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“Both author and publisher have begun promisingly and expressively
their intended Series of ‘Little novels of famous cities.’”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 614. O. 26, ’07. 160w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 657. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Adventurer. †$1.50. Appleton.

7–31207.

Somewhat similar to “The wrecker” written by the author and his
step-father, Robert Louis Stevenson. Answering an advertisement for
men willing to take risks for great gain, “the adventurer” enlists in
a mysterious project of seeking treasures hidden beyond the South
American pampas.

* * * * *

“In spite of this defect of taste, and the too liberal amplification
of a plot which, is at best, only a conceit, ‘The adventurer’ bids
fair to take its place among a not too numerous company of Stocktonian
and Stevensonian kindred.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 518. D. 5, ’07. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“If the culmination has in it a hint of flatness, if the ending is
more or less smothered in detail, it must be conceded that no solution
possible to put into words would have quite the quality expected by
the irresponsible and exacting reader.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 220w.

“The opening chapters are capitally managed so as to excite curiosity
and foreshadow a mystery. [Later] the tale becomes ordinary and hardly
worth while even as a plot-story.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 497. N. 2, ’07. 90w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Schmidt; il. by Allen True. †50c. Crowell.

7–21226.

Schmidt is a stolid East-Side German shopkeeper. “The inner Schmidt
was as much a butter-slicer and ham-shaver as the outer article. He
was consistently Schmidt all the way through.” Yet when he loved Ella,
his colorless life changed, he became a man of feeling, capable of joy
and grief. It is the human note in the story that holds the reader.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Three speeds forward: an automobile love story with one reverse. †$1. Appleton.

6–31657.

The motor mad hero and heroine of this story meet unconventionally by
the roadside when the heroine’s car breaks down opportunely and all
goes well save for the sorry fact that her parents cannot bring
themselves to approve of a young man who made his fortune thru the
invention of a popular puzzle. The hero, undaunted, sets about winning
them to his cause, despite the puzzle, and finally succeeds by
cleverly mending a break in their car, a break which he had with equal
cleverness previously arranged for.

* * * * *

“While it has its amusing moments, its humour is for the most part
distinctly thin and rather forced.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 617. N. 16. 160w.

“It is a bright and sprightly little story, very strongly flavored
with gasoline, but quite readable.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 563. S. 15, ’06. 440w.

=Osbourne, Lloyd.= Tin diskers; the story of an invasion that all but failed. †50c. Altemus.

6–25690.

“An amusing although entirely trivial short story about an American
girl who has curious adventures in England, growing out of the recent
newspaper sensation known as ‘treasure-hunting.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“This is a bright, breezy love story written with no other object than
to entertain. One of Mr. Osbourne’s best short stories”

+ =Arena.= 36: 574. N. ’06. 260w.

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 45. S. 1, ’06. 30w.

=Osgood, Herbert Levi.= American colonies in the 17th century. *$3. Macmillan.

=v. 3.= “The present volume contains a history of British colonial
administration during the period under review, together with treatment
in some detail of the external development of Virginia and of domestic
relations in the other royal provinces. The author attempts in this
volume, to trace the history of the British systems of control as a
distinct and separate feature of colonization.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“Mr. Osgood combines in a remarkable degree the quality of patient
research and a mastery of numerous details with the power of
philosophic generalization.” Hugh E. Egerton.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 804. O. ’07. 1490w. (Review of v. 3.)

“This work marks an epoch in the writing of colonial history.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 444. N. 14, ’07. 2250w. (Review of v. 3.)

“Admirable work.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 494. Ag. 10, ’07. 780w. (Review of v. 3.)

“It is distinctly a product of real scholarship, distinguished by a
constant and conscientious weighing of authorities and a keen
discrimination between the trustworthy and the unreliable.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 968. Ag. 3, ’07. 990w. (Review of v. 3.)

=R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 3.)

=Ostwald, Wilhelm.= Individuality and immortality. 1906. **75c. Houghton.

6–4176.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by W. A. Hammond.

=Philos. R.= 16: 211. Mr. ’07. 510w.

=Ostwald, Wilhelm.= Letters to a painter on the theory and practice of painting; authorized tr. by H. W. Morse. *90c. Ginn.

7–3698.

The technique of painting is dealt with in these letters which
advocate the “empirical experimental” method. The artist’s explanation
of the rise of his “tools,” of pastel painting, pigments, fresco oils
and tempera is given, also a discussion of academies, etc.

* * * * *

“The art student will find in these letters much food for reflection,
particularly in the treatment of media, their optical characteristics
and results.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 44. Jl. 16, ’07. 160w.

“The placing of the book in the hands of every art student would do
more for the cause of sound education than any number of lectures on
aesthetics.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 241. S. 12, ’07. 440w.

“Will be found attractive to the lay reader interested in painting.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 290w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 614. Jl. 20, ’07. 110w.

“Professor Ostwald’s scientific explanations ... may at least stir up
a more vital interest among professional artists and lead them toward
independent investigations useful to themselves and others.” Elisabeth
Luther Cary.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 358. D. ’07. 290w.

=Otto, Rudolf.= Naturalism and religion; tr. by J. Arthur Thomson and Margaret R. Thomson. *$1.50. Putnam.

7–18190.

“The present volume by a Göttingen professor gives in a compact form
to the general reader the main points in the great controversy that
now seems to have been fought almost through.... He points out that it
is not in the proper domain of science, but ‘in the teacup of logic
and epistemology that the storm in regard to the theories of the
universe has arisen.’ And he acutely concludes that the theory of
naturalism, that there is no such thing as free creative mind, is
refuted by its own existence as the actual progeny of such a
mind.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“He pursues [his argument] with enthusiasm as well as with logical
force.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 391. Ap. 25, 07. 330w.

