Chapter XLIX: Part 3: is a very extended list of contributions to periodicals.... An (3)

“The book itself is short, embracing but three hundred and fifty pages
of not very compact print. The main topics treated are the author’s
early life in Texas, his part in Congress during three or four years
prior to 1861, the organization of the Confederacy at Montgomery, the
civil war, as viewed by an active and efficient cabinet officer in
Richmond, and the problems of reconstruction. The most interesting
portion of the book is the plain, unvarnished story of Reagan’s
hardships and early struggles.”—Am. Hist. R.

* * * * *

“The editing of the work has been very well done.” William E. Dodd.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 679. Ap. ’07. 700w.

=Ind.= 62: 1166. My. 3, ’07. 100w.

“Are partly dull and partly interesting. Perhaps it would be more
accurate to say that Mr. Reagan’s recollections of the early days of
Texan independence is not particularly lively. As postmaster general
of the Confederacy, however, Mr. Reagan stands on firmer ground, and
has written pages that are not without future historical value.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 140w.

=Spec.= 99: 397. S. 21, ’07. 430w.

=Reed, Helen Leah.= Napoleon’s young neighbor. †$1.50. Little.

7–34325.

A side-light story based upon the “Recollections of Napoleon at St.
Helena” by Mrs. Abell. It tells of Napoleon’s friendship for a little
girl, Betsy Balcombe, at whose house, “The Briars,” he spent the first
ten weeks of his banishment.

* * * * *

“Is a bit of history interestingly written.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 50w.

=Reed, Myrtle.= Love affairs of literary men. **$1.50. Putnam.

7–31403.

The author brings out of their lavender the love-memories of Swift,
Pope, Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Cowper, Carlyle, Poe, Shelley
and Keats.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 80w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 350w.

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14, ’07. 70w.

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

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 684. O. 26, ’07. 150w.

“A collection of more or less well-known facts, retold in pleasant
fashion. A book that will find favor among the many whose appetite
prefers entrées to joints.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 453. O. 26, ’07. 170w.

=Reed, Myrtle.= Spinner in the sun. **$1.50. Putnam.

6–33577.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This story—especially the earlier part of it—has both charm and
originality, its diction being excellent, and the characters, if not
altogether life-like, well imagined.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 797. D. 22. 90w.

“The only trouble is that the author has resorted to narcotics in
order to produce effects sufficiently weird in the minds of her
characters, and, as is too often the case with women writers, she
cannot quite achieve the dramatic without falling into the
melodramatic.”

− =Ind.= 62: 215. Ja. 24, ’07. 290w.

=Rees, Arthur Dougherty.= Double love; a tragedy in five acts. †$1. Winston.

7–17377.

In this poem-drama of American life a modern capitalist in blank
verse, insists that his daughter’s love must choose between her and
his other love, a literary career. He demands that he “walk the Rialto
of true trade, the mart of traffic.” Naturally tragedy is the artistic
result.

=Reich, Emil.= Success in life. **$1.50. Duffield.

7–11564.

The philosophy of success is the outgrowth of definite basic
principles. Mr. Reich denounces the “fluke” idea of success and plants
success on the principle of energetics. The hope of the author is to
establish an ideal so universal that it may be used by anyone in any
walk of life for the attaining of honest, successful results.

* * * * *

“In spite of this ill-advised plan of constructing a mathematical
framework on which to fashion a body of doctrine dealing with the most
unmathematical of subjects, the book is so fresh, so unconventional,
so ingenious, and so suggestive, that its weaknesses and imperfections
do not need to plead very hard for forgiveness. He has the readiness,
not to say looseness, of the fluent talker and lecturer, but little of
the exactness, the terseness, the fine reserve of the scholarly and
painstaking writer.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 230. Ap. 1, ’07. 420w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 742. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w.

“He is the possessor of a lucid and attractive style which enables him
to clothe abstract and even trite themes with a new and timely
interest.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 640. Ap. 20, ’07. 370w.

“The book, however, has an interest and value not promised in its
title. The whole book is written with reference to British conditions.
As a criticism of these it is interesting. Dr. Reich is a Teutonic Max
O’Rell, who has read Schopenhauer and Herbert Spencer.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 479. My. 23, ’07. 440w.

“Dr. Reich’s misfortune is that he presents real and false
explanations with equal confidence and equal felicity. His merit is
that he is always readable and always suggestive, even when he is as
wrong as sheer ignorance or rash haste to conclusions can make any
man.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 155. Mr. 16, ’07. 1620w.

“A sagacious writer he is, though at times amusingly otherwise.”

+ − =Outlook.= 85: 767. Mr. 30, ’07. 210w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 759. Je. ’07. 80w.

=Reichel, Rev. George Valentine.= Bible truths through eye and ear. **$1. Whittaker.

6–45727.

A volume of “object teachings,” written for children, based upon such
subjects as Harbors, Fog-signals, Life-saving, Lessons of the snow,
Knots, Having salt, Fort builders, Like unto clear glass, and a great
many more.

=Reid, George Archdall.= Principles of heredity, with some applications. *$3.50. Dutton.

5–40286.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“The book not only lacks evidences of seasoned thought, but of
familiarity with the more recent literature bearing on the discussion
of heredity, and, on the whole, is a disappointing analysis of the
subject. Nevertheless, we believe it will be of service on account of
the new point of view adopted and the citing of evidences hearing on
heredity furnished by disease.” William A. Locy.

− + =Science=, n.s. 25: 60. Ja. 11, ’07. 1400w.

=Reid, Homer A.= Concrete and reinforced concrete construction. *$5. Clark, M. C.

7–6665.

