Chapter III: of the book deals with ‘The working child.’ It is probably (4)

“The author has a keen eye for picturesque anecdotes and antiquities.
All this archaeology is borne up and carried along by an easy, flowing
style, so it does not weigh upon the reader, and Pennell’s
pen-sketches come just at the right time.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 755. S. 27, ’06. 100w.

“Mr. Pennell’s sketches serve as an admirable supplement to the great
surgeon’s interesting narrative.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 89. N. ’06. 190w.

+ + =Nation.= 83: 462. N. 29, ’06. 550w.

“He writes gracefully with a knack of vivid phrasing, and the great
variety of things which have appealed to him gives an ever-changing
interest and charm to his pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 629. O. 6, ’06. 290w.

“This book is ideal in its way.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 429. O. 20, ’06. 110w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 380. D. ’06. 70w.

=Sat. R.= 102: 393. S. 29, ’06. 1660w.

“The pen of Sir Frederick Treves and the pencil of Mr. Joseph Pennell
make a very powerful combination for dealing with such a subject, and
the subject is one which amply repays the labour that is spent upon
it.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 271. Ag. 25, ’06. 410w.

=Triggs, H. Inigo.= Art of garden design in Italy. **$20. Longmans.

The planning and arrangement, the architectural features and
accessories of the old Italian gardens of the best periods are
described in this sumptuous volume which also contains an historical
introduction tracing the development of garden planning and
description and critical accounts of the principal gardens of Italy.
Numerous plates, plans and sketches illustrate the text.

* * * * *

“This is a splendid volume which equals, if it does not surpass in
interest the author’s former work on the gardens of England and
Scotland.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906. 2: 554. N. 3. 1740w.

=Lond. Times.= 5: 288. Ag. 24, ’06. 670w.

“Magnificent volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 520. Ag. 25, ’06. 720w.

“In spite of its imposing appearance the book is not an interesting
one. The descriptions, like the photographs, are commonplace and
superficial. There is little or no illuminating criticism and no
entering into the spirit of the artists who designed the beautiful
gardens of Italy.”

– =Spec.= 97: 938. D. 8, ’06. 60w.

=Trinks, Willibald, and Housum, Chenoweth.= Shaft governors. 50c. Van Nostrand.

A little pocket book uniform with “The Van Nostrand science series.”
It covers the statics of shaft governing which forms a self-contained
part of the theory but does not claim to cover the entire ground.

=Trollope, Anthony.= Autobiography. $1.25. Dodd.

=R. of Rs.= 33: 119. Ja. ’06. 40w.

=Trollope, Henry M.= Life of Moliere. **$3.50. Dutton.

“It is a model of cautious erudition and sound criticism.”

+ + – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 338. Mr. 17. 1530w.

“As for Mr. Trollope’s very long, very painstaking, very accurate, and
infinitely circumstantial ‘Life of Molière,’ it should, we think, be
given an excellent place as a book of reference and detailed
information.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 25. Ja. 26, ’06. 2960w.

“Relying chiefly on French authorities, this work is a full and
elaborate compilation of facts, whether important or trivial.”

+ + – =Nation.= 82: 229. Mr. 15, ’06. 890w.

“A complete and sympathetic analysis of the man and his genius.”

+ + =Outlook.= 81: 1086. D. 30, ’05. 410w.

“The book is very interesting; it is a conscientious piece of work
which was well worth doing, and it represents a considerable amount of
careful research. It is a mine of usually correct information as to
Molière’s life and the world he lived in.”

+ + – =Spec.= 96: sup. 116. Ja. 27, ’06. 1610w.

=Troubetzkoy, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess.= Augustine the man. **$1.50. Lane.

The scenes of this dramatic poem are laid in Carthage, Milan, Lago
Maggiore, and Tagaste. “The struggles of the saint after conversion
between his devotion to Christ and his love for his former mistress
and his son is displayed with insight and sympathy.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Her blank verse is often delightful and always melodious, and she
reaches heights of passion which affect the reader with the sense of
yet greater powers restrained.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 189. Ag. 25, ’06. 290w.

“While as a whole, it does not rise to the dramatic height it was
meant to keep, is full of passages of equal intensity and beauty.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 51. Jl. ’06. 180w.

“The four scenes make a moving story, very gracefully told in
sensitive, sympathetic verse, and rising at times ... into dramatic
intensity. It is a pity perhaps, that in the first scene the author
did not keep more strictly to her subject, Augustine the man.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 248. Jl. 13, ’06. 200w.

“The piece is written in fluent and highly flavored verse, and is not
devoid of a good deal of Euripidean poignancy.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 145. Ag. 16, ’06. 90w.

“Miss Rives has an exceedingly sure, firm touch, no hesitancy, no
experimentation. Her work moves as if by first intent, first impulse,
copious, colorful, forceful.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 397. Je. 16, ’06. 500w.

“The blank verse is not the mere vehicle of the tale, but the work of
a genuine poet.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 756. My. 12, ’06. 80w.

=Troubetzkoy, Amelie (Rives) Chanler, princess.= Selene. **$1.20. Harper.

Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.

+ =North American.= 182: 754. My. ’06. 270w.

=Trowbridge, William Rutherford Hayes, jr.= Court beauties of old Whitehall: historiettes of the restoration. *$3.75. Scribner.

“The book takes up and gives rather full biographies of the lives of
eight of the beautiful women who graced, and disgraced, the English
court at the time of the Restoration. Each ‘historiette’ is
illustrated by remarkably well made portraits, prints from famous
pictures, of its subject, and of famous people connected with her
career.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It is no better and no worse than its fellows. There seems no reason
why it should ever have been written. Its author displays neither
knowledge of his period nor sympathy with the men and women, whose
names irrelevantly decorate his page.”

– =Acad.= 71: 468. N. 10, ’06. 1180w.

“After a bowing acquaintance of a good many years’ standing with the
women of the Restoration, we cannot but feel that any attempt to deal
with them after Mr. Trowbridge’s manner would be, to ourselves, a
thankless task, and must, with any one result in disappointment.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 2: 507. O. 27. 1440w.

