Chapter I: Preface (1)

This volume is the third annual cumulation of the Book Review Digest. It includes principally the books of 1907 that have been reviewed by the best book critics in England and America. It aims first to record with unprejudiced exactness the scope, character and subject content of books as they appear, and further, to supplement this descriptive information from month to month with excerpts culled from the best current reviews appearing in forty-seven English and American magazines which give prominence to book criticism, thus furnishing to the librarian a basis for the valuation of books. Frequently the best reviews of a book appear during the year following its publication, so in this volume will be found supplementary excerpts relating to books which were entered in the 1906 annual. It will be observed that a number of entries include only the descriptive note. Reviews for these books have not yet appeared; 1908 will furnish the material for appraisal, and excerpts will be included in current numbers of the digest as fast as reviews are published.

In sending out this annual the publishers wish to emphasize the coöperative phase of the undertaking. From three to six people have been engaged during 1907 in the work of preparing descriptive notes to approximately 2,800 books, and clipping from 1,000 copies of magazines sentences most helpful for book selection. This card-index information furnished to libraries for five dollars per year would cost them many hundred times this sum should they do it themselves. For the time thus given to a valuable and indispensable part of library work the publishers look for an equivalent in the support of libraries all over the country. The justice of the statement “Time is Money” is commensurate with its economic terseness.

Publications from which Digests of Reviews are Made

Acad.—Academy. $4. 20 Tavistock St., Covent Garden, London. Am. Hist. R.—American Historical Review. $4. Macmillan Company. 66 Fifth Ave., New York. Am. J. Soc.—American Journal of Sociology. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Am. J. Theol.—American Journal of Theology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. A. L. A. Bkl.—A. L. A. Booklist. $1. A. L. A. Publishing Board, 34 Newbury St., Boston. Ann. Am. Acad.—Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. $6. 36th and Woodland Ave., Philadelphia. Arena.—Arena. $2.50. Albert Brandt, Princeton Avenue, Trenton, N. J. Astrophys. J.—Astrophysical Journal. $4. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Ath.—Athenæum. $4.25. Bream’s Buildings, Chancery Lane, E. C., London. Atlan.—Atlantic Monthly. $4. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 4 Park St., Boston, Mass. Bib. World.—Biblical World. $2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Bookm.—Bookman. $2.50. Dodd, Mead & Co., 372 5th Ave, N. Y. Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. $5. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Cath. World.—Catholic World. $3. 120–122 W. 60th St., New York. Critic—Merged into Putnam’s on October 1, 1906. Dial.—Dial. $2 Fine Arts Building, 203 Michigan Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Educ. R.—Educational Review. $3. Educational Review Pub. Co., Columbia University, N. Y. El. School T.—Elementary School Teacher. $1.50. University of Chicago Press. Chicago. Engin. N.—Engineering News. $5. 220 Broadway, New York. Eng. Hist. R.—English Historical Review. $6. Longmans, Green, and Co., 39 Paternoster Row London, E. C. Forum.—Forum. $2. Forum Publishing Co., 45 East 42d Street. New York. Hibbert J.—Hibbert Journal. $3. Williams & Norgate, London. Ind.—Independent. $2. 130 Fulton St., N. Y. Int. J. Ethics.—International Journal of Ethics. $2.50. 1415 Locust St., Philadelphia. Int. Studio.—International Studio. $5. John Lane, 110–114 West 32d Street, New York. J. Geol.—Journal of Geology. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. J. Philos.—Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods. $3. Science Press, Lancaster, Pa. J. Pol. Econ.—Journal of Political Economy. $3. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Lit. D.—Literary Digest. $3. 44–60 East 23d Street, New York. Lond. Times.—London Times (literary supplement to weekly edition), London, England. Mod. Philol.—Modern Philology. $3. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, Ill. Nation.—Nation. $3. P O Box 794, New York. Nature.—Nature. $6. 66 Fifth Ave., New York. N. Y. Times.—New York Times Saturday Review, New York. No. Am.—North American Review. $4. North American Review Pub. Co., Franklin Sq., New York. Outlook.—Outlook. $3. Outlook Co., 287 4th Ave., New York. Philos. R.—Philosophical Review. $3. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Phys. R.—Physical Review. $5. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Pol. Sci. Q.—Political Science Quarterly. $3. Ginn & Co., 29 Beacon St., Boston. Psychol. Bull.—Psychological Bulletin. $2. 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. Putnam’s—Putnam’s Monthly and the Critic. $3. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 27 & 29 W. 23rd St., New York. R. of Rs.—Review of Reviews. $3. Review of Reviews Co., 13 Astor Place, New York. Sat. R.—Saturday Review. $7.50. 33 Southampton St. Strand, London. School R.—School Review. $1.50. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill. Science, n.s.—Science (new series). $5. Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. Spec.—Spectator. $7.50. 1 Wellington St., Strand, London. Yale R.—Yale Review. $3. New Haven. Conn.

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS:

Abbreviations of Publishers’ Names will be found in the Publishers’
Directory at the end of The Cumulative Book Index.

An Asterisk (*) before the price indicates those books sold at a
limited discount and commonly known as net books. Books subject to
the rules of the American Publishers’ Association are marked by a
double asterisk (**) when the bookseller is required to maintain
the list price; by a dagger (†) when the maximum discount is fixed
at 20 and 10 per cent, as is allowable in the case of fiction.

The plus and minus signs preceding the names of the magazines
indicate the degree of favor or disfavor of the entire review.

In the reference to a magazine, the first number refers to the
volume, the next to the page and the letters to the date.

Books noticed for the first time this month have an asterisk (*)
immediately below the author’s name in entry heading.

A Maltese Cross (✠) indicates that the A. L. A. Booklist suggests
the books for first purchase. The letter S indicates that the same
publication recommends the book for small libraries.

