Chapter XX: Part 1: of this group of essays treats of love as a cosmic principle, (1)

the mother principle, the social principle, and deific principle and
as the healing grace. Part 2 embraces some thirty and more essays on
“Contemplations of life’s ideals.” “The human being is as
comprehensive as humanity, potent as Deity, vast as the infinite, in
prophecy and promise” is the note sounded thruout.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.

=Frank, Ulrich, pseud. (Frau Ulla [Hirschfeld] Wolff).= Simon Eickelkatz: The patriarch; two stories of Jewish life; tr. from the German. $1.50. Jewish pub.

7–12639.

The first of these stories is a pathetic tale of an aged Jew who had
spent his life with a wife who despised him, and had seen his only son
forsake his faith. The fact that this son had become a great
philosopher and teacher did not dull his disappointment and he tells
the story of his life as he has seen it sadly from time to time to the
doctor who attends him during his last days and who gains much from
him both in thought and inspiration. The second story. The patriarch,
is a Jewish romance but it is also a picture of Jewish family life
with its strong religious feeling and prejudices.

* * * * *

“The tales are well translated into clear, idiomatic English. Although
lacking in incident, being rather chronicles of thought than stories
of action, they will repay in more ways than one a careful reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 432. Jl. 6, ’07. 210w.

=Franklin, Benjamin.= Writings of Benjamin Franklin; collected and ed., with a life and introd. by Albert H: Smyth, 10v. ea. **$3. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Is the leading contribution of the year to American biography. Mr.
Smyth’s work as editor was dignified and suitable, while the new
papers which he unearthed were of considerable number and importance.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 60w. (Review of v. 1–10)

=Lit. D.= 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 10.)

“The editing is exact and the text is clearly an improvement on
previous editions, though the novelties are few in number.”

+ + + =Nation.= 83: 555. D. 27, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 8.)

“Mr. Smyth has given only the outlines of a biography, making his
chapters convenient pegs on which to hang material discovered since
his earlier volumes were published. Some of this material is very
interesting.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 309. Ap. 4, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 10.)

=Franklin, Benjamin.= Franklin year book; maxims and morals from the great philosopher; comp, by Wallace Rice. **$1. McClurg.

7–33926.

A bit of Franklin wisdom for every day in the year.

=Franklin, Frank George.= Legislative history of naturalization in the United States from the Revolutionary war to 1861. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

6–20847.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“We regret that it does not cover completely a subject which it covers
so well partially. There is no other book, however, which covers the
subject at all.” Gaillard Hunt.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 402. Ja. ’07. 720w.

“Altogether the book is a very unsatisfactory treatment of the
subject.” David Y. Thomas.

− =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 556. Ja. ’07. 790w.

“The book has been written especially for the jurist and the
legislator, but its clear style will also make it of interest to the
‘general’ reader.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 331. My. 19, ’06. 70w.

=Fraprie, Frank Roy.= Among Bavarian inns. $2. Page.

6–41527.

An account of little journeys to Bavarian highlands and to various
quaint inns and hostelries in and out of the ancient towns, together
with reminiscences of student and artist life in Munich. The volume is
illustrated by a series of photographs of much merit well produced.

* * * * *

“The descriptive and historical matter will interest both past and
prospective travellers.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 453. D. 16, ’06. 180w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 784. N. 24, ’06. 190w.

=Fraser, Edward.= Enemy at Trafalgar. *$3.50. Dutton.

7–28489.

“In the ‘Enemy at Trafalgar’, Edward Fraser has collected picturesque
details of the great battle obtained from French and Spanish sources.
The treatment is anecdotic, and is reinforced by a number of
illustrations and portraits. One or two of the plans reproduced are of
some interest for the controversy as to Nelson’s tactics, though the
question is not dealt with in the text.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“An important contribution to the literature of the Trafalgar
campaign.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 196. O. ’06. 40w.

“The translations are for the most part satisfactory. We should
without reserve thank Mr. Fraser for his interesting and important
contribution to Trafalgar literature, were it not that he and his
publishers are guilty of the sin of issuing this book—full as it is of
matter bearing on recent controversy and living problems—with a most
insufficient index, one scarcely deserving the name.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 121. Ag. 4. 2480w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1314. N. 28, ’07. 280w.

“An excellent study of the battle and its circumstances from the point
of view of Nelson’s gallant adversaries. It is written throughout with
all the vigour of the author of ‘Famous fighters of the fleet.’”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 234. Je. 29, ’06. 630w.

=Nation.= 84: 105. Ja. 31, ’07. 60w.

“A book which no student of the naval history of Great Britain can
afford to ignore. The portraits are not creditable, the sacrifice to
economy having been too great. There is an adequate index.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 150. Mr. 9, ’07. 660w.

“A novel idea, and its manner of execution throws light on the last
great naval combat between France and England.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 90w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 80w.

“Mr. Fraser’s account of the battle compiled from French and Spanish
records will be very useful to check the numerous versions, good, bad,
and indifferent, now in existence which have had to rely more or less
on British sources for their information. The plates add considerably
to the attraction of this fascinating and useful book.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 176. Ag. 11, ’06. 1060w.

=Fraser, John Foster.= Red Russia. **$1.75. Lane.

7–29041.

Mr. Fraser has given an impressionistic picture of various phases of
modern Russia. “It is the terrible story of the revolutionary terror
from below in its struggle with the reactionary terror from above.
There are some very striking illustrations.” (R. of Rs.)

* * * * *

“A convincing, vigorous description of Russia as it is today.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 164. O. ’07. S.

“May be commended despite a slight tendency towards sensationalism.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 539. My. 4. 200w.

“It is a journalistic piece of work, and that not of the highest
kind.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 332. O. 10, ’07. 130w.

“The scene is incontrovertibly, convincingly described in these
hurried, disorderly memoranda. Mr. Fraser has ... travelled all over
the country, and he tells what he saw, without much evident feeling,
without much sympathy with anybody, but with great vigor of narration.
The value of the book is not in its conclusions. Its value is in the
self-certified accuracy of its picture of life and conditions in the
Czar’s realm to-day.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 401. Je. 22, ’07. 2110w.

Reviewed by G: Louis Beer.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 743. S. ’07. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 40w.

“Is more than a mere chronicle of bloodshed, and chapters like that
descriptive of the great fair at Nijni-Novgorod are as valuable an aid
to a clear understanding of the complexities of the Russian problem as
those which deal with riot and massacre.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 203. Ag. 10, ’07. 280w.

=Fraser, Mary (Crawford) (Mrs. Hugh Fraser).= In the shadow of the Lord: a romance of the Washingtons. †$1.50. Holt.

6–32360.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 16. Ja. ’07.

“Mrs. Fraser has not succeeded so well with her novel of the life and
times of Mary Washington as she did with her Japanese stories.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.

“Is told with spirit and vivacity by a woman who has something to
communicate and knows how.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 119. Ja. ’07. 290w.

=Fraser, Robert.= Three men and a maid. $1.50. Clode, E. J.

7–16753.

“A country squire and his most villainous cousin, a vicar and his
nephew, an innkeeper’s two handsome daughters, a scoundrelly lawyer or
two, and a most excellently drawn detective furnish the personnel of
the narrative, the special recommendation of which is that it is not
put in the first person, and has not a visible trace of the tiresomely
wise deductions and logical puzzle-reading that are the ordinary
accompaniments of the detective story.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Another of those ‘first books’ that turn up at pleasant intervals on
the reviewer’s table and fairly amaze him with their all-around
excellence of plot construction, and style, and their utter lack of
any sign that would indicate a novice as their author.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 250. Ap. 20, ’07. 680w.

“An ingenious and absorbing and tantalizing mystery story.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.

=Fraser, William Alexander.= Lone furrow. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–6653.

The thread of gold running through Mr. Fraser’s self-styled “homespun
web” is a broken-hearted wife whose husband, a young Scotch clergyman,
deserted her. “With its leisureliness, its element of mystery (in the
vulgar sense), and its prevailing atmosphere of religious inquiry, it
recalls some of the later stories of George Macdonald.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“To put it kindly, not one of his happy efforts.” Frederick Taber
Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 25: 89. Mr. ’07. 420w.

“It is hardly more than a vigorous statement of an interesting
situation followed by a prolonged and rambling commentary upon that
situation.”

− =Nation.= 84: 157. F. 14, ’07. 300w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 92. F. 16, ’07. 210w.

=Putnam’s.= 2: 620. Ag. ’07. 90w.

=Frazar, M. D.= Practical European guide: preparation, costs, routes and sightseeing. **$1. Turner, H. B.

7–16759.

Mr. Frazar has brought eighteen years of experience to his task of
offering condensed information to the European traveler. He offers
enlightenment on the following points; How to travel, Steamship lines
and the voyage, The arrival in Europe, Some attractive routes,
European railway fares, What to see, Guidebooks, Hotel-rates, Final
suggestions.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 42: 381. Je. 16, ’07. 50w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 60w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 126. Jl. ’07. 50w.

=Frazer, James George.= Adonis, Attis, Osiris: studies in the history of Oriental religion. *$3.25. Macmillan.

7–15462.

“Mr. Frazer’s thesis is that the oriental religions here studied are
based upon harvest rites which were intended to insure the fertility
of the soil by methods of imitative magic.... Such a book as this
ought to be of very great value to the student of the history of
philosophy, for it was the blending of these eastern faiths with
neo-platonism which formed the soil out of which Christianity
arose.”—J. Philos.

* * * * *

“Dr. Frazer is read no less for his learning than for his style, and
his latest book will not be found wanting in any of the qualities
which lent charm to his former work.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 569. D. 8, ’06. 1280w.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 446. Ja. ’07. 30w.

“These fascinating studies ... require ... no further recommendation
from the reviewer. But there are also perpetual phases like ‘may
probably be,’ ‘seem to indicate’; etc., which produce in the reader a
feeling of vagueness and uncertainty.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 540. N. 3. 1500w.

“The exposition displays the erudition, both literary and
archaeological, that we are familiar with in Dr. Frazer’s writings;
also, in spite of certain irrelevant chapters a more orderly method
and relevance than he usually observes. His exposition of the great
religious idea of the death and resurrection of the God is clear and
sound and rests on solid evidence. Of much less value are the
sociological hypotheses that he associates with the religious facts.
Here the weakness of his work and method is most manifest. In spite of
certain defects and hasty assumptions this book well deserves success
and a grateful recognition.” Lewis R. Farnell.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 687. Ap. ’07. 1590w.

“As compared with the first series of studies destined to be
incorporated in the new edition of the ‘Golden bough,’ the ‘Lectures
on the early history of the kingship,’ published last winter, the
argument in the present volume is conducted with more reserve, and the
conclusions are advanced with more caution. Mr. Frazer writes with
rare literary skill.” Wendell T. Bush.

+ =J. Philos.= 4: 21. Ja. 3, ’07. 1150w.

“We would suggest that, when the matter of this book comes to be
incorporated in ‘The golden bough’, Dr. Frazer should make somewhat
clearer what he conceives to be the relations of ‘the god of Ibreez’,
Sandan, and the Baal of Tarsus respectively.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 342. O. 12, ’07. 1200w.

