Chapter XVII: Preface (17)

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A complete view of Japan, the book does not give; the unpleasant
features are left for others to portray. But that omission makes it
the more agreeable to read.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 330w.

“A series of slight sketches, more ambitious than successful.”

− =Nation.= 85: 80. Jl. 25, ’07. 30w.

=Edwards, Matilda Betham-.= Literary rambles in France. il. *$2.50 McClurg.

7–36931.

Miss Betham-Edwards, who gave us a few years ago “Home-life in
France,” now gives equally intimate glimpses of the personality of
some of the French men and women of letters. Some of the suggestive
chapter headings are: Flaubert’s literary workshop, On the track of
Balzac—Limoges. The genesis of Eugènie Grandet, In the footsteps of
George Sand, Brantôme and The story of the Marseillaise.

* * * * *

“She gives with perfect success the atmosphere of the places and
people that she writes about. That is, we imagine, all that she set
out to do, and in any case all that was needed.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 698. Jl. 20, ’07. 510w.

“Is in our opinion one of the best of her long series of monographs on
French life and scenery. Her tendency to facile literary allusion
takes her readers far from the scene she is describing. This is
destructive of the French atmosphere which ought to characterize her
books of travel.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 757. Je. 22. 780w.

“It is a pleasure to discover that [it] belongs, not to the appalling
multitude of ‘popular guides,’ but to the small and delightful company
of artistic and illuminating travellers’ sketches. They have, in the
first place, the note of spontaneity.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 370w.

“There never was a more staunch champion of Protestantism than Miss
Betham-Edwards; and we take leave to think that a writer who hardly
acknowledges any other religion in France cannot be said to know
France thoroughly.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 266. Ag. 24, ’07. 1200w.

=Edwards, Owen.= Short history of Wales. *75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

A brief history of only a little over a hundred pages for those who
have never read any Welsh history.

* * * * *

“The pages on Wales at the present time are unquestionably the most
interesting. The style is simple, lucid, and picturesque. Those for
whom the book is primarily intended—readers ignorant of Welsh and
Latin—will be led to knowledge of pleasant paths.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 150w.

“His attitude is still that of the North Walian. Despite such trifling
blemishes the book is excellent.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 658. My. 25, ’07. 500w.

=Edwards, William Seymour.= Through Scandinavia to Moscow. **$1.50. Clarke.

6–37647.

Entertaining observations made by Mr. Edwards as he and his bride
traveled in five weeks thru Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, to St.
Petersburg and back to London by way of Berlin, Hamburg, and
Amsterdam. The account is given in the form of letters written by the
author to his father and is illustrated with snap shots taken en
route.

* * * * *

“The personal touches and impressions—interesting incidents well
told—make an unusually attractive account of a traveler’s experiences.
Here and there an occasional careless statement threatens to shatter
the reader’s faith in the accuracy of the book as a whole. On the
whole the book is worth reading. Its story is pleasantly told, with
many interesting items well worth remembering.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 230w.

“Commonplace in many respects.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 82. F. 1, ’07. 390w.

“A simple, straightforward account.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 576. Mr. 9, ’07. 810w.

=Eeden, Frederik van.= Quest. $1.50. Luce, J. W.

7–15321.

The symbolism which abounds in this book reminds one of Ibsen. A
little boy seeks diligently from fairy guides a solution to the riddle
of the universe and its manifold manifestations. As he grows older his
desire for understanding is no less keen but for the fairy thoughts of
imagination are substituted the troll-ideas of grotesque human
realities. Finally among the sordid commonplaces he falls in with a
companion who is a “modern reincarnation of the Christ.” There is a
very human love tale, the romance of the imaginative Johannes and
Marjon, a little circus girl.

* * * * *

“A remarkable work of sustained fancy, the book presents no new
‘Weltanschauung,’ it brings no new message. Dr. van Eeden has dreamt a
dream, he has not seen a vision. The translation is on the whole,
admirable.” A. Schade van Westrum.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 296. My. ’07. 1540w.

“‘The quest’ as a romance is, by reason of its loose construction and
its generally feeble character drawing, a negligible quantity. As a
work of philosophy it is suggestive, but tautological and obscure. As
a social study on the other hand, it possesses exceptional value; is,
in fact, one of the most comprehensive arraignments of the hypocrisy
and corruption of the age that has yet been written.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 99. Jl. 11, ’07. 480w.

“There is much jog-trot indeterminate narrative as well as much
didacticism, in the third part.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 415. My. 2, ’07. 610w.

“The things that hold and charm are the glimpses of the quaint mind of
‘de kleine Johannes’—little John—the scenes from Dutch life, the
pictures of the mountebanks’ way, the hints of things good and bad
that stirred our little John; the flights of fancy, now gracious and
now horribly gruesome; the homely simplicity of the narrative of the
hero’s love affairs. Almost equally pleasing is much of the homelier
satire. But there is other satire that falls dully on the mind like
the rhapsodies of Markus the prophet.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 154. Mr. 16, ’07. 720w.

“Weary wastes of long-drawn-out commonplace separate the brilliant and
beautiful passages. Pages of puerile, pottering pedantic dialogue that
might have stepped out of a Rollo book discourage the interest. The
result is a work diffuse and discursive—not to say sprawling—and
obscure.” Alvan F. Sanborn.

− =No. Am.= 185: 79. My. 3, 07. 1510w.

“The writer’s intentions are obviously excellent and his philosophy
sound. To Dutch readers his performance is doubtless excellent as
well, but to us it is so involved, prolix and tiresome as to be
absolutely impossible. The barriers between our minds and his book are
quite impassable.”

− + =Putnam’s.= 3: 111. O. ’07. 240w.

