Chapter XXIX: Part 1: of this sociological story contains a view of modern New York (1)

as seen by a traveler from Altruria. The tall, bleak apartment houses,
the social distinctions, and the greed for gain impress him so
strongly that he says at the very outset,—“If I spoke with Altrurian
breath of the way New Yorkers live, I should begin by saying that the
New Yorkers do not live at all.” Part 2 contains an account of
Altruria as seen by the American wife whom he takes home with him, and
who has a difficult time adjusting her American ideas to a country
which has neither money nor social gradations, and, where lord and
farmer work happily for their living, side by side.

* * * * *

“Done in the author’s usual delightful manner.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 135. My. ’07.

“Unhappily, these sociological criticisms are not conveyed in an
interesting form of fiction. We cannot be absorbed in Mr. Homos’s love
affair with an attractive American widow, and we are thrown back for
diversion on his strictures on American conditions.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 786. Je. 29. 250w.

“He is writing, not a thesis on the future economics of the world at
large, but a kindly satire, a sort of twentieth century parable.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 394. Je. ’07. 270w.

Reviewed by A. Schade van Westrum.

=Bookm.= 25: 434. Je. ’07. 1230w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 1207. My. 23, ’07. 670w.

“In this novel, dealing with a theme peculiarly congenial to him, we
have an example of Mr. Howells’s style arrived at its perihelion.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 885. Je. 1, ’07. 330w.

“We should rather be thankful for a piece of very grateful fancy, and
not the least for a deft and witty introduction which is an almost
faultless little piece of irony.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 165. My. 24, ’07. 530w.

“The account of these plutocrats endeavoring to maintain the forms of
an obsolete social order verges perilously upon comic opera. This,
however, is of small consequence, the point of interest being that
with Mr. Howells’s deep love of humanity as he finds it, the apostle
of realism in American fiction should care to spend (almost waste) his
precious gifts upon such a toy of the imagination as the island of
Altruria.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 134. My. 9, ’07. 690w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 255. Ap. 20, ’07. 170w.

“Certain it is that whatever be our attitude toward socialism, or our
opinion of what we may presume to be Mr. Howells’s own theories, we
must needs enjoy the exquisite literary flavor of these letters to and
from Altruria, and can hardly fail to be lifted to a higher plane by
the author’s own sincere enthusiasm of humanity and widely inclusive
sympathies.” M. Gordon Pryor Rice.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 297. My. 11, ’07. 3370w.

“Mr. Howells has written in his characteristic whimsical vein.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 581. Je. 15. ’07. 210w.

“Mr. Howells writes, not as a reformer with a grievance, but simply as
a lover of his kind, perturbed over current errors but too wise to let
them warp his judgment.” Royal Cortissoz.

+ + =No. Am.= 186: 127. S. ’07. 650w.

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 400w.

“Somehow, it leaves the reader not half so kindly disposed toward his
fellow-men, not half so eager to make this a better world, as he was
after reading ‘Lemuel Barker’ or ‘Silas Lapham.’” Vernon Atwood.

+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 619. Ag. ’07. 290w.

“It embodies much cogent criticism of every important phase of
American life.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 761. Je. ’07. 80w.

“Mr. Howells is always welcome in whatever guise his message comes,
and a special interest attaches to his new romance, since it exhibits
his distinguished talent in an unfamiliar light.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 836. My. 25, ’07. 840w.

=Hoy, Mary Lavinia Thompson (Mrs. Frank L. Hoy).= Adrienne. $1.50. Neale.

6–46252.

A southern story of Civil war days in which the fair play-day world is
transformed for a group of irresponsible Southern girls into a dreary
world of waiting and anxiety.

=Hoyt, William Henry.= Mecklenburg declaration of independence. **$2.50. Putnam.

7–15929.

A study of evidence that the alleged early declaration of independence
of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, on May 20, 1775, is spurious.

* * * * *

“The last page leaves the reader as helpless as the first, in ability
to separate hearsay from evidence. But the book is valuable as a
history of a controversy.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 123. S. 1, ’07. 400w.

“The book offers a very good example of an historical investigation,
conducted in a judicial spirit, and carries conviction with its
conclusions. The illustrations are excellent, but nothing can excuse
the absence of an index.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 187. Ag. 29. ’07. 540w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 120w.

* =Hubbard, Elbert (Fra Elbertus, pseud.).= Little journeys to the homes of eminent orators. (Little journeys, new ser.) $2.50. Putnam.

7–36125.

An unusual aggregation of orators is presented here. The group
includes Pericles, Mark Antony, Savonarola, Marat, Ingersoll, Patrick
Henry, Starr King, Henry Ward Beecher and Wendell Phillips.

* * * * *

“It is an incongruous array in time, character, and purpose, but the
author brings out strongly their common characteristics.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 711. N. 9, ’07. 100w.

“The book has real interest, especially to that curious boy, or man,
who ‘wants to know.’”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 60w.

=Hubbard, Frank McKinney.= Abe Martin, of Brown county, Indiana. il. **$1. Bobbs.

7–15475.

Mr. Meredith Nicholson characterizes Abe Martin as a “Plato on a
cracker barrel; or radiant Socrates after Xantippe’s departure to
visit her own folks in Tecumseh township.” Cartoons of Abe’s neighbors
who are characterized in epigram appear, accompanied by brief
bibliographical bits. Then follow the “mirth-provoking epigrams”
themselves, which do justice to an Artemus Ward.

=Hubbard, George H.= Teachings of Jesus in parables. *$1.50. Pilgrim press.

7–16710.

“Mr. Hubbard recognizes the fact that the parables of Jesus were
addressed to plain people.... He abstains from dogmatizing and from
critical exegesis, and gives a free homiletical exposition of what he
sees as the central truth of the short story.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“These popular and interesting expositions of the parables reveal
clear religious insight, practical common-sense, and no small degree
of literary skill.”

