Chapter XI: Preface (11)

+ + − =No. Am.= 183: 1047. N. 16, ’06. 1530w.

“It has the real Dickens’ merit of leaving the reader exhilarated and
on better terms with all the world.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 509. Ja. ’07. 620w.

“Mr. Chesterton’s ‘Dickens’ is the best thing he has done in
criticism.” H. W. Boynton.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 634. F. ’07. 620w.

=Childe, Charles P.= Control of a scourge; or, How cancer is curable. (New lib. of medicine.) *$2.50. Dutton.

7–29144.

“The purpose of the book is to teach that the dread disease of cancer
is curable by operation if taken in time. According to the diagnosis
of Dr. Childe, cancer is, in its earliest stages, entirely a local
disease, at least in many cases the result of local irritation.”

* * * * *

“The most optimistic book on cancer that has perhaps ever come from a
physician of experience without any ulterior motive.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 857. Ap. 11, ’07. 230w.

“Mr. Childe deserves the thanks of the public for his very lucid
explanation of the practical importance of the latest conclusions of
surgery.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 67. Mr. 1, ’07. 680w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 83. Jl. 25, ’07. 350w.

“Whether the subject could not have been dealt with in a quarter of
the space with equally satisfactory results as regards the general
public is a question, many of the details introduced being quite
unnecessary for the average man or woman to know.” R. T. H.

− + =Nature.= 76: 171. Je. 20, ’07. 220w.

“These two hundred pages are the more interesting in that they are
devoid of quackery and are composed in the most simple language, for
the encouragement and enlightenment of the general public.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 149. Mr. 9, ’07. 460w.

“His book is clearly written and neither technical nor sensational.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 250w.

“His book is extremely valuable.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 1012. Je. 29, ’07. 410w.

=Chisholm, Louey.= Enchanted land. Pictures by Katharine Cameron. †$3. Putnam.

Sixteen fairy tales retold and pictured in color.

* * * * *

“Many of the colour pictures are insipid and leave a great deal to be
desired.”

− =Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 30w.

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 140w.

“Many of the stories will not be familiar, so that the ‘retelling’ is
welcome.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 527. Ja. ’07. 70w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 13, ’06. 20w.

“Special praise is due Miss Katharine Cameron for the coloured
illustrations which reach a high standard of excellence.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 280. Ja. ’07. 40w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 70w.

“Miss Katharine Cameron delights in colour and indulges recklessly in
paint, her drawing is feeble, but she occasionally gets some very
pretty and Conderesque effects of colour and decoration.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 70w.

“Among the books of old fairy-tales retold, we wish particularly to
call attention to Miss Chisholm’s ‘Enchanted land.’”

+ =Spec.= 97: 939. D. 8, ’06. 70w.

=Chisholm, Louey=, comp. Golden staircase: poems for children. il. **$2.50. Putnam.

An anthology of child verse whose aim is wholly educative. The best
writers, English and American, who have written poems for children are
included.

* * * * *

“Should have a word of especially appreciative praise, because it
assumes on the part of the child a natural taste for that which is
beautiful, and a natural love for the imaginative.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 250w.

“Admirable anthology.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 627. Ap. 20, ’07. 140w.

=Chittenden, Russell Henry.= Nutrition of man: a course of lectures delivered before the Lowell institute of Boston. **$3. Stokes.

7–21556.

Professional men, volunteers from the hospital corps of the United
States army, recruits from the ranks of university athletic students
form what has been termed “Professor Chittenden’s starvation squad.”
These lectures give the result of his experiments in putting willing
subjects on half rations and less.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 193. N. ’07.

“This book is one of first-rate importance, not only to the
physiologist and physician as a guide to scientific truth, but also to
the individual, and even to the state.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 45. Jl. 13. 1220w.

“It seems safe to say that this thoroughly revolutionary work will
attract more general popular attention than any other scientific book
has attracted in many years.” Michael Williams.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 329. My. 25, ’07. 2370w.

“It is interesting also to the economist, because for the first time
it bridges in part the gap between human energy and social wealth.”

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 568. S. ’07. 200w.

=Cholmondeley, Mary.= Prisoners. †$1.50. Dodd.

6–34683.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Concocts a melodrama rivaling Ouida at her most inventive, but
proceeds to recount it in a manner not unworthy the chronicler of
‘Cranford,’ or ‘The perpetual curate.’” Mary Moss.

+ − =Atlan.= 99: 118. Ja. ’07. 360w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 110. Ja. ’07. 760w.

“We can only characterize the new book as a disappointment.” Wm. M.
Payne.

− =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 250w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 123. Ja. ’07. 120w.

Christ that is to be, by the author of Pro Christo et ecclesia. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–30464.

“A series of successive efforts to think what the gospel of Jesus
really is.” Some of the suggestive channels in which effort is
directed are the following: Our need of reformation, The actions of
Jesus, The doctrine of prayer, Salvation of joy, The use of sin, The
use of pain, Fatalism and asceticism, The devil and his angels, The
scorn of superstition; Mind and disease, Fasting and temptation, and
The sword and the muck-rake.

* * * * *

“This book is full of interest and ideas; it is well, if not too
copiously written; and with many of its main arguments we are in
agreement.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 646. N. 23. 1320w.

“What has been said affords but a very partial glimpse of a laborious
and fascinating discussion of many things—prayers, the ascetic life,
inspiration, demonology, war and the like. Its effect is not only to
stimulate thought but to excite obedience and to spread sincerity.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 306. O. 11, ’07. 1000w.

