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+ =Dial.= 43: 43. Jl. 16, ’07. 280w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 434. Jl. 6, ’07. 60w.

=Hodges, Rev. George.= Year of grace. **$1. Whittaker.

6–46334.

A book of sermons whose burden is liberty, enfranchisement of
religious scholarship, the end of fear and the beginning of faith.

* * * * *

“The author has a sense for what is vital in piety, shows himself a
keen observer of the tendencies of modern life, exhibits tact in the
encouragement of spiritual living, and plies the lash on current
foibles pleasantly, wisely and to good effect.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 499. My. 30, ’07. 120w.

“Their clearness and freshness of presentation, and closeness to the
needs of modern thought and life, are such as belong to the best type
of university sermons.”

+ =Outlook.= 6: 480. Je. 29, ’07. 50w.

=Hodges, Rev. George, and Reichert, John.= Administration of an institutional church: a detailed account of the operation of St. George’s parish, in the city of New York. **$3. Harper.

6–42355.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 43. F. ’07.

=Ind.= 61: 1572. D. 27, ’06. 70w.

“Everything connected with the work of the church ... is carefully
described and well illustrated.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 176. F. 21, ’07. 90w.

=Outlook.= 84: 940. D. 15, ’06. 150w.

=Hodgson, Geraldine.= Primitive Christian education. *$1.50. Scribner.

6–41016.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A series of useful essays.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 448. Ja. ’07. 30w.

“The interest and value of this educational work of the primitive
Christians is brought vividly before us; but while admitting its
value, we are inclined to differ from Miss Hodgson as to its
efficacy.” Millicent Mackenzie.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 259. Ja. ’07. 460w.

“The materials which the author’s diligence has accumulated are, in
themselves, interesting, but scrappy and ill-digested. Everywhere the
absence of the large furniture of knowledge, which an investigation of
such a subject demands, makes itself felt.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 64. Ja. 17, ’07. 450w.

=Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby.= How to identify old Chinese porcelain; with 40 il. 2d ed. *$2. McClurg.

7–2048.

A book for the amateur. It aims “to assist the tyro or the ordinary
collector who may be the fortunate possessor of some fine work upon
Chinese porcelain.” It discusses the glazes and enamels, figures and
symbols, periods and date-marks.

* * * * *

“A careful study of her brief and accurately worded chapters should
enable the beginner to view collections, classify his own specimens,
and buy others, with a fair amount of intelligence; and this is more
than he could do after perusing many more ambitious but less
systematic treatises.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 290. N. 1, ’07. 210w.

=Hoffding, Harald.= Philosophy of religion. *$3. Macmillan.

6–18580.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Apart from the main argument of the book there are many criticisms
and suggestions of real insight and power.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 564. Mr. 7, ’07. 430w.

“And no one who is aware of the perplexities of the religious mood can
read his sympathetic interpretation of its meaning without being
grateful for this balanced and well-ordered statement of his
conclusions.” J. B. Baillie.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 371. Ap. ’07. 3870w.

“A work of rare philosophical perspicacity and broad religious
sympathy.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 909. Ap. 21, ’06. 540w.

“We do not think that Professor Hoffding possesses the necessary
qualifications to write a philosophy of religion. He is a
psychologist. He is distinguished in philosophy. But it needs more
than this and other gifts than this to write on Christianity. And
neither the sympathy nor the theological learning requisite is found
in Dr. Hoffding’s book.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 687. Je. 1, ’07. 1890w.

=Hofmann, Ottokar.= Hydrometallurgy of silver, with special reference to chloridizing roasting of silver ores and the extraction of silver by hyposulphite and cyanide solutions. $4. Hill pub. co.

7–15483.

“The book is divided into two parts, of which the first deals with
chloridizing roasting of silver ores (154 pages), the second with the
extraction of the silver (174 pages). The author points out in the
preface that in the hydrometallurgical process for the extraction of
silver from complex sulphide ores, the final result depends entirely
on the quality of the roasting.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“On the whole, the book is well written, in an easy and interesting
style, and even if the hypo-sulphite method has seen its day, this
volume will be read with interest.” Bradley Stoughton.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 554. My. 16, ’07. 400w.

=Hogg, Ethel M.= Quintin Hogg: a biography; with a preface by the Duke of Argyll. *$1.50. Dutton.

A popular edition of the biography of Quintin Hogg which sketches his
life and work in the London slums. See volume one of the BOOK REVIEW
DIGEST.

* * * * *

“The book is too long and contains much that is trivial and unworthy
of publication, but as a whole it is a stimulating account of a noble,
self-sacrificing life.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 360w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 250w.

=Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chlodwig Karl Victor, prince von.= Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst; tr. by G: W. Chrystal. **$6. Macmillan.

6–44316.

On the stage which is created by these memoirs, Prince Bismarck is
well to the fore. “Prince Hohenlohe says very characteristically that
while Bismarck was in power he dominated all, but after his retirement
other and smaller personalities swelled like sponges. The light shed
on the negotiations preceding the Franco-Prussian war are of
historical value. The account of the plenipotentiaries who met to
discuss what afterward became the Treaty of Berlin is described with
acuteness of vision, and there are many other portions of the book
that cannot fail to command attention.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“Students of politics will no doubt toil conscientiously through the
nine hundred odd pages, but we question whether any one will make this
exploration for pleasure.”

+ + − =Acad.= 71: 604. D. 15, ’06. 390w.

“The index is as imperfect as is unfortunately usual, but in several
cases shows that slips in the text are not to be attributed to the
translator—except, indeed, that proofs should have been more carefully
corrected.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 734. D. 8. 9970w.

“If the Hohenlohe memoirs do nothing more than arouse men in power to
the sacredness of their trust, they will serve an excellent purpose.”

+ + =Canadian M.= 28: 398. F. ’07. 380w.

“The chief source of regret is that Prince von Hohenlohe did not live
to supervise the preparation of the work; in that case those elements
that have provoked censure would doubtless have been omitted, and the
whole work rounded out into a biography in the ordinary sense of the
term.” Lewis A. Rhoades.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 71. F. 1, ’07. 2400w.

“The experienced old diplomat would unquestionably have excised many
an indiscretion which the editor has allowed to remain—not diplomatic
indiscretions, be it understood, but amusing personalities.”

+ + − =Ind.= 61: 1492. D. 20, ’06. 630w.

“Written in a crisp, epigrammatical style, they present some
interesting flash-lights on the history of Europe during the most
important part of the nineteenth century. There is lack of continuity
in the book, however.”

+ + − =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 200w.

“The instant success of scandal which these memoirs attained has
resulted in obscuring even their true personal interest. The English
translation, so far as we have been able to test it, appears to be
fairly satisfactory. It betrays signs of haste, and the printing,
especially of French is carelessly done.”

+ + − =Nation.= 83: 511. D. 13, ’06. 1470w.

“Though in the main hard to read, they repay the trouble. It cannot be
honestly said that Chlodwig Prince Hohenlohe shines in its pages
either as man or politician.” Wolf von Schierbrand.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 60. F. 2, ’07. 3500w.

“It shares the faults of the German edition—long-windedness and futile
digression—and has a full sufficiency of faults of its own,
particularly in the spelling of German words.” Grace Isabel Colbron.

− =No. Am.= 184: 866. Ap. 19. ’07. 1990w.

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 616. Mr. 16, ’07. 4130w.

“The greater bulk is of interest only to the special student.” George
Louis Beer.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 1: 764. Mr. ’07. 1440w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 120w.

“Is to be recommended without reserve to all students of European
history not by reason of any startling revelations it contains, for it
contains none, but because it throws much light on a complicated and
important series of events and is the record of an upright, courageous
and far-seeing statesman.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 709. D. 8, ’06. 2590w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 1049. D. 22, ’06. 550w.

* =Hohler, Venetia. (Mrs. Edwin Hohler).= Peter: a Christmas story. †$1.25. Dutton.

7–31482.

“Little Sir Peter Moberley is as charming as little Lord Fauntleroy,
and Bill, his ugly pet, the huge and gentle bulldog, is one of the
most fascinating of dream-hounds.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“The child-lover will delight in ‘Peter;’ we do not feel sure that the
child himself will be greatly attracted.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 732. D. 8. 60w.

“Is worth while.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 100w.

* =Holbach, Maude M.= Dalmatia: the land where the East meets the West. *$1.50. Lane.

A first-hand series of sketches, descriptive and historical of the
principal places along the Dalmatian coast. “The architectural glutton
has an almost unending feast prepared for him.... The same may be said
of all the Mediterranean littoral; but the unique position of this
rich coast peopled by a brave race and the home of successive
civilisations but little changed by modern conquests must of necessity
spell the survival of much that is picturesque and local to the
artist.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“It is so easy to be accurate, careful—and tedious. Mrs. Holbach is
certainly the two former, and narrowly escapes being the last.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 163. N. 23, ’07. 240w.

“One can hardly glance over these fifty or more plates without at once
being seized with a wild desire to start upon an Adriatic trip.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 385. D. 1, ’07. 80w.

“In one or two respects it offers hostages to criticism; the style is
a little unskilful ... the scholarship is sometimes imperfect. But
apart from these blemishes, which can be easily removed, the volume is
attractive and entertaining.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 300w.

“Mrs. Holbach’s account of ‘the land where East meets West’ is
picturesque, her description of its people and places of interest
being admirably supplemented by the numerous illustrations.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 486. O. 19, ’07. 220w.

=Spec.= 99: 673. N. 2, ’07. 210w.

=Holdich, Sir Thomas Hungerford.= Tibet, the mysterious. **$3. Stokes.

6–40557.

“The immediate interest in the Tibetan situation is sufficiently acute
to demand a handbook which will serve both as an introduction to and a
summary of the various expeditions and travels, and of the
geographical and political features of that well-nigh impregnable
land. Such a book is ‘Tibet the mysterious.’ Colonel Holdich, although
not an explorer or traveller in Tibet, has made an exhaustive
investigation of all the literature relating to that country, and has
summarized his studies in an accurate and systematic manner. For those
who wish to plunge ‘in medias res’ concerning Tibet, his book will be
most acceptable.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“A volume in every way worthy of the series.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 130w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 68. Mr. ’07.

“While the casual reader may wish that the names of the places were
less difficult and the different routes less confusing, yet after the
first few chapters the book holds the interest.” Lurena Wilson Tower.

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 657. My. ’07. 670w.

“We fear that in the preparation of this volume he did not
sufficiently realize that his acquaintance with the details had become
a little rusty. We mention these circumstances as the only explanation
we can think of for so experienced a geographer lapsing into
inaccuracies.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 50. Ja. 12. 970w.

“These minor errors, however, detract but little from the otherwise
scholarly work of the author, which will be held in high esteem as a
general reference-book for the history of exploration and travel in
Tibet.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 44. Ja. 16, ’07. 440w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 105. Ja. 19, ’07. 190w.

“The book is marred by repetitions, and in a second edition the author
should avoid as poison the iteration, if not the subjects, of tea,
dogs, and ants.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 15. Jl. 4, 07. 610w.

“The present account is disappointing in that its information is
neither very trustworthy nor up-to-date. It would be pleasant to be
able to congratulate the author on the illustrations, but nearly all
of these we have seen elsewhere before. They are not very closely
connected with the letterpress nor are the landscapes very
characteristic whilst some of them are not what they profess to be.”
L. A. W.

− + =Nature.= 76: 346. Ag. 8, ’07. 880w.

“It is a serious, well-written treatise, worked out from the point of
view of the scientist who would contribute something of practical and
general value and interest. As a reference book of all expeditions
into the ‘forbidden land’ it will be found most comprehensive and
convenient.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 801. D. 1, ’06. 250w.

+ =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 110w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 384. Mr. ’07. 50w.

* =Holland, Clive.= Old and new Japan; 50 col. pictures by Montagu Smith. **$5 Dutton.

“The text leads open the way for some specially good illustration; for
Mr. Holland has much to say about the superstitions, legends, and
stories of Japan concerning the national spirit of Japan and her
legendary genesis, concerning Japan’s religions, her Buddhist and
Shinto temples and ancient shrines, concerning the quaint, pathetic,
and beautiful Japanese festivals, concerning Japanese gardens, old and
new, and the life of the country folk.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“An authoritative book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.

“This is just the book and these just the illustrations to make one
who has not seen Japan long to see it, and to make the one who has
sojourned in Japan long to return.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 617. N. 23, ’97. 130w.

* =Holland, Clive.= Things seen in Egypt. *75c. Dutton.

W 7–184.

An “expanded Baedeker” containing interesting chapters on Egyptian
life, monuments and scenery.

* * * * *

“A little more study on certain points would have improved the
treatment and given it a greater value.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 80w.

“Contains much of general interest, and is well written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 80w.

“It is a handy, convenient size, a small quarto, and altogether a most
attractive little book.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 719. N. 9, ’07. 40w.

=Holland, Clive.= Things seen in Japan. *75c. Dutton.

7–29128.

“A little book about as big as a man’s hand, richly illustrated with
Underwood’s photographs, which is full of chat about things and folk
seen in Dai Nippon.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“A pleasant hour may be spent with this author, who touches only the
surface of things, but that very pleasantly.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 329. F. 7, ’07. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 888. D. 22, ’06. 210w.

“This is a small volume, but it contains admirably arranged and
well-written accounts of much that is essential and characteristic.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 895. D. 8, ’06. 80w.

=Holland, Clive.= Wessex; painted by Walter Tyndale; described by Clive Holland. *$6. Macmillan.

6–24919.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“For a guide-book it is too heavy in bulk and too full of irrelevant
matter; for a serious history it is too ill-arranged and indefinite.”

− =Nation.= 83: 224. S. 13, ’06. 300w.

=Spec.= 96: sup. 1011. Je. 30, ’06. 50w.

=Holliday, Carl.= History of southern literature. $2.50. Neale.

6–41030.

The purpose of Mr. Holliday’s volume is “to make a study of the
various literary movements and their results, and to show that the
writings of this section are not merely disconnected efforts of
isolated thinkers, but, rather, the natural, logical, and continuous
productions of a people differing so materially in views and
sentiments from their neighbors on the north that even civil war was
necessary to prevent their becoming separate nations.” The subject is
treated under the following headings: The beginnings, The period of
national consciousness, The revolutionary period, The period of
expansion, The civil war period, and The new South.

* * * * *

“Not to mince words, it contains 400 pages of elegantly printed
platitudes, and little else except an occasional quotation.
Apparently, however, the author has been industrious in the collection
and careful in the verification of his data, and his work, with its
good index and bibliography, should make an excellent reference book
for mere facts.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 275. Ja. 31, ’07. 170w.

“As a critic he is quite without authority and almost equally lacking
in insight. He makes some astonishing misstatements.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 2. Ja. 5, ’07. 750w.

“Seems to be a carefully prepared work.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 30w.

* =Holman, Frederick Van Voorhies.= Dr. John McLoughlin: the father of Oregon. *$2.50. Clark, A. H.

7–31427.

A great deal of Oregon’s pioneer history is included in this sketch.
After the coalition of the Northwest company, which McLoughlin had
joined, and the Hudson bay company, he was engaged to manage the
company’s interests in Oregon. His work which finally led up to
American occupation makes an interesting personal account as well as
an informing historical document.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 390w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 635. N. ’07. 150w.

=Holme, Charles=, ed. Old English country cottages. *$2.50. Lane.

6–45169.

“An attempt to preserve some record of these antique buildings that
form one of the chief charms of rural England. They are dealt with in
the text by counties.... Some 135 pen-and-ink drawings by Mr. Sidney
R. Jones, depicting general views and architectural detail with charm
and marked artistic skill, are scattered through the text; and in
addition there are fifteen beautiful full-page plates in color, after
paintings by Mrs. Allingham and others.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“While no attempt has been made to cover the subject thoroughly, a
most interesting general outline has been achieved.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 396. D. 1, ’06. 250w.

“The two hundred drawings of old English cottages form a record at
once useful and interesting.”

+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 119. Ja. 26, ’07. 440w.

=Holmes, Daniel Henry.= Pedlar’s pack. $5. E. D. North, 4 E. 39th st., N. Y.

6–26458.

Ninety clever short poems which the author declares are intended to
help a “tired man to kill a Sunday,” but they are really better than
their mission implies.

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 40w.

“It is, indeed, the temperament of the painter blessed with humor, the
temperament of the ‘limb of the spectrum,’ that gives effectiveness to
Mr. Holmes’s work.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 22, ’06. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 20w.

=Holmes, Gordon.= Late tenant. $1.50. Clode, E. J.

6–34806.

“A bronze young man who has spent his youth on a Wyoming ranch and has
gone to London to grow rich and famous ‘in the city,’ rents a
furnished apartment in Eddystone Mansions, and there you are. You
smell violets, you hear the swish of trailing garments, you get
tangled up in the most extraordinary ‘affair.’... There are missing
papers to be plotted for, there are serving women to be bribed, there
are mad drives in hansom cabs, with the hero on the driver’s perch and
the speed regulations of the greatest city in the world set at naught.
There are love scenes, hand-to-hand struggles in the dark, dramatic
tableau of marriage settlements interrupted, and a dropping of the
curtain on the tragic finish of a misguided life.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It is a story in the ‘genre’ which Miss Brandon popularized and
which, whatever may be said by the realists, has never entirely lost
favor.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 220w.

“It is, in short, too much like the ordinary mystery story by, say,
Fergus Hume. Yet if you open the book you will read it through unless
something or somebody very important interrupts.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 635. O. 6, ’06. 420w.

“In the present tale he has grown less clever than he was in ‘The
Arncliffe puzzle,’ but he has not ceased to be clever.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 796. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

=Holt, Byron W.=, comp. Gold supply and prosperity. *$1. Moody corporation.

7–26334.

“An able introduction and conclusion by the author, with a symposium
of twenty-two papers by leading authorities on various phases of the
gold supply question, make up an interesting and attractive book. In
summing up the statements in the various papers of this symposium the
following points are brought out: First, that for many years the
output of gold will increase rapidly; second, that, therefore, a
depreciation in the value of gold will inevitably result.... Like
several books, which have appeared during the past few years, the
author takes one item, in this case the gold supply, and attempts to
show that ‘all the ills that flesh is heir to’ arise from this one
cause.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“It is not the part of wisdom to state that all of our problems can be
traced to such an artificial thing as the gold supply. On the whole,
however, the book is well written, and represents a valuable
compilation of knowledge in this field.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 160. Jl. ’07. 290w.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 560. S. ’07. 240w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 80w.

=Holt, Henry.= On the civic relations. *$1.75. Houghton.

7–18299.

Mr. Holt’s “Talks on civics” has been “much amplified, modernized and
actualized” (Putnam’s) to produce the present revised edition. The
book has been written in the hope of “doing a little something to
develop in young people a character of mind which is proof against
political quackery—especially the quackery which proposes immediate
cures by legislation for the abiding ills resulting from human
weakness and ignorance.”

* * * * *

“Those who do not ‘desire to be deceived’ will find much ‘dry light’
in Mr. Holt’s pages on current and burning questions, concerning which
there is much more of heat than of light in most current discussion.”
Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam.= 3: 231. N. ’67. 330w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 511. O. ’07. 110w.

“The author takes no pains to conceal his real opinion of the
abilities of a very large part of ‘so-called civilized’ mankind,
especially that part that labors with its hands for a living. This
contempt steams up from every page until it nearly suffocates the
appetite of the expectant reader. Yet there is an abundance of food in
Mr. Holt’s book for readers with a suitable digestion.” Edward E.
Hill.

− + =School. R.= 15: 695. N. ’07. 1440w.

=Homans, James Edward.= Self-propelled vehicles: a practical treatise on the theory, construction, operation, care and management of all forms of automobiles; with upwards of 500 il. and diagrams. 5th ed., rev. and enl. $2. Audel.

6–35990.

“The book is thoroughly revised and brought up to date, describing the
latest innovations of the present day practice, while all obsolete
material has been discarded.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The volume is a useful handbook for the owner of an automobile, and
it is also calculated for use as a manual for class instruction.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 161. Jl. ’07. 100w.

“It is a very satisfactory production for the man who wants to know
the ‘why and wherefore’ of the automobile, as designed to-day, and its
proper care and manipulation.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 198. F. 14, ’07. 120w.

Homer. Iliad for boys and girls told from Homer in simple language, by Rev. Alfred J. Church. *$1.50. Macmillan.

7–30639.

To reset classical literature in the language of the child has become
a worthy task of the present day. This juvenile renders the thrilling
incidents of the Trojan war life-like and true to the Iliad’s text.
The illustrations in color are suggestively good.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 208. N. ’07. ✠

“Shows that he understands how to rehearse the classics for childish
minds.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 30w.

“The narrative is suited in every possible way to a child’s
understanding; it is childlike without a trace of childishness; and it
is a rare pleasure for old readers of Professor Church to see that his
zest is as keen as ever, his fact as unfailing, and his instinct for
seizing essentials as swift and true.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 712. N. 9, ’07. 290w.

Homer. Odyssey for boys and girls, told from Homer by the Rev. Alfred J. Church. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–34824.

A simplified version of the Odyssey, attractive in its illustrations,
which is intended for young readers.

* * * * *

“The style is much more attractive than that of the author’s ‘Story of
the Odyssey.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 21. Ja. ’07. ✠

“Is a model of what such adaptations should be.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 653. N. 24. 90w.

“The story is intact, and the characters are there, but there is not
much of that bigness for which Homer was noted.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1409. D. 22, ’06. 130w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 60w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 822. D. 1, ’06. 70w.

“Mr. Church has no superior in the art of retelling classical stories
so as to interest girls and boys.”

+ + =Outlook.= 84: 632. N. 10, ’06. 70w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 764. D. ’06. 50w.

“We have taken the precaution of having the book submitted to the true
arbiter of this form of literature,—a boy under five. He has listened
to it with breathless attention and sparkling eyes.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 580. O. 20, ’06. 730w.

=Hone, Nathaniel J.= Manor and manorial records. *$3. Dutton.

6–10492.

“Half Mr. Hone’s book is devoted to a reasonably short account of the
history of the manor, no undue space being given to the dispute
concerning its evolution. With this we have the story of the lord and
his tenants and officers and of their daily life and work as a
community, the illustrations being for the most part already
familiar.... The second half of the book shortly explains the
procedure of the manorial courts, and then gives a very well chosen
series of examples of court rolls, accounts and extents.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Mr. Hone’s treatise on the manor offers itself rather as a popular
introduction to its history and customs than as an original study of a
subject on which much good ink has been spent. The result is a book
which may be commended especially to those who are entering upon the
study of English topography.”

+ =Acad.= 70: 226. Mr. 10, ’06. 1750w.

“Forms a very suitable introduction for the beginner in the study of
manorial court rolls, of which many are in private hands. The
translations are not in all respects accurate.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 761. Je. 23. 500w.

“Is more general and popular than Dr. Davenport’s volume. The first
half of Mr. Hone’s work is but slight, and seems scarcely worthy of
the large amount of research which he appears to have undertaken.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 693. S. 19, ’07. 410w.

“We can think of no book which presents in a lucid manner a picture of
the mode in which, or the extent to which, our fathers living remote
from London were governed; none at all events which gives abundance of
extracts from original records.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 243. Jl. 6, ’06. 480w.

“The uninitiated reader, should be grateful to Mr. Hone for giving him
an opportunity to obtain a good general idea of old country life
without too severe a mental effort.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 497. Ap. 21, ’06. 860w.

=Hood, Thomas.= Poetical works, ed. by Walter Jerrold. *$1.10 Oxford.

“‘The complete poetical works of Thomas Hood’ ... is added to the
excellent Oxford edition of the poets.... Mr. Jerrold has provided a
more comprehensive edition of Hood than has hitherto been available,
searching out from the magazines whatever could be certainly
attributed to him, and adding half a dozen new poems from
manuscript.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“We confess ourselves in general hostile to this mania for making up
insignificant matter and adding to it the works of writers who already
suffer from the preservation of too much that is mediocre. The notes
are capital, and the make-up of the volume attractive.”

− + =Nation.= 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 220w.

− =Spec.= 98: 90. Ja. 19, ’07. 1790w.

=Hornaday, William Temple.= Camp fires in the Canadian Rockies. **$3. Scribner.

6–35980.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Perhaps the chief charm of the book is that he manages so faithfully
to convey a sense of the recrudescence of boyish energy and spirits in
staid middle-life, aroused under the stimulus of unusual and
invigorating surroundings.” G. W. L.

+ + =Nature.= 75: 410. Mr. 14, ’07. 1190w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 110w.

“It is the best of advocates for true sport and game preservation.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 60. Ja. 12, ’07. 310w.

=Hornblow, Arthur.= End of the game; il. by A. E. Jameson. †$1.50. Dillingham.

7–14587.

Instead of marrying a shallow-minded girl with a two-hundred-thousand
dollar dowery, Roy Marshall chooses to wed his sister’s governess, a
girl whose literary career had been checked by her father’s loss of
money and subsequent death. From an unsuccessful beginning in life on
a New York paper his course is turned into the channel of Pittsburg
steel interests and he rises to a multi-millionaire’s position of
prominence and power. The loose morals that result in his abandoning
and divorcing his wife are astonishingly at variance with his early
integrity; he pays a heavy penalty, and the book has a moral.

* * * * *

“The characters, if somewhat tamely drawn, are good human creatures
and not the flat paper dolls found in the pages of so much current
fiction. It is a thoroughly wholesome story, better for general
purposes perhaps than many novels better written.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 190w.

“The work is creditable—somewhat ‘slow’ and unformed in many of the
earlier portions, but gaining constantly in assurance as it
progresses.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 316. My. 18, ’07. 690w.

=Horne, Herman Harrell.= Psychological principles of education. *$1.75. Macmillan.

6–26518.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The real strength of Dr. Horne’s book is found in its treatment of
emotional, moral, and religious education; these vital subjects are
handled with breadth, warmth, and frankness, and with an unusually
full comprehension of their supreme importance.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 45. Ja. 16, ’07. 630w.

“Horne’s theoretical assumptions, both in this discussion and thruout
the book seem to me to show evidence of a certain confusion of thought
of so fundamental a nature as to justify notice here. The author has
given to teachers many suggestions of practical value and very likely
an inspiration toward better teaching, but he has not based these
suggestions upon a consistent and accurate system, of psychology.” Guy
Montrose Whipple.

− + =Educ. R.= 34: 317. O. ’07. 1950w.

Reviewed by Charles Hughes Johnston.

+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 478. D. ’07. 5000w.

“One can but regret casting a disparaging word at so admirably written
a book as Horne’s ‘Psychological principles of education;’ but, in
spite of its containing much excellent material and many good
suggestions for practical teaching, it does not present any
particularly original point of view, nor does it mark any advance in
the general field of education psychology.” Irving King.

+ − =School R.= 15: 227. Mr. ’07. 790w.

=Horner, Joseph G.= Modern milling machines: their design, construction and operation: a handbook for practical men and engineering students. $4. Henley.

“The author has endeavored to treat the subject, both in the text and
by the illustrations, in such a manner, as will make clear the
essentials of the art, and to provide a book which will be useful to
both the designer and the operator.” (Engin. N.) He “describes very
fully many different types of machines, and probably one of the best
chapters is that dealing with the design and manufacture of
cutters.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“The skilled workman as well as the amateur will find much that is
valuable and worth while and little of the usual padding. Any one
collecting a library of shop books should include this volume.” Wm. W.
Bird.

+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 160w.

“Chapter 11 is too short, though very interesting; it deals with the
subject of feeds and speeds. We can recommend this volume to all
interested in machine-shop practice. The machines dealt with are of
the latest type, and much useful information will be found scattered
through its pages.” N. J. L.

+ + − =Nature.= 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 460w.

=Horner, Joseph G.= Practical metal turning: a handbook for engineers, technical students and amateurs. il. $3.50. Henley.

7–19433.

“The work in all its varied forms is discussed, its many tools and
appliances are shown and described and the question of speeds and
feeds for various tools and metals is well treated. A good deal of
valuable information is given regarding the use of high-speed steel
for lathe work.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“While nothing new or especially novel is found, the book as a whole
is well arranged, the illustrations are good, and a copy is worth
owning for those interested in this line of work.” Wm. W. Bird.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 194. F. 14, ’07. 100w.

=Horniman, Roy.= Lord Cammarleigh’s secret; a fairy story of to-day. †$1.50. Little.

7–34173.

Anthony Brooke, unwilling to battle for bread, hits upon a bold plan.
During his aimless wandering through Grosvenor square he espies Lord
Cammarleigh, whom he knows by reputation, in conversation with a
woman. Brooke observes the restlessness of his eyes and concludes that
he is a man who has a secret, one who is afraid. With none of the
malice of blackmail but spurred on by a fortune-hunter’s necessity of
the things of life, Brooke looked the peer squarely in the eye and
said, “I know your secret.” A private secretaryship, the management of
the household affairs and, in truth of the obdurate Cammarleigh
himself follow for the imposter in a most surprising manner.

* * * * *

“The book abounds with unfeeling fun, culminating in a rhetorical
flourish of impudence. Fortunately for the nerves of the ordinary
reader, the victim of blackmail is a puppet; but the other important
characters are vigorously drawn.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 150w.

“Granted, however, a single initial impossibility, the story goes on
smoothly and naturally enough; and this, we take it, represents a more
artistic method of dealing with the impossible than that which demands
our acceptance of new miracles in every chapter.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 230w.

=Nation.= 85: 417. N. 28, ’07. 210w.

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

“Mr. Horniman is to be congratulated on a capital idea fully but not
tediously exploited.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 519. O. 26, ’07. 180w.

* =Horsley, Sir Victor A. H., and Sturge, Mary M.= Alcohol and the human body: an introduction to the study of the subject; with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. *$1.50. Macmillan.

An indictment against the use of alcohol in which “its ill effects on
body and mind, on health and strength, on moral action and
intellectual activity, are set forth by argument, by facts, by
figures, by representations, gruesome in outline and hue, of the
morbid conditions which it induces in the chief organs of the human
frame.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“This book is sound literary performance and an earnest tract for the
times but we do not see that it can achieve much.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 600. Je. 22, ’07. 1080w.

=Ind.= 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 320w.

“Though on the main issue we do not feel competent to give
judgment—the conflict of evidence is too great—we are bound to record
the opinion that a book like that under notice is sure to do a great
deal of good, and can hardly do any harm even if it is mistaken in
fact.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

=Horstmann, Henry Charles, and Tousley, Victor Hugo.= Electrical wiring and construction tables. *$1.50. Drake, F: J.

7–472.

A pocket hand-book for the wire man, contractor, engineer and
architect. “The book contains tables for direct-current calculations,
for alternating-current calculations, for the smallest size of wire
permissible, and for the most economical loss in different
installations. Tables and diagrams are given showing the proper size
of conduits to accommodate different combinations or numbers of wires;
also tables and data for estimating the quantity of material required
for different lines of work.” (Engin. N.)

* * * * *

“Contains much useful information.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 89. Ja. 17, ’07. 120w.

=Hoskins, Leander Miller.= Text-book on hydraulics, including an outline of the theory of turbines. *$2.50. Holt.

6–38547.

A text for the use of instructors of experience and thorough training
in the subject, a work giving the fundamental principles in a clear
and concise form without elaboration.

* * * * *

“As a whole it may be said that the book presents the laws and
theories of hydraulics as they were recognized 20 to 25 years ago.
There is authority for most of its statements in the treatises of that
time, but it can hardly be said to cover the field as we regard it
today.” Gardner S. Williams.

− =Engin. N.= 57: 304. Mr. 14, ’07. 940w.

“The book is distinctly elementary, and as such is well written and
supplied with good examples.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 388. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.

“This book will be valuable in training engineering students
possessing a fair knowledge of mathematics to solve any problems in
hydraulics they are likely to meet with in practice, and it will also
furnish them with an insight into the principles on which the working
and efficiency of turbines are based.”

+ =Nature.= 76: 542. S. 26, ’07. 510w.

+ =Technical Literature.= 1: 177. Ap. ’07. 320w.

=Hough, Emerson.= Story of the outlaw: a study of the western desperado. il. *$1.50. Outing.

7–5705.

Historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of noted border
wars, vigilant movements and armed conflicts on the frontier. It is a
contemplative study of the American desperado as he is, and in spite
of the author’s intention to do away as far as possible with
melodramatic thrills, the character of the subject precludes their
complete elimination.

* * * * *

“Not particularly interesting, but contains material not easily
available elsewhere.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 122. My. ’07.

“It is a concise, clearly-reasoned, well-balanced and admirably
written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature,
and interesting to the average reader.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.

“The pages exhale the smell of blood and hemp. The realism is almost
too raw for literature.”

− + =Lit. D.= 34: 766. My. 11, ’07. 280w.

“His book certainly shows no trace of a tendency to exaggeration, but
on the contrary is distinguished by a scrupulously careful moderation
of statement.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 202. Ap. 6, ’07. 210w.

“It is all interesting and suggestive, as material lifted bodily from
life always is, but a little of it goes a long way.”

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 748. S. ’07. 270w.

“Mr. Hough’s philosophising is the weak part of his book.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 761. My. 11, ’07. 1950w.

=Hough, Emerson.= Way of a man. $1.50. Outing pub.

7–27615.

The scene of Mr. Hough’s story is once again laid in the west, chiefly
during the time of the westward movement previous to the civil war. It
concerns a young Virginian who, tho bound to an eastern girl, finds
that he loves his companion of many adventures on the great plains.
Their love-making, interrupted for a time by a villainous emissary
from the cotton interests in England, and by the war itself, finally
terminates happily. It has been the wish of the author to show the
effect of a broad strong environment on human beings.

* * * * *

“The style of the hero’s narrative in the opening pages, is too
archaic for the period treated, but becomes more appropriate as the
story goes forward.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 695. N. 9, ’07. 340w.

“Is chiefly of interest in the illustration it affords of several
tendencies in contemporary fiction, as deplorable as they are
conspicuous: the glorification of the violent, the primitive, and the
crude; a sophomorical searching after effects of style; and a habit of
cheap philosophizing.”

− =Nation.= 85: 377. O. 24, ’07. 610w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 656. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“Mr. Hough writes a dignified and forthright sort of tale, which,
although it has a good plot and plenty of incident, yet moves along
quietly and without the clatter-and-bang effect which characterizes so
many novels of action. But this mood seems all the time a little
overstrained, as if he wrote at high pitch and found it rather
painful.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 769. N. 30, ’07. 590w.

“There is plenty of thrill and suspense—possibly a trifle too much.”

− + =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 100w.

=Hough, Romeyn Beck.= Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada, east of the Rocky mountains; photo-descriptive, buck. $8. Hough.

7–31197.

“A new guide-book to the trees of the northern states and Canada
devotes two pages to each species. One page bears a photographic
reproduction showing a group of leaves (both sides) and fruit. The
other page has a photograph of the trunk of the tree, showing the
distinguishing peculiarities of the bark, a small map showing by
shading the range of the tree’s growth, and a short, clear description
of its characteristics.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“We cannot think of an item which would contribute to greater
completeness. Everything that has been attempted seems to have been
well planned and well executed. The book may be commended as
indispensable for public and school libraries, for all students of
trees, and botanical laboratories.” C. R. B.

+ + + =Bot. Gaz.= 44: 384. N. ’07. 460w.

+ =Educ. R.= 34: 535. D. ’07. 30w.

“There is nothing but praise for the work as a whole. This handbook
should be widely useful in nature libraries, schools and colleges.”

+ + + =Nation.= 85: 355. O. 17, ’07. 460w.

“The book is admirably adapted for the average person who wants to be
able to tell the trees apart with the least possible study.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 100w.

“These photographs are of unusual excellence and give to this handbook
its distinctive value as a work of reference.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 640. N. ’07. 140w.

=Hough, Theodore, and Sedgwick, William Thompson.= Human mechanism; its physiology, and hygiene, and the sanitation of its surroundings. *$2. Ginn.

6–37595.

“This is a textbook of hygiene on new lines. Anatomy, both gross and
microscopic, is reduced to the lowest terms, and the emphasis of the
book, as stated in the preface, is placed on physiology, hygiene, and
sanitation—on function and conduct.”—School R.

* * * * *

“First half of the book ... avoids unnecessary details, but omits
nothing essential. It is so lucidly written that the wayfaring man
will have to be a terrible fool if he does not understand it. We can
award to [the second] part no higher praise than to say that it is as
excellent as the preliminary physiological portion. It teems with
sound practical common-sense; it points out convincingly, avoiding too
great technicality, the scientific reason for their [the authors’]
faith.”

+ =Nature.= 75: 318. Ja. 31, ’07. 320w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 50w.

“It seems to be altogether the best work upon the subject for use
either as a textbook or for private reading.” Joseph E. Raycroft.

+ + =School R.= 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 310w.

=Houghton, Louise (Seymour).= Hebrew life and thought; being interpretative studies in the literature of Israel. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

6–22298.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“One is disappointed that he finds no attempt at the unity of purpose,
except to entertain the reader, indicated in the title of the book. We
are glad to find that each lecture has a definite purpose, and some of
them are admirably treated.” Ira M. Price and John M. P. Smith.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 150. Ja. ’07. 260w.

“The aim of the book is good. It breathes a profound faith. Its author
loves the Bible all the more because it is not only a book of
religious instruction, but appeals to her as literature in the way the
‘Iliad’ or ‘Odyssey’ does. The defects of the book are occasional
extravagances of statement, too great an effort to make out biblical
laws and family life superior to anything else in antiquity, and an
artificial interpretation of such books as Canticles and Ruth.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 29: 72. Ja. ’07. 720w.

“Mrs. Houghton writes with enthusiasm and _con amore_, and if we were
able to name a defect it would be a certain light passing over the
limitations and defects of Old Testament morals and belief.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 160w.

=Houghton, Louise (Seymour).= Russian grandmother’s wonder tales. †$1.50. Scribner.

6–32363.

“Louise Seymour Houghton openly confesses to having been prompted by
‘Uncle Remus’ in her mode of treating ‘The Russian grandmother’s
wonder tales,’ a collection revealing the simple life of the
Slavonians; at the same time in a short preface the author indicates
analogies which reveal how close in contact legends of different lands
often are. The book is excellently printed and effectively illustrated
by W. T. Benda.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“An excellent collection from authentic sources.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 219. N. ’06.

“Since Slavonic-tales do not seem yet to be ‘vieux jeu,’ we recommend
this charming little work as a gift-book.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 14. Ja. 5. 210w.

+ =Bookm.= 24: 528. Ja. ’07. 40w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 22, ’06. 70w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

“The tales are exceedingly well written.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 718. N. 3, ’06. 100w.

“A fascinating little volume.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 512. O. ’06. 30w.

* =Houston, Edwin James.= Discovery of the North Pole. [*]$1. Winston.

7–23532.

The second of three volumes in the “North Pole series.” Andree and
Eric, two American boys, are the heroes who pass thru thrilling
adventures and exciting situations while they are learning many facts
of modern scientific discoveries.

* =Hovey, Richard.= Holy graal, and other fragments by Richard Hovey; being the uncompleted parts of the Arthurian dramas; ed. with introd. and notes by Mrs. Richard Hovey, and a preface by Bliss Carman. $1.25. Duffield.

Fragments of the Arthurian legends which are presented for the sake of
the psychological problem involved rather than for their historic and
picturesque value as poetic material or for the sake of their glamour
and romance. From notes, jottings, and outlines set down in note books
or upon scraps of paper, Mrs. Hovey has completed the work of her
husband who left it unfinished.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’67. 30w.

“An inestimable service has been rendered to the memory of Richard
Hovey by the publication of ‘The holy graal and other fragments’ of
the uncompleted Arthurian dramas; not so much by virtue of the new
material which they contain for this is slight, as for the
illumination thrown upon the whole scheme of the projected cycle by
the introduction and notes of Mrs. Hovey.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 365. D. ’07. 430w.

=Howard, Burt Estes.= German empire. **$2. Macmillan.

6–34863.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 68. Mr. ’07.

“The work makes up in solidity for whatever it lacks in interest. As a
whole the book is a serious and concise summary of value in itself and
a basis for wider study.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 216. Ja. ’07. 380w.

“We have examined no better book for the American student of German
institutions.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ + =Arena.= 37: 216. F. ’07. 150w.

“Will probably rank among the standard briefer treatises of the
Germans. The only criticism worth mentioning relates to the title of
this book, which is misleading, since the work relates almost entirely
to a single aspect of the German Empire, its constitution.” J. W.
Garner.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 105. F. 16, ’07. 1290w.

“It is, indeed, a defect of the book that it does not present us with
a living picture of how the various organs of the constitution perform
their functions. Dr. Howard has obviously based his book upon
extensive research, and possesses the great merit of writing clearly
on legal subjects.” W. M.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 412. Ap. ’07. 360w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 37. Ja. 19, ’07. 310w.

“The text, though specifically juristical, and not, except in place,
historical, never falls under the influence of Dr. Dryasdust; it is
laboriously accurate, and supported by excellent explanatory notes,
which our daily lecturers on foreign affairs should study.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 141. Ja. 26, ’07. 2430w.

=Howard, Earl Dean.= Cause and extent of the recent industrial progress of Germany. (Hart, Schaffner and Marx prize essays in economics.) **$1. Houghton.

7–13001.

The book “is divided into two parts, the first of which treats of the
extent of Germany’s recent industrial progress; and the second, the
causes. Industrial progress in general is defined in an introductory
chapter, as the ‘increase in the amount of goods produced and
transported, and the improvement of methods by which this increased
production is accomplished.’ The course of this development since the
industrial revolution is briefly reviewed.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 166. O. ’07. S.

“It is a concise, clearly reasoned, well balanced and admirably
written piece of work—a real contribution to our economic literature,
and interesting to the average reader.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 638. My. ’07. 420w.

=Dial.= 43: 69. Ag. 1, ’07. 150w.

“It is a careful and discriminating study, and undoubtedly offers the
best concise discussion of its subject that has yet appeared.” O. D.
Skelton.

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 562. N. ’07. 300w.

“It cannot be said that Mr. Howard has made any substantial
contribution to our knowledge of the subject.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 163. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.

“There is no questioning the intrinsic value of his work, which
assuredly makes for a clearer understanding of modern Germany and her
people.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22, ’07. 500w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 50w.

“The book is well worth perusal, and it does not detract from its
value if we add that it is for the most part, and properly so, a
careful and moderate exposition of the obvious.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 643. N. 2, ’07. 540w.

=Howard, George Bronson.= Norroy, diplomatic agent; il. by Gordon Ross. $1.50. Saalfield.

7–5683.

Seven diplomatic detective adventures in which Yorke Norroy figures as
secret agent of the United States. He always has in his possession the
means to foil his opponent in the big international games being
played, and the analysis of his method of securing the trump card
reveals shrewd practical imagination at work and the adroit handling
of resulting situations.

* * * * *

“The seven stories are good reading at any time, and particularly when
the mind longs for diversion.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 260w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 381. Je. 15, ’07. 200w.

=Howard, John Raymond=, ed. Prose you ought to know. **$1.50. Revell.

The editor’s “aim in the present volume is to gather, from a wide
range of authorship and subject-matter, a series of brief excerpts,
each of which shall be typical of its author’s best style, and,
besides exciting a momentary interest, shall ‘at least hint at the
richness of an essay, a tale, a history, an oration.’”—Dial.

* * * * *