“Whether we agree with his conclusions or not, the work is an
important contribution to the study of ancient oriental religions and
will have to be reckoned with in all future researches into the
subject. The French lucidity of treatment, the full and excellent
index, and the attractive style, make it singularly easy to read and
understand. And the mass of material collected and co-ordinated in it
will be a mine for other investigators to quarry. In some passages,
more especially in the descriptions of scenery, the language rises to
an oratorical height rarely met with in scientific books.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 53. Jl. 13, ’07. 1900w.

=Free, Richard.= On the wall. †$1.50. Lane.

Stories of London’s East End told by a young vicar. “The reader who
makes acquaintance with the life-tragedy of Granley, artisan, atheist,
poet, bravely enduring domestic martyrdom and saving his wife’s good
name, will not go away disappointed.” (Sat. R.) “Occasional hits at
superficial and arm’s-length charity will be appreciated by people who
have been annoyed by such efforts.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“Americans will find ‘On the wall’ most amusing. The stories offer
entertainment of a very whole-hearted admirable sort.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“There is no affectation about these short stories, and there is much
strength and also insight into the humanity common to us all.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 309. O. 12, ’07. 100w.

“These sketches ... are oddly unequal.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 242. Ag. 24, ’07. 120w.

=Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins.= By the light of the soul. †$1.50. Harper.

7–5069.

In some strange byways of life is the fragile heroine of Mrs.
Freeman’s story led. Motherless at an early age, she is soon to become
a temperamental prey to a cold, dispassionate self-loving step-mother.
A most illogical occurrence in the form of an untimely marriage upsets
whatever of repose her young years were fostering. The only leavening
influences in her bare life are the pathetic devotion of a loyal, tho
weak, father and the child love of the little half-sister, Evelyn.

* * * * *

“A study in self-sacrifice, containing unusually strong and delicate
delineation of New England character, and next-to-impossible
situations.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 51. F. ’07.

“Viewed from an artistic as well as human point of view, Maria’s story
is sadder than it should be, and leaves the reader with a sense of
dissatisfaction which detracts not a little from his pleasure.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 160. F. 9. 360w.

“It seems to me to exemplify all that the temperamental novel should
not be.” Harry James Smith.

− =Atlan.= 100: 132. Jl. ’07. 280w.

“In some years of novel-reading I cannot recall a more complete
disappointment than this book has given me.” Edward Clark Marsh.

− =Bookm.= 25: 81. Mr. ’07. 1110w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 460. Ap. ’07. 990w.

“The story has no real ending. As to the people involved in this
drama, it is plain that Mrs. Freeman herself has not reached a clear
conception of either their personal appearance or their character. The
representation of Maria’s character is of a piece with the other
vaguenesses and self-contradictions.” Herbert W. Horwill.

− + =Forum.= 38: 538. Ap. ’07. 1410w.

“The theme required a bigger philosophy of life than Mrs. Freeman
could bring to bear upon the subject, and the end is lamentably
unconvincing and unsatisfactory.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 443. F. 21, ’07. 260w.

“She has perhaps sounded deeper levels of the human heart than
hitherto.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 385. Mr. 9, ’07. 250w.

“We recommend the novel very cordially as a piece of delicate and
understanding work and also as an interesting story; but the reader
must expect a monochrome and rather a hard one.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 30. Ja. 25, ’07. 300w.

“If the present work lacks the unity and beauty of a ‘New England
nun,’ at least in it she is seeking an enlarged horizon and rather
receiving fresh impressions than remaining satisfied to repeat those
already used.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 110. Ja. 31, ’07. 530w.

“The story is told with its author’s accustomed skill. Mrs. Freeman
brings some of her characters vividly before the reader with the skill
in detail for which she is noted.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 300w.

“There is an effect of carefully wrought, delicate embroidery about
the new novel.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 479. F. 23, ’07. 200w.

“The amount of spirituality under which the characters in English
novels will fairly reel is borne lightheartedly by Mrs. Freeman’s
latest heroine.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 186. My. ’07. 310w.

=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor (Wilkins) (Mrs. Charles M. Freeman).= Doc Gordon. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.

6–25689.

“The interest ... lies in the fresh illustration of the old question,
should a moral and spiritual monster, abnormal in subtlety and
wickedness be allowed to exist to the menace of the common good?
Again, is it a crime, or at least justifiable to cut short the
intolerable agony of a dying human creature, if the conscience upholds
the deed? These problems play an important part in the story of Dr.
Gordon, a man naturally charitable and broadminded, but warped by an
evil influence out of his original happy attitude towards life.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Although she has the magic touch that adorns every subject she writes
about, it must be admitted she has no peculiar gift for melodramatic
fiction. ‘Doctor Gordon’ is a capital story, with scenes and
characters out of the common run.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 296. Mr. 23, ’07. 310w.

“A stocking is not a stocking when it has been raveled, but merely a
skein of crumpled thread; just so, this book holds attention while one
reads it, but having finished, it seems a rather poor affair as
compared with some of Mrs. Freeman’s other stories.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 158. Ja. 17, ’07. 500w.

=Lit. D.= 33: 728. N. 17, ’06. 120w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 119. Ap. 12, ’07. 320w.

“Miss Wilkins’ delicate talent is incongruous with the wildness of her
plot. Altogether, we look back regretfully to the middle-aged lovers
and the engaging pet cats of the author’s earlier stories.”

− + =Sat. R.= 103: 498. Ap. 20, ’07. 130w.

=Freeman, Mrs. Mary Eleanor.= Fair Lavinia and others. †$1.25. Harper.

7–34778.