* * * * *

The publications, named above, undoubtedly represent the leading reviews of the English-speaking world. Few libraries are able to subscribe for all and the smaller libraries are supplied with comparatively few of the periodicals from which the digests are to be culled. For this reason the digest will be of greater value to the small libraries, since it places at their disposal, in most convenient form, a vast amount of valuable information about books, which would not otherwise be available.

We shall endeavor to make the descriptive notes so comprehensive, and the digests so full and accurate, that librarians who do not have access to the reviews themselves, will be able to arrive at substantially correct appreciations of the value of the books reviewed.

This is particularly true in regard to the English periodicals, which are practically out of the reach of the ordinary library, we shall endeavor to make the digest of these reviews so complete that there will be little occasion to refer to the original publications.

Book Review Digest

Devoted to the Valuation of Current Literature

Digests of Reviews appearing in January-December 1907 magazines

A

=Aanrud, Hans.= Lisbeth Longfrock; trans. from the Norwegian by Laura E. Poulsson. *65c. Ginn.

7–21362.

Norwegian farm life is pictured with quaint detail in this story of
Lisbeth, the little peasant who came to Hoel farm as its herd girl and
by faithful service won the proud position of head milk maid.

* * * * *

“Gives the best picture we have of Norwegian farm life.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07. ✠

“A very neat translation of a very pretty little Norwegian story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 180w.

“A simple and delightful story.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 60w.

=Abailard, Pierre.= Abelard and Heloise: the love letters: a poetical rendering, by Ella C. Bennett. **$1.50. Elder.

7–30637.

True only to the sentiment “upon which thread this rosary of love
letters has been strung” the author has rendered the letters of
Abelard and Heloise in rhyme.

* * * * *

“A sympathetic setting forth in English verse, of the letters of these
historic lovers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 10w.

=Abbot, Francis Ellingwood.= Syllogistic philosophy or prolegomena to science. 2v. **$5. Little.

6–29755.

A posthumous work that represents a life time of study. “The
determining principle of the whole structure is that ‘whatever is
evolved as consequent must be involved as antecedent.’ The outcome of
this ‘principle of absolute logic’ is that personality, in the
philosophic sense of the word, is ‘both the source and outcome of all
that is,’ and that philosophy at last becomes ‘theology modernized as
scientific realism and scientific theism.’” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“We confess that we have found in his work little to clarify the
problems of philosophy and nothing besides the author’s own
earnestness and enthusiasm which we can call uplifting. In no way does
the book appear to us to be a prolegomena to science or an important
contribution to philosophy.”

− =Nation.= 84: 180. F. 21, ’07. 530w.

“The novel terminology once mastered, the new method becomes
interesting.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 683. N. 17, ’06. 390w.

“They are erudite and earnest, but dogmatic and ineffective. We do not
question the earnestness and sincerity which have produced these two
volumes, but we do question whether the absolute unit-universal will
save his philosophical children from their sins through the message of
the syllogistic philosophy.” R. B. C. Johnson.

− + =Philos. R.= 16: 447. Jl. ’07. 1300w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Well equipped with wide and careful reading as Dr. Abbot evidently
was, he seems to have fallen upon an arid formalism which forces him
to serve up afresh, and with reiterated emphasis, many of the
contingent features peculiar to idealistic absolutism in the
nineteenth century.”

+ − =Science=, n.s. 25: 854. My. 31, ’07 1550w.

=Abbott, David Phelps.= Behind the scenes with the mediums. *$1.50. Open ct.

7–27622.

From the point of view of the worker of magic, Mr. Abbott, who is not
a medium, reveals all the tricks of the séance. “The ardent believers
whose faith no number of exposures can disturb, the skeptics whom no
sort of séance has been able to convince, and the scientific
investigators toward whom the author is a bit contemptuous, will all
find in its pages matter in plenty either interesting or irritating.”
(N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“All those who have a kind of shamefaced desire to know just what
spiritualists do and how they do it will be entertained by his
exposures. Even those who go full of faith to consult palmists,
clairvoyants, fortune-tellers, and other modern sorcerers, will find
him interesting.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 212. S. 5, ’07. 840w.

“There will be racy reading for a good many different kinds of people
in Mr. Abbott’s leisurely turning inside out of mediumistic tricks.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 551. S. 14, ’07. 1110w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 40w.

=Abbott, Rev. Edwin A.= Apologia: an explanation and defense. *$1. Macmillan.

7–25561.

“In reply to friendly dissentients from his views, especially as
expressed in his previous book, ‘Silanus the Christian,’ the author
publishes this ‘explanation and defense’ of them as an introduction to
two volumes of a technical and critical character to appear presently.
His view of the Biblical miracles is ‘that some are literally true,
but in accordance with what are called laws of nature; others are not
literally true, but are metaphorical or poetical traditions
erroneously taken as literal; others are visions that have been
erroneously taken as non-visionary facts.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It may be pointed out that Dr. Abbott’s reason for calling Christ
supernatural has nothing to do with the evidence furnished in the New
Testament and it is therefore not easy to see why there should be such
a waste of interpretation as there is in his books.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 363. S. 28. 640w.

=Outlook.= 87: 312. O. 12, ’07. 130w.

=Abbott, Rev. Edwin A.= Silanus the Christian. *$2.60. Macmillan.

7–25561.

Dr. Abbott addresses himself to readers who are not ready to accept
the miraculous element in the New Testament and who at the same time
do not reject the doctrine of Christ’s divinity. He shows that the
belief is not rendered impossible by the disbelief. The book is in the
form of an autobiography of an educated Roman. “The gist of its
teaching—and it is solely intended to teach—is summed up in the words
of Clemens. It has been said, he tells Silanus, that the religion of
the Christians is a person—and nothing more. ‘I should prefer to say
the same thing differently. Our religion in a person—and nothing
less.’” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Abbott’s writing is itself interesting on account of the literary
skill with which he presents innumerable points of exposition and
criticism, and on account, too, of the beauty and strength of many of
its passages.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 766. D. 15. 1040w.

