Chapter IV: Preface (4)

− =Sat. R.= 103: 525. Ap. 27, ’07. 1480w.

“The warmest devotee of Clio in her traditional garments must admit
the writer’s thorough familiarity with the best literature of his
subject, the high intellectual tone of his ideas and generalizations,
and the polish of his epigrammatic style, reflections, and warnings
that give many of his pages a verve and colour of which his great
American predecessor [Motley] would not have been ashamed.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 1010. Je. 29, ’07. 530w.

=Barksdale, Emily Woodson.= Stella Hope. $1.50. Neale.

7–20866.

Stella Hope is early left an orphan and lives, like Cinderella, in the
home of an austere aunt and her three daughters. To this house comes a
wealthy invalid cousin and his companion, who after being snubbed as a
paid assistant by the socially ambitious family, is discovered to be a
cousin and joint-heir. A number of love stories combine to create the
plot and bring to each character deserved reward or punishment.

=Barnes, Howard Turner.= Ice formation, with special reference to anchor-ice and frazil. $3. Wiley.

6–37871.

The book deals with the problems of physics which the ice-packs of the
St. Lawrence give rise to. The ice-formations known as
sheet-or-surface-ice, frazil-ice, and anchor-ice are discussed in
relation to their mode of formation, general appearance, position they
occupy in the river, and the effects they produce.

* * * * *

“The subject-matter of Professor Barnes’ book is of unusual interest,
and as a pioneer work of the author’s effort deserves the more
consideration. That the arrangement of the matter and the progression
of the argument are sometimes lacking in directness, and that at a few
points the language is a bit awkward, is therefore of minor import. To
our view a serious fault of the book is its total silence on the
subject of trouble with ice at water-works intakes.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 90. Ja. 17, ’07. 1430w.

+ + − =Nature.= 75: 267. F. 17, ’07. 880w.

=Barnett, T. Ratcliffe.= Blessed ministry of childhood. *50c. West. Meth. bk.

The lessons that a little child can teach to “scholars of the heart
rather than to the scholar of the head—to wayfaring men and women ...
who look out upon life with wistful eyes, desiring to know God, to win
goodness, and to learn patience amid the shadows.”

=Barr, Martin W.= King of Thomond. †$1.25. Turner, H. B.

7–14249.

The pitiful tale of an insane patient’s life written by herself during
her perfectly lucid moments. A joyless childhood, a lonely girlhood,
and the speedy wrecking of the happiness that finally dawned for her,
produce a wail on every page. It forms an intense human document.

* * * * *

“A weird tale, apparently half in and half out of the region of
reality. It is quite as fantastic and as full of creepy horrors as
such a tale might be expected to be.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 140w.

=Barr, Robert (Luke Sharp, pseud.).= Rock in the Baltic. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.

6–16737.

“The ‘rock’ is used as a prison by those supposed monsters of iniquity
the Russian Grand Dukes, and there, in process of time, two
enthusiastic seekers for trouble, one a young Englishman and the other
a titled Russian, are incarcerated. Finally they are taken away on a
yacht, on which two American girls are conveniently placed.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“This is a commonplace book written in a commonplace way about
commonplace people.”

− =Acad.= 72: 274. Mr. 16, ’07. 110w.

“It is not often that the elusive grace and humor of modern girlhood
are so well reproduced as they are in these pages.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 436. Ap. 13. 230w.

“Reads as if it had been written against time.”

− =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 70w.

=Barrett, Howard.= Management of children. *$2. Dutton.

7–29143.

“Treats of the physical care of infants and children, in both disease
and health, from the time of birth into and past the early teens. All
of the usual problems of food, drink, clothing, and sleep, the
ordinary diseases, contagious and other, to which children are liable;
accidents, malformations, and many possibilities of unusual disease
are discussed in a plain, common sense, untechnical way for the
enlightenment and guidance of those who have the immediate care of the
young.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 904. D. 29, ’06. 260w.

“We offer our hearty congratulations to Mr. Barrett, and we may add,
to those for whom he writes.”

+ + =Spec.= 96: 912. Je. 9, ’06. 200w.

=Barrie, J. M.= Little minister. $1.25. Crowell.

A thin paper edition with limp leather binding which contains a
reproduced photograph of Maude Adams.

=Barrington, Emilie Isabel (Mrs. Russell Barrington).= Life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. 2v. *$10.50. Macmillan.

7–13427.

“This work is said to have the approval of the family of the late
President of the Royal Academy, and may be considered authoritative,
if not official. A friendship existed between Frederick Leighton and
the author for more than thirty years, and so the pages which deal
with personal characteristics will be found peculiarly intimate....
The book includes Leighton’s diary, covering a period of fifty years,
and among the mass of interesting correspondence incorporated is to be
found a number of letters from George Eliot, Ruskin, Browning, Henry
Greville, and Charles Dickens. Besides many of Leighton’s finest works
reproduced especially for this publication are several fac-simile
drawings and paintings never before published.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Unsatisfactory as biography, these volumes are entirely valueless as
criticism. Instead of disentangling the real merits of Leighton’s work
from less admirable characteristics, Mrs. Barrington vaguely couples
him with Phidias and the old masters, and urges claims so absurd as to
tax severely the patience and perseverance of all educated readers.”

− − =Acad.= 72: 91. Ja. 26, ’07. 1120w.

“It is disfigured by one or two hasty figures of speech ... and the
printer’s reader has been unusually neglectful of his duties. It is a
pity to leave such blemishes on a book of sterling value,
indispensable to all students of modern English life and art.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 140. F. 2. 860w.

“Unfortunately Mrs. Barrington is not as skilful in arranging and
adapting her material as she has been industrious in collecting it.”
Edith Kellogg Dunton.

− + =Dial.= 42: 309. My. 16, ’07. 1980w.