“The book is divided into 34 chapters. The subject matter may be
grouped as follows: Cement and its manufacture and tests, the
aggregate, proportioning, mixing and placing concrete, cost of work,
and finishing concrete surfaces, 132 pages; physical and elastic
properties of concrete and steel, 85 pages; principles and style of
reinforcement, mechanical bond, curved pieces subject to flexure, and
columns, walls, and pipes, 53 pages; theory of flexure of beams and
strength of columns with formula and calculations, 136 pages;
foundations, 58 pages; general building and construction and matters
connected with practical construction, 142 pages; retaining walls,
dams, conduits and sewers, tank and reservoir construction, chimneys,
tunnels, etc., 144 pages; bridges, arches, piers and abutments, 104
pages; concrete building blocks, 20 pages.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The analytical or theoretical portion of the book is its weakest
feature. On the whole, with a few important items to be excepted, the
analytical treatment is more complete than that in other books which
have appeared. The general plan of the book is excellent, the
proportioning of parts good, and the manner of presentation
commendable. In some minor particulars objection may be made to the
exact order of presentation, and some headings and forms of statement
need editing.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 301. Mr. ’07. 3180w.

=Reid, Rev. John.= Jesus and Nicodemus: a study in spiritual life. *$1.75. Scribner.

A series of studies given in the form of lectures or sermons to
different congregations in Scotland. “The conversation with Nicodemus
peculiarly invites exposition, not only because of the far-reaching
truth contained in it, but also because from our knowledge of the
historical situation we are enabled to fill out the scene which the
gospel gives in bare outline. Mr. Reid has become himself master of
the historical situation, and has thus made luminous the mental
attitude of Nicodemus. He has also given the right place to the
reflective illumination of the mind of the evangelist as it came to a
larger, fuller understanding of Jesus.” (Am. J. Theol.)

* * * * *

“There is perhaps only one interpretation which will not meet with
general acceptance. Would that we had more of such penetrating,
illuminating, vital interpretations of the scenes of the fourth
gospel.”

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 534. Jl. ’07. 460w.

“Characterized by literary skill and religious insight.”

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 239. Mr. ’07. 20w.

=Reid, Stuart J.= Life and letters of the first Earl of Durham (1792–1840). 2v. *$10. Longmans.

7–10998.

An authoritative and detailed biography of John George Lambton, first
Earl of Durham; “The Durham book has been written with full access to
the letters and papers of Lord Durham, and will throw a new light on
the reform struggle of 1830, the secret history of the reform bill of
1832, on the creation of the kingdom of Belgium, on the affairs of
Russia, when Durham pleaded for the Poles, and subsequently when he
was Ambassador at St. Petersburg; on the strange vicissitudes of the
Whigs under Grey and Melbourne, and much else that will be much worth
reading.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“Of the misrepresentations to which he was exposed and all else
pertaining to this interesting chapter of his life Mr. Reid writes
fully and well.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 465. N. 10, ’06. 970w.

“If one essays the task of criticizing Mr. Reid one must add that his
work is only moderately well done. He lacks conciseness and sometimes
lucidity; his matter is not always well arranged, not always
pertinent, not always quite accurate. He makes too great a hero of
Durham and resents too obviously any unfavorable criticism by his
contemporaries.” George M. Wrong.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 637. Ap. ’07. 780w.

“Mr. Stuart Reid has acquitted himself with credit as the recorder of
a brief and brilliant career. He has studied his authorities
carefully. and though a good deal of an enthusiast, he is fairly alive
to his hero’s shortcomings. Wordiness and prolixity unfortunately
disfigure his otherwise acceptable volumes.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 539. N. 3. 2100w.

“There appears only one statement with regard to Canadian history
which need be questioned.” H. E. Egerton.

+ − =Eng. Hist. R.= 22: 187. Ja. ’07. 620w.

“An obvious and long existing gap in English political biography is
now filled.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1209. My. 23. ’07. 780w.

“He furnishes us for the first time with copious and well nigh
exhaustive materials for forming our own judgment. But he is rather
long-winded, and he is a little too blind to the real defects of
Durham’s personal character and political temper.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 357. O. 26, ’06. 3320w.

“These volumes are an extreme illustration of that obsession of
bigness which now seems to afflict most writers of English biography.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 111. Ja. 31, ’07. 530w.

“The book is a painstaking—even laborious—survey of the life of a very
interesting man. The author has a strong bias in favor of his subject,
which is not always an advantage to the reader.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 106. F. 23, ’07. 1330w.

“Must at once be ranked among the great biographies of English
statesmen of the nineteenth century. It is one of the class to which
Parker’s ‘Peel,’ and Morley’s ‘Gladstone’ belong. As a literary
achievement its place is alongside the ‘Life of Peel’ rather than
alongside Morley’s ‘Life of Gladstone.’” Edward Porritt.

+ + − =No. Am.= 184: 755. Ap. 5, ’07. 1790w.

“Like most biographers, Mr. Reid paints the character of his hero in
too bright colors, and he claims entirely too much for him as a
statesman.” W. Roy Smith.

+ − =Putnam’s.= 2: 363. Je. ’07. 1060w.

“Durham has found in Mr. Reid a capable and warmly sympathetic
biographer.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 50. Ja. 12, ’07. 2430w.

“As a biographer Mr. Reid is painstaking, industrious, and
inordinately appreciative, but we cannot think that the style he has
adopted was the best in which to write the ‘Life’ of so curious a
personality. His is the old-fashioned type of biography, filled with
moralisings and platitudes, very wordy and very lengthy.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 727. N. 10, ’06. 1830w.

=Reid, Whitelaw.= Greatest fact in modern history. **75c. Crowell.

7–6398.

The greatest fact in modern history which Mr. Reid presents is the
rise and development of the United States from a group of struggling
colonies to its position of commanding power among the nations. He
says two factors operating in American success have been character and
circumstance.

=Reid, William Maxwell.= Story of old Fort Johnson; il. by John Arthur Maney. **$3. Putnam.

