Chapter XXI: Part 1: of this group of essays treats of love as a cosmic principle, (2)

“Here is not a mere slice of life, a personal affair, a particular
instance; it is a slice from a nation, a base of interests, an
enduring condition. It is, of course, the central problem in a book of
the kind to prevent undue domination either of the situation or of the
story, and the author, conscious perhaps that in a previous work he
permitted the situation to dictate terms to him, has in this been too
much inclined to restrict its scope.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 433. Ap. 6, ’07. 500w.

“He has devoted a great deal of skill and energy to the presentation
of three or four characters who are especially designed to win, not
only the sympathy, but even the affection of the reader. It is true
that perhaps the most admirable and delightful of all is a spaniel....
John, an adorable personage; indeed, many readers would rather share a
dog-biscuit with him than eat six courses in the company of the
squire’s guests.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 503. Mr. 30, ’07. 800w.

=Galsworthy, John.= Man of property. †$1.50. Putnam.

6–42370.

“A rather unusually thoughtful novel of English social life, which
deals in a large, intelligent way with the development of character,
the sordidness of wealth without graciousness, and the narrowness of
upper middle class London society a generation or so ago.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book is remarkable: it has strength without the least taint of
sensation; and is written with a finish that is both rare and
delightful. Two points only are there to which we take exception: that
Mr. Galsworthy at times lingers unnecessarily over the Forsytes; and
that he has, in one passage at least, mistaken brutality for
strength.”

+ + − =Acad.= 70: 309. Mr. 31, ’06. 440w.

“There is a story of a kind, connecting the long series of carefully
finished pictures. But the pictures, the characterization, are the
main thing. They are minute, vivid, and steadily interesting. The
whole is a sound and equable piece of work, deserving high praise.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 446. Ap. 14. 340w.

“A novel of this character is new; it shows thought and determination
and an unflagging alertness with its companion, ease, that make Mr.
Galsworthy’s career a matter of some importance to English fiction.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 116. Mr. 30, ’06. 430w.

“His style is admirable, his humor incisive, and his description of
the less pleasant characters in his books splendid; but he lacks
tenderness. He sees all weeds in the garden, and in his vision the
rose is scarcely visible for the thorns.” Lewis Melville.

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

“Altogether a novel well worth the reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 100w.

“Mr. Galsworthy’s grip on the point of view of Forsyte and his way of
action, is something quite terrible. To read a chapter about Soames
Forsyte, the typical ‘man of property,’ is to feel oneself literally
gasping for oxygen at the end of it. It is not an especially pleasant
experience, but it occasions a profound respect for the writer who
brings it about.” Cornelia Atwood Pratt.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 185. My. ’07. 520w.

“A novel at once so able that it cannot be overlooked, and so ugly in
places that it cannot be recommended without a serious caution.”

+ − =Spec.= 96: 587. Ap. 14, ’06. 1270w.

=Galton, Arthur.= Church and state in France, 1300–1907. *$3.50. Longmans.

W 7–107.

“Mr. Galton ... begins his exposition with the struggle between Philip
the Fair and Boniface VIII., where he finds the seeds of Gallicanism.
He traces their development through the sixteenth century, till the
growth reached its full expansion in the eighteenth. When he enters on
the revolutionary period he devotes a great deal of attention to the
Constitution Civile, ... He treats, with amplitude, the genesis,
character, and scope of the Concordat, and, very properly, with more
brevity, the course of events through the restoration, the second
republic and the second empire. The last chapter, about eight-five
pages, relates the campaign during the third republic down to the law
of separation.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

“It is a lack of the historic sense which is the fault of the Rev. Mr.
Galton’s work on the relations between church and state in France. He
has written an elaborate pamphlet rather than an historical study.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 337. Ap. 6, ’07. 1780w.

“The book is one which on literary grounds we cannot commend.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 840w.

“Mr. Galton’s book is of considerable value, as far as it is an
exposition of historic fact. Nor is it valueless, as far as it is an
interpretation of these facts, for it provides a good subject for any
one who would study the influence of prejudice in the writing of
history.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 396. Je. ’07. 1350w.

“The subject is treated of with splendid knowledge, with a fine sense
of coherence and proportion, and with a style that is altogether
captivating.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 317. My. 18, ’07. 740w.

“He has an exceptional amount of historical learning ... as well as a
pithy and lucid style. His toleration is noticeable.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 716. My. 4, ’07. 1650w.

=Gambier, J. W.= Links in my life on land and sea. **$3.50. Dutton.

A career which began its adventures in the Baltic fleet during the
Crimean war, subsequently continued in Norfolk Island, Rio de Janeiro,
Egypt, Cyprus, New Zealand, the Andaman Islands, New Caledonia, China
and Japan. After his retirement Captain Gambier acted as correspondent
for the London “Times” during the Russo-Turkish war.

* * * * *

“To read his book is to imagine oneself in the privacy of Captain
Gambier’s smokingroom, listening to very pleasant after-dinner
gossip.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 634. D. 22, ’06. 560w.

“A lively volume written in a sprightly style.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 404. O. 6. 320w.

“Commander J. W. Gambier is an unconventional writer; and the rules of
grammar are included among the conventions which he overrides. That
matters little, however, for he is a breezy writer, with plenty of
stories to tell. The book is one to be read by all who enjoy
rollicking relations of adventure.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 322. S. 21, ’06. 470w.

“He writes in a free off-hand manner, and is frequently unrefined,
even to coarseness. If the book has literary merit, we have failed to
discover it; or any mark of distinction. The author’s comments are, as
a rule, commonplace.”

− =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 360w.

=Gamble, William.= Straight talks on business. **$1. Jacobs.

7–27365.

Talks for the young man contemplating a business career, for one who
is unafraid to think, to work, to sacrifice, who looks upon business
not as a pastime, nor as an unpleasant necessity, but as a human duty.
The advice has grown out of the experiences of a man who has followed
a strenuous business life. He claims no new business philosophy, but
puts principles which time has tested into new form better suited to
present day needs.

* * * * *

“Though unquestionably ‘straight,’ the advice is rather platitudinous
than subtle, and is too informal and discursive to have any
considerable technological value.”

− + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 501. O. ’07. 80w.

Games book for boys and girls; a volume of old and new pastimes. $2.50. Dutton.

7–35045.

A volume “full of directions for playing scores of indoor games and
pastimes for the playground. There are also directions for the
collection and preservation of plants, ferns, and seaside objects, for
the care of home pets, for indoor gardening, for the making of toys,
the tying of knots of many sorts, and for the doing of many other
interesting things.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 21. Ja. ’07.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 80w.

=Gant, L. W.= Elements of electric traction for motormen and others. *$2.50. Van Nostrand.

A practical handbook intended to serve as an introduction to the more
advanced works on electric traction and to supplement various existing
handbooks for motormen and others.

* * * * *

“The style is readable and as clear as could be expected in view of
the limited space, the large range of topics, and the presumably
meager preparation of the reader. The book lacks attractive
illustrations.” Henry H. Norris.

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 422. O. 17, ’07. 460w.

=Gardiner, John Hays.= Bible as English literature. **$1.50. Scribner.

6–33638.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Perhaps the most interesting and theologically suggestive section of
Professor Gardiner’s work is that devoted to the wisdom literature of
the New Testament epistles.” Kemper Fullerton.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 667. O. ’07. 590w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 96. Ap. ’07.

“An admirable manual for the use of students.”

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 80w.

“Professor Gardiner brings to his task an acquaintance with the
accepted results of historical criticism and instead of rhapsodizing
upon a few selected passages of rhythmical scripture, he investigates
the complex sources of that literary charm which it is easier to
praise than understand.” John R. Slater.

+ + − =Bib. World.= 30: 234. S. ’07. 650w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 81. Ja. ’07. 1760w.

“From the beginning to the end of the author’s discussion of his great
subject, the treatment of it is not only intelligent and reverent; it
is singularly vital and inspiring.” M. H. Turk.

+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 316. Mr. ’07. 810w.

“Prof. Gardiner is occasionally led to press his conclusions further
than his facts will warrant.” William T. Brewster.

+ + − =Forum.= 38: 386. Ja. ’07. 1480w.

+ =Outlook.= 85: 789. Ap. 6, ’07. 1390w.

=Gardner, Edmund G.= King of court poets; a study of the work, life and times of Lodovico Ariosto. *$4. Dutton.

7–6794.

In which Mr. Gardner has combined a sequel to his “Dukes and poets in
Ferrara” with a somewhat full study of the life and works of Lodovico
Ariosto.

* * * * *

+ + =Acad.= 71: 569. D. 8, ’06. 1030w.

“Mr. Gardner takes a good deal of pains with his authorities, and puts
his information together as well as can be expected of any one except
a highly trained historian in dealing with that complicated time. The
main fault of the book is a certain tendency to verbosity.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 69. Ja. 19. 1510w.

“The chapters dealing with the poetry of Ariosto are pleasing, but on
the whole rather inconclusive. The style of the book is without
distinction, and it occasionally lapses into elegance.”

− + =Dial.= 42: 84. F. 1, ’07. 150w.

“The work of Mr. Gardner is not only a biography of Ariosto, and the
finest biography of the author of the ‘Orlando furioso’ that has yet
appeared in English, but it contains a complete and luminous picture
of the political and literary condition of Ferrara from 1500 to 1530.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 430w.

“The work is admirably done, most useful for reference; but it is
laboured, and there are barren spaces in which the dry bones of
history do not live.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 350. O. 19, ’06. 2270w.

“Different portions of the book, as they deal with political or
literary history, read as if they belonged to different studies, and
were bound together by mistake.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 593. Je. 27. ’07. 1010w.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 701. O. 27. ’06. 1830w. (Reprinted from
Lond. Times.)

“Is a book in which the scholar may find more to his purpose than the
reader who, without any very keen appetite for detailed history and
unimportant biographical detail, reads for pleasure and for general
information.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1078. D. 29, ’06. 420w.

“It is with a very sure hand, with all the sobriety of a scholar,
albeit not untinged with the agreeable glow of an admirer, that Mr.
Gardner writes of Alfonso I. ... and Ludovico Ariosto.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 679. D. 1, ’06. 880w.

=Gardner, Percy.= Growth of Christianity. $1.75. Macmillan.

“The theme of the present volume, which is in the form of ten popular
lectures, is the relations of Christianity with the various forms of
culture and thought with which it has come into contact. The germ of
Christianity is found in the Lord’s prayer, and specifically in the
petition, ‘Thy will be done,’ and its essential spirit is defined
accordingly as a passionate devotion to the will of God as operative
in the world.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“No one can read Professor Gardner’s book without respect. It is
earnest and lucid, and bears witness of the profound scholarship of
its author.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 31. O. 19, ’07. 780w.

“His new book is an able and striking interpretation of the history of
the church, from a somewhat unusual point of view.”

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 80. Jl. ’07. 60w.

“The scope and purpose of the book, cast originally for popular
lectures, do not allow space for anything more than drawing the broad
obvious outlines. When, however, this is done by anyone as deep-versed
in antiquity as Dr. Gardner, there is something in the summary
presentation by which even professed students may have their vision
cleared.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 250. Ag. 16, ’07. 800w.

“Dr. Gardner has surveyed the growth and progress of the Christian
faith from a very interesting point of view.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 331. O. 10, ’07. 700w.

“The reader will see therefore, that the author’s view of Christian
doctrine is not quite that of the ordinary orthodox Churchman. The
strongest part of the book is ... where he is displaying his splendid
knowledge of Greek and Roman antiquities and their bearing on church
life and belief.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. S. 28, ’07. 380w.

=Garland, Hamlin.= Long trail. †$1.25. Harper.

7–15590.

A narrative of the hardships of Jack Henderson, a Minnesota boy, in
company with two master-trailers, who together brave the dangers of
the old Telegraph trail to the Yukon gold fields. “Cold and heat,
hunger and thirst, the love of gold, and the rivalry of fierce men go
to make up the vivid and varied life.”

* * * * *

“Interesting to men and boys especially.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 201. N. ’07.

“This is an excellent book for a boy’s holiday reading, thoroughly
wholesome and stimulating, and in no part dull.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 634. My. 25. 100w.

“Has the healthful, breezy traits that mark Mr. Garland’s other
western tales.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 160w.

“It is perfectly safe, however, to say that if ‘The long trail’ does
prove to contain the quality which tickles youthful palates, it may be
given to the young without a shade of misgiving as to their finding it
entirely wholesome provender.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 160w.

“The striking quality of this new book ... is the startling and
realistic effect of its utter simplicity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 321. My. 18, ’07. 350w.

=Garland, Hamlin.= Money magic: a novel. †$1.50. Harper.

7–32322.

By the magic of money, Bertha, a true type of the girl of the new
West, is lifted from the hot office of her mother’s wayside hotel to
the giddy heights of mistress of a millionaire’s establishment. This
change of fortune however, brings with it a helpless old cripple of a
husband, an ex-gambler whom she had pluckily married out of loyalty
when she thought him dying. Her story is one of development and
character expansion under these strange conditions until she is at
last free to call her own that happiness which she has so long and
nobly denied herself.

* * * * *

“By some the story may be thought a trifle too long; but it is good
stirring narrative thruout, and the development of character through
incident and emotional crises is highly interesting.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 200w.

“Is far and away the best and most significant novel that Mr. Garland
has written in many years. It has perspective, it is firm of plot,
rich in colour, full of movement, unflaggingly interesting, its
characters are deftly and understandingly individualised—it has the
semblance of life.” A. Schade van Westrum.

+ + =Bookm.= 26: 417. D. ’07. 690w.

“There is a certain amount of truth in this narrative, and fairly
effective characterizations, although the latter must be described as
crude rather than subtle. Mr. Garland, has done much better work than
this, and will, we trust, do it again.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 240w.

“His people, however, will disappoint the expectations raised in their
favor, and will, somehow, show coarse streaks in their composition of
which the author is hopelessly unconscious.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14, ’07. 350w.

=Nation.= 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 230w.

“An interesting study of the mixed life in a western city.”

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

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 744. N. 30, ’07. 160w.

=Garland, James Smith.= New England town law: a digest of statutes and decisions concerning towns and town officers. *$6.50. Boston bk.

6–31416.

“This valuable volume consists of two very distinct parts. The first
eighty-three pages are taken up with in an interesting review of the
origin, development and present status of the New England town. The
second part of the book presents the first systematic compilation of
the laws of the New England states in relation to towns and town
government.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“Intended mainly to serve a practical purpose.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 723. Ap. ’07. 40w.

“The volume is an excellent beginning in a sort of work in which as
yet but little has been accomplished in the United States.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 213. Ja. ’07. 380w.

“The introduction ... is of interest to many persons other than the
officers and lawyers who will use the body of the work.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 509. D. 13, ’06. 140w.

“A complete, although succinctly written and compactly arranged,
compendium of the law of the different states of New England relating
to towns and town government.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 384. O. 13, ’06. 90w.

=Garratt, Herbert A.= Principles of mechanism: being a short treatise on the kinematics and dynamics of machines. $1.10. Longmans.

“A book for students who are under the guidance of an instructor,
rather than a complete treatise for general use. It is divided into
two general parts, Kinematics of machines and Dynamics of machines. In
the former the principles of the forms of mechanisms are considered,
no attention being given to the efficiencies of such mechanisms, to
the masses moved or to the forces exerted. In the latter part, the
dynamics of certain simple mechanical motions are considered.”—Engin.
N.

* * * * *

“For the class-room work, as a text to be supplemented by extensive
lectures, the book has a use, but it is not complete enough for the
general student. Too much has been left out for the purpose of
affording ‘a clear perception of the anatomy of the skeleton.’” Amasa
Trowbridge.

+ − =Engin. N.= 57: 308. Mr. 14, ’07. 260w.

=Garrick, David.= Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick; ed. by G: Pierce Baker. *$7.50. Houghton.

7–26122.

Some forty letters and manuscripts are included with an interesting
reproduction of portions of the marriage agreement between Garrick and
Mlle. Violette. “If of somewhat less moment than the author deems it
as a contribution to Garrick lore, it will nevertheless be sought
eagerly by theatrical connoisseurs for the excellence of its
typography and the beauty of its illustrations, which show the great
actor at different periods of his life and in various characters, and
afford material for an interesting study in physiognomy. Several of
the portraits will be new to most readers.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“In lack of an index, page-headings to show who is being addressed by
the writer would have been very welcome; sometimes it is impossible to
determine this without some search, or to ascertain at once the
probable date of a letter.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 201. O. 1, ’07. 1610w.

“With Mr. Baker the work of editing evidently has been a labor of
love, as is proved by his ample explanatory notes, but it is unlikely
that the ordinary reader will find in the letters the significance
which the editor seems to attach to them.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 380. O. 24, ’07. 540w.

“This volume of hitherto unpublished letters contains a sufficiently
interesting collection to make it worth owning, although not a few of
the epistles, as one invariably finds in the books of
‘correspondence,’ suggest no particular reason for publication beyond
their signature and quaint style.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 611. O. 12, ’07. 790w.

=Garrod, H. W.= Religion of all good men, and other studies in Christian ethics. **$1.20. McClure.

6–42406.

In the main a paradoxical contention that Jesus never claimed to be
the Messiah.

* * * * *

− =Ath.= 1906, 1: 697. Je. 9. 820w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 208. F. ’07. 1930w.

“I think that the worth of the book very far outweighs such faults as
it may possess—these latter being, indeed, such necessary
accompaniments of perfect straightforwardness that we could not wish
them absent. It will do any man good to read such virile words,—and if
they harm him, he is not worthy to withstand the gods.” T. D. A.
Cockerell.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 79. F. 1, ’07. 1280w.

Reviewed by St. George Stock.

− =Hibbert J.= 4: 945. Jl. ’06. 1300w.

“The spectacle of a sincere man disavowing Christianity because it is
not good enough is sufficiently novel to pique one’s interest, and
whoso is drawn by curiosity to Mr. Garrod’s pages will find his
attention kept alert.”

− + =Ind.= 63: 221. Jl. 25, ’07. 340w.

“The title of the book is distinctly attractive, and the book itself
is decidedly interesting. There is learning in it, and undoubted
ability behind it. Written from a frankly naturalistic standpoint, it
is singularly free from bitterness and narrowness.” James Lindsay.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 108. O. ’07. 1770w.

“This thesis Mrs. Garrod defends with much skill and it can scarcely
be denied that important truth at least lies close beside his
propositions.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 270. Mr. 21, ’07. 380w.

“These ‘studies in Christian ethics’ one chapter of which gives this
volume its attractive but quickly disappointing title, are not such as
to call for serious consideration.”

− =Outlook.= 84: 942. D. 15, ’06. 140w.

“A volume of five attractively written essays on religious subjects.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 50w.

“He has written a smart book, in which the flippant theology is not
meant perhaps to be taken very seriously. But was it worth while
printing these essays merely to make elderly dons’ flesh creep? What
he takes for audacity and courage may be regarded by his readers as
only impudence.”

− + =Sat. R.= 101: 759. Je. 16, ’06. 950w.

=Garst, Rev. Henry.= Otterbein university. *75c. Un. breth.

The story of the founding of a Christian college, the evolution of the
thoughts, opinions, convictions that are back of its material growth
and progress.

=Garvie, Alfred Ernest.= Guide to preachers. *$1.50. Armstrong.

“Laymen who would qualify themselves to preach acceptably and
effectively—and there is need of many such—will find this an eminently
helpful book. It covers the whole subject—the Biblical, doctrinal,
homiletical, rhetorical conditions of preaching and reasoning suitable
to the needs of the modern world. Such subsidiary matters as language,
literary style, elocution, and delivery receive proportionate
treatment.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Its counsels are in harmony with sound scholarship and conform to
good taste.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 100w.

“There is no other book that so well meets the present want.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 44. Ja. 5, ’07. 120w.

=Gaskell, Mrs. Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson).= Works of Mrs. Gaskell. 8v. ea. $1.50. Putnam.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ + =Acad.= 71: 519. N. 24, ’06. 1500w. (Review of v. 1–8.)

“The edition, with its informing introductions, will take its place in
all well-constituted libraries.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 801. D. 22. 110w. (Review of v. 7 and 8.)

+ + =Nation.= 84: 221. Mr. 7. 130w. (Review of v. 4–8.)

“Excellent new dress.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 331. Ap. 11. ’07. 3370w. (Review of v. 1–8.)

“Dr. Ward ... has performed his task with exquisite taste, grace, and
zeal.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 878. D. 15, ’06. 450w. (Review of v. 1–8.)

=Gates, Eleanor.= Good-night; il. by Arthur Rackham. †50c. Crowell.

7–20865.

The quaint story of a very human parrot that scattered the padre’s
fuchsias but fought desperately with the cat to save a little canary’s
life.

=Gates, Eleanor.= Plow-woman. †$1.50. McClure.

6–34690.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This is decidedly a book to read.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 317. Mr. 16. 210w.

“Is a capital story, in spite of an indulgence in contrast amounting
almost to an abuse.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 24: 490. Ja. ’07. 360w.

“There is distinction, refreshment and reality about her descriptions
of the Dakota prairie, an original charm also about Dallas, the
plow-woman, so long as she follows the lean mule in the brown furrow,
but that is the best that can be said.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1570. D. 27, ’06. 300w.

=Gates, Herbert Wright.= Life of Jesus: a manual for teachers. 75c. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–36267.

A manual designed to accompany the outline course on the life of Jesus
which has been prepared for intermediate grades of the Bible school.

* * * * *

“The ‘Manual’ and ‘Note book’ taken together promise to be a valuable
aid in teaching the life of Christ to children.”

+ =Bib. World.= 28: 352. N. ’07. 110w.

“Deserves commendation.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 516. D. 5, ’07. 130w.

=Gayley, Charles Mills.= Plays of our forefathers. **$3.50. Duffield.

7–30422.

An account of the origin and development of the early miracle and
morality plays of which “Everyman” has become so famous an example,
illustrated with reproductions of old wood-cuts. The author’s
scholarship is everywhere in evidence as well as his keen delight in
histrionism, for, he says, “to laugh and weep, to worship and to revel
for a season, in the manner and spirit of our ancestors, were
infinitely more pleasing than the pride of controversy or the pursuit
of scientific ends.”

* * * * *

“His book is not only one to be commended to the scholar but to be
enjoyed by the general reader.” Lewis A. Rhoades.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 282. N. 1, ’07. 970w.

“As a reference work, it is hard to exceed this for completeness, but
its interest is for the specialist alone.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1311. N. 28, ’07. 710w.

“A charming book, which may be recommended to the general reader as
the best introduction to the subject at the same time that it
possesses a value for the specialist.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 523. D. 5, ’07. 800w.

“He has made a good book which every one interested in the theatre
will be glad to own, and the borrowing fiend loathe to return.” Anna
Marble.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 616. O. 12, ’07. 220w.

=Genung, John Franklin.= Hebrew literature of wisdom in the light of to-day: a synthesis. **$2. Houghton.

6–39461.

An interpretation of the inner and spiritual menacing of Proverbs, Job
and Ecclesiastes which can be applied to the life of to-day.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 42. F. ’07.

“The style sometimes offends a severe taste, and we had rather not
believe that monstrosities like ‘factual’ belong to the literary idiom
of to-day—or to-morrow.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 589. Je. 27, ’07. 190w.

“Presented in a thoroughly readable and interesting form.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 298. Je. 8, ’07. 330w.

=Genung, John Franklin.= The idylls and the ages. **75c. Crowell.

7–26418.

A companion study to “Stevenson’s attitude to life.” It is an inquiry
into the permanent value of Tennyson’s epic “The idylls of the king.”
The primary aim of this volume “is neither eulogy nor criticism, but
what Walter Pater has taught us to call appreciation.”

* * * * *

“Our quarrel with it is chiefly for its literary cant and esoteric
eloquence, its lack of the prose point of view.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 498. N. 28, ’07. 180w.

=George, 2d duke of Cambridge.= George duke of Cambridge: a memoir of his private life based on the journals and correspondence of His Royal Highness, ed. by Edgar Sheppard. 2v. *$7. Longmans.

7–28494.

“Born a few years after Waterloo, in 1819, the Duke of Cambridge lived
in four reigns, and was actually present at two coronations. At the
time of his birth he was the first direct descendant of George III.,
and but for the birth of the Princess Victoria, a few months later
than his own he might have reigned as George V., and there is good
reason to suppose that he would have proved an excellent sovereign.
This memoir not only tells the story of a long life of usefulness and
honor, but it also reveals with much clearness an interesting and
lovable personality, and gives us, incidentally, many suggestive
portraits of military and political leaders.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Dr. Edgar Sheppard might have done well to condense the ‘memoirs of
his private life’ into one volume instead of filling two.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 591. D. 1, ’06. 1840w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 400. N. 30, ’06. 1610w.

“The editor has done his work with taste and discretion. The portraits
are interesting, and there is a satisfactory index.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 40. Ja. 19, ’07. 1100w.

“The book has some interest and even value, but these scarcely
correspond to its size and what we may even describe as its
pretensions.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 58. Ja. 12, ’07. 530w.

=George, Henry, jr.= Romance of John Bainbridge. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–37965.

Part of the incidents in Mr. George’s story are taken from the life of
his late father. “Being the son of his father and also himself, it was
doubtless inevitable that Mr. George should attempt to make out of his
novel a lesson in economics. His theme is the iniquity of giving
public service franchises to private individuals or corporations, and
the resultant political corruption.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Dealing as this novel does with the questions which are pressing for
immediate solution, makes it one of the really important romances for
all reformers and patriots to read.”

+ + =Arena.= 37: 100. Ja. ’07. 3990w.

“This is a wholesome novel of the life of to-day. It is we believe,
the author’s first long work of fiction, altho there is nothing in the
style to indicate this fact.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 170w.

=Nation.= 83: 391. D. 8, ’06. 40w.

“He might have cut and slashed and blue penciled a fourth of his copy
with advantage to the rest. Wrapped up in the plot of Mr. George’s
novel there is a good story, an exceedingly good story.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 903. D. 29, ’06. 380w.

“While there are parts of the story that too thinly for artistic
effect disguise the especial message that Mr. George feels himself
commissioned to utter, the tale is well told and worth telling.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 46. Ja. 5, ’07. 170w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 120. Ja. ’07. 30w.

=Geronimo (Apache chief).= Geronimo’s story of his life; taken down and edited by S. M. Barrett. **$1.50. Duffield.

6–35725.

Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 67. Mr. ’07. S.

=Gibbs, Josiah W.= Scientific papers of J. Willard Gibbs. 2v. v. 1. *$5; v. 2. *$4. Longmans.

Agr 7–1540.

Professor Gibbs’s scattered papers on scientific subjects have been
collected and published in two imposing volumes. The first includes
his papers on the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances and on
thermodynamics; the second contains twenty-one papers, chief among
which are those occupied with the author’s calculus called “vector
analysis.”

* * * * *

“For profound thought and power of generalization and abstract
formulation no American scientist has equaled Willard Gibbs.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1238. N. 21, ’07. 50w.

“The work of Gibbs may be said to round off the constructive stage of
one of the most far-reaching scientific advances of the nineteenth
century—the unravelling of the formal scheme of relations which guides
the transformation of dead matter, as it is now set forth in the
doctrine of thermodynamics.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 90. Mr. 22, ’07. 1960w.

“In every way (except by an index) recommends itself to the liking of
friends of American science.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 92. Ja. 24, ’07. 710w.

“The papers have been edited with great care by Henry Andrews Bumstead
and Ralph Gibbs van Name, and the former, in the biographical notice
prefixed, discusses with knowledge the scientific work done by Willard
Gibbs and gives a clear-cut picture of the man himself.” C. G. K.

+ + =Nature.= 75: 361. F. 14, ’07. 1340w.

=Gibbs, Philip.= Men and women of the French revolution. *$7. Lippincott.

7–8230.

Not a history but a psychological study of some of the actors in the
great drama, so arranged that the thread of the narrative is not
confused or lost.

* * * * *

“A readable, but rather sketchy account of a number of the leading
personages of that period.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 513. O. 27. 330w.

“In thus deviating from the beaten path of history and giving rather
free play to his own fancy in this ‘psychological study,’ the author
has produced a work more attractive in some respects than the formal
chronicles of the period.” Percy F. Bicknell.

+ =Dial.= 41: 385. D. 1, ’06. 210w.

“Mr. Gibbs has succeeded in producing a book that is more readable
(especially to those who dote on adjectives) than our old friend
Dryasdust’s, but there is a certain persistent striving for dramatic
effect and high phrases that gives the narrative a false note very
often.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 971. Ap. 25, ’07. 540w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 80w.

“Although the value of Mr. Gibbs’s work is seriously impaired by an
extremely florid and somewhat popular style, it is to some extent
redeemed by his dramatic power, while in spite of some inaccuracies it
is manifestly clear that he has obtained his information from no
second hand sources.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 38. F. 1, ’07. 780w.

“The book, though somewhat grandiose in style, is just the sort to
spur on an indolent reader to make the acquaintance of other, and
possibly more accurate, works on the French revolution. But the
inaccuracies are manifold and distressing, and not the less so that,
in some cases, they seem to be the result of pure carelessness.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 135. F. 7, ’07. 870w.

“Its style is popular, vivid and realistic. Mr. Gibbs has a command of
strong epithets, and knows how to describe what his imagination
presents to him.”

+ =Spec.= 97: sup. 766. N. 17, ’06. 180w.

* =Gibson, Charles R.= Romance of modern photography. **$1.50. Lippincott.

No attempt is made in this volume “to offer suggestions to the
picture-taker, but again step by step the growth of the art is
discussed through the changes, from daguerrotypes to the latest
improved methods; and from the toy known as the zoetrope—with which
children used to amuse themselves—to the latest moving picture.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 70w.

“We have found some of the most interesting pages in Mr. Gibson’s book
to be those describing the processes of reproduction for
illustrations. A great deal of space and pains have been devoted to
colour-photography and its difficulties, and some of this description
has not attracted us much. Once or twice, in the earlier pages, Mr.
Gibson might have been a little clearer if he had been a little more
categorical.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 639. N. 2, ’07. 750w.

=Gibson, Thomas.= Pitfalls of speculation. *$1. Moody pub.

6–33639.

“The author of this little treatise undertakes to demonstrate that
business methods are applicable to speculation, and that, when so
applied, speculation itself becomes a ‘safe business.’... Chapters are
devoted to Ignorance and over-speculation, Manipulation, Accidents,
Business methods in speculation, Market technicalities, Tips,
Mechanical speculation, Short selling, What 500 speculative accounts
showed, Grain speculation, and Suggestions as to intelligent methods.
The book treats mainly of speculative deals on margins, which are
regarded as entirely legitimate forms of speculative trading.”—J. Pol.
Econ.

* * * * *

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 59. Ja. ’07. 100w.

“Mr. Gibson’s reasons against speculating are unanswerable, but we
part company with him in the idea that he can teach successful
speculation to any considerable number of scholars.” Edward A.
Bradford.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 754. N. 17, ’06. 1640w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 80w.

* =Gibson, W. R. Boyce.= Rudolph Eucken’s philosophy of life. 2d ed. *$1.40. Macmillan.

This second edition includes an appendix dealing with Professor
Eucken’s doctrine of “activism” whose difference from pragmatism is
explained in the following: “The pragmatism which has lately made so
much headway, especially among English-speaking peoples, is more
inclined to shape the world and life in accordance with human
conditions and human needs, than to invest spiritual activity with an
independence in relation to these, and apply its standards to the
testing and sifting of the whole content of our human life.”

* * * * *

“In point of form the book suffers manifestly from the circumstances
of its origin. In spirit and tone, however, it is attractive, and the
reader can hardly fail to be favourably impressed by the competence of
the author for his task, both in the matter of zeal and of knowledge.”
Alexander Mair.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 124. O. ’07. 790w. (Review of 1st ed.)

“An excellent statement of Eucken’s practical philosophy.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 326. O. 10, ’07. 200w. (Review of 2d ed.)

“But whether or not we assent to the author’s conclusions concerning
the future influence of Eucken’s philosophy, this statement of it
should find many readers, as a very compact and useful résumé of the
interesting and stimulating point of view.” Edmund H. Hollands.

+ − =Philos. R.= 16: 548. S. ’07. 950w. (Review of 1st ed.)

=Giddings, Franklin Henry=, ed. Readings in descriptive and historical sociology. *$1.60. Macmillan.

6–39002.

“Mainly illustrative of sociological theory as given in his preceding
works, and also in part an expansion of that theory. Its framework is
an elaborate outline of theory given in definitions and propositions.
Its filling is composed of select readings illustrative of this,
gathered from all times and from peoples in every stage of social
development, as found in literature and laws, official records,
legends, and newspapers.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The reviewer wishes to add that while these remarks are mainly
critical in character, they express rather the deep interest which he
has in the fundamental issues which Professor Giddings’ book raises
than any desire to ignore the many positive merits which the book has,
and which will certainly secure it a wide reading among those who are
interested in the sources of sociological theory and in the author’s
own theory of their value and interpretation for a science of
society.” H. Heath Bawden.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 845. My. ’07. 3900w.

“It is much more than its title indicates, for it contains, besides a
careful selection of readings, an outline of sociological theory
which, in many particulars, is new and interesting.” Charles A.
Ellwood.

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 232. Ja. ’07. 630w.

Reviewed by R. C. Chapin.

+ =Charities.= 17: 472. D. 15, ’06. 430w.

“The selections cover a wide field and show extensive and patient
research. The greater part of these would probably be unavailable for
the general student were he obliged to go to the sources himself.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 26. Ja. 5, ’07. 250w.

“The puzzle seems to be: Fit these extracts, if you can, into the
author’s general scheme of sociological classification and
terminology. The value of it all we shall leave to those who have the
courage to try it.”

− =Nation.= 84: 82. Ja. 24, ’07. 450w.

=Outlook.= 84: 894. D. 8, ’06. 260w.

“The book will be of great value to the isolated student and teacher.”

+ + =Yale R.= 15: 467. F. ’07. 220w.

=Gilbert, Charles Benajah.= School and its life. $1.25. Silver.

6–21911.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The fact that the book lacks continuity diminishes its value, but the
treatment of some subjects ... shows a grasp of the real situation and
a breadth of vision born only of real contact with a great system of
schools. The benefits of co-operation applied to parent, teacher, and
pupil are clearly shown.” J. Stanley Brown.

+ − =El. School T.= 7: 368. F. ’07. 220w.

“This book, it seems to me, is one of the significant educational
contributions of the year. What makes it significant is in large part
the rare combination of philosophic insight with a wealth of practical
experience.” Irving E. Miller.

+ + =School R.= 15: 228. Mr. ’07. 780w.

=Gilbert, George Holley.= Short history of Christianity in the apostolic age. $1. Univ. of Chicago press.

6–41055.

“This is a proper sequel to ‘Constructive studies on the life of
Christ’ by Professors Burton and Mathews.... That work was based on
the gospels; this is concerned with the remainder of the New
Testament. Its successive portions first narrate events and comment
upon them, then propose questions and suggestions for study, with
supplementary topics and references to literature.... The volume is
finely illustrated.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The material is conveniently divided, and interestingly and ably
treated.”

+ + =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 40w.

=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 50w.

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 141. Ja. 19, ’07. 180w.

=Gilbert, Nelson Rust.= Affair at Pine Court: a tale of the Adirondacks. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–30455.

A fashionable house party at a New Yorker’s country home in the
Adirondacks is made the scene of this tale of love, mystery and
adventure. A Pomeranian count arouses the greed of the humble natives
by exhibiting the wonderful “Lens of the Grau” in the presence of his
host’s butler. These envious enemies of the rich pleasure seekers at
the court put the house in a state of siege during which each guest
displays his or her real character and all ends in safety and
happiness.

* * * * *

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

=Gilchrist, Alexander.= Life of William Blake; ed. with introd. by W. Graham Robertson, il. *$3.50. Lane.

W 6–375.

A reprint of a standard source for facts and personal interpretation
of Blake’s life. To the illustrations appearing in the original
edition, Mr. Robertson has added a number of colour prints, drawings,
etc. from his own notable Blake collection, thus emphasizing
particularly the fame of Blake the painter.

* * * * *

Reviewed by A. Clutton-Brock.

+ + =Acad.= 71: 524. N. 24, ’06. 900w.

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 828. D. 29. 240w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 169. F. ’07. 1100w.

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 282. Ja. ’07. 690w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 84. Jl. ’07. 210w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 12. Ja. 11, ’07. 1370w.

“This reprint is admirable from the point of view of the general
reader, and, by reason of its illustrations, necessary also to the
special student.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 463. N. 29, ’06. 160w.

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 708. D. 8, ’06. 340w.

+ + =Spec.= 97: 826. N. 24, ’06. 230w.

=Gilchrist, Edward.= Tiles from a porcelain tower. *$1.25. Riverside press, Cambridge, Mass.

6–45067.

A volume of verse chief among whose poems are “those more expressly
from the Porcelain tower, ‘the pride and symbol of Cathay,’ wherein
the decaying splendors of the East are expressed with both imagination
and humor.” (Nation.) There are also included some translations from
the Greek, Danish, Russian and the Chinese.

* * * * *

“The lyrics of a reflective mind, but their flow is far from musical—a
defect due in part to the frequent collocation of ill-matched
vocables, and in part to the fact that the movement is too much
clogged with ideas.” Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 210w.

“Mr. Gilchrist has plainly done a good deal of rather virile thinking,
and as he has made his ingeniously plotted verse the vehicle rather
for his notion than for his moods, his work has much of the peculiar
pithiness that marked the work of the concettists in their less
fantastic vein.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 200. F. 28, ’07. 340w.

* =Gilder, Richard Watson.= Fire divine. **$1. Century.

7–32109.

This volume adds sixty new pieces to the poetry of the author,
including memorial verses on Carl Schurz, George Macdonald, Josephine
Shaw Lowell, Emma Lazarus, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich; poems to music
and musicians; and a requiem for Augustus Saint-Gaudens, entitled
“Under the stars.”

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

=Gillespie, G. Curtis.= Rumford fireplaces, and how they are made. $2. Comstock, W: T.

7–11989.

“A reprint of Count Rumford’s essay on Fireplaces is here accompanied
by a discussion of the same subject by Mr. Gillespie. In the course of
his discussion ... Mr. Gillespie introduced a number or drawings and
sketches of his own, illustrating fireplaces designed by him, of the
so-called Rumford type ... also mantels of his own design, and
reproductions of views of a large number of fireplaces, andirons, and
the like, both mediaeval and modern.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=Engin. N.= 57: 436. Ap. 18, ’07. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 154. Mr. 16, ’07. 110w.

=Technical Literature.= 1: 224. My. ’07. 60w.

=Gilman, Bradley.= Open secret of Nazareth. **$1. Crowell.

6–26086.

“Ten letters written by Bartimaeus, whose eyes were opened, to Thomas,
a seeker after truth.” A traveler in the Holy Land writes his
impressions and conviction to a friend at home. “‘The open secret’
which Jesus strove to impart—the truth which, however evident, eludes
so many—is that of the Consecrated will—the active endeavor on all the
small or serious occasions presenting themselves at the cross-roads of
daily life to identify one’s self with the divine will of pure
goodness to all our fellows.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It is suffused with devotional feeling and animated with poetic
imagination, but clear in moral insight.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 532. O. 27, ’06. 180w.

=Gilman, Lawrence.= Music of to-morrow, and other studies. *$1.25. Lane.

7–10576.

Mr. Gilman “attempts to prophesy what will be the general character of
the music of the next half-century. He admits the temerity of the
attempt, but argues boldly and convincingly. His broad general dictum
is that the permanent elements of the music of the future will have to
do with ‘that region of experience which lies over the borderland of
our spiritual consciousness.’ It will forsake the ‘incessant
exploitation of the dynamic element in life’ and urge us to listen for
‘the vibrations of the spirit beneath.’”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“The general impression left by this book is that on the whole the
title has been well chosen. Mr. Lawrence Gilman gives expression to
some interesting ideas about music held by himself in common with
enthusiastic modern thinkers.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 126. F. 2, ’07. 440w.

“The best written and conceived essay in Mr. Gilman’s interesting
little volume is that devoted to Claude Debussy, the poet and dreamer.
I do not care much for his Liszt essay. It does not dig enough into
the subject. Mr. Gilman’s book is interesting, at times gracefully
written, and strives to understand the music of to-day. This latter
quality is in itself a critical feat, for in critic-land we usually
face the setting sun.” James Huneker.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 32. Mr. ’07. 1120w.

Reviewed by Josiah Renick Smith.

+ =Dial.= 42: 224. Ap. 1, ’07. 180w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 518. D. 13, ’06. 340w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 869. D. 15, ’06. 490w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 100w.

=Spec.= 98: 139. Ja. 26, ’07. 930w.

=Gilman, Lawrence.= Strauss’ “Salome;” a guide to the opera; with musical il. *$1. Lane.

7–18584.

A guide containing a description of the drama, a full analysis of
Strauss’s score, also musical illustration and examples.

* * * * *

=Current Literature.= 42: 294. Mr. ’07. 2410w.

=Dial.= 42: 118. F. 16, ’07. 40w.

“It will be a useful guide for those who desire to reach below the
surface of Strauss’s remarkable book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 31. Ja. 19, ’07. 180w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.

* =Giry, Arthur, and Reville, Andre.= Emancipation of the mediaeval towns; tr. and ed. by Frank Greene Bates and Paul Emerson Titsworth. (Historical miscellany.) pa. 50c. Holt.

7–20319.

A translation of chapter 8 of the second volume of Lavisse and
Rambaud’s ‘Histoire générale.’ It covers in four chapters the rise of
towns in France: The origins, The communal revolution, The communes
and Towns of burgessy and new towns.

* * * * *

“In this terse, closely compact monograph no space has been devoted to
fine writing. We have here a concise and clearly intelligible account
of those communities in the middle ages which were the precursors of
our modern commonwealths.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 626. O. 19, ’07. 230w.

“In its field it is unsurpassed; and the general student will learn
more by studying the vivid picture which it presents than he could
hope to learn by attacking at the start the whole question of
municipal organization, in all its uncertainties and complexities. The
translators have done their work well; especially do they deserve
commendation for accepting frankly the terms for which there is really
no English equivalent.”

+ + =Yale R.= 16: 334. N. ’07. 140w.

=Given, John La Porte.= Making a newspaper. **$1.50. Holt.

7–16382.

“A detailed account of the business, editorial, reportorial, and
manufacturing organization of the daily newspaper in a large city.”
The author’s deductions are made from his own large newspaper
experience. He shows how editors gain their information and how all
classes of civilization contribute consciously or unconsciously, to
the daily record of happenings. In addition to chapters covering the
general workings of the newspaper, he discusses such subjects as
preparing for journalism, getting a situation, prizes in journalism,
with the printers, and the money-making department.

* * * * *

“Interesting, apparently trustworthy, journalistic in style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 165. O. ’07. S.

“Clearly and forcibly written for the most part, but somewhat
painfully devoid of idealism.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 261. S. 7. 1880w.

“Interesting and seemingly trustworthy account of all branches of his
profession.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 18. Jl. 1. ’07. 310w.

“The book will occupy a place on the literary journalist’s shelf
beside Mr. E. L. Shuman’s ‘Practical journalism,’ and, while it will
not wholly supersede the Chicagoan’s brisk lively compendium, it
possesses the peculiar merit of giving the most comprehensive and
thorogoing account of New York newspaper making that has so far found
its way into print.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 399. Ag. 15. ’07. 380w.

“Within its lines it is excellent.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 97. Jl. 20, ’07. 70w.

“Mr. Given’s style is clear and trenchant, his phrases well chosen,
and the entire book is good reading for any one.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 190. Ag. 29, ’07. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 139. Mr. 9, ’07. 180w.

“He understands his subject, or as much of it as he has cared to write
about, as well as any one man could be expected to understand it, and
his writing is lucid.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 287. My. 4, ’07. 200w.

=Glazier, Richard.= Manual of historic ornament. *$2. Scribner.

A second edition revised and enlarged. It is surprising how many
examples of the ornament of past ages in many countries “have been
collected together in this book, with its clear pen drawings. These
include not only architecture, but glass, silver, ivory, carpets,
furniture, china, and sculpture. There is a running commentary which
clearly indicates the main outlines of the subject.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Useful handbook.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: sup. 58. D. ’06. 250w.

“For a book devoted avowedly to ‘ornament’ there is an unexpected
amount of care and thoughtful analysis given to architecture in the
larger sense of construction, disposition, and ordonnance. There is no
index of consequence. On this account one doubts the practical utility
of the book. The general tendency of the book is to be praised.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 345. Ap. 11, ’07. 390w.

+ =Spec.= 98: 542. Ap. 6, ’07. 80w.

=Gloag, M. R.= Book of English gardens; il. by Katharine Montagu Wyatt. $2. Macmillan.

7–2583.