“Fulfils in a great measure the promise of the earlier work; or
perhaps it would be more accurate to say that some chapters more than
fulfil that promise, while in the others the shadow of modern
superstition darkens the lucidity of the thought.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 751. N. 16, ’07. 500w.

=Christie, Grace (Mrs. Archibald H. Christie).= Embroidery and tapestry weaving: a practical text-book of design and workmanship; with drawings by the author and other. il. $2. Macmillan.

7–35144.

A practical rather than historical handbook. “Of stitches alone, some
forty kinds are here explained and illustrated by clearly drawn
diagrams; methods of work, also amply illustrated, occupy several
chapters; while others are devoted to tools, appliances, materials,
garniture, etc.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“Practical, clearly written, and well illustrated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07.

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 840. D. 1, ’06. 60w.

=Christie, William Wallace.= Boiler-waters, scale, corrosion, foaming. *$3. Van Nostrand.

6–45054.

This work has for its object to furnish steam-users with information
regarding water, its use, and troubles arising from the use of water,
and remedies that may be used or applied; the gain being more
efficient generation of steam. Numerous illustrations accompany the
text.

* * * * *

“Emphasis is given to the injurious properties of hard waters, and the
illustrations of corrosion, boiler scale, etc., are particularly well
set forth. This is by far the most interesting and valuable portion of
the book. The discussion of the chemistry of boiler-waters is
elementary and superficial. The attempt to furnish simple tests for
the use of engineers is far from satisfactory. Some of the best
methods of analysis are not given, while other descriptions are
incomplete. Furthermore, confusion is introduced by the use of many
different methods of stating results. The theory of water softening is
passed over in a few words, but the descriptions of water softening
plants as related to steam making are clear and concise.” G. C.
Whipple.

+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 86. Ja. 17, ’07. 220w.

“The book is well written and printed; and the material is of great
value, but it would be of greater value if the author, instead of
quoting the opinions of engineers and chemists on disputed points, had
made a more determined attempt to solve the difficult questions.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 60w.

Christmas anthology: carols and poems old and new. **50c. Crowell.

7–20856.

A holiday book which brings together carols and poems which sing of
the true spirit of Christmas, of love, of charity, of peace and good
will to all men.

=Churchill, Winston.= Coniston. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–19776.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Mary Moss.

+ + =Atlan.= 99: 123. Ja. ’07. 440w.

“Reading ‘Coniston’ is very like spending a week in a remote New
England village, stopping one’s newspaper and keeping away from the
post-office.” Hamilton W. Mabie.

+ + =No. Am.= 183: 415. S. 7, ’06. 840w.

=Cipriani, Lisi de.= Cry of defeat. $1.25. Badger.

6–38992.

Under the sub-divisions, The cry of defeat, Words of love and sorrow,
Songs of others, A curious world, and Crumbs, appear a collection of
short poems varying in subject and merit.

* * * * *

“The only obvious technical defects do not prevent the successful
appeal to our sympathies of a sore and wounded spirit, even where the
tone is not only sorrowful but exceedingly morbid.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 431. Jl. 6, ’07. 280w.

=Cipriani, Lisi.= A Tuscan childhood. **$1.25. Century.

7–31991.

With the buoyancy and naïveté of childhood the fourth of seven
children in an Italian patrician family sets down the incidents of
work and play that fixed the bond of allegiance among them. There is
race temperament in abundance, and yet it is the universal nature of
childhood that makes the strongest appeal.

* * * * *

“All in all, a not half bad hour may be spent over the volume, which
can also well be placed on the shelf for consultation during minor
domestic crises.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 210w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“It is pleasant reading for an indifferent mood.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 698. N. 2, ’07. 210w.

“Every detail in the book is so perfectly set in its place and so well
told that one feels a new and pleasant sensation in its perusal.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 454. O. 26, ’07. 180w.

=Cirkel, August.= Looking forward. $1.25. Forward pub. co.

6–42899.

“This is a conspicuous contribution to what may be called the
literature of impractical reform. Not for one but for many vital
problems in the contemporary life of the United States does Mr. Cirkel
proffer a solution. In turn he takes up and with remarkable ease
disposes of the issues raised by the growing power of corporations, by
the railway companies, by the insurance revelations, by the relations
between capital and labor, by the spread of the socialistic movement,
and by the necessity of securing an ‘elastic currency.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It is quite true that there is a good deal in his pages to stimulate
thought. But this is far overbalanced by the visionary character of
the author’s principal proposals and by the extremism of many of his
views.”

− + =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 160w.

=Claassen, H.= Beet-sugar manufacture; authorized tr. from the 2d German ed., by W. T. Hall, and G. W. Rolfe. *$3. Wiley.

6–38550.

“The scope and plan of the book embraces the entire process of
beet-sugar manufacture from the time of the receiving of the beets to
the finished product.”—Science.

* * * * *

“A book which ranks with the very best in the sugar literature of the
day. It is a pleasure to state that [the translators’] work, too, is
everything that could be desired. A few typographical errors and slips
have crept in, but these will unquestionably be noted and corrected in
a future edition, which, no doubt, will soon be warranted.” F. G.
Wiechmann.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 104. Ja. 18, ’07. 590w.

=Claremont, Leopold.= Gem-cutter’s craft. *$5. Macmillan.

7–18824.

“Describes the appearance of the different varieties of gem-stones,
gives an outline of the industry and craft of gem-cutting, tells how
to identify the real and precious article and note the difference
between it and the imitation, and provides an account of how the gems
are mined and made ready for the market either in their first rough
state, after having been freed from the minerals surrounding them, or
when cut and shaped.” (N. Y. Times.) Fully illustrated.