6–34695.

A sketch occasioned by the recent purchase and presentation to the
Montgomery county historical society of old Fort Johnson, the most
historic house in the Mohawk valley to-day. The story closely connects
people and events associated with the famous “first baronial mansion
in New York” with the history of the Mohawk valley.

* * * * *

“An interesting, rambling tale; it is a mixture of history, fiction,
ethnology and gossip.” C. H. Rammelkamp.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 397. Ja. ’07. 500w.

“To the lover of the old, the wild, the picturesque in early American
life, the book will possess charm; to the general reader, it will
supply abundant detail with which to reconstruct a most romantic
period. To the historian, it will offer a reason for doing the work
over again.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 42. Jl. 4, ’07. 400w.

“His facts will be accepted as accurate, and some of them are here
brought together for the first time.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 33: 686. N. 10, ’06. 160w.

“He is well versed in early history, but he should have had the
guidance of hands more accomplished than his own in the art of putting
a book together properly.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 559. D. 27, ’06. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 893. D. 22, ’06. 330w.

“Its chief blemishes are discursiveness, fragmentariness, and
unnecessary repetition; its virtues are enthusiasm, informativeness,
and entertainment.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 680. N. 17, ’06. 140w.

=Reinach, Salomon.= Apollo; tr. from the French by Florence Simmonds. **$1.50. Scribner.

7–15337.

A new edition, expanded and furnished with editorial matter to date,
of a work which long ago appeared under the title, “The story of art
throughout the ages.” The book comprises twenty-five lectures
delivered by Dr. Reinach during 1902–1903 at the Ècole du Louvre upon
the historic schools of art. There are abundant illustrations and an
ample bibliography. “The original title is restored, and the
additions, concerning British art, are now inclosed in square
brackets, so that one may know when one is reading M. Reinach and when
one is reading Miss Simmonds.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 72: 137. F. 9, ’07. 1250w.

“A second edition ... which is an improvement noon the first.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 418. My. 2, ’07. 210w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 502. Ag. 17, ’07. 160w.

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 526. Jl. 6, ’07. 70w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 383. S. ’07. 60w.

“It is a really uncommon achievement.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 464. Mr. 23, ’07. 160w.

=Reinsch, Paul Samuel.= American legislatures and legislative methods. *$1.25. Century.

7–8279.

A critical exposition of the manner in which the law making
bodies—state and federal—in the United States are organized and
operated.

* * * * *

“All things considered, Professor Reinsch’s volume is an important
addition to the literature of American politics. It is a contribution
both to the understanding of the present situation and to the
establishment of a better method for future studies of a similar
character.” Charles Edward Merriam.

+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 118. Jl. ’07. 700w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07. S.

“As a whole the book is the best presentation of this subject in
limited space which has yet appeared.” Luther F. Witmer.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 615. N. ’07. 460w.

Reviewed by Max West.

+ =Dial.= 43: 120. S. 1, ’07. 700w.

“A most admirable volume of a practical sort.”

+ =Educ. R.= 34: 209. S. ’07. 90w.

“Without a doubt there is room in the citizen’s library for such a
useful and suggestive study of national and state politics.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 998. O. 24, ’07. 630w.

“He finds so many and such serious defects in our system of government
and sees so plainly the forces of selfishness on one hand and of
indifference and ignorance on the other hand, with which reform has to
contend, and he describes both with such clearness that the reader
will be likely to rise from the study of the volume in a discouraged
mood.” Edward Cary.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 156. Mr. 16, ’07. 1150w.

“In every way the volume is not only informative but suggestive, and
is eminently thorough in treatment.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 719. Mr. 23, ’07. 130w.

“A work of great value, that marks a distinct advance in scientific
treatment of legislative procedure. He has grasped a principle of
cardinal importance, oversight of which is a common defect in academic
study of political institutions, namely, that the character of
institutions is to be found in their working.” Henry Jones Ford.

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 713. D. ’07. 1270w.

“Professor Reinsch’s method of treatment is frankly critical.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 509. Ap. ’07. 140w.

* =Reissig, Carl.= Standard family physician: a practical international encyclopedia of medicine and hygiene especially prepared for the household. 2v. $13. Funk.

7–15943.

In this undertaking Professor Reissig has been assisted by Smith Ely
Jelliffe and nearly fifty associate editors. “Taken as a whole, the
work is a commendable effort to lead the layman to take a rational
view of diseases and of ‘the results which may be reasonably expected
from therapeutic measures.’ The opposition to quackery in its various
forms, to all the ‘pathies,’ and to ‘natural’ methods is praiseworthy
and ought to do good.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“While ordinarily such works are likely to do at least as much harm as
good, there seems to be no reason why this one should not prove a
source of benefit in every way to its readers.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1005. O. 24. ’07. 340w.

“In general, it may be said that too little attention is paid to the
emergencies of domestic life, the very conditions where such a book is
most needed in families at a distance from medical aid.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 522. D. 5, ’07. 300w.

Religion of Christ in the twentieth century. **$1.50. Putnam.

6–2998.

“The unnamed author’s theme is the radical question of our time, ‘What
is Christianity?’ and his text is Lessing’s remark, ‘The Christian
religion has been tried for eighteen centuries; the religion of Christ
remains to be tried.’ By the Christian religion is meant a body of
religious doctrine supported by an ecclesiastical organization. The
religion of Christ is the attitude of the spirit toward God and man
that Jesus manifested as controlling his life.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Gerald Birney Smith.

=Am. J. Theol.= 11: 704. O. ’07. 370w.

“The book is a shrewd, discerning critique of regnant forms of piety,
and a discriminating projection of the faith and theology that ought
to come.”

+ + =Ind.= 61: 1038. N. 1, ’06. 280w.

