine, Albert Bigelow.= Lucky piece: a story of the North woods. $1.50. Outing pub.

A tale of the Adirondacks whose hero is an idle young man of more
wealth than ambition, and whose heroine undertakes to teach him the
definite purpose in life. A Spanish luck piece brings friends, wealth
and happiness in its train of talismanic bestowals.

* * * * *

“This is a pleasant story, with some well-drawn characters and just
enough plot to carry the reader comfortably along to the last
chapter.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 191. Ag. ’06. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 274. Ap. 28, ’06. 370w.

=Paine, Albert Bigelow.= Sailor of fortune; memoirs of Capt. B. S. Osbon. **$1.20. McClure.

“Captain Osbon, whose memoirs are given practically as he detailed
them to the writer, Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine, lived among some of the
most stirring scenes of the past century, and his narrative presents
with extraordinary vividness events of which he was an actor or an
eye-witness.” (Lit. D.) “This lively record covers whaling,
buccaneering, the Civil war, journalism, and almost everything but
love.” (World To-Day.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Paine, the redactor of these stories of sea life, has succeeded
admirably in preserving the personal quality of the actor-narrator,
and we easily accept the ‘yarns’ as a long succession of fireside
talks face to face with the man who lived them.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 556. O. 20, ’06. 180w.

“Cannot fail to be a joy to old and young.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 667. O. 13, ’06. 190w.

“His reminiscences of famous men are numerous and characteristic.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 800. D. 1, ’06. 250w.

“Mr. Paine has done well what must have been a difficult task. The
book will amuse and enchain the reader who has a love for the unusual
and picturesque.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 381. D. ’06. 110w.

“Every chapter reads like a condensed historical novel.”

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

=Paine, Dorothy C.= Maid of the mountains. †$1. Jacobs.

To Carol, a mountain maid of North Carolina, comes a good fairy in the
guise of Beth, a happy tender-hearted little girl, who brings real aid
to the sufferings of the mountain family. Among other things, she
gives a benefit entertainment in which it is discovered that Carol has
a beautiful voice, and a wealthy but childless woman in the audience
decides to take her north. The movement of the book is rapid, ranging
from train wrecks to doll dressing, and is certain to delight the
heart of adventure-loving children.

=Paine, Ralph Delahaye.= Praying skipper and other stories. $1.50. Outing pub.

“The fact that not one of this collection of seven stories is a love
story, in the ordinary sense of that saccharine term, is a point in
its favor. In making sentiment secondary to action the author has
heightened the effect of both.” (N. Y. Times.) The stories following
the title story are: A victory unforeseen, The last pilot schooner,
The jade teapot, Corporal Sweeney, deserter, and two other thrilling
sea tales which have the merit of not being told in dialog by an old
salt.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 60: 1375. Je. 7, ’06. 300w.

“Vigorous, straightforward yarns, and as satisfactory as they are
exciting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 355. Je. 2, ’06. 440w.

“There are pathos and humor in the book, and both the pathos and the
humor grip the reader tightly.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 120w.

“These are stories of the kind men like—told with considerable vigor
and dealing with active life.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 127. O. ’06. 80w.

=Paine, Ralph Delahaye.= Story of Martin Coe; il. by Howard Giles. $1.50. Outing pub.

Martin Coe, gunner’s mate, deserts from the American navy to lead a
revolution in a South American state. By a strange chance he comes at
length to a little Maine village where his regeneration begins. It is
love that clarifies his nature, and brings to the surface the broken
oath, neglected duty, general culpableness. His honor demands
atonement, and his obedience to the call sends him back to the navy to
serve out his term.

* * * * *

“The best thing about the book, however, is the fact that, though
Martin is regenerated, he remains he same Martin Coe to the end—a
typical sailor hero—than whom there is not any better either in real
life or in fiction.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 692. O. 20, ’06. 540w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 120w.

“The character is well enough conceived, but a touch of caricature
throughout weakens the personality and decidedly impairs the love
story. The book as a character-study is lacking in close
interpretation.”

– + =Outlook.= 84: 583. N. 3, ’06. 80w.

=Painter, Franklin Verzelius Newton=, ed. Great pedagogical essays; Plato to Spencer. *$1.25. Am. bk.