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 79. Jl. ’07. 20w.

“Fresh thoughts in new points of view make this volume a helpful
addition to the abundant literature of its subject. Those who have
read any number of works upon the gospel parables find need to
supplement or correct one author by another, and this volume, though
excellent, occasions no exception to that experience.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 835. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.

=Hubbard, Winfred D., and Kiersted, Wynkoof.= Water-works management and maintenance. $4. Wiley.

7–21739.

“Part 1., which fills 217 out of a total of 419 pages, deals with the
securing of water supplies from various sources, and the selection and
installation of pumps; Part 2, 167 pages, discusses more particularly
the various features of management and maintenance, but also
necessarily contains much that relates to construction work; and Part
3, 35 pages, treats from various points of view the subjects of
franchise, water rates and depreciation.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 167. O. ’07.

“The title of this important book is somewhat misleading, as less than
half the volume is devoted to the management and maintenance of
water-works. Along with a reproduction of many facts already well
known to every competent water-works man, and many citations from
papers which have already been frequently published, there are a great
many useful and practical suggestions nearly all of which are in the
line of good modern practice. All of these make the work a valuable
addition to water-works literature.” Dabney H. Maury.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 294. S. 12, ’07. 1720w.

+ =Nature.= 76: 517. S. 19, ’07. 340w.

=Huber, John Bessnes.= Consumption. **$3. Lippincott.

6–17682.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This work, though burdened by a too ambitious title, is really a very
valuable compilation of the facts of the present day anti-tuberculosis
campaign in this and other countries.” Christopher Easton.

+ + − =Charities.= 17: 493. D. 15, ’06. 980w.

=Huchon, Rene.= George Crabbe and his times, 1754–1832: a critical and biographical study; tr. from the French by Frederick Clarke. *$5. Dutton.

W 7–149.

With less of narrative and more of criticism, M. Huchon aims to write
“a psychological biography of the poet, with a view to the
interpretation of his works.”

* * * * *

“The picture he presents of the young Crabbe is clear and convincing.
When in the later portion of his book he is dealing with the actual
poems he develops these tendencies at which he has previously hinted,
with great skill, so that he brings the reader very close to the
intimate side of the poet’s character.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 286. Mr. 23, ’07. 1360w.

“As a biographer M. Huchon is full, clear, and precise, rivalling the
late James Dykes Campbell in his zest for research and verification.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 407. Ap. 6. 2090w.

“At times the narrative is too discursive ... but on the whole it is a
just and clear biography, with sympathetic interpretation.” Annie
Russell Marble.

+ + − =Dial.= 43: 39. Jl. 16, ’07. 1290w.

“To speak frankly, a book that proposes to introduce an English poet
to the French, and yet in some 700 pages scarcely quotes a line of his
verse as he wrote it, seems to us an absurdity. The truth is that it
has gone a long way to spoil an admirable book. It is an injustice to
the French reader; to the English reader it is a constant annoyance.
And yet the book, even as it is, deserves to have plenty of English
readers.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 193. Je. 21. ’07. 1370w.

“Its abundance of literary judgment is presented rather in dispersion
than compactness, for the purpose of elucidating the biographical
theses; and the complete proportion and harmony preserved throughout
may well be considered the crowning achievement of the work.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 1170w.

“Though the French scholar may have prepared a better biography than
the younger Crabbe’s, time will have to judge whether he has written a
better book.” H. W. Boynton.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 491. Ag. 10, ’07. 1790w.

“Is distinctly original and unconventional.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 41. S. 7, ’07. 1720w.

“Of M. Huchon’s volume (not at all badly translated by Mr. Clarke) we
may say, in one word, that it is the work of an expert. If only as a
piece of social history the work is full of value. Our main praise,
however, we reserve for the judgment and taste with which M. Huchon
has made his quotations.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 462. Ap. 13, ’07. 1020w.

* =Huck, A.= Synopsis of the first three Gospels arranged for English readers; ed. by Ross L. Finney. *$1. Meth. bk.

An English version of Huck’s “Synopse,” a Greek harmony used widely in
Germany as an aid to Holtzmann’s “Hand-commentar.” “The present volume
exhibits Mark as the basal work of the evangelic records, the use of
Mark by both Matthew and Luke, the collection of Logia, and the
material peculiar to each evangelist. The use of this harmony does not
blind the student to the special characteristics of the several
evangelists and their relations of mutual dependence, as is often the
case with the older manuals.”

* * * * *

“The work is faithfully done, but it is based on Huck’s second edition
in 1898. This is most unfortunate, as in his recent third edition,
1906, Huck has fundamentally remodeled his work, greatly improving and
enriching it.”

+ − =Bib. World.= 30: 480. D. ’07. 80w.

“This is decidedly the best harmony for historical study, and its wide
use would promote greatly the knowledge of the New Testament.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1314. N. 28, ’07. 190w.

“This harmony, which follows the order of Mark, is the most useful in
existence for historical students.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 398. O. 31, ’07. 140w.

=Huckel, Oliver.= Modern study of conscience. (Boardman lectureship in Christian ethics.) 50c. Univ. of Pa.

7–13922.

The study looks into the origin and nature of conscience, its means of
education and enlightenment, and finally considers the grounds for the
present and perpetual authority of conscience.

=Hudson, Charles Bradford.= Crimson conquest: a romance of Pizarro and Peru. il. †$1.50. McClurg.

7–32156.

A story of aboriginal America. The events fall in the period of
Pizarro’s conquest of the Peruvian chief and his determined hosts. The
hero, Viracocha Christoval, is one of the bravest of the Castilian
knights and the heroine is an Inca princess for love of whom
Christoval fights against his own army. Barbaric splendor and Spanish
chivalry combine in producing splendid dramatic coloring.

