Chapter XLIII: Part 3: , The decadence of Venice. The author is the leading historical (10)

+ =Nation.= 82: 53. Ja. 18, ’06. 230w.

“Alike to young and old the book may be heartily commended as an
excellent example of the best style of animal biography.”

+ + =Nature.= 74: 295. Jl. 26, ’06. 200w.

=Spec.= 97: 158. Ag. 4, ’06. 1770w.

=Severy, Melvin Linwood.= Mystery of June 13th. †$1.50. Dodd.

“Admirers of Sir Conan Doyle will find this detective story replete
with the inductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes, while missing the
highest artistic finish of their favorite.”

+ – =Ind.= 59: 1543. D. 28, ’05. 280w.

=Sewell, Cornelius V. V.= Common-sense gardens. **$2. Grafton press.

A veritable spur to people who neglect the garden possibilities of
their bit of earth. “Two points in this excellent and amply
illustrated book are worthy of special notice,—the author’s praises of
box, and his pictures of enclosed gardens.” (Dial.) “The instructive
volume is illustrated by good reproductions of photographs, and
decorated in excellent taste at the beginnings of the chapters.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

Reviewed by Sara Andrew Shafer.

+ =Dial.= 40: 360. Je. 1, ’06. 280w.

+ + =Nation.= 82: 435. My. 24, ’06. 1020w.

“The hints are such as may be followed, as a rule, by people of
ordinary means, and it is to the credit of the work that it always
prefers the sensible and practical thing to that which is a fad of the
day or which leans toward ostentation.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 139. My. 19, ’06. 120w.

=Shadwell, Arthur.= Industrial efficiency: a comparative study of industrial life in England, Germany and America. 2 v. *$7. Longmans.

Dr. Shadwell’s investigations are the result “of laborious inquiries
to which the authors of comparisons between the industrial conditions
of different countries rarely condescend—inquiries conducted in
England, Germany and the United States, and with ‘the help of hundreds
of people, from the British ambassadors in Berlin and Washington to
ordinary workmen,’ inquiries not merely in books and documents, but in
many factories and workshops.... Rarely do chief conclusions emerge in
such distinctness and due proportion from a crowd of individual facts.
Some of the chapters ... are models of economical investigation.”

* * * * *

“The style is excellent for its subject: even lucid, simple, carrying
the reader insensibly forward through nearly a thousand pages without
any sense of fatigue.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 660. Je. 2. 1450w.

“Two volumes of clear, interesting, forcible writing that are worthy
to stand on our shelves alongside the classical works of Bryce and De
Tocqueville.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 751. S. 27, ’06. 1180w.

“To have written an original book upon a somewhat trite subject; to
have set in a new light many facts which have been treated recently by
a score of writers, some of them of no mean ability; to have made a
narrative of dry facts readable as well as instructive, is a
considerable achievement. It is not too much to say that Dr. Shadwell
has accomplished all this.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 69. Mr. 2, ’06. 1750w.

“A shrewd observer of men and affairs, who has cared more to gather
facts than to spin theories about them.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 84. Jl. 26, ’06. 840w.

“These volumes discuss [the topics] instructively and with scientific
love of truth and lack of prejudice. The author is no faddist or
theorist.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 272. Ap. 28, ’06. 2270w.

“Throughout, these chapters are full of acute criticism and while it
is a personal view which is put forward it is a view based not only on
reading and travel but on countless interviews with all sorts and
conditions of men.” Henry W. Macrosty.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 550. S. ’06. 1360w.

+ + =Spec.= 97: 493. O. 6, ’06. 1610w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Hamlet, ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. **75c; limp. lea. **$1. Crowell.

“The editors are exceptionally well fitted for their work. Indeed, we
doubt whether there are in America two persons better fitted for the
task. Far and away the best popular set of Shakespeare that has
appeared in America.”

+ + + =Arena.= 35: 446. Ap. ’06. 340w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Poems and Pericles: being reproductions in facsimile of the original editions; with introds. and bibliographies by Sidney Lee. 5v. *$30. Oxford.

This work supplements the Clarendon press edition of the facsimile
reproduction of the Shakespeare first folio, and contains besides,
“Pericles” the four volumes of poems, “Venus and Adonis,” “Lucrece,”
the “Sonnets,” and “The passionate pilgrim.” A great wealth of
critical and historical matter is provided for each volume.

* * * * *

“We have met with few books more thoroughly satisfactory than this
Shakespeare facsimile. The book, as it stands, is a treasure that
ought to be in every library.”

+ + + =Acad.= 69: 1282. D. 9, ’05. 1470w.

+ + + =Ath.= 1905, 2: 838. D. 16. 2040w.

“The five introductions transcend in interest even Mr. Lee’s
introduction of 1902.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 4: 437. D. 15, ’05. 2050W.

+ + + =Nation.= 82: 264. Mr. 29, ’06. 3020w.

“The Introductions and Bibliographies ... leave little or nothing to
be desired. All that unwearied industry and research can acquire he
has made his own.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 101: 80. Ja. 20, ’06. 1290w.

=Spec.= 96: 29. Ja. 6, ’06. 140w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Tragedie of King Lear; ed. by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 75c. Crowell.

“For the general reader who is interested in the history of the texts,
it is a cheap and satisfactory substitute for the costly facsimiles of
the Folio of 1623.”

* * * * *

+ =Critic.= 48: 286. Mr. ’06. 100w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 327. F. 10, ’06. 70w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Twelfe night, edited by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. 75c. Crowell.

The famous first folio text of 1623 with its original Shakespearean
spelling and punctuation is here reproduced in handy form and at a
popular price, with notes which indicate the editorial changes of
three centuries, an introduction, glossary, lists of variorum
readings, and selected criticism.

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 700. S. 20, ’06. 130w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 450. Jl. 14, ’06. 530w.

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 1007. Ag. 25, ’06. 80w.

=Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.= Man and the earth. **$1.50. Duffield.

“He has written an interesting little book, which will repay reading.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 132. F. 16, ’06. 240w.

+ + + =Engin. N.= 55: 315. Mr. 15, ’06. 240w.