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 363. F. ’07. 500w.

“Interesting as are many of Leighton’s letters, and multifarious as
are the details with which the book is filled, the reader would have
been able to gather a truer impression of Leighton, his development,
his artistic character, and his work as an administrator if the
biographer had been more rigorous in selecting and had been a better
critic.”

− + =Lond. Times.= 6: 61. F. 22, ’07. 1500w.

“It cannot be called a worthy monument to its subject. Its author has
little critical acumen or severity of taste; it is rambling and
repetitious; padded with much matter of little interest as presented;
marred by mistranslations of foreign tongues, misunderstanding of
technical terms, faulty transcription of proper names, and careless
proofreading.”

− − + =Nation.= 84: 275. Mr. 21, ’07. 1510w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 190w.

“On the whole the book disappoints one in the lack of letters from the
interesting people Leighton knew. A more serious matter is the failure
of the biographer to offer a plausible pen-portrait of Leighton, or
even to allow him to describe himself.” Charles de Kay.

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 2490w.

“Small points and insignificant matters are grossly inflated, but the
real issue is never faced. The flawless impeccable Leighton remains so
to the last, though we are not told why he was, or, what is rather
more important, why he was really not so.” Christian Brinton.

− =Putnam’s.= 2: 125. Ap. ’07. 340w.

=Barron, Elwyn Alfred.= Marcel Levignet. †$1.50. Duffield.

6–36038.

“A detective story laid in Paris and including all the elements needed
for profound sensation. The author is skilled in keeping apparently
tangled threads in his hands, and unties several hard knots with all
the ease of a practiced novel writer.” (Outlook.) “The hero is a sort
of modern Cyrano de Bergerac.... He is bon vivant, editor, amateur
detective, student of life as it is lived. His kinship with Cyrano is
sentimental.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“A refreshing variant on the old detective story. To readers of a
certain vein, in fact, ‘Marcel Levignet’ will furnish a particularly
agreeable light evening’s pastime.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 764. N. 17, ’06. 500w.

“The tone of the story is essentially French—sentiment, situation, and
characters, and most especially the climax.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 679. N. 17, ’06. 60w.

“As fantastic as the generality of detective stories, ‘Marcel
Levignet’ differs from said generality in being readable by grown-up
persons.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 126. Ja. ’07. 50w.

=Barry, Richard Hayes.= Events man; being an account of the adventures of Stanley Washburn, American war correspondent. **$1.25. Moffat.

7–15132.

In which Mr. Barry records some of Mr. Washburn’s adventures on a
newspaper dispatch-boat between Corea and Port Arthur during the first
part of the war between Russia and Japan.

* * * * *

“The story is rich or tiresome in detail, according to taste, but is
an exciting picture of conditions in war time on the water around Port
Arthur.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 943. O. 17, ’07. 130w.

“The book has evidently been written in a great hurry, not even time
enough having been given to have the chapter headings all spelt
correctly.”

− + =Lit. D.= 35: 131. Jl. 27, ’07. 260w.

“The author indulges himself in a diction so plentifully sprinkled
with slang that it often becomes unintelligible to the reader
accustomed to ordinary English. It is a story full of dogged
perseverance and unbounded pluck, and it was well worth telling.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 299. My. 11, ’07. 500w.

“On the whole the good ‘stuff’ ... far outweighs the bad. The story is
a bit of real life; vivid, strong and picturesque. It remains to be
recorded that the proof reading of the volume is unbelievably bad.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 257. Je. 1, ’07. 1830w.

“Mr. Barry may always be counted upon for graphic power.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 765. Je. ’07. 60w.

=Bartholomew, John George=, ed. Atlas of the world’s commerce. *$8. Scribner.

A new series of maps, with descriptive text and diagrams showing
products, imports, exports, commercial conditions, and economic
statistics of the countries of the world, compiled from the latest
official returns at the Edinburgh geographical institute.

* * * * *

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 42. F. 8, ’07. 170w.

“So excellent is the idea, and so good the execution by devices of
colorings and diagrams, that whoever wants information of this
description can hardly be directed to a better source for
satisfaction. This cordial recognition of the volume’s merits must be
accompanied with regrets that the figures are some years old, and that
all figures of this sort are incomplete and contradictory.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 310w.

=Barton, Clara.= Story of my childhood. 50c. Baker.

7–35389.

A simply told story of the childhood of Clara Barton, which is really
written for the school children of the country after repeated appeals
from them for bits of her early life.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 192. N. ’07. S.

“Is as wonderful as its writer: it is extremely interesting, and yet
it hardly touches on those aptitudes and activities that all the world
associates with her remarkable personality.”

+ + =Dial.= 43: 171. S. 16, ’07. 250w.

“Will be found interesting to all persons who have followed her
beneficent career.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 533. O. 12, ’07. 60w.

=Barton, George.= Mystery of Cleverly. 85c. Benziger.

7–19594.

A story in which the example of the hero finally wins to a manly life
a good-for-nothing son of an indulgent father.

=Barton, James Levi.= Missionary and his critics. **$1. Revell.

6–43768.

In which the author has brought together a “large number of
testimonies favorable to missions and missionaries from witnesses of
competence and character.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

=Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.

“It deserves a place among the books of reference found in every
well-furnished editorial library. It is not only an enlightening but a
thoroughly interesting book, and greatly needed also.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 144. Ja. 19, ’07. 190w.

“Rev. James L. Barton has admirably infused into readable form the
opinion of different nationalities, particularly in the Orient, as to
the worth of Christian missions.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 118. Ja. ’07. 70w.

=Barton, Mrs. Marion T.= Experiment in perfection. †$1.50. Doubleday.

7–11589.