* * * * *

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

“There is not a bit of harm in the book, except that it is very long
and strikes us as being very dull.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 678. O. 26, ’07. 90w.

=Hudson, William Henry.= Crystal age. **$1.50. Dutton.

“This is a second edition of a book published in the eighties.... One
Smith of Great Britain loses consciousness through a fall and wakes to
find himself in a crystal age of organized human beings with senses of
exquisite keenness and souls of crystal purity.... The cloud on
Smith’s horizon is the strange fact that warmer than fraternal love is
unknown. The passion that he conceives for a daughter of ‘The house’
brings him against a blank wall of incomprehension. For the perfecting
of the race it has come about that its renewal is vouchsafed only to
elect morals who must be fitted for their high office by a sacred
training. A cryptic catastrophe ends the story, leaving the reader
free to suppose anything.”—Nation.

* * * * *

=Lond. Times.= 5: 368. N. 2, ’06. 1060w.

“Like most stories of the impossible future it contains its touches of
the credible among the prevailing absurdities and the occasional touch
of the tiresome amid many fascinations. Unlike most, it has the ring
of genuine poetry, the zeal of the open air, kinship with beauty of
all sorts, and a relieving glint of humor.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 341. Ap. 11, ’07. 400w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 230w.

=Hueffer, Ford Madox.= England and the English: an interpretation. **$2. McClure.

7–19051.

The three divisions of Mr. Hueffer’s book, “The soul of London,” “The
heart of the country,” and “The spirit of the people,” constitute a
view of modern life. “Mr. Hueffer here dedicates himself to essays in
descriptive impressionism” (Ath.) offering to the traveler in and
about London almost every type to be met with and revealing an
intimate understanding of prevailing conditions.

* * * * *

“The volume may be profitably read by anyone proposing a trip to
England for the introductory impressions it affords of the people and
their environment. The reader of serious purpose will feel no little
disappointment that the ‘interpretation’ is not more interpretative.
The author’s over-fondness for dissertation is a blemish that grows
more trying to the reader as he advances.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 255. O. 16, ’07. 370w.

“Here is an antidote to the tour of the sights which leaves an
American visitor far better informed about historical monuments and
the homes of distinguished Englishmen than any English resident, but
without any real insight into the lives and ideals of the English of
to-day. It is a pity that a volume otherwise admirably got up should
be marred by so many errors in proofreading. Their number is
inexcusable.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 148. Ag. 15, ’07. 400w.

“As for the success of the book in its desire to interpret for us the
spirit of England and her people, that is as it may be. But it does
give a wonderful series of pictures—a vitascope, as it were, of life
on the island, yet not a photographic one; for each picture is tinged
with the personality of the author, if it be no other than the desire
he feels that his personality shall not intrude.” Hildegarde
Hawthorne.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 650. O. 19, ’07. 2900w.

“A voluminous ‘author’s note’ is prefixed, supplemented by one of
similar length, in which egotism and over-sophistication of view-point
and utterance contend, as, indeed, they do throughout.”

− =Outlook.= 86: 746. Ag. 3, ’07. 140w.

“A rather ambitious volume which, on the whole, fairly reaches its
aim.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 100w.

=Hueffer, Ford Madox.= Hans Holbein the younger: a critical monograph. *75c. Dutton.

6–1911.

Uniform with the “Popular library of art.” “A striking feature of Mr.
Hueffer’s text is his comparison of Holbein with Dürer. Both stand
between the Old World and the modern, between the old faith and the
new learning. With Dürer the old age ends; with Holbein a new age
begins.... Dürer stands for the great imaginers who went before—the
Minnesingers, the Tristan poets, the great feudal upholders. As
defining his country’s great place in art, Holbein represented what
Bach did in music—namely, completeness and thoroughness in getting out
of a preceding epoch and in getting into our own.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

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

+ + =Dial.= 41: 285. N. 1, ’06. 240w.

“Authoritatively informing, sufficiently critical and admirably well
written.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 818. O. 4, ’06. 50w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 329. My. 19, ’06. 240w.

“A worthy addition to that attractive series.”

+ + =Outlook.= 83: 670. Jl. 21, ’06. 180w.

=Hugo, Victor.= Novels. 8v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.

Uniform with the thin paper sets. The eight volumes included are Les
Miserables, two volumes, Notre Dame, Ninety-three, Toilers of the sea,
Man who laughs, Hans of Iceland, and Bug Jargal.

=Hugo, Victor.= Poems; ed. by Arthur Graves Canfield. $1. Holt.

6–43525.

A student’s edition of Hugo’s poems in handy form, containing an
introduction, biographical summary and notes.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 130w.

=Hugo, Victor Marie, viscomte.= Victor Hugo’s intellectual autobiography; tr. with an introd. by Lorenzo O’Rourke. **$1.20. Funk.

7–21356.

A translation of “what will hereafter be regarded as Victor Hugo’s
ultimate Confession of faith. The volume dates from the period of the
great romanticist’s exile in the English island of Guernsey, to which
he fled when Napoleon III. usurped the throne of France. It is
composed of a group of rhapsodies on such themes as ‘Genius’, ‘Life
and death’, ‘Reveries on God’, in which the most versatile of
nineteenth century men-of-letters sets down his final convictions on
art, on religion, and on life.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“Of the sons of the nineteenth century, Victor Hugo, it seems to us,
was preëminent as a transmitter of the light.” B. O. Flower.

+ + =Arena.= 38: 263. S. ’07. 9000w.

“An interesting and, on the whole, a well-written volume.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 238. Ag. 31. 600w.

“A graceful and scholarly translation.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1469. Je. 20, ’07. 610w.

“A well-written and illuminating piece of work, being not only
critical but to some extent biographical.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 170w.

