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“Mrs. Romanes has dealt with it sympathetically, if occasionally her
observations are rather English and conventional.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 273. Ag. 31, ’07. 690w.

=Rook, Clarence.= Switzerland, the country and its people; painted by Effie Jardine. *$6. Putnam.

7–26626.

Mr. Rook “gives us neither an arid chronological history nor a
descriptive guide-book, but takes up chapter by chapter for broad
intelligent treatment such subjects as ‘Swiss patriotism,’ ‘The growth
of a republic,’ ‘The Swiss government,’ ‘Popular control,’ ‘Winter
sports,’ ‘The Swiss as engineers.’”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“The artist’s little pictures are very much like what one has been
used to in similar books. She is more successful, to our mind, with
lowlands and street scenes than with the high Alps, and with summer
scenes than with winter. Mr. Rook writes in a cheerful journalistic
style, without more regard for accuracy in details than that style
tolerates. On the main facts of Swiss history and institutions he is
usually correct.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 500. Ap. 27. 1260w.

“We were very much surprised to find Mr. Rook’s part of this book not
only readable, but interesting, even informing, tho not burdened with
statistics.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 802. Ap. 4, ’07. 260w.

“It is one of the most entertaining and instructive of the season’s
books of travel.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 24: 724. My. 4, ’07. 240w.

“About the text there is nothing heavy. In a style which is both easy
and graceful, Mr. Rook introduces his reader to the admirable
government and fine characteristics of the sturdy Swiss.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 571. Je. 20. ’07. 570w.

“In several well-considered chapters the government of Switzerland is
very adequately treated, and there are some suggestive comparisons
between Swiss methods of government and those of other nations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 274. Ap. 27, ’07. 310w.

“With very few exceptions these pictures can be cordially praised.
Each subject, whether serious or light, is treated in appropriate vein
and with evidence of knowledge and discrimination.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 85: 814. Ap. 6, ’07. 150w.

Reviewed by Charlotte Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 400w.

“Mr. Rook is a lively and picturesque writer, and we have never come
across a more readable account of the rise and progress of the Swiss
confederation.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 434. Ap. 6, ’07. 250w.

“A volume which is bound both to please and to profit.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 337. Mr. 2, ’07. 140w.

=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Good hunting in pursuit of big game in the West. $1. Harper.

7–6650.

These true stories of big-game hunting in the West are written for
young people, especially for young hunters. The tales are told wholly
from the sportsman’s point of view and over-sympathetic little readers
of the modern animal story may not enjoy these triumphant hunts which
meant death to: the wapiti or round horned elk, a cattle-killing bear,
a Christmas buck, the timber-wolf, the prong-buck, or the white goat.
The volume closes with some sound advice upon ranching.

* * * * *

“It is eminently suited for its purpose, as its tone is sportsmanlike
and the descriptions are in well-chosen words.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 575. My. 11. 90w.

“Full of wholesome advice on hunting and ranching.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1353. Je. 6, ’07. 140w.

“Spirited papers.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 290w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 639. My. ’07. 90w.

=Roosevelt, Theodore.= Square deal. $1. Allendale press.

6–36925.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Ind.= 61: 759. S. 27, ’06. 70w.

=Root, Edward Clary.= Unseen jury: a novel; with il. by Phillipps Ward. †$1.50. Stokes.

7–9546.

The father of a girl with two lovers is found dead in a stream. All
evidence points to the guilt of the dissipated lover whose suit had
been repeatedly rejected by the father. When conviction seems
imminent, the other lover, a lawyer, takes up the defense, wins the
case and the free man goes back to the girl only to learn that his
rival is her choice.

* * * * *

“Detective stories involving murder mysteries do not seem likely to
offer anything agreeably new. But in this respect a pleasant surprise
awaits the reader of ‘The unseen jury.’” Frederic Taber Cooper.

+ =Bookm.= 25: 286. My. ’07. 440w.

“The theme is an interesting one, and the author has handled his plot
fairly well. Mr. Root could also have improved the story not a little
by judicious condensation. And the manuscript has been edited with
shocking carelessness.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 303. My. 11, ’07. 310w.

=Root, Elihu.= Citizen’s part in government. (Yale lectures on the responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.

7–22700.

“Secretary Root discusses (1) the task inherited or assumed by members
of the governing body in a democracy; (2) the function of political
parties as agencies of the governing body; (3) the duties of the
citizens as a member of a political party; and (4) the grounds for
encouragement.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“It is a vigorous and stimulating book, well worth addition to Bishop
Goodsell’s list.” Edward A. Bradley.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 830w.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

+ =Putnam’s.= 3: 226. N. ’07. 310w.

“Mr. Root’s sensible and well-proportioned treatment of these topics
is precisely what is needed by the young American who aspires to have
a real part in making the political conditions around him better.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 382. S. ’07. 290w.

=Root, Jean Christie (Mrs. J. H. Root).= Does God comfort? by one who has greatly needed to know. **30c. Crowell.

6–18575.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Arena.= 37: 333. Mr. ’07. 60w.

=Root, Robert Kilburn.= Poetry of Chaucer: a guide to its study and appreciation. **$1.50. Houghton.

6–34823.

The author’s purpose has been “to put his readers in possession of the
most recent results of Chaucerian research, which are at present
widely scattered in learned periodicals. The scanty facts that have
been unearthed about Chaucer’s biography, the chronology of his works,
the sources to which he was indebted for his material—for, like
Shakespeare and Molière, Chaucer took his own wherever he found it—and
the social conditions and surroundings amid which and for which the
poet wrote are amply set forth.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 104. Ap. ’07.

“This interesting study avoids both the iridescent foam of clever but
shallow appreciation and the dead calm of unanimated learning.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 46. Ja. 16, ’07. 300w.