The story of a young woman “of great beauty, much intensity of
character, and an unfortunate penchant for logic on all occasions, who
starts out with the idea that all she needs to round out her life to
perfection is one woman friend and one man friend, both, of course
absolutely without the flaws to which human flesh is commonly heir.”
Her perfection system has its vulnerable points, and is mutilated in
part by an estrangement, an unfortunate love affair, and a second
marriage.

* * * * *

“About the best that can be said for it is that its author possesses
the story-telling instinct without the still more important possession
of a story worth telling.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20, ’07. 520w.

“The working out of the story shows skill and insight, and the reader
is always interested. But there is a repellant hardness in Persis, and
certainly an improbability in the episode upon which the friendship
between the girls hangs.”

− + =Outlook.= 86: 339. Je. 15, ’07. 180w.

=Bashford, James Whitford.= China and Methodism. *35c. West. Meth. bk.

7–524.

A brief outline which will enable American Methodists to understand
the problem which confronts them and to make preparation for a
suitable participation in the centennial celebration of the founding
of Protestant missions in China which will occur in Shanghai, April 25
to May 6, 1907.

=Bashore, Harvey Brown.= Outlines of practical sanitation, for students, physicians, and sanitarians. *$1.25. Wiley.

6–33610.

Improved sanitation with regard to habitations; water, milk and food
supplies; the collection and disposal of waste; schools and cars.
There are chapters on vital statistics, municipal, rural and suburban
sanitation, and personal hygiene.

* * * * *

“Clear, convincing, and simple; but, covering as it does so wide a
range of subjects in 198 pages, is of course, only suggestive.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 5. Ja. ’07.

“Within the limits indicated by its sub-title, this is one of the best
and most practical books on sanitation that has ever come to our
attention. Perhaps it is surprising that in attempting to cover so
wide a range of subjects in a popular manner, more slips and
questionable statements were not made.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 56: 417. O. 18, ’06. 260w.

“The book should be found useful as a means of imparting sound ideas
of the laws of healthy living to teachers and citizens.”

+ =Nature.= 76: 125. Je. 6, ’07. 100w.

=Baskerville, Beatrice C.= Polish Jew: his social and economic value. *$2.50. Macmillan.

7–15500.

Eight years’ residence and study in Poland lie back of Miss
Baskerville’s presentation of the Jew of that country. She throws
light upon the Polish Jew immigrant by revealing the conditions of his
native economic and social environment.

* * * * *

“The author is very frankly unfavorably impressed by the Jews, and,
although it is to be hoped she has exaggerated the dark side of the
situation, her volume is of great importance. The style is good and
the thought clear.”

+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 204. Ja. ’07. 500w.

“Such a book as this deserves a hearty welcome, and for valuable
matter contributed on Poland—a country very little known—it may be
classed with that of Dr. George Brandes, which appeared a short time
ago.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 95. Jl. 27. 870w.

“Would have enhanced value if the author ... would have shown more
sympathy with the population she describes.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 212. Ja. 24, ’07. 290w.

“It is so obvious that she knows a great deal that we cannot help
regretting a certain lack of clearness in the impression which her
book produces. It would almost seem as though Miss Baskerville had
unconsciously written rather for a Polish than for an English public.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 359. O. 26, ’06. 880w.

“The substantial truth is there, but it is truth without sympathy, and
with much distortion. By itself the volume would be open to severe
censure on the point; but as a study of the restless Hebrew energy
that is so active in stirring Slav indifference and hesitation towards
fruitful action, it serves its purpose.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 680w.

“What she has to say is, in the first place, interesting in itself. In
the second place it can hardly fail to throw light upon some of the
problems which immigration (too rapid for easy digestion by our own
not too settled civilization) is fastening upon the United States.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 40. Ja. 19, ’07. 1190w.

“Her immediate contact with the representatives of parties, as well as
with actual facts and events in Poland, enables the writer to speak
with authority.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 893. D. 8, ’06. 330w.

“An elaborate, dispassionate study.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 111. Ja. ’07. 90w.

“It has the very rare merit among its contemporaries of being
impartial both from a Russian and a Jewish standpoint. From a
political point of view, in connexion with the present struggle of
revolutionary parties for power, the chapters on the strikes and the
Bund contain facts little known outside Russia; facts particularly
instructive for the serious and unprejudiced reader.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 368. Mr. 23, ’07. 1000w.

=Bastian, Henry C.= Evolution of life. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–33603.

“A detailed and somewhat belated statement of his side of the
controversy over the spontaneous generation of life, which followed
the publication, in 1872, of his book on ‘The Beginnings of
life.’”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Ingenious and striking some of the new experiments cited certainly
are; but it will be very difficult to find any biologist who will be
convinced that they _demonstrate_ the truth of the conclusion drawn
from them by Dr. Bastian.” Raymond Pearl.

− =Dial.= 43: 210. O. 1, ’07. 210w.

=Ind.= 63: 510. Ag. 29, ’07. 60w.

=Lond. Times.= 6: 115. Ap. 12, ’07. 1140w.

“With practically all the eminent bacteriologists of the world flatly
denying such a postulate of spontaneous generation, we can only add,
in deference to Dr. Bastian’s evident sincerity, that his experiments
must be at fault in some way; there is some loop-hole unguarded.”

− =Nation.= 85: 192. Ag. 29, ’07. 170w.

“It is impossible not to admire the author’s strong desire to get at
the truth, the courage of his convictions, and his incomparable good
humour.” J. A. T.

− + =Nature.= 76: 1. My. 2, ’07. 1070w.

=Batcheller, Mrs. Tryphosa Bates.= Glimpses of Italian court life: happy days in Italia adorata. **$4.80. Doubleday.

6–41530.

