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“The vein of light and fanciful comedy in which this story is written
makes of it a charming piece of work.” Wm. M. Payne.

+ =Dial.= 42: 226. Ap. 1, ’07. 230w.

“As a provocative of clean and wholesome gayety, ‘A midsummer day’s
dream’ would be hard to beat.” Herbert W. Horwill.

+ + =Forum.= 38: 552. Ap. ’07. 270w.

“It never palls, because the author’s spirits never lag, and his
inventiveness never grows stale. Mr. Watson is a master of dialog that
sparkles and amuses; he turns it, gives it grace and charm, yet never
twists it violently for the sake of effect.”

+ + =Ind.= 62: 1035. My. 2, ’07. 160w.

“It is a delicious book.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 37. F. 1, ’07. 550w.

“Unfortunately the story drags: Mr. Watson’s hand is not quite light
enough for a successful soufflé.”

− + =Sat. R.= 103: 305. Mr. 9, ’07. 200w.

=Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott.= Privateers. †$1.50. Doubleday.

7–2061.

A young English girl, who unknown to herself, is the possessor of a
block of valuable railroad stock is pursued by two unscrupulous
American speculators. “There are 395 pages in Mr. Watson’s story and
it is certainly no exaggeration to say that there is at least one
hair-disturbing sensation for every third page, exclusive of the
numerous illustrations, which are designed to furnish little extra
shudders of their own.” (N. Y. Times.)

* * * * *

“The story is well-planned and ably engineered, but there is too much
of every thing; if the author has been less generous, the reader could
follow these extraordinary happenings with equal pleasure and
considerably less fatigue.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 872. S. 7, ’07. 360w.

“He belongs ... to the select body which we once called the ‘Higher
sensationalists,’ and of which Stevenson is the master.”

+ =Ath.= 1907, 2: 232. Ag. 31. 230w.

“We cannot say very much for Mr. Watson’s Americans. Their acts and
their words are reflections of an Englishman’s fertile imagination
rather than products of observation.” Wm. Payne.

+ − =Dial.= 42: 226. Ap. 1, ’07. 160w.

“It is a fast and furious melodrama written for the special delight of
the gallery gods.”

− =Ind.= 62: 386. F. 14, ’07. 320w.

“Flesh and blood are essential to stir the emotions, and these men and
women are solid wax.”

− =Lit. D.= 34: 386. Mr. 9, ’07. 160w.

“Having not a moment to enter into poor Sylvia’s feelings, he has left
her a mere figurehead.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 6: 278. S. 13, ’07. 440w.

“A toy-house of slang, not without surface glitter and iridescence,
though of no substance.”

− + =Nation.= 84: 85. Ja. 24, ’07. 380w.

“Strikes one as nearing the limit of laboriously ingenious
sensationalism. One is forced to assume that Mr. Watson dwells in some
particularly remote and inaccessible part of the British Isles to
which Americans of flesh and blood never have penetrated.”

− =N. Y. Times.= 12: 56. Ja. 26, ’07. 630w.

“A crude piece of preposterous sensationalism.”

− =Outlook.= 85: 378. F. 16, ’07. 70w.

=Watson, John (Ian Maclaren, pseud).= Graham of Claverhouse; il. by Frank T. Merrill. 50c. Authors and newspapers assn.

7–14589.

“A tale of love, adventure, intrigues, and swagger, of incomparable
Scottish knights and beautiful Highland maidens. The protagonist of
the highly exciting drama is a brilliant and picturesque figure, well
known to Scottish traditions, the hitherto almost neglected by writers
of romance. John Graham, of the famous house of Claverhouse and
kinsman of the great Montrose, is almost ideally adapted for the hero
of what has come to be called a historical novel. Beautiful as
Antinoüs, and a veritable Mars for valor, he completely dominates the
lively chronicle.”—Lit. D.

* * * * *

“There is no trace of unfairness in this presentment of the cavalier
by the Presbyterian, and the portrait is attractive.”

+ =Ind.= 62: 1153. My. 16, ’07. 330w.

“It is a highly colored and on the whole a satisfactory picture of
Scottish chivalry that Dr. Watson has given us.”

+ =Lit. D.= 34: 842. My. 25, ’07. 280w.

=Watson, John (Ian Maclaren, pseud.).= Inspiration of our faith: sermons. **$1.25. Armstrong.

5–41620.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“These twenty-nine sermons may indeed be called a contribution to
sermonic literature. Here is rare spiritual insight, winning appeal,
poetic beauty of expression.” T. G. S.

+ =Bib. World.= 29: 76. Ja. ’07. 160w.

=Watson, W. Petrie.= Future of Japan; with a survey of present conditions. *$3.50. Dutton.

