Chapter XXXIV: Part 1: of this sociological story contains a view of modern New York (6)

“An inquiry from this point of view has added considerably to our
knowledge of the subject, both with regard to portraits and
miniatures. Mr. Lang’s most important result is a rehabilitation of a
fascinating portrait in the possession of the earl of Leven and
Melville.” Robert S. Rait.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 21: 803. O. ’06. 570w.

“With infinite care and rare critical acumen he has summed up the
arguments.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 90. N. ’06. 340w.

“The object of Mr. Lang, supplementing as he does the researches of
Sir George Scharf, Mr. Lionel Cust, Mr. Foster, and others, is rather
to correct over-scepticism and to indicate if possible the claims to
consideration of certain portraits on which doubts are thrown.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 298. Ag. 31, ’06. 2590w.

“Especially in its account of the Queen’s jewels this study is a
valuable addition to the knowledge of all who have not the advantage
of being Scottish antiquarians.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 418. N. 15, ’06. 950w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 557. S. 8, ’06. 2220w. (Reprinted from Lond.
Times.)

“Mr. Lang has had several predecessors in this field of research about
Mary Stuart’s personal appearance and ornaments, but he has drawn
information from original sources, and added some fresh facts.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 150w.

“It is a subject after his own heart, and he has done it ample
justice.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 173. Ag. 4, ’06. 450w.

=Lang, Elsie M.= Literary London; with introd. by G. K. Chesterton. *$1.50. Scribner.

7–13410.

Cyclopedic in its manner of treatment and alphabetic in its
arrangement Miss Lang’s book becomes one of handy reference.

* * * * *

“Will prove useful to the tourist who is in search of the spots
associated with the great English writers.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 48. Ja. 16, ’07. 50w.

“As a book of reference, it has merits, though they do not include
completeness.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 57. Ja. 17, ’07. 380w.

“To one who knows London well enough to have its broad map and the
relative position of its neighborhoods in his mind, the book is a
delight. It is a collection of prosaic but agreeable memories.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 885. D. 22, ’06. 1180w.

=Langdon, Amelie=, comp. Just for two: a collection of recipes designed for two persons. 3d ed., rev. and enl. *90c. Wilson, H. W.

A new edition of a popular cook book which deals in amounts small
enough to serve two people without waste.

=Langfeld, Millard.= Introduction to infectious and parasitic diseases, including their cause and manner of transmission; with an introduction by Lewellys F. Barker. *$1.25. Blakiston.

7–17014.

A book for nurses, physicians and students which gives a clear
description of the fundamental principles of the causation and manner
of transmission of infectious diseases, and includes chapters on
bacteriology, animal parasites and disinfectants and disinfection.

* * * * *

“For the general reader, it would be hard to find a better concise
statement of the more modern view of micro-organisms in their relation
to disease. But the classification of the non-specific bacteria (p.
51) is somewhat obscure, and the terminology, although justified by
numerous precedents, is inconsistent.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 238. S. 12, ’07. 220w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 465. Jl. 27, ’07. 200w.

=Lankester, Edwin Ray.= Kingdom of man. **$1.40. Holt.

7–29194.

This is not “as its title might indicate, an anthropological treatise,
but rather a group of three very interesting and striking essays on
scientific subjects, especially as related to the needs and interests
of humanity. The first is the Romanes lecture at Oxford in 1905, and
is a ... plea that the English universities abandon the compulsory
study of Greek and Latin and make the study of nature an integral and
predominant part of every man’s education.... The second essay is an
outline of the advance in science made in the last quarter of a
century, being the presidential address at the recent meeting of the
British association for the advancement of science.... The closing
essay is on the ‘Sleeping sickness’ which is now devastating tropical
Africa and bids fair to become the third great plague of the
race.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“He has conjured up for us, in the three chapters of this book, a
lurid picture of our position to-day; while, at the same time, he
gives us a masterly exposition of what the new learning will do for
us, both as regards our private and our public affairs. The latest
discoveries in astronomy, physics, chemistry, and biology are here
lucidly set forth; and in such a way that even the most skeptical must
feel that we have too long neglected our duty in this matter.” W. P.
Pycraft.

+ =Acad.= 72: 206. Mr. 2, ’07. 1350w.

Review by Charles Atwood Kofoid.

+ =Dial.= 43: 14. Jl. 1, ’07. 740w.

“The volume is a valuable addition to popular scientific literature.
Its skeptical, almost contemptuous attitude toward certain conclusions
of psychologists, quite as well established as the human nature of the
‘pithecanthropus,’ e. g. telepathy, freshly illustrates the streak of
provincialism observable in men of the highest special learning.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 479. Je. 29, ’70. 320w.

“A work of interest and scientific insight.”

+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 644. Ap. 27, ’07. 1220w.

=Lansdale, Maria Horner.= Chateaux of Touraine. **$6. Century.

6–34856.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Authoritative, accurate, and charming in style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 45. F. ’07.

“The only chapter in which the author breaks new ground is that on
Luynes, which relates at some length the history of the descendants of
Charles d’Albert.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 583. My. 11. 180w.

Reviewed by Harriet Waters Preston.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 422. Mr. ’07. 110w.

=Lapponi, Giuseppe.= Hypnotism and spiritism: a critical and medical study; tr. from the 2d rev. ed. by Mrs. Philip Gibbs. *$1.50. Longmans.

7–11197.

“The doctor carefully distinguishes hypnotism from spiritism; and he
points out the two considerations that have led some writers to
confound them. The first is that hypnotic subjects, as well as
spiritistic media, belong to the neurotic class; the second is that
from hypnotic to spiritistic phenomena the distance is not great, and
very frequently they are found side by side, alternately, or even
together.”—Cath. World.

* * * * *

“The author treats his subject in a simple, popular fashion, and does
not profess to have any personal experience of spiritistic
manifestations, and no expert acquaintance with hypnotism.”