“Dedicated by permission to Queen Helena, this sumptuous book is a
worthy record of an American woman’s visit to Italy, of her
experiences in aristocratic social circles of Rome, and of her
impressions of the natural and artistic wonders of the Peninsula. Her
story is told in letters written to friends at home, a literary form
well adapted to books of this kind, and giving opportunities for naïve
description and impressions caught on the wing.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

=Current Literature.= 42: 162. F. ’07. 1500w.

“The personal note is therefore strong, and the narrative is rambling,
informal, and thoroughly readable.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 459. D. 16, ’06. 340w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 190w.

“The book would have been improved by more careful editing.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 512. D. 13, ’06. 650w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 190w.

“Of special interest and value are her comments on and appraisement of
the various vocal teachers in the eternal city.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 24. Ja. 12, ’07. 690w.

“The personal tone is so strenuously evident throughout that it
becomes wearisome. The book is ingenuously written.”

− =Outlook.= 85: 95. Ja. 12, ’07. 290w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 80w.

=Bates, Arlo.= Talks on teaching literature **$1.30. Houghton.

6–37886.

“Talks founded on lectures delivered before the Summer school of the
University of Illinois in 1905. Concerns the problems, conditions, and
some difficulties of the subject, the inspirational use of literature,
the study of prose and of the novel, criticism, literary workmanship,
literary biography, and voluntary reading.”—A. L. A. Bkl.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 6. Ja. ’07.

“It is a very interesting and suggestive book, and we particularly
recommend to the teachers into whose hands it falls the chapter which
tells how Blake’s ‘Tiger’ was brought by the author within the
comprehension of a boy of eight. We have rarely seen as sensible a
book upon the subject with which it deals.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 149. Mr. 1, ’07. 90w.

“The suggestions and criticisms contained in this volume will be found
extremely helpful to school and college teachers of English subjects.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 105. Je. ’07. 60w.

“The virtue of Professor Bates is that his remarks and experiences are
always copious and illuminating. As such, the book should be read by
every teacher, if for no other reason than the fresh and invigorating
common-sense with which Prof. Bates approaches his subject. It is not
an easy book, however. Occasionally Prof. Bates’s earnestness leads
him to fall into a mild fremescence of style not good for clearness.
But mainly the book is excellent.” William T. Brewster.

+ + − =Forum.= 38: 389. Ja. ’07. 860w.

“The points about which those in the main agreeing with Professor
Bates are most likely to feel a little dissatisfied with the book are
his suggestion that vocabulary be studied independent of context, and
his failure to recognize in his discussion, though he doubtless
recognizes in his own mind, the difference between the psychology of
the adolescent and that of the child.” William Morse Cole.

+ + − =School R.= 15: 236. Mr. ’07. 950w.

=Bates, Carroll Lund.= The Master; a rosary of Christian verse, il. $1. Badger, R. G.

7–7479.

Sixteen poems whose themes are drawn from incidents in the life of
Christ.

* * * * *

“Some fairly good and illustrated by well-chosen half-tones.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 147. Mr. 9, ’07. 20w.

=Bates, David Homer.= Lincoln in the telegraph office. **$2. Century.

7–32385.

Mr. Bates was manager of the War department telegraph office from 1861
to 1866. This book is one of reminiscences in which Lincoln plays an
important part, being an almost daily visitor to the office where
cipher despatches were sent and received during the war.

* * * * *

“His account of happenings in the telegraph-office during the
strenuous days of the war is Well ordered in arrangement and simply
and naturally written.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 795. N. 23, ’07. 320w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“It cannot be said that Mr. Bates’s book of reminiscence is very
important, but it is certainly fresh and original, and contains not a
few incidents of Washington life and some stories about Lincoln
himself which are decidedly worth preservation.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 499. N. 2, ’07. 170w.

“Aside from the revelations that he makes of Lincoln’s relations with
the military telegraph corps during war time, Mr. Bates imparts in his
books a great deal of information concerning important military
movements.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 754. D. ’07. 140w.

=Bates, Katharine Lee.= From Gretna Green to Land’s End: a literary journey in England. **$2. Crowell.

7–32870.

In which the author visits the Border, the Lake country and the heart
of England and reviews, with many a fresh allusion, the connection
which historic places have with tradition, story and song. The work is
based upon wide reading and careful observation.

* * * * *

“A book that readers who look forward to a trip abroad will enjoy and
that returned travellers will thoroughly appreciate.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 377. D. 1, ’07. 130w.

“As she hurls herself through the length and breadth of England,
easily making two moves to any other pilgrim’s one, she pours out a
lively stream of fact and comment that keeps the reader amused and
only too well instructed. The information, literary and historical, is
thoroughly got up.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 420. N. 7, ’07. 180w.

“She has a keen sense of the picturesque and the worth-while, and she
knows well how to find color in what might appear but gray to others.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 617. N. 23, ’07. 130w.

=Battersby, Harry F. P.= Avenging hour. †$1.50. Appleton.

6–37929.

A novel which involves an unusual treatment of a man’s seduction of
the wife of another. “We follow the progress of this rapid lovemaking
not only without disgust but with entire sympathy. The man and woman
we feel are not mad or bad but only intensely human—winning
personalities of great charm. The author has managed to convey a sense
of that intuitive power which in a flash makes people recognise their
true affinities.” (Sat. R.)

* * * * *

“The teller of this story disguises its essential repulsiveness by a
skillful use of the casuistry of sentiment and the grace of literary
composition.” Wm. M. Payne.

− + =Dial.= 42: 143. Mr. 1, ’07. 410w.

“The book has many good points, but unfortunately they do not
counteract its unpleasant features.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 787. N. 24, ’06. 250w.

“Mr. Battersby has done a daring and remarkable thing and his book
should place him high among contemporary novelists.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 553. N. 3, ’06. 440w.

=Baxter, William, jr.= Switchboards for power, light and railway service, direct and alternating current, high and low tension. $1.50. Derry-Collard co.

6–45714.

“In the first third of the book the way in which switchboards are
connected for single generator and multiple generator plants, and also
for the three-wire system, is shown.... Somewhat over a third of the
book following the matter just mentioned is devoted to switchboards in
actual practice.... The remaining portion of the volume is devoted to
switches, circuit breakers, and lightning arresters.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“With the exception of [three] omissions ... the book is an ideal one
from a didactic standpoint.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 305. Mr. 14, ’07. 470w.

=Bayley, R. Child.= Complete photographer. $3.50. McClure.

7–35187.

A guide to photography which deals thoroly with the science of
photography from its earliest beginnings to its most recent
developments and adaptations.

* * * * *

“The completeness of his book, however, lies more in the fact that
scarcely a single point is left untouched, than that any particular
point is exhaustively treated; and in this respect the work,
admittedly, does not challenge comparison with cheaper specialised
brochures already on the market. Of many good pictures it would be
invidious to mention a few; but it may safely be said that their
praiseworthy selection and adequate printing will give the book a
great value.”

+ + − =Acad.= 71: 634. D. 22, ’06. 520w.

“The book is much in advance of most works in completeness and
attractiveness.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 94. Ap. ’07.

“As an historical review of photography it seems to merit its title,
the whole subject being treated with a great deal of method. For the
beginner ‘Complete photographer’ should serve as a textbook, and he
will do well to follow the author’s advice.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 699. D. 1. 350w.

“There is hardly a difficulty which besets the practice of
photography, on which valuable advice is not given in it.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 43. F. 8, ’07. 850w.

“There are some opinions with which we do not agree. To those who know
enough about photography to appreciate it, and there must be a very
large number of persons so qualified, the volume will prove both
entertaining and instructive.”

+ + − =Nature.= 75: 75. N. 22, ’06. 590w.

“The book treats of the subject thoroughly and is of value to the
beginner as well as the expert.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 811. D. 1, ’06. 180w.

“The book is clearly written and the descriptions are easily followed,
and not too technical, each particular subject being dealt with in a
separate chapter in a most thorough and practical manner.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 714. D. 8, ’06. 70w.

“It is as an art that Mr. Bayley prefers to deal with his fascinating
hobby, and his book should meet a widely felt want in this respect.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 1013. Je. 29, ’07. 270w.

=Beale, Harriet S. B.= Stories from the Old Testament for children. il. $2. Duffield.

7–30462.

A sure help to mothers and Sunday school teachers who wish to present
Old Testament characters in an attractive light with nothing lacking
of the historical and religious significance. The book is
interestingly illustrated.

* * * * *

“The Old Testament is practically retold in a way to interest
children.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 40w.

“For a book which might be kept in a household and referred to every
other Sunday, the volume seems well compiled, though we think the
author has unnecessarily preserved the phraseology of the Bible. We
would suggest that since her narrative is in the language of today,
the conversation should be also; it would then seem truer to the child
reader.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 90w.

=Beale, Joseph Henry, jr., and Wyman, Bruce.= Law of railroad rate regulation, with special reference to American legislation. *$6. Nagel.

6–36405.

“This is a legal treatise of twelve hundred pages. It contains the
full text of the Interstate commerce act and decisions of both of the
courts and of the commission under this act, as well as a discussion
of the general principles of public service law and the primary
obligations of these in public employments, particularly of carriers.
In brief, it covers comprehensively the whole law, both common and
statutory, with respect to railway rate regulation.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book appears to us a valuable addition to the editor’s library,
and with its companion book of ‘Selected cases’ on the same general
subject, to be well nigh indispensable to the lawyer who has to deal
with this subject.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 150w.

“The authors intrude some assertions not supported—and in some cases
not supportable—by citations of authorities. But Professors Beale and
Wyman have been wofully betrayed by him who compiled the index.
Lawyers will be dismayed to find the text rendered so inaccessible.
The impression left by the book is of hasty compilation and absence of
just proportion.” Roberts Walker.

− + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 333. Je. ’07. 1080w.

=Beard, Charles Austin.= Introduction to the English historians. *$1.60. Macmillan.

6–37646.

“In this book Mr. Beard tries to solve a problem very real to teachers
of large history classes—the twofold problem of introducing each
member of the class to a number of great authorities on special
periods and topics at the same time, and of securing a critical
examination of the materials in the class-room. His work differs from
the well-known source-books in that it consists of excerpts from the
secondary sources only: e. g., Maitland, Freeman, and Stubbs.
Thirty-six authors are represented and a larger number of works. The
difficulty of making a wise selection from abundant materials is
recognized and fairly met. Each chapter is prefaced by a brief,
explanatory statement concerning the citation, which is divided into
sections with topical headings. These form a brief, clear analysis....
A short bibliographical note concludes each chapter, and an index at
the end of the volume gives easy access to the material.” (Am. Hist.
R.)

* * * * *

“A collection of this kind is open to two serious objections: (1) the
subject matter is in a sense ‘pre-digested’ ... (2) the personality of
the author becomes blurred.” C. T. Wyckoff.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 416. Ja. ’07. 460w.

“An excellent reference book. Nothing else like it available at
present.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 94. Ap. ’07.

“The usefulness of the volume should be considerable. The extracts are
all well within the grasp of college students, and the larger number
can be profitably used in secondary schools. To teachers the book will
be of service as a guide in the selection of suitable matter for
collateral reading, while for the many schools which lack access to
good libraries the volume will be a real boon.” William MacDonald.

+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 101. Je. ’07. 680w.

“Both from the pedagogical and the research points of view the volume
deserves unqualified commendation. It is intelligently discriminating
in its selections, liberal and mature in its comment, and in its
arrangement it shows the results of thoro scholarship and fruitful
classroom experience. It should save both teachers and students of
English history a vast amount of labor and time.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1291. N. 29, ’06. 370w.