“Will take no prominent place either for original research or for
naughty piquancy of style.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ – =Dial.= 41: 385. D. 1, ’06. 290w.

+ – =Nation.= 83: 462. N. 29, ’06. 1140w.

“Mr. Trowbridge has written these chronicles very vividly and with a
clear wide view of the backgrounding history. His style is so lacking
in the elusive but crowning quality of distinction that sometimes it
is almost offensive.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 763. N. 17, ’06. 480w.

=Truesdell, Ella M.= Over the bridge and other poems. $1.25. Badger, R: G.

A book of dainty verse that sings of love, of life, of flower and
field, and of sunshine and showers. A fine quality of imagination
gives color and delicacy to the volume.

=Turley, Charles.= Maitland, major and minor. †$1.50. Dutton.

A story which “deals with the adventures of two brothers at a small
private school, and should appeal to the class of boy readers for whom
it is especially written. There are the usual fights, and the usual
cases of bullying, and all the plots and counter-plots of school-life
as lived in the private school. Mr. Turley understands boys. The book
contains six illustrations by Mr. Gordon Browne.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 890. D. 30. 180w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 540. S. 1, ’06. 170w.

“A rather favourable example of the school story.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 7. D. 9, ’05. 80w.

“Mr. Turley has harked back and given us a study of life at a private
school, of which it is enough to say that it is as true, as wholesome,
and as entertaining as his first venture. Thoroughly delightful book.”

+ =Spec.= 95: 870. N. 25, ’05. 1500w.

=Turner, Henry Gyles.= History of the colony of Victoria from its discovery to its absorption into the commonwealth of Australia. 2v. $7. Longmans.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 172. Mr. ’06. 230w.

=Tuttle, Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester.= Reminiscences of a missionary bishop. **$2. Whittaker.

Bishop Tuttle writes helpfully of his twenty years as missionary
bishop in the Rocky mountains. His preparatory training in a New York
parish taught him organization principles and methods and the real
duties of pastor and rector. The main portion of the sketch deals with
church work in the mountains and its associated hospital and school
interests.

* * * * *

“A candid and often naïve way has disclosed those attributes of his
personality and conceptions of the functions of his office which have
made him effective as bishop since 1866.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 320w.

“It is a solid contribution to American history. These reminiscences
abound in quotable stories: but their value is for much more than
amusement.” Rt. Rev. Cameron Mann, D. D.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 618. O. 6, ’06. 2000w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 284. O. 13, ’06. 140w.

“Well worth reading.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 405. S. 22, ’06. 320w.

=Tweedie, Ethel B. (Harley) (Mrs. Alec Tweedie).= Maker of modern Mexico: Porfirio Diaz. *$5. Lane.

Mrs. Tweedie’s sketch furnishes an Interesting personality thru which
to view the history of modern Mexico. President Diaz himself gave the
author diaries, letters, told her anecdotes about himself and
associates, related events and described battles and various incidents
of his life. With this first-hand information, Mrs. Tweedie received
her charge, “Write as you will, but speak good of my country.”

* * * * *

“By leaving out a number of entirely unnecessary exhibitions of
personal admiration for the great statesman, the work would have
greatly gained in value and the subject himself would have stood forth
in nobler proportions.”

+ + – =Arena.= 36: 661. D. ’06. 7770w.

“A book which begins badly, but becomes most interesting when we reach
the man himself.”

– + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 197. F. 17. 480w.

“The book rises to the distinction of being the first adequate
biography of the greatest man Mexico has produced.” Arthur Howard
Noll.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 109. S. 1, ’06. 920w.

“The only portions of value are the descriptions of Diaz in his home
and of social life among certain of the prominent social families of
Mexico city.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 881. O. 11, ’06. 590w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 283. S. 1, ’06. 480w.

“Her history is not scientific but it is interesting. The faults are
perhaps the too constant intrusion of a rather pleasant personality, a
rather careless and a rather diffuse style. It is not a deep or an
original reading of a remarkable man, but it is a pretty good sketch.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 112. Mr. 30, ’06. 480w.

“It is neither a real Mexico nor a real Diaz which is set before us.”

– =Nation.= 83: 171. Ag. 23, ’06. 880w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 456. Jl. 14, ’06. 490w.

“This man’s work, unique of its kind, is set forth in a wonderfully
fascinating, coherent, and authoritative manner.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 459. Jl. 21, ’06. 1680w.

“The book is interesting reading and, like most biographies of living
men, it is exceedingly one-sided.”

+ – =Putnam’s.= 1: 126. O. ’06. 70w.

“The work is full, clear and written in the authoress’ well-known
interesting style.”

+ + – =R. of Rs.= 34: 254. Ag. ’06. 170w.

“Enthusiasm, without doubt, exudes from every page and paragraph of
Mrs. Tweedie’s work, and had she only brought discretion to her task,
she might have given to the public a book as solid as it undoubtedly
is interesting.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 101: 397. Mr. 31, ’06. 1890w.

“Mrs. Tweedie’s book can best be described as a romantic biography.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 789. My. 19, ’06. 2100w.

=Tyler, Henry Mather.= Selections from the Greek lyric poets with a historical introduction and explanatory notes. *$1. Ginn.

The revised edition of this text is characterized by the audition of
selections from Bacchylides and a few other short poems, and the
inclusion of more illustrative and parallel references in the notes.

=Tyrrell, Rev. George.= Lex credendi; a sequel to “Lex orandi.” $1.75. Longmans.

“‘Lex credendi, in substance is a treatment of the Lord’s Prayer
viewed as the rule and criterion of pure doctrine—as the living
expression of that Christian spirit whereof faith in God and his
kingdom, together with hope and charity, is a constituent factor.’...
The book consists of two parts. The first is a treatise on the spirit
of Christ.... Father Tyrrell proceeds in the second part, to a
profound analysis of the spiritual and moral content of each petition
of the prayer.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

“We find this volume an altogether worthy continuation of the previous
work published with full theological censorship and ecclesiastical
sanction.”

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 561. Jl. ’06. 890w.

+ – =Spec.= 97: 337. S. 8, ’06. 300w.