Mr. Watson “aims to predict the trend of Japan’s development, but he
does so by analyzing and reasoning about the Japan of to-day, its
tendencies, conditions, ‘atmosphere,’ and aspirations. The book is not
so much one which records achievements or glances at historical
perspectives as one which takes up basic aspects of character and
derives by philosophical induction a knowledge of what is to be
expected.” (Outlook.) Mr. Watson’s conclusion is “that Japanese
development will not materially influence the civilization of the
west; that as a universal fact Japan is almost negligible; that she
will try to carry out her destiny without the aid of religion, yet
that so far as she will attain success, it will be more and more upon
Western lines.” (Ath.)

* * * * *

“Yet, though one may dissent from Mr. Watson’s conclusions (perhaps on
account of a bias as purely personal as his own) full justice should
be rendered to the absorbing and stimulating qualities of his book. In
it the salient characteristics of Japanese life and mentality are
admirably brought out.” Osman Edwards.

+ − =Acad.= 72: 477. My. 18, ’07. 1540w.

“We would, however, willingly exchange much of his philosophy for more
of his information.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 2: 38. Jl. 13. 450w.

“If the author has learned from original sources the actual workings
of the Japanese mind, and if he were more familiar with ... the great
transforming forces evident in the press, the literature, and the life
of the nation, especially since the outbreak of the war with
Russia,—his opinions might have been quite different.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 284. N. 1, ’07. 900w.

“Entirely too subjective in attitude and overloaded with references to
things occidental, the text shows slight acquaintance with real
Japanese thought or origins.”

− + =Ind.= 63: 759. S. 26, ’07. 430w.

“No falling off in the author’s latest contribution to the study of
the various aspects of Japanese life.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 6: 179. Je. 7, ’07. 1240w.

“Mr. Watson, to be a true prophet, ought not only to have become
familiar with the results of research and the facts of actual history,
but he ought to have known far more than his pages would lead us to
suppose he does know about the actual state of Christianity in Japan
and the real mind of the leaders of the nation.”

+ − =Nation.= 85: 309. O. 3, ’07. 1120w.

Reviewed by George R. Bishop.

+ + − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 556. S. 14, ’07. 2700w.

“Extremely valuable book.”

+ + =Outlook.= 86: 791. Ag. 10, ’07. 410w.

“Mr. Watson takes himself very seriously, and has evidently devoted an
immense amount of thought and study to the production of this book,
which on some heads is full of interesting facts; but his facts are so
inextricably tangled up with his theories that the process of
disentanglement is a greater task than human nature cares to
undertake.”

− + =Sat. R.= 104: 19. Jl. 6, ’07. 1180w.

=Watson, William.= Text-book of practical physics. *$3. Longmans.

“A treatise on physical measurements, or experimental physics; no
description of phenomena or laws is included.”—Engin. N.

* * * * *

“The descriptions are throughout clear and detailed, but the author
has perhaps erred by sometimes giving unnecessarily minute directions
as to points of minor importance.”

+ − =Ath.= 1907, 1: 137. F. 2. 750w.

“Both the arrangement of the text and its style are excellent.”

+ =Engin. N.= 57: 193. F. 14, ’07. 90w.

“The diagrams are very clear, and serve their purpose of elucidating
the text better than elaborate pictures of apparatus.”

+ − =Lond. Times.= 5: 314. S. 14, ’06. 280w.

“Schoolmasters should have a copy for reference and for their higher
work.” S. S.

+ =Nature.= 76: 99. My. 30, ’07. 780w.

“Any student specializing in physics ought to be acquainted with the
contents of the book.” K. E. Guthe.

+ =Science=, n.s. 26: 341. S. 13, ’07. 260w.

* =Wayne, Charles Stokes.= Marriage of Mrs. Merlin. †$1.25. Dillingham.

7–26961.

The unique situations growing out of a wealthy young widow’s purchase
of a husband constitute the fabric of this tale. Mrs. Merlin seeks out
a good looking, broad-shouldered young Englishman, offers him the sum
of twenty thousand pounds to marry her and protect her during a year
of travel; at the end of which time either may end the contract.
Shadows out of the past flit across the path of each which are
dissipated by the growing faith in each other. The year’s end brings
to them an earldom and proves that their trial marriage has been
successful enough to endure.

* * * * *

“It is all very foolish and a little improper, but peculiarly
ingenious and interesting withal.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 620. O. 12, ’07. 200w.

=Weale, B. L. Putnam=, ed. Indiscreet letters from Peking; being the notes of an eye-witness, which set forth in some detail, from day to day, the real story of the siege and sack of a distressed capital in 1900—the year of the great tribulation. **$2. Dodd.

7–14591.

“This volume is really the story, not the history, of the siege of the
legations in Peking, of the relief of the besieged, and of the sack of
the city. Interesting sidelights are cast upon the actions of the
diplomatic representatives of allied Europe and America, and ...
[there are] comments upon the way the different international troops
behaved during the siege.”—R. of Rs.

* * * * *

“These letters bear the hall-mark of truth and raise the wish that it
had not been necessary to edit them as ruthlessly as they are said to
have been edited. Though his style is vivid he lays no undue emphasis
on horrors for their own sake. He writes with that kind of restraint
which is convincing, and which goes to make these letters one of the
most remarkable documents we have ever read.”

+ + − =Acad.= 72: 235. Mr. 9. ’07. 1350w.

“This ‘catch penny’ title is descriptive of the contents of the
volume.”

− =Ath.= 1907, 1: 635. My. 25. 360w.

“One cannot easily recall a more vivid picture of what a siege really
is. The value of [the chapter, ‘How I saw the relief,’] as fiction is
doubtful. As history its interest is great, but more than any other
portion of the book it requires the support of authority. If it is to
stand as authentic history, it constitutes a chapter that will be
willingly forgotten by every one save the student of mob psychology.”
Edward Clark Marsh.

+ − =Bookm.= 25: 288. My. ’07. 1620w.

“The reader cannot help feeling that the narrative is colored, that
the real facts cannot have been quite so lurid or the characters of
the men and women quite so mean as they are here portrayed. But after
all deductions are made, the story here given, of the warning, the
siege, and sack, is remarkably interesting, even tho it is full of
horrors.”

+ − =Dial.= 43: 67. Ag. 1, ’07. 310w.

“Vivid and remarkably good reading the account is, almost throughout,
although too often the author or editor strives too patently after his
effect.”

+ − =Nation.= 84: 570. Je. 20, ’07. 480w.

“They are certainly indiscreet, for they are frank and outspoken in
regard to the blindness of the British government, and they are full
of spirit and picturesqueness.”

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 144. Mr. 9, ’07. 230w.

“The note of high tension, so high that it is almost hysterical, runs
through all the pages.”

+ − =N. Y. Times.= 12: 284. My. 4, ’07. 660w.

“He writes with the pen of a scandalmonger; he sees the events as they
happen around him with the eye of the yellow journalist.”

− =Outlook.= 86: 36. My. 4, ’07. 280w.

“For vivid descriptive writing this story ... has seldom been equaled
in our experience.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 636. My. ’07. 140w.

“The accounts given of many incidents of the siege are Zolaesque in
their grimness of detail and, to give Mr. Weale credit, his word
pictures are well drawn. He tells blood-curdling stories with a gusto
which may appeal to the morbid fancy of a certain class of readers,
but there are many who will want to put down his book, with the
feeling that they wish to read no more.”

+ − =Sat. R.= 103: 240. F. 23, ’07. 1100w.

“The letters are strong and lurid, brutal in realism, often brutal in
cynicism, and invariably clever.”

+ − =Spec.= 37: 256. F. 16, ’07. 1700w.

=Weale, B. L. Putnam.= Truce in the East and its aftermath: being the sequel to “The reshaping of the Far East.” **$3.50. Macmillan.

7–12875.

A frank analysis and discussion of the factors that go to make what is
known as the “Far Eastern problem.” The study resolves itself into
three parts: Japan and the new position. China and the Chinese, and
The powers and their influence. The author warns his reader against
over confidence in the ten years’ truce now in operation, yet he does
believe that it will be one of the greatest constructive victories of
diplomacy, if, during nine years of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, a
permanent Far Eastern peace is evolved. There are nearly two hundred
pages of appendices including documents peculiarly pertinent to the
subject-matter of the political chapters.

* * * * *

“With his presentment of facts it would be difficult to quarrel, but
with the conclusions ... it is not easy to agree.”

+ − =Acad.= 73: 673. Jl. 13, ’07. 950w.

“The book is an admirable presentation of the impressions of one of
the closest observers of Oriental politics.” Chester Lloyd Jones.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 189. Jl. ’07. 870w.

“His book is not convincing. It is too confident in statement, too
dramatic in expression, and knows more of the future of half of Asia
than it is possible for any one even to guess at—above all, any
European. Mr. Weale is always lucid, and even when we are least
convinced by his conclusions, we feel that they have been honestly
formed upon a fairly wide basis of knowledge, experience, and
thought.”

− + =Ath.= 1907, 1: 433. Ap. 13. 1520w.

“A genuine pupil of such men as Sir Harry Parkes and other devotees of
a diplomatic policy increasingly absolute, he takes himself entirely
too seriously.”

+ − =Ind.= 63: 758. S. 26, ’07. 350w.

“An interesting contribution to the discussion.”

+ =Lond. Times.= 6: 113. Ap. 12, ’07. 660w.

=Nation.= 84: 571. Je. 20, ’07. 350w.

Reviewed by George R. Bishop.

+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 348. Je. 1, ’07. 1980w.

+ =Outlook.= 86: 436. Je. 22, ’07. 90w.

“His penetrating insight and shrewdness of observation in combination
with a broad and minute knowledge, give, a firmness of touch that
inspires a strong feeling of confidence in the author’s opinions.” G:
Louis Beer.

+ + =Putnam’s.= 2: 746. S. ’07. 910w.

“Few writers on the Far East can be as vivid, entertaining, and at the
same time as accurate and informing.”

+ =R. of Rs.= 35: 636. My. ’07. 280w.

“The student of the Far Eastern politics will appreciate the clear
grouping of topics, and the ordinary reader will find himself in a
position to estimate more clearly the play of forces that have—for
good or evil—been set in motion.”

+ =Sat. R.= 103: 784. Je. 22, ’07. 1910w.

=Weatherford, W. D.= Fundamental religious principles in Browning’s poetry. $1. Pub: House M. E. ch. So.

7–23628.

“Mr. Weatherford has made a thorough study of Browning’s works, has
gathered up his views on the great fundamentals, has arranged them in
systematic order, and has put them in plain and lucid prose. Browning
interpreted nature, man and life; and Mr. Weatherford has interpreted
Browning’s interpretation.”

=Webb, Sidney, and Webb, Beatrice.= English local government, from the revolution to the municipal corporations act; the parish and the county. *$4. Longmans.

6–40962.

The first volume of five or six to be devoted to the history of local
government in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
It covers the government of the parish and the country, and reveals
methods of great accuracy in the use of material.

* * * * *

“This book is epoch-making. The completed work, as planned by the
authors, will constitute a veritable magnum opus both in scope and in
quality, to judge by this splendid installment.” George Elliott
Howard.

+ + + =Am. Hist. R.= 12: 631. Ap. ’07. 1050w.

“Altogether it may be said that every student of English local history
or administration will now have to read this book with care, and every
such student is to be congratulated on having such a key to his
subject.” Edward P. Cheyney.

+ + =Ann. Am. Acad.= 30: 191. Jl. ’07. 580w.

“If we may venture to offer a suggestion in face of the immense
industry this book reveals, the authors do not seem to have made much
use of a most important source—the Privy council registers. There is
little to correct in the authors’ work, and that only on minor
points.”

+ + − =Ath.= 1997, 1: 95. Ja. 26. 2390w.

+ + =J. Pol. Econ.= 15: 58. Ja. ’07. 210w.

“The editors have shown throughout a restrained and judicial
temperament.”

+ + =Lond. Times.= 5: 366. N. 2. ’06. 960w.

“The nature of the work precludes any attempt at literary finish; but
the narrative flows easily, and, as new light is thrown at every turn
on old and hitherto unexplored institutions, no student of English
government will assert that the subject has been too exhaustively
handled.”

+ + =Nation.= 84: 135. F. 7, ’07. 1200w.

“The whole shows through grasp of the subject, in principle and
detail, lucidity of explanation and facility of expression, infinite
care, laborious research and skill in marshalling facts and
innumerable details. It is a book of great value to the thinking
public and local government administrators and students, and worthy of
its authors, who have spent years on it. No part of the book will be
skipped by those really interested in local government.”

+ + + =Sat. R.= 102: 616. N. 17, ’06. 1530w.

“The method seems to us as good as possible. The authors are never
lost amid the multitude of their detail, but disentangle the lines of
growth with masterly precision. It is a work which in its way should
become a classic.”

+ + + =Spec.= 98: 424. Mr. 16, ’07. 470w.

“A wholly new contribution to the history of England—a contribution
which is invaluable on account of its thoroughness of research, the
fulness of the authorities quoted for every important statement, and
not least for the excellence of its arrangement and indexing.” Annie
G. Porritt.

+ + + =Yale R.= 15: 460. F. ’07. 1420w.

=Webb, Walter Loring.= Economics of railroad construction. $2.50. Wiley.

6–35441.

“It is designed as a manual of instruction for those engaged in the
practical problems of railroad engineering, but it aims at the same
time to give an insight into the problems of railroad management and
control. With this in mind, Part 1 is devoted to the ‘Financial and
legal elements of the problem,’ in which an excellent summary is given
of railroad statistics, organization capitalization and valuation, and
a chapter on methods of estimating volume of traffic. Part 2 concerns
the ‘Operating elements of the problem,’ including motive power, car
construction and operation, track economics, and train resistance.