“Presented here in eleven chapters by a discriminating thinker, as
hostile to exaggerated assertions in a religious as in a scientific
interest.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 482. F. 22, ’07. 230w.

=Oudin, Maurice A.= Standard polyphase apparatus and systems. *$3. Van Nostrand.

7–27156.

The fifth edition revised and enlarged to keep pace with the notable
increase in the size of apparatus units and in the development of
appliances for their control and protection.

* * * * *

“As a whole the book is readable, interesting and stimulating. Will be
intelligible to any one who is reasonably familiar with electrical
machines.” Henry H. Norris.

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 536. N. 14, ’07. 670w.

=Outcault, Richard Felton.= My resolutions: Buster Brown. †750. Stokes.

6–35950.

Buster Brown becomes a sage, a philosopher, and a humorist by turns in
Mr. Outcault’s “Resolutions.” Of course it is Mr. Outcault with his
little favorite as a mouthpiece, yet Buster and Tige suddenly grow
virtuous beyond their years.

=Oxenham, John.= Long road. †$1.50. Macmillan.

7–10620.

The long road is the way that marks the exile’s journey from Russia to
Siberia. Traveled by a Russian and his wife and child in punishment
for the offence of snuff-taking, it terminates in a little Siberian
village where the grim cruelty of a despot governer works havoc in
hearts and homes.

* * * * *

“But when all is said, it remains a straight-forward narrative,
capable of giving pleasure to a not too exacting or critical public.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 345. Ap. 6, ’07. 120w.

“Notwithstanding the painful incidents of their travels, the effect of
the story is inspiring, not depressing.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 179. O. ’07. ✠

“It verges more than once upon melodrama, but at least it pictures the
desolation of unbroken stretches of snow with a haunting force not
easily to be duplicated in modern fiction.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 500. Jl. ’07. 360w.

“The story is deeply moving and is related with knowledge of the life
depicted and a rare degree of artistic strength.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 376. Je. 16, ’07. 370w.

“A charming story, charmingly told.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 219. Jl. 25, ’07. 280w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 314. Ap. 4, ’07. 370w.

“We cannot but be grateful to Mr. Oxenham for remembering mercy and
for permitting his readers to close a novel of unusual sincerity and
strength with minds less penetrated by the wrongs and the anguish of
its hero than by his moral victory and ultimate peace.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 181. Mr. 23, ’07. 860w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 383. Je. 15, ’07. 210w.

“He has exceeded his former work in human sympathy, quiet charm, and
dramatic force. For freshness of sentiment and vividness of narrative
it seems to us unexcelled by any recent romance.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 812. Ap. 6, ’07. 360w.

“Mr. Oxenham’s vein of pathos is melodramatic—and therefore false.”

− + =R. of Rs.= 35: 763. Je. ’07. 240w.

=Oxenham, John.= Man of Sark. il. †$1.50. Baker.

7–29685.

A story which tells “in the first person, of the adventures of a
sturdy youth who seeks his fortune as a privateer during the
Napoleonic wars. Although loyal to England, he is mistaken for a
Frenchman after an exciting engagement, and his English captors take
him to a prison stockade by the North sea. When he escapes and finds
his way back to Sark, he is welcomed as one from the dead. He is also
just in time to rescue the maiden whom he has loved all his life from
the hands of certain villainous persons who have abducted her.”
(Dial.)

* * * * *

“The vivid account of island life and customs, of landscapes and
sea-scapes relieves the obsession produced by this competent villain.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 546. N. 2. 180w.

“The author has evidently steeped himself in the history, the
folk-lore, and the customs of the island folk whom he describes, and
tells a tale that is deeply appealing and full of varied interest.”
Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 43: 252. O. 16, ’07. 150w.

“To sum up, ‘A man of Sark’ shows a brisk imagination and capable
workmanlike treatment of wholesome, legitimate material.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 400. O. 31, ’07. 240w.

“The novel is very well written, with much poetic feeling and with a
certain distinction of style, which, with its vigorous manner and its
hardy and manly characters, makes it a very pleasing romance.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 612. O. 12, ’07. 170w.

“It is a stirring story, but one likely to please the young rather
than the experienced reader.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 642. N. 23, ’07. 180w.

=Oxley, James Macdonald.= North overland with Franklin. †75c. Crowell.

7–22915.

This volume in the “Crowell’s young people series” tells the story of
the boy Denis who went with Franklin and his party from York factory
overland to the farther north and whose flute cheered the men in time
of despair and danger. It is a tale of hunting and adventure, of
hardship and of peril.

P

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= Coast of Bohemia. **$1. Scribner.

Collected for the first time, Mr. Page’s poems could be launched with
no better l’envoi than the author’s “fine confession of the faith of a
minor poet:” “There is for a minor poet also a music that the outer
world does not catch—an inner day which the outer world does not see.
It is this music, this light, which, for the most part, is for the
lesser poet his only reward.”

* * * * *

“So trained a hand as his could hardily fail to produce a creditable
work, even in the unwonted medium of rhyme and rhythm.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 252. Ap. 16, ’07. 290w.

“Poetic sensibility ... is very evident in Mr. Page’s verse, and he
has an admirable command of traditional poetic tone.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 35. Ja. 10, ’07. 280w.

“It is well modulated song, mellow as a Southern voice. While not
varied in form nor experimental in meter, it is refined, smoothly
textured, always melodious verse.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 30. Ja. 19, ’07. 480w.

“The poems ring true; they have the quality of sanity throughout; they
are conspicuously free from self-consciousness; and they are often
happy in the ease and freedom of their phrasing.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 743. N. 30, ’07. 350w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 254. F. ’07. 50w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= Novels, stories, sketches and poems. “Plantation ed.” 12v. $18. Scribner.

