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This volume in the Harper’s young people series pictures a number of
dramatic scenes in the Revolution ranging from Lexington to Yorktown.
They include: the true story of Paul Revere, an account of the days
before Bunker Hill, The capture of the “Margaretta,” the pursuit of
Arnold, how Lafayette played the war game of 1781 against Cornwallis,
and five other stories by Howard Pyle, Winthrop Packard, Percival
Redsdale and others.

=Strasburger, Eduard.= Rambles on the Riviera; tr. from the German by O. and B. Comerford Casey. *$5. Scribner.

7–4810.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 804. D. 22. 230w.

=Streatfeild, Richard Alexander.= Modern music and musicians. $2.75. Macmillan.

6–45303.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 131. My. ’07.

“All his chapters are interesting, tho some are marred by rhetorical
skyrockets. He has the courage of his convictions and utters some new
opinions that are worth considering; but he also publishes some
opinions (and even a few misstatements of fact) which prove that his
authoritative pose is not wholly justified.”

+ − =Ind.= 62: 1528. Je. 27, ’07. 390w.

=Spec.= 98: 139. Ja. 26, ’07. 930w.

=Streatfield, Rev. George Sidney.= Self-interpretation of Jesus Christ: a study of the Messianic consciousness as reflected in the synoptics. *$1.25. Meth. bk.

“The Jesus of the synoptists, it is here argued with much force and
learning, asserts Himself as the transcendental Christ.”—Bib. World.

* * * * *

“Compels respect by reason of the conspicuous earnestness and
sincerity of the author. The book is fundamentally in error in two
respects. The value of Jesus and his message to man is not determined
precisely by his peculiar ontological relation to God. And further,
the dilemma which the author proposes will not exhaust the
possibilities in the light of an honest historical interpretation of
the gospels.” J. W. Bailey.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 688. O. ’07. 300w.

“The author’s familiarity with modern controversial literature has
overloaded his pages with variant opinions, while theological terms
are not always clearly and precisely distinguished. In general he
seems to be defending the truth rather than seeking it.”

− + =Bib. World.= 28: 432. D. ’06. 50w.

+ =Spec.= 97: 830. N. 24, ’06. 310w.

* =Streckfuss, Adolf.= Lonely house; tr. from the German by Mrs. A. L. Wister. il. †$1.50. Lippincott.

7–33203.

A story which tells how a German scientist hunting for specimens in
the mountains of Southern Ukraine is drawn into a murder case, how
unwittingly he aids the guilty man in his prosecution of an innocent
one, and how finally he accidentally discovers clews which lead to the
straightening of the tangle.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 655. O. 19, ’07. 50w.

* =Street, George Slythe.= Ghosts of Piccadilly. **$2.50. Putnam.

With Mr. Street as guide, the reader enters the Piccadilly of the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth century, goes from house to house, and
studies the characteristics of the “ghosts of no ordinary men and
women.” Among them are Dr. Johnson, Beau Brummel, Lady Ashburton,
Tennyson, the Carlyles, “Old Q,” Macaulay, Byron and Lady Hamilton.

* * * * *

“On the whole a very worthy addition to the noble army of books about
the Town.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 58. O. 26, ’07. 620w.

“Much of his matter will be fresh enough to most readers, but the
point is the freshness with which he tells the story, the insight and
balance of his judgments on people, the sharp light on his thumb-nail
sketches. There is all Piccadilly in this volume, presented in a
medium of imaginative talk.”

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 648. N. 23. 1440w.

“Lively, gossipy chronicles of bygone days.”

+ =Dial.= 43: 424. D. 16, ’07. 130w.

“If one cannot praise the book quite without reserve, that is mainly
because of the conditions under which it was composed. It was written
for the magazines and was intended to be read, not at a sitting, but
in installments.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 324. O. 25, ’07. 1020w.

“Author and subject are in an ‘affinity.’”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: sup. 3. N. 16, ’07. 1560w.

“A most readable kind [of book]. It is not, it will be understood, for
every reader.”

+ − =Spec.= 99: 718. N. 9, ’07. 120w.

=Stringer, Arthur.= Phantom wires. †$1.50. Little.

7–12004.

A continuation of the fortunes of the wire tappers who married hastily
and left New York strong in the resolution to abandon their
questionable methods of gaining a livelihood. Abroad, luck seems to
turn against them and once more Durkin turns his electrical
engineering skill to account, locates valuable papers and turns
burglar. The adventures which he and his clever wife share are quite
as novel as they are thrilling.

* * * * *

“We regard it as distinctly inferior to the author’s former story.”

− =Arena.= 38: 217. Ag. ’07. 470w.

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 724. My. 4, ’07. 280w.

“The plot is constructed with skill and worked out with more than
ordinary ability.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 362. Ap. 18, ’07. 130w.

“It is a risky theme, but the author handles it skillfully and with
restraint.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 237. Ap. 13, ’07. 520w.

“There is decided talent shown in the management of the details of
this intricate and highly sensational novel.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 70w.

=Stringer, Arthur John Arbuthnott.= Wire tappers. †$1.50. Little.

6–16649.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“As a psychologist Mr. Stringer is less successful. Frances, in
particular is an incredible character.” Herbert W. Horwill.

− + =Forum.= 38: 546. Ap. ’07. 540w.

* =Stringer, Arthur John A.= Woman in the rain and other poems. **$1.25. Little.

7–37033.

In “The woman in the rain” Mr. Stringer pictures the horror of the
“huddled sins” of the unregenerate woman grown old in her vice. Among
the other poems are “The passing of Aphrodite,” and “Sappho in
Leucadia.”

* * * * *

“Both new and old verses are sincere and human in note.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 667. O. 19, ’07. 20w.

=Strong, Mrs. Arthur (Eugenie Sellers).= Roman sculpture: from Augustus to Constantine. (Library of art.) *$3. Scribner.

7–35388.

Based upon a series of lectures delivered at intervals during the past
seven years Mrs. Strong’s work is “an exposition of the distinctive
character and the evolutionary process of Roman art from the inception
of the empire to the official triumph of Christianity.” (Lond. Times.)

