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=Doubleday, Nellie Blanchan (Neltje Blanchan, pseud.).= Birds that every child should know: the East; 63 pages of photographs from life. (Every child should know series.) **$1.20. Doubleday.

7–7517.

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* * * * *

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* * * * *

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=Doyle, (Arthur) Conan.= Sir Nigel; il. by the Kinneys. †$1.50. McClure.

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=Doyle, J. A.= Colonies under the House of Hanover. $3.50. Holt.

2–11920.

The fifth volume in Mr. Doyle’s “English colonies in America.” It
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in separation from the mother country.

* * * * *

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=Doyle, J. A.= Middle colonies. $3.50. Holt.

2–11920.

The fourth volume in Mr. Doyle’s “English colonies in America” deals
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* * * * *

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=Dresslar, Fletcher B.= Superstition and education. pa. $2.50. Univ. of Cal.

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=Dressler, Friedrich August.= Moltke in his home. *$2. Dutton.

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* * * * *

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=Drew, Gilman A.= Laboratory manual of invertebrate zoölogy. *$1.25. Saunders.

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* * * * *

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=Driver, Rev. Samuel Rolles.= Book of the prophet Jeremiah: a revised translation, with introd. and short explanations. *$1.50. Scribner.

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* * * * *

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=Druce, George C.= Dillenian herbaria: an account of the Dillenius collections in the Herbarium of the University of Oxford, together with a biographical sketch of Dillenius, selections from his correspondence, notes, etc.; ed., with introd. by S. H. Vines. *$4.15. Oxford.

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character the facilities offered at the Botanic garden, Oxford, are
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department of botany, Cromwell road.... The introduction by Prof.
Vines is an appreciative essay on the position of Dillenius as regards
his contemporaries; then, with a single page of preface, Mr. Druce
gives a life of Dillenius and bibliography.”

* * * * *

“The technical account of these three herbaria would not in itself be
interesting to the general reader, were it not for the sundry
introductory notes and fragments of letters. But these fragments have
the charm which clings to a great part of eighteenth-century science,
and carry one back to the days when naturalists did not confine
themselves to single and restricted fields.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 148. Ag. 15, ’07. 700w.

“This volume is a valuable contribution to the history of the botanic
preeminence of Oxford in the first half of the eighteenth century.” B.
D. J.

+ =Nature.= 76: 289. Jl. 25, ’07. 690w.

=Drummond, Henry.= Natural law in the spiritual world. 35c. Crowell.

A reprint uniform with the “Handy volume classics.”

=Dry, Wakeling.= Giacomo Puccini. (Living masters of music.) *$1. Lane.

7–14600.

The man and his history are sketched as fully as is possible in the
case of a “living master.” The author offers an analysis of Puccini’s
operas down to and including “Madame Butterfly.” There are portraits
of the composer, views of his various dwelling places and facsimiles
of his musical autographs.

* * * * *

“Personal intercourse with the composer has enabled the writer to give
point and life to his narration of certain events in the life of
Puccini.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 841. D. 29. 130w.

“A biographer should, of course, be sympathetic to his subject, but
critical insight would make the book more helpful to those who have
not arrived at his standpoint. This attitude and the fact that it is
evidently very hastily written—a haste which too often shows itself in
the use of slipshod English and badly corrected proof-sheets—make the
first chapters, which are biographical and include some personal
reminiscences, the most interesting reading.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 378. N. 9, ’06. 580w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 541. D. 20, ’06. 670w.

“Mr. Wakeling Dry possesses little distinction as a writer, and his
book is a purely journalistic compilation.” Richard Aldrich.

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=DuBois, Elizabeth Hichman.= Stress accent in Latin poetry. **$1.25. Macmillan.

6–30472.

Dr. Du Bois’ aim has been “to establish an explanation of the purely
quantitative Latin poetry which shall reconcile the opposing views as
to an apparent clash between word accent and verse accent.” Her work
“consists of ninety-six pages only, but every paragraph is closely
reasoned, and the writer supports her argument in each case with
copious quotations.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“We are inclined, indeed, to say that Miss du Bois attributes too much
importance to accent as an element in language. We find it difficult
to believe that any one will be nearer to scholarship for studying
Miss du Bois’s book, though we do not deny that she may render service
incidentally.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 667. D. 29, ’06. 560w.