Twelve illustrated volumes make up this “plantation edition,” so
called because all the stories, novels, verses and essays present
phases of plantation life.

* * * * *

+ + =Dial.= 42: 190. Mr. 16, ’07. 190w.

“What one might almost call definitive edition.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1351. D. 6, ’06. 480w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 27. Ja. 19, ’07. 780w.

=Page, Thomas Nelson.= On Newfound river. †$1.50. Scribner.

6–35938.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 18. Ja. ’07. ✠

=Ind.= 62: 677. Mr. 21, ’07. 100w.

* =Page, Thomas Nelson.= Under the crust. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–37269.

“In the seven stories which make up the volume of short tales, ‘Under
the crust,’ the discerning reader will find the characteristic
idealism of Mr. Page expressing itself in delicate and sympathetic
studies of men and women to whom commercialism exists only to be
resisted, and who live in the world as if life were still a matter of
the spirit and not a matter of physical luxury.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

“The lack of distinction is made up for by a healthy, cheerful tone,
and there is reality to the men and women the author depicts.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 826. D. 14, ’07. 120w.

“The stories in this volume are not of equal excellence, but it
contains work which Mr. Page has never surpassed.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 742. N. 30, ’07. 1100w.

=Paine, Albert Bigelow.= From van dweller to commuter. †$1.50. Harper.

A breezy account of the trials that overtook a man, his wife and the
“Precious Ones” while moving from flat to flat in New York in quest of
a really comfortable and livable place that they might call home.
Comparative peace falls to their lot only when they enter upon the
commuter’s life in a near-by suburb. The entire story is a “sort of
general unburdening” of the troubles that haunt one during an
attempted solution of the problem of living, with a view to “relief of
spirit which is said to follow confession.”

* * * * *

“Though the narrative for the most part runs too familiarly along
well-worn grooves, its facile humor and abundant sentiment may well
afford some innocent diversion—especially to readers whose memory
turns backward to adventures of kindred nature.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 353. O. 17, ’07. 270w.

“It will find its clientele among those who enjoy Warner’s ‘My summer
in a garden.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 631. O. 19, ’07. 220w.

“There is much humor of a popular kind, and many clever character
sketches.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 544. N. 9, ’07. 70w.

* =Paine, John K.= History of music to the death of Schubert. $2.75. Ginn.

The posthumous work of Professor Paine which includes his lectures on
the history of music to the death of Schubert. The lectures are
arranged under the headings Ancient and mediaeval music and Origin of
dramatic music, opera and oratorio.

=Paine, Ralph Delahaye.= Greater America. *$1.50. Outing.

7–14803.

A series of glimpses of the splendid activities of the American west
of to-day. The author introduces the reader to numerous activities
along the line of extension movement which show great creative and
pioneering forces at work. Some of his chapters are as follows: Past
and present of the “Soo,” The story of a copper mine, The magnet of
the wheat, The cow puncher versus irrigation, The heart of the big
timber country, A breath from Alaska, and Gold camps of the desert.

* * * * *

“To read the book is to get a new appreciation of the greatness of
America, the greatness of her present and the possibilities of her
future.”

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 599. N. ’07. 200w.

“Belongs to a class of books which may be called rare even in this age
of print. It bears the same relation to the ordinary volume of travel
and description that the realistic novel of actual events bears to the
novel of romantic cast.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 132. Jl. 27, ’07. 430w.

“Mr. Paine has felt and has put into his book the very spirit of
energy and enthusiasm and confidence and ambition and kindliness which
fills the vast miles to the west of New York.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 520w.

=Paine, Ralph Delahaye.= Praying skipper and other stories. $1.50. Outing pub.

6–11303.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Uncommonly good tales of the straight-ahead sort.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 110. Ap. ’07.

* =Paine, Ralph Delahaye=, ed. Romance of an old time shipmaster. *$1.25. Outing pub.

A collection of letters and Journals written by an American sea
captain during the early part of the nineteenth century. “It reveals a
most charming and lovable personality, a sort of Lord Chesterfield of
the quarter-deck, and throws a curious light on life at sea at that
time.”

=Pais, Ettore.= Ancient legends of Roman history; tr. by Mario E. Cosenza. *$4. Dodd.

5–33942.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Indeed every page of the book is full of illuminating and original
ideas. For the most part the translation reads well, and a certain
number of un-English expressions do not detract from its value, nor
can we say that much is added by the greater part of the
illustrations.” G. McN. Rushforth.

+ + =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 556. Jl. ’07. 610w.

“Professor Pais is a difficult writer. There is much to be learned
from his book. His notes cite the sources with considerable fulness,
occasionally ... possessing an interest for students outside the
narrower limits of the subject.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 366. Mr. 23, ’07. 1510w.

=Palgrave, Francis Turner.= Treasury of sacred songs; selected from the English lyrical poetry of four centuries: with explanatory and biographical notes. *$1.15. Oxford.

3–25607.

A well chosen collection of sacred songs which includes many of our
best sacred poems and such of our hymns as can be termed poetry.

* * * * *

“On the whole it is a good selection and gives a just idea of the
quality of our sacred poetry.”

+ − =Acad.= 71:325. O. 6, ’06. 2290w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 102. Ap. ’07. S.

=Palmer, Frederick William=, ed. With the sorrowing: a handbook of suggestions for the use of pastors, missionaries, and other visitors in the homes of sorrow. **75c. Revell.

5–41616.

“Appropriate prayers, hymns, and passages of Scripture for use at
funerals.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

=Bib. World.= 27: 480. Je. ’06. 10w.

“Most profitable for the avoidance of monotony and formalism in the
effort to discharge a sacred duty.”

+ =Outlook.= 82: 278. F. 3, ’06. 110w.