+ =Cath. World.= 85: 403. Je. ’07. 400w.

=Nature.= 76: 348. Ag. 8, ’07. 390w.

“Unquestionably it is highly interesting, but its interest is for
[one] who wants to study the mind of a pope’s physician rather than
occultism, or for an ardent disbeliever in metaphysics who may be
pleased by an agreement with his thoughts.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 173. Mr. 23, ’07. 280w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 425. Jl. 6, ’07. 710w.

=Larned, Josephus Nelson.= Books, culture and character. **$1. Houghton.

6–36012.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 687, Ap. ’07. 140w.

“Mr. Larned’s book to some degree shows the limitation under which
many good treatises suffer. They deal with what ought to be, to the
exclusion of what is.” Wm. T. Brewster.

+ + − =Forum.= 28: 382. Ja. ’07. 1210w.

“The addresses are neither erudite nor ‘literary.’ But they are
commendable for the plain common-sense and simple clear-sightedness
with which they resolve some of the confusions and sophistries of the
day.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 10. Ja. 3, ’07. 170w.

“The appeal for a more humanistic teaching of history and the
straightforward attack upon many sophistical subtilities of the
present day commend the book to those who are not bored by the plain
good intention and right-minded common-sense.” George H. Browne.

+ + − =School R.= 15: 401. My. ’07. 850w.

* =Lasance, F. X.= Thoughts on the religious life. *$1.50. Benziger.

On the general principles of religious life, on perfect charity the
end of the religious life, on vocation, the vows, the rules, the
cloister virtues and the main devotions of the church.

* =Lathers, Richard.= Reminiscences of Richard Lathers. **$2.50. Grafton press.

7–21270.

Reminiscences of sixty years of active life spent in South Carolina,
Massachusetts, and New York. Tho a Southerner, the author’s attitude
was against secession and he stood for the preservation of the Union.

* * * * *

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

“The many friendships that he formed during and after the civil war
with men of prominence give a peculiar interest to his letters, which
chiefly make up the present volume.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 755. D. ’07. 90w.

=Lathrop, Elise.= Where Shakespeare set his stage. **$2. Pott.

6–33547.

“Lovers of Shakespeare will be particularly interested in the Lathrop
volume.”

* * * * *

+ =Ind.= 61: 1403. D. 22, ’06. 150w.

“The book is a welcome, if not a weighty, addition to the
Shakespearian literature, and will form a profitable companion volume
to an edition of his works.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 466. O. 5, ’07. 180w.

=Latta, Marion Nisbet-.= Handbook of American gas-engineering practice. *$4.50. Van Nostrand.

7–30142.

A three-part work as follows: 1, Water-gas manufacture, from the
consideration of the fuels and materials to the gas-holder; 2, Gas
distribution, including also a discussion of the various gas-burning
appliances and their attendant data; 3, General technical data,
containing theoretical, mathematical, and technical information on the
properties of gases and steam caloric values, temperature data, etc.

* * * * *

“The sweeping condemnation of any work should ever be unpleasant and
not lightly done. Nothing else seems possible, however, in the case of
this book and gas engineers, should be prompt to disavow it as
representing to any appreciable extent ‘American gas engineering
practice.’” Walton Forstall and Charles J. Ramsburg.

− − =Engin. N.= 58: 531. N. 14, ’07. 1940w.

=Lau, Robert Julius.= Old Babylonian temple records. **$1.50. Macmillan.

6–46312.

“In the winter of 1894–95 DeSarzec, the explorer of Tello,
unearthed ... large collections of inscribed clay tablets, estimated
to number about 30,000.... Columbia university acquired 258 of them,
which Dr. Lau has published in this small and handy volume. A little
more than one-third of the tablets he has transcribed. These appear in
facsimile reproduction with a sign list and glossary. Prefixed to this
is a catalogue of the entire collection, containing a description of
each tablet and its contents.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“It is a fine piece of work, accurately done, and a credit to the
university’s scholarship; while it illustrates the importance to a
university of having access to such original material for study.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 445. F. 21, ’07. 330w.

“Intended primarily for Assyriologists, they contain material of the
first value for the student of the history of mankind.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 414. My. 2, ’07. 600w.

=Laughlin, Clara E.= Felicity: the making of a comedienne. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–10619.

The story of a stage career. Felicity Fergus, orphaned in babyhood, is
brought up by an austere grandmother who fought the child’s
irrepressible sense of humor, vivid imagination and general spirit of
hero worship. Felicity comes under the spell of an old comedian, who
discovers the spark of histrionism in her, but who discourages an
ambitious aunt in starting the child upon the long road to stage fame.
Nevertheless the start is made, and the reader is given an intimate
view of hardships that pave the way to success, of heartaches and
struggles that lie just back of the footlights. The great charm of the
story lies in the unsullied freshness with which Felicity emerges from
her developing process against odds to grace the high places in her
profession.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 136. My. ’07.

“It leaves you with the pleasant feeling that the world is full of
gentle and brave people; that suffering is accounted for by the
sweetening of character under its ministry; and that love will not
pass by on the other side if one’s heart is ready to receive it.”
Harry James Smith.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 133. Jl. ’07. 380w.

“Studies of theatrical life, that bear the imprint of accurate
knowledge are so few and far between that ‘Felicity’ would still be a
noteworthy book even without the blending of tender humour and pathos
which it in no small degree possesses.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ + =Bookm.= 25: 284. Ap. ’07. 390w.

“It is, on the whole, a novel of such interest and charm that we are
content to accept it, with whatever defects may accompany its
qualities, as one of the most pleasing contributions to the season’s
output of fiction.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 315. My. 16, ’07. 500w.

“It is the first American story of stage life that promises to achieve
a popular success, perhaps because it does not go too far below the
surface.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1268. My. 30, ’07. 120w.