“We have said nothing of the thoroughness and breadth of the author’s
scholarship, to which, however, each page of this monograph bears
abundant witness.” Harry Thurston Peck.

+ + + =Bookm.= 24: 265. N. ’06. 1530w.

=Dial.= 41: 287. N. 1, ’06. 50w.

“The little book of ninety-six pages fairly justifies Professor Peck’s
imprimatur, notwithstanding a too frequent looseness of statement,
careless proof reading, and the small ratio of original discussion to
mere summarizing of the views of others.”

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“All the authorities on the subject have been carefully scrutinized
and are duly cited, and the book is full of evidence of the most
elaborate and careful research on the part of the author into a region
of classical scholarship which is practically unexplored by the
average Latinist.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 4. F. 23, ’07. 260w.

=DuBois, Patterson.= Culture of justice: a mode of moral education and social reform. **75c. Dodd.

7–16993.

“Justice is here presented as the root-principle of the moral
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keeping dirty shoes off of car-seats.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“If there is any better book on this subject in our language than this
small volume, we would like to know it. To magistrates and lawyers, to
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and personal, this admirable treatise cannot be too strongly
commended.”

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=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 30w.

=Du Bose, Horace M.= Symbol of Methodism; being an inquiry into the history, authority, inclusions, and uses of the twenty-five articles; with introduction by Bishop E. E. Hoss. $1. Pub. house M. E. ch. So.

7–22109.

A frank treatment which refutes the charge of inadequacy brought to
bear upon the Confessional articles of Methodism, and contributes to a
correct understanding of the present doctrinal situation.

=DuBose, William P.= Gospel according to St. Paul. **$1.50. Longmans.

7–11043.

“Humanity, he says, ‘was predestined for the gospel in the sense that
the gospel, which is Jesus Christ himself, is the natural, more than
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and so predestination, of humanity.’ His work is designed to emphasise
the divinity of Christ. ‘I bow,’ he says, ‘not only before the work of
Jesus Christ as truly God’s, but the worker in Jesus Christ as truly
God.’ This was, he thinks, Paul’s gospel.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“We agree heartily with Dr. Du Bose’s interpretation of Paul as far as
we understand it. But we find it hard reading, and the interpretator
of Paul should make his interpretation easy reading to the thoughtful
reader.”

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=Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 130w.

* =Duckworth, Lawrence.= Encyclopaedia of marine law. $2. Pitman.

An encyclopaedia including the main principles of marine law. The
latest authorities have been consulted, and the latest statutes and
decisions are incorporated in the text. The volume makes an appeal to
all who deal with shipping in any shape or form.

=Duer, Elizabeth.= Prince goes fishing. †$1.50. Appleton.

6–35453.

“The story, one of ‘yesterday,’ has a familiar background in the
mythical European kingdom. There is the prince who has the not
unnatural wish to study the princess selected as his bride; as to the
Princess Hélène, she fills well the part of an adorable heroine. What
befalls this royal pair is sufficiently diverting, and the life at the
toy court of Palatina is also amusingly described.”—Ind.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 108. Ap. ’07.

“The novel will while away a leisure hour or so very pleasantly.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 100w.

“Really it is a very entertaining little story, very cleverly put
together, and not without a pretty wit.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 750. N. 17, ’06. 530w.

“The dialogue is vivacious, and many of the situations are cleverly
managed.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 430. O. 20, ’06. 110w.

=Duff, Edward G.= Printers, stationers, and bookbinders of Westminster and London from 1476 to 1535. *$1.50. Putnam.

7–7493.

“In these lectures the first half-century of book-making in England is
covered. The Westminster printers, Caxton, Wynken de Worde, and
Notary; the London printers, Pynson, Lettou, and William de Machlinia;
foreign printers and the books they made for the English market; the
early English bookbinders—these are some of the subjects touched upon.
The lectures are narrative in form, not technical, and are filled with
interesting allusions and notes on old printers and their ways, old
books, and old bindings.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The Act of 1534 was passed, we may imagine, not (as was professed)
for the protection of printing, but in the interest of the royal
censorship of the press. The one may be defended and the other
condemned with excellent reason, but to defend and condemn them on the
grounds put forward by Mr. Duff seems to us a curious aberration in an
otherwise very sane and scholarly book.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 37. Ja. 12, ’07. 690w.