=Pardo Bazan, Emilia.= Midsummer madness; tr. from the Spanish by Amparo Loring. $1.50. Clark.

7–11214.

“The story tells of a gentle flirtation, occasionally verging on the
dangerous, and always inclining to the superficial. The book is
readable, however, while not elevating. The best feature is the minute
detail with which the story describes the everyday life of the
characters, both nobility and peasantry.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“The English translation ... is well rendered, and follows the Spanish
form of conversation with great conscientiousness. Of plot and
counterplot there is very little.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 915. Ap. 18, ’07. 150w.

“The little tale is conceived in a spirit of tender gayety which marks
it for that rare thing, a work of true humor.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 363. Ap. 18, ’07. 140w.

“The pages ... are full of the deplorable effects of rapid production,
clever, vivid, and interesting picture of Spanish life though it is.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 500w.

“Besides, the translation, by Amparo Loring, fulfills the difficult
task of conveying the original writer’s sprightly, animated style in a
manner quite spontaneous and natural.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 764. Je. ’07. 250w.

=Pares, Bernard.= Russia and reform. *$3. Dutton.

“Beginning with a rather impressionistic but distinctly readable
sketch of the rise and advance of Russia from the earliest times, Mr.
Pares, with the emancipation of the serfs, enters into a detailed
study which is really worthy of comparison with Mackenzie Wallace’s
great book. Like Wallace, Mr. Pares evidently knows his Russia
thoroughly, and his Russian in every walk of life. The geographical
and economic aspects of the country, the governmental system, the
educational facilities, the home life of the noble and the peasant,
the literature that has been produced and the men who have produced
it—all this and much more is expounded by him in a way that is equally
interesting and authoritative.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“We have many faults to find, but they do not affect the value of the
work.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 439. Ap. 13. 500w.

“In our opinion, Mr. Pares would have added to the value of his work
by more concentration and by resolutely leaving on one side those
matters which have already been adequately dealt with by other
authorities.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 131. Ap. 26, ’07. 1360w.

“On the whole, it may be said that he has succeeded in gaining a place
close to Wallace and to Leroy-Beaulieu’s ‘Empire des Tsars.’ In its
range, method, and adequacy of knowledge and insight, it is certainly
the best account that the Russian liberation movement which began in
1904, has brought forth.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 332. O. 10, ’07. 680w.

“For all who wish to broaden their knowledge of a highly complex
question Mr. Pares’s volume may be recommended as a safe guide.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 615. O. 12, ’07. 480w.

“The work is in reality encyclopedic. We feel that in some matters,
particularly with respect to prison methods, Mr. Pares takes an
over-roseate view.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 971. Ag. 31, ’07. 390w.

“If Mr. Pares tells us nothing sensational in this stout volume, we
are all the more ready to believe his word ... and if he tells us
nothing exactly new, he at all events presents his points with a
lucidity of the first order. Altogether, this book is valuable because
it contains the comments and judgments of a competent and wise
observer.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 674. Ap. 27, ’07. 1960w.

=Paret, William, bp.= Place and function of the Sunday school in the church. *50c. Whittaker.

6–34266.

A discussion of the place and function of the Sunday school in
relation to the greater subject on which it rests, namely, the duty
and relation of the Church to children.

=Park, James.= Text book of mining geology, for the use of mining students and miners. *$2. Lippincott.

GS 7–1129.

“The author deals with the subject in nine chapters. The first
contains a brief summary of geological principles, and the following
chapters are devoted respectively to the classification of mineral
deposits, ore veins, the dynamics of lodes and beds, ore deposits
considered genetically, the theories of vein formation, ores and
minerals considered economically, mine sampling, and the examination
and valuation of mines.”—Nature.

* * * * *

“The chapter dealing with the genesis of ore deposits is of special
interest. The perplexing problems by which the subject is surrounded
are judicially dealt with.”

+ =Nature.= 74: 520. S. 20, ’06. 540w.

=Parker, Gilbert.= Weavers. †$1.50. Harper.

7–30167.

A finely wrought tapestry reproducing the house builded upon a rock.
David Claridge, a sturdy English Quaker carries the new civilization
of the West to the Egyptian East. He becomes counsellor and confident
of Prince Kaïd and fights his battles for him. The story is a
reënactment of the terrors of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the
fiery furnace, and of Daniel in the lions’ den; for David, invincible
in the might of truth, is unharmed by the fire which is the consuming
traditional and superstitional heathenism and the lions which are
treacherous oriental trickery and love of revenge.

* * * * *

“Is an excellent book and splendid reading. Alike in the manner and
matter of the story, there are the ease and fulness that come of both
the writer’s and the reader’s assured interest in the career of David
Claridge.”

+ + =Acad.= 73: sup. 116. N. 9, ’07. 640w.

“Not so artistic as the author’s earlier work, and rather long drawn
out, but holding the interest, without question, to the end.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 179. O. ’07.

“He spoils his material by wilfully romanticizing it; nevertheless he
produces an interesting tale, set forth with such a serious air that
we are bound to take it seriously.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 399. O. 5. 190w.

“The truth is that Sir Gilbert has tried to write a story without
first thinking it out clearly to the end; he has tried to make his
readers realise characters which he has never successfully projected
in his own imagination; and the result, with all allowance made for
good intention and a certain amount of good workmanship, cannot be
called a success.” Ward Clark.

− + =Bookm.= 26: 169. O. ’07. 1000w.

“A work that, despite certain quite obvious faults, is nevertheless
endowed with unity of design and fine idealism.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ + − =Dial.= 43: 319. N. 16, ’07. 400w.

“The whole conception is as dead as any mummy in Egypt, the chief
difference being that it is embalmed in an excellent literary style.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1309. N. 28, ’07. 550w.

