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“At last we have an authoritative, and, it would seem, a definitive
life of that most interesting [Julie de Lespinasse].” S. M. Francis.

+ + =Atlan.= 100: 491. O. ’07. 280w.

“The Marquis de Segur has brought enough personal interest and
enthusiasm to his work to counteract largely his lack of constructive
literary ability.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 67. Ag. 1, ’07. 360w.

“Though ample and interesting, contributes but little of real weight
to a familiar story.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 503. Je. 30, ’07. 420w.

“Probably comes as near telling the truth about this remarkable woman
as any sentimental biography written long after the death of the
subject can be expected to come.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 285. My. 4, ’07. 1100w.

=Outlook.= 86: 480. Je. 29, ’07. 300w.

“More than one book has been written around her, but this simple
record of her life by the Marquis de Segur is by far the most
interesting of them all.” Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 475. Jl. ’07. 80w.

“This book was really worth translating.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 372. Mr. 23, ’07. 110w.

=Seignobos, (Michel Jean) Charles.= History of ancient civilization; tr. and ed. by Arthur Herbert Wilde. *$1.25. Scribner.

6–32375.

=v. 1.= An English version of a well-known French text book designed
for use in secondary schools. Volume 1 covers a period from
pre-historic times down to the third century of our era.

* * * * *

=Am. Hist. R.= 11: 957. Jl. ’06. 30w. (Review of v. 1.)

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)

“Is the most satisfactory history of civilization that has yet
appeared.” J. W. Moncrief.

+ + + =Bib. World.= 30: 238. S. ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 1.)

“A plain straightforward account.... The translation seems to have
been carefully made, and the editor’s notes, though not numerous, are
of distinct value. Nevertheless, the book is something of a
disappointment. In his effort to cover the entire field the author has
naturally been compelled to include a great deal that is already found
in the high-school text-book.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 47. Ja. 16, ’07. 260w. (Review of v. 1.)

“It is a sorry, dry-as-dust, uninteresting, and unprofitable
compilation.”

− =Sat. R.= 104: 520. O. 26, ’07. 100w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Seitz, Don Carlos.= Discoveries in every-day Europe. **$1.25. Harper.

7–29537.

Little details that eminate from the store of a traveler’s latent
impressions, the sort that fill the chinks of the memory but that are
seldom offered to the stay-at-home tourist. In his shrewdly observant
fashion, entertainingly humorous, the author tells the reader things
worth remembering, and things that can be remembered for their very
epigrammatic clearness. For instance, he says, “Ice is regarded with
superstitious reverence in Italy, France and England. Common waiters
are not allowed to touch the precious product. Instead, the head
waiter hands it out in infinitesimal fragments with a pair of
sugar-tongs.” The marginal illustrations are suggestive of the book’s
humor.

* * * * *

“The ordinary reader will find in it a great deal more about Europe
that would interest him than he gets in the usual ponderous book of
travel.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 642. O. 19, ’07. 160w.

“Alert, humorous, and irrepressible.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 10w.

=Seligman, Edwin Robert Anderson.= Principles of economics; with special reference to American conditions. 2d ed. *$2.25. Longmans.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“In the present reviewer’s opinion, Professor Seligman’s volume is
likely to prove of more value to the teacher of economics than to the
beginner in the subject for whose benefit primarily it was written.
This is not because of any lack of clearness or other defects of
style. It is due rather to the fact that the author has attempted to
cover too much ground and to introduce the student to too great a
variety of subjects.” M. B. Hammond.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 36. Ja. 16, ’07. 2910w.

=Selleck, Willard Chamberlain.= New appreciation of the Bible: a study of the spiritual outcome of Biblical criticism. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.

7–11195.

An attempt to popularize some of the results of scholarship. It aims
to do three things: first, to state, briefly but clearly and
accurately the principal conclusions of modern learning regarding the
Bible; second, to show the enhanced values, ethical and religious,
which the Bible exhibits thru the new views of its nature thus
developed, and lastly, to point out practical ways in which it may be
used in consonance with such conclusions and such views.

* * * * *

“A most useful and valuable book.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 105. F. ’07. S.

=Bib. World.= 29: 159. F. ’07. 90w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 390. F. 14, ’07. 50w.

“Readers of his careful chapters will have little to unlearn if they
pursue their studies further.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 222. Mr. 7, ’07. 210w.

“The book is an excellent combination of the conservative spirit with
the radical method in a constructive treatment of its subject.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 282. F. 2, ’07. 180w.

=Selous, Frederick Courteney.= Recent hunting trips in British North America. *$5. imp. Scribner.

“Mr. Selous divides his book into short chapters, each dealing with an
expedition to various parts of the country. Thus he begins with a
moose hunt in the forests of Central Canada, goes on to Newfoundland
after woodland caribou, and visits St. John’s lake, the Macmillan
river, Yukon territory, and other places, finding sport, and adding
trophies to what must be one of the largest collections ever made by a
single person.” (Ath.) “One last chapter is devoted to outfit, food,
etc., all excellent practical hints.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“Is sure of a cordial welcome for many reasons.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 122. Ag. 3. 680w.

Reviewed by H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 43: 212. O. 1, ’07. 630w.

“There is one quality about all Selous’s books which will win the
attention of his readers: he is preeminently honest and sincere. There
is no fine writing, no exaggeration: all his descriptions of
adventures bear the hall-mark of truth.”

+ + =Nation.= 85: 189. Ag. ’07. 1340w.

“The book at large, while, of course, of much more interest to the
British (or American) sportsman than to the casual reader whose tastes
have not been developed that way, has a good deal, of the charm of its
kind.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 482. Ag. 3, ’07. 760w.

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

“Mr. Selous’s account of his daily doings is a plain, straightforward
narrative which will be invaluable to those who follow him, into these
northern wilds. He also gives much interesting information about the
aspect of the country, the fauna, the habits of beavers, the races of
wild sheep in North America, and the big game generally.”