“While the book aims to be popular, the author’s wide knowledge and
competent scholarship lift his efforts entirely above the level of the
usual endeavor to teach Biblical and Christian history by means of
fiction.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 575. S. 5, ’07. 210w.

“The book is interesting; it is ably written; it is in parts striking;
and yet one feels that somehow it misses effect as a whole. And we
think that the reason is obvious. Dr. Abbott in writing it had two
diverse ends in view and each interfered with the other.”

− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 25. Ja. 25, ’07. 740w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 180. F. 21, ’07. 560w.

=Outlook.= 84: 633. N. 10, ’06. 180w.

“It would be unfair to lay stress upon the weaknesses of a really
impressive book, and after all they are only prominent in one part of
its argument where the writer has been carried away by his own pet
theories.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 24. Ja. 5, ’07. 530w.

“As to whether he has succeeded or failed in his religious purpose his
readers will no doubt form diametrically opposite conclusions. We
think, however that those who are most convinced of his theologic
failure will not deny him a literary success. He has written a deeply
interesting theological book in the form of a story.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 569. O. 20, ’06. 2110w.

* =Abbott, Katharine M.= Old paths and legends of the New England border: Connecticut, Deerfield, and Berkshire. **$3.50. Putnam.

In Miss Abbott’s rambles one may live over again the delights of many
of New England’s quaint byways. “She has caught the spirit of New
England, and introduces incidentally curious and charming
out-of-the-way places, historic spots, Indian legends and New England
folklore.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“She has traced it all with a literary skill which is above the
average, and has succeeded in charging her text with animation and
entertainment without the loss or historical accuracy.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1178. N. 14, ’07. 140w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 763. N. 30, ’07. 150w.

=Abbott, Lyman.= Christ’s secret of happiness. **75c. Crowell.

7–10562.

Eleven essays are included here whose keynote is sounded in the first,
“Three kinds of happiness.” “There are three kinds of happiness,” says
Dr. Abbott, “pleasure, joy, blessedness. Pleasure is the happiness of
the animal nature; joy, of the social nature; blessedness, of the
spiritual nature. Pleasure we share with the animals, joy with one
another, blessedness with God.”

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 60w.

=Abbott, Lyman, ed.= Parables. $2.50. Appleton.

7–31966.

A very illuminating introduction shows that Jesus resorted to the
parable to allay the wrath which his plain truth-teaching had stirred
up against him. “He veiled the truth which unveiled had been rejected
with such wrath, and he did so that they might listen to him without
perceiving the truth to which they would refuse to listen if they did
perceive it.” The scriptural version of the parables follows, with a
well-executed illustration here and there suggesting the modern
prodigal, the modern foolish virgin and the present-day house builded
upon the sand, etc.

=Abendschein, Albert.= Secret of the old masters. **$1. Appleton.

6–40200.

How did the old masters produce their results? How have these results
defied time and atmospheric changes? Twenty-five years of study have
been devoted to these questions by the author and “he has proved to
his own, and we may say, to our satisfaction, that the great Venetians
and Flemings used no mysterious varnishes whatever, their vehicle
being plain linseed oil, and their reliance for permanence and
brilliancy being plenty of time for drying between successive
paintings and upon prolonged exposure to direct sunlight to burn out
the excess of oil.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Few serious workers in oils, though they omit the book, will fail in
the next year or so of coming upon the track of his researches.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 56. D. ’06. 400w.

+ − =Nation.= 84: 43. Ja. 10, ’07. 660w.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 837. D. 1, ’06. 210w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 110w.

=Abhedananda, Swami.= India and her people. $1.25. Vedanta.

6–24887.

A book which aims to “give an impartial account of the facts from the
stand point of an unbiased historian, and to remove all
misunderstandings which prevail among the Americans concerning India
and her people.” It sets forth for popular reading phases of Vedanta
philosophy. “In this system the people of India, according to the
author, find the ultimate truths of all sciences, philosophies, and
religions. There are instructive chapters upon the religion of
present-day India, the social status and the system of caste,
political institutions, education, the influence of Western
civilization, and woman’s place in Hindu religion.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“This compact little volume, written in an attractive style, and
dealing with the life, philosophy and religion of India should prove a
useful addition to the literature of a fascinating and as yet largely
unknown subject.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 140w.

“From the historical point of view, which is assumed by the Swami, it
is to be regretted that the author has not made himself better
acquainted with chronology.”

− =Nation.= 84: 40. Ja. 10, ’07. 920w.

=Acton, Sir John.= Lectures on modern history; ed. with an introd. by J: N. Figgis, and Reginald Vere Laurence. *$3.25. Macmillan.

7–2153.

“In the present volume we find Acton’s inaugural lecture as Professor,
his scheme for ‘The Cambridge modern history,’ and nineteen of his
lectures, covering in giant strides the ages of the Renaissance, the
Reformation, the Counter-Reformation. the wars of religion, the rise
of political parties, the creation of the Prussian and the Russian
powers, and the American revolution.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“Finest and best of all is the noble and ennobling fairness in his
treatment of all men and all ages.” G. S. F.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 621. Ap. ’07. 980w.

“Great lectures as they are, they still are lectures only—knowledge
cut up into sections to last forty-five minutes.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 359. S. 29. 1990w.

“The highest form of art in historical writing is that which narrates
events without specifying directly the ideals it is sought to convey,
and yet does emphatically convey such ideals to the reader. Of this
form, Lord Acton’s lectures are excellent illustrations; while that on
Luther may well stand as an almost perfect example.” E. D. Adams.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 222. Ap. 1, ’07. 580w.