“Delicately fanciful, and deeply spiritual besides, ‘The quest’ merits
wide attention.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 30w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Jack Shelby; a story of the Indiana back-woods. †$1.50. Lothrop.

6–20455.

An exciting tale of the adventurous pioneer days of 1836.

* * * * *

“Not well written, but gives an interesting, and probably accurate
picture of pioneer life.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.

“Is of a good kind and well done.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 30w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 768. D. ’06. 50w.

=Eggleston, George Cary.= Love is the sum of it all: a plantation romance. il. †$1.50. Lothrop.

7–32710.

A plantation romance whose scene is laid in Virginia following the
reconstruction period. “Warren Rhett, the hero, is a young Virginian,
enlightened, enfranchised, energized by education in the north and a
cosmopolitan experience as a bridge builder, not solely as the lover
of the good and beautiful heroine.” (N. Y. Times.) The heroine is the
daughter of a sculptor; the love-making is uninterrupted in Warren’s
step-mother’s home where he is recuperating and incidentally rescuing
the plantation from decay and bankruptcy.

* * * * *

“On the whole, the book is wholesome as well as pretty. If there is
not a deal of excitement in it, there is plenty of suggestive
observation.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 480w.

“As a social critic, Mr. Eggleston has nothing new or important to
say. He does not even say what he has to say well. As a novel it is
impossible to praise it.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 540w.

=Elbe, Louis.= Future life in the light of ancient wisdom and modern science. **$1.20. McClurg.

6–9285.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 41. F. ’07.

=Eldridge, William Tillinghast.= Hilma; il. by Harrison Fisher and Martin Justice. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–9545.

“This book belongs in that class of which Anthony Hope’s ‘Prisoner of
Zenda’ is the prototype. A brave and resourceful American is thrown
into the dynastic plots of a petty imaginary nation in eastern Europe,
and plots and counterplots develop in rapid and thrilling succession.
One does not need to guess that the American foils the political
villains who try to keep Princess Hilma from her throne, nor that he
loves the beautiful young queen, and that both sacrifice love to
duty.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The author has studied the ‘Prisoner of Zenda’ carefully, and has
tried to produce another one; even the ‘Dolly dialogue’ form of
conversation is attempted. The result written in American language is
terrible.”

− =Acad.= 73: 996. O. 5, ’07. 120w.

“Perhaps above the average of its kind.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 134. My. ’07.

“Nobody needs quarrel with the story merely because it is an
imitation. The important thing is that it is a good one.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 476. O. 19. 150w.

“The story is told in nervous and sometimes ungrammatical English, and
its nomenclature rivals that of ‘Graustark’ for weirdness.” Wm. M.
Payne.

− =Dial.= 42: 314. My. 16, ’07. 160w.

“A particular trouble is that the dialogue ... is tremendously labored
and disconcertingly pointless. The author, with all the industry and
good will in the world, lacks both the necessary invention and the
highly desirable knowledge of the hearts of men and women.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 159. Mr. 16, ’07. 460w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

“The tale is built up in a workmanlike way, and has a reasonable
number of thrills and sudden turns.”

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

=Eliot, Sir Charles Norton E.= Letters from the Far East. *$2.40. Longmans.

7–30811.

“This volume consists of letters originally published in the
Westminster gazette during a recent visit to China and Japan,
undertaken with the special object of studying the languages and
creeds of those countries and the development which Buddhism has
undergone.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The volume is one of singular interest, but displays a fanciful and
slightly paradoxical intellect. The author’s reflections upon
Mohammedanism and his panegyric on Hinduism will startle readers, but
provoke reflection to a higher degree than do most works of travel.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 408. Ap. 6. 1010w.

“Among the chapters on China those descriptive of Canton, Peking, and
Chinese literature will be found particularly entertaining. The value
of the book would have much increased by an index. There are sixteen
illustrations, very good reproductions of photographs.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 371. Je. 8, ’07. 540w.

“A studious and thoughtful examination of many sides of Far Eastern
thought and life, written by a thoroughly competent observer. The book
has not yet been written about Far Eastern matters that does not
challenge criticism or controversy on points; but it is rare to find
one so little provocative in that respect and so greatly instructive
as this collection of letters.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 103: 561. My. 4, ’07. 1050w.

“Among the numerous works that have been devoted of recent years to
the problems of the Far East, his unpretentious little book takes a
very high place.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 21. Jl. 6, ’07. 1400w.

=Eliot, Charles W.= Four American leaders. *80c. Am. Unitar.

6–42960.

Commemorative addresses on Franklin, Washington, Channing and Emerson,
which present the four Americans from the point of view of their
intellectual contributions in shaping the political, moral, and
intellectual trend of the Republic.

* * * * *

“Inspiring addresses.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 120. My. ’07.

“While the book contains suggestions apt to stir up antagonism in
certain minds, and while we are made to feel that the author’s
sympathies are at times misplaced and that he lacks something of the
spirit of the true prophet, we must confess to the beauty of his
style, his true sense of proportion and his fine analytical powers
within certain limitations.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ − =Arena.= 37: 110. Ja. ’07. 120w.

“We have rarely read a book which could inspire a more profound
respect for what is lastingly noble in humanity than this.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 1092. My. 9, ’07. 330w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. O. 1, ’06. 80w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 42. Ja. 26, ’07. 370w.

“These papers are written—all of them—in the lucid, direct and
vigorous style which we have come to associate with their author, and
will be sure of the careful and respectful attention to which
everything that comes from his strong, well-disciplined, well-stored
and independent mind is entitled.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 111. Ap. ’07. 1010w.

=Eliot, Charles W.= Great riches. **75c. Crowell.

6–34713.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 210. Ja. ’07. 90w.

“President Eliot may be a great executive officer, but we cannot count
him among great and true thinkers.”