U

=Ular, Alexander.= Russia from within. **$1.75. Holt.

“Our author seems to have guessed rather than worked at his Russian
history.”

– =Ath.= 1905, 2: 45. Jl. 8. 670w.

“This writer is always picturesque, whether he is abusive, malicious,
hysterical, or merely lively, entertaining, and full of surprises.”

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 138. My. 19, ’06. 160w.

=Underhill, Evelyn.= Miracles of our lady Saint Mary, brought out of divers tongues and set forth in English. *$2. Dutton.

“In these pages Miss Underhill ... reintroduces to English readers a
cycle of old sacred tales in which their ancestors took much delight.
The Mary-legends, or ‘Miracles of our lady,’ form a group of religious
romances, the connecting link being that the Virgin Mary supplies in
each of them the supernatural element.... Miss Underhill has made a
good selection, with much diligence, of some of the happiest and
quaintest of what she terms ‘the fairy tales of mediaeval
Catholicism.’... The incidents selected vary in character from the
crudely sensational to the depths of mystical devotion; and they
extend in time from the fourth to the fifteenth century.”—Ath.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 389. Mr. 31. 300w.

“Possesses a literary quality very much superior to the standard that
prevails in our popular religious literature.”

+ =Cath. World.= 83: 686. Ag. ’06. 110w.

“Miss Underhill’s translation gives us an exquisite piece of literary
workmanship.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 367. Je. 1, ’06. 70w.

+ =Outlook.= 83: 243. My. 26, ’06. 370w.

=Underwood, Rev. J. L.= Women of the confederacy. $2. Neale.

Here are gathered from various sources paragraphs from speeches;
essays, and books that give just tribute to the women of the
Confederacy, making an anthology of direct historical value. These
excerpts appear under the following headings: Symposium of tributes to
Confederate women, Their work, Their trials, Their pluck, Their cause,
and Mater redivia.

=United States. Library of Congress. Division of manuscripts.= List of the Benjamin Franklin papers in the Library of Congress. Lib. of Congress.

This list has been compiled by Mr. John C. Fitzpatrick under the
direction of Worthington Chauncey Ford. “The papers here listed
constitute those of the Franklin collection known as the ‘second
series’ and are exclusive of the diplomatic papers, which were
retained in the Department of State when the collection was
transferred to the Library of Congress. The compilation is termed a
‘list’ rather than a ‘calendar’ because, although each piece of
manuscript is entered, only the more important of its contents are
noted. The list covers over two hundred pages, the items run in
chronological order, and a full Index is provided.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 475. Ja. ’06. 110w.

=Ind.= 60: 49. Ja. 4, ’06. 50w.

+ + – =Nation.= 81: 523. D. 28, ’05. 200w.

=Unwin, A. Harold.= Future forest trees. *$2.25. Wessels.

“A good translation of an Austrian account of experiments in the
introduction of American trees. The recorded experiments deal with
broad-leaved and with coniferous trees belonging to east and west
North America, planted not alone in Austria as might be supposed, but
in Germany, Switzerland, and Great Britain as well.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“This little book may be confidently recommended as supplying details
of German practice not easily to be procured elsewhere.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 2: 544. O. 21. 640w.

“In spite of its lack of proportion and its marked gaps, it is likely
to be of use in any forest library.”

– =Nation.= 81: 360. N. 2, ’05. 100w.

“Its thoroughly sound, practical and scientific character should
secure it a wide circulation.”

+ + =Nature.= 73: 244. Ja. 11, ’06. 490w.

“This book is of value and interest to all Americans who love and
venerate the trees of their own fast-vanishing forests.” Mabel Osgood
Wright.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 448. Jl. 14, ’06. 170w.

=Upson, Arthur.= City, and other poems. *$1. Macmillan.

“Mr. Arthur Upson has achieved a most creditable piece of work in
this, his ‘Poem-drama’ ... all which material Mr. Upson has woven most
judiciously, with firmness and with delicacy, into his drama, the
personages of which live, move, and have individual being, to quite an
unusual degree. Mr. Upson has notable lines—notable both for substance
and for manner.” Edith M. Thomas.

+ + =Critic.= 48: 271. Mr. ’06. 330w.

“Mr. Upson seems to be rather remarkable among the younger poets for
having retained something of the traditional moral sentiment of the
past.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 43. Jl. 5, ’06. 150w.

=Upton, George Putnam.= Standard operas: their plots, their music, and their composers; new enl. and rev. ed.; il. $1.75. McClurg.

Numerous illustrations of the artists who have been closely associated
with certain rôles characterize the nineteenth printing of this
popular handling of the standard operas. Also operas that have become
popular since the first edition appeared have been included. It is a
book designed for the general reader rather than the musician.

* * * * *

“In its present form, this work is far more useful and attractive than
it ever was before and we predict for it a long lease of renewed
popularity.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 330. N. 16, ’06. 120w.

+ + =Nation.= 83: 468. N. 29, ’06. 340w.

“This is a book of reference without an equal in its field.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 778. N. 24, ’06. 100w.

V

=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= Face of clay: an interpretation. †$1.50. Dodd.

A spell of mystery is cast over Mr. Vachell’s new story in which a
young English-Breton girl and a Cornish artist play the leading rôles.
“Falsely they both play because the two troublesome strings of their
instruments, love and ambition refuse to get into tune. The resulting
discords seem to Tephany to be due to a certain face of clay, the
death mask of a beautiful model her lover, Michael, has once painted,
and she resolves to destroy it. Her hand, however is mysteriously
stayed.... The message of the mask accomplishes itself, the avenging
Furic finds his due, the apparition of the aukon is driven away, and
‘by a miracle,’ says the curé, Tephany is saved. Not until after that
do she and Michael learn their instruments.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“We have read Mr. Vachell’s story with a curious sense of wandering
through a lovely and gracious region to the accompaniment of tragic
music.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 382. Ap. 21, ’06. 500w.

“Mr. Vachell shows an occasional tendency to stand outside his
puppets, as if they were not real, which is disconcerting. Altogether
it is a noteworthy novel by one of our most promising writers.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 541. My. 5. 310w.

