Chapter LV: Part 3: is a very extended list of contributions to periodicals.... An (9)

− =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 356. Ap. ’07. 570w.

“The argument for the main proposition is too thin to expose to close
debate.”

− + =Outlook.= 84: 581. N. 9, ’06. 160w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Old-fashioned folk. Privately printed. R. E. Lee, 212 Summer st., Boston.

7–17373.

“A plea for the simple life of former times;” further it is “an
arraignment of selfish independence and self-assertive vulgarity,
written with fine scorn of the mere treasure heaper, and it includes a
stern hint of what may come from imitating him, and from tolerating
the practice by which he helps himself, in both senses of the phrase.”
(N. T. Times.)

* * * * *

=Lit. D.= 34: 886. Je. 1, ’07. 70w.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 418. Je. 29, ’07. 200w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Romance of an old-fashioned gentleman. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–31210.

“In ‘The romance of an old-fashioned gentleman’ we have the wholesome,
noble, self-controlled side of a situation continually presented from
the opposite side. A man who can deny himself and his love is shown as
a strong, well-developed character—a man who has learned the lesson of
life so well that he is able to guide others. His crisis long past,
though the hurt is never healed, he grasps in his strong hand a
younger man when he faces bitter temptation, and leads him safely
through it. The women in the story are the sort Mr. Smith knows as
well as Howells knows his kind.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“A charming story of simple plot and well defined characters.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 204. N. ’07. ✠

=Dial.= 43: 428. D. 16, ’07. 100w.

=Nation.= 85: 446. N. 14, ’07. 310w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 652. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

“The wide world is the scene of the rest of the story told in Mr.
Smith’s colorful prose, but the portrait of the fair Southern holds
its magic to the end.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 764. N. 30, ’07. 410w.

“‘The romance of an old-fashioned gentleman’ is both beautiful and
true.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 496. N. 2, ’07. 220w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 623. N. 23, ’07. 20w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Veiled lady, and other men and women, il. †$1.50. Scribner.

7–12697.

Stories that are intrinsically good, that reveal characteristics of
the story-teller, that offer to writers bits of advice which have
grown out of the author’s wide study and observation. and that
delicately rail against fads and foibles tho they be artistic ones and
indulged in by the descendants of “earls and high-daddies.”

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 137. My. ’07. 70w. ✠

“There is so little of the cynic and so much of the humanitarian in
‘the staid old painter,’ as he calls himself in this his latest volume
of gentle tales, that we rejoice in the sentiment of an older fashion
and the mellow mood of most of the stories.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1102. Jl. 11. ’07. 180w.

“For tho subjects are sufficiently various, a certain coordination and
unity is furnished by the delightful human quality which links the
stories one to another like a thread of gold. The illustrations, many
of which are by the author, are a notable feature of the book.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 724. My. 4, ’07. 130w.

“It is not the beautiful veiled lady who is his real achievement, but
the conglomerate little dragoman who carries in his pocket enough of
the small change of heroism to be a stanch friend in need.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 501. My. 30, ’07. 300w.

“The truth is there is not very much to any of these stories except
the water color effect of the backgrounds and the charm of the
painter, engineer, good fellow visible and personally present in
them.”

− + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 189. Mr. 30, ’07. 620w.

“A charming series of impressions of picturesque bits of life.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 385. Je. 15, ’07. 170w.

“The best of his stories are mainly those of Venice and the east, but
every one will repay the time spent in reading.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 256. Je. 1, ’07. 40w.

=Smith, Francis Hopkinson.= Wood fire in no. 3. †$1.50. Scribner.

5–34173.

Descriptive note in December, 1905.

“It is the author’s way of thinking of them that makes them what they
seem to be—charming.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 504. Ag. 11. ’06. 240w.

=Smith, Frank Berkeley.= In London town. **$1.50. Funk.

6–35588.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. F. Berkeley Smith’s impressions of London town are not so much
those of a lighthearted holiday-maker as of an alert, keen-eyed, and
precociously sophisticated journalist.” Harriet Waters Preston.

+ =Atlan.= 99: 419. Mr. ’07. 510w.

=Smith, George Armitage.= Principles and methods of taxation. *$1.25. Dutton.

7–6425.

An account of the British system of taxation and the principles on
which it is based.

* * * * *

“Mr. Armitage-Smith is a high authority on ‘The principles and methods
of taxation,’ ... and his present volume ... is of value, and may be
commended for educational purposes.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 607. My. 19. 510w.

=Smith, Gertrude.= Little Girl and Philip. **$1.30. Harper.

7–36981.

Printed in large type with eight full page illustrations in color by
Rachael Robinson these fifteen stories about the lively little girl
and the quiet little boy who lived next door to her will make a
pleasing gift-book for all small folks who like to hear about other
people’s grandmas and grandpas, their nice uncles, their pets, their
plays and their pleasant surprises.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 30w.

=Smith, Goldwin.= Labour and capital: a letter to a labour friend. **50c. Macmillan.

7–7165.

A monograph which urges upon labour conservative progression.
“Progress,” writes Professor Smith, “seems more hopeful than
revolution.” and altho he has faith in the ultimate realization of the
socialist ideal, perfect brotherhood, he closes his consideration of
the questions of labour and capital, with the declaration “There is no
leaping into the millenium.”

* * * * *

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 647. My. ’07. 60w.

“The interest of the letter lies in its formulation of the judgment of
a historical student who is familiar with many aspects of life and is
reasonably free from bias.” Charles Richmond Henderson.

+ =Dial.= 42: 287. My. 1, ’07. 80w.

“A series of interesting and suggestive reflections.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 307. Mr. 14, ’07. 200w.

“Written in a characteristically clear style.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 813. Ap. 6, ’07. 110w.

=Spec.= 98: 985. Je. 22, ’07. 820w.

=Smith, Rev. Haskett.= Patrollers of Palestine. *$3. Longmans.

7–10989.