“Sir Gilbert Parker’s book is not lacking in well-drawn, dramatic
scenes growing out of the conflict between Oriental subtlety and the
straightforward Quakerism of David; and the picture of Egypt, although
possibly not an altogether accurate one, emerging from its centuries
of political darkness, is an interesting contribution to the romance
of history.”

+ + − =Lit. D.= 35: 695. N. 9, ’07. 650w.

“Deserves and has achieved a place among the leading novels of the
year.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 920. D. 14, ’07. 100w.

“Ungrateful though it may seem it is not easy to follow this long
drama with any keen interest or to feel that the people in it are any
more sensitive than the props that sustain old-fashioned cumbersome
draperies. It is ungrateful because the purpose of the book is
earnest, and Sir Gilbert evidently writes with knowledge and from his
own observation.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 309. O. 11, ’07. 450w.

“Although Sir Gilbert Parker uses a civilized if somewhat heavy
English, and puts his book together in practised fashion, his
treatment of Egyptian troubles ... on the whole lacks the brilliancy
given to the same event by the late Archibald Clavering Gunter. It is
hard to believe that ‘The weavers’ comes from the same hand which once
gave so thoughtful and sincere a study of character as Charley in ‘The
right of way.’”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 806. O. 3, ’07. 140w.

“The idea has obtained very generally of late that the good old
three-volume novel of the mid-Victorian age was forever extinct, like
the dodo or the drama in blank verse. There were to be no more wronged
or missing heirs, no more ‘papers’ turning up in old cabinets, no more
‘heavy’ old men telling their stories in quavering voices with the
lights burning low and the violins going soft, no more benevolent
low-comedy gents coming in slapdash at the critical moments, no more
singularly fatuous villains getting caught in their own toils. It is a
mistake; read ‘The weavers’ and be convinced. All, all are here, the
old familiar faces. The book is written with the author’s usual
facility and command of English.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 579. S. 28, ’07. 1000w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Is full of brilliant and striking passages, but the parts of the
story do not perfectly cohere, and the tale is a series of dramatic
episodes rather than a well-knit narrative of action.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 622. N. 23, ’07. 150w.

=Putnam’s.= 3: 368. D. ’07. 1460w.

“Much practice has made Sir Gilbert Parker a skilful weaver of a kind
of plot which has no relation to reality, or even to probability, but
which always fascinates a large novel-reading public. Sir Gilbert
Parker writes about society and politics as if he were an outsider.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 8. O. 19, ’07. 450w.

“Whatever fault may be found with the novel, it certainly shows no
sign of scamped work or perfunctory handling. In every sense in which
the phrase is applicable to a novel, the author has given us full
measure,—length, wealth of colour and exciting incident, careful
portraiture, minute character analysis. It may not be unfairly urged
that Sir Gilbert Parker has been too lavish of his materials, and that
his book loses in directness of appeal from the complexity of his
theme, the kaleidoscopic nature of the narrative, and the widely
divergent phases of life which he essays to depict. Yet of its
picturesqueness, its eloquence, and its exciting quality there can be
no doubt.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 533. O. 12, ’07. 1140w.

=Parr, G. D. Aspinall.= Electrical engineering in theory and practice. *$3.25. Macmillan.

6–36474.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Although the book is generally quite readable, the English is by no
means perfect throughout. The reasoning is here and there
unsatisfactory, loose language creeps in, or the style becomes
diffuse. The descriptive portion of the work is throughout very
carefully written and illustrated.” D. K. M.

+ − =Nation.= 74: 581. O. 11, ’06. 1200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 332. My. 19, ’06. 280w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Beth Norvell. †$1.50. McClurg.

7–30865.

Again the West furnishes the setting of Mr. Parrish’s story. An
ambitious young actress, with a past that has linked her with an
adventurer and gambler, and a young mining engineer meet in a small
town of Colorado. Their romance is brought well into the foreground of
the story while western color is provided by the sturdy miners of the
Little Yankee whose claims the young engineer defends against the
aforementioned gambler. Tragedy, misunderstanding and years of waiting
precede the wholly satisfactory dénouement.

* * * * *

“It is occasionally amateurish as to the manner of telling but
absorbing as to incident and plot.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3. 203. N. ’07.

“Here is the good old style of western melodrama, which, we suppose
and hope, will never die out.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 580. N. 9. 130w.

“The story itself fairly revels in the old familiar conventions.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

− + =Bookm.= 26: 270. N. ’07. 320w.

“It is all melodrama of a rather preposterous sort, and the hero’s
conversation is a little more preposterous than anything else in the
book.” Wm. M. Payne.

− =Dial.= 43: 318. N. 16, ’07. 130w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 570. S. 21, ’07. 170w.

“He wallows in adjectives, his conversations are stilted, and the
actions and motives of his characters are unconvincing.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 560w.

“Some striking situations are evolved, but the high-flown language of
the hero and heroine when in peril of their lives on various occasions
seems unnatural and detracts from the effect of several strong
scenes.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 451. O. 26, ’07. 90w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Bob Hampton of Placer. †$1.50. McClurg.

6–34646.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“One would like to see the same quality of narration expended upon a
simpler and more natural plot.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 90. Mr. ’07. 330w.

“Mr. Randall Parrish has mastered the trick of popular narrative after
a comparatively brief apprenticeship to the trade, and is to-day one
of the most effective of our story-tellers.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 16. Ja. 1, ’07. 330w.

=Parrish, Randall.= Great plains. **$1.75. McClurg.

7–29851.

To write accurate history so clothed as to appeal to the imagination
has been Mr. Parrish’s aim. He tells how the stretch of country
between the valley of the Missouri and the foothills of the Rockies
was discovered and settled, emphasizes its possibilities and
picturesque wonders, and dwells upon the characteristics of men and
customs of the frontier towns.