* * * * *

“We have criticised this book somewhat closely because it has
interested us deeply. Mrs. Strong is a vigorous critic and will not
shun criticism. The book is more than a valuable addition to the
literature of Roman art. It is practically the first book in this
language to give a wide conspectus of the scope and aims of Roman
sculpture.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 530. Je. 1, ’07. 2620w.

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 198. N. ’07.

“Inasmuch as her ability and attainments are so well known that
unfavorable criticism cannot be regarded as unfriendly, we must record
the unhesitating opinion that she could have written a much better
book.”

+ + − =Dial.= 43: 168. S. 16, ’07. 470w.

“It is no flattery to say that she is foremost among the excellent
women now working in the classics. She is, however, hardly justified
in saying that it is ‘evidently absurd to talk of a realistic as
opposed to an idealistic art.’”

+ + − =Ind.= 63: 761. S. 26, ’07. 390w.

=Int. Studio.= 32: 85. Jl. ’07. 40w.

“Mrs. Strong has thrown down a gauntlet which will doubtless be taken
up; but he will be a bold man who does it. Her knowledge is immense,
her observation most accurate, her criticism penetrative and fine.
There is no one now writing on ancient art with greater insight than
Mrs. Strong. The points to which we have demurred are not among the
essentials of her book.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 6: 171. My. 31, ’07. 1670w.

“A volume like this should be welcomed. It should not be concealed
that Mrs. Strong hurts her case very often by claiming too much for
her works that are cold and clumsy, poorly disposed, and lacking in
true distinction.” Charles de Kay.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 479. Ag. 3, ’07. 1570w.

“Small blemishes should not prevent us from expressing our deep
gratitude to Mrs. Strong for a book produced at the right time and in
the right way.”

+ + − =Spec.= 99: 56. Jl. 13, ’07. 1740w.

* =Strong, Rev. Josiah.= Challenge of the city. **$1. Baker.

“The president of the American institute of social service here adds
to his widely read and stimulating books one for younger readers.”
(Outlook.) He “treats the problem of those churches and parishes which
are being crowded out of many city districts by the oncoming of
business houses. Eighty-five churches below Fourteenth street have
gone out of existence during the last twenty years. The author finds a
remedy in the direction of federation. Four chapters of the book
appeared previously in a periodical.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 373. Je. 8, ’07. 90w.

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

=Outlook.= 87: 790. D. 7, ’07. 160w.

=Strong, Very Rev. Thomas Banks=, ed. Lectures on the methods of science. *$2.50. Oxford.

6–37941.

Nine lectures by as many eminent lecturers upon such subjects as
Scientific method as a mental operation, Physiology, Inheritance in
animals and plants, Psychophysical method, The evolution of double
stars, Anthropology, Archaeological evidence, and Scientific method as
applied to history.

* * * * *

+ =Acad.= 71: 59. Jl. 21, ’06. 1840w.

“The present volume, however, depends too much upon its title and its
preface. Uninspired by their suggestions, the reader would not suspect
that he was following a course on scientific method. He would rather
suppose that he was receiving an amount of very interesting and very
miscellaneous information.” Frederick J. E. Woodbridge.

− + =J. Philos.= 3: 692. D. 6, ’06. 1820w.

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 238. Jl. 6, ’06. 2230w.

“The first two lectures ... which treat explicitly of the subject
designated in the title of the book, are in reality the least valuable
chapters. The real contributions to the study of method are tacit and
incidental features of the other papers, which make the least overt
reference to the subject.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 366. Ap. 18, ’07. 400w.

− =Nature.= 74: 149. Je. 14, ’06. 200w.

“In this handy form they should do much to teach the ordinary reader
what science claims to be and how its operations are conducted.”

+ =Spec.= 97: 61. Jl. 14, ’06. 490w.

=Stuart, Ruth McEnery.= Woman’s exchange of Simpkinsville. †$1.25. Harper.

Two spinster sisters, “upon whose frail maiden shoulders had devolved
responsibilities hitherto unknown to the women of the name of
Simpkins” lose the fortune of their Arkansas forebears and have to
face the question of earning a livelihood. They hit upon the idea of a
Woman’s exchange, establish it and manage it with credit to the name
of Simpkins. Their rather tame existence is broken by bits of town
gossip, echoes of sentiment of long ago, and chiefly by a proposition
of ten thousand dollars for the collection of birds in the extending
of which an only brother had lost his life.

* * * * *

“Mrs. Stuart’s touch is broader than Mrs. Deland’s, and she is more
open to the charge of sentimentalism.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 110w.

Studies in philosophy and psychology: by former students of Charles Edward Garman, in commemoration of twenty-five years of service as teacher of philosophy in Amherst college. *$2.50. Houghton.

6–22901.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by John Dewey.

+ =Philos. R.= 16: 312. My. ’07. 4220w.

Reviewed by Arthur O. Lovejoy.

=Psychol. Bull.= 4: 18. Ja. 15, ’07. 2840w. (Review of pt. 1.)

Reviewed by Charles H. Judd.

=Psychol. Bull.= 4: 24. Ja. 15, ’07. 1960w. (Review of pt. 2.)

=Sturdy, William A. (Isaac Didwin, pseud.).= Degeneracy of the aristocracy. $1. Pub. by the author; For sale by the Rhode Island news co., Providence, R. I.

7–15554.

“The purpose of this book is to show, by the retrospect of history,
that democracy is destined to assert itself in such a positive manner
as to overthrow the commonly accepted theories of the past, that are
so tenaciously held to, for the apparent purpose of trying to maintain
a declining aristocracy.”

=Sturgis, Russell.= History of architecture. 3v. v. 1. per set. **$15. Baker.

6–45368.

“Mr. Sturgis’s book belongs to the monumental class. It belongs also
to the encyclopedic class, except that the arrangement is
chronological and by countries instead of by topics arranged in
alphabetical order.” (Lit. D.) “An important feature of this work will
be the careful study of the climatic influences on architecture and of
the relation of the domestic to the monumental architecture in various
countries—a field which has been somewhat neglected by architectural
writers. The first volume will deal with the architecture of Egypt,
Western Asia, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.” (Dial.)

* * * * *

“Masterly work. Beautifully printed and illustrated, but the paper is
so heavy and brittle as to be unsatisfactory for library use.”