“His knowledge of early English printing and bookbinding is probably
unequalled, and his power of putting his material into an attractive
and interesting form is very great. We congratulate booklovers on this
important addition to their library.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 225. F. 23. 610w.

“They are in the nature of outlines of that larger work on the history
and development of printing in England which is yet to be written.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 461. N. 29, ’06. 330w.

“Without questioning the author’s knowledge or the value of his
contributions to the history of English printing, on this point alone
it is not unjust to ascribe his reasons for the deterioration of
protected bookmaking to his zeal as a free trader. This is a matter of
history, and Mr. Duff should not have caused its misinterpretation to
form the one blemish on an otherwise important and valuable work.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 44. Ja. 26, ’07. 470w.

=Duff, Mildred.= Novelties and how to make them. 50c. Jacobs.

7–29717.

Hints and helps in providing pleasant occupation for young and old.
Directions are included for making every thing from an ark full of
animals to furniture.

=Duke, Basil W.= Morgan’s cavalry. $2. Neale.

6–18975.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Ath.= 1907, 1: 470. Ap. 20. 310w.

=Ind.= 62: 1166. My. 30, ’07. 90w.

=Spec.= 99: 397. S. 21, ’07. 430w.

=Duley, G. Wilson.= Dream of hell. $1. Badger.

6–46743.

“The poem is not geographical but psychological, having for its object
the teaching of retributive justice, and how utterly nugatory is self
justification.”

=Dumas, Alexandre.= Novels, 10v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.

The ten volumes of Dumas’s novels included in this set are Monte
Cristo, two volumes, Marguerite de Valois, Dame de Monsoreau,
Forty-five guardsmen, Three musketeers, Twenty years after, Vicomte de
Bragelonne, Louise de la Valliere and Man in the iron mask. They are
uniform with the thin paper sets and each volume contains an
introduction and frontispiece.

* * * * *

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 110w.

=Dumas, Alexandre.= My memoirs; tr. by E. M. Waller, with an introd by Andrew Lang. 6v. ea. $1.75. Macmillan.

The first appearance of this work in English. This initial volume
deals with the first nineteen years of Dumas’ life chiefly spent at
Villers-Cotterets. “He was beyond doubt a lazy boy, hugely fond of
bird-snaring and of hunting, and it is with accounts of these
pastimes, related with the charm of a poet, the skill of a dramatist
and the knowledge of a woodsman, that some of the best chapters of
these memoirs are occupied.” (N. Y. Times.) The central historical
figure of this volume is Napoleon under whom Dumas’ father served in
various campaigns.

=v. 2.= The second volume continues the biography thru the days of the
drudgery of a clerkship to Dumas’ emancipation when on “the threshhold
of success, he is surrounded by his new-found friends of literature
and the drama.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A most entertaining book. The translation is easy and fluent, but the
last sentence of the book reads oddly.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 518. O. 26. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)

“No element of completeness and accuracy should be wanting in the
present English form.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 655. N. 2, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 1.)

“A series of chapters of unending and ever varying interest.” George
S. Hellman.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 613. O. 12, ’07. 760w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Everything is preserved, even the nauseating passages that may be
characteristic of their writer but can only disgust readers of any
delicacy. Aside from this the ‘Memoirs’ form an admirable addition to
our biographical literature.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 610. N. 23, ’07. 430w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“No book that we know of beats these memoirs for a vivid, thrilling
account of the state of France from 1812 to 1815. Scientific history
may have its corrections to make, but the general impression is not to
be effaced.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 637. N. 2, ’07. 1280w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Dunbar, Paul Laurence.= Joggin’ erlong. **$1.50. Dodd.

6–37888.

“‘Joggin’ erlong’ and other dialect poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar are
here bound in attractive form and illustrated with good photographs of
negro life.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Will add nothing to the laurels won by the young negro poet.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 732. Mr. 28, ’07. 240w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 841. D. 1, ’06. 50w.