“But though there are some weak passages, especially, it seems, in any
crisis of emotion, the book is interesting not only as a study of
curious beliefs and superstitions, but in a wider sense as a study of
the life that is not limited to peasants.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 133. Ap. 12, ’06. 420w.

“Is as such things now go, what would be called a very good story. It
has dignity as well as interest.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 308. O. 11, ’06. 240w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 723. N. 3, ’06. 220w.

“An attractive story of artist life in Brittany.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 793. N. 24, ’06. 110w.

“As a study of the effect of remorse on a morbid temperament, the book
is deeply interesting, and all the characters of the drama are
skilfully handled.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 698. Je. 2, ’06. 210w.

=Vachell, Horace Annesley.= The hill: a romance of friendship. †$1.50. Dodd.

A public-school story “brave in daring to enter the lists of the
school-stories, where ‘Tom Brown at Rugby’ forever wins out, and brave
in daring to do without the usual interest of lovemaking.” (N. Y.
Times.) The author’s boys “are cleverly conventional types, nicely
contrasted and distinguished, his incidents familiar to all readers of
social life. But what raises his book above the ordinary level of such
stories and connects it with life, is the love of Harrow. The
corporate life of the school is here, though the individual boys do
not live ... the corporate spirit of a great school.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Vachell writes with such tact and delicacy that we do not think
that his book will offend either Harrovians or those who love another
school.”

+ =Acad.= 68: 495. My. 6, ’05. 290w.

“The story itself is interesting and well told.”

+ =Ath.= 1905, 1: 619. Mr. 20. 410w.

“It is a moving story, in no idle sense of the phrase; with its
purity, its sanity, its true boyishness.—its true boys—well fitted to
take the Stalky taste out of our mouths.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 298. My. ’06. 660w.

“It is no exaggeration to declare that not since ‘Tom Brown’ have we
had a school story of such vitality and significance.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 32: 918. Je. 16, ’06. 820w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 152. Mr. 10, ’06. 250w.

“An admirable book for boys.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 762. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.

“There are many clever touches in the book, and some scenes are
spirited.”

+ =Sat. R.= 99: 744. Je. 3, ’05. 540w.

“Of what goes on in school hours we hardly read anything at all; but,
with this reserve, ‘The hill’ may be commended as a detailed as well
as attractive record of five years at a great English public school.”

+ – =Spec.= 94: 64. Ap. 29, ’05. 940w.

=Vambery, Arminius.= Western culture in eastern lands: a comparison of the methods adopted by England and Russia in the Middle East. *$3.50. Dutton.

The author, who occupies a chair in the University of Budapest, “has
long been known as an enthusiastic admirer of England and a severe
critic of Russia. This, his last book, is a systematic description and
comparison of Russian and British rule in Asia, with an explanation of
what he considers the immense superiority of the latter.... The book
consists of three parts, entitled respectively the civilizing
influence of Russia, the civilizing influence of England, and the
future of Islam.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“The attitude adopted in the present volume is on the whole sound,
and, as Britons, we think just. It is not quite uniform throughout.
There are some contradictions in passages which would be startling if
put side by side.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 358. Mr. 24. 1160w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 214. Jl. 26, ’06. 660w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 145. Ap. 27, ’06. 1880w.

“Could easily have been reduced to half its length and been a much
better book. The book is disfigured by Professor Vambéry’s usual
extraordinary Arabic, and by his quoting as ‘Koran’ all sorts of
traditions from Muhammed which never had any connection with the
Koran.”

– =Nation.= 83: 12. Jl. 5, ’06. 280w.

“It may be taken for granted that Prof. Vambéry writes entertainingly
and with great circumspection. Prof. Vambéry cannot escape the
condemnation of his countrymen as being a partisan of England.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 471. Jl. 28, ’06. 1100w.

“We find it more interesting than his ‘History of Bokhara,’ or his
‘Travels in Central Asia,’ or even his ‘Autobiography.’”

+ =Outlook.= 83: 912. Ag. 18, ’06. 130w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 764. Je. ’06. 60w.

“This striking book presents in vivid contrast the methods of the Slav
and the Anglo-Saxon in Middle Asia.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 469. O. 6, ’06. 760w.

=Vance, Louis Joseph.= Private war: being the truth about Gordon Traill; his personal statement. †$1.50. Appleton.

“In this somber tale the brave and resourceful American lover, the
astute English friend, and the wily German fortune-hunter circle about
a lovely American widow of an English baronet. It is but an incident
to be expected that Nihilists, Russian torpedo destroyers, and
brilliant naval encounters enliven the progress of the love-story. In
spite of, or because of, several violent deaths the lovers are
united—in the end. The awful tragedy of a young mulatto girl awakens
the schoolmaster to action, and moved by powerful moral conviction, he
sacrifices his chances as a political leader to his convictions. In
this way he incurs the hatred of his political opponents, and suffers
for his courage.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The melodrama goes with a careless swing; probability is properly
ignored, and there is enough blood to satisfy the thirstiest.”

– + =Acad.= 71: 311. S. 29, ’06. 90w.

“A rattling good story of sensation and adventure.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 363. S. 29. 250w.

“Is one of those novels that just escape the category of ‘shockers’ by
virtue of a certain neatness of plot and a bare touch of stylistic
virtue.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ – =Dial.= 40: 365. Je. 1, ’06. 220w.

“Mr. Vance has an interesting story to tell, and he tells it in a most
lively and captivating manner. The characters may be of a more or less
conventional and stagy nature ... but in this case they are decidedly
well drawn.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 431. Jl. 7, ’06. 400w.

+ – =Outlook.= 83: 141. My. 19, ’06. 170w.

“Each season gives us many stories of this character both better and
worse—and the best are but ephemeral.”

– + =Sat. R.= 102: 492. O. 20, ’06. 210w.

=Vance, Louis Joseph.= Terence O’Rourke, gentleman adventurer. †$1.50. Wessels.

“People who like a series of hair’s-breadth escapes, and are not
particular as to whether they can believe in them or not, will
thoroughly enjoy the story, which is written with some skill, and a
good deal of ingenuity.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 426. Mr. 17, ’06. 290w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Americanism of Washington. 50c. Harper.