“The effect of the volume in its English form is of a wild medley of
jerky phrases.”

− =Nation.= 85: 124. Ag. 8, ’07. 540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 100w.

“Lorenzo O’Rourke, has contrived to throw into his rendering some of
the eloquence of the Titan—more than a suggestion of his volcanic
force and white hot rush of his burning words.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 414. Je. 29, ’07. 1050w.

“The whole book is but a last illustration of Hugo’s incomparable gift
of phrase-making, of his self-consciousness, his egotism, his reliance
upon a superb, but purely external, literary gift, upon a craftmanship
that apparently never was in close communion with its possessor’s
essential inner self, which, instead, always looked abroad for
stimulation to the intellectual, social or political preoccupations of
the hour.” A. Schade Van Westrum.

+ − =No. Am.= 185: 783. Ag. 2, ’07. 1470w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 90w.

“We cannot but feel however, that Mr. O’Rourke is not always qualified
for his task.”

− =Spec.= 99: 170. Ag. 3, ’07. 250w.

=Hulbert, Archer Butler.= Ohio river; a course of empire. **$3.50. Putnam.

6–35979.

The sixth river to be treated in the series known as “Great waterways
of America.” “The illustrations which are numerous, are from
photographs, old prints, maps, and paintings, and are a distinct
contribution to the value of the book.... The age of the canoe, the
flatboat, and the steamer, as he names the divisions of the Ohio’s
history, are each treated fully and entertainingly, in a fashion to
vivify the heroes of each period, from La Salle, Boone, and the
Clarks, to St. Clair, ‘Mad Anthony’ Wayne, and the rest of the Indian
fighters who in their turn were supplanted by the heterogeneous
multitude of pioneers.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“By far the most valuable portions of the book are those which deal
with the distinctly human side of the subject—the conditions of
pioneer existence with which the emigrant had to wrestle, the life of
flatboatman and trader, the reign of outlaw and rowdy, the
intermingling of racial elements, and particularly the jealous contact
of Yankee and Virginian on the north and south banks of the river. So
far as political history is concerned, the student will find nothing
new. The book is unfortunately subject to the limitations and defects
of a hasty and somewhat scrappy narrative.” Frederic Austin Ogg.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 662. Ap. ’07. 790w.

“A useful survey, not scientific, but helpful in illustrating the
successive phases of social life on the river.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 68. Mr. ’07.

“Mr. Hulbert brings to his work unusual qualifications, for he unites
a local interest and pride in the region of which he writes, with a
large perspective, and accuracy and perseverance in research with
picturesque and pungent style.”

+ + =Dial.= 41: 395. D. 1, ’06. 320w.

“Fewer extracts and more concise treatment would make for vividness,
but the book, with its excellent illustrations, shows careful research
and gives a thoro knowledge of the region with which it deals.”

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 100. Ja. 10, ’07. 220w.

“Comes near to being a model of what such a book ought to be.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1233. N. 21, ’07. 140w.

“Mr. Hulbert has made what we are inclined to think is a most
intrinsically important addition yet made to the Messrs. Putnam’s
series.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 727. N. 17, ’06. 140w.

“There is no chapter in this book which is not of historical interest
and value. But without depreciating its genuine worth, it must be said
that the treatment should have been more systematic and complete.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 60. Ja. 17, ’07. 910w.

“On the whole the author has produced a volume of great historic value
and interest.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 12. Ja. 5, ’07. 2300w.

=Hulbert, Archer Butler.= Pilots of the republic. *$1.50. McClurg.

6–41537.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 721. Ap. ’07. 50w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 69. Mr. ’07. S.

“Narrated in a pleasant popular manner.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 147. Mr. 1, ’07. 260w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 457. Ag. 22, ’07. 270w.

“The book is a direct and forceful contribution to American history,
and is well printed, as its text merits.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 526. Mr. 7, ’07. 200w.

“Mr. Hulbert’s style is attractive and in general, his presentation of
historical facts is good. One of the best chapters of the book is that
on Marcus Whitman, the hero of Oregon.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 250w.

=Hulbert, Homer Beza.= Passing of Korea. **$3.80. Doubleday.

6–32372.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Exhaustive, authoritative, and readable.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 10. Ja. ’07.

“The author has long resided in the country, and is conversant with
its language and literature. He is, we believe, the first writer on
Korea who possesses the latter indispensable qualification.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 765. D. 15. 1720w.

“Certain fundamental changes which are coming about as results of the
late war in the far east are described with insight and vigor.”
Frederic Austin Ogg.

+ =Dial.= 43: 85. Ag. 16, ’07. 900w.

“One of the best books on Korea that has yet been written.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 114. Ja. 26. ’07. 1440w.

“In so far as it is a picture of the social life of a backward people,
it is intensely interesting; but Mr. Hulbert is bitter when he
ventures on politics, so much so that one feels that he should have
named his book ‘The betrayal of Korea.’ He has nothing good to say of
the Japanese. Mr. Hulbert knows Korea and Koreans thoroughly, and
writes of both authoritatively and attractively.”

+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 646. Ap. 27, ’07. 620w.

=Huling, Caroline A.= Letters of a business woman to her niece. *$1. Fenno.

7–508.

In a series of personal letters to a young woman there is a vast deal
of sound sense which forms a general and impersonal contribution to
conduct. The writer is a woman of keen observation and ready
sympathies who has solved her problems of business life in a great
city thru experience, and from her fund of acquired wisdom, talks
freely to her niece. Matters of conduct, morals and dress are taught
with matter-of-fact allegiance to independence and dignity.

* * * * *

“The advice is sensible, if trite.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 80w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 41. Ja. 26, ’07. 1220w.

=Hull, Walter Henry=, ed. Practical problems in banking and currency; being a number of selected addresses delivered in recent years by prominent bankers, financiers, and economists. **$3.50. Macmillan.