* =Dunbar, William.= Poems of William Dunbar; with introd., notes and glossary by H. Bellyse Baildon. *$2. Putnam.

A book intended for the ordinary reader or student which throws much
light upon the life and poetry of this fifteenth century Scottish
poet.

* * * * *

“Mr. Bellyse Baildon has given us an excellent edition with an
admirable preface, most suggestive notes, and a useful vocabulary.
Lovers of poetry are greatly indebted to him.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 717. Jl. 27, ’07. 1700w.

“We are not so ready to allow that it will be useful to ‘the ordinary
reader or student.’”

− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 332. S. 21. 540w.

“Mr. Baildon acknowledges his obligations to the Scottish and German
savants who have edited Dunbar. His own work contains quite as much
erudition as the ardent reader of poetry requires in a light and handy
volume.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 253. Ag. 23, ’07. 1360w.

“Prof. Schipper’s complaint that the text and glossary are taken
bodily from his work appears substantially justified; and one may add
that whatever value the notes possess is in the main due to the same
authority. As it is, we have, of course, a good text and glossary,
and, in the main, adequate notes, but discredited by the circumstances
which we have just recited. Various passages in both introduction and
notes cast doubt on the editor’s philological knowledge.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 469. N. 21, ’07. 350w.

“All the assistance that can be given has been supplied by Mr.
Baildon, a glossary being the chief of the reader’s help.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 62. Jl. 13, ’07. 260w.

=Duncan, Norman.= Cruise of the “Shining Light.” †$1.50. Harper.

7–15117.

The skipper of the Will-o’-the-Wisp steers his craft upon a reef in a
furious gale, drowning seven men and surrendering his own life in
order that the “pot o’ money” in the undertaking may “make a
gentleman” of his little Dannie. He hastily bequeaths Dannie to Nick
Top, a ship-mate, charging him to “fetch un up as his mother would
have un grow.” True to his oath, Nick, the seamed and scarred survivor
of many wrecks, assumes the education of Dannie, comes to love him and
to abhor the rascality and the crime involved in securing the “pot o’
money.” “I’ll not be sorry—not even in hell—for I’ll think o’ the
years when you was a wee little lad, an’ I’ll be content t’ remember.”
“A story of mystery, of love, of quaint humor and vigorous action.”

* * * * *

“The characters are real, the action vigorous, the mystery really
illusive, the love theme well handled, and all is touched with a
quaint and delightful humor.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07. ✠

“This is distinctly the most ambitious, and, we think the best, book
that Mr. Duncan has written. The matter is original, and the whole is
entertaining, despite the fact that the author overdoes such locutions
as ‘the boy that was I’ to an extent which sometimes becomes
irritating.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 547. N. 2. 170w.

“An achievement that marks a long forward stride in Mr. Duncan’s
career.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Forum.= 39: 118. Jl. ’07. 440w.

“To the accentuated reappearance in this book of the unmodern style
which characterized Dr. Luke we are less reconciled. A romance
beautiful and strong. If inwoven with the quaintness of an older
literature, its style is none the less an unfailing delight, so lucid,
so vivid, so picturesque, so infused with the quality of charm that
among contemporary writers of fiction in English few outrank Mr.
Duncan in literary technique. Mr. Duncan’s fool almost persuades us
that his creator belongs in the glorious company of geniuses.”

+ + − =Ind.= 63: 101. Jl. 11, ’07. 610w.

“A novel that may truly be said to make waste paper of much modern
fiction.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.

“May lay definite claim to be considered as a real book, that
indefinable result of original personal impulse and conservative
literary tradition.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 478. My. 25, ’07. 360w.

“If old Nicholas Top does not become a permanent member of the honor
roll in fiction it will be a marvelous case of non-appreciation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 302. My. 11, ’07. 930w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.

“The cruise with Norman Duncan as skipper is invigorating, and it ends
in a sunny haven.” Philip Loring Allen.

+ =No. Am.= 185: 328. Je. 7, ’07. 1440w.

=Duncan, Robert Kennedy.= Chemistry of commerce: a simple interpretation of some new chemistry in its relation to modern industry. **$2. Harper.