“This anthology of selections from writers ancient and modern, pagan
and Christian, upon educational topics has the merit of bringing
together from the most diverse sources the best thoughts that have
been entertained of the educational ideal which is still the object of
pursuit. It is a source-book of the history of this pursuit, embodying
its major documents—a history not always marked by progress.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The chief objection to these selections is that there is no unified
basis of selection.”

+ – =Bookm.= 22: 643. F. ’06. 240w.

=Dial.= 40: 203. Mr. 16, ’06. 50w.

“The book will meet the demand among students of educational history
for an acquaintance with the original sources of information, and will
form an acceptable and useful volume supplementary to any standard
history of education.”

+ =El. School T.= 6: 438. Ap. ’06. 80w.

=Ind.= 61: 263. Ag. 2, ’06. 80w.

“He has failed signally in his purpose, and not wholly or mainly
because of space limitations, but rather because of manifest lack of
broad historic scholarship and clear pedagogic insight. His selections
are in the main inconsequential fragments, and the translations are
often poor.” Will S. Monroe.

– – =J. Philos.= 3: 79. F. 1, ’06. 480w.

“An excellent companion book is this to any of the current histories
of education.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 940. D. 16, ’05. 130w.

“The student of education who is without access to a large library
will be grateful for what the editor has provided, and will profit
greatly by a careful study of these pages.” W. B. O.

+ =School R.= 14: 310. Ap. ’06. 250w.

=Pais, Ettore.= Ancient legends of Roman history; tr. by Mario E. Cosenza. *$4. Dodd.

Professor Pais, connected with the University of Naples, brings
together here a number of lectures on the early Roman legends which
form the substratum of later political and social development.

* * * * *

“The translation is marred by some constantly recurring errors. Very
few of the radical views advanced in these lectures will ever be
generally accepted, but they cannot fail to arouse opposition and to
stimulate fruitful discussion. The erudition and acumen of the author
are truly remarkable.” Samuel Ball Platner.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 872. Jl. ’06. 1180w.

“The book is a scholarly one, essentially for the scholar.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 60w.

“While in the main satisfactory, [the English version] frequently
lacks in point of clearness, the involved parenthetical structure of
the sentences making it difficult at times to follow the author’s
arguments.”

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 201. Mr. 16, ’06. 400w.

“Professor Pais has sifted the origins of Rome without fear or pity.
The style is not smooth. The lack of an index can only be excused by
the consideration that such an index would have added materially to
the bulk of the book. The maps are good.”

+ + – =Ind.= 59: 1481. D. 21. ’05. 630w.

“The translation is very well done, although the paragraphing is often
bad. The index, which is indispensable in a work of this kind, has
been omitted.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 474. Je. 7, ’06. 1410w.

“Although technical and teeming with data of detail, Prof. Pais’s work
... should form the means of valuable supplementary reading for
students of Roman history.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 104. F. 17, ’06. 840w.

“The book should challenge the attention of all who care for
archaeology and early Roman history.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 523. O. 28, ’05. 120w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 90w.

=Palmer, Frederick.= Lucy of the stars: il. by Alonzo Kimball. †$1.50. Scribner.

“Mr. Frederick Palmer combines in admirable balance the functions of
war-correspondent and novelist. When the piping times of peace are at
hand, he will sit down to his desk and write you as pretty a story as
you could wish to read in an idle hour, and when the war-trumpet
sounds, he will sally forth until he is in the thick of the scrimmage
collecting observations for a graphic portrayal of the scene of
carnage. It is this dual activity that now gives us ‘Lucy of the
stars’ as a successor to ‘With Kuroki in Manchuria.’ We like Mr.
Palmer’s portrait of the imaginary Lucy, as we liked his portrait of
the real Kuroki, but we object most strenuously to the fate that he
has bestowed upon her.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“It is a pity that such good material should be used on so
persistently pessimistic a theme. The characters are clearly and
consistently drawn, the story is well, and in places wittily told, and
‘Lucy of the stars’ is a charming heroine.”

+ – =Acad.= 71: 286. S. 22, ’06. 300w.

“The merit of the book lies in the presentation, under an unusually
attractive aspect, of public life across the Atlantic in certain
latter-day phases; yet it can scarcely be said to fulfil the
conditions requisite for that difficult achievement, a successful
political novel.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 298. S. 15. 160w.

“In order to write a great novel, it is necessary to sympathize with
all your characters. Mr. Palmer has not done this; nevertheless, ‘Lucy
of the stars’ is worth reading.”

+ – =Critic.= 49: 120. Ag. ’06. 270w.

+ – =Critic.= 49: 192. Ag. ’06. 80w.

“The story is more than worth reading for [Lucy’s] sake, even if its
outcome does rudely shock our romantic sensibilities.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 368. Je. 1, ’06. 260w.

“Sensible, normal people will not care for a romance in which sorrows
and griefs are the only heroes and heroines.”

– + =Ind.= 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 80w.

“Although written with spirit, and though the author has brought a
keen observation to bear upon a wide range of experience, the story
has been a disappointment.”

– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 338. My. 26, ’06. 490w.

– =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 30w.

=Palmer, William T.= English lakes. *$6. Macmillan.

“We fail, in this volume, to find many of the interesting stories of
adventure and sport on the fells, or glimpses of the dalesman’s life,
such as made its predecessors readable in spite of a somewhat
unchastened style. The style, indeed, is all there. Strange words
abound.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 329. S. 9. 1180w.

“His bright and chatty narrative, in spite of its want of style, is
eminently readable.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 278. Ja. ’06. 240w.

=Pancake, Edmund Blair.= Miss New York. $1.50. Fenno.

A story with a college setting. The heroine is a “discovery” made one
day by a student who comes upon a rude hut in the mountains near the
town. She and her mother are evidently in hiding. For what purpose
remains a mystery thruout the course of a tale that defies the reader
in the matter of making even a guess at the probation accompanied by
sunbonnet and calico.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 343. My. 26, ’06. 220w.

=Parker, Edward Harper.= China and religion. **$3.50. Dutton.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 727. Ap. ’06. 50w.

“We cannot conclude without congratulating him upon the research he
has displayed and upon the readable style which makes an abstruse
subject easily grasped by the general reader.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 455. D. 22, ’05. 970w.

“His method of composition is peculiar and his literary graces are not
very great. On the whole, it is cool, clear, impartial.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 477. Je. 7, ’06. 820w.

“Mr. Parker is a profound Chinese scholar, and is possibly the highest
living authority upon the subject with which he deals in the volume
under notice.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 101: 53. Ja. 13, ’06. 1550w.

“His excellent book should be regarded as the best and simplest
English authority on this important subject.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 270. Ag. 25, ’06. 340w.

=Parr, G. D. Aspinall.= Electrical engineering in theory and practice. *$3.25. Macmillan.

“The present volume treats only of the elements of the subject and it
is to be amplified later or possibly followed by a second volume, the
new material to comprise electrical machinery and its applications....
There are three chapters dealing with the fundamental facts and laws
regarding magnetism and statical and current electricity. Then follow
three chapters dealing with the interrelated subjects, resistance,
electro-magnetism and induction. The remainder of the work is of a
more practical nature and covers measuring instruments, incandescent
lamps, and the thermal and chemical production of electro-motive
force.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The work as a whole differs somewhat from other books on the market.
In general its field may be said to be similar to that with the same
title by Slingo and Brooker, which is also an English book. It will be
read with profit by practical engineers desiring a broad general view
of the principles of electrical engineering practice.” Henry H.
Norris.

+ + =Engin. N.= 56: 55. Jl. 12, ’06. 870w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Bob Hampton of Placer. †$1.50. McClurg.

The Sioux uprising in 1876 furnishes the main incidents for this story
of Wyoming and Montana, and of Bob Hampton, a gambler and disgraced
army officer, who saves the life of Naida, old Gillis’s girl, at the
risk of his own, only to discover that she is his own daughter. He
does not reveal himself to her however, but gives her up for the sake
of her future, then quietly renounces his old life and keeps watch
over her from afar. In the end he dies a brave death, leaving her an
untarnished name and a gallant soldier lover. It is a stirring tale of
frontier life and Indian warfare culminating in a description of the
Custer massacre.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 798. D. 1, ’06. 80w.

“Its theme, indeed, is so like that of Harte’s ‘Protégé of Jack
Hamlin’s’ as to make it seem rather more reminiscent than original. A
certain racy quality of its own, however, it preserves.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 120w.

“Is one of the good Western stories—not especially literary, but
thoroughly interesting, and excellent in plot and characters.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 890. D. 8, ’06. 100w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Historic Illinois: the romance of the earlier days. **$2. McClurg.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 755. Ap. ’06. 50w.

“The book will interest the general student of our national history as
well as the people of Illinois.”

+ =Critic.= 48: 288. Mr. ’06. 90w.

“Altogether the book is highly attractive, and will be found
particularly useful in the schools, every one of which should be
provided with a copy.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 94. F. 1, ’06. 250w.

“It would be difficult to find a picture of pioneer days at once so
true to the spirit of the time and so accurate in detail.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 43. Jl. 5, ’06. 150w.

“Altogether he gives a very tolerable idea of Illinois history.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 89. F. 10, ’06. 400w.

“His book, in a word, is encyclopaedic in scope. No pretense is made
to original research, but the authorities followed are sound, and
there is little to criticise.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1083. D. 30, ’05. 150w.

“An entertaining volume of historic romance.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 116. Ja. ’06. 80w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Sword of the old frontier; a tale of Fort Chartres and Detroit. †$1.50. McClurg.

“Mr. Parrish writes with colour and spirit, and his ingenuity in
devising new variations in adventure is admirable.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 194. F. 17. 280w.

“One thing to be said in favor of Randall Parrish’s books is that the
melodrama does not appear in streaks; it is part of their very
essence; you recognize it at once from a certain trick of style that
sounds like an echo of Ouida at her worst.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 22: 632. F. ’06. 580w.

“The story is strictly conventional in type, but the type is one that
has justified its right to exist.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 16. Ja. 1, ’06. 170w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 4. Ja. 6. ’06. 200w.

=Parry, David Maclean.= Scarlet empire. †$1.50. Bobbs.

A book to make the socialist satisfied with things as they are. A
young socialist weary of life plunges into the sea. He wakens in a
lost Atlantis, known as the Scarlet Empire. Here is a social democracy
in which people dwell in slavery; the state owes every man a living
which it grants in a grudging sense, food, conversation, education and
marriage, all being limited. The hero sickens of his satiety of
scholastic practices, and after gruesome experiences escapes with
three companions to his own New York world.

* * * * *

“‘The scarlet empire’ is not a discussion of socialism. It is rather a
developed misconception of socialism. It is a house built on the
illusive sands of fundamental error or false premises.” Ellis O.
Jones.

– =Arena.= 36: 330. S. ’06. 2050w.

=Critic.= 48: 573. Je. ’06. 80w.

“Crudely written as it is, it sets forth a skilfully constructed plot
and shows a certain enthusiasm for his subject on the part of the
author, but throughout the book the great aim seems to be not only to
satirize all the doctrines that Socialists hold dear, but even, where
possible, to burlesque them.”

+ – =Lit. D.= 32: 604. Ap. 21, ’06. 1420w.

“The satire is light but cleverly aimed.”

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

“As a story the book is fairly readable, but as a contribution to the
discussion of the social problem it has no slightest claim to
consideration.”

+ – =Outlook.= 82: 858. Ap. 14, ’06. 80w.

“Mr. Parry has missed a splendid chance and has missed it so widely
that he almost obscures the chance.”

– =Pub. Opin.= 40: 476. Ap. 14, ’06. 520w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 759. Je. ’06. 120w.

=Parsons, Mrs. Clement.= David Garrick and his circle; il. **$2.75. Putnam.

“Mrs. Parsons’s book is first of all a life of the greatest of
English actors, a record of his triumphs and a study of his
methods. It is also a broad picture of the social life of the day.
Garrick is followed into all the circles he frequented, and we
make the acquaintance of the great company of his friends and
associates.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“She has written a very charming and entertaining book, which clothes
wide learning in graceful though transparent chiffon. The pity is that
she has not always—or not often—distinguished between lightness of the
right and the wrong kinds.”

+ – =Acad.= 71: 415. O. 27, ’06. 140w.

“Among stage records the present volume will take an agreeable place.
It is written with abundant verve, and shows a wide range of reading.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 703. D. 1. 840w.

“The chief fault in Mrs. Parsons’s book is its diffuseness. The author
has done her work thoroughly, however, and carefully; such research
commands respect, because of what it exacts in the gathering. Students
will find her volume a mine of information, and an available
reference-book, with its commendable bibliography and appropriate
illustrations.”

+ + – =Lit. D.= 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 170w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 60w.

“This is a work of vastly superior quality to the great majority of
books, especially those of recent date, relating to the stage and its
associations.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 377. N. 1, ’06. 1010w.

“It has the easy cleverness of a clever woman’s letter, but it is
perhaps a little too vivacious, too allusive, too up-to-date and too
on-the-spot for a stately tome of 400 pages.” Brander Matthews.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 794. D. 1, ’06. 990w.

“This book, besides being an admirable study of Garrick, is a gallery
of admirably executed eighteenth-century portraits, a repertory of
most delectable anecdotes that strike with perfect truth the keynote
of the period, and a mine of curious and out-of-the-way information in
regard to eighteenth-century theaters, the physical conditions of the
stage, the tumultuous behavior of the audiences, the costumes of the
actors and actresses, and no end of other matters of a kind that will
be keenly relished.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 714. N. 24, ’06. 410w.

“She has humor, has this admirer of the great English actor, and a
clever way of expressing it; she also has the knack of recreating the
whole from a fragment. And, at the same time, she is a capable serious
historian of stage and drama.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 381. D. ’06. 180w.

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 648. N. 24, ’06. 200w.

“He has found here an admirable chronicler.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 831. N. 24, ’06. 250w.

=Parsons, Ellen C.= Christus liberator. **30c. Macmillan.

“The author has managed to pack in a surprising amount of concrete and
stirring story.” L. Call Barnes.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 199. Ja. ’06. 160w.

=Parsons, Frank.= Heart of the railroad problem: the history of railway discrimination in the United States, with efforts at control, remedies proposed, and hints from other countries. **$1.50. Little.

Twenty years of study and observation have been brought into Dr.
Parsons’ treatment of this subject. “The study reveals the facts in
reference to railway favoritism—or unjust discrimination from the
beginning of our railway history to the present time, discloses the
motives and causes of discrimination, discusses various remedies that
have been proposed, and gathers hints from the railway systems of
other countries to clarify and develop the conclusions indicated by
our railroad history.”

* * * * *

“It is by far the most important, authoritative and comprehensive
popular discussion of the rate question that has appeared, and no
intelligent American should fail to read it.”

+ + + =Arena.= 35: 658. Je. ’06. 3700w.

“An exhaustive and authoritative work that is extremely clear and
interesting, while affording the most complete and satisfactory view
of the railway question and the true relation of the railways to
commercial enterprises, to the government and to the people, that has
ever been published in any land.”

+ + + =Arena.= 36: 557. N. ’06. 9730w.

“The merits of Mr. Parsons’s book are in its thorough and compendious
presentation of the various evils that have come to pass in the making
of railway rates. If the treatment is open to criticism, it is along
the line of the genesis of these conditions.” John J. Halsey.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 35. Jl. 16, ’06. 1350w.

“As a critic of existing conditions, the author has done his work
well.” William Hill.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 575. N. ’06. 250w.

“The book is a readable collection of single instances of railroad
enormities. In the hands of one acquainted with the essentials of
transportation, it may prove of service; in the hands of a novice, it
is likely to engender prejudice and disseminate error.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 17. Jl. 5, ’06. 850w.

“The book is a useful one and brings the subject down to date, but it
casts only the scantiest light ahead.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 287. My. 5, ’06. 790w.

=Parsons, Henry de Berkeley.= Disposal of municipal refuse. $2. Wiley.

“The book is mainly devoted to the characteristics of the material
collected in New York, the uses to which it may be put, and the
principles underlying its sanitary and economic handling.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“We take pleasure in commending Mr. Parsons’ book, within the limits
covered by it, as a fair and able presentation of the main points
involved in the disposal of municipal refuse, more particularly by
cremation.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 55: 558. My. 17, ’06. 1130w.

=Nation.= 83: 54. Jl. 19, ’06. 60w.

+ =Nature.= 74: 630. O. 25, ’06. 580w.

=Partridge, William Ordway.= Czar’s gift. **40c. Funk.

A pretty little tale of how Paul, the wood carver, made for the czar a
statue of his lost daughter so beautiful that it won for Paul’s
brother, the nihilist, release from the mines in Siberia, and brought
them both the czar’s forgiveness and protection.

* * * * *

+ =Arena.= 36: 220. Ag. ’06. 360w.

=Passmore, Rev. T. H.= In further Ardenne: a story of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. **$2.50. Dutton.

This little section tucked away between Belgium, Prussia, France and
Lorraine has not been much written about owing to its not being among
the “Beaten track itineraries.” The author very generously offers to
“pay your fare for you, so to speak, and take you there, and present
you to its beauties and interests and simple kindly folk, without
troubling you to move out of your chair.”

* * * * *

“The charm of this book is that the author has the power of
communicating his ‘etat d’âme.’”

+ =Acad.= 69: 1236. N. 25, ’05. 260w.

“If the author had restricted himself to what he knew and saw, or was
told on good authority, he would have made a noteworthy addition to
the very limited number of works on his subject.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 418. Ap. 7. 250w.

“Enthusiasm, spontaneity, kindly humor, and a sprightly style
characterize the volume.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 40: 234. Ap. 1, ’06. 370w.

+ + =Ind.= 60: 873. Ap. 12, ’06. 180w.

“It is a real book, not a made book, that he has given us.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 422. D. 1, ’05. 430w.

“Would that Mr. Passmore had put all of his experience in simpler
phrase. His command of verbal wealth and imagery too often leads him
from standards safe astray.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 105. F. 1, ’06. 520w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 809. N. 25, ’05. 350w.

“This is no guide-book; it is far better—a book to read, and read
again, and then to follow, not like the blind Baedekerite, but as one
follows Walton.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 151. Mr. 10, ’06. 360w.

“A very entertaining volume, in which history, legend, folk-lore, and
description are linked together by a mind attuned to the picturesque,
the romantic, and—the humorous.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 1083. D. 30, ’05. 310w.

“We think a style less wanton than Mr. Passmore’s and more sweet than
Baedeker’s would serve the purpose better.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 14. D. 9, ’05. 300w.

“Mr. Passmore is both historical and descriptive, and in both
characters shows much energy.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 504. Mr. 31, ’06. 290w.

=Paston, George, pseud. (Miss E. M. Symonds).= Social caricature in the eighteenth century. *$15. Dutton.

“George Paston’s book deals textually and pictorially with the various
phases of social caricature and of the social groups, the places, the
fashions which inspired the pens of the artists, who were ever on the
alert for abnormal tendencies—‘Le Beau Monde,’ the Pantheon, Carlisle
House, the Mall, Hyde Park, Dramatic and musical, Literary and
artistic, and, finally, Popular delusions and impostures.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“It is perhaps inevitable that the text of the book itself, being
obviously ‘written up’ to the illustration, should be less interesting
as a whole, though abounding in isolated good things.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 240. F. 24. 1400w.

“What is really the first complete work on the subject of English
eighteenth century caricature that has yet appeared.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 28: 86. Mr. ’06. 330w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 30. Ja. 26, ’06. 160w.

“George Paston’s text is a splendid achievement of thoroughly
sympathetic work, whether seen from the point of view of history or
criticism.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 367. Je. 9, ’06. 890w.

“The volume is full of the entertaining and curious from cover to
cover.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 794. My. 19, ’06. 340w.

=Paternoster, George Sidney.= Cruise of the Conqueror: being the further adventures of the motor pirate; with a front. by Frank T. Merrill. $1.50. Page.

A sequel to “The motor pirate,” whose hero, it will be remembered,
after bringing repeated terror to England shot over the edge of a
precipice to certain death. How he comes to life and is in the present
story the “same truculent hero in an eight-foot, gold-coated motor
boat, capable of something over forty knots an hour at sea.” (Ath.)
suggests exciting possibilities for the present tale of adventure. Nor
does Mr. Paternoster make sure of his elusive hero at the end of the
present story, the evasion suggests another reappearance.

* * * * *

“It is not strong in characterization or literary style; but it has go
and vigour.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 200w.

“Aside from the glamourless love interest, the further adventures of
the motor pirate form, as they should, exciting reading.” Stephen
Chalmers.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 181. Mr. 24, ’06. 560w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 388. Je. 16, ’06. 140w.

“The author contrives that his melodrama shall be to a certain extent
convincing.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 345. Mr. 3, ’06. 120w.

=Paterson, Arthur, and Allingham, Helen (Mrs. W. Allingham).= Homes of Tennyson. **$2. Macmillan.