− =Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 180w.

=Cath. World.= 85: 401. Je. ’07. 420w.

“It treats a topic of unmistakable importance and large public
interest in a spirit of sane and hopeful Americanism.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 99. Ja. ’07. 430w.

“The economic analysis seems to be faulty. The writer assumes that the
riches of to-day are of a new kind, which carry with them no visible
responsibility.”

− + =J. Pol. Econ.= 14: 637. D. ’06. 320w.

=Eliot, George.= Romola; historically il. and ed., with introd. and notes, by Guido Biagi. 2v. *$3. McClurg.

6–42367.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The illustrations, 160 in all, are well reproduced. Furthermore, they
are for the most part adequately described, and in every case are, for
their own sakes, worth possessing; but many of them are wholly
irrelevant, or are made so by being recklessly misplaced.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 57. Ja. 17, ’07. 390w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 88. F. 9, ’07. 660w.

=Outlook.= 85: 47. Ja. 5, ’07. 120w.

“The letter-press is excellent, and the whole work has a scholarly
character.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 100w.

=Elkington, Ernest Way.= Savage South seas; painted by N. H. Hardy, described by E. Way Elkington. *$6. Macmillan.

A volume whose text and illustrations are devoted to the native
peoples of British New Guinea, the Solomon islands and the New
Hebrides. The text “describes the appearance, customs, habits,
characteristics and prospects of the savage natives, with some account
of their past history, shows how little real impression the
missionaries have made upon them, tells what the islands offer to the
white man who is willing to work, and succeeds fairly well in giving
an idea of the subtle charm which the South Sea islands can exercise
over the Anglo-Saxon.” (N. Y. Times.) The illustrations “representing
every phase of native life, industries, amusements, and religious
ceremonies, as well as the pile houses and the scenery, enable one
very vividly to realize it.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It is the most beautiful of the ‘colour books’ that we have seen, and
excels the majority of them by far in the excellence of its letter
press.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 861. S. 7, ’07. 1230w.

“It is a good book of a bad kind—the usual kind; there are hundreds of
the sort, but few, we may add, so well executed, for the author has
avoided many faults into which he might have fallen—the enthusiasms,
the prolixities, and the vulgarities which are common to the kind.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 202. Ag. 24. 720w.

“The authoritative tone and the evidently intimate knowledge of native
customs are proof positive of something beyond a cursory observation
of life among the islanders.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 377. D. 1, ’07. 220w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 349. O. 17, ’07. 390w.

“In this book the illustrations so far exceed the text in importance
and quality that little need to be said concerning the latter, which
contains many inaccuracies and misprints, is written in poor English,
and generally falls far below the level of other volumes contained in
this series.” C. G. S.

+ − =Nature.= 76: 541. S. 26, ’07. 470w.

“It is written entertainingly, with plenty of anecdote interspersed.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 140w.

“The artist has given us many accurate drawings of the genuine native
in his appropriate setting. Nor does he sacrifice accuracy of detail
for mere pictorial effect; thus the student may feel confident in
trusting his details of ornament, dress, house-structure and the like,
indeed in some instances new facts are incidentally given to the
student in the plates. The letterpress is a chatty compilation of no
value to the serious student, as it is full of mistakes of various
kinds and there is no evidence that Mr. Elkington has visited the
places of which he writes.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 210. Ag. 17, ’07. 360w.

* =Elliot, George F. S.= Chile: its history and development, natural features, products, commerce, and present condition; with an introd. by Martin Hume. *$3. Scribner.

A history of Chile with full description of existing conditions. “Mr.
Scott Elliot deals principally with the romantic history of his
favourite republic. The adventures of President O’Higgins and of
Cochrane have formed the theme of many well-told tales. O’Higgins was
the natural son of Ambrose Higgins, Marquis de Osorno, Viceroy of
Peru.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 549. N. 2. 230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“The illustrations are selected with but slight regard for the text,
and in several cases are put where they mar the author’s work. Those
who wish to know the natural features and economic conditions of the
country will be able to learn more than they can carry away in their
minds, for Mr. Elliot is a naturalist as well as an observer of
industrial and political phenomena. Of the historical portion of the
work we must be content with saying that the author does not seem to
us to do justice to the work of the church in Chile.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 639. N. 23, ’07. 720w.

=Elliott, Delia Buford.= Adele Hamilton. $1.25. Neale.

7–14586.

A story of a little more than a hundred pages which tells of the
bravery of a southern woman who at her husband’s death finds herself
penniless, and takes her five children to California hoping that in a
new country away from surroundings that would remind her of her former
abundance she may fight her financial battle and win.

=Elliott, Emilia.= Joan of Juniper inn. †$1.50. Jacobs.

7–27610.

A cheerful, wholesome story peopled with true-to-life boys and girls
who have real experiences and who are bubbling over with innocent fun.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 90w.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Deerfoot in the forest. †$1. Winston.

5–28020.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“This series of adventures ... will convince his admirers that his
vitality is undiminished.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 607. D. 15, ’06. 50w.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Hunt of the white elephant. †$1. Winston.

6–26188.

A sequel to “River and jungle,” in which the hero of the latter sets
out with a native guide to capture a white elephant. Before the quest
is successfully terminated thrilling adventure is furnished by an
exciting tiger hunt, an encounter with a wild buffalo, and
interference from thieving natives. From the first page to the last it
is full of exciting situations.

* * * * *

“Is one of Ellis’ very best tales, being written in a spirited manner
and replete with exciting adventures so dear to the vivid and hungry
imagination of the child.”

+ + =Arena.= 37: 222. F. ’07. 270w.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Lost in the forbidden land. †$1. Winston.

6–26192.

One of three volumes in the “Foreign adventure series.” It is a
thrilling account of the dangers that two Americans encountered while
attempting to trace the Pilcomayo river in South America to the
Paraguay. Even Yankee ingenuity fails at times when set to baffle so
formidable an enemy as the Tobas Indians.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Robert E. Bisbee.

− =Arena.= 38: 320. Ag. ’07. 200w.

=Nation.= 83: 513. D. 13, ’06. 70w.

* =Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= Queen of the clouds. †$1. Winston.

7–23712.

The last in the three-volume “Paddle your own canoe” series. There is
in this story plenty to whet the appetite of an adventure-loving
lad—mystery, a brave sailor boy as hero, a shipwreck, the discovery of
pirates’ gold, treachery, a search extending to India, wild beasts of
the jungle, the Sepoy rebellion, the escape and return.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester.= River and jungle. †$1. Winston.

6–26479.

Indo-China is the scene of Dudley Mason’s experiences which befall him
on his way thru the jungle to his father, a missionary in the interior
of Siam. Tigers, crocodiles, snakes, wild Indians and elephants make
the way one of perils and hair-breadth escapes.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester (Seward D. Lisle, pseud.).= Seth Jones of New Hampshire. †$1.25. Dillingham.

7–6405.

A reprint of a dime-novel published nearly 50 years ago, which
supports the claim made by the author in his introduction that dime
novel literature not only was not immoral but was good reading for the
young. Seth Jones is a border hero and his story is one of scalpings
and bloodshed, of rescued maidens and daring escapades.

* * * * *

“It is such a story as the most fastidious of telegraph boys would not
hesitate to put his _imprimatur_ upon.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 639. Ap. 20. ’07. 340w.

“We cheerfully testify that it is innocuous, simple, free from moral
taint, as little sensational as is humanly possible for a book with
Indians, a kidnapped maiden, and a hunter with a coonskin cap to be.
Is a very mild case of Fenimore Cooper and water.”

− + =Outlook.= 85: 718. Mr. 23. ’07. 240w.

=Ellis, Edward Sylvester, and Chipman, William Pendleton.= Cruise of the Firefly, †75c. Winston.

6–21383.

An adventurous tale in which a boat race between the clubs of two
rival institutions secures for the winners a two months’ camping trip
north from the Maine coast. The exciting experiences of the race in
which plots are foiled, and the later cruise fairly bristling with
thrilling experiences, furnish rare entertainment for a wide-awake
boy.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 80w.

=Ellis, Edwin J.= Real Blake. **$3.50. McClure.

“Mr. Ellis gives us an immense amount of information, heaped in
bewildering fashion, and ticketed with labels and comments which can
hardly fail to increase that bewilderment.” (Ath.) “Readers will
naturally want to know what new material Mr. Ellis presents them with,
not already in Gilchrist. He prints in full for the first time ‘The
island in the moon,’ Blake’s squib upon the literary folk he met at
the Mathews’s house.... All Blake’s comments on Lavater are given,
instead of the selection printed by Gilchrist. But of course the main
difference between the two lives is Mr. Ellis’s insistence on the
mystical side of Blake.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“There is a great deal that is interesting and valuable in Mr. Ellis’s
book: but it is not well composed, the writing is slovenly, and it has
other serious faults which will assuredly prevent it from superseding
Gilchrist, in spite of a much completer understanding of Blake’s mind
and ideas.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 232. Mr. 9, ’07. 1360w.

“It is written to do honour to Blake and to explain him, but it
requires both correction and explanation before it can do either.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 598. My. 18. 2130w.

“If Mr. Symons writes from the point of view of ultra-romanticism, Mr.
Ellis speaks from the region of spirit-rapping and table-turning. He
has produced a book that is almost a model of what a biography ought
not to be.”

− − =Nation.= 85: 401. O. 31, ’07. 750w.

“Mr. Ellis worships Blake, and he seems to have attracted to himself
several of his idol’s less amiable qualities, his arrogance, his
carelessness in writing and his intolerance; these characteristics are
obvious, not only in the preface, but more or less throughout the
book.”

− + =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 8. F. 23, ’07. 320w.

=Ellis, George.= Modern practical carpentry for the use of workmen, builders, architects, and engineers. *$5. Industrial.

“A practical discussion of the methods and practices connected with
the heavier kinds of carpentry work. It treats of the subject as seen
in England, where wood work is used to a much greater extent than in
this country. However, the discussions on shoring, scaffolding, tunnel
and bridge centering and coffer dams are of universal
interest.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 306. Mr. 14, ’07. 330w.

=Ellis, George William, and Morris, John Emery.= King Philip’s war; based on the archives and records of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and contemporary letters and accounts with biographical and topographical notes. **$2. Grafton press.

6–43914.

To this account of King Philip’s war “Mr. Ellis has contributed the
narrative with the references, and Mr. Morris has supplied the
biographical foot-notes, the local descriptions, and the
illustrations.” (Am. Hist. R.)

* * * * *

“A history of King Philip’s war, which should be both readable and
trustworthy, has long been desired by students of early New England.
The volume under review meets these requirements, being based upon
careful research and written in clear narrative style. The volume is
singularly free from errors or misquotations from authorities.”
Clarence S. Brigham.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 696. Ap. ’07. 400w.

“A scholarly history of the last struggle of an expiring race, rather
than a successful study of an important episode in the conquest of the
continent.” Carl Russell Fish.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 655. My. ’07. 250w.

“The genealogical interest of Mr. Morris has resulted in a collection
of biographical details that must make the book valuable to all
tracers of New England ancestry. Indeed, one criticism of the book as
a book lies in its multiplicity of names and explanatory notes.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 390w.

=Elton, Oliver.= Frederick York Powell: a life and selection from his letters and occasional writings. 2v. *$6.75. Oxford.

7–18309.

Two interesting volumes upon a man of large personality and profound
knowledge, who for years, as tutor and professor, exercised great
influence over the young men of Oxford and London. The first volume is
devoted to memoirs and letters, and the second to writings.

* * * * *

“Mr. Elton has failed partly because failure was inevitable, partly
because of a certain lack of sympathy with his subject; but he has one
quality which is also his main defect—a fine impartiality.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 32. Ja. 12, ’07. 1280w.

“The many-sidedness of the man has been well brought out; the
attractive nature of his personality is excellently displayed; the
facts of his career are correctly noted; his fugitive work has been
tastefully brought together; and all the friends of York Powell—and he
had a genius for friendship—will be grateful to Mr. Elton for placing
this memorial of their departed friend in their hands.” H. Morse
Stephens.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 648. Ap. ’07. 2100w.

“An appreciation which is rich on every page with a just and
sympathetic understanding of the man’s nature.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 821. D. 29. 2400w.

“The book brings out with fine judgment and skill Powell’s love for
literature, folklore and art, but is less successful in showing that
history was his special province.”

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 204. Ja. ’07. 230w.

“Mr. Elton’s book would have been much improved by the compression
necessary to bring it into a narrower compass.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 424. D. 21, ’06. 2440w.

“The present memoir is clever and interesting, but somewhat too
diffuse. A valuable, vivid record of a life which deserves to be held
in memory and honor.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 311. Ap. 4, ’07. 2440w.

“The book is a master tonic.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 775. D. 22, ’06. 1340w.

“The life of York Powell was bound to be written, and it could
scarcely have fallen into better hands.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 55. Ja. 12, ’07. 1720w.

=Emanuel, Walter.= Dogs of war. †$1.25. Scribner.

7–15118.

One thoroughbred and a number of mongrels constitute a group pledged
to “attack at sight all thoroughbreds who give themselves airs or
offer insult to plebeian canines.” “Ears,” the aristocratic spaniel
tells the story, which is accompanied by Mr. Cecil Aldin’s humorous
drawings.

* * * * *

“The episodes enshrined in these pages bear and repay intimate study.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 731. D. 8. 70w.

“His greatest failing as a raconteur is his lack of humor.”

+ − =Dial.= 41: 460. D. 16, ’06. 230w.

“The collaboration is quite perfect, and it is always impossible to
consider the story apart from the pictures. Possibly the drawings are
a bit cleverer than the text, although there is much amusing matter in
the dog biography.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 43. Ja. 5, ’07. 70w.

Emerald and Ermine: a tale of the Argoät by the author of “The martyrdom of an empress.” *$1.50 Harper.

7–33591.

About the slim figure of a young widowed duchess of an old estate in
Brittany, the author has woven a strong and dramatic plot using as a
background the sturdy peasant life of the Argoät. The estate, in the
event of the remarriage of the duchess, reverts to her husband’s
degenerate cousin, and he to gain it, conspires to trap her into
matrimony. His villainy succeeds, but she finds true love and
happiness and he receives the coveted revenues only to find them poor
comfort and devoid of joy.

* * * * *

“A tale steeped in the color and fragrance of woodland Brittany,
characterized by a mysterious plot and rare charm of atmosphere.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Emerson, Edward Waldo.= Life and letters of Charles Russell Lowell, captain Sixth United States cavalry, colonel Second Massachusetts cavalry, brigadier-general, United States volunteers. **$2. Houghton.

7–15315.

“This volume consists of a brief but adequate biography of the young
soldier; of judicious selections from his correspondence, and of very
full, discriminating notes upon both the life and the letters.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“While Mr. Emerson’s intense admiration for his hero is very plain he
writes always with restraint, good taste, and the best judgment.” J.
K. Hosmer.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 161. O. ’07. 580w.

“Doubly excellent in its admiration and its restraint.” Henry Dwight
Sedgwick.

+ + =Atlan.= 100: 278. Ag. ’07. 2470w.

“Abundant notes supplement both the lifestudy and the letters; to
these notes are confided many of the most intimate revelations of the
young soldier’s personality. The student of American history and
literature may well be grateful for this record, so directly and fully
told, of a life which is as inspiring in memory as it was in
companionship.” Annie Russell Marble.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 10. Jl. 1, ’07. 1800w.

=Ind.= 63: 883. O. 10, ’07. 420w.

“There can be no doubt that Mr. Emerson has created a distinct
impression of General Lowell’s superb endowment of character,
justifying that attitude of reverend adoration he inspired in his own
immediate circle.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 534. O. 12, ’07. 220w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 526. Je. 6, ’07. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 291. My. 4, ’07. 70w.

“The letters are especially valuable for their portrayal of a
beautiful and dignified character, and they also give many suggestive
sketches of prominent statesmen and soldiers.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 327. My. 18, ’07. 400w.

“An admirably typical American life, worthily told in the narrative,
not less worthily when the letters of its subject are left to tell the
story.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 101. O. ’07. 450w.

Engineering index annual for 1906; comp. by J. B. Johnson. *$2. Eng. Mag.

An inclusive guide to engineering literature which does away with the
alphabetical arrangement of its former volumes. “In the present annual
volume all items have been grouped according to eight grand divisions:
Civil engineering; Electrical engineering; Industrial economy; Marine
and naval engineering; Mechanical engineering; Mining and metallurgy;
Railway engineering; and Street and electric railways. Each of these
is subdivided into a number of heads.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 556. My. 16, ’07. 710w.

English music. *$1.25. Scribner.

6–38907.

These seventeen lectures were delivered by well-known artists and
musical writers at the time of the tercentenary of the existence of
the “Worshipful company of musicians” during June, 1904. They
illustrate the historical significance of the ancient instruments and
books then on exhibition. “The lectures are brief and attractive
essays; several are more than a résumé of what the historians have
written, and offer some interesting points more or less novel.” (N. Y.
Times.)

* * * * *

“We close the book with but one regret; that it possessed so kindly
and lenient an editor as Mr. Crowest seems to have been. A little more
severity might have turned out a work better fitted to bear the
hardships of an unsympathetic world.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 281. S. 22, ’06. 1760w.

Reviewed by Josiah Renick Smith.

+ =Dial.= 42: 11. Ja. 1, ’07. 200w.

“An exceptionally valuable contribution to musical literature.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 564. D. 27, ’06. 500w.

“They are necessarily rather disjointed as musical history, but are
likely to fulfill a good purpose in clearing up ideas, generally
vague, which many people hold concerning ancient instruments and some
of the ancient music and its composers.” Richard Aldrich.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 762. N. 17, ’06. 700w.

=Erskine, John.= Actæon, and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.

6–46756.

A book of verses, songs and sonnets which show a lyric gift and true
poetic feeling.

* * * * *

“A series of poetical exercises, wholly derivative in merit, and of
slight significance.” Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 110w.

“His work is more notable for form than for substance; the most vital
note in it is its fine sense of the apostolic tradition in poetry, its
sentiment of poetic scholarship.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 199. F. 28, ’07. 350w.

“Mr. Erskine has written much that is good since ‘Actaeon,’ but he
seems for the most part to have fallen upon a more personal and minor
strain.” William Aspenwall Bradley.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 132. Mr. 2, ’07. 500w.

=Escott, Thomas H. S.= Society in the country house, *$4. Jacobs.

“In sixteen lengthy chapters Mr. Escott conducts his readers to as
many groups of country houses, tracing the rise of each great family,
characterizing its most interesting representatives and most famous
visitors, drawing upon a store of racy anecdote and curious legend,
and fully substantiating his claim that the country house has
associations with the spiritual, literary, and social movements of the
nation, which are even stronger than those more picturesque and
popularly recognized bonds which unite it with the chase, the turf,
and the stage.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“We prefer to take the book as a cheerful jumble of interesting
side-lights on people and events, the value of which consists in its
mirroring the passing phases of thought in the fashion and speech of
the time. It is left to the reader to supply his own perspective, and
to select the grain from the inevitable chaff of anecdote and
genealogy.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 34. Ja. 12, ’07. 720w.

“We hope that Mr. Escott’s future volumes of pleasant reminiscences
may have the advantage of a ‘checker’ who will do the drudgery and the
index, and leave the writer free to please us without calling down the
cantankerous critic.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 98. Ja. 26. 960w.

“Mr. Escott pursues his subject with a leisurely thoroughness that is
characteristically British, but his style is crisp and nervous enough
to hold the reader’s interest.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 254. O. 16, ’07. 410w.

“It is so cumbersome as to make us long once again for the old days of
two and three volumes. A book of gossip that cannot be held in the
hands as one leans back in a chair is a publisher’s mistake. Wherever
the book is opened some eminent name meets the eye, with an anecdote
attached to it; and what more can be said?”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 15. Ja. 11, ’07. 280w.

=Espy, Ella Gray.= What will the answer be? $1.50. Neale.

7–20705.

The question concerns the future of Jo, the child of the orphanage who
has felt the influence of Miss Jane, who gave her life to charity and
who has also lived in an adopted home and seen something of love and
its possibilities. The reader is left to draw his own conclusions as
to Jo’s decision for public service or matrimony.

=Evans, Edward Payson.= Criminal prosecution and capital punishment of animals. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–28640.

A study of the curious methods of mediaeval and modern penology
relating to the prosecution and punishment of animals.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 208. S. 5, ’07. 330w.

“The author has succeeded in making an extremely readable and in a
sense a learned volume, one which is a welcome addition to the
curiosities of literature.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 310w.

=Evans, Edwin.= Tchaikovsky. (Master musicians.) $1.25. Dutton.

7–10577.

The part of this work is devoted to the composer as a man is based
upon the biography of the Tchaikovsky published with his letters by
his brother Modest. The greater portion of the study is devoted to a
critical survey of the musician and his works including an estimate of
the relative values of his operas. “A valuable feature of Mr. Evans’s
book is a chronological table of Tchaikovsky’s compositions.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 840. D. 29. 240w.

+ − =Nation.= 83: 564. D. 27, ’06. 250w.

“Of the man and his work the book presents a useful summary treatment,
though it rarely rises to a very high order of criticism.” Richard
Aldrich.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 148. Mr. 9, ’07. 600w.

=Evelyn, John.= Diary of John Evelyn; ed. with notes by Austin Dobson. 3v. *$8. Macmillan.

The bicentenary of John Evelyn’s death has served to produce some good
reprints of his diary. This one edited by Mr. Dobson contains an
informing biographical introduction and helpful notes. “Its long
chronicle extends over an unbroken period of more than sixty years,
dating from the stormy days which preceded the Commonwealth to the
early time of Queen Anne. During all this age—‘an age,’ as his epitaph
puts it, ‘of extraordinary events and revolutions’—Evelyn was quietly,
briefly, methodically noting what seemed to him worthy of remembrance.
His desire for knowledge was insatiable, his sympathies wide, and his
tastes catholic.”

* * * * *

“Such a book as his ‘Diary,’ then, cannot be too often reprinted, nor
do we know a better edition than this, skilfully edited by Mr. Austin
Dobson.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 567. D. 8, ’06. 1730w.

“The reader of the ‘Diary’ is supplied with an ample commentary as he
goes along, which will be of infinite service in elucidation of
biographical and historical points. Indeed, we cannot imagine the work
better done.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906. 2: 765. D. 15. 980w.

