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=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 80w.

“The characters and happenings of the story are mere pegs on which to
hang the author’s theories, but none the less the pages of the book
are illumined with numerous flashes of wit and startling examples of
acute observation.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 7. S. 28, ’07. 1300w.

=Maartens, Maarten.= Woman’s victory and other stories. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–35218.

“The book takes its title from the caption of the first story, but it
is suitable for the collection as a whole. For most of the stories
recount a contest of some sort, of wit or will, or feeling, or
intention, between people of opposite sex, in which the woman is
usually the victor.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“It is a pity that work so admirable as the stories mentioned and some
others should be jostled by work so feeble and inferior as ‘The
diamonds’ and several stories better unnamed.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 161. Ag. 18, ’06. 390w.

“Will appeal to students of human nature, and lovers of analytical and
psychological stories, but not the casual fiction reader.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 136. My. ’07.

“The book exhibits to advantage the author’s creative power and
artistry.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 200w.

“One can only wonder that a novelist of Mr. Maartens’ standing has
cared to gather in permanent form these unimportant contributions to
various periodicals.” A. Schade van Westrum.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 190. Ap. ’07. 820w.

“The skill in representing women joined with one or other of the
hatreds makes up more than a few vivid stories of action and the
number of apparently swiftly sketched moments, impressions of persons
and moods, which have the artistic quality of a fine etching and must
have taken quite as much work.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 284. Ag. 17, ’06. 390w.

“The tales in the present collection display in form a factitious
versatility; in substance they are rather monotonous.”

− + =Nation.= 84: 201. F. 28, ’07. 420w.

“This present sheaf of short stories gives evidence, for the most
part, of little more than the habit of writing, although there is, now
and then, a bit of clever craftsmanship or a stroke of subtle
character-drawing.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 95. F. 16, ’07. 190w.

“There is a fineness and acuteness in these sketches, for they are
little more, that few fiction writers of our day could equal.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 717. Mr. 23, ’07. 60w.

+ − =R. of Rs.= 35: 762. Je. ’07. 40w.

=Mabie, Hamilton Wright.= Famous stories every child should know; ed. by Hamilton W. Mabie, assisted by Kate Stephens. **90c. Doubleday.

7–29005.

“Dickens, Ruskin, Hawthorne, Ouida are among the authors represented,
and the Biblical story of Ruth is also included. There is an
introduction by Mr. Mabie in which he emphasizes the value of really
good literature for children and the unfortunate amount of cheap
literature written especially for them, and the uselessness of the
goody-good and unreal stories.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Will be found more useful for reference than general reading.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 208. N. ’07.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 80w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 70w.

=Mabie, Hamilton Wright, ed.= Heroes every child should know. **90c Doubleday.

6–36046.

“Heroic figures of many races, ages, and types are here presented for
young people to admire—some legendary, some semi-legendary, but for
the most part men of actual and recorded deed, like David, Roland,
King Alfred, Robert Bruce, Washington, Lee, Lincoln, and Father
Damien. The stories are told by recognized writers of ability and
fame, and the narratives have been selected not only because of the
subjects but because of dramatic and vivid story-telling
power.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 40w.

“To read it strengthens one’s pride in humanity.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 677. N. 17, ’06. 150w.

“Most happy in its title as in its contents.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 764. D. ’06. 40w.

=Mabie, Hamilton Wright.= Legends that every child should know; a selection of the great legends of all times for young people; il. and decorated by Blanche Ostertag. **90c. Doubleday.

6–32353.

Legends as told by famous authors in verse and prose, with some
adaptation from other collections. Among them are Hiawatha, Beowulf,
Childe Horn, Sir Galahad, Rustem and Sohrab, The seven sleepers of
Ephesus, Guy of Warwick, Chevy Chase, The fate of the children of Lir,
The beleaguered city, Prester John, The wandering Jew, King Robert of
Sicily, The life of Beato Torello da Poppi, The Lorelei, The passing
of Arthur, Rip Van Winkle, The gray champion, The legend of Sleepy
Hollow.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 22. Ja. ’07. ✠

“A book judiciously supervised by Mr. Mabie.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1410. D. 22, ’06. 30w.

“Many an older person would profit by conning the legends. Mr. Mabie’s
introduction is interesting, even though not illuminating.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 485. D. 6, ’06. 90w.

=McAdoo, William.= Guarding a great city. **$2. Harper.

6–18052.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The volume would have been much stronger had the author dropped the
controversial tone and found a more logical arrangement for his
material.”

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 219. Ja. ’07. 320w.

=McAllister, Addams Stratton.= Alternating current motors. *$3. McGraw pub.

6–42400.

“This is a general treatise on single-phase and polyphase induction
motors, synchronous motors and convertors, and single-phase commutator
motors.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The book is good, plain physics from beginning to end.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 83. Ja. 17, ’07. 230w.

=McArthur, Peter.= Prodigal and other poems. *$1. Kennerley.

7–19470.

Two score verses which range in subject from a mother’s lullaby to an
Indian wind song, from Bob Fitzsimmons to Sarah Bernhardt, from
sentiment to slang.

* * * * *

“Is a thoughtful poet, although his inspiration is apt to be a little
tame.” Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 43: 92. Ag. 16, ’07. 260w.

“Shakespeare himself stands like a ghost behind the word-play and
clever artistry of Peter McArthur.” Christian Gauss.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 400w.

=McCabe, Joseph.= Talleyrand: a biographical study; with 25 portraits including a photogravure frontispiece. *$3. Appleton.

7–35192.

The author aims to present Talleyrand as a “consistent and
intelligible personality.” The study is a defense of the man “who had
faith in no principle, gratitude to no master, loyalty to no cause;
who loved money, power and pleasure and sought each without scruple.”

* * * * *

“From the historical point of view the book cannot be compared with
Lady Blennerhasset’s detailed biography.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 99. Ap. ’07.

