Chapter XXXVI: Part 1: of this sociological story contains a view of modern New York (8)

+ + − =Ind.= 63: 1003. O. 24, ’07. 330w.

“This is a welcome work and will henceforth be indispensable to any
serious student of the poet. Of course, only systematic use can prove
the accuracy of such a book in detail, but the impression which one
gains from a cursory examination of its pages is that the task has
been accomplished in a reliable and painstaking manner.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 515. D. 5, ’07. 210w.

=Lodge, Henry Cabot.= Frontier town and other essays. **$1.50. Scribner.

6–34821.

The frontier town is Greenfield, Mass., the 150th anniversary of whose
incorporation was celebrated in 1903. The other essays are on the
Senate, Samuel Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Hoar, The United
States at Algeciras, etc.

* * * * *

“All of the essays are written in Senator Lodge’s agreeable manner;
he, at least, has preserved a literary finish in these essays upon
historical and allied subjects. It is often refreshing to find such a
book, which does not pretend to add to the store of human knowledge,
but presents old views and known facts in a pleasing and attractive
form.”

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 701. Ap. ’07. 440w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 12. Ja. ’07.

=Lit. D.= 33: 595. O. 27, ’06. 70w.

“As a whole, the contents of the volume have less distinction than the
same author’s ‘Fighting frigate and other essays,’ but that any man in
public life should be able to write so much and so well is itself
gratifying.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 482. D. 6, ’06. 180w.

“To our surprise we find Mr. Lodge at his clumsiest in speaking of the
matters which concern him, or our interest in him, most.” H. W.
Boynton.

+ − =No. Am.= 183: 1185. D. 7, ’06. 750w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 110. Ja. ’07. 50w.

=Lodge, Sir Oliver.= Substance of faith allied with science; a catechism for parents and teachers. **$1. Harper.

7–9613.

Thru questions and answers the author formulates a way to achieve a
harmonious condition in which the Divine Will is perfectly obeyed. His
task has been that “of formulating the fundamentals. or substance of
religious faith in terms of Divine Immanence, in such a way as to
assimilate sufficiently all the results of existing knowledge and
still be in harmony with the teachings of the poets and inspired
writers of all ages.” The book is addressed to the many who experience
some difficulty in recognizing the old landmarks amid the rising flood
of criticism.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 168. O. ’07.

“We can hardly doubt that even his catechism, when preached by
himself, is interesting and profitable; but we venture to suggest that
if he seems to find it practically a source of inspiration, that is
because any man so combining learning and good-will is worth listening
to, whatever his topic.” T. D. A. Cockerell.

− + =Dial.= 42: 341. Je. 1, ’07. 900w.

=Ind.= 62: 911. Ap. 18, ’07. 470w.

=Ind.= 63: 1236. N. 21, ’07. 40w.

=Outlook.= 85: 879. Ap. 20, ’07. 280w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 638. My. ’07. 60w.

“We have rarely seen a simpler or clearer account of what science can
teach us now on such fundamental problems as the formation of the
earth and the development of life; it will be a real boon to the
religious teacher; though, simple as it is, we doubt whether he could
make it intelligible to children.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 276. Ag. 31, ’07. 280w.

“His book we are sure, will be a source of happiness and consolation
to many who, confused by the new discoveries of history and of
science, have become shaken in their religious faith.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 946. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.

* =Loftie, Rev. William J.= Colour of London, historic, personal and local; with an introd. by M. H. Spielmann; il. by the Japanese artist, Yoshio Markino. *$6. Jacobs.

“Mr. Loftie has interpreted the term ‘colour’ in its broadest sense
and has drawn extensively upon the wonderful traditions of the great
metropolis; indeed, the most interesting chapter in the volume is
devoted to the history and description of the Tower. To many, however,
the most attractive feature of the book will be the series of
delightful illustrations by Mr. Yoshio Markino, reproduced in colour
and monotone, the originals of which were recently exhibited at the
Clifford gallery in the Haymarket.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“As for the letterpress by Mr. W. J. Loftie, its chief defect is that
it has nothing to do with the pictures. From the antiquarian and
topographical points of view it seems to us of very high interest,
marked by strong common sense and enmity to popular fables.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 501. My. 25, ’07. 1060w.

“The artist ... has given us a London which is new. Mr. W. J. Loftie
as an antiquary, has naturally and properly given us in the text
anecdotes which are old, though pleasantly treated.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 612. My. 18. 420w.

“Mr. Loftie writes of a few of the myriad aspects of London ...
treating them all in a delightfully suggestive fashion, with a true
feeling for the oddities and ramifications of his subject. The
enterprising young Japanese seems to know all parts of his beloved
London, and to have observed it with the stranger’s open-mindedness
and the artist’s sensitiveness to effect.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 376. D. 1, ’07. 310w.

“Possessing a delicate sense of colour and tone harmony, the artist
has been inspired by some typical scenes of London street life to
produce a number of drawings which are extremely fascinating, and bear
the stamp of exceptional ability.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 32: 83. Jl. ’07. 270w.

“Mr. Loftie has done his share of the work in a competent manner.
These drawings, the larger part of them in color, ought to make the
fortune of any book.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 230w.

“His drawings are equally admirable for simplicity, spontaneity, and
sincerity—so much so, indeed, as quite to take all of one’s attention
in opening the well-printed book, even though its text be by such an
erudite authority as is Mr. W. J. Loftie.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 616. N. 23, ’07. 340w.

“Well above the colour-book average.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 626. My. 18, ’07. 290w.

=Loliee, Frederic.= Short history of comparative literature from the earliest times to the present day. *$1.75. Putnam.

7–18136.