* * * * *

“The history of the gem from its rough state to its cut and polished
final appearance is given with remarkable clearness in this work by a
cutter of jewels, who writes in the first place for cutters.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 660. D. 29, ’06. 360w.

“The work before us constitutes almost a new departure in the
literature of precious stones.” J. W. J.

+ − =Nature.= 75: 321. Ja. 31, ’07. 1270w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 840. D. 1, ’06. 180w.

=Clark, Andrew=, ed. Shirburn ballads, 1585–1616; ed. from the Ms. *$3.40. Oxford.

They are all from a manuscript in the library of the Earl of
Macclesfield, at Shirburn castle. “This collection helps to bridge
over the gap between the earlier ballads and those of the
post-Restoration period. The variety offered is considerable; there
are ballads of religion and of politics, festive ballads and ballads
of earthquakes and monsters.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“The notes of Mr. Shirburn are so learned and interesting that we must
admire them in spite of the poetry which they illustrate.” Andrew
Lang.

+ =Acad.= 72: 232. Mr. 9, ’07. 1140w.

“The editor deserves much praise for the pains he has taken to make
this book serviceable to the student of Elizabethan social conditions.
Many pieces both grave and gay, although throwing no light on
institutions or social conditions, yet have an interest to the
historian as indicating the temper of the times.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 923. Jl. ’07. 300w.

“The editor ... has done his work with great care. If we were to find
fault with anything, it would be that he does not always stick to his
antiquarian last.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 727. Je. 15. 370w.

=Dial.= 42: 319. My. 16, ’07. 140w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 89. Mr. 22, ’07. 1590w.

“Perhaps the greatest importance of the collection is that it bridges
over the gap in ballad-literature between the early ballads as
represented by Prof. F. J. Child’s monumental work and those of the
post-restoration period.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 384. Ap. 25, ’07. 470w.

=Clark, Henry Martyn.= Robert Clark of the Panjab. **$1.75. Revell.

“This volume commemorates the life and work of a pioneer missionary
amidst a fierce and fanatical people, in northwestern India.... The
courage and gentleness, the energy and patience, the self-devotion and
tactfulness of the ideal missionary were all illustrated in him, and
he did not lack ‘the saving grace’ of a sense of humor. The narrative
is blended with sketches of the land and the people, their ways, and
the lights and shadows thence resulting. Especially noticeable are the
indications of an active interest of both officers and privates of the
British army in Christian missions, outrunning a timid policy of the
civil government.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 217. Jl. 12, ’07. 430w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 140w.

+ =Spec.= 98: 723. My. 4, ’07. 450w.

=Clark, Henry W.= Philosophy of Christian experience. *$1.25. Revell.

W 6–328.

Mr. Clark “approaches the problem of religion and the object of
religious belief from the ethical standpoint. He proposes to treat
religion, not as a science of God and his relation to man, but as an
art, the ‘art of character-production.’ His book is itself evidence
that the Christian religion is primarily a mode of life and conduct,
rather than a system of science or philosophy.”—Am. J. Theol.

* * * * *

“Mr. Clark writes eloquently and persuasively. His argument would be
stronger and more complete if he had pointed out in his chapter on
‘Christian self-culture’ how identification with Christ involves for
man the realization of a definite ideal of service and self-sacrifice.
But, on the whole, the book possesses rare merit, having a freshness
of inspiration and a cogency of thought quite unusual among works of
its class.” Henry W. Wright.

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 358. Ap. ’07. 550w.

“Not often does one find an account of Christian experience which is
ethically and philosophically so sound and luminous.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 287. S. 29, ’06. 200w.

=Clark, Imogen.= Santa Claus’ sweetheart. †$1.25. Dutton.

6–29778.

“Tells how a little maid hailed a passing sleigh, believing it to
contain Santa Claus, heard many wonderful things from the
merry-hearted Irishman who was driving it, and was left by him at a
lumberman’s hut in the forest, where she found her long-lost
father.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A tender little tale of Christmas time, with big type for
encouragement.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 529. Ja. ’07. 30w.

“Something very charming in the way of a tale has been woven.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1309. D. 22, ’06. 100w.

“The incidents are the homely ones of every day life, but they are
told with such a merry tenderness as to bring out all their humor and
all their pathos, and make them glow with that spirit of the Christmas
time.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 70w.

=Clark, Mrs. Mary Mead.= Corner in India. **$1. Am. Bapt.

7–20732.

“It is a simple story of life-long devotion to the missionary cause,
ending with a hopeful, if somewhat meagre, outlook.” (Nation.)
Thirty-three years of residence in her corner of the world have
brought Mrs. Clark “into contact with many interesting stories of the
home-life of the savages in Burma, of their life at work and at play,
their worship and strange legends, their relationships with
neighboring villages, and, above all, their slow acceptance of the
Christian faith offered to them by the zealous missionaries.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Her book is consequently of interest both to the casual reader who
likes to know about strange people in remote nooks of the world, and
to those readers who are vitally concerned about the spread of the
Christian religion.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 43: 213. O. 1, ’07. 200w.

“Mrs. Clark’s account gains much by its lack of pretence to literary
style.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 120. Ag. 8, ’07. 250w.

* =Clark, Mrs. S. R. Graham.= Gail Weston. †$1.25. Am. Bapt.

7–31978.

A story for young readers which follows the struggle of a mother and
her seven children with poverty. The faultfinding mother, a patient,
brave-hearted elder daughter and a loyal son who left his
grandfather’s comfortable home to shoulder his share of family burdens
are the principal actors in the little drama of toil and final
success.

=Clark, Victor S.= Labour movement in Australasia; a study in social democracy. **$1.50. Holt.

6–43934.

Aims to describe the “history of the political labour party of
Australasia, to analyse its policy and the results of that policy so
far as applied, and at the same time to make clear the difference as
well as the similarities characterising those countries and America,
which must affect the application to our own problem of their
experience.”

* * * * *

“Not quite so interesting as Reeve’s ‘State experiments in Australia
and New Zealand’ or Lloyd’s ‘Newest England’ perhaps, but more
judicial than either, and more carefully prepared than the latter.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 95. Ap. ’07.

“The book is moderate in tone and is the work of an observer anxious
to give correct impressions, hence students of labor and social
questions will find it a very useful volume, enabling them to
understand the causes and nature of the social evolution of
Australasia.” George B. Mangold.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 230. Ja. ’07. 610w.

“We highly commend the impartial statements of fact to be found in it,
combined as they are with a form and style of exposition rarely to be
met with among writers upon such topics.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 320. Mr. 16. 540w.

“Dr. Clark has given students of this problem a most admirable
statement of the situation in Australasia,—free from bias, well
arranged and comprehensive enough to include the essential facts.” W.
B. Guthrie.

+ + =Charities.= 17: 468. D. 15, ’07. 480w.

“It is refreshing to find an author who is willing to let the facts
speak for themselves without playing tricks on credulous partisans and
furnishing food for prejudice; and in this interesting volume the
author seems to be honestly trying to place the reader in position to
form his own judgment in the presence of the actual situation without
too much prompting as to the conclusions he ought to derive from the
survey.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ =Dial.= 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 370w.

“Written in scientific spirit, with unprejudiced presentation of both
light and shade, composed in orderly manner with the use of clear
unstrained English.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 455. Ag. 22, ’07. 600w.

“Dr. Clark’s discussion of the working of social democracy in
Australasia impresses one as being eminently fair.” John Cummings.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 242. Ap. ’07. 830w.

“Mr. Clark ... is at his best in the chapter dealing with the economic
and social effects of industrial regulation, particularly compulsory
arbitration. Has covered a large field, and has done his work well; to
our knowledge no other writer—in America at least—has brought back
from that economic wonderland so reliable a report of the alleged
marvels wrought in the name of ‘progress.’ His publisher should have
seen to it that the book was provided with a better index.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 364. Ap. 18, ’07. 1670w.

“While much that he says is entirely just and true the general value
of his book seems to me to be much vitiated by important defects and
omissions. There are also in the volume a number of misstatements of
fact, due, doubtless, to misinformation or to insufficient
observation. All in all, Dr. Clark’s account of the labor movement in
Australasia is of more interest and value to the student of theories
than to the practical man of affairs.” Florence Finch Kelly.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 84. F. 9, ’07. 1730w.

“The chief value of the present book, moreover, lies not so much in
its description as in its interpretation of the facts.” Leonard W.
Hatch.

+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 353. Je. ’07. 850w.

=Clarke, Henry Butler.= Modern Spain, 1815–1898; with a memoir by the Rev. W. H. Hutton. (Cambridge historical series.) *$2. Putnam.

7–6416.

The posthumous work of a man “of acknowledged competence in matters,
especially literary, pertaining to Spain, whose book is almost the
only, and certainly the best, account in English of the unfortunate
history of that country during the nineteenth century.... Its attitude
is historical and, a special point for readers on this side of the
Atlantic, its presentation of the Cuban question is temperate and
convincing.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 158. F. 9. 760w.

“A few important points are somewhat slurred, as, for instance, the
matter of the Hohenzollern candidacy; the index is poor, and there are
more slips and misprints than is usual in this series, but on the
whole the book may be warmly recommended.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 254. S. 19, ’07. 140w.

“The weakest part of the book appears to be the last pages, in which
the author deals with the loss of the colonies in the war with the
United States.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 81. Ja. 19, ’07. 1200w.

“The present volume is a work of undoubted authority, and exhibits a
complete mastery of the subject in all its details. It is a book
written as it were from within, from a personal knowledge of the
country and the people.”

+ + − =Spec.= 98: 91. Ja. 19, ’07. 410w.

=Clarke, Maud W.= Nature’s own garden. Il. **$6. Dutton.

“The author tells pleasantly, but with somewhat prolix sentiment, the
story of her researches in English fields and woods for the flowers
she has painted.” (Ind.) The volume is handsomely illustrated with
numerous engravings and fifty colored plates of plants in their native
haunts.

* * * * *

“Unfortunately for her book making, she has studied Richard Jefferies
too much. We are grateful to her and to Messrs. Dent for providing us
with another pretty gift book for our gentle, less critical friends.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 506. My. 25, ’07. 1350w.

“Intelligence and thought and knowledge have worked hand in hand; and
we appreciate these so much that we lament the more the lack of
restraint with which the book is written.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 18. Jl. 6. 390w.

“Eyes hungering for beauty are again, as in Jefferies’s enchanting
pages, persuaded to look at things that are near and common, and to
find it there; and herein lies the value of this book.” Sara Andrew
Shafer.

+ =Dial.= 42: 1364. Je. 16, ’07. 1900w.

“It is interesting to a lover of American flowers to see how English
flowers look, for there are very few of the flowers here figured which
grow here, altho many of them are familiar enough in literature.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 180w.

“The manner of the book is personal in tone, colloquial, not always
quite exact in the use of language, but fairly entertaining in the
mass.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 572. Je. 20, ’07. 560w.