“He has written a readable book, giving an artistic sketch of the life
of one of the most remarkable men, and certainly the most skilful
diplomatist of the period; but the work is at several points sketchy
and inadequate, and lacking here and there in knowledge and soundness
of judgment.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 190. F. 16. 1200w.

“His biography is interesting if not convincing.” Joseph O’Connor.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 137. Mr. 9, ’07. 3840w.

“Mr. McCabe, accordingly, must be said to have failed completely in
his efforts to make out a case for the gentleman of many
governments—albeit he has done some service in brushing away sundry
myths that in the course of the years have clustered about the figure
of this man of mystery.”

− + =Outlook.= 86: 336. Je. 15, ’07. 610w.

“Has set out to solve the enigma, and in the solution to redeem his
subject’s reputation. That his task was difficult Mr. McCabe,
doubtless, would not deny; that he has been to some extent successful
in this task is high praise, nothing but the highest praise is due to
his masterly and fascinating defence.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: sup. 111. Ja. 26, ’07. 2400w.

=McCarthy, Justin Huntley.= Illustrious O’Hagen. †$1.50. Harper.

6–39729.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A clever, but scarcely edifying story.”

+ − =Cath. World.= 85: 104. Ap. ’07. 100w.

“Here ends our entertainment, a romantic one withal, and a merry.” Wm.
M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 12: 145. Mr. 1, ’07. 290w.

“It is a stirring tale written with the author’s accustomed grace and
with a certain wanton sprightliness, which, for all its fascination,
is a distinct lowering of his literary standards after the grave
beauty and fine exaltation with which he wrote ‘The flower of
France.’”

+ =Ind.= 62: 677. Mr. 21, ’07. 220w.

=McCarthy, Justin Huntley.= Needles and pins. †$1.50. Harper.

7–18594.

The old adage of “When a man marries his trouble begins,” is here
applied to François Villon, the “beggar rhymer” whom Louis of France
ennobled when Lady Katherine of Vaucelles loved and married him. When
the story opens they have begun their married life on Katherine’s
estate in Poitou, where her new lord is ill received. There is much
fighting and bloodshed and also much marital skirmishing before Villon
wins his wife’s respect and learns how to keep her love.

* * * * *

“Notable in the novel are its gaiety and brightness, and its deft
literary workmanship. We must not seek dull realism here; it is a
field of sheer entertainment.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 693. Je. 8. 180w.

“The tale is told with quiet humour, sympathy, and an underlying vein
of poetry that lends a definite charm to many of the pages.” Frederic
Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 500. Jl. ’07. 370w.

“Mr. McCarthy presents Villon in the light of a perfectly monogamous
Shelley. Apart from this somewhat trying piece of originality, the
book has merit.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 567. Je. 20, ’07. 260w.

“It is a more thoughtful book than ‘If I were king,’ a harder book to
write, a book with much subtle analysis, and quite probably McCarthy
himself likes it better. It’s a question whether the public, fain to
stay unjarred in their rose-colored dream of romantic passion, will
agree with his possible estimate.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 387. Je. 15, ’07. 450w.

=Sat. R.= 103: 690. Je. 1, ’07. 280w.

=McClellan, Elisabeth.= Historic dress in America, 1607–1800. **$10; hf. lev. or mor. **$20. Jacobs.

4–33115.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“The chapter on uniforms in America, 1775–1800, is more complete than
anything of the kind we have seen before, and the glossary of the
nomenclature of dress, while it is hardly so full as that to be found
in the ‘Cyclopaedia of costume,’ is curious and useful.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 245. Mr. 9, ’07. 450w.

“Elisabeth McClellan and Sophie Steel have written and illustrated a
work invaluable for reference on the subject of dress in America. The
pictures, often copied from originals yet extant, are beautiful; the
portraits of governors most interesting; and the glossary of the odd
language of dress—it rivals that of heralds in eccentricity—is
extremely useful.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 18. Ja. 18, ’07. 1550w.

* =MacClintock, Porter Lander.= Literature in the elementary school. *$1. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–37019.

Such topics are discussed as the service rendered by literature in the
education of children, the kind of literature and the elements of
literature serviceable in the elementary school, the story, folk-tale
and fairy-story, hero-tales, nature and animal stories, symbolistic
stories, fables, poetry and drama. The presentation of the literature,
the correlations of literature and outside reading are also treated.

=McClure, Alexander Kelly.= Old time notes of Pennsylvania. 2v. *$8. Winston.

6–9611.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 808. D. 1, ’06. 140w.

=MacColl, Hugh.= Symbolic logic and its applications. *$1.50. Longmans.

7–29053.

“Points on which he lays considerable stress, and in which he does not
command the uniform assent of the other symbolic logicians, are
these:—(a) that he takes statements and not terms to be in all cases
and necessarily the ultimate constituents of symbolic reasoning; (b)
that he goes quite beyond the ordinary notation of the symbolists in
classifying propositions according to such attributes as true, false,
certain, impossible, variable; (c) that in regard to the existential
import of propositions, while other symbolists define the null class O
as containing no members, and understand it as contained in every
class, real or unreal, he, on the other hand, defines it as consisting
of the null or unreal members, O_{1}, O_{2}, O_{3}, &c., and considers
it to be excluded from every real class. A chapter is devoted to the
solution of Prof. Jevon’s so-called inverse problem.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“There are some respects in which Mr. MacColl appears too much
dominated by ordinary language. The present volume is interesting and
instructive, and the points in which it is incontrovertible are much
more numerous than those in which it is open to doubt.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 396. Mr. 31. 1480w.

+ − =Nature.= 75: 1. N. 1, ’06. 190w.

Reviewed by John Grier Hibben.

=Philos. R.= 16: 190. Mr. ’07. 2020w.

=McCook, Henry C.= Nature’s craftsmen: popular studies of ants and other insects; il. from nature. **$2. Harper.

7–12257.

A book which has grown out of a series of nature articles printed in
Harper’s magazine during the past four years. The papers deal
principally with popular phases of insect and aranead life, with
themes drawn chiefly from the author’s own specialties, ants and
spiders. In addition, the products of some original studies have been
included, as, for instance, wild bees, water-striders, caddis-flies,
wasps and ant-lions.

* * * * *

“Well written, printed, illustrated and bound.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 168. O. ’07. S.

“One of the most interesting and instructive entomological
publications of recent date. Its method is popular in the best sense
of the term.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 764. Je. 22. 950w.

Reviewed by George Gladden.

+ + =Bookm.= 25: 624. Ag. ’07. 230w.

“The character of the contents, the interesting nature of the
observation related, and the clearness and grace of the author’s
style, all combine to place the book in the first rank of popular
natural histories.” Charles Atwood Kofoid.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 366. Je. 16, ’07. 460w.

“An admirable volume for the open shelves of the public or school
library.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 190w.

“There is throughout a strict adherence to truth and a spirit of
careful research. Close to the ideal type of nature book, well
written, well printed, and well illustrated.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 416. My. 2, ’07. 290w.

“The book is written in a very pleasing style throughout, with the
exception of the last few pages, which bear signs of haste.”

+ + − =Nature.= 76: 516. S. 19, ’07. 410w.

“In his years of close study of insects he has seen many a weird
spectacle of which he writes here most entertainingly.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 120w.

“The stories contain so little that is technical, and that little so
easily explained, that teachers and others who wish to interest
children in insect study will find the book one of the most valuable
of all the flood of nature books which recent years have brought
forth.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 431. Jl. 6, ’07. 360w.

“Although free from technical terms, Dr. McCook’s work is thoroughly
scientific in its treatment.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 640. My. ’07. 80w.

“Well suited for the general reader who is interested in entomology.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 367. S. 14, ’07. 120w.

=McCrackan, William Denison.= Italian lakes. (Little pilgrimages ser.) Il. $2. Page.

7–15494.

“Mr. McCrackan first gives a brief general description of the ‘lakes
of azure, lakes of leisure,’ and then takes up, one by one, the lakes
themselves, the points of greatest interest upon or near their shores,
and the journeys to be made from each.” (N. Y. Times.) “The
picturesque towns and villa gardens on the shores are vividly
described, and not only those which are famous the world over, but
many which have succeeded in shyly hiding their loveliness from all
eyes but those of the author, who has done his work with conscientious
thoroness. The last chapters deal with people who had more or less
connection with the towns on the lakes.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“Enthusiastic, trustworthy, but not remarkable in style.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 169. O. ’07.

“A very readable and not unprofitable book.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 42: 373. Je. 16, ’07. 220w.

“He is enthusiastic and sympathetic, and every lake and island has for
him its own special charm, its own distinctive beauties and its own
historical or artistic associations.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 230w.

“It is a pleasure to commend ‘The Italian lakes.’ We have noted a few
errors.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 330w.

“He has always a keenly appreciative eye for whatever is striking or
picturesque or beautiful, and lets none of it escape the traveler’s
attention, from the snowclad peaks in the background to the flowers by
the wayside.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 309. My. 11, ’07. 290w.

“Certainly it offers to tourists and sojourners a feast contrasted
with the scant fare with which, perforce, they have had to be content
in reading their necessarily condensed Baedeker, Meyer, Murray, or
Boniforti.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 567. Je. 13, ’07. 400w.

=McCullough, Ernest.= Engineering work in towns and small cities. $3. Technical bk. agency.

7–19430.

“After discussing the city engineer and his duties the author takes
up, in turn, roads and streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters,
pavements, sanitation in general, drainage, sewerage, water supply,
concrete, building departments, miscellaneous data (in the course of
which a few paragraphs on lighting are given), contracts and
specifications, office systems, records, field work and engineering
data. Appendixes are devoted to concrete mixing machines, trenching
machines, bibliography, trade literature and specification
index.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The book is unique, for one of its class, in the amount of
information it contains on how to do things. Much of this is based on
the practical experience of the author, and the balance, for the most
part, has been selected with good judgment.”

+ − =Engin. N.= 56: 638. D. 13, ’06. 490w.

* =MacCurdy, Hansford, and Castle, William Ernest.= Selection and cross-breeding in relation to inheritance of coat-pigments and coat-patterns in rats and guinea-pigs. (Carnegie institution of Washington. Publication no. 70.) pa. 50c. Carnegie inst.

7–21347.

The results of the authors’ recent researches which have included the
study of a thousand animals throughout several generations.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 266. S. 19, ’07. 170w.

Reviewed by T. H. Morgan.

+ =Science=, n.s. 26: 751. N. 29, ’07. 480w.

=McCutcheon, George Barr.= Daughter of Anderson Crow. †$1.50. Dodd.

7–25508.

It is not the real but the adopted daughter of Anderson Crow, town
marshal, about whom this story centers. After many adventures
including a kidnapping and a hold up, in which the inhabitants of the
small western village in which the tale is set, play a part, the
parentage of Rosalie is discovered and her real wealth and position
made known.

* * * * *

“The humour and spirit of the book are well sustained by the
illustrations.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 613. N. 16. 170w.

“Since the pursuit of literature, on the part of both authors and
publishers—has transmuted itself from the desire to do something worth
while into the endeavor to hit the bull’s eye of popular taste, that
fact is perhaps justification for Mr. McCutcheon’s numerous books.
Otherwise it is impossible to understand why they should be either
written or published.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 670w.

“In addition to the various good qualities of the author shown in the
book there is a good bit of character drawing in Crow.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 70w.

“Mr. McCutcheon, who told a good story in ‘Jane Cable,’ tells a better
one in ‘The daughter of Anderson Crow.’”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 582. N. 9, ’07. 270w.

=McCutcheon, George Barr.= Jane Cable. †$1.50. Dodd.

6–27704.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The plot does not strike one as being particularly probable, and the
action is a little jerky and uncertain.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 11. Jl. 6. 80w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 459. Ap. ’07. 850w.

“It is admirably done up to a point, but somehow it fails to carry
conviction. It is at least a hundred pages too long. It is discursive
where it should be reticent, verbose where it should be merely
suggestive.”

− + =Sat. R.= 104: 369. S. 21, ’07. 540w.

=McDavid, Mittie Owen.= Princess Pocahontas. $1.25. Neale.

7–32383.

A simple story of Pocahontas, her brief career and her relation to the
English colonists.

* =Macdonald, Alexander.= In search of El Dorado: a wanderer’s experiences. $2. Jacobs.

“True romances, no fiction with the ‘Deus ex machina,’ at the
psychological moment, but unadorned risks, escapes, and adventures ...
and little epics of comradeship—impressions of men to whom gold and
jewels are much, but to whom loyalty is the one thing better.” They
are adventures of the Klondike, the Never-Never Land of Australia, and
British New Guinea.

* * * * *

“The chief merit of the work lies in its graphic pictures of life in
the mining camps, and of the quaint humours of their inmates, whom the
author portrays in the most kindly spirit. As Mr. Macdonald in his
preface lays claim to entire accuracy in geographical detail, we may
mention one or two points on which his memory seems to be at fault.”

+ − =Ath.= 1905, 2: 759. D. 2. 520w.

“At times his adventures are a little too marvelous, the coincidences
a bit too striking, and the luck or ill-luck slightly too much
colored; but we can appreciate the stories for they are capitally
told.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 374. D. 1, ’07. 170w.

“Their adventures are worth the telling, and Mr. Macdonald has told
them well. These are right good stories.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 699. N. 2, ’07. 140w.

“He has experiences to recount which we do not expect to find outside
the boy’s adventure book. He writes admirably and picturesquely,
notwithstanding his reminder that he knows more of the rifle than the
pen.”

+ =Sat. R.= 100: sup. 10. O. 14, ’05. 320w.

“No book of the kind we have come across for long so decidedly merits
reading.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: sup. 473. O. 6, ’06. 180w.

=MacDonald, Frederick W.= In a nook with a book. *$1. Scribner.

7–24202.

“Mr. Macdonald’s eighteen short chapters touch on all sorts of themes
dear to bibliophiles.... While he writes understandingly of the church
fathers and historians, and of the Anglican divines, from Latimer and
Jewell to Mozley and Liddon, this ministerial book-lover can also
gossip about Pepys and Mrs. Piozzi and Charles Lamb, and is even
caught quoting, with admirable effect, from Eugene Field’s
‘Bibliomaniac’s prayer.’”—Dial.

* * * * *

“It is clear that, like some divines of an older period, he belongs
both to literature and religion.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 45. Ja. 12. 340w.

“A little volume of unusual charm. This is the most brightly
entertaining book about books that has fallen into our hands for a
long time.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 169. S. 16, ’07. 400w.

“Of actual criticism in Mr. Macdonald’s book there is little, but that
good.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 20. Ja. 18, ’07. 790w.

=Macdonald, Frederika.= Jean Jacques Rousseau: a new criticism. *$6.50. Putnam.

7–11002.

An “attempt to rehabilitate” the character of Rousseau by showing that
he has ever been viewed in the light of the false reputation which
attached itself to him as the result of a conspiracy between two
contemporaries.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Macdonald has presented a very good case in a very bad manner.
Her book is narrow in scope, and written in an uncritical frame of
mind.”

− + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 470. O. 20. 1960w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 175. F. ’07. 1500w.

“So far as the impression made by the book on the present reviewer is
concerned, the future of the reputation of ‘the virtuous Jean Jacques
Rousseau’ lies still on the knees of the gods.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 327. F. 7, ’07. 1230w.

“She writes rather like the advocate who sought to secure the
acquittal of his client by abusing the plaintiff’s attorney. That is
the weak side of her work. But she has nevertheless made a literary
discovery for which credit must be ungrudgingly accorded.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 337. O. 5, ’06. 1850w.

“Her work is an honor to her head and heart, and as a repository is
indispensable to every Rousseau library.”

+ + =Nation.= 83: 556. D. 27, ’06. 3490w.

“Mrs. Macdonald has only brushed away some calumniating gossip; the
main questions at issue are as they were a century ago.” James
Huneker.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 902. D. 29, ’06. 1330w.

“However significant the results of Mrs. MacDonald’s investigations
may prove, she herself has not worked them out in a manner above
criticism.”

− + =Outlook.= 86: 337. Je. 15, ’07. 900w.

“The new evidence which she has unearthed is so striking that it
cannot be lightly put aside.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 487. O. 20, ’06. 2630w.

* =Macdonald, George.= Princess and the goblin. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–12642.

A charming new edition of George Macdonald’s most popular children’s
story. The original wood engravings after the drawings of Arthur
Hughes have been retained, and Miss Maria L. Kirk has contributed some
attractive colored illustrations embodying the atmosphere and spirit
of the story.

* * * * *

+ =Nation.= 85: 496. N. 28, ’07. 70w.

=Macdonell, Anne.= Touraine and its story; il. by A. B. Atkinson. *$6. Dutton.

W 7–36.

Leisurely does Miss Macdonell conduct her follower thru the land of
chateaux, and takes him into the byways of the “thousand valleys.”
“Indeed, she finds more of the flavor of by-gone days in the lesser
castles, where there are no guides to hurry the visitors, and where
the shabbiness and quiet decay give the imagination free rein. It is
to these that she takes her readers; to the grim fortresses, also,
that guarded the lands: to the humble dwellings that nestled in the
shadow of the lordly manors; and to the rivers—shy and silent or swift
and rapacious—that water this ‘Garden of France.’” (Dial.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 99. Ap. ’07.

“The book is especially strong on its historical side.”

+ =Ath.= 1907. 1: 575. My. 11. 450w.

“Her history systematizes and rounds out the story of the twelve
individual chateaux, as told by Miss Lansdale, and her itineraries
sometimes duplicate but often supplement the other writers.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 394. D. 1, ’06. 380w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1397. D. 22, ’06. 180w.

“One that, in spite of all the competitors already in the field, will
undoubtedly hold its own, so beautiful are many of the illustrations
it contains, so freshly is the apparently inexhaustible theme
treated.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 364. F. ’07. 330w.

“Perhaps the difference between her writing and that of Mr. Cook is
chiefly the difference between the man and woman author. His is more
complete. Hers is more picturesque, more literary, more diffuse, above
all, more personal. It is inseparable from herself as a traveller; and
if we sometimes feel a little too much colour, a faint desire for dry
bones and for form, we also feel that her style has more charm than
that of her predecessor.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 432. D. 28, ’06. 950w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

“A sympathetic chronicler has been found in Miss Macdonell who
possesses the historical knowledge which is essential in treating of
this district of France where every site has its story and
association; she also has no little capacity for describing scenery
and introducing the incidents appropriate to the locality.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 56. Ja. 12, ’07. 220w.

“The blemishes are so really insignificant that we feel safe in
recommending the book, with its pretty illustrations, to all who care
for a fascinating subject.”

+ + − =Spec.= 98: 121. Ja. 26, ’07. 200w.

=McFadyen, John Edgar.= Prayers of the Bible. $1.75. Armstrong.

7–7187.

“Contains valuable devotional and liturgical material, together with
discussions of the character and content of both Old and New Testament
petitions.” (Ind.) It is divided into four parts; The prayers of the
Bible, Modern prayer, The prayers of the Bible collected and
classified, and Biblical prayers for modern use.

* * * * *

“It is a timely contribution to the understanding of the devotional
elements in the Bible by an interpreter thoroughly in sympathy with
the modern scientific and historical spirit.”

+ =Bib. World.= 28: 159. F. ’07. 60w.

“The method of the author is scientific, the spirit devout. The study
of biblical prayer is of interest alike to the student of the Bible
and to the man of religious life and temper whether he be a student or
not. To both, this volume will prove of interest and value.” Frederick
Carl Eislen.

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 297. O. ’07. 600w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 941. D. 15, ’06. 60w.

=MacFall, Haldane.= Ibsen, the man, his art and his significance; il. by Joseph Simpson. *$1.50. Shepard, Morgan.

7–3098.

A running narrative composed of the plots of the plays and the
incidents of the biography. The material is drawn chiefly from Jaeger,
Brandes, Gosse, Archer and Boyesen.

* * * * *

“Boiled down, his enthusiastic chapters amount to a fair exposition of
some portions of Ibsen’s genius.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 283. Mr. 23, ’07. 30w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 124. My. ’07.

“His individual contribution is a jerky emotional commentary, which
makes a brave pretense of being impressive, but exhibits no particular
insight or sense of perspective.”

− =Dial.= 42: 116. F. 16, ’07. 270w.

“This book ... is a curious compound of indiscriminating eulogy and
sound criticism.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 137. F. 7, ’07. 680w.

“We fear MacFall has read too much Shaw.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 242. Ap. 13, ’07. 610w.

“On the whole, though doubtless Mr. MacFall would resent it, his book
is a good one for beginners.”

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 120. Ap. ’07. 110w.

=McGaffey, Ernest.= Outdoors: a book of the woods, fields and marshlands. **$1.25. Scribner.

7–14649.

“Mr. McGaffey’s book tells of the pleasures of out-door life in the
fields and prairies and marshlands of the northern part of the
Mississippi valley, and it is written from the point of view of the
hunterman and fisherman who take the chase of fur, scales, and
feathers more as an excuse for getting into the open than as an object
in itself.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

Reviewed by George Gladden.

− =Bookm.= 25: 623. Ag. ’07. 410w.

“The advice to sportsmen which the book contains is not full enough or
new enough to compensate for the disappointment this point of view
causes the nature lover. Nevertheless, Mr. McGaffey’s appreciation of
the background of these naturalistic plays in one act is so delicate
and often so poetically worded as to gain him grateful
acknowledgment.” May Estelle Cook.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 370. Je. 16, ’07. 550w.

“The style of the book vouches for itself.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1354. Je. 6, ’07. 70w.

=Nation.= 85: 56. Jl. 18, ’07. 100w.

“Will give a pleasant hour to any one who loves and knows the
out-of-doors.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 284. My. 4, ’07. 330w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 127. Jl. ’07. 60w.

=McGehee, Lucius Polk.= Due process of law under the federal Constitution. $3. Thompson.

6–32130.

A volume which “deals accurately and clearly with a subject of which
some phase or other is under daily discussion. The regulation of
railway rates, the protection against impure food, the suppression of
child labor and of monopolies, the validity of a decree for divorce
based on constructive service, are but a few of the problems in which
‘due process’ is involved.... The rules expounded are as far as
possible based on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United
States.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The author ... succeeds in being concise as well as readable; and he
criticises modestly, but firmly.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 133. F. 7, ’07. 190w.

“The text of the book is admirably unobstructed by confusing detail.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 624. O. 6, ’06. 1160w.

“He displays a sense of proportion and a faculty for generalization,
arrangement and concise and exact statement which render his work
lucid and readable and remarkably free from the clumsiness of much
legal writing.” Thomas Reed Powell.

+ =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 541. S. ’07. 1180w.

=McGinley, Anna M. A.= Profit of love: studies in altruism; with preface by Rev. George Tyrrell. **$1.50. Longmans.

7–4504.

“Is the world growing in love as well as in knowledge? This is the
fundamental question dealt with in the present volume of essays on
human love and its relation to our common daily experiences.... The
dedication of the series ‘to my neighbor’ is significant, and the aim
of the author thruout is to show from a study of the elementary laws
of natural growth that the trend of all human progress is toward
universal brotherhood, enlightened and sustained by a supremely
dominant altruism rather than by man-made laws.... It deals with
principles rather than with their practical application, tho many
useful hints in this direction can be easily gathered by way of
influence.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“The main point is: Has this book power and vitality enough to arouse
views, thoughts, ambitions of any kind in the mind of its readers?
This book has that power and vitality, and we wish a wide circulation
for it.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 705. F. ’07. 840w.

“The book is deeply spiritual, but it does not belong to the
conventional and still less the conventual type of such writings.
Certain accepted educational and religious notions are called in
question with a frankness which, while it may alarm the timid, cannot
fail to prove stimulating to the thoughtful, and for these alone the
book is intended.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 162. Jl. 18, ’07. 390w.

=McGrath, Harold.= Best man. †$1.50. Bobbs.

7–30162.

Three stories: “The best man,” “Two candidates,” and “The adventures
of Mr. ‘Shifty’ Sullivan,” make up this volume. The first is the story
of a young lawyer who finds that the millionaire father of the girl he
loves has made more millions by a dishonest transaction and he is torn
between love and duty of disclosure. He chooses duty, but the girl’s
grandfather comes to the rescue and the honest lawyer is able to keep
her love and to see the wrong righted. The second is a tale of love
and politics, and the last tells of how a young minister fought a good
fight.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 687. O. 26, ’07. 170w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 140w.

=MacGrath, Harold.= Half a rogue. †$1.50. Bobbs.

6–43779.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“There is nothing new and striking about the story as a study of
American life; while as a romance pure and simple it is far inferior
to the ‘Man on the box.’” Amy C. Rich.

− + =Arena.= 37: 221. F. ’07. 190w.

“There is very little plot in the story, tho much diversity of
incident marks the rather lively narrative. Upon the whole, it is a
good machine-made novel.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 34: 217. F. 9, ’07. 160w.

“We cannot give unstinted praise to Mr. McGrath’s last novel. His
tendency to be epigrammatic is occasionally a trifle wearisome.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 880w.

“A bright, entertaining story.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 100w.

=Macgregor, David Hutchison.= Industrial combination. *$2.50. Macmillan.

7–12496.

“Everything that can be said either in favor of or against trusts,
cartels, and unions is stated fairly and minutely.... [The author]
analyzes with much skill the various phases of modern
organizations—their productive efficiency, the greater or less risk as
compared with competitive methods, their bargaining strength, their
resources—and discusses at length their relation to labor, especially
in connection with trade unions. He sums up his general views in the
two final chapters—the attitude of public opinion and legislation.”—J.
Pol. Econ.

* * * * *

“No student of combinations can afford to dispense with this book and
no reader will fail to learn from it. Copious material has been used,
but it has been so adequately digested that the reader will nowhere
find himself overburdened with detail, though the touch of reality is
preserved throughout by the illustrations selected. The arrangement
suits well the method of treatment.” S. J. Chapman.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 393. Ap. ’07. 990w.

“Mr. Macgregor’s style and mode of presentation are disappointing. His
method, while detailed, is essentially abstract. There is no guiding
purpose visible in the work. It is altogether a fair and impartial
study of the subject, and in this respect is wholly admirable. But
there seems to be no point to which the author is aiming. It is as if
he did not see the wood for the trees, and yet the trees are all
abstractions, not concrete things. This quality will prove a serious
handicap to the success of the work.” Garrett Droppers.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 120. F. ’07. 710w.

“The most careful scientific study which has yet been made in this
field of investigation. Mr. Macgregor’s conclusions are generally as
sane as his methods of procedure are correct. The chief, if not the
only ground for criticism is his disposition to take too seriously
‘official’ material dealing with the trust movement in the United
States.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 153. F. 14, ’07. 230w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 768. N. 17, ’06. 310w.

“Mr. Macgregor does not share the view of his compatriot, Mr.
Macrosty, that cartels and trusts are stages in a movement toward
socialism. The reasons for his dissent from that view are given in the
third division of his book and must be considered the least
satisfactory part of his work.” Henry L. Moore.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 337. Je. ’07. 660w.

=Spec.= 97: 177. F. 2, ’07. 300w.

“Perhaps the most instructive feature of the work is its discussion of
the effects of the protective tariff upon the operation of the trusts.
On the whole the work is a valuable addition to the literature of the
general trust movement. It is, however, likely to find its chief
usefulness among the scholarly students of the subject since it is
marred by the constant use of technical terms many of which seem to
have been coined by the author and which he does not usually explain.”
Maurice H. Robinson.

+ + =Yale R.= 16: 330. N. ’07. 1050w.

=Mach, Edmund Robert Otto von.= Outlines of the history of painting, from 1200–1900 A. D. *$1.50. Ginn.

6–30483.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In small compass is given all the information that has so far been
scattered through encyclopedias.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 65. F. 2, ’07. 310w.

=Mach, Ernst.= Space and geometry in the light of physiological, psychological, and physical inquiry. *$1. Open ct.

6–34085.

“The first essay deals with the relation of the spatial concept to the
senses. In the second we have an attempt to trace the natural
development of geometry from psychological causes, while the last
essay discusses the subject from the point of view of physical
inquiry. Incidentally, a number of illustrations are introduced, some
of which are admirably adapted for teaching purposes.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“The translation is well-nigh perfect.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 519. D. 13, ’06. 580w.

“There could be no more suitable book for giving the elementary or
secondary teacher some intelligent ideas about geometry than Dr.
Mach’s series of essays.”

+ =Nature.= 75: 603. Ap. 25, ’07. 210w.

“We certainly have to thank the Open court publishing company for
adding this little book to the other works of Professor Mach that they
have published in English.” W. T. Marvin.

+ =Psychol. Bull.= 4: 259. Ag. 15, ’07. 670w.

=Machen, Arthur.= Hill of dreams; il. by S. H. Sime. †$1.50. Estes.

“The ‘Hill of dreams’ is a study of the perverted mental and moral
development of a boy with an absorbing love of the beautiful. ‘Beauty
for beauty’s sake’ and ‘art for art’s sake’ his cult are accustomed to
call it when they drench a poisonous swamp with perfumes and cover it
with rose leaves.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“There is something sinister in the beauty of Mr. Machen’s book. It is
like some strangely shaped orchid, the colour of which is fierce and
terrible, and its perfume is haunting to suffocation by reason of its
intolerable sweetness.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 273. Mr. 16, ’07. 330w.

“His Muse is a kind of Lilith—not a drop of her blood is human—and
thus, except from the decorative point of view, he leaves us cold.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1. 317. Mr. 16. 410w.

“Although written with noticeable ability, the book in itself has not
sufficient strength to deserve attention here, did it not mark a
curious morbid phase of English fiction in which sound, color, and
scent are put to superfine uses by neurotic young gentlemen who should
be shut up, or set at manual labor.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 37. Jl. 11, ’07. 420w.

“This ‘Hill of dreams’ is like nothing so much as a long-drawn-out bad
dream from which one awakens with a feeling of thankfulness that it
isn’t true, after all.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 190w.

=Mackail, John William=, ed. Select epigrams from the Greek anthology. *75c. Longmans.

“A new edition of ... a book which has long been out of print.... The
word ‘epigram’ is the equivalent of ‘inscriptions,’ and the greater
number of the pieces have this character,—lines inscribed on tombs and
altars and votive offerings and family memorials. In the anthology as
we know it to-day other verses have been added, fragments of idylls,
lyrics, quotations, from forgotten gnomic and dramatic poets.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Mr. Mackail’s introduction is an entirely delightful piece of work.
The subtle and beautifully expressed analysis of the Oxford professor
of poetry makes it quite a different thing from the ordinary
introduction to a classical edition.” R. Y. Tyrrell.

+ =Acad.= 72: 85. Ja. 26, ’07. 1560w.

“This little volume alone suggests that Greek is ‘worth while.’”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 441. Ap. 13. 140w.

“Would that the number of Americans who could make use of so
delightful a book were many times greater.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 432. My. 9, ’07. 40w.

“Its charm is its homeliness, its intimate appeal, and its amazing
range.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 779. N. 17, ’06. 1580w.

“It is not easy to choose where there is so much beauty and pathos.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 581. Ap. 13, ’07. 220w.

=MacKaye, James.= Economy of happiness. **$2.50. Little.

6–28423.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The volume seems to be the work of a man who has not stopped
learning, and who is likely to use the clues in the present argument
to good purpose in further study of social problems. He is well
entitled to a hearing. The absence of an index is unfortunate.” A. W.
S.

+ − =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 566. Ja. ’07. 920w.

“Is an elevated and closely knit moral system with an outcome frankly
socialistic.” John Graham Brooks.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 279. F. ’07. 580w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 119. F. 24, ’06. 110w.

=MacKaye, James.= Politics of utility: the technology of happiness—applied: being book 3 of “The economy of happiness.” **50c. Little.

6–37899.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is well written and contains some very incisive criticisms
of modern society, and several interesting economic distinctions and
theories, but on the whole, it can be fairly said that the average
thinker would find difficulty in seeing just where the proposed scheme
differs from modern socialism.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 641. My. ’07. 250w.

=Ind.= 62: 102. Ja. 10, ’07. 80w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 313. My. ’07. 140w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 45. Ja. 26, ’07. 120w.

=Spec.= 98: 1007. Je. 29, ’07. 230w.

=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Jeanne d’Arc. *$1.25. Macmillan.

6–35545.

“In constructing his drama Mr. Mackaye has focused the interest upon
the child nature of the present heroine—the simplicity that the
records abundantly show was hers—and the mystery of power and
inspiration behind that simplicity. The contrasting character is the
Duc d’Alençon, a skeptic with a rationalism which differs in no
essential from that now in vogue.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A dignified and poetic treatment of one of the noblest of all
possible themes. Such publications are among the most welcome signs of
the times.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 463. D. 16, ’06. 60w.

“There are passages that quite thrill you in the first act of Jeanne
d’Arc. But at the same time there is a kind of inconsequence about the
piece as a whole which destroys, at least to some extent, the effect.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 222. Jl. 25, ’07. 400w.

“It is a succession of moods and pictures with no real dramatic knot,
and with but one or two dramatic situations; and the traditions of
Jeanne d’Arc are sentimentalized to such a degree that they cease to
be quite convincing, either as history or as material for tragedy
embodying a criticism of life.”

− =Nation.= 83: 440. N. 23, ’06. 220w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 806. D. 1, ’06. 240w.

“An excellent poetical drama eminently fitted for the stage.” Louise
Collier Willcox.

+ =No. Am.= 186: 96. S. ’07. 110w.

“While Mr. Mackaye has not succeeded in fusing this mass of material
into a wholly organic drama, he has succeeded much more nearly in
doing so than would have seemed probable at the outset.” Jessie B.
Rittenhouse.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 348. Je. ’07. 240w.

=Mackaye, Percy Wallace.= Sappho and Phaon: a tragedy, set forth with a prologue, induction, prelude, interludes, and epilogue. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–17376.

In the prologue of this drama the dramatist has imagined the players’
quarter of a theatre of Herculaneum to be unearthed. An archaeologist
present finds a papyrus scroll containing the players’ copy of “Sappho
and Phaon.” The play presents Sappho created entirely from the bits of
her verse that have been preserved. Among Sappho’s lovers are
Pittacus, the Mitylene tyrant, and Alcaeus, while Sappho herself loves
Phaon, a slave, who is bound to his slave mate Thalassa. Pittacus
relinquishes his suit while Alcaeus persecutes Phaon. The tragedy
grows out of these conditions, and into it are woven the traditional
vengeance of the gods, with the modern note of symbolism and
mysticism.

* * * * *

“The trait that lingers in the mind as the finest promise is the way
in which he has invested the old passionate story with intimations of
tender and wistful humanity.” Ferris Greenlet.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 848. D. ’07. 700w.

“The least convincing episodes in Mr. MacKaye’s very unusual and
interesting work are those in which, to suit his own fancy rather than
fact, he has endeavored to restore to us the life, customs and habits
of the ancient Roman stage.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 569. S. 5, ’07. 650w.

+ =Ind.= 63: 1230. N. 21, ’07. 80w.

“Dr. Mackaye’s work is the most notable addition that has been made
for many years to American dramatic literature. It is a true poetic
tragedy, classic in form and spirit, not always glowing with the fire
of genius, but nevertheless charged with happy inspiration; dignified,
eloquent, passionate, imaginative; and thoroughly human in its
emotions.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 504. My. 30, ’07. 1060w.

“A work of unusual merit, in which the author’s high aspirations are
measurably justified by his powers of expression, and his feeling for
the spirit of Greek life and art is shown to be allied with
knowledge.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 332. My. 25, ’07. 1540w.

“Considered as a poem to be read ... ‘Sappho and Phaon’ surpasses all
his earlier productions. Considered as a play to be acted, it does not
pass beyond their ineffectiveness.” Clayton Hamilton.

+ − =No. Am.= 185: 880. Ag. 16, ’07. 1490w.

“Here once more Mr. Mackaye’s fantasticality runs riot.” Louise
Collier Willcox.

− =No. Am.= 186: 96. S. ’07. 140w.

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 452. Je. 29, ’07. 460w.

* =McKenzie, F. A.= Unveiled East. *$3.50. Dutton.

A serious dissertation upon the growing imperialism of Japan as
attested by her territorial expansion, increased fighting power, and
aggressive commercial campaign. The author offers his deductions as a
warning to Great Britain and the United States whose trade and
prestige are being threatened.

* * * * *

“We are inclined to fear some little prejudice on the author’s part.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 575. My. 11. 520w.

“His book is well-balanced and reserved in opinion and in fact, and
makes interesting and profitable reading for anyone concerned in Far
Eastern affairs.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 43: 372. D. 1, ’07. 370w.

“Altho Mr. McKenzie’s book is avowedly written for a purpose ... it is
not lacking in entertaining descriptions of the countries he has
visited, and furnishes, on the whole, a valuable contribution to the
literature dealing with the problems of the Far East.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 796. N. 23, ’07. 390w.

“Although we are quite unable to accept all Mr. McKenzie’s conclusions
with regard either to Japan, China, or Russia, his book certainly
constitutes a skilful presentation of the case of Korea.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 238. Ag. 2, ’07. 1200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 474. Ag. 3, ’07. 1100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“We call it ‘remarkable’ for, though the book is full of faults of
manner, including an undue sentimentality, and of arrangement,
including constant repetitions, yet it has the great merit of stating
adequately a point of view which has hitherto been confined to the
conversation of certain Far East residents.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 262. Ag. 24, ’07. 1150w.

=Mackenzie, John Steuart.= Lectures on humanism. (Ethical lib.) **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–33950.

“Prof. Mackenzie’s own humanism is described as ‘a point of view
from which human life is regarded as an independent centre of
interest’—as contrasted with a naturalism and supernaturalism which
seek the explanation of human life either in the forces around man
or in some powers distinct from man and those forces. In the light
of that description the influence of humanism in philosophy,
politics, economics, education, and religion is studied, and the two
closing chapters examine the limitations and implications of
humanism.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“Prof. Mackenzie’s lectures provide excellent reading. The
metaphysical expert is offered, in a final lecture, a few choice nuts
to crack; whilst for the sociological expert—if, indeed, there is such
a person, it matters less if the argument comes scarcely within bowing
distance of him.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 437. O. 12. 730w.

=Ind.= 63: 1369. D. 5, ’07. 820w.

“While in the earlier part of the book discussions are somewhat
abstract and sometimes obscure, even those not metaphysically trained
can read with perfect understanding, lectures iv-ix., which deal with
the applications of these teleological principles to politics,
economics, education, and religion.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 448. N. 14, ’07. 600w.

“Prof. Mackenzie fears that the style of treatment may be regarded as
sketchy; sketchy it is, and the title of the volume perhaps induces
expectations that are not realised; but undeniably the work has
substantial merits.”

+ − =Nature.= 76: 220. Jl. 4, ’07. 250w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 300w.

* =MacKinlay, Malcolm Sterling.= Antoinette Sterling and other celebrities. **$3.50 Appleton.

These stories and impressions of artistic circles have for their
central figure Madame Sterling. In her youth she studied under the
most famous teachers of Europe and later became an interesting factor
in American music tho “no singer is likely in the future to achieve
such a position as she undoubtedly held with so limited a repertory or
such disregard for the higher technical developments of the art.”
(Spec.)

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“Mr. MacKinlay’s memoir of his mother, written in a spirit of true
filial piety, yet with refreshing candour, is well worth reading by
amateurs as well as professionals.” C. L. G.

+ =Spec.= 96: 617. Ap. 21, ’06. 2100w.

=McKinney, Mrs. Kate Slaughter.= Silent witness. $1.50. Neale.

6–46772.

A story of hurried action built up about a crime and the accusation of
the wrong man.

* =Mackinnon, Albert G.= Tangible tests for a young man’s faith. *75c. West. Meth. bk.

This book offers a remedy for the belief that one must look to
scholars for an answer in all matters pertaining to religious belief.
It is intended to aid self help in arriving at conclusions regarding
the truth of the gospel.

=MacKinnon, James.= History of modern liberty. set, *$10. Longmans.

6–15083.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.