+ + =Spec.= 99: 366. S. 14, ’07. 520w.

* =Seneca, Lucius Annæus.= Tragedies of Seneca; tr. into English verse, to which have been appended comparative analyses of the corresponding Greek and Roman plays, and a mythological index. by Frank Justus Miller. *$3. Univ. of Chicago press.

Aside from the fact that Seneca’s tragedies serve as the only
connecting link between ancient and modern tragedy, the plays are of
value and interest as independent dramatic literature of merit, and
also as an illustration of the literary characteristics of the age of
Nero. The author has aimed to present to the English reader all of the
values accruing from a study of these plays except the benefit to be
derived from reading them in the original.

* =Sergeant, Philip Walsingham.= Last empress of the French. **$3.50. Lippincott.

A contribution to history. “The book begins, as careful biographies
should begin, with a due account of Eugénie’s grandparents, leading up
to the birth of Eugénie, her early days, and eventual marriage with
Napoleon III., through the machinations of her mother and the help of
her own beauty.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“The present book is a painstaking collection of facts about the life
of the Empress Eugénie, written without enthusiasm and without
distinction. From one point of view it is an improving book, from
another a very blasphemy against that most mysterious, most sacred of
all things—life.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 841. Ag. 31, ’07. 960w.

“If not treated as history may be commended.”

+ =Ath.= 1907. 2: 208. Ag. 24. 910w.

“Agreeably written, clearly printed, and handsomely illustrated, the
book is worthy of its subject. It shows, too, care and painstaking
research in its preparation; but one might have expected that the
restraint imposed upon the biography by the Empress Eugénie’s being
still alive would have been offset by the advantage of some little
help from her in the clearing up of certain obscurities in her
eventful history.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 420. D. 16, ’07. 410w.

“The book is well done, and the portraits and views are well
selected.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917. D. 14. ’07. 90w.

“It is, as may be supposed, a difficult subject which Mr. Sergeant has
elected to treat; and he must be allowed the credit of having
accomplished his task with success.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 753. N. 16, ’07. 180w.

=Seton, Grace Gallatin Thompson (Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton).= Nimrod’s wife. **$1.75. Doubleday.

7–18186.

An account of the author’s life in the open while accompanying her
artist-author husband on his trips in search of copy rather than game.
Many interesting feminine side lights are thrown upon experiences of
camp and travel while there is much good advice to women as to proper
dress and equipment.

* * * * *

“This is a book to read; if you like books about hunting, without any
adventures which give a distinct thrill.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 107. N. 9, ’07. 250w.

“Written in a spirited manner, pervaded by enthusiasm for outdoor
life, a love of adventure, and a cheerful, wholesome philosophy.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 181. O. ’07.

“It is bright, unconventional narrative, and would be better if the
writing were more coherent and less ‘highfalutin.’ But it is agreeable
enough.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 617. N. 16. 130w.

“Offers another study of feminine self-consciousness, superimposed, in
this instance, upon a perverted and, and at times, amusingly naïve
hero-worship.” George Gladden.

− =Bookm.= 25: 623. Ag. ’07. 140w.

“We can unreservedly praise her for her quick wit and catching humor,
for her thorough-going sportsman-like manner, and for the literary
graces of good composition.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 43: 212. O. 1, ’07. 380w.

“The views of Nimrod’s wife partake still of the charm of comparative
novelty.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.

“Certainly with safety and entire truthfulness it may be affirmed of
Mrs. Thompson Seton’s animal anecdotes that they are at least good
reading—and that in these intimate and formal records of camp life and
travel she has so well preserved the atmosphere of close companionship
with woods and waters that, even to the uninitiated, what is after all
the chief charm of sport with gun and rod is made quite clear.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 476. Je. 29, ’07. 210w.

Seven sages of Rome, ed. from the manuscripts with introduction, notes and glossary, by Killis Campbell. *$2.25. Ginn.

7–5077.

Besides the text, which follows the Cotton MS., this volume, one of
the “Albion series of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English poetry,” contains
an exhaustive introduction which discusses the early history of The
seven sages, the Oriental, European, and English versions, and gives a
list of originals and analogues. Full notes, a glossary and index
complete the volume.

* * * * *

“We congratulate Prof. Campbell on the skill and care displayed in
this edition, which students of ‘comparative literature’ will find of
great use.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 536. My. 4. 370w.

“The text is an important one in the history of stories and a new
edition was obviously needed. This want has just been supplied in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner by Prof. Killis Campbell.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 454. My. 16, ’07. 280w.

=Severy, Melvin Linwood.= Gillette’s social redemption. Il. **$2.50. Turner, H. B.

7–18591.

A review of world-wide conditions as they exist to-day, offering an
entirely new suggestion for the remedy of the evils they exhibit. Mr.
Severy but gives expression to Mr. Gillette’s ingenious plan for the
amelioration of the ever-increasing ills of the existing social
system,—a plan which combines the best of the single tax scheme, the
best of socialism with the best part of our present system as it
exists to-day.

* * * * *

“Sensational ‘stories’ from daily newspapers, even of the ‘yellow’
type, are seriously treated as historical materials, without rational
criticism. All the muckrakers are here invited to unload their
unsavory burdens, and the result is a sort of literary
dumping-ground.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

− =Dial.= 43: 250. O. 16, ’07. 190w.

“One could wish, however, for less material and a better sorting of
what is used.”

− =Ind.= 63: 1177. N. 14, ’07. 250w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 490. O. 5, ’07. 410w.

“It may be that some of the world’s scandals are omitted from this
large and handsome book, of whose paper and print it is possible to
speak well.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 500w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 125. Jl. ’07. 160w.

=Sewell, Tyson.= Construction of dynamos, (alternating and direct current): a textbook for students, engineer-constructors, and electricians-in-charge. *$3. Van Nostrand.

A text-book for students and apprentices in electrical engineering as
well as helpful to civil, mechanical and other engineers. The earlier
chapters are devoted to an exposition of the fundamental principles of
direct and single phase alternating currents, and their bearing on the
subject, of dynamos; the effects of polyphase currents being treated
later on as an introduction to polyphase alternators.

* * * * *

“A great deal of good information is given, but there is a lack of
perspective the reader being left in doubt as to what is the standard
practice.” Henry H. Norris.

+ − =Engin. N.= 58: 423. O. 17, ’07. 370w.

“A perusal of Mr. Sewell’s book will leave the reader with the
impression that the designer of dynamos will learn nothing from it,
and that the student may with equal advantage read any of the previous
publications treating of the dynamo in a popular style.” Gisbert Kapp.

+ − =Nature.= 76: 217. Jl. 4. ’07. 1190w.

=Technical Literature.= 2: 582. D. ’07. 160w.

=Seymour, Frederick H. A.= Saunterings in Spain. **$3. Dutton.

7–35147.

The “saunterings” include Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Cordova, Seville,
and Granada. “The introduction giving an historical sketch of the
Moorish occupation of Spain is a noteworthy tribute to remarkable
people who shed light upon European art and science at a time when
Europe was ‘in that slough of despond which we term “the dark ages.”’”
(Sat. R.) “The book is essentially for the journey and not the
fireside.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“The historical sketch is good and concise, the description
commonplace, superficial and too personal.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07.

“[The reader] should guard himself against too implicit an acceptance
of all the dicta it contains. A spirit of recklessness may be found at
work at various points in the main narrative.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 193. F. 16. 980w.

“The book is more deeply laden with useful knowledge than most, the
studies of the art galleries in Spain being particularly close and
appreciative.” Wallace Rice.

+ =Dial.= 41: 392. D. 1, ’06. 210w.

“The illustrations are so fine that they almost make up for the
shortcomings of the text.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 1357. Je. 6, ’07. 170w.

“Perhaps the most interesting chapters of the book, in which there is
not one dull page, are those on the Alhambra.”

+ =Int. Studio.= 30: 278. Ja. ’07. 280w.

“Mr. Seymour ... is not a saunterer at all, but the cicerone, with
much of the dryness and ponderosity of the guild, but informing, and
if not so suggestive as Mr. Williams, far more valuable as a guide.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 39. Ja. 10, ’07. 1040w.

=Sat. R.= 102: sup. 10. O. 13, ’06. 270w.

=Seymour, Frederick H. A.= Siena and her artists. *$1.50. Jacobs.

7–38017.

A dissertation upon Sienese art as exemplified in her architecture,
sculpture and painting. “General Seymour does not write as a
specialist. He eschews technical language, and contents himself with
setting down in simple terms the impressions produced upon him by
study of the works of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the Lorenzetti, Taddeo di
Bartolo, and their disciples and successors. It is interesting to
note, from the records of these impressions, how strong an appeal to
the modern mind may be made by an art which has deliberately adhered
to a set of rigid conventions, if only it possesses the fundamental
qualities of beauty and sincerity.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“A book for the amateur—yes! Unimportant, but redeemed by enthusiasm
and headlong interest in the subject.”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 673. Je. 15, ’07. 310w.

“The unpretending volume before us contains nothing for the scholar or
the art-critic, but it will be welcome to the ordinary traveller
visiting Siena for the first time, and desiring counsel as to how he
may most profitably spend his leisure there.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 412. O. 5. 440w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 690. O. 26, ’07. 60w.

“Another book which will be useful to the visitor to Italy who wishes
for criticisms of pictures not too learned or technical.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 1007. Je. 27, ’07. 30w.

=Seymour, Thomas Day.= Life in the Homeric age. *$4. Macmillan.

7–36949.

Based upon a study of the Homeric poems, this book deals with the life
and times as reflected in the poet’s language. Hence it is
philological rather than archaeological. The importance of the
undertaking to the modern reader lies in the fact that Homer’s picture
of the life of his age is the earliest account extant of the culture
from which our own is a true lineal descendant. The cosmography and
geography of the country are studied, the family, education, dress,
food, slavery, trade, sea life and ships, agriculture, animals,
worship, arms and war.

* * * * *

“Very learned and extremely readable book, which we heartily recommend
both to scholars and to the general reader.” R. T. Tyrrell.

+ + − =Acad.= 73: 181. N. 30, ’07. 1250w.

“Is an admirable addition to a scholar’s bookshelves. There is little
doubt that this work is exhaustive and accurate enough to satisfy all
but the keenest departmental specialists.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 510. O. 26. 1530w.

“The work seems too detailed for a younger student, while for the
advanced worker it ought to embody more results from archaeology and
the increasingly important science of anthropology. Again, one is
compelled to notice a regrettable lack of proportion, a habit of
repetition that might be called otiose if one did not know the
over-conscientious author, and a constant recurrence of a negative
method elucidation.” F. B. R. Hellems.

+ − =Dial.= 43: 311. N. 16, ’07. 3100w.

“No one can doubt that it is definitive.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1059. O. 31, ’07. 680w.

“A more complete guide to the knowledge of life’s externals in the
Homeric age we have never met with.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 320w.

“There is all through a certain lack of precision of view in this
book.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 326. O. 25, ’07. 420w.

“The present volume will be an indispensable work of reference in
public and college libraries and a handsome ornament to private
collections. But we fear that it is too bulky and too expensive for
the students who need it in their reading of Homer.”

+ + − =Nation.= 85: 472. N. 21, ’07. 2220w.

“In a broad sense one might call this work of opulent learning a
sociological commentary upon the Bible of ancient Greece.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 357. O. 19, ’07. 290w.

=Shackleton, Robert, and Shackleton, Mrs. Elizabeth.= Quest of the colonial. **$2.40. Century.

7–30414.

While the chapters of this book are the personal experiences of two
enthusiastic homemakers in quest of the useful, beautiful and
interesting articles of colonial furniture and bric-a-brac, they
afford generous information concerning colonial furniture of every
kind, and offer helpful suggestions in the matter of selection.

* * * * *

“It contains a great deal of definite and accurately stated
information for the amateur collector, besides many anecdotes
calculated to quicken his enthusiasm and arouse his envy and
admiration.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 383. D. 1, ’07. 310w.

“It is rare that one finds a book that deals so accurately with facts
pertaining to the furnishing of our forefathers and at the same time
uses dry data with sufficient cunning to make a charming readable
tale.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 35: 696. N. 9, ’07. 170w.

=Lit. D.= 35: 919. D. 14, ’07. 90w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“No one who has the slightest love of the old could fail to gain
sincere pleasure from the reading of this book.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 359. O. 19, ’07. 120w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Complete dramatic and poetic works; ed. from the text of the early quartos and the first folio by William A. Neilson. $3. Houghton.

6–38336.

Uniform with “Cambridge poets,” this volume shares with the others of
the series the excellencies of book making. Professor Neilson’s
“radical procedure in frankly adopting a modern punctuation will
probably please readers, if they notice it, and raise questions among
scholars. His rearrangement of the plays according to chronology
within the three well-recognized divisions of comedies, histories, and
tragedies, by which ‘Tempest’ appears as the seventeenth instead of
the first play, is likely to give qualms to readers rather than to
scholars. Both innovations seem to me to be worth trying, and it is
needless to approve the small amount of textual apparatus in such an
edition and the consequent saving of space for a good glossary.”
(Forum.)

* * * * *

“We recommend it most cordially to the scholar, the student, and the
general reader.”

+ =Cath. World.= 85: 262. My. ’07. 170w.

“Calls for a word of hearty praise.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 20. Ja. 1, ’07. 60w.

“Professor Neilson ... has done a real service in his one volume of
Shakespeare. His critical introduction and textual notes are very
admirable.”

+ + =Educ. R.= 34: 210. S. ’07. 50w.

“No more attractive single-volume edition exists.” W. P. Trent.

+ + + =Forum.= 38: 379. Ja. ’07. 480w.

+ + + =Ind.= 62: 622. Mr. 14, ’07. 270w.

+ + + =Lit. D.= 34: 264. F. 16, ’07. 190w.

“This new edition by Prof. Neilson is easily the best single-volume
edition that has yet been published.”

+ + + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 41. Ja. 26, ’07. 1340w.

“In every way the volume is suited for the use of the general reader
and for a place on his library shelf.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 84: 1084. D. 29, ’06. 210w.

“These textual variations are the merest trifles after all, and
detract nothing from the general merit of the book, which is
unquestionably the best one-volume edition of Shakespeare that has
appeared—so nearly perfect in its way indeed, that its supremacy is
not likely to be disputed for many a year.” Wm. J. Rolfe.

+ + − =Putnam’s.= 2: 723. S. ’07. 840w.

=Shakespeare, William.= First folio Shakespeare; ed. with notes, introd. glossary, list of variorum readings, and selected criticisms, by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke, ea. 75c. Crowell.

—As you like it.

6–42340.

This volume shares with the volumes that have gone before the
excellencies of the carefully compiled editorial matter.

—Henry the fifth.

6–45068.

The characteristic features of this entire series are found in this
volume.

—Much ado about nothing.

7–11050.

Uniform with the “First folio edition,” and the twelfth to be issued.
It is supplied with the full editorial equipment characteristic of the
edition.

* * * * *

“The reading public cannot be too grateful to the editors and
publishers of this Shakespeare for bringing within their easy reach
that which has hitherto been accessible only to millionaires and
scholars.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 605. D. 15, ’06. 220w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 25. Ja. ’07.

“Altogether the editors deserve to be warmly complimented on the
thoroughness of their work, which must have cost them abundant time
and labour.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 798. D. 22. 630w.

+ + =Nation.= 83: 533. D. 20. ’06. 50w.

“There is nothing better at hand for the genuine student of
Shakespeare and the development of the English language.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 340w.

“We have no hesitation in saying that this is as great a help to
Shakespearean study as has been produced for many years.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 831. N. 24, ’06. 190w.

=Shakespeare, William.= Tragedie of Antonie and Cleopatra; ed. by Horace H. Furness. *$4. Lippincott.

7–28476.

“Antonie and Cleopatra” complete with the unsparing equipment of the
“Variorum edition.”

* * * * *

“Differences of opinion with regard to the soundness of Dr. Furness’s
original contributions, do not affect the high value to be placed upon
the main purpose of his work and the splendid manner in which he
continues to carry it out.”

+ + + =Nation.= 85: 356. O. 17. ’07. 1100w.

“To exactness and fullness of knowledge the editor of the ‘Variorum
edition’ has added the wisdom which is born of a great love.”

+ + + =Outlook.= 87: 329. O. 19, ’07. 620w.

+ + + =R. of Rs.= 36: 640. N. ’07. 80w.

+ + + =Spec.= 99: 535. O. 12, ’07. 180w.

=Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.= From old fields: poems of the civil war. **$3. Houghton.

6–39442.

A collection of poems chiefly about civil war topics.

* * * * *

“In a way, Mr. Shaler was the Crabbe of the battlefield. He saw the
sordid, tragic commonplaces of war with an undeluded eye, and
portrayed them with a firm and vivid pen.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 34. Ja. 10, ’07. 290w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 253. F. ’07. 60w.

=Shaler, Mrs. Sophia Penn Page.= Masters of fate; the power of the will. **$1.50. Duffield.

6–32864.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07. S.

=Shand, Alexander Innes.= Soldiers of fortune in camp and court. **$3. Dutton.

Phases of history “as it was built up by personal gallantry.” The
author begins with the mediaeval Condottieri and ends with the Indian
adventurers, the modern representatives of the Condottieri.

* * * * *

“We have said that this is an interesting book, and apparently Mr.
Shand, to judge by his reticence in the matter of dates and stern
exclusion of references, does not mean it to be more than simply
interesting. That, however, should not preclude a little care in the
writing. The style, on the whole, is not unattractive, but it is
sometimes careless.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 9. O. 12, ’07. 940w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 671. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“‘Soldiers of fortune’ is very different from the kind of sham history
we are often given under such a title. It is not tawdry or
sensational; the author observes it as a point of honour with himself
never to make what seems to him the truth lopsided in order that it
may be more exciting.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 482. O. 5, ’07. 1440w.

* =Shaw, Albert.= Outlook for the average man. **$1.25. Macmillan.

In five chapters, as follows, Dr. Shaw discusses the relation of the
average man to present social, economic, and political conditions in
the United States. The average man under changing economic conditions,
Present economic problems, Our legacy from a century of pioneers, The
business career and the community and Jefferson’s doctrines under new
tests.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 668. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 762. N. 30. ’07. 180w.

=Shaw, Albert.= Political problems of American development. (Columbia university lectures George Blumenthal foundation, 1907.) *$1.50. Macmillan.

7–22104.

“The book as a whole is a study of national development, dealing not
with the questions of constitutional law that vexed the minds of the
fathers, but with the practical difficulties that democracy has
continuously encountered in its attempt to realize the national ideals
in the American environment. Immigration and race questions, problems
relating to our public lands, party machinery, the regulation of the
railroads and the great industrial trusts, the tariff, the currency,
foreign policy, and territorial expansion are all discussed from the
point of view of the journalist and man of affairs.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“The book is so valuable as to deserve a second edition.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1372. D. 5, ’07. 620w.

“We cannot feel that this work will add to Mr. Shaw’s reputation
either as a writer or as a student of American problems. The whole
volume smacks of the haste of journalism. It is frequently
repetitious, and is not lacking in that dogmatic finality of opinion
which is a pitfall for all editors.”

− =Nation.= 85: 425. N. 7, ’07. 750w.

“His views in their entirety are not always ours. But we may say that
in no instance does he fail to illumine his subject for the great
general public to whom he addresses himself; and that his little
volume is an admirable textbook for the use of those who would pursue
intelligently and conscientiously the schooling that makes for an
efficient and triumphant democracy.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 540. N. 9, ’07. 1040w.

Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 230. N. ’07. 750w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 383. S. ’07. 180w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= Dramatic opinions and essays; containing as well A word on the Dramatic opinions and essays of G. Bernard Shaw, by James Huneker. 2v. **$2.50. Brentano’s.

6–39443.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“A combination of acute and searching criticism of modern plays and
players with unlimited flippancy and egotism. Deliciously
entertaining, if not altogether profitable, reading; for those
familiar with the plays and the actors.”

+ − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 72. Mr. ’07.

“Mr. Shaw is at his sanest in the dramatic criticisms contributed
weekly to the ‘Saturday review.’” H. W. Boynton.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 553. Ap. ’07. 5910w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 71. Ja. ’07. 2050w.

“They made sparkling reading in those days, but that is hardly
sufficient to justify the preservation of such current chroniclings in
permanent form.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 13. Ja. 1, ’07. 120w.

“If there is anyone surviving at this time of day who thinks Mr. Shaw
merely a crank or merely a ‘farceur’, these collected dramatic
criticisms ought to open his eyes. They are, on the whole,
tremendously earnest and absolutely sane; the work of a man who
obviously longs to leave not only the stage, but the world, better
than he found it.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 117. Ap. 12, ’07. 2000w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 1082. D. 29, ’06. 280w.

“These criticisms of Mr. Shaw’s have had, and we believe are likely to
have, a wholesome effect upon the contemporary stage, but whether such
be the case or no, they must at least be allowed this great
virtue—they are tremendously entertaining.” Horatio S. Krans.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 1: 754. Mr. ’07. 620w.

“Mr. Huneker has chosen the criticisms for republication, and written
an heroic, gunnerlike preface, full of explosions and boomings, which
is, perhaps, suitable to so gallant an occasion.”

− =Spec.= 98: 567. Ap. 13, ’07. 1780w.

=Shaw, George Bernard.= John Bull’s other island and Major Barbara. **$1.50. Brentano’s.

7–21528.

There are three plays included in this group: John Bull’s other
island, How he lied to her husband, and Major Barbara. There are the
usual characteristic prefaces, and for an introduction he makes use of
his “First aid to critics.”

* * * * *

“Both ‘John Bull’s other island’ and ‘Major Barbara’ are ill put
together. They share with the ‘Doctor’s dilemma’ the defect of
straggling on after the play is really at an end.” St. J. H.

− =Acad.= 72: 621. Je. 29, ’07. 1120w.

“It is only by the ideas which they embody that Mr. Shaw’s stage-works
will live. Should those ideas ever become commonplaces—an unlikely
contingency!—his plays possess, apart from their humour and wit, no
quality which can save them from the doom of oblivion. They contain
but the smallest amount of story, no plot worth speaking of, and very
little emotional stress or conflict; any catastrophe they set forth is
of a strictly intellectual sort.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 107. Jl. 27. 1500w.

“The latest is the most interesting volume of Brentano’s new edition
of Shaw, because none of the three plays in it has appeared in print
before and only one of them has been played often enough in this
country for many people to see it.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 879. O. 10, ’07. 860w.

“If only to find the secret that is in Mr. Shaw’s heart, his prefaces
are to be read. There are the plays to be read, as well—two of them as
good plays as Mr. Shaw has ever done, and all three as amusing and
stimulating in print as on the stage, all three brilliantly successful
devices for compelling you to swallow the powder of the
‘paper-apostle’ in the jam of the ‘artist-magician.’”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 197. Je. 21, ’07. 1890w.

“As a study of actual social conditions, or as drama, [Major Barbara]
is quite worthless, being wholly unreasonable and packed, as is the
writer’s habit, with all kinds of false and reckless generalizations,
cynical extravagancies, and perverse misrepresentations; but it is,
nevertheless, highly entertaining in its witty, bumptious, paradoxical
and wholly irresponsible fashion.”

− + =Nation.= 84: 19. Jl. 4, ’07. 350w.

“The present writer is considering not Mr. Shaw the playwright, but
Mr. Shaw, the clairvoyant, the acute observer and the critic of things
as they are in the year of grace, 1907, the philosopher, if you will,
of the open eye and mind. He is, as a matter of fact, the very
inspiration of critics whether of literature or of life, for he is
inexhaustively suggestive because he is marvelously perceiving.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 437. Jl. 13, ’07. 2370w.

“In these two more substantial plays, as always, Mr. Shaw makes it
plainer than ever, as has already been said, that he is first the
determined moralist, the servant of his profoundly passionate
convictions; then the architect of what happens to be their vehicle:
in this case, satiric and imaginative drama. But scarcely less notable
is the demonstration which is here furnished of that other
inconvenient and embarrassing fact which Mr. Shaw is at such elaborate
pains, when he is on his guard, to conceal: the fact that he is, ‘au
fond’ and incurably a poet.” Lawrence Gilman.

+ =No. Am.= 186: 284. O. ’07. 2000w.

“Not even Mr. Bernard Shaw’s wit and paradox can make his play about
Ireland ... altogether easy reading.”

− + =Outlook.= 86: 610. Jl. 20, ’07. 40w.

“The three plays show Mr. Shaw’s characteristic genius.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 383. S. ’07. 100w.

=Sheedy, Rev. Morgan M.= Briefs for our times. **$1. Whittaker.

6–31412.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The literary quality of the book is very good indeed; and, while the
author does not pretend to original thinking, he has the knack of
putting ancient truth in a fresh and pleasing, as well as convincing,
manner.”

+ =Cath. World.= 84: 548. Ja. ’07. 190w.

=Sheehan, Rev. Patrick Augustine.= Early essays and lectures. *$1.60. Longmans.

7–11584.

A collection of essays “disinterred” from the magazines in which they
appeared during the past twenty-five years. In them Father Sheehan
discusses such men as Emerson, Arnold and Aubrey De Vere, and such
subjects as, The German universities, The German and Gaelic muses, and
Irish youth and high ideals.

* * * * *

“In many places, the essays would have been improved by the
application of the pruning knife.... Many of the essays would have
gained a great deal by compression; in very few instances will one
find a passage that deserves a place alongside almost any paragraph
that might be taken at random from ‘Under the cedars and the stars.’”

+ − =Cath. World.= 84: 414. D. ’06. 220w.

=Dial.= 42: 84. F. 1, ’07. 80w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 792. N. 17. ’06. 350w.

=Shelley, Henry C.= John Harvard and his times, il. **$2. Little.

7–34809.

The facts concerning the life of John Harvard have been so few and the
few so hard to obtain that no volume has been written before on the
“young minister whose generosity had such important influence on the
beginnings of education in America.” The sketch shows what were the
environment and early influence in his Stratford-on-Avon home, and
also gives what is known of his parentage. Then follow chapters on The
Harvard circle, Cambridge, Last years in England; The new world and
The praise of John Harvard.

* * * * *

“Unfortunately, the author can not tell us what sort of a man John
Harvard was. But he tells very cleverly the kind of man John Harvard
might have been.” Arthur M. Chase.

+ =Bookm.= 26: 413. D. ’07. 530w.

“Mr. Shelley shows himself accurate and unbiased in stating his
slender store of absolutely determined facts, and singularly clever in
piecing them together and eking them out with ingenious
possibilities.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 382. D. 1, ’07. 290w.

“The volume contains, of course, much valuable material relating to
the founding of Harvard college, but besides that it furnishes an
interesting picture of the Massachusetts colony as it was during the
first twenty years of its history.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 917, D. 14, ’07. 180w.

“In general we think Mr. Shelley’s inferences from the data at hand
entirely reasonable; and when the picture is unfortunately obscure he
shows skill in throwing upon it side-lights.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 475. N. 21, ’97. 1450w.

“Mr. Shelley has brought to light much valuable material relating to
Harvard, his parentage, his times, and friends.”

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

“Mr. Shelley is entitled to the honor due a pioneer and to the
satisfaction of feeling that he has produced a book interesting in
itself and bearing the promise of fruitful results.” Elisabeth L.
Cary.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 679. O. 26, ’07. 1600w.

“It is no detraction from the supplementary value and interest of Mr.
Shelley’s work if we recognize at once that his is a secondary book.”
Ripley Hitchcock.

+ =No. Am.= 186: 611. D. ’07. 1830w.

“As the life of John Harvard it can only be described as conjectural
biography carried to the nth degree. Its sole distinction is its
attractive reconstitution of the environment in which John Harvard was
brought up, and the people he possibly knew.”

+ − =Outlook.= 87: 612. N. 23, ’07. 300w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 755. D. ’07. 50w.

+ =Spec.= 99: 718. N. 9, ’07. 250w.

=Shelley, Henry C.= Literary by-paths in old England; il. **$3. Little.

6–34854.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 73. Mr. ’07.

“Mr. Shelley is in many respects quite the ideal guide, unassuming,
sympathetic, and exceedingly well informed. He refreshes vague
memories and supplies fresh clues at almost every turn, and his is
exactly the book one would like to take along on a pilgrimage to
poetic shrines, but—and it is a serious but—for the clumsy proportions
and gross material weight of the volume.” Harriet Waters Preston.

+ − =Atlan.= 99: 420. Mr. ’07. 390w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 677. Mr. 21, ’07. 200w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 112. Ja. ’07. 70w.

=Shelton, Louise.= Seasons in a flower garden: a handbook of information and instruction for the amateur. **$1. Scribner.

6–19004.

(2d ed. rev. and enl.

7–18184.)

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 14. Ja. ’07. S.

* =Shepard, William Kent.= Problems in strength of materials. *$1.25. Ginn.

7–30998.

“A collection of nearly 600 specific problems or exercises in the
strength of materials ... [which] confines itself strictly to the
statement of problems, and with one exception, eight pages on the
design of riveted joints, avoids explanatory interjections.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“In the absence of either explanation or cautionary reference, the
student is likely to go astray, even when the book is being
administered by a teacher. Regardless of this, however, we welcome the
appearance of such a collection of problems.”

+ + − =Engin. N.= 58: 537. N. 14, ’07. 620w.

=Technical Literature.= 2: 584. D. ’07. 100w.

=Shepherd, Henry Elliot.= Life of Robert Edward Lee. $2. Neale.

6–46779.

Not so much a biography as a characterization. The conditions under
which Lee lived and worked and the results he achieved are outlined,
as well as his ideals, motives, genius and character. The author says
“It is my distinctive purpose to exhibit the life of our hero in those
critical and all-pervading relations which constitute the abiding test
of true greatness.”

=Sheppard, Alfred Tresidder.= Running horse inn. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–18182.

George Kennett, a soldier in the Peninsular campaign, returns to
Running Horse inn in a little town in the south of England upon the
day that his brother, believing him dead, weds the girl who had
promised to wait for him. At first the returned soldier succeeds
fairly well in accepting the inevitable, but when financial hardships
come, and his old love for Bess masters him, he turns scoundrel, and
brings misery to his brother’s home. He pays the penalty for the guilt
which he was morally responsible for, although he is innocent
technically of the charge that hangs him.

* * * * *

“A really fine historical novel.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 479. N. 10, ’06. 190w.

“His military experiences show more power than any other portion of
the book.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 509. O. 27. 120w.

“The tender character studies of rural English folk, the captain’s
yarns, the homely life within the Inn, and the eternal scenery along
the downs, and, above all, the solemn tread with which all events seem
to march toward the final, inevitable tragedy gives the book power.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 572. S. 5, ’07. 140w.

“Has set himself a difficult task and if he has not fully succeeded it
is fair to recognize the ambition.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 369. N. 2, ’06. 250w.

“The book shows a good measure of careful preparation. On the whole,
interest is fairly well maintained.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 16. Jl. 4, ’07. 220w.

“The tale is dramatic and has some thrilling situations.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 140w.

“The plot is too weak to support itself thru 400 pages, although the
best part of it is near the close.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 80w.

“The design is ambitious, the details carefully wrought, but Mr.
Sheppard seems to us to have essayed, with inadequate equipment, a
theme which would have suited Mr. Thomas Hardy in his earlier manner.”

− + =Sat. R.= 103: 22. Ja. 5, ’07. 180w.

“It would be difficult to overpraise the way in which the atmosphere
of impending calamity is sustained, or the subtlety with which the
growing degradation of the chief figure is traced. The mere writing is
of the best, and there are passages of high imaginative beauty.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 731. N. 10, ’06. 350w.

=Sheppard, S. E. and Mees, C. E. Kenneth.= Investigations on the theory of the photographic process. *$1.75. Longmans.

A theoretical rather than practical work whose subjects are dealt with
from the point of view of what is now understood as physical chemistry
and are described in the language of that branch of science.

* * * * *

“This volume will find a place, which it will worthily fill, in the
libraries of all who are interested in the scientific aspects of
photography.” C. J.

+ + =Nature.= 76: 468. S. 5, ’07. 700w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 333. My. 25, ’07. 70w.

=Sherard, Robert Harborough.= Twenty years in Paris; being some recollections of a literary life; 2d ed. il. *$4. Jacobs.

6–18833.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 85. Mr. ’07.

=Sheridan, Richard Brinsley.= Major dramas of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: The rivals, The school for scandal, The critic; ed. with introd. and notes by George Henry Nettleton. (Athenaeum press ser.) *90c. Ginn.

6–43927.

A school edition with abundant editorial matter.

* * * * *

“He succeeds, not only in giving all the information needed by
beginners with sterling fulness and accuracy, but in adding a great
deal that will interest those who have already a good working
knowledge of the plays.”

+ + =Acad.= 72: 112. F. 2, ’07. 1310w.

“Is by far the most pretentious attempt yet made to edit these
masterpieces of English comedy. It is to be regretted that the
apparatus is more evident than the criticism. The several sections in
which Professor Nettleton discusses Sheridan’s position in the English
drama display no real insight into the art of dramaturgy.” Brander
Matthews.

− + =Educ. R.= 33: 318. Mr. ’07. 1200w.

“A compact and careful piece of work, containing a considerable amount
of useful information in small compass.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 251. Mr. 14, ’07. 310w.

“We do not know any other book on Sheridan which crowds so much
information into so small a compass.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 57. F. 2, ’07. 130w.

“Admirers of Sheridan’s [plays] may now have their favorites printed
(for the first time in America) from the authentic text of Sheridan’s
plays taken from the original manuscripts and edited (for the first
time anywhere) with complete annotation.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ + =School R.= 15: 625. O. ’07. 350w.

=Sheridan, Richard Brinsley B.= Rivals; with an introduction by Brander Matthews. il. $2.50. Crowell.

7–24460.

A de luxe edition illustrated by a series of five drawings, the work
of Mr. O’Malley, which are reproduced in full-page photogravures. The
drawings, the introduction by Brander Matthews and the excellent
workmanship of the book make it a choice holiday offering.

* * * * *

“Mr. Power O’Malley has illustrated the play for the present edition
in a fashion to emphasize both its old-time quaintness and its
sparkling humor.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 381. D. 1, ’07. 110w.

“The notes are of little value.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 451. N. 14, ’07. 110w.

=Sheridan, Wilbur Fletcher.= Life of Isaac Wilson Joyce. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

7–20972.

A biography of Bishop Joyce of the Methodist Episcopal church which
reveals him as preeminently the man of action, a man “too busy making
history to record it.” His missionary zeal at home and in foreign
fields sounds the strongest note in the sketch.

=Sherman, Ellen Burns.= Words to the wise—and others. **$1.50. Holt.

7–36126.

A dozen delightful essays upon social and literary subjects such as:
The root and foliage of style, Our kin and others, A plea for the
naturalization of ghosts, Ruskin, Modern letter-writing, and Our
comédie humaine. In each we find a discriminating taste for the best
works of God and man.

* * * * *

+ =Outlook.= 87: 746. N. 30, ’07. 130w.

=Sherring, Charles A.= Western Tibet and the British border land. *$6. Longmans.

7–19489.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“It comes too late, and it is far too bulky.”

− + =Acad.= 72: 13. Ja. 5, ’07. 480w.

“The best parts of Mr. Sherring’s volume are the chapters devoted to
the legends and myths of the natives especially the Bhotia tribes of
the frontier, and to the quaint customs and manners of the British
borderland.” H. E. Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 42: 43. Ja. 16, ’07. 580w.

“The present volume is one of the most valuable works that we have
seen upon the subject.”

+ + =Lit. D.= 34: 594. Ap. 13, ’07. 410w.

“Mr. Sherring is much to be congratulated upon the way in which he has
acquitted himself of his task.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 234. Jl. 26, ’07. 1030w.

“Nor is there anything new to interest the ethnologist, naturalist,
botanist, geologist or sportsman. Altogether it is unfortunate that
the author has missed this unique opportunity of making important
additions to our knowledge of this little explored land. The best
things in the book are the photographs of the peaks and passes, most
of which are supplied by Dr. T. G. Longstaff.”

− + =Sat. R.= 102: 776. D. 22, ’06. 1620w.

=Sherrington, Charles Scott.= Integrative action of the nervous system. **$3.50. Scribner.

6–38912.

“The aim of this book, as its title indicates, is to set forth in
detail the manner in which the nervous system serves to bring together
in united action the various parts of the animal organism.... The
whole trend of the book, though it is primarily physiological, is a
strong argument for some sort of ‘motor theory’ of consciousness....
The book is accompanied by an exhaustive bibliography, and the author
supports each step in his argument by frequent reference to his own
extensive and minute experiments as well as to the results found by
other investigators. Numerous reproductions of myograph curves, etc.,
illustrate the text.”—J. Philos.

* * * * *

Reviewed by F. N. Freeman.

=J. Philos.= 4: 301. My. 23, ’07. 1750w.

“We have in this book the most valuable contribution to the
comprehension of the functions of the nervous system that has appeared
up to the present time, not only from the records of the experiments
quoted, but also from the logical and orderly way in which the due
inferences from the experiments are put forward, and the volume stands
out as a landmark in our knowledge of the subject.”

+ + − =Nature.= 76: 122. Je. 6, ’07. 710w.

* =Sherwood, Margaret Pollock.= Princess Pourquoi. †$1.50. Houghton.

7–31285.

The five tales in this volume are wonderstory fables. “The ‘Princess
Pourquoi’ represents, let us say, the modern spirit of feminine
inquiry in its dignified aspect; ‘The princess and the microbe’ and
‘The seven studious sisters’ represents the same spirit in an amusing
light; and ‘The clever necromancer,’ its pathetic side. ‘The gentle
robber’ is a more pungent satire upon the theoretical and the actual
attitude of the world toward greed and dishonesty on a large scale.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

=Nation.= 85: 474. N. 21, ’07. 260w.

“They are very gracefully written, and the effect of each is something
like that of an old piece of richly colored embroidery.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 649. O. 19, ’07. 100w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Shoemaker, Blanche.= Woven of dreams. **$1.25. Lane.

7–10279.

Under the four headings, Sonnets, Youth’s journey, Gathered petals,
and Woven of dreams, are gathered more than a hundred exquisite
verses, full of the joy of life and the depths of its emotions.

* * * * *

“The work is uneven and weak lines mar otherwise good sonnets. There
is, too, no allusiveness or elusiveness. The author forgets that
poetry is the language of suggestion and tumbles everything out before
us with a forwardness that is occasionally unpleasant.” Christian
Gauss.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 220w.

=Shoemaker, Michael Myers.= Winged wheels in France. **$2.50. Putnam.

6–42912.

The “winged wheels” belong to a “great red touring car” in which the
author made a trip through the Rhine valley to Switzerland. The
snapshot method has been employed and there are no time exposures. The
book is embellished with numerous reproductions of photographs.

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 129. My. ’07.

“He is always interesting and entertaining in his books, but we prefer
him when he travels at more leisure than the motor-car permits. The
volume is pleasantly written and admirably illustrated.” H. E.
Coblentz.

+ =Dial.= 42: 373. Je. 16. ’07. 200w.

=Nation.= 84: 59. Ja. 17, ’07. 110w.

“The descriptions are graphic, and there is a wise avoidance of the
geographical details.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 899. D. 22, ’06. 360w.

“Mr. Shoemaker writes with sympathy, although his pages might well
have been more picturesque and luminous considering his subject
matter.”

+ − =Outlook.= 84: 1083. D. 29, ’06. 230w.

“A good bit of descriptive travel writing.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 50w.

“It is a succession of rapid impressions, which seems to require eyes
and a brain especially made for the purpose, if any fixed recollection
is to be carried away. Yet these impressions are clear, in spite of
their quickness and slightness.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 1013. Je. 29, ’07. 360w.

=Shorter, Dora Sigerson.= Through wintry terrors. $1.50. Cassell.

“A struggling clerk and his silly young wife, a vicious little poet,
an old maid, and a few of the submerged—these are the characters in
‘Through wintry terrors.’” (Lond. Times.) The tragedy of a hasty
marriage is enacted in which misunderstandings lead to separation, and
this, for the wife, to the sober trouble of London’s darker side. “The
simple story moves straight to its end through troubles very real and
affecting, shaped by the hand of an artist and touched with the spirit
of a poet.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *