Chapter XVIII: Preface (18)

John Kendry’s idea embodied in such sentiments as “one’s aim should be
to live as a conscious part of the whole continuous performance,” and
“the one thing true of all life in motion, and the prime instinct of a
live man is to go somewhere and do something” is best fostered in the
wild free mountain-side surroundings which form much of this story’s
setting. At times his idea is submerged in the deadly atmosphere of
Chinatown. The pendulum swings between these two environments. On the
heights he knows the companionship of a finely-wrought woman, at the
foot of the mountain he confronts conventionality, inanities, nay
more, plot and villainy.

* * * * *

“It is a story of many startling surprises; in fact, there is an
ambush upon nearly every page; that anything like it ever happened, or
could happen, we greatly doubt, but that does not prevent its being a
highly readable melodrama with a style that comes near to exhibiting
distinction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 310w.

“This is a lively novel of adventure without any of the sacrifices
usually considered necessary in stories of this type. Also his
characters, if a trifle heavily emphasized at times, still talk and
behave as real human beings might conceivably comport themselves under
such startling circumstances.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 380w.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 510w.

“His new book has some new interesting glimpses of Chinatown in San
Francisco but it is too involved in plot and too improbable in
incident to be altogether satisfying.”

− + =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 50w.

=Ferrero, Guglielmo.= Greatness and decline of Rome; tr. by Alfred E. Zimmern. 2v. *$5.25. Putnam.

7–25134.

Two volumes which contain “a history of the age of Caesar, from the
death of Sulla to the Ides of March.” “To the author of these volumes
history is drama, with its characters, its passions, its plot and its
setting—above all with its exquisite irony, the analytical
foreknowledge of a Greek tragedy-chorus of which he is the leader.
Roman history is no longer a weary catalogue of wars and laws, of
risings and assassinations, sprinkled with names which by their very
schoolday familiarity have become meaningless. Still less is it the
blind hero-worship of a single personality to whom is ascribed a
purpose and ambition beyond all human likelihood.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“Signor Ferrero is a looker-on at this game of cross-purposes, who can
use the eyes of his mind. He overlooks all the hands at once, and his
book is the result of his observation, not of the platitudes of
result, but of the human elements of process. In reading this book of
his, we must feel that it is not the game that matters, but the
players. If he completes his scheme as worthily as he has begun it, he
will have written a more living, a more actual, history of Rome than
any we have encountered up to now, and we can only hope for him and
for ourselves that the task of translation may remain in Mr. Zimmern’s
hands.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 479. My. 18, ’07. 1350w.

“A fresh and vigorous treatment of a great subject, with a new
handling of the evidence, which is not indeed increased, but estimated
afresh. The whole book, though on a trite subject, is very stimulating
even in its vagaries.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 720. Je. 15. 1240w.

“Signor Ferrero is no safe guide in matters where sober historical
criticism is needed. It must be added that in its English dress his
work has many blemishes for which we must hold the translator
responsible.” H. Stuart Jones.

− + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 763. O. ’07. 1220w.

“The chief defect of the book is the inclination to disparage the
deeds of Cæsar.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 998. O. 24, ’07. 830w.

“The reader ... cannot help being struck by the force with which
Signor Ferrero puts his argument, and the admirable way in which he
supports it from authorities. Other merits in the work can only be
named, the insight into the social life and psychology of the Roman
people, the full justice done to Lucullus and Cicero, and the
excellent appendices. Mr. Zimmern has done his work most admirably,
and has succeeded in reproducing, in a great measure, the vivacity of
the original.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 210. Jl. 5, ’07. 1940w.

“His work is generously planned; it rests upon a familiarity with the
ancient sources of information. It has literary quality and at times
brilliancy.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 305. O. 3, ’07. 6000w.

“Dr. Ferrero argues his points with learning, ability, and entire
familiarity with his facts. His thoughtful work is an important
contribution to the literature of Roman history, and not less so
because it is by an old Italian and based extensively upon the results
of Italian scholarship.” Robert Livingston Schuyler.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 415. Je. 29, ’07. 940w.

“However familiar with Roman history one may be, he will find an
attractive freshness throughout these volumes.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 746. Ag. 3, ’07. 470w.

“One of the most noteworthy works of classical analytical history of
recent years.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 110w.

“The work of Signor Ferrero, to-day the foremost of Italian
historians, is in a large measure justified. For he has something to
say, though it is often hard to dig it out. He belongs to the newer
school of historians, who trace not the conscious purpose of the hero,
but the inevitable march of circumstances and tendencies.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 718. Je. 8, ’07. 1590w.

=Fiala, Anthony.= Fighting the polar ice. **$3.80. Doubleday.

6–44309.

In recording a two years’ fight with polar opposition north of the
81st parallel there are bound to be sensationally dramatic adventures.
“It is a record of disaster and defeat. The expedition which was sent
out by William H. Ziegler in 1903 to reach the pole from a land base
in Franz Josef Land, lost its ship, made three attempts to cross the
polar pack by sledge, none of which lasted more than two or three
days, and returned home. The main achievements of the expedition were
a reconnoissance by Mr. Porter in Zichy Land, and a series of
meteorological observations conducted by Sergeant Long.” (Bookm.)

* * * * *

“Although it does not contribute materially to the fund of Arctic
knowledge, nor offer much in the way of adventure, it will be found
popular with readers of exploration.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 41. F. ’07.

“Defects notwithstanding, the volume is a valuable record of a
singularly luckless expedition.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 445. Ap. 13. 1050w.

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 261. Ag. ’07. 60w.

“The passages in the narrative which are likely to inspire popular
interest are the leader’s description of a fall into a crevasse and
Mr. Porter’s lively account of a tough sledge-journey.” Albert White
Vorse.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 480. Ja. ’07. 1190w.

“Is doubtless the most interesting story of polar exploration yet
written in this country.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 185. Mr. 16, ’07. 1500w.

=Ind.= 61: 1403. D. 22, ’06. 90w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 1149. My. 16, ’07. 420w.

“This is the most elaborate and richly illustrated record of polar
explorations since Nansen’s books.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 25. Ja. 5, ’07. 310w.

“Mr. Fiala’s volume is admirably illustrated and his maps are clear
and fairly accurate; but he is too much oppressed with his troubles
and with a strong sense of his responsibilities to be an entertaining
writer.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 115. Ap. 12, ’07. 490w.

“Mr. Fiala’s book, while not contributing materially to the fund of
Arctic knowledge, and while not supplying much in the way of
adventure, may yet be found enjoyable by those who find in Arctic
literature perennial charm. The proof revision is not perfect.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 44. Ja. 10, ’07. 780w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

“The volume is well-written. The glow of imagination is diffused
through the narrative and the facts worth telling are well told. Few
descriptions of arctic work, conditions, and experience have been more
permeated with readable quality. Some of these experiences are of the
first order of interest.” Cyrus C. Adams.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 25. Ja. 19, ’07. 1890w.

“Although unsuccessful in his quest of the Pole, the brilliant young
leader of this expedition is to be congratulated on his distinct
addition to the general fund of knowledge concerning the Arctic
regions.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 108. Ja. ’07. 120w.

“We cannot approve of some of the word pictures. They are obviously
not scientific.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 150w.

=Ficke, Arthur Davison.= Happy princess and other poems. †$1. Small.

7–14629.

The title poem which is a poetical romance occupies the first part of
this volume, it is followed by seven poems upon Fancy in the later
days, The return to Avon, To sleep and other subjects. Fifteen poems
grouped under the head of Pilgrim verses, and evidently inspired by
Oriental wanderings complete the contents.

* * * * *

“Mr. Ficke has to learn what to leave out, and to recognize that even
in poetic style the happy phrase is that which flies like an arrow to
the goal, not that which plays about the mark like a garden-hose,
however charming the rainbow tints that sparkle in its spray.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 280w.

“The title poem, written from a mind saturated with Tennyson,
Browning, and Keats, contains many good lines and some fine images and
premises better things to some in spite of such rhymes as ‘dawn’ and
‘on,’ and ‘love’ and ‘of.’”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 255. Ap. 20, ’07. 190w.

“There is an engaging wistfulness about it and often a rare sense of
beauty. The verse does not in all cases show fulfillment, but promise
always.” Christian Gauss.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w.

=Fidler, Henry.= Notes on construction in mild steel; arr. for the use of junior draughtsmen in the architectural and engineering professions; with il. from working drawings, diagrams, and tables. (Longmans’ civil engineering ser.) *$5. Longmans.

7–26472.

A book for the junior draughtsman which is intended to aid him in
“bridging the gap between the stress sheet and a working drawing that
shall successfully pass the ordeal of criticism in the shops during
construction and in the field during the erection of the structure.
His plan definitely excludes any computations arising out of the
application of mechanics to design, although hints are occasionally
given as to theoretic considerations.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“While many useful hints are given to the designer regarding various
details as influenced by practical conditions, some are very general
and indefinite in character. The range of illustrative examples seems
to be too narrow to accomplish the author’s purpose. A comparative
discussion of different details used for similar structures would
materially enhance its value to the young designer or draftsman. In
this respect the latter part of the chapter on columns is decidedly
the most valuable.” Henry S. Jacoby.

+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 305. Mr. 14, ’07. 730w.

=Field, Walter Taylor.= Fingerposts to children’s reading. **$1. McClurg.

7–11993.

These essays aim to interest parents, teachers, librarians,
Sunday-school workers and all who are concerned with the education of
children. The problem met is that of introducing a child to eminent
writers through their simpler works.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 120. My. ’07. S.

“One criticism of a general nature: the child in the author’s mind’s
eye would seem to be rather precocious or priggish or both.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 228. Ap. 1, ’07. 280w.

“Is admirably planned to awaken parents to the crying need of the best
books in the home, and to give practical guidance in their selection.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 140. My. 25, ’07. 150w.

“An unusually useful book for parents who have children just beginning
their education.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 60w.

=Findlater, Jane Helen.= Ladder to the stars. †$1.50. Appleton.

6–32359.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 15. Ja. 1, ’07. 150w.

“She knows her story well, and she knows her people, and draws the
vulgar, convention-ridden, lower middle class with their dull and
sordid lives, made up so exclusively of raiment and food, with a
certain truthful if incisive cruelty.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 442. F. 21, ’07. 200w.

=Finn, Frank.= Ornithological and other oddities. **$5. Lane.

“A collection of thirty-eight short articles, which have appeared in
various English publications. All but six deal with birds, and some of
the subjects are of unusual interest.” (Nation.) “The author’s aim has
been to bring together all the out-of-the-way facts about the
creatures he writes about, and his choice of instances has been a very
happy one. The chapter on the ‘Toilet of birds’ may serve as a sample.
Herein he discusses the uses of the birds’ oil-gland, or as he calls
it, ‘pomatum-pot,’ and the still more curious ‘powder-puff’ and
‘comb.’” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“There is not a dull line in the whole volume, while the illustrations
are remarkably good.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 508. My. 25, ’07. 410w.

“Few of the separate sketches, touching as they do merely the fringe
of the subject under discussion, run any risk of exhausting either it
or the reader. Being drawn mainly from the aviculturist’s point of
view rather than from that of the field naturalist, they should appeal
specially to frequenters of zoological gardens and museums.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 580. My. 11. 900w.

“The width of his knowledge gives some of his essays unusual
distinction.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 204. Je. 28, ’07. 380w.

“The most valuable portion is that dealing with the birds of India, a
country where Mr. Finn has spent many years.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 356. O. 17, ’07. 310w.

“Despite its title, which we cannot regard as other than cheap, Mr.
Finn’s book is not to be passed over by anyone interested in
observation and fond of birds. Distinguished by a note of
individuality in the observations that are recorded and the
speculations they give rise to.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 20. Jl. 6, ’07. 580w.

“It is to be wished that Mr. Finn would embody in fuller and more
connected form the observations and experience which this book
communicates in a series of more or less closely related
reminiscences.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 457. O. 5, ’07. 1560w.

=Finnemore, John.= Jack Haydon’s quest. †$1.50. Lippincott.

A blood curdling tale “about a mining engineer, an expert on rubies,
who, with a magnificent ruby in his pocket, was on his way home from
India when he suddenly dropped out of sight in Brindisi. Thereupon his
son and two adventurous friends, believing him to have been kidnapped
and carried back ... to a remote part of India by a wicked native ...
started out to rescue him. And if there is any sort of danger, by
wind, or waves, or wild beasts, or wicked men, through which they did
not wade up to their chins, it is merely because there was not room in
the book’s 300 pages for another incident.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Experiences in Burma, which Mr. Finnemore recounts with skill.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 607. D. 15, ’06. 20w.

“Barring a marked tendency to verbosity, it is a well-told tale.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 894. D. 22, ’06. 210w.

+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 7. D. 8, ’06. 120w.

=Finot, Jean.= Race prejudice, tr. by Florence Wade-Evans. $3. Dutton.

7–13005.

“M. Finot argues for national peace and fraternity and endeavors to
find argument and reason for universal brotherhood in the underlying
principles and traits of our common humanity.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“For larger libraries only.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 163. O. ’07.

“The general thesis of the writer is sound. Some of the individual
illustrations and bits of evidence are probably overdrawn or not
understood. His discussion of the situation of the negro in the United
States is scarcely fair.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 155. Jl. ’07. 320w.

“On the whole M. Finot’s work reads smoothly in its English version.
His employment of the destructive method to wreck the conclusions of
anthropologists must be pronounced more entertaining than convincing.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 770. D. 15. 220w.

“The net impression of the volume is that of an able but somewhat too
zealous special pleading for a cause that certainly makes a
philanthropic appeal.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 230. Ap. 1, ’07. 310w.

“The book is from first to last uncritical; there is no careful
weighing or discrimination of authorities.”

− =Lond. Times.= 6: 75. Mr. 8, ’07. 910w.

“M. Finot’s volume, while it does not escape the exaggeration natural
to an enthusiastic advocate, contains much matter that is of interest
to students of international relations and racial history.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 592. Je. 27, ’07. 910w.

“We observe a few instances of the entire misapprehension of things in
this country. The only ground for adverse criticism [of the
translation] is in the fact that in some cases French words are
retained for which there are fairly adequate equivalents in English.
The work is one which urgently demands an index, the absence of which
is much to be regretted.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 750w.

“Upon some questions of fact, with which the writer of this paragraph
is familiar, the author has certainly failed to tell the whole truth
with impartiality. While recognizing these drawbacks, we commend this
book to the thoughtful consideration of all students of the race
problem. It is far from furnishing a solution of that problem, but it
throws no inconsiderable amount of light upon it.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 452. O. 26, ’07. 840w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 140w.

=Fischer, George Alexander.= This labyrinthine life: a tale of the Arizona desert. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

7–11590.

The aim of this book which portrays the struggles of a tuberculosis
colony in Arizona is to present camp-life as it is, so that the
invalid can judge as to whether he is in a position to undertake it;
to show to the humanitarian and the sociologist that really great
results in saving life and in relieving suffering can be achieved by a
very moderate outlay; to indicate that it is the duty of the United
States government to take the subject in hand following private
initiative.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 34: 469. Mr. 23, ’07. 230w.

“Although any effort to arouse interest in the care of consumption is
entitled to respect, when a treatise of this kind masquerades as
fiction, it is as fiction that it must be judged. From this point of
view ‘This labyrinthine life’ lacks the vitality of the dime novel
without greatly surpassing it in probability or workmanship.”

− =Nation.= 84: 246. Mr. 14, ’07. 450w.

“Mr. Fischer has managed to make out of his material a readable tale
that is half novel, half a series of sketches, and wholly a
disquisition upon consumption and its treatment in the desert region.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 462. Jl. 27, ’07. 140w.

=Fisher, Clarence Stanley.= Excavations at Nippur. (Babylonian expedition of the Univ. of Penn.) 6 pts. ea. pt. $2. C. S. Fisher, Rutledge, Delaware co., Pa.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 446. Ja. ’07. 60w.

=Fisher, George Park.= The reformation. Rev. ed. *$2.50. Scribner.

6–11660.

“The book has been reset in clearer type; the notes and the excellent
bibliography show keen interest in the publications of the past ten
years; tho it must be confessed that the literature of the previous
twenty find a scantier recognition. The text shows many minor changes,
but as the title-page states, it is simply a revision.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“[The opinion of the reader of it] will necessarily be favorable, for
it has long held a high place, in spite of a certain timidity in
dealing with controverted points, an apologetic tone, which might
suggest, though erroneously, that the convictions of the author are
wavering and weak.” Franklin Johnson.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 341. Ap. ’07. 160w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 1470. Je. 20. ’07. 100w.

=Fisher, Gertrude Adams.= Woman alone in the heart of Japan. $2.50. Page.

6–39433.

The author with only her camera for company ventured into the remotest
corners of Japan and tells in an entertaining fashion of her
experiences in the smaller villages and towns where western
civilization has not yet penetrated.

* * * * *

“We can only conclude that the authoress was employed by a yellow
editor to paint the boldest of yellow races in her lividest colours.
Her pages are lively, graphic, good-tempered—but never beautiful.”

− =Acad.= 73: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 300w.

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 180. Ag. 17. 340w.

“Her book is more frank and outspoken than the books of most men
regarding this much visited land, and impressions may be obtained from
it that are hardly to be gained from any other recent work.” Wallace
Rice.

+ =Dial.= 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 120w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 170w.

=Spec.= 99: 262. Ag. 24, ’07. 50w.

=Fisher, Irving.= Nature of capital and income. *$3. Macmillan.

6–32431.

“In five divisions Prof. Fisher treats of the fundamental concepts of
capital and income, capital and income separately, then together, and,
finally, there are summaries of the different divisions in the last
two chapters. Like other books on the subject, such topics as wealth,
property, utility, earnings, etc., are dealt with.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It must be said that while Professor Fisher presents his arguments in
defense of his conceptions of capital and income with force as well as
with confidence, it is doubtful whether they will carry conviction to
any mind not already prejudiced in their favor.” Henry R. Seager.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 175. Jl. ’07. 2350w.

“Of little interest to the average citizen. We believe this work of
Professor Fisher’s will tend only to add to the general confusion in
political science.” Robert E. Bisbee.

− − =Arena.= 36: 685. D. ’06. 260w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 737. Mr. 28, ’07. 390w.

“In point of thorough workmanship and nice finish, the volume stands
in refreshing contrast to much—we had almost said most—of the economic
writing in these days of unlimited license to produce undigested and
undigestible literature. So workmanlike is his performance that it is
with regret that we are unable to rate the work more highly as a
contribution to economic theory. Highest praise should be given to the
author’s discussion of capital and income accounts and of capital and
income summation.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 346. Ap. 11, ’07. 950w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 653. O. 6, ’06. 280w.

“The ‘dreary science’ has seldom received a breezier contribution, or
one of more original treatment.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 235. Ap. 13, ’07. 1370w.

“Has not only a scientific interest for the theoretical student of
economics, but also a human and vital interest for the accountant and
the business man.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 632. N. 10, ’06. 390w.

* =Fisk, George Mygatt.= International commercial policies, with special reference to the United States: a text book. (Citizen’s lib.) *$1.25. Macmillan.

A thorogoing hand-book which provides in a form available for students
of economics and general readers a systematic treatment of the
politics of international commerce. The author discusses the
development of modern commercial politics, including free trade,
protection, customs in all their phases, commercial treaties, public
trade promoting institutions and navigation politics.

=Fisk, May Isabel.= Talking woman. Il. †$1.25. Harper.

7–20962.

Quite as tho he had in reality met this procession of chatterers and
been “talked to death” does the reader lay down Mrs. Fisk’s book of
monologues. It isn’t the woman with the forgivable little foible, but
the voluble one who parades her own selfish interests to the exclusion
of all others. The invalid, At the theatre, The new baby, A woman
inquiring about trains, An afternoon call, The boardinghouse keeper
and Her first trip abroad are suggestive of humorous as well as
true-to-life possibilities for hits.

* * * * *

“Amusing but trivial.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 20w.

=Fitch, Michael Hendrick.= Physical basis of mind and morals. $1. Kerr.

6–38885.

“A primer of socialism ... which makes an effective appeal to
untrained thinkers, and for that reason deserves consideration by
every one interested in exerting counter influence.”—Am. J. Soc.

* * * * *

“On the whole, it must be said that, though the book abounds with
sensible remarks and just criticisms of present social conditions, it
is an example of that pseudo-science which has brought disrepute upon
the social sciences among men of scientific training; and that the
less of such books with scientific pretensions we have published, the
better it will be for the social sciences.” A. W. S.

− + =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 565. Ja. ’07. 200w.

Reviewed by Franklin H. Giddings.

=Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 264. Ja. ’07. 90w.

=Fitch, William Clyde.= Her own way: a play in four acts. **75c. Macmillan.

7–17031.

The clever four act comedy which Maxine Elliott made famous is now
brought out in book form, dedicated to the actress who created
Georgiana Carley and endeared her wilful personality to all who
watched her romping with her brother’s children, or successfully
directing her own love affairs despite the intervention of fate and
family.

=Fitch, (William) Clyde.= The truth; a play in four acts. **75c. Macmillan.

7–21331.

Becky Warder, in whom has been born and bred the habit of petty
falsehood, learns in the course of these four acts to speak the truth.
She fibs to her husband, whom she adores, about hats, about her
gambler father’s needs, and finally about her meetings with Jack
Lindon, the man from whom her best friend has separated. The net of
white lies closes about her, her much enduring husband ceases to
believe in her, and in her trouble she comes to realize the truth is
essential to happiness.

* * * * *

“A good play to ‘read ’round’ in a literary club.”

+ =Ind.= 63. 700. S. 19, ’07. 60w.

* =Fitzpatrick, Sir James Percy.= Jock of the Bushveld. **$1.60. Longmans.

The story of a brindled bull-terrier’s life and death, in which the
development of dog-intelligence goes hand in hand with realistic
dogfights and terrifying brutality. Many passages show the distinction
between a real love of nature and a mere sportman’s interest in game.
“Among the more exciting episodes are the killing of the ‘old
crocodile’, the adventure with the leopard and the baboons, and that
of the koodoo cow, in which Jock received the kick that nearly killed
him, and left him stone-deaf for the rest of his days.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“The narrative has all the freshness and charm of a transcript of real
life. Though it is strong meat for the little ones, boys of a larger
growth and adults will find it difficult to lay the book aside till
the last page has been reached.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 515. O. 26. 460w.

“To children it can be whole-heartedly recommended. By that select
audience of older people who have been long waiting for a South
African classic it will be welcomed with surprise and delight.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 322. O. 25, ’07. 1080w.

“Here is one of the really worth while books, one of the books which
have the truth of life and nature in them.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 190w.

=Fleming, Walter Lynwood.= Documentary history of reconstruction, political, military, social, educational, and industrial, 1865 to the present time. 2v. $10. Clark, A. H.

6–39739.

=v. 1.= The first of two volumes whose purpose is to make some of the
sources relating to the political, military, social, religious,
educational, and industrial history of the reconstruction period more
easily accessible to the student and the general reader. “The six
chapters of this first volume deal with the South after the war,
theories of reconstruction, reconstruction by the president, race and
labor problems, the Freedman’s bureau and bank, and Congressional
reconstruction. It covers the years 1865–1868. Every chapter has a
brief historical introduction, a topical bibliography and a collection
of extracts grouped in analytical array.” (Ind.)

=v. 2.= The second volume of this documentary history “gives ample
material to illuminate actual conditions under the Reconstruction
governments, with special reference to race relations, political
morality, and economic, educational, and religious matters during the
carpet-bag régime, and the final undoing of Reconstruction.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“The work has the limitations which are inseparable from all
source-books of limited size, but it also has what many source books
have not, namely, interest.” J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 700. Ap. ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The material throughout is interesting and valuable.” J. G. de
Roulhac Hamilton.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 166. O. ’07. 470w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Little can be said in the way of criticism upon the text of the
book.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 412. Mr. ’07. 390w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The verdict is that Dr. Fleming has produced a very fair and candid
work which will be of great help to all who wish to get a first hand
idea of the great and enduring problems arising out of the civil war
and subsequent conditions.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 156. Jl. ’07. 390w. (Review of v. 2.)

“On the whole, the work is very creditable to both publisher and
editor. However, one can regret that there were not a few more
editor’s notes. In several cases, these were really necessary to throw
light on the documents used.” David Y. Thomas.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 10. Ja. 1, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1.)

“To any one who wishes to make a thorough study of reconstruction,
these volumes will be invaluable.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 290. My. 1, ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Professor Fleming’s collection will be invaluable to him when he
comes to write his own great history of reconstruction. It can never
be of fundamental value to another scholar.”

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 96. Ja. 10, ’07. 690w. (Review of v. 1.)

“As a massing together of illustrative material for future historical
work it is of extreme value.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 1267. My. 30, ’07. 80w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Ind.= 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Like so many others, he succeeds better as a delver for historical
material than as a writer of history. Not unlikely, his true vocation
is to such work as went to the making of these volumes.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 1. and 2.)

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 938. D. 15, ’06. 240w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The most serious defect, as it seems to me, appears in the author’s
readiness to accept current popular account of certain important facts
without that thorough investigation of them, which he might have
given.” Guy Stevens Callendar.

+ + − =Yale R.= 16: 205. Ag. ’07. 1030w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=Fletcher, Charles R. L.= Introductory history of England, v. 2, From Henry VII. to the restoration. *$2. Dutton.

A history for boys. “With remarkable skill Mr. Fletcher contrives to
illustrate with the minimum of dry material those clear and balanced
generalizations which form the main value of history as a school
study. Problems and situations are summed up with the necessary
concentration which the older text-books lacked, yet for the most part
with scholarly precision.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“In spite of these unconventional views, on the whole Mr. Fletcher’s
book is a valuable addition to our school literature, it is the
outcome of the new historical school and puts the different personages
before us in a way not to be found in any other school history.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 73. Je. 15, ’07. 940w.

“The only blot on his book is the colloquialism, not to say the
‘slang,’ which mars many passages.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 66. Jl. 20. 490w.

“To Mr. Goldwin Smith alone, in his history of England, can we compare
Mr. Fletcher for his gift of luminous succinctness. He has also the
invaluable power of keeping the thread—the artist’s eye for what is
salient. He gives us the bones that we ask for, but he does not forget
to clothe them with life.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 256. Ag. 23, ’07. 1990w.

“Mr. Fletcher’s work has but two defects. He hates therefore to waste
words, but he must sedulously avoid the temptation to make use of
allusive compression. In the next place, there exists a possibility
that our author may fail, as most of us do, to see exactly where his
own strength lies.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 210. S. 5, ’07. 1680w.

“The book is full of independent yet well-reasoned and generally
reasonable opinion, and is illuminated by many excellent phrases.”

+ + − =Spec.= 98: 902. Je. 8, ’07. 1850w.

=Fletcher, Stevenson W.= Soils, how to handle and improve them. (Farm lib.) **$2. Doubleday.

7–6647.

The author says, “This book is an attempt to set forth the important
facts about the soil in a plain and untechnical manner. It is not a
contribution to agricultural science, but an interpretation of it.” A
popular treatment dealing with the nature and management of soils,
soil water, soil builders, benefits of tillage, objects and methods of
plowing, harrowing and cultivating, rolling, planking, hoeing,
drainage, irrigation, fertilizers, etc.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.

“It is to be regretted, however, that the author has in many cases
sacrificed accuracy to happiness of statement; that in the avoidance
of technical terms and the use of everyday ones, he has not always
succeeded in choosing such as were truly synonymous. Had his
manuscripts been overhauled at certain points by a chemist, and at
others by a biologist, it would have been the better.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.

“A simple, direct, and comprehensive statement, serviceable for class
use, but offered mainly for the better instruction of the vast
American multitude of men, engaged in different branches of farming.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 50w.

“It is not altogether with equanimity that we view the recent habit of
publishers to push American text-books of agriculture in this country.
This preliminary grumble over, we can honestly recommend Professor
Fletcher’s book as containing a well-reasoned practical account of the
nature and benefit of such operations as ploughing, subsoiling, and
cultivating.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 85. Jl. 20, ’07. 500w.

“A book which, by reason of its excellent illustrations as well as its
facts is a useful addition to current agricultural literature.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 294. Ag. 31, ’07. 1860w.

=Fling, Fred Morrow.= Source book of Greek history. *$1. Heath.

7–15133.

The author has aimed “to make a collection of sources that would
reflect the life and thought of the Greek people, and, to some degree
the evolution of that life and thought.” The extracts from Greek
literature and the full page photographs of objects of Greek art
chosen will be of use to the teacher as a means of introducing the
pupil to Greek literature and art, and will also prove valuable as
illustrative material when supplemented by narrative history.

* * * * *

“Altogether, it is a work of a helpful and needed sort, particularly
well edited.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 380. Je. 16, ’07. 60w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 232. S. 12, ’07. 450w.

=Flint, Robert.= Socialism. **$2. Lippincott.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is a keen, scholarly, comprehensive work, and presents arguments
which no socialist can afford to pass by unchallenged. It contains
however, one rather serious fault as a present-day document: more than
half of it was written fifteen years ago, when the conservative
socialists were less important in their class than they now are.”
Eunice Follansbee.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 111. F. 16, ’07. 370w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 151. Mr. 9, ’07. 150w.

=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= Patriot; tr. from the Italian with an introd. by M. Prichard-Agnetti. †$1.50. Putnam.

7–444.

“The patriot” is a “vivid portrayal of social life in Italy in 1848,
the year of the tidal wave of revolution. This was the period when
Italian patriotism burned fiercest, the period when the idea of a
united Italy was born in the national consciousness. It is the epoch
of his country’s martyrdom which the novelist describes in these
throbbing pages—the ten years of ‘deadly, cold, and awful silence
stretching from the disastrous field of Novara to the glorious days of
Magenta, Solferino, and San Martino (1849–59).’”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“The translation is excellent.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 78. Mr. ’07.

+ =Ind.= 62: 673. Mr. 21. ’07. 120w.

“It is the epoch of storm and stress when the iron hand of Austria
prest most heavily upon Italian aspirations. It is no figure of speech
to say that Fogazzaro’s characters are real. They are reality itself,
palpitating with life, and are perfect types of that Italian
patriotism which in our time founded a great nation.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 177. F. 2, ’07. 220w.

“The translation is admirably vigorous and idiomatic, a true
conveyance, one surmises, of a forthright and undecorated original.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 60. Ja. 17, ’07. 380w.

“The movement of the story is uneven, but the foreigner will hardly
perceive that this unevenness is due to reality, but will deem it an
artistic blemish.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 43. Ja. 26, ’07. 670w.

“As to the English edition of the ‘Antico,’ though the vigorous
translation may tally with the dictionary, it does not always preserve
the novelist’s originality of expression and atmosphere.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 764. Mr. 30, ’07. 460w.

“The story [is] rather diffuse and ill-balanced, however affecting.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 764. Je. ’07. 120w.

=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= The saint (Il santo): authorized tr.; with introd. by W. R. Thayer. †$1.50. Putnam.

6–30924.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is of course the most important religious novel of the year, though,
to be frank, it is less a novel than a protest. Purely as fiction it
lags far behind his earlier work.” Mary Moss.

+ + − =Atlan.= 99: 116. Ja. ’07. 310w.

“‘The saint’ stirs up in the heart so much that is worthy and generous
that one is apt to look leniently upon its technical shortcomings.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 121. Ja. ’07. 230w.

=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= The sinner, tr. from the Italian by M. Prichard-Agnetti. †$1.50. Putnam.

7–18183.

The soul of Piero Maironi, the sinner, is rent thruout these pages by
the conflict within him of sensuality and asceticism. His young wife
is living, but in an asylum hopelessly insane. He strives to be true
to her memory but is beset by temptations of the flesh until in his
spiritual struggle he develops a religious mania which leads him to
give his wealth to the poor and devote his life to God. His sufferings
are thrown upon a background of the Italian, political, social and
religious life of today.

* * * * *

“It must be acknowledged that Miss Prichard-Agnetti’s task has been a
hard one, and she has acquitted herself, if not as well as possible,
at least very fairly. The author’s masterly faculty of delineating
character is displayed in the studies, not only of the important
personages of his story, but of household dependants and all the many
minor characters of the book.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 394. Ap. 20, ’07. 890w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 177. O. ’07.

“Allowing for the inevitable loss that must result thru even a good
translation from the delicate, impassioned Italian into the sterner,
less flexible English, Fogazzaro’s novel is still a masterpiece.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w.

=Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 300w.

“The title is rather misleading, since the author has apparently
intended to represent not so much the moral life of an individual as
the working forces distinctive of a period.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 121. Ag. 8, ’07. 470w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 351. Je. 1, ’07. 970w.

“As far as general interest as opposed to Italian interest in
concerned, ‘The sinner’ far surpasses its predecessor, ‘The
patriot’—‘Piccolo Mondo Antico.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.

“A work of art both high and clean. It is the first half of a
two-volume novel, a work of power, which needs to be read entire.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 609. Jl. 20, ’07. 360w.

“The work is veritably great.” Vernon Atwood.

+ + + =Putnam’s.= 2: 620. Ag. ’07. 490w.

=Fogazzaro, Antonio.= Woman; translated from the Italian by F. Thorold Dickson. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–32327.

The action of this novel, filled with a strange mixture of spiritual
discernment, theories of reincarnation, and the idea of the vendetta,
takes place at a castle hermitage owned by the count Caesar d’Ormengo.
There falls to the count the care of a beautiful niece Mariana, morbid
in fancies and self-analysis. She learns from a secret compartment in
her escritoire that she is the reincarnation of an ancestor who went
mad in those very walls because of inhuman treatment, and who commands
that the one whose eyes shall fall upon the memorandum of her agony
find the way for revenge. Involved in the scheme of vendetta are the
count, Corrodo Silla, a young secretary whose life is linked to
Mariana’s as the reincarnated lover, a German secretary and his
daughter. The story waxes horrible as Mariana executes her mission of
vengeance: she causes the death of the count, kills Silla and drowns
herself. But through all is inexorable fate, to which, not conscious
of her own power to baffle it, she yields.

* * * * *

“In bare outline the story would appear merely a morbid tragedy. It is
the treatment of Fogoazzaro that redeems and gives to it distinction.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 338. Ap. 6, ’07. 1400w.

“An experiment in mystic melodrama which is only saved at times from
sinking to the level of pure sensationalism by the author’s fine
delineation of certain personages.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 502. Ap. 27. 370w.

“The translation is in excellent, idiomatic English.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 545. Je. 13, ’07. 90w.

“The translation by Mr. F. Thorold Dickson is unusually good; but ‘The
woman’ will hardly have the popularity of ‘The saint,’ even at this
second attempt.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 504. Mr. 30, ’07. 280w.

=Follows, George Herbert.= Universal dictionary of mechanical drawing. *$1. Eng. news.

6–42948.

“Mr. Follows bases his dictionary on the fundamental proposition that
‘Mechanical drawing is a language,’ with analogies to the English
language, ‘for the positive conveying of exact information,’ and he
defines its alphabet or lines, its words or views, and its books, or
complete drawings. Numerous good examples are given of the uses and
customs of the language (to continue the analogy) which are shown in
22 full page reproductions of standard drawings.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Taken as a whole the book is a distinct step towards standardizing
the usages and practice of mechanical drawing.” George O. Oriok.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 88. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.

Foolish almanak for anuther year. 75c. Luce, J: W.

6–43522.

This almanac is “the furst cinc the introdukshun ov the muk-rake in
magazeen gardning, and the speling reform ov our languig by Theodor
Rosyfelt.”

* * * * *

“Shows no falling off from the excellent standard of foolishness set
by its predecessor last year.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 458. D. 16, ’06. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 130w.

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 238. Ja. 26, ’07. 40w.

=Foord, J.= Decorative plant and flower studies for the use of artists, designers, students, and others, containing 40 col. plates; with prefatory note by Lewis F. Day. *$12. Scribner.

Miss Foord’s “second series of full plates and analytical details,
showing the pictorial elements in forty plants. The whole plant, the
striking features of the branches, the details of inflorescence, the
structure of the bud and flowers, and so on, are presented
faithfully.” (Nation.) “Each subject is illustrated by a full-page
coloured plate and numerous drawings of details in black and white,
the former reproduced by a French stencil process as was the case with
the first series.” (Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 704. Je. 8. 350w.

“Though intended primarily for artists and designers, the beauty of
the plates makes the volume one to be enjoyed for its aesthetic
quality alone.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 229. Ap. 1, ’07. 320w.

“We may say at once that excellent as were her first series of
drawings, those now published show a distinct improvement.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 277. Ja. ’07. 380w.

“The volume can be heartily commended to designers as a safe
reference-book, and probably students, likewise, can get good out of
it; but just how flower-artists themselves are to be helped by it is
another matter. No book ought to stand between an artist and the
plants he sees.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 252. Mr. 14, ’07. 490w.

=Forbush, William Byron.= Boy’s life of Christ. Teachers’ ed. $1.25. Funk.

To the original edition of this life of Christ have been added notes,
an index, and a section devoted to a series of suggestions and
questions bearing on the text. It makes a complete text book for the
teacher’s use.

=Forbush, William Byron.= Ecclesiastes in the metre of Omar, with an introductory essay on Ecclesiastes and the Rubaiyat. **$1.25. Houghton.

6–28480.

“It is not so much a consecutive rendering of the words of Koheleth as
an imaginative construction of the Rubáiyat he might have written,
made by a very eclectic assembling of words, phrases, and images from
the Scripture, woven to a single texture and skillfully colored and
cadenced to resemble the manner of FitzGerald.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The metrical version of Ecclesiastes is a piece of clever work, and
furnishes many touches of genuine poetic insight.”

+ =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 60w.

“It is adapted rather to those of sufficient literary training to read
a book by its feeling and atmosphere, as one listens to music.” George
F. Genung.

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 477. Je. ’07. 650w.

“But forbearance ceases to be a virtue when called upon to applaud the
forcing of any other piece of literature into the justly famed form of
Omar’s quatrain.”

− + =Ind.= 63: 101. Jl. 11, ’07. 200w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 68. Mr. 1. ’07. 210w.

“Despite some roughness, a successful bit of work—in its sympathetic
insight as well as in its technical ability.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 395. N. 8, ’06. 290w.

“Our one complaint is that many of the phrases in the original are in
themselves poetry of so pure a quality that any other version seems
odd and irreverent.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 179. F. 2, ’07. 120w.

=Ford, James L.= Wooing of Folly. †$1.50. Appleton.

6–34804.

“Folly is the daughter of a miner, who, having ‘struck it rich,’ comes
to New York with the money and the ambition to ‘move’ among the Four
Hundred. It is not a pleasant story, altho the heroine escapes into
the arms of the right man. The purpose of the book is to expose the
methods by which social sharks of New York live at the expense of
their victims.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“He writes well and venomously.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1352. D. 6, ’06. 180w.

“The book is neatly named, and the slight plot is well handled, but
the whole would have gained in general interest as well as humor had
it been based on a more sympathetic observation.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 584. N. 3, ’06. 180w.

=Ford, Jeremiah D. M., and Ford, Mary A.=, eds. Romances of chivalry in Italian verse: selections with introduction and notes. *$2. Holt.

6–23070.

“From these specimens one can trace (1) the development of the
romantic epic as a literary genre; (2) the growth of the Orlando
story; (3) the characteristic qualities of Pulci, Boiardo, Berni,
Ariosto and Tasso. There are also fragments of the early ‘Orlando’ and
of the ‘Libro volgar.’”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The selections have been made with excellent judgment.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 186. Ag. 30, ’06. 220w.

“Have well realized their aim to furnish appropriate reading material
relating to this period.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 76. My. 11, ’07. 140w.

=Ford, Sewell.= Truegate of Mogador, and other Cedarton folks. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–35042.

Twelve amusing tales including besides the title-story; Of such as
spin not, The king gander of sea-dog shoal, Captain’s folly, Across a
picket fence, “Shiner” Liddel’s revel, The impressing of Looney Fipps,
Seed to the sower, Julius, The romance of Windy Bill, The ride for his
life, and Through the Needle’s eye. There are eight illustrations.

* * * * *

“Vary greatly as to subject and value, but all are written with humor
and occasional pathos.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07.

“Mr. Ford produces his artistic effects and wins the reader’s interest
more by his portrayal of character, which is all done in sharp,
vigorous outlines, and by his swift, vivid touch in setting forth
backgrounds and surroundings than by the stories he has to tell.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 744. N. 10, ’06. 180w.

=Foreman, John.= Philippine islands. 3d ed. *$6. Scribner.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Like the rest of the book, the new part has scarcely a page free from
important errors (not to mention vital omissions). The bad arrangement
and lack of revision involves much duplication, which the index but
poorly remedies. The orthography is sometimes freakish, and Spanish
terms are sometimes mistranslated. The statistical tables are very
inaccurate in places; the chronological table also, as well is
incomplete.” James A. LeRoy.

− − − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 388. Ja. ’07. 1660w.

“The volume is both lucid and impartial. It is, indeed, written in a
spirit too purely academic to be altogether interesting.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 842. D. 1, ’06. 560w.

=Forman, Justus Miles.= Stumbling block. †$1.50. Harper.

7–24156.

David Rivers is wrested from his young love-making by old Robert
Henley, a self-constituted guardian, and is sent away to develop a
promising literary talent. The success and failure of an impersonally
detached ambition become the keynote of the story. Rosemary Crewe whom
David left behind is the embodiment of the strong love motif of the
tale while Violet Winter, the fascinating New York woman whom he
marries, is the stumbling block. Violet contemplates full reparation
to David in allowing a threatening disease to go unoperated upon. How
complete may have been her sacrifice is left entirely to the reader’s
imagination.

* * * * *

“The style is distinguished, and the undercurrent of passion
delicately handled. The hero, perhaps, is hardly worthy of the
devotion he inspires; but the work should be successful as a study
character.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 362. S. 28. 280w.

+ − =Ind.= 63: 761. S. 26, ’07. 150w.

“Mr. Forman’s practise in writing novels is shown in his easy
management of technical construction. His ideas have become mature;
and his way of expressing them remains quite the most curious that is
seen in any fictionist addressing the American reader. Rosemary is a
dream heroine, faultless in all points. If only Mr. Forman applied the
taste that chose her to his manner of writing, he would have written
naturally, not corruptly, in a London patois, which is neither the
King’s English nor that of William Dean Howells.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 451. S. 28, ’07. 520w.

“This novel belongs to that class turned out in quantity every year,
to which no possible objection should be made, if—merely this—if any
one can discover the smallest reason for reading them.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 102. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.

“The story has some idyllic and romantic passages which are pleasant
enough reading in their way—though it is all very artificial—but
two-thirds of the book is distressingly dreary and futile.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 200w.

“Original, but not really jolly.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 90w.

=Forrest, Rev. David William.= Authority of Christ. *$2. Scribner.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“An exceedingly able treatment of an all-important theme.” H. A. A.
Kennedy.

+ + =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 157. Ja. ’07. 180w.