The homes of Tennyson have been painted by Mrs. Allingham, and Mr.
Paterson has furnished the descriptive portions which are written
“from a personal rather than a biographical standpoint.” “The book
pleasantly deals with Farringford, in the Isle of Wight, where
Tennyson usually spent the winter, and with Aldworth, on the borders
of Surrey, and Sussex, the summer home of Tennyson’s declining years.”
(Ind.)

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 59: 1384. D. 14, ’05. 60w.

“There is not one word in his book that could have wounded the
susceptibilities of Tennyson, yet the record is full of interest and
charm.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 28: 181. Ap. ’06. 110w.

+ – =Lit. D.= 31: 1000. D. 30, ’05. 120w.

“Mr. Paterson’s share in this book, whose value is quite unaffected by
his defects—sentimentality and exaggerated adoration of Tennyson—would
call for no remark had he not loaded his pages with a construction
that must give pain to the sensitive reader.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 222. Mr. 15, ’06. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 835. D. 2, ’05. 210w.

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 728. D. 2, ’05. 60w.

“The descriptive letterpress, by Mr. Arthur Paterson, is worthy even
of the work of Mrs. Allingham. He commands a style that is graphic in
the best sense.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: sup. 648. Ap. 28, ’06. 280w.

=Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton.= Poems; with an introd. by Basil Champneys. $1.75. Macmillan.

“All the poems, with the latest changes in them (whether improvements
or otherwise) are brought together in a single volume of clear and
stately print. A remarkably faithful portrait is included in the
six-shillings’ worth, and Mr. Basil Champneys adds an introductory
discourse in which a sufficiency of biographical detail has
place.”—Acad.

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 71: 366. O. 13, ’06. 1640w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 304. O. 11, ’06. 240w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 702. O. 27, ’06. 1250w.

=Putnam’s= 1: 378. D. ’06. 90w.

=Patrick, William.= James, the Lord’s brother. **$2. Scribner.

The author stands on debatable ground in his monolog which aims to
show that the author of the Epistle of James is the James whom St.
Paul refers to as “the Lord’s brother” in Galatians i, 19. “His
conclusion is the one that Christian men would naturally wish to be
true but it must be confessed that serious difficulties are in the
way. These Dr. Patrick combats with great ability, but with a success
that seems somewhat contingent on the predilection of his readers.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“We welcome his volume as a scholarly and reasonable contribution to a
clearer understanding of the forces at work during the apostolic age.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 138. Ap. 20, ’06. 930w.

– =Nation.= 83: 152. Ag. 16, ’06. 430w.

“With ample learning makes a very plausible argument.”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 42. My. 3, ’06. 130w.

=Patten, Helen Philbrook.= Music lovers’ treasury. **$1.20. Estes.

An anthology of poetry, ancient and modern, referring to music and
musicians.

* * * * *

“A volume that certainly merits its title.”

+ + =Dial.= 39: 446. D. 16, ’05. 70w.

=Ind.= 59: 1544. D. 28, ’05. 40w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 645. S. 30, ’05. 80w.

“The compiler has generally succeeded in avoiding the merely
commonplace or distinctly bad, and the anthology is pleasing.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 275. Ap. 28, ’06. 300w.

=Paul, Herbert Woodfield.= History of modern England. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.

“The value of Mr. Paul’s history lies in its being a convenient record
of events or, as we have said, above, an enlarged Annual register. It
will be excellent material for the historian of the future, when he
comes to deal with the time of which he treats.”

+ + =Acad.= 69: 1309. D. 16, ’05. 1550w. (Review of v. 4.)

“By judicious omission and emphasis, the author’s strong grasp of the
subject as a whole and his sense of dramatic unity he has produced a
sort of journalistic prose epic of the British Empire, centering about
the two protagonists Beaconsfield and Gladstone. This volume seems in
many ways the best of the four which have thus far appeared.” Wilbur
C. Abbott.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 898. Jl. ’06. 1930w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Fair-mindedness continues to be a marked feature of this able and
lively work.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 892. D. 30. 560w. (Review of v. 4.)

“On the whole, Mr. Paul deserves warm congratulations on the last
volume of his attractive history.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 860w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Mr. Paul writes entertainingly and satisfactorily, and as this
information can be found nowhere else, except with great trouble in
scattered special treatises or in voluminous biographies, his book
will unquestionably be heartily welcomed by a large number of
readers.”

+ + =Critic.= 48: 288. Mr. ’06. 390w. (Review of v. 4.)