“These thoughts have been uttered before, but never more clearly or
attractively, and they well express the spirit in which the movement
for the improvement of theology should proceed.”

+ + =Outlook.= 82: 326. F. 10, ’06. 370w.

* Remco’s. Manual of apartment house service. **$1. McClure.

Under “General instructions” there are rules applicable to every
contingency apt to arise in an apartment building. Such subjects as
the conduct of heating apparatus, the eradication of vermin, the
technicalities of elevators, steam and hot-water boilers and
engineering and sanitary details about the apartment house.

* * * * *

“What a paradise apartment life would be if this book were widely
circulated and its contents enforced.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 536. N. 14, ’07. 200w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Rexford, Eben Eugene.= Four seasons in the garden: with 27 il. and with decorations by Edward S. Holloway. **$1.50. Lippincott.

7–16936.

Gardening for the home-maker is treated in all its phases by the
“foremost amateur gardener of the United States.” The book treats of
the making and care of the lawn, flowerbeds. back-yard gardens and
window boxes, of the more ambitious garden of the suburbanite and the
country dweller, and concludes with two chapters on village and rural
improvement societies.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 171. O. ’07. S.

“The book is not what its title might indicate—a guide to the seasons
in their order. It is likely to be most serviceable to beginners in
garden making. The author’s language is simple, his style is popular,
and he gives facts and instruction in an easily understood form.”

+ =Dial.= 40: 367. Je. 16, ’07. 410w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 547. D. 12, ’07. 50w.

“A gathering into one unusually attractive volume, from the standpoint
of the maker of books, of all the knowledge which has been coming
piecemeal from this prolific writer on the gentle subject through many
years.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 357. Je. 1, ’07. 240w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 150w.

“It contains clear and definite instruction.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 70w.

=Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.= Dull girl’s destiny. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

The “dull girl” is twenty-six, and inexperienced, yet able to produce
“novels esteemed worthy to rank as a ‘counterblast’ to the plays of
Bernard Shaw.” (Ath.) “However, the interest of the story centres, not
in the question whether the heroine could have written the novels of
Jane Smith, but in the description of contemporary manners and the
amusing sketches which the author gives us of her dramatis personae.”
(Spec.)

* * * * *

“In liveliness and brightness the novel is much above the average.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 723. Je. 15. 190w.

“The heavy artillery of analysis, should not be trained upon an
amiable, unpretentious story of this kind, since its obvious qualities
are neither subtlety nor penetration but a wholesome right-mindedness,
a mild humor, and unfailing good taste.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 168. Ag. 22, ’07. 140w.

“All but two characters are so odious as to arouse the reader’s
personal resentment.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 488. Ag. 10, ’07. 290w.

“Although the plot ... invites criticism, still the book is pleasant
and entertaining reading.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 984. Je. 22, ’07. 220w.

=Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie-.= Thalassa. †$1.50. Brentano’s.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The author’s innate strain of romanticism would not permit her to
write the evenly sustained story of a simple life which she appears to
have been qualified to do.” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 182. Ap. ’07. 400w.

“Its characters and its mystery are alike improbable; but the writer
knows how to tell her story.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 69. F. 2, ’07. 350w.

=Rhead, George Woolliscroft.= Chats on costume; with 117 il. *$2. Stokes.

W 7–41.

A book which begins with a general survey of the subject and follows
with “brief accounts of the development and history of the tunic,
mantle, doublet and hose, kirtle or petticoat, crinoline, collars and
cuffs, hats, caps and bonnets, dressing of the hair, mustachios and
beard, and boots, shoes, and coverings of the feet.” (A. L. A. Bkl.)

* * * * *

“Felicitously conceived and successfully accomplished. Mr. Rhead is a
pleasant writer, and his facts, quotations, and verses are judiciously
selected.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 246. Mr. 9, ’07. 220w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 127. My. ’07.

=Rhead, George Woolliscraft, and Rhead, Frederick Alfred.= Staffordshire pots and potters. *$6.50. Dodd.

7–38577.

“To the amateur as well as to the expert collector, the book, with its
clear definitions of the peculiarities differentiating the work of one
potter from another, and its wealth of illustrations. some of them in
colour, of the treasures in museums and private collections, will be a
mine of wealth; but it will also appeal forcibly to the antiquarian
and historian, for the authors have made a point of tracing the
condition between the progress of their art and the advance of
civilization.... Especially fascinating is the chapter on the passing
of the Elerses—the predecessors of Wedgwood.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“Might well be called the romance of English ceramic art. so forcibly
realized are the personalities of the craftsmen presented to the
reader, so skillfully are the accounts of their technical triumphs
interwoven with their life stories, and so vividly is the local
colouring of their environment reproduced.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 82. Mr. ’07. 330w.

“The book stands apart from most of the ceramic works published during
recent years by reason of its independence and personal point of
view.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 90. Mr. 22, ’07. 1540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 60w.

“The authors are peculiarly fitted for the task they have set
themselves.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 834. D. 14, ’07. 380w.

=Rhead, Louis John.= Bait angling for common fishes. *$1.25. Outing pub.

7–22908.

A handy volume of practical information on how to angle for common and
familiar bottom fishes. A score or more varieties are discussed, carp,
eel, perch, bass, etc., descriptions of their habits are given for the
benefit of amateurs, and the whole is illustrated with drawings by the
author.

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 120. Ag. 8, ’07. 380w.

=Rhodes, Harrison.= Flight to Eden: a Florida romance. †$1.50. Holt.

7–30836.

Basil Forrester, London born and bred, finds that there is no place
for him in England after his infidelity to his wife results in her
suicide. He goes to Florida, begins life over, fostering only the
impulses of primitive man. His love for a maiden of the wild impels
him to relinquish every hold upon England. After years have passed he
remembers that the house of Kingstowne must be perpetuated through him
and sends his ten year old son back to be educated to the traditions
of his title.