7–31986.

A work which directs the attention of educated lay-folk to science in
its subservience to the practical needs of the human race. The author
develops the theory that modern science is applicable to the economy
and progress of manufacturing and agricultural operations. He shows,
among other illustrations of his theory, how the fixation of nitrogen
and how industrial alcohol may operate to increase the success of a
series of operations to which they are applied.

* * * * *

“It is a book for the open shelves of the public reading-room and one
that the manufacturer and business man will profit by perusing, for it
contains information on a great variety of topics impossible to get
elsewhere in such convenient form.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 823. O. 3, ’07. 290w.

“Has explained in a clear and interesting way many of the chemical
processes used in the manufacture of common and uncommon things.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 30w.

“This book has the rare qualification of being needed, for nowhere
else can the average reader find recent discoveries and manufacturing
processes so clearly and accurately explained.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 430w.

“To a reader who is not over-fastidious as regards literary style, or
whose sensitiveness has been dulled by daily perusal of the journalism
of Kansas there is much in this book to interest and amuse.”

− =Nature.= 77: 49. N. 21, ’07. 2250w.

“A book full of appeal to the lay reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“Mr. Duncan’s book sets out some of the triumphs of science in this
direction in a manner to fire the imaginations of students and men of
affairs alike.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 718. N. 9, ’07. 470w.

=Dunham, Edith.= Fifty flower friends with familiar faces: a field book for boys and girls. $1.50. Lothrop.

7–17393.

Fifty wild flowers are described and pictured in this volume which not
only gives an accurate description of each plant, tells where to find
it, but adds little sketches and quotations from flower poems, which
will awaken interest in each flower’s distinct personality.

* * * * *

“The boy or girl into whose hands this book is placed can hardly fail
to acquire a real and lasting interest in our every-day wild flowers.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 100w.

“The grown-ups of the family will find many things that possibly had
escaped their attention.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 130w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 127. Jl. ’07. 90w.

* =Dunmore, Walter T.= Ship subsidies: an economic study of the policy of subsidizing merchant marines. **$1. Houghton.

The subject of ship subsidies is considered by Mr. Dunmore from an
unprejudiced, non-partisan standpoint, and he endeavors to decide what
is the best policy from the point of view of the commercial and
economic interests of the United States; and also what is best,
considering the question in its bearing on the national defense. The
study is well tabulated and is provided with a bibliography of books
and articles consulted.

=Dunn, Robert.= Shameless diary of an explorer; with il. from photographs by the author. *$1.50. Outing pub.

7–21274.

Mr. Dunn “was one of a party that strove to reach the summit of Mount
McKinley, crowned with everlasting snow and ice in the sub-arctic
solitudes of Alaska. Day by day he kept a diary of the movements and
adventures of the party, noting the smallest details. After the
unsuccessful attempt had ended, and those concerned in it had returned
to civilization, the idea of publishing the diary occurred to its
author, and he determined to lay before the public an unvarnished
tale.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The author might advantageously have omitted some of the profanity
and coarseness which he has retained, but apart from this blemish the
book is a vivid account of exploring the strange wilds of the remote
northwest.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 20. Jl. 1, ’07. 200w.

“As with many a predecessor, the result of his self-conscious
determination to avoid the posing of which he imagines all others
guilty has been his perhaps unconscious transformation into the worst
sort of poseur himself. None the less, the volume contains here and
there a bit of effective description.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 82. Jl. 25, ’07. 590w.

=Dunne, Finley Peter (Martin Dooley).= Dissertations by Mr. Dooley. †$1.50. Harper.

6–38400.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 8. Ja. ’07.

“As a whole the Dooley philosophy is a work of excellent innuendo, of
polished and admirably concealed artistry.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 380w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 741. Mr. 28, ’07. 390w.

“Beneath his joyous gift of extravagant ridicule, he is perhaps the
wisest man now writing, and America should be very proud of him.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 14. Ja. 11, ’07. 340w.

“The quality of the entertainment furnished by the new volume is quite
on a level with that of its predecessors; indeed, in some respects it
is better, in that it is less parochial in outlook and terminology,
and consequently appeals to a wider audience.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 93. Ja. 19, ’07. 990w.

=Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Windham Thomas, 4th earl of.= Outlook in Ireland: case for devolution and conciliation. *$3. Dutton.

“Lord Dunraven makes, in measured and fit language, a strong case for
the moderate fashion in which Irish affairs have been approached by
the committee known by his name.”—Ath.

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 224. F. 23. 110w.

“Lord Dunraven’s book has an inevitable air of being born out of due
time.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 142. Ag. 15, ’07. 230w.

“The book is a statesmanlike consideration of the present status of
affairs in Ireland and of the most pressing needs of the unhappy isle,
and a masterly plea for fair play, friendliness, tolerance, and
justice on both sides of the Irish channel.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 414. Je. 29, ’07. 1410w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 742. Ag. 3, ’07. 1680w.

“From the beginning to the end of his book there is hardly a chapter
in which he does not either shut his eyes to palpable facts, or at
least regard them through some distorting medium of national
prejudice, with the result that, however well intended his advice, it
will scarcely commend itself to those who have given calm
consideration to the Irish problem.”

− − + =Spec.= 98: 290. F. 23, ’07. 2020w.

=During, Stella M.= Disinherited; with a frontispiece by Paula B. M. Himmelsbach. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–20512.

Set in England this story with its tangled threads and continuous
action shows how an inheritance proved a pitfall. A naive,
unconscionable girl marries the gouty old Sir Peter—of a less
irascible temperament, tho in many points not unlike Sheridan’s Sir
Peter—and does it to save herself from the battle for bread. After the
sudden death of Sir Peter a daughter is born, and the mother, finding
that the bulk of the estate had been willed to a nephew, begins a long
series of sham proceedings which, to hold the property for herself,
require that the child be brought up as a boy. At sixteen the child
takes things into her own hands, apparently drowns, reappears as a
twin sister who, so the fiction ran, had for family reasons been sent
to California in infancy, restores to the cousin his property, falls
in love with this cousin, and, heart-broken because it is not returned
and because she has all thru life served only as her mother’s tool,
drowns herself. Plot and counter-plot abound.

* * * * *

“The ultra crudities of the opening, where Avice makes her entrance
into society, so little prepare the reader for any display of
ingenuity that the latter absurdities prove a rather welcome relief.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 79. Jl. 25, ’07. 220w.

* =Durland, Kellogg.= Red reign: the true story of an adventurous year in Russia. il. **$2. Century.

7–32827.

Russia of today as an American sees it. Mr. Durland spent a
twelve-month traveling thru European Russia, Poland, the Caucasus, and
a part of western Siberia. Mr. Durland’s presentations are not only
picturesque descriptions of a traveler, nor yet merely thrilling
stories of an active journalist, but contain accurate and
authoritative observations on the social, economic and political
conditions of the country. The volume is fully illustrated.

=Dutton, Maude Barrows.= Little stories of Germany. *40c. Am. bk. co.

7–6771.

“Separate stories arranged so as to form a connected account of the
history of Germany, beginning with the mythological heroes and
extending to Kaiser Wilhelm. There are stories of the great masters of
music and painting, as well as of kings and warriors, of the invention
of printing as well as of the conquest of land.”—A. L. A. Bkl.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 139. My. ’07. ✠

=Dye, Eva Emery.= McDonald of Oregon; a tale of two shores. †$1.50. McClurg.

6–33578.

A story which “deals first with the occupation of Oregon by American
settlers, and later with McDonald’s expedition to Japan, undertaken in
a spirit of adventure, and resulting in the Perry expedition, of such
international consequence.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Although the narrative is based ... upon an exhaustive examination of
historical material, the volume can hardly be ranked as a historical
publication.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 479. Ja. ’07. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 703. O. 27, ’06. 230w.

“There is so much vitality in the material upon which this book is
based, and the writer expresses herself with such enthusiasm, that the
volume holds the interest in spite of the fact that it is too loosely
knit for a historical novel, and lacks the unity of a good biography.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 80w.

“This is history where the substantial facts are so woven with romance
and restored to vitality by vivid imagination as to give atmosphere,
color and life.”