“Especially to be commended is his conservatism in rejecting the
ingenious speculations which have recently aimed at revolutionizing
the generally accepted chronology of Chaucer’s poems. Like most books
that issue from American universities, it is perhaps too didactic in
aim, and the shadow of orthodoxy at times hangs a little heavily over
its pages.”

+ − =Nation.= 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 390w.

“It is written with learning and from a sane and sympathetic point of
view.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 737. N. 10, ’06. 940w.

=Ropes, James Hardy.= Apostolic age in the light of modern criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.

6–14529.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is constructive in method, conservative in treatment, clear
in style. An excellent supplement to Kent’s ‘Origin and permanent
value of the Old Testament.’”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 128. My. ’07.

“The interpretation of the Acts in ... Dr. Ropes’s Apostolic age ...
is a living and breathing matter, a real thing, seeking honestly and
earnestly for truth, and bringing us the truth thus found with all
frank generosity.” George Hodges.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 565. Ap. ’07. 210w.

“The general tendency of the book is distinctly orthodox. It is from
such contributions to the subject that real progress may be hoped.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 24. Jl. 7. ’06. 90w.

=Rose, Arthur Richard.= Common sense hell. **$1. Dillingham.

6–6895.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 196. Mr. 31, ’06. 190w.

* =Rose, Elise Whitlock.= Cathedrals and cloisters of midland France; il. by Vida Hunt Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.

“Together the volumes contain four photogravures and two hundred
half-tone illustrations picturing the churches of central France,
whose architecture is differentiated from that to the north and south
by the dominance of the Byzantine influence. Miss Rose has already
written of the south of France cathedrals; and the new books are bound
uniformly with the others, and follow a similar method.”—Dial.

* * * * *

“Architectural beauty, historical associations, and human interest are
all considered, and accuracy rather than popularity is the author’s
aim.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 425. D. 16, ’07. 110w.

=Nation.= 85: 543. D. 12, ’07. 60w.

“The book is almost as pleasant to read as to look at, being quite
competent on the technical side and betraying the same artistic
sensibility in text as in pictures.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 828. D. 14, ’07. 560w.

=Rose, Elise W.= Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France: with il. from original photographs by Vida H. Francis. 2v. **$5. Putnam.

6–45154.

In which are arrayed artistic and historic charms of the cathedral and
monasteries chiefly of Provence, Languedoc and Gascony. “This work
aims to allure the curious traveller. It is not technical, and its
historical side is not very systematic. Yet the author preserves a
just sense of proportion.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.

“Only those who know intimately the south of France can appreciate the
amount of trouble that has gone to the making of this book, and the
excellence of the photographs by which it is illustrated.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 488. O. 19. 170w.

“She writes impersonally but informally, employs few technicalities,
and describes and criticises in a general way rather than in detail.
For the stay-at-home reader also these volumes will prove somewhat too
diffuse to hold his interest.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 345. Je. 1, ’07. 320w.

“The author struggles rather helplessly with general historical and
archaeological questions in the opening pages, and is often uncertain
and inexpert in the use of language, but manages, nevertheless, with
the help of many fine illustrations, to convey the charm.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 83. Ja. 24, ’07. 480w.

“Miss Francis’s work as a photographer is characteristic of technical
ability, artistic selection of models, and a thorough knowledge of the
subjects photographed.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 812. D. 1, ’06. 160w.

“A delightful book. One can hardly imagine a more fascinating sort of
collaboration.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 94. F. 16, ’07. 330w.

“The work is more attractive because of its apparent spontaneity of
production.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 703. N. 24, ’06. 90w.

“It is evident that loving and conscientious thought and ample time
have been given to the making of these volumes, which are full of
interest, architectural, historical and picturesque.” Charlotte
Harwood.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 444. Jl. ’07. 260w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 383. Mr. ’07. 40w.

“One of the best books we have read for many a day.”

+ + − =Spec.= 98: 620. Ap. 20, ’07. 1520w.

=Rose, John Holland.= Development of the European nations, 1870–1900. 2v. ea. **$2.50. Putnam.

5–34973.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“As essays, these volumes, apart from certain evidence of haste, would
hold a high place; as serious history they do not appear, to the
present writer, at least, to attain to the standard of historical
writing set by Mr. Rose in his other work, nor indeed that reached by
other work in the same field.” William E. Lingelbach.

− + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 485. N. ’06. 760w.

=Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of.= Lord Randolph Churchill. **$2.25. Harper.

6–38396.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“By far the most lucid contribution to the political literature of the
past few years.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 133. F. 9, ’07. 430w.

“Costs too much for the amount or value of the material in it.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 14. Ja. ’07.

“With all deductions made, however, it is a lifelike as well as
brilliantly attractive portrait that Lord Rosebery has sketched in
this book.” Edward Clark Marsh.

+ + − =Bookm.= 24: 439. Ja. ’07. 1540w.

“Is especially valuable for its candid tone and its critical
judgment.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 114. F. 16, ’07. 350w.

“Lord Rosebery’s brilliant style and sparkling epigrams are admirably
displayed in this study. Lord Rosebery’s book is full of charm, and
one who begins it will not lay it aside until the end is reached.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 33: 207. F. ’07. 240w.

+ + =Ind.= 62: 499. F. 28, ’07. 770w.

Reviewed by Gertrude Atherton.

+ + =No. Am.= 184: 87. Ja. 4, ’07. 2030w.

“A fascinating study, absorbingly interesting from first to last. And
yet, because of the anomalous attitude of the author toward the
subject of his essay, it leaves an impression that is decidedly
unpleasant.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1077. D. 29, ’06. 750w.

Reviewed by George Louis Beer.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 762. Mr. ’07. 1380w.

=Rosenberg, E.= Electrical engineering: an elementary text-book; tr. by W. W. Haldane Gee and Carl Kinzbrunner; authorized ed. rev. and brought down to date for the American market by E. B. Raymond; new enl. rev. ed. *$2. Wiley.