“It would be difficult to match this little book with another so
simple, so strong, so informed with material knowledge and so inspired
with loving reverence for our common mother, the young old Earth.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 1283. My. 31, ’06, 500w.

+ + =Nation.= 82: 285. Ap. 5, ’06. 1670w.

“Written by an eminent geologist who has command of a fascinating
English style.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 33: 255. F. ’06. 100w.

=Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page.= Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.

Self-mastery over various kinds of disadvantages of life is the
keynote of Mrs. Shaler’s study. In it are recorded “the achievements
of noted persons who, under the stress of grave difficulties, have
shown skill in marshalling their physical and spiritual forces to play
the part of men.”

* * * * *

“Mrs. Shaler’s book should give chronic invalids renewed courage, and
should help them to resist the disheartening down-pull of bodily
weakness and decay.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 270w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 430. S. 29, ’06. 70w.

“A heroic spirit pulsates thru this book. It is an inspiring story, or
rather a series of such stories, briefly told, and told for a
purpose.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 286. S. 29, ’06. 200w.

“Mrs. Shaler has chosen her examples happily. The book breathes
precisely that spirit of high endeavor that is most bracing, and its
admonition is for the sound as well as the feeble, for if the sorely
hampered can do these works, what ought not to be done by the whole?”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 317. D. ’06. 220w.

=Shand, Alexander Innes.= Days of the past: a medley of memories. **$3. Dutton.

“Not a mere bookman, but also a general amateur of life—a sportsman, a
gastronomer, even a taker of ‘fliers,’ or, as he calls them,
‘flutters,’ on the stock exchange.” (N. Y. Times.) Mr. Shand records
with a sure and steady touch the interesting phases of sixty-five
years of memories. “Mr. Shand’s recollections of old Edinburg and the
almost forgotten ecclesiastical Scotland in which Guthrie and Tulloch
played their not unimportant parts shows him at his best. Next to
these are his portraits of hosts of men of letters and journalists
whom he has come across in his time, such as Blackwood, Delane,
Laurence Oliphant, Laurence Lockhart, Kinglake, Hayward, and even Mr.
George Meredith.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Shand’s memories, however, might with advantage have been less of
a ‘medley.’ His tendency to hop from topic to topic produces a blurred
impression, and he is provokingly chary of dates.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 644. N. 11. 460w.

“Written in vivacious and free-and-easy style not unmixed with slang.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 380. Ap. ’06. 80w.

“The author writes in a rapid, readable style and draws on an ample
store of personal experience in many lands, although his adventures
never approach the thrilling, or even the extraordinary.”

+ – =Dial.= 40: 237. Ap. 1, ’06. 330w.

“Is not merely an amusing book, but also something far more valuable.
It is an account unconscious, perhaps, but none the worse for that, of
the philosophy of a happy life.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 4: 328. O. 6, ’05. 920w.

“Mr. Shand’s peculiar weakness is gastronomic. He delights to record
his various experiences in eating and drinking. On the other hand, his
chapters on the changes in London and on Old Edinburgh, and his
literary recollections, are both interesting and valuable.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 177. Mr. 1, ’06. 230w.

“If he knows how to write, how can he help writing a delightful book
out of his reminiscences of such an enjoying and enjoyed life? At any
rate, Mr. Shand has not been able to help writing such a book.”
Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 101. F. 17, ’06. 1160w.

“The book is discursive and agreeable rather than important.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 476. F. 24, ’06. 60w.

“This is one of the most delightful books of the reminiscences’ order
that has been published for a long time.”

+ + =Spec.= 95: sup. 795. N. 18, ’05. 540w.

=Sharp, Evelyn.= Micky. $1.50. Macmillan.

An entertaining story of a sturdy little English boy and his brother
who are left at home with their father and the servants while their
mother is absent in Australia. “The book is designed to inculcate
manners and morals in the young, and if it accomplishes this end there
is little doubt that it will be worth while.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The author has both an excellent grasp of the childish mind, and a
capital way of putting on paper its humors, limitations, and
sincerity.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 796. D. 9. 50w.

“Reminds us of that clever and charming story, ‘Helen’s babies.’”

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 448. D. 15, ’05. 70w.

“An engaging little story, with an improbable plot, but very probable
characters.”

+ =Nation.= 81: 490. D. 14, ’05. 110w.

“Is designed for older as well as young readers. The result is that it
is hardly likely to absolutely hold the attention of either.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 10: 915. D. 23, ’05. 180w.

“It seems, however, more likely to interest older people who like to
read about children than the children themselves.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 890. D. 9, ’05. 30w.

“Miss Evelyn Sharp’s picture of a sensitive, imaginative child is most
delicately and tenderly drawn.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 10. D. 9, ’05. 40w.

=Sharpless, Isaac.= Quakerism and politics: essays. $1.25. Ferris.

In his collection of essays and addresses, President Sharpless of
Haverford college treats chiefly the political conditions of
Pennsylvania, past and present, and the part played by members of the
Society of Friends in the state politics.

* * * * *

“There are a few instances of careless proofreading in this volume.”
Herman V. Ames.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 148. O. ’06. 570w.

=Ind.= 61: 220. Jl. 26, ’06. 270w.

“A book which in general gives wholesome and needful counsel to
Pennsylvania Quakerism as to its political duties and
responsibilities.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 224. Mr. 15, ’06. 300w.

“Written from the Quaker point of view, they are valuable to
non-Quakers as an exposition of the principles underlying Quaker
conduct, and to Quakers as a stimulus to definite action in the
direction of insuring political reforms.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 376. F. 17, ’06. 250w.

=Shattuck, George Burbank=, ed. Bahama islands. **$10. Macmillan.

“It is the most complete and authoritative work that has ever been
published on these islands.”

+ + + =Ind.= 60: 875. Ap. 12, ’06. 220w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= Dramatic opinions and essays; containing as well A word on the Dramatic opinions and essays of G. Bernard Shaw, by James Huneker. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.