Under the titles: The fair Lavinia, Amarina’s roses, Eglantina, The
pink shawls, The willow ware, The secret, The gold, and The underling,
Mrs. Freeman presents the village life she knows so well how to
picture and shows us the very hearts of the village folks who take
part in those homely little comedies and tragedies.

* * * * *

“Delicate and amusing sketches of village life with charm of sentiment
and grace of narrative.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 711. N. 9, ’07. 450w.

“The stories are like old-fashioned shell cameos; the flush of life
and beauty shows through the carefully fashioned faces.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 120w.

=French, Allen.= Book of vegetables and garden herbs: a practical handbook and planting table for the vegetable gardener. **$1.75. Macmillan.

7–16935.

A book intended for seedsmen and their customers, that both may get
full benefit from the seeds, the latter in good crops, the former in
continued custom. Mr. French gives a summary of the uses, culture and
virtues of each plant included; sowing-directions regarding distance
of rows from each other, of seeds in the row, depth of planting, etc.;
thinning, fertilizing, transplanting and picking.

* * * * *

“Does not replace Bailey’s ‘Principles of vegetable growing’ but is an
excellent companion to it, and more attractive in form.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 164. O. ’07.

+ =Nation.= 84: 18. Jl. 4, ’07. 500w.

“The directions are simple, with no chance to go wrong.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 140w.

“An excellent guide.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 208. Je 1, ’07. 80w.

“A new garden handbook of great value to the amateur.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 127. Jl. ’07. 80w.

=French, Allen.= Pelham and his friend Tim. †$1.50. Little.

6–32675.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 80. Mr. ’07.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 30w.

=French, Anne Warner.= Seeing France with Uncle John. †$1.50. Century.

6–34808.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 108. Ap. ’07.

“It can confidently be recommended to admirers of Mr. Jerome K.
Jerome.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 2: 830. D. 29. 60w.

− =R. of Rs.= 35: 127. Ja. ’07. 50w.

=French, Anne Warner.= Susan Clegg and a man in the house, il. †$1.50. Little.

7–31418.

Susan Clegg tries her hand at boarding an editor. Of him she says:
“Seems Elijah is so smart that he’ll be offered a place on one of the
biggest city papers in a little while, but in the mean time he’s just
lost the place that he did have on one of the smallest ones.” As ever,
Susan in no weak fashion expresses her opinions to Mrs. Lathrop. She
gives her impressions of the young editor, his flute playing, of the
women who ran the club women’s biennial and of the democratic and
republican parties.

* * * * *

“In the present volume Susan Clegg is undeniably tiresome. She talks
so unremittingly, and always in the same strain.”

− =Lit. D.= 35: 796. N. 23, ’07. 190w.

“To be recommended heartily to people who may have found refreshment
in ‘Three men in a boat,’ ‘Chimmie Fadden,’ or the sea worthies of W.
W. Jacobs.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 654. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“It is a rare pleasure to find a book so wholesome, so amusingly
philosophical and so full of the real quality of things that last.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 690. O. 26, ’07. 140w.

* =French, Arthur Willard, and Ives, Howard Chapin.= Stereotomy. 2d ed. $2.50. Wiley.

A second edition, with few changes, of a work appearing in 1903.

* * * * *

“The book remains a well-written compilation of method and example in
stone-cutting and is serviceable alike for self-study and for use in
the class-room. The work of revision in preparing this edition has not
been very extensive. Some minor lapses were overlooked.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 420. O. 17, ’07. 200w.

“The subject-matter covers a wide range and includes everything that
the student is likely to have need for in his future work.”

+ =Technical Literature.= 2: 460. N. ’07. 490w.

=French, Lester G.= Steam turbines, practice and theory. $3. Technical press, Brattleboro, Vt.

7–9802.

“A book for the student and practicing engineer which contains a
discussion of steam turbines and principles, and early steam turbine
patents. “A number of chapters give detailed descriptions of all the
important turbines now in use in this country and in Europe.” Then
follow chapters upon Steam and its properties, Notes on efficiency and
design. The commercial aspect of the turbine, Care and management,
Condensing apparatus for high vacuum.... The last chapter of the book
treats of the Marine turbine.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“There is nothing very original in it; but quite a little useful
information ... has been given place in the book. The weakest part of
the book is ... the theoretical part. The book is, on the whole, a
very satisfactory one.” Storm Bull.

+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 442. Ap. 18, ’07. 500w.

“This is an unusually satisfactory book in which theory and
well-chosen practice are judiciously balanced, and unnecessary
amplification avoided.”

+ + =Technical Literature.= 2: 457. N. ’07. 300w.

=Frenssen, Gustav.= Holy land; exclusive authorized tr. of “Hilligenlei;” tr. from the German by Mary Agnes Hamilton. †$1.50. Estes.

6–32857.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book will never be popular in America, it is safe to say, for
several reasons. It is, like a German sentence, long-winded, involved,
and cumbrous. ‘Holyland’ contains several passages which make it unfit
for the youthful, and even many older readers will find them
offensive. And because we are in a very different stage of theological
thought from Germany, the religious purpose of the novel will fail to
arouse either the enthusiasm or the antagonism that it has in
Germany.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 154. Ja. 17, ’07. 740w.

+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 70w.

=Frenssen, Gustav.= Three comrades; tr. from the German by L. Winstanley. †$1.50. Estes.

7–20513.