Reviewed by P. F. Willert.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 164. Ja. ’07. 1200w.

“Are at once satisfactory and disappointing.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 325. S. 28, ’06. 1130w.

“The result is, on the whole, disappointing. To begin with, notes for
lectures generally make poor books, and it is so in this case. Again,
the subject is too large for the space in which it is treated, and
suffers from overcompression.”

− + =Nation.= 83: 397. N. 8, ’06. 990w.

“It is, in fact, a primer of history. Every sentence carries with it
the conviction of truth, and every page creates an impulse to delve
deeper into the subject-matter.” Henry James Forman.

+ + =No. Am.= 184: 306. F. 1, ’07. 790w.

“In the main there can be little question of the soundness of his
views, the correctness of his attitude. And, what is not unimportant,
the lectures show that, ‘scientific’ historian though he was, he was
keenly alive to the human element in history.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 45. Ja. 5, ’07. 640w.

“Those who love the beauty of line, and the mysterious effect of
chiaroscuro will enjoy these works to the utmost, and recognize them
as masterpieces of the graphic arts.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 760. D. ’07. 170w.

“His judgment is always rational and his conclusions invariably just.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 205. F. 16, ’07. 1480w.

=Acton, Sir John.= Lord Acton and his circle; ed. by Abbot [Francis Aidan] Gasquet. *$4.50. Longmans.

6–42915.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by E. D. Adams.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 221. Ap. 1, ’07. 1080w.

“The book is not very accurately printed; some sentences are made
unintelligible by errors of punctuation, and a large number of proper
names are misspelt.”

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 410. Ap. ’07. 650w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 272. Ja. 31, ’07. 620w.

“Rather unfortunate introduction.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 325. S. 28, ’06. 1140w.

=Adams, Andy.= Reed Anthony, cowman. †$1.50. Houghton.

7–16751.

Autobiographical in form, this book follows in a matter-of-fact way
“the career of a young man, who, after serving his four years in the
Confederate army, made his way from his native Virginia to Texas,
there to become foreman of the ‘cattle drives,’ and so by degrees
ranchman and owner of many acres and many herds.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The account of the cowman’s worldly success is, let us admit, by no
means free from exaggeration, but the book gives the best picture of
the life of the times of any we know, and we heartily recommend it.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 732. Jl. 27, ’07. 270w.

“This ingenuous bit of biography, like the author’s earlier books,
will be read not because it is so well done but because it pictures a
passing phase of American life.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 175. O. ’07.

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 790. Je. 29. 240w.

“In reading these pages, which bear the stamp of downright honesty,
the reader feels that he is in contact with the actual history of an
important formative period of national industry—a period which, tho
outside of the beaten track of history, is not without significance.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 25. Jl. 6, ’07. 230w.

“The pleasant thing about the narrative is its ingenuousness.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 400w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 250w.

“In spite of the sameness due to the likeness of one year of the
cattle business to any other year, the book is interesting with the
interest which belongs somehow and anyhow to all that is genuine.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 315. My. 18, ’07. 820w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 375. Je. 15, ’07. 60w.

=Adams, Charles Francis, jr.= Three Phi beta kappa addresses. **$1. Houghton.

7–17400.

Including A college fetich, 1883; Shall Cromwell have a statue? 1902;
Some modern college tendencies, 1906. In these addresses Mr. Adams
arraigns many of the weaknesses of the present-day college régime. The
license of electives leads to the “way of least resistance:” college
athletics are but the “overgrowth of the superficiality which rules
the curricula,” etc. He offers helpful reform suggestions on the
limitation of the number of subjects pursued, on the moral training of
the student, and on the breaking down of our large colleges into
smaller units.

* * * * *

“While they can hardly be said to make a book of history at the
present time, they will certainly be regarded by the future historian
of education in the nineteenth century as an important part of his
source-material.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 192. O. ’07. 170w.

=Dial.= 42: 319. My. 16, ’07. 100w.

Reviewed by Wm. E. Dodd.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 362. Je. 8, ’07. 1060w.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 229. N. ’07. 470w.

=Adams, Henry.= Cassell’s engineers’ handbook; comprising facts and formulae, principles and practice in all branches of engineering. $2.50. McKay.

“Not a mere formula book nor an ordinary student’s text-book, but
rather an _aide memoire_ for those who have passed through their
elementary training, and are now in practice.”

=Adams, I. William.= Shibusawa; or, The passing of old Japan; il. by E. Dalton Stevens. †$1.50. Putnam.

6–41721.

“The period selected is the early part of the last century, and the
plot revolves about the struggle between the Shogun and the Mikado,
ending with the victory and restoration of the latter. Shibusawa, a
true Japanese warrior, son of a daimio, fought well both in war and
love, and in the end won honors and the maiden of his
choice.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The story, while for the most part descriptive, with little dialog
and only ordinary fancy, lacks snap and fire, while perhaps a good
general picture of old Japan.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1493. D. 20, ’06. 70w.

“For the most part the people and their actions seem to belong quite
in their Japanese frame.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 144. Mr. 9, ’07. 380w.

“The style of the book is somewhat too serious and prolix for a
successful artistic effect.”

− + =Outlook.= 84: 680. N. 17, ’06. 90w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 122. Ja. ’07. 20w.

=Adams, Rev. John.= Sermons in accents: studies in the Hebrew text: a book for preachers and students. *$1.80. Scribner.

“An attempt to make Hebrew accentuation interesting and helpful to the
average preacher and Bible student, for whom Wickes’ treatises are too
elaborate and wearisome.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“As an introductory manual preparatory to the use of a more thorough
and complete treatment the work may be recommended to the student
beginning his studies.”

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 65. F. 2, ’07. 110w.

=Adams, John Coleman.= Honorable youth. *75c. Universalist pub.

6–45015.