“The experiences of a lively party of tourist, men and women, who
journey through the Holy Land, their conversation carried on by
various characters such as The enthusiast, The pessimist, etc., form
the subject matter of this posthumous book.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“Though brightly written, is spoilt by the introduction of a good deal
of humour which strikes us as often a little forced.”

+ − =Acad.= 71: 061. D. 29, ’06. 120w.

“The present volume gives to all who are interested in present-day
Palestine, as well as in its historical and religious significance, a
certain intimate atmosphere hardly found in other works on that
subject.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 575. Mr. 9. ’07. 130w.

“Whatever we may think of Mr. Haskett Smith’s geographical theories or
his speculations on the miraculous, he has certainly drawn a graphic
picture of the modern tourist in Palestine and the necessity of
finding a guide who will ‘suffer fools gladly.’”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 147. F. 2, ’07. 1120w.

=Smith, James Allen.= Spirit of American government: a study of the constitution; its origin, influence and relation to democracy. **$1.25. Macmillan.

7–16497.

In which the author traces the influence of our constitutional system
upon the political conditions which exist in this country to-day. He
calls attention to the spirit of the Constitution, its inherent
opposition to democracy, and the obstacles which it placed in the way
of majority rule.

* * * * *

“Every page shows evidence of much investigation and reflection and
earnest analysis. Nevertheless, we are certain that his argument will
from start to finish prove not only unsatisfactory but exceedingly
exasperating to those who believe and insist that a democracy must be
safe, sane, and stable as well as adjustable. The fundamental fallacy
vitiating the entire narrative is the author’s misconception of the
nature of democracy, due primarily to his non-appreciation of the
inexorable necessities of a sovereignty.” F. I. Herriott.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 620. N. ’07. 620w.

“It is refreshing to find amid the arid compilations and
inconsequential manuals on American government that pour forth
annually from the press a volume that is well written, vigorous and
highly contentious in a scholarly fashion.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 939. O. 17, ’07. 560w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 313. My. ’07. 140w.

“The work has a certain importance, or, at least, significance, owing
to the fact that it expresses so frankly the idea underlying a
movement which is now with us and which must run its course. What
Professor Smith desires in government would correspond to the
untrained, unhampered individual, the slave of impressions. He has no
understanding of the true democracy, which aims at once at the liberty
of the individual as also of the masses.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 121. Ag. 8, ’07. 1540w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 490. Ag. 10, ’07. 120w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 758. Je. ’07. 120w.

=Smith, Captain John.= Generall historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer isles. 2v. *$6. Macmillan.

7–18581.

An interesting work which the tri-centennial of Jamestown has called
forth. “The rare works that make up this volume are here assembled in
convenient form for the first time since their original publication in
1624–30. The edition will contain facsimile reproductions of all the
maps and illustrations in the originals, including the rare portraits
of the Duchess of Richmond and Pocahontas.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 72: 310. Mr. 30, ’07. 1070w.

=Dial.= 42: 118. F. 16, ’07. 130w.

“Nothing, too, could be more praiseworthy than the manner in which the
work has been done. With scholarly conscientiousness, the publishers
have presented an exact reprint of the original editions.” Lawrence.
J. Burpee.

+ + =Dial.= 42: 163. S. ’07. 2290w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 310. Ap. 4, ’07. 140w.

+ =Nature.= 76: 26. My. 9, ’07. 1060w.

“These books are neither terse nor short, but they are rich in color
and intimate interest and most entertaining and valuable reading.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 253. Ap. 20, ’07. 210w.

“Except for the scantiest of mention in the brief introductory
statements of the publishers, the reader is left absolutely in
ignorance of the fact that Smith’s veracity has been questioned. For
this there can be no excuse.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 86: 967. Ag. 31, ’07. 400w.

“It is one of the best stories of adventure in our language. The
volumes before us are simply a reprint without notes, and, if we may
make bold enough to say so, are all the better for that.”

+ =Spec.= 98: 460. Mr. 23, ’07. 1860w.

=Smith, Justin Harvey.= Our struggle for the fourteenth colony: Canada and the American revolution. 2v. **$6. Putnam.

7–26025.

The story of how the thirteen colonies in asserting their own
independence tried to force it upon Lower Canada. “It will appeal
primarily to the specialist in American history, for few general
readers of history would care to digest some twelve hundred pages to
gain even a thorough understanding of a failure.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“It is not likely that any facts of importance will be added to those
which Mr. Smith has unearthed and worked into his mosaic. Yet we are
so ungracious as to wish that this definitive work had been done
differently. Here his eye is somewhat too close to the object for
broad vision. And thus his defects in point of view make his attempt
to fix this episode in general revolutionary history the weakest part
of his book.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1119. N. 7, ’07. 970w.

“What is likely long to remain the authoritative history of our
attempt to secure the adhesion of the ‘fourteenth colony.’ Prof. Smith
has not only conducted a faithful piece of research; he has written an
interesting book, though it could be compressed to advantage.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 540. S. 7. ’07. 390w.

“Traversing the subject as a whole, he shows himself an equally facile
and entertaining historical writer. At times, to be sure, the effort
to sustain the interest leads him into a floridity, and occasionally a
levity, that distinctly detract from the dignity of his theme; while,
on the other hand, his obvious passion for research induces him to
include much petty detail that obscures rather than illuminates. But
his work is so fresh, so original, and so informing that it deserves
the heartiest of welcomes.”

+ + − =Outlook.= 87: 311. O. 12, ’07. 400w.

“A dignified historical study—which, however, has not disdained to be
interesting.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 510. O. ’07. 120w.

“Mr. Justin Smith has worked on his subject with most laudable
industry.”

+ =Spec.= 99: 335. S. 7, ’07. 150w.

=Smith, Margaret Bayard.= First forty years of Washington society: a portrayal by the family letters from the collection of J. Henley Smith; ed. by Gaillard Hunt, il. **$2.50. Scribner.

6–40262.

Letters which until recently have been kept well guarded make
available an authentic record of Washington society during its first
forty years. Manners and customs, no less than notable political
characters, appear in a new and intimate light.

* * * * *

“The editor has furnished a satisfactory index and the notes necessary
to explain the text.” Montgomery Blair.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 669. Ap. ’07. 760w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 73. Mr. ’07.

“The editor’s notes are always to the point.” S. M. Francis.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 494 O. ’07. 480w.

“Upon the deeper character and influence of the many notable men about
her, Mrs. Smith’s comments are of no great value. But a clever woman
is often able to see and portray the peculiar characteristics of an
individual or an event in a way that is illuminating and valuable. It
is this quality in the letters of Margaret Bayard Smith that makes
their publication well worth while.” Sara Andrew Shafer.

+ + − =Dial.= 42: 139. Mr. 1, ’07. 1620w.

+ =Lit. D.= 33: 914. D. 15, ’06. 280w.

“The book is too long ... but when we lay it down we feel as if we had
been at a pleasant gathering, where no evil was spoken, and every one
had a moderate old-fashioned enjoyment of life.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 83. Mr. 15, ’07. 1220w.

“Possessing no special charm in themselves, they will be often
resorted to for color by other writers. The editorial work is
competently done by Gaillard Hunt. His candor in preserving the
simplified spelling of the writer, and certain even more simplified
grammatical constructions, contributes to the impressions of essential
veracity.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 315. Ap. 4, ’07. 600w.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 270w.

“This collection of letters ... is a distinct and valuable
contribution to the completeness of the historical pictures of life in
the highest political circles in the first half century of the
American republic.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 11: 870. D. 15. ’06. 1740w.

+ =Outlook.= 84: 939. D. 15, ’06. 340w.

Reviewed by John Spencer Bassett.

+ =Putnam’s.= 2: 255. My. ’07. 100w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 110. Ja. ’07. 140w.

=Smith, Marion Couthouy.= Electric spirit, and other poems. $1.25. Badger. R. G.

6–25984.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The author ... brings to her work noticeable strength of thought and
unusual feeling for rhythm.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 160w.

=Smith, Mary P. Wells.= Boys of the border. †$1.25. Little.

7–31225.

Events in the Deerfield valley during the French and Indian wars are
narrated in this third volume of “The old Deerfield series,” which
brings the history of western Massachusetts down to the revolutionary
period. The tale of the border forts is told in a spirited fashion
true to the times and scenes, the early settlers, their hardships,
their sturdy endurance, are all clearly pictured in the course of the
narrative which is told in a simple, personal fashion that will appeal
to young readers.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 670. O. 19, ’07. 10w.

“The general boy reader will, we fancy, rather protest at the
overloading of details and the sad record of slaughter in the ending
chapter.”

+ − =R. of Rs.= 36: 764. D. ’07. 70w.

=Smith, Richard.= Tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna, and Delaware in 1769. **$5. Scribner.

6–32121.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The journal is well indexed and seems to be printed, in general, with
praiseworthy accuracy. The foot-notes, perhaps adequate for the
popular reader, will be found to explain the point which the student
already understands more frequently than that as to which he needs
enlightenment: and they are uniformly destitute of page references to
the numerous books which they mention.” C. H. H.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 427. Ja. ’07. 380w.

“The charm and value of his journal is its remarkable directness.
Several unfortunate blunders of the printer or of the proof-reader
disclose themselves in the introduction, but the ‘Journal’ itself is a
satisfactory reproduction of a valuable manuscript. The index, too,
calls for a good word; it is full, yet not complicated; but why, pray,
was it not strictly alphabetical?”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 204. F. 28, ’07. 480w.

=Smith, Rodney.= Gipsy Smith, his life and work: an autobiography. *$1. Revell.

“This volume gives the story of the life of this remarkable man from
its beginning as a gypsy child, and of his work as an evangelist in
four continents, dating from the time when he became a Christian and
forsook the gypsy life, in his seventeenth year.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“An autobiography marked by somewhat unusual frankness, and by
unmistakable sincerity.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 847. D. 8, ’06. 230w.

=Outlook.= 84: 891. D. 8, ’06. 150w.

=Smith, Ruel Perley.= Prisoners of fortune. $1.50. Page.

7–5061.

A story of shipwreck and romance, of treasure stores, of intrigue, of
wreckers and swarthy pirates. It is purported to be told in 1757,
after an interval of fifty odd years, by one who at the time of the
happenings was “active and strong and full of bold enterprisings.” The
Atlantic shore waters are the scene of the adventures, and such bold
spirits as Quelch and the famous Blackbeard of pirate notoriety
animate the pages.

* * * * *

“A good old-fashioned story of Massachusetts bay in the days of Cotton
Mather, a story told with the affected garrulity of reminiscent old
age,” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 378. Je. 16, ’07. 120w.

“If one is very, very young, and not particular about the quality of
his pirates, the blunderbuss type portrayed in this book may satisfy
him.”

− =Ind.= 62: 674. Mr. 21, ’07. 50w.

=Nation.= 84: 292. Mr. 28, ’07. 170w.

“In the beginning it reads like the real thing in piratical
literature. Afterwards it hangs fire and trails its colors a bit—but
taken as a whole there are worse stories of the brand.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 119. F. 23, ’07. 410w.

“All put down in serious style, quite unrelieved by vivacity, but
wholly consistent with the gravity of his day.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 718. Mr. 23, ’07. 100w.

=Smith, Ruel Perley.= Rival campers ashore; or, The mystery of the mill. $1.50. Page.

7–30991.

This third volume in the “Rival campers series” is full of interesting
things for half-grown readers. The rival campers encounter many new
adventures, and make many new friends, while old Colonel Witham loses
his ill-gotten gains to the kind hearted Ellisons when the old mill,
in a spring freshet, yields up its secret.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 80w.

=Smith, Rev. Samuel George.= Industrial conflict: a series of chapters on present-day conditions. **$1. Revell.

7–20333.

A discussion based upon two series of letters. “The letters from labor
leaders, in answering the question put to them, ‘What do workingmen
want?’ state the commoner demands of labor for shorter hours,
increased wages, and improved conditions, and embrace such concrete
suggestions as postal savings tanks, government ownership and control,
state board of arbitration, restriction of immigration, the closed
shop, and protection of women and children. Employers demand loyalty,
freedom in management of affairs, the open shop, a ‘fair’ day’s work
for ‘fair’ wages, and respect for law and contract agreements. The
author’s comment upon these demands is entirely sympathetic. In a
final chapter entitled ‘Would socialism do?’ he expresses the opinion
that it would not.” (J. Pol. Econ.)

* * * * *

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 500. O. ’07. 150w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 499. Ag. 17, ’07. 1620w.

=Smyser, William Emory.= Tennyson. *$1. Meth. bk.

7–6733.

This volume is one of a series of six which is entitled Modern poets
and Christian teaching. It includes chapters upon Tennyson and the
religious movements of his time, “In memoriam,” The record of a
spiritual struggle, The answer to materialism, Of the ethical and
social bearings of Tennyson’s philosophy, The spiritual symbolism of
the Idylls of the king, and The last poems of faith.

* * * * *

“The writer is particularly happy in interpreting the poet’s thought
in the light of the intellectual turmoil of his age.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 734. Mr. 28, ’07. 270w.

“Mr. Smyser judiciously restrains his personal views, and allows the
poet and the circumstances of the time to speak. The book is a
sympathetic appreciation of the poet.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 574. Mr. 9, ’07. 330w.

=Smyth, Eleanor C.= Sir Rowland Hill: the story of a great reform: told by his daughter. **$1.65. Wessels.

The entire history of the penny post is traced here with generous
detail concerning the originator’s home life.

* * * * *

“This old story was well worth retelling, and Mrs. Smyth, the daughter
of the originator of penny postage, tells it well.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 517. O. 26. 700w.

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

“The special feature in the book is therefore due to the more intimate
and personal atmosphere which she has thrown around her story; but
this is mainly to be found in the first forty pages of introduction.”

+ =Sat. R.= 104: 460. O. 12, ’07. 170w.

“A reformer in the heat of the struggle may well talk of ‘odious taxes
on knowledge,’ and of the franking system as ‘a hoary iniquity,’ but
such language is out of place in such a book as this. It is a mistake
to apply to the past the standards of the present.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: sup. 751. N. 16, ’07. 460w.

=Smythe, William Ellsworth.= Conquest of arid America. **$1.50. Macmillan.

5–41786.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is marred here and there by inferior typography. But it is
valuable, interesting, entertaining—a clear, impartial presentation of
all the aspects of the greatest achievement in present times, the
conquest of arid America.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 419. Mr. ’07. 380w.

=Snaith, John Collis.= Henry Northcote. †$1.50. Turner, H. B.

6–14547.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is certainly one to be read, though we deplore the
ultra-cynical scene at the end.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 662. Je. 2. 160w.

“Whatever its defects, bears every trace of being conceived and
carried out under the stress of genuine excitement; and whatever its
measure of success neither in plan nor execution is there a taint of
mediocrity.” Mary Moss.

+ + − =Atlan.= 99: 120. Ja. ’07. 1630w.

“Is a book to be reckoned with.”

+ =Dial.= 42: 143. Mr. 1, ’07. 350w.

“Mr. Snaith is either a madman or a new kind of a genius. He has
written one of the most powerful books of the year, and he has
deliberately cut it off from being a great book by founding it upon
the egotism of one long-shanked big-headed young man.”

+ − =Ind.= 61: 1569. D. 27, ’06. 610w.

“The great feat the author performs is to present a man of genius so
that you not only believe in his genius but feel and see it. Its
results are set before you and you are forced to admit it is the real
thing. And to represent genius requires genius. Hats off to Mr.
Snaith.”

+ + − =Putnam’s.= 1: 640. F. ’07. 260w.

=Snaith, John Collis.= Patricia at the inn; with an historical introd. by W. B. M. Ferguson; il. by H. B. Matthews. $1.50. Dodge, B. W.

6–37964.

A romance founded upon an adventure of Charles the Second when, after
the battle of Worcester, he was a fugitive. “At an inn on a lonely
coast the rascally landlord entertains unawares the king and two of
his loyal subjects, man and wife. The vacillation of the Merry Monarch
between his safety and his attraction to the Lady Patsy (although he
had seen women ‘younger and more lyrical’), the Stuart witchcraft that
held even injured husbands loyal, the cunning escape from the turncoat
landlord, whose willingness to betray to the highest bidder led him at
last to his horrid deserts, are the main features in the story.”
(Nation.)

* * * * *

“The best work in the book ... comes from the author’s dramatic use of
the fact that tragedy does not lie so much in circumstance as in the
mind of the man involved.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 673. Mr. 21, ’07. 200w.

“A story of perhaps ruggeder texture than many Stuart tales, but
otherwise hardly to be distinguished from the rest of the drops in the
Jacobite fiction sea which rolls from pole to pole.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 539. D. 20, ’06. 150w.

“The author is one who knows how to give the material a turn out of
the beaten path. He is not a mere plot concocter and marshal of
incident. He makes his people real flesh and blood, with a due
admixture of fire.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 799. D. 1, ’06. 180w.

=Snider, Denton Jaques.= American ten years’ war. $1.50. Sigma pub.

6–34283.

The civil war treated philosophically goes back to 1855 for its
starting point. Mr. Snider takes the invasion of Kansas as the
beginning of the war and divides the period into three parts—the
Border war, the Union disunited, and the Union reunited. “It
represents, to put the matter briefly, an attempt to narrate the
varying phases of the conflict in the form of a prose epic.”
(Outlook.)

* * * * *

“However, valueless as much of this work is, there are here and there
some keen observations, evidently based on personal experience in
regard to conditions in the West before the civil war.”

− + =Dial.= 41: 328. N. 16, ’06. 300w.

“Written in Carlylese, but yet a book of uncommon power. No one
interested in the phenomena of social control should neglect to read
these illuminative and instructive chapters.”

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 617. Mr. 14, ’07. 510w.

“The array of incident is, indeed, respectable, and the comments of
the author are sometimes keen and suggestive; but as a contribution to
the history of the Kansas struggle and the civil war, it is
negligible.”

− + =Nation.= 83: 371. N. 1, ’06. 110w.

“It is quite evident that Mr. Snider has thought profoundly and as a
rule clearly of the momentous events of which he writes, and if too
frequently he leaves the impression of straining after effect, he
undoubtedly contrives to set the essentials forth in bold relief.”

− + =Outlook.= 85: 330. F. 9, ’07. 350w.

=Snider, Guy Edward.= Taxation of the gross receipts of railways in Wisconsin. *$1. Macmillan.

6–46362.

A monograph whose main thesis is “that the gross receipts tax is the
superior tax for railroads, and that the rejection of that tax, for
the ad valorem system in Wisconsin was a mistake.” (Ann. Am. Acad.)

* * * * *

“Very painstaking, and in many respects excellent study.”

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 167. Jl. ’07. 440w.

“This paper presents numerous facts of interest to the student of
taxation and is valuable as an investigation of original sources. The
fundamental defect in the author’s argument is that it fails to
recognize the necessity of considering the taxation of railways as a
part of a general system of taxation.” Robert Morris.

+ − =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 177. Mr. ’07. 920w.

=Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 566. S. ’07. 130w.

=Snyder, Carl.= World machine: the first phase, the cosmic mechanism. *$2.50. Longmans.

W 7–93.

When complete there will be three volumes under the general title,
“The world machine.” The first phase, “Cosmic mechanism” is the one
treated in the present volume, the two following are to be “The
mechanism of life,” and “The social mechanism.” This volume “shows how
the modern conception of the Cosmos was worked out from the crude
fancies of primitive men, through ages of observation and reflection,
into the immense range and detail of accurately systematized
knowledge. The chief contributors, ancient and modern, to the grand
result receive due commemoration.” (Outlook.)

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 129. My. ’07.

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 477. Ap. 20. 560w.

“It is a useful book for the public library, because it gives to the
general reader more information on the history of science than he can
find anywhere else in a readable form.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 563. Mr. 7, ’07. 440w.

“He gets his information mostly at second or third hand and gives few
references by which his sources can be traced. Besides the liability
to historical errors due to this, he is fond of exaggeration and rash
prophecy.”

− =Nation.= 84: 595. Je. 27, ’07. 650w.

“The narrative is very verbose, and does not clearly show how one idea
or group of ideas has been developed from previous ones. The author
has evidently not studied the original works of the heroes of science
whose judge he has constituted himself, as he is anything but a
trustworthy guide in the history of astronomy.” J. L. E. D.

− =Nature.= 75: 553. Ap. 11, ’07. 1060w.

“Mr. Snyder’s work is historical and not technical, and it is full of
assured facts.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 96. F. 16, ’07. 120w.

“The grandeur of the revelations of the book is intensified by the
vigorous, picturesque, even dramatic, language of the author. That the
work is a literary achievement of no mean order the most hostile of
mystics, however contrasting his theories, must be ready to admit.”

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 107. F. 23, ’07. 1690w.

“A valuable addition to the literature of popularized science. The
story is told, moreover, in good literary style, animated throughout,
and, at times, picturesque.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 768. Mr. 30, ’07. 280w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 509. Ap. ’07. 200w.

“We have not noted any positive blunders, but on the other hand we
have no confidence that the author really understands the discoveries
which he is expounding. The genuine scientific history which the book
contains is drowned in a flood of turgid rhetoric, which bears along
with it at intervals sprightly illustrations of the most depressing
character.”

− =Sat. R.= 101: 207. Ag. 17, ’07. 1430w.

=Sociological society, London.= Sociological papers, v. 2, by Francis Galton and others. $3. Macmillan.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Some of the papers are couched in such language as to render their
meaning very obscure.”

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 412. Ja. ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Soden, Hermann, baron von.= History of early Christian literature: the writings of the New Testament; tr. by Rev. J. R. Wilkinson; ed. by Rev. W. D. Morrison. *$1.50. Putnam.

6–11299.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The translation is vigorous and good, but some accident must have
happened to the correction of the press. The book requires revision.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 1: 695. Je. 9. 760w.

“A good English translation.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 215. Ja. 24, ’07. 440w.

=Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11th duke of.= Correspondence of two brothers: Edward Adolphus [Seymour] eleventh duke of Somerset, and his brother, Lord Webb Seymour, 1800 to 1819 and after; ed. and comp, by Lady Guendolen Ramsden. *$4. Longmans.

“This correspondence ... is various, interesting, and the work of
distinguished men and women. Though the letters of the eleventh duke
and his brother ... make up the greater part of the book, they are by
no means the only correspondents. Of Madame de Stael there are several
short and characteristic notes, while the letters of Metternich and
the princesse de Sagan ... are of considerable value.”—Spec.

* * * * *

“Lady Guendolen’s notions of editing are original, but not
ineffective. On the whole, however, [she] is to be congratulated on a
competent and conscientious piece of work.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 436. O. 13. 2100w.

“The intimate correspondence here found on the concerns of such men is
valuable not only for the facts and contemporary views given, but for
the characters revealed by it.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 565. Mr. 7, ’07. 200w.

“To say that this volume was more instructive than amusing would be
ambiguous, and perhaps untrue. It is both in a moderate and neither in
a very high degree.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 344. O. 12, ’06. 1750w.

“If she is not orderly, neither is she narrow, and her discursiveness
is fruitful of many neat glimpses of contemporary society.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 81. Ja. 24, ’07. 330w.

“These letters are brief and dry. We commend the book to all students
of the Waterloo period.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 102: 582. N. 10, ’06. 1150w.

“The chief importance of the book is that it presents a picture of the
cultured society which once gave Edinburgh a right to be called the
modern Athens.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 576. O. 20, ’06. 1260w.

=Somerville, Edith Œnone, and Ross, Martin, pseud. (Violet Martin).= Some Irish yesterdays: stories and sketches; with il. by E. Œ. Somerville. †$1.50. Longmans.

7–35223.

“A pleasant medley of sketches of the West of Ireland.... Dogs and
gardens, picnics, the ways of servants and primitive inn-keepers, and
the delights of childhood in an Irish country-house, combine to form
an amusing volume which on nearly every page will recall memories to
those who know the Atlantic seaboard.”—Sat. R.

* * * * *

“These sketches of Irish life and character are as charming and as
amusing as anything that the authors of ‘The experiences of an Irish
R. M.’ have ever done.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 522. N. 24, ’06. 610w.

“Well written, with a warm, sympathetic, humorous touch.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 130. My. ’07.

“The humour of this pleasant volume strikes us as a little less
spontaneous than was the case with its predecessors.”

+ − =Ath.= 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 190w.

“One may sum up the book as a happy blend wherein the grave and the
gay wit of the authors is interwoven amid the humour that finds subtle
expression in the brogue.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 362. O. 26, ’06. 430w.

+ =Nation.= 84: 153. F. 14, ’07. 430w.

“The book is seldom interesting, often dull, and sometimes almost
unintelligible.”

− =Outlook.= 85: 47. Ja. 5, ’07. 70w.

+ =Sat. R.= 102: 617. N. 17. ’06. 220w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 624. O. 27, ’06. 1420w.

=Soothill, W. E.= Typical mission in China. *$1.50. Revell.

“A long series of moving pictures photographed from life. The author
tells of the difficulties of establishing a mission, of its daily
work, of the travels of the missionary about the country and the
multitude of varied things his hands find to do, of the Chinese
converts to Christianity and the aid they give, of the work that is
done among the Chinese women by women missionaries, of the ravages of
the opium habit, and of the movement toward westernization of Chinese
education.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“His book is vigorously informative, shot thru and thru with human
interest, and made attractive with wit and humor.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 941. O. 17, ’07. 100w.

“It is an entertaining volume, brimful of information about the life
and work of the missionary, and vivid with pictures of the daily life
of the Chinese.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 500. Ag. 17, ’07. 340w.

“With many interesting descriptions and touches of humor.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 669. O. 19, ’07. 10w.

=Sorrel, Moxley.= Recollections of a Confederate staff officer. $2. Neale.

Not so much of a narrative as a series of pictures of “camp and field
and of the more striking personalities of the Southern armies.” (Ind.)
The reminiscences begin with the battle of Manassas, and continue thru
Chickamauga and the Eastern Tennessee campaign.

* * * * *

=Ath.= 1907, 1: 470. Ap. 20, 170w.

+ =Ind.= 62: 1267. My. 30, ’07. 40w.

Southern stories retold from St. Nicholas. (Geographical stories.) *65c. Century.

7–29580.

A group of sunny south stories including How we bought Louisiana, The
earthquake at Charleston, St. Augustine, Hiding places in war times,
The ’gator, Catching terrapin and Queer American rivers.

=Souttar, Robinson.= Short history of mediæval peoples, from the dawn of the Christian era to the fall of Constantinople. *$3 Scribner.

7–25500.

“Mr. Souttar begins with a review of the Augustan age and devotes
three chapters to Roman literature before taking up the serious
narrative of the reign of Tiberius. The progress of the Roman empire
from that time until the death of Justinian occupies more than half of
the large volume. Comfortable space is found in seventy-two pages for
a sketch of Mohammedanism and an equal measure is allotted to the
crusades. The remainder of the book is devoted to the Byzantine empire
from Justinian to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.”—Am. Hist. R.

* * * * *

“Possibly the greatest praise we can give the book is that,
notwithstanding the compression, it is not only not dull, but in fact
very readable, not like the author’s own description of early Roman
literature, ‘Historic annals so bald and imperfect that they are of
little use even to the historian.’”

+ − =Acad.= 72: 312. Mr. 30, ’07. 2140w.

“The reader appears to be in safe hands, however, for the current
modern opinion is not departed from, unless the author takes occasion
to differ with some one as to the causes of the decline and fall of
the empire, or as to the effect of Christianity upon early political
and social institutions.” J. M. Vincent.

+ =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 175. O. ’07. 470w.

“He has used in his book what may be regarded as respectable
authorities but he shows no knowledge of the special literature
concerning the topics which he treats. The author is seen at his best
in his chapters on the early emperors, whom he treats with both
fairness and common sense. But inveterate mistakes are repeated
because ... Dr. Souttar is not abreast of recent investigation.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 67. Jl. 20. 720w.

“Granting Mr. Souttar’s method, he has chosen his material with skill
and knowledge and described it with as much vividness as his method
will allow.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 611. O. 12, ’07. 230w.

“The whole thing is certainly not the work of a thorough scholar, or
of a literary man with any cultivated skill in his craft.”

− + =Sat. R.= 104: 114. Jl. 27, ’07. 1370w.

“The truth of the matter is that Dr. Souttar is not sufficiently armed
with authorities to reverse the judgment of history. Dr. Souttar’s
inability to deal with the more obscure problems of history is shown
by his treatment of the subject of Roman persecution of the
Christians.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 399. S. 21, ’07. 1340w.

=Spargo, John.= Bitter cry of the children. **$1.50. Macmillan.

6–5679.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This work is a masterly volume marked by a firm and comprehensive
grasp of the subject which speaks of wide and painstaking research and
investigation. A real contribution to the conscience literature of the
hour.”

+ + + =Arena.= 37: 205. F. ’07. 5540w.

Reviewed by Mary Willcox Glenn.

=Charities.= 17: 497. D. 15, ’06. 1610w.

=Spargo, John.= Capitalist and laborer. (Standard socialist series.) 50c. Kerr.

7–23082.

The first part of this little volume contains a reply to Professor
Goldwin Smith’s attacks on socialism in his book “Capital and labor;”
the second, a lecture on “Modern socialism,” delivered to the students
of the school of philanthropy, New York City.

* * * * *

Reviewed by Albion W. Small.

=Am. J. Soc.= 13: 272. S. ’07. 110w.

“The paper will be especially valuable to the average reader whose
acquaintance with socialism consists chiefly of a bundle of
misapprehensions.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 1370. D. 5, ’07. 150w.

=Spargo, John.= Socialism; a summary and interpretation of socialist principles. **$1.25. Macmillan.

6–22326.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by John Graham Brooks.

+ + =Atlan.= 99: 280. F. ’07. 1230w.

“Mr. Spargo’s views, which if not authoritative are representative,
have the merit of being those of a socialist who is an educated man
commanding a clear and temperate style, accustomed to dealing with
actual affairs and thinking in terms of American life.” Emily Greene
Balch.

+ =Charities.= 17: 464. D. 15, ’06. 2030w.

“In spite of the brevity of his work—the result of conciseness rather
than of superficiality—Mr. Spargo gives a satisfactory general view of
his subject, and his book is to be recommended especially as a
foundation for a more detailed knowledge to be afterwards acquired.”
Eunice Follansbee.

+ =Dial.= 42: 110. F. 16, ’07. 300w.

“As an elementary presentation Mr. Spargo’s work is distinctly
meritorious, in spite of undoubted faults of style, exposition, and
reasoning. Economically it need mislead no one. Sociologically it will
prove stimulating to many. It is probably well worth publishing,
though it adds nothing to the specialist’s knowledge of socialist
history or theory.” R. F. Hoxie.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 122. F. ’07. 540w.

“It is to be regretted that in preparing such an able hand-book for
the propagation of socialistic ideas, the author did not give more
serious consideration to the later developments of economic thought
and thus bring the ‘economics of socialism’ into closer harmony with
the economics of economists.” Henry R. Seager.

+ − =Pol. Sci. Q.= 22: 166. Mr. ’07. 960w.

=Sparhawk, Frances Campbell.= Life of Lincoln for boys. (Young peoples ser.) †75c. Crowell.

7–26624.

Purpose, honest and unyielding, marks the development of Lincoln the
little boy in the lonely woods into Lincoln the patriot, the lover and
friend of his whole country. The sketch has been prepared especially
for boys and furnishes the keynote to a successful life in any place
or station.

* * * * *

“Adapted to the understanding of the young. At the same time, it is
not written in a tone of condescension, an attitude which boys are
sure to resent. Adults might well read it and be instructed.”

+ =Lit. D.= 35: 614. O. 26, ’07. 70w.

=Sparling, Samuel Edwin.= Introduction to business organization. (Citizen’s lib. of economics, politics, and sociology.) $1.25. Macmillan.

6–43943.

“This book is another indication of the growing interest in the
systematic study of business. In the introductory part of the work
definitions and analysis of business organization are given with
considerable attention to the legal aspects and forms of organization.
After this introduction Professor Sparling passes to a discussion of
such topics as, Business aspects of farming, Factory organization,
Factory cost-keeping, Commercial organization, Exchanges, Direct
selling, wholesaling and retailing, Advertising, Credits and
collections.”

* * * * *

“The only book on the subject.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 105. Ap. ’07.

“So many things have received treatment, and the limits set by the
very nature of the series are so narrow, that it has been impossible
for Professor Sparling to make himself clear on a number of points.”
Charles Lee Raper.

+ − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 662. My. ’07. 370w.

“The work is clear and readable. While it is not likely to offer much
detailed information of value to any thoughtful business man about the
organization of his own business, it is likely to prove helpful and
suggestive to the student who wants a general view of the field and to
the beginner who is studying methods of systematizing his own
business.” Wm. Hill.

+ =J. Pol. Econ.= 51: 57. Ja. ’07. 160w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 510. Ap. ’07. 100w.

=Spears, John Randolph.= Short history of the American navy. **50c. Scribner.

7–12867.

Published under the auspices of the new navy league of the United
States, this book aims to be a campaign document for keeping alive
people’s pride in our navy and the part it is playing in the making of
America’s history.

* * * * *

“This book is not to be taken too seriously. It contributes little new
knowledge and fortunately not many errors worthy of being noted.”
Charles Oscar Paullin.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 185. O. ’07. 470w.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 172. O. ’07. S.

“Interestingly and compactly written, it cannot, however, claim
consideration as a serious historical study.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 33. Jl. 11, ’07. 160w.

“This short history of the navy is something more—and less—than a
history. A tract—even a good tract—is still a tract and should be so
labeled.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 488. Ag. 10, ’07. 390w.

+ =R. of Rs.= 36: 757. D. ’07. 90w.

=Speed, Capt. Thomas.= Union cause in Kentucky, 1860–1865. **$2.50. Putnam.

7–14671.

A study of this special phase of the civil war by an active
participant.

* * * * *

“The work has those faults to which the author objects so strongly in
the other state historians. The method employed is interesting, but
unfortunately not convincing. In spite of Captain Speed’s
controversial method, which causes him often to forget facts for
arguments and opinions, the work will be found useful, for it is the
best available source of information about the Union cause in
Kentucky.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 41. Jl. 16, ’07. 440w.

+ =Ind.= 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 60w.

“The book does not tell a consecutive story, but is rather a not
altogether well-assorted collection of fragments relating to men and
events, sometimes only locally interesting.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 187. Ag. 29, ’07. 650w.

“It is a polemic, though not of a fierce nature. It will have
value ... simply because it will be essential to the future historian
of Kentucky and the other border states.” Wm. E. Dodd.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 265. Ap. 27, ’07. 1130w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 128. Jl. ’07. 80w.

=Speer, Robert E.= Marks of a man: or, The essentials of Christian character. *$1. West. Meth. bk.

7–16361.

The Merrick lectures for 1906–7. They are on the following subjects,
Truth: no lie in character ever justifiable; Purity: a plea for
ignorance; Service: the living use of life; Freedom: the necessity of
a margin; Progress and patience: the value of a sense of failure.

=Speicher, Jacob.= Conquest of the cross in China. **$1.50. Revell.

7–20641.

A first-hand view of the conditions to be met by missionaries in
southern China.

* * * * *

“Mr. Speicher’s lectures ... were well worth bringing out in permanent
form, because they give good pictures of present conditions at Kityang
and the South China field generally, and are full of sane advice on
what kind of missionary the country needs and what kind of training
the missionary needs.”

+ =Ind.= 63: 942. O. 17, ’07. 80w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 665. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

* =Spinners’ club.= Spinners’ book of fiction. **$2. Elder.

7–32566.

A book of stories by well known writers of western fiction. Its
mission is to secure additions to a fund started by the Spinner’s club
to aid writers, artists or musicians whose fortunes are at low ebb.
Miss Ina D. Coolbrith whose literary treasures were swept away by the
earth-quake is the first beneficiary.

* * * * *

+ =Dial.= 43: 428. D. 16, ’07. 90w.

“A worthy memorial of Californian literary art.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 789. D. 7, ’07. 230w.

=Spinney, William Anthony.= Health through self-control in thinking, breathing, eating. **$1.20. Lothrop.

7–2729.

An untechnical book whose purpose is to prove that health of body and
mind is a science and an art, and not in any respect a haphazard
matter. The author reveals the way to perfect health.

* * * * *

“There is much ... nonsense in the book.”

− =Ind.= 62: 1474. Je. 20, ’07. 140w.

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 138. Mr. 9, ’07. 70w.

=Spitta, Edmund J.= Microscopy, the construction, theory and use of the microscope. *$6. Dutton.

This “is a new and comprehensive volume on the technique of the
instrument, its construction and the theory of optics as applied to
the microscope. It differs essentially from ‘Carpenter on the
microscope,’ which has long been considered as standard, in that
Spitta has nothing to say regarding microscopic objects. He concerns
himself entirely with the instrument as a medium. The present volume
considers for the first time metallurgical microscopes and illustrates
the most recent types.”—Ind.

* * * * *

“We have noticed a few points which might receive attention in a
future edition, but our opinion of the work as a whole is high, and
every microscopist will be glad to add it to his library.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 448. O. 12. 970w.

“Advanced students in microscopy will find the present volume
extremely helpful.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 1062. O. 31, ’07. 100w.

“In this aim he has, we think, been in a marked degree successful.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 274. S. 13, ’07. 400w.

+ =Nation.= 85: 476. N. 21, ’07. 160w.

“The merit of Dr. Spitta’s work lies in its practical hints, which are
the work of an experienced and skilled microscopist, and not in its
theory, which in fact hardly merits even the subordinate place which
he modestly assigns to it in his preface.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 104: 581. N. 9, ’07. 790w.

=Squires, Grace.= Merle and May: a story of girlhood days. †$1.50. Dutton.

6–39753.

The story of May and the winning over of her friend Merle, whose world
was all awry, to a wholesome girlish view of life will interest boys
as well as girls, for it is full of both fun and incident.

* * * * *

“It would interest boys, too, and it is better than the title would
suggest.”

+ =Bookm.= 24: 525. Ja. ’07. 30w.

“It is full of wholesome lively, good fun, with just enough
seriousness to carry it home to susceptible young hearts. It would do
any girl good to read it.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 3. Ja. 5, ’07. 480w.

=Stael-Holstein, Mme. de.= Madame de Staël and Benjamin Constant; ed. by Mme. de Constant’s great-granddaughter. Baroness Elizabeth de Nolde; tr. from the French by Charlotte Harwood. **$1.50. Putnam.

7–29169.

“These letters from Madame de Staël to Benjamin Constant, while not of
great political importance, show clearly the temper of the times, as
well as the emotions of the distinguished woman who wrote them. They
are not many, and do not by any means cover the whole period when
these two famous people were intimately connected. They show the
decadence of their devotion, and represent, by implication, ‘the
inconstant Constant’ in any but an admirable light.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“These letters of Mme. de Staël, with their frequent references to
current events, have some historical as well as biographical interest,
but are perhaps not quite so important or interesting as the Baroness
de Nolde would have us believe. The translation is a little too
obviously a translation.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 254. O. 16, ’07. 370w.

“As a whole the small volume is an interesting addition, though not of
great importance, to the voluminous literature of the time.”

+ =Outlook.= 87: 356. O. 19, ’07. 380w.

“The book is to be recommended to all readers who are attracted by the
name of Madame de Staël. She, not Constant, benefits by this
publication of new letters.”

+ =Spec.= 99: sup. 753. N. 16, ’07. 210w.

=Staley, Edgcumbe.= Guilds of Florence. *$5. McClurg.

6–37191.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 105. Ap. 16, ’07.

“It is not provided with notes of any sort, and the literary style is
too exuberant to be that of an historian writing primarily for
students. It is not likely that very many readers will be able to
plough through all of the twenty chapters. But no one with any
interest in the general subject can afford to miss the last hundred
pages of the book.” Laurence M. Larson.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 41. Ja. 16, ’07. 1450w.

“Easy as it would be to quarrel with the impression caused by this
presentation, and to detect inaccuracies, the heart of Mr. Staley’s
book is sound. It is not an important contribution to historical
knowledge but an attractive work for the general reader.”