“An every-day sort of story of ordinary life in Germany. At the
opening of the book the three comrades are three 10–year-old boys in
the days of the Franco-German war. Later they are carried on into
manhood, they separate, and each goes his own way. After a time each
is so hampered by his faults of character that he is on the brink of
failure. Then, at the crisis of their misfortune, they are reunited
and together they are able to avert the threatened disaster.” (N. Y.
Times.) “Its value consists in the beauty of one or two of its
episodes, in some admirable pictures of land and sea by the Holstein
coast, and perhaps above all in the personality of the author.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“As a story it is confused and incoherent, and its presentation of
character though wonderfully vivid at times, can never be called a
complete success. With all its shortcomings, it was worthy of being
presented to an English public, and we must add a word of cordial
praise concerning the manner in which this has been done. The
anonymous translation is of unusual excellence.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 787. Je. 29. 170w.

“The story is powerful and sympathetic, and its characters interesting
and human.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.

“There is much charm in the simplicity of the story, both in plot and
style and the vividness with which the author portrays scenes and
characters makes it very life-like.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 180w.

* =Friedrichs, Hulda.= Romance of the Salvation army; with introd. by General Booth. il. *$1.25. Cassell.

“These sketches exhibit the Army at work in Great Britain, and ‘on the
march’ through the world. Its rescue work, training of officers,
‘self-denial week’, and farm colony are described with affecting
illustrative experiences. The future of the Army seems secure, though
its great General must pass away. Religious enthusiasm for a divine
end, coupled with a sagacious, practical use of means, is the lesson
of its career to the churches.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

+ =Outlook.= 87: 580. N. 16, ’07. 160w.

“Miss Friedrichs writes well and with restraint, and illustrates her
narrative, as the history of the Salvation army is best illustrated,
by anecdotes of its individual triumphs. In short, it is a history
that almost any reader may peruse with pleasure, for the human
interest of the movement, to say nothing of that attaching to so many
of its workers, is undeniable.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 639. N. 2, ’07. 250w.

=Friedman, Isaac Kahn.= The radical. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–30992.

“The ‘radical’ is a Chicagoan who, beginning life as a butcher’s
driver, later becomes a political leader and tries to reform the
senate.” (N. Y. Times.) “He is a man of the people, homely, a dreamer,
yet powerful, in some of his traits seems to be modeled upon Lincoln.
His aim is democratic, and so far as this book goes he seems to fail
of attaining it.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“He is well-equipped with the facts of political life, and with the
social sympathies needed for their effective interpretation. The
present book, in the detail of its workmanship, is not as finished a
production as the author’s previous writings would lead us to expect.”
Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 260w.

“Were it not that an unmistakable earnestness of conviction pervades
this novel, one’s inclination would be to let it pass unmentioned, for
a more ineffective attempt at bending language to the uses of art
rarely falls under the reviewer’s eye.”

− =Nation.= 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 280w.

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

“The subject is intricate and may account for the somewhat
over-involved style of writing, which leaves anything but a clear
impression in the reader’s mind.”

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

=Fry, Henry Davidson.= Maternity. $1.50. Neale.

7–34609.

A book for the lay reader, the medical student and the trained nurse
which attacks ignorance and superstition and leaves healthful
enlightenment in their place.

=Fuller, Caroline M.= Brunhilde’s paying guest. †$1.50. Century.

7–26461.

The modern Brunhilde of the story is the daughter and only surviving
member of an impoverished southern household. Two charming cousins
share her duties of hostess when she admits a few “paying guests” to
her home. Among them is a young northerner who wars with the spirited
valkyr, falls in love with her, and continues to quarrel. It is a
pathetic picture of southern aristocracy doing battle with poverty, it
is a romance of young strength, of maids and their lovers, set in a
delightful southern garden.

* * * * *

“While her conversations are occasionally ‘bright,’ they invariably
sound rather like the badinage overheard in trolley cars.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 260. S. 19, ’07. 500w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“A bright, entertaining story for an idle hour, and one that leaves no
unpleasant impression.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 90w.

=Fuller, Hubert Bruce.= Purchase of Florida; its history and diplomacy. *$2.50. Burrows.

6–32122.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. Fuller has failed to give us a clear account of the unusually
intricate transactions with which his book must deal, and this failure
is chiefly owing to his sins of omission.”

− =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 404. Ja. ’07. 1240w.

“The chief defect of the book lies in its paucity of references. The
author has brought out a good deal of new and interesting matter for
which he has given no authority whatever.”

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 320w.

“In his earnest desire to deal fairly with all, he occasionally falls
into the opposite error of doing something less than justice to his
own country.” H. Addington Bruce.

+ − =No. Am.= 183: 920. N. 2, ’06. 1230w.

“The book shows evidence of pretty thorough research; but it ought not
to be necessary at this late day, to remind the investigator that the
historian—and this volume will appeal to the historian rather than to
the general reader—demands foot-note references to sources and
authorities. Such references are too sparingly given. In some cases
they are lacking where they are particularly desirable.” David Y.
Thomas.

+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 140. Mr. ’07. 470w.

=Fullerton, George Stuart.= An introduction to philosophy. *$1.60. Macmillan.

6–37866.

The following embodies the purpose of the book: “To point out what the
world philosophy is made to cover in the higher branches of learning;
to explain the nature of reflective or philosophical thinking and to
show how it differs from common thought and from science; to give a
general view of the main problems with which philosophers have dealt;
to give an account of some of the more important types of
philosophical doctrine which have arisen out of the consideration of
such problems; to indicate the relation of philosophy to ‘science and
to the other sciences;’ and to show that the study of philosophy, is
of value to us all, and to give some practical admonitions on spirit
and method.”

* * * * *

“Mr. Fullerton has an expository style which is admirably simple and
clear, and his preliminary definition of philosophy is as free as
possible from the objection that he has assumed a controversial
philosophical standpoint.”

+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 407. Ap. 6. 230w.

“We know of no other book in English that can compare with this one as
a manual to help the beginner over the difficulties which beset him in
his first adventure into the unfamiliar world of metaphysical
abstractions.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 827. Mr. ’07. 670w.

“The book might be called ‘a condensed encyclopedia of the moral and
mental sciences.’”

+ =Ind.= 62: 857. Ap. 11, ’07. 140w.

“Like his larger ‘System’ it is likely not only to inform, instruct
and practice the student in philosophical reflection, but also to
interest and entertain him. Moreover, it contains many practical
suggestions to both the teacher and the student well calculated to
clear the ground and the air, giving to the undertaking of the young
philosopher a wide sweep of open territory and a wholesome
atmosphere.” G. A. Tawney.

+ =J. Philos.= 4: 356. Je. 20, ’07. 1400w.

“It has many of the defects which were noticeable in the larger
treatise. The logical divisions are imperfect, and the several parts
of the work are not well articulated. Professor Fullerton writes,
however, very intelligibly, and uses few technical terms. The volume
would be more useful, if there were fuller references in it to the
philosophical theories of the later French and German authors.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 109. Ja. 31. ’07. 350w.

“The first half of the book is the best prolegomena to metaphysics
that we know for students who come entirely fresh to the subject.”

+ + − =Spec.= 99: sup. 463. O. 5, ’07. 370w.

=Funk, Rev. Isaac Kaufman.= Psychic riddle. **$1. Funk.

7–8500.

“A remarkably clear and conservative study of the subject of psychic
phenomena, with citations of a number of noteworthy experiences.”—R.
of Rs.

* * * * *

“Dr. Funk lightens the book by many jokes and by some humor which is
of Scotch character. For one thing, his sincerity shines out, and he
refuses to allow an apology by a zealous defender which would
compromise his intellectual honesty.” George W. Gilmore.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 555. Jl. ’07. 280w.

“The general reader will find the entire volume as fascinating and
compelling as romance, and to any person interested in psychical
research it will be far more interesting than a well written novel.”

+ =Arena.= 36: 668. Je. ’07. 1330w.

“Anybody familiar with the volumes of Myers, or even with the little
book of Lapponi, will find that Dr. Funk has paid little attention to
systematic arrangement of his data and analysis of the various factors
of the problems with which he deals.”

− =Cath. World.= 86: 253. N. ’07. 340w.

“His purpose has been well executed.”

+ =Dial.= 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 290w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 112. F. 23, ’07. 280w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 180w.

=Futrelle, Jacques.= Thinking machine. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–9843.

A book of reprinted stories whose theme in each instance is a
marvelous exploit of Prof. Van Dusen. “You may now read—or re-read—how
Prof. Van Dusen accomplished an experimental jail delivery for himself
under circumstances the most ingeniously prearranged for that
purpose ... how Prof. Van Dusen ascertained the identity of a man who
had mislaid all consciousness of his personality, name, and nativity;
how he solved the riddle of a bank burglary, and by sniffing the
perfume on a handkerchief traced the crime to a particularly pretty
and attractive young woman.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“They are quite ingenious in their way, and those who like this sort
of thing will find them fair examples of their kind. They are not
altogether devoid of literary merit.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 147. N. 16, ’07. 80w.

“If, after the reading is over, one still ranks them below the
adventures of Sherlock Holmes, it is because the latter have greater
realism and accord more closely with the conditions of actual life.”
Rafford Pyke.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 433. Je. ’07. 500w.

+ − =Nation.= 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 280w.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.

“The author’s ingenuity is great, but the element of probability is
not always maintained.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 30w.

=Fyfe, W. T.= Edinburgh under Sir Walter Scott; with an introd. by R. S. Rait. *$3. Dutton.

7–19482.

The well known incidents of Scott’s life here afford “some guiding
lines for grouping of varied details.” These details relate much that
is entertaining concerning “the simple, happy social life of
Edinburgh’s best society, with its curious mixture of formal manners
and informal customs.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The personal element is made much of, and many pleasing character
sketches, with some good anecdotes, are given. Of all books, this one
should have had an index.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 44. Jl. 16, ’07. 170w.

“We find nothing, or nothing of interest in Mr. Fyfe’s book, with
which we have not always been familiar. Mr. Fyfe has not written the
history of Scott nor has he contributed original matter from documents
to his superfluous restatement of Lockhart’s biography of Sir Walter.”

− − =Lond. Times.= 6: 6. Ja. 4, ’07. 1000w.

“A useful supplement to Lockhart and the ‘Letters’ and ‘Journals’.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 141. Ag. 15, ’07. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 36. Ja. 19, ’07. 340w.

“Mr. Fyfe has a gift of presenting vividly what he writes by virtue of
being simple and direct. To read his book is like going back a hundred
years and spending a day in old-time Edinburgh.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 372. Je. 8, ’07. 480w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 130w.

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 57. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.

“No fuller or better picture of that brilliant half-century of life in
Edinburgh which approximately lasted from the death of Samuel Johnson
in 1784 to that of Walter Scott in 1832 has ever been given to the
public than that presented in this volume. Singularly, if not even
paradoxically too, the value of the picture is due quite as much to
the faults as to the excellences of the artist.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 483. O. 5, ’07. 1550w.

=Fynn, Arthur John.= American Indian as a product of environment; with special reference to the Pueblos. **$1.50. Little.

7–34805.

A volume for the general reader rather than for the student of
anthropology, in which no attempt at “profundity of exhaustiveness”
has been made. It is a first-hand study and contains chapters on:
Plants, animals and man; Concerning the aborigines of the western
continent in general; Pueblo lands and homes; Food and clothing;
Government and social life; Education; Industries, arts and sciences;
Religion; Games and festivals.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 671. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Fyvie, John.= Comedy queens of the Georgian era. *$4. Dutton.

7–18122.

“A light, gossipy account of some of the leading actresses of the
eighteenth and the early years of the nineteenth centuries. It is well
illustrated by photogravure process. Among Mr. Fyvie’s queens are
Lavinia Fenton and Elizabeth Farren. That the habit of peers marrying
actresses is not modern is shown by these lively chapters.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“Mr. Fyvie is a little too reticent to be a good scandalmonger, and a
little too technical to be a good historian of the stage; and his
sketches, though written from an independent point of view and clearly
the result of much original study of his subjects, offer little that
is new on the details of their private lives, and nothing on the
subject of their professional careers.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 8. Ja. 5, ’07. 1460w.

“There is wit, and genial humor and philosophy, with occasional
cynicism, in these jottings.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 188. Mr. 16, ’07. 270w.

“It is disappointing to read through this volume and to feel that the
only result has been to learn a deal of scandal.”

− =Ind.= 63: 947. O. 17, ’07. 220w.

“It is only fair to say that his book, as a rule, shows a praiseworthy
desire for accuracy, a careful sifting of a great mass of contemporary
evidence, and a quick eye for significant facts. Of course, he has
nothing, or very little, that is new to tell, but he creates a certain
impression of freshness by drawing liberally from sources of
information not in common use.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 112. Ja. 31, ’07. 900w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 19. Ja. 12, ’07. 280w.

“It is readable, but Mr. Fyvie is not to be commended for bringing to
light in the twentieth century the old scandalous theatrical
chronicles of the eighteenth.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 250w.

“We might perhaps have been spared a little of the scandal, and one
would prefer as a matter of proportion and taste, that there should
have been less about these actresses’ private lives and more about
their public careers and their manner of acting. The book will not
rank with the recent memoirs of David Garrick by Mrs. Parsons.”

− + =Outlook.= 85: 237. Ja. 26, ’07. 130w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

=Putnam’s.= 2: 476. Jl. ’07. 210w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 507. Ap. ’07. 60w.

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 56. Ja. 12, ’07. 140w.

G

=G., A. E.= Whistler: notes and footnotes and other memoranda. $2.50. Collector and art critic.

“In the Whistler part of the book the author discusses the painter as
a man of letters, as a realist, as a master of the lithograph, as a
draughtsman, and the Whistler memorial exhibition held in Boston in
1904.... Following the Whistler Notes and footnotes’ come discussions
of grotesques by Leonardo, Puvis de Chavannes as a caricaturist,
Arthur Symons on Aubrey Beardsley, a bookplate by Otho Cushing, the
colored etchings of Bernard Boutet de Monvel, the art of Everett
Shinn, the English caricaturists, a ‘note’ on Childe Hassam, and some
notable criticism.” (N. Y. Times.) Nine tinted plates share the honors
with the text.

* * * * *

“Mr. Gallatin’s notes are thoughtful and suggestive, and have the
merit of brevity.”

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 346. Je. 1, ’07. 270w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 340w.

Reviewed by Christian Brinton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 60w.

=Gainsborough, Thomas.= Drawings. *$2.50. Scribner.

Uniform with the other volumes of the “Drawings of the great masters”
series, this volume contains 44 drawings by Gainsborough printed in
various tints, with a number mounted on dark colored backgrounds.
These are prefaced with a brief introduction by Lord Ronald Sutherland
Gower.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 40w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 53. D. ’06. 130w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 837. D. 1, ’06. 240w.

=Outlook.= 84: 705. N. 24, ’06. 70w.

=Gairns, J. F.= Locomotive compounding and superheating: a practical text-book for the use of railway and locomotive engineers, students and draughtsmen. *$3. Lippincott.

7–32868.

A help to the understanding of both compounding and superheating, and
an aid in preparing the way to a choice or design of those types of
locomotives best suited for the region and traffic to be handled.

* * * * *

“It is to be regretted that the author seems not to have fully
appreciated the rapidly-growing economic and operating importance of
superheating for locomotives, and hence did not go thoroughly into the
theory and practice on the subject. Mr. Gairns gives us probably the
best book on compound locomotives which has appeared since
Barnes-Woods in 1892. As a whole, the book is worthy of a place upon
the railway engineer’s and locomotive designer’s shelves.” H. Wade
Hibbard.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 291. S. 12, ’07. 2400w.

=Gale, Zona.= Loves of Pelleas and Etarre. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–30832.

Every year of Pelleas and Etarre’s fifty together has heaped new
graces upon them thru the ministry of love. They are two who never
have known that youth had gone because love staid. They are never
happier than when making the conditions of young love-making brighter.
For, hand in hand they wander in fancy thru lanes and gardens of long
ago of which the lanes and gardens of to-day are but a continuation. A
most delightful story which attributes to love the alchemy power of
effacing time and change.

* * * * *

“The story is told with quaint humor and much delicacy.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 201. N. ’07.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 380. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“She sees the little things in life that make what is called
atmosphere, and she is able to paint her mind’s pictures clearly for
the restricted vision of the rest of us.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 728. N. 16, ’07. 570w.

“To all who know the hidden sources of human joy and have neither
grown old in cynicism nor gray in utilitarianism. Miss Gale’s charming
love stories, full of fresh feeling and grace of style, will be a
draught from the fountain of youth.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 150w.

=Gallon, Tom.= Cruise of the make-believes. †$1.50. Little.

7–32034.

A romantic idyl of a modern prince and a beggar maid. The girl drudges
in a poor quarter of London to support a shiftless father and brother,
but she dreams and keeps her soul alive by a make-believe Eden. A
young millionaire becomes interested in her and in trying to help her
tangles things sadly. The father and brother drain him financially,
the girl he would help is made unhappy; but in the end he is fortunate
enough to lose his money and in love and poverty he and Bessie find a
real land of make-believe.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

=Gallon, Tom.= Tinman. †$1.50. Small.

A young artist deliberately murders the slanderer of Barbara Patton,
the woman he loves, gives himself up, covers the real motive of his
crime and is imprisoned for life. After twenty years he is freed only
to be drawn into a reenactment of the crime for the sake of Barbara’s
daughter. Thruout the entire dramatic course of the tale the love
motif is strongest, it sounds out above the grim note of crime,
suffering and domineering will.

* * * * *

“The first portion of the book, though somewhat lurid in method, would
have made a strong and unusual short story; but the further
development of events ... conveys an unmistakable flavour of nothing
higher or nobler than the typical dime novel.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

− =Bookm.= 26: 165. O. ’07. 220w.

“Notwithstanding an important manner, ‘Tinman’ has only been strung
out to store size by the ingenious device of repeating the heroine’s
adventures in the person of her daughter, merely giving a happier
outcome to the fortunes of Barbara number two.”

− =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 310w.

“Is about as dolefully sensational as anything that has hitherto come
from his feverish pen.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 481. Je. 15, ’07. 210w.

“The plot of the story is complicated and well managed, and
notwithstanding the dark and lurid coloring, the tale holds the
reader’s interest from the start.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 190w.

“A gleam or two of brightness would have vastly improved the story.
But that the reader is held by the situations and that those
situations are ingeniously thought out cannot be denied.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 833. Ag. 17, ’07. 60w.

=Galloway, Thomas Walton.= First course in zoology: a text-book for secondary schools, normal schools and colleges. *$2.50. Blakiston.

6–35707.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In point of careful balance and commonsense use of questions, few
recent text-books bear comparison with this volume.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 389. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.

“For the average school course the book includes too much, and too
difficult work; while for the college course it seems to fall as far
short. For the normal school, and this is probably the grade of work
more directly aimed at by the author, the book would seem to be well
suited. Of actual errors in statement of facts or principles there
seem to be relatively few.” C. W. H.

+ − =Science=, n. s. 24: 719. D. 7, ’06. 1120w.

“It is evident that a good deal of thought and effort have gone into
its making, and it has consequently a degree of character and
individuality which is rare among the members of its genus.” S. J. H.

+ + =Science=, n. s. 26: 715. N. 22, ’07. 600w.

=Galsworthy, John.= Country house. †$1.50. Putnam.

7–15919.

“Two graphic pictures of the racecourse are all that [the author]
gives of definite action; the remainder of the book is concerned with
the entry into the self-deluding community of Worsted Skeynes of a
natural, lawless passion which, attacking one of its members,
exercises a paralyzing effect upon the whole.... The portraiture in
the author’s gallery will reward the attention of all who love the
mirror of truth.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“His work has many qualities of greatness: but it is not yet great. A
slight tendency to bitterness and to sentimentality is the one blemish
in an extraordinarily well-written, well-observed piece of work.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 251. Mr. 9, ’07. 560w.

“Occasionally, in an effort to extract the last drain of satire from a
situation, Mr. Galsworthy is biting and mordant to an almost painful
degree. His insight is keen, and he seems to enjoy the irony
underlying the affairs of men.”

+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 348. Mr. 23. 340w.

“It is a wonderful, vivid and detailed picture of stolid and
complacent British conservatism, a consistent worship of the God of
things as they are.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 25: 497. Jl. ’07. 760w.

“Mr. Galsworthy’s forte lies in depicting traditional prejudices, and
the types which represent them, rather than in the creation of
individual characters.”

+ =Cath. World.= 85: 680. Ag. ’07. 270w.

“Few novelists are as successful as Mr. Galsworthy in adapting their
means to their purposes, with the result, as in the present instance,
of giving vivid reality to a group of commonplace people and of
reproducing the very atmosphere of the scenes in which they move.” Wm.
M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 43: 62. Ag. 1, ’07. 230w.

“The pervading tone of indulgent irony justifies the classification of
this volume with the fiction which in a true sense is a criticism of
life.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Forum.= 39: 114. Jl. ’07. 740w.

“Is a better novel, better constructed and better written, than either
‘The island Pharisees’ or ‘The man of property,’ its plot especially,
while still apparently slight, being in reality of much firmer and
closer texture.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 96. Jl. 11, ’07. 460w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1227. N. 21, ’07. 60w.

“Mr. Galsworthy has not produced a real hero. He has given us his
Troilus. Let us hope that in his next novel he will give us his
Hamlet.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 77. Mr. 8, ’07. 1150w.

“The development of the story is workmanlike and plausible, and the
whole is unfolded in a brisk, competent narrative, with savor and
discretion, through the medium of a perfectly satisfactory style.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 414. My. 2, ’07. 390w.

Reviewed by Lewis Melville.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 394. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.

“The faults of this unusual and interesting novel lie upon its
surface. For the sake of Mr. Pendyce alone ‘The country house’ is well
worth more than one reading.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 451. Jl. 20, ’07. 430w.

“When his characters come to develop some consciousness, one of
another, when they come to be more closely and significantly linked
together, this brilliant portrayer of manners may easily come to
produce something of permanent value.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.

+ =No. Am.= 185: 777. Ag. 2, ’07. 1430w.

“Clever beyond anything we have seen lately is this most artistic
story. We could wish it were happier.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 254. Je. 1, ’07. 180w.

“He is far from being detached and indifferent toward human nature in
its finer manifestations, even if he does choose to make us feel its
beauty chiefly by delineating the sordid, pathetic opposite.” Cornelia
Atwood Pratt.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 186. My. ’07. 110w.