Selections collected from the dramatic criticisms of Bernard Shaw
during 1895–1898 when he sat with the “critical mighty and filled his
eyes and ears with bad, mad, and mediocre plays.” So says Mr. James
Huneker in his prefatory “Word.” Also, “Here is a plethora of riches.
Remember, too, that when Shaw wrote the criticisms in this volume he
was virginal to fame. It is his best work, the very best of the man.
It contains his most buoyant prose, the quintessence of Shaw. His
valedictory is incomparable. He found that after taking laughing gas
he had many sub-conscious selves. He describes them.”

* * * * *

“The drama in America is about ten years behind that of England, and
we are passing thru a transition period similar to that when these
‘Opinions’ were written, so they are especially pertinent.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1498. D. 20, ’06. 470w.

“Contains a large amount of entertaining matter. It is doubtful,
however, whether the collection will prove beneficial to his
reputation.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 490. D. 6, ’06. 460w.

“A more or less patent examination of these essays has convinced at
least one reader that they show flippancy, verbosity, unbounded
egotism, and that they fail to rise above the pretentious mediocrity.”

– =N. Y. Times.= 11: 898. D. 22, ’06. 290w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= Irrational knot. $1.50. Brentano’s.

“In brief, it is the raw, inexperienced venture of an immensely witty
person, formless in a way, full of pith, full of promise.” Mary Moss.

+ – =Atlan.= 97: 56. Ja. ’06. 440w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 476. My. ’06. 120w.

Reviewed by Mrs. L. H. Harris.

– =Ind.= 60: 1042. My. 3, ’06. 120w.

“He leaves us just where he finds us, as far as any serious discussion
of the question goes. The display of pyrotechnics in the story is not
bad, though of course these be but pale and ineffectual fires beside
the author’s later work.”

+ =Reader.= 7: 452. Mr. ’06. 560w.

“Its cleverness is beyond question; so too is the frigidity of its
characterisation. We can cordially recommend the first twenty-five out
of the four hundred odd pages which the book contains.”

+ – =Spec.= 95: 1040. D. 16, ’05. 270w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= Plays: pleasant and unpleasant. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.

The first of the two volumes contains the “unpleasant plays,”
“Widowers’ houses,” “The philanderer,” and “Mrs. Warren’s profession.”
They are so called because “their dramatic power is used to force the
spectator to face unpleasant facts,” and in “dealing with economics
social and moral relations, Shaw has delivered the most direct blow
yet levelled by the stage against the cowardice of social compromise.”
The “pleasant plays” are “Arms and the man,” “Candida,” “The man of
destiny,” and “You never can tell.” They “deal less with the crime of
society and more with its romantic follies.”

* * * * *

=Ind.= 61: 396. Ag. 16, ’06. 210w.

“Mr. Shaw is not only entertaining in his plays, as are some other
men, but he is also immensely entertaining in his prefaces.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 1005. Ap. 28, ’06. 130w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 767. Je. ’06. 80w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= Three plays for Puritans; being the third volume of his collected plays. **$1.25. Brentano’s.

A reprint of the 1900 edition of the three plays, The devil’s
disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, and Captain Brassbound’s conversion.
The volume contains the author’s characteristic preface to the 1900
edition and a note—the only new matter included in the issue—in which
the following statement appears: “Now that the turmoil has abated, the
platformer, ever ready to seize upon the public’s passing whim, has
told all he does not know about Shaw, the dust settled, one gets a
clear perspective, and finds him standing pretty firmly after all.”

=Shaw, Judson Wade.= Uncle Sam and his children. **$1.20. Barnes.

“In prosecuting the work of his organization Mr. Shaw found everywhere
a demand for a book that should not simply outline the machinery of
the government, but should emphasize its special advantages and the
duty of citizens in the use of their privileges. He has accordingly,
embodied in the present volume an account of the struggles through
which the founders of the country passed, a statement of the
principles that actuated them, an outline of our territory and its
resources, and some discussion of the perils that threaten us and how
to meet and escape them.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

+ =Bookm.= 22: 536. Ja. ’06. 110w.

+ =Ind.= 59: 1390. D. 14, ’05. 40w.

=N. Y. Times.= 10: 408. Je. 17, ’05. 170w.

“His book is a sort of elementary manual of American
good-citizenship.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 32: 638. N. ’05. 150w.

=Shaw, L. H. De Visme.= Wild-fowl; with chapters on Shooting the duck and the goose, by W. H. Pope; Cookery by Alex. Innes Shand. $1.75. Longmans.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 395. Mr. 31. 570w.

=Sheedy, Rev. Morgan M.= Briefs for our times. *$1. Whittaker.

Some three dozen brief but strong pleas for Christian living under
such headings as: The value of self control, The duty of service,
Socialism true and false, Money mad, Choosing a life work, Begin at
home, The gospel of wealth, The gospel of pain, “The house of mirth.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Sheedy seems to be a fearless, straightforward preacher, with a
turn for the moral and practical, and with ability to couch his
thought in vigorous English.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 392. N. 8, ’06. 140w.

=Sheldon, Anna R.= Pistoja [a guide book]. *$1.25. Brentano’s.

A “few pages of collated facts” gleaned from a variety of sources
which throw light on “one of the most interesting cities in Tuscany,
because of its charming situation, its long and varied history, its
people—a hardy, vivacious, and well-favored race; as the birthplace of
many illustrious men, patriots, jurists, and churchmen, scholars,
poets, and artists, and finally, because of its valuable monuments of
art.”

* * * * *

“If only a few more pages were devoted to the history of the town—half
a dozen written in the proper spirit would suffice—this little volume
would be as welcome in the study as it undoubtedly will be in the
pocket of the tourist.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 263. Mr. 29, ’06. 490w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 64. F. 3, ’06. 260w.

“Supplies the lack of a convenient guide-book in English, handsomely
illustrated. It was a happy thought and is well worked out.”

+ =Outlook.= 81: 1085. D. 30, ’05. 40w.

=Sheldon, Walter Lorenzo.= Divine comedy of Dante: four lectures. 50c. S. Burns Weston, 1415 Locust St., Phil.

Four lectures “intended especially for those who have never read the
poem but would like to know something about it.”

* * * * *

=Critic.= 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 20w.

“The class of people for whom it is written may read it with both
interest and profit.”