“Essentially a book of the gift class, it is a worthy recruit to the
ranks of the nature books, both in concept and execution.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.

“Written by a nature-lover of unusual skill in description as well as
in observing.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22, ’07. 90w.

“The evident pleasure in the subject and in the task of production is
more than usually infectious, and the sermons in aestheticism tend to
disappear as the book progresses.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 178. Ag. 10, ’07. 340w.

“The text is written in an involved and high-flown style, which may
occasionally puzzle the understanding of many readers.”

− =Spec.= 99: 329. S. 7, ’07. 230w.

=Clausen, George.= Aims and ideals in art. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–15912.

Eight lectures which treat of such subjects as quality in color,
direct brush work, drawing, imagination and the ideal.

* * * * *

“We have much that is obvious and elementary, and see Mr. Clausen
frequently retiring behind the sheltering authority of Reynolds or
Millet or Leonardo.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 650w.

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 60w.

“Mr. Clausen is in fact an avowed disciple of Reynolds’s teaching. He
finds in the famous ‘Discourses’ matter of pregnant interest and help
for the student of to-day; and it is no small compliment to his own
lectures that they recall, in their sanity and stimulating power, no
less than in their clear and temperate style, their great example.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 368. N. 2, ’06. 1230w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 158. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.

“He has hardly mastered Reynolds’ critical position. His method is
simply to juxtapose the old and new in happy oblivion of their mutual
exclusions. He has the artist’s lucky knack of seeing only what he
wants to see, and the practical man’s gift of holding contradictory
opinions. If Mr. Clausen brings us but a little way towards the
solution of the problems which he raises, he has at least produced a
modest and charming little book.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 84. Ja. 19, ’07. 1100w.

“The views expressed here are sound and the thought is clear. There
seems to be little wanting that is possessed by the literary critic,
while there is much that only the painter can know.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 257. F. 16, ’07. 1370w.

=Clausen, George.= Six lectures on painting, delivered to the students of the Royal academy of arts in London. (London lib.) *$1.50. Dutton.

The six lectures include the following: Some early painters; On
lighting and arrangement; On colour; Titian, Velasquez, and Rembrandt;
On landscape and open-air painting; On realism and impressionism.

* * * * *

“Should be put into the hands of every young student.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 60w.

“We applaud Prof. Clausen for appealing straight to the
unself-conscious common sense of his audience, and for not wasting
time in pedantry.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 158. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.

=Clay, Albert Tobias.= Light on the Old Testament from Babel. $2. S. S. times co.

7–4784.

“A résumé of the material in the Assyro-Babylonian inscriptions which
bears upon the interpretation and understanding of the Hebrew
Scriptures. There is much material included on Babylonian life and
civilization not to be found in other works of this kind.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“This is a valuable addition from a conservative standpoint to the
abundant literature on this subject.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 29: 319. Ap. ’07. 50w.

“The work is so treated that it scarcely at all duplicates the works
previously published.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 444. F. 21, ’07. 200w.

“The text displays a vicious tendency to minimize the changes of
opinion in the field of Hebrew history and religion made necessary by
recent discoveries, and to gloss over the similarities and magnify the
differences between Babylonian conceptions and those of the Biblical
narrative.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 185. Ag. 29, ’07. 190w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 160w.

=Clegg, Thomas Bailey.= Wilderness. †$1.50. Lane.

“This is a story of a great wrong, a bitter hatred, and retribution
complete and merciless enough to satisfy the most remorseless seeker
after justice.... The scene is laid in Australia, a country which Mr.
Clegg has evidently studied to some purpose; the characters are
primitive men with primitive passions.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Mr. Clegg writes well.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 374. O. 13, ’06. 130w.

“Its fault is that it is too rich in themes, with the result that no
one of them is adequately worked out.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 578. N. 10. 270w.

“A thoroughly interesting and unconventional piece of work, vigorous
with the spirit of a land still in its youth, so far as the over
refinements of civilization go; and depicting persons and scenes far
enough out of the ordinary to prove uncommonly attractive to the jaded
reader of stories.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 896. D. 22, ’06. 1510w.

=Cleghorn, Sarah N.= Turnpike lady: a tale of Beartown, Vermont, 1768–1796. †$1.25. Holt.

7–30831.

A story literally steeped in the atmosphere of “little nothingnesses”
that make up the life of a family in a Vermont hamlet at the beginning
of the revolution. It’s “an old-time American idyl with the spirit of
locality strong upon it.”

* * * * *

“One recognizes an uncommonly successful writing-down of many of its
present-day idiosyncrasies. For the rest, the story is quite
inoffensive, told in a rambling, artless, unpracticed fashion, that
almost makes one question whether it were not intended as a juvenile.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 240w.

“A pretty story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 681. O. 26, ’07. 110w.

“One feels that the author has real sympathy with her subject and
characters, and that, despite her abrupt and disjointed manner of
telling the tale, it is really worth having.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 70w.

=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= Christian science. $1.75. Harper.

7–6631.

Mark Twain’s viewpoint is an objective one, humorously critical and
one which characterizes the Christian science faith in the light of a
reversal of the very things which to its followers are possible. He
counts Christian science among the religions of the insane, and
considers Mrs. Eddy in the light of a self-deified mental despot,
which picture is drawn from the author’s interpretation of her acts
and words.

* * * * *

“He does his work coolly and impartially. ‘Christian science’ in the
United States and elsewhere will find the present work offensive, and
regard some portions of the humor which pervades it as little short of
blasphemy.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 466. Ap. 20. 2140w.

+ − =Cath. World.= 86: 244. N. ’07. 760w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 321. Mr. ’07. 2620w.

“Adds nothing to the fame of the author.”

− =Dial.= 42: 190. Mr. 16, ’07. 140w.

“It certainly is extremely funny—in spots.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 40w.

=Lit. D.= 34: 255. F. 16, ’07. 1250w.

“Mark Twain does not attempt a serious examination of the doctrines of
Christian science; probably he thinks it would be useless.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 108. Ap. 5, ’07. 1450w.

“The book is without beginning, middle, or end; it is extremely
repetitious. It cannot be regarded as either a serious or a humorous
contribution to the discussion.”

− =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 200w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.

“From beginning to end Mr. Twain misunderstands where he does not
misstate the beliefs of Christian scientists.” Charles Klein.

− − =No. Am.= 184: 637. Mr. 15, ’07. 2190w.

“His book is much more than a garland of humor. In reality it is much
more. It is a sober, compassionate and very earnest study of a
remarkable system, the achievement of a very gifted woman.” Charles
Johnston.

+ =No. Am.= 184: 641. Mr. 15, ’07. 1580w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 180w.

“Altogether, this book is unfortunate. Uproarious passages in it which
have all Mark Twain’s old drollery and delightful extravagance tell us
that his great comic powers are unimpaired. They wait to be reapplied
successfully.”

− =Spec.= 98: 536. Ap. 6, ’07. 1570w.

=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= Horse’s tale. †$1. Harper.

7–34780.

Our much loved humorist has done another kindly service to his dumb
brothers in this story of the cavalry horse, Soldier Boy, and the
sunny little girl who loved him and all the world. There is much
amusing satire in the story, but beneath it there throbs a great
hearted kin-feeling for the animals who serve us, and there is a plea
for true recognition of this service in the tragic death of little
Cathy who lays down her life for the horse who has once saved it.

* * * * *

“We feel the throb of the kindest heart in the world beating for the
helpless, whether brute or human, in this book, as in its long line of
predecessors.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1377. D. 5, ’07. 170w.

“The tale will interest both children and grown-ups.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 519. D. 5, ’07. 90w.

“A short story in a rare vein of the author. Tenderness and swift,
unexpected pathos make it notable.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Combining some of the best flavor of Mark Twain’s peculiar humor with
sentiment borrowed partly from standard nursery literature and partly
from the tracts of the Society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 742. N. 23, ’07. 230w.

=Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.).= King Leopold’s soliloquy: a defense of his Congo rule. 25c. P. R. Warren co., Boston.

5–32801.

With the intention of aiding Congo reform, Mark Twain arraigns
humorously, but none the less scathingly, the shortcomings of King
Leopold in his dominion over the Congo State.

* * * * *

“The great humorist never wielded his pen more pointedly in behalf of
honesty and humanity.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 10: 198. Ja. ’06. 60w.

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 664. Je. 1. 50w.

“While we are wholly in sympathy with Mark Twain’s purpose, we cannot
approve of his method. The man so soliloquising would not say the
things which the king is made to say, would not quote long passages
which are, in fact, evidence against himself of the most damnatory
kind. It is not a case, we think, in which fiction can be legitimately
used, and as a matter of fact, it is not used with any great subtlety
or art.”

− + =Spec.= 98: 947. Je. 15, ’07. 270w.

=Clements, Frederic Edward.= Plant physiology and ecology. *$2. Holt.

7–25525.

A book intended for use with classes in second-year botany in college
and university. In fifteen chapters the author treats of stimulus and
response, the water of the habitat, adjustment to water, to light, to
temperature, and to gravity, adaptation to water and to light, the
origin of new forms, methods of studying vegetation; the plant
formation, aggregation and migration, competition and ecesis, invasion
and succession, alteration and zanation. The illustrations, consisting
of photographs and line cuts, are many and good.

* * * * *

“Dr. Clements set himself a very difficult task, perhaps an impossible
one, if we do not mistake the trend of recent study. That must be
allowed for. Our main criticism, however, is not upon the choice of
material for a brief treatise; it is against the attitude of mind that
can tolerate vague explanations and invalid reasoning, and against a
treatment of fundamental topics which is ineffective and not in accord
with present knowledge.” C. R. B.

− =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 307. O. ’07. 970w.

“The author writes in a peculiarly lucid and interesting way.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 257. S. 19, ’07. 150w.

“Constitutes a notable addition to the literature of botany in
America.” Charles E. Bessey.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 26: 440. O. 4, ’07. 620w.

=Clerici, Graziano Paolo.= Queen of indiscretions: tragedy of Caroline of Brunswick, queen of England; tr. by Frederic Chapman. *$7. Lane.

7–19766.

The unpleasant story of Queen Caroline, the much disliked wife of
George IV. is given in detail in this volume. “To speak of her in the
words of the romantic and attractive title of this book as ‘a queen of
indiscretions’ is to put her case very leniently indeed. Knowing that
scandalmongers were constantly busy with her name, she deliberately
did whatever a mind remarkably fertile in expedients could devise to
make herself talked about the more. Finally she left England and spent
six years trailing her little court ... all over Europe and even into
Asia. Much of this time she spent in Italy. And it is to the records
of her stay in that country that Signor Clerici has especially devoted
himself in the preparation of this book.... The illustrations are
numerous and interesting.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Caroline’s life was an astounding romance, and though it is a little
clouded in the sumptuous volume before us by sentiment and pathos
which are not needed, the account is ably given. The numerous
illustrations, which are admirably reproduced from contemporary
portraits and prints, would alone make the book of interest and
value.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 55. Ja. 19, ’07. 850w.

“It cannot be said that any addition of importance has been made to
history. The book will doubtless have its public, and is laudably free
from errors, unless we count as such the statement that Brougham was
ever the ‘leader’ of the Whig party.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 728. D. 8. 1950w.

“The index, by the way, is evidently not the work of an expert. There
is a lack, too, throughout the narrative, of definite acknowledgment
of sources.”

− + =Dial.= 42: 147. Mr. 1, ’07. 300w.

“It has two great merits—really new material and a seriously
historical mind. He himself has brought to his task immense pains,
lucidity, and an impartiality of mind which does not prevent a
definite view from emerging.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 10. Ja. 11, ’07. 870w.

“The book has for its chief attractions a series of illustrations, of
which several are of interest, and some new, if not very important
evidence as to Caroline’s doings in Italy.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 76. F. 3, ’07. 560w.

“Mr. Chapman has produced a very readable version of the original, but
he ought not to have allowed ‘Huskisson’ to have been spelt
‘Hutchinson.’ Nor can we speak in warm terms of his introduction,
which is largely made up of copious extracts from the Malmesbury
diaries and Lady Charlotte Bury, together with much gossip that had
better have been omitted. Some of the illustrations are exceedingly
curious, and the book altogether is worthy of a better subject.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 118. Ja. 26, ’07. 340w.

=Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover.= Fishing and shooting sketches; il. by H: S. Watson. *$1.25. Outing pub.

6–35962.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The sentences are sometimes long and involved and do not make what is
called ‘easy reading.’”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 40. F. ’07.

“Short and unpretentious chapters, written as they are in a humane and
enlightened spirit, with an occasional touch of humor in its specific
sense, and a delightful prevalence of good humor throughout.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 190w.

=Ind.= 62: 739. Mr. 28, ’07. 90w.

“This is perhaps the nearest approach the public will ever make toward
seeing an autobiography by Mr. Cleveland.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 80w.

“His little book is full of sound, homely philosophy and quaint
humor.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 64. F. 2, ’07. 220w.

=Clouston, Thomas Smith.= Hygiene of mind. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–29074.

“A convenient and sensible handbook, setting forth the doctrines of
sound health of mind.... The nature of brain action, its dependence
upon the muscular, nutritive, and supporting systems, the changes of
state in the several ages of man, the momentous doctrines of heredity,
the special liabilities of the periods of life, the questions of diet
and exercise, the reflex influences of good cheer and
healthy-mindedness—all these are plainly handled.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The book is a readable and practical contribution to its topic. It
reflects a clinical interest in the workings of the mind, but lacks
the insight into the underlying psychological relations that might
well sharpen the contours and add interest to the details of the
_ensemble_.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 291. My. 1, ’07. 180w.

“His treatment of the management of instincts is particularly good,
and is supremely sane.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 858. Ap. 11, ’07. 180w.

“The greater portion of the volume escapes from the difficulties
incidental to conflict between physics and metaphysics, and is devoted
to giving good advice concerning the physical, moral, and intellectual
training of the young. In this part of his task Dr. Clouston, although
seldom original, is always sensible and instructive.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 383. D. 16, ’06. 910w.

“A book that parents and others will find helpful in its
suggestiveness rather than in definite directions or explicit advice.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 105. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.

“It is sensibly written and backed by a wide experience of the matters
in hand. A good deal of the author’s advice is stated somewhat too
generally to be easily convertible into terms of practice, but the
burden of his theme is clear enough.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 778. D. 22, ’06. 340w.

“His materials are ample, betray wide experience, and on the whole are
thoughtfully and wisely utilised.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 763. N. 17, ’06. 390w.

=Cody, Sherwin.= Success in letter-writing, business and social. **75c. McClurg.

6–24040.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07. S.

=Colby, June Rose.= Literature and life in school. *$1.25. Houghton.

6–41522.

Concerned with the needs of elementary schools this book “aims to show
that literature should be made a vital part of school life—not merely
in the formal instruction, but in many incidental ways and in a
spontaneous rather than a conventional fashion.... An appendix gives
in condensed form suggestions for class and outside reading.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

=Dial.= 42: 233. Ap. 1, ’07. 50w.

“The book is well worth reading, not merely by teachers, but by all
who have an interest in the development of the child mind and in the
advance of good taste and right standards in literary study.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.

“The style confuses one as to the usefulness of the book. It is a
literary style, whereas it ought to be a scientific style. This gives
it a vague and indirect air, where one has a right to expect
directness and authority.” Porter Lander MacClintock.

− =School R.= 15: 400. My. ’07. 460w.

* =Cole, Timothy.= Old Spanish masters engraved by Timothy Cole, with historical notes by Charles H. Caffin and comments by the engraver. **$6. Century.

7–32152.

This work continues the series of reproductions of paintings by old
masters including Old Italian masters, Old Dutch and Flemish masters,
and Old English masters. The enduring value of Mr. Cole’s engravings
has been faithfully imparted to these reproductions while the text
furnishes an interesting story of Spanish art. “Starting at the moment
when Italian art was entering upon the superb achievements of the high
renaissance, it survived the latter’s decay, reached its own
independent climax in the seventeenth century, and received a
supplementary chapter at the end of the eighteenth. As a connected
narrative it may be said to have begun with the birth of a United
States in 1492.”

* * * * *

“The thirty-one examples of his work contained add fresh lustre to his
fame. Though not all of equal excellence, they are as beautiful
artistically as anything he has previously done, and some of them are
quite unsurpassed. Mr. Cole’s skill with the graver shows no sign of
diminution. His line is still as marvellously varied, as virile and
sympathetically expressive, as ever.” Frederick W. Gookin.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 370. D. 1, ’07. 1050w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 80w.

“Mr. Cole’s illustrations of [Velasquez, Ribera, and Zurburan] ... are
too suave, but he has certainly done the world of art a service in his
other reproductions.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 614. N. 23, ’07. 340w.

=Coleridge, Mary E.= Lady on the drawingroom floor. $1.50. Longmans.

7–35195.

“A dreamy prose idyl; the scene, that most unromantic spot, a London
lodginghouse; the persons, a middle-aged spinster and an elderly
bachelor. Yet with these unpromising materials the author succeeds in
awakening sympathetic attention. The pleasant mystification running
through these pages will not bear too close analysis; nor do we feel
inclined to put it to such a test. Lucilla is the name of the heroine.
She is as agreeable as her name, and lives in an atmosphere of
flowers, music, and firelight, with pets as ill-assorted as a
tortoise, a cat, and a parrot.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Interesting, not for its plot, but for the character sketches and
conversation and the originality of the two main characters. Unusually
well written.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07.

“The dreamy and half-mystical charm characteristic of the author is
stamped on every detail of the story, imparting to it an individuality
and persuasiveness of its own.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 730. D. 8. 120w.

“Hers is the method, rare, indeed, among English writers of fiction,
which constructs without letting the reader see the processes of
construction. There is such comedy or tragedy or fantasy on every page
that the reader soon feels that to skip even a single sentence is to
run the risk of missing something essential to the general effect, and
at once to defraud himself and to do injustice to the writer and there
is something of the fineness of thought which is rarely absent from
good work.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 352. O. 19, ’06. 590w.

“This is a frankly sentimental book, without being at all mawkish.
There are no laughs to be gained from it, but many comfortable smiles.
The author’s style has grace and distinction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 130w.

“It is very well done but was it worth doing?”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 170w.

“A volume in which the delicate simplicity of the style is happily
attuned to the gracious distinction of the author’s thought.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 684. N. 3, ’06. 1070w.

=Colestock, Henry Thomas.= Ministry of David Baldwin. †$1.50. Crowell.

7–10047.

David Baldwin, a young minister, just out of the divinity school,
receives a call to a conservative pulpit in a Minnesota town, one
condition being stipulated, viz., that he shall take with him a wife.
He fulfills the letter of the call, and enters upon a mission full of
stress and opposition. The pillars of his church denounce his ideas on
the inspiration of the Bible, evolution and the higher criticism as
unsound. How he holds to his principles and wins out in the conflict
furnishes an interesting solution to a present day problem.

* * * * *

=Acad.= 72: 368. Ap. 13, ’07. 180w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 240w.

“The author designates his book a novel, but he would be better
justified in calling it a novel once or twice removed.”

− =Nation.= 84: 341. Ap. 11, ’07. 290w.

“The author, having arranged his pieces and set his problems, having
made sundry moves as if he were going to play the game according to
the rules, finally falls back on an act of God for his solution, which
leaves the whole business where it began.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 139. Mr. 9, ’07. 570w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.

“While there are many homely scenes sufficiently true to life in this
tale ... it lacks grace, and fails to awaken complete sympathy for the
somewhat ordinary young preacher.”

− − + =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.

=Collings, Jesse.= Land reform, occupying ownership, peasant proprietary, and rural education. *$4.20. Longmans.

7–2568.

This volume by “the well-known supporter of Mr. Chamberlain and
president of the Rural laborers’ league ... opens with a discussion of
the principles of the purchase of land bills, introduced into the
house of commons by the author two years ago. Next follow seven
excellent chapters containing a fairly full history of the origin and
growth of the present English land system, and particularly of the
gradual disappearance of peasant proprietorship. Lastly, a third
division of nine chapters sets forth the arguments for and against the
various proposals which have been made for the revival of British
agriculture and the encouragement of small holdings.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Jesse Collings will carry a larger public with him in his attempt
to supply material for a history of the land question, from the point
of view of the occupying owner, than he will in his definite
proposals.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 128. Ag. 4. 660w.

“Valuable and instructive work.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 270. Ag. 3, ’06. 1420w.

“A book of which certain parts are extremely interesting, though they
appear in somewhat confused array.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 240w.

“Those who are interested in the problem of English land tenure,
whether they agree with Mr. Collings in his main contention or not,
will find his book instructive; those who are interested in rural
education will find it suggestive, and all who are interested in
social and economic problems should find it worth reading.” Henry C.
Taylor.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 351. Je. ’07. 860w.

=Sat. R.= 102: 808. D. 29, ’06. 1050w.

“Ought to have been wholly authoritative, and yet throughout must be
read with caution.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 682. N. 3, ’06. 730w.

=Collins, Thomas Byard.= New agriculture. $2. Munn.

6–40570.

“A popular outline of the changes which are revolutionizing the
methods of farming and the habits of farm life. The writer maintains
that farm life was never so attractive as it is today, although he
admits that present methods of production and distribution outside the
farm leave much to be desired.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“The book is a treatise rather than an experience and savors
considerably of poetry as well as of business, and he makes some
mistakes. It will be of use, however, to anyone who wishes to easily
inform himself of recent progress in agriculture or cheer that
ever-increasing hope that lies in urban hearts and makes men think of
a farm home.” J. Russell Smith.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 424. Mr. ’07. 360w.

“An interesting volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 510. Ap. ’07. 120w.

=Collyer, Robert.= Father Taylor. *80c. Am. Unitar.

6–42972.