“But what gives Mr. Dobson’s edition its importance is less its text
than its ‘editorial equipment.’” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Dial.= 41: 451. D. 16, ’06. 500w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 389. N. 23, ’06. 2200w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 852. D. 8, ’06. 1780w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.)

“Among various editions of Evelyn none surpasses in convenience,
editorial thoroughness, and beauty of form this edition, in three
volumes, presented with a combination of simplicity and elegance that
mark only the best book-making.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 85: 480. F. 23, ’07. 430w.

“A fine edition ... for which we cannot thank Mr. Dobson too much.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 526. Ap. 27, ’07. 1790w.

“The introduction which he has prefixed to this edition of the Diary,
is an admirable summary of Evelyn’s life, and supplies as careful an
appreciation of the diarist’s character and work as could be desired.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 60 Ja. 12, ’07. 300w.

=Ewald, Carl.= Spider and other tales; tr. from the Danish by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. †$1. Scribner.

7–15116.

“Pleasant, readable little stories about animals and plants, in which
insects and flowers and birds, and even clouds and dewdrops are made
to talk as if they were human beings.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“This little book of fables deserves to be added to the permanent
library of childhood.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 523. Je. 6, ’07. 240w.

“He has a simple, naive style, which makes his work very suitable for
supplementary reading on nature subjects for young children, while
older people can read his stories with pleasure because of the purity
and perfection of his literary method.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 433. Jl. 6, ’07. 250w.

=Ewell, Alice Maude.= Long time ago; in Virginia and Maryland with a glimpse of old England. il. $1.50. Neale.

7–26957.

Nine good stories of revolutionary and colonial times told by a lady
and dame of long ago.

F

=Fairbanks, Arthur.= Mythology of Greece and Rome, presented with special reference to its influence on literature. *$1.50. Appleton.

7–6167.

The purpose of this book is “to illustrate the wide-reaching influence
of Greek myths first on the Latin poets, and, mainly through the Latin
poets, on later writers.” There are numerous illustrations taken from
ancient works of art.

* * * * *

“The author is progressive, yet conservative and judicious, and has
produced a useful book.”

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 716. O. ’07. 170w.

=Dial.= 42: 117. F. 16, ’07. 80w.

“A scholarly and complete presentation for school and college use.”

+ =Educ. R.= 34: 105. Je. ’07. 20w.

“The distinct merit of the book is not that which is emphasized on the
title-page; it is, rather, the fact that the ancient stories are told
by a professional student of mythology who is familiar with the
results of recent investigation.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 230w.

=Fairlie, John Archibald.= Local government in counties, towns and villages. *$1.25. Century.

6–23708.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A handy and valuable compendium. The volume is, however, subject to
serious criticism because of the mode or style of presentation.” F. I.
Herriott.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 424. Mr. ’07. 650w.

“He has compacted into comparatively few pages a wealth of information
on his subject. Teachers and students of civil government in all parts
of the country should find considerable use for the volume.” James A.
Woodburn.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 153. Mr. ’07. 610w.

=Fallow, Lance.= Silverleaf and oak. $1.25. Macmillan.

The poems inspired by South Africa, the poems of the imperialistic
voyager, are perhaps the best in this volume, which includes among
others; The Southern cross; Spirit of hidden places, Day and night
up-country, A Cape homestead, and a poem on the churchyard at Durban.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 43: 167. S. 16, ’07. 250w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 250w.

“He is apt to fall into banal cadences, and he is much under the
influence of Mr. Kipling. The last verse of the poem on the churchyard
at Durban seems to us to be the highest point reached by Mr. Fallow’s
muse, and is no mean elevation.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 931. D. 8, ’06. 110w.

=Fanning, Clara E.=, comp. Selected articles on the enlargement of the United States navy. *$1. Wilson, H. W.

7–29552.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 80w.

* =Fanshawe, Anne, lady.= Memoirs of Ann Lady Fanshawe, wife of the Right Hon. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600–’72; reprinted from the original manuscript in the possession of Mr. Evelyn J. Fanshawe of Parsloes. il. *$5. Lane.

Of special interest as a family history rather than of value as a side
light on social or political history of the time. “The most noteworthy
part of the present edition is the elaborate notes, occupying far the
larger part of the volume and giving full information about every
thing and every person in any way alluded to by Lady Fanshawe.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“The editing of memoirs is a difficult task at best, but we have no
hesitation in saying that these ‘Memoirs’ have been edited as they
deserve. and they deserve well.”

+ + =Acad.= 73: 943. S. 28, ’07. 1680w.

“These small blemishes count for nothing in comparison with the
sterling merits of the book, which we feel confident will long
maintain its place as the standard edition of the ‘Memoirs.’”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 437. O. 12. 1230w.

“The book remains curious, delightful as far as Lady Fanshawe is
concerned, elaborate and admirable so far as we can absorb her
editor.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 234. Jl. 26, ’07. 1260w.

“The book must remain a standard work of reference for students of the
period.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 425. N. 7, ’07. 610w.

“We are bound to say that most of Lady Fanshawe’s matter is dry stuff.
But to all connected with the family this book, admirably printed, and
illustrated ought to appeal.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 22. Jl. 6, ’07. 150w.

“The ‘Memoirs’ can make no claim to be a work of great literary merit,
but though Lady Fanshawe was not a stylist, there is a directness
about her writing that saves it from being wearisome.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 402. S. 21, ’07. 260w.

=Farnol, Jeffery.= My lady Caprice. il. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–31282.