+ =Dial.= 39: 314. N. 16, ’05. 120w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 256. F. ’06. 70w.

=Shelley, Henry C.= Literary by-paths in old England; il. **$3. Little.

It is over the English footpaths that the reader is invited to journey
in meditative mood with eye and ear eager for sights and sounds
unfamiliar to the more frequented highway. The haunts of Spenser, Sir
Philip Sidney, William Penn, Burns, Keats, Carlyle are all visited,
also the birthplace of Gray’s “Elegy” and Goldsmith’s “Deserted
Village.” The volume is generously illustrated with reprints from
photographs.

* * * * *

“The novelty of the work does not consist so much in new discoveries,
for there are none of consequence, as in presenting his subjects in a
light not usual.” Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 41: 391. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

“Mr. Shelley’s book is sympathetically written and gives evidence of
individual research.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 70w.

“The author has not failed to make researches that were worth while,
and he has an agreeable style.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 856. D. 8, ’06. 70w.

“Is a thoroughly readable book.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 413. N. 15, ’06. 230w.

“The book should revive in many minds a longing to reread the English
classics in the light thus shed in picture and text on some
personalities which still inspire the finer things in letters.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 770. N. 24, ’06. 410w.

“Rarely does one come upon so charming a literary sketch-book as
this.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 678. N. 17, ’06. 150w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 380. D. ’06. 140w.

=Shelley, Percy Bysshe.= Poems; with introduction and notes by Edward Dowden. $1.25. Crowell.

A valuable feature of this “Shelley” which appears uniform with the
“Thin paper poets” is the comprehensive sketch of the poet’s life by
Edward Dowden.

=Shelley, Percy Bysshe.= With Shelley in Italy, ed. by Anna Benneson McMahan. **$1.40. McClurg.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 557. Ap. ’06. 320w.

+ + =Critic.= 49: 95. Jl. ’06. 50w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 67. F. 3, ’06. 320w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 120. Ja. ’06. 140w.

=Shelton, Louise.= Seasons in a flower garden: a handbook of instruction and information for the amateur. **$1. Scribner.

A manual arranged as a calendar “giving detailed instructions as to
what to plant in each month of the open season, with many useful hints
of a miscellaneous character.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“The directions are clearly worded, well grouped, and reasonable. For
a small garden and a young gardener, the book will render the real
service for which it was written.” Sara Andrew Shafer.

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 360. Je. 1, ’06. 70w.

“A very practical manual for the amateur.”

+ =Ind.= 60: 1379. Je. 7, ’06. 40w.

“The book supplements, but cannot replace, the formal garden
handbooks.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 846. Je. 7, ’06. 160w.

“She does not realize that the brevity of her descriptions may be
confusing and not carry to the novice the very idea that she is
seeking to implant.”

+ + – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 422. Je. 30, ’06. 500w.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

+ + =North American.= 183: 121. Jl. ’06. 70w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’06. 120w.

=Sherard, Robert Harborough.= Life of Oscar Wilde. $4.50. Kennerley.

“The life-story of the brilliant but erratic genius, Oscar Wilde,
whose sun of promise rose so bright and had so dire a setting, is
presented to us in a handsome and dignified volume.... Although the
book is confessedly an apology or defense, and promises at the outset
to refute many calumnies and to effect noteworthy results in clearing
from the foul aspersions of malignity a name still dear to hundreds of
faithful disciples, yet there is fortunately, a wise avoidance of
unsavory details regarding the events that clouded Wilde’s closing
years and led to his tragic end.... The volume ... is supplied with a
good index; while the bibliography, showing a surprising number of
titles in prose and verse, with translations into French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, and Polish, gives a new sense of
the brilliancy of Wilde’s talents as a writer, mingled with regret and
pity for his downfall as a man.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“One cannot deny that it is interesting, even though parts of it be
painful.” Richard W. Kemp.

+ – =Bookm.= 24: 365. D. ’06. 1860w.

“Mr. Sherard’s account of this strange and broken life is full and
interesting, although it suffers from the extravagant tone of eulogy
and admiration which colors it throughout. It is to be taken as we
have said, at the outset, as a defense and an apology; and taken thus,
it well repays perusal.”

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 156. S. 16, ’06. 2960w.

“This author has had access to abundant material, and writing with a
full appreciation of the limitations of Wilde’s genius he has produced
what may be called the most intimate biography that has yet appeared.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 394. S. 22, ’06. 240w.

“Mr. Sherard’s tones are not quite clear; his moral philosophy is not
quite robust and direct enough for the terrible problem of human
responsibility and error with which he has to deal.”

+ – – =Nation.= 83: 124. Ag. 9, ’06. 1000w.

“Little excuse for its existence. As for Mr. Sherard he certainly
possesses qualities we like to see in a biographer. He can draw
distinctions and take note of both sides of his subject. He writes
fluently and well. But he has chosen a hopeless, pitiful subject.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 545. S. 8, ’06. 820w.

=Sherard, Robert Harborough.= Twenty years in Paris; being some recollections of a literary life; 2nd ed. il. *$4. Jacobs.

Interesting are the different ranges at which Mr. Sherard, an
Englishman in Paris, views a group of men prominent in French affairs.
Motives of friendship, of admiration for statemanship and for literary
genius operate in his reminiscences. Zola, Renan, Daudet, de Lesseps,
Guy de Maupassant, Madame Adam, Victor Hugo, and Jules Verne are among
the notables who figure in Mr. Sherard’s recollections.

* * * * *

“The volume is full of good anecdotes which strike us as new.”

+ – =Ath.= 1905, 2: 795. D. 9. 970w.

“The whole narrative moves so briskly, the dialogue is carried on by
so many and so interesting actors, the stage is so crowded, and the
scenes succeed one another so quickly, that it would be unhandsome to
feel otherwise than friendly toward the purveyor of so much varied
entertainment.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + – =Dial.= 41: 316. N. 16, ’06. 1640w.

=Sherman, Frank Dempster.= Southern flight [poems by] Frank Dempster Sherman and Clinton Scollard. *$1.25. G. W. Browning, Clinton, N. Y.