“The story gives a very fair idea of the wholesome side of the stage.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 593. Ap. 13, ’07. 280w.

“The merits of this book lie largely in its freedom from the usual
features of the theatrical novel.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 291. Mr. 28, ’07. 310w.

“There are some awkward constructions. The story upon the whole,
however, is an admirable one, quite out of the common, and full of
varied interest.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 189. Mr. 30, ’07. 880w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 382. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.

“It is full of unusual qualities, but there are too many monologues
and duets in it; everybody except Phineas Morton talks too much.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 115. My. 18, ’07. 180w.

=Laughlin, James Laurence.= Industrial America; the Berlin lectures of 1906. **$1.25. Scribner.

6–37187.

These lectures given at Berlin by Prof. Laughlin of Chicago university
were delivered in the German language and include the following
industrial subjects: American competition with Europe, Protection and
reciprocity, The labor problem, The trust problem, The railway
question, The banking problem, The present status of economic thinking
in the United States.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 99. Ap. ’07. S.

“The volume is to be commended to all who are seeking to understand
these questions.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 468. N. ’06. 120w.

“But while we believe Professor Laughlin has not over-stated the facts
concerning the Senate we wonder at his inability to reason
consistently when he attempts to discuss some other important
problems.” Robert E. Bisbee.

+ − =Arena.= 36: 675. D. ’06. 1950w.

“Interesting and well-written volume.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 314. Mr. 16. 1260w.

“It must be admitted that he has not duly considered in his argument
some very important aspects of the subject.” Charles Richmond
Henderson.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 248. O. 16, ’07. 140w.

“Tho much contained therein may appear to us trite and commonplace,
the volume, nevertheless, forms a noteworthy addition to our economic
literature.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1230. N. 22, ’06. 860w.

“There is nothing now in print better worth the attention of American
readers of average intelligence, who are looking for explanations of
those problems at once clear, calm, and of moderate compass.” Horace
White.

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 48. Ja. ’07. 2280w.

“Professor Laughlin has acquitted himself creditably, and we trust
that his successors may be equally fortunate in their diplomatic
missions.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 538. D. 20, ’06. 880w.

“The topics touched are pregnant with present and future interest, and
even those who dissent from the author’s views upon highly contentious
matters will find much said in little compass.” Edward A. Bradford.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 2. Ja. 5, ’07. 1600w.

“Not all readers will agree with all of Dr. Laughlin’s conclusions.
There can be but few readers, however, to whom the book will not be
suggestive, and that is the highest merit of any work of utility or
art.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 252. Je. 1, ’07. 930w.

“It must be said, however, that the lectures are so elementary and the
lecturer’s conclusions so trite that it is doubtful whether they will
be of much use to those who have time for even a brief course of
reading.”

− =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 572. S. ’07. 240w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 115. Ja. ’07. 230w.

=Laurie, Simon Somerville.= Synthetica: being meditations epistemological and ontological; comprising the Edinburgh university Gifford lectures of 1905–6. 2v. *$7. Longmans.

7–19465.

The first of these volumes contains nineteen meditations on knowledge,
the second, eighteen meditations on God and man.

* * * * *

“As we read Dr. Laurie we cannot escape a sense of strangeness,
amounting almost to despair. It all seems aloof and unfamiliar. He has
a language and a terminology of his own, which we can only regard as
gratuitously scholastic and unhomely. There can be no question but
that his thought would have come to us more easily if he could have
written more simply.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 224. S. 8, ’06. 3540w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Acad.= 71: 657. D. 29, ’06. 2110w. (Review of v. 2.)

“Again, the first volume is by no means free from the confusions
between psychology and epistemology, against which Sidgwick uttered an
emphatic warning. However, whether we agree or disagree with the
conclusions drawn—and they are many and controversial—the book well
repays the not inconsiderable trouble of reading it.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 267. S. 8. 820w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“The interest of these volumes as a whole, apart from the feeling, and
in many parts real inspiration and ‘élan,’ with which they are
written, will probably be found in the comprehensiveness with which
the problem of philosophy is grasped, and the sustained effort that is
made to escape from the Scylla of the static or ‘stagnant’ Absolute
without falling into the Charybdis of subjectivism and pluralism. In
their own peculiar way they contain much that is helpful towards the
restatement of idealism which is the chief philosophical requirement
of the present time. Why this irritating form? It is not only that the
second volume is merely a somewhat less technical restatement of the
first, but in the argument of each there is endless repetition. For
whom, again, is the book written? The uninitiated will find far too
little; the initiated would be satisfied with much less; the
positivist who could understand it if he would is not likely to
persevere long in the attempt. But all this might be passed over if
the writer had not made clear the point on which, as he rightly
perceives, the whole must rest.” J. H. Muirhead.

+ − =Hibbert. J.= 6: 207. O. ’07. 2700w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Difficult in expression and intellectually confused as the work is,
its general aim and method as well as its philosophical affiliations
may yet be detected.”

− =Nation.= 84: 390. Ap. 25, ’07. 780w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Regard for a rigorously clear form of exposition would have resulted
in the simplification of many passages as well as the elimination of
numerous repetitions. The author also has a tendency to construct for
himself an elaborate terminology quite his own, and to employ unusual
words when those of more general acceptance among philosophical
writers would often have served his purpose equally well. These
defects are the more to be regretted, as Dr. Laurie, at his best, is
the master of a style which is clear, forceful, and not wanting in a
note of distinction.” Walter G. Everett.

− + =Philos. R.= 16: 639. N. ’07. 2370w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“It is by no means easy reading, but it will reward a careful study.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 83. Ja. 19, ’07. 1230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

=La Villeniere, Toussaint-Ambrose Talour de la Cartrie, comte de.= Memoirs of the Count de Cartrie; with introd. by F: Masson, and appendices and notes by Pierre Amedee Pichot. *$5 Lane.