A manual of instruction on life success, how to conceive it, and how
to attain it.

* =Adams, Joseph Henry.= Harper’s electricity book for boys. $1.75. Harper.

7–37737.

A practical, thorogoing, working knowledge of electricity can be
obtained from this handbook for boys. “It tells how to make cells and
batteries, switches and insulators, armatures, motors and coils. It
shows how easily experiments may be made with home-made appliances at
small cost. Every-day uses of electricity are explained so that boys
will understand and at the same time be stimulated to put forth their
own skill and ingenuity.” Numerous cuts of apparatus are given.

=Adams, Joseph Henry.= Harper’s outdoor book for boys; with contributions by Kirk Munroe, Tappan Adney, Capt. Howard Patterson, Leroy Milton Yale and others. $1.75. Harper.

7–21249.

Instructive, above all things practical, this book is based upon
experience, whose aim is to show boys how to do accurately all manner
of out-of-door things within their powers. Beginning with the
backyard, detailed information is given for such contrivances as pet
shelters, windmills, aërial toys; going farther afield the interest
centers in coasters, skees, kites, fishing tackle, etc.; then come
boat building and boat management; while the fourth part of the book
is devoted to camps and camping, tree-huts, brush-houses, etc.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07. ✠

“We have seen no book of the kind so thoroughly practical and so well
adapted to its aims as this.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 100. Ag. 1, ’07. 280w.

“No book better suited to develop ingenuity and mechanical ability.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 305. My. 11, ’07. 120w.

“It is a reference book that is worth while to have on hand.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 120w.

=Adams, Oscar Fay.= Sicut patribus, and other verse. $1.60. Oscar F. Adams, The Hermitage, Willow st., Bost.

6–7734.

“The title selection is an ode read at the annual meeting of the Tufts
chapter of Phi beta kappa in 1902. It is an arraignment of American
‘imperialism,’ touched with that saeva indignatio which has stirred
William Vaughn Moody, the late John W. Chadwick, and others of our
poets in approaching the same theme. The cathedral poems, filled with
the atmosphere of English closes, and reinforced by Mr. Adams’s
architectural studies, seem of the entire sheaf to be most truly
characteristic.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Book of sincere and thoughtful verso.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 253. Ap. 16, ’07. 460w.

“A collection of correct, derivative pieces in many modes.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 130w.

“Throughout the book, indeed, technical variety and facility are to be
noted, and if there be few striking lines, there are a certain
reflective grace and fine traditions of men and literature.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 335. My. 26, ’06. 280w.

=Adams, Samuel.= Writings of Samuel Adams, ed. by H. A. Cushing. 4v. *$5. Putnam.

4–18620.

=v. 2.= “The second volume ... covers the years 1770 to 1773.... The
volume contains ninety-two pieces in all; of these forty-one are
newspaper articles, twenty are reports or memorials prepared in
committee, and thirty-one are private letters.”—Nation.

* * * * *

=Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 50w. (Review of v. 2.)

“His private letters, of which Mr. Cushing has made a goodly
collection are more illuminative of his character than his public
papers. Mr. Cushing shows great industry in locating his material, but
is much too sparing in his notes, leaving too many references
unexplained. There are errors of dates and names, and a wrong
committee of Congress is given in the note to p. 336.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 349. O. 17, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 3.)

“Like its predecessors, is a valuable addition to the documentary
study of the revolutionary period.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 498. N. 2, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 3.)

“By thus carefully collecting and editing these writings, Dr. Cushing
has rendered a distinct and meritorious service to American history.”
Herbert L. Osgood.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 143. Mr. ’07. 1110w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=Addams, Jane.= Newer ideals of peace. (Citizens’ lib.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

7–4377.

For the dogmatic, even sentimental peace-notions bruited about the
world by ardent advocates, Miss Addams substitutes the newer dynamic
peace embodying the later humanism, whose meaning is implied in such
words as “overcoming” “substituting,” “re-creating,” “readjusting
moral values” and “forming new centers of spiritual energy.” She
offers the moral substitutes for war that are an outgrowth of a
definite national background.

* * * * *

“I think in logical organization this book suffers more than her
earlier writing. On the other hand, perhaps, nowhere can one find the
social point of view, which we must assume, presented with so much
inherent necessity as here.” George Herbert Mead.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 121. Jl. ’07. 3300w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S.

“The present book shows the same fresh virile thought, and the happy
expression which has characterized her work.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 409. Mr. ’07. 310w.

“This is a very suggestive book. Its one weakness is that, though it
does not quite neglect the ethical and spiritual standards of life, it
allows them to be overshadowed by the economic and the merely
utilitarian.”

+ + − =Cath. World.= 85: 677. Ag. ’07. 960w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 417. Ap. ’07. 1080w.

“As an immediate and effective solution of the main problem indicated
by its title, this treatise may well prove less successful than as a
manual of instruction in methods of mutual service and a plea for
mutual sympathy and good-will.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 246. Ap. 16, ’07. 1530w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 855. Ap. 11, ’07. 280w.

=Lit. D.= 84: 433. Mr. 16, ’07. 370w.

“Miss Addams’s observations are so acute, and her criticisms often so
well aimed, that her book is worth reading. We cannot but wish,
however, that she had ploughed a little deeper, and shown us more
clearly how the evils on which she dwells are to be removed.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 720w.

“It is the expression of an exceptional citizen on subjects that
concern everybody. Whatever may prove to be its concern for the
student of literature, it should be tolerantly read by the student of
affairs, for whom it was written.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ + =No. Am.= 184: 763. Ap. 5, ’07. 1490w.

“‘Newer ideals of peace’ is not a felicitous title for Jane Addams’s
interesting and suggestive volume. It is imperfect because she has
studied only one phase of our national life, and, in American
fashion ... she draws too large generalizations from her too
specialized observations.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 720. Mr. 23, ’07. 300w.