“Even outside Mr. Beard’s own classroom it is an open question how far
such a collection will find a following. We are inclined to think his
selections somewhat severe for college freshmen.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 438. N. 22, ’06. 120w.

“The good effect of its use would probably overbalance any counter
tendencies.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 11: 897. D. 22, ’06. 420w.

“Time alone can demonstrate the success of his experiment from the
pedagogical point of view, but there can be no doubt as to the value.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 360w.

=Beard, Daniel Carter.= Field and forest handy book: new ideas for out of doors. $2. Scribner.

6–40572.

In furnishing to boys a year-around guide for equipping themselves for
out-of-door pursuits Mr. Beard has drawn only upon his own outing
experiences. “The book is not a ‘re-hash’ of old ‘stunts,’ but is full
of brand-new things, cleverly arranged according to the seasons to
which they are appropriate.” Some of the problems solved are: How to
cross a stream on a log, How to make a bridge for swift waters, How to
make a real hunter’s clothes and moccasins, and How to build a real
log house.

* * * * *

“The material is almost wholly new.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 19. Ja. ’07. ✠

“It is simply indispensable to any wide-awake, _real_ boy.”

+ + =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 80w.

“There is nothing, from airships to flying birds, from boating to
camping, from loghouse to snowhouse, that has escaped this born
sportsman of our time.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1406. D. 22, ’06. 60w.

=Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 50w.

“A treasure for all boys and not without its use for men.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 851. D. 8, ’06. 120w.

“The boy or man who has heard the ‘call of the wild’ will do well to
entrust himself to Mr. Beard’s guidance.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 34: 762. D. ’06. 220w.

=Beard, Lina, and Beard, Adelia Belle.= Things worth doing and how to do them. $2. Scribner.

6–40580.

Clear directions accompanied by pen drawings are given for all manner
of clever things at home. The book is designed for girls, and one part
is devoted to things for parties, shows and entertainments, and the
other to things for home, gift days and fairs.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 19. Ja. ’07.

“The ideas are novel and easy to make, for the authors are thoroughly
practical and actually make the things they describe.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 526. Ja. ’07. 80w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1406. D. 22, ’06. 50w.

+ =Nation.= 83: 514. D. 13, ’06. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 772. N. 24, ’06. 110w.

=Beardsley, Rufus C.= Design and construction of hydroelectric plants; including a special treatment of the design of dams. *$5. McGraw pub.

7–18823.

“This work presents in a very thorough and practical manner the method
of the design and construction of hydro-electric power plants, taking
up in detail, in the order in which they are met by the practical
engineer, most of those points which must be considered in designing
or constructing a complete waterpower development. The purpose of the
work seems to be to give to the designing engineer, in as short and as
concise manner as possible the method in which the various problems
are attacked, including under each topic most of the data and tables
which he is required to use in connection therewith.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“Altogether the book will be found to contain much of value to the
student and to teachers and will be a valuable addition to the
engineer’s reference library.” A. W. M.

+ + =Engin. N.= 58: 75. Jl. 18, ’07. 780w.

=Beare, John Isaac.= Greek theories of elementary cognition, from Alcmæon to Aristotle. *$4.15. Oxford.

7–29076.

“This volume deals with the various theories entertained in regard to
the five senses, sensation in general, and lastly the Sensus Communis,
and its method is under each head to give as consistent a view as
possible of what was severally taught by Alcmaeon, Empedocles,
Democritus, Anaxagoras, Diogenes of Appollonia, Plato, and
Aristotle.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“Mr. Beare’s scholarship is sound.”

+ + − =Nation.= 83: 121. Ag. 9, ’06. 660w.

“The statement is very clear, the discussion of disputed points
scholarly, the facts are well arranged, and the literature—to judge
from the foot-notes and the list of books consulted—seems to have been
thoroughly studied; although one misses a reference to one recent work
on the ‘De anima’—that of Rodier, whose commentary, if not his
translation, has been regarded by competent judges as indispensable.
On every account this volume is to be commended to those interested in
the development of theories of sense-perception.”

+ + − =Nature.= 75: 122. D. 6, ’06. 630w.

“The present volume should be of the greatest service not only to
Greek scholars, but to all psychologists who take an interest in the
history of their science.” A. E. Taylor.

+ + − =Philos. R.= 16: 205. Mr. ’07. 1360w.

“A learned and elaborate disquisition which will be welcome not only
to students of ancient Greek psychology, but also to readers who
desire to know what the Greek philosophers accomplished in this
particular line of psychological investigation.”

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 252. N. ’06. 130w.

=Bearne, Mrs. Catherine.= Heroines of French society in the court, revolution, empire and restoration. *$3. Dutton.

7–25682.

“Contains sketches of the lives of four women: Madame Vigée Le Brun,
La Marquise de Montagu, Madame Tallien, and Madame de Genlis. Scraps
of contemporary history are interwoven; a number of photogravure
portraits are scattered here and there; and the whole makes a fairly
readable volume.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“The book is one which deserves more attention than we can give it.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 495. My. 18, ’07. 210w.

=Ind.= 63: 341. Ag. 8, ’07. 260w.

“As an historical study the work has little value; as a group of
biographical sketches it adds nothing to what has already been
published in a much more useful and entertaining fashion.”

− =Nation.= 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 180w.

“A chatty book, filled with anecdotes and incidents that illustrate
the manners, morals, and ideas of the upper classes of France previous
to and following the years of the revolution.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 165. Mr. 16, ’07. 460w.

“Mrs. Bearne writes fluently, and opens here and there a door through
which the lover of personal anecdote and gossip can get a glimpse of
characteristic French court society.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 903. Ap. 20, ’07. 310w.