W 6–336.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Cartrie’s narrative is thrilling; M. Pichot’s editing almost perfect;
and Mr. Lane’s bookmaking very attractive.” G: M. Dutcher.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 376. Ja. ’07. 600w.

“Certainly M. Pichot’s distinguished success in discovering the
identity of the Count de Cartrie, and in tracing his family history,
is a very pretty piece of highly skilled detective work.” S. M.
Francis.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 492. O. ’07. 370w.

“Though of no particular historical value, sheds a good deal of light
on the condition of provincial France during the months of the
Terror.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 3330w.

=Lavis, Fred.= Railroad location, surveys and estimates. *$3. Clark, M. C.

6–34656.

A work that combines detailed instruction on modern American methods
of location with data on the estimating of quantities and unit prices.

* * * * *

“Despite the reviewer’s criticism of some of the author’s methods, yet
he quite agrees with the author that the method of location advocated
by him is most thorough and up-to-date, and the best practice. The
book is comprehensive, is an excellent epitome of good modern
practice, and well adapted to the purposes for which it was designed.”
M. P. Paret.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 81. Ja. 17, ’07. 2560w.

“After the teacher has given us what he can out of his study-room,
then the young engineer will turn to such books as this one, gaining
much information and getting by proxy valuable experience which,
without such a book, would cost him much time and pains to acquire.
The railroad engineers will appreciate this book and feel thankful to
its author.” Willard Beahan.

+ + =Technical Literature.= 1: 174. Ap. ’07. 1950w.

=Lawrence, C. E.= Pilgrimage. †$1.50. Dutton.

“Peruel, an angel of the army of the lost, seeks reentrance into
heaven. Being given a chance, through the influence of Azrael, he
becomes incarnate as a foundling baby in a country called Argovie.
There he grows up as Luke, swineherd to the monastery of St. Donstan,
where the situation between some of the friars vividly recalls
Browning’s ‘Soliloquy of the Spanish cloister.’ The entire book is
devoted to Luke’s spiritual struggles, his persecution by bigoted
monks, by outlaws, and men at arms.... He ends, triumphant, a leper in
a lazar house.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Mr. Lawrence has no quaint humour, no impassioned sincerity, no
superb poetry, that can do justice to such an idea. His book is little
more than pleasantly sentimental; there is no backbone of earnest or
new thought.”

− =Acad.= 72: 73. Je. 15, ’07. 280w.

“His present work, we fear, is too shadowy; too remote from
experience, and too ethereal.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 786. Je. 29. 170w.

=Ind.= 63: 762. S. 26, ’07. 120w.

=Nation.= 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 190w.

“The story is written with unusual delicacy of touch and with a
knowledge of human nature that considering the spiritual quality of
the tale, is somewhat surprising.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 504. Ag. 17, ’07. 230w.

=Sat. R.= 104: 117. Jl. 27, ’07. 180w.

=Lawrence, Sir Thomas.= Sir Thomas Lawrence’s letter-bag; ed. by G. S. Layard. *$4. Longmans.

7–28948.

Letters collected from Sir Thomas Lawrence’s voluminous correspondence
which “correct and proper” epistles that they are and having little to
do with his love affairs, tend to banish from the reader’s mind the
story of the artist’s unhappy relations with Mrs. Siddons’ two
daughters.

* * * * *

“In these letters there is a good deal that is valuable as well as
interesting.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 656. D. 29, ’06. 1090w.

“This volume does not make material additions to the known
circumstance of Lawrence’s life as set forth in Williams’s ponderous
biography, but it is undeniably interesting.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 649. N. 24. 1510w.

+ =Dial.= 42: 82. F. 1, ’07. 280w.

“This volume contains much new and interesting personal information
about the great English painter.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 341. Mr. 2, ’07. 240w.

“It should be added that the illustrations are excellent and well
chosen, and that the ‘Recollections’ by Miss Croft, who was an
intimate friend of the painter for many years, are a very interesting
addition to the book.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 407. D. 7, ’06. 1150w.

“A more delightful volume than Mr. Layard’s it would be hard to find.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 56. Ja. 26, ’07. 560w.

“We do not relish Mr. Layard’s literary style. It is vehement and
familiar. Nor are the letters of Sir Thomas Lawrence pleasing, as
letters. They are dry and formal and generally ungrammatical and
obscure. The facts of the great artist’s life as exhibited in the
letters are however interesting enough.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 177. F. 9. ’07. 1510w.

“With the material at his command, Mr. Layard might have produced a
satisfactory biography. He has been content to give us this material
(or a part of it) instead of the finished work.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 458. Mr. 23, ’07. 1360w.

=Lawson, Thomas W.= Friday the 13th. †$1.50. Doubleday.

7–8213.

The spirit of frenzied finance hovers over this tale in which figure a
proud ex-governor of Virginia, who loses in a speculation game carried
on with trust funds, a loyal daughter, and a hero who plays the stock
market to retrieve the Virginian’s fortune. “It may be characterized
as a nightmare of love and stock gambling, wherein the ‘System’ shakes
its gory locks and brandishes a handful of bloodstained razors,
stalking the while prodigious over the necks of its prostrate
victims.” (N. Y. Times.) “What Mr. Lawson attempts to do is to show
the degrading effect of speculation upon character.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The author fails to convince us that his theory is without flaw, or
that it could be depended upon in practice, to produce the results
which he desires.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 436. Ap. 13. 140w.

“A crude, shrieking dime novel is this story, and therefore not likely
to be without its host of readers. It is an incendiary book as well.”

− =Ind.= 62: 798. Ap. 4, ’07. 370w.

“The reader has an uncomfortable impression of a stuffed dragon and a
stage St. George. But there are stirring incidents in the book, many
pieces of lurid description, and not a little moralizing.”

− + =Lit. D.= 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 210w.

“The delineation of character requires more literary art than Mr.
Lawson, with all his red-hot, hyphenated adjectives, can show, and as
for his plot, it steadily thins instead of thickens. Of course
everyone that has been within a mile of Trinity church knows that the
book, as a picture of Wall Street life and methods, is absurd.”

− =Nation.= 84: 201. F. 28, ’07. 410w.

“The moral was Mr. Lawson’s first thought, perhaps, but the book shows
him as a sentimentalist of the deepest dye. He quite loses in the
depth of that sentiment sight of the fashion in which his moral turns
and rends his own chosen personages and protagonists of the tragedy of
greed.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 124. Mr. 2, ’07. 880w.

=Outlook.= 85: 718. Mr. 23, ’07. 120w.

“Mr. Lawson is another offensive partisan in literature—or perhaps I
had better say fiction. It’s a poor novel.” Vernon Atwood.

− =Putnam’s.= 2: 619. Ag. ’07. 180w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 761. Je. ’07. 90w.

“We are certain that such a novel as ‘Friday the 13th’ will do little
or nothing to cure the evil of stock-gambling. None of Mr. Lawson’s
characters—if indeed they deserve the name, for they are merely
puppets—are lovely or lovable.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 497. Ap. 20, ’07. 750w.

=Lawton, Frederick.= Life and work of Auguste Rodin. *$3.75. Scribner.

7–13425.

A “life” made authoritative and significant through M. Rodin’s
personal assistance. “From first-hand sources and with infinite pains,
Mr. Lawton has compiled a connected account of Rodin’s career which is
vastly more valuable as a document than as an interpretation.”
(Putnam’s.) “Stress, strain, and struggle have been from first to last
the dominant characteristics of the life of a man who stands almost
alone amongst his contemporaries as a realistic exponent of plastic
art, and who in spite of the great value of everything from his
hand ... is not even now in what can be called easy circumstances.”
(Int. Studio.)

* * * * *

“Viewed in the most favourable light it is a useful compilation and
gathering together of scattered fragments of criticism and biography
emanating from more competent pens. It has, consequently, some value
as a work of reference, more especially to the student who is
conversant with Mr. Lawton’s sources of information. A more favourable
opinion of the author would have been created were these sources more
clearly acknowledged. As criticism, his book cannot have, even for the
general reader, more than a slight, and generally borrowed value.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 38. Ja. 12, ’07. 900w.

“The biographer is too near his subject to see him in true relation
with the rest of the world, and the book, pitched on a note of
monotonous laudation, makes small attempt at a balanced judgment.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 172. F. 9. 2630w.

“Mr. Lawton’s well-illustrated volume is a work of close and cogent
reasoning, eminently fair and candid, and must promote a better
understanding of the relative positions of representatives of the
plastic art on questions which seem to involve serious but not
necessarily irreconcilable antagonism.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 290. My. 1, ’07. 420w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 164. Ap. ’07. 210w.

“His biographer ... after a sufficiently entertaining yet exhaustive
description of the man and his work, leaves us in considerable doubt
whether Pheidias or Praxiteles or Michael Angelo all together could
bulk as large and satisfy the soul of the esthete as well as the
author of ‘Le Penseur.’” Charles de Kay.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 169. Mr. 23, ’07. 2360w.

“Though possessing neither psychological penetration nor literary
distinction, the book, because of its size and general sincerity of
purpose, ranks as one of the most important studies yet published on
the solitary plastic Titan of the day.” Christian Brinton.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 220w.

* =Layard, George Somes.= Shirley Brooks of ‘Punch;’ his life, letters and diaries. **$3.50. Holt.

A rather voluminous biography of a London journalist written over
thirty years after his death. It is written from the memorials that he
left of himself in his own letters, diaries and journals.

* * * * *

“The biographer is unnecessarily outspoken at the expense of his
subject.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 2: 680. N. 30. 880w.

“It is so painstaking, its intentions are so honourable, and yet it is
impossible conscientiously to say that more than one-tenth of its
pages are necessary or, indeed, ordinarily readable. Technically the
book is good, for Mr. Layard has a pleasant easy style; but a
biographer’s style is nothing if his judgment is not sound, and in the
disproportion of this work we find the gravest reason to doubt the
soundness of Mr. Layard’s.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 355. N. 22, ’07. 1350w.

“Mr. Layard’s volume was very well worth making.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 758. N. 30, ’07. 1520w.

=Lea, Henry Charles.= History of sacerdotal celibacy in the Christian church. 3d ed. 2v. *$5. Macmillan.

7–37256.

Originally published in 1867 this work has come to its third edition
which includes additions and changes. “The futility of a fifteen
centuries’ struggle against the nature of things appears throughout
the narrative, and is emphasized by the scandalous conditions reported
in Italy and in Latin America during the latter part of the nineteenth
century. Throughout all these centuries the church has been more
tolerant of concubinage than of marriage among her clergy.... The
republication of this monumental work is timely for the new crisis
which the apparent irreformability of the Vatican seems to be bringing
on.”

* * * * *

“The revision for the new edition has not been so thorough as the
subject deserves. The proof-reading is not quite up to Mr. Lea’s high
standard. It is a pity that references are still given to antiquated
collections ... in cases where the texts cited are to be found in more
correct and more accessible modern editions.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 380w.

“Scholars are already acquainted with the earlier editions, and will
welcome their enlargement.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 677. O. 26, ’07. 290w.

“It is non-controversial history, content with a record of facts.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 453. O. 26, ’07. 360w.

“It is an accurate and exhaustive account of a clearly defined object,
and well merits the place which is commonly assigned to it among
standard authorities.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 366. S. 21, ’07. 1260w.

“Dr. Lea’s reputation for impartiality and a judicial temper, needed
in this as much as in any subject, stands high, and the reader will
find that it is not undeserved.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 27. Jl. 6, ’07. 60w.

=Lea, Henry Charles.= History of the Inquisition of Spain. 4v. ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.

6–2996.

=v. 3.= The first two chapters of Mr. Lea’s third volume are upon
“‘Torture’ and ‘The trial’ and complete his study of the practice of
the Inquisition; five others, beginning with ‘The sentence’ and ending
with ‘The auto de fé,’ cover what he has to tell us of its
punishments; and the closing four, on ‘Jews,’ ‘Moriscos,’
‘Protestantism,’ and ‘Censorship,’ open that survey of its spheres of
action which is to fill also most of his final volume.”—Am. Hist. R.

=v. 4.= The author’s study of the Inquisition, brought to a close in
this volume, results in the conclusion “that its work was almost
wholly evil, and that, through reflex action, the persecutor suffered
along with the persecuted.” The volume deals with curious phases of
doctrine and superstition prevalent at that time, such as sorcery and
the occult arts, witchcraft, Jansenism and the varied political and
social conditions which fostered not only the Inquisition itself but
the tendencies that it was intended to combat.

* * * * *

Reviewed by George L. Burr.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 359. Ja. ’07. 800w. (Review of v. 2.)

Reviewed by George L. Burr.

=Am. Hist. R.= 12: 625. Ap. ’07. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)

Reviewed by Franklin Johnson.

=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 342. Ap. ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 2.)

“The ripe work of a great scholar, acknowledged to be the greatest
living authority in his field—the history of the inquisition.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 45. F. ’07. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“To say that he has written the best book on the subject is scarcely
to convey an adequate idea of its merit, for there is really no book
that deserves to be compared with it.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 127. F. 2. 1280w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Written in the impartial spirit characteristic of the author’s
earlier publications, this is the crowning achievement in the career
of the octogenarian who is generally recognized on the continent as
second to no other American historian.”

+ + + =Ind.= 62: 496. F. 28, ’07. 1130w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

“No other work of the year approaches this in significance, altho in
the general field of European history there have been some notable
contributions.”

+ + + =Ind.= 63: 1231. N. 21, ’97. 110w. (Review of v. 4.)

=Lit. D.= 35: 534. O. 12, ’07. 520w. (Review of v. 4.)

“The author keeps the larger aspects of the subject well in mind, and
is not afraid to generalize at the proper time, but he is in accord
with the recent tendencies in institutional study in striving to be as
concrete as possible.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 455. My. 11, ’07. 2350w. (Review of v. 2 and 3.)

“In substance, as we have seen, it is almost immaculate. It is
complete, accurate, impartial. But its form leaves much to be desired,
Mr. Lea seems to have almost gone out of his way to avoid making his
history ‘interesting’ by vivid presentation or captivating style.”
Joseph Jacobs.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 693. N. 2, ’07. 2390w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

=Outlook.= 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 3.)

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 90w. (Review of v. 3 and 4.)

“There can be no doubt as to Mr. Lea’s views, but he does not write as
a partisan.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 425. Mr. 16, ’07. 280w. (Review of v. 3.)

* =Leach, Henry=, ed. Great golfers in the making, by thirty-four famous players. **$2.50. Jacobs.

A group of autobiographical sketches. “The stories are nearly all on
one plan: Where I was born; when I got my first club; how I learned
the game; where I won my first championship. Almost no direct
instruction is given but the theory of the book appears to be that
golf fulfills the Arabian proverb that the fig-tree, looking on the
fig-tree, becometh fruitful.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 325. O. 10, ’07. 90w.

“Well edited book.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 380w.

“The egoism is frank and ingenuous, that is what the editor no doubt
wanted, but it is in almost every case quite free from any silly
affectation or any outrageous claims on behalf of the game.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 5. My. 4, ’07. 330w.

“A golfer, whether good or bad, will find this volume interesting, and
it is at least possible that he may learn something from it”

+ =Spec.= 98: 259. F. 16, ’07. 250w.

=Leage, Richard W.= Roman private law, founded on the “Institutes” of Gaius and Justinian. *$3.25. Macmillan.

6–35562.

The book aims “to give as simply as possible the subject matter of the
Institutes of Gaius and Justinian.” This the author does “not by
translating or commenting on the original texts, but by describing
clearly and concisely the substance of the law revealed to us by those
texts. The historical point of view is omitted, except so far as it is
necessarily involved in recording the fact (e. g.) that the forms of
execution under the Antonines were different from those employed under
Justinian.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The book falls between two stools. It is not a simple digest of the
Institutes, nor is it a proper critical treatment of the subject. Many
of the sections show considerable power of lucid exposition, notably
that on servitudes, and again that on legacies and that on dos. There
is a good summary of the slave’s position in the matter of contract.
But it is a pity that an elementary work should contain so many
mistakes, and it is not altogether desirable that a work, professedly
of that particular character, should now and again, on no apparent
principle, give a cursory account of what requires deeper treatment.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 131. Ag. 11, ’06. 1190w.

“The chief objection which can be taken to the author’s treatment of
the subject is that it is not sufficiently Roman. The author has, we
think, followed Maine a little too blindly in several instances.
Despite these blemishes however, the book is, in our view, a great
advance on any previous work of the same character written for the
student, and should prove of considerable utility to him.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 162. F. 9. 410w.

“Mr. Leage’s attempt may be said to be a thoroughly successful one. He
has stated clearly and simply the law of the Institutes, avoiding
controversy and showing good judgment where the evidence is
conflicting. A few passages will need revision in a second edition,
which will no doubt soon be called for.” H. Bd.

+ + − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 192. Ja. ’07. 520w.

“The work is admirably done, and should prove useful, not only to
elementary students, but to anyone who wishes to be saved the trouble
of referring to the original Institutes.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 150w.

“It will serve admirably for reading with the various titles of the
Institutes either as introduction or review; and we do not suppose
that without such aid even Roman law students found themselves equal
to the bare texts, much less English students.”

+ =Sat. R.= 101: 764. Je. 16, ’06. 170w.

“A non-legal reader, if he is interested in historical and social
questions, will find it full of noteworthy matter.”

+ =Spec.= 96: 589. Ap. 14, ’06. 270w.

=Leblanc, Maurice.= Exploits of Arsène Lupin; tr. by A. Teixeira De Mattos. †$1.28. Harper.

7–31976.

Arsène Lupin is a gentleman burglar whose mind, cunning, gracious
manners and clever histrionic powers are all employed in paving an
artistic way for the trickery of his profession. Followed out into
mid-ocean by a wireless message, his disguise wards off suspicion, and
even while crossing he steals money and jewels and tucks them away in
the very kodak that aids him in his love making with the girl whose
aunt he robs; Lupin is his own narrator, and occasionally in whisking
about to an objective point of view he tracks himself to cover with
the reader eager in pursuit.

* * * * *

“The stories, aside from the unaccountable manner of their unfolding,
are of uneven merit, but some are capital.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 545. D. 12, ’07. 280w.

“His adventures are thrillingly and gracefully told.”

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

“The book is lively and witty in the French manner, and the courteous
trial of wits between Arsène and Sherlock Holmes at the end is most
impressive.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 60w.

=Le Bon, Gustave.= Evolution of matter; tr. from the 3d French ed. with introd. and notes by F. Legge. *$1.50. Scribner.

7–38563.

A translation of the third French edition by Mr. Legge who stands “as
sponsor for the recognition by scientific experts in Europe, England
and America of the value of Dr. Le Bon’s experiments and their
reception in various degrees of the soundness of his theories.” (Sat.
R.)

* * * * *

“We may say, then, that readers who, without being scientific experts,
wish to inform themselves of the latest developments of physical
science may safely trust themselves to the guidance of this book. It
has the prestige on which the general reader must rely; and it is as
fascinating for its literary qualities as for its combination of
marvellous facts and bold speculation and suggestion.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 495. My. 18, ’07. 580w.

“In spite of the faults upon which we have commented, the present book
is one of widespread interest. The translation here given is adequate,
inasmuch as it renders, for the most part into readable English, the
meaning, and—in some cases only too faithfully—the style of the
author. But it has been very badly prepared for the press, and the
misprints are a great deal more frequent in it than they should be.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 200. F. 16. 1620w.

=Nation.= 85: 257. S. 19, ’07. 340w.

“A translation of this work ... was very much to be desired, for it
would be hard to conceive any reading more fascinating.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 209. F. 16, ’07. 310w.

=Le Braz, Anatole.= Land of pardons; tr. by Francis M. Gostling. *$2. Macmillan.

6–46329.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 45. F. ’07.

=Le Dantec, Felix Alexandre.= Nature and origin of life, in the light of new knowledge. *$2. Barnes.

W 7–76.

“The plan of Professor Le Dantec’s book is admirably adapted for the
amateur student of science, all technical terms being explained in
simple language. The subjects are divided as follows: The objective
study of natural bodies; analysis of natural and vital phenomena;
decomposition into functions; agreement of Darwin’s and Lamarck’s
systems; phenomena, evolution, and bipolarity of living and not living
matter; formation of species and appearance of life. Illustrations in
diagram accompany the volume.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“M. Le Dantec’s book is for the most part a superficial survey of the
present situation as he himself appears to see it.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 944. S. 28, ’07. 1460w.

Reviewed by Raymond Pearl.

− =Dial.= 43: 210. O. 1, ’07. 180w.

“Life is chemism, says he. And he says it in the book before us
lucidly, sparklingly, positively—but not convincingly.”

− + =Ind.= 63: 510. Ag. 29, ’07. 480w.

“Written in a clear simple style, it makes plain to the understanding
of the general reader one of the most fascinating theories of recent
science.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 677. Ap. 27, ’07. 560w.

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

“The volume is worthy of philosophical consideration as advocating an
unproved possibility, but the ‘light of new knowledge’ will have to
become much brighter than at present before one can pencil q. e. d. on
the margins of many of the pages.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 169. Ag. 22, ’07. 290w.

“With a humour which we appreciate he has entirely shirked the
question of _origin_, only referring to it in a casual, half-hearted
sort of way on the last page.” J. A. T.

− =Nature.= 76: 2. My. 2, ’07. 720w.

“The mechanical processes that build up and sustain living bodies are
exhibited in the present volume with remarkable clearness and
completeness. On this side of the subject given in its title it is all
that could be desired.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 437. Je. 22, ’07. 310w.

=Ledoux, Louis Vernon.= Soul’s progress, and other poems. **$1.25. Lane.

6–46753.

“The titular piece in his volume is a lyric sequence of some forty
pages—the old poetic wayfaring of the ‘soul’ through the dubious
experiences of life to the ‘higher optimism.’” (Dial.) The remaining
poems reflect equally plainly “the elevated spirit in which he accepts
the call to poetry.”

* * * * *

“Technically there is little fault to find except in the case of the
blank verse, which is not successful.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 319. Mr. 16. 280w.

Reviewed by Wm. M. Payne.

=Dial.= 43: 93. Ag. 16, ’07. 140w.

“There is an engaging fervor in the spirit of his work. Embodied as it
is in clear and fluent verse, with an unusual melody of vowelsound, it
makes a gently insistent appeal, not unlike that to be felt in certain
pieces of Longfellow’s.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 199. F. 28, ’07. 270w.

“Singularly engaging.... ‘The soul’s progress,’ with its fine, high
seriousness of tone and intention, its evidences of an ardent
enthusiasm for the traditional ideals of English verse, and its frank,
youthful assumption of an interest on the part of the world in the
motions of a soul newly awakened to the universality of its own
individual life.” William Aspenwall Bradley.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 132. Mr. 2, ’07. 650w.

“In a pleasing variety of metrical forms, and with sincere poetical
feeling, this vision of advancing spiritual growth through beauty and
truth is presented simply and clearly.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 258. Je. 1, ’07. 110w.

=Lee, Gerald Stanley.= Voice of the machines; an introduction to the twentieth century. $1.25. Mount Tom press, Northampton, Mass.

6–46754.

Since this is an age of machines, the author feels that we must learn
to see in this machinery, poetry, religion, love, liberty and
immortality. He puts forth this necessity in chapters entitled The men
behind the machines, The language of machines, The machines as poets,
The ideas behind the machines.

* * * * *

“Some passages go a step beyond the sublime and some of the epigrams
miss fire, but it is so encouraging to find a man who can recognize
contemporaneous poetry that we are not inclined to be critical.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 130w.

“At least he is as eloquent about machinery as the author of Job about
Leviathan, and it is impossible not to approve his eloquence, whatever
reservations one may have about his philosophy.”

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 120. Ap. ’07. 490w.

=Yale R.= 16: 109. My. ’07, 110w.

* =Lee, Jennette Barbour.= Ibsen secret: a key to the prose dramas of Henrik Ibsen. **$1.25. Putnam.

7–32577.

A reprint in book form of a series of papers on Ibsen published a year
ago in Putnam’s monthly. Her discussion is devoted principally to the
symbolism in the Ibsen drama. “Many essayists before her have probed,
to their own satisfaction, and proclaimed the meaning of many of his
alleged mysteries, and her contention is that each of the social plays
is constructed around one central symbol, a knowledge of which is
essential to a proper understanding of the work. Thus the Tarantelle
is the key to ‘A doll’s house,’ the pistol to ‘Hedda Gabler,’ and
Eyolf and his crutch to ‘Little Eyolf.’” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“It might be dismissed with brief mention—for it has nothing new or
significant to say in the way of either criticism or interpretation—if
it were not so entirely representative of the attitude of a large
class of professed Ibsen worshippers, who have more enthusiasm than
discrimination.”

− =Nation.= 85: 500. N. 28, ’07. 550w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Lee, John.= Religious liberty in South America, with special reference to recent legislation in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia; with an introd. by Bishop John H. Vincent. *$1.25. West. Meth. bk.

7–11041.

In the spirit of broad religious tolerance, the author traces the
movement for religious liberty in the South American republics of
Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

* * * * *

“The volume points out flagrant conditions and aims to create a
sentiment against existing religious intolerance. It is of special
interest to students of religious social and political conditions, and
from either of these standpoints is scientific.”

+ =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 164. Jl. ’07. 290w.

“Dr. Lee, we repeat, has done a good service in publishing this book;
and if it were read by American Catholics as well as by Protestants,
the world would be the better for it. It is to be regretted that the
author has once or twice slipped into an expression which is
unnecessarily bitter, and, perhaps, even unjust. Neither would the
volume have suffered, if an occasional bit of padding had been left
out.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 882. O. 10, ’07. 330w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 50w.

=Lee, Marian, pseud.= See =Comstock, Anna Botsford=.

=Lee, Sidney.= Shakespeare and the modern stage, with other essays. **$2. Scribner.

6–38524.

“Although it is composed of papers written at different times and for
various occasions, and although it breaks into three divisions, the
group already cited, contributions to historical and biographical
Shakespeareana, and Shakespearean essays properly so called, the
volume possesses more unity than such collections of occasional
addresses and articles are wont to have.”—Forum.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 241. D. ’06.

“Mr. Lee writes here rather as a ‘popularizer’ than an expert, but his
work has none of the slipshod rhetoric of the increasing crowd who
demand the public favour.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 648. N. 24. 1060w.

“It was a happy thought of Mr. Lee’s to write a paper on ‘Pepys and
Shakespeare,’ and this, no doubt, many readers will find the most
amusing thing in the volume.” Charles H. A. Wager.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 220. Ap. 1, ’07. 1090w.

“Mr. Lee’s latest contribution to Shakespearean literature is based,
as all his other books are, upon a scholarship that is remarkably
solid and sane. Hence it is sure to appeal to the limited audience
interested in English and, particularly, in Shakespearean studies.” W.
P. Trent.

+ + =Forum.= 38: 376. Ja. ’07. 1720w.

“These are good, sound papers, worth preserving; and if we sometimes
wish that the ‘intention’ were kept a little more ‘private’ ... it is
an intention in which all may join.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 385. D. 14, ’06. 1160w.

“Among the most interesting papers in Mr. Lee’s volumes are those on
Shakespere’s philosophy, oral traditions, and the perils of
unscientific research. There is not a dull page in the book.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 444. N. 22, ’06. 1160w.

“Though another student of the stage may be moved to dispute an
occasional opinion of Mr. Lee’s, no student of the stage can fail to
feel respect for the solid scholarship which sustains these collected
essays and for the sobriety and sanity which is visible in whatever
Mr. Lee writes.” Brander Matthews.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 42. Ja. 26, ’07. 900w.

“One of his strongest claims to attention is the fact that he has
rigorously held the speculative impulse in check, and has brought to
the study of the dramatist, not only as much knowledge as any man of
his time, but robust common sense.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 482. F. 23, ’07. 250w.

“In his new volume of essays on Shakespearean subjects he is always
interesting, and instructive, but he is very rarely sympathetic. Mr.
Lee’s essays, however, have a great deal more in them than an
occasional unpleasant hardness of tone. They are full of matter,
lucidly arranged and carefully substantiated. They are serious and
scholarly contributions to the literature of Shakespearean criticism.”

+ + − =Spec.= 97: 887. D. 1, ’06. 2190w.