* * * * *

“There is no question that Mr. Rhodes knows how to portray people and
incidents in a way that forces you to see them. But he has something
still to learn about the unities of construction.” Frederic Taber
Cooper.

+ − =Bookm.= 26: 409. D. ’07. 420w.

“A singular mingling of the crude and the romantic is here.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 545. D. 12, ’07. 140w.

=Outlook.= 87: 828. D. 14, ’07. 120w.

=Rhodes, James Ford.= History of the United States from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of Home rule in the South in 1877. 7v. v. 6–7. per set, **$17.50. Macmillan.

5–12579.

These concluding volumes of Mr. Rhodes’ history cover the period
1866–1877. “A peculiar claim can be made on behalf of a historian who
writes candidly and yet firmly of the burning of Columbia under
General Sherman, the disputed Hayes-Tilden election, and the whole
melancholy reconstruction period.” (Lit. D.)

* * * * *

“Dr. Rhodes possesses some of the most important qualities of the true
historian. He has the judicial temper and he spares no pains in
accumulating and sifting material. To an English reader he
occasionally seems somewhat prolix though seldom actually tedious.”

+ + − =Acad.= 73: 793. Ag. 17, ’07. 2120w. (Review of v. 1–4.)

“As in volume 5 he finished what is on the whole our best history of
the civil war, so in volume 7 he has finished the best history yet
written of reconstruction. Unfortunately, however, the superlative
does not in this second instance convey nearly so high praise as in
the first. There exist several reasonably good histories of the war,
but until these two volumes appeared there was no work covering the
period of reconstruction which could be commended.” William Garrott
Brown.

+ + − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 680. Ap. ’07. 2030w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 48. F. ’07. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“It may be stated without fear of successful impeachment, that no
other period of American history has been so well and interestingly
written as the one covered by Mr. Rhodes. Although seven volumes have
been devoted to the history of about thirty years, there is no useless
detail to weary the reader, but a concise, well-balanced story, that
can be followed with unflagging interest by the general student as
well as the specialist.” J. W. Garner.

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 435. Mr. ’07. 1060w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)

“His sense of proportion is artistic, as well as his perspective.
Aside from the almost unexampled impartiality of judgment which the
work displays throughout, its most striking characteristics to the lay
leader will be found in its subordination of the literary to the
judicial element.” Bernadotte Perrin.

+ + + =Atlan.= 99: 859. Je. ’07. 5850w. (Review of v. 8 and 7.)

“Dr. Rhodes’s works ... certainly carry the stamp of verisimilitude
and have the force necessary to lure the reader on and invite him to
return.” David Y. Thomas.

+ + + =Dial.= 42: 180. Mr. 16, ’07. 1640w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“The evidence from quantity is abundantly supported by other evidence
that Dr. Rhodes lost interest in his task after he had brought the
story of actual warfare to a close, or perhaps, more exactly, after he
had described the struggle between President Johnson and congress.”
Wm. A. Dunning.

+ + − =Educ. R.= 34: 109. S. ’07. 2160w. (Review of v. 1–7.)

“The greatest historical work that has been written in America—great
not in length alone, but in excellence of scholarship, and the
magnitude and interest of his theme.”

+ + + =Ind.= 61: 1168. N. 15, ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“Within the limits I have tried to indicate it is not easily
overpraised. That, however, breeds regret—regret that once more a work
so excellent as history should not be also excellent as literary art.”
William Garrott Brown.

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 552. Mr. 7, ’07. 2700w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“The work has the rare quality of being dispassionate and yet
interesting.”

+ + + =Lit. D.= 34: 64. Ja. 12, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“Mr. Rhodes is to be congratulated on having accomplished a difficult
and laborious task with something like conspicuous success.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 242. Ag. 9, ’07. 1920w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)

+ + =Nation.= 84: 14. Ja. 3, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“It need hardly be said that these volumes have fully met the
expectations of readers of their predecessors. He has set new
standards in the study of and interpretation of events, in the use of
materials, and in the generosity and kindliness of his estimates of
men.” William E. Dodd.

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 4. Ja. 5, ’07. 3460w. (Review of v. 6 and
7.)

“Must be deemed pre-eminently the standard work for the period with
which it deals, and a work so exhaustive and so able that it will
probably be long before its supremacy is challenged.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 113. My. 18, ’07. 1760w. (Review of v. 1–7.)

“It seems probable that the general verdict will be that, though
entitled to high praise, they are not in all respects up to the high
standard set by some of the volumes that appeared before them.” Paul
Leland Haworth.

+ + − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 513. S. ’07. 2710w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“While not strikingly original either in his conceptions of the import
of the events of his period or in the manner in which he sets them
forth, Mr. Rhodes has given us a piece of historical narrative which
will command respect for solidity, fairness, and accuracy.” John
Spencer Bassett.

+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 252. My. ’07. 580w. (Review of v. 5–7.)

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“Far the best existing narrative of the events which led up to and
followed the civil war as well as of the war itself, apart from more
merely technical military treatises.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 625. My. 18, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“His one great limitation is that he has not penetrated deeply into
the great underlying forces at work in our history and his judgments
therefore are not always profound or such as will stand the test of
time. Especially well suited for the reference library in our
schools.” Webster Cook.

+ + − =School R.= 15: 716. D. ’07. 670w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

=Spec.= 98: 464. Mr. 23, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

“Other subjects such as finance and currency, commercial crises,
political corruption, the tariff, and the broader economic and social
changes affecting American society are not ignored, as they were not
in the previous volumes; but they are not adequately treated, and the
author shows in his treatment of them none of that breadth of view and
well-balanced judgment which appears in his account of the political
controversies that have to do with slavery, the civil war and the
reconstruction.” G: Stevens Callender.