7–17036.

The sixty addresses included in this volume cover the period since
1900 and deal authoritatively with practical problems as they affect
actual conditions. The papers are grouped in three sections; General
banking, Banking reform and currency, and The trust company, and they
discuss these subjects in three various subdivisions and from various
points of view. The volume is intended as a reference book in
connection with studies in banking and currency.

* * * * *

“The collection will be found useful to students of our monetary
situation even though few of these papers have any such value as would
make them worthy of a permanent place in the literature of money.” L.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 494. O. ’07. 390w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 296. My. 11, ’07. 60w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 560w.

“It brings together a mass of valuable information not usually dealt
with—or, at any rate, not dealt with in detail—in the standard
textbook.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 972. Ag. 31, ’07. 480w.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 560. S. ’07. 150w.

“The present volume is a valuable addition to our knowledge and
understanding of the theory of credit, and when this is said no fuller
acknowledgment of is importance can be made.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 642. N. 2, ’07. 310w.

=Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp.= Through Portugal. **$2. McClure.

7–25498.

The author says that this volume is a self-prescribed penance for his
former injustice toward the most beautiful country and the most
unspoiled and courteous peasantry in Southern Europe. So he makes
amends for hitherto rating the Portuguese as a Spaniard without any
good qualities. His greatest interest centers in such places as
“Bussaco, Thomar and Leiria, of which he gives a vivid series of
impressions, picturesque, alert, and eminently good-humoured.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“His vivid description of the scenery and the people, and his
observations on art, history and archaeology make up a book of more
than usual interest and charm.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 167. O. ’07. S.

“The easy, flowing style of the book takes one from one scene to
another without effort, and the vivid descriptions enable the reader
to ‘see without traveling.’”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 594. N. ’07. 140w.

“The book is charmingly illustrated, and abounds in engaging, sincere
enthusiasm.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 350. Mr. 23. 190w.

“Whatever Mr. Hume describes in and about Oporto, Bussaco, Coimbra,
Alcoboca, Cintra, Lisbon, or places of lesser note, is done with a
well-considered and creditable enthusiasm, and in an unusually
graceful style.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 373. Je. 16, ’07. 200w.

“It ought to be a revelation to those who know Portugal only from a
guide book, or who think of it only as an unimportant strip of
seashore to be neglected for royal Spain.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 236. S. 12, ’07. 490w.

“The fault we have to find with the clever sketches in colour is that
they are somewhat faint in tint and rather too much en vignette.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 434. Ap. 6, ’07. 190w.

=Hunt, Thomas Forsyth.= How to choose a farm. **$1.75. Macmillan.

6–26525.

“The chief elements considered are: First, character and topography of
the soil; second, climatic conditions, including healthfulness and
water supply; third, location; fourth, improvements. A complete and
somewhat technical classification of the soils of the United States is
given, along with the crops best adapted to them.... The subject is
treated from an economic point of view, abundant statistical data
being given in support of statements.”—Ann. Am. Acad.

* * * * *

“The book suffers through an attempt to cover too wide a field. The
style is ordinary. Though at times involved, it is generally lucid.
The subject is treated practically and dispassionately. The book is
valuable to persons considering the possibility of owning or living on
a farm.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 216. Ja. ’67. 310w.

“A remarkable volume for the amount of information that has been
compressed without loss of enthusiasm and dryness of style.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 467. N. 29, ’06. 270w.

=Hunt, Rev. William=, ed. Irish parliament, 1775; from an official and contemporary manuscript. *$1.20. Longmans.

7–26445.

An interesting addition to the literature of Parliament. It is a
reprint of a manuscript, supposedly a confidential document, prepared
probably with the object of guiding the Irish government in its course
of bribing the Parliament. Dr. Hunt has prefixed an introduction
describing the regime of the time.

* * * * *

“The volume adds less than might be expected from a document
introduced by Dr. Hunt.” C. Litton Falkiner.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 811. O. ’07. 770w.

“As a collection of character-portraits by a keen, if prejudiced
critic, the black list of Sir John Blaquiere presents a very curious
study.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 116. Ap. 12, ’07. 1950w.

“Had the manuscripts been put forward quite alone it would have told
its own sordid story, and more graphically than any monograph on the
Irish parliament that now exists it would have exemplified the
character of the institution that disappeared at the Union of 1800.”

+ =Nation.= 35: 78. Jl. 25. ’07. 1600w.

“The book adds nothing of the substance to what is already known of
the state of politics or of political morality in the period
immediately preceding Grattan’s. Though Mr. Hunt’s essay exhibits the
acumen and judgment which are characteristic of all his work, it
supplies nothing of importance which cannot be as readily found in
familiar authorities.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 368. S. 21, ’07. 660w.

=Spec.= 98: 544. Ap. 6, ’07. 100w.

=Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane=, eds. Political history of England. 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“We must confess that Mr. Fisher’s portrait of Henry VII. is not
satisfactory.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 159. F. 16, ’07. 1310w. (Review of v. 5.)

“We leave his book convinced of its very great historical, and we
might add literary value.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 247. Mr. 9, ’07. 2270w. (Review of v. 4.)

“He writes, not as an advocate pleads, but as a judge sums up. And the
outcome is real history.”

+ + =Acad.= 73: 722. Jl. 27, ’07. 1340w. (Review of v. 7.)

“In some respects, in a freshness and newness of viewpoint, the volume
has an advantage over its predecessors. For this, however, the author
must share the credit with the peculiar opportunity offered by the
field assigned him. This part of English history has been somewhat
neglected by English historians of the last generation.” Benjamin
Terry.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 613. Ap. ’07. 1520w. (Review of v. 3.)

“One error of real importance is the ascription of arbitrary power to
the ‘Warden’ of London, who was appointed by the king when the
citizens were deprived of the right to elect a mayor.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 165. F. 10. 920w. (Review of v. 3.)

“Marked both by great merits and considerable defects. Professor
Oman’s faults do not much matter; but the accumulated weight of scores
of small errors becomes serious. To these limitations must also be
added a too rigid adherence to mere chronological order, some want of
perspective, a judgment that is not always mature, or even consistent,
and occasional weakness of insight into constitutional and economic
problems. The result is to diminish the value of an interesting work.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 65. Ja. 19. 3020w. (Review of v. 4.)

“It is beyond question an admirable example of history treated from
the ethical point of view. Probably it is the ablest instance which
has been produced in modern days, and some of its descriptions—such as
that of Bamburgh and its neighborhood—rival in their own fashion those
of Froude or of Macaulay. Here, if any where, history is human and
attractive. The emotional interpretation of events has excluded much
that is proper matter for the historian.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 468. Ap. 20. 420w. (Review of v. 1.)

“One most important aspect of the times is too scantily, or at least
too allusively, treated. We get no adequate impression of the economic
problems which loomed large at this period.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 655. Je. 1. 2460w. (Review of v. 5.)

“There is a something wanting.... It is pulsation, life.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 471. O. 19. 2080w. (Review of v. 7.)

Reviewed by Ch.-V. Langlois.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 150. Ja. ’07. 1210w. (Review of v. 3.)

“If, however, we are hardly prepared to endorse all the opinions which
are scattered through Mr. Brodrick’s pages we gladly acknowledge the
clearness and accuracy of his narrative. We do not know where it is
possible to find a better summary of English history during the first
third of the nineteenth century.” Spencer Walpole.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 183. Ja. ’07. 1330w. (Review of v. 11.)

“The book is written from a large and almost exhaustive study of all
available sources.” James Gairdner.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 364. Ap. ’07. 1980w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Mr. Oman’s clear and forcible narrative presents a review of the
period which is in all its main aspects substantially sound.” C. L.
Kingsford.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 576. Jl. ’07. 1620w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The [fifth] volume ... contains what is probably the best account of
Henry VIII yet written.”

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 1527. Je. 27, ’07. 780w. (Review of v. 4. and 5.)

“Able and exhaustive book. It will be an unfailing resource of the
student, while it proves the despair of the captious critic; for its
author can never be found nodding, and he puts forward no plausible
theories to serve as a target for the enemy’s bullets.”

+ + + =Lond. Times.= 5: 50. F. 16, ’06. 850w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The best history that has yet been written of the reigns of the first
two Tudor princes. Whether he looks for instruction or for amusement,
the reader who takes up Mr. Fisher’s book will not be disappointed.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 21. Ja. 18, ’07. 2010w. (Review of v. 5.)

“Within the limits thus prescribed for him, Mr. Montague has produced
a model book, and if sometimes these limits seem irksome to the
reader, they must have been more so to the writer.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 194. Je. 21, ’07. 1360w. (Review of v. 7.)

+ + =Nation.= 84: 132. F. 7, ’07. 410w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.)

“Although the high praise bestowed on this series in earlier notices
must be continued yet as the volumes accumulate certain deep seated
weaknesses begin to show more conspicuously.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 146. Ag. 15, ’07. 720w. (Review of v. 7.)

“His present work is authoritative, and based upon the results of the
most recent scholarship. It is a valuable contribution to the
literature of one of the most significant periods of English history.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 37. Ja. 19, ’07. 630w. (Review of v. 4.)

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 880w. (Review of v. 5.)

“A little of Macaulay’s art would make his reliable history more
entertaining.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 487. Ag. 10, ’07. 160w. (Review of v. 7.)

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 96. Ja. 12, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Perhaps an over-zealousness for detail is manifest, here and there,
as, for example, in the discussion of foreign relations, but even
where detail is most abundant the sense of continuity and unity and
interest is preserved. And, on occasion, Mr. Fisher shows himself
capable of rising to heights of superb eloquence.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 763. Mr. 30, ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 5.)

“It is regrettable to find economic conditions practically unnoticed.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 836. Ag. 17, ’07. 480w. (Review of v. 7.)

“Professor Tout has done his work well; his volume is essentially
military and narrative history, accurate enough and full enough, it
may be hoped, to satisfy students and general readers for many a
decade.” Charles A. Beard.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 21: 700. D. ’06. 620w. (Review of v. 3.)

“A clear, scholarly and adequate account which will find a serviceable
place in the literature of the period.”

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 188. Mr. ’07. 210w. (Review of v. 4.)

“Unhappily the volume is marred in many places by vehement expressions
and loose characterizations which seem unworthy of so dignified a
work.” Charles A. Beard.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 522. S. ’07. 740w. (Review of v. 11.)

“As a narrator ... he is admirable; his style is clear and, without
striving after epigram, epigrammatic.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 559. My. 4, ’07. 1430w. (Review of v. 5.)

“We must say, however, that Professor Montague’s flag is hoisted at
once, and that there is scarcely an attempt to be fair to the side he
does not like. We are not imputing to Mr. Montague any deliberate
‘suppressio veri.’ But his history has a particular focus. It proceeds
on the assumption that one man may steal a horse while another may not
look over the hedge.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 483. O. 19, ’07. 920w. (Review of v. 7.)

“In style, judgment, and exhaustive knowledge of sources it leaves
little to be desired.”

+ + + =Spec.= 98: 1011. Je. 29, ’07. 490w. (Review of v. 5.)

“A broad, accurate, restrained and scholarly book. Admirable in its
reliance on this authority and objectivity of the records, it is,
however, a book which will appeal to the scholar rather than to the
general reader.” Chalfant Robinson.

+ + =Yale R.= 10: 324. N. ’07. 900w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Huntington, Arria Sargent.= Memoir and letters of Frederic Dan Huntington, first bishop of Central New York. **$2. Houghton.

6–39740.

“In a career so varied as that of Dr. Huntington’s there is much of
general interest. Nourished in what might be termed evangelized
Unitarianism, and educated by orthodox Congregationalists, he became
pastor of a Unitarian church, and subsequently preacher to Harvard
University and Plummer professor of Christian morals. On change of
view he was made rector of an Episcopal church in Boston, and later,
for thirty-five years bishop of central New York.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The biographer has produced a pleasing picture of one of the most
conscientious and useful men of the American church.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 243. Mr. 14, ’07. 210w.

“This book is for the few—for those who find a delight in simplicity
and clarity and stability.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 860w.

* =Huntington, Ellsworth.= Pulse of Asia. il. **$3.50. Houghton.

7–36725.

A journey in central Asia illustrating the geographic relation between
physical environment and man, and between changes of climate and
history. Mr. Huntington gathers up the various hypotheses relating to
geography, meteorology. archeology, folk-lore and history and combines
them into a consistent geographic theory of history. The book is the
outcome of personal adventure from which an analytical mind has
deduced material which is a worthy contribution to science.

=Huntington, Helen.= Days that pass. **$1.25. Lane.

7–9785.

Some fifty little verses, slight and pleasing.

* * * * *

“All thoughtfully fashioned and delicate in expression.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 254. Ap. 16, ’07. 110w.

“A volume of slight but graceful verse.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 70w.

=Hurll, Estelle May.= Portraits and portrait painting, being a brief survey of portrait painting from the middle ages to the present day. il. $2.50. Page.

7–30411.

In this survey the aim has been to show what has been contributed to
the art of each age and by each nationality as well as by the several
most notable portrait painters. The work sketches history, temperament
and types, throwing sidelights on subjects as well as painters. Some
famous portraits are included among the illustrations.

* * * * *

“The ability ... to hold the reader’s interest by a crisp style, and
by a skilful presentation of salient points and large issues, is
evident throughout the book, which is an unusually satisfactory
example of its class.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 379. D. 1, ’07. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 100w.

“She has the valuable gift of awakening promptly the desire to examine
at first hand the subject of her description.” Elisabeth Luther Cary.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 357. D. ’07. 280w.

=Huston, Paul Griswold.= Around an old homestead; a book of memories. *$1.50. Meth. bk.

6–39445.

“This ‘book of memories,’ though it celebrates a particular house,
will serve to stir home memories in the heart of anyone who has lived
in the country. It has much to say of the house itself, the open fire,
the orchards, the woods, the squirrels, the dogs, and the activities
of farm life.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“A finely-made book, whose open print and abundant pictures will
especially delight old people.” May Estelle Cook.

+ =Dial.= 41: 389. D. 1, ’06. 120w.

“It is a sympathetic book to handle as well as to read.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 110w.

=Hutchinson, Alfred L.= Limit of wealth. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–22404.

A narrative based upon a report made in 1944 by a committee appointed
by the Eurasian conference, which represented the allied powers of
Europe and Asia to investigate the system of government in the United
States, by which that nation had so quickly outclassed the old nations
of the world. The narrative presents the findings of this committee
and shows us a United States based upon Utopian laws, the most
significant being that which allows the accumulation of wealth by any
individual but which limits his ultimate sale of it.

* * * * *

=Engin. N.= 58: 296. S. 12, ’07. 350w.

=Ind.= 63: 1061. O. 31, ’07. 160w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 501. O. ’07. 170w.

“Mr. Hutchinson’s book is at least written by one who understands
present conditions. From these conditions he draws logical
conclusions.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 451. Jl. 20, ’07. 190w.

“On the whole, we think these publications are more useful in giving
the student of the present economic conditions a historical background
than in giving to the reformer any clear light on methods for their
improvement.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 539. N. 9, ’07. 360w.

* =Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley.= Our country home. **$2. McClurg.

7–36734.

A delightful account of how two people—a man who had always wanted a
farm, and a woman who had never wanted a country house—were captivated
by a bit of Wisconsin woodland bordering upon a lake. They immediately
become the owners of seventy-two acres of this wilderness and in a few
year bring about a wonderful transformation, each step of which
combining the artistic with the practical, is recorded in this fully
illustrated volume.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Hutchinson tells her story most entertainingly, giving many
suggestions to readers who are interested in having country homes of
their own.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 383. D. 1, ’07. 300w.

=Hutchinson, Jonathan, jr.= Leprosy and fish eating: a statement of facts and explanations. *$3.25. Keener.

The object of this work is stated in the preface to be “to carry
conviction to the reader that the fundamental cause of the malady
known as true leprosy is the eating of fish in a state of commencing
decomposition.”

* * * * *

+ =Ath.= 1906, 1: 703. Je. 9. 580w.

“In criticising Mr. Hutchinson’s theory we do not in the least desire
to belittle his work, which is of the greatest interest, and his book
is a valuable contribution to the epidemiology of leprosy.”

+ − =Nature.= 75: 412. Mr. 14, ’07. 740w.

“We can lay down Mr. Hutchinson’s book with a feeling of greater
respect for his perseverance than for his judicial capacity.”

− =Sat. R.= 102: 244. Ag. 25, ’06. 380w.

+ =Spec.= 96: 504. Mr. 31, ’06. 180w.

=Hutchinson, Rollin William, jr.= Long distance electric power transmission; being a treatise on the hydro-electric generation of energy; its transformation, transmission and distribution. *$3. Van Nostrand.

7–10589.

“One-third of the book is devoted to the principles and practice of
hydraulics.... The electrical section of the book opens with a brief
study of the electric generator and its accessories.... Following this
is a long chapter on the transmission line.... Transformers, motors
and rotary converters have each a separate chapter.... The book closes
with a few illustrations from actual practice of transmission-plant
construction.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“As an epitome of the subject indicated in the title, the book is
excellent. It is well-balanced in several parts and leaves the reader
with an impression that the problem of power transmission is a large
one.” Henry W. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 439. Ap. 18, ’07. 450w.

“The treatment is concise, the language clear, and the mathematics
elementary. A work in which theory and reliable every-day experience
are well and judiciously combined.”

+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 270. Je. ’07. 230w.

* =Hutten, Baroness Bettina von.= The halo. il. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–36982.

An unusual situation is handled by the author here. To free herself
from drudgery and poverty as well as the retinue of ineligibles which
her mother has forced upon her, an impulsive girl engages herself to a
mere boy and later finds out that it is his father, the wizard of the
violin, whom she loves, notwithstanding the fact that there is a wife.
“The book is really a study of the artistic temperament.”

* * * * *

“There is about some of the people an air of verisimilitude and
actuality; but one looks in vain for that fineness of perception,
nicety of phrase, and sense of true contrast which would have added
greatly to the whole.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 650. N. 23. 220w.

“Gives us in ‘The halo’ much the same wide range of life and variety
of type that contributed to the popularity of ‘Pam’ and its sequel.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 407. D. ’07. 690w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 653. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“Is disappointing, owing to the improbability of the main situation.
The situation is intense enough, and novel enough; but it lacks,
somehow, that touch of reality, of sympathetic interest, which is ever
needed to bring the reader completely en rapport with the joys or
tribulations of the dwellers in romance.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 742. N. 23, ’07. 850w.

“The portrait of the violinist is an admirable sketch in the florid
style, and it is a pity that the extreme depravity of mind which
taints the atmosphere of the story like an unpleasant odour should
prevent readers from enjoying the pictures of Anglo-French life in
London, which are both amusingly and picturesquely drawn.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 672. N. 2, ’07. 190w.

=Hutten, Baroness Bettina von.= One way out. **$2.50. Dodd.

6–38553.

The hero, who is something of a cad, proposes to three girls in one
evening and is refused by each in turn. A fourth proposal, one which
promises an acceptance, he does not make. The explanation of all this
forms the story.

* * * * *

“The book is a slight rollicking comedy of English life, told with
much vivacity and considerable skill in the invention of incident.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 888. D. 22, ’06. 290w.

“Apart from its holiday make-up, the novelette has little to commend
it.”

− =Outlook.= 84: 893. D. 8, ’06. 30w.

=Hutton, Edward.= Cities of Spain. *$2. Macmillan.

W 7–52.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“An enthusiastic and well sustained treatment of Spanish life and
scenes. At times sentimental and pseudo-philosophic.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 69. Mr. ’07. S.

“After reading the book, the reviewer suggests, as a more fitting
title, ‘Spanish phantasies’ or, ‘Sobs of the desert.’ George G.
Brownell.”

− =Dial.= 42: 135. Mr. 1, ’07. 1240w.

“A piece of the true literature, in which the very spirit of the
scenes described has been caught and reproduced.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 84. Jl. ’07. 240w.

=Hutton, Edward.= Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini: a study of a fifteenth century Italian despot. *$4. Dutton.

7–11548.

A record of fact retold as fiction. “The volume, which is a study of
the ‘Quattrocento’ in Italy, with the principal figure an Italian
despot, is supposed to be a translation of ‘the memoirs of the most
material transactions’ in the life of Malatesta, ‘written in Tuscan by
Pietro Sanseverino, with a sketch of his own life and account of his
meeting with Leon Battista Albert.’... The book is fully illustrated
with photogravures of portraits, documents, etc.” (N. Y. Times)

* * * * *

“As a means of arriving at this result he has invented a contemporary
of his hero who shall tell the tale for him. The idea is ingenious and
gives rise to some pages of interesting reflection and comment by the
old humanist in the course of his narrative. Yet in this very scheme
lies also the initial weakness of the book.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 655. D. 29, ’06. 920w.

“Although the memoir is a fiction the author has held loyally to
historic fact and shows remarkable familiarity with the authorities as
is evidenced by notes and references.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 122. My. ’07. 110w.

“Alternately we are tantalized by our author’s refusal, as historian,
to go one step beyond his documents, and annoyed by his airy
readiness, as novelist, to brush aside a difficulty, without making
the slightest effort to clear it up.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 97. Ja. 26. 1420w.

“A product that is neither history nor romance something that
historians will not read because they must regard it as fiction, while
novel readers will avoid it because it advertises itself as history.
In his attempt to be too clever Mr. Hutton has overreached himself.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 1151. My. 16, ’07. 390w.

“This is an excellent book, worthy to be read by every lover of good
English, and unquestionably the finest piece of work Mr. Hutton has as
yet done.”

+ + − =Nation.= 83: 559. D. 27, ’06. 850w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 828. D. 1, ’06. 350w.

“Might perhaps have been as well expressed with slightly less evident
straining after effect.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 41. Ja. 5, ’07. 210w.

“There is but one real blot in Mr. Hutton’s fine work of art, and that
should be instantly painted out or painted over; Sanseverino describes
as an eye-witness a supposed brutal murder by Sigismund of an
Ultramontane lady.”

+ + − =Sat. R.= 102: 270. Mr. 2, ’07. 1640w.

“It is an artistic piece of work, with a few flaws indeed, for only a
consummate artist could have kept it quite on the same level
throughout.”

+ + − =Spec.= 97: 214. F. 9, ’07. 1500w.

=Hyde, A. G.= George Herbert and his times. **$2.75. Putnam.

7–2429.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Such virtues as the merely careful and temperate writer, whose gifts
do not include art or style, may command, his book has.”