“On the whole, Miss Addams has given us a presentation of the peace
argument from a wholly new point of view.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 381. Mr. ’07. 220w.

=Addis, Rev. William E.= Hebrew religion to the establishment of Judaism under Ezra. *$1.50. Putnam.

7–2577.

A non-technical study of Israel’s religion from the earliest times to
the middle of the fifth century B. C. “The sections which treat of the
primitive forms of Semitic religion and the early Jahveh worship are
of special excellence.” (Nation.) The volume includes a chronological
table of Jewish history.

* * * * *

“Well suited to the needs of the nonspecialist reader for whom it is
intended.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 351. N. ’06. 30w.

“His discussion is marked by the precision that his volumes on the
Hexateuch would lead us to expect. While exception may be taken to a
few points, they leave the essential value of Mr. Addis’s volume
unimpaired.” Crawford H. Toy.

+ + − =Hibbert J.= 5: 702. Ap. ’07. 1400w.

“On the whole, Professor Addis keeps well within the safe ground of
established fact, with caution to the reader when opinion is
uncertain. His graphic style and ability to render a situation clear
in a few words make his essay suitable for popular or general use.”

+ + − =Nation.= 83: 289. O. 4, ’06. 400w.

“We fear we cannot follow him ... in some of his critical assumptions;
but yet we can recommend his book.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 650. N. 24, ’06. 260w.

=Addison, Julia De Wolf.= Art of the Dresden gallery. (Art galleries of Europe ser.) *$2. Page.

6–42448.

This sixth volume in “The art galleries of Europe” is Miss Addison’s
third contribution to the series. “In the plan it is similar to its
predecessors; it consists of notes and observations upon a large
number of the finest paintings, both ancient and modern, in the royal
collection at Dresden, arranged in schools or grouping together the
works of one or two great masters.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“From beginning to end there is no evidence of any personal knowledge
or understanding of the art of painting, there is no lucid explanation
of its virtues, no independent analysis of the peculiar charms and
merits of a master.”

− =Acad.= 72: 396. Ap. 20, ’07. 730w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 37. F. ’07.

“The text furnishes as much detail as the ordinary traveller will care
for, and he will find it of a more manageable and useful sort than
that offered by most guides and catalogues.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 459. D. 16, ’06. 260w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 190w.

“One might spend half a life-time with catalogues and yet gather less
real knowledge than may be pleasantly acquired by a perusal of this
book, every essential fact of which is dressed out with episode,
anecdote, and pertinent criticism.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 69. F. 2, ’07. 590w.

“In the present handy volume the American authoress exhibits the
instincts, knowledge and merits of style that characterised her former
works.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 460. O. 5, ’07. 870w.

=Ade, George.= In pastures new. †$1.25. McClure.

6–38894.

Mr. Ade’s “pastures new” are chiefly in London and Egypt. He
characterizes humorously without his usual slang. “The foibles and
follies of tourists, the humbug and charlatanry of those who live off
them, the fact that foreign travel has its tiresome side as well as
its joys—all these and other phases of ‘being abroad’ are dealt with
in an amusing way.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.

“The harmless fun Mr. Ade is capable of producing has been put into it
in good measure—wholesome, human, natural fun.”

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, 06. 50w.

“Shorn of its glamour of slang, Mr. Ade’s humor turns out to be of
thinner substance than we had supposed.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 150w.

“We get here fun of the real Ade flavor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 894. D. 22, ’06. 250w.

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

“The secret of American humour is perhaps to exaggerate and travesty
realities with a serious countenance. When this is well done it is
amusing: and Mr. Peasley does it well.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 624. My. 18, ’07. 190w.

=Ade, George.= Slim princess. †$1.25. Bobbs.

7–17384.

The slim Princess Kalora of Morovenia is the despair of her father and
fat younger sister because there is a Turkish law which reads that the
elder must marry first and there is a Turkish preference for fat
wives. Kolora is not only slim but spirited and she merrily takes her
destiny into her own hands and, assisted by a kindly Fate, succeeds in
marrying a venturesome young Pittsburgh millionaire. The story is
breezy, clever and full of cheerful irony.

* * * * *

“Is one of the brightest phantasies of the season.”

+ =Arena.= 38: 216. Ag. ’07. 250w.

“Was in his best comic opera mood when he wrote ‘The slim princess.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 320. My. 18, ’07. 220w.

“A highly amusing bit of grotesquery.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 80w.

Adventures of Uncle Sam’s sailors by R. E. Peary, A. V. Wadhams, Molly Elliot Seawell, Franklin Matthews, Kirk Munroe and others. (Harper’s adventure ser.) †60c. Harper.

7–24286.

A group of spirited sea stories that shift scene from the Arctic
circle to the tropics and from China to Hatteras and the West Indies.
The stories mingle wholesome excitement, fascinating fact and
entertaining fiction and lend an undertone of courage and endurance.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07.

Adventures of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, by General C: King, J: Habberton, Capt. C: A. Curtis, Lieut. C: D. Rhodes, and others. (Harper’s adventure ser.) †60c. Harper.

7–26959.

How the soldiers of the west cleared the way for civilization, how
women and children as well bore their full share of frontier burdens
may be seen reflected in these tales of “picturesque incident and
thrilling experiences” which while they are usually fiction are based
upon some incident or actual occurrence. While the volume aims only to
be a side-light upon history, it is thoroly suggestive for students
who wish to look into records of the regular soldiers.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 205. N. ’07.

* =Ady, Cecilia M.= Milan, the house of Sforza. (Historic states of Italy.) **$3.50. Putnam.

“Not only is the political life of the time of Francesco I. of Milan
and the five other dukes of his house who ruled over Milan dealt with,
but also the social and commercial impulses of the people, as well as
the art and literature of the state. This volume will be followed
shortly by ‘Milan: the house of Visconti,’ ‘Naples: the house of
Anjou,’ and others on the different Italian states.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 70w.