“The volume is full of stirring pictures of the terror and moves with
spirit.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 140w.

* =Bearne, Rev. David.= Guild-boys’ play at Ridingdale. *85c. Benziger.

More glimpses of Ridingdale boys and this time they try their skill as
actors in Shakesperian rôles.

* =Bearne, Rev. David.= New boys at Ridingdale. *85c. Benziger.

Another Ridingdale book whose events take place at a Catholic school
for boys. Wholesome lessons are taught between the lines of fun and
frolic.

=Bearne, David.= Ridingdale flower show; il. by T. Baines. 85c. Benziger.

6–46345.

A story of real live boys who “talk as boys and act as boys.”

=Bearne, David.= Witch of Ridingdale; il. by T. Baines. 85c. Benziger.

6–46344.

A spiritual story for boys whose hero, Lance Ridingdale, has become a
favorite among young readers.

=Beaumont, Francis, and Fletcher, John.= Works. Cambridge English classics; text ed. by A. R. Waller, 10v. ea. *$1.50. Putnam.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Nation.= 84: 242. Mr. 14, ’07. 90w. (Review of v. 4.)

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 111. F. 23, ’07. 1560w. (Review of v. 4.)

=Beazley, Charles Raymond.= Dawn of modern geography. 3v. ea. *$6.75. Oxford.

=v. 3.= A history of exploration and geographical science from the
middle of the 13th to the early years of the 15th century (c. A. D.
1260–1420). In it the author tells of the great inland-trade pioneers
and of the daring challenge that they made for the “open door” in Hind
and Cathay.

* * * * *

“Mr. Beazley’s work is most timely. It is without doubt the best that
has yet appeared on the subject. It is not only a work belonging to
geographical literature, it has an important place in historical
literature. Such a work serves well to impress the importance of
historical geography, an importance which receives commendable
recognition in the European countries, but which we in America are
slow to appreciate.” E. L. Stevenson.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 869. Jl. ’07. 1300w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The most interesting and easiest to master of the series.” G. Le
Strange.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 573. Jl. ’07. 1050w. (Review of v. 3.)

“The form and arrangement of the book undoubtedly leaves something to
be desired. After surmounting a long list of abbreviations and
corrections, a very ill-knit preface, and an introduction which reads
like an after-thought, the reader flounders heavily amid footnotes,
supplementary notes, appendix notes, and bibliographical notes. The
references are often rather bewildering, and one misses a capable
summary at the close. One is easily reconciled to the lumbering of the
wheels by the novelty of the outlook and the strange vision of these
outlandish regions, so seldom penetrated by modern book.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 98. Mr. 29, ’07. 2860w. (Review of v. 3.)

“In the completion of his great work Mr. Beazley has done and more
than done for the middle ages what Bunbury did for ancient times in
his ‘Ancient geography.’”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 330. O. 10, ’07. 750w. (Review of v. 3.)

“A credit both to him and to his university.”

+ + =Nature.= 75: 343. F. 7, ’07. 2410w. (Review of v. 3.)

“A work which will be the standard authority in English on a very
important subject.” Cyrus C. Adams.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 281. My. 4, ’07. 2030w. (Review of v. 1–3.)

=Beck, Otto W.= Art principles in portrait photography, composition, treatment of background, and the processes involved in manipulating the plate. **$3. Baker.

7–19429.

The “good straight photography” descended from Daguerre is elevated
into the realm of art away out of the “lifeless groove” into which
“commercialism has enslaved it.” “In the treatise before us. Mr. Beck
has shown, by description and pictorial illustration, that if creative
work is to enter into photography it must be possible to make on the
negative a line of any character and to control the light and shade
with the facility of one who paints. In fact, his illustrations show
that those powerful resources of the graphic arts, light lines and
dark lines, can be made on the negative as readily as on paper and
canvas.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 159. O. ’07.

“The book is worthy of perusal by amateur as well as professional
photographers.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 68. Ag. 1, ’07. 270w.

“Mr. Beck’s ‘principles’ are generally very good, but we cannot say as
much for his practice.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 241. S. 12, ’07. 380w.

“Mr. Beck’s book is the work of a man who knows pictures for their
full value.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13, ’07. 310w.

=Becke, Louis.= Adventures of a supercargo. †$1.50. Lippincott.

W 6–235.

“Reminiscences of a happy-go-lucky wandering along quiet French
byways.... The dog furnishes most entertaining diversion all along the
way, but so does Jimmy Potter, with his sophomoric proclivities; Mrs.
Basker, with her mania for ‘doing things cheaply’ at somebody else’s
expense ... and a dozen other quaint and interesting personalities
that stand out with remarkable distinctness, considering the highly
unconventional mode of their introduction.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“Delightfully humorous sketches. Fortunately Mr. Becke’s love of fun
is tempered by discretion.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 334. Je. ’07. 90w.

“Doubtless there is little to be said for these casual and garrulous
sketches, except that they are unusually readable.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 567. Je. 20, ’07. 250w.

“Not the kind of book of which it is possible to give outlines or
digests, since its very beauty and charm consist in its utter
disregard of sequence or logic or of any substantial subject matter,
but every chapter is a fresh delight to an appreciative mind, and the
whole quite reconciles even Mr. Becke’s old acquaintances to his
taking a ‘day off,’ as it were, from his bounden duty in regard to the
South Seas.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 283. My. 4, ’07. 560w.

=Becke, Louis.= Settlers of Karossa Creek and other stories of Australian bush life. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

Three stories of Australian bush life which reveal the evil in man, as
old as Adam, pitted against refining integrity. Here are shown the
crude beginnings of selectors, their trials and small victories as
they battle with the avarice of men mightier than they.

=Beckwith, Clarence A.= Realities of Christian theology; an interpretation of Christian experience. **$2. Houghton.

6–37867.

An interpretation of Christian experience in the light of modern
intelligence. “His object is to construct doctrines that are certainly
vital and real from the facts of life to which the saints of the
Christian ages bear testimony.” (Ind.)

* * * * *

“It will carry a ministry of mental peace and satisfaction to many
earnest thinkers in this field. It is an interpretation of the
Christian religion in terminology and thought-units that will be
comprehensible to the student of the present generation. It is a book
for the transition period in Christian theology.” Herbert Alden Youtz.

+ =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 694. O. ’07. 1210w.

Reviewed by George Hodges.

=Atlan.= 99: 563. Ap. ’07. 300w.

“The statement of the author in his preface, that there is universal
agreement that, ‘whatever the differences of the past or present
explanations of Christian belief; the Christian experience of to-day
is essentially the same that it has been from the beginning,’ will
hardly find so universal an assent as he supposes. Leaving this
fundamental criticism of the method of the book, we may express our
admiration of the vital way in which Professor Beckwith, with genuine
historical sympathy, has penetrated beneath the formal elements of
doctrine and has discovered the essential reality of the great
spiritual issues with which theology deals.” Gerald Birney Smith.

+ − =Bib. World.= 30: 300. O. ’07. 630w.

+ − =Ind.= 62: 98. Ja. 10, ’07. 110w.

“The principal themes of the usual doctrinal systems appear in the
discussion, but it can hardly be said that new light is thrown upon
them.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 154. F. 14, ’07. 180w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 255. F. ’07. 70w.

=Beddoes, Thomas Lovell.= Poems; ed. with an introd., by Ramsay Colles. (Muses’ lib.) *40c. Dutton.

“This single and handy volume of Beddoes’ poems contains all his
published poems, with the exception of ten, which may be found in the
standard two-volume edition of Edmund Gosse. It is not conceivable
that Beddoes will ever be popular, yet there will always be a few who
will savor the peculiar mingling of the gruesome and the beautiful
that runs thru his dramas, and who will not be deterred by his
incoherence. His most famous play, ‘Death’s jest book,’ is best
described as a mixture of Webster and John Ford, mitigated by ‘Festus’
Bailey.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“Since Dr. Gosse’s edition is not to be had by all, we offer a hearty
welcome to the little reprint before us. May it sell far and wide, and
bring Beddoes many new admirers.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 360. Ap. 13, ’07. 1780w.

“Mr. Colles’s introduction, though rather carelessly written, gives a
good many interesting facts about his obscure life, and he has been at
considerable pains to produce a correct text.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 209. Jl. 5, ’07. 2160w.

=Nation.= 84: 360. Ap. 18, ’07. 120w.

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 334. S. 14, ’07. 680w.

=Beebe, C. William.= Bird: its form and function. **$3.50. Holt.

6–37592.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“But not only is this volume crowded with new and interesting facts:
it is also profusely illustrated, and most of these illustrations are
extremely good.” W. P. Pycraft.

+ + =Acad.= 72: 431. My. 4, ’07. 1050w.

“Written in so interesting a style as to be enjoyed by the general
reader as well as by the specialist.”

+ + =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 6. Ja. ’07.

“Each chapter is the work of the born lecturer, holding the attention
of his audience from beginning to end, suggesting here, illustrating
there, and always stimulating the appetite for further investigation.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 293. Mr. 9. 1700w.

“Of substantial merit and permanent value for every lover and student
of denizens of the air.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 19. Ja. 1, ’07. 370w.

“Mr. Beebe’s style is in itself pictorial: but in clothing his facts
with ‘living interest,’ as he says in his preface, he occasionally
passes the boundary line between warrantable deduction and pure fancy.
Considering the wide field covered, actual errors are infrequent.”

+ + − =Nation.= 83: 566. D. 27, ’06. 850w.

“The book will take and hold a distinct place in the literature of the
subject for it is quite original and stands alone. His book is of
worldwide interest.”

+ + =Nature.= 76: 489. S. 12, ’07. 820w.

“Side by side with a perfection of scientific detail, Mr. Beebe fans
to a vital flame an exquisite appreciation of the ethical value of
bird life.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 236. Ap. 13, ’07. 730w.

“It thus covers ground that has been but little worked. Here and there
slips occur. The book abounds in information and represents a large
amount of original work.” F. A. L.

+ + − =Science=, n.s. 25: 142. Ja. 25, ’07. 920w.

“It is with real satisfaction that we recommend a book which is
thoroughly popular, very suitable for youthful naturalists, and at the
same time scientific.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 1035. Je. 29, ’07. 530w.

=Beebe, C. William.= Log of the sun: a chronicle of nature’s year; with 52 full-page il. by Walter King Stone; and numerous vignettes and photographs from life. **$6. Holt.

6–41017.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This is one of the best nature-books we have had from America.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 118. F. 2, ’07. 210w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 38. F. ’07.

“He has imagination and a keen sense of extracting the artistic from
matters of fact, but he never allows these accomplishments to distort
the truth.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 19. Ja. 12, ’07. 880w.

+ + =R. of Rs.= 35: 116. Ja. ’07. 170w.

“This is a beautiful book, and good to read.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 96. Ja. 19, ’07. 200w.

=Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles, and Nairne, Alexander.= Bible doctrine of atonement. *$1. Dutton.

These six lectures, five of them by Dr. Beeching, were given in
Westminster abbey. Three of them trace the idea of atonement as it
appears in the Old Testament, and three treat the New Testament
aspects of the subject.

* * * * *

“All [lectures] are interesting and easily read. Prof. Nairne’s
lecture is a valuable piece of exposition, but is not such easy
reading as the rest of the volume.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 382. My. 30. 160w.

“The treatment is popular, but in touch with the results of modern
investigation.”

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 239. S. ’07. 40w.