7–970.

“The author aims to describe in concise form and in simple
non-mathematical language the important applications of the electric
current. The underlying principles were stated and briefly illustrated
in an easy conversational style, the evident attempt being to write as
one would have spoken in addressing his audience in person. The scope
of the book covers the construction and operation of direct and
alternating current generators and motors, electric lighting and power
transmission.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The revision has improved the work as a text-book for schools and has
not made it inaccessible to the general reader, as he can pass over
these pages without losing the general plan. It covers the same ground
as ‘Electrical engineering,’ by Slingo and Brooker, and is one of the
very few books in which the attempt is made to do so much in a small
space. The general make-up of the volume shows plainly the way in
which it has been built; in fact, the ‘patching’ is quite evident.”
Henry H. Norris.

+ + − =Engin. N.= 57: 196. F. 14, ’07. 610w.

* =Rosengarten, Joseph George.= French colonists and exiles in the United States. **$1. Lippincott.

7–30856.

An important undertaking in a field heretofore only partially covered.
The author has gathered together from the works of recognized
historians facts about the French colonists and the Huguenots which
show how much “character and ability they brought to the United
States.”

=Ross, Denman Waldo.= Theory of pure design: harmony, balance, rhythm. **$2.50. Houghton.

7–15335.

“A notable attempt to show the mathematical origin and structure of
the plastic arts.... [it] deals principally with harmony, balance and
rhythm.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“The reasoning is clear and in most respects convincing; it would be
entirely so but for a false note at the outset, in a definition of
harmony which virtually makes it synonymous with unity and takes no
note of the accordance of correlations.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 215. O. 1, ’07. 350w.

“The impression given by a reading of Professor Ross’s volume is a
singular one. Each definition seems precise, each paragraph logical,
and the sequence of ideas seems clear, the argument convincing, yet
one goes on the end with an increasing dissatisfaction, a growing
sense that something is wrong.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 506. My. 30, ’07. 2270w.

“Endless discussion is invited by every point he makes. There is no
doubt, however, that perusal of his volumes will stimulate the faculty
of artistic precision in production and criticism.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 450w.

=Ross, Edward Alsworth.= Foundations of sociology. *$1.25. Macmillan.

5–15556.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

Reviewed by W. B. Guthrie.

+ =Charities.= 17: 473. D. 15, ’07. 590w.

“No brief review, however, can do justice to the masterly manner in
which most of these topics have been handled. Excellent as the book
is, one receives the impression that it will hardly serve as the
foundations of a science. It is rather a collection of carefully
selected materials for such foundations. But ‘Foundations of
sociology’ is something more than a scientific treatise. It is a piece
of literature—and that it is good literature few would deny.” Alvin S.
Johnson.

+ + − =Educ. R.= 33: 208. F. ’07. 1080w.

* =Ross, Edward Alsworth.= Sin and society: an analysis of latter-day iniquity; with a letter from President Roosevelt. **$1. Houghton.

7–36978.

“Professor Ross’ book is less an arraignment of the dictator-sinner,
hiding behind corporations, than an exhortation to society in general
to educate itself to know when our own democracy is outraged, and to
the individual in particular to spend less time in painting Utopias
and more in making good the things he has led his fellow men to expect
of him. The discussion is pragmatistic.”

* * * * *

=R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 180w.

=Rossetti, William Michael.= Some reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti. 2v. *$10. Scribner.

6–45370.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is a wonder that with his vast opportunities Mr. Rossetti did not
make a more readable book. The trouble is he has not the dramatic
gift; he has little feeling for portraiture.” James Huneker.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 15. Ja. 12, ’07. 2240w.

Reviewed by Jeannette L. Gilder.

+ =Putnam’s.= 1: 507. Ja. ’07. 570w.

“No one can put down these reminiscences without a feeling of
kindliness and respect for the writer, which in these days of
‘revelations’ and disclosures is no small praise.”

+ =Spec.= 98: sup. 117. Ja. 26, ’07. 570w.

* =Round, Douglass.= Date of St. Paul’s epistle to the Galatians. *60c. Putnam.

“It is urged that Galatians was written from Antioch before the
Council at Jerusalem and the second missionary journey, that is about
49–50 A. D. The argument is especially directed against certain
elements in Ramsay’s position.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

=Bib. World.= 29: 479. Je. ’07. 30w.

“We neither assent nor dissent, but welcome the very reasonable and
moderate tone of the writer.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 379. Mr. 9, ’07. 110w.

Round the world: a series of interesting illustrated articles on a great variety of subjects. 85c. Benziger.

=v. 2.= Includes the following chapters: American cut glass, Street
scenes in different lands, A visit to Mammoth cave, How flax is made,
The great Arizona desert, Plowing in many lands, A word about Turkey,
The grape and raisin industry in the United States, The capitol at
Washington, From Greece to Italy, Cadet life at West Point, and Grain,
and how it is handled.

=v. 3.= Includes chapters on the great Eastern question, The West and
the great petrified forest, In the footsteps of the apostles,
Revetment work in the United States, Near to Galway town, In the heart
of the African forest, The “blind” readers of the post office, The
little republic, A day in the Zoo, The reclamation, service, and
School-days in Egypt.

* * * * *

=Cath. World.= 85: 690. Ag. ’07. 40w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Rowe, Eleanor.= Practical wood-carving: a book for the student, carver, teacher, designer, and architect. *$3. Lane.

W 7–124.

“The implements and woods employed, the various methods of work,
Gothic, Renaissance, and pierced carving, are treated in successive
chapters, amply illustrated, concluding with an instructive discussion
of treatment and design. A useful glossary is appended.”—Int. Studio.

* * * * *

“The book is practical, and the illustrations are beautiful.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 171. O. ’07.

+ =Int. Studio.= 31: 251. My. ’07. 950w.

“Carries her subject to a still further and more practical, more
artistic development.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 279. Ap. 27, ’07. 300w.

“No one who reads this book can help being the wiser, for it is clear
and practical, and the advice of the letterpress is well illustrated
by reproductions of old and new work.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 722. My. 4, ’07. 150w.

=Rowntree, Joseph, and Sherwell, Arthur.= Taxation of the liquor trade, v. 1, *$3.25. Macmillan.

6–17254.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It is not too much to say that the result is one of the most
important books upon the subject ever produced. It is very doubtful
whether there exists elsewhere, in so convenient form, information
relative to the systems of taxation by the different states of this
country.”

+ + + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 469. N. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The book is a mine of information on almost every phase of the
subject and constitutes a notable addition to the scanty literature
dealing with this side of taxation.”

+ + =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 565. S. ’07. 340w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Ruete, Frau Emilie.= Memoirs of an Arabian princess; tr. by Lionel Strachey. **$2.50. Doubleday.

7–29873.

“The ‘Memoirs,’ originally written, during a period of ill-health, for
the future perusal of the author’s children, describe with great
simpleness the Princess of Oman’s childhood in the Sultan’s palace and
subsequently at the home of one of her brothers. The life of the
harem, education of children, female fashions, the position of women
in the East, Arabian suitorship and marriage, social customs,
Mohammedan beliefs and festivals, medical methods, and the system of
slavery are set forth from an intimate point of view.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 656. N. 2, ’07. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“Her book is written in the simplest manner, and with a feeling for
the value of picturesque and telling detail, and the two together make
it a vivid picture of a sort of life as distant and as different from
that of the princess’s American readers as if she had come out of the
days of Haroun al Raschid.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 687. O. 26, ’07. 330w.

“A new book containing some interesting intimate revelations of Arab
life.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 636. N. ’07. 60w.

=Ruggles, John.= Recollections of a Lucknow veteran. *$1.50. Longmans.

7–29042.

“This is an interesting and characteristic narrative of the Indian
mutiny by a Lucknow veteran.... The familiar story is given here with
many added incidents by a veteran who looked all these things in the
face, and who retains a keen recollection of them.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“It is fresh and spontaneous, commendably brief and modest, and in
many ways a model autobiography.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 14. Ja. 5, ’07. 360w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 130w.

+ =Spec.= 98: 58. Ja. 12, ’07. 240w.

=Ruhl, Arthur B.= Break in training, and other athletic stories; il. by Howard Chandler Christy. $1.25. Outing pub.

6–43781.

A reissue of a book first copyrighted in 1900. The present edition
contains a colored frontispiece by Howard Chandler Christy.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 18. Ja. ’07.

“They could not have been written before Kipling, but they are none
the worse for that. We should like to see Kipling beat them. These
stories are clean and wholesome, yet emphatically manly.”

+ + + =Ind.= 62: 738. Mr. 28, ’07. 290w.

“It is a clean book and a healthful book. It is not profound, and it
does not ruffle the waters of psychology. This collection of stories
is noteworthy for its sincerity.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 141. Mr. 9, ’07. 260w.

“Mr. Ruhl’s style of writing suits his subjects very well, as a ‘Break
in training’ pleasantly demonstrates.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 768. Je. ’07. 50w.

=Russel, Mrs. Florence Kimball.= A woman’s journey through the Philippines on a cable ship that linked together the strange lands seen en route. $2.50. Page.

7–23256.

An interestingly written and fully illustrated book which is chatty
and informing and characterized by truly feminine observation.

* * * * *

“Bright and witty travel-talk.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“She sprinkles her sprightly narrative with much information, some of
it intentional and some of it unconscious, about the native character
and the nature and resources of the islands.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 702. N. 2, ’07. 420w.

=Russell, Charles Edward.= Uprising of the many. **$1.50. Doubleday.

7–23946.

Questions are answered here that grow out of “the threat of a moneyed
autocracy, the passing of wealth, and the power for which wealth
stands, into the hands of a few.” “These chapters, largely a
republication of material that has already appeared in Everybody’s
magazine, form a powerful indictment against the shameless greed of
‘vested interests,’ and exhibit our own country as tolerating,
constitutionally, legally, and by tacit consent, some of the most
outrageous injustices in the history of the world.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“His book is rich in instructive matter.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 256. O. 16, ’07. 270w.

“Has collected an immense amount of information that is of value to
the perplexed student of current economic conditions in this country.
The author’s view is a partizan one and occasionally passes over
fairly obvious defects in the workings of the system of governmental
and municipal control and ownership which he describes.”

+ − =Lit. D.= 35: 578. O. 19, ’07. 390w.

“Altogether while much that he says is really informing, there is so
much that requires to be read with great critical caution that we can
hardly commend his work to the otherwise uninstructed reader.”

− + =Outlook.= 87: 543. N. 9, ’07. 260w.

“It is a comprehensive survey of the world movement for the
democratization of industry.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 758. D. ’07. 60w.

=Russell, George William E.= Seeing and hearing. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–37516.

“A volume of mixed gossip and reminiscence.... Mr. Russell knows
English society intimately, and this volume is a sort of chorus
accompanying it throughout its ‘season’ and on its travels. There are
five chapters on the pleasures, or pangs of the table; others on
social changes, purple and fine linen, suburban Sundays, hospitality,
ostentation, publicity versus reticence, etc.”—Nation.

* * * * *

“On the whole, we like Mr. Russell best when he is touching on his
earlier reminiscences.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 472. Ap. 20. 450w.

“In ‘Seeing and hearing’ he still further works the vein opened in the
two earlier volumes, but leaves the reader a little disposed to query
whether the vein is not getting worked out.”

− + =Dial.= 42: 316. My. 16, ’07. 310w.

“This new book differs from the old in not containing so many
anecdotes, and in being a trifle more reflective, even pensive at
times, but the note is much the same.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 476. My. 23, ’07. 160w.

“His style, less severely academic and chastened than Mr. Benson’s,
has a charm of its own—the charm of the easy, flowing talk of a man of
the world.” A. I. du. P. Coleman.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 615. Ag. ’07. 220w.

“It has ... an excellent literary touch, and it is full of good
stories, most of which will be new even to readers of Mr. Russell’s
books.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 403. Mr. 30, ’07. 200w.

“It is always easy to read Mr. Russell and it is commonly worth while.
But he writes in haste, and does not always verify his references.”

+ − =Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 1410w.

=Russell, Louis Arthur.= Commonplaces of vocal art: a plain statement of the philosophy of singing. $1. Ditson.

7–23091.

A volume for the singer, teacher and platform speaker which treats of
the philosophy of the voice and of voice use, and offers suggestions
as to the best method of practice for the development of the speaking
voice and the voice in singing.

=Russell, T. Baron.= Hundred years hence; the expectations of an optimist. *$1.50. McClurg.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Taken in small quantities, Mr. Russell’s prophecy is diverting, but
those who read it continuously may wish that parts of it had been
written in the age predicted by the author, when ‘boredom’ shall have
been abolished.”

− + =Nation.= 84: 40. Ja. 10, ’07. 470w.

=Rutherford, Ernest.= Radioactive transformations; with diagrams. **$3.50. Scribner.

6–39464.

The Silliman lectures delivered at Yale in 1905. “Some treatment of
radioactivity in general is given, and then a detailed development of
the special subject of the book. This treatment differs only from the
author’s previous expositions in the greater detail in which the
subject is worked out.” (Nature.)

* * * * *

“Although this book is less comprehensive, as far as the general
treatment of radioactive phenomena is concerned, than his previous
work on ‘Radioactivity,’ it is divested of most of the technical terms
which baffle the general reader, and is, in consequence, a book for
both the student and the intelligent layman.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.

“We have the less compunction in thus drawing attention to these
blemishes in what we believe to be a very valuable book that they are
all such as may be easily removed either in the next edition or in the
next public pronouncement Prof. Rutherford may make on the subject.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 18. Ja. 5. 2190w.

+ + + =Nation.= 84: 68. Ja. 17, ’07. 940w.

“The only doubt which can be felt is whether it meets any want which
was not already satisfied by his previous work, ‘Radio-activity.’” R.
J. Strutt.

+ + − =Nature.= 75: 195. D. 27, ’06. 780w.

“Whilst his writings are always authoritative, and therefore welcome
to the student, they have been divested in this volume of most of the
technical and mathematical subtleties which necessarily repel the
general reader in such a book as that of Professor Thomson, and there
is hardly a page which cannot be understood by the intelligent
layman.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 20. Ja. 5, ’07. 820w.

* =Ruville, Albert von.= William Pitt: earl of Chatham. 3v. *$9. Putnam.

After the manner of German scholarship thoro research prepared the way
for Ruville’s life of the “Great commoner.” “On two points he has, we
think, added something valuable to our knowledge of Pitt. He brings
out strongly the share which Pitt was forced to take in the personal
intrigues which seemed so large an element in contemporary politics,
the influence of his connections, of the Grenvilles especially, on his
career, and the extent to which for many years he depended on the
support of the Prince of Wales and the Leicester house party. And.
secondly, Dr. von Ruville succeeds in making Lord Bute’s share in
English politics clearer than it has been made before.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“One does miss, perhaps, now and then, a style and manner rising to a
great occasion, as in the account of Chatham’s last speech in the
lords—where, by the way, he did not die, as pictorial tradition
represents. The fact of translation, though this one is excellently
well done, may account for this, though, to be sure, impressive
writing is not the mark of modern histories.” G. S. S.

+ − =Acad.= 73: 85. N. 2, ’07. 1070w.

“The perusal of his conscientious pages leaves behind it a sense of
disappointment. Dr. von Ruville is, in the first place, destitute of
eloquence. Secondly, he takes but little account of human nature.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 511. O. 26. 890w.

“Will always be of value to the historical student, at any rate as a
mine of information. Throughout it he shows extraordinary wrong-headed
judgment not in the presentation of facts, but in the deductions which
he draws from them.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 329. N. 1, ’07. 1230w.

“It is only when we come to look for breadth of view or width of
treatment, for perception, proportion, sympathy, illumination, in fact
for those larger qualities which make history and biography alive,
that we are driven reluctantly to the conclusion that the book is
unhappily depressing and depreciatory.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 517. D. 5, ’07. 1770w.

“Dr. von Ruville goes through his work after the fashion of a chemist
in his laboratory, weighing, dissolving, calculating, and recording
results with the patient pen of science.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 638. N. 23, ’07. 2420w.

“It is the first history of Chatham which in any way brings together
all the results which may be obtained from manuscripts and printed
material. Save for a few trivial mistakes, the translation is well
done. It is not inspiring; but then the original German has none of
the qualities of eloquence.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 775. N. 16, ’07. 1970w.

=Ryan, John Augustine.= Living wage: its ethical and economic aspects. *$1. Macmillan.

6–14607.

Descriptive note in Annual. 1906.

“Is a good contribution on a most important subject. All good men
everywhere should welcome this serious attempt to find the ethical and
economic basis of just wages, and be grateful for its sane and dearly
stated findings.” T. J. Riley.

+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 12: 561. Ja. ’07. 860w.

Reviewed by David Y. Thomas.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 234. Ja. ’07. 600w.

Reviewed by W: J. White.

=Charities.= 17: 471. D. 15. ’06. 880w.

“As a whole the work appears to be scholarly. The organization of the
material used is excellent. On the main point however—the validity of
the author’s ethical theory and judgment—the economic student cannot
of course pass judgment.” R. F. Hoxie.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 641. D. ’07. 280w.

“The writer of this book has brought together in clear and readable
form most of the essential arguments which have been offered for his
contention; and he has supplied to trade unions and advocates of
advanced social legislation very telling arguments for their
position.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ =Dial.= 42: 288. My. 1, ’07. 370w.

=Ryan, Marah Ellis.= Indian love letters. **$1. McClurg.

7–10045.

The hopeless love of a high-minded Indian for a fair haired girl in
the East chants its sorrow here. Pathos, despair, renunciation, never
impersonal where love is concerned, all stalk by the side of this
stalwart young Indian over the sand dunes of Arizona. It is the old,
old story but is tempered and colored by the strain of Indian poetry
that reflects innate worship of Nature.

* * * * *

“The author has compressed a great deal within a few pages, and has
managed her original and difficult theme with much artistic skill. The
ethnic is one with the romantic element of the letters.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 178. Mr. 23, ’07. 400w.

* =Ryley, M. Beresford.= Queens of the renaissance. **$2. Small.

A study of these types of the renaissance really means a study of the
rapid development of woman’s intellect and fascination thru the
humanist movement in Italy.

* * * * *

“Miss Ryley has done her work well. She writes clearly, and with
gusto, though at times she is led into being gratuitously ornate.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 864. S. 7, ’07. 810w.

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

“The subject necessarily brings the writer and reader into situations
which require tact to be properly dealt with. Here, again, we find
little to commend.”

− + =Spec.= 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 170w.

S

=Sabatier, Paul.= Disestablishment in France. *$1.25. Scribner.

6–21194.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book lacks unity but presents the material in a style both
instructive and clear. It is especially valuable for its presentation
of the causes underlying the contest.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 222. Ja. ’07. 820w.

=Sabin, Louis Carlton.= Cement and concrete. 2d ed., rev. and enl. *$5. McGraw pub.

7–14245.

“The second edition has been enlarged from 507 to 572 pages, two pages
of which have been added to the chapter on ‘Definitions and
constituents,’ 12 pages to the chapter on ‘Manufacture,’ and the
remainder to a new chapter on ‘Concrete building blocks; their
manufacture and use,’ and to three appendices giving the standard
specifications for cement.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The book as it now stands is an admirable treatise on concrete as a
material, but must be taken in connection with some reference book of
design and construction to make a complete survey of the field of what
may be called concrete engineering.”

+ =Engin. N.= 58: 75. Jl. 18, ’07. 450w.

=Sage, William.= By right divine. †$1.50. Little.

7–21363.

Two men contend for political supremacy in their state and for the
love of the heroine, in this political romance. One is the old
Senator, the boss of his state, and the girl he loves is his daughter.
The other is a young man of rigid principles who has been elected
governor, whose growing power with the people menaces the older man’s
prestige, and whose manly courage bids fair to supplant him as first
in his daughter’s heart. The contest is bitterly fought, until honesty
and youth and love triumph.

* * * * *

“Though the element of improbability is at times present, the book as
a whole is very true to life, and as a present-day political study it
ranks with the best romances of recent years.”

+ + − =Arena.= 38: 348. S. ’07. 970w.

“Mr. Sage handles his stock situation skilfully, and gives his story a
certain freshness by various accessory devices.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 64. Ag. 1, ’07. 240w.

=Ind.= 63: 572. S. 5, ’07. 220w.

“It should be noted that all the love passages have a convincing,
manly air, while an underlying sincerity runs through the book and
makes it a most readable and wholesome novel of its class.”

+ =Lit. D.= 36: 489. O. 5, ’07. 340w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 220w.

=Saglio, Andre.= French furniture. (Library of applied arts.) *$2.50. Scribner.

W 7–141.

A general history of the subject from the time of the Gauls down thru
the Empire. There are ninety full-page plates, reproduced from
photographs.

* * * * *

“This volume has not many obvious faults, and constitutes a fairly
accurate guide to a study which, however, requires knowledge of the
French tongue.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 172. Je. 1. 300w.

+ =Int. Studio.= 32: 252. S. ’07. 100w.

“He has wished perhaps to make a thoughtful and readable book. The
result is that we are presented with an essay upon the decorative art
of many periods of French history, without being enabled to grasp
firmly the manufacture and the design of any one period.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 289. S. 26, ’07. 510w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 446. Jl. 13. ’07. 430w.

* =Sakurai, Tadayoshi.= Human bullets: a soldier’s story of Port Arthur; introd. by Count Okuma; tr. by Masujiro Honda and ed. by Alice M. Bacon. **$1.25. Houghton.

7–31244.

The actual experiences of the author who was a lieutenant in the
Japanese army. One feels the personal responsibility which every
soldier assumed for the outcome of the war, “the determination, the
devotion to duty and the adaptability which won for the Japanese
soldier such general sympathy and admiration in this country.”
(Bookm.)

* * * * *

“Not only is the work ... the best that we have on fighting, but it
also forms a valuable study of the relations between Buddhist and
Shintu or official Japanese doctrine. The translation appears to be
thoroughly competent.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 616. N. 16. 820w.

“A curious study in race psychology is afforded by this ‘soldier’s
story of Port Arthur’. The book furnishes a striking picture of what
war actually is, even under its most humane aspects. And at a time
when the eyes of the whole world are on Japan, it is worth while to be
told so authoritatively just what manner of fighting man the Japanese
soldier is.” Ward Clark.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 414. D ’07. 580w.

“Considering the great difficulty of finding English phrases to give
the exact meaning of the original, the translation has been very well
done, though occasionally the choice of words is not happy. No review
of the work would be quite complete without some reference to the
colored frontispiece, reproduced from a drawing made by the author
with his left hand after he had lost his right in the war.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 289. N. 1, ’07. 390w.

“The essential interest and the real value of the little book is its
record of the writer’s inner man, not merely of what his bone and
flesh and blood and nerves did and suffered, but of his essential
personality, perfectly exemplified that ‘as a man thinketh so he is.’”

+ =Nation.= 85: 492. N. 28, ’07. 400w.

=Salaman, Malcolm Charles.= Old engravers of England in their relation to contemporary life and art. *$2. Lippincott.

7–6389.

“In a brief compass the author cannot do more than glance at many of
the two hundred and more engravers whom he mentions, but his
description of the principal characters is adequate, and the whole
army is marshalled before the reader in strict relation to the object
of the book.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“This is a novel, interesting and almost romantic book. It clothes the
dry bones of black-and-white prints with human attributes, and makes
them live. The illustrations considering the low price of the book,
are exceptionally good; in fact, some of them may be said to be
remarkably beautiful.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 117. F. 2, ’07. 700w.

“His pages flash with coronets, and sentimental rapture.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 742. D. 8. 310w.

“The volume is indeed, a combination of good things well served.
Gossip and portraiture and art are deftly interlaced, so that the
reading of the pages is no less agreeable than instructive.” Charles
Henry Hart.

+ =Dial.= 43: 60. Ag. 1, ’07. 540w.

“The ideal collector is he who has this instinct, supported by
knowledge, but who has also felt the fascination of looking in at all
the side-doors upon history which old prints open. Mr. Salaman is such
an ideal collector, and so proves himself a true guide for the novice
and a companion of the already wise.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 32: 336. O. ’07. 300w.

“The book makes interesting reading; and yet there is too much of a
certain air of attempted jocosity. An earnest reader will ask for a
more grave and orderly treatment.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 268. S. 19, ’07. 940w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 273. Ap. 27, ’07. 490w.

“If the old prints are worth anyone’s attention first of all because
of their intrinsic merit as works of art, they are worth quite as much
because they link us intimately with the past. A book has always been
needed which should unite these two view points of art and life. At
last it has come.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 745. Ag. 3, ’07. 290w.

“Mr. Salaman gives a lucid and sufficient account of the engravers,
and one which moreover is quite readable and intelligible to the
inexperienced public. For this reason his book should be of value.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 19. Ja. 5, ’07. 1090w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 398. D. 8, ’06. 200w.

=Saleeby, Caleb Williams.= Worry, the disease of the age. **$1.35. Stokes.

7–16990.

“Dr. Saleeby apparently conceives worry as a sort of an entity, and he
seems to hold to the old distinction of body and mind. Worry, for him,
can be a cause, and one may gather is rather a cause than a mere
result. And so he gives us instances of how worry can ruin one’s
digestion, with it one’s temper as well, and make one thoroughly and
really ill. This seems to the writer a curious reversal of the
familiar relations of the cart and the horse.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“A new volume of double usefulness: from the practical side offering
serviceable hints for what he considers the disease of the age, and
from the theoretical setting in their proper, light the current
notions as to the healthful relations of mind and body.” I. Woodbridge
Riley.

+ + =Bookm.= 26: 410. D. ’07. 1950w.

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 26. Jl. 6, ’07. 230w.

“A profoundly serious medical consideration with much that is
philosophical in the most practical and helpful way.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 268. Ap. 27, ’07. 100w.

“He has read widely, he has studied deeply, he has thought out things
for himself, and these are the fruits. Dr. Saleeby is a true
philosopher.” Carl Snyder.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 313. My. 18, ’07. 2110w.

“This is a good book on a grave subject, which it treats in an
all-round discussion on causes and effects, physical and psychical,
from scientific and practical, moral and religious points of view.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 190w.

“A noteworthy volume of sociological as well as scientific import.”

+ + =R. of Rs.= 36: 125. Jl. ’07. 70w.

“A most capable and thoughtful series of essays.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 1006. Je. 29, ’07. 1110w.

=Salisbury, Rollin D.= Physiography. (American science ser., advanced course.) *$3.50. Holt.

7–16499.

An important text-book achievement which provides a complete course
for those “who have no purpose of pursuing the study of physical
geography beyond its elements, but who are yet mature enough for work
beyond the grade appropriate for the early years of the secondary
schools.” It outlines the work covered in the University of Chicago in
a twelve weeks’ course.

* * * * *

“The field is thoroughly and consistently explored.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 268. S. 19, ’07. 200w.

“Teachers of physiography will welcome this new book, not only on
account of the large amount of fresh material and the fine
illustrations that it contains, but also because it represents the
accumulated experience and the method of a scientist whose skill as a
teacher is well known and widely appreciated.” L. H. Wood.

+ + =School R.= 15: 621. O. ’07. 1230w.

“Professor Salisbury’s book meets a real want and the character of its
compilation, based as it is, on many years of experience in teaching,
gives the book a completeness far beyond any other physiography
published up to this time.” George Burbank Shattuck.

+ + =Science=, n.s. 26: 830. D. 13, ’07. 510w.

=Salmon, George.= Human element in the gospels: a commentary on the synoptic narrative; ed. by Newport J. D. White. *$4.50. Dutton.

“By ‘the human element’ is meant, in distinction from divine
revelations, ‘things that can be proved by ordinary historical
testimony’—including, as Dr. Salmon assumes, the miraculous element in
the gospels. His work is essentially devoted to an investigation of
the sources of the gospel story, conducted with a purposed
independence of traditional opinions.... ‘Editorial blunders’ are
found in Matthew, and Luke is found to have ‘taken liberties with the
earlier tradition’ of the resurrection. The Greek text only of the
gospels, substantially that of Wescott and Hort, is given in parallel
columns, beginning with the entrance of Jesus on his public
career.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“While the reader comes upon interesting and suggestive remarks, he
meets with no real or consistent solution.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 438. Ap. 13. 640w.

“It is a striking fact that a scholar of the breadth and thoroness of
Dr. Salmon, who gave so many years to this problem, apparently paid no
attention whatever to the works of continental scholars.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 696. S. 19, ’07. 540w.

“The chief usefulness of Dr. Salmon’s book lies in the acumen with
which he discusses particular passages.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 163. My. 24, ’07. 1060w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 188. Ag. 29, ’07. 600w.

“The critical commentary upon it shows a cultured scholarship and
freedom which prompt to agreement with the author’s regret that he had
not undertaken the study till late in life.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 837. Ag. 17, ’07. 260w.

=Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 200w.

=Salmon, Lucy Maynard.= Progress in the household. **$1.10. Houghton.

6–38548.

Ten essays entitled Recent progress in the study of domestic service,
Education in the household, The relation of college women to domestic
science, Sairey Gamp and Dora Copperfield, Economics and ethics in
domestic service, “Put yourself in his place,” Our kitchen, An
illustrated edition, and The woman’s exchange.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07.

“While the author does not offer any universal agent for a lightning
change she does write with knowledge and ability, and her opinion
should have weight with thoughtful women.”

+ =Outlook.= 84: 1081. D. 29, ’06. 130w.

=Saltus, Edgar Evertson.= Lords of the ghostland: a history of the ideal. *$1.25. Kennerley.

7–14564.

The history of the ideal, the genealogy of its overlords, Brahma,
Armuzd, Amon-Râ, Bel-Marduk, Jehovah, Zeus, Jupiter and of the Christ
himself, is here given in a spirit which lifts the veil without
rending it.

* * * * *

“His treatment of each subject is a deft mingling of historical
knowledge, philosophical method and poetic feeling.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 512. Ag. 24, ’07. 150w.

* =Sanday, Rev. William.= Life of Christ in recent research. *$1.75. Oxford.

7–33561.

“Certain recent lectures, reviews, and sermons of Professor Sanday’s
have been combined into this volume. It presents a survey of the most
important literature of the past twenty years upon the life and person
of Christ with a special chapter on miracles.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“Professor Sanday’s well-known scholarly moderation characterizes the
whole.”

+ =Bib. World.= 30: 480. D. ’07. 50w.

“As a matter of fact, we have another preliminary essay—a survey of
the chief tendencies and the more important conclusions of the
criticism to which the evangelic narratives have been subjected in the
last twenty years. No English writer is so well qualified as Dr.
Sanday to make such a survey. Not only is he himself one of our most
thorough and most cautious critics, but his appetite for German
brochures is insatiable. The charm of the whole book lies in the
receptiveness of its author’s mind.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 322. O. 25, ’07. 1270w.

=Sanders, Frank Knight, and Fowler, Henry Thatcher.= Outlines for the study of Biblical history and literature; with maps and charts. (Historical ser. for Bible students, v. 9.) **$1.25. Scribner.

6–39458.

“Intelligent direction for systematic and discriminating study” is the
aim of this book. It meets the needs of four classes of student: (1)
the college student, (2) the graduate student in oriental history, (3)
the student of theology, and (4) the general student of the Bible. The
book covers both the Old and New Testaments, and is divided into four
parts: (1) Hebrew literature and history, reaching from the beginning
to the fall of Jerusalem (586 B. C.); (2) early Jewish history and
literature (586–168 B. C.); (3) later Jewish history and literature
(168 B. C.–135 A. D.); (4) early Christian history and literature.

* * * * *

“If there is one point in which the work does not come up to the
standard laid down by the authors, it is that of answering the
requirements of the graduate student. Otherwise, by a wise use of the
literature assigned and a classification of the material thus procured
there is little doubt that the book will prove very useful and helpful
in filling the blanks in many students minds which should be occupied
by Biblical history.” Ira M. Brice and John M. P. Smith.

+ + − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 141. Ja. ’07. 260w.

“A valuable outline with useful bibliographies which would help small
libraries in purchasing the best books on the subjects treated.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 71. Mr. ’07. S.

+ =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 60w.

+ =Dial.= 41: 462. D. 16, ’06. 60w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.

“As is the case with most works in English covering both the Old and
the New Testaments, the treatment of Old Testament subjects is much
superior.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 33. Ja. 10, ’07. 240w.

“They give ample direction to the most recent works of Biblical
scholars, with strict impartiality toward the supporters of divergent
conclusions.”

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

=Sanders, Wilbur E.; McDonald, Bernard; Parlee, Norman W.; and others.= Mine timbering. $2. Hill pub. co.

7–19426.

A collection of papers which form a series of essays emphasizing many
important details rather than a complete treatise on the subject.

* * * * *

Reviewed by E. J. McCaustland.

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 669. Je. 13, ’07. 880w.

=Sanderson, Edgar.= Great Britain in modern Africa. $1.75. Scribner.

7–10993.

“A volume which gathers into easy compass the history and geography of
all the present divisions and governments of Africa.... It treats of
Germany, France, Portugal, and Italy in Africa, as well as of Great
Britain. The only parts left untouched are the western countries in
the Mediterranean.... It is a handbook of information concerning
Africa, including statistics of imports and exports, revenue,
population, and other matters.”—Nation.

* * * * *

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 441. O. 13. 640w.

“Mr. Sanderson’s history ... is told with vivacity and exact detail.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 178. F. 21, ’07. 460w.

“Mr. Sanderson’s account of recent events is admirably concise and
comprehensive, and affords an excellent idea of the many-sided
activity of Great Britain from the Cape to Cairo and from Nigeria to
Uganda.”

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 402. S. 29, ’06. 170w.