“She is to be congratulated on giving agreeable proof of hereditary
talent by her accomplishment of a sufficiently difficult piece of
work.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 752. N. 16, ’07. 580w.

=Ady, Julia Cartwright (Mrs. Henry Ady).= Early work of Raphael. 75c. Dutton.

“It gives in readable form the facts of Raphael’s life and career, up
to the year 1508, as they are received by the Moreilian school of
criticism. Much more than that it hardly pretends to give, and for any
detailed appreciation of the artistic qualities of Raphael one must
look elsewhere.”—Nation.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 84: 115. Ja. 31, ’07. 110w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 35. Ja. 19, ’07. 440w.

=Ady, Julia Cartwright.= Madame: a life of Henrietta, daughter of Charles I. and Duchess of Orleans. *$2.50. Dutton.

The twenty-six years of the Duchess of Orleans are here sketched with
sympathy and insight. The courts of Charles II and Louis XIV,
respectively brother and brother-in-law of the unhappy duchess “are
here brought before the reader with vivid reality as no romance could
reveal them. The characters of the two monarchs, of Madame, and of
most of the notables of their time, have fresh light thrown on them by
letters preserved in the French ‘Archives du ministères des affaires
étrangères’ and documents from state papers on French affairs in the
British record office, many of them here published for the first
time.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Her work may be recommended to the seeker after diversion and to the
historical student alike. Mrs. Ady’s mania for idealizing, while
attractive no doubt to many lovers of the beautiful, has the fault of
obscurantism.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 144. Ag. 15, ’07. 1440w.

“It would be difficult to find a biography less illuminating than this
life of the spouse of Monsieur, brother of Louis XIV.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 476. Ag. 3, ’07. 240w.

“When the presentation of fact can be made so absorbingly interesting
as Mrs. Ady convincingly proves possible in this volume of memoirs,
one is tempted to wonder that the demand for fiction exists.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 744. Ag. 3, ’07. 190w.

=Aegidius, Assisiensis.= Golden sayings of the Blessed Brother Giles of Assisi; newly tr. and ed., together with a sketch of his life by the Rev. Fr. Paschal Robinson. *$1. Dolphin press. Phil.

6–46746.

“One of the earliest and closest companions of St. Francis of
Assisi ... was Brother Aegidius, better known to English readers by
his Anglicized name, Giles.... The present volume treasures his
‘Golden sayings’ held in high esteem by the Roman Catholic church, and
introduces them by a brief sketch of his life.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 449. Ja. ’07. 50w.

“The ‘Golden sayings’ themselves are of historical value as
illustrating the spiritual side of early Franciscan teaching, an
aspect hitherto inadequately recognized; and historians will
appreciate especially the editor’s scholarly introduction.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 920. Jl. ’07. 270w.

“In the editing and translating of the ‘Sayings,’ Father Paschal
displays the erudition and the grasp of historical method which have
won him a place in the front rank of the large band of scholars who
today have devoted themselves to the study of ‘Franciscana.’”

+ =Cath. World.= 86: 255. N. ’07. 360w.

“Well worthy the careful and pleasing translation ... as well for
their sincere and earnest piety as for the singular beauty and
picturesqueness of their expression.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1094. My. 9, ’07. 80w.

“It is the interest of his quaint personality that imparts interest to
his ‘Aurea dicta’ which, to speak frankly, are not of great intrinsic
value. But the English enthusiast must not fail to possess himself of
Father Robinson’s translation.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 358. N. 22, ’07. 700w.

“The little volume is quaint and original and will appeal to many
readers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 49. Ja. 26, ’07. 50w.

“It is well worth reading and reflection by Protestant Christians,
often too content with discarding the ascetic form of mediaeval
saintliness, and too neglectful to replace it by a form of piety as
impressive on the present age as that was on the past.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 377. F. 16, ’07. 160w.

=Aero club of America.= Navigating the air. **$1.50. Doubleday.

7–20981.

Here are given the personal experience of men best known in the field
of aerial navigation. The book “contains, in over twenty chapters ...
practical and clear accounts of what has been accomplished by many
experimenters with kite-sustained aeroplanes, motor-driven balloons,
and other dirigible air-ships.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Both text and illustrations will interest the average reader as well
as the specialist.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 191. N. ’07. S.

“There is much in the book to interest the reader, but whether he will
glean much knowledge from it is questionable. However, as the purpose
of the compilers, apparently, was just that of arousing interest, the
book may be considered reasonably successful.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 181. Ag. 15, ’07. 240w.

“Altogether the book, to which but scant justice can be done here, is
full of interest and instruction, and the Aero club of America
deserves high praise for getting together so much that is fairly
authoritative on a subject of such importance.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 441. Jl. 13, ’07. 1320w.

=Outlook.= 86: 524. Jl. 6. ’07. 250w.

=R. of Rs.= 34: 128. Jl. ’07. 80w.

=Aflalo, Frederick George=, ed. Half a century of sport in Hampshire; extracts from the shooting journals of James Edward, second Earl of Malmesbury with a prefatory memoir by his great-grandson, the fifth earl. *$3.75. Scribner.

“The volume is made up of extracts from the ‘Sporting journals’ of
James Edward, second earl of Malmesbury.... A memoir of the Earl has
been written for the book by the present owner of the title. The
Journals cover the period from 1798–1840. Besides describing hunts in
the Hampshires and the hunting seat of the Earl of Malmesbury, there
are also records of trips in Hungary and Austria. The volume is fully
illustrated.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 28. Ja. 13, ’06. 100w.

“We cannot say that the editor’s notes and comments on the journals
are instructive or much to the point. Even the journals themselves
will disappoint the reader who expects anything that can compare with
Colonel Hawker’s diaries.”