+ + − =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 74. Mr. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)

“Much of it is brilliantly written, and the whole is evidently the
result of wide reading, travel, and study.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 187. Ag. 17. 1100w. (Review of v. 1.)

“As a record of architectural events, this history, as evidenced by
the volume in hand, leaves nothing to be desired. The task of
collating and arranging the great mass of detail has been heavy, and
the outcome is a work of great value and a matter of congratulation to
both author and publisher.” Irving K. Pond.

+ + + =Dial.= 42: 137. Mr. 1, ’07. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The nomenclature of places is occasionally open to criticism. A book
full of information and suggestion, the fruits of a ripe scholarship,
and far more readable than most works of this kind are apt to be.”

+ + − =Ind.= 62: 271. Ja. 31, ’07. 770w. (Review of v. 1.)

“The work must at once be accepted as a standard treatise.”

+ + + =Lit. D.= 34: 106. Ja. 19, ’07. 230w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Despite these minor blemishes, the work is plainly the fruit of
careful scholarship, accurate in all its specific information, and
usually sound in all its analysis and criticism. It ought to be of
real service in the stimulation of public interest and the training of
public taste.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 20. Jl. 4, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 1.)

“One need have no hesitation in commending the work as by far the best
on its subject and of its scope in the English language. It takes its
place at once as an authority.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 553. S. 14, ’07. 1380w. (Review of v. 1.)

“Half the volume’s value ... is represented by the illustrations.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 36. My. 4, ’07. 440w. (Review of v. 1.)

=R. of Rs.= 35: 508. Ap. ’07. 30w. (Review of v. 1.)

=Sturt, Henry Cecil.= Idola theatri: a criticism of Oxford thought and thinkers from the standpoint of a personal idealism. *$3.25. Macmillan.

6–36468.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Mr. Sturt has produced a book of vigorous and suggestive criticism of
current thought and especially of the logical and metaphysical
doctrine of Mr. Bradley, who has to bear the brunt of the attack upon
‘Anglo-Hegelianism.’ One could wish, however, that the standpoint of
personal idealism had been more fully indicated.” A. Mackie.

+ + − =Int. J. Ethics.= 17: 403. Ap. ’07. 640w.

Reviewed by John Watson.

− =Philos. R.= 16: 78. Ja. ’07. 2240w.

=Sue, Eugene.= Wandering Jew. 2v. ea. $1.25. Crowell.

A reissue of, uniform with the limp leather “Thin papers sets.”

=Suess, Eduard.= Face of the earth (Das antlitz der erde); tr. by Hertha B. C. Sollas under the direction of W. J. Sollas. 5v. per v. *$7.75. Oxford.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“Students of Professor Suess’s masterpieces hardly know whether to
admire most his encyclopedic knowledge of the earth’s surface, his
familiarity with the literature of his subject, his grasp of detail,
his reach of speculation, or his fine poetical feeling and gifts of
expression.”

+ + + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 77. Ja. 19. 770w. (Review of v. 2.)

=Sumner, William Graham.= Folkways: a study of the sociological importance of usages, manners; customs, mores, and morals. *$3. Ginn.

7–21403.

An analytical definition of the folkways and a description of their
functions in the formation and integration of society. Folkways are
the ways of satisfying needs which become habitual and customary by
the uncoördinated coöperation of individuals. The author shows how
these uncoördinated acts grow into habits, thence into traditional
customs related to social welfare, later have a philosophy and become
rules of the life policy.

* * * * *

“Professor Sumner has written a very valuable and timely book, and one
involving years of patient research as well as the possession of a
ripe and fearless mind. The two most serious defects of ‘Folkways’ are
a lack of psychological standpoint and a lack of systematic and
complete presentation.” Wm. I. Thomas.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 116. O. ’07. 730w.

“The data from anthropology and ethnology seem at times to overweigh
the book by their sheer bulk and multiplicity, but for the most part
they deepen the impression of the main thesis.” George E. Vincent.

+ + − =Am. J. Soc.= 13: 414. N. ’07. 2000w.

“A distinct gap is filled by this dissertation. From the student’s
point of view it is not an easy text-book to read or digest. From the
standpoint of those of larger growth it appears congested and scrappy,
and suffers the penalty of brevity in drifting occasionally into
overstatement and uncritical acceptance of evidence. Throughout the
book the author hits hard and does not stay to bandy words with his
adversary; but, although the reader may not always agree with him, he
will find Professor Sumner suggestive and stimulating.” C. H. Hawes.

+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 666. N. 21, ’07. 640w.

=Sweeney, Mildred I. McNeal-.= When yesterday was young; poems. $1.50. Cooke.

7–1960.

Poems descriptive of nature or of places, with a few of legendary,
historical or personal character.

* * * * *

“Nearly every one of the poems in the book seems a ‘tour de force.’ A
phrase, a line, or, at the most, a stanza speaks: the rest is
deliberate verse-making—elaboration.”

− + =Ind.= 62: 733. Mr. 28, ’07. 160w.

“Mr. Sweeney’s verse in both conception and phrase is the product more
of fancy than of imagination, and a book of the size of this can
scarcely be energized save by the latter.”

− + =Nation.= 85: 36. Jl. 11, ’07. 260w.

“One will not read far in Mrs. Sweeney’s poems without noting both
their delicacy of vision and their reflective mood. Though now and
again of blither note, they have, in the main, a thoughtful quality,
wistful, but never melancholy.” Jessie B. Rittenhouse.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 220. Ap. 6, ’07. 340w.

=Sweet, J. M.= Birth and infancy of Jesus Christ. *$1.50. Presbyterian bd.

6–43773.

An exposition of the arguments that tend to prove the historical
authenticity of the virgin birth of Jesus Christ.

* * * * *

“His reasoning is not always cogent, but his research has been
patient, his consideration of the subject on all sides thoro, and he
has preserved thruout the convincing spirit of inquiry”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 1175. N. 14, ’07. 110w.

“His critical skill and appreciation are not sufficient to allow him
to do full justice to his theme, this being especially noticeable in
his treatment of Old Testament passages.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 449. N. 14, ’07. 80w.

“If there is a more thorough and scholarly defense of the virgin birth
of Jesus Christ than this monograph of Mr. Sweet, we are not
acquainted with it. It is not and does not pretend to be impartial; it
is a defense of the orthodox doctrine. But it is fair-minded, erudite,
thorough.”

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 576. Mr. 9, ’07. 400w.

=Spec.= 98: 982. Je. 22, ’07. 60w.

=Sweetser, Kate Dickinson.= Boys and girls from Thackeray, il. †$2. Duffield.

7–28978.

A companion volume to “Boys and girls from Dickens” and “Boys and
girls from George Eliot.” A volume warranted by the emphasis which
Thackeray has placed upon his juvenile sketches, They are reprinted
without the adult intrigue and plot surrounding them in the novels
from which they are taken.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 703. N. 2, ’07. 110w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 310. O. 12, ’07. 80w.

=Swete, Henry Barclay.= Apocalypse of St. John: the Greek text with introd., notes and indices. *$3.50. Macmillan.

Preceding the text and occupying about half the book such introductory
subjects are discussed as Prophecy in the apostolic church, Jewish and
Christian apocalypses, Contemporary scholarship and thought in western
Asia, Origin of the apocalypse of St. John, including a discussion of
its grammatical, rhetorical and literary style and an interpretation
of the text from the religious, symbolical, mystical, historical and
biographical point of view.

* * * * *

“Dr. Swete’s work is marked by all the care, thoroughness, and
precision of scholarship in linguistic and grammatical interpretation
which distinguished all his work and secure to him his place as a
member of the famous ‘Cambridge’ school. But to the present writer he
appears, by the complete rejection of the methods applied, e. g., by
Boussett, to exclude the only possible means of arriving at an
interpretation of the book which is at once consistent and primary;
i.e., an interpretation of what was in the mind of the author.” C.
Anderson Scott.

+ − =Am. J. Theol.= 11: 540. Jl. ’07. 1140w.

“We must be content with adding an emphatic commendation of Dr.
Swete’s volume to the attention of our readers.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 1005. Je. 29, ’07. 420w.

=Swettenham, Sir Frank Athelstane.= British Malaya: an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya. *$4.50. Lane.

7–7542.

Essentially historical. “Of the fourteen chapters, the first deals
with the milieu, the next with the early history according to native
and European sources; then follow two chapters on the dawn of British
influence; they are not always pleasant reading, for our treatment of
the Sultan of Kedah was anything but creditable. The next two chapters
cover the middle fifty years of the last century. This was a period of
anarchy, brought to an end, though not at once, by the appointment of
British residents.... Not the least attractive portions of the work
are of the author’s testimony to the virtues of the Chinese and his
condemnation of the ordinary system of building railways in British
colonies.... The final chapter gives us the author’s views on the
future of the British colony with some more criticism of irrational
methods.”—Acad.

* * * * *

+ + =Acad.= 71: 651. D. 29, ’06. 400w.

“The volume is one which should appeal in an extraordinary degree to
American readers, for there is scarcely a page which does not present
some problem or recount some incident which throws light upon the
peculiar character of the Peninsular Malay who is the first cousin of
the Filipino.” Alleyne Ireland.

+ + =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 154. O. ’07. 970w.

“If ever we should reach the conclusion that instead of trying to fit
people to institutions, institutions should be fitted to the nature
and capacities of the people as they develop under the influence of
industrial opportunity, our administrators may derive valuable
suggestions as to sensible procedure from such books as this one by
Sir Francis Swettenham.” Henry Jones Ford.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 663. My. ’07. 1170w.

+ + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 13. Ja. 5. 330w.

“May well rank as a masterpiece among the host of similar books
written by the servants of the British government.”

+ + =Dial.= 42: 343. Je. 1, ’07. 480w.

“Will appeal not only to those interested in the geographical and
political questions discussed, but also to the comparatively
restricted public who delight in Oriental art work unmodified by
western influence.”

+ + =Int. Studio.= 30: 277. Ja. ’07. 160w.

“It is [a story] that has never been told before with any historic
continuity or in any detail; he tells it with full knowledge, with
great literary skill and with infinite sympathy.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 351. O. 19, ’06. 2200w.

“Were the applicants for positions in our Philippine civil service
obliged to pass an examination to prove their fitness, ‘British
Malaya’ would be an invaluable text-book.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 249. Mr. 14, ’07. 1030w.

“Sir Frank Swettenham writes always with force, sometimes with humour,
very often with charm, with delicacy, and with finish, in spite of an
occasional tendency to split a hapless infinitive. It should be read
by every Englishman who loves his country, for from Sir Frank
Swettenham’s eloquent pages all who read will carry away many
beautiful and striking pictures, many facts of great value, and a
number of imperial lessons very well worth learning and remembering.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 889. D. 1, ’06. 1730w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= Poems: selected and edited by Arthur Beatty. 35c. Crowell.

6–34710.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“This admirable little volume brings the cream of Swinburne’s poetry
within easy reach of all lovers of poetry, and in a handy-sized
volume.”

+ =Arena.= 36: 635. D. ’06. 100w.

=Swinburne, Algernon Charles.= William Blake; a critical essay. 3d ed. *$2. Dutton.

7–35152.

Along with the revival of Blake literature appears a reprint of
Swinburne’s essay published forty years ago. “Where Mr. Swinburne’s
book is invaluable is in his interpretation of poetry, of symbolism as
poetry, of pictorial design as poetry.... In this huge book of
criticism, in which the main incidents of the life of Blake are told,
and a detailed account is given of nearly the whole of his literary
and much of his painted and engraved work, there is not a page—not
even in those flaming foot-notes which spire from page to page after
the dwindling body of the text—which is not essentially poetry rather
than prose.”

* * * * *

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 86. Mr. ’07.

“It is difficult to think of another book, written by a poet on a
poet, which is so generous and so illuminating.”

+ + =Ath.= 1906, 2: 149. Ag. 11. 1920w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 169. F. ’07 1100w.

+ + =Dial.= 41: 400. D. 1, ’06. 70w.

“Allowing for some extravagance of expression, the criticism of the
book is both just and profound; and the commentary, whether it be
right or wrong on particular points, provides a clear and probably
accurate statement of Blake’s ideas and beliefs. It is all written
with the confidence and prolixity of youth.”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 276. Ag. 10, ’06. 1530w.

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 150w.

“There is never likely to be a work on Blake which will supersede that
just, eloquent, generous, and illuminating ‘critical’ essay which Mr.
Swinburne wrote forty years ago and has only now reprinted. It is a
book marvellous for sanity and insight; it was a defence of Blake at a
time when he needed to be defended, and it repeats his praise now,
when the praise is no longer startling.” Arthur Symons.

+ + =Sat. R.= 102: 231. Ag. 25, ’06. 1840w.

* =Swing, Albert Temple.= James Harris Fairchild; or, Sixty-eight years with a Christian college. **$2. Revell.

7–15571.

An intimate sketch of the life of President Fairchild who was
associated with Oberlin college in the capacity of student, teacher,
president and professor emeritus from 1834 to 1902.

* * * * *

=N. Y. Times.= 12: 664. O. 19, ’07. 40w.

“Instead of a real book [this is] a volume that makes its chief appeal
to the alumni of Oberlin, by whom it will doubtless be appreciated, in
oblivion of the larger public.” Montgomery Schuyler.

− =Putnam’s.= 3: 103. O. ’07. 580w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 381. S. ’07. 120w.

* =Symonds, John Addington.= Essays, speculative and suggestive; new ed. *$2. Scribner.

A group of essays first printed seventeen years ago, since which time
the harsh judgments then passed upon it have softened somewhat.

* * * * *

“On a second reading the volume appears very unequal, but it is
certainly full of ideas.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 2: 550. N. 2. 120w.

“Some of the essays, particularly those on style and on Walt Whitman,
are in his best vein.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 469. N. 21, ’07. 120w.

+ =Outlook.= 87: 830. D. 14, ’07. 70w.

* =Symonds, John Addington.= Wine, women, and song; being an essay on the medieval Latin student’s drinking songs, with translations. il. *$1.50. McClure.

Recalled from the past of twenty years ago this book “should be widely
studied if only in order to hasten the death of the absurd belief that
the Middle ages were a time of unnatural misery, when religious mania
ruled the world and joy and laughter died under the frown of a
monstrous puritanical church.” (Acad.)

* * * * *

“Until some kind person will issue a selection of the Goliardic songs
in their original Latin, at a price, and in a form that will help them
to popularity, there is nothing quite so good as this book of J. A.
Symonds’s translations and comments.”

+ =Acad.= 73: 837. Ag. 31, ’07. 1070w.

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

=Symons, Arthur.= Cities. *$2.50. Dutton.

“Mr. Symons’s note is his own.... Rome, Venice, Naples, Seville,
Prague, Moscow, Budapest, Belgrade, Sofia and Constantinople are
traversed and exposed for us by a temperament at once subtle and
impressionistic.”—No. Am.

* * * * *

“Mr. Symons is quite at his best. It is witchery of fine sensations
that characterizes Rome or Seville or Prague or whatever city Mr.
Symons visits.”

+ =Nation.= 83: 481. D. 6, ’06. 140w.

“He is the Whistler of critics.” James Huneker.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 11: 205. Ap. 7, ’06. 550w.

“The book is of a rare charm.” James Huneker.

+ =No. Am.= 185: 76. My. 3, ’07. 160w.

“Some of these [cities] he loves; some he hates. In both cases he
tells us why and with frank thoroughness.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 527. Mr. 2, ’07. 220w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Fool of the world and other poems. *$1.50. Lane.

7–18138.

“The title poem of the volume, a brief Morality play, called ‘The fool
of the world,’ employs a style which admirably suits the theme,
infusing into the simple colloquy between Man and Death all the dread,
the fear, the mystery of mortality as they pervade ‘Everyman’ and
other of the old Morality plays. Following this ... Mr. Symons has a
group of ‘Meditations,’ poised and passionless as a Buddhistic
reverie, fatalistic, ‘sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.’...
Contrary to the mood of his prose, the prevailing note of Mr. Symons’
poetry is negative and over his pages futility, and ever futility, is
written.”—N. Y. Times.

* * * * *

“[‘The fool of the world’] shows, for all its slenderness, strong
dramatic power. It asks a question; it leads you on, as you fancy,
ever nearer to the answer, working up your eagerness in every line;
and suddenly at the close, in the very last word, it flashes upon you
the piteous truth.”

+ + =Acad.= 71: 498. N. 17, ’06. 640w.

“Although Mr. Symons has not mastered poetic forms, his poetry is full
of sensitive beauty.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 284. Mr. 9. 380w.

“There are exquisite things in this volume, lyrical and meditational,
and there is a graver burden, as of satiety, than we have been wont to
find in the work of the poet.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 254. Ap. 16, ’07. 220w.

=Ind.= 62: 1529. Je. 27, ’07. 370w.

“It is decidedly good compared with anything but the best.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 5: 392. N. 23, ’06. 520w.

“He has an admirable poetic scholarship and an equally admirable
intellectual integrity; his cup may be small, but he drinks from his
cup. Yet Mr. Symons’s pride in his intellectual integrity is sometimes
his undoing. His uneasy hatred of the commonplace and his constant
endeavor to give it as wide a berth as possible involve such an
expenditure of energy that in the long run he falls a prey to the very
thing he would escape.”

+ + − =Nation.= 84: 34. Ja. 10, ’07. 590w.

“His style, which in prose has so much distinction, in poetry lacks
the barb of personality, the differentiating touch. His phrasing is
restrained, delicate, often beautiful, but of magic, of color, of
divinely unpremeditated art he is not the master.” Jessie B.
Rittenhouse.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 30. Ja. 19, ’07. 1030w.

“An idea lies at the bottom of each of these finely chased cups
offered by the poet. Poison, too, is not absent, the venom of love and
life and death.” James Huneker.

+ − =No. Am.= 185: 76. My. 3, ’07. 260w.

“He has developed a theory of poetry and the arts; he has found a
locality other than London; he has even touched Keltic dreams in
Cornwall; in the lyric rather than in the drama lies the value of his
new, as his older, tone.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 207. F. 16, ’07. 320w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Introduction to the study of Browning. *$1.50. Dutton.

7–18128.

A reissue, revised and enlarged. “Mr. Symons discusses Browning’s
‘general characteristics’ and those of each of his poems. In the
appendix will be found a bibliography of the poet and a reprint of
discarded prefaces to the first issues of some of his works. There is
also an index to poems referred to in the text. Like other books of
this type, there are innumerable quotations from the writings of the
poet. In addition to all these, the footnotes are full and clear.” (N.
Y. Times.)

* * * * *

=Nation.= 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 60w.

=N. Y. Times.= 11: 830. D. 1, ’06. 320w.

“In this second edition ... Mr. Symons has been able to add materially
to the interest of the book through the publication of comments upon
it by three no less authoritative critics than Walter Pater, George
Meredith, to whom the book is dedicated, and Robert Browning himself.”
A. G.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 494. Ag. 10, ’07. 410w.

“Notwithstanding the appearance of numerous studies of Browning, his
introduction remains the best commentary upon that poet’s works.”
James Huneker.

+ + =No. Am.= 185: 75. My. 3, ’07. 390w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Spiritual adventures. **$2.50. Dutton.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

Reviewed by James Huneker.

+ =No. Am.= 185: 77. My. 3, ’07. 300w.

=Symons, Arthur.= Studies in seven arts. *$2.50. Dutton.

7–6390.

Containing the following studies: Rodin, The painting of the
nineteenth century, Gustave Moreau, Watts, Whistler, Cathedrals, The
decay of craftsmanship in England, Beethoven, The ideas of Richard
Wagner, The problem of Richard Strauss, Eleanor Dusé, A new art of the
stage, A symbolistic farce [Ubo roi, by A. Jarry], Pantomime and the
poetic drama, The world as ballet.

* * * * *

“In his last book Mr. Symons has adventured in search of new
sensations and new moods into unfamiliar fields of art, where he has
occasionally lost confidence in himself and followed the advice of
every person of authority he chanced to encounter. When he confides in
his own faculty of insight he is still an admirable interpreter of the
eternal miracles of beauty: when he mistrusts his own powers he
becomes merely a conscientious student of the opinions of other men.
Criticism distilled from criticism is wanting in life and personality:
it is a branch of the dead sciences.”

− + =Acad.= 71: 629. D. 22, ’06. 770w.

“It is agreeable to read this cunning prose, but we must not be
forbidden to challenge some of its pontificial assumptions. The charm,
however, of these essays lies not in their critical or technical
exactitude, but in their incomparably delicate impressionism.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 284. Mr. 9. 1250w.

=Current Literature.= 42: 297. Mr. ’07. 400w.

“In at least five cases out of the seven (the exceptions being the
articles on architecture and handicraft, the first of which is merely
descriptive and the second merely a pointed and forcible repetition of
standing truths) he has something good, often something profound to
say, not merely on points of detail, but on what he conceives to be
the principles of the art in question. And after reading his charming,
illuminating, often exquisitely written book, we reach instinctively
for an antidote—‘The Republic,’ or ‘What is art?’”

+ + − =Lond. Times.= 5: 408. D. 7, ’06. 1000w.

“Seven essays ... belong to the best of our time. They are indeed
discriminating.”

+ =Nation.= 84: 457. My. 16, ’07. 1000w.

“Mr. Symons preserves order throughout his book and reproduces for the
reader much of his own original aesthetic enjoyment.” Percy Vincent
Donovan.

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 254. Ap. 20, ’07. 1610w.

“He has personality, charm, erudition.” James Huneker.

+ − =No. Am.= 185: 78. My. 3, ’07. 600w.

“Each paper is distinguished by a general excellence in the selection
of material and by an extreme finish in the manner of its exposition.”

+ =Outlook.= 86: 119. My. 18, ’07. 420w.

“Here is subjective impressionism in the finest flower. As a matter of
record few Frenchmen, even, can excel Mr. Symons in subtlety or
penetration. A poet first and last, his attitude is always imperiously
personal.” Christian Brinton.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 126. Ap. ’07. 180w.

“Why, then, when we think thus highly of the book, have we spent
nearly our whole space in criticising rather than in praising it? On
his own terms he comes to us, and on his own terms right glad are we
to welcome him. But, to quote the old saying, though Plato is dear to
us, Truth is dearer. This too daintily allusive, too artificially
picturesque, too laboriously, extravagantly illustrative method of art
criticism ... is dangerous: in the hands of the commoner critic it
becomes absurd.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: sup. 1. F. 23, ’07. 1930w.

=Symons, Arthur.= William Blake. *$3. Dutton.

7–37535.

“An enthusiastic interpretation and impassioned defense of the poet
and painter whose art still puzzles and fascinates.... Mr. Symons
begins by narrating every fact of importance in Blake’s life and
achievements, giving his own interpretation of Blake’s intentions.
Then comes a verbatim reprint of all available documents, containing
every personal account of Blake printed during his life, to which are
added references to him in the diary and letters of Crabb
Robinson.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“It will be seen that any new book on Blake must justify its
appearance by extraordinary merit, and it cannot be said that Mr.
Symons’s work quite stands the test.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 286. S. 26, ’07. 1480w.

“Mr. Symons has written a book of unusual interest. Absorbed and in
accord with his subject, he employs a style elevated and somewhat
mystical at times, yet well sustained and peculiarly fitted for the
narrative.”

+ + =Outlook.= 87: 307. O. 12, ’07. 1610w.

“We did not expect from him the divine energy and insight of Mr.
Swinburne; but we did expect scholarship, research, grace and order,
and we have them here in a book which we cannot do without.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 104: 483. O. 19, ’07. 1230w.

=Synge, M. B.= Short history of social life in England. **$1.50. Barnes.

7–11534.

“A decidedly entertaining account of the growth of social institutions
and modern customs in England. The absurdities of bygone fashion, the
changes made by scientific inventions, domestic conveniences and
inconveniences, old-time gambling, the abolition of dueling, the
improvement of table manners, and a hundred other little land-marks of
advancing civilization are discussed in an unconventional, amusing
way.”—Outlook.

* * * * *

“He has thrown together a mass of details, apparently without being
able to determine which facts were worth being told, which were not,
nor yet which were actually facts and which were only supposed to be
such. He seems to have no well-ordered plan for presenting his
material. Finally, he devotes too much space to political history,
though he gives notice in his introduction that he will avoid doing
so.” Ralph C. H. Catterall.

− =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 194. O. ’07. 550w.

“The author treats the entire subject as one of development, advance,
and betterment, and does it very successfully. The work is evidently
based on wide reading and research.”

+ − =Dial.= 42: 289. My. 1, ’07. 450w.

“Mr. Synge’s book is exceptionally helpful in giving an idea of the
occupations, the pleasures, the manners and customs of the English
people of all ranks from the days of the early Britons to the
present.”

+ + =Ind.= 63: 699. S. 19, ’07. 410w.

“He tells his story well. It is not a work of original research. The
records are all easily accessible. It is not the first work of its
kind. But it is one of the most readable books of the year thus far.”

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 160. Mr. 16, ’07. 290w.

“A series of shifting society pictures not without significance and
with a strong interest to all who like to delve into the quaint,
queer, and curious.”

+ =Outlook.= 85: 766. Mr. 30. ’07. 80w.

“This book is pleasant to read, full of sprightly humour, and as far
as we have been able to test it, historically accurate.”

+ + =Spec.= 97: 212. F. 9, ’07. 2170w.

=Syrett, Netta.= Day’s journey. †$1.25. McClurg.

6–33579.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The story is brilliantly told, and is a study of ‘temperaments,’
artistic and otherwise, of an unusually readable sort.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 389. F. 14, ’07. 410w.

=Szold, Henrietta=, ed. American Jewish year book 5668, September 9, 1907, to September 25, 1908. $3. Jewish pub.

Two directories are included in this year book: The directory of
Jewish national organizations, and The directory of Jewish local
organizations.

T

=Tabb, John Banister.= Selection from the verses of the Rev. John Tabb, made by Alice Meynell. **$1. Small.

“The deliciously tender songs of childhood, of flowers, of lament, the
delicate fancies and symbols ... and the sacred poems, which in their
union of individuality and universality remind us often of the best of
Herbert, are the work of one who is none the less a poet, because four
lines often contain his thought.”—Acad.

* * * * *

“One of Mr. Tabb’s leading characteristics is his power of suggesting
by the lightest of touches, the most delicate of hints, some mighty
truth.”

+ =Acad.= 71: 498. N. 17, ’06. 250w.

“His tiny poems like the psychologist’s pinpricks, are very perfect
tests of poetic sensibility.” Ferris Greenslet.

+ =Atlan.= 100: 846. D, ’07. 280w.

“Mrs. Meynell’s selection, which is not free from misprints nor
immaculately edited, should at least prove a valuable introduction to
the four little volumes of ‘Poems,’ ‘Lyrics,’ ‘Child verse,’ and
‘Later lyrics.’”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 297. O. 4, ’07. 1940w.

“Is a fairly satisfactory exhibition of the quality of that keenly
individual poet.”

+ =Nation.= 85: 35. Jl. 11, ’07. 360w.

“His pearls here have been beautifully strung, and they show him at
his best.” Christian Gauss.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 492. Ag. 10, ’07. 260w.

“Mrs. Meynell has made a good selection from Mr. Tabb’s poems, and we
miss nothing we should desire to see reprinted. At his best he has the
quaintness and poignancy of Crashaw, but he is not always at his best;
and when his conceits master him he is guilty of doubtful taste.
Sometimes, as in the sonnet ‘Unmoored,’ he attains a fine dignity of
rhythm; but his strength lies usually in simple catches, in which a
thought or an emotion is delicately wedded to a metaphor.”

+ − =Spec.= 97: 179. F. 2, ’07. 160w.

=Taft, Lorado.= Talks on sculpture. pa. 15c. Caproni.

7–16504.

A pamphlet reprint of papers written by the sculptor-author in
response to the movement instigated by Miss Brinkhaus to beautify
school rooms with casts of sculpture masterpieces. These brief talks
will awaken in both children and grown ups a desire for and an
appreciation of good art.

=Taft, William Howard.= Four aspects of civic duty. (Yale lectures on the responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.

6–46256.

The duties of citizens viewed from the standpoint of a recent graduate
of a university, of a judge on the bench of colonial administration
and of the national executive constitute the four aspects of civic
duty considered by Secretary Taft.

* * * * *

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 49. F. ’97. S.

=Ann. Am. Acad.= 29: 420. Mr. ’07. 330w.

=J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 59. Ja. ’07. 190w.

“As a talker to young men on civic duty Dr. Hadley can hardly have
failed to see in him the supreme fitness of a man who has done a great
deal of that duty in an especially effectual fashion.” Edward Cary.

+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 13. Ja. 12, ’07. 1120w.

=Outlook.= 85: 766. Mr. 30, ’07. 290w.

“There is no rhetorical attempt at all, but a rhetorical success all
the same, in which the lecturers, can quite unmistakably say what they
mean and in which they always mean something.” Montgomery Schuyler.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 3: 226. N. ’07. 490w.

=R. of Rs.= 35: 381. Mr. ’07. 80w.

“The manner in which the character of the speaker, who has been so
effective an actor in the various public offices to which he has been
called, impresses itself upon the reader is not the least of the many
valuable features which the lectures contain.”

+ =Yale R.= 16: 108. My. ’07. 130w.

* =Taggart, Marion Ames.= Daughters of the little grey house. †$1.50. McClure.

7–33202.

A sequel to “The little grey house.”

* * * * *

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

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

=Taggart, Marion Ames.= Doctor’s little girl. $1.50. Page.

7–30163.

Other little girls will enjoy reading of this sunny child of ten whose
father is the kindly village doctor. They will delight with her in her
games and her playmates, sorrow at her troubles and her illness, and
with the others drink her health in the closing toast to “Everybody’s
little girl.”

=Taggart, Marion Ames.= Six girls and the tea room. †$1.50. Wilde.

7–26963.

A companion volume to “Six girls and Bob,” in which the cheerful
Scollard family make light of their poverty and force their little tea
room to yield them pleasure as well as financial profit. Their
lighthearted optimism carries them and their friends thru many
troubles and brings to them happiness and, in the end, prosperity.

* * * * *

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 765. N. 30, ’07. 60w.

=R. of Rs.= 36: 765. D. ’07. 50w.

=Takekoshi, Yosaburo.= Japanese rule in Formosa; with preface by Baron Shimpei Goto; tr. by George Braithwaite. *$3. Longmans.

7–25501.

A “narrative of all salient facts of historical interest since the
date of the annexation of Formosa to Japan.... [It is] typical of the
Japanese administrative system, which is the enthronement of
bureaucratic principles of collective effort to the rigid exclusion of
individualism. The book deserves study by all who wish to acquaint
themselves with the methods by which Japan has raised herself to her
present high position in the world, and which her statesmen will
continue to use in pursuing their further plans of Imperial
expansion.”—Lond. Times.

* * * * *

“Where the author is not concerned to emphasize the success of his
countrymen the volume is one of undoubted value, since it contains a
great deal of information as to the administrative mechanism of the
government, which is not available in other works on the island.”
Alleyne Ireland.

+ − =Am. Hist. R.= 13: 156. O. ’07. 840w.

“An interesting, informing account of present conditions.”

+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 172. O. ’07.

“His ability to see the contrasts and similarities in the peoples and
the economic and geographical conditions make the book not only
informing but entertaining.” Chester Lloyd Jones.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 622. N. ’07. 690w.

“Throughout ... the book which has been admirably translated by Mr.
George Braithwaite, there is not a single touch of imagination; but in
its place a succession of useful statistical tables elaborated with
the methodical accuracy which delights the Japanese mind, and
illustrative of every conceivable subject, connected with the
government of the island.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 113. Ap. 12, ’07. 1410w.

“It is obvious that he is bent on making as favorable a showing as
possible for his beloved country, his conclusions must be accepted
with some reserve. Faithful and intelligent translation.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 565. Je. 20, ’07. 320w.

“This book ... is neither as lucid in style nor as felicitous in
diction as his previous works, but it is none the less readable,
containing as it does many bright passages and charming expressions.”
K. K. Kawakami.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 361. Je. 8, ’07. 1670w.

“Graphic attempt to describe the conditions and possibilities of
Japanese rule in Formosa.”

+ + =Sat. R.= 103: 500. Ap. 20, ’07. 230w.

=Talbot, Arthur Newell.= Tests of concrete and reinforced concrete columns. gratis. Engineering experiment station, Urbana, Ill.

7–19783.

“This pamphlet summarizes tests of (1) the shearing strength of
concrete and (2) the bond or adhesion between concrete and straight,
plain bars embedded in it; the tests were made in 1905 and
1906.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 83. Ja. 17, ’07. 510w.

=Talbot, Ellen Bliss.= Fundamental principle of Fichte’s philosophy. *$1. Macmillan.

7–21441.

This monograph “contains a critical interpretation of Fichte’s
teaching concerning the Ego, Being, and Existence. Incidentally Dr.
Talbot sets forth ... the relation of Fichte to Kant, the nature of
‘intellectual perception’ in both the critical and the absolute
philosophy, and adds an important appendix to show that Kant’s ‘I
think’ is a purely formal principle.” (Nation.)

* * * * *

“As under the category of ‘Fichte-studien,’ the book deserves the
highest praise, not only for careful scholarship, but also for
clearness and articulation of argument. It is a characteristic product
of the thoroughness of training which is shown in the ‘Cornell
studies.’” W. H. Sheldon.

+ + =J. Philos.= 4: 471. Ag. 15, ’07. 1190w.

“[The author] expresses herself with simplicity and great clearness;
her temper is judicial; and in her interpretation she is faithful to
the philosopher’s writings undistorted by her own preconceptions, or
by deductions as to what he ‘ought to have thought.’”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 264. Mr. 21, ’07. 210w.

“The work as a whole is an admirable discussion of the main principles
of Fichte’s philosophy, and one could not ask, for one entering upon
the study of Fichte, a much better guide. Such monographs as the
present one are not mere pieces of philosophical archaeology. They set
the contributions of great thinkers in a clearer light, and so furnish
points of departure for the systematic investigations of the present.”
J. A. Leighton.

+ + =Philos. R.= 16: 437. Jl. ’07. 1710w.

=Talbot, Rt. Rev. Ethelbert.= My people of the plains. **$1.75. Harper.

6–39742.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 49. F. ’07. S.

“Bishop Talbot writes in a popular literary style, and for the
entertainment of the general reader.” Arthur Howard Noll.

+ =Dial.= 42: 248. Ap. 17, ’07. 130w.

“It is a vivacious and veracious transcript of a fascinating stage in
the evolution of the West, a life that is fast becoming a memory, and
Bishop Talbot has rendered a service in preserving some of its more
picturesque features and characters in his story.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 1036. My. 2, ’07. 180w.

+ + =Outlook.= 85: 40. Ja. 5, ’07. 570w.

“We feel that we cannot too warmly recommend ‘My people of the plains’
to our readers.”

+ + =Spec.= 98: 864. Je. 1, ’07. 1420w.

Talks with the little ones about the Apostles’ creed. 60c. Benziger.

6–31411.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

=Cath. World.= 84: 554. Ja. ’07. 120w.

=Tallentyre, S. G. pseud. (E. V. Hall).= Friends of Voltaire. *$2.30. Putnam.

W 7–118.

Sketches of ten apostles of Voltaire’s teachings. Miss Tallentyre has
worked her material into “an anecdotal history,” thru the pages of
which is easily discernible pre-Revolutionary thought. The ten men
whose vices and virtues are delineated are D’Alembert, Diderot,
Gallani, Vauvenargues, d’Holbach, Grimm, Helvétius, Beaumarchais and
Condorcet.

* * * * *

“Her book is an agreeable contexture of anecdotes, epigrams and light
biographical sketches.”

+ =Acad.= 72: 56. Ja. 19, ’07. 1360w.

“Taste of a sort and talent of a sort are certainly exhibited in its
composition: taste to select amusing stories, witty sayings, and
lively traits of character; talent to frame out of this material a
light and entertaining description of the society of the age.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 1: 288. Mr. 9. 440w.