+ + − =Yale R.= 16: 198. Ag. ’07. 3390w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.)

=Rhys, Ernest.= Fairy-gold; il. by Herbert Cole. $2.50. Dutton.

7–35196.

“Mr. Rhys has retold many legends and fairy tales of the semi-mythical
days in England.” (Outlook.) “The first part contains old favorites,
of many of which the editor has found new versions; the second part
consists of shorter fables and stories; and the third of fairy tales,
and poems from Browning, Elia, Keats, Tom Hood and others. The book is
daintily gotten up and Mr. Herbert Cole’s illustrations are
excellent.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“A delight to handle and to read.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 584. D. 8, ’06. 80w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 112. Ap. ’07.

“This is a book to find welcome.”

+ =Ind.= 61: 1407. D. 13, ’06. 80w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 90w.

“The book is one to please older readers, but none the less for that
will be acceptable to children.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 1083. D. 29, ’06. 80w.

“A very interesting and artistic production.”

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

=Ribot, Theodule Armand.= Essay on the creative imagination; tr. from the French, by Albert H. N. Baron. *$1.75. Open ct.

6–32845.

A discussion of the subject under the following heads: Analysis of the
imagination, Development of the imagination, Types of imagination,
Conclusion and Appendices.

* * * * *

“As a manual to a region well worthy of exploration, the volume may be
recommended both in the original and in the present form.”

+ =Dial.= 41: 244. O. 16, ’06. 340w.

“Mr. Baron has done us a service of some value in rendering into
English M. Ribot’s monograph on the creative imagination. The
translation sticks somewhat closely to the original idiom, but this is
a virtue rather than a fault. It forms a valuable addition to the
psychological literature on imagination.” Felix Arnold.

+ + =J. Philos.= 3: 695. D. 6, ’06. 800w.

“Like all its author’s work, it is suggestive and thorough.”

+ + − =Nature.= 76: 196. Je. 27, ’07. 100w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 530. O. 27, ’06. 150w.

=Rice, Mrs. Alice Caldwell (Hegan).= Captain June. †$1. Century.

7–29097.

The story of a dear little American boy who stays with his Japanese
nurse in her country while his mother is in Manila nursing his sick
father through a fever.

* * * * *

“A charming tale.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 399. O. 5. 100w.

“Told with a certain freshness, although the situation is slight. Mrs.
Rice has done better work.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 60w.

“Very charming.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 60w.

“Pleasantly told.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 50w.

“While in ‘Captain June’ Mrs. Alice Hegan Rice does not write with
quite the same firmness of touch that characterizes the work of the
author of ‘Emmy Lou,’ she, like Mrs. Martin, throws her picture upon
the screen in clear, sharp light and shadow.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 763. D. ’07. 230w.

=Rice, Cale Young.= Night in Avignon [a drama], **50c. McClure.

7–15143.

The theme for Mr. Rice’s drama is “a momentary revolt on the part of
Petrarch from the apparently unresponsive and remote Monna Laura, and
the consequences in which it involves him.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The situation is conceived with an admirable intensity, but it is
worked with such agitation of mood and manner that it fails to be
pleasing or even convincing.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 35. Jl. 11, ’07. 270w.

“Though brief, and slight in detail, as a one-act play must
necessarily be, it is nevertheless so vivid and the fusion is so
complete between the dialogue and action that it embraces in small
compass all the essentials of the drama.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 220. Ap. 6, ’07. 920w.

“Among the recent group of dramatic poets, Mr. Cale Young Rice ... has
done excellent work, particularly worthy of comment on its
architectonic side. Mr. Rice has an instinctive sense of dramatic
relations; his dramas move by first intent and the unity of word and
action is admirably maintained. His work is not without its
immaturities.”

+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 350. Je. ’07. 120w.

=Rice, William de Groot C.=, comp. Book of American humorous verse, lea. $1.25. Duffield.

7–25551.

An anthology in which the verse of well-known American humorists
appears.

=Rich, Charles Edward.= Voyage with Captain Dynamite. †$1. Barnes.

7–26459.

“The story of three boys who go out from Cottage City in a small yacht
and who are caught in a storm and run down by a larger vessel, a
filibuster. They are rescued by Captain Dynamite, who carries them off
to Cuba. There, having sent word home that they were safe, they take
part in many adventures and do, perhaps, a little more than a boy
outside a book would be able to do. Harry Hamilton rescues Juanita, a
young Cuban girl, who is in prison, and who escapes in his
clothes.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 618. O. 12, ’07. 110w.

“Does not spare adventures, and boy readers will be thrilled by the
excitements provided.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 270. O. 5, ’07. 70w.

=Rich, Walter Herbert.= Feathered game of the Northwest. **$3. Crowell.

7–29864.

The author does not cover the broad field of general ornithology but
narrows his scope to include only groups of birds of special interest
to sportsmen. These he treats in a manner to be of interest also to
the professional ornithologist and to the general reader. Fair
sportsmanship is the keynote, discountenancing record-killing
slaughter. Hunting yarns and bits of hunters’ wisdom gathered here and
there over the gun-barrel mingle with the observations. Nearly ninety
birds are described, located and illustrated in full-page half-tones.

* * * * *

“His descriptions are so good that enjoyment of them need not be
confined to sportsmen.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 418. D. 16, ’07. 100w.

“On the whole, he succeeded in making a thoroughly, reliable and
entertaining volume.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 760. N. 16, ’07. 410w.

“The illustrations which are diagnostic, add considerably to the value
of the volume. Mr. Rich has, however, fallen into the error very
general among artists, of placing his ducks too high out of the water.
On the more technical side we find recent scientific names given
accurately, and the facts concerning life-histories, although of
course mainly drawn from the point of view of the hunter, are
reliable. As literature, the essays are commendable.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 402. O. 31, ’07. 380w.