“A love idyl of the summertime. A healthy and active young boy plays a
very important part in bringing together a couple of lovers in spite
of a very worldly peeress.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The Imp is decidedly the most ingenious and interesting person in the
book.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 381. D. 1, ’07. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“Should anyone read the book they will find it like rock candy—a
thread to which sugar adheres.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 676. O. 26, ’07. 320w.

“Gay romance.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 100w.

=Farnsworth, Charles Hubert=, comp. Songs for schools; with accompaniments written by Harvey Worthington Loomis and B. D. Allen. *60c. Macmillan.

“Mr. Farnsworth has performed a much-needed service to public school
music by collecting in one volume, well printed and bound and sold at
a moderate price, the best of the traditional songs suitable for
children’s voices. One finds here the more important national tunes,
beautiful melodies of Stephen C. Foster ... fine old English,
Scottish, Irish, and Welsh folk songs, a few college songs, and a good
selection of hymn tunes.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“One of the best books of school music ever issued, and occupies a
place of its own.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 161. F. 14, ’07. 210w.

“Mr. Loomis’s accompaniments show imagination and much technical
skill, though in some instances one might question whether he has not
elaborated his treatment more than is in keeping with the ruggedly
simple nature of the melodies. On the whole, this book is a long step
in advance in the literature of school music.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 766. Mr. 30, ’07. 330w.

=Farrer, James Anson.= Literary forgeries; with an introd. by Andrew Lang. $2.25. Longmans.

7–26421.

With the avowed purpose of giving some idea of the large space which
literary forgery occupies in the history and development of the race
the author discusses forgeries of ancient books like the “Letters of
Phalaris” and the “Consolatio” of Cicero, the works of C. J. Bertram,
Psalmanazar, the Eikon Basiliké, Chatterton’s Rowley poems, Launder’s
attempts to discredit the originality of Milton, the Shakespeareana of
Ireland, and other forgeries.

* * * * *

“Mr. Farrer has written an excellent book on a most interesting
subject. It is Mr. Farrer’s worst fault that he has included some
ingenious persons in his book, who are grievously out of place.
Forgery is far too strong a word, for instance, to apply to
Chatterton.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 234. Mr. 9, ’07. 1540w.

“Mr. J. A. Farrer has given us a curious and entertaining book,
distinguished generally for the lucidity of its reasoning. It clearly
is not intended to be a contribution to learning, since it lacks an
index.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 289. Mr. 9. 630w.

“If we are to judge the book by this grandiose purpose, it cannot be
called a complete success. The reader who will decline to gauge the
book by its author’s professed purpose will find it a very enjoyable
ramble through an attractive by-way of literature.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 256. My. ’07. 470w.

“A quaint, lively, discursive book, a sort of Newgate calendar in the
sphere of letters. Mr. Lang’s artistic introduction is full of
himself, and therefore delightful.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 60. F. 22, ’07. 1850w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 389. Je. 15, ’07. 1380w.

“Mr. Farrer, whom Mr. Lang introduces to the public in his best style,
has written a very readable book.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 505. Mr. 30, ’07. 340w.

=Faversham, Mrs. Julie (Opp).= Squaw man; a novel adapted from the play by Edward Milton Royle. †$1.50. Harper.

6–45695.

The characters in this story, adapted from the play, are a degenerate
head of the house of Kerhill, the mother whose whole aim in life is to
preserve intact the honor and dignity of her house, Jim Wynnegate,
cousin to the Earl of Kerhill, and Diana, the latter’s wife. The
scenes shift from London to the plains of western America, whither Jim
goes to serve out a term of self-imposed exile, having assumed his
cousin’s guilt of theft to save the Kerhill honor. The dramatic
element predominates in love scenes, wild-west quarrels, and in the
tragedy of devotion.

* * * * *

“A pretty story, rapid in action, with some bright dialogue, but
crudely written.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 77. Mr. ’07.

“The story is here told with spirit, and the narrative is full of
variety and interest.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 120w.

“People who have been unable to see the play may find the book not
devoid of the appeal which kept the drama on Broadway for almost an
entire season.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 400w.

Favorite fairy tales; the childhood choice of representative men and women, illustrated by Peter Newell. **$3. Harper.

7–34176.

An especially attractive volume of such old favorites as Cinderella,
Beauty and the beast, The sleeping beauty, Jack and the bean stalk,
Jack the giant killer, etc. Marginal decorations, sixteen full-page
illustrations and a white fiber binding lettered in gold make the book
a beautiful holiday gift.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 86: 496. N. 28, ’07. 110w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 1340w.

“The sixteen included are certainly among the best. Mr. Newell’s
illustrations are, of course, delightful.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 150w.

=Fea, Allan.= Some beauties of the seventeenth century; with 82 il. **$4. Brentano’s.

Seventeen chapters, each of which is devoted to the personal history
of some famous beauty or group of beauties most of whom belong to
Whitehall in the days of the Restoration. “The facts about the various
women—and the author has evidently been at some pains to obtain real
facts to the best of his ability—are set forth in a simple narrative
vein, making no injudicious pleas in defense of their actions and no
superfluous attacks on the evident immorality of many characters.” (N.
Y. Times.)

* * * * *

+ − =Nation.= 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 210w.

“Though not to be classed among strictly literary works, has the
interest of a clever compilation.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 290w.

=Fenollosa, Mary McNeil (Mrs. Ernest F. Fenollosa) (Sidney McCall, pseud.).= Dragon painter. †$1.50. Little.

6–37204.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07. ✠

Reviewed by Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 489. Ja. ’07. 760w.

“The characters of the romance belong to screens or fans; it is the
Japan of the popular imagination, and the scenes are effective in a
sense, but there is nothing fine or interpretative about the writer’s
touch.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 50w.

=Fernald, Chester B.= John Kendry’s idea. $1.50. Outing.

7–24157.