“M. Loliée’s aim is to present a picture of the literary output of all
the centuries: to mark the periods of growth, florescence and decay,
and to indicate the relations of one product to another.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“We have read this work with dismay and disappointment. And as for M.
Loliée’s comparisons, they are fit only to be made at a penny-reading.
It remains to add that the book is very ill-translated, and that it
bristles with misprints.”

− − =Acad.= 70: 423. My. 5, ’06. 1520w.

“As a result of such a gigantic undertaking, confined within the
narrow limits of 350 pages, his book is conspicuous for broad surveys
and vague generalities. By its lack of close individual
characterization and accurate detailed description it lies at the very
antipodes of Sainte-Beuve’s critical method. The translation is not so
good as it might be.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 143. Ag. 15, ’07. 970w.

“Each step in his work is so carefully taken and the proportions so
well maintained that one can have no possible doubt of the underlying
truth of his whole theme.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 338. My. 25, ’07. 800w.

“It is certainly safe to say that the wider a reader’s acquaintance
with the literature of the world, the more benefit he will get from M.
Loliée’s work. It has been well translated by Mr. Power.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 65. Jl. 14, ’06. 190w.

=Loliee, Frederic.= Women of the second empire: chronicles of the court of Napoleon III; comp. from unpublished documents; tr. by Alice M. Ivimy. *$7. Lane.

In this volume “pageant ... defiles before you in all its
magnificence. The empress Eugenie, who set the fashion to the women of
Europe, the Countess de Castiglione, Madame de Rutz, Laure de
Rothschild, the Princess Mathilde, Countess le Hon and many others—all
pass on their way, and the place of each in the procession is defined.
As each passes too you learn something of her character and
attainments; and in a discreet whisper stories are told of her
doings.... Moreover it is illustrated with fifty-one photographs of
the celebrities, superbly reproduced.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“Exceedingly well written and interesting as gossip may be. But M.
Loliée’s preface and work are more reasonable and without that
desperate brightness—of a salesman exhibiting wares. He has been
untiring in his search for information and successful. The translation
is well done.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 265. Mr. 16, ’07. 600w.

“The volume appears ... like ‘the book of the opera,’ and a very light
opera at that.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 17. Jl. 4, ’07. 460w.

“Amusing, shocking, interesting, disgusting, trivial, important,
sometimes by turns and sometimes all on the same page is M. Frederic
Loliée’s book of biographical sketches.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 289. My. 4, ’07. 920w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 386. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 90w.

“It all smacks too much of a society’s journal’s small talk about
pretty faces and dresses.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 130w.

“Brilliant and amusing as M. Loliée’s book undoubtedly is, such a tone
of cynicism rather repels any one who has ever had even a passing
acquaintance with members of that long-dead society whose actual charm
he does not, we think, quite succeed in perpetuating here.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 129. Jl. 27, ’07. 1490w.

=London, Jack.= Before Adam. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–7191.

Mr. London sets about the novel task of deducing from the dream
glimpses of the present day sleeper, evidences of his evolution from
the ape. For instance, the falling-through-space dream is a racial
memory which dates back to our remote ancestors who lived in trees and
who experienced terrible falls. “It is decidedly ingenious, this story
of tree dwellers, cave dwellers and fire makers, who are masters also
of the bow and arrow—of three stages of human evolution going on side
by side in a remote geological age.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“In the subject of his latest story, ‘Before Adam,’ Mr. Jack London
shows no diminution of his characteristic audacity. This is a brave
endeavor to enlist our interest in these dim denizens; but it falls
short of complete success. The story occasionally stirs our curiosity,
but never our sympathy.” Harry James Smith.

− =Atlan.= 100: 125. Jl. ’07. 1640w.

“It may be the result of a good deal of scientific research into the
latest accepted theories of evolution and atavism, but the popularity
of a work of fiction is seldom in direct ratio to its scientific
accuracy.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 25: 183. Ap. ’07. 310w.

“The story fails to make a distinct impression upon the reader, who
finds in it, in the last analysis, but another animal story of the
type that has been so popular during the last decade or so.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 620. Mr. 14, ’07. 210w.

“Jack London’s unbridled imagination is here exhibited in full
career.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 639. Ap. 20, ’07. 420w.

“Jack London has performed a wonderful feat in so describing the lives
and passions of these rudimentary beings. He has builded a romance of
the unknown ages, of the creatures that may have been, and endowed it
all with poignant reality.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 145. Mr. 9, ’07. 690w.

“In one respect ‘Before Adam’ is weak; it is too truth-loving as
regards scientific records to leave much room for the emotional
aspects of life. The story is a sort of literary ‘tour de force,’ ably
done and curiously fascinating.”

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

=R. of Rs.= 35: 762. Je. ’07. 260w.

=London, Jack.= Love of life, and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–29686.

A group of characteristic Jack London stories set in “the rim of the
polar sea.” Cold and hunger battle with the love of life, even
humanity itself is often chilled into insensibility, and the animal
instinct of self preservation at all hazards remains. The stories are
Love of life, A day’s lodging, The white man’s way, The story of
Keesh, The unexpected, Brown Wolf, The sun-dog trail and Negore, the
coward.

* * * * *

“All good, some of them of distinctive merit. Not so brutal as some of
his earlier stories of this author.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 202. N. ’07.

“Taken altogether these stories have all the good points of their
author’s work—strength, aliveness, vividness of colouring.” J.
Marchand.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 419. D. ’07. 470w.

“They are quite equal to his previous accomplishments in this
direction, and are not approached by the efforts of any other writers,
save Elizabeth Robins’s ‘The magnetic north,’ which remains the chief
achievement in arctic romance.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 655. N. 2, ’07. 450w.

“This is much the usual Jack London thing: wolf-dogs and miners and
Indians; starving and freezing and killing.”