“Chatty and humorous as well as informing, and well illustrated.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 358. O. 19, ’07. 90w.

* =Richards, Ellen Henrietta.= Sanitation in daily life. *60c. Whitcomb & B.

7–37734.

A thorogoing manual on sanitation in the home and city based upon the
most approved methods of sanitary science.

* =Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth.= Grandmother. †75c. Estes.

7–24770.

“A young girl forced by circumstances into marriage with an old man
gave him the loyal gratitude and devotion his kindness merited. She
overcame the hatred of his passionate granddaughter of her own age,
and became the loved ‘Grandmother’ of all the village children for
whom she wove sweet songs and pretty stories. The tragedies of her
inner life were never realized by those about her, but they caused her
to be a benediction to every one who knew her.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Those who enjoyed ‘Captain January,’ (and that means every one, young
or old, that read it) will like Mrs. Richards’s new story,
‘Grandmother.’”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 110w.

“A sweet and touching story.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 745. N. 30, ’07. 120w.

=Richards, Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Howe).= Silver crown: another book of fables. †$1.25. Little.

6–29779.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Acad.= 71: 608. D. 15, ’06. 20w.

“Useful to parents, teachers, and librarians, but containing little
for the children themselves.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 54. F. ’07.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 868. D. 15, ’06. 50w.

=Richards, Ralph Coffin.= Railroad accidents, their cause and prevention. $1. Ralph C. Richards, 215 Jackson boulevard, Chicago.

6–32141.

“A general discussion of various classes of accidents is accompanied
by citations of examples showing how the very accidents in question
had happened to individuals. References to operating rules—which
rules, if followed, would have prevented the accidents in many
instances—are freely made throughout the book, and the rules
themselves are given in an appendix forming the last 15 pages of the
book.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

=Engin. N.= 56: 418. O. 18, ’06. 60w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 382. Mr. ’07. 70w.

=Richards, William R.= Apostles’ creed in modern worship. **$1. Scribner.

6–32847.

“An exposition of the creed rather than a defence of it; and the
exposition is spiritual and practical rather than historical and
scholarly.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The book may be considered to represent the best that can be said in
favor of the adoption of the creed by the non-liturgical communions,
though it by no means answers the objections raised against its use in
the controversies over it in England and Germany.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 328. O. 18. ’06. 330w.

“It is not and does not purport to be of value to the critical
student; it will be of aid in giving rational significance to the
creed to those who are accustomed to use it in public worship.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 383. O. 13, ’06. 80w.

=Richardson, Charles.= Chancellorsville campaign: Fredericksburg to Salem church. $1. Neale.

7–17004.

An account of the battles from Fredericksburg to Salem church and a
description of the battle field, to which is appended a collection of
abstracts from the reports of the operations of the Union army of the
Potomac, covering the entire Chancellorsville campaign.

* * * * *

“Borrows a certain quality of value from the circumstance that it
contains in convenient form the text of President Lincoln’s
correspondence with the egregious Hooker, together with other official
notes of the campaign, and the report of Gen. Lee upon the battle in
which Thomas Jonathan Jackson lost his life. Mr. Richardson’s own
story of that battle is negligible.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 493. Ag. 10, ’07. 270w.

“Had Colonel Charles Richardson chosen to utilize his personal
experience as the basis for his ‘The Chancellorsville campaign,’ he
might have made an interesting contribution to civil war literature;
but as it is, his narrative is quite negligible. Barring a tedious—and
to readers not familiar with the ground—difficult description of the
scene of conflict, his account of the operations of Early and Sedgwick
about Fredericksburg, displays little originality, and consists for
the most part of quotations from official reports strung together in a
commonplace way.”

− =Outlook.= 86: 438. Je. 22. ’07. 110w.

=Richardson, Charles.= Tales of a warrior: sanguine but not saguinary for old time people. $1.25. Neale.

7–16755.

Nine simply told tales of the civil war time. Several of them are in
southern dialect, and they deal with the county squire, the soldier,
the old negro, and other southern types.

=Richardson, Frank.= 2835 Mayfair: a novel. $1.50. Kennerley.

A detective story which has a double identity mystery in it, and one
in which the author “takes care to discount the criticism that his
story is not credible by making it absolutely impossible.” (Spec.)

* * * * *

“Regarded as satire or melodrama, ‘2835 Mayfair’ must be considered
unsatisfactory. There is, however, plenty of ingenuity in the manner
in which Mr. Richardson develops his tale, and his admirers will find
no lack of those inconsequent humours which he has taught them to
expect.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 459. My. 11, ’07. 270w.

− + =Nation.= 85: 234. S. 12, ’07. 330w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 110w.

“Mr. Richardson’s efforts in what may be called his satirical manner
are rather laboured in the present book, which may be best described
as a sensational extravaganza and, as our American cousins would say,
not very successful at that.”

− =Spec.= 99: 333. S. 7, ’07. 150w.

=Richardson, Leon Josiah.= Helps to the reading of classical Latin poetry. *50c. Ginn.

7–6757.

The book is intended for students of classical Roman poetry, primarily
that of Virgil and Ovid. The book outlines the part that reading
should play in the field of classical study, compares Latin and
English rhythms, and explains simply the nature and structure of Latin
verse, with special reference to the dactylic hexameter and the
elegiac meter.

* * * * *

“In all probability it contains rather more than the average student,
or perhaps even the exceptional student, if he be an undergraduate,
will take the time to read with care. On the other hand, one who is
more advanced will scarcely find here anything that is new to him.
Some of the illustrative material is ... well selected; and the first
twenty pages or so may be read by any one with interest and pleasure.”
H. T. P.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 207. Ap. ’07. 360w.

“A helpful little volume for the sympathetic reader of Latin verse.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 387. Ap. 25, ’07. 90w.

=Richardson, Rev. Willard S.=, ed. David: warrior, poet, king. il. $2.50. Appleton.

7–31970.

In this narrative told by means of various passages of scripture,
special stress is laid upon the qualities of the man David, the
frailties over which the might of character triumphed, the friendship
for Jonathan, and the anguish and grief over Absalom. The character
development is traced thru the experience of exile, thru the early
years of opposition to his rule over the two tribes, and thru the
years of prosperity and adversity as king over Israel.

=Rickaby, Rev. Joseph, S. J.= Free will and four English philosophers; a study of Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Mill. *$1.25. Benziger.

“Father Rickaby believes that, though men are slow to see and loth to
own it, free will still remains the hub and centre of philosophical
speculation. The four philosophers whose views are here criticized are
Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Mill. His method is to quote a passage from
these authors and then discuss it.”—Ath.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1907, 1: 406. Ap. 6. 330w.

“A long matured volume abounding with acute criticism and close
reasoning. The most original feature of Father Rickaby’s treatment of
the question is his theory on the working of free-will.”

+ + =Cath. World.= 84: 564. Ja. ’07. 330w.

“A vigorous and interesting book.” St. George Stock.

+ − =Hibbert J.= 5: 704. Ap. ’07. 1330w.

=Rickert, (Martha) Edith.= Golden hawk. †$1.50. Baker.

7–15544.

“A modern romance in the picaresque style, steeped in the sunshine of
Provence.... Trillon, the hero, has a lordly disdain for
commercialism.... We meet him ... fascinating the daughter of the
inn-keeper by his audacious flattery, and after a courtship conducted
with lightning rapidity in the teeth of every sort of opposition,
going off to seek his fortune, while his betrothed is left to the
untender mercies of her parents and the priest.... She enters a
nunnery. But the irrepressible Trillon returns from the sea, abducts
his betrothed ... sets himself to perform a labour of Hercules imposed
by the priest as the condition of his consent to the marriage,—the
conversion of a rocky wilderness known as the Pit of Artaban into a
farm. Trillon’s exploits as a farmer ... make a most entertaining
recital; and the final scene, in which he plays the part of a
Provençal Lochinvar, brings a fantastic story to an appropriate
close.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“The only fault we have to find in her work is that it needs pruning.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 216. Mr. 2, ’07. 230w.

“The sort of thing that could easily be turned into operetta.” Harry
James Smith.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 134. Jl. ’07. 330w.

“It is not a book to be judged by ordinary standards; it must be read
indulgently, sympathetically, softly laughed over for the sake of its
fantastic humor, its unexpected mingling of sunshine and of shadow.”
Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 392. Je. ’07. 300w.

“A pretty story, full of surprises for even the seasoned reader of
summer fiction.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 210w.

“Her portraits with all their charm seem sometimes a little stiff,
sometimes over flamboyant But there are fine, airy landscapes in
plenty; the action is spirited throughout; and few of the incidents
fail of the graces of pathos, humour, enthusiasm, and, above all,
imagination.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 70. Mr. 1, ’07. 580w.

“She escapes the danger of letting her picaresque hero seem hackneyed
and mediocre, by tracing his mental processes from within out, here
and there giving a genuine touch of character study, instead of
relying entirely upon description of his fantastic dress and twinkling
hawk-like eyes.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 435. My. 9, ’07. 350w.

“Miss Rickart has undeniable talent, a grace of style, a keen sense of
verbal felicity and skill in reproducing a superficial effect. She has
not yet learned the lesson that to be a real artist one must not go
too far afield from one’s own life and temperament.” Florence
Wilkinson.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 314. My. 18, ’07. 690w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 384. Je. 15, ’07. 230w.

“The tale is told with dash and spirit, and has unity of conception.
There is buoyancy and there is color, and the reader’s interest is
swept along impetuously from beginning to end.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 255. Je. 1, ’07. 210w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 765. Je. ’07. 60w.

“The ‘bravura’ style is at times somewhat forced.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 541. Ap. ’07. 640w.

=Rickett, Arthur.= Vagabond in literature. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–35194.

A volume “made up of ‘papers’ on Hazlitt, De Quincey, Walt Whitman.
Robert Louis Stevenson, George Borrow, Henry Thoreau, and Richard
Jefferies.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 104. Ap. ’07.

“These agreeable essays are not epoch-making—how few books are!—but
they offer many a page of good reading, none the worse for being on
well-worn themes.”

− + =Dial.= 42: 146. Mr. 1, ’07. 330w.

=Ind.= 62: 973. Ap. 25, ’07. 630w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 789. D. 1, ’06. 300w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 256. F. ’07. 40w.

=Ricketts, Charles S.= Art of the Prado: a survey of the contents of the gallery, together with detailed criticisms of its masterpieces and biographical sketches of the famous painters who produced them. *$2. Page.

7–30412.

A finely illustrated volume which deals with the paintings of the
Prado—Madrid’s famous treasure house of masterpieces. Here are found
at their best the gold of Titian, the silver of Velasquez. the glow of
Rubens and the magic and awe associated with Rembrandt. In what manner
and to what extent these pictures are an unchallenged “congress of
masterpieces” the author essays to enlighten the reader.

* * * * *

“He understands how to give his criticism a turn which is at once
illuminating and suggestive.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 379. D. 1, ’07. 310w.

“This is a real book, containing real opinions, which may be read with
profit and pleasure by any one who cares for the serious study of
art.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 550. D. 12, ’07. 290w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“At best the book is an excellent and readable guide to a collection
not too widely known, and considered as such the author is deserving
of unqualified attention.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 835. D. 14, ’07. 310w.

=Outlook.= 87: 615. N. 23, ’07. 80w.

=Rideal, Samuel.= Sewage and the bacterial purification of sewage. $4. Wiley.