− =Spec.= 96: sup. 644. Ap. 28, ’06. 500w.

=Aflalo, Frederick George.= Sunshine and sport in Florida and the West Indies. **$4. Jacobs.

“This volume is divided into three parts, treating, respectively, of
‘The way there,’ ‘Tarpon-fishing and other sport,’ and, finally, ‘Home
by the Spanish main.’ Although fishing was the pole star which held
steady through the trip of eleven thousand miles, this Briton had eyes
for many other things.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Aflalo’s account of the natural history of the tarpon, in so far
as it is known, is very thorough and fascinating, and were any further
inducements required to persuade fishermen to go west for tarpon it
would be found in the pages of this interesting book.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 651. Jl. 6, ’07. 290w.

“Had Mr. Aflalo gathered his impressions at greater leisure, and
generalized less from trivial instances, he would have informed his
volume with the more genial spirit which we associate with the men who
go a-fishing. For we can find no fault with Mr. Aflalo’s story of his
tarpon fishing.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 373. D. 1, ’07. 560w.

“His frank and generous comments reveal a fair-mindedness only too
rare in travelers. The volume should appeal to a far wider circle of
readers than the ‘English anglers’ for whom the author chiefly intends
it.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 401. O. 31, ’07. 530w.

“Mr. Aflalo’s chapters on tarpon fishing and alligator hunting are
sportsmanlike, and, there being fewer opportunities, show less of a
disposition to carp at American customs and institutions that differ
from those of the British.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 682. O. 26, ’07. 180w.

“There is much shrewd observation in these pages, especially of
American life and ways.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 211. Ag. 17, ’07. 220w.

“It is the best thing that we have read from Mr. Aflalo’s pen, and
written in his vivid, if flowery style. Mr. Aflalo contributes
something to our knowledge of the natural history of the Florida
fishes.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 366. S. 14, ’07. 360w.

=Aimes, Hubert Hillary S.= History of slavery in Cuba, 1511–1868. **$2. Putnam.

7–23727.

From a economic, political and social standpoint, this work is an
exposition of the Spanish policy governing the slave trade in Cuba;
and it throws much light on the historical relations between Spain and
her Antillean dependency. A later work is promised dealing with the
domestic régime on the island. A bibliography adds to the value of the
book.

* * * * *

“In a sense, this is a scholarly work. It is the result of much labor,
and is based upon the best authorities, Spanish, French, and English,
both documentary and printed. But the narrative in which the author
presents the result of his work is something fearful and wonderful in
its raw and careless crudeness.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 450w.

“On the whole, it can be heartily said that Dr. Aimes has gathered,
compiled and addressed into acceptable form an exhaustive chapter of
institutional history. He has also done it under a system that makes
reference easy and verification available.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1316. N. 28, ’07. 390w.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 503. O. ’07. 70w.

“A work of real value though rather heavy reading.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 488. Ag. 10, ’07. 310w.

=Outlook.= 86: 974. Ag. 31, ’07. 180w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 381. S. ’07. 110w.

“The book is a useful one and the reader will hope with the author
that it may aid in solving some of the problems connected with the
island.”

+ =Yale. R.= 16: 333. N. ’07. 260w.

=Aked, Charles Frederic.= Courage of the coward, and other sermons. **$1.25. Revell.

7–23636.

Fourteen sermons, “vitally evangelical in their adaptedness to the
spiritually deaf or blind or lame in this year of grace.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“They impress us as devout, evangelical, constructive, and
sufficiently forceful in thought and earnest in feeling to be called
good preaching.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 700. S. 19, ’07. 60w.

“The sermons are good. Perhaps he overindulges in poetical quotations,
and perhaps an occasional personal note sounds a bit egotistic. But
these are small blemishes.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 663. O. 19, ’07. 90w.

“Utterly free from conventionalism, fresh in thought and phrase,
dynamic with earnest conviction of reality, they speak from the
experience of one who knows the world, sees things whole, understands
men, and, having thought through their deepest problems, would lend a
hand to any who are doubting, erring, falling.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 134. S. 21, ’07. 140w.

=Albright, Evelyn May.= Short-story: its principles and structure. *90c. Macmillan.

7–16475.

The aim of the book is not that of tracing the origin or the
development of the short-story, but of setting forth “some standards
of appreciation of what is good in story-writing, illustrating by the
practice of the master as contrasted with amateurish failures.”
Material, the technique of the short story, the plot, movement,
emotional element and spirit of the author are all discussed. There is
an undertone of sound advice to the would-be writer, and by way of a
standard for self-criticism there has been appended a reading list of
model short stories.

* * * * *

“It is to the reader rather than the writer that such a book is really
useful.”

+ =Nation.= 80: 232. S. 12, ’07. 270w.

“Seems to us a very useful book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 272. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.

“Miss Albright’s treatment of the subject is more than creditable; it
is masterly.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 570. Je. 13, ’07. 120w.

=Alden, Hazel Gillmore.= Kingdom of heaven: an instruction in the Catholic faith for children. *$1.20. Church pub. co., N. Y.

7–31385.

A simple, direct and devout story of the Christian year for Catholic
children. Its aim is to foster reverence.

=Alden, Isabella Macdonald (Pansy, pseud.).= Ruth Erskine’s son. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.

Readers who have followed Ruth Erskine thru other Pansy books will be
glad to meet her again. She is now the widow of Judge Burnham, and
devotes her entire energies to the welfare of her son. The story tells
of his marriage and the crosses it brings to her, her fortitude and
good sense, and the son’s unfailing devotion.

* * * * *

“This is hardly a wholesome book for young people.”

− =R. of Rs.= 36: 765. D. ’07. 50w.

=Alexander, De Alva Stanwood.= Political history of the state of New York. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Holt.

6–21392.