Mr. Van Dyke aims to unsay two things often said about Washington:
first, that he was a solitary and inexplicable phenomena of greatness,
and second, that he was not an American. He interprets in brief the
drama which Washington enacted of the eternal conflict in the soul of
war between self-interest in its Protean forms, and loyalty to the
right, service to a cause, and allegiance to an ideal.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Essays in application. **$1.50. Scribner.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 547. N. 3. 160w.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

+ =Atlan.= 97: 419. Mr. ’06. 110w.

“The paper among the present series which is on the whole best worth
reading, is that upon ‘The creative ideal of education.’” H. W.
Boynton.

+ + =Critic.= 48: 456. My. ’06. 570w.

“A book so admirably combining entertainment and edification is not
published every day, or every month.”

+ + =Dial.= 40: 20. Ja. 1, ’06. 390w.

“Every essay, however, is valuable, combining suggestions, application
and criticism, and the volume will be given no unworthy place among
the literature of essays as well as among the works of the author.”

+ + =Ind.= 60: 168. Ja. 18, ’06. 210w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 510. Ap. ’06. 80w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 543. O. 13, ’06. 240w.

=Van Dyke, Henry.= Fisherman’s luck, and some other uncertain things. †$1.50. Scribner.

“A leisurely book, and rather prolix, it is written in good English on
the model of Lamb.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 730. Je. 16. 170w.

=Van Dyke, John Charles.= Opal sea. **$1.25. Scribner.

“Here are all the facts and fancies about the sea, accumulations of
the ages, harmoniously blended, not set down in the cyclopaedic
manner; the fear of the sea, and the love of it, its terror and its
beauty, the creatures that dwell in it, and the other creatures that
float upon it in boats; its mystery, its never failing charm.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

“It is not technical; it is not scientific; it is not a popular
description; and it is not a rhapsody.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 2: 241. S. 1. 180w.

“You cannot read it without feeling cool and clean and invigorated as
from a dip into the ocean itself.”

+ + =Critic.= 49: 118. Ag. ’06. 330w.

+ =Ind.= 60: 1371. Je. 7, ’06. 1180w.

“Many readers of these essays will be encouraged to undertake a more
precise study of the physical geography of the sea from formal
treatises.”

+ =Nature.= 74: 269. Jl. 19, ’06. 70w.

“His point of view shifts from the scientific to the poetical with no
loss of balance. ‘The opal sea’ is, indeed, a fascinating book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 180. Mr. 24, ’06. 230w.

“Written in an unostentatious yet brilliant manner, the least to be
said of this latest work of Professor Van Dyke’s is that it forms an
invaluable addition to the treasures of the bookshelf.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 410. Mr. 31, ’06. 310w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 510. Ap. ’06. 60w.

“This is certainly a book to be read.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 238. Ag. 18, ’06. 280w.

=Van Dyke, Paul.= Renascence portraits. **$2. Scribner.

“These papers belong to a delightful class of historical writing and
illustrate the opportunities it affords to those who combine ideas
with scholarship. The few slips we have noticed are of no great
moment.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 651. Ap. ’06. 940w.

“Interesting volume.” Edward Fuller.

+ =Critic.= 48: 213. Mr. ’06. 680w.

“Of American historians, Professor Van Dyke has given us the most
important contribution to the literature of the Renascence. What in
his earlier work he did for the general reader, he has done in these
‘Renascence portraits’ for the student.” L. E. Robinson.

+ + + =Dial.= 41: 13. Jl. 1, ’06. 2290w.

“In his general reflections upon the period Mr. Van Dyke is not
particularly happy, but he has made a clever use of the letters of
Aretino, in whom his book will help to create a living interest.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 239. Jl. 6, ’06. 900w.

“He has read widely and well in the period. His style is pleasant if
without distinction. Yet the book as a whole is not convincing. It
betrays too clearly its publicistic origin.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 165. F. 22, ’06. 530w.

“The book is picturesque and interesting.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 403. S. 22, ’06. 1720w.

=Van Millingen, Alexander.= Constantinople: painted by Warwick Goble. *$6. Macmillan.

“Such a subject makes exceptional demands upon both painter and
describer, and it says much for Mr. Warwick Goble and Professor van
Millingen that they have risen to their great occasion.... We have
seldom seen views which were more successful in imparting the subtle
secret of the scenery beloved by every one who has enjoyed the
unspeakable privilege of feasting his eyes on the Bosporus and the
Seven hills.... Prof. van Millingen ... best known as a learned and
authoritative archaeologist ... has contrived to present a sketch of
the history and life of the city suggestive of the imagination, not
too crowded with facts, yet sufficiently full to embody the impression
created by the pictures.... His account of the modern inhabitants is
... both sympathetic and life-like, besides being decidedly
readable.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The virtue of the book lies more often in suggestion and stimulation
than in finality.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 693. Je. 9. 1860w.

“In spite of an evidently conscientious desire on the part of the
collaborators to do justice to the world-famous capital of the Ottoman
Empire ... it can scarcely be claimed that the result is a complete
success, either from the artistic or the literary point of view.”

– =Int. Studio.= 29: 182. Ag. ’06. 270w.

“Such care has been taken to connect the pictures and the text, that
one scarcely knows whether the text was made to fit the pictures or
the pictures to fit the text, but whichever it be the harmony is
remarkable.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 104. Ag. 2, ’06. 1180w.

“The print, the pictures, and the text vie with each other for
commendation. Dr. van Millingen enriches the real importance of his
descriptions by a readable and limpid style of writing, showing sane,
individual judgment, competent study, and sympathetic interest.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 530. Je. 30, ’06. 110w.

“The distinguished feature is the writing, the pictures are merely
accessories, and too often not highly serviceable even in that
capacity.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 102: 120. Jl. 28. ’06. 320w.

“A volume which it is a pleasure both to read and to look at. The
pictures are all good; some are quite excellent.”

+ + – =Spec.= 96: 912. Je. 9, ’06. 290w.