+ =World To-Day.= 11: 1221. N. ’06. 90w.

E

=Earle, Mrs. C. W.= Letters to young and old. *$2.50. Dutton.

Letters such as Mrs. Earle has been accustomed to write to her friends
and family are here collected into a volume which covers a wide field
of interest. The seven sections include letters from Germany, letters
upon gardening, health, diet, children, art, and life in general.

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 72: 39. Ja. 12, ’07. 320w.

“Altogether, it is a delightful, gossiping olla podrida.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 260w.

“Here is a novel and clever idea in bookmaking.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 197. Mr. 30, ’07. 220w.

“Those who liked her three books of potpourri will find it
interesting, but no one to whom the three former volumes did not
appeal should even try to read this one.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 18. Ja. 5, ’07. 780w.

=East, Alfred.= Art of landscape painting in oil color. *$3. Lippincott.

“Mr. East has not attempted in this book to write of landscape
painting in its elementary stages. His aim has been rather to give the
already qualified student an insight into certain truths which have
been revealed to him in his own practice of the art. To correct a
false attitude towards nature, and to help the reader to understand
the importance of technique, has been the aim of this book. It is
illustrated by eight landscapes and a page of studies of effects in
colour, and many halftone pictures, chiefly from the painter’s works;
also an admirable selection from those pencil sketches in which he
excels.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“The letterpress is somewhat elementary. The book is redeemed,
however, by a genuine love for the subject.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 779. D. 15. 390w.

“We cannot think of any painter who could be a better guide than Mr.
East. He is not contemptuous of the beginner, and he has a literary
faculty which enables him to explain his meaning very clearly.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 363. F. ’07. 360w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 520w.

“This work should be of great use to many a student, amateur and
artist. Mr. East writes with distinctness, and has the power of making
his reader understand clearly the various processes, mental and
technical, which he uses for the construction of a landscape.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 542. Ap. 6, ’07. 290w.

* =Eastman, Charles Alexander.= Old Indian days. †$1.50. McClure.

7–33219.

The chivalry of the Indian warrior and the womanliness of the Indian
woman are subjects which Mr. Eastman sets forth with authority and
sentiment. In an idealized sense his tales become more “than mere
narrations of savage exploits and records of the legends and
traditions, beliefs and practices, of a primitive people.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“We feel personally grateful for the refreshment afforded by more than
one exquisitely idyllic tale among the dozen, or so in his volume.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 120w.

* =Eckstorm, Mrs. Fannie (Hardy).= David Libbey, Penobscot woodsman and river-driver. *60c. Am. Unitar.

7–23501.

Another figure for the galaxy of “true American types.” David Libbey
is a Maine woodsman who “met all the demands of son, husband, father,
brother, friend, citizen and soldier, and yet had time for
self-education, for æsthetic culture, and for the exercise of a talent
by no means meagre.”

=Eddy, Arthur Jerome.= Tales of a small town by one who lived there. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–30989.

The small town element is here in the fact that every one knows the
business of everyone else be it the lawyer who connives to secure the
drunkard’s farm through his wife before she has actually determined on
a divorce suit, or the adventurous young minx with the peroxide hair
who flirts with her uncle and her staid next door neighbor to the
distress of their wives. The stories are interesting although not
wholly pleasing for the admirable traits of the villagers are
subordinated to their unlovely ones.

=Edwardes, Marian=, comp. Summary of the literatures of modern Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain); from the origins to 1400. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–20970.

“The work is essentially an annotated and classified bibliography,
with references to the most authoritative scholarly discussions of the
writings included. It presents an immense mass of historical and
critical information in a form that is both compact and convenient for
use.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“In spite of these ... defects ... the compilation is distinctly
serviceable. With careful revision it might be made indispensable.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 789. Je. 29. 870w.

+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 120w.

“Enough has been said, we believe, to show how defective this work is,
notwithstanding its occasionally useful citations of recent
literature.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 469. O. 21, ’07. 460w.

“A very careful and painstaking work, and should be found useful by
students.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 80w.

=Edwards, A. Herbage.= Kakemono: Japanese sketches. *$1.75. McClurg.

7–29123.