− =Nation.= 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 594. O. 5, ’07. 680w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Jack London certainly has the story-teller’s gift, and he uses it to
the greatest effect when he tells us of the north.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 450. O. 26, ’07. 80w.

=London, Jack.= Moon-face; and other stories. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–32351.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Of varying interest and merit they seem, by the natural limitations
of the short story, to hinder the powers of the author from coming
into full play.”

− + =Cath. World.= 84: 833. Mr. ’07. 190w.

“These short stories of Mr. London’s are rather poor stuff, as lacking
in quality as in imagination; and there is little to be said for them
on the score of originality.”

− =Sat. R.= 103: 178. F. 9, ’07. 180w.

* =London, Jack.= The road. †$2. Macmillan.

Jack London is the invincible tramp in these pages. Often enough the
vulnerable heel is exposed to the arrows flying thick in “hobo” land,
but by means of quick wits, his alertness and master strength he wards
them off. “The road” records his round of underworld experiences which
began at eighteen, and it abounds in tramp tricks, tramp scrapes, and
tramp vernacular, interesting both to the curious reader and the
student of sociology.

=London, Jack.= Scorn of women; in three acts. **$1.25. Macmillan.

6–43530.

A three act comedy, with Dawson City in 1897 as its setting. “The
heroine is a dazzlingly beautiful and very rich dancer, who is
worshipped by all the men and suspected by all the women.... The
incidents of Arctic life are portrayed with unmistakable veracity, and
the humors and mystifications of a masked ball, under frontier
conditions, are set forth with freshness and vivacity.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

=Canadian M.= 28: 399. F. ’07. 80w.

“In the last act there is a touch of the wild which is, perhaps, a
trifle too realistic, but the piece as a whole, is decidedly
entertaining, and contains some well-drawn sketches of character.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 495. D. 6, ’06. 220w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 778. N. 24, ’06. 80w.

“The length of the second act and the numerous irrelevant episodes
might weaken the play on the stage, but there can be no question about
the dramatic effect of the conclusion.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 461. O. 5, ’07. 180w.

=London, Jack.= White Fang. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–35449.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is a capital story, marred a little by the brutality of detail
given in the fight with the bull-dog.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 274. Mr. 16, ’07. 220w.

“His tale is packed full of absurdly precious idioms, literary
‘clichés’, and pompous little mannerisms.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 161. F. 9. 270w.

“The illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull are not the least good
thing about the book. The virility of this artist is as strong and as
alive as that of the author he companions, but there is a greater
sense of self-control in it, a power of restraint and reserve which
makes his work a lasting delight.” Grace Isabel Colbron.

+ + =Bookm.= 24: 599. F. ’07. 950w.

“The manner in which the author manages to interest one in the history
of the wolf is an achievement.”

+ + =Current Literature.= 82: 111. Ja. ’07. 500w.

“It would be an exaggeration to call this novel a socialistic tract in
disguise, but it is certainly not the least clever stroke of its
author’s that he has succeeded in interweaving into a dog-and-wolf
story so subtle a reminder of the pressure of feral conditions in the
midst of civilized human society.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + − =Forum.= 38: 547. Ap. ’07. 1020w.

“The Canadian wolf needs the rehabilitation which the Indian wolf owes
to Kipling, and Mr. London is entirely successful in expressing his
litheness, which is worthy of rikki-tikki at his best, his hardihood,
and the germ of the fidelity which remains the master attribute in the
dog. Some scenes are admirably vivid bits of natural history.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 46. F. 8, ’07. 550w.

“Done in this author’s best style.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 128. Ja. ’07. 40w.

+ − =Spec.= 97: 219. F. 9, ’07. 360w.

* =Lonergan, W. F.= Forty years of Paris, il. **$3.50. Brentano’s.

Contemporary Paris as seen thru the eyes of a newspaper correspondent.
Mr. Lonergan “has attended sittings of the Chamber and the courts, met
many politicians and men of letters, unhitched Boulanger’s carriage,
talked with Clémenceau, interviewed Zola, corresponded with Halèvy,
and had a squabble with Sardou. In the midst of his feverish
existence, however, he found the time to read something else than
newspapers, namely, some books on Taine, Renan, and Abbé Loisy,
especially the latter; and he gives us the benefit of his readings.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“The genial and observant spirit which is visible in Mr. Lonergan’s
new volume on Paris inclines us to praise it, and to recommend its
purchase to our readers.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 110. N. 9, ’07. 320w.

“There are a good many small mistakes, and some unnecessary passages.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 548. N. 2. 400w.

“While this narrative, covering the main events of recent history,
does not take the place of Seignobos or Hanotaux, it supplements,
thanks to its generous supply of gossip from the editorial rooms and
the ‘brasseries,’ those more dignified and reserved chronicles.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 470. N. 21, ’07. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“It contains a good deal of more or less entertaining gossip, more or
less valuable criticism, literary and dramatic, and some pages well
worth reading on the conflict with the Vatican.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 753. N. 16, ’07. 170w.

=Long, William Joseph.= Brier-patch philosophy. *$1.50. Ginn.

6–34265.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A book somewhat different from his previous animal studies, but
equally well worth reading.”

+ =Ath.= 1906. 2: 805. D. 22. 150w.

+ + =Nature.= 75: 177. D. 20, ’06. 170w.

“When Mr. Long is describing the habits of animals, and telling us
stories about them, he is interesting and readable; but when he puts
his own ideas into the mouth of a wild rabbit, the result is apt to be
a little tedious.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 653. Ap. 27, ’07. 160w.

* =Long, William Joseph.= Whose home is the wilderness: some studies of wild animal life. il. *$1.25. Ginn.

7–37000.

A book of intimate observations recorded at the end of a season of
“Watching the wild things.” It aims first, to show some of the
unrecorded facts of animal life exactly as the author has seen them;
second, to reproduce as far as possible the spirit of the place and
the hour, and to let one also feel something of that gladness and
peace which the author has always found in the silent places.

Long day; the story of a New York working girl as told by herself. *$1.20. Century.

5–29965.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 26. Ja. ’07.

Reviewed by Margaret Dreir Robins.

+ − =Charities.= 17: 484. D. 15, ’06. 1180w.

=Loomis, Charles Battell.= Araminta and the automobile. †50c. Crowell.

7–21370.

Araminta and the automobile, The deception of Martha Tucker, and While
the automobile ran down are three stories which reveal “cheerful
Americans” in the act of testing the joys and sorrows of the motor
car.

=Loomis, Charles Battell.= Bath in an English tub; il. by Robert A. Graef. †75c. Barnes.

7–11578.

A series of letters written to the New York sun which give the
author’s experiences in England.

* * * * *

“It is not a guide book, but is franker and funnier than most guide
books and will be appreciated by all who have been there.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1359. Je. 6, ’07. 40w.

“Mr. Loomis sees the absurdities of life and relates them with
cheerful vivacity.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 50w.

=Lorimer, Norma Octavia.= By the waters of Carthage. **$2.50. Pott.

7–4809.

“There is something fresh and original about this book of travel. The
writer ... expresses herself in letters to her husband, and her
observations are full of personal bits and scrappy digression.... The
Oriental life of Tunis is presented in all its color and variety, and
the ruins of Carthage are suggested with quite an imaginative
touch.... The photographs, by Garrigues, a Tunis photographer, are
unusually fine.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book is open to many criticisms, with its bits of improbable
romance and its free and easy style; but it is really interesting.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 839. D. 1, ’06. 130w.

− =Spec.= 96: 719. My. 5, ’06. 360w.

=Loti, Pierre, pseud.= Disenchanted. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–32677.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The work is written in Loti’s beautiful style, but is less
superficial in character than many of his stories.” Amy C. Rich.

+ =Arena.= 37: 108. Ja. ’07. 410w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 109. Ja. ’07. 730w.

“As a matter of fact, M. Loti conspicuously fails to present the case
of the contemporary harem in its most telling light. It strikes the
present reviewer that the author’s taste runs somewhat excessively,
for once, to the sentimental.” H. G. Dwight.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 1: 718. Mr. ’07. 1790w.

“Superbly translated by Clara Bell, the new book by Pierre Loti is no
less than irresistible.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 122. Ja. ’07. 240w.

=Lottridge, Silas A.= Familiar wild animals. *60c. Holt.

6–13335.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 82. Mr. ’07. ✠

+ =Ind.= 61: 261. Ag. 2, ’06. 30w.

=Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford.= Text of Shakespeare; its history from the publication of the quartos and folios down to and including the publication of the editions of Pope and Theobald. **$2. Scribner.

6–36417.

The third instalment of Prof. Lounsbury’s work on “Shakespearean
wars.” “An elaborate account of an eighteenth-century literary
controversy, of which the protagonists were Alexander Pope, author of
‘Dunciad,’ and the Shakesperean scholar, Lewis Theobald, the original
hero of that famous and infamous poem.” (Forum.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Lounsbury, with a learning, a penetration and a scholarly
thoroughness beyond all praise, has added to his already invaluable
Shakespearean labours by attacking the thorny subject of Pope,
Theobald, and the text of Shakespeare; has cleared the tangled brake
and disclosed matters which had been long forgotten.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 605. D. 15, ’06. 880w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 2: 241. D. ’06.

“His style is heavy, and he writes at unnecessary length, labouring
points that have long been pretty clear to those who know anything
about the subject.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 253. Mr. 2. 540w.

“In style, this volume is delightfully clear and entertaining, despite
some rather painful ‘longueurs.’ Professor Lounsbury wears his
learning lightly, and the reader, therefore, feels no burden.” Charles
H. A. Wager.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 39. Ja. 16, ’07. 1510w.

“He has rendered a new critical edition of the ‘Dunciad’ and a
revising of Pope’s biography necessary, and a fuller life of Theobald
desirable—despite the fulness and excellence of his own treatment of
the great commentator’s career; and, all the while, he has been
steadily nearing the goal he originally set himself of tracing the
history of the works and fame of William Shakespeare.” W. P. Trent.

+ + =Forum.= 38: 373. Ja. ’07. 1150w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 99. Ja. 10, ’07. 370w.

“Much of this investigation of necessity wanders far from Shakespere;
but it is difficult to see how it could have been avoided, and the
substantial results of the author’s researches ought to silence the
critic who is inclined to quibble over the appropriateness of the
title of the volume.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 416. N. 15, ’06. 1360w.

“It is for these additions to exact knowledge and for the tedious
labor spent in exhaustive investigation of dusty sources that students
will be grateful to a volume condensing for them the results of ardent
toil. But the general reader will find it almost equally rewarding for
its extraordinarily vivid representation in the surroundings and
atmosphere of their age of two notable figures.” Elisabeth Luther
Cary.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 834. D. 1, ’06. 2140w.

“While scholars and students will gratefully acknowledge Professor
Lounsbury’s notable contribution to Shakespearean literature, the
lasting importance of his work in this field lies in the clear light
it throws on the conditions in which the dramatist lived, and the
method or order of his growth.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 330. O. 19, ’07. 310w.

“Another book that must take an eminent place among recent
contributions to Shakespeare literature—if, indeed, it be not by far
the most important and the most interesting in its special field of
criticism—is ‘The text of Shakespeare.’” Wm. J. Rolfe.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 724. S. ’07. 1250w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 253. F. ’07. 70w.

Reviewed by George H. Browne.

+ + =School R.= 15: 304. Ap. ’07. 520w.

“A book which deserves the attention of every one interested in the
history of English literature.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 979. Je. 22, ’07. 1690w.

=Louthan, Hattie Horner.= “This was a man:” a romance. $1.50. Clark.

6–45355.

The author emphasizes the sentiment that “the only safe principle in
our American life lies in ignoring social distinctions and in paying
homage to what each man really is.”

* * * * *

“The vulgarity of it consists in the author’s effort to interpret the
scandalous lives of two Don Juans by the free use of their own
vocabularies.”

− =Ind.= 62: 603. F. 28, ’07. 130w.

“It is a very tangled skein of events that this novel presents to the
reader to unravel, and there is little unity of plan or plot, but
these faults are partially atoned for by a certain freshness and
exuberance of feeling and expression that give the book the stamp of
human interest.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 341. Mr. 2, ’07. 130w.

“The principal incidents of the story border on melodrama. There are
some parts of genuine dramatic interest and the character of the
rector is well drawn.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 91. F. 16, ’07. 130w.

=Lovett, Robert M.= Winged victory. †$1.50. Duffield.

7–12977.

The whole story is animated by the spirit of the heroine who champions
thru early life the cause of a feeble-minded brother, and later that
of an unsuccessful man whom she marries because he needs her. She was
“winged in her hope; armed in her faith. In the presence of the great
fulfillment of life all individual complications of mere living seemed
contemptible and petty. She walked firmly, exulting in her strength.”

* * * * *

“The book ... is rich in interest.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 400. O. 5. 230w.

“The story is interesting and cleverly wrought, but is marred by a
vein of the sort of sentimentalism that affects the modern amateur
sociologist, and by a false sense of values in the social life of the
college community.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 378. Je. 16, ’07. 310w.

“The climax is long in coming, and when it does arrive one fails to
see clearly its relation to most of what has gone before.”

− =Ind.= 63: 340. Ag. 8, ’07. 190w.

“While the book is seriously lacking in unity and coordination, it has
features of genuine merit.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 962. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.

“All the virtue of this story lies in the first of its three parts.
Here is an affectionate and reverent study of child-nature, grateful
enough in the midst of our sentimental or facetious or condescending
manipulations of the child as literary ‘copy.’”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 460w.

“The book as it stands is excellently written, in a style free from
literary self-consciousness; American in its ideals, and full of
firsthand interest in human character. Because of this very freshness
the title is not quite fortunate; used here it gives an academic touch
in spite of its real beauty.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 315. My. 18, ’07. 690w.

=Low, Sidney James Mark.= Vision of India as seen during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales. *$3.50. Dutton.

W 7–6.

A general picture of the life and social conditions in India today.
Beginning with Bombay, the author takes us thru the cities of
Rajputana, to Punjab and the borders, past the cities of the Moghuls
on to Bengal, Madras and the Southland. There is an account of the
Mohammedan college at Aligarh, a discussion of the Indian army, and a
concluding chapter which raises the question of the endurance of the
present strange form of Indian government.

* * * * *

“Mr. Sidney Low, in ‘A vision of India,’ ... is admirable: thoroughly
detached and non-official, but conservative in the best sense, in
spite of a good deal of criticism of British faults.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 1: 606. My. 19. 1160w.

“A book so profitably full and accurate, so acute in observation, and
so enlivening, that it may be called a remarkably illuminating book
about India.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 372. Je. 16, ’07. 270w.

“Mr. Low’s book is full of facts; it is brightly and ably written; and
we hope that many members of our ‘not too attentive democracy’ will
turn over these pages to see what our Indian empire is like.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 180. My. 18, ’06. 1780w.

“Our only quarrel is with the title Mr. Low has chosen, for there is
more careful study than ‘vision’ in his book; but it is better for
that.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 15. Jl. 4, ’07. 410w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 177. Mr. 23, ’07. 190w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 292. My. 4, ’07. 770w.

“Mr. Low’s [book is valuable] because England’s course for the future
is clearly and impressively disclosed.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 130w.

Reviewed by F. A. Steel.

=Sat. R.= 102: 199. Ag. 18, ’06. 370w.

“The book might with advantage have been considerably shortened. But,
on the whole, it is an excellent piece of work, showing India as it
appears to a keen observer, whose mind has been trained in the study
of peoples and politics.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 131. Jl. 28, ’06. 2040w.

=Lowell, Percival.= Mars and its canals. **$2.50. Macmillan.

6–45164.

On the hills of northern Arizona, Mr. Lowell built an observatory and
equipped it with apparatus for a life study of Mars. He offers in this
volume the deductions from his observations to date. Not only does he
convince the reader that Mars is inhabited but “that the inhabitants
of Mars are carrying on a system of irrigation for agricultural
purposes on an immeasurably larger scale than has ever been dreamed on
our planet, that they possess a high degree of agricultural and
mechanical intelligence, and a degree of moral development so far in
advance of any we have yet reached that in all probability war is
among them unknown.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

“A longer and rather more serious book than that of Morse on Mars.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 69. Mr. ’07.

=Ath.= 1907. 1: 478. Ap. 20. 480w.

Reviewed by E. T. Brewster.

=Atlan.= 100: 262. Ag. ’07. 670w.

“With all respect, then, to Professor Lowell, and with all trust in
the accuracy of his observations, they seem explicable enough without
any idea of Mars being inhabited. It seems pretty clear that he has
let his imagination run away with him.” George M. Searle.

+ − =Cath. World.= 84: 577. F. ’07. 5900w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 211. F. ’07. 1790w.

“Whether the reader can accept the author’s conclusions or not, he
will at least be forced to admit, after reading ‘Mars and its canals,’
that the book is an exceedingly able and interesting exposition of the
subject.” Herbert A. Howe.

+ =Dial.= 42: 76. F. 1, ’07. 1170w.

“In every way the work is a worthy presentation from a recognized
Martian leader. Mr. Lowell’s observations have every claim to
acceptance. The theories propounded are by no means so clear.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1567. D. 27, ’06. 290w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 108. Ap. 5, ’07. 1510w.

“The most adverse critic cannot but admire the tireless industry with
which the planet has been scanned night after night, every noteworthy
appearance regarded, and the mass of facts thus acquired moulded into
a consistent whole.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 317. Ap. 4, ’07. 710w.

“Written in a very clear style, free from scientific technicalities,
and illustrated by maps and diagrams, so that the non-expert layman
can understand it.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 142. Ja. 19, ’07. 320w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 120w.

“While this book is published as a popular exposition of the most
recent investigations, it presents practically all that is known, or
thus far suspected, presumably, concerning this planet and its
inhabitants.” Herman S. Davis.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 25: 499. Mr. 29, ’07. 520w.

=Lowery, Woodbury.= Spanish settlements within the present limits of the United States: Florida. 1562–1574. *$2.50. Putnam.

5–32489.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 423. Ja. ’07. 370w.

=Lucas, Charles Prestwood.= Canadian war of 1812. *$4.15. Oxford.

6–30901.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 429. Ja. ’07. 500w.

“That the results do not present much that is novel is due rather to
the diligence of Mr. Lucas’s predecessors than to his own lack of
zeal. The few errors ... do not bear directly upon the narrative.”
Carl Russel Fish.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 433. Mr. ’07. 430w.

=Lucas, Charles Prestwood.= Historical geography of British colonies, v. 1. *$1.25; v. 2. *$1.90. Oxford.

=v. 1.= The Mediterranean and Eastern colonies revised and brought up
to date by R. E. Stubbs.

“This volume begins with Gibraltar, and travels through the
Mediterranean by way of Malta and Cyprus to the Asiatic islands of the
Far East. Except for the three European possessions and Somaliland in
Africa, the book deals exclusively with the islands in the Indian
ocean and the minor Asiatic possessions.”—Nation.

=v. 2.= West indies rev. and brought up to date by Chewton Atchley.

“This volume deals not only with the West Indian islands proper, from
Jamaica round to Trinidad, but also with the Bermudas, the Bahamas,
the mainland colonies of Guiana and Honduras, and even the far distant
possessions in the Cape Horn region—the Falkland islands and South
Georgia.”—Nature.

=v. 6.= Australasia, by J. D. Rogers.

A history of the southern continent and the islands of the Pacific.

* * * * *

“Its revision has been most carefully carried out, and the politician
will be as grateful for the precise statement of recent changes as the
historical student will be for the more ample scale on which the
earlier stages of exploration and settlement are treated.” W.

+ =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 414. Ap. ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The work of revision has been satisfactorily accomplished.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 242. S. 20, ’06. 780w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)

“Mr. Rogers himself has apparently taken great delight in the writing
of the book. Every page seems to be a labor of love, with its clever
descriptions, witty allusions, apt quotations, Biblical and classical,
and swift judgments of men, of policies, and of events.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 190. Ag. 29, ’07. 770w. (Review of v. 6.)

“Mr. Lucas has accomplished his task most successfully.”

+ =Nature.= 73: 245. Ja. 11, ’06. 630w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, ed. Another book of verses for children, il. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–32337.

An anthology of “Poetry-for-children” which is capable of a many-sided
appeal to the imagination, and which, the author hopes, will serve as
a preparation for the real poetry of the grown-up. A poem’s fitness
for being read aloud has been a principal consideration for including
it.

* * * * *

“Is a delightful compilation, and noticeably excellent in the method
of its arrangement.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 515. O. 26. 190w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 495. N. 28, ’07. 130w.

“Mr. Lucas has a sound taste in humor and in literature at large, and
he seems equally to have good judgment in his choice of what will
please children.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 544. N. 9, ’07. 110w.

“It would be difficult to get a more valuable edition for household
use.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 765. D. ’07. 30w.

“Altogether a most suitable and acceptable nursery, schoolroom, and
playroom anthology.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: sup. 640. N. 2, ’07. 160w.

* =Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Character and comedy. *$1.25. Macmillan.

The first part of this book “consists of pleasant little essays of a
Lamblike gentleness and humor, but the best of the book is the second
part, ‘Life’s little difficulties,’ in which by means of life-like
letters the tiny social tragedies of small places are told with
exquisite dexterity and good nature.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Mr. Lucas is a pretty humorist, and in this dainty volume he shows,
very prettily, the variety of his range.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 334. S. 21. 290w.

“A most delightful book.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1317. N. 28, ’07. 60w.

“Mr. Lucas knows how to write trifles with something much better than
dignity; with a cheerful communicativeness and transparent candour
that make every reader his warm friend.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 300. O. 4, ’07. 820w.

“The informality, intimacy, unaffected humor, of these unpretentious
papers make them delightful reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 767. D. 7, ’07. 240w.

“Mr. Lucas’s last, but not least charming, book of essays.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 521. O. 12, ’07. 1580w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Fireside and sunshine. **$1.25. Dutton.

7–29018.

Nineteen “Lamb like” essays upon such subjects as; breakfast,
squirrels, clothing old and new, the days of the week, and letter
writing.

* * * * *

“His pages not only have the expected Elian air, but also something of
a sybaritic savor, a more than suggestion of the gourmet, a
Dickens-Lamb-Scott enjoyment of the things of sense as embodied in
certain favorite eatables and drinkables.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 500w.

“This writing is in Mr. Lucas’s well-known vein—agreeable, vivacious,
with bits of interesting observation of men, women, and beasts, and
with touches of gentle humor. The matter, however, is rather thin,
good enough for a casual contribution to the London ‘Outlook’ or
‘Country gentleman,’ but much of it hardly worth preservation in
permanent form.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 338. Ap. 11, ’07. 200w.

“Among the best collections of essays of this day of their popular
revival.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 302. My. 11, ’07. 520w.

“Whether old or new or half new, the essays may be commended to the
public as excellent reading.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 791. N. 17, ’06. 420w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, comp. Forgotten tales of long ago. $1.50. Stokes.

7–35046.

Twenty stories, from early writers for children, of a period ranging
from 1790 to 1830, with three later contributions. “In the discovery
of an anonymous production entitled ‘Lady Anne’ the editor finds his
reward for much fruitless rummaging. We share his gratification, for
it is a gem well worth preserving.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Interesting to the occasional child who fancies quaint tales, and to
all students of children’s literature. Well printed and illustrated,
and attractively bound.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 22. Ja. ’07. 50w.

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 652. N. 24. 80w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 22, ’06. 60w.

+ =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 60w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, comp. Friendly town: a little book for the urbane. $1.50. Holt.

6–10500.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =Ind.= 62: 733. Mr. 28, ’07. 140w.

“Among anthologies the book deserves an exceptional place.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 33: 857. D. 8, ’06. 140w.

“It would be difficult to find a collection of more appealing verse
and prose than this.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 250w.

+ =Outlook.= 85: 94. Ja. 12, ’07. 100w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall=, ed. Gentlest art: a choice of letters by entertaining hands. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–32334.

The gentlest art, according to Mr. Lucas’ interpretation, is that of
letter-writing. This anthology of letters is varied in content and
includes a wide range of letter-writers, many of them well-known
eighteenth and nineteenth century English people. There are eighteen
headings under which letters are grouped, some of them being Children
and grandfathers, News bearers, The grand style, The little friends,
Urbanity and nonsense, Literature and art, Humorists and oddities, The
pen reflective, Rural recluses, and Shadows.

* * * * *

“A more charming volume it would not be easy to find.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 874. N. 30, ’07. 140w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Listener’s lure: a Kensington comedy. †$1.50. Macmillan.

6–32676.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is the best of England, old and new, told at random in letters
which also serve to piece out one of the prettiest love stories of the
year.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 502. F. 28, ’07. 180w.

=Lucas, Edward Verrall.= Wanderer in London. **$1.75. Macmillan.

6–32702.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 12. Ja. ’07.

“He here shows himself to be an uncommonly shrewd observer of the many
and varied aspects of the great metropolis, and the no less
heterogeneous ways and moods of its teeming population.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 279. Ja. ’07. 200w.

“Mr. Lucas takes his London lightly, skims the cream, revives the
reader with the most modern frivolous bits of information, and never
oppresses him under a load of facts. A good modern map is needed.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 560. D. 27, ’06. 610w.

=Luce, Robert.= Writing for the press: a manual. 5th ed. pa. 50c. Clipping bureau press.

7–18088.

The fifth edition revised. It is a guide for beginners, furnishing
information and instruction on all matters relating to the preparation
of copy for the press.

* * * * *

“The book is worth its room, were it only for the copious lists of
words and phrases—correct and incorrect—common mistakes, and trite
expressions, which it contains.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 85: 682. Ag. ’07. 170w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 763. S. 26, ’07. 70w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 191. Ag. 29, ’07. 70w.

“The handiest and most useful work of reference in its line we have
ever seen.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 368. Je. 8, ’07. 170w.

=Lupton, Arnold, Parr, G. D. A., and Perkin, Herbert.= Electricity as applied to mining. *$4.50. Van Nostrand.

“Electrical theories and principles are dealt with at considerable
length.... Less than one third of the book is given over to the
applications of electricity to mining.... For the mining engineer,
colliery manager, or others who are contemplating the adoption of
electricity for power or lighting and who know little or nothing of
electricity, the book presents many valuable features.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

+ − =Engin. N.= 56: 527. N. 15, ’06. 290w.

=Lusk, Graham.= Elements of the science of nutrition. *$2.50. Saunders.

6–41748.

“Scientific analysis of the processes of nutrition, and the chemical
constituents of various foods, together with numerous explanatory
tables. Contains separate chapters on ‘The food requirements during
the period of growth’ and on metabolism under abnormal and diseased
conditions, including anaemia, diabetes, fever, and gout.”—N. Y.
Times.

* * * * *

“The discussion is usually illuminating, but here and there a more
liberal summary of generalization would be most helpful to students at
least to beginners, who need broad statements rather than an
enumeration of facts whose bearing they do not easily apprehend.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 266. S. 19, ’07. 110w.

“Prof. Graham Lusk is to be congratulated on having produced a very
interesting and important book.” W. B. H.

+ + =Nature.= 75: 413. Mr. 14, ’07. 470w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 138. Mr. 9, ’07. 40w.

=Luther, Mark Lee.= Crucible. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–33211.

Jean Fanshaw is right as a trivet, though wilful and a born fighter.
Her ungovernable temper sends her to the reform school, she escapes,
but is persuaded by a clean, strong young artist rusticating in
near-by woods to return and serve out her time. She does it, goes
forth with a clear record, and enters the maelstrom of shopgirl life
in New York. Her fight against the temptation on every hand is finally
rewarded when her artist hero of long ago finds her and makes her
castles in Spain a reality.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

=Lyford, James Otis.= Life of Edward H. Rollins: a political biography. $1.50. Estes.

6–41541.

“The political activities of New Hampshire, which state Rollins
represented in both Congressional houses, are here set forth in
sufficient detail to make the book of interest as a study in that
field. But it chiefly aims to set Senator Rollins, an able,
conscientious, useful man rightly in history.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“His style is clear and graceful, and skill is shown in the selection
and arrangement of salient facts, as well as due sense of proportion.
It is the only book which has thus far appeared which gives a clear,
orderly and accurate narrative of the political life of New Hampshire
during this important epoch, and by his painstaking labor Mr. Lyford
has made a distinct contribution to the history of the state.” James
F. Colby.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 906. Jl. ’07. 710w.

“This is a good example of the political biography.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 916. Ap. 18, ’07. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 823. D. 1, ’06. 220w.

=Outlook.= 85: 526. Mr. 2, 07. 180w.

=Lyle, Eugene P., jr.= Lone star. †$1.50. Doubleday.

7–25502.

A tale of the winning of Texas which begins with the Mexican exclusion
of Americans and ends with the battle of San Jacinto. The book is
autobiographical in nature, the narrator figuring “as blunderer and
sometimes as dupe, but always retrieves himself by candor and a high
courage.” (Nature.) Such personages as Crockett, Houston, Bowie and
Austin figure in the narrative.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 178. O. ’07. ✠

“Mr. Lyle has chosen to open his novel with a few pages of rather
aggressive smartness; but once in motion, he flings aside spangles and
rides gallantly to the close. His tale is a captivating one.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 211. S. 5, ’07. 350w.

“He has marked individuality of style, he understands the mechanics of
plot construction, he has considerable skill in the portrayal of
character, and he can write English without making a blunder on every
other page.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 548. S. 14, ’07. 500w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 100w.

=Lynde, Francis.= Empire builders. †$1.50 Bobbs.

7–26019.

A story for would-be captains of industry which follows the enterprise
of putting thru a difficult section of railroad, with no obstacle
wanting that “nature, rivals, inside treachery and high finance” could
present. The young engineer with the determination of a Titan
surmounts them all. He “outgeneraled and outfought the unscrupulous
old grafters and finally brought some of the more decent among their
enemies over to his own way of thinking.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Fairly good reading for its class.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 164. O. ’07. 270w.

“This story is not so powerful as the title intimates.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1006. O. 24, ’07. 130w.

“Capital reading, even if it may seem wildly exaggerated at points.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 350w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

“The book is crisply written, has action and life, and holds the
interest throughout.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 45. S. 7, ’07. 100w.

=Lysaght, Sidney Royse.= Her Majesty’s rebels. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–35217.

“Back in the days of tumult and shouting, of bitter strife and
fostered crime, of no-rent manifestos and coercion bills, Her
Majesty’s rebels, led by one of the greatest political leaders of the
century, had Ireland in a ferment.” (Ath.) In this time of unrest the
story has its setting, and the hero is Parnell in the disguise of
Michael Desmond, “a notable hero, compounded of giant strength and
strange weakness—a man, in fact, and a man full of magnetic force to
draw men and women to him, now the victim of a passion he would not
stop to control, now cold, reserved, and unscrupulous.... It is seldom
we are given a picture of the Ireland of the early eighties half so
finished, or so just as Mr. Lysaght’s.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Few Irish books of such good parts have come into our hands since
Carleton’s days, for few authors hold the balance so accurately or
write so restrainedly and so simply as Mr. Lysaght, content to fill
their pages with the moving figures of men, animated by the spirit of
life itself.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 188. F. 23, ’07. 590w.

“Compelling story.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 136. My. ’07.

“The worst fault, indeed, of the story is a certain want of what
journalists style actuality.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 250. Mr. 2. 270w.

“Mr. Lysaght often shows a keen perception of character without the
art of sustained development. Many of his people are quite shadowy. He
is likewise guilty of self-indulgence in the matter of length.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 267. Mr. 21, ’07. 440w.

“Apart from its general fairmindedness, the book is notable for many
passages affording welcome relief to its prevalently serious
character.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 295. F. 22, ’07. 1540w.

M

=Maartens, Maarten.= New religion: a modern novel. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–29090.

A novel which embodies a satire on the medical profession whose aim is
to disgust people with doctors and medicine. “Mr. Maartens gives us no
inkling of what we are to do without doctors, but one of his
characters whose legs have been mutilated in an accident is restored
by faith. Several surgeons pronounce his case hopeless unless he will
have both legs amputated. He refuses and is healed by prayer. Perhaps
Mr. Maartens is an apostle of Faith healing or Christian science in
disguise.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“There is not a human character in the book, and not a wise idea. It
is pretentious, badly constructed and badly written.”

− − =Acad.= 73: 928. S. 21, ’07. 700w.

“Such a book will not please those who seek for sensation; but as a
criticism of modern western civilization, especially of its excessive
care of the body, and neglect of the spirit, ‘The new religion’ has
its charm and claim.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 362. S. 28. 240w.

“Will not bear comparison with ‘Dorothea,’ still less ‘God’s fool,’
but it contains interesting characters, witty comments and pathetic
scenes, and its satire, unfair and exaggerated, like all satire,
nevertheless has point and significance.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1121. N. 7, ’07. 440w.

“The personages in the novel are masterly portrayals, but they do not
excite the reader’s sympathy, while the story, as a whole, in spite of
its many brilliant passages, is not entirely convincing, and leaves
the impression that in the treatment of his main theme the author has
not been free from a tendency to exaggeration, which rather weakens
his arraignment of the medical profession.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 759. N. 16, ’07. 380w.

“We have not believed in the loves or the diseases; nor have we
profited by the satire; but we have been very much entertained, and
wit and fantasy are good, call them what you will.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 269. S. 6, ’07. 870w.

“Somehow the author has failed to hit the key; the story is neither
fantastic enough nor sober enough to be more or less than a gentle
irritant.”

− =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 310w.