=Van Norden, Charles.= Jesus: an unfinished portrait. *$1. Funk.

Thirty-five years of study and reflection on the career of Jesus are
summed up in these pages. It is the aim of the author to present the
real Man from the standpoint of scientific accuracy. Following the
introduction are the following subdivisions: The author’s point of
view, How Jesus discovered his mission, What Jesus taught, The
Master’s method and personality and Reflection.

* * * * *

=Outlook.= 82: 810. Ap. 7, ’06. 320w.

=Van Vorst, Marie.= Amanda of the mill: a novel. †$1.50. Dodd.

Reviewed by Mary Moss.

=Atlan.= 97: 51. Ja. ’06. 30w.

=Van Vorst, Marie.= Miss Desmond: an impression. †$1.50. Macmillan.

It was Balzac who created the heroine of thirty, and Marie Van Vorst
has perpetuated the creation in her present fiction study. Miss
Desmond is of the Puritan type, and after burying thirty-two years in
her shut-away New England garden, finds herself unexpectedly expanding
under the influence of the new life at a Swiss resort while
chaperoning the daughter of her handsome and much talked-of sister.
The threads of the story begin to tangle when the increasingly radiant
Miss Desmond becomes her sister’s rival, and yields to the enchantment
in spite of the fact that Robert Bedford has not an unblemished
reputation.

* * * * *

+ – =Acad.= 70: 40. Ja. 13, ’06. 340w.

“Neither the plot nor the characters are strikingly original.”

+ – =Ath.= 1906, 1: 42. Ja. 13. 310w

“The development of the theme is dramatic, though at times a little
unsure; and the characterization is uncommonly delicate and
significant.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 19. Ja. 1, ’06. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 18. Ja. 13, ’06. 250w.

“Her ‘study’ of Miss Desmond’s transformation is accomplished
brilliantly, with a few bold strokes.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 26. Ja. 6, ’06. 90w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 33: 127. Ja. ’06. 40w.

+ =Sat. R.= 100: 786. D. 16, ’05. 240w.

“There are, indeed one or two faults of taste in the book, which will
not recommend it to the fastidious reader. But the analysis of
character is well if rather pitilessly done, and the descriptions of
the Swiss scenery amidst which the action passes are decidedly
attractive. The book, however, is by no means on the same level as
‘Amanda of the mill.’”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 64. Ja. 13, ’06. 240w.

=Van Vorst, Marie.= Sin of George Warrener. †$1.50. Macmillan.

“The worthless wife of the virtuous poor man, who is corrupted by a
wealthy lover and ruins her meritorious husband” (Spec.) is the
central figure in this story which “recognizes the influence of petty,
sordid, every-day details upon the great mass of mediocre, plodding,
average human lives.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“It is a repulsive theme, and we cannot feel that anything in this
author’s treatment justifies its revival.”

– =Ath.= 1906, 1: 792. Je. 30. 150w.

“Is ... entitled to serious recognition, virile in its frankness, but
very feminine in its subtle discernment.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 23: 643. Ag. ’06. 530w.

“The chief fault of the book is that the psychological element has so
far dominated all the other elements of the novel that were that part
of it to be removed there would practically be nothing else.”

+ – =Critic.= 49: 288. S. ’06. 210w.

“This unflinching realism, combined with a certain forcefulness of
presentation, impels a reluctant sort of admiration for the book,
despite a diction that is slovenly to the point of exasperation.” Wm.
M. Payne.

– + =Dial.= 41: 114. S. 1, ’06. 80w.

“This story is well conceived and ably written, but it is not
elevating.”

+ – =Ind.= 61: 820. O. 4, ’06. 370w.

“The story, though always readable, had been almost a failure, had not
the character of Mrs. Warrener, developed from some quality of will
from shallow stupidity to an almost triumphant independence, held and
mastered the interest throughout.”

+ – =Lond. Times.= 5: 249. Jl. 13, ’06. 540w.

“The very evident literary force and skill that have gone into the
writing of ‘The sin of George Warrener’ only make one the more
regretful that Miss Van Vorst should use her talents in behalf of such
a sordid, unpleasant group of beings as are there depicted.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that Miss Van Vorst is exceedingly
fond of split infinitives and is far from avoiding other inaccuracies
and inelegancies of style.”

– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 461. Jl. 21, ’06. 510w.

“The book will neither corrupt the morals nor engage the mind of any
reader who knows how these subjects are treated by great writers.”

– =Sat. R.= 102: 211. Ag. 18, ’06. 180w.

“There are many faults of construction in the book: there are many
faults of style, for at times the writing is painfully slipshod; but
for the working out of the conception we have nothing but praise.”

+ – =Spec.= 97: 135. Jl. 28, ’06. 950w.

=Vaughan, Rev. John.= Wild flowers of Selborne, and other papers. **$1.50. Lane.

“A book which deserves a place beside Gilbert White’s “Natural history
of Selborne” written over a century ago. There is in Rector Vaughan’s
book a happy mingling of plants and people. Following a chapter on
“The wild flowers of Selborne” is a chatty sketch of White himself;
and then follow in succession the chapters on the use of Simples,
Pot-herbs, Wild fruits, Wall-flowers, Poisonous plants, and so on,
until we come to the essays on Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick, Izaak
Walton at Droxford, and French prisoners at Portchester.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The literary charm of the book is marked, and it is altogether a work
of distinction and value.” Sara Andrew Shafer.

+ =Dial.= 40: 359. Je. 1, ’06. 530w.

“Whoever obtains this volume as an accession to his library of
Whiteana may possibly be disappointed, but nevertheless will get his
money’s worth in cheerful gossip about matters that certainly would
have interested Gilbert White.”

+ =Nation.= 82: 415. My. 17, ’06. 880w.

“This is in truth a delightful book, set apart and above so much of
the rural reporting of the day, by keen observation, a clearness of
narrative, and distinct literary quality.” Mabel Osgood Wright.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 406. Je. 23, ’06. 300w.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 128. O. ’06. 90w.

+ =Spec.= 96: 584. Ap. 14, ’06. 250w.

=Vaux, Patrick.= Shock of battle, †$1.50. Putnam.

“A war between Great Britain and Germany, supposed to take place after
the opening of the Panama canal, serves as an opportunity to develop
the horrible scenes of a twentieth century conflict. Political causes
are merely touched upon and the author confines himself to the
presentation of the actual battles, in which even the trained and
scientific fighters of this century fall back to a certain degree upon
their primal instincts. This record of a naval battle bounds in
pictures so revolting and at the same time so realistic that it brings
home once more the terrible discrepancy between the methods of modern
warfare and the ideals of our civilization.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“He writes with animation and vividness. As a piece of imaginative
journalism the book may rank about with Mr. Well’s prophetic flights.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 228. S. 13, ’06. 190w.

“There is very little plot, however, and what power there is in the
book lies in the descriptions of the fights between the battleships.”

– + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 595. S. 29, ’06. 250w.

“The writer has produced not only a successful narrative, but a number
of vigorous descriptions, excellent in themselves and contributing to
the tensity of the situations.”

+ |=Outlook.= 84: 92. S. 8, ’06. 150w.

=Vay de Vaya and Luskod, Count.= Empires and emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan, notes and recollections. **$4. Dutton.

“Count Vay de Vaya ... early in life devoted himself to the work of
the Roman Catholic church. A study of its missions and various
organizations has taken him into all parts of the world and his unique
experiences are told with unusual simplicity and charm.... The main
part of the present volume was written on the eve of the
Russo-Japanese war, and apart from the descriptions of the
‘traditions, quaint customs, and picturesque features of the land’ (of
which he has the artistic perception) Count Vay de Vaya interprets the
more fundamental social, political, and religious conditions existing
in the Far East, which are of special interest just at this
period.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 61: 641. S. 13, ’06. 120w.

“Few of the author’s statements go above the level of those of the
average hasty traveller who accepts uncritically any story which is
interesting. Yet, despite these criticisms, the style of the author is
easy and his text entertaining. The average reader will surely be
delighted with these experiences of a gentleman of kindly heart who
adds to a pleasing style the graces of a cosmopolitan traveller.”

+ – =Nation.= 83: 350. O. 25, ’06. 330w.

“He hardly provides much that is new, striking or significant. On the
other hand he does provide much that is interesting though he is
sometimes extraordinarily dull, and the hasty manner in which his
notes have been thrown together leads to tedious repetitions.”

+ – =N. Y. Times.= 11: 581. S. 22. ’06. 1010w.

“Interesting and valuable studies.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 238. S. 22, ’06. 250w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 511. O. ’06. 140w.

“The merit of this book lies in the author’s faculties of observation
and brilliant description. He is an artist by temperament.”

+ + – =Sat. R.= 102: 461. O. 13, ’06. 1240w.

=Vedder, Henry Clay.= Balthasar Hubmaier. **$1.35. Putnam.

The latest addition to the “Heroes of the reformation” series gives
the history of Hübmaier’s life, his devotion to the Anabaptist cause,
his doctrines, and his martyr death. The material has been gathered
from Hübmaier’s own writings and a German life by Dr. Johann Loserth.

* * * * *

“Dr. Vedder’s treatment in the book under review is sympathetic, but
with conscientious regard for the facts, which are stated with
clearness, candor, and accuracy.” Albert J. Ramaker.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 746. O. ’06. 500w.

“With its numerous illustrations the book gives an interesting picture
of certain phases of the great protestant reformation not to be found
elsewhere.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 267. Ap. 16, ’06. 320w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 10: 904. D. 16, ’05. 400w.

=Venable, William Mayo.= Garbage crematories in America. $2. Wiley.

While the main portion of Mr. Venable’s treatment has to do with the
subject of incineration, he deals briefly with quantities of refuse to
be handled and with systems of the collection of city wastes. “As a
whole, Mr. Venable’s book presents some of the fundamental principles
governing, or which should govern, garbage and refuse furnaces, and
outlines in a useful manner the various types of American furnaces.”
(Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“On the sanitary phases of refuse disposal Mr. Venable is quite
unsatisfactory. As a whole Mr. Venable’s book presents some of the
fundamental principles governing, or which should govern, garbage and
refuse furnaces, and outlines in a useful manner the various types of
American furnaces.”

+ – =Engin. N.= 55: 558. My. 17, ’06. 720w.

+ + =Nature.= 74: 631. O. 25, ’06. 460w.

=Ver Beck, Frank (William Francis).= Ver Beck’s book of bears; some of the lines were thought out by Hanna Rion, others by Hayden Carruth, the worst ones by Frank Ver Beck, the best ones by the bear himself. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A “bear” book in which the spirited illustrations put a whole bear
family, if not through Jiu Jitsu, at least thru acrobatic and
pugilistic performances which are marvelous as to expertness.

* * * * *

“Is chiefly pictorial in its appeal, for the comment in verse and
prose is not half so telling as the illustrations which it
accompanies.”

+ – =Dial.= 41: 397. D. 1, ’06. 60w.

“The child will be hard to please indeed who cannot find hours of
delight in the volume.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 50w.

=Verrall, Arthur Woolgar.= Essays on four plays of Euripides: Andromache, Helen, Heracles, Orestes. *$2.25. Macmillan.

“In ‘Euripides the rationalist’ Dr. Verrall dealt with his author on
broad lines; here he takes four of his plays, veritable puzzles, and
after showing the absurdity of the common interpretations of them,
offers new ones of his own, based on the general view of the poet’s
genius which he has formed. He claims to have found for these four
plays interpretations reasonable and consistent, in place of the only
possible alternative, the assumption that as dramas they are complete
failures.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The notes are of the characteristic Verrallian type, brilliant and
scholarly in the highest degree, but fantastic and unconvincing.” R.
Y. Tyrrell.

+ – =Acad.= 69: 1283. D. 9, ’05. 1750w.

“We must offer our congratulations to Dr. Verrall on the admirable
clearness with which he states and analyzes the intricate plots.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 192. F. 17. 1640w.