A volume of verse containing fifty-odd pieces with Southern themes.

* * * * *

+ =Critic.= 49: 287. S. ’06. 120w.

“A small volume of tender and graceful lyrics.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 127. F. 16, ’06. 200w.

“Contains no piece quite at the highest level of either of its
authors. There is somewhat too much sweet in it, but it is full of
melody and pretty imagery.”

+ – =Nation.= 81: 508. D. 21, ’05. 120w.

“They are perilously slight in subject and treatment. Though the
verses in ‘A Southern flight’ are metrically simple they demand more
careful pruning than they have received.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 7. Ja. 6, ’06. 440w.

=Sherman, Waldo Henry.= Civics: studies in American citizenship. *90c. Macmillan.

=Ind.= 60: 800. Ap. 5, ’06. 60w.

“On the whole, the book would prove an unreliable text in the hands of
students. It should be of some value to teachers by reason of the
suggestions in the second part in regard to the method of study and
the teaching of civics.” A. R. Hatton.

– + =School R.= 14: 466. Je. ’06. 220w.

“It is to be regretted that this new book on civil government was not
written in a better style with more literary form and flavor, as to
the average reader it is bound to be dull.” George L. Fox.

+ – =Yale R.= 14: 426. F. ’06. 370w.

=Sherring, Charles A.= Western Tibet and the British border land. *$6. Longmans.

Mr. Sherring’s book has grown out of a political mission for the
Indian government upon which he was sent for the purpose of looking up
this country and estimating its resources and commercial
possibilities. “Unlike the many volumes dealing with Tibet and Lhassa
that have been appearing the past two or three years, since the
British expedition reached and entered the ‘heaven’ of Hindus and
Buddhists, the present one treats popularly of the ‘holy lore’ most
sacred to Tibetans, the legends and myths of Western Tibet, and the
customs and manners of the people. The author writes from personal
experience and study.” (N. Y. Times.) Numerous illustrations add to
the interest of the book.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 542. N. 3. 1890w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 220w.

“The qualification of the author for his task is a long and close
acquaintance with the tribes of British India upon the Tibetan
borderland; but he labours under the double disadvantage of having no
previous knowledge of Tibet, save that derived from books, and no
acquaintance with the language. Moreover, Mr. Sherring is apt to be
led astray by his own learning.”

+ – =Spec.= 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 690w.

=Sherwood, Margaret Pollock.= Coming of the tide. †$1.50. Houghton.

Miss Sherwood “tells the story of a summer on the Maine coast whither
the heroine, a Southern girl, goes to forget a great sorrow. The plot,
which is very simple, involves a study in heredity. The hero, a dreamy
philosopher, is morbidly conscious of his inheritance of ancestral
traits and ancestral quarrels. But the girl from Virginia makes him
feel the joy of living, and understand the song of the tides.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“There is, however, enough merit in the book to justify the belief
that the author may write a much better novel when she has acquired
more restraint.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 72. Ja. 20. 150w.

“The charm of the book lies largely in Miss Sherwood’s delicate humor,
delightful fancy, and carefully finished, but never coldly classic,
style.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 150w.

“It is not quite so taking as her earlier romances probably because
there is an intrusion of real things; and it is a little overloaded
with description; but it is done with ... delicacy and refinement.”

+ – =Outlook.= 81: 709. N. 25, ’05. 140w.

+ – =Pub. Opin.= 40: 123. Ja. 27, ’06. 110w.

=Shirazi, J. K. M.= Life of Omar Al-Khayyámi. **$1.50. McClurg.

“Mr. Shirazi has made an interesting book out of a subject that at
first sight seems to have been done to death.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 79. F. 10, ’06. 810w.

“The biography is interestingly written, and is at variance in some
minor points of western interpretation of the conditions under which
Omar wrote. It cannot be regarded as a contribution of permanent value
to the literature on this subject, but it is profitable reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 325. F. 10, ’06. 230w.

=Shorter, Clement King.= Charlotte Brontë and her sisters. **$1. Scribner.

+ =Ind.= 61: 157. Jl. 19, ’06. 170w.

“It is disappointing to read a Brontë life that, however accurate and
complete, is of cyclopediac aloofness and reserve.”

+ – =Reader.= 7: 564. Ap. ’06. 360w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 119. Ja. ’06. 80w.

“Altogether, Mr. Shorter has produced such an excellently concise
handbook of “Brontëism” that it is hardly possible to conceive of a
better taking its place in popular favour.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 443. S. 29, ’06. 310w.

=Shorter, Dora Sigerson (Mrs. Clement King Shorter).= Story and song of Black Roderick. †$1. Harper.

The Black Earl Roderick for policy’s sake weds the Little Bride, and
she dies because of her failure to win his love. Such is the burden of
the first part of a quaint story told in verse and prose in whose
second part the Little Bride’s soul, by self-sacrifice, saves that of
Roderick.

* * * * *

“The whole story is mediaeval in tone, very daintily told, and full of
tender grace.”

+ + =Acad.= 70: 454. My. 12, ’06. 70w.

“A specimen of that somewhat difficult style of narrative, not
altogether satisfactory.”

– =Ath.= 1906. 1: 577. My. 11. 310w.

“It is inspired by recollection and study, not by genuine faith and
feeling; and whether we are right or wrong as to the model which Mrs.
Shorter had in mind, the praise of her story must be limited to the
praise of the clever imitation.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 202. Je. 1, ’06. 360w.

“It is like her former books, and like most books of poetry, tenuous.”
Percy Vincent Donovan.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 832. D. 1, ’06. 2340w.

=Shroy, John L.= Be a good boy; good bye. J: L. Shroy, 1738 Diamond st., Phil. [Lippincott.]

A book of poems dedicated to “Mother” whose charge, “Be a good boy;
good-bye” has been the author’s motto thru life. The poems are mostly
reminiscent with such themes as Fourth of July, the country circus,
apple-blossom time, sugared bread and running barefoot.

=Shuckburgh, Evelyn Shirley.= Greece from the coming of the Hellenes to A. D. 14. **$1.35. Putnam.

The first of the two volumes on Grecian history which Dr. Shuckburgh
has been asked to contribute to the “Story of the nations” series. “In
accordance with better ideas of relative importance, the emphasis is
thrown upon political, intellectual, and artistic development rather
than the vicissitudes of military operations.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 729. Ap. ’06. 50w.

“A work of some literary merit, but one pregnant with mischief through
restating old misconceptions in graceful language. And yet there is an
urgent need for somebody ... to animate a scholarly summary of recent
work with the breath of a genial personality.” W. S. Ferguson.

+ – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 870. Jl. ’06. 1020w.

“The author’s learning is successfully devoted to enabling the reader
to obtain a firm grasp of the events narrated rather than to
perplexing him with discussion.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 43. Ja. 13. 220w.

“The narrative is well written and in this respect is superior to
several of the recent volumes of this series.”

+ =Bookm.= 23: 456. Je. ’06. 200w.

“The remarkable feature of the book is its comprehensive brevity.”

+ + =Critic.= 49: 94. Jl. ’06. 180w.

“While no more scholarly than Bury or Bristol, is more readable. There
are several other minor slips which detract from the pleasant
impression made by the book as a whole.”

+ + – =Dial.= 40: 332. My. 16, ’06. 330w.

“The sketch of the history of Greek literature seems inaptly tacked on
at the end of the book of which it is the least satisfactory part.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 157. Jl. 19, ’06. 400w.

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 918. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.

+ =Nation.= 82: 240. Mr. 22, ’06. 100w.

“The narrative reads easily, and has the merits of a consecutive and
well-proportioned story.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 718. Mr. 24, ’06. 120w.

“Dr. Shuckburgh’s volume was needed to supplement Professor Harrison’s
‘Greece’ in the ‘Story of the nations’ series, because the latter
volume covered so much ground that not any of it could be covered
thoroughly.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 638. My. 19, ’06. 150w.

“The book deserves a welcome on its own merits. It is an able and
scholarly production, and provides us with a very interesting sketch
of one of the most important periods of the world’s history.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 337. Mr. 17, ’06. 900w.

=Sichel, Edith.= Catherine de’ Medici and the French reformation. *$3. Dutton.

“The gifted writer ... presents, here, the results of much research in
out-of-the-way paths, and much plodding through old memoirs, documents
and books, which have received but little recognition from the
historians who have aimed at a comprehensive narrative of the times.
She has made good use of her materials.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 82: 846. Mr. ’06. 380w.

“A book which will give great pleasure to a wide circle of readers.”
E. Armstrong.

+ – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 375. Ap. ’06. 1350w.

=Sichel, Edith Helen.= Life and letters of Alfred Ainger. *$3.50. Dutton.

The chief interest of this work is derived from the correspondence of
Canon Ainger with such men as Horace Smith, Du Maurier, Edmund Gosse,
Sidney Lee, Swinburne and others. There are chapters on the different
periods of his life, his literary work, his work as lecturer,
preacher, critic, his canonical duties, his humor, and his friendships
in literature.

* * * * *

“A charming biography of one of the few wits of our time.”

+ + – =Acad.= 70: 469. My. 19, ’06. 1670w.

“Miss Sichel has done her work well on the whole; in dealing with the
correspondence, however she has not always shown discretion. The
volume is furnished with a four-page ‘Index;’ from which the more
important topics and names appear to have been carefully excluded.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 325. S. 22. 1760w.

“Miss Sichel has given a vivid delineation of a winsome personality.
In evident sympathy with her subject, she writes in a way to enlist
the reader’s sympathy also.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 83. Ag. 16, ’06. 1280w.

Reviewed by Henry C. Beeching.

+ + + =Living Age.= 250: 242. Jl. 28, ’06. 2730w.

“Miss Sichel has armed herself with so many documents, she has printed
such masses of correspondence, and quotations, and confirmatory
opinions, as almost to obscure the image she would evoke before us.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 178. My. 18, ’06. 2000w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 151. Ag. 16, ’06. 450w.

“She might, too, have left a clearer-cut impression by more rigid
exercise of her editorial prerogatives in the matter of the
correspondence, not all of which seems worthy of preservation. Taken
as a whole, her volume is not an unworthy memorial.” H. Addington
Bruce.

+ – =Outlook.= 84: 835. D. 1, ’06. 2810w.

+ + =Spec.= 97: 332. S. 8, ’06. 370w.

=Sidgwick, Arthur, and Sidgwick, Eleanor Mildred (Mrs. Arthur Sidgwick).= Henry Sidgwick—a memoir. *$4. Macmillan.

“Henry Sidgwick represented the most modern type of University
teacher, the type which is closely in touch with all sides of national
life and exercises an influence far beyond the lecture-room. He was a
distinguished professor, a successful administrator, a writer of good
books, but above all things he was a personality from whom radiated a
subtle attraction which many felt and few could wholly describe.... It
is almost impossible to reproduce for those who did not know him the
charm of his character and the peculiar distinction of his mind. His
books do not show it, and the tributes of friends are mere evidence
for what cannot be glibly summarized. On the whole, the editors of
this Memoir seem to have chosen the wisest path, and made their books
a series of extracts from his letters and journals, connected with the
bare minimum of narrative.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“This is a long and baffling life of an extremely interesting man. The
impression produced by the whole [is] one of commonplace.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 198. Mr. 3, ’06. 1370w.

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 383. Mr. 31. 2860w.

Reviewed by Wm. Everett.

+ + =Atlan.= 98: 93. Jl. ’06. 2330w.

“Is of deep interest and value both to those who had the great
privilege of knowing him, and to others. It is perhaps not too much to
say that the book does not contain a page, or even a paragraph which
is not interesting.” E. E. C. Jones.

+ + =Hibbert J.= 5: 208. O. ’06. 2360w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 78. Mr. 9, ’06. 2020w.

“Many of [the letters] are not greatly above the level of ordinary
epistolary communications, and may disclose little of what was
actually going on in their author’s life.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 471. Je. 7, ’06. 2130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 188. Mr. 24, ’06. 320w.

Reviewed by H. Addington Bruce.

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 332. O. 6, ’06. 2200w.

“Our only complaint is that in the earlier chapters there are too many
quotations so scrappy as to have little value, and too many examples
of what is a common stage of development in young men at college.
Throughout the book also there is a little too much University
politics. But, taken as a whole, the book is one of high value, and
absorbing interest.”

+ + – =Spec.= 96: 459. My. 24, ’06. 1930w.

=Sidgwick, Cecily (Ullman) (Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick).= Professor’s legacy. †$1.50. Holt.

“It is better than most of its kind, in being rather carefully done,
the characters being drawn with a care that makes them seem real.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ – =Bookm.= 22: 494. Ja. ’06. 150w.

“An agreeable composition of nicely-adjusted parts.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 18. Ja. 1, ’06. 180w.

“A very German story.”

+ – =Ind.= 60: 458. F. 22, ’06. 260w.

+ =Spec.= 95: 1040. D. 16, ’05. 350w.

=Sidgwick, Henry.= Miscellaneous essays and addresses. *$3.25. Macmillan.

Reviewed by E. A. Taylor.

+ + =Philos. R.= 15: 91. Ja. ’06. 480w.

“In fact so admirable is the form of these ‘Essays and addresses’ that
it is scarcely too much to say that they merited republication as
models of style quite apart from the undoubted timeliness of nearly
every one of the discussions which they contain.” Henry R. Seager.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 720. D. ’06. 970w.

=Sidgwick, Henry.= Philosophy of Kant, and other philosophical lectures and essays. *$3.25. Macmillan.

=Acad.= 70: 202. Mr. 3, ’06. 850w.

“The lectures on Kant, Green and Spencer contain an unusually clear
account of the most striking metaphysical doctrines of these
philosophers.” G. E. Moore.

+ + =Hibbert, J.= 4: 686. Ap. ’06. 2460w.

“He appears to be too apt to emphasize apparent contradictions,
without considering how far the changes in expression are due to the
development of the writer’s thought. Notwithstanding this defect,
however, there can be no doubt that the criticisms are extremely
valuable.” J. S. Mackenzie.

+ + – =Int. J. Ethics.= 16: 261. Ja. ’06. 270w.

“Personally, I should, I think, be inclined to regard the lectures
which deal with the ‘analytic’ as the best, and those which discuss
the ‘antinomies’ as the weakest part of the course.” A. E. Taylor.

+ + =Philos. R.= 15: 214. Mr. ’06. 470w.

“From beginning to end his attitude is critical and destructive.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 848. D. 30, ’05. 990w.

=Sienkiewicz, Henryk.= On the field of glory: a historical novel of the time of King John Sobieski; tr. from the Polish original by Jeremiah Curtin. †$1.50. Little.

The scenes of Mr. Sienkiewicz’s latest story are laid in Poland during
the reign of King John Sobieski, just before the Turkish invasion in
1682 to 1683. It concerns the romance of Panna Anulka and Pan Yotsek,
an impecunious scion of a noble house. The guardian of the heroine, a
strong-headed Polish nobleman determines to marry his ward, but dies
on the eve of their betrothal. The fibre of the story is woven amid
brawls and duels, lawlessness, riot and drunkenness: yet on the plane
of this early barbarity are expressed fine notions of honor, loyalty
and patriotism which are elements in Poland’s spiritual harvest.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Amy C. Rich.

=Arena.= 35: 558. My. ’06. 290w.

“The translation lacks ease, and must be called indifferent.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 153. Ag. 11. 240w.

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 263. My. ’06. 150w.

+ =Critic.= 48: 574. Je. ’06. 240w.

“Although the story has this background of patriotic expectancy, it is
in reality a story of private interest, a love-story of freshness and
charm, a story of strange manners and exciting adventures.” Wm. M.
Payne.

+ =Dial.= 40: 153. Mr. 1, ’06. 190w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 456. F. 22, ’06. 250w.

+ =Lit. D.= 32: 808. My. 26, ’06. 590w.

“Whoever has read and liked Sienkiewicz’s trilogy of historical
romance is advised to read ‘On the field of glory.’ There is the
family likeness of authorship. The translation is made with Mr.
Curtin’s accustomed brilliancy, flecked by an occasional blur.”

+ + =Nation.= 82: 183. Mr. 1, ’06. 600w.

“M. Sienkiewicz, unlike some lesser writers, does not find his great
powers trammeled by the telling of a thoroughly pure, healthful tale.”
M. Gordon Pryor Rice.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 94. F. 17, ’06. 580w.

“Mr. Jeremiah Curtin has translated the book with his usual
faithfulness and sympathy with the author’s genius.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 376. F. 17, ’06. 170w.

+ =Outlook.= 82: 759. Mr. 31, ’06. 30w.

“The action is rapid and the pictures veracious.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 187. F. 10, ’06. 220w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 758. Je. ’06. 130w.

“We cannot altogether concur in the eulogy of this historical novel
offered in the ‘Publisher’s preface.’ The translation runs easily.”

– + =Sat. R.= 102: 274. S. 1, ’06. 200w.

“The book is full of adventures related with all the author’s
picturesqueness of detail and vigour of outline; but the plot has no
very great coherence, and the story cannot be called very pleasant
reading.”

+ – =Spec.= 97: 336. S. 8, ’06. 20w.

=Silberrad, Una Lucy.= Curayl. †$1.50. Doubleday.

“Beatrice Curayl has married Sir William Goyte for his money and her
father’s convenience. She longs to break the bargain between herself
and her despised and despicable husband, but is restrained by the
advice of a stranger, Anthony Luttrell, who reminds her that ‘it is
not gentlemanly for either party to cry off.’ Then comes the epidemic,
and Sir William’s refusal to help the tenants drives Beatrice to offer
her personal assistance to the little band of volunteers who are
fighting the fever. She finds Luttrell in command, adored and obeyed
by all.... The developments of the finer side of Beatrice’s nature,
from the moment she realises that sordid motives alone prompted her to
marry Sir William to the end of her purgation show that Miss Silberrad
is capable of doing strong and skillful work, as wholesome as it is
clever.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Here, as in former novels, the author gives us pleasant proof of her
duality as a storyteller; but construction is not one of her strong
points.”

+ – =Acad.= 70: 287. Mr. 24, ’06. 310w.

“This cannot, in the common acceptation of the term, be called a ‘good
story,’ because it has not the requirements—plentiful incident and
growing excitement.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 1: 388. Mr. 31. 180w.

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + – =Bookm.= 23: 417. Je. ’06. 450w.

“The worst fault lies in the excess of brutality—as far as artistic
effect is concerned—with which the unspeakable Sir William Goyt and
the equally detestable Delmar are endowed.”

+ – =Critic.= 48: 574. Je. ’06. 100w.

“Were the character drawing more subtle we should not so much resent
the book’s stuffiness but it is for the most part superficial and
conventional.”

– =Lond. Times.= 5: 93. Mr. 16, ’06. 240w.

“Is a very good little novel of the minor order, and throughout holds
the interest.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 390. My. 10, ’06. 320w.

“‘Curayl’ the reader is inclined to believe, is a very superior novel,
but one which requires the most careful and thoughtful reading to be
appreciated fully.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 294. My. 5, ’06. 400w.

“An ill-constructed plot.”

– =Sat. R.= 101: 433. Ap. 7, ’06. 110w.

“The story is successful in as far as it engages the attention of the
reader, though, perhaps, a doubt may be permitted as to whether it is
quite up to the literary standard which Miss Silberrad has set for
herself in her previous work.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 588. Ap. 14, ’06. 230w.

=Sill, Edward Rowland.= Poetical works. $1.50. Houghton.

This complete edition of Mr. Sill’s poems, chronologically arranged,
makes its appearance in the “Household series” of standard English and
American poets.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 33: 596. O. 27, ’06. 100w.

“An edition of Edward Rowland Sill’s poems in a single inexpensive
volume has long been a desideratum. There may be some question about
the additions, for in case of a minor poet the half is commonly better
than the whole; there certainly can be no intelligent question about
the illustrations which were far better omitted.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 328. O. 18, ’06. 370w.

“In his desire to give us much of the as yet unpublished work the
editor has doubtless had in mind an edition for the student rather
than the lover of Sill. This is perhaps a mistake, for Sill will have
many lovers, but few students. His brief introductory note is a model
of sane criticism, written with becoming sympathy and regard.”
Christian Gauss.

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 820. D. 1, ’06. 2070w.

=Sill, Louise Morgan.= In sun or shade. **$1.50. Harper.

The thought of infinite and invincible energy gives character to Mrs.
Sill’s poetry, whether it be the buoyancy of responsibility, the faith
of hero worship, the lessons of bird and flower, or the perfection of
love in its great limitless reaches. Whether in “sun or shade” she
urges mankind to live, to act.

* * * * *

“There is not a morally unwholesome line in her whole work. The book,
therefore, is one which the author may well feel proud of having
produced and the reader thankful to possess.”

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 266. My. ’06. 730w.

“We are indebted to her for much that is lovely, tender, and
charming,—and, often, for a wise note of womanly wisdom.” Edith M.
Thomas.

+ =Critic.= 49: 218. S. ’06. 240w.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

=Dial.= 41: 67. Ag. 1, ’06. 170w.

“Although there is much in her book that is rather dull, occasionally
... she strikes a fairly searching chord.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 145. Ag. 16, ’06. 230w.

“Few have written anything very much better in serious poetry than
Louise Morgan Sill, and the poems are well arranged.”

+ + =Pub. Opin.= 40: 736. Je. 16, ’06. 70w.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 768. Je. ’06. 40w.

=Simpson, Evelyn Blantyre.= Robert Louis Stevenson. *75c. Luce, J: W.

“A ten minute life of the novelist,” the second volume in the “Spirit
of the age series.” The illustrations are four portraits of Stevenson,
including the one painted by Count Nerli in Samoa.

* * * * *

=Critic.= 48: 570. Je. ’06. 20w.

“There is little new in Miss Simpson’s book.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 343. My. 26, ’06. 210w.

=Simpson, Frederick Moore.= History of architectural development. 3v. *$4. Longmans.

“Professor Simpson’s book ... is the first of three volumes destined
to treat of all the historic styles from Egyptian to the Renaissance,
and they are intended to form part of a new series of books on
architecture.... He deals exclusively with the great historic styles,
wisely leaving aside the mazes of Hindoo, Chinese, and other exotic
art. His work is an excellent example of the modern method of
regarding architectural history as a continuous whole.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Having studied all the authorities and weighed all the evidence, he
gives a well-reasoned and balanced opinion on each disputed point. The
book is therefore pre-eminently a safe guide for the beginner.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 220. Ag. 25. 930w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ =Int. Studio.= 27: 373. F. ’06. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)

“For the most part we have sound criticism, forcibly set forth. Slips
are rare.”

+ + – =Lond. Times.= 5: 159. My. 4, ’06. 1200w. (Review of v. 1.)

“For reasonably mature beginners, who intend to make a serious study
of architecture, we know of no work which seems so well fitted to give
them a general view of the development of the subject without undue
time being spent on the aesthetical phases which can readily be
supplied by teachers or more fanciful books.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 83. F. 10, ’06. 610w. (Review of v. 1.)

“His writing is lucid and concise.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 150. Ja. 27, ’06. 30w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Simpson, W. J.= Treatise on plague. *$5. Macmillan.

“He has not the pen of a vigorous and interesting writer, but, on the
whole, he has performed the task with judgment and skill; and his book
may be taken as a compendious statement of all that is known or
reasonably surmised about plague up to the present time.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 54. F. 16, ’06. 660w.

=Sinclair, May.= Audrey Craven. †$1.50. Holt.

“The story of the moral havoc wrought in the lives of men by a woman
without a heart.... An early novel in a new edition.” (Lit. D.)
“Audrey herself is a distinct creation, dominating the story even more
than is the wont of heroines. Beside her, her lovers are shadowy....
Having yielded her heart in rapid succession to the child of nature,
to the painter, to the writer, to the austere divine, she ends as the
wife of the dullard.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *