Chapter XII: Preface (12)

Father Taylor lived and preached the principles of universal
brotherhood. “An untutored son of nature, rugged of build, endowed
with keen power of wit and repartee, scathing in his rebuke of
everything low or mean, a father to his homeless sailor ‘boys,’ frank,
generous, outspoken, fearless, owning no man his master in thought or
action, lovable always, with an emotional nature generous in all its
impulses, set aflame in the cause of those to whom he devoted his
life, who made use of his Seamen’s Bethel in the port of Boston.”

* * * * *

“In his ‘Father Taylor’ Robert Collyer is at his best.” Robert E.
Bisbee.

+ + =Arena.= 37: 111. Ja. ’07. 300w.

=Colquhoun, Archibald Ross, and Colquhoun, Ethel Maud.= Whirlpool of Europe, Austria-Hungary and the Habsburgs; with maps, diag. and il. **$3.50. Dodd.

7–10613.

“Not merely a travel book, nor yet one purely geographical or
political, but a combination of the two.” (R. of Rs.) “In this
‘Whirlpool of Europe’ may be studied the eddying currents of five or
six different races, religions, and national ambitions. Every phase of
European civilization, every question, racial political, or social,
that has agitated Europe in the last two centuries may be here
studied.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“The book is the more important because of the scarcity of material on
Austria available at the present time.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 161. O. ’07. S.

“The value of the book—and it is great—does not consist in reply to
the questions which the reader will put, but in the fact that a vast
mass of material helping him to construct answers for himself is to be
found in the pages of Mr. and Mrs. Colquhoun.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 320. Mr. 16. 350w.

“The book is highly interesting to all who wish information about the
problems of the dual monarchy. The shortcomings of the book are in the
conclusions and the observations of the near past and the present-day
life. The intimate knowledge which cannot be taken from books, but
which can be obtained only by an extended sojourn in the country, is
often lacking, and in its place there are categoric statements not
always reliable.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 40. Jl. 4, ’07. 720w.

“As regards political personages and living issues, such as
Pan-Germanism, Pan-Slavism, etc. the volume is instructive and
interesting. Very interesting also is the authoritative account of the
emperor’s personality.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 280w.

“Mr. Colquhoun’s book appears to us to suffer to some extent from the
attempt to cover too much ground; and we believe that it would have
been more useful if he had devoted rather more space to the history of
the last forty years and rather less to that of the Middle Ages.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 89. Mr. 22, ’07. 1430w.

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what came before it.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 146. Ag. 15, ’07. 940w.

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might persuade one to hope it might be.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 293. My. 4, ’07. 970w.

“A distinct contribution of value to political literature.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 613. Jl. 20, ’07. 190w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 636. My. ’07. 120w.

“The chief weakness in the book lies in the want of arrangement, and
an unfortunate tendency to go off at a tangent at any moment. Contains
the makings of an excellent book on Austria-Hungary, but a great deal
of revision and further study is necessary.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 832. My. 25, ’07. 2000w.

* =Colton, Arthur Willis.= Harps hung up in Babylon. **$1.25. Holt.

7–30424.

A lyrical offering whose verse rings on, sings on as do the loosened
strings of his “harp of Babylon.” “Brief, happily-fashioned records of
a mood, such as ‘Let me no more a mendicant’ or ‘To-morrow,’ show his
characteristic touch, but the ‘Canticle of the road’ is perhaps more
delightful, with its marching measure and breath of ozone. Mr.
Colton’s work does not interpret a wide range of experience nor
formulate a philosophy, though the Eastern morality poems are
thoughtful and true in ethics, but it has a touch of its own and a
charm of personality.” (Putnam’s.)

* * * * *

“He did well, however, to associate his collection with the name and
the charm of its opening lyric, for here is as lovely a bit of melody
as one will find in recent poetry.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 366. D. ’07. 240w.

=Colvin, Sir Auckland.= Making of modern Egypt. 3d ed. *$4. Dutton.

6–24922.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A well-written digest of official reports, skillfully edited by a
‘Financial adviser’ who had a fair share in the ‘making.’”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 810w.

=Commander, Lydia Kingsmill.= American idea. $1.50. Barnes.

7–7168.

“In which the following question is considered: “Does the
determination of the American people to establish a small family point
to race suicide or race development?” The author discusses the
question from first hand observation, search and interview and
concludes that unless there is a social adjustment of industrial and
social conditions, race suicide is inevitable.”

* * * * *

“A volume in which one of the gravest questions of the hour is treated
in a most entertaining yet deeply thoughtful and wisely suggestive
manner.”

+ + =Arena.= 38: 212. Ag. ’07. 800w.

=Ind.= 62: 562. Mr. 7, ’07. 200w.

“The discussion bears none of the dogmatic traits which usually
characterize subjects of this nature; it is conducted in a fair and
dispassionate manner.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 677. Ap. 27, ’07. 390w.

“Is valuable chiefly for the large amount of first-hand testimony it
contains touching the causes of our falling birthrate.” Edward
Alsworth Ross.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 544. S. ’07. 310w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 90w.

=Commons, John Rogers.= Proportional representation. 2d ed.; with chapters on the initiative, the referendum, and primary elections. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–21300.

The main portion of the work remains unchanged; in addition to it are
several appendices, embracing articles written by the author since
1896, and dealing with the system of direct primary election, the
initiative and referendum—“measures designed to make popular
government in very reality government by the people, through enabling
the people on the one hand to propose and on the other to veto
legislation.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 442. Jl. ’07. 130w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 254. S. 19, ’07. 180w.

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should have been corrected.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 835. Ag. 17, ’07. 370w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.

=Commons, John Rogers.= Races and immigrants in America. **$1.50. Macmillan.

7–17894.

“Prof. Commons believes that the dominant factor in American life,
underlying all our political, legal, economic, ecclesiastical, and
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people have influenced our institutions, pointing out the
characteristics of the various races and nationalities, their part in
self-government, their effect on wealth and its distribution, the
forces of Americanization, and the barriers against inundation.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“A popular study with scientific basis.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 162. O. ’07. S.

“The work is scientific as to method and popular in style, and forms a
very useful handbook about the American population.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 122. S. 1, ’07. 340w.

“Well fortified throughout by statistics, and evidencing a wide range
of observation, the great merit of the volume is its sensibleness.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 229. S. 12, ’07. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 100w.

“Prof. Commons has managed to set forth an immense amount of condensed
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a remarkable breadth of view and an unusual amount of common sense,
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effect of the new conditions upon the immigrants.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 427. Jl. 6, ’07. 240w.

“Professor Commons has used the last census to good advantage, and
gives much interesting information as to the constituent elements of
this heterogeneous population, and also regarding the continuous
displacing of one group by another with a lower standard of life.” G.
Louis Beer.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 742. S. ’07. 410w.

“We do not recall another book of its size that presents so much
important and essential information on this vital topic.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 758. Je. ’07. 170w.

=Commons, John Rogers=, ed. Trade unionism and labor problems. *$2.50. Ginn.

5–34201.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.

+ =Charities.= 17: 470. D. 15, ’06. 370w.

=Compayre, (Jules) Gabriel.= Pioneers in education; tr. by M. E. Findlay, J. E. Mansion, R. P. Jago and Mary D. Frost. 6v. ea. **90c. Crowell.

7–32037–32041.

A series of six studies on the rise and growth of popular education as
shown in the efforts of the following pioneer educators: J. J.
Rousseau and education by nature; Herbert Spencer and scientific
education; Pestalozzi and elementary education; Herbart and education
by instruction; Montaigne and education of the judgment, and Horace
Mann and the public-school system of the United States.

* * * * *

“M. Compayré possesses keen insight into the significance of the
educational leaders and their contributions to educational thought,
and both his critical and expository writing about them are most
excellent.”

+ =Educ. R.= 34: 536. D. ’07. 70w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 737. N. 16, ’07. 420w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 140w.

=Comstock, Anna Botsford (Mrs. J: H: Comstock) (Marian Lee, pseud.).= Confessions to a heathen idol; il. from photographs, by Fred Robinson. †$1.50. Doubleday.

6–36878.

An irresponsive confidant in the form of an ugly little teak-wood idol
hears the nightly heart-confessions of a woman of forty. Even thru her
puzzled wonderings there is the wholesome sanity of a well-poised
woman who says, “life with all its blisses and sorrows, its ecstasies
and commonplaces, is mightily worth while to us mortals, because, good
or bad, it is ever and always so surprisingly interesting.”

* * * * *

“A refreshingly unusual and whimsical book.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 589. F. ’07. 550w.

“The book has in it much to please and interest besides its rather
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interesting, refined, but purely academic.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 350w.

“It is, in fact, a very good mechanism for telling a love story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

=Comstock, Harriet T.= Meg and the others. †75c. Crowell.

6–25997.

“Seldom have we read a sweeter or more natural and wholesome tale for
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+ + =Arena.= 37: 222. F. ’07. 160w.

=Conant, Charles Arthur.= Principles of money and banking. 2v. *$4. Harper.

5–36153.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is a work that marks an epoch and it is a work to influence that
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deserves, for the result would be a better America, because a more
intelligent one!” E. S. Crandon.

+ + =New England M.= 35: 591. Ja. ’07. 2350w.

=Connolly, James Bennet.= Crested seas. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–30867.

A new volume of sea stories is added to Mr. Connolly’s other three.
“Many of the old characters of his previous books appear in new rôles
and scenes; Martin Carr, the good-natured veteran; Tommie Clancy, the
reckless sail carrier; Dan Coleman, the soft-hearted skipper, and such
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waist, and has himself heard the rattle of reef points on a tauted
sail and the groaning of riggings under a press of canvas, these tales
of the sea weave a spell that is difficult to throw off for some
time.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠

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the softer, sweeter side of their lives.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 944. O. 17, ’07. 310w.

“That the author possesses a real, if not too versatile, narrative
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+ =Nation.= 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 420w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“Mr. Connolly appears to understand the psychological make-up of
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questions of a tale teller who always spins a good yarn and frequently
one that has in it the elements of permanent value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 683. O. 26, ’07. 470w.

“Has the spirited style that befits the sea tale of danger, romance
and adventure.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 624. N. 23, ’07. 100w.

=Connor, Ralph, pseud.= The Doctor; a tale of the Rockies. †$1.50. Revell.

6–41274.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A rather conventional tale, but will be very popular with readers of
earlier stories by the same author. Like them, it has a strong
religious bias.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07. ✠

“A worthy successor of the ‘Sky-pilot.’”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 10. Ja. 5. 360w.

“But out of the total impression left on me by this story two facts
emerge which seem to have significance of the right sort. One of these
is the religious tone that pervades the book. The other significant
fact is what I am compelled to call the immorality of portions of the
book.” Ward Clark.

+ − =Bookm.= 24: 597. F. ’07. 890w.

“Is written in his usual stringent style and abounds in thrilling
situations.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 737. Mr. 28, ’07. 100w.

“A narrative that throbs with human interest.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 270w.

“Yet there is an artistic weakness, and it lies in the reiterated
appeal to the reader’s finest sentiment.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 150w.

“The plot is a little involved and intricate, and therefore not easy
to follow, and the character drawing is not very strongly marked.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 94. Ja. 19, ’07. 170w.

=Conrad, Joseph (Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski).= Mirror of the sea. †$1.50. Harper.

6–37221.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In a manner Mr. Conrad’s book marks an epoch, since it is written in
praise of ships, by a man who has sailed them, whose style and shapes
shall be sailed no more.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 777. D. 22, ’06. 760w.

=Conrad, Joseph.= Secret agent. †$1.50. Harper.

7–29428.

A skilfully written story which looks into the lives of anarchists and
the machinery of their organization. It tells of a secret agent in the
employ of the Russian embassy in London, and of his relations with his
employers, with anarchists, with an inspector of police, and with the
sluggish members of his own family.

* * * * *

“It is a masterly study, the raw material of which would have been
turned into crude melodrama by some writers. Mr. Conrad has made it
the vehicle for some of the most telling characterization he has
accomplished.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 361. S. 28. 630w.

“We approach Mr. Conrad’s ‘The secret agent’ with anticipations that
are not fulfilled.” Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 200w.

“We do not consider ‘The secret agent’ Mr. Conrad’s masterpiece; it
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‘Lord Jim,’ while it offers no scope for the employment of the tender
and warm fancy that made ‘Karain’ so memorable; but it is, we think,
an advance upon ‘Nostromo,’ its immediate predecessor.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 285. S. 20, ’07. 440w.

“The characters stand forth clearly enough, but you cannot get
interested in them till you have gone through the first half of the
volume. This is too heavy a draft on the faith of the reader.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 285. S. 26, ’07. 250w.

“There is, nevertheless, a vast gulf fixed between Mr. Conrad and the
melodramatist, between the human tragedy of ‘The secret agent’ and the
detective story of commerce.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 562. S. 21, ’07. 1230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“The book will not compare favorably in narrative and descriptive
ability with some of Mr. Conrad’s early work, but it has, in its
strange way, notable tragic intensity.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 130w.

“In an Idle Reader’s opinion he is the best man at present telling
stories.”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 370. D. ’07. 90w.

“There are certain obvious blemishes in this book.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 400. S. 21, ’07. 1690w.

* =Conway, Katherine Eleanor.= In the footprints of the Good Shepherd, New York, 1857–1907; from the Convent annals and from personal study of the work. $1.25. Convent of the Good Shepherd. N. Y.

7–21320.

A memorial of the fiftieth anniversary jubilee of the Convent of the
Good Shepherd of New York city. “Besides telling the story of the
convent’s growth, Miss Conway gives an interesting account of the rule
of life practiced by the Sisters, and their methods of treating their
charges, with many touching illustrations of the divine efficacy of
the Good Shepherd’s power.” (Cath. World.)

* * * * *

+ =Cath. World.= 86: 115. O. ’07. 390w.

=Conway, Moncure Daniel.= My pilgrimage to the wise men of the East. **$3. Houghton.

6–38349.

“This volume which forms a supplement to Mr. Conway’s autobiography,
published last year, contains an account of his travels in India and
recounts conversations with leading Buddhists, Brahmins, Parsees, and
Mohammedans. The religious side of the author is thus brought into
unusual prominence, with the result of considerably enhancing the
interest of the volume.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 7. Ja. ’07.

“His peculiar views upon Christianity may repel or offend some
readers, but the kindly spirit in which he writes of all men and
almost all creeds is attractive, and he deals in loving reverence with
the secrets of the underlying religious life of India.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 690. D. 1. 820w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 202. F. ’07. 2030w.

“The work shows him in the ripeness of his powers, and in the
enjoyment of his fearless independence as a free-thinker, but never
playing the part of a scoffer. His perceptions have lost nothing of
their keenness, his hand has not forgot its cunning and literary
craftsmanship.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 8. Ja. 1, ’07. 2100w.

“Mr. Conway ... is a seer with a vivid poetic imagination, with an
irreverent reverence of his own, and goes through the religions of the
Far East with little concern for anything but what appeals to his own
sense of truth and beauty.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 380w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 100w.

“Mr. Conway’s acquaintance with Hindu literature is so very vague that
the reader must be warned of the valuelessness of such literary
criticism as his fertile mind offers, for in this respect ignorance is
no bar to his daring. The one note that jars in these recollections of
a venerable teacher is that teacher’s too evident pride in his own
mental superiority.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 110. Ja. 31, ’07. 730w.

“This résumé of his religious beliefs and unbeliefs will appear as
shocking to some of his readers as it will appear illuminating to
others. The seasoned reader and thinker will like it for its evident
sincerity and its suggestiveness, but will not be sufficiently
affected by it one way or another to lose any sleep on account of it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 871. D. 15, ’06. 1340w.

“What value his book has lies in his ability to tell a story,
certainly not in his estimate of conditions.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 761. Mr. 30, ’07. 1200w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 754. D. ’06. 100w.

“Any one interested in questions of morality and religion may
profitably read this volume, if he does not mind having his toes
trodden, even trampled on.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 298. F. 23, ’07. 270w.

=Conway, Sir William Martin.= No Man’s land. *$3. Putnam.

W 6–184.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A model of painstaking research.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 316. Ap. 4, ’07. 580w.

=Conybeare, Frederick Cornwallis, and Stock, St. George.= Selections from the Septuagint according to the text of Swete. *$1.65. Ginn.

5–36804.

“Brief introductions and copious notes fit these easy historical
selections from the Septuagint for use by college students. The book
should be useful in extending the knowledge of the Old Testament in
Greek.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“It is not only scholarly and clever, but also bright and attractive.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 239. S. 1. 230w.

=Bib. World.= 27: 400. My. ’06. 30w.

“The book is welcome as filling a gap in our list of text-books, but
it is in some respects ... disappointing, and it may well be doubted
whether, as the publishers claim, it is a valuable contribution to a
better understanding of the language of the New Testament.” Clarence
H. Young.

− + =Educ. R.= 33: 534. My. ’07. 300w.

=Cook, Albert E.= Bright side and the other side: what India can teach us; with introd. by J. G. Haller and W. F. Oldham. *75c. West Meth. bk.

7–13927.

In which the fruits of Mohammedanism are discussed. The study is based
upon a knowledge of the religion’s influence on the life and manners
of its devotees.

=Cook, Albert S.= Higher study of English. *$1. Houghton.

6–38399.

“The aims of the higher study of English rather than the methods is
the purport of Prof. Cook’s recent treatise, and it addresses itself
rather to the advanced and eager student than to the established
teacher.” (Forum.) The book consists of four addresses, The province
of English philology, The teaching of English, The relations of words
to literature, and The aims of graduate study of English. “Yet the
obvious note in all four is a general elevation of standards, both
ethical and aesthetic, throughout the entire curriculum of English—a
broadening and deepening of our national culture through an intensive
appreciation of the best that has been handed down to us in
literature.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Does not solve any problems or reveal any startlingly new point of
view, but it is thoughtful and readable and therefore to be
commended.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 292. Mr. 23, ’07. 260w.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 17. Ja. 1, ’07. 460w.

“As a presentation of an ideal the book could scarcely be surpassed.”
William T. Brewster.

+ + − =Forum.= 38: 391. Ja. ’07. 730w.

“His work appeals to the general reader as well as the teacher.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 10. Ja. 3, ’07. 110w.

“The book is not only richly suggestive to teachers of English, but to
us of the present generation it is especially interesting for its
historical placing of our subject.” Franklin T. Baker.

+ =School R.= 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 380w.

=Cook, E. Wake.= Betterment, individual, social and industrial. **$1.20. Stokes.

6–40953.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.

=Charities.= 17: 499. D. 15, ’06. 220w.

=Cook, Theodore A.= Eclipse and O’Kelly. *$7. Dutton.

Agr 7–2179.

Eclipse is a horse that has won repeated race-course honors, and
O’Kelly is his owner. Everything is set down “that could possibly be
found out concerning Eclipse, his ancestors, his birth and education,
his achievements, his appearance and measurements, the fate of his
skin and his hoofs and his skeleton, his descendants and what they in
turn have accomplished.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“The book is a monument of thoroughness—also of energy.” G. S. Street.

+ =Acad.= 72: 601. Je. 22, ’07. 1040w.

“We must not hunt for small inaccuracies in a big book. Let us rather
acknowledge frankly that the compiler has put together a standard work
of reference concerning the subject.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 122. Ag. 3. 1070w.

“A volume, with a good deal of information that is quite new and some
stimulating suggestions. Even the smaller sporting library can hardly
dispense with it.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 283. S. 20, ’07. 1090w.

“Mr. Cook has discharged his task entertainingly well, and there is
plenty of enjoyment waiting in his pages.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 510w.

“The task of attempting the visualisation of the manners and the men
of the latter half of the eighteenth century has occupied Mr. Cook
with enthusiasm, and the result is some admirable work. He has pursued
figures and statistics with immense energy and thoroughness. His
figures will doubtless prove of great value to the biologist and
breeder; but the best part of the book has to do with the heroic horse
and the men who saw him race.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 130. Jl. 27, ’07. 1590w.

=Cooper, Francis, pseud.= Financing an enterprise: a manual of information and suggestion for promoters, investors and business men generally. 2v. $4. Ronald press, New York.

7–485.

“The work treats of financing an enterprise that is either merely a
development, proposition, or that is a growing concern, or that
demands liquidation. The importance of proper preparation and
presentation of such an enterprise is pointed out and attention called
to the fact that without proper presentation, it is often extremely
difficult to finance an enterprise, while with proper presentation,
enterprises utterly devoid of merit have frequently been financed. The
conditions and methods of financing are lucidly stated and illustrated
with succinct examples.”—Technical Literature.

* * * * *

“This is a book on a subject concerning which few, if any, books have
been written and very little published anywhere. Engineers who have to
do with patented inventions and their commercial exploitation will
also find much instructive and helpful matter in this treatise.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 534. N. 14, ’07. 680w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 263. F. 16, ’07. 60w.

“The writer of this work displays an intimate knowledge of his
subject, evidently, at least considerably, acquired through
experience. His attitude is well balanced, and his discussions take
both sides of the question. He appears to pay equal attention to
advantages and disadvantages, and not to be carried to unjustifiable
extremes in any of his discussion.”

+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 223. My. ’07. 900w.

=Cooper, Lane=, ed. Theories of style with especial reference to prose composition: essays, excerpts and translations. *$1.10. Macmillan.

7–27343.

Written from a conviction that the link between substance and form,
between knowledge and expression ought never to be broken, this volume
includes a body of literary models, for the most part by masters of
expression, illustrating and reiterating the salient principles of
most good handbooks on English prose composition. The work is
suggestive and of wide scope.

* * * * *

“An interesting contribution to the apparatus for the teaching of
rhetoric.”

+ =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 50w.

=Corbin, John.= Cave man. il. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–14254.

“Specifically, Mr. Corbin’s story concerns a great motor trust and a
rivalry in love, with a pretty opening scene on class day in the yard
at Harvard. The desired and desirable lady names one of the men (who
is old-fashioned enough to be honest) the ‘cave-man.’ The story, which
has many really dramatic moments, shows how love modernized this
‘cave-man’—how he ceased, in the old-fashioned sense, to be honest and
acquired the new higher or financial morality. Mr. Corbin suggests
sardonically that it’s all right—and perhaps it is.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A love-story that has depth and strength, that means more than the
usual pretty, unconvincing obligatory romance in most of the current
novels of this genre.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 339. Ag. 8, ’07. 220w.

“It is a cleverly handled novel portraying a phase of genuine American
life. Ultramodern novels of this type are apt to be disfigured by
smartness, that sin of up-to-date fiction; and it must be said that
‘The cave man’ is not wholly immune from the fault. The habit of
adopting the raw slang in vogue into the pages of a novel ought not to
be encouraged.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 180w.

+ − =Nation.= 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 180w.

“Piquánt, interesting and readable from first to last. The book is a
rarely perfect example of what may be achieved when an able critic
turns novelist at second hand.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 234. Ap. 13, ’07. 610w.

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

+ =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 80w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 761. Je. ’07. 60w.

=Cornford, Francis Macdonald.= Thucydides Mythistoricus. *$3. Longmans.

This volume contains not only “a study of the Greek historian who was
a contemporary of Pericles ... but also a theory of history, a study
of the historian’s art from the modern and sophisticated point of
view.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Able and brilliant.” R. Y. Tyrrell.

+ + =Acad.= 72: 311. Mr. 30, ’07. 1280w.

“A book that is easy, even fascinating reading. It did not need his
words of acknowledgment to let us into the secret of Dr. Verrall’s
influence upon his ideas and methods. There is the same evidence of
careful work and profound meditation; there is an approach to Dr.
Verrall’s characteristic brilliancy of presentation; but there is left
in the end the same impression of special pleading.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 152. Jl. ’07. 490w.

“A very delightful book.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 497. Ap. 27. 1900w.

“The challenge implied in Mr. Cornford’s title is maintained in his
book in a fashion which will be stimulating and suggestive even to
those who cannot accept its conclusions.” Paul Shorey.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 202. O. 1, ’07. 2160w.

“Mr. Cornford’s brilliant and suggestive study provides material
help ... towards revising the traditional estimate of Thucydides. Mr.
Cornford does not always carry conviction. In particular, a cautious
student will hesitate to trust himself to the insecure Icarus-flights
of a higher-criticism which treats the sequels to the careers of
Pausanias and Themistocles as ‘rationalized Saga-history influenced by
drama.’”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 195. Je. 21, ’07. 1640w.

“An inspiriting and commendable book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 272. Ap. 27, ’07. 250w.

“The strong side of Mr. Cornford’s book is as an analysis of
Thucydides’ mind.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 579. N. 9, ’07. 950w.

“With this objection to his title, criticism of Mr. Cornford ends and
admiration begins. We can only indicate Mr. Cornford’s view, and
recommend all students to examine his arguments for themselves. They
will find everywhere much that is instructive, and, however his
apparent paradoxes may at first startle, the substantial truth of his
position will in the end, we think, appear not less remarkable than
its novelty.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 862. Je. 1, ’07. 1430w.

=Cornill, Carl H.= Introduction to the canonical books of the Old Testament; tr. by G. H. Box. (Theological translation lib.) *$3. Putnam.

A translation of Professor Cornill’s fifth revised edition. The volume
renders to the reader “knowledge which will enable him to understand
the problems of the Old Testament and value the solutions which
scholars have offered.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“There is in our language no single volume on the subject which
contains so much material, and especially which gives such full lists
of relevant writings, as does this book by Prof. Cornill. There is
always danger, however, that the limitations of a short work on a long
subject may make an author dogmatic, and in this respect Prof. Cornill
is not above suspicion.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 439. Ap. 13. 580w.

“The clearness and conciseness of the original are preserved in the
translation, but it is to be regretted that the translator has made
references to previous passages by sections only, which are not noted
at the top of the page and are therefore difficult to find in the
text.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 270w.

“While primarily designed as a handbook for critical students, it is
serviceable in the main points and general lines for intelligent
readers, though unacquainted with Hebrew, in its presentation of Old
Testament critical science at this date, both as to its closed
questions and remaining problems.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 614. Jl. 20, ’07. 180w.

=Cornish, Charles John.= Animal artisans and other studies of birds and beasts; with a prefatory memoir by his widow; 2 pors. from photographs and 12 drawings by Patten Wilson. $2.50. Longmans.

7–28981.

“These papers, now for the first time gathered in book form ...
present many interesting phases of animal life, particularly from what
might be called the industrial side, the underlying current being the
existence among other animals than man of distinct arts and crafts by
which they either gain a mere living or provide themselves with
shelter.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The single defect of the book is the absence of an index.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 580. My. 11. 450w.

“One receives the impression that the natural history here recorded is
the outcome of an avocation. It lacks the tension, and the critical
point of view, of the trained scientist.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 366. Je. 16, ’07. 390w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 500w.

“Several of these articles display a lamentable want of knowledge of
scientific zoology on the part of the author. After all, the volume is
perhaps sufficiently accurate to suit the requirements of the readers
to whom it is likely to appeal.”

+ − =Nature.= 75: 437. Mr. 7, ’07. 380w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 170w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 80w.

“If the papers in the volume before us are distinguished in any way
from others that went before, we should say that the observation of
the author is more ingenious than ever.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 292. F. 23, ’07. 1600w.

=Corthell, Elmer L.= Allowable pressure on deep foundations. *$1.25. Wiley.

7–28847.

This work is an amplified form of a paper to the Institution of civil
engineers brought about by Dr. Corthell’s investigation of the subject
relating to the construction of a port at the city of Rozario on the
Panama river.

* * * * *

“The admirable form of the compilation, and the thoroughness with
which the abstracts of published articles have been made, make the
book one of great value.”

+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 80. Jl. 18, ’07. 310w.

=Cory, Vivian (Victoria Cross, pseud.).= Life’s shop window. $1.50. Kennerley.

7–4158.

With the frankness of Zola, Victoria Cross presents in this novel “the
passions and the emotions and the part they play in the life of a
young girl.” (N. Y. Times.) Imagination substitutes experience in the
delineation of character.

* * * * *

“The book is not even what is known as ‘a picture of life,’ since its
personages are all drawn straight from sensational melodrama and their
humanity is only a semblance, far from convincing.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 80. F. 9, ’07. 490w.

“‘Victoria Cross’ writes in the feverish manner of Miss Corelli, and
much in ‘Life’s shop window’ will remind the reader of that novelist.”

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

=Cotes, Everard.= Signs and portents in the Far East. **$2.50. Putnam.

7–29141.

“After a cursory glance at the Japan of today, the author tells of the
Chinese question in British territory, of the situation at Canton, of
missionaries and anti-foreign riots, of Hankow and Peking and other
Chinese cities. Then he takes the reader north to the scene of the
Russo-Japanese war. He describes Port Arthur as it is to-day, and
Mukden, and other places, the names of which were so conspicuous in
newspapers not long ago. Glancing at that country of problems, Korea,
Mr. Cotes devotes several more chapters to Japan and the Japanese.”—N.
Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The book is both brightly written and politically interesting, though
we cannot go with the author in some of his beliefs and the
recommendations based upon them.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 252. Mr. 2. 920w.

“The author has a gift of accurate narration which brings places and
persons clearly before the mental vision of the reader. There is no
attempt at effect; yet, none the less effectiveness is attained.” H.
T. P.

+ + =Bookm.= 25: 422. Je. ’07. 1300w.

“On missionary matters he is more sane and truthful than Mr. Weale.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 757. S. 26, ’07. 550w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 114. Ap. 12, ’07. 410w.

+ − =Nation.= 85: 60. Jl. 15, ’07. 350w.

“Full of interesting information.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 436. Je. 22, ’07. 230w.

“He enunciates certain theories and offers some suggestions with
regard to the significance of the new activity in China that opens up
an interesting field for speculation.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 654. My. 25, ’07. 1440w.

=Couch, A. T: Quiller-.= From a Cornish window. *$1.50. Dutton.

6–35302.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is apparently a re-hash in book form of various magazine articles,
literary criticisms and reviews.”

− =Sat. R.= 102: 746. D. 15, ’06. 370w.

=Couch, A. T. Quiller- (“Q,” pseud.)= Major Vigoureux. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–30166.

“The major is commandant of a dismantled and half-forgotten naval post
on certain inconsequent islands off the English coast. The garrison
has dwindled to two, and their duties are simply to wait upon the
commandant. He has lost his authority in the islands, and what with
shame and apathy is in a fair way to lose all interest in life.”
(Nation.) A famous singer returns to her island home and becomes the
‘dea ex machina’ of the plot. She “restores to Major Vigoureux his
self-respect and teaches the Lord Proprietor his proper place” besides
performing many another telling service.

* * * * *

“A well written amusing tale.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 200. N. ’07. ✠

“It is seldom that one can criticize ‘Q.’ in details; but there is
once, if we mistake not, a discrepancy about a tide.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 579. N. 9. 420w.

“His last story is like a chalice of old wine reddened within by all
the fine fires of life and beaded high with immortal love and
courage.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1228. N. 21, ’07. 30w.

“In ‘Major Vigoureux’ ‘Q’ marks time. It is full of good things, we
wish we could think that half the novels of the season would hold so
many; but in itself it lacks the flowing beauty, the unity, what might
almost be called the lyrical, singing quality with which this author,
at his best, lends distinction to his novels.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 285. S. 20, ’07. 410w.

“The tale is a most agreeable literary confection.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 328. O. 10, ’07. 240w.

“On the whole, there is much to enjoy in this tale, although some
readers will object to its lack of definite ending.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 160w.

“The story verges on melodrama and barely escapes tragedy: the ending
lacks definiteness: but ‘Q’ is never commonplace.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 100w.

“He limits his scene, but he brings to bear upon it a mind enriched
with wide reading, a pen that is scholarly yet never pedantic, and a
keen eye for the rich possibilities of adventure and romance that
underlie the daily round and common task of modern life.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 488. O. 5, ’07. 750w.

=Couch, A. T. Quiller-.= Pilgrims’ way. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–35145.

“‘The pilgrims’ way’ has a more serious purpose than is usually
associated with anthologies, the selections of prose and verse which
Mr. Quiller-Couch has chosen being definitely arranged with a view to
their suitability to the different stages of life’s journey, beginning
with childhood and ending with death. These selections are charming in
themselves, and they cover a wide range of literature, extending from
the Bible to the work of such very modern authors as Mr. Laurence
Binyon and Maeterlinck.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“A delightful collection.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 66. Mr. ’07.

“The whole makes a most attractive little volume.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 826. D. 29. 180w.

“Unerring good taste is evident throughout the collection. Not the
least of the volume’s charms is the compiler’s fine little prefatory
essay.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 457. D. 16, ’06. 100w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 508. D. 13, ’06. 60w.

“An agreeable little collection made with taste and a certain
daintiness.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 57. Ja. 12, ’07. 150w.

“A very delightful book this.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 733. N. 10, ’06. 80w.

=Couch, A. T. Quiller-.= Poison Island. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–8212.

Some sixteen chapters of this adventure story lead up thru school-boy
escapades, crime, and mystery to the secret of Mortallone island in
the bay of Honduras. The chart containing the plan of the island and
affording the key to the spot of buried treasure after causing a deal
of trouble falls into the hands of a little party who set sail from
Falmouth in quest of the island and its hoard. Mr. Quiller-Couch has
drawn with clever touches the spirit of unanimity which, with
noticeable lack of greed, characterizes the treasure seekers.

* * * * *

“Written with unusual spirit and charm.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 107. Ap. ’07. ✠

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 405. Ap. 6. 340w.

“The author’s happy faculty for sketching eccentric types of character
is exhibited at his best, and we thoroughly enjoy the quaint company
that he provides for us.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 377. Je. 16, ’07. 260w.

“After you have laid down the book, no character, no dramatic
situation remains in the memory—nothing but a general impression of
misapplied and wasted cleverness.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 970. Ap. 25, ’07. 200w.

“A curious and wholly impossible piece of fiction. Has many points of
interest, but is very uneven on the whole.”

− + =Lit. D.= 34: 639. Ap. 20, ’07. 240w.

“Is a brave, amusing, exciting story, but it is not right ‘Q.’ Seldom
does a story by ‘Q’ lose interest when you know the plot. We regret
that ‘Poison island’ does.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 85. Mr. 15, ’07. 530w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 550w.

“In the end Mr. Quiller-Couch springs some remarkable surprises on his
reader, and the closing incidents are even so bizarre and unnatural
that the reader suspects that the author is laughing in his sleeve at
the credulity of romance-lovers.”

− =Outlook.= 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 120w.

“There is a lack of spontaneity about it that renders it at times
almost tedious.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 370. Mr. 23, ’07. 200w.

“If he has not the highest creative faculty, he has at least the power
of lending freshness and vitality to time-worn and even hackneyed
themes by the agility of his invention and the picturesqueness of his
_mise-en-scene_.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 624. Ap. 20, ’07. 1250w.

=Couch, A. T: Quiller-.= Sir John Constantine. †$1.50. Scribner.

6–31381.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 144. Mr. 1, ’07. 540w.

“It lacks the breath of the romantic life, and inspires a feeling that
the writer himself has lived chiefly in books and rarely a life of his
own.”

− + =Sat. R.= 103: 54. Ja. 12, ’07. 230w.

=Coulton, George Gordon.= From St. Francis to Dante: a translation of all that is of primary interest in the chronicle of the Franciscan Salimbene: (1221–1288) together with notes and il. from other medieval sources. *$4.20. Scribner.

6–32412.

For this second edition fresh matter from Salimbene’s chronicle has
been added and the notes and appendices have been extended. “For those
who wish to see the seamy side of the middle ages, this is the best
book in English.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Coulton is a far-seeing man and a good writer. What is more
remarkable he contrives to unite a judicial mind with strong
convictions, which lend warmth and interest to his style.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 65. Mr. 1, ’07. 1380w.

“He has read widely in the sources of his period, and is able at every
turn to illustrate Salimbene’s statements.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 244. S. 20, ’06. 1380w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 303. O. 3, ’07. 70w.

“Contains more of the famous chronicle of Fra Salimbene, a Franciscan
friar of the thirteenth century, than has hitherto appeared in print
in English, and for that reason it is a valuable book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 602. S. 20, ’06. 250w.

“He has a great knowledge of his period, considerable attainments, and
a very workmanlike gift of exposition. But unfortunately he is before
all things else a controversialist.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 645. N. 24, ’06. 1350w.

“We would recommend the book, as full of curious information, to every
one who cares to illustrate his Dante studies by a real contemporary
picture of the thirteenth century on its darker side, with all the
peculiarities of its social and religious life.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 725. N. 10, ’06. 1320w.

=Coutts, Francis Burdett.= Heresy of Job; with the inventions of William Blake. *$2. Lane.

The volume contains “first, introductory matter explaining the
editor’s conception of the poem’s purpose and meaning; second, the
poem itself divided into three parts, Prologue, Debate, and Epilogue;
third, some pages of notes elucidating certain obscurities in the
text; fourth, an appendix containing the speech of Elihu the Buzite;
fifth, a list of commentaries consulted; and, finally, the
‘Illustrations of the Book of Job, invented and engraved by William
Blake,’ and first published in 1825, by Blake himself. Job’s ‘heresy’
consisted not in a denial of God or a rejection of religion, but
rather in a refusal to subscribe to the smug orthodoxy of his three
friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Coutts has succeeded in properly emphasizing one important side
of the argument of Job, but his error consists in mistaking a part for
the whole.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 363. S. 28. 250w.

“An attractive and useful volume.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 255. O. 16, ’07. 320w.

“Scholarly introduction.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 542. S. 7, ’07. 120w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 133. S. 21, ’07. 220w.

=Coutts, Francis Burdett.= Romance of King Arthur. *$1.50. Lane.

“The romance of King Arthur is here told in four parts—the poem of
‘Uther Pendragon,’ the plays of ‘Merlin’ and ‘Lancelot du Lake,’ and
the poem of ‘The death of Lancelot.’ In his preface the author states
that his ‘sole important variation from the accepted legend’ is to
represent Mordred as the legitimate son of Morgan le Fay, and thus
supply the enchantress with a purely human, and therefore, we may add,
somewhat superfluous, motive for her malevolence towards Arthur.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The whole work is undistinguished and dull. It is all padded out.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 603. Je. 22, ’07. 280w.

“There are some fairly effective ‘curtains,’ but the blank verse is
generally monotonous and rich in commonplaces.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 724. Je. 15. 360w.

“In this volume Mr. Coutts has surprised us. A poet he was known to
be; a lyric poet of some intensity and much art; a philosophic poet
whose work was unified by a coherent, if undogmatic, faith, and
expressed in language as simple as it was profound. The discovery that
he is also a dramatic poet comes unexpected.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 180. Je. 7, ’07. 870w.

“The medium of the whole—idylls and playlets—is blank verse, whereof
the quality at times is excellent. The inspiration, in spite of the
form, is perhaps rather Kipling than Tennyson, and the playlets are
better than the idylls.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 640w.

“Mr. Coutts’s poems, while they are smooth and flowing and show now
and then passages of much beauty or of poetic fervor, are weak and
pale when tested beside the Tennysonian idylls.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 557. S. 14, ’07. 390w.

“Mr. Coutts is a grave writer whose verse moves always with dignity,
and now and then by dint of simplicity and sincerity rises to a
considerable measure of poetry.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 635. N. 2, ’07. 160w.

=Cowan, Samuel.= Last days of Mary Stuart and the journal of Bourgoyne, her physician. *$3. Lippincott.

Letters of Queen Mary and the journal of her physician are used to
prove her innocence of any complicity in the plotting against
Elizabeth.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“The journal was the work of a man of gossipy intellect of something
the same type as that of Boswell and Pepys, and consequently it is
often entertaining, and constantly gives close at hand views of the
domestic life of Mary’s court.”

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

“He is a little too partisan and dead-sure to make much of an
historian, but he puts his case with enthusiasm and some skill.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 90w.

“A contribution of importance to the literature of its subject.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 140w.

=Cowley, Abraham.= Essays, plays and sundry verses, v. 2. *$1.50. Putnam.

7–23868.

“The first volume of Cowley’s Works in the Cambridge English classics
contained all the poems published in the folio which appeared the year
after his death. The second volume, now issued, contains the earlier
writings from the edition of 1637, together with the plays and essays.
The editor, A. R. Waller, is preparing a Supplement of notes,
biographical, bibliographical, and critical.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“A very workmanlike edition.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 29. Ja. 25, ’07. 1100w. (Review of v. 2.)

“It cannot be said that this edition, with its reproduction of the old
spelling and its inclusion of so much that is dull, is the best for
the reader who merely desires his comfort, but for the scholar it is
altogether admirable.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 132. F. 7, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 2.)

Reviewed by William A. Bradley.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 222. Ap. 6, ’07. 1990w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Admirable and scholarly edition.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 95. Ja. 20, ’06. 2300w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Cox, Kenyon.= Painters and sculptors: a second series of old masters and new. **$2.50. Duffield.

7–31410.

In an introductory essay on “The education of an artist,” Mr. Cox
compares the education afforded by the apprenticeship custom of the
renaissance with that obtainable in the modern art schools and
studios. Following this chapter are six, as follows: The Pollaiuoli,
Painters of the mode, Holbein, The Rembrandt tercentenary, Rodin and
Lord Leighton.

* * * * *

“The appreciations, written in a charming easy style, show the
author’s technical knowledge, his catholicity of taste and judgment.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 193. N. ’07.

“It is a careful and detailed work, which will of course appeal
especially to students of art, the numerous illustrations being
valuable adjuncts to an appreciation of the great masters’ work.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 379. D. 1, ’07. 230w.

“Disclaiming connoisseurship, his scholarship is adequate, while his
insight as a painter, as in the essay on Holbein, at times affords
discoveries that the connoisseurs have missed. Above all, he is
judicious, weighing gingerly his personal admirations. As a whole, the
book lacks the consistency and dignity of the first series.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 525. D. 5, ’07. 820w.

“Mr. Cox has a great faculty of seeing the point, and of making his
readers see it. There is nothing in the volume which an intelligent
lover of art, will not find both intelligible and interesting.”
Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 630. O. 19, ’07. 950w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 90w.

“From among the many dry details of craftsmanship, all of them of
importance to the practical worker, he selects what will go farthest
toward interpreting for the uninitiated the secrets of a masterpiece
of painting or modelling.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.