“By a chance, fortunate for Euripides and his readers, we have ... a
second instalment ... of Dr. Verrall’s prose studies of the poet. That
amounts to saying that the brightest and most ingenious exponent of
the ‘true inwardness’ of Euripides as poet and dramatist and the most
poetical of living translators have simultaneously helped forward a
now winning cause—the rehabilitation of Euripides.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 63. F. 23. ’06. 1650w.

“The new volume is written with the acuteness and scholarship, the
excessive ingenuity, the sensational manner of the old. Dr. Verrall is
a thorough scholar, and no one can read him without profit. It is his
method, not his knowledge that is at fault.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 302. Ap. 12, ’06. 2060w.

“One may not always agree with his conclusions, some of them are very
daring, one must give them consideration for the sake of the ability,
sincerity and enthusiasm which he displays in arriving at them.”

+ – =Sat. R.= 100: 820. D. 22, ’05. 600w.

“[Dr. Verrall] is so ingeniously intricate in his arguments, he weaves
into them so many curious facts and acute observations, he so
intertwines exact details with fine-spun fancies, that to put even
some of his conclusions simply is no easy task, while any close
criticism of his reasoning would need not an article but a volume.”

+ – =Spec.= 96: 586. Ap. 14. ’06. 1500w.

=Vesey, Arthur Henry.= Castle of lies. †$1.50. Appleton.

A young man branded a coward because he did not risk his life to
rescue a friend who had fallen over a precipice is the hero of a
stormy tale rife with intrigue and hair-breadth escapes. He is led to
believe that he may retrieve his former self respect by saving a life
for the life lost. “The story is around the love of an American for an
English girl. The title of the book is from the castle owned by the
villain of the story, a countess, who, for political reasons, spirits
away an ambassador, the brother of the heroine, and kidnaps the hero.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The whole thing is a tissue of glaring improbabilities strung
together with no regard for sequence.”

– =Critic.= 49: 94. Jl. ’06. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 242. Ap. 14, ’06. 260w.

– =Outlook.= 82: 907. Ap. 21, ’06. 70w.

=Vetch, Robert Hamilton=, ed. Life of Lt.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke; with a pref. by Sir G. S. Clarke. **$4. Dutton.

Sir Andrew Clarke of “the shrewd eye for capable men” deserves a
biography “if only as an example of how the servants of the empire are
made.” “To have played a part in the early struggles of two of the
Australasian colonies, to have undertaken engineering works on a large
scale, to have settled complex native problems in the Straits
settlements and to have served on the Viceroy’s Council would have
been enough for most men; but Sir Andrew Clarke was a man of such
unceasing activity that these achievements were but a part of his
career, and the training which he obtained in thus serving his country
abroad only fitted him the better for becoming at home Commandant of
the School of military engineering and Inspector-General of
fortifications.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 70: 60. Ja. 20, ’06. 600w.

“The volume in which this story is told is judiciously edited.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 1: 197. F. 17. 320w.

=Critic.= 48: 285. Mr. ’06. 80w.

=Ind.= 60: 629. Mr. 15, ’06. 400w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 4: 455. D. 22, ’05. 660w.

“The book, which contains some interesting portraits, illustrations,
and maps, is full of information as to persons, places, and events;
but it is wanting in individual human interest. It is rather a record
than a well-digested biography.”

+ – =Nation.= 82: 365. My. 3, ’06. 250w.

“The life of this civilian in the army is admirably told by Col.
Vetch.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 3. Ja. 6, ’06. 930w.

“A very able and judicious biographer he is. Colonel Vetch’s lucidly
written, informing, and detailed biography deserves to be, and
doubtless will be, considered an authority on the matter in, and the
system by, which the British Empire was extended and consolidated in
the nineteenth century.”

+ + + =Spec.= 96: sup. 121. Ja. 27, ’06. 430w.

=Villari, Luigi=, ed. Balkan question. *$3. Dutton.

+ =Spec.= 96: 227. F. 10. ’06. 170w.

=Vincent, Leon Henry.= American literary masters. **$2. Houghton.

Each of the nineteen chapters in this volume treats of the life and
works of some American author of the period 1809–1860. The writers
considered are: Irving, Bryant, Cooper, Longfellow, Poe, Bancroft,
Prescott, Hawthorne, Whittier, Holmes, Motley, Emerson, Thoreau,
Taylor, Mitchell, Curtis, Lowell, Whitman and Parkman.

* * * * *

+ – =Acad.= 71: 572. D. 8, ’06. 1090w.

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 971. Jl. ’06. 30w.

“Mr. Vincent is clear, concise and definite, without being dry.”

+ =Critic.= 49: 91. Jl. ’06. 80w.

“The work is pleasing in style, and provides much
systematically-ordered information.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 43. Jl. 16, ’06. 50w.

“He writes to instruct, but has the happy inspiration of retaining all
the graces which he displays for the fastidious.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 167. Mr. 17, ’06. 210w.

“Among recent works of its kind we have seen none likely to be more
useful.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 180. Mr. 24, ’06. 150w.

“But he has done his work conservatively and well.”

+ =Pub. Opin.= 40: 510. Ap. 31, ’06. 110w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 498. O. 6, ’06. 150w.

=Vinogradoff, Paul.= Growth of the manor. *$2.50. Macmillan.

“To the special student of the period.... The book is indispensable;
while, on account of its breadth of treatment and its suggestive
quality, it ought also to be welcomed by a far wider circle. The book
is by no means conclusive. So little evidence is adduced in support of
large generalizations that the author often fails to convince.”
Frances G. Davenport.

+ + – =Am. Hist. R.= 11: 361. Ja. ’06. 1710w.

“In spite of these criticisms we cannot but admire the comprehensive
knowledge of the history of the land tenure shown in this book,
covering, as it does, a period of over a thousand years, and dealing
with systems so different as those of the Romans, the Celts, the
Saxons, and the Normans. English historical students must acknowledge
their indebtedness to Professor Vinogradoff for the labour he has
spent on the elucidation of the ancient institutions of our country.”
F. G. M. Beck.

+ + – =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 764. O. ’06. 1500w.

Reviewed by Charles Beard.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 165. Mr. ’06. 1120w.