* * * * *

“The choice of material is commendable, the weaving skilful, and the
interest well sustained.” Edwin Erle Sparks.

+ + =Dial.= 43: 283. N. 1, ’07. 780w.

“He shows care and judgment in the balancing of contradictory
accounts. And he has told the story well and in interesting style. But
he has missed not a little of the high spirit, the valiant courage,
the dauntless expectations of the men who conquered the plains.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 530w.

“Much of the narrative is avowedly based on the work of others, but he
has combined and arranged the material in such a way as to produce a
well-proportioned historical sketch. The book is alive with incident,
adventure, and odd happenings in the days of Indian trappers, army
camps, and frontier scouts.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 356. O. 19, ’07. 120w.

“A book of far more than ordinary interest. Whatever else is
attempted, Mr. Parrish has at least set forth the romantic aspects of
the story in a most vivid and fascinating way.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 637. N. ’07. 90w.

=Parshall, Horace Field, and Hobart, Henry Metcalfe.= Electric railway engineering. *$10. Van Nostrand.

W 7–100.

“This book concerns itself mainly with the application of electricity
to heavy traction as distinguished from tramway work, and gives an
exceedingly comprehensive view of the progress which the new motive
power has made up to the present time, besides containing a great
store of collected data regarding the results obtained in
representative examples of its application.”—Ath.

* * * * *

“A high standard of excellence has been maintained in the preparation
of the volume.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907. 1: 385. Mr. 30. 1130w.

“The most comprehensive book on electric railway practice which has
yet appeared.” Henry H. Norris.

+ + =Engin. N.= 57: 663. Je. 13, ’07. 1130w.

“The present volume endeavors, not unsuccessfully, to combine [the
practical and technical phases] and to give the reader a clear
knowledge of the fundamental principles that underlie the application
of electricity to haulage.”

+ − =Nature.= 75: 531. Ap. 4. ’07. 1080w.

=Parsons, Elsie Worthington Clews.= Family. **$3. Putnam.

6–42901.

An ethnographical and historical outline, with descriptive notes,
planned as a text-book for the use of college lectures and directors
of home-reading clubs.

* * * * *

“The best book yet prepared for the student, whether in school or at
home.” Carl Kelsey.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 185. Jl. ’07. 820w.

“Mrs. Parsons has written a most valuable contribution to sociological
study. She has pursued the scientific and not the theologic method,
and therein lies her sole offense. This world will be a better one to
live in because of this thought-stimulating and exhaustive guide to
the scientific study of the family.” Theodore Schroeder.

+ + =Arena.= 37: 105. Ja. ’07. 1690w.

=Ath.= 1907, 1: 445. Ap. 13. 720w.

Reviewed by Edward T. Devine.

=Charities.= 17: 475. D. 15. ’06. 1200w.

“A better book to put into the hands of the mature person looking for
trustworthy information and judicious guidance of his thinking upon
the family problem, it would be hard to find.” Franklin H. Giddings.

+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 202. S. ’07. 670w.

“Outline notes constitute the greater portion and the chief value of
the work. The fact that the author is not obsessed by a novel theory
of her own, like some of her more original predecessors, makes the
book more useful to the elementary student.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1348. D. 6, ’06. 780w.

+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 467. Ag. 15, ’07. 440w.

“It is scholarly, abounds with references to authorities and to
text-books for the student’s reading, but deals almost wholly with the
family in its primitive forms. In our judgment it is wholly inadequate
as a text-book for the study of the family, because it practically
ignores the nature, origin, function, and laws of the modern Christian
family, which is what the student most needs to comprehend.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 899. Ap. 20, ’07. 120w.

“The attempt of the author to subject the family to careful scientific
examination is exceedingly praiseworthy and altogether helpful. And
there will be no question in the mind of the reader that the work has
been courageously and honestly done. As a broad-minded piece of
inductive research it is worthy of imitation in other fields. The book
will probably stand as one of the many single and helpful pieces of
inductive sociological study.” Frederick Morgan Davenport.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 744. D. ’07. 1750w.

“Is essentially a work for students of sociology, teachers, and men of
temperate and studious minds, and takes its place, for instance, with
such books as Stanley Hall’s ‘Adolescence,’ which, by the way, it
surpasses in original research.” Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 557. F. ’07. 1850w.

“Judging from the scope of the book and the method of instruction
recommended, the author imposes no bounds to the subject to be studied
by these young people, and it is on this point that she is most open
to adverse criticism. Whatever may be the criticism to which her
conclusions are subjected, no one can object to the tone of the book
or doubt the courage and transparent honesty of the writer.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 689. Je. 1, ’07. 1310w.

=Parsons, Florence Mary (Mrs. Clement Parsons).= Garrick and his circle; il. **$2.75. Putnam.

6–45350.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 85. Mr. ’07.

“Not only does she appear to have read—and to have mastered—everything
the most exacting could require; but she has shown excellent judgment
as to fact and fable, essentials and non-essentials.” S. M. Francis.

+ + =Atlan.= 100: 489. O. ’07. 290w.

“Her portraits have that fulness and unity which impart a conclusive
notion of personality, set with a due sense of perspective against a
well-balanced background.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 18. Ja. 1, ’07. 390w.

=Parsons, Frank.= Heart of the railroad problem: the history of railway discrimination in the United States, with efforts at control, remedies proposed, and hints from other countries. **$1.50. Little.

6–13090.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Vivid, concrete, interesting; covers with great detail one problem
only, that of discrimination and its remedy.”

+ + − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 102. Ap. ’07.

Reviewed by Emory R. Johnson.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 617. N. ’07. 560w.

“While he occasionally disturbs the reader’s confidence by basing his
charges upon rumors and hearsay evidence, after the manner of the
newspaper reporter, he relies principally upon official
investigations, hearings and reports, and in his handling of this
material he shows a thorough familiarity with his subject.” Frank
Haigh Dixon.

+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 156. Mr. ’07. 270w.

=Parsons, Frank.= Railways, the trusts, and the people. 25c. Taylor, C. F.

6–46268.

“A comprehensive work on the political, industrial, and social effects
of different systems of railway control.... The work is divided into
two parts, the first dealing with the relations of the railways to the
public, ... and the second analyzing the railway problems.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“As a source of information Professor Parsons’s volume is a rich mine.
It is unfortunate that so valuable a work should suffer so from the
author’s lack of literary discretion.” Emory R. Johnson.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 617. N. ’07. 360w.

“As far as bulk and comprehensiveness are concerned, all previous
contributions are outdone. Despite the many facts and figures
presented by Professor Parsons, there is still wanting a comprehensive
and scientific study of the railroad problem.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 387. F. 14, ’07. 720w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 34: 760. D. ’06. 210w.

* =Pasteur, Violet M.= Gods and heroes of old Japan; decorated by Ada Galton. *$3.50 Lippincott.

7–18124.

Faint gray drawings of Japanese plants and flowers furnish marginal
decoration while the text consists of “short stories taken from the
sacred writings and ancient histories of Japan. Some are legendary and
miraculous; others correspond to the tales of our own age of
chivalry.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Interesting, to those especially who have a real sympathy with old
Japan.”

+ =Ath.= 1906, 2: 838. D. 29. 170w.

“Simply and gracefully told, with a quaintness that suits the
primitive type of the stories.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 384. D. 1, ’07. 190w.

“The work should appeal to young and old readers alike.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 618. N. 23, ’07. 90w.

“There is much that is beautiful and poetic in these heroic legends,
but the story gets frequently very involved, and the names are most
confusing.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: sup. 8. D. 8, ’06. 100w.

“The stories ... are well told, and Miss Pasteur cleverly brings
before us the strange far Eastern outlook on life.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 939. D. 8, ’06. 50w.

=Paston, George, pseud. (Miss E. M. Symonds).= Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and her times. *$4.50. Putnam.

“This is, for three reasons, a very interesting book. In the first
place Lady Mary is herself a woman who claims attention.... She became
a national benefactress, and her character deserves to be studied.
Secondly, the times in which Lady Mary lived, though different from
our own in many respects, were in some ways alarmingly like them....
In the third place, Lady Mary knew well enough that she was an
excellent letter-writer.” (Lond. Times.) The sketch is keenly alive to
her learning, her fascination, her eccentricities and her wit.

* * * * *

“There are but slight deductions to be made from our praise of this
excellent piece of biography. The notes are numerous and informing,
and the few errata are chiefly to be found in the text.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 568. My. 11. 1710w.

“It is because of her letters almost exclusively that we now feel much
interest in Lady Mary, and in her letters from Constantinople we have
the best of her.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 96. Ag. 16, ’07. 250w.

“By some lack Mr. Paston fails to show the charm that Lady Mary’s
contemporaries for the most part cordially owned, and that the reader
of her letters feel, today.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 343. Ag. 8, ’07. 390w.

“The book is written with great discretion, with a certain reticence,
for which in these days we cannot be too grateful.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 140. My. 3, ’07. 2550w.

“We feel we have been ‘personally conducted’ over an interesting tract
of time.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 589. Je. 27, ’07. 1970w.

“When the author speaks herself, she does so with delightful
appreciation of the whole business, and links the mass of manuscripts
into a coherent and agreeable book.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 313. My. 18, ’07. 2380w.

“The true significance of Lady Mary’s life story, that which gives it
value to readers of to-day, is the light it throws on the period in
which it was lived, and the fact that ... Lady Mary herself was par
excellence a product of her times.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 80. S. 14, ’07. 3700w.

Reviewed by H. W. Boynton.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 235. N. ’07. 1030w.

+ =Spec.= 98: 901. Je. 8, ’07. 2140w.

=Paternoster, George Sidney.= Lady of the blue motor. $1.50. Page.

7–16942.

An automobile story which does not content itself with the gentle
excitements incident to motoring, but which involves a young
Englishman, who undertakes to champion a mysterious lady who drives a
blue car, in a series of strange complications which do not stop short
of murder. The villain, also equipped with a car, is as diabolical as
any of his class and the whole story moves at third speed along a
highway bristling with dangers to a conventionally happy ending.

* * * * *

“The misprints are sometimes serious. Apart from this, the story is a
well-constructed melodrama, interesting in its own way, and with less
hysteria and more character-study than one usually finds in books of
this type.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 43. O. 19, ’07. 220w.

“The character of this delectable volume is that of the ‘shilling
shocker.’ It is an ordinary sensational story of the stereotyped
sort.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 297. S. 14. 70w.

“While audacious and seemingly rather bold in the beginning of Sydney
Pasternoster’s new motor car story, is proved in the end to be
courageous and loving.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 110w.

=Paterson, Arthur Henry.= John Glynn; a novel of social work. †$1.50. Holt.

7–14252.

John Glynn is an Englishman who has made a fortune in America on her
rough frontier and goes back to London to do settlement work in that
unlovely quarter known as The Nile. Here he works side by side with a
young woman who is secretary of his district and this, of course,
furnishes the romance of the book, but its vital interest lies in the
life of the criminal quarter in which they labor and in the strong
characters, both good and evil, which they encounter.

* * * * *

“The more serious will welcome a book which contains more than a mere
love-story, while those who do not care for too thoughtful fiction
will find an exciting and convincing novel, in which the characters
are alive, and the interest is sustained to the end.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 414. Ap. 27, ’07. 400w.

“The characters are well drawn and, on the whole, convincing. What is
lacking in literary merit is overlooked in the swift succession of
incidents.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 156. My. ’07.

“The characterization is stereotyped, each figure being plainly
labelled, good or evil, and painted in bold colours. Plot and general
treatment are in keeping with this class of work; but the book is not
without its instructive side, and despite occasional tendencies to
claptrap, and frequent exaggeration, has here and there touches of
genuine human wisdom, and indications of sincere thought regarding
some of the problems which face the worker among the poor.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 502. Ap. 27. 130w.

“The book holds more entertainment—if only you can forget that first
chapter—than many a better one.” Edward Clark Marsh.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 520. Jl. ’07. 930w.

+ − =Ind.= 63: 97. Jl. 11, ’07. 130w.

“The pictures of the seamy side of London life are said to be true
without being unwholesomely realistic.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

“The author evidently knows thoroughly the region he describes. He is
less happy, however, in his allusions to the western United States,
whence his hero has just come with a fortune made in the cattle
business.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 457. Jl. 20. ’07. 340w.

“The tone throughout is frankly and conventionally sentimental and
emotional, and though ‘John Glynn’ is a well-intentioned and even
entertaining story, it can hardly be considered as a serious attempt
to add to our knowledge of criminology or of the best methods of
social reform.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 722. Je. 8, ’07. 290w.

“Like many stories with a purpose. ‘John Glynn’ would be very much
better without the love interest which Mr. Paterson has thought it
necessary to introduce, and perhaps it would be truer to life but for
a certain melodramatic tendency which he has not been able to keep out
of its pages.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 722. My. 4, 07. 270w.

=Paterson, William Romaine.= Nemesis of nations: studies in history: the ancient world, Hindustan, Babylon, Greece, Rome. *$3. Dutton.

W 7–123.

“The first of a series of studies analyzing the causes why
civilizations—ancient, mediaeval, modern—have broken down, and the
manner in which national sins ... have avenged themselves by bringing
retribution on the sinners.” (Ath.) “In each of these studies the
method pursued is substantially the same: There is an examination of
the origin of the race in question: an effort to trace its
affiliations with other races; a sketch of the salient features of the
land. The religion, laws, politics, and social customs of the people
are then considered; and, finally, we are given a comprehensive
account of that slavery which was at the base of all these
civilizations.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Throughout this learned book, covering an immense range, and parading
a large bibliography, there are hardly any citations to verify the
assertions of the text; yet these are often, to our knowledge, loose
or inaccurate.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 346. Mr. 23. 1440w.

“It is no common piece of work dreamed out without labor—but betrays
on every page an intimate acquaintance with the best modern literature
on antiquity and also with the original sources themselves.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1315. N. 28, ’07. 350w.

“Mr. Paterson’s book is on the whole too audacious. He admits the
complexity of the subject, and yet practically he writes as though the
fall of his four great empires could be explained by the same simple
causes acting in the same simple way.” F. Melian Stawell.

+ − =Int. J. Ethics.= 18: 121. O. ’07. 600w.

“Thoughtful and scholarly essays.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 305. My. 11, ’07. 490w.

“Viewed not as a philosophical interpretation of the downfall of
ancient civilizations, but as a history of their slavery systems, it
is clearly a product of thoughtful and painstaking research, and
contains much that is informing to a high degree. The reader, however,
cannot be too strongly warned against unreserved acceptance of the
sweeping conclusions Mr. Paterson would draw from his investigations.”

+ − =Outlook.= 86: 472. Je. 29, ’07. 580w.

“Remarkable book.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 834. My. 25, ’07. 2000w.

=Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton.= Poems; with an introd. by Basil Champneys. $1.75. Macmillan.

7–2591.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =Cath. World.= 85: 407. Je. ’07. 350w.

“It is fitting that there should be a definitive edition of his
poetical work, and nothing could be in better taste than the volume
‘Poems.’”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 567. Mr. 7, ’07. 180w.

=Spec.= 98: 17. Ja. 5, ’07. 1420w.

=Patten, Gilbert (Burt L. Standish, pseud.).= Frank Merriwell at Yale. 75c. McKay.

Little that fills the life of a college youth of to-day is missing
from this spirited tale. Frank Merriwell is made of true stuff, and
with manly courage dominates every situation unexpected and
prearranged that confronts him during his four years.

=Patten, Helen Philbrook=, comp. Intimations of immortality: significant thoughts on the future life. **$1.50. Small.

7–2422.

An anthology which aims not so much to present an orderly, rhetorical
argument for any theory of immortality as to bring before the reader a
composite picture of the spiritual intentions of mankind thru the
ages.

* * * * *

“This is the best work of the kind that has appeared in anything like
the same compass. The compiler has displayed rare judgment and
discrimination in her selections. Should be found in every
well-ordered library.”

+ + =Arena.= 38: 213. Ag. ’07. 680w.

=Patten, Simon Nelson.= New basis of civilization. (American social progress series.) **$1. Macmillan.

7–18589.

A book designed for collateral reading and class discussion which
“interprets in a specially suggestive and stimulating way the meaning
and significance of recent social changes with which the practical
social worker is so actively engaged and to which he is so close in
point of time and contact that he may well fail to secure for himself
the stimulus of the larger outlook upon the events in which he is a
participant.” It discusses the basis in resources, heredity, family
life, social classes, social consciousness, amusement, character and
social control.

* * * * *

“Prof. Patten ... too often obscures his meaning to the common mind by
expressing perfectly sensible observations and conclusions in the
formulae they frequently employ to conceal lack of thought, but he has
nevertheless an astonishing number of really vital and suggestive
things to say. In short, in many points, at least, he has hold of the
truth.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 347. Je. 1, ’07. 2000w.